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RES-ORA-0352 Continued Participation Agreement in Mortgage Credit Certificate ProgramRESOLUTION NO. ORA- 0352 A RESOLUTION OF THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING THE AGENCY'S CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN A MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY OF ORANGE AND THE COUNTY OF ORANGE; AND AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION BY THE COUNTY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND THE AGENCY TO THE CALIFORNIA DEBT LIMIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE FOR AN ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATES AND THE TRANSFER OF SUCH ALLOCATION TO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.WHEREAS, there is a shortage in the County of Qrange (the "County") and in the City of Orange (the "City") of decent, safe and sanitary housing, particularly of housing affordable to first-time home buyers, and a consequent need to encourage the availability of homes affordable to such persons and otherwise to increase the housing supply in the City and in the County for such persons; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County has established a mortgage credit certificate program (the "Program") pursuant to Part 5 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California (the "Act") for the purpose of issuing mortgage credit certificates pursuant to the Act to provide funds for the Program, and WHEREAS, the Qrange Redevelopment Agency, a public body, corporate and politic the "Agency"), has been duly created, established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers under and pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California) (the " CRL"); and WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Agency adopted Resolution No. ORA-0327 on December 10, 1996, approving the participation of the Agency in the Program for calendar year 1997, and authorized the expenditure of Housing Funds to pay the City' s proportionate share of administrative costs applicable to the County's application on behalf of the City and/or the Agency to the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee ("CD LAC") for an allocation of mortgage credit certificates and to make any deposit: required by CDLAC on behalf of the City in consideration for the Agency's agreement to administer the City's participation in the Program as outlined in that certain Cooperative Agreement, dated as of December 18, 1996, between the City and the County (" Cooperative Agreement"); and WHEREAS, the City entered into the Cooperative Agreement with the County to permit the operation by the County of the Program within the boundaries of the City and delegated to the Agency the City's responsibility to administer the Program on behalf ofthe City; and WHEREAS, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 8722 on December 10, 1996, and found and determined that the redevelopment project areas of the Agency will the operation of the Program both within and outside the redevelopment project areas of theAgency, but within the boundaries of the City; and VHEREAS, by the adoption of Resolutions No. 8853 and ORA-0338 on December9,1997, the City Council of the City of Orange and the Board of Directors of theAgency,respectively, approved the City and the Agency's continued participation in the Programduringcalendaryear1998; and VVHEREAS, the Agency previously found and determined that it is in the best interestoftheAgencytoparticipateintheProgramandtoconsenttotheoperationoftheProgrambytheCountybothwithinandoutsidetheboundariesoftheprojectareasoftheAgency, but withintheboundaril~s of the City and desires to once again participate in the Program during calendaryear1999; and VHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Qrange has reaffirmed its delegationofauthorityundertheCooperativeAgreementtotheAgencyforcalendaryear1999inconsiderationfortheAgency's agreement to administer the Program on behalf of the City and to pay the City's proportionate share of administrative costs applicable to the CDLAC allocationtotheCountyofOrangeofauthoritytoissuemortgagecreditcertificatesforcalendaryear1999; and VHEREAS, Section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code"), limits the amount of mortgage credit certificates that may be issued in any calendar year by entities within a state and authorizes the governor or the legislature of such statetoprovidethemethodofallocationwithinsuchstate; and VHEREAS, Chapter 11.8 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code of theStateofCalifornia (the "Government Code") governs the allocation of the State ceiling (as that termisdefinedintheCode) among governmental units in the State of California (the "State") havingtheauthoritytoissuemortgagecreditcertificates; and WHEREAS, Section 8869.85 of the Government Code requires that a local agencyfileanapplicationforaportionofthestateceilingwithoruponthedirectionofCDLACpriortotheissuanceofmortgagecreditcertificates; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires that the County file an application with CDLAConbehalfoftheCityand/or the Agency for an allocation of authority to issue mortgagecreditcertificatesforcalendaryear1999electstotransfertotheCountypursuanttoSection8869.85(d)of the Government Code the total amount, if any, of such authority allocated to the City and/or the Agency, as determined appropriate by the County; and WHEREAS, the City has requested the assistance of the Agency to make availabletotheCityarLamountnottoexceed $15,000 in Housing Funds to be used to pay the Agency and/or City's proportionate share of administrative costs applicable to the allocation by CD LAC totheCountyofauthoritytoissuemortgagecreditcertificates; and ORA- WHEREAS, the Agency desires to find and determine that the use of a portion of the funds from the Housing Fund for the Program for calendar year 1999 may benefit qualified first-time homebuyers with the acquisition of homes located outside the boundaries of the City' s redevelopment project areas and will, therefore, benefit the City's redevelopment project areas and is in the vital and best interests of the City of Orange and the health, safety and welfare of its resid(:nts, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable federal, state and local laws and requirements;NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange Redevelopment Agency does hereby resolve as follows:Section 1. Each of the foregoing recitals is tme and correct.Section 2. That the use of a portion of the funds from the Housing Fund outside of the City's redevelopment project areas in the amount and for the purposes described hereinabove will be of benefit to the City's redevelopment project areas.Section 3. The Agency hereby consents to and accepts the delegation by the City of the City's responsibility under the Cooperative Agreement and agrees to administer the City's duties and responsibilities under and pursuant to the Cooperative Agreement and to participate in the Program for the purpose of increasing the affordable housing supply in the County and in the City and consents to the operation of the Program by the County with respect to all property located within the boundaries of the City, including the payment to the County of the Agency' s proportionate share (based upon the number of paJ1icipants in the Program) of administrative costs applicable to the allocation received from CDLAC, which share is estimated not to exceed 15, 000.Section 4. The Executive Director, or his designated representative, is authorized, on behalf of the Agency, to take such steps and execute such documents as are determined necessary and appropriate by the County and/or CD LAC for the submission of an application to CDl,AC on behalf ofthe Agency and/or the City for an allocation of authority to issue mortgage credit certificates by the County. The Executive Director, or his designated representative, will assure that the principal amount of mortgage credit certificate authority will not be exceeded by requiring the County to certify that the amount of mortgage credit certificates issued by the County will not exceed the maximum allowable amount. Section 5. The Agency hereby authorizes the transfer to the County of the total principal amount, if any, of the authority to issue mortgage credit certificates allocated to the City and/or the Agency by CDLAC. The Executive Director, or his designated representative, is authorized and directed to take such steps and execute such documents on behalf of the Agency as are necessary to effect the transfer of such allocation to the County solely for application to the issuance of mortgage credit certificates, which are to be used to induce the origination of home mortgage loans to qualifying persons who will reside within the City and the County. 3 ORA- 0352 Section 6. The Executive Director is authorized to cause the payment to the County of the Agency's proportionate share of administrative costs of the Program referred to in Section 2 above. Section 7. The officers and employees of the Agency are authorized and directed, jointly and severally, to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the purposes of this resolution or the issuance of the mortgage credit certificates by the County, and all actions previously taken by such officers and employees in cOlmection with the application for the allocation authorized to be requested are ratified and approved. ADOPTED this ~day of January 1999. ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, a public body, corporate and politic7 ATTEST: 4~~ CassandraJ. Cat art, Agency Clerk I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the Orange R1edevelopment Agency at a regular meeting thereof held on the 12th day of Januarv , 1999, by the following vote:AYES: MURPHY, SLATER, COONTZ, SPURGEON, ALVAREZ NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE du~./d(]T~Cassandra J. Cat art,Agency Clerk TJR: dg ORA- 0352 4