Title
An Ordinance approving the Petition for establishment of the Summit Orchards Community Improvement District, and approving a Cooperative Agreement to implement the District.
(First Reading by Council on February 19, 2019. Passed by unanimous vote.)
Body
Issue/Request:
Ordinance approving the Summit Orchard Community Improvement District and Cooperative Agreement.
Key Issues:
This ordinance will approve the Summit Orchard CID and a cooperative agreement to implement the District.
Proposed City Council Motion:
SECOND MOTION: I move for adoption of An Ordinance approving the Petition for establishment of the Summit Orchards Community Improvement District, and approving a Cooperative Agreement to implement the District.
Background:
The memorandum from the Law Department provides a full summary of the project and background.
The Petition provides for the reimbursement of approximately $9.03 million in costs associated with public improvements that will serve the shopping center project on about 58 acres of property located at north of Chipman Road and to the east and west of Ward Road.
The CID is proposed to fund public improvements, including improvements in City rights-of-way and improvements that will be interior to the project. The CID funding source would be a 1% sales tax on new development in the project which would provide reimbursement to developer. The CID sales tax will be in effect until the developer has been reimbursed with interest, but the CID will not last longer than 30 years.
The Cooperative Agreement includes provisions to ensure that the interior public improvements which will be funded by the CID but not dedicated to the City will be properly maintained for the life of the CID. The Petition presents these categories of CID Public Improvements:
(1) the Internal Drives;
(2) the Art Features;
(3) the Public Landscape;
(4) the Public Signage;
(5) all sidewalks and pedestrian paths within the Development Area that are funded ...
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