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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIssuance of Economic Development Revenue Bonds Jeffry S Beardsley - Bernell Corporation ProjectORDINANCE No. 7013 -82 Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, January 11, IQ 82 �w Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend, Approved and signed by IRENE K. GAMMON January 12, X982 Clerk of Common Council IRENE K. GAMMON Clerk ORDINANCE NO. 26/_I -8',a AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A LOAN AGREEMENT, INDENTURE OF TRUST, NOTE AND BONDS AND APPROVING THE FORM AND TERMS OF THE LOAN AGREEMENT, INDENTURE OF TRUST, LEASE, NOTE AND BONDS AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS AND APPROVING THE RESOLUTION NO. 14 -81 OF THE SOUTH BEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION RELATING TO JEFFRY S. BEARDSLEY - BERNELL CORPORATION PROJECT WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, heretofore has created the South Bend Economic Development Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Economic Development Act of 1965, as amended, and supplemented by I.C. 18- 6 -4.5, and replaced by I.C. 36- 7 -12 -1, et seq. WHEREAS, the South Bend Economic Development Commission has found by a written Resolution that because of insufficient employment opportunities, insufficient tax base and insufficient diversification of economic development facilities in the City of South Bend, the economic welfare of the City of South Bend, Indiana, would be benefited by construction of certain economic development facilities pursuant to a request made on September 23, 1981, by Jeffry S. Beardsley - Bernell Corporation,( "Beardsley "), and has further found by Resolution that the proposed financing complies with the purposes and provisions of I.C. 36- 7 -12 -1, as amended, and WHEREAS, the South Bend Economic Development Commission has prepared a report estimating the public services which would be made necessary or desirable by the proposed project, the expenses thereof, and the total project costs of the proposed project and the number of jobs and estimated payroll on account of the construction of the proposed facilities relating to the proposed project, and such report having been submitted to the Chairman of the Area Plan Commission of St. Joseph County, and the Plan Commission's written comments having been made a part of their records, and WHEREAS, the South Bend Economic Development Commission has approved the form and terms of the Loan Agreement, Indenture of Trust, Lease, Note and Bonds and has further approved the form of Ordinance authorizing the execution of the Loan Agreement, Indenture of Trust, Note and Bonds and the issuance of Economic Development Revenue Bonds in accordance therewith, and WHEREAS, the South Bend Economic Development Commission has transmitted this form of Ordinance to the City Clerk of the City of South Bend for presentation to the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana finds that the proposed development will be of public benefit to the economic welfare of the City of South Bend, Indiana by tending to overcome the deficiencies previously found to exist and that such benefit is greater than the costs of the public facilities which would be required by the proposed project, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA THAT: Section 1. The forms and terms of the Loan Agreement, Indenture of Trust, Lease, Note and Economic Development Revenue Bonds pertaining to the Jeffry S. Beardsley - Bernell Corporation Project facilities and the issuance of Economic Development Bonds pursuant thereto are hereby approved and adopted. Section 2. The form of Loan Agreement, Indenture of Trust, Note and Economic Development Revenue Bonds are hereby incorporated by reference into this Ordinance and the forms shall be inserted into the records of the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana and shall be kept on file by the City Clerk of the City of South Bend, Indiana. Section 3. The Loan Agreement, Indenture of Trust and Economic Development Revenue Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana by the Mayor and the City Clerk manually affixing their signatures thereto. Section 4. The Economic Development Revenue Bonds, payable solely and only from the revenue derived from the facilities, may be issued in an aggregate amount not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, fully registered, and is one (1) of an authorized series of Bonds of the Issuer, dated as of February 12, 1982, in a denomination of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, payable in currency - 2 - or its equivalent at the Office of the First National Bank, 301 South Main Street, Elkhart, Indiana. The Bonds will be amortized over a period of twelve (12) years and bear interest at a rate of thirteen (13 %) percent, or seventy (70 %) percent of the Prime Rate charged by the First National Bank, Elkhart, Indiana. If a floating rate is used, there will be a floor of nine and one -half (9 1/2 %) percent. The Bonds will be executed