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REPOR T To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager October 23, 2000 Subject Road and Landscape Improvements at the intersection of Redwood Shores Parkway/Airport Way/Sky Way Recommendation Conceptually approve: • quit claim of a portion of Airport Way and Sky Way from the City of Redwood City to the City of San Carlos • de-annexation of two parcels totaling approximately 2.3 acres from the City of Redwood � City to be annexed to the City of San Carlos • transfer ownership of parcel finro (1.6 acres) from City of Redwood City to the City of San Carlos Direct Staff to prepare legal documents for formal City Council action. Background The intersection of Airport Way/Sky Way and Redwood Shores Parkway is a remainder of land created by the Caltrans construction of the Redwood Shores Parkway/Hwy 101 intersection. The area is in the City limits of the City of Redwood City, however, the land served by Airport Way and Sky Way, (principally the San Carlos Airport, SamTrans maintenance facility and the industrial and office uses fronting Sky Way) are in the City of San Carlos. The 2.3 acres in the triangle of the surrounding roadways remain neither developed or landscaped. The portion of Airport Way and Sky Way within the City limits of Redwood City is substandard and subject to flooding. Further, a 1.2 acre parcel north of Airport Way also remains without landscaping and is subject to unauthorized parking of tractor trailers. Although these conditions have existed since 1978, the interests of both cities to aesthetically improve the entrances to their communities and resolve public safety problems can currently be facilitated with the help of the private market. Spieker Properties is currently completing its "Sky Way Landing Project . Spieker Properties and the City of San Carlos are reconstructing the „ entire length of Sky Way from its intersection with Airport Way to, and including, the Sky Way Landing Development at the terminus of Sky Way. Through a construction agreement approved by the City Council on July 26, 2000, Redwood City has authorized San Carlos to complete the reconstruction of Sky Way within Redwood City up to the Airport Way intersection. San Carlos desires to complete a number of improvements within the jurisdiction of Redwood City, which are necessary from a public safety standpoint and would be desirable from an aesthetic standpoint. Those include: 1. Reconstruction of Airport Way to provide additional lanes for turning movements, to eliminate flooding and to eliminate the public safety concerns at the Sky Way/Airport _ .__ ... . _� ___ __. __ . _ __.__ . . ___. __ ._