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99-055RESOLUTION NO. 99R - ~z_ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AMENDING THE PROJECT AREA CUMbiITTEE FORMATION AND ELECTION PROCEDURES FOR THE WEST ANAHEIM COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT WHEREAS, in Apri1_ of 1997, the City of Anaheim ("City") and the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") commenced actions to amend the Brookhurst Redevelopment Project ("Redevelopment Project") to include new territory ("Added Project Area") and rename the Redevelopment Project to West Anaheim Commercial Comdors Redevelopment Project; and WHEREAS, on November 18, 1997, pursuant to 5ectian 33385 (b) of the California Health and Safety Code, the Anaheim City Council ("Council"1 adopted Resolution No. 97R-218 calling for the formation of a Project Area. Committee ("PAC") for the Added Project Area and adopting procedures for the formati~,~n of the PAC ("PAC election Procedures"); and WHEREAS, on February 10, 1998, pursuant to Sectior. 33385 (d) (21 oft'rre California Health and Safety Code, the Council adopted Resolution No. 98R-ZS certifying the election of the PAC for the proposed West Anaheim Cernmerciai Corridors Redevelopment Project; and WHEREAS, on June 23, 1998, the Council and the Agency amended the Redevelopment Project to include the Added Project Area and change the project narrre to the West Anaheim Commercial Corridors Redevelopment Project; and WHEREAS, the PAC Election Procedures limit PAC rnembersh;p to persons anti entities representing the Added Project Area; and WHEREAS, during the amendment adoption process, community men:br rs from the original Brookhurst portion of the Redevelopment Proj°ct requested that t`tr;~ PAC include representatives from the Brookhurst area; and ~'IIEILEAS, there are currently four (4) vacancies on the mine (9) +nembe~- FAC aad the procedure for filling vacancies needs to be claritied; and WHEREAS, the PP,C, recommended that PA.C rn?rnbersltip ~li;:ibility be. erparrdr:u to include members from the original Brocl:hurt area. Y `,". ri.:S~.i:E~.L , ".c F:. ~4,, r Y'}:rky7.!'h.[. _._ NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council hereby resolves as follows: SECTION 1. The Project Aria Committee Formation and Election Procedures for the West Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendment Area are amended to clarify the language regarding filling PAC vacancies and to allow eligible persons from the original Brookhurst area to also serve on the PAC. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of N:arch , 1999. ATTEST: ~~ City Clerk ~~ Mayor F'.LL~IX'S.C>: ";:: F:.Er,°.:. i•,i,'I'ti:nCf_;p I°A_~(lC ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Amended March 23, 1999 AMENDED PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE FORMATIONAND ELECTION PROCEDURES for the WEST ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AMENDMENT AREA 201 Sovrx ANAIIDQV7 Boo[.svaxn S[7lre 1003 ANnttEms, CgLIFORxu 92805 Fnx 714 765-4313 714 765-4300 West Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendment ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Amended and Restated Project Area Committee Formation and Election Procedures for the West Anaheim Commercial Corridors Redevelopment Project ., The City of Anaheim and the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency by amendment added territory to the Brookhurst Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Project (hereinafter defined as the "Added Project Area"and changed the name of the amended project to the West Anaheim Commecial Corridors Redevelopment Project. A project azea committee (a "PAC") has been constituted for the Added Project Area but does not include representatives from the original Brookhurst project area (hereinafter defined as the "Original Project Area"). However, these Amended and Restated Project Area Committee Formation and Election Procedures expand PAC eligibility to qualified persons in both the Original Project Area and the Added Project Area. Prior to calling for the formation of a PAC in any existing or proposed redevelopment project area, including territory to be added thereto (a "Project Area"), the Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000 et seq. (the "CRL") requires the City Council to establish a procedure for the formation of a PAC and election of PAC members. Under the law, the procedure is required to describe the method and timing of the formation of the PAC, including the method and procedure for giving notice to the public regarding formation of the PAC. Procedures regarding the election of PAC members must also be adopted after a public hearing before the City Council. 1.0 DEFINITIONS For the purposes of these Project Area Committee Formation and Election Procedures (the "Procedures"): 1. "Added Project Area" means that portion of the Project Area added pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan Amendment. 