Financial agreement
Project partners
This project is complex and requires a financial agreement among the Town, Alberta, and the metro district on the property to make it financially feasible. Alberta estimates the total cost of the project is $180 million. Of that, the Town will contribute up to $24.48 million, or 13.6 percent of the total project, in shared sales tax and development fee reimbursements. The financial agreement was approved by Town Council on Jan. 7, 2014.
Key components of agreement
Past agenda memos
This project is complex and requires a financial agreement among the Town, Alberta, and the metro district on the property to make it financially feasible. Alberta estimates the total cost of the project is $180 million. Of that, the Town will contribute up to $24.48 million, or 13.6 percent of the total project, in shared sales tax and development fee reimbursements. The financial agreement was approved by Town Council on Jan. 7, 2014.
Key components of agreement
- The Town will share 27.5 percent of new sales tax revenues generated from that property for up to 25 years and will fund up to $4.45 million in development fee reimbursements and an additional $750,000 fee reimbursement tied to achieving 700,000 square feet in commercial development.
- The metro district on the development property intends to issue and repay $28.8 million in net bond proceeds for qualifying public improvements.
- Alberta intends to acquire the land, develop the property and otherwise fund the $180 million project.
- The financial agreements also include restrictions on Alberta relocating certain existing business in Castle Rock to the new development.
Past agenda memos
- Jan.7, 2014 Town Council Agenda Memo
- Updated Financial Impacts Document
- Updated Financial Agreement
- Nov. 19, 2014 Town Council Agenda Memo (has been updated for Jan. 7, 2014 meeting)
- Full Public Finance Agreement Initial Draft (was updated for Jan. 7, 2014 meeting)
- Final Public Finance Agreement Ordinance