Columbus, Georgia

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Item # 4



A RESOLUTION

NO._________



A RESOLUTION BY THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA TO CREATE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA

CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT #5: MIDTOWN WEST; TO DESIGNATE

THE BOUNDARIES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AREA AND TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT; TO

ESTABLISH THE LAST KNOWN TAX INCREMENT BASE AND ADOPT A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR

THE AREA; TO ESTABLISH THE INTENT TO ISSUE AND SELL TAX ALLOCATION BONDS AS

NECESSARY TO EFFECTUATE THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.



WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Powers Law, O.C.G.A. ? 36-44-1 et seq., provides for

the exercise of redevelopment powers and the creation of redevelopment plans

and tax allocation districts by counties, municipalities, and consolidated

governments in the State of Georgia; and,



WHEREAS, the purpose of the Redevelopment Powers Law is to improve economic and

social conditions within economically and socially depressed urban areas that

contribute to or cause unemployment, limit the tax resources of local governing

authorities while creating a greater demand for government services, and have

deleterious effect upon the public health, safety, morals, and welfare; and,



WHEREAS, in accordance with O.C.G.A. ?36-44-4(a), the Columbus Council

(?Council?) previously designated itself as the redevelopment agency to

exercise the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan and the Redevelopment Powers

Law with the delegation of certain administrative functions to the Columbus

Development Authority (Ordinance No.15-51), and,



WHEREAS, it is in the public interest of the Columbus, Georgia Consolidated

Government (the ?CCG?) that the Redevelopment Powers Law be exercised to enable

public-private partnerships to improve economic and social conditions in

certain areas of MidTown Columbus constituting approximately 3,250 acres (the

?MidTown Redevelopment Area?) by supporting redevelopment of the MidTown

Redevelopment Area as more fully described and mapped in the Redevelopment Plan

(as defined herein), attached hereto as Exhibit ?A?, in order to insure that

such areas be developed to the maximum extent practicable to improve economic

and social conditions therein in order to abate or eliminate deleterious

effects to the public health, safety, morals and welfare; and,



WHEREAS, Council recognizes that the MidTown Redevelopment Area is an area

located within a developed area that is substantially underutilized and is

adversely affected by environmental factors that retard and impair

redevelopment and that the area substantially impairs the sound growth of the

community, O.C.G.A.?3(7), specifically subparagraphs A(iii), A(v), B(i),

B(iii), and C(ii); and,





WHEREAS, the Council has determined that it is in the best interest of the CCG

and its citizens, and that redevelopment of the MidTown Redevelopment Area will

best be served by the separation and creation of one or more smaller Tax

Allocation Districts within the boundaries of the overall Redevelopment Area,

and has designated the boundaries of Tax Allocation District #5: MidTown West

(the ?TAD?)to include 942 tax parcels and 325.1 acres located within the

boundaries of the MidTown Redevelopment Area; and,



WHEREAS, the Columbus, Georgia Consolidated Government MidTown West and MidTown

East Tax Allocation District Redevelopment Plan (the ?Redevelopment Plan?) has

been prepared for the MidTown Redevelopment Area in accordance with the

requirements of O.C.G.A ? 36-44-3(9); and,



WHEREAS, the Council held public hearings at the meetings of September 13,

2016, and September 27, 2016, duly noticed as prescribed by law and published

in the Columbus Ledger Enquirer and as set forth in the minutes of said

meetings. The purpose of the meetings was to receive suggestions and comments

on the proposed redevelopment plan and the tax allocation districts described

therein; and,





WHEREAS, Council desires to adopt the Redevelopment Plan and create the

Columbus, Georgia Consolidated Government Tax Allocation District#5: MidTown

West (the ?TAD?).





NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:



Section 1. Council finds that many properties in the MidTown Redevelopment

Area have not been subject to growth or redevelopment through private

enterprise and would not reasonably be anticipated to be developed with the

same quality and within the same timeframe without the approval of the

Redevelopment Plan.



Section 2. Council finds that the improvement of the MidTown Redevelopment

Area is likely to enhance the value of a substantial portion of other real

property in the area.



Section 3. Council adopts the Redevelopment Plan, attached to this

Resolution as Exhibit ?A? and incorporated herein by reference, as the

Redevelopment Plan for the aforesaid area.



Section 4. Council creates Tax Allocation District#5: MidTown West pursuant to

the Redevelopment Plan and the Redevelopment Powers Law and designates the

boundaries of the TAD as described in the Redevelopment Plan and shown on the

map attached hereto as Exhibit ?B?. Other TAD?s proposed in the Redevelopment

Plan are not approved pursuant to this Resolution, but may be adopted by

separate resolutions.



Section 5. The TAD is hereby created as of December 31, 2016, and shall

continue in existence until all redevelopment costs, including financing costs,

are paid in full.



Section 6. The CCG hereby establishes the estimated Tax Allocation Increment

Base to be $44,459,488 based on the last known assessed valuation of the TAD

which was as of December 31,2015, subject to updating the estimate using the

2016 digest numbers when available and the certification of the Revenue

Commissioner in accordance with O.C.G.A. ? 36-44-10. The property taxes to be

used for computing tax allocation increments for the Columbus, Georgia

Consolidated Government shall include all M&O Millage on real property within

the TAD as specified in the attached Redevelopment Plan and incorporated herein

by reference. Any property taxes levied to repay bonded indebtedness, property

taxes on personal property or motor vehicles and ad valorem taxes collected

from public utilities and railroad companies will be excluded from the Tax

Allocation Increment Base in accordance with O.C.G.A. ?36-44-3(1).



Section 7. Council intends where feasible and cost effective to authorize the

issuance of Tax Allocation Bonds or other forms of financing as determined by

CCG for any and all eligible uses as permitted under the Redevelopment Powers

Law as may be necessary to implement provisions of the Redevelopment Plan.





Section 8. The property proposed to be pledged for payment or as security for

payment of tax allocation bonds will include the positive ad valorem tax

allocation increments derived from real property within the TAD for the life of

the district.



Section 9. All resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict with this

resolution are hereby rescinded to the extent of any such conflict.



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Introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of Columbus, Georgia held on the

27th day of September, 2016, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative

vote of ______ members of Council.



Councilor Allen_____________.

Councilor Baker_____________.

Councilor Barnes____________.

Councilor Davis_____________.

Councilor Garrett___________.

Councilor Henderson_________.

Councilor Huff______________.

Councilor Pugh______________.

Councilor Thomas____________.

Councilor Woodson___________.







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TINY B. WASHINGTON, CLERK TERESA PIKE TOMLINSON, MAYOR







"Exhibit A"











"Exhibit B"



















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