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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1983-671ORDINANCE NO. 671 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE RANCHO LAGUNA REDEVELOPMENTPROJECT NO. II ', WHEREAS, the- Redevelopment Agency of the City of Lake Elsinore hereinafter referred to as the "Agency", has formulated. and prepared the proposed Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project No. II, hereinafter referred to as the "Redevelopment Plan"; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of Lake Elsinore submitted its report and recommendation finding the said defined above Redevelopment Plan to be in conformity with the General Plan and recommending approval of said Redevelopment Plan; and r, WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted rules governing participation and rules for reasonable reentry preferences to property owners, and operators of businesses in the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project Area No. II; and WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted a Relocation Method which is to be extended to all , persons who may be caused to be displaced resulting from Agency acquisition of certain property; and WHEREAS, the Agency submitted to the City Council of the City of Lake Elsinore hereinafter referred to as the "City Council", said Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS, the Agency has submitted the Report to City Council accompanying the Redevelopment Plan to the City Council; and WHEREAS, that Report describes conditions of blight existing within the Project Area; and WHEREAS, after due notice, a Joint Public Hearing has been held by the Agency and the City Council; and WHEREAS, all actions required by law have been taken by all appropriate public agencies; and WHEREAS, after said joint public hearing, the Agency approved said Redevelopment Plan and recommended adoption of said Redevelopment Plan to the City Council. NOW THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION I. The purposes and .intent of the City Council with respect to the Rancho Laguna RedevelopmentProject Area, No. R hereinafter referred to as the 'Project Area" are: a. To eliminate and prevent the spread of physical and economical blight and deterioration by promoting and encouraging the revitalization or redevelopment of currently deteriorating or underutilized areas within the Project Area. b. To encourage new residential, industrial, and commercial development within the Project Area to provide additional housing, employment, and service opportunities. c. To provide needed public improvements in the Project Area. d. To provide for construction which in turn will provide short-term and long-term .employment opportunities for local residents. SECTION 2. The Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project No. II is hereby approved and adopted and designated as the official Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project Area No. II, and is incorporated herein by reference. SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that: a. The Projeet Area is a blighted area for the reasons described in the Assessment of Conditions Report, evidence and testimony presented at the public hearing, and the Report to the City Council accompanying the Redevelopment Plan, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.; b. The Redevelopment Plan will redevelop the Project Area in conformity with the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq. in the interests of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare; c. The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan is economically sound and feasible; d. The Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan of the City of Lake Elsinore; _._ _ _ . - 2 - e. The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan will promote the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the City of Lake Elsinore and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq.; f. The condemnation of real property, as provided for and limited in the Redevelopment Plan, is necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan .and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as required by law; g. The Agency has a feasible method for the relocation of families and persons who are temporarily or permanently displaced from facilities in the Project Area; h. There are or are being provided in the Project Area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and persons displaced from the Project Area, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. i. All noncontiguous areas in the Project Area are either blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment and are not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from such area pursuant to Section 33670 without other substantial justification for their inclusion. j. Inclusion of any land, buildings, or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they are a part; that any such area included is necessary for effective redevelopment and is not included for the purposes of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenues from such area pursuant to Health and Safety Code, Section 33670, without other substantial justification for its inclusion. k. The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the Project Area cannot be reasonably expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the Agency. SECTION 4. The City Council is satisfied permanent housing facilities will be available within three years from the time occupants of the Project Area are displaced and that pending the development of such facilities, there will •be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the City of Lake Elsinore at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low and moderate income shall be displaced from residences unless and until there is a suitable housing unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced person or family at rents comparable to those at the time of their displacement. Such housing units shall be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary, and otherwise standard -3- dwellings. The Agency shall not displace such person or family until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. SECTION 5. The Redevelopment Plan for the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project Area No. II provides for the expenditure of money by the City of Lake Elsinore in carrying out the Redevlopment Plan, and authorizes the City to financially assist the Agency by way of loans, grants, or other financial assistance. The City Council hereby provides that such financial assistance to the Agency shall be made from time to time as the City Council shall determine to be necessary, and that all such financial assistance shall be deemed to be loans to the Agency based on terms to be established by an agreement between the City and Agency, unless the City Council shall provide in specific cases that such assistance shall be treated other than as a loan. SECTION 6. In .order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved and adopted, it is found and determined that certain official actions must be taken by the City Council with reference, among other things, to changes in zoning, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and other public facilities and other public action, ._ and accordingly, the City Council hereby: a. Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to __ be carried out by the City of Lake Elsinore under the provisions of the Redevelopment P lan; and b. Requests the various officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the City of Lake Elsinore having administrative responsibilities for the City likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the Redevelopment Plan. SECTION 7. The City Council is convinced that the effect of tax increment financing will not cause a severe financial burden or detriment on any taxing agency deriving revenues from the Project Area. SECTION 8. All written and oral objections to the Redevelopment Plan hereby are overruled. SECTION 9. The City Clerk hereby is directed to send a certified copy of this ordinance to the Agency, and the Agency is hereby vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Redevelopment Plan. _4_ I _.- SECTION 10. The City Clerk hereby is directed to record with the County Recorder of Riverside County a description of the land within the Project Area and a statement that the proceedings for the redevelopment of the Project Area have been instituted under the California Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et seq. The Agency hereby is directed to effectuate recordation in compliance with the provisions of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable. SECTION 11. The Community Development Department through the Building and Safety Division is hereby directed fora period of two years after the effective date of this ordinance to advise all applicants for building permits within the Project Area that the site for which a building permit is sought for the construction of buildings or for other improvements is within a Redevelopment Project Area. SECTION 12. The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of the description and statement recorded pursuant to Section 33373 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, a copy of this Ordinance and a map or plan indicating the boundaries of the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project No. II to the Auditor and Tax Assessor of the County of Riverside; to the officer or officers performing the functions of auditor or assessor for any taxing agencies which, in levying or collecting its taxes, do not use the County Assessment Roll or do not collect its taxes through the County; to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies which levies taxes upon any property in the Rancho Laguna Redevelopment Project No. II and to the State-Board of Equalization. Such documents shall be transmitted as promptly as practicable following the adoption of this Ordin- ance, but in any event, such documents shall be transmitted within 30 days following the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan. SECTION 13. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause same to be published within fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once in the Lake Elsinore Valley Sun Tribune, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City of Lake Elsinore, California. INTRODUCED AND PASSED UPON FIRST READING this 11th day of July > 1983, upon the following roll call vote: AYES: KNIGHT, TORN, VALENZUELA, UNSWORTH NOES: NONE ABSENT: MAC MURRAY ABSTENTIONS: NONE -5- PASSED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND READING this 1983, upon the following roll call vote: 18th day of Jul AYES: KNIGHT, TORN, VALENZUELA, UNSWORTH, MAC MURRAY NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTENTIONS: NONE ATTEST: A/c//~i~~ if/fi ita[ . DEBORAH A: HARRINGTON, CITY LERK APPROVED AS TO FORM: JOHN M. PORTER, CITY ATTORNEY J HN G. UNSWORTH, MAYOR -6- STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ss. I, Jo Ann Money, City Clerk of the City of Lake Elsinore, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance had its first reading on July 11, 1983 and had its second reading on Jul.y 18, 1983 and was passed by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: KNIGHT, OTRN, VALENZUELA, UNSWORTN, MAC MURRAY NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE NN MONEY, CITY CLERK Y OF LAKE ELSINORE (SEAL)