Exhibit 10.3
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT LEASE
BY AND BETWEEN
THE CITY OF EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA
AND SHOWBOAT MARINA PARTNERSHIP
REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT LEASE
THIS REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT LEASE
(“Lease”), made and entered into as of the 19th day of
October, 1995, by and between the CITY OF EAST CHICAGO, DEPARTMENT
OF REDEVELOPMENT, existing pursuant to Indiana Code 36-7-14 (the
“City”) and SHOWBOAT MARINA PARTNERSHIP, an Indiana
general partnership (“Tenant”),
WITNESSETH THE FOLLOWING:
Recitals:
A. Pursuant to IC 36-7-14 and IC
36-7-25 (collectively, the “Act”), the Indiana General
Assembly has authorized redevelopment commission to approve plans
for and determine that geographic areas within redevelopment
districts are redevelopment areas.
B. The East Chicago
Redevelopment Commission (the “Commission”), pursuant
to the provisions of IC 36-7-14-41 and Resolution No. 1165 and
1166, established a redevelopment area within the East Chicago
Redevelopment District known as the Lake Front Development Area
(the “Area”) and adopted a redevelopment plan for the
Area, which resolution and Plan were amended by Resolution
No. 1213 (collectively, the “Plan”).
C. The Commission has
determined, in order to fulfill the purposes and objectives of the
Plan, to acquire certain real property within the Area, and has
acquired certain real property in accordance with the provisions of
applicable law.
D. The Commission has, pursuant
to and in accordance with the provisions of the Act, offered the
real property so acquired for lease and has received an offer from
Tenant for the lease of said real property which is in accordance
with offering documents and meets the requirements and fulfills the
purposes and objectives of the Plan.
E. The Commission has determined
that the development of the Redevelopment Project (as defined
herein) as proposed in Tenant’s offer will be beneficial to
the citizens are taxpayers of East Chicago, Indiana, and that it is
in the best interests of the citizens and taxpayers of the East
Chicago Redevelopment District for the City to enter into a lease
as set forth herein.
F. Pursuant to and in
furtherance of the foregoing, the parties desire to enter into this
lease.
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Lease Agreement
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing premises, the mutual covenants of the parties herein
contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the City hereby
demises and lets to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases from the City,
the Leased Premises, for the term and upon the covenants, terms and
conditions herein contained, and in connection therewith the
parties now agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
Leased Premises
Section 1.01 .
Description of the Leased Premises . The Leased Premises
shall be and consist of certain real property described in Exhibit
“A” attached hereto and incorporated herein by this
reference and all rights, privileges, easements and other interests
appurtenant to such Leased Premises (collectively called the
“Leased Premises”). Upon the completion of any survey
required or permitted hereunder, the legal description contained in
Exhibit “A” shall be amended to reflect the legal
description included in such survey to the extent such legal
description differs from the description in Exhibit “A”
attached hereto. To the extent required or permitted under this
Lease, Tenant shall have the right to construct upon the Leased
Premises any and all buildings, structures and improvements and to
make any alterations thereof for the Redevelopment Project as
described in Section 5.02.
Section 1.02 .
Leasehold Title Insurance . Prior to the Possession Date,
Tenant may obtain a commitment issued by Chicago Title Insurance
Company (the “Title Company”) for a leasehold policy of
title insurance, in which commitment said insurance company shall
agree that, after execution, delivery and recordation of a
memorandum of this Lease and payment of the applicable premium, it
will insure, for to be determined by Tenant Dollars ($
) Tenant’s leasehold interest
in the Leased Premises, subject only to current nondelinquent real
estate taxes and such other matters as Tenant shall agree to in
writing and with such policy endorsements as Tenant or any Provider
may request. Tenant shall provide a copy of the commitment to City.
In the event Tenant deems unacceptable any defect in title or other
matter disclosed in such commitment or any refusal of the Title
Company to agree to issue any policy endorsement (“Title
Defect”), Tenant may either waive such Title Defect or may
give written notice to City of such Title Defect, and City shall
have fifteen (15) days in which to cure such Title Defect. In
the event City fails to effect such a cure, Tenant may terminate
this Lease by written notice to City and obtain a refund of any
sums paid as rental to the date of such notice, or Tenant may waive
such Title Defect.
Section 1.03 .
Boundary Survey . Prior to the Possession Date, Tenant may,
at Tenant’s expense, obtain a boundary survey of the Leased
Premises. Such survey shall be prepared to the standards for an
Indiana Land Title Association Minimum Standard Detail Survey and
shall
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certify
as to whether any portion of the Leased Premises is located within
a flood hazard zone. Tenant shall provide a copy of the survey to
City. Such survey shall contain such other certifications as Tenant
or any Provider may request. In the event the survey discloses any
matter that is unacceptable to Tenant, Tenant may either waive such
matter or may give written notice to City of such unacceptable
matter, and City shall have fifteen (15) days in which to cure
such matter. In the event City fails to effect such a cure, Tenant
may terminate this Lease by written notice to City and obtain a
refund of any sums paid as rental to the date of such notice, or
Tenant may waive such matter.
Section 1.04 .
Environmental Assessment . Prior to the Possession Date,
Tenant may conduct such environmental assessments as it deems
prudent in its sole discretion. Tenant shall provide copies to City
of any such environmental assessments performed. If such
assessments reveal environmental conditions that are not acceptable
to Tenant, Tenant may terminate this Lease by giving notice thereof
in writing to the City, if, within fifteen (15) days after
notice of such condition, the City refuses to undertake a cure of
such environmental condition. If the City undertakes a cure of any
such environmental condition, it shall complete such cure
diligently to the satisfaction of Tenant and any Provider.
Section 1.05 .
Covenants of the City . The City’s demise to Tenant
hereunder is expressly made subject to the following:
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The lien of real estate taxes, if any, and all general and
special governmental assessments, dues, charges and impositions not
delinquent; |
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All easements, restrictions, agreements, covenants and other
matters of record to which Tenant consents in writing; |
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The rights of the public to reasonable access to the marina
basin adjacent to the real estate conveyed to the City by the East
Chicago Park and Recreation Board pursuant to a Quitclaim Deed
dated May 17, 1994 and the beach area located on the eastern
portion of the such real estate, which areas shall be administered
by the East Chicago Park and Recreation Department, which rights
shall be incorporated in an appropriate easement(s) agreement among
the City, the Tenant and the East Chicago Park and Recreation
Board. |
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ARTICLE II.
Term
Section 2.01 . Term
and Holdover . The term of this Lease shall be deemed to have
commenced on the date that Tenant receives from the Indiana Gaming
Commission a certificate of suitability as authorized under
regulations of said Commission (the “Commencement
Date”). The parties shall execute a separate writing
acknowledging the Commencement Date), which shall be recorded in
the Office of the Recorder of Lake County, Indiana. This Lease
shall continue to and including the thirtieth anniversary of the
Commencement Date or the last day of any renewal term under
Section 2.04 hereof, (the “Termination Date”),
unless sooner terminated under the provisions of this Lease (the
“Term”). In the event that Tenant remains in possession
of the Leased Premises with the consent of the City after the
expiration of this Lease, without any extension or renewal of the
Term, Tenant shall be deemed to be a tenant from month-to-month, at
a monthly rental of one-twelfth (1/12) the then current rental of
the Leased Premises and subject to all other covenants, terms and
conditions of this Lease, insofar as applicable to a
month-to-month, tenancy. Such month-to-month tenancy shall be
terminable by either party upon thirty (30) days written
notice to the other, delivered as of and prior to the end of any
calendar month. The exercise by Tenant of its right under Section
17.02 of this Lease to enter the Leased Premises during the sixty
(60) day period following the expiration of this Lease for the
purpose of removing of trade fixtures, business equipment and
personal property from the Leased Premises to the extent permitted
by Section 17.02 of this Lease shall not be deemed to
constitute a holding over or create a tenancy from month-to month
hereunder. Tenant shall, however, during such period continue to be
bound by the duties, covenants and agreements of Tenant under this
Lease, including, without limitation, the covenants and agreements
relating to insurance and indemnification, excepting only the
obligation to pay rent.
