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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPR 14227:RETAIL DEV. CENTERinteroffice MEMORANDUM To: From: Date: Subject: Mayor, City Council, and City Manager Mark T. Sokolow, City Attorney /,~.~4 August 24, 2007 P. R. No. 14227; Council Meeting of August 28, 2007 Attached is P. R. No. 14227 as it pertains to an Amendment No. 1 to the Sales Tax Refund Agreement for a Retail Center Development. MTS:gt Attachment z.pr14227.memo the retail center; NOW THEREFORE, OF PORT ARTHUR, Section 1. true and correct. Section 2. P. R. No. 14227 08/24/07 ts RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION AS IT PERTAINS TO AN AMENDMENT NO. i TO THE SALES TAX REFUND AGREEMENT FOR A RETAIL CENTER DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, the City of Port Arthur and Port Arthur Holdings, III entered into a Sales Tax Refund Agreement as authorized by Resolution No. 07-010; and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it in the best interests of the public to enter into an Amendment No. 1 to the Sales Tax Refund Agreement in substantially the same form as attached hereto as Exhibit "A" as to facilitate the prompt remediation of the property located at 8857 Highway 69 which will assist in the development of and BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY TEXAS: That the facts and opinions in the preamble are That the City Manager is herein authorized to execute Amendment No.1 to the Sales Tax Refund Agreement in substantially the same form as denoted in Exhibit "A" Section 3. That a copy of the caption of this Resolution be spread upon the Minutes of the City Council. READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this __ day of , A.D., 2007, at a Meeting of the City Council of z.pr14227 the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the Mayor Councilmembers following vote: AYES: NOES: ATTEST: MAYOR CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION: CITY MANAGER z.pr14227 EXHIBIT r'A" AMENDMENT NO. i TO SALES TAX REFUND AGREEMENT FOR RETAIL CENTER DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR AND PORT ARTHUR HOLDINGS III, LTD. WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 07-010, the City of Port Arthur and the Port Arthur Holdings, III entered into a Sales Tax Refund Agreement in January 2007; and WHEREAS, the City of Port Arthur has or will provide a $9,882.58 incentive as denoted in Resolution No.07-219 for the remediation of the property at 8857 Highway 69; and WHEREAS, due to escalating remediation costs, Port Arthur Holdings, III requests an additional incentive to remediate the adjacent property located at 8857 Highway 69, which will enable them to provide additional access and parking area as to locate additional restaurants on the tracts described in Exhibits "A", "B", or "C" of the Sales Tax Refund Agreement; and WHEREAS, the additional incentive will be that the City will refund up to ~ of the remediation costs, not to exceed a total of $100,000, with said refund not to exceed $~0,000 per year over the period thereof as noted in Section 2.02 of the Sales Tax Refund Agreement. NOW THEREFORE, it is herein agreed to between the City of Port Arthur and Port Arthur Holdings, III as follows: Port Arthur Holdings, III will remediate the property located at 8857 Highway 69 to TCEQ Standards, no later than June 1, 2009. Once the remediation is completed, the City of Port Arthur will refund ~ of the remediation costs, not to exceed a total of $100,000, with said refund not to exceed $10,000 per year over the period thereof as noted in Section 2.02 of the Sales Tax Refund Agreement. z.Port Arthur Holdings III, Ltd. refund agreement amendment The City of Port Arthur will make said refunds only from the City portion of sales tax that is collected with respect to the retail center as located in the tracts described in Exhibits "A", "B", and "C", with such further limitations as denoted in Section 2.01 and the other provisions of the Sales Tax Refund Agreement approved by Resolution No. 07-010. SIGNED AND AGREED TO on this the , 2007. day of CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, a Texas Municipal Corporation (the "City") BY: Name: Title: Stephen Fitzgibbons City Manager SIGNED AND AGREED TO on this the , 2007. day of PORT ARTHUR HOLDINGS III, LTD. BY: Name: Title: President z. Port Arthur Holdings III, Ltd. refund agreement amendment