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Home My WebLink AboutCC Resolution 14029 (519 4th St)RESOLUTION NO. 14029 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL CONFIRMING USE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 519 FOURTH STREET AS GOVERNMENTAL USE PROPERTY WHEREAS, the California state legislature enacted Assembly Bill x 126 (the "Dissolution Act") to dissolve redevelopment agencies formed under the Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et "se and WHEREAS, on January 3, 2012, the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of San Rafael (the "City") adopted Resolution No. 13279 declaring that the City would act as successor agency (the "Successor Agency") for the dissolved San Rafael Redevelopment Agency (the "Former Redevelopment Agency") effective February 1, 2012; and WHEREAS, on February 1, 2012, the Former Redevelopment Agency was dissolved pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34172; and WHEREAS, the Dissolution Act provides for the appointment of an oversight board (the "Oversight Board") with specific duties to approve certain Successor Agency actions pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34180 and to direct the Successor Agency in certain other actions pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34181; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Assembly Bill 1484, enacted June 27, 2012 to amend various provisions of the Dissolution Act, the Successor Agency is now declared to be a separate legal entity from the City; and WHEREAS, by letter dated November 24, 2014, the Successor Agency received a finding of completion from the Department of Finance (the "DOF") pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34179.7; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34191.5(b), the Successor Agency must submit to the Oversight Board and the DOF, no later than six months following the issuance by the DOF to the Successor Agency of the finding of completion, a long-range property management plan that provides for the disposition and use of the real property assets of the Former Redevelopment Agency (the "Long -Range Property Management Plan"); and WHEREAS, on May 18, 2015 the Successor Agency submitted its Long -Range Property Management Plan to the Oversight Board; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34191.5, the Oversight Board adopted Resolution No. 2015-5 on May 18, 2015, approving the Successor Agency's Long - Range Property Management Plan; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34181(a) and (f), the Oversight Board also adopted Resolution No. 2015-6 on May 18, 2015, after due notice, approving the transfer to the City of governmental use properties as identified in the Long -Range Property Management Plan; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34191.5, the Successor Agency submitted the Oversight Board -approved Long -Range Property Management Plan to the DOF on May 21, 2015; and WHEREAS, the DOF has reviewed the Long -Range Property Management Plan and has requested that the Successor Agency provide a City Council resolution confirming the use of the property located at 519 Fourth Street in the City of San Rafael (APN: 014-123-06) as a governmental use property, prior to DOF approval of the Long -Range Property Management Plan; and WHEREAS, by staff report accompanying this Resolution and incorporated into this Resolution by this reference, the City Council has been provided with additional information upon which the findings and actions set forth in this Resolution are based. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of San Rafael, based upon all information submitted to or considered by the City Council during its deliberations on this matter, as follows: Section 1. Recitals Correct. The foregoing recitals are true and correct. Section 2 Confirmation of Governmental Use of 519 Fourth Street Property. The property located at 519 Fourth Street in the City of San Rafael (APN: 014-123-06) is currently used as a secondary corporation yard for the City, and, specifically, is used by the City's Police Department primarily as an evidence locker and for storage of Police Department vehicles. The City Council hereby confirms that it intends to continue to use and operate the 519 Fourth Street property as it is currently used, namely, as a secondary corporation yard and as a governmental use property as set forth in the Long -Range Property Management Plan. Section 3. Further Actions and Documents. The City Manager or designee, following consultation with the City Attorney, is authorized to take all actions and execute all documents on behalf of the City necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution. Section 4. Effectiveness of Resolution. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect on the date of its adoption. I, Esther C. Beirne, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Rafael, held on Monday, the 2nd day of November 2015, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmembers: Bushey, Colin, Gamblin, McCullough & Mayor Phillips NOES: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None Esther C. Beirne, City Clerk of the City of San Rafael aIrr o��44 Agenda Item No: 3. c n. Meeting Date: November 2, 2015 SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT Department: Economic Development __11� Prepared by: Stephanie Lovette City Manager Approval: Economic Development Manager ( IF TOPIC: Retaining the property located at 519 Fourth Street for City government use. SUBJECT: RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN RAFAEL CONFIRMING USE OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 519 FOURTH STREET AS GOVERNMENTAL USE PROPERTY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council approve the resolution. BACKGROUND: The former San Rafael Redevelopment Agency acquired a variety of properties located within the Redevelopment Project Area. The majority of these properties were acquired for long term governmental use including parking lots, pump stations, the Redevelopment Agency offices and the former County garage located at 519 Fourth Street. In addition the Agency assisted the City in acquiring private parcels as part of road projects especially in the West Francisco -Andersen Drive area. All Redevelopment Agencies in the State were dissolved in 2012 pursuant to the Assembly Bill 26 ("Dissolution Act"). The Dissolution Act required redevelopment successor agencies to prepare a long- range property management plan to provide for the disposition and use of the former redevelopment agency properties. The Dissolution Act provided that all properties held by the former redevelopment agencies must be either transferred to the city as governmental use properties or sold and the funds from the sale distributed to the taxing entities within the former Redevelopment Project Area. ANALYSIS: The San Rafael Long Range Property Management Plan included twenty-two properties (Attachment A). San Rafael's Long Range Property Management Plan ("LRPMP") stated that all parcels should be transferred to the City for governmental use with the exception of one property located at Rice Drive/West Francisco and one property located on Andersen Drive. The Oversight Board approved the LRPMP on May 18, 2015. The LRPMP was submitted to the California Department of Finance on May 21, 2015. The California Department of Finance requested additional information on the governmental use at 519 Fourth Street. FOR CITY CLERK ONLY File No.: 2--/ - 5A 151,4 FF 'r'S Council Meeting: I Disposition: Rasot t>- o v i wog. q SAN RAFAEL CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT / Page: 2 519 Fourth is the former County garage. The garage was acquired by the Agency and has been the subject of a long range clean up, mitigation and monitoring plan due to contamination from its former use. The building is currently used by various City Departments, including Economic Development, Public Works, Community Development and Police, for storage, equipment and staging for operations. The facility is heavily used due to its convenient location close to City Hall and Downtown. Chief Bishop provided a letter to the California Department of Finance outlining the Police Department's use of the facility (Attachment B). The Department of Finance requested a resolution from the City Council on the use of the property in addition to the information provided by the Economic Development and Police staff. FISCAL IMPACT: If the State approves the transfer of the property, there is no impact to the General Fund. If the State does not approve the property transfer, the City will have to sell the property and find another location to replace the current uses. The proceeds from the sale are required to be transmitted to the County Auditor -Controller for distribution to the taxing agencies located in the former redevelopment project area. The distribution would be based on the property tax allocations; the two largest taxing entities are the K-14 schools and the County. The City's share is about 13%. Without paying for an appraisal, staff does not have an estimate of the potential sales price. However, the sale price will be negatively impacted by the State required ongoing environmental monitoring. The potential City share of the sale proceeds is about 15% of the total sales price less sales costs. . OPTIONS: • Adopt the resolution retaining the property located at 519 Fourth Street for governmental use. • Reject the resolution. Staff does not recommend this option. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt the resolution. ATTACHMENTS: A: List of Agency properties subject to the Long Range Property Management Plan B: Letter from Chief Bishop