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AGENDA
TEMECULA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
41000 MAIN STREET
TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA
NOVEMBER 4, 2024 - 9:00 AM
CLOSED SESSION - 8 AM
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS. The City Council will convene in closed
session pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 regarding the amendments to the agreements for
the sale and acquisition of certain property interests for the real property located at 28715 Las
Haciendas, 28111 Colorado Avenue, and 28772 Calle Cortez, Temecula CA 92590 CA (APNs:
921-050-016-2; 921-050-020-5). The negotiating parties are the City of Temecula and the property
owner, Las Haciendas Housing Associates, L. P. Negotiators for the City are Luke Watson, Matt Peters,
and Haide Urias. Under negotiations are price and terms of the amendments to the agreements for the
sale and acquisition of certain property interests for the real property.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor James Stewart
FLAG SALUTE: Mayor James Stewart
ROLL CALL: Alexander, Kalfus, Schwank, Stewart
BUSINESS
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Public Participation at Meetings adopted by Resolution No. 2021-54.
1. Approve Subordination Agreement Required for a Refinanciniz/Permanent Loan for the Las
Haciendas Project (Which Pays Off the Existing Construction Loan Coming Due) (At the
Request of Subcommittee Members Kalfus and Schwank)
Recommendation: That the City Council adopt a resolution entitled:
RESOLUTION NO.
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City Council
Agenda November 4, 2024
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA APPROVING A SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
WITH NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL, LLC, FOR ITS LOAN
TO LAS HACIENDAS HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P. TO
REFINANCE AND PAY OFF ITS EXISTING CONSTRUCTION
LOAN
Attachments: Agenda Report
Resolution
Subordination Agreement
Subordination Memorandum
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT
ADJOURNMENT
The next regular meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 5:00 p.m.,
for a Closed Session, with regular session commencing at 6:00 p.m., at the Council Chambers located at
41000 Main Street, Temecula, California.
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Item No. 1
CITY OF TEMECULA
AGENDA REPORT
TO: City Manager/City Council
FROM: Matt Peters, Interim Director of Community Development
DATE: November 4, 2024
SUBJECT: Approve Subordination Agreement Required for a Refinancing/Permanent Loan
for the Las Haciendas Project (Which Pays Off the Existing Construction Loan
Coming Due) (At the Request of Subcommittee Members Kalfus and Schwank)
PREPARED BY: Haide Urias, Housing Analyst
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council adopt a resolution entitled:
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA APPROVING A SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT WITH NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL,
LLC, FOR ITS LOAN TO LAS HACIENDAS HOUSING
ASSOCIATES, L.P. TO REFINANCE AND PAY OFF ITS
EXISTING CONSTRUCTION LOAN
BACKGROUND: Pursuant to a Loan Agreement dated May 26, 2020, the City made
a loan of $718,445 of Development Impact Fees (DIF) and a construction loan of $8,910,698 of
low/moderate housing set aside funds (as successor to the assets of the former Redevelopment
Agency) to Las Haciendas Housing Associates, L.P. ("Borrower") repayable from a percentage of
net cash flow/residual receipts. The loan was to help finance a 77-unit apartment project
("Project") with 37 units restricted to low-income households at affordable rent by a recorded
agreement with the City ("Regulatory Agreement").
Section 3.4 of the Loan Agreement authorizes the City to execute subordination agreements that
subordinate the deed of trust securing the City's loan to the deed of trust securing any Senior
Project Loan if necessary for the borrower to obtain the applicable Senior Project Loan. Section
1.1.26 of the Loan Agreement defines "Senior Project Loan" as the initial construction loan (from
a third -party lender) and any financing used to refinance such loan that does not exceed outstanding
principal of the loan being refinanced plus refinancing loan closing costs.
The existing construction loan for the Project is coming due on November 7, 2024. The Borrower
has negotiated with NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC, an approved Freddie Mac Multifamily
lender, to secure a new loan. This new loan, originated by NewPoint Real Estate Capital LLC and
backed by Freddie Mac, will be used to pay the existing construction loan. Subsequently, Freddie
Mac will pool this loan with other similar loans and securitize them, issuing mortgage-backend
securities to investors. This process enables Freddie Mac to provide stable and long-term financing
for affordable housing projects like Las Haciendas. Counsel for the new lender has provided the
attached form of Freddie Mac Subordination Agreement as a document required from the City in
order for the new loan to be made, and after repeated discussions with counsel to Freddie Mac,
Freddie Mac counsel has reportedly said that no changes can be made to it because the loans in the
securitization pool must have standard documentation (they can't make special disclosures to
securities purchasers regarding legal differences for certain loan documentation, like the
Subordination Agreement).
RECOMMENDATION:
The problem faced by the City is that the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Freddie Mac,
insists upon an unlimited "standstill" clause that limits the City's remedies in the event of a default
of the Regulatory Agreement. If Freddie Mac were more reasonable, and did not insist on an
unlimited standstill clause, all would be good for the City. Now the City is caught between
approving the proposed subordination agreement that limits its rights and a collapse of Las
Haciendas Housing Associates financing of the Project.
Staff recommends that the Council adopt Resolution No. 2024- approving the proposed
Subordination Agreement, recognizing that: (1) it contains an unlimited "standstill" clause with
certain impacts on the City's rights under the Loan Agreement; (2) the refinancing lender in
question requires that form of Subordination Agreement with unlimited standstill in order to make
its new loan; (3) according to the attached Memo Regarding Las Haciendas Subordination
Agreement from Developer, the owner/borrower is not able to get acceptable loan terms (amount;
use; interest rate) from any other lender that would not require an unlimited standstill provision;
and (4) since the City's deed of trust is currently subordinate to the construction loan deed of trust,
if the construction loan is not timely repaid by refinancing, the existing senior construction loan
deed of trust could be foreclosed, extinguishing the City's junior/subordinate deed of trust.
FISCAL IMPACT: There are no fiscal impacts to the City.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Resolution
2. Subordination Agreement
3. Memo Regarding Las Haciendas Subordination Agreement
from Developer
RESOLUTION NO.2024-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA APPROVING A SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT WITH NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE
CAPITAL, LLC, FOR ITS LOAN TO LAS HACIENDAS
HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P. TO REFINANCE AND PAY
OFF ITS EXISTING CONSTRUCTION LOAN
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council does hereby find determine and declare that:
(a) Pursuant to a Loan Agreement dated May 26, 2020, the City made a loan of
$718,445 of development impact fees and a construction loan of $8,910,698 of low/mod housing
set aside funds (as successor to the assets of the former redevelopment agency) to Las Haciendas
Housing Associates, L.P. ("Borrower") repayable from a percentage of net cash flow/residual
receipts. The loan was to help finance a 77 unit apartment project ("Project") with 37 units
restricted to low income households at affordable rent by a recorded agreement with the City
("Regulatory Agreement").
(b) The existing construction loan for the Project is coming due on November
7, 2024 and the Borrower is negotiating a refinancing loan or so-called "permanent loan" from
NewPoint Real Estate Capital, LLC to refinance and pay off the construction loan. That new loan
will be purchased by Freddie Mac (i.e., the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) and put
into a pool of similar loans in order for Freddie Mac to issue mortgage -backed securities.
(c) Counsel for the new lender has provided the attached form of Freddie Mac
Subordination Agreement as a document required from the City in order for the new loan to be
made, and after repeated discussions with counsel to Freddie Mac, Freddie Mac counsel has
reportedly said that no changes can be made to it because the loans in the securitization pool must
have standard documentation (they can't make special disclosures to securities purchasers
regarding legal differences for certain loan documentation, like the Subordination Agreement).
(d) That form of Subordination Agreement provides for much more than simple
subordination of the City's deed of trust, but such scope is not unusual for commercial
subordination agreements with one primary exception --it provides that upon a default under the
City Regulatory Agreement that is not cured, the City may not exercise its right to accelerate its
loan and if not paid, foreclose its junior deed of trust, without the consent of the new lender. That
is the so-called "standstill provision".
