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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 9751RESOLUTION NO. 9751 RESOLUTION. OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA APPROVING EARLY LAND ACQUISITION ACTIVITIES, APPROVING FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION, AND ASSUMING RESPONSI- BILITY TO BEAR ANY LOSS ARISING AS A RESULT OF EARLY LAND ACQUISITION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City proposes to enter into an Early Land Acquisi- tion Loan Contract (herein called the "Contract") for finan- cial assistance under Title I of the Housing Ace of 1949, as amended (herein called "Title I"), with the United States of America (herein called the "Government"), acting by and through the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (herein called the "Secretary") pursuant to which Federal funds would be pro- vided for early land acquisition and related activities in connection with an urban renewal project (herein called the "Project") identified as "E. J. Christman Business and Indus- trial Park," situated in an urban renewal area generally bounded by 29th Street on the South, National Avenue on the East, l8th Street on the North and the Interstate Freeway #5 on the West, as more fully described in the exhibit attached hereto, marked "Exhibit A" and made a part hereof by reference (herein called the :"Urban Renewal Area"), in the City of National City, ,State of California (hereincalled the "Local- ity"); and WHEREAS, under such Contract the Government would provide financial assistance for early land acquisition and related activities, and the applicable provisions of Title I provide that "no loan for such purpose shall be made unless the City Council of the City of National City shall have ap- proved by resolution or ordinance theacquisition of real property in the urban renewal area"; and WHEREAS, Title I also provides that "the Secretary may permit any structure so acquired to be demolished and re- moved, and may include in any early land acquisition loan the cost of such .demolition and removal, together with adminis- trative,relocation, and other related costs and payments, if the approval of the local governing body extends to such demolition and removal"; and WHEREAS, the Local Public Agency has prepared and submitted proposals for the: relocation of families that may be displaced as a result of carrying out early land acquisition activities in the Urban Renewal Area; and WHEREAS, there have' also been presented to this Governing Body information and data respecting the propos- als for relocation whi.ch'h.ave been prepared by the Redevel- opment Agency of the City of National City as a result of studies, surveys, and inspections in the Urban Renewal Area; and WHEREAS, the. members of this Governing Body have general knowledge of theconditions prevailing in the Urban Renewal Area and of the availability of proper housing in the. locality for the relocation of familiesthat may be dis- placed from the -Project area as a result of early land acq- uisition and related activities and, in the light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully con- sidered and reviewed such proposals for relocation; and WHEREAS, Title I further prohibits any loans from being made for the purposes of early land acquisition unless either (A) the Secretary shall have determined that .such loan is reasonably secured by a first mortgage or other prior lien upon such real property or is .otherwise reasonably secured, or (B) the governing body ofthe locality shall have assumed the responsibility to bear any loss that may arise as the result of such acquisition in the event that the property so acquired is not used for urban renewal purposes becausethe urban renewal plan for the project is not approved, or is amended to omit any of the acquired property, or is abandoned for any reason NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUN- CIL. OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AS FOLLOWS: 1. That it hereby approves the acquisition of real property in the Urban Renewal Area. 2.. That it also approves the demolition and re- moval of any structure acquired with financial assistance provided under the Contract and the inclusion in the early land acquisition loan of funds sufficient to cover thecost of any such demolition or removal, together with administra- tive, relocation, and other related costs and payments. 3. That it is hereby found and determined that the objectives of the Urban Renewal Plan as presently devel- oped cannot be .achieved through more extensive rehabilita- tion ofthe properties in the Urban Renewal Area to be ac- quired under the proposed contract for Early Land Acquisi- tion Loan between the Government and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City. 4. That it is hereby found and determined that the proposals of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City for the proper relocation of families which may bedisplaced in carrying out early land acquisition and related activities in connection with the Project in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings are feasible, and can be reasonably .and timely effected to permit the proper carrying out of such activities; and. that .such dwellings or dwelling units available or to be made available to such families are at least equal in number to the number of the families that may bedisplaced, are not generally less de sirable in regard to public utilities and public and com- mercial facilities than the dwellings of such families, are available at rents or prices within their financial means, and are readily accessible to their places of employ- ment. 5. That it agrees to assume, and does hereby as- sume, the responsibility to bear any loss: that may arise as a result of the .acquisition of land and the undertaking of related activities with financial assistance provided under the Contract in the event that the propertyso acquired is not used for urban renewal purposes because the urban re- newal plan for the project is not approved, or is amended to omit any of the acquired property, or is abandoned for any reason; and this Governing Body further represents that it will enter into a formal Agreement with the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City, in form .and substance satisfactory to the Secretary, under which it specifically assumes. the obligation to pay to the. Government upon demand any such loss sustained by the Government under its Contract with the Redevelopment Agency of the City of National City and such Agreement shall be assignable to. the Government upon request; and it does hereby .authorize and direct the Mayor of .the City of National City to have such Agreement prepared by the Counsel for the City of National City pur- suant.to this .Resolution as well as to enter .into and ex- ecute said. Agreement .for and in behalf of the City of Nation- al City. PASSED AND. ADOPTED this 4th day of February,,1969. MAYO ATTEST: CITY _CLERK EXHIBIT A Begin at the intersection of the Northerly line of 18th Street with the Easterly line of National Avenue, thence Westerly along the said Northerly line to an intersection with the Westerly line of Hoover Avenue, thence Southerly along said Westerly line to the North- erly line of 19th Street, thence Westerly along said Northerly line to an intersection with the Northerly prolongation of the Westerly line of the 20' alley in Block 109; thence, Southerly along said Northerly pro- longation and Westerly line to the Northerly line of 20th Street; thence, Westerly along said Northerly line to the Westerly line of Harding Avenue; thence, Southerly along said Westerly line to the Northerly line of 21st Street; thence Westerly along said Northerly line to an inter- section with the Northerly prolongation of the Westerly line of 20' alley in Block 150; thence, Southerly along said prolongation and Westerly line to the Northerly line of 22nd Street; thence Westerly along said Northerly line to the Easterly line of the S.D. & A.E.R.W. Right - of -Way; thence, Southerly along said Easterly line to the centerline of railroad spur first South of 28th Street; thence, Southerly and Easterly along said centerline and its Easterly prolongation to the prolongation of the centerline of Hoover Avenue; thence Northerly along said prolongation to the centerline of 28th Street; thence, Easterly along said centerline and prolongation to the prolongation ofthe centerline of Roosevelt Avenue; thence Southerly along said prolongation to the prolongation of the centerline of 29th Street; thence, Easterly along said prolongation to the Easterly line of National Avenue; thence, Northerly along said Easterly line to the North- erly line of 18th Street, the Point of Beginning.