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Home My WebLink AboutC2020-085 - 2/25/2020 - Approved THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF NUECES § INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT This Interlocal Agreement ("Agreement") is made by and between the City of Corpus Christi, Texas ("City"), a municipal corporation and home-rule city of the State of Texas, acting by and through its governing body, the City Council, and the Del Mar College District ("Del Mar College"), a Texas institution of higher education, acting by and through its governing body, the Board of Regents. This Agreement is made under Chapter 791, Texas Government Code, and Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code, for the participation of the City and Del Mar in Reinvestment Zone Four, City of Corpus Christi, Texas ("Reinvestment Zone"), a reinvestment zone created by the City under Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code. Section 1. DEFINITIONS. (a) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set out below: "Agreement' means this agreement between the City and Del Mar College. "Agreement Term" is defined in Section 4. "Captured Appraised Value" has the meaning ascribed by Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code. "City" is defined in the preamble of this Agreement. "City's Tax Increment Participation" means an amount of the City's ad valorem tax levy on the Captured Appraised Value, which the City agrees to contribute to the Reinvestment Zone under Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement. "Creation Ordinance" means City Ordinance No. 031927, adopted by the City Council on second reading at its November 12, 2019 meeting, as amended. "Del Mar College" is defined in the preamble of this Agreement. "Del Mar College Tax Increment Participation" means the amount of ad valorem taxes levied by Del Mar College acting through its Board of Regents on the Captured Appraised Value, which Del Mar College agrees to contribute to the Reinvestment Zone under Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement. "Plan" means the project plan and reinvestment zone financing plan for the Reinvestment Zone, which are adopted by the board of directors of the Reinvestment Zone and approved by the City Council of the City, as consistent as possible with the preliminary plan described in the Creation Ordinance. Page 1 of 6 SCANNED "Reinvestment Zone" means Reinvestment Zone Number Four, City of Corpus Christi, Texas, created by the Creation Ordinance, incorporated by reference into this Agreement. "Reinvestment Zone Area" means the area of the City included in the Reinvestment Zone as described in the Creation Ordinance. "Tax Increment" has the meaning ascribed by Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code. "Tax Increment Fund" means the tax increment fund created by the City in the City Treasury for the Reinvestment Zone. (b) Terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code. Section 2. PURPOSE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE ZONE. The City and Del Mar College desire to participate in the Reinvestment Zone for the purposes of development in the Reinvestment Zone Area under the Plan, for their mutual benefit and the benefit of their citizens. Specifically, development in the Reinvestment Zone in the form of increased housing, tourism and hospitality will benefit Del Mar College students in programming opportunities, including, but not limited to: Construction, Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, Management and Supervision, Accounting and Real Estate Sales. Section 3. OBLIGATIONS OF CITY AND DEL MAR. (a) Tax Increment Participation. For and in consideration of the agreements of the parties set forth in this Agreement, Del Mar College agrees to participate in the Reinvestment Zone by contributing into the Tax Increment Fund a percentage of its Tax Increment each year as laid out in the Creation Ordinance and in the table below. Increment Percentage Tax Year(s) 100% 2020 through 2028 75% 2029 through 2038 The City agrees to participate in the Reinvestment Zone by contributing into the Tax Increment Fund a percentage of its Tax Increment each year as laid out in the Creation Ordinance and in the table below. The maximum City contribution to the Tax Increment Fund throughout the term of this Agreement is $20,000,000. Page 2 of 6 Increment Percentage Tax Year(s) 100% 2019 through 2028 75% 2029 through 2038 The current tax rates of the City and Del Mar College are subject to change and the respective Tax Increment Participation in this Agreement pledged shall change to the extent of any change in their tax rates. (b) Payment Dates. The City and Del Mar College will not be obligated to pay their respective Tax Increment Participation from other City or Del Mar College taxes or revenues or until the City or Del Mar Tax Increment Participation is actually collected. The obligation to pay the City or Del Mar Tax Increment Participation commences as taxes representing the City or Del Mar Tax Increment are collected for the City or Del Mar College and payment shall be due fifteen (15) days after collection. Section 4. TERM OF AGREEMENT. (a) This Agreement becomes effective as of the date of the final signature to this Agreement, and remains in effect through the earlier of(i) December 31, 2039, or (ii) the date on which the Plan has been fully implemented and all Project Costs (as defined in §311.002, Texas Tax Code, and as may be further limited in the Plan), bonds, notes, or other obligations secured by or payable from, in whole or in part, Tax Increment (referred to in this Agreement as "obligations"), and interest on the obligations payable from Tax Increment collected on the Captured Appraised Value of the real property within the Reinvestment Zone have been paid in full. (b) The first payment of Tax Increment by the City under this Agreement is based upon the tax increment base for the property within the Zone being determined as of January 1, 2019, and the payment shall be based upon those taxes as levied in the year 2019. The first payment of Tax Increment by Del Mar College under this Agreement is based upon the tax increment base for the property within the Zone being determined as of January 1, 2019, and the payment shall be based upon those taxes as levied in the year 2019. The last payment of Tax Increment by the taxing units under this Agreement is for those taxes levied in the year 2038. (c) If the project to be undertaken under the Plan is not undertaken, is discontinued, or is terminated, all monies remaining in the Tax Increment Fund, after satisfaction of lawful claims, must be paid to the participating taxing units in proportion to their respective share of the total amount of tax increments derived from taxable real property in the Zone that were deposited in the Tax Increment Fund during the Fund's existence. In no event shall the time required for payment of monies to the participating taxing units exceed ninety (90) days following the termination of the Reinvestment Zone. Page 3 of 6 Section 5. BOARD REPRESENTATIVE. Del Mar College shall have the right to appoint one member to the Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors. Del Mar may waive its right to appoint a director and is deemed to have waived the right if it has not made the appointment within 30 days of receiving written notice of its right to appoint by the City Secretary's Office. Section 6. ANNUAL REPORT. On or before the 90th day following the end of the fiscal year of the City, the governing body of the City shall submit to the chief executive officer of each taxing unit that levies property taxes on real property in a reinvestment zone created by the City, including Del Mar College, a report on the status of the zone. The contents of the report must contain all information required under section 311.016 of the Texas Tax Code. Section 7. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) Severability. In the event any term, covenant, or condition in this Agreement is held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the invalidity does not affect any other term, covenant, or condition in this Agreement contained, provided that the invalidity does not materially prejudice either Del Mar College or the City in their respective rights and obligations contained in the valid terms, covenants, or conditions of this Agreement. (b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement merges the prior negotiations and understandings of the parties to this Agreement and embodies the entire agreement of the parties, and there are no other agreements, assurances, conditions, covenants (express or implied), or other terms with respect to the covenants, whether written or verbal, antecedent, or contemporaneous, with the execution of this Agreement. (c) Written Amendment. Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended only by written instrument duly executed on behalf of each party. (d) Notices. (1) All notices required or permitted under this Agreement must be in writing and must be deemed delivered when actually received or, if earlier, on the third (3rd) day following deposit in a United States Postal Service post office or receptacle with proper postage affixed (certified mail, return receipt requested) addressed to the other respective party at the address prescribed below, or at such other address as the receiving party may have prescribed by notice to the sending party. (2) The initial addresses of the parties, which a party may change by giving written notice of its changed address to the other party, are as follows: Page 4 of 6 City Del Mar Peter Zanoni Dr. Mark Escamilla City Manager President and CEO City of Corpus Christi Del Mar College District 1201 Leopard 101 Baldwin Blvd. P.O. Box 9277 Corpus Christi, Texas 78404 Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277 (e) Non-Waiver. Failure of any party to this Agreement to insist on the strict performance of any of the agreements in this Agreement or to exercise any rights or remedies accruing under this Agreement upon default or failure of performance may not be considered a waiver of the right to insist on, and to enforce by any appropriate remedy, strict compliance with any other obligation under this Agreement, or to exercise any right or remedy occurring as a result of any future default or failure of performance. (f) Successors. This Agreement binds and benefits the parties and their legal successors. This Agreement does not create any personal liability on the part of any officer or agent of the City or Reinvestment Zone or any officer, agent, or employee of Del Mar College. (g) No Waiver of Immunity. No party to this Agreement waives or relinquishes any immunity or defense on behalf of itself, its officers, employees, and agents as a result of its execution of this Agreement and performance of the covenants contained in this Agreement. IN WITNESS OF THIS AGREEMENT, the City and Del Mar College have made and executed this Agreement in multiple copies, each of which is an original. [Signature Page Follows] Page 5 of 6 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI DEL MAR COLLEGE DISTRICT 74< // Constance Sanchez Dr. Mark Escamilla Chief Financial Officer `2- G - ° President and CEO Date: Date: a- ( 3 . do ATTEST: L�C--rrV Re ecca Huerta City Secretary AUTHOKIcc► Date: 4Y MICK - 2-5- a 2 APPROVED AS TO FORM: SECRfTAov AY) aatt,_ ^yam ZtUt Assistant City Attorney For City Attorney Page 6 of 6