HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 4.B 04/02/2018DATE: April 2, 2018
Agenda Item #4.B
TO: Honorable Mor and Members of the City Council through City Manager
FROM: Dant. o SCE — Director of Public Works & Utilities
Jason Beatty, P.E. — Senior Civil Engineer
SUBJECT: Introduction of an Ordinance Approving Purchase and Sale Agreement Regarding
Real Property Commonly Known as Lot 33 Industrial Avenue and Authorizing
the City Manager to Execute the Agreement and All Other Documents Necessary
to Complete the Purchase and Sale
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council introduce the attached Ordinance Introduction of an
Ordinance Approving Purchase and Sale Agreement Regarding Real Property Commonly
Known as Lot 33 Industrial Avenue and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the
Agreement and All Other Documents Necessary to Complete the Purchase and Sale.
BACKGROUND
On August 7, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017-126 N.C.S. authorizing the City
Manager to execute a funding agreement with the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) for
the Petaluma River Flood Management Denman Reach Phase 4 project. The scope of the
agreement includes acquisition of the subject property, a 5.47 -acre vacant parcel fronting on
Industrial Avenue and the creation of a flood detention basin or flood terracing on the property.
The agreement was made possible by efforts of Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbit to
redistribute an existing California Department of Water Resources (DWR) project grant for work
in Sonoma Valley. Because the originally proposed project become infeasible, the Supervisor
arranged to have SCWA amend the original project scope for the DWR grant to become the
Denman Reach Phase 4 project and bring the funding to Petaluma.
An appraisal of the property was conducted resulting in an opinion of value of $1,000,000. As
authorized by the City Council in December, 2017, a conditional offer to purchase the property
for $1,000,000 has been presented, and the offer has been accepted by the property owners. Once
Council authorization is received, funds will be placed in an escrow account for the purchase and
the City will be reimbursed for the cost of the purchase by SCWA under the executed agreement.
DISCUSSION
The final executed agreement between the SCWA and the City of Petaluma outlines a project
funding amount of $2;634,624 with $1,754,322 coming from the DWR Prop 1E Grant and
$880,302 from the Agency Zone 2A District budget. Under the agreement, the City will
contribute $29,165 of in-kind services as a fund match, perform project management, and
provide perpetual maintenance of the newly acquired property and the constructed flood control
measures. The land purchase and improvements are a logical continuation of the flood plain
improvements completed in phases 1, 2, and 3.
Environmental review and preliminary design has begun on the project, with construction
planned in the summer of 2019.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
The project is currently in the FY 17/18 CIP budget, and is primarily funded by the State DWR
and the SCWA Zone 2A. This action was anticipated in the current CIP budget and has no
unexpected impacts.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Ordinance with Exhibit A
2. Location Map
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Attachment 1
EFFECTIVE DATE ORDINANCE NO. N.C.S.
OF ORDINANCE
Introduced by Seconded by
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PETALUMA
APPROVING PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT BETWEEN WILLIAM R.
NELSON, DARREL S. NELSON, WILLIAM E. NELSON, MARTHA SUE DAVIS,
ROBERT L. NELSON, AND HAROLD SILEN, THE TRUSTEE OF THE SILEN
FAMILY TRUST, AND THE CITY OF PETALUMA REGARDING REAL PROPERTY
COMMONLY KNOWN AS
LOT 33 INDUSTRIAL AVENUE, (APN 007-412-033) AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND ALL OTHER DOCUMENTS
NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE PURCHASE AND SALE
WHEREAS, Section 46 of the Charter of the City of Petaluma requires that actions for
the acquisition, sale, or lease of real property be taken by Ordinance except for such actions
involving sums less than $3,000 or actions pursuant to general state law; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution 2017-126 N.C.S., the City of Petaluma (City)
entered into a funding agreement with the Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) for the
Petaluma River Flood Management Denman Reach Phase 4 Project, which included funding for
the acquisition of certain property commonly known as Lot 33 Industrial Avenue, County of
Sonoma Assessor's Parcel No. 007-412-033 (the Property); and
WHEREAS, the funding agreement with the Sonoma County Water Agency provides
funding in the amount of $2,634,624, for the Petaluma River Flood Management Denman Reach
Phase 4 project, which includes acquisition of the Property; and
WHEREAS, the City has negotiated a purchase and sale agreement between the City and
William R. Nelson, Darrel S. Nelson, William E. Nelson, Martha Sue Davis, Robert L. Nelson,
and Harold Silen, Trustee of the Silen Family Trust, owners of the property, in the amount of
$1,000,000, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference; and
WHEREAS, this action was found in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act pursuant to Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations (CEQA
Guidelines), through the completion and filing of a Notice of Determination on March 1, 2012,
for the acquisition portion of this project with a Mitigated Negative Declaration.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council approves the purchase and sale agreement (Agreement)
between the City of Petaluma and William R. Nelson, Darrel S. Nelson, William E. Nelson,
Martha Sue Davis, Robert L. Nelson, and Harold Silen, Trustees of the Silen Family Trust, in the
amount of $1,000,000, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A and incorporated herein as
reference.
Section 2: The City Manager is authorized and directed to execute the Agreement
and all other documents reasonably necessary to complete the purchase and sale, according to the
terms of the Agreement.
Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or work of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, unlawful or otherwise invalid by a court
of competent jurisdiction or preempted by State legislation, such decision or legislation shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council of the City of
Petaluma hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Ordinance and each and all
provisions thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more of said provisions be declared
unconstitutional, unlawful other otherwise invalid.
Section 4: This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the date of its
adoption by the Petaluma City Council.
Section 5: The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish or post this Ordinance or a
synopsis for the period and in the manner provided by the City Charter and any other applicable
law.
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Attachment 2
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PROPERTY ACQUISITION
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