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7.B <br /> Page 1 <br /> REPORT <br /> To the Honorable Mayor /Chair and City Council/ <br /> Redevelopment Agency (Acting Jointly) <br /> From the City Manager /Executive Director <br /> December 21, 2010 <br /> Subject <br /> Public Hearing Regarding Conveyance of 1' -Wide Strips along Chemical Way and <br /> Maple Street in Accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding Regarding <br /> Replacement Jail Facilities Between the City and County of San Mateo. <br /> Recommendation <br /> By resolution: <br /> 1. Council Approving and Authorizing Conveyance of the City Strips Property to the <br /> Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redwood City. <br /> 2. Agency Approving and Authorizing Acceptance of Conveyance of the City Strips <br /> Property from the City of Redwood City. <br /> 3. Agency Approving and Authorizing the Conditional Conveyance of the City Strips <br /> Property to the County of San Mateo <br /> Background <br /> The City has been engaged in efforts to effectuate the City Council's direction to identify <br /> alternative property for a County replacement jail facility. As a result of the City's efforts, <br /> a site comprised of four properties located at 20, 50, 70 and 80 Chemical Way within <br /> the Woodhouse Industrial Park ( "Woodhouse Industrial Park Property ") was identified <br /> as a potentially viable site for the replacement jail facilities and was available for <br /> purchase. In order to secure the opportunity to purchase the Woodhouse Industrial <br /> Park Property while providing sufficient time for the City and County to investigate and <br /> perform due diligence to determine whether the Woodhouse Industrial Park Property is <br /> a feasible and desirable site for the replacement jail facilities, on October 11, 2010, the <br /> City entered into purchase option agreements for the four properties constituting the <br /> Woodhouse Industrial Park Property. <br /> On November 22, 2010, the City Council authorized the City Manager to enter into a <br /> Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the County of San Mateo regarding <br /> potential replacement jail facilities on the Woodhouse Industrial Park Property, including <br /> provisions relating to assignment of the four purchase option agreements to the County. <br /> In order to accommodate development of the Woodhouse Industrial Park Property, the <br /> MOU provides that as soon as possible after December 15, 2010, (the Effective Date of <br /> the MOU), the City shall convey or cause to be conveyed to County two City -owned <br /> parcels generally described as the approximately 1' -wide strips of land fronting the 20 <br /> and 80 Chemical Way properties and running the entire length of Maple Street (the "City <br /> Strips Property "). <br /> S:IAGENDA\Staff Report Conveyance of City 1' -wide strips.doc <br /> Page 1 <br />