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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1976-1505 Approves redevelopment plan for Center City Project (Special)1505 Ordinance No. 1505 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFOR- NIA, ,APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION FOR THE CENTER CITY PROJECT, NATIONAL CITY, CALI FORNIA WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Community Development Commission of the City of National City herein called "the CDC" undertake and carry out a redevelopment project identified as the Center City Project, herein called "the Project" and en- compassing an area generally bounded by 9th Street on the north, 16th Street on the south, an irregular line between E Avenue and Highland Avenue on the east and an irregular line between A Avenue and National Avenue on the west, all in the City of National City, California, herein called "the locality"; and WHEREAS, the CDC has made detailed studies of the physical condition of structures, land use, topography, traffic circulation, environmental influences, and social, cultural, and economic conditions of the Project area and has determined that the area is a blighted area and that it is detrimental to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the locality at large and of the people of the State because of deteriorated conditions of structures, faulty planning and inadequate public improvements, impaired property values and tax receipts, and lack of full utilization of area, and the members of this Governing Body have been fully apprised of said conditions by the CDC and are aware of the relevant facts and conditions; and WHEREAS, the Redevelop- ment Plan for the Project area prescribes certain land uses for the Project area and will require, among other things, the con- struction of new streets and related appurtenances, the construction and relocation of sewer and water mains, the construction of drainage facilities, the grading of land, and the construction of other public facilities and public utilities; and WHEREAS, the CDC has prepared and submitted a Relocation Program for the relocation of families, individuals and businesses which will be displaced as a result of carrying out the Project in accordance with the Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body information and data respecting the Relocation Program which has been prepared by the CDC as a result of studies, surveys, and inspections in the Project area and the assembling and analysis of the data and information obtained from such studies, surveys, and inspections; and WHEREAS, the members of the Governing Body have knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the Project area and of the availability of adequate housing in the locality for the relocation of families and individuals who will be displaced from the Project area as a result of Property acquisition by the CDC and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions and op- portunities relocation of businesses to be displaced have carefully considered and reviewed such proposals for relocation; and WHEREAS, it it necessary at this time that the Governing body take official action respecting the Redevelopment Plan and the Relocation Program for the Project; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the con- ditions that are imposed by the laws of the State of California in the undertaking and carrying out of a redevelopment project, in- cluding those regarding prohibition of discrimination because of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin or an- cestry, and WHEREAS, the CDC caused to be prepared a Draft Environ- mental Impact Report/ Environmental Impact Statement, hereinafter referred to as "EIR/EIS", pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and the National Environ- mental Quality Act and a Final Environmental Impact Report which was reviewed and con- sidered by the CDC was deter- mined adequate and sufficient by the CDC and the CDC further found and determined that the Project as described in said EIR/EIS would not have a significant adverse effect upon the environment; and WHEREAS, the City Council certified as to the adequacy and completion of said EIR/EIS for the Community Development Block Grant Program of the City which is integral to and directly related to the Project; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City also serves as the Governing Body of the CDC; and WHEREAS, the City Council and the CDC of the City of National City set a time and place for a joint public hearing on the Redevelopment Plan and the Relocation Program for the Project on Tuesday, April 6, 1976 at 7:45 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center and caused to be published a notice of such hearing in the National City Star -News, a newspaper of general circulation in said San Diego County and in National City, once each week for five successive weeks prior to the date of said hearing, a copy of said notice and an affidavit of publication of the same being on file with the City Clerk and the Secretary of the CDC; and WHEREAS, copies of the notice of said public hearing were mailed to the last known assessee of each parcel of land in the Project area and said notice was mailed by certified mail with return receipt requested to the last known address of each assessee as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the County of San Diego; and WHEREAS, each assessee whose property would be subject to acquisition by purchase or condemnation under the Redevelopment Plan was sent a statement to that effect attached to such assessee's notice of the public hearing and, in addition to the statement, a map of all properties which would be subject to acquisition by purchase or condemnation under the Redevelopment Plan was mailed to assessees with the notices of hearing; and WHEREAS, said public hearing was duly held at the time and place fixed therefor in said notice; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered all aspects of said Redevelopment Plan and Relocation Program, considered all written communications concerning said Plan and provided an opportunity for all persons and organizations to be heard, and received and con- sidered all evidence and testimony presented for or against all aspects of the Redevelopment Plan and Relocation Program; and WHEREAS, the Redevelop- ment Plan and Relocation Program have been on file in the Office of