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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 ("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
("County"), acting by and through its governing body, the Commissioners Court. This
Agreement is made under Chapter 791, Texas Government Code, and Chapter 311,
Texas Tax Code, for the participation of the City and the County in Reinvestment Zone
Three, 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 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" 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.
"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 on the Captured
Appraised Value, which the County agrees to contribute to the Reinvestment
Zone under Sections 3 and 4 of this Agreement.
"Creation Ordinance" means City Ordinance No. 027996, adopted by the City
Council on second reading at its December 16, 2008 meeting.
"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.
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"Reinvestment Zone" means Reinvestment Zone Number Three, 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 /ncremenf' has the meaning ascribed by Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code.
"Tax Increment' has the meaning ascribed by Chapter 311, Texas Tax Code,
and includes taxes levied and collected by the County for itself, but not for the
taxes levied and collected 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.
(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 the County
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.
Section 3. OBLIGATIONS OF CITY AND COUNTY.
(a) Tax Increment Participation. For and in consideration of the agreements of the
parties set forth in this Agreement, 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 within the Reinvestment Zone. The current
tax rates of the City and County 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 the County may 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 commences 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.
(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, 2028, 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
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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, 2008, and the payment shall be based upon those taxes as levied in the year 2008.
The first payment of Tax Increment by the County under this Agreement is based upon
the tax increment base for the property within the Zone being determined as of January
1, 2009, and the payment shall be based upon those taxes as levied in the year 2009.
The last payment of Tax Increment by the taxing units under this Agreement is for those
taxes levied in the year 2028.
(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 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, 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 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 the County 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.
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(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:
City
'Angel R. Escobar
City Manager
City of Corpus Christi
1201 Leopard
P.O. Box 9277
Corpus Christi, Texas 78469-9277
Nueces County
Samuel L. Neal, Jr.
Nueces County Judge
Nueces County Courthouse
901 Leopard
Corpus Christi, Texas 78401
(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
the County.
(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 the County have made and
executed this Agreement in multiple copies, each of which is an original.
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI NUECES COUNTY
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