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<br />E. The City of Santa Ana is the owner of a vacant lot, located generally at <br />2129 North 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 serve as <br />additional public parking for employees and visitors to the Charles W. Bowers Museum, a <br />City owned, nationally renowned museum, currently being expanded. <br /> <br />F. The City lacks funds to pay for the construction of a parking lot at this time. <br /> <br />G. Construction of a publicly owned parking lot at 2129 North Main Street will <br />assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions in that it will help reactivate the <br />east side of north Main Street, provide additional public parking for the expanded Charles <br />W. Bowers Museum, the cornerstone of the City's Museum District, and is called out for in <br />both the Central City Redevelopment Plan and the most recent Five Year Implementation <br />Plan. <br /> <br />H. The Central City Redevelopment Plan was last amended to add territory in <br />1975. For this reason the findings specified in section 33445(b) of the California Health & <br />Safety Code, although set forth above, are not required. <br /> <br />I. Negative Declaration for Environmental Review No. 2005-45, was <br />approved and adopted by resolution which came before the City Council on this date. <br />This resolution incorporates by reference, as though fully set forth herein, said Council <br />resolution and the Negative Declaration. <br /> <br />Section 2. The Agency is hereby authorized to contribute up to $445,900 in <br />Agency funds from the Merged Project Area for this publicly owned improvement, in <br />accordance with that certain Cooperative Agreement between the Agency and the City of <br />Santa Ana., . <br /> <br />Section 3. The Executive Director of the Agency is hereby authorized to take all <br />steps, and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to implement and carry out <br />the Resolution on behalf of the Agency. <br /> <br />ADOPTED this 6.tb...day of March, 2006. <br /> <br />~e~ <br /> <br />Vice Chairperson <br /> <br />Resolution NO.eRA 2006-004 <br />Page 2 of 3 <br />