Section 2.02 . Early
Termination by Tenant . At any time subsequent to the eighth
anniversary of the Commencement Date, in the event that Tenant, in
its sole discretion, shall determine that it is no longer
economically feasible to operate the Redevelopment Project, Tenant
may terminate this lease upon ninety (90) days written notice
to the City. Upon termination, the Tenant shall pay, in a lump sum,
an amount equal to one year’s annual rental at the time of
termination. The duties and obligation of the parties in the event
of an early termination under this Section shall be the same as the
duties and obligations of the parties set forth in this Lease upon
expiration of this Lease at the end of its full term.
Section 2.03 .
License Contingency . The City acknowledges that the ability
of Tenant to perform its obligations under this Lease is contingent
upon Tenant acquiring from the State of Indiana a license to
operate a riverboat gaming casino. In the event that (a) a
person other than Tenant is issued such license or (b) Tenant
has not received a certificate of suitability under the regulations
of the Indiana Gaming Commission within three (3) years of the
date of the Commencement Date, does not have its license renewed,
or has its license revoked or suspended, either party may terminate
this Lease by written notice to the other party. In the event the
Lease is not so terminated, the obligations of the parties shall
continue hereunder,
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except
that any obligations of Tenant hereunder relating to the operation
of a riverboat gaming casino shall be suspended until such time, if
any, that Tenant obtains a certificate of suitability, a renewal of
its license, or the issuance of a license that has been suspended
or revoked. In the event the Lease is terminated and all or a
portion of the Leased Premises is subsequently leased to a person
other than Tenant who has obtained a license to operate a riverboat
gaming casino, Tenant shall be reimbursed by such new tenant for
all its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the work
described in Section 5.01 hereof, which costs shall be
documented to the City’s reasonable satisfaction, and the
City shall also use its good faith efforts to cause any new tenant
of the Leased Premises to reimburse Tenant for all leasehold
expenditures made by Tenant to the date of termination, including,
but not limited to, rental payments made and the costs and expenses
of all leasehold improvements, fixtures and equipment. Tenant
reserves the right upon termination of the Lease for the reasons
stated in the Section 2.03 to demolish or remove all leasehold
improvements, fixtures and equipment constructed of installed by
it, in which event the City shall have no obligation under the
preceding sentence to seek reimbursement of the costs of leasehold
improvements to the extent such have been demolished or
removed.
Section 2.04 .
Renewal Terms . The term of this Lease may be extended for
two (2) additional thirty (30) year terms at the election
of the Tenant in writing, which election may be made at any time
prior to the expiration of the then existing term.
Section 2.05 . Early
Possession . Tenant shall be entitled to exclusive possession
of the Leased Premises from and after the Possession Date, and the
parties shall be bound by the terms and provisions of this Lease
from and after the Possession Date, provided that Tenant shall not
be obligated to pay any annual rental payment (except for the 1/2
payment payable upon execution hereof as provided in
Section 4.01) until the Commencement Date.
ARTICLE III.
Definitions
The following terms, whenever
appearing in this Lease with initial capital letters, shall have
the respective meanings set forth or referred to in this
Article III:
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“Condemnation Proceeds” shall mean the total
aggregate award resulting from any condemnation proceedings with
respect to the Leased Premises and Redevelopment Project, exclusive
of any award to Tenant or any of its sublessees or licensees as an
award for loss of business or moving expenses. |
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“Construction Period” shall mean the period during
which the Redevelopment Projects is initially constructed. |
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“Constructive Total Taking” shall mean a taking in
a condemnation proceeding of such scope that the remaining portion
of the Leased Premises and |
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Redevelopment project would be insufficient to permit the
economically feasible operation of the Leased Premises and
Redevelopment Project. |
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“Environmental Laws” shall mean federal, state and
local laws and implementing regulations, effective on or after the
Commencement Date, relating to pollution or protection of the
environment, including laws or regulations relating to emissions,
discharges, releases or threatened releases of pollutants,
contaminants, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous
substances or wastes into the environment (including without
limitation ambient air, surface water, ground water or land), or
otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution,
use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of
pollutants, contaminates, chemical or industrial, toxic or
hazardous substances or wastes. Such laws shall include, but not be
limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation
and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et
seq (“CERCLA”), the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 3251, et
seq . the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended,
33 U.S.C. § 466 et seq . (“Clean Water
Act”), and Indiana Code, Title 13 - Environment, as
amended. |
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“Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth
in Section 11.01 herein. |
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“Possession Date” shall mean the date upon which
the City receives written notice from Tenant of Tenant’s
election to take possession of the Leased Premises. |
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“Redevelopment Project” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 5.02 herein. |
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“Provider” shall mean an entity empowered to make
loans, enter into other financing arrangements, own, lease,
purchase or sell property or by any other means provide for
buildings and other improvements and equipment on real estate, and
the acquisition and disposal of interests in such buildings,
improvements, equipment and real estate which furnishes to Tenant
(its successors and assigns) the primary source of funds,
buildings, improvements, equipment or other things secured by or in
connection with any mortgage, assignment, lease, sublease, purchase
subject to seller’s right of repurchase or other encumbrance,
financing, sale or lease document or agreement whatsoever, relating
to the financing, refinancing, construction, sale, lease or
development of the Redevelopment Project. |
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“Termination Date” shall have the meaning set forth
in Article II herein. |
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“Trustee” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article XXII herein. |
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“Unavoidable Delays” shall mean any delay in the
achievement of any deadline required under this Lease by reason of
fire, casualty, strikes, lockout, labor |
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troubles, failure of power, governmental authority, riots,
insurrection, war or other reason of like nature, or failure of
timely performance by the other party which delay, hindrance or
prevention of performance is not within the reasonable control of
the party obligated to perform and is not avoidable by reasonable
diligence. |
ARTICLE IV.
Lease Consideration
Section 4.01.
Rent . This consideration for this Lease shall be
(a) an annual rental of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars
($400,000.00), subject to the adjustments as provided below,
through the Term and any extension of the Term pursuant to
Section 2.04 and (b) Tenant’s undertakings for the
development of the Redevelopment project on the Leased Premises as
described in Section 5.02. The annual rental shall be payable to
the City on the Commencement Date and on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date by check subject to collection at the address of
the City specified in Article XX hereinbelow, provided that
the first annual rental payment shall be paid one-half (1/2)upon
execution of this Lease and one-half (1/2) upon the Commencement
Date.
Section 4.02 .
Adjustments to Annual Rent . The annual rental payable
hereunder shall be adjusted beginning on the third anniversary date
of the Commencement Date and on the same date of every third year
thereafter, each such date being called a Rental Adjustment Date.
