Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Conveyance of Property Rights to the City of San Mateo in Support of the City's Underground Flow Equalization Project at the San Mateo County Event Center
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an agreement between the County of San Mateo and the City of San Mateo for the acquisition and conveyance of property rights in support of City of San Mateo's Underground Flow Equalization System Project ("Agreement") at the San Mateo County Event Center; and
B) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an Easement Deed and Agreement for the Underground Flow Equalization System Project ("Easement Deed"); and
C) The County Manager or designee to execute notices, documents and escrow instructions associated with the Agreement and Easement Deed.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of San Mateo (City) operates a wastewater system that currently has insufficient capacity to address the wet weather flows that occur during winter months, which results in sanitary sewer overflows. The City is required by a 2009 Cease and Desist Order issued by the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board to eliminate the sewer overflows. In order to comply, the City adopted the Underground Flow Equalization System Project (UFES), which will increase the capacity of its wastewater system by constructing an underground in-system storage facility upstream of the wastewater treatment plant.
The County owns the San Mateo County Event Center (Event Center), located at 2495 Delaware Street, in the City of San Mateo. The City identified the Event Center as a potential site for the storage facility. On September 26, 2017, the County approved an Option Agreement for Purchase of Easement (Option Agreement). The Option Agreement granted the City the ex...
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