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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDiscussion of Assembly Bill ABx1 26 and Assembly Bill AB1484 i AGENDA REPORT Huntington Beach Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency MEETING DATE: August 23, 2012 4) SUBJECT/ ACTION: Overview of Assembly Bill 1484 BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION: As part of the FY 2012-13 State budget package, on June 27, 2012, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed Assembly Bill 1484 (AB 1484,) the primary purpose of which is to make technical and substantive amendments to AB 26 based upon experience to-date at the State and local level in implementing AB 26. In addition, AB 1484 has required that additional requirements be completed by the City prior to moving forward with completing activities, projects, and programs. These requirements include, among other things, the following: 1) Preparing a list of housing assets that will need to be submitted and approved by the Department of Finance (DOF); 2) Conducting an audit of the Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund and Non-Housing Funds; 3) Oversight Board approval of the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) for the time period of January — June 2013; and 4) The City receiving a "finding of completion" from the DOF regarding completing of the previous tasks. Upon receiving the finding of completion from the DOF, the Successor Agency will prepare a Property Management Plan for the disposition of former Agency properties. Pursuant to Assembly Bill 1484 (Assembly Bill X1 26 clean-up legislation,) the Board will need to consider approval of the housing fund audit that will be completed by October 1, 2012. This will require two special meetings (including a public comment session) tentatively scheduled for Thursday, October 4, 2012, and Thursday, October 11, 2012. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Not Applicable. Redevelopment Dissolution ABx1 26 AB 1484 i State Budget Adoption FY 2011 / 2012 • ABx1 26 (Dissolution Act) Immediate suspended RDA Activities and from incurring new indebtedness Successor Agency • RDA dissolved on Februaryl, 2012 Successor Agency (the City) charged with unwinding RDA obligations L] Paying off existing obligations Disposing of properties and assets State Budget Adoption FY 2012 / 2013 • AB 1484 Made technical amendments in the implementation of the Dissolution Act Designated Successor Agencies as a separate legal entity Added significant new deadlines with compliance consequences III 'I AB 1484 New Additions Property Tax Recovery "True Up" ■ Due Diligence Review ■ Finding of Completion Other Loans Agreements Repayment Conditions for Other Loan Agreements Property Disposition Preserves Affordable Housing Funding Deadlines Penalties Property Tax Recovery j "True Up " � • Recovery of property taxes that should have been distributed to the other taxing entities during lst ROPS period. Ej July 9 — County Auditor-Controller (CAC) demand letter 13 July 12 — Payment from Successor Agency due July 16 — Distributions to taxing entities 13 July 18 — Non-payment penalties Huntington Beach's demand letter = $629,466 WMI'll Due Diligence Review • Successor Agency to hire accountant and conduct Due Diligence Review of unobligated I, fund balances (accountant approved by CAC) o LMIHF (Low Moderate Income Housing Fund) o Other funds Fund Balance Review is different from the agreed-upon procedure audit (AUP) currently under way by the County. Finding of Completion • Upon Completion of the Property Tax Recover and Due Diligence Review, DOF will issue a "Finding of Completion". Incentives include: Reinstating loans between the RDA and City that were previously disallowed Retaining RDA properties with an approved property management plan i Other Loan Agreements • Agreements that were not previously recognized shall be deemed enforceable obligations • Oversight Board makes a finding that Agreement was for legitimate redevelopment purposes (Section 34191.4(b)) Places repayment conditions on agreements that are reinstated i Repayment Conditions for Other Loan Agreements • Accumulated interest recalculated from origination at the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) interest rate Going forward interest limited to LAIF rate Delayed until IFY 2013/14 Not to exceed 50% of increase in property in property tax distribution to taking entities from FY 2012/13 base year 20% of any loan repayment placed in LMIHF N Property Disposition • After receiving a Finding of Completion Ei Develop along-range property management plan (approved by the Oversight Board and DOF) • Retention of property for governmental use • Retention of property for future development • Sale of property • Use of property to fulfill an enforceable obligation Property identified in an approved redevelopment plan can be transferred to the City for that purpose Preserves Affordable Housing Funding • Expands list of housing assets that maybe transferred to the Successor Housing Agency by August i, 2012 1-1 Real Property Assets Encumbered Funds , Loan or Grant Receivables Rents and Payments from Operations Amounts Owed to LMIHF r Clarifies repayment of obligations owed shall be directed to a new LMIH Asset Fund Deadlines • August 1, 2012 — Provide DOF a list of assets transferred to Housing Successor Agency Since February 1, 2012 • September i, 2012 — Approval of 3rd ROPS for 1/1/13 to 6/30/13 • October i, 2012 — Submit Due Diligence Review on LMIHF to Oversight Board, CAC, State Controller and DOF October 15, 2012 — Oversight Board approval of the LMIHF Due Diligence Review Public review meeting required 5 business days in advance of Oversight Board Deadlines ( cont . ) • December 15, 2012 — Submit Due Diligence Review of all other funds to Oversight Board, CAC, State Controller and DOF January 15, 2013 — Oversight Board approval of Due Diligence Review for all other funds Public review meeting required 5 business days in advance of Oversight Board meeting • March 3, 2013 — Approval of 4th ROPS for 7/1/13 - 12/31/13 Penalties ROPS $1o,000 per day penalty for each day the ROPS are late 25% reduction of the maximum administrative cost allowance after 10 days late Property Tax Recovery Subject to civil penalty of 1o% of the amount owed Plus 1.5% of amount owed for each month payment is late No payment for enforceable obligations (except bonds) Sales tax and property tax offsets