SECTIONS 67655-67659 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 67655-67659

67655. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions
contained in this chapter govern the construction of this title.
(a) "Authority" means the Fort Ord Reuse Authority.
(b) "Base-wide facility" means a public capital facility which, in
the judgment of the board, is important to the overall reuse of Fort
Ord, and has significance beyond any single city or the
unincorporated area of the county.
(c) "Board" means the governing board of the authority, as
specified in Section 67660.
(d) "Fort Ord Reuse Plan" means the plan for the future use of
Fort Ord adopted pursuant to Section 67675.
(e) "Legislative body" means the city council of a city or the
board of supervisors of a county, or the legislative body or
governing board of any other public agency.
(f) "Local facility" means a public capital facility which, in the
judgment of the board, is important primarily within a single city
or the unincorporated area of the county.
(g) "Member agency" means the County of Monterey and the City of
Carmel, the City of Del Rey Oaks, the City of Marina, the City of
Sand City, the City of Monterey, the City of Pacific Grove, the City
of Salinas, or the City of Seaside.
(h) "Fort Ord," including references to the territory or area of
Fort Ord, means the geographical area described in the document
entitled "Description of the Fort Ord Military Reservation Including
Portion of the Monterey City Lands Tract No. 1, the Saucito, Laguna
Seca, El Chamisal, El Toro and Noche Buena Ranchos, the James Bardin
Partition of 1880 and Townships 14 South, Ranges 1 and 2 East and
Townships 15 South, Ranges 2 and 3 East, M.D.B. and M. Monterey
County, California," prepared by Bestor Engineers, Inc., and
delivered to the Sacramento District Corps of Engineers on April 11,
1994.
(i) "Public capital facilities" means all public capital
facilities described in the Fort Ord Reuse Plan, including, but not
limited to, roads, freeways, ramps, air transportation facilities and
freight hauling and handling facilities, sewage and water conveyance
and treatment facilities, school, library, and other educational
facilities, and recreational facilities, that could most efficiently
and conveniently be planned, negotiated, financed, or constructed by
the authority to further the integrated future use of Fort Ord.
(j) "Redevelopment authority," for purposes of the transfer of
property at military bases pursuant to Title XXIX of the National
Defense Authorization Act for the 1994 fiscal year, means the Fort
Ord Reuse Authority, except that, with respect to property within the
territory of Fort Ord that is transferred or to be transferred to
the California State University or to the University of California,
"redevelopment authority" solely for purposes of the transfer of
property at military bases pursuant to Title XXIX of the National
Defense Authorization Act for the 1994 fiscal year means the
California State University or the University of California, and does
not mean the Fort Ord Reuse Authority.

67656. The local agencies specified in Section 67660 may establish
the Fort Ord Reuse Authority in accordance with the provisions of
this title upon the adoption of resolutions favoring the
establishment of the authority by the governing bodies of those local
agencies that would appoint a majority of the voting membership of
the board as constituted by that section.

67657. (a) The authority is a public corporation of the State of
California that is independent of the agencies from which its board
is appointed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the powers
and duties of the authority are those granted or imposed by this
title.
(b) The jurisdiction of the authority shall be the territory of
Fort Ord. The jurisdiction of the authority is subject to the
provisions of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government
Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section
56000) of Title 5).
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that the planning,
financing, and management of the reuse of Fort Ord is a matter of
statewide importance, and that the powers and duties granted to the
authority by this title shall prevail over those of any local entity,
including any city or county, whether formed under the general laws
of the State of California or pursuant to a charter, and any joint
powers authority.

67658. The authority's purpose is to plan for, finance, and manage
the transition of the property known as Fort Ord from military to
civilian use.

67659. In accordance with Section 317 of the Elections Code, the
authority is a district for purposes of initiative and referendum
under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of that
code and the voters of the authority are the voters of Monterey
County.