HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA RES 409RESOLUTION NO. 409
A RESOLUTION OF THE PALM DESERT
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING PAYMENT BY
_ THE AGENCY FOR ALL OR PART OF THE COST OF THE
INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A PUBLICLY
OWNED VISITORS' 1NFORMATION CENTER
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 c .), and in particular Sections
33445 and 33679 thereof, the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency")
proposes to pay for all or part of the cost of the installation and construction of a
Visitors' Information Center to be located in the City of Palm Desert, California on a site
which is bounded by the. Palm Valley Stormwater Channel on the west, EI Paseo on the
east, Painters Path on the south and Highway 111 on the north.
The Visitors' Information Center will be located in Project Area No. 1 of the
Agency. Project Area No. 1 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 governmenta! action, or both, without
redevelopment. Project Area No. 1 contains vacant properties and properties which
suffer from economic dislocation, deterioration or disuse, including depreciated or
stagnant property values and impaired investments. Such conditions tend to further
deterioration and disuse because of the lack of incentive to landowners and their
inability to improve, modemize or rehabilitate their property while the condition of the
neighboring property remains unchanged.
The Visitors' Information Center will provide a new, modern and efficient
facility to serve t ie residents and taxpayers of the City, including the residents and
taxpayers of Project Area No. 1, and the other Project Areas of the Agency as well.
The construction of the building on previously vacant, underutilized land will promote
tourism, assist in the revitalization of Project Area No. 1, encourage private sector
investment in Project Area No. 1, and create job opportunities for the residents of
Project Area No. 1 and the City, all for the benefit of the health, safety and welfare of
the residents and taxpayers of the City.
Section 2. The budget constraints of the City prevent the City from payi g
for the cost of the installation and constn.iction of the Visitors' Information Center 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 is subject
to a majority protest and special tax financing requires a finro-thirds vote of the
electorate.
Section 3. The Agency hereby finds and determines that based upon the
foregoing and other information presented to the Agency: (i) the above-described
Visitors' Information Center is of benefit to Project Area No. 1 and to the immediate
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neighborhood in which the project is located; (ii) the payment of funds for the cost of the
Visitors' Information Center will -�ssist in the elimmation of one or more blighting
conditions inside Project Area No. 1 by, among other things, assisting in the promotion
of tourism and the revitalization of Project Area No. 1, encouraging pnvate sector
investment and creating job opportunities for the residents of Project Area No. 1 and
the City; (iii) the payment of funds for the cost of the Visitors' Information Center 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
Visitors Information Center is available to the City.
Section 4. Following notice duly given, the City Council and the Agency
have held a public hearing pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33679 on the
payment by the Agency for all or a part of the cost of the Visitors' Information Center.
Section 5. The Agency hereby approves payment by the Agency for all or
a part of the cost of the installation and construction of the Visitors' Information Center
frorn any revenues lawfully available to the Agency.
2000.
PASSED, APPROVED arld ADOPTED this 14th day Of DecembPr ,
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, KELLY, SPIEGEL, FERGUSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
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