DATE: December 8, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Deputy City Manager
SUBJECT
1032 Central Blvd Property Disposition: Adopt a Resolution Making Findings to Designate the 0.24-Acre City Owned Parcel Located at 1032 Central Boulevard as Surplus Property and Begin the Surplus Property Process Consistent with the Surplus Property Land Act
RECOMMENDATION
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) designating the 0.24-acre City owned parcel located at 1032 Central Boulevard as surplus property and authorize the City Manager to begin the surplus property process consistent with the Surplus Property Land Act.
SUMMARY
In 2013, the City abated the property located at 1032 Central Boulevard due to unsafe conditions and it has remained vacant since. Additionally, the property is adjacent to the City owned former 238 properties referred to as Parcel Group 5. As a result, when the County of Alameda released the list of properties that were subject to sale due to delinquent back taxes of five or more years, the City Council adopted a resolution in February 2019 to file a Chapter 8 request for the purchase of the property located at 1032 Central Boulevard for a total cost of $37,027 plus fees. The sale of the tax defaulted 1032 Central Boulevard property to the City of Hayward from the Alameda County Tax Collector’s Office recently occurred on July 30, 2020 for a total cost of $38,082.
The purpose of this item is to seek a determination from the City Council that the parcel located at 1032 Central Boulevard (APN 445-270-7-1) is surplus property and to authorize the City Manager to move forward with the surplus property process consistent with the Surplus Property Land Act. Upon approval of the attached resolution, staff will develop and distribute a Notice of Availability to certain required public agencies and housing sponsors certified by the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) that have provided notice to the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) of their interest in acquiring surplus land. Interested parties have 60 days to respond. If responses are received, the City must negotiate in good faith for a minimum of 90 days. The Surplus Land Act does not prevent the local agency from obtaining fair market value for the sale/lease of surplus properties. If there are no responses or if negotiations fail to result in a sale or lease, the City can proceed with the marketing and sale or lease to a third-party.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution