City of Long Beach - File #: 11-0038

• File #: 11-0038
• Version: 2
• Name: FM/DS/PW - ORD - levy spl tax
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 1/7/2011
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 2/1/2011
• Final action: 2/1/2011
• Title: Recommendation to declare ordinance levying special taxes within the City of Long Beach Community Facilities District No. 2011-1 (Douglas Park -- North of Cover Street Area -- Services Levy), read and adopted as read. (District 5)
• Sponsors: Financial Management, Development Services, Public Works
• Related files: 11-0037, 11-0036, 11-0016, 11-0035

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/1/2011	2	City Council	approve recommendation and adopt	Pass
1/18/2011	1	City Council	declare ordinance read the first time and laid over to the next regular meeting of the City Council for final reading	Pass

TITLE
Recommendation to declare ordinance levying special taxes within the City of Long Beach Community Facilities District No. 2011-1 (Douglas
Park -- North of Cover Street Area -- Services Levy), read and adopted as read. (District 5)

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 January 18, 2011 regarding the formation of the CFD.

The Community Facilities District Report (Attachment A) describes the services proposed to be funded by the CFD, as well as the proposed boundaries of the CFD and includes an initial cost estimate. The cost estimate reflects the ...