RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA DECLARING PROPERTY ON THE
NORTHWEST CORNER OF CIVIC CENTER DRIVE AND
SYCAMORE STREET AS EXEMPT SURPLUS LAND AND
FINDING THAT THE FOREGOING ACTION IS NOT A
PROJECT SUBJECT TO ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and declares as follows:
A. The City of Santa Ana (the “City”) is the owner in fee simple of real property, approximately 3,784 square feet, which was formerly excess portions of street right of way near the northwest corner of Civic Center Drive and Sycamore Street, as described on Exhibit A and depicted on Exhibit B (referred to as the “Property”).
B. The Property is a remnant parcel resulting from the creation of Civic Center Drive in 1974.
C. The Property lies outside of the limits of improvements for Civic Center Drive and Sycamore Street.
D. The City now desires to declare the Property exempt surplus land within the meaning of the California Surplus Land Act (“SLA”), Government Code section 54220 et seq ., as amended, as it is not necessary for the City’s use and qualifies as exempt surplus land under Government Code sections 54221(f)(1)(B) and (E).
E. Exempt Properties may be declared “exempt surplus land” and must be supported by written findings before a local agency may take any action to dispose of the Property consistent with statutory requirements, SLA guidelines, and/or a local agency’s policies or procedures.
F. The Property qualifies under Government Code secti on 54221(f)(1) (B).
Specifically, the exempt Propert y is less than one-half acre (approximately 3,784 square feet) in area and is not contiguous to land owned by a state or local agency that is used for open-space or low- and moderate-income housing purposes.
EXHIBIT 1
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G. The Property qualifies under Government Code section 54221(f)(1)(E).
Specifically, the exempt Property is Surplus land that is a former street, right of way, or easement, and will be conveyed to an owner of an adjacent property.
H. It is the intent of City Council to sell the Property to a contiguous land owner of the Property, otherwise the Property shall not be considered “exempt” under 54221(f)(1)(E).
I. Notice is not required per Government Code section 54 221(f)(2) because the Property is (i) not within a Coastal Zone, (ii) not adjacent to a historical unit of the State Parks System, (iii) not listed on, or determined by the State Office of Historic Preservation to be eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places, and (iv) not within the Lake Tahoe region as defined in Government Code section 66905.5.
Section 2. The City Council hereby finds and declares that the Property is no longer necessary for the City’s use and is therefore exempt surplus land, pursuant to Government Code section s 54221(f)(1)(B) and 54221(f)(1)(E) 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 execute any and all documents necessary to dispose of the Property in accordance with this Resolution, if it is determined to be in the best interests of the City.
Section 4. The 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 5. This resolution has been reviewed with respect to the applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, §§21000 et seq.; 14 CCR §§ 15000 et seq.) (“CEQA”). City staff has determined that the designation of the Property as exempt surplus land does not qualify as a “project” as defined by the CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. First, Section 15378 defines a project as an activity that “has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment.” (State CEQA Guidelines, § 15378(a).) Here, the action is to declare the Property as exempt surplus land, which will not result in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment . Accordingly, the action is not a “project” subject to CEQA. (State CEQA Guidelines, §15060(c).) Second, Section 15378 explicitly excludes from its definition of “project” the following:
“organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.” (State CEQA Guidelines, §15378(b)(5).) The action to designate the Property as exempt surplus land constitutes an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in a physical change in the environment, and is therefore is not subject to CEQA. This action does not constitute a binding commitment to any particular use of the Property, nor is any development associated with this action.
If and when the Property is sold to a purchaser and that purchaser proposes a use for the Resolution No. 2025-XXX
Property that requires a discretionary permit and CEQA review, that future use of the Property will be analyzed at the appropriate time in accordance with CEQA.
Section 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution.
ADOPTED this ______ day of ______________, 2025
_______________________
Valerie Amezcua
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:________________________
Melissa M. Crosthwaite
Senior Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers _______________________________________ NOES: Councilmembers _______________________________________ ABSTAIN: Councilmembers _______________________________________ NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers _______________________________________
Resolution No. 2025-XXX
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, JENNIFER L. HALL, City Clerk, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2025-XXX to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on December ____ 2025.
Date: ________________ ____________________________________ City Clerk
EXHIBIT "A"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR EXEMPT SURPLUS DECLARATION
CIVIC CENTER
THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF LAND IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, COUNTY OF ORANGE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OVER PARCEL 3.4 DESCRIBED IN QUITCLAIM DEED TO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE RECORDED MARCH 3, 1994 AS DOCUMENT NO. 94-0153374 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF PARCEL 1 DESCRIBED IN GRANT DEED TO 209 WEST CIVIC CENTER, LLC RECORDED JANUARY 25, 2021 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2021000048418 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY,
BEING ON THE NORTHERLY LINE OF EIGHTH STREET (FORMERLY CHURCH STREET); THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL, SOUTH 89°47'46" EAST, 153.55 FEET TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER THEREOF, ALSO BEING ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SYCAMORE STREET, 60 FEET WIDE; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE, SOUTH 00°16'23" WEST, 33.00 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE, SOUTH 00°16'19" WEST, 33.06 FEET TO AN ANGLE POINT; THENCE LEAVING SAID WESTERLY LINE, SOUTH 55°58'17" WEST, 35.87 FEET TO THE NORTHEASTERLY
LINE OF CIVIC CENTER DRIVE, BEING THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE NORTHEASTERLY AND HAVING A RADIUS OF 400.00 FEET, A RADIAL LINE TO SAID POINT BEARS SOUTH 24°43'20 WEST; THENCE
NORTHWESTERLY ALONG SAID CURVE AND NORTHEASTERLY LINE AN ARC LENGTH OF 118.43 FEET THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 16°57'51"; THENCE NORTH 48°18'49" WEST, 33.17 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
EXCEPTING THE NORTHERLY 33 FEET OF SAID LAND, BEING THE NORTHERLY ONE-HALF OF CHURCH STREET.
AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT "B" ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART HEREOF CONTAINING AN AREA OF 3,784 SQ. FT., MORE OR LESS
PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION:
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