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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 2005-77 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH RESOLUTION NO. 2005-77 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CONSENTING TO PAYMENT BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF CERTAIN COSTS RELATED TO THE SEISMIC REHABILITATION OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING OF CITY HALL AND MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS AND FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33445 WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach (the "Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to carry out and implement the Redevelopment Plans for the Merged Redevelopment Project Areas (the"Project Areas") of the City of Huntington Beach (collectively the "Redevelopment Plan"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33445(a) of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code Section 33000 et seg.) ("CRL"), the Agency may, with the consent of the City Council ("City Council") of the City of Huntington Beach ("City"), pay all or part of the value of the cost of the installation and construction of any facility, structure, or other improvements which is publicly owned either within or outside a project area, if the City Council makes certain determinations; and WHEREAS, the Administrative Building portion(the"Administrative Building")of the City Hall of the City of Huntington Beach located within the Project Areas, is publicly owned and requires rehabilitation, including seismic retrofitting (the "Rehabilitation"); and WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City and for the common benefit of employees, business tenants and property owners within the Project Areas and residents, employees, business tenants and property owners within the City as a whole for the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building to occur; and WHEREAS, the City has obtained a FEMA Grant to pay for a portion of the costs related to the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building, but such Grant does not fully finance all costs of the Rehabilitation. WHEREAS, since there are no other reasonable means available to the City to finance the balance of the costs of the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building, the 1 05resolseismic rehab CC Agency proposes to pay the balance of the costs of the Rehabilitation from participation proceeds from the Project Areas; and WHEREAS, the Agency's agreement to pay the balance of the costs of the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building constitutes an indebtedness of the Agency for the purpose of carrying out the redevelopment for Project Areas; and WHEREAS, the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building is of benefit to the Project Areas and the immediate neighborhood in which the Administrative Building is located; and WHEREAS, no portion of the payment provided by the Agency for the balance of costs of the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building shall be derived from tax increment funds; and WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the foregoing recitals are true and correct. Section 2. Based on substantial evidence in the record, the City Council hereby finds and determines that: a. The Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building is of benefit to the Project Areas and the immediate neighborhood in which the Administrative Building is located and is consistent with the goals of the Five-Year Implementation Plan for the Project Areas.. This determination is based, in part, on the fact that the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building is in the best interests of the City and the health, safety, morals and welfare of its taxpayers, employees, business tenants, property owners and residents. The Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building will benefit all employees, business tenants and property owners of the Project Areas, �as well as the residents, employees, business tenants and property owners of the City; b. No other reasonable means of financing the balance of the costs of 2 the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building are available to the City. This determination is based, in part, on the fact that the City itself is not in a position to finance the balance of the costs of the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building. Without the assistance of participation proceeds from the Project Areas, the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building would not be feasible; and C. The payment of funds by the Agency for the balance of the costs related to the Rehabilitation will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions within the Project Areas and is consistent with the Redevelopment Plan. This determination is based, in part, on the information contained in paragraph a. above. Section 3. The City Council hereby consents to payment by the Agency of the balance of the costs of the Rehabilitation of the Administrative Building. Section 4. The City Administrator is authorized to take any action and execute any and all documents and agreements necessary to implement this Resolution. Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21 t-day of NnvPmher , 200 5 . REVIEWED AND APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ,City Ad nistrator Yity Attorney - cl(���las INITIATED AND APPROVED: Director of &onomic Deve ent 3 Res. No. 2005-77 STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss: CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH ) I, JOAN L. FLYNN the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council at an regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of November, 2005 by the following vote: AYES: Coerper, Sullivan, Hardy, Green, Cook NOES: None ABSENT: Hansen, Bohr ABSTAIN: None Ci Clerk and ex-officio Jerk of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California