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JULY 19, 2004
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RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH JOINT
PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR PROPOSED
PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THE MERGER
OF THE SANTA ANA REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREAS AND ADOPT THE
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
CITY COUNCIL ACTION
Adopt a resolution receiving the Report to the City Council including
the Initial Study/Negative Declaration; receiving the Amendments merging
the six Redevelopment Projects; and setting the date and time for a
joint public hearing with the Community Redevelopment Agency with
respect to the proposed plan amendments for the merger of the Santa Ana
Redevelopment Project Areas and the Initial Study/Negative Declaration
prepared in connection therewith.
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION
Adopt a resolution approving the Report to the City Council which
incorporates the Initial Study/Negative Declaration prepared for the
Amendments merging the six Redevelopment Projects; receiving the
Amendments and consenting to a joint public hearing with the City
Council with respect to the proposed Amendments to merge the Santa Ana
Redevelopment Project Areas; and approving the Initial Study/Negative
Declaration prepared in connection therewith.
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Resolution to Establish Joint
Public Hearing Date for Proposed
Plan Amendments for the Merger of
The Santa Ana Redevelopment Project
Areas and Adopt the Report to the
City Council
July 19, 2004
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COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISS:r:ON RECOMMENDATION
1.
Recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution receiving the
Report to the City Council including the Initial Study/Negative
Declaration; receiving the Amendments merging the six Redevelopment
Projects; and setting the date and time for a joint public hearing
with the Community Redevelopment Agency with respect to the
proposed plan amendments for the merger of the Santa Ana
Redevelopment Project Areas and the Initial Study/Negative
Declaration prepared in connection therewith.
2.
Recommended that the Community Redevelopment Agency adopt a
resolution approving the Report to the Ci ty Council which
incorporates the Initial Study/Negative Declaration prepared for
the Amendments merging the six Redevelopment Projects; receiving
the Amendments and consenting to a joint public hearing with the
City Council with respect to the proposed Amendments to merge the
Santa Ana Redevelopment Proj ect Areas; and approving the Ini tial
Study/Negative Declaration prepared in connection therewith.
By a vote of 7:0 at its Regular Meeting of June 15, 2004.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Recommended that the City Council:
1.
Approve and adopt
No. 2004-34.
the Negative
Environmental Review
Declaration,
2.
Adopt a resolution finding that the proposed redevelopment plan
merger amendments conform to the Santa Ana General Plan.
3.
Approve the Redevelopment Plan Amendment.
4.
Find that the Redevelopment Plan Amendment
the City's General Plan.
is in
conformity with
By a vote of 7:0 at its Regular Meeting of June 14, 2004.
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Resolution to Establish Joint
ublic Hearing Date for Proposed
lan Amendments for the Merger of
The Santa Ana Redevelopment Project
Areas and Adopt the Report to the
City Council
July 19, 2004
Page 3
DISCUSSION
The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana currently
has six redevelopment project areas: Central City, Inter City Commuter
Station, North Harbor, South Harbor, South Main and Bristol Corridor
Redevelopment Projects (Redevelopment Projects or Project Areas). Each
of the Project Areas has a separate Redevelopment plan, which governs
redevelopment of the Project Areas and the allocation of tax increment
received from the Project Area. Existing Community Redevelopment Law
(CRL) provides for a redevelopment agency to merge the project areas in
order to combine the tax increment revenues from all the project areas
and allocate the revenue among the entire merged proj ect area. This
will facilitate the implementation of redevelopment within the merged
roject area by revitalizing blighted areas through increased economic
vitality and increased and improved housing opportunities.
The proposed plan amendments (Amendments) are considered technical
amendments that will not add territory to the Project Areas, increase
the tax increment limit, affect the respective Redevelopment Plan
termination dates or result in a single merged redevelopment plan. The
merger only allows the Agency to combine and allocate tax increment
revenues among the project Areas.
As part of the process to amend the redevelopment plans, the CRL
provides that the City Council and Community Redevelopment Agency hold a
joint public hearing to receive testimony on the Amendments.
Additionally, CRL requires that a notice of the joint public hearing be
published in a newspaper of general circulation for four successive
weeks prior to the hearing and be mailed at least 30 days prior to the
hearing to all property owners and occupants within the Project Areas
via first class mail. Affected taxing agencies are notified separately
by certified mail.
It is proposed that the joint public hearing
for the merger of the Santa Ana Redevelopment
for September 7, 2004, at 6:00 p.m.
on the proposed Amendments
Project Areas be scheduled
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Resolution to Establish Joint
Public Hearing Date for Proposed
Plan Amendments for the Merger of
The Santa Ana Redevelopment Project
Areas and Adopt the Report to the
Ci ty Council
July 19, 2004
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The Report to the City Council (Exhibit 1) is the documentation that is
required by CRL as part of the redevelopment plan amendment process.
