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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2003-277RESOLUTION NO. 2003-277 (AGENCY RESOLUTION NO. 1827) JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA GRANTING REIMBURSEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $18,797 TO THE METROPOLITAN AREA ADVISORY COMMI'ITEE TO COVER THE COST OF ON-STREET IMPROVEMENTS INSTALLED AS PART OF THE REHABILITATION AND REUSE OF THE BUILDING AT 1351-1395 THIRD AVENUE WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, AND APPROPRIATING $18,797 FROM THE UN-APPROPRIATED BALANCE OF THE MERGED PROJECT FUND FOR THIS PURPOSE WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Area Advisory Committee (MAAC), a 501 (c) (3) California Nonprofit Benefit Corporation, entered into an Owner Participation Agreement with the Redevelopment Agency in October 2001 for the rehabilitation and reuse of the building at 1351-1395 Third Avenue ("Project") within the Southwest Redevelopmem Project Area ("Project Area"); and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency required MAAC to install certain on-street public improvements, which include the extension of a raised median on Third Avenue and the installation of a street light on Quintard Street ("Improvements"), as part of the Project; and WHEREAS, the construction of those Improvements has been completed and inspected and accepted by the City Engineer; and WHEREAS, the construction of these improvements will remove pedestrian and vehicular traffic hazards and will provide a general public benefit; and WHEREAS, the cost of these improvemems is $18,797 for which MAAC is requesting assistance and reimbursement from the Redevelopment Agency; and WHEREAS, the City Council and Agency determined that Agency financial assistance is necessary to the Project and no reasonable alternative means of funding exists for the Project; and WHEREAS, the City Council and Agency have determined that this financial assistance to the Project will contribute to the removal of blighting influences and safety hazards. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based on the facts stated above, the City Council and Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista hereby make the following findings: The proposed Project and necessary on-street improvements along Third Avenue and Quintard Street are of benefit to the Project Area and the immediate neighborhood because they improve traffic flow along Third Avenue and access onto and from the site; and Resolution 2003-277 Page 2 2. There are no other reasonable means of financing the necessary on-street improvements along Third Avenue and Quintard Street; and The Agency's contribution toward the cost of the street improvements along Third Avenue and Quintard Street will assist in the elimination of blighting influences by improving traffic and pedestrian safety within the Project Area. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista does hereby appropriate $18,797 from the un-appropriated balance of the Merged Project Fund to assist with the construction of the necessary on-street improvements along Third Avenue and Quintard Street within the Southwest Redevelopment Project Area. Presented by Approved as to form by Co~hmunity Develg0ment D~rector Ann Moore City Attorney/Agency Counsel Resolution 2003-277 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 17th day of June, 2003, by the following vote: Agency/Councilmembers: Agency/Councilmembers: Agency/Councilmembers: AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Davis, McCann, Rindone, Salas and Padilla None None Susan Bigelow, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) ) ) I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing City Council Resolution No. 2003-277/Redevelopment Agency Resolution No. 1827 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Counc'fl and Redevelopment Agency at a regular meeting held on the 17th day of June, 2003. Executed this 17th day of June, 2003. Susan Bigelow, City Clerk