(a) It is hereby acknowledged that it is a proper public purpose of the State of Michigan and its political subdivisions to provide housing for its citizens of low income and to encourage the development of such housing by providing for a service charge in lieu of property taxes in accordance with the State Housing Development Authority Act of 1966 (1966 PA 346, as amended, being M.C.L.A. 125.1401 et seq., MSA 116.114(1) et seq.). The City is authorized by this Act to establish or change the service charge to be paid in lieu of taxes by any or all classes of housing exempt from taxation under this Act at any amount it chooses, not to exceed the taxes that would be paid but for this Act. It is further acknowledged that such housing for persons of low income is a public necessity, and as the City will be benefited and improved by such housing, the encouragement of the same by providing certain real estate tax exemptions for such housing is a valid public purpose; further, that the continuance of the provisions of this chapter for tax exemption and the service charge in lieu of taxes during the period contemplated in this chapter are essential to the determination of economic feasibility of the housing development which is to be constructed and financed in reliance on such tax exemption.
(b) The City acknowledges that Newberry Square Limited Dividend Housing Association Limited Partnership (the "Sponsor") has offered, subject to receipt of an allocation under the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), to erect, own, and operate a housing development identified as Newberry Square, on certain property located at 35240 Michigan in the City of Wayne, to serve persons of low income, and that the Sponsor has offered to pay the City of Wayne on account of this housing development an annual service charge for public services in lieu of all taxes.
(Ord. 98-07. Passed 7-7-98.)