HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 91-10 Project Area No. 3 Committee Not Necessary INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM -
CITY OF PALM DESERT
DATE : JANUARY 24 , 1991
TO : CITY MANAGER , HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY
COUNCIL
FROM : EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
SUBJECT : PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE - PROJECT AREA NO. 3
Recommendation:
That the City Council approve Resolution No. 91-10 declaring
that a Project Area Committee is not necessary for Project Area
No. 3 . Also that the City Council endorse the proposed Citizen
Participation Program.
Background:
Section 33385 (a ) of the Health and Safety Code ( California
Redevelopment Law) requires that the City Council form a Project
Area Committee if a substantial number of low and moderate income
families are expected to be displaced by a redevelopment project .
Projects proposed for the redevelopment of Project Area no. 3 are
essentially infrastructure improvements ; displacement of
residential units are not anticipated.
Section 33385( f) of the Health and Safety Code requires that if a
project will not displace a substantial number of low and
moderate income families , the Redevelopment Agency must either
call upon the residents and existing community organizations to
form a project area committee or shall consult with and obtain
the advise of the residents and community organizations .
Given the determination that displacement of low and moderate
income families will not result from the adoption of Project Area
No. 3 , staff recommends the following citizen participation and
information program which will comply with the requirements of
Section 33385(f) of the Health and Safety Code:
PROJECT AREA CITIZEN PARTICIPATION FORUMS
Agency staff and consultant shall conduct consultation with
residents and community organizations of the Project Area ,
by the holding of regular community meetings during the Plan
adoption process .
The purpose of the forums will be to review and provide
interested citizens the opportunity to participate in the
format ion of the projects 1 ist and to review the redevelopment
plan and other pertinent documents affecting the residents and
community organizations . Meetings will be held on a bi -monthly
basis during the adoption process . Notice of the first meeting
will be mailed to all property owners , business and community
organizations . Meetings will be held on a bi -monthly basis
during the adoption process . Notice of the first meeting will be
mailed to all property owners , business and community
organizations having an interest _i n the Project Area . A
newspaper add will also be placed in the Desert Sun and notice
will be posted at City Hail .
Community forum meetings will commence in late January and are
likely to run through May of 1 991 . It f s staff' s intent to
create an Informal and open environment in which to provide
information and consult with interested persons regarding the
proposed adoption of Project Area No. 3 .
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Carlos L . Ortega
Executive Director
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Attachment
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RESOLUTION NO. 91-10
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT FINDING THAT THE PROPOSED
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN CONNECTION WITH
PROJECT AREA NO . 3 WILL NOT DISPLACE A
SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME
FAMILIES AND DECLARING THERE IS NO NEED TO
FORM A PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT HEREBY FINDS ,
DETERMINES , RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS :
Section 1 . California Health and Safety Code Section 33385
provides that the legislative body of a city shall call upon
residents and existing community organizations in a redevelopment
project area within which a substantial number of low and
moderate income families are to be displaced by the redevelopment
project to form a project area committee .
Section 2 . The City Council hereby finds and determines
that the proposed Redevelopment Project in connection with
proposed Project Area No. 3 will not result in the displacement
of a substantial number of low and moderate income families
within Project Area No. 3 .
Section 3 . The City Council hereby finds , determines and
declares that there is no need to form a project area committee
in connection with the proposed Redevelopment Project for Project
Area No . 3 .
PASSED , APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of January , 1991 .
AYES :
NOES :
ABSENT :
ABSTAIN :
Mayor
ATTEST :
Sheila R . Gilligan , City Clerk