Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF)

Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF)

Meeting #17April 15, 2021

Agenda

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Downtown Community Task Force


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Item 1. Surplus Land Act

What is the Surplus Land Act (SLA)?

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California’s Surplus Land Act (SLA) is a state law that directs local agencies, such as a city, county, and districts, to prioritize the development of low-income housing when selling or leasing their surplus land.

Surplus land refers to land owned by a local agency which is no longer necessary for that local agency’s use.

Surplus Land Act (SLA) – Recent Amendments

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Assembly Bill (AB) 1486 and AB 1255 made changes to the SLA. Generally, these amendments clarify and strengthen reporting and enforcement provisions of the SLA to promote increased compliance.

AB 1486 (effective January 2020) HCD began reviewing notices that local agencies are required to send and also began collecting information on jurisdiction-owned sites identified in the housing element sites inventory, and subsequently disposed of by the jurisdiction.

AB1255 (effective January 2021) HCD was required to adopt SLA Guidelines (adopted April 2021)

Surplus Land Act (SLA) Guidelines Overview

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Article I summarizes the purpose and scope of the Surplus Land Act (SLA). This section also defines lands exempt from the provisions of the SLA.

Article II describes the mechanisms for identifying and disposing of surplus lands. This Article also describes requirements for developments built upon disposed surplus land, surplus land in which no sale took place under the auspices of the SLA, and requirements for affordable housing on surplus land that is developed at a later date.

Article III identifies the affordable housing requirements for developments built upon disposed surplus land.

Article IV summarizes the notification, recording, and reporting requirements to the CA Housing and Community Development (HCD) under the SLA.

Surplus Land Act (SLA) Requirements

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1.) After the governing board of a local agency has held the required public meeting to declare property as surplus land, a Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Availability Notice must be sent to interested housing sponsors identified by HCD and local public entities within whose jurisdiction the surplus land is located and invite those interested to respond to the local agency with a notice of interest.


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2.) Surplus land that is put out to open, competitive bid by a local agency, will be invited to participate in the competitive bid process, for either of the following purposes:

A housing development, which may have ancillary commercial ground floor uses, that restricts 100 percent of the residential units to low or moderate income, with at least 75 percent of the residential units restricted to lower income households, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing.

• A mixed-use development that is more than one acre in area, that includes not less than 300 housing units, and that restricts at least 25 percent of the residential units to lower income households, with an affordable sales price or an affordable rent, for a minimum of 55 years for rental housing and 45 years for ownership housing.


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3.) Interested parties have 60 days to respond.

4.) If a response is received, a 90-day good faith negotiation period begins.

5.) Should no interested party respond within 60 days, or should the local agency not agree to price and term, THEN the local agency may dispose of the surplus land without further regard to the SLA but must still comply with Government Code Section 54233.

6.) Government Code Section 54233 states that if 10 or more residential units are developed on the property, not less than 15 percent of the total number of residential units developed shall be sold or rented at affordable housing cost.

Plan Boundary Ownership Map

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Downtown Precise Plan

Map Legend

BoundaryPrivately OwnedCity Owned

City Owned

Privately Owned

City Owned Property

6.2 acres - Older strip mall development, an office building, and surface parking lots.

• Property 1 – 1.3 Acres– Lease expires October 2021

• Property 2 – 3.8 Acres– Lease expires April 2022

• Property 3 – 1.1 Acres– City required to provide 112 parking

spaces contiguous to courthouse property – no expiration

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Downtown Precise Plan


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Item 2. Community Outreach

Community Outreach

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Downtown Placemaking Virtual Workshop | May 2021 | Program Outline

Arrival & Welcome (5 minutes)

Presentation Part I: Grounding + Preferred Framework (25 minutes)

Poll: 3 Questions (10 minutes)• How well does this framework capture the community vision?• What do you think of the preferred land use framework?• Which of the following land use elements do you support? (check all that apply)

Community Outreach

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Presentation Part II: Placemaking Elements (25 minutes)• Introducing placemaking elements (plaza build-up)• Streets and public spaces (precedent images showing specific elements)• Retail, culture, activation (precedent images)• Buildings (precedent images)

Breakout Rooms (35 minutes)• Each group will cover both the preferred framework and the placemaking elements

Reporting Back (15 minutes)

Next Steps (5 minutes)

Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF)

Meeting #17April 15, 2021

Downtown Community Task Force (DCTF)

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