2011-01 RESOLUTION NO. 2011-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING CERTAIN
FINDINGS REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION AND
INSTALLATION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE
OF BENEFIT TO THE GRAND TERRACE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
WHEREAS, in Fiscal Year 2006-2007, the City of Grand Terrace ("City")completed
public infrastructure improvements on Mt. Vernon Avenue between Main Street and Grand
Terrace Road using$819,235 in funding from the General Fund; and.
WHEREAS,the project included construction and installation of public infrastructure
improvements,consisting of the removal and reconstruction of the street in the Grand Terrace
Community Redevelopment Project(the "Project Area"); and
WHEREAS, the lack of infrastructure on Mt. Vernon Avenue between Main Street and
Grand Terrace Road created a blighting influence in the area, causing a deterrent to the physical
and economic health of area by deterring private investment and new development in the Project
Area,thereby constituting blight; and
WHEREAS,the reconstruction of Mt. Vernon Avenue improved the utility of the
surrounding land area,thereby benefiting the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the Improvements enhanced and promoted the revitalization of the Project
Area; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33445 provides that the Community
Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") may, with the consent of the legislative body, pay all or part
of the value of the land for, and the cost of the installation and construction of, any building,
facility, structure, or other improvements that is publicly owned either within or without the
Project Area; and
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Grand
Terrace hereby:
Section 1. That the reconstruction of Mt. Vernon Avenue between Main Street and
Grand Terrace Road completed in 2007was of benefit to the Project Area and assisted in
removing blight by improving the health and safety, and promoting revitalization and better use
of an underutilized area.
Section 2. There was no other reasonable means of financing the entire Improvements
available to the community because the Project is not within the budget of the City and therefore
created a debt upon the City General Fund which cannot be repaid.
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Section 3. That consistent with the implementation plan adopted pursuant to Health and
Safety Code Section 33490,the payment of funds for the Improvements assisted in the
elimination of visual and economic blight and promoted and enhanced the revitalization of the
Project Area, thereby eliminating one or more blighting conditions contained in the Project Area.
Section 4. The City Council hereby consents to the Community Redevelopment Agency
of the City of Grand Terrace paying for all or part of the costs to reconstruct Mt. Vernon Avenue
between Main Street and Grand Terrace Road by repaying the General Fund $819,235 or by
reducing the amount owed by the General Fund to the Agency by $819,235.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, California
at a regular meeting held on the 8th day of February, 2011 by the following vote:
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace Mayor of the City of Grand Terrace
and the City Council thereof and the City Council thereof
I, Brenda Mesa, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Grand Terrace held on the 8th day of February, 2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers McNaboe, Sandoval and Nays; Mayor Pro Ten Garcia and
Mayor Stanckievitz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Brenda Mesa
City Clerk
Approved as to form:
EAW
John R. Harper,Vy Attorney