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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-268 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (See Companion Resolutions 2002-269, 2002-270, CDC/2002-28) RESOLUTION NO. 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC RETROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino, California (the "City"), is a municipal corporation and a charter city duly created and existing pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the City of San Bernardino (the "Commission") on behalf of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino (the "Agency"), is a redevelopment agency, a public body, corporate and politic of the State of California, organized and existing pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part I of Division 24 commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33445 of the Act, the Agency may, with the consent of the Mayor and Common Council of the City (the "Council"), pay all or a part of the cost of installation and construction of any building, facility, structure or other improvement which is publicly owned either within or without the boundaries of a redevelopment project area if the Council determines: (1) that such buildings, facilities, structures or other improvements are of benefit to the redevelopment project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located, regardless of whether such improvement is within another project area, or I 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC RETROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCURE. in the case of the project area in which substantially all the land is publicly owned that the improvement is of benefit to an adjacent project area of the Agency, (2) that no other reasonable means of financing such buildings, facilities, structures or other improvements is available to the community, and such determination by the Agency and the Council shall be final and conclusive, and (3) that the payment of funds for the cost of the facilities, structures or other improvements will assist in the elimination of one of more blighted conditions inside the project; and WHEREAS, the City and the Commission have previously approved and adopted Redevelopment Plans (collectively hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plans") for various redevelopment project areas within the City which project areas include: Southeast Industrial Project Area, Northwest Project Area, Tri City Project Area, Uptown Project Area and Central City North Project Area; and WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the present landowners within the various project areas subject to the Redevelopment Plans ("the Project Areas") and the residents, both within the Project Areas and within the City generally, that the Agency cause the funding of certain public improvements consisting of seismic retrofit and repairs of the Agency owned five-level parking structure; and 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC RETROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. WHERAS, the five-level parking structure (the "parking structure") is located within the Central City Projects Area in the downtown portion ofthe City between "D" and "E" Streets, and Court and Second Streets, which are major thoroughfares connecting various Project Areas, specifically the Uptown Project Area, the Southeast Industrial Park Project Area, the Central City North Project Area, the Tri City Project Area, the Northwest Project Area (collectively referred to herein as the "Benefited Project Areas"); and WHEREAS, each of the aforementioned Benefited Project Areas is adjacent to the Central City Projects Area and are generally contiguous to the Central City Projects Area and the Central City Projects Area serves the commercial, retail and other community needs of each of the Benefited Project Areas as to those functions that cannot be provided separately within each of the Benefited Project Areas; and WHEREAS, the parking structure is a centrally located facility servicing parking requirements for City residents and other persons conducting business in City Hall and the Agency's owned building at 201 North "E" Street, the State of California (the "State") and County of San Bernardino (the County") office buildings, the County courthouse, the downtown hotel, the Agency owned cinema, 3 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC REROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTUER AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. parking structure, or in the general area; and WHEREAS, based upon a study of current seismic standards, the existing parking structure adjacent to City Hall is not designed to withstand more than small to moderate earthquakes, depending on the depth and distance of the earthquake epicenter; and WHEREAS, the Projects Areas are suffering from stagnant property values and impaired investments, and in order to promote the City's health, safety and welfare, it is important that the Agency fund the costs of the seismic retrofit and repairs in order to enhance economic conditions and ensure the safety of the public; and WHEREAS, in connection with the funding of the seismic retrofit and repairs (the "improvements") of the parking structure it is proposed that the Agency shall utilize revenues attributable to a certain prior bond issue undertaken by the Agency designated as the Forward, Current, Advance Refunding and the San Bernardino Joint Powers Financing Authority Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds Series 2002 (collectively referred to herein as the "Bonds"); and WHEREAS, proceeds from the Bonds in an amount not to exceed $522, I 00 shall be used and applied for the benefit of the Benefited Project Areas to 4 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC RETROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. accomplish the improvements to the parking structure in the dollar amounts allocated to each of the Benefited Project Areas in the manner as provided in this Resolution; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time for the Mayor and Common Council to make certain findings and determinations and take certain actions with respect to the Agency's funding of the improvements for the parking structure. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The recitals hereinabove are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. Section 2. The Mayor and Common Council hereby authorize the use of proceeds of the Bonds in connection with the funding of improvements of the parking structure. Section 3. The Mayor and Common Council approve the payment by the Agency of the costs of the parking structure improvements in order to ensure the economic enhancements and stability of the Benefited Project Areas and other neighborhoods within the City for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove. 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC RETROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AERAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. The Mayor and Common Council also fmds and determines that no other reasonable means of financing the parking structure improvements is presently available to the City and that the City and the Agency require the use ofrevenues generated from the various Project Areas in order to fund the parking structure improvements. The Mayor and Common Council further fmd that the funding of the parking structure improvements will enhance viability in the Benefited Project Areas thereby eliminating existing blighted conditions in the Project Areas. Funds from the Benefited Project Areas shall be used and applied from the proceeds of the Bonds in the following manner: Southeast Industrial Park $150,000 $ 40,000 Central City North Northwest Redevelopment Project $100,000 Uptown Redevelopment Project $ 45,000 Tri-City Redevelopment Project $187,100 TOTAL $522,100 The Mayor and Common Council further fmd and determine that because of the proximity of the parking structure to the Benefited Project Areas and the 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC RETROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPEMENT PROJECT AREAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. character of the Central City Projects Area, the parking structure and the intended seismic improvements thereto will enhance the commercial retail and other community services that are provided from within the Central City Projects Area to the Benefited Project Areas and the residents and businesses located therein. Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause this Resolution to be transmitted to the Agency for consideration in connection with appropriate action by that body. Section S. The findings and determinations herein shall be final and conclusive. This Resolution shall take effect upon the date of its adoption. II II II II II II II II II 7 I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2002-268 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE FUNDING OF THE SEISMIC RETROFIT AND REPAIR OF THE AGENCY'S FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE AND MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF UNDERTAKING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE FIVE-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the forgoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a j oint regular meeting thereof, held on the ~day of August ,2002, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members Aves Nays Abstain Absent ESTRADA ~ LIEN X MCGINNIS X DERRY X SUAREZ X ANDERSON X MCCAMMACK X ~~~ The foregoing Resolution is hereby approved this~day;Sf, ,August ,2002. I I Approved as to form and legal content: Be!" , -1 le~__,_ City Attorney 8