CC Resolution 2003-039 RESOLUTION NO. 2003-039
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF~THE CITY OF
LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA 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, or is about to enter into, that
certain Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Property Located Along the East Line
of Avenida Montezuma (APNs 773-245-002, 774-020-003, and 773-311-027), City
of La Quinta, California (the ~Agreement"), with William D. Calkins and Lynn R.
Kunkle, co-conservators of the Estate of Charles Brian Murphy, as to an undivided
25% interest; Lynn R. Kunkle, an unmarried man, as to an undivided 25% interest;
and AM Partnership, a California general partnership, as to an undivided 50% interest
(collectively, "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 Two Hundred Ninety Thousand Dollars ($290,000) (the "Purchase Price").
City intends to develop and maintain the Property as a public park (the "Park"); 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 Quinta 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
Resolution No. 2003-039
Agency Park Purchase
Adopted: June 17, 2003
Page 2
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 for the City's
subsequent development and maintenance of a Park 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
the Park to be developed thereon will be available for use by residents of the Project
Area and of the immediate neighborhood.
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 and maintain the
Park, 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
benefitting 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.
SECTION 3. The Agency's payment for the Property is hereby approved.
Resolution No. 2003-039
Agency Park Purchase
Adopted: June 17. 2003
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 for the Property.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the La Quinta held on this 17th day of June, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Henderson, Osborne, Perkins, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN:None
DON ADO'I.~H, I~layor
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
JUNE~S'.~REEK, CMC, C~Clerk
City of La Quinta, California
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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M. KATHERINE JENSON, City Attorney
City of La Quinta, California