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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: January 7, 2013 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:12-596 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.C. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Business Development Manager <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for City Council Resolution Authorizing the Transfer (Return) of <br />Properties to the Successor Agency of the Redevelopment Agency of the City <br />of San Leandro and Successor Agency Resolution Authorizing the Acceptance <br />of Quitclaim Deeds for Said Properties as Required by State Law <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />On March 3, 2011, the Redevelopment Agency transferred property assets to the City of San <br />Leandro. ABx1 26 adopted by the State of California in June 2011 eliminated Redevelopment <br />Agencies and voided certain transactions between the Redevelopment Agency and the City <br />that occurred after January 1, 2011. Staff recommends adoption of a City resolution and <br />Successor Agency resolution to transfer non -public property assets from the City to the <br />Successor Agency as required by law . <br />BACKGROUND <br />On March 3, 2011, given the uncertainty regarding the future of redevelopment agencies, the <br />Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro (Agency), to avoid losing all land and <br />improvements, transferred 21 properties from the Agency to the City of San Leandro (City) by <br />way of a Disposition and Development Agreement . <br />The State of California’s passage of AB x 1 26 in June 2011 and AB 1484 in June 2012 <br />provided guidance for the disposal of redevelopment agency assets and mandated the <br />reversal of property transfer transactions between the Redevelopment Agency and City that <br />occurred after January 1, 2011. While the City’s and Successor Agency’s actions to date <br />regarding these 21 parcels assumed that the March 2011 transfer was invalid, no action was <br />taken to officially reverse the action . <br />With the assumption that these parcels were owned by the Successor Agency , on September <br />17, 2012, the Successor Agency authorized the transfer of 14 of these 21 parcels to the City <br />due to their 1) being public purpose properties; or 2) because they were transferred to the <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 1/2/2013