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ORDINANCE NO. 218]
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ELIMINATING THE DEBT
]NCURRENCE DEADLINE FOR THE REDEVELOPMENT
PLAN FOR THE CENTRAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
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WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency ("Agency") of the City of Arcadia
(" Agency") has adopted a redevelopment plan ("Redevelopment Plan") for the
Central Redevelopment Project Area ("Project Area") pursuant to the provisions of
the California Comrnunity Redevelopment Law ("CRL") (Health and Safety Code
Section 33000 et seq.); and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan currently provides, among other
things, that the Agency's authority to establish loans, advances or other
indebtedness to be paid with the proceeds of property taxes received by the Agency
shall expire on January 1,2004 ("Debt Incurrence Deadline"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CRL Section 33333.6(e)(2), the Debt Incurrence
Deadline rnay be eliminated pursuant to an ordinance ("Ordinance") of the City
Council of the City acting in its capacity as the Agency's legislative body; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CRL Section 33333.6(e)(2), when adopting the
Ordinance, neither the City Council of the City or the Governing Board of the
Agency is required to comply with CRL Sections 33354.6 or 33450 et seq. or any
other provision relating to the amendrnent of the Redeve]opment Plan; and
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WHEREAS, the Agency desires to eliminate its Debt Incurrence Deadline in
accordance with CRL Section 33333.6; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the elimination of the Debt Incurrence Deadline,
the Agency must make the payments to affected taxing entities required by CRL
Section 33607.7; and
WHEREAS, City staff has determined that eliminating the Debt Incurrence
Deadline is exempt from the requirernents of the California Environmental Quality
Act ("CEQA"), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section ] 5378(b), because
such elimination constitutes the creation of a funding mechanism and/or other
governmental fiscal activity which does not involve any conm1itment to any
specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the
enVIronment.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION]. The City Council of the City of Arcadia hereby
eliminates the Debt InCUITence Deadline from the Redeve]opment Plan.
SECTION 2. Section 50] of the Redevelopment Plan is hereby
amended by deleting the second to last paragraph of Section 50] and replacing it
with the following:
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"The Agency shall not establish or incur any loan,
advance or indebtedness to be repaid from the allocation
of taxes to the Agency pursuant to Health and Safety
Code Section 33670 after the expiration of the term of
the Redevelopment Plan as established pursuant to
Section 102 hereof, unless this Redevelopment Plan is
amended to provide a different time lirnit pem1itted under
the Redevelopment Law."
SECTION 3.
The City Council finds and determines that the
amendment to the Redevelopment Plan as provided in Ordinance is in compliance
with CRL Section 33333.6(e)(2).
SECTION 4. The Redeve]opment Plan, as arnended, shall remain in
full force and effect, unmodified except to the extent of the amendment expressly
set forth in this Ordinance.
SECTION 5.
The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
undertake such actions and execute such documents as may be reasonably
necessary or convenient to the carrying out and adrninistration of the actions
authorized by this Ordinance.
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SECTION 6.
The City Council hereby directs City staff to file a Notice
of Exemption in accordance with CEQA within five (5) days of the adoption of
this Ordinance.
SECTION 7.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Ordinance and shall cause a copy of same to be published in the official newspaper
of said City within fifteen (15) days upon its adoption. This Ordinance shall take
effect on the thirty-first (31 st) day after its enactment.
Passed, approved and adopted this 7th
day of October
,2003.
ATTEST:
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Qity'Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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ST A TE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JUNE D. ALFORD, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Ordinance NO.2] 8] was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City
of Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 7th day of October, 2003 and that said Ordinance was
adopted by the following vote, to wit:
A YES: Councilmembers Chang, Marshall, Segal, Wuo and Kovacic
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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wty Clerk of the ei y of Arcadia
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