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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-53 - Section 108 Loan Guarantee DocumentsRESOLUTION NO. 2002- 53 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT THE FINAL SECTION 108 LOAN GUARANTEE DOCUMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND TO USE ITS ANNUAL CDBG ALLOCATION AS THE CITY'S PRIMARY SOURCE OF COLLATERAL FOR THE REPAYMENT OF THE SECTION 108 FUNDS AND USE THE CITY'S UNRESERVED GENERAL FUND RESERVES AS SECONDARY SOURCE OF COLLATERAL. WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach has determined that a high priority exists for public facility improvements on a portion of the Balboa Peninsula in order to stimulate economic revitalization and residential neighborhood improvements and that the implementation of the Balboa Village Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvement Plan is an activity that meets these priorities; and WHEREAS, the proposed project is included in the City's adopted One Year Action Plan of the Consolidated Plan; and WHEREAS, the Section 108 Loan Guarantee program, implemented by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), is designed to provide funds to assist with these types of projects; and WHEREAS, the City is requesting a total of $2.4 million in Section 108 Loan Guarantee funds to assist with the implementation of the Balboa Village Pedestrian and Streetscape Improvement Project; and WHEREAS, the City Manager was authorized under Resolution No. 2001 -75 to submit the initial Section 108 Loan Guarantee application and amendments thereto and all understandings and assurances contained therein, and to act in connection with the application to provide such additional information as may be required; and WHEREAS, HUD requires City Council approval of security agreement; and WHEREAS, the City's primary source of collateral for the repayment of the Section 108 funds will be the City's annual CDBG allocation. The secondary source of collateral for the repayment of the Section 108 funds will be the City's unreserved general fund reserves. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach as follows: SECTION 1. The City hereby certifies and assures with respect to its application for a loan guarantee pursuant to Section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, that it possesses the legal authority to make the pledge of grants required under 24 CFR 570.705 (b) (2). SECTION 2. As a prerequisite for submission of the application to HUD, the City certified that it has: (a) Furnished citizens with information required by Section 570.704 (a)(2)(i) of Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended; (b) Held at least one public hearing, on August 14, 2001, to obtain the views of citizens on community development and housing needs; and (c) Prepared an application in accordance with Section 570.704(a)(1)(iv) of Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, and made the application available to the public. SECTION 3. The City has and will continue to follow a detailed citizen participation plan that meets the requirements described in Section 570.704(a)(2) of Title 1 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. SECTION 4. The City has and will continue to affirmatively further fair housing, and the guaranteed loan funds will be administered in compliance with: (a) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88 -352, 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); and (b) The Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 -20). SECTION 5. The City will expend in the aggregate, at least 70 percent of all CDBG funds, as defined in Section 570.303 (e) of Title 1 of The Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended, during the one, two, or three consecutive years specified by the City for its CDBG program on activities which benefit low /moderate income persons, as described in criteria in Section 570.208 (a) of the Act. SECTION 6. The City hereby assures and certifies with respect to its application for a loan guarantee pursuant to Section 108 of the Housing and Community Development Act 1974, as amended that it has made efforts to obtain financing for the activities described herein without the use of such guarantee, that it will maintain documentation of such efforts for the term of the loan guarantee, and that it cannot complete such financing consistent with the timely execution of the program plans without such guarantee. SECTION 7. The City hereby assures and certifies that it will use its annual CDBG allocation as the primary source of collateral for the repayment of the Section Loan 108 funds. The secondary source of collateral for the repayment of the Section 108 funds will be the City's unreserved general fund reserves. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption. Adopted this 23M day of July 2002 ATTEST: t Mayor Ne L/J NiA STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } as. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2002 -53 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 23rd day of July, 2002, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Heffernan, Bromberg, Adams, Proctor, Mayor Ridgeway Noes: None Absent: O'Neil, Glover Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 24th day of July, 2002. (Seal) � .g2 City Clerk Newport Beach, California