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Page 3 of 4 <br />City of Redwood City 1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood City, CA. 94063 Tel: 650-780-7000 www.redwoodcity.org <br />ANALYSIS <br />The California Surplus Land Act (Government Code section 54220 et seq.) (the “Surplus Land Act”) governs <br />the sale of surplus lands and requires local agencies, including the City, to follow certain disposition <br />procedures to provide opportunities for certain uses, including affordable housing development, on any <br />land a local agency may sell or lease. The Surplus Land Act was amended in 2019 to require that a local <br />agency declare land as either “surplus” or “exempt surplus” by an action of its legislative body, supported <br />by written findings. As such, before the City can proceed with the sale of Shasta Triangle as part of the <br />South Main Project, the City Council must determine that the City’s property interest in the Shasta Triangle <br />is “exempt surplus land,” as that term is defined in the Surplus Land Act. Otherwise, the City would be <br />required to advertise the availability of the property interest pursuant to the Surplus Land Act. <br />Here, the City has maintained the Shasta Triangle, a small 757 sq. ft. triangular piece of land, which has <br />no practical use given its size and is not necessary for the City’s use as the roadways are being <br />reconfigured. Furthermore, the on-going maintenance of this remnant parcel would have added costs, <br />and would reduce pedestrian and bicycle safety in this area. The disposition of the Shasta Triangle will not <br />only reduce City costs, it will also increase publicly accessible open space and increase bike and pedestrian <br />safety. <br />Government Code section 54221(f)(1)(B) of the Surplus Land Act includes in the definition of “exempt <br />surplus land”, land that is less than 5,000 square feet that is sold to an owner of contiguous land. The <br />Shasta Triangle qualifies as “exempt surplus land” because: (1) is not necessary for the City’s use; (2) it is <br />less than 5,000 square feet in size; and (3) it is being sold to Benjamin Kopf Holding Co., the owner of <br />contiguous land. <br />After the City Council adopts the resolution, the City Manager will send a copy of the resolution to the <br />California Department of Housing and Community Development no later than thirty days prior to the <br />disposition of the Shasta Triangle. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW <br />This activity is not a project under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as defined in CEQA <br />Guidelines section 15378, because it has no potential for resulting in either a direct or a reasonably <br />foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Furthermore, this activity is also exempt from <br />review under CEQA, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15312 (Surplus Government Property Sales). <br />6.C. - Page 3 of 6 <br />59