Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Consent
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CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 22-131, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A CITYWIDE COMMERCIAL FA?ADE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND RESOLUTION NO. 22-132, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000,000 (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The City of Carson Charter, Section 206, authorizes a comprehensive set of economic development incentives and programs to promote development given the unique environmental constraints in the City of Carson, to create jobs and to preserve the sound fiscal basis of the City. The City's Charter powers include the authority to enter into agreements, and to loan, grant, fund, or finance projects which will provide public benefit and protect the public health, safety and welfare of the community, which programs may be carried out singly or in combination in a manner to promote the economic development objectives set forth in Section 206 of the Charter. Government Code Section 53083 authorizes the City to provide financial incentives to businesses to promote economic activity, inncluding the assistance with commercial reviatlization.
This Citywide Fa?ade Improvement Program ("Program") establishes a variety of specific goals for commercial development of the City of Carson as part of a citywide economic development strategy. These goals frame the near term economic development objectives for the city during a period of tremendous transformation.
Entry corridors in Carson have historically lagged the progress recently made in the city's core. Over the past 30 years, the City and former Redevelopment Agency have tried to incentivize development in the city through the creation of redevelopment project areas, with some success, but the overall vitality of the community was at a level that these were likely to see significant d...
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