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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 780ORD 780tÄ—ÀHÄ—@¸— XþORDINANCE NO. 780 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PUENTE-MERCED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Baldwin Park, hereinafter Agency"), has formulated and prepared and approved a proposed Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project and has recommended that this City Council approve said Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Baldwin Park has submitted its report and recommendation, recommending approval of said Plan; and WHEREAS, the Agency has heretofore adopted rules for owner participation, personnel rules, conflict of interest rules, rules implementing the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Control Act, relocation assistance guidelines, and a relocation plan; and WHEREAS, the Environmental Impact Report relating to said Plan was made available for review as required by law and all comments received thereon have been reviewed and answered when appropriate and incorporated in said Environmental Impact Report; and WHEREAS, pursuant to notice duly given, the Agency and this City Council have held a full and fair public hearing on such Environmental Impact Report and plan are fully advised with respect thereto; and WHEREAS, all actions required by the Community Redevelopment Law and other applicable laws have been taken in an appropriate and timely manner; 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 of the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project are to: 1. Eliminate the conditions of blight in the Project Area; 2. Insure, as far as possible, that the cause of blighting conditions will be either eliminated or protected against; 3. Provide participation for owners and business tenants in the Project Area; 4. Encourage and insure the rehabilitation, rebuilding and development of the Project Area; BIB] 40773-U01 ORD-U02 780-U02 LI2-U03 FO31548-U03 FO32639-U03 DO32654-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 780tÄ—ÀHÄ—@¸— XþORD. NO. 780 PAGE 2 5. Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the Project Area; 6. Redevelop and rebuild the public facilities in the Project Area to provide safer and more efficient public services. SECTION 2. The Redevelopment Plan for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project, transmitted by the Agency and on file with the City Clerk, is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as fully as if set out at length herein hereinafter Plan"). that: SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines 1. The Project Area is a blighted area, the redevelop- ment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the Community Redevelop- ment Law; 2. The Plan will effectuate the redevelopment of the Project Area consistantly with the Community Redevelopment Law and the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare; 3. The adoption and carrying out of the Plan is economically sound and feasible; 4. The Plan conforms to the General Plan of the City of Baldwin Park; 5. The carrying out of the Plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Baldwin Park and will efectuate the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law; 6. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the Plan is necessary for execution of such Plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as pro- vided by law; 7. The Agency has a feasible method, and has adopted a plan, for the relocation of persons who may be displaced from housing facilities in the Project Area; 8. There are or are being provided in other areas, not generally less desirable than the project area, in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced 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. 2- BIB] 40773-U01 ORD-U02 780-U02 LI2-U03 FO31548-U03 FO32639-U03 DO32654-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 780tÄ—ÀHÄ—@¸— XþORD. NO. 780 PAGE 3 9. Inclusion of any lands, buildings, or improvements in the project area which are not detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare is necessary for the effective development of the area of which they are a part; that any such area included is necessary for effective redevelopment and is not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such are pursuant to Section 33670 without other substantial justification for its inclusion. 10. The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the project area could not be reasonably expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the agency. 11. The City Council has determined that the effect of partial tax increment financing for this plan will not cause any financial burden upon or detriment to any taxing agency which now, or hereafter will, derive revenues from the project area. SECTION 4. The City Council is satisfied that permanent housing facilities will be available within three 3) years from the time occupants of the Project Area are displaced 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 project area at the time of their displacement. SECTION 5. A full and fair public hearing having been held on the Plan and the Environmental Impact Report, as stated in the recitals herein, and the City Council having considered all evidence and testimony for and against the adoption of said Plan and all matters relating to the Environmental Impact Report and all written and oral objections thereto, and this City Council being fully advised in the premises, all written and oral objections to said Plan are hereby overruled. SECTION 6. The Plan incorporated herein by the references above, be, and hereby is, approved, adopted and designated as the official Redevelopment Plan for the Puente- Merced Redevelopment Project and for the Project Area described therein. SECTION 7. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Plan hereby approved and adopted, certain official action must be taken by the City, and this City Council declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the City under the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan, including, without limita- tion, changes in zoning, the location and relocation of public facilities, and other similar public actions, and in pursuance thereof, and without limitation, the City Council hereby: a) Pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such Redevelopment Plan; 3- BIB] 40773-U01 ORD-U02 780-U02 LI2-U03 FO31548-U03 FO32639-U03 DO32654-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 780tÄ—ÀHÄ—@¸— XþORD. NO. 780 PAGE 4 b) Directs the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the City of Baldwin Park having administrative responsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with such Redevelopment Plan; and c) Agrees that any agreements, deeds or leases submitted by the Agency to the City Council for its approval or disapproval will be deemed approved if not acted upon within thirty 30) days after submission to the City Council. SECTION 8. The City Council may expend funds of the City of Baldwin Park from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Redevelopment Plan for the Puente- Merced Redevelopment Project. SECTION 9. 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 carrying our the Redevelopment. Plan for the Puente-Merced Redevelopment Project. SECTION 10. The City Clerk is hereby directed to record with the County Recorder of Los Angeles County a descrip- tion of the land within the Project Area and a statement that proceedings for the redevelopment of the Project Area have been instituted under the Community Redevelopment Law. SECTION 11. The City Manager is hereby directed, for a period of two years after the effective date of this Ordinance, to advise all applicants for building permits within the Project Area that the site for which a building permit is sought for the construction of buildings or for other improve- ments is within a redevelopment project area, and that the issuance of such building permits is subject to provisions of such Plan. SECTION 12. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit, on or before January lst next: i) a copy of the description and statement recorded by the Clerk pursuant to Section 10 of this Ordinance, ii) a copy of this Ordinance, and iii) a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the Project Area, to the Auditor and Tax Assessor of Los Angeles County, to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes upon any property in the Project Area and to the State Board of Equalization, and shall take all other steps required by law with reference to said Plan. BIB] 40773-U01 ORD-U02 780-U02 LI2-U03 FO31548-U03 FO32639-U03 DO32654-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 780tÄ—ÀHÄ—@¸— XþORD. NO. 780 PAGE 5 SECTION 13. the City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of August, 1978. /s/ Jack B. White MAYOR PRO TEM ATTEST: /s/ Thelma L. Balkus THELMA L. BALKUS, CITY CLERK 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. 780 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council on the 9th day of August, 1978. That, thereafter, said Ordinance was duly approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 16th day of August 1978 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEN IZELL, MC NEILL, AND MAYOR PRO TEM WHITE NOES: COUNCILMEN ABSENT: COUNCILMEN ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEN AGUILAR AND MAYOR BLEWETT THELMA L. BALKUS, CITY CLERK BIB] 40773-U01 ORD-U02 780-U02 LI2-U03 FO31548-U03 FO32639-U03 DO32654-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 12/4/2003-U04 ROBIN-U04