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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-011 - Construction of a Publicly Owned Improvement Parking Lot at 2129 North Main Street bk: 3/02/06 RESOLUTION NO. 2006-011 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA CONSENTING TO THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLICLY OWNED IMPROVEMENT, A PARKING LOT AT 2129 NORTH MAIN STREET, BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, PURSUANT TO SECTION 33445 OF THE HEALTH & SAFETY CODE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AS FOLLOWS: Sedion 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan for the Merged Project Area (the Redevelopment Plan"), in the area formerly known as the Central City Project Area. B. Section I, Paragraph B of the Central City Redevelopment Plan, as amended, states that the "provision of substantial offstreet parking" in the project area is necessary to implement the objectives of the Plan. Section III, Paragraph G.2. of said Plan further provides that the Agency is authorized to construct public improvements and public facilities necessary to carry out the Plan. C. The most recent Five Year Implementation Plan of the Agency further provides that one of the prospective projects of the Agency for the period of July 2005 to June 2010 is: "Expansion of the Bowers Museum." D. Section 33445 of the Health & Safety Code, part of the California Redevelopment Law, provides that the Agency may pay for the cost of construction of a public improvement, upon the consent of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana ("City"), if the following findings can be made: 1. That the public improvement is of benefit to the project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located; 2. That no other reasonable means of financing the public improvement is available to the community; and Resolution No. 2006-011 Page 1 of 4 3. That the payment of funds for the cost of the public improvement will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the project area. E. The City is the owner of a vacant lot, located generally at 2129 North Main Street, within the former Central City Project Area. The City desires to construct a public improvement, a parking lot, on this vacant lot, primarily to serve as additional public parking for employees and visitors to the Charles W. Bowers Museum, a City owned, nationally renowned museum, currently being expanded. F. The City lacks funds to pay for the construction of a parking lot at this time. G. Construction of a publicly owned parking lot at 2129 North Main Street will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions in that it will help reactivate the east side of north Main Street, provide additional public parking for the expanded Charles W. Bowers Museum, the cornerstone of the City's Museum District, and is called out for in both the Central City Redevelopment Plan and the most recent Five Year Implementation Plan. H. The Central City Redevelopment Plan was last amended to add territory in 1975. For this reason the findings specified in section 33445(b) of the California Health & Safety Code, although set forth above, are not required. Section ? The City Council has reviewed and considered the information contained in the initial study and the negative declaration prepared with respect to this Project, Environmental Review Number 2005-45. The City Council has, as a result of its consideration and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that, as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines, a Negative Declaration adequately addresses the expected environmental impacts of this Project. On the basis of this review, the City Council finds that there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the Project will have a significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council hereby certifies and approves the negative declaration and directs that the Notice of Determination be prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the County of Orange in the manner required by law. Pursuant to Title XIV, California Code of Regulations ("CCR") 9 735.5(c)(1), the City Council has determined that, after considering the record as a whole, there is no evidence that the proposed project will have the potential for any adverse effect on wildlife resources or the ecological habitat upon which wildlife resources depend. The proposed project exists in an urban environment characterized by paved concrete, roadways, surrounding buildings and human activity. Therefore, pursuant to Fish and Game Code 9 711.2 and Title XIV, CCR 9 735.5(a)(3), the payment of Fish and Game Department filing fees is not required in conjunction with this project. Resolution No. 2006-011 Page 2 of 4 Section 3. The City Council hereby consents to the payment by the Agency of up to $445,900 in Agency funds from the Merged Project Area for this publicly owned improvement, in accordance with that certain Cooperative Agreement between the Agency and the City. Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized to take all steps, and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to implement and carry out the Resolution on behalf of the City. Section 5. The Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this 6.1tLday of MRrch, 2006. af.,;,btiy/ - Mayor Pro Tem APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney ./' ~ -I) t- By:r . jamin aufman iChief Assistant City Attorney AYES: Councilmembers: AlvRrez Ri!;t Ru!;tRmRnte Christy, GRrcia Solorio (B) NOES: Councilmembers: None (0) ABSTAIN: Councilmembers: Pulido (1) NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers: None (0) Resolution No. 2006-011 Page 3 of 4 CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2006-011 to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on March 6 2006. Date: 3-/'T-8b Patricia E. Healy Clerk of the Council Resolution No. 2006-011 Page 4 of 4