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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4/21/2004 - STAFF REPORTS (4) RESOLUTION NO. OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS APPROVING THE ISSUANCE BY THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS OF COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS MERGED PROJECT NO. 1 TAX ALLOCATION REFUNDING BONDS, 2004 SERIES A AND ITS COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS MERGED PROJECT NO. 2 TAX ALLOCATION REFUNDING BONDS, 2004 SERIES B AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS PROPERLY RELATED THERETO WHEREAS the Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Springs (the "Agency") is a redevelopment agency, a public body, corporate and politic duly created, established and authorized to transact business and exercise its powers, all under and pursuant to the Community Redevelopment Law, being Part 1 of Division 24 (commencing with Section 33000) of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California (the "Law") and the powers of such agency include the power to incur indebtedness for the purpose of financing and refinancing redevelopment activities within and of benefit to its redevelopment project areas and to issue bonds for any of its corporate powers; and WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs Financing Authority (the "Authority') previously issued its Local Agency Revenue Bonds 1994 Series A and its Local Agency Subordinate Revenue Bonds, 1994 Series B (collectively, the "1994 Bonds") for the purpose of financing and refinancing various redevelopment activities with respect to the predecessor redevelopment project areas to and now included within City of Palm Springs Merged Redevelopment Project No. 1 and City of Palm Springs Merged Project No. 2 (collectively, the 'Redevelopment Projects") within the City of Palm Springs (the "City"); and WHEREAS the Agency wishes at this time to issue its not to exceed $16,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Springs Merged Redevelopment Project No. 1 Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, 2004 Series A (the "Series 2004A Bonds") pursuant to the provisions of the Law and an Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2004, by and between the Agency and BNY Western Trust Company, as trustee (the "Trustee"); and WHEREAS the Agency wishes at this time to issue its not to exceed $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palm Springs Merged Project No. 2 Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, 2004 Series B (the "Series 2004B Bonds" and, together with the Series 2004A Bonds, the "Series 2004 Bonds") pursuant to the provisions of the Law and an Indenture of Trust, dated as of May 1, 2004, by and between the Agency and the Trustee; and WHEREAS the proceeds of the Series 2004 Bonds will be used to prepay seven loans relating to certain of the Redevelopment Projects and to refund the 1994 Bonds and finance additional projects within the Redevelopment Projects; and WHEREAS Section 33640 of the Law requires the Agency to obtain the approval of the City Council of the City (the "City Council') prior to issuance of the Series 2004 Bonds; and ` 19 WHEREAS the City Council approves of the issuance of the Series 2004 Bonds as being in the public interest of the City and of the Agency. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs, California as follows: Section 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct. Section 2. Approval of Issuance of Bonds. The City Council of the City approves the issuance of the Series 2004 Bonds by the Agency, as herein above described; provided, however, such approval is conditioned upon the effectiveness of ordinances relating to the Redevelopment Projects adopted concurrently herewith. Section 3. Effective Date. This resolution shall take effect from and after the date of approval and adoption thereof. ADOPTED this_day of , 2004. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA By City Clerk Mayor REVIEWED AND APPROVED AS TO FORM: � b