HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Resolution 14962 (Sale of 30 Joseph Court Property to County of Marin)RESOLUTION NO. 14962
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO SIGN THE GRANT DEED AND ESCROW DOCUMENTS FOR SALE OF
REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 30 JOSEPH COURT TO THE COUNTY OF MARIN
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2016, pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 14141,
the City of San Rafael and the County of Marin entered into an Agreement for the City
to provide fire protection services to County Service Area 19 (the “Fire Protection
Services Agreement”), effectively extending an existing longstanding partnership
between the two jurisdictions for the provision of fire protection services; and
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2016, pursuant to City Council Resolution No. 14142
and in conjunction with the approval of the Fire Protection Services Agreement, the City
entered into a Lease Agreement with the County of Marin providing for the City to lease
for 40 years the County-owned property at 3535 Civic Center Drive, and for the City and
the County to share in the costs of constructing a new San Rafael Fire Station 57 on
that property (the “Lease Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the City owns a parcel of real property located in Marin County
designated as Assessor’s Parcel No. 155-081-08 and commonly known as 30 Joseph
Court, San Rafael (hereafter “30 Joseph Court”) which was used in the past as City Fire
Station 53, and which was used, upon the start of construction of new Fire Station 57,
as a temporary fire station until completion of construction of new Fire Station; and
WHEREAS, as a term of, and as partial consideration for, the Lease Agreement,
the City granted the County of Marin an option to purchase 30 Joseph Court following
the completion of construction of new Fire Station 57, for a purchase price of $1 million;
and
WHEREAS, the County of Marin timely exercised the option to purchase 30
Joseph Court for $1 million; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the exercise of the option, the City and the County of
Marin entered into a purchase and sale agreement for 30 Joseph Court on July 20,
2021, and close of escrow on the sale has been tentatively set for August 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, to complete the sale of 30 Joseph Court to the County of Marin, a
Grant Deed to that property, and other related escrow documents, must be executed on
behalf of the City of San Rafael; and
WHEREAS, Article VIII, section 1 of the Charter of the City of San Rafael
authorizes the Mayor to sign all conveyances by the City;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes
the Mayor to execute a Grant Deed and related escrow documents, in a form approved
by the City Attorney, to sell the property at 30 Joseph Court to the County of Marin.
I, LINDSAY LARA, Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on Monday, the 16th day of August 2021, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers: Hill, Kertz, Llorens Gulati & Mayor Kate
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: Bushey
Lindsay Lara, City Clerk