CRA - 90RESOLUTION NO. CRA-90
A RESOLUTION OF THE CYPRESS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING THE
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED SECOND
AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE LOS ALAMITOS RACE TRACK
AND GOLF COURSE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA AND AUTHORIZING
TRANSMITTAL OF THE REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
THE CYPRESS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HEREBY FINDS, RESOLVES,
DETERMINES, AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the City Council of the City of Cypress ("City Council") and the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Cypress ("Agency") have undertaken proceedings to adopt the Second
Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Los Alamitos Race Track and Golf Course
Redevelopment Project Area ("Second Amendment"); and
2. That the Agency has prepared the Report to City Council ("Report") in connection
with the proposed Second Amendment, which is the report and information required by Sections
33352 and 33457.1 of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code
Section 33000, et seq.) ("CRL"); and
3. That a copy of the Report and a copy of the Second Amendment is on file in the
office of the Agency Secretary/City Clerk and available for public inspection.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Cypress Redevelopment
Agency does hereby approve the Report to City Council, attached hereto as Attachment A and
incorporated herein, and authorizes and directs Agency staff to transmit the Report to City
Council to the members of the City Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Cypress Redevelopment Agency at a regular meeting held on
the 26th day of March, 2001.
CHAIRMAN, AGENCY BOARD
ATTEST:
~,RET~,RY OF~-iE AGENCY BOARD
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
I, JILL R. INGRAM-GUERTIN, Secretary of the Board of the Cypress Redevelopment
Agency, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted at a regular
meeting of the said Redevelopment Agency held on the 26th day of March, 2001, by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: 4
AGENCY MEMBERS: Keenan, McCoy, Piercy, and McGill
NOES: 0
AGENCY MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0
AGENCY MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN:I
AGENCY MEMBERS: Sondhi
(Due to a potential conflict under the Political Reform Act, Agency Vice Chairperson Sondhi did
not participate in the consideration or action on this Resolution).
~__,¢CRETAR¥ OF TH~,~GENCY BOARD
ATTACHMENT A
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL PREPARED IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PROPOSED SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR
THE LOS ALAMITOS RACE TRACK AND GOLF COURSE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA
Proposed Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the
Los Alamitos Race Track and Golf Course Redevelopment Project
Report to the City Council
March 12, 2001
Redevelopment Agency of ~he City of Cypress
5275 Orange Avenue
Cypress, CA 90630
Ros~tow Spevacek Group, Inc.
540 North Golden Circle, Suite 305
Santa Ara, California 92705
Phone: (714) 541-4-585
Fax: (714) 836-1748
E-Mail: info~we~.com
ATI~ACHM~NT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION
PAGE
INTRODUCTION ................................................ i
SECTION A .............................................. 1
Reasons for Amending the Redevelopment Plan and a Description of Specific
Projects Proposed and How These Projects Will Improve or Alleviate Blighting
Conditions Found in the Project Area
SECTION B ........................................................................................................... 1
A Description of the Physical and Economic Conditions Existing in the Areas
Affected by the Proposed Second Amendment
SECTION C ....................................................... 2
A Five-Year Implementation Plan that Describes Specific Goals, Objectives,
Projects, and Expenditures and a Description of How These Projects Will Improve
or Alleviate Blighting Conditions
SECTION D .................................................... · · ·
Why the Elimination of Blight and Redevelopment Cannot Be Accomplished by
Private Enterprise Acting Alone or by the Cypress Redevelopment Agency's Use of
Financing Alternatives Other Than Tax Increment
SECTION E ........................................... ... · · · · .. "'
The Method of Financing
SECTION F
The Relocation Plan
SECTION G ...........................
