Chapter 2. General Provisions of California Government Code >> Title 7.85. >> Chapter 2.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions contained in this chapter govern the construction of this title.
  (a) "Authority" means the Fort Ord Reuse Authority.
  (b) "Base-wide facility" means a public capital facility which, in the judgment of the board, is important to the overall reuse of Fort Ord, and has significance beyond any single city or the unincorporated area of the county.
  (c) "Board" means the governing board of the authority, as specified in Section 67660.
  (d) "Fort Ord Reuse Plan" means the plan for the future use of Fort Ord adopted pursuant to Section 67675.
  (e) "Legislative body" means the city council of a city or the board of supervisors of a county, or the legislative body or governing board of any other public agency.
  (f) "Local facility" means a public capital facility which, in the judgment of the board, is important primarily within a single city or the unincorporated area of the county.
  (g) "Member agency" means the County of Monterey and the City of Carmel, the City of Del Rey Oaks, the City of Marina, the City of Sand City, the City of Monterey, the City of Pacific Grove, the City of Salinas, or the City of Seaside.
  (h) "Fort Ord," including references to the territory or area of Fort Ord, means the geographical area described in the document entitled "Description of the Fort Ord Military Reservation Including Portion of the Monterey City Lands Tract No. 1, the Saucito, Laguna Seca, El Chamisal, El Toro and Noche Buena Ranchos, the James Bardin Partition of 1880 and Townships 14 South, Ranges 1 and 2 East and Townships 15 South, Ranges 2 and 3 East, M.D.B. and M. Monterey County, California," prepared by Bestor Engineers, Inc., and delivered to the Sacramento District Corps of Engineers on April 11, 1994.
  (i) "Public capital facilities" means all public capital facilities described in the Fort Ord Reuse Plan, including, but not limited to, roads, freeways, ramps, air transportation facilities and freight hauling and handling facilities, sewage and water conveyance and treatment facilities, school, library, and other educational facilities, and recreational facilities, that could most efficiently and conveniently be planned, negotiated, financed, or constructed by the authority to further the integrated future use of Fort Ord.
  (j) "Redevelopment authority," for purposes of the transfer of property at military bases pursuant to Title XXIX of the National Defense Authorization Act for the 1994 fiscal year, means the Fort Ord Reuse Authority, except that, with respect to property within the territory of Fort Ord that is transferred or to be transferred to the California State University or to the University of California, "redevelopment authority" solely for purposes of the transfer of property at military bases pursuant to Title XXIX of the National Defense Authorization Act for the 1994 fiscal year means the California State University or the University of California, and does not mean the Fort Ord Reuse Authority.

The local agencies specified in Section 67660 may establish the Fort Ord Reuse Authority in accordance with the provisions of this title upon the adoption of resolutions favoring the establishment of the authority by the governing bodies of those local agencies that would appoint a majority of the voting membership of the board as constituted by that section.

(a) The authority is a public corporation of the State of California that is independent of the agencies from which its board is appointed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the powers and duties of the authority are those granted or imposed by this title.
  (b) The jurisdiction of the authority shall be the territory of Fort Ord. The jurisdiction of the authority is subject to the provisions of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5).
  (c) The Legislature finds and declares that the planning, financing, and management of the reuse of Fort Ord is a matter of statewide importance, and that the powers and duties granted to the authority by this title shall prevail over those of any local entity, including any city or county, whether formed under the general laws of the State of California or pursuant to a charter, and any joint powers authority.

The authority's purpose is to plan for, finance, and manage the transition of the property known as Fort Ord from military to civilian use.

In accordance with Section 317 of the Elections Code, the authority is a district for purposes of initiative and referendum under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9 of that code and the voters of the authority are the voters of Monterey County.