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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-308 . 1 2 3 4 5 6 RESOLUTION NO. 2010-308 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF RECOVERY ZONE FACILITY BONDS BY THE SAN BERNARDINO JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO 7 WHEREAS, the City of San Bernardino, California (the "City") is a municipal corporation 8 and charter city, duly organized and existing pursuant to the provisions of the constitution of the 9 State of California; and 10 WHEREAS, the Community Development Commission of the City of San Bernardino (the 11 "Commission") is the governing body of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino 12 (the "Agency"), a public body, corporate and politic, established by the City and organized and 13 existing pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code 14 Section 33000, et seq.) (the "CRL"); and 15 WHEREAS, the City and the Agency have heretofore entered into a Joint Exercise of 16 Powers Agreement establishing the San Bernardino Joint Powers Financing Authority (the 17 "Authority") for the purpose of issuing bonds, the proceeds of which may be loaned to any of its 18 members to finance public capital improvements; and 19 WHEREAS, Congress passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the 20 "Act") which amends the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") to authorize a city to 21 designate a "recovery zone" for the purpose of issuing Recovery Zone Economic Development 22 Bonds under Section 1400U-2 of the Code, and Recovery Zone Facility Bonds under Section 23 1400U-3 of the Code to promote economic recovery within the country; and 24 WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 2009-328 entitled the "Resolution of the Mayor and 25 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino Designating the City of San Bernardino as a 26 Recovery Zone for Purposes of Sections 1400U-l, 1400U-2 and 1400U-3 of the Internal Revenue 27 Code of 1986," adopted on September 21, 2009, the City designated the entire geographical area of 28 the City a "recovery zone," and the City has received an allocation from the State of California in 1 P:\Agendas\Resolutions\Resolutions\2010\09-07-10 Recovery Zone Bonds - TEFRA MCC Reso,docx 2010-308 1 the amount of $10,602,000 for Recovery Zone Facility Bonds which shall expire on December 31, 2 2010;and 3 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"), 4 the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority must be approved by the City of San Bernardino ("City") 5 after a Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982 ("TEFRA") public hearing; and 6 WHEREAS, the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino (the "Council") 7 is the elected legislative body of the City and is an applicable elected representative required to 8 approve the issuance of the Bonds under Section 147(f) of the Code; and 9 WHEREAS, the Authority has requested that the Council approve the issuance of the Bonds 10 by the Authority in order to satisfy the public approval requirement of Section 147(f) of the Code 11 and the requirements of Section 9 of the Amended and Restated Joint Exercise of Powers 12 Agreement, dated as of June I, 1988 (the "Agreement"), among certain local agencies, including the 13 City; and 14 WHEREAS, the City has caused the timely publication of notice regarding the holding of a 15 public hearing in accordance with Section 147(f) of the Code in connection with the proposed 16 issuance of the not to exceed $10,602,000 the Authority Lease Revenue Bonds Series 2010 ("E" 17 Street Project - Exhibit "A") (Tax Exempt -Recovery Zone Facility Bonds) and now seeks to 18 approve the issuance of the bonds by the Authority pursuant to the public hearing conducted on that 19 date; and 20 WHEREAS, the proposed security for the Bonds will initially be certain pledged revenues of 21 the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino and a deed of trust on the property, and 22 subsequently lease revenues generated from the tenants of the "E" Street Project, and including, but 23 not limited to, a developer guaranty and a deed oftrust on the property; and 24 WHEREAS, California Debt Limit Allocation Committee ("CD LAC") Regulations do not 25 require that California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") or zoning compliance be completed 26 prior to the holding of a public hearing for purposes of the CDLAC Regulations and City staff will 27 make a determination as to any zoning and CEQA requirements, and address those requirements, 28 prior to the final approval of the project and the issuance of bonds; and 2 P:\Agendas\ResolutionslResolutions\2010\09-07-IO Recovery Zone Bonds - TEFRA MeC Reso.docx 2010-308 1 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Code, the Council has, following notice, duly 2 given, held a public hearing regarding the issuance of the Bonds, and now desires to approve the 3 issuance of the Bonds by the Authority solely for the purpose of satisfying the requirement of said 4 Section 147(f) of the Code. 5 NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, DETERMINED AND ORDERED 6 BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AS 7 FOLLOWS: 8 Section 1. The above Recitals are true and correct in all respects and are incorporated herein 9 by reference. 10 Section 2. The Mayor and Common Council have held a public hearing in accordance with 11 the provisions of Section 147(f) of the Code as commonly referred to as a TEFRA hearing, and have 12 considered all testimony and comments submitted in connection with the proposed issuance of the 13 Bonds. The City hereby approves the issuance of the Bonds pursuant to the TEFRA hearing. 14 Section 3. The Council hereby approves the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority for the 15 purposes of financing the acquisition, construction, and improvement of the "E" Street Project. It is 16 the purpose and intent of the Mayor and Common Council that this Resolution constitute approval 17 of the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority solely for the purposes of (a) Section 147(f) of the 18 Code by the applicable elected representative of the governmental unit having jurisdiction, in 19 accordance with said Section 1 47(f), and (b) Section 9 of the Agreement. The City assumes no 20 liability or responsibility of any nature whatsoever with respect to the Bonds and any aspects thereof 21 as to compliance with all applicable federal tax and securities laws when the Bonds are issued. 22 Section 4. The proceeds of the Bonds shall be applied by the Authority in part to reimburse 23 the City for the Reimbursement Expenditures with respect to the Projects. 24 Section 5. The Mayor of the City, and/or his designees are hereby authorized and directed, 25 jointly and severally, to do any and all things and to execute and deliver any and all documents that 26 they deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out, give effect to and comply with the terms and 27 intent of this Resolution and the financing transaction approved hereby. 28 3 P:\Agendas\ResolutionslResolutions\2010\09-07-IO Recovery Zone Bonds - TEFRA MeC Reso.docx 2010-308 1 Section 6. This Resolution shall take effect upon its adoption and execution in the manner 2 as required by the City Charter. 3 /1/ 4 /1/ 5 1// 6 11/ 7 11/ 8 /1/ 9 1// 10 1// 11 1/1 12 1/1 13 11/ 14 1/1 15 1/1 16 1/1 17 1/1 18 1/1 19 11/ 20 11/ 21 1/1 22 11/ 23 1/1 24 11/ 25 26 27 28 4 P:\Agendas\Resolutions\ResolutionsI2010\09-07-10 Recovery Zone Bonds - TEFRA Mec Reso,docx 1 2 3 4 5 2010-308 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF RECOVERY ZONE FACILITY BONDS BY THE SAN BERNARDINO JOINT POWERS FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor and joint regular meeting 6 Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a day of September 18 , 2010, by the following vote, to wit: Aves Navs ---.lL x x x - ---.lL ----1L. x Abstain Absent ~h.~ Rac eI G. Clark, City Clerk ~ 19 The foregoing Resolution is hereby approved this q day of September 20 21 ,2010. . ~ Patric J. Morris, r San Bernardino 22 23 24 25 Approved as to Form: 26 27 28 By: 5 P:\AgendaslResolutions\ResolutionsI2010\09-07-10 Recovery Zone Bonds - TEFRA MeC Reso,docx 2010-308 1 2 3 Proiect DescriDtion: EXHIBIT" A" Descriptions of Project to be Financed 4 The Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Bernardino ("Agency") has selected two (2) suitable 5 locations on the former commercial corridor located on "E" Street extending southerly from the 6 Downtown area to the Hospitality Lane area of the city. The Agency will be acquiring several 7 properties fronting on the west side of "E" Street north of Mill Street to be combined with the 8 residual land that will be deeded back to the Agency pursuant to the prior disposition and 9 development agreement. The Agency has also acquired a former governmental entity office 10 structure also on the west side of "E" street south of Orange Show Road and intends to acquire 11 additional properties from the abandoned car dealership to the south of this location. The land 12 assembly will then allow the Agency to prepare sites and to entitle both of these project sites for 13 new commercial/retail development. The agency would be the obligated party pursuant to the 14 proposed bond financing and would utilize the bond proceeds to acquire and prepare sites for future 15 development. It is expected that the Agency would then transfer the prepared sites to a developer 16 who would then assurne the debt service payments with the Agency remaining contingently liable credit enhancement in an effort to encourage the 17 on the financing to provide a form of 18 redevelopment of these selected properties. 19 1/1 20 11/ 21 /1/ 22 1/1 23 1/1 24 /II 25 1/1 26 /II 27 //1 28 6 P:\Agendas\Resolutions\Resolutions\2010\09-07-1O R~overy Zone Bonds - TEFRA Mec Reso,docx