The Report to the City Council provides information and documentation to
assist the Agency and City Council in its consideration of the proposed
Amendments and in making the required findings associated with the
adoption of the proposed Amendments.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
Jo P. Reekstin
Ex utive Director
Community Redevelopment
Agency
JPR/NTE/mlr
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RESOLUTION NO. 2004-055
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
RECEIVING THE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL PREPARED
FOR THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS
TO MERGE THE CENTRAL CITY, INTER-CITY COMMUTER STATION,
NORTH HARBOR, SOUTH HARBOR, SOUTH MAIN, AND
BRISTOL CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND
CONSENTING TO HOLDING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH
THE SANTA ANA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and
declares as follows:
A. The Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is a
community redevelopment agency organized and existing under the California
Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et. seq.,
("CRL") and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a
redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana
("City Council").
B. On July 2, 1973, by Ordinance No. 1173, the City Council approved and
adopted a redevelopment plan for the Central City Redevelopment Project ("Central
City Project").
C. On July 6,1982, by Ordinance No. NS-1636, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the Inter-City Commuter Station Redevelopment Project ("Inter-
City Project").
D. On July 6,1982, by Ordinance No. NS-1637, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the North Harbor Redevelopment Project ("North Harbor
Project").
E. On July 6,1982, by Ordinance No. NS-1638, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the South Harbor Redevelopment Project ("South Harbor
Project").
F. On July 6,1982, by Ordinance No. NS-1639, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the South Main Redevelopment Project ("South Main Project").
G. On December 4, 1989, by Ordinance No. NS-2039, the City Council
adopted a redevelopment plan for the Bristol Corridor Redevelopment Project ("Bristol
Corridor Project").
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H. The "Existing Plans" consist of the Redevelopment Plans, as amended,
prepared for the Central City Project, Inter-City Project, North Harbor Project, South
Harbor Project, South Main Project, and the Bristol Corridor Project and the territory
included within the Existing Plans is referred to as the "Project Areas".
I.
Plans.
The Agency is vested with the responsibility to carry out the Existing
J. The Agency desires to amend each of the Existing Plans ("Amendments")
to merge the Project Areas in order to combine the tax increment revenues from the
Project Areas and allocate the revenues to and among the entire merged Project Area
that will best facilitate the revitalization of blighted areas through economic vitality and
increase and improve housing opportunities.
K. The Agency has submitted the proposed Amendments to the Planning
Commission of the City of Santa Ana for its report and recommendations, and the
Planning Commission on June 14, 2004, reviewed the proposed Amendments and
determined the proposed Amendments are consistent with the City's General Plan and
recommended approval of the proposed Amendments.
L The Agency has caused to be prepared a Report to the City Council on
the proposed Amendments pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33352.
M. Pursuant to the provisions of the CRL Sections 33452, 33454, 33457.1,
33458 and 33486 there is a need for a joint public hearing of the City Council and the
Agency in order to receive testimony from any and all interested persons, including
property owners, business owners, tenants, community organizations, and any other
interested groups and/or citizens, with respect to the proposed Amendments and
related items.
N. The Agency has prepared the required Notice of Joint Public Hearing and
related attachments for transmittal pursuant to CRL Sections 33452 and 33486.
Section 2. The City Council hereby receives the Agency's Report to the City
Council prepared pursuant to CRL Section 33352 and the proposed Amendments
prepared for the Existing Plans.
Section 3. The City Council approves the convening of a joint public hearing
with the Agency on September 7,2004, at 6 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in
the City of Santa Ana City Council Chambers, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana,
California 92702, for the purpose of receiving testimony and considering the proposed
Amendments and other related matters.
Section 4. The City Council hereby approves the Notice of Joint Public
Hearing and related attachments substantially in the form attached to this resolution.
Section 5. Agency staff is hereby directed to work with the City Clerk and
Agency advisors in the mailing of a copy of the aforesaid notice and related materials,
pursuant to Sections 33486 and 33452 of the CRL, to the last known assessee of each
parcel of land within the Existing Project Areas as shown on the last equalized
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assessment rolls of Orange County and the State of California. The notice shall be
sent to all property and business owners, tenants and residents within the Existing
Project Areas, and to all affected taxing entities, which receive a portion of the ad
valorem taxes levied on properties within the Existing Project Areas.
Section 6. Agency staff is hereby directed to work with the City Clerk and
Agency advisors in the publishing of the aforesaid notice, including a map and a
reference to the availability of the legal description for the Existing Project Areas (as
recorded with the Orange County Recorder and available with the City Clerk), prior to
the date of the joint public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation for period not
less than once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks. The notice shall be published in
the Orange County Register on August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2004, to satisfy this
requirement.
ADOPTED this
day of
,2004.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By:
Lisa E. Storck
Assistant City Attorney
AYES:
NOES:
Council members:
Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers:
NOT PRESENT:
Councilmembers:
CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I. PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2004-055 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on
Date:
Clerk of the Council
City of Santa Ana
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