Loading...
RES 2026-60 Approving a Special Assessment Agreement for Jacobs Plat Second Addition Utility Availability ChargesCITY OF OTSEGO COUNTY OF WRIGHT STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO: 2026-60 APPROVING A SPECIAL ASSESSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR JACOBS PLAT SECOND ADDITION/UTILITY AVAILABILITY CHARGES WHEREAS, Endeavor Investments XII, LLC (the "owner") is proposing the final plat of Jacobs Plat Second Addition; and WHEREAS, a final plat for the development was approved by the City Council on 27 July 2026; and WHEREAS, the final plat approval includes a condition that the owner pay Sewer Availability Charges and Water Availability Charges for Lot 1, Block 1, of the plat; WHEREAS, the owner has requested that the City assess the Sewer Availability Charges and Water Availability Charges required to be paid for Lot 1, Block 1, of the plat; WHEREAS, the City Attorney has drafted a Special Assessment Agreement that the owner shall be required to execute for assessment of the Sewer Availability Charges and Water Availability Charges required to be paid for Lot 1, Block 1, of the plat and to provide the City various remedies if the owner breaches the terms and conditions of said agreement; and WHEREAS, those obligations are outlined and memorialized in the attached Special Assessment Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Otsego that: 1. The Special Assessment Agreement attached hereto between the City of Otsego and Endeavor Investments XII, LLC is hereby approved in form subject to modification of fees, charges, and securities as approved by City staff. 2. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the Special Assessment Agreement on behalf of the City of Otsego. (remainder of page blank; signatures follow) ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Otsego this 27th day of July, 2026. MOTION BY: Dunlap SECONDED BY: Tanner IN FAVOR: Stockamp, Dunlap, Goede, Lund, and Tanner OPPOSED: none CITY OF OTSEGO Jessica L. Stockamp, May r ATTEST: a Audra Etzel, ity Clerk SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT THIS SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT made this day of , 2026, by and between the CITY OF OTSEGO, a Minnesota municipal corporation ("City") and ENDEAVOR INVESTMENTS XII, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, ("Owner"). RECITALS A. Owner is the fee owner of real property located in the City of Otsego, Wright County, Minnesota, as legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein (the "Property"); B. The Owner entered into a Development Contract with the City for improvement of the Property which will be recorded in conjunction with this Public Improvement and Special Assessment Agreement; C. The Development Contract requires the Owner to pay Water Availability Charges ("WAC") in the total amount of $288,100.26; D. The Development Contract requires the Owner to pay Sewer Availability Charges ("SAC") in the total amount of $198,774.14; E. The Owner has requested that fees in the total amount of $486,874.40 be assessed against the Property, comprised of the following elements: Availability — Water (WAC) $288,100.26 Availability — Sewer (SAC) $198,774.14 Total ("Assessment"); '�� F. The Owner requests that the City assess one hundred percent (100%) of the WAC and SAC fees against the Property. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR MUTUAL COVENANTS THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. RECITALS INCORPORATED. The above recitals are incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. 2394248 2. SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. The City hereby assesses the amount of Four Hundred Eighty -Six Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy -Four and 40/100 Dollars ($486,874.40) against the Property together with interest at the rate of Five and Twelve One Hundredth percent (5.12%) per annum over a period of seven (7) years. The special assessment shall be deemed adopted on the date this Agreement has been signed by all parties. 3. DEFERRAL OF ASSESSMENT. The Assessment shall be deferred with interest accruing, until November 30, 2038 at which time the deferred assessment shall become payable in equal annual installments extending over a seven (7) year period, together with interest of Five and Twelve One Hundredth percent (5.12%) per year on the unpaid balance. 