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Subcommittee advances $2.46M in property rights for Sunnydale sewer improvements
Summary
The committee advanced resolutions authorizing acquisition of temporary and permanent easements and license agreements (totaling about $2.46 million plus $174,000 for Recology parcels) to support the Sunnydale Sewer Improvement Project and adopted related CEQA findings with recommended title amendments.
The subcommittee considered three items relating to the Sunnydale Sewer Improvement Project: acquisition of temporary leases and subsurface easements, purchase of permanent subsurface easements from Recology, and adoption of CEQA findings and a mitigation monitoring program.
John Updike, assistant director of real estate, walked the committee through parcel maps along the San Francisco–San Mateo county line and explained that the requested rights include two permanent subsurface easements and two temporary licenses (initial 18 months with a six‑month extension option). Updike said the purchase prices reflect appraised fair‑market values adjusted for easement status and that one purchase included a severance damage calculation affecting per‑square‑foot rates.
Updike described a negotiated severance damage payment of $675,000 that reduced an owner’s initial claim of $900,000 and noted the total purchase price from one owner group (Universal Paragon and affiliates) was just under $2.5 million when the 24‑month term is assumed. He said the Recology parcels total 31,826 square feet with a combined purchase price of about $174,000.
The budget analyst recommended amending the title of one resolution to reference a permanent subsurface easement that had been omitted from the title, and suggested a technical change to an appropriation ordinance reference in the CEQA item. The analyst recommended approval of the files as amended. The committee approved the budget analyst’s recommendations, and Supervisor (identified in the transcript as) Ellsberg moved to adopt the recommendations and move the items forward with recommendation; the motion was taken “without objection.”
The items were forwarded to the full Board of Supervisors with recommendation for approval. The record in the subcommittee includes appraisal methodology, negotiated severance calculations and a staff recommendation to include the estimated costs for the full 24‑month license term in the chart.
