HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd 0175ORDINANCE NO. 175
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
MIRAGE APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE AMENDED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
THE WHITEWATER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
WHEREAS the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Rancho
Mirage, hereinafter referred to as "Agency," formulated and prepared
the proposed Amended Redevelopment Plan for the Whitewater Redevelop-
ment Project; and
WHEREAS the Planning Commission of the City of Rancho
Mirage submitted its report and recommendations concerning the proposed
Amended Redevelopment Plan and finding that said proposed Amended
Redevelopment Plan to be in conformity with the General Plan of the
City of Rancho Mirage and recommends the approval of said proposed
Amended Redevelopment Plan with certain modifications; and
WHEREAS the Agency submitted to the City Council of the
City of Rancho Mirage said proposed Amended Redevelopment Plan and
modifications for the Whitewater Redevelopment Project; and
WHEREAS the Agency has submitted the Report of the Agency
on said proposed Amended Redevelopment Plan and modifications to the
City Council; and
WHEREAS, after due notice, a joint public hearing has
been held by the Agency and the City Council on said proposed Amended
Redevelopment Plan and modifications; and
WHEREAS all actions required by law have been taken by all
appropriate public agencies;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rancho Mirage
does ordain as follows:
Section 1. The purposes and intent of the City Council with
respect to the Project Area are to:
a) Eliminate the conditions of blight caused by flooding
existing in the Project Area;
b) Insure, as far as possible, that the causes of blighting,
by flooding, will be either eliminated or protected against;
c) To the extent permitted by law, provide a reasonable pre-
ference for owners and tenants and for persons engaged in business in the
Project Area;
d) Encourage and insure the rehabilitation and redevelopment
of the Project Area by the construction of flood control facilities;
e) Encourage and foster the economic revitalization of the
Project Area through.the elimination of or protection from flooding;
f) If the owners or occupants of any property within the
Project Area are required to be relocated, such relocation shall be provided
in the manner specified by law;
g) Redevelop or rebuild any publicly-owned flood control
facilities in the Project Area to provide for the safety of the people in
the area and the general public as a whole.
Section 2. All written and printed objections to the Amended
Redevelopment Plan as modified are hereby overruled.
Section 3. The proposed Amended Redevelopment Plan, as modified,
for the Whitewater Redevelopment Project, hereinafter called the "Redevelop-
ment Plan," is hereby approved and adopted and designated the official
Redevelopment Plan for the Whitewater Redevelopment Project.
Section 4. The Redevelopment Plan for the Whitewater
Redevelopment Project is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made
a part hereof as fully as if set out at length herein.
Section 5. The City Council hereby finds and determines
that:
a) The Project Area is a blighted area, the redevelopment
of which is necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared
in the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California;
b) The Redevelopment Plan will redevelop the area in
conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of
California in the interests of the public peace, health, safety and
welfare;
c) The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment
Plan is economically sound and feasible;
d) The Redevelopment Plan conforms to the General Plan of
the City of Rancho Mirage;
e) The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan will promote
the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the community and
will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelop-
ment Law of the State of California;
f) The condemnation of real property is not provided for in
the Redevelopment Plan and is not necessary to the execution of the
Redevelopment Plan.
g) There are no families and persons to be temporarily or
permanently displaced from housing facilities in the Project Area.
h) There are, or will be, provided in the Project Area',
or in other areas not generally less desirable, and near to public
utilities and public and commercial facilities, and at rents or
prices within the financial means of any families or persons dis-
placed from the Project Area, decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings
equal in number to the number of and available to such displaced
families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of
employment;
i) There are no contiguous areas included in the Project
Area and all areas of the Project Area are either blighted or neces-
sary for effective flood control protection and are not included
for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax increments from
such areas.
j) Inclusion of any lands, buildings or improvements which
are not detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare is
necessary for the effective redevelopment of the area of which they
are a part and any such areas are included for the protection of
such areas from flood damage and are not included for the purpose
of obtaining the allocation of tax increment revenue from such areas.
k) The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the
Project Area could not be reasonably expected to be accomplished by
private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the
Agency.
1) The City Council is satisfied that permanent housing
facilities will be available within three years from the time any
occupants of the Project Area are displaced, and that pending the
development of such facilities, there will be available to such
displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents
comparable to those in the community at the time of their displacement.
m) The City Council is convinced that the effect of tax
increment financing will not cause a severe financial burden or
detriment to any taxing agency deriving tax revenues from the tax
increment Project Area.
n) In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of
the Redevelopment Plan hereby approved and adopted, the City Council
hereby pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such Redevelop-
ment Plan and requests the various officials, departments and boards
of the City of Rancho Mirage having administrative responsibilities
likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective
functions and powers in a manner consistent with said Redevelopment
Plan. The City Council stands ready to consider and take appropriate
action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the
Redevelopment Plan.
Section 6. The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a
certified copy of this ordinance to the Agency, and the Agency is
hereby vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Redevelop-
ment Plan subject to the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan.
Section 7. The City Clerk is hereby directed to record with
the County Recorder of the County of Riverside a description of the
land within the Project Area and a statement that procedures for the
Redevelopment of the Project Area have been instituted under the
California Redevelopment Law. The Agency is hereby directed to
effectuate recordation in compliance with the provisions of Section
27295 of the Government Code to the extent applicable.
Section 8. The Building-Division of the City of Rancho
Mirage is hereby directed, for a period of two years after the
effective date of this ordinance, to advise all applicants for
building permits within the Project Area that the site for which
a building permit is sought 'for the construction of buildings or for
other improvements is within the Whitewater Redevelopment Project
Area.
Section 9. The City Clerk is directed, as promptly as
practicable following the effective date of this ordinance, but in
any event, within 30 days thereafter, to submit a copy of the des-
cription and statement recorded pursuant to Section 8 of this
ordinance, a copy of this ordinance, and a map or plat indicating
the boundaries of the Project Area to the County'Auditor and to
the Assessor of the County of Riverside; to the governing body of
each of the taxing agencies which levy taxes upon any property in
the Project Area, and to the State Board of Equalization.
Section 10. Within 90 days after June 30 of each year
following the effective date of this ordinance, and at such other
times as the City Council may request in writing, and until the
Redevelopment Plan has been fully accomplished, the Agency shall
file with the City Council a report containing a statement of the
progress made under the Redevelopment Plan and the financial condition
of the Agency and such other information concerning the Whitewater
Redevelopment Project as the City Council may request.
Section 11. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ordinance and to its approval by the City Council and cause
the same to be posted in the manner provided by law.
ATTEST:
Barbara E. Dohn
City Clerk
CITY OF RANCHO MIRAGE
Mich~ son
May o r
APPROVED AS TO FORM: