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AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY FORM
F€ File ID: #2346
Date: 06/13/2017 Requesting Department: Department of
Finance
Commission Meeting Date: 06/22/2017 District Impacted: All
Type: Resolution
Subject: Homeland Defense Bonds - Limited GO Refunding
Purpose of Item:
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH ATTACHMENT(S),
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE IN A NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT OF ONE
HUNDRED EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($118,000,000.00) IN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF A CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA ("CITY") LIMITED AD
VALOREM TAX REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 2017 ("BOND") AND THE COSTS OF
ISSUANCE THEREOF; APPROVING THE SELECTION OF, ACCEPTANCE, AND
EXECUTION BY THE CITY MANAGER OF THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT PROPOSAL
FROM JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AND PROVIDING FOR THE PRIVATE
PLACEMENT WITH AND NEGOTIATED SALE OF SAID BOND TO DNT ASSET
TRUST, A DELAWARE BUSINESS TRUST AND WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ("DNT ASSET TRUST"); SETTING CERTAIN BASIC
PARAMETERS OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT AND
THE BOND AND AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY
BY THE CITY MANAGER, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND
BOND COUNSEL, OF A LOAN AGREEMENT, THE BOND, AND ALL OTHER
NECESSARY AGREEMENTS, DOCUMENTS, AND INSTRUMENTS IN CONNECTION
THEREWITH; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DETERMINATIONS;
AUTHORIZING ALL REQUIRED ACTIONS BY THE CITY MANAGER, THE CITY
ATTORNEY, BOND COUNSEL, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, THE FINANCE
DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND ALL OTHER CITY OFFICIALS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH; FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, CITY
ATTORNEY, FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BOND COUNSEL, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL
OFFICER, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, BOND REGISTRARS AND PAYING AGENTS
AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY CITY OFFICIALS TO UNDERTAKE THE
NECESSARY STEPS AND TO NEGOTIATE, EXECUTE, AND DELIVER, IN A FORM
ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND COUNSEL, ALL NECESSARY
ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENTS, NOTICES, DOCUMENTS, AND INSTRUMENTS
IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDEMPTION OF (A) ALL OF THE CITY'S
OUTSTANDING CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA LIMITED AD -VALOREM TAX REVENUE
REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2007A (HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS), IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SEVENTY
NINE MILLION NINE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($79,960,000.00)
("SERIES 2007A BONDS") AND (B) A PORTION OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA LIMITED AD -VALOREM TAX BONDS, SERIES 2009
(HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS),
IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIRTY-TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($32,370,000.00) ("SERIES 2009 BONDS"); RATIFYING,
APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE CONDITIONAL NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
OF THE SERIES 2009 BONDS; 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; AND PROVIDING
APPLICABLE EFFECTIVE DATES.
Background of Item:
The City of Miami currently has outstanding Seventy -Nine Million Nine Hundred Sixty
Thousand Dollars ($79,960,000.00) of its previously issued Limited Ad Valorem Tax
Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2007A (Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Capital
Improvement Projects) ("Series 2007A Bonds") and Thirty -Seven Million One Hundred
Seventy Thousand Dollars ($37,170,000.00) of its previously issued Limited Ad Valorem
Tax Bonds, Series 2009 (Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Capital Improvement
Projects) ("Series 2009 Bonds").
In order to obtain interest savings in an approximate amount of Nine Million Nine
Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($9,631,476.46), the City desires to redeem the Series
2007A Bonds and the Series 2009 Bonds in accordance with their respective Resolution
No. 07-0354, adopted June 14, 2007 and Resolution No. 09-0103 adopted March 12,
2009 (collectively, "Authorizing Resolutions") and respective Tax Compliance
Certificates, dated as of July 10, 2007 and as of May 20, 2009 (collectively, "Tax
Compliance Certificates"). The City also desires to issue in a total aggregate principal
amount not to exceed One Hundred Eighteen Million Dollars ($118,000,000.00) Limited
Ad Valorem Tax Refunding Bond, Series 2017 ("Bond") to refund on a current basis all
of the outstanding Series 2007A Bonds (also referred to herein as the "Refunded Series
2007A Bonds") in an outstanding principal amount of Seventy -Nine Million Nine
Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($79,960,000.00) (which became subject to optional
redemption as of January 1, 2017) and to advance refund a portion of the outstanding
Series 2009 Bonds (such portion to be refunded hereinafter referred to as the
"Refunded Series 2009 Bonds" and, together with the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds,
the "Refunded Bonds") in an outstanding principal amount of Thirty Two Million Three
Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($32,370,000) (which will become subject to
optional redemption as of January 1, 2019).
The City Financial Advisor, Public Financial Management, Inc. ("Financial Advisor")
issued a Request for Proposal to banking and financial institutions for refinancing and
refunding of the Refunded Bonds and received multiple proposals which were evaluated
for responses consistent with the City's needs. The Financial Advisor made a
recommendation to the City's Finance Committee from JP Morgan Chase Bank, N. A.,
for the purchase of the Bond by DNT Asset Trust, a Delaware business trust and wholly
owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and a "Qualified Institutional Buyer"
as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("DNT Asset
Trust" and the "Purchaser"). On May 17, 2017, DNT Asset Trust was recommended by
the Finance Committee to privately purchase and to hold the Bond not for resale with
limited restricted assignability, to provide for the refundings of the Refunded Bonds, and
to provide for costs of issuance of the Bond.
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 the Resolution provided, that a privately -placed negotiated sale of the
Bond to DNT Asset Trust is in the best interests of the City due to the complexities of
the market, the timing of respective redemptions of the Series 2007A Bonds and the
Series 2009 Bonds, and timing of the issuance of the Bond.
Budget Impact Analysis
Item is an Expenditure
Item is NOT Related to Revenue
Item is NOT funded by Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Improvement Bonds
Total Fiscal Impact:
Approximate NPV Savings of $9,631,476.46
Reviewed By
Department of Finance
Erica T Paschal
Office of Management and Budget
Donovan Dawson
Office of Management and Budget
Christopher M Rose
City Manager's Office
Fernando Casamayor
City Manager's Office
Daniel J. Alfonso
Legislative Division
Valentin J Alvarez
Office of the City Attorney
Valentin J Alvarez
Office of the City Attorney
Victoria Mendez
City Commission
Maricarmen Lopez
Office of the Mayor
Mayor's Office
Office of the City Clerk
City Clerk's Office
Department Head Review
Completed
Budget Analyst Review
Completed
Budget Review
Completed
Assistant City Manager Review
Completed
City Manager Review
Completed
Legislative Division Review
Completed
Deputy City Attorney Review
Skipped
Approved Form and Correctness
Completed
Meeting
Completed
Signed by the Mayor
Completed
Signed and Attested by the City Clerk
Completed
05/18/2017 11:35 AM
06/09/2017 2:57 PM
06/12/2017 9:56 AM
06/12/2017 3:43 PM
06/12/2017 3:49 PM
06/12/2017 5:31 PM
06/12/2017 5:31 PM
06/13/2017 3:41 PM
06/22/2017 9:00 AM
06/22/2017 7:02 PM
06/22/2017 7:04 PM
File Number: 2346
City of Miami
Legislation
Resolution
Enactment Number: R-17-0289
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Final Action Date:6/22/2017
A RESOLUTION OF THE MIAMI CITY COMMISSION, WITH
ATTACHMENT(S), PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE IN A NOT TO EXCEED
AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN MILLION DOLLARS
($118,000,000.00) IN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF A CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA ("CITY") LIMITED AD VALOREM TAX REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 2017 ("BOND") AND THE COSTS OF ISSUANCE THEREOF;
APPROVING THE SELECTION OF, ACCEPTANCE, AND EXECUTION BY
THE CITY MANAGER OF THE PRIVATE PLACEMENT PROPOSAL FROM
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AND PROVIDING FOR THE PRIVATE
PLACEMENT WITH AND NEGOTIATED SALE OF SAID BOND TO DNT
ASSET TRUST, A DELAWARE BUSINESS TRUST AND WHOLLY OWNED
SUBSIDIARY OF JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ("DNT ASSET TRUST");
SETTING CERTAIN BASIC PARAMETERS OF THE TERMS AND
CONDITIONS OF A LOAN AGREEMENT AND THE BOND AND
AUTHORIZING THE NEGOTIATION, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY BY THE
CITY MANAGER, IN A FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND
BOND COUNSEL, OF A LOAN AGREEMENT, THE BOND, AND ALL OTHER
NECESSARY AGREEMENTS, DOCUMENTS, AND INSTRUMENTS IN
CONNECTION THEREWITH; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND
DETERMINATIONS; AUTHORIZING ALL REQUIRED ACTIONS BY THE CITY
MANAGER, THE CITY ATTORNEY, BOND COUNSEL, THE CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL ADVISOR,
AND ALL OTHER CITY OFFICIALS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH;
FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY,
FINANCIAL ADVISOR, BOND COUNSEL, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER,
THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, BOND REGISTRARS AND PAYING AGENTS
AND ALL OTHER NECESSARY CITY OFFICIALS TO UNDERTAKE THE
NECESSARY STEPS AND TO NEGOTIATE, EXECUTE, AND DELIVER, IN A
FORM ACCEPTABLE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND BOND COUNSEL, ALL
NECESSARY ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENTS, NOTICES, DOCUMENTS,
AND INSTRUMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REDEMPTION OF (A) ALL
OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA LIMITED AD -
