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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-24-2011 Adj. Special MinutesSan CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO 300 N. "D "Street San Bernardino, CA 92418 Website: www.sbcity.org Mayor Patrick J. Morris Council Members: Virginia Marquez Jason Desjardins Tobin Brinker Fred Shorett Chas Kelley Rikke Van Johnson Wendy McCammack MINUTES MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO JOINT ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 24, 2011 COUNCIL CHAMBERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino have called a joint adjourned special meeting of the Mayor and Common Council for 4:30 p.m., Monday, January 24, 2011, in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 300 N. "D" Street, San Bernardino, California. The purpose for which this meeting was called was to consider the following: Approval of a Cooperative Financing Agreement of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino and appointing Commission Members to serve on the board of a certain non-profit corporation. The joint adjourned special meeting of the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino was called to order by Mayor/Chairman Morris at 4:30 p.m., Monday, January 24, 2011, in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 300 North "D" Street, San Bernardino, California. Roll Call Present: Mayor/Chairman Morris; Council Members/Commissioners Marquez, Desjardins, Brinker, Shorett, Kelley, Johnson, McCammack; City Attorney Penman; Economic Development Agency Interim Executive Director Marzullo and Agency Counsel Sabo; City Clerk Clark. Absent: None. 1 01/24/2011 1. Approval of a Cooperative Financing Agreement of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino and appointing Commission Members to serve on the board of a certain non-profit corporation Resolution of the Community Development Commission of the City of San Bernardino approving a certain Cooperative Financing Agreement by and between the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino ("Agency") and the Sustainable Communities Reinvestment Partnership, Inc., for the financing, funding and undertaking of various redevelopment related activities of the Agency. Note: Backup was distributed on January 20, 2011. Mr. Marzullo distributed the following documents to the Mayor and Council: • Changes to Cooperative Financing Agreement based on comments received at special meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2011; • Bylaws with original changes from Non-profit Private Board to Quasi Public Board; • Alternative method for selection of directors to Non-profit Board; • Press Release titled, "Stop the State's Redevelopment Proposal/Protect Local Jobs and the Economy," dated January 24, 2011; • Legislative Alert titled, "State Controller Office to Audit 18 Redevelopment Agencies," dated January 24, 2011. Emil Marzullo, Economic Development Agency Interim Executive Director, stated that this item was heard at a special meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2011, and there were a number of comments, questions and directives of the Council. He stated that he was not prepared to talk about the issue, but was providing the documents to the Council to take with them to review. He stated that another special meeting would be called, if necessary. He stated that there was not a lot to report since Thursday night. The state has not taken any new actions. He stated that they have been in touch with the state Redevelopment Association and the lobbyists. The proposal on the table is that Redevelopment as of July 1, as well as the Enterprise Zone functions that are in the City would come to an end. A brief synopsis of what that means to the City is that they receive about $37 million per year in tax increment in this City. Assuming that the formula is the way the apportionment is done today, the City's 17 percent of the property tax portion would actually net it about $1.4 million more than it gets in the general fund, but when you take out the Redevelopment 2 01/24/2011 pass-throughs and so forth, the net loss to the City is $7 million plus per year, and those are just estimates at this time based on what they know and what they've heard. So they have taken steps to take a look at where they go from here. The state Redevelopment Association recommends prudence at this time and they would certainly like to be patient, but he reminded the Council that two years ago it was recommended that they be patient—it was also recommended that they get together with the other RDA agencies in the state and file a lawsuit, which they all did, which they all lost, and they lost on appeal, and the City lost $15 million. Mr. Marzullo requested that the matter be tabled at this time, but stated that they will probably be calling another meeting this week or next. Council Member/Commissioner Brinker made a motion, seconded by Council Member/Commissioner Shorett, that the matter be tabled. The motion carried unanimously. City Attorney Penman requested that the meeting be televised. Mayor/Chairman Morris assured Mr. Penman that the meeting would be televised. 2. Adjournment At 4:50 p.m., the meeting adjourned. The next joint regular meeting of the Mayor and Common Council/Community Development Commission is scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Monday, February 7, 2011. RACHEL G. CLARK City Clerk By �7�Aiy�/I/i Linda Sutherland Deputy City Clerk 3 01/24/2011