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Consider Addressing the Surplus Lands Act, including Lobbying Efforts and Assembly Bill 1486. (Councilmember Herrera Spencer) [Not heard on May 4, 2021]
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COUNCIL REFERRAL FORM
The Council can take any of the following actions:
1) Take no action.
2) Refer the matter to staff to schedule as a future City Council agenda item.
3) Take dispositive action if sufficiently noticed such that the public and Council have been provided sufficient information by the published agenda, and no formal published notice of a public hearing is required.
Name of Councilmember requesting referral: Councilmember Herrera Spencer
Date of submission to City Clerk (must be submitted before 5:00 p.m. on the Monday two weeks before the Council meeting requested): 4/19/2021
Council Meeting date: 5/4/2021
Brief description of the subject to be printed on the agenda, sufficient to inform the City Council and public of the nature of the referral:
On or about July 7, 2020 (before I was seated on Council), Council authorized the City Manager to Execute a First Amendment to the Agreement with Lang, Hansen, O'Malley & Miller, a California General Partnership, Extending the Term of the Agreement by Two Months and Increasing the Compensation by $20,000, for an Aggregate Amount Not to Exceed $91,000, for Legislative Advocacy/Governmental Relations Services Relating to the Surplus Land Act. The agenda item provided, "The SLA, and AB 1486, the amendment to the Act approved October 9, 2019, governs the disposition of surplus land by local agencies, such as cities, school districts and successor agencies. The intention of the bill is to alleviate California's housing crisis by prioritizing surplus government land for affordable housing development. AB 1486 added several new requirements to the process and included additional activities that constitute disposition of surplus property, with financial penalties for non-compliance. These new regulations impact the City's ability to lease...
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