Special Notice / Hearing: One Week Published Notice __
Vote Required: 4/5 Vote
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Exchange of real property interests with the State to Facilitate the Construction of COB 3
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The County Manager or his designee to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Judicial Council of California and the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County, for the County's acquisition of the Traffic Court Annex and Courtroom O in the Northern Branch Jail Annex in exchange for 13,112 square feet of space in the Hall of Justice improved with two new courtrooms and an expanded court clerk's office; and
B) The County Manager to execute and/or accept on behalf of the County all additional documents necessary to effect said exchange, including any necessary amendments to existing court facility transfer agreements.
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BACKGROUND:
Approximately ten years ago, the County transferred responsibility for the funding and operation of all trial court facilities to the State pursuant to the Trial Court Facilities Act of 2002. As part of the transfer, the State acquired from the County certain real property interests in the buildings and land comprising the court facilities in the Hall of Justice ("HOJ"), the Traffic Court Annex ("Annex"), and Courtroom "O" in the Northern Branch Jail Annex located at the campus on 1050 Mission Road in South San Francisco ("Courtroom 'O'"). With respect to the HOJ, because the Courts and the County each occupy significant proportional interests in the facility, the County was permitted to retain title to the building and to serve as the managing party for the facility, while the Court acquired a perpetual right to occupy a certain percentage of the HOJ exclusively. Courtroom "O" transferred to the State on a similar basis. In contrast, because the Court is the sole tenant of the Annex, the State...
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