HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017.10.11 Regular meeting transciptOctober 11, 2017 South San Francisco City Council meeting
Items 9 and 10
9. Report regarding resolution approving Local Goals and Policies for Community Facilities
Districts. (Marian Lee, Assistant City Manager and Steve Mattas, Assistant City Attorney)
9a. Resolution No. 129-2017 approving Local Goals and Policies for Community Facility
Districts.
10. Report regarding a resolution of intent to establish a City of South San Francisco Community
Facilities District No. 2017-01 (Public Services and Facilities). (Marian Lee, Assistant City
Manager and Steve Mattas, Assistant City Attorney)
10a. Resolution No. 130-2017 of intent to establish a City of South San Francisco Community
Facilities District No. 2017-01 (Public Services and Facilities).
PARTICIP ANTS:
COUNCIL
Mayor Pradeep Gupta
Vice Mayor Liza Normandy
Councilmember Mark Addiego
Councilmember Rich Garbarino
Councilmember Karyl Matsumoto
STAFF
City Manager Mike Futrell
City Attorney Jason Rosenberg
City Clerk Krista Martinelli
Assistant City Manager Marion Lee
PUBLIC
David Cincotta, Attorney representing Kashiwa
MARTINELLI Administrative Business - Report regarding resolution approving Local Goals and
Policies for Community Facilities Districts. 9a. is the resolution.
FUTRELL Alright, thank you. Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor and Councilmembers. Mike Futrell, your
City Manager. I’ll be presenting the next two items. They do go together. Item 9 is
administrative. If any city in California is to consider forming a community facilities
district at any time, with any boundaries, it must have a statement on file as to its goals
and affirming that the city will comply with the Mello Roos Community Facilities Act of
1982. So, Item 9 simply does that and our statement of goals simply matches and mirrors
what is in State law. This is a foundational document that the City can use at any time in
the future, could use it five years from now, but we are required as a city by State law to
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have this statement on file before we can move to the next item which is the actual
consideration of possibly forming a community facilities district. So, I’m happy to
answer any questions on Item 9.
GUPTA Any items for discussion?
MATSUMOTO Yes. When I spoke with the City Manager and he explained this to me in our weekly
meeting, I told him I didn’t have any concerns. But after reading both Items 9 and 10 I
have concerns and I don’t know if I’m on board, not that, I’m one person. But, please
explain to me, in the case of what we are currently looking at, the boot.
FUTRELL Yes.
MATSUMOTO Right. There are three entities.
FUTRELL Correct.
MATSUMOTO A private Oyster Point or whatever they’re called now.
FUTRELL OPD.
MATSUMOTO Yeah. And that Japanese firm and the City.
FUTRELL Correct.
MATSUMOTO Okay, so you have three. Now, what happens, and I believe in the purpose of
infrastructure, I always have, I think people need to be supportive of what happens, yadda
yadda yadda. But in other districts I’m assuming that at some point in time we’ll start
looking at, because it’s old out there, we need to do, and I’m big on infrastructure. Okay?
So, another, excuse me, right now there’s only three entities involved so one person can
get, not shafted, one person, can get out voted. Thank you. And then if it’s a larger group,
say there’s 20 people in this area that we’re looking for, then it takes 11 out of the 20 to
vote it through?
FUTRELL It depends. In general…
MATSUMOTO I’m looking for equity. That’s what I’m having a hard time with.
FUTRELL Sure. Now we can speak certainly to Item 10 which talks about the boot CFD in
particular. Item 9 again is just a foundational administrative step…
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MATSUMOTO Exactly.
FUTRELL to get us to Item 10.
MATSUMOTO I need to get that clarified before I get to Item 10.
FUTRELL Absolutely. In this particular measure, you are correct that two of the three parties have
consented. Kashiwa Fudosan America, which is the third party, has told us they do not
consent. Based upon the geographic proportionality they would, in that scenario,
theoretically be outvoted and would be part of the community facilities district. Now that
is not unlike any other tax which might go to the voters which would require 51 percent.
