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Resolution: R-20-0193
File Number: 7581
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date: 7/9/2020
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-EIGHT
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($28,500,000.00) IN
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF A CITY OF MIAMI ("CITY") SPECIAL
OBLIGATION NON -AD VALOREM REVENUE REFUNDING NOTE, TAXABLE
SERIES 2020 (PORT OF MIAMI TUNNEL PROJECT) ("2020 NOTE") AND THE
PAYMENT OF COSTS OF ISSUANCE OF THE 2020 NOTE; FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR A SPECIAL OBLIGATION NON -AD VALOREM REVENUE
REFUNDING NOTE, SERIES 2023 (PORT OF MIAMI TUNNEL PROJECT) IN
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED THE THEN
OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE 2020 NOTE ("FUTURE NOTE"
AND, TOGETHER WITH THE 2020 NOTE, "NOTES") AND THE COSTS OF
ISSUANCE OF THE FUTURE NOTE AND COSTS OF DEFEASANCE AND
REDEMPTION OF A PORTION OF THE SERIES 2012 BONDS TO BE
REFUNDED AT THAT TIME; APPROVING THE SELECTION OF THE
PROPOSAL FROM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ("LENDER") AND
PROVIDING FOR THE DIRECT PLACEMENT WITH AND NEGOTIATED SALE
OF SAID NOTES TO THE LENDER; SETTING CERTAIN BASIC
PARAMETERS OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE LOAN
AGREEMENTS AND THE NOTES AND AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION,
EXECUTION, AND DELIVERY, ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY
ATTORNEY AND BOND COUNSEL, OF THE LOAN AGREEMENTS, THE
NOTES, THE FORWARD DELIVERY, AND THE DIRECT PURCHASE
AGREEMENT AND ANY AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY AGREEMENTS,
DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS,
SUPPLEMENTS, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO AND IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS;
AUTHORIZING ALL REQUIRED ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER, CITY
CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY, BOND COUNSEL, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND ALL
OTHER CITY OFFICIALS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY,
FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BOND COUNSEL, NOTE REGISTRARS, PAYING
AGENTS, AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY CITY OFFICIALS TO UNDERTAKE
THE NECESSARY STEPS AND TO NEGOTIATE, EXECUTE, AND DELIVER,
ALL IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND
COUNSEL, AN ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, ANY NOTICES,
DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS,
SUPPLEMENTS, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE
REFUNDING, DEFEASANCE, AND REDEMPTION OF A PORTION OF THE
CITY'S OUTSTANDING SPECIAL OBLIGATION NON -AD VALOREM
REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 2012 (PORT OF MIAMI TUNNEL
PROJECT) ("SERIES 2012 BONDS") AND THE PREPAYMENT OF THE 2020
NOTE; DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER TO SELECT
AN ESCROW AGENT AND A VERIFICATION AGENT; FURTHER
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF THE NOTES AND THE REFUNDING,
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DEFEASANCE, AND REDEMPTION OF THE SERIES 2012 BONDS TO BE
REFUNDED AND THE PREPAYMENT OF THE 2020 NOTE; RATIFYING,
APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING CERTAIN NECESSARY ACTIONS BY THE
CITY MANAGER AND DESIGNATED DEPARTMENTS IN ORDER TO UPDATE
THE RELEVANT FINANCIAL CONTROLS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR A REPEALER PROVISION;
PROVIDING FOR APPLICABLE EFFECTIVE DATES.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has currently outstanding Thirty -Three Million One
Hundred Sixty -Five Thousand Dollars ($33,165,000.00) of its previously issued Forty -Four
Million Seven Hundred Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars ($44,725,000.00) Special Obligation
Non -Ad Valorem Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project)
("Series 2012 Bonds"); and
WHEREAS, in order to obtain interest savings, the City desires to issue in a total
aggregate principal amount of not to exceed Twenty -Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($28,500,000.00) of Special Obligation Non -Ad Valorem Revenue Refunding Note,
Taxable Series 2020 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project) ("2020 Note") to advance refund a portion of
the Series 2012 Bonds in principal amount of Twenty -Four Million Eight Hundred Fifty -Five
Thousand Dollars ($24,855,000.00) representing the Amortization Requirements due March 1,
2024 through and including March 1, 2030 for the Series 2012 Bonds maturing on March 1,
2030 (which will become subject to optional redemption as of March 1, 2023) (such portion of
the Series 2012 Bonds to be refunded are hereinafter referred to as the "Bonds to be
Refunded"); and
WHEREAS, in order to obtain further interest savings, the City has the option to prepay,
without premium or penalty, the 2020 Note from December 2, 2022 through March 1, 2023
through the issuance of a Special Obligation Non -Ad Valorem Revenue Refunding Note,
Series 2023 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project) in a total aggregate principal amount not to exceed
the then outstanding principal amount of the 2020 Note ("Future Note" and, together with the
2020 Note, "Notes") to currently refund the principal amount of all of the 2020 Note then
outstanding; and
WHEREAS, the City's Financial Advisor, PFM Financial Advisors, LLC ("Financial
Advisor'), issued a Request for Proposals to banking and financial institutions for refunding and
defeasing the Bonds to be Refunded and received multiple proposals which were evaluated by
the Financial Advisor for responses consistent with the City's needs; and
WHEREAS, the proposals and recommendations by the Financial Advisor were
reviewed and recommended by the City's Administration to the City's Finance Committee, with
the proposal dated March 19, 2020 ("Proposal") from JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("Lender")
being recommended by the Finance Committee on June 15, 2020 as the most responsive and
responsible proposer providing the most favorable covenants to lend to the City the funds
necessary to refund the Bonds to be Refunded and to pay transactional expenses, which loan
shall be evidenced by the 2020 Note, which 2020 Note may be prepaid, without premium or
penalty, with the proceeds of the Future Note as provided above to provide further interest rate
savings to the City; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 218.385(1), Florida Statutes, as amended, the
City Manager has recommended and the City Commission desires to find, determine, and
declare as set forth below in Section 3 that a privately -placed negotiated sale of the Notes to the
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Lender is in the best interests of the City due to the complexities of the market; the timings of
the refunding, defeasance, and redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded; and the timing of the
issuance of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City to approve the issuance of the Notes and
the direct placement and negotiated sale of the Notes to the Lender to provide for interest
savings pursuant to the City's debt management policy for current refunding bonds that result in
a minimum of three percent (3%) Net Present Value savings and advance refunding bonds that
result in a minimum of five percent (5%) Net Present Value savings to the City without extending
the original maturities of the payments, to authorize the basic parameters of the terms and
conditions of Loan Agreements between the City and the Lender, the Notes, and certain
agreements and documents in connection with the issuance therewith, to delegate to the City
Manager the determination of certain other details of the Loan Agreements, the Notes, the
Forward Delivery, and Direct Placement Agreement, and the Escrow Deposit Agreement for the
refunding, defeasance, and redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded, and to authorize the City
Manager, the City Clerk, the City Attorney, Bond Counsel, the Financial Advisor, the Note
Registrars, the Paying Agents, and other necessary and appropriate City officials to undertake
and to do all actions necessary and in the best interests of the City in connection with the direct
placement, issuance, and delivery of the Notes, the advance refunding, defeasance, and
redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded, the prepayment of the 2020 Notes, and the costs of
issuance, defeasance, and redemption related thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Authority. This Resolution is adopted pursuant to the Constitution of the
State of Florida ("State"); Chapter 166, Florida Statutes, as amended; the Charter of the City of
Miami, Florida, as amended ("City Charter'), the Code of the City of Miami, Florida, as amended
("City Code"); applicable City resolutions; and other applicable provisions of law (collectively,
"Act"
Section 2. Definitions. All capitalized undefined terms shall have the meanings as
set forth in this Resolution, the Proposal, and as defined in the Loan Agreements and the Notes.
In addition to the words and terms defined in the recitals to this Resolution, as used herein, the
following terms shall have the following meanings herein unless the context otherwise requires:
"Bond Counsel" means Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, Miami, Florida or any other
attorney at law or firm of attorneys of nationally recognized standing in matters pertaining to the
federal tax exemption of interest on obligations issued by states and political subdivisions and
duly admitted to practice law before the highest court of any state of the United States of
America.
"Bond Registrar" means the Finance Director of the City.
"Escrow Agent" means the bank or financial institution selected by the City Manager as
provided in Section 17.
"Escrow Deposit Agreement" means the Escrow Deposit Agreement to be entered into
between the City and the Escrow Agent providing for the refunding, defeasance, and
redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded.
"Financial Advisor" means PFM Financial Advisors, LLC.
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"Fiscal Year" means the Fiscal Year of the City beginning on October 1 of each year and
ending on September 30 of the following calendar year.
"Forward Delivery and Direct Purchase Agreement" means the Forward Delivery and
Direct Purchase Agreement relating to the Future Note to be entered into between the City and
the Lender in accordance with this Resolution and the Proposal.