Such adjustments shall be based upon increases in the Consumer
price Index (hereinafter the “Index”), all items,
published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States
Department of Labor. In computing the rental adjustment for each
Rental Adjustment Date (the “Current Rental Adjustment
Date”) the Index last published preceding the last preceding
Rental Adjustment Date (the “Prior Rental Adjustment
Date”) or preceding the Commencement Date in event of the
first adjustment), shall be the base Index for purposes of
calculating the annual rental for the three (3) year period
commencing on the Current Rental Adjustment Date. Any increase in
the Index from the base Index to the Index last published preceding
the Current Rental Adjustment Date shall be computed as a
percentage and the annual rental to be paid by Tenant during the
three (3) year period commencing on the Current Rental
Adjustment Date shall be the annual rental payable by Tenant for
the period immediately prior to the Current Rental Adjustment Date
multiplied by the sum of One Hundred Percent (100%) plus such
change in the Index; but shall in no event be less than the annual
rental payable by Tenant for the period immediately prior to the
Current Rental Adjustment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing the
rental adjustment made for any Rental Adjustment Date shall not
exceed. One Hundred Five Percent (105%) of the annual rental
determined on the Prior Rental Adjustment Date (or the Commencement
Date in the event of the first adjustment).
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ARTICLE V.
Construction of Redevelopment Project
Section 5.01. The City’s Assistance
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The City shall in good faith take all procedural steps that are
reasonably and lawfully required and necessary to enable the
Tenant, its sublessees and/or a not-for-profit building corporation
to finance and construct a breakwall, public parking facility,
roadwork for ingress and egress and utilities (sewer, water, gas,
electric, etc.) to the Redevelopment Project. The parties
acknowledge that such activity is to be financed through a lease
financing under applicable Indiana statutes. |
Section 5.02. Redevelopment Project . The
“Redevelopment Project” shall mean:
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The development and construction of a first class riverboat
casino to be developed and operated by Tenant, as licensed to do so
under the provisions of IC 4-33, which may include land-based
facilities, including, but not limited to restaurants,
entertainment facilities and parking areas, and other facilities or
uses necessary and desirable for the operation of the riverboat
casino, all in accordance with the provisions of the Lakefront
Development Area Redevelopment Plan, as amended, and substantially
in accordance with Tenant’s bid submitted to City on
August 9, 1994. |
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Any and all buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures,
equipment and appurtenances necessary or incidental to the
construction, maintenance and operation of the project described in
paragraph (a) and any alterations thereof. |
Section 5.03.
Completion of the Redevelopment Project . Tenant shall
within one hundred eighty (180) days after receipt of a
certificate of suitability from the Indiana Gaming Commission cause
the commencement of construction of the Redevelopment Project and
diligently pursue such construction to completion in a good and
workmanlike manner. Tenant shall use its best efforts to cause the
construction of the Redevelopment Project to be completed to such
an extent that subject to Unavoidable Delays (which shall not
include failure to obtain financing), the Redevelopment Project is
substantially ready for operation no later than eighteen
(18) months following the receipt of such certification of
suitability (the “Substantial Completion Date”). In the
event the Redevelopment Project is not substantially ready for
operation by the Substantial Completion Date, Tenant agrees to pay
to City, as liquidated damages, the sum of $250,000.00 per month
until the Redevelopment Project is substantially ready for
operation, it being agreed between the parties that actual damages
to the City for such failure cannot be determined; provided,
however, that Tenant shall not be liable for the payment of such
liquidated damages if it has, prior to the Substantial Completion
Date, opened a temporary riverboat gaming casino for
operation.
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Section 5.04.
Compliance with Laws. Insurance Policies . Tenant shall
cause the construction of the Redevelopment Project, and the same
to be constructed and completed, in compliance with all
requirements of law (including Environmental laws and building
codes) and all ordinances, regulations, rules or orders of any
public agency or authority relating thereto. Tenant shall provide
evidence of insurance coverages, in the form of certificates of new
policies or endorsements to existing policies, showing Tenant to be
insured during the period of construction, under policies providing
the coverages required under Article XII hereinbelow, and
naming the City as an additional insured, as appropriate. Tenant
shall comply with all requirements and conditions of such policies
to ensure continuation of the same throughout the course of the
construction of the Redevelopment Project.
ARTICLE VI.
Mortgages: Financing Documents and Liens
Section 6.01. Fee
Mortgages or Liens . The City hereby covenants and agrees that
during the term of this Lease (and any extension or renewal
hereof), the City shall not mortgage, pledge or otherwise create,
security interests or other liens or encumbrances upon or affecting
the City’s fee estate in the Leased Premises or its
reversionary interest in the Redevelopment Project, or any part
thereof which is superior to the interest of Tenant or the Provider
or encumbers the interests of Tenant, except with the prior written
consent of Tenant and the Provider except for such liens as may be
created by stature or law; provided that such liens or encumbrances
are in all events subordinate to the interests of Tenant hereunder
and the interests of any tenant under any lease entered into
pursuant to 6.03(f) herein.
Section 6.02.
Leasehold and Project Financing Documents . Tenant and every
successor and assignee of Tenant shall have the right, at any time
and from time to time, without the City’s consent, to
mortgage, assign, lease, sublease, sell with right to lease back or
repurchase or otherwise pledge or hypothecate its entire interest
under this Lease or the entirety of the Leased Premises and the
Redevelopment Project, in each case as collateral security for or
in connection with any loan or other furnishing of funds, building
construction, futures or equipment, from the Provider, to finance
or refinance its interests in the Leased Premises and the
Redevelopment Project or to obtain fixtures, equipment or
construction in connection with the Redevelopment Project provided,
that the primary security for such financing or refinancing or such
construction or provision of fixtures or equipment shall consist of
Tenant’s interests in the Leased Premises and Redevelopment
Project and the income therefrom together with letters of credit,
cash collateral accounts, guarantees and similar credit-enhancement
documents.
