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06/23/2014 <br /> ORIGINAL <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 15355 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br /> REDWOOD CITY CONFIRMING THE MAYOR'S APPOINTMENT OF <br /> A MEMBER TO THE REDEVELOPMENT DISSOLUTION <br /> OVERSIGHT BOARD TO SERVE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF <br /> THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY <br /> WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Redwood City ("City") approved and <br /> adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the Redevelopment Project No. 2 <br /> ("Redevelopment Plan"), covering certain properties within the City (the "Project Area"); <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redwood City ("Agency") <br /> has been engaged in activities to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan <br /> pursuant to the provisions of the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and <br /> Safety Code § 33000, et seq.) ("CRL"); and <br /> WHEREAS, since adoption of the Redevelopment Plan the Agency has <br /> undertaken redevelopment projects in the Project Area to eliminate blight, to improve <br /> public facilities and infrastructure, to renovate and construct affordable housing, and to <br /> enter into partnerships with private industries to create jobs and expand the local <br /> economy; and <br /> WHEREAS, as part of the 2011-12 State budget bill, the California Legislature <br /> enacted, and the Governor signed, companion bills AB 1X 26 and AB 1X 27, requiring <br /> that each redevelopment agency be dissolved unless the community that created it <br /> enacts an ordinance committing it to making certain payments; and <br /> WHEREAS, a Petition for Writ of Mandate was filed in the Supreme Court of the <br /> State of California on July 18, 2011 (Califomia Redevelopment Association, et al. v. Ana <br /> Matosantos, et al., Case No. S194861), challenging the constitutionality of AB 1X 26 <br /> and AB 1X 27 on behalf of cities, counties and redevelopment agencies; and <br /> WHEREAS, on December 29, 2011, the Supreme Court issued its final decision <br /> in the aforesaid litigation, upholding AB 1X 26, invalidating AB 1X 27, and extending all <br /> statutory deadlines under AB 1X 26, essentially dissolving all redevelopment agencies <br /> throughout the State effective February 1, 2012; and <br /> ATTY/RES0.2996/CC OVERSIGHT BOARD APPOINTMENT RE50.#15355 <br /> REV:06-13-14 PT MUFF#301 <br /> Page 1 of 3 <br />