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ORDINANCE NO. 1308
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD
APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENT NO. SIX TO
THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA "A"
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Findings and Determinations
a. The City Council of the City of Lynwood (the "City
Council") has received from the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency (the
"Agency") the proposed Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for
Redevelopment Project Area "A", a copy of which is on file at the
office of the City Clerk, City Hall, City of Lynwood, 11330
Bullis Road, Lynwood, California 90262; and at the address of
the Agency, City Hall, City of Lynwood, 11330 Bullis Road,
Lynwood, California 90262; together with the Report of the
Agency including the reasons for the selection of the Project
Area Expansion, a description of the physical, social and
economic conditions existing in the Project Area Expansion, the
proposed method of financing the redevelopment of the Project
Area Expansion, a plan for the relocation of families and persons
who may be temporarily or permanently displaced from housing
facilities in the Project Area Expnsion, an analysis of the
Preliminary Plan, the report and recommendations of the Planning
Commission of the City of Lynwood, a Project Area Committee
summary, a Final Environmental Impact Report on the Amendment to
the Redevelopment Plan, the report of the county fiscal officer
and the Agency's analysis thereof, a summary of consultations
with taxing agencies, and a neighborhood impact report; together
with further information incorporated by reference in said report
or submitted in connection therewith.
b. 'The Planning Commission of the City of Lynwood has
submitted to the City Council its report and recommendations
concerning the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and its
certification that the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
conforms to the General Plan for the City of Lynwood.
c. The Agency on June 21, 1988 held a duly noticed public
hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Report ("Draft EIR"),
prepared in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act
(Public Resources Code Section 21000 et sea.), the Guidelines for
implementation of the California Environmental Quality Act (14
Cal. Adm. Code Section 15000 et seg.) and environmental
procedures adopted by the Agency pursuant thereto; and the Draft
EIR was thereafter revised and supplemented to incorporate
comments received and responses thereto, and, as so revised and
supplemented, a Final Environmental Impact Report ("Final EIR")
was prepared by the Agency.
d. The Agency has certified the adequacy of the Final EIR,
submitted p~zrsuant. to_=ubli~ ;4esa~lrces Code Section 211.5]. and
Health and safety Code Section 33352, and has determined tP-,at the
redevelopment of the Project Area pursuant to the Redevelopment
Plan will have significant effects on the environment based upon
the impacts identified in Resolution No. 88-34 adopted by the
Agency on July 5 1988 making certain findings
regarding the environmental impacts of the proposed actions with
respect to the proposed Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for
Redevelopment Project Area "A", and adopting a Statement of
overriding Considerations.
e. The Agency has adopted a Statement of Overriding
Considerations indicating the positive aspects in support of
implementing the Redevelopment Project as adopted by Agency
Resolution No. 88-34 on July 5 ~ 1988,
f. The City Council and the Agency held a joint public
hearing on July 5, 1988 on adoption of the Amendment to the
Redevelopment Plan at City Hall, City of Lynwood, 11330 Bullis
Road, California.
g. Notice of said hearing was duly and regularly
published in the Lynwood Press and the Lynwood Journal,
newspapers of general circulation in the City of Lynwood, once a
week for three successive weeks prior to the date of said
hearing, and a copy of said notices and affidavits of publication
are on file with the City Clerk and the Agency.
h. Copies of the notice of joint public hearing were
mailed by certified mail with return receipt requested to the
last known address of each assessee as shown on the last
equalized assessment roll of the County of Los Angeles for each
parcel of land in the Project Area.
i. Each assessee in the Project Area whose property would
be subject to acquisition by purchase or condemnation under the
provisions of the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan was sent a
separate statement to such effect attached to the notice of the
joint public hearing, including a map and legal description of
the Project Area Expansion.
j. Copies of the notice of joint public hearing were
mailed by certified mail with return receipt requested to the
governing body of each taxing agency which receives taxes from
property in the Project Area Expansion.
k. The City Council has considered the record of the
report and recommendation of the Planning Commission, the record
of the Project Area Committee, the report of the Agency and all
of the incorporated documents and all information submitted in
connection therewith, the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and
its economic feasibility, and the Final Environmental Impact
Report, 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 Amendment to
the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project Area "A" (the
"Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan"). The area added to the
Project Area by this amendment is hereinafter referred to as the
"Project Area Expansion".
Section 2. Purpose and Intent As to this Amendment to
the Redevelopment Plan, the purpose and intent of the City
Council with respect to the Project Area is to accomplish the
following:
a. The elimination and prevention of the spread of blight
and deterioration and the conservation, rehabilitation and
redevelopment of the Project area in accord with the General
Plan, specific plans, the Redevelopment Plan and local codes and
ordinances.
b. The promotion of new and continuing private sector
investment within the Project Area to prevent the loss of and to
facilitate the capture of commercial sales activity. An
important objective will be the development of a coordinated
approach to the redevelopment of the areas adjacent to Atlantic
Avenue, Long Beach Boulevard, Century Boulevard, and Imperial
Highway.
c. The achievement of an environment reflecting a high
level of concern for architectural, landscape, and
urban design and land use principles appropriate for both
business and residential areas to help achieve the objectives of
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the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan by encouraging and
assisting the cooperation and participation of owners, businesses
and public agencies in the revitalization of the Project Area.
d. Consideration must be given to maximizing the tax base
and increasing revenues to the City.
e. Consideration must be given to the retention and/or
expansion of as many existing businesses as possible by means of
redevelopment and rehabilitation activities and by encouraging
and assisting the cooperation and participation of owners,
businesses and public agencies in the revitalization of the
Project Area.
f. The Redevelopment Plan shall make provisions for the
creation and development of local job opportunities and the
preservation and expansion of the City's existing employment
base.
g. Consideration must be given to: the improvement of
certain environmental deficiencies, such as substandard traffic
circulation patterns; deteriorating and unlit alleyways;
inadequate water, sewer and storm drainage systems; and
insufficient off-street commercial parking, and utility
deficiencies adversely affecting the Project Area.
h. Consideration must be given to the improvement of the
community's supply of housing (inside the Project Area),
including opportunities for low and moderate-income households;
particularly to replace housing lost because of the
Redevelopment Plan and other projects.
i. Consideration must be given to provide increased
revenues for adequate public services and facilities, including
but not limited to, fire protection, parks and recreation, and
libraries.
j. Consideration must be given to: the Redevelopment
shall not adopt land uses incompatible with the
surrounding areas.
Section 3. The City hereby finds and determines, based
on substantial evidence in the record, including, but not limited
to, the Agency's Report to the City Council on the proposed
Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project
Area "A", and all documents referenced therein and herein, and
evidence and testimony received at the joint public hearing on
adoption of the Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan held on July
5, 1988, that:
a) The Project Area Expansion is a blighted area, the
redevelopment of which is necessary to effectuate the public
purposes declared in the California Community Redevelopment Law
(Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et sea.). This finding is
based on the following conditions which characterize the Project
Area Expansion:
(1) The existence of buildings and structures used or
intended to be used for living, commercial, industrial or other
purposes which are unfit or unsafe to occupy for such purposes
due to deterioration and dilapidation, age and obsolescence,
mixed character of buildings, faulty interior arrangement and
exterior spacing, and defective design and character or physical
construction all as shown by the aged and deterioration condition
of the vast majority of the structures in the Project Area
Expansion, mixed character of the Project Area Expansion, the
shifting of uses, overcrowding, faulty arrangement and spacing
and defective physical construction all of which relate to each
of the Areas of the Project Area Expansion; and
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(2) The existence of properties which suffer from
deterioration and disuse because of: the irregular and inadequate
size of lots, inadequate public improvements, facilities, open
space and utilities and depreciated values, impaired investments
and social and economic maladjustment as they pertain to each of
the said Areas; which cannot be remedied by private or
governmental action without redevelopment.
