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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7524 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1983/12/19RESOLUTION NO. 7524 Authorizing the issuance of the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, Multifamily Housing Development Revenue Bonds (Park Hill II Apartments Project), in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3,200,000 which bonds and the interest and premium thereon shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from the loan agreement; prescribing the form of and authorizing the execution of an indenture of trust, a lender loan agreement, and a regulatory agreement; authorizing the execution and sale of the bonds and directing delivery thereof; approving the form of certain collateral documents; and providing for the securities, rights, and remedies of the holders of said revenue bonds. WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park (the "City") is a home -rule charter city duly organized- and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, particularly Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 462A and 462C, as amended (the "Acts"), the City is authorized to carry out the public purposes described therein and contemplated thereby by issuing its revenue bonds to defray, in whole or in part, the development costs of a rental housing development, and by entering into any agreements made in connection therewith and pledging them as security for the payment of the principal of and interest on any such revenue bonds (the "Program"); and WHEREAS, to provide a means of financing the cost of a rental housing development that will provide decent, safe and sanitary housing for low and moderate income residents of the City at rents they can afford, and further (1) to provide for and promote the public health, safety, morals and welfare; (2) to provide for efficient and well-planned urban growth and development, including the elimination and prevention of potential urban blight, and the proper coordination of industrial facilities with public services, mass transportation and multifamily housing developments; and (3) to assist persons of low and moderate income in obtaining safe and sanitary housing at rents which they can afford, which constitute valid public purposes for the issuance of revenue bonds under the Acts, the City has developed a program with respect to (i) the issuance by the City of its Multifamily Housing Development Revenue Bonds (Park Hill II Apartments Project) (the "Bonds") in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $3,200,000 and (ii) the use of the Bond proceeds by the City to make a loan (the "Loan") to Park Hill Investment Co., a Partnership (the "Developer"), pursuant to a loan agreement dated as of the date hereof between the City and the Developer (the "Loan Agreement") to finance construction of a multifamily rental housing development (the "Project") and WHEREAS, on October 2, 1979, the City adopted a Housing Plan pursuant to and in conformity with the Acts, and on March 15, 1982, the City adopted an amendment to the Housing Plan (the plan, as amended referred to herein as the "Housing Plan"), both actions taken after public hearing thereon and on certain -1- amendments to the Housing Plan after one publication of notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the City at least thirty (30) days before the date of the hearing, as required by the Act; and WHEREAS, Part W. C. of the Housing plan, designated as the Multifamily Rental Housing Revenue Bond Program (the "Multifamily Housing Program"), an individual component of the Housing Plan for which an issue of revenue bonds or obligations was proposed, was developed by the City and made a part of the Housing Plan; and WHEREAS, the Housing Plan was submitted on April 8, 1982 to the Metropolitan Council, which reviewed the Housing Plan and forwarded its comments to the City on April 13, 1982, which comments were reviewed and discussed by the City; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City amended the Multifamily Housing Program on March 7, 1983; and WHEREAS, the Act requires review approval of a program for the issuance of bonds by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (the "Agency"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, and the Indenture of Trust by and between the City and Norwest Bank Minneapolis, National Association (the "Trustee") (the "Indenture"), the City proposes to authorize, issue and sell the Bonds for the purpose of financing the Project; and WHEREAS, neither the City nor the State of Minnesota or any political subdivision thereof shall be liable on the Bonds, and the Bonds shall not be a debt of the City, the State of Minnesota, or any political subdivision thereof, and in any event shall not give rise to a charge against the general credit or taxing power of the City, the State of Minnesota, or any political subdivision thereof (including without limitation the City), and shall not be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the City provided as security by the Indenture; and WHEREAS, in order to comply with the requirements of Section 103(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, the City Council held a second public hearing on December 19, 1983, after publication of notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the City at least fourteen days before the hearing, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK, MINNESOTA: Section 1. The City Council of the City acknowledges, finds, determines, and dec ares that the preservation of the quality of life in the City is dependent upon the maintenance, provision, and preservation of an adequate housing stock which is affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income, that accomplishing this is a public purpose, and that many would-be providers of housing units in the City are either unable to afford mortgage credit at present market rates of interest or are unable to obtain mortgage credit because the mortgage credit market is severely restricted. -2- Section 2. There is hereby authorized the issuance of the Bonds of the City