HomeMy WebLinkAboutTower Redevelopment/Housing Authority PILOT AGREEMENT
This PILOT Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into effective December 18, 2012,
by and among the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin (the "City"), Tower Redevelopment, LLC,
Wisconsin limited liability company (the "Company") and The Housing Authority of the City of
Oshkosh, Wisconsin a/k/a Housing Authority of the City of Oshkosh, Wisconsin a/k/a Oshkosh
Housing Authority, a public body, corporate and politic, organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Wisconsin (the "Housing Authority").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has owned and operated a 157-unit public
housing rental portfolio located in the City at 100 Court Street, Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 (referred
to herein as the"Property") and
WHEREAS, in order to raise debt and equity capital for the substantial rehabilitation
and construction of the Property, the Housing Authority anticipates establishing a condominium on
the Property and transferring federal income tax ownership of a portion of the Property to the
Company in 2012 by leasing that part of the Property consisting of a 51-unit public housing rental
portfolio more particularly described in the attached Exhibit A (the "Project"); and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority is the sole managing member of the Company
and the property manager of the Project, and, as such, exercises exclusive control and authority over
the operation of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has loaned substantial sums to the Company in
connection with the acquisition and rehabilitation/construction of the Project, and has a right of first
refusal to acquire the Project for a nominal sum following expiration of the fifteen (15)-year low-
income housing tax period (the"Compliance Period"); and
WHEREAS, the Company is obligated to operate the Project as affordable housing in
compliance with HUD and Internal Revenue Code restrictions and requirements, and the Housing
Authority is solely responsible for ensuring that such restrictions and requirements are satisfied by
the Company throughout the Compliance Period; and
WHEREAS, the Company will not generate material positive cash flow in excess of
its fixed expenses, fees and debt obligations; and
WHEREAS, the parties have determined, based upon the foregoing RECITALS, that
the Project constitute property of the Housing Authority that is exempt from taxation under Section
70.11(18) of the Wisconsin Statutes and which may be subject to a payment in lieu of taxes
("PILOT") imposed by the City, as provided in Section 66.1201(22) of the Wisconsin Statues;
NOW, THEREFORE, acknowledging the receipt of sufficient consideration, the
parties agree as follows:
1. Term of PILOT Agreement. The Company shall make a PILOT to the City
with respect to the Project for each calendar year beginning in 2012 and ending in the final calendar
year of the Project's Compliance Period, now estimated to be calendar year 2027. As required by
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Section 66.1201(22) of the Wisconsin Statutes, such PILOT shall not exceed the amount that would
be levied as the annual tax of the City upon the Project.
2. Computation of PILOT. The PILOT for each calendar year shall be ten
percent (10%) of the difference between (a) one hundred percent (100%) of the tenant's portion of
the collected rents for all of the residential rental units in the Project for such calendar year; and (b)
one hundred percent (100%) of the electricity, water, sewer and fuel bills incurred by the Company
with respect to the Project for such calendar year. The amounts under clauses(a) and (b) above shall
be based upon the financial statements of the Company for the prior calendar year.
3. Payment of PILOT. The Company shall make the PILOT within the time
periods applicable to properties that are not exempt from property taxation, as provided in Section
74.11 of the Wisconsin Statutes.
4. Obligation of Company and Housing Authority. The Housing Authority shall
cause the Company to rehabilitate and operate the Project as affordable rental housing throughout the
Compliance Period in accordance with the income, rent and other restrictions and limitations
imposed by HUD and the Internal Revenue Code.
5. Obligations of City. The City shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Company and/or Project tenants such services or facilities as are furnished to other property owners
and residents of the City on the same basis as such City services are ordinarily provided. The City
shall also, to the extent permitted by applicable law, apply or modify existing City codes and
ordinances to permit the Housing Authority and the Company to operate the Project as described
above throughout the Compliance Period.
6. Notices. A courtesy copy of any notices from the City to the Company
pertaining to this Agreement shall also be provided to:
First Sterling Investor 081 LLC
do First Sterling Financial, Inc.
111 Great Neck Road
Suite 500, 5th Floor
Great Neck, NY 110210
Attn: Victor J. Sostar, Sr. Vice President
7. Miscellaneous. This Agreement cannot be unilaterally amended, modified or
terminated by any party hereto. Each party hereby represents to and for the benefit of the other party
that the person executing this Agreement on the signature page on behalf of such party has been duly
authorized to execute this Agreement, and that this Agreement has been duly authorized and
approved by such party. The benefits of this Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company or the
Housing Authority without City's consent. This Agreement represents the entire agreement of the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall he governed by the laws of
the State of Wisconsin. This Agreement may be signed by facsimile or in counterparts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto duly execute this PILOT Agreement
effective as of the date first set forth above.
CITY OF OSHKOSH
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Name: Mark Robloff
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Name: Pamela Ubrig
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Name: Lynn Lorenson
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THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH,WISCONSIN ACK/A HOUSING
AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH A/K/A OSHKOSH HOUSING AUTHORITY,
a public body, corporate and politic,organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin
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:y: Claude Benedict
Its: Chairman
By: Brad 'o asterson
Its: Execu Ave Director
TOWER REDEVELOPMENT,LLC,
a Wisconsin limited liability company
By: The Housing Authority of the City of Oshkosh,Wisconsin,
a public body,corporate and politic,organized and existing under the laws of the State of Wisconsin
Its: Managing Member
By: Claude Benedict
Its: Chairman
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By: :rad / asterson
Its: Executive Director
Signature Page to PILOT Agreement
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EXHIBIT A
PROJECT
51 apartment units located at 100 Court Street,Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 more particularly
described as:
Unit l in Court Tower Condominium, a condominium located in the City of Oshkosh, Winnebago
County, Wisconsin, being a condominium declared and created under the Condominium Ownership
Act of the State of Wisconsin by that certain Declaration of Court Tower Condominium dated
December 12,2012 and recorded in the Winnebago County Register of Deeds Office on December
13, 2012 as Doctunent Number 1623607 and that certain Condominium Plat recorded in the
Winnebago County Register of Deeds Office on December 13, 2012 as Document Number 1623606.
Together with easements established by a Declaration of Reciprocal Easements dated December 13,
2012 and recorded December 13, 2012 as Document No. 1623665 in the Winnebago County Register
of Deeds Office, Wisconsin.
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Ubrig, Pam
From: Brad Masterson [bradm @ohawcha.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 12:03 PM
To: Ubrig, Pam
Subject: PILOT CT1
Attachments: Pilot Agreement executed.pdf
Pam:
Happy New Year!
Not sure if the Chairman and I had executed the PILOT prior to City Hall circulation.
If not here is a fully executed copy.
Do you need the orginal?
£`J?tadPlemt Ye m, Executive Director
Oshkosh/Winnebago County Housing Authority
P.O. Box 397
Oshkosh,WI 54903-0397
Ph.-920.424.1470#125
Fx.—902.424.1474
www.ohawcha.org
bradm @ohawcha.org
1/3/2013