RDA Resolution 2003-15 RESOLUTION NO. RA 2003-15
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
THE CITY OF LA QUINTA MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS
PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION
33445(a) AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE OF
FUNDS FOR THE AVENIDA LA FONDA STREET
ENHANCEMENTS
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 the Village commercial area; and
WHEREAS, the Avenida La Fonda Street Enhancements will be located in
La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No. 1 (the "Project Area") and will help to
attain the aforementioned objective; and
WHEREAS, the need for the improvement to La Fonda Street 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 La Quinta Redevelopment No. 1; and
WHEREAS, Section 518 of the Redevelopment Plan for La Quinta
Redevelopment Project No. 1, as amended by Amendment No. 1, authorizes the
Agency to undertake the funding of the Avenida La Fonda Street Enhancements; and
WHEREAS, the construction of the Avenida La Fonda Street
Enhancements would afford the Agency the opportunity to address some of the
aforementioned conditions of blight; and
WHEREAS, there is inadequate funding within the City's General Fund or
from other sources to construct the Avenida La Fonda Street Enhancements; and
WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the public to construct the
Avenida La Fonda Street Enhancements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the La Quinta Redevelopment
Agency as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitations 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 Avenida La Fonda Street Enhancements.
Resolution RA 2003-15
La Fonda Street Enhancements
Adopted: August 19, 2003
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SECTION 3. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445(a), the
Agency finds and determines that:
A. The construction of the Avenida La Fonda Street Enhancements is of benefit to
the Project Area and to the immediate neighborhood in which the Avenida La
Fonda Street is located.
B. No other reasonable means of financing the improvements are available to the
community.
C. The Avenida La Fonda Street Enhancements will assist in the elimination of one
or more blighting conditions inside the Project Area, including need for
improvement to the infrastructure within the Village commercial area, and is
consistent with the Agency's implementation plan adopted pursuant to Section
33490.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta
Redevelopment Agency held on this 19th day of August, 2003, by the following vote:
AYES: Members Osborne, Perkins, Sniff, Chair Henderson
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member Adolph
ABSTAIN: None
TERRY ~I~NDERSON, Chair
La Quin~ Redevelopment Agency
ATTEST:
~E~,, ~-'~-'~, Agency Secretary
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency
(AGENCY SEAL)
Resolution RA 2003-15
..... La Fonda Street Enhancements
Adopted: August 19, 2003
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M. K/~THERINE JEll'ON, Agency Counsel
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency