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13. REPORT ITEMS
13.1
REPORT - REQUEST TO HOUSING AUTHORITY FOR
RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT CITY OWNED
PROPERTY LOCATED AT 625 AND 637 3RD STREET APN
009-013-011 & -012, 700 5TH STREET APN 009-012-025 AND 500
5TH STREET APN 010-053-028 BE DECLARED SURPLUS AS
REQUIRED BY THE STATE SURPLUS LANDS ACT, AND A NOTICE
OF AVAILABILITY TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR AVAILABILITY FOR AFFORDABLE
HOUSING BE SUBMITTED
BACKGROUND:
The City is actively initiating new development in Downtown Santa
Rosa to further the City’s housing, planning and economic development
objectives while also ensuring continued availability of public parking to
the serve the public’s needs. To assist in new development of
consolidated mixed use projects that include affordable housing, City
owned parcels are being evaluated, recommended for surplus status
when appropriate, and made available to housing sponsors for
affordable housing through a notice of availability to the State
Department of Housing and Community Services (HCD), as required by
Government Code Section 54222 and the State’s Surplus Lands Act.
Three (3) City owned parcels are being evaluated for potential
surplusage for just such affordable housing and/or mixed-use projects
with replacement of public parking. Those sites are: 1) 625 and 637 3rd
Street (Parking Garage 5); 2) 700 5th Street (Parking Lot 10); and 3)
500 5th Street (Parking Lot 11). City Council Policy 000-10 for sale or
long-term lease of surplus land requires that City owned land capable of
independent development, be referred to the Housing Authority
pursuant to Government Code 54222. The Parcels will also be referred
to the Planning Commission for a similar recommended action.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by Real Estate Services, the
Transportation & Public Works, and Planning & Economic Development
Departments that the Housing Authority, by resolution, recommend to
the City Council that the property located at 625 and 637 3rd Street
(Parking Garage 5), 700 5th Street (Parking Lot 10), and 500 5th Street
(Parking Lot 11) be declared as surplus as required by the State
Surplus Lands Act, and a notice of availability for affordable housing on
public land be submitted to the State Department of Housing and
Community Services.