HomeMy WebLinkAbout27. Oshkosh Corporation UpdateTO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the Common Council
Mark Rohloff, City Manager
FROM: Allen Davis, Community Development Director
DATE: September 20, 2018
RE: Oshkosh Corporation Global Headquarters Construction, Public Improvements,
Tax Increment Finance Plan, Timeline
Public Improvements
The bids were opened on August 31, 2018 and awarded on September 11, 2018. Construction of
Westfield and utility extensions will start in the next few weeks. A pre -construction meeting
was held on September 18, 2018. The draft construction schedule includes mobilization in late
September, construction on Westfield beginning in October, utilities and pavement completed
by the end of November, and restoration completed by December. This schedule is in
accordance with the Development Agreement. The stormwater management and Koeller Street
extension construction schedules will be forthcoming.
The WisDOT-TEA grant that was applied for to help offset costs for the public infrastructure
improvements was approved and the city will receive $787,500. Staff is working to allocate the
grant dollars for the appropriate grant eligible activities.
The WisDNR grant for the riverwalk was submitted May 1, 2018. The grant would help build
the riverwalk from I-41/Tribal Heritage Trail to the Oshkosh Corporation site, and in addition,
build new riverwalk all the way east to Punhoqua Street. The riverwalk grant would also add
lights, bollards, and benches to match the existing riverwalk. WisDNR grant awards are usually
announced in late summer or early fall. The design and permitting would be completed over
the winter, and construction of the riverwalk project would done in 2019.
The City received a Transportation Assistance Program (TAP) from WisDOT to help pay for the
costs of extending the riverwalk trail from Punhoqua east through Rainbow Memorial Park. The
construction of this segment of riverwalk could be constructed in 2021. This project would help
implement the Rainbow Memorial Park Master Plan and connect the lakeshore riverwalk to
Oshkosh Ave. and Sawyer Street. The State made the award last week, so the City will be
receiving $255,000 for the project. City staff have been invited to attend a TAP grant
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administration training session in October since the City has never received this type of grant
before.
Tax Increment Finance Plans
The Common Council adopted both Tax Increment Finance #34 and #35 Plans on January 23,
2018. The Joint Review Board approved both TIF Plans on January 30, 2018.
Development Agreement and other Agreements
Staff continues to work on the remaining agreements including easements for utilities and
stormwater connections, and a Landscape Maintenance Agreement that would assign
maintenance responsibility for the City -owned land between the Oshkosh Corporation property
and the proposed riverwalk to Oshkosh Corporation.
Timeline
Inspection staff has issued the full building permit for Oshkosh Corporation's Global
Headquarters' project. Inspection staff are on-site on an almost daily basis for inspections.
The Oshkosh Corporation contractor, Miron Construction, started mobilization for building
construction on June 11, 2018. Erosion control practices are in place and excavation and grading
work is on-going. Oshkosh Corporation continues pouring concrete foundations for the
building. Crews have started erecting structural steel.
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