HomeMy WebLinkAbout32. Oshkosh Corporation UpdateTO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the Common Council
Mark Rohloff, City Manager
FROM: Allen Davis, Community Development Director
DATE: February 5, 2019
RE: Oshkosh Corporation Global Headquarters Construction, Public Improvements,
Tax Increment Finance Plan, Timeline
Public Improvements
There has been no new construction of public streets or utilities. 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 complete. The Koeller Street extension construction is scheduled to start in 2019, although
utility extensions on Koeller have already started and the water main has been installed. The
contractor has completed temporary restoration and does not plan to resume work until spring.
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 cleaned up some of the traffic painting/marking in the area in
December. Some of the old lines were removed, but not all.
City staff has finished 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 on February 26, 2019.
The Plan Commission recommended approval of the official mapping for widening Koeller to
about 80', north of the round -about. The Council approved the official map amendment on
January 22, 2019. The City will also hire a round -about traffic engineer for the design of the new
Koeller approach to the round -about as was recommended in the Traffic Impact Analysis.
Design would be done this winter and spring, and construction would be completed in the
summer to early fall of 2019, in accordance with the Development Agreement.
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The WisDOT-TEA grant of $787,500 that was 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,
and benches to match the existing riverwalk design. WisDNR reports that the final award will
not be made until Joint Finance Committee (JFC) approval. The Federal shutdown has delayed
the federal funding made possible through the WisDNR for the riverwalk, so the grant award
will not be made until the Federal award is made. This delay could delay riverwalk bidding
and construction. City staff and AECOM are working on the final design for the riverwalk from
I-41 to Punhoqua and plans are about 95% complete. Design and permitting will be completed
in February, bid in late February/early March, and construction of the riverwalk project would
start in spring of 2019, with completion in the fall of 2019. The city recently received the $600,000
donation from Oshkosh Corporation for the riverwalk.
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.
The Accu-com building at the Oshkosh Ave/Sawyer intersection was demolished this past week.
Repp's Bar will also be demolished in the near future, depending on weather and staff
availability.
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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 easements will be on a future Council
agenda for consideration.
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
Construction continues on the building. Inspection staff issued the full building permit for
Oshkosh Corporation's Global Headquarters' project. Inspection staff are on-site regularly 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. The foundation work and structural steel is largely done for the season.
Concrete floors are being installed in the building. Exterior glass installation will start soon.
Oshkosh Corporation reports that the project is still on schedule, in spite of the recent weather.
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