08-01-2012 - Approval and Transmittal of a Revised Administrati - Item SA-1 (2).pdfCity of West Covina
Memorandum
AGENDA
Item: SA-1
TO: Andrew G. Pasmant, City Manager Date: August 1, 2012
and City Council
FROM: Thomas Bachman
Assistant City Manager/Finance Director
SUBJECT: APPROVAL AND TRANSMITTAL OF A REVISED
ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE WEST COVINA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND A
REVISED SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION OF FUTURE TAX
REVENUES (RECOGNIZED OBLIGATIONS PAYMENT
SCHEDULES "ROPS") PURSUANT TO AB1X 26 FOR THE
PERIOD OF JANUARY 1— JUNE 30, 2013
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended the City Council, acting as the Successor Agency to the West Covina
Redevelopment Agency, adopt the attached resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, ACTING AS
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE WEST COVINA REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSMITTAL
OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR THE SUCCESSOR
AGENCY TO THE WEST COVINA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
AND SCHEDULES OF DISTRIBUTION OF FUTURE TAX
REVENUES (RECOGNIZED OBLIGATIONS PAYMENT
SCHEDULES "ROPS") FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY 1 — JUNE 30,
2013, PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 1X 26 (AB1X 26)
DISCUSSION:
The Successor Agency is required to file a Schedule of Distribution of Future Tax
Revenues "ROPS" schedule every six months in order to receive a distribution of
property tax increment dollars with which to fund the obligations of the former
redevelopment agency. These obligations include bond debt service payments, amounts
due under existing agreements with commercial property owners, repayment of amounts
borrowed from the Housing Fund to fund property tax shifts mandated by the state, cost
of litigation to protect assets of the former redevelopment agency, repayment of loans to
the City, and administrative costs of the successor agency to wind down the affairs of the
former redevelopment agency. While many of these listed items are not necessarily debt,
they are considered obligations for purposes of this mandated report and must be listed on
this report if they are to be funded with distributions of future tax increment dollars.
These items are not debt obligations of the City of West Covina.
The ROPS schedule (Attachment 2) lists all amounts that will be paid in the period
January 1 through June 30, 2013. Once approved by the Successor Agency, the ROPS
must then be approved by the seven-member Successor Agency Oversight Board. The
ROPS will be presented to the Oversight Board at their scheduled meeting on August 2,
2012. Once the ROPS is approved by the Oversight Board, it then must be sent to the
State Department of Finance "DOF" by September 1, 2012. DOF holds final approval
authority of the items listed on the ROPS and directs the Los Angeles County Auditor-
Controller on which items to distribute tax increment funds for to the Successor Agency.
The Successor Agency is also required to adopt an administrative budget for each
upcoming six-month period. Attachment 3 to this report is the administrative budget for
the Successor Agency for the period of January — June 2013. The January — June
administrative budget is 1/2 of the fiscal year 2012-13 annual projected costs. This
budget is to be funded by the administrative allowance, which is equal to an amount,
which is the greater of 3% of the enforceable obligations, or $250,000 annually. Any
administrative costs above this administrative allowance will be absorbed by the City.
The Successor Agency previously approved a ROPS for the January — June 2013 period
at their July 17, 2012, meeting. As that ROPS was prepared shortly after AB 1484 was
adopted by the legislature and signed by the governor, staff had not had the full
opportunity to analyze that legislation prior to preparing the ROPS. Based on further
analysis, staff has made certain changes to the ROPS that was previously approved. AB
1484 now allows legal costs as an enforceable obligation. Therefore, staff has added item
16 to the ROPS, which is legal services for the oversight board in the amount of $10,000.
This item was specifically requested by the oversight and staff has requested RFQ from
legal firms to provide this service. Staff also added item 17, which is legal services for
the Successor Agency in the amount of $60,000. Finally, AB 1484 requires that the
Successor Agency retain an audit firm to perform a "due diligence" or cash audit of the
former redevelopment agency housing funds which are to be turned over to the county
auditor by November 28, 2012. Staff has added item 15 for these audit fees in the
amount of $12,500.
Also now included on this ROPS are items 23 — 25. The Fashion Plaza CFD Bonds, the
Lakes Parking Structure Bonds, and the Developer Repayment to Westfield are paid for
from sources other than property tax revenues. These items were included on the original
ROPS and while not funded by property tax revenues, they still remain obligations of the
Successor Agency and are therefore again included on this ROPS.
