CC Resolution 2003-099 RESOLUTION NO. 2003-099
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA APPROVING THE LA QUINTA
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S PAYMENT FOR CERTAIN
PUBLICLY-OWNED LAND
WHEREAS, the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is a
public body, corporate and politic organized and existing under the Community
Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code § 33000, et seq.) to carry
out the purposes of redevelopment in the City of La Quinta ("City"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency is engaged in activities necessary to execute
and implement the Redevelopment Plan for the La Quinta Redevelopment Project
No. 1 ("Redevelopment Plan" or "Project Area," as applicable); and
WHEREAS, the City has entered into, oi is about to enter into, that
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certain Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property located at the southeast
corner of Westward Ho Drive and Dune Palms Road (AIPN 640-040-001), City of La
Ouinta, California (the "Agreement"), with John T. Slater', Jr., Trustee ("Seller"),
pursuant to which the City has agreed to purchase certain real property located
within the Project Area (the "Property") from Seller, for the purchase price of Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000) (the "Purchase Price"). City intends to 'develop and
maintain the Property as a well site; and
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of May, 2003, the La Quinta City Council
(the "City Council") approved the 2003-2004 Economic Development Plan which
includes implementation policies supporting enhancement of recreational
opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the lack of recreational facilities was documented as one
of the conditions of blight that justified the formation of the Project Area, as cited
in the October 1983 Report to the La Ouinta City Council on the Proposed
Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, Section 518 of the Redevelopment Plan authorizes the
Agency to purchase and improve property for park facilities; and
WHEREAS, purchasing the Property would afford the Agency the
" opportunity to address some of the aforementioned conditions of blight; and
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Westward Ho Well Site Purchase
Adopted: October 7, 2003
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WHEREAS, there is inadequate funding within the City's General Fund
or from other sources to acquire the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Agency's purchase of the Property is in accordance
with the Redevelopment Plan and is of benefit to the Project Area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LA QUINTA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That the above recitals are true and correct and incorporated
herein.
Section 2. That the City Council does hereby find and determine as
follows:
a. That the Agency's funding of the purchase of the Property is of
benefit to the Project Area and to the immediate neighborhood of the Property, in
that it will facilitate the development of recreation facilities at SilverRock Ranch and
promote economic development activity in the Project Area by facilitating .one of
the CVWD requirements for providing water and sewer service to the SilverRock
Ranch development.
b. That no other reasonable means of financing the purchase of
the Property, which is publicly owned land, is available to the community for the
following reasons: (i) City monies are dedicated to critical police, fire, and other
necessary expenditures, including other capital improvement projects; (ii) the only
practical means of paying for the Property is to use Agency funding; (iii) without
AgenCy funding the City would be unable to purchase the Property and thereafter
develop the SilverRock Ranch, all to the detriment of the redevelopment of the
Project Area.
c. That the Agency's payment identified herein will assist in the
elimination of blighting conditions in the Project Area in that deficient recreational
facilities is a blighting condition addressed by the Agency's payment.
d. That the Agency's payment identified herein is consistent with
Agency's adopted Implementation Plan, in that improving public facilities in and
benefiting the Project Area is a priority identified in the Implementation Plan.
e. That the Agency's payment for the Property is necessary to
effectuate the purposes of the Redevelopment Plan.
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Westward Ho Well Site Purchase
Adopted: October 7, 2003
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Section 3. The Agency's payment to purchase and improve the Property is
hereby approved, and the funding is authorized for these purposes.
Section 4. The City Council hereby approves of the Agency's authorization
and direction to its Executive Director to take such other and further actions as
may be necessary and proper to effeCt the Agency's payment and improvement of
the Property.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of 'the City of La Quinta held this 7th day of October, 2003, by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
· NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Osborne
ABSTAIN: None
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DON ADJ3~LPH, I~iyor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
JUN~K, CMC, 'City C-i-erk
City of La Quinta, California
(City Seal)
Resolution No. 2003-099
Westward Ho Well Site Purchase
Adopted: October 7, 2003
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City of La Quinta, California