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Resolution 2007-240 RESOLUTION NO. 2007-2A.Q RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA AUTHORIZING THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF LEE COUNTY TO OPERATE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF COLLIER COUNTY; AUTHORIZING THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF COLLIER COUNTY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF LEE COUNTY OF NOT EXCEEDING $99,000,000 SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007 TO PROVIDE FUNDS TO FINANCE QUALIFYING SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE LOANS IN VARIOUS COUNTIES WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, INCLUDING COLLIER COUNTY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Chapter 159, Part IV, Florida Statutes, as amended (the "Act") authorizes counties to create housing financing authorities to exercise powers of the Act within their boundaries or outside their boundaries with the consent of the governing body of the territory outside their area of operation; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Act, the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County, Florida has found there exists a shortage of affordable housing and capital for investment therein and a need for a housing finance authority to function in Collier County and did accordingly create the Housing Finance Authority of Collier County, Florida (the "Collier Authority"); and WHEREAS, the Housing Finance Authority of Lee County (the "Lee Authority") has authorized the initiation of official action to issue its Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds (the "Lee Bonds") to provide financing of qualified owner-occupied single family residences to alleviate the shortage of housing in various counties within the State of Florida, including Collier County, and other participating counties in Florida (collectively, the "Counties") by acquiring certain loans or securities backed by mortgage loans originated by lending institutions to finance the purchase of single family, owner occupied houses for low, moderate or middle income persons or families in the Counties; WHEREAS, the Collier Authority conducted a public hearing, notice of which hearing was published on August 17, 2007, in the Naples Daily News (a copy of which notice is attached as Exhibit" A" to thc Authority Resolution defined herein) on August 31, 2007, for the purpose of considering the issuance of the Lee Bonds by the Lee Authority in the aggregate principal amount not exceeding $99,000,000 in conformance with the requirements of Section l47(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Said public hearing disclosed no reason why the Lee Bonds should not be issued nor why the Collier Authority should not participate in the Lee Authority's program; and WHEREAS, the Collier Authority has adopted a Resolution (the "Authority Resolution") in the form attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and made a part hereof. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Collier County that: SECTION 1. The Board of County Commissioners of Collier County consents to the Lee Authority exercising its powers to issue the Lee Bonds and to implement a program from a portion of the proceeds of the Lee Bonds to finance single family housing within the statutory boundaries of Collier County; provided that the Lee Authority and the Collier Authority first enter into a written agreement setting forth the powers, duties and limitations of the Collier Authority as they pertain to the use of said bond proceeds within Collier County and payment of the issuance costs for such bonds. SECTION 2. In furtherance of the purposes set forth in Section 1 hereof the Chairman or Vice-Chairman and Secretary of the Collier Authority are hereby authorized to execute such consents, intergovernmental agreements or other documents as shall be required to implement such single family housing program and to provide for payment of the Authority's proportionate share of costs of issuance of such bonds, all as shall be approved by counsel to the Collier Authority. SECTION 3. The Interlocal Agreement, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit "B", between the Collier Authority and the Lee Authority, is hereby approved. The officers of the Collier Authority are, upon due authorization and approval by that body, hereby authorized to enter into the Interlocal Agreement on behalf of Collier County. SECTION 4. The Board hereby approves, within the meaning of Section 147(f) of the Code, the issuance by the Lee Authority of not exceeding $99,000,000 Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, (as such may be re-designated from time to time), and such other action pursuant to the Lee Resolution. SECTION 5. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof of the Board in conflict with the provisions herein contained are, to the extent of such conflict, superseded and repealed. SECTION 6. Adoption of this Resolution shall not authorize or commit the expenditure of any funds of Collier County or the Collier Authority to pay the costs of issuance of such bonds. SECTION 7. The approval of the bonds contemplated by this Resolution shall not be deemed to abrogate any land development regulations of Collier County, including, but not limited to Collier County's Growth Management Plan and all concurrency requirements contained therein, with respect to the acquisition or construction of housing pursuant to mortgage programs under this bond program. 