RESOLUTION NO. SA-2026-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER GONZALES
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING THE LAST AND FINAL
RECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE 2026-27 THROUGH 2035-36 WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 34172(a) (1), the City of 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 City of Gonzales Redevelopment Agency (the “Successor Agency”); and
WHEREAS, the County Consolidated Oversight Board for the Successor Agency (“Oversight Board”) has been established pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 34179 to assist in the wind-down of the dissolved community development agency; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 34180 (g), County Consolidated Oversight Board approval is required for the establishment of each Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (“ROPS”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 34191.6 of the Dissolution Act authorizes the Gonzales Successor Agency to submit a Last and Final ROPS which will eliminate the need to submit a ROPS every fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to its 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, 2026; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code § 34177, the Successor Agency is legally required to continue to make payments due for enforceable obligations; and WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 34191.6 of the Dissolution Act, the City of Gonzales Successor Agency has prepared a Last and Final ROPS and has submitted it to the County Consolidated Oversight Board for approval; and
WHEREAS, it is proposed that the “Successor Agency” approve the establishment of the Successor Agency’s Last and Final ROPS, which is attached hereto as Attachment “A”; 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 City of 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 Last and Final ROPS, which is attached hereto as Attachment “A”, is approved.
Section 3. The Successor Agency Director, or designee, is hereby authorized to: i) post the Last and Final ROPS on the City’s website; ii) transmit the Last and Final ROPS 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 Last and Final ROPS which may include, but is not limited to restating the information included within Last and Final ROPS 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 the Last and Final ROPS 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 12th day of January 2026 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
ATTACHMENT ‘A’
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
GONZALES REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
LAST AND FINALRECOGNIZED OBLIGATION PAYMENT SCHEDULE