ORDINANCE NO. 795
AN ORDINANCE OF THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE MERGER OF REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREAS Nos. 4-1986, 4-1987, AND AIRPORTS-1988
WHEREAS,
the Riverside County Board of Supervisors (the “Board of Supervisors”) has
received from the Redevelopment Agency for the County of Riverside (the
“Agency”) a Report to the Board of Supervisors for the Redevelopment Project
No. 4-1986, Amendment No. 1, Thousand Palms Sub-Area (the “Report to the Board
of Supervisors”), which includes material relating to the proposed merger (the
“Merger”) of Redevelopment Projects No. 4-1986, No. 4-1987 and Airports-1988
(the “Existing Project Areas”) into a single merged Desert Communities
Redevelopment Project (the “Merged Project Area”); and,
WHEREAS,
a copy of said Report to the Board of Supervisors is on file with the Clerk of
the Board at the Office of the Clerk of the Board, Riverside County
Administration Center, 4080 Lemon Street, Riverside, CA 92501, which includes
the reasons for merging the Redevelopment Plans and a discussion of certain
other matters as set forth in Section 33352 of the California Health and Safety
Code including a plan for the relocation of business owners and tenants who may
be temporarily or permanently displaced under the Redevelopment Plan, the
report and recommendations of the Riverside County Planning Commission (the
“Planning Commission”), the minutes of consultations with affected taxing
agencies, the Environmental Impact Report on the Redevelopment Plan, and an
implementation plan as required in the Report to the Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS,
the Board of Supervisors and the Agency held a joint public hearing on June 29,
1999, concerning the adoption of the Merger, and the approval of the Environmental
Impact Report prepared thereon (the “Environmental Impact Report”); and
WHEREAS,
notice of the hearing was duly and regularly published in the Press Enterprise,
a newspaper of general circulation in Riverside County, once a week for four
(4) successive weeks beginning on June 1, 1999, in accordance with Health and
Safety Code Section 33452, and a copy of said notice and affidavit of
publication are on file with the County Clerk of Riverside County and Secretary
of the Agency; and
WHEREAS,
copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by first class mail to
the last known address of each assessee, as shown on the last equalized
assessment roll of the County of Riverside, of each parcel of land in the
Existing Project Areas, to each resident in the Existing Project Areas, and to
each business in the Existing Project Areas not less than thirty (30) days
prior to the joint public hearing; and
WHEREAS,
copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by certified mail with
return receipt requested to the governing body of each known taxing agency
which receives taxes from property in the Existing Project Areas; and
WHEREAS,
the Board of Supervisors has considered the Report to the Board of Supervisors,
the Merger, and the Environmental Impact Report; and has provided an
opportunity for all persons to be heard, and has received and considered all
evidence and testimony presented for or against any and all aspects of the
Merger; and
WHEREAS,
the Agency and the Board of Supervisors have reviewed and considered the
Environmental Impact Report for the Merger, prepared and submitted pursuant to
Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq. and Health & Safety Code
Section 33352, and certified said Environmental Impact Report on July 13, 1999,
by Riverside County Resolution No. 99-222.
NOW, THEREFORE,
the Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1: The purpose and intent of the Board of
Supervisors with respect to the Plan is to merge the existing Redevelopment
Project Areas No. 4-1986, No. 4-1987, and Airports-1988 into a single Desert
Communities Redevelopment Project Area.
SECTION 2: The Board of Supervisor’s overall goals for
redevelopment activities are not proposed to be changed by this action. Efforts to revitalize commercial and
industrial areas, strengthen existing residential neighborhoods, and provide
for development of affordable housing continue to be top priorities of the
Agency.
