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RES-10050 Affordable Housing Loan Agreement Approval 108-118 W. Hoover Ave.I I RESOLUTION NO. 10050 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOAN AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND HOOVER & WILSON I, LP, REGARDING 108- 118 WEST HOOVER 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 Funds) 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 proj ects in assisting the accomplislnnent of proj ect objectives;and WHEREAS, pursuantto 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, Hoover & Wilson I, LP, a California limited partnership (Borrower), has entered into an agreement for the acquisition of certain improved real property located at 108-118 W. Hoover Avenue (the Site), which is located outside the boundaries of the WHEREAS, the Site is improved with twenty (20) dwelling units, which units Borrower has inspected and believes to be suitable for the provision and maintenance of affordable housing; and WHEREAS, Borrower has proposed to enter into an Affordable Housing Loan Agreement the "Agreement") with the Agency pursuant to which the Agency will provide financial assistance to Borrower in the form of a loan consisting of $3,484,353 in Housing 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 sixty-five (65) years (the Project), as more fully set forth in the Agreement; and WHEREAS, the City Council desires to find and determine, that the use of Housing Funds 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 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; and WHEREAS, Borrower has executed and submitted to the Agency and the City Council copies of the Agreement, in a form that is acceptable to Borrower; and WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all terms and conditions of the Agreement as set forth in the agenda report presented to it and any testimony received at the meeting at which this matter was considered and believes that the activities described therein are in the best interests of the City and health, safety, morals and welfare of its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable State and local law 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 City Council of the City of Orange 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 City Council 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 City Council hereby finds that the Agency's use of Housing Funds in the amount of $3,484,353 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 I I Section 4. The City Council hereby finds that the Agreement will provide for housing for very low-income persons.Section 5. The City Council approves the Agreement.ADOPTED this 13th day of December, 2005. ATTEST:Mary E.y, City Clerk, .I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th of December, 2005, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Ambriz, Murphy, Cavecche, Durnitru COUNCILMEMBERS: None COUNCILMEMBERS: None COUNCILMEMBERS: None ity Clerk,