HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2318 N.C.S. 01/05/2009 EFFECTIVE. DATE ORDINANCE NO. 2318 N.C.S.
OF ORDINANCE
February S, 2009
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7 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARKING GARAGE
8 EASEMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTING EASEMENT
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11 WHEREAS, the City of Petaluma ("City") and Basin Street Properties ("Basin Street')
12 entered into that certain Development Agreement ("Development Agreement") dated as of
13 February 27, 2004, in accordance with procedures established by applicable law for such
14 agreements; and,
15 WHEREAS, the Petaluma Community Development Commission ("Agency") and Basin
16 Street entered: into that certain Owner Participation Agreement dated as of February 27, 2004 as
17 amended by that certain First Amendment to OwnerParticipation Agreement dated as of
18 January 23, 2006. Such Owner Participation Agreement and First Amendment to Owner
19 Participation Agreement are hereinafter collectively referred to as "Participation Agreement";
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21 WHEREAS, by letter agreement between Basin Street and the City dated January 21, 2004
22 ("Livery Stable Agreement") and by cultural resources mitigation measures required of Basin
23 Street by both the Development Agreement and the Participation Agreement, Basin Street
24 assumed certain obligations regarding the historic Livery Stable on the Project Property,
25 including relocation of the Livery Stable from the Project property to a permanent locgtion on
26 City property, and negotiation with the City Manager to establish funding for ongoing restoration
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1 and maintenance of the Livery Stable from revenue sources to be determined by Basin Street;
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3 WHEREAS, Basin Street has relocated the Livery Stable to a permanent location on City
4 property in accordance with the Livery Stable Agreement; and,
5 WHEREAS, to satisfy its obligation under the Livery Stable Agreement to negotiate to
6 establish funding for ongoing restoration and maintenance of the Livery Stable, Basin Street has
7 proposed a Master Agreement with the City and the Agency, described further below, which,
8 among other things, provides for extending by 40 additional years at no cost to the City the
9 present term of an existing 20 year Parking Garage Easement and Operating Agreement
10 recorded as Document No. 2007092134 in the Official Records of Sonoma County ("Garage
11 Easement") executed between Basin Street and the City, which provides public parking spaces
12 and public access to them in the 'D' Street garage constructed as part of the Project; and,
13 WHEREAS, Basin Street has completed, and City has accepted, by Resolution No. 2008-
14 220 N.C.S. adopted December 1, 2008, the public improvements required by the bevelopmeni
15 Agreement and Participation Agreement; and,
16 WHEREAS, Basin Street has completed, and City has issued Certificates of Occupancy for
17 all components of the private improvements required to be constructed by Basin Street except
18 for 1 S of 105 total apartment units in the Riverfront Apartments and a parking structure to serve
19 the Riverfront Apartment, all as shown on the Construction Plans approved for the Theater
20 District project ("the Project"); and,
2l WHEREAS, City staff has determined that the existing parkirig availdble to serve the
22 Riverfront Apartments and its associated retail/commercial development is adequate and
23 meets the standards required within the. Central Petaluma Specific Plan area without
24 construction of the Riverfront Apartments parking structure; and,
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1 WHEREAS, the 15 residential units in the Riverfront Apartments which have not been
2 constructed pursuant to the originally approved Construction Plans for the. Project do not
3 constitute a material unfulfilled element of Basin Street's performance under the Development
4 Agreement and Participation Agreement, given the size and scope. of the other private
5 residential, retail, office and commercial space that comprise the Project and which have been
6 constructed; and,
7 WHEREAS, Section 9.3 of the Development Agreement provides than amendments to the
8 Development Agreement which do not relate to (a) the term of the Development Agreement,
9 (b) the permitted uses of the property involved in the Project, jc) provisions for "significant"
10 reservation or dedication of land, (d) conditions, terms, restrictions or requirements for
11 subsequent discretionary actions, (e) the density or intensity of use of the Project, (f) the
12 maximum height or size of proposed buildings or (g) monetary contributions by the Developer
13 provided for in the Development Agreement shall not require hearing before the Planning
14 Commission or City Council before the parties may execute an amendment to the
I ~ Development Agreement; and,
16 WHEREAS, the proposed design change, not being a material part of Basin Street's
17 performance under the Development Agreement, does not require formal action to amend the
18 Development Agreement; and,
19 WHEREAS, acceptance of the proposed design change means that all Certificates of
20 Occupancy necessary for the Project have been issued, and the Development Agreement
21 therefore terminates by its own terms, as set forth in Section 4.3 df the Development Agreement;
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23 WHEREAS, the Master Agreement proposed by Basin Street would, in addition to
24 providing for extension of the Garage Easement, (i) accept the Riverfront Apartments design
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1 change; (ii) terminate the Development Agreement and the Participation Agreement such that
2 future transferees of the property and/or the private improvements in the Project would not be
3 bound by the provisions, conditions, covenants and/or warranties contained in the
4 Development Agreement or the Participation Agreement; and jiii) satisfy all remaining
obligations of Basin Street regarding the Livery Stable; and,
6 WHEREAS, as part of the Master Agreement, Basin Street as an entity would continue to
7 be bound by certain conditions, covenants and warranties expressly stated in Exhibit B to the
8 Master Agreement, despite termination of the Development Agreement and the Participation
9 Agreement; and;
10 WHEREAS, Basin Street has caused to be prepared by a retained consultant a Petaluma
11 Theatre District Parking Garage Financial Analysis ~ Walker Parking Consultants, November 2008,
12 "Walker Report") which values the cost to the City of replacing the 216 public spaces provided
13 under the Garage Easement at the end of its existing 20 year term at a sum between $3.0 million
14 dollars surface parking) and $9.3 million dollars (parking strucfurej; and,
15 WHEREAS, the Walker Report projects that institution of a paid parking program could
16 permit the City to realize "more than $7.1 million in new revenue" over the extended period of
17 the Garage Easement if the paid parking program were implemented; and,
18 WHEREAS, the First Amendment to Parking Garage Easement and Operating Agreement
19 extending the term of the Garage Easement is attached hereto as Exhibit A and iricorporated
20 herein by reference.
