HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1347 - Economic Development Corporation CITY of TUKWILA
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f} -/360 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHING-
TON, CREATING THE TUKWILA ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT CORPORATION; APPROVING THE CHARTER AND
BYLAWS; AND APPOINTING THE DIRECTORS OF SAID
PUBLIC CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Tukwila has
determined that a public corporation should be created pur-
suant to the provisions of Chapter 300, Laws of 1981 Chapter
39.84 RCW to promote local economic development, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that said
public corporation is necessary to promote higher employment,
encourage the development of new jobs, maintain and supple-
ment the capital investments in industry that currently exist
in the City, encourage future employment by ensuring future
capital investment, attract environmentally sound industry to
the City, protect and enhance the quality of natural re-
sources and the environment, and promote the production and
conservation of energy, and
WHEREAS, a proposed form of charter for said public
corporation has been presented to the City Council for its
approval in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, and
WHEREAS, a proposed form of bylaws for said public
corporation has been presented to the City Council for its
approval in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, and
WHEREAS, proposed policies governing industrial rev-
enue bond financing in the City of Tukwila for said public
corporation have been presented to the City Council for its
approval in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C, now,
therefore,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA, WASHINGTON,
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Public Corporation Created. A public
corporation is hereby created to carry out the purposes of
Chapter 300, Laws of 1981, Chapter 39.84 RCW. The public
corporation shall be subject to the provisions of the herein
referenced statutes.
Section 2. Name of Public Corporation. The name of
the public corporation shall be the TUKWILA ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
MENT CORPORATION.
Section 3. Charter Adopted. The Charter of the
Tukwila Economic Development Corporation, attached hereto as
Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference as if
fully set forth, containing such provisions as are authorized
by and not in conflict with State law, is hereby approved.
The Corporation shall conduct its affairs in accordance with
the Charter and the provisions of State law.
Section 4. Bylaws Adopted. The Bylaws of the Tuk-
wila Economic Development Corporation, attached hereto as
Exhibit B and incorporated herein by this reference as if
fully set forth, are hereby approved.
Section 5. Policies Adopted. The policies set forth
on Exhibit C, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference as if fully set forth, are hereby adopted as offi-
cial policies governing the use of Industrial Revenue Bond
financing in the City of Tukwila to be followed by the Cor-
poration.
Section 6. Board of Directors Created. A Board of
Directors is hereby established to govern the affairs of the
Corporation. All corporate powers of the Corporation shall
be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business,
property and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed
under the direction of, the Board of Directors, except as may
otherwise be provided in the Charter, the Bylaws or State
law. The Board of Directors of the Corporation shall be
composed of the Mayor, the three (3) members of the City
Council's Finance and Personnel Committee who shall serve by
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right of office, and three (3) members of the business
community appointed by the Mayor, subject to Council confir-
mation. In addition to the aforementioned directors, two
alternate directors shall serve as follows: The Mayor shall
appoint, subject to confirmation by the City Council, one
additional member of the business community who shall attend
meetings and perform the duties of a director whenever any of
the regularly appointed directors from the business community
are unavailable to attend or perform. The Council President
or his designee shall serve as an additional alternate
director who shall attend meetings and perform the duties of
a director whenever any of the directors from the Finance and
Personnel Committee are unavailable to attend or perform.
The Mayor and Finance and Personnel Committee Board Members
shall serve a term which is concurrent with their term of
office and committee assignment. Appointed Directors from
the business community shall serve a four (4) year term.
Section 7. Majority to Constitute a Quorum. At all
meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Direc-
tors in office at the time shall be sufficient to constitute
a quorum. Every act or decision done or made by a majority
of the Directors present at a meeting of the Corporation duly
held, at which a quorum is present and acting, shall be re-
garded as the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 8. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect five (5) days after passage and publication as pro-
vided by law.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUKWILA,
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WASHINGTON, at a regular meeting thereof this z
day of 1 1985.
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APPROVED:
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
CITY CLERK, MMMAXINE ANDERSON
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY:
BY
FIL WITH THE CST'' CLE
PASSED BY THE CITY COUN
PUBLISHED: April 24, 1985
EFFECTIVE DATE: April 30, 1985
ORDINANCE NO. 1347
MX GAR L. VAN DUSEN
March 21, 1985
April 15, 1985
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CHARTER
OF
TUKWILA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
Name and Definitions
Exhibit A
Section 1.01 Name. The name of this corporation is
"Tukwila Economic Development Corporation" (hereinafter re-
ferred to as the "Corporation
Section 1.02 Definitions. As used in this Charter, the
following terms have the following meanings unless the con-
text clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Act" means Chapter 300, Laws of 1981 (Chapter 39.84
RCW), as now in existence or hereafter amended.
(b) "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of
the Corporation.
(c) "City" means the City of Tukwila.
(d) "Construction" or "construct" means construction and
acquisition, whether by devise, purchase, gift,
lease or otherwise.
(e) "Facilities" means land, rights in land, buildings,
structures, docks, wharves, machinery, transmission
equipment, landscaping, utilities, approaches, road-
way and parking, handling and storage areas, and
similar ancillary facilities.
(f) "Financing Document" means a lease, sublease, in-
stallment sale agreement, conditional sale agree-
ment, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, guar-
anty agreement or other agreement for the purpose of
providing funds to pay or secure debt service on
Revenue Bonds.
(g) "Improvement" means reconstruction, remodeling,
rehabilitation, extension and enlargement; and "to
Exhibit A
improve" means to reconstruct, to remodel, to rehab-
ilitate, to extend and to enlarge.
(h) "Industrial Development Facilities" means manufac-
turing, processing, research, production, assembly,
warehousing, transportation, pollution control,
solid waste disposal, energy facilities and any
other facilities permitted by the "Act
(i) "Municipality" means a city, town, county or port
district of the State.
(j) "Ordinance" means any appropriate method of taking
official action or adopting a legislative decision
by the City, whether known as a resolution, ordi-
nance or otherwise.
(k) "Project Costs" means costs of (1) acquisition,
construction and improvement of any Facilities in-
cluded in an Industrial Development Facility; (2)
architectural, engineering, consulting, accounting
and legal costs related directly to the development,
financing and construction of an Industrial Develop-
ment Facility, including costs of studies assessing
the feasibility of an Industrial Development Facil-
ity; (3) finance costs, including discounts, if any,
the costs of issuing Revenue Bonds, and costs in-
curred in carrying out any trust agreement; (4)
interest during construction and during the six
months after estimated completion of construction,
and capitalized debt service or repair and replace-
ment or other appropriate reserves; (5) the re-
funding of any outstanding obligations incurred for
any of the costs outlined above; and (6) other costs
incidental to any of the costs outlined above.
(1) "Revenue Bond" means a nonrecourse revenue bond,
nonrecourse revenue note or other nonrecourse reven-
ue obligation issued for the purpose of financing an
ARTICLE III
Exhibit A
Industrial Development Facility on an interim or
permanent basis.
(m) "State" means the State of Washington.
(n) "User" means one or more persons acting as lessee,
purchaser, mortgagor or borrower under a Financing
Document and may include a party who transfers the
right of use and occupancy to another party by
lease, sublease or otherwise.
ARTICLE II
Duration of Corporation
Section 2.01 Duration. The duration of the Corporation
is perpetual.
Purposes and Powers of Corporation
Section 3.01 Purposes. The Corporation is a public
corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of the Act
for the following purposes: to promote higher employment; to
encourage the development of new jobs; to maintain and sup-
plement the capital investments in industry that currently
exist in the City; to encourage future employment by ensuring
future capital investment; to attract environmentally sound
industry to the City; to protect and enhance the quality of
natural resources and the environment; and to promote the
production and conservation of energy through the financing
of Industrial Development Facilities which are consistent
with the policies of the City set forth on Exhibit C to Ordi-
nance No. /3 or in any superseding ordinance by tax
exempt Revenue Bonds.
Section 3.02 Powers. The Corporation has the following
powers with respect to Industrial Development Facilities,
together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary for
the performance thereof;
(a) To construct and maintain one or more Industrial
Development Facilities;
Exhibit A 4
Exhibit A
(b) To lease to a lessee all or any part of any Indus-
trial Development Facility for such rentals and upon
such terms and conditions, including options to
purchase, as the Board of Directors considers advis-
able and not in conflict with the Act;
(c) To sell by installment contract or otherwise and
convey all or any part of any Industrial Development
Faciity for such purchase price and upon such terms
and conditions as the Board of Directors considers
advisable which are not in conflict with the Act;
(d) To make secured loans for the purpose of providing
temporary or permanent financing or refinancing of
all or part of the Project Costs of any Industrial
Development Facility, including the refunding of any
outstanding obligations, mortgages or advances is-
sued, made or given by any person for the Project
Costs; and to charge and collect interest on the
loans for the loan payments upon such terms and
conditions as the Board of Directors considers ad-
visable which are not in conflict with the Act;
(e) To issue Revenue Bonds for the purpose of financing
all or part of the Project Costs of any Industrial
Development Facility and to secure the payment of
the Revenue Bonds as provided in the Act, provided,
that all agreements to issue Revenue Bonds by the
Corporation, all issues of Revenue Bonds, including
Refunding Bonds, and all resolutions of the Corpora-
tion declaring its intent to issue Revenue Bonds,
shall be subject to the approval of the Tukwila City
Council.
