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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 51-2005RESOLUTION NO. 51-2005 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE USE OF MONIES FROM THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING FUNDS ESTABLISHED FOR THE DOWNTOWN/CENTRAL PROJECT AREA, THE EL CAMINO CORRIDOR PROJECT AREA, THE GATEWAY PR()JECT AREA AND THE U.S. STEEL/SHEARWATER PROJECT AREA OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT ARKAS WILl, BENEFIT SUCH PROJECT AREAS, AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF SUCH FUNDS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco ("City Council") approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown/Central Redevelopment Project Area ("Downtown Project Area") by Ordinance No. 1056-89 adopted on July 12, 1989 (as subsequently amended, the "Downtown Plan"); and WHEREAS, the City Council approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the Gateway Redevelopment Project Area ("Gateway Project Area") by Ordinance No. 867-81, adopted on June 17, 1981 (as subsequently amended, the "Gateway Plan"); and WHEREAS, the City Council approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the U.S. Steel/Shearwater Redevelopment Project Area ("Shearwater Project Area") by Ordinance No. 996-86, adopted on January 8, 1986 (as subsequently amended, the "Shearwater Plan"); and WHEREAS, the City Council approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the E1 Camino Corridor Redevelopment Project Area (the "El Camino Project Area") by Ordinance No. 1132-93 adopted on June 9, 1993 (as subsequently amended, the "El Camino Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of South San Francisco ("Agency") is vested with responsibility to carry out the foregoing redevelopment plans in accordance with Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.) ("CRL"); and WHEREAS, the Agency desires to again amend the foregoing redevelopment plans in order to (i) add territory to the Downtown Project Area, (ii) extend the time limits for the use of eminent domain proceedings to acquire nonresidential property in the Downtown Project Area and the original E1 Camino Project Area, and (iii) effectuate the fiscal merger of the Downtown Project Area, 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 ("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 proposed amendments to the redevelopment plans, copies of which are on file with the Agency Secretary and the City Clerk; and WHEREAS, in accordance with CRL Sections 33334.2, 33483 and 33487, the Agency is required to deposit no less than twenty percent (20%) of all taxes which are allocated to the Agency pursuant to CRL Section 33670 in a Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund to be used for the purpose of increasing, improving and preserving the community's supply of low- and moderate-income housing; and WHEREAS, CRL Sections 33334.2(g) and 33487(b) authorize the Agency to use monies from a Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund outside of a project area only upon adoption of resolutions by the Agency and City Council finding that such use will be of benefit to the project area; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires by this Resolution to declare that the expenditure of monies from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund established for each Project Area will be of benefit to such Project Area when such monies are used in accordance with the requirements of the CRL either within or outside the Project Area. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council as follows: Section 1. The City Council finds and determines that the expenditure of monies from the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund established for each Project Area will be of benefit to such Project Area when such monies are used in accordance with the requirements of the CRL and for purposes authorized by the CRL either within or outside the Project Area. Section 2. The Agency is authorized to expend monies for the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund established for each Project Area inside and/or outside each such Project Area for purposes authorized by the CRL and in accordance with the requirements of the CRL. I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 25th day of May 2005 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Richard A. Garbarino, Pedro Gonzalez and Karyl Matsumoto, Mayor Pro Tern Joseph A. Femekes and Mayor Raymond L. Green NOES: None. ABSTAIN: None. ABSENT: None. ATTEST: i(y Clerk