ST9502-CS 821230STATE OF TEXAS )
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COUNTY OF DALLAS )
THIS CONTRACT OF SALE ("Agreement") is made by and
between the PARKS OF COPPELL JOINT VENTURE II (hereinafter
"Owner") and the CITY OF COPPELL, a municipal corporation and
political subdivision of the State of Texas (hereinafter
"City") upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
The following terms shall have the meaning set forth
unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
'Property" - The approximately 766 acres of land owned
by Owner located within the City, as more particularly
described in the attached Exhibit "A", which is incorporated
herein by reference.
"Municipal Center Site" - The approximately 8 acres of
land located within the Property, as more particularly
described in the attached Exhibit "B", which is incorporated
herein by reference.
"Park Site" - The approximately 164.9 acres of land
located within the Property, as more particularly described in
the attached Exhibit "C", which is incorporated herein by
reference.
"Zoning Plan" - The zoning for t~e Property, approved
by the City Counci~ of the City on June 22, 1982, and evidenced
by Ordinance No. 204-~-16, dated July 27, 1982, as more
particularly set forth in the attached Exhibit "D", which is
incorporated herein by reference.
"ZOning Ordinance" - Ordinance No. 204, as amended, as
adopted by the City of Coppeli.
"Sub-Division Ordinance" - Ordinance No. 185, as
amended, as adopted by the City of Coppell.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
Owner hereby agrees to convey and City hereby agrees
to purchase the Municipal Center Site and Phase I (hereinafter
designated) of the Park Site, together with all and singular
the rights and appurtenances pertaining thereto, in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, it being understood that
Owner is simultaneously-granting to City options to purchase
the balance of the Park Site (Phases II and III thereof
hereinafter designated) under separate option agreements of
even date herewith.
ARTICLE III
PURCHASE PRICE
A. Municipal Center Site. The purchase price for
the Municipal Center Site shall be Three Hundred Sixty-One
Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-Two and No/100 Dollars
($361,292.00). The number of gross square feet has been
determined by survey as provided in Article VI hereinafter.
The purchase price for the Municipal Center Site shall be paid
by City to Owner on the Closing Date, as hereinafter defined,
in cash or by cashier's check payable to the order of Owner.
B. Park Site Phase I. The purchase pric~ for Phase
I of the Park Site shall be Two Hundred Thirty-Three Thousand
Seven Hundred Fifty and No/100 Dollars (~233,750.00) for the
approximately 51.34 acres designated "Phase I" on Exhibit
The purchase price for Phase I of the Park Site shall be paid
in cash or by cashier's check payable to the order of Owner.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS
BY O~ER
The obligation of Owner to consummate this Agreement
shall, at the option of Owner, be subject to the following
conditions precedent, any or all of which may We waived in
whole or in part by Owner in its sole discretion. It is
agreed, however, that City shall perform any particular waived
condition following Closing upon Owner's request, any such item
being a covenant which shall survive closing.
i. The Zoning Plan shall be in full force and effect
on the Closing Date.
2. The City Council of the City shall continue to
agree that the prbper interpretation of the Sub-Division
Ordinance with respect to the Property shall allow for the
Property to be developed as follows, it being agreed that such
interpretation and the resulting application of the
Sub-Division Ordinance is the normal and reasonable course in
light of all relevant circumstances:
(a) No perimeter alleys shall be required
between developments in different zoning classifications;
5A~ (b) Residential lots may front on Moore,
Deforest, Lodge, Beartz, Sandy Lake and Denton Tap Roads
and Parkway Boulevard, provided that rear access driveways
are provided for such lots;
(c) Moore, Deforest, Lodge and Heartz Roads and
Parkway Boulevard shall have sixty foot (60') rights-of-way
with forty-four foot (44') wide paving, provide8 that
Parkway Boulevard shall be a divided thoroughfare from
Denton Tap Road to Heartz Road with two twenty-four foot
(24') paving sections in seventy-four feet (74') Of
right-of-way;
(d) On Moore, Deforest, Heartz and Lodge Roads
and Parkway Boulevard, paving of only twenty-four feet
(24') in width shall be required until such time as a final
plat is filed of record for the property on the opposite
side of such road;
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(e) Denton Tap add Sandy Lake Roads shall have
one hundred twenty foot (!20') rights-of-way, provided
neither Owner nor its successors or assigns shall be
required to construct, grade, pave or provide drainage for,
or be specially assessed for the construction, grading,
paving or draining, of such roads;
(f) Sidewalks shall not be required to be
constructed until such time as a building permit is issued
for a particular lot or parcel; at such time, the sidewalk
may be constructed at the street curb line;
(g) Funds normally escrowed or used for
completion of perimeter streets upon approval of a final
plat may be used to build other collector streets in the
Property, provided that Owner enters into an agreement at
the time to replace such funds when a subsequent tract
within the Property obtains final plat approval.
The deferral of the following perimeter street
escrow or construction requirements and the foilOwing
replacement substitution is acceptable to the City. Other
deferrals and replacements requested by Owner will be
reviewed by the City on an individual basis for approval,
such approval to not be unreasonably withheld.
(i) Deforest Road adjacent to the east side
of Tract !7 - to be deferred at the platting of the
approximate south one-half (!/2) of Tract 17 and to be
replaced with the platting of the remainder of Tract
(ii) Lodge Road adjacent to the west side of
Tract ll - to.be deferred at the platting of Tract I1
and to be replaced with the platting of Tract 9.
(iii) Moore Road adjacent to the west side of
Tract 17 - to be deferred at the platting of Tract 17
and to be replaced with the platting of Tract 10.
(iv) Deforest Road adjacent to the east side
of Tract 15 - to be deferred at the platting of Tract
15 and to be replaced at the platting of Tract 4
(except for Parkway Boulevard right-of-way).
(v) Deforest Road adjacent to the east side
of Tract 14 - to be deferred at the platting of Tract
!4 and to be replaced with the platting of Tract 6
(except for Parkway Boulevard right-of-way).
(vi) Owner may substitute other tracts
within the Property for any "replacement" tract
provided Owner can reasonably demonstrate to the City
that the substitute tract has equal or better
development potential as the tract for which it is
substituted.
(h) Enclosed storm sewers shall be provided by
Owner in all areas where the quantity of the accumulated
storm runoff does not exceed the capacity of a thirty-six
inch (36") diameter reinforced concrete pipe on the maximum
available slope, as determined by Owner's engineers; where
such capacity would be exceeded, open drainage channels may
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De constructed at Owner's option for the colte~tor. channe!s
in such areas within the Property;
(i) Consent to borrow from or fill areas within
any designated floodway will not be unreasonably withheld
by the City;
(j) The electrical distribution system shall be
permitted to be overhead along Sandy Lake, Denton Tap,
Heartz, Moore, Lodge and Deforest Roads and Parkway
Boulevard and around the perimeter of each separately
numbered zoning tract; within each separately numbered
zoning tract, the electrical distribution system shall be
underground except as provided above;
(k) Filing of a final plat for an area shall
constitute acceptance by the City of the streets for
maintenance within such areas. It is agreed, however, that
Owner and City shall not cause to be filed any previously
approved plat until such streets have been constructed in
accordance with the city specifications and accepted by the
City of Coppall for maintenance as provided in the
Subdivision Ordinance.
(I) The one-time Park Fee normally imposed by
the City shall apply to the Property, provided, however,
any Park Fee or similar charge imposed by the City shall
not exceed Five Hundred Dollars (S500.00) for any net acre
within the Property not conveyed to City pursuant hereto.
Proceeds of any such fee shall be used by City either to
make payments on the Note or to develop the Park Site. Any
such fee due by Owner with respect to the first phase of
development by Owner within the Proper~y shall be payable
at such time as Owner receives final approval of its second
plat submitted for.an area within the Property; and
(m)"' Owner shall not be required to build water
and sanitary sewer lines with the construction of Parkway
Boulevard. Those lines to be located in the Parkway
Boulevard right-of-way shall be constructed when and as
those tracts adjacent to Parkway Boulevard are developed.
3. The City Council of the City shall have taken
appropriate steps, including the adoption of such ordinances,
if any should be necessary, in order that:
(a) Owner will not be required to participate in
any manner in the construction of an extension of Moore
Road north of the floodway line.
(b) The City will have abandoned Lodge Road
along the southern boundary of Tract 9 as shown on the
Zoning Plan;
(c) The City will have approved a master
drainage plan for the Property prepared by Threadgill-Dowdy
& Associates, Inc., which will include the location of any
fill or borrow areas needed for restoration of mined areas
and the location of any berm that may be proposed to be
constructed;
(d) The City will have granted its consent to
the use of fill or borrow areas located on the Park Site or
elsewhere as may be specified by Threadgill-Dowdy &
Associates, Inc.; and
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(e) The City will have agreed to accept water
detention areas as shown on the master drainage plan for
maintenance purposes.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
In consideration of the mutual undertakings set out in
this Article V, and as additional consideration for the
purchase and sale of the Municipal Center Site and said Phase
I, and the granting of the options referenced in Article II
above, Owner and City covenant and agree as follows, it being
understood that such covenants and agreements are normal and
reasonable provisions in light of all the circumstances:
1. The City shall pay its pro rata share of all
utilities, paving, culverts, bridges, drainage, and other
actual costs of improvements constructed adjacent to or
that benefit the Municipal Center Site or Park Site.
