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ORDINANCE NO. 708
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK APPROVING AND ADOPT-
ING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PUENTE-
MERGED/SOUTH BALDWIN PARK REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Baldwin Park Community Redevelopment Agency
hereafter referred to as the Agency") has heretofore
formulated and prepared the proposed Redevelopment Plan for
the Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelopment Project;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Baldwin
Park has heretofore submitted its report and recommendation
finding the said proposed Redevelopment Plan to be in con-
formity with the General Plan and recommended approval of
said proposed Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Agency adopted rules governing partici-
pation and preferences by owners, operators of businesses
and tenants in the Project area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Council of
the City of Baldwin Park said proposed Redevelopment Plan
for the Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelopment
Project; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has submitted the Report of the
Agency on said proposed Redevelopment Plan to the City
Council; and
WHEREAS, following the giving of legal notice as
required by law, a joint public hearing has been held by
the Agency and the City Council; and
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing has heretofore
been held by the City Council on an environmental impact
report on said project prepared in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 21000 et seq. of the Public Resources
Code of the State of California, and the contents of said
report has been considered by the City Council in arriving
at its decision to approve said Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, all actions required by law have been taken
by all appropriate public agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN
PARK DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The purposes and intent of the City Council
with respect to the Project area are to:
a) Eliminate the conditions of blight
existing in the Project area;
b) Insure, as far as possible, that the
causes of blighting conditions will be either
eliminated or protected against;
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c) Provide for participation by owners in
the Project area;
d) Encourage and insure the redevelopment
of the Project area;
e) Encourage and foster the economic
revitalization of the Project area;
f) Authorize the development of the
facilities specified in the Redevelopment Plan
for the benefit of the public convenience and
welfare.
SECTION 2. All written and oral objections to the
Redevelopment Plan are hereby overruled.
SECTION 3. The Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-
Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelopment Project, a copy of
which is attached hereto, marked Exhibit A" hereof herein-
after called the Redevelopment Plan") is hereby incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof as if set forth
in full herein.
SECTION 4. The said Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-
Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelopment Project is hereby
approved and adopted and designated as the official Redevelop-
ment Plan for the Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelop-
ment Project.
SECTION 5. The City Council hereby finds and determines
that:
a) The Project area is a blighted area,
the redevelopment of which is necessary to ef-
fectuate the public purposes declared in the
Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California;
b) The Redevelopment Plan will redevelop
the Project area in conformity with the Community
Redevelopment Law of the State of California and
in the interests of the public peace, health,
safety, and welfare;
c) The adoption and carrying out of the
Redevelopment Plan is economically sound and
feasible;
d) The Redevelopment Plan conforms to the
General Plan of the City of Baldwin Park;
e) The carrying out of the Redevelopment
Plan will promote the public peace, health, safety
and welfare of the City of Baldwin Park and will
effectuate the purposes and policies of the Com-
munity Redevelopment Law of the State of California;
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f) The condemnation of real property is
necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment
Plan and adequate provisions have been made for
payment for property to be acquired as provided
by law;
g) The Agency has a feasible method and
plan for the relocation of families and persons
to be temporarily or permanently displaced from
housing facilities in the Project area;
h) There are or are being provided in areas
outside the Project area not generally less desirable
in regard to public utilities and public and com-
mercial facilities and at rents or prices within
the financial means of the families and persons dis-
placed from the Project area, decent, safe, and
sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number
of and available to such displaced families and
persons and reasonably accessible to their places
of employment;
i) The Redevelopment Plan will afford a maximum
opportunity consistent with the sound needs of the
locality as a whole for the redevelopment of such
area by private enterprises;
j) In order to implement and facilitate the
effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan hereby ap-
proved and adopted it is found and determined that
certain official action may be required by the City
Council with reference thereto, and accordingly the
City Council hereby:
1) Pledges its cooperation in
helping to carry out such Redevelopment
Plan; and
2) Requests the various officials,
departments, boards and agencies of the City
of Baldwin Park having administrative re-
sponsibilities in the premises likewise to
cooperate to such end and to exercise their
respective functions and powers in a manner
consistent with said Redevelopment Plan; and
3) Stands ready to consider and to take
appropriate action upon proposals and bieasures
designed to effectuate the Redevelopment Plan;
and
4) 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 Redevelopment Plan.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAOrdinance No. 708
5) Approves of the expenditure of
such funds by the City as are necessary
and authorized pursuant to the provisions
of the Redevelopment Plan to implement
and carry out such Plan.
SECTION 6. The City Council is satisfied permanent
housing facilities will be available within three years
from the time any occupants of the Project area are dis-
placed and that pending the development of such facilities
there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate
temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those
in the City of Baldwin Park at the time of their displace-
ment. No persons or families of low and moderate income
shall be displaced from residences unless and until there
is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy
by such displaced person or family at rents comparable to
those at the time of their displacement. Such housing
units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced per-
sons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary and
otherwise standard dwellings. The Agency shall not displace
such person or family until such housing units are available
and ready for occupancy.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to send
a certified copy of this ordinance to the Agency and the
Agency is hereby vested with the responsibility for carry-
ing out the Redevelopment Plan, subject to the provisions
of the Redevelopment Plan.
SECTION 8. The City Clerk is hereby directed to take
all steps necessary to comply with the provisions of Sections
33372, 33373 and 33375 of the Community Redevelopment Law.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and to its approval by the City Council and
cause the same to be published once in a newspaper of general
circulation within the City of Baldwin Park.
APPROVED and ADOPTED this 8th day of July_____,
1975.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAORDINANCE NO.
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708
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS;
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I, THELMA L. BALKUS. City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park.
do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 708 was regularly
introduced and placed upon its first reading at an adjourned regular
meeting of the City Council on the 3rd day of July 1975
That, thereafter, said Ordinance was duly adopted and passed at an
adjourned regular meeting of the City Council on the 8th day
of July_____, 1975 by the following vote:
9UNpI4MEN AYE NAY N.V. AB COUNCILMEN AYE NAY N.V. AR
GREGORY X WALDO X2
KING X MAYOR HAMILTON X
MC CARON XI
X Indicates Vote AB Absent N.V. Not Voting
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THELHA L. SAtKUs, C(TY CLtRK
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAPUENTE-MERCED/
SOUTH BALDWIN PARK
REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency
Baldwin Park, California 91706
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAREVISED
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
for
PUENTE-MERCED/SOUTH BALDWIN PARK
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
BALDWIN PARK. CALIFORNIA
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òATABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Sec. 100) INTRODUCTION 1
II. Sec. 200) GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1-
III. Sec. 300) PROJECT AREA BOUNDARIES 3
IV. Sec. 400) PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT ACTIONS 4
A. Sec. 401) General 4
B. Sec. 402) Property Acquisition 5
1. Sec. 403) Acquisition of Real
Property 5
2. Sec. 404) Acquisition of Personal
Property 6
C, Sec. 405) Participation by Owners and
Tenants 6
1. Sec. 406) Tenant Participation 6
2. Sec. 407) Owner Participation 6
3. Sec. 408) Rules for Participation
Opportunities 7
4. Sec. 409) Participation Agreements 7
D. Sec. 410) Application of Plan 8
E. Sec. 411) Relocation of Persons Displaced
by the Project 8
1. Sec. 412) Relocation Assistance 8
2. Sec. 413) Relocation Payments 8
F. Sec. 414) Property Disposition and
Development 8
1. Sec. 415) Real Property Disposition
and Development 8
a. Sec. 416) General 9
b. Sec. 417) Purchase and Development
Documents 9
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò Ac. Sec. 418) Development 10
2. Sec. 419) Personal Property Disposition 10
V. Sec. 500) USES PERMITTED IN THE PROJECT AREA 10
A. Sec. 501) Maps 11
B. Sec. 502) Zoning 11
C. Sec. 503) Public Uses, Streets and Rights-
of-Way i]
1. Sec. 504) Rights-of-Way 11
D. Sec. 505) General Controls and Limitations 11
1. Sec. 506) New Constructions 11
2. Sec. 507) Conforming Uses 12
St.
3. Sec. 508) Limitation on the Number of
Dwelling Units 12
4. Sec. 509) Open Spaces 12
5. Sec. 510) Limitations on Type, Size,
Height, Number and Use of
Buildings 13
6. Sec. 511) Utilities /....... 13
7 Sec. 512) Energy 13
E. Sec. 513) Building Permits 13
F. Sec. 514) Neighborhood Impact Element 14
VI. Sec. 600) METHODS FOR FINANCING THE PROJECT 16
A. Sec. 601) General Description of the Financing
Methods 16
B. Sec. 602) Tax Increments 17
C. Sec. 603) Proposed Method of Financing 19
D. Sec. 604) Agency Bonds 20
VII. Sec. 700) ACTIONS BY THE CITY 20
VIII. Sec. 800) ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE
PLAN 20
IX. Sec. 900) DURATION OF THIS PLAN 21
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò
AREDEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR THE
PUENTE-MERCED/SOUTH BALDWIN
PARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
I. Sec. 100) INTRODUCTION
The Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-Merced/South
Baldwin Park Redevelopment Project consists of Part I.
Text) and Part II. Maps). This Plan has been prepared by
the Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency of the City of Baldwin
Park pursuant to the Community R-e development Law of the
State of California, the United States Constitution, the
California Constitution, and all applicable local laws and
ordinances.
II. Sec. 200) GENERAL DEFINITIONS
The following references will be used generally in this
Plan unless the context otherwise requires:
A. Plan" means the Redevelopment Plan for the
Redevelopment Project area.
B. Maps" Part II herein) means the Redevelopment
Plan Maps for the Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelop-
ment Project area which Maps are attached hereto and in-
corporated herein by this reference.
C. Project" means the Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park
Redevelopment Project.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò AD. Project Area" means the area included within the
boundaries of the Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park
Redevelopment Proj ect.
E. Agency" means the Baldwin Park Redeve-Lament Agency.
F. City" means the City of Baldwin Park, California.
G. City Council" means the City Council of the Ci^y of
Baldwin Park, California.
H. County" means the County of Los Angeles.
I. State" means the State of California.
J. Person" means any individual, or any public or
private entity.
K. Redevelopment Law" means the Community Redevelopment
Law of the State of California California Health and
Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.)
L. Building" means any structure having a roof supported
by columns or by walls and intended for the shelter
and housing of persons, animals or chattels or
property of any kind.
M. Structure" means anything constructed or erected
which requires a fixed location on the ground, or
is attached to something having a fixed location on
the ground.
N. Use" includes construction, establishment,
maintenance, alteration, enlargement, operation or
occupancy.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò
ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò
A
right of way, 40 feet wide; thence southwesterly
along said northwesterly line of the Southern Pacific
Railroad right of way 910 feet, more or less, to the
northerly line of Walnut Creek Wash; thence westerly
along said northerly line to the southerly boundary
line of the City of Baldwin Park; thence northwesterly
along said boundary line to the southeaster'1 v line of
Baldwin Park Boulevard, 100 feet wide; thence south-
westerly along said southeasterly line to the south-
easterly prolongation of the centerline of Bess Avenue,
60 feet wide; thence northwesterly along said last
mentioned prolongation and along said last mentioned
centerline 1190 feet, more or less» to the southwesterly
prolongation of the northwesterly line of Lot 44.
Tract No. 718, as per map recorded in Book- 17, page 17,
of Maps in the office of the County Recorder of Los
Angeles County; thence northeasterly along said last
mentioned prolongation and along said northwesterly line
of Lot 44 and its northeasterly prolongation 830 feet,
more or less, to the southerly line of the San Bernardino
Freeway; thence easterly along said southerly line of the
San Bernardino Freeway to the Baldwin Park Boulevard
off-ramp; thence southeasterly, southerly, and south-
westerly along the southwesterly, westerly and north-
westerly right of way lines of said off-ramp to the
point of beginning.
IV. Sec. 4'00) PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT ACTIONS
A. Sec. 401) General
The Agency proposes to eliminate and prevent the spread
of blight in the Project area by:
1) Acquisition of certain real property;
2) Demolition or removal of certain buildings and
improvements;
3) Rehabilitation of certain structures by private
enterprise or public agencies for use in accordance
with this Plan;
4) Relocation assistance to displaced residential and
non-residential occupants;
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òA5) Installation, construction, or reconstruction
of streets, utilities, landscaping, and other
on-site or off-site improvements;
6) Disposition of property acquired fox u"?s in
accordance with this Plan;
7) Redevelopment of land by private enterprise or
public agencies for uses in accordance with this
Plan.
B. Sec. 402) Property Acquisition
1. Sec. 403) Acquisition of Real Property
Except as specifically exempted herein, the Agency may
acquire, but is not required to acquire, all real property, or
any interest therein, located in the Proj ect area, by gift,
devise, exchange, purchase, eminent domain, or any other means
authorized by law.
It is in the public interest and is necessary in order
to eliminate the conditions requiring redevelopment and in order
to execute the Plan, for the power of eminent domain to be
employed by the Agency to acquire real property in the Project
area.
The Agency shall not acquire interests in oil. gas or
other mineral substances within the Project area, except where
such acquisition is necessary to prevent recovery and/or
production of such oil, gas or other mineral substances within
said Project area.
The Agency shall not acquire real property to be
retained by an owner pursuant to a participation agreement if
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAthe owner fully performs under the agreement. The Agency is
authorized to acquire structures without acquiring the land
upon which those structures are located.
2. Sec. 404) Acquisition of Personal Property.
Where necessary to implement the Plan, the Agency is
authorized to acquire personal property located within the
Project area by any lawful manner.
C. Sec. 405) Participation by Owners and Tenants.
1. Sec. 406) Tenant Participation.
The Agency shall provide an opportunity to persons who
are not landowners, but are engaged in business in the Project
area, to participate in the proposed development, if the
uses proposed by such persons otherwise meet the requirements
of the Plan.
2. Sec. 407) Owner Participation.
Persons who are owners of real property in the Protect
area shall, if feasible, be given the opportunity to partici-
pate in redevelopment by rehabilitation, by retention of
improvements, or by new development by retaining all or a
portion of their properties, by acquiring adjacent or other
properties in the Project area, or by selling their prop-
erties to the Agency and purchasing other properties in the
Project area.
In the event an owner-participant fails or refuses to
rehabilitate and/or redevelop his real property pursuant to this
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAPlan and the owner-participant agreement. that real property
may be acquired by the Agency and sold or leased for rehabilitation
and/or development in accordance with this Plan.
If conflicts develop between the desires o2 owner-
participants for particular sites or land uses, the Agency is
authorized to establish reasonable priorities and preferences
among them on a reasonable basis.
In addition to opportunities for participation by
individual persons and firms, participation to the extent it is
feasible shall be available for two or more persons, firms or
institutions, to join together in partnerships, corporations. or
other joint entities.
Participation opportunities shall necessarily be subject
to and limited by such factors as the expansion of public
facilities; elimination and changing of land uses; realignment
of streets; the ability of owners to finance acquisition and
development in accordance with the Plan; and any reduction in the
total number of individual parcels in the Proj ect area.
