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HomeMy WebLinkAbout071904 RESO Jt PH Prop Amend Merger SA Redvlp-Adopt Report CCREQUEST FOR �Q►�r, COUNCIUAGENCY ACTION tida MEETING DATE: JULY 19, 2004 TITLE: RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH JOINT PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THE MERGER OF THE SANTA ANA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS AND ADOPT THE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL CITY MANAGER CUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDED ACTION CITY COUNCIL ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1st Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt a resolution receiving the Report to the City Council including the Initial Study /Negative Declaration; receiving the Amendments merging the six Redevelopment Projects; and setting the date and time for a joint public hearing with the Community Redevelopment Agency with respect to the proposed plan amendments for the merger of the Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas and the Initial Study /Negative Declaration prepared in connection therewith. COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION Adopt a resolution approving the Report to the City Council which incorporates the Initial Study /Negative Declaration prepared for the Amendments merging the six Redevelopment Projects; receiving the Amendments and consenting to a joint public hearing with the City Council with respect to the proposed Amendments to merge the Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas; and approving the Initial Study /Negative Declaration prepared in connection therewith. '� 5 Resolution to Establish Joint Public Hearing Date for Proposed Plan Amendments for the Merger of The Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas and Adopt the Report to the City Council July 19, 2004 Page 2 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION 1. Recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution receiving the Report to the City Council including the Initial Study /Negative Declaration; receiving the Amendments merging the six Redevelopment Projects; and setting the date and time for a joint public hearing with the Community Redevelopment Agency with respect to the proposed plan amendments for the merger of the Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas and the Initial Study /Negative Declaration prepared in connection therewith. 2. Recommended that the Community Redevelopment Agency adopt a resolution approving the Report to the City Council which incorporates the Initial Study /Negative Declaration prepared for the Amendments merging the six Redevelopment Projects; receiving the Amendments and consenting to a joint public hearing with the City Council with respect to the proposed Amendments to merge the Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas; and approving the Initial Study /Negative Declaration prepared in connection therewith. By a vote of 7:0 at its Regular Meeting of June 15, 2004. PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION Recommended that the City Council: 1. Approve and adopt the Negative Declaration, Environmental Review No. 2004 -34. 2. Adopt a resolution finding that the proposed redevelopment plan merger amendments conform to the Santa Ana General Plan. 3. Approve the Redevelopment Plan Amendment. 4. Find that the Redevelopment Plan Amendment is in conformity with the City's General Plan. By a vote of 7:0 at its Regular Meeting of June 14, 2004. Resolution to Establish Joint Public Hearing Date for Proposed Plan Amendments for the Merger of The Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas and Adopt the Report to the City Council July 19, 2004 Page 3 DISCUSSION The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana currently has six redevelopment project areas: Central City, Inter City Commuter Station, North Harbor, South Harbor, South Main and Bristol Corridor Redevelopment Projects (Redevelopment Projects or Project Areas) . Each of the Project Areas has a separate Redevelopment Plan, which governs redevelopment of the Project Areas and the allocation of tax increment received from the Project Area. Existing Community Redevelopment Law (CRL) provides for a redevelopment agency to merge the project areas in order to combine the tax increment revenues from all the project areas and allocate the revenue among the entire merged project area. This will facilitate the implementation of redevelopment within the merged project area by revitalizing blighted areas through increased economic vitality and increased and improved housing opportunities. The proposed plan amendments (Amendments) are considered technical amendments that will not add territory to the Project Areas, increase the tax increment limit, affect the respective Redevelopment Plan termination dates or result in a single merged redevelopment plan. The merger only allows the Agency to combine and allocate tax increment revenues among the Project Areas. As part of the process to amend the redevelopment plans, the CRL provides that the City Council and Community Redevelopment Agency hold a joint public hearing to receive testimony on the Amendments. Additionally, CRL requires that a notice of the joint public hearing be published in a newspaper of general circulation for four successive weeks prior to the hearing and be mailed at least 30 days prior to the hearing to all property owners and occupants within the Project Areas via first class mail. Affected taxing agencies are notified separately by certified mail. It is proposed that the joint public hearing on the proposed Amendments for the merger of the Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas be scheduled for September 7, 2004, at 6:00 p.m. Resolution to Establish Joint Public Hearing Date for Proposed Plan Amendments for the Merger of The Santa Ana Redevelopment Project Areas and Adopt the Report to the City Council July 19, 2004 Page 4 The Report to the City Council (Exhibit 1) is the documentation that is required by CRL as part of the redevelopment plan amendment process. The Report to the City Council provides information and documentation to assist the Agency and City Council in its consideration of the proposed Amendments and in making the required findings associated with the adoption of the proposed Amendments. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Ja J91A P. Reekstin ecutive Director Community Redevelopment Agency JPR /NTE /mlr Actions \2004CC \JT CC -CRA - ResoEstabJTPHMergRedevProjAreas 7 -19 -04 5 10 RESOLUTION NO. CRA 2004 -10 A RESOLUTION OF THE SANTA ANA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING THE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS TO MERGE THE CENTRAL CITY, INTER -CITY COMMUTER STATION, NORTH HARBOR, SOUTH HARBOR, SOUTH MAIN, AND BRISTOL CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND CONSENTING TO HOLDING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency ( "Agency") is a community redevelopment agency 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 powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana ( "City Council "). B. On July 2, 1973, by Ordinance No. 1173, the City Council approved and adopted a redevelopment plan for the Central City Redevelopment Project ( "Central City Project "). C. On July 6, 1982, by Ordinance No. NS -1636, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Inter -City Commuter Station Redevelopment Project ( "Inter -City Project "). D. On July 6, 1982, by Ordinance No. NS -1637, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the North Harbor Redevelopment Project ( "North Harbor Project "). E. On July 6, 1982, by Ordinance No. NS -1638, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the South Harbor Redevelopment Project ( "South Harbor Project "). F. On July 6, 1982, by Ordinance No. NS -1639, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the South Main Redevelopment Project ( "South Main Project "), G. On December 4, 1989, by Ordinance No. NS -2039, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Bristol Corridor Redevelopment Project ( "Bristol Corridor Project "). H. The "Existing Plans" consist of the Redevelopment Plans, as amended, prepared for the Central City Project, Inter -City Project, North Harbor Project, South Harbor Project, South Main Project, and the Bristol Corridor Project and the territory included within the Existing Plans is referred to as the "Project Areas ". The Agency is vested with the responsibility to carry out the Existing Plans. J. The Agency desires to amend each of the Existing Plans ( "Amendments ") to merge the Project Areas in order to combine the tax increment revenues from the Project Areas and allocate the revenues to and among the entire merged Project Area that will best facilitate the revitalization of blighted areas through economic vitality and increase and improve housing opportunities. Im K. The Agency has submitted the proposed Amendments to the Planning Commission of the City of Santa Ana for its report and recommendations, and the Planning Commission on June 14, 2004, reviewed the proposed Amendments and determined the proposed Amendments are consistent with the City's General Plan and recommended approval of the proposed Amendments. L. The Agency has caused to be prepared a Report to the City Council on the proposed Amendments pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33352. M. The Report to the City Council has been submitted to the members of the Governing Board of the Agency. N. Pursuant to the provisions of the CRL Sections 33452, 33454, 33457.1, 33458 and 33486 there is a need for a joint public hearing of the City Council and the Agency in order to receive testimony from any and all interested persons, including property owners, business owners, tenants, community organizations, and any other interested groups and /or citizens, with respect to the proposed Amendments and related items. O. The Agency has prepared the required Notice of Joint Public Hearing and related attachments for transmittal pursuant to CRL Sections 33452 and 33486. Section 2. The Agency approves and adopts the Report to the City Council prepared for the proposed Amendments. Section 3. The Agency approves the convening of a joint public hearing with the City Council on September 7, 2004, at 6 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the City of Santa Ana City Council Chambers, 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92702, for the purpose of receiving testimony and considering the proposed Amendments and other related matters. Section 4. The Agency hereby approves the Notice of Joint Public Hearing and related attachments substantially in the form attached to this resolution. Section 5. Agency staff is hereby directed to work with the City Clerk and Agency advisors in the mailing of a copy of the aforesaid notice and related materials attached herewith, pursuant to Sections 33452 and 33486 of the CRL, to the last known assessee of each parcel of land within the Existing Project Areas as shown on the last equalized assessment rolls of Orange County and the State of California. The notice shall be sent to all property and business owners, tenants and residents within the Existing Project Areas, and to all affected taxing entities, which receive a portion of the ad valorem taxes levied on properties within the Existing Project Areas. Section 6. Agency staff is hereby directed to work with the City Clerk and Agency advisors in the publishing of the aforesaid notice, including a map and a reference to the availability of the legal description for the Existing Project Areas (as recorded with the Orange County Recorder), prior to the date of the joint public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation for period not less than once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks. The notice shall be published in the Orange County Register on August 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2004, to satisfy this requirement. 12 ADOPTED this day of 2004. Miguel A. Pulido Chair APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, Agency Counsel AYES: Boardmembers: NOES: Boardmembers: ABSTAIN: Boardmembers: NOT PRESENT: Boardmembers: Lisa E. Storck Assistant Counsel CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Recording Secretaryfor the Community Redevelopment Agency, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. CRA 2004 -10 to be the original resolution adopted by the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Recording Secretary City of Santa Ana UE R 14 EXHIBIT 1 REFER TO THE CITY COUNCIL BINDER, ITEM 55 A - EXHIBIT 1 PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENTS FOR THE MERGER OF THE SANTA ANA REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS 15 16