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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRedevelopment Agency - 272 i RESOLUTION NO. .-272 A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ACCEPTING AND APPROVING A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE HUNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Huntington Beach Redevelopment Agency("Agency") has established boundaries and formulated a Redevelopment Plan for the Yorktown-Lake Redevelopment Project as approved by Ordinance No. 2576 of the City of Huntington Beach ("City"); and The Agency has established boundaries and formulated a Redevelopment Plan for the Talbert-Beach Redevelopment Project as approved by Ordinance No. 2577 of the City; and The Agency has established boundaries and formulated a Redevelopment Plan for the Main-Pier Redevelopment Project as approved by Ordinance No. 2578 of the City, and amended said Redevelopment Plan by Ordinance No. 2634 of the City; and The Agency has established boundaries and formulated a Redevelopment Plan for the Oakview Redevelopment Project as approved by Ordinance No. 2582 of the City, and amended said Redevelopment'Plan by Ordinance No. 3002 of the City; and The Agency has established boundaries and formulated a Redevelopment Plan for the Huntington Center Commercial District Redevelopment Project as approved by Ordinance No. 2743 of the City; and The Agency and the City desire to consider the amendment and merger of the Redevelopment Plans for the Yorktown-Lake, Talbert-Beach, Main-Pier, Oakview, and Huntington Center Commercial District Redevelopment Projects, establishing the merged Huntington Beach Redevelopment Project ("Project"); and Pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law(Health and Safety Code Sections 33000, et sea.) a draft Preliminary Plan for the Project has been formulated and approved by the Planning Commission at their regular meeting on March 26, 1996 in the form submitted herewith; and Pursuant to Section 33325 of the California Community Redevelopment Law, the Planning Commission shall submit the Preliminary Plan to the Agency. NOW, THEREFORE, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach hereby accepts and approves the Preliminary Plan for the Huntington Beach Redevelopment Project in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated by reference herein. 1 S Fps:PCD:Resolution:Premplan3/21/96 RLS 96-190 Staff is authorized and directed to make such transmittals as may be required pursuant to Section 33327 of the California Community Redevelopment Law. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 1st day of April , 1996. Chairman ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: 400, Agency Clerk &,. Agency Counsel REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED: t4ecutive Dir for Director of Economic Development 2 SF1s:PCD:Resolution:Premplanl3/21/96 RLS 96-190 PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE HUNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT [PENDING FINAL COMMENTS BY AGENCY SPECIAL COUNSEL] March 19, 1996 Prepared For: Huntington Beach Redevelopment Agency 2000 Main Street Huntington Beach; California 92648 (714) 536-5511 Prepared by: Rosenow Spevacek Group, Inc. 540 North Golden Circle, Suite 305 Santa Ana, CA 92705 . (714) 541-4585 PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE HUNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TABLE OF CONTENTS LINTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................I H. BACKGROUND..........................................................................................................................2 III. MERGED PROJECT AREA LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION............................................5 IV. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED PLANNING ELEMENTS ..................................6 i V. ATTAINMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT LAW..........................8 VI. CONFORMANCE TO THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY.........:....................................8 VIL GENERAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT UPON THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROJECT AREA AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS..............................8 PRELI IINARY PLAN FOR THE HUNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT I. INTRODUCTION This is the Preliminary Plan ("Preliminary Plan") for the proposed amendment and merger of the adopted redevelopment plans for the Huntington Center Commercial District Redevelopment Project, the Main-Pier Redevelopment Project, the Oakview Redevelopment Project, the Talbert- Beach Redevelopment Project, and the Yorktown-Lake Redevelopment Project (collectively, the "Constituent Projects"). Pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq. ("Law"), the Huntington Beach Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") desires to initiate redevelopment plan amendment/merger proceedings ("Amendment/Merger")to: 1. Merge the