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HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-098RESOLUTION 72-98 A I~ESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF SANTA ANA REQUESTING THE CIVIC CENTER AUTHORITY TO AUTHORIZE A PROGRAM OF REFINANCING BONDS SOLD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY HALL PROJECT WHEREAS, the Orange County Civic Center Authority was created as a public agency under the laws of the State of California on January 17, 1966; and through a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement between the County of Orange and the City of Santa Ana; WHEREAS, the Civic Center Authority was formed to help finance construction of a County and City Civic Center located in Santa Ana; and WHEREAS: the Civic Center Authority authorized the sale of $5,470,000 of revenue bonds in 1970 for the construction of a City Hall, City Council Chambers, and addition to the Police facility; and WHEREAS: the City, as agent for the Civic Center Authority, will construct the City Hall project and the Joint Powers Agreement provides that, a) the cost will be paid from revenue bonds issued by the Authority, b) the City will upon its completion, lease the facility from the Authority under terms provided in the City Hall lease, and c) upon termination of the agreement or the retirement of all revenue bonds of the Authority, the City Hall facility and land provided by the City will automatically vest in the City; and WHEREAS: a number of factors have converged to put downward pressure on interest rates over the past two months, which factors are not likely to be repeated and in fact may reverse; and W~EREAS: Stone & Youngberg, Financing Consultants for the bonds, pursuant to a request from a member of the Orange County Board of Supervisors, indicates that through a method of arbitrage there can be a substantial net interest savings after refinancing fees, bond council fees, financial consultants fees and fees to the trustee for the refinanced bonds; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that the City Council of the City of Santa Ana requests that the Orange County Civic Center Authority authorize Stone & Youngberg to proceed with a program of refinancing the bond issue in an amount equivalent to $3,410,000 plus premium. PASS AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 5th day of September, 1972. ATTEST: MAYOR CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFOP~NIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) CITY OF SANTA ANA ) ss -1- I, Florence I. Malone, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the fore- going Resolution was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 5th day of September , 1972, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES, COUNCILMEN: Patterson, Herrin, Evans, Griset~ Yamamoto, Markel NOE, COUNCILMEN: None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Villa CLERK OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED AS TO FORM: -2-