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HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-84-0205J-8A-95 2/8/84 RESOLUTION NO. a "" . A RESOLUTION INDUCING THE wi,rHiN NAMED PROJECT SPUP SORS TO IKC[3P CER; AIi,T COS'f'S GdI'I'H RESPECT TO CERTAIW MUUTl—FAMILY RENTAL, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI FLORIDA: Section 1. The Commission of the City of Miami, Florida (the "Commission"), has found and determined and does hereby declare that: (a) Pursuant to the Florida Municipal Home Rule Powers Act, Chapter 166, as amended (the "Act"), and the charter of the City of Miami (the "Cite"), Chapter. 10847, Special Laws of Florida, 1925 as amended, the Commission on January 13, 1983 duly adopted Ordinance No. 9539 ("Ordinance No. 9539") and made findings therein recognizing and declaring that there exists in the City a serious shortage of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents and costs which families and persons, including the elderly, of low or moderate income can afford; and that the shortage of such dwelling accommodations constitutes a menace to the health, safety, morals and welfare of the people of the City, impairs economic values and imposes excessive burdens upon the City. (b) The City is a political subdivision of a state within the meaning of Section 103(a)(1) of the Internal .Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (the "Code"), or a constituted authority authorized to issue obligations for and on behalf of such a political subdivision, all within the meaning of the applicable regulations under the Code, CITY COMMISSION MEETIT TG OF FE B 9 1984 RESDIUliu., REWMS. (c) Certain private developers (the "Developers")t own or propose to acquire real property at the following sites and construct or rehabilitate the following multi- family housing developments (the "Developments"). The Developers# the Developments# the estimated number of units# the presently estimated reimbursable cost of construction or rehabilitation and the locations thereof are as follows: 1. Related Housing with Consort# Ltd.# Thacker Construction and Marbilt, Inc.# Melrose Nursery# 426 units of new construction, $24,000,000 estimated reimbursable costs, 2741 Northwest 27th Avenue; 2. Related Housing with Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt, Inc., Police Benevolent Association, 430 units of new construction, $24,000,000 estimated reimbursable costs, 2300 Northwest 14th Street; 3. Circa, Ltd. with The Barness Organization, Highland Park, Ill units of new construction, $9,200,000 estimated reimbursable costs, Northwest 8th Street Road, Northwest loth Street, Northwest llth Street and Northwest 7th Avenue; 4. Related Housinq with Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt# Inc., Civic Center, 135 units of new construction, $7,800,000 estimated reimbursable costs, Northwest 18th Street and Northwest 14th Avenue. The Developments will alleviate the shortage in the City of Miami of multi -family rental housing available at rents which persons and families of low and moderate income, including the elderly, can afford. (d) The Developers have requested that the City issue its revenue bonds (the "bonds") in an amount which, together with other available funds, will be sufficient to pay the cost of acquisition and construction of the Developments, and to fund other costs and amounts incidental to the issuance thereof, such Bonds to be - secured by certain assets, revenues and money described in the trust indenture securing the Bonds, and by virtue of the provisions of Section 103(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and the a2z Treasury regulations in effect thereunder, the interest on the Bonds will be exempt from Federal income taxation if certain criteria fixed by said provisions (the "Tax Requirements") are met, (e) The Tax Requirements provide, among other things, that obligations such as the Bonds must be in registered form and that where, as in the case of the Developments, original use of facilities commences (or the acquisition of facilities occurs) on or after the date of issue of obligations to provide such facilities, costs of the facilities paid or incurred prior to the adoption of a bond resolution with respect to such obligations or some other similar official action toward the issuance of such obligations cannot be reimbursed with the proceeds of such obligations. The Tax Requirements also provide that no portion of the proceeds of such obligations may be used to retire existing debt that users, such as the Developers, have incurred with respect to the facilities, except for temporary construction financing. The Tax Requirements further provide that users, such as the Developers, from the first date that 10% of the units in a facility such as the Developments are occupied or the date of issuance of the Bonds, whichever is later, to the later of (1) 10 years after over one-half of the facility is first occupied, (2) the end of the time interval measured as the length of a period beginning with occupancy of the first unit and ending with 50% of the number of days of the longest maturing obligation, or. (3) the date on which any subsidies under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (the "Housing Act") terminate (the "Qualified Project Period"), (A) maintain at least 20% of the housing units of each Development for occupancy by tenants of low or moderate income determined in a manner W.3W, Treasury regulations in effect thereunder# the interest on the Bonds will be exempt from Federal income taxation if certain criteria fixed by said provisions (the "Tax Requirements") are met, (e) The Tax Requirements provides among other things# that obligations such as the Bonds must be in registered form and that where# as in the case of the Developments# original use of facilities commences (or the acquisition of facilities occurs) on or after the date of issue of obligations to provide such facilities# costs of the facilities paid or incurred prior to the adoption of a bond resolution with respect to such obligations or some other similar official action toward the issuance of such obligations cannot be reimbursed with the proceeds of such obligations, The Tax Requirements also provide that no portion of the proceeds of such obligations may be used to retire existing debt that users, such as the Developers, have incurred with respect to the facilities# except for temporary construction financing. The Tax Requirements further provide that users, such as the Developers, from the first date that 10% of the units in a facility such as the Developments are occupied or the date of issuance of the Bonds, whichever is later, to the later of (1) 10 years after over one-half of the facility is first occupied, (2) the end of the time interval measured as the length of a period beginning with occupancy of the first unit and ending with 50% of the number of days of the longest maturing obligation, or (3) the date on which any subsidies under Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended (the "Sousing Act") terminate (the "Qualified Project Period"), (A) maintain at least 20% of the housing units of each Development for occupancy by tenants of low or moderate income determined in a manner �3s i �200 : 0 consistent with detertinations of lower income families under Section a of the Housing Act` except that the percentage of medium gross income qualifying as low or moderate income shall be 80$, ($) maintain all units in the facility for rental by members of the general public and (C) rent no unit to the owner of the facility or any person related (as defined in said Treasury regulations) to the owner; The Tax Require- ments also provide that at all times after the termina- tion of the Qualified Project Period and while any of the Bonds are outstanding, all of the units in the Development will be rented to or available for rent by persons and families of low or moderate income. (f) The Developers have agreed or will agree to maintain, for the Qualified Project Period, at least 20% of the housing units of its respective Development for occupancy by tenants of low or moderate income determined as described in Section l(e)(A) above and to comply with the other requirements mentioned in subsection (e) above. (g) The Commission has preliminarily determined, based upon representations made by the Developers and without any independent investigation having been made by the City, that the construction of the Developments by the Developers and the financing of all or a portion of the cost of the Developments and the provision of long-term financing for the Developments by the City will be in furtherance of the purpose of the Act and that the Developments are eligible for financing under the Act and are projects for which the City may issue its revenue bonds. Section 2. The Commission hereby determines that it will issue its multi. -family housing bonds in an aggregate principal amount sufficient for the purposes of financing, together with any other funds 4vailable therefor, the cost of the acquisition ­4 E j f AP and construction of the Developments, including, without limitation, the reimbursement for costs incurred subsequent to this date and prior to the date of the issuance of the Bonds, which amount is presently estimated not to exceed $65#000#000 and of funding other costs and amounts necessary in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds. Section 3. The terms and details of the Bonds will be determined by a bond purchase contract to be entered into between the City and one or more banks, underwriting firms or other financial institutions as approved by the Commission: Section 4. The Commission has determined that this resolution constitutes official action within the meaning of the Tax Requirements. Section 5. In the event that the City and the Developers are unable to reach an agreement with respect to the terms and details of the Bonds or the contracts therefor, or if other circumstances prevent the issuance of the Bonds, there shall be no resultant liability on either the City or the Developers nor shall any third party have any rights against either the City or the Developers by virtue of this resolution. Section 6. Any bond resolutions or trust indentures shall, when appropriate, contain an express provision that such multi -family housing bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues derived from the repayment of any loan made to finance the Developments, and from certain assets, revenues and money described in the trust indenture securing such Bonds and neither the taxing power nor the faith or credit of the City or the State of Florida, or of any political subdivision thereof, nor any other funds of any nature whatsoever of the City or the State of Florida, or any political subdivision thereof, shall ever be pledged to the repayment of said multi -family housing bonds or the interest thereon, Section 7, This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and shall be binding, subject only to the W5W 84"a' 0 a qualifications stated herein] upon the successor's and assigns of the Developets, PASSED AND ADOPTED this � _9th day of Febtuaty 1984: _ _ ._. ATTEST! f G.ONGIE y Clerk PREPARED AND APPROVED BY: rr G. MIRIAM MAER Assistant City Attorney _- _Mautice.. As.. _Ferre _ _ _ MAURICE A. FERRET Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS: GARCIA—PEDROSA /'SE ty Attorney GMM/wpc/pb/201 ZC 11 i Citi' ok MIAMI. PL61415A t6 Howard it+ Cary City Manager IWL1416PPI€E MFEM614ANCIUM bAtt February 8, i§84 •PILU tubjEGT Approval of Inducement Resolution Affordable Rental Housing Development prografn raom Dena Spillman, Director AEFEAtNCES City Commission Agenda Item Department of Community Development February 9, 1984 ENCLOSU4ES It is recommended that the City Commision approve the attached Resolution inducing the within named project sponsors to incur certain costs in connection with the development of certain multifamily rental housing development projects under the City of Miami Affordable Rental Housing Development program. On October 7, 1981, through Resolution No. 81-848, the City Commission approved Implementation Guidelines for the Affordable Rental Housing Development Program. The program is expected to generate approximately 1,000 new units of rental housing affordable to low and moderate income families. Under the program, the City plans to provide Project Sponsors with below -market rate project financing through the issuance of tax exempt mortgage revenue bonds. Development sites are being acquired by the City and will be conveyed to the Project Sponsors. City G.O. Housing Bond proceeds are being used to acquire the development sites. On December 15, 1983, through Resolution No. 83-1165, the City Commission approved the following development groups as Project Sponsors for the respective development sites: Melrose Nursery 2741 N.W. 27 Ave. Police Benevolent Assoc. 2300 N.W. 14 Street Related Housing w/Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt, Inc. Related Housing w/Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt, Inc. 84-205-4 0 s ,, . . s Highland Park N.W. 8th St. Road N.W. 10th Street N.W. lith Street 7th Avenue Civic Center N,W, 18 Street N,W, 14 Avenue Circa, Ltd./The Barnes§ Organization Related Housing w/Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt, Inc. The City Commission l Resolution whichauthorizerequested sxpendoapprove o itursfor various hcomponentsed eof the housing projects to be financed by tax exempt bonds. Moreover, the attached Resolution allows the Project Sponsors to incur certain costs with respect to the undertaking. The estimated number of units and estimated reimbursable cost of construction are as follows: Number Proiect Sbonsor Development Sites Units Related Housing w/ Melrose Nursery 426 Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt Inc. Related Housing w/ Police Benevolent 430 Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt Inc. Related Housing w/ Civic Center 135 Consort, Ltd., Thacker Construction and Marbilt, Inc. Circa Ltd./The Highland Park ill Barness Organization Total Commission approval of this item is recommended. /wh Estimated Reimbursable Costs $24,000,000 $24,000,000 $ 7,800,000 $ 9,2009000 $659000,000