CITY OF CALIFORNIA CITY JANUARY 22, 2025
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SPECIAL MEETING MONDAY JANUARY 22, 2025 @ 5:00PM
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Marquette Hawkins
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Michael Kulikoff
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Jesse Hightower
Michael Hurles
Ronald Smith
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CITY OF CALIFORNIA CITY JANUARY 22, 2025
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CC1. Staff Report: KENNY COOPER- FINANCE MANAGER
Subject: Adopt Resolution No. SA 25-3102 of the Successor Agency of the California Redevelopment Agency Approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) for the period July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. SA 25-3102 approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) for the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026, for submittal to the Countywide Oversight Board for their scheduled meeting on January 23rd, 2025. All ROPS are due to the Department of Finance by February 1, 2025.
ADJOURNMENT
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING- January 20, 2025
I, Leanndrea Weible, Acting City Clerk for the City of California City, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing notice was posted on all official City bulletin boards and the City’s CITY OF CALIFORNIA CITY JANUARY 22, 2025
3 website at least 24 hours prior to the meeting in compliance with the provisions of the Brown Act.
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
City of California City
DATE:
TO:
FROM:
January 22, 2025
Members of the Successor Agency Board to the dissolved California City Redevelopment Agency
Kenny Cooper, Finance Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution No. SA 25-3102 of the Successor Agency of the California Redevelopment Agency Approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) for the period July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026.
Background / Discussion
The City of California City Redevelopment Agency was dissolved on February 1, 2012, pursuant to ABx1 26. Subsequently, the City Council elected to become the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency in order to ensure that projects underway at the time of dissolution were completed, to retain control over the disposition of assets, and to make obligation payments identified in a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS). The ROPS serves to identify all of the enforceable obligations of the former RDA including debt service payments, loans, contracts, projects, employee and other administrative costs, etc.
Each ROPS is prepared by the Successor Agency and presented to the City Council and the Countywide Oversight Board for approval. The ROPS is then submitted to the Department of Finance (DOF) for approval.
Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34179.7(o)(1), the Successor Agency must submit an Oversight Board-approved annual ROPS to DOF and the County Auditor Controller by February 1st of each year for the following fiscal year. Upon submitting and obtaining ultimate approval of the ROPS, fund distributions to pay enforceable obligations are made by the County in January and June each year.
The ROPS 25-26 has been prepared by staff and provides a list of obligations and amounts due to the period July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026. The estimated twelve-month funding requirement to satisfy identified obligations is $820,840. Obligations listed on the ROPS 25-26 include required debt service for an outstanding redevelopment bond issue; an RPTTF cash shortfall; and an administrative allocation. Upon approval of the City Council and Oversight Board, the ROPS 25-26 will be submitted to the DOF and County Auditor-Controller for review and approval.
FISCAL IMPACT
In summary, the following obligations are listed on the ROPS 25-26:
• Administrative Allocation - $50,000. Covers administrative costs for City Manager’s Office; Finance Department and City Clerk’s Office, including any supplies, materials and consultant costs necessary to carry out Successor Agency Operations for FY 2025-26.
• 2014 Tax Allocation Bond Debt Service payment - $740,363 • 2014 Tax Allocation Bond Debt Service Fees - $3,500
• Corrected PPA Adjustment - $26,977
Total RPTTF Requested $820,840
Other Funds* $0
• Other funds represent revenues generated from lease of property owned by the former redevelopment agency at the City of California City Airport.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt Resolution No. SA 25-3102 approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 for submittal to the Countywide Oversight Board for their scheduled meeting on January 23rd, 2025. All ROPS are due to the Department of Finance by February 1, 2025.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. SA 25-3102
Cal City 25-26 Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) - Summary Filed for the July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 Period Successor Agency: California City
County: Kern
Current Period Requested Funding for Enforceable
Obligations (ROPS Detail)
25-26A Total
(July -
December)
25-26B Total
(January -
June)
ROPS 25-26
Total
A Enforceable Obligations Funded as Follows (B+C+D) $ - $ - $ - B Bond Proceeds - - -
C Reserve Balance - - -
D Other Funds - - -
E Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund (RPTTF) (F+G) $ 422,683 $ 398,157 $ 820,840 F RPTTF 397,683 373,157 770,840
G Administrative RPTTF 25,000 25,000 50,000
H Current Period Enforceable Obligations (A+E) $ 422,683 $ 398,157 $ 820,840 Certification of Oversight Board Chairman:
Name Title
Pursuant to Section 34177 (o) of the Health and Safety
code, I hereby certify that the above is a true and
accurate Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for
the above named successor agency. /s/
Signature Date
California City
Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) - ROPS Detail July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W
Item
# Project Name Obligation
Type
Agreement
Execution
Date
Agreement
Termination
Date
Payee Description Project
Area
Total
Outstanding
Obligation
Retired
ROPS
25-26
Total
ROPS 25-26A (Jul - Dec)
25-26A
Total
ROPS 25-26B (Jan - Jun)
25-26B
Total
Fund Sources Fund Sources
Bond
Proceeds
Reserve
Balance
Other
Funds RPTTF Admin
RPTTF
Bond
Proceeds
Reserve
Balance
Other
Funds
RPTTF
Admin
RPTTF
$6,212,377 $820,840 $- $- $- $397,683 $25,000 $422,683 $- $- $- $373,157 $25,000 $398,157 6 Federal Court
Stipulated
Judgment
Litigation 09/27/
1993
07/26/2038 California
City SDI
Fund
Loan for
commercial/
housing
project.