"Future Loan Agreement' means the Loan Agreement relating to the Future Note to be
entered into between the City and the Lender in accordance with the terms of this Resolution
and the Proposal.
"Future Note" means the City's Special Obligation Non -Ad Valorem Revenue Refunding
Note, Series 2023 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project) in a total aggregate principal amount not to
exceed the then outstanding principal amount of the 2020 Note authorized pursuant to this
Resolution.
"Interest Rate" means a not to exceed rate per annum (as adjusted pursuant to the
applicable Loan Agreement) that will provide for net present value debt service savings required
by the City's debt management policy, which provides that the City may issue current refunding
bonds that result in a minimum of three percent (3%) Net Present Value savings and advance
refunding bonds that result in a minimum of five percent (5%) Net Present Value savings.
"IRS Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all
temporary, proposed, or permanent implementing regulations promulgated or applicable
thereunder.
"Lender" means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the purchaser and holder of the Notes
and as Lender under the Loan Agreements.
"Loan Agreements" means, collectively, the 2020 Loan Agreement and the Future Loan
Agreement.
"Maturity Date" means March 1, 2030.
"Non -Ad Valorem Revenues" means all revenues of the City derived from any source
whatsoever other than ad valorem taxation on real or personal property, which are legally
available to make the payments required herein.
"Note Registrar" means the Finance Director of the City.
"Notes" means, collectively, the 2020 Note and the Future Note.
"Payment(s)" means all amounts payable by the City of principal, interest, and
prepayment penalty, if any, on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the City pursuant to
the Loan Agreements.
"Payment Dates" and "Payment Frequency" means (A) with respect to the 2020 Note, (i)
that principal payments shall be made annually on March 1, commencing March 1, 2021; (ii)
that interest payments shall be paid semi-annually each March 1 and September 1,
commencing September 1, 2020; and (iii) that prepayments shall be made as set forth in the
2020 Loan Agreement; and (B) with respect to the Future Note, if issued, (i) that principal
payments shall be made annually on March 1, commencing on the March 1 immediately
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succeeding the issuance date of the Future Note; (ii) that interest payments shall be paid semi-
annually each March 1 and September 1, commencing the first March 1 or September 1
immediately succeeding the issuance date of the Future Note; and (iii) that prepayments shall
be made as set forth in the Future Loan Agreement.
"Paying Agent" means the Finance Director of the City.
"Pledged Funds" means (A) Non -Ad Valorem Revenues deposited into the applicable
Note Fund by the City pursuant to a covenant to budget and appropriate established by this
Resolution and the Loan Agreements and (B) income received from the investment of moneys
deposited into the funds and accounts established by the Loan Agreements.
"Proposal" means the attached and incorporated proposal dated March 19, 2020 from
the Lender to the City.
"Resolution(s)" means this Resolution adopted by the City Commission on July 9, 2020,
as amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Series 2012 Bonds" means the City's Special Obligation Non -Ad Valorem Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 2012 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project).
"Taxable Interest Rate" means the rate per annum to be borne by the Future Note
should the tax-exempt interest on the Future Note become taxable, as set out in Section 6(B)
below and in the Future Loan Agreement, and such taxable rate of interest shall become, by
automatic conversion, the original taxable interest rate fixed on the date of issuance of the 2020
Note, and such taxable interest rate shall continue in effect as of the date the tax status is ruled
to have changed from tax-exempt to taxable until the final Payment on the Future Note.
"2020 Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement relating to the 2020 Note to be
entered into between the City and the Lender in accordance with the terms of this Resolution
and the Proposal.
"2020 Note" means the not to exceed Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($28,500,000.00) City Special Obligation Non -Ad Valorem Revenue Refunding Note,
Taxable Series 2020 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project) authorized pursuant to this Resolution.
Section 3. Recitals, Findings, and Determinations. The recitals and findings
contained in the Preamble of this Resolution are adopted by reference and incorporated as if
fully set forth in this Section. Additionally, it is hereby ascertained, determined, and declared
that:
(A) In accordance with Section 218.385, Florida Statutes, the City hereby
finds, determines, and declares, based upon the advice of its Financial Advisor for the Notes,
that a negotiated sale of the Notes is in the best interests of the City for the following reasons:
(i) The underlying security structure (credit) is one that is broadly
understood by market participants and maintains a strong underlying credit rating;
(ii) The structure and timing of the issuance of the Notes require
extensive planning and it is not practical for the City, the Financial Advisor, and the
Lender to engage in such planning within the time constraints and uncertainties inherent
within a competitive bidding process;
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(iii) The short average life of the transaction lends itself to the
competitive solicitation of financial institutions undertaken by the City with respect to the
Notes;
(iv) Market conditions are such that this type of credit would be well
received by financial institutions;
(v) The vagaries of the current and near future municipal bond market
demand that the City have the maximum time and flexibility in order to obtain the most
favorable interest rates available; and
(vi) The structure and timing of the advance refunding, defeasance,
and redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded require extensive planning.
