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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 34291 CITY SECRETARY I CONTRACT NO. ' AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENT This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES AGREEMENT ("Amendment") is made and entered into by and between the CITY OF FORT WORTH ("City"), a home rule municipal corporation organized under the laws of the State of Texas, and PRESIDIO VISTA I, LTD ("Developer"), a Texas limited partnership. RECITALS A. On or about August 21, 2006, the City and Developer entered into that certain Community Facilities Agreement (the "Agreement") pursuant to which Developer agreed to fund and construct certain public improvements (defined in the Agreement as the "Community Facilities") to the Presidio Vista Addition, an addition to the City of Fort Worth, Texas (the "Development Site"), including construction of a portion of North Tarrant Parkway and associated improvements, and to fund the acquisition of certain real property needed for the Community Facilities project, all as more specifically set forth in the Agreement. The Agreement is a public document on file in the City Secretary's Office as City Secretary Contract No. 33886. B. The Agreement requires Developer to provide financial security to the City in conformance with the City's Policy for the Installation of Community Facilities (the "Policy") to ensure completion of the Community Facilities. The Policy allows Developer the option of depositing 125% of the cost of the Community Facilities project into an escrow account pursuant to an Escrow Pledge Agreement between the City and Developer, but does not allow any reduction to the escrow account deposit, through periodic draws or otherwise, until the Community Facilities have been completed. C. Developer has requested that the City make an exception to the Policy for this particular Community Facilities project to allow Developer to make periodic draws on an escrow account established pursuant to an Escrow Pledge Agreement between the City and Developer for purposes of satisfying Developer's financial security obligations under the Agreement. Because the Development Site is located within a tax increment reinvestment zone (Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, City of Fort Worth, Texas) and comprises a portion of an area that the City Council has found will not develop solely through private investment in the foreseeable future without public assistance and incentives (Ordinance No. 15774), the City is willing to consent to Developer's request in this specific instance, with the understanding that such consent shall not be deemed as an amendment to the Policy or as a precedent for future Community Facilities Agreements to which the City is a party. Page 1 � ff�v�?!� hai Amendment No. 1 to Community Facilities Agreement between City of Fort Worth and Presidio Vista I,Ltd. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual benefits and promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the City and Developer agree as follows: AGREEMENT 1. The City Council hereby finds, and the City and Developer hereby agree, that the recitals set forth above are true and correct and form the basis upon which the City has entered into this Amendment. 2. The Agreement is hereby amended to add the following sentence to the end of Section I.C: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Policy or this Agreement, if Developer elects to provide financial security pursuant to an Escrow Pledge Agreement between the City and Developer, as permitted by the Policy, under which Developer initially deposits cash in an amount equal to 125% of the estimated cost of the Community Facilities into an escrow account established in accordance with such Escrow Pledge Agreement, the City and Developer may agree to allow Developer to make timely withdrawals from such escrow account in an amount equal to construction work completed, as approved and verified by the Director of the department having jurisdiction over the work,plus 25%of such amount. 3. This Amendment contains the entire understanding and agreement between the City and Developer as to the matters specifically contained herein. All terms and conditions of the Agreement that are not directly amended by this Amendment shall remain in full force and effect. Capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them by the Agreement. EXECUTED to take effect on the later date indicated below: Approval Recommended: Transportation and Public Works Department: By: �C ✓ R bert Goode, P.E. Director Page 2 Amendment No. I to Community Facilities Agreement �Cc, 111 IR,E DD between City of Fort Worth and Presidio Vista I,Ltd. o /, CITY OF FORT WORTH: PRESIDIO VISTA I, LTD., a Texas limited partnership: By:GLC FORT WORTH, LLC, a Texas limited liability company and its sole general partner By. By: Marc Ott Scott D. Wolcott Assistant City Manager Managing Member Date: ll—1 y'o(o Date: APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: By: Peter Vaky Assistant City Attorney M&C: C^2/7,79 10-2q-0 6 Attesterll B-✓• n . Marty HerrdrLx City Secretary Page 3 JI�f 11I*�L�! Amendment No. I to Community Facilities Agreement between City of Fort Worth and Presidio Vista I,Ltd. Page 1 of 2 City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication COUNCIL ACTION: Approved on 10/24/2006 DATE: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 LOG NAME: 20PRESIDIOVISTA REFERENCE NO.: C-21799 SUBJECT: Authorize Amendment to City Secretary Contract No. 33886, Community Facilities Agreement with Presidio Vista I, Ltd. for Construction of Portion of North Tarrant Parkway and Associated Public Improvements RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute an amendment to City Secretary Contract No. 33886, a Community Facilities Agreement (CFA) between the City and Presidio Vista I, Ltd. (Developer) for construction of a portion of North Tarrant Parkway and associated public improvements (the Project), allowing Developer to provide financial security to the City through an Escrow Pledge Agreement that allows Developer to make periodic withdrawals as portions of the Project are completed. DISCUSSION: The City and Developer previously entered into City Secretary Contract No. 33886, a CFA for construction of a portion of North Tarrant Parkway and associated public improvements. The estimated cost of the Project is $4,069,958.44. Developer's share of the cost of the Project is $1,356,652.82 and the City's share is $2,713,305.62. However, Developer will fund the entire cost of the Project and will be reimbursed for the City's share of the cost of the Project solely from tax increment that is generated by property owned by Developer immediately to the north of the Project site, as provided by a Tax Increment Financing Development Agreement (City Secretary Contract No. 33343) between Developer, the City and the Board of Directors of Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone Number Seven, City of Fort Worth, Texas (North Tarrant Parkway TIF). In other words, no City general funds will be used for this Project; however, future North Tarrant Parkway TIF revenues are anticipated to materialize to reimburse Developer for the City's share of the Project, and Developer's ability to obtain full reimbursement for the City's share of the Project is dependent on the success of Developer's improvement of its own property. The CFA requires Developer to provide the City with financial security in order to ensure that the Project will be completed once it is undertaken. One form of financial security allowed by the CFA Policy approved by the City Council is a cash deposit of 125 percent of the Project cost into an escrow account established pursuant to an Escrow Pledge Agreement between the City and Developer. In accordance with an amendment to the CFA Policy approved by the City Council on November 1, 2005 (M&C G-14998), the CFA Policy prohibits a developer from making withdrawals from the escrow account in order to pay its contractors as portions of a project are completed. Rather, the entire deposit must stay in the account until the project is completed, requiring the Developer to, in essence, "double fund" the project. Prior to this amendment, each time a developer constructing a street wanted to make a withdrawal from the escrow account on account of partial project completion, City inspectors were required to inspect the portion of the street project that had been completed, thus necessitating multiple inspection visits to a single project. In the wake of recurring premature street failures that were brought to the City Council's attention, it was determined that the elimination of the periodic withdrawal process would afford City inspectors more time to devote to individual street projects to ensure that streets were constructed to the City's specifications. http://www.cfwnet.org/council_packet/Reports/mc_print.asp 1/24/2007 Page 2 of 2 Developer has requested that the City Council make an exception to the CFA Policy for this Project to allow periodic withdrawals from the escrow account and that the CFA be amended to permit this arrangement. Because the area in question is in a TIF and is an area that the City Council has previously determined will not develop in the foreseeable future without public assistance (Ordinance No. 15774), City staff recommends that the City Council consent to this request, with the specific understanding that this arrangement will in no way constitute an amendment to the CFA Policy or be interpreted as establishing any kind of precedent. FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION: The Finance Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on City funds. TO Fund/Account/Centers FROM Fund/Account/Centers Submitted for City Manager's Office b Marc Ott (8476) Originating Department Head: Robert Goode (7804) Mark Rauscher (2446) Additional Information Contact: Peter Vaky (7601) http://www.cfwnet.org/council_packet/Reports/mc_print.asp 1/24/2007