To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Option Agreement between the Flood Control and Water Conservation District and the County for the County's Purchase of Real Property in the Antioch area
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting as the governing body of the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (District):
ADOPT a resolution, declaring the Subject Property (as defined in the Resolution), which consists of up to five acres of the approximately 21-acre parcel located in Antioch between Laurel Road, Neroly Road, Live Oak Avenue and State Route 4 and having APN 053-060-028 (Property) to be "exempt surplus land," as defined in Government Code section 5221(f)(1)(D), and no longer required for District purposes, in accordance with Section 31 of the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation Act and the Surplus Land Act.
AUTHORIZE the Chief Engineer, or designee, to execute an option agreement between the District and the County, permitting the County to purchase from the District, for $100, a 12-month option to purchase the Subject Property at a purchase price of up to $425,000 per acre, with three options to extend the term of the option in 6-month increments for $100 for each extension (Option Agreement), in accordance with Government Code section 25365.
DETERMINE that neither the Option Agreement nor the sale of the Subject Property is subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to Article 5, Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that these activities may have a significant effect on the environment.
AUTHORIZE the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute a grant deed in a form approved by County Counsel to transfer the Subject Property to the County (Grant Deed), in the event the County exercises its ...
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