HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. SA 14-0003RESOLUTION NO. SA 14 -0003
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DOWNEY SUCCESSOR
AGENCY AUTHORIZING THE PROCESSING OF DOCUMENTATION
TRANSFERRING OWNERSHIP OF FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF DOWNEY
WHEREAS, the Downey Successor Agency ('Successor Agency ") pursuant to Health
and Safety Code ( "HSC') sections 34191.4 and 34191.5(b), submitted a Long -Range Property
Management Plan ( "LRPMP ") on October 24, 2013 and a revised LRPMP on June 23, 2014 to
the California Department of Finance ( "DOF ").
WHEREAS, the LRPMP addresses how the Successor Agency will dispose of non -
housing property assets formerly owned by the Downey Community Development Commission.
WHEREAS, the LRPMP addresses the property located at 9062 -68 Firestone Blvd.,
Downey, California, more particularly described in Exhibit "1" attached hereto and incorporated
herein by reference ( "Property').
WHEREAS, the LRPMP proposes the transfer of the Property to the City of Downey
( "City') pursuant to HSC section 34191.5(c)(2).
WHEREAS, the LRPMP indicates that the Property will be used for future development
and that staff will search for a developer with the experience and financial capacity to initiate
and complete an approved development on the Property.
WHEREAS, the DOF issued to the Downey Successor Agency, pursuant to HSC section
34179.7, a Finding of Completion on May 15, 2013.
WHEREAS, in a letter dated July 9, 2014, the DOF approved the Successor Agency's
use or disposition of all the properties listed on the LRPMP, including transfer of the Property to
the City.
WHEREAS, pursuant HSC section 34191.3, the approved LRPMP shall govern and
supersede all other provisions relating to the disposition and use of real property assets of the
former redevelopment agency.
WHEREAS, in accordance with the LRPMP, the Successor Agency desires to transfer
the Property to the City, with no payment to be made by the City for the transfer, in compliance
with the LRPMP.
WHEREAS, the City desires to accept ownership of the Property in compliance with, and
in furtherance of, the LRPMP.
WHEREAS, this Resolution has been reviewed with respect to applicability of the
California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQK) and the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code
of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.); and,
WHEREAS, per Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the transfer of real
property is exempt from environmental review under CEQA because the transfer will result in a
continuation of an existing facility involving no expansion of use and is therefore exempt from
environmental review, and any future development of the real property will require separate
environmental review; and,
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WHEREAS, all of the prerequisites with respect to the approval of this Resolution have
been met.
NOW THEREFORE, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein.
SECTION 2. The Successor Agency hereby authorizes the processing of
documentation via quitclaim deed(s) or other appropriate instrument(s) in order to transfer the
ownership of the Property from the Successor Agency to the City.
SECTION 3. The Executive Director of the Successor Agency, or designee, is hereby
authorized to take such actions and execute such documents as are necessary to effectuate the
intent of this Resolution on behalf of the Successor Agency.
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall take effect upon the date of its adoption.
SECTION 5. The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 12`h day of August, 20M-,_---,
FE RNAND 0 VASQU +r
ATTEST: �A
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A RIA M. JIMENE , CM
Secretary
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Successor
Agency of the City of Downey at a Regular Meeting held on the 12th day of August 2014, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: BOARD MEMBERS: Brossmer, Guerra, Saab, Marquez, Chair Vasquez
NOES: BOARD MEMBERS: None.
ABSENT: BOARD MEMBERS: None.
LL� c o ^-�—
ADRIA M. JIMENEZ, MC
Secretary
EXHIBIT "1"
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
APNs: 6284- 006.903 and 6284 -006 -904
THAT CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
PARCEL 1:
THAT PORTION OF BLOCK 'Q' OF THE RANCHO SANTA GERTRUDES, IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY, COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP OF HOFFMAN'S SURVEY THEREOF, RECORDED IN BOOK 1 OF PAGE 502
OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID BLOCK'Q' W ITH THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE
OF THE 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; THENCE ALONG SAID
NORTHEASTERLY LINE SOUTH 57 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST 377.68 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF
BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 30 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST 96.26 FEET; THENCE NORTH 29 DEGREES 54
MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST 54.40 FEET TO A POINT THAT IS SOUTH 29 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST 308.00
FEET FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF BLOCK -0- DESCRIBED IN BOOK 30587 PAGE 80
OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY, SAID POINT BEARING SOUTH 59 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST,
ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE, 180.45 FEET FROM THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF
SLOCK'Q' DEEDED TO RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION, AND DESCRIBED IN BOOK 41190 PAGE 402, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF
SAID COUNTY, SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE BEING ALSO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF FIRESTONE BOULEVARD, 100
FEET WIDE, THENCE PARALLEL WITH SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE SOUTH 59 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST
130.00 FEET, THENCE PARALLEL WITH THAT CERTAIN COURSE HEREIN, BEFORE RECITED AS NORTH 29 DEGREES 54
MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST 54.40 FEET, NORTH 29 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST 93.00 FEET TO THE MOST
WESTERLY CORNER OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED MAY 23, 1967 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 833 IN BOOK D-
3650 PAGE 210, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LAND SOUTH
59 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST 115.00 FEET TO THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LAND; THENCE
ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY PROLONGATION OF THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LAND SOUTH 29 DEGREES 54
MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST 261.82 FEET TO SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD
COMPANY; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE NORTH 57 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 56 SECONDS WEST 247.05
FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
