HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA Reso 1998-1580 RESOLUTION NO. 1580
RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT A( iENCY OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA CALLING FOR A JOlt IT PUBLIC HEARING
REGARDING THE PROPOSED BAYFRO ',IT REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AMENDMENT NO. §; AUTHORIZI ~IG THE DISTRIBUTION
OF REQUIRED PLAN AMENDMENT DOCUI~IENTS; FINDING THAT
USE OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOI~E HOUSING FUNDS
OUTSIDE THE PROJECT AREA WILL BENEFIT THE PROJECT AREA;
AND ADOPTING OWNER PARTICIPi,TION RULES AND
RELOCATION PROCEDURES
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Chula Vista ("City Council") adopted
Ordinance No. 1541 on July 16, 1974, approving and estat .lishing the Redevelopment Plan for the
Bayfront Redevelopment Project ("Project"), and the C ty Council has since amended said
Redevelopment Plan on July 17, 1979 by Ordinance No. ' 872, on April 22, 1986 by Ordinance
No. 2146, on January 4, 1994 by Ordinance No. 2585, ar on November 8, 1994 by Ordinance
No. 2608; and
WHEREAS, with the approval of a Prelimin~ Plan on October 7, 1997, the City
of Chula Vista Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is pro(eeding with the preparation of a fifth
amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Bayfront R~development Project ("Amendment");
and
WHEREAS, the Amendment proposes to ac approximately 398 acres of territory
("Added Area") to the existing 637-acre Bayfront Redevel 3ment Project Area ("Existing Area")
to establish a 1,035-acre amended Bayfront Redevelopme Project Area ("Project Area"); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the prep iration and adoption of the original
Redevelopment Plan ("Original Plan") adopted on July 1E 1974, the Agency adopted rules to
implement the operation of owner participation pursuan to Section 33345 of the California
Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code ;ection 33000 et seq. ("Law"), and to
extend reasonable preferences to persons who are enga(, ed in business in the Project Area to
reenter in business within the redeveloped area if they othe. wise meet the requirements prescribed
by the Original Plan pursuant to Section 33339.5 of the aw ("Rules"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to reaffirm the effect and use of said Rules, with
minor modifications, for the Project Area upon the adopti~n of the Amendment; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33411 of ti e Law, to implement the Existing Plan,
the Agency has utilized as its method or plan for relo,;ation of families and persons to be
temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilities in the Existing Area and nonprofit local
community institutions to be temporarily or permanently di iplaced from facilities actually used for
institutional purposes in the Existing Area the State Relocation Law (California Government Code
Sections 7260-7277) and Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Guidelines
(California Department of Community Development); and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to reaffirm the effect and use of the State
Relocation Law and Relocation Assistance and Real Proper1 y Acquisition Guidelines as the method
of relocation for the Project Area upon adoption of the A~ 3endment; and
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WHEREAS, a draft Redevelopment Plan has been prepared in conjunction with the
Amendment; and
WHEREAS, Section 33346 of the Law provides that before a redevelopment plan
is submitted to the City Council for consideration, it shall first be submitted to the planning
commission for its report and recommendation concerning the redevelopment plan and its
conformity to the City's General Plan; and
WHEREAS, Section 33344.5 of the Law provides that the Agency shall prepare and
send to each affected taxing entity a Preliminary Report which shall include the information
contained in Section 33344.5; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.2(g) of the Law, the Agency may use the
Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds for the purposes authorized by Health and Safety Code
Section 33334.2 et seq. outside the Project Area upon a finding of the Agency and the City
Council that the use of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds outside the Project Area will
be of benefit to the Project; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the proposed Amendment, the Agency has found
and determined that the use of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Funds outside the Project
Area will be of benefit to the Project and Project Area based on the following facts:
a) Due to the limited housing opportunities within the Project Area, the
increase, improvement and preservation of the community's supply
of Iow- and moderate-income housing will need to occur outside of
the Project Area;
b) The commercial and industrial redevelopment contemplated and
proposed for the Project Area will be encouraged and supported by
the creation and improvement of affordable housing opportunities
outside the Project Area;
c) The use of Iow- and moderate-income housing funds outside the
Project Area will provide additional housing opportunities to
employees who are employed with businesses located in the Project
Area; and
d) The use of these funds will enable the City of Chula Vista to meet
California State housing requirements and fulfill housing goals and
policies as stated in the Housing Element of the General Plan of the
City of Chula Vista.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 33458 and 33355 of the Law, a joint public
hearing on the Amendment may be held with the consent of the City Council and Agency.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Chula Vista does hereby:
1. Authorize and consent to hold a joint public hearing with the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista on June 9, 1998 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, for the
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purpose of considering the proposed /,mendment No. 5 to the Bayfront
Redevelopment Plan, and directs staff to g ye notice of the joint public hearing in
the form and manner required by the Law.
2. Receive the draft Redevelopment Plan fo~ the Bayfront Redevelopment Project
Amendment No. 5 in the form attached he'eto as Exhibit "C" and authorizes and
directs Agency staff to transmit the drafl Redevelopment Plan to the Planning
Commission and Project Area Committee f >r their review and recommendation.
3. Authorize and direct Agency staff to transn it to affected taxing agencies the draft
Redevelopment Plan and the Preliminary R ~port for the Bayfront Redevelopment
Project Amendment No. 5 in the form atta :hed hereto as Exhibit "D."
4. Adopt and direct staff to make available fo review the Owner Participation Rules
in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A.'
5. Adopt the use of State Relocation Law and F ,~location Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Guidelines, as they exist today (as attached hereto as Exhibit "B") or
are hereafter amended by State law, as the Agency's method of relocation for the
Bayfront Redevelopment Project.
6. Find and determine, based on the facts se' forth above, that the use of the Low
and Moderate Income Housing Funds outsi~le the Project Area will be of benefit to
the Bayfront Redevelopment Project and B ~front Redevelopment Project Area.
Presented by Apprc sd as to form by
Chris Salomone J~/o/ VI. Kaheny (~
Director of Community Development ~ej'en(y Attorney
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA this 21st day of April, 1998 by the following vote:
AYES: Members Rindone, Salas, Horton, Moot and Padilla
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTENTIONS: None
Shirley H ori~/a
Chairman
ATTEST: ~'N~~ ~
Chris Salomone
Executive Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss:
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Chris Salomone, Executive Secretary to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista,
California DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Resolution
No. 1580 and that the same has not been amended or repealed.
Dated: April 22, 1998 ~ ~
Chris Salomone
Executive Secretary