HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 368-10TO: HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY MANAGER
DATE: October 4, 2010
TYPE OF REPORT: CONSENT
DEPARTMENTS: PLANNING AND
COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
AND THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
CMR: 368:10
SUBJECT: Annual Report of Williamson Act Contracts (Open Space Preservation) With the
City of Palo Alto
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council review the Williamson Act Properties Report for Calendar:
Year 2010 (Attachment A), approve the renewal of 19 contracts, and direct staff to file the current
list of Williamson Act properties with the appropriate agencies.
BACKGROUND
The California Land Conservation Act of 1965, commonly known as the Williamson Act, is a state
program to discourage agricultural lands fronl being converted urban uses. The program provides
property tax relief to owners of agricultural land who agree to limit the use of their property to
agricultural or other approved compatible uses.
On July 24, 1974, the City of Palo Alto adopted Ordinance No. 2663 to establish rules for both
establishing and administering Williamson Act contracts for Palo Alto properties. Highlights of the
rules regarding administration of established contracts include:
• Contracts limit the allowable uses of the property to what is described in the contract.
• Contracts remain in place when a property is sold and new owners are subject to the same
use restrictions.
• Contracts are for 10-year terms and have a renewal date of January 1.
• Each year-at least 80 days prior to that renewal date-the Council reviews the contracts
and, at that time, may initiate a notice of nonrenewal for any contract or approve a notice of
nonrenewal submitted by a landowner. If the Council takes such action then that contract
does not renew on January 1 and terminates nine years later.
• Under certain conditions, the Council may also approve a landowner's request to cancel a
contract.
• Contracts, for which the Council has not approved a notice of nonrenewal or a cancel~ation,
automatically renew for another 10-year term each January 1.
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DISCUSSION:
The attached report and map (Attachments A & B), describe the parcels that were under contract
during calendar year 2010. No notices of nonrenewal have been received since the last report. At this
time, the Council may initiate a notice of nonrenewal for any contract and have that notice take effect
this year. If the Council does not initiate any notices of nonrenewal at this time, and approves the
attached list, then this· 'list will be filed in the City Clerk's Office and the information will be
forwarded to the appropriate agencies. For example, under the California Open Space Subvention
Act (OSSA), the City is entitled to partial replacement of local property tax revenue foregone by
participating in the Williamson Act., Planning staff will file the information with the State
Department of Conservation, Division of Land Resource Protection. Then, on January 1, 2011,
nineteen contracts will renew for another 10-yeat term. Historically, the City has received
approximately $1,000 annually as a result of this filing. However, the State of California Department
of Conservation has posted the following message on their website.
"Amendments to the Budget Act of 2009 reduced the Williamson Act Subvention
payments budget to $1,000, essentially suspending subvention payments to the
counties for this fiscal year. Despite this cut to the subvention payments, the
Department of Conservation's Williamson Act Program is still in place, and counties
are asked to fill out and submit an application for an Open Space Subvention Act
payment. This information is needed for the 2009 Williamson Act Status Report."
POLICY IMPLICATIONS:
The recommended action implements Ordinance 2663 regarding the administration of the
Williamson Act for Palo Alto properties. The Williamson Act in general complies with the land use
policies of the Comprehensive Plan and specifically supports Goal L-1 regarding growth
management as well as Policy L-1 regarding the extent of urban development.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The recommended action is ministerial and pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations, Section 15061(b)(3), is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) in that this action of approving the attached report does not have the potential
for causing a significant effect on the environment.
RESOURCE IMPACTS:
No resource impacts would result from the recommended action.
PREPARED BY:
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
City Clerk
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DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW:
CURTIS WILLIAMS
Director of Planning and Community Environment
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Williamson Act Properties Report for Calendar Year 2010
B. Map of Williamson Act Parcels in 2010
COURTESY COPIES:
Frank Giordano, Santa Clara County Office of the Assessor, Frank.Giordano@asr.sccgov.org.
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AttachInent A
Williamson Act Properties Report for Calendar Year 2010
About the Williamson Act
The California Land Conservation Act of 1965, commonly known as the Williamson Act is a
state program to discourage agricultural lands from being converted urban uses. The program
provides property tax relief to owners of agricultural land who agree to limit the use of their
property to agricultural or other approved compatible uses.
On July 24, 1974, the City of Palo Alto adopted Ordinance No. 2663 to establish rules for both
establishing and administering Williamson Act contracts for Palo Alto properties. Highlights of
the rules regarding administration of established contracts include:
• Contracts limit the allowable uses of the property to what is described in the contract.