Analysis of the Preliminary Plan
SECTION H ........................................................................................................... 4
Report and Recommendation of the Planning Agency
SECTION I ........................................................................................................... 4
Project Area Committee Requirement
SECTION J ........................................................................................................... 4
General Plan Conformance
SECTION PAGE
SECTION K ........................................................................................................... 5
Environmental Documentation
SECTION L ........................................................................................................... 5
Report of the County Fiscal Officer
SECTION M ........................................................................................................... 5
Neighborhood Impact Report
SECTION N ........................................................................................................... 6
Analysis of the Report Prepared by the County Fiscal Officer, a Summary of
Consultations With Affected Taxing Agencies, and Responses to Affected Taxing
Agencies' Concerns Regarding the Second Amendment
APPENDIX 1
Project Area Map
INTRODUCTION
The Cypress Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is taking steps leading to the adoption of an
amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Los Alamitos Race Track and Golf Course
Redevelopment Project Area ("Second Amendment"). The Redevelopment Plan for the Los
Alamitos Race Track and Golf Course Redevelopment Project ("Redevelopment Plan" or
"Plan") was adopted on June 18, 1990 by Ordinance No. 851. The Redevelopment Plan
delineated a redevelopment project area ("Project Area"). The Redevelopment Plan was
amended on January 9, 1995 ("First Amendment") to establish certain time limitations required
by changes in the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section
33000, e_t ~. ("CRL').
The proposed Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan proposes to extend the Agency's
eminent domain authority with respect to the Plan and Project Area for twelve (12) years, and to
amend the Land Use section of the Plan to provide that land uses within the Project Area shall be
in conformity with the City's General Plan, as it exists today or is hereafter amended. To
accomplish the Second Amendment, a new Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan has
been prepared that is intended to replace and supersede the previous plan and amendment. The
Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan thus incorporates the Second Amendment and also
incorporates the First Amendment. The Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan also
contains non-substantial "clean-up" changes to the text of the Plan. The proposed Second
Amendment will not enlarge or in any way alter the boundaries of the Project Area. A map of
the Project Area is attached hereto as Appendix 1.
This document is the Report to City Council ("Report") on the proposed Second Amendment and
has been prepared pursuant to Sections 33457.1 and 33352 of the CRL. Pursuant to Sections
33352 and 33457.1 of the CRL, the Agency is required to submit this Report containing specific
documentation warranted by the proposed Second Amendment. Thus, the purpose of this Report
is to provide the information, documentation, and evidence required by the CRL to support the
adoption of the Second Amendment. This information, documentation, and evidence is provided
to assist the City Council in its consideration of the proposed Second Amendment, and in making
the various determinations in connection with its adoption.
Due to the limited scope and nature of the proposed Second Amendment, this Report, pursuant to
Section 33457.1 of the CRL, contains only the reports and information listed in Section 33352, to
the extent warranted by the proposed Second Amendment. Much of the information normally
required for the sections of this Report was previously documented in the Report to Council
prepared for the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan. The required reports and information,
which were part of the documentation prepared in connection with the adoption of the
Redevelopment Plan, are not again d~umented in this Report but, instead, reference is made to
prior documentation, which is incorporated herein. It is also important to note that, pursuant to
Section 33368 of the CRL, the Agency's adoption of the ordinance adopting the Redevelopment
Plan is final and conclusive, and is now conclusively presumed and beyond challenge that the
Rosenow Spevacel~ Group, ln~ Cypres~ Redew~loprnent ~gency
Marck, 2001 i Report to the City Council
Project Area is a blighted area as defined by Sections 33031 and 33032 of the CRL and that all
prior proceedings have been duly and regularly taken. Thus, no additional "blight findings" are
required for adoption of the Second Amenchnent.
The contents of this Report are presented in 14 sections, which generally correspond to the
subdivisions presented in Section 33352 of the CRL. The sections are as follows:
SECTION A Reasons for Amending the Redevelopment Plan and a Description of
Specific Projects Proposed and How These Projects Will Improve or
Alleviate Blighting Conditions Found in the Project Area
SECTION B A Description of the Physical and Economic Conditions Existing in the
Areas Affected by the Second Amendment
SECTION C An Implementation Plan that Describes Specific Goals, Objectives,
Projects, and Expenditures for the Next Five Years and a Description of
How These Projects Will Improve or Alleviate Blighting Conditions
SECTION D Why the Elimination of Blight and Redevelopment Cannot be
Accomplished by Private Enterprise Acting Alone or by the Agency's Use
of Financing Alternatives Other Than Tax Increment
SECTION E The Method of Financing
SECTION F The Relocation Plan
SECTION G Analysis of the Preliminary Plan
SECTION I1 Report and Recommendation of the Planning Agency
SECTION I Project Area Committee Requirement
SECTION J General Plan Conformance
SECTION K Environmental Documentation
SECTION L Report of the County Fiscal Officer
SECTION M Neighborhood Impact Report
SECTION N Analysis of the Report Prepared by the County Fiscal Officer, a Summary
of Consultations with Affected Taxing Agencies and Responses to
Affected Taxing Agencies' Concerns Regarding the Second Amendment
Rosenow Sp~acr~ Group, ln~ Cyprus Redevelopment ~ency
March, 2001 ii Report to the City Council
SECTION A
Reasons for Amending the Redevelopment Plan and a
Description of Specific Projects Proposed and How
These Projects Will Improve or Alleviate Blighting
Conditions Found in the Project Area
The Agency seeks to amend the Plan to extend the Agency's ability, subject to following all
required procedures with California law, to use eminent domain to acquire property in the Project
Area for a twelve (12) year period and to amend the Land Use section of the Plan to be consistent
with the City's General Plan, as it exists today or is hereafter amended. The extension of the
eminent domain provision will allow the Agency to retain all tools available to it in
implementing the Redevelopment Plan. To accomplish the Second Amendment, a new
Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan has been prepared that is intended to replace and
supersede the previous plan and amendment. The Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan,
in addition to the Second Amendment revisions to the Plan, also incorporates the time limits
established by the First Amendment. The Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan also
contains non-substantial "clean-up" changes to the text of the Plan.
