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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 0-03-11
<br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
<br />COLTON, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF COLTON
<br />TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALTERNATIVE VOLUNTARY
<br />REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA
<br />HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTIONS 34192, ET SEQ., SUBJECT
<br />TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND RESERVATIONS
<br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Colton ("City") currently has five
<br />effective redevelopment projects: (1) the Cooley Ranch Redevelopment Project (adopting
<br />Ordinance No. 1478, dated July 29, 1975); (2) the Santa Ana River Redevelopment Project
<br />(adopting Ordinance No. 1632, dated December 29, 1982); (3) the West Valley
<br />Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 0-10-86, dated July 15, 1986 and its
<br />amendment adopting Ordinance No. 0-9-87, dated June 30, 1987); (4) the Mt. Vernon
<br />Corridor Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 0-8-87, dated June 30, 1987); and
<br />(5) the Rancho/Mill Redevelopment Project (adopting Ordinance No. 0-13-94, dated July 5,
<br />1994) (collectively and as amended, the "Project Areas"); and
<br />WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency for the City of Colton ("Agency") has been
<br />engaged in activities to redevelop the Project Areas pursuant to the provisions of the
<br />California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Sections 33000, et seq.);
<br />and
<br />WHEREAS, continued redevelopment of the Project Areas to eliminate blight,
<br />improve public facilities and infrastructure, renovate and construct affordable housing, and
<br />enter into partnerships with private industries to create jobs and expand the local economy is
<br />vital to the health, safety and welfare of the City; and
<br />WHEREAS, on June 28, 2011, the State of California enacted California Health and
<br />Safety Code Sections 34161, et seq., immediately prohibiting further redevelopment activity
<br />by redevelopment agencies and dissolving all redevelopment agencies in the State of
<br />California on October 1, 2011; and
<br />WHEREAS, on June 28, 2011, the State of California also enacted California Health
<br />and Safety Code Sections 34192, et seq., providing communities the opportunity to continue
<br />redevelopment activity through their local redevelopment agencies by electing to participate
<br />in the "Alternative Voluntary Redevelopment Program'; and
<br />WHEREAS, on July 18, 2011, a Petition for Writ of Mandate was filed in the
<br />Supreme Court of the State of California in the matter of California Redevelopment
<br />Association, et al. v. Ana Matosantos, et al., Case No. 5194861 ("Legal Action"), challenging
<br />the constitutionality of California Health and Safety Code Sections 34161, et seq., and
<br />California Health and Safety Code Sections 34192, et seq., on behalf of cities, counties and
<br />redevelopment agencies and requesting a stay of enforcement of California Health and Safety
<br />Code Sections 34161; et seq., and California Health and Safety Code Sections 34192, et seq.,
<br />pending the Supreme Court's determination of the constitutionality of AB 1X 26 and AB 1X
<br />27; and
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