HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08162011 - C.32RECOMMENDATION(S):
WATCH Senate Bill 214 (Wolk): Infrastructure Financing Districts: Voter Approval, a bill
that would revise the provisions governing public facilities that may be financed by
Infrastructure Financing Districts, eliminate the requirement of voter approval, and
authorize the legislative body to create the district, adopt the plan, and issue the bonds by
resolutions, as recommended by the Legislation Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Unknown impact on the County General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
SB 214, by Senator Lois Wolk, would bring Infrastructure Financing Districts (IFDs) more
in line with redevelopment districts by removing the voter approval currently needed for
cities and counties to create IFDs.
IFDs allow the reallocation of existing tax revenues to improve a designated area, and
specifically allows local governments to use their property tax increment to pay for public
works projects. Current law, which requires a two-thirds voter approval to create an IFD,
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RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/16/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: L. DeLaney,
925-335-1097
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: August 16, 2011
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
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Subject:WATCH SB 214 (Wolk): Infrastructure Financing Districts: Voter Approval
discourages local governments from using this option to fund much-needed infrastructure
projects. SB 214 still requires approval of every affected taxing jurisdiction including the
City Council or Board of Supervisors to approve a plan for the IFD thus making it a public
process that allows for community input into the program.
Given the fact that there has been a significant underinvestment in transportation
infrastructure across the state over the past few decades and that the major sources of
transportation funding are no longer sufficient to maintain our current system, let alone
modernize it, SB 214 offers local governments more flexibility to make transportation
investments in their communities.
According to the author "SB 214 makes it easier for local agencies to use IFDs to pay for
public projects, without impacting school district's share of property tax or the state's general
fund. In a fiscally distressed economic climate, local officials need a flexible financing tool
that is rigorous and responsible. Currently, existing law perversely incentivizes locals to
pursue less accountable financing mechanisms."
Cities and counties can create IFDs and issue bonds to pay for community scale public
works: highways, transit, water systems, sewer projects, flood control, child care facilities,
libraries, parks, and solid waste facilities. To repay the bonds, IFDs divert property tax
increment revenues from other local governments for 30 years. However, IFDs are
prohibited from diverting property tax increment revenues from schools.
For several years, local officials were reluctant to form IFDs because they worried about the
constitutionality of using tax increment revenue from property that was not within the
redevelopment project area. When a 1998 Attorney General's opinion allayed those
concerns, the City of Carlsbad formed an IFD in 1999 to fund the public works for a new
hotel located adjacent to the Legoland theme park. That small project is the only example of
local officials' use of the 1990 IFD law. The broader use of IFDs may attract more attention
and the appellate courts may be asked to determine whether it is constitutional to divert
property tax increment to IFDs.
Public officials continue to search for ways to raise the capital they need to invest in public
works projects, like public transit facilities, infill development, or clean water. One concept
recognizes that expanded public structures can boost the value of nearby property. Higher
property values produce higher property tax revenues. Property tax increment financing
captures those property tax increment revenues. When redevelopment officials use property
tax increment financing to eradicate blight, state law does not require voter approval. When
local officials use IFDs to capture property tax increment revenues, state law requires a
two-thirds approval.
Recognizing these barriers, this bill removes key impediments to IFDs, such as the voting
requirements to form and bond the IFD.
In addition, the bill extends the term of the IFD bonds from 30 to 40 years, allowing for a
longer debt repayment period lowering monthly payments. Also, to increase transparency,
this bill includes measures of programmatic and fiscal accountability, requiring IFDs to
annually report its progress and expenditures to its affected taxing entities and landowners.
Since the creation of IFD law, there have been multiple bills that have tailored IFD law to
specific local circumstances. In 1999 the Legislature created a parallel law for IFDs to
stimulate development and international trade in the "border development zone," about 400
square miles next to the Mexico border [SB 207 (Peace), Chapter 773, Statutes of 1999].
However, San Diego officials have yet to use this authority. In 2005, the Legislature passed
SB 1085 (Migden), Chapter 213, Statutes of 2005, which provided for changes and
additions to the IFD law to enable the City and County of San Francisco to finance needed
public infrastructure improvements to specified waterfront properties. This authority was
expanded even further for San Francisco last year in AB 1199 (Ammiano), Chapter 664,
Statutes of 2010.
This bill contains provisions that allow an IFD to be formed in an area that is or was
previously in a redevelopment project area. Current law expressly prohibits this.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Support arguments: Supporters argue that this bill creates a more flexible development
tool to finance needed public works projects. Given the "opt-in" nature of IFDs tax
increment financing, more local governments will have a voice in if their growth in
property tax is allocated, a luxury currently not provided to them under redevelopment
law.
Opposition arguments: Opposition could say that by removing the voter approval
requirements for the creation of an IFD and the issuance of tax allocation bonds, this will
remove any input or direct voter oversight. Moreover, with the removal of the voting
requirement the measure is creating more of a redevelopment type agency without the
requirement of making a finding of blight.
Support : California Infill Builders Association, California Professional Firefighters,
California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, California Special Districts Association,
California State Association of Counties, Counties of Imperial and Yolo, Davis Joint
Unified School District, Los Angeles Business Council, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit District, Supervisor Gary Wyatt, District 4, Imperial County Board of
Supervisors, The Nature Conservancy, The Non -Profit Housing Association of Northern
California, TransForm (if amended), Individual letter (see Yolo County letter of support
in Attachment )
Opposition: California Building Industry Association (unless amended), California
Business Properties Association (unless amended), California Taxpayers Association,
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association
STATUS: Assembly Third Reading File
The Legislation Committee considered this bill at its July 28, 2011 meeting and
recommends a position of "Watch" to the Board of Supervisors.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Contra Costa County not be on record with a position on this bill.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None.
ATTACHMENTS
SB 214 bill text and Yolo County letter of support
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 21, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 25, 2011
SENATE BILL No. 214
Introduced by Senator Wolk
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Williams)
February 8, 2011
An act to amend Sections 53395, 53395.3, 53395.4, 53395.5, 53395.6,
53395.7, 53395.10, 53395.11, 53395.12, 53395.14, 53395.19, 53395.20,
53396, 53397.1, and 53397.2 of, and to repeal Sections 53395.21,
53395.22, 53395.23, 53395.24, 53395.25, 53397.4, 53397.5, 53397.6,
and 53397.7 of, the Government Code, relating to infrastructure
financing districts.
legislative counsel’s digest
SB 214, as amended, Wolk. Infrastructure financing districts: voter
approval: repeal.
(1) Existing law authorizes a legislative body, as defined, to create
an infrastructure financing district, adopt an infrastructure financing
plan, and issue bonds, for which only the district is liable, to finance
specified public facilities, upon voter approval.
This bill would revise the provisions governing the public facilities
that may be financed. The bill would eliminate the requirement of voter
approval and authorize the legislative body to create the district, adopt
the plan, and issue the bonds by resolutions. The bill would authorize
a district to finance specified actions and projects and prohibit the district
from providing financial assistance to a vehicle dealer or big box retailer,
as defined.
(2) Existing law requires that an infrastructure financing plan created
by a legislative body include a date on which the district will cease to
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exist, which shall not be more than 30 years from the date on which the
ordinance forming the district is adopted.
This bill instead would specify that the date on which the district
would cease to exist would not be more than 40 years from the date on
which the legislative body adopted the resolution adopting the
infrastructure financing plan. The bill would also impose additional
reporting requirements after the adoption of an infrastructure financing
plan.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1. Section 53395 of the Government Code is
amended to read:
53395. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state
and federal governments have withdrawn in whole or in part from
their former role in financing infrastructure, including highways
and interchanges, sewage treatment and water reclamation works,
water supply and treatment works, flood control and drainage
works, schools, libraries, parks, parking facilities, open space, and
seismic retrofit and rehabilitation of public facilities.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares that the methods
available to local agencies to finance public works often place an
undue and unfair burden on buyers of new homes, especially for
public works that benefit the broader community.
(c) The Legislature further finds and declares that the absence
of practical and equitable methods for financing public works leads
to a declining standard of public works, a reduced quality of life
and decreased safety for affected citizens, increased objection to
otherwise desirable development, and excessive costs for
homebuyers.
(d) The Legislature further finds and declares that because
California’s disadvantaged communities, as defined in Section
75005 of the Public Resources Code, may not be beneficiaries of
quality public works, these communities are neglected and, thus,
isolated from and deprived of the basic facilities needed for public
health and safety.
(e) The Legislature further finds and declares that it is equitable
and in the public interest to provide alternative procedures for
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financing public works and services needed to meet the needs of
new housing, disadvantaged communities, and other development
projects.
SEC. 2. Section 53395.3 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.3. (a) A district may finance (1) the purchase,
construction, expansion, improvement, seismic retrofit, or
rehabilitation of any real or other tangible property with an
estimated useful life of 15 years or longer which satisfies the
requirements of subdivision (b), (2) may finance planning and
design work which is directly related to the purchase, construction,
expansion, or rehabilitation of that property, and (3) the costs
described in Sections 53395.5, and 53396.5. A district may only
finance the purchase of facilities for which construction has been
completed, as determined by the legislative body. The facilities
need not be physically located within the boundaries of the district.
A district shall not finance routine maintenance, repair work, or
the costs of ongoing operation or providing services of any kind.
A district shall not compensate the members of the legislative body
of the city for any activities undertaken pursuant to this chapter.
(b) The district shall finance only structural or nonstructural
public capital facilities, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
(1) Highways, interchanges, ramps and bridges, arterial streets,
parking facilities, and transit facilities.
(2) Sewage treatment and water reclamation plants and
interceptor pipes.
(3) Facilities and watershed lands used for the collection and
treatment of water for urban uses.
(4) Flood control levees and management, including levees,
bypasses, dams, retention basins, and drainage channels.
(5) Child care facilities.
(6) Libraries.
(7) Parks, recreational facilities, and open space open space,
and habitat restoration.
(8) Facilities for the transfer and disposal of solid waste,
including transfer stations and vehicles.
(c) The district may finance any actions necessary to implement
the Polanco Redevelopment Act (Article 12.5 (commencing with
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Section 33459) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health
and Safety Code).
(d) The district may finance any projects that implement a
sustainable communities strategy prepared pursuant to Section
65074.
(e) Any district which constructs dwelling units shall set aside
not less than 20 percent of those units to increase and improve the
community’s supply of low- and moderate-income housing
available at an affordable housing cost, as defined by Section
50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, to persons and families of
low- and moderate-income, as defined in Section 50093 of the
Health and Safety Code.
SEC. 3. Section 53395.4 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.4. (a) A district shall not provide any form of financial
assistance to a vehicle dealer or a big box retailer, or a business
entity that sells or leases land to a vehicle dealer or big box retailer,
that is relocating from the territorial jurisdiction of one local agency
to the territorial jurisdiction of another local agency but within the
same market area, as those terms are used in Section 53084.
(b) A district may finance only the facilities authorized in this
chapter to the extent that the facilities are in addition to those
provided in the territory of the district before the district was
created. The additional facilities may not supplant facilities already
available within that territory when the district was created but
may supplement those facilities as needed to serve new
developments.
(c) A district may include areas which are not contiguous.
SEC. 4. Section 53395.5 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that the establishment
of a district should not ordinarily lead to the removal of existing
dwelling units. If, however, any dwelling units are proposed to be
removed or destroyed in the course of private development or
public works construction within the area of the district, the
legislative body shall do all of the following:
(a) Within four years of the removal or destruction, cause or
require the construction or rehabilitation, for rental or sale to
persons or families of low or moderate income, of an equal number
of replacement dwelling units at affordable housing cost, as defined
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in Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, within the
territory of the district if the dwelling units removed were inhabited
by persons or families of low or moderate income, as defined in
Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Within four years of the removal or destruction, cause or
require the construction or rehabilitation, for rental or sale to
persons of low or moderate income, a number of dwelling units
which is at least one unit but not less than 20 percent of the total
dwelling units removed at affordable housing cost, as defined in
Section 50052.5 of the Health and Safety Code, within the territory
of the district if the dwelling units removed or destroyed were not
inhabited by persons of low or moderate income, as defined in
Section 50093 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) Provide relocation assistance and make all the payments
required by Chapter 16 (commencing with Section 7260) of
Division 7 of Title 1, to persons displaced by any public or private
development occurring within the territory of the district. This
displacement shall be deemed to be the result of public action.