It is further found and determined that such conditions are
causing and will increasingly cause a reduction and lack of
proper utilization of the area to such an extent that it
constitutes a serious physical, social and economic burden on the
City which cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed or
alleviated by private enterprise acting alone, requiring
redevelopment in the interest of the health, safety and general
welfare of the people of the City and the State. This finding is
based on the fact that governmental action available to the City
without redevelopment would be insufficient to cause any
significant correction of the blighting conditions, and that the
nature and costs of the public improvements and conditions, and
that the nature and costs of the public improvements and
facilities and other actions required to correct the blighting
conditions are beyond the capacity of the City and cannot be
undertaken or borne by private enterprise, acting alone or in
concert with available governmental action, and further on the
basis that these blighted areas are failing to produce sufficient
income for the City to alleviate the above desired condition.
b) The Project Area, as amended by the Amendment is an
area in which the following conditions predominate and
injuriously affect the entire area: buildings, improvements or
lands which are detrimental or inimical to the public health,
safety or welfare. This finding is based on the following
conditions which characterize the Project Area as amended:
1. The existence of blight predominating throughout
the Crigiral Project Area as it e._isted before
this amendment as shown by Ordinance No. 1111 of
this City and the conclusive determination made
therein, the lack of substantial development or
rehabilitation in said area since that time,
and/or
2. The existence of buildings and structures used or
intended to be used for living, commercial,
industrial or other purposes which are unfit or
unsafe to occupy for such purposes due to
deterioration and dilapidation, age and
obsolescence, mixed character of buildings, faulty
interior arrangement and exterior spacing, and
defective design and character or physical
construction all as shown by the aged and
deterioration condition of the vast majority of
the structures in the Project Area Expansion and
the Original Project Area, mixed character of the
Project Area Expansion and the Original Project
Area, the shifting of uses, overcrowding, faulty
arrangement and spacing and defective physical
construction all of which relate to each of the
Areas of the Project Area Expansion and the
Original Project Area; and
3. The existence of properties which suffer from
deterioration and disuse because of: the irregular
and inadequate size of lots, inadequate public
improvements, facilities, open space and utilities
and depreciated values, impaired investments and
social and economic maladjustment as they pertain
to each of the said Areas and the Original Project
Area; which cannot
governmental be remedied b
action without y private or
redevelopment.
redevelo The Project Area Expansion is
a unifo Pment in that each of the necessar
rm coordinated a Areas Y for effective
existing pro• PProach to is needed to provide
PpropriatelJect is othe the blight in the for
a area or rwise necessar Previously
Area. Y redevelop adjacent portions Y in order to
of the previous Project
findin) The Project Area Ex
propert fact
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for urban uses ]ect Area Expansion hasprivately owned
Council. ~ as demonstrated b been
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City Council the pro demonstrated b Y s Report to Cit
developed for 7ect Area ExpansionYishe Agency°s Re y
urban uses, part of Port to
an area
the ProjecthAreaendment to the Redevelo
Law and in the in conformity with pment Plan will redevelop
welfare. interests of the the Communit
of the This findin Public peace Y Redevelopment
Communit g is based upon the ~ health, safety and
Project: y Redevelopment Law fact that the
dislocationy the elimination of would be attained b Purposes
or disuse; b areas sufferin Y the
redevelopment of y the replannin g from economic
and which areas which are sta g' redesign and/or
alone withoutlpublicbe accomplished by aprivatemproperly utilized,
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and promoting sound Particip tion and assistanceterprise acting
areas and the development and redevelo by Protecting
remed in general welfare of the citizensmoftthe Cityhbed
Y• g such injurious conditions through the em
appropriate means; and throu h the y
replacement of existin g installation oflneweor of
utilities in areas whi9hpublic improvements, facilities and
regard to such improvementse currently inadequatel
facilities and utilitieserved with
Redevelopment Plantisreconomicaling °ut of the FuTendmarr t° the
finding is based on the fact thatyunde~rdthed feasible. This
Redevelopment Plan the Agency will be authorizeddtonseek and
utilize a variety of potential financing resources, including tax
increments; that the nature and timing of public redevelopment
assistance will depend on the amount and availability of such
financing resources, including tax increments, generated by new
investment in the Project Area Expansion; that under the
Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan no public redevelopment
activity can be undertaken unless the Agency can demonstrate that
it has adequate revenue to finance the activity; and that the
financing plan included within the Agency~s Report to the City
Council demonstrates that sufficient financial resources will be
available to carry out the Project.
g) The Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan conforms to the
General Plan of the City of Lynwood. This finding is based on
the finding of the Planning Commission that the Amendment to the
Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan for the City of
Lynwood.
h) The carrying out of the Amendment to *_he Redevelopment
Plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of
the City of Lynwood and will effectuate the purposes and policy
of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the
fact that redevelopment will benefit the Project Area Expansion
by correcting conditions of blight and by coordinating public and
private actions to stimulate development and improve the
economic, social and physical conditions of the Project Area
Expansion, and by increasing employment opportunities within the
City.
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the Amendment condemnation of
execution of to the Redevelo real prOpertY, as
provisions the
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provided b the plan
the need to ensure that the Y law' This Payment f°r
Redevelopment finding is b property
Plan will be provisions of the ased upon
recurrence of carried out and amendment to the
acquired unnitheYe4uatenfunds aret that no propertYnwillebe
compensatio available to
r. PaY full
7) The Agency has
relocation of families and feasible
temporarily or method and plan for
Area Persons who the
Expansion.pemmanently from housin mi ht
~endme This findin g facilitiessplaced,
nt to the Redevelo g is based upon the in the Pro'
assistance accordin Pment Plan fact that theJect
includin g tO law and Provides for relocation
relocation relocation the fact that such
Payments, constitutes assistance,
a feasible method for
Area or with ineother or are being provided
regard to areas not generall within the project
and at public utilities and Y less desirable with
rents or prices within thebfinancialomeanslof
and persons who mi facilities
Expansion ght be displaced from the pYO• the families
decent, safe and sanitary dwellin 7ect Area
the number of and available to such dis
persons and reasonabl gs e5ual in number to
y accessible placed families and
This finding is based to their places of em to
be required to move from°anthe fact that no person or familment.
replacement housin Y dwelling unit until suitable Y will
housing must meet thesstandardseestablishednin~statetlaw andh
regulations.
g or improvements
whichlare notldetrimentalytoathe~publiclhealth safety or welfare
is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the entire area
of which they are a part, and any such area is not included
solely for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax
increment revenues from such area pursuant to Section 33670 of
the Community Redevelopment Law without other substantial
justification for its inclusion. This finding is based upon the
fact that the boundaries of the Project Area Expansion were
chosen as to include contiguous and non-contiguous lands, if any,
that were under utilized because of blighting influences, or that
were affected by the existence of blighting influences, and those
land uses which significantly contribute to the conditions of
blight, and whose inclusion is necessary either to accomplish the
objectives and benefits of the Redevelopment Plan or because of
the need to coordinate the redevelopment of the Project Area and
to impose uniform requirements. Such properties will share in
the benefits of the project.
m) Any non-contiguous areas of the Project Area Expansion
are either blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment and
are not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of
taxes from the area pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community
Redevelopment Law without other substantial justification for
their inclusion. Any non-contiguous areas are included on the
basis of finding a), b) and c) of this Section as being
applicable to it. The Agency shall not use the power of eminent
domain for acquisition of property, other than vacant land, in
any non-contiguous area.
n) The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the
Project Area Expansion could not reasonably be expected to be
accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid
and assistance of the Agency. This finding is based upon the
existence of blighting influences, including the lack of adequate
public improvements and facilities, and the inability of
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blightinal °wners a "
4 influencesd developers to
without substantCOn publicy rem°ve e
°~ The inc ial assist thes
ct ance.
de givingareVenuescial burden orrement financin
consased upon the from the ProJeattriment to an Well not cause a
ulte fact that Y taxing agency
the fiscd with or had the all affected Expansion, This
also al effects of °pPortunit taxing agencies finding
on the bas' the Amendme Y tO be consulted re were
which show that the nt tO the Redevelo garding
Agency will be is ° amountuofets °f the various Pment Plan and
spent by those taxin9ientitt in alightremethereceivednbyetheties
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timeing facilities will City Council
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are dissident' occupants available withinisfied that permanent
facilitiesCethered that pendinghthero7ect Area Expansionfrom the
residential will be available development of if any,
disparable tocthosetinttheorary housing afacilit•displaced
shallabement' NO Persons ority °f Lynwood at then at rents
suitable displaced fro families of time of their
housing unit m residences unlesslow and moderate income
displaced available and read and until there is a
time persdis or families rents °Omfor occu y by such
of their placement, at pane
to the needs of such dis Such housin parable to those at the
decent Placed g units shall be suitable
safe, sanitar Persons or families and must be
y and otherwise standard dwellings. The
Agency shall not displace any-such persons or families
housing units are available and ready for occupancy.
until such
Sect 5, Written objections to
Redevelopment Plan filed with the Cit the Amendment to the
for hearing and all written and oral objections presentedoto the
City Council at the hearing having been considered and are hereby
overruled.
