HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-12-14 - RESOLUTIONS - OLD TOWN NEWHALL LIBRARY CONST (3)RESOLUTION NO. RDA 10-13
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE FINDINGS REQUIRED BY
SECTION 33445 OF THE CALIFORNIA REDEVELOPMENT LAW AND DETERMINING
THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD TOWN NEWHALL LIBRARY INCLUDING
SITE GRADING, LANDSCAPED PARKING LOT, ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT SERVICES, GEOTECHNICAL AND SOILS TESTING
SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION STAKING, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING SERVICES,
MATERIALS TESTING SERVICES, CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION SERVICES,
ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES, PROJECT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND
LABOR COMPLIANCE SERVICES, IS OF BENEFIT TO THE
NEWHALL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita (Agency) is a public
body, corporate and politic, duly established and authorized to transact business and exercise
powers under and pursuant to the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State
of California (Law), constituting Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code of the Law,
including the power to expend funds for public improvements for the benefit of the Newhall
Redevelopment Project Area (Project Area); and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita is the legislative body for the community in which
the Project Area is located and pursuant to the Health and Safety Code Section 33445 is required
to consent to payments to be made by its Agency for the construction of the Old Town Newhall
Library including site grading, landscaped parking lot, architectural design and construction
support services, geotechnical and soils testing services, construction staking, environmental
consulting services, materials testing services, construction inspection services, environmental
support services, project support services, and labor compliance services; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Newhall Specific PIan (Plan) effective December 22, 2005,
provides for the funding of public improvements within the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the provision of public improvements is consistent with the Redevelopment
Project's Five -Year Implementation Plan in that construction of a public library (Project)
constitutes a project listed in the Plan to transform Old Town Newhall into a thriving, mixed-use,
pedestrian -oriented urban village with a series of economic engines that visually anchors and
defines the north end of Main Street, meeting the goals and objectives of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Agency will fund the project with $19,287,166 of Agency funds as
presently the City does not have funds available for this project; and
WHEREAS, there are appropriate facts supporting the findings required by Health and
Safety Code Section 33445 for the City Council to consent to the Agency's expenditure of funds
for the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita does
hereby resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The Agency Board hereby finds that the above recitals are true
and correct and incorporates them herein.
SECTION 2. Findings Required by Health and Safety Code Section 33445. The Agency
Board hereby determines that:
a. The Project is of benefit to the Project Area as there are inadequate public facilities
within the Project Area and the construction of a public library will provide those
needed public facilities; and
b. No other reasonable means of financing the Project are available to the community as
the City is using its funds to undertake other public improvements throughout the
City; and
c. The payment of funds for the Project will assist in the elimination of blighting
conditions inside the Project Area and once complete, the Project will assist in
attracting new businesses and residential developments to the area as. the Project will
be a positive public amenity within the Project Area; and
d. The use of Agency funds for the construction of the Project is consistent with the
Agency's adopted implementation plan per Health and Safety Code Section 33490.
SECTION 3. Agency .Request for Use of Funds. The Agency requests the City
Council's Consent for the Agency to use its funds to pay $19,287,166 for the Project.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its date of
passage, approval, and adoption.
SECTION 5. Certification. The Agency Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of December, 2010.
CHAIR
ATTEST:
DATE: � 1 _ dL � 1 i
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sarah P. Gorman, Agency Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa
Clarita, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 14th day of
December 2010, by the following vote:
AYES: AGENCY MEMBERS: Ender, Kellar, McLean
NOES: AGENCY MEMBERS: None
RECUSED: AGENCY MEMBERS: Weste
ABSENT: AGENCY MEMBERS: Ferry
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY RESOLUTION
Agency Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy: of the original
Resolution No. RDA 10-13, adopted by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita,
California on December 14, 2010, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this _ day of 20_:
Agency Secretary
By
Deputy Secretary
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