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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 82-158RESOLUTION N0. 82-158 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PAYMENT BY THE AGENCY OF ALL OR PART OF THE COST OF CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. THr CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The Palm Desert REdevelopment Agency proposes to pay for all or part of the cost of the installation and construction of certain public improvements, namely (i) the installation and construction of curbs and gutters and the installation of inedian landscaping along State Highway 111, (ii) the installation and construction of Alessandro Drive, and (iii) the installation and construction of a headquarters fire station. All such improvements will be installed within the original boundaries of Project Area No. 1 of the Agency. Section 2: The construction of curbs and gutters along State � Highway 111 will improve street drainage and thereby improve traffic circulation in the Project Area. The median landscaping improvements will improve the image and overall appearance of the Project Area. The construction of Alessandro Drive will provide an important east-west collector street between the major north-south thoroughfares of San Pablo Avenue and hionterey Avenue, thereby improving traffic circulation in the Project Area. The construction of the headquarters fire station adjacent to the Palm Desert Town Center will provide needed additional fire protection to and will reduce response time within the Project Area. The strategic location of such headquarters fire station may also serve to reduce fire insurance premium rates within the Project Area. Based upon the information set forth above, the City Council hereby finds �nd determines that the installation and construction ��� the above-described public improvements are of benefit to such Project Area and to the immediate neighborhood in which such Project Area is located. Section 3: Foilowing the approval by. the voters of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution (the so-called "Jarvis-Gann Initiative" � or "Proposition 13"), traditional methods of financing the subject public improvements, such as general obligation bonds are not available to the City, and such improvements are not contained within the budget of the City. Based upon the information set forth above, the City Council hereby finds and determines that other than payment by the Agency no other reasonable means of financing the cost of such installation and construction is available to RESOLUTION N0. 82-158 the City. Section 4: The City Council hereby approves payment by the Agency for ' all or part of the value of the land for and the cost of installation and construction of the public improvements set forth above and all buildings facilities, structures or other improvements incidental thereto. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16th day of December, 1982, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Jackson, Kelly, Snyder, Wilson & Puluqi NOES: • None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None M S. PULUQI, MAYOR _� . ` _� ATTEST: � �.� ...� � .. � �. CITY OF PALM SERT, CAL IA /