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CITY OF TAMARAC, FLORIDA
RESOLUTION NO. R-95-14q.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
TAMARAC, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE BY THE
CITY OF NOT EXCEEDING $4,500,000 OF ITS INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1995 (TAMARAC
BUSINESS CENTER, INC. PROJECT), TO PAY THE COST OF
CONSTRUCTING A MANUFACTURING FACILITY; PROVIDING
FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF SUCH BONDS;
PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT THEREOF; AUTHORIZING
EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A TRUST INDENTURE, LOAN
AGREEMENT, PLACEMENT AGREEMENT AND REMARKETING
AGREEMENT FOR THE BONDS; APPROVING THE FORM OF A
LETTER OF CREDIT; FIXING THE DATE, MATURITIES AND
METHOD OF INTEREST RATE CALCULATION FOR THE BONDS;
PROVIDING FOR THE NEGOTIATED SALE OF THE BONDS
PURSUANT TO THE PLACEMENT AGREEMENT; APPROVING
USE OF A PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SALE OF THE BONDS; DESIGNATING
THE INITIAL TRUSTEE, PAYING AGENT, REGISTRAR, FISCAL
AGENT AND REMARKETING AGENT FOR THE BONDS; MAKING
CERTAIN OTHER COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS IN
CONNECTION WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TAMARAC,
FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. AUTHORITY FOR THIS RESOLUTION. This resolution is adopted
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 159, Part II Florida Statutes, as amended and
other applicable provisions of law (the "Act").
Section 2. FINDINGS. It is hereby ascertained, determined and declared as
follows:
A. The City of Tamarac, Florida (the "City") is authorized by the Act to make
and execute financing agreements, contracts, deeds and other instruments necessary
or convenient for the purpose of facilitating the financing of the acquisition, construction
and equipping of projects as defined in the Act, including machinery, equipment, land,
rights in land and other appurtenances and facilities related thereto, to the end that the
City may be able to promote the economic growth of the City and the State of Florida,
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increase opportunities for gainful employment and otherwise contribute to the welfare of
the City and the State of Florida and its inhabitants, and to finance the cost of such
projects by the issuance of its revenue bonds.
B. The City, by resolution dated January 11, 1995, approved the execution of
a Memorandum of Agreement with the Tamarac Business Center, Inc., a Florida
corporation (the "Borrower") whereby the City agreed, subject to certain conditions and
approvals, to issue its Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Tamarac Business
Center, Inc. Project), Series 1995, in an amount of up to $4,500,000 (the "Bonds") and
to loan the proceeds of such bonds to the Borrower to pay the cost of constructing a
manufacturing facility (the "Project) within the jurisdictional limits of the City.
C. As required by the Memorandum of Agreement, the Company has caused
NationsBank of Florida, N.A. (the "Bank") to issue an irrevocable direct -pay letter of
credit providing for payment of all principal of and interest on the Bonds (together with
any substitute therefore, the "Letter of Credit").
D. The principal of and interest on the Bonds and all payments required
under the documents relating thereto shall be payable solely from the proceeds derived
by the City from the proceeds of the Letter of Credit and moneys received pursuant to a
Loan Agreement between the City and the Borrower (the "Loan Agreement"). The City
shall never be required to (i) levy ad valorem taxes on any property within its territorial
limits to pay the principal of an premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds or to make
any other payments relating to the Bonds or the Project, or (ii) pay the same from any
funds of the City other than those derived by the City under the Loan Agreement and
the Letter of Credit; and such Bonds shall not constitute a lien upon any property owned
by or situated within the territorial limits of the City except the Project.
E. The City held a public hearing with respect to the Bonds in accordance
with the requirements of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1984
("TEFRA") on January 11, 1995 and on March 13, 1995 at which it received and
considered comments from the citizens of the City.
Section 3. FINANCING OF THE PROJECT AUTHORIZED. The financing of
the cost of the Project in the manner provided in the Loan Agreement is hereby
authorized.
Section 4. AUTHORIZATION OF BONDS. Obligations of the City to be known
as "Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Tamarac Business Center, Inc.), Series
1995" are hereby authorized to be issued in an aggregate principal amount of not
exceeding Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000), in the form and
manner described in the Indenture. The Bonds will be dated such date and mature in
such years and amounts, will contain such redemption provisions, and will bear interest
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at such rates (not exceeding the maximum interest rate permitted by the Act or by other
applicable provision of law), as provided in the Trust Indenture between the City and
Norwest Bank, Minnesota, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee")(the "Indenture").
