RESOLUTION R2026-XX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MANTECA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, 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 Property for Fire Station No. 6 WHEREAS, the City of Manteca ("City") and the Manteca Unified School District ("District") are parties to the Qualex Property, Fire Station, School Water/Sewer Connection Fee, and Encroachment Agreement and Release, City Contract No. C2025-67, effective May 7, 2025 ("Agreement"), under which the District agreed to convey approximately one acre of its Tara Park school site, APN 241-260-13, to the City for a fire station; and WHEREAS, the City has performed its obligations under the Agreement, including the waiver of certain development and encroachment fees for District projects and the funding of street improvements at Joshua Cowell School; and WHEREAS, the one-acre strip is approximately 58 feet wide along the western boundary of the Tara Park site, which has not yet been developed as a school and has no enrolled students; and WHEREAS, the City will use approximately 0.18 acre of the strip as part of the site for Fire Station No. 6, and intends to exchange the remaining approximately 0.82 acre, together with other City land, for approximately 1.82 acres of adjoining land owned by P.D. Danna, LLC, and P.L. Danna, LLC, to complete a 2.00-acre fire station site, as shown in the exhibits attached to the staff report; and WHEREAS, Fire Station No. 6 will adjoin the planned Tara Park school and will provide fire protection and emergency medical response to the future school and to southwest Manteca; and WHEREAS, the District has requested that the State Board of Education waive the advisory committee requirements of Education Code section 17388 for this conveyance under Education Code section 33050, and will hold a public hearing on its request at a noticed meeting of its Board of Education on October 22, 2026; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all information related to this matter, as presented at the public meetings of the City Council identified herein, including any supporting reports by City Staff, and any information provided during public meetings.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Manteca, as follows:
1. The City Council hereby finds that the facts set forth in the recitals to this Resolution are true and correct, and establish the factual basis for the City Council’s adoption of this Resolution.
2. The City Council supports the District's request for a waiver of Education Code section 17388 for the conveyance of the one-acre strip to the City, and finds that the conveyance serves the public purpose of providing fire protection and emergency medical services to the adjoining school and the surrounding community.
3. The Mayor is authorized to sign and submit a letter of support to the State Board of Education substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A, with any changes approved by the City Attorney. The Mayor, the Fire Chief, the City Manager, and the City Attorney, or their designees, are authorized to provide public testimony and written information in support of the request.
4. The City Manager is directed to provide the District with information it reasonably requests in support of its waiver request.
5. Every submission made on the City's behalf shall describe the complete transaction, including the City's intended exchange of approximately 0.82 acre with P.D. Danna, LLC, and P.L. Danna, LLC.
6. This Resolution is not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b)(5), because it is an administrative action that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment.
7. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Manteca at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 20th day of October, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
MAYOR: __________________________
GARY SINGH
Mayor
ATTEST: __________________________
CASSANDRA CANDINI-TILTON
City Clerk
Exhibits
Exhibit 'A' - Draft Letter of Support to the State Board of Education R2026-XX Page PAGE 3 of NUMPAGES 3 October 20, 2026
R2026-XX Page PAGE 3 of NUMPAGES 3 October 20, 2026