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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 92-032 02/03/1992~.. ~eJ~lut~~n No. 92-32 N.C.J. of the City of Petaluma, California RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF BONDS PETALUMA AUTO PLAZA ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 19 The City Council of the City of Petaluma resolves: Section 1. RECITALS. On February 27, 1989, the City Council of the City of Petaluma adopted its resolution of intention, as later amended, to order acquisition of improvements in Petaluma Auto Plaza Assessment District No. 19, City of Petaluma, County of Sonoma, State of California, under the provisions of the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (the "Act"), as amended. Proceedings taken under the Act led to the levy of a special assessment by the City Council against parcels of land within the assessment district in the total amount of $1,400,000.00. These assessments will be recorded in the office of the County Recorder of the County of Sonoma, and thereupon will become a lien on each parcel assessed. The period within which parcel owners might pay their assessments in cash without interest has been waived. Section 2. ISSUANCE OF BONDS. The City Council hereby authorizes the issuance of improvement bonds under the provisions of the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 and Chapter 4.08 of the Petaluma Municipal Code to represent unpaid assessments in the amount of $1,400,000.00. Each bond shall be designated, "Limited Obligation Improvement Bond, City of Petaluma, Petaluma Auto Plaza Assessment District No. 19, Series No. 1992B." Bonds shall be dated March 25, 1992 and issued in denominations of $:5000 or Res. ~~....9.2.-.3.2............ N.c.s. integral multiples thereof. The principal amounts of the Bonds and the interest rates on the bonds shall be as set forth in the final official statement. Section 3. APPOINTMENT OF PAYING AGENT. REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT. The City Council hereby appoints the Bank of America National Trust and Ravings Association as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent for the bonds in accordance with an agreement between the City of Petaluma and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association. Section 4. FORM .AND EXECUTION. Bonds shall be issued as -fully registered bonds substantially in the form set forth as Exhibit B to this resolution. The bonds shall be signed by the City Treasurer and the City Clerk and the seal of the City shall be affixed. Both signatures and seal may be reproduced on the bonds by facsimile., but upon 'its registration or reregistration each bond shall be authenticated by the manual signature of the registrar. The registrar shall assign to each bond authenticated and registered by it a distinctive letter, or number, or letter and number, and shall maintain a record thereof which shall be available to the City for inspection. Section 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUND: For administering the proceeds of the sale of bonds and payment of interest and principal on the bonds, there is hereby established a special revenue fund called "District #19 - Petaluma Auto Plaza " which will consist of five accounts to be known as the improvement account, the redemption account, the. special reserve account, the investment earnings account and the arbitrage rebate account, Page 2 of 8 Reso. 92-32 NGS res~,ectively, foL• Petaluma Auto Plaza Assessr5ent Di.Strict No. 19, City of Petaluma, County of Sonoma., State of California. Section 5.1. IMP,RO~IEMENT ACCOUNT. Except as provided in Section '5:3, proceeds of sale of the bonds, together with all amounts paid on the assessments before bond issuance, shall be deposited in the improvement account to be mai.ntainEd by the City Treasurer. Disbursements from the improvement account shall be made by the City Treasurer in accordance with the budget of estimated costs and ex~erises set forth in the amended engineer's report heretofore approved by the City Council, which report and budget are subject to modification by the City Council from time to time as prescribed by the Act. Section 5.2. REDEMPTION ACCOUNT. The redemption account shall be nrai.rtain`d by the City 7~reasurer. A11 payments of principal and interest installments on the assessments, taceth~er with penalties, if any, shall be deposited in the redemption account, which shall be a trust fund for the benefit of the bondholders. PayYnent of the bonds at matur,i.ty, or at redemption before maturity, and al.l i:~terE>>t on the bonds shall be made from the re3em~tion accaurit. `l'fie Cit1 shall dFFnsit i.nt-.o the redempti.