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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013 Ordinance No. 012• • • ORDINANCE NO. IA SERIES OF 2013 BY AUTHORITY COUNCIL BILL NO. 10 INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER WOODWARD AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTION AND SALE OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED THROUGH THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM LOCATED AT 4896 SOUTH DELAWARE IN THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Englewood accepted assignment from the Englewood Housing Authority of all rights, assets and liabilities associated with the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program by the passage of Ordinance No. 23, Series 1999; and WHEREAS, Englewood City Council authorized amending Title, 4, Chapter 3, with the addition of a new Section 13 entitled "Housing Rehabilitation Fund" by the passage of Ordinance No.26,Series 1999;and WHEREAS, the Englewood Housing Rehabilitation Program was created in 1976 to preserve the existing housing stock in Englewood and to address the problems of low-income families with the financing of major household repairs; and WHEREAS, the Rehab Program approves home improvement loans that are secured by deeds of trust recorded on the property representing generally second or third mortgages; and WHEREAS, the homeowner defaulted on her loans and the first mortgage holder initiated foreclosure; and WHEREAS , this property went to public sale on February 20 , 2013; and WHEREAS , the Englewood Rehab Loan Committee recommended filing the Intention to Redeem Notice with the public Trustee's Office; and WHEREAS, the City redeemed the property on March 18, 2013 and on March 25 , 2013 received a Public Trustee's Confirmation Deed issued to the City of Englewood Housing Rehabilitation Fund; and WHEREAS, the property will be sold to a private owner-occupied party who has secured his own financing and any remaining funds will be returned to the Housing Rehabilitation Fund; and WHEREAS, if an offer to purchase is received from any City employee, their family members , or any business in which a City employee has a financial interest, the offer will be submitted to the Englewood City Council for approval ; 1 9 bi NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Englewood hereby authorizes the redemption, and subsequent sale of a Housing Rehabilitation Property acquired through the foreclosure process located at 4896 South Delaware. Section 2. The City Council of the City of Englewood authorizes the City Attorney to initiate eviction proceedings and/or file any necessary documents in Bankruptcy Court. Section 3 . The Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute the proper fonn of deed for the conveyance of the property located at 4896 South Delaware, Englewood, Colorado pursuant to Section 71 of the Englewood Home Rule Charter. Introduced, read in full, and passed on first reading on the 15th day of April, 2013. Published by Title as a Bill for an Ordinance in the City's official newspaper on the 19th day of April, 2013. Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the City's official website beginning on the 17 th day of April, 2013 for thirty (30) days . Read by title and pas sed on final reading on the 6th day of May, 2013. Published by title in the City's official newspaper as Ordinance No . iJ-, Series of 2013, on the 10th day of May, 2013. Published by title on the City's official website beginning on the 8th day of May, 2013 for thirty (30) days. P. Pem1, Mayor Loucrishia A. Ellis, City Clerk I, Loucrishia A. Ellis, City Clerk of the City of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the above and foregoing is ? true copy of the Ordinance passed on final reading and published by title as Ordinance No.f.2:,_Series of 2013. 2 • • • • COUNCIL COMMUNICATION Date Agenda Item Subject: Redemption and April 15, 2013 Sale of Property acquired 11 a i through the Housing Rehabilitation Fund INITIATED BY STAFF SOURCE: Harold Stitt, Senior Planner, Community Development Department. Janet Grimmett, Housing Finance Specialist COUNCIL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION Council passed Ordinance No. 23, Series 1999 accepting assignment from the Englewood Housing Authority of all rights, assets and liabilities associated with the Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program and also passed Ordinance No. 26, Series , 1999 amending Title 4, Chapter 3, by the addition of a new Section 13 entitled "Housing Rehabilitation Fund". Since 2005, Council has passed ordinances approving redemption and sale of seven other properties acquired through the foreclosure process. Those properties are: 4231 South Cherokee Street (Ordinance No. 7, Series • of 2005), 4180 South Acoma Street (Ordinance No. 8, Series of 2005), 3596 South Bannock Street (Ordinance No. 32, Series of 2005), 4165 South Washington Street (Ordinance No. 42, Series of 2005), 3030 South Sherman Street (Ordinance No. 10, Series of 2007, 2397 West Harvard Street (Ordinance No. 68, Series of 2007), and 290 East Bellwood Drive (Ordinance No. 7, Series of 2009). RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve an ordinance for the redemption and subsequent sale of 4896 South Delaware Street (a single family home) acquired through the foreclosure process as defined by Colorado State statutes. BACKGROUND, ANALYSIS, AND ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED The Housing Rehabilitation Program was created in 1976 by the City of Englewood to preserve the existing housing stock in Englewood, and to also address the problems that homeowners experience with the financing of major household improvements. The