Pubic Hearing – Taft Solar LLC/SLH II, LLC — Taft-Solar-SLH-II-PH-Notice2.pdf
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
            PURSUANT TO NEW YORK GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW §859-a
              ON PROPOSED PROJECT AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
                                 Taft Solar LLC / SLH II, LLC
                                East Taft Road, Town of Manlius
                                     Tax Map # 034.-01-20.1
       NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing pursuant to Section 859-a of the New
York General Municipal Law will be held by the Onondaga County Industrial Development Agency
(the “Agency”).
Public Hearing Date and Time: May 6, 2021 at 10:30 A.M.
Public Hearing Location: Held via Zoom meeting: Meeting Number #86023125337, or dial in at
1-929-436-2866 and enter meeting number.
For assistance or questions regarding the public hearing please contact the Onondaga County
Industrial Development Agency.
The public hearing is being held in connection with the following matter:

Taft Solar LLC, a Delaware limited liability company authorized to do business in the State of
New York (the “Operating Company”) and SLH II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
authorized to do business in the State of New York (the “Real Estate Holding Company”) have
submitted an application (the “Application”) on behalf of themselves and/or entities formed or to
be formed on behalf of the foregoing, to the Agency, a copy of which Application is on file at the
office of the Agency, which application requests that the Agency consider undertaking a project
(the “Project”) for the benefit of the Operating Company, the Real Estate Holding Company,
and/or entities formed or to be formed on their behalf, said Project consisting of the following:
(A)(1) the acquisition of an interest in an approximately 38.54 acre parcel of land located on East
Taft Road (tax map no. 034.-01-20.1) in the Town of Manlius, Onondaga County, New York (the
“Land”); (2) the construction on the Land of an approximately 20 acre solar power electric
generating photo-voltaic plant and DC coupled energy storage systems (the “Facility”); and (3) the
acquisition and installation therein and thereon of related fixtures, machinery, equipment and other
tangible personal property (collectively, the “Facility Equipment”) (the Land, the Facility and the
Facility Equipment being collectively referred to as the “Company Project Facility”) such
Company Project Facility to be leased and subleased by the Agency to the Real Estate Holding
Company and further subleased by the Real Estate holding Company to the Operating Company;
and (4) the acquisition and installation therein and thereon of related fixtures, machinery,
equipment and other tangible personal property (collectively the “Equipment” and together with
the Company Project Facility, the “Project Facility”); (B) the granting of certain “financial
assistance” (within the meaning of Section 854(14) of the Act) with respect to the foregoing,
including potential exemptions from certain sales and use taxes, real property taxes and real estate
transfer taxes (subject to certain statutory limitations) (the “Financial Assistance”); and (C) the
lease (with an obligation to purchase) or sale of the Company Project Facility to the Real Estate
Holding Company or such other person as may be designated by the Real Estate Holding Company
and agreed upon by the Agency and the lease (with an obligation to purchase) or sale of the

Equipment to the Operating Company or such other person as may be designated by the Operating
Company and agreed upon by the Agency.
     The Real Estate Holding Company will be the initial owner of the Project Facility and the
Operating Company will be the initial operator of the Project Facility.
      The Agency has not made a decision with respect to the undertaking of the Project or the
granting of the Financial Assistance.
      The Agency will at the above-stated time and place hear all persons with views in favor of or
opposed to the Project and/or the Financial Assistance. A copy of the Application including a
cost/benefit analysis is available at the office of the Agency for review by interested persons.
       This public hearing will be held by remote means, by Zoom meeting and telephone conference
call, in accordance with the modifications to Article 7 of the Public Officers Law (the “Open
Meetings Law”) as modified by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Executive Order 202.1, as
extended, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A copy of a recording of the hearing will be
available on the Agency’s website.

ONONDAGA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Dated: April 16, 2021