Section 5. AUTHORIZATION OF EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
INDENTURE. As security for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on the Bonds, the Indenture, in substantially the form on file with the City Clerk
as Exhibit "A", with such changes, alterations and corrections as may be approved by
the Mayor, such approval to be presumed by his execution thereof, is hereby approved
by the City, and the City hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute, and the
City Clerk to attest under the seal of the City, the Indenture and to deliver to the Trustee
the Indenture, all of the provisions of which, when executed and delivered by the City
as authorized herein and by the Trustee duly authorized, shall be deemed to be a part
of this instrument as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein.
The City does hereby provide in the Indenture the terms, conditions, covenants, rights,
obligations, duties and agreements of the City, the Borrower and the Trustee to and for
the benefit of the holders of the Bonds.
Section 6. AUTHORIZATION OF EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF LOAN
AGREEMENT. The Loan Agreement, in substantially the form on file with the City
Clerk as Exhibit "B", with such changes, alterations and corrections as may be
approved by the Mayor, such approval to be presumed by his execution thereof, is
hereby approved by the City, and the City hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor to
execute, and the City Clerk to attest under the seal of the City, the Loan Agreement and
to deliver to the Borrower the Loan Agreement, all of the provisions of which, when
executed and delivered by the City as authorized herein and by the Borrower duly
authorized, shall be deemed to be a part of this instrument as fully and to the same
extent as if incorporated verbatim herein.
Section 7. APPROVAL OF FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT. The form of the
Letter of Credit issued by the Bank providing for payment of the principal of and interest
on the Bonds (on file with the City Clerk as Exhibit "C"), is hereby approved.
Section 8. APPROVAL OF PLACEMENT AGREEMENT. The Placement
Agreement, in substantially the form on file with the City Clerk as Exhibit "D", with such
changes, alterations and corrections as may be approved by the Mayor, such approval
to be presumed by his execution thereof, is hereby approved by the City, and the City
hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute, and the City Clerk to attest under
the seal of the City, the Placement Agreement and to deliver to the Borrower, and the
NationsBank, N.A. (Carolinas), as Placement Agent (the "Placement Agent"), the
Placement Agreement, all of the provisions of which, when executed and delivered by
the City as authorized herein and by the other parties thereto duly authorized, shall be
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deemed to be a part of this instrument as fully and to the same extent as if incorporated
verbatim herein.
Section 9. APPROVAL OF PRIVATE PLACEMENT MEMORANDUM FOR
BONDS. The use of a Preliminary and final Private Placement Memorandum relating to
the Bonds in substantially the form on file with the City Clerk as Exhibit "E", is hereby
approved and ratified. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the final Private
Placement Memorandum (the "Private Placement Memorandum") on behalf of and in
the name of the City upon approval thereof by the City Attorney and the City's Bond
Counsel, with such changes, insertions and omissions as shall hereafter be approved
by the Mayor, his execution to be conclusive evidence of such approval, and the Mayor
is hereby authorized to deliver such final Placement Memorandum to the Placement
Agent.
Section 10. AUTHORIZATION OF EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
REMARKETING AGREEMENT. The Remarketing and Interest Services Agreement, in
substantially the form on file with the City Clerk as Exhibit "I"', with such changes,
alterations and corrections as may be approved by the Mayor, such approval to be
presumed by his execution thereof, is hereby approved by the City, and the City hereby
authorizes and directs the Mayor to execute, and the City Clerk to attest under the seal
of the City, the Loan Agreement and to deliver to the other parties thereto, all of the
provisions of which, when executed and delivered by the City as authorized herein and
by the Borrower duly authorized, shall be deemed to be a part of this instrument as fully
and to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim herein.
Section 11. NEGOTIATED SALE NECESSARY. It is hereby found,
ascertained, determined and declared by the City that a negotiated sale of the Bonds is
in the best interest of the City and is found to be necessary on the basis of the following
reasons as to which specific findings are hereby made:
A. It is in the best interest of the City to have the Bonds placed with a limited
number of sophisticated investors and not offered to the general public.
B. Industrial development revenue bonds are traditionally placed privately
and consequently a competitive sale of the Bonds would in all probability not produce
better terms than a negotiated sale.
C. The Bonds are payable solely from the proceeds of the Loan Agreement
and the Letter of Credit and, therefore, the City does not have a direct financial interest
in the terms of sale. The Borrower has expressed its desire not to incur the risks and
expenses attendant a public sale of the Bonds.
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D. The type of Bonds to be issued (variable rate demand obligations) by their
nature do not benefit from a public offering.
Section 12. AWARD OF BONDS. The negotiated sale of the Bonds at a price
equal to the principal amount thereof by the Placement Agent is hereby authorized
pursuant to Section 218.385, Florida Statutes, as amended, under the terms and
conditions set forth in the Placement Agreement. The City hereby acknowledges
receipt of the Negotiated Sale Disclosure Statement from the Bank.
Section 13. TRUSTEE, BOND REGISTRAR AND PAYING AGENT; FISCAL
AGENT AND REMARKETING AGENT. Norwest Bank Minnesota, N.A., a national
banking association having trust powers, is hereby designated Trustee, Fiscal Agent,
Paying Agent and Registrar for the Bonds under and pursuant to the Indenture.
NationsBank, N.A. (Carolinas), a national banking association, is hereby designated as
Placement Agent and Remarketing Agent for the Bonds under and pursuant to the
Indenture, the Remarketing Agreement and the Placement Agreement.
Section 14. EXECUTION OF BONDS AND AUTHORIZATION OF ALL OTHER
NECESSARY ACTION. The proper officers of the City are hereby authorized and
directed to execute the Bonds when prepared and to deliver the same to the Trustee for
authentication and delivery to the purchasers of the Bonds upon payment of the
purchase price pursuant to the conditions stated in the Placement Agreement and the
Indenture. The Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney, and Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson,
P.A., as the City's Bond Counsel, are designated agents of the City in connection with
the issuance and delivery of the Bonds, and are authorized and empowered,
collectively or individually, to take all action and steps to execute and deliver any and all
instruments, opinions, documents or contracts on behalf of the City which are
necessary or desirable in connection with the execution and delivery of the Bonds and
which are not inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this Resolution and other
actions relating to the Bonds heretofore taken by the City.
Section 15. NO PERSONAL LIABILITY. No covenant, stipulation, obligation or
agreement herein contained or contained in the Loan Agreement, Placement
Agreement, Private Placement Memorandum, Remarketing Agreement, Indenture or
any other document executed and delivered in connection with the issuance of the
Bonds (together, hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Documents") shall be deemed to
be a covenant, stipulation, obligation or agreement of any officer, member, agent or
employee of the City or its governing body in his individual capacity, and neither the
members of the City Commission, the City nor any official executing the Bonds shall be
liable personally thereon or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by
reason of the issuance thereof.
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Section 16. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. Except as herein or in the
Bond Documents otherwise expressly provided, nothing in this Resolution or in the
Bond Documents, expressed or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer
upon any person, firm or corporation other than the City, the Borrower, the Bank, the
holders of the Bonds, the Placement Agreement and the Trustee, any right, remedy or
claim, legal or equitable, under and by reason of this instrument or any provision
thereof or of the Bond Documents. This Resolution and the Bond Documents intended
to be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the City, the Bank, the Placement Agent, the Borrower, the Trustee
and the holders from time to time of the Bonds.
Section 17. PREREQUISITES PERFORMED. All acts, conditions and things
relating to the passage of this resolution, to the issuance of the Bonds, and to the
execution of the Placement Agreement, Loan Agreement, the Placement Memorandum
and the Indenture, required by the Constitution or laws of the State of Florida to
happen, exist, and be performed precedent to and in the adoption hereof, and
precedent to the issuance of the Bonds, and precedent to the execution and delivery of
the Placement Agreement, Loan Agreement, Placement Memorandum and the
Indenture, have happened, exist and have been performed as so required.
Section 18. GENERAL AUTHORITY. The members of the Commission of the
City and its officers, attorneys, engineers or other agents or employees are hereby
authorized to do all acts and things required of them by this Resolution and the Bond
Documents, or desirable or consistent with the requirements thereof, for the full,
punctual and complete performance of all the terms, covenants and agreements
contained in the Bonds, the Bond Documents and this Resolution.
Section 19. SEVERABILITY OF INVALID PROVISIONS. If any one or more of
the covenants, agreements or provisions herein contained shall be held contrary to any
express provisions of law or contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly
prohibited, or against public policy, or shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid,
then such covenants, agreements or provisions shall be null and void and shall be
deemed separable from the remaining covenants, agreements or provisions and shall in
no way affect the validity of any of the other provisions hereof.
Section 20. REPEALING CLAUSE. All resolutions of the City or parts thereof
in conflict with the provisions herein contained are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby
superseded and repealed.
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Section 21. EFFECTIVE DATE. This resolution shall become effective upon
signature by the Mayor or upon becoming effective without the Mayor's signature.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED, this dam' th day of June, 1995.
Attest:
Carol A. Evans
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that I have approved
this -RESOLUTION as to form.
c.
Mitchell S. Kraft
City Attorney
*Nrman Abramowitz
Mayor
RECORD OF C(
MAYOR
ABRAMOWIIZ
DIST. 1:
V / M KATZ
DIST. 2:
COMM. MISHKIN
DIST. 3:
COMM. SCHREM
DIST. 4: COMM. MACHEK
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