CC Resolution 2008-084RESOLUTION NO. 2008-084
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA APPROVING
A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY
AND URBAN HOUSING COMMUNITIES FOR THE
PURCHASE OF LAND LOCATED EAST SIDE OF DUNE
PALMS ROAD, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 111, MAKING
FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 33445 AND CONSENTING TO THE USE OF LA
QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION
WHEREAS, in order to improve traffic circulation in the vicinity of Highway 111
and Dune Palms Road, the City of La Quinta has proposed to construct a new public
roadway ("Roadway Improvements") which will allow traffic to access businesses and
proposed residential development east of Dune Palms Road and south of Highway 11 1
without having to drive along Highway 1 1 1; and
WHEREAS, the Roadway Improvements will also enhance the emergency vehicle
access to the general area;
WHEREAS, the Roadway Improvements are proposed in connection with the
Desert Sand Unified School District in an effort to coordinate and jointly facilitate bus
and passenger vehicle traffic in the area;
WHEREAS, the lack of adequate roadways was documented as one of the
conditions of blight that justified the formation of Project Area 2;
WHEREAS, constructing the Roadway Improvements would afford the La Quinta
Redevelopment Agency the opportunity to address the aforementioned conditions of
blight; and
WHEREAS, constructing the Roadway Improvements would enhance the safe
access to and from the Agency's proposed affordable housing project located east of
Dune Palms and south of Highway 111; and
WHEREAS, there is inadequate funding within the City's General Fund or from
other sources to develop the Roadway Improvements; and
WHEREAS, it would be in the best interest of the public to pursue the
construction of the Roadway Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City and the owner of the right-of-way needed for the Roadway
Improvements have negotiated a purchase and sale agreement to effectuate the City's
acquisition of the right-of-way.
Resolution No. 2008-084
Purchase & Sele -Urban Housing Communkies
Adopted: December 16, 2008
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of La
Quinta as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitations are true and correct and are adopted as the
findings of the City Council.
SECTION 2. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445(a), the City
Council finds and determines that:
A. The construction of the Roadway Improvements is of benefit to Project
Area No. 2, and to the immediate neighborhood in which the Roadway
Improvements are to be located, in that it will improve the flow of traffic,
reduce the number of traffic trips on Highway 111, and enhance the
ability of emergency vehicles to service the area.
B. No other reasonable means of financing the Roadway Improvements are
available to the community.
C. The payment of funds for the development of the Roadway
Improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting
conditions inside the Project Area, including the lack of adequate
roadways, will also assist in the Agency's provision of affordable
housing, and is consistent with the Agency's implementation plans
adopted pursuant to Section 33490.
SECTION 3. The City hereby consents to the expenditure of redevelopment
funds for the acquisition of the right-of-way for the Roadway Improvements.
SECTION 4. The City hereby approves the Purchase and Sale Agreement
between the City and Urban Housing Communities, LLC, for the purchase of the right-
of-way needed for the Roadway Improvements, and authorizes the City Manager to
execute the Agreement and all other necessary document, including the acceptance of
the Grant Deed for the property, subject to any further revisions approved by the City
Manager and the City Attorney.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta City
Council held on the 16`" of December, 2008, by the following vote:
Resolution No. 2008-084
Purchase & Sale -Urban Housing Communfties
Adopted: December 16. 2008
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AYES: Council Members Franklin, Henderson, Kirk, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
DON ADO PH, M or
City of La Quinta, California
ATTEST:
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VERONICA 11~~iVTEC''INO, CMC, City Clerk
City of La rota, California
(Seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
M! KATHERIdVE JENSO , City Attorney
City of La Quinta