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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCoast Community College District - 1989-08-16p r-. I [' ; r"' r.' , AND AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT THE HUNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PERTAINING TO AMENDMENT NO. ONE TO � THE OAKVIEW REDEVELOPMENT PLAN r / Z_ This Agreement is made and entered into t is 16th"day ` of , 1989 by and among the Coast Comrmun� College District (hereinafter referred to as the "District"), the Huntington Beach Redevelopment Agency (hereinafter referred to as the'"Agency") and the City of Huntington Beach (hereinafter referred to as the "City") . RECITALS INNIERE•AS, the Agency is a redevelopment agency existing pursuant to the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law (California Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et sea.) which 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 Huntington Beach (the "City Council"); and WHEREAS, in November 1982, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2582 approving a Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan") for the Oakview Redevelopment Project (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the Agency has formulated Amendment No. One to the Oakview Redevelopment Project ("Amendment No. One"). WHEREAS, kmendment No. One, contains provisions to increase the limitation and to extend the term for the distribution and allocation of property tax revenues derived from property located within the Oakview Redevelopment Project Area (the "Project Area") to the Agency pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33630(b) (hereafter referred to as "Added Tax Increment"); and WHEREAS, the Project Area is located within the District's boundaries and is served by the District, and WHEREAS, Fiscal Review Committee meetings have been held at which representatives of the District and other affected taxing entities have discussed the fiscal impact of Amendment No. One; and WHEREAS, meetings have been held by. representatives of the District and representatives of the Agency to discuss the fiscal impact of Amendment No. One on the District; and l� WHEREAS, pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33401, the Agency is authorized to compensate affected taxing entities, including the District, for any amounts of money which the Agency determines are appropriate to alleviate any financial burden or detriment caused to the District by the implementation of Amendment No. One; and WHEREAS, Section 33445 of the Health and Safety Code provides authorization. for the Agency, with the consent of the City Council, to pay all or part of the value of the land and the cost of the installation and construction of certain buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements owned or to be owned by the District (hereinafter the "District Facilities"), whether within or without the Project Area but within the territorial jurisdiction of the Agency, upon a determination by the City Council and the Agency that such buildings, facilities, structures, or other improveme..nts are of benefii to the Project Area or the iramediate neighborhood in which the Project Area is located and that no other reasonable neans of financing such buildings, facilities, structures, or other improvements are available to the community (the "community" being defined in the Community Redevelopment Law as the City of Huntington Beach). WHEREAS, the purpose of tris Agreement is to provide for the appropriate payments to be made by the Agency to the District in order to: (1) alleviate all significant financial burden or detriment caused to the District by the tax allocation provisions of A-mendment No. One; and (2) assist the District by paying for all or part of the cost of certain District Facilities. WHEREAS, this Agreement alleviates financial burden or detriment to the District resulting from Amendment No. one. WHEREAS, for the above reasons, and to amicably resolve any differences regarding Amendment No. One, the parties hereto enter into this Agreement.. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and conditions contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: Section 1. Definitions The words and terms in this Agreement, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, shall have the meanings set forth as follows: (a) "Added Tax Increment" shall mean property tax revenues in excess of Three Hundred Fifzy Thousand Dollars ($350,000) 6/9/89 4866n/2460/034 -2- 13 per fiscal year including the Property Tax Increment set forth in Health and Safety Code Section 33334.2 attributable to increases in the assessed valuation of property located within the Project Area above the valuation shown on the 1982-1983 assessment roll, which tax revenues are allocated and paid to the Agency pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33670(b) in accordance with Amendment No. One . (b) "Agency" shall mean the Huntington Beach Redevelopm-ert Agency. (c) "City" shall mean the City of Huntington Beach, a municipal corporation. t d) "Community Redevelopment Law" shall nean Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health & Safety Code (commencing with Section 33000). (e) "District" shall mean the Coast Community College District, and its successors. (f) "District Share" shall mean that portion of the Added Tax Increment allocated to and received by the Agency pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33670(b) resulting from the general purpose tax levy of the District. (o) "Existing•Increment Flow" shall mean the full amount of Property Tex increment allocated and paid to the Agency in accordance with the Plan, exclusive of any and all Added Tax Increment so allocated in accordance with Amendment Nlo. One. (h) "Fiscal Year" shall mean the period from July I to and including the following June 30. (i) "Ordinance" shall mean Ordinance No. oo (the ordinance approving Amendment No. One). (j) "Project Area" shall mean that area so designated in Amendment No. One as approved by the Ordinance. (k) "Property Tax Increment" shall mean the full amount of tax revenues attributable to increases in assessed valuation above the valuation shown on the 1982-1983 assessment roll, - which tax revenues are allocated and paid to the Agency pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 33670(b) from the Project Area. (1) "Term" shall mean the period of time Amendment No. One remains in effect. 6/9/89 4866n/2460/034 -3- Section 2. Payment by Agency to "District (a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement,"'for each Fiscal Year during the Term in which the Agency receives an allocation and payment of Property Tax ! increment, the Agency shall deposit into a special fund of the Agency pursuant to subdivision (c) of this Section 2, fifty percent (50%) of the District Share. The District and the ! Agency agree that the base assessed valuation used in coMputing such payments shall be established by the assessment roll for the 1982-83 Fiscal Year. (b) in addition to the foregoing, for each Fiscal j du the Term in which the Agency receives an, allocation and payment of Property Tax increment pursuant to Health and Safety'i Code"Secticn 33670(b), the Agency further agrees to deposit into a- special fund of the Agency pursuant to subdivision (c) i of this Section 2, an amount equal to all of the Added ^ax i increment allocated to and paid to the Agency for the applicable Fiscal Year pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 33670 which are attributable to: 1) increases in the rate of j tax imposed for the benefit of the District which levy occurs after the tax year in which the Ordinance becomes effecz-ive, r' and 2) increases in the assessed valuation of the taxable property located in the Project Area above the valuation shown on the 1982-1983 assessment roll pursuant to subdivision (a) of I Section 33670, which are, or otherwise would be, calculated annually pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 110.1 c= the Revenue and Taxation Code. Such payments shall be made pursuant to the District resolution adopted' in accordance with Section 33676(b) of the Health and Safety Code electing to receive payments pursuant to Sections 33676(a)(1) and _- 33676(a)(2). L_ (c) Subject to Section 3 below, funds to be deposited by the Agency on behalf of the District pursuant to this Agreement shall be placed in a special fund of the Agency to be utilized pursuant to the direction. of the District solely for the purposes permitted under Section 4. The special fund shall be held in a separate interest -bearing account on behalf of the District, with interest accruing to said account. The Agency undertakes no responsibility or duty with respect to the selection of the interest -bearing account or for the maximizing of interest. The Agency agrees to cooperate with the District in selecting the interest -bearing account. The District covenants that it shall expend revenues received by the District pursuant to this Agreement only in strict conformity with this Agreement. (d) Payments pursuant to Sections 2 and 3 are subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in parts (a) through (i) of Section 6 of this Agreement. 6/9/89 -Vs i., 4866n/2460/034 -4- k%A91) Section 3. Alternate Pa .lent Procedure As an alternative to the payment procedure set forth in Section 2, the District may elect to have all payments that are to be deposited by the Agency made in one of the following manners: a. to a nonprofit corporation to be formed by the District; or b. directly to the contractors and suppliers of the District who are constructing capital improverents on District Facilities as described in Section 4. Should the District elect to have the payments received as described in this Section 3(b), the Agency shall deposit the funds into a separate interest -bearing account on behalf of the District (with -interest accruing to said account), and the Agency shall be entitled to withdraw from said fund all costs (including personnel and 'administrative costs) in administering said fund. The Agency undertakes no responsibility or duty with. respect to the selection of interest -bearing accounts or from the maximizing of interest. The Agency agrees to cooperate with the District in selecting the interest -bearing account. Section 4. District Expenditure of Revenues All funds paid by the Agency pursuant to Section 2 or 3 of this Agreement shall be expended on capital improvement projects selected by the District. Upon written request by the Agency as may be made so often as the Agency shall deem appropriate, the District shall promptly provide without charge a written statement accounting for the expenditure of funds, together with any reports to state agencies pertaining to such expenditures or the subject improvements. Section S. Agency Bonds It is agreed and acknowledged by the District that the Agency may issue bonds and assume obligations to the fullest extent permitted by law, and that the Agency may pledge all or any portion of the Added Tax Increment to the repayment of any such obligations; provided that the inclusion of such a pledge of Added Tax Increment attributable to the general purpose tax levy of the District shall be allowable as a pledge only either M with the written consent of the District or (ii) the Agency covenants not to utilize the amount due the District in establishing the size of any such bond issue. The District agrees that it shall promptly approve and execute such documents as are necessary or convenient to implement this Section 5 and facilitate the issuance of bonds (or other indebtedness) by the Agency, so long as such documents are consistent with this Section 5. 6/9/89 4866n/2460/034 -5- section 6. Conditions Payments to be deposited by the Agency on behalf of the District are subject to the following conditions and limitations: (a) Agency's obligation under this Agreement to deposit payments on behalf of the District is dee►ned to constitute ".an indebtedness" within the meaning of Health and Safety Code Sections 33670 and 33675. (b) Agency shall deposit on behalf of the District amounts due pursuant to this Agreement during each Fiscal Year within a reasonable pericd after the Agency receives the Added Tax Increment allotment from the County Auditor —Controller provided that payments in relation to allotments received between July , and December 31, of any Fiscal Year shall be made no later than the following February 28; and that payments in relation to allotments received between January 1 and June 30, of any Fiscal Year shall be made no later than the following August 30. (c) The Agency's obligation to make payments hereunder shall be limited to Added Tax Increment from the Project Area received by the agency. In no way shall the Agency be liable for such obligations from revenues of other redevelopment project areas in the City or from Existing Increment Flow or from any other revenues. The City shall have no financial obligation or any other obligations by virtue of this Agreement. (d) The Agency shall not be obligated to defend any action challenging the validity of any payments hereunder by Agency to District; provided Agency shall cooperate in connection with the District's defense thereof. (e) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Agency's obligation to maize payments to the District under this Agreement in any single year shall not: W exceed the amount of Added Tax Increment which would have been received by the District if all the Added Tax Increment from the Project Area had been allocated to all the affected taxing agencies without regard to the division of taxes required by Health and Safety Code Section 33670; (ii) violate the expenditure limitation under Article XIIIH of the California Constitution of such entity; or (iii) be contrary to any provision of the laws of the State of California. (f ) No payments Tax Increment to the Sections 2 and 3 of shall be nade by District except this Agreement. the Agency from the Added as expressly set forth in 6/9/89 4866n/2460/034 -s- (g) The District shall in.dermify, defend and hold harmless the Agency from any claims, liabilities and causes of action asserted by any third party against the Agency by reason of the Agency's payment of funds in the manner described in Sections 2 and 3 of this Agreement. (h) Failure by the Agency to deposit payments on behalf of the District into a special fund of the Agency pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall constitute a default hereunder. M Payments made after the times described in Section 6(b) shall beer interest at the maximwm allowable rate permitted by law from the date such payments are due and both principal and interest thereon shall be deposited by Agency ir. the special account of Agency.. Section 7. Covenant Not To Sue The District agrees and covenants that it shall not file or participate in opposition to the Agency in any lawsuit attacking or otherwise questioning the validity of Amendment No. One, the adoption or approval of such Amendment No. One, or any of the findings or determinations made by Agency or City Council of theCity in connection with the adoption of Amendment No. One. The District declares that it has conducted all such investigation and study of matters pertaining to the subject matter of this Agreement as it has deemed appropriate. The District finds and determines that this Agreement alleviates financial burden and detriment as presently exists to the District resulting from Amendment No. One. The District agrees and acknowledges that the provision of the continuing effectiveness of such declaration is a material inducement to the Agency to approve this Agreement, and that but for such declaration the Agency would not approve and execute this Agreement. In the event and to the extent tax increments are withheld from the Agency by reason of the pendency o! any such cause of action, case, claim, count, action, or complaint filed by any public or private person or entity, or otherwise withheld, the District agrees not to claim interest on any such withheld funds. The Agency's responsibility for making any reimbursement otherwise required by this Agreement shall accrue and be paid to the District when and if available at the conclusion of litigation. The time for the Agency performance hereunder shall be excused--for'the duration of such litigation. 6/9/89 4866n/2460/0-34 -7- Section 8, Entire Agreement This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Agency and District with respect to the matters set forth herein, and any changes, modifications or amendments thereto shall be legally binding and effective only upon duly executed written amendment hereto. Section 9. Effective Date This Agreement shall become effective the date last executed below and shall continue in effect until Agency is deactivated pursuant to Section 33141 of the California Health and Safety Code or its successors; provided that this Agreement shall terminate automatically and be of no further force or effect in the event that Amendment No. one is not adopted on or before December 31, 1989, or in the evert the adoption of kr:endment No. one should be set aside or annulled as the result of litigation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the day and year first above written. Dated: 4-a ATTEST: C. M. Brahmbhatt Director, Fiscal Affairs Approved as to form: Dated COAST COMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT By : Cam, . Vice Chance or, Business Affairs 6/9/8 9 4866n/2460/034 -8- ATTEST: Agency Clerk Approved as to Form:.: Ag ncv_Legal Counsel (G; neral Counsel ,ate 6 -►2 -�-y 2 Agency Special Counsel HWTINGTON BEACH RED ' OP -r HNCY B y: ..f�O ��c ry Chairman B%,: Executive Director 6/9/89 4866n/2460/034 -9- .s � , y V. Y • REQUEST FO?.*REDEVELOPM ENCY ACTION 1SY t TCY UXIN rpt,{tOYED 6 19M RH 89-57 June 19, 1989 Submitted to: Honorable Chalrm Redevelopment A/ge'ncy Members Submitted by: Paul E. Cook, Chief Executive Officer �•t/ Prepared by: Douglas N. La Belle, Deputy City Ad minis tra tor/Econom I c DevelopmentP-L6 Subject: PAS' —THRIJ AGREEMENT — COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT Consistent with Council Policy? N Yes ( ) New Policy or Exception Statement of Issue, Recommendation, Analysis, Funding Source, Alternative Actions, Attachments: STATEMENT OF LUUF On June 5, 1989 the Redevelopment Agency approved Pass—Thru Agreements regarding the_Oakvlew Amendment f2i O� v1[hh Iye_Taxing Entitles. Since that time staff has reac cc agreement with the sixth and final AAgency: Coast Community College District. RECOMMENDATION: Approve and authorize the Agency Clerk to execute the attached Agreement between the Agency and Coast Community College District. ANALY. : As a mitigation against detriment to Coast Community College District, the attached Agreement requires the Agency to pass—thru 50% of the district's normal tax share for the life of the plan for those amounts above the current cap of $350,000 per year. FUNDING SOIL&CE: Tax increment revenues. ALTER A _Lyf ACTION: Do not approve the Pass—Thru Agreement. 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