File #: 20-5143    Version: 1 Name: Appoint Chairperson to TIRZ Boards
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/19/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/7/2020 Final action: 12/7/2020
Title: Appoint Bruce Archer as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Mesquite Rodeo City Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Mesquite, Texas; Towne Centre Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Mesquite, Texas; Skyline Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Seven, City of Mesquite, Texas; Gus Thomasson Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Eight, City of Mesquite, Texas; Town East/Skyline Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Nine, City of Mesquite; Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Mesquite, Texas (Polo Ridge); Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Mesquite, Texas (Heartland Town Center); Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, City of Mesquite, Texas (IH-20 Business Park); and Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Mesquite, Texas (Spradley Farms) for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2021.

Title

Appoint Bruce Archer as Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Mesquite Rodeo City Reinvestment Zone Number One, City of Mesquite, Texas; Towne Centre Reinvestment Zone Number Two, City of Mesquite, Texas; Skyline Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Seven, City of Mesquite, Texas; Gus Thomasson Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Eight, City of Mesquite, Texas; Town East/Skyline Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Nine, City of Mesquite; Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Mesquite, Texas (Polo Ridge); Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Mesquite, Texas (Heartland Town Center); Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, City of Mesquite, Texas (IH-20 Business Park); and Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Mesquite, Texas (Spradley Farms) for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2021.

 

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The City Council adopted the following Ordinances establishing Tax Increment Reinvestment Zones:

 

Ord. No. 3138 on 2-3-97 - Mesquite Rodeo City Reinvestment Zone Number One

Ord. No. 3257 on 9-21-98 - Towne Centre Reinvestment Zone Number Two

Ord. No. 4401 on 11-2-15 - Skyline Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Seven

Ord. No. 4402 on 11-2-15 - Gus Thomasson Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Eight

Ord. No. 4466 on 12-19-16 - Town East/Skyline Tax Increment Finance Reinvestment Zone No. Nine

Ord. No. 4525 on 12-4-17 - Reinvestment Zone Number Ten, City of Mesquite, Texas (Polo Ridge)

Ord. No. 4532 on 12-18-17 - Reinvestment Zone Number Eleven, City of Mesquite, Texas (Heartland Town Center)

Ord. No. 4579 on 7-2-18 - Reinvestment Zone Number Twelve, City of Mesquite, Texas (IH-20 Business Park)

Ord. No. 4713 on 9-16-19 - Reinvestment Zone Number Thirteen, City of Mesquite, Texas (Spradley Farms)

 

In accordance with Section 311.009(f) of the Tax Increment Financing Act, the City Council must appoint one member of each TIRZ Board to serve as Chairman for a one-year term beginning January 1 of the following year. The current Chairman of the Board for each TIRZ is Bruce Archer.

 

Recommended/Desired Action

Staff recommends the re-appointment of Bruce Archer as the Chairman for each of the nine TIRZ Boards for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2021.

 

Drafter

Jimmy Martin

 

Head of Department

Cindy L. Smith