2 SECTION 8. The Bonds shall not constitute a debt, or a pledge of faith and credit of the Collier Authority, Collier County, the State of Florida or any political subdivision thereof, and neither the Collier Authority, Collier County, the State of Florida nor any political subdivision thereof shall be liable thereon. No member of the Board of County Commissioners of the County or any officer thereof shall be liable personally on the Bonds by reason of their issuance. PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this lith day of September, 2007. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY By: ATTEST: D'!',ight E'" Brock, Clerk .. I -~ t. I) o.c. k of, theti~c Cou ' nd E)\cofficio Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners Attest" to ctI<< I r"U/l S "t10naturt Oft 1. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGAL SUFFICIENCY J)wa~t~ttorney 3 EXHIBIT A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA 4 RESOLUTION 2007-2 A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA APPROVING A JOINT PROGRAM WITH THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA FOR THE ISSUANCE BY SUCH HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE REVENUE BONDS TO FINANCE QUALIFYING SINGLE FAMILY MORTGAGE LOAN PROGRAMS IN LEE COUNTY, COLLIER COUNTY AND CERTAIN OTHER FLORIDA COUNTIES; APPROVING THE FORM OF AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT; AND PROVIDING CERTAIN THER DETAILS WITH RESPECT THERETO. WHE EAS, Part IV, Chapter ] 59, Florida Statutes, authorizes the creation of Housing Finance Autho ities within the State of Florida with the purpose of issuing revenue bonds and refunding bon s to assist in alleviating a shortage of housing available at prices or rentals which many persons nd families can afford; and WHE EAS, Sections 159.603 and 159.604, Florida Statutes, authorize the board of county commissioners ofa county (the "Governing Body"), to approve the operation of the housing finance authority of an ther county within the territorial boundaries of its county, and the issuance by a housing financ authority of revenue bonds to alleviate the shortage of affordable housing and capital available for in estment therein within the county); and WHER AS, the Housing Finance Authority of Lee County, Florida (the "Lee Authority") has by resolution previously authorized the issuance of its Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2007 (collectively, and as hereafter redesignated from time to time as separate series, the "Bonds"); and WHEREAS, the Lee Authority has bond issuance authority under such resolution which is anticipated to be sufficient to finance qualifYing single family mortgage loan programs for Collier County; and WHEREAS, the Housing Finance Authority of Collier County, Florida (the "Collier Authority") has expressed an interest in pursuing a joint program for the issuance of a sufficient principal amount of the Bonds to finance qualifYing single family mortgage loan programs for Lee County, Collier County and certain other Florida counties; and WHEREAS, combining the authority to issue single family mortgage revenue bonds ofthe Lee Authority and the Collier Authority will permit mortgage loans to be made available at rates below the rates otherwise possible if the Collier Authority attempted a s~arate issue; and EXHIBIT A TO COUNTY RESOLUTION WHEREAS, such a program would benefit Collier County, Florida (the "County") and aid in alleviating a shortage of affordable housing and capital available for investment therein within the County; and WHEREAS, the Collier Authority held a public hearing on the proposed issuance of the Bonds on August 31,2007 pursuant to notice thereof published in the Naples Daily News on August 17,2007, a copy of which notice is attached as Exhibit A, and which hearing was conducted in such a manner as to provide a reasonable opportunity for persons with differing views to be heard, on both the issuance of the Bonds and the participation of the Collier Authority through the Interlocal Agreement NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA THAT: SECTION I. AUTHORITY, This Resolution is adopted pursuant to the provisions ofthe Florida Housing Finance Authority law, Part IV, Chapter 159, Florida Statutes (the "Act"), and Section 163.0 I (5), Florida Statutes, and other applicable law. SECTION 2. FINDINGS, The Collier Authority has found and determined and hereby declares that: (a) In order to realize the economies of scale afforded by aggregating the separate single family mortgage revenue bond programs of the Lee Authority and the Collier Authority, it is in the best interest of the Collier Authority to authorize the issuance of the Bonds by the Lee Authority to finance single family mortgage loan programs for the County, which qualifies under the Act. (b) In order to implement such a program, it is in the best interest of the Collier Authority to enter into an lnterlocal Agreement with the Lee Authority. SECTION 3. AUTHORIZA nON OF FORM OF INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT. The execution and delivery of the Interlocal Agreement, authorizing the issuance of the Bonds by the ,Lee Authority to finance qualifYing single family mortgage loan programs in the County, a proposed form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B (the "lnterlocal Agreement") is hereby authorized. The form of the Interlocal Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A is hereby approved, subject to such changes, insertions and omissions and such filling of blanks therein as may be approved and made in such form by the officers of the Lee Authority and the Collier Authority executing same, such execution and delivery to be conclusive evidence of such approval. SECTION 4. AUTHORIZATION TO EXECUTE. The Chairman or Vice Chairman and the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Collier Authority are hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver the Interlocal Agreement, subject to such changes, modifications, additions, deletions and substitutions as such officers executing additions, deletions and substitutions as such officers executing the same shall approve, such execution to be conclusive evidence of such approval and to affix thereto or impress thereon the seal of the Collier Authority. 