Ordinance No. 793

WHEREAS, The Board of Supervisors has received from the Agency, the proposed Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Project Area No. 1-1986, Amendment No. 1, Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area (the "Redevelopment Plan") as approved by the Agency, a copy of which is on file with the Clerk of the Board at the Office of the Clerk of the Board, 4080 Lemon Street, Riverside, CA 92502, together with the report of the Agency prepared pursuant to Section 33352 of the California Health and Safety Code (the "Report to Board of Supervisors"), including the reasons for the selection of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, and a discussion of certain other matters as set forth in Section 33352 of the California Health and Safety Code (the "Code") including an analysis of the physical and economic conditions existing in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, the proposed method of financing the redevelopment of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, a plan for the relocation of business owners and tenants who may be temporarily or permanently displaced under the Plan as amended, an analysis of the Preliminary Plan, the report and recommendations of the Planning Commission of the County of Riverside (the "Planning Commission"), the minutes of consultations with affected taxing agencies, the Final Environmental Impact Report on the Redevelopment Plan, and an implementation plan; and

WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has submitted to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Riverside its report and recommendations for approval of the Redevelopment Plan and its certification that the Redevelopment Plan conforms to the Riverside County Comprehensive General Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors and the Agency held a joint public hearing on June 22, 1999, concerning the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan; and

WHEREAS, notice of the hearing was duly and regularly published in a newspaper of general circulation in the County of Riverside in accordance with Section 33361 of the California Health and Safety Code, and a copy of said notice and affidavit of publication are on file with the Clerk of the Board of the County of Riverside and Secretary of the Agency, and

WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by first class mail to the last known address of each assessee, as shown on the last equalized assessment roll of the County of Riverside, of each parcel of land in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, to each resident, and to each business as practicable; and

WHEREAS, each addressee in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area was sent a statement, attached to the notice of joint public hearing, that properties will be subject to acquisition by condemnation under the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan; and

WHEREAS, copies of the notice of joint public hearing were mailed by certified mail with return receipt requested to the governing body of each taxing agency which receives taxes from property in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area; and

WHEREAS, the Agency adopted a method for the relocation of persons and businesses who may be displaced as a result of carrying out redevelopment activities in accordance with the Plan on October 19, 1998, by Resolution No. RDA 98-20; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has knowledge of the conditions in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area and of the availability of suitable housing for the relocation of families and persons who may be displaced by redevelopment activities, and in light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, has carefully considered and reviewed such program for relocation; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has considered the report and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the report of the Agency, the Redevelopment Plan and its economic feasibility, the feasibility of the relocation program and the Environmental Impact Report, and has provided an opportunity for all persons to be heard and has received and considered all evidence and testimony presented for or against any and all aspects of the Redevelopment Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Agency and the Board of Supervisors have reviewed and considered the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Redevelopment Plan, prepared and submitted pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21151 and Health & Safety Code Section 33352, and certified the completion of said Environmental Impact Report on July 20, 1999, by Board of Supervisors Resolution No. 99-217.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Riverside County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows:

The overall objective of the Redevelopment Plan is to provide for the elimination or alleviation of physical and economic conditions of blight. Broadly stated, these conditions include physical deterioration of buildings and facilities both public and private, inadequate public improvements and facilities that are essential to the health and safety of local residents and businesses, areas of incompatible land uses, lots of irregular form and shape and of inadequate size for proper development, parcels suffering from depreciated values and impaired investments, and a variety of other conditions that are a threat to the public health, safety, and welfare.

In eliminating blighting conditions, the Redevelopment Plan is intended to achieve the following goals, as established by the Project Area Committee for the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area:

• To eliminate blighting conditions and to prevent the acceleration of blight in and about the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.

• Capitalize on Lakeland Village/Wildomar’s many recreational resources.
• Assist in the rehabilitation of residential properties.
• Assist in the rehabilitation of commercial businesses and buildings.
• Assist in reducing crime in and around Lakeland Village and Wildomar through such activities as crime watch and patrol programs, refurbishment of the Sheriff’s sub-station, and youth programs.
• Create a comprehensive weed abatement and graffiti removal program.
• To effect the comprehensive planning, redesign, replanning, reconstruction and/or rehabilitation of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area in such a manner as to facilitate a higher and better utilization of land within the Project Area for uses in accordance with the Riverside County Comprehensive General Plan (the "Comprehensive General Plan").

