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HomeMy WebLinkAbout062005 Relocation of 4th Dist Crt of Appeal Facility-Const Prkg Garage_REQUEST FOR COUNCIL /FINANCING"" °n'� AUTHORITY /REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: JUNE 20, 2005 TITLE: RELOCATION OF 4Te DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FACILITY /CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING GARAGE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CITY COUNCIL ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: /boon. &IvrrrE2. 24a: chyl APPROVED/ 7: b I2.ps Recommended �] As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a revised Purchase and Sale Agreement, and related documents, and approve the actions necessary for the sale of approximately two acres of Civic Center land to the California Judicial Council for construction of a new facility to house Division Three of the California Fourth District Court of Appeal. 2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute a second amendment to the professional services agreement with Gordon & Williams, Inc. to provide program management service for construction of the replacement parking garage for an approximate total project cost of (� $6.0 million. 3. Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the execution of certain �a L� lease financing documents related to construction of the parking fj0 garage, and authorizing and directing certain actions with respect thereto. SANTA ANA FINANCING AUTHORITY ACTION Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the execution of certain lease financing documents related to construction of the parking garage, and authorizing and directing certain actions with respect thereto. Fourth District Court of Appeal June 20, 2005 Page 2 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACTION Adopt a resolution authorizing and directing the execution of reimbursement agreement in connection with certain financing proceedings by the City of Santa Ana and approving related documents and official actions. DISCUSSION The Fourth District Court of Appeal, based in San Diego, is the intermediate state appellate court serving Santa Ana and Orange County. Division Three of that court was established in 1982 to provide justices and facilities to directly serve Orange County. Since its establishment, Division Three has been located in Santa Ana. Originally housed in a commercial office building on Santa Ana Boulevard, the Court is currently located in a facility at 925 N. Spurgeon Street in the Midtown Area. Division Three has now outgrown its Spurgeon Street courthouse and is__.> seeking a new permanent location. A county -wide search conducted by the California Judicial Council resulted in the selection of a two acre site at the northwest corner of Santa Ana Boulevard and Ross Street in the Santa Ana Civic Center. (See Exhibit 1) The site is now occupied by the vacant temporary city jail and a portion of the City Hall parking lot. Under the terms of the proposed purchase and sale agreement, the City will sell the site for the courthouse to the State of California for a nominal fee. Further, the City will be responsible for the demolition of the vacant jail facility and the preparation of the site for the State - funded construction. The City will also construct a 300 space parking garage in front of City Hall. This new garage will provide approximately 70 spaces dedicated to Courthouse operations and personnel, with the balance of the spaces designed to accommodate the parking stalls displaced by the courthouse construction. As the agreement is one that is prepared by the State, it is recommended that the Council approve this agreement with the provision that non - substantive changes to the terms and conditions may be authorized by the City Manager and the City Attorney. In 2002, in anticipation of this project, the City Council approved a program management agreement with the parking garage design and construction firm of Gordon & Williams. Under that agreement, Gordon & Williams is responsible for designing the garage and administering demolition and' construction contracts for the project. On February 7, 2005 the City Council-- approved an amendment to the agreement for a total cost of $5.21 million. After final negotiation with State of California for the proposed Appellate 4.A. - 5 ^Qurth District Court of Appeal.:' ane 20, 2005 Page 3 Court, the scope and costs of the project has expanded, and a second amendment is necessary to enhance the scope of work to cover the $6.0 million in construction costs. Upon approval by the State Public Works Board (PWB) and the State Judicial Council, Gordon & Williams, under the supervision of the Public Works Agency, will immediately begin preparing plans and specifications for the garage and be prepared to contract for demolition and site clearance. It is anticipated that the parking garage will be completed in 13 months, or approximately October 2006. The State plans to begin construction of the courthouse facility by early spring 2007 and move the court personnel into their new permanent home in the Santa Ana Civic Center by Fall 2006. The design, construction and financing of the parking garage are estimated to cost a total of $6 million, in order to complete the financing, the firm of Quint and Thimmig will serve as bond counsel and Northcross, Hill & Ach will perform financial advisor services. Upon project approval by the State, the City would seek competitive lease - purchase financing quotes in an amount not to exceed five percent. _.iSCAL IMPACT Funds for construction of the parking garage and preparation of the courthouse development site will be generated from the financing and available in the capital projects account for the Civic Center Parking Structure Project (account no. 51 -012 -6621, Project No. 2740). CONCUR: APPROVED AS TO FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS: utive Director is Works Agency tric Whitake' >_cuti e Director Community Development Agency /Francisco Gutierrez (/ Executive Director, Finance and Management Services 4.A. -6 �T�fl } II �F �c EXIST'MKi , { `z �..�_...�.__.._ i. r} MY FW.L iZ hnJV1e.1n�pc�/L�/'}' xj `� ! I f , r e 1 _ X*1T OF cc _ � r I �a i,, t T,TL 1 EXISTNG ;} ` i POSED i f: STATE _ BIIY DitlC` a' i JAME f 1 T T I I . 1 L ' 1.. bb EXH1BF 1 SANTA ANA We- P A� A � mH � COuar o ��E RESOLUTION NO. CRA 2005- 004 A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN FINANCING PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AND APPROVING RELATED DOCUMENTS AND OFFICIAL ACTIONS 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 (the "Agency ") hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The City of Santa Ana (the "City "), working together with the Santa Ana Financing Authority (the "Authority "), is proposing to proceed with a lease financing; B. The City proposes to finance the costs of the construction of a parking structure on City -owned property located adjacent to the proposed State Appellate Court Building in Santa Ana, California (the "Improvements "); C. For the purpose of obtaining the moneys required for such purposes, the City proposes to lease certain real property and the Improvements to be constructed thereon (collectively, the "Property "), to the Authority and to lease the Property back from the Authority under a lease agreement (the "Lease Agreement "), the payments under which will be assigned to one or more purchasers to be determined; and D. The documents below specified have been filed with the Agency and the members of the Agency, with the aid of its staff, have reviewed said documents; Section 2. The Agency hereby approves a reimbursement agreement, by and between the City and the Agency, pursuant to which the Agency will agree to reimburse the City, from tax increment revenues allocated to the Agency's Central City Redevelopment Project, for the payments to be made by the City under the Lease Agreement, in substantially the form on file with the Secretary, together with any changes therein or additions thereto deemed advisable by the Chairperson, the Executive Director or the Treasurer, whose execution thereof shall be conclusive evidence of the approval of any such changes or additions. The Chairperson, the Executive Director or the Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed for and in the name and on behalf of the Agency to execute, and the Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to attest to, the final form of the foregoing document. 4.A. — 8 Resolution No. CRA 2005-004 1 of Section 3. The Chairperson, the Executive Director, the Treasurer, the Secretary and all other officers of the Agency are each authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the Agency to make any and all assignments, certificates, requisitions, agreements, notices, consents, instruments of conveyance, warrants and other documents, which they or any of them might deem necessary or appropriate in order to consummate any of the transactions contemplated by the documents approved pursuant to this Resolution. Whenever in this Resolution any officer of the Agency is authorized to execute or countersign any document or take any action, such execution, countersigning or action may be taken on behalf of such officer by any person designated by such officer to act on his or her behalf in the case such officer shall be absent or unavailable. Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the Agency, and the Secretary of the Agency shall attest to and verify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this 20th day of June, 2005. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, Agency Counsel AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: NOT PRESENT: Agency members Agency members Agency members Agency members Miguel A. Pulido Chairperson CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY Resolution No. CRA 2005 -004 Page 2 of 3 4.A. - 9 I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Secretary of the Authority, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No. 2005 -004 to be the original a resolution duly adopted by the Santa Ana Financing Authority on the 20th day of June, 2005. Date: Agency Secretary 4. ^ • _ 1 0 Resolution No. CRAage 3 004