BURBANK REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

Tuesday, February 24, 2004

AGENDA

CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER - 275 EAST OLIVE AVENUE

 

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6:30 P.M.

 

                                                                             

INVOCATION:                      

                                                The Courts have concluded that sectarian prayer as part of City Council meetings

                                                is not permitted under the Constitution.

 

FLAG SALUTE:

 

ROLL CALL:

 

 

REPORT TO THE AGENCY:

 

1.      PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED MERGER OF THREE  REDEVELOPMENT PLANS (THE BURBANK MERGED AND AMENDED PROJECT AREA):

 

The purpose of this report is to provide information on the proposed merger of the Golden State, City Centre and South San Fernando Redevelopment Plans, and to request approval of the Preliminary Plan for said proposed merger from the Burbank Redevelopment Agency (Agency) Board.  The proposed merged redevelopment project area will be known as the Burbank Merged and Amended Redevelopment Project.

                               

In July 2003, a Redevelopment Study Session was held during which staff suggested merging of the Golden State, City Centre and South San Fernando Redevelopment Project Areas as a financial tool to allow flexibility in the use of funds within the merged area.  The Agency Board authorized staff to proceed with the proposed merger.

 

The merging of one or more redevelopment project areas requires a redevelopment plan amendment; a prescribed legal process governed by California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code, Section 33000 et. seq.) (Redevelopment Law).  Part of the prescribed process calls for the Agency Board to approve the Preliminary Plan for the proposed merged area.  This plan was formulated and subsequently transmitted by the Planning Board on February 9, 2004.  The Preliminary Plan is a brief, general document that outlines the basic concept for redevelopment within the merged project areas.  It describes the boundaries of the merged project areas and contains a general statement of the land uses, the layout of the principal streets, population densities and building intensities and standards within the merged redevelopment project areas.  If approved by the Agency Board, the Preliminary Plan will then be transmitted to the affected taxing agencies, including the County Auditor, Assessor and Tax Collector, for their information and comment as a part of the redevelopment plan amendment process.

 

The boundary of the new Preliminary Plan encompasses the Golden State, City Centre and South San Fernando Redevelopment Project Areas.  No new territory will be added or deleted from the project areas and this action will not trigger any negotiations with taxing agencies or require any California Environmental Quality Act review or documentation.  Environmental review, however, will be completed for the adoption of the amended redevelopment plan(s).  In addition, the amendment to each plan will not change any of the time limits for any of the three project areas nor change the eminent domain powers that currently exist. 

 

During the next several months, staff will be submitting various documents to the Agency Board for review and approval.  A series of community meetings will also be held to solicit public input.  Ultimately, the Agency Board and the City Council will hold a joint public hearing to consider the merger of the plans and the related environmental documentation.

 

Staff is requesting that the Agency Board:  1) receive the Preliminary Plan as formulated and submitted by the Planning Board; 2) if so desired, approve the Preliminary Plan; and, 3) direct staff to transmit the Plan to the County Auditor, Assessor, Tax Collector, and all affected taxing agencies as required by Section 33327 of Redevelopment Law.  With the approval of the Preliminary Plan, staff will then prepare an amendment to each of the redevelopment plans. 

 

Recommendation:

 

Adoption of proposed resolution entitled:

A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF BURBANK ACCEPTING AND APPROVING THE PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED BURBANK MERGED AND AMENDED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA.

 

RECESS to conclude the City Council meeting.

 

 

ADJOURNMENT. 

 

 
 
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