REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
October 13, 2016
FROM: BRUCE RUDD, City Manager
BY: LARRY WESTERLUND, Economic Development Director
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to the proposed Fresno High Speed Rail Heavy Maintenance Facility footprint
1. Authorize the City Manager to enter into conditional purchase and sales agreements to acquire properties within the proposed Fresno High Speed Rail Heavy Maintenance Facility footprint which will allow the City to control the property for 12 months through non-refundable deposit(s) for a total amount not to exceed $250,000.
2. Authorize the City Manager to work with other community stakeholders in seeking a reimbursement for these agreements from funding previously allocated by the Fresno County Transportation Authority in support of a Heavy Maintenance Facility in Fresno County.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council:
1. Council authorize the City Manager to enter into conditional purchase and sales agreements to acquire properties generally bounded by American Avenue, Clayton Avenue and Cedar Avenue and the Burlington North Santa Fe mainline tracks that are located within the proposed Fresno High Speed Rail Heavy Maintenance Facility footprint. The agreements, which are assignable, will allow the City to control the property for 12 months through non-refundable deposit(s) in a total amount not to exceed $250,000.
2. Council authorize the City Manager to pursue reimbursement for the cost of these agreements from the $25 million in Measure C funds already allocated by the Fresno County Transportation Authority for the Fresno HMF.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The California High Speed Rail Authority (CHSRA) has made slow but deliberate progress in the designing and planning of the Heavy Maintenance Facility (HMF). A year ago a special consultant from the United Kingdom was selected to assist in the CHSRA in the design and operation of the required HMF. The City of Fresno, in partnership Fresno Works, the Fr...
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