HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-018 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 12-18
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA APPROVING THAT CERTAIN AGREEMENT
ENTITLED PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT AND JOINT
ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN THE CITY OF TEMECULA
AND DONALD W. COOP, TRUSTEE OF THE JENNEAN COOP
BYPASS TRUST UNDER THE COOP FAMILY TRUST DATED
FEBRUARY 2, 2004, AND DONALD W. COOP, TRUSTEE OF
THE DONALD W. COOP SURVIVOR'S TRUST UNDER THE
COOP FAMILY TRUST DATED FEBRUARY 2, 2004, EACH AS
TO AN UNDIVIDED FIFTY PERCENT (50%) INTEREST AS
TENANTS IN COMMON IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURRIETA
CREEK BRIDGE AND OVERLAND DRIVE EXTENSION TO DIAZ
ROAD — PROJECT NUMBER PW00-26
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findinqs.
A. The Murrieta Creek Bridge and Overland Drive Extension to Diaz Road
Project — Project Number PW00-26 ("Proposed Project") is identified in the City's
Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2012-2016. The Proposed Project
would extend Overland Drive from Commerce Center Drive to Diaz Road with a bridge
over Murrieta Creek. The purpose of the Proposed Project is to improve safety and
traffic circulation in the area.
B. The construction of the Proposed Project would require the acquisition of
certain real property interests from six parcels. The Proposed Project would require the
acquisition of an approximate 14,231 square foot permanent easement ("permanent
easement") on the real property commonly known as 27498 Enterprise Circle West, and
identified as Riverside County Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 921-480-020 ("Subject
Property") for public street purposes and all uses necessary or convenient thereto. The
Subject Property is approximately 18,149 square feet in size and is improved with a
6,665 square foot industrial building. The Proposed Project would require the
demolition of the easterly 4,570 square foot portion of the 6,665 square foot industrial
building and would create an approximate 3,917 square foot remainder parcel. The
City's appraiser concluded that, in the after condition, the size of the remainder parcel
would be significantly reduced and the improvements significantly impacted. Thus, the
appraiser concluded that the approximate 3,917 square foot property remaining after
construction of the Proposed Project would be of little or no utility or economic value to
the record owners and thus this area constituted an "uneconomic remnant". This
uneconomic remnant would not satisfy the minimum lot size for building in the City's
Service Commercial (SC) zone, building set back, site coverage or parking
requirements. One of the parcels that the Proposed Project would impact is the real
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property commonly known as 27498 Enterprise Circle West, and identified as Riverside
County Assessor's Parcel Number (APN) 921-480-020, which is an approximate 18,149
square foot parcel improved with a 6,665 square foot industrial building ("Subject
Property").
C. Pursuant to Government Code Section 7267.2, on March 22, 2011, the
City Council set just compensation for the permanent easement and the Subject
Property at the fair market value as determined by the City's independent appraiser
based on a February 7, 2011 date of value. The City Council also authorized the
Director of Public Works/City Engineer to make offers and negotiate the acquisition of
the Subject Property.
D. On May 11, 2011 the City extended a written offer to Donald W. Coop and
Jennean Coop Trustees of the Coop Family Trust u/t/d February 2, 2004, the record
owner of the Property, offering to purchase the Subject Property at the fair market
value. Based on the impact of the Proposed Project on the Subject Property and the
valuation analysis discussed above, the City offered to purchase the Subject Property in
fee. Mr. Coop informed City staff that Mrs. Coop had passed away. Counsel for the
Coop Family Trust confirmed that Donald W. Coop, Trustee of the Jennean Coop
Bypass Trust Under the Coop Family Trust dated February 2, 2004, and Donald W.
Coop, Trustee of the Donald W. Coop Survivor's Trust Under the Coop Family Trust
dated February 2, 2004, each as to an undivided fifty percent (50%) interest as tenants
in common (referred to below as the "Coop Family Trust") are the correct record owners
of the Subject Property. Counsel for the Coop Family Trust confirmed that the Coop
Family Trust will record the relevant conveyance and title documents during the course
of the proposed escrow to ensure that the Coop Family Trust conveys clear title to the
City.