(B) It is in the best interests of the City, its residents, and taxpayers to issue
the Notes in order to realize debt service savings without extending the time for such payments.
(C) The Notes shall be payable from the Pledged Funds.
(D) There are expected to be sufficient Pledged Funds to pay the interest and
principal on the Notes as the same become due and payable.
(E) The Pledged Funds are not now pledged or encumbered in any other
matter.
(F) The Notes shall not constitute a lien upon any properties owned by or
situated within the City, except as provided herein with respect to the Pledged Funds, in the
manner and to the extent provided herein.
(G) Prior to the issuance of the Notes, the City shall receive from the Lender
a Lender's Certificate, the form of which will be attached as an exhibit to the 2020 Loan
Agreement with respect to the 2020 Note and the Forward Delivery and Direct Purchase
Agreement with respect to the Future Note, and the Disclosure Letter containing the information
(i) required by Section 218.385, Florida Statutes, and (ii) required by the City's debt
management policy for current refunding bonds that result in a minimum of three percent (3%)
Net Present Value savings and advance refunding bonds that result in a minimum of five
percent (5%) Net Present Value savings, the form of which will be attached as an exhibit to the
2020 Loan Agreement with respect to the 2020 Note and the Forward Delivery and Direct
Purchase Agreement with respect to the Future Note.
(H) No finders' fees have been paid nor will be paid in connection with the
issuance of the Notes.
(1) In accordance with the recommendations of the City's Administration and
the Finance Committee, the City Commission hereby approves the selection of the Proposal.
Section 4. This Resolution to Constitute Contract. In consideration of the
acceptance of the Notes authorized to be issued hereunder by those who shall hold the same
from time to time, this Resolution and the Loan Agreements shall be deemed to be and shall
constitute a contract between the City and the Lender. The covenants and agreements herein
set forth to be performed by the City shall be for the equal benefit, protection, and security of the
Lender and the Notes, except as expressly provided herein and in the Loan Agreements.
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Section 5. Authorization of the Loan Agreements, the Notes, the Forward Delivery
and Direct Purchase Agreement, the Escrow Deposit Agreement, and All Other Necessary
Documents, Agreements, and Instruments. Subject and pursuant to the provisions hereof and
in anticipation of the sale and delivery of the Notes, (A) the City Manager, in consultation with
the City Attorney, Bond Counsel, and the Financial Advisor, is authorized' to negotiate, to
execute, and to deliver, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, (i) the 2020
Loan Agreement with the Lender with respect to the 2020 Note and (ii) the Forward Delivery
and Direct Purchase Agreement and the Future Loan Agreement, each with the Lender with
respect to the Future Note, (B) an obligation of the City to be known as the "Special Obligation
Non -Ad Valorem Revenue Refunding Note, Taxable Series 2020 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project)"
is authorized' to be issued, executed, and delivered in the aggregate principal amount of not to
exceed Twenty -Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($28,500,000.00), and (C) an
obligation of the City to be known as the "Special Obligation Non -Ad Valorem Revenue
Refunding Note, Series 2023 (Port of Miami Tunnel Project)" is authorized' to be issued,
executed, and delivered in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed the then outstanding
principal amount of the 2020 Note; provided, however, if the Future Note is issued in a year
other than 2023, the designation of the Future Note shall be revised to reflect the year in which
the Future Note is issued and (D) the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, Bond
Counsel, and the Financial Advisor, is authorized' to negotiate, to execute, and to deliver, in a
form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, the Escrow Deposit Agreement and all
other necessary documents, agreements, and instruments. The City Manager, after consultation
with the City Attorney, Bond Counsel, and the Financial Advisor, is further authorized' to
negotiate, execute, and deliver, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel,
any changes, modifications, supplements, and amendments to the Loan Agreements, the
Notes, the Forward Delivery and Direct Purchase Agreement, the Escrow Deposit Agreement,
and any and all other agreements, documents, and instruments as should be deemed
necessary or desirable and to take such other actions as shall be necessary to implement the
terms and conditions of the Loan Agreements, the Notes, the Forward Delivery and Direct
Purchase Agreement, and the Escrow Deposit Agreement. The provisions of such documents,
as so negotiated, executed, and delivered, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond
Counsel, are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Resolution.
