HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 92-79CITY COUNCIL OF-THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 92-79
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAKING ENVIRON-
MENTAL FINDINGS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPOSED 3OINT
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT~ AS CHANGED~ BETWEEN THE
BAKERSFIELD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND BAKERSFIELD
ASSOCIATES FOR THE SALE AND DEVELOPMENT OF REAL
PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN BAKERSFIELD
REDEVELOPMENT PROaECT.
WHEREAS, the Bakersfield Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is engaged in
activities necessary to carry out and implement the Amended Redevelopmerit Plan for
the Downtown Bakersfield Redevelopmerit Project ("Project"); and
WHEREAS, this City Council has approved, and is in the process of adopting, a
Third Amendment to the Amended Redevelopment Plan which expands the boundaries
of the Project area to accommodate the development of a regional retail shopping
center in downtown Bakersfield; and
WHEREAS~ the Agency proposes to enter into a 3oint Development Agreement
("Agreement") with Bakersfield Associates ("Developer") for the sale and lease of
certain real property in the Project area and the development of said retail shopping
center; and
WHEREAS~ in connection with said Amendment to the Amended Plan and said
Agreement the Agency has prepared~ and on November 6~ 197'9 certified a Final
Subsequent Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") supplementing and updating' the
information and analysis contained in the Environmental Impact Reports prepared for
the Bank of America Toweq "K" Street Parking Garage and New Police Facilities
certified on October 30~ 1972~ 3une 2g~ 197½ and August 12, 1974 respectively; an
Environmental Impact Report for the Project and an Amendment thereto certified on
November lg~ 197~ and the Supplement to the Environmental Impact Report certified
September 1, 1976 for the Project and an amendment thereto; and
WHEREAS~ the sale and lease or sublease of certain real property pursuant to
the proposed Agreement and the development of a major regional shopping center
thereon is one of the redevelopment activities assessed by the Final Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report; and
WHEREAS~ the Agency and the Developer have agreed that the Agency shall
have a right of termination if the Agency's costs increase beyond currently estimated
financing and to change the proposed Agreement accordingly; and
WHEREAS~ a duly noticed joint public hearing on the proposed Agreement and
the proposed change therein has been held by the Agency and this City Council~ at
which time all persons were given an opportunity to be heard;
NOW~ THEREFORE~. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAKERSFIELD AS FOLLOWS:
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, 1. -k The City Council hereby certifies that the information containrid in ~tlle
Final Sub%equent Environmental Impdct Re~ort~ and the previously prepared EIR's fbr
the Project and activities pursuant thereto has been reviewed and considered by the
City Council with respect to the Agreement and the proposed change therein.
2. The City Council hereby finds and determines that:
(a)
No substantial changes are proposed in the proposed development, or
with respect to the circumstances under which the proposed
development is to be undertaken pursuant to the Agreement~ as
changed, which will require major revisions in the Final Subsequent
EIR, due to the involvement of new environmental impacts not
covered in said EIR;
(b)
(C)
No new information of substantial importance to the proposed
development has become available which was not known and could
not have been known at the time the Final Subsequent Environmental
Impact Report was certified as complete;
No Subsequent or supplemental documentation to said Final
Subsequent Environmental Impact Report is necessary or required;
and
(d)
The sale and lease or sublease of real property and the construction
of a major regional shopping center pursuant to the proposed
Agreement, as changed will have no significant' effect on the
environment, except as identified and considered in the Final
Subsequent Environmental Impact Report.
3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the certifications~
findings and determinations with respect to environmental impacts of the proposed
sale and lease or sublease of real property and development of a major retail shopping
center pursuant to the proposed 3oint Development Agreement, as changed, as set
forth in City Council Resolution No. certifying the Final Subsequent
Environmental Impact Report are hereby ratified in their entirety.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD ON THIS .~th day of r)~n~rnh~.'v. ~ 1979 BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
AYES: COUNCILMEN ARTON, L, ~..:~a"":bl, MEANS, ~, PAYNE FY, ~
'ABSENT: COUNCILMEN: /Z/]il /} ~'
ABSTAINING: COUNCILMEN: ~~ .
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~CITY' C_~_an~d Ex Off' io Clerk of'
Council of theirsfield the
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APPROVED as to form:
1979
CI~ATTORNEY of Bakersfield
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