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Resolution accepting the dedication of approximately 15,464 square feet of Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. owned property, located at 1200 El Camino Real (APN 010-292-210), to the City of South San Francisco for a public purpose
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Assembly Bill x1 26, all California redevelopment agencies were dissolved effective February 1, 2012, and the City of South San Francisco ("City") serves as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco ("Successor Agency") commencing upon the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency on February 1, 2012, pursuant to Resolution No. 8-2012, adopted by the City Council on January 25, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco's Long Range Property Management Plan ("LRPMP"), as approved by the California Department of Finance on October 1, 2015, outlines the permissible uses for the various former Redevelopment Agency's properties; and
WHEREAS, the LRPMP establishes that the properties located on the former San Francisco Public Utilities Commission ("PUC") property is designated for a mix of residential, office, open space, commercial, and public uses; and
WHEREAS, the City is currently undertaking a project to construct a new Community Civic Campus in the El Camino Real/Chestnut Avenue Area on parcels A1, A2a, A2b, and A3 as described in the accompanying staff report; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Civic Campus project, the City and the developer L37 are pursuing the development of a phased coordination for the construction of the Oak Avenue Extension, Phase I of which would extend over Colma Creek, connects to Antoinette Lane and terminates into a shared street with a wide staircase and accessible switchback path that traverses up the bank to El Camino Real; and
WHEREAS, the improved pedestrian and bicycle circulation of the site would integrate connections between the new housing, commercial zones, the new Community Civic Campus, SSF BART and Orange Memorial Park to the south; and
WHEREAS, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc./Kaiser Medical Center ("Kaiser") is proposing to dedicate and the City is considering to accept, a 15,464 square feet portion of land currently owned by Kaiser, identified as APN 010-292-210, for inclusion into Phase 1 of the Oak Avenue Extension and the Community Civic Campus located on the adjacent property, as described more particularly in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, in 2011, the City adopted the El Camino Real/Chestnut Avenue Area Plan, which established general plan designations, zoning standards, and design standards for the area, including the Kaiser property proposed for dedication; and
WHEREAS, the subject site proposed for dedication and the adjacent parcel (Parcel A2b) are both designated El Camino Real, Mixed Use North, High Intensity in the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the proposed dedication would comply with the existing land use designation and would not require any changes to the land use designation on the property proposed for dedication or on the adjacent parcel; and
WHEREAS, the proposed dedication would be incorporated into the Oak Avenue Extension project phase, would improve pedestrian and bicycle circulation of the site, and would integrate connections between the new housing, commercial zones, the approved mixed use development of the former PUC property, the new Community Civic Campus, SSF BART and Orange Memorial Park to the south; and
WHEREAS, section 65402 of the California Government Code requires that the Planning Commission report to the City Council as to whether the Kaiser property proposed for dedication conforms with the South San Francisco General Plan; and
WHEREAS, on January 21, 2021, the South San Francisco Planning Commission adopted a resolution confirming that the acceptance of the Subject Site conforms with the City's adopted General Plan; and
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby resolve as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true, correct, and incorporated herein by reference; and
2. The proposed dedication is for a public purpose that would allow the City to develop the Oak Avenue extension on the adjacent former PUC properties.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the South San Francisco City Council hereby approves of an irrevocable dedication of a 15,464 square foot portion of land currently owned by Kaiser, identified as APN 010-292-210, and as more specifically identified in Exhibit A to this Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the South San Francisco City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to execute the irrevocable Offer of Dedication on behalf of the City Council in substantially the same form as attached hereto as Exhibit A; to make any revisions amendments, or modifications, subject to approval of the City Attorney, deemed necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution and which do not materially alter or increase the City's obligations thereunder; and to take any other related actions necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption.
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Exhibit A: Irrevocable Offer of Dedication