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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20141010 Ver 1_Stream Call Request_20140923RECEIVED ATA NCDENR SEP 219001Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources P�L:q tQ -WARD John E. Secretary III ((99 Secretary /` DWQ Use Only: Project # Stream Origin /Buffer Applicability Determination Required Information 1. Owner Information (corporation /individual who is legally responsible for the property and its compliance) 1a. Name(s) on Recorded Deed William Herring Jr. 1b. Responsible Party (for LLC) 3805 Wrightsville Avenue, Suite 15; Wilmington, NC 28403 1c. Mailing Address PO Box 1576; Kinston, NC 28503 1d. Telephone Number I kwilliams@lmgroup.net 1e. Email Address 5a. Name of project 2. Location of Project Site - please include the county, nearest named town and highway number. SR 1745 & Cunningham Road; Kinston, NC 3. Has anyone from DWQ visited the site? I Y / N I Staff Name Jericho Run Date of Visit? Neuse Additional Requested Information 4. Agent/Consultant Information (if applicable) 4a. Name, Company Land Management Group, Inc. 4b. Mailing address 3805 Wrightsville Avenue, Suite 15; Wilmington, NC 28403 4c. Telephone no. 910452 -0001 4d. Email address I kwilliams@lmgroup.net 5. Project and Site Information 5a. Name of project Albemarle Solar Center 5b. County Lenoir 5c. Nearest Named Stream Jericho Run 5d. River Basin Neuse 5e. Provide a brief description of this project (attach site plan if available): Potential solar farm; no site plan available yet. Please attach a map of the site indicating project boundaries on the USGS 1:24,000 Topo and /or NRCS Soil Survey. If you are unable to locate either of these maps, please contact the Regional lice for assistance. DWQ Use Only: Is this stream call for the purpose of. _ buffer mitigation — nutrient offset credit Division of Water Resources -Water Quality Regional Operations Section Washington Regional Office 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC 27889 Phone: 252- 946 -6481 Fax: 252 - 975 -3716 Internet: www.ncdenr.gov An Equal Opportunity \Affirmative Action Employer — Made in pan by recycled paper Please return form to: Anthony Scarbraugh 943 Washington Square Mall Washington, NC 27889 Note: Submittals p d as r after d on pm will be stamped as received on the Fax: (252) 946 -9215 next business day. Email: anthony.scarbraugh(cDncdenr.gov Please contact Anthony Scarbraugh at (252) 946 -6481 if you have any questions. .i ._ �, , . S,'+ 'Boundaries are approximate and are not meant to be absolute. Map Source: ArcGIS World Street Map Albemarle Tract Lenoir County, NC September 2014 40- 13 -083C. 1" = LMG uw au secrvrvr rvauv � -. Figure 1 w�rwTMGroup.net Vicinity Ma Phone: 910.452.0001 •1.866.LMG.1078 y p Fax 910.452.0060 3805 Wrightsville Avenue Wilmington, tC 28403 L. J 'Boundaries are approximate and are not meant to be absolute. Map Source: USGS Kinston Quadrangle 7.5 minute SCALE 1" = 2.000' Albemarle Tract LMkN Lenoir County, NC ;�.,,,,,_ — ° °-°° ° ° ° ^' ° ° ° °^ Figure 2 September 2014 MLMGroup.net Phone: 910.452.0001.1.866.LMG.1078 USGS Topographic Map 40- 13 -083C Fax eAvenue 3805Wdghtsv4 Wilmington, NC 28403 *Boundaries are approximate and are not meant to be absolute. Map Source: NRCS Soil Survey Albemarle Tract Lenoir County, NC September 2014 40- 13 -083C Legend BB: Bibb soils Go: Goldsboro loamy sand Ly: Lynchburg sandy loam Na: Norfolk loamy sand (0 -2% slopes) Nb: Norfolk loamy sand (2 -6% slopes) LMG LA90 NANAI"r', GPQUPS rn.r',nAm.emLCUnSbhne. .TMGroup.net Phone: 910.452.0001 •1.866LMG.1078 Fax 910.452.0060 3805 Wrightsville Avenue Wilmington, NC 28403 Cral F 1" c 1 rinn' Figure 3 Soils Map J FIRST AMENDMENT TO SOLAR ENERGY SITE LEASE AGREEMENT THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO SOLAR ENERGY SITE LEASE AGREEMENT (this "Amendment ") made and entered into this 18'h day of July 2014, by and between JOYCE B. HERRING AND WILLIAM I. HERRING, a North Carolina married couple (collectively, the "Landlord") and ALBEMARLE SOLAR CENTER, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (the "Tenant "). RECITALS: A. Landlord and Tenant entered into that certain Solar Energy Site Lease Agreement dated May 12, 2014 (the "Lease ") regarding property located in Lenoir County, North Carolina. B. Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to, among other things, complete the Exhibits, correct the legal descriptions and clarify additional terms in the Lease. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties agree as follows: 1. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Amendment shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Lease. Section I (a), the definition of "Site" is deleted in its entirety and amended and restated as follows: "Site" means the area as shown on the site plan attached hereto as Exhibit B, provided, however Landlord and Tenant shall substitute and replace Exhibit B once a final survey of the Site is complete. Section 3(a) of the Lease shall be deleted in its entirety and amended and restated as follows: (a) Tenant shall pay Landlord rent ( "Rent') as follows: (i) Beginning on the Effective Date and continuing for three months until August 12, 2014, Rent shall be Five Hundred and 00 /100 Dollars ($'500.00) per month payable on the twelfth (12th) of each month. (ii) Thereafter, Rent shall be One Thousand and 00 /100 Dollars ($1,000.00) per acre of the Site with the first payment due and payable within thirty days following the Installation Date. Each subsequent payment shall be due on the annual anniversary of the Installation Date ( "Anniversary Date'). 4. Section 5(c) of the Lease shall be deleted in its entirety and amended and restated as follows: BTM:5654190 (c) Landlord acknowledges and agrees that despite that portions of the Generating Facility may be affixed to the Site, (i) Tenant or its Affiliate is the exclusive owner and operator of the Generating Facility, (tt) the Generating Facility shall not be construed to be a fixture and (iii) Tenant or its Affiliate or transferee is the exclusive owner of the electricity generated by the Generating Facility and the Environmental Attributes and Environmental Incentives of the Generating Facility. Landlord has no right, title or interest in the Generating Facility and has waived any and all rights it may have to place a lien on the Generating Facility. Landlord shall give Tenant at least fifteen (15) days' written notice prior to any sale, lease, assignment, mortgage, pledge or other alienation or encumbrance (collectively, a "Transfer') of all or a portion of the Property identifying the transferee, the portion of Property to be transferred and the. proposed date of Transfer. Under no circumstances shall a Transfer by the Landlord include the Generating Facility. Landlord shall require any transferee to acknowledge and consent to the terms of this Lease. Landlord agrees that this Lease and the easements and rights granted in Section 2 of this Lease shall constitute covenants running with the Property and the Easement Lands and shall survive any Transfer of the Property. ' 5. Section 8(b)(iii) is hereby deleted in its entirety and amended and restated as: (iii) An uncured material breach of this Lease by either Party, beyond any applicable cure period, and the election of the non - breaching Party to terminate this Lease. 6. Section 12(b) is hereby deleted in its entirety. 7. The following new Section 13(c)(ix) is added to the Lease: (ix) Landlord agrees to cooperate with Tenant and any of Tenant's Lenders in obtaining any financing it may need as it relates to the Generating Facility. Landlord, at no cost thereto, shall execute and deliver all documents reasonably requested by a Lender in a form satisfactory to Landlord, Tenant and Lender. 8. Section 14 of the Lease shall be deleted in its entirety and amended and restated as follows: 14. EVENTS OF DEFAULT /REMEDIES (a) Each of the following shall constitute an event of default, which -shall permit the non - defaulting Party to pursue such remedies as may be available at law or equity (subject to Article 13): (i) any failure by Tenant to pay any rent pursuant to Article 4 when - — - - - - - - -- due hereunder if the failure to pay continues for thirty (30) days after written notice from Landlord; or BTM:5654190 (ii) any other material breach of this Lease by either Party that continues for thirty (30) days after written notice of default from the non - defaulting Party or, if the cure will take longer than thirty (30) days, the length of time necessary to effect cure as long as the defaulting Party is making diligent efforts to cure during that time. (b) Upon a default by Landlord, the Tenant may cure any default of Landlord at Land lord's cost. If Tenant at any time by reason of Landlord's default reasonably pays any sum or does any act that requires the payment of any sum, the sum paid by Tenant shall be immediately due from Landlord to Tenant at the time the sum is paid, and shall bear interest at an annual rate equal to 10% or the maximum applicable rate permitted by law in North Carolina. If not sooner paid, Tenant may deduct any such sums due from Landlord to Tenant from the next installment of Rent due and payable by Tenant under this Lease. (c) Upon an event of default by either Party, the non - defaulting Party may pursue any and all remedies available to such party at law or in equity. In the event of a default hereunder, the non - defaulting Party will take commercially reasonable measures to mitigate its damages. 