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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-113•f ._. ~ . ~ 1~ _ +' `~~ S ~ ~. ~ =', ~ ~=' Svc T BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .. ~. - *+ GOUNTY OR BUTTE,.. STATE OF CALIFORNIA .' .~ '. ~. ~ - • ~esolufion No. 9I-II3 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING OROVILLE AREA ENTERPRISE ZONE WHEREAS, the COUNTY OF BUTTE ("County"} and the CITY OF OROVILLE ("City") each desire to enter into an agreement to coordinate and facilitate new industrial and commercial development within the Oroville Area Enterprise Zone; and WHEREAS, the form of agreement which the City and County wish to enter into is that certain Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Enterprise Zone Projects which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte authorizes the Chairman of said Berard to execute on behalf of the County the Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Enterprise Zone Projects in the form which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 24th day of September , 19 91 by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors McInturf, Houx, McLaughlin, Fulton and Chair Dolan NOES: None ABSENT: None NOT VOTING: None ATTEST: ~_ WILLIAM RANDOLPH Chief Administrative Officer and Clerk of the Board By (eamou.res) Nr; ~LArr, ~t;nair or the tte County Board of Supervisors MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECTS THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING, made this lst__ day of October ~ 1991, by and between the COUNTY OF BUTTE, a Political Subdivision of the State of California (Hereinafter "County") and the City of Oroville, a Municipal Corporation (Hereinafter 'rCity" } i WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that there exists a need to stimulate private investment in business and industrial growth in economically depressed areas within City and within the unincorporated area of County near City; and WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that the various economically depressed areas are not only contiguous but share similar community characteristics and should, therefore, be treated as a single area under uniform regulations; and WHEREAS, the Parties have petitioned the State's Department of Commerce to designate, pursuant to the Enterprise Zone Act of Government Code Section 7074 et seq., the said areas as an enterprised zone; and WHEREAS, the Parties have determined that there exists a need to coordinate and facilitate new development in the Enterprise Zone Area and that this coordinating and facilitation could be provided by designating the City as the County's agent; and WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Law (Government Code Section 65040, et. eq.} provides far cities and counties to coordinate their planning efforts and to appoint one or more planning commissions to carry out the Planning Duties; NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually understood between County and City as follows: 1. PLANNING AND SUBDIVISION AGENT The County will appoint the Oraville Planning Commission and Development Review Board as the County's Planning Commission and Advisory Agency for all industrial and commercial projects within the Enterprise Zone Area as it is now established by the State, or as it may hereafter be lawfully amended. For purposes of this section, "projects" shall include development permits, use permits, variances, parcel maps and subdivision maps. ~~ , ~~h,b~ +~ A 2. BUILDING AGENT The County will appoint the Oroville Building Department as the County Building Department for review of the plans, issuance of Building Permits and inspection of construction for commercial and industrial projects within the Enterprise Zone area. 3. DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS The review of all proposed commercial and industrial projects, including parcels maps and subdivision maps, lying within the Enterprise Zone boundaries will be based upon adopted procedures and standards of the City as they now exist or may exist at the time of development, and such projects will be subject to city design review requirements and improvement standards. Provided however, that the substantive land use standards applicable to all such projects will be those specified in the applicable zoning ordinances of the jurisdiction within which the project area lies, either City or County, as the case may be. County sewage disposal requirements shall apply to all such projects in the enterprise zone except those projects which connect to a publicly owned, maintained and operated sewage system, in which case the requirements of the public entity which owns, maintains and operates the sewer system shall apply. 4. TERM This Memorandum of Understanding shall be in effect during such time as the State of California designation of a portion of the City and County as an Enterprise Zone continues in effect. 5. APPEALS Appeals from appealable decisions made hereunder by the Oroville Planning Commission regarding land use, parcel maps and subdivision maps shall be made to the jurisdiction within which the project area Ines, either City or County, as the case may be, and shall be processed in accordance with the procedures thereof. 6. RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS EXCLUDED Residential projects within the Enterprise Zane will not be governed by the terms of this memorandum and will continue to be processed in accordance with the procedures and standards of the jurisdiction within which the project area lies, either city or county, as the case may be. 7. CODE ENFORCEMENT Cade Enforcement relating to commercial and industrial projects within the Enterprise Zane will be the responsibility of City. 8. COOPERATION (A) Recognizing that changes may occur from time to time in the area designated by the State as an Enterprise Zone, the County and City enter into this Memorandum of Understanding with the intention to cooperate in all reasonable activities in order to capture economic development opportunities as they may occur by the use of instruments and incentives as they may be available from time to time. (B} Recognizing that a major objective of the Enterprise Zone Designation is to facilitate economic development, the County and City do agree to adopt, as may be necessary, those ordinances and resolutions, applicable within the Enterprise Zone Area, to fully coordinate the review and approval process of industrial and business developments. (C) City and County will develop policies and procedures as may be necessary or desirable to insure consistency, cooperation and coordination in the processing of commercial and industrial projects in the enterprise zone. County will refer the proponents of such projects to City, and City will invite County representatives to participate in City proceedings relating to the processing of such projects. (D) City will collect on behalf of County, prior to City's issuance of building permits, any developer impact fees due to County under any County ordinance in the unincorporated area of the Enterprise Zone. 9. HOLD HARMLESS City agrees to hold harmless, indemnify and defend County from all claims and liabilities caused by or relating to its acts or omissions pursuant to this memorandum of understanding (MOU}. County agrees to hold harmless, indemnity and defend City from all claims and liabilities caused by or relating to its acts or omissions pursuant to this memorandum of understanding (MOU}. 10, FURTHER UNDERSTANDINGS AND CONDITIONS This agreement is subject to the further conditions and understandings specif led in that certain letter signed by the Mayor of Oroville, dated September 20, 1991, addressed to the Butte County Board of Supervisors, attached hereto as Exhibit "1" and incorporated herein by this reference. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, County and City have caused the MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING to be executed by their authorized agents on the day and year first above written. RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED CITY OF OROVILLE BY ayor of oroville RECOMMENDED AND APPROVED Planning Department BY Community Development Department COUNTY OF BUTTE BY ~('~ ~ ~E ~ BY, SEP ~ 2 ~ ~~~~ APPROVED AS TO FORM P~D AS TO FORM City Attorney Cvunse]. / ~ f BY BY `~ t {mou.doc) AGENDA lN~4RMA"f 10N SEP 2 ~ X991 DISCOVER GOLD ... DISCOVER OROVILLE 1735 MONTGOMERY STREET OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965-4897 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR {916} 538-2401 September 20, 1991 Butte County Board of Supervisors 25 County Center Drive Oroville, CA. 95965 Dear Board Members: As you will recall, at your September 17, 1991 meeting you considered adoption of a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Oroville and the County which was intended to accomplish one of the conditions to the designation of portions of the community of Oroville as an Enterprise Zone. Several Board members raised concerns about the County abrogating certain of their powers and responsibilities in this process and asked for further consideration on September 24, 1991. On September 1$ ~ met with Supervisor Hack McInturf and City and County staff to discuss the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU?. As a result there are several points and clarifications that the City wishes to make in the hopes that we may be able to move together on this very progressive endeavor. The Memorandum of Understanding refers to several kinds of projects which would be included. These are development permits, use permits, variances, parcel maps, and subdivision maps. Zoning changes and general plan amendments are not included, and clearly, City staff would not accept applications for these and no City body would be able to act on these for the unincorporated area. The MOU specifically excludes residential projects. This means that if a development request is made for any territory in the unincorporated area that is zoned residential, City staff would not accept and City boards would not act on such a request. ~,' The City regularly conditions development permits on the }~-y` installation of street trees. We understand that the County ~dy~es ,`Q~~ ¢~ not have a street tree.. maintenance. program. The City agree~~~ xf Q r this MOU is adopted, ~to maintain any street trees that are ~"~ ~ ~ ~,~~ established due to a requirement that occurs through the City ~~ y''~~ processing of a development application. ~,~' ~r°~ ,~ rx ~ ~ b, f I We also discussed ~n this same meeting the desirability of bringing into conformance City pre-zoning and County zoning for the unincorporated area and City and County general plan designations for the unincorporated area of the Enterprise Zone. This is the kind of activity that would occur under "Cooperation", Paragraph B, in which we both pledge to adopt, as necessary, "ordinances and resolutions ...to fully coordinate the review and approval process of industrial and business developments". Additionally, we discussed the desirability of creating a single application form, at least for the Enterprise bone whether inside or outside the City limits. The City agrees to the importance of these specific steps and is ready to begin work with the County immediately to accomplish the task. As ~ understood it at the close of our meeting of September 17, the City's willingness to make the above commitments should adequately respond to the concerns raised at the Board meeting. I or another City representative will be present at the Board meeting of September 24 to elaborate on any of these points or to respond to any additional concerns or questions that may arise. The City, once again, wishes to thank the Board of Supervisors and its staff for their full and open cooperation in working towards the accomplishment of the very important goal of creating the Oroville Enterprise Zone. The adoption of this Memorandum of Understanding will be the final local action in this process. The final designation from the State is expected very soon following the submittal of this Memorandum of Understanding to the Department of Commerce. We look forward to continued discussions on ways of cooperating in serving the people of Oroville, whether they live inside or outside the City limits. Thank you once again far your understanding and support. Sincerely, Susan Sears Mayor CITY OF OROVILLE 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 s 10 11 12 13 ~~ 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 RESOLUTION NO. 4643 A RESOLUTION RESCINDING RESOLUTION N0. 4638 AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY OF BUTTE REGARDING ENTERPRISE ZONE PROJECTS BE TT HEREBY RESOLVED by the Oroville City Council as lbws SECTION '[: Rescind Resolution No. 463$. SECTION 2: The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed execute an amended Memorandum of Understanding rding Enterprise Zone Projects between the City of Oroville the County of Butte, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit ~'A" and, by this reference, incorporated hereat. SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall attest to the adoption of is Resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the City of Oroville t a regular meeting of October 1, 99i y the following vote: ,YES: Diver, Harvey, Leclerc, Rossas, Stevens, Thomas, Sears Nane TAIN: None None ATTEST: - Mayor 24 25 26 27 28 ~~~~ ~~~ City Clerk AP ~ ED AS FO r City Attorne~