FINAL REPORT - San Bernardino Superior Court

Section 5: SCLAA Bond Expenditures
VVEDA JPA Stipulates the Development and Redevelopment of
GAFB and the Surrounding Redevelopment Project Area
The Victor Valley Economic Development Agency (VVEDA) was created in 1989 through a
JPA between Victorville, Hesperia, Apple Valley, and the County of San Bernardino 1 in
response to the economic repercussions of the imminent closing of GAFB. In 1993 the VVEDA
members established the original boundaries of the Victor Valley Project Area consisting of
portions of each member’s jurisdictional boundary within an eight mile radius of GAFB. The
VVEDA currently operates under the Fourth Amended and Restated JPA, which provided for the
inclusion of the City of Adelanto in 2000. The current JPA enables each member entity to enter
into transactions and execute agreements within their respective portions of the VVEDA project
area without approval of the full VVEDA Commission, provided that any pledged tax increment
revenue would be allocable to that member.
The VVEDA JPA provides for the delegation and assignment of the member jurisdictions’
voting rights with respect to all issues directly affecting the operation and redevelopment of the
former George Air Force Base to the Victorville City Council acting as the SCLAA Board. The
responsibilities delegated to the City Council for SCLAA include: (1) all budgeting authority; (2)
all redevelopment authority; and, (3) all operational and management authority affecting the
GAFB parcels. Essentially, the Victorville City Council, acting as the SCLAA, has the authority
to redevelop, operate, and manage all aspects of the former GAFB, now known as the Southern
California Logistics Airport (SCLA). Notably, the City of Victorville fulfilled the responsibilities
for the treasury function of VVEDA (separate from its responsibilities over SCLAA finances)
until 2009, when the VVEDA Board transferred such responsibility to the City of Apple Valley.
VVEDA JPA Stipulates the Allocation of Tax Increment Revenues
The VVEDA JPA sets out how tax increment revenues are to be divided and allocated between
the redevelopment of the former GAFB and the surrounding project area. The VVEDA JPA also
places restrictions on certain portions of the tax increment revenues to be set aside for low and
moderate-income housing and for eligible annual reimbursements to member jurisdictions for
outstanding balances of prior contributions.
As illustrated in Chart 5.1 and Chart 5.2 below, the VVEDA JPA sets specific restrictions on the
allocation of tax increment revenues raised on and off the GAFB parcels to comply with State
redevelopment law and to ensure that there are sufficient resources to develop and redevelop the
former air force base.
1 The County of San Bernardino Redevelopment Agency was the authorized recipient of tax increment accrued
within unincorporated areas of the Victor Valley Project Area.
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