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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 883ORD 883x ôÎâ¼ORDINANCE NO. 883 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENT NO. 2 to REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PUENTE-MERCED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park adopted a Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project on August 16, 1978 and subsequently adopted an Amended Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project on June 16, 1982; and WHEREAS, the Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency, here- inafter referred to as the Agency" has formulated and prepared a second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project, hereinafter referred to as Amendment No. 2"; and WHEREAS, because the changes made in Amendment No. 2 will not affect the City's General Plan, the Agency was not required to submit this amendment to the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park, hereinafter referred to as the City Council", said proposed Amendment No. 2; and WHEREAS, the Agency has submitted the Report to the City Council accompanying Amendment No. 2 to the City Council; and WHEREAS, after due notice, a Joint Public Hearing has been held by the Agency and the City Council; and WHEREAS, all actions required by law have been taken by all appropriate public agencies; and WHEREAS, after said joint public hearing, the Agency approved said Amendment No. 2 and recommended adoption of said Amendment No. 2 to the City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The purposes and intent of the City Council with respect to the Project Area are to: 1. Eliminate the conditions of blight existing in the Project Area; 2. Insure, as far as possible, that the causes of blighting conditions in the Project Area will be either eliminated or protected against; 3. Provide participation opportunities for owners and tenants in the Project Area; 4. Encourage the rehabilitation of existing develop- ment and construction of new developments in the Project Area; 5• Encourage the expansion and development of industrial and commercial uses to provide employment opportunities; 6. Encourage construction of quality, multi-family residential units to provide additional affordable housing in the City; BIB] 37971-U01 ORD-U02 883-U02 LI2-U03 FO4404-U03 FO33428-U03 DO33630-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/16/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 883x ôÎâ¼Ordinance No, 883 Page Two 7. Redevelop, rebuild, and/or construct public facilities in the Project Area to provide safe and more efficient public services; and 8. Provide the City of Baldwin Park with assistance in implementing the previously adopted and amended Baldwin Park General Plan. SECTION 2. Amendment No. 2 to the Amended Redevelop- ment Plan hereafter Amended Plan") for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project, referred to herein as Amendment No. 2) is hereby approved, adopted and designated as an amendment to the official Amended Plan, and the same is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, marked Exhibit A. SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that: 1. The Project Area continues to be a blighted area", the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes as set forth in the Redevelopment Law; 2. The Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, will effectively redevelop the Project Area in conformity with the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq. in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare; 3. The adoption and carrying out of the Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, is economically sound and feasible; 4. The Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, conforms to the General Plan of the City of Baldwin Park, as amended; 5. The carrying out of the Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, will promote the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the City of Baldwin Park and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.; 6. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, is necessary for the execution of said amended Redevelopment Plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired, as required by law; and 7. This Amendment No. 2 to the Amended Plan will not result in the relocation of any residents in the Project Area. 8. There have been provided in other areas not generally less desirable than the Project Area in regard to public utilities, public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons heretofore displaced from the Project Area, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment; and BIB] 37971-U01 ORD-U02 883-U02 LI2-U03 FO4404-U03 FO33428-U03 DO33630-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/16/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 883x ôÎâ¼Ordinance No. 883 Page Three 9. The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the Project Area cannot be reasonably expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the Agency. SECTION 4. That the legislative body does hereby determine that it is convinced that the effect of tax increment financing as contemplated by the Amended Plan, as further amended by Amendment No. 2, will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the Project Area. SECTION 5. The Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project Area provides for the expenditure of money by the City in carrying out said Amended Redevelopment Plan, and authorizes the City to financially assist the Agency by way of loans, grants, or other financial assistance. The City Council hereby provides that such financial assistance to the Agency shall be made from time to time as the City Council shall determine to be necessary, and that all such financial assistance shall be deemed to be loans to the Agency based on terms to be established by an agreement between the City and Agency, unless the City Council shall provide in specific cases that such assistance shall be treated other than as a loan. SECTION 6. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2, is hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official actions must be taken by the City Council with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, improvements to existing streets and other public facilities and other public action, and accordingly, the City Council hereby: 1. Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the City of Baldwin Park under the provisions of the Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2; and 2. Requests the various officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the City of Baldwin Park having administrative responsibilities for the City likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2. SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this Ordinance with the Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency, and the Agency is hereby vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Amended Plan, as amended by Amendment No. 2. SECTION 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published in the manner prescribed by law. APPROVED and ADOPTED this 5th yaay of December 1984. / / v^^W/^ BIB] 37971-U01 ORD-U02 883-U02 LI2-U03 FO4404-U03 FO33428-U03 DO33630-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/16/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 883x ôÎâ¼Ordinance No. 883 Page Four STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) ss. CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, LINDA L. GAIR, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park/ do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 21st day of November, 1984. That/ thereafter, said Ordinance was duly passed and approved at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 5th day of December, 1984, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN McNEILL. GIBSON, IZELL, KING AND MAYOR WHITE NOES COUNCILMEN NONE_______._ ABSENT: COUNCILMEN NONE S^ titNDA L. GAiR, CITY CLERK BIB] 37971-U01 ORD-U02 883-U02 LI2-U03 FO4404-U03 FO33428-U03 DO33630-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/16/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04