(f) As security for the payment of the principal of and
interest on any Revenue Bonds issued and any agree-
ments made in connection therewith, to mortgage,
pledge or otherwise encumber any or all of the Cor-
poration's Industrial Development Facilities or any
Exhibit A
part or parts thereof, whether then owned or there-
after acquired, and to assign any mortgage and re-
pledge any security conveyed to the Corporation, to
secure any loan made by the Corporation and to
pledge the revenues and receipts therefrom;
(g) To sue and be sued, complain and defend in its cor-
porate name;
(h) To make contracts and to execute all instruments
necessary or convenient for the carrying out of its
business;
(i) To have a corporate seal and to use the same by
causing it, or a facsimile thereof, to be impressed
or affixed or in any other manner reproduced;
(j) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section IV
of this Charter and in Section 6 of the Act (RCW
39.84.060), to borrow money, accept grants from, or
contract with, any local, state or federal govern-
mental agency, or with any financial, public or
private corporation;
(k) To make and alter bylaws (the "Bylaws not incon-
sistent with this Charter for the administration and
regulation of the affairs of the Corporation;
(1) To collect fees or charges from Users or prospective
Users of Industrial Development Facilities to re-
cover actual or anticipated administrative costs;
(m) To execute Financing Documents incidental to the
powers enumerated herein; and
(n) To take any and all other actions now or hereafter
permitted by the Act.
The Corporation may not operate any Industrial Develop-
ment Facility as a business other than as lessor, seller or
lender. The purchase and holding of mortgages, deeds of
trust or other security interests and the contracting for any
servicing thereof is not considered the operation of an In-
dustrial Development Facility.
Exhibit A 6
ARTICLE IV
Exhibit A
The Corporation may not exercise any of its powers or
issue any Revenue Bonds with respect to any Industrial Devel-
opment Facility unless the Industrial Development Facility is
located wholly within the boundaries of the City or unless
the Industrial Development Facility comprises energy facili-
ties or solid waste disposal facilities which provide energy
for or dispose of solid waste from the City or the residents
thereof.
Limitations on Corporate Powers
Section 4.01 Limitations on Corporate Powers. The
powers of the Corporation are limited as follows:
(a) No municipality may give or lend any money or pro-
perty in aid of the Corporation;
(b) The City shall annually review any financial state-
ments of the Corporation and at all times shall have
access to the books and records of the Corporation;
(c) The Corporation may not issue Revenue Bonds pursuant
to the Act except upon the approval of both the
Corporation and the City;
(d) No Revenue Bonds may be issued unless the Board of
Directors makes a finding that in its opinion the
interest paid on the Bonds will be exempt from in-
come taxation by the federal government.
(e) Revenue Bonds issued by the Corporation shall not be
considered to constitute a debt of the State, or the
City, or of any other municipal corporation, quasi
municipal corporation, subdivision or agency of the
State or to pledge any or all of the faith and cre-
dit of any of such entities;
(f) The Revenue Bonds shall be payable solely from both
the revenues derived as a result of the Industrial
Development Facilities funded by the Revenue Bonds,
including, without limitation, amounts received
under the terms of any Financing Document or by
reason of any additional security furnished by the
User of the Industrial Development Facility in con-
nection with the financing thereof, and money and
other property received from private sources;
(g) Each Revenue Bond shall contain on its face state-
ments to the effect that: (1) neither the State, the
City, nor any other municipal corporation, quasi
municipal corporation, subdivision or agency of the
State is obligated to pay the principal or interest
thereon; (2) no tax funds or governmental revenue
may be used to pay the principal or interest there-
on; and (3) neither any or all of the faith and
credit nor the taxing power of the State, the City,
or other municipal corporation, quasi- municipal
corporation,
pledged to the payment of the principal of or the
interest on the Revenue Bond;
(h) The Corporation may incur only those financial obli-
gations which will be paid from revenues received
pursuant to Financing Documents, from fees or
charges paid by Users or prospective Users of the
Industrial Development Facilities funded by the
Revenue Bonds, or from the proceeds of Revenue
Bonds;
(i) The Corporation constitutes an authority and an
instrumentality (within the meaning of those terms
in the regulations of the United States Treasury and
the rulings of the Internal Revenue Service pre-
scribed pursuant to Section 103 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954, as amended) and may act on
behalf of the City of Tukwila for the specific pub-
lic purposes authorized by the Act;
(j) The Corporation is not a "municipal corporation"
within the meaning of the constitution and laws of
the State, or a "political subdivision" within the
subdivision or agency thereof is
Exhibit A 7
Exhibit A
Exhibit A 8
ARTICLE V
Exhibit A
meaning of the constitution and laws of the State,
including, without limitation, Article VIII, Section
7, of the State constitution; and
(k) No Municipality shall delegate to the Corporation
any of that Municipality's attributes of sover-
eignty, including, without limitation, the power to
tax, the power of eminent domain and the police
power.
