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6028ORDINANCE NO. 6028 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS TO EXTEND BY ONE YEAR THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE TIME LIMIT FOR THE RECEIPT OF PROPERTY TAX INCREMENT FOR THE MERGED PROJECT AREA WHEREAS, the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") is a community redevelopment agency organized and existing under the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et. seq., ("CRL"), and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council of the City of Anaheim ("City Council"); and WHEREAS, on July 19, 1973, by Ordinance No. 3190, the City Council approved and adopted a redevelopment plan for the Alpha Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan seven times to delete territory from the project area, modify land uses, and establish fiscal and time limits in compliance with Assembly Bill 1290 ("AB 1290"), Senate Bill 1045 ("SB 1045"), and other provisions of the CRL ("Alpha Project"); and WHEREAS, on November 29, 1983, by Ordinance No. 4463, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the River Valley Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan five times to modify land uses and establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045, and other provisions of the CRL ("River Valley Project"); and WHEREAS, on June 12, 1990, by Ordinance No. 5136, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Plaza Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan twice to establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and other provisions of the CRL ("Plaza Project"); and WHEREAS, on December 7, 1993, by Ordinance No. 5412, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Brookhurst Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan three times to add territory to the project area, including renaming the project area the West Anaheim Commercial Corridors Redevelopment Project, and establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and other provisions of the CRL ("West Anaheim Project"); and WHEREAS, on December 21, 1993, by Ordinance No. 5415, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Commercial/Industrial Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan twice to establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and other provisions of the CRL ("Commercial/Industrial Project"); and WHEREAS, on August 9, 1994, by Ordinance No. 5442; the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Stadium Redevelopment Project ("Stadium Project"); and WHEREAS, the "Existing Plans" consist of the Redevelopment Plans, as amended, prepared for the Alpha Project, River Valley Project, Plaza Project, Commercial/Industrial Project, West Anaheim Project, and the Stadium Project, and the territory included within the Existing Plans is referred to as the "Project Areas"; and WHEREAS, the City Council amended the Existing Plans to merge the Project Areas into a single project area referred to herein as the "Merged Project Area" to allow the combining of tax increment revenues from the Merged Project Area to be allocated among the entire Merged Project Area by Ordinance Nos. 5913, 5914, 5915, 5916, 5917, and 5918, adopted on May 25, 2004; and WHEREAS, the California legislature enacted Senate Bill 1096 in 2004 ("SB 1096"), which requires, for fiscal years 2004-05 and 2005-06, each redevelopment agency to remit a portion of tax increment revenue otherwise receivable by such agency to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund ("ERAF") for the county in which such agency is located; and WHEREAS, SB 1096 also allows a redevelopment agency which remits tax increment to the appropriate county ERAF in accordance therewith, to extend the effectiveness of certain redevelopment plans and the time limit to receive property tax increment by one year for each year in which such agency remits the applicable tax increment funds to the county ERAF, upon making certain findings and giving public notice of such amendment, as further set forth in Health and Safety Code section 33333.2(d) and 33333.6(e); and WHEREAS, the Agency remitted the required amount of tax increment to the Orange County ERAF for fiscal year 2005-06 on May 10, 2006, pursuant to SB 1096; and WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt an ordinance extending the effectiveness of each of the Alpha, River Valley, and Stadium Redevelopment Plans by one year, and extending the last date to receive tax increment for repayment of indebtedness applicable to each of the Alpha, River Valley, and Stadium Redevelopment Plans by one year, by an amendment adopted pursuant to SB 1096 (the "Amendment'); and WHEREAS, the City has reviewed evidence of compliance of the River Valley and Anaheim Stadium Redevelopment Plans with (i) the requirements of Health and Safety Code sections 33334.2 and 33334.6, as applicable, regarding the set-aside of twenty percent (20%) of tax increment revenue into a Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund; and (ii) the requirement for adoption of implementation plans in accordance with the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 33490, and (iii) the requirements of Health and Safety Code section 33413, subdivisions (a) and (b); and (iv) the requirements of Health and Safety Code section 33334.12 regarding the expenditure of Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund monies within the time frames specified therein, and finds that the River Valley Redevelopment Plan and Anaheim Stadium Redevelopment Plan are