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121823 Resolution 1472HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN AND FOR THE CITY OF RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 1472 RESOLUTION APPROVING A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTRACT FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WITH 101 E 66TH ST LLC WHEREAS, the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota (the "Authority") 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 "City"); and WHEREAS, the City and the Authority has established the 2020-2 Tax Increment Financing District — EMI (the "TIF District'), a redevelopment district within the Richfield Redevelopment Project, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174 through 469.1794, as amended; and WHEREAS, 101 E 66TH ST LLC, a Minnesota limited liability company (the "Developer"), owns certain property in the City and has proposed to construct thereon approximately 80 rental housing units, including sixteen affordable housing units, and approximately 2,800 square feet of commercial space (the "Minimum Improvements"); and WHEREAS, the Authority and the Developer previously entered into an Amended and Restated Contract for Private Development (the "Original Development Agreement') pursuant to which the Developer agreed to construct the Minimum Improvements and the Authority agreed to reimburse the Developer for certain public redevelopment costs associated with the Minimum Improvements through the issuance of a tax increment revenue note (the "TIF Note") in the maximum principal amount of $2,685,000; and WHEREAS, the Authority and the Developer have proposed to amend the Original Development Agreement to clarify that the TIF Note will be payable solely from the Available Tax Increment (as defined in the Original Development Agreement) generated from the TIF District throughout the duration of the TIF District; and WHEREAS, the Developer is required to commence construction by December 31, 2023 and the Authority proposes an extension of ninety (90) days with the ability of the Executive Director of the Authority to authorize an additional extension of up to ninety (90) days to commence construction; and WHEREAS, if the Developer commences construction within the extension period, the Executive Director shall adjust the dates of commencement and completion of construction within the Amended and Restated Contract, as amended; and WHEREAS, there has been presented before this Board of Commissioners of the Authority a First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Contract for Private Development (the "First Amendment to Development Agreement") between the Authority and the Developer, including a revised form of the TIF Note, which amends the Original Development Agreement as described herein; 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. First Amendment to Development Agreement. The First Amendment to 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 First Amendment to 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. Miscellaneous. 2.01. The Chair and the Executive Director are hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the Developer any and all documents deemed necessary to carry out the intentions of this resolution and the Original Development Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment to Development Agreement. 2.03. This resolution shall be effective upon adoption. Adopted by the Housing and Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 18th day of December, 2023. Gordon Hans n, Acting Chair ATTEST: Sean Hayford Oleary, Se'&6tary 2