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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-472 " f RESOLUTION NO. 85-472 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS TO FINANCE A PROJECT FOR SAN BERNARDINO COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino (the "City"), is a municipal corporation and charter city duly organized and existing under the city charter pursuant to which the City has the right and power to make and enforce all laws and regulations in respect to municipal affairs and certain other matters in accordance with and as more particularly provided in Sections 3, 5 and 7 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California and Section 40 of the charter of the City (the "Charter"); and WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City acting under and pursuant to the powers reserved to the City under Sections 3, 5 and 7 of Article XI of the Constitution of the State of California and Section 40 of the Charter, finds that the public interest and necessity require the establishment of a program for the authorization, sale and issuance of health facilities revenue bonds by the City for the purpose of making loans such as that described herein; and WHEREAS, San Bernardino Community Hospital (the "Hospital") has requested the financial assistance of the City in refinancing certain indebtedness of the Hospital and financing the construction of certain Hospital facilities and , , the acquisition of certain capital equipment and improvements for the Hospital (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the City desires to assist the Hospital in the financing of the Project; and WHEREAS, the City deems it necessary and essential and a proper public purpose that the Project be financed at the earliest practicable date; the Hospital requires satisfactory assurance from the City that the proceeds of the sale of bonds of the City will be made available to assist in the financing of the Project; and the City requires satisfactory assurance from the Hospital that certain costs of issuing such bonds will be paid by the Hospital and that the Hospital, as part of the consideration for such financial assistance, will provide certain health services for and within the City during the term of such bonds. NOW, THEREFORE, THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, DO HEREBY FIND, RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City shall proceed to prepare, or cause to be prepared, the documentation necessary for the City to issue, at one time or from time to time, an aggregate of not to exceed forty million dollars ($40,000,000) principal amount of hospital revenue bonds of the City (the "Bonds") to finance the Project; provided that, prior to commencing such preparation, the City and the Hospital shall have entered into a letter agreement in substantially the 2 ; . form attached hereto, with such additions or deletions as are considered necessary or appropriate by officers of the City and the Hospital, and the Mayor of the City is hereby authorized to execute said letter agreement for and in the name and on behalf of the City. The Bonds shall be issued pursuant to Ordinance No. 3815, as amended, and, upon the issuance of the Bonds, the Hospital shall remit or cause to be remitted to the City from the proceeds of the Bonds or otherwise, one percent (1%) of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. Section 2. The Bonds shall be payable solely from the revenues to be received by the City pursuant to a loan or other agreement(s) to be entered into by the City and the Hospital in connection with the financing of the Project, and shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the City under any constitutional, charter or statutory debt limitation. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the City shall be pledged to the payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds. Section 3. Issuance of the Bonds shall be subject to the following conditions: (a) the City and the Hospital shall have first agreed to mutually acceptable terms for the Bonds and the sale and delivery thereof and mutually acceptable terms and conditions for the loan or other agreement(s) for the financing of the Project, and (b) all 3 \ '. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 18th day of November , 1985, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Estrada, Reilly, Hernandez, Marks, Frazier. Strickler NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Councilman Quiel ~/N~/?~ City Clerk The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this ~o~ dayof NnVAmhAr , 1985. Approved as to form: ~~t!f7r 5