HomeMy WebLinkAbout22123 - RESOLUTIONS - 1/9/2008 RESOLUTION NO. 22123
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE FINDINGS
PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION
33445 RELATING TO PAYMENT OF ALL OR PART OF
THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS OF THE PALM SPRINGS
ANIMAL SHELTER, BENEFITING MERGED
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA NOS. 1 AND 2.
City Attorney Summary
This resolution establishes findings regarding the need to fund all or
portion of the construction of a Palm Springs Animal Shelter to benefit
Merged Project Area Nos. 1 and 2, satisfying Health and Safety Code
Section 33445.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, FINDS:
A. The City Council of the City of Palm Springs adopted the Amended and Restated
Redevelopment Plans for Merged Redevelopment Project No. 1 and Merged
Redevelopment Project No. 2 (collectively, the "Project Areas") on February 19, 2003 by
Ordinance Nos. 1623 and 1624 and amended said Redevelopment Plans on May 5,
2004 by Ordinance Nos. 1649-1652.
B. Based on a significant increase in property tax increment since its prior tax
allocation bond refunding in 2004, the Agency issued tax allocation bonds (the 'Bonds")
in September 2007.
C. The Agency wishes to fund all or part of the construction of a Palm Springs
Animal Shelter within the corporate limits of the City of Palm Springs, In the amount of
$5,000,000 from a portion of the proceeds of the Bonds.
D. Future development of the Animal Shelter would include publicly-owned
buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements within the meaning of Health &
Safety Code Section 33445 (the "Statute"), and will assist in eliminating blighting
conditions caused by the deteriorated condition of the current Animal Shelter, located in
Merged Redevelopment Project Area #1, and improve animal control within the
neighborhoods and communities of the City.
E. Section 33679 of the California Redevelopment Law, California Health and
Safety Code Section 33000 et. seq. (the "CRL") states: "[b]efore a redevelopment
agency commits to use the portion of taxes to be allocated and paid to an agency
pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33670 [tax increment financing] for the purpose of
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paying all or part of the value of the land for, and the cost of the installation and
construction of, any publicly owned building, other than parking facilities, the legislative
body shall hold a public hearing."
F. The allocation of proceeds of the Bonds to the construction of the Animal Shelter
is consistent with the Agency's Implementation Plan.
G. All of the findings and determinations made herein were based upon careful
consideration and analysis of all relevant evidence.
THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City of Palm Springs determines, based on the recitals contained in
this resolution and the findings and facts provided in this resolution, the agenda report,
public testimony, and any other relevant and supporting evidence, and in full
accordance with the provisions of the Statute, all of the following:
(1) The buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements are of benefit to the
Project Areas or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located,
regardless of whether the improvement is within another project area, or in
the case of a project area in which substantially all of the land is publicly
owned that the improvement is of benefit to an adjacent project area of the
Agency.
(2) No other reasonable means of financing the buildings, facilities, structures, or
other improvements, are available to the community.
(3) The payment of funds for the acquisition of land or the costs of buildings,
facilities, structures, or other improvements will assist in the elimination of one
or more blighting conditions inside the Project Areas or provide housing for
low- or moderate-income persons, and is consistent with the implementation
plan adopted pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33490.
ADOPTED THIS 9th day of January, 2008.
David H. Ready, Ci Hager
ATTEST:
ames Thompson, City Clerk
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 22123 is a full, true and correct copy, and was adopted at an adjourned
meeting of the Palm Springs City Council on the 9th day of January, 2008, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills, Councilmember
Weigel, Mayor Pro Tern Foat, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
mes Thompson, City Clerk
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