FY 1999-2000 RDA Financial StatementsLA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Financial Statements and
Supplemental Data
Year ended June 30, 2000
(with Independent Auditors' Report Thereon)
CONED A
I-XLADAND
ASSOCIATES, SSOCIAl ES' L.L.P. CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Financial Statements and
Supplemental Data
Year ended June 30, 2000
(with Independent Auditors' Report Thereon)
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Financial Statements and Supplemental Data
Year ended June 30, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Independent Auditors' Report 1
Financial Statements:
• Combined Balance Sheet - All Fund Types and Account Groups 2
• Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances - All Governmental Fund Types 3
• Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances - Budget and Actual - All Governmental Fund Types 4
• Notes to the Financial Statements 1 6
Supplemental Data:
Special Revenue Funds:
• Combining Balance Sheet 22
• Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances 23
Debt Service Funds:
• Combining Balance Sheet 24
• Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances 25
Capital Projects Funds:
• Combining Balance Sheet 26
• Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes
in Fund Balances 27
Report on Compliance and on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Based on an Audit of Financial Statements Performed in Accordance with
Government Auditing Standards 28
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CONRADAND
ASSOCIATES,
Board of Directors
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency
La Quinta, California
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
1100 MAIN STREET, SUITE C
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
(949) 474-2020
Fax (949) 263-5520
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the La Quinta Redevelopment
Agency, a component unit of the City of La Quinta, California as of and for the year ended June
30, 2000, as listed in the table of contents. These financial statements are the responsibility of
the management of the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and
Government Auditing Standards issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those
standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining,
on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An
audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe our
audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above prevent fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency at June 30, 2000, and the results
of its operations for the year then ended, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Our audit was made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a
whole. The supplemental data listed in the table of contents is presented for purposes of
additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements of the La Quinta
Redevelopment Agency. Such information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied
in the audit of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly presented in all material
respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.
In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued a report dated August
9, 2000 on our consideration of the Agency's internal control over financial reporting and on our
tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grants.
August 9, 2000
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Combined Balance Sheet - All Fund Types and Account Groups
June 30, 2000
Equity and other credits:
Investment in general fixed assets
Fund balances:
Reserved for:
Debt service
Bond projects
Prepaid items
Advances to other funds
Notes receivable
Unreserved:
Designations
Undesignated
Total equity and
other credits
Total liabilities, equity
and other credits
- - 9,988,279
Governmental Fund T
es
Account Groups
- 4,827,426
3,306,726
4,703,043 - 7,432,840 -
- 12,135,883
14,020,124
332,088 - -
General General
Totals
551,038 - - -
- 551,038
Special
Debt
Capital
Fixed Long -Term
(Memorandum Onl
Assets and Other Debits
Revenue
Service
Projects
Assets Debt
2000
1999
38,631,664
Assets:
Cash and investments (note 3)
$ 7,178,890
5,718,057
4,134,189
- -
17,031,136
11,976,138
Cash with fiscal agent (note 3)
4,703,043
255,336
7,432,840
- -
12,391,219
120,351
14,204,070
104,906
Accounts receivable
59,451
-
60,900
- -
-
332,088
Prepaid items
-
332,088
-
-
833
290,183
Interest receivable
Notes receivable (note 4)
833
2,678,632
-
-
-
_ -
2,678,632
2,668,851
Due from other funds (note 5)
-
591
- -
591
591
Due from other governments
-
-
-
-
551,038
551,038
Advances to other funds (note 6)
551,038
-
-
Property, plant and
-
9,988,279 -
9,988,279
10,233,506
equipment (note 7)
-
Other debits:
Amount available in
-
- 4,827,426
4,827,426
3,306,726
debt service funds
-
-
Amount to be provided for
_
_ 93,098,569
93,098,569
94,586,137
retirement of long-term debt
-
-
Total assets and other debits
$ 15,171,887
6g3O5,481
11,628,520
9,988,279 97,925,995
141,020,162
137,922157
Liabilities E uity and Other Credits
Liabilities:133,178
Accounts payable
$ 101,917
4,503
26,758
- -
14,806
54,928
15,596
Deposits payable
14,806
-
-
- =
591
591
Due to other funds (note 5)
-
591
-
143
-
- -
785,773
775,477
Due to the City of La Quinta
785,630
-
-
589,835
Due to other governments
-
589,835
-
-
Advances from other
-
551,038
-
- '
551,038
551,038
funds (note 6)
Long-term debt
-
- 97,925,995
97,925,995
97,892,863
(notes 9 through 15)
-
-
Total liabilities902,353
1,145,967
26,901
_ 97,925,995
100,001,216
99,290,493
Equity and other credits:
Investment in general fixed assets
Fund balances:
Reserved for:
Debt service
Bond projects
Prepaid items
Advances to other funds
Notes receivable
Unreserved:
Designations
Undesignated
Total equity and
other credits
Total liabilities, equity
and other credits
