RES-ORA-0387 Cooperation & Reimbursement Agreement For Central Public Square ImprovementRESOLUTION NO. ORA-
0387 A RESOLUTION OF THE
ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING
AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF
A COOPERATION AND
REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF
ORANGE RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF
THE CENTRAL PUBLIC SQUARE AND
CIRCULAR PLAZA AT GLASSELL STREET AND
CHAPMAN
AVENUE.WHEREAS, the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") is a duly
constituted redevelopment agency under the laws of the State of California, and pursuant to such laws
is responsible for redevelopment of the redevelopment project areas within the City of Orange (
the City");
and WHEREAS, on November 20, 1984, the City Council of the City of Orange
adopted Ordinance No. 37-84 approving the Redevelopment Plan for the Southwest
Redevelopment Project,which Redevelopment Plan was amended (i) on July 15, 1986 by Ordinance No. 20-86, (
ii) on July 5, 1988 by Ordinance No. 24-88, (iii) on November 22, 1994 by Ordinance No.
22-94, and (iv) on July 9,1996 by Ordinance No. 17-96 (collectively referred
to herein as the "Redevelopment Plan"),thereby authorizing the Orange Redevelopment Agency, a
public body, corporate and politic (the Agency"), to administer the Redevelopment Plan
for the Southwest Redevelopment
Project (the Redevelopment Project") area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Community Redevelopment
Law of the State of California Health and Safety Code Sections 33000 et seq.; herein referred to
as the "Law"), the Agency is carrying out the Redevelopment Plan for
the Redevelopment Project
in the Redevelopment Project area; and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with
its Seven Year Capital Improvement Program,desires to implement a plan to improve the central public
square and circular Plaza at Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue (the "Plaza") within
the Redevelopment Project area with, among other things, new landscaping, the refurbishment
of the decorative central fountain and ornamental street furnishings (the "Public
Improvements"), as more particularly described on Exhibit A attached to that certain Cooperation
and Reimbursement Agreement by and between the City and the Agency in the form presented
at this meeting (the "Agreement"); and WHEREAS, as the lead agency under
the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resource Code Section 21000 et seq.), the
City Council adopted Negative Declaration 1553-98 on September 28,1999, finding that the Public
Improvements will not have a significant adverse impact
WHEREAS, Section 33445 of the Law authorizes the Agency to enter into a contract
with the City for the reimbursement of the costs of certain public improvements enumerated in
the Redevelopment Plan upon the making of certain findings; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan, including materials referenced therein,
enumerates certain public improvements which may be provided or contributed to by the
Agency, including, without limitation, the provision of public street, sidewalk and landscaping
improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Public Improvements are provided for in the Redevelopment Plan for
the Redevelopment Project area, and the Agency desires to cause their implementation; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and the City have determined that the Public Improvements are
of benefit to the Redevelopment Project area and the immediate neighborhoods in which the
Redevelopment Project area is located; that the Agency's financial participation in the cost of the
Public Improvements will benefit the City and that the City has or will have the ability to
maintain such Public Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and the City have determined that the Public Improvements are
of benefit to the Project Areas and the immediate neighborhoods in which the Project Areas are
located; that the Agency's financial participation in the cost of the Public Improvements will
benefit the City and that the City has or will have the ability to maintain such improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Agency have similar public purposes for the construction
of the Public Improvements; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Project
and the public purposes of the Agency and the City, the Agency and the City desire to enter into
the Agreement pursuant to which the City will cause the Public Improvements to be installed and
constructed, and the Agency will reimburse the City for the Agency's share of the costs of such
Public Improvements in the amount not to exceed $911,927 as more particularly set forth in the
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, there are no other reasonable means of funding the Agency's portion of the
costs of the Public Improvements other than the funds provided by the Agency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Orange Redevelopment Agency as
follows:
Section 1.The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The Agency hereby determines that (a) the Agreement and the Public
Improvements are of benefit to the Redevelopment Project area and the immediate
neighborhoods in which the Redevelopment Project area is located, (b) that no other reasonable
means of financing such Public Improvements are available to the community except as provided
in the Agreement, (c) that the payment of funds for the cost of the Public Improvements will
assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the Project Area, and (d) the
Public Improvements are consistent with the Implementation Plan adopted by the Agency for the
Project Area pursuant to Section 33490 of the Health and Safety Code.
Section 3. The Agency hereby finds and determines that the Agreement is exemptfromtheapplicationoftheCaliforniaEnvironmentalQualityAct (Public Resource Code Section21000etseq.) pursuant to a "Class I" categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15301 ofTitle14oftheCaliforniaCodeofRegulations.
Section 4. The Agreement between the Agency and the City, in the form presented atthismeeting, 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. Agency staff is hereby authorized and directed to take any appropriateactionconsistentwiththepurposesofthisResolutionandtheAgreementapprovedherebyto
carry out the Agreement on behalf of the Agency.
ADOPTED this 13th day of February, 2001.
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ATTEST:
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Cassandra J. Cath , Agency Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the OrangeRedevelopmentAgencyataregularmeetingthereofheldonthe13thdayofFebruary, 2001 bythefollowingvote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
DIRECTORS: Slater, Murphy, Coontz
DIRECTORS: None
DIRECTORS: None
DIRECTORS: Alvarez
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Cassandra J. Cath , Agency Clerk