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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2019-C25RESOLUTION NO. 2019-C25 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA APPROVING A PLAN OF FINANCE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF THE CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL REVENUE BONDS (WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC. PROJECT) IN AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, REHABILITATION, IMPROVEMENT AND/OR EQUIPPING OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO WHEREAS, Waste Management, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and/or affiliates thereof (collectively, the "Borrower"), has requested that the California Municipal Finance Authority (the "Authority") participate in the issuance of one or more series of exempt facility bonds for qualified solid waste disposal facility projects pursuant to section 142(a)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") from time to time in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000 (the "Bonds") for the purpose of, among other things, financing, in an amount not expected to exceed $10,000,000, the following projects (collectively, the "Project") 'initially owned by the Borrower and located within the City of Azusa (the "City"): (a) improvements to existing, permitted solid waste landfill facilities, including but not limited to (i) construction of new disposal cells and liners within currently permitted acreage, (ii) additions and improvements to the leachate collection and treatment system, including leachate trenching, (iii) additions and improvements to the methane gas systems, (iv) installation of new liners for intermittent and final closure of completed sections of the landfill facilities, (v) site and/or land improvements, including construction of building facilities, (vi) acquisition of real property, (vii) acquisition of equipment to be used at the landfill facilities, and (viii) acquisition of other equipment and assets necessary to support the foregoing additions and improvements and to place them into service; and (b) improvements to collection (hauling), transfer station and/or material recycling facilities, including but not limited to (i) acquisition of solid waste disposal and recycling trucks and support vehicles, (ii) acquisition of solid waste disposal and recycling containers and related equipment, (iii) acquisition of solid waste sorting and processing and recycling equipment, (iv) site and/or land improvements, and (v) acquisition of other equipment and assets necessary to support the foregoing improvements and place them into service; and WHEREAS, the Project is located at Azusa Landfill, 1211 West Gladstone, Azusa, California, 91702-5142; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Code, the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority must be approved by the City because the Project is located within the territorial limits of the City; and 4133-1362-5373.2 WHEREAS, the City Council of the City (the "City Council") is the elected legislative body of the City and is one of the "applicable elected representatives" required to approve the issuance of the Bonds under Section 147(f) of the Code; and WHEREAS, the Authority has requested that the City Council approve the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority in order to satisfy the public approval requirement of Section 147(f) of the Code and the requirements of Section 4 of the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Relating to the California Municipal Finance Authority, dated as of January 1, 2004 (the "Agreement"), among certain local agencies, including the City; and WHEREAS, the Authority has advised that the Bonds may be issued pursuant to a "plan of finance" and that, for purposes of this resolution, the "plan of finance" consists of a general plan of the Authority and the Borrower to monitor capital markets and the capital needs of the Borrower within the City and, if market conditions warrant, issue one or more additional series of Bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $300,000,000 to finance the Project within the three-year period commencing on the date of the issuance of the first series of Bonds pursuant to this resolution; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Code and Section 6586.5 of the Government Code of the State of California, the City Council has, following notice duly given, held a public hearing regarding the Project and the plan of finance for the issuance of the Bonds, and now desires to approve the Project and the plan of finance for the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Azusa as follows: SECTION 1. The foregoing resolutions are true and correct. SECTION 2. The City Council hereby approves the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority. It is the purpose and intent of the City Council that this resolution constitute approval of the issuance of the Bonds by the Authority, for the purposes of (a) Section 147(f) of the Code by the applicable elected representative of the governmental unit having jurisdiction over the area in which the Project is located, in accordance with said Section 147(f) and (b) Section 4 of the Agreement. SECTION 3. The City finds that the actions authorized hereby regarding the financing of the Project will result in demonstrable savings in effective interest rate, bond preparation, bond underwriting, or bond issuance costs to produce significant public benefits. 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 which 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 transaction approved hereby. SECTION 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption. 2 4133-1362-5373.2 PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 15th day of July, 2019. 404----� -1;e4'�(6!-'C-2 Joseph Romero echa Mayor ATTEST: Jef e r ornej o, Jr. it lerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss. CITY OF AZUSA ) I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2019-C25 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 15th day of July, 2019, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, MACIAS, ALVAREZ NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ROCHA I .a nce Cornejo, City Cler APPROVED AS TO FORM: A Best st & Krieg , LLP City Attorney 3 4133-1362-5373.2