(A) Agency established. Blighted areas appear to exist in the city as defined in §§ 33030 et seq. of the Cal. Health and Safety Code Chapter 1, Article 3 of Part 1, Division 24, which Part 1 of said Division 24 of said code is known as the Community Redevelopment Law.
1. Pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code Chapter 1, Article 3 of Part 1, Division 24, § 33100 of the Community Redevelopment Law, there is in the city a public body, corporate and politic for the purpose of exercising the powers granted by the Community Redevelopment Law, but provided, pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code Chapter 1, Article 3 of Part 1, Division 24, § 33101 thereof, that said public body, corporate and politic, shall not transact any business or exercise any powers, unless by ordinance the City Council declares there is a need for such agency to function.
2. It is hereby determined and declared pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code Division 24, Part 1, Chapter 1, Article 3, § 33100 of the Community Redevelopment Law that there is a need for the redevelopment agency created by Cal. Health and Safety Code Division 24, Part 1, Chapter 1, Article 3, § 33100 of said law to function in the city, and said agency is hereby authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under the community redevelopment law.
3. The official name of the redevelopment agency is hereby declared to be the “Livingston Redevelopment Agency”.
(B) City Council as agency. Section 33200 of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Cal. Health and Safety Code Division 24, Part 1, Chapter 3, Article 1, § 33200) provides the legislative body of the community may, by adoption of an ordinance, declare itself to be the redevelopment agency.
1. Pursuant to the provisions of Cal. Health and Safety Code Division 24, Part 1, Chapter 3, Article 1, § 33200 of the Community Redevelopment Law this body declares itself to be the Livingston Redevelopment Agency.
2. All rights, powers, duties, privileges and immunities vested by the community redevelopment law in such agency shall become and are vested in the City Council.
3. The City Council hereby finds that declaring itself to be the Livingston Redevelopment Agency will serve the public interest and promote the public safety and welfare in an effective manner.
(Ord. 331, passed 5-19-1987)