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The town of Danville, East Bay Regional Park District, and other public agencies and nonprofits were notified this summer of their eligibility to express interest in acquiring the longtime San Ramon Valley school district office site during a priority notice period required by the state.
The move comes following a Board of Education vote last month to declare the site at 699 Old Orchard Drive in Danville as surplus property, marking the next steps for the district’s pending move into new offices at Crow Canyon Place in San Ramon.
Notices went out to eligible agencies and organizations July 31, following the board vote July 28. If no such entity makes a play, the district aims to get clearance from the state to put the property on the market for developers and other interested parties.
“Following California statutory guidelines, we are now executing the multi-step process required for public school district property disposition,” San Ramon Valley Unified School District Superintendent CJ Cammack told DanvilleSanRamon on Friday.
Cammack and his cabinet have sought to move swiftly in shifting the district’s offices from Danville to San Ramon – a financial move aimed at generating sale proceeds and additional revenue from leasing portions of the new site to tenants, part of a series of broad efforts at addressing the district’s budget deficit. But the Old Orchard property isn’t set to be in new hands any time soon.
Cammack estimated it would be approximately 12 months between the surplus property declaration last month and the final sale of the property.
Following the 60-day statutory priority notice period currently underway – and if no eligible agency or organization expresses interest during that time – Cammack said that staff would seek the board’s authorization in late September to submit waiver applications to the state, with that review process estimated to be approximately six months.
“Obtaining this waiver allows the District the flexibility to seek proposals through a request for proposals process rather than standard public bidding,” Cammack said.
That process would kick off following the approval of the waiver, after which the board would evaluate and select the best proposal and move forward with negotiations.
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