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HomeMy WebLinkAbout6B(1)&(8) RESOLUTION N0.2825 A RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION APPROPRIATING TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REVENUES FROM ALLOCATION AREA N0.2 FUND FOR THE PAYMENT OF CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS RELATED TO THE SOUTH SIDE DEVELOPMENT AREA ALLOCATION AREA NO.2 AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the '`Commission"), the governing body of the Department of Redevelopment of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "City") and the City of South Bend, Indiana, Redevelopment District, exists and operates under the provisions of Indiana Code ~ 36-7-14, as amended (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, on November 1, 2002, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 1914 (the "Declaratory Resolution") declaring the South Side Development Area (the "Area") to be an area needing redevelopment within the meaning of the Act and designated the Area as the South Side Development Area Allocation Area No. 1 ("Allocation Area No. 1'~) for purposes of tax increment financing pursuant to the Act; and WHEREAS, on November 19, 2002, the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County ("Plan Commission'') issued its written order approving the Declaratory Resolution by the adoption of Plan Commission Resolution 142-02, in accordance with Indiana Code § 36-7-14-16; and WHEREAS, on November 25, 2002, the Common Council of the City approved the order of the Plan Commission through the adoption of Common Council Resolution No. 3136-02; and WHEREAS, on December 20, 2002, the Commission held a duly noticed public hearing, in accordance with Indiana Code ~ 36-7-14-17 and Indiana Code § 5-3-1; and WHEREAS, following said hearing, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 1928 confirming the Declaratory Resolution; and WHEREAS, on July 27, 2004, the Commission adopted Resolution 2073 amending the Declaratory Resolution to create a separate allocation area ("Allocation Area No. 2") within the Area to allow for certain improvements to occur at the intersection of Ireland and Michigan Streets and for the purpose accounting for the tax increment revenues directly resulting from such improvements ("Project Tax Increment Revenues"); and WHEREAS, on July 27, 2004 and January 20, 2006, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 2074 and Resolution No. 2225, respectively (collectively, the "District Bond Resolution") authorizing the issuance of redevelopment district bonds (the ``District Bonds'") in an amount not to exceed Two Million Eight Hundred Eight Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2,800,000.00) payable solely from Project Tax Increment Revenues to provide for certain public improvements to the intersection of Ireland and Michigan Streets, as snore particularly described in said resolutions; and WHEREAS, on August 20, 2004, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 2087 (the "Pledge Resolution") pledging Project Tax Increment Revenues for the payment of taxable economic development bonds originally issued in an aggregate principal amount of Three Million Five Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($3,500,000.00) (the `'EDC Bonds" and with the District Bonds, the "Bonds"), which pledge ranks junior and subordinate the District Bonds, if and when issued; and WHEREAS, the District Bonds were issued on February 8, 2006 in an aggregate principal amount of Two Million Four Hundred Forty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($2,440,000) at a variable interest rate, with a maximum rate of eight percent (8.0%); and WHEREAS, the District Bonds are secured by the Trust Indenture (the "District Bond Indenture"') between the Commission and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (the "District Bond Trustee") dated February 1, 2006 and by a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to the Reimbursement Agreement dated February I, 2006 between Fifth Third Bank and Anchor South Bend, LLC (collectively, the "Letter of Credit), which Letter of Credit requires the optional redemption of the District Bonds as set forth in Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, EDC Bonds were issued on July 13, 2005 at a fixed interest rate of eight percent (8.0%) with interest payable on February 1, 2006, and on each February 1 and August 1 thereafter and maturing on February 1, 2025 with mandatory sinking fund payments due on February 1 in the years 2009 through and including 2025, a schedule of which debt service payments is as set forth at Exhibit B; and WHEREAS, the Pledge Resolution requires that on January 15 and July I S of each year all Project Tax Increment Revenues, to the extent they are available, must be deposited in the Allocation Area No. 2 Fund and further set aside and deposited into the Bond Principal and Interest Account of the Allocation Area No. 2 in an amount necessary to pay (i) the principal of and interest on the District Bonds currently or scheduled to be due and expected to be paid from the Project Tax Increment Revenues for that bond year along with any shortfall from previous bond years with respect to the District Bonds and (ii) the principal of and interest on the EDC Bonds currently or scheduled to be due and expected to be paid from the Project Tax Increment Revenues for that bond year along with any shortfall from previous bond years with respect to the EDC Bonds, and only thereafter may excess Project Tax Increment Revenues be used for any other purpose set forth in Section 39 of the Act; and WHEREAS, a