HomeMy WebLinkAbout23 - Acquisition of Surplus School District PropertyAGENDA ITEM NO. 22
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH BYThE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
Office of the City Manager
September 9, 1996 $W 91996
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM: Kevin J. Murphy, City Manager Pq
SUBJECT: ACQUISITION OF SURPLUS SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY
BACKGROUND
The City received notification recently that the Newport -Mesa Unified School
District (NMUSD) will no longer require the use of their property at 1601 East
16th Street in Newport Beach. The site is currently in use as the administrative
headquarters for the School District and currently houses the executive staff of
the District. The Community Services Director prepared a report and reviewed
this matter with the Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission who has
recommended that the City negotiate with the School District for the purchase of
the site for the eventual erection of a City indoor recreation facility. A report on
the matter is attached from the Community Services Director providing
additional details on the site and the reasons the Parks, Beaches and
Recreation Commission recommended this action to the City Council.
Under the Education Code provisions when a School District declares a site as
surplus and prior to sale on the open market, it must offer the site to the local
City for other public use. The Education Code also provides that the School
District must discount the fair market value of the site. I've attached the relevant
portions of the Education Code related to the sale and negotiations.
The purpose of this report is to supplement the report of the Community
Services Director and highlight my concerns with the recommendation of the
Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission recommendation and ultimately
recommend to the City Council that you respectively decline the offer of the
NMUSD and permit the District to offer the property on the open market for sale.
DISCUSSION
The acquisition of the NMUSD surplus property for the purposes outlined by the
Community Services Director is certainly a worthy and needed facility within the
City's current and future recreational program. However, the need must be
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balanced against the cost of purchasing, developing and maintaining this site
versus other worthy uses of the City's park -in -lieu monies. After weighing the
alternatives I've concluded that the acquisition and development of this property
would not be the best use of the City's park -in -lieu monies and that there are
other alternatives available to the City on the short and long term to serve our
indoor recreational needs. I've drawn this conclusion for the following reasons:
1. The City currently has a balance of approximately $400,000 in
available park -in -lieu monies and anticipates with the build out
over the next two to three years of the Ford/Loral site an additional
$2 million pursuant to our Development Agreement for park
purposes. It is unlikely that the City will see any additional park -in -
lieu monies of any significance since the City will have developed
all of the remaining large parcels with the Ford/Loral
redevelopment.
Thus, the purchase and development of the 16th Street site at an
estimated cost of $2.6 million in 1996 dollars will exhaust all
available park -in -lieu monies. This will leave the City unable to
acquire any other potential park sites in the City without the use of
City General Funds or donations. The City's current General Fund
Stabilization Reserve is below the City Council's current policy of
15% of operating expenditures or approximately $9.5 million and
below our former standard of 10% or $6.3 million.
2. Currently, the Community Services Department is rightfully
concerned about the future availability of one of the City's two
current gymnasiums at Lincoln School; however, the City can and
should negotiate for the use of other current public and private
gymnasiums available on both sides of the Bay. The City's lease
of the Lincoln Athletic Facility has expired and the City staff is
currently negotiating with NMUSD for a long term joint use
agreement which would satisfy the City's long term needs for
indoor recreational facilities.
NMUSD has indicated a need for the use of the current Lincoln
gymnasium as interim classroom/support facility while NMUSD
constructs a new school site in the downcoast area to relieve
overcrowded classrooms due to downcoast development. The
City was originally told that the City could expect a two year
interruption of use of the gymnasium and now it appears that this
interruption could be extended based on NMUSD action in the
next month which could reduce class sizes in the kindergarten and
third grades, in addition to the current classroom size reductions
for first and second grades. In recent conversation with the
NMUSD Superintendent of Schools Mac Bernd, there has been
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an expression on his part to work diligently with the City on other
interim alternatives for indoor recreational needs of the City during
the use of the Lincoln gymnasium for classroom/support use and
towards a long term joint use agreement.
Nevertheless, within the City there are currently eight indoor
gymnasiums including the City's at the West Newport Community
Center, one at Ensign Intermediate School, two at Newport Harbor
High School, two at Corona del Mar High School, one at Lincoln
Elementary School and one owned by the City and under a month
to month groundlease to the Boys and Girls Club in the Eastbluff
area. The City is currently negotiating with the Boys and Girls
Club on a long term groundlease extension which would include
joint use by the City during the interim period of time that the
School District anticipates the need of the Lincoln gymnasium.
The City staff has not actively pursued other options for our
programs while we have pursued the use of the Boys and Girls
Club facility.
In the final analysis it doesn't make good fiscal sense to spend all
of the remaining City park -in -lieu monies when other opportunities
exist for interim and permanent indoor recreational needs among
the nine existing facilities within the City.
3. The City does need additional active recreation facilities in the City
to serve current and future residents. The City's Parks, Beaches
and Recreation Commission is in the process of working with City
staff on the preparation of an update to our Recreation and Open
Space Element to the General Plan. As the City developed over
the last thirty years primarily on the east side of the City, there
have been significant active recreational facilities added which
because of the lack of large active recreation facilities on the west
side of the City and the peninsula serve the entire City. More
recently, the newly developed downcoast areas are also
impacting the active recreational facilities on the east side of the
City. The development of Bob Henry and Castaways Park over
the next year will improve active park facilities, particularly on the
west side of the City, but still leaves a large deficiency for active
play fields for soccer, softball and baseball.
The City has been working over the last five years to pursue the
acquisition and development of the Caltrans West parcel, which
more recently has been referred to as Sunset Ridge. The long
term plan has been to require the West Newport Oil property
owners to acquire and develop this parcel of land for active
recreation purposes as a condition of their housing development.
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This naturally hinges on their timetable to develop their land and
construct new housing in the area to the west of this site. Caltrans
has previously indicated a strong desire for the City to acquire this
site and is willing to negotiate a fair price. The Caltrans West
(Sunset Ridge) site is approximately 11 net acres of open space.
Use of all the remaining monies for the NMUSD site leaves the
City without the resources to either acquire or develop the Sunset
Ridge site independent of the West Newport Oil development
timetable or consider use of the monies on priorities developed
from the update to the City's Recreation and Open Space
CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Based on the City's limited resources, alternative indoor recreational facilities,
and other higher priority open space and recreational needs and opportunities
it is my recommendation that the City Council respectively decline to acquire the
property located at 1601 East 16th Street currently owned by the NMUSD.
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
September 9, 1996
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
ITEM NO.
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Parks, Beaches and Recreation Commission
SUBJECT: Request for Purchase of Surplus Property
Recommendation
The Parks, Beaches and
Council negotiate with the
purchase of the property
Newport Beach.
Background
Recreation Commission requests that the City
Newport -Mesa Unified School District for the
declared surplus at 1601 East 16th Street,
The City has had a long-term lease with the Newport -Mesa Unified School
District for the use of the gymnasium and fields at the Lincoln Athletic
Center since 1985. However, the City has been notified that by fall of 1997
the District will require the use of the gymnasium to meet classroom
requirements. It is not known when, or even if, the District will no longer
require the use of this facility, and it might again be available for City-wide
programs.
The Recreation Division currently conducts an extensive indoor athletic
program throughout the year at both the West Newport Community Center
and the Lincoln facility. The loss of the Lincoln facility will drastically
restrict the programs that can be provided for the community.
On June 13, 1996, the District notified the City that the approximately one
acre site at 1601 Sixteenth Street, Newport Beach, formerly an
administrative site, has been declared surplus property.
Pursuant to Education Code Section 39363.5 and the provisions of the
Naylor Act commencing with Education Code Section 39390, the District
offered the property for sale. The Board of Education extended the
availability of this offer to September 12, 1996.
