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HomeMy WebLinkAbout032236 RES - 10/13/2020 Resolution waiving City Council Policies 10.2.1(C) and 10.2.1(K) to allow for the appointment of members of the Board of Directors of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Corpus Christi, Texas. WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Council Policy 10.2.1(C), which requires that any applications from perspective member of any City board be received by the City Secretary's Office at least 14 days before the date of appointment; WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Council Policy 10.2.1(K), which prohibits the appointment of board members within 30 days of an election and extending until the seating of the new Council; WHERAS, on August 18, 2020, the City Council, by Ordinance No. 032183, designated a portion of the City as Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Corpus Christi, Texas (TIRZ #5), following the receipt of a petition from the owner of most of the land in the area (the "Developer"); WHEREAS, at the time that the TIRZ#5 was created, the City Council did not appoint the members of the Board of Directors (the "Board") for the TIRZ#5; WHEREAS, in order to move forward with the development, the Developer has requested that the City Council appoint the Board and hold a TIRZ #5 meeting, so that the final project and financing plan can be approved by the Board and presented to City Council for approval; WHEREAS, delaying the appointment of the Board members until after the new City Council is seated would cause a significant delay in the project timeline and could result in the Developer moving on to a project in a different community instead; WHEREAS, the applications from some of the Developer's representatives were not received until October 6 and 7, 2020, which is only six or seven days before the appointment date; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it is in the best interest of the City to appoint all of the Board members that the City Council is eligible to appoint before the election so that the project can continue to move forward. Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas: SECTION 1. That the City Council Policies 10.2.1(C) and 10.2.1(K) are hereby waived for purposes of appointing the TIRZ #5 Board. SECTION 2. That this waiver is limited to the appointments to the TIRZ #5 Board that occur between the passage of this resolution and the seating of the new Council following the election on November 3, 2020. No other exceptions to these policies are approved. 032236 SCANNED Resolution waiving City Council Policies 10.2.1(C) and 10.2.1(K) to allow for the appointment of members of the Board of Directors of the Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Corpus Christi, Texas. WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Council Policy 10.2.1(C), which requires that any applications from perspective member of any City board be received by the City Secretary's Office at least 14 days before the date of appointment; WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Council Policy 10.2.1(K), which prohibits the appointment of board members within 30 days of an election and extending until the seating of the new Council; WHERAS, on August 18, 2020, the City Council, by Ordinance No. 032183, designated a portion of the City as Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Five, City of Corpus Christi, Texas (TIRZ #5), following the receipt of a petition from the owner of most of the land in the area (the "Developer"); WHEREAS, at the time that the TIRZ#5 was created, the City Council did not appoint the members of the Board of Directors (the "Board") for the TIRZ #5; WHEREAS, in order to move forward with the development, the Developer has requested that the City Council appoint the Board and hold a TIRZ #5 meeting, so that the final project and financing plan can be approved by the Board and presented to City Council for approval; WHEREAS, delaying the appointment of the Board members until after the new City Council is seated would cause a significant delay in the project timeline and could result in the Developer moving on to a project in a different community instead; WHEREAS, the applications from some of the Developer's representatives were not received until October 6 and 7, 2020, which is only six or seven days before the appointment date; and WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it is in the best interest of the City to appoint all of the Board members that the City Council is eligible to appoint before the election so that the project can continue to move forward. Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas: SECTION 1. That the City Council Policies 10.2.1(C) and 10.2.1(K) are hereby waived for purposes of appointing the TIRZ #5 Board. SECTION 2. That this waiver is limited to the appointments to the TIRZ #5 Board that occur between the passage of this resolution and the seating of the new Council following the election on November 3, 2020. No other exceptions to these policies are approved. 032236 SCANNED 2 PASSED AND APPROVED on the 13Th day of alt)\9.R(, 2020: Joe McComb l Roland Barrera Rudy Garza Paulette M. Guajardo Gil Hernandez !VO Michael Hunter Ben Molina -AltAlx( Everett Roy Greg Smith Ply , ATTEST: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI Reb cca Huerta Jo Comb City Secretary M 'yo 032236