The Successor Administrative Budget is also attached for approval. This budget has been
modified to remove the legal services since those services are now included as a specific
enforceable obligation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The City, as successor agency, cannot receive or spend any funds unless the amounts are
listed on a Recognized Obligations Payment Schedule. This schedule identifies all
outstanding obligations that must be satisfied before the Agency can be dissolved. The
obligations listed on this schedule will receive property tax allocations distributed by the
county as their funding source.
If the City's administrative costs exceed the administrative allowance, that amount will
have to be absorbed by the City.
Assistant City Manager/Finance Director
Attachments: No. 1 — Resolution
No. 2— Schedule of Distribution of Future Tax Revenues
No. 3 — Successor Agency Administrative Budget
Attachment 1
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
WEST COVINA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING AND
AUTHORIZING THE TRANSMITTAL OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE
BUDGET FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE WEST
COVINA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND SCHEDULES OF
DISTRIBUTION OF FUTURE TAX REVENUES (RECOGNIZED
OBLIGATIONS PAYMENT SCHEDULES "ROPS") FOR THE
PERIOD JANUARY 1 — JUNE 30, 2013, PURSUANT TO
ASSEMBLY BILL 1X 26 (AB1X 26)
WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the City of West
Covina ("Commission") is a community development commission organized and
existing under and pursuant to the California Community Development Commission Law
(Part 1.7 of Division 24, commencing with Section 34100, of the Health and Safety Code
of the State of California) (the "CDCL"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of West Covina ("City") approved and
adopted the Redevelopment Plans for the following Redevelopment Projects
("Redevelopment Plans") covering certain properties within the City (the "Project
Areas"):
1. On December 20, 1971 the West Covina City Council adopted the original
Central Business District Redevelopment Project Area by adoption of Ordinance No.
1180.
2. On July 14, 1975 the West Covina City Council adopted the original Eastland
Redevelopment Project Area by adoption of Ordinance No. 1269.
3. On December 21, 1993 the West Covina City Council approved the Merger of
the Central Business District and the Eastland Redevelopment Project Areas by adoption
of Ordinance No. 1927 and Ordinance No. 1928, which adopted the merged area as the
West Covina Redevelopment Project Area and added three non-contiguous areas to the
merged project area; and
WHEREAS, as part of the 2011-12 State budget bill, the California Legislature
has enacted and the Governor has signed, companion bills AB 1X 26 and AB 1X 27,
requiring that each redevelopment agency be dissolved unless the community that created
it enacts a resolution committing it to making certain payments; and
WHEREAS, specifically, AB 1X 26 prohibits agencies from taking numerous
actions, effective immediately and purportedly retroactively, and additionally provides
that agencies are deemed to be dissolved as of October 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, additionally, AB 1X 26 which eliminates redevelopment agencies
also requires all Agencies to wind-down their affairs unless the Agencies are extended
through compliance with the requirements of AB 1X 27; and
WHEREAS, the California Supreme Court on August 11, 2011 issued a partial
stay ("Stay") on the operative effects of ABX1 26 in the case of California
Redevelopment Association, et al. v. Ana Matsonantos, et al. Case No. S194861.
WHEREAS, on December 29, 2011, the California Supreme Court upheld AB1X
26, which dissolved all of the redevelopment agencies in the State of California as of
February 1, 2012, and struck down AB1X 27; and
WHEREAS, at a meeting of January 10, 2012, the City of West Covina took
action to designate itself as the Successor Agency and the Community Development
Commission as the Housing Successor Agency, as provided in California Health and
Safety Code §§ 34173 and 34176; and
WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 34169(h), which is set forth in Part
1.8, requires a Successor Agency to prepare and submit an approved Recognized
Obligation Payment Schedule for the period from January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013 to the
State Department of Finance by September 1, 2012, which must list the minimum
amounts that must be paid by the successor agency over that six (6) month period to
fulfill its enforceable obligations during that period; and
WHEREAS, the West Covina City Council, acting as Successor Agency to the
West Covina Redevelopment Agency, reserves the right to appeal any determination of
the California Director of Finance or other entity regarding the propriety of this
resolution as well as any future determinations; and
WHEREAS, while the West Covina City Council, acting as Successor Agency to
the West Covina Redevelopment Agency, currently intends to comply with the state-
mandated obligations established hereunder; and
WHEREAS, all other legal prerequisites to the adoption of this resolution have
occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the West Covina City Council,
acting as Successor Agency to the West Covina Redevelopment Agency, as follows:
SECTION 1. The foregoing Recitals are incorporated into this Resolution by this
reference, and constitute a material part of this Resolution.
