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<br />LES 5/29/07 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. NS-2746 <br /> <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY <br />OF SANTA ANA DESCRIBING THE COMMUNITY <br />REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S EMINENT DOMAIN <br />PROGRAM FOR THE SANTA ANA INTER CITY <br />COMMUTER STATION REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT <br /> <br />THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS <br />FOllOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines <br />and declares as follows: <br /> <br />A. On July 6, 1982, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana (the "City Council") <br />adopted Ordinance No. NS-1636, approving and adopting the Redevelopment Plan for <br />the Santa Ana Inter City Commuter Station Redevelopment Project. <br /> <br />B. The Redevelopment Plan for the Santa Ana Inter City Commuter Station <br />Redevelopment Project has been amended six (6) times by the City Council, as follows <br />(as amended, the "Inter City Commuter Station Redevelopment Plan"): <br /> <br />· on October 3, 1994, by Ordinance No. NS-2234 (the "first amendment"); <br /> <br />· on May 6, 1996, by Ordinance No. NS-2289 (the "second amendment" -- <br />mistakenly identified in Ordinance No. NS-2289 as the "First Amendment"); <br /> <br />· on August 2, 1999, by Ordinance No. NS-2396 (the "third amendment"); <br /> <br />· on May 17,2004, by Ordinance No. NS-2652 (the "fourth amendment"); <br /> <br />· on September 20, 2004, by Ordinance No. NS-2664 (the "fifth amendment"); <br />and <br /> <br />· on May 16, 2005, by Ordinance No. NS-2685 (the "sixth amendment"); and <br /> <br />C. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (the <br />"Agency") is designated as the official redevelopment agency to carry out in the City of <br />Santa Ana the functions and requirements of the California Community Redevelopment <br />law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.; "CRl"). <br /> <br />D. Section 33342.7 of the CRl requires the City Council to adopt an ordinance <br />on or before July 1, 2007, that contains a description of the Agency's program to <br />acquire real property by eminent domain in connection with the Agency's <br />implementation of the Inter City Commuter Station Redevelopment Plan. <br /> <br />Section 2. Description of the Aoency's Eminent Domain Prooram. Section <br />308 of the Inter City Commuter Station Redevelopment Plan provides as follows: <br /> <br />"The Agency may acquire but is not required to acquire, any real <br />property located in the Project Area, by gift, devise, exchange, purchase, <br />eminent domain or any other lawful method. <br /> <br />Ordinance No. NS-2746 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />