RESOLUTION R2023-__
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NAPA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, (1) authorizing the Utilities Director to take all actions necessary to negotiate and execute final terms of a purchase and sale agreement with the Napa-Vallejo Waste Management Authority in the amount of $1,770,000, by which the City will acquire an approximately 2.87 acre parcel of property adjacent to the City’s Materials Diversion Facility at 820 Levitin Way; and (2) approving a transfer of $1,770,000 from the Solid Waste and Recycling (SWR) Enterprise Fund Undesignated Fund Balance 510-35999 to Nonrecurring SWR operating expenditure account 51960510-70110 as documented in Council Budget Amendment No.77P12.
WHEREAS, the City of Napa’s Materials Diversion Facility (MDF) located at 820 Levitin Way (adjacent to the Napa County Airport) receives and processes recyclable and compostable materials from the region; and WHEREAS, the City of Napa purchased the MDF property in 2004 and annexed the six parcels that comprised the current MDF in 2014; and WHEREAS, the volume of recyclable and compostable materials delivered to the City’s MDF has increased substantially from 103,000 tons in 2007 to 171,000 tons in 2022; and WHEREAS, the State of California (via AB 341, AB 1826 SB1383) and the City of Napa (via R2012 100) have adopted policy goals to achieve or exceed a minimum level of 75% recycling and composting by the year 2020, including expanded and enhanced collection and recovery of organics, including food scraps and soiled paper; and WHEREAS, the City has invested in many improvements to the MDF such as the covered aerated static pile (CASP) composting system, an upgraded stormwater management system, an organics receiving building and organics pre-processing system and particulate building that require more space for MDF operations; and WHEREAS, the City identified 2.87 acres of usable property (the “Property”) owned by the Napa-Vallejo Waste Management Authority (NVWMA), located on a portion of Napa County Assessor’s Parcel 057-090-060, immediately adjacent to the MDF, as identified in the City’s letter to NVWMA dated May 4, 2023; and WHEREAS, the City and NVWMA each conducted property appraisals of the Property in the summer of 2022 that resulted in significantly different appraised property values; and WHEREAS, the City and NVWMA agreed to conduct an updated appraisal evaluation of the Property that resulted in an appraised value of $1,800,000; and WHEREAS, the City’s review of the updated appraisal identified that the costs to construct a sewer line to the Property were underestimated by approximately $30,000, based on recent bids for similar work received by the City of American Canyon; and WHEREAS, the City proposed a purchase price of $1,770,000 to the NVWMA to purchase the Property and offered to be responsible for additional steps, such as lot-line adjustments, required to complete the property sale; and WHEREAS, NVWMA has documented its agreement with the City’s proposed purchase price of $1,770,000, contingent on the City taking the additional necessary steps towards a final purchase and sale agreement that were part of the City’s property purchase proposal to the NVWMA; 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 Napa, 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 hereby authorizes the Utilities Director take all actions necessary to negotiate and execute final terms of a purchase and sale agreement with the Napa-Vallejo Waste Management Authority in the amount of $1,770,000, by which the City will acquire the Property, and the City will undertake additional steps needed to implement the transfer of property rights, including the preparation of a lot line adjustment.
3. The City Council hereby approves a transfer of $1,770,000 from the Solid Waste and Recycling (SWR) Enterprise Fund Undesignated Fund Balance 510-35999 to Nonrecurring SWR operating expenditure account 51960510-70110 as documented in Council Budget Amendment No. 77P12 (Exhibit A to this resolution).
4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Napa at a public meeting of said City Council held on the 20th day of June 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: ________________________
Tiffany Carranza
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Michael W. Barrett
City Attorney
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