Carson Consolidated Project Area

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Carson Consolidated Project Area

On October 11, 2010, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 10-1459 adopting the 2010 Amendment to Redevelopment Plans merging Project Area No. 1, the Merged & Amended Project Area, and Project Area No. 4, and creating the Carson Consolidated Project Area.

The merging of all existing redevelopment project areas into a single project area allows the Carson Redevelopment Agency (Agency) greater financial flexibility to provide funds in any project area regardless of its source, streamlines administration, re-instates and extends eminent domain authority, excluding residentially zoned property where person or persons reside for 12 years, and expands the capital improvement project list by one project (i.e., renovation and expansion of the Carson Sheriff’s Station).

What is eminent domain?

Under the law, a public agency may acquire property for a public purpose upon payment of just compensation (fair market value, severance damages, and good will). Eminent domain may only be used after the Agency exhausts all legally-required processes to negotiate with a property owner. The Agency has exercised this power only twice in the last 37 years.

Are residential properties subject to eminent domain?

No. With limited exceptions, the 2010 Plan Amendment restricts the Agency’s use of eminent domain to non-residentially zoned property and property where no persons reside.

What is blight?

Blight is defined in the California Community Redevelopment Law (CRL) as physical and economic conditions that are so significant that they degrade and seriously harm the prospects for physical and economic development without the use of redevelopment.

Why was the 2010 Plan Amendment needed to eliminate blight in the Project Areas?

Although there has been ongoing Agency-assisted development and private investment in the Project Areas, conditions of blight remain and indicate a need for continued redevelopment action. The physical and economic conditions of blight in the Project Areas cannot reasonably be expected to be reversed by private sector investment without redevelopment actions.

Will my property taxes increase now that the 2010 Plan Amendment is adopted?

No. Property taxes on properties within a project area are governed by the same laws as properties outside project areas. The Agency has no power to set tax rates or levy property taxes.

What is tax increment?

Tax increment financing is a method of funding the Agency’s activities by recapturing, over time, a portion of the increase in property tax revenues due to new development and investment in a project area. Property tax increment is the result of the rise in property values, not an increase in tax rates. The Agency can only invest "tax increment" from a project area back into the area.
　
Does being in a redevelopment project area affect my property value?

Generally, the property values within and around the project area increase over time due to the rehabilitation and new construction of buildings and public improvements. Redevelopment activities enhance the value of properties in the area by improving the area’s image and economic base.

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