LA County Board

17. Amend Current Option Agreement for the Proposed Esperanza Village\nNew Medical/Office Building\nRecommendation as submitted by Supervisor Solis: Suspend Section 22.1 of\nthe Rules of the Board for the limited purpose of considering this motion. Acting\nas a responsible agency pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA), for the Esperanza Village Project, find the recommended actions are\nwithin the scope of the Initial Study-Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND),\nprepared and adopted by the City of El Monte (City) as the lead agency on\nNovember 29, 2022 and the Addendum to the adopted IS/MND, which were\nprepared and adopted by the City as the lead agency, on September 3, 2024;\nfind that mitigation previously adopted by the Board remains applicable to the\nproject that the current actions herein are within the scope of the City's adopted\nIS/MND and Addendum, and there are no changes to the Esperanza Village\nNew Medical Building Project or to the circumstances under which it will be\nundertaken that require additional findings under CEQA. Take the following\nactions: 4-VOTES (Relates to Agenda No. 1-D)\nApprove an appropriation adjustment to transfer $3,000,000 one-time First\nSupervisorial District Utility User Tax funds from the LA County Library -\nGeneral Fund Contribution to the Esperanza Village New Medical Building,\nCapital Project (CP) No. 6A024 to partially fund the construction of the\nnew medical building.\nApprove the revised budget of $16,840,000 for the Esperanza Village New\nMedical Building, CP No. 6A024, which is an increase of $3,000,000 from\nthe previously approved budget of $13,840,000, and reflects the County’s\ncommitment to the New Medical Building Project development.\nFind that the New Medical Building Project and Housing Project Site is\nexempt surplus land per Government Code section 54221(f)(1)(A). The\nNew Medical Building Project will provide essential services to families and\nsenior citizens within the County and support local economic development\nthrough job creation.\nAuthorize the Chief Executive Officer to oversee the negotiations of the\nNew Medical Building Project ground lease. (26-3525)