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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2396 - Extend Time Limit on Each Plan's Effectiveness and to Extend the Time Limit in Each Plan for Receipt of Tax Increment195 ORDINANCE NO. NS-. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE CENTRAL CITY, INTER-CITY, SOUTH MAIN, NORTH HARBOR, SOUTH HARBOR AND BRISTOL CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT PLANS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO EXTEND THE TIME LIMIT ON EACH PLAN'S EFFECTIVENESS AND TO EXTEND THE TIME LIMIT IN EACH PLAN FOR THE RECEIPT OF TAX INCREMENT WHEREAS, California Health & Safety Code Section 33333.6(a) & (b), part of the Community Redevelopment Law, was amended by AB 1290 in 1993 to set deadlines in redevelopment plans for (a) the effectiveness of the plan, and (b) the time limit on the receipt of tax increment, for cities who had adopted redevelopment plans without such time limits; and WHEREAS, by 1998 Statutes, Chapter 635 (AB 1342), the Legislature, recognized that cities such as the City of Santa Aha, which had prior to 1993 set time limits in their redevelopment plans shorter than the time periods specified in AB 1290 were unfairly treated and that such cities with redevelopment plans that already had limitations shorter than those allowed by AB 1290 should be allowed a one year window to adopt an ordinance amending each such redevelopment plan to extend the limits to those limits already provided in AB 1290; and WHEREAS, this one year window created by AB 1342 commenced on January 1, 1999, and expires on December 31, 1999; and WHEREAS, the Legislature further provided in AB 1342 that this one time ordinance should be adopted without resort to the procedures typically required when amending a redevelopment plan, in that it was correcting an irregularity that had adversely affected cities such as the City of Santa Ana which had created their own time limits in redevelopment plans as compared to cities which had never had such time limits but had instead required intervention by the State to create such time limits; and WHEREAS, by 1999 Statutes, Chapter 17 (SB 307), an urgency measure signed by the Governor and effective on April 22, 1999, the Legislature has made it clear that the simplified procedures for this one time only ordinance may not be used to extend the time limits in existing redevelopment plans for incurring new debt; and 196 .. WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana has previously adopted six redevelopment plans that require amendment by ordinance in accordance with Section 33333.6(0(2) as amended by AB 1342 and SB 307; and · WHEREAS, the City of Santa Aha wishes to utilize the procedure set forth in AB 1342 to extend the effective date of its six redevelOPment plans and the date that tax increment would continue to flow to the Santa Ana Community Redevelopment Agency for these six plans; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Ana is cognizant that under SB 307 it may not by this ordinance extend the time limit to incur new debt beyond the time limits that already exist in each of its six redevelopment plans: NOW~ 'it-IEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: As used in this Ordinance, the following definitions shall apply: Agency shall mean the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana. Community Redevelopment Law shall mean Part 1 (commencing with. · Section 33000) of Division 24 of the California Health & Safety Code, as amended from time to time. Central City Plan shall mean Santa Aha Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-1173 on or about July 2, 1973, and amended by Ordinance No. 1258 on or about June 2, 1975, and Ordinance No. NS-2234 on or about October 3, 1994. South Main Plan shall mean the Santa Aha South Main Street Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-639 on or about July 6, 1982, and amended by Ordinance No. NS-2234 on or about October 3, 1994, and Ordinance No. NS-2256 adopted on or about July 17, 1995. Inter-CiO, Plan shall mean the Santa Ana Inter-City Commuter Station Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-1636 on or about July 6, 1982, and amended by Ordinance No. NS-2234 on or about October 3, 1994 and Ordinance No. NS-2289 Inter City on or about May 6, 1996. South Harbor Plan shall mean the Santa Ana South Harbor Boulevard/Fairview Street Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-1638 on or about July 6, 1982, and amended by Ordinance No. NS-2167 2 t97 on or about August 3, 1992, and Ordinance No. NS-2234 on or about October 3, 1994. North Harbor Plan shall mean the Santa Ana North Harbor Boulevard Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-1637 on or about July 6, 1982, and amended by Ordinance No. NS-2234 on or about October 3, 1994. Bristol Corridor Plan shall mean the Santa Ana Bristol Corridor Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-2039 on or about 'December 4, 1989. Tax increment shall mean property tax revenues allocated to the Agency pursuant to Section 333670 of the Community Redevelopment Law. Time limit on incurring indebtedness shall mean the expiration date of the time period during which the Agency may establish or incur loans, advances, and indebtedness to be paid with the proceeds of tax increment derived from the project area of a specified redevelopment plan, as described in subdivision (a) of Section 33333.6 of the Community Redevelopment Law, subject to all exceptions specified in the Community Redevelopment Law. Time limit onplan effectiveness shall mean the expiration date of the time period during which a specified redevelopment plan is effective, as described in subdivision (b) of Section 33333.6 of the Community Redevelopment Law, subject to all exceptions specified in the Community Redevelopment Law. Time limit on receipt of tax increment shall mean the expiration date of the time period during which the Agency may pay indebtedness and receive tax increment derived from the project area of a specified redevelopment plan, as described in subdivision (c) of Section 33333.6 of the Community Redevelopment Law, subject to all exceptions specified in the Community Redevelopment Law. Section 2: The redevelopment plans of the City of Santa Ana are hereby amended to establish the following time limits on effectiveness of the plan and receipt of tax increment, in accordance with Section 33333.6 of the Community Redevelopment Law. The deadline for incurring new indebtedness, which shall be unchanged and is in no way altered by this Ordinance, is also set forth below for completeness sake. 198 Central City Plan January 1, 2004 July 2, 2013 July 2, 2023 Inter-City Plan January 1, 2004 July 6, 2022 July 6, 2032 North Harbor Plan January 1, 2004 July 6, 2022 July 6, 2032 South Harbor Plan January 1, 2004 July 6, 2022 July 6, 2032 South Main Plan January 1, 2004 July 6, 2022 July 6, 2032 Bristol Corridor PlanDecember 4, 2009 December 4, 2029 December 4, 2039 Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any mason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance. The city council hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this Ordinance, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be declared invalid. ADOPTED this 2nd day of August ,1999· ATTEST: · Guy Clerk of the Coancil COUNCILMEMBERS: Pulido Absant Lutz Absent Bist Aye Christy Aye Franklin Ave McGuigan Aye Moreno Aye APPROVED AS TO FORM: Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney B ~j a~in Kaul?rn~n ielYAssistant City Attorney 199 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance No. ~ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on $/~. / ~ ? ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance with the Chaffer ofth.~'ty of Santa Aha. Date: ~/3/~ ~~'~- ~ / ' 't ////Clerk of the Cour~cilf~/ ~/~' City of Santa Ana~' //