portion of the proceeds of the District Bonds have been deposited with the District Bond Trustee to pay the debt service charges on the District Bonds through August 1, 2008; and WHEREAS, under the District Bond Indenture, Project Tax Increment Revenues sufficient to pay the continued debt service payments on the District Bonds, to the extent such Project Tax Increment Revenues are available for such purpose, must be deposited with the District Bond Trustee approximately ten (10) business days prior to the subsequent Interest Payment Date (as defined in the District Bond Indenture), the first of which Interest Payment Date maybe as early as September 1, 2008 if the District Bonds remain in a weekly reset mode; and WHEREAS, the EDC Bonds are secured by a Trust Indenture dated June 1, 2005 (the "EDC Bond Indenture") between the Commission and The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the `'EDC Bond Trustee"), and a portion of the EDC Bond proceeds have deposited with the EDC Bond Trustee to pay the debt service charges on the EDC through the payment due February 1, 2008; and WHEREAS, under Section 4.4 of the EDC Bond Indenture, Project Tax Increment Revenues sufficient to pay the continued debt service payments on the EDC Bonds, to the extent such Project Tax Increment Revenues are available for such purpose, must be deposited with the EDC Bond Trustee by the January 15 or July 15 immediately preceding the February 1 or August 1 payment, which first deposit date and first payment shall be July 15, 2008 and August 1, 2008, respectively; and WHEREAS, the Commission desires to authorize all funds received by the Commission for Allocation Area No. 2 Fund be transferred to the Bond Principal and Interest Account; and WHEREAS, the Commission further desires that all funds on deposit in the Bond Principal and Interest Account be appropriated for the debt service payments on the Bonds, in accordance with the Pledge Resolution and Indiana Code ~ 36-7-14-39(b)(2)(A); and WHEREAS, the proposed appropriations from Allocation Area No. 2 Fund or the Bond Principal and Interest Account are not for the operating expenses of the Commission; and WHEREAS, such appropriations are subject to the provisions of Indiana Code § 6-1.1-18-5; and WHEREAS, on January 14, 2011, the Commission adopted Resolution 2818 setting a public hearing on said appropriations for 4:00 p.m. on February 8, 2011 and authorizing the Secretary of the Commission to duly publish notice of said hearing; and WHEREAS, the Secretary of the Commission has caused notice of said hearing on said appropriations to be published in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, such public hearing was held at the Commission's meeting at 4:00 p.m. on February 8, 2010, at 1308 County-City Building, 227 West Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana 46601, at which all taxpayers and interested persons had an opportunity to appear and express their views as to such additional appropriations; and WHEREAS, the Commission now desires to approve said appropriations in a total amount estimated not to exceed Three Million Four Hundred Twenty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($3,420,000.00); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AS FOLLOWS: 1. The Commission hereby finds that there are insufficient funds available or provided for in the existing budget and tax levy which may be applied to debt service payments on the Bonds, in accordance with the Pledge Resolution and Indiana Code § 36-7-14-39(b)(2)(A). 2. The Commission hereby appropriates that all funds in Allocation Area No. 2 Fund and/or the Principal and Interest Account for the debt service payments on the Bonds, in accordance with the Pledge Resolution and Indiana Code § 36-7-14-39(b)(2)(A), which amount is-not expected to exceed the amount owed on the Bonds and required to be deposited with the Trustee under the Pledge Resolution and the District Bond Indenture or the EDC Bond Indenture and which amount is not anticipated to exceed Three Million Four Hundred Twenty Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($3,420,000.00) this year. 3. Such appropriations shall be in addition to all the appropriations provided for in the existing budget and levy and shall continue in effect until the completion of the activities described herein. Any surplus of such proceeds shall be credited to the proper fund as provided by law. 4. The President and/or the Secretary of the Commission are hereby authorized and directed to certify a copy of this Resolution together with such other proceedings and actions as may be necessary to the St. Joseph County Auditor for certification to the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance for the purpose of obtaining its approval of the appropriations herein made. ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission held on February 8, 2011 at 1308 County-City Building, 227 W. Jefferson Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana 46601. SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ATTEST: signnn~re Printed ,h'nrne and Tiile Printed .~'nnu° and Tile EXHIBIT A SOUTH SIDE DEVELOPMENT AREA #2 (COMMONS) -FUND 431 2011 BUDGET SUMMARY 2011 Appropriation Debt Service: Debt Service Reserve Increase 0 Debt Service Payments 3,416,000 Total Debt Service 3,416,000 Infrastructure Projects Underway, Not Completed Total Infrastructure Underway, Not Completed 0 Other Activities: Legal Total Other Activities 4,000 Development Opportunities: Total Development Opportunities 0 Infrastructure Planned: (Could include the following projects) Total Infrastructure Planned Total Appropriation 3,420,000