CRA - 118RESOLUTION NO. CRA-118
A RESOLUTION OF THE CYPRESS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
APPROVING THE AGENCY'S USE OF AGENCY FUNDS FOR PART
OF THE COST OF THE INSTALLATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF
PUBLICLY OWNED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CYPRESS CIVIC
CENTER AND CYPRESS COMMUNITY CENTER
WHEREAS, the Cypress Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is a public body,
corporate and politic, organized and existing under the California Community
Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code § 33000 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, the Agency and the City Council of the City of Cypress ("City" or
"City Council," as appropriate), in accordance with all applicable law, previously adopted
the Redevelopment Plans for the Civic Center, Lincoln Avenue, and Los Alamitos Race
Track and Golf Course Redevelopment Project Areas ("Project Areas"); and
WHEREAS, the California Community Redevelopment Law, at Health and Safety
Code Section 33445 requires that before the Agency may pay for all or part of the value
of the land for and the cost of the installation and construction of publicly owned
improvements, whether inside or outside a redevelopment project area, the Agency and
the City Council must each adopt a resolution making certain findings; and
WHEREAS, the California Community Redevelopment Law, at Health and Safety
Code Section 33679, further requires that if the publicly owned improvement to be
funded with Agency funds is a publicly owned building, and the Agency's funds for such
purpose are tax increment funds the Agency receives pursuant to Health and Safety
Code Section 33670, the Agency and City Council must, prior to adopting the
resolutions referred to in the preceding Recital, hold a duly noticed joint public hearing
in connection with the proposed use of Agency funds for such purpose and in
connection therewith have prepared a report summarizing (i) the estimated amounts of
such tax increment funds to be used for such purpose, (ii) the facts supporting the
findings required to be made pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445 as
referred to in the previous Recital, and (iii) setting for the redevelopment purpose for
which such funds are being used to pay for such purpose (the "Summary Report"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency and City Council, in compliance with Health and Safety
Code Section 33679, duly noticed a joint public hearing on the matter of the use of
Agency funds for payment for the cost of the installation and construction of publicly
owned improvements for the Cypress Civic Center and the Cypress Community Center;
and
WHEREAS, the Summary Report was duly and timely prepared and made
available for public review, inspection, and copying in compliance with Health and
Safety Code Section 33679; and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2005, the Agency and City Council held its duly noticed
joint public hearing on the matter of the Agency's payment for part of the Civic Center
and Community Center improvements ("Joint Public Hearing"); and
WHEREAS, at the Joint Public Hearing the Agency and City Council received
and considered the staff report and such other information, testimony, and evidence as
presented;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Cypress Redevelopment Agency as
follows:
Section 1. The foregoing Recitals are true and correct and incorporated
herein.
Section 2. The Agency finds and determines as follows:
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A. That the Agency funding, in an amount up to One Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($1,500,000), for the cost of installation and construction of publicly
owned improvements to the Civic Center, consisting of new tennis courts, parking
reconfiguration, and restrooms, is of benefit to the Project Areas, in that the additional
recreational facilities and related improvements serve residents in the Civic Center
Project Area and residents of the other Project ~4reas by providing expanded
recreational opportunities.
B. That the Agency funding, in an amount of up to Three Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000), for the cost of installation and construction of
Community Center improvements, is of benefit to the Project Areas, in that the
Community Center is the only building of its kind in the City and serves the Project
Areas, and each of them, and the City as a whole, by providing a facility for community
functions, including functions directly benefiting the Project Areas and the residents
residing therein, such as community meetings and cultural arts events.
C. That no other reasonable means of financing the portion of the Civic
Center improvements and Community Center improvements to be funded by the
Agency are available to the community other than Agency funding, in that (i) City
general funds are already committed to expenditures for necessary police, fire, and
other public safety purposes, recreational purposes, administrative and operations and
maintenance purposes, and other previously identifies capital improvements; and (ii)
City funds are unavailable due to prior and current State financing needs which have
reduced available City revenues.
D. That the Agency's funding identified herein will assist in eliminating one or
more blighting conditions inside the Project Areas, in that the Project Areas, and each of
them, suffer from a lack of public facilities to meet the needs of residents. At the time
the Project Areas were created, each Project Area was determined to be a blighted area
for physical and economic reasons including inadequate public improvements. The
Agency funding to address the need for the additional publicly owned recreational
facilities to meet current demands thus addresses a blight condition inside each of the
Project Areas. Similarly, the Community Center, which is the only facility of its kind in
the community, is in need of significant rehabilitation to address the level of service
required to adequately serve the Project Areas. Thus the proposed improvements will
alleviate the blighting influence of inadequate public facilities inside each of the Project
Areas by providing for an upgraded Community Center facility to serve each of the
Project Areas.
E. That the Agency's funding identified herein is consistent with the Agency's
adopted Implementation Plan 2005-2009, in that (i) the recreational and parking
improvements to the Civic Center are specifically referrE~d to in the Implementation Plan
(Ch, 2, §2.A), (ii) the improvements of public facilities in and serving each of the Project
Areas are specific goals and objectives of the Implementation Plan (Ch, IV, §§2.A, 2.B,
and 2.C), and (iii) development of additional recreational amenities in the Civic Center
and upgrading of the Community Center are prograrns specifically proposed in the
Implementation Plan to eliminate blighting conditions (Ch. 4, §4.A).
F. That no Agency funding is being used for the cost of the land for or the
cost of the installation or construction or expansion of any building used as City Hall, the
improvements to the Council Chambers, or the construction of the new structure to be
used for storage of police evidence.
Section 3. The Agency hereby approves the Agency's payment of up to Three
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,5000,000) toward the cost of the
construction and installation of the Community Center improvements, and up to One
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,5000,000) toward the cost of the
construction and installation of the Civic Center recreational and related improvements.
Section 4. All actions required by applicable law to be taken by the Agency
precedent to the adoption of this Resolution have keen taken in accordance with
applicable law.
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Section 5. The Executive Director and authorized designees are hereby
authorized and directed to take such other and further actions, and sign such other and
further documents, as are necessary and proper in order to implement this Resolution
on behalf of the Agency.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 25th day of April, 2005.
Chairman
ATTEST:
SECRETARY
PRESS Rs=DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CITY OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
ss
I, Jill R. Guertin, Secretary of the Cypress Redevelopment Agency, hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Cypress Redevelopment Agency
at a regular meeting thereof held on April 25, 2005, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 AGENCY MEMBERS: Luebben, McCoy, Seymore, Sondhi and McGill
NOES: 0 AGENCY MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 AGENCY MEMBERS: None
J~I,~. Guertin, Agency Secretary
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