11-1103r HRA RESOLUTION NO. 1103
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF, AND PROVIDING THE FORM,
TERMS, COVENANTS AND DIRECTIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ITS TAX
INCREMENT LIMITED REVENUE NOTE, SERIES 2011A IN AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $822,000 AND ITS TAX INCREMENT
LIMITED REVENUE NOTE, SERIES 2011B IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED $500,000
BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Commissioners ("Board") of the Housing and
Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota (the "Authority"), as
follows:
Section 1. Authorization; Award of Sale.
1.01. Authorization. The Authority has heretofore approved the establishment of
Tax Increment Financing District No. 2010-1 (the "TIF District") within the Richfield
Redevelopment Project ("Redevelopment Project"), and has adopted a tax increment
financing plan for the purpose of financing certain improvements within the
Redevelopment Project.
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 development
costs of the Redevelopment District. Such bonds are payable from all or any portion of
revenues derived from the TIF District and pledged to the payment of the bonds. The
Authority hereby finds and determines that it is in the best interests of the Authority that it
issue and sell its Tax Increment Revenue Note, Series 2011A (the "Series A Note"), in the
aggregate principal amount of up to $822,000 and its Tax Increment Revenue Note,
Series 2011B (the "Series B Note"), in the aggregate principal amount of up to $500,000,
for the purpose of financing certain public costs of the Tax Increment Plan for the TIF
District. The Series A Note and the Series B Note will be referred to herein as the "Notes."
1.02. Issuance, Sale and Terms of the Notes. Pursuant to the Contract for Private
Development between the Authority and the Owner (the "Agreement"), the Notes shall be
sold to Woodlake Richfield Apartments, LLC (the "Owner"). The Notes shall be dated as
of the date of delivery and shall bear interest at the rate of 6.75% per annum to the earlier
of maturity or prepayment. In exchange for the Authority's issuance of the Notes to the
Owner, the Owner shall pay certain land acquisition costs and site improvement costs
related to the Minimum Improvements (as defined in the Agreement) pursuant to Section
3.3 of the Agreement. The Series A Note will be delivered in the principal amount of up to
$822,000 for reimbursement of land acquisition costs in accordance with the terms of
Section 3.3(a) of the Agreement. The Series B Note will be delivered in the principal
amount of up to $500,000 for reimbursement of land acquisition and site improvement
costs in accordance with the terms of Section 3.3(b) of the Agreement. The Series B Note
shall be payable only to the extent that the Developer pays more than $144,000 in real
estate taxes on the Development Property in each calendar year that the TIF District
remains outstanding. Further, the Series B Note is payable only to the extent that
Available Tax Increment remains following the payment of principal of and interest on the
Series A Note.
Section 2. Form of Notes. The Series A Note shall be in substantially the form
set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, with the blanks to be properly filled in and the
principal amount and payment schedule adjusted as of the date of issue. The Series B
Note shall be in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto, with the
blanks to be properly filled in and the principal amount and payment schedule adjusted as
of the date of issue.
Section 3. Terms, Execution and Delivery.
3.01. Denomination, Payment. The Notes shall be issued as a single typewritten
note numbered R-1.
The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form. Principal of and interest
on the Notes shall be payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein.
3.02. Dates; Interest Payment Dates. Principal of and interest on the Notes 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, whether or not such day is a
business day.
3.03. Registration. The Authority hereby appoints the Authority's Executive
Director to perform the functions of registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (the
"Registrar"). The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the Authority and the
Registrar with respect thereto shall be as follows:
(a) Register. The Registrar shall keep at its office a bond register in which the
Registrar shall provide for the registration of ownership of the Notes and the registration of
transfers and exchanges of the Notes.
(b) Transfer of Notes. Upon surrender for transfer of the Notes, including any
assignment or exchange thereof, 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, and the payment by the Owner of any tax, fee, or
governmental charge required to be paid by or to the Authority with respect to such
transfer or exchange, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, a new Note of the same aggregate principal
amount, bearing interest at the same rate and maturing on the same dates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Notes shall not be transferred to any person other than
an affiliate, or other related entity, of the Owner unless the Authority has been provided
with an investment letter in a form substantially similar to the investment letter submitted
by the Owner 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.
The Notes shall not be transferred to any person other than an affiliate, or other
related entity, of the Owner unless the Authority has been provided with an investment
letter in a form substantially similar to the investment letter in Schedule D of the
Agreement or a certificate of the transferor, in a form satisfactory to the Executive Director
of 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.
