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HomeMy WebLinkAboutE-1 - Resolution OB-5-2016, Approving Quitclaim DeedSCHEDULED ITEM E-1 TO: CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF AZUSA FROM: KURT E. CHRISTIANSEN, AICP ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR DATE: JUNE 8, 2016 SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION FOR APPROVAL OF QUITCLAIM DEED CONVEYING 812 N. AZUSA AVENUE AND 801 N. ALAMEDA, SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AS ASSESSOR PARCEL NO.’S 8608-025-903, 608-025-904, 8608-025-905 AND 8608- 025-906, FROM SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE CITY TO THE ESTABLISH A CLEAN TITLE TRANSFER BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES FOR USE AS A PARK-AND-RIDE FACILITY FOR THE GOLD LINE STATION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IN DECEMBER 2015 SUMMARY: 812 N. Azusa Avenue and 801 N. Alameda Avenue, specifically identified as Assessor Parcel No.’s 8608-025-903, 608-025-904, 8608-025-905 and 8608-025-906, (“Property”) were formerly owned by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa (“RDA”). The RDA transferred the Property to the City in March 2011 as repayment for a City loan. The RDA was dissolved on February 1, 2012 pursuant to ABX1 26 (ABX1 26 and AB 1484 collectively referred to as the “Dissolution Law”). Pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 34167.5, the State Controller’s Office (“SCO”) conducted an audit of all asset transfers made by the RDA to the City or any other public agency after January 1, 2011 until its dissolution (“SCO Report”). The SCO Report, dated March 4, 2015, determined that the transfer of the Property from the RDA to the City was unauthorized under the Dissolution Law and that the Property must be transferred to the Successor Agency. In December 2015, the California Department of Finance (“DOF”) approved the Successor Agency’s Long Range Property Management Plan (“LRPMP”). By approving the LRPMP, the DOF acknowledged the following: 1. that the Property was held by the City, not the Successor Agency; 2. that the Property was to be retained by the City; and 3. the Property’s designated use is for the Gold Line Station. APPROVED 06/08/2016 RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Oversight Board to the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Azusa (“Oversight Board”), adopt Resolution No. OB-5-2016 directing and approving the conveyance of 812 N. Azusa Avenue and 801 N. Alameda Avenue, specifically identified as Assessor Parcel No.’s 8608-025-903, 608-025-904, 8608-025-905 and 8608-025-906, via Quitclaim Deed from the Successor Agency to the City to establish a clean title transfer between the two agencies for use as a park-and ride facility for the Gold Line Station development of the Gold Line Station as authorized by the Long Range Property Management Plan approved by the California Department of Finance in December 2015. DISCUSSION: On October 4, 2010, the City entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Foothill Transit for the joint financing, planning, design, construction and use a park-and-ride facility in conjunction with the new Gold Line station. The facility includes a 4-level parking structure containing between 500 to 725 parking spaces, an electric bus charging station and bus bays and turnouts to accommodate Foothill Transit buses. The Property’s current land use as a light rail park-and-ride facility is consistent with the General Plan’s Downtown Transit Village District (DTV) designation for this site. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34181.2, property that is used for a parking lot that generates no more revenue than reasonably necessary for maintenance may be conveyed to the City as a governmental use property. The Successor Agency has determined that the Property should be retained by the City for governmental use as a public facility (Gold Line park-and-ride facility). Pursuant to the City’s MOU with Foothill Transit, the City will retain ownership of the site, will use the Property as a park-and ride facility for the Gold Line Station and will lease the parking spaces to Foothill Transit. In order to ensure that title of the Property is clean, the City and the Successor Agency agree that the Property must be first transferred to the Successor Agency to comply with the SCO Report dated March 4, 2015. Upon completion of the Property transfer, the Successor Agency will Quitclaim Deed the Property back to the City. Upon approval from the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency for the city of Azusa, the City will accept conveyance of the Property. FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact associated with the proposed actions. Attachments: 1. Resolution No. OB-5-2016 2. Property Data Sheet from the approved LRPMP 3. Quitclaim Deed between the City and Successor Agency 4. Quitclaim Deed between the Successor Agency and the City RESOLUTION NO. OB-5-2016 RESOLUTION OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF AZUSA DIRECTING AND APPROVING THE CONVEYANCE OF 812 N. AZUSA AVENUE AND 801 N. ALAMEDA AVENUE, SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED AS ASSESSOR PARCEL NO.’S 8608-025-903, 608-025-904, 8608-025-905 AND 8608-025-906, TO THE CITY OF AZUSA FOR GOVERNMENTAL PURPOSES USE AS A PARK-AND-RIDE FACILITY FOR