Metro - File #: 2017-0087

• File #: 2017-0087
• Type: Policy
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/10/2017
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 3/23/2017
• Title: CONSIDER: A. HOLDING a public hearing on the proposed Resolution of Necessity; and B. ADOPTING the Resolution of Necessity authorizing the commencement of an eminent domain action to acquire Parcels HS-2701 (APN 4013-008-008) and HS-2701-1 (APN 4013-007-32, 022, 021 and 029), consisting of the real property and site improvements (hereinafter the "Property"). (REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE)
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, Construction, Crenshaw/Lax Transit Corridor (Project), Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Eminent domain, Inglewood, Los Angeles International Airport, Measure R, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Policy, Private property, Project, Property acquisition, Resolution, Tenants

Date	Action By	Action	Result
3/23/2017	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
MARCH 23, 2017

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: CRENSHAW/LAX TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT

ACTION: ADOPT RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY TO ACQUIRE PARCELS HS-2701 AND HS-2701-1

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. HOLDING a public hearing on the proposed Resolution of Necessity; and

B. ADOPTING the Resolution of Necessity authorizing the commencement of an eminent domain action to acquire Parcels HS-2701 (APN 4013-008-008) and HS-2701-1 (APN 4013-007-32, 022, 021 and 029), consisting of the real property and site improvements (hereinafter the "Property").

(REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE)

Issue
BACKGROUND

Acquisition of the Property (Attachment "A") located at 1119-1137 E. Redondo Blvd., and the parking lot on the south side of Redondo Blvd, west of West Blvd, City of Inglewood, is required for the construction and operation of a light rail transit alignment, roadway modifications, station, station amenities, parking and park & ride facilities, a traction power sub-station (TPSS), and related purposes for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project ("Project").

The Property to be acquired is an expansion of a previously adopted Resolution of Necessity (adopted on September 26, 2013) to acquire only Parcel HS-2701. At that time, Parcel HS-2701 was acquired to accommodate all of the station parking, station amenities and attendant portions of the Project, and was also to be used as a vital laydown yard for construction. Just prior to the adoption of the September 2013 Resolution of Necessity, Metro was made aware of a written parking lot covenant obligating 65 spaces within Parcel HS-2701 to one of the tenants of the Property. As the Project's schedule dictated a need for the possession of Parcel HS-2701 by a date certain, and the Project's design was complete, Metro moved forward with the condemnation of Parcel HS-2701, and filed an eminent domain action in Los Angeles Superior Court (LASC Case No. BC562344, "Eminent Domain Action")...