City Attorney required that the new Housing Rehab Program not be administered directly by the City to avoid any conflicts with a State statute that prohibited any municipal government from making loans to its citizens. It was decided to use the Englewood Housing Authority (EHA) as the conduit to manage and operate the Program. The legal authority to operate and manage the Rehab Program was assigned to the City in 1999 through an agreement with the EHA. It was determined at that time that the Program and city staff should be under the direct management of the Community Development Director. In order to avoid any conflict with Colorado • State Statutes, an enterprise fund was created under TABOR regulations known as the Housing Rehabilitation Fund (Fund). The Rehab Program retained its own funding sources designated as Fund 45 and Fund 46 that are used to support the operations of the Program . The foreclosure process is the primary tool for lenders to use to insure repayment of their loans. When a homeowner defaults, the lien holder is able to initiate the foreclosure process to collect the monies that are owed to them. This process is started by filing the required legal documents with the Public Trustee's Office. This filing triggers a whole sequence of events that is dictated by state statues . The Public Trustee will set a Public Sale date for the property and publish this information in a newspaper of general circulation . Each recorded lien holder receives a copy of that advertisement as well as a Public Trustee 's Notice of Rights to Cure or Redeem. The homeowner can cure the default any time from the initial notification prior to the Public Sale date. If the homeowner redeems the property, then the foreclosure process is ended and all liens remain in full effect. If the homeowner does not redeem prior to the Public Sale date, all junior lien holder's must file a Notice of Intention to Redeem and Affidavit of Amount Owed (Intent) within eight (8) business days after the Public Sale date if they want to redeem the property to collect their own indebtedness . If the Intention to Redeem is not filed, then the lien holder loses their rights under the deed of trust provisions and the property is no longer collateral for their loan . The foreclosure of 4896 South Delaware Street w as initiated by the first mortgagee in May 2012. The Public Trustee's Sal e originally set for September 5, 2 012 was continued until February 20, 2013 . At that sale, the property w as sold to ColFin Al-CO 1, LLC for $1 over the first mortgagee's bid. The RLC was consulted via email on Feb r uary 28 , 2013 and voted to file Notice of Intention to Redeem with the Public Trustee 's Office. That Noti ce was filed on March 1, 2013 . As the only junior lien holder to file an Intent to Redeem, the City was notified on March 12, 2013 by the Public Trustee's Office that the redemption amount of $136,629.59 was due no later than Noon on March 19, 2013. A wire transfer from the Housing Rehabilitation Fund 46 was sent on • March 18, 2013, to the Public Truste e's Office for the redemption. A letter requesting that a Public Trustee's • deed b e issued in the name of the City of Englewood-Housing Rehabilitation Fund was sent on March 19, 2013. A Public Trustee 's Deed was electronically filed and was recorded on March 25 , 2013 at Reception #03036 541. Giv en the v ery short time frames of the junior lien holder redemption period, properties redeemed through the Housing Rehab Program are always brought to the Council after the fact for ordinance approval and coupled with authorization to sell the property as stipulated in Section 72 of the Home Rule Charter. Each property is brought before Council as early in the process as possible so that marketing efforts can begin . This process will expedite the subsequent sale and closing of the property. The property will be listed for sale as soon as a staff inspection has been completed and any necessary repairs have been made. The property will be sold to a pri v ate owner-occupied party who has secured their own permanent financing. The proceeds from the sale of the property will be returned to the Housing Rehabilitation Fund 46. If an offer to purchase the property is recei v ed from any City of Englewood employee, their family members, or any business in which a City employee has a financial interest, then staff will submit the offer to the City Council for approval. On March 15, 2013, the former owner filed for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy protection with the U.S . Bankruptcy Court. Since this filing was after the February 20, 2013 Public Trustee sale , the bankruptcy filing will not affect the City's redemption of the property. However, since the bankruptcy filing occurred less than a month after the Public Trustee sale, staff will monitor the bankruptcy proceedings to insure the City's interest in the property are full y protected. Staff is currently working with the former owner to affect a voluntary sixty day vacation of the property. In the event that such an agreement cannot be reached , the eviction process w ill need to be initiated. • 2 • FINANCIAL IMPACT • • Fund 46 will cover all costs of the redemption and the subsequent sale of 4896 South Delaware Street. There are no other financial impacts to the City. LIST OF ATTACHMENTS Notice of Intention to Redeem and Affidavit of Amount Owed Public Trustee's Deed in name of City of Englewood-Housing Rehabilitation Fund Bill for an Ordinance 3 NOTICE OF LIENOR INTENT TO REDEEM AND AFFIDAVIT OF AMOUNT OWED TO THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF THE COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Information Regarding Public Trustee's Foreclosure Sale: _#1443-2012. ___________ Public Trustee Sale Number _February 20, 2013 Date of Sale _B5116227 08/05/2005 Recording Information ofDeed ofTrust D2051126 05/11/2012 Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand lnformation•Regarding Right to Redeem: _City of Englewood _______ Name of Redeem ing Junior Lienor _ 1000 Englewood Pkwy Address of Redeeming Junior Lien or _Englewood, CO 80110 ____ _ _ 303.762.2349 ph 303.782.6895 fax_Telephone and Fax Numbers jgrimmett@ englewoodgov.org, ____ Email address _Deed of Trust ________ Lien or Encumbrance Entitling the Redemption* _ October 11, 2000 _______ Recording Date of Junior Lien _Arapahoe __________ County of Recording of Junior Lien _B0131369 __________ Reference Nos. of Recorded Junior Lien You are hereby notified that the undersigned is a Junior Lienor pursuant to CRS §38-38-100.3(12) entitled to redeem from the Public Trustee's Sale described above pursuant to CRS §38-38-302(1). Be further advised that the undersigned is entitled to redeem as the owner of the lien or encumbrance described above . A copy of any recorded assignment to the lien is attached. Junior Lienor is entitled to redeem under CRS §38-38-302(1 )(c) because the instrument evidencing junior lien , which was recorded in the incorrect county named below prior to the date and time of the record in g of the Notice of Election and Demand , was rerecorded in the correct county, as described above, at least fifteen calendar days prior to the actual date of sale. The recording information for the incorrect county is : not applicable Incorrect County of Recording of Junior Lien ___________ _ Recording Date of Junior Lien ___________ _ Recording Reception Number ___________ _ You are further notified that the amount owed on the lien or encumbrance , ev idenced by the attached instrument, is as follows: _$12 ,076 .00 ___ Principal __ O Total of per diem interest from ___ through the date of this statement _ 12,076.00 TOT AL __ O Per Diem interest @_0_% per annum I certify that the above amounts are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. City:?:oo~~ _March1,2013______ ~ ~ DATE Junior Lienor by Alan White, Director ,/ Tti'e foregoing Statement of Amount Required to Redeem Lienor's Lien was acknowledged before f'•' .r . ' . . ,/'. . ,_f!;letthis~J,J>,Lday of_March __ , 2013_, by_Alan White, Director, City of Englewood __ .~i:-... ~= . .,_,:__ . J' .-_s..,, •· n·r /, ,,.. >~ --·· 4' _ > Witness· trly hafld and official seal ~ .'~' .. ;' :~\_>~·~v t6~~(;~~--~4Jr~~:_Sept 22, 2013_ ~~~ i,, c,•· ,_. , • N ry Public lf this'ii~n Htj~ lien , the follow ing is also requ ired : • · If liet11is recorded after the NED, a complete recorded copy of the HOA Declara~ons ! {' .,_., • Notarized affidavit from the HOA officer or attorney stating amounts due on lien, super lien versus junior lien (Supe r lien cannot be redeemed as a junior lien) • Attach a true and correct copy of the instrument with evidence of recording affixed by the Clerk and Recorder's Office ACPT Revised 06/2011 , NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM AND AFFIDAVrr OF AMOUNT OWED • • • ~eception #: D3036541, 03/25/2013 at 10:12 AM, 1 OF 1, Recording Fee $11.00 ~lect~onically Recorded Official Records Arapahoe County, CO Matt Crane, Clerk & Res;::or,der • • • • CONFIRMATION DEED (CRS §38-38-502) Public Trustee's Foreclosure Sale No. 1443-2012 THJS DEED is made March 25, 2013 between Cynthia D Mares as the Public Trustee in and fo r the County of Arapah oe, State of Colorado, gnmtor and CITY OF ENGLEWOOOD-HOUSING REHABILJT ATION FUND, grantee, the holder of the certificate of redemption who se legal address is 1000 ENGLEWOOD PARKWAY, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110. \VHEREAS, the Grantor(s) described below did convey to the public trustee, in trust , the property hereinafter described to secure the payment of the indebtedness provided in said deed of trust: Original Grantor(s ) Donna I. Bwidy Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Eleclronic Regislration Systems., Inc. acting solely as a CLDTent Holder of Evidence of Debt Dale of Deed of Trust Co unty of Recording Recording Date of Deed of Trust Recording Information (Reception Number) nominee for RBC Mortgage Company, an Illinois Corporation NATIONST AR MORTGAGE LLC July 25, 2005 Arapahoe August 05, 2005 B5116227 WHEREAS, a violation was made in certain of the terms and covenants of said deed of trus t as shown by the notice of election and demand for sale filed with the Public Trustee; th e said property was advertised for public sale at the place and in th e manner provided by law and by said deed of trust; combin ed notice of sale and right to cure and redeem was given as required by law; said property was sold according to said combined notice; and a certificate of purchase thereof was made and re corded in the office of said county Clerk and Recorder; and WHEREAS, all periods of redemption have expired. NOW , THEREFORE, the Public Trustee , pursuant to the power and authority ve sted by law and by the said deed of trust, confirms the foreclosure sale and sells and conveys to grantee the following described property located in the County of Arapahoe, Stale of Colorado, to wit: The West 133 feet of Lot 8, B lock 3, Koehler Subdivision, County of Arapahoe , Slate of Colorado. Also known by street and number as: 4896 So uth Delaware Street., Englewood, CO 80110 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY TI-IE LCEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. To have and to hold the same, with all appurtenances, forever. Executed on: March 25, 2013 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe , State of Colorado When Recorded Return Lo: Arapahoe Co unty Public Trustee