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RES-ORA-0510 Restating Orange Redevelopment Agency's Small Business Assistance ProgramsRESOLUTION NO.ORA- 0510 A RESOLUTION OF THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AMENDING AND RESTATING THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY'S SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR THE ORANGE MERGED AND AMENDED REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA.WHEREAS, by Resolution No. ORA-0456 adopted on August 22, 2006, the Board of Directors (Agency Board) of the Orange Redevelopment Agency (Agency) established the Small Business Assistance Programs, under which the Agency would loan funds from tax increment revenues of the Orange Merged and Amended Redevelopment Project Area (the Project Area), bond proceeds, and any other funds of the Agency legally available therefor to qualified owners or tenants within the Project Area for the purpose of rehabilitating commercial buildings or structures; and WHEREAS, by Resolution No. ORA-0469 adopted on September 11, 2007, the Agency Board amended, modified and supplemented certain portions of the Small Business Assistance Programs by replacing the description of the various programs that was attached as Exhibit A to Resolution No. ORA-0456 with the description of the Amended and Restated Small Business Assistance Programs in the form attached to Resolution No. ORA- 0469 as Exhibit A; and WHEREAS, the Agency Board desires to further amend, modify and supplement certain portions of the Small Business Assistance Programs by replacing the description of the various programs that was attached as Exhibit A to Resolution No. ORA-0469 with the description of the Amended and Restated Small Business Assistance Programs (herein referred to as the Programs) in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the Agency Board has duly considered all of the terms and conditions of the Programs in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Directors of the Orange Redevelopment Agency, 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 Section 2. The Programs, as more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto, are hereby approved for the purpose of amending and restating the Small Business Assistance Programs that were initially established by the Agency Board by Resolution No. ORA-0456 adopted on August 22, 2006 and subsequently amended and restated by Resolution No. ORA-0469 adopted on September 11, 2007 (herein referred to as the Previous Programs). The Programs described on Exhibit A attached hereto are intended to replace in their entirety the Previous Programs.Section 3. The Agency's General Counsel (or his designee) is hereby authorized and directed to prepare, or cause to be prepared, all documents deemed necessary and appropriate to implement the Programs.Section 4. The Agency Board hereby establishes an internal loan committee (herein referred to as the Loan Committee), comprised of the Agency's Assistant Executive Director,Finance Officer and General Counsel (or their respective designees), the Agency' s Senior Project Manager and a representative of the Executive Director's office. The Agency's Assistant Executive Director (or his designee) will be responsible for the administration of the Programs. The Loan Committee will be responsible for the evaluation of each application for a loan (or loans) under the Programs and for the formulation of a recommendation thereon tothe Agency's Executive Director or to the Agency Board in accordance with the criteria set forth in Sections 5, 6 and 7 of this Resolution.Section 5. For loan applications under the Programs to qualified owners and tenants within the Project Area having a value of $60,000 or less, the Executive Director is authorized, on behalf of the Agency, to review the recommendations of the Loan Committee and to approve or disapprove such applications (including, in the case of any negative recommendations of the Loan Committee, to either affirm, reverse, or reverse with modifications such recommendations). The decision of the Executive Director shall be final and the applicant shall be so notified of the Executive Director' s determination.Section 6. Subject to the provisions of Section 7, below, related to the procedure to be followed in the event of a negative recommendation of the Loan Committee, the Agency Board shall review the recommendations of the Loan Committee and either approve or disapprove loan applications under the Programs to qualified owners and tenants within the Project Area having a value in excessof $ 60,000.Section 7. For loan applications having a value in excess of $60,000, the Executive Director is authorized, on behalf of the Agency, to review any negative recommendations of the Loan Committee and to either affirm, reverse, or reverse with modifications such recommendations. If the Executive Director reverses a negative recommendation of the Loan Committee, the Agency Board shall review the recommendation of the Executive Director and either approve or disapprove such loan application. If the Executive Director affirms a negative recommendation of the Loan Committee, his determination shall be final and the applicant shall be so notified of the Executive Director' s Section 8. If a loan application is approved under Sections 5, 6 or 7, above, the Agency's Executive Director is authorized to take such steps and execute such documents on behalf of the Agency as determined necessary and appropriate by the Agency's General Counsel (or his designee) in order to make such loans under the Programs. Section 9. 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 and to administer the Agency's obligations, responsibilities and duties to be performed hereunder and under the Programs. ADOPTED this 13th day of April, 2010. i r yn) . a ecche, Chairman ATTEST: Mary E. rp ,Agency Clerk I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the Orange Redevelopment Agency at a regular meeting thereof held on the 13th day of April, 2010, by the following vote: AYES:DIRECTORS:Smith, Cavecche, Dumitru, Bilodeau NOES:DIRECTORS:None ABSENT:DIRECTORS:Murphy ABSTAIN:DIRECTORS:None C~ ~. Mary E. Agency Cl