HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 08-48 and 547 Alessandro Alley - Apprvg Pymnt by the AgencyCITY OF PALM DESERT/PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: APPROVAL OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
APPROVING PAYMENT BY THE AGENCY FOR ALL OR A PART
OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ALESSANDRO ALLEY PROJECT
SUBMITTED BY: MARTIN ALVAREZ, REDEVELOPMENT MANAGER
DATE: JUNE 26, 2008
CONTENTS: CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 08- 4R
AGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 547
SUMMARY REPORT
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Recommendation:
By Minute Motion that:
1. The City adopt Resolution No. 08-48 , a resolution of the City Council of
the City of Palm Desert approving payment by the Palm Desert
Redevelopment Agency for all or a part of the cost of the Alessandro Alley
improvement project; and
2. The Redevelopment Agency adopt Resolution No. 547 , a resolution of
the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency approving payment by the
Agency for all or a part of the cost of the Alessandro Alley improvement
project.
Executive Summary:
The adoption of these resolutions will authorize the Redevelopment Agency to reimburse
the City for the costs associated with the Alessandro Alley improvement project, including
acquisition of properties. Funds are available in Project Area No. 1 account. Staff
recommends approval.
Discussion:
The Alessandro Alley improvement project was approved in the spring of 2006. The
project consists of the following improvements:
• Closing San Marcos Street through to San Clemente Circle
• Acquiring of 27 feet from adjacent residential properties to the north
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Adoption of Resolutions of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency — Alessandro Alley
Improvements
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• Widening the alley to a full 24-foot width (improved traffic circulation)
• Creating a total of 165 new parking spaces
• Providing landscaping, lighting and block wall improvements along the entire alley
from Las Palmas to Monterey Avenue
The design and engineering for the project is complete. Staff and Agency's consultant,
Overland, Pacific & Cutler, Inc., have negotiated diligently and in good faith with the
affected property owners. Negotiations continue and we have recently made progress with
several new property owners. Attached please find a summary report with the status of the
acquisitions.
To date, all offers and negotiations have been conducted under the City's jurisdiction. The
properties that have been acquired have been funded by the City's General Fund. The
attached resolutions make the necessary findings required by California Health and Safety
Code (Redevelopment Law) to allow the funding of the project by the Agency and
reimbursement to the City for all or part of the Alessandro Alley improvement project. To
date $1.7 million has been appropriated by the Agency with Project Area No. 1 funds for
acquisitions. As properties are acquired, the Agency will reimburse the City.
Therefore, staff recommends the approval of the attached resolutions.
Submitted by:
,rtin Alvarez
Redevelopment Manager
Approval:
Carlos L. Ortega, EWecutive Director
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RESOLUTION NO. 08-48
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 ALESSANDRO ALLEY
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. 1
(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 the installation and
construction of improvements to Alessandro Alley and the costs associated therewith,
including widening the alley, acquisition of additional property on the north side for
parking and improvements to the acquired property for parking (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:
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Section 1. The foregoing recitals, and each of them, are true and
correct.
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.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this day of , 2008,
by following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Attest:
Rachelle D. Klassen, City Clerk
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Jean M. Benson, Mayor
RESOLUTION NO. 547
A RESOLUTION OF THE PALM DESERT
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING PAYMENT BY
THE AGENCY FOR THE COSTS OF IMPROVEMENTS TO
ALESSANDRO ALLEY
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 Califomia Health
and Safety Code (the "Law").
B. The City Council has previously determined that Project Area No. 1
(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 the installation and
construction of improvements to Alessandro Alley and the costs associated therewith,
including widening the alley, acquisition of additional property on the north side for
parking and improvements to the acquired property for parking (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.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals, and each of them, are true and
correct.
Section 2. The Agency 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 Agency hereby approves, subject to approval by the
City Council, payment by the Agency for the cost of the Improvements from any
revenues of the Agency lawfully available therefor, including tax increment revenues of
the Agency from the Project Area.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this day of , 2008 by
the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Attest:
Rachelle D. Klassen, Secretary
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Jean M. Benson, Chairman