in compliance with all such statutory requirements; and WHEREAS, the City has reviewed evidence regarding the source of funds used to make the 7 2004-05 payment to the Orange County ERAF pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33681.12 and the uses as to which such funds would have been made had such payment to the Orange County ERAF not been required, and finds that the funds used to make such payment pursuant to 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 River Valley, Anaheim Stadium, and Alpha Redevelopment Plans; and WHEREAS, pursuant to public notice mailed to each affected taxing entity at least thirty (30) days prior to the public hearing on the Amendment and published in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearing on the Amendment, a full and fair public hearing has been held on the Amendment and the City has considered all written and all oral comments and testimony relating thereto and has been fully advised thereon; and WHEREAS, the City has taken all other actions required by law to prepare and present the proposed Amendments. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Amendment of Redevelopment Plans. The proposed Amendment, including all related documents, correspondence and transmittals, copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, is hereby approved, and the expiration dates for each of the Existing Plans and last dates for receiving tax increment are as set forth below: River Valley Redevelopment Plan Expiration Date: November 29, 2021 Last Date to Receive Tax Increment: November 29, 2031 Anaheim Stadium Redevelopment Plan Expiration Date: August 9, 2026 Last Date to Receive Tax Increment: August 9, 2041 Alpha Redevelopment Plan Expiration Date: July 19, 2011 Last Date to Receive Tax Increment: July 19, 2021 Section 2. Notice of Exemption Re: CEQA. Due to the nature of the Amendment, it was determined that the proposed Amendment did not qualify as a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and, therefore, a Notice of Exemption will be prepared. This determination is based upon Section 15061 (b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, 3 which states that possible exemptions from CEQA include that an "activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA." The Amendment further constitutes a government fiscal activity with no commitment of funds to a specific project, which pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (b)(4) is also exempt. Upon approval and adoption of this Ordinance, the City Council directs City staff to prepare a Notice of Exemption and, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15062, to file the Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk of Orange County. All activities undertaken by the Agency and/or the City pursuant to or in implementation of the Amendment shall be undertaken in accordance with the mitigation measures and monitoring program within the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared in connection with the Existing Plans, and the Agency shall undertake such additional environmental review or assessment as necessary under law at the time of the proposed implementation of such activities. Section 3. Certification. The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Agency, whereupon the Agency is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Amendment. Section 4. Partial Invalidity; Severability. If any part of this Ordinance or the Amendment which it approves is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or of the Amendment, and this City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the Ordinance or approved the remainder of the Amendment if such invalid portion thereof had been deleted. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after adoption. 4 THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM HELD ON THE ELEVENTH (11TH) DAY OF JULY, 2006, AND THEREAFTER PASSED AND ADOPTED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM HELD ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH (25TH) DAY OF JULY, 2006, BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL -CALL VOTE: AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Members Sidhu, Chavez, Hernandez, Galloway NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None CITY OF AHEIM #0 By: Z:V1 - MAYOR OF THE CIT O NAHEIM ATTEST: TY CLE OF HE CITY OF ANAHEIM 61980.1 5 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) ) ss. County of Orange ) I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above -entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper that has been adjudged to be a newspaper of general circulation by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, on December 28, 1951, Case No. A-21021 in and for the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California; that the notice, of which the annexed is a true printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to wit: July 20, 2006 "I certify (or declare) under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct": Executed at Santa Ana, Orange County, California, on Date: July 20, 2006 Signature Anaheim Bulletin 625 N. Grand Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 796-2209 PROOF OF PUBLICATION This space is for the County Clerk's Filing Stamp Proof of Publication of Paste Clipping of Notice SECURELY In This Space AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ) ) SS. County of Orange ) I am a citizen of the United States and a resident of the County aforesaid; I am over the age of eighteen years, and not a party to or interested in the above -entitled matter. I am the principal clerk of the Anaheim Bulletin, a newspaper that has been adjudged to be a newspaper of general circulation by the Superior Court of the County of Orange, State of California, on December 28, 1951, Case No. A-21021 in and for the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California; that the notice, of which the annexed is a true printed copy, has been published in each regular and entire issue of said newspaper and not in any supplement thereof on the following dates, to wit: August 3, 2006 "I certify (or declare) under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct": Executed at Santa Ana, Orange County, California, on Date: August 3, 2006 n j Signature Anaheim Bulletin 625 N. Grand Ave. Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714)796-2209 PROOF OF PUBLICATION ORDINANCE NO. 6028 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMEND- MENTS TO EXTEND BY ONE YEAR THE I-ECTIVENESS OF THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AND THE TIME LIMIT FOR THE RECEIPT OF PROPERTY TAX INCR 'T FOR THE MERGED PROJECT AREA WHEREAS, the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency ("Agenc ') is a community redevelopment agency organized and ex- isting under the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et. seq., ("CRL"), and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council of the City of Anaheim ("City Council"); and WHEREAS, on July 19, 1973, by Ordinance No. 3190, the City Council approved and adopted a redevelopment plan for the Alpha Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan seven times to delete territory from the project area, modify land uses, and establish fiscal and time limits in compliance with Assembly Bill 1290 ("AB 1290' Senate Bill 1045 ("SB 1045"), and other provisions of the CRL ("Alpha Project"); and WHEREAS, on November 29, 1983, by Ordinance No. 4463, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the River Valley Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan five times to modify land uses and es- tablish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045, and other provisions of the CRL ("River Valley Project"); and WHEREAS, on June 12, 1990, by Ordinance No. 5136, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Plaza Re- development Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan twice to establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and other provisions of the CRL ("Plaza Project"); and WHEREAS, on December 7, 1993, by Ordinance No. 5412, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Brookhurst Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan three times to add territory to the project area, including renaming the project area the West Anaheim Commercial Corridors Redevel- opment Project, and establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and other provisions of the CRL ("West Anaheim Project"); and WHEREAS, on December 21, 1993, by Ordinance No. 5415, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Commercial/Industrial Redevelopment Project and subsequently amended the redevelopment plan twice to establish time limits in compliance with AB 1290, SB 1045 and other provisions of the CRL ("Commercial/Industriaf Project"); and WHEREAS, on August 9, 1994, by Ordinance No. 5442, the City Council adopted a redevelopment plan for the Stadium Redevelopment Project ("Stadium Project"); and WHEREAS, the "Existing Plans" consist of the Redevelopment Plans, as amended, prepared for the Alpha Project, River Valley Project, Plaza Pro'ect, Commercial/Industrial Project, West Anaheim Project, and the Stadium Project, and the terri- tory inclu�ad within the rxisting Plans is referred to as t�e "Project Areas"; and WHEREAS, the City Council amended the Existing Plans to merge the Project Areas into a single project area referred to herein as the "Merged Project Area" to allow the combining of tax increment revenues from the Merged Project Area to be allocated among the entire Merged Project Area by Ordinance Nos. 5913, 5914, 5915, 5916, 5917, and 5918, adopted on May 25, 2004; and WHEREAS, the California legislature enacted Senate Bill 1096 in 2004 ("SB 1096"), which requires, for fiscal years 2004- 05 and 2005-06, each redevelopment agency to remit a pportion of tax increment revenue otherwise receivable by such agency to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund ("ERAF") for the county in which such agency is located; and WHEREAS, SB 1096 also allows a redevelopment agency which remits tax increment to the appropriate county ERAF in accordance therewith, to extend the effectiveness of certain redevelopment plans and the time limit to receive property tax increment by one year for each year in which such agency remits the applicable tax increment funds to the county E F, upon makingg certain findings and giving public notice of such amendment, as further set forth in Health and Safety Code section 3.2(d) and 33333.6(e); and WHEREAS, the Agency remitted the required amount of tax increment to the Orange County ERAF for fiscal year 2005- 06 on May 10, 2006, pursuant to SB 1096; and WHEREAS, the City desires to adopt an ordinance extending the effectiveness of each of the Alpha, River Valley, and Stadium Redevelopment Plans by one year, and extending the last date to receive tax increment for repayment of indebt- edness applicable to each of the Alpha, River Valley, and Stadium Redevelopment Plans by one year, by an amendment adopted pursuant to SB 1096 (the "Amendment"); and