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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A TRANSFEREE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LEE’S SUMMIT COVENANT GROUP, LLC, AS THE OWNER AND NOGLE & BLACK, INC., AND JAMES AND GAYLE NOGLE AS THE BUYERS, AND THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, FOR THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY (OUTLOT INCLUDING JERSEY MIKE’S RESTAURANT) IN THE LEE’S SUMMIT EAST (SUMMIT FAIR) TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A TRANSFEREE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LEE’S SUMMIT COVENANT GROUP, LLC, AS THE OWNER AND NOGLE & BLACK, INC., AND JAMES AND GAYLE NOGLE AS THE BUYERS, AND THE CITY OF LEE’S SUMMIT, MISSOURI, FOR THE TRANSFER OF PROPERTY (OUTLOT INCLUDING JERSEY MIKE’S RESTAURANT) IN THE LEE’S SUMMIT EAST (SUMMIT FAIR) TAX INCREMENT FINANCING REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
Key Issues:
The City and RED Lee’s Summit East, LLC, executed the Amended and Restated Tax Increment Financing Contract on May 27, 2008 (as amended, the “TIF Contract”) to implement the Lee’s Summit East (Summit Fair) Tax Increment Financing Plan (the “TIF Plan”), for development of the Summit Fair Shopping Center. Section 32 of the TIF Contract provides that no sales of property in the TIF Redevelopment Area may be made to proposed buyers that are not directly affiliated with the Developer, while TIF bonds remain outstanding, without the prior written approval of the City. Section 32 also provides that these buyers (designated as “transferees” in the TIF Contract) are required to enter into a transferee agreement to confirm the transferees’ obligations to comply with certain provisions of the TIF Contract as it relates to the transferred property.
Under Section 32 of the TIF Contract, when the City considers the proposed transfer of property to an entity that is not included in the pre-approved user list in the TIF Contract, the City may require that the transferee demonstrate to City's reasonable satisfaction that it has sufficient financial, management, property ownership and operation capabilities, and that it is int...
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