Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, except Section 33471.5, for the purpose of allocating taxes pursuant to Section 33670 that are subject to this article, redevelopment project areas under the jurisdiction of the redevelopment agency of the City of San Bernardino designated Meadowbrook/Central City, Central City East, and Central City South, are hereby merged into one contiguous project areas designated Central City. Each constituent project area so merged shall continue under its own redevelopment plan for the longest term of the three plans, but, except as otherwise provided in this article, taxes attributable to each project area merged pursuant to this section that are allocated to the redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 33670 shall be allocated, as provided in subdivision (b) of that section, to the entire merged project area for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on loans, moneys advanced to, or indebtedness, whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise, incurred by the redevelopment agency to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, the merged redevelopment project.