21 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL Of THE CITY OF PETALUMA AS
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23 Section 1. The City of Petaluma accepts the easement for public access and parking
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1 described in the First Amendment to Parking Garage Easement and Operating Agreement
2 attached hereto as Exhibit A and authorizes and directs the City Manager to execute and have
3 recorded on behalf of the City said First Amendment to Parking Garage Easement and
4 Operating Agreement.
J Section 2. This action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
6 ("CEQA") pursuant to 14 California Code of Regulations, Section 15061 (b) (3) because it can be
7 seen with certainty that there is no possibility that this action may have a significant effect on the
8 environment as defined underCEQA.
9 Section 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this ordinance
] 0 is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, unlawful or otherwise invalid by a court of
11 competent jurisdiction or preempted by state legislation, such decision or legislation shall. not
12 affect the validity of the remaining portions of This ordinance. The City Council of the City of
13 Petaluma hereby declares that it would have passed and adopted this ordinance and each
14 and all provisions thereof irrespective of the fact that any orie or more of said provisions be
1J declared unconstitutional, unlawful or otherwise invalid..
16 Section 4. This ordinance or a synopsis of ii shall be posted and/or published for the
17 period and in the manner required by City Charter.
18 Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after the date of its
19 adoption by the Petaluma City Council.
20 INTRODUCED, AND ORDERED posted/published this 8'h day of December 2008.
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22 ADOPTED this 5th day of January 2009.
23 Ayes: Vice Mayor Barrett, Glass, Harris, Healy, Rabbitt, Renee, Mayor Torliaff
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2 EXHIBIT A
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8 City Clerk's Office
9 City of Petaluma
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11 Petaluma, CA 94952
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13 EXEMPT FROM RECORDING FEES PER
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17 FIRST AMENDMENT TO
18 PARKING GARAGE EASEMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT
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21 Petaluma Theatre District
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24 THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO PARKING GARAGE EASEMENT AND OPERATING AGREEMENT
25 (the "First Amendment") is made and entered into as of the _ day of December, 2008, by and
26 among the City of Petaluma, a municipal corporation ~"City"), the Petaluma Community
27 Development Commission ~"Agency"), Basin Street Properties, a California corpordtion ~"Basin
28 Street"), and Petaluma Theatre District Parking, LLC, a California limited liability company
29 ("Parking LLC"). City, Agency, Basin Street and Parking LLC are individually referred to in this First
30 Amendment as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties".
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32 RECITALS
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34 A. The Parties entered into that certain Parking Garage Easement and Operating
35 Agreement dated as of June 30, 2007 (the "Agreement"). The Agreement was recorded in the
36 Official Records of Sonoma County on August 20, 2007 as Instrument No. 2007092134.
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38 B. The First Amendment is being entered into pursuant to that certain Master
39 Agreement between the Parties of even date herewith.
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42 C. The Parties wish to amend the Agreement as set forth in more detail below.
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46 NOW, for .good and valuable consideration and other mutual covenants, the Parties
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49 Extension of Term. The 20-year term of the easement granted in Section 3~a) of the
50 Agreement, and the 20-year term of the Agreement asset forth in Section 29 of the Agreement,
51 are hereby extended for ah additional period of forty (40) years, for a total term of sixty (60)
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1 Maintenance. Notwithstanding Section 7 of the Agreement, expenses incurred by
2 Parking LLC in connection with the generation or collection of parking revenue from the Parking
3 Garage shall be subject to reimbursement out of revenue generated from the Parking Garage,
4 as more fully set forth in the Master Agreement.
5 Parking Fees. Without limiting Parking LLC's existing rights to charge for parking in the
6 Parking Garage, Parking LLC shall have the right to charge for parking in the Parking Garage in
7 accordance with any shared revenue parking program established pursuant to the Master
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9 Counterparts. This First Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts,
10 which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
11 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this First Amendment as of the day-and
12 year first above written.
li Dated: CITY OF PETALUMA
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17 City Manager
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I Dated: BASIN STREET PROPERTIES,
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6 Matthew T. White
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17 Executive Director
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27 Ddied: PETALUMA THEATRE DISTRICT PARKING, LLC,
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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On 2008 before me; ,Notary Public,
personally appeared ,who proved to me on the
basis. of satisfactory evidence to be the persons) whose names) is/are subscribed to the within
instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity~ies), and that by his/her/their signatures) on the instrument the persons), or
the entity upon behalf of which the persori~s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Signature: seal)