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03/07/2023 12:30 PM House LEGISLATIVE BUDGET & AUDIT

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12:35:00 PM Start
12:35:31 PM Approval of Subordination Agreement
12:38:21 PM Adjourn
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                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             LEGISLATIVE BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE                                                                           
                         March 7, 2023                                                                                          
                           12:35 p.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Ben Carpenter, Chair                                                                                             
Representative DeLena Johnson                                                                                                   
Representative Sarah Vance                                                                                                      
Representative Andy Josephson                                                                                                   
Senator Bill Wielechowski                                                                                                       
Senator James Kaufman                                                                                                           
Senator Scott Kawasaki                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Senator Bert Stedman, Vice Chair                                                                                                
Representative Frank Tomaszewski                                                                                                
Senator Lyman Hoffman                                                                                                           
Representative Mike Cronk (alternate)                                                                                           
Senator Click Bishop (alternate)                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
APPROVAL OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
No previous action to record                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
KRIS CURTIS, Legislative Auditor                                                                                                
Legislative Audit Division                                                                                                      
Legislative Agencies and Offices                                                                                                
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT:  Offered information regarding the                                                                        
subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreement.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
EMILY NAUMAN, Deputy Director                                                                                                   
Legislative Legal Services                                                                                                      
Legislative Affairs Agency                                                                                                      
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT:  Answered questions pertaining to the                                                                     
approval of the subordination, non-disturbance and attornment                                                                   
agreement.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
12:35:00 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  BEN  CARPENTER called  the  Legislative  Budget and  Audit                                                             
Committee  meeting to  order at  12:35 a.m.   Representatives  D.                                                               
Johnson,   Vance,   Josephson,   and   Carpenter   and   Senators                                                               
Wielechowski, Kaufman, and  Kawasaki were present at  the call to                                                               
order.                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
^APPROVAL OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT                                                                                            
              APPROVAL OF SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT                                                                           
                                                                                                                              
12:35:31 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR CARPENTER announced  that the only order  of business would                                                               
be  the   approval  of   a  subordination,   non-disturbance  and                                                               
attornment agreement.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CARPENTER invited  Kris Curtis  to define  "subordination,                                                               
non-disturbance and attornment agreement"  and explain why it was                                                               
before the committee today.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
12:36:03 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
KRIS  CURTIS, Legislative  Auditor,  Legislative Audit  Division,                                                               
Legislative  Agencies  and Offices,  explained  the  effect of  a                                                               
subordination,  non-disturbance and  attornment  agreement.   She                                                               
said the  tenant, which in  this case, was the  Legislative Audit                                                               
Division, would  agree to subordinate  its lease to  the mortgage                                                               
in exchange for the lender agreeing  not to disturb the tenant if                                                               
the lender were  to foreclose its interest in  the real property.                                                               
She  noted  that  without  the   protection  of  a  nondisclosure                                                               
agreement,  a subordinate  lease  was  potentially terminable  in                                                               
foreclosure.  She conveyed that  the landlord was refinancing the                                                               
office building, adding that the  [subordination] agreement was a                                                               
standard  real   estate  agreement.     Nonetheless,  procurement                                                               
procedures  required approval  from  the  Legislative Budget  and                                                               
Audit  Committee, despite  the committee  approving the  lease in                                                               
2015.   She stated  that the  lease was  a 10-year  lease, noting                                                               
that  neither the  term nor  payment  would be  changed with  the                                                               
approval  of  the  subordination  agreement.   She  relayed  that                                                               
Legislative Legal Services was supportive.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
12:37:15 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  CARPENTER requested  confirmation  from Legislative  Legal                                                               
Services.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
12:37:26 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
EMILY  NAUMAN,  Deputy   Director,  Legislative  Legal  Services,                                                               
Legislative  Affairs  Agency  (LAA), confirmed  that  Legislative                                                               
Legal  Services had  reviewed the  contract, as  required by  the                                                               
procurement code, and approved it to form.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
12:37:54 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE VANCE moved that  the Legislative Budget and Audit                                                               
Committee  authorize  the  legislative  auditor  to  approve  the                                                               
subordination, non-disturbance  and attornment  agreement related                                                               
to  the  Legislative  Audit  Division's  Anchorage  office  space                                                               
lease.  There being no objection, the agreement was approved.                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
12:38:21 PM                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There  being  no  further  business  before  the  committee,  the                                                               
Legislative Budget  and Audit Committee meeting  was adjourned at                                                               
12:38 p.m.                                                                                                                      

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