RESOLUTION
A regular meeting of County of Sullivan Industrial Development Agency (“Agency”) was convened in public session at the Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Village of Monticello, Sullivan County, New York on April 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. local time.
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Ira Steingart, and, upon roll being called, the following members of the Agency were:
PRESENT ABSENT
Ira Steingart [ x ] [ ]
Edward T. Sykes [ x ] [ ]
Suzanne Loughlin [ x ] [ ]
Charles Barbuti, Jr. [ x ] [ ]
Sandy Shaddock [ ] [ x ]
Sean Rieber [ x ] [ ]
Howard Siegel [ x ] [ ]
Carol Roig [ x ] [ ]
Paul Guenther [ x ] [ ]
The following persons were also present:
Steve White, Chief Executive Officer
Jennifer C.S. Brylinski, Agency Executive Director
Jennifer M. Flad, Agency Vice-President of Government Affairs and Business Development
Walter F. Garigliano, Agency General Counsel
The following resolution was duly offered by Charles Barbuti, Jr., and seconded by Edward Sykes to wit:
Resolution No. 08 – 15
RESOLUTION OF THE AGENCY APPOINTING DEB EL FOOD PRODUCTS, LLC (“COMPANY”) AS AGENT OF THE AGENCY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING, INSTALLING AND EQUIPPING THE FACILITY; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE FACILITY; AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN AGENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND THE COMPANY; AUTHORIZING THE AGENCY TO EXECUTE THE LEASE TO AGENCY, LEASEBACK TO COMPANY, PAYMENT IN LIEU OF TAX AGREEMENT (“PILOT AGREEMENT”) AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLTION AND EQUIPPING OF THE FACILITY
WHEREAS, the Agency was created by Chapter 560 of the Laws of 1970 of the State of New York, as amended, pursuant to Title I of Article 18-A of the General Municipal Law of the State of New York (collectively, the “Act”) as a body corporate and politic and as a public benefit corporation of the State of New York (“State”); and
WHEREAS, the Company presented an Application to the Agency on July 28, 2014 and an Amended Application to the Agency on February 26, 2015 (collectively referred to as, the “Application”), a copy of each are on file at the office of the Agency, requesting that the Agency consider undertaking a project consisting of: (i) the construction of building additions to the preexisting egg processing facility (“Existing Building”) to include (a) a 20,000 square foot cooler; (b) a 6,000 square foot freezer; (c) a 2,000 square foot shell room; (d) a 19,580 square foot warehouse and loading dock; (e) a 6,770 square feet of office space; and (f) 2,400 square feet for a processing area (“Additions” together with the Existing Building collectively, the “Building”) situate on one (1) parcel of real estate consisting of 164.5 acres to be located at 63 Kutger Road, Town of Thompson, County of Sullivan, State of New York and identified on the Town of Thompson’s tax map Section 16, Block 1, Lot 12 (“Land”); (ii) the construction and equipping of the Building; (iii) acquisition, construction and installation thereon and therein of certain furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment and tools (“Equipment”); (iv) construction of improvements to the Building, the Land and the Equipment (collectively, the Building, the Land and the Equipment are referred to as the “Facility” or the “Project”); and (v) lease of the Facility from the Agency to the Company; and
WHEREAS, the total financial assistance being contemplated by the Agency is greater than $100,000; and
WHEREAS, it is contemplated that the Agency will (i) designate the Company as its agent for the purpose of constructing, installing and equipping the Facility; (ii) negotiate and enter into a Lease to Agency pursuant to which the Agency takes a leasehold interest in the Facility (“Lease Agreement”), a Leaseback to Company pursuant to which the Agency leases the Facility back to the Company (“Leaseback Agreement”) and PILOT Agreement with the Company; (iii) hold a leasehold interest in the Land, the improvements and personal property thereon which constitute the Facility (once the Lease Agreement, Leaseback Agreement and PILOT Agreement have been negotiated); and (iv) provide financial assistance to the Company in the form of (a) sales tax exemption for purchases related to the construction, installation and equipping of the Project; and (b) a real property tax abatement on increased value resulting from improvements to the Land through the PILOT Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto by the Department of Environmental Conservation of the State of New York (“SEQR”), the Agency constitutes a “State Agency”; and
WHEREAS, to aid the Agency in determining whether the Project may have significant adverse effects on the environment, the Company has presented a Short Form Environmental Assessment Form (“EAF”) to the Agency with respect to the Project for its review; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has determined that the construction, installation and equipping of the Facility is an Unlisted Action under SEQR; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has given due consideration to the Application of the Company and to representations by the Company that the proposed financial assistance is an inducement to the Company to undertake the construction, installation and equipping of the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has considered the following matters as more fully set forth in its Uniform Tax Exemption Policies:
(A) Permanent private sector job creation and retention;
(B) Estimated value of the tax exemption;
(C) Whether the affected taxing jurisdictions shall be reimbursed by the Company if the Facility does not fulfill the purposes for which the exemption was granted;
(D) Impact of Project on existing and proposed business or economic development projects;
(E) The amount of private sector investment generated or likely to be generated by the Project;
(F) Demonstrated public support for the Project;
(G) Likelihood of accomplishing the Project in a timely fashion;
(H) Environmental impact;
(I) Extent to which the Project will require additional services including, but not limited to educational, police, transportation, EMS and fire;
(J) Extent to which the Project will provide additional revenues; and
(K) Extent to which the Project will serve the public purposes of the Act by preserving permanent, private sector jobs or increasing the overall number of permanent, private sector jobs in the State
; and
WHEREAS, the Agency desires to encourage the Company to advance the job opportunities, health, general prosperity and economic welfare of the people of the County, State by providing the contemplated financial assistance and undertaking the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Chief Executive Officer has negotiated the Lease Agreement, Leaseback Agreement, PILOT Agreement and related documents with the Company; and
WHEREAS, the Lease Agreement, Leaseback Agreement, PILOT Agreement and related documents have been prepared by Agency Counsel.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MEMBERS OF THE AGENCY AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Company has presented to the Agency, among other things:
(A) The Application in form acceptable to the Agency;
(B) A Cost/Benefit Analysis relating to the proposed financial assistance; and
(C) The EAF.
Section 2. Based upon (i) the representations made by the Company to the Agency, and (ii) a review of the EAF and related documents, the Agency hereby determines that:
(A) The construction, installation and equipping of the Project consists of the construction, installation and equipping of the Facility; and
(B) The Facility is an Unlisted Action under the SEQR. Based upon the review by the Agency of the EAF and representations made by the Company to the Agency in connection with the Project, the Agency hereby finds that (i) the Project will result in no major impacts and therefore, is one which may not cause significant damage to the environment; (ii) the Project will not have a “significant effect on the environment” as such quoted term is defined in Article 8 of the Environmental Conservation Law and Regulations adopted pursuant thereto by the Department of Environmental Conservation of the State; and (iii) no “environmental impact statement” as such quoted term is defined in SEQR need be prepared for this action. This determination constitutes a negative declaration for purposes of SEQR. The Agency’s findings are incorporated in the EAF.
A copy of this resolution shall together with the attachments thereto be placed on file in the office of the Agency where the same shall be available for public inspection during business hours, and notices of this negative declaration shall be filed in such offices, posted in such places, and published in such publications as shall be necessary to conform with the requirements of SEQR.
Section 3. The Agency has determined that the proposed financial assistance exceeds the sum of $100,000.00 and therefore a public hearing on due notice was held on April 6, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. in the Legislative Hearing Room at the Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Monticello, County, State at which hearing comments relating to the proposed financial assistance were solicited. Said public hearing was open to the general public and public notice of the time and place of said public hearing was duly given in accordance with the applicable provisions of the General Municipal Law of the State.
Section 4. Based upon representations made by the Company to the Agency, the Agency hereby makes, finds and determines as follows:
(A) By virtue of the Act, the Agency has been vested with all powers necessary and convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of the Act and to exercise all powers granted to it under the Act;
(B) It is desirable and in the public interest for the Agency to (i) take a leasehold interest in the Land and to take title to the improvements and personal property constituting the Project; (ii) appoint the Company as its agent for purposes of constructing, installing and equipping the Project, and (iii) lease the Land, improvements and personal property constituting the Project to the Company pursuant to the Leaseback Agreement and subject to the PILOT Agreement;
(C) The Agency has the authority to take the actions contemplated therein under the Act; and
(D) The action to be taken by the Agency will induce the Company to develop the Project, thereby increasing employment opportunities in the County and otherwise furthering the purposes of the Agency as set forth in the Act.
Section 5. Subject to the Company executing an Agent Agreement in form and substance approved by the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency, the Agency hereby authorizes the Company to proceed with the construction, installation and equipping of the Project and hereby appoints the Company as the true and lawful agent of the Agency to construct, install and equip the Facility on behalf of the Agency; with the authority to delegate its status as agent of the Agency to the Company’s agents, subagents, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, vendors and other such parties as the Company may choose. The appointment described above includes the following activities as they relate to the construction, installation and equipping of the Facility, whether or not the materials, services or supplies described below are incorporated into or become an integral part of the Facility: (i) all purchases, leases, rentals and other uses of tools, machinery and equipment in connection with the construction, installation and equipping of the Facility; (ii) all purchases, rentals, uses or consumption of supplies, materials and services of every kind and description in connection with the construction, installation and equipping of the Facility; and (iii) all purchases, leases, rentals and uses of equipment, machinery, and other tangible personal property (including installation costs with respect thereto), installed or placed in, upon or under the Facility, including all repairs and replacements of such property. This agency appointment includes the power to make, execute, acknowledge and deliver any contracts, orders, receipts, writings and instructions, as the stated agents for the Agency, and in general to do all things which may be requisite or proper for completing the construction, installation and equipping of the Facility, all with the same powers and with the same validity as the Agency could do if acting on its own behalf. The aforesaid appointment of the Company as agent of the Agency to construct, install and equip the Facility shall expire on May 31, 2015 if the Lease Agreement, Leaseback Agreement and PILOT Agreement have not been executed and delivered.
