AGENDA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING ...

of the City of Anaheim’s water pipeline and Southern California Edison Company (SCE)poles and power lines.As part of this acquisition, Caltrans included those parcels that Caltrans has been usingunder a Permit issued by the District on April 6, 1965 and identified on the attached mapas Parcels C-741, C-741-1, C741-3, and C-741-4. When the Permit was issued, theDistrict and Caltrans had not agreed to the terms of the proposed easement andCaltrans was to come back to the District and complete negotiations. Caltrans is nowcompleting the negotiations for the acquisition of the highway easements.At the September 28 meeting, Caltrans representatives advised that there may be arevision to the Easements and that the 60 day incentive period for the offer to acquirethe easements may be restarted. The Committee then provided staff with the followingdirection which was approved by the Board at its October 3, 2012 Board meeting:1) A deposit of $25,000 is authorized to Caltrans to initiate the process forstudying the option of selling their properties along the westerly and easterlyedges of Imperial Highway next to the Santa Ana River;2) Staff is directed to request that Caltrans consider a “swap” of this property forthe property they desire from the District as part of their Westbound StateRoute 91 Widening Project; and3) Staff is directed to determine how the 60-day period for incentive paymentscan be restarted to enable the District to take the $139,200 incentivepayment.Easement FeeOn February 13, 2013, District staff met with Caltrans’ Right of Way Agent whopresented a revised offer of $1,608,200 to acquire the Easements, including a new 60-day incentive amount totaling $146,200. Caltrans has asked to acquire a total of198,479 s.f. of District land for temporary construction easements, permanent highwayeasements, and utility easements, which is 11,555 s.f. more than the original request, ofwhich 106,368 s.f are for permanent and road easements and 92,111 s.f. are forTemporary Construction Easements.Caltrans has offered to pay as compensation for the easements as follows:1. $881,100 for Highway Easement and Utility Easement (Tustin Avenue off ramp).2. $727,100 for Highway Easements, Temporary Construction Easements, andUtility Easement (91 Freeway Bridge).$1,608,200 Total Easement Fee.The easement fee contains an incentive of $80,100 and $66,100, respectively, for thetimely signing of the Right of Way Contract and the offer expires 60 days from February13, 2013.