Memorandum
Date: March 16, 2021
To: The Honorable Bruno Sabatier, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Carol J. Huchingson, County Administrative Officer
Subject: 9:15 A.M. - PUBLIC HEARING - Consideration of Resolution Declaring County-Owned Real Property as Surplus and Proposed Real Property Exchange
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
On January 15, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Executive Order N-06-19 directing the Department of General Services (DGS) to collaborate with the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) to identify and prioritize excess state-owned property for sustainable, innovative and cost-effective housing developments to address California’s shortage of affordable housing. As part of this initiative, the Lakeport Armory property located at 1431 Hoyt Avenue, Lakeport CA was identified as excess state-owned property.
Beginning in 2020, California State Senator Mike McGuire, County of Lake, City of Clearlake, and various State of California agencies began discussions exploring the opportunity of a land swap involving the state-owned Lakeport Armory and the county-owned vacant property located at 15837 18th Avenue, Clearlake, CA. This land exchange would provide an opportunity to build at least 50% of the housing units as deed restricted affordable units located within the City of Clearlake and would allow the relocation of the Sheriff’s Office to the Lakeport Armory to help address the their space needs.
In preparation for these projects, action is needed to declare the 15.5 acre county-owned vacant real property (APN 010-043-01) located in the City Clearlake as surplus and authorize the exchange and disposition of said property for the benefit of the public. Government Code 25365 allows your Board to grant, convey, quitclaim, assign, or otherwise transfer to the state any real or personal property, or interest therein belonging to the County that is not required for County use and in conjunction allows the County to acquire property required for public use.
On January 12, 2021, your Board directed staff to complete all tasks necessary to declare the county-owned vacant real property (APN 010-043-01) as surplus in preparation for the proposed Lakeport Armory/Clearlake Property Land Swap.
January 26, 2021 - City of Clearlake Planning Commission adopted a General Plan Consistency Determination with Resolution 2021-02 for the county-owned property (APN 010-043-01) located at 15837 18th Avenue, Clearlake, CA.
January 28, 2021 - County of Lake Planning Commission adopted the General Plan Conformity Report for the state-owned property (APN 003-046-75) located at 1431 Hoyt Avenue, Lakeport, CA.
March 16, 2021 - County of Lake Board of Supervisors to consider two Resolutions to declare county-owned real property as surplus and consider pursuing and authorizing the development and execution of a property Exchange Agreement with the State of California.
If the Board chooses to surplus the property (APN 010-043-01) located at 15837 18th Avenue, Clearlake, CA and move forward with the land exchange, the next step includes developing the Exchange Agreement with the State of California to legally transact the land exchange for the two involved properties for the public uses previously referenced.
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Recommended Action: Adopt the following Resolutions a) Declaring the Board of Supervisor’s intention to exchange County property not required for public use located at 15837 18th Avenue, Clearlake, CA for property owned by the State and required for County use and b) Authorizing the County Administrative Officer to negotiate, execute and implement the property Exchange Agreement with the State of California and to carry out all necessary actions needed to complete the exchange.