R114701
City Council Meeting: October 11, 2022 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11470 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA,
CALIFORNIA, DECLARING PURSUANT TO THE SURPLUS LAND ACT THAT
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY LOCATED AT 1855 MAIN
STREET, 1636 5th STREET, AND THE EXPO LINE PARKING LOT IS SURPLUS
LAND 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 Santa Monica (“City”) is the owner in fee simple of that
certain real property located at 1855 Main Street (the “1855 Main Street Parcel”),
1636 5th Street (the “Parking Lot 29”), and the EXPO Line Terminus Parking Lot, in the
City of Santa Monica, and described in Exhibit “A,” attached hereto and made a part of
hereof (collectively, the “City Owned Properties”); and
WHEREAS, under the California Surplus Land Act (Government Code Sections
54220-54233) (the “SLA”), 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; land must be declared either surplus land or
exempt surplus land; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to declare the City Owned Properties as
surplus land and not necessary for the City’s use; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires that the City Owned Properties be treated as
surplus land within the meaning of the SLA, to the extent required by the SLA; and
WHEREAS, the accompanying staff report provides supporting information upon
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which the declaration and findings set forth in this Resolution are based;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council hereby resolves 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 City Owned Properties are
surplus lands and not necessary for the City’s use.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby declares that the City Owned Properties be
treated as surplus land within the meaning of the SLA, to the extent required by the SLA.
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 the City Owned Properties as
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. If and when the property is sold
or leased to a purchaser and that purchaser proposes a use for the property 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 Manager or his or her designee is authorized to submit the
report of declared surplus land and exempt surplus land as part of the Annual Report to
the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), in
conformance with state law, and file a Notice of Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines
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Section 15062.
SECTION 6. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to do all things
which are deemed 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 SLA with any of the authorized entities that submit a written notice of interest to
purchase or lease the property in compliance with the SLA.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DOUGLAS SLOAN
City Attorney
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EXHIBIT “A”
LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS
1855 Main Street (Civic Auditorium); APN: 4290-013-901; Size in Acres: 3.7
LOT COM AT MOST E COR OF LOT 27 BLK 3 BANDINI TRACT TH NW ON SW LINE
OF 20 FT ALLEY TO SE LINE OF LAND DESC IN DOC NO 5186 12-14-62 TO L A CO
TH SW ON SD SE LINE TO W LINE OF LOT 15 BLK 3 SD TR TH S THEREON TO NE
LINE OF 3RD ST TH SE AND FOLLOWING SD ST TO E LINE OF MAIN ST TH S
THEREON AND NE ON NW LINE OF PICO BLVD TO BEG PART OF VAC STS AND
ALLEY AND PART OF LOT 15 AND ALL OF LOTS 16, ...SEE ASSESSOR MAPBOOK
FOR MISSING PORTION... JEPSON TR LOT
1635 5th Street (Parking Lot 29); APNs: 4290-011-903, 4290-011-904, 4290-011-905;
Size: .32 acres
4290-011-903: TR=974 EX OF ST AND ALLEY LOT 17
4290-011-904: TR=974 EX OF ST AND ALLEY LOT 18
4290-011-905: TR=974 EX OF ALLEY LOT 19
Expo Terminus Line Parking Lot; APN:4290-011-909; Size: 1.09 acres
TR=15603 FOR DESC SEE ASSESSOR'S MAPS POR OF LOT 1
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Adopted and approved this 11th day of October 2022.
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Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11470 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 11th day of October 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, De la Torre, Negrete, Parra,
Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Mayor Pro Tem McCowan
ATTEST:
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Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk
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