HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-09 Mayors apts ura oversight boardRESOLUTION NO. 2012-09
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA,
CONFIRMING THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO THE
REDEVELOPMENT DISSOLUTION OVERSIGHT BOARD
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ukiah ("City") approved and adopted the
Redevelopment Plan for the Ukiah Redevelopment Project ("Redevelopment Plan"), covering
certain properties within the City (the "Project Area"); and
WHEREAS, the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Ukiah ("Agency") has
been engaged in activities to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan pursuant to the
provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code § 33000,
et seq.) CRL" and
WHEREAS, since adoption of the Redevelopment Plan the Agency has undertaken
redevelopment projects in the Project Area to eliminate blight, to improve public facilities and
infrastructure, to renovate and construct affordable housing, and to enter into partnerships with
private industries to create jobs and expand the local economy; and
WHEREAS, as part of the 2011-12 State budget bill, the California Legislature enacted,
and the Governor signed , companion bills AB 1X 26 and AB 1X 27, requiring that each
redevelopment agency be dissolved unless the community that created it enacts an ordinance
committing it to making certain payments; and
WHEREAS, a Petition for Writ of Mandate was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of
California on July 18, 2011 (California Redevelopment Association, et al. v. Ana Matosantos, et
al., Case No. S194861), challenging the constitutionality of AB 1X 26 and AB 1X 27 on behalf of
cities, counties and redevelopment agencies; and
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2011, the Supreme Court issued its final decision in the
aforesaid litigation, upholding AB 1X 26, invalidating AB 1X 27, and extending all statutory
deadlines under AB 1X 26, essentially dissolving all redevelopment agencies throughout the
State effective February 1, 2012; and
WHEREAS, AB 1X 26 provides that successor agencies be designated as successor
entities to the former redevelopment agencies, and provides that, with certain exceptions, all
authority, rights, powers, duties and obligations previously vested with the former
redevelopment agencies, under the CRL, are vested in the successor agencies; and
WHEREAS, on January 9, 2012, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2012-04
electing to serve as the successor agency to the former Agency; and
WHEREAS, AB 1X 26 further provides that the successor agency's activities are subject
to review and approval by an oversight board ("Oversight Board"), which shall be created for
each dissolved redevelopment agency; and
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WHEREAS, the Oversight Board is to be comprised of seven political appointees from
affected local taxing entities and the community that established the redevelopment agency,
including one member to be appointed by the Mayor for the city that formed the redevelopment
agency, and one member to be appointed by the Mayor representing the employees of the
former redevelopment agency; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting of February 1, 2012, the Mayor of the City of Ukiah
announced the appointment of Douglas F. Crane and alternate Mary Anne Landis to serve as
the Mayor's representative to the Oversight Board, and Ian Roth and alternate Guy Mills to
serve as the representative for the employees of the former Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Council desires to confirm the Mayor's appointments to the Oversight
Board; and
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have
occurred.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and
incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2. Confirmation of Mayoral Appointments. The City Council hereby
confirms the Mayor's appointment of Douglas F. Crane and alternate Mary Anne Landis to serve
as the Mayor's representative to the Oversight Board, and Ian Roth and alternate Guy Mills to
serve as the representative for the employees of the former Agency.
Section 3. Implementation. The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the City
Manager to take any action and execute any documents necessary to carry out the purposes of
this Resolution, including but not limited to notifying the Mendocino County Auditor-Controller,
the Controller of the State of California, and the California Department of Finance providing
notice of the adoption of this Resolution and the Mayor's appointment of the above-named
representatives to the Oversight Board, in accordance with AB 1X 26.
Section 4. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof
to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or
applications of this Resolution which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
application, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable. The City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Resolution irrespective of the invalidity of any
particular portion thereof.
Section 5. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
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Section 6. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective upon its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 1St day of
February, 2012, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Thomas, Crane, Rodin, Baldwin, and Mayor Landis
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Mary 'A Landis, ayor
ATTEST:
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o nne M. Currie, City Clerk
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