3. Sec. 408) Rules for Participation Opportunities
Owners of property and business tenants may participate
in the redevelopment of property in the Project Area in accordance
with Participation Rules adopted by the Agency, and set out in
Exhibit E. Proof of qualifications and financial ability to
carry out owner-participant agreements with the Agency will be
required,
4. Sec. 409) Participation Agreements
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAEach participant may enter into a binding agreement
with the Agency by which the participant agrees to rehabilitate,
develop, or use the property in confonnance with the Plan and
to be subject to the provisions hereof.
Whether or not a participant enters into a participation
agreement with the Agency, the provisions of this Plan are
applicable to all public and private property in the Project area
D. Sec. 410) Application of Plan
The provisions of this Plan are applicable to, and
shall be observed in the use development and redevelopment of
all real property located within the Project area. whether
publicly or privately owned.
E. Sec. 411) Relocation of Persons Displaced by
the Project
1. Sec. 412) Relocation Assistance
The Agency shall make available to all persons displaced
by the Project relocation assistance in the time, kind and manner
required by law.
2. Sec. 413) Relocation Payments
The Agency shall make all relocation payments required
by law.
F. Sec. 414) Property Disposition and Development
1. Sec. 415) Real Property Disposition and
Development
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAa. Sec. 416) General
For the purposes of this Plan, the Agency is authorized
to sell, lease, exchange, subdivide, transfer, assign, pledge,
encumber by mortgage or deed of trust, or otherwise J^'spose of
*any interest in real property owned by it.
All purchasers or lessees of property shall be made
obligated to use the property for the purposes designated in
this Plan, to begin and complete development of the property
within a period of time which the Agency fixes as reasonable,
and to comply with other conditions which the Agency deems
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Plan. Pursuant to
provisions of this Plan and Rules heretofore adopted by the
Agency, the Agency shall offer real property acquired by it in
the Project area for sale to and development by interested
owner-tenant participants prior to the time the real property
is made available for sale to and development by persons who are
not owners or tenants in the Proj ect area. For the purpose of
this section, the phrase owner-participant shall mean a person
who has qualified as such pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules for
Participation by owners, operators of businesses and tenants.
b. Sec. 417) Purchase and Development
Documents
Leases, deeds, contracts, agreements, declarations of
restrictions may contain restrictions, covenants, covenants
running with the land, rights of reverter, conditions subsequent,
equitable servitudes, or any other provisions necessary to carry
out this Plan.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAAll deeds, leases or contracts for the sale, lease,
sublease or other transfer of any land in the Project area shall
contain the non-discrimination clauses as prescribed by
Section 33436 of the Community Redevelopment Act of e State.
of California.
c. Sec. 418) Development
During the period of development in the Project area,
the Agency shall insure that the provisions of this Plan and
of other documents formulated pursuant to this Plan are being
observed, and that development in the Project area is proceeding
in accordance with development documents for the sale, lease or
retention of land and time schedules for the performance of
covenants contained in said development documents.
All applications for any building permit for any
building or structure, public or privately owned, shall be first
submitted to the Agency for its approval to insure that the
provisions of this Plan, any owner-participant agreement or
property disposition agreement, will be met if the building or
structure is constructed.
2. Sec. 419) Personal Property Disposition
For the purposes of this Plan, the Agency is authorized
to sell, lease, exchange. transfer, assign, pledge, encumber,
or otherwise dispose of personal property which is acquired by
the Agency.
V. Sec. 500) USES PERMITTED IN THE PROJECT AREA
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAA. Sec. 501) Maps. Part II consisting of Exhibits
A, B and C)
The Map, Exhibit A, attached hereto illustrates the
location of the Project Area, the immediately adjacent
streets, the proposed public rights-of-way and public ease-
ments and proposed land uses along with redevelopment actions
to be permitted in the Proj ect area. Land uses are also
shown on maps marked Exhibits B and C. These land uses and
street patterns, as shown on Exhibits B, C and D, conform
to those contained in the Land Use and Circulation Elements
of the Baldwin Park General Plan.
B. Sec. 502) Zoning.
All requirements of the City's Zoning regulations as
they now exist, or nay hereafter be amended, shall apply to
all development hereunder.
C. Sec. 503) Public Uses, Streets and Rights-of-Way
1. Sec. 504) Rights-of-Way.
As illustrated on the Maps, the public street system
in the Project area is to remain the same as that which
existed prior to Plan adoption. A list of existing streets
is set forth in Exhibit D.
D. Sec. 505) General Controls and Limitations.
1. Sec. 506) New Construction.
All uses, buildings and structures proposed to be
located within the Project area shall comply with all
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAapplicable laws including, but not limited to, the provisions
of the Baldwin Park Zoning Code.
2. Sec. 507) Conforming Uses.
Where the Agency determines that the use of certain
real property within the Project area presently meets the
requirements of this Plan, such uses will be permitted to
remain without a participation agreement with the Agency,
provided that the land owner continues to operate and use
the real property within the requirements of this Plan.
In the event any of the owners of land which contain
a conforming use, as herein defined, desire to construct any
additional improvements or substantially alter or reconstruct
existing buildings or structures located on such land, he
shall do so only in accordance with provisions of this Plan.
3. Sec. 508) Limitation on the Number
of Dwelling Units.
The approximate number of dwelling units that are
presently located in the Project Area is seven. Upon full
implementation of the Plan, no dwelling units will be located
within the Project Area.
4. Sec. 509) Open Spaces.
The approximate amount of open spaces to be provided
in the Proj ect area is equal to the total of all areas which
will be included in required yard areas and other open
spaces around buildings, and the area designated as open
space on Exhibit A" hereof.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òA4. Sec. 509) Open Spaces
The approximate amount of open spaces to be provided
in the Project area is equal to the total of all areas which
will be included in required yard areas and other open space
around buildings.
5. Sec. 510) Utilities
All new utilities, electrical, telephone cable, television,
etc., for new development will be placed underground within the
boundaries.
6. Sec. 511) Energy
The design of all structures, use of materials, and
placement of landscaping must reflect proper expenditure and
consumption of energy. Federal or state statutes regarding
energy design must be incorporated into development proposals.
E. Sec. 512) Building Permits
No building or structure shall be constructed or
erected nor shall any existing building or structure be
reconstructed, rehabilitated or repaired until the application
for a building permit therefore has first been reviewed by the
Executive Director of the Agency to insure that such work, if
authorized, will be consistent with the provisions of this Plan.
Permit applications for buildings or structures proposed
to be located on any real property included in the project area,
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAreceived by the City, shall be transferred to the said
Executive Director for such review. If the Director finds that
the building or structure as proposed, or the reconstruction,
rehabilitation or repair of the same as proposed, will not comply
with the Plan as it then exists, he shall instruct the building
official of the City to refuse to issue such permit. If he
finds that the building or structure as proposed, or the
reconstruction, rehabilitation or repair of the same as proposed.
will comply with the said Plan he shall instruct the building
official to issue the permit.
a.
Any permit applicant shall have the right of appeal
from the decision of the Executive Director in the case of denial
of such permit to the Agency. The Agency shall give the appealing
party reasonable notice of the time and place of the informal
hearing to be conducted before the Agency with respect to such
appeal. The Agency shall, after the conduct of such an informal
hearing, determine whether the action of the Executive Director
was consistent with the provisions of this section. The Agency
shall approve, disapprove or modify the decision of the
Executive Director based upon the evidence presented to it. The
decision of the Agency shall be final and conclusive.
F. Sec. 513) Neighborhood Impact Element
Pursuant to Section 33333.5 of the Health and Safety
Code of the State of California, the project will have the
following impact upon the residents of the Project area and the
surrounding areas:
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òA1. Relocation: Residential relocation activity will
be nominal due to the low number of residential units involved.
There is adequate standard housing within the surrounding areas.
It is anticipated that relocation resources will be adequate
* since relocation activities will be so light. A present
canvas of available single-family residential units within the
city limits of Baldwin Park and within the general vicinity appear
most adequate to meet relocation needs.
2. Traffic Circulation: The project activity will
not create any traffic circulation problems. On the contrary,
traffic circulation will be improved in the Project and
surrounding area by the anticipated improvements to major and
secondary highways as well as the creation of additional off-
street parking facilities.
3. Environmental Quality: There will not be detrimental
environmental quality effect upon the residents of the Project
and surrounding areas. Environmental quality will be improved
by the creation of additional open space within the project
area, improved traffic circulation, rehabilitation of substandard
structures, and the replacement of unsightly structures and
signs with aesthetically compatible improvements.
4. Availability of Community Facilities and Services:
The adoption of the Redevelopment Plan and its implementation will
have no impact upon the availability of existing community
facilities and services. All existing community facilities and
services will be continued to the same extent that the same now
exists.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òA
5. Effect on School Population and Quality of Education:
The project contemplates a minimal change of the school population
within and without the project area. Any relocation of residents
could be within the same school district and served Ly the same
School facilities. The quality of education would not be
impaired since most relocations would not result in a change of
schools and the surrounding community is served by other high
quality school districts and facilities.
6• Property Assessments and Taxes: Property assessments
afid taxes for residents of the project area are anticipated to
be higher after implementation of the project plan due to the
increased value of property within the area caused by the project
improvements.
7. Physical and Social Quality of Neighborhood: Proj ect
activities include the upgrading of physical and social quality
of the neighborhood through improved lighting, increased parking,
more open-space, improved traffic circulation, and emphasis on
neighborhood type** commercial facilities.
VI. Sec. 600) METHODS FOR FINANCING THE PROJECT
A. Sec. 601) General Description of the Financing
Methods
The Agency is authorized to finance this Project with
financial assistance from the City, State of California, Federal
Government, property tax increments, interest income. Agency
notes and bonds, or any other available source.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAAdvances and loans for planning and for the operating
capital for nominal administration of this Project have been and
are provided by the City until adequate tax increments or
other funds are available or sufficiently assured to repay the
loans and to permit borrowing adequate working capital from
sources other than the City. The City as it is able will alc-o
supply additional assistance through City loans and grants for
various public facilities.
As available, gas tax funds from the State of California
and the County of Los Angeles will be used toward the cost of
s,
the street systems. As available, Federal loans and grants
will be used to finance portions of Project costs.
The Agency is authorized to obtain advances, borrow
funds and create indebtedness in carrying out this Plan. The
principal and interest on such advances, funds, and indebtedness
may be paid from tax increments or any other funds available to
the Agency.
B. Sec. 602) Tax Increments
Pursuant to Section 33670. et seq. of the Community
Redevelopment Act, all taxes levied upon taxable property within
the Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelopment Project each
year by or for the benefit of the State of California, County of
Los Angeles, City of Baldwin Park, any district or other public
corporation herinafter sometimes called taxing agencies") after
the effective date of the ordinance approving this Redevelopment
Plan. are to be divided as follows:
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òA1) That portion of the taxes which would be produced
by the rate upon which the tax is levied each year by or for
each of said taxing agencies upon the total sum of the assessed
value of the taxable property in the Redevelopment F'"o'3ect as
* shown upon the assessment roll used in connection with the
taxation of such property by such taxing agency, last equalised
prior to the effective date of such ordinance, shall be
allocated to an when collected shall be paid into the funds of
the respective taxing agencies as taxes by or for said taxing
agencies on all other property are paid for the purpose of
allocating taxes levied by or for any taxing agency or agencies
which did not include the territory of the Project on the
effective date of such ordinance but to which such territory is
annexed or otherwise included after such effective date, the
assessment roll last equalized on the effective date of said
ordinance shall be used in determining the assessed valuation of
the taxable property in the Project on said effective date); and
2) That portion of said levied taxes each year in
excess of such amount shall be allocated to and when collected
shall be paid into a special fund of the Agency to pay the
principle of and interest on bonds, loans, moneys advanced to,
or indebtedness whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise)
incurred by the Agency to finance or refinance, in whole or in
part, this Redevelopment Project. Unless and until the total
assessed value of the taxable property in the Project exceeds
the total assessed value of the taxable property in the Project
as shown by the last equalized assessment roll referred to in
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò AParagraph 1) hereof, all of the taxes levied and collected
upon the taxable property in the Project shall be paid into the
funds of the respective taxing agencies. When said bonds, loans
advances and indebtedness, if any, and interest ther°on, have,
been paid, all moneys thereafter received from taxes upon the
taxable p-coperty in the Project shall be paid into the funds of
the respective taxing agencies as taxes on all other property
are paid.
The portion of taxes mentioned in Paragraph 2) above
are hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principle
of an interest on the advance of moneys, or making of loans, or
the incurring of any indebtedness whether funded, refunded,
assumed, or otherwise) by the Agency to finance or refinance
the Project in whole or in part.
The Agency is authorized to make such pledges as to
specific advances, loans and indebtedness as appropriate in
carrying out the Proj ect.
C. Sec. 603) Proposed Method of Financing
The proposed methods of financing the Redevelopment
of the Project area shall be from the following funds: 1)
From such gas tax funds as may be available; and 2) From
revenues derived from tax increments; and 3) From the issuance
of Agency bonds, if same is feasible, necessary and buyable; and
4) From loans or grants from the City of Baldwin Park or any
other public agency; and 5) From revenues derived from Agency
activities.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò AD. Sec. 604) Agency Bonds.
Agency bonds will be issued if needed. Suc^ bonds
will be issued only when the Agency has determined that it
will have funds available to pay the interest and principal
on such bonds, when due and payable.
VII.(Sec. 700) ACTIONS BY THE CITY
The City shall aid and cooperate with the Agency in
carrying out this Plan and shall take all actions necessary
to ensure the continued fulfillment of the purposes of this
Plan and to prevent the recurrence or spread in the area of
conditions causing blight.
VIII.(Sec. 800) ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE PLAN
After development the administration and enforcement
of this Plan or other documents implementing this Plan shall
be performed by the City.
