ARA2004-05RESOLUTION NO. AP, A 200/, - 5
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CONSENTING TO HOLDING A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING WITH THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ON THE PROPOSED
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS TO MERGE THE ALPHA, RIVER
VALLEY, PLAZA, COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL, WEST ANAHEIM
COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS AND STADIUM REDEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is a community
redevelopment agency organized and existing under the California Community Redevelopment
Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et. seq., ("CRL") and has been authorized to
transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the
City Council of the City of Anaheim ("City Council"); and
WHEREAS, on July 19, 1973, by Ordinance No. 3190, the City Council approved and
adopted a redevelopment plan for the Alpha Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended
the redevelopment plan seven times to delete territory from the project area, modify land uses,
and establish fiscal and time limits in compliance with Assembly Bill 1290 ("AB 1290"), Senate
Bill 1045 ("SB 1045"), Senate Bill 211 ("SB 211") and other provisions ofthe CRL ("Alpha
Project"); and
WHEREAS, on November 29, 1983, by Ordinance No. 4463, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the River Valley Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the
redevelopment plan five times to modify land uses and establish time limits in compliance with
AB 1290, SB 1045, SB 211 and other provisions of the CRL ("River Valley Project"); and
WHEREAS, on June 12, 1990, by Ordinance No. 5136, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the Plaza Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the
redevelopment plan twice to establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and
other provisions of the CRL ("Plaza Project"); and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 1993, by Ordinance No. 5412, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the Brookhurst Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Project and
subsequently amended the redevelopment plan three times to add territory to the project area,
including renaming the project area the West Anaheim Commercial Corridors Redevelopment
Project, and establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and other provisions of
the CRL ("West Anaheim Project"); and
WHEREAS, on December 21, 1993, by Ordinance No. 5415, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the Commercial/Industrial Redevelopment Project and subsequently
amended the redevelopment plan twice to establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB
1045 and other provisions of the CRL ("Commercial/Industrial Project"); and
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WHEREAS, on August 9, 1994, by Ordinance No. 5442, the City Council adopted a
redevelopment plan for the Stadium Redevelopment Project ("Stadium Project"); and
WHEREAS, the "Existing Plans" consist of the Redevelopment Plans, as amended,
prepared for the Alpha Project, River Valley Project, Plaza Project, Commercial/Industrial
Project, West Anaheim Project, and the Stadium Project and the territory included within the
Existing Plans is referred to as the "Existing Project Areas"; and
and
WHEREAS, the Agency is vested with the responsibility to carry out the Existing Plans;
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to amend each of the Existing Plans ("Amendments") to
merge the Existing Project Areas in order to combine the tax increment revenues from the
Existing Project Areas and rcallocate thc revenues to and among the entire merged project area
("Merged Project Area") that will best facilitate the revitalization of blighted areas through
economic vitality and increase and improve housing opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the Agency also desires to amend the land use provisions of the
Redevelopment Plan for the Alpha Project in order to be consistent with the City of Anaheim's
General Plan, as the General Plan may be amended from time to time; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has submitted the proposed Amendments to the Planning
Commission of the City of Anaheim for its report and recommendations, and the Planning
Commission on March 22, 2004, reviewed the proposed Amendments, determined the proposed
amendments are consistent with the City's General Plan and recommended approval of the
proposed Amendments; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the CRL Sections 33486, 33457.1, 33452,
33454 and 33458 there is a need for a joint public hearing of the City Council and the Agency in
order to receive testimony from any and all interested persons, including: property owners,
business owners, tenants, community organizations, and any other interested groups and/or
citizens, with respect to the proposed Amendments and related items; and
WHEREAS, the Agency will prepare the required Notice of Joint Public Hearing
pursuant to CRL Sections 33486 and 33452.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DOES HEREBY,
FIND AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Agency hereby approves the convening of a joint public hearing with the City
Council on May 11, 2004, at 5:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the City of Anaheim
City Council Chambers, City Hall East, 200 S. Anaheim Boulevard, Anaheim, California 92805,
for the purpose of receiving testimony and considering the proposed Amendments and other
related matters.
2. Agency staff is hereby directed to work with the City Clerk and Agency advisors
in the mailing of a copy of the aforesaid notice and related materials attached herewith, pursuant
to Sections 33486 and 33452 of the CRL, to the last known assessee of each parcel of land within
the Existing Project Areas as shown on the last equalized assessment rolls of Orange County and
the State of California. The notice shall be sent to all property and business owners, tenants and
residents within the Existing Project Areas, and to all affected taxing entities, which receive a
portion of the ad valorem taxes levied on properties within the Project Areas.
3. Agency staff is hereby directed to work with the City Clerk and Agency advisors
in the publishing of the aforesaid notice, including a map and a reference to the availability of the
legal description for the Existing Project Areas (as recorded with the Orange County Recorder),
prior to the date of the joint public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation for period not
less than once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks. The notice shall be published in the
Orange County Register and/or Anaheim Bulletin on April 13, 20 and 27 and May 4, 2004 to
satisfy this requirement.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION IS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE
ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THIS 30t:h ( ) DAY OF
March ,2004.
CHAIRMAN OF THE
~~AHEiM
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JACK L. WIt~TE, City Attorney
Assistant CiW Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, SHERYLL SCHROEDER, Secretary of the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution No. ARA2004- 5 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of
the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency held on the 30th day of March 2004, by the following vote of
the members thereof:
AYES:
CHAIRMAN/AGENCY: Pringle, Tait, Hernandez, McCracken
NOES:
CHAIRMAN/AGENCY: None
TEMP ABSENT:
CHAIRMAN/AGENCY: None
ABSTAINED:
CHAIRMAN/AGENCY: Chavez
/SECRET,~RY O1~ THE ANAHEIM
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(SEAL)