Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: John L. Maltbie, County Manager
Subject: Option Agreement with the City of San Mateo for the purchase of easements over portions of the County-owned property located at 2495 South Delaware Street in the City of San Mateo
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute an Option Agreement with the City of San Mateo for the purchase of easements over portions of the County-owned property located at 2495 South Delaware Street in the City of San Mateo to support the City of San Mateo's Clean Water Program; and
B) The County Manager, or his designee, to execute all documents necessary for the sale and conveyance of temporary and permanent easements to the City of San Mateo as authorized in the Option Agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
The City of San Mateo's ("City") wastewater system currently has insufficient capacity to address the wet weather flows that occur during winter months. This leads to sanitary sewer overflows ("SSOs"). In March 2009, the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board issued a Cease and Desist Order mandating the elimination of SSOs. In order to comply, the City plans to increase the capacity of it's wastewater system by constructing an underground, in-system storage facility upstream of the wastewater treatment plant ("Project").
The Project will have capacity to temporarily store approximately 5 million gallons of wastewater during heavy rains. During these conditions, flows will be diverted from the sewer pipes to the storage facility to prevent SSOs. After storms subside, wastewater in the storage facility will be pumped back into the collection system pipes and transferred to the wastewater treatment plant.
Among the potential Project locations evaluated in the City's Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report were portions of the C...
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