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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 93-031.22 RESOLUTION NO. 93-031.22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS; . APPROVING THE SALE OF SAID BONDS; AND APPROVING THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOR SAID BONDS (LEONARD ROAD ASSESSMENT DISTRICT) WHEREAS, the City council of the City of Saratoga (the "city"), adopted its resolution of intention (No. 93-031.9) on July 7, 1993, to order improvements in Leonard Road Assessment District, City of Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California, under the provisions of the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913 (the IIActll), as amended. Proceedings taken under the Act led to the levy of a special assessment by the Council against parcels of land within the assessment district in the total amount of $134,000.00. These assessments were recorded in the office of the county Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, and thereupon became a lien on each parcel assessed. The period within which parcel owners might pay their assessments in cash without interest has expired; WHEREAS, the saratoga Public Financing Authority (the "Authority") has offered to purchase the improvement bonds; NOW, THEREFORE, The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby resolves: section 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and the city Council so finds and determines. section 2. The City Council has reviewed all proceedings heretofore taken relative to the foregoing and has found, as a result of such review, and does hereby find and determine that all acts, conditions and things required by law to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds under the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 as hereinafter authorized and provided do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 and all other applicable laws, and the City is now authorized pursuant to each and every requirement of law to issue the bonds in the manner and form as in this resolution provided. section 3. The City Council hereby authorizes the issuance of the bonds under the provisions of the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 to represent unpaid assessments in the amount of $101,686.00. The bonds shall be issued as hereinafter set forth and shall be known as the "City of Saratoga, Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds, Leonard Road Assessment District" (the "Bonds"). The Bonds shall be issued as fully registered bondi, shall (except for the first numbered Bond, which shall be of the denomination of $1,686) be of the denomination of $5,000 or any SFl-24597.1 integral multiple of $5,000, as determined by the registered owners thereof (not exceeding the principal amount of Bonds maturing at anyone time), shall be dated February 1, 1994 (which is hereby fixed and determined to be the date of issue of the Bonds), and shall mature and bear interest as hereinafter provided in section 13. The Bonds shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication and registration the¡eof, unless such date of authentication and registration is on d day during the period from the sixteenth (16th) day next preceding an interest payment date. to such interest payment date, both inclusive, in which event they shall bear interest from such interest payment date, or unless such date of authentication and registration is on a day on or before the fifteenth (15th) day next preceding the first interest payment date, in which event they shall bear interest from February 1, 1994. Such interest shall be payable on March 2, 1994, and thereafter semiannually on September 2 and March 2 of each year until and at the respective maturity dates of the Bonds. The interest on and principal of and redemption premiums, if any, on the Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United states of America at the office of the Treasurer of the City (the "Treasurer") in Saratoga, California. Payment of the interest on the Bonds due on or before the maturity or prior redemption thereof shall be made by check mailed to the registered owners of the Bonds at their addresses as they appear at the close of business as of the fifteenth (15th) day prior to each such interest payment date on the registration books maintained by the Treasurer, and payment of the principal of and redemption premiums, if any, on the Bonds shall be made only upon surrender thereof by the registered owners thereof on their maturity dates or on redemption prior to maturity to the Treasurer. Any Bond may be redeemed in whole or in part in integral multiples of the minimum authorized denomination of the Bonds on the second day of March or September in any year, at the option of the City, upon payment of the principal amount thereof and interest accrued thereon to the date of redemption, together with a premium equal to three percent (3%) of such principal amount redeemed; provided, that the City shall proceed pursuant to Part 11.1 of the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 in determining those Bonds or portions thereof to be redeemed and the manner of the redemption thereof; and provided further, that notice of redemption of any Bond shall be given by the City as provided in the Act. The City Council declares and determines that it does not and will not obligate itself to advance funds from the City treasury to cure any deficiency which may occur at any time in the Redemption Fund created in section 8 of this resolution. SF2-24597.1 2 section 4. The