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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-5391 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 - 1 - 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 13 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 17 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 25 26 WHEREAS, the proj ect Area presently suffers from a high 27 degree of impaired investments and depreciated values which 28 III - 2 - ""=-'~~'~. 1 conditions are being exacerbated by the lack of economic 2 opportunities within the Project Area; and 3 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, ; 9 and 10 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 17 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 25 26 WHEREAS, the reconstruction of existing parking in the 27 downtown area of the city, wherein residents of the Project Area 28 III - 3 - ~'t- _ -1 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 5 area; and 6 7 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 13 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; 18 and 19 20 21 22 23 24 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 27 III 28 III - 4 - ,'''4~~. ~ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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. III III - 5 - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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 8 the City. 9 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 13 body. 14 I I I 15 I I I 16 I I I 17 I I I 18 I I I 19 I I I 20 I I I 21 I I I 22 III 23 III 24 III 25 III 26 III 27 III 28 III - 6 - '- ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 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 NEGRETE -1L- CURLIN -X- HERNANDEZ -1L- OBERHELMAN -X- DEVLIN -X- POPE-LUDLAM ----X-.. MILLER ----X-.. day of The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this March , 1994. . _-",/~4 ~ /' . /r9n1 V~~ Tom Minor, Cha1rman Community Development Commission of the city of San Bernardino 7 Approved as to form and legal content: By: Agency Counsel 27 SBBO\OOOl\DOC\741 28 - 7 -