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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
APPROVING THE USE OF TAX INCREMENT FUNDS TO CONSTRUCT THE
AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTING FACILITY (REDDING FIRE
STATION NO. 7).
WHEREAS, the Redding Redevelopment Agency desires to contribute tax increment funds from
the SHASTEC Redevelopment Project to construct an aircraft rescue and firefighting facility (Redding Fire
Station No.7) at the Redding Municipal Airport located within the SHASTEC Redevelopment Project Area; and
WHEREAS, Section 33445 of the Health and Safety Code states that the Agency may pay all
or part of the costs of a public improvement if the legislative body determines that the improvement will benefit
the project area from which the funds are derived, that there are no other reasonable means of financing the
improvement, and that the project will assist in the elimination of blight; and
WHEREAS, Section 33678 ofthe Health and Safety Code states that the use of tax increment
funds for public improvements must meet the definition and purpose of Redevelopment as prescribed in Sections
33020 and 33021 and primarily benefit the project area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council is the legislative body for the City of Redding.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council FINDS, RESOLVES, and ORDERS as follows:
1. The Analysis of the Proposed Use of Redevelopment Funds, attached and incorporated herein, is
hereby adopted in satisfaction ofthe requirements set forth in Health and Safety Code Sections 33445 and 33678.
2. The public improvement is of primary benefit to the SHASTEC Redevelopment Project Area.
3. There are no other reasonable means of financing the public improvement available to the
community.
4. The payment of funds for the public improvement will assist in the elimination of one or more
blighting conditions in the Project Area and is consistent with the adopted implementation plan.
5. The public improvement meets the definition and purpose of Redevelopment as prescribed in
Sections 33020 and 33021.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read at a regular meeting of
the Redding City Council on the 1 st day of August, 2006, and was duly adopted at said meeting by the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN :
COUNCIL MEMBER: Mathe~a, Pohlmeyer, Stegall, and Murray
COUNCIL MEMBER: None
COUNCIL MEMBER: Dickerson
COUNCIL MEMBER: None
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ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSED USE OF REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS
REDDING FIRE STATION NO.7
Redevelopment funds from the SHASTEC Redevelopment Project Area have been budgeted to assist the City
of Redding with the construction of a new 8,000-square-foot Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Facility
(Redding Fire Station No.7) on property located at the Redding Municipal Airport.
The Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Facility is a joint-use facility responding to both on- and off-Airport
emergencies. It has a service area of3,938 acres, or 6.15 square miles. The facility is to be, constructed at the
end of Flight Avenue, between the Redding Jet Center and Air Shasta. Before tax increment revenues can
be expended on the project, California Health and Safety Code Section 33679 requires the Agency to prepare
a report that contains:
1. Estimates of the amount of tax increment revenues proposed to be used to help pay for the public
facility.
2. The redevelopment purpose for which tax increment revenues are being used.
3. The facts supporting the following determinations required to be made by the legislative body
pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33445.
a) That the buildings,facilities, structures, or other improvements are of benefit to the project
area from which the funds are derived or to the immediate neighborhood in which the
project is located, regardless of whether the improvements are within another project area;
b) That no other reasonable means offinancing the buildings, facilities, structures, or other
improvements are available to the community; and
c) That the payment of funds for the acquisition of land or the cost of buildings, facilities,
structures, or other improvements willi assist in elimination of one or more blighting
conditions inside the project area or provide housingfor low- or moderate-income persons,
and is consistent with an adopted implementation plan.
Section 33678 of the California Health and Safety Code adds the requirement that if tax increment money is
used, the project must meet the definition and purpose of Redevelopment as prescribed in Sections 33020 and
33021 and primarily benefit the project area from which the tax increment money is derived. These issues
are discussed below by topic:
What are the estimates of the amount of tax increment revenues proposed to be used to help pay for the
public facility?
Total project costs are estimated to be $3.2 million, with the majority of the funds coming from the Federal
Aviation Administration. As proposed, $500,000 in tax increment revenue will be contributed to assist with
the costs of the improvements.
What is the redevelopment purpose for which tax increment revenues are being used?
The SHASTEC Redevelopment Plan as adopted in 1996 sets forth as one of its goals the elimination of
blighting influences and the correction of environmental deficiencies in the Project Area, including, among
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others, inadequate or deteriorated public improvements andfacilities. The Redevelopment Plan proposes,
in accordance with and pursuant to applicable law, to eliminate and prevent the spread of blight and
deterioration in the Project Area through the use of several approaches, individually or in combination,
including the installation, construction or reconstruction of public improvements. Inadequate ftre
prevention/control in portions of the Project Area was identifted as an existing condition that contributed to
blight. The existing Aircraft Rescue and Fireftghting Facility is a two-bay, slump-stone block building
constructed in 1975 that cannot house the needed equipment or personnel to provide adequate ftre protection
to the Airport and the surrounding areas. A temporary modular structure is currently being used as living
quarters for the ftreftghters. The redevelopment purpose is to replace a nonfunctional, deteriorating public
improvement. Development of the new ftre station was identifted in the Redevelopment Plan, the Preliminary
Report, and the Environmental Impact Report for the SHASTEC Project Area as a blight:reducing activity.
Does the construction of a new Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Facility meet the definition of
Redevelopment and are the proposed public improvements of primary benefit to the SHASTEC
Redevelopment Project?
