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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance #3032 - redevelopment agreement between the City of Canton and East & Em Properties ? � CITY OF CANTON, FULTON, ILLINOIS ORDINANCE NO. �.1 d�2 CANTON 2-RT. 9/CHESTNUT STREET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF) DISTRICT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT by and between THE CITY OF CANTON and EAST & EM PROPERTIES, LLC ADOPTED BY THE CORPORATE AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF CANTON, FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ON THE�DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2013. ! t CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS: ORDINANCE NO._ ,_3 03� CANTON 2- RT. 9/CHESTNUT STREET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF) DISTRICT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CANTON AND EAST & EM PROPERTIES, LLC BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF CANTON THAT: SECTION ONE: The Redevelopment Agreement with East & EM Properties, LLC (Exhibit A attached) is hereby approved. SECTION TWO: 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. SECTION THREE: The Redevelopment Agreement shall be effective the date of its approval on the�day of November,2013. " SECTION FOUR: This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval as required by law. [Balanc•e ofpc�ge i.r intentionally blank.] -2- , , � PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Corporate Authorities of the Ciry of Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, on the �9 day of November, A.D., 2013, and deposited and filed in the Office of the City Clerk of said City on that date. MAYOR&ALDERMEN AYE VOTE NAY VOTE ABSTAIN/ABSENT Ald. David Pickel Ald.James Nelson �( Ald. Craig West Ald.Tad Putrich Ald. Gerald Ellis Ald.Justin Nelson X Ald.John Lovell � Ald.Jeremy Pasley x Hon.Jeffrey A. Fritz,Mayor TOTAL VOTES � � APPROVED: ��:.-��4�;�� ,Date �_/ �� / 2013 Hon.Je frey A. ritz, Mayor,City of Canton ATTEST ,Date: �/ �/ 2013 lia Pavley- ock, C erk, Ciry of Canton ATTACHMENTS: EXHIBIT A. REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BY AND BE'I'WEEN THE CITY OF CANTON AND EAST&E:�1 PROPERTIES,LLC. -3- � � EXHIBIT A REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT by and between CITY OF CANTON and EAST & EM PROPERTIES, LLC CANTON 2 - RT. 9/CHESTNUT STREET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF) DISTRICT -4- < < CANTON 2- RT. 9/CHESTNUT STREET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT TIF REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT by and between THE CITY OF CANTON, FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS and EAST & EM PROPERTIES, LLC NOVEMBER 2013 � �► REDEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT by and between CITY OF CANTON and EAST & EM PROPERTIES, LLC CANTON 2 - RT. 9/CHESTNUT STREET TIF DISTRICT THIS AGREEMENT(including Exhibit 1)is entered into this�day of November,2013,by the City of Canton ("City"), an Illinois Municipal Corporation, Fulton County, Illinois; and East & EM Properties,LLC ("Developer"),individually. PREAMBLE WHEREAS, the City has the authority to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the City and its citizens, and to prevent the spread of blight and deterioration and inadequate public facilities, by promoting the development of private investment properry thereby increasing the tax base of the City and providing employment for its citizens; and WHEREAS, pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/8-1-2.5 a municipaliry may expend funds for economic development purposes to commercial enterprises that are necessary or desirable for the promotion of economic development within the municipality;and WHEREAS,pursuant to the Tax Increment r�llocation Redevelopment Act,65 ILCS 5/11-74.4 et.req., as amended (the "Act"), the City has the authoriry to provide incentives to owners or prospective owners of real property to develop,redevelop,and rehabilitate such property by reimbursing the owner for certain costs from resulting increases in real estate tax revenues and enter into contracts with developers necessary or incidental to the implementation of its redevelopment plan pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4(b) and (j); and WHEREAS,the City,recognizing the need to foster the development,expansion and revitalization of certain properries which are vacant,underutilized or obsolete or a combination thereof,adopted Tax Inerement Financing and created a Tax Increment Allocation Redevelopment Area under the Act known as the Canton 2 -Rt. 9/Chestnut Street TIF District (the"TIF District") on February 6, 2012 by Ordinance No.2068 (Approving the Redevelopment Plan and Projects),No.2069 (Designating the Redevelopment Project Area),and No.2070(Adopting TIF for the Redevelopment Plan,Projects and Area);and WHEREAS, pursuant TIF Act, the City approved the First Amendment to the Canton 2 -Rt. 9/Chestnut Street TIF District on March 19,2013 by Ordinance No. 3009;and WHEREAS, included in the Redevelopment Area is a property located at the corner of 409- 411 N. Main Street & 5 East Ash Street, Canton, Illinois (I'IN 09-08-27-218-015, herein defined as the "Property") for which the Developer is the current owner; and WHEREAS, the Developer is proceeding with plans to paint the exterior of the building at the 1 ,� northeast corner of Main and Ash Streets and is