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RESOLUTION NO. 24-_____ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 54221(b) AND 54221(f)(1)(C) THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY OWNED OR TO BE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE CITY’S USE AND IS EXEMPT SURPLUS LAND IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED PROPERTY EXCHANGES TO FACILITATE THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF DOCKWEILER DRIVE AND THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHWAY AND BRIDGE SOUTH OF DOCKWEILER DRIVE, MAKING FINDINGS OF CONSISTENCY PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT WITH THE DOCKWEILER DRIVE EXTENSION PROJECT EIR AND THE ADDENDUMS TO THAT EIR, AND TAKING RELATED ACTIONSWHEREAS, pursuant to Section 54221(b) of the Surplus Land Act, Government Code Sections 54220-54234 (the Act), surplus land is land owned in fee simple by a local agency for which the governing body of the local agency takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring the land is surplus and not necessary for the local agency’s use. The land must be declared either surplus land or exempt surplus land; and WHEREAS, Section 54221(c)(1) of the Act provides that “agency’s use” shall include, but not be limited to, land that is being used or is planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the local agency’s governing board for agency work or operations, provided that “agency’s use” shall not include commercial or industrial uses or activities, and land disposed of for the sole purpose of investment or generation of revenue shall not be considered necessary for the agency’s use; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 54221(f)(1)(C) of the Act, surplus land that a local agency is exchanging for another property, including easements, necessary for the agency’s use is exempt surplus land; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita (City) proposes to undertake the extension of Dockweiler Drive (the Dockweiler Extension Project). The proposed Dockweiler Extension Project is a multi-phased capital improvement project being coordinated by the City and The Master’s University to improve circulation and access to the Placerita Canyon and Newhall communities in the City. The proposed connection and extension of Dockweiler Drive is identified in the Circulation Element of the City’s General Plan as one of the primary east-west arterials through the City that would provide a through connection from Sierra Highway to Railroad Avenue. The proposed Dockweiler Extension Project would extend Dockweiler Drive from the existing terminus to Railroad Avenue at 13thStreet. The Dockweiler Drive extension includes the approved alignment of Dockweiler Drive at The Master’s University campus. In coordination with the bike path project, described in the next paragraph, the new Dockweiler Drive extension will result in creating a vital link between the communities to the east of the railroad/ Newhall Creek (including The Master’s University) and Old Town Newhall and Newhall Metrolink Station; and 13001-0007\2934450v20.doc
WHEREAS, in connection with the Dockweiler Extension Project, the City proposes to construct a pedestrian and bicycle pathway and bridge south of Dockweiler Drive that will cross over Newhall Creek to connect with the northwest end of the Newhall Metrolink Station parking lot, located to the south of the proposed Dockweiler Drive roadway extension (the Bike Path Project). The Bike Path Project is more fully described in the Addendum to the Dockweiler Drive Extension Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR); andWHEREAS, the City must assemble property for the construction of the Dockweiler Extension Project, including the Bike Path Project; and WHEREAS, the City is the owner in fee simple of that certain real property located in the City near the easterly terminus of Norland Drive between the Antelope Valley Freeway and the Santa Clara River shown on Exhibit A (the City Property). The City Property is a 2-acre un-subdivided portion of an approximately 21.74-acre undeveloped parcel owned by City, which is zoned for open-space and is not currently being used; andWHEREAS, City staff has evaluated the City Property and has determined that the City does not have any plans to use the City Property because the City Property does not have the potential to be used for City work or operations. Accordingly, City staff has determined that the City Property is not necessary for the City’s use; and WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles (County) asserts that it is the owner in fee simple of the following real property in the City: (i) the property which the County currently uses as a roadway maintenance yard and which is generally located at 22234 Placerita Canyon Road, including a strip of land between the maintenance yard and the southerly side of Placerita Canyon Road; (ii) Emberbrook Drive from its intersection with Placerita Canyon Road through the County’s maintenance yard until its southeasterly terminus; and (iii) Lyons Avenue (an undeveloped “paper street”) from its intersection with Placerita Canyon Road and along the southerly side of Placerita Canyon Road to its southerly terminus at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) railroad right of way, all of which land is shown on Exhibit B (the County Property); and WHEREAS, City staff has evaluated the County Property and has determined that the County Property is suitable for the City’s use for the Dockweiler Extension Project, and that portions of the County Property are suitable to exchange for other property necessary for the proposed Dockweiler Extension Project, including the Bike Path Project; and WHEREAS, in order to complete the Dockweiler Extension Project, the City must acquire the County Property; and WHEREAS, the Project also requires that the City acquire and reserve a roadway easement across property owned by Laurene F. Weste as shown on Exhibit C, which roadway easement (acquired and reserved) totals approximately 57,351 square feet, together with new and reserved slope easements on each side of the roadway easement and along Placerita Canyon Road totaling approximately 27,275 square feet, and new and reserved temporary construction easements on each side of the slope easements and along Placerita Canyon Road totaling approximately 11,839 square feet (the Weste Property); and 13001-0007\2934450v20.doc
WHEREAS, in order to complete the Bike Path Project, the City must acquire an approximate 38,667 square foot portion of property shown on Exhibit D, which is owned by Prostor Land, LLC, together with an additional 1,241 square foot roadway easement and an approximate 11,977 square foot construction easement (the Becker Property); and WHEREAS, to assemble the land needed for the Dockweiler Extension Project and the Bike Path Project, the City Council desires to (i) exchange the City Property for the County Property, (ii) concurrently with the City’s acquisition of the County Property, to exchange anapproximate 76,950 square foot portion of the County Property, together with the vacation of approximately 9,470 square feet of slope easements, as that property and those easements are shown on Exhibit E (the Weste Exchange Property) for the Weste Property, with Laurene F.Weste to either pay the City for the difference in the fair market value between the value of the Weste Exchange Property and the Weste Property (including easements) or offset relocation expenses incurred in relocating structures and equipment on her property against that difference in value; and (iii) upon the City’s acquisition of the