4. VALUATION AND TAXES. A. The Owner shall, so long as this Agreement remains in effect, pay all real property taxes with respect to the Property which are payable pursuant to any statutory or contractual duty that shall accrue until title to the Property is vested in another person or party at which time said party shall be liable for all of the real estate tax relating to the Property. B. The Owner shall not seek a reduction of the market value of the Property as determined by the County Assessor below Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000.00) so long as this Agreement remains in effect. Owner is prohibited under this Agreement from seeking, through the exercise of legal or administrative remedies, a reduction in such market value for property tax purposes. Such action by Owner or will constitute a default under this Agreement. C. The Owner agrees that for as long as this Agreement is in effect: (1) Owner will not seek administrative review or judicial review of the applicability of any tax statute relating to the taxation of the Property determined by any tax official to be applicable to the Property; (2) Owner will not raise the inapplicability of any tax statute as a defense in any proceedings, including delinquent tax proceedings; provided, however, "tax statute" does not include any local ordinance or resolution levying a tax; (3) Owner will not seek administrative review or judicial review of the constitutionality of any tax statute relating to the taxation of the Property determined by any tax official to be applicable to the Property or raise the unconstitutionality of any such tax statute as a defense in any proceedings, including delinquent tax proceedings; provided, however, "tax statute" does not include any local ordinance or resolution levying a tax; (4) Owner will not seek any tax deferral or abatement, either presently or prospectively authorized under any other State or federal law, of the taxation the Property during the term of this Agreement. 5. WAIVER. Owner, its successors and assigns, waives any and all procedural and substantive objections to the Public Improvements and special assessment, including but not limited 2 239424v8 to hearing requirements and any claim that the assessment exceeds the benefit to the Property. Owner waives any appeal rights otherwise available pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 429.081. 6. BINDING EFFECT; RECORDING. This Agreement shall be binding upon Owner and its successors and assigns. This Agreement shall run with the land and may be recorded against the title to the Property. [,Remainder ofpage is intentionally left blank. Signature pages to follow. ] 239424v8 CITY OF OTSEGO Jessica L. Stockamp, Mayor Audra Etzel, City Clerk STATE OF MINNESOTA ) ss. COUNTY OF WRIGHT ) The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this day of , 2026, by Jessica L. Stockamp and Audra Etzel, the Mayor and City Cleric of the City of Otsego, a Minnesota municipal corporation, on behalf of the corporation and pursuant to the authority granted by its City Council. NOTARY PUBLIC 4 239424v8 OWNER: ENDEAVOR INVESTMENTS XII, LLC Its STATE OF ) )ss. COUNTY OF ) The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this day of , 2026, by , the of Endeavor Investments XII, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, on behalf of said entity. NOTARY PUBLIC THIS INSTRUMENT WAS DRAFTED BY: Campbell Knutson, Professional Association Grand Oak Office Center I 860 Blue Gentian Road, Suite 290 Eagan, Minnesota 55121 DSK/smt 5 2394248 EXHIBIT A Lot 1, Block 1, Jacobs Plat Second Addition, Wright County, Minnesota, according to the recorded plat thereof. 239424v8 MORTGAGE HOLDER CONSENT TO SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AGREEMENT TRADITION CAPITAL BANK, a Minnesota banking corporation, which holds: 1. A Mortgage executed by Endeavor Investments XII, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its assigns, as mortgagor, in favor of Tradition Capital Bank, as mortgagee, in the original principal amount of $28,000,000.00, dated May 18, 2022, and recorded May 19, 2022, in the Office of the Wright County Recorder as Document No. A1507567; goo 2. As amended by Amendment to Mortgage and Security Agreement and Fixture Financing Statement and Assignment of Rents and Leases dated February 24, 2025, recorded February 25, 2025, in the Office of the Wright County Recorder as Document No. A1570669; 3. An Assignment of Leases and Rents executed by Endeavor Investments XII, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as assignor, to Tradition Capital Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation assignee, dated May 17, 2022, recorded May 19, 2022, as Document No. A1507568; on the subject property, the development of which is governed by the foregoing Special Assessment Agreement, agrees that the Development Contract shall remain in full force and effect even if it forecloses on its mortgage. Dated this day of , 2026. [Remainder ofpage is intentionally left blank. Signature page follows.] 7 239424v8 STATE OF MINNESOTA )ss. COUNTY OF The foregoing instrument 2026, on behalf of said corporation. DRAFTED BY: CAMPBELL KNUTSON Professional Association Grand Oak Office Center I 860 Blue Gentian Road, Suite 290 Eagan, Minnesota 55121 651-452-5000 DSK/smt TRADITION CAPITAL BANK Its [print name] [title] was acknowledged before me this day of by , the of Tradition Capital Bank, a Minnesota banking corporation, NOTARY PUBLIC 239424v8 n