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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2012-54 - Community Facilities District 2005-1 University ParkCITY OF PALM DESERT STAFF REPORT FINANCE DEPARTMENT g REQUEST: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO2. 012-5OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ACTING FOR ITSELF AND AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT 2005-1 (UNIVERSITY PARK), APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITH RESPECT TO THE DISTRICT'S SPECIAL TAX BONDS SUBMITTED BY: PAUL S. GIBSON, FINANCE DIRECTOR DATE: JULY 12, 2012 CONTENTS: RESOLUTION NO. 2012-54 FORM OF SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Recommendation That the City Council adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, Acting for Itself and as the Legislative Body of City of Palm Desert Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 (University Park), Approving and Authorizing the Execution and Delivery of a Second Supplemental Indenture With Respect to the District's Special Tax Bonds. Executive Summary Pursuant to proceedings undertaken by the City Council to form the City of Palm Desert Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 (University Park) (the "District") and an election held on January 12, 2006, of the qualified voters within the District, the District has previously issued $67,915,000 in initial aggregate principal amount of its special tax bonds (the "Bonds") to finance certain public capital facilities serving the properties within the District. Approval of the attached Resolution and execution of the proposed Second Supplemental Indenture would amend the foreclosure covenant applicable to the Bonds to provide the District with flexibility to elect not to commence, or to defer commencing, a judicial foreclosure proceeding against a delinquent property in the District when the District and its special taxes are included in the County's Teeter Plan (i.e., Alternative Method of Distribution of Tax Levies and Collections and of Tax Sale Proceeds). When the District and its special taxes are included in the County's Teeter Plan, the County pays to the District 100% of its special tax levy for the subject fiscal year, without regard to actual delinquencies in property owner payments of such taxes. Adoption of the Resolution and Second Supplemental Indenture would avert the incurrence by the District of unnecessary expenses and does not have any adverse impact on bondowners. Staff Report Adoption of Resolution No. 2012- 54 July 12, 2012 Page 2 of 3 Background Pursuant to the bond indenture governing the Bonds (the "Indenture"), the principal and interest payments on the Bonds are payable by the District from, and secured by, special taxes levied by the District, which are collected by the County of Riverside for the District through property tax bills. Taxes and assessments included on the County's property tax bill may be included, at the option of the County, in a Teeter Plan. A Teeter Plan, also known as an Alternative Method of Distribution of Tax Levies and Collections and of Tax Sale Proceeds, may be adopted by the County pursuant to the California Revenue and Taxation Code. When the County makes a Teeter Plan applicable to special taxes and assessments, the Revenue and Taxation Code provides that the County will pay to the taxing entity 100% of the. special tax or assessment levy, without regard to actual delinquencies. In return, the County will receive the benefit of any interest and penalties that accrue on the delinquent special tax or assessment at the time the County takes the property to a tax sale (typically after 5 years). When the Bonds were issued in 2006 and 2007, the District was advised that the County would not include in its Teeter Plan the special taxes levied by a community facilities district (such as the District), and accordingly, neither the District nor its special taxes were included in the Teeter Plan. Subsequent to the issuance of the Bonds, the County has determined to include the special taxes levied by the District in the County's Teeter Plan, and the Teeter Plan currently is applicable to the District and the special taxes levied by the District. The Indenture includes a covenant by the District to commence judicial foreclosure proceedings by October 1 of a year (i) against a parcel with delinquent special taxes in excess of $10,000, or (ii) against all delinquent parcels if less than 95% of the total special taxes levied in the preceding fiscal year have been collected. There is a reserve fund held by the Trustee for the Bonds, which holds monies sufficient to pay for one year of principal and interest payments on the Bonds, in the event there is a shortfall in special tax collections. The foreclosure covenant is designed to allow the District to recover delinquencies in tax payments through judicial foreclosure proceedings within approximately one year. If a Teeter Plan is in place, the District receives 100% of the special tax levy for the fiscal years in which the Teeter Plan is applicable to the District and its special taxes. Staff has confirmed that the District has in fact received 100% of the special tax levy for the recent years in which the County has included the District in its Teeter Plan, notwithstanding the fact that there were a few properties that were delinquent and continue to be delinquent in the payment of their property tax bills. In other words, when a Teeter Plan is applicable to the District and its special taxes, the payment by the County to the District of 100% of the special tax levy means that the District will not have any shortfall in funds available to pay bondowners for such years. If the District is required to commence foreclosure proceedings while a Teeter Plan is applicable to the District, the District would incur expenses that it need not incur. Staff Report Adoption of Resolution No. 2012- July 12, 2012 Page 3 of 3 Therefore, to conserve and provide efficient use of District resources, staff recommends, and the Trustee for the Bonds is willing, to amend and supplement the foreclosure covenant included in the Indenture by a Second Supplemental Indenture to provide that, if at any time, the County's Teeter Plan is in effect and is made applicable to the District and its special tax levies, the District may, in its discretion, elect not to commence any judicial foreclosure proceeding pursuant to the foreclosure covenant included in the Indenture or to defer the commencement of such proceedings until such time as the District deems appropriate. Fiscal Impact There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. Submitted by: Approval: Paul S. Gibson qo�hnn. WohlmuthCity Treasurer / Director of Finance Manager CITY COUNCILAMON APPROVED I)EN" RIICJEIVEDn OTHER IZ MEETING DATE o�L AYES: % 7 NOES: ABSENT: AWL ABSTAIN: VERIFIED BY. - Original on File with City Cklk's Office RESOLUTION NO. 2012- 54 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, ACTING FOR ITSELF AND AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 (UNIVERSITY PARK), APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITH RESPECT TO THE DISTRICT'S SPECIAL TAX BONDS RECITALS: WHEREAS, the City of Palm Desert Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 (University Park) (the "District") is a community facilities district established under the Mello -Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, being Chapter 2.5, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, of the Government Code of the State of California (the "Act"), duly created, established and authorized to finance certain capital facilities and exercise its powers, all under and pursuant to the Act (as defined in the Master Indenture hereinafter described), and the powers of the District include the power to issue bonds for the financing of authorized capital facilities; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert (the "legislative body of the District" or the "City Council") has heretofore undertaken proceedings and declared the necessity to issue bonds on behalf of the District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Act; and WHEREAS, based upon Resolution Nos.06-6 and 06-7 adopted by the legislative body of the District on January 12, 2006 and an election held January 12, 2006 authorizing the levy of a special tax (the "Special Tax" or "Special Taxes") and the issuance of bonds by the District, the District is authorized to issue bonds for one or more series, pursuant to the Act, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $70,000,000, for the purpose of financing the certain public facilities serving the properties within the District; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a Bond Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2006 (the "Master Indenture"), and a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the "First Supplemental Indenture"), each by and between the District and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee"), the District has heretofore issued its Special Tax Bonds, Series 2006A (the "Series 2006A Bonds") in the initial aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000, and its Special Tax Bonds, Series 2007 (the "Series 2007 Bonds"; and together with the Series 2006A Bonds, the "Bonds") in the aggregate principal amount of $17,915,000, all pursuant to the Master Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture (together, the "Indenture"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the principal and interest payments on the Bonds are payable by the District from, and secured by, Special Taxes levied by the District; and Page 2 of 3 Resolution No. 2012- 54 WHEREAS, when the Bonds were issued, the District was advised that the County of Riverside (the "County") would not include in the Teeter Plan (the "Teeter Plan") of the County, adopted pursuant to Sections 4701 through 4717 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, the special taxes levied by a community facilities district established under the Act, and accordingly, neither the District nor the Special Taxes were included in the Teeter Plan; and WHEREAS, subsequent to the issuance of the Bonds, the County has determined to include the Special Taxes levied by the District in the Teeter Plan of the County, and the Teeter Plan currently is applicable to the District and the Special Taxes; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 4701 through 4717 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, including without limitation Section 4713.5, during such fiscal years that the Special Taxes of the District are included in the Teeter Plan, the County shall pay to the District 100 percent of the Special Tax levy, without regard to actual delinquencies in property owner payments of Special Taxes for the applicable fiscal years; and WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that the District may from time to time, and at any time, without notice to or consent of any of the Bondowners, adopt a supplemental indenture to modify, alter, amend or supplement the Indenture in any respect which is not materially adverse to the Bondowners; and WHEREAS, in view of the District's receipt of 100% of the Special Taxes levied in any fiscal year in which the Teeter Plan is applicable, there is no adverse consequence to Bondowners if the District does not commence judicial foreclosure proceedings against parcels delinquent in the payment of Special Taxes in any such fiscal year; and WHEREAS, as permitted by the Indenture and to conserve and provide efficient use of District resources, the District desires, and the Trustee is willing, to amend and supplement the foreclosure covenant included in the Indenture by a Second Supplemental Indenture (the "Second Supplemental Indenture") to provide that, if at any time, the County's Teeter Plan is in effect and is made applicable to the District and the Special Taxes being levied in connection with the Bonds, the District may, in its discretion, elect not to commence any judicial foreclosure proceeding pursuant to the foreclosure covenant included in the Indenture or to defer the commencement of such proceedings until such time as the District deems appropriate. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, ACTING FOR ITSELF AND AS THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 (UNIVERSITY PARK), DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Recitals; Findings. The above recitals, and each of them, are true and correct. Page 3 of 3 Resolution No. 2012- 54 Section 2. Second Supplemental Indenture. The Second Supplemental Indenture, proposed to be entered into by and between the District and the Trustee, in the form presented and on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City, is hereby approved. Each of the Mayor of the City (or in his absence, the Mayor Pro Tem of the City) and the City Manager of the City (each an "Authorized Officer"), acting singly, is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the District, to execute and deliver the Second Supplemental Indenture in substantially said form, with such changes therein as the Authorized Officer executing the same may approve (such approval to be conclusively evidenced by such Authorized Officer's execution and delivery thereof). Section 3. Other Acts. The Authorized Officers and all other officers of the City and the District are hereby authorized and directed, jointly and severally, to do any and all things, to execute and deliver any and all documents that they may deem necessary or advisable in order to consummate the Second Supplemental Indenture, or otherwise to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution and the Second Supplemental Indenture, and any such actions previously taken by such officers, are hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 4. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a meeting held on the 12th day of July, 2012, by the following vote to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ROBERT A. SPIEGEL, MAYOR ATTEST: RACHELLE D. KLASSEN, CITY CLERK CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 (UNIVERSITY PARK) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE Dated as of July 1, 2012 Relating to $50,000,000 (initial principal amount) $17,915,000 (initial principal amount) City of Palm Desert City of Palm Desert Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 (University Park) (University Park) Special Tax Bonds Special Tax Bonds Series 2006A 1469984.1 Series 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ARTICLE I AUTHORITY AND DEFINITIONS.......................................................................2 SECTION 1.01. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE....................................................................2 SECTION 1.02. AUTHORITY FOR SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE ...........................2 SECTION 1.03. DEFINITIONS............................................................................................2 ARTICLE II AMENDMENT....................................................................................................... 3 SECTION 2.01. AMENDMENT TO THE INDENTURE............................................................ 3 ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS..............................................................................................3 SECTION 3.01. EXECUTIONS IN COUNTERPARTS............................................................. 3 1469984.1 1 Second Supplemental Indenture This Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 1, 2012, is entered into by and between City of Palm Desert Community Facilities District No. 2005-1 (University Park), a community facilities district established under the Mello -Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982 (the "District"), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under laws of the United States of America and authorized to accept and execute trusts of the character herein set forth, as trustee (the "Trustee"). Recitals A. The District is a community facilities district established under the Mello - Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, being Chapter 2.5, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, of the Government Code of the State of California (the "Act"), duly created, established and authorized to finance certain capital facilities and services and exercise its powers, all under and pursuant to the Act (as defined in the Master Indenture hereinafter described), and the powers of the District include the power to issue bonds for the financing of authorized capital facilities. B. The City Council of the City of Palm Desert, located in Riverside County, California (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "legislative body of the District" or the "City"), has heretofore undertaken proceedings and declared the necessity to issue bonds on behalf of the District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Act. C. Based upon Resolution Nos. 06-6 and 06-7 adopted by the legislative body of the District on January 12, 2006 and an election held January 12, 2006 authorizing the levy of a special tax (the "Special Tax" or "Special Taxes") and the issuance of bonds by the District, the District is authorized to issue bonds for one or more series, pursuant to the Act, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $70,000,000, for the purpose of financing the Project (as defined in the Master Indenture hereinafter described). D. Pursuant to a Bond Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2006 (the "Master Indenture"), and