CC Resolution 2011-004RESOLUTION NO. 2011 - 004
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A FUNDING
AGREEMENT FOR FUTURE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS
AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY OF LA
QUINTA, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS PURSUANT
TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33445(a)
WITH RESPECT TO THE AGENCY'S EXPENDITURE
WHEREAS, the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency ("Agency"), pursuant to
Health and Safety Code Section 33445, is authorized to provide funding for the
development of publicly owned improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City of La Quinta ("City") and Agency mutually desire to
enter into a Funding Agreement for Future Public Improvements and Affordable
Housing in the City of La Quinta (the "Agreement") to, among other things, set
forth their respective obligations with respect to the funding of certain public
improvements which are outlined on Exhibit "A" and Exhibit "B" of the Agreement
(collectively, the "Public Improvements"1; and
WHEREAS, City does not have the funding to plan, design, or build the
Public Improvements without Agency funding; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that the Public Improvements are completed in a timely
manner, the Agency and City wish to enter into the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, City, Agency, and the La Quinta Housing Authority wish to
ensure the continued provision of affordable housing within the community to serve
the needs of existing and future residents who qualify as moderate-income, low-
income, and very low-income; and
WHEREAS, City has been assigned the following affordable housing
obligations pursuant to the Regional Housing Needs Assessment for the years
2008-2014: Very Low-Income - 1,065 dwelling units, Low-Income - 724 Dwelling
Units, and Moderate-Income - 796 Dwelling Units; and
WHEREAS, to ensure that adequate housing is provided for persons within
Moderate-Income, Low-Income, and Very Low-Income households, the Agency
wishes to transfer to the City or Authority its future Low- and Moderate-Income
Housing Funds that are not previously pledged for other purposes in order to fund
the affordable housing projects listed on Exhibit "C" of the Agreement ("Housing
Projects"1; and
WHEREAS, City and Authority do not have the funding to plan, design, or
build the Housing Projects without Agency funding; and
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Adopted: January 78, 2011
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WHEREAS, to ensure that the Housing Projects are completed in a timely
manner and that the City's residents of all income categories have descent, safe
and sanitary housing, the Agency desires to fund the Housing Projects through the
Agreement.
WHEREAS, graffiti is a significant blighting condition within Project Area
Nos. 1 and 2;
WHEREAS, with other demands on the City's General Fund, its ability to
timely and fully remove graffiti within Project Area Nos. 1 and 2 has been impaired;
and
WHEREAS, the annual cost of graffiti removal in Project Area Nos. 1 and 2 is
S 138,000;
WHEREAS, the Agency wishes to fund the removal of graffiti in Project Area
Nos. 1 and 2 through the execution of the Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the La Quinta City Council, as
follows:
SECTION 1. The above Recitations are true and correct.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445(a), the City
Council hereby finds and determines that:
A. The Public Improvements to be constructed within or contiguous to Project
Area No. 1 are of benefit to Project Area No. 1 by helping to eliminate blight
within Project Area No. 1, in that said Public Improvements consist of public
infrastructure improvements, and the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area
No. 1 provides for the elimination and prevention of the spread of blight and
blighting influences through the installation, construction, or re-construction
of streets, utilities, and other public facilities and improvements.
B. The Public Improvements to be constructed within or contiguous to Project
Area No. 2 are of benefit to Project Area No. 2 by helping to eliminate blight
within Project Area No. 2, in that said Public Improvements consist of public
infrastructure improvements and one property acquisition, and the
Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 2 provides for the elimination and
prevention of the spread of blighting influences through the installation,
construction, reconstruction, redesign, or reuse of streets, utilities, curbs,
gutters, sidewalks, traffic control devices, flood control facilities and other
public improvements, and also provides for property acquisition as a means
of eliminating and preventing the spread of blighting influences.
C. No other reasonable means of financing the Public Improvements are
available to the community, for the following reasons: li- City monies are
dedicated to critical police, fire, and other necessary expenditures, including
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other capital improvement projects; (ii) the only practical means of paying for
the Public Improvements is to use Agency funding; (iii) without Agency
funding for the Public Improvements, the Public Improvements would not be
completed, all to the detriment of Project Area No. 1 and Project Area No. 2.
D. The Public Improvements are consistent with the Agency's Implementation
Plan adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33490 (the
"Implementation Plan"), in that improving public infrastructure and facilities
within Project Area No. 1 and Project Area No. 2 are goals set forth in the
Implementation Plan.
SECTION 3. The Agency's expenditure for the Public Improvements is necessary to
effectuate the purposes of the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1 and
Project Area No. 2 and is in the best interests of the City of La Quinta.
SECTION 4. The Agreement, a copy of which is on file with the City Clerk, is
hereby approved and the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to sign
the Agreement.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta
City Council held on this 18th day of January, 201 1, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Evans, Franklin, Henderson, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST
VERONICA,d~'MONTECINO,
City of L ulnta, California
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DON AD PH, yor
City of La Quinta, California
CITY CLERK
(City Seal)
Resolution No. 2011-004
Funding Agreement Between City & RDA
Adopted: January 18, 2011
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: