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2019-1648 RESOLUTION NO. 2019-1648 A resolution authorizing funding for creating an operating business plan and for the schematic design of an Indoor Sports Complex WHEREAS, the Common Council previously authorized funding and promissory note borrowing in 2018 for a feasibility study for a potential Indoor Sports Complex in Council File Resolution No. 2018-1538; and WHEREAS, the Common Council hereby intends to authorize additional borrowing and funding to further study a potential Indoor Sports Complex through the development of an operating business plan and for the schematic designs with cost estimates for up to four (4) potential sites in the City; and WHEREAS, the Common Council intends to fund a portion of the total costs of both the creation of an operating business plan and the schematic design creation as part of the 2019 General Fund Note Issue with new borrowed funds in an amount not to exceed Twenty Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) in 2019 in the form of the issuance of tax exempt general obligation promissory notes; and WHEREAS, the Janesville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (JACVB) committed to matching the City's portion of the funding, for a total project cost as set forth in the following table: 2019 City General Fund Note Issue $25,000 JACVB Funding $25,000 Total Funding for Creation of Business Plan and $50,000 Schematic Design of an Indoor Sports Complex and, WHEREAS, such above proposed public projects and purposes, and the issuance of such promissory notes and use of such borrowed monies in 2019, both will be beneficial to the City and in the best interest of the community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council of the City of Janesville that: 1. All above recitals are reiterated and incorporated herein as if fully set forth verbatim; and 2. The proposed borrowing, City funding, and City expenditures are each hereby approved and the City Administration is fully authorized to immediately proceed with vendor selection, expenditures in anticipation of borrowing and the development and creation of: (A) an operating business plan, and (B) a schematic design of an Indoor Sports Complex; and the City Manager is further authorized to take actions that he deems necessary and/or desirable to effectuate the intent of this resolution, including, but not limited to, including an amount up to but not exceeding the Twenty Five Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000.00) City portion of the funding in the 2019 City promissory note issue; and no funds from sources other than the Notes identified above are, or are expected to be, reserved, allocated on a long-term basis, or otherwise set aside by the City for these two public purposes specifically set forth and described above, except as permitted by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. This declaration of official intent to borrow is consistent with the budgetary and financial circumstances of the City of Janesville. The purpose of this Resolution is to satisfy the "official intent requirement" of Treasury Regulation Section 1.150-2. ADOPTED: April 22, 2019 Motion by: Wolfe Second by: Williams APPROVED: / Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent Conley X Farrell X Mark A. r itag, City Manager Gruber X Marklein X ATTES . Williams X Wolfe X Vacant D id T. Godek, City Clerk-Treasurer APPROVED AS TO FORM: Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney Proposed by: Neighborhood & Community Services Prepared by: City Manager's Office and City Attorney