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File #: 26-394    Version: 1
Type: Consent Agenda Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 3/30/2026 In control: City Council
On agenda: 4/14/2026 Final action:
Title: Actions Related to the Surplus Land Located on Sherlock Drive.
Attachments: 1. Memorandum, 2. Resolution
...Title
Actions Related to the Surplus Land Located on Sherlock Drive.
...Recommendations
Adopt a resolution:
(a) Declaring that certain 4,021 square foot lot of City-owned vacant land with a net usable area of 3,121 square feet (with the remainder to be reserved to the City of San José for its continued use as right-of-way) set on the southwest side of Sherlock Drive, between 2715 and 2721 Sherlock Drive, and more particularly described and depicted in EXHIBIT “A” and as APN 499-26-003 Parcel A, to be “surplus real property” pursuant to San José Municipal Code Sect. 4.20.010(L) and “exempt surplus land” under California Government Code §54221(f)(1)(B), as the subject property is less than a half-acre, and §54221(f)(1)(E), as the property is a former street or roadway and is being conveyed to an abutting owner, and the property is surplus to the needs of the City and is not necessary for the City’s use and is exempt from affordability requirements of the Surplus Lands Act, and making the requisite findings based on the staff memorandum.
(b) Making the further findings that this property is not:
(1) Within a coastal zone;
(2) Adjacent to a historical unit of the State Parks System;
(3) Within the Lake Tahoe region as defined in Section 66905.5; and
(4) Listed on or determined by the State Office of Historic Preservation to be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
(c) Directing the City Manager, or her designee, to negotiate and execute a purchase and sale agreement and quitclaim deed, and all other necessary documents to effectuate the transfer and sale of APN 499-26-003 Parcel A, with a City reservation over the 900 square feet contained within the existing City right of way, to Thanh Tung Huu Nguyen from the City of San José, for the consideration of $55,000, pursuant to San José Municipal Code Section 4.20.030 and in accordance with Council Policy No. 7-13.
CEQA: Categorically Exempt under CEQA: File No. ER26-040, CEQA Guidelines Section...

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