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13-21RESOLUTION NO. 13 -21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR OF THE CITY TO NEGOTIATE POSSIBLE TAX AND FEE WAIVERS, REDUCTIONS, OR REFUNDS TO ENCOURAGE PROJECT BANNER TO EXPAND WITHIN THE CITY OF CLEARWATER; PROVIDING THAT ANY AGREEMENT REACHED UNDER THIS RESOLUTION MUST BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL CONSIDERATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Project Banner is an alias name as permitted under F.S. 288.075 for a company currently located in the City of Clearwater; and WHEREAS, Project Banner is seeking to expand, thereby adding 143 jobs meeting 100% of the Pinellas County average annual wage as published by Enterprise Florida, Inc. in January, 2013; and WHEREAS, the company is requesting consideration of the refund, reduction or waiver of impact, permitting and application fees; local financial support (`Local Match') in the form of cash as required under the provisions of Section 288.106, Florida Statutes, governing the State's Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program; and the Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption of up to 75% per year for 10 years on the city- portion of real and tangible taxes. (Exemption allowed on the increment only, not on the current taxes.); and WHEREAS, the company also requests: assistance with road improvements, utility rate concessions, utility franchise fees, fast track permitting; and WHEREAS, the City has done an impact analysis of the expansion of Project Banner, using Total ImpactTM model software by Impact DataSource, an economic consulting, research and analysis firm, that provides high - quality economic research — specializing in economic and fiscal impact analysis and incentive analysis; and WHEREAS, Total Impact model software evaluates relevant direct and indirect economic impacts of the expansion of Project Banner, including but not limited to the number of new jobs created, number of new workers and residents in the city; new taxable sales in the area; new taxable lodging sales in the area; and new residential and commercial property to be added to the City tax rolls; and WHEREAS, the software also performs an Evaluation of Fiscal Impacts, which estimates the fiscal impact of additional revenues and costs for City of Clearwater, including but not limited to additional revenues such as sales tax, property tax; and additional costs to the City of Clearwater such as the costs of providing services to new workers and the new industries; and Resolution No. 13 -21 WHEREAS, in addition to calculating economic and fiscal impacts, Total Impact provides an analysis of possible incentives under consideration including Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program Local Match contribution, Economic Development Ad Valorem Tax Exemption, and cash (and cash value of) incentives; and WHEREAS, the incentive analysis feature allows for 'what -if analysis' which evaluates cash and cash value of incentives as an investment in the project and determines the rate of return and payback period for the investment. The analysis compares the incentives to the net fiscal benefit for the community over a period of time, and serves as a consistent and objective way to evaluate projects; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA: Section 1. The City of Clearwater supports the Qualified Target Industry Tax Refund Program and has approved an Ad Valorem Tax Exemption for the expansion or creation of new businesses in the City. Section 2. The Economic Development Department is authorized to negotiate with Project Banner the possibility of certain tax rebates, exemptions and waivers, and fee refunds, reductions or waivers to yield an estimated payback period of no greater than 7 years with an estimated rate of return no less than 10% as determined by the impact analysis. The maximum cash (or cash value) of incentives is not to exceed the value of the road improvements, fees, fee refunds, reductions or waivers. Section 3. Any agreement reached between the Economic Development Director and Project Banner pursuant to this Resolution shall be brought back to the City Council for consideration. Section 4. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1 4th day of August , 2013. Approved as to form: ilk' mela K. Akin City Attorney -cte0/(ficrelek George N. Cretekos Mayor Attest: tdiAli01(1, 0 Rosemarie Call City Clerk 2 Resolution No. 13 -21