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Resolution approving an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement (“ENRA”) between the City of South San Francisco and Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, Inc., for the property located at 905 Linden Avenue, and authorizing the City Manager or authorized designee to sign the agreement.
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WHEREAS, on June 29, 2011, the Legislature of the State of California (“State”) adopted Assembly Bill x1 26 (“AB 26”), which amended provisions of the State’s Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code sections 33000 et seq.) (“Dissolution Law”), pursuant to which the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco (“City”) was dissolved on February 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the City elected to become the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco (“Successor Agency”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34191.5(c)(2)(C), property shall not be transferred to a successor agency, city, county or city and county, unless a Long Range Property Management Plan (“LRPMP”) has been approved by the Oversight Board and the California Department of Finance (“DOF”); and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the Dissolution Law, the Successor Agency prepared a LRPMP, which was approved by a resolution of the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco (“Oversight Board”) on May 21, 2015, and was approved by the DOF on October 1, 2015; and
WHEREAS, consistent with the Dissolution Law and the LRPMP, certain real properties located in the City of South San Francisco, that were previously owned by the former Redevelopment Agency, were transferred to the Successor Agency (“Agency Properties”); and
WHEREAS, the LRPMP, prepared by the Successor Agency and approved by the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco (“Oversight Board”), designated 905 Linden Avenue (“the Site”), County Assessor's Parcel Number 012-101-100 (“Property”), to be held until feasible housing redevelopment becomes possible; and
WHEREAS, to carry out the terms of the LRPMP, the Successor Agency transferred the Agency Properties, including the Property, to the City for disposition consistent with the terms of the LRPMP; and
WHEREAS, the Property was transferred from the Agency to the City pursuant to Grant Deeds recorded on September 27, 2013; and
WHEREAS, on October 8, 2025, staff publicly advertised a request for qualifications (“RFQ”) to solicit an affordable developer to develop affordable housing at the Property. The approximately six-week-long solicitation process concluded on November 21, 2025, with only one developer response received from Habitat for Humanity Greater San Francisco, Inc. (HGSF); and
WHEREAS, the City is interested in leasing the Property to HGSF consistent with Dissolution Law and the LRPMP, contingent upon HGSF applying for and receiving all necessary land use entitlements from the City to construct a 100% affordable condominium development ("Project") on the Property; and
WHEREAS, HGSF anticipates expending funds to prepare architectural and design drawings and conduct certain studies that are needed to assess the feasibility of the Project and seek land use entitlements and therefore requires a grant of exclusive negotiating rights in order to be willing to make such expenditures; and
WHEREAS, City staff and HGSF have negotiated Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement (“ENRA”) to allow both teams to negotiate diligently, attached hereto as Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby resolve as follows:
1. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
2. The Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby approved, and the City Manager or authorized designee is hereby authorized to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City of South San Francisco; to make revisions to the Agreement, with review and approval by the City Attorney, which do not materially or substantially increase the City’s obligations thereunder; to sign all documents; to make all approvals and take all actions necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement the intent of this Resolution.
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Exhibit A: 905 Linden Avenue ENRA