Organization, Directors and Agent for Service of Process
Section 5.01 Organization. The Corporation is organ-
ized as a public corporation, subject to the provisions of
the Act. No part of the net earnings, funds or assets of the
Corporation, beyond those necessary for retirement of indebt-
edness incurred by it, shall inure to the benefit of any
director, officer or individual, or any other person, firm or
corporation, excepting only the City in the event of disso-
lution pursuant to Article VIII hereof.
Section 5.02 Board of Directors. The affairs of the
Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors. Unless
otherwise provided in this Chapter, the Bylaws or the Act,
all corporate powers of the Corporation shall be exercised by
or under the authority of, and the business, property and
affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direc-
tion of the Board of Directors.
Section 5.03 Majority to Constitute a Quorum. At all
meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Direc-
tors in office at the time shall be sufficient to constitute
a quorum. Every act or decision done or made by a majority
of the Directors present at a meeting of the Corporation duly
held, at which a quorum is present and acting, shall be re-
garded as the act of the Board of Directors.
Section 5.04 Composition of Board. The Board of Dir-
ectors of the Corporation shall be composed of the Mayor of
the City of Tukwila, the three (3) members of the City Coun-
Exhibit A
cil Finance and Personnel Committee who shall serve by right
of office, and three (3) members of the Tukwila business
community appointed by the Mayor, with confirmation of the
City Council. In addition to the aforementioned directors,
two alternate directors shall serve as follows: The Mayor
shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the City Council,
one additional member of the business community who shall
attend meetings and perform the duties of a director whenever
any of the regularly appointed directors from the business
community are unavailable to attend or perform. The Council
President or his designee shall serve as an alternate
director who shall attend meetings and perform the duties of
a director whenever any of the directors from the Finance and
Personnel Committee are unavailable to attend or perform.
The Mayor and Finance and Personnel Committee Board Members
shall serve a term which is concurrent with their terms of
office and committee assignment. Appointed Board Directors
from the business community shall serve a four (4) year term.
Section 5.05 Adoption of By -Laws. The Board of Direc-
tors shall have the power subject to approval by the City
Council to adopt by -laws containing any provisions for the
regulation and management of the affairs of the Corporation
as are not inconsistent with the Corporation's Charter or the
Act.
Section 5.06 Agent for Service of Process. The Corpor-
ations' agent for service of process is:
City Administrator
City of Tukwila
6200 Southcenter Boulevard
Tukwila, Washington 98188
ARTICLE VI
Rights and Liabiities of Directors, Officers and Employees.
Section 6.01 Conflicts of Interest.
A. Generally.
No director, officer, agent or
employee of the Corporation may have, directly or
Exhibit A 9
B
Exhibit A
indirectly, any financial interest in any property
to be included in or any contract for property,
services or materials to be furnished or used in
connection with any Industrial Development Facility
financed through the Corporation.
Voting by Board of Directors.
to have the
participate in
such matter.
Exhibit A 10
If it is determined
by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of
Directors that a Board member has a conflict of
interest under paragraph A above on any matter
coming before the Board, then the member determined
conflict of interest shall not
the discussion of or any vote upon
In the event a challenged member
requests additional time prior to the matter being
discussed or voted upon in order for the member to
present further information to the Board concerning
the conflict, then the Board's determination with
respect to the challenge shall be continued to the
Board's next regularly scheduled meeting at which
time the member or members requesting the additional
time shall present such additional information. At
the conclusion of the presentation, the Board shall
make its determination as provided hereinabove.
Section 6.02 Indemnification. To the extent permitted
by law, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or
was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Cor-
poration, and who is or was a party or threatened to be made
a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that such per-
son is or was an agent of the Corporation, against judgments,
fines, penalties, settlements and reasonable expenses (in-
cluding attorney's fees) actually incurred by him in connec-
tion with such proceeding, if such person acted in good faith
and reasonably believed his conduct to be in the Corpora-
Exhibit A
tion's best interests and if, in the case of any criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The indemnification provided herein shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person may
be entitled as a matter of law or by contract or by vote of
the Board of Directors. The Corporation may purchase and
maintain indemnification insurance for any person to the
extent provided by the applicable law.
ARTICLE VII
Alteration of Corporation; Amendment of Charter
Section 7.01 Alteration. The City may, at its discre-
tion and at any time, alter or change the structure, organi-
zational programs or activities of the Corporation, and it
may terminate the Corporation if contracts entered into by
the Corporation are not impaired.
Section 7.02 Amendment of Charter. This Charter may be
amended only by the City.
ARTICLE VIII
Dissolution of Corporation
Section 8.01 Dissolution. The Corporation may be dis-
solved by the City if the Corporation:
(a) Has no property to administer, other than funds or
property, if any, to be paid or transferred to the
City; and
(b) All its outstanding obligations have been satisfied.
Dissolution of the Corporation shall be accomplished by the
adoption of an Ordinance providing for such dissolution.
Upon dissolution of the Corporation, title to all property
owned by the Corporation shall vest in the City.
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BYLAWS
OF
TUKWILA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
Exhibit B
ARTICLE I
Principal Office; Definitions; Organization and Purpose
Section 1.01 Principal Office. The principal office of
the Corporation shall be in the County of King, State of
Washington.
Section 1.02 Definitions. As used in these Bylaws, the
following terms have the following meanings unless the con-
text clearly requires otherwise:
(a) "Act" means Chapter 300, Laws of 1981 (Chapter 39.84
RCW), as now in existence or hereafter amended.
(b) "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of
the Corporation.
(c) "City" means the City of Tukwila.
(d) "Construction" or "construct" means construction and
acquisition, whether by devise, purchase, gift,
lease or otherwise.
(e) "Facilities" means land, rights in land, buildings,
structures, docks, wharves, machinery, transmission
equipment, landscaping, utilities, approaches, road-
way and parking, handling and storage areas, and
similar ancillary facilities.
(f) "Financing Document" means a lease, sublease, in-
stallment sale agreement, conditional sale agree-
ment, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, guar-
anty agreement or other agreement for the purpose of
providing funds to pay or secure debt service on
Revenue Bonds.
(g) "Improvement" means reconstruction, remodeling,
rehabilitation, extension and enlargement; and "to
Exhibit B
improve" means to reconstruct, to remodel, to rehab-
ilitate, to extend and to enlarge.
(h) "Industrial Development Facilities" means manufac-
turing, processing, research, production, assembly,
warehousing, transportation, pollution control,
solid waste disposal, energy facilities and any
other facilities permitted by the "Act
(i) "Municipality" means a city, town, county or port
district of the State.
(j) "Ordinance" means any appropriate method of taking
official action or adopting a legislative decision
by the City, whether known as a resolution, ordi-
nance or otherwise.
(k) "Project Costs" means costs of (1) acquisition,
construction and improvement of any Facilities in-
cluded in an Industrial Development Facility; (2)
architectural, engineering, consulting, accounting
and legal costs related directly to the development,
financing and construction of an Industrial Develop-
ment Facility, including costs of studies assessing
the feasibility of an Industrial Development Facil-
ity; (3) finance costs, including discounts, if any,
the costs of issuing Revenue Bonds, and costs in-
curred in carrying out any trust agreement; (4)
interest during construction and during the six
months after estimated completion of construction,
and capitalized debt service or repair and replace-
ment or other appropriate reserves; (5) the re-
funding of any outstanding obligations incurred for
any of the costs outlined above; and (6) other costs
incidental to any of the costs outlined above.
(1) "Revenue Bond" means a nonrecourse revenue
bond, nonrecourse revenue note or other non
recourse revenue obligation issued for the
Exhibit B
purpose of financing an Industrial Development
Facility on an interim or permanent basis.
(m) "State" means the State of Washington.
(n) "User" means one or more persons acting as lessee,
purchaser, mortgagor or borrower under a Financing
Document and may include a party who transfers the
right of use and occupancy to another party by
lease, sublease or otherwise.
Section 1.03 Organization, Purpose and Use of Proceeds.
The Corporation is a public corporation organized pursuant to
the provisions of the Act to facilitate economic development
and employment opportunities in the State through the financ-
ing of the Project Costs of Industrial Development Facilities
in the City. The activities of the Corporation shall be
limited to the activities described in its charter (the
"Charter No part of the net earnings, funds or assets of
the Corporation, beyond those necessary for retirement of
indebtedness incurred by it, shall inure to the benefit of
any director, officer or individual, or any other person,
firm or corporaiton, excepting only the City.
Section 1.04 Seal. The Corporation chooses neither to
have nor to utilize a seal.
ARTICLE II
Board of Directors
Section 2.01 Powers of Corporation. Unless otherwise
provided in the Charter, these Bylaws or the Act, all powers
of the Corporation shall be exercised by or under the author-
ity of, and the business, property and affairs of the Corpor-
ation shall be managed under the direction of, the Board of
Directors.
Section 2.02 Composition of Board. The Board of Direc-
tors of the corporation shall be composed of the Mayor of the
City of Tukwila, the three (3) members of the City Council
Finance and Personnel Committee who shall serve by right of
office, and three (3) members of the Tukwila business
Exhibit B 3
Exhibit B 4
Exhibit B
community appointed by the Mayor, with confirmation of the
City Council. In addition to the aforementioned directors,
two alternate directors shall serve as follows: The Mayor
shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the City Council,
one additional member of the business community who shall
attend meetings and perform the duties of a bdirector
whenever any of the regularly appointed directors from
business community are unavailable to attend or perform.
the
The
Council President or his designee shall serve as an alternate
director who shall attend meetings and perform the duties of
a director whenever any of the directors from the Finance and
Personnel Committee Board Members shall serve a term which is
concurrent with their terms of office and committee
assignment. Appointed Board Directors from the business
community shall serve a four (4) year term.
