HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA RES 372RESOLUTION NO. 372
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 PERIMETER WALL AND LANDSCAPING
FACILITIES
THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 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 se .), and in particular Section 33445 thereof, the
Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency proposes to pay for cost of a
perimeter wall, landscaping and singage at the Desert Willow Golf
Court. The Desert Willow Golf Course, perimeter wall and
landscaping are all owned by the City of Palm Desert.
The Desert Willow Golf Course is bounded approximately
on the north by Frank Sinatra Drive, on the west by Portola
Avenue, on the east by Cook Street, and on the south by Country
Club Drive. The Desert Willow Golf Course is located in Project
Area No. 2 of the Agency.
Project Area No. 2 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,
social 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. Project Area No. 2 is characterized by buildings
and structures, used or intended to be used for living,
commercial, industrial, or other purposes, which are unfit or
unsafe to occupy for such purposes and are conducive to juvenile
delinquency and crime because of, among other things, inadequate
provision for recreational facilities. In addition, Project Area
No. 2 contains vacant and underutilized properties and properties
which suffer from economic dislocation, deterioration or disuse,
including depreciated or stagnant property values and impaired
investments. Project Area No. 2 is characterized by the
existence of inadequate public improvements, public facilities
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and open spaces which cannot be remedied by private or
governmental action without redevelopment.
The Desert Willow Golf Course and related improvements
increase recreational opportunities and provide new, modern and
efficient recreational facilities to serve the residents and
taxpayers of the City, including the residents and taxpayers of
Project Area No. 2, and the other Project Areas of the Agency as
well. The recreational facilities help reduce crime and juvenile
delinquency, all for the benefit of the health, safety and
welfare of such residents and taxpayers. There are no public
recreational facilities in the City comparable to the Desert
Willow Golf Course.
The construction of the Desert Willow Golf Course and
related improvements on previously vacant, underutilized land
remedies the lack of adequate public improvements, assists in the
revitalization of the Project Area No. 2, encourages private
sector investment and creates job opportunities, all for the
health, safety and welfare of the residents and taxpayers of the
City.
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Section 2. The budget constraints of the City prevent
the City from financing the perimeter wall, landscaping and ��"
signage improvements by any means. Traditional methods of
financing such as the issuance of general obligation bonds are
unavailable as a practical matter because of the extraordinary
majority voter approval requirements of two-thirds of the
electorate. Assessment financing or special tax financing could
overburden benefitting properties with assessments or special
taxes which would be added to existing taxes and assessments,
and, in addition, special taxes require a two-thirds vote and
assessment financing may not be expressly authorized.
Section 3. The Agency hereby finds and determines that
based upon the foregoing and other information presented to the
Agency: (i) the perimeter wall, landscaping and signage
improvements are of benefit to Project Area No. 2 and to the
immediate neighborhood in which the project is located, (ii) the
payment of funds for the acquisition of the above-described land
and the cost of the perimeter wall, landscaping and signage
improvements assists in the elimination of one or more blighting �
conditions inside the Project Area No. 2 by remedying the lack of
adequate public improvements, assisting in the revitalization of _„
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Project Area No. 2, providing increased recreational and
employment opportunities, and encourgaging private sector
investment, (iii) the payment of funds for the perimeter wall,
landscaping and signage cost of the Improvements is consistent
with the Agency's implementation plan adopted pursuant to Health
and Safety Code Section 33490; and (iv) no other reasonable means
of financing the perimeter wall, landscaping and signage
improvements are available to the City.
Section 4. The Agency hereby approves payment by the
Agency for the cost of the installation and construction of the
foregoing described improvements.
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Section 5. The Chairman of the Agency is hereby
authorized to execute any instruments reasonably necessary to
cause such transfer to occur.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24th day of
June , 1999.
AYES: Benson, Crites, Ferguson, Kelly, Spiegel
NOES : None
ABSENT : None
ABSTAIN : None
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