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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC ORD 1969-1233 Redevelopment plan approval (Special)1233 " YJ AN ORDINANCE OF THE _ cc �ppp,,JJJ�,,""r `lbD COUNCIL OF THE CITY ORDINANCE NO. 1233 OF NATIONAL CITY AP- PROVING THE REDE- VELOPMENT PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RE- LOCATION FOR THE E. J. CHRISTMAN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL PARK PROJECT 1, CALIF. R-127 WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amend- ed, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is au- thorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public Agencies for undertaking and carrying out redevelopment projects; and WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for financial aid thereunder shall require that the Redevelopment Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing body of the locality in which the project is situated and that such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1) the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Redevelopment Plan; (2) the Redevelopment Plan will afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelop- ment of the redevelopment area by private enterprise; (2a) also attached hereto is a true and correct copy of the Redevelop- ment Plan presented at this meeting and approved by this Ordinance; (3) the Redevelop- ment Plan conforms to a gen- eral plan for the development of the locality as a whole; and (4) the Redevelopment Plan gives due consideration to the provision of adequate park and recreational areas and facilities, as may be desirable for neigh- borhood improvement, with spe- cial consideration for the health, safety, and welfare of children residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan; and WHEREAS, the Redevelop- ment Agency of the City of Na- tional City, (herein called the "Local Public Agency") has en- tered into a planning contract for financial assistance under such Act with the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Hous- ing and Urban Development, pursuant to which Federal funds were provided for the rede- velopment project referred to herein; and WHEREAS, it is desirable and in the public interest that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City (herein called the "Local Public Agen- cy") undertake and carry out t h e redevelopment project (herein called the "Project") identified as "E. J. Christman Business and Industrial Park I" and encompassing an area generally bounded by National Avenue on the East, an irregu- lar line approximately along 2'9th Street on the South, an irregular line approximately along the San Diego and Ari- zona Eastern Railroad right-of- way and Wilson Avenue on the West, and 22nd Street on the North, all in the City of Na- tional City, State of California (herein called the "Locality"); and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has applied for financial assistance under such act and proposes to enter into an addi- tional contract or contracts with the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the undertaking of, and for making available additional financial assistance for the Project; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has made detailed studies of the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environmental influences, and social, cultural, and eco- nomic conditions of the Project area and has determined that the area is a blighted area and that it is detrimental and a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and users thereof and of the locality at large and of the peo- ple of the State because of de- teriorated conditions of struc- tures, faulty planning and inadequate public improve- ments, depreciated values and tax receipts, and lack of full utilization of area, and the. members of this Governing Body have been fully apprised by the Local Public Agency and are aware of these facts and conditions; and WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the City Council of the Locality (herein called the "Governing Body") for review and approval a Redevelopment Plan for the Project area dated November 10, 1969 and consisting of 39 pages and 4 exhibits, supported by the following supplementary material, data, and recom- mendations, which material data and recommendations are not a part of the Redevelopment Plan: (1) a report dated Octo- ber, 1969 from the Redevelop- ment Agency of the City of Na- tional City containing informa- tion required by Section 33352 of the California Community Redevelopment Law, which re- port includes an analysis of the physical, social and economic conditions in the area, a relo- cation program, a financing plan and a report and recom- mendation of the Planning Com- mission, and (2) illustrative site plans and artist's conceptions and renderings of possible de- velopment. WHEREAS, the Project Area, which is predominantly non-residential in character, is to be redeveloped for predom- i n a n t l y njnresidential uses under the Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, a general plan has been prepared and is recog- nized and used as a guide for the general development of the locality as a whole; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Na- tional City, which is the duly designated and acting official planning body for the locality, has approved a Preliminary Plan, as required by the Cali- fornia Community Redevelop- ment Law for the Project area and has certified that the Pre- liminary Plan conforms to the general plan for the locality as a whole; and the Redevelop- ment Plan is based upon the Preliminary Plan, and the Re- development Agency of the City of National City provided a copy of the proposed Redevelopment plan to the Planning Commis- sion of the City of National City as required by the California Community Redevelopment Law, and whereas the Planning Commission has not reported or recommended to this Governing Body; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area prescribes certain land uses for the Project area and will require, among other things, changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street patterns, the location and re- location of sewer and water mains and other public facili- ties, and other public action; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has caused to be made a competent independent analy- sis of the local supply of hotel and other transient housing and other housing; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has prepared and sub- mitted a program for the re- location of families, individuals and persons that may be dis- placed 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 pro- gram which has been prepared by the Local Public Agency as a result of studies, surveys, and inspections in the Project area and the assembling and analysis of the data and information ob- tained from such studies, sur- veys, ad inspections; and WHEREAS, the members of the Governing Body have gener- al knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the Project area and of the availability of proper housing in the Locality for the relocation of families, indi- viduals and persons that may be displaced from the Project area and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully con- sidered and reviewed such pro- posals for relocation; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take a pp r o p r i a t e official action respecting the relocation pro- gram and the Redevelopment Plan for the Project, in con- formity with the contract for financial assistance between the Local Public Agency and the United States of America, acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop- ment; and WHEREAS, the Governing Body is cognizant of the condi- tions that are imposed in the undertaking and carrying out of redevelopment projects with Federal financial assistance under Title I, including those prohibiting discrimination be- cause of race, color, creed, or national origin, and the laws of the State of California regarding prohibition of discrimination be- cause of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of National City also serves as the Governing Body of the Local Public Agency; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City set a time and place for a joint public hearing on the Rede- velopment Plan and the Reloca- tion Program for the project area on November 10, 1969, at 7:30 p.m., in the Council Cham- bers of the Civic Center and caused to be published a notice of such hearing in the San Diego Union and the National City Star -News, newspapers of general circulation in said San Diego County and National City, once each week for four succes- sive weeks prior to the date of said hearing, a copy of said notice and an affidavit of publi- cation of the same are on file with the City Clerk and Local Public Agency; and WHEREAS, copies of the no- tice of said public hearing were mailed to the last known asses - see of each parcel of land in the project area. The notice was mailed by certified mail with return receipt requested to the last known address of each as- sessee as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the County of San Diego; and WHEREAS, each assessee whose property would be sub- ject to acquisition by purchase or condemnation under the Re- development Plan was sent a statement to that effect at- tached to his notice of the public hearing. In addition to the statement, a map of all proper- ties which would be subject to acquisition by purchase or con- demnation under the Redevelop- ment Plan were mailed to as- sessees with the notices of hear- ing; and WHEREAS, said public hear- ing was duly held at the time and place fixed therefor in said notice; and WHEREAS, the Council has considered all aspects of said Redevelopment Plan and Re- location Program, considered all written communications con- cerning said Plan and provided an opportunity for all persons and organizations to be heard, and received and considered all evidence and testimony pre- sented for or against all aspects of the Redevelopment Plan and Relocation Program; and WHEREAS, the Redevelop- ment Plan and Relocation Pro- gram have been on file in the Office of the City Clerk in the Civic Center and in the office of the Local Public Agency, 1243 National 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 determined that the Project area is a blighted area, within the meaning of the Cali- fornia Community Redevelop- ment Law, and that redevelop- ment of same is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in said Community Re- development Law. The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan would promote the public peace, health, safety. and welfare of the community and would ef- fecuate the purposes and policy of the California Community Redevelopment Law and qual- ifies as an eligible Project area under the California Community Redevelopment Law. SECTION 2: That the Rede- velopment Plan for the Project, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby adopted and approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file said copy of the Rede- velopment Plan with the min- utes of this meeting. Said Rede- velopment Plan is hereby incor- porated as part of this Ordi- nance by this reference thereto and made a part hereof as if fully set out at length herein. The approved Plan is the offi- cial Redevelopment Plan of the Project and all written and oral objections to the Plan