Section 6.03. Notices
and Rights Upon Default . Tenant shall provide the City with
conformed copies of any and all encumbrances or financing documents
given upon its interest in the Leased premises and the
Redevelopment Project, and shall give the City written notice of
the name and address of the Provider involved in any such
transactions. If the foregoing information has been provided to the
City, the City agrees that so long as any such encumbrance
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financing document shall remain in satisfied of record or until
written notice of satisfaction is given to the City by such
Provider, the following provisions shall apply:
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Contemporaneously with any notice by the City to Tenant, the
City shall serve upon such Provider a copy of each notice given to
Tenant under this Lease. No such notice shall be effective as
against such Provider unless and until a copy thereof is served
upon such Provider. |
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In the case of any Monetary Event of Default (as such term is
defined in Article XI of this Lease), the City shall not
terminate this Lease until thirty (30) days after the later of
(a) expiration of Tenant’s applicable cure period, or
(b) receipt by such Provider of its copy of any such notice to
remedy or cause to be remedied the Monetary Event of Default which
is the basis of the notice; and further provided, that said
thirty-day period shall be extended by a time commensurate with any
period during which the said Provider cannot take action against
Tenant or the Leased Premises on account of the stay under §
362 of the Bankruptcy Code or comparable provision under any future
laws relating to the protection of debtors. The City shall accept
performance by such Provider as performance by Tenant. If Tenant
has had its license revoked or denied, the City may terminate this
Lease under Section 2.03 without regard to this paragraph
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In the case of any Non-Monetary Event of Default or Bankruptcy
Event of Default (as such terms are defined in Article XI of
this Lease), the City shall not terminate this Lease without first
giving to the Provider a reasonable time within which to cure such
default, if possible, or to institute and complete foreclosure or
other appropriate legal or equitable proceedings, obtain possession
of the Leased Premises (including possession by a receiver), or
otherwise acquire Tenant’s estate under this Lease. In the
case of a Bankruptcy Event of Default, such default shall be deemed
to be cured upon the Provider completing such proceedings or
otherwise obtaining Tenant’s estate under this Lease. In the
case of any Non-Monetary Event of Default, the Provider shall have
forty-five (45) days from the date on which it obtains possession
and control of the Leased Premises to cure the Non-Monetary Event
of Default, provided, that, if the Non-Monetary Event of Default is
susceptible of being cured only by any such Provider’s
acquisition of title to Tenant’s estate under this Lease,
such Provider shall have forty-five (45) days from the date on
which such title is acquired by any of them to cure such Event of
Default. In the event that it is not possible to effect such cure
within said forty-five (45) day period shall be extended as
necessary to effect such cure so long as any such Provider gives
the City notice of intention to cure with a written proposal
outlining the action the Provider intends to take and a schedule
(timetable) therefor (the “Cure Proposal”) and
commences efforts to cure within said period and thereafter
continuously and diligently pursues the same to completion in
accordance with the Cure Proposal. |
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The provisions of this paragraph (c) of this
Section 6.03 are conditioned on such Provider promptly
commencing and diligently pursuing to completion appropriate legal
or equitable proceedings against the Leased Premises or otherwise
attempting with reasonable diligence to obtain possession of the
Leased Premises and/or Tenant’s estate under this Lease. The
right of the Provider under this paragraph (c) shall be
exercisable concurrently, not sequentially. For purposes of this
paragraph (c), possession of the Leased Premises by a receiver or
trustee in bankruptcy shall not be deemed possession by the
Provider. |
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Such provider shall not be required to continue possession or
continue foreclosure proceedings under this Section 6.03 if
the particular Event of Default has been cured by Tenant. |
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No amendment, modification, surrender or cancellation of this
Lease (other than a termination by the City in compliance with the
conditions of this Article VI or except as may be permitted
pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof) shall be effective
without written approval of the Provider of which the City has been
given notice as provided above; and so long as such Provider shall
have an interest of record in the Leased Premises and/or
Redevelopment Project, no unification of the respective interests
of the City and Tenant therein in any one person or entity (other
than a termination of this Lease by the City in compliance with the
conditions of this Article VI or except as may be permitted
pursuant to Section 2.02 or 2.03 hereof) shall be deemed to
create a merger of such interests. The City and Tenant shall not
enter into any agreement modifying, canceling or surrendering this
Lease without the prior written consent of such Provider. |
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In the event of the termination of this Lease for any reason
prior to the expiration of the Term, whether by summary proceedings
to dispossess service of notice to terminate or otherwise, the City
shall serve upon the Provider of which the City has been given
notice as provided above a written notice that the Lease has been
terminated together with a statement of any and all sums which
would at that time be due under this Lease but for such termination
and of all other defaults, if any, under this Lease then known to
the City. To the extent then permitted by law, such Provider shall
thereupon have the option to obtain a new lease in accordance with
and upon the following terms and conditions: |
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Upon the written request of such Provider, within thirty
(30) days after service of such notice that the Lease has been
terminated, the City shall enter into a new lease pursuant to the
next paragraph for the Leased Premises and Redevelopment Project
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Such new lease shall be entered into at the cost of the tenant
thereunder, shall be effective as of the date of termination of
this Lease, and shall be for the remainder of the Term and at the
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terms, covenants and conditions hereof, including any
applicable rights of extension. Such new lease shall require the
tenant to perform any unfulfilled obligation of Tenant under this
Lease. Upon the execution of such new lease, the tenant named
therein shall pay any and all sums which at the time of the
execution thereof shall be due under this Lease but for such
termination: |
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Any notice or other communication which the City shall desire
or is required to give or to serve upon the Provider of which the
City has been given notice under this Lease shall be in writing and
shall be served by Registered or Certified Mail, return receipt
requested, addressed to such Provider at its address as set forth
in any encumbrance of financing document, or in the last assignment
thereof delivered to the City pursuant to this Article VI, or
at such other address as shall be designated by such Provider by
notice in writing given to the City. |
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Any notice or other communication which such Provider shall
desire or is required to give to or serve upon the City shall be
deemed to have been duly given or served if sent by Registered or
Certified Mail to the City in accordance with Article XX of
this Lease or at such other addresses as shall be designated by the
City by notice in writing given to such Provider by registered
mail. |
Section 6.04 .
Provider’s Liability . If the Provider shall acquire
title to Tenant’s interest in this Lease, by foreclosure of a
mortgage thereon or by assignment in lieu of foreclosure, or by any
other legal or equitable proceedings, or by an assignment from a
nominee or wholly owned subsidiary corporation of such Provider, or
under a new lease pursuant to this Article VI, such Provider may
assign such lease to a person holding a license to operate a
riverboat gaming casino and shall have no liability for the
performance of observance of the covenants and conditions in such
lease contained on Tenant’s part to be performed and observed
from and after the date of such assignment. Any Provider acquiring
title to Tenant’s interest in this Lease shall be required
within 12 months thereafter to either obtain a license to
operate a riverboat gaming casino or to assign the Lease to a
person holding such a license, and, in the event such Provider
fails to so obtain a license or assign the Lease within such time
period, this Lease shall automatically terminate.
Section 6.05 . No
Obligation to Cure . Nothing contained in this Lease shall
require the Provider to cure or undertake to cure any default of
Tenant, unless and until such Provider elects to exercise any right
under the foregoing Section 6.03 as to which such cure or
undertaking to cure is a condition.
Section 6.06 . Notice
to the City . Tenant shall provide the City written notice of
any default by Tenant pursuant to any encumbrance or other
financing documents upon or against Tenant’s interest in the
Leased Premises and Redevelopment Project, and Tenant shall obtain
the agreement of the Provider that said Provider will provide the
City with notice of any default by Tenant of its agreements with
the Provider. Tenant shall also attempt in good faith to
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agreement of the Provider to accept any cure tendered by the City
(without obligation of the City to undertake any such cure) of any
such default.
Section 6.07. Further
Assurances. The City hereby covenants and agrees to execute
such additional documents and to take such additional actions as
the Provider may reasonably require to further assure, implement
and give effect to the security of such Provider under any
encumbrance or financing document which such Provider and Tenant
may hereafter enter into in connection with the financing or
refinancing of the costs of the Redevelopment Project, subject,
however, to the provisions of Section 6.02 of this Lease and
provided that the form and substance of such documents are
reasonably satisfactory to the City or that such actions do not
adversely affect the City.
ARTICLE VII.
Discharge of Liens
Section 7.01.
Covenant Against Liens. Tenant shall not create or permit to
be created or to remain, and shall promptly discharge, any
mechanic’s, laborer’s or materialmen’s lien or
any conditional sale agreement, title retention agreement or
mortgage, which might be or become a lien, encumbrance or charge
upon the Leased Premises or any part thereof having any priority or
preference over or ranking on a parity with the estate, rights and
interests of the City in the Leased Premises or any part
thereof.
Section 7.02.
Contesting of Liens. If any mechanic’s,
laborer’s or materialmen’s lien shall be filed at any
time against the Leased Premises or any part thereof, Tenant shall
cause the same to be discharged of record within sixty
(60) days after notice of the filing thereof by payment,
deposit, bond or order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
provided, that Tenant shall have the right to contest the validity
of such lien in any manner permitted by law, so long as Tenant
shall provide to the City title insurance, bond or other assurance
or security in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the
amount of the claim, if and to the extent that the claimed lien
has, or lawfully may, attach to or adversely affect the
City’s interest in the Leased Premises, and shall thereafter
diligently proceed to cause such lien to be removed or discharged.
If Tenant shall fail to discharge or seek to discharge any such
lien affecting the Leased Premises, then the City may, but shall
not be obligated to, discharge the same, either by paying the
amount claimed to be due or by procuring the discharge of such lien
by depositing in court a bond for the amount claimed, or by giving
security in such other manner as is, or may be permitted by law,
and Tenant shall reimburse and indemnify the City in respect
thereto, together with all costs, including attorneys’ fees
related thereto or incurred in connection therewith.
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ARTICLE VIII.
Assignments and Subleases
Section 8.01.
Assignment and Sublease. Tenant may assign its interest in
this Lease to a person who has obtained a license to operate a
riverboat gaming casino, a not-for-profit building corporation, a
Provider or a Trustee and may sublease or permit to be
Sub-subleased all or any part of the Leased Premises all without
the consent of the City, provided that any assignment to a Provider
or Trustee shall terminate and be of no effect, if within twelve
(12) months of such assignment, such Provider or Trustee has
been unable to further assign the Lease to a person that has
obtained a license to operate a riverboat gaming casino or has
failed to obtain such a license on its own behalf, and such
limitation shall be stated on any document assigning such Lease. A
trustee in bankruptcy shall be permitted to assign this Lease for a
period of twelve (12) months following its assumption of the
Lease to a person that has obtained a license to operate a
riverboat gaming casino or to any other person approved by the
City. Any assignment of Tenant’s entire interest in the Lease
shall to the extent required by law, be subject to the approval of
the Indiana Gaming Commission.
Section 8.02.
Tenant’s Liability Upon Assignment. Notwithstanding
the assignment of the Lease by Tenant, Tenant shall remain liable
for the performance of all of the obligations of Tenant under the
Lease, until such assignee has obtained a license to operate
riverboat gaming casino.
ARTICLE IX
Use
Limitations
Section 9.01. Use by
Tenant. The Leased Premises shall be used primarily for the
construction, development and operation of the Redevelopment
Project as described in Section 5.02 above, and secondarily for
incidental uses reasonably related thereto of the nature enumerated
in Section 5.02(b) of this Lease, or in the event the Provider
has an interest herein under circumstance permitted by Section 6.02
of this Lease and obtains possession of the Leased Premises and the
Redevelopment Project, for the operation of a riverboat gaming
casino and for related incidental uses by such new lessee.
Section 9.02.
Compliance with Laws, Insurance Policies etc. Through the
Term, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense, shall promptly comply
with all present and future laws (including Environmental Laws,
building and zoning laws), ordinances, orders, rules, regulations
and requirements of all federal, state and municipal governments,
departments, commissions, boards and officers, including, out not
limited to the Indiana Gaming Commission, and all orders, rules and
regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, the Indian
Board of Fire Underwriters, or any other body or bodies exercising
similar functions, which may be applicable to the Leased Premises,
or to the use or manner of use of the Leased Premises, or to the
owners, tenants or occupants thereof; provided, that Tenant shall
be entitled to contest in
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faith by appropriate proceedings any such legal requirements unless
and until such contest shall subject the City to any penalty or
sanction, and until such time as a final determination is made with
respect to such legal requirements or until the City is subjected
to a penalty or sanction for Tenant’s noncompliance, Tenant
shall not be deemed to be in default under this Section 9.02.
Tenant shall indemnify and hold the City harmless against all
penalties, sanctions, costs, expenses, liabilities, claims, actions
and causes of action, including attorneys’ fees caused by
Tenant’s contesting of any proceedings or charge under this
Section 9.02 Tenant shall likewise observe and comply with the
requirements of all policies of insurance required to be supplied
coverage, or cancellation thereof.
Section 9.03 Covenant
Against Waste . Tenant shall not do or suffer any waste to the
Leased Premises or Redevelopment Project or any part thereof or any
property adjacent thereto, or allow the Leased Premises or
Redevelopment Project to be used in violation of a certificate of
occupancy, if any, covering or affecting the use of the Leased
Premises or Redevelopment Project or any part thereof, or in any
manner which may, in law, constitute a nuisance, public or private.
Tenant shall not permit use of any portion of the Leased Premises
by the public or any third person. Tenant shall not allow the
Leased Premises to be used so as to violate the Environmental Laws,
including the “release” or “threatened
release” of any “hazardous substance,”
“pollutant” or “contaminant,” as those
terms are defined in CERCLA, in, at or upon the Leased
Premises.
ARTICLE X.
Repairs and Maintenance
Throughout the Term, Tenant at its
sole cost and expense, shall maintain the Leased Premises and
Redevelopment Project in good repair and order and in safe and
clean condition and shall make, from time to time, all necessary
repairs, renewals and replacements thereof. In no event shall the
City be required to make any repairs, improvements, additions,
replacements, reconstructions or other changes to the Leased
Premises or Redevelopment Project or perform any maintenance
thereon during the Term.
ARTICLE XI.
Default Provisions
Section 11.01 .
Events of Default . Any of the following shall constitute an
“Event of Default” hereunder:
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If Tenant shall fail or refuse to pay when due any rent or any
other sum or charge payable under this Lease, and such default
shall continue for a period of thirty (30) days after notice
from the City to Tenant specifying the items in default (herein
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If Tenant shall fail or refuse to perform or comply with any of
the agreements, terms, covenants or conditions provided in this
Lease (other than those referred to in the foregoing paragraph
(a) or the following paragraph (c) of this Section) for a
period of thirty (30) days after notice from the City to
Tenant specifying the items in default; provided, however, that in
the event such failure by its nature or due to Unavoidable Delays
cannot be cured within such thirty (30) day period, then such
thirty (30) day period shall be extended until such failure is
cured, so long as Tenant gives the City notice of intention to cure
with a written proposal outlining the action Tenant intends to take
and a schedule (timetable) therefor (“Tenant’s
Cure Proposal”) and commences its efforts to cure within such
period and thereafter continuously and diligently (subject to
Unavoidable Delays) pursues the same to completion in accordance
with Tenant’s Cure Proposal (herein collectively called a
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If (i) Tenant shall be adjudicated to be bankrupt or
insolvent, or (ii) Tenant shall make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or shall file any petition or answer seeking
any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment,
liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the present
Bankruptcy Code or any future federal bankruptcy act or any other
present or future federal, state or other bankruptcy or insolvency
state law, or (iii) Tenant shall seek, consent to or acquiesce
in the appointment of any bankruptcy or insolvency trustee,
receiver or liquidator of Tenant or of all or any substantial part
of its properties or of the Leased Premises, or (iv) within
sixty (60) days after the commencement of any proceeding
against Tenant seeking any reorganization, arrangement,
composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar
relief under the present Bankruptcy Code or any future federal
bankruptcy act or any other present or future federal, state or
other bankruptcy or insolvency statute or law, such proceeding
shall not have been dismissed or such appointment shall not have
been vacated or stayed (herein collectively called a
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then and
in any such event, Tenant’s rights under this Lease shall
terminate (subject, however, to the rights of the Provider to
notice and cure provided for in Article VI of this Lease)
sixty (60) days after the election of the City, made in
writing to Tenant no more than sixty (60) days after the later
of such event or the expiration of any applicable cure period, to
terminate this Lease, and upon such election and the expiration of
such ten (10) day period the rights of Tenant to the use and
possession of the Leased Premises under this Lease, including such
rights under any extension privileges whether or not exercised,
shall expire and terminate (subject, however, to the rights of the
Provider to notice and cure provided for in Article VI of this
Lease).
