Number
R_12822
Version
Original
Reference
Sponsor
The Chair
Title
Resolution approving the submission of a tax credit application to the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority for Westlawn West Phase II-B
Analysis
Body
Forthcoming from Fernando Aniban
WHEREAS, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) is accepting applications for 9% low income housing tax credits; and
WHEREAS, as part of the Choice Neighborhood Housing Transformation Plan, management had already identified the Phasing for replacement housing construction in the Westlawn public housing development wherein Westlawn Renaissance III are part of the overall housing plan; and
WHEREAS, Housing Authority staff are recommending a Mixed Finance Development application using Low Income Housing Tax Credits, Choice Neighborhood Implementation (CNI) grant and HUD Capital Funds for the construction of Westlawn Renaissance III, two 47-unit, midrises; and
WHEREAS, staff consulted with the Westlawn Resident Organization, Resident Advisory Board and the Mayor of the City of Milwaukee regarding applications for low income housing tax credits for Westlawn; and
WHEREAS, the Westlawn Resident Organization, Resident Advisory Board and Mayor of the City of Milwaukee are supportive of applications for tax credits to support the construction of a new midrise for veterans and scattered sites for families; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has successfully employed financing models using the Low Income Housing Tax Credits in its revitalization of Lapham Park, Highland Park, Cherry Court, Convent Hill, Olga Village, and Scattered Sites; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority will be the developer and have designated Friends of Housing Corporation as property manager, and Torti Gallas will be the architect through their existing contract for Westlawn; and
WHEREAS, if this application is awarded low-income housing tax credits, the Housing Authority will need to submit a designated housing plan, a demolition/disposition, a mixed finance and development proposal, and Rental Assistance Demonstration applications to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, by the Commissioners of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee that they hereby authorize and approve forming a limited liability corporation, limited partnership or similar entity to construct Westlawn Renaissance III; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee is hereby authorized to apply, either directly, or through this entity, for Low Income Housing Tax Credits from the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA), for the construction Westlawn Renaissance III; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee is hereby authorized to accept an offer to purchase or to transfer land or enter into a lease at Westlawn to this new entity for the construction/revitalization of Westlawn Renaissance III; and, be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary-Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, or his designee, is hereby authorized to act on behalf of the Authority, to undertake such activities and to execute any and all documents, including Mixed Finance evidentiaries, sales and leasing agreements, to enter into operating agreements with partners and investors, and execute mortgages and other financing documents as are necessary to establish the new ownership entity, sell the land, and to finance and develop Westlawn Renaissance III using the Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funds, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary-Executive Director of the Housing Authority, or his designee, is hereby authorized to submit and execute any and all HUD documents as they pertain to the designated housing plan and demolition/disposition application; and be it
FURTHER Resolved, that the Secretary-Executive Director of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, or his designee, is hereby authorized to execute any and all documents as they pertain to the Housing Authority’s interest in the new entity; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that all acts previously performed, relative to this matter, by the Commissioners and the Secretary-Executive Director of the Authority, be and hereby are approved, ratified and confirmed in all respects.
Requestor
Drafter
Fernando Aniban
December 6, 2016