The other 49, even though they voted no, are still brought along with the majority. In this
case, however, we looked at who will benefit from this particular community facilities
district. If you look at the purpose, the purpose is police protection, fire protection,
maintaining the landscaping, maintaining the roads and the infrastructure. That will
clearly benefit Kashiwa which is on the tail end of that development. And everyone who
goes to that facility will travel through that infrastructure, will enjoy that police
protection. We will also present at the November 20th public meeting, a result of the
consultant will say because of that infrastructure improvement, the property values for
Kashiwa will go up and Kashiwa will be able to charge higher rents to its tenants because
of the hundreds of millions of dollars of infrastructure improvements happening all
around it. So, from staff’s recommendation is in fact, is very, very fair that Kashiwa
contribute to the ongoing maintenance and protection of the area particularly since they
will benefit so greatly from it. So, it was not done capriciously but in fact was done and
said who will benefit from this and who therefore should, in all fairness, contribute
towards its ongoing maintenance.
MATSUMOTO But that rate that is established as we will see in Item No. 10…
FUTRELL Yes.
MATSUMOTO That’s in perpetuity?
FUTRELL It is.
MATSUMOTO Does that change, is it good for a certain period or is that in perpetuity and it goes with
the property?
FUTRELL It does go with the property. The rate that’s proposed, there are two rates. There’s 32
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cent rate and a seven cent rate.
MATSUMOTO Right.
FUTRELL The seven cent rate is temporary and will fall off once construction is completed on that
particular item. The 32 cents will run in perpetuity with the land. Those funds will come
into the City in a special district. This Council every year will have the opportunity to
appropriate those funds for the benefit of that district. But it does give this Council,
frankly the financial ability to maintain to a high quality all of those improvements which
Oyster Point Development will be building over the next two years. Because once
they’ve finished, they will turn those improvements over to the City and then it will be
our mandate, our responsibility to maintain them at that level of quality. And this will
give the Council the resources to do that.
MATSUMOTO I’m still not there. So, I’ll just defer.
ADDIEGO I’d like to hear the answer to your question. If there are more players and it’s a closer
vote…
FUTRELL On the voting, if there are in fact registered voters in an area, then the registered voters
will vote as in any other tax election. In this case, there are not. There are no residents
that live in these three parcels. In that case, the votes are apportioned by geographic size
of the land. How many acres do you have?
MATSUMOTO See, so once again, Councilmember, what if Grellan gets it housing and all of a sudden
you have 1200 units, yeah, hello. I mean I just…
FUTRELL That would not play here because theoretically if 2.000 residents moved in two years
from now, the CFD should be long formed. You don’t retroactively go back. It’s voting
as of the time the CFD is formed. If no one lives there at the time it’s formed, those are
the rules you play by. If there are in fact residents there at the time it’s formed then you
have to play by those rules. And currently there are no residents there.
MATSUMOTO So, is it our plan to right now establish all these CFDs?
FUTRELL CFDs, also known as Mello Roos districts, are a very, very common way for cities in
California to finance infrastructure and to finance these particular types of projects. The
benefits that we’re discussing really, while they will theoretically benefit people who live
in Sunshine Gardens and Bury Bury, they will benefit most, those people who work and
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perhaps live right there at the Harbor. So, in that sense, it is fair that they would pay for
their improvements. But again, it is a very, very common way of doing this and we have
some in the City already. We have the Common Greens was an example of a Mello Roos
District that this City used in the past.
MATSUMOTO It’s, I think it’s a little different.
ADDIEGO Common Greens is a little different because their tax rate is the same as anyone else.
There’s just dollars that are attributed to the Greens. There’s not an additional tax.
FUTRELL There was at one time. There was at one time and it ended.
MATSUMOTO So what happens to Genentech? Let’s look at Genentech.
ADDIEGO I wanted to if I could, because he started down the path of, or you mentioned all the new
resident. So, if I own a condo at OPD, am I going to see that on my tax bill at some
point?
FUTRELL It will be built into the purchase price or the rental price of a residence there just like a
biotech who would rent space in their new biotech building. The 32 cents would be built
into whatever their per square foot allocation would be?
ADDIEGO With the property or with the tax bill?
FUTRELL It is billed on the taxes. They would see it on their property tax bill once a year. But
when they negotiate the rental price with theoretically a biotech that would be part of the
discussion.
ADDIEGO Okay, so they would pay the, once we get past the seven cents, they would pay 32 cents a
square foot for their 1200 square foot home?
FUTRELL Correct.
ADDIEGO You know why it’s far, I think why it is fair is because in so many cases I remember the
Terra Bay discussions and that project wasn’t going to work as far as the revenue it
brought in and the service it needed until the final phase that was supposed to include a
hotel down where there will a hotel but it’s so many years later. With everything that’s
happening I don’t think the existing residents need to be burdened, and have less services
available. So, the CFD is really a way to shift that burden of the new and so it’s not just
the regular general fund. That’s the beauty of it.
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MATSUMOTO So, we’re going to identify, each CFD will have special needs. Are we just going to say
police, roads? How are we doing this?
FUTRELL You can specify. In this particular CFD we are proposing to leave it wide open for
Council discretion. To Councilmember Addiego’s point, if hypothetically we did not
form the CFD, then the burden would fall to the general fund to pay for all of the
improvements that are being built to pay to maintain the new landscaping…
MATSUMOTO What happened to community benefits? I’m sorry.
FUTRELL Well, community benefits are wonderful but they are one time money. The money
mentioned earlier for the fire department, that’s one time money and we cannot use that
to pay police salaries or fire salaries. We cannot use one time to pay the salaries for park
maintenance workers. So, under a community facilities district, we can use the money to
pay the salaries for park maintenance workers who would go to Oyster Point and
maintain the recreational areas, maintain the Bay Trail and the like. Again, absent the
CFD, we still have the responsibility to do that, we would just pay for it out of the general
fund.
MATSUMOTO See, now, I understand the park and rec but let’s talk about police. Then are we going to
increase because it’s going to require more policing than are we going to say, okay, this
area because of population? Let’s just take OPD, let’s take City, let’s take whatever that
Japanese company’s name is, sorry.
FUTRELL Kashiwa.
MATSUMOTO Kashiwa. Police services. What are they going to get more than what they’re not getting
now?
FUTRELL I would say that’s yet to be determined. And this Council will make that determination.
If, hypothetically residential comes, if hypothetically this area grows into the vibrant
seven day a week destination that some hope, then yes, it will require additional police
protection and these funds could provide for that. If residential does not come and it
becomes a biotech area, which is open five days a week, 8 am to 5 pm, then less police
protection, frankly, will be required. But we can forecast and do know that the park
maintenance and the other infrastructure work will fall to the city and this will at least
provide the resources for that.
MATSUMOTO I understand it but right now, remember, because there’s relatively little development
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west of 101, ergo, before, we used to park in lieu fees that we no longer have, so now
we’re having with new development so we can have recreational east of 101 in our
neighborhoods because the demand is growing. So, we have a new, we no longer have
districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or whatever it is. We now have people who are building. And it
makes sense. So, we already have that in the system. But that’s a one-time fee.
FUTRELL It’s a one-time fee. Correct. So, we can use that to build a park but not to maintain it.
ADDIEGO And that’s the challenge for any municipal government. You can always find the dollars
to create something but the maintenance is where we all find ..
GARBARINO fall down.
ADDIEGO ..ourselves frustrated.
MATSUMOTO If you take these businesses and, the City pays the same thing. We’re going to be
contributing the same tax, we’re paying into to as our other two partners?
FUTRELL Only to the extent that commercial buildings would be built on City land such as a hotel.
The City contemplated hotel would in fact pay this. If we had any other commercial
enterprise on City land, we would pay this. But public agencies are exempt from this. The
City’s not going to pay itself essentially.
MATSUMOTO So, let me now go back to Genentech who owns most of the real estate. Let’s take ACP
with all, whether it was Slauw, ACP, and let’s take ARE, you know, who has built
different things. How do they pass that on because they pass it on to the people that rent?
GARBARINO Through their leases.
MATSUMOTO The leases, through the leases, rather?
FUTRELL If hypothetically, there was a community facilities district that covered those entities,
Genentech being its own landlord would just pay the bill and it would be added to its
property tax. Others would also pay the bill and I presume as a landlord they would pass
that on to their tenants hypothetically.
ADDIEGO Is there a separate board for the CFD?
FUTRELL This Council would sit as the board.
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MATSUMOTO Another function.
FUTRELL Just as you do for other special districts. Right. So again, Item 9 is kind of just the
foundational, even if no CFD is formed at Oyster Point, Item 9 is wise to just have that on
file if in the future Council were to consider a CFD. And again, it just memorializes that
we will in fact follow State law as it relates to Mello Roos Districts.
GUPTA Alright. Any other comments, questions on Item 9?
MATSUMOTO But we’re voting to approve local goals and policies. I didn’t see any. Oh, it’s here.
FUTRELL Item 9 merely references State law.
MATSUMOTO Yeah, I mean, but under the recommendation - it is recommended the City Council adopt
a resolution approving local goals and policies for community facilities district. It doesn’t
say what we’re approving.
ADDIEGO The eligible public facilities include but are not limited to those listed in the act.
MATSUMOTO It’s very generic.
FUTRELL That’s the intent, is to give, because again, Item 9 does not create a CFD. It does not
contemplate a CFD. It simply certifies…
MATSUMOTO I can just see it. Well, Matsumoto you voted for it. I’m just more…
FUTRELL It just certifies that we will in fact follow State law. And then that gets us to Item 10
which in fact does have a delineation of a specific CFD and what the money might be
spent for and how much.
MATSUMOTO This doesn’t require a two-thirds vote or a whosy-whatsy does it.
ROSENBERG No, this, so Item 9 is the adoption of the policies. It’s just a majority vote. It’s three
councilmembers voting in the affirmative.
ADDIEGO I’m not sure I can support this if it’s not unanimous (laughter).
ROSENBERG Mr. Mayor, I just want to clarify something.
GUPTA Yes.
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ROSENBERG This action, the resolutions, Item 9a, Councilmember Matsumoto, there is a statement of
the local goals and policies. And that is general in nature, excuse me, applicable across all
potential CFDs within the City. And if you thumb through that attachment, it talks about
what the eligible facilities are, what the priorities are, how the bond financing would be
structured, disclosures, how the tax would be apportioned and this is all the City’s
policies and it is consistent with the Government Code which requires you to have a
policy that has all these categories. So, it’s almost kind of like your general plan for
CFDs. And then specific CFDs are formed with the specific process which Item 10 will
speak to that as like the first step in potentially forming CFD 2017-01.
ADDIEGO Mr. Futrell, are we anticipating a bond?
FUTRELL Not necessarily. But again, we provide the entire pallet of things which State law may
allow you to do in the future as opposed to limiting Council’s hands in any way.
ADDIEGO Right.
MATSUMOTO And this is for infrastructure past or also present because I am making the assumption
that we will be working very diligently to create means to mitigate the traffic impacts like
we did with the Fly Over, etcetera. And that’s going to, some of the traffic mitigation
measures will be new things, ergo, ergo, the produce avenue ramps or whatever.
FUTRELL This could be a vehicle for that type of construction, yes.
MATSUMOTO And after coming out of my TA meeting, a lot of the funding mechanism is not only
because we’re trying to leverage monies because under Measure A there isn’t enough to
meet current demand for traffic impacts, etcetera. So, part of it will be, beside the City’s
contribution, we can use other grant monies, yadda, yadda, yadda. Ergo, this could be
calculated into that formula.
FUTRELL This, a vehicle of a community facilities district, could be used to raise gap funding for
large transportation projects like you suggest.
MATSUMOTO You got me.
GUPTA I knew there was some angle. Alright.
GARBARINO I get it.
GUPTA So do we go ahead?
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NORMANDY I’m in support of this. I think it’s looking into the future. I mean, I take back, knowing
that I belong to a condo and my landlord has to pay HOA dues. And sometimes there’s
people against it and for it. But being able to maintain it for the future, the amount of
money and investment on all sides is extremely important. I still don’t understand how
this, how police protection services would work in such a proximity, and maybe that’s
more probably a later discussion but I understand why it’s in there now.
FUTRELL Right, to give the full flexibility to react in the future if it’s needed.
NORMANDY Okay. That’s it.
GUPTA Okay.
MATSUMOTO Maybe we can have light rail.
ADDIEGO Yes. I would like that.
GARBARINO We talked about that some years ago.
GUPTA Yes, how about monorail?
GARBARINO Are you looking for a motion?
GUPTA Yes, I’m looking for a motion.
GARBARINO I’ll make the motion.
GUPTA Alright. Thank you.
ADDIEGO I’ll gladly second that.
ROSENBERG This is just, to clarify, this is a motion to approve the local goals and policies for CFDs.
Yes, thank you.
MATSUMOTO As ambiguous as it is.
GUPTA Item 9. Okay, the motion has been made and seconded. Could we have the vote?
MARTINELLI Councilwoman Matsumoto?
MATSUMOTO Great, thank you. Yes.
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MARTINELLI Mayor Gupta?
GUPTA Yes.
MARTINELLI Vice Mayor Normandy?
NORMANDY Aye.
MARTINELLI Councilman Garbarino?
GARBARINO Aye.
MARTINELLI Councilman Addiego?
ADDIEGO Yes.
GUPTA Alright. Thank you. Now we go to Item No. 10. And I’ve got one public comment card.
So, I will be calling you after the staff presentation. Go ahead.
MARTINELLI 10. Report regarding a resolution of intent to establish a City of South San Francisco
Community Facilities District No. 2017-01 (Public Services and Facilities). 10a. is the
resolution.
FUTRELL Thank you Mr. Mayor, Vice Mayor and Council. Mike Futrell, your City Manager. This
is staff’s recommendation to signal the intent to form a community facilities district
covering the three properties mentioned at Oyster Point. A map of those properties is
attached as Exhibit A to the resolution. Note that forming a CFD is a three part process.
Tonight, we are asking you to just a vote to accept the resolution of intent to form. We’re
not actually asking you to form a CFD tonight. That would trigger a process with a
public meeting, which we’re suggesting would be on November 20th and at that public
meeting you would take public comment and if you found it agreeable, that is when you
would actually vote to form the CFD. So, that vote it not tonight. Tonight is essentially
introduction of the item in a public forum. Then we have so many days before we can
consider it again so that the public can become aware of it and make comments. Then
we’ll have a public comment on November 20th, public hearing. If you form the CFD on
November 20th, that triggers the third step, which is an actual vote by, in this case, the
three parties. We anticipate that would come to Council in March. Because again, there
are statutory waiting periods of when we can bring the technical vote. So, tonight is
consideration of forming the CFD and an examination of its terms and we would ask that
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you vote yes on just the introduction of the item, the intent to form and then we’ll revisit
this again at a public hearing on November 20th. And that is when you might actually
form the CFD. So, this particular CFD, we’ve covered some of it already. And the
Exhibit B, the authorized list of services gives you wide discretion, police protection
services, maintenance and lighting of parks, pathways, streets, roads and open spaces,
including without limitation, roadway maintenance, street light maintenance, traffic
signal maintenance, parks, waterfront and bay trail maintenance, landscaping, parkway,
median and open space maintenance, including erosion prevention, public surface
parking maintenance, operation and maintenance of public restroom buildings and
operation and maintenance of storm drain systems. So, we would ask again that the
Council accept this item and vote to introduce it signaling the resolution of intent and that
would give the public an opportunity to examine this for the next 30 days and then we’d
follow up with a public hearing on November 20th. Happy to answer any further
questions.
