Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency

CITY OF SHASTA LAKE AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE

Effective February 1, 2012, redevelopment agencies are dissolved and replaced with successor agencies responsible for winding down the affairs of the former redevelopment agency including disposing of their assets and continued payments of enforceable obligations pursuant the Enforceable Obligation Payment Schedule ("EOPS") adopted by the former redevelopment agency until a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule ("ROPS") is prepared by the successor agency, certified by the county auditor-controller and approved by the oversight board.

Enforceable obligations consists of bonds, loans, payments required by governments (except pass-through payments), court judgments and settlements, legal contracts and agreements and contracts necessary for continued administration.

Successor Agency

On January 9, 2012 (Resolution CC12-02 (PDF)), the City Council elected to become the successor agency of its former redevelopment agency. The City, as successor agency, became operative on February 1, 2012. On that date all assets, properties, contracts, and leases of the former redevelopment agency were transferred to the successor agency.

As part of its duties, the successor agency will perform obligations required by the EOPS, maintain reserves, dispose of assets and property, and enforce all rights for the benefit of taxing agencies. The successor agency will continue to oversee development of properties, use bond proceeds to continue funded activities and defease bonds and prepare administrative budgets.

As a result of the dissolution of the City of Shasta Lake Redevelopment Agency (see below), the Shasta Lake Redevelopment Agency has been replaced by a Successor Agency which has the obligation to complete existing redevelopment agency contracts, service any outstanding debts, and satisfy all other enforceable obligations. The Successor Agency is also charged with liquidating redevelopment assets and transferring proceeds from the sale of those assets to local taxing entities. Actions taken by the Successor Agency must be approved by an Oversight Board.

In December 2013, the Successor Agency submitted the Long Range Property Management Plan (PDF) to the Oversight Board and Department of Finance. In May 2014, Department of Fiannce approved the submitted Long Range Property Management Plan. It is the responsibility of the Successor Agency to carry out the actions as described in the plan. Successor Agency Board of Directors

The Successor Agency is made up of the current Shasta Lake City Council. The Successor Agency is overseen by the Shasta Lake Oversight Board.

DISSOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SHASTA LAKE

INTRODUCTION

The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Shasta Lake was activated by the City Council on September 7, 1993 to eliminate blight and revitalize the economic conditions of the City. For over 19 years, the Agency carried out this mandate by rehabilitating existing developments, attracting new businesses, eliminating blight, providing affordable housing options, and expanding public benefits.

2011 STATE BUDGET

On June 29, 2011 the Governor signed into law the State's FY 2011-12 budget along with several budget trailer bills including AB x1 26 and AB x1 27, directly impacting over 400 Redevelopment Agencies across the State to make one of the following choices: 1) cease to exist, or 2) make payments for the right to exist. Lawsuits were subsequently filed and the matter taken to the California Supreme Court (the "Court").

On December 29, 2011, the Court delivered its decision in the California Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos case, finding the provisions of AB x1 26 (the "Dissolution Act") constitutional and AB x1 27 (the "Alternative Redevelopment Program Act") unconstitutional. This ruling puts in motion the dissolution and winding down of every California redevelopment agency, and provides upcoming milestones for implementation of the Dissolution Act.

SUMMARY OF COURT DECISION AND REASONING

I. The Decision

The Court's bifurcated decision means that all RDAs will be dissolved under the constitutional Dissolution Act, and none will have the opportunity to opt into continued existence under the unconstitutional Alternative Redevelopment Program Act.

II. The Court's Reasoning

The Court found the Dissolution Act constitutional because the Legislature has the broad power to establish or dissolve local agencies as it sees fit. The Court found the Alternative Redevelopment Program Act unconstitutional concluding that the continuation payments required under the Alternative Redevelopment Program Act were not in fact "voluntary" and thus violate the prohibitions in the California Constitution (Proposition 22) related to the enactment of any laws that require RDAs to shift funds to schools or other agencies.

The Court held that the Dissolution Act and the Alternative Redevelopment Program Act are severable from one another because of the differences in the application of the severability clauses of each bill and because large parts of the Dissolution Act are independently enforceable despite the Court's finding that the Voluntary Program Act is unconstitutional.

Finally, the Court reformed and revised the effective dates or deadlines for performance under the Dissolution Act, calling instead for those dates and deadlines to be advanced four months from the dates specified in the Dissolution Act.

SHASTA LAKE REDEVELOPMENT HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE

Since its inception in 1993, redevelopment has provided benefits to the Shasta Lake community. The Shasta Lake Redevelopment Agency has both unilaterally and through participation in joint public/private partnerships, facilitated a number of successful projects and programs aimed at economic development revitalization, blight reduction, and affordable housing production. Key accomplishments have included:

Street Paving Projects
Shasta Lake Law Enforcement Center Project
Leveraged RDA dollars with Grant funded projects, including the Native American Cultural Resource Center Project, CalTrans Safe Routes to School Projects, and Wastewater and Water Infrastructure Projects
Partnerships with outside agencies including SCORE, SBA, SBDC, & EDC, to provide financial assistance to bring business support services to Shasta Lake
Agency funding of code enforcement & compliance programs, weed abatement programs, and abandoned vehicle programs
Completion of Downtown Design Guidelines
Creation of a single-family housing rehabilitation program
Funding of multiple Habitat for Humanity in-fill projects
Development & implementation of a first time home buyer silent second mortgage program
Property acquisition for key redevelopment & economic development projects

These vital public projects alone have resulted in an investment of tens of millions back into the Shasta Lake's economy, while creating hundreds of construction and non-construction related jobs.