HRA Board of Commissioners
Regular MeetingSouth St. Paul, MN · March 4, 2019
Minutes
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HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
OF THE CITY OF SOUTH ST. PAUL
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING
MARCH 4, 2019
The Special Meeting of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority of the City of South St. Paul was
held on March 4, 2019 in the South St. Paul City Hall Council Worksession Room. Chairperson Hansen
called the meeting to order at 6:45 P.M.
The following Commissioners were present: Sharon Dewey, Bill Flatley, Jimmy Francis, Joe
Kaliszewski, Tom Seaberg and Chairperson Lori Hansen. Commissioner Forester was Absent.
Staff was represented by: Ryan Garcia and Joel Hanson. Legal Counsel Tim Kuntz was present.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
It was moved by Commissioner Flatley and seconded by Commissioner Seaberg to approve the agenda
as presented. Motion carried.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
There were no public hearings.
CONSENT AGENDA
It was moved by Commissioner Francis and seconded by Commissioner Flatley to approve the Consent
Agenda as follows:
A. Approval of Minutes – Special Meeting – January 22, 2019
Motion carried 6 ayes / 0 Nays
GENERAL BUSINESS
A. Approval of Borrowing Resolution for Minnesota Housing Publically Owned Housing Program –
Resolution 19-3326
Mr. Garcia presented Resolution 19-3326 as a final diligence item required by MHFA prior to closing
on the POHP-PH loan for the elevator modernization project at John Carroll. Mr. Garcia advised that the
loan was a forgivable loan if the property was maintained as an affordable housing property.
HRA Special Meeting Minutes
March 4, 2019
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It was moved by Commissioner Seaberg and Seconded by Commissioner Francis to approve Resolution
19-3326.
Motion carried 6 ayes / 0 Nays
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business to come before the Board it was moved by Commissioner Francis and
seconded by Commissioner Kaliszewski to adjourn. Chairperson Hansen declared the meeting
adjourned at 6:51 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
__________________________________ ______________________________
Bill Flatley, Secretary Lori Hansen, Chairperson
Dated: ____________________________
Agenda
City of South St. Paul
Housing and Redevelopment Authority Agenda
Special Meeting
Monday, March 4, 2019
2nd Floor Conference Room
6:45 P.M.
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL:
3. AGENDA:
A. Approval of Agenda
Action – Motion to Approve
Action – Motion to Approve as Amended
4. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
5. CONSENT AGENDA:
All items listed on the Consent Agenda are items, which are considered to be routine by the Economic
Development Authority and will be approved by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items
unless a Commissioner or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the consent agenda
and considered at the end of the Consent Agenda.
A. Approval of Minutes – Special Meeting – January 22, 2019
6. GENERAL BUSINESS:
A. Approval of Borrowing Resolution for Minnesota Housing Publically Owned Housing
Program – Resolution No. 19-3326
7. ADJOURNMENT:
Respectfully Submitted,
Ryan Garcia, HRA Executive Director
HRA Agenda Report
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Date: March 4, 2019 6-A
HRA Executive Director: ____________
Agenda Item: Approval of Borrowing Resolution for Minnesota Housing Publically
Owned Housing Program – Resolution No. 19-3326
Action to be considered: Motion to approve Resolution No. 2019-3326, a borrowing resolution
for the Minnesota Publically Owned Housing Program.
Overview:
The Publicly Owned Housing Program (POHP) was first established by the Minnesota
Legislature in 2005. POHP was established to provide assistance to Housing and Redevelopment
Authorities (HRAs)/Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) that provide public housing to
individuals and families. The purpose of POHP is to rehabilitate and preserve public housing
units. POHP funds are provided in the form of a 20-year, deferred, forgivable loan to
HRAs/PHAs that operate public housing.
The South St. Paul HRA was notified of an award of $595,580 in POHP funding in May of 2018,
and we have been working on due diligence to prepare for loan closing since that time. The
funding will be utilized to undertake the elevator modernization project at the John Carroll
building at 300 Grand Avenue West. As the Board will recall, the HRA accepted the low bid and
awarded the contract for this project to Larson Elevator in January 2019. The funding requires
15% leverage (or match), which will be funded through our HUD Capital Fund.
The attached resolution is a required document committing the HRA to accept and utilize the
POHP funds in accordance with our loan agreement, and must be provided to MHFA prior to
closing. We expect to close on the financing within the next 60 days.
Source of Funds: POHP funds are provided as a deferred, forgivable loan. The 15% match will
be sourced from the City’s HUD Capital Fund.
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