Section 6. Description of the Notes. (A) The 2020 Note shall be issued as one (1)
fully registered note in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed Twenty -Eight Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($28,500,000.00), shall be dated as of the date of its delivery to the
Lender thereof, and shall mature on the Maturity Date, subject to prior mandatory amortization
payments as to be provided in the 2020 Note and the 2020 Loan Agreement. The 2020 Note
shall be payable to the Lender and shall bear interest at the applicable Interest Rate, calculated
on the basis of a 30/360 day year. Interest will be paid semi-annually each March 1 and
September 1 with the first interest payment due on September 1, 2020. Principal will be paid
annually on March 1 each year, with the first principal payment payable on March 1, 2021. The
Maturity Date shall be March 1, 2030; provided, however, that the 2020 Note and the 2020 Loan
Agreement shall also provide for prepayments, including, but not limited to, the prepayment of
the 2020 Note, without premium or penalty, with the proceeds of the Future Note.
(B) Assuming the conditions contained in the Forward Delivery and Direct Purchase
Agreement are satisfied, the Future Note is authorized to be issued as one (1) fully registered
note in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed the then outstanding principal amount of
the 2020 Note, to be dated as of the date of its delivery to the Lender thereof, and will mature on
' The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all legal requirements that may be
imposed, including but not limited to, those prescribed by the City Charter and City Code provisions.
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the Maturity Date, subject to prior mandatory amortization payments as to be provided in the
Future Note and the Future Loan Agreement. The Future Note shall be payable to the Lender
and shall bear interest at the applicable Interest Rate, calculated on the basis of a 30/360 day
year. Interest will be paid semi-annually each March 1 and September 1 with the first interest
payment due on the first March 1 or September 1 immediately succeeding the issuance date of
the Future Note. Principal will be paid annually on March 1 each year, with the first principal
payment payable on the March 1 immediately succeeding the issuance date of the Future Note
The Maturity Date shall be March 1, 2030; provided, however, that the Future Note and the
Future Loan Agreement shall also provide for prepayments. If any future determination of
taxability under the IRS Code should occur regarding the tax-exempt status of interest on the
Future Note, then any due but unpaid principal and interest on the Future Note shall
automatically convert from tax-exempt to taxable and shall bear interest at the Taxable Interest
Rate which shall be the original taxable interest rate fixed on the date of issuance of the 2020
Note, as provided in the Future Loan Agreement. Anything herein or in the Future Note to the
contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the interest rate (whether tax-exempt or taxable by
automatic conversion) borne by the Future Note exceed the maximum interest rate permitted to
be paid by the City under applicable law.
(C) On the respective dates of the issuance of the Notes, the City shall receive an
amount equal to the par amount of the Notes from the Lender as the purchase price of the
Notes. The Notes shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America
which on the respective dates of payment of principal and interest thereof is legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
(D) The Notes may be exchanged at the office of the Note Registrar for a like
aggregate principal amount of Note of the same series and maturity as provided in the Loan
Agreements. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any provision of this Resolution to the contrary,
transfer of the Notes is restricted as provided in the Loan Agreements.
Section 7. Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be executed in the name of the City
by the City Manager and the seal of the City shall be imprinted, reproduced, or lithographed on
the Notes and attested to and countersigned by the City Clerk. In addition, the City Attorney
shall sign the Notes and the Loan Agreements, showing approval of the form and correctness
thereof, and the City's Director of Risk Management shall sign the Notes and the Loan
Agreements, showing approval as to the City's insurance requirements. The signatures of the
City Manager, the City Clerk, the Risk Management Director, and the City Attorney on the Notes
may be by facsimile. If any officer whose signature appears on the Notes ceases to hold office
before the delivery of the Notes, his or her signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient
for all purposes. In addition, any Note may bear the signature of, or may be signed by, such
persons as at the actual time of execution of such Note shall be the proper designated officers
to sign such Note, although at the date of such Note or the date of delivery thereof such persons
may not have been such officers. Any Note delivered shall be authenticated by the manual
signature of the Finance Director and the registered owner of any Note so authenticated shall
be entitled to the benefits of this Resolution.
Section 8. Notes Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen, or Lost. If the Notes are mutilated,
destroyed, stolen, or lost, the City or its agent may, in its discretion, deliver duplicate
replacement Notes or pay a Note that has matured, is about to mature, or has been called for
prepayment. A mutilated Note shall be surrendered to and cancelled by the Note Registrar.
