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Item #16 REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE CITY OF COLTON For the Redevelopment Agency Meeting of May 20, 2003 TO: Honorable Chairman and Agency Boardmembers FROM: Candace Cassel, Redevelopment Manag SUBJECT: Consideration and Approval of Agency Resolution No. 811 Adopting Rules Governing Participation and Preferences for Owners, Operators of Businesses and Tenants; and Relocation Rules and Regulations for the La Cadena Corridor Redevelopment Project Area DATE: Mav 12. 2003 Background The Redevelopment Agency for the City of Colton (the "Agency") is currently proposing a new project area which will be known as the La Cadena Corridor Redevelopment Project Area. On March 5, 2002 the Redevelopment Agency for the Colton of Colton engaged the services of GRC Associates for consulting services to effectuate the Project Area formation. On January 14, 2003, the Planning Commission approved and adopted Resolution No. R-01-03 selecting the boundaries within the Survey Area for the Project Area and approved the submittal of the Preliminary Plan to the Redevelopment Agency pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33325. Subsequently, the Planning Commission has approved changes to the boundaries of the Project Area to more accurately reflect the boundaries of the existing project areas that abut the proposed Project Area. Since then, every property owner and tenant within the proposed Project Area has been mailed a newsletter via first class mail about the proposal and four community meetings have been held to inform the community about the redevelopment effort. Discussion/Analysis Section 33339.5 of the Community Redevelopment Law ("CRL") requires that the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Colton (the "Agency"), within a reasonable period of time before its approval of the Redevelopment Plan, adopt rules for the extension of preferences to property owners and persons who are engaged in business in the La Cadena Corridor Redevelopment Project Area (the "Project Area") to re-enter in business in the Project Area if they otherwise meet the requirements prescribed by the Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area. The purpose of the Rules Governing Participation and Preferences for Owners, Operators of Business and Tenants, or the Owner Participation Rules as they are commonly known, is to provide