COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AGENCY

DATE:

February 13, 2006

BOARD MEETING DATE:

February 28, 2006

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None prescribed

VOTE REQUIRED:

None

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Marcia Raines, Director of Environmental Services

SUBJECT:

Pillar Point Harbor Village Status Report

RECOMMENDATION

Accept status report and attachments.

VISION ALIGNMENT

Commitment: Responsive, effective and collaborative government.

Goal(s): To ensure that the original intent of project approval is maintained through ongoing monitoring and reporting during the construction of the Pillar Point Harbor Village project. The project underwent full environmental review and all required Planning approvals were obtained. The project is designed to address the need for visitor-serving facilities on the Coast and to enhance the economic vitality of the Midcoast area.

BACKGROUND

On May 24, 2005, the Board of Supervisors extended the time limit within which the Pillar Point Harbor Village project must be completed to May 22, 2007.

At that meeting, the Board requested that Planning staff report back within 60 days on the overall status of the project including the following three specific items: (1) status of the agreement between the developer and the Half Moon Bay Fire Protection District; (2) timing of the improvements required in the adjacent right-of-ways; and (3) clarification of the language in the Development Agreement regarding project phasing.

On August 16, 2005, Planning staff reported to the Board on the status of these three items. At that meeting, staff agreed to return to the Board again in six months to provide status updates on all pending conditions associated with the project’s original 1989 approval, as listed in Attachment A.

DISCUSSION

The following discussion addresses the Board’s request for a project status report, with emphasis on the following.

Summary of Project Conditions and Status:

All 45 conditions of the project’s original 1989 approval have either already been met or are pending as the project progresses towards completion. Attachment A shows the chart summarizing the most recent status of all 45 conditions of project approval. Building permits for the underground parking, the hotel foundation, the hotel and mall building and a small detached office building have been issued. The remaining building permit applications for the restaurant shell has been submitted but not yet issued. Anticipated completion of all phases of the project is anticipated for December 2006.

Planning staff will provide an additional project status report six months from this date, with additional six-month status reports through to the project’s completion.

Conditions Regarding Public Improvements:

The original conditions of project approval require the developer to construct roadway improvements along portions of Capistrano Road and Highway 1 (Conditions 1-7 of Attachment A – Summary Chart of Project Conditions). The improvements are a high priority for the applicant. The main and rear entrances and connecting sidewalks have been completed. Caltrans has issued the appropriate encroachment permits. Weather permitting, the entire roadway improvements are scheduled for completion by April/May 2006. The construction bids have been accepted, all plans and permits have been approved (including permission from PG&E) to start work on the two left turn lanes onto Capistrano Road from northbound Highway 1 along with one free right turn lane in the same location. Vegetation clearing and rough grading have begun associated with work on the improvements to southbound Highway 1 and Capistrano Road as outlined in Condition No. 5. Discussions with SBC are ongoing regarding completion of the easement for and prior to placement of the fiber optic line.

The need for the public improvements is generated by the build-out and occupancy of the site. As the fiber optic line is moved and construction traffic subsides, the remaining public improvements will be installed immediately. The developer understands that the project cannot be occupied prior to completion of these public improvements and that the County will not issue Certificates of Occupancy for any portion of the site until all public improvements are installed.

Prevailing Wages:

Condition No. 45 requires the applicant, to the extent allowed by law, to pay prevailing wages at a level which would be required if the project was a Public Works project. Staff will receive verification from the applicant through certified payroll or similar documentation that prevailing wages are being paid.

FISCAL IMPACT

The total revenues associated with the building, electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits applied for to-date is over $970,000. Additionally, the assessed tax revenue when the project is completed will increase significantly.

ATTACHMENTS

A.

Summary Chart of Project Conditions

B.

Letter from Keet Nerhan Regarding Payment of Prevailing Wages