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Resolution accepting a California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Equitable Community Revitalization Grant in the amount of $483,000 for environmental remediation of 905 Linden Avenue and approval of Budget Amendment # 23.012.
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WHEREAS, in 1999, the South San Francisco Redevelopment Agency purchased 905 Linden Avenue for $477,500. The property is currently maintained as a green space but is under-utilized and experiences issues with drainage, resulting in a green space that is unsightly; and
WHEREAS, The Long Range Property Management Plan (LRPMP) assumes that the highest and best use of the property is to construct a high-density residential project and that it has the potential to be developed on its own or by combining it with adjacent private properties; and
WHEREAS, The City received a Brownfields Technical Assistance Grant ("TAG") from the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") in July 2020, and the work thoroughly assessed the environmental conditions of the Linden Avenue sites and Cypress and Pine Park; and
WHEREAS, in June 2022, the California Department of Toxic Substances (DTSC) awarded the City of South San Francisco with an ECRG grant in the amount of $483,000 for environmental remediation of 905 Linden Avenue. There is no requirement for local matching funding. Environmental remediation includes active vapor mitigation and soil excavation with off-site disposal; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends acceptance of the DTSC Equitable Community Revitalization Grant; and
WHEREAS, environmental remediation of 905 Linden Avenue meets the City's strategic goals of building and maintaining a sustainable city and providing a high quality of life for residents.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco accept the California Department of Toxic Substances Equitable Community Revitalization Grant in the amount of $483,000 for environmental remediation of 905 Linden Avenue.
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