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Report regarding a 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. (Pierce Abrahamson, Management Analyst II).
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a 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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BACKGROUND
In October 2025, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for a developer to produce affordable ownership housing at 905 Linden Ave ("the Property"). The Property (APN 012-101-100) is an approximately 0.27 acres parcel acquired by the City's former Redevelopment Agency (RDA) in 1999 and transferred to the City in 2012 upon the RDA's dissolution. The City's Amended Long Range Property Management Plan (LRPMP), which outlines the City's disposition strategy of former RDA properties, indicates the highest and best use of the property is to hold it until market conditions support residential redevelopment.
Given the site hosted a gas station prior to the RDA's acquisition, the City applied for and received a grant from the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) to pursue environmental remediation. In 2024, DTSC issued an environmental clearance letter certifying that the site requires no further remedial action beyond a potential soil management plan at the time of construction. Consequently, staff issued an RFQ in October 2025 to solicit an affordable developer to transform the currently vacant parcel into a townhome project of approximately 8-10 affordable ownership units.
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