City and the Treasurer shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any such Bond is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof and under any applicable laws, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary received by the Treasurer or the City; and the City and the Treasurer shall have no responsibility for transmitting payments to, communicating with, notifying, or otherwise dealing with any persons other than the registered owners of such Bonds. section 5, The Bonds shall be in substantially the following form, the blanks in said form to be filled in with appropriate words or figures, namely: SF2-24597.1 3 [FORM OF BOND] UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA REGISTERED REGISTERED NUMBER $ CITY OF SARATOGA LIMITED OBLIGATION IMPROVEMENT BOND LEONARD ROAD ASSESSMENT DISTRICT INTEREST RATE _% MATURITY DATE BOND DATE February 1, 1994 CUSIP NUMBER None REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: DOLLARS Under and by virtue of the Improvement Bond Act of 1915, Division 10 (commencing with Section 8500), of the California Streets and Highways Code (the "Act "), the City of Saratoga of the county of Santa Clara in the State of California (the "Cityll) will, out of the Redemption Fund for the payment of the bonds issued upon the unpaid portion of assessments made for the work and improvements more fully described in proceedings taken pursuant to Resolution of Intention No. 93-031.9, adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga on the 7th day of July, 1993, pay to the registered owner set forth above or registered assigns, on the maturity date set forth above (subject to the right of prior redemption hereinafter reserved) the principal amount set forth above in lawful money of the united States of America, and in like manner will pay interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date on which this bond is authenticated and registered (unless this bond is authenticated and registered on a day during the period from the sixteenth (16th) day next preceding an interest payment date to such interest payment date, both inclusive, in which event it shall bear interest from such interest payment date, or unless this bond is authenticated and registered on a day on or before the fifteenth (15th) day next preceding the first interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from February 1, 1994) until payment of such principal sum shall have been discharged, at the interest rate per annum set forth above, payable semiannually on March 2 and September 2 in each year SF2-24597.1 4 commencing on March 2, 1994; and the City Council has declared and determined that it does not and will not obligate itself to advance funds from the city treasury to cure any deficiency which may occur at any time in said Redemption Fund. Both the principal hereof and redemption premium hereon are payable at the office of the Treasurer of the City (the "Treasurer"), and the interest hereon is payable by check mailed to the owner hereof at the owner's address as it appears on the registration books of the Treasurer, or at such address as may have been filed in writing with the Treasurer for that purpose, at the close of business as of the fifteenth (15th) day next preceding each interest payment date. This bond is one of several annual series of bonds of like date, tenor and effect, but differing in amounts, maturities and interest rates, issued by the City under the Act and the resolution providing for its issuance .(the "Resolution") for the purpose of paying for the improvements described in said proceedings, and is secured by the moneys in said Redemption Fund provided in the Resolution and by the unpaid portion of said assessments levied. for the payment of said improvements, and including principal and interest, is payable exclusively out of said fund. This bond wil¡ continue to bear interest after maturity at the rate above stated; provided, it is presented at maturity and payment thereof is refused upon the sole ground that there are not sufficient moneys in said Redemption Fund with which to pay the same. If it is not presented at maturity, interest thereon will run until maturity. This bond, or any portion of it in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) or any integral multiple thereof, may be redeemed and paid in advance of maturity upon the second day of March or September in any year by giving at least thirty (30) days' notice by registered or certified mail to the registered owner hereof at the owner's address as it appears on the registration books of the Treasurer by paying principal and accrued interest together with a premium equal to three percent (3%) of the principal amount redeemed. This bond is transferable by the registered owner hereof, in person or by the owner's attorney duly authorized in writing, at the office of the Treasurer, subject to the terms and conditions provided in the Resolution, including the payment of certain charges, if any, upon surrender and cancellation of this bond. Upon such transfer, a new registered bond or bonds, of any authorized denomination or denominations, of the same maturity, for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor. Bonds shall be registered only in the name of a California joint-powers agency, an individual (including joint owners), a corporation¡ a partnership or a trust. SF2-24597.1 5 Neither the City nor the Treasurer shall be required to make such exchange or registration of transfer of bonds during the fifteen (15) days immediately preceding any interest payment date. The city and the Treasurer may treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for all purposes, and the City and the Treasurer shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. This bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Act or the Resolution, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose, until the certificate of authentication and registration hereon endorsed shall have been dated and signed by the Treasurer. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the city council of the city of Saratoga has caused this bond to be signed by the Treasurer of the City and by the city Clerk, and has caused its corporate seal to be impressed hereon, all as of February 1, 1994. City of saratoga Treasurer of the City of saratoga [SEAL] city Clerk of the City of Saratoga SF2·24S97.1 6 [Form of and Certificate of Authentication and Registration] CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION AND REGISTRATION This is one of the bonds described in the within-mentioned Resolution which has been authenticated and registered on Treasurer of the City of Saratoga [Form of Assignment] ASSIGNMENT For value received the undersigned do(es) hereby sell, assign and transfer unto the within bond and do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint attorney to transfer the same on the register of the Treasurer, with full power of substitution in the premises. Date: SIGNATURE GUARANTEED: NOTE: The signature(s) to this Agreement must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the within bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. The signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution. Social Security Number, Taxpayer Identification Number or other Identifying Number of Assignee: SF2-24597.1 7 section 6. The Treasurer and the City Clerk (the "Clerk") are hereby authorized and directed, respectively, as such officers to execute each of the Bonds on behalf of the City, and the Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to affix the official seal of the City thereto; and such signing and sealing as herein provided shall be a sufficient and binding execution of the Bonds by the city. In case either of such officers whose signature appears on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the· delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as though such officer had remained in office until the delivery of the Bonds. Only such of the Bonds as shall bear thereon a certificate of registration and authentication in the form hereinabove set forth, executed and dated by the Treasurer, shall be entitled to any benefits hereunder or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the Bonds so authenticated have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered hereunder and are entitled to the benefits hereof. Section 7. The Treasurer shall pay interest on the Bonds due on or before the maturity or prior redemption thereof to the registered owners thereof as their names appear at the close of business as of the fifteenth (15th) day next preceding each interest payment date on the registration books required to be kept by the Treasurer pursuant to this section as the registered owners thereof, such interest to be paid by check mailed to such registered owners at their addresses appearing on such books or at such other addresses as they may have filed in writing with the Treasurer for that purpose, and to pay to such registered owners the principal of and redemption premiums, if any, on the Bonds upon presentation and surrender of the Bonds to the Treasurer at maturity or on redemption prior to maturity. The Treasurer will keep at the City offices in Saratoga, california, sufficient books for the registration, transfer and exchange of the Bonds, and upon presentation for such purpose the Treasurer shall, under such reasonable regulations as he or she may prescribe, register or transfer or exchange Bonds on such books as hereinafter provided. Any Bond may be transferred or exchanged on such books by the registered owner thereof, in person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon payment by the person requesting such transfer or exchange of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange and upon surrender of such Bond for cancellation accompanied by delivery of a duly executed w1"itten instrument of transfer or exchange in a form approved by the Treasurer. Whenever any Bond or Bonds shall be surrendered for transfer or exchange, the city shall execute and the Treasurer shall authenticate and deliver a new Bond or Bonds of authorized denominations and of the same maturity date aggregating the principal amount of the Bond or Bonds so surrendered. The City and the Treasurer may deem and SF2-24597 .1 8 treat the registered owner of any Bond as the absolute owner of such Bond for the purpose of receiving payment thereof and for all other purposes, whether such Bond shall be overdue or not, and neither the City nor the Treasurer shall be affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary; and payment of the interest on and principal of and redemption premium, if any, on such Bond shall be made only to such registered owner as above provided, which payment shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge -liability on such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. Section 8. Said assessments in the aggregate amount of '$101,686.00, as hereinabove referred to and as determined by the city council, together with interest thereon computed at the rate specified in the Bonds (which interest shall begin to run from . the date of the Bonds), shall, in accordance with and consistent with the Act, remain and constitute a trust fund for the redemption and payment of the principal of the Bonds and for the interest due thereon, and said assessments and each installment thereof and the interest and penalties thereon shall constitute a lien against the lots and parcels of land on which they are made until the same be paid. The Treasurer shall annually make records in his office showing the several installments of principal and interest on said assessments which are to be collected for the forthcoming year during the term of the Bonds; and an annual installment of said assessments shall be pàyable and shall be collected in each year corresponding in amount to the amount of Bonds unpaid and to accrue that year, which amount shall be sufficient to pay the Bonds as the same become due, and an annual installment of interest on said assessments shall be payable and shall be collected in each year corresponding in amount to the amount of interest which will accrue on the Bonds outstanding for such year, which amount shall be sufficient to pay the interest thereon that shall become due in the next succeeding March and September. The annual proportion of said assessments coming due in any year, together with the annual interest on such assessments, shall be payable in the same manner and at the same time and in the same installments as the general taxes on real property in the County of Santa Clara are payable, and said assessment installments and said annual interest on said assessments shall be payable and become delinquent on the same dates and in the same proportionate amounts and bear the same proportionate penalties and interest after delinquency as do general taxes on real property in the County. The City Council hereby covenants with the registered owners of the Bonds that it will annually review the public records of the county relating to the collection of said assessment installments in order to determine, by a date not later than August 1 of each year, the amount of said assessment installments collected and the amount thereof delinquent in the prior fiscal year, and on the basis of such review the City will, within sixty (60) days thereafter, institute foreclosure proceedings as authorized by law in order to enforce the lien of 5F2·24597.1 9 each delinquent installment of said assessment installments and will diligently prosecute and pursue such foreclosure proceedings to judgment and sale, except that the City, in any particular case, may advance the amount of the delinquency plus interest at the yield on the Bonds from the date of delinquency, and thus relieve itself of the obligation to institute or prosecute the foreclosure action. In that event, when the delinquency is cured, the City may reimburse itself for its advance, and may retain for- its own use all penalties and interest and costs paid in respect of the cure of the delinquent assessment installment, section 9. There is hereby created and established a fund to be known as the "City of Saratoga, Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds, Leonard Road Assessment District Redemption Fund," which fund shall be kept by the Treasurer. and shall constitute a trust fund for the benefit of the registered owners of the Bonds, and all sums received by the Treasurer which are received from the collection of said assessments (except for those amounts allocable to administrative expenses), and of the interest and penalties thereon, shall upon receipt be deposited in said fund. At the time of the issuance of the Bonds, the City shall deposit in the Redemption Fund from the proceeds of sale of the Bonds the amount representing the accrued interest received on the delivery of the Bonds, and all sums to become due for the principal of and the interest on the Bonds shall be withdrawn by the Treasurer from said fund for use for the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Bonds, and the Bonds and the interest thereon shall not be paid out of any other funds. Any surplus remaining in said fund after payment of all Bonds and the interest thereon shall be applied as directed by the city. All moneys in said fund shall be invested in any lawful investments of City funds maturing not later than the date on which such moneys are required for disbursement as herein provided, and all interest earned on such investments shall be credited to said fund, except as otherwise required by section 12 of this resolution. section 10. There is hereby created and established a fund to be known as the t'city of Saratoga, Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds, Leonard Road Assessment District, Expense Fund," which fund shall be kept by the Treasurer. After making the deposits in the Redemption Fund as required by section 9, all remaining proceeds of the sale of the Bonds shall be deposited in the Expense Fund and shall be kept separate and distinct from all other City funds. All money in the Expense Fund shall be disbursed on such dates and in such amounts as are necessary to pay all costs of issuing the Bonds (as provided under the Act), including, but not limited to, fees of bond counsel, cash flow consultant, printing and advertising costs, and administrative expenses of the City. All money remaining in the Expense Fund on the one hundred eightieth (180th) day following the date of delivery of the Bonds shall be deposited in the Redemption Fund. SF2-24597.1 10 Section 11. The city will not take or omit to take any action that would cause the interest on the Bonds to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing: (a) The City will not directly or indirectly use or allow the use of more than 10% of the proceeds of the Bonds in the trade or business of any nongovernmental persons, and the City will not allow any actions to be taken that would result in the Bonds being treated as -federally guaranteed p~rsuant to Section 149(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"); and (b) The City will not directly or indirectly use or allow the use of the proceeds of the Bonds in a manner that would cause the Bonds to be arbitrage bonds described in section 148 of the Code, and in particular, the city will not invest or allow the investment of proceeds of the Bonds in investments with a yield materially higher than the yield on the Bonds except as described in the Tax Certificate executed in connection with the issuance of the Bonds. In addition, the City will pay from time to time all amounts required to be rebated to the United States Government pursuant to section 148(f) of the Code. If the City fails to expend all proceeds of the Bonds within six (6) months of the date of issue thereof, or establishes any funds pledged to the payment of the Bonds other than as currently provided herein, the City shall contact nationally recognized bond counsel for advice relative to compliance with the rebate requirements of section 148 of the Code. . section 12. The Bonds shall have maturities resulting in approximately equal annual payments of interest on and principal of the Bonds in each one-year period ending on September 2 throughout the term of the Bonds and shall bear interest at a net interest cost not to exceed seven and one-half per cent (7.50%) per annum and with an original issue discount of not more than $15,000, plus accrued interest. The Treasurer or his designee is hereby authorized to determine the principal amounts and interest rates .applicable to the respective serial maturities of the Bonds. section 13. The Official statement in preliminary form relating to the Bonds (-the "Official Statement"), submitted to this meeting and on file with the Clerk, is hereby approved, with such changes as the Treasurer or his designee shall approve, and the Treasurer or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to approve the distribution of the Official statement in preliminary form when he is satisfied with it and to certify on behalf of the City that the Official statement in preliminary form has been "deemed final" by the City, except for certain final pricing and related information pursuant to RUle 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver to the Authority the Official 51'2·24597.1 11 statement in final form, with such changes as the Treasurer may require or approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof. section 14. The Clerk is directed to cause the Bonds to be typewritten or printed, and to cause the blank spaces thereof to be filled in to provide one bond for each maturity, and to procure their execution by the proper officers, and thereafter. to deliver them, when so executed, to the Treasurer, who shall authenticate them, and thereafter to deliver them to the l.uthor i ty as purchaser thereof on receipt by the city of the purchase price thereof. The Treasurer and the Clerk are further authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver to the purchaser of the Bonds a signature certificate in the form customarily required by purchasers of municipal bonds, certifying to the genuineness and due execution of the Bonds, and the City Attorney is authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver to the purchaser of the Bonds a nO-litigation certificate in the form customarily required by purchasers of municipal bonds, certifying to all facts within his knowledge relative to any litigation which mayor might affect the City or said officers or the Bonds, and the Treasurer is further authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver to the purchaser of the Bonds a receipt in the form customarily required by purchasers of municipal bonds, evidencing the payment of the purchase price of the Bonds, which receipt shall be conclusive evidence that said purchase price has been paid and has been received by the city. Any purchaser or subsequent taker or holder of the Bonds is hereby authorized to rely upon and shall be justified in relying upon such signature certificate, such no-litigation certificate and such receipt with respect to the Bonds executed, sold and delivered pursuant to the authority of this resolution. Additionally, the officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed, jointly and severally, to do any and all things and to execute and deliver any and all documents and contracts which they may deem necessary or advisable in order to consummate the sale, execution and delivery of the Bonds and otherwise to carry out, give effect to and comply with the terms and intent of this resolution, the Bonds, and the Official statement; and any such actions heretofore taken by such officers in connection therewith are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. SF2-24597.1 12 section 15. This resolution shall take effect immediately. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Saratoga held on the 15th day of December, 1993, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Anderson, Burger, Monia and Mayor Tucker NOES: None ABSENT: Coune; 1 member Kohl er ABSTAIN: None ci~\. Jpdu- ATTEST: ~i , '~. "'" Grace E. ~( r!-OA-~~ Cory, De~~y City Clerk SF2-24597.1 13