City of Banning CA Passes Community Redevelopment Agency's Five Year Implementation Plan - Banning, California

City of Banning CA Passes Redevelopment Plan - Banning, California

Banning City Council passed a five-year plan for the Community Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday night. The plan includes the beautification of the Ramsey Street Gateways and Interstate 10 interchanges, cleaning up rentals for low-income people and finishing a Downtown Art Park.

Here's a short list of the Community Redevelopment Agency's Five Year Implementation
Plan's goals:

1. Installing new streetscape in Downtown Banning 
2. Assisting in the upgrading of commercial façades
3. Purchasing of vacant parcels near Downtown Banning for additional off-street parking
4. Complete a Downtown Banning Art Park
5. Paving Downtown Banning alleyways for pedestrian passage
6. Replacing/upgrading water lines in the Downtown Banning's Core area
7. Creating forgivable loans for specialty retail shops and restaurants in order to facilitate property improvements and signage
8. Developing Agency-owned industrial property near the Banning airport
9. Developing Agency-owned property in Downtown Banning 
10. Constructing off-site improvements for developments generating new, quality jobs and/or substantial municipal revenue (sales tax, etc.)
11. Extending roadways and utilities to large, vacant, industrial tracts
12. Beautifying major corridors through the project area - Ramsey Street gateways and I-10 interchanges
13. Completing curbs and gutters along the length of Ramsey Street and in residential neighborhoods within the project area
14. Providing grants through a commercial façade improvement program in the form of loans to eligible property owners to beautify and improve their building façades

The Agency's 2010-2014 Affordable Housing Production Plan includes:

1. Securing long-term covenants on existing affordable housing units to create and preserve affordable housing options
2. Fund a single-family housing rehabilitation program for rental units to improve the City of Banning stock of rental housing and to foster neighborhood beautification
3. Continuing the First Time Homebuyer Program
4. Rehabilitating owner-occupied and existing rentals for very-low and low-income households
5. Funding infrastructure improvements in residential neighborhoods to facilitate and promote development of affordable housing
6. Develop and implement an infill housing program
7. Developing and implementing a revolving loan program for owner-occupied low- and moderate-income households
8. Continuing to partner with other agencies to provide various housing programs to the residents of Banning
9. Expand use of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
10. Carrying out any other affordable housing oriented project or program consistent with the CCRL and the Redevelopment Plan
11. Partnering with private- non-profit and for-profit affordable housing developers to increase the supply of new affordable, workforce and family units
12. Support with private or non-profit acquisition, rehabilitation, and resale of affordable single family housing units

For more information, visit The City of Banning's website here.

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