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RES-OB-0077 Tax Allocation From Successor AgencyRESOLUTION NO.OB -0077 A RESOLUTION OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY APPROVING THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY'S ISSUANCE OF TAX ALLOCATION REFUNDING BONDS AND TAKING RELATED ACTIONS. WHEREAS, the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the "Former Agency ") was a redevelopment agency duly formed pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law, set forth in Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California ( "HSC "); and WHEREAS, pursuant to AB X1 26 (enacted in June 2011) and the California Supreme Court's decision in California Redevelopment Association, et al. v. Ana Matosantos, et al., 53 Cal. 4th 231 (2011), the Former Agency was dissolved as of February 1, 2012; the Successor Agency to the Orange Redevelopment Agency (the "Successor Agency ") was constituted as the successor to the Former Agency; and an Oversight Board to the Successor Agency (the "Oversight Board ") was established; and WHEREAS, before dissolution, the Former Agency issued multiple series of bonds under a Trust Indenture, dated as of May 1, 1997 (the "Master Indenture "), as amended and supplemented by a First Supplement to Indenture of Trust, dated as of September 1, 2003 (the First Supplement "), a Second Supplement to Indenture of Trust (the "Second Supplement ") and a Third Supplement to Indenture of Trust (the "Third Supplement "), each dated May 1, 2008; and WHEREAS, such bonds issued by the Former Agency included the Former Agency's Orange Merged and Amended Redevelopment Project Area 2008 Tax Allocation Bonds, Series A the "2008A Bonds "); and WHEREAS, after the Former Agency's dissolution, the Successor Agency issued a series of refunding bonds in 2014, pursuant to the Master Indenture, as previously amended and supplemented, and further amended and supplemented by a Fourth Supplement to Indenture of Trust, dated as of December 1, 2014 (the "Fourth Supplement "), by and between the Successor Agency and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the "Trustee "); and WHEREAS, the Master Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the First Supplement, the Second Supplement, the Third Supplement and the Fourth Supplement, is referred to herein as the "Indenture "; and WHEREAS, the Successor Agency desires to refund the outstanding 2008A Bonds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to HSC Section 34177.5(a), the Successor Agency is authorized to issue bonds (the "Refunding Bonds ") to refund all or a portion of the 2008A Bonds (the Refunded Bonds "), to provide savings to the Successor Agency, provided that: A) the total interest cost to maturity on the Refunding Bonds plus the principal amount of the Refunding Bonds shall not exceed the total remaining interest cost to maturity on the Refunded Bonds, plus the remaining principal of the Refunded Bonds to be refunded, and B) the principal amount of the Refunding Bonds shall not exceed the amount required to defease the Refunded Bonds, to establish customary debt service reserves and pay related costs of issuance; and WHEREAS, the Refunding Bonds will be issued under the authority of HSC Section 34177.5 and Article 11 (commencing with Section 53580) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the California Government Code; and WHEREAS, the Refunding Bonds will be issued pursuant to, and will be secured by a pledge of property tax revenues as provided in, the Indenture and a fifth supplement to the Indenture (the "Supplemental Indenture "); and WHEREAS, proceeds from the sale of the Refunding Bonds will be used to: (i) provide funds for the defeasance and redemption of the Refunded Bonds (either through the establishment of a defeasance escrow or direct payment thereof on the redemption date), and (ii) pay costs of issuance of the Refunding Bonds; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Orange (the "City "), acting as Governing Board of the Successor Agency, has adopted its Resolution No. SAORA -029 on April 10, 2018 the "Successor Agency Resolution "), authorizing the Successor Agency's issuance of the Refunding Bonds, in one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $29 million and authorizing the Successor Agency's execution and delivery of a Supplemental Indenture (substantially in the form on file with the Secretary of the Successor Agency and a copy of which is on file with the Clerk of the Oversight Board); and WHEREAS, the Oversight Board has received a copy of the Successor Agency Resolution; and WHEREAS, there has been presented to the Oversight Board an analysis of the potential debt service savings that will accrue as a result of issuance of the Refunding Bonds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to HSC Sections 34177.5(f) and 34180, the issuance of the Refunding Bonds is subject to the Oversight Board's prior approval; and WHEREAS, the Oversight Board desires to adopt this Resolution to approve the issuance of the Refunding Bonds. RES -OB -0077 -2- 12817-0001 \2166801 vldoc NOW, THEREFORE, THE OVERSIGHT BOARD OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ORANGE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, HEREBY FINDS, DETERMINES, RESOLVES, AND ORDERS AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The above recitals are true and correct and are a substantive part of this Resolution. Section 2. The Successor Agency Resolution is hereby approved. Without limiting the foregoing, the Oversight Board hereby approves the issuance of the Refunding Bonds, in one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $29 million, pursuant to the provisions of HSC Section 34177.5. The Oversight Board approves the pledge of the property tax revenues to secure the Refunding Bonds pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Indenture. Section 3. The members of this Oversight Board and the staff of the Successor Agency are hereby authorized, jointly and severally, to do all things which they may deem necessary or proper to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution. ADOPTED this 19th day of April 2018. f TeresA E. Smith Chairperson of the Oversight Board to the Successor Agency of the Orange Redevelopment Agency ATTEST: Mary Mu by Clerk of the Oversight Board RES -OB -0077 -3- 12817 -0001 \2166801 vldoc I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the Oversight Board of the Successor Agency to the Orange Redevelopment Agency at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of April 2018, by the following vote: AYES:BOARD MEMBERS:Smith, Buttress, Christensen, Remland, Schulze NOES:BOARD MEMBERS:None ABSENT:BOARD MEMBERS:Davert ABSTAIN:BOARD MEMBERS:None IJ d4d Mary Mu by Clerk of the Oversight Board RES -OB -0077 -4- 12817 -0001 \2166801 v3. doc