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R91-042RESOLUTION NO. R91-~ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH TO PROCESS DEFERRED PAYMENT LOANS FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING (INFILL) CONSTRUCTION PROGRAm; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Community Improvement Department is in the final stages of revising the guidelines for the Infill Construction Program; and WHEREAS, the City Commission of the City of Boynton Beach, Florida has deemed it to be in the best interest of the citizens and residents of the city-s, of Boynton Beach to revise said guidelines to reflect that th~City's financial assistance would be provided to potential ~m~-~b~yer s instead of to the contractor/developer; and WHEREAS, the form of assistance would ~'-a~eferred payment loan which would not have to be repaid to the Cit~ so long as the terms and conditions of the loan are adhered to during i~s term. The terms and conditions of the deferred payment l~n~ ~ are specifically set out in Community Impr over~.ent Depar{ment Memorandum 91-029, dated March 5, 1991, which ~s attached and incorporated herein by reference; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA THAT: Section 1. The ratified and confirmed as herein by reference. "WHEREAS" clauses abo~e are hereby being true and correct and incorporated Section 2. The City of Boynton Beach authorized to process deferred payment loans for Family Housing (Infill) Construction Program. is hereby the Single Section 3. Said Resolution shall take effect immediately upon passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED this /~ day of March, 1991. CITY OF~/O~NTON BEACH, FLORIDA :- / ; ~-V'i c~ Mayor C~~ner = ATTEST-: Ci~ierk (Corporate Seal) AUTHSiG.DO~~ DATE: TO: THRU: FROM: RE: COMMONITY IMPROVEMENT DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM 91-029 March 5, 1991 Honorable Mayor and City ¥!. LEGAL C.4 Commission ~,.~_- ~ j. scott Miller, City Manager ~ Johnnetta Broomfield, Director~ Request City Commission Approva£ of a Resolution Authorizing Deferred Paymen~ Loans for use in the- ' s City Single Family Housing (Infill) Construction Program The following item is being submitted to the City Commission au this time for necessary action: REOUEST'CI?¥ COMMISSION APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION GIVING AUTHORITY TO TH~ CITY TO PROCESS DEFERRED pAYMENT LOANS FOR THE SINGL~ FAMILY HOUSING ~INFTT.L~ CONSTRD~-riON PROGRAM. The community Improvement Department is in the final stages of revising the guidelines for the Infill Construction Program. If you will recall (as per memo ~90-012), one of the major chan~es in the guidelines affects the terms and conditions of the city s financial assistance to participants of the program. originally, the program was designed to provide assistance to the c~ntraCtor/~eveloper for the construction of the homes by way of ,~nterest loan to the contractor/developer. The amount of provided and the repayment terms would have been on a case-by-case basis. The main objective of the f financial assistance was to make the construction of %he: homes affordable for low and moderate income families. [elines have now been revised to reflect that the City3s assistance would be p_~ovided to the potential home of to the contractor/developer. The form of ce would be a deferred payment loan which would not have ~aid to the City as long as certain conditions were adhered to during the term of the loan (The home must be Own~-occupied, non-rental, and maintained according to the codes). Mome specifically, twenty-five percent of the loan would be forgiven the day after the end of each seven year period for a td~al of twenty eight years. The day after the twenty-eighth year, the entire loan would be forgiven. If,the property owner Qiolates the terms of the contract the ance of the loan amount is due and payable to the City. (See payment procedures for further details.) Page 2 - Honorable Mayor and City commission - 3/5/91 Memo ~91-029 The deferred payment loan procedure that is being considered for use in the Infill Program is the payment procedure currently being used for the Home Improvement Program and the Paint-Up/Fix-Up Program. Instead of receiving direct repayment monies back from the home buyer on a monthly basis, the City would still realize some monetary exchange value by way of property taxes. For instance, the following amounts would be contributed t= the general fund by way of annual property taxes based on the assessed-values of the single family homes indicated (current millage rate of 7.5927 being implied): VALUE OF HOMESTEAD ASSESSED HOME EXEMPTION VALUE ESTIMATED ANNUAL PROPERTY TAXES $50,000 S (25,000) $25,000 $189.81 $ -0- · $50,000 $379.63 $55,000 $ (25,000) $30,000 ~227.78 $ -0- $55,000 $417.59 $60,000 $ (25,000) $35,000 $265.74 $ -0- $60,000 $455.56 $65,000 $ (25,000) $40,000 $303.70 $ -0- $65,000 $493.52 We have tried to make the loan to the home buyer as affordable as possible. If we charge the home buyer a certain amount of money on a monthly basis to repay the debt that is owed to the City (in addition to the amount being paid to the Lender), it is conceivable that 1) the loan would not be affordable for the home buyer, and 2) the amount received on a monthly basis would be so small, it would not generate enough money to build a new house and also the City would then become a servicing agent, i.e., bill collector, in receiving the monthly payments and also in taking the time and effort to collect from the home buyers who decide for whatever reason that they do not want to repay the loan to the City. -~ , -- UIRED At this time, City Commission approval of a Resolution giving authority to the City to process deferred payment loans for the Single Family Housing (Infill) Construction Program is hereby requested. RECOM]4ENDATION Approval of Request. /kc attachment The amount of assistance available to potential home,whets-for each project will be decided on a case-by-case basis depending on the availability of funds. Income limits for the program are as follows: INCOMR ELIGIBILITY LIMITS Household Size Annual Gross Income 50% - 65% Annual Gross Income 65% - 80% 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 (Note: four) $16,000 - $20,800 $18,000 - $23,400 $20,000 - $26,000 $21,600 -$28,080 $23,200 - $30,160 $24,800 - $32,240 $26,400 - $34,320 $20,801 - $25,600 $23,401 - $28,800 $26,001 - $32,000 $28,081 - $34,560 $30,160 - $37,120 $32,241 - $39,680 $34,321 - $42,240 The median income for Palm Beach County is $~0~000 for a family of Financial assistance will be based onhousehold size and annual gross income. The specific amount of financial assistance will be based upon a predetermined formula. In addition to the assistance provided by the City, the applicant will be required to provide five hundred dollars ($500.00) at the time of application. The $500.00 cannot be borrowed; however, it may be provided as a result of a gift. Repayment will be in the form of a deferred payment loan. Twenty five percent (25%) of the loan will be forgiven the day after each seven (7) year interval as follows: I.e., g~ven a total city loan amount of $10,000 (including land and other financing): Day after 7th year Day after 14th year Day after 21st year Day after 28th year 25% of loan amount forgiven ($2,500) 25% additionai loan amount forgiven ($2,500) 25% additional loan amount forgiven ($2,500) 25% additional loan amount forgiven ($2,500) Eligible Uses ahd Finances Projects which are eligible for funding include single family for-sale and duplex for-sale developments. The size of projects may vary from a single unit to a large number of single units on scattered sites. A project may also involve several locations packaged by a developer/builder .and submitted at one time. All proposals submitted for construction by contractors must have other source(s) of finan¢ing.