Section 2.03 Organizational Meeting. The first Board
of Directors may at any time hold an organizational meeting
at which the Directors shall organize by electing from their
number a Chairman and a Treasurer. In addition, the Board of
Directors shall elect a Secretary and may elect such subordi-
nate officers as they may determine, none of whom need be a
Director of the Corporation. Each officer shall hold office
until the election and qualification of his or her successor
or until his or her death, resignation or removal.
Section 2.04 Place of Director's Meetings. Meetings of
the Board of Directors shall be held at such place in the
County of King, or elsewhere, as may be designated in the
notice of meeting or by resolution of the Board of Directors.
Section 2.05 Regular Meetings. The Board of Directors
by resolution may provide for the holding of regular meetings
and may fix the time and place of holding such meetings.
Notice of regular meetings need not be given.
Section 2.04 Special Meetings, Notice, Waiver. A spe-
cial meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever
called by the Chairman or by a majority of the Board of Di-
Exhibit B 5
Exhibit B
rectors. Each such meeting shall be held upon notice given
by delivering personally or by mail, at least twenty -four
(24) hours before the time of such meeting, written notice to
each member of the Board of Directors and to each local news-
paper of general circulation and to each local radio or tele-
vision station which has on file with the Board of Directors
a written request to be notified of such special meeting or
of all special meetings. The call and notice shall specify
the time and place of the special meeting and the business to
be transacted. Final disposition shall not be taken on any
other matter at such meetings by the Board of Directors.
Such written notice may be dispensed with as to any Director
who at or prior to the time the meeting convenes files with
the Secretary a written waiver of notice. Such waiver may be
given by telegram. Such written notice may also be dispensed
with as to any Director who was actually present at the meet-
ing at the time it convenes.
Section 2.07 Adjournments. The Board of Directors may
adjourn any regular, adjourned regular, special or adjourned
special meeting to a time and place specified in the order of
adjournment. Less than a quorum may so adjourn from time to
time. If all Directors are absent from any regular or ad-
journed regular meeting, the Secretary may declare the meet-
ing adjourned to a stated time and place. He shall cause a
written notice of the adjournment to be given in the same
manner as provided in Section 2.06 for announcement of spe-
cial meetings, unless such notice is waived as provided for
special meetings. Whenever any meeting is adjourned, a copy
of the order or notice of adjournment shall be conspicuously
posted immediately after the time of the adjournment on or
near the door of the place where the regular, adjourned regu-
lar, special or adjourned special meeting was held.
Section 2.08 Quorum and Manner of Action.
A. Generally. At all meetings of the Board of
Directors, a majority of Directors in office at the
Exhibit B
time shall be sufficient to constitute a quorum.
Unless a greater number is expressly required by
statute or by these Bylaws, every act or decision
done or made by the majority of the Directors
present at a meeting duly held, at which a quorum
is present and acting, shall be regarded as the act
of the Board of Directors.
B. Voting by Board of Directors. If it is determined
by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of
Directors that a Board member has a conflict of
interest as defined in Section 6.01(A) of the
Charter, on any matter coming before the Board,
then the member determined to have the conflict of
interest shall not participate in the discussion of
or any vote upon such matter. In the event a
challenged member requests additional time prior to
the matter being discussed or voted upon in order
for the member to present further information to
the Board concerning the conflict, then the Board's
determination with respect to the challenge shall
be continued to the Board's next regularly
scheduled meeting at which time the member or
members requesting the additional time shall
present such additional information. At the
conclusion of the presentation, the Board shall
make its determination as provided hereinabove.
Section 2.09 Conduct of Meetings. The Chairman or, in
the absence of the Chairman, the Treasurer, shall preside.
Section 2.10 Resignations and Vacancies. Any director
of the Corporation may resign at any time by giving written
notice to the Chairman, the Secretary or the Board of Direc-
tors. Such resignation shall take effect at the time speci-
fied therein, or if the time is not specified, upon delivery
thereof and, unless otherwise specified therein, the accept-
Exhibit B
ance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.
A vacancy or vacancies in the Board of Directors shall
be deemed to exist in the event of the death, resignation or
removal of any Director. Any vacancy in the Board of Direc-
tors shall be filled by an appointment made in the same man-
ner as the appointment of the original members of the Board.
Each Director so selected shall hold office until his or her
death, resignation or removal.
Section 2.11 Compensation of Directors. No director
shall be entitled to receive any compensation for serving as
a Director or an officer of the Corporation.
Section 2.12 Removal of Directors. Any Director may be
removed for cause or at will by a majority vote of the City
Council.
Section 2.13 Notice to Tukwila City Council. Notice
of all meetings by the Board of Directors of the Corporation
shall be given by the Secretary to the members of the Tukwila
City Council. Representatives of the Tukwila City Council
may attend and may make comments at all such meetings.
Section 2.14 Indemnification. To the extent permitted
by law, the Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or
was a director, officer, employee or other agent of the Cor-
poration, and who is or was a party or threatened to be made
a party to a proceeding by reason of the fact that such per-
son is or was an agent of the Corporation, against judgments,
fines, penalties, settlements and reasonable expenses (in-
cluding attorneys' fees) actually incurred by him in connec-
tion with such proceeding, if such person acted in good faith
and reasonably believed his conduct to be in the Corpora-
tion's best interests and if, in the case of any criminal
proceeding, he had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The indemnification provided herein shall not
be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a person may
be entitled as a matter of law or by contract or by vote of
Exhibit B 7
the Board of Directors. The Corporation may purchase and
maintain indemnification insurance for any person to the
extent provided by applicable law.
Section 2.15 Incurring of Indebtedness. The Board of
Directors, on behalf of the Corporation, may incur such in-
debtedness for the proper purposes of the Corporation as the
Board may deem necessary or appropriate, may issue Revenue
Bonds of the Corporation, may secure the same by mortgage,
pledge or other encumbrance of the whole or any part of the
assets of the Corporation, and may establish funds and make
other provisions for the payment of such indebtedness and
interest thereon, all in accordance with the provisions of
the Charter and the Act.
Section 2.16 Fees. The Corporation shall adopt by
resolution a fee schedule which is consistent with the poli-
cies set forth on Exhibit C to Ordinance No. of the
City and shall amend such schedule from time to time for the
purpose of charging and equitably apportioning among partici-
pating Users the administrative costs and expenses incurred
in the exercise of the powers and duties of the Corporation
in accordance with the Act.
ARTICLE III
Officers
Section 3.01 Number and Qualification. The officers
of the Corporation shall be the Mayor, who shall serve as
Chairman; and a Treasurer and a Secretary and such subordi-
nate officers, including one or more assistant secretaries,
as the Board of Directors may elect. The Board of Directors
may elect any person to hold the office of Secretary, Treas-
urer or any subordinate office. Except for the Chairman, no
Board Member shall hold any elective office in the Corpora-
tion.
Section 3.02 Election, Term of Office. Other than the
Mayor, who shall serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Offi-
cer, each officer shall be elected by the Board of Directors
Exhibit B 8
Exhibit B
Exhibit B
and shall hold office until his or her successor shall have
been elected and qualified, or until the death, resignation
or removal of such officer.
Section 3.03 Resignations. Any officer may resign at
any time by giving written notice to the Chairman, the Secre-
tary or the Board of Directors. Any such resignation shall
take effect at the time specified therein or if the time is
not specified, upon delivery thereof and, unless otherwise
specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall
not be necessary to make it effective.
Section 3.04 Removal. Any officer elected by the Board
may be removed for cause or at will by the vote of the major-
ity of the Board of Directors.
Section 3.05 Vacancies. A vacancy in any office be-
cause of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or any
other cause, shall be filled in the manner prescribed in
these Bylaws for regular election to such office.
Section 3.06 Chairman. The Chairman shall be the chief
executive officer of the Corporation and shall have general
supervision over the business of the Corporation, subject,
however, to the control of the Board of Directors. The
Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Direc-
tors.
The Chairman may sign and execute, in the name of the
Corporation, deeds, mortgages, leases, bonds, contracts and
other instruments duly authorized by the Board of Directors,
and generally shall perform all duties incident to the office
of Chairman and such other duties as may from time to time be
assigned to such office by the Board of Directors.
Section 3.07 Treasurer. The Treasurer shall receive
and have charge of all funds of the Corporation and shall
disburse such funds only as directed by the Board of Direc-
tors. The Treasurer shall, in general, perform all duties
incident to the office of chief financial officer. In addi-
tion, at the request of the Chairman or in case of his or her
absence or disability, the Treasurer shall perform all duties
Exhibit B 9
Exhibit B
of the Chairman and, when so acting, shall have all the pow-
ers of, and be subject to all restrictions upon, the Chair-
man. The Treasurer shall also perform such other duties as
may from time to time be assigned to that office by the
Chairman.
Section 3.08 Secretary. The Secretary shall:
(a) Certify and keep at the office of the Corporation,
or at such other place as the Board of Directors may
order, the original or a copy of the Bylaws, as
amended or otherwise altered;
(b) Keep at the office of the Corporation, or at such
other place as the Board of Directors may order, a
book of minutes of all meetings of the Board of
Directors, recording therein the time and place of
meetings, whether regular or special, and, if spe-
cial, how authorized, the notice thereof given, and
the proceedings thereat;
(c) See that all notices are duly given in accordance
with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required
by law;
(d) Be custodian of the records of the Corporation;
(e) Exhibit at all reasonable times to any Director,
upon application, the Bylaws and minutes of the
proceedings of the Board of Directors of the Corpor-
ation; and
(f) In general, perform all duties of the office of
Secretary and such other duties as may from time to
time be assigned to such office by the Chairman.
