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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-011 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 RESOLUTION NO. 95-11 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF MAKING CERTAIN LEASE PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO (CITY HALL PROJECT) 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 1 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 -1- 95-11 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 the project is located, regardless of whether such improvement is within another project area, or in the case of a 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 or more blighting 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: the Meadowbrook-Central City Project Area, Central City North Project Area, Central City East Project Area, Central City South Project Area, Central City West Project Area, Tri-Cities Project Area, Southeast Industrial Park Redevelopment Project Area, South Valle Project Area, State College Project Area, Northwest Project Area and the Mt. Vernon Project Area; and WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the present landowners wi thin the various proj ect areas subj ect to the Redevelopment Plans (the "proj ect Areas") and the residents, both within the Project Areas and within the City generally, that the Agency causes the funding of certain lease payments on behalf of -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 95-11 the City in order that the City be entitled to the continued occupancy of the City Hall Building which is located within the downtown central business district of the City; and WHEREAS, the Project Areas presently suffer from a high degree of impaired investments and depreciated values along with high business vacancies which conditions are being exacerbated by the lack of economic opportunities within the various Project Areas; and WHEREAS, the City, through its various departments located at City Hall is continually attempting to create economic activities and development within the various Project Areas and the City generally and thereby eliminate blighting conditions within such Project Areas; and WHEREAS, City Hall and the City's various departments located therein provide a full range of social and economic services and opportunities to the community which services are relied upon by residents and occupants of the Project Areas and the City generally; and WHEREAS, City Hall is located within a portion of the central city area which suffers from a lack of business opportunities as well as inadequate and deteriorating office space facilities and which area is patronized by residents and occupants of the Proj ect Areas who pursue employment, seek business opportunities and who rely on the provision of economic, -3- 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 95-11 social and civic services provided by governmental departments; and WHEREAS, the central city area suffers from high vacancy rates and the continued occupancy by the City departments within such area will help alleviate such vacancy rates both from its own occupancy of office space as well as the occupancy of nearby space by businesses and offices that typically congregate in proximity to City Hall offices; and WHEREAS, the payment of the City's lease obligation in order to ensure the City's continued occupancy of City Hall in the downtown area of the City, wherein residents of the Project Areas and the City generally may avail themselves of economic opportuni ties as well as civic and commercial services, will provide a benefit for the Project Areas and the residents of the adjacent neighborhoods who participate in activities or who are employed in the downtown area; and WHEREAS, in order to promote the City's health, safety and welfare, it is important that the Agency fund the City's lease obligations in order to ensure the orderly development of the Project Areas and neighboring areas; and WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time for the Council to make certain findings and determinations and take certain action with respect to the Agency's funding of the City's lease obligations. -4 - 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 95~1l 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 Council approves the payment by the Agency of the costs of the City'S lease obligations which is of benefit to the Project Areas and other neighborhoods within the City for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove. The Council also finds and determines that no other reasonable means of financing the City's lease payments is presently available to the City and that the City and the Agency require the use of revenues generated from the various Project Areas in order to fund the City's lease payment obligations. The Agency further finds that the payment of the City's lease obligations will enhance the desirability of the City for economic investment which in turn will enhance economic viability in the Project Areas thereby eliminating existing blighting conditions in the Project Areas. Section 3. The Agency's payment of the City's lease obligations in the downtown area will make the central business district more economically viable through the reduction of otherwise high vacancy rates and elimination of factors hindering the economic viability of downtown buildings which will thereby make the entire City and the Project Areas more desirable for -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 95"-11 development which will in turn help eliminate blight within the Project Areas and other areas of the City. 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. III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III III -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 95-11 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS OF MAKING CERTAIN LEASE PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO (CITY HALL PROJECT) The findings and determinations herein Section 5. shall be final and conclusive. This Resolution shall take effect upon the date of its 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 regular meeting thereof, held on the 9th day of January 1995, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members NAYS: ABSENT: Neqrete. Curlin. Hernandez Oberhelman. Devlin & Miller Pnrp-T.llnl~m ct~e~ The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this 11th day of i::lnl1;::r,ry , 1995. Approved as to form and legal content: BY:. A Jtlil:l~,f.~."J / . y Attorney SBEO\OOOl\DOC\1057 -7- ;;;~!?j(fi1-~ Mayor of the City of San Bernardino 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 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SS I, Rachel Clark, City Clerk in and for the City of San Bernardino, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing and attached copy of the San Bernardino City Resolution No. 95-11 is a full, true and correct coy of that now on file in this office. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, affixed the official seal of 9th day of January I have hereunto set my hand and the City of San Bernardino this , 1995. ~(!L-hL Cit Clerk %:...;/