TITLE
Adopt resolution approving the Negative Declaration for the Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the North Long Beach Redevelopment Project; and
DISCUSSION
On September 15, 2008, the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (Agency) held a public hearing to listen to testimony and receive comments on the adoption of the Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the North Long Beach Redevelopment Project (Second Amendment) and the Negative Declaration prepared for the Second Amendment.
At the close of the hearing the Agency considered and adopted the following:
. Resolution of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach approving a Negative Declaration for the Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the North Long Beach Redevelopment Project;
. Resolution of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach approving and adopting the Report to the City Council on the Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the North Long Beach Redevelopment Project, and submitting said Report and Second Amendment to the City Council; and
ยท Resolution of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach approving the Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for the North Long Beach Redevelopment Project.
On September 16, 2008, the City Council also held a public hearing to hear testimony and receive comments on the Second Amendment and the Negative Declaration. The Second Amendment would extend the Agency's authority to use eminent domain for another twelve years throughout the North Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area with the exclusion of the majority of Sub-Area 5, which comprises the Port of Long Beach (Port). The previous authority to acquire property by eminent domain in the North Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area expired on July 16, 2008.
As a result of the passage of Proposition 99 in June 2008, the Agency is prohibited from acquiring single-family residences that have been occupied by the owner for more than one yearforth...
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