City Council Agenda
Memo to:
Manteca City Council
From:
Brad Wungluck, Director of Development Services
Date: October 20, 2026
Subject: Support for Manteca Unified School District's Request to the State Board of Education for a Waiver of Education Code Section 17388 for the Conveyance of Property for Fire Station No. 6
Recommendation:
title
Adopt a resolution supporting the Manteca Unified School District's request to the State Board of Education for a waiver of Education Code section 17388 for the conveyance of approximately one acre of the Tara Park school site to the City for Fire Station No. 6, and authorize the Mayor to sign a letter of support and City representatives to provide testimony to the State Board of Education.
body
Background:
Summary
The Manteca Unified School District (District) has agreed to convey a narrow one-acre strip of its undeveloped Tara Park school site to the City for Fire Station No. 6. Before a school district sells surplus property, the Education Code requires it to appoint a community advisory committee unless the State Board of Education waives that requirement. The District has asked the State Board for a waiver, and State Board staff has recommended denial. This item asks the City Council to formally support the District's request and to place the City's reasons on the public record.
Qualex Agreement
On April 15, 2025, the City Council approved a settlement with the District, effective May 7, 2025 (Qualex Agreement, City Contract No. C2025-67). Among other things, the District released its share of proceeds from the former Qualex property at 555 Industrial Park Drive, and agreed in Section 4 to convey to the City an approximately one-acre strip along the western edge of its Tara Park school site, APN 241-260-13, for a fire station. In exchange, the City waived certain water, sewer, and storm drain fees for District projects, waived an encroachment permit fee, and agreed to fund street impr...
Click here for full text