HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 04-005RESOLUTION NO. 04-5
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE BY THE CITY OF NOT TO
EXCEED $4,075,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ITS ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. 98-1 LIMITED OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BONDS
(REASSESSMENT AND REFUNDING OF 2004) SERIES 2004; APPROVING AS TO
FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF CERTAIN
DOCUMENTS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND APPROVING CERTAIN OTHER
MATTERS RELATING THERETO
RESOLVED by the City Council (the "Council") of the City of Palm Desert (the
"City"), County of Riverside, State of California, that
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Resolution of Intention to Levy Reassessments and to
Issue Refunding Bonds (the "Resolution of Intention") and the Refunding Act of 1984
for 1915 Improvement Act Bonds, Division 11.5 of the Streets and Highways Code of
California (the "Act") this Council has completed proceedings in and for the City's
Assessment District No. 98-1 (The Canyons at Bighorn) (Reassessment and Refunding
of 2004) (the "Reassessment District"), for the levy of reassessments and the refunding
of outstanding bonds of the City designated "Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds,
City of Palm Desert, Assessment District No. 98-1 (The Canyons at Bighorn), Series
1998" dated December 16, 1998, and issued in the original principal amount of
$34,760,000 (the "Prior Bonds") by the issuance, sale and delivery of its refunding
bonds designated "Limited Obligation Refunding Improvement Bonds, City of Palm
Desert, Assessment District No. 98-1 (The Canyons at Bighorn) (Reassessment and
Refunding of 2004), Series 2004" (the "Bonds");
WHEREAS, for the purposes of the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds,
there are now on file with the City copies certain financing documents described below
and reference is hereby made thereto for further particulars; and this Council, with the
aid of City staff, has reviewed and considered the documents and finds those
documents suitable for approval, subject to the conditions set forth in this resolution;
and
WHEREAS, all conditions, things and acts required to exist, to have happened
and to have been performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds and the levy
of the special reassessments as contemplated by this Resolution and the documents
referred to herein exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form
and manner as required by the laws of the State of California, including the Act.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, as follows:
1. Unpaid Reassessments. The reassessments that remain unpaid are as
shown on the List of Unpaid Reassessments on file with the City, which list is hereby
approved and incorporated herein by this reference. For a particular description of the
lots, pieces and parcels of land bearing the respective reassessment numbers set forth
in the List of Unpaid Reassessments, reference is hereby made to the reassessment
report, the reassessment and to the diagram, and any amendments thereto approved
by this Council, all as recorded in the office of the City Engineer, as the Superintendent
of Streets of the City.
2. - Bonds Authorized. Pursuant to the Act, this Resolution and the Fiscal
Agent Agreement (hereafter defined), the Bonds in an aggregate principal amount of
not to exceed $4,075,000 are hereby authorized to be issued. The date, manner of
payment, interest rate or rates, interest payment dates, denominations, form,
registration privileges, manner of execution, place of payment, terms of redemption and
other terms, covenants and conditions of the Bonds shall be as provided in the Fiscal
Agent Agreement as finally executed.
3. Authorization and Conditions. The Mayor, Mayor Pro Tempore (in the
Mayor's absence), the City Manager, City Finance Director, City Treasurer, City
Attorney, City Clerk, or any deputy of such officers, and such other are officials of the
City as may be designated by the City Council (each an "Authorized Officer") are each
hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the various documents and
instruments described below in this Resolution, provided that no such additions or
changes shall authorize an aggregate principal amount of Bonds in excess of
$4,075,000, or a final maturity of the Bonds later than September 2, 2018. The approval
of such additions or changes, to be made by such Authorized Officers in the best
interests of the City and upon consultation with Jones Hall, A Professional Law
Corporation, the City's bond counsel ("Bond Counsel") and Stinson Securites, LLC and
Kinsell, Newcomb & DeDios, Inc., as co -underwriters (together, the "Underwriter"), shall
be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of such documents or
instruments by an Authorized Officer.
4. Financing Documents Approved. The Council hereby approves the
forms of the following documents to be used for the issuance, sale and delivery of the
Bonds, subject to the conditions in Section 3 above:
a. Fiscal Agent Agreement. The Fiscal Agent Agreement provides for
the terms and conditions of the Bonds and their covenants, by and between the
City and BNY Western Trust Company, as fiscal agent, (the "Fiscal Agent
Agreement")
b. Bond Purchase Agreement. The Bond Purchase Agreement,
provides for the sale by the City and the purchase by the Underwriter of the
Bonds.
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c. Official Statement. The Official Statement, in its preliminary form
describes the financing for the Bonds is approved under Rule 15c2-12 under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Rule") and is hereby deemed final and an
Authorized Officer is hereby authorized and directed to provide written
certification thereof. The execution of the Official Statement in its final form,
which shall include such changes and additions thereto deemed advisable by the
Authorized Officer, in consultation with counsel, and such information permitted
to be excluded from the Preliminary Official Statement pursuant to the Rule, shall
be conclusive evidence of the approval of the final Official Statement by the City.
5. Bonds Prepared and Delivered. Upon the execution of the Bond
Purchase Agreement, the Bonds shall be prepared, authenticated and delivered, all in
accordance with the applicable terms of the Fiscal Agent Agreement and the
Authorized Officer and other responsible City officials are hereby authorized and
directed to take such actions as are required under the Bond Purchase Agreement and
the Fiscal Agent Agreement to complete all actions required to evidence the delivery of
the Bonds upon the receipt of the purchase price thereof from the Underwriter.
6. Actions. All actions heretofore taken by the officers and agents of the City
with respect to the establishment of the Reassessment District and the sale and
issuance of the Bonds, including but not limited to the distribution of draft sales
documents, are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified, and the proper officers of the
City are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things and take any and all
actions and execute any and all certificates, agreements, contracts, including but not
limited to escrow instructions or agreements providing for the refunding of the Prior
Bonds, an appropriate continuing disclosure undertaking, and any other documents,
which they, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to consummate
the lawful issuance and delivery of the Bonds in accordance with this Resolution, the
Fiscal Agent Agreement, the Bond Purchase Agreement and any certificate,
agreement, contract, and other document described in the documents herein approved.
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7. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect from and after its
adoption.
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APPROVED and ADOPTED this 22nd day of January , 2004, by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, FERGUSON, KELLY, SPIEGEL
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ATTEST:
Ra helle D. Klassen, City Clerk
Robert A. Spiegel, M
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