25 ORDINANCE NO. 25
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND
ADOPTING A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE GRAND
TERRACE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AS
THE OFFICIAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SAID
PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Agency
( "Agency") has formulated, prepared, and approved a Redevelopment Plan
for the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project and has recommended
that the City Council approve and adopt said Redevelopment Plan. The
Planning Commission of the City of Grand Terrace has submitted its report
and recommendation and has recommended approval of the Redevelopment Plan
for the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted rules governing participation
and reentry preferences for property owners , operators of businesses, and
tenants within the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has submitted the Redevelopment Plan for the
Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project and its report thereon to
the City Council ; and
WHEREAS, a joint public hearing has been duly noticed and held by
the Agency and the City Council as required by law, all objections have
been heard and passed upon by this City Council , the Agency and the Council have
received written and oral testimony concerning the Redevelopment Plan for
the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project, and have duly considered
all thereof and the proceedings for the adoption of said Redevelopment Plan
have been duly conducted and completed as provided by law;
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE DOES HEREBY ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1 , The purposes and intent of this City Council with
respect to the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project are:
a. To eliminate the conditions of blight existing in the
Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project,
b, To prevent recurrence of blighting conditions wi.thi.n the
Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project,
c, To provide for participation by owners and tenants and for
reentry preferences to persons engaged in business within the Grand Terrace
Community Redevelopment Project to participate in the redevelopment of the
Project Area; to encourage and ensure the development of the Project Area in
the manner set forth in the Redevelopment Plan; and to provide for the reloca-
tion of any residents, if any, displaced by the effectuation of the Redevelop
ment Plan,
d. To improve and construct or provide for the construction
of public facilities, roads , and other public improvements and to improve the
quality of the environment in the Project Area to the benefit of the Project
Area and the general public,
e. To encourage and foster the economic revitali,zati.on of
the Project Area by protecting and promoting the sound development and
redevelopment of the Project Area and by replanning, redesigning, or develop
ing portions of the Project Area which are stagnant or improperly utilized
because of defective or inadequate street layout, faulty lot layout in
relation to size, shape, accessibility, or usefulness, lack of adequate
utilities, and other causes,
f, To provide housing for families of all income levels,
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including low and moderate income families in accordance with this Plan and
the needs of the community.
Section 2, The Redevelopment Plan for the Grand Terrace Community
Redevelopment Project on file with the Executive Director of the Agency is
hereby approved, adopted, and designated as the official Redevelopment Plan
for the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project, and is hereby incorporated
herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth at length
herein.
Section 3, The City Council of the City of Grand Terrace hereby
finds and determines that:
a. The Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project is a
blighted area, the redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the
public purposes declared in the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California.
b. The Redevelopment Plan for the Grand Terrace Community
Redevelopment Project will redevelop the area in conformity with the Community
Redevelopment Law of the State of California and in the interest of the public
peace, health, safety, and welfare.
c, The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan
for the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project is economically sound
and feasible.
d. The Redevelopment Plan for the Grand Terrace Community
Redevelopment Project conforms to the General Plan of the City of Grand
Terrace.
e. The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan for the Grand
Terrace Community Redevelopment Project will promote the public peace, health,
safety, and welfare of the community and will effectuate the purposes and
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policies of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California,
f. The condemnation of real property, as provided for in the
Redevelopment Plan for the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project, is
necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan and adequate provisions
have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law,
g. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Grand
Terrace has a feasible method or plan for the relocation of families and
persons displaced from the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project if
the Redevelopment Plan results in the temporary or permanent displacement
of any occupants of housing facilities in the Project Area.
h. There are or are being provided in the Grand Terrace
Community Redevelopment Project 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 dis-
placed, if any, 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 of the Grand Terrace Community Redevelop-
ment Project are blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment and are
not included for the purposes of obtaining the allocation of taxes from such
area pursuant to Health and Safety Code 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 Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project;
and such area included is necessary for effective redevelopment and is not
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included for the purpose 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 that permanent housing
facilities will be available within three (3) years from the time occupants
of the Project Area are displaced, if any, and 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 displacement. All other provisions of the Community
Redevelopment Law with respect to relocation shall be fully complied with,
Section 5. The Redevelopment Plan for the Grand Terrace Community
Redevelopment Project provides for the expenditure of money by the City of
Grand Terrace in carrying out the 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 which shall bear interest at the rate of
eight percent (8%) per annum until repaid, unless the City Council shall
provide in specific cases that such assistance shall be treated otherwise
than as a loan.
Section 6, The City Council hereby declares its intention to
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undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the
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City of Grand Terrace under th.e provisi:ons of the Redevelopment Plan for the
Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project, and directs that all City
Departments, commissions, and officers cooperate with the Agency, in carrying
out the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan,
Section 7, Upon the filing of this Ordinance adopting the Redevel�
opment Plan for the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project with. the
City Clerk, the City Clerk is hereby directed to send a certified copy of
this Ordinance to the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Grand
Terrace and said Agency is vested with the responsibility for carrying out
the Redevelopment Plan for the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project,
Section 8, The Building Department of the City of Grand Terrace
is hereby directed, for a period of two (2) years after the effective date
of this Ordinance, to advise all applicants for building permits in the Grand
Terrace Community Redevelopment Project 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 9, The City Clerk is hereby directed to record wi:th the
County Recorder of San Bernardino County a description of the land with.ln
the Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project and a Statement that
proceedings for the redevelopment of the Grand Terrace Redevelopment Project
have been instituted under the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California. Additional recordation of documents may be effected pursuant
to Section 27295 of the Government Code of the State of California,
Section 10. 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,
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and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the Grand Terrace Community
Redevelopment Project, to the Auditor and Tax Assessor of the County of San
Bernardino; 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 Grand Terrace Community Redevelop,
ment Project and to the State Board of Equalization, Such documents 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 the Redevelopment Plan for the
Grand Terrace Community Redevelopment Project.
The City Clerk shall cause this Ordinance to be posted within fifteen
(15) days after its adoption in three (3) public places within said City,
First read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City
held on the 20th day of September, 1979, and finally adopted and ordered
posted at an adjourned regular meeting of said City Council on the 27th
day of September, 1979.
Nat
Mayor f the City of Grand Terrace
ATTEST: and o the City Council thereof.
*Scityerk of the City of Grand Approved as to form:
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof.
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City Attorney W-If
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, SETH ARMSTEAD, 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 the organization meeting of the City Council held
on the 27th day of September , 1979, and that it was so adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Tillinghast, Allen, Grant;
Mayor Petta.
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilman Erway
City Clerk of the City of Grand
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss.
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE )
I, SETH ARMSTEAD, 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. 25 of said City Council and that the same has not
been amended or repealed.
DATED: September 27, 1979
City Clerk of the City of Grand
Terrace and of the City Council
thereof.
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