To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Hookston Station Remediation Project
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, a demolition reimbursement agreement by and among the County, Union Pacific Railroad and the Helix Family Trust (together, the Responsible Parties), under which the Responsible Parties will reimburse the owner of the southernmost building located at 199 Mayhew Way in Pleasant Hill (the Building) for the cost of demolishing the Building as part of the Responsible Parties carrying out a remediation plan that is the subject of Regional Water Quality Control Board Order No. R2-2023-0015, adopted September 29, 2023, with the County's share of such cost not to exceed $75,000.
2. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Conservation and Development Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, a building removal compensation agreement by and among the Responsible Parties, under which the Responsible Parties will pay the owner of the Building the fair value of the Building as compensation for its destruction, with the County's share not to exceed $375,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Both the demolition reimbursement agreement and the building removal compensation agreement assign to each of the Responsible Parties the same share of the cost as is assigned to them in a settlement agreement the Responsible Parties entered into in 1997 in connection with the remediation of the subject property. The County's share of the cost of the demolition reimbursement agreement may not exceed $75,000, and the County's share of the cost under the building removal compensation agreement is $375,000.
The County's share is an enforceable obligation of the former redevelopment agency and is paid for by the Redevelopment Property Trust Fund.
BACKGROUND:
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