07-16 HRA Resolution No. 1295
HRA RESOLUTION NO. 1295
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN INTERFUND LOAN FOR ADVANCE
OF CERTAIN COSTS IN CONNECTION WITH PROPOSED TAX
INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 2014-1.
BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board of Commissioners (the "Board") of the Richfield
Housing and Redevelopment Authority (the "Authority") of the City of Richfield,
Minnesota, as follows:
WHEREAS
, the Authority and the City of Richfield, Minnesota (the "City")
established Tax Increment Financing District No. 2014-1 (the "TIF District") within the
Richfield Redevelopment Project (the "Project") pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
Sections 469.174 to 469.1794, as amended (the “TIF Act”), and adopted a Tax
Increment Financing Plan (the "TIF Plan") for the purpose of financing certain
improvements within the Project.
WHEREAS
, pursuant to Resolution No. 1175 adopted January 22, 2014, the
Authority determined that it would use tax increments from the TIF District to pay for
certain costs of demolition of substandard buildings within the proposed TIF District,
costs of environmental remediation, and administrative costs (the "Qualified Costs"),
which costs may be financed on a temporary basis from City or Authority funds
available for such purposes in the amount of up to $300,000.
WHEREAS
, pursuant to Resolution No. 1223 adopted February 16, 2016 (the
“Amended Interfund Loan Resolution”), the Authority determined to modify the Interfund
Loan Resolution to include reimbursement to the Authority for a land write-down in the
amount of up to $244,000 for Mesaba Capital Development, LLC to assist in financing a
development consisting of approximately 60 assisted living units and 28 memory care
units (the “Development”), within the TIF District.
WHEREAS
, the land write-down for the Development was not completed.
WHEREAS
, the Authority has repaid the City for the portion of Interfund Loan
advanced from the City’s Capital Improvement Reserve Fund in the amount of
$217,009.14 with sale proceeds of the land upon which the Development was built.
WHEREAS
, the Authority has determined to modify the Amended Interfund Loan
Resolution to change the source of funds from which the Interfund Loan is advanced.
WHEREAS
, under Section 469.178, Subd. 7 of the TIF Act, the Authority is
authorized to advance or loan money from the Authority's general fund or any other fund
from which such advances may be legally authorized, in order to finance the Qualified
Costs.
WHEREAS
, the Authority intends to reimburse itself for all or a portion of the
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Qualified Costs from tax increments derived from the TIF District in accordance with the
terms of this resolution (which terms are referred to collectively as the "Interfund Loan").
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED
by the Board as follows:
1. The Authority hereby authorizes the advance of up to $300,000 from the
Authority’s General Fund or so much thereof as may be paid as Qualified Costs.
The Authority shall reimburse itself for such advances together with interest at
the rate stated below. Interest accrues on the principal amount from the date of
each advance. The maximum rate of interest permitted to be charged is limited
to the greater of the rates specified under Minnesota Statutes, Section 270C.40
or Section 549.09 as of the date the loan or advance is authorized, unless the
written agreement states that the maximum interest rate will fluctuate as the
interest rates specified under Minnesota Statutes, Section 270C.40 or Section
549.09 are from time to time adjusted. The interest rate shall be 4.0% and will
not fluctuate.
2. Principal and interest ("Payments") on the Interfund Loan shall be paid semi-
annually on each August 1 and February 1 (each a "Payment Date"),
commencing on the first Payment Date on which the Authority has Available Tax
Increment (defined below), or on any other dates determined by the Executive
Director of the Authority, through the date of last receipt of tax increment from the
TIF District.
3. Payments on this Interfund Loan are payable solely from "Available Tax
Increment," which shall mean, on each Payment Date, tax increment available
after other obligations have been paid, or as determined by the Executive
Director of the Authority, generated in the preceding six (6) months with respect
to the property within the TIF District and remitted to the City by Hennepin
County, all in accordance with the TIF Act. Payments on this Interfund Loan may
be subordinated to any outstanding or future bonds or notes issued by the City or
the HRA and secured in whole or in part with Available Tax Increment. The
Interfund Loan shall be paid prior to any pay-as-you-go notes or contracts
secured in whole or in part with Available Tax Increment, and any other
outstanding or future interfund loans secured in whole or in part with Available
Tax Increment.
4. The principal sum and all accrued interest payable under this Interfund Loan are
pre-payable in whole or in part at any time by the Authority without premium or
penalty. No partial prepayment shall affect the amount or timing of any other
regular payment otherwise required to be made under this Interfund Loan.
5. This Interfund Loan is evidence of an internal borrowing by the Authority in
accordance with Section 469.178, Subd. 7 of the TIF Act, and is a limited
obligation payable solely from Available Tax Increment pledged to the payment
hereof under this resolution. This Interfund Loan and the interest hereon shall
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not be deemed to constitute a general obligation of the State of Minnesota or any
political subdivision thereof, including, without limitation, the Authority. Neither
the State of Minnesota, nor any political subdivision thereof shall be obligated to
pay the principal of or interest on this Interfund Loan or other costs incident
hereto except out of Available Tax Increment, and neither the full faith and credit
nor the taxing power of the State of Minnesota or any political subdivision thereof
is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on this Interfund Loan or
other costs incident hereto. The Authority shall have no obligation to pay any
principal amount of the Interfund Loan or accrued interest thereon, which may
remain unpaid after the final Payment Date.
6. The Authority may amend the terms of this Interfund Loan at any time by
resolution of the Board, including a determination to forgive the outstanding
principal amount and accrued interest to the extent permissible under law.
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Approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Richfield Housing and
Redevelopment Authority this 16th day of July, 2018.
teA^ it,
Mary Supple Chair
ATTEST:
Erin Vrieze ian - s, .ecretary
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