Office of Audit and Evaluation Director

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Office of Audit Services and Management Support M EMORANDUM To: FrankBillingsley, Economic Development Director From: BerylH. Davis, CPA, CGFM, Director  Officeof Audit Services and Management Support Re: FollowUpof Audit of Community Redevelopment Agency Tax Increment Revenue and Downtown Development Board One Mill Tax Revenue (Report No. 0616) Date: July26, 2006 Attached is a summary of the status of recommendations as determined from our followup review of Audit of Community Redevelopment Agency Tax Increment Revenue and Downtown Development Board One Mill Tax Revenue(Report No. 0524), issued September 26, 2005.Our review procedures consisted of staff inquiries anda review of the status of the recommendations provided by management of the responsible agencies. Our followup was made in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, except that we did not perform substantial tests of evidence supporting the replies from the officials responsible for resolving audit findings and recommendations. Two of the five recommendations in the original report were implemented and three others are partially implemented.The recommendations that are partially implemented regard the CRA and DDB districts’ boundaries, which have recently been verified by City Survey staff. CRA staff stated that boundary and associated parcel exceptions will be discussed with Orange County within the current fiscal year, when a suitable date can be set.We encourage City officials to quickly notify Orange County about errors in the current database and request timely corrections of those errors to ensure the accurate calculation of taxes. Mona Mellon, Audit Program Manager, performed this followup review. We wish to thank the officials and personnel of the Economic Development Department for their cooperation and response to the followup request. BHD/am Attachment c: HonorableBuddy Dyer, Mayor  CherylJ. Henry, Chief of Staff  ByronW. Brooks, Chief Administrative Officer  RebeccaW. Sutton, Chief Financial Officer Jody Litchford, Interim City Attorney  RichardHoward, City Engineer  ConradCross, Chief Information Officer Joyce Sellen, CRA/DDB Project Manager

R EPLY AND I MPLEMENTATION S UMMARY F OLLOW U P OF A UDIT OF CRA AND DDB R EVENUE CURRENT IMPLEMENTATION STATUSDATE AUDITEECOMMENTS #RECOMMENDATIONRESPONSE 1. TheCRA and DDB staff should provide theConcur PartiallyJuly 2006,Completion of survey verification of st necessary documentation for the appropriateImplemented VerifiedCRA/DDB boundarieswas 1step. Revised CRA/DDB Orange County and OCPA officials to verify andboundaries. boundarymaps have been prepared. Other rd th make the necessary parcel coding changes,3 &4 Quartersnecessary documentation will be prepared in determine if prior years’ payments should be2006, Prepareanticipation of the Orange County/OCPA corrected, and ensure the correcting paymentsdocumentation andmeetings. occur. meetwith Orange  County/OCPA 2. TheDDB/CRA Executive Director, working withConcur PartiallyOctober 2006Met with Management, Budget & Accounting the Management, Budget and Accounting Director,Implemented Directorplus obtained copy of Attorney should establish Policies and Procedures about theGeneral Opinion, which will be the basis of method for payment of the tax increment revenuesthe procedure establishing the method for from the City and DDB to the CRA, until this iscalculating TIF. A procedure will be written legislatively determined.and sent to appropriate persons. 3. TheCRA staff should assemble and maintain in itsConcur Implemented November2005 offices all significant CRA documents. 4. TheCRA and DDB staff should ensure that GISConcur PartiallyJuly 2006, SurveyCity Survey Division has plotted the staff and OCPA have the official legal descriptionsImplemented Divisionprovided CRA/DDBboundaries to verify boundaries and amendments so that properties are properlyGIS the revisedand provide accurate basis for determining if designated to the respective areas.boundaries and GISproperties are properly designated. Meeting  revisedthe mapwill be set up with Orange County & OCPA. boundaries. th 4 Quarter, Anticipate coordinating with OCPA 5. TheCRA and DDB staff should review GISConcur ImplementedJuly 2006 produced maps and boundaries for agreement with the OCPA database and the adopted legal descriptions of the CRA and DDB districts.