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/O„S/- z The acquisition is for the approximately 590 space underground parking facility in the downtown area. The property is identified on the exhibits attached to the Resolution of Necessity. The Resolution of Necessity requires an affirmative two - thirds vote of the City Council for passage, which numerically equates to 5 of 7 Council Members. The property is located at 2117 Broadway. The subject property consists of a two story office /retail building constructed in approximately 1950 consisting of approximately 22,442 rentable square feet on a 27,503 square foot parcel located at the comer of Broadway and Middlefield with six tenants, including one local Social Security Office. It is necessary that this parcel be acquired by the City for the construction of an approximately 590 space underground public parking facility for the downtown area. The proposed project is for the purposes of public parking. The public use and necessity for the project is public parking, an established public use under the law. The proposed project will serve to provide public parking, which will help improve the downtown area and the Project's goal of providing downtown public parking. (Copies of all reports, studies and environmental documents are available for review at the City Clerk's office, and are incorporated into the administrative record herein by this reference. The City has previously prepared, circulated and certified a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Addendum to the EIR, together with other environmental documents in compliance with the environmental review process under the California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA "), found in Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et. seq., and the State CEQA Guidelines adopted by the Secretary of Resources. Administrative Record In addition to this staff report and its attachments, the City Council is referred to the aforementioned environmental review documents, together with all other reports, studies, orders, decisions and writings, which form the administrative record for the Project, all of which are incorporated herein by this reference, made a part hereof and may be relied upon by the City Council in making its decision. Negotiations /Acouisition Procedure The staff has attempted to reach an agreement with the owners on the terms and conditions for the voluntary sale of the property. However, agreement for that sale has not been reached at this time. It is now appropriate to consider eminent domain proceedings in order to meet the Project schedule. Under State law procedures, a hearing is held by the Council prior to initiating eminent domain proceedings. The hearing is for the limited purpose of whether to adopt the Resolution of Necessity, which entails a consideration of the following four items: 1. Whether the public interest and necessity require the project; and 2. That the project is planned or located in a manner that will be most compatible with the most public good and least private injury; and dZ