(a) In addition to the authority provided for in Section 25536, and in accordance with subdivision (b), the County of Merced, by a four-fifths vote of the board of supervisors, may sell or enter into a lease, concession, or managerial contract involving a specified area of county property that the county has acquired from the federal government due to the closure of Castle Air Force Base, without otherwise complying with this article.
(b) The board shall take an action specified in subdivision (a) only if the following conditions are met, or if the board makes a finding in a noticed public hearing that the following conditions were met at the time the property was acquired from the federal government:
(1) Reuse of the property is governed solely by the county.
(2) The county has prepared and adopted a general or specific plan pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 65300) of Chapter 3 of Division 1 of Title 7 and has adopted a zoning ordinance for the area, and the proposed use is consistent with that general or specific plan and the zoning ordinance.
(3) The airport land use commission has prepared and adopted a comprehensive airport land use plan for the area pursuant to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 21670) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 9 of the Public Utilities Code, and the proposed use is consistent with that plan.
(4) The county has complied with Article 8 (commencing with Section 54220) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, and Section 65402 with regard to the property, as provided in Section 25350.1.
(5) The county has given notice pursuant to Section 6062a and posted the notice in the office of the county clerk. The notice shall specify the date that the board determines that any of the affected property shall be subject to this section, and shall include all of the following:
(A) A description of the property proposed to be sold, leased, or subject to a concession or managerial contract pursuant to this section.
(B) The proposed terms of the sale, lease, concession, or managerial contract.
(C) The location where offers will be accepted and executed.
(D) The telephone number and address of the county officer responsible for executing the sale, lease, concession, or managerial contract.
(c) This section shall not be construed to release the County of Merced from complying with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 34191.1) of Part 1.85 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code, if the property is located in a former redevelopment area.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 387, Sec. 9. (SB 205) Effective January 1, 2018.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018