(a) The Director of General Services, as agent for the Department of Transportation, may enter into an agreement to purchase, lease-purchase, or lease with an option to purchase real property in the San Francisco Bay area for the purpose of financing, refinancing, and acquiring office and parking facilities, and any other improvements, betterments, and facilities related thereto in order to allow full occupancy by August 30, 1993. The total purchase price, excluding financing costs, shall not exceed one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) plus all costs of financing, including, but not limited to, interest during acquisition or construction of these facilities, interest payable on any interim loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account pursuant to Section 16312 or 16313, a reasonably required reserve fund, and the costs of issuance of interim financing or permanent financing after completion of the construction or acquisition of these facilities. In selecting a site or sites for office space and parking facilities, the department shall give consideration to sites located in the East Bay region, including the City of Oakland. Criteria used in the evaluation of prospective sites shall include an economic evaluation of locating in a new or existing state office building in the East Bay region.
(b) The total cost of financing the net cost of acquiring the building and facilities described in subdivision (a), including the costs of modifications and operation, shall not exceed the total avoided costs of leasing and occupying those buildings and facilities currently occupied by the Department of Transportation which will no longer be occupied once the building and facilities described in subdivision (a) are occupied. “Net cost” means the cost of acquiring the building and facilities described in subdivision (a), including financing costs, less the amount realized from the disposition of the existing office building. “Avoided costs” mean those costs the Department of Transportation would have incurred if it continued to occupy the buildings and facilities which would no longer be occupied as a result of the acquistion of the building and facilities described in subdivision (a). In order to ensure that the requirements of this subdivision are met, the Department of Transportation shall provide the Joint Legislative Budget Committee with a report concerning the cost-effectiveness required by this section at least 30 days prior to entering into any purchase agreement.
(c) Pursuant to Section 5702, the Treasurer is hereby authorized to sell certificates of participation, lease revenue bonds, or any other approved form of obligations in connection with the financing, refinancing, and acquisition described in subdivision (a).
(d) The Department of Transportation shall take all necessary actions to ensure that its annual budget includes all payments which may be necessary to satisfy the obligation for the office facilities purchased pursuant to subdivision (a).
(e) Following the acquisition and occupation of the building and facilities described in subdivision (a), the Department of Transportation shall sell the office building at 150 Oak Street in San Francisco. The net proceeds of that sale shall be applied toward any obligations undertaken by the Director of General Services pursuant to subdivision (a).
(f) If the new offices of the Department of Transportation are to be located in a new state office building, the Director of General Services may sell the existing state office building located at 1111 Jackson Street in the City of Oakland and the Department of General Services shall commence preliminary planning for the construction of the new state office building in the East Bay region.
(g) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), the office and parking facilities acquired by the Department of General Services pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be and remain under the jurisdiction and control of, and shall be operated and maintained by, the Department of Transportation. Construction or acquisition of any office and parking facilities utilizing the financing methods authorized by subdivision (a) shall be done by the Department of General Services as agent of the Department of Transportation. The Department of General Services, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, may contract with a construction manager and others for construction and other services related to the construction of the office and parking facilities financed pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 533, Sec. 1.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018