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Resolution determining that no further review under the California Environmental Quality Act is required and authorizing the City Manager to execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement for 71 Camaritas Avenue and approving Budget Amendment Number 22.014 appropriating $5.5 million for the acquisition
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WHEREAS, Fire Station 63 is located in the rear portion of the Municipal Services Building ("MSB") at 33 Arroyo Drive; and,
WHEREAS, it is the busiest station in the department and has limited living space, storage, and apparatus bay size; and,
WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco ("City") wishes to relocate and upgrade Fire Station 63 in order to meet its operational needs; and,
WHEREAS, initial Civic Campus plans included building a new Station 63 at the same time as the Civic Campus or to build a new station when the MSB was redeveloped. In 2017, the City prepared and the City Council certified a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) for the Community Civic Campus Phase I-III project. The project reviewed in the SEIR contemplated the construction of a new Police Station, shared Parks and Recreation/Library/Council Chambers facility, and replacement of Fire Station 63. The SEIR specifically referenced that the project would be constructed in three phases and Phase III would consist of construction of Fire Station 63. The purpose of the SEIR was to identify any new significant or more severe environmental impacts than those disclosed in the 2011 ECR/C Area Plan EIR, and concluded that the project, inclusive of Phase I-III, would not result in new or more significant environmental impacts.; and,
WHEREAS, in May 2021, Jeff Aguilar of CBRE Brokerage Services approached the City on behalf of his client Camino Royale Investment Corporation ("the Seller") to determine the City's interest in acquiring 71 Camaritas Avenue (the "Property"); and,
WHEREAS, Seller had pursued entitlements for a hotel on this Property, but had encountered significant c...
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