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SBEOOOOl-371/3683S/dc 07/24/90 0525 RESOLUTION NO. 9'0,.3&5" 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 THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPANSION AND RELATED PARKING FACILITIES WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino, California (the "Ci ty"), 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 Counci 1 of the City (the "Council"), pay all or a part of the value of land for and the cost of installation and construction of any building, facility, structure or other improvement which is publicly owned either within - 1 - 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 proj ect area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located, regardless of whether such improvement is wi thin another proj ect area, or in the case of a project area in which substantially all the land is publicly owned that the improvement is of benefit to an adjacent project area of the Agency, and (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 WHEREAS, the City and the Commission have previously approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the State College Redevelopment Project (the "Redevelopment Plan"); and WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the present landowners within the project area subject to the Redevelopment Plan (the "Project Area") and the residents, both within the Project Area and within the City generally, that the Agency causes the acquisition of a certain parcel of property, with improvements thereon (the "Property"), located at the northwest corner of Fifth Street and "D" Street within the City, which Property is to provide additional office space and parking capcity for the City Police Department and the public using the services of the City Police Department; and - 2 - WHEREAS, the City Police Department is presently in need of additional office space and related facilities as well as additional public parking capacity in order to provide an adequate level of service to the residents of the Project Area and the City using the City Police Department and accordingly, the acquisition of the Property is necessary in order to ensure the health, safety and welfare of residents and occupants of the Project Area and the City generally; and WHEREAS, the City Police Department is headquartered in the Central Business District but provides police safety services to the residents of the Project Area as well as other areas of the City; and WHEREAS, acquisition of the Property will provide much needed public parking facilities for the City Police Department and will provide additional space for expansion of the City Police Department in order that the City Police Department is better able to serve the residents of the Project Area which in turn will make the Project Area more desirable for commercial, industrial and residential development thereby benefiting said Project Area; and WHEREAS, in order to promote the City's health, safety and welfare, it is important that the acquisition of the Property be financed in order to ensure the provision of a high level of pOlice service to the Project Area and to thereby assist in the orderly development of the Project Area and neighboring areas; and - 3 - '. WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time for the Council to make certain findings and determinations and take certain action with respect to the acquisition of the Property. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, DO HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Recitals hereinabove are correct and are incorporated herein by this reference. true and Section 2. The Council consents to the payment by the Agency of the costs of the acquisition of the Property which is of benefit to the Project Area and other neighborhoods within the City for the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove. The Council further finds and determines that no other reasonable means of financing the acquisition of the Property is presently available to the City and that the City and the Agency require the use of revenues generated from the Project Area in order to fund the acquisition of the Property. Section 3. The acquisi tion of the Property wi 11 enable the City Police Department to provide a better level of service to the residents of the Project Area and other areas of the City which will make the Project Area and other areas of the City more desirable for commercial, industrial and residential development - 4 - which wi 11 in turn help eliminate blight wi thin such Proj ect Area and other areas of the City. Section 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause this Resolution to be transmitted to the Commission for appropriate action by that bOdy. Section 5. date of its adoption. This Resolution shall take effect upon the - 5 - . RESOLUTION . . .MAKING FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT TO THE STATE COLLEGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA. . . PARKING FACILITIES. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Commo Counci 1 of the City of San Bernardino at. fa meeting thereof, held on the ~I'J~ day of , 1990, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members dd2u/4-; i?+ Y!;/tllh)/-; Yll~ / , ~ klltdi';JJd(1VJ}hIU;Hrb:w,,. C;;~'Ihv Q~ City Clerk t1J\~~ hereby approved this ;(.J.~I NAYS: ABSENT: The foregoing Of resolution is , 1990. day of Approved as to form and legal content: JAMES F. PENMAN City Attorney BY~~ - 6 -