a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 1, 2007 (the "First Supplemental Indenture"), each by and between the District and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, the District has heretofore issued its Special Tax Bonds, Series 2006A (the "Series 2006A Bonds") in the initial aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000, and its Special Tax Bonds, Series 2007 (the "Series 2007 Bonds"; and together with the Series 2006A Bonds, the "Bonds") in the aggregate principal amount of $17,915,000, all pursuant to and secured by the Master Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture (together, the "Indenture"), in the manner provided therein. E. When the Bonds were issued, the District was advised that the County of Riverside (the "County") would not include in the Teeter Plan (the "Teeter Plan") of the County, adopted pursuant to Sections 4701 through 4717 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, the special taxes levied by a community facilities district established under the Act, and accordingly, neither the District nor the Special Taxes were included in the Teeter Plan. 1469984.1 F. Subsequent to the issuance of the Bonds, the County has determined to include the Special Taxes levied by the District in the Teeter Plan of the County, and the Teeter Plan currently is applicable to the District and the Special Taxes. G. Section 6.1 of the Master Indenture provides that the District may from time to time, and at any time, without notice to or consent of any of the Bondowners, adopt a supplemental indenture to modify, alter, amend or supplement the Indenture in any respect which is not materially adverse to the Bondowners. H. Pursuant to Sections 4701 through 4717 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, including without limitation Section 4713.5, during such fiscal years that the Special Taxes of the District are included in the Teeter Plan, the County shall pay to the District 100 percent of the Special Tax levy, without regard to actual delinquencies in the payment and collection of Special Taxes for the applicable fiscal years. I. To conserve and provide efficient use of District resources, the District desires, and the Trustee is willing, to amend and supplement Section 5.2(c) of the Master Indenture to provide that, if at any time, the County's Teeter Plan is in effect and is made applicable to the District and the Special Taxes being levied in connection with the Bonds, the District may, in its discretion, elect not to commence any judicial foreclosure proceeding pursuant to Section 5.2(c) or to defer the commencement of such proceedings until such time as the District deems appropriate. NOW THEREFORE, THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and for other valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the District does hereby covenant and agree with the Trustee, for the benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Bonds, as follows: ARTICLE I AUTHORITY AND DEFINITIONS SECTION 1.01. Supplemental Indenture. This Second Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to the Indenture. Save and except as amended and supplemented by this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 1.02. Authority for Second Supplemental Indenture. This Second Supplemental Indenture is adopted (i) pursuant to the provisions of the Act and (ii) in accordance with Section 6.1 of the Master Indenture. SECTION 1.03. Definitions. Except as provided by this Second Supplemental Indenture, all terms which are defined in the Indenture shall have the same meanings, respectively, in this Second Supplemental Indenture. The following additional terms shall, for all purposes of the Indenture, have the following respective meanings: "County" means the County of Riverside, California. 2 1469984.1 "Teeter Plan" means the Teeter Plan of the County, adopted pursuant to Sections 4701 through 4717 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. ARTICLE II AMENDMENT SECTION 2.01. Amendment to the Indenture. Section 5.2(c) of the Master Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph as the last paragraph of such section: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time, the County's Teeter Plan (adopted pursuant to Sections 4701 through 4717 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code) is in effect and is made applicable to the District and the Special Taxes being levied in connection with the Bonds, the District may, in its discretion, elect not to commence any judicial foreclosure proceeding pursuant to this Section 5.2(c) or defer the commencement of such proceedings until such time as the District deems appropriate." ARTICLE III MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 3.01. Executions in Counterparts. This Second Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original; and all such counterparts, as many of them as the District and the Trustee shall preserve undestroyed, shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. [The remainder of this page is intentionally left blank.] 1469984.1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 (UNIVERSITY PARK) has caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be signed by the Mayor of the City of Palm Desert, acting as the legislative body of the District and attested thereto by the City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in token of its acceptance of the trust created hereunder, has caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be signed in its corporate name by its officer identified below, all as of the day and year first above written. ATTEST: City Clerk of the City of Palm Desert, California CITY OF PALM DESERT COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2005-1 (UNIVERSITY PARK) LOW Mayor of the City of Palm Desert, California WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee By: Its: Authorized Officer 4 1469984.1