2. "Agency" means the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency, a public body, corporate and politic, which exercises powers as a redevelopment agency under the CRL. 3. "Business" means any lawful activity, whether or not carried on for profit, which is conducted within the Project Area for (i) the purchase, sale, lease, or rental of tangible or intangible personal property (a "Retail Business"); (ii) the manufacture, processing, or marketing of products, commodities or any other personal property F:\DOCSIDE VSVCS~OTHERREPUlCO8A20A. DOC Wes[ Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendment (a "Manufacturing Business"); or (iii) the sale of services to the public (a "Service Business"). Business also includes any property owner that is a Person who owns real property in the Project Area, but who does not use the real property as a primary residence. Such real property includes, residential, non~wner occupied property, industrial property, retail property, and other commercial property. 4. "City" means the City of Anaheim, California, a municipal corporation. - 5. "City Council" means the City Council of the City, exercising powers as the legislative body under the CRL. 6. "Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission" means the commission appointed by the City Council, pursuant to the CRL, to advise the Agency and City Council on matters related to redevelopment and housing within the City of . Anaheim. 7. "Community Organization" means any nonprofit organization of persons organized for religious, entrepreneurial, scientific, educational, literary or other purposes, which provides services to the project area, its residents, businesses or tenants, or draws membership from the project area. 8. "Original Project Area" means that portion of the Project Area in existence prior to the Redevelopment Plan Amendment. 9. "Person" mev-s, but is not limited to, an individual, household, family, proprietorship, partnership, business trust, joint venture, syndicate, corporation, limited liability company, or association. 10. "Project Area" means the proposed West Anaheim Commercial Corridors Redevelopment Project Area, as illustrated in Attachment "A". The Project Area includes the Original Project Area and the Added Project Area. 11. "Project Area Committee" or "PAC" means the committee formed and selected in accordance with Section 33385, et seq. Of the CRL and these Procedures. 12. "Redevelopment Plan Amendment" means the amendment to the Brookhurst Redevelopment Project adopted by the City Council on June 23, 1998 by Ordinance No. 5637 which (i) added the Added Project Area to the Project Area and (ii) renamed the Brookhurst Redevelopment Project to the West Anaheim Commercial Corridors Redevelopment Project. 13. "Resident" means a Residential Owner-Occupant or Residential Tenant in the Project Area. 14. "Residential Owner-Occupant" means a person who is the owner of record of a dwelling unit in the Project Area and occupies such dwelling unit as a permanent residence and usual place of abode. F:\DOCS\DEVS V CS\OTHERREPVICO8A20A.DOC West Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendment 15. "Residential Tenant' means a person who rents a dwelling unit in the Project Area pursuant to a rental agreement and has occupied such dwelling unit as a permanent residence and usual place of abode for not less than twenty-nine (29) days prior to the PAC election meeting. 2.0 PAC FORMATION REQUIREMENTS - According to the CRL, a PAC shall be formed where a substantial number of low and/or moderate income persons reside in the Project Area, and either there is eminent domain authority in the redevelopment plan with respect to residential development, or there is one or more public projects proposed that could displace low and/or moderate income persons. If a PAC does not exist in a Project Area to be amended, then a PAC shall be constituted pursuant to these procedures if the amendment would grant authority to the Agency to acquire property if a substantial number of low and/or moderate income persons reside in the Project Area, or if the amendment would add territory in which a substantial number of low- and moderate-income persons reside and grant the authority to the Agency to acquire by eminent domain property on which persons reside in the added territory. In this later case, the PAC may be composed of persons from both the Original Project Area and the Added Project Area. 3.0 NOTIFICATION AND MEETINGS 1. Agency staff shall conduct at least one public meeting to explain the establishment of, function of, and opportunity to serve on the PAC. This meeting shall be conducted at least one week, but no more than four weeks, prior to the meeting at which PAC members are elected. At the meeting, the Agency shall distribute copies of this procedure, Sections 33347.5, 33366, and 33385 through 33388 of the CRL, a preliminary plan or draft redevelopment plan as appropriate, or the pertinent portions thereof, materials relating to the disclosure of economic interests in the Project Area, information regarding the open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act, applications for PAC membership, and any other materials the Agency determines to be useful. 