Title
Resolution to Approve a Commonwealth's Development Opportunity Fund Performance Agreement among the City of Hampton, Virginia, the City of Newport News, Virginia, the Economic Development Authority of the City of Newport News, Virginia, the Economic Development Authority of the City of Hampton, Virginia, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and Liebherr-America, Inc. and Related Documents and to Amend the City Council Approved Fiscal Year 2025 Budget to Appropriate the Local Matching Funds Required under that Agreement
Purpose
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
Liebherr-America, Inc. ("Liebherr"), an international leader in the manufacturing of commercial mining equipment, operates a facility (the "Facility") in the Copeland Industrial Park that spans the border between the City of Hampton ("Hampton") and the City of Newport News ( "Newport News"). Newport News, with Hampton's support, was awarded a grant in the amount of $1,500,000 (the “COF Grant”) from the Commonwealth’s Development Opportunity Fund (the “Fund”) to ultimately be disbursed to Liebherr for the purpose of inducing Liebherr to add a significant number of new jobs and to acquire, construct, expand, equip, and improve the operation of (collectively the "Improvements") the Facility. This latest expansion of the Facility will encompass areas in both Newport News and Hampton. The Governor of Virginia announced this award in a Press Release issued June 25, 2024.
Discussion:
The purpose of this resolution is for Council to consider and authorize Hampton's participation in the COF Grant Fund award and that certain COF Performance Agreement to be executed by and between Hampton, Newport News, the Economic Development Authority of the City of Newport News, Virginia ("NN EDA"), the Economic Development Authority of the City of Hampton, Virginia ("Hampton EDA"), the Virginia Economic Development Partnership ("VEDP"), and Liebherr. Per the COF Grant Agreement, the full amount of the COF Gran...
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