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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 45085-A1 (2)CffV$ECITARY45oR(caarRncT No. -th STATE OF TEXAS g COUNTY OF TARRANT § AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CITY SECRETARY CONTRACT NO. 45085 TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF FORT WORTH, AT INDUSTRIAL OWNER 7 LLC, AND CAROLINA BEVERAGE GROUP, LLC This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CITY SECRETARY CONTRACT NO. 45085 ("Amendment") is entered into by and between the CITY OF FORT WORTH (the "City"), a home rule municipality organized under the laws of the State of Texas; AT INDUSTRIAL OWNER 7 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("AT7"); and CAROLINA BEVERAGE GROUP, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company ("Company"). The City, AT7 and Company hereby agree that the following statements are true and correct and constitute the basis upon which the City, AT7 and Company have entered into this Amendment: A. The City, AT7 and Company previously entered into that certain Tax Abatement Agreement on file in the City Secretary's Office as City Secretary Contract No. 45085 (the "Agreement"). Under the Agreement, the City agreed to abate certain ad valorem real property taxes on improvements constructed on property owned by AT7 and leased by Company (identified in Exhibit "A" of the Agreement and defined as the "Land") and on certain ad valorem personal property taxes on New Taxable Tangible Personal Property located on the Land in return for AT7's and Company's commitment to redevelop the Land for use as one of Company's manufacturing and distribution centers (defined in the Agreement as the "Required Improvements"). B. The Agreement provides for redevelopment of the Land to occur in two (2) phases. Phase I consists of (i) real property improvements to the Land requiring a minimum expenditure of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00), of which 'Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,700,000.00) must be Hard Construction Costs, all of which must be completed by December 31, 2014, and (ii) the installation on the Land of New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00) as of January 1, 2015 (the latter being the "Phase I Personal Property Commitment"). Phase II consists of the installation on the Land of additional New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Sixteen Million Dollars ($16,000,000.00) as of January 1, 2019 (the Phase II Personal Property Page 1 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC RECEIVED MAR 28 2014 RECEIVED APR -3 2014 OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY lit WORTh, TX Commitment"). If the Phase I Personal Property Commitment is not met, a default will occur and the City will have the right to terminate the Agreement. If the Phase II Personal Property Commitment is not met, AT7 and Company will not be eligible for Abatement in the 2019 tax year and the Agreement will expire. C. Company has informed the City that an anticipated delay in the installation of a second beverage production line on the Land will affect the timing of the rollout for the installation of equipment at the site. As a result, Company has requested that the Agreement be amended to adjust the Phase I Personal Property Commitment and the Phase II Personal Property Commitment, with the understanding that the overall value of New Taxable Tangible Personal Property that Company will be required to install on the Land will not be reduced. D. This Amendment is authorized under § 312.208 of the Texas Tax Code because (i) the provisions of this Amendment could have been included in the original Agreement and (ii) this Amendment has been entered into following the same procedure in which the Agreement was approved and executed. NOW, THEREFORE, the City, AT7 and Company, for and in consideration of the terms and conditions set forth herein, do hereby contract, covenant and agree as follows: 1. The third sentence of Section 4 1 of the Agreement (Phase I) is hereby amended to read as follows: In addition, New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000.00) must be in place on the Land as of January 1, 2015, as determined solely by Tarrant Appraisal District or the appraisal district having jurisdiction over the Land at the time and reflected in the certified appraisal roll received by the City from such appraisal district in such year (the "Phase I Personal Property Commitment") 2. "lhe first sentence of Section 4 2 of the Agreement (Phase II) is hereby amended to read as follows: New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Nineteen Million Dollars ($19,000,000.00), excluding any New Taxable Tangible Personal Property that was counted for purposes of ascertaining attainment of the Phase I Personal Property Commitment, must be in place on the Land as of January 1, 2019, as determined solely by Tarrant Appraisal District or the appraisal district having jurisdiction over the Land at the time and reflected in the certified appraisal roll received by the City Page 2 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC from such appraisal district in such year (the "Phase II Personal Property Commitment"). 3. Section 6.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: 6.1. Duration and Prerequisites. 