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19981222 r-98-67RESOLUTION NO. R-98-67 RESOLUTION APPROVING A PLAN OF FINANCING WITH THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, TO REFINANCE CERTAIN PROPERTY AND APPROVE THE FORM OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS WItEREAS, pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as &November 1, 1994 (the "1994 Trust Agreement"), between the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Fairfax, Virginia (the "Authority") and Signet Trust Company, as trustee (succeeded in interest by The Bank of New York), there were issued $2,790,000 Taxable Public Facility Lease Revenue Bonds (City of Fairfax Project), Series of 1994 (the "1994 Bonds"), the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of certain Property (as hereinafter defined) and costs of issuing the 1994 Bonds; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms ora Lease Agreement dated as of November 1, 1994 (the "1994 Lease Agreement"), between the Authority and the City of Fairfax, Virginia (the "City"), the Authority leased to the City the Property and all improvements thereto (the "1994 Project") in return for which the City has agreed to make certain payments of rent; and WltEREAS, the City desires to undertake the refinancing of the Property through a replacement of the 1994 Lease Agreement and the delivery of a new lease agreement by which the Authority will issue lease revenue refunding bonds and use the proceeds thereof to refund the 1994 Bonds and pay the costs of issuing such lease revenue refunding bonds (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the City requests the Authority to (a) issue its Taxable Public Facility Lease Revenue Refunding Bonds (City of Fairfax Project), Series 1999 (the "Series 1999 Bonds"), in a maximum principal amount not to exceed $2,100,000, pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement (as hereinafter defined), (b) use the proceeds of the Series 1999 Bonds to pay the costs of the Project, including the costs of issuing the Series 1999 Bonds, (c) lease the Property to the City pursuant to the terms of the Lease Agreement (as hereinafter defined) and (d) secure the Series 1999 Bonds by an assignment to the Trustee (as hereinafter defined) of certain rights of the Authority pursuant to the terms of the Assignment Agreement (as hereinafter defined); and WHEREAS, Crestar Bank (the "Purchaser") has offered to purchase the Series 1999 Bonds; and WltEREAS, there have been presented to this meeting drafts of the following documents (the "Documents"), proposed in connection with the undertaking of the Project and the issuance and sale of the Series 1999 Bonds: (a) Lease Agreement, draft dated December __, 1998 (the "Lease Agreement"), between the Authority and the City, conveying to the City a leasehold interest in the Property; (b) Trust Agreement, draft dated December ~ 1998 (the "Trust Agreement"), between the Authority and Crestar Bank, as trustee (the "Trustee"), including the form the Series 1999 Bonds, pursuant to which the Series 1999 Bonds are to be issued and which is to be acknowledged and consented to the City; (c) Assignment Agreement, draft dated December __, 1998 (the "Assignment Agreement"), between the Authority and the Trustee, assigning certain of the Authority's rights under the Lease Agreement to the Trustee; and (d) Bond Purchase Agreement, draft dated December ~ 1998 (the "Bond Purchase Agreement"), between the Authority and the Purchaser, which is to be consented to by the City; R-98-67 -2 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA: 1. The following plan for financing the Project is approved. The Authority is requested to issue and sell the Series 1999 Bonds in the maximum principal amount not to exceed $2,100,000 to the Purchaser. The City will make payments of Basic Rent and Additional Rent (each as defined in the Lease Agreement) to the Authority in amounts sufficient to amortize the Series 1999 Bonds and to pay the fees or expenses of the Authority and the Trustee. The obligation of the Authority to pay principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 1999 Bonds will be limited to payments of Basic Rent and Additional Rent received from the City. The obligation of the City to make payments of Basic Rent and Additional Rent will be subject to the City Council making annual appropriations in sufficient amounts for such purposes. If the City exercises its right not to appropriate money for such payments, the Trustee shall have the right to terminate the Lease Agreement and to exercise any remedies provided in the Lease Agreement upon an event of non-appropriation. The plan of financing for the Project shall contain such additional requirements and provisions as may be approved by the City Manager. 2. The Project is hereby declared to be essential to the efficient operation of the City, and the City Council anticipates that Project will continue to be essential to the operation of the City during the term of the Lease Agreement. The City Council, while recognizing that it is not empowered to make any binding commitment to make appropriations beyond the current fiscal year, hereby states its intent to make annual appropriations in future fiscal years in amounts sufficient to make all payments under the Lease Agreement and hereby recommends that future City Councils do likewise during the terms of the Lease Agreement. 3. The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Documents, which shall be in substantially the forms submitted to this meeting, which are hereby approved, with such completions, omissions, insertions and changes not inconsistent with this Resolution as may be approved by the City Manager, his execution to constitute conclusive evidence of his approval of any such completions, omissions, insertions and changes. The City Manager is also authorized to cause such of the Documents as are necessary to be recorded in the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia. 4. In making completions to the Lease Agreement, the City Manager shall provide for payments of rent in amounts equivalent to the payments on the Series 1999 Bonds, which shall be sold to the Purchaser on terms as shall be satisfactory to the City Manager; provided that the payments of rent shall be equivalent to the Series 1999 Bonds maturing in installments of combined principal and interest commencing in the year 1999 and ending not later than in 2004; having a principal amount not exceeding $2,100,000; bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 5.68% per year; being subject to optional redemption at a premium not exceed 2.0% of their principal amount; and being sold to the Purchaser at a price not less than 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof. The City Manager is further authorized to approve (a) a lesser principal amount for the Series 1999 Bonds and (b) a maturity schedule for the Series 1999 Bonds as the City Manager shall determine to be in the best interest of the City. Following the sale of the Series 1999 Bonds, the City Manager shall evidence his approval of the final terms and purchase price of the Series 1999 Bonds by executing the Bond Purchase Agreement. The actions of the City Manager in approving the terms of the Series 1999 Bonds shall be conclusive, and no further action shall be necessary on the part of the City Council. As set forth in the Lease Agreement, the City agrees to pay such "late charges" and other charges as provided therein. 5. Any authorization herein to execute a document shall include authorization to deliver it to the other parties thereto and to record such document where appropriate. R-98-67 -3 6. All other acts of the City Manager, the Director of Finance and other officers of the City that are in conformity with the purposes and intent of this Resolution and in furtherance of the issuance and sale of the Series 1999 Bonds and the undertaking of the Project is hereby approved and ratified. 7. This Resolution shall take effect immediately. Introduced: Adopted: December 8, 1998 December 22, 1998 The motion to adopt the resolution was approved and recorded as follows: Councilman Coughlan Councilman Greenfield Councilman Lederer Councilman Petersen Councilman Rasmussen Councilman Silverthome Vote Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye Aye ATTEST: Mayor