HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA RES 417RESOLUTION NO. 417
A RESOLUTION OF THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY AUTHORIZING PAYMENT BY THE AGENCY FOR
PART OF THE COST OF THE INSTALLATION AND
— CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO A LIBRARY
THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HEREBY FINDS,
DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Desert Community College District, the County of Riverside and
the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency are cooperating in making improvements to the
County public library (the "Library"), located at 73-300 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert,
California pursuant to that certain Supplemental Cooperative Agreement (the "Agreement")
among the District, the County, the City of Palm Desert and the Agency, a copy of which is
submitted herewith. The improvements include improvements to the air conditioning system
and the lighting system (the "Improvements").
Due to budget constraints of the District and the County, and pursuant to
provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code Section
33000, et se .), and in particular Section 33445, the Agency proposes to pay for part of the cost
of the installation and construction of the Improvements.
The portion of the cost of the Improvements allocated to the District and the
County initially will be paid by the Agency and will be reimbursed to the Agency pursuant to the
Agreement.
Section 2. The Library serves the residents and taxpayers of the City, including
Project Area No. 1, as amended. The Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area and the
accompanying Report to City Council document, and the City Council has determined, that the
Project Area is an area in which the combination of blighting conditions is so prevalent and so
substantial that it causes a reduction of and 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 alieviated by private enterprise or
governmental action, or both, without redevelopment. For example, the Project Area is
characterized by inadequate public improvements, depreciated and stagnant property values,
and impaired investments.
The installation and construction of the proposed Improvements serve a basic
purpose of redevelopment, which includes the provision of structures as may be appropriate or
necessary in the interest of the general welfare. The installation and construction of the
proposed Improvements will assist in the elimination of conditions of blight within the Project
Area which are caused by inadequate public improvements. The Improvements to the Library
will enhance the need for recreational facilities for the benefit of residents of the Project Area
and surrounding areas, including children.
Section 3. Due to budget constraints of the District and the County, a portion of
the cost of the Improvements has been allocated to the Agency.
Except for the moneys advanced by the Agency and to be reimbursed by the
District and the County pursuant to the Agreement, no moneys of the District and the County
are available to pay for the cost of the Improvements. The budget constraints of the District
and the County prevent them from financing the installation and construction of the
Improvements by any means. Traditional methods of financing, such as the issuance of
gener�bligation bords, are unavailable as a practical matter because of the extraordinary
majority voter approval requirements of two-thirds of the electorate. Special taxes also require
a finro-thirds vote of the electorate. Assessment financing is subject to a majority protest and
may not be an appropriate method of financing a facility having the benefits associated with a
public library.
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Section 4. The Agency hereby finds and determines that based upon the
foregoing and other information presented to the Agency: (i) the installation and construction of
the proposed Improvements will be of benefit to the Project Area and to the immediate
neighborhood in which the project is located; (ii) no other reasonable means of financing the
installation and construction of the Improvements is avaiiable to the District or County; and (iii)
the payment of funds fo� the installation and construction of the Improvements will assist in the
elimination of blighting conditions inside the Project Area by remedying the lack of adequate
public improvements, which in turn will encourage private sector investment in the Project Area
and thereby assist in remedying adverse economic blighting conditions in the Project Area such
as, lack of adequate recreational facilities, impaired investments, and is consistent with the
Agency's implementation plan adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 3349Q.
Section 5. The Agreement submitted herewith is hereby approved. The Chair of
the Agency is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the Agency,
to execute and deliver the Agreement in substantially the form hereby approved, with such
additions or changes as the Chairman may approve, such approval to be conclusively
evidenced by his execution and delivery thereof.
Section 6. The Agency hereby authorizes and approves payment by the Agency
for part of the cost of the installation and construction of Improvemenis pursuant to the
Agreement from any revenues of the Agency lawfully available therefor.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 24ttday of May , 2001.
AYES: BENSON, KELLY, SPIEGEL, FERGUSON
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: cxzTEs
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ABSTAIN: NONE