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HomeMy WebLinkAbout23801 RESOLUTION NO. 23801 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE REIMBURSEMENT OF FUNDS FROM THE PROCEEDS OF TAX-EXEMPT BONDS OR OTHER OBLIGATIONS FOR THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE, CITY PROJECT NO. 15-14. WHEREAS, the City of Palm Springs, (the "City"), desires to finance the costs of constructing and/or reconstructing certain public facilities and improvements relating to its wastewater system, including certain treatment facilities, pipelines and other infrastructure, identified as the City of Palm Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade, City Project No. 15-14, (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the City intends to finance the construction and/or reconstruction of the Project or portions of the Project with moneys ("Project Funds") made available from the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds or other obligations of the City, (the "City Bonds"); and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to adopt this Resolution for the purpose of expressing its intention to reimburse costs of the Project from the proceeds of the City Bonds, in the event all of the funds required for the Project are not provided from amounts borrowed from the State of California; and WHEREAS, in order to use the proceeds of the City Bonds to reimburse advances made by the City for the Project before the date of issuance of the City Bonds, but not more than sixty (60) days before the date of adoption of this Resolution, Section 1.150-2 of the United States Income Tax Regulations requires that the City Council declare its intention to reimburse such advances from the proceeds of the City Bonds; and WHEREAS, it is in the public interest and for the public benefit that the City declare its official intent to reimburse the expenditures referenced herein. NOW THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City hereby states its intention and reasonably expects to issue City Bonds and to use a portion of the proceeds thereof to reimburse expenditures made by the City for the Project before the date of issuance of the City Bonds, and not more than 60 days before the date of adoption of this Resolution. The City Bonds shall be issued in an aggregate principal amount which is sufficient to raise funds for the Project, in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000. Resolution No. 23801 Page 2 SECTION 2. This resolution is adopted as official intent of the City in order to comply with Treasury Regulation §1.150-2 and any other regulations of the Internal Revenue Service relating to the qualification for reimbursement of Project costs from the proceeds of the City Bonds. SECTION 3. All the recitals in this Resolution are true and correct and the City Council so finds, determines and represents. ADOPTED THIS 1ST DAY OF APRIL, 2015. David H. Ready, Cit ATTEST: mes Thompson, City Clerk CERTIFICATION STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss. CITY OF PALM SPRINGS ) I, JAMES THOMPSON, City Clerk of the City of Palm Springs, hereby certify that Resolution No. 23801 is a full, true and correct copy, and was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Palm Springs on the 1st day of April, 2015, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmember Foat, Councilmember Hutcheson, Councilmember Mills, Mayor Pro Tern Lewin, and Mayor Pougnet. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAIN: None. mes Thompson, City Clerk City of Palm Springs, Californi p *ZO P.ti