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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-059
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT DECLARING PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION
54221 THAT REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT LOCATED AT 47501 PORTOLA AVENUE (PORTION OF APN
630-250-052) 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
WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert (“City”) is the owner in fee simple of that
certain real property located at 47501 Portola Avenue in the City of Palm Desert, County
of Riverside, State of California comprising a 0.95 acre portion of Assessor’s Parcel
Number 630-250-052 as further depicted in Exhibit A-1, attached hereto and incorporated
herein by this reference (the “Property”); and
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, 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; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the land is not being used, nor is it
planned to be used pursuant to a written plan adopted by the City Council, for City work
or operations; and
WHEREAS, the Property is approximately 0.95 acres in size, is vacant,
undeveloped land, and is not currently being used by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to declare that the Property is surplus land
and not necessary for the City’s use; and
WHEREAS, 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”); and
WHEREAS, the staff report presented to the City Council together with this
Resolution contains the factual background and supporting information upon which the
declaration and findings set forth herein are based;
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm
Desert as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated as a
substantive part of this Resolution.
SECTION 2. The City Council finds that the Property is not necessary for the City’s
use.
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby declares that the Property is surplus land
pursuant to Government Code Section 54221(b)(1), and will be disposed of in accordance
with the Act.
SECTION 4. The City Council directs the City Manager, or his designee, to issue
a Notice of Availability to the Designated Entities in accordance with the Act.
SECTION 5. Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the
sale of surplus property is categorically exempt under section 15312 (Surplus
Government Property Sales), Class 12, as the property does not have significant vale as
a habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species, the property is of such size, shape
or inaccessibility that it is incapable of independent development or use, and the sale will
not result in any physical changes to the environment at this stage. Any future
development of the property by a purchaser will be subject to separate CEQA review by
the appropriate lead agency at that time.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert is directed to file a Notice
of Exemption pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062.
SECTION 7. 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 issuing a Notice of Availability and 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.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert shall certify to the passage,
approval and adoption of this resolution, and the City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert
shall cause this Resolution and the City Clerk’s certification to be entered in the File of
Resolutions of the Council of this City.
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ADOPTED ON JULY 10, 2025.
JAN C. HARNIK
MAYOR
ATTEST:
__________
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
I, Anthony J. Mejia, City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2025-059 is a full, true, and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert on July 10, 2025, by the
following vote:
AYES: NESTANDE, PRADETTO, QUINTANILLA, TRUBEE, AND HARNIK
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
RECUSED: NONE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of
the City of Palm Desert, California, on _____________.
_____________
ANTHONY J. MEJIA
CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A-1
THE PROPERTY
The Property comprises the 0.95 acre portion of APN 630-250-052 highlighted in red
below.
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