2. The Agency shall publish notice of each meeting, hearing or election relative to the formation and selection of the PAC at least one time in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least ten days prior to the date for each meeting, hearing or election. Alternatively, the Agency may publish notice once with all dates for meetings, hearings and elections. The notice shall include: 1) the date, time and place of each meeting, hearing or election, 2) the identity of each body conducting such meeting, hearing or election, 3) a general explanation of the matters to be considered, 4) a general description of the Project Area in text or by diagram, 5) a statement that a PAC will be formed for the Project Area, 6) a general description of the duties of PAC members, and 7) a general statement of the criteria for eligibility to vote for PAC members and serve on the PAC. FaDOCS\DEVSVCS\OTHERREPUtCOSA20A.DOC West Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendment 3. The Agency shall provide written notice of the PAC formation meeting and opportunity to serve on the PAC via first class mail to all known mailing addresses in the Project Area, regardless of whether such addresses are business or residential properties, whether they are occupied by owners or tenants, and shall include all community organizations with addresses in the Project Area. The written notice shall briefly explain the reasons why the PAC is being formed, where copies of a preliminary plan or draft redevelopment plan as appropriate, or pertinent portions thereof, may be obtained, where PAC membership applications may be obtained, and where information regarding financial disclosure may be obtained. The written notice shall also include a map of the proposed Project Area and a schedule of meetings for the formation of the PAC and election of PAC members. 4.0 COMPOSITION OF THE PAC 1. In addition to satisfying the membership criteria set forth in the Community Redevelopment Law, it is intended that the PAC be composed of members geographically representative of the entire Project Area. 2. The PAC shall be composed of nine (9) members, with membership being divided as follows based on each group's proportionate share of acreage in the project area: Businesses 3 Residential Owner-Occupants 1 Residential Tenants 2 Community Organizations 3 Total: 9 " Reasonable efforts will be made to include up to three (3) eligible members from the Original Project Area out of the nine (9) total members. 3. Alternate members of the PAC shall also be selected from candidates who are not elected as representatives of their categories. 5.0 NOMINATION OF PAC MEMBERS Each candidate for PAC membership must submit a completed PAC Application to the Redevelopment Agency, which application must be received by the Redevelopment Agency by 5:00 p.m. two business days before the scheduled PAC election. A copy of the PAC Application is attached as Attachment "B" and is incorporated herein by this reference. All PAC Applications submitted shall be available to the general public for review at the Redevelopment Agency beginning on the business day following submittal. All PAC Applications shall be available at the election meeting. F:\DOCS\DE VS V CS\OTHERREP\RC08AZOA. DOC Wes[ Anaheim Redevelopmrnt Project Amendment 2. Each Community Organization elected to serve on the PAC shall appoint one of its members to serve on the PAC. An alternate may also be appointed to serve on the PAC in the event that the original representative is unable to attend a PAC meeting. However, in no event shall more than one member of the Community Organization attend the PAC meetings in a representative capacity. 3. If an insufficient number of nomination forms for any particular membership category are received by the Agency, then individuals who otherwise meet the requirements for PAC membership may nominate themselves to PAC membership from the appropriate category at the election meeting. 4. If fewer than nine (9), but more than four (4) nominations are received at or before the election meeting, a PAC may be formed if at Least five (5) PAC members can be elected, with no membership category taking more than its allocated spots, and no membership category forming a majority of the PAC membership. S. If fewer than five (5) nominations are received or if fewer than five (5) PAC members are elected, then the PAC shall not be formed, and the Agency shall informally consult with interested individuals during the preparation of the redevelopment plan and afterwards. 6.0 CANDIDATE AND VOTER ELIGIBILITY 'Those eligible to vote in the PAC election and/or to be PAC members shall be eighteen (18) years of age or older, and shall be a member of at least one membership category. 2. Candidates for PAC membership and voters must certify that they are eligible to serve as PAC members. Candidates shall do this by signing a PAC eligibility certificate at the time PAC nomination papers are submitted, or, if a nomination is made pursuant to Section 5.3, at the PAC election meeting. Eligible voters must certify that they are eligible to vote for PAC members by signing a PAC eligibility certificate either before or at the PAC election meeting. 3. Only one representative of a Community Organization may cast a vote for Community Organization representatives, and only one member each of any Community Organization may be elected as a PAC member representing Community Organizations. 