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CC RESOLUTION 4650RESOLUTION NO. 4650 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF RECOVERY ZONE FACILITY REVENUE BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE SUNEDISON CALIFORNIA PORTFOLIO. The City Council of the City of El Segundo resolves as follows: SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declare as follows: A. The California Statewide Communities Development Authority (the "Authority ") is authorized pursuant to Government Code §§ 6500, et seq. and the terms of a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, dated June 1, 1988 (the "Agreement'), among certain local agencies throughout the State of California, including the City of El Segundo (the "City "), to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of promoting economic development in the state of California; B. SunEdison, LLC or related entities, requested that the Authority adopt a plan of financing providing for the issuance of recovery zone facility revenue bonds (the "Bonds ") in one or more series issued from time to time, including bonds issued to refund such revenue bonds in one or more series from time to time, and at no time to exceed $1,000,000 in outstanding aggregate principal amount, to finance the construction of a solar energy facility located at the following address in the City and generally known as SunEdison California Portfolio (the "Project'): 760 S. Sepulveda Blvd., El Segundo, California; C. The Bonds or a portion thereof will be "private activity bonds" for purposes of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code "). Pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Code, before their issuance, private activity bonds are required to be approved by the "applicable elected representative" of the governmental units on whose behalf such bonds are expected to be issued and by a governmental unit having jurisdiction over the entire area in which any facility financed by such bonds is to be located, after a public hearing held following reasonable public notice; D. The members of this City Council ( "Council ") are the applicable elected representatives of the City; E. Notice of this public hearing was published in a newspaper of general circulation regarding the Bonds at least 14 days before the public hearing. Such public hearing was conducted on such date, at which time an opportunity was provided to interested parties to present arguments both for and against the issuance of the Bonds; F. The Authority also requested that the City Council approve the issuance of any refunding bonds hereafter issued by the Authority at no time to exceed $1,000,000 for the purpose of refinancing the Bonds which financed the Project (the "Refunding Bonds "), but only in such cases where federal tax laws would not require additional public hearings, consideration or approval by the City Council; and G. It is intended that this Resolution constitutes the approval of the issuance of the Bonds required by Section 147(f) of the Code and Section 9 of the Agreement. SECTION 2: The above recitals are true and correct. SECTION 3: The Council approves the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority. It is the purpose and intent of the Council that this resolution constitute approval of the Bonds for the purposes of (a) Section 147(f) of the Code and (b) Section 9 of the Agreement. SECTION 4: The officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed, jointly and severally, to do any and all things and to execute and deliver any and all documents that they deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out, give effect to and comply with the terms and intent of this resolution and the financing approved hereby. SECTION 5: The City Clerk will forward a certified copy of this Resolution and a copy of the affidavit of publication of the hearing notice to: Justin Cooper, Esq. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 405 Howard Street San Francisco, California 94105 SECTION 6: This Resolution will become effective immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of April, 2010. Eric Busch m, for K 'Dowell, Mayor 2 ATTEST: Cindy M esen, City Clerk APPROVED�Si gJF�J ♦��VI,/f/ Mark D. Hen ey y ey By: - Ifni 11' Karl rge Assi n City