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Recommendation to adopt resolution making certain findings regarding the construction of certain public improvements with Central Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area Funds;
DISCUSSION
Improving and enhancing public infrastructure has always been an important goal of the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency (Agency), particularly when those public improvements support private economic investment, result in increased job generation, or support the aesthetic enhancement of a specific area. On November 2,2009, the Agency adopted resolutions making findings regarding the construction of various public improvements in all the redevelopment project areas, including park expansion, streetscape improvements, and public art. To continue these enhancements, the Agency has identified the following important public projects planned in the Central, Downtown, and North Long Beach Redevelopment Project Areas:
Central Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area
· Ocean Boulevard Median Lighting.
· Pine Avenue Streetscape Improvement.
· The Design District Streetscape Improvements.
· Sunrise Historic District Improvements.
· 7th and Alamitos Improvements.
· Alamitos Avenue.
Downtown Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area
· Ocean Boulevard Median Lighting.
· Pine Avenue Streetscape Improvement.
· CityPlace Parking Garage Improvements and Upgrades.
· American Hotel Sidewalk Repairs.
North Long Beach Redevelopment Project Area
· South Waterfront Bike Path.
· Orange Twist Landscaping.
· Del Amo Railroad Embankment.
These improvements will further serve to support neighborhood and economic revitalization by eliminating blight, supporting private economic investment, enhancing the pedestrian environment, linking existing commercial corridors, and closing a vital gap in the City of Long Beach's bikeway system.
California Redevelopment Law provides that a Redevelopment Agency may, with the consent of the City Council, pay for public improvements, which are publicly owned either with...
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