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RESOLUTION NO. <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br />APPROVING A GROUND LEASE AMENDMENT FOR PROMENADE APARTMENTS <br />WHEREAS, the City is the owner of a fee interest in a certain real property located at <br />5300 Case Avenue in Pleasanton, Alameda County, California which has been subdivided into <br />two condominium parcels (collectively, the “Property”), as more particularly described and <br />attached hereto as Exhibit A; and <br />WHEREAS, City and Case Avenue Associates (Case) and Promenade Housing <br />Associates (Promenade) entered into a Ground Lease dated as of April 1, 1996, pursuant to <br />which City, as lessor leased the Property to Case and Promenade collectively as the Original <br />Lessee; and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to the Ground Lease, the Property was developed with a 68-unit <br />affordable multifamily rental residential project (the Affordable Project), and a 78-unit market- <br />rate multifamily rental residential project (the Market Rate Project), collectively referred to as the <br />“Project”. During the initial term of the Ground Lease, Case is the owner of the Affordable <br />Project, and Promenade is the owner of the Market Rate Project; and <br />WHEREAS, the Original Lessee conveyed the Project and assigned all of its rights, title, <br />and interests in the Ground Lease to OAHS Promenades LP, which transaction was consented <br />to by the City in that certain Assignment and Assumption of Ground Lease, Consent to Transfer <br />of Project and Grant of Option to Extend the Ground Lease Term approved by the City Council <br />and subsequently effective August 27, 2024; and <br />WHEREAS, OAHS Promenades LP has obtained a mortgage loan insured by the U.S. <br />Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) and made by Berkadia Commercial <br />Mortgage LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Lender”), the proceeds of which would be <br />used in part to invest in renovation and rehabilitation in the Affordable Project in advance of <br />OAHS Promenades LP applying for and receiving tax credits in the future; and <br />WHEREAS, as a condition of issuing the loan, HUD and Lender require the Ground <br />Lease to include a fixed rent, extend the term, and attach HUD’s Ground Lease Addendum; and <br />WHEREAS, OAHS Promenades LP has requested amendments to the Ground Lease to <br />satisfy HUD’s and Lender’s requirements to close the loan and facilitate Project rehabilitation. <br />NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON, <br />CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER THE FOLLOWING: <br />SECTION 1. The approval of the Ground Lease Amendment is exempt from <br />environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act per Regulation §15061(b)(3) <br />(common sense exemption). Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that <br />the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject <br />to CEQA. <br />SECTION 2. Approves the Ground Lease Amendment, in the form attached hereto and <br />incorporated herein as Exhibit B. <br />4918-1075-5968 v1 <br />ATTACHMENT 1 <br />Page 29 of 683