HomeMy WebLinkAboutEDA RES 2017-23COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-23
BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Commissioners ( "Board") of the Columbia Heights
Economic Development Authority, Columbia Heights, Minnesota (the "Authority'") as follows:
Section 1, Authorization- Award of Sale.
1.01. Authorization, The Authority and the City of Columbia Heights have approved
the establishment of its 471h and Grand Tax Increrneiit Financing District (the "TIF District")
within the Downtown Central Business Redevelopment Project ("Project"), and have adopted a
tax increment financing plan for the purpose of financing certain improvements within the
Project.
Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 469, 178, the Authority is authorized to issue and
sell its bonds for the purpose of financing a portion of the public redevelopment costs of the
Project. Such bonds are payable from all or any portion of revenues derived from the TIF
District and pledged to the payment of the bonds. The Authority hereby finds and determines that
it is in the best interests of the Authority that it issue and sell its Tax Increment Revenue Note,
Series 20 (the "Note") for the purpose of financing certain public redevelopment costs of the
Project.
1.02. Approval of Agreement, Issuance Sale and Tern-is of the Note. (a) The
Contract for Private Redevelopment (the "Agreement") between the Authority and Columbia
Heights Leased Housing Associates Ill., LLLP (the "Owner"'), as presented to the Board, is hereby
in all respects approved, subject to modifications that do not alter the substance of the transaction
and that are approved by the President and Executive Director, provided that execution of the
Agreement by such officials shall be conclusive evidence of approval, Authority staff and officials
are authorized to take all actions necessary to perform the Authority's obligations under the
Agreement as a whole, including without limitation execution of any documents to which the
Authority is a party referenced in or attached to the Agreement, all as described in the Agreement,
(b) The Authority hereby authorizes the President and Executive Director to issue the
Note in accordance with the Agreement. All capitalized teams, in this resolution have the
meaning provided in the Agreement unless the context requires otherwise,
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(c) The Note shall be issued in the maximum aggregate principal arnount of S 1,482,000
to the Owner in consideration of certain eligible costs incurred by the Owner under the
Agreement, shall be dated the date of delivery thereof, and shall bear interest at the lesser of
Owner's actual mortgage financing rate or 5.0%, froin the date of issue per arm um to the earlier
of maturity or prepayment, The Note will be issued in the principal arnount of Public
Redevelopment Costs submitted and approved in accordance with Section 33 of the Agreement.
The Note is secured by Available Tax Increment, as further described in the for.m of the Note
herein. The Authority hereby delegates to the Executive Director the determination of the date
on which the Note is to be delivered, in accordance with the Agreement.
Section 2. Form of Note. The Note shall be in substantially the following form, with
the blanks to be properly filled in and the principal and interest rate amounts adjusted as of the
date of issue:
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I-INITED STATE OF AMERICA
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
COUNTY OF ANN
C.OLUMBIA HEIGHTS E('.'ONOMIC DEVELOPMENT At YTIJORITY
No. R- I S
TAX INCREMENT REVENUE NOTE
SERIES 20
Date
Rate of Original Issue
% 20
The Columbia Heights, Economic Development Authority (the "Authority") for Value
received, certifies that it is indebted and hereby proirn . ses to pay to Columbia Heights Leased
Housing Associates 111, LLLP or registered assigns (the -'Owner"), the principal sure of
and to pay interest thereon at the rate of percent (__'%) per annum, solely
from the sources and to the extent set forth herein. Capitalized terns shall have the meanings
provided in the Contract for Private Redevelopment between the Authority and the Owner, dated
as of ...... 20:17 (the "Agreement"), unless the context requires otherwise.
I. Payments. Principal and interest ("Payments") shall be paid on August 1, 20
and. each February I and August I thereafter ("Payment Dates") to and including February 1,
20_ (the "Maturity Date") in the amounts and from the sources set forth in Section 3 herein,
Payments shall be applied first to accrued interest, and then to unpaid principal. Interest
accruing ftorn the date of issue through and including February 1, 20.-- shall be Compounded
semiannually on February I and August 1 of each year and added to principal.
Payments are payable by mail to the address of the Owner or such other address as the
Owner may designate upon thirty (30) days written notice to the Authority. Payments on this
Note are payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America which, on the Payrilent
Date, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
1 Interest, Interest at the rate stated herein shall accrue on the unpaid principal,
commencing on the date of original issue. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a year of
360 days and charged for actual days principal is unpaid.
