REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Approve the sale of approximately 1,744 square feet of land at the San Jos?-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility Site from the City of San Jos? to the Valley Transportation Authority
Report
BACKGROUND
The City is a co-owner of the San Jos?-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility (RWF) and its land. The RWF treats an average of 100 million gallons per day (mgd) of wastewater from seven jurisdictions that serve 1.4 million area residents. The facility sits on approximately 175 acres of operational area, surrounded by over 2,700 acres of bufferland, lagoons, ponds, and designated wildlife habitat.
Santa Clara is a member of the Treatment Plant Advisory Committee (TPAC), an advisory group comprised of elected officials from the jurisdictions served by the RWF, which advises the San Jos? and Santa Clara Councils regarding the administration of the facility. Councilmembers Debi Davis and Kathy Watanabe are Santa Clara's representatives on TPAC.
DISCUSSION
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Agency (VTA) is managing the State Route (SR) 237 Express Lanes Project by installing or improving express lanes along SR 237 from N. Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale to the west to Interstate 880 to the east. Phase 1 of this project became operational in 2012. Phase 2 of this project, which proposes to extend the express lanes from N. 1st Street to Mathilda Avenue, passes by the southern part of the RWF property. There is a small parcel of RWF land (approximately 1,744 square feet) that lies within the Phase 2 project area.
VTA is proposing to purchase this small parcel of land from the RWF. In addition to its relatively small size, it is also encumbered with a PG&E pole line easement, which extends the entire parcel. The land is, therefore, undevelopable and VTA's traffic improvement project can be achieved through this sale without any detrimental effect on any future development opportunities at the site. S...
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