2022/03/22 City Council Resolution 2022-034 RESOLUTION NO. 2022-034
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK,
CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE ISSUANCE BY THE INDEPENDENT CITIES
FINANCE AUTHORITY OF TAXABLE MOBILE HOME PARK REVENUE
REFUNDING BONDS IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED $25,000,000 FOR THE REFINANCING OF RANCHO FELIZ MOBILE
HOME PARK AND LAS CASITAS DE SONOMA MOBILE HOME PARK, EACH
LOCATED IN THE CITY.
WHEREAS, certain cities of the State of California (collectively, the
"Members") have entered into a Joint Powers Agreement (the "Joint Powers
Agreement") establishing the Independent Cities Finance Authority (the
"Authority") and prescribing its purposes and powers, and providing, among other
things, for associate members of the Authority (an "Associate Member"); and
WHEREAS, the Authority has been formed for the purpose, among others,
of assisting its Members and Associate Members in the raising of capital to finance
the capital improvement needs of Local Agencies (as defined in the Joint Powers
Agreement), to:
• provide for home mortgage financing with respect to those Members or
Associate Members that are either a city or a county of the State of California;
• provide financing in connection with the improvement, construction,
acquisition, creation, rehabilitation and preservation of affordable housing within
the boundaries of the Members and Associate Members; and
• provide financing in accordance with the provisions of applicable law
in connection with other projects and programs that are in the public interest and
which benefit Members and Associate Members, including making loans to tax-
exempt organizations from the proceeds of mortgage revenue bonds to finance the
acquisition of multifamily rental housing, including mobile home parks, under the
provisions of Chapter 8 of Part 5 of Division 31 (commencing with Section 52100)
of the Health and Safety Code (the "Act"); and
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park (the "City") is an Associate Member
of the Authority and is qualified to participate in the Authority's programs; and
WHEREAS, Millennium Housing, LLC, a California limited liability
company (the "Owner") owns and operates a mobile home park with
approximately 126 spaces known as Las Casitas de Sonoma Mobile Home Park
located in the City at 7545 Bridgit Drive and mobile home park with
approximately 297 spaces known as Rancho Feliz Mobile Home Park located in
the City at 6607 Redwood Drive (together, the "Projects"); and
WHEREAS, the Owner has requested that the Authority issue and sell
Taxable Mobile Home Park Revenue Refunding Bonds (Rancho Feliz and Las
Casitas de Sonoma) in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed
$25,000,000; and
WHEREAS, the Authority proposes to issue its Taxable Mobile Home Park
Revenue Refunding Bonds (Rancho Feliz and Las Casitas de Sonoma) in one or
more series (the "Bonds") ; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds, if any are issued, are
intended to be used to make a loan to Owner, or a related party, to be used, along
with other funds available to the Owner, (i) to refund the Authority's Mobile Home
Park Revenue Refunding Bonds (Rancho Feliz and Las Casitas de Sonoma) Series
2012 (the "Refunded Bonds") which will reduce the debt service obligations of the
Projects (ii) finance additional renovations to be made at the Projects; (iii) finance
other charitable purposes of the Owner as allowed under the Act; and (iv) finance
certain costs of issuing the Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Projects are required to be occupied in part by persons of
low and very low income in accordance with California laws and the requirements
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that the operation of the Projects by
the Owner provides affordable housing for low and very low-income residents
residing in the City; and
WHEREAS, this action is exempt from the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) because it is not a project which has a potential for resulting
in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable
indirect physical change in the environment, pursuant to CEQA Guideline section
15378.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of
Rohnert Park approves as follows:
Section 1. The City Council approves the issuance of the Bonds by the
Authority solely to satisfy the requirements of the Joint Powers Agreement, as the
elected representatives of the governmental unit having jurisdiction over the area in
which the Projects are located.
Section 2. The issuance and delivery of the Bonds shall be subject to the
approval of and execution by the Authority of all financing documents relating
thereto to which the Authority is a party and subject to the sale of the Bonds by the
Authority.
Section 3. The City shall have no responsibility or liability whatsoever with
respect to the Bonds or the Projects. The payment of the principal, prepayment
premium, if any, and purchase price of and interest on the Bonds shall be solely the
responsibility of Owner. The Bonds shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the
City. The adoption of this Resolution shall not obligate the City or any department
thereof to (i) provide any financing to acquire or construct the Projects or to
provide any refinancing of the Projects; (ii) approve any application or request for
or take any other action in connection with any planning approval, permit or other
action necessary for the acquisition or operation of the Projects; (iii) make any
contribution or advance any funds whatsoever to the Authority; or (iv) take any
further action with respect to the Authority or its membership therein.
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Section 4. The City Manager, the City Attorney or their designees are
hereby authorized and directed,jointly and severally, to do any and all things and
to execute and deliver any and all documents which they deem necessary or
advisable in order to carry out, give effect to and comply with the terms and intent
of this resolution and the financing transaction approved hereby.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED this 22nd day of March, 2022.
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
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