HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-09-06 Ordinance 5126Ordinance No. 5126
Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto
Dissolving the Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency
The Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows:
SECTION 1. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS. The City Council herein finds
and declares as follows:
A. In July 2001, pursuant to Section 33101 of the Community
Redevelopment Law, the City Council established the Redevelopment Agency of the City of
Palo Alto ("Redevelopment Agency"). The Redevelopment Agency was authorized to transact
business and exercise its powers under the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law.
B. The City Council declared itself to be the Redevelopment Agency of
the City of Palo Alto.
C. As part of the 2011-12 State budget bill, the California Legislature has
recently enacted and the Governor has signed, companion bills AB IX 26 and AB IX 27,
requiring that each redevelopment agency be dissolved unless the community that created it
enacts an ordinance committing it to making certain payments to the State.
D. In the approximate ten years since the City Council fonned the
Redevelopment Agency, the Redevelopment Agency has not identified a qualifying
redevelopment area.
E. The Redevelopment Agency has not conducted any redevelopment
activities, including redeveloping or acquiring land, entering· into a contract, issuing bonds or
incurring housing obligations, since its fonnation.
F. There is no further need for the Redevelopment Agency.
SECTION 2. DISSOLUTION. Pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 33140, the
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palo Alto is hereby dissolved.
SECTION 3. FUTURE ACTIONS. The City Manager is hereby authorized to take
any further actions necessary to effectuate this dissolution.
SECTION 4. SECRETARY OF STATE. The City Clerk is hereby directed to cause
a certified copy of this ordinance to be filed in the office of the Secretary of State pursuant to
Health & Safety Code Section 33142.
SECTION 5. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of this Ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid
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