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<br />Fourth District Court of Appeal <br />June 20, 2005 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION <br /> <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the execution of <br />reimbursement agreement in connection with certain financing proceedings <br />by the City of Santa Ana and approving related documents and official <br />actions. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Fourth District Court of Appeal, based in San Diego, is the intermediate <br />state appellate court serving Santa Ana and Orange County. Division Three of <br />that court was established in 1982 to provide justices and facilities to <br />directly serve Orange County. Since its establishment, Division Three has <br />been located in Santa Ana. Originally housed in a commercial office building <br />on Santa Ana Boulevard, the Court is currently located in a facility at 925 <br />N. Spurgeon Street in the Midtown Area. <br /> <br />Division Three has now outgrown its Spurgeon Street courthouse and is <br />seeking a new permanent location. A county-wide search conducted by the <br />California Judicial Council resulted in the selection of a two acre site at <br />the northwest corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Ross Street in the Santa Ana <br />Civic Center. (See Exhibit 1) The site is now occupied by the vacant <br />temporary city jail and a portion of the City Hall parking lot. <br /> <br />Under the terms of the proposed purchase and sale agreement, the City will <br />sell the site for the courthouse to the State of California for a nominal <br />fee. Further, the City will be responsible for the demolition of the vacant <br />jail facility and the preparation of the site for the State-funded <br />construction. The City will also construct a 300 space parking garage in <br />front of City Hall. This new garage will provide approximately 70 spaces <br />dedicated to Courthouse operations and personnel, with the balance of the <br />spaces designed to accommodate the parking stalls displaced by the <br />courthouse construction. As the agreement is one that is prepared by the <br />State, it is recommended that the Council approve this agreement with the <br />provision that non-substantive changes to the terms and conditions may be <br />authorized by the City Manager and the City Attorney. <br /> <br />In 2002, in anticipation of this project, the City Council approved a <br />program management agreement with the parking garage design and construction <br />firm of Gordon & williams. Under that agreement, Gordon & Williams 1S <br />responsible for designing the garage and administering demolition and <br />construction contracts for the project. On February 7, 2005 the City Council <br />approved an amendment to the agreement for a total cost of $5.21 million. <br />After final negotiation with State of California for the proposed Appellate <br /> <br />JT25S-2 <br />