This Report does not contain the information required by subdivision (a) of Section 33352
because the reasons for selection of the Project Area remain the same and are not affected by the
proposed Second Amendment. In addition, no specific projects outside the scope of the
Redevelopment Plan are proposed by the Agency in connection with the Second Amendment.
SECTION B
A Description of the Physical and Economic
Conditions Existing in the Project Area Affected by
the Proposed Second Amendment
A description of the physical and economic conditions that cause the Project Area to be blighted
was provided in the documentation which was prepared and provided as evidence that the Project
Area was deemed blighted at the time of adoption of the Plan. Pursuant to Section 33368 of the
CRL, the adoption of the ordinance adopting the Redevelopment Plan is final and conclusive,
and it is now conclusively presumed that the Project Area is a blighted area as defined by
Sections 33031 and 33032 of the CRL and that all prior proceedings have been duly and
regularly taken. Given the language in both Sections 33368 and 33457.1 of the CRL, additional
description is not appropriate or required due to the fact that the proposed Second Amendment
Ro~enow ..~vace~ Group, Inc. C~,pras Redevelopment ~ency
March, 2001 I R~porl to the City Council
will not change the boundaries of the Project Area or make any other changes to the Plan that
would require a review of or reanalysis of the blight findings.
SECTION C
A Five-Year Implementation Plan That Describes
Specific Goals, Objectives, Projects, and Expenditures
and a Description of How These Projects Will Improve
or Alleviate Blighting Conditions
The Agency previously adopted the Five-Year Implementation Plan for the Project Area on
November 22, 1999, pursuant to Section 33490 of the CRL. The Implementation Plan contains
specific goals and objectives of the Agency for the Project Area, the specific projects and
expenditures proposed to be made during the five-year period, and an explanation of how these
goals, objectives, and expenditures will eliminate blight within the Project Area. A new
Implementation Plan is not required for this Second Amendment.
SECTION D
Why the Elimination of Blight and Redevelopment
Cannot Be Accomplished by Private Enterprise Acting
Alone or by the Agency's Use of Financing
Alternatives Other Than Tax Increment
An explanation of why the elimination of blight in the Project Area cannot be accomplished by
private enterprise alone, or by the Agency's use of financing alternatives other than tax increment
financing, was previously provided in the supporting documentation prepared and provided at the
time the Project Area was adopted. The proposed Second Amendment will not make any
changes which would affect the validity of the previously prepared documentation.
Rose.ow Spevaee~ Group, I~ Cypre~ Rede~e. lopment Agency
March, 2001 2 Report to the City Council A-7
SECTION E
The Method of Financing
The proposed method of financing the redevelopment of the Project Area was provided at the
time the Project Area was adopted. Because the Second Amendment will not enlarge the Project
Area or change the proposed method of financing, this Second Amendment will not change any
aspect of the financing of the Project Area, or change the analysis prepared at the time the Project
Area was adopted. Therefore, the proposed Second Amendment will not make any changes that
affect the validity of the previously prepared documentation.
