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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021/02/23-Attachments-Parmore_PP_Clean.PDFA Resolution NO. SUPPORTING A HOUSING TAX CREDIT APPLICATION FOR PARMORE PLAZA PKWY AND COMMITTING DEVELOPMENT FUNDING WHEREAS, the City's 2020 Comprehensive Plan is supportive of the preservation, improvement, and development of quality, affordable, accessible housing; WHEREAS, the City's 2018-2022 Consolidated Plan makes the development of quality, affordable, accessible rental housing units for low income residents of the City a high priority; WHEREAS, Parmore Plaza Pkwy, LP, an affiliate of JPI, has proposed a development for affordable senior multifamily rental housing named Parmore Plaza Pkwy to be located at the northeast corner of Plaza Parkway and Lands End Boulevard in the City of Fort Worth; WHEREAS, Parmore Plaza Pkwy, LP has advised the City that it intends to submit an application to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs ("TDHCA") for 2021 Competitive (9%) Housing Tax Credits for the Parmore Plaza Pkwy apartments, a new complex consisting of approximately 91 units, of which at least ten percent (10%) of the total units will be set aside for households earning at or below 30% Area Median Income and at least ten percent (10%) of the total units will be market rate units; WHEREAS, TDHCA's 2021 Qualified Allocation Plan ("QAP") provides that an application for Housing Tax Credits may receive seventeen (17) points for a resolution of support from the governing body of the jurisdiction in which the proposed development site is located; and WHEREAS, the QAP also states that an application may receive one (1) point for a commitment of development funding from the city in which the proposed development site is located. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: The City of Fort Worth, acting through its City Council, hereby confirms that it supports the application of Parmore Plaza Pkwy, LP to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs for 2021 Competitive (9%) Housing Tax Credits for the purpose of the development of the Parmore Plaza Pkwy apartments to be located at the northeast corner of Plaza Parkway and Lands End Boulevard (TDHCA Application No. 21211), and that this formal action has been taken to put on record the opinion expressed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth. The City of Fort Worth, acting through its City Council, additionally confirms that it will commit to fee waivers in an amount not exceed $2,500.00 to Parmore Plaza Pkwy, LP conditioned upon its receipt of Housing Tax Credits. The City Council also finds that the waiver of such fees serves the public purpose of providing quality, accessible, affordable housing to low and moderate income households in accordance with the City's Comprehensive Plan and Action Plan, and that adequate controls are in place through the City's Neighborhood Services Department to carry out such public purpose. The City of Fort Worth, acting through its City Council, further confirms that the City has not first received any funding for this purpose from the applicant, affiliates of the applicant, consultant, general contractor or guarantor of the proposed development or any party associated in any way with the applicant, Parmore Plaza Pkwy, LP. Adopted this 16th day of February, 2021. ATTEST: By: Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary