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Res 07-012 RESOLUTION NO. 07-012 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA DETERMINING THAT THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT, SEWER AND STORM DRAINAGE PROJECTS ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED BRIGHTON AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT ARE OF BENEFIT TO THE PAGUAY REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF AGENCY LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSING FUNDS THEREFORE WHEREAS, the Poway Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") is authorized to carry out the redevelopment of the Paguay Redevelopment Project (the "Project"), pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan for the Project which was adopted on December 13, 1983, by Ordinance No. 117 of the City Council, as amended; and WHEREAS, the City and the Agency, in partnership with the local business and residential community, have identified a need for certain street improvements, sewer and storm drainage improvements on and adjacent to Midland Road between Edgemoor Street and Aubrey Street in the Old Poway Park area of the City, which is located within the boundaries of the Project (the "Old Poway Park Infrastructure Improvements"); and WHEREAS, the Agency has acquired approximately 3.5 acres of land for an affordable housing project to be located within the Old Poway Park area, on the west side of Brighton Avenue between Edgemoor Street and Temple Street (the "Brighton Affordable Housing Project"); and WHEREAS, the Agency has selected San Diego Interfaith Housing Foundation as the developer for the proposed Brighton Affordable Housing Project, and has entered into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with San Diego Interfaith Housing Foundation which provides for the planning of the project and negotiation of a Disposition and Development Agreement for the project; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the schedule set forth in the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement, the Agency expects that the Disposition and Development Agreement will be prepared, negotiated and approved within seven to ten months after the date of the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement, and that construction of the Brighton Affordable Housing Project will commence within approximately four months after Low Income Housing Tax Credits are awarded to the project; and WHEREAS, the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement contemplates that all of the apartment units to be constructed in the Brighton Affordable Housing Project will be rented at affordable rents to low and moderate income households; and WHEREAS, a portion of the Old Poway Park Infrastructure Improvements are located directly adjacent to the site of the Brighton Affordable Housing Project, within the unnamed street on the western boundary of the site of the Brighton Avenue Housing Project, and such improvements will directly serve and benefit the Brighton Affordable Housing Project; and Resolution No. 07-012 Page 2 WHEREAS, such improvements of benefit to the Brighton Affordable Housing Project include the construction of the street, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and storm drain, the rehabilitation of an existing sewer line, the installation of sewer laterals for connection to the project, water main upgrades and stub-outs for future connection to the project, and associated lighting, landscaping and water pollution control (the "Brighton Infrastructure Improvements"); and WHEREAS, substantial cost savings would result by constructing the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements as part of the construction of the Old Poway Park Infrastructure Improvements, rather than constructing the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements as a separate project at a later time; and WHEREAS, the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements are necessary for vehicular and pedestrian access to the Brighton Affordable Housing Project, and for the provision of sewer and water service to the project, and to provide for proper storm drainage from the project; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33445 of the California Health and Safety Code, the Agency may, with the consent ofthe City Council, pay for all or part of the cost of public improvements if the City Council determines that the public improvements are of benefit to the Project, that no other reasonable means of financing are available for financing such improvements, and that the public improvements will assist in the elimination of blighting conditions inside the project area or provide housing for low or moderate income persons, and that the improvements are provided for in the Redevelopment Plan and consistent with the Agency's Implementation Plan; and WHEREAS, the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements are of benefit to the Project by providing infrastructure improvements which are necessary for the construction and operation of the Brighton Affordable Housing Project; and WHEREAS, the City and the Agency have made every reasonable effort to seek alternative sources of funds for the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements, through solicitation of grants and donations, imposition of appropriate fees, and use of other City funds, but these funds have been insufficient to pay for the full cost of the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment and Housing Implementation Plan for the Project provides that the Brighton Affordable Housing Project may include up to 91 affordable multifamily housing units, and further provides for the installation of public facilities and improvements to revitalize and leverage private investments in the Project area; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan for the Project provides for the Agency to increase and improve the community's supply of housing which is affordable to low and moderate income households, and for the construction of adequate roadways and traffic and circulation improvements to correct street alignment problems and substandard alleys, to eliminate road hazards and to provide adequate street and freeway access throughout and nearby the Project Area; and Resolution No. 07-012 Page 3 WHEREAS, the Agency may use its Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund to pay to improve real property or building sites with onsite or offsite improvements, but only if both (A) the improvements are part of the new construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing units for low- or moderate-income persons that are directly benefited by the improvements, and are a reasonable and fundamental component of the housing units, and (B) the Agency requires that the units remain available at affordable housing cost to, and occupied by, persons and families of extremely low, very low, low, or moderate income, which contain the long-term covenants required under redevelopment law; and WHEREAS, the Brighton Affordable Housing Project will provide affordable housing for low and moderate income persons; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has prepared a detailed, itemized estimate of the total projected cost of the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements, which is projected to cost approximately $646,918, as set forth in the staff report which accompanies this Resolution; and WHEREAS, the City Engineer has determined the percentage of benefit of each item accruing to the Brighton Affordable Housing Project, as set forth in the staff report which accompanies this Resolution; and has calculated that the appropriate share of cost of the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements accruing to the Brighton Affordable Housing Project is approximately $520,475. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the CityofPowayas follows: Section 1. The City Council hereby determines that the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements will be of benefit to the Paguay Redevelopment Project and the surrounding community in that the improvements will provide vehicular and pedestrian access to, will provide water and sewer services to, and will provide for proper storm drainage from, the Brighton Affordable Housing Project, as necessary for the construction and operation of the Brighton Affordable Housing Project. Section 2. The City Council hereby determines that no other reasonable means of financing the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements are available to the community. The Agency finds that Agency staff have made every reasonable effort to seek alternative sources of funds prior to consideration of Agency funds for the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements, grants have been sought, donations requested, and other Agency funds have been utilized for other projects as appropriate within the guidelines of fiscal prudence, but the Agency has sufficient funds to pay for necessary improvements. The City Council further finds that development fees, property tax, and other sources of revenue will not be sufficient to pay for the identified Brighton Infrastructure Improvements. Section 3. The City Council hereby determines that the payment of funds for the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements will provide affordable housing for persons of low and moderate income, which will contain the long-term covenants required under redevelopment law. Resolution No. 07-012 Page 4 Section 4. The City Council hereby determines that the payment offunds for the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements is consistent with the Redevelopment and Housing Implementation Plan. Section 5. The City Council hereby determines that the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements are provided for in the Paguay Redevelopment Plan. Section 6. The City Council hereby determines that the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements are part of the new construction or rehabilitation of affordable housing units for low- or moderate-income persons that will be directly benefited by the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements, and are a reasonable and fundamental component of the housing units at the Brighton Affordable Housing Project. Section 7. The City Council hereby approves the expenditure of $520,475 from the Agency's Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund for the payment of the share of the cost of the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements of benefit to the Brighton Affordable Housing Project, and for no other purposes. Section 8. Upon the approval of the Disposition and Development Agreement for the Brighton Affordable Housing Project, and the completion of construction of the Brighton Affordable Housing Project, the Agency shall consult with the City Engineer to review the cost of the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements. I n the event that the City Engineer finds that the portion of the cost of the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements of benefit to the Brighton Affordable Housing Project would be less than $520,475, the appropriate expenditure for the Brighton Infrastructure Improvements shall then be recalculated, and the Agency shall transfer the excess amount to the Agency's Low and Moderate Income Fund, plus interest at the rate payable by the California Local Agency Investment Fund ("LAIF") during such period, from other funds of the Agency. Section 9. In the event that the Agency determines that an affordable housing project will not be constructed upon the Brighton Affordable Housing Project Site, the Agency shall promptly transfer the full amount paid hereunder to the Agency's Low and Moderate Income Fund, plus interest at the rate payable by LAIF during such period, from other funds of the Agency. Section 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED, by the City Council of the City of Poway at a regular meeting this 16th day of January 2007. ~ 'YM ATTEST: ~bj~~ Resolution No. 07-012 Page 5 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) ) SS COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) I, L. Diane Shea, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 07-012 was duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the 16th day of January 2007, and that it was so adopted by the following vote: AYES: BOYACK, EMERY, HIGGINSON, REXFORD, CAFAGNA NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE DISQUALIFIED: NONE ~t~# L. Diane Shea, City Clerk City of Poway