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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso RDA 09-2005RESOLUTION NO. 09-2005 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE EL CAMINO CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA TO EXTEND TIME LIMITS FOR EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEEDINGS IN THE ORIGINAL EI, CAMINO CORRIDOR REDEVEL()PMENT PROJECT AREA AND TO FISCALLY MERGE THE EL CAMINO CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA WITH THE DOWNTOWN/CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, THE GATEWAY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA, AND THE ILS. STEEL/SHEARWATER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco ("City Council") approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan (the "El Camino Plan") for the E1 Camino Corridor Redevelopment Project Area (the "Project Area") by Ordinance No. 1132-93 adopted on June 9, 1993; and WHEREAS, on November 9, 1994, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1150-94 which amended the E1 Camino Plan by amending certain time limitations in accordance with AB 1290; and WHEREAS, on June 28, 2000, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 1270-2000 which added territory to the Project Area and adopted the Amended and Restated Plan for the Project Area (hereafter the "Redevelopment Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan was further amended in March 2004 by adoption of Ordinance 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) extend the time limits for the use of eminent domain proceedings to acquire nonresidential property in the original Project Area, and (ii) effectuate the fiscal merger of the Project Area with the Gateway Redevelopment Project Area, the Downtown/Central 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: · / Clerk ~"