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ATTY/RESO.0079/CC RESO SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEVEE AGREEMENT – EXHIBIT A <br />REV: 10-15-25 VR <br />Page 1 of 6 <br />SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEVEE <br />FINANCING AND IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT <br />This Second Amendment to the Levee Financing and Improvement Agreement (“Amendment”) <br />is made and entered into as of the __ day of October, 2025 (“Effective Date”), by and among the CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY, a California charter city and municipal corporation (“City”); HCP LS REDWOOD <br />CITY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, its successors in interest and assignees (“HCP”); <br />METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, a New York corporation, its successors in interest <br />and assignees (“Met Life”); and SEAPORT CENTRE OWNERS’ ASSOCIATION, a California <br />corporation (“SCOA”). HCP and Met Life are sometimes referred to collectively in this Amendment as <br />“Owners”. The parties identified above are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Parties.” <br />R E C I T A L S: <br />A.The Parties entered into that certain Levee Financing and Improvement Agreement dated <br />as of October 27, 2020, as amended by the First Amendment to Levee Financing and Improvement <br />Agreement dated as of December 13, 2021 (together the “Levee Agreement”), whereby the Parties made <br />certain agreements regarding, among other things, the construction and financing of the “Levee <br />Improvements” as defined in the Levee Agreement. <br />B.Section 4 of the Levee Agreement specifies that a Community Facilities District (“CFD”) <br />shall be formed to fund the City’s acquisition and maintenance of the Levee Improvements and other <br />facilities as defined and described in the Levee Agreement. Section 4(k) of the Levee Agreement specifies <br />that the then existing Maintenance District for the Seaport levees shall be dissolved with the CFD assuming <br />responsibility for financing the operations and maintenance of the Seaport Centre Wet Utilities, and initially <br />for the Seaport Centre Levee, and upon acceptance by the City, the New Levee. Section 4(k) further <br />requires the Owners and SCOA to “take such actions and execute such documents as are necessary to <br />effectuate the City’s transfer of the balance in the Seaport Centre Maintenance District (“Maintenance <br />District”) Maintenance Reserve account to the Maintenance Reserve account to be funded by the CFD to <br />serve as the CFD’s initial Maintenance Reserve for only the Seaport Centre Wet Utilities and the Seaport <br />Centre Levee.” The Parties have agreed that this Amendment satisfies that obligation of the Owners and <br />SCOA under Section 4(k) of the Levee Agreement. <br />C.As of October 27, 2025, the amount of the funds in the Maintenance District’s Maintenance <br />Reserve account totals $3,016,176. <br />D.Section 4(1) of the Levee Agreement specifies a formula and procedure for the City’s <br />disbursement to the Owners, after consultation with the Owners, of the “Initial Acquisition Price Payment” <br />for partial payment of the “Acquisition Price” for the City’s acquisition of the Levee Improvements. <br />Section 4(l) further specifies that the Initial Acquisition Price Payment will consist of the balance in the <br />CFD Maintenance Fund after offsets for the projected costs of capital repairs for Seaport Centre Wet <br />Utilities. Under Section 4(l), the City shall make that disbursement of the Initial Acquisition Price Payment <br />to the Owners “unless otherwise waived or reduced by the Owners.” The Parties have agreed that <br />notwithstanding any contrary intent specified in Section 4(l), including without limitation that payments <br />from the Maintenance Reserve shall fund projected costs of capital repairs only for Seaport Centre Wet <br />Utilities, the Maintenance Reserve funds may be allocated and disbursed in accordance with the terms of <br />this Amendment. <br />E.Section 15 of the Levee Agreement provides that the Parties shall enter into a Purchase <br />Contract substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C to the Levee Agreement (“Form Purchase <br />EXHIBIT A