Attached as Exhibit "E" is a preliminary estimate by
Threadgill-Dowdy & Associates, Inc., consulting engineers,
of City's pro rata (see items A, C and D thereof) share of
Parkway Boulevard adjacent to the Municipal Center Site, it
being agreed that actual costs may vary substantially from
Exhibit E. City's pro rata share shall be payable within
fifteen (15) days after certification from-0wner's engineer
that all such improvements or parts thereof have been
completed to the standards of the City of CopFell or
construction draws have been appropriately certified.
Owner agrees that City may construct the north one-half of
Parkway Boulevard adjacent to the Park Site subsequent to
Owner's construction of the South one-half of Parkway
Boulevard, and City agrees to complete construction of the
North one-half of Parkway Blvd. no later than three (3)
years following closing. All street rights-of-way around
the perimeterof such sites shall be located one-half on
such sites. The City shall dedicate such rights-of-way on
or before the written request of Owner to City.
2. The City will not unreasonably deny permits
requested by Owner for the burning of vegetation, brush,
and trees cleared from the Property.
3. In areas of the Property zoned Multi-Family
2 in accordance with the Zoning Plan, a courtyard area and
swimming pool for the private use of'the occupants of those
projects will be provided;
4. A merchants' association with agreement of
Owner, shall maintain any landscaping adjacent to the
proposed Main Street as shown on the Zoning Plan for a
period of ten (10) years after cons:ruction of Main Street
commences; provided that such area shall be dedicated to
the public, that the City will make water for such
maintenance purposes. available free of any and all charges,
cost or expense, and that the City will be responsible for
maintenance after such ten (10) year period;
5. If the City should ever act to dissolve or
acquire the assets of the Coppell Municipal Utility
District No. 1 ("C_MUD"), it will assume and make payment,
at maturity, Of any outstanding Bond Anticipation Notes
issued to Owner by such utility district and honor any
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agreements between Owner and CM~ by assuming ~ny .
outstanding obligations or contracts of the C_MUD made with
the Owner.
6. The Municipal Center Site and Park Site
shall be used by the City in accord with the zoning of such
sites under the Zoning Plan and the City shall not change
the Zoning Plan with respect to such sites. All use and
construction on such sites shall be subject to the same
restrictive covenants as are placed on parts of the
Property toned Town Center, including the requirement of
plan approval by any architectural review board, or any
similar board, established for areas within the Property
adjacent to the Municipal Center Site.
7. Owner acquired the Property for investment
purposes and desires Zo maintain an investment in real
estate following conveyance of %he relevant parts of the
Property =o City. To this end, Owner desires to effect a
tax deferred, like-kind exchange pursuant to Section 103!
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and in
connection therewith, City agrees to cooperate with Owner
so long as City shall not become subject to monetary
obligations or monetary liabilities greater than those
contained in this Contract, and Owner does hereby indemnify
and hold City harmless from and against any and all
liability arising under, resulting from or in connection
with the exchange contemplated by Owner. Without limiting
Owner's general rights as herein stated, Owner shall have
certain specific rights to effect an exchange transaction
under this Contract. At any time before the Closing Date,
Owner shall have the right to elect tO make this an
exchange transaction rather than a sale transaction by
giving City written notice to that effect. If Owner elects
to make ~his an exchange transaction, City shall make a
good faith ef~rt to purchase, on terms and conditions
reasonably determined by Owner, one or more parcels of-real
property -to be designated by Seller (the "Exchange
Property"). Any contract City may enter into for the
Exchange Property shall be freely assignable to Owner,
without consent, by City and shall provide that City has no
liability thereunder except for any earnest money which may
be required to be deposited thereunder. In the event the
seller of the Exchange Property alleges any default
thereunder, 'City will have the right to assign, and Owner
will assume and release City from any obligations and
liabilities arising under the contract for the E~xchange
Property, in which event an amount equal to the amount of
any earnest money deposited by City for the purchase of the
Exchange Property shall be immediately paid by Owner to
City. The total cost (including prorations and normal
ClOSing COSTS) tO City Of acquiring and holding the
Exchange Property shall not exceed the applicable purchase
prices as set forth herein. On the Closing Date, City
shall transfer the Exchange Property to Owner by Special
Warranty Deed in exchange for. those portions of the
Property to be conveyed pursuant hereto and shall remit any
portion of such purchase prices which was not expended in
acquiring or holding the Exchange Property. In the event
that the Exchange Property has not been located on the
Closing Date, Owner may elect to convey the appropriate
portions of the Property to City pursuant to a deferred
"Starker" exchange- In such event, Owner, on the Closing
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Date, shall corvey or cause such portions of the Property
to be conveyed to City, and all or part of the aforesaid
purchase prices, at Owner's option, shall be applied in
connection with such deferred exchange to acquire the
Exchange Property on such basis as Owner may direct.
