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RESOLUTION NO. 91-440
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
PROPERTY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT USES AND
MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE
BENEFIT TO VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
AREAS OF SUCH ACQUISITION
WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino, California (the
is a municipal corporation and a charter city duly
9 created and existing pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of
10 the State of California; and
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WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the
13 City of San Bernardino (the "Commission") on behalf of the
14 Redevelopment Agency
of the city of San Bernardino (the
15 "Agency"), is a redevelopment agency, a public body, corporate
16 and politic of the State of California, organized and existing
17 pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 of Division
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19 of the State of California (the "Act"); and
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WHEREAS, the City has determined a need to seek the
22 relocation of the City of San Bernardino Police Department (the
23 "Police Department") which need has arisen due to the inadequacy
24 of the existing Police Department headquarters facilities and the
25 inability of such facilities to accommodate present needs and
26 projected growth of the Police Department; and
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1 WHEREAS, the existing parking facilities associated
2 with the existing Police Department headquarters facilities are
3 also inadequate to accommodate existing needs and any future
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6 WHEREAS, the City and the Agency have determined that
7 certain property which is generally located at 701 North "E"
8 Street, 767 North "E" Street and certain vacant parcels bounded
9 on the west by "E" Street, on the south by Seventh Street and on
10 the east by "0" Street (the "Property") would be suitable for
11 conversion into a new Police Department headquarters facility;
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14 WHEREAS, the Property is located within the project
15 area subject to the Redevelopment Plan for the Central City North
16 Redevelopment Project; and
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18 WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan for the Central city
19 North Redevelopment Project provides for the acquisition of land
20 within the project area subject to said Redevelopment Plan; and
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22 WHEREAS, pursuant to section 33445 of the Act, the
23 Agency may, with the consent of the Mayor and Common Council of
24 the City (the "Council"), pay all or a part of the value of land
25 for and the cost of installation and construction of any
26 building, facili ty , structure or other improvement which is
27 publicly owned either within or without the boundaries of a
28 redevelopment project area if the Council determines: (1) that
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1 such buildings, facilities, structures or other improvements are
2 of benef it to the redevelopment proj ect area or the immediate
3 neighborhood in which the project is located, regardless of
4 whether such improvement is within another project area, or in
5 the case of a project area in which substantially all the land is
6 publicly owned that the improvement is of benefit to an adjacent
7 proj ect area of the Agency, and (2) that no other reasonable
8 means of financing such buildings, facilities, structures or
9 other improvements is available to the community, and such
10 determination by the Agency and the Council shall be final and
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13 WHEREAS, the City and the Commission have previously
14 approved and adopted various redevelopment plans throughout the
15 City which include the Redevelopment Plan for the State College
16 Redevelopment Project (the "State College Redevelopment Plan"),
17 the Redevelopment Plan for the Uptown Redevelopment Project (the
18 "Uptown Redevelopment Plan"), the Redevelopment Plan for the
19 Southeast Industrial Park Redevelopment Project (the "SEIP
20 Redevelopment Plan"), the Redevelopment Plan for the Northwest
21 Redevelopment Project (the "Northwest Redevelopment Plan"), the
22 Redevelopment Plan for the South Valle Redevelopment Project (the
23 "South Valle Redevelopment Plan") and the Redevelopment Plan for
24 the Tri-City Redevelopment Project (the "Tri-City Redevelopment
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WHEREAS,
landowners within
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the present
to the above
is in the interests of
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1 described Redevelopment Plans (which project areas shall
2 collectively be hereinafter referred to as the "Project Areas")
3 and the residents, both within the Project Areas and within the
4 City generally, that the Agency causes the acquisition of the
5 Property, which Property is to provide office space and related
6 parking facilities for the City Police Department; and
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8 WHEREAS, upon the Agency's acquisition of the Property
9 it is anticipated that the ci ty, on behalf of the Police
10 Department, shall be responsible for all costs of renovation and
11 alteration which may be necessary to convert the Property to
12 Police Department uses and that the Agency shall, upon
13 acquisition, thereafter lease the Property and all improvements
14 thereon to the City for a nominal annual rental; and
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16 WHEREAS, the City's Police Department is presently in
17 need of new office space and related facilities in order to
18 provide adequate levels of service to the residents of the
19 Project Areas and the city who rely on the services provided by
20 the City Police Department and accordingly, the acquisition of
21 the Property is necessary in order to ensure the health, safety
22 and welfare of residents and occupants of the Project Areas and
23 the City generally; and
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WHEREAS, through the acquisition of the Property, the
City Police Department will be able to remain headquartered in
the Central Business District and therefore will be able to
provide police safety services to the residents of all of the
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1 Project Areas as well as other areas of the City and to oversee
2 the police activities within all areas of the City; and
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4 WHEREAS, acquisition of the Property will provide much
5 needed space for the establishment of new facilities for the City
6 Police Department in order that the City Police Department will
7 be better able to serve the residents of the Project Areas and
8 the city generally and provide a higher level of police
9 protection services which in turn will make the Project Areas
10 more desirable for commercial, industrial and residential
11 development thereby benefiting said Project Areas; and
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13 WHEREAS, in order to promote the City's health, safety
14 and welfare, it is important that the acquisition of the Property
15 be financed in order to ensure the provision of a high level of
16 police service to the Project Areas as well as the entire city
17 and to thereby assist in the orderly development of the Project
18 Areas and neighboring areas; and
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21 to make certain findings and determinations and take certain
22 action with respect to the acquisition of the Property.
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24 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
25 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The Recitals hereinabove are true and
correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
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1 SECTION 2. The Council hereby approves the
2 acquisition of the Property by the Agency for the purposes of
3 providing a new headquarters facility for the City Police
4 Department and hereby authorizes the Mayor and city Clerk on
5 behalf of the Agency to execute all necessary documents in
6 connection therewith and take such actions as may be deemed
7 necessary in order to facilitate the acquisition of the Property
8 and subsequent lease to the city including, but not limited to,
9 the execution of any leases by and between the city and the
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13 the Agency of the costs of the acquisition of the Property which
14 is of benefit to the Project Areas and other neighborhoods within
15 the City for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove.
16 The Council further finds and determines that no other reasonable
17 means of financing the acquisition of the Property is presently
18 available to the city and that the city and the Agency require
19 the use of revenues generated from the Project Areas in order to
20 fund the acquisition of the Property.
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22 SECTION 4. The acquisition of the Property will
23 enable the City Police Department to provide a better level of
24 service to the residents of the Project Areas and other areas of
25 the City which will make the Project Areas and other areas of the
26 city more desirable for commercial, industrial and residential
27 development which will in turn help eliminate blight within such
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1 SECTION 5. The city Clerk is hereby authorized and
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
PROPERTY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT USES AND MAKING FINDINGS AND
DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO VARIOUS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
AREAS OF SUCH ACQUISITION
SECTION 6.
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
meeting
reqular
thereof, held on the
day of
21st
October
1991, by the following vote, to wit:
13 Council Members:
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ABSENT
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REILLY
HERNANDEZ
MAUDSLEY
MINOR
POPE-LUDLAM
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Approved as to form and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN
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