JOHNSON CHAPEL, THE AFRICAN ESPICOPAL CHURCH

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION PREPARED BY Robert Nichols, Jr. June 29, 1977 DATE PHONE SUBJECT 4926 EXCHANGE OF CITY -OWNED SURPLUS LAND PARCEL, NORTHWEST CORNER FIRST AND BRISTOL STREETS DEPUTY CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION DATE OF • ACTION `IP IIIIIIIII C ITV MANAGIM C�LE RRK=HE CDUMM It is recommended that Council authorize the disposal of the surplus land parcel located at the northwest corner of First and Bristol Streets by exchange as proposed herein, and direct the Mayor to execute all necessary documents for the transfer between the City of Santa Ana and the African Methodist Episcopal Church. BACKGROUND The present City -owned land parcel situated at the northwest corner of First and Bristol Streets consists of the remainders of six building lots which were purchased by the City as full takings during 1967-68 in conjunction with the widening of First Street. The parcel was certified as surplus to the City's needs in 1968 by SPR #28-68. Recently the owners of contiguous property, the African Methodist Episcopal Church, have approached the City with a proposal to acquire the surplus parcel. Their need for the parcel is to expand their present holding to provide for relocation of their church building from its present site at the northwest corner of Second and Bristol Streets, as this present site creates a building encroachment into the right of way for proposed Bristol Street widening. ANALYSIS An appraisal was secured on the portion of the Church's present site to be acquired for the Bristol Street widening, including the cost of relocating the Church back out of the proposed right of way. The amount of consideration to be paid by the City for this acquisition was $30,978. An appraisal was also secured on an intervening lot, situated on the south- west corner of Second and Bristol Streets, a portion of which is also to be needed for the Bristol Street widening. The Church also desired to purchase the remainder of this lot at such time as the City acquired it and completed the proposed widening operation. The present value of the remainder portion of this lot was appraised at $9,114. A concurrent appraisal of the City's surplus parcel indicated its current value to be $67,000. The Church agreed to purchase the City's surplus parcel for its previously -appraised value of $80,000 and to purchase the surplus portion of the contiguous lot at its full appraised value of $9,114. As a down payment, credit would be allowed by the City in the amount of compensa- tion due the Church, or $30,978, with the balance to be financed by note and trust deed in accordance with terms specified in Section 2.706.2 of the City Code and authorized as a property exchange by Section 2.710 of the Code. This proposed exchange transaction at this time is at the specific request of the Church. It is in the best interests of the City and can be expected to effect a material saving over a future standard right of way purchase, plus affording an adequate site for the relocation of the Church building as an alternative to the necessity of cutting and refacing it if left in its present location. Funding for the proposed exchange transaction, which would presently be limited to miscel- laneous overhead and transfer expenses, is available from the Gas Tax Contingency fund. It is estimated that all such expenses would not exceed the amount of $2,000. 12C