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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 16-2006 RESOLUTION NO. 16-2006 CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF LEASE/OPTION AGREEMENT, AN ESCROW AGREEMENT, AND AUTHORIZING CERTAIN ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACQUISITION OF AN ALS AMBULANCE, AND STREET SWEEPER INCLUDING THE DECLARATION OF THE COUNCIL'S INTENT TO ISSUE TAX- EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS TO BE USED TO REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR EXPENDITURES PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco (the "City") is a city organized and existing under and pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of California (the "State"); and WHEREAS, the City desires to provide for financing of the acquisition of an ALS aIubulance and street sweeper in an approxiluate aIuount of $300,095; and WHEREAS, the City expects to incur certain Property expenditures and to pay for such expenditures frOlu the City's luoney on hand prior to the execution and delivery of the Obligations (the "Reiluburseluent Expenditures"); and WHEREAS, the City reasonably expects to use all or a portion of the proceeds of the Obligations to reiluburse the City for expenditures luade prior to the date the Obligations are entered into; and WHEREAS, the Association of Bay Area Govermuents ("ABAG") provides a Tax- Exelupt Lease Program, adluinistered by Municipal Finance Corporation (the "Corporation"), which program provides interested jurisdictions with the opportunity to engage in privately-placed lease financings: and WHEREAS, the City desires to secure lease financing through the ABAG program at an interest rate not to exceed 5.25%; WHEREAS, the Corporation will solicit cOlupetitive proposals on behalf of the City and will assign the lease to the financial institution offering the most cost-effective lease financing arrangement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby resolves as follows: 812078-1 SECTION 1. Lease/Option Agreeluent and Escrow Agreeluent. The City Manager and/or Finance Director is hereby authorized to enter into a Lease/Option Agreeluent (the "Lease") and Escrow Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") with the Corporation to finance the Propeliy, subject to approval as to tonu by the City Attorney. SECTION 2. Attestations. The Clerk or other appropriate City officer are hereby autholized and directed to attest the signature of the City Manager, the Finance Director or of such other person or persons as luay have been designated by the Mayor or City Manager, and to affix and attest the seal of the City, as luay be required or appropriate in connection with the execution and delivery of the Lease and the Escrow Agreeluent. SECTION 3. Other Actions. The City Manager, the Finance Director, and other officers of the City are each hereby authorized and directed, jointly and severally, to take any and all actions and to execute and deliver any all doculuents and certificates which they luay deelu necessary or advisable in order to carry out, give effect to and cOluply with the tenus of this Resolution, the Lease, and the Escrow Agreeluent. Such actions are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved. SECTION 4. Declaration of Official Intent. The City herby declares its official intent, subject to the further approval of this Board of Directors, to use approxiluately $300,095 of the proceeds of the Obligations to reiluburse itself for the Rein1burseluent Expenditures. It is intended that this Resolution shall constitute a declaration of "official intent" within the meaning of Section 1.150-2 of the Treasury Regulations prOluulgated under Section 150 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as aluended. City further declares that any expenditures to be reilubursed occurred no earlier than sixty days prior to the adoption of this Resolution. All reimbursed expenditures will be capital expenditures as defined in Section 1.150-1 (b) of the Federal IncOlue Tax Regulations SECTION 5. Qualified Tax-Exelupt Obligations. The Lease is hereby designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b )(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as aluended (the "Code"). SECTION 6. Effect. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage. * * * * * * 812078-1 I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 22nd day of March 2006 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Mark N. Addiego. Pedro Gonzalez and Karyl Matsumoto. Vice Mayor Richard A. Garbarino and Mayor Joseph A. Fernekes NOES: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: ATTEST: 812078-1