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RESOLUTION
NOMINATING PROJECTS TO THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR FOR
RENEWAL COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION
DEDUCTIONS
WHEREAS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development designated the City of
Corpus Christi's Census Tracts 1 ,3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, 35, and 50 as a "Renewal
Community" eligible to share in tax incentives to stimulate job growth and promote
economic development;
WHEREAS, the Renewal Community designation provides federal tax incentives to
businesses located in the Renewal Community;
WHEREAS, each Renewal Community may allocate $12 million of Commercial
Revitalization Deductions per year and up to $10 million per project for substantially
rehabilitated or newly construction buildings in the Renewal Community;
WHEREAS, a business can deduct 50 percent of the building in the first year the
building is placed in service or deduct the full amount of eligible expenditures pro rata
over 10 years;
WHEREAS, each Renewal Community may make the following types of allocations of
the Commercial Revitalization expenditure amounts — an allocation in the calendar
year in which a qualified revitalization building is placed in service; a binding
commitment to make an allocation of a specified dollar amount to a qualified
revitalization building in the calendar year in which the building is placed in service; and
a carryover allocation;
WHEREAS, each Renewal Community must submit to the Office of the Governor a plan
for awarding its $12 million in Commercial Revitalization Deductions ("Allocation Plan");
WHEREAS, on December 19, 2006, the City Council adopted its Allocation Plan, titled
"City of Corpus Christi Commercial Revitalization Local Strategic Plan for the City's
Renewal Community Commercial Revitalization Deduction Allocation Program" ("Local
Strategic Plan") to submit to the Office of the Governor; and
WHEREAS, under its Local Strategic Plan, the City published notice of the Commercial
Revitalization Deduction application process, received applications, and reviewed
applications for compliance with the Local Strategic Plan;
WHEREAS, the City desires to nominate two projects for allotments totaling $1,450,000
for 2009 to complete the allocation for the current year;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
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SECTION 1. The following project is approved by the City of Corpus Christi and
nominated for approval by the Office of the Governor to certify the following allocation of
the Commercial Revitalization Deductions totaling $1,450,000:
1. SWHP Properties to receive an allocation for $1,300,000 from the 2009
Commercial Revitalization Deduction for a building located at 723 Upper
Broadway. Two jobs will be created.
2. Waterfront Communications, LLC, to receive an allocation for $150,000
from the 2009 Commercial Revitalization Deduction for a building located
at 1024 Leopard Street. One job will be created.
SECTION 2. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute a certification to
the Office of the Governor that the City of Corpus Christi has followed the procedure in
its Allocation Plan, to the best of his or her knowledge, and the application approved in
this Resolution is complete and meets the requirements of the commercial revitalization
deduction program.
ATTEST:
Armando Chapa
City Secretary
APPROVED: October 19, 2009
R. Jay eining
First ssistant ity Attorney
for City Attorney
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
Joe Ad me
Mayor
Corpus Christi, Texas
aid
of eci.061.
, 2009
The above resolution was passed by the following vote:
Joe Adame
Chris N. Adler
Brent Chesney
Larry R. Elizondo, Sr.
Kevin Kieschnick
Priscilla Leal
John E. Marez
Nelda Martinez
Mark Scott
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Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Victoria and Webb Counties, and that the
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Legal Notices
PUBLIC NOTICE
A public hearing to
be held at a City
Council meeting in
the City Council
Chambers, beginning
at 12:00 p.m. located
at 1201 Leopard
Street, to consider
and nominate appli-
cations to the Office
of the Governor for
Commercial Revita-
lization Deduction
Allocations2on Octo-
ber 7, 2009:
• Waterfront Com-
munications, LLC
• SWHP Properties,
Ltd.