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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNo. 2465 determining that the tax increment which may be collected in the year 200i is needed to satisfy obligations of the Commission and that no excess assessed value may be allocated to teh respective taxing units and other related matters (TIF notific• RESOLUTION N0.2465 RESOLUTION OF THE SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION DETERMINING THAT THE TAX INCREMENT WHICH MAY BE COLLECTED IN THE YEAR 2009 IS NEEDED TO SATISFY OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMMISSION AND THAT NO EXCESS ASSESSED VALUE MAY BE ALLOCATED TO THE RESPECTIVE TAXING UNITS AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, the South Bend Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission"), governing body of the South Bend, Indiana, Department of Redevelopment (the "Department") and the Redevelopment District of the City of South Bend, Indiana (the "Redevelopment District"), exists and operates under the provisions of IC 36-7-14, as amended from time to time (the "Act"); and WHEREAS, the Commission has previously adopted resolutions, which have been amended from time to time, declaring the South Bend Central Development Area, the Northeast Neighborhood Development Area, the South Side Development Area, the West Washington-Chapin Development Area, the Airport Economic Development Area, and the Douglas Road Economic Development Area to be economic development areas or • redevelopment areas within the meaning of the Act (the "Areas") and designated territory within such Areas as allocation areas (the "Allocation Areas") under Section 39 of the Act which Allocation Areas are listed at Exhibit A attached hereto; and WHEREAS, the Commission, in accordance with the Act, has previously established an allocation fund for each of the Allocation Areas (the "Allocation Funds"); and WHEREAS, 50 IAC 8 contains rules adopted by the Indiana State Board of Tax Commissioners concerning tax increment finance (the "Regulations"); and WHEREAS, Section 39 of the Act and 50 IAC 8-2-4 require the Commission to determine before July 15 of each year, whether the sum of the balance in the Allocation Funds plus estimated future investment earnings on that balance is sufficient to satisfy obligations of the Commission over the terms of those obligations, and whether the capture of less than all of the Potential Captured Assessment (as defined in the Regulations) will result in a balance in the Allocation Funds in the following year that, when combined with future investment earnings on that balance and the resultant tax increment to be collected in the following year, will be sufficient to satisfy the obligations of the Commission over the term of those obligations; and WHEREAS, Section 39 of the Act requires the Commission to provide to the St. Joseph County Auditor, the Common Council, and the fiscal officers for each taxing unit located wholly or partly within the respective Allocation Areas before July 15 of each year written notice • of the following: (i) the amount, if any, of excess assessed value that the Commission has BDDBOI 5303958v2 • determined may be allocated to the respective taxing units, or (ii) state that the Commission has determined that there is no excess assessed value that may be allocated to the respective taxing units in the manner prescribed in Section 39 of the Act; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the South Bend Redevelopment Commission as follows: 1. The Commission hereby determines that there is no excess assessed value that may be allocated to the respective taxing units in the manner prescribed in Section 39 of the Act because the Commission hereby finds that the sum of the balances in the respective Allocation Funds, when combined with future investment earnings on such balances and the resultant tax increment to be collected for tax year payable 2009, will be necessary to satisfy the obligations of the Commission over the term or terms of those obligations, and that therefore the Potential Captured Assessment for the respective Allocation Areas in 2009 shall be treated as Captured Assessment (as defined in the Regulations). In making this determination, the Commission has considered the effect that such determination will have on the property tax rate in the Redevelopment District. 2. This determination for 2009 shall not be construed to affect any future determination of the Commission with respect to the capture of Potential Captured Assessment in the years following 2009. 3. The form of the letter, attached hereto as Exhibit B, is hereby approved by • the Commission and the President or Vice President of the Commission is hereby authorized and directed to immediately notify or cause to be notified the St. Joseph County Auditor, the Common Council and the officers who are authorized to fix budgets, tax rates, and tax levies under Indiana Code 6-1.1-17-5 for each of the other taxing units that is wholly or partly located within the Allocation Areas of the determinations made herein by the Commission, through the use of said letter in substantially the form presented at this meeting with such changes in form or substance as the President or Vice President of the Commission shall approval, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof. ***** • BDDB01 5303958v2 - 2 - • ADOPTED AND APPROVED at a meeting of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission held on the 2.5th day of June, 2008. ATTEST: Se regory Downes • SOUTH BEND REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION ' ~ ,. President Marcia Jone~ BDDBOI 5303958v2 - 3 - • • t EXHIBIT A Allocation Areas: 1) Central Development Area 2) Central Medical District 3) West Washington Development Area 4) Northeast Neighborhood Development Area Allocation Area #1 5) Northeast Neighborhood Development Area Allocation Area #2 6) Southside General Development Area 7) Erskine Commons 8) Erskine Village 9) Airport Economic Development Area 10) Douglas Road Economic Development Area BDDBOI 5303958v2 EXHIBIT B (Form of Letter) • • BDDBOI 5303958v2 1 June 20, 2008 Mr./Ms. [Name] Taxing Unit Address Subject: Request Regarding Capture of Incremental Assessed Value for the City of South Bend. Dear Mr./Ms.[Name]: In accordance with the provisions of IC 36-7-14-39, the Redevelopment Commission of the City of South Bend, Indiana has determined that there is no excess assessed value that may be allocated to the respective taxing units in the manner prescribed in subdivision (1) of IC 36-7-14- 39. The Allocation Areas of the City of South Bend are as follows: 1) Central Development Area 2) Central Medical District 3) West Washington Development Area 4) Northeast Development Area #1 5) Northeast Development Area #2 6) Southside General Development Area ~ Erskine Commons 8) Erskine Village 9) Airport Economic Development Area 10) Douglas Road Economic Development Area Very truly yours, President of the South Bend Redevelopment Commission •