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1 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-097
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING A LOAN FROM
3 THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE HOUSING AND
4 REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IN THE AMOUNT OF
$1.5 MILLION TO COVER FUNDS FOR
5 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCCRA PLAN RELATED TO
ALL LEGAL COSTS AND OTHER RELATED ACTIONS TO
6 RESPOND TO, AND ESTABLISH OPPOSITION TO, THE
APPLICATION SUBMITTED TO THE CALIFORNIA
7 ENERGY COMMISSION FOR A NEW POWER PLANT ON
PROPERTY WITHIN THE SCCRA.
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g WHEREAS, in 2007 NRG submitted an application to the California Energy
10 Commission to build a new power plant on the existing power plant property with no
11 guarantees that the existing power plant would be decommissioned and demolished;
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13 WHEREAS, the site of the new proposed as well as the existing power plant is
14 located on property within the boundaries of the South Carlsbad Coastal
15 Redevelopment Area (SCCRA); and
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WHEREAS, the proposed new power plant is not supported by the City Council
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or the Housing and Redevelopment Commission because it will not eliminate the
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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
21 appropriate for this heavy industrial use; and
22 WHEREAS, the initial and subsequent legal and other related costs to respond
23 to, and/or establish opposition to, the application submitted by NRG to the California
Energy Commission for said new power plant shall be paid for by the Carlsbad
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Redevelopment Agency with funds loaned to said Agency from the City of Carlsbad
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pursuant to a Cooperative Agreement approved by the Council and Commission on
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August 7, 2001; and
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2 WHEREAS, the City Council has previously approved and may approve
additional advances to the Carlsbad Redevelopment Agency to cover said costs for said
4 defense against the application for the subject power plant project, and desires to
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provide these advanced funds in the form of a loan to the Housing and Redevelopment
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Commission which shall become a debt of the Carlsbad Redevelopment Agency for
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implementation of the SCCRA Plan.8
9 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Housing and Redevelopment
Commission of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
11 1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
1 ?2. That the City Council hereby authorizes the Finance Director to make an
advance from the General Fund to the South Coastal Carlsbad Project Area
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of the Carlsbad Redevelopment Agency (SCCRA) in an amount not to exceed
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$1.5 million for initial and subsequent costs related to implementation
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activities within the South Carlsbad Coastal Redevelopment Area related to
10 opposition to the application submitted to the California Energy Commission1 o
19 for a new power plant on property within the South Carlsbad Coastal
20 Redevelopment Area.
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1 3. That said loan from the City Council to the Housing and Redevelopment
2 Commission for said implementation costs for the South Carlsbad Coastal
Redevelopment Area shall constitute an indebtedness of the Housing and
4 Redevelopment Commission and shall be repaid according to the terms of the
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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 27th day of April, 2010, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Council Members Kulchin, Hall, Packard, Blackburn
None
Mayor Lewis
CLAUDE A LVEWIS, Mayor
Ann J. Kulchin, Mayor Pro-Tern
ATTEST:
Jity Clerk
(SEAL)
Karen R. Kundtz, Assistant City Clerk