02-10-14 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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(1)Projected incremental revenue generates 1.25 times coverage for the bonds over projected annual debt service(or such lesser coverage if recommended to the Authority by its financial advisor); (2)Projected incremental revenue will be calculated by multiplying estimated or certified incremental value from HCADby the participant(s) tax rate(s) divided by 100 times one minus a reasonable historical tax collection factor times one minus the City set-aside percentage; (3)A reserve fund equal to maximum annual debt service must be funded from the bond proceeds; (4)Adequate cash or capitalized interest must be set aside to assure payment of the bonds through the date of the next increment payment; and (5)The minimum bondsize will be that size that after funding the Reserve Fund, any capitalized interest and any costs of issuance will allow for a reimbursement to the developer of at least $1.5 million plus developer interest. Reimbursements to multiple developers may be aggregated in a single bond issue to achieve the minimum bond size. (I)The Authority shall not issue obligations in accordance with this Article unless the resulting debt service requirements on all Zoneobligations may be paid in full when due from all money then on deposit in or thereafter required to be deposited to the Property Accountduring the term of such Zone obligations, assuming that (a)the rates at which property taxes are levied by all taxing units required to make deposits to the Tax Increment Fund do not change from the rates at which they most recently levied property taxes, (b)the assessed value of taxable property (net of exemptions) within the Project Sitedoes not change from the amount then most recently estimated or certified by HCAD, (c)all amounts deposited (or required to be deposited) to the Property Account bear interest at the City’s investment rateuntil expended, (d)proceeds of such obligations are deposited to and set aside in the Property Accountas capitalized interest in the amount requested by the Developer and approved by the City Managerof the City, and (e)the Property Accountis expended in each year to pay administrative expenses of the Zone in an amount equal to the product of (i)the total amount of such expenses budgeted in the Zone’s most recent operating budget and (ii)a fraction, the numerator of which is the current Tax Increment attributable to the Project Siteand the denominator of which is the current Tax Increment for the Zone. (J)The Authority shall provide to Developer, upon the written request of Developer, and on the earliest date such information is available after the date of such request, certified copies of all statements of revenue attributable tothe Project Site and the source of such revenue of the Zoneand of the Authority the intended use of which is to verify the availability of funds for payment of the Project Costs or Developer Advances, if applicable, pursuant to this Section. 11 HOU:3372249.1