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OB - Item 3B - Issuance of Refunding BondsQ' O ROSEMEAD OVERSIGHT * BOARD STAFF REPORT NCO RPORATED � g59 TO: THE HONORABLE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS FROM: CAROLYN A. CHU, FINANCE DIRECTOR DATE: AUGUST 29, 2016 SUBJECT: RESOLUTION OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ROSEMEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION APPROVING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS, MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE REFUNDING BONDS, AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO SUMMARY In 2006, the Rosemead Community Development Commission (the "Former Agency ") issued the following tax allocation bonds for the purpose of financing and refinancing certain activities of the Former Agency: • $14,005,000 initial principal amount of Rosemead Community Development Commission Redevelopment Project Area No. I Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2006A (the "Series 2006A Bonds "); and • $24,230,000 initial principal amount of Rosemead Community Development Commission Redevelopment Project Area No. 1 Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 2006B (the "Series 2006B Bonds ") As of October 2, 2016, there will be $3,635,000 of principal amount outstanding of the Series 2006A Bonds and $23,205,000 of principal amount outstanding of the Series 2006B Bonds (in aggregate, $26,840,000 outstanding). The Successor Agency to the Rosemead Community Development Commission (the "Successor Agency ") assumed responsibility of all debt management with respect to the Former Agency in 2012 in accordance with and pursuant to the Dissolution Act. Under California Health and Safety Code Section 34177.5, the Successor Agency may refinance outstanding bonds with approval from the Oversight Board and the California Department of Finance ( "DOF "), provided that the total interest cost, principal amount, and final maturity on the refunding bonds do not exceed that of the prior (outstanding) bonds. In other words, there must be debt service savings created by the refinancing. 1 TEM NO. 3.B Rosemead Successor Agency Oversight Board August 29, 2016 Page 2 of 3 The Series 2006A Bonds and Series 2006B Bonds will be eligible to be refinanced (at the option of the Successor Agency) on October 1, 2016, at interest rates considerably lower than those at the time of original issuance. The 2006A and 2006B bonds will be refinanced through a new Series 2016 bonds, which will be subordinate to the outstanding 2010 bonds not included in this refinancing. The fiscal impact of the refinancing is detailed below. On July 12, 2016, the Successor Agency directed staff to move forward with refinancing the Series 2006A Bonds and Series 2006B Bonds and approved the financing team as recommended by staff (based on qualification and fee proposals solicited by the Successor Agency's financial advisor, Urban Futures). Since that time, the financing team, with assistance from staff, has produced financing and legal documents which are subject for approval by the Successor Agency. Now that the Successor Agency approved the refinancing and documents outlined below, then the refinancing will be subject to approval by both the Oversight Board (August 29, 2016) and the DOF (up to a 65 -day review process starting shortly after Oversight Board approval). On August 23, 2016, the Successor Agency approved Resolution No. 2016 -12 SA. By approving such action, the Agency authorized the issuance of bonds in order to refund certain outstanding bonds of the former Rosemead Community Development Commission, approved the execution and delivery of an Indenture of Trust and Irrevocable Refunding Instructions. STAFF RECOMMENDATION That the Oversight Board approve Resolution No. 2016 -009 OB (Approving and directing the issuance of refunding bonds, making certain determinations with respect to the refunding bonds and approving other matters relating thereto). DISCUSSION Due to the historically low interest rate environment, the refinancing is estimated to generate in excess of $4 million in debt service savings over the next 16 years, based on current market conditions (over $3 million of net present value savings). The debt service savings amount would be allocated to enforceable obligations, administrative cost and/or split among taxing entities, including the county, school districts, and the City of Rosemead's General Fund. Market conditions at the time the refunding bonds are priced will dictate the final debt service savings amount. Assuming the financing is approved by the Oversight Board, and the DOF reviews and approves the financing in its 65 -day allotted time, additional refunding bond documents would be submitted for the Successor Agency's consideration and approval in late October (estimated for October 25`" meeting). If approval is given at that time, refunding bonds could be issued a few weeks later in early -to -mid November. FISCAL IMPACT As mentioned above, based on current market conditions, the refunding bonds generate an Rosemead Successor Agency Oversight Board August 29, 2016 Pave 3 of 3 estimated total debt service savings of over $4 million or an average of over $200,000 per year. Please note that these savings estimates are net of all costs of issuance. The savings realized through a bond refunding would generate residual RPTTF, Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, which will flow to all appropriate taxing entities. The final maturity date of the refunding bonds would match the final maturity of the outstanding bonds. The refunding bonds would not be an obligation of the City, but rather the Successor Agency. As such, the source of repayment of the refunding bonds would be limited to tax increment revenues generated in the Rosemead Merged Project Area. PUBLIC NOTICE PROCESS This item has been noticed through the regular agenda notification process. Prepared by: i _ Carolyn A. Chu Finance Director Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 2016 -009 OB RESOLUTION NO. 2016 -009 OB A RESOLUTION OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FOR THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE ROSEMEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION APPROVING AND DIRECTING THE ISSUANCE OF REFUNDING BONDS, MAKING CERTAIN DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE REFUNDING BONDS, AND PROVIDING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO WHEREAS, the Rosemead Community Development Commission (the "Former Agency ") was a public body, corporate and politic, duly established and authorized to transact business and exercise powers under and pursuant to the provisions of the Community Redevelopment Law of the State of California, constituting Part 1 of Division 24 of the Health and Safety Code of the State (the "Redevelopment Law "); WHEREAS, by implementation of California Assembly Bill X126, which was codified in the Health and Safety Code (unless otherwise noted, all Section references hereinafter being to such Code) beginning with Section 34161 (as amended from time to time, the "Dissolution Act ") and amended provisions of the California Redevelopment Law (Health and Safety Code Section 33000, et. seq.), and pursuant to Section 34172(a) of the Dissolution Act, the Former Agency has been dissolved and no longer exists, and pursuant to Section 34173 of the Dissolution Act, the City of Rosemead (the "City ") has declared itself to be the successor entity to the Former Agency (the "Successor Agency "), in accordance with and pursuant to the Dissolution Act, assumed the duties and obligations of the Former Agency as provided in the Dissolution Act; WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 34179 of the Dissolution Act, this Oversight Board has been established for the Successor Agency; WHEREAS, the Oversight Board is informed by the Successor Agency that the Former Agency issued the following outstanding series of bonds prior to its dissolution (collectively, the "Series 2006 Bonds "): (i) $14,005,000 initial principal amount of Rosemead Community Development Commission Redevelopment Project Area No. 1 Tax Allocation Bonds, Series 2006A, for the purpose of financing and refinancing certain redevelopment activities of the Former Agency; and (ii) $24,230,000 initial principal amount of Rosemead Community Development Commission Redevelopment Project Area No. 1 Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds, Series 2006B, for the purpose of financing and refinancing certain redevelopment activities of the Former Agency. WHEREAS, Section 34177.5 of the Dissolution Act authorizes the Successor Agency to issue refunding bonds pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 53580) of Chapter 3 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code (the "Refunding Law ") for the purpose of achieving debt service savings within the parameters set forth in Section 34177.5(a)(1) (the "Savings Parameters "); WHEREAS, the Successor Agency has notified the Oversight Board that it wishes to refund all of the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds; and WHEREAS, to determine compliance with the Savings Parameters for purposes of the issuance by the Successor Agency of bonds to refinance the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds, the Successor Agency has caused its municipal advisor, Urban Futures, Inc. (the "Municipal Advisor "), to prepare an analysis of the potential savings that will accrue to the Successor Agency and to applicable taxing entities as a result of the use of the proceeds of the refunding bonds to refund the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds (the "Debt Service Savings Analysis "); WHEREAS, the Successor Agency by its resolution adopted August 23, 2016 (the "Successor Agency Resolution ") approved the issuance of the Successor Agency to the Rosemead Community Development Commission 2016 Subordinate Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds (the "Refunding Bonds ") pursuant to Section 34177.5(a)(1), Section 34177.5(f) and Section 34180; WHEREAS, in the Successor Agency Resolution, the Successor Agency approved the issuance of the Refunding Bonds and authorized the execution and delivery of an Indenture of Trust (the "Indenture "), which will be entered into between the Successor Agency and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee; WHEREAS, in the Successor Agency Resolution, the Successor Agency also requested that this Oversight Board approve and direct the issuance of the Refunding Bonds pursuant to the Successor Agency Resolution and the Indenture and that this Oversight Board make certain determinations described below on which the Successor Agency will rely in undertaldng the refunding proceedings and the issuance of the Refunding Bonds; WHEREAS, the Successor Agency has determined to sell the Refunding Bonds to Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (the "Underwriter "), pursuant to a Bond Purchase Agreement (the "Bond Purchase Agreement ") and, following approval by the Oversight Board of the issuance of the Refunding Bonds by the Successor Agency and upon submission of the Oversight Board Resolution to the California Department of Finance, the Successor Agency will cause to be prepared a form of such Bond Purchase Agreement; WHEREAS, following approval by the Oversight Board of the issuance of the Refunding Bonds by the Successor Agency and upon submission of the Oversight Board Resolution to the California Department of Finance, the Successor Agency will, with the assistance of the Successor Agency's Disclosure Counsel and the Municipal Advisor, cause to be prepared a form of Official Statement describing the Refunding Bonds and containing material information relating to the Refunding Bonds, the preliminary form of which will be submitted to the Successor Agency for approval for distribution by the Underwriter to persons and institutions interested in purchasing the Refunding Bonds; WHEREAS, this Oversight Board has completed its review of the refunding proceedings and the Debt Service Savings Analysis and hereby approves the foregoing; NOW, THEREFORE, THE OVERSIGHT BOARD FORTHE SUCCESSORAGENCY TO THE ROSEMEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Ratification and Adoption of Successor Agency Resolution Successor Agency Resolution No. 2016 -12 SA is hereby ratified and adopted as set forth in the recitals above. SECTION 2. Determination of Savings This Oversight Board has determined that there are significant potential savings available to the Successor Agency and to applicable taxing entities by the issuance by the Successor Agency of the Refunding Bonds in compliance with the Savings Parameters to redeem the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds, all as evidenced by the Debt Service Savings Analysis on file with the Secretary of the Oversight Board, which Debt Service Savings Analysis is hereby approved. SECTION 3. Approval and Direction of Issuance of the Refunding Bonds onds As authorized by Section 34177.5(f) and Section 34180, this Oversight Board hereby approves and directs the issuance by the Successor Agency of the Refunding Bonds pursuant to Section 34177.5(a)(1) and under other applicable provisions of the Redevelopment Law, as amended and supplemented by the Dissolution Act, and the Refunding Law and as provided in the Successor Agency Resolution and the Indenture in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $28,000,000, provided that the principal and interest payable with respect to the Refunding Bonds complies in all respects with the requirements of the Savings Parameters, as shall be certified to by the Municipal Advisor upon delivery of the Refunding Bonds or any part thereof. SECTION 4. Sale and Delivery of Refunding Bonds in Whole or in Part The Oversight Board is informed by the Successor Agency that it is the intent of the Successor Agency to sell and deliver the Refunding Bonds to refund the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds in whole, provided that there is compliance with the Savings Parameters, and that, if such Savings Parameters cannot be met with respect to the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds in whole, then the Successor Agency intends to issue the Refunding Bonds to refund the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds in part to the extent that the refunding of the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds in part can satisfy the Savings Parameters. The Oversight Board hereby approves the issuance of the Refunding Bonds to refund the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds in part and, thereafter, the sale and delivery of additional bonds to refund the unrefunded outstanding Series 2006 Bonds pursuant to a supplemental indenture without further prior approval of the Oversight Board provided that in each such instance the bonds so sold and delivered in part are in compliance with the Savings Parameters. SECTION 5. Determinations by the Oversight Board As requested by the Successor Agency, the Oversight Board makes the following determinations upon which the Successor Agency shall rely in undertaking the refunding proceedings and the issuance of the Refunding Bonds: (a) The Successor Agency is authorized, as provided in Section 34177.5(f), to recover its costs related to the issuance of the Refunding Bonds from the proceeds of the Refunding Bonds, including the cost of reimbursing the City for administrative staff time spent with respect to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Refunding Bonds; (b) The application of proceeds of the Refunding Bonds by the Successor Agency to the refunding and defeasance of all or a portion of the outstanding Series 2006 Bonds, as well as the payment by the Successor Agency of costs of issuance of the Refunding Bonds and the premium for any bond insurance policy or debt service reserve fund insurance policy, as provided in Section 34177.5(a), shall be implemented by the Successor Agency promptly upon sale and delivery of the Refunding Bonds, notwithstanding Section 34177.3 or any other provision of law to the contrary, without the approval of the Oversight Board, the California Department of Finance, the Los Angeles County Auditor - Controller or any other person or entity other than the Successor Agency; and (c) The Successor Agency shall be entitled to receive its full Administrative Cost Allowance under Section 34171(b) without any deductions with respect to continuing costs related to the Refunding Bonds, such as trustee's fees, auditing and fiscal consultant fees and continuing disclosure and rating agency costs (collectively, "Continuing Costs of Issuance "), and such Continuing Costs of Issuance shall be payable from property tax revenues pursuant to Section 34183. In addition and as provided by Section 34177.5(f), if the Successor Agency is unable to complete the issuance of the Refunding Bonds for any reason, the Successor Agency shall, nevertheless, be entitled to recover its costs incurred with respect to the refunding proceedings from such property tax revenues pursuant to Section 34183 without reduction in its Administrative Cost Allowance. SECTION 6. Effective Date Pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 34177(f) and Section 34179(h), this Resolution shall be effective five (5) business days after proper notification hereof is given to the Department of Finance unless the Department of Finance requests a review of the actions taken in this Resolution, in which case this Resolution will be effective upon approval by the Department. SECTION 7. Transmittal The Successor Agency is hereby directed to transmit this Resolution to the Department of Finance. SECTION 8. Certification by the Clerk The Oversight Board's Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. SECTION 9. Further Authority and Direction The Successor Agency's officials and staff are hereby authorized and directed to transmit this Resolution and take all other necessary and appropriate actions as required by law in order to effectuate its purposes. SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this resolution and hereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 29th day of August 2016. Chairperson ATTEST: Carolyn Chu Successor Agency Staff Finance Director STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) CITY OF ROSEMEAD ) I, Marc Donohue, City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Rosemead, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing City Council Resolution, No. 2016 -009, was duly adopted by the Oversight Board for the Successor Agency to the Rosemead Community Development Commission, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 29 day of August, 2016, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Marc Donohue, City Cleric