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Community Development Agency <br />santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 3 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />September 6, 2022 <br />TOPIC: Joint Public Hearing – Resolution and Purchase and Sale Agreement for <br />Acquisition of Real Property for Park Space <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Joint Public Hearing – Adopt Resolution and Approve Purchase and Sale Agreement for <br />Acquisition of Real Property at 915 N Flower Street, 921 N Flower Street, and 842 N <br />Garnsey Street (APN 005-142-58, 005-142-35, and 005-142-47) for Park Space. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />SUCCESSOR AGENCY ACTION <br />1. Adopt a resolution making certain findings with respect to the consideration to be <br />received by the Successor Agency pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement <br />between the Successor Agency and the City for the sale of various properties: 915 N <br />Flower Street, 921 N Flower Street, and 842 N Garnsey Street (APN 005-142-58, <br />005-142-35, and 005-142-47), and authorize the Executive Director to execute all <br />required documents as necessary. <br />2. Authorize the Executive Director to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement and <br />all required documents for the acquisition of real property located at 915 N Flower <br />Street, 921 N Flower Street, and 842 N Garnsey Street (APN 005-142-58, 005-142- <br />35, and 005-142-47) in the amount of $598,000, plus closing costs and escrow fees, <br />subject to non-substantive changes approved by the Executive Director and General <br />Counsel. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Parks Master Plan, adopted in May 2022, echoes and reinforces the City’s goals to <br />provide parkland within a ten-minute walk for all residents, and three acres of parkland <br />per 1,000 residents citywide. In July 2022, the City Council approved American Rescue <br />Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the acquisition and expansion of parks and open space. In <br />an effort to work towards the Parks Master Plan objectives, the City has identified the <br />following three parcels that are suitable for park space, currently owned by the Successor <br />Agency of the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana: <br />Address APN Property Type <br />915 N Flower Street 005-142-58 Vacant Lot <br />921 N Flower Street 005-142-35 Vacant Lot <br />842 N Garnsey Street 005-142-47 Vacant Lot