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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2077 ORDINANCE NO. 2077 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE AZUSA CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT REDEVELOP - MENT PROJECT WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency") formulated and prepared a proposed First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Azusa Central Business District Redevelopment Project (the "Project") which includes the addition of land to the Project; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Azusa has submitted its report and recommendations, finding that the uses designated in the Redevelopment Plan as it is proposed to be amended are in conformity with the uses designated in the General Plan and recommending approval and adoption of said proposed amendment; and WHEREAS, the Agency adopted rules governing participation by and reasonable preferences to owners and tenants .in the Project area on May 23, 1978; and WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Ccuncil of the City of Azusa said proposed First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan accompanied by the Report of the Agency on said proposed Amendment which Report contains, among other things, the Planning Commission's report and recommendations, the Final Environmental Impact Report on the proposed First Amendment, and the Report of the County Fiscal Officer and analysis thereof by the Agency; and WHEREAS, the Project Area Committee submitted .its report and recommendation concerning the proposed Plan, which report and recommenda- tion has been reviewed and considered by this Council; and WHEREAS, the Agency consulted with the taxing agencies which levy taxes, or for which taxes are levied, on property in the Project area with respect to the Plan and to allocation of taxes pursuant to Section 33670, and WHEREAS, after due notice, a joint public hearing was held by the Agency and the City Council to consider said proposed First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and the Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report; and WHEREAS, the Agency and this Council certified to the preparation and completion of the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report pertaining to the proposed Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan as being in conformity with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, State Guidelines pursuant thereto, and the procedures adopted therefor by the Agency; and WHEREAS, at said joint public hearing the City Council heard and considered all oral and written objections to the proposed First Amendment; and WHEREAS, all actions required by law have been taken by all appropriate public agencies. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Azusa does hereby ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The purposes and intent of the City Council with respect to the area added to the Project are: a. Assisting development of residential construction by financing such development in the added areas .in a way which will permit the purchase of units by persons who would otherwise be excluded from the housing market; b. Assisting development and/or rehabilitation of residences committed for occupancy for persons and families of low and moderate incomes within the Project area and eliminating blighted conditions therein by using income accrued on such loans in excess of the Agency's debt service requirements for such purposes. c. Facilitating relocation of persons from the existing Project area by adding to the housing stock and providing preferences to displaced persons to obtain loans. d. Making below-market rate loans, thus making housing available to moderate income, and if feasible low income, occupants. e. Assisting in the assemblage of land for the development of a hotel/motel and senior citizens housing. SECTION 2. All written and oral objections to the Redevelopment Plan as amended are hereby overruled. SECTION 3. The First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan is hereby approved and adopted, and the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said First Amendment) is hereby designated the official redevelopment plan for the Azusa Central Business District Redevelopment Project. SECTION 4. The Redevelopment Plan for the Azusa Central Business District Redevelopment Project as amended by said First Amendm ent is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set out at length herein. SECTION 5. The City Council hereby finds and determines that: (a) Upon the record of the joint public hearing on the First Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan, the Report of the Agency thereon and supporting data thereto, the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report, and the testimony received at the joint public hearing, the areas added to the Project are necessary for effective redevelopment in that: - 2 - 1. The addition of Areas 4 through 8 will permit the Agency to make low-interest mortgage loans to property owners in these areas. In each of these areas, residential construction is proposed or currently underway. A redevelopment agency is authorized to make such low-interest loans to finance residential development only within a redevelopment area, except that such loans may be made to finance low-income housing developments whether or not located within a redevelopment area. The addition of this land will permit the Agency to make such loans to finance moderate and market-rate housing. The low interest rate will reduce the cost of such housing, making it available to a wider range of income levels than would otherwise be the case. The making of such loans will be undertaken .in accordance with a program which permits the Agency to borrow funds at an .interest rate below the rate at which the mortgages are to be made thus creating a surplus of funds. After deducting from the surplus the Agency's cost of borrowing, the program will result in an accumulation of funds which are to be used by the Agency for the purposes of increasing and improving the supply of housing for persons and families of low or moderate income, and very low income households. 