RES-ORA-0444 Affordable Housing Loan Agreement Approval 1944 E. Wilson Ave.I
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RESOLUTION NO. ORA-
0444 A RESOLUTION OF THE
ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING
AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOAN AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG THE ORANGE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THE CITY OF ORANGE, AND
THE ORANGE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION REGARDING 1944 EAST
WILSON AVENUE AND MAKING CERTAIN
FINDINGS WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Redevelopment Plan for the Orange Merged
and Amended Redevelopment Project Area (the Merged Redevelopment Project Area) was
duly approved by the Orange City Council on November 13, 2001 by Ordinance No. 2101, pursuant
to the California Community Redevelopment Law (commencing with Section 33000 of the
Health and Safety Code and hereinafter referred to as the CRL);
and WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 33334.2(a) and 33334.6(c) of the CRL, not less
than 20% of all taxes which are allocated to the Orange Redevelopment Agency (Agency) from
the Merged Redevelopment Project Area are set aside by the Agency in its Low- and
Moderate-Income Housing Fund (Housing Fund) and used by the Agency for the purpose of
increasing,improving and preserving the community's supply of low- and moderate-
income housing available at affordable housing costs to persons and families of low-
and moderate-income,including very low income persons
and families; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.2 of the CRL, the Agency
may use Housing Funds to assist in the provision of housing for very low-
income households; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.2(e) of the CRL, the Agency may
exercise any and all of its powers to carry out
this purpose; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.6(a) of the CRL, the
California State Legislature has found and declared that the provision of affordable housing outside
of redevelopment project areas can be of direct benefit to those projects in assisting the accomplishment
of
project objectives;and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 33334.2(g) of the CRL, the Agency
may use Housing Funds to assist in the provision of housing for low and moderate income
households, including very low-income households, outside the boundaries of its redevelopment
project areas upon resolution of the City Council and the Agency that such use will be of benefit
to
the redevelopment projects;and WHEREAS, Orange Housing Development
Corporation, a California nonprofit corporation (OHDC), has entered into an agreement for the acquisition
property located at 1944 East Wilson Avenue (the Site), which is located outside the boundaries of
the Merged Redevelopment Project Area; and
WHEREAS, the Site is improved with ten (10) dwelling units, which units OHDC has
inspected and believes to be suitable for the provision and maintenance of affordable housing; and
WHEREAS, OHDC has proposed to enter into an Affordable Housing Loan Agreement
the Agreement) with the Agency and the City pursuant to which: the Agency and the City will
provide financial assistance to OHDC in the form of two loans consisting of $499,057.00 in
Housing Funds and $1,145,574.00 in HOME Program funds, to be used to acquire and rehabilitate
the Site and, thereafter, to cause the dwelling units at the Site to be made available and rented to
persons and families of very low income, for fifty-five (55) years (the Project), as more fully
set forth in the Agreement;
and WHEREAS, the City Council has found and determined, and the Agency desires to
find and determine, that the use of a portion of the funds from the Housing Fund outside the
boundaries of the Merged Redevelopment Project Area for the Project in accordance with the terms
and provisions of the Agreement, is for the benefit of the Merged Redevelopment Proj ect Area and is
in the vital and best interests of the City of Orange and the health, safety and welfare of its
residents,and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable federal, state and local laws
and requirements;
and WHEREAS, the Project consists of the acquisition and rehabilitation of dwelIing units of
a previously existing low-rent housing project and is not, therefore, a "low rent
housing project"within the meaning of Article XXXIV of the California Constitution requiring voter approval
at an
election; and WHEREAS, OHDC has executed and submitted to the Agency and the
City Council copies ofthe Agreement, in a form that is acceptable to
OHDC; and WHEREAS, OHDC intends to finance the Project in part with a loan made by a
bank or other lender, secured by a first trust deed on the Site (the Senior
Lender); and WHEREAS, pursuant toSection 33334.14 of the CRL, the Agency
may subordinate covenants and restrictions imposed by the Agency to a lien of a lender other than the
Agency where the Agency makes a finding that an economically feasible alternative method of financing
the units on substantially comparable terms and conditions, but without subordination, is
not reasonably available, and where the Agency receives written commitInents reasonably designed to
protect the Agency's investment in the event of
default; and WHEREAS, the Agency has duly considered all terms and conditions of
the Agreement and believes that the acquisition and development of the Property pursuant to the Agreement
is in the best interest of the City and the health, safety, morals and welfare of its residents,
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accord with the public purposes and provIslOns of applicable State and local law and
requirements, and that such activities promote the affordable housing objectives of the CRL as
well as the Redevelopment Plan for the Merged Redevelopment Project Area;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange Redevelopment Agency resolves, finds and determines,
on the basis of the facts set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at
the meeting at which this matter was considered, as follows:
Section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
Section 2. The Agency recognizes that it has received and heard all oral and written
objections to the Agreement, and to other matters pertaining to this transaction, and that all such
oral and written objections are hereby overruled.
Section 3. The Agency hereby finds that the provision of affordable housing pursuant to
the Agreement is of benefit to the Merged Redevelopment Project Area.
Section 4. The Agency hereby finds that the Agency's use of funds from the Housing Fund
in the amount of $499,057.00 for the Project will be of benefit to the Merged Redevelopment
Project Area and is in the vital and best interests of the City of Orange and the health, safety and
welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable federal,
state and local laws and requirements.
Section 5. The Agency hereby finds that the Agreement will provide for housing for very
low-income
persons.Section 6. The Agency hereby finds that an economically feasible alternative method
of financing the Project on substantially similar terms but without subordination of the Agency'
s affordable housing covenants is not reasonably available, and authorizes the Executive
Director or designee to subordinate the Agency's affordable housing covenants to the lien of OHDC'
s lender, as provided in the
Agreement.Section 7. The Agency approves the Agreement and hereby authorizes and directs
the Chairman or Executive Director of the Agency or their designee to execute the Agreement
on behalf of the Agency in the form presented at the meeting at which this matter was
considered,and to take all steps and sign all documents and instruments to carry out the Agreement on
behalf of the Agency. A copy of the Agreement when executed by all parties shall be placed on file
in the office of the Agency
Clerk.Section 8. The Chairman or Executive Director, or their designee, is hereby
authorized,on behalf of the Agency, to sign all documents necessary and appropriate to carry out
and implement the Agreement and to administer the Agency's obligations, responsibilities and
duties to be performed under the
ADOPTED this 26th day of July, 2005.
ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY,
ATTEST:
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I, MARY E. MURPHY, Orange Redevelopment Agency Clerk, City of Orange, California,
do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the Orange
Redevelopment Agency at a regular meeting thereof held on the 26th day of July, 2005, by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
DIRECTORS: Smith, Ambriz, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru
DIRECTORS: None
DIRECTORS: None
DIRECTORS: None