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RESOLUTION NO. 5391
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO,
CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND
DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE STATE COLLEGE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
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 (the "City"); 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 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
if the Council determines: (1) that such buildings, facilities,
structures or other improvements are of benefit to the
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1 redevelopment proj ect 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, (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 (3) that the
10 paYment of funds for the cost of the facilities, structures or
11 other improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more
12 blighting conditions inside the project; and
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14 WHEREAS, the City and the Commission have previously
15 approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the State College
16 Redevelopment Project (the "Redevelopment Plan"); and
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18 WHEREAS, it is in the interests of the present
19 landowners within the project area subject to the Redevelopment
20 Plan (the "Project Area") and the residents, both within the
21 Project Area and within the City generally, that the Agency
22 causes the reconstruction of certain parking facilities located
23 mid-block on the south side of Court Street between "0" and "E"
24 Streets in the city (the "Public Parking Improvements"); and
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26 WHEREAS, the proj ect Area presently suffers from a high
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1 conditions are being exacerbated by the lack of economic
2 opportunities within the Project Area; and
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4 WHEREAS, in order to ensure continued investment in the
5 Project Area, Project Area residents and occupants are having to
6 avail themselves of economic opportunities in the central
7 business district as well as services provided in the
8 governmental offices located in the central business district, ;
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11 WHEREAS, the Public Parking Improvements provide much
12 needed public parking facilities to the central business district
13 of the city of San Bernardino which are used by the patrons of
14 City Hall, as well as members of the general public who avail
15 themselves of the goods and services provided in the central
16 business district of the City; and
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18 WHEREAS, the Public Parking Improvements are located
19 within a portion of the central city area of the City of San
20 Bernardino which suffers from inadequate and deteriorating
21 parking facili ties and which area is used by residents and
22 occupants of the Project Area who rely on the provision of civic
23 services and/ or services provided by the Ci ty or who pursue
24 employment opportunities in the central business district; and
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26 WHEREAS, the reconstruction of existing parking in the
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1 and the City generally may avail themselves of civic and
2 commercial services, and will provide'a benefit for the Project
3 Area and the residents of the adjacent neighborhoods who
4 participate in activities or who are employed in the downtown
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WHEREAS, reconstruction of the Public parking
8 Improvements will create safer traffic conditions in the
9 downtown areas which are used by residents of the Project Area
10 which in turn will make the city, including the Project Area,
11 more desirable for residential and other development thereby
12 benefiting said Project Area; and
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14 WHEREAS, by making the Project Area more desirable, the
15 incentives for economic reinvestment in the Project Area will
16 increase as will property values, thereby contributing to the
17 elimination of existing blighting conditions in the project Area;
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WHEREAS, in order to promote the City's health, safety
and welfare, it is important that the Public Parking Improvements
be financed in order to ensure the orderly development of the
Project Area and neighboring areas; and
25 WHEREAS, it is appropriate at this time for the Council
26 to make certain findings and determinations and take certain
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action with respect to the reconstruction of the Public Parking
Improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS
FOLLOWS:
section 1. The Recitals hereinabove are true and
correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.
Section 2. The Agency consents to the paYment by
the Agency of the costs of the Public Parking Improvements to be
undertaken in the central business district which are of benefit
to the Project Area and other neighborhoods within the city for
the reasons set forth in the Recitals hereinabove. The Agency
also finds and determines that no other reasonable means of
financing the reconstruction of the Public Parking Improvements
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 reconstruction of the Public Parking
Improvements. The Council further finds that the reconstruction
of the Public Parking Improvements will enhance the desirability
of the city for economic investment which in turn will enhance
economic investment in the Project Area thereby eliminate
existing blighting conditions in the project Area.
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section 3. The reconstruction of the Public Parking
Improvements in the downtown area will improve traffic safety
condi tions in the downtown area which will make the central
business district safer for use by residents and occupants of the
project Area, which will thereby make the entire City and the
Project Area more desirable for development which will in turn
help eliminate blight within the Project Area and other areas of
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10 section 4. The city Clerk is hereby authorized and
11 directed to cause this Resolution to be transmitted to the Agency
12 for consideration in connection with appropriate action by that
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RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS AND
DETERMINATIONS AS TO THE BENEFIT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
FOR THE STATE COLLEGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
section 5.
The findings and determinations herein
shall be final and conclusive. This Resolution shall take effect
upon the date of its adoption.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by the Community Development Commission of the city of
San Bernardino at a
Re~ular
meeting
day of
thereof, held on the
March
7
1994, by the following vote, to wit:
commission Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
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POPE-LUDLAM ----X-..
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day of
The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
March , 1994. . _-",/~4
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Tom Minor, Cha1rman
Community Development
Commission of the
city of San Bernardino
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Approved as to
form and legal content:
By:
Agency Counsel
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