Speaker 0: Thank you. There's a motion in a second. No public comment. Please cast your votes. Just one person. Bush cares. We will do item 38 next, please. Item 30 Report from Economic Development Recommendation to adopt resolution declaring city owned property located at 854 East Seventh Street as exempt surplus land District one. Mayor John Casper has assured staff report on this item. Honorable Mayor and members of the city council. I'm going to introduce Mary Tours, who will walk us through what the Surplus Land Act requires for this property at 850 47th Street or the Armory. Mary.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Mayor. Members of the City Council. The Surplus Land Act is found in government code section 454220. The purpose is intended to prioritize re-use of surplus lands for affordable housing, parks and schools. It applies to all public land that is declared surplus. Notable amendments include expanding definition of local agencies to agencies not previously subject to the surplus land art. Clarifies this position to include leasing and not just sales, clarifies local agencies, does not include commercial or industrial uses, including non-governmental retail, entertainment or office development. No longer allows exceptions, but it does exempt expand exemptions available due to size, affordability and other characteristics. It requires city council action to declare a property a surplus or exempt for post prior to disposition requires written notice of availability to the State of California, Department of Housing and Community Development, as well as housing sponsors. Requires local agencies to submit their process to HCD for compliance verification. Allows exceed 30 days to respond to that submittal and gives the city a 60 day care period if its notice of a violation. It also imposes penalties if the property disposition is found in violation of authority and is not sure the product. The property before you is located at 850 47th Street. If the city gained ownership of this property through a deed reversion once the California Army National Guard ceased use of it as Long Beach Armory. The city did release a solicitation for a long term lease and selected Gundry partners to develop the property as 100% affordable housing development . Adaptive reuse of the armory building and improvements to combine park. Concurrent to our process, HCA and the state attorney general clarified that the facility does apply to leases. The city then paused negotiations with the developer until we could confirm the process that the SLA modified, as well as the exemption that was available to the project. Exemption available to the project in section five for 2 to 1 allows the property to be declared surplus if it meets certain requirements. One, not less than 80% of the building area will be used for housing. Number two, no less than 40% of the total number of units would be affordable to lower income households, and half of that 40% must be affordable to very low income. And three, a recorded regulatory agreement providing those minimum standards would run with the plan for 55 years. This project, the current building area, 72,710 square feet. The proposed residential area is 62,200 square feet or 85% of the total area. 63, unit 63 of the 64 units or 98% will be available to low income households, and at least 13 units or 20% will be available to very low income households. And number three, a regulatory agreement will be recorded. Next steps for this process. The resolution declaring it 5047 street as exempt surplus property occur. The City will submit the resolution and the regulatory agreement to CBA for compliance verification. 30 days will be allowed for each city to respond if they do not notice the city a violation and that 30 day lapses. The city could then restart negotiations with the developer. And should negotiations be successful, an agreement would be brought to the City Council for consideration. Therefore the recommendation of to adopt a resolution declaring a city on property as exempt surplus land as defined in the government code section and authorizes city manager designee to take any actions. And execute any documents necessary to ensure compliance with the Surplus Land Act and state regulations. This concludes my staff report. I'm available for any questions.
Speaker 3: Thank you very much for that. Extensive report. And thank you again to our amazing economic development department and to our city manager and city staff for all the hard work that you've continued to do on this project. I'm very, very excited about this. I'm very excited to see this process advance and even more excited to see the completion of more affordable housing in my district, which is something that is very, very needed as well. Is various improvements made to our gun binder park? This is something that will that will lead to reactivation of that area in a very positive way. And I'm happy to support this resolution, and that will help ensure the project that dances in compliance to the state's surplus land. So thank you very much.
Speaker 2: All right. Thank you. Is there any public comment on this item?
Speaker 0: There's no public comment.
Speaker 2: Okay, members, please, guys, remove.
Speaker 0: Gentlemen. Sorry. Cars.
Recommendation to adopt resolution declaring City-owned property located at 854 East 7th Street (APN 7274-019-900) (Subject Property) as "exempt surplus land" as defined in Government Code Section 54221(f)(1)(A); and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to take any actions and execute any documents necessary to ensure compliance with the Surplus Land Act and State regulations relating thereto.  (District 1)