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File #: ID 24-634    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Passed
File created: 5/2/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 5/23/2024 Final action: 5/23/2024
Title: Approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a 1.37-acre (59,677 square feet) parcel located at 1649-1715 North Blackstone Avenue (Assessor's Parcel Number 444-314-19), for a total cost of $3,058,700, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project (Council Districts 1 and 7).
Sponsors: Capital Projects Department, Public Works Department
Attachments: 1. 24-634 Purchase and Sale Agreement.pdf, 2. 24-634 Vicinity Map.pdf, 3. 24-634 Location Map.pdf
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: RANDALL W. MORRISON, PE, Director
Capital Projects Department

SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department

BY: NANCY BRUNO, Supervising Real Estate Agent
Capital Projects Department, Capital Administration Division

SUBJECT
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Approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a 1.37-acre (59,677 square feet) parcel located at 1649-1715 North Blackstone Avenue (Assessor's Parcel Number 444-314-19), for a total cost of $3,058,700, for the construction of the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project (Council Districts 1 and 7).

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RECOMMENDATION

Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions to acquire fee interest of a 1.37-acre (59,677 square feet) parcel improved with two buildings including retail storefronts located at 1649-1715 North Blackstone Avenue Assessor's Parcel Number ("APN") 444-314-19 (Subject Property), owned by Jack Terzian and 3K Investment Company in the amount of $3,058,700, and authorize the Capital Projects Director or his designee to sign all documents necessary to complete the subject acquisition.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The subject acquisition, as memorialized in the Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions will provide the City with fee interest title of 1649-1715 North Blackstone Avenue (APN 444-314-19). The Subject Property is necessary to construct the Blackstone McKinley BNSF Grade Separation Project ("Project"), which will eliminate two existing at-grade crossings by grade separating North Blackstone Avenue and East McKinley Avenue under the BNSF Railway Mainline Track. The Project requires fee acquisition of the Subject Property, improved with two buildings with retail storefronts located at 1649-1715 North Blackstone Avenue, owned by Jack Terzian and 3K Investment Company.

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