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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998-08-27 - Resolution No. 98-110 • RESOLUTION NO. 98-11 RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO SELL GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS OF SAID DISTRICT FOR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2, SERIES 1998 IN THE AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $10,200,000, FIXING THE TIME AND PLACE FOR TAKING BIDS AND DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS WHEREAS, Yorba Linda Water District, a county water district organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the "District"), is authorized pursuant to Articles 9 and 11, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code of the State of California to refund bonds, and WHEREAS, District deems it proper and the necessity therefor appears that bids be invited for bonds of YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS FOR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2, SERIES 1998 (the "Bonds") in the amount not to exceed $10,200,000, and that if bids are satisfactory, the Bonds be sold in the manner and at the time and place hereinafter set forth. 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY the Board of Directors of Yorba Linda Water District as follows: Section 1. That sealed proposals for the purchase of the Bonds of said District for Improvement District No. 2 in the amount not to exceed $10,200,000 be received by this Board of Directors at Bartle Wells Associates, San Francisco, California, on September 16, 1998, up to the hour of 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, and if no satisfactory bids are received on said date, the District may elect to sell the Bonds at private sale. Section 2. That the District Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to publish a notico inviting such sealed proposals by one insertion in The Bond Buyer, a newspaper of general circulation, circulated within the State, said publication to be at least ten (10) days prior to the date of opening bids stated in said notice and shall be substantially as shown on Exhibit "A" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Section 3. That the District Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be furnished to prospective bidders copies of a notice inviting proposals, the bid form and the preliminary official statement relating to the properties, operations and finances of said District and Improvement District No. 2 thereof; but the failure, in whole or in part, to comply with this section shall not in any manner affect the validity of the sale of the Bonds. That said notice and bid form shall be substantially as shown on Exhibit "B" attached hereto and made a part hereof. Section 4. The proposed form of the Preliminary Official Statement prepared by Bartle Wells Associates and presented to this Board of Directors is hereby approved with such changes thereto as may be approved by the President in order to make such Preliminary Official Statement final as of its date, except for the omission of certain information, as permitted by Section 240.15c2-12(b)(1) of Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations (the "Rule"); and the distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement in connection with the sale of the Bonds, with such changes included, is hereby authorized. The President is authorized and directed to execute and deliver a certificate relating to compliance with the Rule and a final Official Statement in substantially the form of the Preliminary Official Statement hereby approved, with such additions thereto and changes therein as are approved by said officer as necessary or desirable, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof. The President is authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the Underwriters a final Official Statement in substantially the form of the Preliminary Official Statement hereby approved with such changes as may be approved by the President as necessary or desirable, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 27`h day of August, 1998 by the following called vote: AYES: Fox, Scanlin, Armstrong, Beverage, and Korn NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None 1 r 1. ? . Sterling L. Fox, President Yorba Linda Water District (SEAL.) A Wil ecretary Yorba Linda Water District • EXHIBIT A NOTICE INVITING BIDS $10,0501000* 1~1 YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1998 YORBA LINDA, CALIFORNIA 1 Project: Improvement District No. 2 Refunding Bonds are being issued to refund Improvement District No. 2 1979 Water Bonds, Series A and Series C Bonds and 1987 Refunding Bonds Bonds Dated: September 15, 1998 Maturities: Serial Bonds Maturing May 1 in each of the years 1999 to 2005 inclusive Interest Payable: May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning May 1, 1999 Legal Opinion: Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation BIDS ARE TO BE RECEIVED WEDNESDAY September 16, 1998 at or before 10:00 a.m., Pacific Time Bartle Wells Associates 1636 Bush Street San Francisco CA 94109 For further information, please contact the