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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES FA-03RESOLUTION NO. FA-3 A RESOLUTION OF THE PALM DESERT FINANCING AUTHORITY APPROVING A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT AMONG THE AUTHORITY, THE PALM DESERT REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND MILLER 8 SCHROEDER FINANCIAL, INC. RECITALS: A. By adding the provisions of Article 4 to the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, California Government Code Section 6584, et seq., the State Legislature has provided assistance to reduce local borrowing costs, to help accelerate the construction, repair, and maintenance of public capital improvements, and to promote greater use of existing and new financial instruments and mechanisms. B. There is a need within the City, consistent with the need described in the declarations of the State Legislature set forth in such Article 4, to expand, upgrade, and otherwise improve the public capital facilities of local government necessary to support the rehabilitation and construction of residential and economic development. The needs of local government for financing these facilities greatly exceed the amount of funds available from existing state, local, and federal sources. C. Pursuant to such Article 4, an authority created pursuant to Article 1 of the Joint Powers Act may purchase Bonds issued by any Local Agency (such as the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency) at a public or private sale and such Bonds may be held by the authority or sold to public or private purchasers at public or negotiated sales. D. The Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency proposes to issue and sell its Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency, Project Area No. 1, as Amended (Added Territory Only), Subordinate Tax Allocation Bonds, Issue of 1989, pursuant to a Resolution of the Agency, and pursuant to a Bond Purchase Agreement attached to such Resolution as an Exhibit, copies of which have been presented to the Authority Commission at this meeting and which are now on file in the office of the Executive Director of the Agency. NOW, THEREFORE, THE PALM DESERT FINANCING AUTHORITY HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The purchase of the Bonds described in Paragraph D of the Recitals hereof from the Palm Desert Redevelopment Agency and the sale thereof to Miller 8 Schroeder RESOLUTION NO. FA-3 Financial, Inc., all pursuant to the Resolution and Bond Purchase Agreement described in such Paragraph D, is hereby approved, the Chief Administrative Officer or any other officer of the Authority is hereby authorized and directed to execute such Bond Purchase Agreement for and on behalf of the Authority and to approve modifications thereto as recommended by the Financial Advisor and Bond Counsel to the Agency, and the signature of the Chief Administrative Officer thereon shall be conclusive evidence of such approval, provided that (i) the Maximum Annual Debt Service on the Bonds does not exceed $610,000, (ii) the term of the Bonds is not less than 20 years, but the term thereof does not extend beyond July 1, 2012, and (iii) the purchase price of the Bonds is not less than 97.50 percent of the par value of the Bonds, if Bond Insurance is provided, and not less than 97 percent of such par value if no Bond Insurance is provided. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 27th day of April, 1989. AYES: KELLY, SNYDER, WILSON NOES: NONE ABSENT: BENSON ABSTAIN: CRITES A:TEST: SHEILA R. GILLL,IGAN, SEC ETARY