HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-20 RDA ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. RDA 99-20
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA
EXTENDING THE TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF LOW AND
MODERATE INCOME HOUSING ON APPROXIMATELY 40
ACRES OF REAL PROPERTY OWNED BY THE AGENCY FOR
LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING AT THE
SOUTHWEST CORNER OF DIAZ ROAD AND CHERRY STREET
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Temecula does hereby find, determine and declare that:
a. The Agency acquired approximately 40 acres of property located at
the southwest corner of Diaz Road and Cherry Street ("Property") for use as low and
moderate income housing utilizing money from the Agency's Low and Moderate Income
Housing Fund as authorized by Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2. The purchase
was approved on November 15, 1994.
b. Health and Safety Code Section 3334.16 provides that within five
years from the date an Agency first acquires an interest in real property for development
of low and moderate income housing, the Agency shall "initiate activities consistent with the
development of the property" for low and moderate income housing.
c. Since the Agency acquired the property in November 1994 for low
and moderate income housing purposes, the Agency staff has investigated the feasibility
of using the Property for low and moderate income housing and has identified a number of
significant constraints on development. A significant portion of the Property is located in
a flood plain and cannot be developed with structures of any kind in its present state.
Development of residential units on the Property will require extensive grading to elevate
the building sites to acceptable locations above the flood plain. Current estimates place the
cost of such grading at approximately $2 million. Additionally, a portion of the Property is
located on an earthquake fault line further reducing the land available for development,
Another factor in developing the Property for low and moderate income housing is the lack
of neighborhood commercial amenities available for a housing project, particularly a senior
housing project, such as markets, drugstores, or cleaners as well as recreational facilities
and transportation infrastructure. Neighborhood commercial uses have developed east of
the 1-15 Freeway and senior facilities have been developed in the Old Town/Pujol street
areas. While a mixed used residential/commercial development would solve such
concems, the Properby does not appear to be able to support such uses on its own standing
alone and is located outside of the Project Area, making redevelopment assistance difficult.
d. It is therefore, necessary to extend the time within which the Agency
must initiate development of low and moderate income housing on the Property pursuant
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to Health and Safety Code Section 3334.16. Staff will continue to evaluate the feasibility
of a low and moderate income housing development on the Property. If it appears a low
and moderate income housing development is not feasible for the Property, Staff will
evaluate whether the Agency should sell the Property, returning the proceeds of the sale
to the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund, or exchange the Property for other
property which is equivalent in terms of its ability to support low and moderate income
housing as required by Health and Safety Code Section 33334.16.
e. This action is being undertaken pursuant to the Plan for which a full
and complete Environmental Impact Report was prepared and certified prior to adoption of
the Plan. Additionally an environment review was completed and approved in 1991 for the
approval of the land use entitlements for the site. The action being approved by this
Resolution relates to the calculation of the Agency's financial assistance to an existing
project and, therefore, has no effect on the environment. None of the findings set forth in
Sections 15162 or 15163 of the CEQA Guidelines (Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California
Administrative Code) requiring a subsequent or supplement environmental impact report
can be made and, therefore, further environment review is not required pursuant to the
authority of Section 15180 of the CEQA Guidelines.
Section 2. Pursuant to the authority of Health and Safety Code Section
33334.16 and the findings set forth in Section 1. of this Resolution, the Board of Directors hereby
extends the period dudng which the Agency must initiate activities for the development of low and
moderate income housing on the Property for an additional pedod of five (5) years, which additional
period shall expire on November 15, 2004.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Temecula this 9t" day of November, 1999.
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ATTEST:
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STATE Of CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )
CItY OF TEMECULA )
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I, Susan W. Jones, CMC/AAE, Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Temecula, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. RDA99-20 was duly and regularly
adopted by the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Temecula at a
regular meeting thereof held on this 9th day of November, 1999, by the following vote:
AYES:
4 AGENCYMEMBERS:
Comerchero, Ford, Lindemans, Roberrs
NOES:
0 AGENCYMEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 1 AGENCYMEMBERS: Stone
,~~g~an W /AAE
ncy S Clerk
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