Public Works Agency
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Item # 11
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
April 2, 2024
TOPIC: Sale of Land and Appropriation Adjustment
AGENDA TITLE
Agreement for the Sale of Land from the City and Approve an Appropriation Adjustment, Generating $4,800 in Revenue for FY 2023-24 Right-of-Way Management Project (Non- General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. Authorize the City Manager to execute a purchase and sale agreement with Guadalupe Castaneda for the sale of City-owned property located at APN No. 410-071-44, behind 3025 Ramona Drive, in the amount of $4,800 (Agreement No. A-2024-XXX).
2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing revenue in the amount of $4,800 in the Public Works General Fund, Sale of Land revenue account (No. 01117002-57071) for Fiscal Year 2023-24 and appropriating the same to the Public Works Right-of-Way expenditure account, Improvements Other Than Building (No. 01117622-66220) Project 24-6900 for FY 2023-24 Right of Way Management. (Requires five affirmative votes)
GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes
DISCUSSION
This City-owned land has remained vacant, as it previously served as a maintenance service facility for the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department. The City does not have plans to activate this vacant land and has encountered frequent trespassing and other safety issues and complaints from the residence that is adjacent to this lot (Exhibit 1). The purchase price was based on appraised values prepared by a state-licensed appraiser (Exhibit 2).
Approval of the recommended action will support the City’s goal to minimize blight and activate vacant land, while also lessening the City’s liability and maintenance costs.
Transferring ownership will serve as a mutually beneficial situation based on the circumstances of the exempted surplus land, which was deemed too small to develop independently for any other purpose within the existing zoning.
Approve Agreement for the Sale of City-Owned Real Property April 2, 2024
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Staff notified the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) for review of the City of Santa Ana’s Resolution No 2023-065 declaring properties as Exempt Surplus Land. According to the resolution, the properties are less than 5,000 square feet in size and are not contiguous to land owned by the state or local agency that is being used for open-space or low-and moderate-income housing purposes. The HCD found the subject properties qualified as exempt surplus land under Government Code section 54221, subdivision (f)(1)(B), thus allowing for the transfer of ownership accordingly.
Staff recommends approval of the recommended actions to transfer ownership of unused and undevelopable land to the adjacent property owner (Exhibit 3), as authorized via Santa Ana Municipal Code Section 2-706 Sale to Owners of Adjoining Property, and Section 2-709 Exceptions to transfer ownership of substandard vacant land.
FISCAL IMPACT
Costs for maintaining vacant lots have escalated over the years, with frequent maintenance charges for installation, rental fees, damaged material replacement fees, and emergency fencing requests. Activating remnant land will help to generate necessary project funding that will support right-of-way maintenance and security citywide (Exhibit 4).
Approval of the recommended Appropriation Adjustment will recognize the receipt of $4,800 via the Public Works General Fund, Sale of Land revenue account and appropriate the same into the Public Works Right-of-Way expenditure account, Improvements Other Than Building via the FY 2023-24 Right of Way Management project (24-6900)
Fiscal
Year
Accounting
Unit–Account
No.
Fund
Description
Accounting Unit,
Account No.
Description
Amount
2023-24
01117622-
66220
(24-6900)
Public Works
General Fund
Public Works Right-of-
Way, Improvements
Other Than Building
$4,800
TOTAL $4,800
EXHIBIT(S)
1. Location Map
2. Appraisal
3. Purchase and Sale Agreement
4. FY 23-24 CIP Amendment – General Fund
Submitted By: Nabil Saba, P.E., Executive Director – Public Works Agency Approved By: Tom Hatch, Interim City Manager