Recommendation
A. That the City Council conduct a Public Hearing to consider 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 interest in Assessor Parcel Nos. 071-350-009; 071-090-074; 071-090-083; 071-090-082; 071-200-011 is necessary for the construction of the San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path, which will provide a direct and continuous route for bicyclists and pedestrians from north of Calle Real to commercial and residential areas within Goleta Old Town and to the existing Class I Atascadero Creek Bikeway, providing access to Goleta Beach Park, the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) and to the City of Santa Barbara;
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. 2023-___, entitled “A Resolution Of The City Council Of The City Of Goleta, California, Declaring That The Acquisition Of Permanent Easement and Temporary Construction Easement Interests Related To The San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path - Northern And Southern Segments Project For Assessor Parcel Nos 071-350-009; 071-090-074; 071-090-083; 071-090-082; 071-200-011, By Eminent Domain Is Necessary For The Construction Of The San Jose Creek Multipurpose Path - Northern And Southern Segments Project In The City Of Goleta, Santa Barbara County California, and Finding the Acquisition Covered by the Mitigated Negative Declaration Previously Adopted for the Project.”
Staff
Charles W. Ebeling, Public Works Director
Teresa Lopes, Senior Project Engineer
Estimated Time
30 minutes