HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-01-12 - RESOLUTIONS - OLD TOWN NEWHALL STREETSCAPE (4)RESOLUTION NO. 10-1
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING THE FINDINGS REQUIRED BY
SECTION 33445 OF THE CALIFORNIA REDEVELOPMENT LAW AND DETERMINING
THAT THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE OLD TOWN
NEWHALL STREETSCAPE PHASE I PROJECT IS OF BENEFIT TO THE
NEWHALL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita (the 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, constituting Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code of the
State of California (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 (City) is the legislative body for the community in
which the Project Area is located and pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445 is
required to consent to payments to be made by its Agency for capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Newhall Specific Plan (Plan) adopted on
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 the 01& Town Newhall Streetscape Phase I
Project (Project) constitutes a portion of the Streetscape Program, a project listed in the Plan to
provide a more pedestrian -friendly and attractive Main Street, meeting th0goals and objectives
of the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has funded the Project with $580,000 -of Agency -fiords; and
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WHEREAS, there are appropriate facts supporting the findings rewired by Health and
Safety Code Section 33445 for the City Council to consent to the Agency's expenditure of funds
for the public improvements provided by the Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita does hereby resolve as
follows:
SECTION 1. The provision of the public improvements involved in the Old Town
Newhall Streetscape Phase I Project is of benefit to the Project Area in that it will assist in
eliminating one or more blight conditions and is necessary to effectuate the Plan because:
a) An amenity rich public space and Streetscape will support existing redevelopment
activities and establish conditions for long-term implementation of the Plan; and
b) The commercial nature of Main Street will be enhanced and will generate new
pedestrian traffic into the area; and
c) The completion of the subject project will facilitate attraction of new businesses and
residential developments to the area.
SECTION 2. The City finds that no other reasonable means of financing the Project are
available to the community as the City is using its funds to undertake other capital improvements
throughout the City.
SECTION 3. The provision of the public improvements provided by the Project is
consistent with the Agency's 5 -Year Implementation Plan, adopted on June 26, 2007, and will
provide a more pedestrian -friendly and amenity rich Main Street to attract investment in the area,
new shoppers, and businesses.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of January, 2010.
ATTEST:
CIT 'CLERK,'
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the 12th day of January, 2010, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
DISQUALIFIED
ABSENT:
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COUNCILMEMBERS:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
I, , City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby
certify that this is a true and correct copy of the original Resolution No. 10-1, adopted by the City
Council of the City of Santa Clarita, California on January 12, 2010, which is now on file in my.
office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this _ day of 2010..
City Clerk
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Deputy City Clerk
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