File #: LM-2020-0463    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Order Status: Passed
File created: 11/4/2020 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action: 12/21/2020
Title: ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND LAND DISPOSITION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN AND BEULAH LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 316 DIXWELL AVENUE AND 340 DIXWELL AVENUE AND 783 ORCHARD STREET
Attachments: 1. 316 and 340 Dixwell Checklist and Cover Letter, 2. 340 Dixwell Avenue Amended and Restated LDA November 3 2020, 3. LM-2020-0463
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ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ALDERS OF THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN APPROVING AN AMENDED AND RESTATED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND LAND DISPOSITION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF NEW HAVEN AND BEULAH LAND DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INC. FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 316 DIXWELL AVENUE AND 340 DIXWELL AVENUE AND 783 ORCHARD STREET
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WHEREAS, Beulah Land Development Corporation, Inc. (the "Developer") previously executed and delivered to the City of New Haven (the "City") a Land Disposition Agreement dated January 12, 2007 (the "LDA") for the development of parcels of land designated as 340 Dixwell Avenue aka 328-350 Dixwell Avenue and 304 Munson Street aka 330-340 Dixwell Avenue, New Haven, which LDA is recorded in Volume 7847 at Page 169 of the New Haven Land Records; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the LDA, the Developer was to rehabilitate said parcels of land which were to be used and maintained for commercial purposes, specifically as a pharmacy, but such developments have not taken place and said parcels of land have remained undeveloped; and

WHEREAS, the City and the Developer wish to enter into an Amended and Restated Development Agreement and Land Disposition Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto (the "Agreement") providing for a reimagined redevelopment project involving a mix of market rate housing and affordable housing, as described in the Agreement (the "Project") and including two additional parcels of land known as 316 Dixwell Avenue and 783 Orchard Street in order to increase the density of the Project; and

WHEREAS, the City is the current owner of 316 Dixwell Avenue (the "City Parcel") which City Parcel shall be conveyed to the Developer pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Agreement; and

WHEREAS, in view of the provision of affordable housing, and pursuant to the Order of the Board of Alders concerning the Project dated [ ] the Agreement provides for the abatement of certain real estate taxes as well as a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT...

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