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R-506506 RESOLUTION NO. (RAS) Redevelopment Series A RESOLUTION OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA AUTHORIZING A LINE OF CREDIT IN AN AMOUNT UP TO $50,000,000 WITH AN OPTION TO INCREASE UP TO $75,000,000 AND AUTHORIZING .THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO CARRY OUT SUCH AGREEMENT; AND MAKING CERTAIN OTHER FINDINGS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Monica ("Agency") is a community redevelopment agency duly created, established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, all under and pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law (Part 1 of Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California) ("Redevelopment Law"), and the powers of the Agency include the power to borrow money from any private lending institution (other than through the issuance of bonds) for any Redevelopment Project purposes, and to secure such borrowing with a pledge of tax increment revenues, pursuant to Sections 33601, 33671. and 33671.5 of the Redevelopment Law ("Authorizing Law"); and WHEREAS, the Agency has previously adopted its Earthquake Recovery Redevelopment Project (the "Redevelopment Project"), and pursuant to the Redevelopment Law the Agency deposits a portion of the tax increment revenues allocated to it for the Redevelopment Project into the Agency's Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund ("Housing Tax Revenues"), to be expended for eligible affordable housing redevelopment activities; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires to establish a line of credit and to borrow monies from Bank of America, N.A. (the "Bank")pursuant to the Authorizing Law in an initial principal amount of up to fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) subject to increase in accordance with its terms to an aggregate amount of $75,000,000, pursuant to a line of credit agreement between the Agency and the Bank, to provide funds to assist in the financing of eligible redevelopment activities lawfully payable from the Agency's Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund ("Affordable Housing Activities"); and WHEREAS, the line of credit will establish the basic terms and conditions under which the Bank will make loans to the Agency from time to time, which loans will be secured by a pledge of Housing Tax Revenues subject to pre-existing and other claims, pledges, and obligations on such Housing Tax Revenues as described in the line of credit agreement, and will be payable from the proceeds of certain funded Affordable Housing Activities and/or Housing Tax Revenues and other available moneys, all to the extent set forth in the line of credit agreement; and WHEREAS, the Agency hereby fmds and determines that the interest on advances under the line of credit agreement shall be subject to federal income taxation; and WHEREAS, the line of credit is in the best interest of the Agency and the City of Santa Monica, and the health, safety and welfare of its residents,. and is of benefit to the Agency and its Redevelopment Project and is consistent with- the Agency's hnplementation Plan for the Redevelopment Project adopted and in place pursuant to Section 33490 of the Redevelopment Law, 1 DOCSOG7275055v4/200120-0001 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, DETERMINED, AND ORDERED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA: Section 1. The Agency hereby finds and determines that the recitals hereof are true and correct. The Agency hereby authorizes and directs the Executive Director and his .authorized designees (together, "Designees"), to enter into a line of credit agreement between Agency, as borrower, and the Bank, as lender. Said line of credit agreement shall contain such material terms as are consistent with the staff report presented with this Resolution and which in the judgment of the Executive Director are reasonably necessary and appropriate to obtain the line of credit provided that (a) the initial principal amount available for drawing does not exceed $50,000,000, subject to increase in accordance with its- terms to an amount which does not exceed $75,000,000, (b) the interest rate for said borrowing shall be variable and determined by reference to certain available financial indexes (plus a spread to that index), (c) the Bank's annual commitment fees shall not exceed three tenths of one percent of the line of credit (exclusive of any up front commitment fee), and (d) the line of credit agreement shall have an initial term of up to approximately five years with options to create term loans with a longer maturity. Section 2. The Agency Executive Director is hereby authorized to execute and attest-the line of credit agreement, including any related attachments, on behalf of the Agency,. his/her execution and attestation thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of the Agency's approval of the terms thereof in accordance with this Resolution, Copies of the line of credit agreement, when duly executed and attested, shall be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk. Further, the Executive Director (or his/her duly authorized representative) is authorized to implement the line of credit and take all further actions and execute all documents and/or certifications referenced therein and/or necessary and appropriate to carry out the transactions represented by the line of credit, as provided for therein. The Executive Director (or his/her duly authorized representative) is hereby authorized; to the extent necessary during the implementation of the. line of credit agreement, to make technical or minor changes and interpretations thereto after execution, as necessary, to properly implement and carry out the line of credit agreement, provided any and all such changes shall not materially affect the rights and obligations of Agency or the maximum funding provided under the line of credit agreement. Section 3. In addition to the authorization of Sections 1 and 2 above, the Executive Director (or his/her duly authorized representative) is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Agency, to sign all other documents necessary or appropriate to carry out and implement the line of credit agreement and any implementing agreements or documents, and to administer the Agency's obligations; responsibilities and duties to be performed under the line of credit agreement. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth is confirmed to act as Special Counsel to the Agency in connection with the line of credit agreement on the terms set forth in the letter proposal on file with the Executive Director. Section 4. The Agency Secretary shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. 2 DOCSOG 1275055v4/200120-0001 This Resolution shall take effect upon adoption: APPROVED this day of_, 2008: By: APPROVED AS TO FORM: Agency Counsel ;1 ~ G "`°` a sha Jones ~ outrie MONICA AGENCY OF THE CITY Herb Katz, Chairman DOCSOC/ 1275055v4/200120-0001 Adopted and approved this the 22nd day of April, 2008. Chair I, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 506 (RAS) was duly adopted at a special meeting of the Redevelopment Agency held on the 22nd day of April, 2008, by the following vote: Ayes: Agency members: Censer, McKeown, O'Connor, Shriver Chair Pro Tem Bloom, Chair Katz, Noes: Agency members: None Abstain: Agency members: None Absent: Agency members: Holbrook ATTEST: ~ r~ eth Six chez, Acting A ncy Secretary