Resolution No. 2022-013RESOLUTION NO. 2022-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
DECLARING, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54221,
THAT REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF VERNON LOCATED
IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF KERN COUNTY, IS SURPLUS
LAND AND NOT NECESSARY FOR THE CITY’S USE, FINDING THAT
SUCH DECLARATION IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND
TAKING RELATED ACTIONS
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A. The City of Vernon (City) is the owner in fee simple of that certain real property
located in the unincorporated area of Kern County northeast of Tehachapi and west of
State Route 14 and commonly referenced by the Assessor’s Parcel Numbers set forth on
Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the “Property”).
B. Under the Surplus Land Act, Government Code Section 54220 et seq. (Act),
surplus land is land owned in fee simple by the City for which the City Council takes formal
action in a regular public meeting declaring the land is surplus and not necessary for the
City’s use. The land must be declared either surplus land or exempt surplus land.
C. Under the Act, land is necessary for the City’s use if the land is being used, or is
planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the City Council, for City work
or operations.
D. The City acquired the Property with the intent of developing renewable energy
power facilities to enhance the City’s municipal electric utility operated by its Light and
Power Department.
E. The City has determined that the development of renewable energy power facilities
on the Property by the City is no longer feasible.
F. The Property is approximately 16,409.70 acres in size, is vacant, undeveloped
land, and is not currently being used by the City.
G. The City Council desires to declare that the Property is surplus land and not
necessary for the City’s use.
H. The Act requires that before the City Council disposes of the Property or engages
in negotiations to dispose of the Property, the City shall send a written notice of availability
(Notice of Availability) of the Property to certain entities designated as recipients of the
Notice of Availability (Designated Entities).
I. The staff report presented to the City Council together with this Resolution contains
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the factual background and supporting information upon which the declaration and
findings set forth herein are based.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines
that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds that the Property is not necessary for the City’s
use.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby declares that the Property is surplus land
pursuant to Government Code Section 54221(b)(1) and will be disposed of with the
primary purpose of maximizing sale proceeds for the benefit of the City. It is the intent of
the City Council that the Property will not be sold for less than fair market value.
SECTION 5. The City Council directs the City Administrator, or his designee, to
issue a Notice of Availability to the Designated Entities in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 6. This Resolution has been reviewed with respect to applicability of
the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.)
(CEQA). City staff have determined that the designation of the Property as surplus does
not have the potential for creating a significant effect on the environment and is therefore
exempt from further review under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section
15060(c)(3) because it is not a project as defined by the CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
Adoption of the Resolution does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct
physical change in the environment of a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment. If and when the Property is sold to a purchaser and the purchaser
proposes a use for the Property that requires a discretionary permit and CEQA review,
that future use and project will be analyzed at the appropriate time in accordance with
CEQA.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk of the City of Vernon is directed to file a Notice of
Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062.
SECTION 8. The officers and staff of the City are hereby authorized, jointly and
severally, to do all things which they may deem necessary or proper to effectuate the
purposes of this Resolution, and any such actions previously taken are hereby ratified
and confirmed. Such actions include negotiating in good faith in accordance with the
requirements of the Act with any of the Designated Entities that submit a written notice of
interest to purchase the Property in compliance with the Act.
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SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of June, 2022.
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LETICIA LOPEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
LISA POPE, City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA,
Interim City Attorney
I CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION NO. 2022-13 was passed and
adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at the Regular meeting on June 7, 2022
by the following vote:
AYES: 5 Council Members: Davis, Merlo, Ybarra, Larios, Lopez
NOES: 0
ABSENT: 0
ABSTAIN: 0
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LISA POPE, City Clerk
(seal)
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EXHIBIT A
ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS OF THE PROPERTY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Parcel 1: (APN: 153-120-10-01-8 & 11-01-1)
The East half, Lots 1 and 2 of the Northwest quarter, and Lots 1 and 2 of the Southwest
quarter of Fractional Section 31, Township 29 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according
to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 2: (APN: 181-190-14-01-6)
The East half of Fractional Section 31, Township 30 South, Range 38 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 3: (APN: 181-190-15-01-9)
The West half of Fractional Section 31, Township 30 South, Range 37 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 4: (APN: 181-190-16-00-3)
Fractional Section 36, Township 30 South, Range 36 ½ East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Except all oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, sodium, gold, silver and all other mineral
deposits contained in said land, and further reserving to the State of California and
persons authorized by the State, the right to drill for and extract such deposits of oil and
gas, or gas, and to prospect for, mine and remove such deposits of other minerals from
said land and to occupy and use so much of the surface of said land as may be required
therefor, upon compliance with the conditions and subject to the provisions and limitations
of Chapter 5, Part I, Division 6 of the Public Resources Code, as reserved in Patent
recorded July 29, 1959 in Book 3170, Page(s) 179 of Official Records.
Parcel 5: (APN: 442-010-07-00-6)
Section 11, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
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Except an undivided ½ interest in all oil, gas and hydrocarbon substances, within or
underlying said land, as granted to J.C. Walser, also known as John Caswell Walser and
Blanche Walser, husband and wife as joint tenants, in Deed recorded July 9, 1937 in
Book 731, Page(s) 490 of Official Records.
Parcel 6: (APN: 442-010-04-00-7)
Fractional Section 1, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 7: (APN: 442-010-02-00-1)
The South half of the South half of Fractional Section 2, Township 30 South, Range 34
East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State
of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
Except an undivided ½ interest in all oil, gas and hydrocarbon substances, within or
underlying said land, as granted to J.C. Walser, also known as John Caswell Walser and
Blanche Walser, husband and wife as joint tenants, in Deed recorded July 9, 1937 in
Book 731, Page(s) 490 of Official Records.
Parcel 8: (APN: 442-030-05-00-6)
Section 13, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 9: (APN: 442-030-03-00-0)
Section 14, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Except all the coal and other minerals in the land so patented together with the right to
prospect for, mine and remove the same pursuant to the provisions and limitations of the
Act of December 29, 1916 (Stat. 862) as reserved by the United States of America in the
Patent recorded December 24, 1923 in Book 22, Page(s) 19 of Official Records.
Parcel 10: (APN: 443-010-02-00-8)
Section 23, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
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Parcel 11: (APN: 444-020-16-00-9)
Fractional Section 7, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 12: (APN: 444-020-14-00-3)
The North half of the North half of Section 8, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount
Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of
California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
Except and reserving to the United States, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of August
1, 1946 (60 Stat. 755), all uranium, thorium or any other materials which is or may be
determined to be peculiarly essential to the production of fissionable materials, whether
or not of commercial value, together with the right of the United States through its
authorized agents or representatives at any time to enter upon the lands and prospect
for, mine and remove the same as reserved in the Patent from the United States of
America, recorded April 27, 1949 in Book 1612, Page(s) 130 of Official Records.
Parcel 13: (APN: 444-020-03-00-1)
Fractional Section 5, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 14: (APN: 444-020-09-00-9)
The West half of the Northeast quarter, the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter,
and the West half of Section 9, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according
to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 15: (APN: 444-040-02-00-4)
Section 17, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 16: (APN: 444-040-11-00-0)
The West half of the Northeast quarter of Section 16, Township 30 South, Range 35 East,
Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of
California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
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Parcel 17: (APN: 444-070-01-00-0 & 02-00-3)
Fractional Section 3, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 18: (APN: 444-080-05-00-5)
The North half of Fractional Section 5, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 19: (APN: 444-080-06-00-8)
The South half of Fractional Section 5, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 20: (APN: 444-080-11-00-2)
The West half, and the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 8, Township
30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area,
County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 21: (APN: 444-080-09-00-7)
Section 9, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 22: (APN: 444-090-01-00-6)
Section 15, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 23: (APN: 444-100-04-00-7)
The West half, the West half of the Northeast quarter, the Southeast quarter of the
Northeast quarter, and the Southeast quarter, of Section 16, Township 30 South, Range
36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern,
State of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
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Parcel 24: (APN: 444-100-02-00-1)
Section 17, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 25: (APN 444-100-07-00-6)
Section 21, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 26: (APN: 444-090-07-00-4)
Section 23, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 27: (APN: 444-110-03-00-7)
Section 25, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Except a strip of land 200 feet wide granted to the City of Los Angeles by the Southern
Pacific Land Company by Deed recorded March 13, 1920 in Book 346, Page(s) 421 of
Deeds.
Parcel 28: (APN: 444-110-08-00-2)
Section 35, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 29: (APN: 444-110-06-00-6)
The North half of the Northwest quarter, the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter,
the West half of the Southwest quarter, the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter,
and the East half of Section 36, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according
to the Official Plat thereof.
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Parcel 30: (APN: 443-030-16-00-5)
Section 25, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof
Parcel 31: (APN: 444-040-18-00-1 & 19-00-4)
Fractional Section 19, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 32: (APN: 444-060-03-00-3)
Section 29, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 33: (APN: 444-120-06-00-9)
The Southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 34: (APN: 444-120-02-00-7)
Section 29, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
City Council Agenda Item Report
Submitted by: Angela Melgar
Submitting Department: Finance/Treasury
Meeting Date: June 7, 2022
SUBJECT
Declaration of Surplus Land
Recommendation:
A. Find that approval of the proposed action is exempt from California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) review, because the designation of the property as surplus does not
have the potential for creating a significant effect on the environment and is therefore
exempt from further review it is not a “project” as defined by the CEQA Guidelines
Section 15378. Adoption of the Resolution does not have the potential for resulting in
either a direct physical change in the environment of a reasonably foreseeable indirect
physical change in the environment. If and when the property is sold to a purchaser and
the purchaser proposes a use for the property that requires a discretionary permit and
CEQA review, that future use and project will be analyzed at the appropriate time in
accordance with CEQA; and
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2022-13 declaring pursuant to Government Code Section 54221
that real property owned by the City of Vernon located in an unincorporated area of Kern
County, is surplus land and not necessary for the City's use, finding that such declaration
is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, and
taking related actions.
Background:
The Surplus Land Act is state law (Government Code section 54220, et seq.) (SLA), which
requires that before a local agency takes any action to dispose of (sell or lease) real property,
it must declare the property to be either “surplus land” or “exempt surplus land”. Unless the
surplus land is exempt, the agency must give written notice of its availability to any local public
entity within whose jurisdiction the property is located, as well as housing sponsors that have
notified the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) of their
interest in surplus property.
The legislative intent of the SLA is to address the housing crisis in the State by essentially
granting affordable housing developers a "right of first refusal" on any land disposed of by a
local agency. The SLA created a series of procedures local agencies must follow prior to
disposition of real property no longer necessary for the agency's use. The HCD has oversight
authority to enforce compliance with the SLA and has issued the guidelines below:
Once the City determines if property is not necessary for the agency's use, City Council
declares parcel either "surplus" or "exempt surplus" via resolution.
City sends a Notice of Availability (NOA) to the parties designated in the SLA, including
HCD. Any interested entity or association has 60 days after the NOA is transmitted to
notify the City in writing.
All responses to the NOA must be date and time stamped by the City as they are
received.
If no notice of interest (NOI) is received, the City may proceed to dispose of the
parcel, but must record a deed restriction requiring 15% of any residential units of
a development of 10 or more units be affordable for period of 55 years for rental
units and 45 years for ownership units. A copy of the recorded deed restriction
must be provided to HCD.
If such Notice of Interest is received and complies with the SLA, the City must enter
into "good faith" negotiations to determine a mutually satisfactory sales price and
terms. If the price or terms cannot be agreed upon after a good faith negotiation
period of not less than 90 days, the City may dispose of the land however it wishes,
subject to final approval of the City's process by HCD and must record the same
deed restriction, described above.
After the City has sent a NOA and concluded attempts to negotiate in good faith with any
interested party, and is about to enter into an agreement with an entity, the City must
provide a report to HCD, describing its NOA and negotiation process.
