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Home My WebLink About10-09 RDA Resolution RESOLUTION NO. RDA 10 -09 A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA APPROVING THE REVISED FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THE MEMBERS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The Redevelopment Agency hereby finds determines and declares that: (a) The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Temecula ( "Agency ") is a community redevelopment agency duly organized and existing under the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California , Health and Safety Code Sections 32000 et. seq. and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to the action of the City Council of the City of Temecula ( "City "). (b) On June 12, 1988, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside adopted Ordinance No. 658 adopting and approving the "Redevelopment Plan for Riverside County Redevelopment Project No. 1988 -1" (hereafter the "Plan ") in accordance with the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Act (Health and Safety Code Sections 33000 et seq.). On December 1, 1989, the City of Temecula was incorporated. The boundaries of the Project Area described in the Plan are entirely within the boundaries of the City of Temecula. On April 9, 1991, the City Council of the City of Temecula adopted Ordinances Nos. 91 -08, 91 -11, 91 -14, and 91 -15 establishing the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Temecula and transferring jurisdiction over the Plan from the County to the City. Pursuant to Ordinance Nos. 91 -11 and 91 -15, the City of Temecula and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Temecula assumed jurisdiction over the Plan as of July 1, 1991. These Ordinances are codified in Chapter 2.52 of the Temecula Municipal Code. (c) One of the goals of the Plan is to improve the appearance of the Project Area by assisting in the improvement and maintenance of facades of buildings within the Project Area. (d) The Agency first adopted its Facade Improvement Program in April 1995 and has revised it from time to time in order to help property and /or business owners in Old Town rehabilitate commercial storefronts and buildings. (e) The Facade Improvement Program is intended to effectuate the goals and objectives of the Community Redevelopment Law, the City's General Plan, and the Plan. (f) The Facade Improvement Program, as revised by this Resolution, is consistent with the Redevelopment Plan, the Implementation Plan adopted by the R: /RDA Resos 2010 /RDA 10 -09 1 Agency on December 7, 2004, and updated in 2009, the City's General Plan and each element thereof. (g) The Agency Board has duly considered all terms and conditions of the proposed Facade Improvement Program update and believes that the revised Facade Improvement Program is in the best interests of the Agency and City and the health, safety, and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable State and local law requirements. Section 2. Approval of Facade Improvement Program. The Agency hereby approves the amended and restated Facade Improvement Program available to property owners or business owners located within the boundaries of the Old Town Specific Plan ( "Old Town ") consisting of the following terms: (a) Objectives of the Facade Improvement Program. The objectives of the Facade Improvement Program are to: 1) Encourage new and established commercial businesses to improve the appearance of their buildings and ultimately attract more customers and increase sales. 2) Create a more inviting and interesting Old Town streetscape making it a great place to walk, shop, dine, and experience. 3) Assist property owners and /or business tenants to correct deficiencies such as code and /or seismic violations. 4) Bring further illumination to the Old Town area with more ambient lighting and signage giving the area a more vibrate and welcoming atmosphere. (b) Eligible Property or Business Owners. The Agency may provide Facade improvement grants to all property owners or business owners in Old Town except for 1) New construction; 2) Non - commercial businesses' 3) Properties owned or occupied by a public agency; or 4) Residential properties (owned or rented). (c) Maximum Facade Improvement Grants. The Agency may provide improvement grants to eligible property owners or business owners located Old Town subject to the applicable Agency budget for the fiscal year as follows: RJRDA Rims 2010 /RDA 10 -09 2 1) A facade improvement grant to any one property owner and /or business location shall be limited to a total of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00). 2) The Agency may provide a qualified property and /or business owners with a fagade improvement grant of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00). 3) The Agency may provide a qualified property and /or business owner with a fagade improvement grant for seismic deficiencies up to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00). 4) Any fagade improvement grants in excess of these amounts require specific Redevelopment Agency approval pursuant to a specific agreement. (d) Eligible Facade Improvements. The following fagade improvements may be funded under the Fagade Improvement Program: 1) New fagade construction appropriately scaled within an existing building; 2) Window replacement and window framing; 3) Painting, stucco or other exterior improvements; 4) Awnings, murals marquees, parapet walls, arcade /canopy fagade; 5) Removal and replacement of old signage with new conforming signs; 6) Tile /pavement between entry and public sidewalk; 7) Accessibility improvements for disabled; 8) Landscape features where appropriate for a fagade; 9) Hardscape improvements such as fountains, firepits, garden structures, trellises, wind barriers, or patios; 10) seismic and foundation repairs and fire sprinklers and fire walls required by the City's Fire Code; 11) Design costs and permit fees for eligible improvements; or 12) Such other facade improvements as determined by the Executive Director (or his or her designee) to be similar to the listed improvements and meet the general goals of the Old Town Specific Plan. RJRDA Resos 2010 /RDA 10 -09 3 (e) Ineligible Facade Improvements. The following improvements are not eligible for funding under the Facade Improvement Program: 1) Maintenance type improvements such as roofing; 2) All interior improvements except for display lighting; 3) General structural upgrade improvements except for eligible seismic upgrades; 4) New construction; 5) Existing work or completed improvements; 6) Any improvements not specifically reviewed and approved by Executive Director (or his or her designee); 7) Equipment and trade fixtures; 8) Operation and maintenance costs, including existing debt service; and 9) Such other items as determined by the Executive Director (or his or her designee) to be similar to the listed items. (f) Facade Improvement Grants Subject to Agency Regulations. The Facade Improvement Grants shall be subject to the regulations for the Facade Improvement Program as may be established by the Executive Director in the "Manual for the Facade Improvement Program" as authorized in Section 3 of this Resolution. Section 3. Authority of Executive Director to Implement Facade Improvement Program. The Executive Director of the Agency (or his designee), is hereby directed and authorized, on behalf of the Agency, to: (a) Take all actions necessary and appropriate to carry out and implement the Facade Improvement Program; (b) Administer the Agency's obligations, responsibilities and duties to be performed under the Facade Improvement Program; (c) Approve regulations for the administration and implementation of the Facade Improvement Program, including but not limited to the "Manual for the Facade Improvement Program" providing for the administrative directives and regulations necessary and convenient for the implementation of the Facade Improvement Program in accordance with the provisions of this Resolution, including but not limited to application processes, eligibility requirements, eligible improvements, R: /RDA Resos 2010 /RDA 10 -09 4 application evaluation, contractor qualifications, and to revise and update the Manual as needed; and (d) Enter into and execute on behalf of the Agency all documents necessary and convenient for the implementation and administration of the Facade Improvement Program, including but not limited to fagade grant agreements with eligible property and business owners, operating memoranda or amendments for such agreements, maintenance agreements, deeds of trust, purchase of title and other reports on the property, acceptances, or certificates of completions. Section 4. Effective Date and Applicability to New Applications. This Resolution shall be effective upon its adoption and shall be applicable to all applications for funding under the Facade Improvement Program pending before the Agency or submitted after this date. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Members of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Temecula this 22 day of June, 2010. Michael S. Naggar, Chairperson ATTEST: 4CIe MMC r Secretary [SE AL] R: /RDA Resos 2010 /RDA 10 -09 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss CITY OF TEMECULA ) I, Susan W. Jones, MMC, City Clerk/Board Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. RDA 10 -09 was duly and regularly adopted by the Members of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 22 day of June, 2010, by the following vote: AYES: 5 AGENCY MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Roberts, Washington, Naggar NOES: 0 AGENCY MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 AGENCY MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 AGENCY MEMBERS: None Susan W Jones, MMC ity Clerk/B and Secretary R: /RDA Resos 2010 /RDA 10 -09 6