Section 11.02 .
Surrender . Upon any such termination of Tenant’s
rights under this Lease pursuant to Section 11.01, hereof,
Tenant shall quit and peacefully surrender the Leased Premises to
the City in accordance with the provisions of Section 17.01
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Section 11.03 . No
Waiver . No failure by either the City or Tenant to insist upon
the strict performance of any agreement, term, covenant or
condition hereof or to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon
a breach thereof shall constitute a wavier of any such breach or of
such agreement, term, covenant or condition. No agreement, term,
covenant or condition hereof to be performed or complied with by
the City or Tenant, as the case may be shall be altered or modified
except by a written instrument excited by the City and Tenant. No
waiver of any breach shall affect or alter this Lease, but each and
every agreement, term, covenant and condition hereof shall continue
in full force and effect with respect to any other then existing or
subsequent breach thereof.
Section 11.04 .
Cumulative Remedies . Each right and remedy provided for in
this Lease shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
rights or remedy provided for in this Lease or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and the
exercise or beginning of this exercise by the City or Tenant of any
such rights or remedies shall not preclude the simultaneous or
later exercise by the party in question of any such rights or
remedies, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Lease. The
provisions of this Article XI are hereby expressly made
subject to the provisions of Article XX and the rights and
remedies of the Provider under Article VI.
ARTICLE XII.
Insurance
Section 12.01 .
Tenant’s Liability Insurance . From the Possession
Date and throughout the Term, Tenant shall maintain in force the
following types and amounts of liability insurance, covering Tenant
and, during any period in which construction, renovation,
alteration or substantial repair work is being performed by third
parties on the Redevelopment Project, Tenant’s construction
contractors, subcontractors and agent, as appropriate; and at all
times naming the City as an additional insured
(a) Comprehensive
General Liability Insurance (“Occurrence” Form)
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Basic coverage and limits:
Bodily injury, including death resulting therefrom, and Property
Damage to a Combined Single Limit of $1,000,000 per occurrence. A
$1,000,000 annual aggregate limit applies to Premises-Operations
Property Damage Liability and to the hazards of Products/Completed
Operations and Contractual Liability. |
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Extensions of coverage to include:
Blanket contractual liability for written or oral contracts;
Broad form property damage;
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Bodily Injury, Personal Injury and Property Damage to a limit
of $5,000,000 per occurrence excess of the primary Comprehensive
General Liability and Employer’s Liability, subject to a
Project aggregate limit for all insured interests of $5,000,000
excess of the Primary annual aggregate limits. |
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Coverage:
Includes all underlying extensions of coverage. |
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Changes in Limits : Notwithstanding the foregoing, and
so long as City is named as an additional insured on Tenant’s
liability insurance, the policy limits of Tenant’s insurance
for tort claims shall not be less than the maximum liability of the
City for tort claims under the Indiana Tort Claims Law (IC
34-4-16.5), as the same may be amended from time to time. |
Section 12.02 .
Automobile Liability Insurance . Throughout the Term, Tenant
shall maintain in force, in its own name only and not in the name
of the City or other third parties, automobile liability insurance
covering the use of all owned, non-owned and hired vehicles, with
bodily injury and/or property damage liability limits of $1,000,000
(combined single limit per accident).
Section 12.03 .
Tenant’s Workers’ Compensation and Employer’s
Liability Insurance . Throughout the Term, Tenant shall
maintain the following amounts of workers, compensation and
employer’s liability insurance, covering Tenant and, during
any period in which construction, renovation, alteration or repair
works being performed by third parties on the Redevelopment
Project, Tenant’s construction contractors, subcontractors
and agents, as appropriate, and at all times naming the City as an
additional insured.
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Coverage A- Statutory Benefits:
Liability imposed by the Workers, Compensation and/or Occupational
Disease statute of the State of Indiana and any other state or
governmental authority if related to the work performed on the
Redevelopment Project. |
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Coverage B- Employer’s Liability
Limits of $1,000,000 Bodily Injury by accident
$1,000,000 Bodily Injury by disease, and
$1,000,000 Policy Limit by disease. |
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Extensions of Coverage to include:
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Sixty
(60) days notice of cancellation.
Section 12.04 .
Tenant’s Casualty-Loss Insurance . During the period
of original construction of the Redevelopment Project, and during
any period in which construction, renovation, alteration or repair
work is being performed by third parties on the Redevelopment
Project, Tenant shall maintain in force builder’s “all
risk” property damage coverage to protect Tenant, its
construction contractors, subcontractors and agents, as
appropriate, and naming the City as an additional insured.
At all times during the Term, Tenant
shall maintain in force, through such builder’s all-risk
coverage or through separate casualty-loss policies, insurance
covering the Leased Premises and the Redevelopment Project,
including all equipment in or apartment to the Leased Premises or
Redevelopment Project essential to the operation and maintenance of
the buildings (as distinguished from equipment for operation of the
business conducted upon the Leased Premises) and all alterations,
changes or additions thereto, naming the City, the Provider and
Tenant, as their respective interests may appear, as insureds and
insuring the Leased Premises and the Redevelopment Project against
loss or damage by fire or other casualties covered by customary
extended coverage endorsements, in such amounts as Tenant
determines.
Section 12.05 . Proof
of Insurance . All insurance provided for in this
Article XII shall be effected under valid and enforceable
policies, issued by insurers of recognized responsibility
authorized to do business in Indiana Upon the execution of this
Lease, and thereafter not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the
expiration dates of any expiring policies theretofore furnished
pursuant to this Article XII, originals of the policies (or,
in the case of general public liability insurance, certificate of
the insurers), shall be delivered by Tenant to the City bearing
notations evidencing the payment of premises or accompanied by
other evidence satisfactory to the City of such payment; except,
that whenever the Leased Premises shall be subject to any mortgage
may or other form of financing instrument to secure any debt of
Tenant, such policies of insurance may be lodged with the Provider
until the mortgage debt shall be paid, and certificates of such
policies shall meanwhile be delivered to the City.
Section 12.06 .
Notice of Cancellation . The insurance required by this
Article XII shall contain a provision (to the extent that such
provision is commercially available) that coverages afforded under
the policies will not be canceled, not renewed or materially
changed until sixty (60) days prior written notice has been
given to both the City and Tenant and any other persons named as
insured thereunder.
Section 12.07 .
Adjustment in Insurance . Tenant shall provide such
insurance, with such coverages and in such amounts, as may be
agreed upon from time to time between Tenant and the
Provider.
Section 12.08 .
Waiver of Subrogation . The City and Tenant waive all rights
against each other and against these for whom the other is legally
liable for (i) all losses or damages covered by insurance
provided for under this Article XII to the extent the upper
limits of such
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insurance are adequate to cover such damages, it being the intent
of this clause to allocate all risk of such loss to such insurance
and (ii) for all losses and damages which are not covered by
insurance but which could have been insured against by the insured.
