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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAssignment Assumption and Modification Agreement ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND MODIFICATION AGREEMENT This Assignment, Assumption and Modification Agreement ("Agreement") is made as of March 28, 2013 by and among Peoples' Self-Help Housing Corporation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation ("Assignor"), Courtland Street Apartments, L.P., a California limited partnership("Partnership"), and the City of Arroyo Grande, a California municipal corporation(the "City"). RECITALS A. On or about March a 2011, Assignor and the former Arroyo Grande Redevelopment Agency, a public body, corporate and politic ("Agency"), entered into that certain Affordable Housing and Loan Agreement (the"Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which the Agency agreed to provide to Assignor a loan in the amount of$930,000 (the "RDA Loan")-for the purpose of financing in part the construction of a 36-unit affordable housing project(the "Project") on property located in the City of Arroyo Grande, California, more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Property"). B. Pursuant to Assembly Bill 26 from the 2011-12 First Extraordinary Session of the California Legislature, which was signed by the Governor on June 28, 2011, all redevelopment agency activities, except continued performance of "enforceable obligations," were immediately suspended. A lawsuit was filed, challenging the constitutionality of ABxI 26 and companion bill ABxI 27 (which would have allowed redevelopment agencies to remain in existence and continue redevelopment, if the legislative bodies that established the agencies elected to participate in a "voluntary alternative redevelopment program" and make certain remittance payments). The California Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of ABx1 26, revising the effective dates of certain provisions, and struck down as unconstitutional ABx1 27. (California Redevelopment Assn. v. Marosanros (2011) 53 Cal.4th 231 (the "CRA Case"). ABx 1 26 is chapter 5, Statutes 2011, First Extraordinary Session, which added Part 1.8 (suspension provisions) and Part 1.85 (dissolution provisions) ("Part 1.85") of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code. Under the CRA Case, all redevelopment agencies dissolved February 1, 2012. On June 27, 2012, the California Legislature passed, and the Governor signed, Assembly Bill 1484 ("AB 1484"), which, among other things, made certain revisions to certain of the statutes added by ABx 1 26, and added Chapter 9 to Part 1.85. C. Pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34176(a), added by Part 1.85 and amended by AB 1484, the City Council of City adopted its Resolution No. 4421 on January 10, 2012, electing to retain the housing assets and functions previously performed by the Agency. Pursuant to said resolution, all housing assets of the Agency were transferred to City on February 1, 2012. Pursuant to subdivision (e)(2) of Health and Safety Code section 34176, which subdivision was added by AB 1484, the RDA Loan proceeds are one of the "housing assets" of the Agency that was so transferred to City. D. The RDA Loan will be evidenced by a Promissory Note Secured By Deed of Trust executed concurrently herewith by the Partnership, in favor of the City (the "City Note"), which will be secured by a Deed of Trust And Security Agreement (the "City Deed of Trust") to be executed by the Partnership concurrently herewith in favor of the City and recorded in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County, and by a Regulatory Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive Covenants (the "City Regulatory Agreement")to be executed concurrently herewith by the Partnership and the City and recorded in the Official Records of San Luis Obispo County. The Loan Agreement, City Note, City Deed of Trust and City Regulatory Agreement shall hereinafter be referred to, collectively, as the"Loan Documents". E. Assignor has formed the Partnership for the purpose of developing the Project on the Property. Concurrently herewith, Assignor shall transfer the Property to the Partnership, and the Partnership will execute the City Note, City Deed of Trust and City Regulatory Agreement. F. In connection with the transfer of the Property, Assignor desires to assign to the Partnership all of Assignor's right, title, and interest in and obligations under the Loan Agreement, and the Partnership desires to accept such assignment. Following the assignment, the Partnership and the City desire to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement. NOW,THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows: I. Assignment. Assignor hereby assigns to the Partnership all of Assignor's right, title, and interest in and obligations under the Loan Agreement. 2. Acceptance. The Partnership hereby accepts such assignment, and hereby assumes all of the obligations of Assignor under the Loan Agreement. Any reference to Assignor in the Loan Agreement-shall be deemed a reference to the Partnership. 3. Release of Assignor. The Partnership releases Assignor from all obligations imposed under the Loan Documents. 4. Payment of Obligations. The Partnership agrees that all amounts due from Assignor pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be paid directly by the Partnership. 5. Consent of the City. The City hereby consents to the assignment of the Loan Agreement from Assignor to the Partnership and hereby agrees to release Assignor from all obligations imposed under the Loan Documents. 6. Representations. Assignor hereby represents and warrants that it has not previously assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise transferred any of its rights under any of the Loan Documents. 