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Home My WebLink About04/20/1999, C10 - GUIDETTI PROPERTY PURCHASE - RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION CENTER council M. L acEnaa aEpout °cio ' CITYOF SAN LUIS O B I S P O FROM: Michael D. McCluskey,Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Guidetti Property Purchase-Railroad Transportation Center CAO RECOMMENDATION 1. Authorize the purchase of property from Mr. Guidetti for the Railroad Transportation Center in the amount of$227,000. 2. Authorize the CAO to sign purchase documents and the deed. DISCUSSION In 1995, negotiations for the purchase of property on Marsh Street for use as a consolidated Multi-modal Transit Transfer Center(MMTC) collapsed. At that time, the City Council authorized staff to pursue the acquisition of property near the current AMTRAK station as a replacement site. This site, located south of the Railroad Square building with frontage on Santa Barbara Street, had been offered for sale by Southern Pacific Railroad. Thus, there was a willing seller and the site's location near the existing rail station further emphasized its "multi-modal" potential. Since 1995, however, the proposed use of the railroad site has evolved somewhat. A consultant study revealed that, while the site would be needed in the long term for a transit transfer center, in the short term (present to 15 years out) it would be best used for additional AMTRAK customer parking and short term SLORTA bus parking. Bus routing and schedule problems were also identified as constraints to using this property as a transfer center at this time. Based on the results of the consultant study, staff received new direction to continue to pursue acquisition of the property for the newly formulated short- and long-term purposes. Addition- ally, the Council recognized that purchasing the property would allow the City to acquire the historical freight warehouse and save it as a cultural resource for eventual reuse. (As a separate project, SLOCOG has approved the use of over $440,000 of Federal TEA-21 funds to rehabili- tate the freight warehouse.) Due to the fact that the project would no longer be a multi-modal facility as originally envisioned, the project was renamed the Railroad Transportation Center (RTC)to better reflect its location and character. The RTC site includes two properties: one currently owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and the adjacent parcel owned by Mr. Guidetti. At its April 6, 1999 meeting the Council authorized purchase of the Union Pacific Property. When the Council last reviewed this project, it consid- ered two conceptual plans for development of the project site and offered ideas for further refinements to the plan. These ideas will be incorporated, where feasible, into the project's final concept plan and construction documents. The Council also approved the project's environ- mental documents, a Negative Declaration with mitigation. The Planning Commission has found this project to be consistent with the General Plan. Before entering into formal acquisition negotiations with Mr. Guidetti, staff obtained Phase I and Phase II hazardous materials tests of the,property. While minor amounts of contaminates were found on the site all were below current state mitigation levels and therefore are acceptable. The project will involve very little excavation - it is mostly a parking lot paving project, so little site disturbance is anticipated. A Cultural Resources Inventory performed on adjacent property C10-1 Council Agenda Report-Guh...d Property Purchase-Railroad TransportaL.on Center Pace 2 found no cultural resources predating the Southern Pacific Railroad era and the nearest resources to be near San Luis Obispo creek "north and west of the site". This would be expected since railroad activity had removed all original ground. Staff obtained a formal appraisal of the property, hired Hammer, Jewell and Associates, a government real estate service firm, as property negotiator and began negotiations with Mr. Guidetti. Staff received direction from the Council on negotiation guidelines. The purchase price agreed to by Mr. Guidetti is within the parameters set by the Council. Relocation Assistance Whenever the City obtains property that is needed for a project which also has an occupied residence or active business on the property, the City must provide relocation assistance per the State Uniform Relocation Assistance Act. Located on the Guidetti property are two interrelated businesses: a) S &S Automotive Electric and b) S & S Wholesale. Additionally, there are two billboard leases on the site. Basically, the State Act requires that the City offset business' relocation expenses consisting of fixture expenses, moving expenses and advertising the new location expenses, etc. Hammer, Jewell and Associates is currently coordinating with the owners of S & S to provide the needed relocation assistance in accordance with approved State standards. Completion of these relocations and payment of the statutory relocation assistance will complete all property acquisition and relocation assistance needed for the Railroad Transportation Center project. FISCAL IMPACT Propertyjor the Railroad Transportation Center The price of the Guidetti property needed for the Railroad Transportation Center is $227,000. The money for this acquisition is budgeted in the land acquisition account of the Railroad Transportation Center project budget. The money in this account is appropriated from two approved state grant allocations: • Clean Air and Transportation Improvement Act of 1990(Proposition 116)Bond Funds • Transit Capital Improvement(TCI)Funds The following table summarizes the proposed activity in the land acquisition account: Railroad Transportation Center Acquisition State Prop. 116 Grant State TO Grant Total Balance of Land Acquisition Account: $475,916.00 $582,000.00 $1,057,916.00 Cost of Union Pacific Property: 98,995.65 582,000.00 680,995.65 Cost of Guidetti Property: 227,000.00 227,000 Estimated Cost of Relocation Assistance: 60,000 60,000 Balance Remaining After Acquisition: $89,920.35 $0.00 $89,920.35 Once all expenses in the land acquisition account have been incurred, all remaining funds will be transferred to the construction account to support actual construction. C10-2 Council Agenda Report=Guidetti Property Purchase-Railroad Transportation Center Page.3. — — -- — — --- ALTERNAUVES Do not purchase;the g operty. Attachments V icinitymap Purchase agreement(copy available in the Council reading file) Laddie/prgOM acq/mintclguidetti/purchase cc agenda CM3 � MOON — - YS hg3 _ L L }2 %§k �A � ` � &■ g §%� % | 7 77 %% /§ §$ IL & F « ! z � ) / � c « � } # r � Nc> � / Cr- CIL\ 2 ■ � En/ D ( ¥ # a 0 � tk | | VONIT��Ap | , LIASION REPORT: LCC REVENUE AND TAXATION COMI4IITTEE April 20, 1999 agenda Date: April 16, 1999 To: City Council 'MEETING AGENDA p ATE '4-2�ITEM #.LIOLA to-O'n' From: Ken Schwart,?: I1 6 Copies: Dunn,Pri c e Jorgensen The attached "Highlight"minutes pretty well sum up the R&T Committee meeting held last month in Los Angeles. In reading through these committee actions please remember that they are recommendations that are forwarded to the League's Board of Directors who will make the formal determinations on which actions the League will pursue with the Legislature and the Governor. Play special heed to item VIII- 2,page 4. I'm impressed with Joe Milson who I first heard at our Long Beach LCC Conference. He is dedicated to seeing this e-commerce issue through to a fair conclusion. He might make for a good Channel Counties LCC speaker. Under item VII- 5 you will note that I volunteered and was appointed to a special task force on"Smart Growth and Urban Development." This is supposed to be a committee which will interact via conference telecommunications-no additional traveling. Should you have specific questions,please contact me. @COUNCIL OC DIR MTAO iN DIR I3'ACAO O FIRE CHIEF LRATTORNEY O PW DIR B FI ERKlORlO O k E CHFa MGMT TEAM O IR o a DIRO.__ o DIR I I RECEIVED APR 1 q 1999 SLO CITY COUNCIL LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES REVENUE AND TAXATION POLICY COMMITTEE Highlights March 1999 ATTENDANCE Members: Bob Price (Chair), Bakersfield; Maria Alegria(Vice Chair), Pinole; Byron Athan, San Ramon; Robert Biery, Thousand Oaks; Irwin Bornstein, Mission Viejo; Sue Case, Palo Alto; John Chlebnik, Calimesa; Lynn Daucher, Brea; John deRussy, San Mateo; Matt hall, Carlsbad; Peter Hersh, Irvine; Joe Hilson, Hayward; John Holmberg, La Habra; David Holman, Apple Valley; Maureen Kane, Riverside; Paul McNamara, Marysville; Ken Montgomery, Laguna Niguel; David Mora, Salinas; Guy Patterson, Victorville; Bob Perrault, Cloverdale; Greg Pettis, Cathedral City; George Pettygrove, Fairfield; Robert Pinzler, Redondo Beach; Michael Reynolds, Redlands; Jerry Rogers,Riverside; Ken Schwartz, San Luis Obispo; Michael Smith, Fresno, Linda Spiro, Rohnert Park; Michael Stover, Lakewood; Jean Stranigan, La Verne; Ben Tarver, Pleasanton; Steve Temple, Hemet; James Thalman, Chino Hills; Robert Torrez, Long Beach; David Tyson, Eureka; Linda Wilson,Manhattan Beach; Steve Zoet, Yuba City. Leaeue Staff: Frances Medema, David Jones. I. Welcome and Introductions Committee Chair Bob Price welcomed members and asked for self-introductions. The passing of James Algie, retired finance firector of Long Beach and long time member of the Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee, was noted and members recognized Algie's contributions to municipal government. II. Proposed Police, Fire and Local Government Funding Initiative Chair Price introduced John Rombouts, Mayor, Tehachapi and Eric Ziegler, City Manager, Taft, who requested an opportunity to present an initiative proposed by the Kern County Association of Cities. The initiative titled The Police, Fire and Local Government Service Funding Initiative (copies were included in the agenda packet) proposes to return 50 percent of the total sales and use tax to a newly created fund which will then be distributed to cities, counties and special districts. One third of the funds will go to cities and counties on situs basis; one third will go to cities and counties on a per capita basis; and one third will go to special districts (except water and utility districts). The initiative has been examined by attorneys in Los Angeles, and the association has sought county district attorney review. Fire and police associations have supported the proposal. Once the association gathers the additional support it seeks, the initiative will be rewritten to include recommendations of supporters and will be sent to the Secretary of State. Policy committee members questioned the three way split of the funds and language related to a freeze on current property tax splits. The committee voted to form a special task force to review the proposal with public safety. Members interested in joining the task force were asked to contact Vice Chair Maria Alegria or staff. III. Review 1999 Work Program Priorities Members were asked to review the list of priorities and comment to staff prior to June meeting. 12. SB 392 (Chesbro). Property tax Allocations. Redevelopment Shares. Committee Recommendation: Monitor. 13. AB 214 (Machado). Sales and Use Taxes. Liguefied Petroleum Gas. Utility Taxes. Committee Recommendation: Take no action. 14. SB 245 (McPherson). Sales Tax Exemption. Fire Trucks for Oualified Fire Districts. Committee Recommendation: Oppose. 15. SB 1142 (Morrow). Property Assessments. Annexations. Uninhabited Land. Prop 218 Compliance. Wayne Demetz, City Attorney, Vista, who helped draft this legislation, indicated that this measure is a procedural cure to some of the problems associated with Proposition 218. Committee Recommendation: Support the bill. 16. SB 562 (Poochigian). Transient Occupancy Taxes. Committee Recommendation: Monitor and seek clarifications. 17. SB 1066 (Bowen). Internet. Committee Recommendation: Watch and monitor closely for amendments to this measure. 18. SB 943 (Dunn). Property Tax. Manufacturing Facilities. Rebate. As the economy shifts from manufacturing to service based operations, cities look to attract those service industries that will bring jobs to the community. Committee Recommendation: Support with amendments to expand to all new jobs generation excluding retail. 19. SB 913 (Baca). Natural Gas Pipelines. Fees. Committee Recommendation: Support. 20. SB 893 (Brulte). Infrastructure. Committee Recommendation: Monitor. 21. AB 944 (Cardenas). Sales Tax Exemption. Clothing and Footwear. Committee Recommendation: Oppose. 22. AB 185 (Hertzberg). Performance Standards. Governmental Agencies. The committee agreed that all government organizations, including the state, should adopt performance standards. However, these measures should be developed and adopted at the local level not established by another body. Committee Recommendation: Oppose. 23. AB 436 (McClintock). Taxpayers Bill of Rights. Committee Recommendation: Oppose. 24. AB 530 (Papan). Local Government Finance. Committee Recommendation: Take no action and find out where CSAC stands. 25. AB 938 (Reyes). Business Improvement Districts Law of 1994. Committee Recommendation: Support. 26. AB 1214 (Granlund). VLF Reduction. Committee Recommendation: Oppose. 27. AB 1036 (Wesson). Property Tax Administration Loan Program. County Reimbursement. Committee Recommendation: Seek amendments to make AB 1036 incorporate changes sought by AB 1347 (Runner). 28. AB 1057 (Olberg). Property Tax Transfer. City of Hesperia. Committee Recommendation: Watch. 29. AB 1291 (Corbett). Retrofit Tax Credit. Extension. Committee Recommendation: Support. 3 MEETinG AGENDA . DATE "14 ITEM # L'= Re,4 liaison REpoRt April 14, 1999 E X-COUNCIL CDD DIR ❑FIN DIR TO: Council Colleagues �FI D RHIEF 0 POLICE CHF ❑REC DIR FROM: Dave Romero �� O UTIL DIR O PERS DIR SUBJECT: SLOCOG Meeting of 4/7/99 At its meeting the SLOCOG Board received a staff report indicating that the Cuesta Grade Project is moving ahead. You will recall this project will provide one additional traffic lane in each direction. Construction cost is estimated at$46 million, with construction work to begin in October, with a final completion date of October 2003. Extensive efforts are being made to provide shuttle buses, and park and ride facilities. An extensive public relations program (Barnett& Cox) will start soon. The City Council is scheduled to hear a presentation from SLOCOG and Caltrans at its 5/18/99 meeting. The Board approved budgets for coming years, with the City of San Luis Obispo scheduled to receive slightly over$3 million in federal transit funds over a three year period to help with vehicle replacement and rehabilitation, bus yard resurfacing, and operations. The Board approved a budget which will result in $1,175,000 available to the City of San Luis Obispo for the widening of So. Higuera between Marsh and High Streets. The Board approved a priority list of project study reports (PSR) for future State Transportation Improvement Plans (STIP) cycles for multiple studies throughout the County. So far as San Luis Obispo is concerned,these studies will include: 1. Route 101 from Arroyo Grande through the City of San Luis Obispo—operational improvements 2. Route 1 in the City of San Luis Obispo-operational improvements 3. Reconstruction of the Los Osos Valley Road interchange at Highway 101 4. Widening of Route 227 (Broad Street)—Orcutt Road to Price Canyon Road The Board also approved staff moving ahead with a project to install call boxes on Route 166 between Highway 101 and the Kern County line beyond Cuyama. These will be installed at approximately two mile intervals, with the installation to be completed prior to Memorial Day. DR:ss RECEIVED APR 1 9 1999 SLO CITY CLERK