RDA Resolution 2008-007RESOLUTION NO. RA 2008-007
A RESOLUTION OF THE LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY MAKING FINDINGS PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND
SAFETY CODE SECTION 33445 REGARDING FUNDING OF
THE ACQUISITION OF LAND LOCATED EAST OF DUNE
PALMS ROAD, SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 111 AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION
WHEREAS, in order to improve traffic circulation in the vicinity of Highway 1 1 1
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 1 1 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; and
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; and
WHEREAS, the lack of adequate roadways was documented as one of the
conditions of blight that justified the formation of Project Area 2; and
WHEREAS, constructing the Roadway Improvements would afford the 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 1 11; 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.
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 Board.
Resolution No. RA 2008-007
Funding of Lend East of Dune Palms
Adopted: December 16, 2008
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SECTION 2. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445(a-, the Agency
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 1 1 1, 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, and 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 Agency hereby appropriates 5310,365 from the Project No. 2
Low and Moderate Income Fund Unallocated Reserves, Account 246-0000-290.00-00,
and 5310,365 from Project No. 2 Unallocated Reserves, Account 406-0000-290.00-
00, for the acquisition of the property needed in order to construct the Roadway
Improvements.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La Quinta
Redevelopment Agency held on the 16`" of December, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Council Members Franklin, Henderson, Kirk, Sniff, Mayor Adolph
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Chairman
Resolution No. RA 2008-007
Funding of Lend Eest of Dune Palms
Adopted: December 16, 2008
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ATTEST:
~\
VERONICA MONT CINO, Agency Secretary
La Quirita Redevelopment Agency
(Seal)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATHER NE JENS 'N gency Counsel
La Quinta Redevelop nt Agency