- - 9,988,279
- 9,988,279
10,233,506
- 4,827,426 _ -
- 4,827,426
3,306,726
4,703,043 - 7,432,840 -
- 12,135,883
14,020,124
332,088 - -
- 332,088
-
551,038 - - -
- 551,038
551,038
2,678,632 - - -
- 2,678,632
2,668,851
6,981,902 - 4,168,779 -
- 11,150,681
(645,0
8,463,522
(612,103)
(645,081)
14,269,534 5,159,514 11,601,619 9,988,279
- 41,018,946
38,631,664
$ 15,171,887 6,305,481 .11,628,520,9,98-8,279 y 97,9!25,995 141,020,162 137,922,157
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances - All Governmental Fund Types
Year ended June 30, 2000
Revenues:
Taxes
Developer fees
Investment income
Rental income
Gain (loss) on sale of land
Litigation settlement proceeds
Total revenues
Expenditures:
Current:
Planning and development
Capital outlay
Debt service:
Principal
Interest
Payments under pass-through
obligations
Total expenditures
Excess (deficiency) of
revenues over (under)
expenditures
5,724,249 18,438,484 114,441 24,277,174 21,5692702
2,789,181 297,616 1,184,192 4,270,989 3,643,070
- - 106,773 106,773 -
1,505,000 - 1,505,000 3,160,000
- 4,750,210 - 4,750,210 4,561,667
- 10 5287 - 10,559,287 8,728,082
2,789,181 17,112,113 1,290,965 21,192,259 20,0927819
2,935,068 1,3J 26,371 (1,176,524) 3,084,915 11476,883
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers in
- 2,078,139 2,349,638 4,427,777
2,967,131
Totals
Special
Debt
Capital
(Memorandum Only)
Revenue
Service
Projects
2000 1999
11,601,619
31 030,667
28,398,158
$ 4,449,326
17,797,305
-
22,246,631 17,962,359
48,860
-
5,000
53,860 643,215
460,209
641,179
109,441
1,210,829 1,532,358
404,752
-
-
404,752 414,236
361,102
-
-
361,102 195,945
-
_
_
- 821,589
5,724,249 18,438,484 114,441 24,277,174 21,5692702
2,789,181 297,616 1,184,192 4,270,989 3,643,070
- - 106,773 106,773 -
1,505,000 - 1,505,000 3,160,000
- 4,750,210 - 4,750,210 4,561,667
- 10 5287 - 10,559,287 8,728,082
2,789,181 17,112,113 1,290,965 21,192,259 20,0927819
2,935,068 1,3J 26,371 (1,176,524) 3,084,915 11476,883
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers in
- 2,078,139 2,349,638 4,427,777
2,967,131
Operating transfers out
(2,078,139) (2,349,638) - (4,427,777)
(2,967,131)
Transfers from the City of La Quinta
Transfers to the City of La Quinta
373,267 - - 373,267
570 149 1
(1> ) - ('660 713 ) (3�230405�862189)
(4,058,420)
(�058833�402
Proceeds of advances from City
- 797,916 1,607,273 2,405,189
5,159,514
Total other financing
sources (uses)
Excess (deficiency) of revenues
and other financing sources over
(under) expenditures and other
financing uses
Fund balances at beginning of year
Fund balances at end of year
(3,275,021) 526,417 2,296,198 (452,406) (3,225,018)
(339,953)
1,852,788
1,119,674
2,632,509
(1,748,135)
14,609,487
3,306,726
10,481,945
28,398,158
30,146,293
$ 14,269,534
5,159,514
11,601,619
31 030,667
28,398,158
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Combined Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances -
Budget and Actual - All Governmental Fund Types
Year ended June 30, 2000
Revenues:
Taxes
Developer fees
Investment income
Rental income
Gain (loss) on sale of land
Total revenues
Expenditures:
Current:
Planning and development
Capital outlay
Debt service:
Principal
Interest
Payments under pass-through obligations
Total expenditures
Excess (deficiency) of revenues
over (under) expenditures
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers in
Operating transfers out
Transfers from the City of La Quinta
Transfers to the City of La Quinta
Proceeds of advances from City
Total other financing sources (uses)
Excess (deficiency) of revenues and other
financing sources over (under) expenditures
and other financing uses
Special Revenue Funds
Variance
Favorable/
Budget_ Actual (Unfavorable
$ 4,000,100
4,449,326
449,226
-
48,860
48,860
220,700
460,209
239,509
341,000
404,752
63,752
150,000
361.102
211,102
4 71� 1,800 5,724,249 1,012,449
3,846,751 2,789,181 1,057,570
3,846,751 2,789,181 1,057,570
865,049 2,935,068 2,070,019
(5,101,876) (2,078,139)
3,023,737
- 373,267
373,267
(3,230,884) (1,570,149)
1,660,735
(8,332,760) (3,275,021)
5,057,739
(7,467,711) (339,953) 7,127,758
Fund balances at beginning of year 14,609,487 14,609,487 -
Fund balances at end of year $ 7,141,776 14,269,534 7,127,758
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Debt Service Funds
Variance
Favorable/
Bud et Actual (Unfavorable)
16,000,397 17,797,305
1,796,908
- 641,179
641,179
16,000,397 18,438,484
2,438,087
16,847,260
295,351 297,616
(2,265)
1,505,000
1,505,000 -
4,850,807
4,750,210 100,597
10,196,102
10,559,287 _ (363,185)
16,847,260
17,112,113 (264,853)
846,863 1,326,371 2,173,234
2,078,139
2,078,139 -
(2,349,838)
(2,349,638) 200
794,348
797,916 3,568
522.649
526,417 3.768
(324,214) 1,852,788 2,177,002
3,306,726 3,306,726 -
2,982,512 5,1� 59� 2,177,002
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Capital Projects Funds
Variance
Favorable/
Budget Actual(Unfavorable)
-
5,000
5,000
145,000
109,441
(35,559)
4,397,866)
2,296,198
(30,559)
114,441
145,000
1,372,011
1,184,192
187,819
115,000
106,773
8,227
1,487,011 1,290,965 196,046
(1,342,011) (1,176,524) 165.487
3,849,838 2,349,638 (1,500,200)
(8,362,704)
(1,660,713)
6,701,991
115,000
1,607,273
1,492,273
4,397,866)
2,296,198
6,694,064
(5,739,877) 1,119,674 6,859,551
10,481,945 10,481,945
4,742,068 11,601,619 6,859,551
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
June 30, 2000
(1) Summary of Si nificant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies of the La Quinta
Redevelopment Agency:
(a) Fund Accounting
The basic accounting and reporting entity is a "fund". A fund is defined as an
independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self -balancing set of accounts,
recording resources, related liabilities, obligations, reserves and equities segregated
for the purpose of carrying out specific activities or attaining certain objectives in
accordance with special regulations, restrictions or limitations.
