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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute any and all documents necessary for reciprocal Grant of Easements and a Right of Entry Agreement with the Long Beach Unified School District; and
Authorize City Manager to accept the conveyance of Redevelopment Agency-owned property located at 1790 Atlantic Avenue as part of the public sidewalk and street improvement project. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On March 21,2008, the City of Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (RDA) acquired the property located on the corner of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and Atlantic Avenue, more commonly known as 1790 Atlantic Avenue. This property is immediately adjacent to Polytechnic (Poly) High School and the former site of a gasoline service station (see attached Exhibit A). The purpose of the acquisition was to remove blight and to provide the City of Long Beach (City) with the opportunity to design, install, and construct street, utility, and other improvements that will alleviate impeded northbound traffic flow at this congested intersection. The RDA has removed all former improvements and has prepared the site for future development of a small park, as well as for the public street expansion and sidewalk improvement project.
Concurrently, the City has had discussions with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) regarding plans for the installation of a right-hand turn pocket (northbound from Atlantic Avenue onto PCH) to address the growing issues with traffic congestion. The planned right-hand turn pocket will require an approximate 10-foot wide cut along the entire westerly side of the Poly High School parking lot, beginning at Esther Street and continuing northward to PCH.
To facilitate the proposed project, the LBUSD shall grant the City a permanent exclusive easement for sidewalk and street purposes over an approximate 10-foot wide section along the entire length of the westerly side of the parking lot. In turn, the City shall compensate the LBUSD for its loss...
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