RESOLUTION NO. 2024-___
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF TORRANCE DETERMINING PORTION
OF CERTAIN CITY -OWNED PROPERTY NOT
REQUIRED FOR CITY PURPOSES AND THAT
LEASING THE PROPERTY IS IN THE PUBLIC
INTEREST.
WHEREAS, the City of Torrance (CITY) is the owner in fee of approximately of 23.15 acres of real property (PROPERTY) located at for reference purposes 2 0500 Madrona Avenue (APN: 7352-012-909); and
WHEREAS, a portion of PROPERTY has been leased to the Water Replenishment District of Southern California (LESSEE) since 1999 (as subsequently amended) and is currently developed as the Goldsworthy Desalter treatment plant, situated in the southwest portion of the PROPERTY; and
WHEREAS, the lease of the PROPERTY by LESSEE has and will continue to benefit the CITY by providing converted brackish water into fresh water supply through a reverse osmosis treatment process; and
WHEREAS, the CITY has negotiated an amendment (AMENDMENT) to the lease of the PROPERTY with LESSEE to expand the leasehold area by approximately 16,591 square feet for the Goldsworthy Desalter expansion project that is in the best ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS OF THE CITY given the additional public benefits that will result from additional rent over the term and additional desalinated groundwater to the CITY that will, in the long term, reduce s Torrance Municipal Water system’s dependence on vulnerable and more expensive imported water purchased from the Metropolitan Water District (MWD) that will BENEFIT THE PUBLIC in the form of reliable groundwater; and
NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TORRANCE HEREBY FIND AND DETERMINE AS FOLLOWS:
1. That, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the First Amendment to Lease is exempt under CEQA (2024) Catego rical Exemption 15303 , Class 1 – New Construction, as the subject request is the letting of property involving an expansion of an existing use for portion of city-owned property; and
2. That the portion of PROPERTY is not required for CITY purposes; and
3. That it is in the BEST INTEREST of the public and the C ITY that the AMENDMENT between the CITY and WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA be executed by the City and delivered to the LESSEE as it represents a substantial immediate revenue increase and improves the City’s local groundwater supply over time; and
4. That the pursuant to CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 37280 (b)(1) the subject AMENDMENT additional rent provisions allow for City rental rev enue to respond to market conditions without the necessity of discretionary review by a city officer; and ATTACHMENT 2
5. That the Mayor is authorized to execute the AMENDMENT on behalf of the CITY and the City Clerk shall attest to the Mayor’s signature and deliver the AMENDMENT to the LESSEE.
INTRODUCED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of November 2024.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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GEORGE K. CHEN
MAYOR
PATRICK Q. SULLIVAN
CITY ATTORNEY
by __________________________________
Tatia Y. Strader
Assistant City Attorney
ATTEST:
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REBECCA POIRIER
CITY CLERK