To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Resolution Declaring the Property at 100 38th Street, in Richmond, to be Exempt Surplus Land
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution declaring County-owned property located at 100 38th Street, in Richmond, Assessor's Parcel No. 517-340-004, to be exempt surplus land based on the planned development of affordable housing and ancillary ground-floor commercial uses on the property, in accordance with Government Code Section 54221(f)(1)(F).
FISCAL IMPACT:
Declaring the property to be exempt surplus land has no fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
Property and Proposed Development
The County owns an approximately 2.0-acre parcel, located at 100 38th Street, in Richmond, having Assessor's Parcel No. 517-340-004. The property is the site of the former West County Health Center, which has been relocated to San Pablo. The subject property is improved with a multi-story, 83,884 square-foot building that has been vacant since November 2018. The subject property is no longer needed for County purposes and the County desires to dispose of the property.
Before disposing of surplus land, local agencies are required to satisfy the requirements of the Surplus Land Act, Government Code section 54220, et seq. (the "SLA"). In 2019, following notifications to various housing groups in accordance with the provisions of the SLA then in effect, a partnership between Eden Housing, Inc., a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, and Community Housing Development Corporation of North Richmond, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, (together, the "Developer") proposed building affordable housing on the subject property in two phases. In the first phase, the Developer will rehabilitate the existing building to create 59 supportive housing units affordable to very low-income households. In the second ...
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