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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1649 - ORDINANCES - 5/5/2004 ORDINANCE NO. 1649 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA EXTENDING THE TIME LIMITS FOR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE MERGED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MERGED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT NO. 1; EXTENDING THE TIME LIMIT FOR PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS AND RECEIPT OF TAX INCREMENT UNDER THE MERGED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR MERGED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT NO. 1; AND MAKING OTHER FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH ---------------- WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Springs ("Agency") is a community redevelopment agency duly created, established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, all under and pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 of Division 24, commencing with Section 33000, of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California) ("CRL"); and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plans for the Central Business District, the South Palm Canyon Project, the Ramon-Bogie Project, the Oasis Project, the North Palm Canyon Project, the Highland-Gateway Project, and Project Area No. 9 (collectively, the "Constituent Areas") were amended by the Agency's legislative body, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs ("City Council") by Ordinance 1584 adopted on May 31, 2000 resulting in the Merged Redevelopment Plan ("Redevelopment Plan") for Merged Redevelopment Project No. 1 (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the Agency is engaged in activities necessary and appropriate to carry out the Redevelopment Plan which was amended by Ordinance No. 1623 on February 19, 2003 which, among other actions, resulted in an Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan ("Amended and Restated Plan") for the Project which includes time limits on the effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Plan and time limits on the period for payment of indebtedness and receipt of property taxes under the Amended and Restated Plan for each of the Constituent Areas; and WHEREAS, by and through Senate Bill 1045, enrolled on August 19, 2003 and chaptered on September 2, 2003 ("SB 1045",) CRL Section 33333.6 was amended to provide that as to redevelopment plans originally adopted before January 1, 1994, and when such redevelopment agency is required to make a payment to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in fiscal year 2003-2004 pursuant to CRL 33681.9, the City Council, as the legislative body of the Agency, may enact an ordinance to extend by one year the time limit on the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan and the time limit for payment of indebtedness and receipt of property taxes under the redevelopment plan, each and respectively; and ' WHEREAS, SB 1045 further provides that such ordinance may be adopted without compliance with the normal procedures for redevelopment plan amendments; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt this ordinance to amend and extend certain time limitations of the Amended and Restated Plan, as more particularly set forth below, in accordance with Section 33333.6, as amended by SB 1045; and Ordinance 1649 Page 2 WHEREAS, the enactment of this Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because it is a fiscal activity which ' does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRING DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The current time limit on the effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan for each of the Constituent Areas is hereby extended by one year as follows: From To Central Business District 07/11/2013 07/11/2014 South Palm Canyon 11/30/2023 11/30/2024 Ramon-Bogie 11/30/2023 11/30/2024 Oasis 07/10/2024 07/10/2025 North Palm Canyon 09/19/2024 09/19/2025 Highland-Gateway 11/20/2024 11/20/2025 Project No. 9 12/29/2028 12/29/2029 and the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Springs is hereby authorized to act with respect to the Redevelopment Plan at any time during which the Redevelopment Plan is effective. ' SECTION 2. The current time limit on paying indebtedness or the receipt of tax increment pursuant to the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan and California Community Redevelopment Law for each of the Constituent Areas is hereby extended by one year as follows: From To Central Business District 07/11/2023 07/11/2024 South Palm Canyon 11/30/2033 11/30/2034 Ramon-Bogie 11/30/2033 11/30/2034 Oasis 07/10/2034 07/10/2035 North Palm Canyon 09/19/2034 09/19/2035 Highland-Gateway 11/20/2034 11/20/2035 Project No. 9 12/29/2038 12/29/2039 and the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Springs is hereby authorized to act with respect thereto during such extended period. SECTION 3. Except with respect to the amendments set forth herein, the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan, as amended herein, is and shall remain ' unchanged and in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to file a Notice of Exemption with the County of Riverside pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15062. Ordinance 1649 Page 3 SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption. The City Clerk ' shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same or summary thereof, or a display advertisement, duly prepared according to law, to be published in accordance with law. ADOPTED this 5th day of May, 2004. AYES: Members McCulloch, Pougnet, and Mayor Oden NOES: None ABSENT: Members Foat and Mills A CITY OFpAE SPRIN�S7,CALIFORNIA City Clerk Mayor REVIEWED & APPROVED I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE FOREGOING Ordinance 1649 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting held on the 5th day of May, 2004, and that same was published in the Public Record, a newspaper of general circulation on April 27, 2004 and May 19 , 2004. PATRICIA A. SANDERS City Clerk