According to District officials, the property was appraised in spring of 1996
for $840,000. The site is shown on the City's General Plan as a
Governmental Educational Institutional Facility (GEIF). The site is
approximately 48,000 square feet; 43,560 square feet is the equivalent of
one acre. The West Newport Community Center, with gymnasium,
classrooms and parking is 36,000 square feet.
Recent costs for construction of gymnasium with classrooms, etc., are in
the range of $2 million, based on recent examples:
Tustin, 1994 - approximately 16,000 sq. ft. - $2,110,540
Downey, 1996 - 14,195 sq. ft. - 1,856,410
Cerritos, 1995 - 18,684 sq. ft. - 2,000,000
At the August 6, 1996 meeting, the Parks, Beaches and Recreation
Commission voted unanimously to request that the City Council negotiate
with the Newport -Mesa Unified School District for the purchase of this site
for the eventual erection of a City indoor recreation facility.
Since it is recommended that this site be utilized as a community park, in -
lieu park fees, when available, could be utilized for this purchase pursuant
to City Council Policy 1-1, Park Fee Policy. Negotiations on price could be
conducted by the Co mmunity S2ivic 2s Department and/or the City
Manager's office.
Attachments
NEWPOR T-MESA
Unified
School District
Post office oo.r IJ68 •
newporr beat:k,
calijarnia 92663 • (714) 760-3200
SOASO OF TRUS—. E=S
JIM ce SCOM - EDWARD H. DECKER - IVIART'HA FLUGR - JUDITH A. FRANCO
SHERRY LOOFSOURROW - ROOERICK H. Mac.MILLIAN - FORREST K. WERNER
June 13, 1996
City of Newport Beach
3300 Newport Blvd.
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Attention: Kevin Murphy
City Manager
Re: Notice of Surplus Property
Dear Mr. Roeder:
OR. MAC SERN0. Superintendent
The Board of Education of the Newport -Mesa Unified School District has declared the
approximate 1 acre administrative site located at 1601 Sixteenth Street, Newport Beach,
California, as surplus property. This property was previously used for administrative purposes.
Pursuant to Education Code section 39363.5 and the provisions of the Naylor Act commencing
with Education Code section 39390, the District is offering the property for sale.
If the City of Newport Beach desires to acquire the subject property, please notify the
Newport -Mesa Unified School District, Attention: Carolyn B. Stocker, 2985-A Bear Street, Costa
Ivfesa, California, 92626, telephone (714) 556-3240.
Very truly yours,
Carolyn B. Stocker, Executive Director
Business Services and Auxiliary Operations
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BUSINESS SERVICES & AUXILIARY OPERATIONS CAROLYN STOCKER, Executive Director
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NEWPORT--MESA Unified School District
post office box 1368 • newport beach, california 92663 • (714) 760-32.00
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
JIM de BOOM . EDWARD H. DECKER . MARTHA FLUOR
JUDY FRANCO • JIM FERRYMAN • WENDY LEECE • SERENE STOKES
DR. MAC BERND, Superintendent
August 21, 1996
Kevin J. Murphy, City Manager
City of Newport Beach
City Hall
3300 Newport Boulevard
Newport Beach, CA 92663-3884
Dear Kevin:
Your request for the Newport -Mesa Unified School District to make the 16th Street site
available for City purchase until September 12, 1996, is hereby granted.
Sincerely,
C_ N '_�
C. M. Bernd
Superintendent
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cc: Carolyn Stocker
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
1601 SIXTEENTH STREET — NEWPORT 8EACH, CAL[ FORNIA 92663 —PHONE (714) 760-3500
§ 54221 CITIES, COUNTIES, ETC. Title 5
(d) As used in this article, the term "persons and families of
low or moderate income" means the same as provided under Section
50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Added by Stats.1968, c. 621, p. 1307, § 1. Amended by Stats.1973, c. 1038,
P. 2061, § 3; Stats.1974, c. 1037, p. 2237, § 1; Stats.1979, c. 942, p. 3246, §
2; Stats.1982, c. 1442, § 2.)