~n .aceaunt., fre?m the proceeds of the :gale of t~7e bcrirls, an amount equal to i.riterest for a.pproxmatey 20 months, which shall be applied to paymen~~t cf the first parable interest on the bonds until. fully expended. Section- 5.3. SF~ECIaL RESERVE ~':CCC~LJI~iT. Thera shall be deposited into the special reserve aocount an amount equal to the maximum. a~n~n~~l dek~t servi.ae frA?TI the prc~oeeds of the Sale of Pnge 3 of .8 Reso. 92-32 1°1CS bonds. That amount, less any-amounts transferred to the redemption account pursuant to Section 8584 of the Streets and Highways .Code, shall constitute the "Reserve Requirement°' for the bonds. The special reserve account shall be maintained by the City Treasurer. A. During the term of the bonds:., the amount in the special reserve account shall be available for transfer into the redemption account in accordance with Section 8808 of the Streets and Highways Code. The amount so advanced shall be reimbursed to. the special reserve account from the proceeds of redemption or sale of the parcel for which payment of delinquent assessment installments was made from the special reserve account. B. If any assessment is prepaid before final maturity of the bonds, the amount of principal which the assessee is required to prepay shall be reduced by an amount which is in the same ratio to the original amount of the special reserve account as the original amount of the prepaid assessment bears to the total amount of unpaid assessments originally securing the Bonds. This reduction in the amount of principal prepaid shall be balanced by a transfer from the special `reserve account to the redemption account in the same amount. C~. The amount maintained in the special res:erve.accpunt will never exceed the Reserve Requirement. Proceeds of investment of the special reserve account shall be deposited in the investment earnings account. D. When the amount in the special reserve account equals or exceeds the amount required to retire the remaining unmatured bonds (whether by advance retirement or otherwise), the amount of Page 4 of 8 Reso. 92-32 NC5 the special reserve aecoun~t shall be transferred to the redemption account, and the remaining installments of principal and interest not yet due from assessed property owners shall be cancelled without payment. Section 5.4. INVESTMENT EARNINGS ACCOUNT. Proceeds of the investment of amounts in the improvement account and the special reserve account will be deposited in the investment earnings account. As of September 2 of each year during the term of the bonds, the Treasurer shall determine whether any portion of investment earnings must be rebated to the United States pursuant to Section 148 of the United States Internal Revenue Code and regulations adopted thereunder. Any amounts required to be rebated will be transferred to the arbitrage rebate account, and the balance will be transferred as follows: (a) To the extent that the balance in the special reserve account is less than the Reserve Requirement, a transfer will be made from the investment earnings account to the special reserve account. (b) The remaining balance in the investment earnings account, if any, will be transferred to the improvement account until the' improvement is completed and the improvement account is closed; thereafter the balance in the investment earnings account will be transfer-red to the redemption account to be used, in the discretion of the. City Treasurer, as a credit upon the annual. installments of assessment or for the advance retirement of bonds. Reso. 92-32 NCS Page 5 of 8 ~~ The City ~Trea~urer is authorized to retain independent attorneys, accountants and other ccn~ultants tb assist in complying with Federal requirements. Section 5.5. ARBITR arbitrage rebate. account shall amounts i:n the other funds and the United States at -the times United States Internal Revenue thereunder. AGE REBATE ACCOUNT.. Amounts in the be invested in the same manner as shall be held in trust 'for rebate to required by Section 148 of the Code anc~ regulations adopted Section 6. PAYMENT ON BONDS. The principal and interest on the bonds shall be payable at the office of the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, 55 Hawthorne Street, 8th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105. Principal and interest shall. be paid by check mailed to the registered owner of each bond at the owner's address appearing on the register maiiita~ned by the registrar on the 15th day preceding the date of payment. Section 7. ADVANCE RETIREMENT OF BONDS. Any Bond or any portion thereof in the amount of $5,00.0 or any integral multiple thereof, may be redeemed and paid in advance of maturity upon the second day of March or September in any year by giving at least 30 days' notice by registered or certified mail or by personal s'ervic'e to-the registered ~wne.r thereof at such owner's address as it appears on the registration books of the Bank and by paying principal, accrued interest to the date of redemptio.~ and a redemption premium at the fo lowing percentage of principal: 3.0% if redeemed on or before September 2, 1994; 2.5o if reuepmed or, March 2, 1995 or September 2, 1995; 2.0% if redeemed on March 2, 1996 or September 2, 1996; Pacxe 6 o:f 8 Reso. 92-32 NCS 1.5~ if redeemed on March 2, 1997 or Sep€ember 2, 1997; 1.0% if redeemed on March 2, 1998 or September 2, 1.998; 0.5% if redeemed on March 2, 1999 or September 2, 1999; and no premium if redeemed after September 2, 19.99. Section 8. RER~EGISTRATION. Any bond may be registered to a new owner by completing the assignment certificate on the reverse of the bond and delivering the bond to the registrar. Upon reregistration, any bond may be replaced by one or more bonds of the same maturity and aggregate amount in denominations of $5000 or any integral multiple thereof. Section 9. COVENANTS.. In the event of a default in the payment of any bond or any installment of interest thereon, bondholders shall have the remedies set forth in the Improvement Bond Act of 1915. In addition, the City Council makes the following covenants, which shall constitute a~contract with the bondholders: Section 9'. 1. FORECLOSURE OF LIENS. Not later than October 1 in any year,, the City shall file an action in the Superior Court to foreclose the lien of each delinquent assessment if the. sum of uncured assessment delinquencies for the preceding fiscal year exceeds five pe"rcent (5%) of the assessment installments posted to the tax .roll for that fiscal year, and if the amount of the special reserve account is less than the Reserve Requirement. Section 9.2. ARBITRAGE. During the term of the bonds, the City will make no use of bond proceeds which, if such use had been :reasonably expected at the date the bonds are issued, Reso. 92-32 NCS Page 7 of 8 could have caused the bonds to be "arbitrage bonds11 within the meaning of Section 148 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and regulations of the Internal Revenue Service adopted thereunder, and further shall rebate to the United States any amounts required to be rebated on account of arbitrage in accordance with the provisions of that Code and those regulations. Section 9.3. MAINTENANCE OF TAX EXEMPTION. The City will take all reasonable actions required to maintain the status of interest on the bonds as excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes and as exempt from the State of California personal income taxes. Section 9.4. ARBITRAGE REBATE ELECTIONS. This City Council elects to pay the penalty, if any, established by Section 148 (f) (4) (B) (iv) (V) of the Internal Revenue Code in lieu of rebating arbitrage earnings on the improvement account. This City Council declines to make the election permitted by Section 148 (f) (4) (B) (iv) (VI) and, hence, earnings on the special reserve account shall be considered "net proceeds" under Section 148 (f) (4) (B) (iv) (II). Under the power and authority conferred upon this Council by the Charter of said City. REFERENCE: I hereby certify the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted by the-'''~~~ App ved as to Council of the City of Petaluma at a (Regular) (Adjourned) (Special) meeting 3rd Februar .. 1x..92, by the ~ ~ ~' on the .......................... day of ...........................X............................, _ . following vote: ....-__~ .. ... . ........ ............ it torney AYES: Read, Davis, Cavanagh, Sobel, Nelson, Vice Mayor Woolsey, Mayor Hilligoss NOES: None ABSENT: No ATTEST : .............. J -- .... .. ..-- - ..........--.......... City C1er1+~EP~~'Y ~~~' ~~~uncil CA 10-85 Res. No. 9.2-.3.2......... N.c.s. EXHIBIT A PETALUMA AUTO PLAZA ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 19 MATURITY SCHEDULE (Principal Amounts and Interest Rates shall be as set forth in the Final Official Statement) September 2 Principal Amount Interest Rate 1992 $ 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 ~~~~~~ G a - ~ ~, MG s .EXHIBIT B United States of America State of California County of Sonoma REGISTERED Number REGISTERED LIMITED OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BOND CITY OF PETALUMA PETALUMA AUTO PLAZA ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 19 SERIES NO. 1992B INTEREST RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP NUMBER REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL SUM: DOLLARS Under and by virtue of the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500.), of the Streets and Highways Code, (the "Act'"), and Chapter 4.08 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, the City of Petaluma, County of Sonoma, State of California., (the "City"), will, out of the redemption account for the payment. of the bonds issued upon, the unpaid portion of assessments made for the acquisition, work and improvements more fully described in proceedings taken pursuant to Resolution of Intention No. 89-58, adopted by the City Council of the City of Petaluma on the 27th day of February, 1989, as later amended, pay to the registered owner stated above or registered assigns, on the maturity date stated above, the principal sum stated above, in lawful money of the United States of America and in like manner will pay interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date on-which this Bond is authenticated, unless this Bond is authenticated and registered as of an interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from such interest payment date,, or unless this Bond is authenticated and registered prior to September 2„ 1992, in which event. it shall bear interest from its date., until payment of such principal sum shall have been discharged, at the rate per annum stated above, payable semiannually on March 2 and September 2 in each year commencing on September 2, 19-9'2. Both the principal hereof and redemption premium hereon are payable at the principal corporate trust office of Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, or its successor, as Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent, in San Francisco, California (the "Bank"), and-the interest hereon is payable by check mailed on each interest payment date to the owner hereof at the owner's address as it appears on the registration books of the Bank, or at such address as may have been filed with the Bank for that purpose, as of the fifteenth day immediately preceding each interest payment date. ~~ ~ ~ ~~ B-1 pia-3~rJGS REFERENCE'IS MPrDE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS BOND SET FORTH IN THE REVERSE S':IDE HEREOF WHICH~SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH HEREIN. This Bond will continue to bear interest after maturity at the rate ,above stated, provided, it is presented at maturity and payment thereof is refused upon the sole ground that there are not sufficient moneys in said redemption account with which to pay same.. If it is not presented at maturity, interest thereon will run until maturity. This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Actor the Resolution Authorizing Issuance of Bonds (the "Resolution of Issuance"), or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until the certificate of authentication and registration hereon endorsed shall have been dated and signed by the Bank. IN WITNESS' WHEREOF, said City of Petaluma has caused this Bond to be signed in facsimile by the City Treasurer of said City and by its Clerk, and has caused its corporate. seal to be reproduced in facsimile hereon all as of the 25th day of March, 1992. CITY OF PETALUMA Clerk Treasurer (SEAL) CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION AND REGISTRATION This is one of the Bonds described in the within mentioned Resolution of Issuance, which has been authenticated and registered on BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION as paying agent, registrar and transfer agent By Authorized Officer B-2 9 a - ~a ~ cs (REVERSE OF BOND) LIMITED OBL.IGATION IMPROVEMENT BOND CITY OF PETALUMA PETALUMA AUTO PLAZA ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 19. Series No. 1992B ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS OF THE BOND This Bond is one of several annual series of bonds of like date, tenor and .effect, but differing in amounts, maturities and interest rates, issued.'b,y the City of Petaluma under the Act, Chapter 4.08 of the Petaluma Municipal Code, and the Resolution of Issuance, .for the purpose of providing means for paying for the improvements described in said proceedings, and is secured by the moneys in said redemption account and by the unpaid portion of said assessments made for the.. payment of said improvements, and, including principal and interest, is payable exclusively out of said account. This Bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof, in person or by the owner's attorney duly authorized in writing, at said office of the Bank, subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Resolution of Issuance, including the payment of certain charges-, if any, upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond. Upon such transfer, a new registered Bond or Bonds., of any authorized denomination or denominations, of the same maturity, for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor. Bonds shall be registered only in the name of an individual (including joint owners), a corporation, a partnership or a trust. Neither the City"nor the Bank shall be required to make such exchange or registration of transfer of bonds during the fifteen (15) days immediately preceding any interest payment date. -The City will not obligate itself to advance available funds from the City treasury to cure any deficiency which may occur in the bond redemption account. A determination not to obligate itself shall not prevent the City from, in its sole discretion, so advancing funds. The City and the Bank may treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for all purposes., and the City and the Bank shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. This .Bond or any portion of it in the amount of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, may be redeemed and paid in advance of maturity upon the second day of. March or September in any year by giving at least 30 days' notice by registered or certified mail or by personal service to the registered owner hereof at such owner's address as it appears on the registration books of the Bank B-3 q a- - ~ a, I.l C~ .. '' and by paying princpal,~accrued interest to the date of redemption and a redemption prem-um at the following percentage of principal: 3.0~ 2.5a 2.0% 1.5% 1.0~ 0.5~ and no pr if if if if if if emi~ redeemed redeemed redeemed redeemed redeemed redeemed um if -red on on on on on on ~em~ or before September 2, 1994; March 2, 1995 or September 2, 1995; March 2, 1996 or September 2, 1996; March 2, 1997 or September 2, 1997; March 2, 1995 or September 2, 1998; March 2, 1999 or September 2, 1999; ~d after .September 2, 1999. I hereby certify that the following is a correct copy of the signed legal opinion of STURGI5, NESS, BRUNSELL & SPERRY a professional corporation, Emeryville, California, on file in my office. City Clerk B-4 as-ate Ncs