(d) Ensure that removal or destruction of any dwelling units
occupied by persons or families of low or moderate income not
take place unless and until there are suitable housing units, at
comparable cost to the units from which the persons or families
were displaced, available and ready for occupancy by the residents
of the units at the time of their displacement. The housing units
shall be suitable to the needs of these displaced persons or families
and shall be decent, safe, sanitary, and otherwise standard
dwellings.
SEC. 5. Section 53395.6 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.6. Any action or proceeding to attack, review, set aside,
void, or annul the creation of a district, adoption of an infrastructure
financing plan, including a division of taxes thereunder, shall be
commenced within 30 days after the date the legislative body
adopted the resolution adopting the infrastructure financing plan
pursuant to Section 53395.20. Consistent with the time limitations
of this section, such an action or proceeding with respect to a
division of taxes under this chapter may be brought pursuant to
Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of
the Code of Civil Procedure, except that Section 869 of the Code
of Civil Procedure shall not apply.
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SEC. 6. Section 53395.7 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.7. An action to determine the validity of the issuance
of bonds pursuant to this chapter may be brought pursuant to
Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of
the Code of Civil Procedure. However, notwithstanding the time
limits specified in Section 860 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the
action shall be commenced within 30 days after the date the
legislative body adopted the resolution authorizing the issuance
of the bonds pursuant to Section 53397.1, if the action is brought
by an interested person pursuant to Section 863 of the Code of
Civil Procedure. Any appeal from a judgment in that action or
proceeding shall be commenced within 30 days after entry of
judgment.
SEC. 7. Section 53395.10 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.10. A legislative body of a city may designate one or
more proposed infrastructure financing districts pursuant to this
chapter. Proceedings for the establishment of a district shall be
instituted by the adoption of a resolution of intention to establish
the proposed district and shall do all of the following:
(a) State that an infrastructure financing district is proposed to
be established under the terms of this chapter and describe the
boundaries of the proposed district, which may be accomplished
by reference to a map on file in the office of the clerk of the city.
(b) State the type of public facilities proposed to be financed
by the district. The district may only finance public facilities
authorized by Section 53395.3.
(c) State the need for the district and the goals the district
proposes to achieve by financing public facilities.
(d) State that incremental property tax revenue from the city
and some or all affected taxing entities within the district may be
used to finance these public facilities.
(e) Fix a time and place for a public hearing on the proposal.
SEC. 8. Section 53395.11 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.11. The legislative body shall direct the clerk to mail a
copy of the resolution of intention to create the district to each
owner of land within the district and to each affected taxing entity.
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SEC. 9. Section 53395.12 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.12. The legislative body shall direct the clerk to post a
copy of the resolution of intention to create the district in an easily
identifiable and accessible location on the legislative body’s
Internet Web site.
SEC. 10. Section 53395.14 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.14. After receipt of a copy of the resolution of intention
to establish a district, the official designated pursuant to Section
53395.13 shall prepare a proposed infrastructure financing plan.
The infrastructure financing plan shall be consistent with the
general plan of the city within which the district is located and
shall include all of the following:
(a) A map and legal description of the proposed district, which
may include all or a portion of the district designated by the
legislative body in its resolution of intention.
(b) A description of the public facilities required to serve the
development proposed in the area of the district including those
to be provided by the private sector, those to be provided by
governmental entities without assistance under this chapter, those
public improvements and facilities to be financed with assistance
from the proposed district, and those to be provided jointly. The
description shall include the proposed location, timing, and costs
of the public improvements and facilities.
(c) A finding that the public facilities provide significant benefits
to an area larger than the area of the district.
(d) A financing section, which shall contain all of the following
information:
(1) A specification of the maximum portion of the incremental
tax revenue of the city and of each affected taxing entity proposed
to be committed to the district for each year during which the
district will receive incremental tax revenue. The portion need not
be the same for all affected taxing entities. The portion may change
over time.
(2) A projection of the amount of tax revenues expected to be
received by the district in each year during which the district will
receive tax revenues, including an estimate of the amount of tax
revenues attributable to each affected taxing entity for each year.
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(3) A plan for financing the public facilities to be assisted by
the district, including a detailed description of any intention to
incur debt.
(4) A limit on the total number of dollars of taxes which may
be allocated to the district pursuant to the plan.
(5) A date on which the district will cease to exist, by which
time all tax allocation to the district will end. The date shall not
be more than 40 years from the date the legislative body adopted
the resolution adopting the infrastructure financing plan pursuant
to Section 53395.20.
(6) An analysis of the costs to the city of providing facilities
and services to the area of the district while the area is being
developed and after the area is developed. The plan shall also
include an analysis of the tax, fee, charge, and other revenues
expected to be received by the city as a result of expected
development in the area of the district.
(7) An analysis of the projected fiscal impact of the district and
the associated development upon each affected taxing entity.
(e) If any dwelling units occupied by persons or families of low
or moderate income are proposed to be removed or destroyed in
the course of private development or public works construction
within the area of the district, a plan providing for replacement of
those units and relocation of those persons or families consistent
with the requirements of Section 53395.5.
(f) The goals the district proposes to achieve by financing public
facilities.
SEC. 11. Section 53395.19 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.19. (a) The legislative body shall not enact a resolution
forming a district and providing for the division of taxes of any
affected taxing entity pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with
Section 53396) unless a resolution approving the plan has been
adopted by the governing body of each affected taxing entity which
is proposed to be subject to division of taxes pursuant to Article
3 (commencing with Section 53396) has been filed with the
legislative body at or prior to the time of the hearing.
(b) In the case of an affected taxing entity that is a special district
which provides fire protection services and where the county board
of supervisors is the governing authority or has appointed itself as
the governing board of the district, the plan shall be adopted by a
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separate resolution approved by the district’s governing authority
or governing board.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the
legislative body from amending its infrastructure financing plan
and adopting a resolution forming the infrastructure financing
district without allocation of the tax revenues of any affected taxing
entity that has not approved the infrastructure financing plan by
resolution of the governing body of the affected taxing entity.
SEC. 12. Section 53395.20 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53395.20. (a) At the conclusion of the hearing required by
Section 53395.17, the legislative body may adopt a resolution
adopting the infrastructure financing plan, as modified, and
approving the formation of the infrastructure financing district in
a manner consistent with Section 53395.19, or it may abandon the
proceedings.
(b) No later than June 30 of each year after the adoption of the
infrastructure financing plan, the legislative body shall direct the
clerk to mail an annual report to each owner of land within the
district and each affected taxing entity. The legislative body shall
direct the clerk to post this annual report in an easily identifiable
and accessible location on the legislative body’s Internet Web site.
The annual report shall contain all of the following:
(1) A summary of the district’s expenditures.
(2) A description of the progress made towards the district’s
adopted goals.
(3) An assessment of the status regarding completion of the
district’s public works projects.
(c) If the district fails to provide the annual report required by
subdivision (b), the district shall not spend any funds to construct
public works projects until the annual report is submitted.
(d) If the district fails to produce evidence of progress made
towards achieving its adopted goals for five consecutive years, the
district shall not spend any funds to construct any new public works
projects; provided, however, the district may complete any public
works projects that it had started. Any excess property tax
increment revenues that had been allocated for new public works
projects shall be reallocated to the affected taxing entities.
SEC. 13. Section 53395.21 of the Government Code is
repealed.
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SEC. 14. Section 53395.22 of the Government Code is
repealed.
SEC. 15. Section 53395.23 of the Government Code is
repealed.
SEC. 16. Section 53395.24 of the Government Code is
repealed.
SEC. 17. Section 53395.25 of the Government Code is
repealed.
SEC. 18. Section 53396 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53396. Any infrastructure financing plan may contain a
provision that taxes, if any, levied upon taxable property in the
area included within the infrastructure financing district each year
by or for the benefit of the State of California, or any affected
taxing entity after the effective date of the resolution adopted
pursuant to Section 53395.20 to create the district, shall be divided
as follows:
(a) That portion of the taxes which would be produced by the
rate upon which the tax is levied each year by or for each of the
affected taxing entities upon the total sum of the assessed value
of the taxable property in the district as shown upon the assessment
roll used in connection with the taxation of the property by the
affected taxing entity, last equalized prior to the effective date of
the resolution adopted pursuant to Section 53395.20 to create the
district, shall be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid to,
the respective affected taxing entities as taxes by or for the affected
taxing entities on all other property are paid.
(b) That portion of the levied taxes each year specified in the
adopted infrastructure financing plan for the city and each affected
taxing entity which has agreed to participate pursuant to Section
53395.19 in excess of the amount specified in subdivision (a) shall
be allocated to, and when collected shall be paid into a special
fund of, the district for all lawful purposes of the district. Unless
and until the total assessed valuation of the taxable property in a
district exceeds the total assessed value of the taxable property in
the district as shown by the last equalized assessment roll referred
to in subdivision (a), all of the taxes levied and collected upon the
taxable property in the district shall be paid to the respective
affected taxing entities. When the district ceases to exist pursuant
to the adopted infrastructure financing plan, all moneys thereafter
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received from taxes upon the taxable property in the district shall
be paid to the respective affected taxing entities as taxes on all
other property are paid.
SEC. 19. Section 53397.1 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53397.1. The legislative body may, by majority vote, authorize
the issuance of bonds pursuant to this chapter by adopting a
resolution.
SEC. 20. Section 53397.2 of the Government Code is amended
to read:
53397.2. The resolution adopted pursuant to Section 53397.1
shall contain all of the following information:
(a) A description of the facilities to be financed with the
proceeds of the bond issue.
(b) The estimated cost of the facilities, the estimated cost of
preparing and issuing the bonds, and the principal amount of the
bond issuance.
(c) The maximum interest rate and discount on the bond
issuance.
(d) A determination of the amount of tax revenue available or
estimated to be available, for the payment of the principal of, and
interest on, the bonds.
(e) A finding that the amount necessary to pay the principal of,
and interest on, the bond issuance will be less than, or equal to,
the amount determined pursuant to subdivision (d).
(f) The issuance of the bonds in one or more series.
(g) The date the bonds will bear.
(h) The denomination of the bonds.
(i) The form of the bonds.
(j) The manner and execution of the bonds.
(k) The medium of payment in which the bonds are payable.
(l) The place or manner of payment and any requirements for
registration of the bonds.
(m) The terms or call of redemption, with or without premium.
SEC. 21. Section 53397.4 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 22. Section 53397.5 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 23. Section 53397.6 of the Government Code is repealed.
SEC. 24. Section 53397.7 of the Government Code is repealed.
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COUNTY OF YOLO
Board of Supervisors
District 1, Michael H. McGowan
District 2, Don Saylor
District 3, Matt Rexroad
District 4, Jim Provenza
District 5, Duane Chamberlain
625 Court Street, Room 204 ▪ Woodland, CA 95695
(530) 666-8195 ▪ FAX (530) 666-8193
www.yolocounty.org
County Administrator, Patrick S. Blacklock
Deputy Clerk of the Board, Julie Dachtler
March 11, 2011
The Honorable Lois Wolk
California State Senate
State Capitol, Room 5114
Sacramento, CA 95814
RE: Senate Bill 214 – Infrastructure Financing Districts – SUPPORT
Dear Senator Wolk,
The Yolo County Board of Supervisors supports your bill, SB 214, which streamlines the
process for creating infrastructure financing districts (IFDs), extends the term of IFDs from 30
to 40 years and makes other modernizing improvements to this underutilized economic
development tool. This legislation will make it easier for local governments to implement IFDs
and invest in infrastructure vital to stimulating local economic growth and development.
Yolo County secured $124,000 in grant funding from U.S. Economic Development
Administration to study infrastructure deficiencies and develop facility master plans to guide
sewer and water upgrades for community services districts in Esparto, Knights Landing,
Madison and Yolo. A streamlined process for IFDs could help finance infrastructure
improvements necessary for targeted economic development in these existing unincorporated
communities, consistent with the goals of the Yolo County 2030 General Plan and smart
growth principles.
Thank you for authoring this important legislation. If you or your staff have any questions
about this position, please contact the Board of Supervisors at (530) 666-8195 or Petrea
Marchand at (530) 666-8128 or petrea.marchand@yolocounty.org.
Sincerely,
MATT REXROAD, Chair
Yolo County Board of Supervisors
cc: Assemblyman Jim Nielsen
Assemblymember Mariko Yamada