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00-0801_STROSCHER ENTERPRISE_Agenda Report_D8 12/19/2006 AGENDA REPORT D8 TO: Dave Adams, City Manager FROM: Douglas D. Dumhart, Economic Development Manager SUBJECT: Consideration of Second Amendment to License Agreement for Temporary Public Parking on the Former Walnut Grove Restaurant Property-(Stroscher G3, LLC, APN 124-170-12) RECOMMENDATION: By motion, approve the Second Amendment to License Agreement to add temporary public parking on the former Walnut Grove Restaurant property. SUMMARY: On August 1, 2000, the City approved a License Agreement with Stroscher Enterprise, LLC, a family partnership, to place a temporary public parking lot on the northeast corner of EI Camino Real and Ortega Highway, site of the former Arco fueling station. The temporary public parking lot was put in place to accomplish several goals. They were: a. To eliminate a blighted nuisance created in the heart of the Downtown when the gas station was razed in 1999. b. To create additional public parking to meet the increasing demand in the Downtown. c. To place a desirable temporary use on the property until a future redevelopment project could be fostered with the family partnership and remaining business interest. Immediately adjacent to this temporary parking lot was the former Walnut Grove restaurant. The Walnut Grove restaurant was closed in 2004 and its leasehold interest extinguished. The building was razed in September of 2005. The family partnership which owns these properties was reorganized this year. The City has been approached by the current Licensor Stroscher G3, LLC, the successor in interest from Stroscher Enterprise, LLC, about adding the former Walnut Grove Restaurant property to the temporary public parking area. A concept plan has been prepared and is provided an attachment to this report. In exchange for making the Walnut Grove property available to the City at no additional cost, the City would make the necessary temporary improvements, such as paving and striping, and assume responsibility for the parking area. Staff is recommending the City Council consider the Second Amendment to the License Agreement with Stroscher G3, LLC, to provide for additional temporary public parking spaces.