If the policies of insurance provided under this Article XII
require an endorsement to provide for continued coverage where
there is waiver of subrogation, Tenant will cause such policies to
be so endorsed.
Section 12.09.
Application of Proceeds for Redevelopment Project. The
proceeds of any and all policies of insurance upon the
Redevelopment Project maintained pursuant to Section 12.04 of
this Article XII shall be used as a trust fund toward the
repair, reconstruction, replacement or rebuilding of the
Redevelopment Project. Accordingly, all such policies of insurance
shall provide that, as to any loss in excess of $ 500,000,00
, all proceeds payable at any time and from time to time by any
insurance company under such policies shall be paid to the Trustee
for the benefit of Tenant, the City, the Provider and any other
person or entity having any interest under any such policy and
applied by such Trustee as provided in this Lease. Tenant shall pay
the reasonable charges of the Trustee for its services hereunder.
The City, Tenant, the Provider and any other person or entity
having an interest under any such insurance policy shall cooperate
or with and aid the Trustee in collecting any and all insurance
money and will execute and deliver as requested by the Trustee any
and all proofs, receipts, releases and other instruments whatsoever
which may be necessary or proper for such purpose. In the event
that any person having an interest under any such insurance policy
shall fail or neglect to cooperate or to execute, acknowledge and
deliver any such instrument, the Trustee may, as the agent or
attorney-in-fact of any such person, execute and deliver any proofs
of loss or any other instruments as may seem desirable to the
Trustee for the collection of such insurance moneys, and all such
person or entities having obtained an interest in any such
insurance policy shall be deemed to have irrevocably nominated
constituted and appointed the Trustee its proper and legal
attorney-in-fact for such purpose. As to all other policies, the
proceeds shall be paid to the insured party or parties as their
interests shall appear and in proportion to their respective
insured losses.
Section 12.10 .
Special Provisions. If reasonably obtainable, all such
policies of insurance maintained pursuant to Section 12.01 and
12.03 hereinabove shall provide that the proceeds thereof shall be
payable without regard to any fault or negligence of the City,
Tenant, any contractor or agent of Tenant or any other person or
entity having an interest under any such policy which may have
caused or contributed to such loss and without my rights of the
insurance company of sot-off, counterclaim or deduction against the
City or Tenant.
Section 12.11 General
Provisions. In the event Tenant shall fail or refuse to obtain
any insurance required by this Article XII, the City may
obtain such insurance. The costs of such insurance shall constitute
additional rent payable by Tenant upon demand by the City.
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ARTICLE XIII.
Indemnification
Section 13.01 .
Indemnification by Tenant. Subject to the provisions of
Section 12.08 and regardless of whenever separate, several,
joint or concurrent liability may be imposed upon the City, Tenant
shall, but only to the extent permitted by law, at its sole cost
and expense, indemnify and save harmless the City and any member,
officer, director agent, partner, trustee or employee thereof
against and from any and all claims, liability and damages arising
from or in connection with (a) Tenant’s possession, use
or control of the Leased Premises or the Redevelopment Project,
(b) any occurrence or circumstance on or related to the Leased
Premises or Redevelopment Project (including the loss or damage to
any property, including the Leased Premises, the injury to or death
of any person, or the contamination of or adverse effects on the
environment, which result from any pollutant or from any chemical,
hazardous or toxic substances or wastes remitted from or discharged
by the Redevelopment Project while occupied by Tenant), or
(c) Tenant’s breach of any covenant or obligation under
this lease, other than claims, liability or damages arising form
failure of the City to perform or the negligence of the City in the
performance of , any of its obligations hereunder or arising out of
any willful acts of the City. The indemnification provided by this
Section 13.01 shall include all costs, counsel fees, expenses
and liabilities incurred in connection with any such claim, action
or proceeding brought thereon; and. In case any action or
proceeding shall be brought against the City by reason of any such
claim, Tenant, upon written notice from the City, shall defend such
action or proceeding. The terms of this Section 13.01 shall
survive any termination of this Lease.
Section 13.02 .
Indemnification by the City . Subject to the provision 12.08
and regardless of whether separate, several, joint or concurrent
liability may be imposed upon Tenant, the City shall, but only to
the extent permitted by law, at its sole cost and expense,
indemnify and save harmless Tenant and the Provider from and
against any all claims, liability and damages arising from the sole
negligence of the City or arising out of any willful acts of the
City. The indemnification provided by this Section 13.02 shall
include all costs, counsel fees, expenses and liabilities incurred,
in connection with any such claim, action or proceeding brought
thereon. In case any action or proceeding shall be brought against
the city by reason of any such claim, Tenant upon written notice
from Tenant or such Provider shall defend such action and
proceeding. The terms of this Section 13.01 shall survive any
termination of this Lease.
ARTICLE XIV.
Casualty Damage
Section 14.01 .
Tenant’s Obligation to Repair . In the event that, at
any time during the Term, the Redevelopment Project shall be
destroyed or damaged in whole or in part by fire or other cause
within the extended coverage of the casualty insurance policies or
builder’s risk policies required to be maintained by Tenant
in accordance with Article XII of this Lease, then
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shall cause the same to be repaired, restored, or rebuilt within a
period of time which, under all prevailing circumstances, shall be
reasonable. In the repair or restoration of the Redevelopment
Project under this Article XIV, Tenant will, as nearly as
practicable, repair, restore, replace or rebuild the Redevelopment
Project so damaged or destroyed to the condition and character of
the Redevelopment Project existing immediately prior to such
occurrence, subject to applicable zoning and building laws then in
existence. Tenant shall be entitled to apply all insurance proceeds
of policies maintained to pursuant Article XII of this Lease
remaining after any required payments to the Provider to such
repair, restoration, replacement and rebuilding. Tenant shall
notify the City in writing of any payments (whether total or
partial) made of insurance proceeds. If the insurance proceeds
recovered in respect of any such insured damage or distraction,
less any cost of recovery and any amounts required to be applied to
repayment of the Provider, shall be insufficient to pay the entire
cost of such repair, restoration, replacement or rebuilding, Tenant
may bear the cost of such deficiency or in lieu of undertaking such
repair, restoration, replacement or rebuilding, terminate this
Lease upon written notice to the City. The time within which Tenant
must perform any obligations under this Section 14.01 shall
include a reasonable time to obtain and close the necessary equity
or mortgage loan or other financing to cover any deficiency that
Tenant agrees to bear.
Section 14.02 .
Disbursement of Insurance proceeds in the Event of Repair by
Tenant . The Trustee shall permit any insurance proceeds paid
to it to be applied in payment of the cost of such repair,
restoration, replacement and rebuilding of the Redevelopment
Project by Tenant pursuant to the foregoing Section 14.01 as
the same progresses, payments to be made against applications for
payment properly certified by Tenant’s supervising, architect
or other appropriate certifying official. The Trustee shall
contribute out of such insurance proceeds with respect to each such
certified application for payment an amount in proportion to such
payment as the whole amount received by the Trustee shall bear to
the total estimated cost of repairing or rebuilding the
Redevelopment Project. If the insurance proceeds should exceed the
cost of repairing or rebuilding the Redevelopment Project, the
Trustee shall pay the balance remaining after payment of the cost
of repairing or rebuilding the Redevelopment Project to Tenant. The
Trustee may deduct from any insurance proceeds paid to it the
amount of its charges for acting as such trustee and any reasonable
expenses incurred by it in connection with such trust.
Section 14.03 .