Historical Note
The 1973 amendment added subd. (c) .
The 1974 amendment inserted ", includ-
ing school districts of any kind or class,"
in subd. (a).
The 1979 amendment inserted a comma
following "article" in subds. (b) and (c) ;
and added subd. (d).
The 1982 amendment deleted "and which
is capable of park or recreation develop-
ment," preceding "except" in subd. (b) ;
and substituted "persons and families of
low or moderate income" for "low or
moderate income" in subd. (d).
§ 54222. Offer to sell or lease property
Any agency of the state and any local agency disposing of sur-
plus land shall, prior to disposing of that property, send a written of-
fer to sell or lease the property as follows:
(a) A written offer to sell or lease for the purpose of developing
low- and moderate -income housing shall be sent to any local agencies
including, but not limited to, housing authorities or redevelopment
agencies within whose jurisdiction the surplus land is located.
(b) A written offer to sell or lease for park and recreational pur-
poses or open -space purposes shall be sent:
(1) To any park or recreation department of any city within
which the land may be situated.
(2) To any park or recreation department of the county within
which the land is situated.
(3) To any regional park authority having jurisdiction within
the area in which the land is'situated.
(4) To the State Resources Agency or any agency which may
succeed to its powers.
(c) The entity desiring to purchase or lease the surplus land for
low- and moderate -income housing purposes or for park or recreation
purposes or for open -space purposes, shall notify in writing the dis-
posing agency of its intent to purchase or lease the land within 60
days after receipt of the agency's notification of intent to sell the
land.
(Added by Stats.1968, c. 621, p. 1307, § 1. Amended by Stats.1973, c. 1038,
P. 2061, § 4 ; Stats.1974, c. 1339, p. 2912, § 1; Stats.1979, c. 942, p. 3246, §
3; Stats.1982, c. 1442, § 3.)
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SURPLUS LAND
Historical Note
As enacted in 1968, this section read:
"Any agency of the state and any local
agency disposing of surplus land shall
first notify in writing the following enti-
ties of their intent to dispose of the prop-
erty and offer such land for park or rec-
reational purposes to the following enti-
ties at fair market value prior to dispos-
al:
"(a) To any park or recreation depart-
ment of any city within which the land
nuly be situated.
"(b) To any park or recreation depart-
ment of the county within which the land
is situated.
"(c) To any regional park authority
having jurisdiction within the area in
which the land is situated.
"(d) To the State Resources Agency or
any agency which may succeed to its pow-
ers."
The 1973 amendment inserted "or for
open -space purposes" following "recrea-
tional purposes" in the introductory
clause.
The 1974 amendment substituted "shall,
prior to disposing of such property, noti-
§ 54223
fy" for "shall first notify" in the intro-
ductory clause.
The 1979 amendment inserted a new
subd. (d) (see 1982 amendment note) ;
and redesignated former subd. (d) as subd.
(e) [now par. 4 of subd. (a) 1.
The 1982 amendment substituted ,that
property" for "such property" and "send
a written offer to sell or lease the prop-
erty as follows:" for "notify in writing
the following entities of their intent to
dispose of the property and offer such
land for park or recreational purposes or
for open -space purposes to the following
entities at fair market value prior to dis-
posal:" in the introductory clause; in-
serted subd. (a); inserted the introducto-
ry clause of subd. (b); redesignated
former subds. (a), (b) and (c) as pars.
(1), (2), and (3); deleted former subd.
(d), which read:
"To any local agency, redevelopment
agency or housing authority within which
the land is situated.";
redesignated former subd. (e) as par.
(4) ; and added subd. (c).
Cross References
Public property, authority to sell or lease, see § 50570.