the City Clerk in the Civic Center and in the office of the CDC at the Civic Center, 1243 Nati'ral Avenue, National City, California, for public inspection during the period of notice given for said public hearing; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of National City as follows: SECTION 1: It is hereby found and declared that there exist in National City, California blighted areas which constitute either social or economic liabilities, or both, requiring redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety, and general welfare of the people of National City and of the State. SECTION 2: It is hereby found and determined, based upon the evidence contained in the Report of the Community Development Commission of the City of National City to the City Council of the City of National City in connection with the Center City Project, National City, California, dated March 29, 1976, that the Center City Project Area is a blighted area as described in Sections 33031 to 33034 of the California Community Redevelopment Law for the following reasons: (1) The Center City Project Area is characterized in parts of said Area by the existence of buildings and structures, used or intended to be used for living, commercial or other purposes or combinations of such uses, which are unfit or unsafe to occupy for such purposes because of the following factors: (a) Defective design and character of physical con- struction. (b) Faulty interior arrangement and exterior spacing. (c) High density of population and overcrowding. (d) Inadequate provision for ventilation, light, sanitation, and open spaces. (e) Age, obsolescence, deterioration, dilapidation, mixed character, and shifting of uses. (2) The Center City Project Area is characterized in parts of said Area by: (a) An economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse, resulting from faulty planning. (b) The existence of inadequate streets, open spaces, and utilities. (c) The existence of lots or other areas which are subject to being submerged by water. (3) The Center City Project Area is characterized by a prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments, and social and economic maladjustment and the capacity of the Project Area to pay taxes is thereby reduced and tax receipts are in process of becoming inadequate for the cost of public services rendered. (4) The Center City Project Area is characterized by: (a) In some parts of the Project Area, a growing or total lack of proper utilization of areas, resulting in a stagnant and un- productive condition of land potentially useful and valuable for contributing to the public health, safety, and welfare. (b) In other parts of the Project Area, a loss of population and reduction of proper utilization of the area, resulting in its further deterioration and added costs to the taxpayer for the creation of new public facilities and services elsewhere. SECTION 3: It is hereby found and determined that the redevelopment of the Center City Project, a redevelopment project, hereinafter called "the Project", is necessary to effectuate the public purposes set forth in the California Community Redevelopment Law and that the carrying out of the Redevelop- ment Plan for the Project would promote the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the com- munity and would effectuate the purposes and policies set forth in said Law. SECTION 4: The Redevelop- ment Plan for the Project, having been duly reviewed and con- sidered, is hereby adopted and approved, and the City Clerk is hereby directed to file said copy of the Redevelopment Plan with the minutes of this meeting. Said Redevelopment Plan is hereby incorporated as part of this Ordinance by this reference thereto and made a part hereof as if fully set out at length herein. The approved Plan is the official Redevelopment Plan of the Project and all written and oral objections to the Plan are hereby overruled. SECTION 5: It is hereby found and determined that the ob- jectives of the Redevelopment Plan cannot be achieved solely through rehabilitation or im- provement of the Project area. The Redevelopment Plan would redevelop the area in conformity with the California Community Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and welfare. SECTION 6: It is hereby found and determined that the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area conforms to the General Plan of the locality. SECTION 7: It is hereby found and determined that the financing method set forth in the Redevelopment Plan for the Project is necessary to enable the Project ,to be undertaken. The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan is hereby found and determined to be economically sound and feasible. - SECTION 8: The redevelop- ment of the Project area for residential, public and nonresidential uses is necessary for the proper development of the community. SECTION 9: It is hereby found and determined that the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the redevelopment of the area by private enterprise. The con- demnation of real property as identified in the Redevelopment Plan is hereby found and deter- mined to be necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. SECTION 10: It is hereby found and determined that the Redevelopment Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate parks and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neighborhood im- provement, with special con- sideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children and elderly persons residing and to reside in the Project and adjacent area. SECTION 11: It is hereby found and determined that the program for the relocation of families and individuals displaced in carrying out the Project in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings in con- formity with acceptable' stan- dards is feasible and can be reasonably and timely effected to permit the proper im- plementation and completion of con't. on page 2 1505 Page 2of 2ORDINANCE No. 1505 the Project; and that such dwellings or dwelling units provided or to be provided, available or to be made available to such displaced families and individuals are and will be at the time of such displacement at least equal in number to the number of displaced families and in- dividuals and are not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and com- mercial facilities than the dwellings of the displaced families and individuals in the Project area, are available