Ordinance No. 813ORDINANCE NO. 813
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CYPRESS
APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
CIVIC CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, AMENDMENT NO. 1
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Cypress (the "City
Council ") approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the
Civic Center Redevelopment Project (the "Plan ") by adoption of
Ordinance No. 692 on July 19, 1982; and
WHEREAS, the Cypress Redevelopment Agency desires to amend
said Redevelopment Plan for the Civic Center Redevelopment
Project; and
WHEREAS, the Cypress Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency ") has
prepared the Redevelopment Plan for the Civic Center
Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 1 (the "Redevelopment
Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
adds land to the Project Area established by City Council
Ordinance No. 692; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has approved and made available for
public inspection rules tor owner participation pursuant to
Section 33345 of the Health and Safety Code, Project and
relocation guidelines pursuant to Section 33410 of the Health and
Safety Code; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and the City Council in accordance with
Section 33452 of the Health and Safety Code have duly given
notice of a joint public hearing to consider the proposed
amendment to the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has caused to be prepared and has
reviewed a report to the City Council on the Redevelopment Plan
for Civic Center Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 1 pursuant
to Section 33352 of the Health and Safety Code (the "Report ");
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered the
proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan and all documents
referenced therein, and all evidence presented by the staff and
interested parties; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and approved an
Addendum to the Sorrento Planned Residential Development Specific
Plan No. 88 -3 Environmental Impact Report for the Project
prepared pursuant to Section 15164(a)(3) of the California
Environmental Quality Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY the City Council of the
City of Cypress as follows:
Section 1. Purpose and Intent.
(a) The Agency established the Civic Center Redevelopment
Project in a blighted area of the community and has
proceeded with the redevelopment of the Project Area.
(b) The Agency desires to expand its authority to redevelop
blighted areas of the community by adding land to the
Project Area (the "added area ").
(c) The proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan to add land
has necessitated changes to the financial limitations as
required by Health and Safety Code Section 33333.2(1) and
(2).
(d) The proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan adds
substantial public improvements, all of which are of benefit
to the Project Area and /or the added area.
Consistent with these purposes, the Project seeks to achieve the
following objectives:
A. The elimination of existing blighted conditions, be they
properties or structures, and the prevention of recurring
blight in and about the Project Area.
B. The development of property within a creative, coordinated
land use pattern of residential, commercial, open space, and
public facilities in the Project Area consistent with the
goals, policies, objectives, standards, guidelines and
requirements as set forth in the adopted General Plan and
Zoning Ordinance.
C. The development of public services and facilities including,
but not limited to, open space, maintenance, and operational
services and facilities as are necessary and required for
the development of the Project Area.
D. The elimination of environmental deficiencies including
inadequate street and drainage improvements, inadequate
utility systems, and inadequate public improvements,
facilities and services.
E. The development of a more efficient and effective
circulation system.
F. The achievement of a physical environment reflecting a high
level of concern for architectural and urban design
principles deemed important by the community.
Section 2. Findings.
The City Council, having duly considered the proposed
amendment to the Redevelopment Plan, the Report, the Addendum,
the documents referenced therein, and all testimony and
information submitted to the City Council, finds and determines
as follows:
a. That the problems identified in Section III of the Report
include depreciated values, impaired investments and social
and economic maladjustment and the existence of inadequate
public improvements and public facilities which constitute
physical, social and economic liabilities which cannot be
remedied by private or governmental action without
redevelopment.
b. That the proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan will
aid in the redevelopment and improvement of the Project Area
in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law and is in
the interest of the public peace, health, safety, and
welfare.
c. That the adoption and carrying out of the proposed amendment
to the Redevelopment Plan is economically sound and feasible
for the reasons set forth in Section IV of the Report.
d. That the proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
conforms to the General Plan of the City of Cypress inasmuch
as the land uses permitted under the proposed amendment to
the Redevelopment Plan are the same as the land uses
permitted under the General Plan of the City, and for the
further reason that the City Council acting as the Planning
Agency of the City of Cypress has found that the proposed
amendment to the Redevelopment Plan conforms with the
General Plan as set forth in Section VIII of the Report.
e. That the carrying out of the proposed amendment to the
Redevelopment Plan will promote the peace, health, safety,
and welfare of the City of Cypress and will effectuate the
purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law by
assisting in the elimination of blight in the Project Area,
as set forth in the Redevelopment Plan and Section II of the
Report.
f. That the proposed amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
permits acquisition of real property by eminent domain in
the Project Area which ability to acquire real property by
eminent domain is necessary to the execution of the
Redevelopment Plan and that adequate provisions have been
made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by
law.
g.