The accounting records of the Agency are organized on the basis of funds and
account groups classified for reporting purposes as follows:
GOVERNMENTAL FUNDS
Special Revenue Funds
The Special Revenue Funds consist of the Low and Moderate Income Housing
Funds of the Redevelopment Agency and are used to account for the portion of the
Agency's tax increment revenue that is legally restricted for increasing or improving
housing for low or moderate income households.
Debt Service Funds
The Debt Service Funds account for tax increment revenues, bond proceeds and any
related interest income required to be set aside for future debt service. The funds are
used to repay principal and interest on indebtedness of the Agency. Under
provisions of the Health and Safety Code and the Agency's bond resolutions, these
funds are referred to as "Special Funds".
Capit Fro ect5 Funds
The Capital Projects Funds account for bond proceeds available for project
improvements, interest income on invested funds and certain other income. The
funds are expended primarily for redevelopment project costs and administrative
expenses. Under provisions of the Health and Safety Code and the Agency's bond
resolutions, these funds are referred to as "Redevelopment Funds".
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(1 } Sui��mary of Significant Accounting Policies. (Continued)
ACCOUNT GROUPS
General Long -Term Debt Account Grou
This account group is used to account for all long-term debt of the Agency. The
proceeds of the indebtedness are recorded in the Capital Projects (Redevelopment)
Funds and serve as a financing source for redevelopment expenditures.
General Fixed Assets Account 'Groh
The General Fixed Assets Account Group is used to account for the cost of fixed
assets acquired to perform general government functions.
Assets purchased are recorded as expenditures in the governmental fonds and
capitalized at cost in the general fixed assets account group. Contributed fixed assets
are recorded in general fixed assets at fair market value at the time received. Fixed
assets acquired under a capital lease are recorded at the net present value of future
lease payments. No depreciation has been provided on general fixed assets.
(b) Basis of _Accounting
The modified accrual basis of accounting is utilized by all funds of the Agency.
Under the modified accrual basis of accounting, expenditures are recorded when a
current liability is incurred and revenues are recorded when received in cash unless
susceptible to accrual (i.e., measurable and available to finance the Agency's
operations).
(e) Relationship to the City of La Quinta
The Agency is an integral part of the reporting entity of the City of La Quinta. The
funds and account groups of the Agency have been included within the scope of the
financial statements of the City because the City Council of the City of La Quinta
exercises oversight responsibility over the operations of the Agency. Only the funds
and account groups of the Agency are included herein and these financial statements,
and therefore, do not purport to represent the financial position or results of
operations of the City of La Quinta, California.
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(1) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, (Continued)
(d) Cash and Investments
For financial reporting purposes, investments are adjusted to their fair value
whenever the difference between fair value and the carrying amount is material.
Changes in fair value that occur during a fiscal year are recognized as investment
income reported for that fiscal year. Investment income includes interest earnings,
changes in fair value, and any gains or losses realized upon the liquidation or sale of
investments.
(e) BudgetaryReporting
The Agency adopts an annual budget prepared on the modified accrual basis for all
of its governmental funds.
(f) Memorandum Only Totals
Columns in the accompanying financial statements captioned "Totals (Memorandum
Only)" are not necessary for a fair presentation of the financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, but are presented as
additional analytical data.
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Organization and Tax Increment Financing
Redevelopment Goals and Objectives
The general objective of the Redevelopment Plan adopted by the Agency is to encourage
investment in the Redevelopment Project Areas by the private sector. The Redevelopment
Plan provides for the demolition of buildings and 'improvements, the relocation of any
displaced occupants, and the construction of streets, parking facilities, utilities and other
public improvements. The Redevelopment Plan also includes the ability to redevelop land
by private enterprise or public agencies, the rehabilitation of structures, the rehabilitation or
construction of single family and low and moderate income housing, and participation by
owners and tenants of properties in the Redevelopment Project.
Redevelopment Pro`ect Areas
The Agency has established two redevelopment project areas. On November 29, 1983 the
City Council approved and adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the La Quinta
Redevelopment Project Area No. 1. On May 16, 1989 the City Council approved and
adopted the Redevelopment Plan for the La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No. 2.
These plans provide for the elimination of blight and deterioration which was found to exist
in the project areas.
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(2) Organization and Tax Increment Financing, (Continued)
The Coachella Valley Water District is jointly financing projects with the Agency to help
prevent the potential flooding of the project areas.
Tax Increment Financin
The Law provides a means for financing redevelopment projects based upon an allocation of
taxes collected within a redevelopment project. The assessed valuation of a redevelopment
project last equalized prior to adoption of a redevelopment plan or amendment to such
redevelopment plan, or "base roll", is established and, except for any period during which
the assessed valuation drops below the base year level, the taxing bodies, thereafter, receive
the taxes produced by the levy of the current tax rate upon the base roll. Taxes collected
upon any increase in assessed valuation over the base roll ("tax increment") are paid and
may be pledged by a redevelopment agency to the repayment of any indebtedness incurred
in financing or refinancing a redevelopment project. Redevelopment agencies themselves
have no authority to levy property taxes.
(3) Cash and Investments
Cash and investments held by the Agency at June 30, 2000 consisted of the following:
State of California Local Agency Investment Fund $ 4,407,855
Equity in City cash and investment pool 12,623,281
Total cash and investments held by the Agency $17,031,136
Cash and investments held by fiscal agent at June 30, 2000 consisted of the following:
United States Treasury Notes
Federal Farm Credit Bank
Mutual funds - First American Treasury Obligations
Total cash and investments held by fiscal agent
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$ 6,960,864
1,477,728
3,952,627
$12,391219
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
3 Cash and Investments Continued
The City and its component units are authorized by its investment policy to invest in the
following types of investments:
Investment Type Maximum %
Savings/operating accounts 85%
Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) 35%
U.S. government and agency securities 75%
Commercial Paper 30%
Mutual Funds 20%
Certificates of Deposit 60%
Investments of cities in securities are classified in three categories to give an indication of
the level of custodial risk assumed by the entity.
