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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 02/03/2009 - SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 007, 2009, APPROPR ITEM NUMBER: 8 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: February 3, Zoos FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Matt Robenalt SUBJECT Second Reading of Ordinance No. 007, 2009, Appropriating Revenue in the Downtown Development Authority Debt Service Fund for Payment of Debt Service on Bond Series 2008A for the Year 2009. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends adoption of this Ordinance on Second Reading. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance, unanimously adopted on First Reading on January 20, 2009, appropriates the tax increment revenue in the Downtown Development Authority Debt Service Fund for the payment of debt service for the year 2009 to the City of Fort Collins for the 2008A Taxable Subordinate Tax Increment Revenue Bonds. ATTACHMENTS 1. Copy of First Reading Agenda Item Summary - January 20, 2009. (w/o original attachments) ATTACHMENT ITEM NUMBER: 12 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY DATE: January 20, 2009 FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL STAFF: Matt Robenalt llr� 7))7 SUBJECT First Reading of Ordinance No. 607, 2009,Appropriating Revenue in the Downtown Development Authority Debt Service Fund for Payment of Debt Service on Bond Series 2008A for the Year 2009. RECOMMENDATION Staff and the Downtown Development Authority Board recommend adoption of the Ordinance on First Reading. FINANCIAL IMPACT � i U) The City of Fort Collins purchased the 2008A Taxable Subordinate Tax Increment Revenue Bonds from the City of Fort Collins DowntoANI)evelopment Authority on December 29, 2008. The Downtown Development Authority is requesting approval to appropriate $3,604,813 for the 2009 debt payment to the City of Fort Collins. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This Ordinance will appropriate the tax increment revenue in the Downtown Development Authority Debt Service Fund for the payment of debt service for the year 2009 to the City of Fort Collins for - the 2008A Taxable Subordinate Tax Increment Revenue Bonds. BACKGROUND ��� The Downtown Development A'� uthoritp (" the "DDA )' 14 was 'created in 1981 with the purpose, according to State statute, oflplanni gl"kan i plementing p`ojects and programs within the boundaries of the DDA. The DDA and City adopted a Plan of Development that specifies the projects and programs the DDA would undertake. In order to carry out the purposes of the State statute and the Plan of Development the City, on behalf of the DDA, has issued various notes and tax increment bonds. On December 16, 2008, the City of Fort Collins City Council authorized the issuance of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado Downtown Development Authority Taxable Subordinate Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, in the aggregate principal amount of $10,488,000. The purpose of the bonds is to finance certain capital improvements,capital projects, and development projects within the DDA area. Incremental ad valorem tax revenues received by January 20, 2009 -2- Item No. 12 the DDA and held in the DDA Debt Service Fund are pledged to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. The DDA asks the Council to appropriate funds from=thejDowntown Development Authority Debt Service Fund for the 2008A Taxable Subordinate Tax thcrementfRevenue Bonds debt payment. ATTACHMENTS 1. DDA Resolution 2009-01 Recommending to the Fort Collins City Council the Appropriation of$3,604,813 from the Downtown Development Authority Debt Service Fund for Payment of the 2008A Taxable Subordinate Tax Increment Revenue Bonds Debt Service for the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2009. ORDINANCE NO. 007, 2009 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS APPROPRIATING REVENUE IN THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY DEBT SERVICE FUND FOR PAYMENT OF DEBT SERVICE ON BOND SERIES 2008A FOR THE YEAR 2009 WHEREAS, the Downtown Development Authority (the "DDA") is a body corporate duly created, established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, all under and pursuant to the Downtown Development Authorities Act of the State of Colorado, Section 31-25-801, C.R.S. et seq. and the powers of the DDA Board of Directors include the power to borrow money and to finance public improvements within the boundaries of the DDA; and WHEREAS, the City Council, in Ordinance No. 147, 2008, authorized the issuance of $10,488,000 of Subordinate Tax Increment Revenue Bonds, Series 2008A, dated December 16, 2008 and WHEREAS, the DDA's payment for principal and interest debt service requirements on the 2008A bonds will be $3,604,813 in 2009; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 31-25-816, C.R.S., the appropriation of DDA debt service is subject to approval by the City Council. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that there is hereby appropriated for expenditure from the Downtown Development Authority Debt Service Fund the sum of THREE MILLION SIX HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND T14IRTEEN DOLLARS ($3,604,813) for payment of debt service on the 2008A Taxable Subordinate Tax Increment Revenue Bonds. Introduced, considered favorably on first reading, and ordered published this 20th day of January, A.D. 2009, and to be presented for final passage on th day of February, A.D. 2009. i Mayor ATTEST: �- City Clerk Passed and adopted on final reading on the 3rd day of February, A.D. 2009. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk