HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso RDA 08-2005RESOLUTION NO. 08-2005
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN/CENTRAL
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA TO ADD NEW TERRITORY,
EXTEND TIME LIMITS FOR EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS,
AND FISCALLY MERGE THE DOWNTOWN/CENTRAL
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT ARF~A WITH THE EL CAMINO
CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT ARF~, THE GATEWAY
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT ARF2~, AND THE U.S.
STEEI~/SH ~F~RWATER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT ARI~2~
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco ("City Council")
approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan ("Redevelopment Plan") for the
Downtown/Central Redevelopment Project Area ("Project Area") by Ordinance No. 1056-89
adopted on July 12, 1989; and
WHEREAS, on November 9, 1994, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1152-94 to
amend the Redevelopment Plan by amending certain time limitations in accordance with AB
1290; and
WHEREAS, in March 2004, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1337-2004
extending certain time limitations in accordance with SB 1045; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco ("Agency")
is vested with responsibility to carry out the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to again amend the Redevelopment Plan in order to (i)
add territory to the Project Area, (ii) extend the time limits for the use of eminent domain
proceedings to acquire nonresidential property in the Project Area, and (iii) effectuate the fiscal
merger of the Project Area with the Gateway Redevelopment Project Area, the E1 Camino
Corridor Redevelopment Project Area and the U.S. Steel/Shearwater Redevelopment Project
Area in order to pool tax increment revenue from the four project areas and establish a unified
bonded indebtedness limit for the four project areas while retaining the separate identity of each
project area for other purposes; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has prepared a proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
(the "Amendment"), a copy of which is on file with the Agency Clerk and the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, adoption of the Amendment is necessary to provide the Agency, the City
and the South San Francisco community with additional financial and legal resources to expand
and complete the redevelopment program in the Project Area through activities such as
development of public improvements, revitalization of commercial and industrial areas, land
assembly and disposition for redevelopment, provision of financial and other assistance to
property owners for redevelopment of their property, and the provision of assistance in the
development, preservation, acquisition and rehabilitation of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, as set forth in City Council Resolution 23-2005 and Redevelopment Agency
Resolution 04-2005, each adopted on March 9, 2005, the City Council and the Agency have each
determined that establishment of a Project Area Committee is not required because the
Amendment does not authorize use of eminent domain for property on which persons reside and
does not provide for the development of public projects that will cause displacement of a
substantial number of low- and moderate-income households; and
WHEREAS, as set forth in City Council Resolution 23-2005 and Redevelopment Agency
Resolution 04-2005, the City Council and the Agency have each determined that (i) the fiscal
merger is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), and (ii) the
potential environmental effects of the Amendment have been analyzed in previously certified
Environmental Impact Reports, and no new projects are proposed, no new impacts have been
identified, there are no substantial changes in the circumstances under which the prior EIRs were
certified, and there is no new information that was unavailable at the time the prior EIRs were
certified; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission (the "Planning Commission") has reviewed
the Amendment, has found that the Amendment conforms to the City's General Plan and has
recommended the approval and adoption of the Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has prepared and reviewed a Report to Council in compliance
with the requirements of Community Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code Section 33000
et seq.) and a Supplement to such Report, which Report and Supplement are on file with the City
Clerk and the Agency Clerk; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to notice duly given, a full and fair public hearing has been held on
the Amendment, and the Agency has considered all written and all oral comments and testimony
relating thereto and has been fully advised thereon; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has taken all other actions required by law in connection with the
preparation and consideration of the Amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Redevelopment Agency as follows:
Section 1. The Amendment, the Report to Council, the Supplement and all related documents,
correspondence and transmittals, copies of which are on file in the office of the Agency Clerk
and the City Clerk, are hereby approved.
Section 2. The Agency hereby recommends approval and adoption of the Amendment by the
City Council.
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by
the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the
11th day of May 2005 by the following vote:
AYES:
Boardmembers Richard A. Garbarino, Pedro Gonzalez and Karyl Matsumoto,
Vice Chair Joseph A. Fernekes and Chair Raymond L. Green
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
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