HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution CC-02-15-16-02 Midtown Lease AgreementSponsor: Councilors Carter,
Kimball and Worrell
RESOLUTION CC -02-15-16-02
A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA,
APPROVING A LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND
TAKING OTHER ACTIONS RELATED THERETO
Synopsis:
Resolution approves a Lease Agreement between the City of Carmel Redevelopment Authority, as
lessor, and the City of Carmel Redevelopment Commission, as lessee, and approves bonds issued
by the Redevelopment Authority, secured by the lease rentals under the Lease Agreement, to
finance the construction of two parking garages and a public plaza. The lease rental payments are
payable from tax increment revenues derived from the Midtown Allocation Area, as well as other
available revenues of the City of Carmel Redevelopment District, and by a back-up pledge of the
revenues derived by the Commission from the levy of a special benefits tax.
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel Redevelopment Authority (the "Authority") has been
created pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14.5 as a separate body corporate and politic, and as an
instrumentality of the City of Carmel, Indiana (the "City") to finance local public improvements for
lease to the City of Carmel Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission"), as the governing
body of the City of Carmel Redevelopment District (the "District"); and
WHEREAS, the Authority has adopted, or is expected to adopt, a resolution indicating its
intent to issue one or more series of its taxable lease rental revenue bonds, in the maximum original
principal amount of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000) (collectively, the "Bonds"), to provide
funds for the purposes of. (a) financing all or a portion of the projects described in Exhibit A
attached hereto (collectively, the "Projects"); (b) if necessary, funding a debt service reserve fund or
paying the premiums for one or more municipal bond insurance policies and/or one or more debt
service reserve fund credit facilities, if any; (c) if necessary, paying capitalized interest on the
Bonds; and (d) paying all costs incurred on account of or in connection with the issuance and sale of
the Bonds, including the premiums for any credit enhancement or credit facility purchased in
connection with the issuance of the Bonds (clauses (a) through and including (d), collectively, the
"Program"); and
WHEREAS, the Authority and the Commission have adopted, or are expected to adopt,
resolutions approving a proposed Lease Agreement in the form presented at this meeting (the
"Lease") for the purpose of paying the principal and interest on the Bonds issued pursuant to
Indiana Code 36-7-14.5 to finance the Program; and
WHEREAS, the annual rentals (the "Lease Rentals") payable by the Commission under the
Lease will be pledged by the Authority to pay debt service on the Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Commission reasonably expects to pay the Lease Rentals during the term
of the Lease from certain tax increment revenues derived from the Midtown Allocation Area
established within the District to be received by the Commission pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14,
as amended, or other legally available revenues of the Commission, and the payment of the Lease
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Rentals will be secured solely by a back-up pledge of the revenues derived by the Commission from
the levy of a special benefits tax pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14-27; and
WHEREAS, the Commission scheduled a public hearing regarding the Lease pursuant to
Indiana Code 36-7-14-25.2, as amended, and published a notice of such public hearing pursuant to
Indiana Code 5-3-1, and said public hearing has been held and all interested parties were provided
the opportunity to be heard at the hearing; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14.5-14 and Indiana Code 36-7-14-25.2, the
Commission has adopted a resolution finding that the lease rental payments to be paid by the
Commission to the Authority pursuant to the Lease are fair and reasonable, and that the terms of the
Lease are based upon the value of the Leased Premises (as defined in the Lease) and the use of the
Leased Premises and the Projects throughout the term of the Lease will serve the public purpose of
the City and is in the best interests of its residents; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City (the "Common Council") desires to approve
the Lease pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14-25.2, which provides that any lease approved by a
resolution of the Commission must be approved by an ordinance or resolution of the fiscal body of
the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CARMEL, INDIANA, as follows:
Section 1. Approval of Lease, Bonds and Trust Indenture. The Common Council
hereby approves the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority, pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14.5-
19, the execution and delivery of the Lease, as approved by the Commission, pursuant to Indiana
Code 36-7-14-25.2, including, if necessary, the levy by the Commission of a special benefits tax
pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14-27 during the term of the Lease to provide necessary funds from
which to pay the Lease Rentals under the Lease, the execution and delivery of a Trust Indenture for
the Bonds, to be entered into between the Authority and a trustee bank to be chosen by the President
of the Authority, as trustee, and the pledge of the lease rentals thereunder to the payment of the
Bonds, pursuant to IC 36-7-14.5-21, all subject to the following conditions: (a) the maximum
aggregate original principal amount of the Bonds shall not exceed $20,000,000; (b) the Bonds shall
mature no later than January 15, 2041; (c) the maximum annual lease rental payment during the
term of the Lease shall not exceed $1,500,000; (d) the maximum interest rate on the Bonds shall not
exceed seven percent (7.00%) per annum; (e) the Bonds may be subject to redemption prior to
maturity on any date not earlier than five (5) years following the date of issuance of the Bonds, with
such specific dates and redemption terms determined at the time of the sale of the Bonds and
approved by the Authority in the purchase agreement for the Bonds, all upon the advice of the
financial advisor to the Authority; (f) the maximum term of the Lease shall not exceed twenty-five
(25) years; and (g) interest on the Bonds may be capitalized through a date no later than July 15,
2019.
Section 2. Payment of Lease Rentals. While the Commission has pledged a special
benefits tax as a back-up source of payments on the Lease, the Common Council hereby
acknowledges that the Commission reasonably expects to use (a) tax increment revenues derived
from the Midtown Allocation Area, and (b) other revenues legally available to the Commission, to
pay the Lease Rentals under the Lease.
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Section 3. Authorization of Other Actions. Each of the Mayor, any member of the
Common Council and the Clerk -Treasurer, and any other officer, employee or agent of the City is
hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver any contract,
deed, agreement, certificate, instrument or other document and to take any action as such person
determines to be necessary or appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this Resolution, such
determination to be conclusively evidenced by such person's execution of such contract, deed,
agreement, certificate, instrument or other document or such person's taking of such action.
Section 4. Severability. If any part of this Resolution shall be adjudged to be invalid by
a court of proper jurisdiction, it shall be conclusively presumed that the Common Council would
have passed the remainder of this Resolution without such invalid part.
Section 5. Effectiveness. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after
its adoption by the Common Council and upon compliance with the procedures required by law.
PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Carmel, this
by a vote of ayes and (0 nays.
COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
)nptd-4 Carter, President
Laura Campbell
Bruce Kimball
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Christine Pauley/' Clerk-Treasur r of the City
of Carmel, Indiana
Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of
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Prepared by: Bruce D. Donaldson
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
11 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
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EXHIBIT A
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3 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS
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5 All or any portion of (a) the design, acquisition, construction, inspection and equipping of
6 two multi-level parking garages located along 1St Avenue SW and a public plaza facing the Monon
7 Trail, all of which will be located near the intersection of 3rd Street SW and 1St Avenue SW and are
8 located in, or directly benefitting and serving, the Old Towne Economic Development Area; (b) the
9 acquisition of any land or right-of-way necessary therefor; and (c) all utility relocation, acquisition,
10 design, inspection, construction, demolition, renovation, remediation, improvement, excavation, site
11 work preparation and/or equipping projects related to the projects described in clauses (a) and (b)
12 and any and all costs related thereto (clauses (a) through and including (c), collectively, the
13 "Projects").
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