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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1991 - 0043RESOLUTION NO.91-43-1 APPROVING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 1990-92 SERIES B CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION,PURSUANT TO DISTRICTS’ ADOPTED LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN AND AGREEMENTS RELATED THERETO A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT NO.1 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE PREPARATION,EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION (CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM,1990-92 SERIES B),APPROVING A TRUST AGREEMENT, AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION,ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT,PURCHASE CONTRACT,PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT AND THE DISTRIBUTION THEREOF,AND CERTAIN ACTIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS,this County Sanitation District of Orange County,California (the “District”)proposes to acquire,construct and install certain improvements to joint facilities and certain other public improvements (the “Project”)in conjunction with County Sanitation District Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7 and 11 of Orange County,california (collectively,the “Participating Districts”); and WHEREAS,the Participating Districts propose to finance the acquisition,construction and installation of the Project;and WHEREAS,it has been proposed that the District in concert with the Participating Districts acquire,construct and install the Project pursuant to an Agreement for Acquisition and Construction,dated as of May 1,1991,by and among the Participating Districts (the “Acquisition Agreement”),the proposed form of which has been presented to this Board of Directors, pursuant to which the Participating Districts will agree to make certain installment payments (the “Installment Payments”)in connection therewith;and WHEREAS,it has been proposed that the District grant, assign and transfer all of its rights to receive the Installment Payments to Texas Commerce Bank National Association,as trustee (the “Trustee”)pursuant to an Assignment Agreement,dated as of May 1,1991,by and among the Participating Districts,and,the Trustee (the “Assignment Agreement”),the proposed form of which has been presented to this Board of Directors;and ,1 WHEREAS,the Participating Districts have each determined that it would be in the best interest of each District and the Participating Districts to authorize,pursuant to the Trust Agreement,dated as of May 1,1991,among the Trustee and the Participating Districts (the “Trust Agreement”),the proposed form of which has been presented to this Board of Directors,the preparation,execution and delivery by the Trustee of Certificates of Participation (Capital Improvement Program,1990-92 Series B)in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $125,000,000 (the “Certificates”),which Certificates evidence and represent direct and proportionate interests in the Principal Components and Interest Components of the Installment Payments;and WHEREAS,it has been proposed that Merrill Lynch &Co. (the “Underwriter”)purchase the Certificates pursuant to a Certificate Purchase Agreement among the Underwriter and the Participating Districts (the “Purchase Contract”),the proposed form of which has been presented to this Board of Directors;and WHEREAS,there has been presented to this Board of Directors a Preliminary Official Statement relating to the Certificates (the “Preliminary Official Statement”);and WHEREAS,it is proposed that the terms of the financing contemplated by the foregoing shall be subject to the limitations set forth herein;and WHEREAS,this District has determined that it is in the best interest of this District and the residents within the District to approve the Preliminary Official Statement and authorize and approve the transactions contemplated thereby;and NOW,THEREFORE,the Board of Directors of the District does hereby resolve as follows: Section 1 That the Trust Agreement,the Acquisition Agreement,the Assignment Agreement and the Purchase Contract,in the forms presented’to this Board of Directors,are hereby approved.The Chairman or Chairman pro tempore and the Board Secretary or a Deputy Board Secretary are authorized and directed for and in the name of the District to execute and deliver said agreements.The agreements shall be executed in the forms hereby approved,with such additions thereto and changes therein as are (i)approved in accordance with Section 3 hereof,such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof or (ii)recommended or approved by Special Counsel to the Participating Districts and approved by such officers,such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof. )2 Section 2 That this Board of Directors hereby authorizes the preparation,execution and delivery of the Certificates in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Trust Agreement (as executed and delivered). Section 3 The agreements referred to in Section 1 of this Resolution shall,when executed and delivered pursuant to Section 1 of this Resolution,contain such additions and changes as shall have been approved by the General Manager of the Participating Districts (or,in the absence of the General Manager, the Director of Finance)(the “Manager”),subject to the following limitations: (a)the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates executed and delivered by the Participating Districts shall not exceed $125,000,000; (b)the interest rate with respect to the Certificates shall not exceed 8.00%; (C)the final Installment Payment of the District under the Acquisition Agreement shall be due and payable not later than August 1,2016; (d)the Underwriter’s discount (excluding any original issue discount)under the Purchase Contract shall not exceed 1.05%of the aggregate principal amount of the Certificates;and (e)if the Manager shall decide to obtain municipal bond insurance with respect to all or any portion of the financing,the premium for such insurance shall not exceed .75%of the payments insured. Section 4 The Preliminary Official Statement presented to this Board of Directors is hereby approved,and the distribution of said Preliminary Official Statement (with such additions and changes as are consistent with this Resolution and the limits prescribed herein and approved by the Manager)to prospective purchasers of the Certificates is hereby approved. Section 5 The Chairman or Chairman pro tempore is authorized and directed to execute and deliver a final Official Statement in accordance with the Purchase Contract in substantially the form of the Preliminary Official Statement,with such additions thereto and changes therein as are consistent with this Resolution and the limits prescribed herein and recommended or approved by Special Counsel to the Districts and approved by such officers and employees,such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof. 3 Section 6 That this Board of Directors hereby appoints Texas Commerce Bank National Association as the Trustee under the Trust Agreement. Section 7 The Chairman,Chairman pro tempore,Board Secretary and any other officer,official or member of the staff of the District is each authorized and directed,jointly and severally,to do any and all things and to execute and deliver any and all documents which they may deem necessary and advisable in order to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution,and such actions previously taken by such officers are hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 8 This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held April 10, 1991. 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA) )SS. COUNTY OF ORANGE ) I,RITA J.BROWN,Secretary of the Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California,do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.91-43—1 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of said Board on the 10th day of April,1991,by the following vote, to wit: AYES:James A.Wahner,Chairman,Fred Barrera,Charles E.Puckett, Roger R.Stanton NOES:None ABSENT:Dan Griset IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California,this 10th day of April,1991. Rita J.Brown,’Secretary - Board of Directors of County Sanitation District No.1 of Orange County,California