WHEREAS, the City has reviewed evidence of compliance of the River Valley and Anaheim Stadium Redevelopment an with (i) the requirements of Health and Safety Code sections 33334.2 and =364 .b, as applicable, regarding the set- aside of twenty percent (20%) of tax increment revenue into a Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund; and (n) the re- quirement for adoption of implementation plans in accordance with the requirements of Health and Safety Code Section 33490, and (iii) the requirements of Health and Safety Code section 33413, subdivisions (a) and (b); and (iv) the g uire- ments of Health and Safety Code section 33334.12 regarding the expenditure of Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund monies within the time frames specified therein, and finds that the Rver Valley Redevelopment Plan and Anaheim Stadium Redevelopment Plan are in compliance with all such statutory requirements; and WHEREAS, the City has reviewed evidence regarding the source of funds used to make the 200405 payment to the Or- ange County ERAF pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33681.12 and the uses as to which such funds would have been made had such payment to the Orange County ERAF not been required, and finds that the funds used to make such payment pursuant to Section 33681.12 would otherwise have been used to pa the costs of projects and activi- ties necessary to carry out the goals and objectives of the River Valley, Anaheim Stadium, and Alpha redevelopment Plans; and WHEREAS, pursuant to public notice mailed to each affected taxing entity at least thirty (30) days prior to the public hearing on the Amendment and published in a newspaper of general circulation at least ten (10) days prior to the public hearing on the Amendment, a full and fair public hearing has been held on the Amendment and the City has considered all written and all oral comments and testimony relating thereto and has been fully advised thereon; and WHEREAS, the City has taken all other actions required by law to prepare and present the proposed Amendments. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM DOES HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Amendment of Redevelopment Plans. The proposed Amendment, including all related documents, correspondence and transmittals, copies of which are on file in the office of the City Clerk, is hereby approved, and the expiration dates for each of the Existing Plans and last dates for receiving tax increment are as set forth below: River Valley Redevelopment Plan Expiration Date: November 29, 2021 Last Date to Receive Tax Increment: November 29, 2031 Anaheim Stadium Redevelopment Plan Expiration Date: August 9, 2026 Last Date to Receive Tax Increment: August 9, 2041 Alpha Redevelopment Plan Expiration Date: July 19, 2011 Last Date to Receive Tax Increment: July 19, 2021 Section 2. Notice of Exemption Re: CEQA. Due to the nature of the Amendment, it was determined that the pro- posed Amendment did not qualify as a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and, there- ore here- fore, a Notice of Exemption will be prepared. This determination is based upon Section 15061 (b)(3) of the CEQA Guide- lines, which states that possible exemptions from CEQA include that an "activity is covered by the general rule that CEOA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibifit that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA." The Amendment further constitutes a government fiscal activity with no commitment of funds to a specific project, which pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (b)(4) is also exempt. Upon approval and adoption of this Ordinance, the City Council directs City staff to prepare a Notice of Exemption and, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15062, to file the Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk of Orange County. All activities un- dertaken by the Agency and/or the City pursuant to or in implementation of the Amendment shall be undertaken in ac- cordance with the mitigation measures and mondodng program within the Final Environmental Impact Report prepared in connection with the Existing Plans, and the Agency shall undertake such additional environmental review or assessment as necessary under law at the time of the proposed implementation of such activities. Section 3. Certification. The City Clerk is hereby directed to send a certified copy of this Ordinance to the Agency, whereupon the Agency is vested with the responsibility for carrying out the Amendment. Section 4. Partial Invalidity; Severability. If any part of this Ordinance or the Amendment which it approves is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or of the Amendment, and this City Council hereby declares that it would have passed the remainder of the Ordinance or ap- proved the remainder of the Amendment If such invalid portion thereof had been deleted. Section S. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days after adoption. THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM HELD ON THE ELEVENTH (11TH) DAY OF JULY, 2006, AND THEREAFTER HELD ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH REGULAR OF E MEETING Y, 2006 BYTHE ITHE FOLLOWING ROLL -TY COUNCIL OF THE C ALL LL VOTE. MEIM AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Members Chavez, Sidhu, Hernandez, Galloway NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None CITY OF ANAHEIM By: /s/ Curt Pringle, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM Publish: Anaheim Bulletin Auaust 3 2006 25-669/ 8109865