Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Special Orders of the Day
SUBJECT:
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PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 22-2201, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH BAY CARSON, LLC"
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I. SUMMARY
The proposed Ordinance approves an Economic Development Benefit Agreement with the owner of property at 20151 South Main Street under which the City will rebate a portion of sales tax revenues generated from the property to foster development of retail facilities at the property, including possibly a proposed Costco store.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. OPEN the public hearing;
2. TAKE public testimony and accept any written and/or oral communications;
3. CLOSE the public hearing; AND
4. WAIVE further reading and Introduce for first reaching Ordinance No. 22-2201, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BENEFIT AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH BAY CARSON, LLC"
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
South Bay Carson, LLC (Sywest) owns property at 20151 South Main Street (Property), which is located within a former Carson Redevelopment Agency Project Area. Despite diligent efforts by the Carson Redevelopment Agency Board and staff to foster development of a beneficial end use for the Property, it has remained vacant for decades. In fact, the Property is currently being used as a temporary facility for the storage of vehicles as no other viable uses have been feasible.
Many projects proposed at the Property failed largely because the Property was part of the former Southwest Conservation Landfill, which accepted wastes similar to other former landfills in the immediate area that now have documented soil and groundwater contamination from metals and volatile and semi-v...
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