2. Areas 9 and 10 are contiguous to the Project area. Area 9 is proposed to be added to square off a site which the Agency seeks to develop as a hotel/motel complex. Area 10 is a portion of a site which the Agency will acquire and sell for development of rental housing for elderly and handicapped persons and families of low and moderate income. The addition of Areas 9 and 10 to the Project area will permit the Agency to assemble the sites and to assure that development is carried out subject to the restrictions and controls established by the Redevelopment Plan. (b) The Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said First Amendment) will redevelop the area added to the Project in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California and in the interests of the public peace, health and safety and welfare; (c) The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said First Amendment) .is economically sound and feasible; (d) The Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said First Amendment) conforms to the General Plan of the City of Azusa. (e) The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said First Amendment) will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Azusa and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California; - 3 - (f) The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by the inclusion of said First Amendment) for the area added to the Project, is necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby so amended) and adequate provisions have been made for payment of property to be acquired as provided by law: (g) There are families and persons to be displaced from housing facilities in the original Project area, and when any such families and persons are displaced by redevelopment activities: 1. The Agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the original Project area; 2. There will be provided in the entire Project area (including the areas added to the Project) or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the original Project, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. (h) Inclusion within the Project of any lands, buildings or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they are a part; any such area included is necessary for effective redevelop- ment and is not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law without other substantial justification for its inclusion; and (i) The elimination of blight in the original Project area and the redevelopne nt of the Project area by providing low and moderate income housing opportunites cannot be reasonably expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the Agency. SECTION 6. In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended by inclusion of said First Amendment), it is found and determined that certain official actions must be taken by the City Council with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action, and accordingly, this Council hereby: a. Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the City of Azusa under the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan as hereby amended. b. Requests the various officials, departments, boards, commissions, and agencies of the City of Azusa having administrative responsibilities (in the Project) likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with said Redevelopment as hereby amended. - 4 - SECTION 7. No housing facilities except those under construction exist in the areas added to the Project, and therefore addition of said areas will not result in displacement of any resident. SECTION 8. This Council .is convinced that tax increment financing will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment to any taxing agency deriving revenues from the areas added to the Project, in that the Plan as hereby amended waives the Agency's right to allocation of taxes from Areas 4 through 8. SECTION 9. The City Clerk hereby is directed to cause the incorporation of the Amendment hereby approved and adopted into the Redevelopment Plan and to print and reproduce copies of said Redevelopment Plan as so amended. The City Clerk hereby .is further directed to send a certified copy of this Ordinance and a copy of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby so amended) to the Agency. The Agency is hereby vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended) for the Project, subject to the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan (as hereby amended). SECTION 10. The City Clerk is hereby directed to record with the County Recorder of Los Angeles County descriptions of the land within the areas added to the Project and the entire Project area (including the area added to the Project), and a statement that proceedings for the redevelopment of the areas added to the Project have been instituted under the California Community Redevelopment Law. The Agency hereby is directed to effectuate recordation in compliance with the provisions of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable. SECTION 11. The Building Regulation Division of the Department of Public Works is hereby directed for a period of two years after the effective date of this Ordinance to advise all applicants for building permits within the areas added to the Project that the site for which a building permit is sought for the construction of buildings or for other improvements is within a redevelopment project area. SECTION 12. The City Clerk .is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Ordinance, a copy of Ordinance No. 2062 approving and adopting the Redevelopment Plan, a copy of the descriptions and statement recorded by the City purusant to Section 10 of this Ordinance, and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the area added to the Project and the entire Project area (including the area added to the Project) to the Tax Assessor of Los Angeles County, to the Auditor-Controller of Los Angeles County, to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes upon any property in the entire Project area, and to the State Board of Equalization. SECTION 13. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published as required by law. Passed and approved this 2nd _ day of _July , 1979. Mayor/ - 5 - STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF AZUSA ) I, ADOLPH SOLIS, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 2077 was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 18th day of June , 1979; that, thereafter, said ordinance was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 2nd day of July , 1979 by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Councilmen: Decker, Fry, Moses NOES: Councilmen: Cruz ABSENT: Councilmen: Solem 74-/>>2'6),/-// City Clrk Publish Azusa Herald July 12, 1979 - 6 -