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• ® • tike O 99 -oas c'7-19 -99 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING REGARDING TI IE (I V Of I3 f 3-0 WEST SAN LEANDRO- MACARTHUR BOULEVARD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN This is an Agreement dated for the convenience of the Parties hereto as of November 30, 1999, and is entered into between the City of San Leandro, a municipal corporation ("the City") and the County of Alameda, a political subdivision of the State of California ("the County "). RECITALS A. The City of San Leandro adopted the West San Leandro - MacArthur Boulevard Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan ") on July 19, 1999. B. The County supports the Redevelopment Plan, but contends that some portions of the West San Leandro - MacArthur Boulevard Project Area ( "Project Area ") are not blighted enough, under the legal definition of blight as set forth in the Community Redevelopment Law, to require the use of tax increment funds to redevelop those portions of the Project Area. C. The City has found that these portions do indeed meet the definition of blight, but in the interests of maintaining a positive relationship with the County, has agreed to modify the Redevelopment Plan to address the concerns of the County. D. The County is considering locating a new Alameda County Medical Examiner's office within the Project Area and the City supports the County in that endeavor. NOW, THEREFORE, it is agreed as follows: 1. Plan Amendment. The City of San Leandro and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Leandro ( "Agency ") shall process an amendment to the Redevelopment Plan that will eliminate the collection of tax increment funds from the properties identified in the Assessor's Parcel Numbers in Exhibit A and described as Areas A, B and C. The properties will remain within the Project Area. To facilitate the administration of the project's tax increment financing by the County Assessor and County Auditor- Controller, the City and Agency shall apply to and work with the State Board of Equalization to establish Areas A, B and C as discrete tax rate areas. 2. Timing of Plan Amendment. The Plan amendment will be completely processed no later than August 20, 2000. 3. County Facilities. If the County decides to pursue the purchase of the property currently on the market located at Fairway and Merced in San Leandro for a medical examiner's office building, the City agrees to support the acquisition of the property and construction of the project. Neither the City nor the Agency shall provide monetary resources to the project, but the 1 .