Category 1 - includes investments that are insured or registered or for which the securities
are held by the City or the City's custodial agent (which must be a different institution other
than the party through which the City purchased the securities) in the City's name.
Investments held "in the City's name" include securities held in a separate custodial or
fiduciary account and identified as owned by the City in the custodian's internal accounting
records.
Category 2 - includes uninsured and unregistered investments for which the securities are
held in the City's name by the dealer's agent (or by the trust department of the dealer if the
dealer was a financial institution and another department of the institution purchased the
securities for the City.)
Category 3 - includes uninsured and unregistered investments for which the securities are
held by the dealer's trust department or agent, but not in the City's name. Category 3 also
includes all securities held by the broker-dealer agent of the City (the party that purchased
the securities for the City) regardless of whether or not the securities are being held in the
City's name.
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
3 Cash and Investments Continued
(Continued)
Category --_
I 2 3
Investments held by fiscal agent:
U.S. Treasury Notes $ - 6,960,864
Federal Farm Credit Bank - 1,477,728
$_- 8,438,592 -
Investments held by the City not subject to categorization:
Investment in State of California Local
Agency Investment Fund
Equity in City cash and investment pool
Investments held by fiscal agent not subject to categorization:
Investment in mutual funds:
First American Treasury Obligations
Carrying Amount
6,960,864
1,477,728
8,438,592
4,407,855
12,623,281
3,952,627
$29,422,355
The City is a voluntary participant in the Local Agency Investment Fund (LAIF) that is
regulated by California Government Code Section 16429 under the oversight of the
Treasurer of the State of California. The fair value of the City's investment in this pool is
reported in the accompanying financial statements at amounts based upon the City's pro -rata
share of the fair value provided by LAIF for the entire LAIF portfolio (in relation to the
amortized cost of that portfolio). The balance available for withdrawal is based on the
accounting records maintained by LAIF, which are recorded on an amortized cost basis.
Included in LAIF's investment portfolio are collateralized mortgage obligations, mortgage-
backed securities, other asset-backed securities, loans to certain state funds, and floating rate
securities issued by federal agencies, government-sponsored enterprises, and corporations.
(4) Notes Receivables
In September 1994, the Agency sold certain real property to E.G. Williams Development
Corporation for $2,112,847. The property was used to construct single-family homes and
rental units to increase the City's supply of low and moderate income housing. The note
bears interest at 6% per annum and is due in full on June 15, 2029. At June 30, 2000, the
Outstanding balance plus accrued interest is $2,664,997. At June 30, 2000, the total
outstanding balance of all notes receivable (including other notes aggregating $13,635) is
$2,678,632.
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(5) Due From and To Other Funds
Current interfund receivables and payables balances at June 30, 2000 are as follows:
Current
Current
Interfund
Interfund
Receivables
Payables
Debt Service Fund:
Redevelopment Agency - PA No. 2 $ - 591
Capital Projects Fund:
Redevelopment Agency - PA No. 2 591 -
591 591
(6) Advances to and From Other Funds
The Agency elected to borrow $511,903, and $39,135 from Project Area No. 1 and Project
Area No. 2, respectively, of the Low/Moderate Income Housing Funds to make the ERAF
payment in fiscal year ended June 30, 1994. The Redevelopment Agency Project Area No. 1
and Project Area No. 2 Debt Service Funds will repay the Low/Moderate Income Housing
Special Revenue Funds. The Agency has ten years to repay this loan. The Agency has
elected to make repayment in the tenth year (2003-04).
(7) Changes in General Fixed Assets
The Agency has purchased land which is intended to be used for community facilities. A
summary of general fixed assets transactions for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 is as
follows:
Balances at Balances at
July 1, 1999 Additions Deletions June 30, 2000
Land 10,233.506106.773 3500) 9,9$8.279
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
8) Propelly PropertyTaxes
Under California law, property taxes are assessed and collected by the counties up to 1% of
assessed value, plus other increases approved by the voters. The property taxes are recorded
initially in a pool, and are then allocated to the cities based on complex formulas.
Accordingly, the City of La Quinta accrues only those taxes which are received from the
County within sixty days after year end.
Lien date
Levy date
Due dates
Collection dates
March 1
June 30
November 1 and February 1
December 10 and April 10
The La Quinta Redevelopment Agency's primary source of revenues comes from property
taxes. Property taxes allocated to the Agency are computed in the following manner:
(a) The assessed valuation of all property within the project area is determined
on the date of adoption of the Redevelopment Plan.
(b) Property taxes related to the incremental increase in assessed values after the
adoption of the Redevelopment Plan are allocated to the Agency; all taxes on
the "frozen" assessed valuation of the property are allocated to the City and
other districts.
The Agency has no power to levy and collect taxes and any legislative property tax shift
might reduce the amount of tax revenues that would otherwise be available to pay the
principal of, and interest on, debt. Broadened property tax exemptions could have a similar
effect. Conversely, any increase in the tax rate or assessed valuation, or any reduction or
elimination of present exemptions would increase the amount of tax revenues that would be
available to pay principal and interest on debt.
13
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(9) General Long -Term Debt
Changes in general long-term debt for the year ended June 30, 2000, were as follows:
Project Area No. 1:
Tax allocation bonds
Housing tax allocation bonds
Pass through agreements payable:
Due to County of Riverside
Coachella Valley Unified School
District
Advances from City of La Quinta
Project Area No. 2:
Tax allocation bonds
Housing tax allocation bonds
Due to County of Riverside
Advances from City of La Quinta
Total long-term debt
10 Tax Allocation Bonds
Balance at Balance at
July 1, 1999 Additions Deletions June 30, 2000
$38,850,000
17,172,278
10,116,237
(1,085,000)
- (267,660)
10,068,149 -
3,586,358 469,481
(217,137)
37,765,000
16,904,618
9,899,100
(649,924) 9,418,225
4,055,839
6,750,000 -
(80,000) 6,670,000
4,642,722 -
(72,340) 4,570,382
2,350,000 -
- 2,350,000
4.357,119 1,935,712
- 6,292,831
$97,892,863 2.405,193 (2.372.061 97,925,995
Tax Allocation Refundin Bonds Series 1994
Tax allocation refunding bonds, Series 1994, in the amount of $26,665,000 were issued by
the Agency to refund the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Agency's Tax
Allocation Bonds, Series 1989 and 1990. The remaining proceeds were used to finance
certain capital improvements within the La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No. 1.
Interest rates on the bonds ranges from 3.80% to 8% and are payable semi-annually on
March 1 and September 1 of each year until maturity. The interest and principal of the
bonds are payable solely from pledged tax increment revenues. The bonds are not subject to
redemption prior to maturity. There are certain limitations regarding the issuance of parity
debt as further described in the official statement. A portion of the proceeds was used to
obtain a surety agreement to satisfy the bond reserve requirement. The principal balance of
outstanding bonds at June 30, 2000 is $22,005,000.
14
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(10) Tax Allocation Bonds, (Continued)
Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 1994, (Continued)
A portion of the bond proceeds, in the amount of $27,922,526, was deposited in an
irrevocable trust with an escrow agent to provide for all fixture debt service payments on
the 1989 and 1990 Tax Allocation Bonds. As a result, the bonds are considered to be
defeased and the liability for those bonds has been removed from the general long-term
debt account group. As of June 30, 2000, $14,585,000 of 1990 defeased bonds are
outstanding.
Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 1998 - Project Area No. 1
Tax allocation refunding bonds, Series 1998, in the amount of $15,760,000 were issued
by the Agency to refund the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Agency's Tax
Allocation Bonds, Series 1991. The remaining proceeds were used to finance certain
capital improvements within the La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No. 1. The
unexpended balance of proceeds at June 30, 2000 is $6,800,003.
Interest rates on the bonds range from 5.20% to 5.25% and are payable semi-annually on
March 1 and September 1 of each year until maturity. The interest and principal of the
bonds are payable from pledged tax increment revenues on a parity with the Agency's
previously issued flax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 1994. There are certain
limitations regarding the issuance of parity debt as further described in the official
statement.
Term Bonds maturing September 1, 2028 are subject to mandatory sinking fund
redemption, in part by lot, on September 1, 2013 and on each September 1 thereafter,
through September 1, 2028, at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued
interest. A portion of the proceeds was used to obtain a surety agreement to satisfy the
bond reserve requirement. The principal balance of outstanding bonds at June 30, 2000 is
$15,760,000.
Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 1998 - Project Area No. 2
Tax allocation refunding bonds, Series 1998, in the amount of $6,750,000 were issued by
the Agency to refund the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Agency's Tax
Allocation Bonds, Series 1992. The remaining proceeds were used to finance certain
capital improvements within the La Quinta Redevelopment Project Area No. 2. The
unexpended balance of proceeds at June 30, 2000 is $632,837.
Interest rates on the bonds range from 3.75% to 5.25% and are payable semi-annually on
March 1 and September 1 of each year until maturity. The interest and principal of the
bonds are payable solely from pledged tax increment revenues of Project Area No. 2.
15
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(10) _ Tax Allocation Bonds, (Continued)
Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 1998 - Project Area No. 2, (Continued)
Term Bonds maturing September 1, 2028 and September 1, 2033 are subject to
mandatory sinking fund redemption, in part by lot, on September 1, 2009 and September
1, 2019, respectively, and on each September 1 thereafter at a price equal to the principal
amount thereof plus accrued interest. There are certain limitations regarding the issuance
of parity debt as further described in the official statement. A portion of the proceeds was
used to obtain a surety agreement to satisfy the bond reserve requirement. The principal
balance of outstanding bonds at June 30, 2000 is $6,670,000.
(11) 1995 Housing Tax Allocation Bonds
La Quinta Redevelopment Project Areas Nos. 1 and 2 1995 Housing Tax Allocation
Bonds, were issued by the Agency, July 1, 1995, in the amount of $22,455,000 to
increase, improve and/or preserve the supply of low and moderate income housing in the
City.
Interest is payable semi-annually on March 1 and September 1 of each year commencing
March 1, 1996. Interest payments range from 4% to 6% per annum. The interest and
principal of the bonds are payable from pledged tax increment revenues of both project
areas.
Term Bonds maturing on September 1, 2025 are subject to mandatory sinking fund
redemption, in part by lot, on September 1, 2011 and on each September 1, thereafter,
through September 1, 2025, at a price equal to the principal amount plus accrued interest.
A portion of the proceeds was used to obtain a surety agreement to satisfy the bond
reserve requirement. There are certain limitations regarding the issuance of parity debt as
further described in the official statement. The principal balance of outstanding bonds at
June 30, 2000 is $21,475,000.
(12) Due to County of Riverside
Project Area No. 1
Based on an agreement amended December 21, 1993 between the Agency, the City of La
Quinta, and the County of Riverside (County), the Agency will pay to the County
$10,517,138 from tax increment revenue relating to Project Area No. 1. This agreement
is in consideration of the tax revenues lost by the County as a result of the formation of
Project Area No. 1. The tax increment is to be paid to the County over a payment
schedule through June 30, 2006 in annual amounts ranging from $386,764 to $2,190,473.
Unpaid balances accrue interest at 5.5% per annum. The balance at June 30, 2000 is
$9,899,100.