requesting incentives for the reimbursement of contracted labor and materials related to said improvements to the building (the "Project");and WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City to encourage economic development which will increase the real estate tax base of the City and the tax base of other ta�ng bodies,which increased incremental taxes will be used,in part, to finance incentives to assist development within the Tax Increment Financing District;and WHEREAS, the Developer's Project is consistent with the land uses of the City as adopted;and WHEREAS,the City has the authority under the Act to incur Redevelopment Project Costs("Eligible Project Costs") and to reimburse Developer for such costs pursuant to 65 ILCS 11-74.4-4(j);and WHEREAS, the City has determined that this Developer's Project requires the incentives requested herein and that said Developer's Project would, as part of the Plan, promote the health, safety and welfare of the City and its citizens by attracting private investment to prevent blight and deterioration and to provide employment for its citizens and generally to enhance the economy of the City; and WHEREAS, the City and the Developer("Parties") have agreed that the City shall provide a grant to the Developer for reimbursement of the Developer's Eligible Project Costs in the amount of Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars($4,500.00)to be paid from the Canton 1-Downtown/5th Avenue TIF District Special Tax Allocation Fund as specified below in Section C, Incentive.r, and WHEREAS,in consideration of the execution of this Agreement,the Developer has proceeded with the Project as set forth herein;and WHEREAS, the City is entering into this Agreement having encouraged and induced the Developer to paint the exterior of the building on said Property. AGREEMENTS NOW, THEREFORE, the Parties, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, agree as follows: A. PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS 1. The Parties agree that the matters set forth in the recitals above are true and correct and form a part of this Agreement. 2. Any terms which are not defined in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as they do in the Act,unless indicated to the contrary. 3. The City is extending incentives for Developer's Project in anticiparion of the expected completion of the Developer's Project as set forth herein. 4. Each of the Parties represents that it has taken all actions necessary to authorize its representatives 2 �+ to execute this Agreement. B.ADOPTION OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING The City has created a Tax Increment Financing District, currently known as "Canton 2 - Rt. 9/Chestnut Street TIF District"which includes the Developer's Properry. The City has previously �ssisted certain Redevelopment Projects through TIF incentives, similar to the incentives provided herein for this Developer's Project. C. INCENTIVES In consideration for the Developer completing the Project as set forth herein,the City agrees to assist the Developer as follows: The Ciry shall provide a grant to the Developer for reunbursement of the Developer's Eligible Project Costs in the amount of Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) to be paid from the Canton 2 - Rt.9/Chestnut Street TIF District Special Tax Allocation Fund, pursuant to Section E, `Payment of Eligible Project Co.rt.r"and subject to the following conditions: L In the event the Developer sells or otherwise conveys all or a portion of the tide to the Property to any other individual or entiry within five (5) years following the execution of this Redevelopment Agreement , the Developer shall repay a single lump sum to the Ciry equal to a proportionate amount of the grant funds provided herein. 2. Said proportionate amount of grant funds shall be defined as being an amount calculated on a daily rate equivalent to one-fifth (1/5th) of the grant amount for each year remaining within the five (5) year period following the execution of this Redevelopment Agreement. For example,if the Redevelopment Agreement is executed on November 12,2013 and the Developer sells the Property 54 days later on January 5, 2014, the Developer would repay 97% (i.e., 1,771 days remaining in the 5-year period=1,825 total days in the 5-year period),or$4,367 of the grant back to the City. D. LIMITATION OF INCENTIVES TO DEVELOPER The Developer's reimbuxsement shall not exceed$4,500.00 and shall only be for contracted labor and materials related to the Project and as set forth herein. E. PAYMENT OF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS 1. A request for payment to the Developer for Eligible Pxoject Costs as set forth by the Act, shall be made by a Requisition for Payment of Private Development Redevelopment Costs (see E.�hibit2,Requisition) in an amount equal to or exceeding$4,500.00, submitted by Developer to the City's TIF Administrator,Jacob & Klein, Ltd. and The Economic Development Group (collectively the "Administrator"). 3 . ti 2. The Requisition must be accompanied by verified bills or statements of suppliers,contractors,or professionals together with Mechanic's I_ien Waivers as required by the City's Administrator or Clerk. 3. The Developer shall use such sums as reimbursements for eligible expenses only to the extent permitted by law and the Act. 4. The Administrator shall approve or disapprove the Requisirion by written receipt to the Developer within thirty(30) business days after receipt of the Requisition. Approval of the Requisition will not be unreasonably withheld. If the Requisition is disapproved by the Administrator (or subsequently by the Illinois Department of Revenue),the reasons for disallowance will be set forth in wriring and the Developer may resubmit the Requisition with such additional informarion as may be required and the same procedures set forth herein shall apply to such re-submittals. 5. The Parties acknowledge that the determination of Eligible Project Costs, and, therefore, qualification for reimbursement hereunder are subject to changes or interpretation made by amendments to the Act, administrative rules or judicial interpretation during the term of this Agreement. 6. Eligible Project Costs are broadly defined in the Redevelopment Plan to include all costs defined in the Act as Redevelopment Project Costs. F. LIMITED OBLIGATION The Ciry's obligation hereunder is to pay Developer for Eligible Project Costs limited to$4,500.00 as set forth above. Said obligation does not now and shall never constitute an indebtedness of the City within the meaning of any State of Illinois Constitutional or Statutory provision,and shall not constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liabiliry of the Ciry or a charge or lien against the City's general credit or ta�ng power. G. DEFAULT; CURE; REMEDIES In the event of a default under this Redevelopment Agreement by any party hereto (the "Defaulting Party"),which default is not cured within the cure period provided for below,then the other party(the "Non-defaulting Party") shall have an action for damages, or in the event damages would not fairly compensate the Non-defaulting Party's for the Defaulting Party's breach of this Redevelopment Agreement, the Non-defaulting Party shall have such other equity rights and remedies as are available to them at law or in equiry. Any damages payable by the City hereunder shall be limited to the real estate tax increment payable to the Developer under the terms of this Agreement. In the event a Defaulring Party shall fail to perform a monetary covenant which it is required to perform under this Redevelopment Agreement,it shall not be deemed to be in default under this Redevelopment Agreement unless it shall have failed to perform such monetary covenant within thirty (30) days of its receipt of a notice from a Non-defaulting Party specifying that it has failed to perform such monetary covenant. In the event a Defaulring Party fails to perform any nonmonetary covenant as and when it 4 � is required to under this Redevelopment Agreement,it shall not be deemed to be in default if it shall have cured such default within thirty (30) days of its receipt of a notice from a Non-defaulting Party specifying the nature of the default, provided, however, with respect to those nonmonetary defaults which are not capable of being cured within such thirty (30) day period,it shall not be deemed to be in default if it commences curing within such thirty (30) days period, and thereafter diligendy and continuously prosecutes the cure of such default until the same has been cured. H. WAIVER Any Party to this Agreement may elect to waive any remedy it may enjoy hereunder,provided that no such waiver shall be deemed to e�st unless the Party waiving such right of remedy does so in writing. No such waiver shall obligate such Party to waive any right of remedy hereunder, or shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of other rights and remedies provided said Party pursuant to this Agreement. I. SEVERABILITY If any section, subsecrion,term or provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any party or circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of said section, subsection,term or provision of this Agreement or the application of same to Parties or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby. J. NOTICES All notices, demands,requests,consents,approvals or other instruments required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be executed by the party or an officer,agent or attorney of the Party,and shall be deemed to have been effective as of the date of actual delivery,if delivered personally,or as of the third (3"�) day from and including the date of posting,if mailed by registered or certified mail,return receipt requested,with postage prepaid addressed as follows: TO CITY TO DEVELOPER City Clerk 2 N. Main Street East&EM Properties,LLC Ciry of Canton % Nicholas Onvig,Member/Manager Canton,IL 61520 875 East Linn Street Canton,IL 61520 With copy to Admini.rtrator.• Jacob&Klein,Ltd. The Economic Development Group,Ltd. 1701 Clearwater Avenue Bloo�gton,Illinois 61704 K. NO JOINT VENTURE,AGENCY, OR PARTNERSHIP CREATED Neither anything in this Agreement nor any acts of the Parties to this Agreement shall be construed by the Parties or any third person to create the relationship of a partnership, agency, or joint venture between or among such Parties. 5 7 L. INDEMNIFICATION OF CITY Developer acknowledges that it is responsible for compliance with the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act,to the extent such is applicable. Applicability is to be determined by Developer and Developer shall indemnify and hold harmless the City,and all City elected or appointed officials, officers, employees, agents,representatives,engineers,consultants and attorneys(collectively,the Indemnified Parties),from any and all claims that may be asserted against the Indemnified Parties or one or more of them, in connection with the applicability,determination, and/or payments made under the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act(820 ILCS 130/0.01 et..req.),the Illinois Procurement Code,and/or any sirrvlar State or Federal law or regulation. This obligation to indemnify and hold harmless obligates Developer to defend any such claim and/or action,pay any liabilities and/or penalties imposed,and pay all defense costs of City, including but not limited to the reasonable attorney fees of City. M. WARRANTY OF SIGNATORIES The signatories of Developer warrant full authority to both execute tl�is Agreement and to bind the enrity in which they are signing on behalf of. N. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT This Agreement shall expire five (5) years following the execution of this Redevelopment agreement. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be e�cecuted by their duly authorized officers on the above date at Canton, Illinois. CITY DEVELOPER CITY OF CANTON, an Illinois Municipal EAST & EM PROPERTIES, LLC, an Illinois Corporation: limited liability �om n � BY• .� BY: � ayor, on Member/Manager ATTEST: ATTES � erk,City of Can on �'" �� Tide: �Q ��3R..� EXHIBITS ARE ATTACHED AS FOLLOWS: Exhibit 1. Summary of Estimated TIF Eligible Project Costs. Exhibit 2. Private Project Request for Reimbursement I L\C,W�f(1�\C,AN�l'(?�Z R'C9-Chcstnut St�A�rccmcnts\�iiclz O»eig�l�an'on�1'll�2_C)r��i�Rll,A_I��n�al 3U Oct 21113.���Pu 6 �,� ti EXHIBIT 1 SUMMARY OF ESTIMATED TIF ELIGIBLE PROJECT COSTS East& EM Properties,LLC. Canton 2 - Rt. 9/Chestnut Street TIF District City of Canton,Fulton County, Illinois Project Description: Developer is proceeding with plans to paint the exterior of the building at the northeast corner of Main and Ash Streets. Street Location: 409 and 411 North Main Street& 5 East Ash Street, Canton, Illinois Estimated Eligible Proaect Costs: Contracted labor and materials for painting exterior of building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 500.00 Total Estimated TIF Eligible Project Costs' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4,500.00 'Although the Developer's TIF Eligible Project Costs may exceed$4,500.00,the City's reimbursement to the Developer shall not exceed$4,500.00 pursuant to the terms and condition contained herein. � ,� � EXHIBIT 2 PRIVATE PROJECT REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT 8 �/ n�� � CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS CANTON 2 - RT. 9/CHESTNUT STREET TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT PRIVATE PROJECT REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEM�NT BY EAST & EM PROPERTIES, LLC. Date (( ZS 13 Attention: City Administrator, City of Canton Re: TIF Redevelopment Agreement, dated by and between the City of Canton, Illinois, and East & EM Properties, LLC (the "Developer") The City of Canton is hereby requested to disburse funds from the Special Tax Allocation Fund pursuant to the Redevelopment Agreement described above in the amount(s), to East & EM Properties, LLC and for the purpose(s) set forth in this Request for Reimbursement. The terms used in•�this Request for Reimbursement shall have the meanings given to those terms in the Redevelopment Agreement. 1. REQUEST FOR REIMBURSEMENT NO. �- 2. PAYMENT DUE TO: East & EM Properties, LLC 3. AMOUNTS REQUESTED TO BE DISBURSED: Description of TIF Eligible Project Cost Amount 4 4 r s /`W(�v��,f .�pr' • '�"^'• GAT�70r �7�D0• yO . '^� , O (jv/� r Total �y,s'oa. " 4. The amount requested to be disbursed pursuant to this Request for Reimbursement will 9 �J , I�,, be used to reimburse the Developer for Redevelopment Project Costs for the Project detailed in "Exhibit 1" of the Redevelopment Agreement. 5. The undersigned certifies that: (i) the amounts included in (3) above were made or incurred or financed and were necessary for the Project and were made or incurred in accordance with the construction contracts, plans and specifications heretofore in effect; and (ii) the amounts paid or to be paid, as set forth in this Request for Reimbursement, represent a part of the funds due and payable for TIF Eligible Redevelopment Project Costs; and (iii) the expenditures for which amounts are requested represent proper Redevelopment Project Costs as identified in the "Limitation of Incentives to Developer" described in Section D of the Redevelopment Agreement, have not been included in any previous Request for Reimbursement, have been properly recorded on the Developer's books and are set forth with invoices attached for all sums forwhich reimbursement is requested, and proof of payment of the invoices; and (iv) the amounts requested are not greater than those necessary to me?t obligations due and payable or to reimburse the Developer for its funds actually advanced for Redevelopment Project Costs; and (v) the Developer is not in default under the Redevelopment Agreement and nothing has occurred to the knowledge of the Developer that would prevent the performance of its obligations under the Redevelopment Agreement. 6. Attached to this Request for Reimbursement is Exhibit 1 of the Redevelopment Agreement, together with copies of invoices, proof of payment of the invoices, and Mechanic's Lien Waivers relating to all items for which reimbursement is being requested. � BY: (Developer) TITLE: � �� r APPROVED: CITY OF CANTON, ILLINOIS BY: TITLE: DATE: ]0