6.1.1. From First Year of Abatement Term until 2018. Provided that (i) AT7 and Company expended or caused to be expended at least Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) in Construction Costs for the Required Improvements by the Completion Date, of which at least Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars (3,700,000.00) were Hard Construction Costs, both as confirmed in the Certificate of Completion issued by the Director in accordance with Section 5; (ii) the Completion Date occurred on or before the Completion Deadline, as confirmed in the Certificate of Completion issued for by the Director in accordance with Section 5; and (iii) New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Seventeen Milhon Dollars ($17,000,000.00) was in place on the Land as of January 1, 2015, as determined solely by the appraisal district having jurisdiction over the Land at that time and reflected in the certified appraisal roll received by the City from such appraisal district in such year, an Abatement will be granted for the first year of the Abatement Term and in each year thereafter until, and including, 2018. 6.1.2. From 2019 until Expiration of Abatement Term. Provided that (i) AT7 and Company were entitled to receive an Abatement hereunder pursuant to Section 6 1.1 and (ii) New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Nineteen Million Dollars ($19,000,000.00), excluding any New Taxable Tangible Personal Property that was counted for purposes of ascertaining attainment of the Phase I Personal Property Commitment, was in place on the Land as of January 1, 2019, as determined solely by the appraisal district having jurisdiction over the Land at that time and reflected in the certified appraisal roll received by the City from such appraisal district in such year, an Abatement will be granted for 2019 and each year thereafter throughout the remainder of the Abatement Term. Page 3 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC 4. Section 8.1 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: 8.1. Failure to Complete Improvements or to Meet Phase I Personal Property Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if (i) AT7 and Company failed to expend or cause to be expended at least Five Million Dollars ($5 000,000.00) in Construction Costs for the Required Improvements by the Completion Dates (ii) of the Construction Costs expended for the Required Improvements by the Completion Date, AT7 and Company fail to expend or cause to be expended at least Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand ($3,700,000.00) in Hard Construction Costs; (iii) the Completion Date did not occur on or before the Completion Deadline; or (iv) New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Seventeen Million Dollars ($17,000,000.00) was not in place on the Land as of January 1, 2015, as determined solely by Tarrant Appraisal District or the appraisal district having jurisdiction over the Land at that time and reflected in the certified appraisal roll received by the City from such appraisal district in such year, an Event of Default shall occur and the City shall have the right to terminate this Agreement, effective immediately, by providing written notice to AT7 and Company without further obligation to AT7 and Company hereunder. 5. Section 8 3 of the Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows: 8.3. Failure to Meet Phase II Personal Property Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if New Taxable Tangible Personal Property having a value of at least Nineteen Milhon Dollars ($19,000,000.00), excluding any New Taxable Tangible Personal Property that was counted for purposes of ascertaining attainment of the Phase I Personal Property Commitment. was not in place on the Land as of January 1, 2019, as determined solely by Tarrant Appraisal District or the appraisal distract having Jurisdiction over the Land at that time and reflected in the certified appraisal roll received by the City from such appraisal district in such year, an Event of Default will not occur and Section 8 7 shall not apply, but no Abatement will be granted for the 2019 tax year and this Agreement will expire on December 31, 2019 in accordance with Section 3. 6. Capitalized terms used but not identified in this Amendment shall have the same meanings assigned to them in the Agreement. Page 4 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC 7. Except as otherwise specifically amended in this Amendment, the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect 8. This Amendment contains the final written expression of the City and Company with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be considered an original, but all of which shall constitute one instrument. EXECUTED as of the last date indicated below: [SIGNATURES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOW ON NEXT PAGE] Page 5 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC CITY OF FORT WORTH: By: Fernando Costa Assistant City Manager Date: 3/2 7//4 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: By: EeS]raly, Peter Vaky Deputy City Attorney M & C ___Ce2a.6A15 se eirm STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT § ATTEST: 41,AL__? Naive: Ma � J • $ovs Title: cA N 5etrtk Date: 900 BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Fernando Costa, Assistant City Manager of the CITY OF FORT WORTH, a municipality organized under the laws of the State of Texas, known to me to be the person and officer whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that the same was the act of the CITY OF FORT WORTH, that he was duly authorized to perform the and that he executed the same as the act of the CITY OF FORT WORTH for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. G EN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this on day of ,2 otary Public in and for th State of Texa , EL5 Notary's Printed Name 14. Page 6 