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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContract 40215-CA1 (2),. •' � ' � �► S ASSIGNMENT OF TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT This Assignment of Tax Abatement Agreement is made and entered into by and between Casement Homes, LLC ("Assignor") and Adam M. Joosten and Erica R. Joosten, ("Assignee") and the City of Fort Worth, ("City") RECITALS A. Casement Homes, LLC and the City of Fort Worth, Texas (the "City") entered into that certain Tax Abatement Agreement ("Agreement") for Property Located 1728 Lipscomb Street ("Property") which is located in the Magnolia Village Neighborhood Empowerment Zone, such Agreement approved by the City Council of Fort Worth April 27, 2010, City Secretary Contract Number 40215 ("Agreement"): B. Section 5 of the Agreement permits Assignor to assign all of its rights under the Agreement to Assignee, without obtaining the prior consent of the City Council: C. Pursuant to that certain Special Warranty Deed dated as of December 10, 2010, recorded under Tarrant County Deed Records, Assignor conveyed the Property to Adam M. Joosten and Erica R. Joosten and Assignee acquired title to the real property, which is the subject of the Agreement. AGREEMENT NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual terms and conditions herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Assignment. Assignor hereby ASSIGNS, TRANSFERS AND CONVEYS all rights, duties, obligations, title and interest under the Agreement to Assignee. 2. Acceptance. Assignee hereby accepts the Assignment granted herein, and assumes all of Assignor's rights, duties and obligations arising under the Agreement. 3. Effective Date. The effective date of this Assignment is December 10, 2010 ("Effective Date"). All rights, duties and obligations under the Agreement arising, accruing or relating to the period before the Effective Date are allocated to Assignor and all rights, duties and obligations arising, accruing or relating to the period thereafter shall be allocated to Assignee. 4. Release and Surrender of Assignor. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Assignment, Assignor will be discharged from any and all further. obligations under !. � - � � _ , r F• 1 the Agreement as of the Effective Date. Assignor must surrender the Property to the Assignee on or before 11 #59 p. in. on the date prior to the Effective Date in its present condition. Assignor relinquishes any right to any improvements, fixtures or equipment on the Property. 5. Representations. Assignor represents, warrants and covenants with Assignee that as of the Effective Date, that Assignor is not in default under any of its obligations contained in the Agreement. 6. City of Fort Worth's Consent. City of Fort Worth hereby consents to this Assignment upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. Unless and until City of Fort Worth has executed this Assignment, this Assignment is of no effect. The consent granted herein should not be construed as consent to any further assignment except as provided in the Agreement. The failure or delay of City of Fort Worth in seeking to enforce any provisions of the Agreement or this Assignment should not be deemed a waiver of rights or remedies that City of Fort Worth may have, or a waiver of any subsequent breach of the terms and provisions therein or herein contained. 7. Notices. Any notice given by any party to another party hereto must be given in the manner required under the Agreement. The addresses set forth below supercede any addresses for notices set forth in the Agreement. CITY OF FORT WORTH: City of Fort Worth Housing & Economic Development Department NEZ Program 1000 Throckmorton Fort Worth, Texas 76102 ASSIGNEE: Adam M. Joosten and Erica R. Joosten 1728 Lipscomb Street Fort Worth, Texas 76104 ASSIGNOR: Casement Homes, LLC 3312 Chaparral Ln. Fort Worth, Texas 76109 8. Successors. Except as herein otherwise provided, this Assignment will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. 9. Counterparts. This Assignment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which, once executed, will be an original and fully -binding on the parties so executing; and all such counterparts together constitute one and the same agreement. 10. Binding Offer. This Assignment will be not be binding until executed and delivered by all three parties. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Assigrunent as of the date first above written. ASSIGNOR: Casement Homes, LLC Name: M E Curtiss Title: Managing Member ASSIGNEE: Adam M. Joosten i A Joosten ASSIGNEE: Erica R. Joosten Name: Erica R. Joosten 3 CITY OF FORT WORTH istant City Manager ATTEST: Marty Hendrix, �3' Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Charlene Sanders Assistant City Attorney M & C: C-24190 0 OFFICIAL RECORD CITY SECRETARY FT. WORTH, TX STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Susan Alanis, Assistant City Manager of the CITY OF FORT WORTH, a municipal corporation, 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 said CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, a municipal corporation, that she was duly authorized to perform the same by appropriate Mayor and Council Communication of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth and that she executed the same as the act of the said City for the purposes and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this 'oZ a" day of jr 4j V\) Notary Public in and for the State of Texas STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § LINDA M. HIRRLINGER MY COMMISSION EXPIRES February 2, 2014 BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared M E Curtiss, Managing Member of Casement Homes, LLC, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated and as the act and deed of Casement Homes, LLC. GIV�j UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this�y of �W t � , 2010. Notary Public in and for the State of Texas CHRISTI D. BAHR Notary Public, State of texas MY Commission Expires Moran 179 2013 STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Adam M. Joosten, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated. Notary Public in and for the State of Texas STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this ay of CHRISTI D. BAHR Notary Public, State of Texas My March 17t, 2013 n Expf es BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Erica R. Joosten, known to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed, in the capacity therein stated. Notary Public in and for the State of Texas MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE this /�a Y CHRISTI