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RESOLUTION NO.
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS IN ACCORDANCE
WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33679
WHEREAS, the city of San Bernardino (the "city"), is a
municipal corporation and charter city, organized and existing
pursuant to the laws of the State of California; and
WHEREAS, 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 1
of Division 24 commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and
safety Code of the State of California (the "Act"); and
16 WHEREAS, pursuant to section 33679 and 33445 of the
17 Act, the Agency may, with the consent of the Mayor and Common
18 Council (the "Council") of the City of San Bernardino (the
19 "City"), pay all or a part of the value of land and construction
20 of any publicly owned building if the Council determines: (1)
21 that such buildings, facilities, structures or other improvements
22 are of benefit to the redevelopment project area or the immediate
23 neighborhood in which the project is located, regardless of
24 whether such improvement is within another project area, or in
25 the case of a project area in which substantially all the land is
26 publicly owned, that the improvement is of benefit to an adjacent
27 project area of the Agency, (2) that no other reasonable means of
28 financing such buildings, facilities, structures or other
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improvements is available to the community, and (3) that the
payment of funds for the cost of the facilities, structures or
other improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more
blighting conditions inside the project and said payment is
consistent with the implementation plan pursuant to
section 33490; and
WHEREAS, the Agency issued its $97,825,000 San
Bernardino Joint Powers Financing Authority Tax Allocation
Refunding Bonds, Series 1995A and $17,960,000 San Bernardino
Joint Powers Financing Authority Subordinated Tax Allocation
Refunding Bonds, Series 1995B (the "Bonds") on or about
October 19, 1995; and
WHEREAS, the Bonds are secured by the tax increment
revenues of the Central city North Project Area, State College
Project No.4, Southeast Industrial Park Project Area, Northwest
Project Area, Tri-City Project Area, South Valle Project Area and
Uptown Project Area, (collectively, the "Project Areas"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency proposes to apply a portion of the
proceeds of the Bonds to fund the acquisition of land and
construction of a professional baseball stadium (the "Baseball
Stadium") within the City, as follows: State College
$6,705,000; Central City North - $596,000; Southeast Industrial
Park $3,725,000; Northwest - $1,043,000; South Valle
$447,000; Tri-city - $1,788,000; Uptown - $596,000; and
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WHEREAS, the site for the Baseball Stadium is located
in the Central City Merged project Area; and
WHEREAS, the use of funds from the Project Areas shall
promote development, eliminate blighting conditions, create jobs
and provide recreational services for the residents of the
Project Areas and the citizens of the city and is therefore of
benefit to the Project Areas; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has found no other viable means of
financing the Baseball Stadium; and
WHEREAS, there are currently a number of blighting
conditions existing within the Project Areas, namely, lack of,
and unsafe and unhealthy, commercial and recreational facilities
and lack of job opportunities; and
WHEREAS, it is projected that the construction for the
Baseball Stadium will improve the blighting conditions in the
Project Areas by providing a safe recreational activity for the
citizens of the Project Areas, creating jobs for said citizens,
increasing sales tax revenues to the city and attracting new
residents to the City thereby increasing the tax base, all of
which promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents of
the Project Areas; and
WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time for the City to
make certain findings and determinations and take certain action
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with respect to the foregoing.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, DO HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE,
DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
section 1. The Recitals hereinabove are true and
correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
section 2. The city authorizes the use of a portion
of the proceeds of the Bonds to fund the construction of the
Baseball Stadium and finds that said use of Bond proceeds is of
benefit to the Project Areas and other neighborhoods within the
city for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove. The
city also finds and determines that no other reasonable means of
financing the Baseball Stadium is presently available. The City
further finds that the Project will provide economic growth,
employment opportunities and necessary recreational facilities,
which will in turn enhance economic investment in the Project
Areas and surrounding areas, and thereby eliminate existing
blighting conditions.
section 3. 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.
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS IN
ACCORDANCE WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33679
section 4.
This Resolution shall take effect from
and after the date of its passage and adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the city of
San Bernardino at a adjourned regular meeting
thereof, held on the
22nd
day of
Januarv
1996, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
Council Members Negrete, Curlin, Oberhelman,
Pope-Ludlam, Miller
Hernandez
NAYS:
Devlin
ABSENT:
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.ity Clerk
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
,? q Iv:!
January
day of
, 1996.
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Ma~6r of the City of
San Bernardino
Approved as to form and legal content:
By: 4mr _w::?_ ~J .f... AIr,- 4 ~7
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