HCD then has 30 days to notify the City whether it has violated the SLA. The City would
in turn have 60 days to correct the violation or submit findings as to why the law was not
violated. Otherwise, if the City is not notified of a violation by HCD within 30 days, the
City received "safe harbor" and is not subject to the SLA's penalty provisions, which the
HCD can impose for noncompliance.
If an agency fails to provide the proper notices, the SLA includes significant penalties. For a
first violation of the SLA, HCD can require that 30% if the sales price be deposited into a local
housing trust and 50% for subsequent violations.
The SLA’s definition of “exempt surplus property” includes: property that is less than 5000
square feet; property that is transferred to another local, state or federal agency for that
agency’s use; property exchanged for another property for that agency’s use; property put out
to competitive bid for 100% affordable housing units or for 300 (or more) housing units, at
least 25% of which must be affordable to lower income households; property that is subject to
a valid legal restriction not imposed by the local agency that would prohibit housing
(nonresidential zoning is not a valid legal restriction); property that is too small for residential
use; or is a former street or easement that is conveyed to an adjacent property owner; and
property that is licensed or leased for one year or less.
City staff has concluded that the proposed surplus property does not qualify as exempt under
the SLA.
On May 17, 2022, the Declaration of Surplus Land for City-owned property in Kern County and
property on East 55th Street, Vernon agenda item was tabled. Staff is bringing the Declaration
of Surplus Land for the property in Kern County back for City Council's consideration. The
City-owned property on East 55th Street in Vernon may be addressed at a later time, should
the City no longer have a use for said property.
Proposed Surplus Property
The City of Vernon is the owner in fee simple of real property located in the unincorporated
area of Kern County northeast of Tehachapi and west of State Route 14. In 2008, the City
purchased 29,722.44 acres of land in Kern County, California (Kern County Property) in an
area known as the Tehachapi Wind Resources Area, with the intent of developing renewable
energy power facilities to enhance the City’s municipal electric utility operated by its Light and
Power Department. In 2010, the City sold a 12,420 acre portion of the Wind Land. The
remaining Kern County Property is approximately 16,409.70 acres in size, is vacant,
undeveloped land, and is not currently being used by the City. The City has determined that
the development of renewable energy power facilities on the Kern County Property by the City
is no longer feasible.
The City desires to declare that the property described above is surplus land and not
necessary for the City’s use. Any proposed Purchase and Sale Agreements related to this
property in the future will be subject to City Council approval.
Fiscal Impact:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this report.
Attachments:
1. Resolution No. 2022-13
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON
DECLARING, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54221,
THAT REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF VERNON LOCATED
IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA OF KERN COUNTY, IS SURPLUS
LAND AND NOT NECESSARY FOR THE CITY’S USE, FINDING THAT
SUCH DECLARATION IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND
TAKING RELATED ACTIONS
SECTION 1. Recitals.
A.The City of Vernon (City) is the owner in fee simple of that certain real property
located in the unincorporated area of Kern County northeast of Tehachapi and west of
State Route 14 and commonly referenced by the Assessor’s Parcel Numbers set forth on
Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference (the “Property”).
B.Under the Surplus Land Act, Government Code Section 54220 et seq. (Act),
surplus land is land owned in fee simple by the City for which the City Council takes formal
action in a regular public meeting declaring the land is surplus and not necessary for the
City’s use. The land must be declared either surplus land or exempt surplus land.
C.Under the Act, land is necessary for the City’s use if the land is being used, or is
planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the City Council, for City work
or operations.
D.The City acquired the Property with the intent of developing renewable energy
power facilities to enhance the City’s municipal electric utility operated by its Light and
Power Department.
E.The City has determined that the development of renewable energy power facilities
on the Property by the City is no longer feasible.
F.The Property is approximately 16,409.70 acres in size, is vacant, undeveloped
land, and is not currently being used by the City.
G.The City Council desires to declare that the Property is surplus land and not
necessary for the City’s use.
