TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution approving the decision of the City of Long Beach, as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach, to declare the property located at 1112-1130 Locust Avenue, Assessor Parcel Numbers 7273-007-900, -901 and -902 (Subject Property) as surplus; authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents, including the Standard Offer, Agreement and Escrow Instructions for Purchase of Real Estate with Jack Ravan and Bahram Javaheri and/or assignee(s), for the sale of the Subject Property in the amount of $1,775,000; and accept Categorical Exemption CE 16-296.
DISCUSSION
The City of Long Beach, as Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach (Successor Agency), currently owns the property located at 1112-1130 Locust Avenue (Subject Property) (Exhibit A). The Subject Property is approximately 22,200 square feet and is currently improved as a parking lot serving the adjacent area. The Subject Property is included in the Successor Agency’s Long Range Property Management Plan, which was approved by the State of California Department of Finance on March 10, 2015, and amended on June 24, 2015 (Revised Plan). The Subject Property has been categorized with a permissible use of “Sale of Property” allowing for the Subject Property to be sold and proceeds distributed as property tax to the local taxing agencies.
Upon approval of the Revised Plan, the Subject Property was marketed by Coldwell Banker Commercial WestMac, who worked with the Buyer to present the Successor Agency with an offer to purchase the property for $1,755,000, which is above fair market value as determined by a broker opinion of value. The sale of the Subject Property is consistent with the Revised Plan and dissolution law.
In compliance with Government Code Section 54220 et seq (Chapter 621, Statutes of 1968), on June 1 and December 8, 2015, staff notified the State of California (State) and requesting parties that the Successor Agency was declaring all Future Development and Sale of Property parcels as surplus. Further, on September 28, 2016, staff notified qualified housing sponsors of the proposed sale as required by Government Code Section 54222(a). Finally, in accordance with past practice, a memorandum was circulated to all City Departments to determine their interest in, or objection to, declaring any parcel surplus. To date, neither the State, requesting parties, qualified housing sponsors, nor any City Department has expressed an interest in, or objection to, the sale of the Subject Property. A Categorical Exemption, CE 16-296 (Exhibit B), was completed related to the proposed transaction on December 8, 2016.
This matter will be considered by the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach on January 24, 2017.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
AMY J. BODEK, AICP
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER