WANTED TO LEASE
BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA - Sacramento and surrounding counties

The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is looking for a minimum of 28.5 buildable acres of land for the development and construction of a project complex that will include, but is not limited to, approximately a 280,300 sq. ft. office building, a 5,600 Essential Services building, a 30,00 sq. ft. warehouse, a 9,000 sq. ft. central utility plant, a 400 sq. ft. radio vault building, a 500 sq. ft. guard station and a 180 ft. communication tower, through a 20 year lease-purchase delivery method of the new DWR Joint Operations Center, which shall be built as a sustainable and energy-efficient building complex that complies with the California Green Building Code and meets the Essential Services Seismic Safety Act of 1986 criteria.  The State will select the best available site for DWRs program needs based on the minimum criteria listed below.  All participants/developers/lessors will competitively bid on the project, on the specific site the State selects.

Land sites submitted must meet the following criteria to be considered:

1) Outside the 200-year flood plain - the site must be located outside of the 200-year flood plain and independent of levee protection, inundation zone of a dam, or flood prone areas.
a.        In addition to the 200-year floodplain, the lessor shall insure street flooding is directed away from the building and surrounding streets to ensure the selected site is not subject to occasional flooding from surface runoff during the term of the lease.
b.        The site must not be located in a flood prone zone identified by the local jurisdiction or having less than one accessible vehicular travel path (roads) to the site from major corridor(s) like Highways 80/50/65 due to a history of localized flooding.

2) Communications interference and line of sight-
a.        Have readily available connectivity for a communications tower.
b.        Electromagnetic or radio frequency interference- Site should not be near sources of electromagnetic or radio frequency interference to assure proper functioning of computer hardware and to avoid shielding computer rooms.
c.        Long term line of sight - Existing zoning allowing high-rise structures that could interfere with communications line of site (Study required to verify prior to site selection).
d.        Communication Tower and Equipment- Due to sensitive nature of communications equipment, any site is required to file a federal aviation administration (FAA) notice. The FAA notice criteria is defined by CFR Tittle 14 Part 77.9 and the FAA notice criteria tool can be found at: https://oeaaa.faa.gov/oeaaa/external/gisTools/gisAction.jsp?action=showNoNoticeRequiredToolForm.

3) Avoid sources of vibrations and operational disturbance sources- Site should avoid being near sources of vibration (airports, rail lines, heavy trucking, etc.)
a.        Airport- Site shall not be located within a half mile of any security boundary encompassing international, regional, military, or local airports or landing strips.
b.        High Commercial Trucking Areas- In order to minimize the impact of possible uncontrolled heavy vehicle traffic, the proposed site shall not be located in the same complex or adjacent to any existing large consumer shopping center or big box stores. This includes any adjacent unapproved properties which are currently planned for constructing any of the above mentioned. Sites will be reviewed for adjacent properties and their current zoning.
c.        Preference will be given to sites with adjacent properties having compatible use.

4)  Site does not require need for accessibility ramps, extensive grading or retaining walls.

5)  Proximity to Public Transportation- Preference will be given to a site with reasonable access (within ¿ mile) to public transportation and alternative modes of transportation.

6)  Railway System - site is a minimum of .5 mile from active railway system, exclusive of light rail.

7)  Electrical Power Provider - Site is served by an electrical utility provider with a demonstrated history of providing uninterrupted service, defined as no longer than 36 hours.

8)  High Crime Areas-
a.        Proposed site shall be located in the areas known to be of low incidence in crimes to property or individuals in order to reduce the likelihood of vandalism to government and employee vehicles which may be parked on-site for extended periods of time, as well as employees of the center that may be required to arrive on-site other than normal daylight working hours. This may be verifiable through local law enforcement statistics for the selected area and GSA FPS.
b.        Preference will be given to sites located near fire and law enforcement.

9)  Sites that will accommodate State plans, specifications, seismic safety, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and applicable codes (California Building Code & Title 24).

10) Comply with Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise requirements.

Amenities adding value to the site include:

a.        Increased buildable site area.
b.        Sources of site power available from two separate substations.
c.        Shorter travel time between proposed site and DWRs Sacramento downtown headquarters. (Maximum travel distance from proposed site to downtown Sacramento is 32 miles.)

