H4. Res. 6245, Immanuel Living Conduit BondCity of Kalispell
Mum Preble Office of City Attorney
City Aftomey 201 First Avenue East
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59903-1997
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
MEETING DATE:
MEMORANDUM
Doug Russell, City Manager
Johnna Preble, City Attorney
Tel 406.758.7709
Fax 406.758.7758
jpreble@kalispell.com
Resolution No. 6245 — Resolution of Intent to Issue Revenue Bonds for
Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill
March 3, 2025 — Regular Council Meeting
BACKGROUND: Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill has requested the assistance from the City of
Kalispell that it provide its statutory bond issuance capacity to issue a conduit bond package in the sum
of up to $ 100,000,000 for the purposes of refinancing the existing debt for which the City issued a
conduit bond and to borrow additional funds for further capital improvements to its health care campus
on Buffalo Hill in Kalispell.
This proposed issuance would be a conduit bond that would not be a general or moral obligation of the
City and the full faith and credit and taxing power of the City will not be pledged to the payment of the
debt. A private bank will provide the funds and the general administration of the financing will occur
between the bank, a trustee and Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill, the borrower.
Bond counsel has provided a more extensive memorandum which is attached to this agenda item and
further explains any restrictions this issuance may cause the City in borrowing for the calendar year
2025.
RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended that the Council approve Resolution 6245, a resolution
relating to issuance of conduit revenue bonds, the proceeds of which will be loaned to Immanuel
Living at Buffalo Hill in order to refinance certain revenue bonds previously issued by the City of
Kalispell and finance certain capital improvements to be made to the Campus of Immanuel Living at
Buffalo Hill; calling for a public hearing with respect to the issuance of such conduit revenue bonds;
granting preliminary approval to the issuance of such conduit revenue bonds; establishing compliance
with certain reimbursement regulations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and
taking certain other actions with respect thereto.
ALTERNATIVES: Upon consideration of the proposal the Council may reject the resolution of
intent.
ATTACHMENT: Bond Counsel Memorandum
Resolution 6245
Baflard Spahr
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Memorandum
To: Mr. Mark Johnson, Mayor
Members of the City Council
Mr. Doug Russell, City Manager
From: Ben Johnson, Ballard Spahr LLP
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Re: Preliminary Resolution for the Benefit of Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill
We are delivening this memorandum (the "Memo") in our role as bond counsel ("Bond Counsel")
to the City of Kalispell, Montana (the "City") on the proposed transaction descnibed below. Enclosed with
this Memo is a draft resolution (the "Preliminary Resolution") for consideration by the City Council of the
City at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, March 3, 2025 that would preliminanily authonize the
issuance of one or more sen*es of conduit revenue bonds (the "Senies 2025 Bonds") and call for a public
heaning on the issuance of such bonds and the project to be financed and refinanced by the Senies 2025
Bonds.
Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill, formerly known as Immanuel Lutheran Corporation of Kalispell,
Montana, a Montana nonprofit corporation (the "Borrower"), the sole member/parent of which is Immanuel
Living, a Montana nonprofit corporation ("Immanuel Living") is the proposed borrower of the funds raised
by issuance of the Senies 2025 Bonds. Over the last 33 years, the City has participated in multiple issuances
of conduit revenue bonds for the benefit of the Borrower or Immanuel Living to build, expand, renovate
and improve an integrated senior living continuum of care campus (the "Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill
Campus") in the City in and around 185 Crestline Avenue and 40 Claremont Street.
The proposed Senies 2025 Bonds would pnimanily be issued as tax-exempt bonds (there may be one
taxable senies) under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). Please
note that, under the requirements of the Code, a 50 1 (c)(3) nonprofit such as the Borrower/Immanuel Living
may only borrow funds on a tax-exempt basis by issuing bonds through a state or local unit of government
such as the City. The Borrower cannot borrow directly on a tax-exempt basis.
Under the provisions of Montana Code Annotated, Title 90 Chapter 5 Part I (the "Act"), the City
has the authonity to issue the Senies 2025 Bonds if certain provisions are complied with and it is ourJob as
Bond Counsel to the City to review and advise on such compliance. We have preliminanily determined that
the anticipated use of the proceeds of the Senies 2025 Bonds by the Borrower to refinance pnior tax-exempt
bonds and to finance improvements to the Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill Campus is eligible for financing
under the Act. Sections 1.03-1.08 of the Preliminary Resolution describe the history of bond financing that
the City has had with Immanuel Living over the last approximately 33 years. Section 1.09 of the
Preliminary Resolution describes the anticipated uses of the proceeds of the Series 2025 Bonds.
The Preliminary Resolution also calls for a public hearing on the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds
and the project to be financed with proceeds of the Series 2025 Bonds and any indebtedness to be refinanced
by the Series 2025 Bonds. The Code and the Act require that the City, as issuer of the Series 2025 Bonds
and the location of the Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill Campus, hold a public hearing and the City Council
approve such public hearing. As the City's Bond Counsel, we have drafted the notice of public hearing to
comply with the requirements of the Code and the Act. The public hearing notice will need to be published
in the newspaper for three consecutive weeks as required by the Act. Section 3 of the Preliminary
Resolution discusses the public hearing and the draft notice of public hearing is attached as an exhibit to
the form of the Preliminary Resolution. As Bond Counsel, we will be in attendance at the public hearing
to answer any questions that the City Council or the public may have on the Series 2025 Bonds and the
proposed project.
The Preliminary Resolution also provides conditional approval, subject to the public hearing and
consideration of a final approving resolution after the public hearing, to the issuance of the Series 2025
Bonds. Section 4 of the Preliminary Resolution identifies that such approval is conditional and preliminary
in nature.
Importantly, conduit revenue bonds, such as the proposed Series 2025 Bonds, issued under the
terms of the Act are special, limited obligations of the proposed issuer (the City) and do not constitute
general obligations or a debt, liability, or pledge of the full faith and credit of the issuer (the City), the State
of Montana (the "State"), or of any political subdivision or agency thereof. Such conduit revenue bonds are
payable from loan payments to be made by a borrower under the terms of a loan or revenue agreement and
other financial documents with a lender or financial institution acting as bond trustee. The taxing power of
the City is not pledged to the payment of the Series 2025 Bonds and the credit and taxing power of the City
is not available to make payments on conduit revenue bonds issued under the Act. The Borrower is solely
responsible for repaying the Series 2025 Bonds. A nonpayment by a borrower (the Borrower) of bonds
(the Series 2025 Bonds) issued under the Act will not adversely affect the credit rating of the issuer (the
City). When the City borrows funds for its own uses, the City use provisions of the Montana Code
Annotated that are separate and distinct from the Act.
The Preliminary Resolution also acknowledges and sets out (i) in Section 6 of the Preliminary
Resolution that the Borrower is responsible for paying all costs associated with the issuance of the Series
2025 Bonds and (11) in Section 5 of the Preliminary Resolution provides the technical statements necessary
under the Code for the Borrower to reimburse itself for previously expended funds.
The adoption of the Preliminary Resolution authorizes the City staff to act with Bond Counsel to
set up the public hearing (scheduled for April 71) and authorizes City staff to publish the notice of public
hearing. Importantly, as mentioned above, the adoption of the Preliminary Resolution is not a firm
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commitment from the City and the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds is su ect to the public he ing and
further review by the City. In our role as Bond Counsel we ensure that the proper steps are being taken in
such process in order to deliver our legal opinion letter that the Series 2025 Bonds are validly issued.
As Bond Counsel, we would advise the City Council to adopt the Preliminary Resolution. Please
do not hesitate to contact me atjohnsonbwgballardspahr.com or (612) 371-6223 if you have any questions
regarding the draft Preliminary Resolution or this Memo.
CERTIFICATE AS TO RESOLUTION AND ADOPTING VOTE
1, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting recording officer of the City of Kalispell,
Montana (the "City"), hereby certify that the attached resolution is a true copy of a Resolution entitled:
"RESOLUTION RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS, THE PROCEEDS OF
WHICH WILL BE LOANED TO IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL IN ORDER TO (1)
REFINANCE CERTAIN REVENUE BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY THE CITY OF KALISPELL
AND (11) FINANCE CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE CAMPUS OF
IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL; CALLING FOR A PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT
TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS; GRANTING PRELIMINARY
APPROVAL TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS; ESTABLISHING
COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND TAKING CERTAIN OTHER ACTIONS WITH
RESPECT THERETO" (the "Resolution"), on file in the original records of the City in my legal custody;
that the Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City at a meeting on March 3, 2025, and
that the meeting was duly held by the City Council and was attended throughout by a quorm, pursuant to
call and notice of such meeting given as required by law; and that the Resolution has not as of the date
hereof been amended or repealed.
I further certify that, upon vote being taken on the Resolution at said meeting, the following City
Council members voted in favor thereof -
voted against the same:
abstained from voting thereon:
or were absent:
WITNESS my hand officially this _ day of 12025.
Aimee Brunckhorst, City Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 6245
RESOLUTION RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS, THE PROCEEDS
OF WHICH WILL BE LOANED TO IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL IN ORDER TO
(1) REFINANCE CERTAIN REVENUE BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY THE CITY OF
KALISPELL AND (11) FINANCE CERTAIN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE TO
THE CAMPUS OF IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL; CALLING FOR A PUBLIC
HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS;
GRANTING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL TO THE ISSUANCE OF SUCH CONDUIT REVENUE
BONDS; ESTABLISHING COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REIMBURSEMENT
REGULATIONS UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED, AND
TAKING CERTAIN OTHER ACTIONS WITH RESPECT THERETO
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council (the "City Council") of the City of Kalispell, Montana
(the "City"), as follows:
Section 1. Recitals.
1.01. Montana Code Annotated, Title 90 Chapter 5 Part 1, as amended (the "Act"), authonizes
the City to issue revenue bonds for the purpose of defraying the cost of acquiring or improving any land,
building, other improvement, and real or personal property considered necessary in connection with an
improvement that is suitable for: (1) commercial, manufacturing, agricultural, or industrial enterprises;
(11) recreation or tourist facilities; (111) local, state, and federal governmental facilities; (iv) multifamily
housing; (v) hospitals; (vi) long-term care facilities; (vii) community -based facilities for individuals who
are persons with developmental disabilities as defined in Montana Code Annotated Title 53 Chapter 20 Part
102, as amended; (viii) medical facilities; (ix) higher education facilities; (x) electric energy generation
facilities; (xi) family service provider facilities; (Xii) the production of energy using an alternative
renewable energy source as defined in Montana Code Annotated, Title 90 Chapter 4 Part 102, as amended;
and (Xiii) any combination of these projects. As a condition to the issuance of such revenue bonds, the City
must hold a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and the requirements of the Act.
1.02. Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill, formerly known as Immanuel Lutheran Corporation of
Kalispell, Montana, a Montana nonprofit corporation (the "Borrower"), the sole member/parent of which
is Immanuel Living, a Montana nonprofit corporation ("Immanuel Living"). The Borrower owns and
operates an integrated senior living continuum of care campus (the "Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill
Campus") in the City in and around 185 Crestline Avenue and 40 Claremont Street that is currently
comprised of. (1) a 155-bed licensed nursing home, rehabilitation center, and memory care facility known
as The Retreat at Buffalo Hill (the "Nursing Facility"); (11) an approximately 13 1 -unit senior retirement
apartment facility comprised of senior independent living units, assisted living and memory care units
known as The Terraces at Buffalo Hill ("The Terraces"); (111) 36-units of independent living in villas known
as The Villas (the "Villas") that are connected to The Terraces; and (iv) four independent senior living
cottages known as The Cottages at Buffalo Hill (the "Cottages") adjacent to The Terraces.
1.03 In 1992, the City previously issued its Housing Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Buffalo Hill Terrace Project), Series 1992 (the "Series 1992 Bonds") under the provisions of the Act, and
loaned the proceeds thereof to the Borrower for the purpose of financing the acquisition and construction
of The Terraces.
1.04. In 1992, the Borrower borrowed from Norwest Bank Montana, N.A., pursuant to two
mortgage notes (the "Norwest Bank Loans") for the purpose of financing capital improvements to the
Nursing Facility and The Terraces.
1.05 In 1997, the City issued its Housing Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Immanuel
Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 1997A, and Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel
Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 1997B (collectively, the "Senies 1997 Bonds") under the provisions
of the Act, and loaned the proceeds of the Series 1997 Bonds to the Borrower for the purpose of
(1) refunding the Series 1992 Bonds; (11) refinancing the Norwest Bank Loans; (111) financing the
construction of certain improvements to the Nursing Facility and installing equipment therein; and
(iv) funding certain reserves for the Series 1997 Bonds and the payment of costs of issuance of the Series
1997 Bonds.
1.06 In 2010, the City issued its Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel
Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 20 10 (the "Senies 20 10 Bonds") under the provisions of the Act, and
loaned the proceeds of the Series 2010 Bonds to the Borrower for the purpose of (1) financing the
redemption and prepayment of the Series 1997 Bonds, (11) financing the costs of the installation, renovation,
rehabilitation, and equipping of certain capital improvements to The Terraces and the Nursing Facility;
(111) funding certain reserves and capitalized interest for the Series 2010 Bonds; and (iv) paying a portion
of the costs of issuance of the Series 2010 Bonds.
1.07 In 2016, the City issued its (1) Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds
(Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2016A (the "Senies 2016A Bonds") and (11) Housing and
Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2016B (the "Senies
2016B Bonds," and, together with the Series 2016A Bonds, the "Senies 2016 Bonds") under the provisions
of the Act, and loaned the proceeds of the Series 2016 Bonds to the Borrower for the purpose of -
(a) financing the redemption and prepayment of the Series 2010 Bonds; (b) financing the costs of the
installation, renovation, rehabilitation, and equipping of certain capital improvements to The Terraces and
the Nursing Facility consisting of (A) renovation of the skilled nursing unit wing of the Nursing Facility,
(B) the construction and equipping of 32 short term rehabilitation units, (C) the construction and equipping
of 24 memory care residences, and (D) certain predevelopment costs for future development of the
Borrower's campus in the City, including but not limited to the construction and equipping of the Villas
(collectively, the "2016 Project"); and (c) the financing all or a portion of the costs of issuing the Series
2016 Bonds (including the City's administrative fee) related to the original issuance of the Series 2016
Bonds.
1.08 In 2017, the City issued its (1) Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds
(Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2017A (the "Senies 2017A Bonds"), (11) Housing and
Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds Tax Exempt Mandatory Paydown Securities (Immanuel Lutheran
Corporation Project), Series 2017B (TEMPS-50sm) (the "Senies 2017B Bonds"), and (111) Taxable
Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2017C
(the "Senies 2017C Bonds" and, together with the Series 2017A Bonds and the Series 2017B Bonds, the
"Sen*es 2017 Bonds") under the provisions of the Act, and loaned the proceeds of the Series 2017 Bonds to
the Borrower to finance: (a) the redemption and prepayment of the Issuer's Series 2016 Bonds; (b) the
costs of the installation, renovation, rehabilitation, and equipping of certain capital improvements to The
Terraces and the Nursing Facility consisting of (A) the construction and equipping of The Villas, (B) the
construction and equipping of a "community center" meeting room that can be used for resident gatherings
as well as hosting the greater community, (C) an indoor pool and related changing rooms to expand the
Corporation's wellness and fitness offerings, and (D) the renovation of certain portions of the Nursing
Facility (collectively, the "2017 Project"); (c) the funding of certain reserves and capitalized interest for the
Series 2017 Bonds; (d) certain costs related to the issuance of the Series 2017 Bonds (including the City's
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administrative fee related to the original issuance of the Series 2017 Bonds), and (e) an interest rate swap
termination payment.
