2011-055 - Partcipate in the Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program

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8/9/11 LES RESOLUTION NO. 2011-055 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ENACT AN ORDINANCE WHEREBY THE CITY SHALL ELECT TO COMPLY WITH AND PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE VOLUNTARY REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM CONTAINED IN PART 1.9 OF DIVISION 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana conclusively finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana ("Agency") is a community redevelopment agency organized and existing under the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Sections 33000, et seq. ("CRL") and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana ("City"). B. The Agency is engaged in activities necessary and appropriate to carry out the Redevelopment Plan for the Merged Project Area ("Redevelopment Project") which was adopted by and through a series of ordinances of the City Council, which ordinances approved a redevelopment plan, as amended periodically, all in compliance with the requirements of the CRL. C. Parts 1.8, 1.85 and 1.9 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code were added to the CRL by ABX1 26 and ABX1 27, which measures purport to become effective immediately. ABX1 26 and ABX1 27, which are trailer bills to the 2011-12 budget bills, were approved by both houses of the Legislature on June 15, 2011, and signed by the Governor on June 28, 2011. D. Part 1.85 of the CRL ("Part 1.85") provides for the statewide dissolution of all redevelopment agencies, including the Agency, as of October 1, 2011, and provides that, thereafter, a successor agency administer the enforceable obligations of the Agency and otherwise wind up the Agency's affairs, all subject to the review and approval of an oversight committee. E. Part 1.8 of the CRL ("Part 1.8") provides for the restriction of activities and authority of the Agency in the interim period prior to dissolution to certain "enforceable obligations" and to actions required for the general winding up Resolution No. 2011-055 Page 1 of 4