8. City acknowledges that the Park Site and
'Municipal Center Site are being acquired in an undeveloped
status and are within the 100 year Flood Plain as
established by the Federal ~mergency Management Agency
and/or the U.S. Corp of Engineers and are subject to
inundation of water Irom time to time. City agrees to use
all excavation material from the Park Site (except
marketable gravel deposits) first for filling areas of the
Park Site and Municipal Center Site as designated by Owner
from time to time. Owner shall have the right to select in
its sole discretion the method of future flood control to
.be utilized on the Property (whether by fill, levee system,
~r a combination thereof or any other feasible metbed) and
City agrees that its flood control method employed for the
Park Site and Municipal Center Site shall be consistent
with the method used for the Property as determined by
Owner.
9. Owner agrees to construct Parkway Boulevard
from Denton Tap Road to Heartz Road, and to commence such
construction within one (1) year of Closing.
10. City agrees to build, at its cost, a sixteen
inch (16") water line along the east side of Denton Tap
Road ~rom Sandy Lake Road to Parkway Boulevard to provide
water service to the Park Site and Municipal Center Site,
and City agrees to complete construction of such water line
prior to Owner's completion of utilities to be constructed
in Parkway Boulevard as required by paragraph 9 immediately
above. A preliminary estimate of the cost of such water
line is set'f~}rth in item B of Exhibit E attached hereto.
ARTICLE VI
SURVEYS
The Owner has delivered to City, at its cost,
perimeter surveys of the Municipal Center Site and Phases I, II
and III of the Park Site. Such surveys, which are acceptable
to City, state the gross number of square feet in the Municipal
Center Site and the gross number of acres in each of Phase I,
II and III of ~he Park Site, including certain areas to be
dedicated by ~he City as rights-of-way pursuant to Article V
above. If the closing of %he purchase of such sites fails to
occur for any reason, the City shall promptly reimburse Owner
for the cost of such surveys.
ARTICLE Vii
MODIFICATION OF LIENS
The obligations.of Owner to consummate this Agreement
is expressly'subject to Owner obtaining modifications of the
release provisions contained in the Deeds of Trust affecting
the Municipal Center Site and Park Site satisfactory to it in
order that it can convey such sites in accordance with this
Agreement. Owner shall use all reasonable effort to obtain
such modifications.
ARTICLE VIII
TITLE POLICY
Within fifteen (15) days after City executes and
delivers this Agreement, Owner, at Owner's sole cost and
expense, shall cause to be delivered to City an Owner's Title
Policy Co~umitment (hereinafter the "Commi=ment") issued by
Chicago Title Insurance Company, 2001 Bryan Tower, Dallas,
Texas (hereinafter the "Title Company") and accompanied by
certified copies of all recorded documents relating to
restrictions, easements and other matters affecting the
Municipal Center Site and Phase I of the Park Site. City shall
give Owner written notice on or before the expiration of two
(2) days after it receives the Conunitment and said copies of
documents, if any encumbrances listed in the Commitment are not
satisfactory to City. In the event City gives notice that any
encumbrances are not satisfactory, Owner may undertake to
eliminate or modify. all such unacceptable matters to the
reasonable satisfaction of City. In the event Owner is unable
or unwilling to do so within one (1) day after receipt of such
written notice, City may, at its option, terminate this
Agreement, in which event neither party hereto shall have any
further obligation or liability hereunder. If such notice is
not given by City to Owner, the encumbrances shall be deemed to
be acceptable and any objection thereto shall be deemed to be
waived for all purposes. Notwithstanding anything herein to
~he contrary, eXiSting deed of trust liens and utility
easements shall not be the subject of objection by City.
ARTICLE IX
CLOSING
The closing shall be held at the office of the Title
Company at 10:00 A.M. on December 31, 1982, unless held upon an
earlier date agreed upon by City and Owner (the "Closing Date").
