City Council Agenda
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Memo to: |
Manteca City Council |
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From: |
Kevin Jorgensen II, Director of Engineering/City Engineer |
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Prepared by: |
Lauren Silva, Associate Engineer |
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Date: |
May 6, 2025 |
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Subject: |
S. Main Street Widening and Improvements Project - Area of Benefit |
Recommendation:
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Set a Public Hearing no sooner than four (4) weeks from the date of this meeting for the S. Main Street Widening and Improvements Area of Benefit.
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Background:
In accordance with the City’s adopted Transportation Public Facilities Implementation Plan (P.F.I.P.) the S. Main Street corridor between State Highway 120 (SR120) and Woodward Avenue will ultimately be a 6-lane road with a median. Currently, this corridor is primarily a two-lane roadway with no sidewalk, curb or gutter.
Roadways are normally widened and improved as projects develop on the parcels that front the roadway. Because the properties adjacent to the 2-lane portion of the S. Main Street corridor are undeveloped, there is a “bottle neck” in the roadway system. The unimproved 2-lane portion of the corridor is bounded by the following properties.
- 1437 and 1533 S. Main Street on the west side, north of Atherton Drive (Aretakis),
- 1601 and 1669 S. Main Street on the west side, south of Atherton Drive (Marketplace at Main),
- 1574 and 1636 S. Main Street on the east side, south of Atherton Drive (SOMA Apartments/Brocchini),
- 1532 S. Main Street on the eastside, north of Atherton Drive (Brocchini), and
- 144, 292, 301, 475 and 490 E. Quintal Road on the east side, north and east of Brocchini (QMC Manteca).
To ensure S. Main Street is widened on both sides and improved to 6 lanes most expeditiously, City staff has placed a Condition of Approval on the Marketplace at Main, SOMA Apartments and QMC Manteca projects requiring the respective developers to widen S. Main Street and install improvements from the southern extent of the Marketplace at Main project up to the SR120 eastbound ramps, including widening of the eastbound SR120 on-ramp. Per the respective projects’ conditions, the entire S. Main Street Widening and Improvement Project must be complete prior to the first final inspection of a building permit for any of the adjacent development projects. The Aretakis property will also receive this condition if a project is conditioned on the property before the Main Street improvements are constructed. The Brocchini property at 1532 S. Main Street has an existing residence on it and is unlikely to be included in a development in the near future. While that property is not similarly conditioned, its owner has agreed to participate in funding the project for its share of non P.F.I.P. costs.
By placing the same condition on all projects, the full length of the corridor will be widened and improved as a single project. This will be the least disruptive to the public, as S. Main Street will be impacted a single time with the construction work. Additionally, the full length of the corridor will be improved with the first project that develops instead of the corridor being piecemealed together as each parcel develops.
The Marketplace at Main project is a shopping center that was conditionally approved by the Planning Commission on June 15, 2023. California Gold Development Corporation (CalGold), the developer of the Marketplace at Main project, wishes to begin construction of the shopping center. In accordance with the project’s Conditions of Approval, the developer will be acquiring right-of-way and constructing improvements to improve the 2-lane portion of the S. Main Street corridor between SR120 and Woodward Avenue to its ultimate 6-lane configuration.
Project Funding
P.F.I.P. Funded Improvements:
In accordance with the P.F.I.P, the median including the landscape, the two inside lanes on each side of the median and the turn lanes are paid for by the P.F.I.P. program. Additionally, anticipating that the Brocchini property at 1532 S. Main Street would not be included in a development since there is an existing, occupied home on the property, the frontage improvements for that property including the roadway paving, sidewalk, curb and gutter are paid for by the P.F.I.P.
Privately Funded Improvements:
Each property is responsible for the non-P.F.I.P. roadway and frontage improvements along their own S. Main Street frontage. All properties are equally responsible for the improvements to the SR120 eastbound on-ramp and joint trench improvements that will be installed on the project.
CalGold was able to enter into agreements with QMC Manteca and Brocchini, as the owner of the SOMA Apartments property and 1532 S. Main Street, to cover the non-P.F.I.P. improvements that would be their responsibility to fund at the time of construction. However, CalGold was unable to secure an agreement with the owners of the Aretakis property for the cost of their roadway and frontage improvements, the possible cost for the right-of-way nor their share of the SR120 on-ramp improvements. Currently, the estimated cost of those items is $1,038,300.
To ensure the feasibility of the project and all the improvements being constructed concurrently as intended, City staff is proposing that the City Council utilize funds from previously collected Development Agreement Fees to finance the costs that are the responsibility of the Aretakis property. The City will be reimbursed these monies through the S. Main Street Widening and Improvements Area of Benefit when the Aretakis property develops in the future.
Area of Benefit
In accordance with the City’s Area of Benefit Establishment Criteria, CalGold has submitted an Engineer’s Report for the S. Main Street Widening and Improvements Area of Benefit which identifies the beneficiary properties and sets the reimbursement amount for each property.
In accordance with the City’s Area of Benefit Establishment Criteria, the final Engineer’s Report will be brought back to City Council at a Public Hearing with updated costs based on bids.
At that same meeting, staff will bring forward the Improvement Agreement between the City and CalGold for the improvement work and request appropriation of the funds from the Development Agreement fee account. Staff will also be requesting City Council’s approval to disburse the funds to CalGold at an agreed upon schedule following recordation of the Area of Benefit.
With approval of tonight’s item, City Council will approve setting the Public Hearing for the Area of Benefit as no sooner than four (4) weeks from this meeting.
Fiscal Impact:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
Documents Attached:
1. Attachment 1 - Location Map
2. Attachment 2 - S. Main Street Widening and Improvements Area of Benefit Engineer’s Report