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RES-9342 Authorizing Issuance of Special Tax Bonds for Community Facilities District No. 91-2RESOLUTION NO. 9342 r- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL TAX BONDS FOR CITY OF ORANGE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 91-2 (SERRANO HEIGHTS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS), AND APPROVING RELATED DOCUMENTS AND ACTIONS WHEREAS, this City Council has conducted proceedings under and pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended (the "Act"), to form the City of Orange Community Facilities District No. 91-2 (Serrano Heights Public Improvements) (the District") and has, under its Resolution No. 7922 adopted on December 17, 1991, provided certain authorizations for the issuance and sale of special tax bonds of the City for the District the "Bonds") and approving a fiscal agent agreement and an acquisition agreement in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, on May 28, 1996, this City Council adopted Resolution No. 8624,approving a revised fiscal agent agreement and acquisition agreement for the District and specifying certain requirements to be met prior to the issuance of the Bonds; and WHEREAS, since the adoption of Resolution No. 8624, there have been revisions to the forms of the Fiscal Agent Agreement and the Acquisition AgreementpreviouslyapprovedbyResolutionNo. 8624, and this City Council wishes to make provision for approval of such revised documents; and VHEREAS, all of the requirements precedent to the issuance of the Bonds set forth in Resolution No. 8624 have now been satisfied, and the City Council now desires to authorize the issuance ofthe Bonds and to approve various other documents in connection therewith.NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ORANGE DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:Section 1. Authorization of Issuance of Bonds. Pursuant to the Act, this Resolution and the Fiscal Agent Agreement (hereafter defined), special tax bonds of the City for the District designakd as "City of Orange Community Facilities District No. 91- 2 (Serrano Heights Public Improvements) Special Tax Bonds" (the "Bonds") in an aggregate principal amount not to T' exceed $37,000,000 are hereby authorized to be issued. The Bonds shall be executed in the form set forth in and otherwise as provided in the Fiscal Agent Agreement.The City Council hereby fmds and determines that (a) the conditions to the issuance of the Bonds set forth in the Acquisition Agreement approved pursuant to Resolution No. r b) the Bonds are in compliance with Section 53345.8 of the Act, based upon the appraisal of the property in the District by C.R. Wilson & Associates - Orange County, Inc. dated September 14, 2000, which indicates that the lien-to-value ratio in the District is in excess of 1 : 4;and (c) 1he Bonds, when issued, will be in compliance with the applicable requirements of the City's adopted Policy Guidelines Regulating the Use of Public Financing Mechanisms to Finance Public Improvements (the "City Policies"), except as described in the next paragraph. The City Council hereby acknowledges that: (a) the District was formed prior to the adoption of the City Policies; (b) the District, as formed, is authorized to finance certain statutory development fees identified in the proceedings of the City Council related to the formation of the District; (c) the City Policies do not permit the financing of statutory development fees; and (d) the prohibition in the City Policies on the financing of statutory development fees was not intended to apply to the District. In light of the foregoing, the City Council hereby waives the prohibition in the City Policies with respect to the financing of statutory development fees as it would otherwise apply to the District, but only with respect to such fees expressly authorized to be financed by the District in the proceedings for the District heretofore adopted by the City Council. Section 2. Fiscal Agent Agreement. The Fiscal Agent Agreement (the "Fiscal Agent Agreemc~nt"), in the revised form on file with the City Clerk, is hereby approved. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Fiscal Agent Agreement, in said fonn, with such additions thereto or changes therein as are approved by the City Manager upon consultation with the City Attorney and the City's bond counsel and financial advisor, the approvall of such additions or changes to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Fiscal Agent Agreement by the City Manager. The date, manner of payment, interest rate or rates, interest payment dates, denominations, form, registration privileges, manner of execution, place of payment, terms of redemption and other terms of the Bonds shall be as provided in the Fiscal Agent Agreement as finally executed. Section 3. Bond Purchase Contract. The Bond purchase contract (the "Purchase Contract") between the City and Stone & Youngberg LLC (the "Underwriter"), in the form on file with the City Clerk, is hereby approved. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed:, for and in the name and on behalf of the City, to accept the offer of the Underwriter to purchas(~ the Bonds contained in the Purchase Contract (provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds sold thereby is not in excess of $37,000,000, the true interest cost on the Bonds is not in excess of7.50% per annum and the underwriter's discount (without regard to any original issue discount) is not in excess of 3% of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds) and to e:xecute and deliver the Purchase Contract in said form, with such additions thereto or -changes therein as are recommended or approved by such officer upon consultation with the City Attorney and the City's bond counsel and financial advisor, the approval of such additions or changes to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Purchase Contract by the Director of Finance.2- r- This City Council hereby finds and determines that the sale of the Bonds at negotiated sale as contemplated by the Purchase Contract will result in a lower overall cost due to the extensive analysis and review of the District by the Underwriter and its participation in the preparation of the Official Statement referred to below. Section 4. Official Statement. The official statement relating to the Bonds (the Official Statement"), in the form on file with the City Clerk, is hereby approved. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute the Official Statement in said form, with such additions thereto or changes therein as are recommended or approved by such officer upon consultation with the City Attorney and the City's bond counsel and financial advisor, the approval of such additions or changes to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of said Official Statement by the City Manager. The Underwriter is hereby authorized to distribute copies of said Official Statement to persons who may be interested in the purchase of the Bonds and is directed to deliver such copies to all actual purchasers of the Bonds. Distribution by the Underwriter of a preliminaryofficialstatementrelatingtotheBondsisherebyapprovedandauthorized. The City Manager is hereby authorized to execute a certificate or certificates to the effect that the Official Statement and such preliminary official statement were deemed "final" as of their respective dates for pwposes of Rule l5c2-l2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is authorized to so deem such statements final.Section 5. Foreclosure Covenant. The City hereby covenants, for the benefit of the Bondowners, to commence and diligently pursue to completion a foreclosure actionregardingdelinquentinstallmentsofanyamountleviedasaspecialtaxforthepaymentofinterest or principal of the Bonds, said foreclosure action to be commenced and pursued as morecompletelysetforthintheFiscalAgent Agreement.Section 6. Acquisition Agreement The acqUISItIon agreement (the "Acquisition Agreem<::nt"), in the revised form on file with the City Clerk, is hereby approved. TheCityManagerisherebyauthorizedanddirectedtoexecuteanddelivertheAcquisitionAgreement in said fonn, together with such additions thereto or changes therein as are recommended or approved by such officer upon consultation with the City Attorney and the City's financial advisor and bond counsel, the approval of such additions or changes to beconclusivelyevidencedbytheexecutionanddeliveryoftheAcquisitionAgreementbytheCity Manager.Section 7. Continuing Disclosure Agreement. The Continuing DisclosureAgreementthe "Disclosure Agreement") to be executed by the City, in the form attached as Appendix F to r- the Official Statement, is hereby approved. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Disclosure Agreement in said form, with such additions thereto or changes therein as are recommended or approved by such officer upon consultation with theCityAttorneyandtheCity's financial advisor and bond counsel, the approval of such additions or changes to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of the DisclosureAgreementbytheCity Manager. Section 8. Operating Memorandum. The Operating Memorandum among the City, the District, Serrano Heights 1400, LLC and Serrano Heights East, LLC (the "Memorandum"), in the form on file with the City Clerk, is hereby approved. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Memorandum on behalf of the City and the District :in said form, together with such additions thereto or changes therein as are recommended or approved by such officer upon consultation with the City Attorney, the approval of such additions or changes to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Memorandum by the City Manager. Section 9. Authentication of Bonds. The Bonds, when executed, shall be delivered to the Fiscal Agent for authentication. The Fiscal Agent is hereby requested and directed to authenticate the Bonds by executing the Fiscal Agent's certificate of authentication and registration appearing thereon, and to deliver the Bonds, when duly executed and authenticated,to the Underwriter in accordance with written instructions executed on behalf of the City by the Director of Finance, which instructions such officer is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver to the Fiscal Agent. Such instructions shall provide for the delivery of the Bonds to the Underwriter in accordance with the Purchase Contract, upon payment of the purchase price therefor.Section 10. Ratification of Prior Resolutions. The provisions of Resolution Nos. 7922 and 8624 heretofore adopted by this City Council, except to the extent inconsistent with the provisions ofthis Resolution, are hereby ratified and confirmed.Section 11. Actions Approved. All actions heretofore taken by the officers and agents of the City with respect to the establishment of the District are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified, and the proper officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things and take any and all actions and execute any and all certificates, agreements and other documents, which they, or any of them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to consummate the lawful issuance and delivery of the Bonds in accordance with this Resolution,and any certificate, agreement, and other document described in the documents herein approved.Section 12. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. ADOPTED this 24th day of October, 2000.4- ATTEST: hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the CityCounciloftheCityofOrangeataregularmeetingthereofheldonthe24thdayofOctober, 2000, by the fc)llowing vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MURPHY, SLATER, MAYOR COONTZ l SPURGEON, ALVAREZ COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE 15003.01 :J5i.63 10/12/00 5-