[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.010; Ord. No.
5195 § 1, 4-10-1998]
There is hereby created a Commission to be known as the "Tax
Increment Financing Commission of the City of Sikeston, Missouri"
(the "Commission").
[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.020; Ord. No.
5195 § 2, 4-10-1998]
A.
The
Commission shall serve as an advisory board to the City as it relates
to the consideration of tax increment financing proposals submitted
by interested parties or initiated by any public agency in accordance
with the Act. The City Council hereby authorizes and approves the
exercise by the Commission of only those powers that are required
by the Act to be exercised by the Commission, as follows:
1.
The Commission shall hold public hearings and give notices pursuant
to Sections 99.815 and 99.830 of the Act on proposed redevelopment
plans, redevelopment projects and designation of redevelopment areas
and amendments thereto.
2.
The Commission shall vote on all proposed redevelopment plans, redevelopment
projects and designations of redevelopment areas and amendments thereto
within thirty (30) days following completion of a hearing on any such
plan, project designation or amendment and shall make recommendations
to the City within ninety (90) days of a hearing referred to in Section
99.825 of the Act concerning adoption of or amendment to redevelopment
plans, redevelopment projects and/or designation of redevelopment
areas.
[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.030; Ord. No.
5195 § 3, 4-10-1998]
The Commission shall elect from among its members a Chairman,
Vice Chairman and Secretary. Meetings of the Commission shall be open
to the public to the extent provided by law and a record shall be
kept of each meeting. The Commission may establish rules and procedures
not in conflict with City ordinances or policies or the Act and shall
meet as required to fulfill its obligations set forth in the Act.
[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.040; Ord. No.
5195 § 4, 4-10-1998; Ord. No. 5425, 10-2001]
The Commission shall consist of eleven (11) members, six (6)
of whom shall be appointed by the Council and five (5) of whom shall
be appointed as provided in the Act. The members appointed by the
Council shall serve terms of four (4) years, except two (2) of the
initial appointments shall be for a term of two (2) years and two
(2) of the initial appointments shall be for a term of three (3) years.
The members appointed by the other taxing jurisdictions as provided
in the Act shall serve from the time that the affected school district(s)
and other affected taxing jurisdictions are notified in writing of
a proposed redevelopment plan or designation of a development area
until final approval or disapproval of the redevelopment plan, redevelopment
project or designation of a redevelopment area by the City. The appropriate
officials of the City are hereby directed to provide notice to other
taxing districts of the establishment of the Commission in the manner
required by the Act.
[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.050; Ord. No.
5195 § 5, 4-10-1998]
It shall be the policy of the City to consider the use of tax
increment financing for those projects which demonstrate a substantial
and significant public benefit by eliminating blight, financing desirable
public improvements, strengthening the employment and economic base
of the City and other taxing jurisdictions, increasing property values,
reducing poverty, creating economic stability, upgrading older neighborhoods
and areas and facilitating economic self-sufficiency. Each project
shall be funded by the sponsor of the project making a deposit with
the City Clerk in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00),
which sum shall be augmented from time to time when it is exhausted
as needed for expenses and costs necessary to develop the project.
The City shall bear no expense in connection with any tax increment
financing project.
[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.060; Ord. No.
5195 § 6, 4-10-1998]
A.
The
City hereby adopts the following procedures for bids and proposals
for the implementation of redevelopment projects:
1.
The City or the Commission shall solicit proposals with respect to
the implementation of each proposed redevelopment project.
2.
Each request for proposals shall state the primary objectives of
the proposed redevelopment area or redevelopment project.
3.
Each request for proposals shall provide reasonable opportunity for
any person to submit alternative proposals or bids.
4.
Each request for proposals shall be mailed to those persons or firms
which the City or the Commission determines might be interested in
submitting a bid and shall be published in a newspaper of general
circulation in the City. Each request for proposals shall provide
at least thirty (30) days for the submission of a proposal.
5.
Each proposal must demonstrate that "but for" the use of tax increment
financing, the project is not feasible and would not be completed.
6.
Criteria for the selection of proposals will include the impact of
the proposed project on the City and other taxing jurisdictions, including
the projected term for which tax increment financing will be utilized.
