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HomeMy Public PortalAboutORD16059BILL NO. 2020-010 SPONSORED BY Councilmember Hensley ORDINANCE NO. 1&05GI AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, TERMINATING AND DISSOLVING THE HIGH STREET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT, SPECIAL ALLOCATION FUND AND THE TAX INCREMENT ALLOCATION FINANCING ASSOCIATED THEREWITH; ALLOCATING AND AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF SAID MONEYS IN THE SPECIAL ALLOCATION FUND, IF ANY, TO THE COLE COUNTY COLLECTOR FOR DISTRIBUTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT; AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN FUTURE ACTIONS. WHEREAS, the Real Property Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, Sections 99.800 to 99.865 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended (the "Act"), authorizes the City of Jefferson, Missouri (the "City") to provide for the redevelopment of certain areas through the mechanism of tax increment financing; and WHEREAS, the Tax Increment Financing Commission of the City of Jefferson, Missouri (the "Commission") is duly constituted under the Act, and WHEREAS, the City prepared for consideration by the Commission a plan for redevelopment titled "High Street Tax Increment Financing Plan" (the "TIF Plan") for redevelopment of the property which is described in the TIF Plan as 900 and 902 East High Street in the Central East Side (the "Redevelopment Area"); and WHEREAS, after a public hearing and full evaluation, the Commission recommended to the Council of the City of Jefferson that the TIF Plan be approved; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act and in accordance with the recommendation made by the Commission, the Council of the City of Jefferson by Ordinance No. 13476, passed and approved on December 2, 2002 (the "Approving Ordinance"), (a) approving the TIF Plan, (b) designating the Redevelopment Area as a "redevelopment area," as defined in the Act, (c) approving the construction of the Redevelopment Project in accordance with the TIF Plan, (d) adopting tax increment financing with respect to the Redevelopment Area and establishing a special allocation fund (the "Special Allocation Fund") and (e) approving the execution of a redevelopment agreement to carry out the TIF Plan; and WHEREAS, the High Street TIF District and the Redevelopment Projects undertaken have been note -worthy for the dramatic economic development, revitalization, and the job creation and investment brought about in the Central East Side area of the City; and WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Projects have been successfully completed and the Redevelopment Project Costs have been repaid; and WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Jefferson finds it desirable and in the best interests of the City, the other affected taxing jurisdictions, and its inhabitants to terminate and dissolve the High Street Tax Increment Financing District, the Special Allocation Fund and the tax increment financing associated therewith, and to authorize the allocation and transfer of moneys in said Special Allocation Fund to the Cole County Collector for distribution in accordance with Section 99.850 of the Act. NOW BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City hereby finds that the Redevelopment Project has been successfully completed and the Redevelopment Project Costs have been paid and that the dissolution and termination of the High Street Tax Increment Financing District as of the effective date of this ordinance, and the Special Allocation Fund, as appropriate, as being in the best interests of the City, all other affected taxing jurisdictions and the inhabitants thereof. Section 2. The City Council hereby declares the balance of any moneys remaining on deposit in the Special Allocation Fund, if any, as of the termination of the High Street TIF District as surplus and shall be distributed to the Cole County Collector who shall immediately thereafter pay such funds to the taxing district in the High Street TIF District in the same manner and proportion as the most recent distribution by the Collector to the affected districts of real property taxes from real property in the High Street TIF District. Section 3. The City Council hereby declares the High Street TIF District dissolved and hereby terminates its designation as a "Redevelopment Area" within the meaning of the TIF Act. Effective as of the calendar year 2020, the rates of the taxing districts having jurisdiction within the High Street TIF District shall be extended and all taxes levied within the High Street TIF District shall be levied, collected, and distributed in the manner required by applicable law in the absence of the adoption of tax increment financing within the High Street TIF District. Section 4. Upon the fulfillment of the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 hereof, the Special Allocation Fund is hereby declared to be, and shall for all purposes be considered, dissolved and terminated. Section 5. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to provide notice to all affected taxing jurisdictions, including the Cole County Assessor and the Cole County Collector, regarding the dissolution and termination of the High Street TIF District and the Special Allocation Fund in accordance with this Ordinance. Section 6. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval. Passed: �p� U IC , Presiding Officer ATTEST: //. !. • L . �� ..�L�_City Clerk Approved-AJZ�Z�tti?v "R 0'" �� Mayor Carrie Tergin APPROVED AS TO FORM: City At ey