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Oshkosh
TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the Common Council
Mark Rohloff, City Manager
FROM: Allen Davis, Community Development Director
DATE: October 19, 2017
RE: Arena Construction, Public Improvements, Tax Increment Finance Plan, Timeline
Buckstaff Demolition
Complete with no changes. The City had rented equipment for $30,867 to date. Additional costs
including repairs, supplies, erosion control, security fencing, and stone totaled $27,800. The cost
for grinding the Buckstaff foundations into gravel for re -use came in at $53,000, under the
$60,000 budgeted.
Arena Construction
The contractor erected the building and is enclosed with just a few windows left to install.
Interior work is being completed and the parking lot will soon be paved.
Public Improvements
The public infrastructure contractor, PTS, continues with public infrastructure construction on
all locations of the public infrastructure. The sidewalk on Main Street is being installed, and
contractors are finishing the sidewalk and driveways on 11th Avenue.
If Canadian National sends flaggers, work can begin to bore under the 14th Avenue railroad
crossing for installation of water line. Work will also begin on the outfall going into Lake
Winnebago but will not include boring the storm sewer under the railroad until the City receives
approval from Canadian National.
WEDC provided a grant for $250,000 to partially pay for planned public improvements around
the arena. Lastly, the 11th- Ave and South Park projects included assessments to adjoining
property owners.
Tax Increment Finance Plan
Staff and Ehlers finished work on a Pay -go - Tax Increment Finance Plan which will be needed
to reimburse the developer for the public improvements the developer finances up front that are
needed for the redevelopment of the Buckstaff/Arena site.
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In addition to the public improvement costs, the Arena designer/builder has identified some
extraordinary private development costs for the site, due to the condition of the soils and fill
material on the site:
• $825,000 Remediation - Required by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,
including soil removal and land filling and/or encapsulating contaminates.
• $760,000 Geo pier installation - necessary to support the Arena structure weight due to
the poor soils; and Geo grid installation - necessary to support concrete and asphalt
surfaces on the site due to the poor soils.
• $234,000 Stormwater management measures - necessary due to the high groundwater
levels.
The above referenced extraordinary private development costs are estimated to be $1,819,000
and have been added to the TIF #31 Plan.
Timeline
Since the decision to locate the Bucks Developmental League Team in Oshkosh has been
announced, we can establish a final timeline based on an Arena construction start date of
February 27, 2017:
January 12, 2017: Redevelopment Authority approves acquisition of the Buckstaff property(ies).
Approved
January 17, 2017: Plan Commission review/recommendation of Planned Development for
Arena. Approved
January 24, 2017: City Council - Buckstaff update/action on Planned Development for Arena.
Approved
City Council closed session regarding Land Sale, Development Agreement
and Lease Agreement. Completed
February 2, 2017: Joint Review Board meeting - Completed
Plan Commission receives draft TIF Plan in packet. Completed
February 7, 2017: Plan Commission review/recommendation of draft TIF Plan. Approved
February 14, 2017: Redevelopment Authority action on Lease Agreement. Approved
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City Council action on Lease Agreement. Approved
February 17, 2017: City crews complete foundation removal for arena footprint. Completed
February 21, 2017: City Council action on SBA liens. Approved
February 23,2017: Redevelopment Authority action on Development Agreement and Land Sale.
Approved
February 27, 2017: Construction begins with geo-piers for the Arena on southern part of site
by Fox Valley Pro Basketball, LLC. Geo pier installation completed
February 28, 2017: City Council action on TIF Plan and Development Agreement. Approved
March 1, 2017: City Crews complete foundation removal for Lot 2. Completed
March 6, 2017: Joint Review Board meeting to approve TIF Plan. Approved
March 31, 2017: City crews complete foundation removal on Lot 1. Completed
April: City Crews fill foundation holes on Lot 1. Completed
March/April/May: City Engineers design public improvements. Completed
June: City bids public improvements - Opened bids June 15, 2017, awarded on June 27, 2017.
October/November: Construction of public improvements. - On Schedule with the exception
of utility extensions under railroad crossings. Still awaiting approvals from CN. Street lights
may be late arriving due to hurricane damage earlier this year.
City Hall, 215 Church Avenue P.O. Box 1130 Oshkosh, WI 54903-1130 920.236.5000 http://www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us