HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 07-60RESOLUTION NO. 07-60
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT APPROVING PAYMENT BY THE
PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE
COSTS OF IMPROVEMENTS TO COOK STREET
RECITALS
A. The Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") is a
redevelopment agency, authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, all
under and pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California,
being Part 1 of Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the California Health
and Safety Code (the "Law").
B. The City Council has previously determined that Project Area No. 3
(the "Project Area") is an area in which the combination of conditions of blight is so
prevalent and so substantial that it causes a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization of
the area to such an extent that it constitutes a serious physical and economic burden on
the community which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by
private enterprise or governmental action, or both, without redevelopment.
C. Pursuant to provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law and
in particular Section 33445 thereof, the Agency proposes to pay for street widening
improvements to Cook Street and the costs associated therewith (the "Improvements")
of benefit to the Project Area.
D. The Improvements will serve a basic purpose of redevelopment,
which is to expand employment opportunities and to provide an environment for the
social, economic, and psychological growth and well-being of all citizens. The
Improvements will serve the residents and taxpayers of the City of Palm Desert. The
Improvements will improve traffic circulation in and around the Project Area, all for the
benefit of the health, safety, and welfare of such residents and taxpayers. The
Improvements will address the lack of adequate public improvements, assist in impaired
investments, encourage private sector investment, create job opportunities, promote the
economic viability of business in the Project Area, attract new businesses, assist in
retaining existing businesses, and encourage business expansion for the health, safety,
and welfare of the residents and taxpayers of the Project Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
DESERT HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals, and each of them, are true and
correct.
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Section 2. The City makes the following findings in connection with the
Improvements:
i. The Improvements are of benefit to the Project Area and to the immediate
neighborhood in which the Improvements are located.
ii. The payment of funds for the costs of the Improvements will assist in the
elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the Project Area.
iii. The payment of funds for the costs of the Improvements is consistent with the
Agency's implementation plan adopted pursuant to California Health and
Safety Code Section 33490.
iv. No other reasonable means of financing the Improvements is available to the
City.
Section 3. The City Council hereby approves payment by the Agency
for the costs of the Improvements from any revenues of the Agency lawfully available
therefor, including tax increment revenues of the Agency from the Project Area.
13th September
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this day of 2007 by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, FERGUSON, FINERTY, SPIEGEL, and KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
Attest:
Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California
rd S. Keller, Mayor
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