(e) In adopting this Resolution and approving the proposed Subordination
Agreement, Council recognizes that: (1) it contains an unlimited "standstill" clause with certain
impacts on the City's rights under the Loan Agreement; (2)) the refinancing lender in question
requires that form of Subordination Agreement with unlimited standstill in order to make its new
loan; (3) according to the Memo Regarding Las Haciendas Subordination Agreement from the
owner/borrower dated as of October 21, 2024, the owner/borrower is not able to get acceptable
loan terms (amount; use; interest rate) from any other lender that would not require an unlimited
standstill provision; and (4) since the City's deed of trust is currently subordinate to the
construction loan deed of trust, if the construction loan is not timely repaid by refinancing, the
existing senior construction loan deed of trust could be foreclosed, extinguishing the City's
junior/subordinate deed of trust.
Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the Subordination Agreement in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and authorizes the City Manager to execute the
Subordination Agreement on behalf of the City with such changes as are necessary or convenient
to accomplish the purposes of the City's loan agreements for the Project and this Resolution. The
City Manager is further authorized: 1) to enter into amendments to the Subordination Agreement
to change, adjust, or clarify provisions of the Subordination Agreement that are appropriate to
further the intended purposes of the Subordination Agreement and this Resolution; 2) for good
cause, extend the time for performance of Developer's obligations under the City's Agreements
with the Developer of the Project; and 3) approve on behalf of the City such subordination
agreements or other amendments to the City's Agreements for the Project as necessary or
convenient to integrate the Developer's affordable housing financing and Project financing with
the terms of the City's Agreement.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula
this 4th day of November, 2024.
ATTEST:
Randi Johl, City Clerk
[SEAL]
James Stewart, Mayor
2
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2024- was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 4th day of November, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Randi Johl, City Clerk
Prepared by, and after recording
return to:
Thomas P. Wild, Esq.
Wild & Kearney LLC
174 W. State Street
Doylestown, PA 18901
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
(Revised 10-15-2024)
Freddie Mac Loan Number: 510100767
Property Name: Las Haciendas Apartments
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
(Revised 10-15-2024)
THIS SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement') is entered into this day of
, 2024, by and between (i) NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL
LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Michigan
("Senior Lender") and (ii) CITY OF TEMECULA, a municipal corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of California ("Subordinate Lender").
RECITALS
A. LAS HACIENDA HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P., a limited partnership organized
under the laws of the State of California ("Borrower") is the owner of certain land
located in Riverside County, California, described in Exhibit A ("Land"). The Land is
improved with a multifamily rental housing project ("Improvements").
B. Senior Lender has made or is making a loan to Borrower in the original principal amount
of $ ("Senior Loan") upon the terms and conditions of a
Multifamily Loan and Security Agreement dated as of between Senior
Lender and Borrower ("Senior Loan Agreement') in connection with the Mortgaged
Property. The Senior Loan is secured by a Multifamily Deed of Trust, Assignment of
Rents Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date of the Senior Loan
Agreement ("Senior Mortgage")encumbering the Land, the Improvements and related
personal and other property described and defined in the Senior Mortgage as the
"Mortgaged Property."
C. Pursuant to a a Loan Agreement dated as of May 26, 2020 between Subordinate Lender
and Borrower ("Subordinate Loan Agreement'), Subordinate Lender has made or is
making a loan to Borrower in the original principal amount of $9,629,143 ("Subordinate
Loan"). The Subordinate Loan is or will be secured by a Deed of Trust, Assignment of
rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of December 8, 2021
("Subordinate Mortgage") encumbering all or a portion of the Mortgaged Property.
D. The Senior Mortgage will be recorded in the Official Records of Riverside County,
California ("Recording Office"). The Subordinate Mortgage is recorded in the
Recording Office on December 21, 2021 at Doc#2021-0747923.
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E. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition of Senior Lender's making
of the Senior Loan.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1. Definitions. The following terms, when used in this Agreement (including, as
appropriate, when used in the above recitals), will have the following meanings:
The terms "Condemnation," "Imposition Reserve Deposits," "Impositions," "Leases,"
"Rents" and "Restoration," as well as any term used in this Agreement and not
otherwise defined in this Agreement, will have the meanings given to those terms in the
Senior Loan Agreement.
"Bankruptcy Proceeding" means any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency,
composition, restructuring, dissolution, liquidation, receivership, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or custodianship action or proceeding under any federal or state law
with respect to Borrower, any guarantor of any of the Senior Indebtedness, any of their
respective properties, or any of their respective partners, members, officers, directors, or
shareholders.
"Borrower" means all persons or entities identified as `Borrower" in the first Recital of
this Agreement, together with their successors and assigns, and any other person or entity
who acquires title to the Mortgaged Property after the date of this Agreement; provided
that the term "Borrower" will not include Senior Lender if Senior Lender acquires title to
the Mortgaged Property.
"Casualty" means the occurrence of damage to or loss of all or any portion of the
Mortgaged Property by fire or other casualty.
"Enforcement Action" means any of the following actions taken by or at the direction of
Subordinate Lender: the acceleration of all or any part of the Subordinate Indebtedness,
the advertising of or commencement of any foreclosure or trustee's sale proceedings, the
exercise of any power of sale, the acceptance of a deed or assignment in lieu of
foreclosure or sale, the collecting of Rents, the obtaining of or seeking of the appointment
of a receiver, the seeking of default interest, the taking of possession or control of any of
the Mortgaged Property, the commencement of any suit or other legal, administrative, or
arbitration proceeding based upon the Subordinate Note or any other of the Subordinate
Loan Documents, the exercising of any banker's lien or rights of set-off or recoupment,
or the exercise of any other remedial action against Borrower, any other party liable for
any of the Subordinate Indebtedness or obligated under any of the Subordinate Loan
Documents, or the Mortgaged Property.
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"Enforcement Action Notice" means a Notice given from Subordinate Lender to Senior
Lender following one or more Subordinate Mortgage Default(s) and the expiration of any
applicable notice or cure periods, setting forth in reasonable detail the Subordinate
Mortgage Default(s) and the Enforcement Actions proposed to be taken by Subordinate
Lender.
"Lien" means any lien, encumbrance, estate or other interest, recorded against or secured
by the Mortgaged Property.
"Loss Proceeds" means all monies received or to be received under any insurance policy,
from any condemning authority, or from any other source, as a result of any
Condemnation or Casualty.
"Notice" means all notices, requests, demands, consents, approvals or other
communication pursuant to this Agreement provided in accordance with the provisions of
Section 10.
"Regulatory Agreement" means collectively the (i) AFFORDABILITY
RESTRICTIONS AND REGULATORY AGREEMENT (Low -Mod Set Aside Funds)
between Borrower and Subordinate Lender dated as of December 8, 2021 and recorded as
Document # 2021-0747921 in the Recording Office and (ii) NOTICE OF
AFFORDABILITY RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF PROPERTY between
Borrower and Subordinate Lender dated as of December 8, 2021 and recorded as
Document # 2021-0747926 in the Recording Office.
"Senior Indebtedness" means the "Indebtedness" as defined in the Senior Loan
Agreement.
"Senior Lender" means the "Lender" as defined in the Senior Mortgage. When any other
person or entity becomes the legal holder of the Senior Note, such other person or entity
will automatically become Senior Lender.
"Senior Loan Documents" means the "Loan Documents" as defined in the Senior Loan
Agreement, as such documents may be amended.
"Senior Mortgage Default" means any act, failure to act, event, condition, or occurrence
which constitutes, or which with the giving of Notice or the passage of time, or both,
would constitute, an "Event of Default" as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement.
"Senior Note" means the promissory note or other evidence of the Senior Indebtedness
and any replacement of the Senior Note.
"Subordinate Indebtedness" means all sums evidenced or secured or guaranteed by, or
otherwise due and payable to Subordinate Lender pursuant to, the Subordinate Loan
Documents.
