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52 ORDINANCE NO. 52 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE , COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE REVISED GRAND TERRACE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS , the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Agency, hereinafter called "Agency" , has formulated and prepared a redevelopment plan entitled: Redevelopment Plan for the Revised Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project hereinafter called "Redevelopment Plan" ; and WHEREAS , the Planning Commission of the City of Grand Terrace submitted its report and recommendation finding said Redevelopment Plan to be in conformity with the General Plan and recommending approval of said proposed Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS , the Agency has adopted rules governing participation and rules for reasonable reentry preferences to property owners, operators of businesses and tenants in the Project Area; and WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted a method for relocation 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 Grand Terrace, hereinafter called "City Council" , said proposed Redevelopment Plan; and WHEREAS , the Agency has submitted the Report to City Council accompanying said Redevelopment Plan to the City Council ; and WHEREAS , specific conditions of blight existing within the Project Area have been identified ; and WHEREAS , after due notice , a joint public hearing has been held by the Agency and City Council ; and WHEREAS , all actions required have been taken by all appropriate public agencies in the time, form and manner required by law; and WHEREAS , after said joint public hearing, the Agency approved said Redevelopment Plan and recommended adoption of said Redevelop- ment Plan by the City Council: THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the above recitals are all true and correct. Section 2. That the City Council does hereby declare that its purposes and intent with respect to the Project Area for said Redevelopment Plan are specified as follows: (a) To provide the framework within which restoration of the economic health of the Project Area and its environ will be accomplished by both public and private actions; ( b) To eliminate and/or prevent the spread of blight and deterioration, and to conserve, rehabilitate, renew and redevelop the Project Area to the extent permitted by law and specified in the Redevelopment Plan; ( c) To remove unsightly, substandard, and nonconforming structures which may be deterring the return of the Project Area to an economically viable use; (d) To eliminate certain environmental deficiencies, including among others , incompatible and non-conforming land uses, substandard streets, lack of and deteriorated public improvements; ( e) To promote a productive use of land within the guide- lines established by the City' s General Plan; ( f) To provide land for public uses and facilities; (g) To obtain maximum benefit and utilization of the City' s limited financial resources by the timely provision of necessary public improvements and facilities. (h) To create an aesthetically pleasing and functionally efficient living and working environment through encouragement, guidance and appropriate standards and controls; ( i) To preserve areas and buildings determined to be of historical or archeological value; ( j ) To preserve and expand the City' s property tax base; (k) To expand the employment opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed; and ( 1) To provide additional housing opportunities, where feasible, for all segments of the community. Section 3. That said Redevelopment Plan is hereby approved and 2. adopted and designated as the official Redevelopment Plan for the Revised Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project and that said Redevelopment Plan is hereby incorporated herein by reference. Section 4 . That the City Council does hereby find and determine as follows: . (a) That the Project Area as legally described in said Redevelopment Plan is a blighted area, the redevelop- ment of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared in Sections 33000 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code; ( b) That said Redevelopment Plan will redevelop the Project Area in conformity with Sections 33000 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code, in the interests of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare; ( c) That the adoption and carrying out of said Redevelop- ment Plan is economically sound and feasible; (d) That said Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan of the City of Grand Terrace; ( e) That the carrying out of said Redevelopment Plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Grand Terrace and will effectuate the pur- poses and policies of Sections 33000 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code; ( f) That the Agency has a feasible method and plan for the relocation of families and persons to be temporarily or permanently displaced from facilities in the Project Area; (g) That there are or are being provided in the Project Area or in other areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities , 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; (h) That any noncontiguous areas of the Project Area are either blighted or necessary for effective redevelop- ment and are not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from such areas pursuant to Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code, without other substantial justification for their inclusion; ( i) That inclusion within the Project Area of any land, 3 . buildings, or improvements which are not detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the Project Area and 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 Section 33670 of the Health and Safety Code, without other substantial justification for its inclusion; and; ( j ) That 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 . That the City Council is satisfied that 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 community at the time of their displace- ment. 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 to the needs of such displaced persons or families and must be decent, safe, sanitary, and otherwise standard dwellings. The Agency shall not displace such person or family until such housing units are available and ready for occupancy. Section 5. That 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 6. That said Redevelopment Plan provides for the ex- penditure of money by the City of Grand Terrace in carrying out said Redevelopment 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 a loan. Section 7 . That, in order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of said 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 providing certain public improvements, public facilities and other public action, and accordingly, the City Council hereby: 4 . (a) Declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the City under the provisions of said Redevelopment Plan; and ( b) Requests the various officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the City 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 said Redevelop- ment Plan. Section 8 . That all written and oral objections to said Redevelopment Plan hereby are hereby overruled. Section 9 . That 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 said Redevelopment Plan. Section 10 . That the Building Department is hereby directed for a period of two ( 2) years after the effective date of this Ordinance to advise all applicants for building permits within the Redevelopment 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 11. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to rece-rd ,. with the County Recorder a description of the land within the Project Area and a statement that the proceedings for the redevelop- ment of the Project Area have been instituted under Sections 33000 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code. Section 12. That the Agency is hereby directed to effectuate recordation in compliance with the provisions of Section 27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable. Section 13. That the City Clerk is hereby directed to trans- mit a copy of the description and statement recorded pursuant to Section 33373 of the Health and Safety Code, a copy of this Ordinance, and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the Project Area, to the County Auditor and Tax Assessor; 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 Project Area and to the State Board of Equalization. Such docu- ments shall be transmitted as promptly as practicable following the adoption of this Ordinance, but in any event such documents shall be transmitted within thirty ( 30) days following the adoption of said Redevelopment Plan. Section 14. That the City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance 5 . to be posted within fifteen (15) days after its adoption in three ( 3) public places within the City. First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on the 9th day of July , 1981 , and finally adopted and order posted at a regu ar adjourne meeting of said City Council on the 15t day of July , 19 81 00�,/-% Z2 400 May r of the Cit rand errace and of the C ' Counci ereof. ATTEST: City lerk of the City of Grand Terrace and of the City Council thereof. (SEAL) APPROVED AS TO FORM: " C ' Attorney 6. STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss. CITY OF GRAND TERRACE ) I , MYRNA LINDAHL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular adjourned meeting of the City Council held on the 15th day of July 1981 , and that it was so adopted by the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Grant, Petta, Nix, Rigley; Mayor Tillinghast. NOES: None ABSENT: None 1 /1i►'�-DLL City C rk of the City of Grand Terrace and of the City Council thereof. (SEAL) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss. CITY OF GRAND TERRACE ) I , MYRNA LINDAHL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full , true, and correct copy of Ordinance No. J2 of said City Council , and that the same has not been amended or repealed. DATED: July 15, 1981 City erk of the Cifty of Grand Terrace and o the City Council thereof. (SEAL)