9. Sections 16(b) and 16(c) are hereby deleted in its entirety. 10. Exhibit A of the Lease is deleted in its entirety and amended and restated with Exhibit A attached hereto. 11. Exhibit B of the Lease is deleted in its entirety and amended and restated with Exhibit B attached hereto. 12. Exhibit C of the Lease is deleted in its entirety and amended and restated with Exhibit C attached hereto. 13. Schedule 7A of the Lease is deleted in its entirety and amended and restated with Schedule 7A attached hereto. 14. Schedule 7B of the Lease is deleted in its entirety and amended and restated with Schedule 7B attached hereto. 15. Except as set forth in this Amendment, the terms and provisions of Lease shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified, confirmed and affirmed by the parties. /SEPARATE SIGNATURE PAGES ATTACHED/ BTM:5654190 [LANDLORD SEPARATE SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT TO SOLAR ENERGY SITE LEASE AGREEMENT) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment under seal as of the day and year first above written. LANDLORD: Herring BTM:5654190 (SEAL) [TENANT SEPARATE SIGNATURE PAGE TO FIRST AMENDMENT SOLAR ENERGY SITE LEASE AGREEMENT IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Amendment under seal as of the day and year first above written. TENANT: ALBEMARLE SOLAR CENTER, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (SEAL) BY: jAgg Name: Title: Man P.f BTM:565C190 EXHIBIT A [Property Attached] BTM:3654190 EXHIBIT A TRACT 1: BEGINNING at a flat Iron stake In the much. right of way line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, said right of way line being 65 feet from the center Ilm of said railroad when measured at right- angles to the railroad, sold stake also being In the fence line which Is the division line between the lands of J. Woolen Moseley am the Wallace lands; aid runs thence worth the northern right of way line of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad 5 58 -30 W 690 feet to a pump pipe In the northern right of way fine of sald railroad; thence (leaving the right of way of the railroad) running N 76 -50 W 100 feet to an Iron stake wKh a bent top In a pasture fence line; thence running with the pasture fence One N 54 -15 W 311.6 feet W an Iron pipe at the corner of the pasture fence; theme running with another fence One N 45 E 230 feet to the earner of the fence; thence leaving the fence and running N 48- 50 E 925.4 feet to an from pipe at the corner of a fende, said pipe bebg In the division Jim of the Wallace and Moseley Inds; thence running with the Wallace line 5 6750 E 620 feel to the point of beglnning, containing 10 acres, more or less, and being a part of the 1. Woolen Moseley lands as surveyed by Alfred Cheney, Registered Surveyor, on January 27, 1958. All courses mw and magnetic as of January 27, 1958. Thence are the same lands descrlbed In that certain deed recorded in Book 444, Page 450, Lenoir County Registry. TRACT 2: ALL that certain tract or parcel of land containing 111.67 acres, more or less, as depicted on that certain map entitled 'Map for Record — Property of ). Wooten Moseley Estate', Kinston Township, Lenoir County, N.C. dated April 22, 1980 and recorded In Plat Cabinet 1, Slide 40, Page 80, Lenoir County Registry, reference to which Is hereby made for a more particular description. 5: \\AlbmrArIc Lcgal Desoriplion.doca EXHIBIT B [See Attached Site Plan BTM:5654190 V U J W Z; I � i E a F 4 k it F V o a f 0 t d k g� 6 g a Ifi w IL 111 ii 2 � O J Z N K $ 4 $� tJwa 1- a J N f r [S 2 C� y 2 8 S s�Ilj��BM I � i E a F 4 k it F V o a f 0 t d k g� 6 g a Ifi w IL 111 ii 2 � O J Z N K $ 4 $� tJwa 1- a J N f r [S 2 C� y 2 8 S 1 FN 1 1 1 1 I � i E a F 4 k it F V o a f 0 t d k g� 6 g a Ifi w IL 111 ii 2 � O J Z N K $ 4 $� tJwa 1- a J N f r [S 2 C� y 2 8 S EXHIBIT C [Easement Lands[ Any adjacent property as descrihed in Deed Book 907, Page 205; Less and except any prior conveyances out. B W5654 19v3 SCHEDULE7A NONE BTM:SW]9r7 SCHEDOLE7B NONE SMS654190 10