GUPTA Before we get the Council involved in discussion of this item, I’d like to invite one public
member who would like to say a few things. You have, Mr. David, I can’t read your last
name, welcome to the Council and you have three minutes to make your point.
CINCOTTA Okay, thank you. My name is David Cincotta. I’m here from Jeffers, Mangle, Butler and
Mitchel and I’m here on behalf of Kashiwa Fudosan America. And we have been
meeting with staff of the City and talking about this community facilities district. We
cannot support it in its present form and in the present allocation. We hope to continue
the communication with the City staff about it but just to respond to some of the
questions and points that were already raised by Mr. Futrell – who will benefit? Who will
benefit from this? And we do not see any particular benefits for Kashiwa Fudosan
America. You can see the list of improvements here. There are police protection services,
roadway maintenance, traffic signal maintenance, parks, waterfront, improvements to the
marina. All of these will benefit the city and will benefit OPD, but they don’t directly,
none of these improvements directly benefit Kashiwa Fudosan America. And if there is
an argument that these benefits in the long run benefit the entire neighborhood, then we
ask why isn’t other commercial enterprises along Oyster Point Boulevard included in the
community facilities district which would reduce the amount of the assessment to
everybody, because if they’re all going to enjoy the benefits of the marina, which is what
we were told, if they’re all going to enjoy the benefits of better police protection, if
they’re all going to enjoy better parks, better maintenance, why don’t they all be included
in the community facilities district. So, we will be talking to you again. We will be
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continuing in our communication with the staff, but at this point, at this point in time, we
don’t feel we can support it and we will be talking further. I’m prepared to answer any
questions you might have.
GUPTA Thank you very much.
CINCOTTA Thank you.
MATSUMOTO May I ask a question?
GUPTA You can ask a question but okay, go ahead.
MATSUMOTO Is there anything in this that you could or your client could support when you see the list
that is presented to us, or is it just a straight flat out no to the CFD? I mean, how long has
Kashiwa been in South San Francisco at that location?
CINCOTTA Oh, I can’t recall exactly when they purchased it, but it’s been definitely, I think over
seven years. I forget exactly when they purchased the property. I wasn’t representing
them at the time.
MATSUMOTO But approximately seven years?
CINCOTTA Well I think it could be longer, I just don’t know. I know it’s at least that long, but I don’t
know how long. You know which properties they have. You all recognize which parcels
they have, the north east corner of this map.
MATSUMOTO And so they have enjoyed the improvements and things that we have done as a city to
that area, number one. Number two, do they object to paying or setting fees aside for
infrastructure knowing that, I mean, we hope they will be there for a while? Or do they
acknowledge a responsibility?
CINCOTTA Yes, they’re definitely aware of their participation. They pay their taxes. They pay a
considerable amount of taxes, but this is asking for a fee, as you heard, of 39 cents a
square foot, to this project. There is a report that they believe, that Mr. Futrell and his
staff believe that will be allowed to increase our rents. If we thought we could increase
our rents we would do that. But I don’t think we believe the reports thus far.
GUPTA Thank you very much. That was the only public comment card that I had for this item.
So, I’m going to give a chance to anyone else who might, if not, let’s continue the
discussion with the Council Members involved here. So, I’d like to open the discussion.
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Who will start? Yes.
MATSUMOTO Logically speaking, I know that it’s the boot, but what if we expanded the district? So,
there would be others to participate in this and it wouldn’t fall on three parties.
FUTRELL I would say certainly theoretically, you could expand the boundaries. That would require
further negotiation with other parties and getting their consent. In this particular case,
we’ve negotiated with the other consenting party, Oyster Point Development, over the
past eight months and know that these figures, the 32 cents and the seven cents were hard
fought. And they do match what we believe is required for the City to complete the
maintenance out there. So, structure has been built and consent has been given. But
certainly, if it’s the Council’s will, we could go back and try to expand the district and
engage other land owners but I do not know the outcome of that.