Land (2)
One - N $- - - - - - $- - - - - - $-
10 Employees/
Operating
Admin Costs 02/01/
2012
07/26/2038 Staff/
Operations
Annual
Admin/
Operations
Successor
Agency
One 50,000 N $50,000 - - - - 25,000 $25,000 - - - - 25,000 $25,000 19 2014 Tax
Allocation
Refunding
Bonds
Bonds Issued
After 12/31/10
08/24/
2014
09/01/2034 U S Bank Bond
Refinance
One 6,131,900 N $740,363 - - - 367,206 - $367,206 - - - 373,157 - $373,157 26 Debt Service
Administration
Bonds Issued
After 12/31/10
08/24/
2014
09/01/2034 U.S. Bank Debt
Service
Wire Fees
for 2014
TARB
3,500 N $3,500 - - - 3,500 - $3,500 - - - - - $-
27 Cash Shortage
Reimbursement
Miscellaneous 07/01/
2025
06/30/2026 Successor
Agency
Incorrect
PPA
Adustment
26,977 N $26,977 - - - 26,977 - $26,977 - - - - - $-
California City
Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) - Report of Cash Balances July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023
(Report Amounts in Whole Dollars)
Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34177 (l), Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund (RPTTF) may be listed as a source of payment on the ROPS, but only to the extent no other funding source is available or when payment from property tax revenues is required by an enforceable obligation.
A B C D E F G H
ROPS 22-23 Cash Balances
(07/01/22 - 06/30/23)
Fund Sources
Comments
Bond Proceeds Reserve Balance Other Funds RPTTF
Bonds issued
on or before
12/31/10
Bonds issued
on or after
01/01/11
Prior ROPS
RPTTF and
Reserve
Balances retained
for future
period(s)
Rent, grants,
interest, etc.
Non-Admin
and Admin
1 Beginning Available Cash Balance (Actual 07/01/22)
RPTTF amount should exclude "A" period distribution
amount.
1 1,234 2,960 F1 - Other Balance held for 23-24 ROPS G1 - 19-20 PPA
2 Revenue/Income (Actual 06/30/23)
RPTTF amount should tie to the ROPS 22-23 total
distribution from the County Auditor-Controller
86,500 1,009,615 F2 - Hangar Lease Revenue
3 Expenditures for ROPS 22-23 Enforceable Obligations
(Actual 06/30/23)
48,000 1,010,010 F3 - Reconciles to 22-23 PPA
4 Retention of Available Cash Balance (Actual 06/30/23) RPTTF amount retained should only include the amounts
distributed as reserve for future period(s)
1 51,070 - F4 - $48,000 held for 24-25 ROPS and
$1,234 held for 23-24 ROPS
5 ROPS 22-23 RPTTF Prior Period Adjustment
RPTTF amount should tie to the Agency's ROPS 22-23 PPA
form submitted to the CAC
No entry required 2,565
6 Ending Actual Available Cash Balance (06/30/23)
C to F = (1 + 2 - 3 - 4), G = (1 + 2 - 3 - 4 - 5)
$- $- $- $(11,336) $- F6 - Remaining negative balance will be recouped through 23-24 Rental Income.
Remaining balance will be used for 26-27
admin costs
California City
Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 25-26) - Notes July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026
Item # Notes/Comments
6 10
19 26
27 The 20-21 PPA was adjusted after submission to $27,000, but according to the City's accounting records should have only been $23. We are requesting this amount get reimbursed since it was withheld from the 23-24 ROPS.
RESOLUTION NO. SA 25-3102
A RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE CALIFORNIA CITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING THE RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR JULY 1, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2026 PURSUANT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 34177(I)
RECITALS:
A. The City Council of the City of California City (the “City”) adopted Resolution No. SA25-3102 on January 22, 2025, pursuant to Part 1.85 of the California Health and Safety Code electing for the City to serve as the successor agency for the City of California City Redevelopment Agency (the “Successor Agency”) upon the dissolution of the California City Redevelopment Agency.
B. Health and Safety Code section 34177(1)(2) requires the Successor Agency to submit a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) by February 1, 2025, listing outstanding obligations of the Agency to be performed by the Successor Agency during the time period from July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE CALIFORNIA
CITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES,
RESOLVES, AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:
Section1. The above recitals are true and correct and are a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section2. This Resolution is adopted pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34170.5.
Section 3. The Successor Agency hereby approves and adopts the ROPS 25-26, as shown in Exhibit “A” pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34177.
Section 4. The Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy of this Resolution to the Countywide Oversight Board.
Section 5. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34179(h), all actions taken by the Successor Agency may be reviewed by the Countywide Oversight Board and the State of California Department of Finance, and therefore, this Resolution shall not be effective for three (3) business days, pending a request for review by the Countywide Oversight Board and the State of California Department of Finance PASSED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of January 2025 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
____________________________________
Marquette Hawkins, Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________
Leanndrea Weible, Acting City Clerk
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the Successor Agency Board at their Special Meeting thereof held on 22nd day of January 2025.
___________________________
Leanndrea Weible, Acting City Clerk