01-1239ORIGI�IAL
CITY OF
Presented By
Referred To
Committee: Date
2 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RAMSEY COUNTY TO UNDERTAKE A MULTI-FAMILY
3 RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF SAlNT PAUL,
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5 (EMERAI,D PARK PROJECT)
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7 WHEREAS,
9 (a) Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C (the "Act")
10 authorizes cities, or housing and redevelopment authorities or port
11 authorities authorized by ordinance to exercise on behalf of a city
12 the powers conferred by the Act, or a county housing and
13 redevelopment authority created by special law or authorized by its
14 county to exercise its powers pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
15 Section 469.004, the power to issue revenue bonds to finance a
16 program for the purpose of planning, administering, making or
17 purchasing loans with respect to one or more multi-family housing
18 developments within its boundaries of the city;
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20 (b) The Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the
21 City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the "St. Paul HRA") has been
22 designated, by ordinance, to exercise, on behalf of the City of Saint
23 Paul, Minnesota (the "City") the powers confened by Minnesota
24 Statutes, Section 462C.01 to 462C.08;
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RESOLUTION
PAUL, MINNESOTA
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(c) The Ramsey County Housing & Redevelopment
Authority (the "County HRA") has scheduled for consideration on
December 11, 2001, a resolution authorizing an application to the
Minnesota Depariment of Finance for an allocation of volume lunit
to issue private activity bonds "bonding authority";
(d) The City and the County HRA have received from
Saint Paul Leased Housing Associates I, LP (the "Developer") a
proposal that the City and County HRA undertake a program to
finance the Project hereinafter described, through the issuance of
revenue bonds or other obligations (which may be issued in one or
more series) (the "Bonds") pursuant to the Act;
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2 (e) The City and County HRA desire to: facilitate the
3 development of rental housing within the community; encourage
4 the development of afFordable housing oppomwities for residents
5 of the City and the County; encourage the development of housing
6 facilities designed for occupancy by persons of low or moderate
7 income; and prevent the emergence of blighted or underutilized
8 land and shuctures within the boundaries of the City and the
9 County; and the Project will assist the City and County I312A in
10 achieving these objectives;
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12 (fl The proposal is for the St. Paul IIRA and the
13 Ramsey County HRA to jointly issue bonds for the Project,
14 utilizing seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) of the City
15 entitlement bonding authority and seven million dollazs
16 ($7,000,000) of bonding authority provided by Ramsey County
17 IIRA from the housing pool established pursuant to Minnesota
18 Statutes, Chapter 474A;
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(g) The Developer is currently engaged in the business
of real estate development. The project to be financed by the
Bonds wili consist of the acquisition, renovation and equipping of
a residential rental project for low and moderate income tenants
located at the northwest corner of Franklin Avenue and Curfew
Street, in Saint Paul (the "Project").
(h) The City and the County HRA haue been advised
by representatives of the Developer that conventional, commercial
financing to pay the capital costs of the Project is available only on
a limited basis and at such high costs of bonowing that the
economic feasibility or operating the Project would be significantly
reduced, but the Developer has also advised the City and the
County that with the aid of municipal financing, and resulting low
borrowing costs, the Project is economically more feasible; and
37 (i) No public official of the City or the County has
38 either a direct ar indirect financial interest in the Project nor will
39 any public official either directly or indirectly benefit financially
40 from the Project:
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, that pursuant to Minn. Stat., Section 469.004,
subd. 1 a, the City hereby authorizes Ramsey County, acting through the Ramsey
County HRA, to undertake the Project and financing therefor, jointly with the St.
Paul HRA, subject to the following limitations:
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a. this authorization relates only to the Project and the O , ��,� 3
financing program for the Project; and
b. nothiug in this resolution or in the fmancing
program, or in any agreement, indenture, contract ar inshument relating to
the Project or the Bonds shall authorize or pernut the Ramsey County
HRA to levy a tax on any tasable property within the city lunits of the
City of Saint Paul, and
c. nothing in this resolution obligates the City to give
its approval to the Project and the program of financing therefor, and
d. nothing in this resolution authorizes the expenditure
of any City funds on the Project.
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DEPARTMENT/OFFICFJCOUNCII,: DATE INITTATED GREEN SHEET No.• 111261 Q���a�. �
PED - Downtown Team 11/09/Ol '
CONTACI' PERSON & PHONE: INi a7'E 1N1Y7n1✓nn1'E
Diane Nordquist (6-6640) � 1 DEPARI'Iv1ENT DIlt. 5 crrY covxcn,
MIJST BE ON COUNCII. AGENDA BY (DATE) �IC'N ? CITY ATTORNEY \ -�3 l _ CITY CI,ERK
3 FINANCIAL SERV DIR. �(S _ FINANCIAL SERV/ACCTG
November28 gQ� 4MAYOR(ORASST.) CIVII,SERViCECAMbIISSION
ROU1'ING IIUMAN RIGHTS DEPT. _ ROBERT SCHIttiIER
ORDER
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acriox �QVES�n: Approval of resolution authorizing Ramsey County to issue tas exempt housing revenue bonds for a
multi-family rental housing development in the City of Saint Paul. The project is Emerald Park Housing.
