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Ordinance No. 4,926Page 80225 -1 ORDINANCE NO. 4926 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AND THE CITY CLERK TO ATTEST TO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BAYTOWN AREA /WEST CHAMBERS COUNTY ECONOMIC ® DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF A SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. E BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby approves an agreement with The Baytown Area /West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation for the administration of a Small Business Revolving Loan Program, and authorizes and directs the Mayor and City Clerk of the City of Baytown to execute and attest to said agreement. A copy of said agreement is attached hereto, marked Exhibit "A," and made a part hereof for all intents and purposes. Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the City Council of the City of Baytown. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 25th day of February, 1988. MET T 0. HUTTO, Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk RANDALL B. STR G, Cit torney C:1:38:3 80225 -1a AGREEMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION OF SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM ® STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF HARRIS: This agreement is made as of the day of , 1988, by and between the City of Baytown (City) and the Baytown Area /West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation (Foundation) . W I T N E S S E T H: WHEREAS, the City and the Foundation desire to create economic growth and expansion in the Baytown area, as well as create employment opportunities for low and moderate income persons; and WHEREAS, the City and the Foundation desire to make the financing needed for the growth and expansion of small businesses more readily available within the Baytown area; and WHEREAS, the City has funds available for use in a small business revolving loan program that were provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under Contract No. B- 87- 1MC -48 -0033; and WHEREAS, the City and the Foundation desire that the Foundation administer and operate a small business revolving loan program utilizing the above described funds for and in behalf of the City in order to promote the public goals described above; NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and mutual convenants herein contained, it is agreed as follows: Section 1: The Foundation shall administer and operate for and in behalf of the City of Baytown a small business revolving loan program utilizing funds provided by the Department of Housing and Urban Development as described above. Such administration and operation by the Foundation shall be pursuant to the procedures and requirements set forth in attachment 'A' to this agreement, which attachment is entitled "City of Baytown, HUD -CDBG, Small Business Revolving Loan Program ". The Foundation ® shall also comply with all federal and state requirements that pertain to such programs, including all rules, regulations and requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Section 2: The Foundation shall prepare and submit to the City, within 30 days from the end of each calendar quarter during the term of this contract, or at the first City Council meeting thereafter, verbal or brief written reports describing the 80225- lb services performed by the Foundation pursuant to this agreement during the previous quarter. Such report shall also summarize the services and activities performed by the Foundation in previously reported quarters. Section 3: This agreement shall be effective for one year beginning March 1, 1988. This agreement may, however, be renewed for subsequent one -year periods upon mutual agreement of the parties. Either party may for any reason terminate this agreement upon thirty days prior written notice to the other party. Section 4: For and in consideration of the services to be performed by the Foundation and in compliance with the terms of this agreement, the City agrees to pay to the Foundation the total sum of $250.00, payable March 1, 1988. It is the intent of the parties that this amount be sufficient to cover the material supply expense of the Foundation and cost of administering operation of this program. This amount may be adjusted on agreement of the parties if and when this agreement is renewed for additional one -year periods. Section 5: Funds to be used for the revolving loan program will be supplied by the City of Baytown, with the amount to be determined by the City Council of the City of Baytown. Additional funds may be placed within the revolving loan program by the City of Baytown upon appropriation by the City Council for such purposes. Section 6: Failure strict performance of any any rights or remedies failure of performance right to insist on and to conpliance with any other right or remedy occurr failure of performance. of either party hereto to insist on the of the agreements herein or to exercise accruing thereunder upon default or shall not be considered a waiver of the enforce by an appropriate remedy strict obligation hereunder or to exercise any ing as a result of any future default or Section 7: Any notice required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the following parties: Executive Director Baytown Area /West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation Suite 403 1300 Rollingbrook ® Baytown, Texas 77521 City Manager City of