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Summary Title: Take Action to Acquire Union Pacific Property via Eminent Domain for the Cross Alameda Trail Clement Avenue East Extension/Tilden Way Project
Adoption of a Resolution Determining that the Public Interest and Necessity Require the Acquisition of Certain Real Property Interests for a Public Project and Directing the Filing of Eminent Domain Proceedings for the Cross Alameda Trail Clement Avenue East Extension/Tilden Way Project and Seek an Order for Prejudgment Possession. (Transportation 91820)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: David L. Rudat, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Cross Alameda Trail Clement Avenue East Extension/Tilden Way project (Tilden Way Project) is a long-planned facility that will link the Cross Alameda Trail to the Miller-Sweeney Bridge and into Oakland. The City needs to acquire two parcels, totaling approximately 1.56 acres, owned by Union Pacific, to complete these walking, biking and other transportation improvements along the Tilden Way corridor. Without the property, the Cross Alameda Trail will remain incomplete and the Clement Avenue truck route will continue to be disjointed. The City has made numerous attempts to negotiate with Union Pacific regarding value and use restrictions on the property and has not been able to reach agreement. City staff therefore recommends that the City Council acquire the needed property via eminent domain.
BACKGROUND
The Cross Alameda Trail Clement Avenue East Extension/Tilden Way project (Tilden Way Project) has been envisioned since at least 2005, when the Cross Alameda Trail Feasibility Study was completed and adopted by the City Council. The City's Transportation Element of the General Plan, approved in 2009, references future acquisition of the railroad right-of-way for a multi-modal corridor, including bicycling and walking facilities and a continuous truck route on Clement Avenue connecting to Tilden Way. In 2009 and 2010, the City ...
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