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"Subordinate Lender" means the person or entity named as such in the first paragraph
of this Agreement and any other person or entity who becomes the legal holder of the
Subordinate Note after the date of this Agreement.
"Subordinate Loan Documents" means the Subordinate Mortgage, the Subordinate
Note, the Subordinate Loan Agreement, the Regulatory Agreement and all other
documents at any time evidencing, securing, guaranteeing, or otherwise delivered in
connection with the Subordinate Indebtedness, as such documents may be amended.
"Subordinate Mortgage Default" means any act, failure to act, event, condition, or
occurrence which allows (but for any contrary provision of this Agreement), Subordinate
Lender to take an Enforcement Action.
"Subordinate Note" means the promissory note or other evidence of the Subordinate
Indebtedness and any replacement of the Subordinate Note.
"Surplus Cash" means, with respect to any period, any revenues of Borrower remaining
after paying, or setting aside funds for paying, all the following:
(a) All sums due or currently required to be paid under the Senior Loan Documents,
including any reserves and Imposition Reserve Deposits.
(b) All reasonable operating expenses of the Mortgaged Property, including real
estate taxes, insurance premiums, utilities, building maintenance, painting and
repairs, management fees, payroll, administrative expenses, legal expenses and
audit expenses (excluding any developer fees payable with respect to the
Mortgaged Property).
2. Subordinate Lender's Representations and Warranties.
(a) Subordinate Lender represents and warrants that each of the following is true as
of the date of this Agreement:
(i) Subordinate Lender is now the owner and holder of the Subordinate Loan
Documents.
(ii) No Subordinate Mortgage Default has occurred and is continuing.
(iii) The current unpaid principal balance of the Subordinate Indebtedness is
(iv) No scheduled payments under the Subordinate Note have been prepaid.
(b) Without the prior written consent of Senior Lender, Subordinate Lender will not
do any of the following:
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(i) Pledge, assign, transfer, convey, or sell any interest in the Subordinate
Indebtedness or any of the Subordinate Loan Documents.
(ii) Take any action which has the effect of increasing the Subordinate
Indebtedness, except to cure a Senior Mortgage Default as contemplated
under Section 5(a) of this Agreement.
(iii) Accept any prepayment of the Subordinate Indebtedness.
3. Terms of Subordination.
(a) Agreement to Subordinate. The Subordinate Indebtedness is and will at all times
continue to be subject and subordinate in right of payment to the prior payment in
full of the Senior Indebtedness. Each of the Subordinate Loan Documents is, and
will at all times remain, subject and subordinate in all respects to the liens, terms,
covenants, conditions, operations, and effects of each of the Senior Loan
Documents.
(b) Subordination of Subrogation Rights. If Subordinate Lender, by indemnification,
subrogation or otherwise, acquires any Lien on any of the Mortgaged Property,
then that Lien will be fully subject and subordinate to the receipt by Senior
Lender of payment in full of the Senior Indebtedness, and to the Senior Loan
Documents, to the same extent as the Subordinate Indebtedness and the
Subordinate Loan Documents are subordinate pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) Payments Before Senior Mortgage Default; Soft Subordinate Debt. Until the
occurrence of a Senior Mortgage Default, Subordinate Lender will be entitled to
retain for its own account all payments of the principal of and interest on the
Subordinate Indebtedness pursuant to the Subordinate Loan Documents; provided
that Subordinate Lender expressly agrees that it will not accept any such payment
that is made more than 10 days in advance of its due date and provided further
that Subordinate Lender will not accept any payment in an amount that exceeds
75% of then available Surplus Cash.
(d) Payments After Senior Mortgage Default or Bankruptcy.
(i) Immediately upon Subordinate Lender's receipt of Notice or actual
knowledge of a Senior Mortgage Default, Subordinate Lender will not
accept any payments of the Subordinate Indebtedness, and the provisions
of Section 3(d) of this Agreement will apply.
(ii) If Subordinate Lender receives any of the following, whether voluntarily
or by action of law, after a Senior Mortgage Default of which Subordinate
Lender has actual knowledge (or is deemed to have actual knowledge as
provided in Section 4(c)) or has been given Notice, such will be received
and held in trust for Senior Lender:
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(A) Any payment, property, or asset of any kind or in any form in
connection with the Subordinate Indebtedness.
(B) Any proceeds from any Enforcement Action.
(C) Any payment, property, or asset in or in connection with any
Bankruptcy Proceeding.
(iii) Subordinate Lender will promptly remit, in kind and properly endorsed as
necessary, all such payments, properties, and assets described in Section
3(d)(ii) to Senior Lender. Senior Lender will apply any payment, asset, or
property so received from Subordinate Lender to the Senior Indebtedness
in such order, amount (with respect to any asset or property other than
immediately available funds), and manner as Senior Lender determines in
its sole and absolute discretion.
(e) Bankruptcy. Without the prior written consent of Senior Lender, Subordinate
Lender will not commence, or join with any other creditor in commencing, any
Bankruptcy Proceeding. In the event of a Bankruptcy Proceeding, Subordinate
Lender will not vote affirmatively in favor of any plan of reorganization or
liquidation unless Senior Lender has also voted affirmatively in favor of such
plan.
4. Default Under Subordinate Loan Documents.
(a) Notice of Subordinate Mortgage Default and Cure Rights.
(i) Subordinate Lender will deliver to Senior Lender a copy of each Notice
delivered by Subordinate Lender pursuant to the Subordinate Loan
Documents within 5 Business Days of sending such Notice to Borrower.
Neither giving nor failing to give a Notice to Senior Lender pursuant to
this Section 4(a) will affect the validity of any Notice given by
Subordinate Lender to Borrower.
(ii) For a period of 90 days following delivery to Senior Lender of an
Enforcement Action Notice, Senior Lender will have the right, but not the
obligation, to cure any Subordinate Mortgage Default. However, if such
Subordinate Mortgage Default is a non -monetary default and is not
capable of being cured within such 90-day period and Senior Lender has
commenced and is diligently pursuing such cure to completion, Senior
Lender will have such additional period of time as may be required to cure
such Subordinate Mortgage Default or until such time, if ever, as Senior
Lender takes either of the following actions:
(A) Discontinues its pursuit of any cure.
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(B) Delivers to Subordinate Lender Senior Lender's written consent to
the Enforcement Action described in the Enforcement Action
Notice.
(iii) Senior Lender will not be subrogated to the rights of Subordinate Lender
under the Subordinate Loan Documents as a result of Senior Lender
having cured any Subordinate Mortgage Default.
(iv) Subordinate Lender acknowledges that all amounts advanced or expended
by Senior Lender in accordance with the Senior Loan Documents or to cure
a Subordinate Mortgage Default will be added to and become a part of the
Senior Indebtedness and will be secured by the lien of the Senior Mortgage.
(b) Subordinate Lender's Exercise of Remedies After Notice to Senior Lender.
(i) In the event of a Subordinate Mortgage Default, Subordinate Lender will
not commence any Enforcement Action until 90 days after Subordinate
Lender has delivered to Senior Lender an Enforcement Action Notice.
During such 90-day period or such longer period as provided in Section
4(a), Subordinate Lender will be entitled to seek specific performance to
enforce covenants and agreements of Borrower relating to income, rent, or
affordability restrictions contained in the Regulatory Agreement, subject
to Senior Lender's right to cure a Subordinate Mortgage Default set forth
in Section 4(a).
(ii) Subordinate Lender may not commence any other Enforcement Action,
including any foreclosure action under the Subordinate Loan Documents,
until the earlier of.
(A) The expiration of such 90-day period or such longer period as
provided in Section 4(a).
(B) The delivery by Senior Lender to Subordinate Lender of Senior
Lender's written consent to such Enforcement Action by
Subordinate Lender.
(iii) Subordinate Lender acknowledges that Senior Lender may grant or refuse
consent to Subordinate Lender's Enforcement Action in Senior Lender's
sole and absolute discretion. At the expiration of such 90-day period or
such longer period as provided in Section 4(a) and, subject to Senior
Lender's right to cure set forth in Section 4(a), Subordinate Lender may
commence any Enforcement Action.
(iv) Senior Lender may pursue all rights and remedies available to it under the
Senior Loan Documents, at law, or in equity, regardless of any
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Enforcement Action Notice or Enforcement Action by Subordinate
Lender. No action or failure to act on the part of Senior Lender in the
event of a Subordinate Mortgage Default or commencement of an
Enforcement Action will constitute a waiver on the part of Senior Lender
of any provision of the Senior Loan Documents or this Agreement.
(c) Cross Default. Subordinate Lender acknowledges that a Subordinate Mortgage
Default constitutes a Senior Mortgage Default. Accordingly, upon the occurrence
of a Subordinate Mortgage Default, Subordinate Lender will be deemed to have
actual knowledge of a Senior Mortgage Default. If Subordinate Lender notifies
Senior Lender in writing that any Subordinate Mortgage Default of which Senior
Lender has received Notice has been cured or waived, as determined by
Subordinate Lender in its sole discretion, then provided that Senior Lender has
not conducted a sale of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to its rights under the
Senior Loan Documents, any Senior Mortgage Default under the Senior Loan
Documents arising solely from such Subordinate Mortgage Default will be
deemed cured, and the Senior Loan will be reinstated.
5. Default Under Senior Loan Documents.
(a) Notice of Senior Mortgage Default and Cure Rights.
(i) Senior Lender will deliver to Subordinate Lender a copy of any Notice sent
by Senior Lender to Borrower of a Senior Mortgage Default within 5
Business Days of sending such Notice to Borrower. Failure of Senior Lender
to send Notice to Subordinate Lender will not prevent the exercise of Senior
Lender's rights and remedies under the Senior Loan Documents.
(ii) Subordinate Lender will have the right, but not the obligation, to cure any
monetary Senior Mortgage Default within 30 days following the date of such
Notice. During such 30-day period Senior Lender will be entitled to continue
to pursue its remedies under the Senior Loan Documents.
(iii) Subordinate Lender may, within 90 days after the date of the Notice, cure a
non -monetary Senior Mortgage Default if during such 90-day period,
Subordinate Lender keeps current all payments required under the Senior
Loan Documents. If such a non -monetary Senior Mortgage Default creates
an unacceptable level of risk relative to the Mortgaged Property, or Senior
Lender's secured position relative to the Mortgaged Property, as determined
by Senior Lender in its sole discretion, then during such 90-day period
Senior Lender may exercise all available rights and remedies to protect and
preserve the Mortgaged Property and the Rents, revenues and other proceeds
from the Mortgaged Property.
(iv) All amounts paid by Subordinate Lender to Senior Lender to cure a Senior
Mortgage Default will be deemed to have been advanced by Subordinate
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Lender pursuant to, and will be secured by the lien of, the Subordinate
Mortgage. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 5(a) to the contrary,
Subordinate Lender's right to cure any Senior Mortgage Default will
terminate immediately upon the occurrence of any Bankruptcy Proceeding.
(b) Release of Mortgaged Property.
(i) Subordinate Lender consents to and authorizes any future release by
Senior Lender of all or any portion of the Mortgaged Property from the
lien, operation, and effect of the Senior Loan Documents. Subordinate
Lender waives to the fullest extent permitted by law, all equitable or other
rights it may have in connection with the release of all or any portion of
the Mortgaged Property, including any right to require Senior Lender to do
any of the following:
(A) To conduct a separate sale of any portion of the Mortgaged
Property.
(B) To exhaust its remedies against all or any portion of the Mortgaged
Property or any combination of portions of the Mortgaged Property
or any other collateral for the Senior Indebtedness.
(C) To proceed against Borrower, any other party that may be liable
for any of the Senior Indebtedness (including any general partner
of Borrower if Borrower is a partnership), all or any portion of the
Mortgaged Property or combination of portions of the Mortgaged
Property or any other collateral, before proceeding against all or
such portions or combination of portions of the Mortgaged
Property as Senior Lender determines. Subordinate Lender waives
to the fullest extent permitted by law any and all benefits under
California Civil Code Sections 2845, 2849 and 2850.
(ii) Subordinate Lender consents to and authorizes, at the option of Senior
Lender, the sale, either separately or together, of all or any portion of the
Mortgaged Property. Subordinate Lender acknowledges that without
Notice to Subordinate Lender and without affecting any of the provisions
of this Agreement, Senior Lender may do any of the following:
(A) Extend the time for or waive any payment or performance under
the Senior Loan Documents.
(B) Modify or amend in any respect any provision of the Senior Loan
Documents.
(C) Modify, exchange, surrender, release, and otherwise deal with any
additional collateral for the Senior Indebtedness.
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(c) Termination Upon Foreclosure. The lien of the Subordinate Loan Documents will
automatically terminate upon the acquisition by Senior Lender or by a third -party
purchaser of title to the Mortgaged Property pursuant to a foreclosure of, deed in
lieu of foreclosure, or trustee's sale or other exercise of a power of sale or similar
disposition under the Senior Mortgage.
6. Conflicts. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of the Subordinate
Loan Documents and the terms of this Agreement, then the terms of this Agreement will
control. Borrower acknowledges that the terms and provisions of this Agreement will not,
and will not be deemed to do any of the following:
(a) Extend Borrower's time to cure any Senior Mortgage Default or Subordinate
Mortgage Default.
(b) Give Borrower the right to receive notice of any Senior Mortgage Default or
Subordinate Mortgage Default, other than that, if any, provided, respectively
under the Senior Loan Documents or the Subordinate Loan Documents.
(c) Create any other right or benefit for Borrower as against Senior Lender or
Subordinate Lender.
7. Rights and Obligations of Subordinate Lender Under the Subordinate Loan
Documents and of Senior Lender under the Senior Loan Documents.
(a) Insurance.
(i) All requirements pertaining to insurance under the Subordinate Loan
Documents (including requirements relating to amounts and types of
coverages, deductibles and special endorsements) will be deemed satisfied
if Borrower complies with the insurance requirements under the Senior
Loan Documents and of Senior Lender.
(ii) All original policies of insurance required pursuant to the Senior Loan
Documents will be held by Senior Lender.
(iii) Nothing in this Section 7(a) will preclude Subordinate Lender from
requiring that it be named as a mortgagee and loss payee, as its interest
may appear, under all policies of property damage insurance maintained
by Borrower with respect to the Mortgaged Property, provided such action
does not affect the priority of payment of Loss Proceeds, or that
Subordinate Lender be named as an additional insured under all policies of
liability insurance maintained by Borrower with respect to the Mortgaged
Property.
(b) Condemnation or Casualty.
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In the event of a Condemnation or a Casualty, the following provisions will apply:
(i) The rights of Subordinate Lender (under the Subordinate Loan Documents
or otherwise) to participate in any proceeding or action relating to a
Condemnation or a Casualty, or to participate or join in any settlement of,
or to adjust, any claims resulting from a Condemnation or a Casualty, will
be and remain subordinate in all respects to Senior Lender's rights under
the Senior Loan Documents, and Subordinate Lender will be bound by any
settlement or adjustment of a claim resulting from a Condemnation or a
Casualty made by Senior Lender.
(ii) All Loss Proceeds will be applied either to payment of the costs and
expenses of Restoration or to payment on account of the Senior
Indebtedness, as and in the manner determined by Senior Lender in its
sole discretion; provided however, Senior Lender agrees to consult with
Subordinate Lender in determining the application of Casualty proceeds.
In the event of any disagreement between Senior Lender and Subordinate
Lender over the application of Casualty proceeds, the decision of Senior
Lender, in its sole discretion, will prevail.
