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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record and open the public hearing to receive public comment;
Adopt resolution to form the City of Long Beach Community Facilities District No. 2011-1 (Douglas Park - North of Cover Street Area - Services Levy) (CFD), authorize the levy of a special tax within the CFD, preliminarily establish an annual appropriations limit for the CFD, and submit the special tax levy and establishment of the appropriations limit to qualified electors of the CFD;
DISCUSSION
The City and The Boeing Company are parties to a Douglas Park Amended and Restated Development Agreement (Amended DA). Section 8.23.2.3 of the Amended RDA provides for the formation of a Community Facilities District (CFD) by the City to include land north of Cover Street in the Douglas Park area of the City, which will finance certain municipal services described in the Amended DA. All of the property proposed to be included in the new CFD is currently owned by The Boeing Company.
The Long Beach Special Tax Financing Improvement Law, as contained in the Long Beach Municipal Code, governs the formation of the CFD by the City Council. The Special Tax Financing Improvement Law provides a mechanism to form Community Facilities Districts to finance municipal services. Once formed, a CFD may finance specified services through payment of a special tax levied against the owners of land within the CFD. These special taxes are then used to pay for any authorized municipal service and any expenses associated with the administration of the CFD.
On January 4, 2011, the City Council adopted a Resolution of Intention to form the CFD. The resolution approved the boundaries for the proposed CFD, described the services to be funded by the CFD, determined the rate and method of apportionment of special taxes to be levied in the new CFD, and initiated proceedings to levy the special tax in the proposed CFD, including calling for a public hearing on Januar...
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