Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2002-027 - Canby-Hilltop-Cypress a ' a. - RESOLUTION NO. 2002- 7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING AUTHORIZING PREPARATION OF A PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE CANBY-HILLTOP-CYPRESS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT, DESIGNATING THE LEAD AND RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES, AND AUTHORIZING STAFF AND CONSULTANTS TO PROCEED WITH THE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT LAW WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redding (the "City Council") adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the Canby-Hilltop-Cypress Redevelopment Project by Ordinance No. 1552 on July 20, 1981, as amended by Ordinance No. 1942 on November 6, 1990, as further amended by Ordinance No. 2104 on December 20, 1994, and as further amended by Ordinance No. 2255 on July 20, 1999 (collectively, the "Original Plan"); and WHEREAS, the Original Plan established the Redevelopment Project Area (the "Project Area") to be redeveloped in accordance with the provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law (the "CRL", Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.); and WHEREAS, staff of the Redding Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") recommends proceeding with an additional amendment to the Original Plan which would extend the Agency's authority to commence eminent domain actions for twelve years as permitted under the CRL (the "Proposed Amendment"); and WHEREAS, Section 15050 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (the "CEQA Guidelines") requires that when a project requiring an environmental review process be carried out or approved by more than one public agency, one public agency shall be responsible for preparing the environmental review documentation for the project. This agency shall be called the Lead Agency; and WHEREAS, the City of Redding (the "City") and the Agency are the public agencies involved in the preparation and adoption of the Proposed Amendment for which environmental review documentation shall be prepared, and both agencies have responsibilities related to approving and carrying out the Proposed Amendment; and WHEREAS, Section 15051 of the CEQA Guidelines provides that where two or more public agencies have a substantial claim to be the Lead Agency, the public agencies may by agreement designate one of the agencies as the Lead Agency; and WHEREAS, the City is the legal entity with final authority to approve and adopt the Proposed Amendment pursuant to the California Redevelopment Law, and therefore should serve as the "Lead Agency," as defined in the CEQA Guidelines; and WHEREAS, the Agency has less broadly-defined governmental powers than does the City and therefore should serve as "Responsible Agency," as defined in the CEQA Guidelines; and 920\02\154036.1 1 WHEREAS, the City desires to proceed with the formal processing of the Proposed Amendment. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Redding: 1. That the City hereby authorizes and directs its City Manager or his designee to take all reasonable and necessary steps to effectuate adoption of the Proposed Amendment. 2. That the City hereby consents to its designation as the Lead Agency for purposes of the preparation of environmental review documentation for the Proposed Amendment. 3. That the City acknowledges that the Agency shall serve as the "Responsible Agency" in the preparation and consideration of the environmental review documents for the Proposed Amendment. 4. That the City Council, as Lead Agency, hereby authorizes and directs staff to distribute the environmental review documents for the Proposed Amendment to all affected taxing entities and any other interested persons and entities as required by law. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read, and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 19th day of February, 2002 by the following vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Cibula, McGeorge, Pohlmeyer and Stegall NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kight ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None Pat Kight, May ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Connie Stro imayer, Ci Clerk W. Leonard Wingate, Ci ttorney 920\02\154036.1 2