Section 3.09 Subordinate Officers. Subordinate offi-
cers shall perform such duties as shall be prescribed from
time to time by the Chairman.
ARTICLE IV
General
Section 4.01 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Cor-
poration shall begin January 1 and end December 31 of each
Exhibit B 10
year, except the first fiscal year which shall run from the
date the Charter was approved by Ordinance No.
Section 4.02 Public Meetings. To the extent practi-
cable, meetings of the Corporation shall be held within the
County of King and shall be open to the public as required
under the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 42.30 RCW, as
amended; and all meetings of the Board of Directors shall be
called and held in accordance with said law. At any such
meeting, any citizen shall have a reasonable opportunity to
address the Board of Directors either orally or by written
memoranda.
ARTICLE V
Amendment of Bylaws and Charter
Section 5.01 Amendment of Bylaws. The Board of Direc-
tors, by vote or written consent, may amend or repeal these
Bylaws, or may adopt new Bylaws, all subject to the approval
of the City Council.
Section 5.02 Amendment of Charter. The Charter of the
Corporation may be amended only by Ordinance of the City of
Tukwila.
ARTICLE VI
Books and Records
Section 6.01 Books and Records. The Corporation shall
keep correct and complete books and records of account, min-
utes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors and such
other records as may be necessary or advisable. The finances
of the Corporation are subject to examination by the State
Auditor's Office pursuant to RCW 43.09.260.
Exhibit B
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of.
DATED 1985.
Exhibit B
SECRETARY'S CERTIFICATE
The undersigned hereby certifies that the undersigned is
the Secretary of the Tukwila Economic Development Corpora-
tion, a public corporation organized under the laws of the
State of Washington; that the foregoing is a true, complete
and correct copy of the Bylaws of said Corporation; and that
said Bylaws are in full force and effect as of the date here-
Secretary
Exhibit B 12
EXHIBIT C
Policies Governing Industrial Revenue Bond
Financing in the City of Tukwila
1. Financed facilities shall be consistent with the purposes and
requirements of the Local Economic Development Act, Chapter 300, 1981
Washington laws.
2. Financed facilities shall meet all applicable requirements of
the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code, 1954, as amended.
3. Firms receiving revenue bond financing shall not engage in dis-
criminatory employment practices.
4. All Industrial Development Facilities financed through the
Tukwila Economic Development Corporation shall be consistent with the
City's adopted Land Use and comprehensive plans.
5. All Industrial Development Facilities financed through the
Tukwila Economic Development Corporation shall not place unreasonable
burdens on available public facilities or service.
6. All Industrial Development Facilities financed through the
Tukwila Economic Development Corporation shall be required to obtain and
must receive all necessary governmental permits and approvals before
final issuance of any revenue bonds in connection with such financing.
7. All agreements to issue revenue bonds by the Corporation, all
issues of revenue bonds and all resolutions of the Corporation declaring
its intent to issue revenue bonds, shall be subject to the approval of
the Tukwila City Council.
8. The City will consider issuing industrial revenue bonds only
upon a clear and factual demonstration of direct economic benefit to the
City through advancement of the City's economic development goal, such as
the creation of additional jobs for City residents, increase in the tax
base or the stimulation of additional private investment or business
development. Consideration will also be given to any adverse effects
upon the City's economic development goal or other goals including
environmental affect.
9. Equal Consideration No particular type of business or enter-
prise will be excluded from consideration of the issuance of Industrial
Bonds by the City, but every applicant should be prepared to demonstrate
Policies Governing Industrial Revenue Bond
Financing in the City of Tukwila
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that the proposed facility will promote the general economic development
of the City within the context of existing rules, regulations and
requirements of the City, the State, and the U. S. Government.
10. Redevelopment Areas More favorable consideration will be
made toward activities that would impact in areas of the City in need of
revitalization or identified as compatible with the City's economic
development strategy or as otherwise identified by the City Council.
11. Nature of Improvements to be Financed Industrial revenue
bonds shall generally be used to finance the purchase of land, land
improvements, buildings and machinery and equipment which have an asset
life span equal to the term of the issue. No industrial revenue bonds
shall be issued where the nature of the project is primarily to acquire
inventory, materials, or working capital.
12. All applicants for Industrial Revenue Bond financing through
the Tukwila Economic Development Corporation shall, at the time of ini-
tial application, pay to the Corporation a nonrefundable application fee
in the sum of $1,000.00 or 1 /10 of 1% of the amount of the requested
revenue bond issue, whichever is greater.
13. In addition to the nonrefundable application fee, all appli-
cants shall be required to pay all costs, including attorney's fees,
associated with their particular revenue bond issue, together with a
pro rata share each year of the cost of keeping the Tukwila Economic
Development Corporation in existence.