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RES-9495 Cooperation & Reimbursement Agreemnet Public Parking Lot ImprovementsRESOLUTION NO. 9495 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A COOPERATION AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF CERTAIN PUBLIC PARKING LOTS SERVING THE CENTRAL PUBLIC SQUARE AND CIRCULAR PLAZA AT GLASSELL STREET AND CHAPMAN AVENUE.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, by Ordinance No. 37-84 adopted on November 20, 1984, the City Council of the City of Orange adopted and approved a certain Redevelopment Plan (the Redevelopment Plan") for the Southwest Redevelopment Project Area, which was thereafter amended by (i) Ordinance No. 20-86 adopted on July 15, 1986, (ii) Ordinance No. 24-88 adopted on July 12, 1988, and (iii) Ordinance No. 17-96 adopted on July 9, 1996 (the Redevelopment Project"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California (Health and Safety Code Sections 33000 et seq.), the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") is carrying out the Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Project in the Southwest Redevelopment Project area (the " Project Area"); and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Redevelopment Project, the Agency and the City desire to enter into a Cooperation Agreement in the form presented at this meeting (the Agreement") pursuant to which the City will cause to be designed, installed, and constructed certain trash enclosures within some of the public parking lots serving the central public square and circular Plaza at Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue (the "Plaza") with heavy duty metal gates (the "Improvements") as described in the Agreement, 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, as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act public Resource Code Section 21000 et seq.), the Public Improvements will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment or historic 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 ofthe Health and Safety Code; and WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all of the terms and conditions of the proposed Cooperation and Reimbursement Agreement and believes that it is in the best interests of 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, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange as follows: Section 1: The City Council hereby finds and determines that the Agreement is exempt from the application of the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resource Code Section 21000 et seq.) pursuant to a "Class 1" categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15301 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations. Section 2: The City Council hereby determines that the Improvements are of benefit to the Project Area and the immediate neighborhoods 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 3: The City Council 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 safety and appearance improvements which will enhance growth in the entire Project Area. Reso No. 9495 TJR Section 4: The City Council hereby finds and determines that the terms and provisions of the Agreement between the City and the Agency, in the form as submitted by the City Manager, are approved and that the Mayor is authorized to execute, and the City Clerk to attest, the Agreement on behalf of the City.Section 5:The officers and employees of the City 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 City's obligations, responsibilities and duties to be performed hereunder, and all actions previously taken by such officers and employees in connection with the Agreement.ADOPTED this 14th day of August, 2001.ATTEST: Cu-~~ Cassandra J. Cat , City Clerk, City of Orange I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 14th day of August, 2001 by the following vote:AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: SLATER, ALVAREZ, MAYOR MURPHY, COONTZ, CAVECCHE NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ange Reso No. 9495 TJR