HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3132 STATE OF CALIFORNIA) RESOLUTION NO. 3132
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JACINTO APPROVING THE REVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY
OF SAN JACINTO'S PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES RELATED TO
PUBLIC HEALTH IMPROVEMENTS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 33445
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Jacinto ("Agency") is
engaged in the activities necessary to execute and implement the redevelopment plan
("Redevelopment Plan") for the Agency's San Jacinto Redevelopment Project ("Project
Area"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency is undertaking certain activities necessary for
redevelopment in the Project Area pursuant to the provisions of the California
Community Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code, §§ 33000 et seq.) ("CRL") and
the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Jacinto ("City") owns and operates the San Jacinto
Community Center (the "Center") which was opened in 1976, and is used as a meeting
`-� place for community groups, non-profit organizations and support groups; for other
public meetings and community events; and also as a senior center providing programs
and services to the senior community living in the City; and
WHEREAS, the Center is located in the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, due to its age, the Center has become deteriorated and is in need of
both rehabilitation to improve its deteriorating condition and minor reconstruction to
ensure that the Center is in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act
("ADA'I; and
WHEREAS, the work necessary to rehabilitate the Center and bring the Center
into ADA compliance includes: replacing deteriorated flooring, ceiling tiles and paint,
demolishing cement concrete barriers which impede access to the Center, and
rebuilding the built-in reception desk to bring the desk into ADA compliance (the
"Improvements"); and
WHEREAS, the City and the Agency have previously approved the allocation of
Forty Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) from the tax increment revenue generated from
the Project Area, from bond proceeds, or from any other funds of the Agency legally
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available for such purpose for the Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the County of Riverside has allocated Thirty Thousand Dollars
($30,000) towards the cost of the Improvements from Community Improvement
Designation ("CID") funds; and
WHEREAS, following the City and Agency's prior allocation of funds for the
Improvements, Agency staff completed a competitive bid for the Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the lowest bid received for the project is Twenty One Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($21,500) over the total amount of funding allocated for the
Improvements, including the CID funds; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to cover the funding gap for the Improvements
and to provide an additional sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) as contingency
for the project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CRL Section 33445, the Agency may, with the consent
of the City Council, assist in the payment of costs related to the Improvements if the
City Council makes certain findings; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Board of the Agency ("Governing Board ) has
reviewed and considered the staff report accompanying this resolution ("Resolution")
and the other written and oral testimony and evidence presented at or prior to the time
of the Governing Board's consideration of this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF
THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Findings. The Governing Board hereby consents to the Agency's
financing of the Improvements in an additional amount of Thirty Six Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($36,500), and finds the following:
(a) In accordance with CRL Section 33445, the Governing
Board finds and determines, based on the information
contained in the staff report accompanying this Resolution,
as well as the oral presentation of staff and other such
written and oral evidence as presented to the Governing
Board, the following:
(i) The Agency's financing of the Improvements is
necessary to effectuate the purposes of the
Redevelopment Plan because such financing will
assist in improving the physical condition of the
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- Center, and thus the Project Area by rehabilitating the
deteriorating condition of the Center and bringing the
Center into compliance with the ADA. The
Improvements will: (a) improve the quality of life in the
Project Area; (b) contribute to the long-term success
of the Project Area; (c) eliminate blighting conditions
in the Project Area; (d) provide greater access to this
community use located in the Project Area.
(ii) The Agency's financing of the Improvements will
assist in the elimination of blighting conditions in the
Project Area and is consistent with the Agency's
Implementation Plan for the Project Area.
SECTION 2. Further Acts. The Executive Director of the Agency is hereby
authorized, with the concurrence of the Agency Counsel, to take such further actions
and execute such other agreements as may be necessary or appropriate in
administering the actions authorized by this Resolution.
SECTION 3. CEQA Compliance. The Agency hereby finds that the Agency's
financing of the Improvements is exempt from the requirements of the California
Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA'), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section
15301, because the Improvements will be part of an existing public facility, and the
Improvements involve negligible or no expansion of an existing use.
SECTION 4. Notice of Exemption. Agency staff is hereby directed to file a
Notice of Exemption within five (5) days following the adoption of this Resolution.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect upon ifs adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 20th day of March, 2008 by the
following vote:
Ayes: Mansperger, Stubblefield, Ayres
Nays: None
Absent: Carlson, Ritchie
Abstain: None
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