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Board continues and rescinds prior vote on transfer of redevelopment-era parcels after cost concerns
Summary
Supervisor Peskin cited potential city costs for accepting streets and sidewalks transferred from OCII and moved to continue the transfer item one week while departments draft severance language and cost estimates.
Supervisor Peskin told the Board that several parcels scheduled to transfer from the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency (Office of Community Investment and Infrastructure, OCII) to city departments could expose the city to substantial maintenance or capital costs.
Peskin said he understood Public Works and the City Administrator planned to propose legislation to "sever out a number of streets and sidewalks" that would otherwise come to the city with financial liability, and that he had not received the promised language. He said a back-of-the-envelope estimate from Public Works placed the cost to bring the affected sidewalks and streets up to standard at about $641,000.
"So I would like to make a motion to continue this item until later in the hearing today and if we receive it, then I would like to introduce those amendments and if we do not, I would like to make a motion later in today's meeting to continue it to next week," Peskin said. The Board ultimately took procedural steps to rescind an earlier vote and continued the item to the meeting on March 10 to allow Public Works, OCII and the City Administrator to prepare severance language and cost estimates.
Why it matters: Acceptance of property transfers from OCII can include streets and sidewalks that carry ongoing maintenance and capital liabilities for the city. Peskin pressed for a targeted approach that would strip out parcels likely to impose net costs until the city has a financial plan.
What comes next: Public Works, OCII and the City Administrator were ordered to prepare the requested legislation and cost estimates; the Board continued the item for one week to March 10.
