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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 12-R31RESOLUTION NO. 12-R31 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, SERVING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, APPROVING A SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY AND DR. RALPH REYES AND JEANNINE E. REYES WHEREAS, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 34173, the City of Azusa ("Successor Agency") is the successor agency to the dissolved fjedevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa ("Agency"); and WHEREAS, Dr. Ralph Reyes and Jeannine E. Reyes ("Borrower") and the Agency previously entered into that certain Loan Agreement, dated May 2, 2005, and amended on July 6, 2005 ("Loan Agreement"), pursuant to which the Agency agreed to make a loan to the Borrower in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Two Dollars ($258,922) ("Loan") to provide assistance to the Borrower in furtherance of the construction of a professional dental office and residential apartments on certain real property in the City of Azusa commonly known as 613-615 N. Azusa Avenue; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Promissory Note dated July 8, 2005, and executed by Borrower as security for the repayment of the Loan ("Promissory Note"), Borrower agreed to pay an amount equal to the then -outstanding principal balance of the Loan, and all accrued and unpaid interest together with any and all sums which may be owed by Borrower under the Loan Agreement, no later than the Maturity Date, which is defined in the Promissory Note as the seventh (7th) anniversary of the date of the Promissory Note, on July 8, 2012 ("Maturity Date"); and WHEREAS, Borrower does not have sufficient funding to pay the remaining balance of the Loan and has requested that the Successor Agency approve an extension of the Maturity Date by an additional three (3) years, to July 8, 2015, in order for Borrower to continue to make monthly payments on the Loan and obtain additional financing to pay off the Loan; and WHEREAS, the Successor Agency has determined that this Second Amendment is in the best interests of the Successor Agency, the community and the winding down of the Agency's business and desires to approve the Second Amendment. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, SERVING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated into this Resolution by this reference. Section 2. CEQA Compliance. The Second Amendment does not commit the Successor Agency to any action that may have a significant effect on the environment. As a 45635.09000\7587185.] 1 result, such action does not constitute a project subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act. The City Clerk of the City of Azusa, acting on behalf of the Successor Agency, is authorized and directed to file a Notice of Exemption with the appropriate official of the County of Los Angeles, California, within five (5) days following the date of adoption of this Resolution. Section 3. Approval of the Agreement. The Successor Agency hereby approves the Second Amendment attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A" and any non -substantive revisions, which may be needed. Section 4. Implementation. The City Manager, acting on behalf of the Successor Agency, is hereby authorized and directed to take any action necessary to carry out the purposes of this Resolution and comply with applicable laws, including to execute the Second Amendment on behalf of the Successor Agency and make any non -substantive revisions to the Second Amendment, as needed. Section 5. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Resolution that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable. The Successor Agency declares that the Successor Agency would have adopted this Resolution irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion of this Resolution. Section 6. Certification. The City Clerk of the City of Azusa, acting on behalf of the Successor Agency as its Secretary, shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. Section 7. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective upon its adoption. MOVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 17"' day of September, 2012 by the following vote: oseph R. Rocha, Mayor of the City of Azusa, serving as the Successor Agency to the dissolved Azusa Redevelopment Agency 45635.09000\7587185.1 ATTEST: Vera Mendoza, ity Clerk of the Cityd Azusa, serving as the successor agency to the dissolved Azusa Redevelopment Agency CERTIFICATION I, Vera Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Azusa, serving as the successor agency to the dissolved Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above referenced resolution No. 12-R31, was duly adopted by the City of Azusa, serving as the successor agency to the dissolved Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa, at a regular meeting held on the 17'h day of September, 2012, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBER: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS, HANKS, ROCHA NAYS: COUNCILMEMBER: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER: NONE Vera Mendoza, City Clerk o the City of Wzusa, serving as the successor agency to the dissolved Azusa Redevelopment Agency 45635.09000\7587185.1 3, EXHIBIT A SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT [Attached behind this page] 45635.09000\7587185.1 4 SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT (this "Second Amendment') is entered into as of , 2012, by and between the CITY OF AZUSA, as successor agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa ("Lender"), and DR. RALPH REYES and JEANNINE E. REYES, husband and wife ("Borrower"). Lender and Borrower may at times be referred to in this Second Amendment, individually, as a "Party" and, collectively, as the "Parties." RECITALS A. Borrower and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa ("Agency") previously entered into that certain Loan Agreement, dated May 2, 2005 ("Original Loan Agreement'), pursuant to which the Lender agreed to make a loan to the Borrower in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty Eight Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty Two Dollars ($258,922) ("Loan") to provide assistance to the Borrower in furtherance of the construction of a professional dental office and residential apartments ("Project') on certain real property in the City of Azusa commonly known as 613-615 N. Azusa Avenue ("Property"); and B. Borrower and Agency also previously entered into that certain First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated July 6, 2005 ("First Amendment'), amending the Original Loan Agreement to provide disbursement of a portion of Loan funds prior to satisfaction of certain conditions required precedent to receipt of funds in order to complete the Project and pay the cost of a Phase II environmental study on the Property. The Original Loan Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, is referred to in this Second Amendment as the "Loan Agreement;" and C. Pursuant to the Promissory Note dated July 8, 2005, and executed by Borrower as security for the repayment of the Loan ("Promissory Note"), Borrower agreed to pay an amount equal to the then -outstanding principal balance of the Loan, and all accrued and unpaid interest together with any and all sums which may be owed by Borrower under the Loan Agreement, no later than the Maturity Date, which is defined in the Promissory Note as the seventh (7th) anniversary of the date of the Promissory Note, on July 8, 2012 ("Maturity Date"); and D. Pursuant to the passage of Assembly Bill 1X 26 ("AB 1X 26") and the decision of the California Supreme Court in California Redevelopment Association et al. v. Ana Matosantos, et al., all redevelopment agencies throughout the State, including the Agency, were deemed dissolved on February 1, 2012; and E. In accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 34173, as enacted by AB 1X 26, the City Council of the City of Azusa elected to become the successor agency to the Agency; and F. Borrower does not have sufficient funding to pay the remaining balance of the Loan and has requested that the Lender approve an extension of the Maturity Date by an 45635.09000\7583307.1 1 additional three (3) years, to July 8, 2015, in order for Borrower to continue to make monthly payments on the Loan and obtain additional financing to pay off the Loan; and G. Lender finds and determines that this Second Amendment is in the best interests of the Lender, as Successor Agency, the community and the winding down of the Agency's business. NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PROMISES, COVENANTS AND UNDERTAKINGS SET FORTH IN THIS SECOND AMENDMENT AND FOR OTHER GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE RECEIPT AND SUFFICIENCY OF WHICH IS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGED, LENDER AND BORROWER AGREE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Incorporation of Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated into this Second Amendment by this reference, as though fully set forth in this Second Amendment. 2. Incorporation of Defined Terms. All terms, phrases and words indicated to be defined terms by initial capitalization in this Second Amendment that are not specifically defined in this Second Amendment shall have the meaning ascribed to the same term, phrase, or word, respectively, in the Loan Agreement. 3. Amendment to Loan Agreement. 3.1 Maturity Date. Section 2.1.11 of the Loan Agreement is hereby repealed and replaced in its entirety to read as follows: "Maturity Date" means the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of the Note. 3.2 Promissory Note. Borrower agrees to make and enter into a First Amendment to Promissory Note Secured by Deed of Trust in substantially the form attached to this Second Amendment as Exhibit "1" and, when made, deliver an executed copy to Lender. 4. Effect on Loan Agreement. All terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement that are not modified by this Second Amendment shall remain unmodified, in full force and effect and binding on the Parties. This Second Amendment shall be enforceable and interpreted in accordance with a subject to all of the terms, provisions, conditions, covenants and agreements set forth in the Loan Agreement, except as specifically and expressly modified in this Second Amendment. 5. Conflict. In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of this Second Amendment and the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Second Amendment shall control. 6. Counterparts. This Second Amendment may be signed in counterparts (including facsimile or electronic counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all such counterparts, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. 45635.0900017583307.1 2 7. Estoppel. Lender and Borrower each acknowledge and agree that, as of the date of this Second Amendment; no default exists under the Loan Agreement and no event or condition has occurred that, with the giving of notice or passage of time or both or neither, would constitute a default by either Lender or Borrower under the Loan Agreement. 8. No Intended Third -Party Beneficiaries. None of the terms or provisions of this Second Amendment are intended to benefit any person or entity other than Lender or Borrower. 9. Governing Law. The laws of the State of California shall govern the interpretation and enforcement of this Second Amendment, without application of conflicts or choice of laws principles. 10. Interpretation. The terms, provisions, conditions, covenants, restrictions and agreements contained in this Second Amendment shall not be construed in favor of or against any Party, but shall be construed as if each Party prepared this Second Amendment. 11. Entire Agreement. The Loan Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment, represents the entire understanding between the Parties as to the subject matter of the Loan Agreement, as so amended. [Signatures on following page] 45635.0900017583307.1 3 SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT Lender and Borrower have signed and entered into this Second Amendment, by and through the signatures of their authorized representatives, as follows: LENDER: CITY OF AZUSA, as successor agency to the redevelopment agency of the City of Azusa I Dated: ATTEST: ity Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: BEST BEST & KRIEGER LLP City Attorney 45635.09000\7583307.1 4 BORROWER: DR. RALPH REYES and JEANNINE E. REYES, husband and wife By: Dr. Ralph Reyes Dated: By: Jeannine E. Reyes Dated: EXHIBIT 1 TO SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT First Amendment to Promissory Note [Attached behind this cover page] EXHIBIT 1 45635.09000\7583307.1