HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - RDA 06 - 05 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RDA RESOLUTION NO. 06-05
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE)ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO)
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
CITY OF SAN JACINTO APPROVING THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN
EXPENSES RELATED TO PUBLIC 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"); 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 Agency desires to pay for approximately half the costs related to
the Improvements, in an amount not to exceed 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 available for such purpose; and
WHEREAS, the balance of the costs related to the Improvements will be funded
by Community Improvement Designation ("CID") funds to be allocated by the County of
Riverside ("County"); 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 ("Agency Board") has reviewed
and considered the staff report accompanying the City Council's resolution on this same
matter, and the other written and oral testimony and evidence presented at or Agency
Board's consideration of this resolution ("Resolution"); and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE AGENCY BOARD OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO:
SECTION 1. Findings. The Agency Board hereby consents to the Agency's
financing of the Improvements, and finds the following:
(a) In accordance with CRL Section 33445, the Agency Board
finds and determines, based on the information contained in
the agenda report accompanying this Resolution, as well as
the oral presentation of staff and other such written and oral
evidence as presented to the Agency 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 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.
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SECTION 2. Further Acts. The Executive Director is hereby authorized, with
the concurrence of the City Attorney, 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 Board 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) working days following the adoption of this
Resolution.
SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED, this 2nd day of November, 2006 by the
following vote:
Ayes: Ayres, Buydos, Ritchie, Shaw, Stubblefield
Nays: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
San Jacinto Redevelopment Agency
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D rothy L. C uinard, Agency Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM
BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP
Agency Counsel
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