AHA-2016-005RESOLUTION NO. AHA 2016-005
A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM HOUSING AUTHORITY APPROVING
THAT CERTAIN COMMITMENT LETTER FROM THE AUTHORITY TO
HERMOSA VILLAGE PHASE I HOUSING PARTNERS, L.P. IN THE FORM
ATTACHED TO THIS RESOLUTION FOR THAT CERTAIN 297 -UNIT
HERMOSA VILLAGE PHASE I NEW PROJECT; AUTHORIZING THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SIGN THE COMMITMENT LETTER;
AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO NEGOTIATE AND
ENTER INTO THE NEW PROJECT DOCUMENTS DESCRIBED IN THE
COMMITMENT LETTER THAT IMPLEMENT SUCH COMMITMENT
LETTER; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO IMPLEMENT
THE COMMITMENT LETTER AND THE NEW PROJECT DOCUMENTS;
FINDING AND DETERMINING THE NEW PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY
EXEMPT UNDER CEQA; AND, MAKING CERTAIN OTHER FINDINGS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Anaheim Housing Authority ("Authority") is a public body, corporate
and politic and is duly organized and validly existing under the Housing Authorities Law,
California Health & Safety Code Section 34200, et seq., and all successor statutes and
implementing regulations thereto ("HAL"); and
WHEREAS, the Authority and a new partnership entity, Hermosa Village Phase I
Housing Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership ("New Partnership"), desire to set
forth in a commitment letter ("Commitment Letter") the material business terms relating to
the ground lease and extension of existing ground leases of certain properties and the
resyndication, acquisition, rehabilitation, operation, maintenance and management of that
certain existing 293 -unit multi -family affordable housing project commonly called
Hermosa Village Phase I, located at a general common address of 1515 S. Calle Del Mar,
Anaheim, California (together, "Hermosa Village Phase I"); and
WHEREAS, the Hermosa Village Phase I project currently consists of
291 apartments available to and occupied by eligible Low Income and Very Low Income
tenant households along with two (2) on-site managers' units, and all ancillary and
appurtenant facilities (together, "Original Project") located on certain real property situated
in Anaheim, California ("Real Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Real Property consists of property owned by the Authority on which
253 of the apartments constituting the Original Project are located ("Authority Property"),
which are currently ground leased by the Authority to Anaheim Revitalization Partners, L.P.,
a California limited partnership ("Original Partnership") under the terms of that certain
Ground Lease dated August 24, 2000 entered into between the Authority, as lessor, and the
Original Partnership, as lessee (as amended, the "Authority Ground Lease"), and other
instruments entered into between the Authority and the Original Partnership (together,
"Original Project Documents"); and
WHEREAS, the remaining forty (40) units of the Original Project and the clubhouse
associated with the Original Project are located on portions of the Real Property
("Remaining Real Property") owned by seven (7) different third party owners
("Individual Real Property Owners"), which are ground leased by the Individual Real
Property Owners to the Original Partnership under existing ground leases
("Individual Ground Leases"); and
WHEREAS, the Original Partnership owns fee title to all of the improvements
constituting the Original Project ("Current Improvements") under the Original Project
Documents; and
WHEREAS, the Authority made a loan to the Original Partnership in an original
principal amount of $12,400,000 ("Authority Loan") as evidenced by an Authority
Subordinate Loan Note, dated August 24, 2000 ("Original Note"), which Note has an
outstanding balance of $14,700,000 and is secured by a subordinate deed of trust in the
Original Partnership's leasehold estates in the Authority Ground Lease and the Individual
Ground Leases and the Original Partnership's fee interest in the Current Improvements
under an Authority Subordinate Loan Deed of Trust dated August 24, 2000 in favor of the
Authority ("Original Subordinate Deed of Trust"); and
WHEREAS, following the Original Partnership's acquisition, rehabilitation and
development of the Original Project, the Authority acquired fee title to additional real
property containing four (4) apartment units located at 1607 Hampstead Avenue, Anaheim,
California ("1607 Hampstead Property"); and
WHEREAS, the Original Partnership desires and intends to transfer and refinance
the Original Project in a transfer to the New Partnership (Hermosa Village Phase I Housing
Partners, L.P.) and in connection with such transfer and refinancing the New Partnership is
applying to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee ("TCAC") for an award and
allocation of 4% Tax Credits ("Tax Credits") and to the California Debt Limit Allocation
Committee ("CDLAC") for a bond allocation to issue multifamily housing mortgage revenue
bonds in an aggregate amount not to exceed $43,000,000 ("Bonds") in the 2016 application
cycles, the proceeds of the tax credit investor's investment and the proceeds of the Bonds
will be expended by the New Partnership to acquire and extend the ground leasehold
interests, add the 1607 Hampstead Property to the ground leasehold interest, substantially
rehabilitate, operate, manage and maintain the new 297 -unit apartments with appurtenant
facilities called Hermosa Village Phase I ("New Project"); and
WHEREAS, TCAC has adopted a set of regulations that implement the federal and
state low income housing tax credit laws, as set forth in California Code of Regulations,
Title 4, Division 17, Chapter 1, Section 10300, et seq. ("TCAC Regulations"), in particular
Section 10325; and
WHEREAS, to receive an allocation of Tax Credits and carry out the New Project,
TCAC requires that the New Partnership receive from the Authority a certain "commitment"
as defined in Section 10325 of the TCAC Regulations, therefore, the Authority and the New