2 SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. The approvals and authorizations provided in Sections 3 and 4 of this Resolution are expressly contingent upon, and this Resolution shall become effective upon, the adoption by the Governing Body of the County of a resolution approving and authorizing the Lee Authority to operate within the territorial boundarics of the County with respect to the issuance of its Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds. APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the Housing Finance Authority of Collier County, Florida this 31st day of August, 2007. ", .....'./ ) 'r":;., , ........ .;~".... c:." ,~ t) ......~ (f) "0., -', €SE~~' .~. '-;: . .,~::: ;~-- :2"."':../' ~i .... ...... HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA ,,- ",..", BY:~ /~.# crary D. Lind, Chairman Naples Daily News Naples, FL 34102 Affidavit of Publication Naples Daily News - - - - - ~ - - - - - - - +- P:CKWORTH, DONALD P.A. 5:50 TAMIAMI TRL N #502 NAPLES FL 34103 REFERENCE, 010784 59424843 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEA State of Florida County of Collier Before the undersigned authority, personally appeared B. Lamb, who on oath says that she serves as Assistant Cor~orate Secretary of the Naples Daily News, a da1ly newspaper published at Naples, in Collier Countv. Florida: that the attached copy of advertis1ng was published in said newspaper on dates listed. Affiant further says that the said Naples Daily News is a newspaper ~ublished at Naples, in said Collier County, Flor1da, and that the said news~aper has heretofore been continuously pub11shed in said Collier County, Florida, each day and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post office in Naples, in said Collier County, Florida, for a period of 1 year next preceding the first publication of the attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that she has neither paid nor promised any person, firm or corporation any discount, rebate, commission or refund for the purpose of securing this advertisement for publication in the said newspaper. PUBLISHED ON, 08/17 08/17 . HoT,," OF PVIUC ......'NO. 0..........0.... .1O'FlNANClJINiiLl FAMlt.y ~:"'AM " ... ':ill "l'~ . w~ AD SPACE, 138.000 INCH FILED ON, 08/17/07 ~~~~:~~~:-~~-~~~~~~~---------~~-~~1----------+------------------------ , Sworn to and Subscribed before me this ~ day ~I lAID of !l.l \'6 q CL'Y> o~ Personally known by me rf;fl~ JUDY JANES .:~..'\ Commission DO 675029 -' " Expires May 16, 2011 ~P.f,,;o /3o:r'IdI!dThlu T'lIl' FifI'IinN'.....IIlJ().3I5-1\Il. '19'-t.m-,~ 20CCl EXHIBIT A TO AUTHORITY RESOLUTION EXHIBIT B INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT 5 INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT made and entered into by and between the Housing Finance Authority of Lee County, Florida, a public body corporate and politic organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (hereinafter referred to as the "Lee Authority"), and the Housing Finance Authority of Collier County, Florida, a public body corporate and politic organized and existing under the laws of the State of Florida (hereinafter referred to as the "Collier Authority"). WIT N E SSE T H: WHEREAS, Part IV of Chapter 159 of the Florida Statutes authorizes the creation of Housing Finance Authorities within the State of Florida for the purpose of issuing revenue bonds and refunding bonds to assist in relieving the shortage of housing available at prices or rentals which many persons and families can afford; and WHEREAS, the Lce Authority has authorized the initiation of otlicial action for the issuance of its Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds, Series 2007 (collectively, and as such bonds may hereafter by designated as separate series, the "Bonds"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Scction 143 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, the amount of private activity bonds, including qualified mortgage bonds, which may be issued by governmental units in any calendar year is limited, and is available for allocation to issuers within the Statc in accordance with Chapter 159, Part VI, Florida Statutes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to individual interlocal agreements to be entered into betwcen the Lee Authority and the Housing Finance Authorities of other counties (or with other counties in the absence of a housing finance authority) within the State, including the Housing Finance Authority of Collier County, Florida (collectively, the "Counties"), each ofthe Counties will delegate its authority to purchase mortgage loans originated within the territorial boundaries ofjts respective county to the Lee Authority (the territorial boundaries of Lee County and the territorial boundaries of such other counties, collectively, the "Area of Operation"); and WHEREAS, by combining the allocation amounts of the Lee Authority and the Counties, the Lee Authority will be able to make available mortgage loans at rates below the rates otherwise attainable if any ofthe Counties undertook a scparate issue; and WHEREAS, the issuance of the Bonds by the Lee Authority for use in the Area of Operation will result in a wider allocation of fixed expenses and achieve certain other economies of scale that will