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Tigard City Center Development Agency - Agreement to make loans City of Tigard Intergovernmental Agreement to Make Loans Between the City of Tigard and the Tigard City Center Development Agency This Intergovernmental Agreement is dated as of -400'- )Q- , 2007 and is entered into by and between the Tigard City Centergevelopment Agency, Oregon, and the City of Tigard, Oregon. The parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Definitions Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following capitalized terms used in this agreement shall have the following meanings: "Agency" means the Tigard City Center Development Agency, an urban renewal agency created pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 457. "Agreement" means this Intergovernmental Agreement. "City" means the City of Tigard,Washington County, Oregon. "Plan" means the Tigard City Center Urban Renewal Plan adopted by the Tigard City Council on December 13, 2005. "Tax Increment Revenues" means all revenues which the Agency collects under the provisions of Article IZ, Section 1c of the Oregon Constitution and ORS Chapter 457 from the urban renewal area described in the Plan. 2. Recitals 2.1 Tax Increment Revenues are limited to the retirement of debt, as defined in Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 457. 2.2 In order for the Agency to complete the projects described in the Plan it must secure adequate funding resources. 2.3 The City is-willing and able to provide loans to the Agency for this purpose. 2.4 This Agreement constitutes indebtedness of the Agency within the meaning of ORS 457.450 because it obligates the Agency to pay Tax Increment Revenues to the City to carry out the Plan. 3. Loans and Terms The City hereby agrees to loan funds to the Agency from time to tithe as required by the Agency to carry out the Plan. Loans shall be made from surplus funds the City has determined are unneeded for operating and capital expenses in the foreseeable future. Interest shall accrue on all loaned amounts at the same average rate as that earned on other funds invested by the City and shall be calculated using the same methodology employed by the City in allocating investment earnings to its various funds. 4. Repayment of Loans The Agency hereby agrees to repay the principal and accrued interest on all loan amounts provided under this agreement, but solely from the Tax Increment Revenues. Unless prepaid, the principal amount of each loan shall be repaid in ten substantially equal, annual installments of principal on the 30`h day of June of each fiscal year,with the first principal payment due on the 30`' day of June in the tend-1 fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the loan is made. Interest shall be paid annually on the 30`h day of June of each Fiscal Year, commencing no later than the second fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the loan is made. 5. Use of Loan Funds The Agency shall use the amounts loaned to pay for costs of urban renewal projects described in the Plan. 6. Subordination The Agency hereby pledges the Tax Increment Revenues to pay the loans made by the City under this agreement. The pledge of the Tax Increment Revenues that secures these loans is subordinate to any bonded indebtedness that the Agency is obligated to pay to persons other than the City. 7. Miscellaneous 7.1 Binding Effect This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Agency and the City and their respective successors and assigns. 7.2 Severability In the event any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provisions hereof. 7.3 Amendments This Agreement may be amended only by a writing signed by both parties. 7.4 Applicable Law This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Oregon. Any action regarding this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in an appropriate court of the State of Oregon in Washington County, Oregon. City of Tigard: Craig. Dirksen Mayor—City of Tigard The Tigard City Center Development Agency (CCDA): Craig Ptsser Executive Director - CCDA