RES-9408 Cooperation & Reimbursement Agreement for Plaza ImprovementsRESOLUTION NO. 9408
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ORANGE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTION OF A COOPERATION
AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
WITH THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY RELATING TO THE IMPROVEMENT
OF THE CENTRAL PUBLIC SQUARE
AND CIRCULAR PLAZA AT GLASSELL STREET
AND CHAPMAN AVENUE.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 WHEREAS,
on November 20,1984, the City Council of the City of Orange adopted Ordinance
No. 37-84 approving the Redevelopment Plan for the Southwest Redevelopment
Project, which Redevelopment Plan was amended (i) on July 15, 1986 by Ordinance No. 20-
86,ii) on July 5, 1988 by Ordinance No. 24-88, (iii) on November 22, 1994 by Ordinance
No. 22-94, and (iv) on July 9, 1996 by Ordinance No. 17-96 (collectively referred to
herein as the Redevelopment Plan"), thereby authorizing the Orange Redevelopment
Agency, a public body, corporate and politic (the "Agency"), to administer the Redevelopment
Plan for the Southwest Redevelopment Project (the "Redevelopment
Project") area; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law of
the State of California (Health and Safety Code Sections 33000 et seq.; herein referred to
as the "Law"),the Agency is carrying out the Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment
Project in the Redevelopment
Project area; and WHEREAS, the City, in accordance with its Seven
Year Capital Improvement Program, desires to implement a plan to improve the central public square
and circular Plaza at Glassell Street and Chapman Avenue (the "Plaza") within the
Redevelopment Project area with, among other things, new landscaping, the refurbishment of
the decorative central fountain and ornamental street furnishings (the "Public Improvements"),
as more particularly described on Exhibit A attached to that certain Cooperation
and Reimbursement Agreement by and between the City and the Agency in the form presented at
this meeting (
the Agreement"); and WHEREAS, as the lead agency under the California
Environmental Quality Act Public Resource Code Section 21000 et seq.), the City
Council adopted Negative Declaration 1553-98 on September 28, 1999, finding that the
Public Improvements will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment
WHEREAS, Section 33445 ofthe Law authorizes the Agency to enter into a contract
with the City for the reimbursement of the costs of certain public improvements enumerated
in the Redevelopment Plan upon the making of certain findings; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan, including materials referenced therein,
enumerates certain public improvements which may be provided or contributed to by the
Agency, including, without limitation, the provision of public street, sidewalk and
landscaping improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Public Improvements are provided for in the Redevelopment Plan
for the Redevelopment 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 Redevelopment Project area and the immediate neighborhoods in which
the Redevelopment Project area is located; that the Agency's financial participation in the
cost of the Public Improvements will benefit the City and that the City has or will have the
ability to maintain such Public Improvements; and
WHEREAS, in furtherance of the Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment
Project and the public purposes of the Agency and the City, the Agency and the City desire to
enter into the Agreement pursuant to which the City will cause the Public Improvements to
be installed and constructed, and the Agency will reimburse the City for the Agency's share
of the costs of such Public Improvements in the amount not to exceed $911,927 as more
particularly set forth in the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, there are no other reasonable means of financing the Agency's portion
of the costs of the Public Improvements other than the funds provided by the Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Agency's payment of its portion of the costs of the Public
Improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the
Redevelopment Project area, and is consistent with the Implementation Plan adopted by the
Agency for the Redevelopment Project area pursuant to Section 33490 of the Health and
Safety Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all of the terms and conditions of
the proposed Agreement and believes that it is in the best interests of the City and the health,
safety, morals and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and
provisions of applicable State and local law and requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Orange as follows:
Section 1.The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
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2. The City Council finds and determines that (a) the Agreement and the Public
Improvements are of benefit to the Redevelopment Project area and the immediate neighborhoods
in which the Redevelopment Project area is located, (b) that no other reasonable
means of financing such Public Improvements are available to the community except
as provided in the Agreement, (c) that the payment of funds for the cost of the Public Improvements
will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the Project
Area, and (d) the Public Improvements are consistent with the Implementation Plan adopted
by the Agency for the Project Area pursuant to Section 33490 of the Health and Safety
Code.Section
3. The Agreement between the Agency and the City, in the form presented
at this meeting, is hereby approved and the Mayor is authorized to execute, and the City
Clerk to attest, the Agreement on behalf ofthe City.Section
4. City staff is hereby authorized and directed to take any appropriate action
consistent with the purposes of this Resolution and the Agreement approved hereby to carry
out the terms and provisions of the Agreement on behalf of the City.ADOPTED
this 13th day of February, 2001.the
City of Orange ATTEST:
L1v"
uA~d..&~Cassandra
J. Cathclrl', CityClerk 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 13th day of February,
2001 by the following vote:AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
SLATER, MAYOR MURPHY, COONTZ NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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EXHIBIT "A"
DESCRIPTION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
Capital
Improvement Project No. 3327 consists of (l) the demolition and removal of the existing masonryplanters, brick sidewalks, drainage inlets and brick crosswalks on the quadrants that surroundthecircularPlaza; (2) the replacement with new colored and textured concrete surface improvements, drainage inlets with increase capacity, new decorative metal street lights and streetornamentalfurniture (including benches and trash receptacles); (3) new landscaping,concretesurfacing, the refurbishment of the decorative central fountain, and ornamental street furnishingsatthePlazaPark; and (4) refurbishment and reinstallation of historical features of the PlazaPark.5