VALOREM TAX REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2007A
(HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS), IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SEVENTY NINE MILLION NINE
HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($79,960,000.00) ("SERIES 2007A
BONDS") AND (B) A PORTION OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING CITY OF
MIAMI, FLORIDA LIMITED AD -VALOREM TAX BONDS, SERIES 2009
(HOMELAND DEFENSE/NEIGHBORHOOD CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS), IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIRTY-TWO MILLION THREE
HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($32,370,000.00) ("SERIES
2009 BONDS"); RATIFYING, APPROVING, AND CONFIRMING THE
CONDITIONAL NOTICE OF REDEMPTION OF THE SERIES 2009 BONDS;
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; AND PROVIDING
APPLICABLE EFFECTIVE DATES.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami ("City") has currently outstanding (a) Seventy-Nine Million
Nine Hundred Sixty Thousand Dollars ($79,960,000.00) of its previously issued Limited Ad
Valorem Tax Revenue Refundinq Bonds, Series 2007A (Homeland Defense/Neighborhood
Capital Improvement Proiects) ("Series 2007A Bonds") and (b) Thirty-Seven Million One
Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars ($37,170,000.00) of its previously issued Limited Ad
Valorem Tax Bonds, Series 2009 (Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Capital Improvement
Projects) ("Series 2009 Bonds"); and
WHEREAS, in order to obtain interest savinqs in an approximate amount of Nine Million
Six Hundred Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars and Forty-Six Cents
($9,631,476.46) (net present value), the City desires (a) to redeem the Series 2007A Bonds and
the Series 2009 Bonds in accordance with their respective Resolution No. 07-0354, adopted
June 14, 2007 and Resolution No. 09-0103 adopted March 12, 2009 (collectively, "Authorizing
Resolutions") and respective Tax Compliance Certificates, dated as of July 10, 2007 and as of
May 20, 2009 (collectively, "Tax Compliance Certificates"), and (b) to issue in a total aggregate
principal amount not to exceed amount of One Hundred Eiqhteen Million Dollars
($118,000,000.00) Limited Ad Valorem Tax Refundinq Bond, Series 2017 ("Bond"), (i) to refund
on a current basis all of the outstandinq Series 2007A Bonds (also referred to herein as the
"Refunded Series 2007A Bonds") in an outstandinq principal amount of Seventy-Nine Million
Nine Hundred Sixtv Thousand Dollars ($79,960,000.00) (which became subject to optional
redemption as of January 1, 2017), and (ii) to advance refund a portion of the outstandinq
Series 2009 Bonds (such portion to be refunded hereinafter referred to as the "Refunded Series
2009 Bonds" and, toqether with the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds, the "Refunded Bonds") in
an outstandinq principal amount of Thirty-Two Million Three Hundred Seventy Thousand Dollars
($32,370,000) (which will become subject to optional redemption as of January 1, 2019); and
WHEREAS, the City's Financial Advisor, Public Financial Manaqement, Inc. ("Financial
Advisor'), issued a Request for Proposals to bankinq and financial institutions for refinancinqs
and refundinqs of the Refunded Bonds 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 Administration to the City's Finance Committee, with
the proposal dated May 4, 2017 ("Proposal", attached and incorporated) from JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., for the purchase of the Bond by DNT Asset Trust, a Delaware business trust and
wholly owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and a "Qualified Institutional Buver' as
defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended CDNT Asset Trust" and the
"Purchaser"). On May 17, 2017, DNT Asset Trust was recommended by the Finance
Committee to privately purchase and to hold the Bond not for resale with limited restricted
assignability, to provide for the refundings of the Refunded Bonds, and to provide for costs of
issuance of the Bond; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 218.385(1), Florida Statutes, as amended, the
Citv Manager has recommended and the Citv Commission desires to find, determine and
declare as set forth below in Section 3, that a privately-placed neqotiated sale of the Bond to
DNT Asset Trust is in the best interests of the City due to the complexities of the market, the
timinq of respective redemptions of the Series 2007A Bonds and the Series 2009 Bonds, and
timing of the issuance of the Bond; and
WHEREAS, limited ad valorem taxes for debt millaqe at the not to exceed rate of 1.218
(approved by the voters in the November 13, 2001 referendum pursuant to City Ordinance
12137, adopted October 11, 2001, attached and incorporated) are proposed to be pledqed to
repay the Bond and are also previously pledged to the City's outstandinq Series 2007A Bonds,
the Series 2009 Bonds and the Series 2015 Bond (all as defined below); and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to approve the private placement and
neqotiated sale of the Bond to DNT Asset Trust to provide for interest savinqs to the City without
extendinq the oriqinal maturities of the payments, to authorize the basic parameters of the terms
and conditions of a Loan Agreement between the City and DNT Asset Trust, the Bond, 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 Agreement, the Bond, and
the Escrow Deposit Agreement for the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds, to provide notices for the
current redemption of the Series 2007A Bonds, and to authorize the City Manager, the City
Attorney, the Chief Financial Officer, the Finance Director, Bond Counsel, the Financial Advisor,
Bond Registrars and 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 private placement sale, issuance and delivery of the Bond, the redemption and current
refunding of the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds, and the redemption and advance refunding of
the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of the City to ratify, approve and confirm the
dissemination of the notice of conditional redemption of the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds at
the direction of the City Manager and to authorize the City Manager or the Finance Director as
designee of the City Manager to rescind, if necessary, such conditional notice as provided
therein; and
WHEREAS, it is also in the best interests of the City to ratify, approve, and confirm
certain necessary actions of the City Manager and designated City Departments in order to
update the relevant financial controls, project close-outs, accounting entries, and computer
systems in connection with the matters contemplated by the Resolution;
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 (the "State"); Chapter 166, Florida Statutes as amended; Part VII of Chapter
159, Florida Statutes, as amended; the City Charter of the City of Miami, Florida (the "Charter"),
the Code of the City of Miami as Amended (the "City Code"); applicable City ordinances,
resolutions and other applicable provisions of law (collectively, the "Act").
Section 2. Definitions. All capitalized undefined terms shall have the meaning as set
forth in this Resolution, the Proposal, and as defined in the Loan Agreement and the Bond. 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" means in a not to exceed amount of One Hundred Eighteen Million Dollars
($118,000,000.00) City of Miami, Florida Limited Ad Valorem Tax Refunding Bond, Series 2017
authorized pursuant to this Resolution.
"Bond Counsel" means Foley & Lardner 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 Deposit Agreement" means the Escrow Deposit Agreement to be entered into
between the City and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, as escrow agent for the
Refunded Series 2009 Bonds.
"Financial Advisor' means Public Financial Management, Inc.
"Interest Rate" means the fixed interest rate on the Bond not to exceed 2.50% per annum.
"IRS Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
"Loan Agreement" means the loan agreement to be entered into between the City and DNT
Asset Trust, in accordance with the terms of this Resolution and the Proposal.
"Maturity Date" means January 1, 2029.
"Payment(s)" means all amounts payable by the City of principal, interest and prepayment
penalty, if any, on the Bond, and all other amounts payable by the City pursuant to the Loan
Agreement.
"Payment Dates" and "Payment Frequency" means (a) that principal payments shall be
made annually on January 1, commencing January 1, 2018; (b) that interest payments shall be
paid semi-annually each January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2018; and (c) that
prepayments shall be made as set forth in the Loan Agreement.
"Paying Agent" means the Finance Director of the City.
"DNT Asset Trust" or "Purchaser' means DNT Asset Trust, a Delaware business trust and
wholly owned subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as private placement purchaser and
holder of the Bond.
"Pledged Funds" means collectively the amounts on deposit in the Bond Fund and any other
funds and accounts created pursuant to the Loan Agreement and therein pledged to secure the
Bond (with the exception of the Rebate Fund), including Pledged Revenues.
"Pledged Revenues" means (1) legally available Limited Ad Valorem Tax Revenues
deposited into the Bond Fund established by this Resolution and the Loan Agreement and in
accordance with requirements of the pledged revenue structures of the Authorizing Resolutions
for the previous Series 2007A Bonds, the Series 2009 Bonds and the Series 2015 Bond, (2) to
the extent necessary any funds deposited into the Bond Fund by the City pursuant to a
covenant to budget and appropriate established by this Resolution and the Loan Agreement,
and (3) income received from the investment of moneys deposited into the funds and accounts
established by this Resolution and the Loan Agreement.
