RDA Resolution 2007-016
RESOLUTION NO. RA 2007-016.
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY
OF lA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA FOR PARCEL 4 OF PARCEL MAP
33588 MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH
AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33445(a) AND AUTHORIZING 1) A
GRANT DEED FOR CONVEYANCE OF A WEll SITE TO THE
COACH EllA VAllEY WATER DISTRICT (CVWD), 2) A GRANT
OF EASEMENT FOR WATER & SANITARY SEWER TO CVWD,
AND 3) A DOMESTIC WATER AND SANITARY SEWER
INSTAllATION AGREEMENT, AND 4) ACCEPTING A QUIT CLAIM
DEED FROM CVWD FOR EXISTING EASEMENTS
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency (the Agency) purchased a 14.81
acre parcel of land located northwest of the Dune Palms Road/Avenue 48 intersection
for affordable housing development; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the Agency approved an Affordable
Housing Agreement and Site Development Permit 2006-857 for a 218-Unit Apartment
Complex with the Coachella Valley Housing Coalition on Parcel 4 of Parcel Map No.
33588; and
WHEREAS the Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) has determined
that Well Site would be appropriate on a portion of the Agency site located on Dune
P~lms Road and Avenue 48 and that the conveyance of that site would partially satisfy
an obligation of the Agency for the SilverRock Resort Domestic Water and Sanitation
System Irrigation Service Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Grant of Easement and proposed Domestic
Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Agreement with CVWD will allow for the
construction and grant easements for necessary water and sewer improvements; and
WHEREAS, the Quit Claim Deed from CVWD will remove existing
easements where no District facilities presently exist and easements are no longer
required by CVWD; and
WHEREAS, Section 33445 of the Community Redevelopment law
provides that with the consent of the City Council, the Agency may pay all or part of
the value of the land for and the cost of the installation and construction of any
improvement which is publicly owned either within or without of the Project Area if
the City Council and Agency determine that the improvements are of benefit to the
project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the project is located, that no
other reasonable means of financing the improvements are available to the community
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Adopted: November 6. 2007
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and that the payment of funds for the acquisition of land or the cost of the
improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions inside
the Project Area, and with respect to the water and sewer system will provide for
affordable housing within the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the public 1) to offer the
Grant Deed for a CVWD Well Site, 2) grant the Grant of Easement for Water and
Sanitary Sewer to CVWD, enter into the Domestic Water and Sanitary Sewer
Installation Agreement, and 4) accept the Quit Claim Deed that would remise, release
and forever quitclaim rights-of-way no longer by required by CVWD.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the la Quinta Redevelopment
Agency as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are adopted as
the findings of the Agency Board.
SECTION 2. The Redevelopment Agency does herby find and determine
as follows:
a. That the Agency's authorization of the Grant Deed for the
Well Site, Grant of Easement for Water and Sewer
Easements and the Domestic Water and Sanitary Sewer
Installation Agreement will benefit the Project Area.
b. That CVVVD does not have funding necessary for purchase
of property to facilitate the well site, or to purchase the
easement area for the water and sewer installation in that
its funds are earmarked for other purposes and it relies upon
the developers of project such as the affordable housing
project and the SilverRock Resort project to provide the
funding for the improvements necessitated by those
projects.
c. That the Agency's authorization of the Grant Deed for the
Well Site to CVWD fulfills obligation for Off-Site Well Sites
Domestic Water and Sanitation System Installation and
Irrigation Service Agreement for the SilverRock Resort.
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Adopted: November 6, 2007
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SECTION 3. The Agency hereby approves the execution of all
aforementioned items subject to minor revisions as approved by the City Attorney, and
. authorizes the Executive Director to execute the Grant Deed, Grant of Easement,
Domestic Water and Sanitary Sewer Installation Agreement and accepts the Quit Claim
Deed.
SECTION 4. The Agency hereby authorizes the Finance Director to
reimburse the Project Area 2 low and Moderate Income Housing Fund the amount of
$352,687 from the SilverRock Infrastructure Capital Improvement Project account.
SECTION 5. The Agency Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution in the manner required bylaw.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the la
Quinta Redevelopment Agency held on this 6th day of November, 2007, by the
following vote:
AYES: Board Members Adolph, Henderson, Kirk, Sniff, Chair Osborne
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
NTECINO, Agency Secretary
velopment Agency
(SEAL)
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Parcel 4 of Parcel Map No. 33588
Adopted: November 6. 2007
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ER J SON, Agency Counsel
Inta Redevelopment Agency