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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2809 - Amending Central City, Inter-city, and Bristol Redevelopment Plans of the City of Santa AnaJWF 9/29/10 ORDINANCE NO. NS-2809 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE CENTRAL CITY, INTER-CITY AND BRISTOL REDEVELOPMENT PLANS OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO ELIMINATE THE TIME LIMIT IN EACH PLAN FOR THE INCURRENCE OF DEBT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby, finds, determines and declares as follows: A. California Health & Safety CodE Community Redevelopment Law, 1993 to impose time limits on inc effectiveness of the plan. The o AB 1290 for plans adopted prior plan adoption or January 1, 2004. Section 33333.6(a) & (b), part of the was amended by Assembly Bill 1290 in arring debt, receipt of tax increment and atside time limit for incurring debt under to 1994 was the later of 20 years after B. Senate Bill 211 (effective January 2002) permits the amendment of a pre- 1994 plan to completely delete the debt incurrence deadline, with the result that an agency can incur debt under such a plan up to the deadline for the effectiveness of the plan. C. The City of Santa Ana wishes to utilize the procedure set forth in California Health and Safety Code section 33333.6(e)(2)(B) to eliminate the date that debt can be incurred in three of its six redevelopment plans so that the Redevelopment Agency can incur new debt until the end of the effective life of the each of these three project areas so that the Agency can continue to meet its long term goals and objectives. D. The City of Santa Ana is cognizant that under Health and Safety Code section 33607.7, by adopting this ordinance amending the redevelopment plans in order to eliminate the debt incurrence time limits, the Redevelopment Agency will be required to pay the statutory pass-through payments to each affected taxing entity with which the Agency does not already have a pre-1994 pass-through agreement. E. The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Ana (the "Agency") is considering issuing approximately $62,000,000 in tax allocation bonds in late 2010 to restructure existing debt of the Agency as well as to issue approximately $5,900,000 of federally taxable Recovery Zone bonds (jointly, the "2010 Tax Allocation Bonds"). Elimination of the Ordinance No. NS-2809 Page 1 of 3 debt incurrence time limit for these redevelopment plans is necessary for the structuring of the 2010 Tax Allocation Bonds. SECTION 2: 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 the City of Santa Ana Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-1173 on or about July 2, 1973, as amended. Inter City Plan shall mean the Inter City Commuter Station Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-1636 on or about July 6, 1982, as amended. Bristol Plan shall mean the Bristol Corridor Redevelopment Plan originally adopted by Ordinance No. NS-2039 on or about December 4, 1989, as amended. 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, Time limit on plan effectiveness, Time limit on receipt of tax increment shall have those meanings as described in subdivisions (a), (b) and (c), respectively, of Section 33333.6 of the Community Redevelopment Law, subject to all exceptions specified in the Community Redevelopment Law. SECTION 3: The Central City, Inter City and Bristol Redevelopment Plans of the City of Santa Ana are hereby amended to repeal the existing debt incurrence time limits so that the Agency can incur debt for these respective project areas up to the redevelopment plan effectiveness dates. SECTION 4: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance is for any reason 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. SECTION 5: This ordinance shall become effective upon the issuance and sale of the 2010 Tax Allocation Bonds. ADOPTED this 18th day of October 2010. Ordinance No. NS-2809 Page 2 of 3 APPR9V Jo ph City , YES: NOES: ABSTAIN: TO FORM: Councilmembers Councilmembers Councilmembers: Alvarez. Benavides, Bustamante, Martinez. Pulido Tinaiero, Sarmiento (7) None (0) None (0) NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers None (0) CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify that Ordinance No. NS-2809 to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana on October 18, 2010 and that said ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter of the City of Santa Ana. Date: Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana Ordinance No. NS-2809 Page 3 of 3