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<br />2. That no other reasonable means of financing the public <br />improvement is available to the community; and <br /> <br />3. That the payment of funds for the cost of the public <br />improvement will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting <br />conditions inside the project area. <br /> <br />E. The City is the owner of a vacant lot, located generally at 2129 North <br />Main Street, within the former Central City Project Area. The City desires to <br />construct a public improvement, a parking lot, on this vacant lot, primarily to <br />serve as additional public parking for employees and visitors to the Charles <br />W. Bowers Museum, a City owned, nationally renowned museum, currently <br />being expanded. <br /> <br />F. The City lacks funds to pay for the construction of a parking lot at this <br />time. <br /> <br />G. Construction of a publicly owned parking lot at 2129 North Main <br />Street will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions in that <br />it will help reactivate the east side of north Main Street, provide additional <br />public parking for the expanded Charles W. Bowers Museum, the <br />cornerstone of the City's Museum District, and is called out for in both the <br />Central City Redevelopment Plan and the most recent Five Year <br />Implementation Plan. <br /> <br />H. The Central City Redevelopment Plan was last amended to add <br />territory in 1975. For this reason the findings specified in section 33445(b) <br />of the California Health & Safety Code, although set forth above, are not <br />required. <br /> <br />Section 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information <br />contained in the initial study and the negative declaration prepared with respect to this <br />Project, Environmental Review Number 2005-45. The City Council has, as a result of its <br />consideration and the evidence presented at the hearings on this matter, determined that, <br />as required pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") and the State <br />CEQA Guidelines, a Negative Declaration adequately addresses the expected <br />environmental impacts of this Project. On the basis of this review, the City Council finds <br />that there is no evidence from which it can be fairly argued that the Project will have a <br />significant adverse effect on the environment. The City Council hereby certifies and <br />approves the negative declaration and directs that the Notice of Determination be <br />prepared and filed with the County Clerk of the County of Orange in the manner required <br />bylaw. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />80A-1 0 <br /> <br />