The Owner may assign the Notes to a lender that provides all or part of the
financing for the acquisition of the Development Property or the construction of the
Minimum Improvements. The Authority hereby consents to such assignment, conditioned
upon receipt of an investment letter from such lender in substantially the form attached in
the Agreement as Schedule D, or other form reasonably acceptable to the Executive
Director of the Authority. The Authority also agrees that future assignments of the Notes
may be approved by the Executive Director of the Authority without action of the
Authority's Board, upon the receipt of an investment letter in substantially the form of
Schedule D of the Agreement or other investment letter reasonably acceptable to the
Authority from such assignees.
(c) Cancellation. The Notes surrendered upon any transfer shall be promptly
cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the Authority.
(d) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When a 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 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) Persons Deemed Owners. The Authority and the Registrar may treat the
person in whose name a Note is at any time registered in the bond register as the absolute
owner of the Note, whether the Note shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving
payment of, or on account of, the principal of and interest on such Note and for all other
purposes, and all such payments so made to any such registered owner or upon the
owner's order shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability of the
Authority upon such Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
(f) Taxes, Fees and Charges. For every transfer or exchange of a 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) Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Note. In case any Note shall become
mutilated or be lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Registrar shall deliver a new Note of like
amount, maturity dates and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation
of such mutilated Note or in lieu of and in substitution for such Note lost, stolen, or
destroyed, upon the payment of the reasonable expenses and charges of the Registrar in
connection therewith; and, in the case the Note lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon filing with
the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that such 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 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 Note has already matured or been called for
redemption in accordance with its terms, it shall not be necessary to issue a new Note
prior to payment.
3.04. Preparation and Delivery. The Notes shall be prepared under the direction
of the Executive Director of the Authority and shall be executed on behalf of the Authority
by the signatures of its Chair and its Executive Director. In case any officer whose
signature shall appear on the Notes shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of
the 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 Notes have been
so executed, the Notes shall be delivered by the Authority to the Owner following the
delivery of the necessary items delineated in Section 3.3 of the Agreement.
Section 4. Security Provisions.
4.01. Pledge. The Authority hereby pledges to the payment of the principal of and
interest on the Notes all Available Tax Increment as defined in the Notes. Available Tax
Increment shall be applied to payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes in
accordance with Section 3.3 of the Agreement and the terms of the forms of Note set forth
in Exhibit A and Exhibit B attached to this resolution.
4.02. Bond Fund. Until the date the Notes are no longer outstanding and no
principal thereof or interest thereon (to the extent required to be paid pursuant to this
resolution) remains unpaid, the Authority shall maintain a separate and special "Bond
Fund" to be used for no purpose other than the payment of the principal of and interest on
the Notes. The Authority irrevocably agrees to appropriate to the Bond Fund in each year
Available Tax Increment. Any Available Tax Increment remaining in the Bond Fund shall
be transferred to the Authority's account for TIF District No 2010-1 upon the payment of all
principal and interest to be paid with respect to the Notes.
Section 5. Certification of Proceedings.
5.01. Certification of Proceedings. The officers of the Authority are hereby
authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to the Owner of the Notes 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 Notes 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.
Section 6. Issuance of Notes. The Authority shall not issue the Notes until (i) the
Agreement is executed by all parties; (ii) the requirements to issue each of the Notes set I
forth in Section 3.3 of the Agreement are satisfied; (iii) the Planning Commission of the
City of Richfield reviews the Amended and Restated Tax Increment Financing Plan for the
establishment of the 2010-1 Housing Tax Increment Financing District (Woodlake
Housing) and opines that the plan conforms with the general plans for the development
and redevelopment of the City as described in the comprehensive plan for the City; and
(iv) the City Council of the City of Richfield reviews and approves the Amended and
Restated Tax Increment Financing Plan for the establishment of the 2010-1 Housing Tax
Increment Financing District (Woodlake Housing).
Section 7. Effective Date. This resolution shall be effective upon full execution of
the Agreement.
Adopted by the Board of Commissioner the Housing and Redevelopment Authority
in and for the City of Richfield, Minnesota, this 15th day of August, 2011.
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Suz a M. Sandahl, Chair
ATTEST:
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Jo Helmberger, Secretary