DATE: February 8, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Adopt a Resolution: (1) Declaring Specified City-Owned Properties Associated with the Former 238 Bypass Project Exempt Surplus Lands; and (2) Declaring Parcel Group 4 as Surplus Lands Pursuant to Government Code Section 54221
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Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution inclusive of Exhibit A (Attachments II and III): (1) declaring specified City-owned properties associated with the former 238 Bypass Project exempt Surplus Lands; and (2) declaring Parcel Group 4 as surplus lands pursuant to Government Code Section 54221.
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SUMMARY
In the mid-1960s, the California State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) purchased more than 400 parcels of property for the construction of a 14-mile Route 238 Corridor Bypass Freeway to run through the City of Hayward (City) and parts of unincorporated Alameda County. In 1971, a lawsuit, filed in federal court on behalf of residents to be displaced by the freeway construction, blocked the project. Caltrans subsequently abandoned the freeway plan and began to individually auction off these properties with the sole purpose of disposing of the land, without any larger land use or community considerations. To ensure the productive development of this land in a manner that maximizes land value, while balancing public benefits and the desires of the surrounding neighborhood and larger community, the City entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Caltrans in 2016 (2016 PSA) to manage the disposition and development of the 238 corridor properties. The 2016 PSA divides the properties into 10 parcel groups. The disposal of the 238 corridor properties to and by the City is authorized subject to conditions established by the Local Alternative Transportation Improvement Program statutes under Government Code Sections 14528.6 and 14528.65 (LATIP Statutes).
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