HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA RES 210RESOLUTION NO. 210
A RESOLUTION OF THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY APPROVING PAYMENT BY THE AGENCY FOR
ALL OR PART OF THE VALUE OF THE LAND FOR AND
THE COST OF THE INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION
OF A PROPOSED SHERIFF'S STATION
THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HEREBY FINDS,
DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section. 1. The City of Palm Desert has experienced
unprecedented growth during the last several years. While the
population of the City has grown from 11,801 in 1980 to an
estimated 17,111 persons in 1987, the growth of commercial
development, employment opportunities, tourism and the "second
home" market has been even more significant. Much of this
growth has occurred in Project Area No. 2 of the Agency. This
growth has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in the
need for overall police protection. Reported traffic accidents
in the City increased from 495 in 1980 to 919 in 1986. Similar-
ly, reported crime in the City increased from 9,449 in 1980, to
16,495 in 1986. The City contracts with the County of Riverside
for the provision of police protection services by the County
Sheriff.
The City has been and currently is being served by the
sheriff's substation in the City of Indio. However, the growth
of the City and the Project Area have given rise to the need for
police protection which is based locally. Such a local base
will significantly improve response time. The proposed location
of the sheriff's substation is the general vicinity of City Hall
(which is also located within the Project Area). A location for
the sheriff's substation adjacent to City Hall will also facili-
tate a more efficient operation of intergovernmental services.
Neither the County of Riverside nor the City of Palm
Desert has provided in their respective budgets for a new
sheriff's substation to be constructed in the City, and such
respective budgets are committed to the provision of other
needed governmental services. The issuance of general obligation
bonds for the purpose of construction of the sheriff's substation
is not a feasible alternative for either the County or the City.
The issuance of general obligation bonds by the County for the
purpose of a sheriff's substation in the City would require the
approval of two-thirds of the voters County -wide. The likelihood
of such approval for a facility to be located in the City of
Palm Desert is remote at best. Because the City contracts with
the County to provide police protection through the County
Sheriff, and because the building would essentially be a County
building, It is also highly unlikely that the voters of the City
would approve such a measure. Furthermore, the addition of the
tax and spending limitations to the California Constitution in
the form of Articles XIIIA and XlI1B have made the financing and
provision of governmental services and facilities by the County
and City increasingly more difficult, and the County has already
begun to implement certain cutbacks in services.
Section 2. Based upon the facts and information set
forth in Section I, above, and based upon other facts and
information which have been presented to the Agency, the Agency
hereby finds and determines (I) that the proposed sheriff's
substation is of benefit to Project Area No. 2 of the Agency and
to the immediate neighborhood In which the Project Area is
located, and (ii) that no other reasonable means of financing
such sheriff's substation is available to the City of Palm
Desert or the County of Riverside.
Section 3. The Agency hereby approves payment by the
Agency for all or part of the value of the land for and the cost
of the installation and construction of the proposed sheriff's
substation.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of
November, 1987, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: CRITES, KELLY, SNYDER, WILSON. BENSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
4/AN M. BENSON, CHAIRMAN
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. GIL IGAN. SECRf RY
PALM DESERT REDEVELOPME AGENCY