(iii) If Senior Lender holds Loss Proceeds, or monitors the disbursement of
Loss Proceeds, Subordinate Lender will not do so. Nothing contained in
this Agreement will be deemed to require Senior Lender to act for or on
behalf of Subordinate Lender in connection with any Restoration or to
hold or monitor any Loss Proceeds in trust for or otherwise on behalf of
Subordinate Lender, and all or any Loss Proceeds may be commingled
with any funds of Senior Lender.
(iv) If Senior Lender elects to apply Loss Proceeds to payment on account of
the Senior Indebtedness, and if the application of such Loss Proceeds
results in the payment in full of the entire Senior Indebtedness, any
remaining Loss Proceeds held by Senior Lender will be paid to
Subordinate Lender unless another party has asserted a claim to the
remaining Loss Proceeds.
(c) Modification of Subordinate Loan Documents. Subordinate Lender agrees that,
until the principal of, interest on and all other amounts payable under the Senior
Loan Documents have been paid in full, it will not, without the prior written
consent of Senior Lender, increase the amount of the Subordinate Loan, increase
the required payments due under the Subordinate Loan, decrease the term of the
Subordinate Loan, increase the interest rate on the Subordinate Loan, or otherwise
amend the Subordinate Loan terms in a manner that creates an adverse effect
upon Senior Lender under the Senior Loan Documents. If Subordinate Lender
either (i) amends the Subordinate Loan Documents in the manner set forth above
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or (ii) assigns the Subordinate Loan without Senior Lender's consent, then such
amendment or assignment will be void ab initio and of no effect whatsoever.
(d) Modification of Senior Loan Documents. Senior Lender may amend, waive,
postpone, extend, renew, replace, reduce or otherwise modify any provisions of
the Senior Loan Documents without the necessity of obtaining the consent of or
providing Notice to Subordinate Lender, and without affecting any of the
provisions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior Lender may
not modify any provision of the Senior Loan Documents that increases the Senior
Indebtedness, except for increases in the Senior Indebtedness that result from
advances made by Senior Lender to protect the security or lien priority of Senior
Lender under the Senior Loan Documents or to cure defaults under the
Subordinate Loan Documents.
(e) Commercial or Retail Leases. If requested, Subordinate Lender will enter into
attornment and non -disturbance agreements with all tenants under commercial or
retail Leases, if any, to whom Senior Lender has granted attornment and non -
disturbance, on the same terms and conditions given by Senior Lender.
(f) Consent Rights. Whenever the Subordinate Loan Documents give Subordinate
Lender approval or consent rights with respect to any matter, and a right of
approval or consent for the same or substantially the same matter is also granted
to Senior Lender pursuant to the Senior Loan Documents or otherwise, Senior
Lender's approval or consent or failure to approve or consent will be binding on
Subordinate Lender. None of the other provisions of Section 7 are intended to be
in any way in limitation of the provisions of this Section 7(f).
(g) Escrows. Except as provided in this Section 7(g), and regardless of any contrary
provision in the Subordinate Loan Documents, Subordinate Lender will not
collect any escrows for any cost or expense related to the Mortgaged Property or
for any portion of the Subordinate Indebtedness. However, if Senior Lender is not
collecting escrow payments for one or more Impositions, Subordinate Lender may
collect escrow payments for such Impositions; provided that all payments so
collected by Subordinate Lender will be held in trust by Subordinate Lender to be
applied only to the payment of such Impositions.
(h) Certification. Within 10 days after request by Senior Lender, Subordinate Lender
will furnish Senior Lender with a statement, duly acknowledged and certified
setting forth the then -current amount and terms of the Subordinate Indebtedness,
confirming that there exists no default under the Subordinate Loan Documents (or
describing any default that does exist), and certifying to such other information
with respect to the Subordinate Indebtedness as Senior Lender may request.
8. Refinancing. Subordinate Lender agrees that its agreement to subordinate under this
Agreement will extend to any new mortgage debt which is for the purpose of refinancing
all or any part of the Senior Indebtedness (including reasonable and necessary costs
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associated with the closing and/or the refinancing, and any reasonable increase in
proceeds for rehabilitation in the context of a preservation transaction). All terms and
covenants of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of any holder of any such
refinanced debt, and all references to the Senior Loan Documents and Senior Lender will
mean, respectively, the refinance loan documents and the holder of such refinanced debt.
9. Governmental Powers. Nothing in this Agreement is intended, nor will it be construed,
to in any way limit the exercise by Subordinate Lender of its governmental powers
(including police, regulatory and taxing powers) with respect to Borrower or the
Mortgaged Property to the same extent as if it were not a party to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
10. Notices.
(a) Any Notice required or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement will be
in writing and will be deemed to have been duly and sufficiently given if (i)
personally delivered with proof of delivery (any Notice so delivered will be
deemed to have been received at the time so delivered), or (ii) sent by a national
overnight courier service (such as FedEx) designating earliest available delivery
(any Notice so delivered will be deemed to have been received on the next
Business Day following receipt by the courier), or (iii) sent by United States
registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, at a post
office regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service (any Notice so
sent will be deemed to have been received on the date of delivery as confirmed by
the return receipt), addressed to the respective parties as follows:
Notices intended for Senior Lender will be addressed to:
Newpoint Real Estate Capital LLC
5800 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 200
Plano, Texas 75024
Attention: Asset Management Group
Email: AssetManagementGroupgnewpoint.com
Notices intended for Subordinate Lender will be addressed to:
City of Temecula
41000 Main Street
Temecula, CA 92590
Attention: City Clerk
(b) Any party, by Notice given pursuant to this Section 10, may change the person or
persons and/or address or addresses, or designate an additional person or persons
or an additional address or addresses, for its Notices, but Notice of a change of
address will only be effective upon receipt. Neither party will refuse or reject
delivery of any Notice given in accordance with this Section 10.
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11. Reserved.
12. Miscellaneous Provisions.
(a) Assignments/Successors. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to
the benefit of the respective legal successors and permitted assigns of the parties
to this Agreement. Without prior notice to or the consent of the Subordinate
Lender or the Borrower, the Senior Lender may freely transfer or assign the
Senior Loan and the Senior Loan Documents, including this Agreement, in whole
or in part, and the Subordinate Lender acknowledges and agrees that any future
legal holder of the Senior Note will automatically be a legal successor and
permitted assignee of Senior Lender hereunder, without the necessity of any
further action or instrument. No other party will be entitled to any benefits under
this Agreement, whether as a third -party beneficiary or otherwise.
(b) No Partnership or Joint Venture. Nothing in this Agreement or in any of the
Senior Loan Documents or Subordinate Loan Documents will be deemed to
constitute Senior Lender as a joint venturer or partner of Subordinate Lender.
(c) Further Assurances. Upon Notice from Senior Lender, Subordinate Lender will
execute and deliver such additional instruments and documents, and will take
such actions, as are required by Senior Lender to further evidence or implement
the provisions and intent of this Agreement.
(d) Amendment. This Agreement may be amended, changed, modified, altered or
terminated only by a written instrument signed by the parties to this Agreement or
their successors or assigns.
(e) Governing Law. This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the State in
which the Land is located.
(f) Severable Provisions. If any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement, or any application of any such provisions, is invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality, enforceability, and application
of the remaining provisions contained in this Agreement will not in any way be
affected or impaired.
(g) Term. The term of this Agreement will commence on the date of this Agreement
and will continue until the earliest to occur of the following events:
(i) The payment of all the Senior Indebtedness; provided that this Agreement
will be reinstated in the event any payment on account of the Senior
Indebtedness is avoided, set aside, rescinded or repaid by Senior Lender.
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(ii) The payment of all the Subordinate Indebtedness other than by reason of
payments which Subordinate Lender is obligated to remit to Senior Lender
pursuant to this Agreement.
(iii) The acquisition by Senior Lender or by a third -party purchaser of title to
the Mortgaged Property pursuant to a foreclosure of, deed in lieu of
foreclosure, or trustee's sale or other exercise of a power of sale or similar
disposition under the Senior Mortgage.
(iv) With the prior written consent of Senior Lender, without limiting the
provisions of Section 4(b)(iv), the acquisition by Subordinate Lender of
title to the Mortgaged Property subject to the Senior Mortgage pursuant to
a foreclosure, or a deed in lieu of foreclosure, of (or the exercise of a
power of sale under) the Subordinate Mortgage.
(h) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each
of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one
and the same instrument.
(i) Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire understanding and
agreement between the parties regarding the matters addressed in this Agreement,
and will supersede and cancel any prior agreements regarding such matters.
(j) Authority. Each person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party to this
Agreement represents and warrants that such person is duly and validly
authorized to do so on behalf of such party with full right and authority to execute
this Agreement and to bind such party with respect to all of its obligations under
this Agreement.
(k) No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any party to this Agreement in
exercising any right, power, or remedy under this Agreement will operate as a
waiver of such right, power, or remedy, nor will any single or partial exercise of
any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise of such
right, power, or remedy or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy under
this Agreement.
(1) Remedies. Each party to this Agreement acknowledges that if any party fails to
comply with its obligations under this Agreement, the other parties will have all
rights available at law and in equity, including the right to obtain specific
performance of the obligations of such defaulting party and injunctive relief.
13. Attached Riders. The following Riders are attached to this Agreement:
XI REGULATORY AGREEMENT PRIMES MORTGAGE
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14. Attached Exhibits. The following Exhibits, if marked with an "X" in the space provided,
are attached to this Agreement:
JXJ Exhibit A Description of the Land (required)
1_1 Exhibit B Ground Lease Description (if applicable)
[SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year
first above written.
SENIOR LENDER:
NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC,
a Michigan limited liability company
LM
Ana Marie McBayne
Senior Closer
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
STATE OF MARYLAND )
SS:
COUNTY OF MONTGOMERY )
This instrument was acknowledged before me this day of 2024, by
Ana Marie McBayne, the Senior Closer of Newpoint Real Estate Capital LLC, having been
authorized to do so, voluntarily executed the foregoing on behalf of the company.
Signature of Notary
Notary Public
My Commission expires:
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SUBORDINATE LENDER:
CITY OF TEMECULA
a municipal corporation
Aaron Adams
City Manager
ATTEST:
Randi Johl, City Clerk
(Acknowledgement continued on next page)
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A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the
individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the
truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
ss.
COUNTY OF
On this day of , 20_, before me, , Notary
Public, personally appeared , who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies),
and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of
which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the
foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Notary Public
(Seal)
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CONSENT OF BORROWER
Borrower acknowledges receipt of a copy of this Subordination Agreement, dated
, 2024, by and between NEWPOINT REAL ESTATE CAPITAL LLC, and the
CITY OF TEMECULA and consents to the agreement of the parties set forth in this Agreement.
BORROWER:
LAS HACIENDAS HOUSING ASSOCIATES, L.P.,
a California limited partnership
By: CHW Las Haciendas LLC,
a California limited liability company,
its General Partner
By: Community HousingWorks,
a California nonprofit public benefit corporation,
its Sole Member and Manager
ME
Kevin Leichner
Senior Vice President
(Acknowledgement continued on next page)
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A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of
the individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the
truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
ss.
COUNTY OF
On this day of , 2024, before me, , Notary
Public, personally appeared Kevin Leichner, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory
evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and
acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies),
and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of
which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the
foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
Notary Public
(Seal)
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RIDER TO SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT — GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY
REGULATORY AGREEMENT PRIMES MORTGAGE
(Revised 8-28-2024)
The following changes are made to the Agreement which precedes this Rider:
A. Section 1 is modified as follows:
(A) The definition of Subordinate Loan Documents is modified to add the following:
"Subordinate Loan Documents" means the Subordinate Mortgage, the
Subordinate Note, the Subordinate Loan Agreement and all other documents at
any time evidencing, securing, guaranteeing, or otherwise delivered in connection
with the Subordinate Indebtedness, as such documents may be amended;
provided, however, that the Regulatory Agreement is specifically excluded from
the definition of Subordinate Loan Documents.
(B) The following definitions are added:
"First Transfer" has the meaning set forth in Section 11 of this Agreement.
"Foreclosure Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 11 of this Agreement.
"Regulatory Agreement Default" means any act, failure to act, event, condition,
or occurrence which (but for any contrary provision of this Agreement) is a
default under the Regulatory Agreement, which continues beyond the giving of
notice and expiration of any applicable cure period as provided in the Regulatory
Agreement.
"Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action" means the exercise of any rights
or remedies under the Regulatory Agreement following a Regulatory Agreement
Default.
"Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action Notice" means a Notice given
from Subordinate Lender to Senior Lender following one or more Regulatory
Agreement Default(s), setting forth in reasonable detail the Regulatory Agreement
Default(s) and the Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Actions proposed to be
taken by Subordinate Lender.
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B. Section 11 is deleted and replaced with the following:
11. Regulatory Agreement.
(a) Representations and Warranties.
(i) Subordinate Lender represents and warrants that each of the
following is true with respect to the Regulatory Agreement as of
the date of this Agreement:
(A) Subordinate Lender is the owner and holder of the
Regulatory Agreement.
(B) No Regulatory Agreement Default has occurred and is
continuing.
(ii) Without the prior written consent of Senior Lender, Subordinate
Lender will not do any of the following:
(A) Pledge, assign, transfer, convey, or sell any interest in the
Regulatory Agreement.
(B) Amend the Regulatory Agreement in any manner.
(b) Agreement to Subordinate.
(i) The Senior Indebtedness is and will at all times continue to be
subject and subordinate in priority to the Regulatory Agreement.
Each of the Senior Loan Documents is, and will at all times
remain, subject and subordinate in all respects to the lien of the
Regulatory Agreement. Therefore, following a foreclosure under
the Senior Mortgage, or the acceptance by Senior Lender of a deed
to the Mortgaged Property in lieu of such a foreclosure (each, a
"Foreclosure Action'), the Regulatory Agreement will survive
and the successor owner of the Mortgaged Property will acquire
the Mortgaged Property subject to the Regulatory Agreement,
except that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in
the Regulatory Agreement:
(A) Senior Lender (or its nominee) will have the right, without
further consent of Subordinate Lender, to commence a
Foreclosure Action and transfer (or cause the transfer of)
the Mortgaged Property pursuant a Foreclosure Action and,
following such Foreclosure Action, in the event Senior
Lender (or its nominee) acquires title to the Mortgaged
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Property, transfer the Mortgaged Property to any third -
party (the "First Transfer").
(B) No limitation on creation of indebtedness or creation of any
lien securing indebtedness will apply to any third -party
acquiring title to the Mortgaged Property in connection
with a Foreclosure Action or the First Transfer.
(ii) Subordinate Lender agrees that:
(A) Subordinate Lender will look to Senior Lender (or its
nominee) and any third -party acquiring title to the
Mortgaged Property in connection with a Foreclosure
Action or the First Transfer to perform the obligations of
owner of the Mortgaged Property accruing only from and
after the date of foreclosure or possession. Subordinate
Lender will not hold Senior Lender (or its nominee) or any
third -party acquiring title to the Mortgaged Property in
connection with a Foreclosure Action or the First Transfer
responsible for the past actions or inactions of Borrower or
any prior owner of the Mortgaged Property.
(B) Neither Senior Lender nor any third -party acquiring title to
the Mortgaged Property in connection with a Foreclosure
Action or the First Transfer will be obligated to pay, or
otherwise have any liability for or in connection with, (1)
any rents or other payments received by Borrower prior to
foreclosure in excess of what Borrower is permitted to
charge and receive under the Regulatory Agreement or (2)
any claim by Subordinate Lender for liquidated damages,
for indemnification or for damages in connection with any
breach of any term or provision of the Regulatory
Agreement first occurring prior to the date upon which
Senior Lender or such third -party acquired title to the
Mortgaged Property.
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(c) Notice of Regulatory Agreement Default and Cure Rights.
(i) Subordinate Lender will deliver to Senior Lender a copy of each
Notice of a Regulatory Agreement Default delivered by
Subordinate Lender pursuant to the Regulatory Agreement within
5 Business Days of sending such Notice to Borrower. Neither
giving nor failing to give a Notice to Senior Lender pursuant to this
Section 11(c) will affect the validity of any Notice given by
Subordinate Lender to Borrower.
(ii) Senior Lender will have the right, but not the obligation, to cure
any Regulatory Agreement Default, until such time, if ever, as
Senior Lender delivers to Subordinate Lender written consent to
proceed with the Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action
described in the Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action
Notice.
(iii) Subordinate Lender acknowledges that all amounts advanced or
expended by Senior Lender in accordance with the Senior Loan
Documents or to cure a Regulatory Agreement Default will be
added to and become a part of the Senior Indebtedness and will be
secured by the lien of the Senior Mortgage.
(d) Exercise of Remedies following Notice of Regulatorygreement
Enforcement Action.
(i) Subordinate Lender will not commence any Regulatory Agreement
Enforcement Action until:
(A) Subordinate Lender has delivered to Senior Lender a
Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action Notice with
respect to such Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action.
(B) The delivery by Senior Lender to Subordinate Lender of
Senior Lender's written consent to such Regulatory
Agreement Enforcement Action by Subordinate Lender.
(ii) Senior Lender will advise Subordinate Lender whether Senior
Lender consents to the Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action
by Subordinate Lender within 90 days following Senior Lender's
receipt of the Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action Notice.
Failure of Senior Lender to provide written consent to the
Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action within such 90-day
period constitutes Senior Lender's refusal of such consent.
Subordinate Lender acknowledges that Senior Lender may grant or
refuse consent to Subordinate Lender's Regulatory Agreement
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Enforcement Action in Senior Lender's sole and absolute
discretion.
(iii) Notwithstanding the forgoing, at all times following delivery to
Senior Lender of a Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action
Notice, Subordinate Lender may exercise only the remedies of
specific performance or injunctive relief subject to Senior Lender's
right to cure a Regulatory Agreement Default set forth in this
Section 11(d).
(iv) Senior Lender may pursue all rights and remedies available to it
under the Senior Loan Documents, at law, or in equity, regardless
of any Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action Notice or
Regulatory Agreement Enforcement Action by Subordinate
Lender. No action or failure to act on the part of Senior Lender in
the event of a Regulatory Agreement Default or commencement of
any enforcement action with respect to such a default will
constitute a waiver on the part of Senior Lender of any provision of
the Senior Loan Documents or this Agreement.
(e) Operating Covenants. With respect to the operating covenants under the
Regulatory Agreement, if any, Subordinate Lender acknowledges and
agrees as follows:
(1) Subordinate Lender will not require the removal of the property
manager for the Mortgaged Property or changes to the
management plan or management agreement in respect of the
Mortgaged Property under the Regulatory Agreement, without the
prior written consent of the Senior Lender; and such provisions of
the Regulatory Agreement will be suspended at any time that a
Senior Mortgage Default shall be continuing or at any time that the
Senior Lender becomes or is the owner of the Mortgaged Property;
and
(ii) that:
(A) reserve requirements imposed by the Regulatory
Agreement, if any, will be deferred so long as adequate
deposits to the same or similar reserves required by the
Senior Loan Documents are made by Borrower;
(B) insurance requirements imposed by the Regulatory
Agreement, if any, will be deemed satisfied if Borrower
complies with the insurance requirements under the Senior
Loan Documents and of Senior Lender and all Loss
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Proceeds will be paid to Senior Lender and applied in
accordance with Section 7(b) of this Agreement; and
(C) Subordinate Lender will have no claim to or security
interest in reserve funds or accounts as required under the
Senior Loan Documents, which will be owned and
controlled as set forth in the Senior Loan Documents;
provided however that this section will not be construed to
allow Borrower or its partners or members, as applicable,
to distribute any amount remaining in such reserve funds or
accounts as part of a sale or refinancing transaction prior to
the expiration of the Regulatory Agreement.
(f) Written Statement. Within 30 days after a written request by Senior
Lender, Subordinate Lender will furnish Senior Lender with a statement
confirming that no Regulatory Agreement Default exists (or describing
any default that does exist).
(g) Cross Default. Borrower and Subordinate Lender acknowledge that a
Regulatory Agreement Default constitutes a Senior Mortgage Default.
Accordingly, upon the occurrence of a Regulatory Agreement Default,
Subordinate Lender will be deemed to have actual knowledge of a Senior
Mortgage Default. If Subordinate Lender notifies Senior Lender in writing
that a Regulatory Agreement Default of which Senior Lender has received
Notice has been cured or waived, then provided that Senior Lender has not
conducted a sale of the Mortgaged Property pursuant to its rights under the
Senior Loan Documents, any Senior Mortgage Default under the Senior
Loan Documents arising solely from such Subordinate Mortgage Default
will be deemed cured, and the Senior Loan will be reinstated.
Subordination Agreement — Governmental Entity Page 27
EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION
The land referred to herein is situated in the State of California, County of Riverside, City
of Temecula and described as follows:
Being Lots 16 and 20 of Tract No. 3841, City of Temecula, County of Riverside, State of
California, as per map filed in Book 61, Pages 75 and 76 of maps, amended by a Certificate of
Correction recorded August 25, 1987 as Instrument no. 246382, and merged by Certificate of
Parcel Merger recorded on November 24, 2021 as Instrument no. 2021-0701655 Records of
Riverside County, California, Being more particularly described as follows:
Beginning at the most northerly corner of said lot 16 also being a point on that 38.00 foot
Southeasterly Right -of -Way of Las Haciendas Street as shown on said Tract No. 3 84 1: thence
leaving said corner and along the Northeasterly line of said lots 16 and 20, South 36°59'17" East
a distance of 539.10 feet to a point on the 38.00 foot Northwesterly Right -of -Way of Calle
Cortez and also being the most Easterly corner of said lot 20, said point also being on a 738.00
foot radius curve, concave southeasterly, a radial to said curve at said point bears North
36°59'17" West; thence leaving said corner and along said Right -of -Way, Southwesterly along
the arc of said curve through a central angle of 06' 00'43 ", an arc length of 77.44 feet; thence
continuing along said Right -of -Way, South 47°00'00" West a distance of 98.79 feet to the
Southerly corner of said Lot 20; thence leaving said Northwesterly Right -of -Way and along the
Southwesterly line of said Lots 20 and 16, North 43°00'00" West a distance of 532.91 feet to the
Most Westerly Corner of said Lot 16, also being a point on said 38.00 foot Southeasterly Right -
of -Way of Las Haciendas Street; thence along said Right -of -Way, North 47°00'00" East a
distance of 204.80 feet to the beginning of a 462.00 foot radius curve, concave Southeasterly;
thence Northeasterly along the arc of said curve through a central angle of 03°26'36", an arc
length of 27.76 feet to the Point of Beginning.
Containing 2.5 Acres or 109117.21 Square Feet More of Less.
APN: 921-050-029 and 921-050-030 (Prior APNs 921-050-016 & 921-050-020)
APN: 921-050-029 and 921-050-030
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MEMO REGARDING LAS HACIENDAS SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT
BACKGROUND COMMUNITY HOUSINGWORKS & LAS HACIENDAS DEVELOPMENT
Community HousingWorks — Who We Are
Community HousingWorks is a highly respected 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with over 35
years of experience in developing, rehabilitating, preserving, and operating affordable housing
communities throughout California.
We own and operate over 4,500 affordable apartment units in nearly 20 cities across the state,
including the City of Temecula. Our dedication and expertise have enabled us to sustain strong
financial health, achieve high occupancy rates at our properties (averaging 99%), and secure
partnerships that have helped over 9,000 households obtain quality affordable housing. We have
an impeccable track record of upholding our compliance commitments, with no regulatory
agreement defaults and no foreclosures.
The Development of Las Haciendas in the City of Temecula
In 2020, Community HousingWorks (CHW) identified a significant need for affordable housing in
Temecula and partnered with the City to develop Las Haciendas, a 77-unit, 100% affordable
housing community. We successfully completed the project earlier this year. The development
has experienced overwhelming demand, resulting in fully leased units within a month of being
placed in service and a waiting list of over 4,800 individuals.
There is a clear need for more affordable housing in the City of Temecula, and partnerships with
developers like CHW are essential to meeting that need.
Financial Urgency to Convert to Permanent Financing
CHW did experience financial challenges in developing Las Haciendas, however. Delays caused
by the General Contractor resulted in late completion of the project, leading to additional
expenses, straining the project and CHW financially. The bulk of additional expenses relate to
construction loan interest paid above and beyond what was budgeted, due to these delays.
Furthermore, these contractor delays resulted in the loss of our favorable permanent interest rate,
locked at construction loan close, but negated when the delays prevented us from meeting the
specified closing deadline.
This meant that, in the face of budget increases (now exceeding $800,000, which has all been
advanced to the project by CHW), we also found ourselves with a lower available permanent
mortgage, based on the loss of our favorable interest rate. We were able to obtain a permanent
commitment from NewPoint a Freddie Mac lender, which through favorable terms and
underwriting, helped mitigate some of the financial impact to the project, allowing a permanent
loan of approximately $5.45 million dollars, compared to $4.9 million with the initial lender after
our rate lock expired.
However, we are now facing delays in closing the permanent financing, which means the excess
construction interest costs continue to grow at a rate of over $150,000 a month. The City of
Temecula's agreement to sign the subordination form acceptable to the senior lender is key to
removing a substantial barrier to closing the permanent financing, enabling the project to move
forward with financial stability.
THE ISSUE AT HAND
Subordination Agreement Considerations
The City's loan must be subordinated to the senior lender, in this case, Freddie Mac. Typically, a
local regulatory agreement would also be subordinated, but the City of Temecula mandates that
its Regulatory Agreement retains a priority position. Fortunately, Freddie Mac, as senior lender, is
able to accommodate this requirement, allowing the City's Regulatory Agreement to remain in
senior position, only subordinating the City loan. However, certain terms of the subordination
required by Freddie Mac are different than what we had in place at the time of construction loan
close, necessitating City approval.
Under the proposed subordination agreement approved by Freddie Mac, the loan is subordinated
while the Regulatory Agreement remains unaffected. If a Regulatory Agreement default occurs,
the City must wait for a 90-day period and obtain consent from the senior lender before initiating
foreclosure or loan acceleration proceedings related to their subordinate loan, which is cross -
defaulted with the Regulatory Agreement. Importantly, all other remedies provided within the
Regulatory Agreement are still available to the City without the need for senior lender approval.
The City of Temecula, as the subordinate lender, wished to maintain the right to foreclose or
accelerate their subordinate loan in the event of a Regulatory Agreement default even if the senior
lender does not consent. This requirement conflicts with Freddie Mac's senior lender position, as
it could potentially compromise the priority of their lien position. Consequently, Freddie Mac is
unable to approve any agreement that includes such a provision.
While the subordination agreement signed with the construction lender at the beginning of the
project included a provision that better aligned with the City's request, it is uncertain whether the
previous permanent lender would have required adjustments to those terms. Extensive efforts by
Community HousingWorks, our attorneys, and NewPoint attorneys were dedicated to finding a
precedent where Freddie Mac agreed to similar conditions, but no such examples were found.
Moreover, even Wells Fargo, the construction lender in this deal, has indicated that they can no
longer agree to the terms of the previous subordination, particularly the provision allowing a junior
lender to accelerate or foreclose on their loan after a stand -still period due to a Regulatory
Agreement default (unless such acceleration is agreed to by the senior lender). Thus, this is no
longer commercially available option.
By approving the Freddie Mac form of subordination, the Las Haciendas project will be able to
secure permanent financing, which will alleviate the mounting cost burden caused by rapidly
accumulating construction loan interest. Additionally, this will help prevent a foreclosure on the
construction loan, which could render the Regulatory Agreement void. The Freddie Mac
subordination form is still substantially similar to the terms offered by the previous lender, as
illustrated in the chart below. Furthermore, the risk of a Regulatory Agreement default is
minimal, as explained in greater detail later in this memo.
Comparison of Freddie Mac Subordination Agreement and Subordination Previously
Approved by the City
Freddie w/ Reg Agrmnt
Rider
Wells/CCRC
subordination
Loan Subordinated?
Yes
Yes
Reg Agreement is Subordinate Loan Doc?
No
No
Upon foreclosure, Reg Agreement:
SURVIVES (prior to
Senior Loan)
SURVIVES (prior to
Senior Loan)
Regulatory Agreement Default
Remedies provided for in Reg Agreement:
Equitable Remedies (performance)
Available?
Yes
Yes
Require Standstill (60 or 90 day duration)?
No Standstill
Available immediately
No Standstill
Available
immediately
Require Senior Lender Consent?
No
No
Financial Remedies (Foreclosure, loan acceleration)
Available?
Yes, at sole discretion of
Senior Lender
Yes
Require Standstill (60 or 90 day duration)?
Yes
Yes
Require Senior Lender Consent?
Yes, Senior Lender's
sole discretion
NO -- only during
standstill period,
after that City may
exercise
Ramifications of a Regulatory Agreement Default on Las Haciendas
In the event of a Regulatory Agreement default, CHW would simultaneously be in default with
both Freddie Mac (the senior lender) and the City of Temecula. This situation would entitle Freddie
Mac to exercise all rights and remedies under the Senior Loan, including the right to foreclose. In
the event the Senior Lender foreclosed, the City Loan would be extinguished, but the City
Regulatory Agreement would remain in effect.
The Regulatory Agreement will survive foreclosure regardless and ultimately, a new operator
would need to come in and bring the property back into compliance. However, such a scenario is
highly improbable, considering CHW's 36-year history of managing high -quality affordable
housing and our unwavering commitment to compliance. Furthermore, CHW has a strong
motivation to avoid defaulting on the Regulatory Agreement to avert the potential repercussions
outlined below.
Long Term Implications — Additional Considerations
Apart from averting adverse consequences from both the City of Temecula and Freddie Mac, it is
crucial for CHW to operate Las Haciendas in compliance with the Regulatory Agreement for the
sake of our mission and the overall viability of our nonprofit organization.
A default on the Regulatory Agreement would have severe, lasting repercussions for CHW,
jeopardizing relationships at multiple levels and critically impacting our ability to continue our work.
With over 30 tax credit allocations from the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC),
such a default would damage CHW's standing with TCAC, severely hindering our ability to
develop affordable housing in California. Additionally, we would likely be placed on a "Do -Not -Do -
Business -With List" by Freddie Mac, further limiting our future financing options. As a mission -
driven nonprofit developer, we would never risk our ability to fulfill our commitment to affordable
housing by allowing a Regulatory Agreement default to occur.
Mission Alignment
TCAC, Freddie Mac, and the City of Temecula all share a common objective of creating and
preserving quality affordable housing in partnership with owners and operators like CHW who will
uphold the Regulatory Agreement. Each stakeholder is deeply invested in ensuring strict
adherence to their affordable housing objectives. The presence of multiple stakeholders ensures
a "belt and suspenders" approach to Regulatory Agreement compliance, where defaulting with
one regulator effectively means defaulting with all.
In conclusion, if a Regulatory Agreement default occurred and remained uncured, this would lead
to foreclosure by Freddie Mac and the termination of the City's subordinate debt, regardless of
whether there were a negotiated right by the City to force Freddie Mac to foreclose. Such a default
would have severe financial and reputational consequences for CHW's mission to develop
affordable housing. Ultimately, CHW, the City of Temecula, and Freddie Mac are united in their
commitment to upholding the Regulatory Agreement and maintaining a strong partnership to
provide quality affordable housing.