San Clemente unveils Real Estate Asset Management Program and public GIS dashboard

The City of San Clemente on June 16 introduced a new Real Estate Asset Management Program (REAMP) and a public GIS dashboard to centralize the city'019s property inventory and provide consistent policy guidance for future decisions.

Community Development Director Adam Atamian said the program will classify city parcels into categories such as core/strategic assets, underutilized properties, future development sites, surplus and temporary holdings. "Our goal is to create a centralized inventory so decision-makers and the public can see opportunities and obligations across the entire portfolio," Atamian said, demonstrating a map interface that links every city parcel to zoning, acreage and classification.

Staff highlighted several opportunity sites that will receive focused study, including a North Beach vacant lot adjacent to the pier and parcels at Steed Park. The council asked staff to refine the listing of opportunity sites, include development-standards notes and return a final REAMP with recommended policies and surplus-land procedures in August.

Public commenters and council members emphasized fire-prevention uses for open space, the potential for goat grazing or managed agriculture as vegetation-management tools, and the need to set transparent criteria for the city to accept HOA open-space parcels. "The plan should explicitly consider fire mitigation and alternative land uses such as managed grazing or demonstration agriculture," one commenter said.

Next steps: staff will finalize classifications, add discussion notes and regulatory context for each opportunity site, draft policies for property acquisitions and surplus disposition and return the complete REAMP and dashboard for council adoption in August.

The dashboard is live and staff encouraged councilmembers and the public to review the map and provide feedback before the next session.