02-20-18 Special HRA Packet A G E N D A
Special Meeting of the
Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Golden Valley City Hall
7800 Golden Valley Road
Council Chamber
February 20, 2018
6:30 pm
Pages
1. Roll Call
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Consider Third Amendment to Liberty Crossing Private Development
Agreement
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4. Adjournment
Executive Summary For Action
Golden Valley Special Housing and Redevelopment Authority Meeting
February 20, 2018
Agenda Item
3. Consider Third Amendment to Liberty Crossing Private Development Agreement
Prepared By
Marc Nevinski, Assistant HRA Director
Summary
Liberty Crossing Investment Partners, LLC (Developer) has requested a modification to the
Development Agreement to reduce the letter of credit securing its construction obligations. At
the onset of the project, the Developer delivered to the City a letter of credit in the amount of
$3.5M, which was reduced to $2.5M in July 2017 through an amendment to the development
agreement, and is now proposed to be reduced to $1.5M. A security reduction schedule was not
included in the original development agreement. To obtain the reduction, the developer must
receive Certificates of Occupancy for seven townhome buildings (COs have already been issued
for four other townhome buildings) and the clubhouse, as well as a Partial Certificate of
Occupancy for the south half of the apartment building.
Attachments
• Third Amendment to Liberty Crossing Private Development Agreement (6 pages)
Recommended Action
Motion to approve the Third Amendment to Liberty Crossing Private Development Agreement.
THIRD AMENDMENT
TO
LIBERTY CROSSING PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT
THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO LIBERTY CROSSING PRIVATE
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (“Third Amendment”), is made and entered into,
effective as of ____________________, 2018, by and between THE HOUSING AND
REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY, a
public body corporate established and existing under Minnesota Statutes, Section
469.001 et seq., with its principal offices at 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley,
Minnesota 55427 (the "HRA"), and LIBERTY CROSSING INVESTMENT PARTNERS,
LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, with its principal office at 3020 France
Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55416 (“Developer”).
WHEREAS, the HRA and Developer entered into that certain Liberty Crossing
Private Development Agreement, effective April 29, 2016, recorded as Document
No. T05343990 in the Office of the Hennepin County Registrar of Titles, as amended by
the First Amendment to Liberty Crossing Private Development Agreement, effective as
of July 11, 2017, recorded as Document No. T05460731 in the Office of the Hennepin
County Registrar of Titles, and by the Second Amendment to Liberty Crossing Private
Development Agreement, effective as of December 19, 2017, recorded as Document
No. T05500242 in the office of the Hennepin County Registrar of Titles (as amended,
collectively the “Private Development Agreement”), concerning the Development
Property legally described on attached Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference;
and
WHEREAS, the HRA and Developer wish to make certain changes to the Private
Development Agreement as set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, and in consideration of
the mutual terms and conditions contained herein, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings
given to them in the Private Development Agreement.
2. Section 4.6 of the Private Development Agreement is revised in its entirety
to state as follows:
Section 4.6 Letter of Credit. Developer has previously delivered to the
HRA, at Developer’s sole cost and expense, an irrevocable letter of credit in the
amount of $2,500,000, and Developer has also delivered to the City, as required
under the P.U.D. Development Agreement, a cash deposit in the amount of
$1,796,250, securing all of Developer’s construction obligations under this
Agreement and the P.U.D. Development Agreement.
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Any letter of credit referred to in this Section 4.6 shall be in a form and
issued by a bank previously approved by the HRA and provide for expiration in
not less than one year after date of issuance. At least 30 days prior to the
expiration of any letter of credit referred to in this Section 4.6, Developer shall
provide the HRA with a replacement letter of credit which shall extend at least
one year beyond the expiration date of the letter of credit then in effect or, if
earlier, until a date which is 60 days beyond the contractor’s written estimated
date for completion of the shell of the Improvements, or Developer shall be in
default hereunder with no opportunity to cure and the HRA may immediately
draw upon the letter of credit then in effect. The letter of credit for the amount of
$2,500,000 shall be reduced and released as follows:
• Letter of credit reduced to $1,500,000 upon issuance by the City’s
Building Official of all of the following:
o Certificate of Occupancy for townhomes buildings 2350,
2360, 2370, 2380, 2390, 2400 and 2490 Winnetka Ave N.;
o Certificate of Occupancy for Clubhouse at 2448 Winnetka
Ave N.; and
o Partial Certificate of Occupancy for the south portion of the
Apartment Building at 2450 Winnetka Ave N., including the following:
Lobby & Game Room on 1st Floor
Commons Area on 2nd Floor
1st Floor Units 100 – 115
2nd Floor Units 200 - 216
3rd Floor Units 300 – 317
4th Floor Units 400 – 417
5th Floor Units 500 – 517
• Remaining letter of credit in the amount of $1,500,000 will be
reduced to zero and returned in full upon completion of the Improvements (as
defined in the Private Development Agreement) and upon the issuance of the
Certificate of Completion by the HRA.
The balance of any cash deposits referred to in this Section 4.6 as
required under the P.U.D Development Agreement shall be fully released upon
completion of the construction of the Improvements, subject to the terms of the
P.U.D. Development Agreement regarding the release and retainage of the
deposits made thereunder.
3. Developer shall pay the reasonable legal fees and expenses incurred and
by the HRA and the City in connection with this Third Amendment and that certain First
Amendment to the P.U.D. Development Agreement of even date herewith, subject to a
maximum of $5,000.
4. Except as amended hereby, the Private Development Agreement
continues in full force and effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms,
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conditions and provisions of the Private Development Agreement and this Third
Amendment, the terms, conditions and provisions of this Third Amendment shall prevail.
This Third Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original and all of which shall together
constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the HRA has caused this Third Amendment to be duly
executed in its name and behalf and Developer has caused this Third Amendment to be
duly executed in its name and behalf, on or as of the date first above written.
THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT
AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF
GOLDEN VALLEY
By:
Joanie Clausen, Chair
And
Timothy J. Cruikshank, Director
LIBERTY CROSSING INVESTMENT
PARTNERS, LLC
By:
Todd Schachtman, Chief Manager
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN } ss
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ___ day of
__________________, 2018, by Joanie Clausen, Chair, and Timothy J. Cruikshank,
Director, of The Housing And Redevelopment Authority In And For The City Of Golden
Valley, on behalf of the organization.
Notary Public
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STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN } ss
The foregoing instrument was acknowledged before me this ____ day
of__________________, 2018, by Todd Schachtman, Chief Manager of Liberty
Crossing Investment Partners, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company, on behalf of
the limited liability company.
Notary Public
DRAFTED BY:
Best & Flanagan LLP (CCB)
60 South Sixth Street, Suite 2700
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
011800/315002/5294710_3
EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION FOR DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY
Lots 1-57, inclusive, Block 1, Liberty Crossing P.U.D. No. 123, Hennepin County,
Minnesota.