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HomeMy WebLinkAboutD-2500-19 North End Project Bond Issuance Sponsors: Councilors Finkam, Kimball and Rider ORDINANCE D-2500-19 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 20_ (NORTH END PROJECT), AND AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING OTHER ACTIONS IN RESPECT THERETO Synopsis: Ordinance authorizes the issuance of bonds by the City of Carmel, Indiana, to finance all or any portion of certain infrastructure improvements to support a mixed-use residential, office and retail development WHEREAS, the City of Carmel, Indiana (the "City"), is a municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Indiana and by virtue of I.C. 36-7-11.9 and I.C. 36-7-12 (collectively, the "Act"), is authorized and empowered to adopt this ordinance (the "Bond Ordinance") and to carry out its provisions; WHEREAS, Old Town Companies, L.L.C. or any affiliate thereof (the "Company"), desires to finance the design and construction of certain improvements described in Exhibit A hereto which are located in the Old Town Economic Development Area (collectively, the "Projects"); WHEREAS,the Company will complete the Projects for use in connection with a mixed- use development consisting of single family homes, apartments, townhomes, condos and office/retail space in or directly serving and benefiting the Smokey & Monon Allocation Area (the "Facilities"); WHEREAS, the Company has advised the City of Carmel Economic Development Commission (the "Commission") and the City that it proposes that the City issue its taxable or tax-exempt Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Series 20_ (North End Project), in one or more series (with such different or additional series designation determined to be necessary or appropriate), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Six Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,200,000) (the `Bonds"), under the Act and provide the proceeds of such Bonds to the Company for the purpose of fmancing the Projects; WHEREAS, the completion of the Projects results in the diversification of industry, the creation of jobs and the creation of business opportunities in the City; WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. § 36-7-12-24, the Commission published notice of a public hearing(the "Public Hearing") on the proposed issuance of the Bonds to finance the Projects; WHEREAS, on the date specified in the notice of the Public Hearing, the Commission held the Public Hearing on the Projects; and WHEREAS, the Commission has performed all actions required of it by the Act preliminary to the adoption of this Bond Ordinance and has approved and forwarded to the Common Council the forms of: (1) a Financing Agreement between the City and the Company (the "Financing Agreement"); (2) a Trust Indenture between the City and a trustee to be selected by the City (the "Trustee") (the "Indenture"); (3) the Bonds; and (4) this Bond Ordinance (the Financing Agreement, the Indenture, the Bonds, and this Bond Ordinance, collectively, the "Financing Agreements"); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, THAT: Section 1. Findings; Public Benefits. The Common Council hereby finds and determines that the Projects involve the acquisition, construction and equipping of an "economic development facility" as that phrase is used in the Act; that the Projects will increase employment opportunities and increase diversification of economic development in the City, will improve and promote the economic stability, development and welfare in the City, will encourage and promote the expansion of industry, trade and commerce in the City and the location of other new industries in the City; that the public benefits to be accomplished by this Bond Ordinance, in tending to overcome insufficient employment opportunities and insufficient diversification of industry, are greater than the cost of public services (as that phrase is used in the Act) which will be required by the Projects; and, therefore, that the financing of the Projects by the issue of the Bonds under the Act: (i) will be of benefit to the health and general welfare of the City; and (ii) complies with the Act. Section 2. Approval of Financing. The proposed financing of the Projects by the issuance of the Bonds under the Act, in the form that such financing was approved by the Commission, is hereby approved. Section 3. Authorization of the Bonds. The issuance of the Bonds, payable solely from revenues and receipts derived from the Financing Agreements, is hereby authorized. Section 4. Terms of the Bonds. (a) The Bonds, in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed Six Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,200,000), shall (i) be executed at or prior to the closing date by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the Clerk of the City; (ii) be dated as of the date of their delivery; (iii) mature on a date not later than twenty-five years after the date of issuance of the first series of Bonds; (iv) bear interest at such rates as determined with the purchaser thereof (the "Purchaser") in an amount not to exceed six percent(6.0%), with such interest payable as provided in the Financing Agreements; (v) be issuable in such denominations as set forth in the Financing Agreements; (vi) be issuable only in fully registered form; (vii) be subject to