HomeMy WebLinkAbout23210 RESOLUTION NO. 23210
A RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, ACTING SOLELY IN ITS
CAPACITY AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE PALM
SPRINGS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION AND TRANSMITTAL
OF A RECOGNIZED OBLIGATIONS PAYMENT
SCHEDULE (ROPS) PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 34169(g)(1).
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Springs ("Council') and the
Agency Board of the Palm Springs Community Redevelopment Agency ("Agency")
approved and adopted the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plans for the
Merged Project Areas No. 1 and No. 2 ('Redevelopment Plan") covering properties
within the Agency (the "Project Areas"); and
WHEREAS, since the dates of adoption of the Redevelopment Plan, the Agency
undertook redevelopment projects in the Project Area to eliminate blight, to improve
public facilities and infrastructure, to renovate and construct affordable housing, and
to enter into partnerships with private industries to create jobs and expand the local
economy; and
WHEREAS, as part of the 2011-12 State budget bill, the California Legislature
enacted and the Governor signed AB X1 26, requiring that each redevelopment
agency be dissolved unless the community that created it enacts a resolution
committing it to making certain payments; and
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court upheld AB X1
26, which dissolves all of the redevelopment agencies in the State of California, and
struck down AB1X 27; and
WHEREAS, as part of this wind-down process, all redevelopment agencies were
required to file a schedule of "enforceable obligations" that require payments to be
made through the end of the calendar year 2011; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 34169(h), which is set forth in Part
1.8, required a redevelopment agency to prepare a preliminary draft of an Initial
Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule ("IROPS"), which must list the minimum
amounts that must be paid by the successor agency over a six (6) month period to
fulfill its enforceable obligations during that period, with the first schedule covering
the period from January 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012; and
WHEREAS, at a meeting of January 4, 2012, the City of Palm Springs took
action to designate itself as the Successor Agency and the Housing Successor
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Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency, as provided in California Health
and Safety Code §§ 34173 and 34176; and
WHEREAS, the City as Successor Agency finalized the IROPS and presented it
to the Oversight Board for approval on April 3, 2012, and submitted for approval by
the California Department of Finance and County Auditor-Controller prior to April 15,
2012; and
WHEREAS, the ROPS for July 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 was required
to be submitted to the same agencies prior to May 11, 2012, with approval of the
Oversight Board; and
WHEREAS, in June, 2012 the Governor signed into law Assembly Bill 1484, a
budget trailer bill which established the deadline for the submittal of the January 1 —
June 30, 2013 ROPS, which now must be submitted to DOF and the State
Controller's office, after approval by the Oversight Board, no later than September 1,
2012; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1484 also establishes that if the ROPS is not
submitted in the required timeframe, the successor agency is subject to a $10,000
fine for every day the ROPS is late and the administrative cost allowance for the
successor agency is reduced by 25%.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Palm
Springs, acting solely in its capacity as the Successor Agency of the Community
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Springs, does resolve as follows:
Section 1. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and incorporated
herein by reference.
Section 2. The City Manager or designee is hereby directed to prepare the
Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the period of January 1, 2013 through
June 30, 2013, consistent with the intent and general provisions of previously
adopted ROPS Schedules, as may be reasonably necessary to ensure compliance
with all applicable state laws, submit it for approval to the Oversight Board and
transmit it to the California Department of Finance, the State Controller's Office and
the Riverside County Auditor/Controller's Office upon its adoption by the Oversight
Board.
Section 3. The City Manager or designee is authorized to take all actions
necessary to implement this Resolution, including without limitation, the posting of
this Resolution and the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule on the Successor
Agency's website, and the provision of notice of adoption of this Resolution and such
Schedule to the County Auditor-Controller, the State Controller and the State
Department of Finance.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular adjourned meeting of the
Community Redevelopment Agenc of the City of Palm Sprin fornia, on this
11th day of July, 2012.
David H. Re y anager
ATTEST:
ames Thompson, City Clerk
CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss.
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS )
I, James Thompson, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, California, hereby
certify that Resolution No. 23210 was adopted by the Palm Springs City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 11th of July, 2012, and that the same was adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Lewin, Councilmember Mills,
Mayor Pro Tem Foat, and Mayor Pougnet.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ames Thompson, City Clerk
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