and delivered during regular business hours on February 12, 1982. The Bond is callable for redemption on any interest payment date in whole or in part at a redemption price of one hundred (100 %) percent of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest. Such Bonds shall be issued on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana by the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of South Bend, Indiana and shall be sealed with the Corporate Seal of the City of South Bend, not later than ninety (90) days after the date hereof. Section 5. The Economic Development Revenue Bonds authorized by the Ordinance shall not be and shall never constitute an indebtedness of or a charge against the general credit or taxing power of the City of South Bend and shall not be in any respect a general obligation of the City, nor shall the Bonds be paid in any manner from funds raised by taxation. The Bonds shall be payable solely from revenues and receipts derived pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement and Indenture of Trust. Section 6. The Resolution of the South Bend Economic Development Commission passed on November 20, 1981, Resolution No. 14 -81, relating to the Jeffry S. Beardsley - Bernell Corporation Project is hereby approved; and the Common Council of the'City of South Bend hereby finds that the proposed financing for the issuance of the Economic Development Revenue Bonds would be of benefit to the health and welfare of the City of South Bend and that it complies with the purposes and provisions of I.C. 36- 7 -12 -1, as amended and suppleamted. Section 7. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, due attestat/ on and approval by the Mayor. Ist READING 141 -1 q-9) PUBLIC HEAPING it - TS- L 2nd READING NOT APPROVED REFERRED PASSED ( 1 \ - SC L, FILED ID CLERK'S DEC 8 1981 - 3 - Irene Gammon CRYCLERR, SM BEND, IND, VOOR, ALLEN, FEDDER, HERENDEEN 8 KOWALS November 23, 1981 Members of the South Bend Common Council County - City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Re: Revenue Bond Application - Jeffry S. Beardsley - Bernell Corporation Project Dear Councilpersons: The South Bend Economic Development Commission has received an application from Jeffry S. Beardsley for a Revenue Bond in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, to finance the relocation, expansion and construction of a new facility in the Monroe - Sample Redevelopment Area in the 800 Block of Lincolnway East, South Bend, Indiana, such facility to be leased to the Bernell Corporation, which is in the wholesale and retail opometric and opthalmic equipment, and related products, business. It is anticipated that the new facility will continue the 27 present jobs and increase 5 new jobs in 1982, and will create additional employment of approximately 10 jobs with an additional annual payroll of Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($450,000.00) Dollars. for the d Economic nt Commission KPF;ram ATTORNEYS 8 COUNSELORS AT LAW AREA CODE 219 WILLIAM E. VOOR 300 FIRST BANK BUILDING 234-6061 LLOYD M. ALLEN KENNETH P. FEDDER SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 OF COUNSEL: GEORGE E. HERENDEEN WILLIAM O. JACKSON ANTHONY D.KOWALS GUY H.MCMICHAEL DAVID M. M<TIGUE November 23, 1981 Members of the South Bend Common Council County - City Building South Bend, IN 46601 Re: Revenue Bond Application - Jeffry S. Beardsley - Bernell Corporation Project Dear Councilpersons: The South Bend Economic Development Commission has received an application from Jeffry S. Beardsley for a Revenue Bond in the amount of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, to finance the relocation, expansion and construction of a new facility in the Monroe - Sample Redevelopment Area in the 800 Block of Lincolnway East, South Bend, Indiana, such facility to be leased to the Bernell Corporation, which is in the wholesale and retail opometric and opthalmic equipment, and related products, business. It is anticipated that the new facility will continue the 27 present jobs and increase 5 new jobs in 1982, and will create additional employment of approximately 10 jobs with an additional annual payroll of Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand ($450,000.00) Dollars. for the d Economic nt Commission KPF;ram TRANSMITTAL OF ADOPTED COMMISSION RESOLUTION AND PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION BY THE SOUTH BEND COMMON COUNCIL AND APPROVAL BY THE MAYOR PERTAINING TO THE FINANCING OF FACILITIES FOR JEFFRY S. BEARDSLEY BY THE ISSUANCE BY THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA OF ITS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS TO: CITY CLERK CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA SOUTH BEND, INDIANA 46601 The South Bend Economic Development Commission ( "Commission ") hereby transmits to you in accordance with the Public Law No. 182 of the Acts of the General Assembly of Indiana for 1973, as such may be amended from time to time including but not limited to IC 18- 6 -4.5 -1 through IC 18- 6- 4.5 -30, hereinafter referred to as the "Act ": 1. A resolution heretofore adopted by the Commission on November 20, 1981, as called for by the Act. 2. A proposed ordinance for adoption by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, as called for by the Act. You will note from a perusal of the body of these documents that the purpose thereof is to finance the relocation, expansion and construction of a new facility to be located in the Monroe - Sample Redevelopment Area in the 800 Block of Lincolnway East, South Bend, Indiana, such facility to be leased to the Bernell Corporation, an Indiana Corporation, by the execution of an Indenture of Trust and Loan Agreement and the issuance of Industrial Development Revenue Bonds in a total amount not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, repayable with interest at the rate of either a fixed rate of thirteen (13 %) percent or a floating rate of seventy (70 %) percent of the prime rate per annum', as referred to in said Trust Indenture and Loan Agreement. Submitted this 20th day of November, 1981. SOUTH BEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION By: X [h �LGI ) Walter A. Mucha - Secretary I COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO.. 14 -81 WHEREAS, the City of South Bend, Indiana; still has insufficient employment opportunities, insufficient tax base and insufficient diversification of economic development facilities, which conditions are harmful to the health, prosperity, economic stability and general welfare of the area and, if not remedied, will be detrimental to the development of such area and its environs; and WHEREAS, JEFFRY S. BEARDSLEY has filed an application with the South Bend Economic Development Commission ( "Commission ") to finance the relocation, expansion and construction of a new facility to be located in the Monroe - Sample Redevelopment Area in the 800 Block of Lincolnway East, South Bend, Indiana, such facility to be leased to the BERNELL CORPORATION, which is in the wholesale and retail optometric and opthalmic equipment, and related products, business; and WHEREAS, Commission has prepared and placed on file a report as specified in IC 18- 6- 4.5 -16 and has forwarded copies to the Chairman of the St. Joseph County Area Plan Commission. and the Superintendent of the South Bend Community School Corporation where the economic development facilities are proposed to be located and has received favorable reports from each of them; and WHEREAS, Commission has found on behalf of the City of South Bend, Indiana, that the proposed financing will be of benefit to the health and welfare of the City of South Bend, Indiana, and complies with the purposes and provisions of the Indiana Code of 1971, Title 18, Chapter 6, Article 4.5 as amended; and , WHEREAS, Commission has considered and determined that such proposed economic development facilities will not have an adverse competitive effect on similar facilities already constructed or operating in the City of South Bend, Indiana, and environs; NOW, THEREFORE, the SOUTH BEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION at this meeting,.pursuant to IC 36- 7- 12 -24, being a public hearing on not less than ten (10) days' notice of the proposed financing of such economic development facilities, does now find that the proposed financing complies with the purposes and provisions of the applicable Indiana statutes governing the issuance of industrial development revenue bonds by the Commission and complies in all things with IC 18- 6 -4.5 -1 through IC 18- 6- 4.5 -30; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the South Bend Economic Development Commission that the proposed financing of the relocation, expansion and construction of such facility constitutes such economic development facilities in accordance with the terms of the financing agreements, sometimes referred to as "Indenture of Trust," "Loan Agreement" and the bonds to be issued pursuant thereto in the principal amount of Three Hundred Thousand ($300,000.00) Dollars, repayable with interest at the rate of either a fixed rate of thirteen (13 %) percent or a floating rate of seventy (70 %) percent of the prime rate.per annum, in accordance with the terms set forth in such Indenture of Trust and Loan Agreement, are hereby approved and authorized; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the form and terms of the financing agreements pertaining to such bonds, being designated as an Indenture of Trust and Loan Agreement, and the form and terms of such bonds securing the performance of the terms of such Indenture of Trust and Lcan Agreement, and the issuance of such bonds are hereby approved and authorized and that the Secretary of the Commission be, and he is hereby directed to transmit to the Clerk of the City of South Bend, Indiana, this resolution, together with a copy of the form and terms of the financing agreements, viz, Indenture of Trust, Loan Agreement and bonds. THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE SOUTH BEND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, THIS 20th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1981. MM