RDA Resolution 2007-014
RESOLUTION NO. RA 2007-014
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 33445(a) AND AUTHORIZING THE
EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR THE CITYWIDE TRAFFIC
SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements, Project Number
2006-16; are located in La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No.2 (the "Project
Area"); ahd
WHEREAS, the Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements, Project Number
2006-16, consist of the installation of an emergency flashing beacon on Adams street
adjacent to La Quinta Fire Station No. 93, minor modifications to the existing traffic
signal at the intersection of Adams Street and Fred Waring Drive, and installation of
the Westward Ho Drive Pedestrian Activated Crosswalk; and
WHEREAS, the locations in which these improvements will be installed
are docUl:nented as a condition of blight within the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the construction of the Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements
would afford the City's Redevelopment Agency the opportunity to address the
aforemelltioned condition of blight; and
WHEREAS, there is inadequate funding within the City's General Fund or
from other sources to construct the Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements; and
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WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the public to construct the
Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the La Quinta Redevelopment
Agency as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are adopted as
the findings of the Agency Board.
SECTION 2. The Agency Board hereby authorizes Agency funding to be
utilized for the Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements.
SECTION 3. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445(a). the
Agency finds and determines that: .
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A. The construction of the Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements is of benefit to
the Project Area and to the immediate neighborhoods in which the Improvements
are located.
B. No other reasonable means of financing the improvements are available to the
community.
C. The Citywide Traffic Safety Improvements will assist in the elimination of one or
more blighting conditions inside the Project Area, and is consistent with the
Redevelopment Agency's implementation plan adopted pursuant to Section
33490.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La
Quinta Red~velopm.ent Agency held on this 2nd day of October, 2007, by the
following vote:
AYES: Board Members Adolph, Henderson, Kirk, Sniff, Chairman Osborne
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
- M. BORNE, Chairman
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency
ATTEST:
R NICA J. MO INO, Agency Secretary
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency
(Agency Seal)
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Adopted: Octe>>ber 2, 2007
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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M. KATHERINE J N, Agency Counsel
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency