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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-061 - Improvements to a Publicly Owned Improvement Snt07LES RESOLUTION NO. 2007-061 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA CONSENTING TO THE PAYMENT OF THE COST OF IMPROVEMENTS TO A PUBLICLY OWNED IMPROVEMENT, THE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM AT THE SANTA ANA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION INTERMODAL CENTER, BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, PURSUANT TO SECTION 33445 OF THE HEALTH & SAFETY CODE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (hereinafter referred to as the "Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan for the Merged Project Area (the Redevelopment Plan"), in the area formerly known as the Inter City Project Area. B. Section 33445 of the Health & Safety Code, part of the California Redevelopment Law, provides that the Agency may pay for all or part of the cost of installation and construction of any building, facility, structure or other improvement which is publicly owned either within or without the project area, upon the consent of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana ("City"), if the following findings can be made: 1. That the public improvement is of benefit to the project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located; 2. That no other reasonable means of financing the public improvement is available to the community; and 3. That the payment of funds for the cost of the public improvement will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the project area. C. The City is the owner of the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (SARTIC), a regional transportation hub combining Amtrak, MetroLink, Orange County Transit Authority and other bus services, along with office space for various State, County and City departments. The SARTIC is located within the former Inter City Project Area. Patronage at the SARTIC has Resolution No. 2007-061 Page 1 of 3 escalated in recent years to over one million persons annually. D. The City desires to modernize, reconstruct and improve the air conditioning chiller and pump ("air conditioning system") in order to bring the existing equipment up to current industry standards. The existing equipment is over twenty-four (24) years old and requires replacement as it is beyond the typical lifespan for this type of equipment. Work to be performed will include removal of the existing chiller and pumps as well as installation and testing of a more energy efficient unit. E. The improvements to be made to the air conditioning system at the SARTIC will be of benefit to the merged Project Area (and the former Inter City Project Area) as well as benefit the immediate neighborhood and all patrons of the SARTIC. F. The City lacks funds to pay for the replacement and installation of the modernization improvements needed by the SARTIC air conditioning system at this time, and there are no other reasonable means of financing said improvements. G. Replacement of the air conditioning system at the publicly owned transportation facility will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions in that the new and improved air conditioning system will replace the antiquated system and provide the City with a more energy efficient unit. Section 2. In accordance with California Environmental Quality Act, the proposed project is exempt from further review pursuant to section 15301(d), which allows the replacement of deteriorated or damaged mechanical equipment for higher efficiency and safe operation. Categorical Exemption Environmental Review No. 07-124 will be filed for this project. Section 3. The City Council hereby consents to the payment by the Agency of up to $130,000.00 in Agency funds from the Merged Project Area for this publicly owned improvement, in accordance with that certain Cooperative Agreement to be executed between the Agency and the City. Section 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized to take all steps, and to sign all documents and instruments necessary to implement and carry out the Resolution on behalf of the City. Section 5. The Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this 20th day of AUQust, 2007. Resolution No. 2007-061 Page 2 of 3 APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney BY~: ( LJr~ Isa E. Storck Assistant City Attorney CQt~ C-~~~ Miguel A. Pulido '\ Mayor !) CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2007-061 be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on AUQust 20,2007. Date: )jJ 2-7 ft; 7 , "d~ 0' ( (I \_ 4.2t..-G~~ L.eJ Patricia E. Healy Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana Resolution No. 2007-061 Page 3 of 3