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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 14-06The City Council of the City of Tustin hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency ( "Agency ") is a community redevelopment agency organized and existing under the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Sections 33000, et seq. ( "CRL ") and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council ( "City Council ") of the City of Tustin ( "City "); and B. The City of Tustin is a municipal corporation of the State of California ( "City "); and C. Assembly Bill X1 26 added Parts 1.8 and 1.85 to Division 24 of the California Health and Safety Code, which laws cause the dissolution and wind down of all redevelopment agencies ( "Dissolution Act "); and D. On December -29, 2011, in the petition California Redevelopment Association, et al v. -Aiia - Matosantos, et al ( "Matosantos Decision "), the California Supreme Court; upheld the Dissolution Act and thereby all redevelopment agencies in California were dissolved as of and on February 1, 2012 under the dates in the Dissolution Act that were reformed and extended thereby ( "Supreme Court Decision "); and E. The Agency is now a dissolved community redevelopment agency pursuant to the Dissolution Act; and F. On December 2, 2008, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 08 -83, authorizing the issuance of a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $18,881,750 to be purchased by the former Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency; and G. The $18,881,750 in funds was used by the City as partial payment towards purchasing approximately 34 acres for public right -of -way; and Under the terms of the Note and in anticipation repayment would be made from the proceeds of selling the portion of the 34 acres not required for right -of -way, Resolution No. 14 -06 Page 1 of 3 RESOLUTION NO. 14 -06 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE DECEMBER 31, 2008 PROMISSORY NOTE BETWEEN THE CITY OF TUSTIN AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TUSTIN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY The City Council of the City of Tustin hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. The Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency ( "Agency ") is a community redevelopment agency organized and existing under the California Community Redevelopment Law, Health and Safety Code Sections 33000, et seq. ( "CRL ") and has been authorized to transact business and exercise the powers of a redevelopment agency pursuant to action of the City Council ( "City Council ") of the City of Tustin ( "City "); and B. The City of Tustin is a municipal corporation of the State of California ( "City "); and C. Assembly Bill X1 26 added Parts 1.8 and 1.85 to Division 24 of the California Health and Safety Code, which laws cause the dissolution and wind down of all redevelopment agencies ( "Dissolution Act "); and D. On December -29, 2011, in the petition California Redevelopment Association, et al v. -Aiia - Matosantos, et al ( "Matosantos Decision "), the California Supreme Court; upheld the Dissolution Act and thereby all redevelopment agencies in California were dissolved as of and on February 1, 2012 under the dates in the Dissolution Act that were reformed and extended thereby ( "Supreme Court Decision "); and E. The Agency is now a dissolved community redevelopment agency pursuant to the Dissolution Act; and F. On December 2, 2008, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 08 -83, authorizing the issuance of a Promissory Note in the principal amount of $18,881,750 to be purchased by the former Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency; and G. The $18,881,750 in funds was used by the City as partial payment towards purchasing approximately 34 acres for public right -of -way; and Under the terms of the Note and in anticipation repayment would be made from the proceeds of selling the portion of the 34 acres not required for right -of -way, Resolution No. 14 -06 Page 1 of 3 H. the City was to repay the principal and interest on December 1, 2013 unless amended by both parties; and I. During the term of the Note, the City has only sold 7.53 acres of 26.59 acres available for development due to an economy which has suffered through what most economists refer to as the "Great Recession "; and J. The City has determined it is necessary and appropriate to amend and restate the Original Promissory Note entered into by and between the City of Tustin and the former Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency on December 31, 2008. K. In accordance with the Dissolution Act, the amended Promissory Note will also require the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency approval._ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN: Section 1. The foregoing recitals are incorporated into this Resolution by this reference, and constitute a material part of this Resolution. Section 2. The City Council approves amending the December 31, 2008 Promissory Note between the City of Tustin and the former Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency. Section 3. The City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute the First Amendment to the Promissory Note, in substantially the form attached to this Resolution 14 -06. Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council held on the 21St day of January, 2014. / ELWYN M , Mayor ATTEST: .40 JEFF PARKED, City e Resolution No. 14 -06 Page 2of3 1 1 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, Jeffrey C. Parker, City Clerk and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 14 -06 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 21St day of January, 2014, by the following vote: COUNCILPERSONS AYES COUNCILPERSONS NOES: COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT: GJ� JEFF PARKER, PARKER, City l Murray, Puckett, Nielsen, Gomez, Bernstein (5) None (0) None (0) None (0) Attachment No. 1 First Amendment to the Promissory Note Resolution No. 14 -06 Page 3 of 3 F� 976741.1 ATTACHMENT NO. 1 FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PROMISSORY NOTE [Attached] FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROMISSORY NOTE Initial Principal Amount: $18,881,750.00 Tustin, California , 2014 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned City of Tustin, a municipal corporation and public body corporate and politic of the State of California ( "City") and the Successor Agency to the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, a public body corporate and politic ("Successor Agency ") by this FIRST AMENDMENT TO PROMISSORY NOTE hereby amend that certain Promissory Note dated as of December 31, 2008 between the City and the former Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency in the amount of Eighteen Million Eight Hundred Eighty -One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars and No /100 Dollars ($18,881,750.00) ( "Original Note "). A. Modification to the Original Note. The following sections of the Original Note shall be amended as follows: a. The introductory paragraph is hereby deleted and replaced as follows: The City of Tustin (together with any and all of its successors, the "City ") hereby promises to pay to the Successor Agency to the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency (together with any and all of its successors and assigns, the "Successor Agency ") in accordance with the payment schedule outlined below ( "Maturity Date "), in lawful money of the United States of America, at 300 Centennial Way, Tustin, California, or at such other address as may be specified by the Agency, the principal amount of $18,881,750.00, together with interest accrued thereon from December 30, 2008 to the Maturity Date at the rate corresponding with the interest rate earned by funds deposited into the Local Agency Investment Fund ( "LAIF "). The Original Note, as amended by this First Amendment to Promissory Note, and any subsequent renewals or extensions hereof and as the same may be amended, restated or-supplemented from time to time, is referred to herein as this "Note." In recognition the parties entered into the Original Note with the payoff being tied to the sale of the purchased parcels, the payment schedule is dependent upon whichever occurs first: 1) the reinstatement of the Affordable Housing Reimbursement Agreement, Public Works Agreement, and South Central Project Area Working Capital Loan Agreement (together, "Agreements "), or 2) the sale of the remaining parcels for which the Original Note was issued. 1) Should the reinstatement of the Agreements occur first, the payment schedule will comply with HSC Section 34191.4(b)(2)(A) as follows: In recognition that the City has sold 7.53 acres for $8,710,000, the City will make a payment of $2,438,800 against the Note, reflecting the Note's contribution as a percentage (28 %) towards the original purchase. Payment will be made upon State of California Department of Finance issuing a Finding of Completion ( "Finding ") and will leave a balance of $16,442,950 plus interest accrued from the Original Note date of December 31, 2008. ii. A five -year payment schedule will be established with the first payment commencing six months from receiving a Finding. The annual payments will be $3,288,590 per year plus accrued interest. In the event Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Funds ( "Trust Funds ") pursuant to the ROPS process and received as a result of the Reimbursement Agreements do not equal $3,288,590 plus accrued interest, the City will only pay the actual amount received in Trust Funds. iii. Corresponding to the payment schedule once it is initiated, the Successor Agency will provide Semi - Annual Reports to the Oversight Board detailing the payments made against the Note. iv. If parcels are also sold during this time, the City will make a payment against the Note that reflects the Note's contribution as a percentage (28 %) towards the original purchase. V. The City will pay off the balance of the Note in the fifth (5`}') year, regardless of whether or not Trust Funds have amounted to $3,288,590 plus accrued interest in each of the previous four years. 2) If the Agreements are not reinstated, the payment schedule and due date will correspond with the sale of the remaining parcels as follows: i. In recognition that the City has sold 7.53 acres for $8,710,000, the City will make a payment of $2,438,800 against the Note that reflects the Note's contribution as a percentage (28 %) towards the original purchase. Payment will be made on December 1, 2014. ii. As each parcel is sold, the City will make a payment against the Note that reflects the Note's contribution as a percentage (28 %) towards the original purchase. iii. Upon the sale of the final parcel, the City will pay off the balance owed on the Note, notwithstanding whether the payment is less than or greater than 28% of the sale. iv. As parcels are sold, the Successor Agency will provide Reports to the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency detailing the payments made against the Note. b. Section 3. Is hereby deleted and replaced as follows: Section 3. Events of Default and Remedies. The failure of the City to pay the Accreted Value hereof, as and when due, shall constitute an event of default under this Note (an "Event of Default "). If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Agency may, at its option, without prior notice or demand, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the City to, at any time and from time to time, exercise all or any one or more of the rights, powers or other remedies available to the Agency against the City under applicable law. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of 2 Default, interest shall accrue on the Accreted Value hereof at the rate corresponding with the interest rate earned by funds deposited into the Local Agency Investment Fund. C. Section 7. Is hereby deleted and replaced as follows: Section 7. Notices. All written notices, statements, demands, consents, approvals, authorizations, offers, designations, requests or other communications hereunder shall be given to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or at such other address as such party may provide to the other parties in writing from time to time, namely: If to the City: City of Tustin 300 Centennial Way Tustin, California 92680 Attention: City Manager If to the Agency: Successor Agency to the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency 300 Centennial Way Tustin, California 92680 Attention: Executive Director Each such notice, statement, demand, consent, approval, authorization, offer, designation, request or other communication hereunder shall be deemed delivered to the party to whom it is addressed (a) if given by courier or delivery service or if personally served or delivered, upon delivery, (b) if given by telecopier, upon the sender's receipt of an appropriate answerback or other written acknowledgment, (c) if given by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, deposited with the United States mail postage prepaid, 72 hours after such notice is deposited with the United States mail, or (d) if given by any other means, upon delivery at the address specified in this Section. Except as amended hereby, all other terms and conditions of the Original Note shall remain in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Note as of the date first above written. SUCCESSOR AGENCY: SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TUSTIN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, a public body corporate and politic Date: By: Jeffrey C. Parker Executive Director 3 D 1 APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: Celeste Brady Special Counsel to the Successor Agency APPROVED AS TO FORM: By: David E. Kendig City Attorney r W CITY OF TUSTIN 4 Jeffrey C. Parker City Manager