Sections 33020 and 33021 defme Redevelopment as the planning, development, replanning, redesign,
clearance, alteration, improvement, modernization, reconstruction or rehabilitation, or any combination of
these, of all or a part of a survey area. The defmition includes provisions for those residential, commercial,
industrial, public, or other structures or spaces that are deemed essential to the redevelopment and
rehabilitation of the redevelopment project area. As noted above, the proposal is to replace a deteriorating,
two-bay, slump-stone building that is only large enough to house two aircraft ftreftghting rescue vehicles
assigned to the Redding Municipal Airport, leaving no room for a standard structural ftre engine. The
structural ftre engine is parked outside during the day and placed in a "hangar storage building" during the
night some distance from the ftre station. The Federal Aviation Administration -<FAA) has cited the ftre
station as inadequate and not meeting FAA requirements in several of its annual inspections. The new facility
will be relocated to a more suitable site than the current location which now forces ftre crews to negotiate
through active taxi-lanes, aircraft movement areas, and a locked gate when responding to off-Airport
emergencies. On occasion, the gate opener has failed causing the ftre crew to go to an alternate gate, thereby
slowing the emergency response. The relocation and construction of a new public facility complies with FAA
requirements, replaces an inadequate public facility, houses both the required equipment and personnel for
on- and off-Airport emergencies, and improves emergency response times, all of which beneftt the Project
Area and meet the intent of redevelopment.
The proposed improvements are of primary beneftt to the SHASTEC Project Area. The Redding Municipal
Airport, which is essential to the successful economic development of the Project Area, must be in
compliance with the FAA. As noted-above, the current rescue and fIre-ftghting facility at the Airport does
not meet FAA standards. The FAA has reviewed and approved the relocation and design of the new facility.
The new site will better serve the Airport and enable quicker response times to off-Airport emergencies.
More than one-half of the off-Airport area serviced by Fire Station No. 7 lies within SHASTEC's boundaries.
Those areas in SHASTEC that are not within the service area boundaries of Fire Station No.7 (areas in the
County of Shasta and the City of Anderson) will also beneftt from the new facility as there is a formal
agreement with Shasta County for automatic aid. This means that the closest resource is dispatched, which
for a large portion of these areas would be an engine from Fire Station No.7. There is also what is known
as mutual aid where the Fire Station will assist areas outside its boundaries when additional help is needed,
thereby assuring the City of Anderson and the County of additional ftre protection. This analysis of the
proposed use of funds conftrms that relocation and ~onstruction of the ftre- ftghting facility primarily beneftts
the Airport and the outlying areas located in the SHASTEC Project Area.
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Are there any other reasonable means of financing the proposed improvements available to the
community?
The total cost of the project is estimated to be $3,184,000. There is currently $1,116,015 available from
existing FAA grants and passenger facility charges. The FAA has indicated that it is willing to offer an
additional grant in the amount of$I,3 82,751 and to fund up to $185,234 for construction contingencies. This
leaves a shortfall of $500,000.
Obtaining a portion of the FAA grants required redirecting funds allocated for other capital projects. The
FAA was willing to pay for a fire station that only serviced the Redding Municipal Airport, but because this
is a joint aircraft rescue and frrefIghting facility designed for on- and off-Airport emergencies, local match
funds are necessary. A portion of the match funds will come from passenger facility charges. There are no
additional funds available from passenger facility charges or from the FAA. The only other reasonable means
of fmancing the proposed improvements is redevelopment funds. Without these funds, the project could be
delayed, reduced, or not go forward.
Will the proposed activity assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions within the
SHASTEC Project Area? Is the project consistent with the Implementation Plan adopted for the Project
Area?
Section 3303 30 (c) of the California Redevelopment Law states that a blighted area may be one that contains
physical and economic conditions that cause blight and is, in addition, characterized by the existence of
inadequate public improvements. The Preliminary Report prepared in 1996 for the SHASTEC
Redevelopment Plan (Preliminary Report) states that the combination of these public deficiencies with the
physical and economic blighting conditions of the Project Area exceeds what can be expected to be remedied
by the private sector acting alone or by other public means without the assistance of redevelopment. The
Preliminary Report identifies the need to construct a new frre station at the Redding Municipal Airport that
will adequately service non-Airport properties located in the SHASTEC Project Area and within the City of
Redding boundaries. The Preliminary Report further states that the requirement to have all frre equipment
and personnel present during aircraft departures and arrivals causes an inadequate service to areas outside the
Airport proper. The new facility will contain three apparatus. bays large enough for the aircraft frrefighting
rescue vehicles assigned to the Airport and the structural fire engine assigned for off-Airport emergencies and
three bedrooms (each with two beds) for sufficient personnel to simultaneously service the on-Airport and
the off-Airport areas, thereby improving emergency services and eliminating the blight condition identified
in the Preliminary Report.
The proposed use of redevelopment funds is consistent with the Project Area'.s Implementation Plan. The
2006-2011 Implementation Plan for the SHASTEC Project Area was prepared and adopted by the Redding,
Anderson, and Shasta County Redevelopment Agencies pursuant to California Redevelopment Law, Health
and Safety Code Section 33490. The Implementation Plan specifically describes redevelopment involvement
in the construction of a new fire station at the Airport as a contribution to blight removal.
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