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
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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
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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