Office On Aging Approval of License Agreement with City of Blythe
Summary
SCH Number
2024090314
Public Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Office On Aging Approval of License Agreement with City of Blythe
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/10/2024
Document Description
The Riverside County Office on Aging provides Senior Nutrition and Fit After 50 exercise programs at the City of Blythe Community Center (Center) located at 445 North Broadway, Blythe, California. Approximately sixty meals are served to seniors every weekday and an additional thirty meals are served through the homebound delivery program. Office on Aging has exclusive use of the Center between the hours of 6:30 am and 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, to provide meals and senior programs. Office on Aging uses the Center’s banquet room, kitchen, common area restrooms and an office and pantry storage rooms. The Center continues to provide the space required for Office on Aging to continue to provide the various programs for the residents within this region.
To assist Office on Aging in finding efficiencies and cost savings, Facilities Management- Real Estate (FM-RE) has negotiated a new three-year License Agreement (Agreement) in which the City and County have agreed to continue to share the costs of the operating expenses. Office on Aging will continue to pay 60 percent of the utilities and provide their own custodial and paper products. This ongoing partnership and sharing of the costs will allow the City to keep the rental rate at a minimum, which will allow Office on Aging to continue the senior citizen programs for the community.
The County has licensed the premises for senior citizen programs since September 1, 2014. The existing license agreement was approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 10, 2018 (M.O. #3.10) and expired on June 30, 2020. The combined cumulative years of previous license agreements exceed the delegated authority as set forth in Section 7 of Riverside County Ordinance No. 861, thus necessitating Board approval for the License Agreement. The License Agreement with the City of Blythe is defined as the proposed project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The project is the extension of an existing lease; no expansion of existing facilities or change in land use will occur. No additional direct or indirect physical environmental impacts are anticipated.
Contact Information
Name
Mike Sullivan
Agency Name
Riverside County
Job Title
Facilities Operations Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Blythe
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Citywide
Zip
92225
Parcel #
845-052-001
State Highways
I-10
Other Location Info
445 North Broadway, south of West Chanslor Way
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Section 15301 Class 1 Existing Facilities
Reasons for Exemption
This categorical exemption includes the operation, repair, maintenance, leasing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures or facilities, provided the exemption only involves negligible or no expansion of the previous site’s use. The Project, as proposed, is limited to a three-year extension of term for an existing facility. The term extension would not require any expansion of public services and facilities; therefore, the project is exempt as the project meets the scope and intent of the Class 1 Exemption identified in Section 15301, Article 19, Categorical Exemptions of the CEQA Guidelines.
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
Section 15061 (b)(3) Common Sense
Reasons for Exemption
In accordance with CEQA, the use of the Common Sense Exemption is based on the “general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment.” State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15061(b) (3). The use of this exemption is appropriate if “it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment.” Ibid. This determination is an issue of fact and if sufficient evidence exists in the record that the activity cannot have a significant effect on the environment, then the exemption applies and no further evaluation under CEQA is required. See No Oil, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles (1974) 13 Cal. 3d 68. The ruling in this case stated that if a project falls within a category exempt by administrative regulation or 'it can be seen with certainty that the activity in question will not have a significant effect on the environment', no further agency evaluation is required. With certainty, there is no possibility that the project may have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed License Agreement will not result in any direct or indirect physical environmental impacts. The direct effects from the extension of term of the License Agreement will result in the continued use of the building by the County. Therefore, in no way, would the project as proposed have the potential to cause a significant environmental impact and the project is exempt from further CEQA analysis.
County Clerk
Riverside
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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