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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 202 1994 1214ORDINANCE NO. 202 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK AMENDING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE MOORPARK REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 33333.6 WHEREAS, the Moorpark Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency ") is a public body, corporate and politic, organized and existing under the Redevelopment Law of the State of California (Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California); and WHEREAS, by enacting Ordinance No. 110 adopted on July 5, 1989, the City Council of the City of Moorpark adopted the Moorpark Redevelopment Plan for the Moorpark Redevelopment Project (the "Plan "); and WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 1290, which was enacted by the State of California and became Law, as Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq. , the "CCRL"; unless otherwise expressly set forth or unless the context otherwise requires, all references to "Section" are Section(s) of the CCRL and required, in part, that redevelopment agencies impose new time limitations upon redevelopment plans adopted prior to December 31, 1993, and further required that legislative bodies of redevelopment agencies enact ordinances amending redevelopment plans adopted prior to January 1, 1994, to comply therewith; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(a)(1) provides: "The time limit on the establishing of loans, advances, and indebtedness adopted pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 33333.2 or paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 33333.4 shall not exceed 20 years from the adoption of the redevelopment plan or January 1, 2004, whichever is later. This limit, however, shall not prevent agencies from incurring debt to be paid from the low and moderate income housing fund or establishing more debt in order to fulfill the agency's housing obligations under Section 33413.11; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(a)(2) provides: "The time limitation by this subdivision may be extended, only by amendment of the redevelopment plan, after the agency finds, based on substantial evidence that: (A) significant blight remains within the project area; and (B) this blight cannot be eliminated without the establishment of additional debt. However, this amended time limitation may not exceed 10 years from the time limit established pursuant to this subdivision or the time limit on the effectiveness of the plan established pursuant t= subdivision (b), whichever is earlier. "; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(b) provides: "The effectiveness of every redevelopment plan to which this section applies shall terminate at a date which shall not exceed 40 years from the adoption of the redevelopment plan or January 1, 2009, whichever is later. After the time limit on the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan, the agency shall have no authority to act pursuant to the redevelopment plan except to pay previously incurred indebtedness and to enforce existing covenants, contracts, or other obligations. "; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(c) provides: "Except as provided in subdivisions (g) and (h), a redevelopment agency shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Section 33670 after 10 years from the termination of the effectiveness of the redevelopment plan to subdivision (b) "; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(e)(1) provides: "Unless a redevelopment plan adopted prior to January 1, 1994, contains all of the limitations required by this section and each of these limitations does not exceed the applicable time limits established by this section, the legislative body, acting by ordinance on or before December 31, 1994, shall amend every redevelopment plan adopted on or before December 31, 1993, either to amend an existing time limit that exceeds the applicable time limit established by this section or to establish time limits that do not exceed the provisions of subdivision (a), (b), or (c);" and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(e)(2) provides: "The limitations established in the ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall apply to the redevelopment plan as if the redevelopment plan had been amended to include those limitations. However, in adopting the ordinance required by this section, neither the legislative body nor the agency is required to comply with Article 12 (commencing with section 33450) or any other provision of this part relating to the amendment of redevelopment plans;" and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(f)(1) provides: "If a redevelopment plan adopted prior to January 1, 1994, contains one or more limitations required by this section, and the limitation does not exceed the applicable time limit required by this section, this section shall not be construed to require an amendment of this limitation;" and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(6 (2) provides: "A redevelopment plan adopted prior to January 1, 1994, that has a limitation shorter than the terms provided in this section may be amended to extend the limitation, within the applicable time limit established by this section, pursuant to Section 33354.6;" and FA --Is WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(g) provides: "The limitations established in the ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall not be applied to limit allocation of taxes to any agency to the extent required to eliminate project deficits created under subdivision (e) of Section 33320.5, subdivision (g) of Section 33334.6, or subdivision (d) of Section 33487, in accordance with the plan adopted pursuant thereof for the purpose of eliminating the deficits or to implement a replacement housing program pursuant to Section 33413. In the event of a conflict between these