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HomeMy WebLinkAbout97-03 - Adoption of a Mortgage Credit Certificate Program by the Redevelopment AgencyRESOLUTION NO. q%- 3 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE ADOPTION OF A MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM BY THE COSTA MESA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION BY THE COUNTY ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY TO THE CALIFORNIA DEBT LIMIT ALLOCATION, COMMITTEE FOR AN ALLOCATION OF AUTHORITY TO ISSUE MORTGAGE CREDIT CERTIFICATES AND THE TRANSFER OF SUCH ALLOCATION TO THE COUNTY OF ORANGE. WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") has previously determined to participate in a mortgage credit certificate program (the "Program") for the benefit of first-time home buyers to be administered by the County of Orange (the "County") pursuant to the provisions of Part 5 of Division 31 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California (the "Act") and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"); and WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa (the "City") has previously determined that it is in the best interest of the City to participate in the Program, through the Agency, and to consent to the operation of the Program by the County within the boundaries of the City pursuant to the Act; and WHEREAS, the City and the Agency have previously entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the County to permit the operation by the County of the Program in the City; and WHEREAS, it is anticipated that the Program will be operated both within the project areas of the Agency and outside such project areas but within the boundaries of the City; and WHEREAS, the Agency has determined that the project area of the Agency will be benefited by the operation of the Program outside such project area but within the boundaries of the City; and WHEREAS, the Agency desires that the County file an application with the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee ("CDLAC") on behalf of the Agency for an allocation of authority to issue mortgage credit certificates, which allocation, when and if received, the Agency intends to transfer to the County; and WHEREAS, one half of one percent of the amount of the allocation to be requested on behalf of the Agency is to be held in an account established by the Agency pursuant to Section 8869.84 of the California Government Code and the regulations of CDLAC; NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. Each of the foregoing recitals is true and correct. SECTION 2. The City hereby approves the filing of an application with CDLAC on behalf of the Agency for an allocation of authority to issue mortgage credit certificates in an amount not to exceed Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00), the transfer of such allocation, when and if received, to the County and the operation of the Program by the Agency, including the payment to the County of the Agency's proportionate share (based upon the number of participants in the Program) of administrative costs applicable to the allocation received from CDLAC, which share is estimated not to exceed $4,000.00. SECTION 3. The City hereby finds and determines that the operation of the Program both within and outside the established redevelopment project area, but within the boundaries of the City, will be of benefit to the established redevelopment project area. SECTION 4. The officers and employees of the City are authorized and directed, jointly and severally, to do any and all things necessary or advisable in order to effectuate the purposes of this resolution or the issuance of the mortgage credit certificates by the County or the administration of the Program by the Agency, and all actions previously taken by such officers and employees in connection with the application for the allocation authorized to be requested, are ratified and approved. PASSED AND ADOPTED on the 20th day of January, 1997. Mayor of the City of Wa Mesa ATTEST: i Deputy Cit Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa ROVED AS TO FORM CITY ATTORNEY STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss CITY OF COSTA MESA ) I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No.g7- 3 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at 'a regular meeting thereof, held on the 20th day of January, 1997. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 21st day of January, 1997. i. Q"�� Deputy C Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Nuncil of the City of Costa Mesa