have the cffcct of reducing the interest on mortgage loans that otherwise would have to be charged; and EXHIBIT B TO AUTHORITY RESOLUTION WHEREAS, Sections 163.01, 159.608 and ]25.01, Florida Statutes, authorize the Lee Authority and the Collier Authority to enter into this Interlocal Agreement in order to make the most efficient use of their respcctive powers, resources and capabilities by authorizing the Lee Authority to exercise those powcrs which are common to them for the purpose of issuing one or more series of the Bonds to finance qualifying single family mortgage loan programs for thc entire Area of Operation. NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows: SECTION 1. SUBSTITUTION OF BONDS. The Collier Authority hereby grants exclusive authority to the Lee Authority to issue its Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds for qualified single family housing mortgage loans described in the resolutions authorizing the Bonds, and any such Bonds issued for such qualified single family housing mortgage loans in Collier County are hcreby deemed to be in full substitution for an equivalent principal amount of the Lee Authority's Bonds. All revenues generated by Bonds issued pursuant to this Agreement and by the use of the proceeds thereof, will be administered by the Lee Authority or its agents and all payments due from such revenues shall be paid by the Lee Authority or its agents without further action by Collier County, Florida or the Collier Authority. SECTION 2. ADMINISTRATION. The Lee Authority hereby assumes responsibility for administering this Agreement by and through its employees, agents and officers; provided, however, that the Collier Authority retains and reserves its right and obligation to require reasonable reporting on programs designed for and operated within Collier County. The Lee Authority and its agents shall provide the Collier Authority with such reports as may be necessary to account for funds gencrated by this Agreement. The Lee Authority shall have full authority and responsibility to negotiate, validate, market, sell, issue and deliver its Bonds in such amount as the Lee Authority shall in its sole judgment determine (taking into account lender demand and available allocation of private activity bond issuance authority pursuant to Chapter 159, Part VI, Florida Statutes) to finance qualifYing single family housing developments in Collier County and to take such other action as may be necessary or convenient to accomplish such purpose, such Bonds to be issued in one or more series as determined by the Lec Authority. SECTION 3. PROGRAM PARAMETERS. The Lee Authority shall establish the maximum housing prices and maximum adjusted family income for eligible borrowers in_Collier County. The Collier Authority hcrcby consents and agrees to the establishment by the Lee Authority of all other program parameters including, but not limited to, selection of allocations among participating lenders as may be required for any Bonds issued by the Lce Authority pursuant to this Agreement; provided, however, that the Collier Authority hereby reserves the right to determine the amounts or proportion of allocation to be reserved for builder loans. The Lee Authority may select allocations among participating lenders in Collier County based on lender demand in Collier County, available allocation of private activity bond issuance authority, and the lenders' performance in prior bond programs. SECTION 4. TERM. This Agreement will remain in full force and effect from the date of its execution until August 31, 20 I 0; provided that any party hereto shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon 30 days' written notice to the other party hereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is agreed that this Agreement may not be terminated by any party during any period that any series of Bonds issued pursuant to the terms hcreofremain outstanding, or during any period in whieh the proceeds of such Bonds are still in the possession of the Lee Authority or its agents pending distribution, unless the parties to this Agreement mutually agree in writing to the terms of such termination. lt is further agreed that in the event of termination the parties to this Agreement will provide continuing cooperation to each other in fulfilling the obligations associated with the issuance of Bonds pursuant to this Agreement. SECTION 5. INDEMNITY. The Lee Authority agrees to hold the Collier Authority and Collier County harmless, to the extent permitted by law and solely from amounts made available under the documents relating to the Bonds, from any and all liability for repayment of principal of and interest or penalty on the Bonds or in connection with the approval by the Collier Authority of the program parameters as required by Section 3 of this Agreement, or in connection with the approval rendered by Collier County pursuant to Sections 159.603 and 159.604, Florida Statutes. The Lee Authority agrees that any offering circular or official statement approved by and used in marketing the Bonds will include a statement that Bondholders may not look to Collier County or the Collier Authority for payment of the Bonds and interest or premium thereon. SECTION 6. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. (REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY BLANK) IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have caused their names to be affixed hereto by the propcr officers thereof as of the __ day of ,2007. HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA (SEAL) By: Chairman ATTEST: sSecretary HOUSING FINANCE AUTHORITY OF LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA (SEAL) By: Chairman ATTEST: Secretary