The provisions of this Plan or other documents entered
into pursuant to this Plan may also be enforced by court
litigation instituted by either the Agency or the City. Such
remedies may include, but are not limited to, specif ice per-
formance, damages, re-entry, injunctions, or any other remed ies
appropriate to the purposes of this Plan. In addition, any
recorded conditions, covenants and restrictions, which are
expressly for the benefit of owners of property in the
Project area, may be enforced by such owners.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò AIX. Sec. 900) DURATION OF THIS PLAN
Except for the nondiscrimination and nonsegregation
provisions which shall run in perpetuity, the provisions of
this Plan shall be effective and the provisions of other
documents formulated pursuant to this Plan may be made
effective for thirty-five years from the date of adoption of
this Plan by the City Council.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò APART II
MAPS
EXHIBIT A Redevelopment Plan Map
EXHIBIT B Land Use Puente-Merced Area
EXHIBIT C Land Use South Baldwin Park Area
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò A
PROJECT AREA BOUNDARY
SURVEY AREA BOUNDARY
CITY LIMITS
PRINCIPAL STREETS
Recommended Redevelopment Plan
Puente-Merced/South Baldwin Park Redevelopment Project
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PROJECT AREA BOUNDARY
SURVEY AREA BOUNDARY
Recommended Land Uses
Puente-Merced Site
EXHIBIT B
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò"A
PROPOSED PROJECT BOUNDARY
SURVEY AREA BOUNDARY
Recommended Land Uses
South Baldwin Park Site
EXHTBTT C
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò#ALIST OF STREETS
A. PUENTE-MERCED SITE
1. East Garvey Avenue
2. Puente Avenue
3. Merced Avenue
B. SOUTH BALDWIN PARK BOULEVARD SITE
1. Dalewood Street
2. Virginia Avenue
3. South Baldwin Park Boulevard
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò$APUENTE-MERCED/
SOUTH BALDWIN PARK
REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
PARTICIPATION RULES
Baldwin ParK Redevelopment Agency
Baldwin Park, California 91706
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò%ARULES FOR PARTICIPATION BY
OWNERS, OPERATORS OF BUSINESSES
AND TENANTS
IN THE
PUENTE-MERCED AVENUE/SOUTH BALDWIN PARK
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
BALDWIN PARK REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA
EXHIBIT E
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò&ATABLE OF CONTENTS
1. GENERAL 1
2. PURPOSE 1
3. TYPES OF OWNER PARTICIPATION 3
4. PROCEDURE FOR BECOMING OWNER
PARTICIPANT 4
5. OWNER PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT 5
6. BREACH OF OWNER PARTICIPANT
AGREEMENT 5
7. AMENDMENT OF OWNER PARTICIPANT RULES 5
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò'ATHE BALDWIN PARK REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
OWNER PARTICIPATION RULES
AND RULES FOR REASONABLE PREFERENCE FOR
PERSONS IN BUSINESS WITHIN A COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
1. GENERAL
These rules are adopted pursuant to the Community Redevelopment
Law of the State of California, in order to implement the provisions
of a redevelopment plan for a community redevelopment project, re-
garding owner participation and a reasonable preference for persons
in business in a project area. The term owners", as that term is
used herein, shall mean persons who at the time of adoption of the
Redevelopment Plan for the project area were owners of property or
were engaged in business within the project area. These rules set
forth the procedures governing participation by owners in a community
redevelopment project and outlined the requirements which owners must
meet in order to participate.
2. PURPOSE
The opportunity for owner participation is extended by the Agency
with the hope that many qualified owners and businesses will remain
in the project area and participate in its growth and development.
The Agency may deny the opportunity in situations where it determines
that the purposes of owner participation or the best interests of the
community will not be fulfilled. These rules are intended to govern
residential and non-residential owner participation.
Owner participation necessarily will be subject to and limited by
such factors as reduction in the total number of individual parcels in
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò(Aa project area, elimination of certain land uses. construction,
realignment and improvement of public streets and ways. construction
of new public facilities, creation of necessary parking, ability of
owners to finance their use within the proposed development in
accordance with the specific redevelopment plan, and economic
consideration with respect to development agreements executed by
the Agency with entities capable of carrying the redevelopment plan
into effect. Moreover, each specific proposal for owner participation
shall be reviewed by the Agency and the following will be considered:
a) Conformity with the land use provisions of the specific
redevelopment plan.
b) Compatibility with the standards, restrictions and
controls of the specific redevelopment plan.
c) Compatibility with parcelization of the project and into
sites adequate for redevelopment.
d) Ability to maximize early total development of the
specific project.
Property of an owner participant must be developed, with regard
to appearance and location, in a manner not detrimental to the project
area. Any structure which remains in the project area must be
rehabilitated or reconstructed in a manner approved by the Redevelopment
Agency as being compatible with other structures to be constructed in
the project area. Each prospective owner participant must assure the
Agency of his ability to carry out owner participation, and provide
such financial indemnification as the Agency shall deem appropriate
under the particular circumstances.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò)A3. TYPES OF OWNER PARTICIPATION
a. Participation in the Same Location
In appropriate circumstances an owner may participate in
substantially the same location either by retaining all or portions
of his property, or by retaining all or portions of his property and
pruchasing adjacent property from the Agency.
An owner who participates in the same location may be required
to rehabilitate all or part of his existing buildings, or to enter
into limited acquisition agreements with the Agency if demolition
is required. Any adjacent property to be sold to owner participants
will be made available at fair market value for the uses designated
in the Redevelopment Plan.
b. Participation in a Different Location
Where circumstances are not appropriate for an owner to
participate by retaining property in the same location 9 the Agency
may offer parcels in other locations in the project area for purchase
by qualified owner participants prior to the time that such parcels are
made available to others for purchase if owners submit timely proposals
for owner participation, as provided herein. Property sold to owner
participants will be made available at a fair market value for the
uses designated in the Redevelopment Plan. Joint participation by
owners, lessees and tenants in the area is encouraged by the Agency.
Participation in this regard will depend upon the feasibility, method
of financing, availability of space for the specific type of enter-
prise, mutual agreement of the parties, and time required to develop
the property.
c. Participation Involving Limited Acquisition
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò*AWhere only limited acquisition is deemed appropriate, the
Agency may acquire and remove the existing structures and the owner
participant, who retains title to the land only, may be required
to enter into an escrow with the Agency to insure performance of
all of the terms and conditions of the owner participation agreement.
4. PROCEDURE FOR BECOMING AN OWNER PARTICIPANT
Within a reasonable period of time after the effective date of
the ordinance of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park adopting
the Redevelopment Plan, each owner interested in participating shall
submit to the Agency a statement of intent. The Agency shall notify
each owner who submits a statement of intent of the time within
which he must prepare and submit his proposal for owner participation.
Owners must then prepare and submit their proposals within the time
then established.
Each proposal shall show the location of the property owned, the
names and approvals of all owners of such property, the nature of
the desired participation, the financing to be used, and the time
required to achieve the propsed development. Proposals to
participate in the same location should indicate the uses to which
the property would be put, and to what extent the desired
participation would involve demolition or retention of existing
structures, the rehabilitation of existing structures, the
construction of new buildings, or the acquisition of adjacent
property. Proposals to participate in a different location would
indicate the location and amount of property desired, the uses to
which the property would be put, and a description of the buildings
which would be constructed.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò+A
Opportunity will be given to discuss proposals with the Agency
Staff and to make necessary adjustments. The Agency will thereafter
decide which proposals, if any, are in strict accordance with the
specific Redevelopment Plan and the best interests of the community.
Notice of whether a proposal is acceptable or unacceptable will be
sent to each owner who has submitted a proposal.
5. OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
Each owner who has submitted an acceptable proposal for owner
participation will be required to enter into an owner participation
agreement when requested to do so by the Agency.
Each owner participation agreement shall contain such provisions
as are deemed necessary by the Agency to insure that the proposal
will be carried out and that the property involved will be subject
to the strict provisions of the Redevelopment Plan. Each agreement
shall require the owner participant to join in the recordation of
such documents as the Agency may require. The agreement shall also
provide that a successor in interest to the original owner participant
may continue as an owner participant prior to completion of the
Redevelopment Project only with the approval of the Agency.
6. BREACH OF OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
When a participant who has entered into an owner participation
agreement with the Agency fail-s to comply with any of the terms
thereof, the Agency shall immediately acquire the property involved
from the participant, if deemed necessary by the Agency or take such
other actions as the Agency deems fit, in order to meet the
objectives of the Redevelopment Plan.
7. AMENDMENT OF OWNER PARTICIPATION RULES
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò,AThe Agency may amend these rules in any respect at any legal
meeting held after their adoption. Any amendments made after the
filing of any statements of intent shall be made only after notice
to the persons who have filed statements of intent. Notice shall
be by regular mail posted to the name and address shown on the
statement of intent at least ten 10) days before the date of the
meeting at which the proposed amendment will be considered.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò-APUENTE-MERCED/
SOUTH BALDWIN PARK
REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
DRAFT E. I.R.
Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency
Baldwin Park, California 91706
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò.ADRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
WILLIAM L. PEREIRA ASSOCIATES
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò/A6. 0 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED PLAN
The Proposed Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-Merced/South
Baldwin Park Redevelopment Project, as discussed in Section 4,
is composed of a number of planning actions. These plan actions,
if implemented, may impact the environment beneficially or ad-
versely. This section will discuss the impacts of the proposed
plan on various environmental parameters. The assessment of
possible impacts of any plan for governmental action must include
the potential impact on socio-cultural, economic, physical, and
biological environmental systems. Many important factors, such
as social values or community benefits, do not lend themselves
readily to mathematical treatment. Consequently, a combination
of disciplines has been necessary to carefully analyze the various
potential biological, physical, social, and economic impacts of
each alternative.
The purpose of this environmental impact assessment is to provide
the Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency with a comprehensive, yet
concise, informational document for their use in evaluating the
proposed redevelopment plan. Special care has been taken to pre-
sent the environmental effects in a complete and objective manner.
This section is intended to establish the overall impact of the plan
rather than to consider any specific element. This environmental
overview, along with the information base established in the plan,
will be used as a baseline for later investigation of specific and
local impacts of individual plan actions. Such a procedure is con-
sistent with the provisions as established by the requirerre nts of
the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 CEQA) and the
Community Redevelopment Law California Health and Safety Code,
sec. 32000 et seq.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò0A6.1 Description of Existing Environmental Setting
The Proposed Redevelopment Project is located at two sites
in the southerly parts of the City of Baldwin Park see Figure
1). The environmental setting of the project is best described
by its location in a City lying within a virtually completely
built-up protion of the San Gabriel Valley section of the Los
Angeles metropolitan area. That greater region, and more
specifically, that urbanized section of the San Gabriel Valley,
which experiences chronic air quality problems and is situated
in a general area of probable seismic activity.
The project areas themselves are situated on underlying geo-
logic formations of alluvium consisting primarily of unconsoli-
dated sands and slits, at elevations of 300 to 350 feet above sea
level. The surface soils are known to be generally well drained
with slow runoff and have only slight erosion potential and low
shrink-swell behavior. Such soils are generally suitable for
low'density development. Although the City is situated in a
general area of seismic activity and can expect significant ground
movement during major earthquakes, none of the several faults
within six 6) miles have been active in recorded history. The
closest known faults to the project are the Walnut Creek and
Workman Hill faults 2-1/2 miles to the South of Baldwin Park.
The San Andreas and Newport-Inglewood fault systems are
considered to be the most probable locations of the next major
earthquakes in Southern California by most authorities. These
fault systems are 30 miles to the northeast and 20 miles to the
southwest of the City respectively. In the event of an earthquake
along these fault systems, the effects in Baldwin Park can be
expected to be greatly amplified ground shaking.
The drainage of surface water on the project sites is generally
toward the west. Surface drainage within the relatively flat
project areas is currently accommodated by storm drains and
street gutters which drain to improved open washes. Drainage
from the Puente-Merced area generally empties into Big Dalton
Wash while drainage from the South Baldwin Park area empties
into Walnut Creek Wash.
1. Earthquake faults within 6 miles of Baldwin Park are
the Duarte, Sierra Madre, Walnut Creek, Workman
Hill, Raymond Hill.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò1AThe project sites are located in an area of extensive urban de-
velopment and virtually all aspects of the natural environment
within the City have been altered by man. As such, vegetation
on the project sites is either landscaping which is not native
to the sites, or in some cases, is native weeds which are de-
stroyed on a regular basis. Wildlife consists of those birds
and small mammals which exist in urban settings and no en-
dangered species are found in the area.
Temperature inversions are typical of the Southern California
Meteorology. The subsidence inversions created by subsiding
air from a semi-permanent anticyclone system off the Coast
of California during the summer months lend to the trapping of
chronic photocbemical smog in the summer, and causes a drop
in air quality. In 1973, air quality standards were exceeded or
equalled for 175 days for photochemical oxidants, 11 days for
carbon monoxide and 185 days for oxides of nitrogen. The Air
Resources Board Episode Criterion Stage 1 Health Advisory
Alert) was exceeded on 63 days by the level of photochemical
oxidants, the highest incidence rate in Los Angeles County.
Vehicular traffic in the vicinity of the redevelopment project
sites causes noise at average levels of 70dBA to 50dBA., depending
on the proximity of the San Bernandino Freeway. Near the center
of the Puente-Merced site background noise was measured by
the City of Baldwin Park at an average of 60dBA with a peak
reading of 90dBA. Near the center of the South Baldwin Park
Site background noise was measured at 45 to 48dBA with random
sources as high as 85dBA. The Baldwin Park General Plan con-
siders ambient noise levels of 60dBA to be slightly noisy for
residential zones between 7AM and 7PM while the same noise
level is considered quiet in a commercial zone between 7AM
and 10PM.
The general environmental setting as described above is one where
the original natural characteristics of the environment have been
altered and the physical man made environment of the project
sites present no striking qualities. The regional characteristics
of the environment are,however, present at the project sites and
they are manifested by the level of air quality and noise at the
sites, and by the sites'relationship to known seismic fault systems
in the Southern California area.
1. Source: LAAPCD, 1973 Air Quality Summary by station
Statistics reported are for station #60 located 4 miles
north of the project sites.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò2A Environmental Impact of Proposed Project
In order to comprehensively but concisely identify the environ-
mental impacts of the Proposed Redevelopment Plan, an en-
vironmental impact matrix has been used. This matrix aids
the evaluator by arranging those proposed plan actions as col-
umns and the elements of the environment as rows* If a plan
action impacts or changes an environmental condition, a notation
was placed in the appropriate block see Table 6, following).
If it is judged that a planned action has an adverse impact a
is used; a beneficial impact, a +) is used; and an x) is used to
indicate that a problematical impact which may have both bene-
ficial and adverse impacts. If no notation is indicated, no im-
pact is foreseen from the planning action.
While the format of this impact assessment presents the impacts
of the plan as a whole, the impacts of each planning action are
discussed in the text describing the environmental elements
which follows the matrix. The overall impact of the plan on each
environmental element was assessed on the following scale:
+3 Very Beneficial
+2 Beneficial
+1 Slightly Beneficial
0 Insignificant
1 Slightly Adverse
2 Adverse
3 Very Adverse
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò3ATable 6
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT MATRIX
Proposed Development Plan Actions
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m*^^ LUff E 2UJ NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Terrestrial Biology +
Geology
Water Quality
Air Quality +
Noise x X +
MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT
Residential Areas x + + + + +
Transportation +
Infrastructures + X
AESTHETIC ENVIRONMENT
Design X + + +
Open Space +
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
Residents X x x + + + +
Employment x + + + + +
Municipal Revenues X x x X + + +
Community Services X x +
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò4AA. Natural Environment
The proposed redevelopment plan will have the following adverse,
beneficial, and problematic impacts on the natural environment:
Adverse Impacts
Demolition, grading, and construction will adversely affect exist-
ing vegetation by its destruction and create noise and dust. Road-
way improvements will promote increase in vehicular traffic and
the development of retail land uses will generate high volumes of
traffic approximately 2/3 of project traffic increase). However,
no one land use in itself is a high traffic generator. The affect
of increased traffic volumes will be to adversely contribute to
air quality problems. Since these problems of a regional nature,
the local increasing traffic may or may not be significant at a
regional level. Moreover, since vehicle miles may be decreased
because of the increase of services presently existing at farther
distances, the adverse impact created by increased vehicle miles
in the local area may decrease similar regional traffic.