Surplus community college property, disposal at discount for park or recreational pur-
poses, see Education Code § 81190.
Surplus lands transfers to local agency for housing for persons of low or moderate in-
come, see § 11011.4.
§ 54223. Negotiations to determine sales price or lease terms;
failure to agree on price or terms
After the disposing agency has received notice from the entity
desiring to purchase or lease the land, the disposing agency and the
entity shall enter into good faith negotiations to determine a mutual-
ly satisfactory sales price or lease terms. If the price or terms can-
not be agreed upon after a good faith negotiation period of not less
than 60 days, the land may be disposed of without further regard to
this article.
(Added by Stats.1968, c. 621, p. 1307, § 1. Amended by Stats.1973, c. 1038,
P. 2062, § 5 ; Stats.1979, c. 942, p. 3247, § 4; Stats.1982, c. 1442, § 4.)
Historical Note
As added in 1968, this section read:
"Tile entity desiring to purchase the
surplus land for park or recreation use
must notify the selling agency within 60
days of its intent to purchase the land
after receipt of the agency's notification
of intent to sell the land. If the entity
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desiring to purchase the land and the sell-
ing agency are unable to arrive at a mu-
tually satisfactory sales price for said
land during the 60-day period, the land
may be disposed of in the normal man-
ner."
§ 39383 SCHOOL FACILITIES
Title 2
Historical.and Statutory Notes
Le islative findings in Stats.1990, c. 1372 1970, c. 102, p. 187, § 207; Stats.1970, c. 282, p,
(S.B.1854), regarding application of Education 557, § 3).
Code provisions to community colleges, and Educ.C.1943, § 18741 (Stats.1943, c. 71,
authority of community college districts under p.
Const. Art. 9, § 14, see Historical and Statutory 680).
Notes under § 40. School C. § 6.212, added by Stats.1931, c.
Derivation: Educ.C.1959, § 16301 (Stats. 1054, p. 2207, § 1.
1959, c. 2, p. 1103, § 16301, amended by Stats.
§ 39384. Repealed by Stats.1982, c. 689, p. 2824, § 2
Historical and Statutory Notes
The repealed section, enacted by Stats.1977, related to legislative intent, and was derived
c. 36, § 448, amended by Stats.1980, c. 165, p. from Educ.C.1959, § 16051.1, added by Stats.
363, § 1; Stats.1980, c. 1354, p. 4858, § 37.2, 1976, c. 606, § 1.
Article 5
SURPLUS SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, PLAYING FIELD,
AND RECREATIONAL PROPERTY
Section
39390. Legislative intent.
39391. Application of article.
39392. School site; governing board.
39393. Authorization to sell or lease school sites.
39394. Offers to sell or lease school sites to public agencies; priorities; discretion;
notice of intent to purchase or lease.
39395. Retention of part of school site.
39396. Sales price; maximum and minimum; annual rate of lease.
39397. Public agencies proposing to purchase or lease land; findings; approval.
39397.5. Public agencies; surplus school property purchases; plans; operative date of
section.
39398. Maintenance by public agencies; uses of land; reacquisition by school
district.
39399. Law governing.
39400. Failure of compliance by school district; validity of transfer or conveyance.
39401. Exemption of surplus school sites.
39402. Alternative agreements for disposition of property.
39403. Limitation on rights of acquisition or lease by public agencies.
39404. Excluded school districts:
Article 5 was added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2199, § 2.
Cross References
Sale or lease of surplus property, failure to comply with preferred uses, required sale under this
article, see § 39360.3.
§ 39390. Legislative intent
The Legislature is concerned that school playgrounds, playing fields and
recreational real property will be lost for such uses by the surrounding
communities even where those communities in their planning process have
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assumed that such properties would be permanently available for recreational
purposes. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article to allow
school districts to recover their investment in such surplus property while
making it possible for other agencies of government to acquire the property
and keep it available for playground, playing field or other outdoor recre-
ational and open -space purposes.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2199, § 2.)
