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RES-9252 Approving Sale of Surplus Real Property to Orange Redevelopment AgencyRESOLUTION NO. 9252 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING THE SALE OF CITY-OWNED SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED NO~rH OF LA VETA AVENUE BETWEEN LEMON STREET AND OLIVE STREET TO THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR REDEVELOPMENT PURPOSES AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS 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 authorized to sell and otherwise convey real property to the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") under the Community Redevelopment Law Health & Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.) (herein referred to as the "Law"); and WHEREAS, the Agency has been duly created, established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under and pursuant to the Law; and WHEREAS, Section 33396 of the Law authorizes the Agency, at the request of the City, to accept a conveyance of City-owned surplus real property (located either within or outside a redevelopment project area) for disposition by the Agency to private persons or to public or private entities by sale or long-term lease for d,;:velopment; and WHEREAS, as authorized by Sections 33220 and 33396 of the Law, the City is agreeable to transferring title to certain real property (the "Property") to the Agency for the purpose of enabling the Agency to provide affordable housing within the City, and the Agency is agreeable to paying to the City the sum of One Hundred Forty-two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($142,200.00) therefor, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the proposed Agreement for the Sale of Property (the "Agreement") in the form presented at this meeting. The Property is more particularly described in Exhibit "A" to the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Property is a remainder of a larger parcel which was acquired by the City pursuant to a condemnation action entitled City of Orange v. George S. Walker. et ai.California Superior Court Case No. 783377) and used in part for the widening of La Veta Avenue As such, the Property is surplus to the City's needs and not needed for any other public purpose and the sale to the Agency is for the common benefit of the City's citizens because it will WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 33334.2(a) and 33334.6(c) of the Law not less than 20% of all taxes which are allocated to the Agency are set aside by the Agency in its Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Fund ("Housing Fund") and used by the Agency for the purpose of increasing, improving and preserving the community's supply of low- and moderate-income housing available at affordable housing costs to persons and families of low. and moderate-income, including very low-income persons and families; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.2(e) of the Law, the Agency may exercise any and all of its powers to carry out this purpose; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.6(a) of the Law, the California State Legislature has found and declared that the provision of affordable housing outside of redevelopment project areas can be of direct benefit to those projects in assisting the accomplishment of project objectives; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.2(g) of the Law, the Agency may use Housing Funds to assist in the provision of housing for low- and moderate-income households, including very low-income households, outside the boundaries of its redevelopment project areas upon resolution of the City Council and the Agency that such use will be of benefit to the redevelopment projects; and WHEREAS, the Property is located outside the boundaries of the City's redevelopment project areas; and WHEREAS, upon acquisition of the Property from the City, the Agency desires to develop, or cause to be developed, the Property as affi)rdable housing; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to find and determine that the use of a portion of the funds from the Housing Fund outside the boundaries of the City's redevelopment project areas for the Agency's acquisition of the Property in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Agreement, is for the benefit of the City' s redevelopment proj ect areas and is in the vital and best interests of the City of Orange and the health, safety and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable federal, state and local laws and requirements, and that such activities promote the affordable housing objectives of the Law as well as the Redevelopment Plans for the Northwest, Southwest and Tustin Street Redevelopment Projects; and WHEREAS, as authorized by Section 65402 of the California Government Code, the City Council finds and determines that the Property consists of the remainder of a larger parcel which was acquired and used in part for the widening of La Veta Avenue and that, accordingly,a report by the Planning Commission indicating that the disposition of the Property conforms with the City's General Plan is not HEREAS, the City finds that the sale of the Property pursuant to the Agreement will not cause a significant effect on the environment under the California Environmental Quality Act (tlCEQAtl).NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Orange resolves, on the basis of the fal;;tsset forth in the agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows:1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.2. The City finds and determines that approval and execution of the Agreement will not cause a significant effect on the environment under CEQA.3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the Property is surplus to the City"s needs and not needed for any other public purpose and is, therefore, surplus real property and its sale to the Agency is for the common benefit of the City's citizens because it will provide affordable housing;4. That the Agency's use of funds from the Housing Fund in the amount of One Hundred Forty-two Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($142,200.00) for acquisition of the Property will be of benefit to the City's redevelopment projects. 5. That the provision of affordable housing on the Property will be of benefit to the Tustin Street Redevelopment Project, the Southwest Redevelopment Project, and the Northwest Redevelopment Project and their respective project areas. 6. The Agreement, which establishes the temlS and conditions for the purchase and conveyance of the Property, is hereby approved. Accordingly, the City Council hereby authorizes and directs that the Property to be sold to the Agency in accordance with the terms and provisions ofthe Agreement in the form presented. 7. The Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City and to sign all documents and take all other actions they deem necessary and appropriate to carry out and implement the: Agreement on behalf of the City and to administer the City's obligations thereunder. ADOPTED this 23rd day of May, 2000. Reso No. 9252 TJR i' ,~ 2 o~ ~o~n;~a;o;~~J:ity of Orange ATTEST: uty City Clerk of the 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 23rd day of May, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY, SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE Reso No. 9252 TJR