H.The Act requires that before the City Council disposes of the Property or engages
in negotiations to dispose of the Property, the City shall send a written notice of availability
(Notice of Availability) of the Property to certain entities designated as recipients of the
Notice of Availability (Designated Entities).
I.The staff report presented to the City Council together with this Resolution contains
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the factual background and supporting information upon which the declaration and
findings set forth herein are based.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines
that the above recitals are true and correct.
SECTION 3. The City Council finds that the Property is not necessary for the City’s
use.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby declares that the Property is surplus land
pursuant to Government Code Section 54221(b)(1) and will be disposed of with the
primary purpose of maximizing sale proceeds for the benefit of the City. It is the intent of
the City Council that the Property will not be sold for less than fair market value.
SECTION 5. The City Council directs the City Administrator, or his designee, to
issue a Notice of Availability to the Designated Entities in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 6. This Resolution has been reviewed with respect to applicability of
the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.)
(CEQA). City staff have determined that the designation of the Property as surplus does
not have the potential for creating a significant effect on the environment and is therefore
exempt from further review under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section
15060(c)(3) because it is not a project as defined by the CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.
Adoption of the Resolution does not have the potential for resulting in either a direct
physical change in the environment of a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change
in the environment. If and when the Property is sold to a purchaser and the purchaser
proposes a use for the Property that requires a discretionary permit and CEQA review,
that future use and project will be analyzed at the appropriate time in accordance with
CEQA.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk of the City of Vernon is directed to file a Notice of
Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062.
SECTION 8. The officers and staff of the City are hereby authorized, jointly and
severally, to do all things which they may deem necessary or proper to effectuate the
purposes of this Resolution, and any such actions previously taken are hereby ratified
and confirmed. Such actions include negotiating in good faith in accordance with the
requirements of the Act with any of the Designated Entities that submit a written notice of
interest to purchase the Property in compliance with the Act.
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SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of June, 2022.
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LETICIA LOPEZ, Mayor
ATTEST:
LISA POPE, City Clerk
(seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ZAYNAH N. MOUSSA,
Interim City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS OF THE PROPERTY AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Parcel 1: (APN: 153-120-10-01-8 & 11-01-1)
The East half, Lots 1 and 2 of the Northwest quarter, and Lots 1 and 2 of the Southwest
quarter of Fractional Section 31, Township 29 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according
to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 2: (APN: 181-190-14-01-6)
The East half of Fractional Section 31, Township 30 South, Range 38 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 3: (APN: 181-190-15-01-9)
The West half of Fractional Section 31, Township 30 South, Range 37 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 4: (APN: 181-190-16-00-3)
Fractional Section 36, Township 30 South, Range 36 ½ East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Except all oil, gas, oil shale, coal, phosphate, sodium, gold, silver and all other mineral
deposits contained in said land, and further reserving to the State of California and
persons authorized by the State, the right to drill for and extract such deposits of oil and
gas, or gas, and to prospect for, mine and remove such deposits of other minerals from
said land and to occupy and use so much of the surface of said land as may be required
therefor, upon compliance with the conditions and subject to the provisions and limitations
of Chapter 5, Part I, Division 6 of the Public Resources Code, as reserved in Patent
recorded July 29, 1959 in Book 3170, Page(s) 179 of Official Records.
Parcel 5: (APN: 442-010-07-00-6)
Section 11, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
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Except an undivided ½ interest in all oil, gas and hydrocarbon substances, within or
underlying said land, as granted to J.C. Walser, also known as John Caswell Walser and
Blanche Walser, husband and wife as joint tenants, in Deed recorded July 9, 1937 in
Book 731, Page(s) 490 of Official Records.
Parcel 6: (APN: 442-010-04-00-7)
Fractional Section 1, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 7: (APN: 442-010-02-00-1)
The South half of the South half of Fractional Section 2, Township 30 South, Range 34
East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State
of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
Except an undivided ½ interest in all oil, gas and hydrocarbon substances, within or
underlying said land, as granted to J.C. Walser, also known as John Caswell Walser and
Blanche Walser, husband and wife as joint tenants, in Deed recorded July 9, 1937 in
Book 731, Page(s) 490 of Official Records.
Parcel 8: (APN: 442-030-05-00-6)
Section 13, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 9: (APN: 442-030-03-00-0)
Section 14, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Except all the coal and other minerals in the land so patented together with the right to
prospect for, mine and remove the same pursuant to the provisions and limitations of the
Act of December 29, 1916 (Stat. 862) as reserved by the United States of America in the
Patent recorded December 24, 1923 in Book 22, Page(s) 19 of Official Records.
Parcel 10: (APN: 443-010-02-00-8)
Section 23, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
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Parcel 11: (APN: 444-020-16-00-9)
Fractional Section 7, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 12: (APN: 444-020-14-00-3)
The North half of the North half of Section 8, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount
Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of
California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
Except and reserving to the United States, pursuant to the provisions of the Act of August
1, 1946 (60 Stat. 755), all uranium, thorium or any other materials which is or may be
determined to be peculiarly essential to the production of fissionable materials, whether
or not of commercial value, together with the right of the United States through its
authorized agents or representatives at any time to enter upon the lands and prospect
for, mine and remove the same as reserved in the Patent from the United States of
America, recorded April 27, 1949 in Book 1612, Page(s) 130 of Official Records.
Parcel 13: (APN: 444-020-03-00-1)
Fractional Section 5, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 14: (APN: 444-020-09-00-9)
The West half of the Northeast quarter, the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter,
and the West half of Section 9, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according
to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 15: (APN: 444-040-02-00-4)
Section 17, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 16: (APN: 444-040-11-00-0)
The West half of the Northeast quarter of Section 16, Township 30 South, Range 35 East,
Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of
California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
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Parcel 17: (APN: 444-070-01-00-0 & 02-00-3)
Fractional Section 3, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 18: (APN: 444-080-05-00-5)
The North half of Fractional Section 5, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 19: (APN: 444-080-06-00-8)
The South half of Fractional Section 5, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 20: (APN: 444-080-11-00-2)
The West half, and the Southwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 8, Township
30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area,
County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 21: (APN: 444-080-09-00-7)
Section 9, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 22: (APN: 444-090-01-00-6)
Section 15, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 23: (APN: 444-100-04-00-7)
The West half, the West half of the Northeast quarter, the Southeast quarter of the
Northeast quarter, and the Southeast quarter, of Section 16, Township 30 South, Range
36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern,
State of California, according to the Official Plat thereof.
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Parcel 24: (APN: 444-100-02-00-1)
Section 17, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 25: (APN 444-100-07-00-6)
Section 21, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 26: (APN: 444-090-07-00-4)
Section 23, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 27: (APN: 444-110-03-00-7)
Section 25, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Except a strip of land 200 feet wide granted to the City of Los Angeles by the Southern
Pacific Land Company by Deed recorded March 13, 1920 in Book 346, Page(s) 421 of
Deeds.
Parcel 28: (APN: 444-110-08-00-2)
Section 35, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 29: (APN: 444-110-06-00-6)
The North half of the Northwest quarter, the Southwest quarter of the Northwest quarter,
the West half of the Southwest quarter, the Southeast quarter of the Southwest quarter,
and the East half of Section 36, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base
and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according
to the Official Plat thereof.
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Parcel 30: (APN: 443-030-16-00-5)
Section 25, Township 30 South, Range 34 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof
Parcel 31: (APN: 444-040-18-00-1 & 19-00-4)
Fractional Section 19, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and
Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to
the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 32: (APN: 444-060-03-00-3)
Section 29, Township 30 South, Range 35 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.
Parcel 33: (APN: 444-120-06-00-9)
The Southwest quarter of Section 28, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo
Base and Meridian, in the un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California,
according to the Official Plat thereof.
Parcel 34: (APN: 444-120-02-00-7)
Section 29, Township 30 South, Range 36 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian, in the
un-incorporated area, County of Kern, State of California, according to the Official Plat
thereof.