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RESOLUTION NO.
95-346
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
UNDERTAKING CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO
UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS WITHIN THE CITY
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 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
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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
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 seismic retrofitting improvements to various office and
commercial unreinforced masonry buildings located throughout the City
which improvements are necessary to ensure code compliance and safety
compliance; and
WHEREAS, the affected buildings are the site of existing
jobs as well as numerous employment opportunities and the provision of
services which jobs, services and opportunities are relied upon by
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residents and occupants of the project Areas and the City generally;
and
WHEREAS, the funding of the improvements to ensure the safe
and continued occupancy and use of the unreinforced masonry buildings
throughout the City, wherein residents of the Project Areas and the
City generally may avail themselves either of services or employment,
will provide a benefit for the project Areas and the residents of the
adjacent neighborhoods who are employed and participate in businesses
within the buildings or who avail themselves of the services and
opportunities provided by the businesses within the buildings; and
WHEREAS, several of the buildings are suffering from
dilapidation which has caused possible safety and code violations and
in order to promote the City's health, safety and welfare, it is
important that the Agency fund the costs of the improvement work in
order to ensure the orderly continued use of the buildings by the
residents 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 seismic retrofit improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO DOES HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Recitals hereinabove are true and
correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
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SECTION 2. The Council approves the payment by the
Agency of the costs of the seismic retrofit improvements to
unreinforced masonry buildings within the City in order to ensure its
compliance with code and safety regulations which will be 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 seismic
retrofit improvements 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 seismic retrofit
improvements. The Council further finds that the payment of the
seismic retrofit improvements will enhance the desirability of the City
for investment which in turn will enhance viability in the Project
Areas thereby eliminating existing blighting conditions in the Project
Areas.
SECTION 3. The Agency's funding of the seismic retrofit
improvements will make the City's business core more viable through the
retention of jobs, the enhancement of business opportunities and
elimination of factors hindering the economic viability of buildings
which will thereby make the entire City and the Project Areas more
desirable for development which will in turn help eliminate blight
within the Project Areas and other areas of the City. The
rehabilitation of the buildings will prevent future dilapidation and
abandonment of buildings as well as the depreciation of values and will
directly address problems of public safety and welfare.
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.
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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 UNDERTAKING
CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO UNREINFORCED MASONRY BUILDINGS WITHIN
THE CITY
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SECTION 5.
The findings and determinations herein 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
October
2nd
1995, by the following vote,
day of
to wit:
Council:
AYES
NAYS
ABSTAIN
ABSENT
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NEGRETE
CURLIN
HERNANDEZ
OBERHELMAN
DEVLIN
POPE-LUDLAM
MILLER
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The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this '-(IA.
October 99
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