The submitter must prove control of the site as fee title owner and therefore the right to submit the site to the State for further consideration.

The following must be submitted with the land site submittal:

A)        Phase I Environmental Report specific to the site submitted.

B) Preliminary Title Report that must at a minimum:
1.        Be provided by a title company authorized to issue policies of title insurance within the State of California.
2.        Contain hyperlinks to all vesting documents and vesting reference documents, exceptions to coverage documents including embedded reference documents, all embedded documents in legal descriptions, maps of record, and map reference documents.
3.        Cover the entire property or as applicable, a majority of the facility property which, at a minimum, includes the proposed project site area, and all bond encumbered areas at the entire site.
4.        Updated Preliminary Reports to be provided if so requested and provide hard copies of all documents.

C)  Title Exceptions Map
Contain and depict, at a minimum, the following information:
1.        Address(es) if disclosed in record documents or observed while conducting the survey.
2.        Gross land area of the entire proposed project site area(s) including the land area leading to the point of utility interconnection.
3.        Plot the proposed project site area relative to the overall facility boundary of record.
4.        Plot substantial features or unrecorded encumbrances observed in the process of conducting the survey (in addition to the improvements and    structures, if any) labeling all as practicable.
5.        Plot and label the greater boundaries of the identified property in accordance with the Preliminary Report requirements above.
6.        Plot and label information contained in the Preliminary Report, such as, but not limited to, the Preliminary Reports legal description, propertys vesting deeds, title exceptions, encumbrances in recorded maps, and any other discovered or identified encumbrances whether of county record or unrecorded.
7.        Plot and label all bond encumbrances, if any, whether of county record or unrecorded.
8.        When preparing the Title Exceptions Map, include the corresponding Preliminary Report, its report number and date, and Assessors Parcel Number(s) covered.
9.        Either be to scale, with scale stated, or have geometric relationship to a current Aerial Map if used.
10.        Stamped and dated by a Land Surveyor licensed in the State of California and wet signed; and
11.        Provide updated Title Exceptions Maps.

D) Access & Utility Map:
Provide an access and utility map of the identified property that reflects the following:
1.        Plot and label the identified property relative to overall adjacent properties and surrounding features.
2.        Locate the proposed project site within the identified property.
3.        Identify and label access from the proposed project site to the nearest publicly dedicated right of way.
4.        Identify and label all project utilities (e.g., water, gas, sewer, electric, communications, etc.) and utility travel routes from the proposed project site to points of connection in public utility easements or publicly dedicated right of way.

E)  Unrecorded rights:
Identifying unrecorded rights is required as part of the real estate title due diligence analysis in support of the facilitys project design authority. Sometimes conditions exist in real property that one assumes are recorded legal uses (e.g., roadways, irrigation/flood control facilities, ditches, encroachments, or utility lines). However, a visually identified or known periodic use may not appear in the propertys preliminary report.

Some examples of unrecorded rights that encumber or may otherwise affect the property interests of the greater property are contracts, leases, licenses, permits, agreements, and memoranda of understanding with public or private entities or persons that affect the use and/or occupancy of the greater property. Generally, any potentially enforceable right another entity or person may claim that allows them to use, occupy, or cross the greater property.

PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO REPRESENT SUCH PROPERTIES MUST RESPOND TO CONTACT PERSON BY RESPONSE DATE WITH ADDRESS, MAP & PROJECT NUMBER BY EMAIL OR IN WRITING TO: RESD, 707 Third Street, 5th Floor, P.O. Box 989052, West Sacramento, CA 95798-9052.

Project #:        136246
City:        Sacramento, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Rocklin, Folsom,
El Dorado Hills, Lincoln, Orangevale, Newcastle
County:        Sacramento and surrounding Counties
Agency:        Department of Water Resources
Type of Space:        land
Parking Spaces:        N/A
Boundaries:        See DWR JOC SITE SELECTION BOUNDARY PDF (aerial floodplain map boundaries)

Contact:        Kerry Zadel
Phone:        916.376.1617
Email Address:        Kerry.Zadel@dgs.ca.gov
Response Date:        December 22, 2023