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RESOLUTION NO. 91-421
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE
BENEFIT TO THE STATE COLLEGE REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA OF UNDERTAKING CERTAIN PUBLIC
RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS
ADJACENT TO GOVERNMENT-OWNED PROPERTIES
WHEREAS, the city of San Bernardino, California (the
is a municipal corporation and a charter city duly
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created and existing pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of
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the State of California (the "City"); and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the
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city of San Bernardino (the "Commission") on behalf of the
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Redevelopment Agency of the city of San Bernardino (the
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"Agency"), is a redevelopment agency, a public body, corporate
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and politic of the State of California, organized and existing
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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
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within or without the boundaries of a redevelopment project area
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if the Agency determines:
(1) that such buildings, facilities,
structures
improvements
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benefit
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1 redevelopment project area or the immediate neighborhood in which
2 the project is located, regardless of whether such improvement is
3 within another project area, or in the case of a project area in
4 which substantially all the land is publicly owned that the
5 improvement is of benefit to an adjacent project area of the
6 Agency, and (2) that no other reasonable means of financing such
7 buildings, facilities, structures or other improvements is
8 available to the community, and such determination by the Agency
9 and the Council shall be final and conclusive; and
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11 WHEREAS, the City and the Commission have previously
12 approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the State College
13 Redevelopment Project (the "State College Redevelopment Plan");
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16 WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the present
17 landowners within the project area subject to the State College
18 Redevelopment Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Project
19 Area") and the residents, both wi thin the proj ect Area and wi thin
20 the City generally, that the Agency assist in the financing of
21 certain public right-of-way landscaping improvements which
22 improvements are to be undertaken adjacent to government-owned
23 properties on major streets within the project Area and within
24 the city generally and which improvements will be primarily on or
25 adjacent to sidewalks (the Right-of-Way Landscaping
26 Improvements"); and
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1 WHEREAS the Right-of-Way Landscaping Improvements are
2 to be undertaken both within the Project Area and within certain
3 major right-of-ways which are adjacent and in proximity to the
4 Project Area, as well as within other major rights-of-way within
5 the city all of which rights-of-way are used by occupants and
6 residents of the Project Area and many of which provide direct
7 access to and from the Project Area; and
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9 WHEREAS, the undertaking of the Right-of-Way
10 Landscaping Improvements will improve the major arterials in and
11 adjacent to the Project Area and throughout the city generally
12 and will improve the safety conditions of the sidewalks and curb
13 sides thereby making such sidewalks and curb sides safer for
14 pedestrian traffic which in turn will ensure the health, safety
15 and welfare of residents and occupants of the Project Area; and
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17 WHEREAS, development of the Right-of-Way Landscaping
18 Improvements will also improve aesthetic conditions within the
19 Project Area as well as in the neighborhoods within which such
20 properties are also located which in turn will make the Project
21 Area and such neighborhoods more desirable for residential and
22 other development thereby benefiting such neighborhoods and the
23 Project Area; and
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WHEREAS, the undertaking of the Right-of-Way
Landscaping Improvements on public rights-of-way adjacent to the
governmentally owned properties will have the effect of making
such properties more desirable for private development which
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1 private development will enhance the economic vitality of the
2 areas in which the properties are located which in turn will
3 enhance the economic viability of the Project Areaj and
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5 WHEREAS, in order to promote the city's health, safety
6 and welfare, it is important that the Right-of-Way Landscaping
7 Improvements required for the Project Area and areas adjacent
8 thereto be financed in order to ensure the orderly development of
9 the Project Area and neighboring areaSj and
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25 benefit to such Project Area and other neighborhoods within the
26 City for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove. The
27 council further finds and determines that no other reasonable
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WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time for the Council
to make certain findings and determinations and take certain
action with respect to the installation of the Right-of-Way
Landscaping Improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO 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 Right-of-Way Landscaping Improvements
1 Landscaping Improvements is presently available to the city and
2 that the City and the Agency require the use of revenues
3 generated from the Project Area in order to fund the undertaking
4 of the Right-of-Way Landscaping Improvements.
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7 Landscaping Improvements in the Project Area will improve the
8 economic desirability of certain properties within the Project
9 Area and adjacent thereto, will improve aesthetic conditions and
10 will improve traffic and pedestrian safety conditions in and
11 around the Project Area which will make the Project Area more
12 desirable for residential and other development which will in
13 turn help eliminate blight within such Project Area and other
14 areas of the City.
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16 SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and
17 directed to cause this Resolution to be transmitted to the Agency
18 for consideration in connection with appropriate action by that
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1 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO
2 THE BENEFIT TO THE STATE COLLEGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA OF
UNDERTAKING CERTAIN PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY LANDSCAPING IMPROVEMENTS
3 ADJACENT TO GOVERNMENT-OWNED PROPERTIES
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SECTION 5.
The findings and determinations herein
5 shall be final and conclusive. This Resolution shall take effect
6 upon the date of its adoption.
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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 regular meeting
11 thereof, held on the 7th day of October
12 1991, by the following vote, to wit:
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AYES:
Council Members
Estrada, Reilly, Hernandez,
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JAMES F. PENMAN
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Maudsley, Minor, Miller
NAYS:
None
ABSENT:
Council Member Pope-Ludlam
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city Clerk I
The foregoing resolution is hereby
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9th
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