100% Contra Costa Transportation Authority.
In 2013, Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) in cooperation with the State of California, acting by and through Caltrans, and the City of San Pablo, proposed to reconstruct the Interstate 80 (I-80)/ San Pablo Dam Road Interchange Project (Project).
On June 25, 2013, this Board approved the adoption of the previously approved Caltrans Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project, in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act; which included real estate transaction. [DCD-CP#13-25] [SCH# 2009082009].
Under a Real Property Services Agreement with CCTA, Contra Costa County (County) acquired three parcels identified as Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 417-041-006, 417-041-005 and 417-041-002, located on Humboldt Avenue with a combined total 12, 884 square feet (Properties). In June 2019, the Properties were conveyed by the County to the City of San Pablo to maintain until Phase II of the Project takes place. The City accepted and recorded the Grant deed on October 29, 2019 in the County’s Clerk-Recorder’s Office (Instrument No.: 2019-0191104). The conveyance reserved an easement to the County for ingress and egress purposes across the properties.
Construction of the Project has been completed and it’s been determined that said easement is no longer needed for County purposes but is required by the State for operation, maintenance and repair to the pedestrian/bicycle overcrossing improvement constructed as part of the Project.
Without board approval of this conveyance, the County will have unnecessary property rights and the State will not have access rights required for the operation and maintenance of its improvement.