redevelopment plans for the Constituent Projects into a single redevelopment plan ("Plan") 2. Establish the merged Huntington Beach Redevelopment Project ("Project") and Project Area, 3. Establish a new dollar limit on the amount of tax increment revenue the Agency may be allocated from the Project, 4. Extend the time frame within which the Agency may incur indebtedness on behalf of the Project, 5. On a selective basis, extend the time frame within which the Agency may employ eminent domain proceedings on nonresidential properties in the Main-Pier and Huntington Center Commercial District areas, 6. Establish new time periods within which the Agency may incur debt, undertake redevelopment activities, and receive tax increment, and 7. Expand the list of infrastructure and public facility projects that the Agency may undertake within the Project Area. bmtbahXprepka 1 03/19/96 Exlcr6�7`` � When adopted, the Plan will amend and merge all existing redevelopment plans for the .Constituent Projects, and will guide all future redevelopment activities, projects, and programs in the Project Area. However, the Amendment/Merger will not affect the Agency's outstanding obligations or indebtedness. This Preliminary Plan has been prepared in accordance with. Section 33324 of the Law, which states that a preliminary plan should: (a) describe the boundaries of the project area; (b) contain a general statement of land uses, layout of principal streets, population densities, and building intensities and standards; (c) show how the purpose of the Law would be attained by such implementation of the redevelopment plan; (d) show how the proposed redevelopment plan conforms to the general plan; and (e) describe, generally, the impact of a redevelopment project upon residents of the project area and surrounding neighborhoods. h—tbch\p-pL- 2 03/19/96 f444 H. BACKGROUND The City Council of the City of Huntington Beach activated the Agency on March 1, 1976. Since that time, the Agency has created five redevelopment projects; all five of these projects are involved in the proposed Amendment/Merger. The profile of each of the Constituent Projects is as follows: 1. Yorktown-Lake Redevelopment Project: The Yorktown-Lake Redevelopment Project was established via Ordinance No. 2576 adopted by the City Council on September 20, 1982. The Yorktown-Lake Redevelopment Project encompasses 30 acres of medium-density residential and public land uses such as the Huntington Beach Civic Center and Police Department. The Yorktown-Lake Redevelopment Project Area is located in the vicinity of Main Street, Yorktown Avenue, Lake Street,and Utica Avenue. 2. Talbert-Beach Redevelopment Proiect: The Talbert-Beach Redevelopment Project was established via Ordinance No. 2577 adopted by the City Council on September 20, 1982. The Talbert-Beach Redevelopment Project Area is located between Talbert Avenue and Taylor Drive, west of Beach Boulevard. The Talbert-Beach Redevelopment Project encompasses 25 acres of low-, medium-, and high-density residential, and general industrial land uses. 3. Main-Pier Redevelopment Project: On September 20, 1982, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2578 which created the original 5-block Main-Pier Redevelopment Project Area. On September 6, 1983, the City Council amended the Redevelopment Plan for the Main-Pier Redevelopment Project with Ordinance No. 2634, enlarging the Main-Pier Redevelopment Project Area to 336 acres. The Main-Pier Redevelopment Project Area is located along Main Street, between Palm Avenue and the Huntington Beach Pier, and along Pacific Coast Highway, between Goldenwest Street and Beach Boulevard. The Main-Pier Redevelopment Project Area includes retail, tourist, recreational, public, and residential land uses. tnmtbcn\yrephn 3 03/19/96 4. Oakview Redevelopment Project: The Oakview Redevelopment Project of 68 acres was initially established on November 1, 1982 by City Council Ordinance No. 2582. The Oakview Redevelopment Project Area.is generally located between Warner Avenue and Slater Avenue, from Oak Lane to Beach Boulevard. On July 5, 1989,. the City Council amended the Redevelopment Plan for the Oakview Redevelopment Project,with Ordinance No. 3002 to extend certain time and financial limits. The Oakview Project Area includes general commercial, medium-density and high-density residential land uses. 5. Huntington Center Commercial District_Redevelopment Project: Established via Ordinance No. 2743 adopted by the City Council on November 26, 1984, the Huntington Center Commercial District Redevelopment Project encompasses 160 acres of retail and office commercial uses, and is located in the vicinity of Edinger Avenue, Beach Boulevard, and the San Diego Freeway (I-405). The Huntington Center Commercial District Project Area. includes the 960,000 square foot Huntington Center regional mall. . Limitations of the Existing Plans The following constraints of the Redevelopment Plans for the Constituent Projects ("Existing Plans") hinder the Agency's ability to correct blighting conditions, promote economic