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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Issued Bonds ($8,165,000) financing for Warner Avenue A.r� Submitted to: REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION ED 90-13 Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Date May 7, 1990 Submitted by: Michael T. Uberuaga, City Administrator A O Prepared by: Pat Spencer, Director of Housing and Redevelop Subject: APPROVAL OF SALE - HARBOR GATEWAY APARTMENTS &-I) . Consistent with Council Policy?] Yes [ ] New Policy or Exception Statement of Issue, Recommendation, Analysis, Funding Source, Alternative Actions, Attachme`&: " STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Harbor Gateway Apartments (previously known as Warner Avenue Apartments) is in escrow for sale. By virtue of the bond financing on this project it is necessary for the city to consent to the change of ownership RECOMMENDATION: Approve and authorize the City Clerk to execute the attached resolution which approves a Development Agreement Amendment and Assumption Agreement and consents to the transfer of ownership and authorizes the appropriate city officials to execute the necessary documents. ANALYSIS: The City issued bonds in the amount of $8,165,000 in 1985 to provide financing for the project then known as Warner Avenue Apartments. The owner of the project, Lincoln Properties of Huntington Beach, has negotiated the sale of the project to a new owner and this transaction is currently pending in escrow. By virtue of the bond financing of the project it is required that the city consent to the transfer of ownership. Harbor Gateway is located at 4691 Warner Avenue (near Algonquin). It is important to note that the new owner assumes all of the obligations imposed upon the project's original owners, including the provision of twenty percent of the project as affordable to lower income households. The Assumption Agreement attached will bind the buyer to upholding these requirements (see Section 1 C p. 4 which references the Regulatory Agreement within which the original affordability restrictions were included. The documents to be approved by the attached resolution are on file in the City Clerk's office in substantial final form. No public hearing is required for the approval of the transfer of ownership. FUNDING SOURCE: Any out of pocket expenses incurred by the city in the approval of the transfer of ownership for the Harbor Gateway project will be paid by the project owner. PI O 5/85 his designee is hereby authorized for and in the name and on behalf of the City to execute and deliver the forms of consent and release by the City contained therein in such form, or with such changes or modifications therein as the City Administrator or his designee may with the approval of the City Attorney approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of such consents and releases by such officer, and to cause the Assumption Agreements as so executed and delivered to be recorded, at the sole expense of the Owner, in the Official Records of Orange County, California. 3. Further Actions. The City Administrator or his designee are hereby authorized and directed to take all further actions as they may deem appropriate for carrying out the purposes of this resolution. 4. Effectiveness. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED on this day of 1990, by the City Council of this City of Huntington Beach, State of California. ATTEST: City Clerk REVIEWED AND APPROVED: City Administrator Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: 4), City Attorney 0,41 INITIATD-AND APPROVE fEl—Dire4b of \Kconomic —111 Deve�o ment I� IN WITNESS WHE OF, the parties hereto ha caused this Administration Agreement to be executed on their behalf by their duly authorized representatives, all as of the date hereinabove written. THE BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., WARNER PARTNERSHIP I, as Administrator A CALIF. LTD. PARTNERSHIP By; /� By: LINCOLN PROPERTY CO. NO. 1225, Juanita F. Berg an, A 0 A CALIFORNIA LTD. PARTNERSHIP Program Administrator as general partner ACCEPTED AND AGREED TO BY: MERCANTILE CAPITAL CORP., Mortgage Lender By: President - By: Managing General Partner Mayor ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Clerk C' y attorney REVIEWS AND APPROVED: INITIAT AND APPROVED: CitytA-dmZinis1§Lr&-tor uty Ci Administrator Deputy GvL puty D' ector Redevelopment 1111-' MPMLIN10 50 REQUEI� FOR CITY COUNCIPACTION • RH 86-61 Date August 8. 1986 Submitted to: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members Submitted by: Charles W. Thompson, City Administrato GU NGIL Y GITY Prepared by: Douglas N. LaBelle, Deputy City Administrator/Redev � �CW_ Subject: ADMINISTRATION/DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS - WARNER AVENUE APARTMENTS CITY C� Consistent with Council Policy? Yes [ ] New Policy or Exceptio Statement of Issue, Recommendation, Analysis, Funding Source, Alternative Actions, Attachments: STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The restrictions of tax exempt financing and entitlement approvals for the Warner Avenue Apartments project require provision of 30% of the units as affordable. The attached agreements provide the mechanism for monitoring and compliance with these requirements. RECOMMENDATION: Approve and authorize the Clerk to execute the attached Administration Agreement and Development Agreement between the city, the Bank of California (as Administrator), and Warner Partnership I (project owner). ANALYSIS: The 102 unit Warner Avenue Apartment project was the subject of a tax exempt financing which closed in October 1985. The Internal Revenue Code of that time required that 20% of the units in this project be set aside for low income households. It was also a city imposed requirement in the documents for this financing that the developer hire, at its own expense, a "Program Administrator." The Program Administrator's function is to oversee compliance with all affordability restrictions for the term of such restrictions. The Administrator will report to the city should any irregularities occur. In cooperation, the project owner and staff have reviewed the credentials of firms which would provide such Program Administrator services. The recommendation of the Bank of California is based on the firm's credentials and a competitive fee quote. Also, the entitlements for this project require an additional 10% of the units to be restricted to moderate income households. However, as part of the entitlement approval process no requirement for an independent Program Administrator to monitor compliance with this 10% requirement was provided. Therefore, also attached is a separate Development Agreement between the city and the developer which stipulates that the additional 10% of units must be occupied by low and moderate income households. Plo 5/85