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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: C'44I/J1~/ ~CU L,uX- 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.