HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-11-08; City Council; Resolution 2011-269EXHIBIT 2
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RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -269
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2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A LOAN FROM
THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE HOUSING AND
4 REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IN THE AMOUNT OF
$250,000 TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR
5 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCCRA PLAN RELATED TO
ADDITIONAL LEGAL COSTS AND OTHER RELATED
6 ACTIONS TO RESPOND TO, AND CONTINUE
OPPOSITION TO, THE ONGOING PROCESSING OF THE
7 APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY NRG TO THE
CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION FOR A NEW
8 POWER PLANT ON PROPERTY WITHIN THE SCCRA.
9 WHEREAS, in 2007 NRG submitted an application to the California Energy
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Commission to build a new power plant on the existing power plant property with no
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guarantees that the existing power plant would be decommissioned and demolished;
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14 WHEREAS, the site of the new proposed as well as the existing power plant is
15 located on property within the boundaries of the South Carlsbad Coastal
16 Redevelopment Area (SCCRA); and
17 WHEREAS, the proposed new power plant is not supported by the City Council
18 or the Housing and Redevelopment Commission because it will not eliminate the
19 existing blighting conditions (for the existing plant) and new blighting conditions will be
20 created if the proposed plant is constructed on said site, and said site is no longer
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appropriate for this heavy industrial use; and
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WHEREAS, the previously approved and additional legal and other related costs
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to respond to, and/or establish and continue opposition to, the application submitted by
25 NRG to the California Energy Commission for said new power plant shall be paid for by
26 the Carlsbad Redevelopment Agency with funds loaned to said Agency from the City of
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EXHIBIT 2
1 Carlsbad pursuant to a Cooperative Agreement approved by the Council and
2 Commission on August 7, 2001; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has previously approved and indicated its intent to
4 approve additional advances to the Carlsbad Redevelopment Agency, if necessary, to
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cover said costs for said defense against the application for the subject power plant
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project, and now desires to provide these advanced funds in the form of an additional
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loan to the Housing and Redevelopment Commission which shall become a debt of the8
9 Carlsbad Redevelopment Agency for implementation of the SCCRA Plan.
10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelopment
11 Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
12 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council hereby authorizes the Finance Director to make an
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advance from the General Fund to the South Coastal Carlsbad
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Redevelopment Project Area (SCCRA) of the Carlsbad Redevelopment
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Agency in an additional amount not to exceed $250,000 for costs related to
, 0 implementation activities within the SCCRA related to ongoing opposition tolo
19 the application submitted to the California Energy Commission for a new
20 power plant on property within the South Carlsbad Coastal Redevelopment
21 Area.
22 3: That said loan from the City Council to the Housing and Redevelopment
23 Commission for said implementation costs for the South Carlsbad Coastal
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Redevelopment Area shall constitute an indebtedness of the Housing and
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Redevelopment Commission and shall be repaid according to the terms of the
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1 Cooperative Agreement approved by the Council and Commission on August
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Joint Special Meeting of the
Carlsbad City Council and Carlsbad Housing and Redevelopment Commission held on
the 8th day of November 2011, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Hall, Kulchin, Blackburn, Douglas, Packard.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
L'QRRAIN'E M. WOOD, city cierk
(SEAL)