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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCDC Resolution 88-5 07/05/1988 PETO0002-23/0152P/dc - 06/13/88 RESOLUTION N0. 88-5 RESOLUTION. OF THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MAKING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO BLIGHT WITHIN THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND APPROVING AN ASSESSMENT OF CONDITIONS REPORT WHEREAS, pursuant to notice duly given, the Petaluma Community Development Commission (the "Commission") and the City Council of the City of Petaluma (the "City Council") have held a full and fair joint public hearing on June 20, 1988, concerning the Redevelopment Plan for the Petaluma Community Development Project (the "Redevelopment Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Commission and City Council have received and considered testimony and evidence presented at said joint public hearing concerning the conditions of blight, as defined by the Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et sec.,) within the redevelopment project area of the Petaluma Community Development Project (the "Project Area") including such evidence as prepared by the Commission pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33352 (the "Redevelopment Plan Report"); and WHEREAS, a report entitled "Assessment of Conditions Report" has been prepared by the Commission Staff and submitted to the Commission for review and consideration and is included in the assembled documents and memoranda included in the Petaluma Community Development Project Public Hearing Document Binder (the "Public Hearing Document Binder"~ as previously transmitted to the Commission; and WHEREAS, the Commission and the City Council have received and considered testimony and evidence presented at said joint public hearing on the necessity for including the lands within said Project Area for effective redevelopment pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan; • and WHEREAS., prior to the date of adoption of this resolution, a Public Hearing Document Binder has been prepared and submitted to the Commission for consideration in connection with the joint public hearing. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Commission hereby finds and determines based upon the Assessment of Conditions Report as included in the Public Hearing Document Binder and incorporated herein by this reference Page 1 of 4 88-5 and the testimony and the evidence presented at the joint public hearing that the Project Area as more fully described in the Redevelopment Plan is "predominantly urbanized" within the meaning of Health and Safety Code Section 33320.1. The Commission further finds and determines based upon the Assessment of Conditions Report and the testimony and evidence presented at the joint public hearing that the following conditions of blight exist within the Project Area and that the properties within the Project Area suffer from economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse because of one or more of the following factors: (a) The subdividing and sale of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness and development; (b) An economic dislocation, deterioration, or disuse resulting from faulty planning; (c) The laying out of lots in disregard of the contours and other topography or physical characteristics of the ground and surrounding conditions; (d) The existence of inadequate public improvements, public facilities, open spaces, and utilities which cannot be remedied by private or governmental action without redevelopment; and/or (e) A prevalence of depreciated values, impaired investments, and social and economic maladjustment. Section 2. It is hereby found and declared that the conditions within the Project Area have caused a reduction of proper utilization in the. Project Area to such an extent that the City of Petaluma, California (the "City"), is confronted by blight and a serious physical, social and economic liability which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or alleviated by private enterprise acting alone, and the conditions present within the Project Area require the use of redevelopment power in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people of the City and the State of California. It is also hereby found and declared that although the Project Area may include some lands which are not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare, nevertheless, it is necessary to include such land within the Project Area for effective redevelopment of all the lands in the Project Area as a whole. No land which is not detrimental to the public health, safety or welfare is included in the Project Area for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenue from such land without other substantial justification for its inclusion. It is hereby further found and declared that it is necessary to include all of the land within the Project Area in order to effectively redevelop the Project Area and remedy the problems associated with blight and to alleviate the presence of blight. The principal characteristics of blight which affect the Project Area Page 2 of 4 88-5 include the subdividing and sale of lots of irregular form and shape and inadequate size for proper usefulness and development, the laying out of lots in disregard of the contours and other topography or physical characteristics of the ground and surrounding conditions, a prevalence of depreciated property values, impaired investment and social and economic maladjustment and a substantial lack of the necessary public infrastructure facilities which cannot be remedied by private or governmental action without redevelopment. These problems have historically caused private developers to bypass development opportunities in the lands included in the Project Area in preference to other areas in the County of Sonoma and the City which do not present similar development constraints, including the comparatively higher cost of providing for the necessary public improvements as described in the Redevelopment Plan and as discussed in _the Environmental Impact Report as prepared in connection with the Redevelopment Plan. Without redevelopment assistance, particularly in the area of financing certain public improvements such as streets, sewers, public utilities and storm drainage .improvements, economic conditions in the Project Area are unlikely to permit full realization of property values within a commercially reasonable time frame. The economic conditions which prevent the orderly development and utilization of lands within the .Project Area may spread and negatively impact surrounding areas if redevelopment activities are not directed toward alleviating the problems burdening the Project Area. Without some form of assistance which may be provided through redevelopment activities, the development of the Project Area in a manner consistent with the goals and objectives of the City's adopted General Plan may not be achievable. Unless the Commission intervenes to provide some form of assistance to finance the development authorized by the General Plan as well as encourage the development of new long-term employment opportunities, the lands included within the Project Area will stagnate and deteriorate. Section 3. The Commission hereby approves the report entitled "Assessment of Conditions Report", which is incorporated in the. Public Hearing Document Binder and incorporated herein by reference, .and accepts and adopts all the conclusions and factual findings as stated therein. Section 4. The Secretary of the Commission is hereby authorized and directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the City Council, and hereby recommends that the City Council approve the "Assessment of Conditions Report" and take whatever other actions deemed appropriate under the circumstances. Page 3 of 4 88-5 Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Petaluma Community Development Commission held on ~.c,ec, 5 1988, by the following vote: Commissioner AYE NO ABSENT ABSTAIN Davis X Sobel % Tencer x Cavanaugh x Balshaw x Vice Chair Woolsey x Chairman Hilligoss X j M. Patricia Hi ligoss Chairman ATTEST: P.E. Bernard, Recording ecretary Page 4 of 4