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY Ft WORTH, TX AT INDUSTRIAL OWNER 7 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company: By: AT Industrial Owner Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its sole member By: Commingled Pension Trust Fund Strategic Property) of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its sole member By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., not individually, but solely in its capacity as trustee STATE OF COUNTY 0 BEFO Date: Name: JXT/71t/ th,iiG0e1 Title: 4i/Ce (460r 2'10111 ,§, ME, the unde4's • on this day personally appeared , of AT INDUSTRIAL OWNER 7 LLC, a Del are limited liability company, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that s/he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated and as the act and deed of AT INDUSTRIAL OWNER 7 LLC. GIVEN UNDER MYr., ANp SEAL OF OFFICE this day of t �, —� , 2014. Notary Public in and for' the State of ESTHER MARY KR VGA n!ot9r;%Public, State of New York Qualified in Bronx County Reg. No. 01KR6051251 My Commission Fxplrns Nov 20, 2014 Notary's Printed Name Page 7 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC CAROLINA BEVERAGE GROUP, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company: By: Name.`• mArgre._ RaM Title: Date: 3 •4P-1• D'0 Vs( STATE OF aleAPas § COUNTY OF JJADLS § BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared KAAlie... MAO 1 , of CAROLINA BEVERAGE GROUP, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that s/he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated and as the act and deed of CAROLINA BEVERAGE GROUP, LLC. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this ast day of MarCA."-- LLttn/L Notary Public in and for the State of Notary's Printed Name Page 8 Amendment No. 1 to CSC No. 45085 Tax Abatement Agreement between City of Fort Worth, AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC n , 2014. TRYPii,�i • ca . o • b el, t 0 11 ; 1`V VICTORIA GOSSE i T Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires September 10, 2016 M&C Review Page 1 of 2 U ` CIL COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 2/18/2014 Official site of the city of Fort Worth, Texas FORT WoRrrr DATE: 2/18/2014 REFERENCE NO.: C-26675 LOG NAME: 17TACBGAMENDI NON- PUBLIC CODE: C TYPE: CONSENT HEARING: NO SUBJECT: Authorize Execution of Amendment to Tax Abatement Agreement with AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC, and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC, to Modify Commitments for Installation of New Taxable Business Personal Property at 13300 Park Vista Boulevard (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7) RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to the Tax Abatement Agreement with AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC, (City Secretary Contract No. 45085), to modify the commitments for installation of new taxable business personal property at 13300 Park Vista Boulevard, which will be the location of a new manufacturing and distribution center for Carolina Beverage Group, LLC. (COUNCIL DISTRICT 7) DISCUSSION: On May 7, 2013 (M&C C-26238), the City Council authorized execution of a ten-year Tax Abatement Agreement (City Secretary Contract No. 45085) with AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC, and Carolina Beverage Group, LLC, (Carolina Beverage) for property located at 13300 Park Vista Boulevard. This property is owned by AT Industrial Owner 7 LLC, and will be leased by Carolina Beverage for development of a new manufacturing and distribution center of craft beers, malt beverages distilled spirits, energy drinks, teas and other beverages. The Agreement provides for the development build -out to occur in two phases Phase I calls for an investment of at least $5,000,000.00 in real property improvements and for at least $20,000,000.00 in new taxable business personal property to be installed at the site by December 31 2014 Phase II calls for an additional amount of $16,000,000.00 in new taxable business personal property to be installed by December 31, 2018. Carolina Beverage has now informed Staff that a delay in the installation of a second production line will affect the timing of the installation rollout for various equipment at the site. As a result, Carolina Beverage is requesting the City to amend the Agreement in order to modify the Phase I business personal property investment commitment from the amount of $20,000,000.00 to $17,000,000.00 and to apply the difference to the Phase II business personal property investment commitment, increasing that from the amount of $16,000,000.00 to $19,000,000.00. The overall personal property investment commitment in the amount of $36,000,000.00 will not change. Staff is amenable to this request. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement, as originally approved in M&C C-26238, will remain the same. This project is located in COUNCIL DISTRICT 7, Mapsco 8V. FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION: The Financial Management Services Director certifies that this action will not increase the total appropriations on City funds. TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/Account/Centers http://apps.cfwnet.org/council_packet/mc_review.asp?ID=19430&counciIdate=2/18/2014 02/18/2014 M&C Review Page 2 of 2 Submitted for Citv Manager's Office bv: Originating Department Head: Additional Information Contact: ATTACHMENTS CBG Reference Map 2014.pdf Fernando Costa (6122) Jesus Chapa (5804) Robert Sturns (212-2663) Ana Alvarado (212-2680) http://apps.cfwnet.org/council_packet/mc_review.asp?ID=19430&councildate=2/18/2014 02/18/2014