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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 5872 RESOLUTION NO. 5872 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOWNEY ADOPTING A MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA DEBT LIMIT ALLOCATION COMMITTEE IN 1995, 1996 OR IN 1997 FOR AN ALLOCATION FOR THE ISSUANCE OF MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATES AND THE TRANSFER OF SUCH ALLOCATION TO THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES t WHEREAS, there is a shortage in the County of Los Angeles (the " "Y g "County") and in the City of Downey (the "City ") of decent, safe and sanitary housing, of housing affordable Y g' particularly g fordable by first -time home buyers, and a consequent need to encourage the availability of homes affordable by such persons and otherwise to increase the Y housing supply in the City and in the County for such persons; and WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County has declared its intent to engage in a Mortgage Credit Certificate Program (the "Program) pursuant g ) p to Part 5 of division 31 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California (the "Act ") and to issue mortgage credit certificates pursuant to the Act to provide funds, for the Program; and WHEREAS, the City hereby finds and determines that it ' �t is in the best interest of the City to'participate in the Program and to consent nsent to the operation of the Program by the County within the eo ra hic boundaries g g P ties of the City pursuant to the Act; and WHEREAS, the City desires to enter into a Cooperative Agreement with t he • g �, County to permit the operation of the Program within the boundaries of the City; and WHEREAS, section 146 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code "), limits the amount of mortgage credit it certif lcates that may be issued in any calendar year by entities within a state and authorizes the governor or the legislature of such state to provide the method of allocation within such state; and WHEREAS, Chapter 11.8 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code o " �� f the State of California (the "Government Code") governs the allocation of the state ceiling (as that term is defined in the Code) among governmental „ � g g 1 units in the State of California (the "State") having the authority to issue mortgage credit certificates; and Y WHEREAS, Section 8869.85 of the Government Code requires q a local agency to file an application for a portion of the state ceiling with or upon the i direction of the California Debt Lim • Limit Allocation Committee ("CDLAC") prior to the issuance of mortgage credit certificates; and WHEREAS, the City has determined to transfer to the County pursuant to Section 8869.85(d) of the Government Code, the total ' 1 amount , i f any, of authority to issue mortgage credit certificates allocated t o the City from the state ceiling; and C:MCCagnnt.95:tr L ' NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Downey resolves as follows: SECTION 1: Each of the foregoing recitals is true and correct. SECTION 2: The City hereby adopts the Program for the purpose of increasing the housing supply in the County and in the City and consents to the operation of the Program by the County with respect to all property p Y located within the geographical boundaries of the City, including the a ent P Ym to the i County of the City's proportionate share (based upon the number of participants in the Program) of administration costs applicable to each allocation received from CDLAC, which share is estimated at 0 (zero dollars) $ ( for the period covered by this Resolution. SECTION 3: The Cooperative Agreement between the County and the City (the "Agreement ") . , a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, is hereby approved and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Agreement, for and in the name and on behalf of the City. The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Attorney, is authorized to approve any additions to or changes in the form of the Agreement deemed necessary or advisable, approval of such additions or changes to be conclusively evidenced by execution by the Mayor of the Agreement as so added to or changed. The Mayor, with the advise and consent of the City Attorney, Y, is further authorized to enter into such additional agreements with the County, execute such other documents or take such other actions as they may Y deem necessary or appropriate to carry out the purpose and intent of the Agreement or to cooperate in the implementation of the Program. SECTION 4: The City Manager, or his designee, is authorized, on behalf of the City, to submit an application, and such other document s a may be required, to CDLAC for an allocation in 1995, 1996 and 1997 for a total amount of $9,000,000, for application to the issuance of mortgage credit certificates by the County. SECTION 5: The City hereby authorizes the transfer to the County of all of the principal amount, if any, o f mortgage rt a e credit City Y g g o allocated to the City by CDLAC. The City Manager or his designee, on behalf of the City, is authorized and directed to take such steps and execute such documents as are necessary to effect the transfer of such allocation to the County solely for application to the issuance of mortgage credit certificates, the P roceeds of which are to be used to induce the origination of home mortgage to loans to qualifying persons residing within the City and the County. Y SECTION 6: The officers and employees of the City are authorized and directed, jointly and several) to do any and in Y� y all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the purposes of this resolution or the issuance of the mortgage credit certificates by the County, all actions y, ions previously taken by such officers and employees in connection with the application for the allocation authorized to be requested are ratified q led and SECTION 7 This resolution shall take effect immediate) upon its adoption by the City Council, and Y p y , d the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution. e Ma mgrmt.95: tr • t •t i APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of April , 1995. ___4444A) '-/ Barba J. Ri ey MAYOR ATTEST: I 411F 11 -.0 -' )72 1, -&-x.e..a i Judith E.