RECObIMENDATIONS: Approve (A) or Reject (R) PERSONAI. SERViCE CON'1'RACTS MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS:
PLANNING COMivIISSION 1. Has ihis person/fum ever worked under a wntract for this departrnent?
CIB COMM[TTEE Yes No
CIVIL SERVICE COMbIISSION 2. Has this person/fi�m ever been a ciry employee?
Yes No
3. Does this person/fivn possess a skill not normally possessed by any curzent city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
INITIATING PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTONITI (K'ho, Whay When, Where, Why) Tlle H� 3ppTOVCa. 2. TTIETT10Y3riClUTri Of
understanding on Sept. 26, 2001, between the IIRA and Emerald Street LLC (Wellington Management) to develop
96 units of owner-occupied housing and 220-240 rental housing units in the Franklin-Emerald azea of St. Paul. The
rental housing developer, Saint Paul Leased Housing Associates I, LP (Dominium Development & Acquisition
LLC) will be requesting $17 million in Saint Paul tax exempt entiflement revenue bonds, in addition they will
require $7 million in taac exempt bonding authority through the Ramsey County HRA.
ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED: �
The HRA will be able to move forward on working with the developer on the housing proposal to issue tas exempt housing
revenue bonds.
DISADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED:
None.
nisanv.a�rrncES � rroT nrrxovEn: There will not be enough tax exempt bonding authority to move forward with
the housing proposal.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION: $ O COST/REVENUE BUDGETED: ��� G+��}�+
FUNDIlVGSOURCE: ACTIVI'1'1'NUMBER: ���
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ORIGI�IAL
CITY OF
Presented By
Referred To
Committee: Date
2 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING RAMSEY COUNTY TO UNDERTAKE A MULTI-FAMILY
3 RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF SAlNT PAUL,
4
5 (EMERAI,D PARK PROJECT)
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7 WHEREAS,
9 (a) Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 462C (the "Act")
10 authorizes cities, or housing and redevelopment authorities or port
11 authorities authorized by ordinance to exercise on behalf of a city
12 the powers conferred by the Act, or a county housing and
13 redevelopment authority created by special law or authorized by its
14 county to exercise its powers pursuant to Minnesota Statutes,
15 Section 469.004, the power to issue revenue bonds to finance a
16 program for the purpose of planning, administering, making or
17 purchasing loans with respect to one or more multi-family housing
18 developments within its boundaries of the city;
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20 (b) The Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the
21 City of Saint Paul, Minnesota (the "St. Paul HRA") has been
22 designated, by ordinance, to exercise, on behalf of the City of Saint
23 Paul, Minnesota (the "City") the powers confened by Minnesota
24 Statutes, Section 462C.01 to 462C.08;
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RESOLUTION
PAUL, MINNESOTA
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(c) The Ramsey County Housing & Redevelopment
Authority (the "County HRA") has scheduled for consideration on
December 11, 2001, a resolution authorizing an application to the
Minnesota Depariment of Finance for an allocation of volume lunit
to issue private activity bonds "bonding authority";
(d) The City and the County HRA have received from
Saint Paul Leased Housing Associates I, LP (the "Developer") a
proposal that the City and County HRA undertake a program to
finance the Project hereinafter described, through the issuance of
revenue bonds or other obligations (which may be issued in one or
more series) (the "Bonds") pursuant to the Act;
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2 (e) The City and County HRA desire to: facilitate the
3 development of rental housing within the community; encourage
4 the development of afFordable housing oppomwities for residents
5 of the City and the County; encourage the development of housing
6 facilities designed for occupancy by persons of low or moderate
7 income; and prevent the emergence of blighted or underutilized
8 land and shuctures within the boundaries of the City and the
9 County; and the Project will assist the City and County I312A in
10 achieving these objectives;
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12 (fl The proposal is for the St. Paul IIRA and the
13 Ramsey County HRA to jointly issue bonds for the Project,
14 utilizing seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) of the City
15 entitlement bonding authority and seven million dollazs
16 ($7,000,000) of bonding authority provided by Ramsey County
17 IIRA from the housing pool established pursuant to Minnesota
18 Statutes, Chapter 474A;
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(g) The Developer is currently engaged in the business
of real estate development. The project to be financed by the
Bonds wili consist of the acquisition, renovation and equipping of
a residential rental project for low and moderate income tenants
located at the northwest corner of Franklin Avenue and Curfew
Street, in Saint Paul (the "Project").