E. The Coop Family Trust and City staff negotiated the City's proposed
purchase of the Subject Property and reached an agreement for the City's acquisition in
fee of the Subject Property for the total purchase price of $837,075.00 (Eight Hundred
Thirty-seven Thousand and Seventy-five Dollars), subject to the approval of the City
Council. The purchase price is within the amount the City previously authorized for the
negotiation and purchase of the Subject Property. The Coop Family Trust agreed to sell
the Subject Property in fee and informed City staff that the record owners do not wish to
retain the uneconomic remnant described above. Further, the Coop Family Trust
requested as additional consideration for the City' acquisition of the Subject Property,
salvage rights in connection with the Subject Property with the right to remove
hardware, doors, electrical fixtures, and miscellaneous re-usable material from the
Subject Property after the Subject Property is vacant and no longer occupied by any
lessees. The Agreement would require the City to provide to the Coop Family Trust at
least ten (10) calendar days written notice prior to the date of the City's demolition of the
improvements on the Subject Property. The Coop Family Trust would have from the
date of receipt of said written notice from the City regarding the date of demolition up to
twenty-four (24) hours prior to the date of demolition to enter on the Property and
exercise their salvage rights.
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F. At its meeting of February 27, 2001, the City Council approved the
Negative Declaration for Environmental Assessment No. 75 for the temporary low flow
crossing at Murrieta Creek and the proposed permanent crossing of Murrieta Creek,
which is the Proposed Project. The City Council found that based on the record before
it (1) the Negative Declaration for Environmental Assessment No. 75 was prepared in
compliance with California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"); (2) there is no
substantial evidence that the Proposed Project will have a significant effect on the
environment that cannot be adequately and feasibly mitigated; and (3) the Negative
Declaration for Environmental Assessment No. 75 reflects the independent judgment
and analysis of the City Council.
Section 2. Approval of Purchase and Sale Apreement. The City Council of
the City of Temecula hereby approves that certain agreement entitled "Purchase and
Sale Agreement and Joint Escrow Instructions Between the City of Temecula and
Donald W. Coop, Trustee of the Jennean Coop Bypass Trust Under the Coop Family
Trust dated February 2, 2004, and Donald W. Coop, Trustee of the Donald W. Coop
Survivor's Trust Under the Coop Family Trust dated February 2, 2004, each as to an
undivided fifty percent (50°/a) interest as tenants in common in connection with the
Murrieta Creek Bridge and Overland Drive Extension to Diaz Road — Project Number
PW00-26", with such changes in the Agreement as may be mutually agreed upon by the
Coop Family Trust and the City Manager as are in substantial conformance with the
form of such Agreement on file in the Office of the City Clerk. The Mayor is hereby
authorized to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City. A copy of the final �
Agreement when executed by the Mayor shall be placed on file in the Office of the City
Clerk. This approval of the Agreement is not an announcement of the City's intent to
acquire any other real property interests for the Proposed Project and does not commit
the City to acquire any other real property interests for the Proposed Project.
Section 3. Citv Manaqer's Authoritv. The City Manager (or his designee), is
hereby authorized, on behalf of the City, to take all actions necessary and convenient to
carry out and implement the Agreement, and to Administer the City's obligations,
responsibilities and duties to be performed under the said Agreement, including but not
limited to, approval and execution on behalf of the City of assignment of leases, right of
entry and access agreement, grant deeds, acceptances, escrow instructions,
certificates, estoppel letters, and other similar agreements and documents as
contemplated by or described in the Agreement or as necessary and convenient to
implement the Agreement.
Section 4. Environmental Analysis. The environmental effects of the
acquisition of the Subject Property were studied as an integral part of the Negative
Declaration for Environmental Assessment No. 75 approved for the Proposed Project.
The findings made by the City Council at its meeting on February 27, 2001 in approving
the Negative Declaration for Environmental Assessment No. 75 are the appropriate
findings for the acquisition of the Subject Property. In connection with the attached
Agreement, City staff reviewed all of the environmental documentation prepared in
connection with the Proposed Project, including, but not limited to, the Negative
Declaration, the initial environmental study, the mitigation monitoring program and
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agenda report relating to the approval of the Negative Declaration. Pursuant to the
criteria of Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines and Section 21166 of the Public
Resources Code, City staff concluded that no substantial changes have occurred in the
Proposed Project, no substantial changes have occurred in the circumstances under
which the project is undertaken, and that the City has obtained no new information of
substantial importance that would require further environmental analysis, including the
fact that no mitigation measures previously found not to be feasible would in fact be
feasib�e. These environmental findings are the appropriate findings with respect to the
proposed acquisition of the Subject Property.
Section 5. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 15th day of February, 2012. ' �,
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Ch ck Washington, Mayor
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 12-18 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 15th day of February, 2012, by the
following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar, Roberts,
Washington
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: No
Susan . Jones, MMC
City Clerk
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