HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 92-036RESOLUTZON N0. 92-3b
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT APPROVING THE PAYMENT BY THE
PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR ALL OR
PART OF THE VALUE OF THE LAND FOR AND THE COST
OF INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAZN
PUBLICLY OWNED FACILITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT HEREBY FINDS,
DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to provisions of the Community
Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code Section 33000,
et. seq.), and in particular Section 3445 thereof, the Palm Desert
Redevelopment Agency proposes to pay all or part of the value af
the land for and the costs of installation and construction of
certain publicly owned facilities and improvements to be located in
the City of Palm Desert. Those facilities and improvements include
a municipal golf course, which is proposed to be located southeast
of the intersection of Portola Avenue and Frank Sinatra Drive;
traffic circulation improvements to facilitate a freeway
interchange at Cook Street and Interstate 10; a bridge across the
Whitewater Channel at Cook Street; park and recreational facilities
in the Civic Center area of the City, including tennis courts,
volleyball courts, baseball diamonds and playing fields; traffic
circulation and drainage impravements at Highway 111 and Deep
Canyon Drive; and parking improvements and facilities to be located
near the Town Center Mall and Surrounding commercial uses. The
construction of the proposed parks and recreation improvements and
facilities, including the municipal golf course, will provide new,
modern and efficient recreational facilities to serve the residents
and taxpayers of the City and particularly of Project Area No. 1,
As Amended. The bulk of the residents and taxpayers of the City
reside in Project Area No. 1, As Amended, and it is expected that
they will be the principal users and beneficiaries of the park and
recreational facilities, including the municipal golf course. Cook
Street is a major north-south thoroughfare serving the City, and in
particular Project Area No. 1, As Amended, of the Agency. Cook
Street provides access to Project Area No. 1, As Amended, generally
along its eastern boundary. The interchange improvements and the
bridge will further improve traffic circulation in and around
Project Area No. 1, As Amended. Similarly, the traffic circulation
and drainage improvements at Highway 111 and Deep Canyon Drive wi11
improve traffic circulation in Project Area No. 1, As Amended, and
in particular the commercial areas of the Original Territory of the
Project Area. The parking improvements and facilities proposed to
be located near the Town Center Mall and surrounding commercial
uses will provide additional public parking facilities and help to
attract and retain customers to those commercial uses in the
Original Territory of Project Area No. 1, As Amended. The
foregoing will help correct the situation of inadequate public
improvements and facilities in the Project Area, promote the sound
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development and redevelopment of the project areas, reduce crime
and juvenile delinquency and create jobs, all for the benefit of
the health, safety and welfare of the residents and taxpayers of
the City and Project Area No. 1, As Amended.
Section 2. The budget constraints of the City and the
extraordinary voter approval requirements applicable to traditional
methods of financing such facilities and improvements (such as
general obligation bonds and community facilities district bonds)
as a practical matter prevent the City from financing the
acquisition of land and payment for the cost of the installation
and construction of these facilities by any other means. While
special assessment bonds will finance a portion of the cost of the
freeway interchange improvements at Cook Street, the remaining
improvements will have more general rather than special benefits to
property owners, and therefore special assessment financing would
not be an appropriate method of financing the facilities and
improvements described in Section 1.
Section 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that
based upon the foregoing and other information presented to the
City: (i) the facilities and improvements described in Section 1,
above, will be of benefit to, and will primarily benefit, Project
Area No. 1, As Amended; and (ii) no other reasonable means of
financing such acquisition and installation and construction are
available to the City.
Section 4. The City Council hereby approves the payment by
the Agency for all or part of the value of the land for and the
cost of instaliation and construction of the facilities and
improvements described in Section 1, hereof, from any revenues of
the Agency lawfully available therefor, including taxes allocated
to the Agency from Project Area No. 1, As Amended.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of April, 1992.
AYES: HENSON, CRITES, SNYDER, WILSON, KELLY
NOES: NONE
P,BS�1T: NONE
ABS?lCIN: NONE
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Sheila R. G lligan, C ty Clerk
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Ric a S. Kelly, Mayor
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