Ordinance - 2109ORDINANCE NO. 2109
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE NEED FOR A COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND
TRANSFERRING ALL DUTIES, POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF
• THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD TO THE COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City of West Covina has established as one of it's primary goals the
promotion and enhancement of economic, business, and redevelopment opportunities within the
City, and in furtherance of this goal it is the policy of the City of West Covina to aggressively
promote development and redevelopment activities while addressing the spread of blighted areas
within the City, and
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WHEREAS, the City of West Covina has continually promoted the sound development
of areas within the City for the general welfare of the inhabitants of the community and creating
employment opportunities for its residents, and
WHEREAS, the West Covina Redevelopment Agency currently owns and may continue
to acquire properties that could be developed as redevelopment projects within the City, and
WHEREAS, City Council of the City of West Covina desires to maintain its position as a
leader amongst communities of the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles County in the
promotion and attraction of business development and redevelopment opportunities, and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Sections 34100, et seq., created Community
Development Commissions within all communities in the State of California, and provides that
the City Council may vest the Community Development Commission with all duties, powers,
and responsibilities of the members of a Redevelopment Agency and may delegate to said
Commission other powers regarding community development and redevelopment, and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission provides an effective and
efficient means of identifying, designing, implementing, and managing development and
redevelopment efforts, goals and objectives including providing for flexibility in identifying
future housing developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of West Covina does hereby ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of West Covina, pursuant to Health and
Safety Code Section 34115.5, does hereby declare the need for a Community Development
Commission to function with respect to the powers, duties and obligations of its Redevelopment
Agency. In making this finding the City Council takes this action in establishing the Community
Development Commission for the City of West Covina in furtherance of the goals, objectives
and policies of enhancing development and redevelopment opportunities and in furtherance of
the housing needs and objectives of the City.
SECTION 2. The City in establishing the Community Development Commission is
declaring this need only with respect to a redevelopment agency.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall cause
the same to be published as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 16th day of December, 2003.
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I, JANET BERRY, CITY CLERK of the City of West Covina, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly introduced and placed upon its first reading at a regular
meeting of the City Council on the 2nd day of December 2003. That, thereafter said Ordinance
was duly adopted and passed at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 16th day of
December, 2003 by the following vote:
AYES: Hernandez, Miller, Sanderson, Wong, Herfert
NOES: None
ABSENT: None'
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