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CITY COUNCIL
' MINUTES OF JOINT SPECIAL MEETING
6:00 P.M.
MARCH 15, 2011
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor/Chair McLean called to order the regular joint meeting of the City Council/Redevelopment
Agency at 6:04 p.m.
ROLL CALL
All Councilmembers/Agencymembers were present with the exception of Council/Agency
Member Weste.
FLAG SALUTE
Councilmember Kellar led the flag salute.
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (Matters listed on the Agenda)
No requests to speak were received.
ITEM 1
' CONSENT CALENDAR
CONSIDERATION OF REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER, LEASE ASSIGNMENT, AND
COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AND THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AND ADOPTION OF
RESOLUTIONS BY THE AGENCY BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE SAME
The State legislature is contemplating legislation that•would sunset redevelopment activities by the
Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita (Agency). Staff has prepared a cooperative
agreement between the two entities to transfer property interests and lease assignments from the
Agency to the City of Santa Clarita. City Council adopt Resolution 11-8 to approve the transfer of
real property and lease assignments from the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita
(Agency) ownership to City of Santa Clarita (City) ownership and execute the Real Property
Transfer and Cooperative Agreement included as Exhibit 1 of the resolution.
Redevelopment Agency adopt Resolution RDA 11-4 to approve the transfer of real property and
lease assignments from the Agency ownership to City ownership and execute the Real Property
Transfer and Cooperative Agreement included as Exhibit 1 of the resolution.
Addressing the Council on this item was Cam Noltemeyer, Duane Harte and Leon Worden.
Joe Montes responded to questions of the Council/Agency regarding affordable housing properties,
low/moderate housing fund and obligations assumed by the City associated with the transfer of
properties from the Redevelopment Agency to the City.
' Mayor McLean requested that when funds are transferred from the Redevelopment Agency to the
City, all such funds be maintained and tracked in a separate account.
Motion by Kellar, second by Ferry, to approve the Consent Calendar. ,
On roll call vote:
Ayes: Kellar, Ender, Ferry, McLean
Noes: None
Absent: Weste
Motion carried.
ITEM 2
PUBLIC HEARING
OLD TOWN NEWHALL LIBRARY, PROJECT F2007 — PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER
TRANSFER OF FUNDS AND REAL PROPERTY FROM THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TO THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA TO COMPLETE
THE PROJECT AND ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT
THEREOF
Mayor McLean opened the public hearing.
Susan Caputo, Deputy City Clerk, stated that all notices required by law have been provided.
Darren Hernandez, Deputy City Manager, reported that on February 23, 2011 draft State legislation
was released in connection with the State's ongoing budget negotiations and deliberations that if '
adopted would sunset redevelopment agencies. The legislation is broad enough to impede future
actions of the Agency with respect to the Old Town Newhall Library Project, including, but not
limited to, future disbursements of bond proceeds and tax increment for payment for construction
of the Project, as well as the future transfer of real property from the Agency to the City.
Addressing the Council on this item was Cam Noltemeyer and Leon Worden.
Mayor McLean closed the public hearing.
Motion by Ender, second by Ferry, for City Council/Redevelopment Agency to conduct a
joint public hearing to consider the transfer of the real property and the vacated public
streets adjacent thereto upon which the Old Town Newhall Library ("Project") is being
constructed from the Agency to the City; and consider the transfer of Agency bond
proceeds and Agency tax increment for an amount not to exceed $17,133,351.73 necessary
for the completion of the Project; adopt Resolution No. 11-9 consenting to the transfer of
real property, bond proceeds, and tax increment revenues from the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Santa Clarita to the City for the purpose of constructing and
completing the Old Town Newhall Library project; adopt Resolution No. RDA I1-5
authorizing and directing the transfer of real property, bond proceeds, and tax increment
revenues from the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita to the City for the
purpose of constructing and completing the Old Town Newhall Library project.
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On roll call vote:
' Ayes: Ender, Ferry, Kellar, McLean
Noes: None
Absent: Weste
Motion carried.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor McLean adjourned the meeting at 6:26 p.m.
FUTURE MEETINGS
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2011, at 6:00 p.m, in
the Council Chamber, I" floor of City Hall, 23920 Valencia Blvd., Santa Clarita, CA.
MAYOR
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