(h) The City and the County HRA haue been advised
by representatives of the Developer that conventional, commercial
financing to pay the capital costs of the Project is available only on
a limited basis and at such high costs of bonowing that the
economic feasibility or operating the Project would be significantly
reduced, but the Developer has also advised the City and the
County that with the aid of municipal financing, and resulting low
borrowing costs, the Project is economically more feasible; and
37 (i) No public official of the City or the County has
38 either a direct ar indirect financial interest in the Project nor will
39 any public official either directly or indirectly benefit financially
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Saint Paul, Minnesota, that pursuant to Minn. Stat., Section 469.004,
subd. 1 a, the City hereby authorizes Ramsey County, acting through the Ramsey
County HRA, to undertake the Project and financing therefor, jointly with the St.
Paul HRA, subject to the following limitations:
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a. this authorization relates only to the Project and the O , ��,� 3
financing program for the Project; and
b. nothiug in this resolution or in the fmancing
program, or in any agreement, indenture, contract ar inshument relating to
the Project or the Bonds shall authorize or pernut the Ramsey County
HRA to levy a tax on any tasable property within the city lunits of the
City of Saint Paul, and
c. nothing in this resolution obligates the City to give
its approval to the Project and the program of financing therefor, and
d. nothing in this resolution authorizes the expenditure
of any City funds on the Project.
C�IGI��L
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Requested by Department of:
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Approved by Mayor: Date
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Adopted by Council: ➢ate �T.�[r ��D `
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Adoption Certified by Council Secretary
DEPARTMENT/OFFICFJCOUNCII,: DATE INITTATED GREEN SHEET No.• 111261 Q���a�. �
PED - Downtown Team 11/09/Ol '
CONTACI' PERSON & PHONE: INi a7'E 1N1Y7n1✓nn1'E
Diane Nordquist (6-6640) � 1 DEPARI'Iv1ENT DIlt. 5 crrY covxcn,
MIJST BE ON COUNCII. AGENDA BY (DATE) �IC'N ? CITY ATTORNEY \ -�3 l _ CITY CI,ERK
3 FINANCIAL SERV DIR. �(S _ FINANCIAL SERV/ACCTG
November28 gQ� 4MAYOR(ORASST.) CIVII,SERViCECAMbIISSION
ROU1'ING IIUMAN RIGHTS DEPT. _ ROBERT SCHIttiIER
ORDER
TOTAL # OF SIGNATURE PAGES _I_(CLIP ALL LOCATfONS FOR SIGNATURE)
acriox �QVES�n: Approval of resolution authorizing Ramsey County to issue tas exempt housing revenue bonds for a
multi-family rental housing development in the City of Saint Paul. The project is Emerald Park Housing.
RECObIMENDATIONS: Approve (A) or Reject (R) PERSONAI. SERViCE CON'1'RACTS MUST ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS:
PLANNING COMivIISSION 1. Has ihis person/fum ever worked under a wntract for this departrnent?
CIB COMM[TTEE Yes No
CIVIL SERVICE COMbIISSION 2. Has this person/fi�m ever been a ciry employee?
Yes No
3. Does this person/fivn possess a skill not normally possessed by any curzent city employee?
Yes No
Explain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet
INITIATING PROBLEM, ISSUE, OPPORTONITI (K'ho, Whay When, Where, Why) Tlle H� 3ppTOVCa. 2. TTIETT10Y3riClUTri Of
understanding on Sept. 26, 2001, between the IIRA and Emerald Street LLC (Wellington Management) to develop
96 units of owner-occupied housing and 220-240 rental housing units in the Franklin-Emerald azea of St. Paul. The
rental housing developer, Saint Paul Leased Housing Associates I, LP (Dominium Development & Acquisition
LLC) will be requesting $17 million in Saint Paul tax exempt entiflement revenue bonds, in addition they will
require $7 million in taac exempt bonding authority through the Ramsey County HRA.
ADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED: �
The HRA will be able to move forward on working with the developer on the housing proposal to issue tas exempt housing
revenue bonds.
DISADVANTAGESIFAPPROVED:
None.
nisanv.a�rrncES � rroT nrrxovEn: There will not be enough tax exempt bonding authority to move forward with
the housing proposal.
TOTAL AMOUNT OF TRANSACTION: $ O COST/REVENUE BUDGETED: ��� G+��}�+
FUNDIlVGSOURCE: ACTIVI'1'1'NUMBER: ���
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FINANCIAI, INFORMATION: (EXPLAIN) a�� � �, � �
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