2011-01 RESOLUTION NO. 2011- 01
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY 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 Community Redevelopment Agency
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 2007 was 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 are no other reasonable means of financing the entire Improvements
available to the community because the Project was not and 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 payment of all or part of the costs to reconstruct Mt. Vernon Avenue
between Main Street and Grand Terrace Road by the Agency reduces the amount owed by the
General Fund to the Agency by $819,235 or repays the General Fund$819,235.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Grand Terrace, California at a regular meeting held on the 8th day of February, 2011 by the
following vote:
ATTEST:
Secretary of the Community Redevelopment Chairperson of the Community
Agency of the City of Grand Terrace Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Grand Terrace
I, Brenda Mesa, Secretary of the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City.of Grand
Terrace, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was introduced.and adopted at a regular
meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency of Grand Terrace held on the 8th day of
February, 2011, by the following vote:
AYES: Agency Members McNaboe, Sandoval and Hays; Vice-Chairman Garcia and
Chairman Stanckiewitz
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Brenda Mesa
Agency Secretary/City Clerk-
A prolv^e-,d a to orm:
John R.1Iarp , A cy Attorney