HomeMy Public PortalAbout2009.047 - LRA (09-01-09)RESOLUTION NO. 2009.047
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LYNWOOD
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA
AUTHORIZING THE USE OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING
FUNDS FOR THE ALAMEDA PROJECT AREA FOR A PROJECT LOCATED
OUTSIDE OF THE ALAMEDA PROJECT AREA
WHEREAS, Section 33334.2(g) of the California Health and Safety Code
declares that the Redevelopment Agency may use Low and Moderate Income
Housing Funds "inside or outside of the project area. The agency may only use
these funds outside the project area upon a resolution of the agency and legislative
body that the use (of these funds) will be of benefit to the project area"; and
WHEREAS, Section 33334.2(a) of the California Health and Safety Code
declares that Low and Moderate Income Funds shall be used by the
Redevelopment Agency for the purpose of increasing, improving, and preserving
the community's supply of low and moderate housing available at affordable
housing costs to persons and families of low and moderate income; and
WHEREAS, there,is no .property within the Alameda Project Area which is
zoned or slated for residential development as it is primarily an active industrial and
commercial area; and
WHEREAS, Section 4.6 of the Third Five Year Redevelopment and Housing
Implementation Plan for Project Area A and the Alameda Project Area (hereinafter
"Five Year Implementation Plan") approved in 2004 states that the Agency intends
to "provide assistance for the construction of public improvements necessary for the
development of new single family housing within and outside the project area;" and
WHEREAS, Section 4.6 of the Five Year Implementation Plan states that
the "Agency will assist with the construction of infill housing both within and outside
the Project Area which will be of benefit to the Project Area"; and
WHEREAS, Section 5.3(1) of the Five Year Implementation Plan requires
that "Agency housing should benefit the Project Area and other City neighborhoods
outside the Project Area"; and ..
WHEREAS, Goal 2 of the Five Year Implementation Plan states that the
Agency endeavors to "improve the housing quality of the existing housing stock
through housing rehabilitation assistance and enforcement procedures"; and
WHEREAS, the use of low and moderate income housing funds for the
Alameda Project Area for the proposed Park Place Housing Project, to be
constructed at the intersection of Atlantic and Carlin Avenue in the City of Lynwood,
which is not located within the Alameda Project Area, will be of benefit to the
Alameda Project Area by creating 99 new housing units that will be restricted for
rent to low and moderate income households, some of which are replacement
units; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LYNWOOD
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF tYNWOOD DOES HEREBY
FIND, PROCLAIM, ORDER AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. For the reasons described above and incorporated herein as
true and correct, the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency hereby finds and declares
that the expenditure of the Low and Moderate Income Housing funds for the
Alameda Project Area for housing projects, rehabilitation loans or grants outside of
the Alameda Project Area, in connection with the proposed Park Place Housing
Project, will be of benefit to the Alameda Project Area.
Section 2. This resolution shall go into effect immediately upon its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15t day of September, 2009.
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Maria T. Santillan
Chair
ATTEST:
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Maria Quinonez
Secretary
Roger .Haley
Executive Director
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Fred Galante
Agency Counsel
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Sara M. Withers
Director of Redevelopment
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the
Agency at its regular meeting held on the 15S day of September, 2009.
AYES: MEMBER CASTRO, FLORES, MORTON, RODRIGUEZ, AND
SANTILLAN
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
Maria Quinonez, Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency, do
hereby certify that the above foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
Resolution No. 2009.047 on file in my office and that said Resolution was
adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 15~ day of
September, 2009.
a~inonez, ecretary