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Ordinance No. 340 - Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1ORDINANCE NO. 340 C AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD APPROVING AND ADOPTING A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PROJECT AREA NO. I IN THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD AS THE OFFICIAL REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR SUCH PROJECT AREA. WHEREAS, the Rosemead Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") has prepared and approved a Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1 in the City of Rosemead and has recommended certain modifi- cations in said Plan, and has further recommended that the Rede- velopment Plan as modified be approved and adopted by the City Council as the official Redevelopment Plan for such project area; and WHEREAS, the Rosemead Redevelopment Agency has sub- mitted its report and recommendation to the City Council on the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1; and WHEREAS, the Agency has adopted rules for owner participation and reentry of business within the project area; and WHEREAS, a joint public hearing has been held by the Agency and the City Council, duly noticed as required by law, and the Agency and City Council have received written, photo- graphic, and oral testimony concerning the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No, l; and WHEREAS, the City Council has received the recommenda- tion and report from the Planning Commission of the City of Rosemead concerning the changes proposed and recommended by the Redevelopment Agency to the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1 NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Rosemead does hereby ordain as follows: Section 1. The Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1 in the City of Rosemead, as submitted to the, City Council, and the, changes therein recommended by the Agency and Planning Commission, are hereby approved said changes are hereby incor porated in said Plan and said Redevelopment Plan as so modified is hereby designated as the official Redevelopment Plan for said Project area. (All references to the "Redevelopment Plan" in Sections 1 through 12 of this Ordinance are to the Redevelopment Plan as modified by the changes recommended by the Agency and Planning Commission and.adopted herein) Section 2. The Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1 in the City of Rosemead is hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if fully set forth at length herein. • Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that its purposes and intent with respect to Project Area No. 1 are to; a) Eliminate the conditions of blight existing in the Project Area; b) To prevent reoccurrence of blighted conditions within the Project Area; c) To provide for participation by owners and tenants and preferences to persons engaged in business within • the Project Area, to participate in the redevelopment of the Project Area; to encourage and insure the development of the Project Area in the manner set forth in the Redevelopment Plan; to provide for the relocation of any residents displaced by the effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan; and d) To improve and construct or provide for the construction of public facilities, roads, recreational areas and other public improvements to the benefit:,of the Project Area and the general public. -2- Section 4. The City Council of the City of Rosemead hereby finds and determines that: a) Project Area No.1 is a blighted area, the redevelopment of which is'necessary to effectuate the public purposes declared'in the Community Redevelopment Law of.the State of California. b) The Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1 would redevelop the area in conformity with the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California and in the inter- est of the public peace, health, safety and welfare. . c) The adoption-and carrying out of the Redevelop ment Plan for Project Area No.'l is economically sound and' feasible. d) The Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. • 1•conforms to the General Plan of the City of Rosemead. e) The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1 would promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the community and would effectuate the purposes and policy of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California. f)' The condemnation of real property, as pro- vided for in the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1, is necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan and • adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. g) The Redevelopment Agency has a feasible plan for the relocation of families.and persons. displaced from the _ Project Area, in the event the Redevelopment Plan may result in,the temporary or permanent displacement of any occupants of housing facilities in the Project Area. h) -There are, in areas other than the Project Area not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities, and at rents or prices -3- within the financial means of the families and persons dis- placed from the Project Area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to. such displaced families and persons and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. Section 5. The City Council is satisfied that per- manent housing facilities will be available within three (3) years from the time occupants of the Project Area are dis- placed and that pending the development of such facilities there will'be available to such displaced occupants adequate temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the community at the time of their displacement. 1 Section 6. The Redevelopment Plan provides-for-the expenditure of money by the City of Rosemead.in carrying out • the Redevelopment Plan, and authorizes.the City to financially assist the Agency by way of loans, grants, or other financial assistance. The City Council hereby provides that any.such financial assistance to the Agency shall be made from time to time as the City Council may provide, and further.provides that all such financial assistance shall be deemed to be loans to the Agency, which shall bear interest at,the rate of seven percent (7%) per annum until repaid, unless the City Council provides in any specific case that the expenditures shall be • treated otherwise than-as a loan. Section 7.' The"City.Council hereby declares.its intention to undertake and complete any proceedings necessary to be carried out by the City of Rosemead under the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan, and requests that all City depart- ments and commissions cooperate with the Agency in carrying out the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan. -4- Section 8. Upon the filing of this Ordinance adopting the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No.•l'with the City Clerk, the City Clerk is hereby.directed to send a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Redevelopment Agency of'the City of Rosemead and Agency is vested with the respon- sibility for carrying out the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No 1 Section 9. The City,.Building Department is hereby directed, for a•period of two years after the adoption of this,-Ordinance, to advise ail applicants for building permits in Project Area No. l.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 10. The City Clerk-is hereby directed to record with the County Recorder of Los Angeles a description of the land within Project Area No. 1 and a statement that proceedings for the redevelopment of Project Area No. 1 have been instituted under the Community Redevelopment Law of the. State of California. Additional recordation of documents may be effected pursuant to Section 27295 of the Government Code of the State of California. Section 11. The City-Clerk.is hereby directed to • transmit a copy of the description and statement recorded pursuant to Section 33373 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, a copy of this Ordinance, and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of Project Area No..l, to 'the Auditor and Tax Assessor o`f the County of Los Angeles; to,officer or officers performing the functions of Auditor or Assessor for any taxing agencies which, in levying or collecting its taxes, do not.use the County Assessment Roll or do not collect its taxes through the County; and to the governing body of-each of the taxing agencies which levies V _ L, n taxes upon any property in Project Area No. 1, and to the State Board of Equalization. Such documents shall be trans- mitted as promptly as practicable following the adoption of this Ordinance but in any event on or before January 1st, 1973. Section 12. Having considered all the evidence, oral, written and photographic, the City Council hereby overrules all written and oral objections to the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 27th day of June, 1972. MA 0 PRO TEM • • ATTEST: C TY CLERK I, WANDA E. ANDERSEN, above ordinance was a meeting held June 27, AYES: Councilmen: NOES: Councilmen: ABSENT: Councilmen: City Clerk, do hereby certify that the dopted:by the City Council at their regular 1972, by the following vote: Andersen, Maude, Pike, Taylor None Hunter CITY CLERK by: , ~ , ~ ~ ~ F_ Je ny E. Davenport Deputy City Clerk AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS: CITY OF ROSEMEAD ) Jenny E. Davenport being first duly sworn, depose and say: That she how, and at all. times herein mentioned was, the Deputy City Clerk of and for the City of Rosemead, • County of Los Angeles, State of. California, State of California; that on the 29th day of June , 19 7.2 , posted a true and correct copy of ordinance No. 340 , a copy of which is attached hereto and made a cart hereof, at each of the three public places specified in Section 2800 of the Rosemead City Code, pursuant to Section 36933 of the California Government Code, there being no adjudicated newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the City of Rosemead, • that said posting was completed on the 29th day of June , 19 2872 , and that a total number of copies by law of said Ordinance were " posted. 1 DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT THE FOREGOING IS TRUE. AND CORRECT. Executed on the 29th day of June , 1972 at Rosemead, County of Los Angeles, State of California.