• Contracts remain in place when a property is sold and new owners are subject to the same use·
restrictions.
• Contracts are for 1 O-year terms and have a renewal date of January 1.
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• Each year-at least 80 days prior to that renewal date-the Council reviews the contracts and,
at that time, may initiate a notice on nonrenewal for any contract or approve a notice of
nonrenewal submitted by a landowner. If the Council takes such action then that contract does
not renew on January 1 and terminates 9 years later.
• Under certain conditions, the Council may also approve a landowner's request to cancel a
contract.
• Contracts, for which the Council has not approved a notice of nonrenewal or a cancellation,
automatically renew for another 10-year term each Januaryl.
About this List/Report
On the following pages is a list of the 23 Palo Alto properties that were enrolled in the
Williamson Act during the calendar year of 2010.
• 4 contracts will not renew because Notices of Non renewal have been approved. See
individual records for termination dates.
• 19 contracts will renew on January 1,2011 if the Council approves this report
AttachInent A
9/20/2010 Page 1 of7
Will Renew on January 1, 2011
II Palo Alto Golf and Country Club at 3000 Alexis Drive
APN: 182-35-035
Owner: Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club, Inc., 3000 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
2008: $1,285,543.00 2009: $1,311,253.00 2010:$1,308,145.00
Prime
119.92
5/1/1973 Resolution No: 4279
Contract Status: Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
General Notes:
II No address; adjacent to Country Club at 3000 Alexis Drive
APN: 182-35-008
Owner: Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club, Inc., 3000 Alexis Drive, Palo Alto, CA 94304
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
2008: $46,649.00 2009: $47,581.00 2010: $47,468.00
Prime
5.52
5/1/1973 Resolution No: 4279
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
III Open Space land adjacent to the Arastradero Preserve
APN: 182-33-014
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
City of Palo Alto, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301
2008: $0.00 2009: $0.00 2010: $0.00
Value not assessed because owned by public/quasrpublic agency
Prime
11.42
Unknown Resolution No: . Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
II EI Camino Park (west of Palo Alto Ave to the creek)
APN: 12031001
Owner: Leland Stanford Jr., Univ. Board of Trustees, P.O.Box 10250, Palo Alto, CA 94303
2008: $8,492.00 2009: $8,492.00 2010: $8,492.00 Assessed Value
Value Notes: The City of Palo Alto leases this land for public use; however, it is privately owned.
Land Class: Prime
Acreage: 0.72
Contract Start: Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Contract Status: Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
General Notes:
9/20/2010 Page 2 of7
II EICamino Park (east of Palo Alto Ave to University Ave)
APN: 120-31-009
Owner: Leland Stanford Jr., Univ. Board of Trustees, P.O.Box 10250, Palo Alto, CA 94303
2008: $118,153.00 2009: $118,153.00 2010:$118,153.00 Assessed Value
Value Notes: The City of Palo Alto leases this land for public use; however, it is privately owned.
Land Class: Prime
Acreage: 10.00
Contract Start: Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Contract Status: Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
General Notes:
lEI No address; onPage Mill Road; below Foothill Open Space Preserve
APN: 351-05-043
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Richard D. Guhse Trustee, 37 Babras Court, Hollister, CA 95023
2008: $923.00 2009: $923.00 2010: $923.00
Non Prime
20.01
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Contract Status: Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
General Notes:
II 3837 Page MOill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN: 351-05-042
Owner: David P. and Cynthia Lautzenheiser Trustee, 3837 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94022
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
2008: $357,584.00 2009: $364,727.00 2010: $363,863.00
Non Prime
10.00 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 9.00
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
III 3845 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN:
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
9/20/2010
351-05-024
Judith A. Block Trustee, 412 Webster St., Palo Alto, CA 94301
2008: $47,005.00 2009: $47,937.00 2010: $47,823.00
Non Prime
8.72 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 7.72
2/16/1976 Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
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lEI 3849 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94306
APN:
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
351-05-050
Jeffrey A. and Mary L. Thomas, 3849 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94022
2008: $1,349,631.00 2009: $1,376,623.00 2010:$1,373,360.00
Non Prime
10.00
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Contract Status: Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
General Notes:
II 3855 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94306
APN: 351-05-049
Owner:
Assessed Va lue
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Patrick K. Suppes, 599 College Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306
2008: $466,756.00 2009: $476,091.00 2010: $474,962.00
Non Prime
10.00
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Contract Status: Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
General Notes:
II 3865 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN: 351-05-048
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
Grace Carland Trustee, 3865 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94022
2008: $32,289.00 2009: $32,925.00 2010: $32,847.00
Non Prime
10.00 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 9.00
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; oontract will continue for at least another 10 years.
lEI 3875 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN: 351-05-047
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
9/20/2010
Richard D. Kniss Trustee & Et AI, 1985 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, CA94301
2008: $461.00 2009: $461.00 2010: $461.00
Non Prime
10.00
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
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lEI 3885 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN: 351-05-046
Owner: William W. and Sharon T. Luciw Trustee, 3885 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94022
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
2008: $936,447;00 2009: $955,168.00 2010: $952,905.00
Non Prime
8.45 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 7.45
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 1 ° years.
m 3895 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN: 351-05-045
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
Lawrence Markosian, 635 Wildwood Lane, Palo Alto, CA 94303
2008: $227,828.00 2009: $232,376.00 2010: $231,826.00
Non Prime
10.00 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 9.00
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 1 ° years.
II 3905 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN: 351-05-044
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
Arthur Michelson Trustee, 3492 Murdoch Court, Palo Alto, CA 94022
2008: $1,012,222.00 2009: $1,032,466.00 2010: $1,030,019.00
Non Prime
6.43 minus 1 acre for Homesite 5.43
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 1 ° years.
II 4201 Page Mill Rd, Palo Alto, 94304
APN:
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
9/20/2010
351-25-015
Bruce A Leak, 4201 Page Mill Road, Palo Alto, CA 94022
2008: $1,434,081.00 2009: $1,462,726.00 . 2010: $1,459,262.00
Non Prime
11.31 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 10.31
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 1 ° years.
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III 5061, 5065, 22601 Skyline Blvd
APN: 351-12-006
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
Irene V. Fogarty Trustee & Et AI, 1009 Rosewood Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070
2008: $34,041.00 2009: $34,563.00 2010: $34,499.00
Non Prime
139.59 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 138.59
3/6/1973 Resolution No: 4707
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
lEI 22601 Skyline Blvd, Palo Alto, 94306
APN: 351-12-062
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Harvey D. Jr. and Pamela K. Loucks Trustee, Rt 2 Box 332, La Honda, CA 94020
2008: $509.00 2009: $509.00 2010: $509.00
Non Prime
10.39
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Contract Status: Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
General Notes:
lEI No address; adjacent to 22601 Skyline Blvd
APN: 351-12-063
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
Harvey D. Jr. and Pamela K. Loucks Trustee, Rt 2 Box 332, La Honda, CA 94020
2008: $285,549.00 2009: $291,245.00 2010: $290,556.00
Non Prime
12.35 minus 1 acre for Homesite = 11.35
Unknown Resolution No: Unknown
Unchanged; contract will continue for at least another 10 years.
Will Not Renew on January 1,2011 because a Notice of Nonrenewal has been approved
II Open Space within Foothill Open Space Preserve
APN: 351-04-031
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
9120/2010
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022
2008: $0.00 2009: $0.00 2010: $0.00
Value not assessed because owned by public/quasi public agency
Non Prime
27.34
2/2711979 Resolution No: 5657 and 5658
Notice ofNonrenewal approved on 10/6/2008; contract will terminate on 12/3112017
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IJ Open Space within the Montebello Open Space Preserve
APN: 351-12-043
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022
2008: $0.00 2009: $0.00 2010: $0.00
Value not assessed because owned by public/quasi public agency
Non Prime
8.74
2/28/1973 Resolution No: 4706
Notice ofNonrenewal approved on 10/6/2008; contract will terminate on 12/3112017
II Open Space within the Montebello Open Space Preserve
APN: 351-25-014
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022
2008: $0.00 2009: $0.00 2010: $0.00
Value not assessed because owned by public/quasi public agency
Non Prime
10.72
2/2611975 Resolution No: 5067
Notice ofNonrenewal approved on 10/6/2008; contract will terminate on 12/3112017
II Open Space within the Montebello Open Space Preserve
APN: 351-06-017
Owner:
Assessed Value
Value Notes:
Land Class:
Acreage:
Contract Start:
Contract Status:
General Notes:
9/20/2010
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, 330 Distel Circle, Los Altos, CA 94022
2008: $0.00 2009: $0.00 2010: $0.00
Value not assessed because owned by public/quasi public agency
Non Prime
24.00 minus 1 acre for Homesite 23.00
2/28/1973 Resolution No: 4708
Notice ofNonrenewal approved on 10/6/2008; contract will terminate on 12/3112017
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