SECTION 2. The Schedule of Distribution of Future Tax Revenues (Recognized
Obligations Payment Schedule "ROPS") attached hereto as Attachment "2" is approved
and the City Manager is authorized to transmit the same to the Los Angeles County
Auditor-Controller, the State Controller and the State Department of Finance in
accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 34169 subject to all reservations of
rights and contingencies set forth above.
SECTION 3. The Administrative Budgets for the Successor for the six-month
period January — June 2013, attached hereto as Attachment "3" is approved and the City
Manager is authorized to transmit the same to the Los Angeles County Auditor-
Controller, the State Controller and the State Department of Finance in accordance with
Health and Safety Code Section 34169 subject to all reservations of rights and
contingencies set forth above.
SECTION 5. The City Manager or designee is authorized to take all actions
necessary to implement this Resolution, including without limitation, the posting of this
Resolution and the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule on the City's website, and
the provision of notice of adoption of this Resolution and such Schedule to the County
Auditor-Controller, the State Controller and the State Department of Finance.
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify as to the passage and adoption of this
Resolution, and it shall thereupon take effect and be in full force, except that this
Resolution shall not be effective during any period of time that the Stay remains
effective.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the
City of West Covina this 1st day of August 2012.
Mayor Mike Touhey
ATTEST:
Assistant City Clerk Susan Rush
I SUSAN RUSH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, of the City of West Covina do hereby
certify that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the West Covina City Council,
acting as Successor Agency to the West Covina Redevelopment Agency, at a meeting
thereof held on the 1st day of August 2012, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Assistant City Clerk Susan Rush
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Name of Redevelopment Agency: West Covina Community Development Commission
Project Area(s) Merged & Citywide
FOR THE PERIOD: JANUARY - JUNE 2013
SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION OF FUTURE TAX REVENUES
RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Per AB 26 - Section 34167 and 34169
Adopted August 1,2012
Project Name / Debt Obligation Payee Description
Total Outstanding
Debt or Obligation
Obligation
Expiration
Date
Total Due During
Fiscal Year
2012-13
'
Funding Source January February March April May June Total
1 1999 Tax Allocation Bonds US Bank Fund capital projects in Merged Area 5,622,275.00 June 2030 - 208,600.00 RPTTF 14,700.00 1,200.00 2,400:00 14,700.00 1,200.00 2,400.00 $ 36,600.00
2 2002 Tax Allocation Bonds US Bank Refund outstanding 1993 bonds 11,371,110.00 Sept. 2025 989,272.00 SPITE 5,000.00 206,536.00 $ 211,536.00
3 2006 Lease Revenues Bonds City of West Covina Reimburse City for BLD Debt Service 29,119,269.00 June 2036 1,126,990.00 RPTTF 93,915.00 93,915.00 93,915.00 93,915.00 93,915.00 93,915.00 $ 563,490.00
4 1998 Housing Set Aside Bonds US Bank Acquisition and rehab of a housing proj 5,737,595.00 Sept. 2025 438,907.00 SPITE 3,500.00 - 111,679.00 - - - $ 115,179.00
5 2001 Housing Set Aside Bonds US Bank Development of a senior housing proj 10,779,345.00 Sept. 2031 767,935.00 RPTrF - 179,718.00 - 3,500.00 $ 183,218.00
6 SERAF 2010 Housing Loan Housing Successor Agy Repay SERAF to the housing fund 4,080,818.00 June 2015 - RPTTF - - - - - - $ -
7 SERAF 2011 Housing Loan Housing Successor Agy Repay SERAF to the housing fund 943,085.00 June 2016 - RPTTF - - - - - - $ -
