City Council/Public Financing Authority
January 17, 2023

Recognized Obligation Payment
Schedule (ROPS) FY 2023-24
City Council Meeting
January 17, 2023
1 Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule
(ROPS)
• The California Supreme Court ruled on the Dissolution Act (AB 1484) to dissolve all Redevelopment Agencies (RDAs) in California effective February 1, 2012.
• AB 1484 established procedures for payment of legally enforceable obligation of the former RDAs by establishing Successor Agencies (SAs) through the annual submission of the ROPS to the State Department of Finance (DOF). • The ROPS lists all expenditures required to be paid by the Successor Agency in the upcoming fiscal year. For Fiscal Year 2023-24, this amount is $6,192,043.
• The Fiscal Year ROPS also includes a request for $6,837,845 for repayment of a 2009 loan from the City to the former RDA. The DOF is ordered to make this payment through a judgment issued by the California Supreme Court on April 22, 2022.
2 Recommended Action
• Adopt Resolution No. 2023-01, “A Resolution of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach Approving the Successor Agency Administrative Budget for the Period July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024;” and,
• Adopt Resolution No. 2023-02, “A Resolution of the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Huntington Beach Approving the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule for the Period July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 (‘ROPS 23-24’).”
• Health and Safety Code Section 34179(j) requires the ROPS to be approved by both the Huntington Beach Successor Agency and the Countywide Oversight Board and submitted to the Department of Finance no later than February 1, 2023 in order to receive funding for the Fiscal Year 2023-24. 3