SA Item 1 - Joint Public Hearing Adopt Resolution and Agreement

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Joint Public Hearing – Resolution and Purchase and Sale Agreement for Acquisition of Real Property for Parking Lot September 23, 2024 Page 2 2 3 1 6 4 FROM CEQA, THE SALE OF THE PARKING LOT PROPERTY TO THE CITY (includes determination that the sale of the property is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) and Section 15301) 2. Adopt a resolution making certain findings with respect to the consideration to be received by the Successor Agency pursuant to a Purchase and Sale Agreement between the Successor Agency and the City for the sale of the Southwest Corner of Main Street and Third Street (APN 398-601-02), and authorize the Executive Director to execute all required documents as necessary. RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XXX entitled A RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA LOCATED AT 3RD STREET AND MAIN STREET PARKING LOT 3. Authorize the Executive Director to execute the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all required documents for the acquisition of real property located at the Southwest Corner of Main Street and Third Street (APN 398-601-02) in the amount of $190,000 plus closing costs (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX). GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No DISCUSSION On February 20, 2024, the City Council approved an appropriation for the City to acquire the Third and Main parking lot (the “Property”) from the Successor Agency. Therefore, the City may purchase the last remaining Successor Agency property contingent upon the Countywide Oversight Board (Oversight Board) and the Department of Finance (DOF) approval of the sale. The purchase price of $190,000 was established by an appraisal conducted on September 11, 2023. Successor Agency The City of Santa Ana adopted an ordinance in 1973 to create a Redevelopment Agency. Throughout the years, the Community Redevelopment Agency (RDA) of the City of Santa Ana completed numerous projects to eliminate blight, spur economic growth, funded construction of affordable housing projects, and provided infrastructure and community facility improvements within the defined project areas and through this process acquired real property for future development. On February 1, 2012, in accordance with the Dissolution Act and the California Supreme Court’s decision in California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos, Case No. S194861, the RDA was dissolved and the City began to serve as the “Successor Agency.” The City Council serves as the governing body of the Successor Agency under the Dissolution Act as amended by Assembly Bill (AB) 1484, to