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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-345 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 RESOLUTION NO. g4 14" RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE CENTRAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA OF RESURFACING PORTIONS OF THE CAROUSEL MALL 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 10 11 WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the 12 City of San Bernardino (the "Commission") on behalf of the 13 Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino (the 14 "Agency"), is a redevelopment agency, a public body, corporate 15 and politic of the State of California, organized and existing 16 pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 of 17 Division 24 commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and 18 Safety Code of the State of California (the "Act"); and 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 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 26 if the Council determines: (1) that such buildings, facilities, 27 structures or other improvements are of benefit to the 28 redevelopment project area or the immediate neighborhood in which -1- 94-345 1 the project is located, regardless of whether such improvement is 2 within another project area, or in the case of a project area in 3 which substantially all the land is publicly owned that the 4 improvement is of benefit to an adjacent project area of the 5 Agency, (2) that no other reasonable means of financing such 6 buildings, facilities, structures or other improvements is 7 available to the community, and such determination by the Agency 8 and the Council shall be final and conclusive, and (3) that the 9 payment of funds for the cost of the facilities, structures or 10 other improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more 11 blighting conditions inside the project; and 12 13 WHEREAS, the City and the Commission have previously 14 approved and adopted Redevelopment Plans for various 15 redevelopment project areas within the City; and 16 17 WHEREAS, on May 15, 1991, the Agency entered into an 18 agreement with Central City Company ("Company") relative to the 19 Carousel Mall, which is located in the Central City Project Area 20 ("Project Area"); and 21 22 WHEREAS, pursuant to said agreement, the Agency shall 23 correct identified deficiencies in public areas at the Agency's 24 sole cost; and 25 26 WHEREAS, the Company and Asphalt Maintenance Systems 27 ("AMS") recently entered into a construction agreement 28 ("Construction Agreement") in an amount not to exceed $215,000 to -2- 94-345 1 provide a 1-1/2" petromat overlay treatment plus restriping and 2 curb markings to the southern half of the mall surface parking 3 areas; and 4 5 WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the present 6 landowners within the Project Area and the residents, both within 7 the Project Area and within the City generally, that the Agency 8 reimburse the Company for payments made to AMS via the use of 9 funds from the Southeast Industrial Park Redevelopment Project 10 Area in an amount not to exceed $215,000; and 11 12 WHEREAS, the Project Area presently suffers from a high 13 degree of impaired investments and depreciated values along with 14 high business vacancies which conditions are being exacerbated by 15 the lack of economic opportunities within the Project Area; and 16 17 WHEREAS, the City is continually attempting to create 18 economic activities and development within the Project Area and 19 the City generally and thereby eliminate blighting conditions 20 within the Project Area; and 21 22 WHEREAS, improvement of the Carousel Mall will help 23 create such economic activities and development and will help 24 eliminate the blighting conditions within the Project Area; and 25 26 WHEREAS, the Agency's reimbursement of the Company's 27 obligations under the Construction Agreement with AMS will 28 provide a benefit for the Project Area and the residents of the -3- 94-345 1 adjacent neighborhoods who utilize the services provided by the 2 Carousel Mall; and 3 4 WHEREAS, in order to promote the City's health, safety 5 and welfare, it is important that the Agency reimburse the 6 Company in order to ensure the orderly development of the Project 7 Area and neighboring areas; and 8 9 WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time for the Council 10 to make certain findings and determinations and take certain 11 action with respect to the Agency's reimbursement of the Company. 12 13 NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE 14 CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, DO HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE, 15 DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: 16 17 Section 1. The Recitals hereinabove are true and 18 correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. 19 20 Section 2. The Council approves the Construction 21 Agreement between the Company and AMS in an amount not to exceed 22 $215,000 pursuant to which AMS will resurface the southern half 23 of the Carousel Mall surface parking areas with a 1-1/2" petromat 24 overlay treatment and perform related restriping and curb 25 markings. 26 27 Section 3. The Council approves the reimbursement 28 by the Agency of the costs of the Company's obligations which is -4- 94-345 1 of benefit to the Project Area and other neighborhoods within the 2 City for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove. The 3 Agency also finds and determines that no other reasonable means 4 of financing said obligations is presently available to the City 5 and that the City and the Agency require the use of revenues 6 generated from the Southeast Industrial Park Redevelopment 7 Project Area in order to fund the obligations. The Agency 8 further finds that the payment of the obligations will enhance 9 the desirability of the City for economic investment which in 10 turn will enhance economic viability in the Project Area thereby 11 eliminating existing blighting conditions in the Project Area. 12 13 Section 4. The Agency's reimbursement of the 14 obligations under the Construction Agreement with AMS will make 15 the Project Area more economically viable through the elimination 16 of factors hindering the economic viability of the Carousel Mall 17 which will thereby make the entire City more desirable for 18 development which will in turn help eliminate blight within the 19 Project Area and other areas of the City. 20 21 Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and 22 directed to cause this Resolution to be transmitted to the Agency 23 for consideration in connection with appropriate action by that 24 body. 25 III 26 I I I 27 I I I 28 III -5- 95-345 1 2 3 4 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE CENTRAL CITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA OF RESURFACING PORTIONS OF THE CAROUSEL MALL Section 6. The findings and determinations herein 5 shall be final and conclusive. This Resolution shall take effect 6 upon the date of its adoption. 7 8 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly 9 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of 10 San Bernardino at a reqular meeting 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 thereof, held on the day of 7th 1994, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members NAYS: ABSENT: November Negrete, Curlin, Hernandez, Oberhelman, and Miller Devlin and Pope-Ludlam /'..) ( \ ') (' 'J J_ J (c<:Ac 1.__ /L .'"" ~K- "'-City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this , O+l1 day of November , 1994. Approved as to form and legal content: By: -6- //;~1 )4L{(~ Mayor of the City of San Bernardino