PARCEL 1A:
AT EASEMENT IN COMMON WITH OTHERS FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER THAT PORTION OF BLOCK 'Q' OF THE
RANCHO SANTA GERTRUDES, IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP
OF HOFFMAN'S SURVEY THEREOF, RECORDED IN BOOK 1 PAGE 502 OF MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF
THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, INCLUDED WITHIN A STRIP OF LAND 20 FEET WIDE, THE SOUTHWESTERLY
LINE OF SAID STRIP BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SOUTHERN
PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, WITH THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD AS DESCRIBED IN THE
DEED TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RECORDED ON FEBRUARY 21, 1949 IN BOOK 29430 PAGE 114, OFFICIAL RECORDS
OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTHEASTERLY LINE SOUTH 57 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST TO
THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF PARCEL 1 ABOVE DESCRIBED. SAID STRIP OF LAND SHALL BE PROLONGED OR
SHORTENED SO AS TO TERMINATE NORTHWESTERLY IN SAID SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LAND OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHEASTERLY IN SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID PARCEL 1,
PARCEL 2:
THAT PORTION OF BLOCK 'O' OF THE RANCHO SANTA GERTRUDES, IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY, COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP OF HOFFMAN'S SURVEY THEREOF; RECORDED IN BOOK 1 PAGE 502 OF
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Exhibit 1 Page 1
EXHIBIT "1" (continued)
BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED ON MAY 23, 1967 AS
INSTRUMENT NO. 833 IN BOOK -D -3650 PAGE 210 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY, SAID CORNER BEING IN THE
SOLFIMESTERLY LINE OF THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF SAID BLOCK '0' DFSCRIBFD IN BOOK 30587 PAGE 180 OF
OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE BEING ALSO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF
FIRESTONE BOULEVARD; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE SOUTH 59 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS
EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE 128.91 FEET TO THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN
CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. G -5637 ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR OF TITLES OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE
SOUTH 25 DEGREES 45 MINUTES 15 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE DESCRIBED IN SAID
CERTIFICATE 473.98 FEET, MORE OR LESS TO TI4E NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE 100 FEET RIGHT OF WAY OF THE
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; THENCE NORTH 57 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 56 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE
NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY 163.46 FEET TO A POINT IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY PROLONGATION OF
THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED RECORDED IN BOOK D -3650 PAGE 210 OF OFFICIAL
RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY; THENCE ALONG SAID PROLONGATION AND LINE NORTH 29 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 26
SECONDS EAST 466.82 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE NORTHEASTERLY 215.00 FEET MEASURED ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID
LAND.
PARCEL 2A:
A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT SOLELY FOR INGRESS, EGRESS AND PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES OVER THAT PORTION OF
BLOCK '0' OF RANCHO SANTA GERTRUDES, IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP OF HOFFMAN'S SURVEY THEREOF, RECORDED IN BOOK 1 PAGE 502 OF MISCELLANEOUS
RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, INCLUDED WITHIN A STRIP OF LAND 30.DD FEET
WIDE, THE CENTERLINE OF SAID STRIP OF LAND BEING DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN THE DEED TO WILLIAM M. ARENSTEIN AND
WIFE, RECORDED ON MAY 23. 1967 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 833 IN BOOK D -3650 PAGE 210, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID
COUNTY; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE LAND DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED AND THE
SOUTHWESTERLY PROLONGATION THEREOF, SOUTH 20 DEGREES 34 MINUTES 26 SECONDS WEST 466.82 FEET TO THE
SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.
SAID EASEMENT IS BOUNDED ON THE SOUTHWEST BY THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF THE 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OF
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY AND BOUNDED ON THE NORTHEAST BY THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF
FIRESTONE BOULEVARD, 100 FEET WIDE.
EXCEPT THAT PORTION OF SAID LAND INCLUDED WITHIN THE LINES OF PARCELS 1, 2 AND 3.
'PARCEL 3:
THAT PORTION OF BLOCK '0' OF THE RANCHO SANTA GERTRUDES, IN THE CITY OF DOWNEY, IN THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP OF HOFFMAN'S SURVEY THEREOF, RECORDED IN BOOK 1 PAGE 502 OF
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID BLOCK 'CF WITH THE NORTHEASTERLY LINE
OF THE 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY; THENCE ALONG SAID
NORTHEASTERLY LINE SOUTH 57 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST 377.68 FEET; THENCE NORTH 30 DEGREES 57
MINUTES 10 SECONDS EAST 96.26 FEET; THENCE NORTH 29 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST 362.40 FEET TO A
POINT ON THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF BLOCK'0' DESCRIBED IN BOOK 30587 PAGE 180
OF OFFICIAL RECORDS OF SAID COUNTY, SAID POINT BEARING SOUTH 59 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST,
ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE 180.45 FEET FROM THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF THAT CERTAIN PORTION OF
BLOCK'0' DEEDED TO RICHFIELD OIL CORPORATION AND DESCRIBED IN BOOK 41190 PAGE 402, OFFICIAL RECORDS OF
SAID COUNTY, SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE BEING ALSO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF FIRESTONE BOULEVARD, 100
FEET WIDE; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE, SOUTH 59 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST 130.00
FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE PARALLEL WITH THAT CERTAIN COURSE HEREINBEFORE RECITED AS
'NORTH 29 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST 362.40 FEET; SOUTH 29 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST
215.00 FEET; THENCE PARALLEL WITH SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF FIRESTONE BOULEVARD, SOUTH 59 DEGREES 00
MINUTES 13 SECONDS EAST 115.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 29 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST 215.00 FEET TO
SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE; THENCE THEREON, NORTH 59 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 13 SECONDS WEST 115.00 FEET TO
THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING'
APNs: 6284 - 006.903 and 6284 -006 -904
Exhibit 1 Page 2