08-03 - 01-08 - Housing Program and Providing for the Issuance and Sale of Revenue BondResolution 08-3
January 8, 2008
0 Member Pentel introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A HOUSING PROGRAM AND PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE AND SALE OF A REVENUE BOND PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA
STATUTES, CHAPTER 462C, AS AMENDED, AT THE REQUEST OF HAMMER
RESIDENCES, INC., AND APPROVING A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT AND OTHER
DOCUMENTS TO BE ENTERED INTO IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY:
1. Authorily. By the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C, as
amended (the "Housing Programs Act"), the City of Golden Valley (the "City") is authorized
to plan, administer, issue and sell revenue bonds or obligations to make or purchase loans
to finance one or more multifamily housing developments within its boundaries, which
revenue bonds or obligations shall be payable solely from the revenues of such
developments. Pursuant to Section 462C.07, Subdivision 1 of the Housing Programs Act,
in the purchase or making of multifamily housing loans and the issuance of revenue bonds
or other obligations, the City may exercise within its corporate limits any of the powers of
the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency may exercise under Minnesota Statutes,
Chapter 462A.
Pursuant to the Housing Programs Act and Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59, as
amended (the "Joint Powers Act," and together with the Housing Programs Act, referred to
collectively as the "Acts"), the City and the City of Plymouth (the "Participating Jurisdiction")
have been requested to enter into a Joint Powers Agreement (as further described herein,
the "Joint Powers Agreement") under which the City would issue its Revenue Bond
(Hammer Residences, Inc. Project) (as further described herein, the "Bond"), on behalf of
itself and the Participating Jurisdiction, to provide financing in connection with the housing
programs described herein, which were developed pursuant to the Housing Programs Act.
2. The Bond and the Programs. Hammer Residences, Inc., a Minnesota
nonprofit corporation (the "Borrower") has requested that the City approve a housing
program (the "Golden Valley Program") pursuant to the Housing Programs Act. A copy of
the Golden Valley Program has been presented to this Council and has been placed on file
with the City Clerk, The Golden Valley Program has been submitted to the Metropolitan
Council for review and comment as required by the Housing Programs Act. The Golden
Valley Program includes the multifamily housing development described in Exhibit A
hereto.
The Borrower has further requested that the Participating Jurisdiction approve the
housing program referred to and described in the Joint Powers Agreement (referred to
collectively with the Golden Valley Program as the "Programs"), and that the City issue and
sell the Bond in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, pursuant to the Acts, on
behalf of itself and the Participating Jurisdiction, and loan the proceeds thereof to the
Borrower to provide financing and refinancing for the Programs. The street addresses of
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ithe multifamily housing developments and related property included in the Programs are
set forth in the Programs and the Joint Powers Agreement.
3. Public Hearing. This Council conducted a public hearing Tuesday, January
8, 2008, on the proposal to authorize the Golden Valley Program and issue the Bond to
provide financing for the Programs. All persons present had an opportunity to express their
views with respect to the Golden Valley Program and the issuance of the Bond.
4. Approval of Program. The Golden Valley Program is hereby approved by the
City.
5. Documents Presented. Forms of the following documents relating to the
Bond and the Programs have been submitted to the City and are now on file in the offices
of the City Clerk:
(a) Joint Powers Agreement (the "Joint Powers Agreement") dated as of
January 1, 2008, between the City and the Participating Jurisdiction, whereby the
City agrees to issue the Bond on behalf of itself and the other Participating
Jurisdiction, pursuant to the Acts., in order to provide financing and refinancing for
the Programs;
(b) Loan and Purchase Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") dated as of
January 1, 2008, by and between the City, the Borrower and Wells Fargo Brokerage
is Services, LLC (the "Lender"), whereby, among other things, the City agrees to sell
and the Lender agrees to purchase the Bond, the City agrees to make a loan to the
Borrower of the gross proceeds of the sale of the Bond and the Borrower agrees to
complete the Programs, and the Borrower covenants to pay amounts sufficient to
provide for the prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Bond;
(c) Loan Agreement Assignment (the "Loan Agreement Assignment"),
dated as of January 1, 2008, whereby the City assigns to the Lender all of its interest
in the Loan Agreement and Loan Repayments of the Borrower payable thereunder
(except for its rights to indemnity and payment of fees, expenses and advances);
(d) Combination Mortgage, Security Agreement and Fixture Financing
Statement and Assignment of Leases and Rents (the "Mortgage") dated as of
January 1, 2008, from the Borrower, as mortgagor, to the City, as mortgagee,
whereby the Borrower grants to the City, a mortgage lien on and security interest in
the property described therein, as security for the Bond, and the Borrower assigns to
the City, for the further security of the Bond, its interest in all leases and rents
derived from the Programs;
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. (e) Assignment of Mortgage (the "Mortgage Assignment") dated as of
January 1, 2008, from the City, as assignor, to the Lender, as assignee, whereby the
City assigns to the Lender the City's interest in the Mortgage;
(f) Escrow Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement"), dated as January 1,
2008, between the City, the Borrower and the Lender, pursuant to which the Lender,
as Escrow Agent, agrees to hold, administer, invest and disburse the moneys in the
Project Fund established with proceeds of the Bond;
(g) Regulatory Agreement (the "Regulatory Agreement"), dated as of
January 1, 2008 between the Lender and the Borrower, designed to assure the
ongoing tax-exempt status of interest on the Bond.
6. Findin slt is hereby found, determined and declared that:
(a) There is no litigation pending or, to the knowledge of the City,
threatened against the City relating to any of the Programs or to the Bond, the Joint
Powers Agreement, the Loan Agreement, the Loan Agreement Assignment, the
Escrow Agreement, the Regulatory Agreement, the Mortgage, or the Mortgage
Assignment (the "Bond Documents"), or questioning the organization, powers or
authority of the City to issue the Bond or execute such agreements.
(b) The execution, delivery and performance of the City's obligations
under the Bond and the Bond Documents do not and will not violate any order of any
court or any agency of government of which the City is aware or in any proceeding
to which the City is a party, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which
the City is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound, or be in conflict with,
result in a breach of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default
under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument.
(c) The Loan Agreement provides for payments by the Borrower to the
Lender as registered owner of the Bond for the account of the City of such amounts
as will be sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bond
when due. The Loan Agreement obligates the Borrower to provide for the operation
and maintenance of the Program Facilities (as described therein), including
adequate insurance, taxes and special assessments.
(d) Under the provisions of the Acts, and as provided in the Loan
Agreement, the Bond is not and shall not be payable from or charged upon any
funds other than amounts payable pursuant to the Loan Agreement, which are
pledged to the payment thereof pursuant to the Loan Agreement Assignment, and,
in event of default, moneys derived from foreclosure of the Mortgage; the City is not
subject to any liability thereon; no owner of the Bond shall ever have the right to
compel the exercise of the taxing power of the City to pay the Bond or the interest
thereon, nor to enforce payment thereof against any property of the City; neither the
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Bond nor any document executed or approved in connection with the issuance
thereof shall constitute a pecuniary liability, general or moral obligation, charge, lien
or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the City; and the Bond
shall not constitute or give rise to a charge against the general credit or taxing
powers of the City.
7. Approval and Execution of Documents. The forms of Joint Powers
Agreement, Loan Agreement, Loan Agreement Assignment, Mortgage, Mortgage
Assignment, Regulatory Agreement and Escrow Agreement referred to in paragraph 5, are
approved. The Joint Powers Agreement, Loan Agreement, Loan Agreement Assignment,
Escrow Agreement and Mortgage Assignment shall be executed and delivered in the name
and on behalf of the City by the officers identified in paragraph 17, in substantially the forms
on file, but with all such changes therein, as may be approved by the officers executing the
same, which approval shall be conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof.
8. Approval Execution and Delivery of Bond. The City is hereby authorized to
issue the Bond, and the Bond shall be substantially in the form, and shall mature, bear
interest, and be payable in the installments and shall otherwise contain the terms and
provisions set forth in the form of Bond attached hereto as Exhibit B, which terms are for
this purpose incorporated in this resolution and made a part hereof; provided, however, that
the maturity of the Bond, the interest rate thereon, and the rights of optional or mandatory
redemption with respect thereto shall all be as set forth in the final issued Bond, to be
approved, executed and delivered by the officers of the City authorized to do so by the
provisions of this Resolution, which approval shall be conclusively evidenced by such
execution and delivery; and provided further that, in no event, shall the principal amount of
the Bond exceed $900,000.
A single Bond, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this Bond Resolution, shall be
issued and delivered to the Lender. The proposal of the Lender to purchase the Bond as
provided in the Loan Agreement at a purchase price equal to 100% of the par value thereof
is hereby found and determined to be reasonable and is hereby accepted. Pursuant to the
Loan Agreement, the payment by the Lender of the sale price of the Bond shall constitute a
loan of such funds from the City to the Borrower, as further provided in the Loan
Agreement.
9. Registration Records. The City Clerk, as Bond registrar, shall keep
registration records which shall set forth the name and registered address of the registered
owner of the Bond from time to time. Transfer of ownership of the Bond shall be reflected
in such registration records, as provided in Section 11 below.
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10. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bondlf the Bond is mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed, the City may execute and deliver to the Holder a new Bond of like amount,
date, number and tenor as that mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed; provided that, in the
case of mutilation, the mutilated Bond shall first be surrendered to the City, and in the case
of a lost, stolen or destroyed Bond, there shall be first furnished to the City and the
Borrower evidence of such loss, theft or destruction satisfactory to the City and the
Borrower, together with indemnity satisfactory to them. The City and Borrower may charge
the Holder with their reasonable fees and expenses in replacing any mutilated, lost, stolen
or destroyed Bond.
11. Transfer of Bond; Person Treated as HolderThe Bond shall be transferable by
the Holder only on the registration records of the City, upon presentation of the Bond for
notation of such transfer thereon at the office of the City Clerk, as Bond registrar,
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the City Clerk duly
executed by the Holder or its attorney duly authorized in writing. The Bond shall continue
to be subject to successive transfers in such manner at the option of the Holder of the
Bond. No service charge shall be made to the Holder for any such transfer, but the City
Clerk may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge payable in connection therewith, which the Borrower shall pay under the Loan
Agreement. The person in whose name the Bond shall be issued or, if transferred, shall be
registered from time to time shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute Holder thereof
for all purposes, and payment of or on account of the principal of and interest on the Bond
shall be made only to or upon the order of the Holder thereof, or its attorney duly authorized
in writing, and neither the City, the City Clerk, the Borrower, nor the Lender shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to
satisfy and discharge the liability upon the Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
The Bond shall be initially registered in the name of the Lender.
12. Amendments Changes and Modifications to Documents and Bond
Resol utio n Except as provided in the Loan Agreement, the City shall not enter into or make
any change, modification, alteration or termination of the Loan Agreement, the Loan
Agreement Assignment, the Mortgage, the Mortgage Assignment, the Escrow Agreement
or this Resolution.
13. Pledge to HolderPursuant to the Loan Agreement Assignment, the City shall
pledge and assign to the Lender and its successor Holders of the Bond all interest of the
City in the Loan Repayments to be made by the Borrower under the Loan Agreement. All
collections of moneys by the City in any proceeding for enforcement of the obligations of
the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Agreement, except for the rights of the City thereunder
reserved under the Loan Agreement Assignment, shall be received, held and applied for
the benefit of the Holder of the Bond.
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• 14. Covenants with Holders; EnforceabilityAll provisions of the Bond and of this
Resolution and all representations and undertakings by the City in the Loan Agreement and
the Loan Agreement Assignment are hereby declared to be covenants between the City
and the Lender and its successor Holders of the Bond and shall be enforceable by the
Lender or any Holder in a proceeding brought for that purpose.
15. Certificates, etcOfficers of the City are authorized to prepare and furnish to
Bond Counsel, to the Borrower and to the Lender, certified copies of all proceedings and
records of the City relating to the Bond, and such other affidavits and certificates as may be
required to show the facts appearing from the books and records in the officers' custody
and control or as otherwise known to them; and all such certified copies, certificates and
affidavits, including any heretofore furnished, shall constitute representations of the City as
to the truth of all statements of fact contained therein.
16. Nature of City's ObligationsAll covenants, stipulations, obligations,
representations, and agreements of the City contained in this Resolution or contained in the
aforementioned documents shall be deemed to be the covenants, stipulations, obligations,
representations, and agreements of the City to the full extent authorized or permitted by
law, and all such covenants, stipulations, obligations, representations, and agreements
shall be binding upon the City. Except as otherwise provided in this Resolution, all rights,
powers, and privileges conferred, and duties and liabilities imposed upon the City by the
. provisions of this Resolution or of the aforementioned documents shall be exercised or
performed by such officers, board, body or agency as may be required or authorized by law
to exercise such powers and to perform such duties. No covenant, stipulation, obligation,
representation, or agreement herein contained or contained in the documents referred to
above shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation, representation, or
agreement of any council member, officer, agent, or employee of the City in that person's
individual capacity, and neither the City Council nor any officer or employee executing the
Bond or such documents shall be liable personally on the Bond or be subject to any
representation, personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. No
provision, representation, covenant or agreement contained in the Bond, this Resolution or
in any other document related to the Bond, and no obligation therein or herein imposed
upon the City or the breach thereof, shall constitute or give rise to a general or moral
obligation, or indebtedness or pecuniary liability of the City or any charge upon its general
credit or taxing powers. In making the agreements, provisions, covenants and
representations set forth in the Bond or in any other document related to the Bond, the City
has not obligated itself to pay or remit any funds or revenues.
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17. Authorized OfficersThe Bond and the documents referred to herein are
authorized to be executed on behalf of the City by either its Mayor or City Clerk; provided
that in the event any of the officers of the City authorized to execute documents on behalf
of the City under this Resolution shall have resigned or shall for any reason be unable to do
so, the acting Mayor or the acting City Clerk, as the case may be, is hereby directed and
authorized to do so on behalf of the City, with the same effect as if executed by any officer
specifically authorized to do so in this Resolution.
18. Definitions and InterpretationTerms not otherwise defined in this Resolution
but defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same meanings in this Resolution and
shall be interpreted herein as provided therein. Notices may be given as provided in the
Loan Agreement. In case any provision of this Resolution is for any reason illegal or invalid
or inoperable, such illegality or invalidity or inoperability shall not affect the remaining
provisions of this Resolution, which shall be construed or enforced as if such illegal or
invalid or inoperable provision were not contained herein.
ATTEST:
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Susan M. Virnig, City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was seconded by Member Freiberg
and upon a vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Freiberg, Pentel,
Loomis, Scanlon and Shaffer; and the following voted against the same: none; whereupon
said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted, signed by the Mayor and her
signature attested by the City Clerk.
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EXHIBIT A
40 (Description of Multifamily Housing Development
included in Golden Valley Program)
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January 8, 2008
An existing residential building and site, for persons with developmental and other
disabilities, located at 2825 Lee Avenue, Golden Valley, Minnesota, acquisition financing
for which is to be provided through the issuance of a revenue note by the City of Golden
Valley, which acquisition financing may include the refinancing of any temporary
indebtedness incurred therefor; and the rehabilitation of said residential building, to the
extent required by the Housing Programs Act.
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EXHIBIT B
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN
CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY
Revenue Bond
(Hammer Residences, Inc. Project)
January 8, 2008
The City of Golden Valley, a municipal corporation in the County of Hennepin and
State of Minnesota (hereinafter sometimes called the "City"), for value received, hereby
promises to pay, but solely from the sources and in the manner hereinafter provided, to
Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC (the "Registered Owner"), or registered assigns, the
principal sum of Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000), on January _, 2018, upon
the presentation and surrender hereof, and to make prepayment of said principal sum in
installments as hereinafter provided, and to pay the Registered Owner hereof interest on
the outstanding and unpaid balance of such principal sum from the date hereof until said
principal sum is paid, at the rate of % per annum from the date hereof. Principal and
interest shall be paid in semi-annual installments of $ each, payable on the
day of each July and January, commencing on July _, 2008, each such
installment payment to be applied first to accrued interest and then to principal. All
payments hereon shall be made to the Registered Owner hereof in lawful money of the
United States as provided in the Loan Agreement mentioned below, at its registered
address.
This Bond is issued pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C, as amended
(the "Housing Programs Act"), and Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59, as amended (the
"Joint Powers Act," and together with the Housing Programs Act, referred to collectively as
the "Acts"), and in conformity with the provisions, restrictions and limitations thereof. This
Bond does not constitute a charge against the general credit or properties or taxing powers
of the City and does not grant to the owner of this Bond any right to have the City levy any
taxes or appropriate any funds for the payment of the principal hereof or interest hereon,
nor is this Bond a general obligation of the City or the individual officers or agents thereof.
This Bond and interest hereon are payable solely from the moneys received under the
Loan Agreement (as hereinafter described) or Mortgage referred to therein, including loan
repayments to be made by Hammer Residences, Inc., a nonprofit corporation organized
and existing under the laws of Minnesota (hereinafter called the "Borrower"), as provided in
the Loan Agreement.
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This Bond is a special, limited obligation Bond in the principal amount of $800,000,
which has been authorized by law to be issued and has been issued for the purpose of
funding a loan from the City to the Borrower in order to finance and refinance costs incurred
with respect to the Programs described in the hereinafter referred to Loan Agreement
(collectively the "Program"). This Bond is issued pursuant to a Loan and Purchase
Agreement (herein called the "Loan Agreement") by and between the City, the Borrower
and Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC (the "Registered Owner"), dated as of January 1,
2008, and a Bond Resolution duly adopted by the City Council of the City on January 8,
2008 (the "Bond Resolution"). Pursuant to a Loan Agreement Assignment (the "Loan
Agreement Assignment"), the City has assigned its interest in the Loan Agreement (except
for its rights to indemnity and payment of fees, expenses and advances) to the Registered
Owner. This Bond is secured by the Loan Agreement, the Loan Agreement Assignment,
the Bond Resolution, a Combination Mortgage, Security Agreement and Fixture Financing
Statement and Assignment of Leases and Rents dated as of January 1, 2008 (the
"Mortgage"), executed by the Borrower to the City and assigned by the City to the
Registered Owner, and an Escrow Agreement dated as of January 1, 2008 (the "Escrow
Agreement"), by and between the City, the Borrower and the Registered Owner, as Escrow
Agent. Reference is hereby made to all such documents and any supplements thereto for
a description and limitation of the property, revenues and funds pledged and appropriated
to the payment of the Bond, the nature and extent of the security thereby created, the rights
of the owner of the Bond, and the rights, immunities and obligations of the City thereunder.
Certified copies of the Bond Resolution and executed counterparts of the Loan Agreement,
Loan Agreement Assignment, Mortgage and Escrow Agreement are on file at the office of
the City Manager.
On July _, 2008, and each semi-annual payment date thereafter, this Bond shall be
subject to optional prepayment, at the direction of the Borrower, in whole but not in part, at
a prepayment price equal to the regularly scheduled payment otherwise owing on such
date together with an amount equal to the Termination Value, as set forth in Exhibit A to the
Loan Agreement.
This Bond is also subject to mandatory redemption in the event of a Determination of
Taxability, as defined in the Loan Agreement, that interest upon the Bond is includible in
gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. In the event of a Determination of
Taxability, the Borrower is obligated to cause the Bond to be redeemed at a redemption
price equal to the unpaid principal amount thereof for the semi-annual payment date next
preceding such redemption date, as set forth in Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement, plus
accrued interest, together with all taxes, interest and penalties assessed or owing in
connection therewith.
Notice of any such prepayment or redemption shall be given to the registered owner
of this Bond by first class mail, addressed to such owner at its registered address, not
earlier than sixty days nor later than thirty days prior to the date fixed for prepayment or
redemption and shall be published as may be required by law.
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0 ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address of Transferee)
the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
attorney to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full
power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Please Insert Social Security Number or Notice: The signature to this assignment
Other Identifying Number of Assignee must correspond with the name as it
appears on the face of this Bond in every
particular, without alteration or any change
whatever.
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
financial institution that is a member of the
Securities Transfer Agent Medallion
Program ("STAMP"), the Stock Exchange
Medallion Program ("SEMP"), the New
York Stock Exchange, Inc. Medallion
Signature Program ("MSP") or such other
"signature guarantee program" as may be
determined by the Registrar in addition to,
or in substitution for, STAMP, SEMP or
MSP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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