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Consider adopting a resolution authorizing the County Administrative Officer to execute all documents necessary to acquire, in a larger joint purchase with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, a 50-acre portion of real property (APN 0067-020-030) located at the northeast corner of Highway 37 and Skaggs Island Road with up to $400,000 from the Road Fund; Authorize the County Administrator to enter into a funding agreement with the Solano Transportation Authority and the Bay Area Toll Authority to reimburse the Road Fund; and To transfer title to the property upon request for use with the Resilient SR 37 program (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of General Services recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Consider adopting a resolution (Attached) authorizing the County Administrator to execute all documents necessary to acquire, in a larger joint purchase with the US Fish and Wildlife Service, a 50-acre portion of real property (APN 0067-020-030) located at the northeast corner of Highway 37 and Skaggs Island Road with up to $400,000 from the Road Fund;
2. Authorize the County Administrative Officer to enter into a funding agreement (Attached) with the Solano Transportation Authority and the Bay Area Toll Authority (BATA) to reimburse the Road Fund; and
3. To transfer title to the property upon request for use with the Resilient SR 37 program. (4/5 vote required)
SUMMARY:
On June 11, 2019, the Board adopted a resolution supporting the US Fish & Wildlife (FWS) funding and purchase of a 420-acre parcel, in an effort to incorporate portions of the parcel into the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The resolution contained conditions where the County supported the FWS in this endeavor only if the southern 50-acre portion of the parcel was reserved for future Highway 37 improvements. The FWS has since received a...
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