2011-047 - Consenting to Assignement of a Private Disposition and Development Agreement

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WHEREAS, the Agency and the City Council have duly considered all the terms and conditions of the Amendment and believes that the redevelopment of the property pursuant to the DDA, as amended in the best interests of the City of Santa Ana and the health, safety, and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable state and local laws and requirements; and WHEREAS, the Agency is a community redevelopment agency duly organized and existing under the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq. ("CRL" ), and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the power of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council; and WHEREAS, the boundaries of the South Main Street Redevelopment Project (the "Project Area") were duly established by various ordinances of the City Council, which ordinances approved a redevelopment plan. The Property is located within the South Main Street Redevelopment Project Area, which is now part of the Agency's Merged Project Area ("Redevelopment Plan"); and for the South Main Street Redevelopment Project, ("Redevelopment Plan"); and WHEREAS, Agency is vested with the power to implement the Redevelopment Plan and to carry out the goals and objectives of the Redevelopment Plan, including without limitation the goals and objectives adopted by the Agency's implementation plan ("Implementation Plan") pursuant to the CRL; and WHEREAS, the Agency is authorized and empowered by the CRL to enter into agreements for the acquisition, disposition and development of real property and otherwise to assist in the redevelopment of real property within a redevelopment project area in conformity with a redevelopment plan adopted for such area, to acquire real and personal property in redevelopment project areas, to receive consideration for the provision by the Agency of redevelopment assistance, to make and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of its powers, and to incur indebtedness to finance or refinance redevelopment projects; and WHEREAS, PAG is a Delaware corporation duly organized, in good standing and qualified to do business under the laws of the State of California and experienced in the acquisition, construction, development, and operation of auto dealerships; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), the proposed project is exempt from further review pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of CEQA, which is a general rule exemption applying to projects that have no possibility of having a significant effect on the environment. As this project consists of the assignment of an existing agreement to a new party and a reduction in Scope of Development, no effects on the environment will occur. Therefore, Categorical Exemption Environmental Review No. 2011-51 will be filed for this project; and WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted an Implementation Plan pursuant to CRL Section 33490, which sets forth the objectives of the Redevelopment Plan; and Resolution No. 2011-047 Page 2 of 4