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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03091999 - SD10 1 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA 2 3 Re: Condemnation of Property for } RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY Public Road Purposes State Route ) No. 99/ 95 4 4 West trap Project Hercules Area ) (C.C.P. Sec. 1245.230) 5 6 The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California,by vote of two-thirds or more 7 of its members, RESOLVES that: 8 Pursuant to Government Code section 25350.5 and Streets &Highways Code section 943, 9 Contra Costa County in conjunction with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and Caltrans 10 intend to construct a road project, a public improvement, that consists of adding two new lanes, 1 l which will carry westbound traffic,north of the existing,two lane highway more commonly known 12 as Franklin Canyon Road in the Hercules area, and, in connection therewith, acquire interests in 13 certain real property. 14 The properties to be acquired consist of 15 parcels and are generally located in the Hercules 15 area. The said properties are more particularly described in Appendix "A", attached hereto and 16 incorporated herein by this reference. 17 On February 18, 1999,notice of the County's intention to adopt a resolution of necessity for 18 acquisition by eminent domain of the real property described in Appendix"A"was sent to persons 19 whose names appear on the last equalized County Assessment Roll as owners of said property. The 20 notice specified March 9, 1999, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers in the 21 Administration Building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez,California, as the time and place for the hearing 22 thereon. 23 The hearing was held at that time and place, and all interested parties were given an 24 opportunity to be heard and based upon the evidence presented to it, this Board finds, determines 25 and hereby declares the following: 26 1. The public interest and necessity require the proposed project; and 27 2. The proposed project is planned and located in the manner which will be most 28 compatible with the greatest public good and the least private injury; and RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY I j i 1 3. The property described herein is necessary for the proposed project; and 2 4. The offer required by Section 7267.2 of the Government Code was made to the 3 owner or owners of record. 4 5. Insofar as any of the property described in this resolution has heretofore been 5 dedicated to a public use, the acquisition and use of such property by Contra Costa 6 County for highway purposes is for a more necessary public use than the use to 7 which the property has already been appropriated or for a compatible public use. 8 This determination and finding is made and this resolution is adopted pursuant to 9 Code of Civil Procedure sections 1240.510 and 1240.610. 10 The County Counsel of this County is hereby AUTHORIZED and EMPOWERED: 11 To acquire in the County's name,by condemnation, the titles, easements and rights of way 12 hereinafter described in and to said real property or interest(s) therein, in accordance with the 13 provisions for eminent domain in the Code of Civil Procedure and the Constitution of California: 14 Parcels 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, and 11 are to be acquired in fee title. 15 Parcels 8, 12, and 15 are to be acquired as permanent easements. 16 Parcels 2, 5, 9, 13, and 14 are to be acquired as temporary construction easements. 17 To prepare and prosecute in the County's name such proceedings in the proper court as are 18 necessary for such acquisition; 19 To deposit the probable amount of compensation based on an appraisal,and to apply to said 20 court for an order permitting the County to tale immediate possession and use said real property for 21 said public uses and purposes. 22 PASSED and ADOPTED March 9, 1999, by the following vote: 23 AYES: Supervisors Gioia, tliikema, Gerber, DeSaulnier and. Canciatrilla 24 NOES: None 25 ABSENT: None 26 ABSTAIN: None 27 28 RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY 2. I I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly introduced, 2 passed and adopted by the vote of two thirds or more of the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa 3 County, California, at a meeting of said Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County, California, 4 at a meeting of said Board on the date indicated above. 5 Date: March 9, 1-999 6 _ 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 Orig. Dept: Public Works Department(R/P) Karen A. Laws (3113-2228) 114 Auditor-Controller County Counsel (Certified Copy) I5 16 c 117 18 4:vGR0UPSvSTA:FvRESNEC.WPD 19 20 21 22 23 i 24 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of 25 the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. 26 ATTESTED: PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the oard of 27 Supervirs and County Administrator 28 �� , BY rr, ,. 9 Deputy RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY W 3 APPENDIX "A" PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY Real property situated in the Rancho E€ Pinole, being a portion of that parcel of land described in the deed to Pacific Telephone & Telegraph (P.T.&T.) recorded October 23, 1946, in Book 957 at Page 453 Official Records of Contra Costa County, State of California, described as follows: Parcel 1 (56514 -- 1) Fee Beginning at the most westerly corner of said P.T.&T. parcel; thence along the northwesterly line North 52016'38" East, 12.876 meters; thence South 37143'23" East, 6.074 meters; thence South 52016'37" West, 12.877 meters to the sout€iwesterly line of said P.T.&T. parcel; thence along said line North 37°43'18" West, 6.074 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 78 square meters, more or less. Parcel 2 (56514— 2) Temporary Construction Easement An easement for Temporary Construction Purposes to expire December 31, 2002, upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows: A strip of land 6.0374 meters in width measured at right angles, lying southwest and immediately adjacent to the northwesterly line of the above described P.T.&T. parcel 1957 O.R. 453). EXCEPTING THEREFROM: The northeasterly 3.851 meters, and the southwesterly 12.877 meters of the herein described 6.074 meter strip. Containing an area of 84 square meters more or less. The bearings and distances used in the above description are on the California Coordinate System of 1983 (CCS83) Zone 1€1 (1991.35 HPON). Multiply distances shown by 1.000060 to obtain ground distances. t3RPRA GA Real property situated in the Rancho El Pinole, being a portion of the parcel of land described in instrument recorded February 28,1978, in Book 8727 at page 1 Official Records of Contra Costa County, State of California, described as follows: PARCEL 3 (56512-1) Fee Beginning at the most easterly corner of said parcel (8727 O.R. 1), said point also being at the intersection of the northwesterly line of State Route 4 and Cummings Skyway; thence along said northwesterly fine of State Route 4, South 521,53'22„ West, 204.421 -meters and North 89001'46" West, 27.313 meters; thence leaving said State Route 4, North 2052'01" East, 156.836 meters; thence North 66022'49" East, 39.476 meters; thence South 84004'12" 10.938 meters to the westerly line of Cummings Skyway; thence along said westerly line South 26°31'44" East , 19.653 meters and South 38048'43" East, 52.373 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 15,801 square meters, more or less. This conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway and the granter hereby releases and relinquishes to the grantee any and all abutter's rights of access, appurtenant to grantor's remaining property, in and to said freeway. The bearings and distances used in the above description are on the California Coordinate System of 1983 (CCS83) Zone 111 (1991.35 HPGN). Multiply distances shown by 1.000068 to obtain ground distances. MATSUSHITA Real property situated in the Rancho EI Pinole, being a portion of that parcel of land described in the deed to Takaaki Matsushita, et ux recorded September 8, 1995, Series No. 95-150812 and shown as Parcel B on the map filed November 18, 1985 in Book 125 of Parcel Maps at page 9, both {official Records of Contra Cosh County, State of California, described as follows` PARCEL 4 (56452-1) Pee Beginning at the most easterly corner of said Matsushita parcel; thence along the southeasterly line of said parcel South 26°2921" West, 25.777 meters; thence leaving said line North 80000'32" West, 104.802 meters; thence North 751101'25" West, 30.269 meters to the northwesterly line of said parcel; thence along said northwesterly line, North 14044'21" East, 39.851 meters to the most northerly corner of said parcel; thence along the northeasterly line of said parcel South 7204647" East, 140.091 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 4,604 square meters, more or less. This conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway and the grantor hereby releases and relinquishes to the grantee any and all abutter's rights of access, appurtenant to grantor's remaining property, in and to said freeway. PARCEL 5 (56452-3) Temporary Construction Easement An easement for Temporary Construction purposes to expire December 13, 2002 upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows Beginning at the intersection of the southeasterly line of said Matsushita parcel and the northerly line of State Route 4 as shown on said map (125 PM 9); thence along the northerly of said State Route 4 the following courses. South 88021'51" West, 4.893 meters to a curve concave northerly having a radius of 275.826 meters, a central angle of 9°38'02", an arc distance of 46.378 meters; thence leaving said northerly line of State 2 Route 4, North 7°5953" East, 2.000 meters to a non-tangent curve concave northerly having a radius of 273.826 meters, a radial to said curve bears South 7059'53" west; thence easterly along the arc of said curve , through a central angle of 8029'51", an arc distance of 40.612 meters; thence North 0041'08" West, 4.912 meters; thence North 89018'52" East, 13.843 meters to the east line of said Matshushita parcel; thence along said east line South 26029'20" West, 7.637 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 165 square meters more or less. The bearings and distances used in the above description are on the California Coordinate System of 1983 (CCS83) Zone 111 (1991.35 HPGN). Multiply distances shown by 1.000060 to obtain ground distances. DlTMER Real property situated in the Rancho EI Pinole, being a portion of that parcel of land described in the Instrument recorded January 19, 1989 in Book 12122 at page 926 , Official Records of Contra Costa County, State of California, described as follows: PARCEL 6 (56448-1) FEE All of Parcel 1 of the above described Grant Deed (12122 O.R. 926) lying southwesterly and southerly of the strips of land described in the instruments to the San Joaquin Malley Railway Company recorded December 11, 1897 in Book 78 at Pagel of Deeds, and to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Book 214 at page 388 of Deeds, all records of said County, EXCEPTING THEREFROM all of said parcel lying northeasterly of the following described line: Commencing at the most northerly corner of the parcel of land shown as Parcel "A" on the map filed November 18, 1985 in Book 125 of Parcel Maps at Page 9, records of said County, said corner also being the westerly corner of the above described Ditmer Parcel; thence along the westerly line of said Ditmer Parcel , North 28054'22" East, 24.146 meters to the Point of Beginning for the herein described line; thence South 73046'09" East, 143.297 meters; thence South 7302'07" East, 184.882 meters to the southwesterly line of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (formerly Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe) Railway, being the southeasterly terminus of the herein described line. Containing an area of 44,112 square meters more or less. This conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway, and the Grantor hereby releases and relinquishes to the grantee any and all rights of access, appurtenant to grantors remaining property, in and to said freeway. The bearings and distances used in the above description are on the California Coordinate System of 1983 (CCS83) Zone 111 (1991.35 HPGN). Multiply distances shown by 1.000060 to obtain ground distances. 3 Jt)HIV BURTON MACHINE CORPORATION Reel property situated in the Rancho El Pinole, being a portion of that parcel of lend shown on the map filed May 29, 1975 in Book 59 of Licensed Surveyors Maps (LSM) at page 19 records of Contra Costa County, State of California, described as follows: PARCEL 7 (56447-1) Fee Beginning at the southeasterly comer of said parcel (59 LSM 19) said point being on the northerly line of State Route 4; thence along said line the following courses: North 85030'39" West 16.505 meters to a curve concave to the north hawing a radius of 427.453 meters, along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 3002'00", an arc distance of 22.630 meters, North 81049'09" West, 100.619 meters to a curve concave northeasterly having a radius of 304.779 meters, along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 12°24'07", an arc distance of 65.971 meters, North 69025'02" West, 112.220 meters to a curve concave southwesterly having a radius of 129.531 meters, along the arc of said curve, through a central angle of 22014'20", an arc distance of 50.276 meters, South 88020'38" West, 33.949 meters, South 721,2432" East, 11.090 meters, South 88021'51" West, 80.023 meters and North 84035'13" West 26.391 meters; thence leaving said northerly line of State Route 4 along the westerly line of said parcel (59 LSM 19) North 26029'20" East, 5.996 meters; thence North 89018'52" East, 80.617 meters; thence North 84054'08" East,11.926 meters to a curve concave southerly having a radius of 220.000 meters; thence along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 1902353", an arc distance of 74.483 meters to a compound curve concave southwesterly having a radius of 385.000 meters; thence along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 7020'14", an arc distance of 49.303 meters; thence South 67048'18" East, 4.735 meters; thence North 2800612" East, 29.563 meters to the northerly line of said parcel (59 LSM 190 thence along said northerly line South 79020`53" East, 257.470 meters to the easterly line of said parcel (59 LSM 19); thence along said line South 1023`32" West, 41.086 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 12,864 square meters, more or less. This conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway and the grantor hereby releases and relinquishes to the grantee any and all abutter's rights of access, appurtenant to grantor's remaining property, in and to said freeway. Reservin , however to the grantor, grantor's successors or assigns, the right of way access through the opening to the freeway over and across the following described line: Beginning at point which bears North 26029'20" East, 