Staff Rpt 2025-01-21 HA - Surplus Land Declaration APN 600-030-039 (Rescinded)CONSENT CALENDRA ITEM NO. 2
City of La Quinta
HOUSING AUTHORITY QUARTERLY MEETING: ,January 21, 2025
STAFF REPORT
AGENDA TITLE: ADOPT RESOLUTION TO DECLARE ASSESSOR PARCEL
NUMBERS 600-030-039 AND 600-390-024 LOCATED IN THE CITY OF LA QUINTA,
CALIFORNIA AS SURPLUS LAND
RECOMMENDATION
• Adopt a Resolution to declare Assessor Parcel Numbers 600-030-039 and 600-
390-024, located in the City of La Quinta, California, as surplus land.
• Authorize the Executive Director to execute and administer the necessary notice(s)
related to the declarations made in the resolution.
• Find that the declarations are exempt from environmental review pursuant to
Section 15312 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• The Surplus Land Act (SLA) governs the disposition of Housing Authority
(Authority) owned property that is no longer needed for the Authority's use and
requires cities to declare property as "surplus land" or "exempt surplus land" prior
to disposing of it, including sales and certain leases.
• Assessor Parcel Numbers (APNs) 600-030-039 and 600-390-024 meet the
definition of "surplus land" pursuant to Government Code Section 54221(b)(1) as
the property is land owned in fee simple by the Authority, which is no longer
necessary for the Authority's use, and does not fall into any category of "exempt
surplus land."
• Staff is recommending that the Authority adopt resolutions to declare APNs 600-
030-039 and 600-390-024 as "surplus land" and authorize the Executive Director
or Designee to execute and administer the necessary notices and negotiations
required by the SLA.
• The proposed declarations that the parcels are surplus land or exempt surplus land
does not authorize the lease or sale of the parcels. Once the process is complete,
any proposed lease, sale, or disposition would be subject to separate review and
approval.
FISCAL IMPACT — None.
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13AC KG RO U N D/A N A LYS I S
The SLA governs the disposition of Authority -owned property that is no longer needed for
the Authority's use and requires cities to declare property as "surplus land" or "exempt
surplus land" prior to disposing of it, including sales and certain leases. If surplus land
does not fall into a category of "exempt surplus land," then it qualifies as "surplus land."
The Authority owns two vacant parcels located in the City of La Quinta (APNs 600-030-
039 and 600-390-024) (Exhibit A to the resolution). Staff has identified these parcels as
undeveloped land not to be utilized for development projects, implemented, owned,
and/or operated by the Authority. These parcels meet the definition of "surplus land"
pursuant to Government Code Section 54221(b)(1) as the property is land owned in fee
simple by the Authority, which is no longer necessary for the Authority's use, and does
not fall into any category of "exempt surplus land."
If adopted, the proposed resolution would declare these parcels surplus land as required
by the SLA, which would allow the Authority to sell the parcels.
A Notice of Availability will be sent to required entities, who have 60 days to notify the
Authority of their interest in the parcels. If any interest is provided, the Authority is required
to engage in good faith negotiations for a period of 90 days. Following these steps, the
Authority must provide the California Department of Housing and Community
Development (HCD) with a notification detailing the Notice of Availability process.
ALTERNATIVES
The Authority may elect not to declare these parcels surplus land; or, declare only one of
the parcels as surplus land. As HCD requires this process to ensure compliance with SLA,
staff does not recommend these alternatives.
Prepared by: Doug Kinley, Senior Management Analyst
Approved by: Gil Villalpando, Director of Business & Housing
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