HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2003-011 - MLK Action PlanRESOLUTION NO. 2003-J_/_
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
APPROVING THE MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (MLIC, JR.)
NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PLAN, THE MLK, JR. ACTION
PLAN, AND THE RESIDENTIAL REVITALIZATION INCENTIVE
POLICIES; AND ACCEPTING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
WHEREAS, the City Council Of the City of Redding (City Council) has approved a
Housing Plan which emphasizes focusing the majority of the City's housing-related resources on
target neighborhoods, specifically, Parkview, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Downtown; and
WHEREAS, the City Council and the Redding Redevelopment Agency (Agency) have
determined that is was necessary and desirable to prepare a plan to guide revitalization activities in
the MLK, Jr. Neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the MLK, Jr. Neighborhood Revitalization Plan (Revitalization Plan) has been
prepared with significant involvement and input from citizens and agencies and enumerates the goals
of the citizens of the MLK, Jr. Neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the MLK, Jr. Action Plan (Action Plan) has been prepared by the Agency
which identifies a range of specific revitalization projects that will be undertaken to begin to
implement the Revitalization Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Neighborhood Focus Area Residential Revitalization Incentive Policies
(Incentive Policies) have been developed which are intended to increase participation in certain
housing improvement programs; and
WHEREAS, the Agency is the Lead Agency for this project pursuant to Section 15050 of
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title
14, Division 6, Chapter 3); and
WHEREAS, Section 15096 of the CEQA Guidelines requires the City Council, as a
Responsible Agency for this project, to consider the environmental effects of the project as shown
in the environmental document prepared by the Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, on January 14, 2003, the Planning Commission of the City of Redding
reviewed the Revitalization Plan and all environmental documents prepared to evaluate the proposed
project, including the Initial Study for the Negative Declaration and recommended their approval
by Planning Commission Resolution 2003-01.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Redding
as follows:~ '
The City Council has considered the issues discussed in the Negative Declaration and
its accompanying documentation (Initial Study and any comments received) for the
Revitalization Plan as prepared by Agency;
The recommendation of the Planning Commission is accepted and the City Council
hereby approves the Revitalization Plan, the Action Plan, and the Incentive Policies.
3. Staffis hereby authorized to initiate the activities outlined in the Action Plan.
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The environmental documents which constitute the record are on file at the Planning
Division of the Development Services Department, City Hall, 777 Cypress Avenue,
Redding, California.
I HEREBY CERTIFY.that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read at a Regular
Meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 21 st day of January 2003 and was duly
adopted at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Mathena,
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Kight
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Cibula
ATTEST:
Pohlmeyer and Stegall
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