The holder of any Note must furnish the City or its agent proof of ownership of any destroyed,
stolen, or lost Note; post satisfactory indemnity; compliance with any reasonable conditions the
City or its agent may prescribe; and payment of reasonable expenses of the City or its agent.
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Any such duplicate Note shall constitute an original contractual obligation on the part of
the City whether or not the destroyed, stolen, or lost Note be at any time found by anyone and
such duplicate Note shall be entitled to equal and proportionate benefits and rights as to lien on,
and source of payment of and security for payment from, the funds pledged to the payment of
the Note so mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost.
Section 9. Form of Notes. The 2020 Note shall be in substantially the form attached
as Exhibit "A" to the 2020 Loan Agreement and the Future Note shall be in substantially the
form attached as Exhibit "A" to the Future Loan Agreement, each with only such omissions,
insertions, and variations as may be necessary and desirable and permitted by this Resolution
or by any subsequent ordinance or resolution adopted prior to the issuance thereof.
Section 10. Covenants of the City. To the extent permitted by and in accordance with
applicable laws and budgetary processes, the City covenants and agrees to budget and
appropriate in its annual budget, by amendment, if necessary, from Non -Ad Valorem Revenues
lawfully available in each Fiscal Year, amounts sufficient to satisfy the Payments for such Fiscal
Year and any Rebate Amount due with respect to the Future Note during such Fiscal Year as
provided in Section 11 hereof.
Such covenants and agreements on the part of the City to budget and appropriate such
legally available amounts as stated above shall be cumulative to the extent not paid and shall
continue until such legally available funds in amounts sufficient to make all such required
Payments shall have been budgeted, appropriated, and actually paid. Notwithstanding the
foregoing covenants of the City, the City does not covenant to maintain any services or
programs, now provided or maintained by the City, which generate Non -Ad Valorem Revenues.
Such covenant to budget and appropriate does not create any lien upon or pledge of
such Non -Ad Valorem Revenues, nor, except as provided below, does it preclude the City from
pledging in the future its Non -Ad Valorem Revenues, nor does it require the City to levy and
collect any particular Non -Ad Valorem Revenues, nor does it give the Lender a prior claim on
the Non -Ad Valorem Revenues as opposed to claims of general creditors of the City. Such
covenant to budget and appropriate Non -Ad Valorem Revenues is subject in all respects to the
payment of obligations secured by a pledge of such Non -Ad Valorem Revenues heretofore or
hereinafter entered into (including the payment of debt service on other bonds and other debt
instruments of the City). However, the covenant to budget and appropriate in its general annual
budget for the purposes and in the manner stated herein shall have the effect of making
available for the payment of the Payments, in the manner described herein, Non -Ad Valorem
Revenues and to the extent permitted by applicable law placing on the City a positive duty to
budget and appropriate, by amendment if necessary, amounts sufficient to meet its obligations
hereunder; subject, however, in all respects to the restrictions of Section 166.241(2), Florida
Statutes, which provides, in part, that the governing body of each municipality make
appropriations for each Fiscal Year which, in any one year, shall not exceed the amount to be
received from taxation or other revenue sources; and subject further to the payment of services
and programs which are for essential public purposes affecting the health, welfare, and safety of
the inhabitants of the City or which are legally mandated by applicable law.
Section 11. Tax Covenants Relating to the Future Note. The City covenants and
agrees to comply with the requirements applicable to it contained in the IRS Code to the extent
necessary to preserve the exclusion of interest on the Future Note from gross income for federal
income tax purposes. Specifically, without intending to limit in any way the generality of the
foregoing, the City covenants and agrees:
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(A) To pay to the United States of America, at the times required
pursuant to Section 148(f) of the IRS Code, any rebate amount ("Rebate Amount")
determined pursuant to Section 148(f) of the Code;
(B) To maintain and retain all records pertaining to and to be
responsible for making or causing to be made all determinations and calculations of the
Rebate Amount and required payments of the Rebate Amount as shall be necessary to
comply with the IRS Code;
(C) To refrain from using proceeds from the Future Note in a manner
that would cause the Future Note to be classified as a private activity bond under
Section 141(a) of the IRS Code; and
(D) To refrain from taking any action that would cause the Future
Note, or any of them, to become arbitrage bonds under Section 148 of the IRS Code.
Section 12. Security; Notes Not General Indebtedness. The Notes shall not be
deemed to constitute a general obligation or a pledge of the faith and credit of the City, the
State, or any other political subdivision thereof within the meaning of any constitutional,
legislative, or charter provision or limitation, but shall be payable solely from and secured by a
lien upon and a pledge of the Pledged Funds in the manner and to the extent herein provided.
