City of Columbus - File #: 0274-2011

• File #: 0274-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/9/2011
• In control: Development Committee
• On agenda: 2/28/2011
• Final action: 3/2/2011
• Title: To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $663,298.30 within the General Fund; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to appropriate and transfer $165,824.58 in cash from the Special Income Tax Fund to the General Fund; to authorize and direct the payment of $663,298.30 to the Gahanna-Jefferson School District to compensate for real property tax revenues forgone as a result of CRA tax abatements in the Stelzer-Stygler CRA; to authorize the expenditure of $663,298.30 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($663,298.30)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/2/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/2/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/28/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
2/28/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/17/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/17/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/16/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/16/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/16/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/15/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/15/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/15/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/14/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/10/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/10/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/9/2011	1	Dev Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/9/2011	1	DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

BACKGROUND: The City established the Stelzer-Stygler Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) in 1986 to stimulate private investment and job creation. In 1994, changes in the CRA law placed additional obligations on municipalities to compensate school districts for lost revenues arising from tax abatements. In May 2002 the City entered into a Compensation Agreement with the Gahanna-Jefferson School District to compensate the District for revenues from real property taxes forgone due to abatements on parcels in the Stelzer-Stygler CRA.

The present legislation authorizes the payment of $663,298.30 to the Gahanna-Jefferson School District as the compensation due in 2011 for previous tax years. This sum is calculated using the definitions in the Compensation Agreement and is based on four parcels (520-250980, 520-250982, 520-250983, 520-250985) in the Gahanna-Jefferson School District area of the Stelzer-Stygler CRA with building improvements and CRA tax abatements.

The abatement for parcel 520-250982 commenced with tax year 1997 and terminated in tax year 2006; compensation was paid by the City commencing for tax year 2001, but compensation for the first four years - 1997 through 2000 - was deferred and was to be payable 2008 through 2011 (following tax years 2007 through 2010). The portion of this payment attributable to this parcel being made in 2011 will be compensation for tax year 2000.

The abatement for parcels 520-250980 and 520-250985 commenced with tax year 1999 and terminated in tax year 2008; compensation was paid by the City commencing for tax year 2001, but compensation for the first two years - 1999 and 2000 - was deferred and was to be payable 2010 and 2011 (following tax years 2009 and 2010). The portion of this payment attributable to these parcels being made in 2011 will be compensation for tax year 2000.

The abatement for parcel 520-250983 commenced with tax year 2009 and will terminate in tax year 2018. The portion of thi...