SECTION F
The Relocation Plan
A plan and method of relocation in the Project Area was provided in the supporting
documentation prepared and provided at the time the Project Area was adopted. Pursuant to
Section 33457.1 of the CRL, and because the proposed Second Amendment will not enlarge the
Project Area or change the previously prepared and adopted Relocation Plan, the Second
Amendment will not make any changes that affect the validity of the previously prepared
documentation.
SECTION G
Analysis of the Preliminary Plan
An analysis of the Preliminary Plan was provided in the supporting documentation prepared at
the time the Project Area was adopted. Pursuant to Section 33457.1 of the CRL, and because the
analysis of the Preliminary Plan remains the same and is not affected by the proposed Second
Amendment, additional analysis is not required.
Rosenow $pevacek Group, ln~ Cypress Redevelopment Agency
March, 2001 3 Report to the City Council A-8
SECTION H
Report and Recommendation of the Planning Agency
The City Council, acting as the Planning Agency, adopted its report and recommendation on the
conformity of the Plan with the City's General Plan on March 26, 2001. See Section J below.
SECTION I
Project Area Committee Requirement
Pursuant to the CRL, the proposed Second Amendment does not necessitate the formation of a
Project Area Committee ("PAC") and, therefore, the summary of information presented to the
PAC is not required. More specifically, pursuant to Section 33385.3 of the CRL, a PAC is
required if the Agency proposes to amend a redevelopment plan to: (1) grant the authority to the
agency to acquire by eminent domain property on which persons reside in a project area in which
a substantial number of low- and moderate-income persons reside; or (2) add territory in which a
substantial number of low- and moderate-income persons reside and grant the authority to the
agency to acquire by eminent domain property on which person reside in the added territory.
The Second Amendment would not result in either of these situations, and thus, a PAC is not
required.
SECTION d
General Plan Conformance
As set forth in Section H of this Report, on March 26, 2001, the City Council, acting as the
Planning Agency, made a finding that pursuant to Government Code Section 65402, the Plan and
implementation activities described in Section A are in conformity with the General Plan of the
City.
Rosenow ~evacelt Group, Ina L~pre~ Redevelopment Agency
March, 2001 4 Reporf to the CRy Council ~.-9
SECTION K
Environmental Documentation
The Initial Study prepared in connection with the proposed Second Amendment, pursuant to
Califomia Environmental Quality Act guidelines, revealed that because the proposed Second
Amendment will only make textual changes to the Redevelopment Plan, and will not result in the
construction of any facilities or the establishment of any programs outside the scope of the
Redevelopment Plan, the Second Amendment will not have a significant adverse impact on the
environment and a Negative Declaration for the proposed Second Amendment was prepared.
SECTION L
Report of the County Fiscal Officer
The proposed Second Amendment will not enlarge the Project Area; therefore, it is not necessary
for the Agency to request a base year report from the County of Orange pursuant to CRL Section
33328. Project Area fiscal information was provided in the supporting documentation, which
was prepared and provided at the time the Project Area was adopted. Because the Second
Amendment will not alter the boundaries of the Project Area, this report is not needed or
required.
SECTION M
Neighborhood Impact Report
A Neighborhood Impact Report was provided in the supporting documentation, which was
prepared and provided at the time the Project Area was adopted. Pursuant to Section 33457.1 of
the CRL, because this proposed Second Amendment will not enlarge the Project Area, no
additional analysis would be appropriate or required.
Rosenow Spevacek Group. ln~ Cypress Redevelopment Agency
March, 2001 5 Report to the City Council A-10
SECTION N
Analysis of the Report Prepared by the County Fiscal
Officer, a Summary of Consultations with Affected
Taxing Agencies, and Response to Affected Taxing
Agencies' Concerns Regarding the Second
Amendment
Because the proposed Second Amendment will not add area to the Project Area, submission of a
request to the County to prepare a report pursuant to Section 33328 of the CRL was neither
required nor appropriate. Therefore, a summary of this report is not included. With regard to
consultations with affected taxing agencies, the proposed Second Amendment will not affect the
financing of the Project Area in any way, nor will it significantly change land uses or public
improvement projects and, therefore, additional consultations are not needed.
It is important to note that all taxing entities within the Project Area were notified of the joint
public hearing in accordance with the requirements of Section 33452 of the CRL.
Rosenow Spevacek Group, lng Cypress Redevelopment Agency
March, 2001 6 Report to the City Council
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