R-9520
RESOLUTION NUMBER 9520 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
CONSENTING TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY?S PAYMENT OF TAX
INCREMENT FUNDS FOR THE VALUE OF LAND AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE
VIRGINIA AVENUE PARK EXPANSION PROJECT AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS
PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33445
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Monica (the ?Agency?) has
prepared a Redevelopment Plan for the Santa Monica Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment Project
(the ?Redevelopment Plan?) which would result in the allocation of taxes from the Project Area to the
Agency for the purposes of redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan includes as the repair, upgrade, rehabilitation or
acquisition of property as necessary for public facilities and park improvements, including the vacant
parcels at Pico and Cloverfield Boulevards; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica purchased the vacant parcels at Pico and Cloverfield
Boulevards (2233 and 2201 Pico Boulevard) in 1991 and intends to use the site as the eastern
expansion of the adjacent Virginia Avenue Park (the ?Virginia Avenue Park Expansion Project,? or
the ?Project?).
WHEREAS, the Agency proposes to pay for a portion of the value of the land and future
public improvements of the Project, which is located within the Santa Monica Earthquake Recovery
Redevelopment Project Area; and
WHEREAS, Section 33445(a) of the Health and Safety Code authorizes a redevelopment
agency, with the consent of the legislative body and if the agency and the legislative body make
certain determinations specified in Section 33445, to pay all or a part of the value of the land for and
the cost of the installation and construction of any building, facility, structure, or other improvement
which is publicly owned.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds and determines:
(1) that the proposed improvements are of benefit to the Project Area;
(2) that no other reasonable means of financing the improvements including the overall
development of Virginia Avenue Park are available to the community;
(3) that the payment of funds for the improvements will assist the recovery from and the
elimination of one or more of the conditions resulting from, the 1994 Northridge
Earthquake disaster;
(4) that the payment of funds for the improvements will assist in elimination of one or more
blighting conditions inside the Project Area by assisting in the elimination of one or more
of the conditions resulting from the 1994 Northridge Earthquake disaster; and
(5) that the Project is consistent with the implementation plan adopted pursuant to Section
33490.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby consents to the Agency?s payment of tax
increment funds for said land and improvements.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution and thenceforth and
thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM
S/_____________________
Marsha Jones Moutrie
General Counsel
Adopted and approved this 13th of June, 2001.
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Ken Genser, Mayor
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 9520 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 13th of June 2000, by the following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Rosenstein, McKeown, Feinstein, Bloom, Mayor
Pro Tem O?Connor, Mayor Genser
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: Holbrook
ATTEST:
S/_________________________
Maria Stewart, City Clerk