Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Caroline Shaker, Interim Real Property Manager
Subject: Agreement with La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District to Enter into a Ground Lease on the Parcel at 350-360 Butano Cut Off, Pescadero (APN 087-053-010) to Enable Construction and Operation of Pescadero Fire Station 59 on School District Property
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board of Supervisors to execute a ground lease with La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District on the parcel at 350-360 Butano Cut Off, Pescadero (APN 087-053-010) to enable construction and operation of Pescadero Fire Station 59 on school district property.
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BACKGROUND:
The County seeks to relocate the existing Pescadero Fire Station 59 because its current location at 1200 Pescadero Creek Road is partially within a floodplain, which has resulted in annual interior flooding, mold, and plumbing backups to the barracks building, among other issues. Seasonal flooding of the adjacent Butano Creek also impacts Pescadero Creek Road by restricting and sometimes prohibiting vehicle movement on the road. When this flooding occurs, it also isolates Fire Station 59 from the town of Pescadero, endangering public safety by causing delays in responding to emergency calls that originate on the east side of Butano Creek. While the roadway flooding has been improved by recent projects to mitigate it, placement of a critical piece of public safety infrastructure in the flood plain of the creek will, over the long term, likely result in the same experiences.
An extensive process of public engagement on the various options for relocating the fire station has occurred over the preceding decade. Over time and with extensive public input and community meetings, the potential for using an area of the Pescadero Middle/High School property for this pu...
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