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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/01/1999 - Articles of Incorporation - Business Development CorporationARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF COLLEGE STATION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED natural persons, not less than three in number, each of whom is at least 18 years of age and is a qualified elector of the City of College Station, Texas (the "City"), acting as incorporators of a public instrumentality and non-profit industrial development corporation (the "Corporation") under the Development Corporation Act of 1979, as amended, Article 5190.6, Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann., as amended (the "Act"), with the approval of the City Council (the "City Council") of the City, do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for the Corporation: ARTICLE ONE The name of the Corporation is "College Station Business Development Corporation, Inc." ARTICLE TWO The Corporation is a non-profit industrial development corporation under the Act and 1s governed by Section 4B of the Act. ARTICLE THREE Subject to the provisions of Article Eleven of these Articles, the period of duration of the Corporation is perpetual. ARTICLE FOUR (a) The purpose of the Corporation is to promote economic development within the City and the State of Texas in order to eliminate unemployment and underemployment, and to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare of, for, and on behalf of the City by developing, implementing, providing, and financing projects under the Act and as defined in Section 4B of the Act. (b) In the fulfillment of its corporate purpose, the Corporation shall have the power to provide financing to pay the costs of projects through the issuance or execution of bonds, notes, and other forms of debt instruments, and to acquire, maintain, and lease and sell property, and interests therein, all to be done and accomplished on behalf of the City and for its benefit and to accomplish its public and governmental purposes as its duly constituted authority and public instrumentality pursuant to the Act and under, and within the meaning of, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the applicable regulations of the United States Treasury Department and the rulings of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States prescribed and promulgated thereunder. ollegaVprojectslcsedalarticles.doc 618199 ( c) In the fulfillment of its corporate purpose, the Corporation shall have and may exercise the powers described in paragraph (b) of this Article, together with all of the other powers granted to corporations that are incorporated under the Act and that are governed by Section 4B thereof, and, to the extent not in conflict with the Act, the Corporation shall additionally have and may exercise all of the rights, powers, privileges, authorities, and functions given by the general laws of the State of Texas to nonprofit corporations under the Texas Non­ Profit Corporation Act, as amended, Article 1396-101, et seq., Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat. Ann., as amended. ( d) The Corporation is a corporation having the purposes and powers permitted by the Act pursuant to the authority granted in Article III, Section 52-a of the Texas Constitution, but the Corporation does not have, and shall not exercise the powers of sovereignty of the City, including the power to tax (except for the power to receive and use the sales and use taxes specified in section 4B of the Act) and the police power, except that the Corporation shall have and may exercise the power of eminent domain when the exercise thereof is approved by the City Council. However, for the purposes of the Texas Tort Claims Act (Subchapter A, Chapter 101, Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code), the Corporation is a governmental unit and its actions are governmental functions. (e) No bonds, notes, or other debt instruments or other obligations, contracts, or agreements of the Corporation are or shall ever be deemed to be or constitute the contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, or other debt instruments or other obligations, or the lending of credit, or a grant of the public money or things of value, of, belonging to, or by the State of Texas, the City, or any other political corporation, subdivision or agency of the State of Texas, or a pledge of the faith and credit of any of them. Any and all of such contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, and other debt instruments and other obligations, contracts and agreements shall be payable solely and exclusively from the revenues and funds received by the Corporation from the sources authorized by Section 4B of the Act and from such other sources as may be otherwise lawfully available and belonging to the Corporation from time to time. ARTICLE FIVE The Corporation has no members and is a non-stock corporation. ARTICLE SIX These Articles of Incorporation may be amended in either one of the methods proscribed in this Article. (a) Pursuant to the powers of the City contained is Section 17 (b) of the Act, the City Council, by resolution, may amend these Articles of Incorporation by filing amendments hereto with the Secretary of State as provided by the Act. (b) The board of directors of the Corporation may file a written application with the City Council requesting approval of proposed amendments to these Articles of Incorporation, specifying in such application the proposed amendments. If the City Council, by appropriate resolution, finds and determines that it is advisable that the proposed amendments be made, authorizes the same to be made, and approves the form of the proposed amendments, the board of directors of the Corporation may proceed to amend these Articles of Incorporation in the manner provided by the Act. ollega/lprojectslcsedalartlcles.doc 618199 -2 - ( c) The board of directors of the Corporation shall not have any power to amend these Articles of Incorporation except in accordance with the procedures established in paragraph (b) of this Article. ARTICLE SEVEN The street address of the initial registered office of the Corporation is the City Hall, 1101 Texas Avenue, College Station, Texas 77845, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is Lynn Mcllhaney, Mayor. ARTICLE EIGHT The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a board of directors which shall be composed of seven (7) persons appointed by the City Council, who are residents of the City of College Station. Four ( 4) members of the board of directors shall serve an initial term of one ( 1) year (the "One Year Class") and three (3) members of the board of directors shall serve an initial term of two (2) years (the "Two Year Class"). Thereafter, appointments shall be for a full term of two (2) years. The names and street addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors of the respective classes and the dates of expiration of their initial terms as directors, are as follows: DATE OF NAME ADDRESS EXPIRATION OF TERM Jere Blackwelder 1815 Bee Creek Drive April, 2000 College Station, TX 77840 Mark Weichold 2010 Spring Creek April, 2000 College Station, TX 77840 Nancy Crouch 8700 Appomattox Drive April, 2000 College Station, TX 77840 Gene Joyce 3203 Westchester Avenue April, 2000 College Station, TX 77845 Brad Lancaster 703 Thomas April, 2001 College Station, TX 77840 Lee Blank 2707 Teakwood Court April, 2001 College Station, TX 77840 Sherrye Coggiola 4606 Valley Brook Circle April, 2001 College Station, TX 77845 No member shall serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. Each director shall hold office for the term for which the director is appointed unless sooner removed or resigned. Each director, including the initial directors, shall be eligible for reappointment. Directors are removable by the City Council at will. Any vacancy occurring on the board of directors through ollegaVprojectslcsedalartlcles.doc 618199 - 3 - death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by appointment by the City Council to hold office until the expiration of the term of the retiring member. ARTICLE NINE The name and street address of each incorporator is: NAME Lynn Mcllhaney George K. Noe Harvey Cargill, Jr. ADDRESS 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, TX 77840 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, TX 77840 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, TX 77840 ARTICLE TEN (a) The initial bylaws of the Corporation shall be in the form and substance approved by the City Council by resolution. Such bylaws shall be adopted by the Corporation's board of directors and shall, together with these Articles of Incorporation, govern the internal affairs of the Corporation until and unless amended in accordance with this Article. (b) Neither the initial bylaws nor any subsequently effective bylaws of the Corporation may be amended without the consent and approval of the City Council. The board of directors of the Corporation shall make application to the City Council for the approval of any proposed amendments, but the same shall not become effective until or unless the same shall be approved by resolution adopted by the City Council. ARTICLE ELEVEN (a) The City Council may, in its sole discretion, and at any time, alter or change the structure, organization, programs or activities of the Corporation, and it may terminate or dissolve the Corporation, subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b) and ( c) of this Article. (b) The Corporation shall not be dissolved, and its business shall not be terminated, by act of the City Council or otherwise, so long as the Corporation shall be obligated to pay any bonds, notes, or other obligations and unless the collection of the sales and use tax authorized by Section 4B of the Act is eligible for termination in accordance with the provisions of Section 4B(i) of the Act. (c) No action shall be taken pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Article or pursuant to paragraph (b) of Article Twelve of these Articles, in any manner or at any time that would impair any contract, lease, right, or other obligation therefore executed, granted, or incurred by the Corporation. ollegaVprojectslcsedalarticles.doc 618199 - 4 - ARTICLE TWELVE (a) No dividends shall ever be paid by the Corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses and other obligations shall be distributed to or inure to the benefit of its directors or officers, or any individual, private firm, or private corporation or association, except in reasonable amounts for services rendered. (b) If, after the close of any fiscal year, the board of directors shall determine that sufficient provision has been made for the full payment of all current expenses, together with all amounts payable on the contracts, agreements, bonds, notes, and other obligations of the Corporation, and that all of the terms, provisions, and covenants therein have been met, then any net earnings derived from sources other than the sales and use taxes collected for the account of Corporation pursuant to Section 4B of the Act thereafter accruing and lease payments received in connection with projects financed pursuant to Section 4B of the Act shall be paid to the City. All sales and use taxes collected for the account of the Corporation pursuant to Section 4B of the Act, and lease payments received in connection with projects financed pursuant to Section 4B of the Act shall be used solely for the purposes permitted by Section 4B of the Act. ( c) If the Corporation ever should be dissolved when it has, or is entitled to, any interest in any funds or property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, such funds or property or rights thereto shall not be transferred to private ownership, but shall be transferred and delivered to the City after satisfaction or provision for satisfaction of all debts, claims, and contractual obligations, including any contractual obligations granting rights of purchase of property of the Corporation. (d) No part of the Corporation's activities shall consist of the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, and the Corporation shall not participate in any political campaign of or in opposition to any candidate for public office. ARTICLE THIRTEEN The City has specifically authorized the Corporation by resolution to act on its behalf to further the public purposes stated in said resolution and in these Articles of Incorporation, and the City has by said resolution approved these Articles of Incorporation. A copy of said resolution is on file among the permanent public records of the City and the Corporation. ollegaVprojectslcsedalartlcles.doc 618199 - 5 - Z�lrrt� INCORPORATORS THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZOS § § § I, the undersigned, a Notary Public of the State of Texas, do hereby certify that on this ____ day of June, 1999, personally appeared before me LYNN McILHANEY, GEORGE K. NOE, and HARVEY CARGILL, JR., who, each being by me first duly sworn, severally declared that they are the persons who signed the foregoing document as incorporators, and that the statements therein contained are true and correct. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal the date and year above written. JANIS L SCHWARTZ Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires APRIL 8, 2002 [SEAL] ollegaVprojectslcsedalarticles.doc (i/8/99 - 6 - \ RESOLUTION N0.1-28-99-13.1 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CREATION OF THE COLLEGE STATION BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC., AS AN INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. WHEREAS, the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Article 5190.6, Tex Rev. Civ. Stats. Ann., as amended (the "Act"), authorizes cities to create industrial development corporations to act on their behalf in the promotion and :financing of projects so as to eliminate unemployment and underemployment and to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare; and WHEREAS, the City of College Station (the "City") is authorized to create a corporation under the Act that is governed by Section 4B of the Act, and the City Council intends hereby to approve the Articles of Incorporation creating the College Station Business Development Corporation, Inc. (the "Corporation"); and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to authorize and approve the incor­ poration of the Corporation as its constituted authority and instrumentality to act on its behalf in accomplishing the public purposes described in the Act, in the Articles of Incorporation, and in Article III, Section 52-a, of the Texas Constitu­ tion. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the incorporation of the Corporation is hereby authorized and approved as an industrial development corporation under the provisions of the Act, with the same to be governed by Section 4B thereof. SECTION 2. That the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation, in the form attached hereto, are hereby approved; the initial directors named therein are hereby appointed as directors of the Corporation for the terms therein stated, and the incorporators are authorized to file the same with the Secretary of State as provided by the Act. SECTION 3. That, upon dissolution of the Corporation, the City hereby agrees to and shall accept title to any and all real, personal, or other property owned by the Corporation at such time, subject to all rights of third parties that may then exist. js\o:\group\legal\project\cseda\resolutn.doc 1119199 RESO LUTIONNO. 1-28-99-13.1 Page2 PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of College Station, Texas, on this 28th day of JANUARY 1999. ATTEST: � [SEAL] js\o:\group\legal\project\cseda\resolutn.doc 1119199 APPROVED: APPROVED AS TO FORM: ��