are hereby overruled. SECTION 3: It is hereby found and determined that the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan cannot be achieved through more extensive re- habilitation of the Project area. The Redevelopment Plan would redevelop the area in confor- mity with the California Com- munity Redevelopment Law and in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and wel- fare. SECTION 4: That it is hereby found and determined that the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area conforms to the general plan of the Locality. SECTION 5: That it is hereby found and determined that the financial aid provided and to be provided pursuant to the con- tracts for Federal financial assistance pertaining to the project is necesssary to enable the Project to be undertaken in accordance with the Rede- velopment Plan for the Project area. The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelop- ment Plan is hereby found and determined to be economically sound and feasible. SECTION 6: That the rede- velopment of the Project area for predominantly nonresiden- tial uses is necessary for the proper development of the com- munity. SECTION 7: That it is hereby found and determined that the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area will afford maxi- mum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the Locality as a whole, for the re- development of the area by pri- vate enterprise. The condem- nation of real property is here- by found and determined 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 8: That is 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 residing in the general vicinity of the site covered by the Plan. SECTION 9: That it is hereby found and determined, as a re- sult of a competent independent analysis of the local supply of transient housing, that there exists in the area a need for additional units of such housing. SECTION 10: That it is here- by found and determined that the program for the proper re- location of families, individuals and persons displaced in carry- ing out the Project in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings in conformity with acceptable standards is feasible and can be reasonably and timely ef- fected to permit the proper prosecution and completion of the Project; and that such dwellings or dwelling units are provided or to be provided, available or to be made avail- able to such displaced families, individuals and persons are at least equal in number to the number of displaced families, individuals and persons, are not generally less desirable in re- gard to public utilities and pub- lic and commercial facilities than the dwellings of the dis- placed families, individuals or persons in the Project area, are available at rents or prices within the financial means of the displaced families, individu- als or persons, and are reason- ably accessible to their places of employment. In addition, the Council of the City of National City is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be avail- able within three years from the time occupants of the proj- ect area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities there will be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents com- parable to those in the com- munity at the time of their dis- placement. SECTION 11: That, in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Redevelop- ment Plan hereby approved, it is found and determined that certain official action must be taken by this Body with refer- ence, among other things, to changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street pat- terns, the location and reloca- tion of sewer and water mains and other public facilities, and other public action, and, ac- cordingly, this Body hereby (a) pledges its cooperation in help- ing to carry out the Redevelop- ment Plan, including the ex- penditure of money to effectuate the Plan; (b) requests the vari- o u s officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the Lo- cality having administrative re- sponsibilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their re- spective 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 de- signed to effectuate the Rede- velopment Plan, and hereby de- clares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the community under the provi- sions of the Plan. SECTION 12: That the name of the Project area is changed from "E. J. Christman Business and Industrial Park" to "E. J. Christman Business and Indus- trial Park I." SECTION 13: That additional financial assistance under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is necessary to enable the land in the Project area to be renewed in accordance with the Redevelopment Plan for the Project area and, ac- cordingly, the filing by the Local Public Agency of an application or applications for such financial assistance under Title I is hereby approved. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of National City, California, this 18th day of November, 1969, by the following vote, to -wit: AYES: Councilmen Camacho, Colburn, Hogue, Reid, Morgan NAYS: Councilmen none ABSENT: none KILE MORGAN Mayor of the City of National City, California ATTEST: IONE MINOGUE City Clerk I hereby approve the fore- going Ordinance this 18th day of November, 1969. KILE MORGAN Mayor of the City of National City, California I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of Ordinance No. 1233 of the Or.inances of the of Na onal City, California, teby th• City Council ty, and approved by of said ity,, on the ven 1 (s IONE MINOGUE Ci y Clerk of the City of National City, California NC4894 11-27-69 AND I HEREBY CERTIFY that the same has been duly published acco • ing to law. City Clerk, City of National City, Califos