With Mayor Suzanne Lyons absent, Mayor Pro Tem Stacey Mattina led the meeting, during which Community Development/Redevelopment Director Richard Knoll presented the ordinance authorizing the Lakeport Redevelopment Agency's participation in the state Voluntary Alternative Redevelopment Program.
As part of the 2011-12 state budget, the state Legislature approved – and the governor signed – AB1 x26, which abolished redevelopment, and AB1 x 27, which allows existing agencies to continue operating it they pay “community remittance” payments to the state.
Knoll said that on Tuesday the state informed City Manager Margaret Silveira that the city's community remittance payment, which is due in January, would total $309,055.
He said staff was suggesting the council approve the ordinance. A public hearing is scheduled to take place at the next meeting, but no public comment was offered on the topic Tuesday.
Knoll noted during the meeting that the California Redevelopment Association and the League of California Cities have filed a lawsuit against the state over the passage of AB1 x26 and AB1 x27.
According to Knoll's written report to the council, the ordinance states “that while the City currently intends to make these community remittances, any actual community remittances will be made under protest and without prejudice to the City’s right to recover such amounts and interest thereon in the event that litigation results in a determination that AB 1X 26 and AB 1X 27 are unconstitutional. ”
Councilman Bob Rumfelt moved to approve the ordinance's first reading, with Councilman Roy Parmentier offering the second. The ordinance passed 4-0.
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