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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1239ORD 1239ùYXøYŽùYPQ ORDINANCE NO. 1239 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE NEED FOR A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, AND TRANSFERRING ALL DUTIES, POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION WHEREAS, the City of Baldwin Park has established as one of its primary goals the promotion and enhancement of economic, business, redevelopment and housing opportunities within the City; and WHEREAS, it is the policy of the City of Baldwin Park to promote development and redevelopment activities while addressing blight within the City through the Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency; and WHEREAS, the Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency has the authority to buy and sell property, finance projects and take other actions as necessary to improve a specific redevelopment project areas; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park desires to enhance its position as a leader amongst communities of the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County in the promotion and attraction of business development and redevelopment opportunities; and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Sections 34100, et seq., allows for the creation of community development commissions within all communities in the State of California, and provides that the City Council may vest a community development commission with all duties, powers, and responsibilities of the members of a Redevelopment Agency and may delegate to said Commission other powers regarding community development and redevelopment; and WHEREAS, a community development commission provides an effective and efficient means of identifying, designing, implementing, and managing development and redevelopment efforts, goals and objectives including providing for flexibility in identifying future housing developments. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Baldwin Park, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34115.5, does hereby declare the need for a Community Development Commission to function with respect to the powers, duties and obligations of its Redevelopment Agency. In making this finding the City Council takes this action in establishing the Community Development Commission for the City of Baldwin Park in furtherance of the goals, objectives BIB] 38244-U01 ORD-U02 1239-U02 LI2-U03 FO8535-U03 FO38917-U03 DO53280-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 9/9/2004-U04 ROBIN-U04 ORD 1239ùYXøYŽùYPQ Ordinance No. 1239 Page 2 and policies of enhancing development and redevelopment opportunities and in furtherance of meeting the housing needs and objectives of the City. SECTION 2. The City in establishing the Community Development Commission is declaring this need only with respect to the Baldwin Park Redevelopment Agency and not with respect to the Baldwin Park Housing Authority. SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance, and the City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be posted or published as prescribed by law. APPROVED and ADOPTED this 21st day of July 2004. / y^ L f.:^^^ Mayor ManuejKdzano ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF BALDWIN PARK ss. I, Rosemary Ramirez, Deputy City Clerk, of the City of Baldwin Park, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced for first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on July 7, 2004. That thereafter, said Ordinance was duly approved and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on July 21. 2004, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: Rosemafry Chief Deputy City Clerk Marlen Garcia, David Olivas, Bill Van Cleave, Mayor Pro Tern Ricardo Pacheco and Mayor Manuel Lozano None None None BIB] 38244-U01 ORD-U02 1239-U02 LI2-U03 FO8535-U03 FO38917-U03 DO53280-U03 C5-U03 ORDINANCES-U03 9/9/2004-U04 ROBIN-U04