limitations and the obligations under Section 33334.6 or to implement a replacement housing program pursuant to Section 33413, the legislative body shall amend the ordinance adopted pursuant to this section to modify the limitations to the extent necessary to permit compliance with the plan adopted pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 33334.6 and to allow full expenditure of moneys in the Agency's Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund in accordance with Section 33334.3 or to permit implementation of the replacement housing program pursuant to Section 33413. The procedure for amending the ordinance pursuant to this subdivision shall be the same as for adopting the ordinance under subdivision (e)."; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(h) provides: "This section shall not be construed to affect the validity of any bond, indebtedness, or other obligation, including any mitigation agreement entered into pursuant to Section 33401, authorized by the legislative body, or the agency pursuant to this part, prior to January 1, 1994. Nor shall this section be construed to affect the right of an agency to receive property taxes, pursuant to Section 33670, to pay the indebtedness or other obligation. "; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(i) provides: "A redevelopment agency shall not pay indebtedness or receive property taxes pursuant to Section 33670, with respect to a redevelopment plan adopted prior to January 1, 1994, after the date identified in subdivision (c) or the date identified in the redevelopment plan, whichever is earlier, except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (f) or in subdivision (h) "; and WHEREAS, CCRL Section 33333.6(j) provides: "The legislature finds and declares that the amendments made to this section by the act that adds this subdivision are intended to add limitations to the law on and after January 1, 1994, and are not intended to change or express legislative intent with respect to the law prior to that date. It is not the intent of the legislature to affect the merits of any litigation regarding the ability of a redevelopment agency to sell bonds for a term that exceeds the limit of a redevelopment plan pursuant to law that existed prior to January 1, 1994 "; and WHEREAS, CCRL the Plan as previously adopted by the Agency, currently contains certain time limitations which may not accord with those time limitations required by CCRL Section 33333.6; and WHEREAS, the City of Moorpark (the "City ") is adopting this ordinance to amend certain time limitations of the Plan, as more particularly provided below, to comply with the time limitations pursuant to Section 33333.6. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Moorpark does ordain as follows: Section 1. Except to the extent a longer period of time may be allowed pursuant to CCRL Section 33333.6 or other provisions of the CCRL as it exists now or may be amended, the time limitation to incur indebtedness under the Redevelopment Plan (Plan) is amended from twenty -five years from the date of adoption (July 2014) to twenty years from the date of adoption (July 2009). To the extent of a conflict this section shall take precedence over Section 602 of the plan. Section 2. Except to the extent a longer period of time may be allowed pursuant to CCRL Section 33333.6 or other provisions of the CCRL as it exists now or may be amended, the date at which the effectiveness of the Plan shall terminate is amended from forty -five years from the date of adoption (July, 2034) to forty years from the date of adoption (July, 2029). To the extent of a conflict this section shall take precedence over Section 900 of the Plan. Section 3. The time limitation to pay indebtedness or receive property taxes to pay debt under the Plan is ten years from the date of termination of the Plan except to the extent a longer period of time may be allowed pursuant to Section 33333.6 or other provisions of the CCRL as it exists now or may be amended. Section 4. No action with respect to the time limitation set forth in CCRL Section 33333.6(a') (2) is being taken at this time but the right to consider extension of the time limitation in the future as conditions within the project Area warrant is being reserved. Section 5. The City Council finds and determines amendments to the Plan as adopted by this Ordinance are in compliance with the time limitations set forth in 33333.6. Section 6. The Plan shall remain in full force and effect, unmodified except to the extent Df those particular amendments expressly set forth in this Ordinance. 4 Section 7. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to certify to the passage of the Ordinance and to cause the same to be published in a newspaper of general circulation which is published and circulated in the City of Moorpark. Section 8. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED a regu ar meeting of said City Council held the day of 1994. ATTEST: Lillian Hare c City Clerk City of Moorpark SGM159- 11/08/94 By Paul La son Jr., A or City of Moorpark 5 MOORPARK 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529.6864 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss. CITY OF MOORPARK ) I, Lillian E. Hare, City Clerk of the City of Moorpark, California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Ordinance No. 02 was adopted by the City Council of the City of Moorpark at a meeting held on the 14th day of DECEMBE}:_ , 1994, and that the same was adopted by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HUNTER, '-10NTGOMERY, WOZNIAK AND MAYOR LAWRASON NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER PEREZ ABSTAIN : NONE WITNESS my hand and the official seal of said City this 15th day of DECEM]lEE 1994. Lillian E. Hare City Clerk PAUL W. LAWRASON JR. PATRICK HUNTER SCOTT MONTGOMERY BERNARDO M. PEREZ .JOHN E. WOZNIAK Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Councomember Councilmember Concilmember PI,Wed On Recyoea °a;e