• Use the redevelopment process and power to promote redevelopment that is consistent with the Comprehensive General Plan and Zoning Ordinance.
• Assist in developing comprehensive design guidelines for the business districts of both Lakeland Village and Wildomar. Themes could include recreational development for Lakeland Village and a western motif for Wildomar.

• Assist in the preparation of a master land use, circulation and development plan for the entire Lakeland Village and Wildomar area, including, but not limited to the Project Area.
• To encourage the better utilization of real property, to develop a more efficient and effective circulation system, and to upgrade public improvements in order to encourage new private enterprise investment and re-investment.

• Improve drainage and flood control facilities throughout the Project Area.
• Improve Grand Avenue throughout its entire length to improve traffic flow and safety.
• Provide for safe pedestrian circulation, including sidewalks, bikeways and trails.
• Pave and improve the Project Area’s many unpaved and decaying streets.
• To eliminate sub-standard housing through the rehabilitation of deteriorated residential units, and where deterioration makes rehabilitation infeasible, to demolish and replace such dwellings on a one-for-one basis.
• Institute a low interest loan program for owner occupants and landlords to refurbish their properties.
• Expand sustained and on-going code enforcement activities in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.
• To reconstruct, upgrade and expand the Lakeland Village and Wildomar commercial areas in conformance with the Comprehensive General Plan.
• Establish an ongoing economic development and business promotion program for the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area to expand existing businesses and attract new ones.
• Establish small business commercial rehabilitation programs to help open closed businesses and rehabilitate deteriorated commercial buildings.
• Eliminate non-conforming uses as appropriate and necessary.

• To encourage continued community involvement in Project Area redevelopment activities.
• The Project Area Committee for the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area should meet on a regular and continuing basis throughout the lifetime of the Redevelopment Plan, to the extent that there is interest from persons in the community in serving on the PAC.
• Community involvement in long-term land use planning issues should be encouraged.
• In addition to the above goals, the Project Area Committee for the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area has established the following priorities for redevelopment program implementation:
• Road and circulation system improvements
• Crime prevention activities, including increased code enforcement
• Development of recreational and youth facilities in both Lakeland Village and Wildomar
• In implementing the above goals, the Agency expects to institute the following programs or activities:
• Encourage development according to the Comprehensive General Plan.

• Promote comprehensive planning, redesign, replanning, reconstruction and/or rehabilitation in such a manner as to achieve a higher and better utilization of the land within the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.
• Encourage investment in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area by the private sector.
• Enhance and expand shopping facilities in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area by encouraging the development of new commercial uses and rehabilitation of existing commercial uses in conformance with the Comprehensive General Plan and the County Zoning Ordinance.
• Promote the expansion of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area’s commercial bases and local employment opportunities to provide jobs to unemployed and underemployed workers in the County.
• Consolidate parcels as needed to induce new or expanded, commercial development in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.
• Protect the health and general welfare of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area's many low- and moderate-income residents by utilizing 20% of the tax increment revenues from the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area to improve and preserve the supply of low- and moderate-income housing, including senior housing, both inside and outside the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.

• Upgrade the physical appearance of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.
• Rehabilitate deteriorated residential and non-residential structures to eliminate safety deficiencies and to extend the useful lives of these structures.
• Remove economic impediments to land assembly and in-fill development in areas that are not properly subdivided for development or redevelopment.
• Eliminate incompatible, non-conforming land uses from the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.
• Create a weed abatement program in Lakeland Village/Wildomar.
• Encourage the development of an appropriate theme for Lakeland Village area and the Wildomar area.
• Encourage the development of a sheriff’s substation in Lakeland Village/Wildomar.
• Buffer residential neighborhoods from the intrusion of incompatible land uses and noise.

• Mitigate potential relocation impacts resulting from changes in Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area land use from non-conforming and dilapidated uses to development in conformance with the Comprehensive General Plan and the Zoning Ordinance.
• Provide replacement housing as required by law when dwellings housing low- or moderate-income persons or families are lost to the low- or moderate-income housing market as a result of Agency activities.
• Provide a broad range of public service infrastructure improvements to induce private investment in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area. Such improvements could include the construction or reconstruction of roads, streets, curbs and gutters, sidewalks; the upgrading of streetside landscaping; the construction and reconstruction of water storage and distribution facilities; the construction and reconstruction of sewerage systems; and, the development of drainage and flood control facilities.
• Provide new or improved community facilities such as fire stations, schools, park and recreational facilities, a community center and library, and juvenile and youth center facilities, where appropriate to enhance the public health, safety and welfare.
• Encourage the cooperation and participation of Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area property owners, public agencies and community organizations in the elimination of blighting conditions and the promotion of new or improved development in all portions of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area.
• Provide a procedural and financial mechanism by which the Agency can assist, complement and coordinate public and private development, redevelopment, revitalization and enhancement of the community.

Section 2:

The Board of Supervisors hereby finds and determines that:

(a) The Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area is a blighted area pursuant to Section 33030 of the Community Redevelopment Law. These findings are based in part on the research and facts contained in the Report to Board of Supervisors.

(b) The Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area is a predominately urbanized area. As demonstrated in part by the Agency's Report to Board of Supervisors and in part through testimony at the joint public hearing held June 22, 1999, not less than eighty percent (80%) of the property in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area is urbanized.

(c) The Redevelopment Plan will assist in Agency efforts to redevelop the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area in conformity with the CRL and in the interests of the public health, safety and welfare. This finding is based in part upon the fact that redevelopment of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area will implement the objectives of the CRL by aiding in the elimination and correction of the conditions of blight, providing for planning, development, redesign, clearance, reconstruction or rehabilitation of properties which need improvement, and providing for higher economic utilization of potentially useful land.

(d) The adoption and carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan is economically sound and feasible. This finding is based in part on the fact that under the Redevelopment Plan no public redevelopment activity will be undertaken unless the Agency can demonstrate that it has adequate revenue to finance the activity; the Agency's Report to Board of Supervisors further discusses and demonstrates the economic soundness and feasibility of the Redevelopment Plan and undertakings pursuant thereto.

(e) The Redevelopment Plan conforms to the Comprehensive General Plan of the County of Riverside, including, but not limited to, the Housing Element thereof. This finding is based in part on the finding of the Planning Commission of the County of Riverside that the Redevelopment Plan conforms to the Comprehensive General Plan of the County of Riverside.

(f) The carrying out of the Redevelopment Plan will promote the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the County of Riverside and will effectuate the purposes and policies of the Community Redevelopment Law. This finding is based on the fact that redevelopment will benefit the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area and the community by correcting conditions of blight and by coordinating public and private actions to stimulate development, contribute toward needed public improvements and improve the economic, and physical conditions of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area and the community.

(g) The condemnation of real property to the extent provided for in the Redevelopment Plan is necessary to the execution of the Redevelopment Plan, and adequate provisions have been made for payment for property to be acquired as provided by law. This finding is based in part upon the need to assemble sites for development which will result in new economic activity in the Project Area and to prevent the recurrence of blight.

(h) The Agency has a feasible method for the relocation of families and persons displaced from the Project Area. The Board of Supervisors and the Agency recognize that the provisions of Sections 7260 to 7276 of the California Government Code would be applicable to any relocation that would occur due to the implementation by the Agency of the Redevelopment Plan. The Board of Supervisors finds and determines that the provision of relocation assistance according to law constitutes a feasible method for relocation.

(i) There shall be provided, within the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area or within other areas not generally less desirable with regard to public utilities and public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of any families and persons who might be displaced from the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, decent, safe and sanitary dwellings equal in number to the number of and available to the displaced families and persons, and reasonably accessible to their places of employment. Families and persons shall not be displaced prior to the adoption of a relocation plan pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 33411 and 33411.1. Dwelling units housing persons and families of low or moderate income shall not be removed or destroyed prior to the adoption of a replacement housing plan pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 33334.5, 33413, and 33413.5. This finding is based upon the Rules, Regulations and Policies for Relocation Assistance and Grievance Procedures for the Riverside County Redevelopment Agency, which was adopted by reference as the relocation method for the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area pursuant to Riverside County Redevelopment Agency Resolution No. RDA 98-20, and the Housing Element of the Comprehensive General Plan.

(j) The elimination of blight and the redevelopment of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area would not reasonably be expected to be accomplished by private enterprise acting alone without the aid and assistance of the Agency. This finding is based in part upon the existence of blighting influences in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, including, without limitation, the demonstrated lack of private sector interest in redeveloping properties in the Project Area, structural deficiencies and other indications of blight more fully enumerated in the Agency’s Report to Council, and the infeasibility due to cost of requiring individuals (by means of assessments or otherwise) to eradicate or significantly alleviate existing deficiencies in properties and facilities and the inability and inadequacy of other governmental programs and financing mechanisms to eliminate the blighting conditions.

(k) The Redevelopment Plan contains adequate safeguards so that the work of redevelopment will be carried out pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan, and it provides for the retention of controls and the establishment of restrictions and covenants running with the land sold or leased for private use for periods of time and under conditions specified in the Redevelopment Plan, which the Board of Supervisors deems necessary to effectuate the purposes of the CRL.