following: Bartle Wells Associates 415.775.3113 * Preliminary, subject to revision FVobs\336\D\DraR Submiuals ErHIBIT A.doc EXHIBIT B YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT OFFICIAL NOTICE INVITING BIDS $10,050,000* YORBA LINDA WATER DISTRICT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO.2 REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1998 YORBA LINDA, CALIFORNIA NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received by the Yorba Linda Water District (the "District") for the purchase of $10,050,000' principal amount of the District's Improvement District No. 2 Refunding Bonds ("the Bonds"), more particularly described below, at the place and up to the time below specified: Time: 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time September 16, 1998 Place: At the offices of Bartle Wells Associates 1636 Bush Street San Francisco CA 94109 415.775.3113 Mailed Sealed Bids Addressed to: Yorba Linda Water District c/o Bartle Wells Associates 1636 Bush Street San Francisco CA 94109 Faxed Bids: 415.775.4123 Neither the District nor Bartle Wells Associates is responsible for any problem in receipt of bids by fax. Please allow sufficient time for the bid to be transmitted, as there is a time delay (typically 2-3 minutes) between the sending and receipt of facsimile transmissions. Telephone Bids: Bids may be submitted by telephone to Bartle Wells Associates, 415.775.3113, with confirmation by facsimile. Opening of Bids and Award of Bonds: The bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time on September 16, 1998, at the above-stated location, and will be presented at the Board meeting of the Yorba Linda Water District to be held on that day. Late bids will be rejected. 1 Preliminary, subject to revision. 0 0 Denomination: The Bonds will be issued in denominations of $5,000 or integral multiple of $5,000, as specified by the successful bidder. Date: The Bonds will be dated September 15, 1998. Interest Payment: Interest will be paid on May 1 and November 1 of each year, beginning May 1, 1999. Maturities: The Bonds will mature on May 1 of each year as follows: Due Principal Date Amount* 1999 $1,280,000 2000 1,310,000 2001 1,370,000 2002 1,430,000 2003 1,490,000 2004 1,550,000 2005 1,620,000 Optional Prepayment: The Bonds are not subject to Optional Prepayment. Payment: The Bond will be issued as fully registered bonds and, when issued, will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of the Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC"). DTC will act as securities depository for the Bonds. Individual purchases of the bonds will be made in book-entry form only, in principal amounts of $5,000, or any integral multiple thereof. Payment of principal of, redemption price, if applicable, and interest on the Bonds are to be made to purchasers by DTC through the DTC participants (as such term is used in the official statement). Purchasers will not receive physical delivery of Bonds purchased by them. Purpose of Issue: Proceeds of the Bonds will be used to refund Improvement District No. 2 A, C, and 1987 refunding. Security: The Bonds are general obligations of the Improvement District and (unless otherwise provided from revenues) the Board has power and is obligated to cause the County of Orange to levy ad valorem taxes for the payment of the Bonds and the interest thereon upon all property within the Improvement District subject to taxation by the District, without limitation as to rate or amount. Paying Agent: U.S. Bank Trust, National Association, Los Angeles, as Paying Agent. Preliminary, subject to revision. 2 0 0 Tax-Exempt Status: The legal opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California, with respect to the validity of the Bonds and that interest on the Bonds is excludable for gross income for federal income tax purposes and from present State of California personal income taxes, will be furnished to the successful bidder. A copy of the legal opinion will be printed on or attached to each Bond. Terms of Sale Interest Rate: Bidders must specify the rate or rates of interest per annum, and the same rate or rates may be repeated as often as desired; provided, however: Interest rate may not exceed seven percent (7 percent) per annum. Each interest rate specified must be in a multiple of 1/20 or 1/8 of 1 percent. No Bond shall bear more than one rate of interest. Each Bond shall bear interest from its date to its stated maturity date at the interest rate specified in the bid. All Bonds of the same maturity shall bear the same rate of interest. The interest rate on any maturity shall not be less than the interest rate on any prior maturity, Purchase Price: No bid for less than ninety-nine and 25/100's percent (99.25 percent) of par, and accrued interest (which interest shall be computed on a 360-day year, 30-day month basis) will be accepted. Basis of Award: The Bonds will be awarded on the basis of the lowest net interest cost including premium or discount offered on the bids. The lowest net interest cost will be determined by computing the total amount of interest payable on the Bonds from September 15, 1998, to their respective maturity dates calculated solely on the basis of the Bonds offered in the Notice, and deducting from such total the amount of the premium offered, or adding to such total the amount of the discount offered, if any. In the event two or more bids setting forth identical interest rates, premium, if any, and discount are received, the District reserves the right to exercise its own discretion and judgment in making the award and may award the Bonds on a pro rata basis in such denominations as the District shall determine. Right of Rejection: The District reserves the right, in its discretion, to reject any and all bids and to waive any irregularity or informality in any bid. Prompt Award: The District will take action awarding the Bonds or rejecting all bids not later than 48 hours after the expiration of the time herein prescribed for the receipt of bids, unless such time of award is waived by the successful bidder. Delivery and Payment: It is estimated that delivery of the Bonds will be made to the successful bidder by October 9, 1998. Payment of the purchase price (less the amount of the bid check mentioned below) must be made in funds immediately available to the District. a • Right of Cancellation: The successful bidder shall have the right at its option to withdraw its bid if the District shall fail to issue the Bonds and tender the same for delivery within sixty (60) days from the date of sale thereof, and in such event, the successful bidder shall be entitled to the return of the deposit accompanying his bid. Form of Bid: Each bid, together with the good faith deposit, must be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to the Yorba Linda Water District, c/o Bartle Wells Associates, 1636 Bush Street, San Francisco CA 94109, and endorsed "Bid for Yorba Linda Water District Improvement District No. 2 Refunding Bonds." Each bid must be in accordance with the term and conditions set forth herein. Good Faith Deposit: A certified or cashier's check drawn on a responsible bank or trust company having an office Los Angeles or San Francisco, California, in the amount of $50,000, payable to the order of the District, must accompany each proposal as a guaranty that the bidder, if successful, will accept and pay for the Bonds in accordance with the terms of its proposal. The good faith deposit accompanying any accepted proposal will be cashed by the District following the award to the successful bidder. The amount will be applied as a credit towards the payment of the purchase price by the successful bidder. If after the award of the Bond, the successful bidder fails to complete its purchase on the terms stated in its proposal, the full amoun tof the good faith deposit will be retained by the District. Any check accompanying unaccepted proposals will be made available for recovery by each unsuccesful bidder as soon as the successful bid has been verified. No interest will be paid upon any good faith check or deposit held or deposited by the District. Financial Surety Bond: As an alternative, a bidder may submit or have submitted a financial surety bond in the amount $50,000. If a financial surety bond is issued, it must be from an insurance company licensed to issue such a bond in the State of California, and such bond must be submitted to the District or its financial advisor prior to the opening of the bids. If the Bonds are awarded to a bidder utilizing a financial surety bond, then the purchaser is required to submit its good faith in the form of a certified or cashier's check (or wire transfer such amount as indicated above) by no later than 2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time) on the next business day following the receipt of bids. If such deposit is not received by that time, the financial surety bond may be drawn by the District to satisfy the deposit requirement. The wiring instructions for the good faith deposit are as follows: To FIB for further credit to Bank of Yorba Linda Account #01-004700-01 ABA 1222 3789-0 Estimate of Net Interest Cost: Bidders are requested (but not required) to supply an estimate of the total net interest cost on the basis of their respective bids, which shall be considered as informative only and not binding on either the bidder or the District. CUSIP Numbers: It is anticipated that CUSIP numbers will be printed on the Bonds, but neither the failure to print such number on any Bonds nor any error with respect thereto 4 • s shall constitute cause for a failure or refusal by the successful bidder to accept delivery of and pay for the Bonds. All expenses in relation to the assigning and the printing of CUSIP numbers on the Bonds shall be paid for by the District. Adjustment of Principal Maturities: The District reserves the right to increase or decrease the principal amount of any maturity of the Bonds as the District deems advisable in order to accomplish its financing program, based on the actual rates of interest to be borne by the Bonds and the requirement of the District plan of refunding. No such adjustment will have the effect of altering the basis upon which the best bid is determined; provided, however, that such increase or decrease shall result in a pro rata increase or decrease, as the case may be, in the amount of discount or premium on the purchase of the Bonds. Certification of Reoffering Price: The successful bidder shall be required, as a condition to the delivery of the Bonds by the District, to deliver to the District a certificate, in form and substance satisfactory to the District, stating (i) that, as of the date of award, the Bonds were expected to be reoffered in a bona fide public offering, (ii) the initial offering price at which a substantial amount (at least 10 percent) of each maturity of the Bonds were sold to the public, and (iii) that no Bonds of a single maturity were offered at one price to the general public and at a discount from that price to institutional or other investors. California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission Fees: All fees payable to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission in connection with the issuance of the Bonds shall be the responsibility of the purchaser of the Bonds. Certificate: At the time of delivery of the Bonds, the purchaser will receive a certificate signed by an officer of the District, confirming to the purchaser that, to the best of the knowledge of said officer the Official Statement, as of the date of sale of the Bonds and as of the date of delivery thereof, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Information Available: Requests for information concerning the District or the Bonds should be addressed to the District's financial advisor, Bartle Wells Associates, 1636 Bush Street, San Francisco CA 94109, Telephone 415.775.3113, Telefax 415.775.4123 Official Statement: The District has approved a preliminary Official Statement relating to the Bonds. Copies of such preliminary Official Statement will be distributed to any bidder, upon request, prior to the sale in a form "deemed final" by the District for purposes of Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Rule"). Within seven business days form the sale date, the District will deliver to the purchaser up to 100 copies of the final Official Statement, executed by an authorized representative of the District and dated the date of delivery thereof to the purchaser, in sufficient number to allow the purchaser to comply with paragraph (b)(4) of the Rule and to satisfy the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the "MSRB") Rule G-32 or any other rules adopted by the MSRB, which shall include information permitted to be omitted by paragraph (b)(1) of the Rule and such other amendments or supplements as shall have been approved by the District (the "Final Official Statement"). The purchaser agrees that • • it will not confirm the sale of any Bonds unless the confirmation of sale is accompanied or preceded by the delivery of a copy of the final Official Statement. Continuing Disclosure Agreement: The District's Continuing Disclosure Agreement (substantially in the form appended to the Official Statement) will be furnished to the purchaser at the time of delivery of the Bonds as a condition precedent to the purchaser's obligation to accept and pay the purchase price for the Bonds. Dated: August 27, 1998 /s/ William J. Robertson Secretary/General Manager of the Yorba Linda Water District 1 6 • OFFICIAL BID FORM PROPOSAL FOR PURCHASE OF Yorba Linda Water District General Obligation Refunding Bonds for Improvement District No. 2, Series 1988 Date: September 16, 1998 Yorba Linda Water District c/o Bartle Wells Associates 1636 Bush Street San Francisco, CA 94109 We offer to purchase $10,050,000` aggregate principal amount of Yorba Linda Water District General Obligation Refunding Bonds for Improvement District No. 2, Series 1988, maturing on May 1, in the years, in the principal amounts, and bearing interest as follows: Maturity Principal Interest Date Maturing Rate 1999 $1,280,000 % 2000 1,310,000 % 2001 1,370,000 . % 2002 1,430,000 . . % 2003 . 1,490,000 % 2004 1,550,000 % 2005 ..........1,620,000 % • We hereby request that printed copies of an Official Statement pertaining to the Bonds be furnished us in accordance with the terms of said Notice Inviting Bids (amounts in excess of 100 to be paid for by purchaser). Following is our computation of the net interest cost made as provided in the Notice of Sale, which is not a part of the bid and is to be considered informative only. Total interest $ Less premium or plus discount............ $ Net interest $ Net interest rate % Respectfully submitted, Name of Firm: Bv: Address Telephone No.: Following is a list of the members of our account on ~~hose behalf this bid is made: a purchase price of $ which represents the principal amount plus a premium of $ or less a discount of E:\Jobs336\D\Dra11 Submittals\BIDFORb(.dx $ Minimum purchase price is $9,974,625. This proposal is made subject to all the terms and conditions of the Official Notice Inviting Bids for said Bonds dated August 27, 1998, all of which terms and conditions are made a part hereof as fully as though set forth in full in this proposal. This proposal is subject to acceptance, in whole or in part, within forty-eight (48) hours after the expiration of the time for the receipt of proposals, as specified in said Notice of Sale. 1 Preliminary, subject to revision