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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRosic, Jacky and Gordana-Development Agreement-10.15.2007 Iv - JS -o7 396 DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT This Agreement is made and entered into this 1st day of October, 2007, by and between Jacky D. Rosic & Gordana A. Rosic, husband and wife, hereinafter called Owner, and the City of Waterloo, Iowa, hereinafter called City. WHEREAS, City considers economic development within the City a benefit to the community and is willing for the total good and welfare of the community to provide financial incentives so as to encourage that goal, and WHEREAS, Owner is willing and able to renovate and develop a mixed use commercial building on property located in the Downtown Waterloo Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Plan, described as Parcel 8913-26-233-003, legally described as: ORIGINAL PLAT WATERLOO WEST SOUTHEAST 26.50 FEET LOT 2 BLOCK 8 and hereafter called Property, and NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE MUTUAL COVENANTS HEREINAFTER CONTAINED, Owner and City agree as follows: 1. PROPERTY TAX REBATES The City agrees to property tax rebates as follows: a. Year One - 100% Rebate b. Year Two - 100% Rebate c. Year Three 100% Rebate d. Year Four - 100% Rebate e. Year Five - 100% Rebate for any value over the January 1, 2006 value of $75,050.00. The taxable value of the property as a result of development must be increased by a minimum of 10% and increase the annual tax by a minimum of $500.00. This program is not applicable to (i e., rebates will not be given for) the Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District evy or other special tax assessments and/or the debt service levy. DEVELOPMENTAL AGREEMENT Page 2 2. MINIMUM ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT. Owner acknowledges and agrees that it will pay when due all taxes and assessments, general or special, and all other charges whatsoever levied upon or assessed or placed against the Property, and further agrees that prior to the date set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit A, it will not cause a reduction in the real property taxes paid with respect to the Project below the amount of $169,120.00 Dollars ("Minimum Actual Value"). Owner agrees to sign said attached Exhibit "A" at the closing for the project agreement. 3. Construction of Improvements. Owner shall redevelop the 2-story, 4,320 square foot building as shown on attached Exhibit "B", and related improvements on the Property, resulting a new taxable value of at least $169,120.00. The Improvements are to be constructed in accordance with all applicable City, State, and Federal building codes and be in compliance with all applicable City ordinances and other applicable law. The above-described project has been approved by the Main Street Design Review Board by City Code. 4. Representations and Warranties of City. City hereby represents and warrants as follows: A. City is not prohibited from consummating the transaction contemplated in this Agreement by any law, regulation, agreement, instrument, restriction, order or judgment. B. Each person who executes and delivers this Agreement and all documents to be delivered hereunder is and shall be authorized to do so on behalf of City. 5. Representations and Warranties of Owner and Organization. Owner and the Organization each hereby represent and warrant for themselves only, and not for the other, as follows: A. Each is not prohibited from consummating the transaction contemplated in this Agreement by any law, regulation, agreement, instrument, restriction, order or judgment. B. Each is duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Iowa. C. Each has full right, title, and authority to execute and perform this Agreement and to consummate all of the transactions contemplated herein, and each person who executes and delivers this Agreement and all documents to be delivered to City hereunder is and shall be authorized to do so on behalf of Owner or the Organization, as applicable. 6. No Joint Venture. Nothing in this Agreement shall, or shall be deemed or construed to, create or constitute any joint venture, partnership, agency, employment, or any other relationship between the City and either Owner or the DEVELOPMENTAL AGREEMENT Page 3 Organization, nor to create any liability for one party with respect to the liabilities or obligations of the other party or any other person. 7. Amendment, Modification, and Waiver. No amendment, modification, or waiver of any condition, provision, or term of this Agreement shall be valid or of any effect unless made in writing, signed by the party or parties to be bound or by the duly authorized representative of same, and specifying with particularity the extent and nature of the amendment, modification, or waiver. Any waiver by any party of any default by another party shall not affect or impair any rights arising from any subsequent default. 8. Severability. Each provision, section, sentence, clause, phrase, and word of this Agreement is intended to be severable. If any portion of this Agreement shall be deemed invalid or unenforceable, whether in whole or in part, the offending provision or part thereof shall be deemed severed from this Agreement and the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect. If, for any reason, a court finds that any portion of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable as written, but that by limiting such provision or portion thereof it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision or portion thereof shall be deemed to be written, and shall be construed and enforced, as so limited. 