HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 01-R39RESOLUTIONNO. oi_Ra9
A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
MORRIS NATIONAL, INC. OWNER PARTICIPATION
AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa (`Agency") is engaged
in activities necessary to execute and implement the redevelopment plan (`Redevelopment Plan")
for the Azusa Central Business District Redevelopment Project Area (`Project Area") pursuant to
the provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section
33000 et seq.) (`CRL") and the Redevelopment Plan;
WHEREAS, the Agency entered into that certain Owner Participation Agreement
dated June 20, 1995 ("OPA") with Morris National, Inc. and
WHEREAS, the OPA was recorded as Instrument No. 95-1310781 on August 10,
1995, with the Los Angeles County Recorder's Office; and
WHEREAS, all initially capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall
have the meanings as ascribed to them in the OPA, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and Participant now wish to enter into a First Amendment
to the OPA in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A ("OPA First Amendment") to modify and
amend their respective rights and obligations to provide for the development and operation of the
New Project on the site; and
WHEREAS, Environmental Impact Reports ("EIRs") were prepared and certified in
1981 and 1988 for the Project Area and those EIRs considered the development of the Project Area
and the impacts of light industrial development on the Project Area and imposed environmental
mitigation measures;
WHEREAS, pursuant to California Public Resources Code, section 15180, absent
subsequent additional environmental impacts or a subsequent significant change in environmental
impacts not addressed in the EIRs, no additional environmental reports need be prepared for
individual components of a redevelopment plan to comply with CEQA requirements.
WHEREAS, Agency staff has determined that the EIRs adequately address the
environmental impacts from the development of the Site (as described in the OPA) in compliance
with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), State CEQA Guidelines and the City's
Local CEQA Guidelines, therefore, no additional reports need be prepared prior to the adoption of
this Resolution.
EXHIBIT 2
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, DOES FIND AND DECLARE THAT:
SECTION 1. The Agency Board hereby approves the OPA First Amendment in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Agency's Executive Director is hereby
authorized and directed to execute the OPA First Amendment and cause its recordation with the Los
Angeles County Recorder, and to execute such other documents and instruments as may be
reasonably necessary to administer and implement the actions described in the OPA First
Amendment.
SECTION 2. Agency staff is hereby directed to file with the Los Angeles County
Clerk's Office, within five (5) days from the execution of this Resolution, a Notice of Determination
pursuant to the Agency's CEQA Guidelines.
SECTION 3. The Agency's Executive Director is authorized, with the concurrence
of Agency Counsel, to make minor, nonsubstantive technical and clarifying changes to the OPA First
Amendment, without the need for formal Agency governing board approval.
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall become effective upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this - r -d day of Dece er , 2001.
ri Tina C. Madrid
Chairperson
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Vera Mendoza
Agency Secretary
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF AZUSA )
I, Vera Mendoza, Agency Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution is the actual resolution duly and regularly adopted at a
regular meeting of the Agency's Governing Board on the 311ddayof DePamhar 12001,
by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: HARDISON,STANFORD, ROCHA,CHAGNON,MADRID
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Agency Counsel
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Vera Mendoza
Agency Secretary