R-440
RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA ESTABLISHING THE PROPOSED BASE YEAR ASSESSMENT ROLL;
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE TRANSMITTAL OF A STATEMENT TO
TAXING OFFICIALS AND AGENCIES; AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
PAYMENT OF A FILING FEE TO THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
WHEREAS, on March 22, 1994, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica adopted
Resolution No. 8739 which designated the "Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment Survey Area"
pursuant to Section 33310 of the Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code
Section 33000 et seq.) to determine if a redevelopment project within said area is feasible; and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Law sets forth procedures by which a
redevelopment project area shall be selected from such a survey area under ordinary
circumstances; and
WHEREAS, Section 34013 of the Community Redevelopment Financial Assistance and
Disaster Project Law (Health and Safety Code Section 34000 et seq., the "Disaster Project
Law") provides certain exemptions and alternate procedures by which a legally sufficient
redevelopment plan may be adopted, notwithstanding any other provision of the Community
Redevelopment Law, in a community in which a "Disaster" as defined therein, has occurred;
and
WHEREAS, "Disaster" is defined in Section 34003 of the Disaster Project law to include
a disaster occurring on or after March 1, 1964, respecting which the Governor of the State has
certified the need for assistance and which the President of the United States has determined to
be a major disaster pursuant to federal law; and
WHEREAS, on January 17, 1994 the "Northridge Earthquake" occurred in Southern
California, respecting which Governor Wilson of the State of California certified the need for
assistance and designated such earthquake to be a disaster, and President Clinton declared the
Northridge Earthquake to be a major disaster under Federal law; and
WHEREAS, Section 34013 of the Disaster Project Law provides that any redevelopment
agency may plan, undertake and carry out a redevelopment project in a disaster are pursuant to
the Community Redevelopment Law, without regard to the following:
(1) The requirements of Sections 33301 and 33302 that there be a planning
commission and general plan;
(2) The requirements of Sections 33320.1 and 33322 that the project area be
a blighted area or that the project area be selected by a planning commission;
(3) The requirement of Section 33322 that a preliminary plan be prepared;
(4) The requirements of Sections 33331 and 33332 that the redevelopment plan
shall conform to the general plan and shall be based on a preliminary plan;
(5) The requirement of Section 33346 that the redevelopment plan be submitted
to the planning commission; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the disaster exemptions of Section 34013 of the Disaster Project
Law, no project area has been selected, and project area boundaries have not yet been
determined; and
WHEREAS, in the absence of the requirement of project area selection there can be no
requirement for project fiscal reports; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to designate a base year assessment roll for a proposed
redevelopment project area within the Survey Area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires, but is not required to transmit a description of the
boundaries of a proposed redevelopment project area and transmit a map of the proposed
redevelopment project area to the County of Los Angeles for informational purposes only; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires, but is not required in the absence of the receipt of a
preliminary plan, to transmit the statement that a plan for the redevelopment of the proposed
project area is being prepared, to the auditor, assessor, and tax collector of the county in which
the proposed project is located.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The 1993-94 Equalized Assessment Roll is the "Base Year Assessment
Roll" which the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Monica proposes to use for the
allocation of taxes pursuant to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law for the
proposed Earthquake Disaster Recovery Redevelopment Project.
Section 2. The Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to transmit to
the taxing officials and agencies and the State Board of Equalization, a statement indicating that
a plan for redevelopment of the Proposed Project Area is being prepared and advising of the
Base year Assessment Roll which the Agency proposes to use for the allocation of taxes pursuant
to Section 33670 of the Community Redevelopment Law.
Section 3. The Agency hereby finds that it is necessarily exempted from the
provisions of Section 33327 of the Community Redevelopment Law that the Agency notify the
taxing entities of the boundaries of the project area, and is necessarily exempted from the
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requirement of Section 33327 that the Agency provide a map indicating the boundaries of the
project area, because there is no project area, and because such boundaries have not yet been
determined.
Section 4. The Executive Director is hereby authorized to transmit a description of
the proposed boundaries of the Proposed Project to the taxing officials and agencies, and the
State Board of Equalization for informational purposes only.
Section 5. The Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the
State Board of Equalization such fee for filing and processing said statement, description of the
proposed boundaries and map as may be required pursuant to Section 33328.4 of the Community
Redevelopment Law.
Section 6.
The Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
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Adopted and approved this 29th day of March, 1994.
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I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 440 (RAS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the Redevelopment Agency held on the 29th day of March, 1994 by the following
vote:
Ayes: Agency Member:
Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein,
Vazquez
Noes: Agency Member:
None
Abstain: Agency Member:
None
Absent: Agency Member:
Abdo
ATTEST:
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