HomeMy WebLinkAbout412 RDA_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 412
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
REDLANDS ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN
PREPARED FOR THE 2008 AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN FOR THE REDLANDS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PREPARATION AND
TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS AND
INFORMATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands(the "Agency") is a duly
constituted redevelopment agency under the laws of the State of California, including the
California Community Redevelopment Law (the "CCRL"; Health and Safety Code Section 33000
et seq.), and pursuant to such laws is responsible for the administration of redevelopment
activities within the City of Redlands (the "City"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1500 adopted on September 26. 1972, the City
Council of the City (the "City Council") adopted a redevelopment plan for the Redlands
Redevelopment Project (the "Original Project" or "Original Project Area" depending upon the
context); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1575 adopted on February 17, 1976, the City
Council adopted an amendment (the "1976 Amendment") to add territory (the "1976 Added
Territory")to the Original Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has completed five additional amendments to the
redevelopment plan for the Original Project, all of which were technical in nature and none of
which added or deleted territory to the Original Project Area as amended by the 1976
Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the redevelopment plan for the Original Project as amended by the 1976
Amendment is hereafter termed the "Redevelopment Plan," and the Original Project as amended
by the 1976 Amendment is hereafter termed the "Project" or "Project Area" depending upon the
context; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has elected to commence the process of amending the
Redevelopment Plan pursuant to CCRL Section 33333.10(a) for the sole purpose of extending: 1)
the date of the effectiveness of the Redevelopment Plan with reference to the Original Project
Area by ten years (through September 26, 2025), ii) the date to which the Agency may collect tax
increments to repay outstanding debt with reference to the Original Project Area by ten years
(through September 26, 2035): iii) the date of the effectiveness of the Redevelopment Plan with
reference to the 1.976 Added Territory by ten years (through February 17, 2029), and iv) the date
to which the Agency may collect tax increments to repay outstanding debt with reference to the
1976 Added Territory by ten years (through February 17, 2039) (the "2008 Amendment").- and
WHEREAS., on April 3, 2007, the Agency Board authorized staff and Urban Futures., Inc.
(the "Advisors") to proceed with the redevelopment plan amendment process that, when
completed, could result in the adoption of the 2008 Amendment, and
WHEREAS, the Business and Economic Development Advisory Commission (BEDAC)
has agreed to provide oversight of and a community forum for the 2008 Amendment process; and
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WHEREAS, on September 8, 2007, the BEDAC unanimously recommended that Agency
staff and Advisors proceed with the 2008 Amendment, including the Planning Commission's
favorable consideration of the Preliminary Plan for the 2008 Amendment; and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2007, the Redlands Planning Commission (the
"Commission"), adopted its Resolution No. 1147, approving a Preliminary Plan for the 2008
Amendment and authorizing the submission of the Preliminary Plan to the Agency Board for its
consideration and approval; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the CCRL, the Agency Board is required to prepare a
Preliminary Report to assess conditions within the Project Area as part of the 2008 Amendment
process and upon its completion transmit it and any required attendant notices to those entities
specified in the CCRL; and
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act consisting of Section 21000 et
seq. of the Public Resources Code ("CEQA Statutes"), Section 15000 et seq. of the California
Code of Regulations ("CEQA Guidelines") and the City of Redlands local guidelines for
implementing the CEQA Statues and CEQA Guidelines ("Local Guidelines")(collectively, the
CEQA Statues, CEQA Guidelines and Local Guidelines are hereinafter referred to as "CEQA")
authorizes and requires the Agency to act as "Lead Agency" for the 2008 Amendment and, in
accordance with Section 21151 of the CEQA Statutes and Section 2.03 of the Local Guidelines,
the Lead Agency is required to prepare, or cause to be prepared, all applicable environmental
review for the 2008 Amendment and to authorize publication of the availability of said CEQA
compliance documents upon their completion and their timely transmittal to taxing entities and
other organizations, as appropriate, in accordance with all legal requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
REDLANDS. DOES RESOLVE,DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are all true and correct and are a substantive part of
this resolution.
SECTION 2. The Preliminary Plan for the 2008 Amendment, as formulated and
approved by the Commission, is hereby accepted and approved.
SECTION 3. Agency staff and Advisors are authorized and directed to prepare and
forward to the affected taxing entities, certain County officials and the State Board of
Equalization, a written notice consisting of certain data and documents that include, but are not
limited to, a legal description and map of the Project Area's boundaries and a statement that an
amendment to the redevelopment plan for the Project is being prepared.
SECTION 4. Agency staff and Advisors are authorized and directed to complete all
other aspects of the 2008 Amendment adoption process including, but not limited to, preparation
and transmittal of all reports, including the Agency's Preliminary Report, and related notices and
consultations with the respective tax entity officials.
SECTION 5. Agency staff and Advisors, as representatives of the Lead Agency
pursuant to CEQA, are authorized and directed to prepare the initial study and all subsequent
CEQA compliance documents required for the 2008 Amendment including, but not limited to,
publication of the availability of said CEQA compliance documents upon their completion and
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their timely transmittal to taxing entities and other organizations, as appropriate, in accordance
with all legal requirements.
SECTION 6. The Agency Secretary shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions
ADOPTED, SIGNED AND APPROVED this 16"'day of October, 2007
Jo arrison, Chairperson
ATTEST:
Late Povz--r, A79�j Secretary
I, Lorrie Poyzer, Secretary of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands, hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Redevelopment Agency at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 16th day of October 2007, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Gilbreath, Gil; Mayor Harrison
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: councilmembers Gallagher and Aguilar
Loi Poyzer, y Secretary
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AGENDA ITEM NO.
MEETING OF 10/16/07
ITREQUEST FOR AGENCY ACTION
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SUBJECT: Preliminary Plan for the 2008 Amendment to the Redlands
Redevelopment Project
MOTION:
I move that the Agency Board adopt Resolution No. 412 accepting and approving the
Preliminary Plan prepared for the 2008 Amendment for the Redevelopment Plan for
the Redlands Redevelopment Project and authorizing and directing the preparation
and transmittal of certain other documents and information in connection therewith.
BACKGROUND:
On September 26, 1972, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 1500, which adopted the
Redevelopment Plan for the Redlands Redevelopment Project (the "Original Project" or
"Original Project Area" depending on the context). Pursuant to Ordinance No. 1575,
adopted on February 17, 1976, the City Council amended the redevelopment plan for the
Original Project by adding territory (the "1976 Added Territory") to the Original Project Area.
The City Council further amended the redevelopment plan for the Original Project five more
times for technical reasons; none of these amendments added territory to the Original
Project Area. The Original Project as amended in 1976, and thereafter, is identified in this
Staff Report as the "Project;" the area of the Original Project as amended by inclusion of the
1976 Added Territory is identified as the "Project Area;" and the Redevelopment Plan for the
Project is identified as the"Redevelopment Plan."
Currently, the term of the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan for the Original Project
Area ends on September 26, 2015, and for the 1976 Added Territory on February 17, 2019.
Generally speaking, the CCRL provides that redevelopment plans which were adopted on or
before December 31, 1993, have a maximum term of 40 years. In this case the
Redevelopment Plan would be effective until September 26, 2012 for the Original Project
Area, and until February 17, 2016 for the 1976 Added Territory. However, because the
Agency met certain prerequisites of the CCRL, the City Council extended the terms of
effectiveness of the redevelopment plans for the Original Project Area and the 1976 Added
Territory by three years by adopting Ordinance Nos. 2560 and 2657, respectively. As a
result, the term of the effectiveness of the redevelopment plans for the Original Project Area
has been extended to September 26, 2015, and for the 1976 Added Territory to February
17, 2019.
The City Council and Agency Board are now in the process of amending the Redevelopment
Plan to increase the terms of its effectiveness for a period of ten years for both the Original
Project Area (i.e., to September 26, 2025) and the 1976 Added Territory (i.e., to February
17, 2029)(the "2008 Amendment"). The 2008 Amendment will also increase by ten years
the term during which the Agency may collect tax increments to repay debt secured during
the term of the Redevelopment Plan, as amended by the 2008 Amendment. As a result, the
new deadline for securing tax increments under these conditions will be, for the Original
Project Area, September 26, 2035; and for the 1976 Added Territory, February 17, 2039. It
is important to note that tax increments collected from the Project Area during the extended
term must be expended in that portion of the Project Area where blighted parcels or
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necessary and essential parcels are located and for lOvv and moderate-income housing
purposes.
Business and Economic Development Advisory Commission Role
The Business and Economic Development Advisory COnlOnisSi0n (^BEDAC") has agreed to
provide oversight of and a community forum for the 2008 Amendment process. Not only io
the Project the City's primary sources of funding for economic development in|daUvao. the
BEDAC has an immediate interest in the successful development and redevelopment of
Downtown Red|ands, which is a meaningful portion of the Project Area. |n that regard, on
June 8, 2008. Agency staff provided an informational overview of the 2008 Amendment
process to the BEL]/\C. On September 5, 2008. Agency staff and advisors briefed the
BEDAC concerning: i) the requirements of the C[:RL to successfully complete the 2008
Amendment; ii) studies conducted toidentify remaining "b|ight' (as defined inthe CCRL) in
the Project Area; and iii) the 2008 Amendment processing schedule. After an extensive
question and answer session, the BEOAC unanimously recommended that the Planning
Commission approve the Preliminary Plan and that the Agency proceed with the 2008
/\rnandrnen1. Based on the current sohedu|e. Agency staff and Advisors will return to the
BEOAC three more times (scheduled for November 2007. and April and June 2008) to
provide status report onthe 2UD8Amendment process and tOseek additional input and
recommendations, Further. the BEDAC has agreed to host two informal community
workshops for property owners, nesidents, interested citizens and community organizations
inthe Project AreadWhnQnnidJune2OO8.
Approving a Preliminary Plan and Certain Other Matters
On 8eotanlbeF 25. 2007. the Cornn}iSs|OD, by its Resolution No. 1147. approved G
Preliminary Plan for the 2OO8Amendment and authorized the submission Ofthe Preliminary
Plan tnthe Agency Board for its consideration and approval. Preparation 0fthe Preliminary
Plan occurs early in the redevelopment plan adoption process (which is also applicable to
the 2008 Amendment) and, therefore, the CCRL does not require that it be detailed. In fact,
3 Preliminary Plan is sufficient ifitprovides the following general information:
(@) Describes the boundaries Qfthe project @reg;
(b) Contains a general statement of the |8Od uses, layout Of principal atmeetS,
population denS/ti8s, and building intensities and standards proposed asthe
basis for the redevelopment project area;
(c) Indicates that the redevelopment plan would attain the purposes of the
redevelopment law;
(d) Showa the proposed redevelopment conforms to the master or general
community plan; and
/e\ Describes, generally, the impact of the project upon residents thereof and
upon the surrounding neighborhood.
The Agency Board's approval ofthe attached resolution will accomplish the following:
1. Accept and approve the Preliminary Plan;
2. Authorize and direct staff and advisors to prepare and forward to the affected taxing
entities, certain County officials and the State Board Of Equalization, @ written notice
consisting of certain data and documents that include. but are not limited to, a |eQ@|
description and nlgp of the Project Area's bOuDda[|es. 8 statement that an amended
redevelopment plan for the Project is being prepared;
3. Authorize and direct staff and 8dv|SOrS to uwrnp!etG all Other aspects of the Plan
amendment process including, but not limited to, preparation and transmittal of all
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reports, including the Agency's Preliminary Report, and related notices and
consultations with respective tax entity officials; and
4. Authorize and direct staff and advisors, as representatives of the Lead Agency
pursuant to CEQA, to prepare the initial study and all subsequent CEQA compliance
documents required for the 2008 Amendment including, but not limited to,
publication of the availability of said CEQA compliance documents upon their
completion and their timely transmittal to taxing entities and other organizations, as
appropriate, in accordance with all legal requirements.
It is important to note that the 2008 Amendment does not add or delete any territory to the
Project Area. In addition, the 2008 Amendment will not extend the Agency's authority to use
the power of eminent domain within the Project Area. Based on the current Plan
amendment schedule, staff and advisors anticipate that the joint public hearing for
consideration of the 2008 Amendment will occur during June or July 2008.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Agency Board may wish to provide alternate direction to staff.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The recommended motion is in furtherance of the Agency Board's previous direction to
initiate the process required to consider the Proposed 2008 Amendment. The costs of
conducting this process have been previously appropriated. In addition, it is important to
note that if the 2008 Amendment is ultimately approved; it is anticipated to raise millions of
additional dollars for eligible Agency projects and initiatives directed at that portion of the
Project Area where blighted parcels or necessary and essential parcels are located and for
low- and moderate-income housing purposes.
Rorporn ended by, Reviewed by:
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N. Enrique brtind`z Daffiel J. McHugh
Executive,qi rector General Counsel
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Attachments:
Resolution No. 412
Preliminary Plan for the Proposed 2008 Amendment
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RESOLUTION NO.412
A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
THE CITY OF REDLANDS ACCEPTING AND APPROVING
THE PRELIMINARY PLAN PREPARED FOR THE 2008
AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
REDLANDS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PREPARATION AND
TRANSMITTAL OF CERTAIN OTHER DOCUMENTS AND
INFORMATION IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands(the "Agency") is a duly
constituted redevelopment agency tinder the laws of the State of California, including the
California Community Redevelopment Law(the "CCRL"; Health and Safety Code Section 33000
el seq.), and pursuant to such laws is responsible for the administration of redevelopment
activities within the City of Redlands(the "City"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1500 adopted on September 26, 1972, the City
Council of the City (the "City Council") adopted a redevelopment plan for the Redlands
Redevelopment Project (the "Original Project" or "Original Project Area" depending upon the
context); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1575 adopted on February 17, 1976, the City
Council adopted an amendment (the "1976 Amendment") to add territory (the "1976 Added
Territory")to the Original Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has completed five additional amendments to the
redevelopment plan for the Original Project, all of which were technical in nature and none of
which added or deleted territory to the Original Project Area as amended by the 1976
Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the redevelopment plan for the Original Project as amended by the 1976
Amendment is hereafter termed the "Redevelopment Plan," and the Original Project as amended
by the 1976 Amendment is hereafter termed the "Project" or "Project Area" depending upon the
context, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has elected to commence the process of amending the
Redevelopment Plan pursuant to CCRL Section 33333.10(a) for the sole purpose of extending: i)
the date of the effectiveness of the Redevelopment Plan with reference to the Original Project
Area by ten years (through September 26, 2025), ii) the date to which the Agency may collect tax
increments to repay outstanding debt with reference to the Original Project Area by ten years
(through September 26, 2035): iii) the date of the effectiveness of the Redevelopment Plan with
reference to the 1976 Added Territory by ten years (through February 17, 2029), and iv) the date
to which the Agency may collect tax increments to repay outstanding debt with reference to the
1976 Added Territory by ten years(through February 17, 20')9)(the "2008 Amendment"); and
WHEREAS, on April 3. 2007, the Agency Board authorized staff and Urban Futures, Inc.
(the "Advisors") to proceed with the redevelopment plan amendment process that, when
completed, could result in the adoption of the 2008 Amendment, and
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WHEREAS, the Business and Economic Development Advisory Commission (BEDAC)
has agreed to provide oversight of and a community forum for the 2008 Amendment process; and
WHEREAS, on September 8. 20071. the BEDAC unanimously recommended that Agency
staff and Advisors proceed with the 2008 Amendment, including the Planning Commission's
favorable consideration of the Preliminary Plan for the 2008 Amendment-, and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2007, the Redlands Planning Commission (the
"Commission"), adopted its Resolution No. 1147, approving a Preliminary Plan for the 2008
Amendment and authorizing the submission of the Preliminary Plan to the Agency Board for its
consideration and approval;and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the CCRL. the Agency Board is required to prepare a
Preliminary Report to assess conditions within the Project Area as part of the 2008 Amendment
process and upon its completion transmit it and any required attendant notices to those entities
specified in the CCRL-, and
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act consisting of Section 21000 et
seq. of the Public Resources Code ("CEQA Statutes"), Section 15000 et seq. of the California
Code of Regulations (*'CEQA Guidelines") and the City of Redlands local guidelines for
implementing the CEQA Statues and CEQA Guidelines (-Local Guidelines")(collectively, the
CEQA Statues, CEQA Guidelines and Local Guidelines are hereinafter referred to as "CEQA*)
authorizes and requires the Agency to act as "Lead Agency" for the 2008 Amendment and, in
accordance with Section 21151 of the CEQA Statutes and Section 2.03 of the Local Guidelines,
the Lead Agency is required to prepare, or cause to be prepared, all applicable environmental
review for the 2008 Amendment and to authorize publication of the availability of said CEQA
compliance documents upon their completion and their timely transmittal to taxing entities and
other organizations, as appropriate, in accordance with all legal requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF
REDLANDS, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are all true and correct and are a substantive part of
this resolution.
SECTION 2. The Preliminary Plan for the 2008 Amendment, as formulated and
approved by the Commission, is hereby accepted and approved.
SECTION 3. Agency staff and Advisors are authorized and directed to prepare and
forward to the affected taxing entities, certain County officials and the State Board of
Equalization, a written notice consisting of certain data and documents that include, but are not
limited to, a legal description and map of the Project Area's boundaries and a statement that an
amendment to the redevelopment plan for the Project is being prepared.
SECTION 4. Agency staff and Advisors are authorized and directed to complete all
other aspects of the 2008 Amendment adoption process including, but not limited to, preparation
and transmittal of all reports, including the Agency's Preliminary Report, and related notices and
consultations with the respective tax entity officials.
SECTION 5. Agency staff and Advisors, as representatives of the Lead Agency
pursuant to CEQA, are authorized and directed to prepare the initial study and all subsequent
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CEQA compliance documents required for the 2008 Amendment including, but not limited to,
publication of the availability of said CEQA compliance documents upon their completion and
their timely transmittal to taxing entities and other organizations, as appropriate, in accordance
with all legal requirements.
SECTION 6. The Agency Secretary shall certify to the passage and adoption of this
resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Redlands on this 16`"day of October, 2007 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Jon Harrison, Chairman
ATTEST:
Lorrie Poyzer, Agency Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ss.
CITY OF REDLANDS
1, Lorrie Poyzer, hereby certify that I am the duly appointed Agency Secretary for the
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands and that the foregoing resolution was duly
adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 16`" day of October, 2007.
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PRELIMINARY PLAN
PROPOSED 2008 AMENDMENT TO THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE
REDLANDS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Prepared in Cooperation with the
REDLANDS PLANNING COMMISSION
and the
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
CITY OF REDLANDS
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
A. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
B. Proposed Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan . . . . . . . 2
C. Planning Commission Role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
D. Participation by the Business and Economic Development Advisory
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
11. Description of the Boundaries of the Project Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Ill. General Statement of Proposed Land Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
IV. General Statement of Proposed Layout of Principal Streets . . . . . . . . . . 3
V. General Statement of Proposed Population Densities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
V1, General Statement of Proposed Building Intensities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
VI 1, General Statement of Proposed Building Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Vill. Attainment of the Purposes of the Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
X Planning Commission Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - - . . . . . . 6
X. General Impact of the 2008 Amendment upon the Residents and the Surrounding
Neighborhoods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
FIGURE
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1 Map of the Project Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . — . . . . . . . . . 4
Preliminaij,Plan September 2007
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PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED 2008 AMENDMENT TO THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE REDLANDS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
I. INTRODUCTION
This preliminary plan (the "Preliminary Plan") is an initial framework document for the proposed
2008 Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the Redlands Redevelopment Project, which
amendment is more fully described below. Over the course of the amendment process, more
detailed and specific studies will be initiated to provide the Agency, the City Council, and the
community with appropriate information necessary to effectuate the achievement of redevelopment
activities made possible by approval and adoption of said 2008 Amendment.
A. Background
Pursuant to CCRL Section 33322 of the California Community Redevelopment Law(CCRL,
being Section 33000 et seq. of the Health and Safety Code), the Redlands Planning Commission
(the "Commission") by its Resolution R.P.C. No. 371, adopted on June 27, 1972, selected the
boundaries of, and, on the same date, by minute motion "approved the preliminary plan" for, a
redevelopment project area.' By its Ordinance No. 1500, adopted on September 26, 1972, and
pursuant to provisions of the CCRL,the City Council of the City of Redlands(the"City Council"and
"City,"respectively)adopted the redevelopment plan for the Redlands Redevelopment Project(the
"Original Plan" and the "Original Project" or"Original Project Area" depending upon the context,
respectively) which Original Project included substantially the same territory and which
redevelopment plan was consistent with, the redevelopment project area and preliminary plan
previously approved by the Commission by its Resolution R.P.C. No. 371 and by the approval of
its minutes of June 27, 1972.
Subsequent to its adoption of the Original Project, the City Council identified a need to
examine additional territory within the City to determine whether or not it should be made subject
to redevelopment pursuant to the CCRL. Consequently, the City Council requested the
Commission to select an area of the community for further study(the"1976 Added Territory") and
adopt a preliminary plan for said 1976 Added Territory. By its Resolution R.P.C. No. 430 adopted
on December 9, 1975, the Commission selected the boundaries for the 1976 Added Territory and
approved a preliminary plan relating to the amendment of the Original Plan to add the 1976 Added
Territory to the Original Project(the"1976 Amendment").2By its Ordinance No. 1575, adopted on
February 17, 1976 the City Council adopted the 1976 Amendment and added the 1976 Added
Territory to the Original Project Area. Subsequently, the City Council has amended the Original
Plan an additional five times; however, no subsequent amendments added territory to the Original
Project. The Original Plan, as amended by all six amendments, is hereafter termed the"Plan": the
Original Project, as amended by the 1976 Amendment is hereafter termed the "Project" or the
"Project Area"depending upon the context For clarification,the Project Area includes the Original
Project Area and the 1976 Added Territory.
Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held on June 27, 1972. The redevelopment project area boundaries were
identified in Section 1 of Resolution R.P.C. No, 371. The preliminary plan was approved in Section H of said minutes.
2 As Resolution R.P.C. No.430 was quoted in the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held on December 9,
1975.
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B. Proposed Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan
On April 3,2007,the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands(the"Agency")initiated
the processing of a proposed amendment (the "2008 Amendment") to the Plan (the "Amended
Plan"). The purpose of the 2008 Amendment is to: i)extend the time limit on the effectiveness of
the Plan for an additional ten years beyond the limit allowed by CCRL Section 33333,6(a)pursuant
to provisions of CCRL Section 33333.10(a)(1); and ii) extend the time limit on the payment of
indebtedness and receipt of property taxes to be ten years from the termination of the effectiveness
of the Amended Plan, pursuant to CCRL Section 33333.10(a)(2). The 2008 Amendment will
include no other actions. If approved, the 2008 Amendment will make the following modifications
to the Plan: i) for the Original Project Area, the effectiveness of the Plan will be extended to
September 26, 2025 and the time limit on the payment of indebtedness and receipt of property
taxes to September 26, 2035; and ii)for the 1976 Added Territory,the effectiveness of the Plan will
be extended to February 17, 2029 and the time limit on the payment of indebtedness and receipt
of property taxes to February 26, 2039.3
The extensions of time on the effectiveness of the Plan and the Agency's ability to pay debt
and receive property tax increments provided for in the 2008 Amendment will permit the Agency
to facilitate improvements benefitting both private and public interests. As a part of the
redevelopment plan amendment process,the Agency will prepare analyses further supporting these
benefits, which should include: i) the provision for additional affordable housing financing and
opportunities within the Project Area and the larger community; and ii) economic development
assistance and financing for public improvements within or of benefit to selected portions of the
Project Area. These actions, if approved and adopted, will provide the Agency with additional
redevelopment funds and time to further implement Plan goals and objectives in the Project Area.4
C. Planning Commission Role
The Commission will forward the Preliminary Plan to the Agency for its review and action,
and as appropriate and necessary, further cooperate with the Agency in the 2008 Amendment.
3 The Original Plan was adopted on September 26, 1972;the 1976 Amendment was adopted on February 17, 1976. Per
CCRL Section 33333,6(a)the effectiveness of the Plan for the Original Project Area is 40 years(until September 26,2012)
and for the 1976 Added Territory is also 40 years(until February 17,2016), Pursuant to CCRL Section 33333,6(e)(2)(C),
the Plan was amended by Ordinance No. 2560 adopted on November 4,2003 to extend its effectiveness for the Original
Project Area and the 1976 Added Territory by one year to September 26,2013 and February 17,2017 respectively. Pursuant
to CCRL Section 33333.6(e)(2)(D), the Plan was further amended by Ordinance No. 2657 adopted on April 17, 2007 to
extend its effectiveness for the Original Project Area and the 1976 Added Territory by two additional years to September 26,
2015 and February 17, 2019, respectively, Note that both CCRL Sections 33333.6(e)(2)(C) and (D) provide that
amendments"extend the time limits required pursuant to subdivisions(a)and(b)"of CCRL Section 33333.6, CCRL Section
33333.10(a)(1)allows the Agency to extend the effectiveness of redevelopment plans"for up to 10 additional years beyond
the limit allowed by subdivision(a)of[CCRL]Section 33333.6," Since the effectiveness of the Plan for both the Original
Project Area and the 1976 Added Territory may be extended ten years beyond that allowed by CCRL Section 33333.6(a)
and since said effectiveness date has already been extended a total of three years for each of the Original Project and the
1976 Added Territory under CCRL Section 33333.6;the effectiveness dates are as set forth above.
4 Note that an amendment pursuant to CCRL Section 33333.10 includes: i)certain limitations on where in the Project
Area tax increment funds may be spent during the ten-year extension period(CCRL Section 33333.10(e));and ii)during the
ten-year extension period,restrictions on how funds deposited into the Agency's low and moderate income housing fund may
be spent(CCRL Section 33333.10(f)); and the amount of such funds to be deposited into said low and moderate income
housing fund (CCRL Section 33333.10(g))-
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D. Participation by the Business and Economic Development Advisory
Commission
The City's Business and Economic Development Advisory Commission (BEDAC) has an
immediate interest in the successful development and redevelopment of Downtown Redlands,
which is a meaningful portion of the Project Area. It is for this reason that the BEDAC accepted
responsibility for providing oversight of and a community forum for all pertinent aspects of the 2008
Amendment. As of the date this Preliminary Plan is being presented to the Commission for its
review and positive action, Agency staff have met with the BEDAC on two separate occasions.
On June 6, 2008, Agency staff provided an overview of the 2008 Amendment process to the
BEDAC; no action was taken. On September 5, 2008, staff from Urban Futures, Inc. ("Advisors"),
the consulting firm retained by the Agency in April 2007 to assist Agency staff in processing the
2008 Amendment, described: i) the requirements of the CCRL to successfully complete the 2008
Amendment; ii) actions taken, to date, to identify "blight" (as defined in the CCRQ in the Project
Area; and iii)the 2008 Amendment processing schedule. After an extensive question and answer
session, the BEDAC unanimously recommended that the Agency proceed with the 2008
Amendment, including the Planning Commission's consideration of this Preliminary Plan. Agency
staff anticipates additional meetings with the BEDAC in order to: i)to provide briefings on progress
and seek input and recommendations; and ii) work with the BEDAC to provide two informal
community workshops for property owners, residents, interested citizens and community
organizations in the Project Area in mid 2008.
III. DESCRIPTION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROJECT AREA
The boundaries of Project Area will not be modified by the 2008 Amendment; therefore, this
Preliminary Plan reaffirms the boundaries of the Project Area as adopted by the 1976 Amendment.
A map of the Project Area is provided on Figure I below.
Ill. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED LAND USES
As a basis for the continued redevelopment of the Project Area,this Preliminary Plan proposes that
development and redevelopment be in conformance with the adopted General Plan of the City, as
it has existed since 1976, as it presently exists, and as it may be amended from time to time (the
General Plan and the Zoning Code are collectively referred to hereafter as the "General Plan").
All development, redevelopment and related construction activities which have been or will be
undertaken within the Project Area are subject to applicable federal, state and local building codes
and guidelines as well as to all applicable planning, environmental review and other procedural
requirements which have been in effect or are currently in effect as development, redevelopment
and related construction activities have been or are planned and implemented.
IV. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED LAYOUT OF PRINCIPAL STREETS
As the continuing basis for the redevelopment of the Project Area, it continues to be recommended
by the Commission that, in general, the layout of principal streets that have been or will be newly
constructed, improved or vacated, be as shown in the General Plan Circulation Element, as it has
existed, as it presently exists, and as it may be amended from time to time. In accordance with
General Plan policies, streets within and/or directly adjacent to the Project Area may be, and may
have been, closed, widened or otherwise modified, and additional streets may be, or may have
been, created as necessary for proper pedestrian and/or vehicular circulation.
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V. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED POPULATION DENSITIES
Within the confines of the General Plan Land Use designations, there is and has been a permitted
range of development within the Project Area; population densities therein must be,and must have
been, in conformance with the General Plan, as amended from time to time.
V1. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED BUILDING INTENSITIES
As a continuing basis for the redevelopment of the Project Area, it continues to be recommended
by the Commission that, in general, building intensities continue to be controlled by limits on: i)the
percentage of ground area covered by buildings (lot coverage); ii) the building setbacks, parking,
landscaping and open space requirements; iii)the location of the buildable areas on building sites;
and iv)the heights of buildings. Land coverage and locations of buildable areas should continue
to be limited, as is feasible and appropriate, to provide adequate open space, landscaping and
parking and a high level of livability. The limits on building intensity shall continue to be established
in accordance with restrictions defined in the General Plan as amended from time to time.
VII. GENERAL STATEMENT OF PROPOSED BUILDING STANDARDS
As a continuing basis for redevelopment of the Project Area, it continues to be recommended by
the Commission that, in general, building standards in the Project Area continue to conform to the
building requirements of all applicable State statutes and all applicable City codes and ordinances.
VIII. ATTAINMENT OF THE PURPOSES OF THE LAW
It continues to be anticipated that both public and private interests within the Project Area will
benefit, as well as the residents, and business and residential tenants of the City generally through
the continued redevelopment of the Project Area through, but not necessarily limited to, the
following:
1 A higher and better utilization of land, thereby contributing to the public
health, safety and welfare;
2. Stimulating construction activity and increasing employment opportunities;
3. Assisting in the financing and construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks,
streets, parking facilities, drainage and other necessary public facilities
where appropriate;
4. The attraction of new and retainment of existing, commercial and industrial
uses within and adjacent to the Project Area consistent with General Plan
land use designations; and
5. Assisting in the development and construction of affordable housing in the
community.
Additionally, if the 2008 Amendment is processed and approved as proposed both public and
private interests within the Project Area will benefit, as well as the residents, and business and
residential tenants of the City generally through the continued redevelopment of those portions of
the Project Area as provided for in CCRL Section 33333.10(e)and through the use of funds in the
Agency's low and moderate income housing fund as provided for in CCRL Section 33333.10(D.
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All development activity which has been and may be implemented within the Project Area will be
consistent with the goals and objectives of the General Plan including, without limitation, its land
use demignatimnm.s The Plan has, and the Amended Plan will continue to, help the Agency: i)
implement the goals and objectives of the General Plan and facilitate creation of a more cohesive
and better functioning community overm||, ii) improve existing community services and public
facilities as neceagary, iii) affect additional positive impacts discussed earlier inthis Preliminary
P|an, including the lessening of physical and economic b|iQht, and iv) increase the number of
affordable housing opportunities available to residents of the larger community.
X. GENERAL IMPACT OF THE 2008 AMENDMENT UPON THE RESIDENTS AND
THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS
The potential for negative impacts upon residents of the Project Area and surrounding
neighborhoods caused by adoption and subsequent implementation of the C}r|Qino| Plan and the
1976 Added Territory have been previously reviewed in the preliminary plans adopted by Resolution
R.P.0 Noe. 371 and 430. The discussion of these impacts namngina germane. Byway ofexample
only, during the term Of the Plan (prior to the adoption of the 2008 Amendment) short term
construction related impacts may have affected residents and occupants of the Project Area;
hovv8ver, over the |Ong-term. such impacts upon residents living within the Project Area and the
surrounding neighborhoods have been largely puGitive.m For example, long-term Agency
redevelopment activities have helped to i)fund improvements to public facilities and services both
inside the Project Area and the surrounding community which are ofbenefit tVthe Project/\nea. ii)
expand economic development activities and increase property values both inside the Project Anea
and within the surrounding cVnl[nunib/, and iii} increase the number and quality of affordable
housing opportunities available to qualifying nnernbenS of the Comnnnunih/. among other benefits.
The impacts Ofthe 2OO8Amendment can be expected bJbe substantially beneficial upon residents
Of the Project Area and surrounding neighborhoods since the 2008 Amendment will provide
additional time hoconduct specific,qualifying redevelopment projects,andaddidona|t3xincrennentS
to be expended within the areas Cfthe Project AnBa as allowed bvCCRLSection 33333.1O(e) and
will increase the amount of funds deposited into the Agency's low and moderate income housing
fund pursuant to CCRL Section 33333.10(Q).
^ As a matter of information only,CCRL Section 33333.11(O provides that the planning commission of the community may,
as a part of a redevelopment plan amendment process of this kind, prepare a report on the amendment within 30 days of
its receipt bythe planning commission. Preparation ufsuch areport,which iscurrently scheduled tuoccur during late April
2DO8.will give the Commission the opportunity toevaluate the Amended Plan,
n For further evidence of Agency successes in helping to remediate conditions of blight in the Project Area,p|eusemhor
uothe latest implementation plan adopted bythe Agency pursuant mCCRL Section 554g0which, by this reference, |e
incorporated herein and made apart hereof, This document provides information oumost ofthe activity pursued bythe
Agency within the Project Area which has been of benefit to residents of the Project Area,
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