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ORDINANCE NO. 1021 (ecs)
(City Council Ser~es)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING AND
ADOPTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLfu~
FOR THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the C1ty of
Santa Honica ~here~nafter referred to as the "Agency") form-
ulated and prepared the proposed Redevelopment Plan for the
Downtown Redevelopment ProJect; and,
WHEREAS, the Planning Commlssion of the Clty of
Santa Mon1ca has submltted its report and recommendatlon,
flndlng sald proposed Redevelopment Plan to be ln conformity
wlth the General Plan and recommendlng approval of sald
proposed Redevelopment Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the Agency adopted rules governlng partlcl-
patlon by and reasonable preferences to owners and tenants
ln the ProJect area; and,
WHEREAS, the Agency subm~tted to the Clty Council
of the C1ty of Santa Monlca sald proposed Redevelopment
Plan accompanied by the Report of the Agency and the Envlron-
mental Impact Report on sald proposed Redevelopment Plan; and,
WHEREAS, after due not~ce, a joint publ~c hearing
was held by th~s Council acting as the Agency and the City
Counell to consider the proposed Redevelopment Plan for the
PrOJect; and,
WHEREAS, at sald Joint public hearlng thlS Councll
heard and passed upon all oral and wrltten Ob]ectlons by
overrullng such Ob]ectlons; and,
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WHEREAS, all actLon requLred by law has been taken
by all approprLate publLc agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The purposes and lntent of the City
Counc~l with respect to the ProJect area are to:
(1) Elimlnate the conditlons of blight
eXLstlng in the ProJect area;
(2) Insure, as far as posslble, that the
causes of blightlng condltlons wlll be elther elLffilnated or
protected agaLnst;
(3) Provlde participation for owners and a
reasonable preference for persons engaged in business in the
ProJect area;
(4) Encourage and Lnsure the rehabilitation,
rebulldlng, and development of the Project area;
(5) Encourage and foster the economlC reV1-
tallzation of the ProJect area;
(6) Relocate the owners and occupants of the
ProJect area as needed;
(7) Redevelop and rebuild the publlc faCl11ties
1n the Project area to provLde safer and more efficlent service
for the people ln the area and the general publlc as a whole.
SECTION 2. The Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown
Redevelopment ProJect, 1S hereby lncorporated hereln by
reference and made a part hereof as fully as Lf set out at
length hereln.
SECTION 3. The Redevelopment Plan hereby is approved
and adopted and deslgnated the offlclal redevelopment plan
for the Downtown Redevelopment Project.
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SECTION 4. The City Counc~l after cons~derlng the
Env1ronmental Impact Report, f1nds that the Project wlll not
have any slgnlf1cant adverse 1mpact on the enVlronment and
hereby certlfies and adopts sald Report as the report of
the Councll.
SECTION 5. The C1ty Council hereby flnds and deter-
m1nes that:
(1) The ProJect area is a bllghted area, the
redevelopment of which 18 necessary to effectuate the public
purposes declared 1n the Community Redevelopment Law of the
State of Callforn1ai
(2) The Redevelopment Plan wlll redevelop
the ProJect area 1n conformlty wlth the Community Redevelop-
ment Law of the State of Californla and 10 the interests
of the publ1C peace, health and safety and welfare;
(3) The adoptlon and carrYlng out of the
Redevelopment Plan 1S economlcally sound and feaslble;
(4) The Redevelopment Plan conforms to the
General Plan of the C1ty of Santa Monica;
(5) The carrying out of the Redevelopment
Plan wll1 promote the publlc peace, health, safety and welfare
of the Clty of Santa Monica and w1ll effectuate the purposes
and pollc1es of the Community Redevelopment Law of the state
of Californ1a.
(6) The condemnat1on of real property, as
prov1ded for 1n the Redevelopment Plan for the ProJect
area, is necessary to the executlon of the Redevelopment
Plan and adequate prOV1S1ons have been made for payment
for property to be acqu1red as provided by law;
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(7) The Agency has a feasible method and
plan for the relocation of fam1lies and persons to be
temporarily or permanently displaced from housing facilit1es
1n the Project area;
(8) There w1II be provided in other areas
not generally less des1rable 1n regard to public ut1l1tes and
publlC and commercial facllitles and at rents or pr1ces
wlthln the flnancial means of the families and persons dis-
placed from the ProJect area, decent, safe, and sanitary
dwellings equal in number to the number of and avallable to
such dlsplaced famllles and persons and reasonably accesslble
to thelr places of employment~
(9) The Redevelopment Plan for the ProJect
area will afford a maxlmum opportunlty conslstent with the
sound needs of the locality as a whole for the redevelopment
of such area by private enterprlse;
(10) In order to lmplement and facilitate the
effectuat10n of the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved and
adopted lt is found and determlned that certain official
actlon must be taken by the C1ty Councll wlth reference,
among other things, to changes ln 20n1ng, the vacating and
removal of streets, and other puhllC ways, the locat1on
and relocatlon of sewer and water malns and other publlC
fac11lties, and other public action, and accordlngly the Clty
Councll hereby:
(a) Pledges 1ts cooperation 1n helping
to carry out such Redevelopment Plan~ and
(h) Requests the var10US offlcials,
departments, boards and agencies of the City of Santa Monica
hav1ng adm1nlstratlve responsiblllties ln the premises like-
wise to cooperate to such end and to exercise thelr respective
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functlons and powers ln a manner conslstent wlth said Redev-
elopment Plani and
(c) Stands ready to take appropriate
actlon upon proposals and measures deslgned to effectuate
the Redevelopment Plan.
SECT10N 6. The City Council is satisfied permanent
houslng facillties will be avallable wlthln three years from
the tlme occupants of the ProJect area are dlsplaced and that
pending the development of such facllities there wlll be
avallable to such dlsplaced occupants adequate temporary
houslng facilites at rents comparable to those ln the Clty
of Santa Monica at the tlme of their displacement.
SECTION 7. All written and oral objectlons to the
Redevelopment Plan are hereby ovex~uled.
SECTION 8. The Clty Clerk hereby is dlrected to
send a certlfled copy of thlS ordinance to the Agency and
the Agency hereby is vested wlth the responslblllty for
carrYlng out the Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown Redev-
elopment ProJect.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk hereby is dlrected to
record wlth the County Recorder of Los Angeles County a des-
crlptlon of the land withln the Project area and a statement
that proceedlngs for the redevelopment of the ProJect area
have been lnstituted under the Californla Communlty Redev-
elopment Law. The Agency hereby is directed to effectuate
recordation ln compllance wlth the provislons of Sectlon 27295
of the Government Code to the extent applicable.
SECTION 10. The Department of Building and Safety
of the C1ty of Santa Monlca 15 hereby dlrected for a period
of two years after the effective date of thlS ordinance to
advise all appllcants for bUlldlng permlts wlthln the
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Project area that the s~te for Wh1Ch a build~ng permit is
sought for the construct~on of build1ngs or for other lm-
provements 1S within a redevelopment proJect area.
SECTION 11. The C1ty Clerk ~s dlrected, as promptly
as practicable followlng the adopt~on of the Redevelopment
Plan, to transm~t a copy of the description and statement
recorded by the City pursuant to Sectlon 9 of th~s ordinance,
and a map or plan showlng the boundar~es of the ProJect
area to the Auditor and Tax Assessor of Los Angeles County,
to the governing body of each of the taxing agencles WhlCh
lev~es taxes upon any property ln the Project area, and to
the State Board of Equal~zation.
SECTION 12. The City Clerk shall cert1fy to the
adopt~on of thlS ordinance and to ~ts approval by the City
Counc~l and cause the same to be published once ln a news-
paper with general c~rculation 1n the Clty of Santa Monica
flfteen days after ~ts adoptlon. The ord~nance shall become
effective after th~rty (30) days from 1ts adopt~on. The
Mayor shall sign thlS ordinance.
ADOPTED and APPROVED thlS 13th day of January
1976.
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Mayor
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STATE ~...CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
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I do hereby certify that the forego1ng ord1nance
was duly and regularly 1ntroduced at a meeting of the
City Counc1l on the 16th day of December, 1975; that
thereafter the said ordinance was duly adopted at a meet1ng
of the C1ty Counc11 on the 13th day of January , 1976;
by the following vote of the Council:
AYES:
Counc11member: Cohen, Reed, Swink,
van den Steenhoven, Trives
NOES:
Counc1lmember: McCloskey
ABSENT:
Counc1lme~ber: Judson
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APPROVED AS TO FOR-M:
C1ty Attorney
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RECORDED RETURN TO: CITY CLERK
CITY HALL
1685 MAIN STREET
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
2904
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RECORDED n OFF,Cln E:CORDS--I
OF LO~ ,tl",y;r! ~S C:-.!N fY, CA
21 ~T 11 A.M. JAN 291976 I
l:?ecorder's Office
DESCRIPTION OF LAND WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND
THAT REDEVELOPMENT PROCEEDINGS HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED.
STATEMENT
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Proceedings for the redevelopment of the Downtown Redevelopment Area have
been instituted under the Caljfornia Community Redevelopment Law pursuant
to a Redevelopment Plan approved and adopted January 13~ 1976 by the City
-~ -Cound' -of the -City- of Santa _Monica by Ordinance No. 1021 (CCS).
The description of the land within the Downtown Redevelopment Area is as
follows:
That portion of land bounded by the northeasterly line of Fourth Street.
Bo feet wide; the southeasterly line of Colorado Avenue (formerly known as
Railroad Avenue). 80 feet wide; the southwesterly line of Second Street,
80 feet wide; and the northwesterly line of Broadway (formerly known as Utah
Avenue). 80 feet wide; as shown on amended map of Town of Santa Monica Trace,
in the City of Santa Monica, County of Los Angeles, State of California. as
per map recorded in Book 39. page 45 et seq. of Miscellaneous Records in the
Office of the County Recorder of said County.
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