HomeMy WebLinkAbout38. Oshkosh Corporation UpdateTO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the Common Council
Mark Rohloff, City Manager
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FROM: Allen Davis, Community Development Director
DATE: December 6, 2018
RE: Oshkosh Corporation. Global Headquarters Construction, Public Improvements,
Tax Increment Finance Plan, Timeline
Public Improvements
Construction of Westfield and the related utilities have been completed as planned. Westfield
has been opened for traffic. This schedule is in accordance with the Development Agreement.
The stormwater management excavation, located to the west of the Oshkosh Corporation
Corporate Headquarters building, is continuing as long as the weather cooperates. The Koeller
Street extension construction is scheduled to start in 2019, although utility extensions on Koeller
have already started since the weather has been good for this work.
The Traffic Signals at Westfield and Oshkosh Ave have been re -installed on a temporary basis
and will remain operational until the new signal hardware can be delivered and installed in
2019. The contractor is going to attempt to clean up some of the traffic painting/marking in the
area next week, pending weather. They will attempt to remove some of the old lines that are
now incorrect.
City staff is finishing the analysis required for proposed Special Assessments for the Public
Improvements for Oshkosh Ave, Westfield and Koeller Street. It is anticipated that the Council
will hold the Special Assessment Public Hearing in January, 2019.
The WisDOT-TEA grant of $787,500 that was recently awarded will help offset costs for the
public infrastructure improvements. Staff continues to work on grant administration and
allocate the grant dollars for the appropriate grant eligible activities for reimbursement.
The WisDNR staff has reported that the City has been tentatively awarded a riverwalk grant
that City staff submitted in May, 2018. The $793,247 grant will help build the asphalt riverwalk
from the I-41/Tribal Heritage Trail to the Oshkosh Corporation site, and in addition, extend the
new riverwalk east to Punhoqua Street. The riverwalk grant would also add lights, bollards,
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and benches to match the existing riverwalk design. WisDNR reports that the final award will
not be made until Joint Finance Committee approval in January, 2019. City staff and AECOM
are working on the final design for the riverwalk from I-41 to Punhoqua. Design and permitting
will be completed over the winter, bid in late winter, and construction of the riverwalk project
would start in spring of 2019, with completion in the fall of 2019.
The City has also received a $255,000 Transportation Assistance Program (TAP) grant 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 2019-2023 CIP includes
funding in 2020 for design services for Rainbow Memorial Park improvements and funding for
these improvements in 2021 to coincide with the planned Riverwalk improvements through the
park.
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. Private developers
are working on plans for development in TID #35 along Oshkosh Ave.
Development Agreement and other Agreements
Staff continues to work on the remaining agreements which include easements for stormwater
connections. The Plan Commission reviewed and recommended approval of the draft
stormwater easements on November 6, 2018. The draft easement should be scheduled for
consideration by the Council at an up -coming meeting.
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 will also be needed, and should be approved after the final design of the
riverwalk is completed.
Timeline
Inspection staff has issued the full building permit for Oshkosh Corporation's Global
Headquarters' project. Inspection staff are on-site regularly for inspections.
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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. The foundation work is largely done for the season. Crews continue to erect
structural steel on the western half of the building. Concrete floors are being installed on the
eastern half of the building.
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