Resolution - 2021-93RESOLUTION NO.2021-93
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING A
CENTRAL INVENTORY OF SURPLUS LAND PURSUANT
TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54221, DECLARING
SUCH LANDS ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR THE CITY'S
USE, FINDING THAT SUCH DECLARATION IS EXEMPT
FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND
TAKING RELATED ACTIONS
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina ("City") is the owner in fee simple of certain real
Properties described in Exhibit "A," attached hereto and made a part of hereof ("Properties"); and
WHEREAS, under the Surplus Properties Land Act, Government Code Sections 54220-
5423E ("Act"), surplus land is land owned in fee simple by the City for which the City Council
takes formal action in a regular public meeting declaring the land is surplus and not necessary for
the City's use. The land must be declared either surplus land or exempt surplus land; and
WHEREAS, under the Act, land is necessary for the City's use if the land is being used,
or is planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the City Council, for City work or
operations; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the Properties are not suitable for the City's
use; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to declare that the Properties are surplus land and
not necessary for the City's use; and
WHEREAS, the Act requires that before the City Council disposes of the Properties or
engages in negotiations to dispose of the Properties, the City shall send a written notice of
availability of the Properties to certain designated entities; and
WHEREAS, the accompanying staff report provides supporting information upon which
the declaration and findings set forth in this Resolution are based.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
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 that the Properties are surplus land and not
necessary for the City's use. The basis for this declaration is that the Properties are underutilized,
any existing facilities are at the end of their useful life and will be relocated, and the City finds that
the surplus properties should be put to a more productive use.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a notice of availability,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "B" and made a part of hereof, to the entities
designated in Government Code Section 54222 ("Designated Entities") by electronic mail or by
certified mail.
SECTION 4. This Resolution has been reviewed with respect to the applicability of the
California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) ("CEQA").
City staff has determined that the designation of this Properties as surplus does not have the
potential for creating a significant effect on the environment and is therefore exempt from further
review under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(3) because it is not a
project as defined by the CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. Adoption of the Resolution does not
have the potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. If and when any of the Properties is sold
to a purchaser and that purchaser proposes a use for the Properties that requires a discretionary
permit and CEQA review, that future use and project will be analyzed at the appropriate time in
accordance with CEQA.
SECTION 5. The City Clerk is directed to file a Notice of Exemption pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines Section 15062.
SECTION 6. 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. Such actions
include negotiating in good faith in accordance with the requirements of the Act with any of the
Designated Entities that submit a written notice of interest to purchase or lease the Properties in
compliance with the Act.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and shall enter
the same in the book of original resolutions and it shall become effective immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 215t day of September, 2021.
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Thomas P. Duarte
City Attorney
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Lisa ierrick
Ass' ant City Clerk
I, LISA SHERRICK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2021-93 was duly adopted by the City Council
of the City of West Covina, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of
September, 2021, by the following vote of the City Council:
AYES:
Castellanos, Diaz, Lopez-Viado, Tabatabai, Wu
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAIN:
None
LisaAferrick
Asstont City Clerk
EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTIES
The land in the City of West Covina, County of Los Angeles, State of California, and is described
as follows:
1) Development Opportunity Sites —
APN's: 8735-002-906, 8735-002-909, 8735-002-910 and related license agreement 8735-
002-018
Site: 122/07-acres / 84.27-acres licensed
Description: Undeveloped parcels located adjacent to the former BKK landfill.
2) City parking lot/structures parcels at Plaza West Covina —
APN's: 8474-003-915, 8474-003-918, 8474-003-940, 8474-007-928, 8474-007-931,
8474-007-932, 8474-007-933, 8474-007-934, 8474-007-935, 8474-007-939, 8474-007-
940
Site: 21.85-aces
Description: Parking lot and parking structure parcels.
3) City Yard Facility -
APN: 8468-016-904
Site: 8.27-acres
Description: The City Yard facilities include the maintenance office buildings, vacant
former chamber building, Fire Station #1 (anticipated to be demolished), unused
automobile bays, storage buildings/warehouses, and CNG/propane fueling stations.
EXHIBIT B FORM NOTICE
(City Letterhead)
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF SURPLUS
LAND
TO: Whom It May Concern
(Via Electronic Mail [and/or] Certified Mail)
RE: Notice of Availability of Surplus Land in the City of West Covina Pursuant to California
Government Code Section 54220, et seq.
Pursuant to the provisions of California Government Code Section 54220, etseq., the City of West Covina hereby
notifies interested parties of the availability for lease or purchase of the following surplus City -owned land:
Properties Address:
Assessor Parcel Nos.:
Zoning:
General Plan Designation:
Current Use:
An entity or association desiring to purchase or lease the above -described surplus land for any of the purposes
authorized by Government Code Section 54222, must notify the City in writing of its interest in purchasing or
leasing the land within 60 days of the date of this Notice of Availability as indicated by the date set forth below.
Please send written notices of interest to:
City of West Covina
Attn: City Clerk
1444 West Garvey Avenue South
West Covina, California 91790
For further information, please send e-mail inquiries
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