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
12 Due to County of Riverside Continued
Project Area No. 2
Based on an agreement dated July 5, 1989 between the Agency and the County, until the
tax increment reaches $5,000,000 annually in Project Area No. 2, the Agency will pay to
the County 50% of the County portion of tax increment. At the County's option, the
County's pass-through portion can be retained by the Agency to finance new County
facilities or land costs that benefit the County and serve the La Quinta population. Per
the agreement, the Agency must repay all amounts withheld from the County. The tax
increment is to be paid to the County in amounts ranging from $100,000 to $250,000
over a payment schedule through June 30, 2015. Interest does not accrue on this
obligation. The balance at June 30, 2000 is $2,350,000.
13 Notes Payable to Coachella Valley Unified School District
An agreement was entered into in 1991 between the Agency, the City of La Quinta and
the Coachella Valley Unified School District (District) which provides for the payment to
the District of a portion of tax increment revenue associated with properties within
District confines. Such payments are subordinate to other indebtedness of the Agency
incurred in fi€rtherance of the Redevelopment Plan for Project Area No. 1. This tax
increment is paid to the District over a payment schedule through August 1, 2012 in
amounts ranging from $474,517 to $834,076 for a total amount of $15,284,042. Tax
increment payments outstanding at June 30, 2000 totaled $9,418,225. The District agrees
to use such funds to provide classroom and other construction costs, site acquisition,
school buses, expansion or rehabilitation of current facilities.
(14) Advances from the City of La Quinta
The following represents a summary of the various transactions between the City of La
Quinta and the Agency, accounted for as advances from the City:
There is no stipulated repayment date established for the City advance. Interest is paid at
10% per year.
17
Balances at
Balances at
July 1, 1999
Proceeds
Repayments June 30, 2000
Agency expenditures
incurred by the City:
Project Area No. 1
$3,586,358
469,481
- 4,055,839
Project Area No. 2
4,3579119
1,935,712
- 6,292,831
Totals
$1943,477
2,405,193
- 10,348 670
There is no stipulated repayment date established for the City advance. Interest is paid at
10% per year.
17
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
15 Debt Service Requirements to Maturity
The minimum annual requirements (including sinking fund requirements) to amortize the
long-term debt of the Agency as of June 30, 2000 are as follows (advances payable to the
City have been excluded since minimum annual debt service payments have not been
established):
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
151 Debt Service Reauirements to Maturity. (Continued
Principal and
interest 33,723,489
Less:
Pass-throuch Agreements
Coachella
Valley
Unified
Redevelopment Agency
RDA
RDA PA No. 1
District
Project Area No. 1
PA No. 2
and No. 2
684,233
Tax
Tax
Tax
711,877
2,290,473
Allocation
Allocation
Allocation
1995
755,449
Bonds
Bonds
Bonds
Housing Tax
Fiscal
Series
Series
Series
Allocation
Year
1994
1998
1998
Bonds
2000-01
$2,624,885
819,520
417,467
1,592,187
2001-02
2,620,315
819,520
419,249
1,590,690
2002-03
2,620,855
819,520
420,747
1,592,820
2003-04
2,599,465
819,520
417,080
1,588,538
2004-05
2,612,140
819,520
418,264
1,587,990
2005-06
2,597,700
819,520
419,167
1,590,890
2006-07
2,593,456
819,520
419,785
1,645,502
2007-08
2,590,816
819,520
420,135
1,646,470
2008-09
2,584,232
819,520
420,184
1,645,125
2009-10
2,578,160
819,520
419,550
1,641,540
2010-11
2,571,868
819,520
418,272
1,640,840
2011-12
2,569,442
819,520
416,738
1,641,650
2012-13
2,560,155
819,520
419,819
1,638,750
2013-14
-
1,457,490
417,516
1,638,300
2014-15
-
1,457,520
414,956
1,635,150
2015-16
-
1,455,730
417,012
1,634,150
2016-17
-
1,456,990
418,556
1,630,150
2017-18
-
1,451,300
414,716
1,632,850
2018-19
-
1,453,530
415,491
1,627,100
2019-20
-
1,453,420
415,631
1,627,750
2020-21
-
1,450,970
415,131
1,624,500
2021-22
-
1,451,050
414,106
1,622,200
2022-23
-
1,448,530
417,425
1,620,550
2023-24
-
1,448,280
415,088
1,619,250
2024-25
-
1,445,170
417,094
1,613,150
2025-26
-
1,444,070
413,444
1,611,950
2026-27
-
1,439,850
414,137
2027-28
-
1,437,380
414,044
-
2028-29
-
1,436,400
413,162
2029-30
-
-
411,494
-
2030-31
-
-
413,906
-
2031-32
-
-
410,400
-
2032-33
-
-
410,975
»
2033-34
-
-
410,500
-
Principal and
interest 33,723,489
Less:
Pass-throuch Agreements
Coachella
Valley
Unified
County
School
of
District
Riverside
670,817
1,803,705
684,233
1,903,705
697,918
1,903,705
711,877
2,290,473
726,114
2,290,473
740,636
2,290,473
755,449
100,000
770,558
150,000
785,968
200,000
801,688
200,000
817,722
200,000
834,076
250,000
421,169
250,000
250,000
250,000
Total
7,928,581
8,037,712
8,055,565
8,426,953
8,454,501
8,458,386
6,333,712
6,397,499
6,455,029
6,460,458
6,468,222
6,531,426
6,109,413
3,763,306
3,757,626
3,506,892
3,505,696
3,498,866
3,496,121
3,496,801
3,490,601
3,487,356
3,486,505
3,482,618
3,475,414
3,469,464
1,853,987
1,851,424
1,849,562
411,494
413,906
410,400
410,975
410,500
33,841,440 14,151,241 42,180,042 9,418,225 14,332,534 147,646,971
Interest117, 18 89) (18.081,440) (7,481,241) (20,705.042] - 2,083,434) (60.069,646]
Total
Principal X22005 0 �5&O U0�0 �Q=Q$� 9k418.225 j.�4� (i,� 77 .325
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LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Notes to the Financial Statements
(Continued)
(16) Pledged Tax Revenues
All tax revenues received by the Agency other than the amount required by law to be
deposited in a low and moderate income housing fund, are required to be used to meet
debt service requirements of the bond indentures before any payments may be made on
other obligations of the Agency.
20
SUPPLEMENTAL DATA
21
Assets
Cash and investments
Cash with fiscal agent
Accounts receivable
Interest receivable
Notes receivable
Advances to other funds
Total assets
Liabilities and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Accounts payable
Deposits payable
Due to the City
of La Quinta
Total liabilities
Fund balances:
Reserved for:
Bond projects
Advances to other funds
Notes receivable
Unreserved:
Designations
Undesignated
Total fund balances
Total liabilities and
fund balances
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Special Revenue Finds
Combining Balance Sheet
June 30, 2000
Low/
Low/
Moderate
Moderate
Low/
Low/
Income
Income
Moderate
Moderate
Housing-
Housing-
Bond-
Bond-
Totals
PA No. 1
PA No. 2
PA No. 1
PA No. 2
2000
1999
$ 3,491,036
3,346,138
-
341,716
7,178,890
5,950,451
-
-
2,386,620
2,316,423
4,703,043
6,110,194
59,451
-
-
-
59,451
44,006
-
-
833
-
833
229,099
2,678,632
-
-
-
2,678,632
2,556,508
511,903
39,135
-
-
551,038
551,038
$ 6,741,022 3„385273 2387,453 2,658,139 15,171,887 15,441,296
$ 84,274 7,888 8,929 826 101,917 40,807
14,806 - - - 14,806 15,596
30 20 636,985 148,595 785,630 775,406
99,110 7,908 645,914 149,421 902,353 831,809
- - 2,386,620 2,316,423 4,703,043 6,110,194
511,903 39,135 - - 551,038 551,038
2,678,632 - - - 2,678,632 2,556,508
3,451,377 3,338,230 - 192,295 6,981,902 6,003,850
- - (645,081) - (645,081 (612,103)
6,641,912 3,377,365 1,74I,539 2,508,718 14,269,534 14,609,487
$ 6,741,022 3,385+,273 2,387,453 2,658;139 15,171,887 15,441,296
22
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Special Revenue Funds
Combining Statement of ReN,ciwes, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
Year ended June 30, 2000
Low/ Low/
Moderate Moderate Low/ Low/
Income Income Moderate Moderate
Housing- Housing- Bond- Bond- Totals
PA No. 1 PA No. 2 PA No. 1 PA No. 2 2000 1999
Revenues:
Taxes
Developer fees
Investment income
Rental income
Gain (loss) on sale of land
Total revenues
Expenditures:
Current:
Planning and development
Total expenditures
Excess (deficiency) of
revenues over (under)
expenditures
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers out
Transfers from the
City of La Quints
Transfers to the
City of La Quinta
Total other financing
sources (uses)
Excess (deficiency) of
revenues and other
financing sources over
(under) expenditures
and other financing uses
Fund balances at beginning
of year
Fund balances at end of year
$ 3,194,919
1,254,407
-
_
4,449,326
3,592,472
48,860
-
-
-
48,860
638,215
267,399
151,458
32,618
8,734
460,209
1,044,786
404,752
-
-
-
404,752
414,236
361,102
-
-
-
361,102
195,945
4,277,032
1,405,865
32,618
8,734
5,724,249
5,885,654
2,164,104
532,773
67,695
_ 24,609
2,789,181
2,704,025
2,164,104
532,773
67,695
24,609
2,789,181
2,704,025
2,112,928 873,092 35,07 15,875 2,935,068 3,181,629
(1,739,297) (338,842)
- (2,078,139) (1,302,637)
373,267 373,267 -
- (1,570,149) - (1,570,149) (3,501,574)
(1,739,29 (338,842) (1,570,149 373,267 (3,275,021) (4,804,211)
373,631 534,250 (1,605,226) 357,392 (339,953) (1,622,582)
6,268,281 2,843115 3,346,765 2,151,326 14,609,487 16,232,069
$ 6,641,912 3,377,365 1,741,539 21508 14,269,534 14,609,487
23
Assets
Cash and investments
Cash with fiscal agent
Prepaid items
Interest receivable
Due from other governments
Total assets
Liabilities and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Accounts payable
Due to other funds
Due to other govemunents
Advances from other funds
Total liabilities
Fund balances:
Reserved for:
Prepaid items
Debt service
Total fund balances
Total liabilities and
fund balances
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Debt Service Funds
Combining Balance Sheet
June 30, 2000
Redevelopment Redevelopment
Agency -PA No. 1 Agency -PA No. 2
$ 4,281,480
255,172
332,088
$ 4,868,740
$ 4,503
165,363
511,903
681,769
332,088
3,854,883
4,186,971
$ 4,868,740
24
1,436,577
164
1,436,741
591
424,472
39,135
464,198
972,543
972,543
1,436,741
2000
5,718,057
255,336
332,088
6,305,481
4,503
591
589,835
551,038
1,145,967
332,088
4,827,426
5,159,514
6,305,481
Totals
3,641,336
183,946
37,465
11
3,862,758
4,403
591
551,038
556,032
3,306,726
3,306,726
37862,758
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Debt Service Funds
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
Year ended June 30, 2000
25
Redevelopment
Redevelopment
Totals
Agency -PA No. 1
Agency -PA No.2
2000
1999
Revenues:
Taxes
$ 12,779,677
5,017,628
17,797,305
14,369,887
Investment income
588,883
52,296
641,179
212,862
Total revenues
13,368,560
5,069,924
18;438,484
14,582,749
Expenditures:
Current:
Planning and development
214,629
82,987
297,616
261,530
Debt service:
Principal
1,352,660
152,340
1,505,000
3,160,000
Interest
3,707,492
1,042,718
4,750,210
4,561,667
Payments under pass-
through obligations
6,842,720
3,716,567
10,559,237
8,728,082
Total expenditures
12,117,501
4,994,612
17,112,113
16,711,279
Excess (deficiency) of
revenues over (under)
expenditures
1,251,059
75,312
1,326,371
(2,128,530)
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers in
1,739,297
338,842
2,078,139
1,569,263
Operating transfers out
(1,855,699)
(493,939)
(2,349,638)
(1,254,118)
Proceeds of advances from City
362,208
435,708
797,916
833,402
Total other financing
sources (uses)
245,806
280,611
526,417
1,148,547
Excess (deficiency) of
revenues and other
financing sources over
(under) expenditures and
other financing uses
1,496,865
355,923
1,852,788
(979,983)
Fund balances at beginning
of year
2,690,106
616,620
3,306,726
4,286,709
Fund balances at end of year
$ 4,186,971
972,543
5,159,514
3,306,726
25
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Capital Projects Funds
Combining Balance Sheet
June 30, 2000
Liabilities and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 4,918 21,840 26,758 9,718
Due to the
City of La Quinta 95 48 143 71
Total liabilities 5,013 21,888 26,901 9,789
Fund balances:
Redevelopment
Redevelopment
Totals
Reserved for:
Agency -PA No.1
Agency -PA No.2
2000
1999
Assets
6,800,003
632,837
7,432,840
7,909,930
Cash and investments
$ 1,172,282
2,961,907
4,134,189
2,384,351
Cash with fiscal agent
6,800,003
632,837
7,432,840
7,909,930
Accounts receivable
-
60,900
60,900
60,900
Interest receivable
-
-
-
23,619
Notes receivable
-
-
-
112,343
Due from other funds
-
591
591
591
Total assets
$ 7,972,285
3,656,235
11,628,520
10,491,734
Liabilities and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 4,918 21,840 26,758 9,718
Due to the
City of La Quinta 95 48 143 71
Total liabilities 5,013 21,888 26,901 9,789
Fund balances:
Reserved for:
Bond projects
6,800,003
632,837
7,432,840
7,909,930
Notes receivable
-
-
-
112,343
Unreserved:
Designations
1,167,269
3,001,510
4,168,779
2,459,672
Total fund balances
7,967,272
3,634,347
11,601,619
10,481,945
Total liabilities and
fund balances
$ 7,972,285
3,656,235
11,628,520
10,491,734
26
LA QUINTA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Capital Projects Funds
Combining Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
Year ended June 30, 2000
27
Redevelopment
Redevelopment
Totals
Agency -PA No. l
Agency -PA No.2
2000
1999
Revenues:
Developer fees
$ -
5,000
5,000
5,000
Investment income
11,413
98,028
109,441
274,710
Litigation settlement proceeds
-
-
-
821,589
Total revenues
11,413
103,028
114,441
1,101,299
Expenditures:
Current:
Planning and development
783,471
400,721
1,184,192
677,515
Capital outlay
106,773
-
106,773
-
Total expenditures
890,244
400,721
1,290,965
677,515
Excess (deficiency)
of revenues over
(under) expenditures
(878,831)
297,693
(1,176,524)
423,784
Other financing sources (uses):
Operating transfers in
1,855,699
493,939
2,349,638
1,397,868
Operating transfers out
-
-
-
(410,376)
Transfers to the
City of La Quints
(1,428,676)
(232,037)
(1,660,713)
(556,846)
Proceeds of advances from City
107,273
1,500,000
1,607,273
-
Total other financing
sources (uses)
534,296
1,761,902
2,296,198
430,646
Excess (deficiency) of
revenues and other
financing sources over
(under) expenditures
and other financing uses
(344,535)
1,464,209
1,119,674
854,430
Fund balances at beginning of year
8,311,807
2,170,138
10,481,945
9,627,515
Fund balances at end of year
$ 7,967,272
3,634,347
11,601,619
10,481,945
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CONRADAND
ASSOCIATES; L.L.P
Board of Directors
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency
La Quinta, California
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
1100 MAIN STREET, SUITE C
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
(949) 474-2020
Fax (949) 263-5520
We have audited the financial statements of the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency as of and for the
year ended June 30, 2000, and have issued our report thereon dated August 9, 2000. We conducted
our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the standards applicable to
financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of
the United States.
Compliance
As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements of the La Quinta
Redevelopment Agency are free of material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance
with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and grants, noncompliance with which could
have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial statement amounts. Such
provisions include those provisions of laws and regulations identified in the Guidelines for
Compliance Audits of California Redevelopment Agencies, issued by the State Controller.
However, providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective of our
audit and, accordingly, we do not express such an opinion. The results of our tests disclosed no
instances of noncompliance that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards.
Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
In planning and performing our audit, we considered the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency's
internal control over financial reporting in order to determine our auditing procedures for the
purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and not to provide assurance on the
internal control over financial reporting. Our consideration of the internal control over financial
reporting would not necessarily disclose all matters in the internal control over financial reporting
that might be material weaknesses. A material weakness is a condition in which the design or
operation of one or more misstatements in amounts that would be material in relation to the
financial statements being audited may occur and not be detected within a timely period by
employees in the normal course of performing their assigned functions. We noted no matters
involving the internal control over financial reporting and its operation that we consider to be
material weaknesses.
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MEMBERS OF AICPA AND CALIFORNIA SOCIETY OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
MEMBER OF AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS PRIVATE COMPANIES PRACTICE SECTION
Board of Directors
La Quinta Redevelopment Agency
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This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Audit committee, management, and
the State Controller and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than those
specified parties.
August 9, 2000
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