1.09 The Borrower has requested that the City issue its conduit revenue bonds in the
approximate aggregate principal amount not to exceed $ 100,000,000, in one or more series of tax-exempt
and/or taxable bonds at one time or from time to time (the "Senies 2025 Bonds"), the proceeds of which
will be loaned by the City to the Borrower. The Borrower will apply the proceeds derived from the Series
2025 Bonds to the following purposes: (i) refinancing all or a portion of the outstanding Series 2017 Bonds;
(11) financing of the acquisition, construction and equipping of an additional building on the Immanuel
Living at Buffalo Hill Campus specifically for independent senior living, which includes approximately 39
loft -style apartments and the related capital improvements, including, but not limited to, parking
improvements, a sky bridge connection and dining hall renovations (the "Lofts Project"); (111) financing
capital renovations and improvements to the Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill Campus; (iv) financing and
installing of Wi-Fi improvements to the facilities on the Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill Campus; ((10
through (iv) are referred to herein as the "2025 Project"); (v) finiding of certain reserves and capitalized
interest for the Series 2025 Bonds; and (vi) financing of all or a portion of the costs of issuing the Series
2025 Bonds (including the City's administrative fee related to the original issuance of the Series 2025
Bonds).
1.10. Under Section 147(f) of the Code and the Act, prior to the issuance of the Series 2025
Bonds, the City Council must hold a public hearing that has been duly noticed.
Section 2. Preliminga Findings. Based on representations made by the Borrower to the City
to date, the City Council hereby makes the following preliminary findings, determinations, and
declarations:
(a) The 2025 Project consists of the components described in Section 1.09(11) and (111) above.
(b) The City will enter into a loan agreement (or other revenue agreement) with the Borrower
requiring loan repayments from the Borrower in amounts sufficient to repay the loan evidenced by the
Series 2025 Bonds when due and requiring the Borrower to pay all costs of maintaining and insuring its
campus, including the Nursing Facility, The Terraces, The Villas, The Cottages, and other components
(including the proposed Lofts Project) as improved by the 2025 Project.
In all events, it is understood, however, that the Series 2025 Bonds shall not constitute a charge,
lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the City except the City's interest in the loan
or revenue agreement with respect to the Series 2025 Bonds and the Borrower's facilities, and the Series
2025 Bonds, when, as, and if issued, shall recite in substance that the Series 2025 Bonds, including interest
thereon, are payable solely from the revenues received from the 2025 Project, the property pledged to the
payment thereof and other sources of security for the Series 2025 Bonds, and shall not constitute a pecuniary
liability of, or a general or moral obligation of the City, within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory
limitation. The full faith, credit and taxing power of the City are not pledged to the payment of the Series
2025 Bonds.
(c) In preliminarily authorizing the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds, the refinancing of all
or a portion of the outstanding Series 2017 Bonds and the financing of the installation, renovation,
rehabilitation, construction and equipping of the 2025 Project and the related costs, the City's purpose is
and the effect thereof will be to promote the public welfare of the City and its residents by retaining and
improving affordable senior housing, assisted living, memory care, and nursing home facilities in the City
and otherwise furthering the purposes and policies of the Act.
Section 3. Public Hearing.
3.01. Ballard Spahr LLP, as bond counsel to the City, with cooperation from City staff and staff
of the Borrower, has prepared a Notice of Public Hearing (the "Heaning Notice") with respect to the
refinancing all or a portion of the outstanding Series 2017 Bonds, the 2025 Project and the issuance of the
Series 2025 Bonds by the City. The Hearing Notice will be published in the Daily Inter Lake once a week
for three consecutive weeks in preparation for a public hearing proposed to be held by the City Council on
Monday, April 7, 2025, at or after 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located in Kalispell City Hall at
201 I't Avenue East, Kalispell, Montana. All persons who appear at the public hearing will be given an
opportunity to express their views with respect to the proposed refinancing of all or a portion of the
outstanding 2017 Bonds, the financing of the 2025 Project and the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds. The
City Council will consider the views of the public expressed at the public hearing, any written comments
filed with the City Clerk and the information submitted by the Borrower prior to the decision by the City
Council on whether to issue the Series 2025 Bonds. The Hearing Notice will be published, on behalf of the
City, by Ballard Spahr LLP, as bond counsel to the City, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A.
3.02. The City Manager or his designee is hereby authonized to establish an alternate date for the
public hearing, if necessary, in conformity with the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Code and the
requirements of the Act.
3.03. It shall be the Borrower's responsibility to pay the costs of publication of the Hearing
Notice.
Section 4. Preliminga Approval. This City Council hereby grants preliminary approval to
the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds in the approximate aggregate principal amount not to exceed
$ 100,000,000 to finance all or a portion of the costs of the redemption and prepayment of all or a portion
of the outstanding Series 2017 Bonds, the installation, renovation, rehabilitation, construction and
equipping of the 2025 Project, and the related costs discussed in Section 1.09 of this Resolution, subject to
(1) the public hearing, (11) the preparation of bond financing documents, and (111) final determination by this
City Council that the refinancing all or of a portion of the outstanding Series 2017 Bonds, the financing of
the 2025 Project and the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds are in the best interest of the City.
Section 5. Reimbursement of Costs under the Code.
5.01. The United States Department of the Treasury has promulgated final regulations governing
the use of the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds, all or a portion of which are to be used to reimburse the City
or a borrower from the City for project expenditures paid prior to the date of issuance of such bonds. Those
regulations (Treasury Regulations, Section 1.150-2) (the "Regulations") require that the City adopt a
statement of official intent to reimburse an original expenditure not later than sixty (60) days after payment
of the original expenditure. The Regulations also generally require that the Series 2025 Bonds be issued
and the reimbursement allocation made from the proceeds of the Series 2025 Bonds occur within eighteen
(18) months after the later of. (1) the date the expenditure is paid; or (11) the date the 2025 Project is placed
in service or abandoned, but in no event more than three (3) years after the date the expenditure is paid.
The Regulations generally permit reimbursement of capital expenditures and costs of issuance of the Series
2025 Bonds.
5.02. To the extent any portion of the proceeds of the Series 2025 Bonds will be applied to
expenditures with respect to the 2025 Project, the City reasonably expects to reimburse the Borrower for
the expenditures made for costs of the 2025 Project from the proceeds of the Series 2025 Bonds after the
date of payment of all or a portion of such expenditures. All reimbursed expenditures shall be capital
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expenditures, a cost of issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds, or other expenditures eligible for reimbursement
under Section 1. 150-2(d)(3) of the Regulations and also qualifying expenditures under the Act.
Based on representations by the Borrower as of the date hereof, other than (1) expenditures to be
paid or reimbursed from sources other than the Series 2025 Bonds, (11) expenditures permitted to be
reimbursed under prior regulations pursuant to the transitional provision contained in Section 1.150-
2(j)(2)(1)(B) of the Regulations, (111) expenditures constituting preliminary expenditures within the meaning
of Section 1. 150-2(f)(2) of the Regulations, or (iv) expenditures in a "de minimus" amount (as defined in
Section 1. 150-2(f)(1) of the Regulations), no expenditures with respect to the 2025 Project have been made
by the Borrower more than sixty (60) days before the date of adoption of this resolution.
5.03. Based on representations by the Borrower, as of the date hereof, there are no funds of the
Borrower reserved, allocated on a long term -basis or otherwise set aside (or reasonably expected to be
reserved, allocated on a long-term basis or otherwise set aside) to provide permanent financing for the
expenditures related to the 2025 Project to be financed from proceeds of the Series 2025 Bonds, other than
pursuant to the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds. This resolution, therefore, is determined to be consistent
with the budgetary and financial circumstances of the Borrower as they exist or are reasonably foreseeable
on the date hereof.
Section 6. Costs. The Borrower will pay the administrative fees of the City with respect to
the original issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds and pay, or, upon demand, reimburse the City for payment
of, any and all costs incurred by the City in connection with the proposed issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds,
whether or not the Series 2025 Bonds are issued.