5.996 meters from the most westerly corner of said parcel (59 LSM 19); thence North 89018'52" East, 20.000 meters to the easterly terminus of the herein described line. PARCEL 8 (56447-2) Drainage Easement An easement for drainage purposes and incidents thereto, upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows: 4 Beginning at the northeasterly terminus of the line described as "North 89018'52" East, 817.617 meters" in the above described PARCEL 1 (56447-1); thence North 55016'30" East, 20.794 meters; thence North 40016'21" East, 32.017 meters to the northeasterly line of .said parcel (59 LBM 19); thence along said line South 72027'52" East, 4.337 meters; thence South 40016'21" Vilest 39.707 meters to a non-tangent curve concave southerly having a radius of 220.000 meters, a radial to said curve burs North 31129'04" West; thence westerly along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 1036'44", an arc distance of 6.190 meters; thence South 84054'08" West, 11.925 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 207 square meters, more or less. PARCEL 9 (56447-3) Temporary Construction Easement An easement for Temporary Construction Purposes to expire December 31, 2002 upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows: Beginning at the northeasterly terminus of the line described as "North 261,29'20" East, 5.995 meters" in the above described PARCEL 1 (56447-1) said line also being the northwesterly line of said parcel (59 LSM 19); thence continuing North 2629'20" East, 5.620 ureters; thence North 891,18'52" East, 7.433 meters; thence South 0041'08" East, 5,000 meters; thence South 89018'52" West, 10.000 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area 44 square meters, more or less. The bearings and distances used in the above description are on the California Coordinate System of 1983 (CCS83) Zone 111 (1991.35 1-lPGN). Multiply distances shown by 1.000060 to obtain ground distances. KIRK & GILMOR Real property situated in the Rancho El Pinole, being a portion of that parcel of land described in the Instrument to Howard Kirk & Roger G. Gilmore, a general partnership (Kirk & Gilmore) recorded January 19, 1989 in Book 14838 at Page 668, Official Records of Contra Costa County, State of California, described as follows: PARCEL 10 (56449-1) Fee Beginning at the intersection of the northwesterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel (14838 O.R. 688) with the northeasterly line of State Route 4 as described in the deed to Contra Costa County recorded February 10, 1920 in Book 352 of Deeds at page 292, records of said County; thence along said northwesterly line North 511,36'50" East, 85.434 meters; thence leaving said line North 65056'31" East, 22.185 meters; thence South 661,53'55" East, 63.245 meters; thence South 79010'23" East, 107.938 meters; thence South 67043'1,5" East, 5.026 meters to the southeasterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel; thence along said line South 521,15'39" West, 82.967 meters to the northeasterly line of State Route 4 also being a non-tangent curve concave southwesterly, having a radius of 224.394 meters, a radial to said curve bears North 9021'24" East; thence westerly along said northeasterly line of State Route 4, alone the 5 arc of said curve through a central angle of 904833", an arc distance of 38.417 meters; thence continuing along said State Route 4, North 80638'36" West, 132.239 meters to a curve concave northeasterly having a radius of 284.971 meters; thence along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 4640'37", an arc distance of 23.262 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 12,665 square meters, more or less. This conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway and the grantor hereby releases and relinquishes to the grantee any and all abutter's rights of access, appurtenant to grantor's remaining property, in and to said freeway. PARCEL 11 (56449-6) Fee Beginning at the northeasterly terminus of the line described as "South 52616'39" West, 82.967 meters" in the hereinabove described PARCEL 1 (56449-1) said point also being on the southeasterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel; thence continuing along said line North 52616'39" East„48.406 meters; thence North 3764321” West, 1.210 meters; thence South 55648'33" West 51.016 meters; thence South 67643`15" East, 5.026 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 136 square meters more or less. This conveyance is made for the purpose of a freeway and the granter hereby releases and relinquishes to the grantee any and all abutter's rights of access, appurtenant to grantor's remaining property, in and to said freeway. Reserving, however to the grantor, grantor's successors or assigns, the right of way access through the opening to the freeway over and across the following described lines: Beginning at the northerly terminus of the line hereinabove described as " North 52616'39" East, 48.406 meters'; thence North 37643'21" West, 1.210 meters; thence South 55648'33" West 12.901 meters to the southwesterly terminus of the herein described line. PARCEL 12 (56449-3) Utility Easement An easement for Utility purposes and incidents thereto, upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of the northwesterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel (14838 O.R. 668) with the northeasterly line of State Route 4 as described in the deed to Contra Costa County recorded February 10, 1920 in Book 362 of Deeds at page 292, records of said County; thence along said northwesterly line North 51636'50" East, 128.652 meters to the Point of Beginning for the herein described parcel, said Point of Beginning also being on the northwesterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel; thence continuing along said northwesterly line, North 51636'50" East, 13.914 meters; thence North 26043'04" East, 3.066 meters; thence South 67617'06" East', 138.090 meters; thence South 67643'15" East, 31.856 meters to the southeasterly line of said Kirk & 6 Gilmore parcel; thence along said line South 52416'39" West, 17.597 meters; thence North 67043'15" West, 23.086 meters; thence North 67417'06" West, 145.116 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 2,568 square meters, more or less. PARCEL 13 (56449-4) Temporary Construction Easement An easement for Temporary Construction purposes to expire December 31, 2002 upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows: Beginning at the northeasterly terminus of the line described as "North 51 036'50" East, 85.434 meters" in the hereinabove described PARCEL 1 (56449-1) said Point of Beginning also being on the northwesterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel; thence continuing along said northwesterly line North 51436'50" East, 18.513 meters: thence South 66453'55" East, 6.248 meters; thence South 6545631" West, 22.185 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 51 square meters more or less. PARCEL 14 (56449-5) Temporary Construction Easement An easement for Temporary Construction purposes to expire December 31, 2002 upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows; Beginning at the northeasterly terminus of the line described as "North 52416'39" East, 48.406 meters" in the hereinabove described PARCEL 2 (56449-6) said point also being on the southeasterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel; thence North 37443'21" West, 1.210 meters; thence South 55448`33" West 51.016 meters; thence North 79410'23" West, 14.205 meters; thence North 52416'39" East, 74.072 meters; thence South 3704321" East, 15.000 meters to the southeasterly line of said Kirk & Gilmore parcel; thence along said line, South 52415'39" West 13.750 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 878 square meters more or less. The bearings and distances used in the above description are on the California Coordinate System of 1983 (CCS83) Zone 111 (1991.35 HPGN). Multiply distances shown by 1.000060 to obtain ground distances. GRELI'9 PARKISAGF ERANK'Ll CANYON LLC Deal property situated in the Rancho El Pinole, being a portion of Parcel "B" as shown on the map filed December 26, 1975 in Book 41 of Parcel Maps at page 42, Records of Centra Costa County, State of California, described as follows. 7 PARCEL 15 (57100-1) Utility Easement An easement for Utility purposes and incidents thereto upon, over and across that certain real property described as follows: Commencing at the most westerly comer of the parcel of land described in the Quitclaim to the State of California recorded March 22, 1983 in Boob 11173 of Official Records at page 824, records of said County; thence along the westline of said Parcel "B" (41 PM 42), South 81150'21'° West, 4.726 meters to the Point of Beginning; thence continuing along said east line South 805021" West, 24.115 meters; thence South 70010'24'° East, 10.270 meters, thence North 1949'35" East, 15.000 meters; thence North 86021'23" East, 24.645 meters to the westerly line of said State of California parcel (11173 O.R. 824); thence along said line North 9021'24" East, 9.639 meters; thence North 79027'03" West, 2.480 meters; thence South 86021'23" West, 30.969 meters; thence North 46°42'11"West, 5.305 meters to the Point of Beginning. Containing an area of 528.5 square meters, more or less. The bearings and distances used in the above descriptions are on the California Coordinate System of 1983 (CCS83) Zone Ill (1991.35 HPGN). Multiply distances shown by 1.000068 to obtain ground distances, G.'tGrp®ata\Reai Prop\SR4GAP\Appen dixAi_egals.dcc 8 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONTRA COSTA COUNTY GATE: F ary 24, 1999 TO: Board of Supervisors FROM: J. Michael Welford, public Works Direc/ect, SUBJECT: Report Re: State Route 4 West Gap Prercules Area Pursuant to procedure approved by Board Order, dated November 1, 1988, the Public Works Director sent a Notice of Intention to Adopt a Resolution of Necessity for acquisition by eminent domain of real property in the Hercules/Rodeo area for the construction of the State Route 4 Gap project, and set Tuesday, March 9, 1999, at 9:00 a.m. as the date and time affected owners may appear and be heard as to matters specked by law under C.C.P. Section 1245.235 as set forth below. Upon recommendation of County Counsel, the following report is made for the Board's information and consideration prior to taking action upon said hearing. 1. Proposed Project: The Contra Costa Transportation Authority intends to construct highway improvements along State Route 4 between 1-80/ R 4Interchange east to the Cummings Skyway Interchange. These highway improvements are considered to be Phase 1 of an ultimate 4 lane freeway construction project within the same limits and will, in general, construct 2 new lanes north of the existing two lane highway. The new westbound lane construction will provide a straighter, flatter alignment with standard shoulders improving safety conditions. Improvements to the existing facility (which will be utilized as an eastbound roadway) will provide auxiliary lames between Asbury Graphite and the Christie Underpass and shoulder improvements through most of the corridor. In order to proceed with the project, it is necessary for the County to exercise its power of eminent domain. Pursuant to Section 1245.235 of the Code of Civil Procedure, notice was given to the following persons whose names and addresses appear on the last equalized County Assessment Roll: Howard Kirk John Burton Machine Corporation Roger G. Gilmore 3251 Franklin Canyon Road 58 Norwood Avenue Rodeo, CA 94572 Kensington, CA 94707 James N. Ditmer& Barbara L. Ditmer, TRF Takaaki & Romiko Matsushita 2534 Derby Drive 2-16-5 Hazawa Nerimaku San Ramon, CA 94583 Tokoyo, Japan 176-003 1 Allen DeFraga, Trust Pacific Telephone &Telegraph Co. 60 Capilano Drive c/o Randy Cole, R/P Acgst Mgr Novato, CA 94949 4420 Rosewood Drive, Ste 100 Pleasanton, CA94588 Creenpark/Sage Franklin Canyon, LLC Besphil & Co., Ltd 2951 28" Street c/o Harbor View Investments, Inc. Santa Monica, CA 90405 655 Chestnut Street, 2m Floor San Francisco, CA 94133 This notice consisted of sending by first-class and certified mail on February 18, 1999, a Notice of Intention which notified these owners that a hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, March 9, at 9:00 a.m. in the Board's Chambers, at which time they may appear to be heard on the matters referred to in the notice. ll. Scope of Hearing Per C.C.P. Section 1245.235 A. Public Interest and Necessity require the l2rogosedoro . The purposes of the proposed project are to: • Improve safety along the Cap Segment of State Route 4 where accident fatality rates are as much as 1.5 times the expected Statewide average for facilities of this type. • Alleviate existing and projected future traffic congestion on State Route 4. • Close ars existing gap in the regional freeway network by improving the "Cap" section of State Route 4 to meet the standards of the remaining parts of the highway, which has been identified by Caltrans as a "primary east-west corridor for interregional travel in Contra Costa County." State Route 4 is one of only three east-west links between the urbanized Bay Area and the Central Valley. B. The grolect is planned and located in the manner that will be most cornoatible with the greatest gLibl c good_end the least private injury.' The alignment for the project was adopted through a long public process that reviewed several alternatives and numerous iterations of those alternatives. The highway/freeway alignment being constructed was selected because it met important planning criteria including being the least Environmentally damaging practicable alternative (LEDPA), minimizing the number of displacements, providing access to all parcels in the corridor and providing superior long-term traffic operations in comparison with other alternatives. 2 C. The property sought to be a uired is necessary for the 12roiect. The properties sought for the project are required to construct the project as defined in the IIS/EIR that received the Record of Decision in November 1998. The Preferred Alignment was required to demonstrate that it was the LBDPA. Resource Agencies concurred that the preferred alignment was the L.BDPA, therefore relocation of the project to another location within the corridor would result in greater environmental impacts (potentially including wetlands, and endangered plant and animal species) and would not be allowed. D. The offer of compensation required by Section 72672 of the Government Code has been made to the owner or owners of record. Ill. Recommended Action A. Board to ask if any notified properly owners wish to be heard as to the three items specified in Section II above. B. Upon completion and closing of the hearing, it is recommended that the Board make the findings and determinations listed under 11 A, B and C above, adopt a Resolution of Necessity to acquire the required property by eminent domain and direct the Board Clerk to file a copy of this report. KAL:gpp G:\GrpData\RealPropiSR4GAP\CO20A-ST4WestGap.doc (Form updated 2/10/97) cc: County Administrator's Office County Counsel Real Property Board Clark a If approved by the Board, please file a copy of this report in your records. 3