Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: First Amended and Restated Common Use Agreement for 2500/2510 and 2600 Middlefield Road with the City of Redwood City
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the President of the Board to execute the First Amended and Restated Common Use Agreement for 2500/2510 and 2600 Middlefield Road between the County of San Mateo and City of Redwood City for an initial term of thirty years.
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BACKGROUND:
The County owns the parcel at 2500 Middlefield Road, which is developed with a facility for the Human Services Agency and the Fair Oaks Library Branch. The City of Redwood City owns the adjacent parcel at 2600 Middlefield Road, which houses the Fair Oaks Community Center. In 1995, the City and County entered into a Common Use/Shared Facility License Agreement (the "1995 Agreement") to address the joint use of the parcels, as well as the use, operation, and maintenance of the Fair Oaks Branch Library and related financial obligations. Under the 1995 Agreement, the City operated the Fair Oaks Branch Library and the County, and subsequently the San Mateo County Library Joint Powers Authority ("Library JPA"), paid the City for a certain portion of library operations. The City and County each assumed responsibility for maintaining the parking lots on their respective parcels, while allowing joint use of the parking across both parcels, and the City and County constructed a shared access driveway. The 1995 Agreement also included a number of provisions related to the County's remodeling of its facility to accommodate a library, and cost-sharing with the City related to those improvements.
DISCUSSION:
The City and the Library JPA are negotiating a separate agreement that will result in the Library JPA assuming operational responsibility for the Fair Oaks Branch Library ("Branch Operation Agreement")...
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