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Neg Amd 1 to Facility Lease and Management Agreement with CHDC VA LLC, for the Veterans and Community Housing project; no cost to Authority
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the Executive Director be authorized to negotiate Amendment 1 to the Facility Lease and Management Agreement dated September 7, 2005, between the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (Landlord) and CHDC VA LLC (Tenant), allowing the transfer of operating and replacement reserves held by Minnesota Housing to CHDC VA LLC, or an affiliated entity, for the continued benefit of the Veterans and Community Housing Project near the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center Campus; and that following review and approval by the County Attorney's Office, the Chair be authorized to sign the amendment and related documents on behalf of the Authority.
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Background:
During the 2001-2002 session, the Minnesota Legislature adopted 2002 Minnesota Session Law, Chapter 393, Section 27, a general obligation bond appropriation to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (Minnesota Housing) of $16,200,000 for the construction of two transitional and permanent housing projects for veterans and single adults on property owned by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Minnesota Housing agreed to provide a $10,606,946 Publicly Owned Permanent Supportive Housing (POPSH) 20-year loan to the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HCHRA) for construction of a project (140 units of affordable housing to veterans and single adults with incomes below 50% of the area median income) consistent with legislative direction (Resolution 05-HCHRA-14R1).
On September 7, 2005, the HCHRA executed a 60-year Enhanced-Use Lease agreement with the VA for 3 parcels consisting of approximately 4.34 acres near the Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center Campus (Resolution 04-HCHRA-23S1R1).
Community Housing Development Corporation (CHDC) ac...
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