registration on the bond register as provided in the Indenture; (viii) be payable in lawful money of the United States of America; (ix) be payable at an office of the 2 DMS 15408616.2 Trustee as provided in the Indenture; (x) be subject to optional redemption prior to maturity and subject to redemption as otherwise provided in the Financing Agreements; (xi) be issued in one or more series; and (xii) contain such other terms and provisions as may be provided in the Financing Agreements. (b) The Bonds and the interest thereon do not and shall never constitute an indebtedness of, or a charge against the general credit or taxing power of, the City, but shall be special and limited obligations of the City, payable solely from revenues and other amounts derived from the Financing Agreements. Forms of the Financing Agreements are before this meeting and are by this reference incorporated in this Bond Ordinance, and the Clerk of the City is hereby directed, in the name and on behalf of the City,to insert them into the minutes of the Common Council and to keep them on file. Section 5. Sale of the Bonds. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the City, to sell the Bonds to the Purchaser at such prices as are determined on the date of sale and approved by the Mayor of the City. Section 6. Execution and Delivery of Financing Agreements. The Mayor and the Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute or endorse and deliver the Financing Agreement, the Indenture, and the Bonds, submitted to the Common Council, which are hereby approved in all respects. Section 7. Changes in Financing Agreements. The Mayor is hereby authorized, in the name and on behalf of the City, without further approval of the Common Council or the Commission, to approve such changes in the Financing Agreements as may be permitted by Act, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by his execution thereof. Section 8. Reimbursement from Bond Proceeds. The City hereby declares its intent to issue the Bonds for the purpose of financing the Projects, which Bonds will not exceed $6,200,000, and pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.150-2 and IC 5-1-14-6(c), to reimburse costs of the Projects (including costs of issuing the Bonds) from proceeds of the sale of such Bonds. Section 9. General. The Mayor and any other officer of the City, and each of them, are hereby authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute or endorse any and all agreements, documents and instruments, perform any and all acts, approve any and all matters, and do any and all other things deemed by them, or either of them, to be necessary or desirable in order to carry out and comply with the intent, conditions and purposes of this Bond Ordinance (including the preambles hereto and the documents mentioned herein), the Projects, the issuance and sale of the Bonds, and the securing of the Bonds under the Financing Agreements, and any such execution, endorsement, performance or doing of other things heretofore effected be, and hereby is, ratified and approved. Section 10. Binding Effect. The provisions of this Bond Ordinance and the Financing Agreements shall constitute a binding contract between the City and the 3 DMS 15408616.2 holders of the Bonds, and after issuance of the Bonds this Bond Ordinance shall not be repealed or amended in any respect which would adversely affect the rights of the holders of the Bonds as long as the Bonds or interest thereon remains unpaid. Section 11. Repeal. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 12. Effective Date. This Bond Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon adoption and compliance with I.C. § 36-4-6-14. Section 13. Copies of Financing Agreements on File. Two copies of the Financing Agreements incorporated into this Bond Ordinance were duly filed in the office of the Clerk of the City, and are available for public inspection in accordance with I.C. § 36-1-5-4. 4 DMS 15408616.2 d PASSED by the Common Council (4 the City of Carmel, this 71 day of uf)c-eimb-P,r, 2019, by a vote of (0 ayes and nays. COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL,INDIANA 7 po Jeff W resid nt Ant Y oiy Green Laura Campbell, Vice Pr ident Bruce Kimb ' ► ter Kevin D. Rider dirdrirrr M nkam A ES 1/. pristine Pauley, , lerk-Treasurer of e City of Carmel, Indiana Presented by me to the Zynor of the City of el, Indiana, t 's day of , 2019, at / Christi e Pauley, Cler - reasurer Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Cannel, Indiana, this 0 day of )0Pc��,�,C , 2019, at S .M. J s Brainard, Mayor AT istine Pau,y;Clerk-Treasurer Prepared by: Bruce D. Donaldson Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11 South Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46204 5 DMS 15408616.2 EXHIBIT A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECTS All or any portion of the design and construction of infrastructure and site improvements, including roadwork, a roundabout, utility relocations a parking structure, and/or streetscape development in or directly serving the Smokey & Monon Allocation Area in the City of Carmel, including but not limited to improvements to Smokey Row Road, improvements to and extension of Rohrer Road and a roundabout at the intersection of Smokey Row Road and Rohrer Road, which will support the development of a proposed mixed-use residential, retail and office project.