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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2016-16 (Declaratory resolution for Sunrise allocation area)RESOLUTION NO. 2016-16 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AMENDING THE DECLARATORY RESOLUTION AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE 96th STREET/HAZEL DELL PARKWAY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AREA WHEREAS, the City of Carmel Redevelopment Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to IC 36-7-14 (the "Act") serves as the governing body of the City of Carmel Redevelopment District (the "District"); and WHEREAS, the Commission has previously adopted and confirmed resolutions (collectively, the "Declaratory Resolution") which established and amended an economic development area known as the "96th Street/Hazel Dell Parkway Economic Development Area" (the "Economic Development Area") and approved a development plan for the Economic Development Area, which is part of the Integrated Economic Development Plan & Amended Redevelopment Plan (the "Plan") pursuant to the Act; and WHEREAS, the Commission now desires to amend the Declaratory Resolution and Plan (i) add the described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Expansion Area") as part of the Economic Development Area, (ii) designate the entirety of the Expansion Area as an allocation area pursuant to Section 39 of the Act to be known as the Sunrise Allocation Area (the "Sunrise Allocation Area"), and (iii) to adopt a supplement to the Plan attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "2016 Plan Supplement") (clauses (i) through and including (iii), collectively, the "2016 Amendments"); and WHEREAS, the Commission hereby finds that normal development and occupancy in the Expansion Area are undesirable or impossible because of lack of development, cessation of growth, deteriorating improvements, age, and substandard buildings, which conditions cannot be corrected by regulatory processes or the ordinary operations of private enterprise without resort to the Act, the public health and welfare will be benefited by the acquisition and/or redevelopment of the Expansion Area under the Act and the 2016 Amendments and the 2016 Amendments will result in new taxes in the Expansion Area that would not have been generated but for the adoption of the 2016 Amendments; and WHEREAS, the Commission has caused to be prepared maps and plats showing the boundaries of the Expansion Area, the location of various parcels of property, streets, alleys, and other features affecting the acquisition, clearance, remediation, replatting, replanning, rezoning, or redevelopment of the Expansion Area, the parts of the Expansion Area to be devoted to public ways, levees, sewerage, and other public purposes under the Plan as amended herein, and lists of the owners of any parcels proposed to be acquired, together with an estimate of the cost of acquisition and redevelopment; and WHEREAS, the 2016 Amendments and supporting data were reviewed and considered at this meeting; and WHEREAS, Sections 41 and 43 of the Act permit the creation of "economic development areas" and provide that all of the rights, powers, privileges and immunities that may be exercised by this Commission in a redevelopment area or urban renewal area may be exercised in an economic development area, subject to the conditions set forth in the Act; and WHEREAS, Section 39 of the Act has been created and amended to permit the creation and expansion of "allocation areas" to provide for the allocation and distribution of property taxes for the purposes and in the manner provided in said Section; and WHEREAS, this Commission deems it advisable to apply the provisions of said Sections 39, 41 and 43 of the Act to the 2016 Amendments; and WHEREAS, the Commission now desires to approve the 2016 Amendments. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City of Carmel Redevelopment Commission, governing body of the City of Carmel Redevelopment District, as follows: 1. The 2016 Amendments promote significant opportunities for the gainful employment of its citizens, attraction of major new business enterprises to the City of Carmel, Indiana (the "City"), retention and expansion of significant business enterprises existing in the boundaries of the City, and meet other purposes of Sections 2.5, 41 and 43 of the Act, including without limitation benefiting public health, safety and welfare, increasing the economic well-being of the City and the State of Indiana (the "State"), and serving to protect and increase property values in the City and the State 2. The 2016 Plan Supplement for the Expansion Area cannot be achieved by regulatory processes or by the ordinary operation of private enterprise without resort to the powers allowed under Sections 2.5, 41 and 43 of the Act because of lack of development, cessation of growth, deteriorating improvements and age. The public health and welfare will be benefited by the 2016 Amendments. 4. It will be of public utility and benefit to amend the Declaratory Resolution and the Plan for the Economic Development Area, as expanded by the Expansion Area, as provided in the 2016 Amendments and to continue to develop the Economic Development Area, as expanded by the Expansion Area under the Act. 5. The accomplishment of the 2016 Plan Supplement for the Expansion Area will be a public utility and benefit as measured by the attraction or retention of permanent jobs, an increase in the property tax base, improved diversity of the economic base and other similar public benefits. 6. The Declaratory Resolution and the Plan, as amended by this Resolution and the 2016 Plan Supplement, conform to the comprehensive plan of development for the City. 7. The 2016 Amendments are reasonable and appropriate when considered in relation to the Declaratory Resolution and Plan and the purposes of the Act. 8. The findings and determinations set forth in the Declaratory Resolution and the Plan are hereby reaffirmed. 9. In support of the findings and determinations set forth in Sections 1 through 7 above, the Commission hereby adopts the specific findings set forth in the 2016 Plan Supplement. 10. The Commission does not at this time propose to acquire any specific parcel of land or interests in land within the boundaries of the Expansion Area or the Sunrise Allocation Area. If at any time the Commission proposes to acquire specific parcels of land, the required procedures for amending the Plan, as amended by the 2016 Plan Supplement, under the Act will be followed, including notice by publication to affected property owners and a public hearing. 11. The Commission finds that no residents of the Economic Development Area, as amended by the Expansion Area, will be displaced by any project resulting from the 2016 Plan Supplement, and therefore finds that it does not need to give consideration to transitional and permanent provision for adequate housing for the residents. 12. The Expansion Area is hereby added to the Economic Development Area and is designated as an "economic development area" under Section 41 of the Act. 13. The 2016 Amendments are hereby in all respects approved. 14. The entirety of the Expansion Area is hereby designated as an "allocation area" pursuant to Section 39 of the Act to be known as the "Sunrise Allocation Area," for purposes of the allocation and distribution of property taxes for the purposes and in the manner provided by said Section. Any taxes imposed under I.C. 6-1.1 on real property subsequently levied by or for the benefit of any public body entitled to a distribution of property taxes on taxable property in said allocation area shall be allocated and distributed as follows: Except as otherwise provided in said Section 39, the proceeds of taxes attributable to the lesser of the assessed value of the property for the assessment date with respect to which the allocation and distribution is made, or the base assessed value, shall be allocated to and when collected paid into the funds of the respective taxing units. Except as otherwise provided in said Section 39, property tax proceeds in excess of those described in the previous sentence shall be allocated to the redevelopment district and when collected paid into an allocation fund for the Sunrise Allocation Area hereby designated as the "Sunrise Allocation Fund" and may be used by the redevelopment district to do one or more of the things specified in Section 39(b)(3) of the Act, as the same may be amended from time to time. Said allocation fund may not be used for operating expenses of the Commission. Except as otherwise provided in the Act, before June 15 of each year, the Commission shall take the actions set forth in Section 39(b)(4) of the Act. 15. The foregoing allocation provision shall apply to all of the Sunrise Allocation Area, The Commission hereby finds that the adoption of this allocation provision will result in new property taxes in the Sunrise Allocation Area that would not have been generated but for the adoption of the allocation provision, as specifically evidenced by the findings set forth in Exhibit B hereto. The base assessment date for the Sunrise Allocation Area is January 1, 2016. 16. The provisions of this Resolution shall be subject in all respects to the Act and any amendments thereto, and the allocation provisions herein relating to the Sunrise Allocation Area shall expire on the date that is twenty-five (25) years after the date on which the first obligation is incurred to pay principal and interest on bonds or lease rentals on leases payable from tax increment revenues derived from the Sunrise Allocation Area. 17. This Resolution, together with any supporting data, shall be submitted to the City of Carmel Plan Commission (the "Plan Commission") and the Common Council of the City (the "Council") as provided in the Act, and if approved by the Plan Commission and the Council, shall be submitted to a public hearing and remonstrance as provided by the Act, after public notice as required by the Act. 18. The officers of the Commission are hereby authorized to make all filings necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and intent of this Resolution. 19. The provisions of this Resolution shall be subject in all respects to the Act and any amendments thereto. Adopted the 16th day of November, 2016. CITY OF CARMEL REDEVELOPMENT COMMISSION dent C ice President EXHIBIT A Description of the Expansion Area and the Sunrise Allocation Area The Expansion Area consists of the following parcels as depicted on the attached map, together with any and all public rights of way that physically connect any of the described parcels to each other and the existing Economic Development Area; the Expansion Area shall be added to the Economic Development Area. PARCEL ID NUMBER: 17-13-12-00-01-063.000 17-13-12-00-02-048.000 17-13-12-00-00-005.000 17-13-12-00-00-005.001 17-14-07-03-09-012.000 The Expansion Area also includes the northern portion of 96a' Street (from the centerline and northward) from Haverstick Road to Westfield Boulevard. EXHIBIT B 2016 Plan Supplement The Plan is hereby supplemented by adding the following projects to the Plan: All or any portion the design, acquisition, construction, inspection and equipping of site infrastructure, roadwork, creek improvements and other related improvements in the Expansion Area, including but not limited to improvements along Westfield Boulevard, Evenstar Boulevard, 96`h Street and Ream Creek. The projects support an apartment development project in the Economic Development Area and will drive additional opportunities for development to the Expansion Area by providing increased access and better infrastructure. The estimated cost of these improvements is $15,000,000. Based on representations of the developer of the apartment project and expectations for further development in the Expansion Area, the Commission has determined that the development of the Sunrise Allocation Area will not proceed as planned without the contribution of tax increment revenues to be derived from the Sunrise Allocation Area to the projects described above. DMS AWILLIAMS 4470520x2