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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6139 RESOLUTION NO. 6139 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 33445 AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FUNDS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS COMPRISING THE FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency Fiscal Year 1999-2000 capital improvement program includes significant improvements in the public right-of-way both in and immediately adjacent to the Project Area (and within the original survey area); and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33445 requires approval of the expenditure of Redevelopment Agency funds for improvements which will be publicly owned, the City Council is able to make three findings: a) that the proposed improvements are of benefit to the project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located; b) that there are no other reasonable means of financing the improvements available to the community; c) that the payment of Agency funds for the improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the project area and is consistent with the Implementation Plan adopted pursuant to Section 33490; and WHEREAS, a report entitled "Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Agency Capital Improvement Program Summary Report" is attached hereto as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Summary Report (Exhibit A) sets forth the facts regarding the amount of property taxes to be used to pay for the proposed improvements, sets forth the facts supporting the three determinations to be made by the City Council per Health and Safety Code Section 33445, and sets forth the redevelopment purpose for which such taxes are being used: 1 6139 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The facts set forth in the recitals are true and correct. SECTION 2. The facts supporting those certain findings required by Health and Safety Code Section 33445 are true and correct as set forth in the Summary Report, Exhibit A, attached hereto and as set forth in the staff report submitted to and considered by the City Council with reference to this Resolution. SECTION 3. The City Council hereby finds that the proposed improvements both inside and outside the redevelopment project area are of benefit to the project area, or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located. SECTION 4. The City Council hereby finds that there are no other reasonable means of financing the proposed improvements available to the community. SECTION 5. The City Council hereby finds that the payment of funds for the proposed improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside the redevelopment project area, and is consistent with the Implementation Plan adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33490. SECTION 6. The City Council hereby approves and consents to the payment by the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency for all and any part of the public improvements which are part of the Fiscal Year 1999-2000 Agency Capital Improvement Program and the additional project to add 13 new streetlights on Santa Clara and Santa Anita to meet IES standards. SECTION 7. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify to the adoption of this ReI solution. 2 6139 SECTION 9, This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption. Passed, approved and adopted this 17th day of August 1999. ATTEST: 4dR- ayor of the City of Arcadia APPROVED AS TO FORM: Cit Attorney City of Arcadia . /fJ~ 3 6139 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ARCADIA ) I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 6139 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 17th day of August, 1999 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: A YES: Councilmember Harbicht, Marshall, Kovacic, Roncelli and Chandler NOES: None ABSENT: None 4 6139 FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 AGENCY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT (PER HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33679 REDEVELOPMENT LAW) REGARDING THE PROPOSED USE OF ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TAX INCREMENT FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN AND/OR ADJACENT TO THE ARCADIA CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA August 17, 1999 Exhibit A SUMMARY REPORT FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 AGENCY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS Introduction This summary report has been prepared consistent with to Health and Safety Code Sections 33445 and serves to describe several proposed capital improvement projects in and adjacent to the Redevelopment Project Area. This report has been prepared in order to explain to the public why Redevelopment Agency tax increment funds are to be used to pay for these public improvements. A location map showing the general locations of the proposed improvements is Exhibit A. 1. Undergrounding District 14 $50,000 a. Reconnection of Private Overhead Electrical and Telephone Services to Underground The State of California has created a special program to pay for the undergrounding of utility lines, e.g., electric, phone, cable, in the public right of way. Named after the California statute section authorizing the program, Rule 20A funds come from the rates paid by users of P.U.C.- regulated electric utilities, such as Southern California Edison. The funds are held by the utility and allocated annually according to a formula to local jurisdictions for undergrounding purposes. The Arcadia City Council has reviewed various possible undergrounding projects, along with Southern California Edison, and has elected to proceed with Undergrounding Utility District 14(UUD14) (See Exhibit B). This district includes W. Santa Clara from W. Huntington to Santa Anita, and No. Santa Anita from Huntington to Colorado. Rule 20A funds will be used to pay for the design and construction of the new underground main and laterals, and for the removal of all Edison and Pacific Bell poles and lines, including conduit mains up to 100 feet onto private properties. Rule 20A funds cannot be used to pay for the conversion or reconnection of private panel boxes on services from overhead to underground. In order to minimize the cost and inconvenience to the private parties affected by the undergrounding, the Agency proposes to coordinate and pay for the conversion process. There are approximately six residential services and 15 commercial services to be reconnected as part of the Underground Utility District 14 Project. The six residential services are located on San Miguel. They are outside of the project area, but are in the original 1973 survey area and are immediately adjacent to the project area. Exhibit A 2. Colorado Place Sidewalks $10,000 Pedestrian sidewalks are needed on the east side of Colorado Place between Huntington and Colorado (near the Westerner Hotel and Santa Anita Church/Barnhart SchooL) This project will provide them. 3. Traffic Signal Upgrades Total $75,000 Signal upgrades are needed at three intersections because of increased traffic, probable future traffic, and obsolescence of the existing equipment: Work includes new mast arms, secondary heads, vehicle detector amplifiers, and associated conduit. The Santa Clara/Santa Anita project includes the installation of two new signal poles as well as the above work. a) Santa Anita / Santa Clara b) Huntington / Santa Anita c) Huntington / Second $35,000 $20,000 $20,000 4. Railroad Bridge - Pedestrian Safety Lights Total $30,000 The lighting on the pedestrian walkways under the Huntington/Second Avenue railroad bridge is not adequate. With the construction of the new hotels and an aggressive marketing campaign by the downtown restaurants and businesses, additional pedestrian traffic to/from the hotels and restaurants is expected and desired, This project will provide additional lighting under the bridge on both sides of Huntington. 5. Railroad Bridge - Graphics Total $30,000 (1/2) During the original Downtown Revitalization Strategy project, the City Council/ Redevelopment Agency considered the installation of a unique graphic design on the metal overpass of the Huntington/Second Avenue railroad bridge. The project was postponed due to cost considerations. The owner of the Santa Anita Racetrack has agreed to pay half of the cost, up to $50,000, to provide a graphic design which would characterize Arcadia, its history, and would change the bridge into an architectural statement enhancing the image and reputation of both the downtown project area and the City. This project would pay for the design, publication, installation, painting, and related costs for graphic designs on both facades of the bridge. The following project is recommended for inclusion in the Agency's fiscal year 1999-2000 Capital Improvement Program. Exhibit A 6. New Streetlights (UUD14) Total $30,000 The current light levels and light intensity coverage along Santa Clara and Santa Anita in the Proposed underground Utility District 14 (See UUD14 Map, Exhibit B) do not meet Illuminating Engineering Standards (IES). Installation of approximately 13 additional marbleite cobra head poles ($2,000 each), including trenching and conduit is required. Ten would be installed along north Santa Anita from Colorado to Huntington, there along east Santa Clara from Santa Anita to First. (This project requires at Agency appropriation of funds) Grand Total $245,000 Exhibit A CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA BOUNDARY MAP CITY OF ARCADIA Proposed FY 1999-2000 -...... _... Agency Capital Improvements u.s. Forest Service \ i Proposed new Street Lights (IES) \ I \ I \ I \ I ~ : ., ~. ~ I Colorado Place ..A. County ~\ L Sidewalk \rboretum \- \ \ \ , , "- , , " ,;;; Vestfield ~ .. IhOPp~lngtown M ........ It Santa Anita W .... Mall) City Hall Underground District 14 Utility Reconnections Pedestrian Safety Lights (R.R. Bridge) 51 Santa Anita Race Track L.A. County Arcadia Regional Park CAlIFORNlA. StREET 80'"'' STREET Ii 1< 10 CAUfORHIASTREET~ I Railroad Bridge Facade Improvements I .... '" o X :T CIll-" c: 0' ~ ~ " " :>> '< :d CD '0 o " Traffic Signal Upgrades (3) ~ SCALE: I" a 600' Ii August 9, 1999-