County Property and the County’s termination of its use of that County Property, to exchange approximately 33,052 square feet of the County Property, along with the vacation of approximately 5,505 square feet of slope and drainage easements, as such properties are shown on Exhibit F (the Becker Exchange Property) for the Becker Property; and WHEREAS, on April 10, 2018, the City Council certified the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Dockweiler Extension Project by way of City Council Resolution 18-10, and approved the Extension Project by way of City Council Resolution 18-11; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to declare that the City Property, the Weste Exchange Property, and the Becker Exchange Property are not necessary for the City’s use and are exempt surplus land pursuant to Section 54221(f)(1)(C) of the Act because the City intends to exchange the City Property for the County Property, and concurrently with the City’s acquisition of the County Property, to exchange the Weste Exchange Property for the Weste Property, and to exchange the Becker Exchange Property for the Becker Property, all to facilitate the proposed Dockweiler Extension Project, including the Bike Path Project; and WHEREAS, the City Property, the Weste Exchange Property and the Becker Exchange Property are not within a coastal zone; not adjacent to a historical unit of the State Parks System; not listed on, or determined by the State Office of Historic Preservation to be eligible for, the National Register of Historic Places; and not within the Lake Tahoe region as defined in Government Code Section 66905.5; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that the City may dispose of property declared exempt surplus land without further regard to the requirements of the Act, except for the requirement to notify the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD); and WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed this resolution with respect to the applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) (CEQA). Staff has determined that an Addendum to the City’s previously certified EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2013082016) for the Dockweiler Extension Project is appropriate for this transaction; and 13001-0007\2934450v20.doc
WHEREAS, by prior action at the same meeting at which this Resolution is considered, the City Council has approved the City’s Addendum to the City’s previously certified EIR for the Dockweiler Extension Project and also considered a separate County prepared Addendum to the same EIR which evaluated the impacts of the Agreement of Real Property Transfer between the City and the County. The findings contained in the Staff Report for this agenda item, with respect to the approval of both Addendums and the information, content, and analysis contained in those two Addendums, are incorporated herein by this reference as the evidence to support the City Council’s determinations that the actions taken by this Resolution are within the scope of the EIR for the Dockweiler Extension Project, and that pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, only minor changes to the EIR were required and that none of the conditions described in State CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 have occurred; and WHEREAS, the accompanying Agenda Report provides supporting information upon which the declarations and findings set forth in this resolution are based. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are a substantive part of this Resolution. SECTION 2. The City Council hereby declares: (i) pursuant to Section 54221(b) of the Act, the City Property, the Weste Exchange Property, and the Becker Exchange Property are not necessary for the City’s use; and (ii) pursuant to Section 54222(f)(1)(C) of the Act, the City Property is exempt surplus land because the City intends to exchange the City Property for the County Property for the City’s use to complete the Dockweiler Extension Project; the Weste Exchange Property is exempt surplus land because the City intends to exchange the Weste Exchange Property for the Weste Property for the City’s use to complete the Dockweiler Extension Project; and the Becker Exchange Property is exempt surplus land because the City intends to exchange the Becker Exchange Property for the Becker Property for the City’s use to complete the Bike Path Project. SECTION 3. This resolution has been reviewed with respect to the applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) (CEQA). The City Council concurs in staff’s determination that the City’s Addendum to the City’s previously certified EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2013082016) for the Dockweiler Extension Project and the County’s Addendum to the same EIR appropriately describes and evaluates the potential environmental impacts for the land exchanges described in this Resolution. The City further finds that each of the three land exchanges (between the City and the County, between the City and Laurene F. Weste and between the City and Prostor Land, LLC,) contemplate actions that are within the scope of the projects evaluated in the above-described environmental documents, that all potentially significant environmental impacts from the project have been mitigated to level of less than significance and that such mitigation measures are part of and incorporated into the previously adopted Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan that was adopted in connection with each above-described environmental document, and that any impacts that are not mitigated to a level of less than significance are addressed in the Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations that accompanied the Final EIR for the Dockweiler Drive Extension Project, which findings are incorporated herein as set forth in full and adopted 13001-0007\2934450v20.doc
by this provision. The City Council makes these findings and determinations as an exercise of its independent judgment. SECTION 4. Staff of the City are hereby authorized and directed to provide a copy of this resolution to HCD in the form and manner required by HCD at least 30 days prior to the disposition of the City Property, the Weste Exchange Property and the Becker Exchange Property. SECTION 5. The officers and staff of the City are hereby authorized, jointly and severally, to do all things which they may deem necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this resolution, and any such actions previously taken are hereby ratified and confirmed. SECTION 6. This resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this ____ day of ______________, 2024. ___________________________________ MAYORATTEST: ________________________________ CITY CLERK ________________________________ DATE:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.CITY OF SANTA CLARITA ) I, Mary Cusick, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 24-____ was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the ____ day of ________, 2024, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS____________________________________ CITY CLERK 13001-0007\2934450v20.doc
EXHIBIT ACITY PROPERTY[See attached]
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EXHIBIT B COUNTY PROPERTY [See attached]
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EXHIBIT CWESTE PROPERTY [See attached]
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EXHIBIT DBECKER PROPERTY[See attached]
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EXHIBIT E WESTE EXCHANGE PROPERTY [See attached]
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EXHIBIT F BECKER EXCHANGE PROPERTY [See attached]