Item # 1
A RESOLUTION
NO.______
A RESOLUTION BY THE COUNCIL OF COLUMBUS, GEORGIA TO CREATE COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT TAX ALLOCATION DISTRICT #6: MIDTOWN EAST; 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 #6: MidTown East
the ?TAD?)to include 61 tax parcels and 92.9 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#6: MidTown
East (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#6: MidTown East 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 $17,633,996 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
11th day of October 12, 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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