Amendment No. 1 to the Arvin Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area No. 1

SCH Number: 2010031105
Lead Agency: Arvin, City of (City of Arvin)
Document Title: Amendment No. 1 to the Arvin Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area No. 1
Document Type: NOD - Notice of Determination
Received: 12/10/2010

Document Description: The City of Arvin and the Arvin Community Redevelopmen Agency desire to amend the existing Arvin Redevelopment Project ("Amendment No. 1"). Amendment No. 1 proposes to: 1) add 192.5 acres of territory to the existing Project Area; and 2) reinstate the Agency's eminent domain authority on non-residential land in the existing Project Area. The purpose of the Amendment No. 1 is to eliminate the conditions of physical and economic blight that exist in the Added Area and the existing Project Area, together known as the Amendment Area. This will involve the creation of programs to eliminate physical and economic blight, fund infrastructure improvements, and provide incentives that will stimulate economic revitalization of the Amendment Area. The proposed actions are all being taken in accordance with the provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et seq.

Contact Information: Isaac A. George
Arvin Community Redevelopment Agency
141 Plumtree Drive
Arvin, CA 93203
661 854-6183

Approving Agency: City of Council of the City of Arvin
Approved On: 12/7/2010
Final EIR Available Location: Arvin City Hall 200 Campus Drive Arvin, CA 93203

(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment: Yes
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes
(2b) A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project: Yes
(4) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project: No
(5) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA: Yes