Special Notice / Hearing: Published
Vote Required: 4/5
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Manager
Adam Ely, Project Development Unit Director
Subject: Proposed property exchange with City of Redwood City
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The President of the Board of Supervisors to execute a Real Property Exchange Agreement with the City of Redwood City; exchanging County-owned real property located at 1580 Maple Street, in the City of Redwood City ("County Property") for City-owned property located at 1469 Maple Street, in the City of Redwood City ("City Property"); and
B) The County Manager, or County Manager's designee, to execute on behalf of the County the Grant Deed, the Certificate of Acceptance, the Lease Agreement, the Site Preparation and Development Fees Agreement; a Three-Party Agreement, and any and all notices, consents, agreements, approvals, escrow instructions and documents needed to facilitate the Exchange Agreement.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2010, the City of Redwood City ("the City") adopted a General Plan update that calls for the extension of Blomquist Street, which presently dead-ends into Maple Street on the east side of Highway 101. The road extension would eventually connect Blomquist Street from Maple Street to Bair Island Road through a vehicular bridge from the eastern edge of Redwood Creek adjacent to U.S. 101 (Figure 1).
To extend Blomquist, however, the City needs to acquire land owned by the County at 1580 Maple Street.
Anticipating that it would acquire the County's interest in 1580 Maple Street, on August 3, 2018 the City executed a development agreement with 1548 Maple, LLC for a project to construct up to 131 townhomes. The developer agreed, among other things, to either construct or to pay for construction of certain public improvements, including a portion of the Blomquist Extension.
Since the street extension would run through the County ...
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