HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-39 - Setting Aside Civic Center Park for a Ten Year Period (Future Library Construction)RESOLUTION NO. 05-39
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING ASIDE CIVIC
CENTER PARK FOR A TEN YEAR PERIOD FOR FUTURE
CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTRAL LIBRARY BY THE
COSTA MESA FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa is the owner of that certain 2.5 acre open
space/park currently know as the Civic Center Park located on the southwest corner of
Vanguard Way and Fair Drive (the "Property"); and
WHEREAS, Costa Mesa's Friends of the Library ("Friends") are requesting that the
Property be set aside for a ten-year period for the future construction of a Central Library
and that the Friends be allowed to post a "Future Home of sign on the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Friends have warranted that funding for the construction of the
Central Library will be obtained through grants and donations and that the City of Costa
Mesa will not have any responsibility for the funding of the construction; and
WHEREAS, issues regarding the operational funding of said Library will be
addressed jointly between the City of Costa Mesa and the Orange County Public Library
after funding for the construction has been raised by the Friends; and
WHEREAS, the Public Services Department has indicated that, according to their
records, the Property is clear of any deed restrictions or easements that would prevent
the construction of a Library on the Property; and
WHEREAS, the Friends understand that appropriate environmental studies would
be required and that any construction must comply with the applicable zoning ordinances.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the 2.5 acre .property currently
known as the Civic Center Park, located on the southwest corner of Vanguard Way and
Fair Drive (the "Property") is hereby set aside for a period of ten years for the future
construction of a central library by the Costa Mesa Friends of the Library.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Costa Mesa Friends (the " Friends") of the
Library will be solely responsible for all construction costs for said Library through
grants and donations, and that a report shall be made to the City Council at the end
of the third year, the fifth year and the seventh year of fundraising efforts, at which
time the Council may consider any further or different action with respect to the
Property.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Friends may post "Future Home of signs that
comply with the City's sign code.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of June, 2005.
ATTEST:
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM
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Deputy ity Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 05-39
was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting
thereof, held on the 7th day of June, 2005, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mansoor, Monahan, Bever, Dixon, Foley.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 8th day of June, 2005.
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Deput ity Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa