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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIV.C - HEDRA Resolution No. 2021-02 - Extending Waiver of HEDRA RLF Payments through December 31, 2021CITY OF HASTINGS DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA HEDRA RESOLUTION NO. 2021-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE HASTINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (HEDRA) DEFERRING ACCRUAL OF INTEREST AND PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS FOR ALL HEDRA LOANS WHEREAS, The Hastings Economic Development and Redevelopment Authority (HEDRA) is a local governmental agency with the authority to grant financial assistance (grantor) to businesses (developer or recipient) under Minnesota Statutes Chapters 116J.993 and 469; and WHEREAS, to further economic development goals within the City of Hastings, HEDRA has established commercial and residential loan programs (HEDRA Loans) to aid property owners within the City of Hastings; and WHEREAS, HEDRA has adopted Financial Assistance and Business Subsidy Criteria through the adoption of Resolution No. 2-2009 on February 12, 2009, further amended by HEDRA on October 11, 2018 through the adoption of Resolution No. 2018-05 to establish criteria for granting HEDRA Loans; and WHEREAS, HEDRA Loans are memorialized through the execution of a loan agreement and recording of a mortgage to secure interest; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Executive Order 20-01 Declaring a Peacetime Emergency and Coordinating Minnesota’s Strategy to Protect Minnesotans from COVID-19 was executed by the Governor on March 13, 2020 in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic; and WHEREAS, subsequent Executive Orders executed by the Governor have restricted operation of commerce, causing financial hardship to the local economy; and WHEREAS, on March 16, 2020 the City of Hastings declared a Public Health Emergency resulting rom imminent health conditions caused by the presence of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19); and WHEREAS, on April 9, 2020, HEDRA adopted Resolution #2020-06 deferring HEDRRA loan payments through December 31, 2020; and WHEREAS, HEDRA seeks to continue to provide relief to grantees of HEDRA Loans impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic. . NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that HEDRA takes the following actions related to HEDRA Loans in response to the effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic: 1) Principal payments due on HEDRA Loans from January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 (the “Deferral Period”) shall be deferred until the end of the Deferral Period and thereafter the principal balances due, including the deferred principal payments, shall be re-amortized over the then remaining term of the loans. No interest shall accrue on HEDRA Loans during the Deferral Period and any interest that would have otherwise accrued or been payable during the Deferral Period shall be forever waived. The Deferral Period may be extended by a subsequent resolution of HEDRA. ADOPTED BY THE HASTINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THIS 14th DAY OF January, 2021. AYES: NAYS: ABSENT: Martha Sullivan, President Eric Maass, Secretary This instrument drafted by: City of Hastings (JH) 101 East 4th Street Hastings, MN 55033