7.0 ELECTION OF PAC MEMBERS At the time and place of the meeting held to elect the PAC, Agency staff shall provide a second briefing to attendees on election procedures, PAC roles and duties, how individuals may participate, disclosure requirements, and the open meeting provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act. F:IDOCS\DE V S VCS\OTHERREPVtCOBA20A.DOC West Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendment 2. The staff of the Redevelopment Agency shall be available to assist with the administration of the PAC election, and shall record all results thereof. 3. Attendees who wish to participate in the election of PAC members shall then divide into their respective membership groups, and shall elect by ballot the number of PAC members permitted in Section 4.1. The Agency shall provide ballot forms and supporting materials necessary to conduct the election. Prior to the election, each candidate may briefly state his or her background and why he or she wishes to serve on the PAC. 4. Agency staff shall then count the ballots for each of the membership groups, and shall announce the names of the appropriate number of candidates who received the greatest number of votes for each membership group. Those who received the greatest number of votes shall be named to the PAC. For instance, if there are to be two representatives in a certain category, then the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in that category shall be named members of the PAC. If a runoff is necessary, it shall be announced and held immediately. 5. If, at the time of formation of the PAC, an insufficient number of candidates are elected to represent each membership category on the PAC, such seats may remain vacant until qualified and eligible candidates are selected in the manner provided by this Procedure, so long as there are five (5) or more PAC members in total. 6. Until such time as vacant seats on the PAC have been filled, a majority of the occupied seats on the PAC shall constitute a quorum. The existence of any vacancies shall not prevent formation of the PAC or of the conduct of business by the PAC, as long as a quorum exists. 7. Spanish translation services will be available at the PAC election meeting for those candidates and voters who have limited proficiency with the English language. 8.0 PRESENTATION OF PAC TO CITY COUNCIL Agency staff shall present the results of the PAC election to the City Council at a regular meeting of the City Council following the PAC election, which date shall be announced at the PAC election meeting. The City Council shall adopt a finding that all the relevant portions of this Procedure regarding the election were followed and shall determine the validity of any properly filed challenges to the PAC election within the time required by law and as set forth below. f:~DOCSIDEVS V CS\OTHERREPViCO8AZ0A.DOC West Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendmera 9.0 CHALLENGES TO THE PAC ELECTION 1. Any challenges to the election of the PAC or a PAC member must be filed with the City Clerk of the City Council within 15 calendar days of the PAC election. The City Council shall act on the validity of the challenge to the election within 30 days of the election. If there are no challenges to the election, then within 30 days of the election the City Council shall declare the election valid and shall direct Agency staff to convene the PAC within 30 days. 2. If there is a valid challenge to the election of the PAC or an individual PAC member, then the City Council shall direct Agency staff to reconvene the PAC election meeting within 45 days. All notifications and meetings shall be redone pursuant to these guidelines. 10.0 PAC DUTIES AND PROCEDURES The PAC shall advise the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission and the Agency concerning policy matters that deal with the planning and provision of residential facilities or replacement housing for those who may be displaced by project activities. In addition, the PAC shall advise the Community Redevelopment and Housing Commission and the Agency on other policy matters that affect the residents in the Project Area. 1. Meeting dates and agendas shall be posted in a public place in the manner provided for by law. 2. Meetings of the PAC shall be open to the public, and action minutes shall be taken and provided to the Agency. 3. Minutes and records of the PAC shall be open to public inspection. 4. All meetings of the PAC shall be subject to open meeting requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act. 5. PAC members shall be required to file financial disclosure and conflict of interest statements, pursuant to the Political Reform Act and implementing regulations, with the City Clerk in the manner required by law and pertinent City of Anaheim ordinances, policies and/or procedures. 6. The PAC may adopt its own procedures which are consistent with these Project Area Committee Formation and Election Procedures. The procedures shall define a quorum as being a majority of filled seats and shall provide for public comments at meetings, business procedures, acceptable absences to not exceed four in one ealendar year, voting procedures, and other pertinent matters. If adopted, the PAC shall conduct its business according to those procedures. 7. If, after the formation of the PAC, a vacancy occurs on the PAC, the following process shall be followed: all eligible interested persons must submit an Amended Project Area Committee Membership Application to the existing PAC, then the existing PAC will vote on eligible candidates to fill the vacancy. F:\DOCS\DEVSV CS\OTHERREP\RC08A20A.000 West Anaheim Redevelopment Project Amendment Applications of candidates not elected will remain on file with the Agency for notification of future vacancies. 8. The PAC shall advise the Agency throughout the period during which the redevelopment plan is being formulated, and for a period of three years after adoption of the redevelopment plan, subject to one year extensions by the City Council. 9. The PAC shall review all documents pertinent to the formulation of the redevelopment plan (including any subsequent amendments thereto), including as appropriate the preliminary plan, the preliminary report, the redevelopment plan itself, any environmental documents, and all other appropriate supporting and explanatory material. The PAC may make a recommendation to the Agency relative to whether the redevelopment plan should be adopted, and any changes that should be made to it. 10. The members of the PAC shall serve without compensation. F:\DOCS\DEVS V CS\OTHERREP\RCOSAIOA.DOC Attachment "A " u 0~ uuu~r~~ uu u^Iu1 .~ 1 /^~ I O ` AM LN3J53nJ JJ (emu O ~ ~ O < 0 s 15 b3ilnN ~ II W '. ~.~_ Y~l ` < P tl0 VIIMO a t _ ~_W ~uu 8 ° P= qua ionro i-u~ ^ O C' -5 ` L3°~ ?1Y ~ ~na3J3tnn3e~ ~~ Q '. `yP i as niaarir _ ~ O ~I ;~„ ~~ - _ ~ _ -~S n3tla~ -~. .~__ II I r II nu ~o 00 ~u ~ R II 7 asmne . ~ yJ 0 d U ~ W ~ ¢ ¢ ~~~~:: 'i:UXY%~3lIlO6~~N'JV39~': a ~ ~ ~ ' e~ z U W ~, o - 1 H U i O 1 0 1 S OM1130 ~ ~ ~~ W ; ~ ~ ~ ,.o,.,/ W ~ C2 y e ~ ° r ::::::: is?Y Y'S;; ~n~ ~~~^t . 3nr ~w ~~b~l i P. o b o vonraoa W ~ ~ ~ 3A na31S3M W W W o as a3aebo lc3w W O W uruN Y1,3. 70nn n ~O'I I1 3Ar 0~`Jn3 O n U°~ouJ ~ i~ //~~~ _ Ci ~m is ~f~l~~~rni 1 cY C~ 0I IC uLJC 3/n`''N3n~~v\uoNV ~~ 1V o - \\ (~ v ? u 3 ~r 1-~ C S 0 ~j 11 N C l Attachment "B" WEST ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDED PROJECT AREA COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Thank you for your interest in applying for the West Anaheim Redevelopment Plan Project Area Committee. Please fill out the following form. It will be made available to existing PAC members before the meeting where the PAC will vote to fill the existing vacancies. (Please print your name) hereby volunteer to run for election to the West Anaheim Redevelopment Plan Project Area Committee. I would like to be elected for the following membership category: (CHOOSE ONE ONLY) ^ Businesses ^ Residential Tenants L~ Residential Owner/Occupants ^ Community Organizations I certify that within the West Anaheim Redevelopment Plan boundaries (choose only one): I am a Business or authorized representative of a Business, or I own property which is not my residence. The name and address of the business or property is: I am a Residential Owner-Occupant, because I own and reside in residential property as my permanent residence. My property is located at the following address: I am a Residential Tenant, because I rent a dwelling unit and have occupied the dwelling unit as my permanent residence for more than 28 days. I reside at the following address: I am a member of a Community Organization that provides services to the project area, its residents, businesses or tenants, or draws membership from the project area. I have a letter from the organization authorizing me to represent it. The name, address and services provided by the organization are: The reasons I would like to serve on the Project Area Committee are as follows (include prior community experience or other qualification to serve, why you would like to be elected to the Project Area Committee, and any other information you may wish to add. Please attach an additional sheet if necessary): (continued) Attachment "B" (continued) I acknowledge that if I am elected as a Project Area Committee member, I will be required to complete a Statement of Economic Interest, which discloses certain personal f-nancial information concerning any financial interest I have (including my family and my spouse, if applicable). I also acknowledge that I am eligible to serve on the Project Area Committee as a representative of the group I selected above, and that if elected, I will participate in the regular Project Area Committee meetings. Signature Date " "'esidence Address Mailing Address Daytime Phone Number Evening Phone Number To be eligible for election to the Project Area Committee, this completed application must be returned to and received by the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency, 201 South Anaheim Boulevard, Suite 1003, Anaheim, CA 92805, (714)765-4300 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 99R-55 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 23rd day of March 1999, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: NOES: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: ABSENT: MAYOR/COUNCIL MEMBERS: Feldhaus, Kring, Tait, McCracken, Daly None None AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 99R-55 on the 23rd day of March, 1999. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 23rd day of March, 1999. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 99R-55 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim on March 23rd, 1999. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM