HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2011 — 44
RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ("CDC") AUTHORIZING THE CDC
TO ENTER INTO A COOPERATION AGREEMENT [SR 54 AND
NATIONAL CITY BOULEVARD INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS]
WITH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, AND MAKING CERTAIN
DETERMINATIONS AND FINDINGS RELATED THERETO
WHEREAS, the City Council adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the National
City Redevelopment Project on July 17, 2007, by Ordinance No. 2007-2295 (the
"Redevelopment Plan"), which results in the allocation of a portion of the property taxes
generated from the National City Redevelopment Project (the "Project Area") to the Community
Development Commission of the City of National City (the "CDC") for purposes of
redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the intent of the Redevelopment Plan is, in part, to provide for the
construction and installation of necessary public infrastructure and facilities and to facilitate the
repair, restoration and/or replacement of existing public facilities and to perform specific actions
necessary to promote the redevelopment and the economic revitalization of the Project Area; to
increase, improve and preserve the community's supply of low and moderate income housing;
to take all other necessary actions to implement the Redevelopment Plan; and to expend the
CDC's share of property taxes (referred to as 'tax increment") to accomplish the goals and
objectives of the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the CDC has adopted its Five -Year Implementation Plan for the
Project Area, as amended from time to time (collectively, the "Implementation Plan") with
established goals to support affordable housing, economic development, community
revitalization, commercial revitalization, and institutional revitalization. To implement the
programs and activities associated with each goal, the CDC has made redevelopment fund
commitments and budget allocations based on estimated available tax increment revenue and
debt financing structures; and
WHEREAS, the City and CDC wish to cooperate with one another to bring about
the redevelopment of the Project Area, and accomplish various tasks set forth in the
Redevelopment Plan and the Implementation Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33220 of the California Community
Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Sections 33000 et seq.) (the "CRL") certain
public bodies, including the City, may aid and cooperate in the planning, undertaking,
construction, or operation of redevelopment projects; and
WHEREAS, the CDC and City desire to enter into a Cooperation Agreement (the
"Agreement") to provide for implementation of certain public infrastructure projects (the
"Projects"), under which payments will be made by the CDC to the City as otherwise necessary
to reimburse the City for the cost to the City of installing and constructing the Projects; and
WHEREAS, the programs and activities associated with the Projects include, but
are not limited to, development of design criteria, design, planning, preparation of construction
bid documents, financial analysis, financing, and new construction or rehabilitation; and
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WHEREAS, the obligations of the CDC under the Agreement shall constitute an
indebtedness of the CDC for the purpose of carrying out the Redevelopment Plan for the Project
Area; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City and for the common benefit of
residents, employees, business tenants and property owners within the Project Area, and the
City as a whole, for the Projects to be developed and constructed in accordance with the
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Agreement shall require the City to comply with Public
Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq. ("CEQA") before undertaking each Project, and
pursuant to CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), approval of the Agreement is not a project
subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), because the Agreement consists
of the creation of a governmental funding mechanism for various public improvements, but does
not commit funds to any specific public improvement, in that environmental review required by
CEQA shall be completed prior to the commencement of any public improvement listed in the
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have
occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Community Development
Commission of the City of National City as follows:
Section 1. The CDC has received and heard all oral and written objections to the
Agreement, and to other matters pertaining to this transaction, and all such oral and written
objections are hereby overruled.
Section 2. The CDC hereby finds and determines that the foregoing recitals are true
and correct.
Section 3. Based on the evidence in the record, the CDC hereby finds and
determines, with respect to the Projects that are publicly owned and are located in or contiguous
to the Project Area as identified in the Agreement, that:
(a) Said Projects and the programs and activities associated therewith are of
benefit to the Project Area by helping to eliminate blight within the Project Area or providing
housing for low or moderate income persons; and
(b) No other reasonable means of financing said Projects and the programs
and activities associated therewith are available to the community; and
(c) The payment of funds by the CDC for the costs related to said Projects,
and the programs and activities associated therewith is consistent with the respective
Implementation Plan adopted pursuant to Section 33490 of the CRL.
Section 4. The CDC Chairman is hereby authorized to execute the
Agreement on behalf of the CDC, together with such nonsubstantive changes and
amendments as may be approved by the CDC Chairman and CDC General Counsel.
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Section 5. The CDCs Executive Director, or designee, is hereby authorized, on
behalf of the CDC, to sign all documents necessary and appropriate to carry out and implement
the Agreement, including, without limitation, any security instruments to be recorded against
CDC assets to secure the CDC's obligations under the Agreement, and to administer the CDC's
obligations, responsibilities and duties to be performed under the Agreement.
Section 6. The CDC authorizes the pledge of future Tax Increment funds in an
amount not to exceed $2,500,000, as set forth in the Agreement.
Section 7. In the event the CDC desires to issue bonds, notes, or other instruments
of indebtedness of the CDC to carry out redevelopment projects, then any indebtedness of the
CDC to the City, including any interest accrued thereon, shall be deemed not to be a first pledge
of tax increment allocations received by the CDC pursuant to Section 33670 of the CRL; and
any indebtedness of the CDC to the City, including any interest accrued thereon, shall be
subordinate to any pledge of tax increments to bondholders or the holders of other such
instruments of indebtedness.
Section 8. Said Agreement is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
Section 9. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 15th day of February, 2011.
Ron Morrison, Chairman
ATTEST:
Brad Raulston, Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Claudia G. Silva
CDC General Counsel