HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-174 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2018/11/05Resolution No. 18-174
Amending loan documents executed in connection with the
multifamily housing revenue obligations issued for the benefit of
Via Affordable Living Limited Partnership And Via Apartments, LLC;
and authorizing the execution and delivery of an amendment
document in connection therewith
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of St. Louis Park,
Minnesota (the "City"), as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. The City is a home rule charter city and political subdivision duly organized and
existing under its charter and the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota.
1.02. On April 17, 2017, following a duly noticed public hearing, the City Council
adopted Resolution No. 17-073 (the "Note Resolution"), which authorized the issuance of the
City's Multifamily Housing Revenue Note (PLACE St. Louis Park Multifamily Housing Project),
Series 2017 (the "Note"), in the original aggregate principal amount of $27,185,503, pursuant
to Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 462C and 474A, as amended, for the benefit of Via Affordable
Living Limited Partnership, a Minnesota limited partnership whose general partner is PLACE
E -Generation One LLC, a Delaware limited liability nonprofit company registered to do business
in Minnesota ("PLACE E -Generation One") and an affiliate of PLACE, a Minnesota nonprofit
corporation and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and Via Apartments, LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company whose sole
member is PLACE E -Generation One (collectively, the "Borrower").
1.03. The Note was issued to provide short-term financing for the acquisition,
construction, and equipping by the Borrower of all or a portion of approximately 299 affordable
and market -rate apartments (the "Project") to be constructed as part of a larger mixed-use,
mixed -income, transit -oriented development on property located at 5725, 5925, and 5815
Highway 7, 3565 and 3575 Wooddale Avenue, 5814 and 5816 361h Street, 3520 Yosemite
Avenue, and the western portion of 3548 Xenwood Avenue in the City.
1.04. The Note was issued on May 22, 2017 and was sold to Anchor Bank, N.A., a
national banking association which later merged with Old National Bank (the "Note
Purchaser"). The City loaned the proceeds of the Note to the Borrower pursuant to a Loan
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2017 (the "Loan Agreement"), between the City and the
Borrower. The City assigned its interest in the Loan Agreement (except for certain unassigned
rights set forth in the Loan Agreement) to the Note Purchaser pursuant to a Pledge Agreement,
dated as of May 1, 2017 (the "Pledge Agreement"), between the City and the Note Purchaser.
The City, the Borrower, and the Note Purchaser executed a Regulatory Agreement, dated May
22, 2017 (the "Regulatory Agreement"), to ensure compliance with certain rental and
occupancy restrictions imposed by the Act and Section 142(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and to ensure compliance with certain restrictions imposed by the City. The
Borrower and the Purchaser entered into a Disbursing Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2017 (the
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"Disbursing Agreement"), with respect to the initial and subsequent advances of the proceeds
of the Note
1.05. The Borrower intends to refund the Note with the proceeds of permanent
obligations to be issued by the City on or before June 30, 2019. The Note is subject to
extraordinary mandatory redemption or purchase in lieu of redemption on May 22, 2018,
which date was extended by the Note Purchaser to November 22, 2018.
1.06. The Borrower has requested that the Note Purchaser extend the extraordinary
mandatory redemption date, and the Note Purchaser has agreed to extend the extraordinary
mandatory redemption date to June 30, 2019.
1.07. There has been presented before the City Council a form of Master Amendment
Agreement (the "Master Amendment Agreement") proposed to be entered into between the
City, the Borrower, and the Note Purchaser, which amends the Loan Agreement, the Pledge
Agreement, the Disbursing Agreement, and the Regulatory Agreement. The purpose of the
Master Amendment Agreement is to memorialize the extension of the extraordinary
mandatory redemption date. There has also been presented before the City Council a form of
Amended and Restated Note.
Section 2. Amendments Approved.
2.01. The Mayor and the City Manager are hereby authorized and directed to execute
and deliver the Master Amendment Agreement and the Amended and Restated Note. All of
the provisions of the Master Amendment Agreement and the Amended and Restated Note,
when executed and delivered 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 Master Amendment
Agreement and the Amended and Restated Note shall be substantially in the forms on file with
the City which is hereby approved, with such omissions and insertions as do not materially
change the substance thereof, and as the Mayor and the City Manager, in their discretion, shall
determine, and the execution thereof by the Mayor and the City Manager shall be conclusive
evidence of such determinations.
2.02. The City Council hereby affirms its findings in the Note Resolution.
Resolution No. 18-174
Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall be in full force and effect from and
after its approval. The approvals contained in the resolution are effective for one year after the
date hereof.
for Administration: Adopted by the City Council November 5,
2018
Thom JYKM#mening� City Manager
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