Item 14 - (Item 19) - Resolution Declaring City-Owned Properties as Exempt Surplus Land

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Resolution No. 2024-XXX Page 3 of 4 otherwise the City would be required to provide a written notice of availability for open-space purposes to entities described in Government Code section 54222, subdivision (b). O. The City is determining that the Properties identified in Exhibit A are, in fact, exempt surplus land under the SLA and City will notify the Department of Housing and Community Development no less than thirty (30) days prior to the disposing of any exempt surplus land. Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and declares that the Properties are no longer necessary for the City’s use and are therefore exempt surplus land, as terms defined in California Government Code section 54221, as amended, based on the true and correct written findings found in Section 1, incorporated herein by this reference. Section 3. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to follow the procedures of the Surplus Land Act, California Government Code section 54220, et seq., as amended, with respect to the disposition of the Properties. Section 4. Any proposed agreements for the sale of the Properties shall be subject to the approval of the City Council. Section 5. Sales of the Properties as surplus are exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15312 (Surplus Government Property Sales). However , if development was proposed on the Properties by a subsequent buyer, then that development would be reviewed under CEQA. Section 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall a ttest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this ______ day of ______________, 2024 _______________________ Valerie Amezcua Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney By:________________________ Jonathan T. Martinez Assistant City Attorney