(1) No Tax Increment Financing District ("TIF District")
shall be approved by City Council unless the ordinance creating the TIF District
is accompanied by a statement signed by the City Finance Director that contains
the following language:
All projections contained in the TIF
District's project plan of tax revenues to be generated and jobs to be
created by the TIF District are based on reasonable and appropriate assumptions
and methods of estimation. All such assumptions and methods are consistently
applied throughout the projections. Estimates of projected tax revenues are
based on current or proposed tax rates, historical collection patterns and
generally recognized econometric models.
This statement shall be
contained in the TIF District project plan.
(2) The project plan shall
also include a statement that there will be an Economic Opportunity Plan
submitted for the TIF District, and that the Economic Opportunity Plan will
contain (i) a detailed statement by the developer that addresses the
developer's good faith efforts to insure that (a) the maximum feasible
number of any year-round, part-time or full-time jobs provided by the project to
youth (persons under the age of twenty-one (21)) shall be provided to low and
moderate income youth, and that, (b) in order to meet these goals, the project
shall utilize the services of the School District of Philadelphia, the
Archdiocese
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Philadelphia Urban Affairs Coalition, the Urban League of Philadelphia, the
Philadelphia Workforce Development Corporation or any related entities, or
training or apprenticeship programs such as the Philadelphia Housing
Authority's Working Together for Jobs Agreement, the TOP/WIN program, the
Congreso de Latinos Unidos Apprenticeship Prep for Trades APTitude Program,
YouthBuild Philadelphia, or other similar programs; and (ii) a preliminary
implementation plan for such youth employment goals. In addition the Economic
Opportunity Plan will contain a detailed statement by the developer that
addresses the developer's good faith efforts to insure that the project
shall provide for significant contracting, construction and job opportunities,
including without limitation, goods, services and equipment, to minority, female
and disabled business enterprises and individuals, and a preliminary
implementation plan for these employment goals. Any and all TIF Districts
approved by Council after January 1, 1998 shall also be subject to these good
faith efforts requirements.
(3) Prior to the closing of the TIF revenue
anticipation note or other project financing supported by the TIF revenue
stream, the TIF developer shall file with the Chief Clerk's Office of
Council the final project plan, the final Economic Opportunity Plan, the TIF
District Ordinance, and all other related documents. The final Economic
Opportunity Plan shall contain the goals for youth employment opportunities and
contracting, construction and job opportunities for minority, female and
disabled business enterprises and individuals, and detailed action plans for
achieving each of these goals.
(4) The TIF District's project plan
shall also be submitted to the City Controller and the Pennsylvania
Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Board prior to any public hearing in
order to solicit and receive their comments and analysis of such
plan.