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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 15, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH <br />WESTERN DENTAL FOR GRAND <br />AVENUE WIDENING (PROJECT NO. <br />081732 NONGENERAL FUND) <br />I ANAGER <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 2 I 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 settlement agreement with <br />Western Dental Services, Inc., dba Western Dental, tenant of the property located at 1221 East <br />First Street, Unit A (APN 398 - 454 -12 & 13), in the amount of $90,105 for all rights, title, and <br />interest in and to certain improvements, including fixtures and equipment, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The recommended action will facilitate payment of relocation benefits to Western Dental for <br />existing improvements, as required by the Uniform Relocation Act as part of the Grand Avenue <br />Widening Project. The amount of compensation, as determined by the City's right -of -way <br />consultant, has been reviewed by staff and the City Attorney's Office, and has been accepted by <br />the tenant. <br />Grand Avenue is a north -south transportation facility which is designated as a major arterial <br />highway, and carries in excess of 35,000 vehicles per day. The widening of Grand Avenue <br />between First and Seventeenth Streets has been a long -term priority project that will be <br />constructed in several phases. Improvements include the widening of the roadway from two to <br />three lanes in each direction; construction of raised landscape medians; new curb, gutter, and <br />sidewalk; and inclusion of bike lanes. The Public Works Agency is acquiring property for <br />development of Phase I, bounded by First and Fourth Streets, and expects to complete the <br />acquisition process by September 2013. Construction is anticipated to begin by early 2014. <br />The Uniform Relocation Act obligates the City to relocate tenants of the properties acquired for the <br />widening of Grand Avenue, and sets standards for benefit amounts. As part of the relocation <br />process, Western Dental, the tenant at 1221 East First Street, Unit A (Exhibit 1), must be paid for <br />all rights, title, and interest in and to certain improvements, including fixtures and equipment, due <br />25F -1 <br />