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13-R-100-First Amendment to Dev Agrmt Caterpiller 12-3-2013#�EV A RESOLUTION BY TAE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS AUTHORIZING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (CATERPILLAR INC.), AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THE REWITH WHEREAS, the City Co-uncil has determined that it is in the best interest of the City t authorize the First A-mendment to Development Agreement (Caterpillar, Inc.) as attached heret as Exhibit #\ y I )WHEREAS, the City, SEDC and Caterpillar intend to execute the reminder of the Agreementi"n ftill force and effect. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT,- Section 1. The City Council hereby authorizes the President (or the Vice President in the President's absence) of the SEDC and the City Manager of the City, or his designee, to execute and deliver, a First Amendment to Development Agreement (Caterpillar Inca in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit A. Section 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a paint of the judgment and findings of the City Council. Section 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Resolution are hereby= repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein. Section 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the'United States of America. Section 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances small nevertheless be valid, and the City Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid provision. Section d. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the tine, place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, ulcluduig this Resolution, was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Coverrn lent Code, as amended. Section 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so resolved, PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 3 d day of December, 2013. CITY OF SCHERT TE A- S Ma ok ATTEST -: City Secretary (CITY SEAL) IWAMIJ (Caterpillar agreement) FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (Caterpillar Inc.) This FIRST AMENDMENT TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment "), dated to be effective as of the date that the Amendment is signed by the last party to the Amendment (the "Effective Date "), is among the City of Schertz, Texas, a Texas home -rule municipality (the "City"), the City of Schertz Economic Development Corporation, a Texas non- profit industrial development corporation (the "SEDC "), and Caterpillar Inc., a Delaware corporation ( "Caterpillar ", and collectively with the City and the SEDC, the "Parties "). WHEREAS, by Resolution I O -R -72, the Parties entered into a Development Agreement, dated effective October 19, 2010 (the "Agreement ") establishing a tax incentive agreement between the Parties for the development of a multiphase manufacturing facility by Caterpillar (the "Caterpillar Development "); and WHEREAS, the Agreement provides that Caterpillar will receive up to a seventy -five percent (75 %) ad valorem tax reimbursement on the personal property taxes paid each year for each phase of the Caterpillar Development (the "Incentive "), and the Incentive shall be reduced according to the schedule in Section 5(b) of the Agreement; and WHEREAS, in year one of Phase 1, Caterpillar reported Nineteen Million Four Hundred Forty -Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven and No /100 Dollars ($19,449,711.00) of taxable personal property ( "_Year One Reported Value "), resulting in a Tax Credit of zero percent (0 %) for year one of Phase 1 of the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend the Agreement as set forth below. NOW THEREFORE, for Ten and No /100 Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: 1. Recitals. The recitals are incorporated herein as matters of contract and not mere recitals. 2. iapitalized Terms. All capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement. 3. Amended Year One Personal Property „Value. Notwithstanding any provision in the Agreement to the contrary, Caterpillar may earn the incentive originally scheduled to be earned in year one of Phase 1 in year two of Phase I (and not in any subsequent year) in accordance with the following provisions. Any reported personal property value for year two of Phase 1 in excess of Twenty -Five Million and No /100 Dollars ($25,000,000.00) will be added to the Year One Reported Value, which will result in the amended value for year one of Phase 1 (the "Amended Year One Value "). The schedule in Section 5(b) of the Agreement shall be applied to the Amended Year One Value to determine any eligible Tax Credit for year one of Phase 1. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and regardless of the amount of the Amended Year One Value, the 50661514.4 maximum Tax Credit for year one of Phase 1 shall not exceed seventy -five percent (75 %) of the actual personal property ad valorem taxes paid by Caterpillar on the original Year One Reported Value during year one of Phase 1. 4. Amended Personal Property Value. In the event that the assessed value of the personal property on the Caterpillar Development Site (as used in this Section 4., the "Personal Property Value ") is adjusted following Caterpillar's submission to the SEDC of the written notice certifying such amount in accordance with Section 1.(b)(iii) of the Agreement, then promptly upon such adjustment in value, and in no event more than ten (10) business days following such adjustment in value, Caterpillar shall submit to the SEDC an amended written notice required by Section 1.(b)(iii) of the Agreement certifying to such amended Personal Property Value, and, if the Tax Credit attributable to the changed Personal Property Value has already been paid to Caterpillar, then, along with the amended written notice, Caterpillar shall also provide a check to the SEDC refunding the difference in the amount of the Tax Credit between the Tax Credit amount based on the original Personal Property Value and the Tax Credit amount based on the amended Personal Property Value. Further, in the event that Caterpillar contests the Personal Property Value, Caterpillar shall promptly, and in no event more than ten (10) business days following the commencement of any action to contest the value, provide the SEDC with written notice of such action, and if the Tax Credit attributable to the Personal Property Value being contested has not yet been paid, such Tax Credit shall not be paid until the action to contest the Personal Property Value has been completed, the final Personal Property Value has been determined, and Caterpillar has provided the written notice required by Section 1.(b)(iii) with respect to such final Personal Property Value to the SEDC. Authority to Sign. The individual signing below for Caterpillar hereby certifies that he /she is authorized to sign this Amendment on behalf of Caterpillar and that no authorizations or approvals are required that have not already been obtained. 6. Notices. The following contact information for notices and requests for information or action under this Amendment and the Agreement (originally set forth in Section 7 of the Agreement) are hereby amended: If to the SEDC: Schertz Economic Development Corporation 1400 Schertz Parkway Schertz, Texas 78154 Attention: Director of Economic Development Facsimile: (210) 619 -1079 E -Mail: d, awinnschertz.com 50661514.4