On the Closing Date, Owner shall:
1. Deliver to City duly executed and acknowledged
Special Warranty Deeds in forms attached hereto as Exhibits .~- ,
G and I~ for the Municipal Center Site and Phase I of the
Park Site, each conveying good and marketable title in fee
simple, free and clear of any and all liens, encumbrances,
conditions, easements, assessments, and restrictions, except
those approved by City;
2. Cause to be issued to City an Owner's Title
Policy in the amount of the total purchase price insuring such
title; and
3. Deliver'to City possession of the Municipal
Center Site and Phase I of the Park Site.
On the Cio~iDg Date, City shall pay in cash the
purchase price to Owner-as set forth in Article III hereof.
General real estate taxes for the then current year
relating to the Municipal Center Site and Phase I of the Park
Site shall be prorated as of the Closing Date and shall be
adjusted in cash on the Closing Date. If the Closing Date
shall occur before the tax rate is fixed for the then current
year, the apportionment of taxes shall be upon the basis of the
tax rate for the then preceding year applied to the latest
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assessed valuation. If the Title Company has not made a final
determination of the ad valorem taxes due, then Owner shall
remain obligated to pay the correct and final taxes following
closing.
Other costs of closing and consummating the sale and
purchase shall be borne and paid as follows:
(a) Owner's Title Policy shall be obtained and paid
by Owner;
(b) Escrow fee, if any, shall be paid by City;
(c) Filing Fees shall be paid by City; and
(d) Owner and City shall each pay their own
attorneys' fees.
ARTICLE X
CONTINUING AGREEMENT
The agreements and covenants set forth in this
Agreement are prospective in nature and shall not be merged
into the closing of the conveyances contemplated, but shall
survive such closing. The City acknowledges that the Owner
intends to retain and develop for purposes of leasing to
tenants and for investment the balance of the Property not to
be conveyed to City pursuant hereto or the aforementioned
option agreements and that consequently the Owner would not
have agreed to sell the Municipal Center Site and Phase I of
the Park Site but for the agreements contained in this
Agreement, including without limitation, the provisions of
Articles IV and V and this Article X. Therefore, City hereby
agrees that it will not, without the written consent of Owner
or the owner of the part of the Property that would be
affected, through the adoption of new or amended ordinances or
any other method,' deny or alter Owner's right, and the right of
subsequent owners of any part of the Property, to develop the
Property in accordance with the Zoning Plan, the continuing
interpretation of the Sub-Division Ordinance, and the
agreements contained in Articles IV and V hereof, and to
enforce any other agreements made by the City, for a twenty
(20) year period commencing on the date of execution of this
Agreement by Owner. Should the City do so, or directly or
indirectly act or fail to act in a manner which would impair
the position or rights of Owner contemplated by this Article X,
Owner shall have the right to repurchase Phase I of the Park
Site for an amount equal to the purchase price paid by City to
Owner, which right shall be set forth in the Special Warranty
Deed to be delivered by Owner pursuant to Article IX
hereinabove and in a short form recordable memorandum of this
Contract of Sale to be executed and delivered at Closing in
form satisfactory to Owner.
ARTICLE XI
BREACH BY OWNER
If Owner fails fully and timely to perform any of its
obligations hereunder or fails to consummate the sale of the
Municipal Center Site and Phase I of the Park Site for any
reason, except City's default hereunder, or City or Owner's
termination of this Agreement pursuant to the terms hereof,
City's sole remedy is to enforce specific performance of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE XII
BREACE EY CITY
If City shall fail to consummate the purchase of the
Municipal Center Site and Phase I of the Park Site, the
conditions to City's obligation have been satisfied and City
being in default and Owner not in default hereunder, Owner as
its sole remedy may enforce specific performance of the City's
obligations hereunder, except that Owner shall not have a right
to enforce specific performance to require the City to purchase
all or any part of the Municipal Center Site or Phase I of the
Park Site.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
Parties Bound·
This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure
to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns,
including all owners of any part of the Property.'
Prior Agreements Superseded
This Agreement and the aforementioned option
agreements of even date herewith, constitute the sole and only
agreements of the parties hereto and supersede'all prior
understandings and written or oral agreements between the
parties respecting the within subject matter.
Time of the Essence
Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
EXECUTED AND DELIVERED
By City on/Z-~(9 , 1982
Attest:
EXECUTED AND DELIVERED
By Owner on /D/~O , 1982
CITY":
CItY 0F COPPELL
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"OWNER": ~
PARKS OF COPPELL JOINT
VENTURE II
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