TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution making certain findings regarding the construction of certain public improvements with Central Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area Funds. (Districts 1,6)
DISCUSSION
The Redevelopment Agency (Agency), in collaboration with the Department of Parks, Recreation & Marine and the Department of Public Works, has identified the need to create and improve open space and infrastructure throughout the Central Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area (Project Area). These improvements will assist in the removal of blight by enhancing open space in densely populated neighborhoods currently underserved by these types of amenities, improving safety of the residents, and helping to create safe, more cohesive and economically dynamic communities in the Project Area.
The Agency has targeted six open space and two infrastructure projects for public improvements.
· Rosa Parks Park Acquisition/Expansion
· Drake/Chavez/Bhatti UPRR Expansion
· Craftsman Park Expansion
· Pacific Electric Right-of-Way Expansion
· MacArthur Park/Homeland Cultural Center Expansion
· Downtown Dog Park
· Magnolia Industrial District Infrastructure Improvement
Before the Agency may proceed with any public improvements, California Redevelopment Law provides that the Agency may, with the consent of the City Council, pay for public improvements that are publicly owned either within or outside of a redevelopment project area, if the City Council determines all of the following:
· That the construction of such public improvements is of benefit to the redevelopment project area or the immediate neighborhood in which the public improvement project is located;
· That no other reasonable means of financing the public improvements are available to the community; and
· That the payment of Redevelopment Agency funds for the construction of the public improvements will assist in the elimination of one or more blighting conditions within the Project Area.
Since...
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