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City Council Meeting: March 14, 2023 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 11503 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THAT CERTAIN REAL
PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY LOCATED AT 1217 EUCLID
STREET, 1211-1217 FOURTEENTH STREET, AND 1146 SIXTEENTH
STREET QUALIFIES AS EXEMPT SURPLUS LAND UNDER THE
SURPLUS LAND ACT BECAUSE PROPOSED FOR 100%
AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND NOT NECESSARY FOR
THE CITY’S USE; AND FINDING THAT SUCH DECLARATION IS
EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND TAKING RELATED ACTIONS
WHEREAS, the California Surplus Land Act (Government Code 54220 et seq.)
(SLA) governs the sale of surplus lands and requires local agencies to prioritize
opportunities for certain uses including affordable housing development for any land the
entity may sell or lease; and
WHEREAS, surplus land may be declared either “surplus” or “exempt surplus” by
the legislative body of the local agency as supported by written findings; and
WHEREAS, the disposition of exempt surplus land does not have to follow the
procedural requirements of the Surplus Land Act, and includes surplus land that is offered
for open, competitive bid for 100% affordable housing development; and
WHEREAS, the SLA and Housing Element Law require local agencies to report
on the list of surplus lands in the General Plan Annual Progress Report, which is due
April 1 of each year; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica owns those certain parcels at 1217 Euclid
Street, 1211-1217 Fourteenth Street, and 1146 Sixteenth Street (collectively, “the
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Properties”), which are more specifically described in Exhibit “A,” which is attached to
this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, the Properties qualify as “exempt surplus land” within the meaning of
the Surplus Land Act because the City has plans to develop these properties for qualifying
affordable housing projects; and
WHEREAS, the development of the Properties for affordable housing is consistent
with the City’s adopted and certified 2021 -2029 Housing Element, which identifies these
sites as suitable to accommodate a portion of the City’s share of regional housing need
for lower income households pursuant to State law; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to issue a Request for Proposals for developers to
develop affordable housing on the Properties; and
WHEREAS, the accompanying staff report provides supporting information upon
which the declaration and findings set forth in this Resolution are based; and
WHEREAS, the declaration of the City-owned properties as exempt surplus land
would have no possibility of significant effect on the environment, and therefore, is
exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption) of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the issuance of an RFP for development of affordable housing on City-
owned properties located near Wilshire Boulevard and 14 th Street was analyzed as part
of the 2021-2029 6th Cycle Housing Element Environmental Impact Report (EIR) [SCH
No. 20212269242021] that was certified by Council on October 12, 2021, with an
Addendum to the EIR approved on October 11, 2022. This authorization of an RFP
implements a portion of that 6th Cycle Housing Element project.
WHEREAS, an analysis has been performed pursuant to CEQA Guidelines 15162
to determine whether subsequent environmental review is required for the issuance of
the RFP. Based upon this analysis, the following findings are made to support the
determination that no subsequent environmental review is required:
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1) No substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major
revisions of the previous EIR and Addendum due to the involvement of new
significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of
previously identified significant effects. In this case, there are no changes to the
project.
2) No substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the
project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous addendum
due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial
increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects. In this case, no
substantial changes have occurred.
3) There is no new information, which was not known and could not have been known
at the time of the previous EIR and Addendum that the project will have significant
effect not discussed in the EIR and Addendum.
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 Properties qualify as
exempt surplus land because proposed for 100% affordable housing development that
meet the criteria of exempt surplus land under the SLA, and the Properties are not
necessary for City’s use.
SECTION 3. 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 this property as surplus 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
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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 4. The City Manager or his or her designee is authorized to submit the
report of declared 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 Section 15062.
SECTION 5. The City Manager or his or her 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.
SECTION 6. 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”
1217 Euclid Street; APN 4282-004-900
1211-1217 Fourteenth Street; APN 4282-003-900 and APN 4282-003-901
1146 Sixteenth Street; APN 4281-005-900
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Adopted and approved this 14th day of March 2023.
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Gleam Davis, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby
certify that Resolution No. 11503 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 14th day of March 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, de la Torre, Parra, Torosis, Zwick
Mayor Pro Tem Negrete, Mayor Davis
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
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Nikima Newsome, Assistant City Clerk
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