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Report regarding the developer selection process for a Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco property known as the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission site. (Nell Selander, Economic & Community Development Deputy Director)
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the joint City Council/Successor Agency receive a presentation on the developer selection process, including presentations by four developers, consider selecting a preferred developer and an alternate developer to develop the 5.9-acre property known as the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission site (the "PUC Site"), and provide direction on drafting an Exclusive Negotiating Rights Agreement.
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BACKGROUND
This report provides background information on the developer solicitation process for the PUC Site, the Housing Standing Committee's recommendation to select a preferred and alternate developer, and next steps in the disposition process.
Site Description
In 2007, the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco entered into an agreement with the City and County of San Francisco/San Francisco Public Utilities Commission to purchase 13.2 acres of land located in the vicinity of El Camino Real & Chestnut Avenue. The sale was completed and the property was transferred to the Agency on January 31, 2008. Within this 13.2-acre property, there is a 5.9-acre site - currently referred to as the "PUC Site" - that is the subject of the current developer solicitation process. The PUC Site consists of two vacant lots identified as assessor's parcel number (APN) 093-312-060 (see Attachment 1).
Permissible Uses on the PUC Site
Because the PUC Site is former redevelopment property, its disposition and development is controlled to a significant degree by the state statutes. In 2011, California Governor Brown signed State legislation to abolish redevelopment throughout the state. A new state law created a process to w...
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