MATSUMOTO See it, it’s, what’s saying to me is the City and Oyster Point Management have something
to gain from this based on what they’re trying to accomplish and what we’re trying to
accomplish. It will certainly enhance what they’re doing, whereas Kashiwa, other than,
does not gain more. They recognize their contribution that they should contribute to
infrastructure etcetera. So, I am, I am…
FUTRELL Please know, none of this money will be spent on OBD’s property. None of this money
will actually be spent on marina, as you stated. If you look at the map, the marina itself is
not included in this drawing. The money will be spent on the public infrastructure, which
everyone uses, the roads, the drainage, the street lights, and we went to the three property
owners that were the most impacted, the most heavily impacted by those benefits, and
said well in fairness, they should be the ones that contribute to the maintenance. It is not a
case where OBD will benefit disproportionately or the marina will benefit at all. But in
fact, it’s just the public infrastructure that everyone will benefit from.
MATSUMOTO I beg to differ with you. If this comes to fruition and what I’ve heard from Oyster Point
Development with the housing, with the retail, with the walkway, they will benefit. More
so, you know, and we will benefit. They will. When you talk about public spaces, you
know, if they get their housing, you know, beach front, they will benefit.
FUTRELL My point was, this does not alleviate them from the obligation to maintain their own
landscaping.
MATSUMOTO No, I understand that.
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FUTRELL Or their own public sidewalks, so I didn’t want that out there, that somehow this would
benefit any private company. The money can only be used for the public infrastructure.
MATSUMOTO And we stand as a City to benefit because we make that a destination. Okay, so I still, I
just think it’s, I can’t, I’m struggling with that right now.
ADDIEGO Mister Mayor.
GUPTA Go ahead.
ADDIEGO Can we get any sense of, I know the seven cents per square foot, that sunsets, when it
reaches that two and three quarter million dollars
FUTRELL That is correct.
ADDIEGO Do we have any idea of what the district will generate at the 32 cents?
FUTRELL Assuming that Oyster Point Development builds out to two million square feet, generally,
assuming we build a hotel of roughly 300,000 square feet, it will generate approximately
$850,000 a year. From the City side, we do not believe that will cover all of the
maintenance that may be required out there but it will certainly take on a big piece of it.
ADDIEGO Sure. And within that 850 was there some idea of what the Kashiwa portion would be?
FUTRELL Do you have those numbers?
LEE Yeah.
ADDIEGO I’m just looking at if there is a burden, what’s the burden, you know?
LEE If I could just take this opportunity to address one thing. So, the key rationale for the
three properties is geographical nexus. It will benefit many, but the actual public
infrastructure improvements really abut to the three properties, being the city owner,
OPD, as well as Kashiwa. So that was one of the key factors in setting the boundary the
way that we set it. In terms of their actual contribution to the CFD funding that we will be
collecting, there is a sense of equitability. We can debate what that exactly means, but the
tax assessment is by square foot. So OPD has the largest square foot of development and
these are very approximate numbers…
MATSUMOTO Give us numbers?
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LEE They will pay about 70%....
FUTRELL OPD.
LEE OPD will pay about 70% of the total monies collected. Kashiwa’s portion is about 28%
and hotel will be 2%. And these are very approximate numbers based on the development
assumptions we’ve made.
ADDIEGO 28% on, if were using that number of 850,000, I mean I wish we were using a million, I
could factor it out easier. But then, so how many square feet does Kashiwa have?
LEE They have approximately 460,000 square feet.
ADDIEGO 460,000? And do we know, do we have any idea what they get per square foot on their
leases? Do we?
LEE Yes, its public information and it’s a little over three dollars per square feet.
ADDIEGO So, this is a ten percent push on what they get?
LEE Yeah and I think the other thing I might add is it is the owners discretion to decide how
much they want to pass on to the lease rate.
ADDIEGO Well they can only pass on what the market allows, yeah, yeah. I can see why they’re
here tonight. It’s not an insignificant amount if your base is three dollars a square foot.
MATSUMOTO No its not.
GUPTA Vice Mayor?
NORMANDY Nothing.
GUPTA Any more questions?
ADDIEGO I’m prepared to take the next step.
GUPTA City Manager, does the staff want to present anything else or just move ahead?
FUTRELL If Council is ready to make a motion to just introduce the item, that would be appreciated.
ROSENBERG So if Mr. Mayor if I may, there’s two actions that are required tonight. And the first
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would be, there’s a document in front of you that has a redline, this is the consent and
waiver form that would be the City is the property owner of signing, consenting to this
CFD boundary. The redline is the version that we’d be asking that you make a motion
authorizing the City Manager to sign the consent and waiver form on behalf of the City.
That’d be the first action I’d be asking for tonight.
GUPTA Do you want to read a motion for someone who would like to champion that with the….
ROSENBERG Sure, it would be a motion authorizing the City Manager to sign the consent and waiver
form on behalf of the City.
GUPTA Do I hear a motion?
NORMANDY So moved.
GUPTA Thank you Vice Mayor. Second?
ADDIEGO I’ll go ahead and second.
GUPTA Seconded by Councilmember Rich Garbarino. Can I have the vote please?
GARBARINO They’re interchangeable.
MARTINELLI Mayor Gupta.
GUPTA Aye.
MARTINELLI Councilman Garbarino?
GARBARINO Aye.
MARTINELLI Councilman Addiego?
ADDIEGO Aye.
MARTINELLI Vice Mayor Normandy?
NORMANDY Aye.
MARTINELLI Councilwoman Matsumoto?
MATSUMOTO No.
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GUPTA Okay the motion has four votes, one against.
ROSENBERG And the second action would be adopting a resolution of intention to establish a
community facilities district in order to declare the city councils intention to form a CFD
to be known as City of Couth San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2017-01
public services and facilities and set a public hearing date regarding the formation of the
CFD for November 20, 2017.
GARBARINO I’ll make a motion.
GUPTA Motion made by Councilman Garbarino.
ADDIEGO I’ll go ahead and second that.
GUPTA And seconded by Councilmember Mark Addiego, let’s hear the vote.
MARTINELLI Councilmen Addiego?
ADDIEGO Yes.
MARTINELLI Councilwoman Matsumoto?
MATSUMOTO No.
MARTINELLI Vice Mayor Normandy?
NORMANDY Aye.
MARTINELLI Mayor Gupta?
GUPTA Yes.
MARTINELLI Councilmember Garbarino
GARBARINO Aye.
GUPTA The motion passes four to one. Thank you very much.
ADDIEGO Mr. Mayor, before we move along, I just wanted to ask staff before I forget. Now we
were talking, I was trying to look at the impact to the, to the landlord, at the buildings that
Kashiwa has and so we were talking about three dollars a square foot as a monthly rental
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rate, right?
FUTRELL That’s correct.
ADDIEGO It’s a monthly rental rate, that’s where I went wrong and I wanted to correct myself and
then I said something about a ten percent push, but it’s not, if that the monthly rate per
square foot, then the annual is 36 right?
FUTRELL Correct.
ADDIEGO And so 32 cents, it’s an annual fee so its 32 cents a square foot against that $36. I’m very
comfortable with that. That’s one percent.
GARBARINO One percent.
GUPTA Thanks for making that example and those numbers.
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CERTIFICATION
I, LISA POPE, Master Municipal Clerk/Transcriptionist, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Pages 1 through 19 are a full, true and correct transcript of the proceedings of the South San
Francisco City Council consideration of Items 9 and 10 at its meeting of October 11, 2017.
Dated at Moorpark, California, this 14th day of May, 2018.
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LISA POPE, MMC