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RES-ORA-0506 Cooperation & Reimbursement Agreement Chapman University Quiet Zone Improvements & Reciprocal EasementRESOLUTION NO. ORA- 0506 A RESOLUTION OF THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF (1) A COOPERATION AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF ORANGE AND THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RELATING TO RECONFIGURATION OF A PORTION OF A PUBLIC PARKING LOT AND AN ADJACENT PARKING LOT OWNED BY CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY TO ACCOMMODATE QUIET ZONE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PALM AVENUE RAILROAD GRADE CROSSING; AND (2) A RECIPROCAL EASEMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY.WHEREAS, the Orange Redevelopment Agency, a public body, corporate and politic the Agency), has been duly created, established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under and pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (commencing with Section 33000 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, and herein referred to as the Redevelopment Law); and WHEREAS, the City of Orange (the City) is a municipal corporation, which exercises governmental functions and powers and is organized and existing under the laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan (the Redevelopment Plan) for the Orange Merged and Amended Redevelopment Project Area ( the Redevelopment Project Area) was duly approved by the City Council on November 27, 2001 by Ordinance No. 21-01, pursuant to the Redevelopment Law; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Redevelopment Law, the Agency is engaged in activities necessary to carry out and implement the Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Project Area. To that end and included among its powers, Section 33445 of the Redevelopment Law authorizes the Agency, with the consent of the City Council, to,among other things, pay all or a part of the cost of installation and construction of certain public improvements, which are or will, upon completion, become publicly owned and are located either within or outside the boundaries of the Redevelopment Project Area, upon a determination by the Agency Board and the City Council that (a) such public improvements are of benefit to the Redevelopment Project Area; (b) no other reasonable means of financing such public improvements are available to the City; (c) the payment of funds for such buildings, facilities, structures or other improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the Redevelopment Project Area; and (d) such public improvements are consistent withthe Agency's adopted Implementation WHEREAS, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) is a joint powers authority created to build, maintain and operate the "Metrolink" commuter train system in Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties on rail rights-of--ways owned by its member agencies. The owner of the rail right- of--way within the City of Orange is the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA); and WHEREAS, SCRRA, OCTA and the City have participated in the development of a scope of work for railroad grade crossing safety enhancements and improvements at certain grade crossings within the City of Orange (the Quiet Zone Improvements) for the purpose of allowing the City to request a "quiet zone" designation from the Federal Railroad Administration; and WHEREAS, the City and SCRRA have entered into that certain Railroad Grade Crossing Safety Enhancements and Safety Measures Related to Quiet Zone Implementation for the City of Orange, dated as of November 4, 2008 (hereinafter referred to as the "SCRRA Agreement"), whereby SCRRA agreed to be responsible for the construction of the Quiet Zone Improvements subject to a funding commitment from OCTA and the City; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the adoption of Resolutions No. ORA-0501 and 10393 on June 23, 2009, the Agency and the City entered into that certain Cooperation and Reimbursement Agreement for the Provision of Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements of Benefit to the Orange Merged and Amended Redevelopment Project Area Quiet Zone Improvements), dated July 21, 2009, whereby the Agency agreed to reimburse the City in an amountnotto exceed $2,100,000.00 for its funding commitment for the cost of construction of the Quiet Zone Improvements; and WHEREAS, in order to accommodate that portion of the Quiet Zone Improvements to be constructed by SCRRA on the west side of the Palm Avenue railroad grade crossing,SCRRA has determined that vehicular access to and from Palm Avenue across the northerly perimeter of that certain public parking lot owned by the City ( which is subject to the Agency's leasehold interest) (the West Chapman/ Metrolink Parking Lot), which serves members of the general public and patrons of the commuter rail passenger terminal and bus transfer facility located at 194 N. Atchison Street ( the Orange Transportation Center), will have to be closed, thus necessitating the location of an alternate vehicular access point to and from Palm Avenue; and WHEREAS, in order to satisfy the Agency's need for an alternative vehicular access point to and from Palm Avenue for patrons of the Orange Transportation Center, Chapman University, a California non-profit corporation (Chapman), desires to convey to the Agency and its designees a ten (10) year non-exclusive easement over and across a parking lot owned and operated by Chapman (the Palm Parking Lot) and located adjacent to a portion of the WHEREAS, in consideration for Chapman's conveyance of the aforementioned easement, the Agency has agreed, at its own cost, to reconfigure, or cause to be reconfigured, that portion of the West Chapman/Metrolink Parking Lot located adjacent to the Palm Parking Lot to allow for vehicular access over and across the Palm Parking Lot from the West Chapman/Metrolink Parking Lot to Palm Avenue (the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements), the cost of which has been estimated to be not more than $130,000.00; and WHEREAS, Chapman has executed and submitted to the Agency the Reciprocal Easement Agreement in the form presented at this meeting, which provides, among other things, for the conveyance to the Agency and its designees (including members of the general public and patrons of the Orange Transportation Center) of a ten (10) year non- exclusive easement over and across the Palm Parking Lot upon the terms stated therein and, secondly, the commitment by the Agency to arrange for the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements at the Agency's cost in an amount not more than $130,000.00; and WHEREAS, as a "responsible agency" under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resource Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as CEQA), the Agency Board finds and determines that the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements are within that class of projects which consist of, among other things, the minor alteration of existing public rights-of--way, sidewalks, gutters or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that previously existing and that, therefore,pursuant to Section 15301 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (herein referred to as the State CEQA Guidelines), the construction of the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements will not cause a significant effect on the environment and are, therefore,categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA.WHEREAS, the Agency Board is willing in connection with the construction of the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements to fund the City's obligation to SCRRA for the cost of the construction thereof in an amount not in excess of $130,000. To that end and in furtherance of the Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Project Area and the public purposes of both the Agency and the City, the Agency Board desires to enter into that certain Cooperation and Reimbursement Agreement for the Provision of Public Improvements of Benefit to the Orange Merged and Amended Redevelopment Project Area (Quiet Zone Improvements) in the form presented at the meeting at which this Resolution is adopted (the Agreement"), pursuant to which Agreement the City will cause the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements to be installed and constructed, and the Agency will pay or reimburse the City for its obligation to SCRRA for the cost of construction of the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements in the amount not toexceed $130,000.00, all as more particularly set forth in the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Agency Board hereby determines that the Agency's financial participation in the construction of the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements in an amount not in excessof $130,000.00 will be of substantial benefit to the Redevelopment Project WHEREAS, the Agency Board has duly considered all of the terms and conditions of the proposed Agreement and Reciprocal Easement Agreement and believes that the Agreement and Reciprocal Easement Agreement are in the best interests of the Agency and the City and the health, safety, morals and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable State and local law and requirements. NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Directors of the Orange Redevelopment Agency resolves, finds and determines, on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows: Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct. Section 2. The Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements are exempt from the application of CEQA pursuant to a "Class 1" categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15301 of the State CEQA Guidelines because the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements consist of the minor alteration of existing public rights-of-- way, sidewalks,gutters or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the adoption of this Resolution.Section 3. The Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements are of benefit to the Redevelopment Project Area; there are no other reasonable means available to the City to fund the cost of construction of the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements; the payment of funds for the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the Redevelopment Project Area; and the Parking Lot Reconfiguration and Improvements are consistent with the Agency' s adopted Implementation Plan.Section 4. The Agreement between the Agency and the City, a copy of which is on file with the Agency Clerk, is hereby approved, and the Agency Chairman is authorized and directed to execute, and the Agency Clerk to attest, said Agreement on behalf of the Agency.Section 5. The Reciprocal Easement Agreement between the Agency and the Chapman, a copy of which is on file with the Agency Clerk, is hereby approved, and the Agency Chairman is authorized and directed to execute, and the Agency Clerk to attest, said Reciprocal Easement Agreement on behalf of the Agency.Section 6. The officers and employees of the Agency are authorized and directed,jointly and severally, to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution and to administer the Agency's obligations, responsibilities and duties to be performed hereunder, and all actions previously taken by such officers and employees in connection with the Agreement and the Reciprocal Easement Agreement are ratified and ADOPTED this 24th day of November, 2009. ATTEST: Mary E. N Agency Cler I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the Orange Redevelopment Agency at a regular meeting thereof held on the 24th day of November, 2009, by the following vote: AYES:DIRECTORS:Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau NOES:DIRECTORS:None ABSENT:DIRECTORS:None ABSTAIN:DIRECTORS:None Mary E. , Agenc 5