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A Public–Private Partnership with the Harrisburg Public Parking System

A Public–Private Partnership with the Harrisburg Public Parking System. LAZ Parking / Harrisburg Parking Authority / North American Strategic Infrastructure Partners. CONTENTS. A Great Deal for Harrisburg: Transaction Overview 4 Executive Overview: Sources and Uses of Funds 5

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A Public–Private Partnership with the Harrisburg Public Parking System

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  1. A Public–Private Partnership with the Harrisburg Public Parking System LAZ Parking / Harrisburg Parking Authority / North American Strategic Infrastructure Partners

  2. CONTENTS • A Great Deal for Harrisburg: Transaction Overview 4 • Executive Overview: Sources and Uses of Funds 5 • Additional Benefits 6 • Before/After Comparison 7 • Labor’s Participation in the Harrisburg P3 8 • Benefits to Labor 9 • P3s Are on the Horizon: Harrisburg Could Lead 10 • Examples of Completed Transaction 11 • Sponsors 12 • LAZ Parking: “Best-in-Class Operator” 13 • Appendix: Teamster Letter to LAZ Parking 14

  3. AERIAL OF HARRISBURG PARKING AUTHORITY Harrisburg Parking Authority, current facilities

  4. A GREAT DEAL FOR HARRISBURG: TRANSACTIONOVERVIEW • Highly competitive process: RFQ, approximately 20 respondents; RFP, 6 bidders • Public–Private Partnership between the City of Harrisburg (“City”), Harrisburg Parking Authority (“HPA”), and Harrisburg Public Parking, LLC (the “Concessionaire”) to include nine garages, two lots, and on-street parking meters (the “Parking System”) • $215 million up-front payment by Concessionaire to the City/HPA • 75-year concession period, during which the Concessionaire assumes responsibility for operating and maintaining the Parking System with its existing workforce, in accordance with detailed “Operating Standards” • Parking System remains the property of the HPA and the City and control of same reverts back to the people of Harrisburg at the conclusion of the concession • All existing union employees working in the parking system retain their jobs,and Concessionaire assumes collective bargaining agreement • HPA and City oversee the enforcement of the “Operating Standards” • Concessionaire is obligated to make all capital expenditures required to maintain the Parking System and enforce the meters, and to return the asset in good condition at the end of the concession to the City/HPA

  5. EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW: SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS • Sources:$215 million up-front payment by Concessionaire to the City/HPA • Uses: • City/HPA repays $114 million of current bond on parking assets through defeasance ($120 million of securities) • The City repays allof its General Obligation Bonds ($88 million) • The City’s annual cash flow is increased as a result by over $11 million per year (see page 7) • The City receives an additional $575,000 in ongoing annual payments, for a total of over $11,575,000 per annum • The City’s credit rating improves to among the best of any city in Pennsylvania • The City has enhanced and less-expensive borrowing capacity

  6. ADDITIONAL BENEFITS • New Budget Flexibility: Determine how best to use the cash flow infusion into the City budget, e.g.: • Support and expand City programs and services • Greenlight new projects and initiatives • Tax relief for City residents • Pay down additional City debt • Enhanced Services: Technology upgrades, increased valet parking, and other initiatives to facilitate public parking in Harrisburg and support City businesses • Existing Jobs: Protect and potentially increase the jobs currently held by union employees • New Jobs: Create additional jobs in the City through the use of transaction proceeds

  7. BEFORE/AFTER COMPARISON

  8. North American Strategic Infrastructure Partners and LAZ Parking believe that labor should benefit from the Harrisburg Parking System privatization. And we are committed to: assuming the collective bargaining agreement as presented in our proposal; protecting the interests of organized labor; creating additional jobs within the parking system; and reaping the economic benefits of new job creation from the use of the concession proceeds. LABOR’S PARTICIPATION IN THE HARRISBURG P3 WE SEEK TO INVOLVE AND PROTECT ORGANIZED LABOR

  9. THIS TEAM WILL HONOR LABOR We will protect the jobs currently held by union employees working for the various labor unions associated with the Parking System and meter enforcement THE BENEFITS FOR LABOR Letter of recommendation from the Chicago union involved in the Chicago Underground Parking System, which LAZ took over as operator

  10. P3S ARE ON THE HORIZON: HARRISBURG COULD LEAD • Although a relatively new concept in the United States, the privatization of government infrastructure has occurred successfully for many years in England, Germany, France, Brazil, Australia, Canada, and other first-world countries throughout Europe, Asia, and South America • In the last few years, legislatures throughout the United States have begun the process of privatizing their infrastructure through Public– Private Partnerships • Harrisburg has an opportunity to become a leader in this emerging area of public finance in the United States • Billions of dollars of infrastructure will be privatized in the United States over the next two decades

  11. The Chicago Skyway transaction executed by a partnership of local authorities including and Cintra/Macquarie EXAMPLES OF COMPLETED TRANSACTIONS • Chicago’s privatization of its downtown underground parking garages evolved as a partnership including LAZ Parking

  12. SPONSORS • Harrisburg Public Parking, LLC (the “Concessionaire”) is a special-purpose entity formed to acquire a long-term concession of the Harrisburg Public Parking System • HPP will be managed by a joint venture of North American Strategic Infrastructure Partners, LLC and LAZ Parking Realty Investors, LLC • The Cloud Company, a minority partner in the transaction, is a highly respected African-American business enterprise involved in real estate and community development. • Sanford (“Sandy”) Cloud, Jr., Chairman: Lawyer, former state senator, corporate executive, and community engagement  leader • Adam Cloud, Principal: Expert in state and municipal bond finance, as well as real estate and infrastructure development expert • Christopher Cloud, Principal: Government and community relations professional  • LAZ Parking Realty Investors, LLC represents a “best-in-class” parking operator • North American Strategic Infrastructure Partners, LLC • Jacob Frydman: A leading National real estate developer and investor • Leonard Shaykin: A prominent private equity investor

  13. LAZ PARKING: “BEST-IN-CLASS” OPERATOR • Extensive experience around the country • Success with the Chicago Underground Parking Authority P3 transaction • Successful current operations within Harrisburg • Extensive experience in the capital markets • LAZ is a partner of Vinci, the largest parking operator in the world • Union friendly: LAZ enjoys excellent relations with organized labor • Community commitment

  14. APPENDIX: Teamster Letter to LAZ Parking

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