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CIC Resolution 10-166fix COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 10 -166 AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN AGREEMENT REGARDING REFUNDING OF AUTHORITY BONDS WHEREAS, the Community Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda (the "Commission ") previously established its West End Community Improvement Project ('WECIF") and has entered into an Owner Participation Agreement, effective December 19, 1984 (as amended and now in effect, the "OPA ") with Alameda Marina Village Associates and Alameda Marina Center Associates, the then majority landowners (collectively, the "Landowners ") of the Marina Village development (the "Development ") located within the WECI P; and WHEREAS, under the OPA, the Landowners allowed for the inclusion of the Development in the City of Alameda's Marina Village Assessment District 84-3 (the "Assessment District ") and thereby the levy of special assessments (the "Assessments ") by the City on the Development, and the Landowners advanced funds on behalf of the Commission to assure timely construction of improvements contemplated by the then redevelopment plan for the WEC1P; and WHEREAS, the OPA obligates the Agency annually to make certain payments to some of the property owners in the Assessment District in respect of the Assessments levied on the Development (the "Reimbursement Obligation "); and WHEREAS, the Commission has merged the WEC I P with other former improvement project areas to establish the Commission's Merged Project Area (the "Merged Project Area ") and, on December 18, 2003, the Commission issued its $29,045,000 Community Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda Insured Taxable Tax Allocation Bonds (Merged Improvement Areas), Series 2003A2 (the "2003 Bonds ") and deposited a portion of the proceeds of the 2003 Bonds in an escrow fund established under the Indenture of Trust for the 2003 Bonds in order to provide a source of funds to satisfy the Agency's Reimbursement Obligation; and WHEREAS, the City has issued limited obligation improvement bonds secured by and payable from the Assessments, of which the City's Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds, City of Alameda, Marina Village Assessment District 89 -1, Series 89 -1 (the "Assessment Bonds ") remain outstanding; and WHEREAS, on January 27, 1999, the Alameda Public Financing Authority (the "Authority ") issued its $37,085,000 Alameda Public Financing Authority 1999 Revenue Bonds (1997 Revenue Bond Refinancing) (the "1999 Authority Bonds ") pursuant to an Indenture of Trust, dated as of January 1, 1999 (the "Authority Indenture "), between the Authority and the trustee named therein (the "Trustee "), and the 1999 Authority Bonds are secured by a pledge of the Assessment Bonds and are payable from the debt service payable on the Assessment Bonds; and WHEREAS, the Authority Indenture provides for the establishment by the Trustee of a Surplus Account (the "Surplus Account ") into which are deposited annually payments on the Assessment Bonds that are in excess of the debt service on the 1999 Authority Bonds; and WHEREAS, in respect of the Commission's Reimbursement Obligation under the OPA, the Authority Indenture provides that amounts in the Surplus Account not used to pay costs of the City or the Authority to administer the 1999 Authority Bonds and the Assessment Bonds (the "Bond Program Expenses ") shall be applied as provided in an Amended and Restated Agreement Relating to Assessment Bond Refunding, dated as of January 27, 1999 (the "Prior Refunding Agreement "), among the City, the Commission and the Authority; and WHEREAS, the Prior Refunding Agreement provides that all amounts in the Surplus Account not used to pay Bond Program Expenses shall be remitted to the Commission for deposit by the Commission in a special fund (the "CIC Fund "), to be used for, among other purposes, the reimbursement or payment of the Reimbursement obligation; and WHEREAS, the Authority has now determined to issue its Alameda Public Financing Authority 2010 Local Agency Refunding Revenue Bonds (Harbor Bay CFD and Marina Village AD) (the "2010 Authority Bonds ") for the purpose, among others, of purchasing from the City its Limited Obligation Improvement Refunding Bonds, City of Alameda Marina Village Reassessment District No. 10 -1 (the "Reassessment Bonds ") to be payable from reassessments (the "Reassessments ") to be levied in the City of Alameda Marina Village Reassessment District No. 10 -1 (the "Reassessment District "); and WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Reassessment Bonds will be used to refund the Assessment Bonds and thereby refund the 1999 Authority Bonds, and the Reassessments will supercede and supplant the Assessments; and WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the 2010 Authority Bonds and the refunding of the Assessment Bonds and the 1999 Authority Bonds, the Authority, the City, the Commission, the Trustee and other entities involved in the refunding program propose to enter into an Agreement Regarding Refunding of Authority Bonds (the "2010 Refunding Agreement "); and WHEREAS, the 2010 Refunding Agreement acknowledges that, upon the refunding of the Assessment Bonds and the issuance of the Reassessment Bonds, the Reassessments to be levied on property in Reassessment District will be lower than the Assessments that were to be levied on property in the -2- Assessment District, including the Assessments that are the subject of the Reimbursement Obligation of the Commission under the OPA; and WHEREAS, the 2010 Refunding Agreement further provides that the Commission will allow for the use of funds in the Surplus Account and in the CIC Fund to assist in the refunding by the Authority of the 1999 Authority Bonds and of the Assessment Bonds by the City, thereby further reducing the amount of the Reassessment Bonds that need to be issued to refund the Assessment Bonds and the 1999 Authority Bonds, and consequently reducing the amounts needed to be paid on the Reassessment Bonds and, as a result, allowing for a further reduction of the Reassessments and of the related Reimbursement Obligation of the Commission; and WHEREAS, the Commission now desires to approve the execution and delivery by the Commission of the 201 0 Refunding Agreement in order to assist the Authority and the City in connection with the issuance of the Reassessment Bonds and the 2010 Authority Bonds and the refunding of the Assessment Bonds and the 1999 Authority Bonds, and thereby a reduction in the Reassessments levied on property in the Reassessment District, including the Development, and a consequent reduction in the Reimbursement Obligation, all in the best interests of the Commission and in furtherance of the purposes of the Merged Project Areas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ALAMEDA as follows: Section 1. The 2010 Refunding Agreement, in the form on file with the Secretary, is hereby approved. The Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the 2010 Refunding Agreement on behalf of the Commission in such form, together with such changes thereto as may be approved by the Executive Director upon consultation with the City Attorney and Bond Counsel to the Authority for the 2010 Authority Bonds, the approval of such changes to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of the 2010 Refunding Agreement by the Commission. Section 2. The Chair, the Executive Director, the Treasurer, the Secretary and any and all other officers and staff of the Commission are hereby authorized and directed to take any actions and execute and deliver any and all documents as are necessary to assist the City and the Authority in the issuance, sale and delivery of the Reassessment Bonds and the 2010 Authority Bonds, the refunding of the Assessment Bonds and the 1999 Bonds, and the reduction in the Reassessments to be levied in the Reassessment District, all as contemplated by the 2010 Refunding Agreement. Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect upon its adoption by the Commission. 1, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Community Improvement Commission of the City of Alameda in a Special Meeting Joint Meeting of the Alameda City Council and Alameda Reuse and Redevelopment Authority and Annual Community Improvement Commission Meeting held on the 15t" day of June, 2010, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Commissioners deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese, Tam and Chair Johnson- 5. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTENTIONS: None. IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said Commission this 16th day of June, 2010. uu'ArNr.- Lara Weisiger, Secretary a Community Improvement mmission Beverly Jo iha Community 1 evement Commission