FROM:
Engineering
SUBJECT:
Title
Declaration of Surplus Land - North Fontana Industrial Complex - Surplus Land along Duncan Canyon Road
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RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution No. 2024-113, declaring a portion of City-owned real property on Duncan Canyon Road east of Sierra Ave exempt surplus land as defined by the Surplus Land Act.
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COUNCIL GOALS:
• To invest in the City’s infrastructure (streets, sewers, parks, etc.) by maintaining and improving the city's existing infrastructure.
• To invest in the City’s infrastructure (streets, sewers, parks, etc.) by providing for the development of new infrastructure.
DISCUSSION:
This staff report pertains to 363 square feet of City-owned land on the South side of Duncan Canyon Road, located east of Sierra Avenue. The land includes two separate pieces of land, as shown on Exhibits A1 and A2 of Resolution No. 2024-XXX. The first area contains 252 square feet and the second area contains 111 square feet. The two pieces of land are adjacent to Assessor Parcel Number 1118-031-05 and make up the remnant portion of a parcel that was previously dedicated in fee to the City for road purposes. The City no longer needs these two pieces of land for street or highway purposes. Once the land is declared exempt surplus land, the City can abandon the two areas and sell the land to the adjacent landowner.
Staff have determined that the two pieces of land in question may be declared “exempt surplus land” under the Surplus Land Act (“Act”). The Act defines “exempt surplus land” as “surplus land that is … less than one-half acre in area” (Cal. Gov. Code § 54221(f)(1)(B)) and “surplus land that is a former street, right of way, or easement, and is conveyed to an owner of an adjacent property” (Cal. Gov. Code § 54221(f)(1)(E)). None of the characteristics under Gov. Code § 54221(f)(2) apply to the two pieces of land. Staff recommend that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024-XXX, which makes the statutorily required declarations and findings to declare the two pieces of land as exempt surplus land.
This Resolution has been reviewed with respect to the applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, Section 21000 et seq.) (“CEQA”). Staff have determined that the designation of the two pieces of land as exempt surplus land 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.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the approval of this item.
MOTION:
Approve staff recommendation.