HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 99-062 - Approving the use of Redevelopment Funds to assist with the Construction of the Turtle Bay Pedestrian Bridge, and making finds with respect thereto � ^ � �
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-�
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
APPROVING THE USE OF REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS TO ASSIST WITH
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TURTLE BAY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE,
AND MAHING FINDINGS WITH RESPECT THERETO.
WHEREAS, the Redding Redevelopment Agency (Agency) adopted the Canby-Hilltop-
Cypress Project Area Redevelopment Plan on July 20, 1981; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan as amended on November 6, 1990, provides for the
planning, development, replanning, redesign, clearance, reconstruction or rehabilitation, or any
combination of these, of property both inside and outside of the Project Area, necessary to carry out
the Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Association of Redding Museums, dba Turtle Bay Museums and
Arboretum on the River(Turtle Bay), intends to enter into an Agreement with the City of Redding
and the Agency to develop a pedestrian bridge across the Sacramento River; and
WHEREAS, the site for the pedestrian bridge is located within the Project Area, and the
construction of a pedestrian bridge meets the criteria for redevelopment; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to contribute funds received from the sale of Agency-
owned property within the Canby-Hilltop-Cypress Redevelopment Project Area to assist Turtle Bay
in the development of the proposed bridge.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Redding FINDS, RESOLVES, and
ORDERS as follows:
l. The above recitals are true and correct.
2. In connection with the proposed use of redevelopment funds for the construction of
a pedestrian bridge at Turtle Bay:
a. The public improvements are of benefit to the Project Area;
b. No other reasonable means of financing the public improvements are
available to the community; and
c. The payment of funds for the development of the public improvements will �
assist in the elimination of blighting conditions with the Canby-Hilltop- �
Cypress Project Area and is consistent with the Project Area's adopted �
Implementation Plan. ��
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3. The City Council hereby approves the use of redevelopment funds from the Canby-
Hilltop-Cypress Redevelopment Project Area to assist with the development of a
pedestrian bridge across the Sacramento River at Turtle Bay.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced, read, and adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 20th day of April 1999 by the
following vote:
AYES: COLTNCIL MEMBERS: Cibula, Kight, McGeorge, Pohlmeyer and Anderson
NOES: COLTNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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Robert C. Anderson, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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�v Connie Strohmayer, City Clerk W. Leonard Wingate C' y Attorney
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