No holder of the Notes shall ever have the right, directly or indirectly, to require or compel the
exercise of the ad valorem taxing power of the City, the State, or any other political subdivision
of the State or taxation in any form on any real or personal property to pay the Notes or the
interest thereon, nor shall any holder of the Notes be entitled to payment of such principal of
and interest from any other funds of the City other than the proceeds of the Pledged Funds, all
in the manner and to the extent herein provided. The Notes and the indebtedness evidenced
thereby shall not constitute a lien upon any real or personal property of the City, but shall
constitute a lien only on the proceeds of the Pledged Funds, all in the manner and to the extent
provided herein.
Section 13. Sale of 2020 Note to Refund and to Redeem the Bonds to be Refunded.
The 2020 Note is hereby sold and awarded to the Lender, at the purchase price equal to the par
amount thereof and the City Manager, the City Clerk, Risk Management Director, and the City
Attorney are hereby authorized' (A) to execute and deliver the 2020 Note in the form set forth
herein, and in the 2020 Loan Agreement, all as acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond
Counsel, (B) to receive the purchase price therefor and apply the proceeds thereof to pay costs
of issuance of the 2020 Note, and (C) to redeem, defease, and to refund the Bonds to be
Refunded and to pay costs of redemption, defeasance, and refunding thereof, as herein
provided, without further authority from this body. The City Manager and the City Clerk are
authorized' to make any and all changes on the form of the 2020 Note, in a form acceptable to
the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, which shall be necessary to conform the same to the
Proposal of the Lender and the City's debt management policy. Execution of the 2020 Note by
the City Manager, the City Clerk, the Risk Management Director, and the City Attorney shall be
conclusive evidence of their approvals of the form of the 2020 Note.
Section 14. Forward Delivery and Direct Purchase of Future Note. The sale and
award of the Future Note is hereby authorized' on the terms and subject to the conditions set
forth in the Forward Delivery and Direct Purchase Agreement. The purchase price for the
Future Note shall be equal to the par amount thereof and the City Manager is hereby
authorized' to negotiate, execute, and deliver the Forward Delivery and Direct Purchase
Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, and the City Clerk,
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Risk Management Director, and City Attorney are also authorized' to execute the same . At
such time as when the Future Note will be issued, the City Manager hereby is also authorized'
to negotiate, execute, and deliver, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel,
and the City Clerk, Risk Management Director, and City Attorney are also authorized' to
execute the Future Note in the form set forth herein and in the Future Loan Agreement, receive
the purchase price therefor, apply the proceeds thereof to prepay the 2020 Note as herein
provided, and to pay all costs of issuance thereof, without further authority from this body. The
City Manager and the City Clerk are authorized' to make any and all changes, in a form
acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, on the Forward Delivery and Direct
Purchase Agreement, the forms of the Future Note and Future Loan Agreement which shall be
necessary to conform the same to the Proposal of the Lender and the City's debt management
policy. Execution of the Future Note by the City Manager, the City Clerk, the Risk Management
Director, and the City Attorney shall be conclusive evidence of their approvals of the form of the
Future Note.
Section 15. Amendments and Supplements to this Resolution. This Resolution shall
be further amended and supplemented as necessary in order to accomplish the issuance of the
Notes or as necessary in connection with the purposes for which the Notes are being issued or
as necessary in connection with the redemption and refunding, defeasance, and redemption of
the Bonds to be Refunded or the prepayment of the 2020 Note, or as necessary in connection
with the City's debt management policy.
Section 16. Severability. If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, or
provisions of this Resolution should be held contrary to any express provision of law or contrary
to any express provision of law or contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly
prohibited, or against public policy, or shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such
covenants, agreements, or provisions shall be null and void and shall be deemed severed from
the remaining covenants, agreements, and provisions of this Resolution, or of the Notes issued
hereunder, or regarding the refunding, defeasance, and redemption of the Bonds to be
Refunded or the prepayment of the 2020 Note.
Section 17. Controlling Law; Members, Officials, Agents, Representatives and
Employees of City Not Liable. All covenants, stipulations, obligations, and agreements of the
City contained in this Resolution shall be deemed to be covenants, stipulations, obligations, and
agreements of the City to the full extent authorized by the Act, the City Charter, the City Code,
and provided by the Constitution and laws of the State. No covenant, stipulation, obligation, or
agreement contained herein shall be deemed to be a covenant, stipulation, obligation, or
agreement of any present or future member, official, agent, representative, or employee of the
City in his or her individual capacity and neither the members of the City Commission, the
Mayor, the City Clerk, City Attorney, City Manager, Risk Management Director, nor any other
official executing the Notes shall be liable personally on the Notes or this Resolution or shall be
subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance or the execution by
the City, or such respective members, officials, agents, representatives, or employees thereof,
or by reason of the refunding, defeasance, and redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded or the
prepayment of the 2020 Note.
Section 18. Further Authorizations Regarding the Issuance of the Notes and the
Refunding, Defeasance, and Redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded and the Prepayment of
the 2020 Note; Delegation of Authority to Select Escrow Agent and Verification Agent. The City
Manager, the City Clerk, the City Attorney, Bond Counsel, the City's Financial Advisor, and such
other officers, employees, agents, and representatives of the City as may be designated by the
Mayor, the City Commission, the City Attorney, and the City Manager, including any Note
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Registrar, Escrow Agent, or Paying Agent, or any of them, are each designated as respective
applicable agents of the City, as necessary, in connection with the sale, issuance, and delivery
of the Note, the notices, calls for redemptions or prepayment, redemptions, or prepayments, the
refunding of the Bonds to be Refunded and the prepayment of the 2020 Note, and are
authorized' and empowered, collectively or individually, to take all action and steps and to
execute the Notes, all notices, instruments, agreements, certificates, documents, and contracts
on behalf of the City, and as and if necessary, including the execution of documentation
required in connection with the sale of the Notes to the Lender, and the refunding, defeasance,
and redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded and the prepayment of the 2020 Note, that are
necessary or desirable in connection therewith, and which are specifically authorized or are not
inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Resolution, the Proposal, or any action relating
to the Notes or the Bonds to be Refunded, heretofore taken by the City and/or by the City's
Financial Advisor, Bond Counsel, City Manager, City Attorney, or other necessary City officials,
employees, representatives, and agents, including any Note Registrar, Escrow Agent, or Paying
Agent for the Bonds to be Refunded. Such officials, employees, agents, representatives, and
those so designated are hereby charged' with the responsibility for the issuance of the Notes,
the refunding, defeasance, and redemption of the Bonds to be Refunded and the prepayment of
the 2020 Note, on behalf of the City and with any related and required responsibilities of the
City, its agents, representatives, employees, or officials, including its Financial Advisor and
Bond Counsel and any Note Registrar, Escrow Agent, or Paying Agent. Any and all costs
incurred in connection with the issuance of the Notes, refunding, defeasance, and redemption of
the Bonds to be Refunded and the prepayment of the 2020 Note are hereby authorized' to be
paid from the proceeds of the Notes, as applicable, and from any other City funds that have
previously been designated by the City for such payments.
The City Manager and all other necessary City officials, employees, agents, and
representatives are hereby further authorized' to use all remaining proceeds and interest
thereon, if any, from the Bonds to be Refunded (and the debt refunded by the Bonds to be
Refunded) to make a deposit under the Escrow Deposit Agreement or to be used to pay the
cost of the refunding of the Bonds to be Refunded.
The City Manager and all other necessary City officials, employees, agents, and
representatives are hereby further authorized' to use all remaining proceeds and interest
thereon, if any, from the 2020 Note to pay interest on the 2020 Note, the Future Note, or to be
used to pay the cost of the refunding of the Bonds to be Refunded.
The City Manager is hereby delegated the authority' to select a bank or other financial
institution to serve as Escrow Agent with respect to the Bonds to be Refunded and a verification
agent based upon proposals received and reviewed by the City's Financial Advisor.
Section 19. Ratifications, Approvals, and Confirmations. Certain necessary actions by
the City Manager and the designated Departments in order to update the relevant financial
controls, project close-outs, accounting entries, and computer systems in connection with
ongoing compliance for the outstanding Series 2012 Bonds, the Authorizing Resolution for the
Series 2012 Bonds, and the Tax Compliance Certificate for the Series 2012 Bonds for
continuing compliance are hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 20. Repeal of Inconsistent Resolutions. All resolutions or parts thereof in
conflict herewith are to the extent of such conflict superseded and repealed.
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Section 21. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its
adoption and signature by the Mayor.2
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
Barnaby I_. Min, Deputy City Attorney 6/29/2020
2 If the Mayor does not sign this Resolution, it shall become effective at the end of ten (10) calendar days
from the date it was passed and adopted. If the Mayor vetoes this Resolution, it shall become effective
immediately upon override of the veto by the City Commission.
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