8 DDA - The Lakes Various Bond admin & maint for park structure 1,440,000.00 215,000.00 RPTTF - 30,000.00 - - 30,000.00 $ 60,000.00
9 CFD Tax Increment Pledge Plaza CFD Tax Increment pledged fto CFD 15,846,352.00 Sept. 2022 1,450,000.00 RPTTF - - - 1,450,000.00 $ 1,450,000.00
10 CSS - CFD CSS Corn Fac Dist CFD Assessment 4,656,641.00 ongoing 74,837.00 RPTTF 6,236.42 6,236.42 6,236.42 6,236.42 6,236.42 6,236.42 $ 37,418.50
11 Repay County Loan County of Los Angeles Repay Loan of Defered Tax Increment 8,274,862.00 Uncertain 1,350,000.00 RPTTF - - • - - - $ -
12 SA Adminstrative Budget Various Operations for both project areas 16,520,339.00 ongoing 484,361.00 RPTTF 40,363.42 40,363.42 40,363.42 40,363.42 40,363.42 40,363.42 $ 242,180.50
13 Anticipated/Existing Litigation Various Enforcement of obligations 3,856,434.00 ongoing 1,200,000.00 RPTTF 700,000.00 100,000.00 100,000.00 100,000.00 100,000.00 100,000.00 $ 1,200,000.00
14 Project Administrative Costs Vaiidus • • Prajectspecific'i-elated 'costs • " '350,000.00 ongoing' • • • 70,000.00 RPTTF - 5,833.33 ' • 5,833.33 "5,833.33 ' ' '5,833.33 5,833:33 5,833.33 $ ' " 35:000.00 •
15 AB 1484 Auditing Fees TBD AB 1464 Auditing Fees 12,500.00 June 2013 12,500.00 RPTrF 12,500.00 - - - $ . 12,500.00
16 Oversight Board Legal Services TBD Oversight Board Legal Services 50,000.00 June 2015 10,000.00 RPTTF 10,000.00 - - 10,000.00
17 Successor Agency Legal Services Alvarez-Glasman Colvin Successor Agency Legal Services 300,000.00 June 2015 60,000.00 RPTTF 35,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 • 5,000.00 $ 60,000.00
18 City Note - Administratien City of West Covina ' Repay City for admin & construction 12,859,463.04 - June 2025 - SPITE - • - - - - - $
19 City Note - CIP City of West Covina Repay City for capital projects 2,252,898.18 June 2025 - RPTTF - - - - - - $ -
20 City Note Revolving City of West Covina Repay City for revolving credit 4,824,790.78 June 2025 - RPTTF - - - - - - $ -
21 Sales Tax Reimbursement City of West Covina Reimburse City for CFD Sales Tax 22,856,769.00 June 2025 - SPITE - - - - - $ -
22 Golf Course Agreement Various Golf Course Implementation Agreement 45,000,000.00 ongoing - RPTTF - - - - - $ -
23 1996 CFD Refunding Bonds US Bank Fund Fashion Plaza Improvements 44,687,400.00 Sept. 2022 3,774,000.00 Other - - 975,600.00 - - - $ 975,600.00
24 1988 Lease Rev Refunding Bonds Wells Fargo Bank Fund Lakes Parking Project 3,915,885.00 Aug. 2018 461,900.00 Other 14,840.00 1,340.00 2,690.00 14,840.00 1,340.00 2,690.00 $ 37,740.00
25 OPA - CFD Westfield Corporation CFD admin and developer repayment 93,836,711.00 Sept. 2022 885,000.00 Other - - - - - - $ -
Total Enforceable Obligations $ 349,194,542.00 $ 13,579,302.00 $ 941,888.17 $ 283,888.17 $ 1,729,971.17 $ 280,888.17 $ 283,888.17 $ 1,709,938.17 $ 5,230,462.00
Total RPTTF Obligations $ 206,754,546.00 $ 8,458,402.00 SPITE $ 927,048.17 282,548.17 $ ' 751,681.17 256,048.17 $ 282,548 17 $ 1,707,248.17 $ 4,217,122.00
Total Other Obligations . 142,439,996.00 5,120,900.00 Other 14,840.00 1,340.00 978,290.00 14,840.00 1,340.00 2,690.00 1,013,340.00
ROPS 2013 Jan-June ROPS 07-17-12
7/30/2012
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Attachment 3
Successor Agency to the West Covina Redevelopment Agency
Administrative Budget
Used for Jan. - June 2013 ROPS
Jan - June
2013
Salaries & Benefits
M & 0 from CDC Staff:
Appraisals
Escrow & Title
Consultants
Copying
Subtotal
Other M & 0 costs not included above:
A & 0
Liability Insurance
Phone
Cell Phone
Pooled Car usage
Fuel
Vehicle Maintenance
Subtotal
Total Non-Personnel Costs
166,740
10,000
12,500
7,500
1,250
31,250
32,467
8,400
454
360
120
990
1,400
44,191
75,441
Total Budget 242,181
ROPS 2013 Jan-JuneAdmin Budget7/30/2012