Baytown P. 0. Box 424 Baytown, Texas 77522 - 2 - 80225 -1c 10 Section 8: This written agreement contains all the agreements of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof, and is full and final expression of the agreement between the parties. ® In witness whereof, the parties have made and executed this contract in multiple copies, each of which shall be an original. ATTEST: EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk ATTEST: Secretary S:5:25:1 n CITY OF BAYTOWN MMETT 0. UTTO, Mayor BAYTOWN AREA /WEST CHAMBERS COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION CONRAD MAGOUIRR, Chairman - 3 - G 80225 -1d CITY OF BAYTOWN HUD - CDBG SMALL BUSINESS REVOLVING LOAN PROGRAM I. Goals and Objectives: A) To create employment opportunities for low and moderate income persons. B) To create growth and expansion within the City of Baytown. II. Loan Terms and Conditions: A) The City shall loan up to $50,000 but not greater than 25% of the total cost of the project. The remainder of the project cost must be comprised of conventional loans and owner's equity, such equity to be not less than 10% of the total cost of the project. B) The city loan will take a "subordinate lien position" to the conventional lender. However, the City reserves the right to purchase the first lienholder's encumbrances. C) The term of the City loan may not exceed the term of the conventional loan. D) The City loan shall be made at a rate of interest of 4% per annum. E) Loan funds may be used solely for acquisition or construction of fixed assets with a depreciable life of no less than ten (10) years. Funds may not be used for reconditioning, refurbishing or repairing. F) The borrower agrees to create or preserve a minimum of three (3) jobs regardless of the amount of the loan and also agrees that not less than fifty -one percent (51 %) of new jobs created as a result of the Small Business Revolving Loan Program shall be filled by low and moderate income residents of the City of Baytown. Documentation that every effort was made to hire ® low /moderate income citizens will be required. G) The borrowers shall not engage in any discriminatory practices based upon an individual's race, color, creed, j sex or national origin. HIBBI6 A 0 III. Administrative Procedures: A) The Community application and funds will be requirements. 80225 -1e Development staff shall formulate an review process that ensures program utilized in conformance with HUD B) The Baytown /West Chambers County Economic Development Foundation under contract to the City shall originate all applications. An application submitted to the City staff for review shall include the following: 1) Project narrative detailing the company history and type of product or service, number of new jobs, and proposed uses of funds. 2) Project budget which includes line item budget identifying proposed sources of funds. 3) Identification of HUD requirements which are being fulfilled. C) Functions to be performed by the Foundation staff are: 1) Review proposals for compatibility with program guidelines. 2) Assist with preparation of loan applications. 3) Transmit applications to the Community Development staff for review and approval. 4) Serve as liaison between applicants and lenders. D) Upon favorable review of a proposed project, the borrowers shall receive a "Letter of Qualification" from the Community Development staff, listing the conditions and amount of the loan. E) The "Letter of Qualification" will be used in acquiring a conventional loan. The conventional lender will be responsible for determining credit worthiness of a project. Upon approval of the total loan package, the Community Development staff will issue a check payable to the conventional lender and the borrower. The conventional lender will disburse both their funds and the City funds at the time of loan closing. The borrower shall bear the cost of preparing any and all legal documents necessary to effectuate both loans. 80225 -1f F) The conventional lender shall be responsible for collecting both the conventional and City share of funds. Semi- annally, the conventional lender will remit to the City its share of the collections to include principle and interest, less any pre- arranged service fee. G) Throughout the life of the city loan, the City maintains the right for any of its representatives or the representative of the Department of Housing and Urban Development to inspect the borrower's premises, interview its workers or take any other actions necessary to insure that goals, objectives and requirements of the program are being met. IV. Eligibility Criteria: A) The borrower warrants that the loan funds are essential for the preservation or creation of jobs through a duly licensed business enterprise located within the corporate limits.of the City of Baytown. B) Eligible borrowers are those business entities which are classified as engaging in manufacturing /fabrication, wholesale distribution and industrial services. C) There shall be no minimum time period for having been in business. However, the borrower must be able to meet surety and collateral requirements of conventional lending institutions. Additionally, the borrower must provide evidence that sufficient cash flow exists to meet operating capital and debt service requirements. V. Enforcement Should the borrower fail to meet any of the federal requirements after the initiation of the loan, the City may institute appropriate actions to ensure that these requirements are met. S:5:25:2 2 11