HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 2008-024CERTIFICATION OF MINUTES
Municipality: The City of Plymouth, Minnesota
Governing Body: City Council
Meeting: A meeting of the City Council of The City of Plymouth was held
on the 8t1' day of January, 2008, at 7:00 p.m. at Plymouth City
Center, 3400 Plymouth Boulevard, Plymouth, Minnesota.
Members present: Mayor Slavik, Councilmembers Murdock, Hewitt, and Stein.
Members absent: Councilmembers Willis, Bildsoe, and Black.
Documents: Resolution No. 2008-024 - Resolution Giving Approval to a
Proposed Housing Program and The Proposed Issuance Therefor
of a Revenue Bond at the Request of Hammer Residences, Inc.
Pursuant to a Joint Powers Agreement to be Entered Into in
Connection Therewith
Certification:
I, Sandra R. Engdahl, City Clerk of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, do hereby certify
the following:
Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of a resolution on file and of record in the
offices of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, which resolution was adopted by the Plymouth City
Council, at the meeting referred to above. Said meeting was a regular meeting of the Plymouth
City Council, was open to the public, and was held at the time at which meetings of the City
Council are regularly held. Member Hewitt moved the adoption of the attached resolution. The
motion for adoption of the attached resolution was seconded by Member Stein. A vote being
taken on the motion, the following voted in favor of the resolution:
All Members voted in favor.
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. The attached
resolution is in full force and effect and no action has been taken by the City Council of the City
of Plymouth, Minnesota which would in any way alter or amend the attached resolution.
Witness my hand officially as the City Clerk of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota this
day of January, 2008.
IM
Its City Clerk
The Mayor announced that this was the time and place for a public hearing on a proposal
by Hammer Residences, Inc., a Minnesota nonprofit corporation, for the City to enter into a joint
powers agreement under which a revenue bond would be issued by the City of Golden Valley,
Minnesota, for, among other things, a housing program in Plymouth. The following persons
appeared:
After all persons present had an opportunity to express their views, the hearing was
closed.
RESOLUTION GIVING APPROVAL TO A PROPOSED
HOUSING PROGRAM AND THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE
THEREFOR OF A REVENUE BOND AT THE REQUEST OF
HAMMER RESIDENCES, INC. PURSUANT TO A JOINT
POWERS AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, by the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C, as amended (the
"Housing Programs Act'), the City of Plymouth, Minnesota (the "City"), is authorized to plan,
administer, issue and sell revenue bonds or obligations to make or purchase loans to finance one
or more multifamily housing developments within its boundaries, which revenue bonds or
obligations shall be payable solely from the revenues of the development; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 462C.07, Subdivision 1 of the Housing Programs Act, in
the purchase or making of multifamily housing loans and the issuance of revenue bonds or other
obligations, the City may exercise within its corporate limits any of the powers the Minnesota
Housing Finance Agency may exercise under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462A; and
WHEREAS, the City has received a request from Hammer Residences, Inc., a Minnesota
nonprofit corporation (the "Borrower"), that the City approve a housing program (the
"Program") pursuant to the Housing Programs Act, which provides for the City of Golden
Valley, Minnesota (the "Issuer"), to issue a revenue bond (the "Bond") in a principal amount not
to exceed $900,000, all pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 471.59 (the "Joint Powers Act'),
and the Housing Programs Act; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Bond will be loaned to the Borrower, to provide
acquisition financing for, including the refinancing of any temporary indebtedness incurred, for
the acquisition of existing residential buildings and sites located in the City and in the City of
Golden Valley, and the rehabilitation thereof, all as more particularly described in, among other
things, the Housing Program developed in connection the multifamily housing development
located at 1120 Ives Lane North in the City, a copy of which is currently on file in the office of
the City Clerk (the "Housing Program"); and
WHEREAS, a copy of the Housing Program has been presented to this Council and is
ordered placed on file with the City Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Program has been submitted to the Metropolitan Council for
review and comment as required by the Housing Programs Act; and
WHEREAS, the Joint Powers Act provides that one or more governmental units of the
State of Minnesota, by agreement entered into with one or more other governmental units of the
State of Minnesota, or another State, through action of their governing bodies, may jointly or
cooperatively exercise any power common to the contracting parties, and may provide for the
exercise of such power by one of the participating governmental units on behalf of the other
participating units; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Joint Powers Act, the Borrower has requested that the City
enter into a Joint Powers Agreement (the "Joint Powers Agreement") with the Issuer in
connection with the proposed issuance of the Bond; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has agreed to reimburse the City for the costs of publication of
notice of public hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, together with legal fees
to be incurred by the City, as well as any other costs incurred by the City related to the Joint
Powers Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council, that:
I . As required by the Housing Programs Act, the City Council held a public hearing
on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 on the issuance of the Bond and on the proposal to undertake and
finance the Housing Program, all after publication in the official newspaper of general
circulation of a notice setting forth, among other things, the time and place of hearing; stating the
general nature of the Housing Program and an estimate of the principal amount of the Bond or
other obligations to be issued to finance the Housing Program; and stating that all parties who
appear at the public hearing shall have an opportunity to express their views with respect to the
proposal.
2. It is hereby found that the financing arrangement described by the Joint Powers
Agreement and the Bond will enhance the ability of the Borrower to incur tax-exempt
indebtedness to finance the Housing Program.
3. The Borrower will be required to pay all the expenses of the City paid or incurred
with respect to the Housing Program and to indemnify the City for any potential liability
incurred by the City with respect to the Housing Program.
4. The Housing Program and the issuance of a revenue bond by the Issuer to finance
the Housing Program, are hereby approved, subject only to final approval and authorization by
the Issuer thereof, and agreement by the Borrower and the Lender, as to the details of the Bond
and provision for its payment.
5. In no event shall the Bond ever be payable from or charged upon any funds of the
City other than amounts payable under the revenue agreement which are to be pledged to the
payment thereof, no holder of the Bond shall ever have the right to compel the exercise of the
taxing power of the City to pay the Bond or the interest thereon, nor enforce the payment thereof
against any property of the City the Bond shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance,
legal or equitable, upon any property of the City; and the Bond does not constitute an
indebtedness of the City within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory, or charter limitation.
6. The Borrower is hereby authorized to enter into such contracts, in its own name
and not as agent for the City, as may be necessary for the Housing Program by any means
available to it and in the manner it determines, without advertisement for bids as may be required
for the acquisition or constriction of municipal facilities, but the City shall not be liable on any
such contracts.
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7. The City is hereby authorized and one or more officers are hereby directed to
enter into the Joint Powers Agreement with the Issuer, under the provisions of the Joint Powers
Act, and the form of such Joint Powers Agreement has been placed on file in the offices of the
City. The form of the Joint Powers Agreement, as currently on file, is hereby approved and the
Joint Powers Agreement, in such form, but subject to such modifications thereto as shall be
approved by the officer or officers executing the same, which approval shall be conclusively
evidenced by the execution thereof, shall be executed and delivered by one or more officers of
the City.
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