Cross References
Rezoning of unused school property, see Government Code § 65852.9.
Library References
Schools a65. C.J.S. Schools and School Districts § 241 et
WESTLAW Topic No. 345. seq.
§ 39391. Application of article
This article shall apply to any school site owned by a school district, which
the governing board determines to sell or lease, and with respect to which the
following conditions exist:
(a) Either the whole or a portion of the school site consists of land which is
used for school playground, playing field, or other outdoor recreational
purposes and open -space land particularly suited for recreational purposes.
(b) The land described in subdivision (a) has been used for one or more of
the purposes specified therein for at least eight years immediately preceding
the date of the governing board's determination to sell or lease the school site.
(c) No other available publicly owned land in the vicinity of the school site
is adequate to meet the existing and foreseeable needs of the community for
playground, playing field, or other outdoor recreational and open -space
purposes, as determined by the governing body of the public agency which
proposes to purchase or lease land from the school district, pursuant to
Section 39397. 1
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2199, § 2. Amended by Stats.1981, c. 507, p. 1862,
§ 1.)
Notes of Decisions
Offers 1 offers; Act did not explicitly define "offer" or
implicitly, by breadth of its regulation, support
conclusion that common law had been sup-
L Offers planted for purposes of determining whether
Naylor Act, governing. disposal of surplus offer had been made. City of Moorpark v.
school property, was not intended to supplant Moorpark Unified School Dist. (1991) 1 Cal.
common law of contracts as it pertained to Rptr.2d 896, 54 Cal.3d 921, 819 P.2d 854.
§ 39392. School site; governing board
As used in this article, "school site" means a parcel of land, or two or more
contiguous parcels, which is owned by a school district. "Governing board"
means the governing board of the school district which owns the school site.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2200, § 2.)
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§ 39393. Authorization to sell or lease school sites
The governing board of any school district may sell or lease any school site
containing land described in Section 39391, and, if the governing board
decides to sell or lease such land, it shall do so in accordance with the
provisions of this article.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2200, § 2.)
§ 39394. Offers to sell or lease school sites to public agencies; priorities;
discretion; notice of intent to purchase or lease
Notwithstanding Section 54222 of the Government Code, the governing
board, prior to selling or leasing any school site containing land described in
Section 39391, excluding that portion of a school site retained by the govern-
ing board pursuant to Section 39395, shall first offer to sell or lease that
portion of the school site consisting of lend described in Section 39391,
excluding that portion retained by the governing board pursuant to Section
39395, to the following public agencies in accordance with the following
priorities:
j� (a) First, to any city within which the land may be situated.
(b) Second, to any park or recreation district within which the land may be
situated.
(c) Third, to any regional park authority having jurisdiction within the area
in which the land is situated.
(d) Fourth, to any county within which the land may be situated.
The governing board shall have discretion to determine whether the offer
shall be an offer to sell or an offer to lease.
An entity which proposes to purchase or lease a school site offered by a
school district shall notify the district of its intention, in writing, within 60
days after receiving written notification from the district of its offer to sell or
lease.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2200, § 2.)
Notes of Decisions
Offers 1
1. Offers
At common law, school district did not make
effective legal offer to sell surplus property
through notice informing other public agencies
that it "propose(d) to offer for sale, lease or
exchange all or a portion of the [site] at fair
market value"; although notice manifested
willingness to enter into bargain, it did not do
so in a way that would justify understanding
that assent by recipient of notice was invited
and would conclude bargain, but rather sug-
gested the terms of a possible contract. City of
Moorpark v. Moorpark Unified School Dist.
(1991) 1 Cal.Rptr.2d 896, 54 Cal.3d 921, 819
P.2d 854.