THE GOLD LINE STATION AS AUTHORIZED BY THE LONG RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE IN DECEMBER 2015 WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34173(d), the City of Azusa (“City”) elected to serve as the Successor Agency (“Successor Agency”) to the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Azusa (“Redevelopment Agency”); and WHEREAS, the Oversight Board is the Successor Agency’s oversight board pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34179(a); and WHEREAS, the Successor Agency owns that certain real property located at 812 N. Azusa Avenue and 801 N. Alameda Avenue, specifically identified as Assessor Parcel No.’s 8608-025-903, 608-025-904, 8608-025-905 and 8608-025-906, in the City of Azusa, California (“Property”); and WHEREAS, prior to the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency, the Redevelopment Agency transferred possession of the Property to the City; and WHEREAS, The City has an existing Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Foothill Transit, dated October 4, 2010, to construct a public parking structure, an electric bus charging station, and bus bays and turnouts, on this Property; and WHEREAS, the Successor Agency prepared and the Department of Finance (“DOF”) approved a single property Long Range Property Management Plan that allows for the City to retain ownership of the site and will lease the parking spaces to Foothill Transit; and WHEREAS, Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34181.2, property that is used for a parking lot that generates no more revenue than reasonably necessary for maintenance may be conveyed to the City as a governmental use property; and WHEREAS, the Successor Agency desires to convey the Properties to the City, and the City desires to accept such conveyance of the Properties for purposes of ensuring that the Property be used for a park-and ride facility for the Gold Line Station. ATTACHMENT 1 NOW, THEREFORE, THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated into this Resolution by this reference. Section 2. CEQA Compliance. The approval of the transfer of assets to the City of Azusa does not commit the Oversight Board to any action that may have a significant effect on the environment. As a result, such action does not constitute a project subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. Section 3. Transfer of Properties to the City. The Oversight Board hereby directs and approves the transfer of ownership to the City of the Properties, constituting properties of the dissolved Redevelopment Agency that were constructed or used for a governmental purpose, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 34177 and 34181. Section 4. Consistent with LRPMP. The Oversight Board hereby finds that the disposition of the Property pursuant to the Agreement is consistent with and is for the purpose of implementing the Long Range Property Management Plan previously approved by DOF for the Property. Section 5. Further Acts. The Oversight Board authorizes and directs the Successor Agency to take any action necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution and the disposition of the Property pursuant to this Resolution and the Agreement. Section 6. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Resolution that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable. The Oversight Board declares that the Oversight Board would have adopted this Resolution irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion of this Resolution. Section 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 8th day of June, 2016. __________________________________ Robert Gonzales, Chairperson Oversight Board Successor Agency to the Former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa ATTEST: ___________________________________ Jeffrey Lawrence Cornejo, Jr. Secretary Oversight Board Successor Agency to the Former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa I, HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. OB-5-2016 was duly adopted by the Board Members of the Oversight Board to the Successor Agency of the Former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, at a special meeting thereof held on the 8th day of June, 2016, by the following vote of Board Members: AYES: BOARD MEMBERS: NOES: BOARD MEMBERS: ABSENT: BOARD MEMBERS: ___________________________________ Jeffrey Lawrence Cornejo, Jr. Secretary Oversight Board Successor Agency to the Former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa ATTACHMENT 2 45635.09000\28297806.2 RECORDING REQUESTED BY AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO AND MAIL TAX STATEMENTS TO: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA Executive Director 213 East Foothill Boulevard Azusa, CA 91702-1295 ______________________________________________________________________________ APN’s 8608-025-903, 8608-025-904, 8608-025-905 and 8608-025-906 Exempt from Recording Fees per Govt. Code §27383 Exempt from Documentary Transfer Tax per Calif. Rev. & Tax. Code §11922 QUITCLAIM DEED FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, CITY OF AZUSA, a California municipal corporation ("Grantor") hereby remises, releases, assigns and forever quitclaims to SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, a public body, corporate and politic (“Grantee”) all of Grantor's rights, title and interest in and to that certain real property situated in the City of Azusa, County of Los Angeles, State of California, more fully described in EXHIBIT A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference ("Property”). Dated: _________________________ CITY OF AZUSA, a California municipal corporation By: ____________________________________ Troy Butzlaff City Manager ATTACHMENT 3 45635.09000\28297806.2 A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOTARY FOR CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ) On May _____, 2016 , before me, , personally appeared , who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature of Notary Public OPTIONAL Though the data below is not required by law, it may prove valuable to persons relying on the document and could prevent fraudulent reattachment of this form. CAPACITY CLAIMED BY SIGNER DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT  Individual  Corporate Officer Title(s) Title or Type of Document  Partner(s)  Limited  General  Attorney-In-Fact Number Of Pages  Trustee(s)  Guardian/Conservator  Other: Signer is representing: Name Of Person(s) Or Entity(ies) Date Of Document Signer(s) Other Than Named Above 45635.09000\28297806.2 EXHIBIT A TO QUITCLAIM DEED 45635.09000\28297806.2 45635.09000\28297806.2 CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF QUITCLAIM DEED This Certificate of Acceptance pertains to the interest in real property conveyed by the Quitclaim Deed dated ___________________ to which this Certificate of Acceptance is attached, from: CITY OF AZUSA, a California municipal corporation to: CITY OF AZUSA, as Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, a public body, corporate and politic ("Grantee") Said Quitclaim Deed is hereby accepted by the undersigned officer on behalf of Grantee pursuant to authority conferred by the Grantee's governing board, and Grantee hereby consents to recordation of such Grant Deed. Dated: _____________________ CITY OF AZUSA, as Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, a public body, corporate and politic By: ____________________________________ Troy Butzlaff Its: Executive Director ATTEST: ___________________________ Agency Secretary 45635.09000\28300685.2 RECORDING REQUESTED BY AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO AND MAIL TAX STATEMENTS TO: CITY OF AZUSA City Manager 213 East Foothill Boulevard Azusa, CA 91702-1295 ______________________________________________________________________________ APN’s 8608-025-903, 8608-025-904, 8608-025-905 and 8608-025-906 Exempt from Recording Fees per Govt. Code §27383 Exempt from Documentary Transfer Tax per Calif. Rev. & Tax. Code §11922 QUITCLAIM DEED FOR VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, a public body, corporate and politic ("Grantor") hereby remises, releases, assigns and forever quitclaims to CITY OF AZUSA, a California municipal corporation (“Grantee”) all of Grantor's rights, title and interest in and to that certain real property situated in the City of Azusa, County of Los Angeles, State of California, more fully described in EXHIBIT A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference ("Property”). Dated: _____________________ Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, a public body, corporate and politic By: ____________________________________ Troy Butzlaff Its: Executive Director ATTACHMENT 4 45635.09000\28300685.2 A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document. ALL-PURPOSE ACKNOWLEDGMENT NOTARY FOR CALIFORNIA STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ) On May _____, 2016 , before me, , personally appeared , who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument. I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct. WITNESS my hand and official seal. Signature of Notary Public OPTIONAL Though the data below is not required by law, it may prove valuable to persons relying on the document and could prevent fraudulent reattachment of this form. CAPACITY CLAIMED BY SIGNER DESCRIPTION OF ATTACHED DOCUMENT  Individual  Corporate Officer Title(s) Title or Type of Document  Partner(s)  Limited  General  Attorney-In-Fact Number Of Pages  Trustee(s)  Guardian/Conservator  Other: Signer is representing: Name Of Person(s) Or Entity(ies) Date Of Document Signer(s) Other Than Named Above 45635.09000\28300685.2 EXHIBIT A TO QUITCLAIM DEED 45635.09000\28300685.2 [APN’s 8608-025-903, 8608-025-904, 8608-025-905 and 8608-025-906] 45635.09000\28300685.2 CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE OF QUITCLAIM DEED This Certificate of Acceptance pertains to the interest in real property conveyed by the Quitclaim Deed dated ___________________ to which this Certificate of Acceptance is attached, from: CITY OF AZUSA, as Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, a public body, corporate and politic CITY OF AZUSA, a California municipal corporation to: CITY OF AZUSA, a California municipal corporation ("Grantee") Said Quitclaim Deed is hereby accepted by the undersigned officer on behalf of Grantee pursuant to authority conferred by the Grantee's governing board, and Grantee hereby consents to recordation of such Grant Deed. Dated: _____________________ CITY OF AZUSA, a California municipal corporation By: ____________________________________ Troy Butzlaff Its: City Manager ATTEST: ___________________________ City Clerk