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RES-8352 First Amendment to Disposition and Development Agreement between Redevelopment Agency and Home Depot USA, Inc.RESOLUTION NO. 8352 A RESOLUTION OF TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF TIlE CITY OF ORANGE CONSENTING TO TIlE APPROVAL BY TIlE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF A TIlE FIRST AMENDMENT TO DISPOSmON AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TIlE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND HOME DEPOT U.S.A., INC. WHEREAS, the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the" Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") for the_ Northwest Redevelopment Project (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the Agency and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Developer") entered into a certain Disposition and Development Agreement dated as of Tllne /4 ,1991 (the "DDA"), which was approved by the Agency by its Resolution No. ORA-225 as adopted on May 28, 1991 with respect to two certain parcels of property as more particularly described in Attachment No.2 to the DDA ("Parcel No. I" and " Parcel No.2"); and WHEREAS, the DDA provides that the Agency is to make certain payments to the Developer upon the Developer first satisfying certain conditions precedent as set forth in Sections 203 and 204 of the DDA (the "Conditions Precedent"); and WHEREAS, the Developer.has completed construction of that construction required on Parcel No..l by the DDA and is operating a full-service Home Depot store; and WHEREAS, notwithstanding the disposition and development of Parcel No. 2 as contemplated by the parties pursuant to the DDA, the Developer has experienced difficulty in effecting the development of Parcel No. 2; and WHEREAS, the Agency and the Developer propose to make certain changes to the DDA as more fully set forth in the First Amendment to Disposition and Development Agreement (the First Amendment") which includes the Developer seeking (i) to extend its times for perfonnance with respect to the disposition and development of Parcel No.2 as provided in the DDA; ( ii) to have the Agency delete as a condition precedent to the making of payments by the Agency to the Developer pursuant to the DDA the development of Parcel No.2; and (iii) seeks the disbursement of One Hundred Ninety Eight Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($198,665)the "Negotiated Amount") pursuant to Section 3 of the First Amendment. In exchange, the Developer has proposed that: (i) the rate of interest accruing on amounts payable by the Agency to the Developer pursuant to the DDA be lowered from ten percent (10%) to eight percent (8%);ii) an additional condition precedent be added to Sections 203 and 204 of the DDA that the Developer generate to the Agency or the City of Orange (the "City") as the amount of sales tax received and retained by the Agency or City in each year the amount of not less than One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($150,000), and that if such amount is not. so received and retained from sales tax by the City or Agency during any year, no interest shall accrue or be payable in respect to such. year; (iii) the accrual of interest and the lIistributiontotheDeveloperof" Annual Perfonnance Credits" [as defined in the DDA] shall accrue from a than the date the Agency approves this First Amendment by a vote of its governing board (the First Amendment Date") rather than the date of the DDA; (iv) the level of revenue- generation guaranteed to the City by the Developer pursuant to Section 807 of the DDA be increased from One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) per year to One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars 150,000) per year; and (v) the maximum value of payments to be made to the Developer pursuant to Section 201 of the DDA, shall not exceed One Million Four Hundred Ninety-Five Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Nine Dollars ($1,495,639) as more particularly provided in Section 2 of the First Amendment; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33433 of the Community Redevelopment Law California Health and Safety Code Section 33000, ~ ~.), the Agency was authorized, with the majority approval of the City Council after public hearing, to dispose of property for redevelopment pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the Agency, following a duly-noticed public hearing and with the consent of the City Council, approved the DDA, which provided, in part for the acquisition and disposition of real property and for the provision of certain assistance by the Agency; and WHEREAS, the parties to the DDA have determined that certain provisions of the DDA no longer best serve the mutual interests of the parties and that the interests of both will be advanced by the approval of that certain document entitled "First Amendment to Disposition and Development Agreement By and Between the Orange Redevelopment Agency and Home Depot U.S.A., Inc.", in the form submitted herewith ( the "First Amendment"); and WHEREAS, the activities contemplated by the First Amendment has been previously.evaluated pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA "); and WHEREAS, all actions required by all applicable law with respect to the proposed First Amendment have been taken in an appropriate and timely manner; and WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all terms and conditions of the proposed First Amendment and believes that the disposition of the Site pursuant thereto is in the 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 state and local laws 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, based upon substantial evidence provided in the record before it, that the consideration for the disposition of certain real property pursuant to the First Amendment is not less than the consideration which the Agency was entitled to pursuant to the DDA.Section 2. . The City Council hereby finds and determines that the First Amendment,will promote the elimination of blight within the Project Area by encouraging the reuse and redevelopment of a portion of the Project Area which was declared blighted for the reasons PUBL: described above and the continued operation of a highly-visible commercial use which stimulates business activity within the Project Area.Section 3. The City Council consents to and approves the execution by the Agency of the First Amendment.Section 5.The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 1 ?1-h day of , 1111y 1994.ATrEST: GENE BEYER Ma r Pro Tern PUSL: 15522_113911 82359.38