(1) Within 60 days of receipt of the Economic
Development Proposal from the Developer and the Municipality in the form and
with the information and documentation required by St. 2006, c. 293,
§§ 5 through 12, as amended by St. 2008, c. 129, §§ 2
through 17 and St. 2012, c. 238, §§ 60 through 63, and by
801 CMR 51.00, the Secretary
shall take action on the Proposal by approving it, disapproving it, requesting
its amendment or requesting further information.
(2) Prior to approving any Economic
Development Proposal, and, if the Economic Development Project is a Phased
Project, prior to approving any phase of any Economic Development Project for
which the Developer is seeking approval, the Secretary must have received or
provided the following:
(a) An updated
Independent Consultant Analysis to take into account any difference between the
Economic Development Proposal and the Preliminary Economic Development Proposal
and any changes in facts or assumptions since the original Independent
Consultant Analysis. The updated Independent Consultant Analysis should be
conducted and paid for in the same manner and by the same parties as the
original Independent Consultant Analysis.
(b) An updated version of the Preliminary
Certificate of the Commissioner to reflect any changes in the Economic
Development Proposal filed by the Developer and the Municipality from the
Preliminary Economic Development Proposal and the updated Independent
Consultant Analysis and to reflect only the New Revenues and New State Tax
Revenues projected to be generated from Project Components for which
Commitments have been obtained. If the Economic Development Project is a Phased
Project, the updated version of the Certificate shall address only the phase of
the Economic Development Project for which the Developer is seeking
approval.
(c) An updated version of
the Preliminary Certificate of the Agency to reflect any changes in the
Economic Development Proposal filed by the Developer and the Municipality from
the Preliminary Economic Development Proposal, the Independent Consultant
Analysis and the updated version of the Preliminary Certificate of the
Commissioner. If the Economic Development Project is a Phased Project, the
updated version of the Certificate shall address only the phase of the Economic
Development Project for which the Developer is seeking approval.
(d) Certification of the Agency confirming
that the Agency has reviewed the documentation provided by the Developer to
demonstrate that the Developer has sufficient equity and financing commitments
to fund Costs of the Economic Development Project and that, based on such
review and on any additional investigation or review the Agency deemed
necessary, the Agency has determined that the Developer has sufficient equity
and financing commitments to fund all of the Costs of the Economic Development
Project or, if the Economic Development Project is a Phased Project, all of the
Costs of the phase of the Economic Development Project for which the Developer
is seeking approval, except any of such Costs expected to be funded by the
Agency from the proceeds of the Bonds under St. 2006, c. 293, §§ 5
through 12, as amended by St. 2008, c. 129, §§ 2 through 17 and St.
2012, c. 238, §§ 60 through 63.
(e) Certification of the Commissioner
confirming that the amount of projected annual New State Tax Revenues allocable
to each of the Project Components of the Economic Development Project, or, if
the Economic Development Project is a Phased Project, the phase of the Economic
Development Project for which the Developer is seeking approval, following
completion and occupancy thereof will be at least equal to the projected
maximum annual Debt Service due on the related Bonds to be issued by the Agency
following the completion and occupancy of the related Occupied Project
Component as determined under
801 CMR 51.00 and identified
in the certification of the Executive Director of the Agency referenced in 801
CMR 51.13(2)(c).
(f) Certification
of the Agency confirming that Agency has approved the Economic Development
Proposal, or, if the Economic Development Project is a Phased Project, the
Economic Development Proposal with respect to the phase of the Economic
Development Project for which the Developer is seeking approval.
(g) Certification of the Secretary that:
1. the Developer has funding or financial
commitments satisfactory to the Secretary sufficient to fund the Costs of the
Economic Development Project, or, if the Economic Development Project is a
Phased Project, the phase of the Economic Development Project for which the
Developer is seeking approval, exclusive of any Costs of the Public
Infrastructure Improvements to be financed by Bonds to be issued by the Agency,
and such commitments include the commitment of the Developer's construction
lender or lenders, on terms and conditions acceptable to the Secretary, to
advance loan proceeds on the Developer's behalf to pay for the costs of
completing Public Infrastructure Improvements that are not being funded from
proceeds of the Bonds, whether or not the construction lender's loan with the
Developer is in default, or such other security or assurance as the Secretary
has determined to be acceptable;
2.
the Developer's plan to secure the obligations of its selected contractor or
contractors to complete each of the Project Components and the Public
Infrastructure Improvements with payment, performance and lien bonds which, in
the case of the Public Infrastructure Improvements being funded in whole or in
part from the proceeds of the Bonds, provide for the Developer and the Agency
to be co-obligees under such bonds, and to secure its own obligation to
complete the portion of the Public Infrastructure Improvements not funded by
Bonds under this Act, or to provide other security satisfactory to the
Secretary, is satisfactory to the Secretary, and the Secretary's approval of
the Economic Development Proposal, or of the portion thereof that relates to
the phase of the Economic Development Project for which the Developer is
seeking approval if it is a Phased Project, will be made conditional upon such
security having been obtained prior to the issuance of the related Bonds;
and
3. the Municipality has
established a Municipal Liquidity Reserve for the benefit of the Commonwealth
for each Assessment Parcel within the Economic Development Project, or, if the
Economic Development Project is a Phased Project, for each Assessment Parcel
that is a part of the phase of the Economic Development Project for which the
Developer is seeking approval, and has funded or has provided for the funding
of such Reserve in an amount equal to twice the total maximum annual Debt
Service due on the Bonds allocable to said Assessment Parcel.
4. if the Developer seeks a waiver or partial
waiver of the any requirements necessary for the Secretary's Approval of the
Economic Development Proposal for the purpose of issuance of Bond Anticipation
Notes, the Secretary has received evidence that the Developer has obtained a
letter of credit or other security for the repayment of the Developer's
obligations under an Infrastructure Development Assistance Agreement acceptable
to the Secretary and that the Secretary waives any necessary
requirements.