HomeMy Public PortalAbout2014.078 (05-20-14)RESOLUTION NO. 2014.078
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD TO
PROCLAIM FORMAL SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION REGARDING THE
ALLOCATION OF REVENUES GENERATED FROM VOTER - APPROVED TAXES IN
A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH VOTER INTENT
WHEREAS, on April 16, 1946, the voters of the City of Lynwood ( "City ")
authorized the levying and collection of a property -based tax sufficient to raise revenue
needed to fund the City's officials and employees share of contributions to the City's
retirement system (the "Voter- Approved Taxes "); and
WHEREAS, the City's Voter - Approved Taxes were authorized by the voters of
the City of Lynwood for the purpose of funding specified obligations; and
WHEREAS, Assembly Bill 26 of the 2011 -12 First Extraordinary Session of the
California Legislature ( "ABxl 26 "), in conjunction with the decision of the California
Supreme Court in Community Redevelopment Association v. Matosantos (2011) 53
CalAth 231, dissolved all redevelopment agencies in California as of February 1, 2012;
and
WHEREAS, ABx1 26 was subsequently amended by Assembly Bill 1484 of the
2011 -12 Regular Session of the California Legislature ( "AB 1484 ") (ABx1 26 and AB
1484 are collectively the "Dissolution Act "); and
WHEREAS, the Dissolution Act has, in certain jurisdictions, been implemented
such that all or a part of voter- approved taxes, such as the Voter - Approved Taxes
identified above, are placed into the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund
( "RPTTF ") for the corresponding jurisdiction, in this case the Successor Agency to the
Lynwood Redevelopment Agency, ( "Successor Agency "), and distributed in accordance
with the provisions of the Dissolution Act; and
WHEREAS, under the Dissolution Act, funds in the RPTTF are distributed to
various taxing entities, in addition to the City, according to o-a specific order of priority and
in certain percentages, such that revenue generated from the Voter - Approved Taxes is
being distributed to other taxing entities when those revenues should be distributed to
the City; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to support legislation that provides county auditor -
controllers must allocate revenues generated from a local jurisdiction's voter - approved
tax(es), after the subtraction of monies needed to pay for prior obligations for which the
voter - approved tax has been pledged (if any), directly to the taxing entity that imposed
the voter - approved tax; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to express its support of legislation that would
effectuate the above intent and urges the California Legislature to enact, and the
Governor to approve, such legislation; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are a substantive
part of this Resolution.
Section 2. By adoption of this resolution, the City of Lynwood formally
supports and encourages the Legislature to pass legislation that would require revenues
generated from a taxing entity's voter- approved tax(es) to be collected and allocated,
after the subtraction of monies needed to pay for prior obligations for which the voter -
approved tax has been pledged (if any), directly to the taxing entity that imposed the
voter - approved tax.
Section 3. The City supports and encourages the Governor to sign such
legislation into law.
Section 4. The. City hereby authorizes the City Manager or his designee to
take all actions necessary to carry out the intent of this Resolution. This authorization
includes, but is not limited to: (1) sending letters in support of legislation that furthers the
above intent to the California Legislature; (2) sending letters in support of legislation that
furthers the above intent to the Governor; (3) proposing and drafting amendments to
legislation that furthers the above intent; and (4) to contacting and coordinating with
other taxing entities that levied taxes similar to the Voter - Approved Taxes to request
their support.
Section 5. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
Section 6. The City Clerk shall certify as to the adoption of this City Council
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 20th day of May, 2014.
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Aide Castro, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maria Quinonez, City lerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVE r TO CONTENT:
David A. Garcia, City Attorney Sarah M. VM14rs, City Manager
Ama a Roberson,
Director of Finance
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Lynwood at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of May, 2014.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS ALATORRE, SOLACHE, HERNANDEZ AND
CASTRO
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER SANTILLAN -BEAS
ABSTAIN: NONE
Maria - Ierk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SS.
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Lynwood, and the Clerk of the City
Council of said City, do hereby certify that the above foregoing is a full, true and correct
copy of Resolution No. 2014.078 on file in my office and that said Resolution was
adopted on the date and by the vote therein stated. Dated this 20th day of May, 2014.
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Maria Quinonez, City Clerk