Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Subject: Second Amendment to Memorandum of Understanding for Exchange of Real Property Interest between the County, the Judicial Council of California and San Mateo County Superior Court to Facilitate Construction of County Office Building 3
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the County Manager or his designee to execute a Second Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Judicial Council of California and the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County, to extend the Scheduled Completion Date for Hall of Justice Tenant Improvements to March 31, 2025 and to provide $516,392 as the County's contribution toward the cost of reopening Central Branch Courthouse.
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BACKGROUND:
In connection with the County's development of County Office Building 3 (COB3) and related improvements, the County, the Judicial Council of California (JCC), and the Superior Court of California, San Mateo County (Courts) negotiated and executed a Memorandum of Understanding 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 (HOJ) improved with two new courtrooms and an expanded court clerk's office (HOJ Improvements). The Memorandum of Understanding was effective November 6, 2018 and was subsequently amended by the First Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding, dated April 1, 2019 (collectively, the "MOU").
In order to provide the space subject to the HOJ Improvements, the County must first complete COB3 so that the County may vacate portions of the HOJ that will be part of the HOJ Improvements. Due to unexpected delays to the COB3 project, the County cannot substantially complete the HOJ Improvements by the original March 31, 2022 date set forth in the MOU.
DISCUSSION:
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