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OB - 2013-0011 - Approving Loan Agreement Between the City of Rosemead and The Successor Agency Dated September 10, 2013RESOLUTION: 2013 -0011 A RESOLUTION OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ROSEMEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION APPROVING THE LOAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF, ROSEMEAD AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY DATED SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 WHEREAS, The City became the Successor Agency to the redevelopment activities Rosemead Community Development Commission Redevelopment Agency on February 1, 2012, by operation of law pursuant to AB 26; and WHEREAS, Health and Safety Code Section 34173(h) authorizes the City to loan funds to the Successor Agency for enforceable obligations and project - related expenses, provided that the use of such funds is reflected on a Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule ('BOPS ") which is approved by the Oversight Board established for the Successor Agency ( "Oversight Board ") and further provides that the repayment of such a loan shall be deemed to be an enforceable obligation of the Successor Agency; and WHEREAS, Health & Safety Code Section 34191.4 authorizes the Successor Agency, after receipt from the Department of Finance ( "DOF ") of a finding of completion pursuant to Health & Safety Code section 34179.7, to utilize excess bond proceeds for the purposes for which the bonds were issued; and WHEREAS, the Successor Agency currently holds approximately $7.1 million in excess bond proceeds from bonds issued prior to January 1, 2011 for the purpose of funding capital improvement projects in the former redevelopment project area of the City; and WHEREAS, on April 25, 2012 the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency approved a list of capital improvement projects to be funded with existing bond proceeds consistent with the issuing documents for the bonds ( "Capital Improvement Projects "); and WHEREAS, the DOF issued the Successor Agency a finding of completion on April 18, 2013; and WHEREAS, the City and Successor Agency began inviting bids for the Capital Improvement Projects and arranging for the existing bond proceeds to be transferred to the City, which agreed to act as the overseeing body for the Capital Improvement Projects; and WHEREAS, on June 12, 2013 the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency confirmed a Master Agreement for Excess Bond Proceeds ( "Master Agreement') entered into by the City and Successor Agency under which the excess bond proceeds would be transferred to the City immediately for use in the Capital Improvement Projects; and WHEREAS, on August 9, 2013, the DOF disapproved of the immediate transfer of funds from Successor Agency to City under the Master Agreement and withheld final approval of the Master Agreement, stating that the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule ('BOPS ") for the July 1 to December 31, 2013 time frame could not be amended or modified to reflect that transfer; and WHEREAS, in its letter of August 9, 2013 denying the immediate approval of the Master Agreement transfer of the bond proceeds, the DOF suggested that the City loan funds to the Successor Agency and have that loan of funds be placed on the succeeding ROPS for repayment, along with the Master Agreement, with the result being that the entirety of the excess bond proceeds would transfer to the City for the Capital Improvement Projects via the ROPS for the January 1 to June 30, 2014; and WHEREAS, absent the provision of the loan provided for in this Agreement (the "Loan "), the Successor Agency will have insufficient funds to timely make payments due for enforceable obligations related to the Capital Improvement Projects. NOW THEREFORE, THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO ROSEMEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HEREBY RESOLVES: 1. The Loan Agreement between the City of Rosemead and the Successor Agency is a permitted enforceable obligation under Health and Safety Code section 34173(h). The Loan Agreement is confirmed by the Oversight Board and shall be submitted to the Department of Finance for review. 3. The Loan Agreement shall be included on the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule beginning with the January through June 2014 period. 4. That the Successor Agency staff transmits the Oversight Board's approval to the Department of Finance for consideration and approval. Signatures on next page PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of September 2013. W ATTEST: a� Matthe E. Ha kesworth Successor Agency Staff Assistant City Manager I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing resolution was duly passed and adopted by the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency to the Rosemead Community Development Commission at its special meeting held on the 16th day of September 2013, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: ALLRED, JONES, LASH, REDOND.0',,C.HURCHWARD;'SOTELO NOES: NONE ABSENT: K.IILLER„ WALLACH ABSTAINED: NONE Matth w E. Hafwkesworth Successor Agency Staff Assistant City Manager