in an amount not to exceed $3,200,000, to be issued and delivered upon receipt of program approval from the Agency. The Bonds shall be in such principal amount, shall mature, shall bear interest, shall be in such denomination, shall be numbered, shall be dated, shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity, shall be in such form, and shall have such other details and provisions as are prescribed by the Indenture hereinafter referred to. Section 3. The Bonds shall be special obligations of the City payable solely from the revenues derived pursuant to the Loan Agreement, in the manner provided in the Indenture of Trust (the "Indenture") between the City and Norwest Bank Minneapolis, National Association. The Bonds do not constitute a debt to the City, nor does the City pledge its full faith and credit in regard to the issuance of the Bonds. The City Council of the City hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor of the City (the "Mayor"), the City Manager (the "City Manager") and the City Clerk of the City (the "City Clerk") to execute, under the corporate seal of the City, the Indenture, and to deliver to Norwest Bank Minneapolis, National Association (the "Trustee") the Indenture, and hereby authorizes and directs the execution of the Bonds in accordance with the Indenture, and hereby provides that the Indenture shall provide the terms and conditions, covenants, rights, obligations, duties, and agreements of the bondholders, the City, and the Trustee as set forth therein. All of the provisions of the Indenture, when executed as authorized herein, shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Indenture shall be substantially in the form on file with the City Manager on the date hereof, and is hereby approved, with such necessary and appropriate variations, omissions, and insertions as do not materially affect the substance of the transaction and as the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk, in their discretion, shall determine; provided that the execution thereof by the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such determination. Section 4. The Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Loan Agreement and, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Loan Agreement shall be substantially in the form on file with the City Manager on the date hereof, and is hereby approved, with such necessary variations, omissions, and insertions as do not materially affect the substance of the transaction and as the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk, in their discretion, shall determine; provided that the execution thereof by the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such determination. Section 5. The Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to accept and execute the Regulatory Agreement (the "Regulatory Agreement") between the City, the Trustee and the Developer and, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, the Regulatory Agreement shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Regulatory Agreement shall be substantially in the form on file with the City Manager on the date hereof, and is hereby approved, with such necessary variations, omissions, and insertions as do not materially affect the substance of the transaction and as the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk, in their discretion, shall determine; provided that the execution thereof by the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such determination. Section 6. The Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to accept and execute the Disbursing Agreement (the "Disbursing Agreement") between the Developer, the City, the Trustee, and Norwest Bank Minneapolis, National Association (the "Lender") and, when executed and delivered as authorized herein, the Disbursing Agreement shall be deemed to be a part of this resolution as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein and shall be in full force and effect from the date of execution and delivery thereof. The Disbursing Agreement shall be substantially in the form on file with the City Manager on the date hereof, and is hereby approved, with such necessary variations, omissions, and insertions as do not materially affect the substance of the transaction and as the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk, in their discretion, shall determine; provided that the execution thereof by the Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk shall be conclusive evidence of such determination. Section 7. All covenants, stipulations, obligations, representations, and agreements of the City contained in this resolution or contained in the Indenture, Loan Agreement, Regulatory Agreement or other documents referred to above 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 or the City Council members thereof by the provisions of this resolution or of the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Regulatory Agreement or other documents referred to above shall be exercised or performed by the City, or by such members, 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 Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Regulatory Agreement or other documents referred to above shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation, representation, or agreement of any officer, agent, or employee of the City in that person's individual capacity, and neither the members of the City Council of the City nor any officer or employee executing the Bonds shall be liable personally on the Bonds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. No provision, covenant or agreement contained in the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Regulatory Agreement, the Disbursing Agreement, the Bonds or in any other document related to the Bonds, and no obligation therein or herein imposed upon the City or the breach thereof, shall constitute or give rise to any 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 Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Disbursing Agreement, the Bonds or in any other document related to the Bonds, the City has not obligated itself to pay or remit any funds or revenues, other than funds and revenues derived from the Lender Loan Agreement which are to be applied to the payment of the Bonds, as provided therein and in the Indenture. -4- Section 8. The City Council hereby approves the form of the following documents to be executed as additional security for the Bonds: Combination Mortgage, Security Agreement and Fixture Financing Statement, between the Developer and the Trustee; Assignment of Rents and Leases between the Developer and the Trustee; Guaranty Agreements, all such documents approved substantially in the form on file with the City Manager. Section 9. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this resolution or in the Indenture, expressed or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon any person, firm, or corporation other than the City, the holders of the Bonds, the Trustee, and the Developer and the Lender to the extent expressly provided in the Indenture, any right, remedy, or claim, legal or equitable, under and by reason of this resolution or any provision hereof or of the Indenture or any provision thereof, this resolution, the Indenture and all of their provisions being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City, the holders from time to time of the Bonds issued under the provisions of this resolution and the Indenture, and the Developer and the Lender to the extent expressly provided in the Indenture. Section 10. In case any one or more of the provisions of this resolution or of the Indenture or of the Bonds issued hereunder shall for any reason be held to be illegal or invalid, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this resolution or of the Indenture or of the Bonds, but this resolution, the Indenture, and the Bonds shall be construed as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained therein. The terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the pledge of revenues derived from the Loan Agreement referred to in the Indenture, the creation of the funds provided for in the Indenture, the provisions relating to the application of the proceeds derived from the sale of the Bonds pursuant to and under the Indenture, and the application of said revenues and other monies are all commitments, obligations, and agreements on the part of the City contained in the Indenture, and the invalidity of the Indenture shall not affect the commitments, obligations, and agreements on the part of the City to create such funds and to apply said revenues, other monies, and proceeds of the Bonds for the purposes, in the manner, and according to the terms and conditions fixed in the Indenture, it being the intention hereof that such commitments on the part of the City are as binding as if contained in this resolution separate and apart from the Indenture. Section 11. All acts, conditions, and things relating to the adoption of this resolution, required by the laws of the State of Minnesota to happen, exist, and be performed precedent to and in the enactment of this resolution, have been performed as so required by law. Section 12. All acts, conditions, and things required by the laws of the State of Minnesota, relating to the issuance of the Bonds and to the execution of the Indenture and the other documents referred to above to happen, exist and be performed precedent to the issuance of the Bonds and precedent to the execution of the Indenture and the other documents referred to above will have happened, will exist, and, will have been performed as so required by law prior to issuance of the Bonds and execution of the Indenture. -5- Section 13. The City Council of the City, officers of the City, and attorneys and other agents or employees of the City are hereby authorized to do all acts and things required of them by or in connection with this resolution and the Indenture and the other documents referred to above for the full, punctual, and complete performance of all the terms, covenants, and agreements contained in the Bonds, the Indenture and the other documents referred to above, and this resolution. Section 14. The Mayor, City Manager and City Clerk are authorized and directed to execute and deliver any and all certificates, agreements or other documents which are required by the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, or the Regulatory Agreement, or any other certificates or documents which are deemed necessary by bond counsel to evidence the validity or enforceability of the Bonds, the Indenture or the other documents referred to in this Resolution, or to evidence compliance with Section 103(b)(4)(A) or Section 103(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended; and the Mayor and the City Manager are hereby designated as Officers of the City for the purposes of executing the Officer's Certificate; and all such agreements or representations when made shall be deemed to be agreements or representations, as the case may be, of the City. Section 15. If for any reason the Mayor of the City is unable to execute and deliver those documents referred to in this Resolution any other member of the City Council of the City may execute and deliver such documents with the same force and effect as if such documents were executed by the Mayor. If for any reason the City Manager or City Clerk of the City is unable to execute and deliver the documents referred to in this Resolution, such documents may be executed and delivered by any other member of the City Council or the Assistant City Clerk with the same force and effect if such documents were executed and delivered by the City Manager or City Clerk of the City. Section 16. All costs incurred by the City in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds and the execution and delivery of the Indenture, the Loan Agreement, the Regulatory Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relative to the Bonds, whether or not actually issued or delivered, shall be paid by the Developer or reimbursed by the Developer to the City. Section 17. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage. Adopted by the City Council December 19, 1983. AlCtillt .6 60v Reviewed for administration: -6- Approved o form and legality: ity torney