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RESOLUTION NO. 9361
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A
COOPERATION AND REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF
ORANGE AND THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY FOR THE UPGRADING OF SR-
55 FREEWAY LANDSCAPING AT THE
LINCOLN,KATELLA AND CHAPMAN
INTERCHANGES 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 Tustin Street Redevelopment Project Area (the "
Project Area") within the City of Orange (the "City'');
and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with its Seven Year Capital Improvement
Program,desires to upgrade the SR-55 Freeway landscaping proposed by CalTrans at the
Lincoln and Chapman interchanges within the Project Area and the Katella interchange adjacent
to the Project Area; such activities constitute the "Public Improvements" as generally described
in the Scope of Improvements attached as Exhibit B to the Cooperation and
Reimbursement Agreement By and Between the City of Orange and the Orange Redevelopment Agency for the
Provision of Public Improvements of Benefit to the Tustin Street Redevelopment Project
Area (the
Agreement"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33445 of the California
Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.), the Public Improvements are
provided for in the Redevelopment Plan for the 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 Project Area and the immediate neighborhoods in which the Project
Area is located; that the Agency's financial participation in the installation 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
installation of the Public
Improvements; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the public purposes of the Agency and the
City, the Agency and the City desire to enter into the Agreement under which the City will pay the
cost of installing the Public Improvements, and thereafter, the Agency will reimburse the City
for the Agency's share of the costs of the Public Improvements in the amount not to
exceed Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.
WHEREAS, there are no other reasonable means of funding the Agency's portion of the
costs of the installing the Public Improvements other than the funds provided by the Agency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Orange
as follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby determines that the Agreement is of benefit to the
Project Area, that no other reasonable means of financing the actions contemplated by the
Agreement are available to the community, and that the Public Improvements will assist in the
elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the Project Area and are consistent with
the Implementation Plan adopted for the Project Area.
Section 2. 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 4" categorical exemption as set forth in Section 15304 of
Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations.
Section 3. The Agreement between the Agency and the City, a copy of which is on file
with the City Clerk, is hereby approved, and the Mayor is authorized and directed to execute said
Agreement on behalf of the City.
Section 4. City staff is hereby authorized and directed to take any appropriate action
consistent with the pmposes of this Resolution and the Agreement approved hereby to carry out
the Agreement on behalf of the Agency.
ADOPTED this 28th day of November, 2000.
ATTEST:
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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 28th day of
November, 2000, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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COUNCILMEMBERS: MURPHY, SLATER, MAYOR COONTZ. SPURGEON, ALVAREZ
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
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EXHIBITB
SCOPE OF IMPROVEMENTS
CIP Project No. 3810 - Upgrade freeway landscaping proposed by Caltrans at the Lincoln,Katella,
and Chapman interchanges on the Costa Mesa Freeway (SR-55)
AI; part of Caltrans SR-55 improvements, landscaping will be installed at
various locations. The City of Orange has entered into a cooperative agreement with Caltrans
to increase the size of plant material to give a more mature appearance upon
completion total cost $250,000, Agency share $250,