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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #4471 - FIRST AMENDMENT TO A TIF AND BDD REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN 309 DEVELOPMENTS. LLC AND JED RHOADES AND MAX KUMER (FULTON SQUARE PROJECT) CERTIFICATE THE UNDERSIGNED CERTIFIES THAT SHE IS THE CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS, AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULARLY CONSTITUTED MEETING OF SAID CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON ON THE 20TH DAY OF MAY, 2025 ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 4471, A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF WHICH IS CONTAINED IN THIS PAMPHLET. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL THIS 20T"DAY OF MAY,2025. (SEAL) DREA J: ITH-WALTERS ITY CLERK CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS ORDINANCE NO. 4 4 71 AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO A TIF AND BDD REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT by and between THE CITY OF CANTON,FULTON COUNTY,ILLINOIS and 309 DEVELOPMENTS,LLC AND JED RHOADES AND MAX KUMER (FULTON SQUARE PROJECT) PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON,FULTON COUNTY,ILLINOIS, ON THE 20TH DAY OF MAY,2025. PUBLISHED IN PAMPHLET FORM BY AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CANTON,FULTON COUNTY,ILLINOIS, THIS 201""DAY OF MAY, 2025. EFFECTIVE:MAY 20, 2025 Page 1 ORDINANCE NO. 4471 CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF)AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (BDD) REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT by and between THE CITY OF CANTON and 309 DEVELOPMENTS,LLC AND JED RHOADES AND MAX KUMER (FULTON SQUARE PROJECT) WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council of the City of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois (the "City"), have hereby determined that the First Amendment to a TIF and BDD Redevelopment Agreement by and between the City of Canton and 309 Developments, LLC and Jed Rhoades and Max Kumer(the"Developer")attached hereto as Exhibit.,is in the best interest of the citizens of the City of Canton. NOW THEREFORE,be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Canton, Illinois,in the County of Fulton, as follows: 1. The First Amendment to City of Canton TIF and BDD Redevelopment Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit `A"is hereby approved. 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to enter into and execute on behalf of the City said Redevelopment Agreement and the City Clerk of the City of Canton is hereby authorized and directed to attest such execution. 3. The Mayor is hereby further authorized to approve a single forty-five (45) day extension of the Developer's obligation to complete the Project and verify eligible expenses if such extension is requested by the Developer in writing on or before August 30,2025. 4. The Redevelopment Agreement shall be effective the date of its approval on the 20'' day of May, 2025. 5. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval as required by law. (The remainder of thispage is intentionally left blank.) Page 2 PASSED APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Canton this 20' day of May,2025. MAYOR&ALDERMEN AYE VOTE NAY VOTE ABSTAIN/ABSENT David Pickel Andra Chamberlin Patrick Ketchum Ralph Grimm Greg Gossett Justin Nelson John Lovell Angela Hale KentA.McDowell,Mayor TOTAL VOTES 9 APPROVED: 4 Date / /2025 Mayor,City of Canton ATTEST: , Date: 6'_/�Q/2025 ity Clerk, Ci of Canton ATTACHMENT: 1. EXHIBIT A. First Amendment to TIF and BDD Redevelopment Agreement by and between the City of Canton and 309 Developments,LLC and Jed Rhoades and Max Kumer (Fulton Square Project). Page 3 EXHIBIT A. CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF)AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT (BDD) REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT by and between CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS and 309 DEVELOPMENTS, LLC AND JED RHOADES AND MAX KUMER (FULTON SQUARE PROJECT) THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (including Exhibits, hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement as amended") is entered into this 20`h day of May, 2025, by and between the City of Canton (the "City"), an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Fulton County, Illinois, and 309 Developments, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company and Jed Rhoades and Max Kumer (collectively the "Developer"). Hereinafter the City and the Developer, for convenience, may collectively be referred to as the"Parties." PREAMBLE WHEREAS, the City has the authority to promote the health, safety,and welfare of the City and its citizens and to encourage development, job creation, and/or the full utilization of real estate; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Illinois Statute 65 ILCS 5/8-1-2.5, a municipality may appropriate and expend funds for economic development purposes, including without limitation for commercial enterprises that are deemed necessary or desirable for the promotion of economic development within the community;and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Act, 65 ILCS 5/11- 74.4.4 et seq.,as amended (the"TIF Act"), the City has the authority to provide incentives to owners or prospective owners of real property to develop, redevelop, and rehabilitate such property by reimbursing the owners for certain costs from resulting increases in real estate tax revenues; and WHEREAS, on July 6,2004,recognizing the need to foster the development, expansion and revitalization of certain properties which are vacant, underutilized, or undeveloped, the City adopted Tax Increment Financing under the TIF Act, approved a Redevelopment Plan, and designated a Redevelopment Area known as the Canton International Harvester Site Project Area TIF District (now known as the "Canton 1 - Downtown / 5th Avenue TIF District" and hereinafter referred to as "TIF District 1"); and WHEREAS, on March 19, 2013, August 16, 2016, and April 5, 2017, the City approved Amendments to the TIF District 2 Redevelopment Plan,Projects,and Area; and WHEREAS, on July 6,2004,recognizing the need to foster the development, expansion and revitalization of certain properties which are vacant, underutilized, or undeveloped, the City adopted Page 1 Tax Increment Financing under the TIF Act, approved a Redevelopment Plan, and designated a Redevelopment Area known as the"Canton 2—Rt. 9 / Chestnut St.TIF District"and hereinafter referred to as "Canton TIF District 2");and WHEREAS, on November 22, 2011, February 6, 2012 and April 5, 2017 the City approved Amendments to the TIF District 1 Redevelopment Plan,Projects, and Area; and WHEREAS,pursuant to the Illinois Business District Development and Redevelopment Act (65 ILCS 5/11-74.3-1 etseq.),as amended(the"BDD Act"),the City established the Canton Business Development District No. 1 (the"Business District" or`BDD") on March 15,2022, by approving Ordinance No. 4281; and WHEREAS,on September 30,2022,the City approved the First Amendment to the Business District and further ratified the First Amendment on October 5,2022; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the BDD Act, the City has the authority to incur eligible business district project costs and may enter into agreements with developers to reimburse them for their eligible business district project costs; and WHEREAS, on December 3, 2024, the City approved Ordinance No. 4437 and executed a Redevelopment Agreement (the "Redevelopment Agreement"), wherein the City agreed to extend TIF and BDD incentives to the Developer for the reimbursement of certain eligible project costs to be incurred by the Developer on property located at 109 & 120 N. Main Street and 90 E. Locust Street (PINS 09-08-27-410-003, 09-08-27-410-004, and 09-08-27-410-026 and collectively known as the "Property");and WHEREAS, the Parties hereby agree to Amend the Redevelopment Agreement as set forth below. AMENDMENT NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: A. AMENDMENT TO SECTION "A. PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS" Section A(4) of the Redevelopment Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: 4. The Developer agrees to complete the Project and verify TIF Eligible Costs and BDD Eligible Costs as required in Section "E"of the Redevelopment Agreement on or before August 30, 2025, subject to extension due to Force Majeure as described in Section "I" of the Redevelopment Agreement. B.AMENDMENT TO SECTION"E. PAYMENT OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS" Section E(1) of the Redevelopment Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: Page 2 1. To receive the incentives set forth in Section `B"of the Redevelopment Agreement, the Developer must submit documentation using the Request for Verification of Eligible Pr ject Costs form attached to the Redevelopment Agreement in Exhibit "5" (the "Requisition") to provide evidence of all TIF Eligible Costs for land acquisition and BDD Eligible Costs incurred by it with respect to the Project on or before August 30,2025. Satisfactory evidence of such costs shall include verified bills or statements of suppliers,contractors,or professionals together with mechanic's lien waivers (whether partial or full), cancelled checks,statements or invoices marked paid from each of the parties entitled to payment with respect to work done for the Project, or other proofs payment for such bills,statements, or invoices for such costs. Absent the City's written consent for an extension provided to the Developer, any costs submitted after August 30,2025,will not be eligible for reimbursement. Section E(1)(a)is hereby added to the Redevelopment Agreement by this First Amendment: a. Absent the City's written consent for an extension provided to the Developer, any costs submitted after August 30,2025,will not be eligible for reimbursement. Upon receiving written request from the Developer on or before August 30, 2025, the Mayor may grant to the Developer one extension of up to forty-five (45) days to complete the Project and comply with Section "E(1)"as amended above. C.AMENDMENT TO SECTION "I. TIME; FORCE MAJEURE" Section I of the Redevelopment Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: For this Agreement,time is of the essence. The Developer agrees to complete the Project on or before August 30,2025, subject to extension due to Force Majeure (defined below). Failure to do so shall be cause for the City to declare the Developer in default and unilaterally terminate the Agreement after notice and the opportunity to cure as provided in Section `7P" of the Redevelopment Agreement. However, the Developer and the City shall not be deemed in default with respect to any obligations of this Agreement on its part to be performed if the Developer or the City fails to timely perform the same and such failure is due in whole, or in part, to any strike, lock-out, labor trouble (whether legal or illegal), civil disorder, inability to procure materials, weather conditions, wet soil conditions, failure or interruptions of power, restrictive governmental laws and regulations, condemnation,riots,insurrections,war,fuel shortages,accidents,casualties,Acts of God or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of the Developer or the City. D. PRIOR AGREEMENT TERMS APPLY All terms of the Redevelopment Agreement and any Exhibits attached thereto shall apply to this First Amendment and remain effective unless specifically modified by this First Amendment to the Redevelopment Agreement. Page 3 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT IS INTENDED TO BE A LEGAL DOCUMENT.AN ATTORNEY AT LAW SHOULD BE CONSULTED PRIOR TO THE EXECUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers on the above date at the City of Canton, Illinois. CITY DEVELOPER CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS,an Illinois 309 DEVELQPMENTS, LLC, an Illinois Municipal Corporation Limi d i Compan 10, BY: BY: M yor vZ �' f Date: 51,7 Date: "J ATTE ED BY: JED RHO S indivi u y BY: Jed ades ty Clerk Date: a5 Sl z� Date: MAX KLTM ,individually BY. � ax Kumer .� C Date: Page 4