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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 18, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />QUITCLAIM 1101 E. CHESTNUT AVENUE <br />TO OCTA FOR THE AT- GRADE RAIL <br />SAFETY ENHANCEMENT PROJECT <br />(PROJECT 091745) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a quitclaim deed relinquishing the <br />City's fee interest in 1101 E. Chestnut Avenue. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On October 20, 2008, the City Council approved a cooperative agreement with Orange County <br />Transportation Authority (OCTA) for the At -Grade Crossing Enhancement Program at ten crossings <br />in the city. The City provides the 12 percent match and is responsible for acquiring the right -of -way <br />on OCTA's behalf. <br />The purpose of this program is to enhance pedestrian, bicycle and driver safety for at -grade railroad <br />crossings in the City. Improvements include medians, roadway signing and striping, pedestrian <br />gates and other vehicular gate enhancements. Additionally, the City intends to implement a quiet <br />zone for the crossings at Seventeenth Street, Santa Clara Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue, after the <br />project is implemented. <br />One of the railroad crossings to be enhanced is on Chestnut Avenue, west of Grand Avenue. To <br />complete this work, OCTA determined that acquisition of the entire parcel at 1101 E. Chestnut <br />Avenue was required (Exhibit 1). On July 6, 2010, City Council approved a purchase agreement for <br />this site. This deed serves to convey the property to OCTA as required in the cooperative <br />agreement. <br />107M <br />