The time limitations and financial limitations established for the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area are reasonably related to the projects proposed in the Redevelopment Plan and to the ability of the Agency to eliminate blight within the Project Area.

All non-contiguous areas of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area are either blighted or necessary for effective redevelopment, and are not included for the purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from the non-contiguous areas pursuant to Section 33670 without other substantial justification for their inclusion. Said justification and documentation of blighting conditions is contained in the Report to Board of Supervisors.

All areas of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area are blighted, are an integral part of an otherwise blighted area, or are necessary for effective redevelopment, and are not included for the sole purpose of obtaining the allocation of taxes from the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area pursuant to Section 33670 of the CRL without other substantial justification for their inclusion. This finding, is based in part upon the fact that, following careful study documented in the Report to Board of Supervisors, the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area was identified as an area within the County suffering conditions of physical and economic blight.

Section 3:

The Board of Supervisors is satisfied that permanent housing facilities will be available within three (3) years from the time occupants of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, if any, are displaced, and that pending the development of such permanent facilities, there will be available to any such displaced occupants temporary housing facilities at rents comparable to those in the County of Riverside at the time of their displacement.

Section 4:

The Board of Supervisors has considered written objections, to the Redevelopment Plan and all evidence and testimony for and against the adoption of the Redevelopment Plan. All written objections have been overruled.

Section 5:

Section 321, (Acquisition of Real Property), first paragraph, of the "Draft Redevelopment for Redevelopment Project Area No. 1-1986, Amendment No. 1, Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area" is hereby changed to read in its entirety:

Section 6:

The boundaries of Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area are hereby changed to exclude that area designated as the Exclusion Area on Attachment A hereto, and incorporated herein by this reference.

Section 7:

That certain document entitled "Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project Area No. 1-1986, Amendment No. 1, Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area", the maps contained therein and such other reports as are incorporated therein by reference, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the Clerk of the Board of the County of Riverside, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby incorporated in this Ordinance by reference and made a part hereof. The Redevelopment Plan is hereby designated, approved and adopted as the official "Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project Area No. 1-1986, Amendment No. 1, Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area".

Section 8:

In order to implement and facilitate the effectuation of the Redevelopment Plan as hereby approved, the Board of Supervisors hereby (a) pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out the Redevelopment Plan, (b) requests the various officials, departments, boards and agencies of the County of Riverside having administrative responsibilities in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area likewise to cooperate to such end and to exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent with the redevelopment of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area, (c) stands ready to consider and take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to effectuate the Redevelopment Plan, and (d) declares its intention to undertake and complete any proceeding necessary to be carried out by the County of Riverside under the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan.

Section 9:

The County Clerk of the Board is hereby directed to send a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Agency, whereupon the Agency is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Redevelopment Plan.

Section 10:

The County Clerk of the Board is hereby directed to record with the County Recorder of Riverside County a description of the land within the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area and a statement that proceedings for the redevelopment of the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area have been instituted under the Community Redevelopment Law.

Section 11:

The County Clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of the description and statement to be recorded by the County Clerk of the Board pursuant to Section 10 of this Ordinance, a copy of this Ordinance and a map or plat indicating the boundaries of the Project Area, to the auditor and tax assessor of the County of Riverside, to the governing body of each of the taxing agencies which receives taxes from property in the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area and to the State Board of Equalization.

Section 12:

The Building Department of the County of Riverside is hereby directed for a period of two (2) years after the effective date of this Ordinance to advise all applicants for building permits within the Lakeland Village/Wildomar Sub-Area that the site for which a building permit is sought for the construction of buildings or for other improvements is within a redevelopment project area.

Section 13:

This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days from and after the date of final passage.

Section 14:

If any part of this Ordinance or the Redevelopment Plan which it approves is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or of the Redevelopment Plan, or the Redevelopment Plan as it existed prior to adoption of this Ordinance, and the Board of Supervisors hereby declares it would have passed the remainder of this Ordinance or approved the remainder of the Redevelopment Plan if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted.

Section 15:

This Ordinance shall be introduced at least five (5) days prior to the Board of Supervisors meeting at which this Ordinance is to be adopted. The full text of this Ordinance shall be published and/or be posted as required by law in accordance with Government Code Section 36933.

PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the Riverside Board of Supervisors this 20th day of July, 1999.

Chairman

ATTEST:

Secretary