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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3208 (3) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. 3208 COUNTY OF RIVERSIDIl CITY OF SAN JACINTO ) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO APPROVING THE AGENCY'S 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 "Community 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 Community Center is located in the Project Area; and WHEREAS, due to its age, the Community Center became deteriorated and in need of rehabilitation to improve its condition; and WHEREAS, the City and Agency previously found that Agency assistance was necessary in order to complete the rehabilitation of the Community Center. and that such rehabilitation would be of benefit to the Project Area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions adopted by the City and the Agency on March 20, 2008 and June 19, 2008, the City Council and the Agency Board authorized Agency assistance for the rehabilitation of the Community Center in the total amount of One Hundred Eleven Thousand Five-hundred Dollars ($111,500); and WHEREAS, the initially authorized rehabilitation work has been completed, and in the process of completing this work it was discovered that additional seismic retrofit was necessary, as determined by the City Building Official; and WHEREAS, cost overruns were incurred in the amount of Four Thousand Forty Dollars ($4,04D) for the additional seismic retrofit ("Cost Overruns"); and WHEREAS, certain additional work is now recommended by City and •.. Agency staff to complete the modernization of the Community Center and to make the Community Center more visually desirable (the "Additional Improvements"); and Page t of 4 WHEREAS, the Additional Improvements, including the payment of prevailing wage rates, will cost Forty-two Thousand Five-hundred Seventy-seven Dollars ($42,577); and WHEREAS, the County of Riverside has agreed to contribute to the funding of the Additional Improvements in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000); and WHEREAS, the City has no other reasonable source of funding to cover the full amount necessary to fund the Cost Overruns and the Additional Improvements; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires to provide funding for the Cost Overruns and the Additional Improvements in the sum of Forty-two Thousand Five-hundred Seventy-seven Dollars ($42,577); 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 rehabilitation of the Community Center if the Agency and the City Council make certain findings; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Jacinto ("City Council") 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 City Council's consideration of this Resolution. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1_ SECTION 1. Findings. The City Council hereby consents to the Agency's financing of the Cost Overruns and Additional improvements in the amount of Forty-two Thousand Five-hundred Seventy-seven Dollars ($42,577), and finds the following: (a) In accordance with CRL Section 33445, the City Council 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 City Council, the following: (1) The Agency's financing of the Cost Overruns and Additional Improvements is necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Redevelopment Plan because such financing will assist in improving the physical condition of the Community Center by completing the rehabilitation and modernization of the Community Center. The rehabilitation of the Community Center 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. Page 2 of 4 (2) The City has determined that there are no other reasonable means of financing the total costs related to the Cost Overruns and Additional Improvements available to the City. (3) The Agency's financing of the Cost Overruns and Additional 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. Ratification of Prior Funding. The City Council hereby confirms and ratifies all prior Agency funding provided for the rehabilitation of the Community Center. SECTION 3. Further Acts. The City Manager 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 4. CEQA Compliance. The City Council hereby finds that the adoption of this Rosolution is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 , because the rehabilitation work is for an existing public facility, and involves negligible or no expansion of an existing use. lo" SECTION 5. Notice of Exemption. City staff is hereby directed to file a Notice of Exemption within five (5) days following the adoption of this Resolution. SECTION 6. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect upon its adoption. APPROVED and ADOPTED, this 41h day of September, 2008 by the following vote: Ayes; Carlson, Mansperger, Potts, Stubblefield, Ayres Nays. None Abstain: None Absent: None City o an Ja 'nto im Ay I Mayor Page 3 of 4 ATTEST: Vow rnthy L. C uinard, City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: BEST BEST & KRiiEGER LLP _J ft;�z E eg4 Jeff ry S. Ballin r, City Attorney Page 4 of 4