For City Council Meeting and Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rialto Meeting [November 15, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Kathy Brann, Economic Development Manager
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Request City Council to (1) Adopt Resolution No. 7990 Approving Amendment #4 to the Long Range Property Management Plan for the Disposition of Real Estate Assets Owned by the Successor Agency.
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BACKGROUND
On March 10, 2015, the California Department of Finance (DOF) approved Rialto’s Long Range Property Management Plan (LRPMP) to manage the disposition of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rialto’s 69 properties pursuant to AB 26 (the “Redevelopment Dissolution Act”).
The Redevelopment Dissolution Act defined four potential disposition categories for properties held by successor agencies, as follows:
• Retention by the City for Governmental Use.
• Retention by the City for Future Development.
• Retention by the City to satisfy Enforceable Obligation.
• Liquidated for the benefit of taxing entities.
Project #15 in Rialto’s LRPMP designates one parcel located at 131 S. Riverside Avenue to be liquidated for the benefit of taxing entities. The parcel is 3,000 square feet in size and is improved with a building of 2,350 square feet. Since March 2013, the building has been occupied by the Rialto Education Association pursuant to a month-to-month tenancy.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The City’s has identified the property at 131 S. Riverside as a potential future location for the consolidation of development services and operations. This relocation, if approved by the City Council at a future date, would consolidate permitting services in one location. The building is in good condition and would require a minimal amount of tenant improvements to make it operational for City purposes. Prior to the advancement of this project, the existing building and the designated use in the LRPMP requires a redesignation. Accordingly, staff proposes to modify the LRPMP designation from “liquidate for the benefit of taxing entities” to “retention by the City for governmental use.”
The adoption of the attached resolution and re-designation of the property will be subject to Countywide Oversight Board and State Department of Finance approval.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The request is not a “Project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Pursuant to Section 15378(a), a “Project” means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. According to Section 15378(b)(5), a Project does not include: Organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. The amendment of the Long-Range Property Management Plan is an administrative activity of the government with no proposed development.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
This action is consistent with two General Plan goals:
Goal 3-2: Improve historic commercial areas, including Downtown and major commercial corridors; and
Goal 3-4: Revitalize aging and underperforming commercial and industrial areas.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney has reviewed and supports this staff report
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Operating Budget Impact
The proposed action will not affect the City’s Operating Budget.
Capital Improvement Budget Impact
The proposed action will relieve the City of the expense associated with acquiring additional office space.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council, acting as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rialto, adopt Resolution No.7990 approving Amendment #4 to the Long-Range Property Management Plan.