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URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 0-02-11 AN URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF COLTON TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE VOLUNTARY REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 34192, ET SEQ., SUBJECT TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND RESERVATIONS WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Colton ("City") currently has five effective redevelopment projects: (1) the Cooley Ranch Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 1478, dated July 29, 1975); (2) the Santa Ana River Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 1632, dated December 29, 1982); (3) the West Valley Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 0-10-86, dated July 15, 1986 and its amendment adopting Ordinance No. 0-9-87, dated June 30, 1987); (4) the Mt. Vernon Corridor Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 0-8-87, dated June 30, 1987); and (5) the Rancho/Mill Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 0-13-94, dated July 5, 1994) (collectively and as amended, the "Project Areas"); and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Colton ("Agency") is engaged in activities to redevelop the Project Areas pursuant to the provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Sections 33000, et seq.); and WHEREAS, continued redevelopment of the Project Areas to eliminate blight, improve public facilities and infrastructure, renovate and construct affordable housing, and enter into partnerships with private industries to create jobs and expand the local economy is vital to the health, safety and welfare of the City; and WHEREAS, on June 28, 2011, the State of California enacted California Health and Safety Code Sections 34161, et seq., immediately prohibiting further redevelopment activity by redevelopment agencies and dissolving all redevelopment agencies in the State of California on October 1, 2011; and WHEREAS, on June 28, 2011, the State of California also enacted California Health and Safety Code Sections 34192, et seq., providing communities the opportunity to continue redevelopment activity through their local redevelopment agencies by electing to participate in the "Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program"; and WHEREAS, the Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program allows a community's redevelopment agency to continue operating, rather than being dissolved pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Sections 34161, et seq.; and WHEREAS, the City may participate in the Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program by adoption of an ordinance, at any time prior to November 1, 2011, stating the City's election to 1