§ 39395: Retention of part of school site
In determining what portion of a school site shall be offered for sale or
lease pursuant to this article, the governing board may retain any part of the
school site containing structures or buildings, together with such land adja-
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cent thereto which, as determined by the governing board, must be included
in order to avoid reducing the value of that part of the school site containing
such structures or buildings to less than 50 percent of fair market value
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2200, § 2. Amended by Stats.1981, c. 507, p. 1862,
§ 2.)
Cross References
Sale or lease of surplus property, failure to comply with preferred uses, application to property
retained under this section, see § 39360.3.
§ 39396. Sales price; maximum and minimum; annual rate of lease
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) or (e), the price at
which land described in Section 39391, excluding that portion of a school site
retained by the governing board pursuant to Section 39395, is sold pursuant
to this article shall not exceed the school district's cost of acquisition,
calculated as a pro rata cost of acquiring the entire parcel comprising the
school site, adjusted by a factor equivalent to the percentage increase or
decrease in the cost of living from the date of purchase to the year in which
the offer of sale is made, plus the cost of any improvement to the recreational
and open -space portion of the land which the school district has made since
/ its acquisition of the land. In no event shall the price be less than 25 percent
of the fair market value of the land described in Section 39391 or less than the
amount necessary to retire the share of local bonded indebtedness plus the
amount of the original cost of the approved state aid applications on the
property, excluding that portion of a school site retained by the governing
board pursuant to Section 39394, at the time of the offer.
These provisions shall apply to land that the school district acquired by gift
or for consideration.
(b) A school district that offers a portion of a school site for sale may offer
such portion of property for sale at its fair market value, provided the school
district offers an equivalent size alternative portion of that school site for
school playground, playing field, or other recreational and open -space pur-
poses.
(c) Land which is leased pursuant to this article shall be leased at an
annual rate of not more than t/zoth of the maximum sales price determined
pursuant to subdivision (a) of this section, adjusted annually by a factor
equivalent to the percentage increase or decrease in the cost of living for the
immediately preceding year.
(d) The percentage of annual increase or decrease in the cost of living shall
be the amount shown for January 1st of the appropriate year by the then
current Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumers Price Index for the area in
which the school site is located.
(e) Whenever a school district closes a school site and sells any land
described in Section 39391 pursuant to this article to help pay only for capital
outlay costs incurred directly as a result of the transfer of pupils from the
closed school to another school or other schools of the district, the sale price
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of the property determined pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be increased by
an amount equal to the additional costs incurred due to the school closure.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2200, § 2. Amended by Stats.1981, c. 507, p. 1863,
§ 3.)
Cross References
Sale or lease of surplus property, failure to comply with preferred uses, computation of sale price
under this section, see § 39360.3.
§ 39397. Public agencies proposing to purchase or lease land; findings;
approval
The governing body of a public agency which proposes to purchase or lease
land from a school district pursuant to this article shall first make a finding,
approved by a vote of two-thirds of its members, that public lands in the
vicinity of the school site are inadequate to meet the existing and foreseeable
needs of the community for playground, playing field, or other outdoor
recreational and open -space purposes.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2201, § 2.)
§ 39397.5. Public agencies; surplus school property purchases; plans;
operative date of section
(a) No public agency may purchase surplus school property from a school
district pursuant to this article unless it has first adopted a plan for the
purchase of surplus school property. The plan shall designate the surplus site
or sites all or a portion of which the public agency desires to purchase at the
price established pursuant to this article and shall designate at least 70
percent of the total surplus school acreage as property which the agency does
not desire to purchase at the price established pursuant to this article. Where
the plan indicates that the agency desires to purchase only a portion of a
school site at the price established pursuant to this article, it shall designate
the percent of the property to be so purchased and provide a description of
the general location of the property to be purchased, without designating the
metes and bounds.
(b) Any property designated by public agencies as surplus school sites
which the agencies do not wish to purchase, pursuant to subdivision (a), may
be sold or leased by a school district without regard to the provisions of this
article.