7. Amendments to the Loan Agreement. (a) The following shall be added at the end of Section 7.3: "A copy of all notices to Developer shall simultaneously be sent to Developer's limited partner at the following address: Merritt Community Capital Fund XV, L.P. do Merritt Community Capital Corporation 1970 Broadway, Suite 250 Oakland, CA 94612 Attn: Bernard T. Deasy" (b) Section 7.5(b)(ii) is hereby amended by deleting the phrase "controlled and managed by" and inserting the phrase "under common control and management with" in its place and stead, and by inserting the phrase ", or another entity approved by Agency in its reasonable discretion" immediately after said new phrase. (c) Section 7.5 is hereby amended by deleting the second subsection (c) in its entirety and replacing it with the following: "(c) The removal of the general partner of the Partnership for any default under the Partnership's partnership agreement, provided that any substitute general partner is the limited partner or an affiliate thereof, or is acceptable to the Agency in its reasonable discretion, including, without limitation, requiring that the new general partner have at least the same level of experience in developing, operating and managing an affordable multifamily housing complex that is similar to the Project." (d) Section 7.5 is further amended by inserting the following subsection after the second subsection (c): "(d) Any transfer to Peoples' Self-Help Housing Corporation, pursuant to the option and/or right of first refusal granted such party in the Partnership's partnership documents." (e) The term "Effective Date" shall mean March 28, 2013. (f) Item No. 11 in Attachment No. 2 (Schedule of Performance) is hereby modified by deleting "No later than the Outside Funding Conditions Satisfaction Date, which is the earlier of(i) 2 years after the Effective Date, or (ii) 180 days after the Tax Credit Allocation Date" in No. 11, and replacing it with "April 8, 2013." (g) The City hereby confirms that the source of funds for the Loan is funds from the Agency's former Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund. 8. No Other Amendments. Except as amended by this Agreement, the Loan Agreement shall continue unmodified and in full force and effect. 9. Authority. Each of the parties represents and warrants that it has the full power and authority to execute this Agreement and perform its respective obligations hereunder. 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one document. Signatures on Following Page In witness whereof, the parties have executed this Assignment, Assumption and Modification Agreement as of the date first written above. ASSIGNOR: Peoples' Self-Help Housing Corporation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, By: /�i �✓ It F - PARTNERSHIP: Court land Street Apartments, L.P., a California limited partnership By: Peoples' Self-Help Housing Corporation, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, its general partner By: Name: teAu27/e -1St/ifes/4f Its: rkes sdF a r [Signatures continue on following page.] The City: City of Arroyo Grande, a California municipal corporation) By:Its: cC 4, /17. ,t'y ej ATTEST: /�� de / 2 ,SLR a, dee4 it City CI (/ U APPROVED AS TO FORM: RUTAN &TUCKER, LLP By: Special Counsel to the City The City: City of Arroyo Grande, a California municipal corporation By: Its: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: RUTAN a/ By:y: Special Counsel to the City Exhibit A ' Legal Description • • ATTACHMENT NO. 1 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF SITE That certain property located in the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California,described as follows: Parcel 2 as described in that certain Certificate of Compliance recorded July 15, 2009 as Document No. 2009038586 of Official Records in the Office of the County Recorder and more fully described as follows: A portion of Lot I of the J.F. Beckett's Grand Avenue Tract, in the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map filed September 26, 1891 in Book B, Page 75 of Maps, in the Office of the County Recorder of said County, and that portion of Block 114 of the Town of Grover, in the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map filed November 23, 1892 in Book A, Page 6 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County, and that portion of Remainder of Tract 2471, in the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map filed August 16, 2004 in Book 24, Pages 9, 10 and I I of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County, and being the South 172.25 feet of the following description; Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 1 of Tract 2158, in the City of Grover Beach, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map filed May 2, 1994 in Book 17, Page 23 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County; thence along the Easterly line thereof and along the East line of the land described in deed to John Bradley Forde and Anita Madeline Forde in Document No. 2003122906 filed October 22, 2003 in the office of the County Recorder of said County, South 03°14'51" West, 645.07 feet to the Northwest corner of Lot 7 of said Tract 2471; thence along the Northerly line of said Tract 2471 and the Northerly line of Tract 2260 Phase I, in the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map filed November 3, 2000 in Book 19, Page 43 of Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County thereof, South 86°45'35" East, 411.86 feet to a point on the Westerly line of an existing 50-foot Easement for Road Purposes, as shown on Parcel Map AG 00-301, in the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis Obispo, State of California, according to map filed June 25, 2002 in Book 56, Page 54 of Parcel Maps, in the office of the County Recorder of said County, which point is South 86°45'35" East, 7.00 feet from the Northeast corner of Lot 84 of said Tract 2260 Phase I; thence along the Westerly line of said 50-foot Easement for Road Purposes,North 03°14'46"East, 645.00 feet to a point along the Southerly Right- of-Way of East Grand Avenue; thence along said Southerly Right-of-Way line thereof,North 86°45'00" West,411.84 feet to the Point of Beginning. APN: 077-131-002,033 (a portion of) 5381024600-0011 1129376.05.03104/11