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ORDI NAN CE NO .
SERIES OF 2005
BY AUTHOR IT Y
COUN CIL BILL NO . 3
INTRODUCED BY COUN CIL
MEMBER WOLOSYN
AN ORD INANCE AUTHORIZING THE REDEMPTIO N AND SALE OF A HOUSING
llEHABILITATION PROPERTY LOCATED AT 41 80 SOt.:TH ACOMA STREET IN
THE C IT Y OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO .
WHEREAS , th e City Co uncil of th e Ci ty of Englewood accep ted assignment from
the Englewood Housi11 g Auth ori ty of all ri ght s, assets and liabilities associated with the
Housing Re habi lit ati on Loan Pro gram by th e passage of Ordinance No . 23 , Serie s 1999;
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WHEREAS , Englewood City Counc il authorized ame nding Title, 4, Chap ter 3, wit h
the addition of a new Section 13 en titl ed "Housing Re habil ita ti on Fund" by the pa ssage
of Ordinan ce No. 26 , Series I 999 ; and
WHEREAS, the Englewood Housing Rehabilitation Program was created in 1976 to
preserve the existing housing stock in Englewood and to address th e problems of low-
income fam ilie s with the fin anc ing of major hou se hold rep airs ; and
WHEREAS , the Reh ab Program approve s home improvement loans that arc secu re d
by deeds of tmst recorded on the property rep rese ntin g generally seco nd or third
mortgages; an d
WHEREAS , occasionally hom eown ers default on th eir loa ns and the lien huldcr
ini ti ates the forec losu re process by ti ling th e required documents with th e Public
Tru stee· s Office : and
WHEREAS. th e property locat ed at 41 80 South Acoma has a Rehab ilit atio n Loan
wi th the Ci ty holding a second rr.ortgagc : and
WHEREAS , this property we nt IG pub li c sa le on Nov embe r 17. 2004 . ar.d the
property wa s so ld back to th e first mortgagee who in i1i:11cd the forec losu re; and
IVH EREAS . th e Englewood Rehab Loan Committe e was consulted at their
December 2004 mcc 1ing and th ey recommended filing th e Int ent to Redeem No ti ce
wi th the publi c Tn,s 1ec's Office : and
WHEREAS. th e homeowner fa il ed 10 re de em the property , withi n th eir 75 .. <la y
redemption period ; and
\VHL '\. the Cit y (th e seco nd morlg Jgcc) was notified 1.uc on Fcbrnary 4, 200~
of th e amou11 1 nee de d 10 redeem th e property no later than Fcbrnary 10 , 2005 : and
WHEREAS. th e City redeemed th e property on Feb ru ary 10. 2005 and requested
th at th e deed be issued to 1h c Ci·y of Englewoo d Hou sing Re habilitation Fund : and
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WHEREAS , th e redeemed propert y located at 4 I 80 So uth Ac oma Stre et wi ll be so ld
to a private owncr•occ upicd part y who ha s secured hi s own finan cing and the City funds
used to purchase the propert y will be returned to th e Hou sing Rehabilitation Fund when
this propert y is sold and the ne w ow ners loan is cl os ed ; and
WHEREAS , if an oITcr to purcha se is re ceived from any Cit y emp loyee, their
famil y members, or any bu sine ss in which a City emp loyee has a financial interes t, th e
offer wi ll be sub mitted to the Eng lewood City Counci l for approva l;
NOW , THEREFORE , BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY CQUNCJL OF THE CIT Y
OF ENGLEWOOD , COLORADO , AS FOLLOWS :
~. The City Counci l of the City of Englewood hereby authorizes th e
redemption and subseque nt sale of a Housing Rehabilitati on Property acq uired throu gh
the forec losure process loca ted at 4 I 80 South Acoma Street.
~-The Mayor and the City Clerk arc au th orized to execu te th e proper fonn
of deed for the co nveyance of the property located at 4180 South Acoma Street ,
Englewood, Co lorado pursuant to Section 71 of th e Englewood City Charte r.
Introduc ed, read in full , and passed on first re ading on the 22nd day of February, 2005 .
Published as a Bill for an Ordinance on the 25'' day of February , 2005 .
Read by tit le and passed on final reading on the 7th day of March, 2005 .
Publi shed by tit le as Ordinan ce No . l._, Serie s of 2004 , on the 11th day of
March, 20054.
I, Lou crishi a A. Ell is, Ci ty Cler k of the City of Englewood , Colorado , hereb y
certify that the above and for egoing is a 1ruc CO(?¥ of 1hc Ordina c pas sed on final
reading and published by titl e as Ordinanc e No. L, Seri ·s of 5.
Lou cri shia A. Elli s
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COUNCIL COMMUN ICATION
Dale: Agenda Item : Subjccl:
Febr uary 22 , 2005 11 a i Re dem p tion and Sa le of Property acquired
through th e H ousin g Rehabili tati on Fun d
Initiat ed By : I Staff Source :
Commu nity Deve lopment D epar tm ent Jane t Grimrr1ett1 H ousin g Fin ance Specia list
COUNC IL GOAL AND PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
Council p asse d O rdin ance No. 23, Se ri es 1999 acce pting as signm ent fr om th e En glewood H ousi ng
A uth ori ty of all ri ghts, asse ts and li ab iliti es associa ted w ith the H ousin g Re habili ta ti o n loan Pr og ram and
also passe d O rdin ance N o. 26, Se ri es, 1999 amending Title 4, Chapter 3, by th e addition o f a new
Sec tion 13 entitled "H ousin g Rehabilitati on Fund ".
In M arch 200 1, Co un cil passe d an ordin ance ap provin g re demption and sa le of an oth er p rop erty
acquired through th e forec losu re p rocess.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve a b ill for an ordinance for th e rede mp tion and su bseq uent sa le of 4 180 So uth Acoma Stree t (a
single-fa m ily hom e) acq uired th ro ugh th e foreclos ure process as de fin ed by Colorado Stal e St atu es.
BACKGR OUND, ANA LYS IS, AND ALT"RNATIVE S IDENTIFIED
Th e H ousi n g Rehabi litati on Progra m was c rea ted in 1976 by th e City of Englewood to pre se rve th e
ex ,stin g h o usi ng stoc k in En glewood, and to also address th e probl ems th at homeown ers ex p eri ence
w ith th e fi nanci n g of maj or household improve men ts. Durin g th e I 970's, th e Eng lewood Sc hool
Distric t ex p eri enced a dramatic loss in stu de nt enroll ment. Fo · ·• elementary sc hools clos ed during th at
deca de. Youn g fa milies we re out growing th eir homes and m ovin g out of Englewood. Sc hool officials
approach ed th e City Community D eve lopm ent D irec tor (C OD) fo r ass istance in solvin g thi s prob lem.
The Ci ty CDD m et wi th Co nt inen tal Bank officia ls (now W ell s Fargo Bank) and H U D staff l o determ in•
the ir le ve ls of int er est in suppor ting a new ho using redeve lop ment progra m th at wo ul d allow
homeowne rs to upg rade and remo del th eir homes incl ud ing th e buil din g of roo m add iti ons and
ga rages . The Co mrnunit y Deve lopm enl Departm en t, at th at tim e, co nsisted of three di visions:
Plann ing an d Zonin g, Buildin g, and Housing Redeve lopme nt. The Housin g Re development D ivis ion
d irec tor also acted as th e Execu tive D irecto r of the Englewood H ousing Auth ority (El-IA). The Ci ty
A tt orn ey required th at th e new Housin g Re hab Program nol be admini stered direc tl y by th e City to
avoid any conflic ts w ith a St ate Statute th at prohibited any munic ipal gove rnm ent fr om makin g loa ns to
its ci ti ze ns. It was decided to use the El-I A as th e co ndu it •.o manage and ope rate th e Program . Th e
Re hab Progra m was c reated with in iti al fun ding fro m th e City of Englewood, H U D and Co ntin en tal
Bank usin g Cmllin ent al Bank 's inco me gui delin es since th ey we re th e leas t res tr ic tive. W hen eli gible,
families wou ld rece ive HUD fund s if ti1 ey me t HU D 's stricter in co me guidelin es. Operatio ns for th e
Re hab Prog ram were m anaged through City Fund 72 (110w Fund s 45 and 46) usin g th e Ci ty's
Acc ounting D epartment staff to m aint ai n th e fr11an ial records. In 1985, th e EH A Board of lJ:,ectors •
requ es ted aut onomy and ind epende nce from th e Ci ty of Eng lewood as ai lowed under State Statutes .
They des ired direc t co ntrol over th eir Execu tive Direc to r and staff. Emp loyees w ho manag ed EHA
Programs had th ei r employmen t status tr ansferred fr om th e Ci ty l o th e EHA. Th e except io n was th e
Housing Rehab Prog ram staff. It was determin ed th at th e Rehab Program was more appropri ately a
co mmunity red eve lop ment projec t and retain ed co nt ro l of th e Program. Th e da y-to-da y mana ge ment
was still o uts ourced to th e EHA to avoid any confli cts .
The lega l auth o rity to opera te and manage th e Rehab Program was assigned to th e City in 1999
through an agree ment with the EHA. It was determined at th at tim e that th e Pr og ram and city staff
should be under th e direct managem en t of th e Com munity D evelopm ent Direc tor. In order to avoid
any co nfli ct with Colorado Sta te St atutes, an ent erpr ise fund w as crea ted under TABOR regul ations
know n as th e H ousing Rehabilitation Fund . Th e Reh ab Pr og ram retain ed its own funding sources
designated as Fund 45 and Fund 46 that are used to support the op erations of th e Pr ogram . The
funding sources th at make up th •, ba lances of thos e Funds have primarily b ee n rece ive d fr om federal
HUD Programs and th rough various bank lin es of credit (LOC). HUD Programs require th at funds must
go to families at or b elow 80% of th e area m edian income and that funds be recycled if repaid to
benefi t affordable housing projects. Vectra Bank , our current LOC provider, requires that the
borrowers of th eir monies are fam ili es at o r bel ow I 00% of th e area median in come or families th at are
not credit worthy applicants under traditi o nal ba nk financing . Th e Program requires th at th e loa ns be
coll atera li zed by a dee d of trust reco rdeci o n the home ensuring repaymen t. In addition, Vectra Bank
requires th e borrower's dee d o f trust be ass igned to th em by th e Rehab Program along w ith a separate
promissory note to Vec tra. A defic iency reserve account is also required to be funded in an account at
Vectra Bank. The balan ce on depos it in this acco unt is equal to a minimum 8% of th e total outstanding •
loa n portfoli o balan ce.
In pas t yea rs, staff w ould re ce ive one or two notifications of foreclosures every three to four ye ars .
H owever, during th e pa st fi ve years, forecl os ure notifica ti ons ha ve in crease d du e primarily to economic
conditi ons . In pas t years, m os t Reh ab b o rrowers had been able to work th rough th eir delinquencies.
Thi s has n ot been th e case fo r 2004. In a rece nt articl e in th e Denver Bu sin ess Journal , the auth or states
"people w h o have los t th eir jobs tend to turn to c redit ca rd debt and ho m e equity loans to survive, and
eventuall y may end up in foreclos ure and bankruptcy". That st atem ent is supported by the statisti cs
fr om th e Arapaho e County Publi c Trust ee's Office. Th e number of foreclosures has in crease d in th e
co unty over 400% fr om th e yea r 2000 to 200 4. In 2000, 780 forecl os u res were processed in
Arapa h oe County w hil e i11 2004 th e num ber was 3,125 foreclosu res. Th e 2004 fo rec los ure totals we re
a 39 % increase over th e 2003 totals. The Rd1ab Program has re ceiv ed six for eclos ur e notifi ca ti ons
since Augus t 2004 .
Th e foreclos ure process is th e prim ary tool fo r len ders l o use to in sure repay ment of th eir loa ns. When
a homeown er defau lt s, th e li en h older is able to initia te th e foreclosure p rocess to coll ec t th e monies
th at are owed to th em. Thi s proce ss is star ted by fllin g th e required lega l docum ent s with th e Publ ic
Tru stee's Office. This filing triggers a w h o le seq uenc e of events ihal is dictated by State St atu es. Th e
Pub li c Trust ee will se t o Public Sal e dat e for th e p1operty and publish thi s in form at ion in a ne1..1:•::;pJ::1er of
ge neral ci rcul ati on for a minimum of four weeks. Each record ed li en h older receives a copy ot that
adve rt ise ment as well as a Publi c Trus tee's N oti ce of Rights to Cure o r Redee m . Each junio r lien holder
must fil e a Notice o f Inten ti o n to Redeem w ithin 60 da ys of the Public Sal e date if th ey ar e int eres ted in
redee ming the property to coll ect th eir own ind ebt edn ess. If th e Intentio n to Redee m is not fil ed, th en
th e li en h old er loses th eir ri ghts und er th e deed of tru st provisio ns and th e property is no lo ng er •
collateral fo r th eir loa n.
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Th e homeow ner ca n cure th e defa ult any tim e fr om th e ini tia l notifi ca tio n th rough th e 75-da y peri od
fo ll owin g th e Pu bli c Sale . This tim e frame represe nts approxim ately a fo ur-m onth tim e peri od. If th e
homeowner rede ems the property, th en th e foreclos ure p rocess is ended an d th ere is noth ing th e
ju ni o r lien h older is req uired l o do. All li ens remai n in full effec t. If th e hom eowner does n ot redee m
w ithin th e 75-day tim e p eri od, th e first junior lien hold er has 10 days fr o m th at date to act o n th eir
Int ention to Redee m and to pay th e Publi c Trustee's Office th e total redemption am ount in ce rtifi ed
funds . Ea ch su bs equ ent junior li en holder th en has 5 days in w hich to redeem. This m ea ns that a
junior lien h older w ill no t kn ow if th ey nee d to act o n th eir Int enti on to Redeem until th e ho m eowner's
redemption peri od has expired an d th en onl y w hen notified by th e Public Tru stee as to th e amount
necessary to redeem th e property .
Th e H ousing Rehabilitati o n Loa n Pr ogram ap proves hom e improvement loans that are secured by
dee ds of trust , generall y as seco nd or third m ort gages Uunior li ens ). Th e proce dures of th e Pr ~g ram
require staff to have all fo reclosures reviewed by th e Rehab Loa n Committee (RLC) after th e prope rty
has been so ld at a public sa le. The RLC co nsis ts of three m embers, c urrently: 1) Jean nette Espin oza,
Englewood Bran ch Manager, Ve ctra Bank ; 2) Jennifer Nolan, Accountant, City of Englewood
Acco unting D epartm ent; and 3) Beatrice Lan e, low-in come home owner and Englewood res ident.
Additio nal m embers to the RLC may be consid ered in th e future.
Given th e very short time frames of th e junior li en holder redemptio n p eri od, properties redee med
through the Housing Rehab Program are always brought to th e Council after th e fact for ordinance
approval. Sec tion 72 of th e Home Rul e Charter requires that rea l property may be sold, bu t only by
ordinance, not using th e em erg ency provision . Eac h property w ill be brought b efo re Cou nc il as early in
th e process as p ossib le so th at marketing effo rt s ca n b egin . This p rocess w,11 exped ite th e subsequ ent
sa le and closing of th e property .
Th e foreclosure n oti fica tion for 4180 South Acoma Str ee t was receive d in late September 2004. The
Rehab loa n was a defe rr ed loa n using moni es fro m repaid loa ns and HUD Pr og rams . Th e Public Sale
was set for November 17, 2004. Th e property was so ld back to th e first m ort gag ee w ho had in itiated
th e fo reclosure. The RLC was consulted at th eir D ece mber 2004 mee tin g, and th ey recommended
filing th e Int enti o n to Redee m noti ce w ith th e Publi c Trust ee's ffice . That notice was fil ed in ear ly
Janu ary. Th e ho m eowner's final redemp ti on date was Janu ary : , 2005. The City of Englewood was
notifi ed on Fe bruary 4, 2005 by th e Pu bli c Trustee's Office o f th e amount needed to red ee m th e
property no late r than Fe bruary 10, 2005. A w ire tra nsfer fr om th e H ous in g Rehabilitati on Fun d 46 was
se nt on February 10, 2005, to th e Public Tru stee 's Office. A faxed lett er req uestin g th at a Publi c
Trustee's deed be issu ed in th e nam e of th e Ci ty of Eng lewood-Housing Reh abilitati on Fund was
requ es ted th at sa me day .
Th e redeemed p rope rt y w ill b e so ld to a private owner-occ upi ed pa rty who h as sec ured th eir own
finan c ing. The funds th at were used to redeem th e property w ill be return ed to th e H o usin g
Rehabilitati on Fund 46 w hen th e p ro p erty is so ld . If an offer to purchase th e property is rece ive d from
an y City of Eng lew ood employee, th eir fami ly m em bers, or any b usi n ess in w hich a City empl oyee has
a fina ncia l in teres t, th en sta ff wi ll sub mit th e offer to th e City Cou nc il for app rova l.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Fu :i d 46 w ill cover all cos ts o f th e redemption and th e subseq uent sa le of 4180 South Ac oma Str eet.
There are no oth er fin ancial impac ts to th e City.
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
N oti ce of Intention to Redee m and Affidav it of Am o unt O wed.
Leiter requ es ting dee d for 4 180 So uth Acoma Stree t.
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Feb ru ar)' 10, 2005
TO: Arapahoe County Public Trustee's Office
FAX: 303 .730.0076
Attn: Billi e or Sue
RE: Foreclosure #2264-2004
As a re sult of redeeming th e Publi c
Trustee 's D eed lo: o reclosure #22 64-2004, please issu e a Publi c
City of Englewood -Housi ng Rehabilitation Fund
1000 t ngle wood Pkwy
Englewood, CO 80110
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The $36 .00 fee was included in th e wire transfer redeeming th e p ro pe rty. Pl ease ca ll me at •
303 . 762 .2349 if yo u have any questi o ns.
Sincerely, -,
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~I,~. Grimmett /
H ousi ng Finance Specia li st
1000 Englewood Parkway Englewood, Colorado 80110 PHONE J0J-762-2342 FAX J0J-783-6895
www .englewoodgov.org
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