To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Reimbursement of $31,250 to the City of El Cerrito for administration costs associated with its Successor Agency
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller to issue payment in the amount of $31,250 to the City of El Cerrito to reimburse a penalty incurred by the City due to a delay in action by the County Oversight Board and, consequently, the late filing of City's FY 2025/26 Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No impact to the General Fund. All funds to reimburse the City of El Cerrito will come from a fund account within the Department of Conservation and Development dedicated to housing and housing administration.
BACKGROUND:
Many cities and counties in California once operated a Redevelopment Agency within their respective jurisdiction including the County and most cities in the County. In 2011, the redevelopment agencies in California were dissolved through Assembly Bill x126 enacted by the California state legislature. These previous redevelopment agencies are now called Successor Agencies, and each city or county Successor Agency is tasked with paying, performing, and enforcing the enforceable obligations of its former redevelopment agency and winding down any activities of its former redevelopment agency.
Every Successor Agency is required to prepare and submit to the California Department of Finance (DOF) a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS) by February 1st of every year until all affairs or activities of the dissolved redevelopment agency are completed. Successor Agency's ROPS must first be approved by an appointed Oversight Board prior to submittal to the DOF, pursuant to Health and Safety Code 34177(o)(1). In Contra Costa County, the official Oversight Board is the Countywide Oversight Board, comprised of members...
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