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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCDC Resolution 88-6 07/05/1988 .!+Y PETO0002-25/0154P/nb 06/09/88 RESOLUTION N0. B$-,~_ RESOLUTION OF THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN REPORT; CERTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND MAKING CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO LOW- AND MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING WHEREAS, the Petaluma Community Development Commission (the "Commission") has prepared the Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") for the Petaluma Community Development Project (the "Project") which will be subject to adoption by appropriate Ordinance of the City of Petaluma, California (the "City"); and WHEREAS, certain findings may be made by the Commission and the City Council of the City of Petaluma (the "City Council") pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2 with regard to low- and moderate-income housing needs within the City; and WHEREAS, the Commission has prepared a Redevelopment Plan Report and an Assessment of Conditions Report in connection with its consideration of the Redevelopment Plan which documents have been assembled and included in the Petaluma Community Development Project Public Hearing Document Binder (the "Public Hearing Document Binder") which has been submitted to the Commission and is on file with the Commission Secretary; and WHEREAS, the Commission has previously caused to be prepared certain environmental documentation pertinent to the proposed Redevelopment Plan in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, as amended ("CEQA"), in connection with the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan, including the Final Comments and Responses to the Environmental Impact Report for the Petaluma Community Development Project (the "EIR"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to public notice duly given, the Commission and the City Council have held a full and fair joint public hearing on June 20, 1988, concerning the Redevelopment Plan and the EIR and have considered all written and oral comments and testimony relating thereto and are fully advised thereon. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PETALUMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A full and fair public hearing having been held on the Redevelopment Plan, as stated in the recitals herein, the Page 1 of 5 88-6 Commission, having considered all oral and written comments and testimony relating thereto and being fully advised thereon, hereby approves the Redevelopment Plan, as included in the Public Hearing Document Binder, as on file with the Commission Secretary and by this reference incorporated herein. Section 2. The public improvements to be constructed or financed pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan are more fully described in the Redevelopment Plan and consist of the acquisition, construction and improvement, including all appurtenances and appurtenant work pertaining to or related thereto, and all necessary or required work and attendant facilities and structures to be installed and constructed as public improvements and public utilities either within or outside the project area of the Petaluma Community Development Project (the "Project Area"), and such public improvements include, but are not limited to, overpasses or underpasses, bridges, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, sewers, storm drains, traffic signals, electrical distribution systems, flood control facilities, natural gas distribution systems, water supply and distribution systems, buildings, parks, off-street parking, plazas, playgrounds, landscaped areas, and any other public building, facility, structure or improvement, in the Project Area all as more fully described in ,the Redevelopment Plan. Section 3. The Commission has considered the following methods of financing the necessary public improvements as further detailed by the Commission Staff in the Preliminary Report as included in the Public Hearing Document Binder as on file with the Commission Secretary and incorporated herein by this reference: 1. Federal and State assistance programs; 2. General revenue financing; 3. General obligation bond issues; 4. Joint powers agreements with the Commission, the City and/or a nonprofit corporation; 5. General fund appropriations from the City; 6. User fees; 7. Developer participation through public-private negotiations; 8. A nonprofit corporation acting on behalf of the City and sale and lease-back financing; 9. Assessment district financings; 10. Development fees; 11. Tax allocation bonds or other legal means of financing the improvements available to the Commission; and Page 2 of 5 $3-6 12. Sales tax revenues. The Commission hereby requests the City Council to concur in the findings and determinations as set forth in said Preliminary Report and adopt an appropriate resolution pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445. Section 4. The Commission hereby finds that it may seek to pay all costs of the value of land and the cost of the installation and construction of any facility, structure or other improvement as specified in the Redevelopment Plan which is publicly owned either inside or outside the Project Area for the following reasons: (a) that such facilities, structures or other improvements as specified in the Redevelopment .Plan are of benefit to the Project Area; and (b) that no other reasonable means of financing such public facilities, structures or other improvements as specified in the Redevelopment Plan are available to the City other than to permit the Commission to construct or finance said public improvements in whole or in part with the proceeds of bonds which may be issued from time to time by the Commission or with the pledge or other use of tax increment revenues or others revenues that are available to the Commission for such purposes. Section 5. The Commission finds and determines that notwithstanding the efforts of the City to meet low- and moderate-income housing needs within the City, a need exists to provide additional housing through the use of available tax increment moneys attributable to the Project Area. The use of tax increment moneys pursuant to this Section 5 is intended for the purposes of increasing and improving the community's supply of low- and moderate-income housing available at affordable housing costs either within or outside the Project Area pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2. The Commission hereby recommends to the City Council that pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2(8) the provision of low- and moderate-income housing either inside or outside the Project Area will be of benefit to the Project Area, and the City Council is hereby requested to make such findings as deemed appropriate pursuant to said Section. Section 6. The Commission hereby accepts for filing the Public Hearing Document Binder and approves the Redevelopment Plan Report (the "Report") for the Redevelopment Plan prepared pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33352, as included in said document binder which is incorporated herein by this reference, and the Commission requests the Council to review the Report and take such further action as is deemed appropriate. Section 7. A full and fair public hearing having been held on the EIR as stated in the recitals herein, the Commission hereby approves Page 3 of 5 88-6 and certifies the EIR, as presented at the joint public hearing and as on file with the Commission Secretary and incorporated herein by this reference, and the Commission certifies that the EIR has been completed in compliance with CEQA and that the EIR has been reviewed and considered by the Commission prior to and for the purpose of determining whether to approve the Redevelopment Plan. The Commission hereby finds that the adoption and implementat_~on of the Redevelopment Plan will or may cause certain significant environmental effects in the areas of hydrology and drainage; air resources; noise; sewage; vehicle traffic circulation; and relocation of persons and/or businesses. The Commission further finds that changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into, the Redevelopment Plan, or mitigation measures have been adopted, which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the EIR. The Redevelopment Plan is itself a measure for providing for the mitigation of adverse environmental effects which may otherwise be associated with existing conditions within the Project Area or such development which may occur within the Project Area without redevelopment assistance. As a result of the foregoing, including the mitigation measures set forth in the EIR, the Commission hereby determines that the implementation of the Redevelopment Plan will not have a significant effect on the environment in view of the elimination or substantial reduction of possible environmental effects, as otherwise set forth in the EIR. To the extent that there are any remaining significant effects upon the environment, the Commission hereby determines such effects are unavoidable and acceptable because the benefits of the adoption and implementation of the Redevelopment Plan outweigh any such adverse environmental effects, in that the redevelopment of the Project Area and the elimination of blight therein pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33000, e_t sec., will generally create a better living and working environment for the Project Area and the community. Page 4 of 5 88-6 ' Section 8. This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Petaluma Community Development Commission held on July 5 1988, by the following vote: Commissioner AYE NO ABSENT ABSTAIN Davis % Sobel Tencer % Cavanaugh X Balshaw % Vice Chair Woolsey x Chairman Hilligoss X ~ UJti M. Patricia Hilligoss, Chairman ATTEST: .E. Bernard, Recording. Secretary /0154P Page 5 of 5