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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCedar Valley Warehouse, LLC-9/21/2015 (RECORDED)IIIIIlIII I!IJJIIIIIIbIIIIOIIJ IIII!I IMlIIIJllhIIliIIIIIllIJIIII Doc ID 007029380013 Type GEN Reoorded: 05/17/2016 at 04:22 33 PM Fee Amt: $07 00 Page 1 af 13 Black Hawk County Iowa SANDIE L. srIITu REC0RDER F11e2016_00019473 Ci4 t& »vutoO 3pikeeD J -a A -,c- DtB2Lfl, 114 ,aC- 5, LULLo \/ c7c AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT and AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OP MINIMUM ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT This Amendment to Deveopment Agreement and Amendment and Restatement of Minimum Assessment Agreernent (the "Amendment") is entered into as of Sat -.Y -r 2-& 2015 by and between the City of Waterloo, Iowa ("City") and Cedar ValIey Warehouse, LLC ("Company"). RECITALS A. Company and City are parties to that certain Development Agreement dated September 4, 2012 (the "DA'), concerning the developmerit of land (the "Property") described on Exhibit A" to the DA. Company and City are also parties to that certain Minimurn Assessment Agreement dated August 23, 2012 (the "MAA') pertaining to the Property. The DA and MM have been filed in the land records of Black Hawk County, Iowa, as Doc. No. 2013-17082. B. Since the DA and MAA were executed, the Property has been divided into twa separate parcels ('Property A-1' and "Property A-2") for the construction of two distinot projects. C. The parties desire to arnend the DA and to amend and restate the MM an the terms set forth herein to reflect changed conditions of the developnient projeot. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the prernises and of other consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree to amend the Agreement as foliows: 1. Section 8 of the DA is amended to strike the current terms thereof and to substitute the foliowing new provision in Ueu thereof: 8. Minimum Assessment Agreement. Company acknowledges and agrees that it will pay when due all taxes and assessments, general or special, and all other Iawful charges whatsoever evied upon or assessed or placed against the Property. Con,pany further agrees that, prior to the date set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit "B -l" and Exhibit "B-2", it wUl not seek or cause a reduction in the taxable valuation for the Property, which shafl be fixed for assessment purposes, below the aggregate amount af $1 212,000.00, allocated between Property A-1 and Property A-2 as $262,320.00 and $1 597,880.00, respectively (the "Minimum Actual Values"), through: (1) willful destruction of the Property, Improvernents, or any part of either; (ii) a request to the assessor of Black Hawk County; or (iii) any proceedings, whether administrative, legal, ar equitable, with any admirtistrative body or court within the City, Black Hawk County, the State of owa, or the federal government. Company agrees to sign the amended and restated agreenients attached as Exhibit "B- 1" and Exhibit "B-2". 2. Sectiori 9 of the DA is amended to strike the current terms thereof and to substitute the foliowing new provisions in Iieu thereof: 9. Tax Rebates. Frovided that Company has completed the Improvements as set forth herein and has executed the Minimum Assessment Agreements as set forth in Section 8, City agrees to rebate fifty percent (50%) of property taxes (with the exceptions noted below) as foliows: Year One - Year Twa - Year Three - Year Four - Year Five - January 1, 2014 assessment January 1, 2015 assessrnent January 1, 2016 assessment January 1, 2017 assessment January 1, 2018 assessment Taxes payable in 2015/2016 tax year Taxes payable in 2016/2017 tax year Taxes payable in 2017/2018 tax year Taxes payable in 2018/2019 tax year Taxes payable in 2019/2020 tax year for any taxable value over the January 1, 2012 value of $1 05,010, which is allocated between Property A-1 and Property A-2 as $37,070 and $76,950, respectively. Rebates are payable in respect of a given year only to the extent that Company has actually paid general property taxes due and owing for such year. To receive rebates for a given year, Company must, within twelve (12) months after the tax payment due date, submit a conipleted rebate request to Gity on the form provided by or otherwise satisfactory to City. The taxable value of the Property A-1 and Property A-2 as a result of the Improvements must be increased by a minimum of 10% and must increase the annual tax by a minimum of $500.00. This rebate program 5 not applicable to any special assessment levy, debt service levy, or any other levy that is exempted from treatment as tax increment financing under the provisions of applicable Iaw. 3. The DA and the MAA are aniended to strike Exhibit A" therefrom and to substitute in its place a new Exhibit "A-1" and Exhibit"A-2" as attached hereto. 4. The MAA attached to the DA as Exhibit "B" is stricken therefrom and substituted in its place are an amended and restated MAA for Froperty A-1, attached hereto as Exhibit "B- 1", and an amended and restated MAA for Property A-2, attached hereto as Exhibit "B-1 5. Except as amended herein, the DA shall continue unmodified in full force and effect. This Amendment is binding on the parties and the respective successors, assigns, transferees and egal representatives of each. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute a single instrument. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment to Development Agreement and Amendment and Restatement of Minimum Assessment Agreement as of the date first set forth above. [signatures on next page] 2 CEDAR VALLEY WAREHOUSE, LLC By: _ Brent Dahlstrom, Manager STATE OF IOWA ) ) ss. BLACK HAWK COUNTY ) CITY OF ATERLOO, IOWA By: -r11 Ernest G. Clark, Mayor By. Suzy Sch res, City Clerk This record was acknowledged before me on y3 2015 by Brent Dahlstrom as Manager of Cedar Valley Warehouse, LLC. CALI LYNN SORBE o me Commission Number 711870 x My Commission Expires Aril 8 2016 STATE OF IOWA ) ) ss. BLACK HAWK COUNTY ) 4AI" �' otary P lic This record was acknowledged before me on , Z\ , 2015 by Ernest G. Clark and Suzy Schares, as Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Waterloo, Iowa. NANCY NICa13Yiss B8z29 Notary Public COMMMM ION N O7Pines • MY COMMISSION ow` EXI-IIBIT "A -l" Legal Description of Froperty A-1 Parcel "F" per PIat of Survey dated 10/11/2013 and recorded as Doc No. 2014-08122. (Parcel no. 8913-08-226-023) EXHIBIT "A-2" Legal Desoription of Property A-2 Lots 4 and 5, "South Port 2nd Addition", City of Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, except Parcel "F" per Plat of Surveydated 10/11/2013 and recorded as Doc. No. 2014-08122. (Parcel no. 8913-08-226-024) EXHIBIT "B-1" AMENDED AND RESTATED MINIMUM ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT This Amended and Restated Minimum Assessmeat Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of this day of , 2015, by and among the CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA ("City"), Cedar Valley Warehouse, LLC ("Company"), and the COUNTY ASSESSOR of the City of Waterloo, Iowa ("Assessor"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, on or before the date hereof the City and Company have entered into a development agreement, as amended (the "Development Agreement") regarding certain real property, described in Exhibit "A-1" thereto, located in the City, and in connection with the original Development Agreement filed September 4, 2012 as Doc. No. 2013-17082 the City and Company entered into a Minimum Assessment Agreement dated August 23, 2012 (the "Original MAX); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the original Development Agreement the Company has completed the development of an area ("Project") within the City and within the Airport Tax Increment Finance District; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Iowa Code § 403.6, as amended, the City and the Company desire to establish a minimum actual value for the land and the building(s) pursuant to this Agreement and applicable only to the Project, effective upon substantial completion of the Project and from then until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms herein and which is intended to reflect the minimum actual value of the land and buildings as to the Project only; and WHEREAS, the City and the Assessor have reviewed the completed improvements and the preliminary plans and specifications for the improvements (the "Improvements") erected as a part of the Project; and WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend and restate the Original MAA on the terms set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of the promises, covenants, and agreements made by each other, do hereby agree as follows: 1. Upon substantial completion of construction of the Improvements by the Company, the minimum actual taxable value which shall be fixed for assessment purposes for the land and Improvements to be constructed thereon by the Company as a part of the Project shall not be less than $262,320.00 (the "Minimum Actual Value") until termination of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that construction of the Improvements has been substantially completed as required by the Development Agreement. 2. The Minimum Actual Value herein established shall be of no further force and effect, and this Minimum Assessment Agreement shall terminate, on December 31, 2018. Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive the Company's rights under Iowa Code § 403.6, as amended, to contest that portion of any actual value assignment made by the Assessor in excess of the Minimum Actual Value established herein. In no event, however, shall the Company seek or cause the reduction of the actual value assigned below the Minimum Actual Value established herein during the term of this Agreement. The City shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to permit the Company to contest its taxable valuations in full, commencing with the assessment of January 1, 2019. 3. This Agreement shall be promptly recorded by the City with the Recorder of Black Hawk County, Iowa. The City shall pay all costs of recording. 4. Neither the preambles nor provisions of this Agreement are intended to, or shall be construed as, modifying the terms of the Development Agreement. 5. This Agreement amends, restates, and supersedes the Original MAA as applied to Property A-1 described on Exhibit A-1. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties, including but not limited to future owners of the Project property. CITY OF WATERLOO, IOW�A�� By: � E�.�' Ernest G. Clark, Mayor By. Suzy Sc ares, City Clerk STATE OF IOWA ) ss. COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK CEDAR VALLEY WAREHOUSE, LLC By:y'�_ Brent Dahlstrom, Manager On this o�\5 day of g1ti,, b -c. , 2015, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared Ernest G. Clark and Suzy Schares, to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they are the Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, a municipal corporation, created and existing under the laws of the State of Iowa, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing instrument is the seal of said municipal corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of said municipal corporation by authority and resolution of its City Council, and said Mayor and City Clerk acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said municipal corporation by it and by them voluntarily executed. kR' GBY N NO.788ION E7( STATE OF IOWA ) )SS. COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) Notary Pub c Subscribed and sworn to before me on g Y , 2015 by Brent Dahlstrom as Manager of Cedar Valley Warehou e, LLC. Notary Pu lic `� CALI LYNN SORT " 14, FCommission Number 777870 My Commission Expires A1.618 2016 CERTIFICATION OF ASSESSOR The undersigned, having reviewed the plans and specifications for the improvements to be constructed and the market value assigned to the and upon which the improvements are to be constructed for the development, and being of the opinion that the minimum market value contained in the foregoing Minimum Assessment Agreement appears reasonable, hereby certifies as foliows: The undersigned Assessor, being legaily responsible for the assessment of the property subject to the development, upon completion of improvements to be made on it and in accordance with the Minimum Assessment Agreement, certifies that the actual value assigned to such land, building and equipment upon completion of the development shall not be Iess than Two Hundred Sixty Two Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Dollars ($262,320.O0) in the aggregate, until termination of this Minimum Assessment Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof. STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK )ss. ) Assespt for Black Hawk County, Iowa (c, Date Subscribed and sworn to before me on 1 b - - , 2015 by T.J. Koenigsfetd, Assessor for Black Hawk Courity, Iowa. TARA JOHNSON CommIssiOfl Number 767467 My ComnhisSiOfl Explros April 5,2017 EXHIBIT "B-2" AMENDED AND RESTATED MINIMUM ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT This Amended and Restated Minimum Assessmt Agreeent (the "Agreement") is entered into as of this �t� day of m , 2015, by and among the CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA ("City"), Ced r Valley Warehouse, LLC ("Company"), and the COUNTY ASSESSOR of the City of Waterloo, Iowa ("Assessor"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, on or before the date hereof the City and Company have entered into a development agreement, as amended (the "Development Agreement") regarding certain real property, described in Exhibit "A-2" thereto, located in the City, and in connection with the original Development Agreement filed September 4, 2012 as Doc. No. 2013-17082 the City and Company entered into a Minimum Assessment Agreement dated August 23, 2012 (the "Original MAX'); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the original Development Agreement the Company has completed the development of an area ("Project") within the City and within the Airport Tax Increment Finance District; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Iowa Code § 403.6, as amended, the City and the Company desire to establish a minimum actual value for the land and the building(s) pursuant to this Agreement and applicable only to the Project, effective upon substantial completion of the Project and from then until this Agreement is terminated pursuant to the terms herein and which is intended to reflect the minimum actual value of the land and buildings as to the Project only; and WHEREAS, the City and the Assessor have reviewed the completed improvements and the preliminary plans and specifications for the improvements (the "Improvements") erected as a part of the Project; and WHEREAS, the parties desire to amend and restate the Original MAA on the terms set forth herein. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, in consideration of the promises, covenants, and agreements made by each other, do hereby agree as follows: 1. Upon substantial completion of construction of the Improvements by the Company, the minimum actual taxable value which shall be fixed for assessment purposes for the land and Improvements to be constructed thereon by the Company as a part of the Project shall not be less than $1,597,880.00 (the "Minimum Actual Value") until termination of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that construction of the Improvements has been substantially completed as required by the Development Agreement. 2. The Minimum Actual Value herein established shall be of no further force and effect, and this Minimum Assessment Agreement shall terminate, on December 31, 2018. Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive the Company's rights under Iowa Code § 403.6, as amended, to contest that portion of any actual value assignment made by the Assessor in excess of the Minimum Actual Value established herein. In no event, however, shall the Company seek or cause the reduction of the actual value assigned below the Minimum Actual Value established herein during the term of this Agreement. The City shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to permit the Company to contest its taxable valuations in full, commencing with the assessment of January 1, 2019. 3. This Agreement shall be promptly recorded by the City with the Recorder of Black Hawk County, Iowa. The City shall pay all costs of recording. 4. Neither the preambles nor provisions of this Agreement are intended to, or shall be construed as, modifying the terms of the Development Agreement. 5. This Agreement amends, restates, and supersedes the Original MAA as applied to Property A-2 described on Exhibit A-2. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties, including but not limited to future owners of the Project property. CITY OF TERLOO, IOWA By: z A9 rnest G. Clark, Mayor By: Suzy Sch res, City Clerk STATE OF IOWA ) ss. COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK CEDAR VALLEY WAREHOUSE, LLC By: Brent Dahlstrom, Manager On this J� day of , 2015, before me, a Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared Ernest G. Clark and Suzy Schares, to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they are the Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, a municipal corporation, created and existing under the laws of the State of Iowa, and that the seal affixed to the foregoing 2 instrument is the seal of said municipal corporation, and that said instrument was signed and sealed on behalf of said municipal corporation by authority and resolution of its City Council, and said Mayor and City Clerk acknowledged said instrument to be the free act and deed of said municipal corporation by it and by them voluntarily executed. *R:::7 6'�?-`� � -' , .. STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS. COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) Notary Publi Subscribed and sworn to before me on , 2015 by Brent Dahlstrom as Manager of Cedar Valley Warehous , LLC. CALI LYNN SORB. Commlulon Number 777870 ' My Commission Expires A rll 8, 2016 3 CERTIFICATION OF ASSESSOR The undersigned, having reviewed the plans and specifications for the improvements to be constructed and the market value assigned to the land upon which the improvements are to be constructed for the development, and being of the opiniori that the minimum market value contained in the foregoing Minimum Assessment Agreement appears reasonable, hereby certifies as foliows: The undersigned Assessor, being legalty responsible for the assessment of the property subject to the development, upon compietion of improvements to be made on it and in accordance with the Minimum Assessment Agreement, certifies that the actual value assigned to such land, building and equipment upon completion of the development shall not be Iess than One Mililon Five Hundred Ninety -Seven Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars ($1 597,880.00) in the aggregate, until termination of this Minimum Assessment Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof. Ass$'sqf for Black Hawk County, Iowa Date STATEOFIOWA ) )ss. COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) Subscribed and sworn to before me on ()c 1- , 2015 by T.J. Koenigsfeld, Assessor for Black Hawk County, Iowa. r. / TARAJOHNSON Commiulon Number 7674S7 My ComiflI$SIOfl EpireS A.r115 2017