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Item # 3





A RESOLUTION

NO._________



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

GEORGIA CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT #4: 2nd AVENUE/CITY

VILLAGE; 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 adjacent to the Chattahoochee River in the heart of Columbus

constituting approximately 992 acres (hereinafter the ?River District

Redevelopment Area?) by supporting redevelopment of the River District

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 River District 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(i),A(iii),B(i),B(ii),and

B(iii); and



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

and its citizens, and that redevelopment of the River District 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 #4: 2nd

Avenue/City Village (the ?TAD?)to include 990 tax parcels and 371 acres located

within the boundaries of the River District Redevelopment Area; and



WHEREAS, the Columbus, Georgia Consolidated Government River District Tax

Allocation District Redevelopment Plan (the ?Redevelopment Plan?) has been

prepared for the River District 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 December 8, 2015,

December 15, 2015, and January 26, 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#4: 2nd

Avenue/City Village (the ?TAD?).



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



Section 1. Council finds that many properties in the River District

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 time frame without the approval of the

Redevelopment Plan.



Section 2. Council finds that the improvement of the River District

Redevelopment Area is likely to enhance the value of a substantial portion of

other real property in the area.



Section 3. Council adopts the attached 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#4: 2nd Avenue/City Village

pursuant to the Redevelopment Plan and the Redevelopment Powers Law and

designates the boundaries of the district 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 $30,265,438 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 State of

Georgia?s revenue commissioner as provided 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

collect 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

8th day of March, 2016, and adopted at said meeting by the affirmative vote of

______ members of Council.



Councilor Allen_____________.

Councilor Baker_____________.

Councilor Barnes____________.

Councilor Buck______________.

Councilor Davis_____________.

Councilor Henderson_________.

Councilor Huff______________.

Councilor Pugh______________.

Councilor Thomas____________.

Councilor Woodson___________.





____________________________ _______________________________

TINY B. WASHINGTON, CLERK TERESA PIKE TOMLINSON, MAYOR















EXHIBIT ?A?



REDEVELOPMENT PLAN













EXHIBIT ?B?



MAP OF TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT

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