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WAKELY AND ASSOCIATES INC TO RELOCATE HEADQUARTERS TO CLEARWATER _ .J!, r4 .. _I I AGREEMENT r ~ THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into this L!.. day of . , 1999, between the City of Clearwater, a municipal corporation (City), Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and Wakely and Associates, Inc. (Wakely). WHEREAS, Wakely is an actuarial and consulting firm which employs approximately one hundred and twenty-five (125) employees and is relocating its headquarters into the City of Clearwater; and WHEREAS, the City and CRA are willing to offer Wakely an incentive package with a total value of approximately One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for such relocation so long as Wakely meets the terms and conditions of this agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: 1. The term of this Agreement shall be for seven (7) years from the date of execution of a lease agreement by Wakely for its headquarters in downtown Clearwater. 2. Wakely agrees to relocate its headquarters to the City and shall enter into a lease for at least twenty thousand (20,000) square feet of Class A office space in downtown Clearwater for its approximately one hundred and twenty-five (125) employees within one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of this Agreement. 3. Upon signing of said lease, CRA agrees to assist Wakely in equipping its headquarters with Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) from the Brownfield Stabilization Fund. 4. City and CRA shall also jointly assist Wakely by providing fifty (50) parking spaces in the Garden Avenue Garage. The estimated value of such spaces shall not exceed Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00). Any cost in excess of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000.00) shall be paid by Wakely. City shall provide the fifty (50) parking spaces in the Garden Avenue Garage at a cost of Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), subsidized by the City Parking System. CRA shall pay the City Parking System Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) for the cost of providing the fifty (50) parking spaces. This parking incentive shall take effect when Wakely confirms employment of more than ninety-six (96) employees at its downtown location. 5. Wakely agrees to reimburse Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) to City if Wakely fails to maintain its leased headquarters in the City for at least (;;) I t three (3) years from the date of the execution of the lease agreement. Wakely agrees that, upon termination of its lease for any reason, this Agreement with the City and CRA shall be null and void without any further obligation on the part of the City and/or CRA. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hands and seals the day and year first hereinabove written. Rita Garvey Mayor-Commissioner Approved as to form: ~/ John Carassas Assistant City Attorney Approved as to form: ~~. Akin City Attorney ~ By: Its CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA By: Michael J. Roberto City Manager Attest: - ""., . ~='_. ~C~nthia E. Go~a!J "-. _.--- 1)- City Clerk - "" .-.-.- - ~--' .' COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE OF C ARWATER, FLORIDA By: ..;.- Attest: -_..-..~ L - "- ~.. '. '- - . " . ~ - - ." .- ~Cynlhia E"Gi~.~. ea~ ~.. /~ () City Clerk ...... . ." . - . - .- ........................... "