Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 10-20-2015
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Office of the City Attorney
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Consideration, discussion, possible approval of and authorization to execute a First Amendment to Economic Development Agreement by and among the Broken Arrow Economic Development Authority, the City of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, and Stoney Creek Hospitality Corporation
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Background:
In May of 2004, the citizens of Broken Arrow approved a General Obligation Bond Issue. One project in that General Obligation Bond Issue was the acquisition, construction, equipping and furnishing of a Conference Center. In 2014, Broken Arrow voters approved re-purposing the bonds to provide for acquisition of land only for the hotel and conference center. In January of 2015, following issuance of the bonds, the City acquired 14.97 acres long the Broken Arrow Expressway.
On November 4, 2014, the City Council approved a Resolution which approved an Economic Development Agreement between the Economic Development Authority, the City of Broken Arrow, and Stoney Creek Hospitality Corporation. The Agreement provided for the City’s acquisition of the land for lease to Stoney Creek and the Authority’s payment of the sum of $5,550,000.00 in economic development incentives. It was contemplated that the incentives would primarily consist of payments for design work on the land, site work, and infrastructural improvements. Payment of the incentives is subject to the City’s approval of Stoney Creek’s engineers and other consultants, as well as compliance with the Oklahoma Public Competitive Bidding Act. It is a pay-for-performance Agreement, which contemplates reimbursement following approval of the City’s project manager. Specifically, items to be included in the development incentives include payment for testing and inspection, architecture and engineering design, grading, construction of public water, sanitary sewer, and stormwater systems, construction of ingress and egress, parking, lighting, sidewalks and landscaping. Should the $5,500,000.00 in incentives not be exhausted with the aforementioned items, Stoney Creek is entitled to seek reimbursement for retaining walls, outdoor patios, signage, monument features and technology infrastructure.
The Resolution also approved a Ground Lease between the City and Stoney Creek. The Lease provided for an initial term of 75 years. It allowed one, 24-year extension. Stoney Creek will pay the sum of $1 per year for each year of the Lease. Obviously, this is a nominal sum intended to incentivize Stoney Creek to locate the conference center in the City. Both the Lease and the Agreement required Stoney Creek to construct a hotel consisting of approximately 150,000 square feet and containing approximately 170 guest rooms. They also required construction of a 35,000-40,000 square foot conference center. The hotel must offer food service, bar and lounge services, state-of-the-art business technology, and an indoor-outdoor pool facility based upon an “urban lodge” design. The total cost of the hotel and conference center, including furniture, fixtures, equipment and leaseholder improvements is projected to be $23,550,000.00.
The Attached First Amendment to Economic Development Agreement is presented for the City Council’s consideration. One of the primary objectives of the First Amendment is to update the attachments to the original Agreement. These attachments consist of the Legal Description, the Ground Lease and the Master Site Plan. Another primary objective is to move the payment obligations of the development incentives from the Broken Arrow Economic Development Authority to the City. This change is recommended due to the availability of Vision 2025 surplus funds. As such, all requirements previously set forth in the Agreement regarding appropriation and encumbrance are no longer necessary. Finally, the Agreement requires the City to pay its proportional share of a Mutual Access Drive from West Albany Street to the western boundary of the City’s property. Funding for the Mutual Access Drive is from Vision Surplus, but is not part of the $5,550,000.00 in development incentives
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the First Amendment to Economic Development Agreement and authorize its execution.
Cost: $5,500,000.00 plus costs of infrastructure to site
Prepared By: Beth Anne Wilkening, City Attorney
Reviewed By: Assistant City Manager
Finance Department
Development Services Department
Approved By: Michael L. Spurgeon, City Manager
Attachments: First Amendment to Economic Development Agreement
Recommendation:
Approve the First Amendment to Economic Development Agreement and authorize its execution