SECTION 3: The Board of Supervisors hereby finds and
determines that:
a) The Merger will allow continued
redevelopment activities to occur in the Existing Project Areas in conformity
with the Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et
seq.) and in the interests of the public health, safety and welfare. Furthermore, and based on the evidence
presented to this Board in the Agency’s Report to the Board of Supervisors,
blight in the Existing Project Areas cannot be eliminated without the extension
of certain time limits included in the existing Redevelopment Plans, and the
merger of the Existing Project Areas, which extensions and merger are part of
the Merger.
b) The adoption and carrying out of the
Merger is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based, in part, on the fact
that with the passage of the Merger, the Agency will engage in activities
within the financial capability of the Agency based upon the revenues that will
be available to the Agency.
c) The Merger conforms to the Riverside
County Comprehensive General Plan including, but not limited to, the Housing
Element thereof. This finding is based,
in part, on the finding of the Riverside County Planning Commission that the
Merger conforms to the Riverside County Comprehensive General Plan.
d) The Existing Project Areas are blighted
areas in the community as previously established at the time of their adoption.
e) Carrying out the Merger will promote
the public peace, health, safety and welfare of
f) The project is reasonably related to
the proposed projects to be implemented in the Redevelopment Project Areas No.
4-1986, No. 4-1987, and Airports-1988, and to the ability of the Agency to
eliminate blight within the Redevelopment Project Areas No. 4-1986, No. 4-1987,
and Airports-1988.
g) The Merger continues to contain
adequate safeguards so that the work of redevelopment will be carried out
pursuant to the Merger, and it continues to provide for the retention of
controls and the establishment of restrictions and covenants running with the
land sold or leased for private use for periods of time and under conditions
specified in the Merger, which the Board of Supervisors deems necessary to
effectuate the purposes of the Community Redevelopment Law.
SECTION
4:
The Board of Supervisors continues to be satisfied that
permanent housing facilities will be available within three (3) years from the
time occupants of the Existing Project Areas, if any, are displaced, and that
pending the development of such permanent facilities, there will be available
to any such displaced occupants temporary housing facilities at rents
comparable to those in Riverside County at the time of their displacement. No persons or families of low-or
moderate-income shall be displaced from their residence unless and until there
are suitable housing units available and ready for occupancy by such displaced
persons or families at rents comparable to those at the time of
displacement. Such housing units shall
be suitable to the needs of such displaced persons or families and
dwellings. The Agency shall not displace
any such persons or families until such housing units are available and ready
for occupancy.
SECTION 5: Any written
objections to the Merger filed with the
SECTION
6:
The
merger of the Existing Project Areas pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section
33486 into a merged entity to be known as the “Desert Communities Redevelopment
Project” is hereby approved and adopted.
SECTION
7:
In
order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Desert Communities
Redevelopment Project as hereby approved, the Board of Supervisors hereby (a)
pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the Desert Communities
Redevelopment Project, (b) requests that the various officials, departments,
boards and agencies of Riverside County having administrative responsibilities
in the Existing Project Areas likewise cooperate to such end and exercise their
respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment
of the Existing Project Areas, (c) affirms that it stands ready to consider and
take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the
Desert Communities Redevelopment Project, and (d) declares its intention to
undertake and complete any proceeding necessary to be carried out by the
Riverside County under the provisions of the Desert Communities Redevelopment
Project.
SECTION 8:
The
SECTION 9:
The
SECTION 10:
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of final passage.
SECTION 11:
If any part of this Ordinance, or
the Merger which it approves, is held to be invalid for any reason, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this
Ordinance or of the individual Redevelopment Plans for each of the Existing
Project Areas, and the Board of Supervisors hereby declares it would have
passed the remainder of this Ordinance or approved the remainder of the Amended
Redevelopment Plans if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted.
SECTION 12:
This Ordinance shall be introduced at
least five (5) days prior to the Board of Supervisors meeting at which this
Ordinance is to be adopted. The full
text of this Ordinance shall be published and/or be posted as required by law
in accordance with Government Code Section 36933.
Adopted: 795
Item 3.17 of 07/20/1999 (Eff: 08/19/1999)