Partnership have negotiated the terms of that certain "Commitment Letter" for the new
Project, and by this resolution the Authority desires to approve and authorize execution of
such Commitment Letter and for the New Partnership to include such letter in its application
submitted to TCAC for an allocation of Tax Credits, and as necessary in its application to
CDLAC for the bond allocation; and
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WHEREAS, if the New Partnership receives an award of 4% Tax Credits from TCAC
and an allocation from CDLAC to issue the Bonds, then the New Partnership and the
Authority will negotiate and enter into various implementing documents consistent with the
terms set forth in this Commitment Letter, including without limitation an affordable housing
agreement ("New Project Agreement"), an amended and restated ground lease or new
ground lease ("New Project Ground Lease"), an amended and restated or new note and
deed of trust evidencing the financial assistance to be provided to the New Partnership by
the Authority ("New Loan Documents") and related contracts and instruments (together,
"New Project Documents") in implementation of the award of Tax Credits and Bonds and to
provide the Authority financial assistance (including without limitation certain Section 8
project -based vouchers and tenant -based vouchers) and conveyance of ground leasehold
interests all as described in the Commitment Letter, which are provided in consideration for
the New Partnership's acquisition, substantial rehabilitation, and long-term ownership,
operation, management and maintenance of the New Project; and
WHEREAS, by adoption of this Resolution, the Authority intends that this
Commitment Letter fulfill the commitment required under TCAC Regulation Section 10325;
and
WHEREAS, under the HAL, the Authority has held a duly noticed public hearing on
the proposed New Project Ground Lease (including extensions of current ground leases) as
described above; and
WHEREAS, on behalf of the New Partnership, The Related Companies of California,
LLC ("Related") has submitted to the Authority a development proforma and projected cash
flows for the New Project dated as of May 27, 2016, which proforma evidences the financial
terms associated with the New Project, including without limitation the estimated Authority
Loan Paydown Amount, the estimated operating expenses, the estimated Residual
Receipts payments to the Authority, and the estimated Project -Based Section 8 Overhang
Payment associated with the New Project owned, operated and managed by the New
Partnership for which in material reliance thereon the Authority is authorizing execution of
the Commitment Letter; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the New Project, the Authority will receive the
Authority Loan Paydown Amount, estimated at $5,000,000, at closing of the new financing
for the New Project, which will reduce the principal amount of the Authority Loan to
$9,700,000, and under the New Project Ground Lease the Authority will receive annually
from the New Partnership certain Residual Receipts payments; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, California Public
Resources Code Section 21000, et seq., ("CEQA") and the implementing regulations set
forth at Title 14 California Code of Regulations Section 15000, et seq. ("Guidelines"), in
particular Sections 15301, 15326, 15354 and 15374, provide certain existing facilities and
affordable housing projects establish that the New Project is categorically exempt from
CEQA; and
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WHEREAS, the New Project meets the categorical exemption set forth in Section
15301 (Class 1 Facilities) that consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting,
leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, and Section
15326 (Class 26: Acquisition of Housing for Housing Assistance Programs) that consist of
actions by a housing authority implementing an affordable housing project; and
WHEREAS, the Authority has duly considered all terms and conditions of the
proposed Commitment Letter, including all exhibits thereto, and believes that the New
Project is in the best interests of the City of Anaheim and the health, safety, and welfare of
its residents, and in accord with the public purposes and provisions of applicable state and
local laws and requirements.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ANAHEIM HOUSING
AUTHORITY:
Section 1. The Authority Board finds and determines that the foregoing recitals
are true and correct and are a substantive part of this Resolution.
Section 2. The Authority
authorizes the Authority Executive
Executive Director is authorized to
Documents (including the Extended
implementation of the Commitmeni
implementing agreements and instri
(including the Extended HAP Contr
Letter.
Board hereby approves the Commitment Letter and
Director to sign such letter. Further the Authority
cause to be prepared and executed the New Project
HAP Contract described in the Commitment Letter) in
Letter so long as the terms and provisions of such
iments that will comprise the New Project Documents
act) are substantially consistent with this Commitment
Section 3. Further, the Authority Executive Director (or his duly authorized
representative) is authorized to implement the New Project Documents and take all further
actions and execute all documents referenced therein and/or necessary and appropriate to
carry out the transaction contemplated by the Commitment Letter, and thereafter the New
Project Documents, including all exhibits thereto. To the extent necessary during the
implementation of the Commitment Letter and New Project Documents, the Executive
Director is authorized to make technical or minor changes and interpretations of the
Commitment Letter and the New Project Documents, as necessary to properly implement
and carry out the New Project provided any and all such changes shall not in any manner
substantially affect the rights and obligations of the Authority under the Commitment Letter,
and thereafter under the New Project Documents.
In addition, the Executive Director is authorized, on behalf of the Authority, to sign all
other documents necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement the Commitment
Letter and the New Project Documents, including all exhibits thereto and including causing
the issuance of warrants in implementation thereto, and to administer the Authority's
obligations, responsibilities and duties to be performed thereunder so long as substantially
consistent with the Commitment Letter, and thereafter the New Project Documents. Any
and all substantial changes to the Commitment Letter or to the terms and provisions of the
implementing agreements and instruments set forth in the New Project Documents shall
require the consideration and action of this Authority Board.
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Section 4. As the "lead agency" under CEQA, the Authority hereby finds and
determines that the Commitment Letter and the New Project to be implemented by the New
Project Documents meet the categorical exemptions under CEQA as cited in the above
recitals, including Class 1 Existing Facilities: the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting,
leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, and Class 26:
Acquisition of Housing for Housing Assistance Programs: actions by a housing authority
implementing an affordable housing project.
Section 5. The Executive Director (including his authorized designee) is hereby
directed to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk of the County of Orange,
pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21084 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15062
and 15374.
Section 6. The Authority Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION IS PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY
THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE ANAHEIM HOUSING AUTHORITY THIS 14th DAY
OF JUNE, 2016, BY THE FOLLOWING ROLL CALL VOTE:
AYES: Vice Chairman Kring and Authority Members Murray, Brandman,
and Vanderbilt
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: Chairman Tait
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ATTACHMENT TO RESOLUTION
ATTACH COPY OF COMMITMENT LETTER
ATTACHMENT TO RESOLUTION
Commitment Letter
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June 14, 2016
Hermosa Village Phase I Housing Partners, L.P.
c/o The Related Companies of California, LLC
18201 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 900
Irvine, California 92612
Attn: Frank Cardone, President
Re: Commitment Letter to the New Partnership for the New Project at
Hermosa Village Phase 1, a 297 -Unit Affordable Housing Project
Located at S. 1515 Calle Del Mar, Anaheim, California Provided by
the Anaheim Housing Authority under TCAC Regulations
Section 10325
Dear Mr. Cardone:
The Anaheim Housing Authority ("Authority") is pleased to present this
"Commitment Letter" to Hermosa Village Phase I Housing Partners, L.P.,
a California limited partnership ("New Partnership"), that was approved by the
Authority after a duly noticed public hearing, which letter is expressly conditioned
upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The transactions contemplated
and described in this Commitment Letter all relate to and are in connection with
the New Partnership's acquisition, refinancing, rehabilitation, operation,
maintenance and management of that certain 293 -unit multi -family affordable
housing project commonly called Hermosa Village Phase I, located at a general
common address of 1515 S. Calle Del Mar, Anaheim, California (together,
"Hermosa Village Phase I").
Hermosa Village Phase I currently consists of 291 apartments available to
and occupied by eligible low income and very low income tenant households along
with two (2) on-site managers' units, and all ancillary and appurtenant facilities
(collectively, "Original Project") located on certain real property situated in
Anaheim, California ("Real Property"). The Real Property consists of certain real
property owned by the Authority on which 253 of the apartment units constituting
the Original Project are located ("Authority Property"), and currently ground leased
by the Authority to Anaheim Revitalization Partners, L.P., a California limited
partnership ("Original Partnership") under the terms of that certain Ground Lease,
dated as of August 24, 2000 entered into by and between the Authority, as lessor,
and the Original Partnership, as lessee (as amended, the "Authority Ground
Lease"), and other instruments entered into between the Authority and the Original
Partnership (together, "Original Project Documents"). The remaining forty (40)
units of the Original Project and the clubhouse associated with the Original Project
are located on portions of the Real Property ("Remaining Real Property") owned
by the certain third party owners set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and
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incorporated by this reference ("Individual Real Property Owners"), and ground
leased by the Individual Real Property Owners to the Original Partnership
pursuant to ground leases listed on Exhibit A ("Individual Ground Leases"). The
Original Partnership owns fee title to all of the improvements constituting the
Original Project ("Current Improvements") under the Original Project Documents.
The Authority made a loan to the Original Partnership in an original principal
amount of $12,400,000 ("Authority Loan") as evidenced by that certain Authority
Subordinate Loan Note, dated as of August 24, 2000 made by the Original
Partnership in favor of the Authority ("Original Note"). As of June 1, 2016, the
outstanding balance of the Authority Loan will be approximately $14,700,000
("Current Authority Loan Balance"). The Original Note for the Authority Loan is
secured by the Original Partnership's leasehold estates in the Authority Ground
Lease and the Individual Ground Leases and the Original Partnership's fee
interest in the Current Improvements as described in that certain Authority
Subordinate Loan Deed of Trust dated as of August 24, 2000 made by the Original
Partnership in favor of the Authority ("Original Subordinate Deed of Trust").
The "Authority Subordinate Loan Documents" entered into between the
Authority and the Original Partnership include the Original Note and the Original
Subordinate Deed of Trust and related instruments as more fully described in that
certain Final Implementation Agreement for Phase I ("Phase I Final
Implementation Agreement") also dated as of August 24, 2000.
Following the Original Partnership's acquisition, rehabilitation and
development of the Original Project, the Authority acquired fee title to certain real
property containing four (4) apartment units located at 1607 Hampstead Avenue,
Anaheim, California ("1607 Hampstead Property"), including fee title to the
improvements located thereon ("1607 Hampstead Improvements"). The Related
Companies of California, LLC ("Related") contributed the sum of $80,000 to the
purchase price of the 1607 Hampstead Property.