Prompt Performance of Work by Tenant . All work of
repairing, replacing, restoring or rebuilding the Redevelopment
Project by Tenant pursuant to the foregoing Section 14.01 shall be
commenced within one hundred twenty (120) days after
settlement shall have been made with the insurance companies, the
insurance money shall have been paid to the Trustee and all
necessary permits for such work shall have been obtained. All such
work shall be governed by the provisions of Section 5.04 of
this Lease and shall be completed within a reasonable time, under
all prevailing circumstances. In case any mortgage, financing lease
or other financing document on Tenant’s interest in the
Leased Premises or Redevelopment Project shall be in force at the
time of any damage to or destruction of any damage to or
destruction of the Redevelopment Project shall be in force at the
time of any damage to or destruction of the Redevelopment Project
then, the Provider which is a party thereto is authorized to
repair, replace, restore or rebuild the Redevelopment Project under
the same terms and conditions as are applicable in the case of
repair, restoration, replacement or rebuilding by Tenant. The
Provider so respiring,
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replacing or rebuilding the Redevelopment Project shall, subject to
compliance with all the conditions contained in this
Article XIV, be subrogated to the rights of Tenant to the
insurance proceeds payable as a result of the damage or
destruction, and shall be entitled to have (and the City and Tenant
hereby authorize the Trustee to so pay) all said insurance proceeds
point out by the Trustee in the same manner in every respect as if
the Provider were Tenant under this Lease.
ARTICLE XV.
Condemnation
Section 15.01. Total
Condemnation. If, at any time during the Term, there shall be a
permanent total taking or a permanent Constructive Total Taking of
the Leased Premises or Redevelopment Project in condemnation
proceedings or by any right of eminent domain, Tenant may by
written notice to the City elect to end the Term on the date of
such taking, and Tenant shall remove its personal property from the
Leased Premises without delay. The rent and all other items payable
to Tenant under this Lease shall be prorated and paid to the date
of such taking.
Section 15.02. Proceeds of
Total Condemnation. In the event of any such permanent total
taking or Constructive Total Taking of the Leased Premises and
Redevelopment Project and the termination of this Lease, the
Condemnation Proceeds shall be allocated as follows:
a) To the City
for its fee interest in the Leased Premises (including its interest
as landlord under this Lease, and reversionary interest in the
Redevelopment Project); and then,
b) To Tenant
for its leasehold estate in the Leased Premises and its fee
interest in the Redevelopment Project (subject to the City’s
reversionary interest therein) immediately prior to such total
taking or Constructive Total Taking.
Nothing
herein contained shall impair the right to Tenant or any of its
sublessees, licensees, concessionaires or others to the full award,
compensation or damages payable as an award for loss of business or
for moving expenses.
Section 15.03. Partial
Condemnation. In the event of a taking less than a Constructive
Total Taking, this Lease shall not terminate or be affected in any
way, except as provided in the following Sections 15.04, 15.05
and 15.06. In such case, the Condemnation Proceeds shall be
apportioned and paid, to the extent available in the following
priority:
(a) The
Condemnation Proceeds shall be payable in trust to Tenant for
application by Tenant to the cost of restoring and rebuilding the
Redevelopment Project as required by the following Section 15.04;
and
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(b) The Condemnation Proceeds, if
any, remaining after restoration shall, subject to the requirements
of any financing documents and the rights of the Provider, be
retained by Tenant, except to the extent of an equitable portion of
the Condemnation Proceeds allocable by agreement of the City and
tenant to the City on account of any taking of its reversionary fee
title interest to any portion of the Leased Premises. If Tenant and
the City cannot agree upon the amount of such payment, the amount
of such payment shall be determined by an independent appraiser
selected by agreement of the City and Tenant.
Section 15.04.
Restoration. In the event of a taking less than a Constructive
Total Taking, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense (but subject to
reimbursement from the Condemnation Proceeds) and regardless of
whether the Condemnation Proceeds are sufficient for the purpose,
shall proceed with due diligence to restore and rebuild the
remaining portion of the Redevelopment Project, to the extent
feasible to the condition and character in which the same was
immediately prior to such taking. All such work in connection with
the restoration and rebuilding of the Redevelopment Project shall
be governed by the provisions of Section 5.04 of this
Lease.
Section 15.05. Rent
Adjustment. In the event of a taking of the character referred
to in the foregoing Section 15.03, this Lease shall terminate
as to the portion of the Leased Premises so taken and the rent
payable hereunder shall be proportionally adjusted from the date of
the taking. Such adjustment shall be based on the ratio between the
fair market value of Tenant’s leasehold estate in the Leased
Premises at the date of taking to the fair market value of such
leasehold estate remaining immediately thereafter, valued for the
use being made of the Leased Premises by Tenant immediately prior
to such partial taking.
Section 15.06. Temporary
Condemnation. If, at any time during the Term, the whole or any
part of the Leased Premises or Redevelopment Project shall be taken
in Condemnation Proceedings or by any right of eminent domain for
temporary use or occupancy, except to the extent that Tenant may be
prevented from so doing pursuant to the terms of the order of the
condemning authority, or by the practical effects of such temporary
taking, Tenant perform and observe all of the terms, covenants,
conditions and obligations of this Lease on Tenant’s part to
be performed and observed as though such taking and not occurred.
In the event of any such taking of the character described in this
section 15.06, Tenant shall be entitled to receive the entire
amount of the Condemnation Proceeds awards for such taking, whether
paid by way of damages, rent, costs of moving or restoration or
otherwise, unless such period of temporary use or occupancy shall
extend beyond the Term, in which case the Condemnation Proceeds
shall be apportioned between the City and Tenant as of the date of
termination of this Lease. Upon the expiration of any such period
of temporary use or occupancy, if it be during the Term, Tenant
will, to its sole cost and expense, restore the Leased Premises, as
nearly as practicable, to the condition and character in which the
same were immediately prior to such taking. Any portion of the
condemnation Proceeds received by Tenant as compensation for the
cost of restoration of the Leased Premises shall, if such period of
temporary use or occupancy shall extend beyond the Term (and Tenant
has not exercised its option to purchase), be paid to the City on
the date
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of
termination of this Lease, and Tenant shall be thereby relieved of
its obligation hereunder to perform such restoration.
Section 15.07 . Rights to
Appear. The City, Tenant and the Provider shall have the right
to participate in any Condemnation Proceeding for the purpose of
protecting their rights hereunder, and in this connection,
specifically and without limitation, to introduce evidence to
establish the value of or damage to the Leased Premises or
Redevelopment Project.
Section 15.08 . Rights of
Provider. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Lease, the provisions of this Lease relating to the
application of any proceeds arising from the taking of any part or
all of the Leased Premises or Redevelopment Project in Condemnation
Proceedings shall be subject to any rights reserved by the Provider
having an interest herein under circumstances permitted by
Section 6.02 of this Lease, to apply to the indebtedness to
such Provider, all or may part of such proceeds.
Section 15.09 . City’s
Exercise of Eminent Domain. To the extent permitted by law,
City agrees not to use its powers of eminent domain in a manner
that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Lease or that
materially interferes with the enjoyment of the benefits hereof to
Tenant.
ARTICLE XVI.
Consents and Approvals
Section 16.01 . Standard of
Consent. Where any provision of this Lease requires the
consent, cooperation or approval of either party, each party agrees
that, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Lease (such as
by use of words to the effect of “sole” and/or
“complete” discretion), it will not unreasonably
withhold, condition or delay such consent, cooperation or
appro
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