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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1986/04/22 Item 11 COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT Item .._ // Meeting Date-11 /1-5/86 " ITEM TITLE: Ordinance - ) Establishing limitations on Bayfront/Town Centre I Redevelopment Project Areas SECOND READING AND ADOPTION SUBMITTED BY: City Attorney Community Develop ent Director REVIEWED BY: City Manager 9 (4/5ths Vote: Yes No ) State Senate Bill (SB) 690 requires redevelopment plans adopted prior to October 1 , 1976, to incorporate new limitations concerning the allocation of tax revenues, establishing and incurring debt, and on commencement of eminent domain proceedings. To comply with SB 690, prior to refinancing the Tax Allocation Notes for the Bayfront/Town Centre I Redevelopment Projects, the following ordinance should approved. RECOMMENDATION: That the Council accept the report and approve the attached Ordinance establishing limitations on the Bayfront/Town Centre I Redevelopment Projects. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS: Not Applicable DISCUSSION: SB 690, approved on September 16, 1985, requires new limitations to be placed on redevelopment plans adopted prior to October 1 , 1976, on or before December 31 , 1986. This law applies only to the Bayfront Project (established on July 16, 1974) and the Town Centre I Project (established July 28, 1976) . Those limitations and their application to the City are as follows: 1 . Statutory Limitation - A limitation on the aggregate amount of tax revenues which may be divided and allocated to the Agency. Taxes shall not be divided and shall not be allocated to the Agency beyond that limitation. Application to City - A tax revenue limitation of $50 million would be applied to the Bayfront Project and $20 million would be applied to the Town Centre I Project for a total of $70 million. 2. Statutory Limitation - A time limit on the establishing of loans, advances and indebtedness to finance in whole, or in part, the redevelopment project. No loans, advances, or indebtedness to be repaid from the allocation of taxes shall be established or incurred by the Agency beyond the time limitation. Page 2, Item Yl rr Meeting Date- '7 Application to City - Although the Bayfront Project and Town Centre I Project were combined by State legislation in 1979, each have a 25-year time limit subsequent to their establishment. No new debt may be incurred or established after 1999 and 2001 for the Bayfront Project and the Town Centre Project, respectively. 3. Statutory Limitation - A time limit, not to exceed 12 years, for commencement of eminent domain proceedings to acquire property within the project area. Application to City - Although property has been acquired by the Agency in both the Bayfront Project and the Town Centre I Project, a maximum time, not to exceed 12 years for commencement of eminent domain proceedings shall be established. Although the law requires the Ordinance to be in place on or before December 31 , 1986, the City' s bond counsel (Jones, Hall , Hill & White) recommends that these limitations should be established prior to the refinancing of the Bayfront/Town Centre I Redevelopment Projects Tax Allocation Notes. The refinancing is scheduled to occur in May 1986. Subject to Council approval , the first reading of the Ordinance will occur on April 15 followed by a second reading on April 22. The Ordinance will become effective 31 days after the second reading. FISCAL IMPACT: A tax allocation limit of $50 million and $20 million will be placed on the Bayfront and the Town Centre I projects, respectively. WPC 2194H "/ fry - „id gadmi. _-_=. " by the City Cou.t,lc.11 of by the C1v �;t�'•''ui! cif Chula Vista, California Chula Vista, C2;iffornia Dated 47_ 7 � w Dated