Sect_ 1_ 'on 6, That certain document entitled "Final
Environmental Impact Report for Amendment No. 6 to Redevelopment
Plan for Project Area 'A "', a copy of which is on file in the
office of the Agency, and in the office of the City Clerk, having
been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated into
this Ordinance by reference and made a part hereof. All
activities undertaken by the Agency and/or the city of Lynwood
pursuant to or in implementation of the Redevelopment Plan shall
be undertaken in accordance with the mitigation measures set
forth in said Final Environmental Impact Report, and the Agency
shall undertake such additional environmental reviews as
necessary at the time of implementation of such activities.
Section 7. That certain document entitled "Redevelopment
Plan for Project Area 'A "', as amended by that certain document
entitled "Amendment to Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment
Project Area 'A'," the maps contained therein, and such other
reports as are incorporated therein by reference, a copy of which
is on file in the office of the Agency, and the office of the
city clerk, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby
incorporated in this Ordinance by reference and made a part
hereof, and as so incorporated is hereby designated, app~~oved,
and adopted as the official Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment
Project Area "A".
Section 8. In order to implement and facilitate the
effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved, this
City Council hereby (a) pledges it cooperation in helping to
carry out the Redevelopment Plan, (b) requests the various
officials, departments, boards, and agencies of the City having
administrative responsibilities in the Project Area likewise to
cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions
and powers in a manner consistent with redevelopment of the
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Project Are
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be Carried o n, and designed to
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pment Plan. Y under the p opis°eedin4 necessary to
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agencfled p of thine City Clerk is
Y is vested r,,,• Ordinance to hereby directed to
Amendment to Redevelo send a
the ith th pmenponsibilityAforccarrhereupon the
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that the for building permits Ordinance to advise a112~ Years
site for which a buildinithin the Project Area
Construction of buildings or for g permit
redevelo is sought for theansion
pment project area. other improvements is within a
Section 12.
------- The City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit
a copy of the description and statement recorded b
Clerk pursuant to Section 9 of this Ordinance
Ordinance Y the city
and a map or plat indicating the boundariesof this
Project Area Expansion, to the Auditor-Controller and
the County of Los Angeles to of the
taxing agencies which receiveshtaxesefromg body of eachsofsthe °f
Project Area, and to the State Board of E property in the Added
thirty (30) days following the adoption off thezation, within
Redevelopment Plan. Amendment to the
Section 13. Publication The City Clerk is hereby
ordered and directed to Certify to the passage of this Ordinance
and to cause the same to be published in the Lynwood Press and
Lynwood Journal, newspapers of general circulation, published
and circulated in the City of Lynwood.
Sect i_ on 14' Severability If any part of this ordinance
or the Amendment to the`Redevelopment Plan which it approves is
held to be invalid for~3ny reason, or if any portion of the Added
Project Area is deemec'lnappropriately added such decision shall
validi~ of the remaining portion of this
not affect the the 7endment to the Redevelopment Plan or of the
Ordinance or °f ;~, and this Council hereby declares that it
project Area Expansi-,~remainder of the Ordinance or approved the
would have passed ldment to the Redevelopment Plan if such
remainder of the Aeof had been deleted.
invalid portion t
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Effective
rce and effect thirt Date This ordinance
L PASSED and ADOPTED Y (30, days after passageshall be in
Ynwood'at b
Jui a regular meetinghthereofCOUncionothehe City of
1988. held
AT EST:
ANDREA L. HOOpER
Clt Clerk
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PAUL H. RICHARDS
II, Mayor
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