Beneficial Impact
Application of Design Standards will control permissible noise
generation within the project area, control the levels of air
pollution, and enhance the landscaping of the proposed develop-
ments.
Problematical Impacts
While roadway improvements will allow higher volumes of traffic
and, thusly, the possibility for vehicular noise, they also will
improve ease of circulation and mitigate vehicular noise. In the
same respect development of retail uses will generate noise
through the vehicular traffic, but the location of recommended
access points should mitigate excessive noise due to hazardous
turning movements or being too close to existing residential areas.
Overall Impact
Since the existing terrestrial biology has been disturbed already,
any adverse impacts may be judged insignificant. Likewise, since
air quality problems are regional in character, adverse impacts
due to the proposed plan on air quality must be judged slightly
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò5Aadverse. Since noise produced by the project will be less than
existing streets, and will be regulated by the application of design
standards, its impact is seen to be insignificant.
Overall Impact: +1 Slightly Beneficial
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò6AB. Man Made Environment
The impacts of the Proposed plan on the man made environment
are:
Adverse Impact
An adverse impact on the local transportation networks will be
made by development of land uses through the increase of traffic
in the area. This increase, however, will not exceed road
capacities nor will traffic circulate through existing neighbor-
hoods.
Beneficial Impacts
Positive impacts will be made to surrounding residential areas
by the improvement of raodway systems, improvements to utility
systems by creating better infrastructures. The development
of retail and hotel facilities especially banquet, meeting, rooms)
will provide better retail and community neighborhood services.
The application of design standards to all proposed development
will assure the surrounding neighborhoods that inadvertant ad-
verse physical effects of development will not affect residential.
property owners and tenants. Roadway improvements will am-
eliorate transportation and infrastructures.
Problematical Impacts
The relocation of existing owners and tenants will remove existing
neighborhood retail services and residents as well as remove non-
essential land uses from the neighborhoods. The development of
the office park will require a modification to the public utility
systems which will increase their need and utilization yet improve
the systems by improvement.
Overall Impact
The overall impact of the proposed plan on the man made environment
is beneficial to the surrounding residential neighborhoods by im-
proving transportation, retail services, and by providing new
hotel facilities and infrastructure systems. Transportation will be
improved but new pressures on the system will also be created.
Overall Impact: +2 Beneficial
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò7AC. Aesthetic Environment
The impacts of the proposed project on the aesthetic environment
are:
Adverse Impacts None)
Beneficial Impacts
The application of design standards should assure high quality
design for the proposed developments and the characteristics of
hotel and office park developments should create an enhanced visual
image both for the neighborhoods and from approaches from the
San Bernardino Freeway.
Problematical Impact
Although the design of the retail uses proposed will be controlled
and the developments will enhance the existing neighborhoods,
their aesthetic impact should not. be significant*
Overall Impact
The overall impact on the aesthetic environment should be a
major improvement over the present situation.
Overall Impact: +3 Highly Beneficial
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò8AD. Socio-Economic Environment
The impacts of the proposed project on the socio-economic
environment are:
Adverse Impacts None)
Beneficial Impacts
Employment will be created by construction of the proposed
developments and by capital improvements to the project area.
More significantly, several hundred employment opportunities
will be generated by the developments themselves. Municipal
revenues will be increased by retail sales taxes and bed taxes
as well as by property taxes after termination of the redevelop-
ment project. The improvements to the utility systems will
benefit community services. Community residents will be
benefited by increased retail and hotel services as well as road-
way improvements. Application of Design Standards will assure
the upgrading of their neighborhoods.
Problematical Impacts
Land Acquisition and relocation of existing owners and tenants
is problematical. It has a direct adverse effect on those people
and businesses required to move. However, the Community
Redevelopment Law requires that they be justly compensated and
equal facilities exist for them before they are required to relocate,
Relocation of existing retail and manufacturing facilities may re-
sult in a decrease in employment if these facilities are not in
continuous operation. However, the total number of positions is
relatively small, and it hoped that continuous operation may be
attained. Tax Increment Financing and Land acquisition require
the operation of the Redevelopment Agency in order that munic-
ipal funds are not assessed for the implementation of the project.
Although this is beneficial, it is problematical because concern
and effort must be taken to assure that the goals and objectives of
the project be met on every count so that financial debt is not in-
curred. Roadway and utility improvements are both beneficial in
that they are resultant from financing from the Agency, but they
must be maintained through municipal funds after the termination
of the project.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò9AOverall Impact
A sound relocation program and land acquisition program will
resolve adverse impacts on affected owners and tenants. The
possible loss of employment from relocation of existing retail
uses is unlikely. The proposed developments will significantly
increase employment opportunity in the City and is highly
beneficial. Municipal revenues should not be adversely affected
with sound management of the Agency. Most significantly,
immediate benefits from retail sales tax and hotel taxes will
accrue to municipal revenues once the developments are in
operation and before the redevelopment project is terminated.
The overall impact of the proposed project on community ser-
vices is a normal operational problem and can be judged to be
insignificant.
Overall Impact: +3 Highly Beneficial
Table 7
SUMMARY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
OP PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
Overall Impact on:
Natural Environment
Man-Made Environment
Aesthetic Environment
Socio-Economic Environment
Slightly Beneficial +1)
Beneficial +2)
Highly Beneficial +3)
Highly Beneficial +3)
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò:A6. 3 Adverse Environmental Effects Which Cannot Be
Avoided If the Plan is Implemented
Certain recommended plan actions entail adverse impacts which
are unavoidable. These impacts are unavoidable in the sense
they are not completely avoidable. Different degrees of miti-
gation are available to minimize some impacts. Adverse im-
pacts which cannot be avoided are:
o Changes in the terrestrial biology landscaping)
do to site preparation.
o Decrease in Air Quality in the localized area
do to increases in vehicular traffic.
o Short-term increase in noise during building
construction.
o Increases on the demands on the local transpor-
tation system due to development.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò;A6.4 Mitigation Measures Proposed to Minimize the Impact
The adverse impacts of recommended plan actions in many
instances can be minimized. This section presents a number
of measures which, if implemented, will mitigate negative
impacts.
o Increases in vehicular traffic will be mitigated
by improved signaling, street widening, and
new left-turn pockets which are part of the pro-
posed plan, A decrease in vehicle movements
can only be accomplished by region wide bus
service, transit systems, and bikeways.
o Localized degradation in air quality will be miti-
gated by efficient circulation design and design
standards for stationary pollutant emission which
are incorporated into the plan. Federal and State
Air Quality standards progressively mitigate
automobile emissions.
o Degradation in the terrestrial vegetation will
be mitigated by landscaping and open space re-
quirements of this plan. The design standards
as proposed should enhance the existing man-
made terrestrial biology.
o Noise will be mitigated during construction and
operation by the application of design controls
which are part of this plan.
The increased energy comsumption of the area can be partially
mitigated by building standards which require thermal insulation,
more efficient building design and reductions in unnecessary
energy comsumption as set forth by the design standards in-
corporated into this plan.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò<A6. 5 Alternatives to the Proposed Action
In order to place the recommended plan in context,several
alternatives have been analyzed:
1) No project
2) Alternative project locations
3) Alternative land uses
The analysis of these plan alternatives is, by definition, gen-
eral. The level of specificity of analysis is determined by the
detail of the project or pain. These alternatives are general
by nature. No specific data is available regarding these al-
ternatives, and the impact evaluation of them is not detailed.
No Project
In this case it is presumed that no redevelopment action is taken
and the potential developments are left to be implemented through
private action. It is highly unlikely that the private sector can
assemble land in the City of Baldwin Park due to its built-up
character. Thus the market potentials which have been identified
will most likely not take place in the City and no benefits in in-
creased employment opportunity or improving City tax revenues
will occur. Due to the irregular parcelization of the Puente-
Merced site, this site will probably remain in its current state.
The present uses on the South Baldwin Park site will remain
and operate under existing conditions.
Alternative Project Locations
In this case it is presumed that the Redevelopment Agency
identifies other survey areas within the City. The question of
utilizing built-up residential areas would probably conclude
their elimination from consideration, so the major large land
holdings to analyze would fall along the 605 Freeway corridor.
Some possible sites do exist and could be adapted to the land
uses recommended by this plan. Although circulation patterns.
approaches, and visibility are not comparable, these sites
could be considered for redevelopment.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò=AAlternative Land Uses
In this case, alternative land uses which would be considered are:
residential, public open space, community services, and man-
ufacturing. Residential development is not recommendable
in proximity to the freeway corridor because of the noise generated
by high volumes of traffic. Although manufacturing could be
an alternative land use at the South Baldwin Park site this does
not agree entirely with the City's General Plan. Because of the
proximity of the residences in the Puente-Merced Area, man-
ufacturing would not be a compatible land use. Open space and
community services would be compatible land uses at either site
if available financing existed for their implementation.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò>A6.6 The Relationship Between Local Short-Term Vises of
Man's Environment and the Maintenance and Enhance-
ment of Long-Term Productivity
The short-term disruptive effects of the implementation of
recommended planning actions should be offset by the long-term
socio-economic benefits provided to local as well as regional
users. The beneficial and adverse long-term environmental
impacts discussed in the previous sections must be weighed
against those beneficial and adverse impacts which will occur
in the near future. Long-term impacts are those occurring or
continuing after the implementation of the plan while those im-
pacts occurring only during implementation are classified as
short-term.
Table 8
RELATIONSHIP OF SHORT-TERM USES AND LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY
TO THE PROPOSED PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL ELEMENTS SHORT-TERM LONGTERM
INTENSITY OF IMPACT NATURE OF IMPACT INTENSITY OF IMPACT NATURE OF IMPACT
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
Terrestrial Biology Slight Adverse Slight Beneficial
Geology None None
Water Quality None None
Air Quality Slight Adverse Slight Adverse
Noise Slight Adverse Slight Adverse
MAN-MADE ENVIRONMENT
Residential Areas Slight Adverse Major Beneficial
Transportation Slight Insignificant Slight Beneficial
Infrastructures Slight Insignificant Slight Beneficial
AESTHETIC ENVIRONMENT
Design None Major Highly Beneficial
Open Space None Major Beneficial
SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
Residents Slight Adverse Major Beneficial
Employment Slight Insignificant Major Highly Beneficial
Municipal Revenues None Major Highly Beneficial
Community Services None Slight Insignificant
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò?AShort-Term Uses of the Environment
During land acquisition, site preparation, and construction the
primary impacts are those of noise, dust, disturbances to
traffic routing, disruption of the neighborhood by relocation of
existing owners and residents. All impacts can be judged to
be slight and most are adverse impacts. In no case as in the
extraction of minerals, etc,) is the environment being irrever-
sibly altered.
Maintenance and Enhancement of Long-Term Productivity
After construction and during the life of operation of the proposed
land uses 30 years or more) several beneficial impacts occur,
some adverse impacts will result, and one insignificant impact
if felt. Enhancement to landscaping, the aesthetic quality of
the area and surrounding neighborhood, open space system,
and retail services will be long-term benefits of the project.
Additionally employment opportunities and municipal revenues
will be positively enhanced. Adverse impacts to air quality
and noise will be slight. However, while local vehicular'traffic
may increase, overall regional traffic miles may not be affected
and may decrease.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð ò@A6. 7 Irreversible Environmental Changes Which Would
Be Involved Should the Proposed Plan be Imple-
mented
Irreversible environmental changes are those which entail
a long-term and possibly permanent commitment to an altered
environment. These changes may be beneficial, adverse,
or problematic. No action of the recommended plan is com-
pletely irreversible. Most actions do require a long-term
commitment of the environment of certain uses.
Those actions are:
o The development of the proposed land uses.
o The implementation of landscaping programs.
The development,of the proposed land uc,es will commit specified
areas to retail service, hotel facilities, and office space use,
as well as parking. The implementation of landscaping programs
will result in the creation of a natural environment'* though
man-made. Since the existing environment is totally altered from
its natural state, the environmental change planned for the area
is not a disturbance of the natural environment. It is foreseen
that the recommended redevelopment plan will beneficially alter
the existing environment by improving landscaping and esthetic
qualities.
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ORD 708 pT3 (Ìì Ð òAA6. 8 The Growth Inducing Impacts of the Proposed Plan
The Proposed Redevelopment Project is located in a built-up
urbanized area and is scaled in response to existing market
demand. At the Puente-Merced site, it is expected that few
growth inducing impacts will result from the development of
neighborhood and community retail services. Possible
encroachment of additional retail growth into existing residen-
tial areas be controlled by proper zoning. At the South Bald-
win Park site it is expected that the proposed office park
development will produce a growth inducing impact and that
some pressures will be placed on surrounding residential areas
to convert to commercial-industrial properties. Again, this
impact can be regulated through zoning control.
The proposed plan will not produce significantly increased de-
mands on community services but will create new employment
opportunities and additional tax revenues that can be utilized
to the benefit of the community.
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AIII. Sec. 300) PROJECT AREA BOUNDARIES
The boundaries of the Project area are illustrated
on the Maps Part II herein). The legal description of the
boundaries of the Project area is as follows:
Those certain parcels of land in the City of Baldwin
Park, County of Los Angeles, State of California,
described as follows:
Beginning at the intersection of the center line of
Merced Avenue and the centerline of Puente Avenue;
thence northeasterly along the centerline of Puente
Avenue 940 feet, more or less, to the northwesterly
prolongation of the southwesterly lines of Lots 3 to
16, inclusive, of Tract No. 14258. in the City of
West Covina, as per map recorded in Book 297, pages
26 and 27, of Maps in the office of the County
Recorder of Los Angeles County; thence southeasterly
along said prolongation and along said southwesterly
lines 9.50 feet, more or less, to the most southerly
corner of said Lot 16; thence southwesterly along the
southeasterly boundary of the City of Baldwin Park
540 feet, more or less, to the northerly line of the
San Bernardino Freeway; thence westerly along said
northerly line of the San Bernardino Freeway 1530
feet, more or less, to the southwesterly prolongation
of the southeasterly line of Garvey Avenue; thence
northeasterly along said last mentioned prolongation
and along said southeasterly line of Garvey Avenue 370
feet, more or less, to the northeasterly line of Lot 4,
Tract No. 11465, as per map recorded in Book 285,
pages 36 and 37 of Maps, in the office of said County
Recorder; thence northeasterly along said northeasterly
line of Lot 4, a distance of 423 feet, more or less„ to
said center line of Merced Avenue; thence southeasterly
along said centerline of Merced Avenue 220 feet, more
or less, to the point of beginning.
Beginning at the intersection of the northwesterly line
of Dalewood Street with the northwesterly prolongation
of the centerline of Maine Avenue; thence southeasterly
along said prolongation and along said centerline and
its southeasterly prolongation 640 feet, more or less,
to the northwesterly line of the Southern Pacific Railroad
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