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CC Resolution 2011-052RESOLUTION NO. 2011 - 052 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, CONSENTING TO THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS BY THE LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE WASHINGTON STREET TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT EISENHOWER DRIVE AND LEFT TURN LANE IMPROVEMENTS AT CALLE TAMPICO, AND MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33445(a) WITH RESPECT TO THE AGENCY'S EXPENDITURES WHEREAS, the Washington Street Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive are located in La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No. 2, and the Left Turn Lane Improvements on Calle Tampico are located in La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No. 1 (the "Project Areas "); and WHEREAS, the construction and installation of the Washington Street Right Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico would afford the Redevelopment Agency the opportunity to address the blighting conditions; and WHEREAS, there is inadequate funding within the City's General Fund, Development Impact Fee Fund or from other sources to construct the proposed Washington Street Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico, and Making Certain Findings Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445(a) with respect to the agency's expenditures Highway 111 Median Island Landscape Improvements, in that (1) the City's General Funds are needed to provide essential public services, such a police services and maintenance of existing public improvements, (2) payments into the City's Development Impact Fee Fund have sharply declined with the economic downturn, and (3) the amounts currently on deposit in Development Impact Fee Fund are needed for other public infrastructure projects and to fund the repayment of certain financing and reimbursement agreements; and WHEREAS, proceeding with the construction and installation of the Washington Street Right Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico at this point in time will help to stimulate the local economy by providing local jobs and construction - related expenditures; and WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the public to construct and install the Washington Street Right Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico. Resolution 2011 -052 Washington Street Turn Lane Improvements Consenting to the Expenditure of RDA Funds Adopted: June 21, 2011 Page 2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of La Quinta, California, as follows: SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are adopted as the findings of the City Council. SECTION 2. The City Council hereby consents to Agency funding to be utilized for the Washington Street Right Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico. SECTION 3. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445(a), the City Council finds and determines that: A. The construction and installation of the Washington Street Right Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico is of benefit to the Project Areas and to the immediate neighborhoods in which the improvements are located. B. No other reasonable means of financing the Washington Street Right Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico are available to the community at this point in time. C. The Washington Street Right Turn Lane Improvements at Eisenhower Drive and Left Turn Lane Improvements at Calle Tampico will assist in the elimination of one or more blighted conditions inside the Project Areas, and are consistent with the Redevelopment Agency's implementation plan adopted pursuant to Section 33490. SECTION 4. The Public Works Director is to award a construction contract, up to the amount of $339,670 to the lowest responsive bidder. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City Council held on this 21st day of June 2011, by the following vote: AYES: Council Members Evans, Franklin, Henderson, Sniff, Mayor Adolph NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Resolution 2011 -052 Washington Street Turn Lane Improvements Consenting to the Expenditure of RDA Funds Adopted: June 21, 2011 Page 3 () DON ADOL May r City of La Quinta, California Q VERONICAONTECINO, CMC, City'Clerk City of La Quinta, California (CITY SEAL) APPROVED AS TO FORM: C M. KATHERINE N, City Attorney City of La Quinta, alifornia