- McDonnell CITY CLERK N I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly y adopted by the City Council of the City of Downey at a regular meeting thereof, e g g held on the 25th day of April, 1995, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Lawrence, McCaughan, Brazelton, Boggs, Riley9 99 � NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None 1‘1 ' • . . Ale 1.... _... ..A. / AM .0a, /__.7../ Illy Judith E. McDonnell CITY CLERK C:MCCagtmt.95:tr .■ter • EXHIBIT A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AND THE CITY OF DOWNEY WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles (the "County") has in a Mortgage Y) determined to engage g ge Credit Certificate Program (the "Program") Part 5 of Division 31 of g � pursuant to Safety Code of the State of California (the "Act") f the Health and Safe Act ") in connection with the construction • all ion and acquisition of homes in the County, as provided for in said Act; and WHEREAS, the County has determined to finance the Pro issuance credit certificates gram by Issuance of "Code"); as authorized by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the and WHEREAS, the County, pursuant to the Act, has established October � fished the Program by Resolution ado p r 2 5 , 19 9 4 , and has determined to cooperate with the City pursuant to the Act and in the exercise p of its powers under the Act for purposes of the Program; and WHEREAS, the City has adopted the Program and determined the County ursuantCto g termined to cooperate Y p the Act in the exercise of their owers under for the purposes of the Program. p r the NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual hereinafter al covenants hereinafter provided, the parties hereto agree as follows: SECTION 1. The words and phrases of this Cooperative Agreement shall, for all purposes hereof unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings assigned to such words and hras p es in the Act. SECTION 2. The County agrees to use its best efforts to undertake the Program and to issue mortgage credit certificates therefore pursuant to the � - • Act and the Code from time to time to the extent that the County receives allocations from the California Debt Limit • Allocation Committee ( "CDLAC "). SECTION 3. The City represents and warrants to the County that: (i) the City has heretofore adopted pted a general plan for the City conformance with the provisions of the Planning y in g Zoning Law of the State of Ca 1 i f ornia (Governmentcode Sections 65000 et seg.), --- (ii) said general plan includes a land use element as required by Government Code Section the Program complies with said land Ion 65302, and and use element and housing element. C MCignut.95: tr • • • 1 • J • 1. • 1 • SECTION 4. The City agrees that the County may issue mortgage credit certificates under the Program, as specifically g p ifically set forth in the Act and the Code, with respect to property located within the geographic boundaries of the City and further agrees that p g the County may exercise any or all of the City's powers for the purpose of issuing mortgage credit certificates pursuant to the Act and the Code with respect to property located within the geographic boundaries of the City. At the expiration of one ear y from the date funds become available to the City from an allocation under the Program, the County may review the City's progress in committing funds follow' g from such allocation and, following consultation with the City, may reallocate to another city or public agency agreeing to participate in the Program rogram or already participating in the Program any unused ortion of such ' p h allocation. SECTION 5 The City agrees to make any deposit required by CDLAC for q Y an application for a mortgage credit certificate allocation. The City further agrees to pay the County its proportionate share (based upon the number Program) of � p r of participants in the Pro g f administration costs applicable to each allocation received from CDLAC, which share is estimated not to exceed $0 (zero dollars) for 1995, 1996 and 1997. SECTION 6. The City agrees to undertake such further s or actions as may proceedings be necessary in order p g Y y rder to carry out the terms and the intent of this Cooperative Agreement. SECTION 7. Nothing in the Cooperative Agreement shall revent entering into one p the County from ent • g or more agreements with other public bodies ad political subdivisions within the County, if deemed necessary and advisable to do so by the County. SECTION 8. This Cooperative Agreement may be amended by one Y or more supplemental agreements executed by the county and the City at any time, - except that no such amendment or supplement shall be made • which shall adversely affect the rights of the owners of any mortgage credit ' Y certificates issued by the County in connection with the Program. SECTION 9. This Cooperative Agreement shall expire and be of no further force and effect upon termination of the Program or the sooner the parties hereto. g r agreement of IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Cooperative p ative Agreement to be executed and attested by their proper officers thereunto dui authorized, and their official seals to be hereto duly reto affixed, all as of the date first above written. C:MCCagr nt.95:tr COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES By Chair of the Board of Supervisor ATTEST: Joanne Sturges Executive Officer - Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles By DEPUTY APPROVED AS TO FORM: DEWITT W. CLINTON COUNTY COUNSEL . By DEPUTY CITY OF DOWNEY (SEAL) By MAYOR Approved by Council: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM City Attorney A MC Cagimt.9S:tr •