In connection with the transfer and refinancing of the Original Project by the
Original Partnership to the New Partnership (Hermosa Village Phase I Housing
Partners, L.P.), the Authority submits this Commitment Letter in fulfillment of the
commitment required under the TCAC Regulations (defined below) and as a
component of the New Partnership's application to the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee ('ICAC") and is intended to comply with and satisfy the
provisions of the TCAC Regulations implementing the federal and state low
income housing tax credit laws, California Code of Regulations, Title 4,
Division 17, Chapter 1, Section 10300, et seq. ("TCAC Regulations"), in particular
Section 10325.
The New Partnership is applying to TCAC for an award and allocation of
4% Tax Credits ("Tax Credits") in the June 2016 application cycle, and to the
California Debt Limit Allocation Committee ("CDLAC") and for a bond allocation to
issue multifamily housing mortgage revenue bonds in an aggregate amount not to
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exceed $43,000,000 ("Bonds") also in the June application cycle. If the New
Partnership receives the award of Tax Credits from TCAC and the allocation to
issue the Bonds from CDLAC, then the New Partnership and the Authority will
negotiate and enter into various implementing documents consistent with the
terms set forth in this Commitment Letter, including without limitation an affordable
housing agreement ("New Project Agreement"), an amended and restated ground
lease or new ground lease ("New Project Ground Lease"), an amended and
restated or new note and deed of trust evidencing the financial assistance to be
provided to the New Partnership by the Authority ("New Loan Documents") and
related contracts and instruments (together, "New Project Documents") in
implementation of the award of Tax Credits and Bonds and to provide the
Authority financial assistance (including without limitation the project -based and
tenant -based Section 8 vouchers) and conveyance of ground leasehold interests
all as herein described, which are provided in consideration for the New
Partnership's acquisition, substantial rehabilitation, and long-term ownership,
operation, management and maintenance of the subject affordable housing
project.
Therefore, related to the foregoing, and subject to all terms and conditions
set forth in this Commitment Letter, the Authority hereby agrees as follows:
1. Transfer of the Original Project. The Authority agrees to approve
(a) transfer and conveyance of fee title to the Current Improvements from the
Original Partnership to the New Partnership; (b) assignment by the Original
Partnership of its right, title and interest in and to the Authority Ground Lease to
the New Partnership, and assumption by the New Partnership of the Original
Partnership's right, title and interest in and to the Authority Ground Lease;
(c) assignment by the Original Partnership of its right, title and interest in and to
the Individual Ground Leases to the New Partnership, and assumption by the New
Partnership of the Original Partnership's right, title and interest in and to the
Individual Ground Leases; and (d) assignment by the Original Partnership of its
right, title, interest and obligations as borrower of the Authority Loan to the New
Partnership, and assumption by the New Partnership of the Original Partnership's
right, title, interest and obligations in and to the Authority Loan subject to the terms
and conditions of the New Project Documents. This may be accomplished by an
assignment and assumption of the Original Partnership's interests in the subject
property and project, or by termination of the Original Project Documents and
execution of the New Project Documents by the New Partnership and the
Authority.
2. Ground Lease Extension. Concurrent with the date the New
Partnership acquires the Original Project from the Original Partnership
("Acquisition Date"), the Authority agrees to amend or terminate the Authority
Ground Lease and enter into a New Project Ground Lease, and the other New
Project Documents with terms including but not limited to the following:
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(a) The term of the New Project Ground Lease will expire not
sooner than December 31, 2072;
(b) The New Project Ground Lease shall provide for residual
receipts ground lease payments equal to 70% of net cash flow that will take effect
after repayment of the Authority Loan, subject to review by tax counsel; and
(c) The New Project Ground Lease will be amended to include
the 1607 Hampstead Property.
3. 1607 Hampstead Improvements. On the Acquisition Date, the
New Partnership will acquire fee title to the 1607 Hampstead Improvements by
paying the sum of (a) $1,000,000 to the Authority (in addition to the sums paid to
Authority under Section 5.(b) below), and (b) $80,000 to Related. For purposes of
this Commitment Letter, the Original Project as expanded by the 1607 Hampstead
Property and the 1607 Hampstead Improvements is hereinafter referred to as the
"New Project", and will consist of 297 residential units.
4. Remaining Real Property.
(a) The Authority hereby acknowledges and agrees that on or
about the Acquisition Date: (i) the Original Partnership will assign to the New
Partnership, and the New Partnership will assume from the Original Partnership,
all of the Original Partnership's right, title and interest in and to the Individual
Ground Leases; and (ii) the Individual Ground Leases will be amended to extend
the expiration dates thereof to a date on or after the expiration date of the New
Project Ground Lease; and (iii) in connection with the assignment, assumption and
amendments described herein, the rent payable by the New Partnership under the
Individual Ground Leases will increase to the amounts listed and stated on Exhibit
B attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
(b) The Authority acknowledges that it previously made certain
loans to some of the Individual Real Property Owners ("Individual Owner Loans").