Section 6. The Lease Agreement, Leaseback Agreement, PILOT Agreement and related documents which were negotiated by the Chief Executive Officer, are hereby approved as to form and substance on condition that: (i) the payments under the Leaseback Agreement include payments of all costs incurred by the Agency arising out of or related to the Project and indemnification of the Agency by the Company for actions taken by the Company and/or claims arising out of or related to the Project; and (ii) the terms of the PILOT Agreement are consistent with the Agency’s Uniform Tax Exemption Policy or the procedures for deviation have been compiled with.
Section 7. The Chairman, Vice Chairman or Chief Executive Officer of the Agency is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Agency, to execute and deliver the Lease Agreement, Leaseback Agreement, PILOT Agreement and related documents in the form presented at this meeting all with such changes, variations, omissions and insertions as the Chairman, Vice Chairman or Chief Executive Officer of the Agency shall approve, the execution thereof by the Chairman, Vice Chairman or Chief Executive Officer of the Agency to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
Section 8. The officers, employees and agents of the Agency are hereby authorized and directed in the name and on behalf of the Agency to do all acts and things required and to execute and deliver all such certificates, instruments and documents, to pay all such fees, charges and expenses and to do all such further acts and things as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the officer, employee or agent acting, desirable and proper to effect the purposes of this resolution and to cause compliance by the Agency with all of the terms, covenants and provisions of the documents executed for and on behalf of the Agency.
Section 9. It is hereby found and determined that all formal actions of the Agency concerning and relating to the adoption of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of the Agency; and that all deliberations of the Agency and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements.
Section 10. The Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director or Counsel to the Agency, each acting individually, are hereby authorized and directed (i) to distribute copies of this resolution to the Company; and (ii) to do such further things or perform such acts as may be necessary or convenient to implement the provisions of this resolution.
Section 11. This resolution shall take effect immediately.
The question of adoption of the foregoing resolutions were duly put to a vote on roll call, which resulted as follows:
Ira Steingart [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Edward T. Sykes [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Suzanne Loughlin [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Charles Barbuti, Jr. [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Sandy Shaddock [ ] Yes [ ] No [ x ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Sean Rieber [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Howard Siegel [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Carol Roig [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Paul Guenther [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
The resolutions were thereupon duly adopted.
STATE OF NEW YORK :
:ss.:
COUNTY OF SULLIVAN :
I, the undersigned (Assistant) Secretary of the County of Sullivan Industrial Development Agency DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:
- I have compared the foregoing copy of a resolution of the County of Sullivan Industrial Development Agency (“Agency”) with the original thereof on file in the office of the Agency, and that the same is a true and correct copy of such resolution and of the proceedings of the Agency in connection with such matter.
- Such resolution was passed at a meeting of the Agency duly convened in public session on the 13th day of April, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. at the Sullivan County Government Center, 100 North Street, Village of Monticello, Sullivan County, New York, at which the following members were present:
PRESENT ABSENT
Ira Steingart [ x ] [ ]
Edward T. Sykes [ x ] [ ]
Suzanne Loughlin [ x ] [ ]
Charles Barbuti, Jr. [ x ] [ ]
Sandy Shaddock [ ] [ x ]
Sean Rieber [ x ] [ ]
Howard Siegel [ x ] [ ]
Carol Roig [ x ] [ ]
Paul Guenther [ x ] [ ]
- The question of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly put to a vote on roll call which resulted as follows:
Ira Steingart [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Edward T. Sykes [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Suzanne Loughlin [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Charles Barbuti, Jr. [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Sandy Shaddock [ ] Yes [ ] No [ x ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Sean Rieber [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Howard Siegel [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Carol Roig [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
Paul Guenther [ x ] Yes [ ] No [ ] Absent [ ] Abstain
and therefore, the resolution was declared duly adopted.
I FURTHER CERTIFY that (i) all members of the Agency had due notice of said meeting, (ii) pursuant to Sections 103a and 104 of the Public Officers Law (Open Meetings Law), said meeting was open to the general public and public notice of the time and place of said meeting was duly given in accordance with such Sections 103a and 104, (iii) the meeting in all respects was duly held, and (iv) there was a quorum present throughout.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal on the 13th day of April, 2015.
Secretary
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