(c) This section shall become operative on April 1, 1982.
(Added by Stats.1981, c. 507, p. 1863, § 4, operative April 1, 1982.)
Library References
Schools 0:-74. C.J.S. Schools and School Districts §§ 253,
WESTLAW Topic No. 345. 263.
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PROPERTY 'ALE, LEASE, EXCHANGE § 39399
Div. 3
§ 39398. Maintenance by public agencies; uses of land; reacquisition by
school district
Any land purchased or leased by a public agency pursuant to this article
shall thereafter be maintained by such agency for playground, playing field,
or other outdoor recreational and open -space uses. Land which prior to its
sale or lease was used for playground or playing field purposes, shall continue
to be maintained for such use by the acquiring agency, unless the governing
body of that agency, by a two-thirds vote at a public hearing, determines that
there is no longer a significant need for the land to be so used, in which case
the land may thereafter be used for other outdoor recreational or open -space
purposes. The school district may, at any time, reacquire the land at a price
calculated in the manner prescribed in Section 39396, and the rights of
reacquisition provided in this section shall be set forth in the deed or other
instrument of transfer. If the governing board of the public agency deter-
mines that the land is no longer needed for playground, playing field, or other
outdoor recreational and open -space purposes, the public agency shall offer
the property to the school district for reacquisition under this section, and the
school district shall notify the public agency within 60 days of its intent to
reacquire the land. If the school district intends to sell the property within
one year of the reacquisition date, the school district may finance the
reacquisition of the land by lien against the proceeds to be obtained from the
sale of the land by the school district. If the school district fails to give the
public agency timely notice of its intent to reacquire the property, or if it fails
to exercise its right of reacquisition, the public agency may use or dispose of
the property.
For purposes of this section, "cost of acquisition," as used in Section 39396,
shall refer to the cost at which the land was acquired by the public agency.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2201, § 2. Amended by Stats.1982, c. 466, p. 2013,
§ 29.)
§ 39399. Law governing
The sale or lease of land by a school district pursuant to this article shall be
subject to, and governed by, the provisions of Article 2 (commencing with
Section 39030) of Chapter 1 and Article 4 (commencing with Section 39360),
except to the extent that the provisions of this article are inconsistent with a
Provision or provisions of Article 2 or 4, in which event the provisions of this
article shall govern such sale or lease.
(Added by Stats.1980, c. 736, p. 2202, § 2.)
PARK AND RECREATION ACQUISITION/DEVELOPMENT PLAN
WORKSHEET - JEAN WATT - 9/9/96
ASSUMPTIONS: Development plans could be over extended period of time
OPPORTUNITIES
SUNSET RIDGE: 11 acres for active sports/view park
Acquisition cost - Npt. Dev. Co. trade $ 0
Development cost - Included in above 0 to $1,000,000
Per year maintenance and operation
High priority
3531 NEWPORT BOULEVARD: less than acre/passive park
Acquisition cost to City 100,000
Development cost to City 50,000
Per year m & o
Moderate priority
GRISWOLD PROPERTY, CdM: less than acre/passive view park
Acquisition cost 500,000
Development cost 50,000
Per year m & o
Moderate priority
1601 16TH STREET: 1 + acre/recreation/gym use
Acquisition cost
Development cost
Per year m & o from rec. fees
High priority
750,000
1,800,000 to $2,000,000
$3,250,000 to $4,450,000
OTHER PRIORITIES FROM RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE ELEMENT
Acquisition cost
Development cost
FUNDING SOURCES/OPPORTUNITIES
J PARK IN -LIEU FUNDS
Current $ 400,000
2-3 years/Ford Loral 2,000,000
2-4 years/other 200,000
2- -�z-- CBGD funds $50,000 to $100,000 per year for 4 years 200,000-400,000
3 4—,-- Fundraising $50,000 per year for 4 years 200,000-400,000
$ 3,000,000-3,400,000