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AGENDA REPORT
DATE: Apri124,2006
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
THRU: John B. Bahorski, City Manager
FROM: Lee Whittenberg, Director of Development Services
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 1544
TERMINATION OF SURFSIDE REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA
SUMMARY OF REOUEST:
Waive further reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 1544, An Ordinance of the City of Seal
Beach Terminating the Surfside Redevelopment Project Area by Amending the Surfside
Redevelopment Plan to Shorten Its Duration.
BACKGROUND:
The City Council considered this matter on March 13, 2006 and introduced the subject
ordinance. It is now appropriate to adopt the subject ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
RECOMMENDATION:
Waive further reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 1544, An Ordinance of the City of Seal
Beach Terminating the Surfside Redevelopment Project Area by Amending the Surfside
Redevelopment Plan to Shorten Its Duration.
e Whittenberg
Director of Development Servic
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Adoption of Ordinance No, 1544 - Termination of
Surftide Redevelopment Project Area
City Council Staff Report
April 24, 2006
Attachment: Ordinance No. 1544, An Ordinance of the City of Seal Beach
Terminating the Surfside Redevelopment Project Area by Amending the
Surfside Redevelopment Plan to Shorten Its Duration
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Ordinance 1544 Adoption (Surfilide RDA Tennmation),CC S1lIff Report
ORDINANCE NO. 1544
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH TERMINATING THE SURFSIDE
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA BY
AMENDING THE SURFSIDE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN TO SHORTEN ITS
DURATION
WHEREAS, the Seal Beach City Council adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the
Surfside Redevelopment Project ("Surfside Project") in 1982; and
WHEREAS, the Surfside Project has been inactive since at least 1990; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Seal Beach ("Redevelopment
Agency") has not received any tax increment revenues since at least 1990; and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency retained the services of Keyser Marston
Associates, Inc. ("KMA") to, inter alia, assess the financial feasibility of terminating the
Surfside Project; and
WHEREAS, KMA obtained a legal opinion from Murphy & Davis, LLP, Attorneys at
Law, ("M&P") that the City may terminate a project by shortening the duration of its
redevelopment plan pursuant to Health & Safety ("H&S") Code Section 33333.8 (a)
provided that, with respect to that project area, the Agency has satisfied its affordable
housing obligations by: (i) providing replacement housing to the extent required under
H&S Code Section 33413(a); (ii) complying with inc1usionary housing requirements to
the extent required by H&S Code Section 33413 (b); (iii) expending or transferring its
low and moderate income housing funds as provided by the H&S Code; and (iv)
complying with all other applicable provisions ofH&S Code Section 33333.8 (a).
WHEREAS, M&P provided the legal opinion that the City may terminate the Surfside
Project by shortening the duration of the Surfside Redevelopment Plan because the
Agency has satisfied its affordable housing obligations thereto; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has transferred or will transfer all of its remaining low and
moderate income housing funds from the Surfside Project to the Riverfront
Redevelopment Project as provided by H&S Code Section 33334.12; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and City held duly noticed public hearings in 2005 to consider
amending the Surfside Redevelopment Plan to terminate it and the Agency thereafter
recommended that the Surfside Redevelopment Plan be terminated.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Ordinance No, 1544
Terminating the Suifside Redevelopment Project Area
April 24, 2006
Section 1. Based upon the recommendation of the Redevelopment Agency, the City
Council hereby amends the Surfside Project Redevelopment Plan to shorten the duration
of the Surfside Project Redevelopment Plan from December 2022 to June 30, 2006.
Section 2. To the extent any low and moderate income housing funds remain in a
Surfside Project Area account, the Council directs that the Agency transfer all remaining
low and moderate income housing funds to the Riverfront Redevelopment Project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Seal
Beach at a meeting thereof held on the day of
,2006.
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } SS
CITY OF SEAL BEACH }
I, Linda Devine, City Clerk of the City of Seal Beach, California, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Ordinance is an original copy of Ordinance Number on file in the
office of the City Clerk, introduced at a meeting thereof held on the day of
, 2006 and was passed, approved and adopted by the City Council
at a meeting thereof held on the _ day of - , 2006 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSENT: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
And do hereby further certify that Ordinance Number has been published
pursuant to the Seal Beach City Charter and Resolution Number 2836.
SurfslClc RDA Project Area Dwolution
SurfSido RDA Project Area Dissolution
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Ordinance No. 1544
Terminating the Suifside Redevelopment Project Area
April24, 2006
City Clerk
Surf.slde RDA Project Area Dissolution
Surfside RDA proJc:ct Area DissolutIon
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