RES-ORA-0373 Cooperation Agreement For Katella Avenue Streetscape ImprovementsRESOLUTION NO. ORA-
0373 A RESOLUTION OF THE
ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZINGTHEEXECUTIONOFACOOPERATIONAGREEMENTWITHTHECITYOFORANGERELATINGTO
THE KATELLA AVENUE STREETS
CAPE IMPROVEMENTS ADJACENT TO THE
STADIUM PROMENADE THEATER AND RETAIL
COMPLEX WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 22-88 adopted on June 28,1988, theCityCounciloftheCityofOrangeadoptedandapprovedacertainRedevelopmentPlan (the Redevelopment Plan") for the Northwest Redevelopment Project Area, which was thereafter amended by Ordinance No. 23-94 adopted by the City CouncilonJune
28,1994; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law oftheStateofCalifornia (Health and Safety Code Sections 33000 et seq.) (herein referredtoastheLaw"), the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") iscarryingouttheRedevelopmentPlanfortheRedevelopmentProjectintheredevelopmentarea (the
Project Area"); and WHEREAS, Section 33220 of the Law authorizes cities to aidandcooperateintheplanning, undertaking, construction, or operation ofredevelopmentprojects, including,among other things, causing public improvements to be furnished adjacenttoorinconnectionwith
redevelopment projects; and WHEREAS, Section 33445 of the Law authorizes the Agency toenterintoacontractwiththeCityforthereimbursementofthecostsofcertainpublicimprovementsenumeratedintheRedevelopmentPlanuponthemakingof
certain findings; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan, includingmaterialsreferencedtherein,enumerates certain public improvements which may be provided or contributedtobytheAgency, including, without limitation, the provision of publicstreet, sidewalk and
landscaping improvements; and WHEREAS, the City desires to construct the KatellaAvenueStreetscapeImprovements, as more particularly described in plans therefor approvedbytheCityCounciloftheCityofOrangeonAprilII, 2000 (herein referred to asthe "Plans"), which Plans are on file as a public record in the Office of the City Clerkandareincorporatedhereinbythisreference (herein referred to
The Improvements will be located along a portion of the Katella A venue right-of-
way and on City-owned real property located immediately adjacent to that portion
of the Katella
Avenue right-of-way; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority conferred by Section
33445 of the Law and in furtherance of the Redevelopment Project, the Agency and the
City desire to enter into a Cooperation Agreement in the form attached
hereto (the "Agreement") pursuant to which the City will cause the Improvements to be
installed and constructed, and the Agency will pay the City for certain costs of such
Improvements as more particularly set forth in the Agreement and in accordance with
that certain Cooperation Agreement dated August 18, 1983, between the
City and the Agency; and WHEREAS, the Improvements are of benefit to the Project
Area in that they will enhance the area and contribute to the elimination of
blight
throughout the Project Area;and WHEREAS, no other reasonable means
of financing such Improvements are available to the community in that the cost of
the Improvements exceeds the financial ability of the City to pay, no private sources of funding are
available, and all state and federal grant
alternatives have been exhausted; and WHEREAS, the payment of funds for the cost of
the Improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside
the Project Area, and is consistent with the Implementation Plan adopted by the
Agency for the Project Area pursuant to Section 33490 of
the Health and Safety Code;NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange
Redevelopment Agency
does hereby resolve as follows:Section 1. The Agency hereby determines that the
Improvements are of benefit to the Project Area and the immediate neighborhood in which
the Project Area is located,that no other reasonable means of financing such
Improvements are available to the community except as provided in the Agreement, that the payment of
funds for the cost of the Improvements will assist in the elimination of one
or more blighting conditions inside the Project Area, and is consistent with the Implementation
Plan adopted by the Agency for the Project Area pursuant to Section 33490 of
the Health and Safety Code.Section 2. The Agency hereby consents to
the undertaking of the Improvements in accordance with the Agreement. The determination
that the Improvements will benefit the Project Area is based upon the fact that the
Improvements will assist in providing substantial circulation, safety and appearance improvements
which will (:nhance growth
in
Section 3. The Chairman is hereby authorized to execute, and the Agency Clerk to
attest, the Agreement on behalf Agency.
ADOPTED this II th day of July, 2000.
ATTEST:
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Clerk, Orange Red lopment Agency
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 II th day of
July, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES: DIRECTORS: MURPHY, SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ
NOES: DIRECTORS: NONE
ABSENT: DIRECTORS: NONE
ABSTAIN: DIRECTORS: NONE
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