9. Captions. All captions, headings, or titles in the paragraphs or sections of this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and/or reference, and they shall in no way be construed as limiting, extending, or describing either the scope or intent of this Agreement or of any provisions hereof. 10. Binding Effect. This Agreement shall be binding and shall inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors, assigns, and legal representatives. 11. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument. 12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Minimum Assessment Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit "B", constitutes the entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous negotiations, discussions, understandings, or agreements, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. DEVELOPMENTAL AGREEMENT Page 4 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement the date and year writt n above. By: 1 0 I ; { 1 Jacky D. sic Date By: 0 � C�V�c\ i� C I O— O r? Gordana A. Rosic Date CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA By: L /0 - /S - 07 Tim Hurley, Mayor Date ATTEST: ra 10 -IS- 07 Nancy ckert Clerk Date EXHIBIT "A" MINIMUM ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT THIS MINIMUM ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT, dated as of this >S day of ocjo Gt.r , 200 , by and among the CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA, ("City"), Jacky D. Rosic & Gordana A. Rosic, husband and wife, ("Owner"), and the COUNTY ASSESSOR of the City of Waterloo, Iowa ("Assessor"). WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, on or before the date hereof the City and Owner have entered into an Agreement for development of Land for Private Development ("Agreement") regarding certain real property located in the City; and WHEREAS, it is contemplated that pursuant to said Agreement, the Owner will undertake the development of an area ("Project") within the City and within the "Downtown Waterloo Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Plan." WHEREAS, pursuant to Iowa Code section 403.6(1997), as amended, the City and the Owner desire to establish a minimum actual value for the land and building thereon pursuant to the Agreement and applicable only to the development, which shall be effective upon substantial completion of the development 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 building as to the development only; and WHEREAS, the City and the Assessor have reviewed the preliminary plans and specifications for the improvements which it is contemplated will be erected as a part of the development; NOW, THEREFORE, the parties to this Minimum Assessment Agreement, 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 above-referenced improvements by the Owner on the property described in Exhibit "B" attached hereto, the minimum actual taxable value which shall be fixed for assessment purposes for the land and improvements to be constructed thereon by the Owner as a part of the development shall not be less than $169,120.00 ("Minimum Actual Value") until termination of this Minimum Assessment Agreement. The parties hereto agree the construction of the improvements will be substantially completed on or before January 1, 2007. 2. The Minimum Actual Value herein established shall be of no further force and effect and this Minimum Assessment Agreement shall terminate on January 1, 2016. Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive the Owner's rights under Iowa Code section 403.6(19)(1997), 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 Owner seek to reduce 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 Owner to contest its taxable valuations in full, commencing with the assessment of January 1, 2017. 3. This Minimum Assessment Agreement shall be promptly recorded by the City with the Recorder of Black Hawk County, Iowa, the City paying all costs of recording. 4. Neither the preambles nor provisions of this Minimum Assessment Agreement are intended to, or shall be construed as, modifying the terms of the Agreement between the City and the Owner. 5. This Minimum Assessment Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties. THE CITY OF WATERLOO By: Tim Hurley, Mayor ATTEST: B Nancy Eckert y Clerk By: Jacky . osic o By: C3-0 V cAC�\41 A St C Gordana A. Rosic STATE OF IOWA ) COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) On this dayof 2007, before me a Notary ry Public in and for the State of Iowa, personally appeared Tim Hurley and Nancy Eckert 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. • ota Public in and for the tat of Iowa STATE OF IOWA, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, ss: This instrument was acknowledged before me on this 1st day of October, 2007, by Jacky D. Rosic and Gordana A. Rosic, husband and wife. AMY E. KENT COMMISSION NO.748852 "°' _ a MY COMMISSION EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 12,2910 Notary Publi in and for said State of Iowa 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 opinion that the minimum market value contained in the foregoing Minimum Assessment Agreement appears reasonable, hereby certifies as follows: The undersigned Assessor, being legally 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 less than One Hundred Sixty Nine Thousand One Hundred Twenty Dollars ($169,120.00). Assessor for Black Hawk County, Iowa Date STATE OF IOWA ) COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) Subscribed and sworn to before me by Assessor for Black Hawk County, Iowa. Notary Public in and for the State of Iowa Date EXHIBIT "B" Legal Description: Parcel Number 8913-26-233-003. ORIGINAL PLAT WATERLOO WEST SE 26.50 FT LOT 2 BLOCK 8 ALL IN THE CITY OF WATERLOO, BLACK HAWK COUNTY, STATE OF IOWA. z .-