On or prior to the Acquisition Date, the Authority will extend the maturity date of
certain of these Individual Owner Loans to the dates set forth on Exhibit C
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
(c) The Authority acknowledges that it obtained options to
purchase certain portions of the Real Property owned by some of the Individual
Real Property Owners ("Individual Purchase Options"). On or prior to the
Acquisition Date, the Authority and certain of the Individual Real Property Owners
will extend the option date of certain of these Individual Purchase Options to the
dates set forth on Exhibit C.
5. Authority Loan for New Project. On the Acquisition Date, the
Authority Loan will be amended and restated by the Authority and the New
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Partnership by execution of the New Project Loan Documents and related New
Project Documents, as follows:
(a) The maturity date of the Authority Loan shall be extended to
December 31, 2072.
(b) The Original Partnership shall pay the "Authority Loan
Paydown Amount" to the Authority, which shall be immediately applied by the
Authority against the Current Authority Loan Balance. Upon payment of the
Authority Loan Paydown Amount and its application against the Current Authority
Loan Balance, the estimated principal balance of the Authority Loan owed by the
New Partnership upon its assumption of the Authority Loan will
be approximately $9,700,000, which represents the subsidy the Authority will be
providing to the New Partnership. For purposes hereof, the Authority Loan
Paydown Amount is currently estimated at $5,000,000. The Authority and New
Partnership acknowledge that any lower amount must be approved and agreed to
by the Authority Executive Director in his sole and absolute discretion.
The -Authority and the New Partnership acknowledge the actual amount of the
Authority Loan Paydown Amount cannot be determined with specificity until certain
variables associated with the completion of the New Project and the Final
Financing Plan therefor (as defined herein) have been determined. Accordingly, at
least forty-five (45) days prior to the Acquisition Date, the New Partnership shall
submit to the Authority Executive Director a final financing plan with reasonable
and complete supporting documentation for the New Project ("Final Financing
Plan") that shall set forth the final amount of the Authority Loan Paydown Amount
and the full details of such financing, which shall be reasonably consistent with
New Project ProForma (as defined and described in Section 12.). The Final
Financing Plan shall be subject to the approval of the Authority Executive Director
in his sole and absolute discretion and provided within fifteen (15) business days
of receipt of a complete submittal to Authority of the Final Financing Plan by the
New Partnership. Any disapproval of the Final Financing Plan by the Authority
shall be accompanied by a written narrative describing, in reasonable detail, the
specific reasons for disapproval. The Authority and the New Partnership shall work
together in good faith and with due diligence toward resolution of any disapproval
by the Authority in time to permit the New Partnership to acquire the Original
Project by the Acquisition Date; provided, however, nothing herein shall restrict the
Authority Executive Director's sole and absolute discretion in his review and
approval of the Final Financing Plan.
(c) Commencing on the permanent loan conversion date of the
Primary Loan for the New Project and conditioned upon the Authority's provision of
the Extended HAP Contract (as defined in Section 6. below) and subject to
applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations therefor (including without
limitation, the Section 8 Tenant -Based Assistance: Housing Choice Voucher and
Project -Based (PBV) Voucher Programs, 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535(d), and the
implementing regulations therefor in the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 982
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and 983 (together "Section 8 Laws"), the New Partnership will pay to the Authority
on an annual basis, in arrears, the "PBV Section 8 Overhang Payment", which will
be calculated as the revenue actually received in the prior Fiscal Year (which shall
be defined as the calendar year) by the New Partnership on the 50 apartment
units covered by the Extended HAP Contract ("Section 8 PBV Units"), less (i) the
tax credit rents applicable to the Section 8 PBV Units in the New Project as
permitted by ICAC, less (ii) the authorized property management fee payable with
respect to the Section 8 PBV Units, less (iii) the vacancy factor associated with the
Section 8 PBV Units, less (iv) debt service paid for the Section 8 PBV Debt. For
purposes hereof, "Section 8 PBV Debt" means the permanent loan supported by
the "Section 8 PBV Overhang" associated with the Extended HAP Contract.
The Authority shall apply each PBV Section 8 Overhang Payment against
amounts outstanding on the Authority Loan, applying such payments first to
interest due and then to principal.
(d) The percentage of net cash flow payable by the
New Partnership to the Authority on account of the Authority Loan shall be
increased from 65% of net cash flow to 70% of net cash flow of the New Project.
The definition of net cash flow will be amended under the New Project Documents
to include the PBV Section 8 Overhang Payment (as defined in subsection 5.(c)
above) as an "operating expense" of the New Partnership and shall be subject to
terms consistent with and equivalent to recent affordable housing transactions
between the Authority and affiliates of Related, specifically including and
substantially comparable to both (but making proper accommodations for
deal -specific differences and the terms set forth in this Commitment Letter): (i) the
South Street (Vintage Crossings) project (new construction) and implementing
contract therefor set forth in that certain Affordable Housing Agreement (700 E.
South Street Project) among the Authority, the former Anaheim Redevelopment
Agency and South Street Anaheim Housing Partners, L.P., dated as of June 1,
2010 ("South Street AHA"), and (ii) the Avon -Dakota Neighborhood Phase I project
(acquisition/rehabilitation) and implementing contracts therefor set forth in that
certain Affordable Housing Agreement Avon -Dakota Neighborhood — Phase I
between the Authority and Avon Dakota Housing Partners, L.P., a California
limited partnership dated as of March 1, 2012 ("Avon -Dakota I AHA"), including in
particular the definitions of "Residual Receipts" as the "net cash flow" available for
payment of the Authority Loan and application of Net Transfer Proceeds and Net
Refinancing Proceeds as payment sources for the Authority Loan, substantially as
those terms are defined in the South Street AHA and the Avon -Dakota I AHA.
(e) The security for the Authority Loan shall be amended to
include the New Partnership's leasehold interest in the 1607 Hampstead Property
and fee interest in the 1607 Hampstead Improvements.
(f) The terms of the Authority Loan will include other
modifications to the Original Note to include without limitation the following terms:
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(i) 4% simple interest per annum commencing on the
Acquisition Date;
(ii) Continue the second lien position subordinate only to
the Primary Loan/Bonds and the deeds of trust and regulatory agreements
associated therewith, with the terms and conditions of subordination and
affirmation of subordination reasonably approved by the Authority Executive
Director;
(iii) Repayment from 70% of Residual Receipts, 70% of
Refinancing Net Proceeds, and 70% of Transfer Net Proceeds (defined consistent
with the South Street AHA and the Avon -Dakota I AHA) and 100% of Project
Based Section 8 Overhang Payments;
(iv) Remaining principal and accrued interest, if any, due
on December 31, 2072 or earlier upon non -permitted sale, non -permitted
refinancing, or default of the Authority Loan or the New Project Ground Lease; and
(v) Cost savings from the New Project, if any, will be
applied to pay down the Authority Loan subject to compliance with the TCAC
Regulations.
6. Consent to Assignment of Existing HAP Contract; Authority to
Enter into Extended HAP Contract with Reduction in Project -Based
Vouchers and Addition of Tenant -Based Vouchers.
(a) The Section 8 Law, in particular CFR §983.205(b) provides:
"Extension of term. A PHA [Authority] may agree to enter into an extension
... before expiration of the [existing] contract, for an additional term of up to
15 years if the PHA determines an extension is appropriate to continue
providing affordable housing for low-income families. A HAP contract
extension may not exceed 15 years. A PHA may provide for multiple
extensions; however, in no circumstance may such extensions exceed
15 years, cumulatively."
(b) In this regard, the Authority acknowledges that the Authority
and the Original Partnership entered into a Housing Assistance Payment Contract
dated as of May 1, 2008 with an initial term of ten (10) years under which the
Authority provides the Original Partnership with project -based Section 8 payments
for 98 apartment units in the Original Project ("Existing HAP Contract"). The
Existing HAP Contract expires on May 1, 2018 ("HAP Expiration Date").
(c) Section 19 of the Existing HAP Contract sets forth the
conditions and requirements for the transfer and assignment of such Existing HAP
Contract, which will occur in this transaction by the Original Partnership to the New
Partnership. By this Commitment Letter the Authority consents to such transfer
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and assignment of the Existing HAP Contract by the Original Partnership to the
New Partnership as of the Acquisition Date but expressly subject to the Original
Partnership and the New Partnership entering into an assignment and assumption
agreement that complies with the Section 8 Law and is in a form reasonably
acceptable to the Authority Executive Director prior to the Acquisition Date.
(d) Based on the Authority having undertaken and completed
underwriting, subsidy -layering review and overall evaluation of the feasibility of the
New Project pursuant to the Section 8 Law and other applicable laws, by and
under this Commitment Letter, the Authority, agrees to extend once the Existing
HAP Contract for a term of fifteen (15) years provided however such 15 -year
extension is expressly conditioned upon the Authority continuing to provide only
fifty (50) units with project -based Section 8 payments (a reduction of 48 units from
the 98 units under the Existing HAP Contract) commencing on the HAP Expiration
Date ("Extended HAP Contract"). The Authority agrees to execute and deliver
prior to May 1, 2018 the Extended HAP Contract (through an amendment to or
amended and restated contract) to the New Partnership for such fifty (50) project -
based units in the New Project for the extended 15 -year term that begins on May
1, 2018 and ends on May 1, 2033, all subject to the Section 8 Law and other
applicable federal laws and regulations. Further, the Authority agrees that
concurrent with the effective date of the Extended HAP Contract it will provide to
the 48 tenant households in the New Project (who previously received assistance
under the Existing HAP Contract but who do not receive project -based assistance
under the Extended HAP Contract) portable, tenant -based Section 8 certificates
("Tenant -Based Vouchers"). Rents payable by the Authority under the Tenant
Based Vouchers will be equal to the Section 8 rents payable under the Extended
HAP Contract.
7. Affordability Restrictions. The income and rent restrictions for
tenant households and occupancy in the New Project shall be maintained as set
forth in that certain Agreement Containing Covenants Affecting Real Property,
dated as of August 24, 2000, by and between the Authority and the Original
Partnership and recorded against the Real Property in the Official Records of
Orange County, California on September 1, 2000 as Instrument No. 2000-
0460470, as amended in connection with preparation and completion of the New
Project Documents to be entered into between the Authority and the New
Partnership prior to concurrent with the Acquisition Date ("Regulatory
Agreement").
8. Developer Fee. Subject to compliance with the TCAC Regulations,
the New Partnership will be entitled to pay the developers of the New Project a
developer fee in the amount of $3,000,000 in connection with the rehabilitation of
the New Project, which developer fee shall be payable in cash with no deferral
requirement.
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9. Issuance of the Bonds; Inducement Resolution and TEFRA
Hearing and Resolution. The Authority will act as bond issuer with respect to the
tax exempt Bonds to be issued to finance the acquisition and rehabilitation of the
New Project. In connection therewith, first, of even date with this Commitment
Letter, June 14, 2016, the Authority considered and approved at an open meeting
the inducement resolution; and, secondly, on August 9, 2016, the City Council of
the City of Anaheim will hold a public hearing, referred to as a TEFRA hearing,
and after such hearing the City Council will consider and take action on the
TEFRA resolution, all pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
10. Scope of Social and Supportive Services. The New
Partnership agrees hereunder and agrees under the New Project Documents it
will provide heightened social and supportive services, in a scope approved by
the Authority Executive Director "Supportive Services"), at the New Project
initially as required by the Section 8 Law and continuing for the term of the New
Ground Lease, which are a material part of the consideration to Authority under
this Commitment Letter and the New Project Documents. The Supportive
Services shall include, without limitation, services that improve and develop
increased employment opportunities, enhance life skills, increase literacy for
persons of all ages residing at the Project. The enhanced Supportive Services
should be directed at the adolescent population, as well as the children,
families and elderly populations at the New Project. The New Project
Documents shall specify the Supportive Services to be provided by the New
Partnership at the New Project by reference to the type of service and
frequency/duration of availability of such service. Further, the New Project
Documents shall require the New Partnership to make best efforts to include in
the rehabilitation scope and operating budget measures which will allow the
swimming pool serving the New Project to be generally open and available for
use by residents of the New Project year-round subject to weather and other
appropriate (e.g., safety) considerations.
(i) The New Project may include agricultural gardens
("Farmscape") and education on cultivating and maintaining them as to be more
fully described in the New Project Documents. To the extent acceptable locations
within the New Project are identified, the Farmscape gardens shall be incorporated
in strategic areas throughout the resident community and made available to the
resident households to allow growth and cultivation of their own fruits and
vegetables to promote healthy eating/living and community interaction.
11. Scope of Renovations; Parking Congestion. The Authority and
the New Partnership shall work together, in good faith, and use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause the scope of the construction, rehabilitation and
renovation work at the New Project to include, without limitation, improvements to
alleviate the existing onsite parking congestion issues, subject to the budget
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requirements of the New Project. The Authority and the New Partnership agree to
jointly investigate whether the onsite parking issues may be alleviated by securing
a ground lease or other long-term use rights for parking purposes on the property
located adjacent to the New Project on the south side from the owner, the
Southern California Edison Company, if such ground lease or other long-term use
rights can be acquired within the limitations imposed by the budget for the New
Project.
12. New Project ProForma. The financial terms associated with the
New Project, including without limitation the estimated Authority Loan Paydown
Amount, the estimated operating expenses, the estimated Residual Receipts
payments to the Authority, and the estimated Project -Based Section 8 Overhang
Payment associated with the New Project owned, operated and managed by the
New Partnership, have been identified in this Commitment Letter, and this
Commitment Letter is provided by the Authority, in reliance, and based on the
Authority's review of the development proforma and projected cash flows for the
New Project dated as of May 27, 2016 and prepared by Related on behalf of the
Original Partnership and the New Partnership and submitted by authorized
representatives of Related to Authority ("ProForma").
1. Other Terms. The Authority's obligations to provide the Authority Loan to
the New Partnership for the New Project are subject to each and all of the
following conditions:
(a) The unit mix and income affordability mix of the New Project shall be
identical to the Original Project with appropriate changes made to acknowledge
units added (i.e., the 1607 Hampstead Improvements) or deducted from the
Original Project. Further, all housing units at the New Project shall be restricted as
set forth herein and in the New Project Documents for a minimum term of 55 years
under the Regulatory Agreement, as amended, with conditions, covenants and
restrictions restricting the New Partnership's and its successors' use, ownership,
operation, management, maintenance, transfer and financing of the New Project,
and such 55 -year Regulatory Agreement, as amended, shall be recorded against
the New Project in the Official Records, County of Orange, California.
(a) As and if applicable, the New Partnership will comply with the
federal Davis -Bacon Act and California Labor Code Section 1720, et seq., relating
to prevailing wages ("Prevailing Wage Laws"); in this regard, the Authority and the
New Partnership understand that such laws and regulations include exemptions
that may apply to the New Project, but under the New Project Documents, the
New Partnership will assume responsibility for and indemnify the Authority (and
City) relating to the Prevailing Wage Laws as such may be applicable to the New
Project.
(b) The New Partnership shall submit and obtain Authority's
reasonable approval of (i) the construction contract with its general contractor
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(including the requirements to be satisfied by its subcontractors thereunder)
relating to the rehabilitation of the New Project, (ii) the limited partnership
agreement for the New Partnership that will own and operate the New Project,
(iii) management, scope and funding for all required supportive services to be
provided by and through the New Partnership at the New Project, and (iv) the
marketing and tenant selection plans for the New Project.
13. Authority Executive Director Authorization to Execute this
Commitment Letter and to Prepare and Execute the New Project Documents
with Terms and Conditions Consistent with this Commitment Letter. After a
duly noticed public hearing about ground leasing Authority -owned real property
and the terms of this Commitment Letter, and by its consideration and action to
approve this Commitment Letter, the Authority has authorized its Executive
Director to sign this Commitment Letter on behalf of the Authority. Further the
Authority Executive Director is authorized to cause to be prepared and executed
the New Project Documents (including the Extended HAP Contract) in
implementation of this Commitment Letter so long as the terms and provisions of
such implementing agreements and instruments that will comprise the New Project
Documents (including the Extended HAP Contract when prepared) are
substantially consistent with this Commitment Letter.
Further, the Authority Executive Director (or his duly authorized
representative) is authorized to implement the New Project Documents and take
all further actions and execute all documents referenced therein and/or necessary
and appropriate to carry out the transaction contemplated by this Commitment
Letter, and thereafter the New Project Documents, including all exhibits thereto.
To the extent necessary during the implementation hereof and thereof, the
Executive Director is authorized to make technical or minor changes and
interpretations of this Commitment Letter and the New Project Documents, as
necessary to properly implement and carry out the New Project provided any and
all such changes shall not in any manner substantially affect the rights and
obligations of the Authority under this Commitment Letter, and the New Project
Documents.
In addition, the Executive Director is authorized, on behalf of the Authority,
to sign all other documents necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement
this Commitment Letter and the New Project Documents, including all exhibits
thereto and including causing the issuance of warrants in implementation thereto,
and to administer the Authority's obligations, responsibilities and duties to be
performed thereunder so long as substantially consistent with this Commitment
Letter and the New Project Documents. Any and all substantial changes to this
Commitment Letter or to the terms and provisions of the implementing agreements
and instruments set forth in the New Project Documents shall require the
consideration and action of the Authority Board.
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This Commitment Letter is conditioned upon the preparation, execution and
delivery of legal documentation, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Authority and the New Partnership incorporating substantially the terms and
conditions outlined or referred to hereinabove.
Should you have any questions or require additional information, please
contact Grace Stepter, Housing Programs Manager at (714) 765-4315 or by email
at gstepter(aDanaheim.net.
ANAHEIM HOUSING AUTHORITY,
a public body corporate and politic
go
AGREED AND ACCEPTED
this 14th day of June, 2016:
John E. Woodhead IV
Executive Director
HERMOSA VILLAGE PHASE I HOUSING PARTNERS, L.P.
By: Related/Hermosa Village Phase I Development Co., LLC,
a California limited liability company
Frank Cardone, President
EXHIBIT A
INDIVIDUAL REAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND INDIVIDUAL GROUND LEASES
Individual Real
Property Owner
Property Address
Number of
Apartment Units
Ground Lease Date
Mary Cheng
1538 S. Jeffrey
8 Units
November 15, 2000
John Stephens
1533 S. Jeffrey
8 Units
April 3, 2000
John Stephens
1532 S. Michelle
8 Units
April 3, 2000
Chi Wang
1330 W. Lynne
Clubhouse
August 22, 2000
Hao Vu
1338 W. Lynne
Clubhouse
August 22, 2000
Leonard Spivak
1528 S. Jeffrey
8 Units
December 5, 2000
Lucille Justiniani
1529 S. Jeffrey
8 Units
December 15, 2000
Exhibit A
EXHIBIT B
NEW RENTS UNDER INDIVIDUAL GROUND LEASES
Individual Real Property
Owner
Property Address
New Rent Under Individual
Ground Leases
Mary Cheng
1538 S. Jeffrey
$4,500
John Stephens
1533 S. Jeffrey
$4,300
John Stephens
1532 S. Michelle
$4,300
Chi Wang
1330 W. Lynne
$7,000
Hao Vu
1338 W. Lynne
$7,000
Leonard Spivak
1528 S. Jeffrey
$4,500
[Lucille Justiniani]
[1529 S. Jeffrey]
[$4,300]
Exhibit B
EXHIBIT C
EXTENSIONS OF INDIVIDUAL OWNER LOANS AND INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE
OPTIONS
A. EXTENDED MATURITY DATES OF INDIVIDUAL OWNER LOANS
Individual Real Property
Owner
Property Address
Extended Maturity Date of
Individual Owner Loans
Mary Cheng
1538 S. Jeffrey
December 1, 2045
Chi Wang
1330 W. Lynne
October 1, 2035
Hao Vu
1338 W. Lynne
October 1, 2035
Leonard Spivak
1528 S. Jeffrey
December 1, 2035
[Lucille Justiniani]
[1529 S. Jeffrey]
[December 1, 2040]
B. EXTENDED OPTION DATES OF INDIVIDUAL PURCHASE OPTIONS
Individual Real Property
Property Address
Extended Expiration
Owner
Date of Individual
Purchase Options
Chi Wang
1330 W. Lynne
October 1, 2035
Hao Vu
1338 W. Lynne
October 1, 2035
Exhibit C