A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE
FINDING AND DECLARING CERTAIN CITY-OWNED PROPERTY
LOCATED, RESPECTIVELY, AT 303 N. MARYLAND, 210 N. MARYLAND, 300 E. BROADWAY, 210 N. ORANGE, 3727 VERDUGO, 2400 HONOLULU, 2326 FLORENCITA, 2366 FLORENCITA, 2310 FLORENCITA, AND AT 805 FAIRMONT WITHIN THE CITY OF GLENDALE AS EXEMPT FROM
THE SURPLUS LAND ACT WITH REVISED ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER FOR DOWNTOWN LOT 7
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
A. The City of Glendale owns ten (10) parking lots (collectively referred to as the "Properties"), shown in the table below, and as further depicted on Exhibits "A" (Site Map) and Exhibit "B" (Google Maps and Parcel Maps highlighted), attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
LOCATION ADDRESS APN SIZE (SF)
1) Downtown Lot 2 303 N. Maryland 5643-019-900 20,375
2) Downtown Lot 4 210 N. Maryland 5642-016-900 14,250
3) Downtown Lot 7 300 E. Broadway 5642-004-911 7,500
4) Downtown Lot 15 210 N. Orange 5642-015-902 7,750
5) Montrose Lot 1 3727 Verdugo 5615-001-900 12,700
6) Montrose Lot 2 2400 Honolulu 5615-002-900 11,590
7) Montrose Lot 4 2326 Florencita 5807-024-900 14,350
8) Montrose Lot 5 2366 Florencita 5807-023-900 3,730
9) Montrose Lot 6 2310 Florencita 5807-024-901 7,748
10) Park & Ride Lot 805 Fairmont 5635-019-902 18,956
B. City Council directed staff to explore the potential for ground leasing and developing small City-owned parking lots as part of the City’s overall budget strategy and to look at larger City-owned parking lots as part of the City’s effort to meet the City’s affordable housing goals, which larger lots are part of a separate resolution.
C. Prior to any disposition of the Properties the Council must consider whether the Properties are subject to the Surplus Land Act (Gov. Code, §§ 54220- 54234)(“SLA”), which aims to make local public land that is no longer needed for government purposes available for building affordable housing, and provides for exemptions.
D. SLA Guidelines, section 103(c)(3) provides an exemption for Small Surplus Land Parcels that are less than one-half acre (21,780 SF)( and which are not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency that is used for open-space or low-and moderate-income housing purposes.
E. All of the Properties referenced herein qualify for the “small surplus land parcel” exemption because they are less on 21,780 SF (See Exhibit “B” parcel maps), and none of them are contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency that is used for open-space or low- and moderate- income housing purposes. (See Exhibit “C” Google maps).
F. None of the none of the Properties require issuance of a Notice of Availability for open space be sent (per Surplus Land Act Guidelines Section 103(d)) to any park or recreation department of the city, county or regional park authority where the land is located because the Properties are:
1. Not located within a coastal zone. The City of Glendale is located approximately 20 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
2. Not adjacent to a historical unit of the State Parks System. All of the Properties are located in urban setting not adjacent to any state, local or regional parks.
3. Not listed on or determined by the State Office of Historic Preservation to be eligible for listing on, the National Register of Historic Places. All of the Properties are parking lots on which no historic resources are present.
4. Not located within the Lake Tahoe Region. Glendale is located in Southern California.
G. This declaration of exempt surplus property is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the environment pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3). The future sale or lease of the properties, if approved by the City Council, would be exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15312 (Surplus Government Property Sales) because the Property would be declared exempt surplus property pursuant to the Surplus Land Act and is not located in an area of statewide, regional, or areawide concern identified in CEQA Guidelines Section 15206(b)(4).
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
1.Incorporation of Findings. The City Council hereby incorporates by this reference the findings set forth above as true and correct.
2.Declaration of Exemption (Surplus Land Act). The City Council finds and declares that the Properties are "exempt surplus property" under the SLA because the Properties qualify as exempt pursuant to SLA Guidelines section 103(c)(3) as small surplus land parcels, each a non-contiguous, distinct unit of land less than 21,780 SF, and not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency that is used for open-space or low- and moderate- income housing purposes.
3.CEQA Exemption. This declaration is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this activity may have a significant effect on the environment pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3). The future sale of the Property, if approved by the City Council, would be exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15312 (Surplus Government Property Sales) because the Property would be declared exempt surplus property pursuant to the Surplus Land Act and is not located in an area of statewide, regional, or areawide concern identified in CEQA Guidelines Section 15206(b)(4).
PASSED and ADOPTED this _________day of 2025.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Suzie Abajian, Ph.D., City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the ____ day of ________________, 2025, and that same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
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City Clerk
EXHIBIT “A”
SITE MAP
EXHIBIT “B”
GOOGLE MAPS AND PARCEL MAPS
HIGHLIGHTED