Section 32-669 - Status report.

CT Gen Stat § 32-669 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) On or before February 1, 2003, and annually thereafter, until five years after the opening of the convention center, the Capital Region Development Authority shall prepare a report regarding the status of the Adriaen's Landing project and The University of Connecticut football stadium project. Such report shall be made, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the president pro tempore of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the majority leader of the Senate, the majority leader of the House of Representatives, the minority leader of the Senate and the minority leader of the House of Representatives and to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to finance, revenue and bonding. The report to said committee shall be presented at a meeting of said committee held during the regular session of the calendar year in which such report is due.

(b) Such report shall be separated into a section on the Adriaen's Landing project and a section on The University of Connecticut football stadium project and shall contain the following information: (1) A detailed estimated budget for the overall project; (2) the current timeline for the entire project, with significant milestone events, from inception to projected completion date; (3) for each project component, including, but not limited to, the science center, (A) a description of the component, (B) its current budget in detail, comparing it to the budget presented to the General Assembly prior to May 2, 2000, (C) projected completion date, (D) any change made in the course of planning and execution over the prior calendar year and reasons for such change, and (E) status at the end of such calendar year; (4) problems encountered in the prior calendar year and potential problems in the future; (5) status of the project's compliance with the provisions of section 32-605, including, but not limited to, (A) a description of each contract entered into during the prior calendar year, (B) whether any contractor is a woman-owned business enterprise, a minority business enterprise or a small business enterprise, as those terms are defined in section 4a-60g, (C) the value of such contract, (D) any subcontractors under such contract, the value of the subcontract and whether any subcontractor is a woman-owned business enterprise, a minority business enterprise or a small business enterprise, as those terms are defined in section 4a-60g, (E) the number of jobs associated with such contract, including the number of jobs held by residents of Hartford and East Hartford and the number of jobs held by women and minorities, and (F) any steps being taken for affirmative action and corrective measures for any deficiencies; (6) a detailed projected annual operating budget for each facility, including information regarding how much funding the state will be required to provide and how much the municipality will be required to provide; (7) a timeline showing when operating expenses may be incurred prior to the project's completion, including how much of such expenses will be provided by the state in each year and how much will be provided by the host municipality; (8) current estimates for funding from all state and private sources for each component of the project for each fiscal year in which the funding is made available; (9) a summary of the total funding for the project from each of the following sources: (A) General obligation bonds, (B) funding from the General Fund operating surplus, (C) revenue bonds issued by the Capital Region Development Authority, with the associated General Fund costs, including, but not limited to, General Fund debt service reimbursement for the parking garage and utility plant, (D) tax exemptions or credits granted to any part of the project, (E) payments in lieu of taxes made to any municipality for any component of the project, (F) the operating subsidy for the convention center and the science center, (G) private investments, and (H) any other sources; and (10) detailed financial information regarding the income and expenses of any public entities operating at Adriaen's Landing.

(May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5, S. 19; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1, S. 20; P.A. 12-147, S. 29.)

History: May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-5 effective July 1, 2002; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-1 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for reports until five years after opening of the convention center, and amended Subsec. (b) to include the science center as a component for which reporting is required in Subdiv. (3) and add Subdivs. (8) to (10), inclusive, re additional information to be included in report, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 12-147 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management” with “Capital Region Development Authority” and amended Subsec. (b)(9)(C) to replace “Capital City Economic Development Authority” with “Capital Region Development Authority”, effective June 15, 2012.