HomeMy WebLinkAbout024326 RES - 12/19/2000RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL
AGREEMENT WITH NUECES COUNTY FOR THE PARTICIPATION OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND NUECES COUNTY IN
REINVESTMENT ZONE NUMBER TWO, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS
WHEREAS, on November 14, 2000, in Ordinance No. 024270, the City Council approved
Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Corpus Christi, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi and Nueces County desire to enter into an Interlocal
Agreement for participation in said reinvestment zone for their mutual benefit and the benefit of their
citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THAT:
The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute an Interlocal Agreement with Nueces
County for the participation of the City of Corpus Christi and Nueces County in Reinvestment Zone
Number Two, City of Corpus Christi, Texas, a substantial copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A and incorporated herein.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
APPROVED THIS THE
~a~nuel L. Neal;~r. - ' ~
Mayor, The City of Corpus Christi
~ DAYOF ~--e~ . 2000:
James R. Bray, Jr., City Attorney
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THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF NUECES §
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT
THIS INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made by and between the CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (the "City"), a municipal corporation and home-rule city of the State
of Texas, acting by and through its governing body, the City Council, and NUECES COUNTY,
TEXAS (the "County"), acting by and through its governing body, the Commissioners Court. This
Agreement is made pursuant to Chapter 791 of the Texas Government Code and Chapter 311 of the
Texas Tax Code for the participation of the City and the County in RE1NVESTMENT ZONE
NUMBER TWO, CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (the "Reinvestment Zone"), a reinvestment
zone created by the City pursuant to Chapter 311 of the Texas Tax Code.
Section 1. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set out below:
"Agreement" means this agreement between the City and County.
"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" shall mean 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
pursuant to Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement.
"County" is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.
"County Tax Increment Participation" means the amount of ad valorem taxes levied by the
County acting through its Commissioners Court (including ad valorem taxes levied by the County,
acting through its Commissioners Court, for the benefit of the Nueces County Hospital District) on
the Captured Appraised Value, which the County agrees to contribute to the Reinvestment Zone
pursuant to Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement.
"Creation Ordinance" means City Ordinance No. 024270, adopted by the City Council on
second reading at its November 14, 2000 meeting.
"Plan" means the project plan and reinvestment zone financing plan for the Reinvestment
Zone which shall be 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.
"Reinvestment Zone" means Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Corpus Christi,
Texas, created by the Creation Ordinance, incorporated herein by reference.
"Reinvestment Zone Area" shall mean 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, and includes
taxes levied and collected by the County for itself and for the benefit of the Nueces County Hospital
District.
"Tax Increment Fund" means the tax increment fund created by the City in the City Treasury
for the Reinvestment Zone.
Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code.
Section 2. PURPOSE FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE ZONE. The City and the County
desire to participate in the Reinvestment Zone for the purposes of development in the Reinvestment
Zone Area in accordance with the Plan, for their mutual benefit and the benefit of their citizens.
Section 3. OBLIGATIONS OF CITY AND COUNTY. (a) Tax Increment Participation.
For and in consideration of the agreements of the parties set forth herein, the City and the County
agree to participate in the Reinvestment Zone by each contributing into the Tax Increment Fund one
hundred percent (100%) of its Tax Increment each year during the term of this Agreement on the
Captured Appraised Value of real property ~vithin the Reinvestment Zone. The current tax rates of
the City, the County, and the Nueces County Hospital District are subject to change and the
respective Tax Increment Participation herein pledged shall change to the extent of any change in
their tax rates.
(b) Payment Dates. The City and the County shall not be obligated to pay their respective
Tax Increment Participation from other City or County taxes or revenues or until the City or County
Tax Increment Participation is actually collected. The obligation to pay the City or the County Tax
Increment Participation shall commence as taxes representing the City or the County tax increment
are collected for the City or the County and payment shall be due fifteen (15) days after collection.
Section 4. TERM OF AGREEMENT. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date
of the final signature hereto, and shall remain in effect through the earlier of(i) December 31, 2022,
or (ii) the date on which the Plan has been fully implemented and all Project Costs (as defined in
Texas Tax Code §311.002, 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 herein as
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"obligations"), and interest on such obligations payable from Tax Increment collected on the
Captured Appraised Value of the real property within the Reinvestment Zone have been paid in full.
The first payment of Tax Increment by the taxing units under this Agreement shall be based
upon the tax increment base for the property within the Zone being determined as of January I, 2000,
and the payment shall be based upon those taxes as levied in the year 2001. The last payment of Tax
Increment by the taxing units under this Agreement is for those taxes levied in the year 2002.
If the project to be undertaken pursuant to the Plan is not undertaken, is discontinued, or is
terminated, all monies remaining in the Tax Increment Fund, after satisfaction of lawful claims, shall
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 payment of monies to the
participating taxing units exceed ninety (90) days.
Section 5. 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, the County and the Hospital District, that levies property taxes on real property in a
reinvestment zone created by the City, 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 6. MISCELLANEOUS. (a) Severability. In the event any term, covenant or
condition herein contained shall be held to be invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
invalidity shall not affect any other term, covenant or condition herein contained, provided that such
invalidity does not materially prejudice either the County or the City in their respective rights and
obligations contained in the valid terms, covenants or conditions hereof.
(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement merges the prior negotiations and understandings
of the parties hereto 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 hereof.
(c) Written Amendment. Unless otherwise provided herein, this Agreement may be
amended only by written instrument duly executed on behalf of each party.
(d) Notices. All notices required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall 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 respective other party at the address prescribed below, or
at such other address as the receiving party may have theretofore prescribed by notice to the sending
party.
The initial addresses of the parties, which one party may change by giving written notice of
its changed address to the other party, are as follows:
City
Nueces County
David Garcia
City Manager
City of Corpus Christi
1201 Leopard
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
Richard Borchard
Nueces County Judge
Nueces County Courthouse
901 Leopard
Corpus Christi. Texas 78401
(e) Non-Waiver. Failure of any part), hereto to insist on the strict pertbrmance of any of the
agreements herein or to exercise any rights or remedies accruing hereunder upon default or failure
of performance shall not be considered a waiver of the right to insist on, and to enfome by any
appropriate remedy, strict compliance with any other obligation hereunder or to exercise any right
or remedy occurring as a result of any future default or thilure of performance.
(f) Successors. This Agreement shall bind and benefit 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 the County.
(g) No Waiver of Immunity. No party hereto 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 herein.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the City and the County have made and executed this A
in multiple copies, each of which is an original.
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
,~it3TMar~ger
ATTEST/SEAL:
~ity ~ecr~t~3k~) ' ,5~ Date
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Att~meyJ Date
ATTEST:
County Clerk
Date
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Corpus Christi, Texas
day of ~ C-O.5t"~._l~.tr~ ,2000
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Javier D. Colmenero
Melody Cooper
Henry Garrett
Dr. Arnold Gonzales
Rex A. Kinnison
Betty Jean Longoria
John Longoria
Mark Scott
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