D. BAHR Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires March 17, 2013 of t"C t 9iba + 'id ,, 13 k 1 U GENERAL WARRANTY DEED (With Third Party Vendor's Lien) THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT THAT CASEMENT HOMES, L.L.C., A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY hereinafter referred to as "Grantor" (whether one or more), for and in consideration of the sum of TEN AND N0/100 DOLLARS ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration to Grantor in hand paid by ADAM M. JOOSTEN AND SPOUSE, ERICA R. JOOSTEN hereinafter referred to as "Grantee" (whether one or more), the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and confessed, and for the further consideration of the execution and delivery by Grantee of one certain Promissory Note of even date herewith, in the original principal sum of One Hundred Eighty -Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty -Nine And Noll 00 DOLLARS ($182,259.00 ), payable to the order of SHELTER MORTGAGE COMPANY, L.L.C. hereinafter called "Mortgagee"; said Promissory Note being secured by a Vendor's Lien and the Superior Title herein retained and reserved in favor of Grantor and assigned and conveyed, without recourse, to Mortgagee, and also being secured by a Deed of Trust of even date herewith from Grantee to Thomas E. Black, Jr. , Trustee, reference to said Promissory Note and Deed of Trust being hereby made for all purposes; Grantor has GRANTED, SOLD AND CONVEYED, and by these presents does GRANT, SELL AND CONVEY, auto Grantee, the following described real property, to -wit: LOT 8, BLOCK E, OF BELLEVUE HILL ADDITION, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 106, PAGE 39, OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS. together with all improvements thereon, if any, and all rights, privileges, tenements, hereditaments, rights of way, easements, appendages and appurtenances, in anyway appertaining thereto, and all right, title, and interest of Grantor in and to any streets, ways, alleys, strips or gores of land adjoining the above described property or any part thereof (hereinafter referred to as the "Property"). TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Property, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in any wise belonging, unto Grantee and Grantee's heirs or assigns FOREVER. Grantor does hereby bind Grantor and Grantor's heirs, executors, and administrators TO WARRANT AND FOREVER DEFEND all and singular the said Property unto Grantee and Grantee's heirs and assigns against every person whomsoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same, or any part thereof. But it is expressly agreed that Grantor reserves and retains for Grantor, and Grantor's heirs and assigns, a Vendor's Lien, as well as the Superior Title, against the Property until the above described Promissory Note and all interest therein have been fully paid according to the terms thereof, when this Deed shall become absolute. Page 1 of 3 WHEREAS, Mortgagee, at the special instance and request of Grantee, having paid to Grantor a portion of the purchase price of the Property, as evidenced by the above described Promissory Note, Grantor hereby assigns, transfers, conveys and delivers, without recourse, to Mortgagee said Vendor's Lien and Superior Title against said Property to secure the payment of said Promissory Note, and subrogates Mortgagee to all rights and remedies of Grantor nn the Properly by virtue thereof. To the extent applicable to and enforceable against the Property, this Deed is executed, delivered and accepted subject to the following: any liens described herein; ad valorem taxes for the current and all subsequent years, and subsequent assessments for prior years due to changes in land usage or ownership; zoning ordinances, utility district assessments„ and standby fees, if any; all valid utility easements created by the dedication deed or plat of the platted subdivision in which the Property is located, covenants and restrictions connnon to the platted subdivision in which the Property is located, mineral reservations, and maintenance or assessment liens (if any), all as shown by the real property records of the County Clerk of the County in which said Property is located; and any title or rights asserted by anyone (including, but not limited to, persons, corporations, governments or other entities) to tidelands, or lands comprising the shores or beds of navigable or perennial rivers and streams, lakes, bays, gulfs or oceans, or to any land extending from the line of the harbor or bulkhead lines as established or changed by any government or to filled -in lands, or artificial islands, or to riparian rights or other statutory water rights, or the rights or interests of the State of Texas or the public generally in the area extending from the line of mean low tide to the line of vegetation or the right of access thereto, or right of easement along and across the same, if any. The contract between Grantor, as the seller, and Grantee, as the buyer, may contain lunitations as to warranties. To the extent said contract provides for such limitations to survive this conveyance, they shall be deemed 'incorporated herein by reference. However, the warranty of title contained in this Deed is hereby expressly excluded from any lunitations as to warranties contained in the contract referenced in this paragraph. When this Deed is executed by more than one person, or when Grantee is more than one person, the instrument shall read as though pertinent verbs, nouns and pronouns were changed correspondingly, and when executed by or to a legal entity other than a natural person, the words "hens, executors and administrators" or "heirs and assigns" shall be construed to mean "successors and assigns". Reference to any gender shall include either gender and in the case of a legal entity other than a natural person, shall include the neuter gender, all as the case may be. The tern "Mortgagee" shall include the Mortgagee's heirs, successors and assigns, as applicable. DATED the stn ATTEST: day Of December, 2010 CASEMENT HOMES, L.L.C., A TEXAS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY By: Nand Title: Secretary /Cashier After Recording Return To Grantee At GRANTEE'S MAILING ADDRESS: ADAM M. JOOSTEN 1728 LIPSCOMB STREET FORT WORTH, TX 76110 Page 2 of 3 The State of TEXAS COUrity Of TARRANT l�Tlus i istrui� Went was acicnowleded before me on th@�� of r' by CASEMENT HOMES, L.L.C., A TEXAS LI ED LI BILITY COMPANY My coimnission expires: R TI D. BAHR Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires Mc rich 17, 2013 — Notary Public Notary's Name (printed) Page 3 of 3