HomeMy WebLinkAbout8051 RESOLUTION NO 8051
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS
IMPLEMENTING AND INTERPRETING THE PROVISIONS OF THE VOTER
APPROVED INITIATIVE ORDINANCE COMMONLY KNOWN AS MEASURE
U BY DETERMING THAT APPPLICATIONS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FILED BY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENT FOR PREPARATION OF A
SOCIO-ECONOMIC COST/BENEFIT STUDY
WHEREAS, on Novembei 4, 1997, the voters of the City of Redlands approved Measure
"U", an initiative ordinance of the City of Redlands, which amended the City's Geneial Plan, and
WHEREAS, the results of the November 1997 election were certified on December 2,
1997, and the provisions of Measure "U" became effective on December 12, 1997, and
WHEREAS, Section B 3 of Measure "U" provides an express exemption from socio-
economic cost/benefit study requirements for development projects that, among other things,
directly furthei the primary institutional purposes of non-profit organizations such as churches,
hospitals, schools (mcludmg private schools and universities), and the YMCA and YWCA by
providing certam recognizable intangible benefits and services to the community, so long as such
development projects are either (1) non-residential in character, or (2) provide only dormitory,
staff housing or senior congregate care facilities foi those exempt entities, and were constructed
on properties owned by the non-profit organization as of a specified date in 1997, and
WHEREAS, on December 1, 1998, the City Council adopted Resolution No 5579 which
implemented and interpreted Measure U by fa st determining that only "development projects"
which are submitted to the City and have specific building design or construction plans with one
of the listed entitlements shall be required to prepare a socio-economic analysis and cost/benefit
study to determine the fiscal impacts upon, and general benefits accruing to, the City, and
WHEREAS, consistent with the afoiementioned express exemption of Measure U in
Section B 3, development projects undertaken in the future by non-profit organizations, on
property then-owned by such organizations and that are non-residential in character, will also
provide intangible benefits and services to the community, are exempt from the payment of
property taxes, and accordingly do not typically provide a revenue stream to the City such that a
socio-economic study and cost/benefit analysis does not provide any meaningful analysis cost
benefit study provides any meaningful fiscal analysis of the benefits provided by such
organizations to the City and its residents,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
REDLANDS AS FOLLOWS -
Section 1. The City Council hereby determines that the adoption of this Resolution is
exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to
Section 15061(B)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen with certainty that there
is no possibility that such adoption may have a significant effect on the environment
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Section 2. The City Council hereby declares that, for the purposes of implementing the
City's General Plan, mcludmg those provisions of the General Plan added by Measure "U," that
applications filed by non-profit organizations for development projects that are non-residential in
character and constructed on property owned by the non-profit organization shall not require the
preparation of a socio-economic analysis and cost/benefit study
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 3rd day of December, 2019
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Paul W Foster, Mayor
ATTEST
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I, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certifies that the
foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the
3rd day of December, 2019 by the following vote
AYES Councilmembers Bauch, Tejeda, Momberger, Davis, Mayor Foster
NOES None
ABSENT None
ABSTAIN None
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J e Donaldson, City Clerk
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