"Proposal" means the attached and incorporated private placement proposal dated May 4,
2017, from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on behalf of DNT Asset Trust, to the City.
"Refunded Bonds" means, collectively, the Refunded Series 2007 Bonds and the Refunded
Series 2009 Bonds.
"Refunded Series 2007 Bonds" means all of the Series 2007A Bonds.
"Refunded Series 2009 Bonds" means the Series 2009 Bonds maturing on January 1, 2020
and thereafter.
"Resolution(s)" means this Resolution No. R-17-0286, adopted by the City Commission of
the City of Miami, Florida on June 22, 2017, as amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Series 2007A Bonds" means the City's outstanding Limited Ad Valorem Tax Bonds, Series
2007A (Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Capital Improvement Projects).
"Series 2009 Bonds" means the City's outstanding Limited Ad Valorem Tax Bonds, Series
2009 (Homeland Defense/Neighborhood Capital Improvement Projects).
"Series 2015 Bond" means the City's outstanding Limited Ad Valorem Tax Refunding Bond,
Series 2015.
"Taxable Rate" means a fixed interest rate determined in accordance with the Loan
Agreement, should the Bond become taxable and such fixed taxable rate of interest shall
continue in effect as the date the tax status is ruled to have changed until the final Payment on
the Bond.
Section 3. Recitals and Findings. 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, found, and declared that:
A. Findings Regarding Negotiated Sale: 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 Bond, that a negotiated sale of the Bond 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 Bond require extensive
planning, and it is not practical for the City, the Financial Advisor, and
DNT Asset Trust to engage in such planning within the time constraints
and uncertainties inherent within a competitive bidding process;
(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 Bond;
(iv) The Pledged Revenues consist of multiple revenue sources which require
extensive planning and explanation to the market and which must
continue in accordance with requirements of the pledged revenue
structures of the authorizing resolutions for the previous Series 2007A
Bonds, Series 2009 Bonds and Series 2015 Bond, City Ordinance No.
12137, adopted October 11, 2001 setting for the limited ad valorem tax
debt millage not to exceed the then current rate of 1.218, and the related
voter referendum of November 13, 2001;
(v) Market conditions are such that this type of credit would be well received
by financial institutions;
(vi) 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
(vii) The structure and timing of the related redemptions of the Series 2007A
Bonds and the Series 2009 Bonds require extensive planning.
B. It is in the best interests of the City, its citizens and taxpayers to issue the Bond in
order to save approximately Nine Million Six Hundred Thirty -One Thousand Four Hundred
Seventy -Six Dollars and Forty -Six Cents ($9,631,476.46) (net present value) in interest
payments on the Refunded Bonds without extending the time for such payments.
C. The Bond shall be payable from the Pledged Funds.
D. There are expected to be sufficient Pledged Funds to pay the interest and
principal on the Bond as the same become due and payable.
E. Except to the extent previously pledged to the City's outstanding Series 2007A
Bonds, the Series 2009 Bonds and the Series 2015 Bond, and to the extent that the City has
other existing covenants to budget and appropriate, the Pledged Funds are not now pledged or
encumbered in any other matter.
F. Except to the extent of the City's limited ad valorem pledged debt millage rate
(not to exceed the then current rate of 1.218) established by the City in Ordinance No. 12137,
adopted October 11, 2001 and approved by referendum of the voters on November 13, 2001,
neither the City nor the State nor any other political subdivision thereof or governmental
authority or body therein, shall ever be required to levy ad valorem taxes to pay the Bond, and
the Bond 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. In accordance with Section 218.385(1), Florida Statutes, as amended, the City
hereby finds, determines and declares that a negotiated sale of the Bond is in the best interests
of the City due to the complexities of the market and timing of the issuance of the Bond, and the
timing of the refundings of the Refunded Bonds. Prior to the issuance of the Bond, the City shall
receive from the Purchaser a Purchaser's Certificate, the form of which is attached as an exhibit
to the Loan Agreement and the Disclosure Letter containing the information required by Section
218.385, Florida Statutes, a form of which is attached as an exhibit to the Loan Agreement. The
Loan Agreement shall attach an exhibit providing the cumulative debt obligation and respective
debt obligations from the voted ad valorem tax debt millage for the Series 2007A Bonds, Series
2009 Bonds, the Series 2015 Bond and the Bond and the previous obligations of the City that
also contain a covenant to budget and appropriate legally available funds.
H. In accordance with the recommendations of the City's Administration and the
Finance Committee, the City Commission hereby approves the selection of the private
placement Proposal from JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. for the private placement and negotiated
sale of the Bond to DNT Asset Trust, in order to receive a loan under the Loan Agreement in an
amount not to exceed One Hundred Eighteen Million Dollars ($118,000,000.00) to refund the
Refunded Bonds and to provide for costs of issuance of the Bond.
Section 4. This Resolution to Constitute a Contract. In consideration of the
acceptance of the Bond authorized to be issued hereunder by those who shall hold the same
from time to time, this Resolution and the Loan Agreement shall be deemed to be and shall
constitute a contract between the City and the Purchaser. The covenants and agreements
herein set forth to be performed by the City shall be for the equal benefit, protection and security
of the Purchaser and the Bond, except as expressly provided herein and in the Loan
Agreement.
Section 5. Authorization of the Loan Agreement, the Bond, the Escrow Deposit
Agreement, and All Other Necessary Documents, Agreements, Notices, and Instruments.
Subject and pursuant to the provisions hereof and in anticipation of the sale and delivery of the
Bond, (i) the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney, Bond Counsel, the Chief
Financial Officer, the Finance Director, and the Financial Advisor, is authorized' to negotiate, to
execute and to deliver, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and Bond Counsel, a Loan
Agreement with DNT Asset Trust, (ii) an obligation of the City to be known as the "Limited Ad
Valorem Tax Refunding Bond, Series 2017" is authorized to be issued, executed, and delivered
in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed One Hundred Eighteen Million Dollars and
No Cents ($118,000,000.00), and (iii) the City Manager, in consultation with the City Attorney,
Bond Counsel, the Chief Financial Officer, the Finance Director, 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, notices, and instruments. The City Manager, after consultation with the City
Attorney, Bond Counsel, the Chief Financial Officer, the Finance Director, 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, or amendments to the
Loan Agreement, the Bond, the Escrow Deposit Agreement, and any and all other agreements,
documents, notices, 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
Agreement, the Bond, and the Escrow Deposit Agreement. The provisions of such documents,
as so negotiated, executed, and delivered, are hereby incorporated into and made a part of this
Resolution.
Section 6. Description of the Bond. The Bond shall be issued as one fully registered
Bond in the principal amount not to exceed One Hundred Eighteen Million Dollars
($118,000,000.00), shall be dated as of the date of its delivery to the Purchaser thereof and
shall mature on the Maturity Date. The Bond shall be payable to the Purchaser, and shall bear
interest at the Interest Rate, calculated on the basis of a 30/360 day year. Interest will be paid
1 The herein authorization is further subject to compliance with all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Attorney, including but not limited to those prescribed by applicable City Charter and City Code
provisions.
semi-annually each January 1 and July 1 with the first interest payment due on January 1, 2018.
Principal will be paid annually on January 1 each year, with the first principal payment payable
on January 1, 2018. The Maturity Date shall be January 1, 2029, subject to prepayment as set
forth in the Bond and the Loan Agreement. Upon the occurrence of Determination of Taxability,
any due but unpaid principal and interest on the Bond shall bear interest at the Taxable Rate
from the date the tax status is ruled to have changed until paid and collected. Anything herein or
in the Bond to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the interest rate borne by the Bond
exceed the maximum interest rate permitted to be paid by the City under applicable laws.
On the date of the issuance of the Bond, the City shall receive an amount equal to the
par amount of the Bond from DNT Asset Trust as the purchase price of the Bond. The Bond
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. The principal and interest on the Bond shall be payable at the principal office of
the Paying Agent to the Purchaser as the registered owner and any other subsequent registered
owner of the Bond.
Upon receipt by the City of the required "sophisticated investor letter," the Bond may be
exchanged in whole or in part, in authorized minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral
multiples of $5,000 excess thereof, at the office of the Bond Registrar for a like aggregate
principal amount of Bond of the same series and maturity. Notwithstanding the foregoing or any
provision of this Resolution to the contrary, the Bond shall not be transferred unless the new
purchaser or assignee has executed and provided to the City and the Bond Registrar a
"sophisticated investor letter' in substantially the same form and substance as the "sophisticated
investor letter' executed by the original Purchaser of the Bond.
Section 7. Execution of Bond. The Bond 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
Bond and attested to and countersigned by the City Clerk. In addition, the City Attorney shall
sign the Bond, showing approval of the form and correctness thereof, and the City's Director of
Risk Management shall sign the Bond, showing approval as to the City's insurance
requirements. The signatures of the City Manager, the City Clerk, and the City Attorney on the
Bond may be by facsimile. If any officer whose signature appears on the Bond ceases to hold
office before the delivery of the Bond, his or her signature shall nevertheless be valid and
sufficient for all purposes. In addition, any Bond may bear the signature of, or may be signed by,
such persons as at the actual time of execution of such Bond shall be the proper designated
officers to sign such Bond, although at the date of such Bond or the date of delivery thereof
such persons may not have been such officers. Any Bond delivered shall be authenticated by
the manual signature of the Finance Director as the Bond Registrar, and the Purchaser and any
other subsequent registered owner of any Bond so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits
of this Resolution.
Section 8. Bond Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost. If the Bond is mutilated,
destroyed, stolen or lost, the City or its agent may, in its discretion (i) deliver a duplicate
replacement Bond, or (ii) pay a Bond that has matured or is about to mature or has been called
for redemption. A mutilated Bond shall be surrendered to and cancelled by the Bond Registrar.
The holder of the Bond must furnish the City or its agent written proof of ownership of any
destroyed, stolen or lost Bond; post satisfactory indemnity; comply with any reasonable
conditions the City or its agent may prescribe; and pay the reasonable expenses of the City or
its agent.
Any such duplicate Bond shall state on its face that it is a duplicate bond and shall
constitute an original contractual obligation on the part of the City whether or not the destroyed,
stolen or lost Bond be at any time found by anyone, and such duplicate Bond 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 Bond so mutilated, destroyed, stolen
or lost.
Section 9. Form of Bond. The Bond, with the Maturity Date, fixed Interest Rate,
Payments, Payment Dates, and Payment Frequency as set forth in this Resolution, shall be in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit A to the Loan Agreement, 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 that it will, in each year any
Payments are due, budget and appropriate (a) sufficient legally available Limited Ad Valorem
Taxes as set forth in Ordinance 12137, adopted October 11, 2001 and in accordance with the
voter referendum of November 13, 2001, and if necessary (b) such legally available Non -Ad
Valorem Revenues to make such Payments as they become due.
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 Purchaser 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, 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 laws. The City represents that the current refunding of the
Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and the advance refunding of the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds
serve essential public purposes and shall provide a significant cost savings to the City.
Section 11. Tax Covenants. No use will be made of the proceeds of the Bond which, if
such use were reasonably expected on the date of issuance of the Bond, would cause the same
to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of the IRS Code. The City at all times while the Bond
and the interest thereon are outstanding will comply with the requirements of the IRS Code,
including any amendments thereto and any valid and applicable rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder necessary to maintain the exclusion of the interest on the Bond from
federal gross income including the creation of any rebate funds or other funds and/or accounts
required in that regard.
Section 12. Security; Bond Not General Indebtedness. The Bond 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. Except to the
limited extent provided in Ordinance No. 12137 adopted October 11, 2001 and the voter
referendum of November 13, 2001, no holder of the Bond 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 Bond or the interest thereon, nor shall any holder of the Bond 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 Bond
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.
Until payment has been provided as herein permitted, the payment of the principal of
and interest on the Bond shall be secured forthwith equally and ratably by a prior lien on the
proceeds derived from the Pledged Funds, and the City does hereby irrevocably pledge the
same to payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon when due.
Section 13. Sale of Bond to Refund and to Redeem the outstanding Series 2007A
Bonds and Series 2009 Bonds. The Bond is hereby sold and awarded to the Purchaser, at the
purchase price of not to exceed One Hundred Eighteen Million Dollars ($118,000,000.00) and
the City Manager, the City Clerk, Director of Risk Management, and the City Attorney, or by
their respective duly designated designees, are hereby authorized' to execute and deliver the
Bond in the form set forth in the Loan Agreement, receive the purchase price therefor and apply
the proceeds thereof to pay costs of issuance of the Bond and for the City to redeem and to
refund on a current basis the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and to redeem and to refund on an
advance basis the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds, 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 Bond which shall be necessary to conform the same to the
commitment of the Purchaser. Execution of the Bond by the City Manager, the City Clerk, Risk
Management Director, and the City Attorney or by their respective duly designated designees
shall be conclusive evidence of their approval of the form of the Bond.
Section 14. Amendments and Supplements to this Resolution. This Resolution shall
be further amended and supplemented as necessary in order to accomplish the issuance of the
Bond or as necessary in connection with the purposes for which the Bond is being issued or as
necessary in connection with the redemption and current refunding of the Refunded Series
2007A Bonds and the redemption and advance refunding of the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds.
Section 15. 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 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 or provisions
of this Resolution or of the Bond issued hereunder or regarding the redemption and current
refunding of the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds.
Section 16. Controllina Law. Members. Officials. Aaents. 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 fullest extent authorized by the Act 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 official
capacity. The members of the City Commission, the Mayor, the City Clerk, City Attorney, City
Manaqer, Risk Management Director, the Chief Financial Officer, Finance Director, and any
other official executing the Bond, the Loan Agreement, the Escrow Deposit Agreement, any
other related notices, instruments, agreements, certificates, documents, contracts, or this
Resolution shall not be liable personally on the Bond, the Loan Agreement, the Escrow Deposit
Agreement, any other related notices, instruments, agreements, certificates, documents,
contracts, and this Resolution, nor shall they be subject to any personal liability or accountability
by reason of the issuance or the execution by the City, or by such respective members, officials,
agents, representatives or employees thereof, or by reason of the redemption and current
refunding of the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and the redemption and advance refunding of
the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds.
Section 17. Further Authorizations regarding the issuance of the Bond and the
redemption and current refunding of the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and the
redemption and advance refunding of the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds. The City Manager
and the City Clerk, the Chief Financial Officer, the Finance Director, 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, or the City Manager, including any Bond Registrar(s), Trustee(s), Escrow Agent(s), or
Paying Agent(s), 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 Bond, the notices,
calls for redemptions, redemptions, and the current refunding of the Refunded Series 2007A
Bonds and the advance refunding of the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds, and are authorized' and
empowered, collectively or individually, to take all actions and steps and to execute the Bond, 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 negotiated sale of the Bond to the Purchaser, and the execution of a rate lock agreement, if
any, with the Purchaser, and the redemption and current refunding of the Refunded Series
2007A Bonds and the advance refunding of the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds, that are
necessary or desirable in connection with the sale, execution and delivery of the Bond, the
noticing, calls for redemptions, redemptions, and the current refu nding of the Refunded Series
2007A Bonds and the advance refunding of the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds, and which are
specifically authorized or are not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Resolution or
any action relating to the Bond, the Series 2007A Bonds, or the Series 2009 Bonds, heretofore
taken by the City and/or by the City's Financial Advisor, Bond Counsel, City Manager, Chief
Financial Officer, Finance Director, and City Attorney, or other necessary City officials,
employees, representatives, and agents, including any Bond Registrar(s), Trustee(s), Escrow
Agent(s) or Paying Agent(s) for the Series 2007A Bonds and Series 2009 Bonds. Such officials,
employees, agents and representatives and those so designated are hereby charged with the
responsibility for the issuance of the Bond and the redemption and current refunding of the
Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and the redemption and advance refunding of the Refunded
Series 2009 Bonds, on behalf of the City and with any related and required responsibilities of
the City, its agents, representatives, employees, or officials, including its City Manager, Chief
Financial Officer, Finance Director, City Attorney, Financial Advisor and Bond Counsel and any
Bond Registrar(s), Trustee(s), Escrow Agent(s), or Paying Agent(s) for the Series 2007A Bonds
and the Series 2009 Bonds. Any and all costs incurred in connection with the issuance of the
Bond and the redemption and current refunding of the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and the
redemption and advance refunding of the Refunded Series 2009 Bonds are hereby authorized
to be paid from the proceeds of the Bond and from any other City funds that have previously
been designated by the City for payments of interest, principal, premium, if any, redemption
costs, and any other administrative costs related to the redemption and current refunding of the
Refunded Series 2007A Bonds and the redemption and advance refunding of the Refunded
Series 2009 Bonds.
Section 18. Repeal of Inconsistent Resolutions. All resolutions or parts thereof in
conflict herewith are to the extent of such conflict superseded and repealed.
Section 19. Ratification of Conditional Notice of Redemption. The dissemination of
the conditional notice of redemption of the Refunded Series 2007A Bonds at the direction of the
City Manager is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed, and the City Manager, or the Finance
Director as designee of the City Manager, is hereby authorized' to rescind such conditional
notice, if necessary, or to take such other actions as provided therein.
Section 20. Ratifications, Approvals and Confirmations. Certain necessary actions
of the City Manager and designated City Departments in order to update the relevant financial
controls and computer systems in connection with the issuance of the Bond and undertakings
for the respective redemptions and refundings contemplated by this Resolution are hereby
ratified, approved, and confirmed.
Section 21. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its
adoption and signature by the Mayor.'
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND CORRECTNESS:
1
Un ndez, City Attor iey 6/13/2017
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.