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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01202004 - C41 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS s Contra FROM. JOHN SWEETEN, Costa County Administrator ' s+ , DATE: January 2C?, 2004 al ty 71 SUBJECT: Subordination of Revenues for San Pablo Redevelopment Agency Bond Issuance SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATI014. APPROVE second amendment to the Subordination Agreement, dated June 1, 1999, between the San Pablo Redevelopment Agency and the County of Contra Costa including the Library, the Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Taxing Agencies), to provide for the subordination of additional tax increment' revenue payments and the statutory pass-throughs by the Taxing Agencies, in order for the San Pablo Redevelopment Agency to pledge such tax increment revenue to the Series 2004 Tenth Township Bonds and the Series 2004 Legacy Bonds; and AUTHORIZE execution of Agreement by Board Chair. (Attachment A.) FINANCIAL IMPACT: Based on staff'analysis of the financial projections, the San Pablo Redevelopment Agency should be able to pay its debt payments and the amounts required to be paid to the County and other affected taxing entities under the terms of pass-through agreements. BACKGROUND: On September 8, 1987, the County approved a redevelopment pass-through agreement (the "Agreement") with the San Pablo Redevelopment Agency. On June 1, 9999,the County entered into a Subordination Agreement with the San Pablo Redevelopment Agency. The Subordination Agreement essentially allowed the Agency to put pass-through amounts owed to the County and other taxing agencies lower in priority than debt owed to band holders as added security to bond holders that their investment will be returned. It allowed the Agency to pledge such tax increment; revenue in one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $21,000,000. The County agreed to this provision based upon the commitment that the Agency would have adequate funds to pay back bond holders, thereby minimizing the real risk that subordination would be necessary, and that the City would demonstrate that they have adequate funds prior to subordination. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: _ I RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMEND ION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ONZ4 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER f,. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT 1121 COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON MINUTES OF f UNANIMOUS(ABSENT Z fr ? THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ?� j tr�4�'`�i, ) AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Contact: Cc: GAO's Office ATTESTEDf County counsel JOHN SWEETEN,CLE OF THE BOA D OFSUPERV SORS City of San Pablo i Jim Kennedy,Redevelopment BY: %f Ila—kl c DEPUTY San Pablo RDA Subordination 2004--January 13, 24014 On december 19, 2000, the County approved a first amendment to the Subordination Agreement to provide for the subordination of additional tax increment revenue payments in order for the Agency to pledge such tax increment revenue to the Series 2000 Tenth Township Bonds and the Series 2000 Legacy Bonds. The San Pablo Redevelopment Agency now intends to refund the currently refundable portion of the 1993 Bonds ($13,010,000) and issue additional new bonds for new projects. The new money component for the Tenth Township area will be $20,605,000 with an escrow component of $17,690,000 which will not be released unless tax increment revenues increase in the coming years so that debt service coverage after the release is 125% and projected revenues are sufficient to meet all Agency obligations. New bonds for the legacy Project Area will be issued in the amount of $4,235,000. The Agency has provided the County with a report (Attachment B), which includes revenue forecasts and a debt service schedule relating to all of the Agency's currently outstanding bonds with respect to the Tenth Township Redevelopment Project, the Legacy Project, the Series 2004 Tenth Township Bonds and the Series 2004 Legacy Bonds, showing that the Agency's anticipated ability to repay such bonds can be made without demand being made on the aforementioned payments due to the Taxing Agencies under the Agreement and without impairing the Agency's ability to pay the Statutory Pass-Throughs. The Report shows that the aggregate of the tax increment revenue payments to be subordinated are contemplated to be used in the cash-flow relating to such bonds only for additional security (debt service coverage) and that the Agency's tax incremental revenues will be adequate, over the term of such bonds, to pay one hundred percent(100%) of the actual debt service thereon and to pay the Agency's obligations under the Agreement and the Statutory Pass-Throughs, and any other obligations of the Agency, whether statutory or contractual, which are or would be superior to the Agency's obligations under the Agreement or the Statutory Pass-Throughs. Based on a review by staff of the County Administrator's Office of the revenue projections prepared by US Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc., staff recommends approval of the subordination request. In the unlikely event that subordination is required, the Agreement indicates that any reduction in payment will be treated as an advance by the Taxing Agencies and repaid by the Agency.