3. Available Tax Increment, (a) Payments on this Note are payable on each
Payment Date solely from .and in the amount of Available Tax Increment, which shall mean, on
each Payment Date, Ninety percent (90%) of the Tax Increment attributable to the Minimum
Improvements and Redevelopment Property that is paid to the Authority by Anoka County in the
six months preceding the Payment Date,
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(b) 'The Authority shall have no obligation to pay principal of and interest on this
Note on each Payment Date fi,oin, any source other than Available Tax Increment and the failure
of the Authority to pay the entire amount of principal or interest on this Note on any Payment
Date shall not constitute a default hereunder as long as the Authority pays principal and interest
hereon to the extent of Available Tax Increment, The Authority shall have no obligation to pay
any unpaid balance of principal or accrued interest that may remain after the final Payment can
the Maturity Date,
4, Default, If can any Payment Date there has Occurred and is continuing ally Event
of Default under the Agreement, the Authority may withhold from payments hereunder tinder all
Available Tax Increment, If the Event of Default is thereafter cured in accordance with the
Agreement, the Available Tax Increment withheld under this Section shall be deferred and paid,
without interest thereon, within thirty (30) days after the Event of Default is cured. If the Event
of Default is not cured in a timely manner, the Authority may terminate this Note by written
notice to the Owner in accordance with the Agreement.
5, Prepavitlent. The principal sum and all accrued interest payable under this Note is
prepayable in whole or in pail at any time by the Authority without premium or penalty. No
partial prepayment shall affect the amount or timing of any other regular Payment otherwise
required to be made under this Note.
6. Nature of Obligation. This Note is one of an issue in the total principal amount of
issued to aid in financing certain public redevelopment costs and administrative
costs of a Project undertaken by the Authority pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469,090
through 469,1081, and is issued pursuant to an authorizing resolution. (the "Resolution") duty
adopted by the Authority oil 2017, and pursuant to and in full conformity with the
Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota, including Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.174
to 469.1794, as amended. This Note is a limited obligation of the Authority which is payable
solely from Available Tax Increment pledged to the payment hereof under the Resolution. This
Note and the interest hereon shall not be deerned to constitute a general obligation of the State of
Minnesota or any political subdivision thereof, including, without limitation, the Authority,
Neither the State of Mirixiesota, nor any political subdivision thereof shall be obligated to pay the
principal of or interest on this Note or other costs incident hereto except out of Available Tax
Increment, and neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the State of Minnesota or
any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on this
Note or other costs incident hereto.
7. "Re Yistration and Transfer, This Note is issuable only as a fully registered note
without coupons. As provided in the Resolution, and subject to certain limitations set forth
therein, this Note is transferable upon the books of the Authority kept for that purpose at the
principal office of the City Finance Director, by the Owner hereof in person or by such Owner's
attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender of this Note together with a written
instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Authority, duly executed by the Owner. Upon such.
transfer or exchange and the payment by the Owner of any tax, fee, or governmental charge
required to be paid by the Authority with respect to such transfer or exchange, there will be
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issued in the name of the transferee a new Note of the same aggregate principal amount, hearing
interest at the same rate and maturing on the same dates, within 15 days after the delivery by the
Owner of its request and approval of such request by the Authority ill' required under the
AgFCCJner)L
Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.3(d) of` the Agreeinent, this Note shall not be
transferred to any person or entity, unless the Authority has provided written consent to such
tran&(er.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that all acts, conditions, and things
required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Minnesota to be done, to exist, to happen,
and to be performed in order to make this Note a valid and binding limited obligation of the
Authority according to its terms, have been done, do exist, have happened, and have been
perfornied in due form, time and irianner as so required,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Coirimissioners of the Columbia Heights
Economic Development Authority have caused this Note to be executed with the manual
signatures of its President and Executive Director, all as of the Date of Original Issue specified
above.
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Executive' Director Deputy
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COLUMBIA HEIGHTS: ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
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REGIST'RATION PROVISIONS
The ownership of the unpaid balance of the within Note is registered in the bond register
of the C" tyP Finance Director, in the name of the person last listed below,
Date of Signature of
Registration Re istered Owner City Finance Director
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?I) Heights Leased Housing
Associates 111, LLLP
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Section 3. Te s Execution and Deliverv.
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3,01. Denomination, Pavrnent. The Note shall be issued as a single typewritten note
numbered R- l.
The Note shall be issuable only in fully registered form. Principal of and interest on the
Note shall be payable by check or draft issued by the Registrar described herein.
3.02- Pates; Interest Paynnernt l.ates. Principal of and interest on the Note shall be
payable by rnall to the owner of record thereof as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of
the month preceding the Payment Date, whether or not such day is a business day.
3.03. &ggistration, The Authority hereby appoints the City Finance Director to perforrn
the functions of registrar, transfer agent and paying agent (the "Registrar"). The effect of
registration and the rights and duties of the Authority and the Registrar with respect thereto shall
be as follows:
(a) Register.. The Registrar shall keep at its office a bond register in which the
Registrar shall provide for the registration of ownership of the Note and the registration of
transfers and exchanges of the Note.
(b) Transfer of Note. Subject to Section 3.03(d) hereof, within 15 days after
surrender 1,or transfer of the Note duly endorsed by the registered owner thereof or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Registrar, duly
executed by the registered owner thereof or by an attorney duly authorized by the registered
owner in writing, and consent to such transfer by the Authority if required pursuant to the
Agreement, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee
or transferees, a new Note of a like aggregate principal amount and maturity, as requested by the
transferor. The Registrar may close the books for registration of any transfer after the fifteenth
day of the month preceding each Payment Date and until such Payrnent Date.
(c) Cancellation. The Note surrendered upon any transfer shall be promptly
cancelled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the Authority.
(d) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When the Note is presented to the Registrar
for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the same until it is reasonably satisfied that the
endorsement on such Note or separate instrument of transfer is legally authorized. The Registrar
shall incur no liability for its refusal, in good faith, to make transfers which it, in its judgment,
deems improper or unauthorized,
(e) Persons Deemed Owners. The Authority and the Registrar may treat the person in
whose name the Note is at any tinie registered in the bond register as the absolute owner of the
Note, whether the Note shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on
account of, the principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes, and all such
payments so made to any such registered owner or upon the owner's order shall be valid and
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effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability of the Authority upon such Note to the extent of the
sum or SUMS so paid.
M jax-es hares. For every transfer or exchange of the Note, the
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Registrar may impose a charge upon the owner thereof sufficient to reimburse the Registrar for
any tax, fee, or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or
exchange.
(g) Mutilated, Los�Stolenor Dcstrop_d Note, In case any Note shall become
mutilated or be lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Registrar shall deliver a new Note of like amount,
Termination Dates and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of such
mutilated Note or in lieu of and in substitution for such Note lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon the
payment of the reasonable expenses and charges of the Registrar in connection therewith; and, in
the case the Note: lost, stolen, or destroyed, upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory
to it that such Note was lost, stolen, or destroyed, and of the ownership thereof, and upon
furnishing to the Registrar of an appropriate bond or indemnity in form, substance, and amount
satisfactory to it, in which both the Authority and the Registrar shall be named as obligees. The
Note so surrendered to the Registrar shall be cancelled by it and evidence of such cancellation
shall be given to the Authority. If the mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Note has already
matured or been called for redemption in accordance with its terins, it shall not be necessary to
issue a new Note prior to payment.
3.04. Preparation anal Delivery. The Note shall be prepared under the direction of the
Executive Director and shall be executed oil behalf of the Authority by the signatures of its
President and Executive Director. in case any officer whose signature shall appear on the Note
shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Note, such signature shall nevertheless be
valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until
delivery. When the Note has been so executed, it shall be delivered by the Executive: Director to
the Owner thereof in accordance with the Agreement,
Section 4. Security Provisions.
4.01. Pledge. The Authority hereby pledges to the payment of the principal of and
interest on the Note all Available Tax Increment as defined in the Note.
Available `1 Increment shall be applied to payment of the principal of and interest on the Note
in accordance with the terms of the form of Note set forth in Section 2 of this resolution.
4.02. Bond Fund, Until the date the Note is no longer outstanding and no principal
thereof or interest thereon (to the extent required to be paid pursuant to this resolution) remains
unpaid, the Authority shall maintain a separate and special "Bond Fund" to be used for no
purpose other than the payment of the principal of and interest on the Note. The Authority
irrevocably agrees to appropriate to the Bond Fund oil or before each Payment Date the
Available Tax Increment in an amount equal to the Payment then due, or the actual Available
Tax Increment, whichever is less. Any Available Tax Increment remaining in the Bond Fund
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shall be transferred to the Authority's account for the TlF District upon the termination of the
Note in accordance with its terms.
4.03. Additional Obli�-,ations, The Authority will issue no other obligations secured in
whole or in part by Available Tax Increment unless such pledge is on a subordinate basis to the
pledge on the Note,
Section 5. Certification of Proceedim .
5.01. Certification of Proceedings. The officers of the Authority are hereby aLithorized
and directed to prepare and furnish to the Owner of the Note certified copies of all proceedings
and records of the Authority, and such other affidavits, certificates, and information as may be
required to show the facts relating to the legality and marketability of the Note as the same
appear from the books and records under their custody and control or as otherwise known to
them, and all such certified copies, certificates, and affidavits, including any heretofore
furnished, shall be deemed representations of the Authority as to the facts recited therein.
Section 6, Effective Date, This resolution shall be effective upon approval.
Approved by the Board of Commissioners of the Columbia Heights Economic Development
Authority on Aug. _7 201 T
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Presid fit 'si
ATTEST:
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Executive Director — Deputy
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