FINAL REPORT - San Bernardino Superior Court

Introduction
boundaries of the Victor Valley Project Area consisting of portions of each member’s
jurisdictional boundary within an eight mile radius of the former George Air Force Base. 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 also 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 Board, provided that any financial obligations
would be backed by pledged tax increment revenue allocable solely to that member.
The purposes of the JPA, as stated on page eight of the agreement, are to provide for:
• The coordination of long range planning of the territory of George Air Force Base and
surrounding areas;
• The interaction with the Federal Government;
• The acquisition, through public benefit transfer and economic development conveyance,
and administration and management of an airport or other public facilities at George Air
Force Base;
• The redevelopment of George Air Force Base and surrounding areas; and,
• The financing needed to effectuate such planning, interaction, airport, public facilities
and redevelopment activities.
Importantly, the JPA sets out how the tax increments are to be divided and allocated between the
redevelopment of the former George Air Force Base and the surrounding project area. This
allocation, as defined by the JPA, is described in detail in Section Five of this report.
Victor Valley Amended Redevelopment Plan
The VVEDA established and amended a redevelopment plan to institute a framework for
implementation of the VVEDA Project Area. The most recent and current plan (including
Amendments one through eight) was established in December 2006. The primary purposes of the
Redevelopment Plan are to provide the mechanism and funding to:
• Acquire the Air Base and facilitate the successful reuse of the property;
• Ensure that adequate access exists to and from the major transportation systems and the
Air Base;
• Promote economic development within the area surrounding the Air Base; and,
• Cause the replacement of jobs which resulted from the closure of the Air Base and
provide for affordable housing opportunities in accordance with participating
jurisdictions’ Housing Elements.
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