at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and individuals to be displaced and are reasonably accessible to their places of employment. In addition, the City Council of the City of National City is satisfied that permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the Project area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities there will be available to such displaced oc- cupants adequate temporary housing facilities, should such be required, at rents comparable to those in the community at the time of such displacement. It is further found and deter- mined that the Redevelopment Plan for the Project provides for the construction of a number of dwelling units for persons of low and moderate income, as part of the Project itself, at least equal in number to the number of dwelling units presently occupied by persons of low and moderate income which are proposed to be acquired and cleared pursuant to the provisions of said Plan. SECTION 12: In order to im- plement the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by this governing body 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, drainage facilities, and other public facilities, and other public actions and, accordingly, this body hereby: (a) pledges its cooperation in carrying out the Redevelopment Plan, including the expenditure of money to ef- fectuate the Plan; (b) requests the various officials, depart- ments, boards, and agencies of the locality having administrative responsibilities in connection with the Project likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the Redevelopment Plan; and (c) stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the Redevelopment Plan, and hereby declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the community under the provisions of the Plan. SECTION 13: The City Council hereby determines to proceed with the Project despite the fact that the Project will have some adverse environmental impacts. SECTION 14: The City Council hereby finds and determines that the accomplishment of the ob- jectives set forth in the Plan and enumerated hereinbelow out- weigh the adverse environmental impacts described in the EIR/EIS for the Project, including the Finalizing Addendum thereto, and that the overall benefit to the public health, safety and welfare require that the City Council proceed with the Project. Said objectives as set forth in the Plan are as follows: (1) Maintaining a sound and diversified economic base, composed of a balance of com- merce, industry, housing choices including ownership of homes, seniors' housing and related facilities and multiple family residential rental housing. (2) Providing employment opportunities including em- ployment opportunities for Project Area residents. (3) Establishing a pattern of land uses which will best promote the health, safety, convenience and welfare of all citizens of the community. (4) Eliminating blighting in- fluences and environmental deficiencies by redeveloping the Project Area land to its highest and best economic use through new construction, historic preservation and neighborhood improvement. (5) Providing needed public facilities including adequate pedestrian and vehicular traffic circulation within, through and outside the Project Area. (6) Relocating some utilities underground in order to achieve a more aesthetically pleasing environment. (7) Achieving changes in land uses to effect the highest and best use of the Project land. (8) Stimulating and attracting private investment, thereby improving the City's economic base through employment op- portunities and increased tax base. (9) Achieving an environment reflecting a high level of concern for architectural and urban design principles, developed through encouragement, guidance, appropriate controls and professional assistance to homeowners, owner participant redevelopers and redevelopers. (10) Stimulating private redevelopment of the general neighborhood within and beyond the boundaries of the Project Area. (11) Producing increased tax revenue from real property taxes and retail sales taxes. (12) Enhancing the integrity, stability and wholeness of the Project Area through Redevelopment Plan controls. (13) Providing needed public improvements, including but not limited to, streets and related appurtenances, storm drainage facilities, necessary water distribution and sewerage transmission lines, public utilities and public facilities, including any necessary transit facilities, each and all both within and outside the Project area. (14)- Encouraging sound utilization of undeveloped land. (15) Providing areas and man- made situations to attract people and to provide for social and cultural exchange. SECTION 15: The City Council will implement those suggested mitigation measures set forth in the EIR/EIS for the Project to the extent that such mitigation measures are physically and financially feasible. SECTION 16: The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be published as required by Law. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of April, 1976. Kile Morgan MAYOR ATTEST: lone Campbell CITY CLERK Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on April 13, 1976 by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Councilmen Camacho, Dalla, Pinson, Morgan. Nays: Councilmen None Absent: Councilmen None Abstain: Councilmen Reid AUTHENTICATED BY: KILE MORGAN Mayor of the City of National City, Calfornia ION E CAMPBELL City Clerk of the City of National City I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing ordinance was not finally adopted until seven calendar days had elapsed bet- ween the day of its introduction' and the day of its final passage, to wit, on April 6, 1976 and on April 13, 1976. I FURTHER CERTIFY THAT said ordinance was read in full prior to its final passage or that the reading of said ordinance in full was dispensed with by a vote of not less than a majority of the members elected to the Council, and that there was available for the consideration of each member of the Council and the public prior to the day of its passage a written or printed copy of said ordinance. I FURTHER CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of ORDINANCE of e City of National and adop - • j•,y the aid City •n • •ril 13, lone Cam ell City Clerk of the City -f National City, California (Seal) NC 4599 4/22/76 AND I H REBY CERTIFY that as been y4dfj publish- ing to la eal) City Clerk of the Qtfty of National City, California