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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRDA 2 TUSTIN LIBRARY 06-07-04 Agenda Item RDA2 A G END A REPORT Reviewed: ~ City Manager Finance Director MEETING DATE: June 7, 2004 FROM: WilLIAM A. HUSTON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REDEVELOPMENT STAFF TO: SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION APPROVING PAYMENT OF FUNDS BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TUSTIN LIBRARY PROJECT SUMMARY Agency authorization is requested to permit the payment of Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency (the "Redevelopment Agency") funds for a portion of costs associated with the proposed Tustin Library Project located in the Town Center Redevelopment Project Area. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended the Agency adopt Resolution No. RDA 04-03 pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445 approving payment of funds by the Agency for costs associated with the proposed Tustin Library Project. FISCAL IMPACT Adoption of the proposed resolution has no direct fiscal impacts on the Redevelopment Agency. All proposed Tustin Library Project expenses will either be included in separate budget requests as part of the City and Agency's budget approval process or will be processed as separate appropriation requests. BACKGROUND The Redevelopment Agency has been conducting preliminary design and programming studies and preparing State funding assistance applications for the redevelopment and expansion of the Tustin Library, which would replace the existing facility located at 345 East Main Street on an enlarged site that encompasses the existing library site and additional properties. The proposed Tustin Library Project entails the acquisition of William A. Huston June 7, 2004 Page 2 land, demolition of existing improvements, and design and installation of on-site and off- site improvements, including new construction of an expanded library building (the "Project") to meet community needs. Anticipated funding for the proposed Project would include grant funds pursuant to the California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Renovation Act of 2000 (the California Library Bond Act) and additional local funds. In fiscal years 2001-2002, 2002-03 and 2003-04, the City Council authorized submittal of a Library Bond Act Grant application and made certain commitments as required by the Library Bond Act including, but not limited to a commitment to provide local matching funds in the design and development of the proposed Project. Section 33445 of the California Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code 33000 et seq.: "CRL") authorizes the Redevelopment Agency, with the consent of the legislative body (Tustin City Council), to pay all or a part of the value of the land for and the cost of design, installation of improvements, and construction of any building, facility, structure or other improvement which is publicly owned, either within or without the project area, if the Redevelopment Agency and legislative body make certain determinations, as identified in the attached Resolution No. RDA 04-03. Finding of Benefit This proposed project is located in the Town Center Redevelopment Project Area. The Town Center Redevelopment Plan identifies the expansion or renovation of the Tustin Library as an authorized public improvement within the Project Area. In March, 2000, the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency adopted a Second Five-Year Implementation Plan for the Town Center and the South/Central Redevelopment Projects for fiscal years 2000-2001 to 2004-2005. The Implementation Plan was composed of two parts: a five-year plan for Redevelopment activities; and a five-year plan for housing activities. Anticipated accomplishments and expenditures for the five- year period included property acquisitions, design studies and State funding assistance applications to support and facilitate the redevelopment and expansion of the Tustin Branch Library. The proposed Project is consistent with the Implementation Plan for the Town Center Redevelopment Project Area. It would remove the existing library facility in the Project Area, which is nearing the end of its useful life and which is characterized by a number of deterioration problems, over-utilization and insufficient parking, and assemble aging disparate ownership apartment buildings and two commercial properties to provide for the much needed expanded library. The proposed project will substantially expand the William A. Huston June 7, 2004 Page 3 Tustin Branch Library and its services, provide educational and recreational improvements, and stimulate economic development in the area. The proposed project would construct a new, single story facility on the present site expanded by the acquisition of the additional properties. Adoption of Resolution No. RDA 04-03 approving payment of funds by the Redevelopment Agency pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445 for cost associated with the proposed Project does not commit the Agency to funding project costs until the Agency and City approves individual discretionary actions necessary for the Project to proceed. Redevelopment Agency financial assistance provided for components of the proposed project will require separate City Council and, Agency budget approvals or separate appropriations. Ja~ Redevelopment Program Manager Attachment RESOLUTION NO. RDA 04-03 A RESOLUTION OF THE TUSTIN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMEMT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PAYMENT BY THE TUSTIN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TUSTIN LIBRARY PROJECT PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33445 The Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows: I. The Agency finds and determines as follows: A. The City Council adopted Resolution No. 02-58 on June 12, 2002 and Resolution No. 04-07 on January 5, 2004 authorizing submittal of a Library Bond Act Grant application and making certain commitments as required by the Library Bond Act including but not limited to a commitment to provide local matching funds in the development of the Tustin Library Project ("the Project"). B. The Agency is engaged in implementation of the "Redevelopment Plan" for the Town Center Area Redevelopment Project (the "Redevelopment Project"); and C. Section 33445 of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health & Safety Code 33000, et seq.: "CRL") authorizes the Agency, with the consent of the legislative body (Tustin City Council), to pay all or a part of the value of the land for and the cost of the design, installation of improvements and construction of any building, facility, structure or other improvement which is publicly owned either within or without the project area, if the legislative body determines all of the following: (1) That the buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements are of benefit to the project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located, regardless of whether the improvements is within another project area, or in the case of a project area in which substantially all of the land is publicly owned the improvement is of benefit to an adjacent project area of the agency. (2) That no other reasonable means of financing the buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements, are available to the community. (3) That the payment of funds for the acquisition of land, design, and the cost of buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the project area or provide housing for low or moderate income persons, and is consistent with the implementation plan adopted pursuant to Section 33490. Resolution No. RDA 04-03 Page 2 D. The properties that comprise the Tustin Library Project site are a blighting influence on the Redevelopment Project area exhibiting both physical and economic blight reflected by a combination of conditions including, but not limited to residential overcrowding, building dilapidation or deterioration, incompatible uses inhibiting economic development of those parcels and other portions of the project area, and low lease rates resulting in stagnant property values and impaired investments in the project area. E. The Project will remove the blighting influence described above and provide construction of a new publicly owned library facility; and F. The Project will entail acquisition of land, demolition of existing structures, design and installation of on-site, off-site improvements, including new construction of an expanded library building (the "Improvements"), which are needed to meet community needs (see the Library Bond Act Grant Application which is on file in the City Manager's office, and is incorporated herein by this reference.) G. The public improvements contemplated for the Project are of benefit to the Redevelopment Project Area or the immediate neighborhood in which the Redevelopment Project is located; and II. The Agency hereby finds and determines, based upon substantial evidence provided in the record before it: A. That the foregoing recitals are true and correct; B. That the Improvements are of benefit to the project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located; C. That no other reasonable means of financing the entire portion of the City's local matching fund obligation under the Library Bond Act for the Improvements, are available to the community; D. That the acquisition of land and the cost of the Improvements for the Project will assist in the elimination of blight in the Redevelopment Project area, and is consistent with the implementation plan adopted by the Agency for the Town Center Area Redevelopment Plan pursuant to Section 33490 of the CRL. Resolution No. RDA 04-03 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency held on the 7th day of June 2004. TONY KAWASHIMA CHAIRPERSON PAMELA STOKER City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA) ORANGE COUNTY ) CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and forgoing Resolution No. RDA 04-03 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, held on June 7, 2004, by the following vote: BOARDMEMBER AYES: BOARDMEMBER NOES: BOARDMEMBER ABSTAINED: BOARDMEMBER ABSENT: PAMELA STOKER CITY CLERK S,IRDAIRDA resoslRDA 04.03 Resolution Appmving Payment for Library Projecrdoc