development, and facilitate the construction of affordable housing: • The need to extend eminent domain authority for nonresidential property: In order for the Agency to implement redevelopment projects involving land acquisition, eminent domain authority may be a useful tool to acquire nonresidential property. Presently, the authority to use eminent domain has expired in all but the Huntington Center Commercial District and Oakview Redevelopment Projects. The Huntington Center Commercial District Redevelopment Plan's eminent domain provisions expire in November, 1996 and the Oakview Redevelopment Plan's provisions expire in July, 2001. Through the Amendment/Merger, the Agency proposes to establish a new 12-year time frame within which the Agency may employ uuncbenVrepl.n 4 03/19/96 eminent domain on nonresidential properties in the Main-Pier and Huntington Center Commercial District areas. • The need to increase current tax increment limits: Presently, the Yorktown-Lake Redevelopment Project exceeds its annual $250,000 tax increment cap. Given moderate growth projections, it is projected that the Talbert-Beach Redevelopment Projects will also exceed its tax increment limit prior to the expiration of the Redevelopment Plan. Without an increase in the tax increment limits, the additional tax increment revenue will not be available to the Agency to fund redevelopment projects and programs. • The need to increase the bond limit: In conjunction with tax increment revenue limit amendments, bond indebtedness limit increases are needed to permit the Agency to raise additional capital and invest in new redevelopment projects and programs. • The need to extend the time frame to incur debt: With the exception of the Huntington Center Commercial District Redevelopment Project, the Agency is prohibited from incurring debt after 2002; the Huntington Center Commercial District Redevelopment Plan limits the time frame to incur debt to 2004. In the event that the Agency wishes to pursue new projects and/or incur debt after these time frames, an amendment is necessary. • The need to merge the Constituent Projects: The Agency's current redevelopment programs have been frustrated by an imbalance of resources and needs between the Constituent Projects. The Law generally prohibits redevelopment agencies from transferring tax increment revenues from one project to another. In order to move funding resources between the Constituent Project Areas, the Agency is required to merge the Constituent Projects into the single Project. For example, declines in tax increment revenues in the Huntington Center Commercial District Project Area have resulted in a downgrading of the Agency's 1992 Tax Allocation Revenue Bonds. By merging the Constituent Projects, resources from the Agency's other Constituent Project Areas could be made available to the Huntington Center Commercial District Project. h—db+ -pl- 5 03/19/96 M. MERGED PROJECT AREA LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION The Project Area is located in the City of Huntington Beach, Orange County, California. The City of Huntington Beach ("City") is 45 miles south of the City of Los Angeles, and is Orange County's third largest city with a 1990 Census population of 190,000. The City was incorporated on February 17, 1909 and encompasses an area of 28 square miles. The Project Area, depicted on Exhibit 1 is composed of each of the five noncontiguous Constituent Project Areas. The total area of the Project Area is 619 acres,.or approximately 3.5% of the total acreage of the City. The Amendment/Merger does not propose to either add property to, or delete property from, the Project Area. humtbch\prcp6n 6 03/19/96 ��-�t hd 4 W. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED PLANNING ELEMENTS A. LAND USES The land uses permitted in the Project Area shall be in conformance with the City's General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and any other state and local building codes and guidelines as they now exist or are hereafter amended. The following uses are presently permitted by the General Plan: RESIDENTIAL Low Density Medium Density High Density INDUSTRIAL General Industrial COMMERCIAL General Commercial Visitor-Serving Commercial - OTHER USES Public,Quasi-Public Institutional Planning Reserve OPEN SPACE Recreation - MIXED USES Mixed Development Office/Residential Commercial/Support Recreation hmtbch\prcptnt 7 03/19/96 B. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED LAYOUT OF PRINCIPAL STREETS The principal streets within the Project Area include Beach Boulevard, Edinger Avenue, Talbert Avenue, Main Street, Yorktown Avenue, Lake Street, Warner Avenue, Slater Avenue, and Pacific Coast Highway. The layout of principal streets and those that may be developed in the future shall conform to the Circulation Element of the General Plan as currently adopted- or as hereafter amended. Existing streets within the Project Area may be closed, widened or otherwise modified, and additional streets may be created as necessary for proper pedestrian and/or vehicular circulation provided they are consistent with the General Plan. C. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED POPULATION DENSITIES Permitted densities within the Project Area shall conform to the General Plan as currently adopted or as hereafter amended, and applicable ordinances and local codes. D. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED BUILDING INTENSITIES Building intensity shall be controlled by limits on: (1) the percentage of the building site covered by the building (land coverage); (2) the ratio of the total floor area for all stories of the building to the area of the building site (floor area ratio); (3) the size and location of the buildable area on the building site; and (4) the heights of the building. The limits on building intensity shall be established in accordance with the provisions of the General Plan, Zoning Ordinance, and local codes and ordinances, as they now exist or are hereafter amended. The land coverage, sizes and location of the buildable areas will be limited, as is feasible and appropriate, to provide adequate open space and parking. h.tbch*.O. - 8 03/19/96 E. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED BUILDING STANDARDS Building standards shall conform to the building requirements of applicable local codes and ordinances. The Agency may consider more restrictive requirements and may incorporate such requirements into the.Plan in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare. V. ATTAINMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT LAW The purposes of the Law are to protect and promote the sound development and redevelopment of economically, socially and physically deficient areas, and to protect the general welfare of the inhabitants of the communities in which they dwell. The Amendment/Merger would allow the Agency to more comprehensively attain these purposes by expanding the Agency's financial and statutory authority to alleviate conditions of blight, revitalize commercial areas, protect residential uses and neighborhoods, construct additional public improvement and facilities, and develop affordable housing. VI. CONFORMANCE TO THE GENERAL PLAN OF THE CITY This Preliminary Plan conforms to the City's General Plan, and proposes a consistent pattern of land uses and includes all highways and public facilities as indicated by the General Plan, as it now exists or is hereafter amended. VH. GENERAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT UPON THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROJECT AREA AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS The impact of the Project will generally be in the areas of improved public infrastructure, facilities and services, improved living environment, increased and improved supply of affordable housing, , and enhanced employment and economic activity. Redevelopment activities within the Project Area will provide for the improvement, development, replanning, redesign, reconstruction and rehabilitation of the area and the provision of commercial, industrial, public and other structures h—tbchh*rp1- 9 03/19/96 and open spaces in the interest of the general welfare of the community. It is also anticipated that redevelopment activities orchestrated by the Agency will provide additional employment opportunities and enhance the environmental quality of the community. Thus, the benefits of the Project affect the immediate and long-range economic viability of the entire City. The Plan will be implemented as sufficient financial resources are available. Redevelopment projects are intended to be phased over a period of time, with only a limited amount of direct activity at any one time. Redevelopment projects will be subject to future review and approval by the City Council, Agency, City of Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and other appropriate bodies after input has been solicited from affected residents, property owners and other interested parties. hwtbch*ephn 10 03/19/96 6W 6�� PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE HUNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Exhibit 1 Boundaries of the Huntington Beach Redevelopment Project Area 3 n ��- N •U fOSG4E MM•(L ant[t �w me .::. nee - w.a(fnq eus umaD a.M L—Pa2 AXv" IHJNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Project Area Boundaries WARNER AVE. FIR DRIVE W SYCAMORE AVE. Z S BELSITO DR OAKVIEW ULi CYPRESS AVE. PARK CYPRESS AVE. W W H W W �� H Z Y N N Q Z O Q W J co QV W m OAIMEW MANDRELLDR. cmTMa SCHOOL W WTIO SCA9 BARTON DR W o g Z Z LU } z IL FtF OC (3 D W SLATER AVE. 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No. 272 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, Clerk of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach at a meeting of said Redevelopment Agency held on the 1st day of April 1996 and that it was so adopted by the following vote: AYES: Members: Harman, Leipzig, Bauer, Sullivan, Dettloff, Green NOES: Members: ABSENT: Members: Garofalo (absent from room) G Clerk of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach, Ca. G/reso1uti/resbkpg2