RES-9193 Cooperation Agreement Relating to Public Improvements at 345 E. Chapman AvenueRESOLUTION NO. 9193
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTION OF A COOPERATION AGREEMENT
WITH THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
RELATING TO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS (PUBLIC
PARKING AND LANDSCAPING) AT 345 EAST
CHAPMAN AVENUE.
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 redevelopment 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 attached hereto (the Agreement") pursuant to which the City will cause to
be designed, installed, and constructed certain public facility improvements (the "
Improvements") as described in Exhibit "A" attached to said 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, 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 a.vailable 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
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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Orange as follows:
Section I:
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 ofthe Health and Safety Code.
Section II:
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
substantial circulation, safety and appearance improvements which will enhance growth in
the entire Project Area.
Section III:
The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the Agreement on
behalf City.
ADOPTED this 9th day of November, 1999.
ATTEST:
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Cassandra J. Ca art, CIty Clerk ofthe 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 9th day of
November, 1999 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY, SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE
EXHIBIT "A"
IMPROVEMENTS
The City shall undertake the design and construction of a public parking lot at the present
location of the Bank of America Building at 345 E. Chapman Avenue, including the removal of
asbestos and the demolition of the existing structures on the real property, and the landscaping of
the newly constructed public parking lot. The City shall also undertake the design of
landscaping around the Central Library located at 101 North Center Street and 431 E. Chapman
Avenue. The City will be reimbursed by the Agency for this work, to the extent that funds are
available, a maximum of$300,000 from the Southwest Redevelopment Project Area.