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RESOLUTION NO. 93-336
JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, AND THE SAN BERNARDINO DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION,
INC., PLACING THE HIGHEST PRIORITY ON REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN SAN
BERNARDINO BY IMPLEMENTING THE SAN BERNARDINO DOWNTOWN PLAN TO
ENHANCE DOWNTOWN AS THE FUNCTIONAL AND SYMBOLIC CENTER OF THE CITY
OF SAN BERNARDINO.
WHEREAS, the report for the Joint Powers Agreement concept for the Civic Center
Complex (City, County, State and Federal) in San Bernardino's downtown district, dated
November 19, 1969, provided for the systematic development of a civic center complex
concentrating governmental buildings in the downtown district; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan of the City of San Bernardino, adopted June 2, 1989,
recognized downtown San Bernardino as the only Central Business District in the City of
San Bernardino; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan encourages a distinctive skyline downtown with
unlimited building heights; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan requires the location of City office buildings in the
downtown central business district, and the maintenance of an ongoing dialogue with State,
County and regional governments to encourage location of new government offices and
buildings in downtown San Bernardino; and
WHEREAS, it is a stated objective of the City of San Bernardino through its General
Plan to continue and enhance the downtown area as the functional and symbolic center of
the City of San Bernardino; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan provides for a "high activity" sub area in downtown
San Bernardino, where it is the intent to achieve a high level of evening activity; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council recently adopted the San Bernardino Downtown
Plan to provide policy guidance to achieve a quality urban character for downtown; and
WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Downtown Plan came to the overwhelming
conclusion that there are the resources, interest and commitment of a broad range of the
community to see something happen downtown; and
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WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Downtown Plan states that public and private sector
leaders and City staff all showed a strong desire to work together to rebuild downtown and
bring new life to its public spaces; and
WHEREAS, the City Charter was amended June 1, 1992 to allow consideration of
local preference in awarding bids for goods, equipment, materials, supplies and other
personal property; and
WHEREAS, the revitalization of the downtown district is of critical importance not
only to the image of the City but its economic future; and
WHEREAS, the best interests of the City and downtown San Bernardino can only be
achieved by creating a public consensus based on a spirit of mutual cooperation between
the private and public sectors;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AND THE SAN BERNARDINO
DOWNTOWN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, INC., that highest priority is hereby placed on
revitalizing downtown San Bernardino by implementing the San Bernardino Downtown
Plan, beautifying and upgrading those streets and adjacent areas that are access routes to
the downtown business district, retaining existing businesses and government offices,
locating the Cal-Trans offices, the State consolidated offices, the Federal, State and
County Court Buildings, and by utilizing all other means that may be necessary to maintain
and enhance downtown as the functional and symbolic center of the City of San
Bernardino.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor
and Common Council and the Community Development Commission of the City of San
Bernardino at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 7th
day of September , 1993, by the following vote, to wit:
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",ESOLUTION NO. 93-336
Council Members
NEGRETE
CURLIN, M. D.
HERNANDEZ
OBERHELMAN
FIFTH WARD VACANT
POPE-LUDLAM
MILLER
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ABSTAIN
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Rachel Clark, City Clerk
resolution is hereby approved this j 0 tit
,1993.
The foregoing
September
Approved as to form
and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN,
City Attorney
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TIM SABO,
Economic Development
Agency Counsel
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CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
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Tom Minor, Mayor
City of San Bernardino
ABSENT
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
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Chairman, Community Development Commission
SAN BERNARDINO DOWNTOWN
BUSINESSMEN'S ASSOCIATION, INC.
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