The City or the Commission may establish such additional criteria
as it deems appropriate for the selection of bids and proposals; provided,
such criteria shall be generally stated in the request for proposals.
[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.070; Ord. No.
5250 § 1, 2-1999]
A.
The
following Relocation Policy shall apply to any plan, project or area
for redevelopment under the operation of Chapter 99, RSMo., Chapter
100, RSMo., Chapter 353, RSMo., which was filed for approval, approved
or amended on or after August 31, 1991 and which proposes or includes
within its provisions or necessitates displacement of persons, when
such displacement is not subject to the provisions of the Federal
Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970
(42 U.S.C. Sections 4601 to 4655, as amended) or to Subsection (1)
of Section 523.205, RSMo.:
1.
BUSINESS
a.
b.
c.
DECENT, SAFE AND SANITARY DWELLING
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
DISPLACED PERSON
HANDICAPPED PERSON
PERSON
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
As used herein, the following terms shall mean:
Any lawful activity which is conducted:
Primarily for the purchase, sale or use of personal or real
property or for the manufacture, processing or marketing of products
or commodities; or
Primarily for the sale of services to the public.
On a not-for-profit basis by any organization that has obtained
an exemption from the payment of Federal income taxes as provided
in Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26, U.S.C., as amended, and veterans
organizations.
A dwelling which meets applicable housing and occupancy codes.
The dwelling shall:
Be structurally sound, weather-tight and in good repair;
Contain a safe electrical wiring system;
Contain an adequate heating system;
Be adequate in size with respect to the number of rooms needed
to accommodate the displaced person; and
For a handicapped person, be free of barriers which would preclude
reasonable ingress, egress or use of the dwelling.
Any person that moves from the real property or moves his/her
personal property from the real property permanently and voluntarily
as a direct result of the acquisition, rehabilitation or demolition
of or the written notice of intent to acquire such real property,
in whole or in part, for a public purpose.
Any person who is deaf, legally blind or orthopedically disabled
to the extent that acquisition of another residence presents a greater
burden than other persons would encounter or to the extent that modifications
to the replacement residence would be necessary.
Any individual, family, partnership, corporation, or association
that has a legal right to occupy the property including, but not limited
to, month-to-month tenants.
As defined in Section 353.020, RSMo.
2.
Every urban redevelopment corporation acquiring property within a
redevelopment area shall submit a relocation plan as part of the redevelopment
plan. The relocation plan shall comply with all applicable provisions
of this Relocation Policy.
3.
Unless the property acquisition under any plan, project or area for
redevelopment approved under the operation of Chapter 99, RSMo., Chapter
100, RSMo., or Chapter 353, RSMo., is subject to Federal relocation
standards or Subsection (1) of Section 523.205, RSMo., any such plan
approved in connection with such property acquisition shall include
a relocation plan which shall, either by incorporation of this Relocation
Policy or by express provision therein, provide for the following:
a.
Payments to all eligible displaced persons who occupied property
to be acquired for not less than ninety (90) days prior to the initiation
of negotiations who are required to vacate the premises;
b.
A program for identifying special needs of displaced persons with
specific consideration given to income, age, size of family, nature
of business, availability of suitable replacement facilities and vacancy
rates of affordable facilities;
c.
A program for providing proper and timely notice to all displaced
persons, including a general description of their potential rights
and benefits if they are displaced, their eligibility for relocation
assistance, and the nature of that assistance. The notices required
for compliance with this Section are as follows:
(1)
A general information notice that shall be issued at the approval
and selection of a designated redeveloper and shall inform residential
and non-residential owners and occupants of a potential project, including
the potential acquisition of the property;
(2)
A notice of relocation eligibility that shall be issued as soon
as feasible after the execution of the redevelopment agreement and
shall inform residential and non-residential occupants within the
project area who will be displaced of their relocation assistance
and nature of that assistance, including ninety (90) days' advance
notice of the date the occupants must vacate;
d.
A program for referrals of displaced persons with provisions for
a minimum of three (3) decent, safe and sanitary housing referrals
for residential persons or suitable referral sites for displaced businesses,
a minimum of ninety (90) days' notice of referral sites for all displaced
persons prior to the date such displaced persons are required to vacate
the premises, and arrangements for transportation to inspect referral
sites; and
e.
Every displaced person shall be given a ninety (90) day notice to
vacate, prior to the date such displaced person is required to vacate
the premises.
4.
All displaced residential persons eligible for payments shall be
provided with relocation payments based upon one (1) of the following,
at the option of the person:
a.
A one thousand dollar ($1,000.00) fixed moving expense payment; or
b.
Actual reasonable costs of relocation including actual moving costs,
utility deposits, key deposits, storage of personal property up to
one (1) month, utility transfer and connection fees and other initial
rehousing deposits including first (1st) and last month's rent and
security deposit.
5.
All displaced businesses eligible for payments shall be provided
with relocation payments based upon the following, at the option of
the business:
a.
A three thousand dollar ($3,000.00) fixed moving expense payment
and up to an additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for re-establishment
expenses. Re-establishment expenses are limited to costs incurred
for physical improvements to the replacement property to accommodate
the particular business at issue; or
b.
Actual costs of moving including costs for packing, crating, disconnection,
dismantling, reassembling and installing all personal equipment and
costs for relettering similar signs and similar replacement stationery,
and up to an additional ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) for re-establishment
expenses. Re-establishment expenses are limited to actual costs incurred
for physical improvements to the replacement property to accommodate
the particular business at issue.
6.
If a displaced person demonstrates the need for an advance relocation
payment in order to avoid or reduce a hardship, the developer or the
City shall issue the payment subject to such safeguards as are appropriate
to ensure that the objective of the payment is accomplished. Payment
for a satisfactory claim shall be made within thirty (30) days following
receipt of sufficient documentation to support the claim. All claims
shall be filed with the displacing agency within six (6) months after:
7.
Any displaced person, who is also the owner of the premises, may waive relocation payments as part of the negotiations for acquisition of the interest held by such person. Such waiver shall be in writing, shall disclose the person's knowledge of the provisions of this Section and his/her entitlement to payment and shall be filed with the acquiring public agency. However, any such waiver shall not include a waiver of any notice provisions of this Section, and a displaced person shall remain entitled to all of the provisions regarding programs which are contained in Subsections (3)(b) and (3)(c) of this Section.
8.
All persons eligible for relocation benefits shall be notified in writing of the availability of such relocation payments and assistance concurrent with the notice of referral sites as required in Subsection (3)(c) of this Section.
9.
Any urban redevelopment corporation, its assigns or transferees,
which has been provided any assistance under the operation of Chapter
99, RSMo., Chapter 100, RSMo., Chapter 353, RSMo., or Chapter 523,
RSMo., with land acquisition by the City, shall be required to make
a report to the City Council or appropriate public agency which shall
include, but not be limited to, the addresses of all occupied residential
buildings and structures within the redevelopment area and the names
and addresses of persons displaced by the redeveloper and specific
relocation benefits provided to each person, as well as a sample notice
provided to each person.
10.
An urban redevelopment corporation which fails to comply with the
relocation requirements provided in Section 523.205, RSMo., shall
not be eligible for tax abatement as provided for in Chapter 353,
RSMo.
11.
The requirements set out herein shall be considered minimum standards.
In reviewing any proposed relocation plan under the operation of Chapter
99, RSMo., Chapter 100, RSMo., or Chapter 353, RSMo., the City Council
or public agency shall determine the adequacy of the proposal and
may require additional elements to be provided.
12.
Relocation assistance shall not be provided to any person who purposely
resides or located his/her business in a redevelopment area solely
for the purpose of obtaining relocation benefits.
13.
The provisions of Sections 523.200 and 523.205, RSMo., shall apply
to land acquisitions under the operation of Chapter 99, RSMo., Chapter
100, RSMo., or Chapter 353, RSMo., filed for approval, approved or
amended on or after August 31, 1991, and, as provided by Subsection
(2) of Section 523.205, RSMo., any other land acquisition by a political
subdivision or governmental entity through condemnation proceedings
initiated after December 31, 2006.
[R.O. 2009 § 2.100.080; Ord. No.
5250 § 2, 2-1999]
The Relocation Policy shall apply to any plan, project or area for redevelopment under the operation of Chapter 99, Chapter 100 or Chapter 353, RSMo., as amended, which is hereafter filed for approval, approved or amended.
