Recommendation
A. That the City Council conduct a public hearing to consider the adoption of a proposed Resolution of Necessity, making the following findings:
i. The public interest and necessity require the proposed project;
ii. The proposed project is planned or located in the manner that will be most compatible with the greatest public good and least private injury;
iii. Acquisition of the easement interests in Assessor Parcel Nos. 071-090-089 and 071-090-063 are necessary to construct the Ekwill Street and Fowler Road Extensions Project and Hollister Avenue Bridge Project;
iv. The offer required by section 7267.2 of the California Government Code was made; and
v. The public use for these properties (the easement interest) is a more necessary use than the use for which the properties are appropriated; and
B. Adopt, by a two-thirds majority vote, Resolution No. 24-___, entitled “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Goleta, California, Declaring that the Acquisition of Temporary Construction Easement Interests related to the Ekwill Street and Fowler Road Extensions Project and Hollister Avenue Bridge Project for Assessor Parcel No’s 071-090-089 and 071-090-063, by Eminent Domain is Necessary for the Construction of the Ekwill Street and Fowler Road Extensions Project and Hollister Avenue Bridge Project in the City of Goleta, Santa Barbara County, California, and finding the Acquisition Covered by the Environmental Impact Report and Mitigated Negative Declaration Previously Adopted for the Ekwill Street and Fowler Road Extensions Project and the Hollister Avenue Bridge Project, Respectively.”
Staff
Luz “Nina” Buelna, Interim Public Works Director
Gerald Comati, Contract Project Manager
Estimated Time
20 minutes