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GRANT AGREEMENT
This Grant Agreement, dated as of May 1, 1986, is made
by and between the City of Rancho Palos Verdes and the Rancho
Palos Verdes Redevelopment Agency. For and in consideration of
the mutual covenants and promises set forth herein, the Parties
agree as follows:
RECITALS
This Grant Agreement is entered into with reference to
the following facts:
A. Pursuant to Chapter 1468 of the Statutes of 1985,
the State Legislature has provided that of the amounts received
from the settlement pursuant to Section 8(g) of the Outer
Continental Shelf Lands Act as amended ( 43 U.S.C. S 1337(g) ,
two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be second in allocation
priority to the funds appropriated in Item 9675-101-890 of the
Budget Act of 1985 (Chapter 111, Statutes of 1985) and shall be
appropriated from the Federal Trust Fund to the Controller for
transfer to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, upon request of
the City, for the purpose of aiding in the stabilization of the
Portugese Bend Landside, for the expenditure categories
provided below:
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(1) Engineering/Administration - Engineering
expenditures shall be for costs for the design, construction,
and operation of the projects described in Subparagraphs ( 2) ,
(3) and (4) below. Administrative expenditures shall be for
costs associated with management, oversight, and implementation
of the projects described in subparagraphs ( 2) , (3) and ( 4) ,
below.
(2) Dewatering - Dewatering expenditures shall
be for costs to 'install dewatering wells, pipes, and pumps to
transport subsurface water contributing to slide instability to
the Pacific Ocean.
( 3) Surface water Drainage Systems - Surface
water drainage expenditures shall be for costs to re-establish
natural canyon drainage in various locations throughout the
slide area and to maintain an adequate system for surface water
runoff from the slide to the Pacific Ocean.
(4) Grading - Grading expenditures shall be for
land grading costs to close slide-created land fissures and to
fill land depressions to prevent water ponding within the slide
area. Grading expenditures also include the relocation of
approximately 300,000 cubic yards of earth from points within
the slide area at which it acts as a landslide driving force to
points within the slide area at which it will provide a
resistive force to slide action.
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B. California Health and Safety Code Section 33601
provides that a Redevelopment Agency may accept financial or
other assistance from any public agency for any redevelopment
project within its operation and may comply with any conditions
of such grant.
C. In furtherance of the objectives of the
Redevelopment Law, the Agency has undertaken a program for the
redevelopment of blighted areas in the City, and in this
connection, has undertaken and is now carrying out the respon-
sibility for the redevelopment of the Project Area pursuant to
and in furtherance of the Redevelopment Plan.
D. The Agency and the City have adopted the
Redevelopment Plan providing for the redevelopment of the
Project Area by undertaking such actions as may be appropriate
to abate the geologic hazards, including the Portugese Bend
Landslide, in the Project Area and to relocate and reconstruct,
Palos Verdes Drive South.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Agency. "Agency" means the Rancho
Palos Verdes Redevelopment Agency, a public body, corporate and
politic, organized and existing pursuant to the Constitution
and laws of the State of California.
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Section 1.02. City. "City" means the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes, a municipal corporation, organized and existing
pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of
California.
Section 1.03. Grant Agreement. "Grant Agreement"
means this Grant Agreement dated as of May 1, 1986, between the
City and the Agency.
Section 1.04. Party. "Party" means any party to this
Agreement.
Section 1. 05. Project Area. "Project Area" means the
territory included within Project Area No. 1 of the Agency.
Section 1.06. Redevelopment Law. "Redevelopment Law"
means the Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and
Safety Code Sections 33000, et seq. )
Section 1.07. Redevelopment Plan. "Redevelopment
Plan" means the Redevelopment Plan for the Project Area.
ARTICLE II
GRANT
Section 2.01. Grant. The City hereby grants to the
Agency the sums appropriated and transferred to the City as
specified in Paragraph A of the Recitals hereof.
Section 2.02. Use of Grant Proceeds. The Agency
shall expend the proceeds of the grant solely for the purposes
set forth in Paragraph A of the Recitals hereof.
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Section 2.03. Accountability. The Agency shall
provide to the City an accounting of the receipts and expendi-
tures of the grant proceeds in such form and manner as may be
required of the City by the State of California. In the event
the State of California does not establish regulations govern-
ing the form and manner of such accounting, the Agency shall
account for such funds in the form and manner as the State
controller has established for the accounting by local agencies
of funds from the Highway Users Tax Account of the Transporta-
tion Tax Fund pursuant to §§2150-2158 of Chapter 4, Division 3,
of the California Streets & Highways Code. The purpose of this
Section 2.03 is to establish the standards for the accounting
of funds expended by the Agency pursuant to this agreement and
nothing herein shall be construed as limiting in any way the
purposes for which said funds may be expended.
Section 2.04 . Hold Harmless and Indemnification. The
Agency shall hold harmless, indemnify and defend the City and
its officers, employees and agents from and against any and all
claims, causes of action, and liability arising out of or in
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any way related to the activities of the Agency undertaken
pursuant to this agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF THE PARTIES HAVE CAUSED THIS GRANT
AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED.
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