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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-15 - South of Mesa Drive Area & Santa Ana Country ClubRESOLUTION NO. 2008- 15 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH RELATING TO A PROPERTY TAX TRANSFER WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY, AND THE ORANGE COUNTY LIBRARY DISTRICT RELATING TO THE REORGANIZATION OF "SOUTH OF MESA DRIVE" AREA AND THE SANTA ANA COUNTRY CLUB WHEREAS, residents and property owners within the "South of Mesa Drive" community and the Santa Ana Country Club (SACC) have petitioned the Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission (OC LAFCO) to reorganize these territories; and WHEREAS, portions of these territories are within specific redevelopment project areas administered by the Orange County Development Agency (OCDA) which direct most property tax increment to the OCDA; and WHEREAS, in July 2003, the City of Newport Beach annexed the eastern Santa Ana Heights and Bay Knolls communities, and in January 2008, the City of Newport Beach annexed West Santa Ana Heights; and WHEREAS, in 1980, the City Council adopted a Master Property Tax Transfer Agreement ( MPTTA) with the County of Orange that directs that, within certain small annexations of less than 100 acres, 0.51937804992 of the County General Fund share of the 1% Basic Levy shall be transferred to the City and 0.48062195008 of County General Fund share shall remain with the County upon annexation of territory by the City; and WHEREAS, the geographic size of the residents' proposed reorganization is larger than the size (100 acres) whereby the use of the MPTTA is automatic, but the City believes that the split described in the MPTTA remains appropriate for these territories; and WHEREAS, because the City of Newport Beach has its own library system and fire department, the property tax share of the 1% Basic Levy to the Orange County Library System and to the Structural Fire Fund or Orange County Fire Authority should be transferred to the City in an amount equal to 100% of these agencies' respective shares; now, therefore be it RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the City Council hereby states that, upon the effective date of each specific annexation noted herein (South of Mesa Drive and /or the Santa Ana Country Club), the property tax transfer between the City of Newport Beach and the County of Orange General Fund will be as described below. • 0.51937804992 of the County General Fund share of the County General Fund portion of the 1 % Basic Levy shall be transferred to the City of Newport Beach; and • 0.48062195008 of the County General Fund share of the County General Fund portion shall remain with the County; and be it also RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the City hereby requests that, upon the effective date of each speck annexation, 100% of the non- redevelopment property tax revenues accrued from the reorganized or annexed territory to the Orange County Library District shall be transferred to the City of Newport Beach; and be it also RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that the City hereby requests that, upon the effective date of each specific annexation, 100% of the non - redevelopment property tax revenues accrued from the reorganized or annexed territory to the Orange County Fire Authority shall be transferred to the City of Newport Beach. ADOPTED this 11'" day of March, 2008 Mayor ATTEST: �M II r •- STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } as. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2008 -15 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 11th day of March 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich Noes: None Absent: Daigle Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 12th day of March 2008. (Seal) City Clerk Newport Beach, California