NOTICE of SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SANTA ROSA CITY COUNCIL

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012, 5:30 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, CITY HALL
100 SANTA ROSA AVENUE, SANTA ROSA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the City of Santa Rosa will hold a Special Meeting on Tuesday, January 10, 2012, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 100 Santa Rosa Avenue, Santa Rosa, California, at 5:30 p.m. to consider the following matter:

5:30 p.m.  

1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

2. PUBLIC COMMENTS (PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TOPIC OF THE SPECIAL MEETING)

3. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION

4. REPORT ITEM      

4.1 REPORT – SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO OVERSEE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DISSOLUTION

BACKGROUND:   Assembly Bill 1X 26 (AB 1X 26) and Assembly Bill 1X 27 (AB 1X 27) took effect on June 29, 2011.  AB 1X 26 immediately suspended all new redevelopment activities and incurrence of indebtedness, and dissolved redevelopment agencies effective October 1, 2011.  AB 1X 27 allowed a city or county that had a redevelopment agency to avoid dissolution by adopting an ordinance agreeing to make specified payments to reduce the State budget deficit. 

A Petition for Writ of Mandate was filed in the Supreme Court of the State of California on July 18, 2011, challenging the constitutionality of AB 26 and AB 27.  On December 29, 2011, the Supreme Court issued its final decision in the 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.

AB 1X 26 provides that a city or county that created a jurisdiction’s redevelopment agency will be the “successor agency” to that agency, unless the host jurisdiction elects not to become the successor agency by January 13, 2012.

RECOMMENDATION:  It is recommended by the Department of Economic Development and Housing, that the Council, by resolution, elect the City of Santa Rosa as the successor agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Rosa.

5. ADJOURN SPECIAL MEETING 

No other business will be considered by the City Council at this Special Meeting.

Dated:      January 9, 2012                                Terri Griffin, City Clerk

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