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ORDINANCE NO. 2195 (CCS)
(CITY COUNCIL SERIES)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE OCEAN PARK (1 B) PROJECT TO EXTEND
CERTAIN TIME LIMITS
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan ("Redevelopment Plan") for the Ocean
Park (1 B) Redevelopment Project ("Original Project Area") was approved and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica ("City Council") on January 24, 1961, by
Ordinance No. 516; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan was amended by Ordinance of the City
Council November, 1964, to, among other things, expand the boundaries of the Original
Project Area, hereinafter referred to as the "Added Territory;" and
WHEREAS, pursuant to provisions of the California Community Redevelopment
Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq.), the Redevelopment Agency of the
City of Santa Monica ("Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to execute and
implement the Redevelopment Plan; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6 applies only to
redevelopment plans adopted on or before December 31, 1993; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan for the Original Project Area and Added
Territory was adopted on or before December 31, 1993; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6(a), the
Redevelopment Plan contains a time limit for the effectiveness of the Redevelopment
Plan in the Original Project Area and the Added Territory as extended by Ordinance No.
2111 adopted by the City Council on January 13,2004; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6(b), the
Redevelopment Plan contains a time limit for the payment of indebtedness and receipt
of property taxes in the Original Project Area and the Added Territory as extended by
Ordinance No. 2111 adopted by the City Council on January 13, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the California Legislature has enacted SB 1096, making various
amendments to the Community Redevelopment Law, which was chaptered as Chapter
211 and became effective on August 5, 2004; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6(e)(2)(D) and
33333.6(e)(3), as added by S8 1096, provide that when the Agency is required
pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33681.12 to make a payment to the Los
Angeles County Auditor-Controller ("County Auditor") for deposit into the Los Angeles
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County's ("County") Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund ("ERAF"), the legislative
body of the City may amend by ordinance the redevelopment plan to extend the time
limits required pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) of Health and Safety Code Section
33333.6 by one (1) year for each year in which a payment is made, without the
necessity of compliance with Health and Safety Code Section 33354.6, Article 12
(commencing with Health and Safety Code Section 33450), or any other provision of the
Community Redevelopment Law relating to the amendment of redevelopment plans;
and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan contains a time limit for effectiveness that
is ten (10) years or fewer from both June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2006, so that under
Health and Safety Code Section 33333.6(e)(2)(D), the Redevelopment Plan may be
amended to extend the time limit for effectiveness and the time limit for payment of
indebtedness and receipt of property taxes; and
WHEREAS, because Health and Safety Code Section 33681.12 required the
Agency to make certain payments in Fiscal Year 2004-2005 and Fiscal Year 2005-2006
to the County Auditor for deposit into the County's ERAF, Health and Safety Code
Section 33333.6(e)(2)(D), authorizes the City Council to extend the time limit for
effectiveness and the time limit for payment of indebtedness and receipt of property
taxes by one (1) year for each year a payment is made; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and City Council desire to extend by two (2) years the
time limit on the effectiveness of the Redevelopment Plan for the Original Project Area
and Added Territory and extend by two (2) years the time limit for paying indebtedness
and receiving property taxes for the Original Project Area and Added Territory; and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have been
met.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Santa Monica does ordain as
follows:
SECTION 1. Findinqs. The City Council hereby finds and determines that with
respect to the Original Project Area and Added Territory:
A. During each of Fiscal Year 2004-2005 and Fiscal Year 2005-2006,
the Agency, prior to May 10 of that fiscal year, remitted for deposit
in the County's ERAF the amount required by Health and Safety
Code Section 33681.12;
B. Funds used to make the payment to the County's ERAF pursuant
to Health and Safety Code Section 33681 .12 would otherwise have
been used to pay the costs of projects and activities necessary to
carry out the goals and objectives of the Redevelopment Plan;
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SECTION 2. Amendment of Time Limits. In accordance with Health and Safety
Code Section 33333.6(e)(2)(D), and not withstanding any other provision in the
Redevelopment Plan, the City Council hereby amends the Redevelopment Plan as
stated herein by adoption of this Ordinance, and establishes the following limitations:
A. Plan Effectiveness.
(1) Oriqinal Project Area. Except for the non-discrimination and
non-segregation provisions, which shall run in perpetuity, the
provisions of the Redevelopment Plan shall be effective and the
provisions of other documents formulated pursuant to the
Redevelopment Plan may be made effective for the period
ending fifty-one (51) years from the date of adoption of the
Redevelopment Plan, or January 1, 2012.
(2) Added Territory. Except for the non-discrimination and non-
segregation provisions, which shall run In perpetuity, the
provisions of the Redevelopment Plan shall be effective and the
provisions of other documents formulated pursuant to the
Redevelopment Plan may be made effective for the period
ending fifty-one (51) years from the date of adoption of the
Redevelopment Plan, or January 1,2012.
B. Repayment of Indebtedness; Receipt of Property Taxes.
(1) Oriqinal Project Area. No indebtedness to finance, in whole or
in part, the Project Area and which is to be repaid from the
division and allocation of taxes of the Agency shall be repaid
with such taxes beyond sixty-one (61) years from the date of the
adoption of the Redevelopment Plan, or January 1, 2022.
(2) Added Territory. No indebtedness to finance, in whole or in part,
the Project Area and which is to be repaid from the division and
allocation of taxes of the Agency shall be repaid with such taxes
beyond sixty-one (61) years from the date of the adoption of the
Redevelopment Plan, or January 1,2022.
SECTION 3. Application. The limitations established in this Ordinance shall
apply to the Redevelopment Plan for the Ocean Park (1 B) Redevelopment Project and
may only be amended in the manner required and to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 4. Any provision of the Santa Monica Municipal Code or appendices
thereto inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, to the extent of such
inconsistencies and no further, is hereby repealed or modified to the extend necessary
to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
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SECTION 5. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
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 this Ordinance and each and every section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether any portion
of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 6. The Mayor shall sign and the City Clerk shall attest to the passage
of this Ordinance. The City shall cause the same to be published once in the official
newspaper within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become effective 30
days after its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Approved and adopted this 11 th day of July, 2006.
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Robert T. Holbrook, Mayor
State of California )
County of Los Angeles) ss.
City of Santa Monica )
I, Maria M. Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Ordinance No. 2195 (CCS) had its introduction on June 27,2006, and was
adopted at the Santa Monica City Council meeting held on July 11, 2006, by the
following vote:
Ayes: Council members: Bloom, Genser, Katz, McKeown, O'Connor,
Mayor Pro Tern Shriver, Mayor Holbrook
Noes: Council members: None
Abstain: Council members: None
Absent: Council members: None
ATTEST:
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