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C. 63

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	August 8, 2023

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Notice of Intention to Purchase Real Property located at 2523 El Portal Drive, San Pablo.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/08/2023

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Julin Perez, (925) 957-2460

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 8, 2023
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE the Notice of Intention to Purchase Real Property for the purchase of the real property located at 2523 El Portal Drive, San Pablo, from Jupiter Investments LLC for County health facility purposes, as required by Government Code section 25350, for the sum of $3,445,000, which is a fair and reasonable price therefore, pursuant to the terms of an Option Agreement and Escrow Instructions dated December 13, 2022, between the County and Jupiter Investments LLC.


DECLARE that this Board will meet on September 12, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. or thereafter, in the Board’s Chambers, County Administration Building, Martinez, California, to consider consummation of the purchase.

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

DIRECT the Public Works Director to publish the attached notice in a newspaper published in Contra Costa County pursuant to Government Code Section 6063.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The purchase of the property will be funded by Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds.

BACKGROUND:

On July 12, 2022, the Board of Supervisors (Board) authorized the Health Services Director to apply for grant funding from the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 5, available through the California Department of Health Care Services to purchase the property located at 2523 El Portal Drive in San Pablo (the Property). The County’s application to BHCIP proposed the acquisition of the Property, and the renovation of the existing two-story building on the Property for operation of a mental health urgent care facility and a therapeutic residential facility.

In support of the County’s application to the State for BHCIP funding for the project, on December 13, 2022, the Board approved the purchase of an option to purchase the Property. The purchase price of the option was $100,000. Under the terms of the option, the County has the right to purchase the property for $3,445,000. The action taken by the Board on December 13, 2022, made clear that the exercise of the option would be the subject of a subsequent board order.

Before the County may purchase property worth more than $50,000, Government Code section 25350 requires that a notice of the intention of the Board to make the purchase be published in the county pursuant to Government Code section 6063. The Notice of Intention must include a description of the property proposed to be purchased, the price, the vendor, and a statement of the time the Board will meet to consummate the purchase. This Notice of Intention does not require the County to purchase the property, it only gives the public notice of a proposal that it do so.

On August 1, 2023, the Board approved a budget strategy for Health Services that includes using Mental Health Service Act (MHSA) funds for the purchase of the Property, in the event the Property is acquired by the County. The modification to the budget strategy was the result of the County not being awarded BHCIP funds in Round 5.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The County will not be able to acquire and renovate the property to address significant crisis care gaps in behavioral health infrastructure.