City Council Agenda
Memo to: Manteca City Council
From: Don Smail, Economic Development Manager
Date: June 18, 2019
Subject: Request to Solicit Proposals for Development of a Class A Office property for 1844 Daniels St.
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Authorize a Request for Proposal to attract interest in development of a Class A office park on City-owned land at 1844 Daniels Street.
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Background:
On January 24, 2013, the City Council approved the purchase of a 10-acre vacant parcel from Manteca Development Group for $3.8 million. The original owner, Lowes Home Improvement Stores, was downsizing and decided to sell the Manteca property rather than develop another retail store in this market area. The City had been negotiating with San Joaquin County to develop a South County Government Center in Manteca, and this property was identified as a suitable location for the proposed project. Manteca Development Group had purchased the original 12.13 acre site with the intention of selling off a 10 acre portion to the City for the new Government Center and developing the remaining 2.13 acres as a hotel site.
After the 10-acre purchase was completed, City staff negotiated with San Joaquin County regarding their proposed project. However, changes in Federal funding methods for some County department functions, and other external factors, resulted in the County cancelling the South County Government Center project in December 2016.
Since cancellation of the project, City staff have sold off two small portions on the western perimeter of the parcel to help facilitate adjacent development projects. One sale was for construction of an expanded parking lot for the new Sizzler restaurant. The second sale was to enlarge the adjacent parcel owned by Manteca Development Group to accommodate a new hotel development at the corner of Daniels Street and Fishback Road. As a result of these two partial sales, the remaining City parcel size is approximately 9.15 acres.
In 2017 the City Council for...
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