AgdaPkt 2014-03-10 Closed and Regular

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7.4.A. - Page 2 The proposed ordinance provides the policy direction for determining what is and is not surplus. If the ordinance is adopted, "Surplus Land" would refer to real property and real property interests and mean any land that is not required to fulfill the mission of a City department, commission or agency with jurisdiction or control of such land or that is not required to fulfill the mission of another governmental agency pursuant to an inter- governmental transfer. If adopted, "Surplus Land" would exclude the following: 1. Land with an ongoing obligation to the City such as a parking covenant. 2. Land for which the City has a specific purpose even if it will not be used as a City facility. A specific purpose of the City would include but would not be limited to any of the following: • To dispose of the land in such a way that the City secures certain community benefits which benefits may be defined by the City Council pursuant to a resolution at the time it approves a sale or other disposition of the land; or • To control the development of the land in order to serve the interests of the City; or • To control the development of the land in order to serve the common benefit which may include but is not limited to stimulating the growth and development of the City; to make the land available for affordable housing; to make the land available for a better or more compatible use; to diminish blight or redevelop an area; to sell the land to increase City revenues; or to use the land to accomplish an implementation of a General Plan objective, goal or policy. ALTERNATIVES 1. Make changes to the ordinance. 2. Do not set forth policy in an ordinance as to what does not or does not constitute surplus land and instead make such determinations on an ad hoc basis. FISCAL IMPACT Not applicable.