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01-19 HRA Resolution No. 1386 HRA RESOLUTIONNO.1386 RESOLUTION APPROVING CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WITH PLH & ASSOCIATES 6605 1ST, LLC AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF A TAX INCREMENT LIMITED REVENUE NOTE WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota was created pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.001 through 469.047, as amended, and was authorized to transact business and exercise its powers by a resolution of the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota (the WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Authority approved a modification of the Redevelopment Plan -2 Tax Increment Financing District: Emi ; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City is expected to adopt a resolution on January 26, 2021, approving the modification of the Redevelopment Plan and the TIF Plan for the TIF District, in accordance with the TIF Act; and WHEREAS, PLH & Associates 6605 1st, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (the construct thereon approximately 42 apartment units with at least 20% of the units available to persons earning sixty percent (60%) or less of area median income, and approximately 1,300 square feet of commercial space ; and WHEREAS, there has been presented before this Board of Commissioners of the Authority (the Developer, pursuant to which the Developer will agree to construct the Minimum Improvements,and the Authority will agree to reimburse the Developer for certain public redevelopment costs associated with the Minimum Improvements ; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.178, the Authority is authorized to issue and sell its bonds for the purpose of financing a portion of the Public Redevelopment Costs, and such bonds shall be payable from all or any portion of revenues derived from the TIF District and pledged to the payment of the bonds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Development Agreement, the Authority has proposed to issue a Tax $971,070 to reimburse the Developer for the Public Redevelopment Costs; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Commissioners of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota as follows: Section 1. The Development Agreement. The Development Agreement is hereby in all respects authorized, approved, and confirmed, and the Chair and the Executive Director are hereby authorized and directed to execute the Development Agreement for and on behalf of the Authority in substantially the form now on file with the Executive Director but with such modifications as shall be deemed necessary, desirable, or appropriate, the execution thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of their approval of any and all modifications therein. Section 2. The TIF Note. 2.01. The Authority hereby approves and authorizes the Chair and Executive Director to execute the TIF Note forth in Section 3.3 of the Development Agreement have been met. The TIF Note shall be sold to the Developer with such terms provided in the Development Agreement. The Authority hereby delegates to the Executive Director the determination of the date on which the TIF Note is to be delivered. The Authority shall receive in exchange for the sale of the TIF Note the agreement of the Developer to pay or cause to be paid the Public Redevelopment Costs. 2.02. The TIF Note shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B attached to the Development Agreement, with the blanks to be properly filled in and the principal amount and payment schedule adjusted as of the date of issue. 2.03. The TIF Note shall be issued as a single typewritten note numbered R-1. The TIF Note shall be issuable only in fully registered form. Principal of the TIF Note shall be payable by check or draft issued by the registrar described herein.Principal of the TIF Note shall be payable by mail to the owner of record thereof as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month preceding the Payment Date (as defined in the Development Agreement), whether or not such day is a business day. 2.04. The Authority hereby appoints the Executive Director of the Authority to perform the for the TIF Note. The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the Authority and the Registrar with respect thereto shall be as follows: (a)The Registrar shall keep at its office a bond register in which the Registrar shall provide for the registration of ownership of the TIF Note and the registration of transfers and exchanges of the TIF Note. (b)Upon surrender for transfer of the TIF Note duly endorsed by the registered owner thereof or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the registered owner thereof or by an attorney duly authorized by the registered owner in writing, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, a new TIF Note or Notes of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the transferor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the TIF Note shall not be transferred to any person other than an affiliate, or other related entity, of the Developer unless the Authority has been provided with an investment letter in a form substantially similar to the investment letter submitted by the Developer or a certificate of the transferor, in a form satisfactory to the Authority, that such transfer is exempt from registration and prospectus delivery requirements of federal and applicable state securities laws. The Registrar may close the books for registration of any transfer after the fifteenth day of the month preceding each Payment Date and until such Payment Date. (c)Any TIF Note surrendered upon any transfer shall be promptly cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the Authority. HRA Resolution No. 1386 2 (d)If the TIF Note is presented to the Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the same until it is satisfied that the endorsement on such TIF Note or separate instrument of transfer is legally authorized. The Registrar shall incur no liability for its refusal, in good faith, to make transfers which it, in its judgment, deems improper or unauthorized. (e)The Authority and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name the TIF Note is at any time registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of such TIF Note, whether the TIF Note shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of such TIF Note and shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability of the Authority upon such TIF Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. (f)For every transfer or exchange of the TIF Note, the Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof sufficient to reimburse the Registrar for any tax, fee, or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. (g)In case the TIF Note shall become mutilated or be lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Registrar shall deliver a new TIF Note of like amount, maturity dates and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of such mutilated TIF Note or in lieu of and in substitution for such TIF Note lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the payment of the reasonable expenses and charges of the Registrar in connection therewith; and, in the case of the TIF Note lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that such TIF Note was lost, stolen, or destroyed, and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar of an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance, and amount satisfactory to it, in which both the Authority and the Registrar shall be named as obligees. The TIF Note so surrendered to the Registrar shall be cancelled by it and evidence of such cancellation shall be given to the Authority. If the mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed TIF Note has already matured or been called for redemption in accordance with its terms, it shall not be necessary to issue a new TIF Note prior to payment. 2.05. The TIF Note shall be prepared under the direction of the Executive Director and shall be executed on behalf of the Authority by the signatures of its Chair and Executive Director. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on the TIF Note shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the TIF Notes, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until delivery. When the TIF Note has been so executed, it shall be delivered by the Executive Director to the Developer in accordance with the Development Agreement. Section 3. Security Provisions of the TIF Note. 3.01. The Authority hereby pledges to the payment of the principal of the TIF Note all Available Tax Increment (as defined in the Development Agreement and as further described in the TIF Note). Available Tax Increment shall be applied to payment of the principal of the TIF Note in accordance with the terms of Development Agreement and the form of TIF Note. 3.02. Until the date the TIF Note is no longer outstanding and no principal thereof (to the extent required to be paid pursuant to this resolution) remains unpaid, the Authority shall maintain a separate and for the TIF Note to be used for no purpose other than the payment of the principal of the TIF Note. The Authority irrevocably agrees to appropriate to the Bond Fund in each year Available Tax Increment, subject to the terms of the Development Agreement. Any Available Tax Increment remaining in either Bond Fund shall be transferred principal to be paid with respect to the TIF Note. HRA Resolution No. 1386 3 Section 4. Miscellaneous. 4.01. The Chair and the Executive Director are hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the Developerany and all documents deemed necessary to carry out the intentions of this resolution and the Development Agreement. 4.02. The officers of the Authority are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Developer certified copies of all proceedings and records of the Authority, and such other affidavits, certificates, and information as may be required to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the TIF Note as the same appear from the books and records under their custody and control or as otherwise known to them, and all such certified copies, certificates, and affidavits, including any heretofore furnished, shall be deemed representations of the Authority as to the facts recited therein. 4.03. The approval of the Development Agreement is contingent upon the City the establishment of the TIF District and the related documents. 4.04. This resolution shall be effective upon full execution of the Development Agreement. Adopted by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota th this 19 day of January, 2021. Mary B. Supple, Chair ATTEST: Maria Regan Gonzalez, Secretary HRA Resolution No. 1386 4