ITEM 6-H

Council Mtg: July 11, 1989

TO:       Mayor and City Council

FROM:     City Staff

SUBJECT: Recommendation to Adopt Resolution Approving Final Map
          for Tenant-Participating Conversion TPC-074 at 943 17th
          Street

INTRODUCTION

This report transmits for City  Council approval a Final Map  for
the following tenant-participating conversion project:

Tract No.  TPC NO.        ADDRESS              OWNER        UNITS

20416       074     943 17th Street       Geraldine Spira    4

BACKGROUND

The City Planning Commission  approved the Tentative Map  and the
Tenant-Participating  Conversion for the above project on January
18, 1989,  after a  public hearing  and a  careful review  of the
record  and staff  recommendations.  The  action of  the Planning
Commission  was  based  on  the  Commission's  findings  that the
proposed Tenant-Participating  Conversion meets  the requirements
of  Article  XX  of  the  City  Charter  and  that  the  proposed
subdivision is  consistent with  applicable general  and specific
plans  as  adopted  by  the  City  of Santa Monica along with all
mandatory requirements of the Subdivision Map Act of the State of
California.

The owners have submitted to the City a Written Consent Agreement
binding the  owners  and  any  successors  in  interest  to  each
condition   imposed   in   connection   with   approval  of  this
Tenant-Participating  Conversion.  This Written  Consent has been
approved  by  the  City  Attorney  and  the  City  Manager.  Each
participating  tenant has been informed in  writing of his or her
rights  under  Article  XX  of  the  City  Charter.   The License
Division reports that  proper  arrangements  have  been  made  to
ensure payment of the Tenant-Participating Conversion Tax.

The Final Map conforms to  the Tentative Map.  The Final  Map has
been certified by the City  Engineer  for  conformance  with  the
Tentative Map and conditions thereon, the Subdivision Map Act and
local ordinances.  The City  Attorney's  office  has  approved  a
Declaration  of  Covenants,  Conditions,  and  Restrictions,   or
equivalent document, for  this  project  as  complying  with  the
conditions  of  the  Tentative  Map  and the Tenant-Participating
Conversion.

Council  approval  of  a  final  map  for  a tenant-participating
conversion represents one of the  last  steps  necessary  in  the
conversion process.  Following  City Council action  and approval
by  the California Department  of Real Estate  the applicants may
begin selling their units to the tenants.  As each unit is sold a
conversion tax per Section 2008 of Article XX is due in an amount
equal to twelve times the monthly maximum allowable rent for that
unit.  These taxes will be used to assist low and moderate income
households  to  purchase  or  improve  their  units  subject   to
affordable repayment per Section 2009 of Article XX.

BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT

The  recommendation  presented  in  this  report does not have an
immediate budget or fiscal  impact.   If  and  as  units  in  the
project are sold  in the future,  Tenant-Participating Conversion
Taxes  will be collected pursuant to the provisions of Article XX
of the City Charter and some increased property tax revenues  may
be generated.

RECOMMENDATION

It  is  respectfully  recommended  that  the  Final  Map for this
Tenant-Participating Conversion  be approved  by adoption  of the
accompanying resolution.

Prepared by:  Paul Berlant, Director of Planning
              Larry Miner, Assistant Planner
              City Planning Division
              Community and Economic Development Department

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06/22/89

                 RESOLUTION NO.           (CCS)

                      (City Council Series)

                A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
                   OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
                     ACCEPTING AND APPROVING
           A FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP FOR TRACT NO. 20416

     THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE 
AS FOLLOWS:

     SECTION 1.  That the  Final Map  for Tract  No. 20416 in the
City of Santa Monica hereby is accepted and approved.

     SECTION 2.  That  the  City  Clerk  hereby is authorized and
directed to  endorse  upon  the  face  of  said  Map  this  order
authenticated by the Seal of the City of Santa Monica.

     SECTION 3.  That  the  City  Clerk  shall  certify  to   the
adoption  of this Resolution, and  thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be in full force and effect.

APPROVED AS TO FORM:




ROBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney