HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-13 Downtown Redevelopment Project; Extending Time LimitORDINANCE 03-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA EXTENDING THE TIME
LIMIT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AND THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA; EXTENDING THE
TIME LIMIT FOR PAYMENT OF INDEBTEDNESS AND
RECEIPT OF PROPERTY TAXES UNDER THE
REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA; AND MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is a community
redevelopment agency duly created, established and authorized to transact business
and exercise its powers, all under and pursuant to the California Community
Redevelopment Law (Part 1 of Division 24, commencing with Section 33000, of the
Health and Safety Code of the State of California) ("CRL"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency is engaged in activities necessary and appropriate to
carry out the Redevelopment Plan ("Redevelopment Plan") for the Downtown
Redevelopment Project ('Project Area") which was adopted by the Agency's legislative
body, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa ("City Council"), by Ordinance No. 73-
74 on December 24, 1973, and thereafter amended by Ordinance No. 77-27 on July 5,
1977, Ordinance No. 80-22 on November 18, 1980, Ordinance No. 86-24 on December
15, 1986, and Ordinance No. 94-15 on November 7, 1994; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CRL Section 33333.6, Ordinance No. 94-15 referenced
above, among other actions, established a time limit on the effectiveness of the
Redevelopment Plan and a time limit on the period for payment of indebtedness and
receipt of property taxes under the Redevelopment plan; and
WHEREAS, by and through Senate Bill 1045, enrolled on August 19, 2003 and
chaptered on September 2, 2003 ("SB 1045',) CRL Section 33333.6 was amended to
provide that as to redevelopment plans originally adopted before January 1, 1994, and
when such redevelopment agency is required to make a payment to the Educational
Revenue Augmentation Fund in fiscal year 2003-2004 pursuant to CRL 33681.9, the
City Council, as the legislative body of the Agency, may enact an ordinance to extend
by one year the time limit on the effectiveness of the Redevelopment Plan and the time
limit for payment of indebtedness and receipt of property taxes under the
Redevelopment Plan, , each and respectively; and
WHEREAS, SB 1045 further provides that such ordinance may be adopted
without compliance with the normal procedures for redevelopment plan amendments;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt this ordinance to amend and
extend certain time limitations of the Redevelopment Plan, as more particularly set forth
below, in accordance with Section 33333.6, as amended by SB 1045; and
WHEREAS, the enactment of this Ordinance is exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.) ("CEQA")
pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) because it is a fiscal activity which
does not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a
potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cost Mesa hereby ordains as
follows:
1. The current time limit on the effectiveness of the Redevelopment Plan is
hereby extended by one year (from the existing time limit of December 24, 2013) to
December 24, 2014, and the Costa Mesa Redevelopment Agency is hereby authorized
to act with respect to the Redevelopment Plan at any time during which the
Redevelopment Plan is effective.
2. The current time limit on paying indebtedness or receiving property taxes
pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan and CRL is hereby extended by one year (from the
existing time limit of December 24, 2023 to December 24, 2024, and the Costa Mesa
Redevelopment Agency is hereby authorized to act with respect thereto during such
extended period.
3. Except with respect to the amendments set forth herein, the
Redevelopment Plan, as amended, is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and
effect in accordance with its terms.
4. The Deputy City Clerk is hereby authorized to file a Notice of Exemption
with the County of Orange pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15094.
4. This Ordinance shall go into effect and be in full force and operation from
and after thirty (30) days after its final passage and adoption. The City Clerk shall
certify to the passage and adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause this Ordinance to
be published as set forth below.
5. At least five (5) days prior to its final adoption, copies of this Ordinance
shall be posted in at least three (3) prominent and public locations in the City; and a
notice shall be published once in the Daily Pilot, a newspaper of general circulation in
the City of Costa Mesa, setting forth the title of this Ordinance, the date of its
introduction and the places where this Ordinance is posted in accordance with
Government Code Section 36933. Within fifteen (15) days following final adoption, a
summary of the Ordinance with the names of the council members and votes shall be
published in a newspaper of general circulation.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 17th day of November, 2003.
ATTEST:
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Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Deput ity Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa City Attorney I
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, JULIE FOLCIK, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio clerk of the City Council of the
City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 03-13
was introduced and considered section by section at a regular meeting of said City
Council held on November 3, 2003, and thereafter passed and adopted as a whole at a
regular meeting of said City Council held on the 17th day of November, 2003, by the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Monahan, Steel, Cowan, Mansoor, Scheafer
NOES: Mone
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of
the City of Costa Mesa this 18'h day of November, 2003.
Deput ty Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Costa Mesa