DATE: October 6, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agricultural Lease Agreement with Virgil Robertson for 20 Acres on Parcel Group 4 Generally Situated on Undeveloped Land between Harder and Tennyson Roads
RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute an Agricultural Lease Agreement with Virgil Robertson for approximately 20 acres on Parcel Group 4 generally situated on undeveloped land between Harder and Tennyson Roads.
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SUMMARY
The City of Hayward entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in January 2016 for 10 parcel groups of former Caltrans 238 property. The PSA allows the City to buy and dispose of the ten different parcel groups for an 11-year period that now expires in January 2027.
Specifically, this report recommends entering into a month-to-month agricultural lease with Virgil Robertson for grazing and boarding of up to 10 horses on 20 of the 80 acres of Parcel Group 4, generally located in the hills between Harder and Tennyson Roads, to the east of Moreau Catholic High School and the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, and to the west of California State University East Bay campus. The proposed month-to-month lease is conditioned upon Mr. Robertson maintaining the property in a neat, clean, and orderly condition, as well as terminating his existing lease with the City on portions of the adjacent Parcel Group 3, which will help facilitate the development of the La Vista Park. This is a proposed interim use, as City staff continue to work on long-term next steps for Parcel Group 4.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution