Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Grant of Public Utility Easement Over San Carlos Airport Property
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Public Utility Easement Deed in favor of Silicon Valley Clean Water over an undeveloped portion of the San Carlos Airport; and
B) The County Manager, or his designee, to accept or execute on behalf of the County any and all notices, consents, approvals, terminations, and other documents in connection with the Public Utility Easement Deed.
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BACKGROUND:
Silicon Valley Clean Water ("SVCW"), a joint powers agency created by the cities of Belmont, San Carlos, and Redwood City as well as the West Bay Sanitary District, provides wastewater treatment and disposal services to a number of communities in incorporated areas within the County. SVCW owns and operates a wastewater conveyance system that includes a 48-inch force main that runs in part under the taxiway of the San Carlos Airport. The aging force main has had reliability issues in recent years, and repair of the force main has at times caused disruption to Airport operations. SVCW is in the process of implementing a significant capital improvement program in part to replace the force main with a new 10-foot gravity pipeline constructed dozens of feet below the Airport surface using a tunnel boring machine. To construct and operate the new gravity pipeline, SVCW desires to obtain temporary and permanent easements from the County under the San Carlos Airport.
DISCUSSION:
SVCW's gravity pipeline project will provide substantial public benefits, both because it will enhance the reliability of a wastewater conveyance system serving a significant number of County residents, but also because the replacement of the aging force main reduces the long-term risk of disruptio...
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