RESOLUTION NO. SA-2024-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER GONZALES
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING THE RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE 24-25 FOR THE PERIOD OF
JULY 1, 2024 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 34172(a) (1), the Gonzales Redevelopment Agency was dissolved February 1, 2012; and WHEREAS, consistent with the provisions of the Health and Safety Code, the City Council previously elected to serve in the capacity of the Successor Agency to the Gonzales Redevelopment Agency (the “Successor Agency”); and
WHEREAS, per Health and Safety Code § 34177 (1)(1), the Successor Agency is required to prepare a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (“ROPS”) for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the ROPS is the basis for the Successor Agency’s authority to make payment due for enforceable obligations; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the approval by the Successor Agency, the ROPS must also be approved by the County Consolidated Oversight Board (“OS Board”) to the Successor Agency and is reviewable by the County Auditor-Controller, the County Administrative Officer, the California Department of Finance and the California State Controller’s Office not later than February 1, 2024; and
WHEREAS, Agency staff has prepared the ROPS for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, which consists of several spreadsheets that are appended to this Resolution as Attachment “1”; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the approval of this Resolution and approval by the “OS Board” the ROPS will be forwarded to the County Auditor-Controller, the County Administrative Officer, the California Department of Finance and the California State Controller’s Office for their review; and
WHEREAS, this Resolution has been reviewed with respect to applicability of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, §§ 15000 et seq., hereafter the “Guidelines”), and the City’s environmental guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the actions implemented by adoption of this Resolution are not a “project” for purposes of CEQA, as that term is defined by Guidelines § 15378, because the action is an organizational or administrative activity that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment, per § 15378(b) (5) of the Guidelines.
WHEREAS, all of the prerequisites with respect to the approval of this Resolution have been met.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Successor Agency to the Gonzales Redevelopment Agency, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. The establishment of the Successor Agency’s ROPS 24-25 covering the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, which is attached hereto as Attachment ‘1’, is approved.
Section 3. The Successor Agency Director, or designee, is hereby authorized to: i) post ROPS 24-25 on the City’s website; ii) transmit ROPS 24-25 to the County Auditor-Controller, the County Administrative Officer, the State Controller and the State Department of Finance for their review within the timeframe prescribed by the Health and Safety Code; and iii) make ministerial revisions to ROPS 24-25 which may include, but is not limited to restating the information included within ROPS 24-25 in any format that may be requested by the State Department of Finance, take such other actions and execute such other documents as are necessary to effectuate the intent of this Resolution, and to implement ROPS 24-25 on behalf of the Successor Agency, including authorizing and causing such payments.
Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect upon the date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Successor Agency at a regular meeting held on the 16th day of January 2024 by the following vote:
AYES: SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEMBERS:
NOES: SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEMBERS:
ABSENT: SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: SUCCESSOR AGENCY MEMBERS:
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Jose L. Rios, The Honorable Chair
ATTEST:
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Mary Villegas, Agency Deputy Secretary