That with respect to any displacement of families or persons
which occurs, the Agency has a feasible method or plan for
the relocation of families and persons displaced from the
Project Area as set forth in the Redevelopment Plan and
Section VI of the Report, that the Agency will provide
advisory assistance to all persons displaced as a result of
acquisition by the Agency of real property and to all
persons displaced as a result of redevelopment activities
carried out by private persons as a result of an agreement
with the Agency; that there are, or are being provided, in
the Project Area or in other areas not generally less
desirable in regard to public utilities and public and
commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the
financial means of the families and persons displaced from
the Project Area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal
in number to the number of and available to the displaced
families and persons and reasonably accessible to their
places of employment; that the City Council is satisfied
that no persons or families of low and moderate income shall
be displaced unless and until there is a suitable housing
unit available and ready for occupancy by such displaced
person or family at rents comparable to those of the time of
their displacement and such units shall be suitable to the
needs of such displaced persons or families and must be
decent, safe, sanitary and otherwise standard dwellings and
that pending the development of such facilities there will
be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary
housing facilities in the Project Area or other areas; and
that the City Council is satisfied that permanent housing
facilities will be available within three years from the
time occupants of the Project Area are displaced and that
pending development of the facilities, there will be
available to the displaced occupants adequate temporary
housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the
community at the time of their displacement.
h. That the inclusion of any lands, buildings or improvements
which are not detrimental to the public health, safety, or
welfare is necessary for the effective redevelopment of the
area of which they are a part; and that all areas included
are necessary for effective redevelopment and are not
included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of tax
increment revenues from the Project Area without other
substantial justification for their inclusion.
i. That 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.
j
That the use of tax increment financing to implement the
Redevelopment Plan will not cause a significant financial
burden or detriment to any taxing agency deriving revenues
from the Project Area.
k. That the City Council hereby declares its intentiont to
undertake and complete the Project pursuant to the
provisions and authorities specified in the Redevelopment
Plan.
1. That the Redevelopment Plan contains adequate safeguards to
ensure that future improvements will be carried out pursuant
to the Redevelopment Plan and provides for the retention of
controls and the establishment of restrictions and covenants
running with land sold or leased for private use which are
necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Redevelopment
Plan.
m. That the Redevelopment Plan complies with the provisions of
the California Community Redevelopment Law, and that
expenditures and projects will be authorized periodically to
carry forth the Redevelopment Plan and proposed
improvements.
Section 3. Adoption of the Proposed Redevelopment Plan for
the Civic Center Redevelopment Project Amendment
No. 1, Incorporation of Redevelopment Plan by
Reference and Designation of Approved
Redevelopment Plan.
The Proposed Redevelopment Plan for the Civic Center
Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 1 heretofore submitted to
the City Council is hereby approved and adopted and incorporated
herein by reference and is hereby designated as the official
Redevelopment Plan for the Civic Center Redevelopment Project,
Amendment No. 1.
Section 4. Boundaries of Project Area.
The boundaries of the Project Area are set forth in Exhibit
"A," attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Section 5. Severability.
The City Council hereby declares that if any section,
paragraph, sentence, or word, of this ordinance or the
Redevelopment Plan, or the amendment thereto be declared for any
reason to be invalid, it is the intent of the City Council that
it would have passed all other portions of this ordinance and the
Redevelopment Plan independent of the elimination of any such
portion as may be declared invalid.
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 Redevelopment Plan,
subject to the provisions thereof.
Section 7.
The City Clerk is hereby directed to record with the County
Recorder of Orange County a copy of the Redevelopment Plan for
the Civic Center Redevelopment Project, Amendment No. 1 and a
statement that the proceedings for the redevelopment thereof 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 Department of the City of Cypress is hereby
directed for a period of two (2) 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 a redevelopment Project Area.
Section 9.
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he City Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy
description and statement recorded by the City Clerk pusuanttto
Section 7 of this ordinance, a copy of this ordinance and a map
or plat indicating the boundaries of the Project Area to the Tax
Assessor of Orange County, to the governing body of each of the
taxing agencies which levies taxes upon any property in the
Project Area and to the State Board of Equalization.
Section 10.
The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this
ordinance and cause a copy thereof to be published as required by
law in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cypress,
and this ordinance shall take force and effect after its passage
in the manner provided by law.
FIRST READ at a regular meeting of the City Council of said
City held on the 27th day of March 1989, and finally adopted and
ordered posted at a regular meeting of said Council held on the
10th day of April 1989.
ATTEST:
CITY C
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MAYOR OF T E CIT OF CYPRESS
STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
I, DARRELL ESSEX, City Clerk of the City of Cypress, DO
HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly adopted at a
regular meeting of the said City Council held on the 10th day of
April 1989, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: 4 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Age,Arnold, Kerry and Kanel
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
CITY CLE'R'K F`THE OF CYPRESS