Section 7. Commitment Conditional. The adoption of this resolution does not constitute a
guarantee or a firm commitment that the City will issue the Series 2025 Bonds as requested by the Borrower.
If, based on comments received at a public hearing to be held pursuant to this resolution, or other
information made available to or obtained by the City during its review of the 2025 Project, it appears that
the 2025 Project or the issuance of Bonds to finance or refinance the costs thereof is not in the public interest
or is inconsistent with the purposes of the Act or the Code, the City reserves the right not to grant final
approval to the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds. The City also retains the right, in its sole discretion, to
withdraw from participation and accordingly not issue the Series 2025 Bonds should the City Council, at
any time prior to the issuance thereof, determine that it is in the best interests of the City not to issue the
Series 2025 Bonds or should the parties to the transaction be unable to reach agreement as to the terms and
conditions of any of the documents for the transaction.
Section 8. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OF
THE CITY OF KALISPELL, THIS 3RD DAY OF MARCH, 2025.
ATTEST:
Aimee Brunckhorst, CMC
City Clerk
Mark Johnson
Mayor
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF KALISPELL
NOTICE OF PUBLIC BEARING
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT
REVENUE BONDS FOR (1) REFINANCING REVENUE BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR
IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL AND (11) FINANCING OF IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE FACILITIES LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL
AND PAYING RELATED COSTS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana (the "City")
will meet on April 7, 2025, at or after 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 201 First Avenue
East, Kalispell, Montana, for the purpose of holding a public hearing to consider a plan of finance for the
approval of the issuance of one or more series of tax-exempt and/or taxable conduit revenue bonds (the
"Sen*es 2025 Bonds") in accordance with the requirements of the Montana Code Title 90 Chapter 5 Part 1,
as amended, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Act"). The proceeds of the Series
2025 Bonds, if issued, will be loaned by the City to Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill, f/k/a Immanuel
Lutheran Corporation of Kalispell, Montana, a Montana nonprofit corporation (the "Borrower"), the sole
member/parent of which is Immanuel Living, a Montana nonprofit corporation ("Immanuel Living"). The
Borrower owns and operates an integrated senior living continuum of care campus (the "Immanuel Living
at Buffalo Hill Campus") in the City in and around 185 Crestline Avenue and 40 Claremont Street that is
currently comprised of. (1) a 155-bed licensed nursing home, rehabilitation center, and memory care facility
known as The Retreat at Buffalo Hill, (the "Nursing Facility"); (11) an approximately 131-unit senior
retirement apartment facility comprised of senior independent living units, assisted living and memory care
units known as The Terraces at Buffalo Hill ("The Terraces"); (111) 36-units of independent living in villas
known as The Villas (the "Villas") that are connected to The Terraces; and (1v) four independent senior
living cottages known as The Cottages at Buffalo Hill (the "Cottages") aqjacent to The Terraces.
The Borrower has requested that the City issue its conduit revenue bonds in the approximate
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $ 100,000,000, in one or more series of tax-exempt and/or taxable
bonds at one time or from time to time (the "Senies 2025 Bonds"), the proceeds of which will be loaned by
the City to the Borrower. The Borrower will apply the proceeds derived from the Series 2025 Bonds to the
following purposes: (i) refinancing all or a portion of the outstanding Series 2017 Bonds; (11) financing of
the acquisition, construction and equipping of an additional building on the Immanuel Living at Buffalo
Hill Campus specifically for independent senior living, which includes approximately 39 loft -style
apartments and the related capital improvements, including, but not limited to, parking improvements, a
sky bridge connection and dining hall renovations (the "Lofts Project"); (111) financing capital renovations
and improvements to the Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill Campus; (1v) financing and installing of WI-Fi
improvements to the facilities on the Immanuel Living at Buffalo Hill Campus ((10 through (1v) are referred
to herein as the "2025 PrQject"); (v) funding of certain reserves and capitalized interest for the Series 2025
Bonds; and (vi) financing of all or a portion of the costs of issuing the Series 2025 Bonds (including the
City's administrative fee related to the original issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds).
At the public hearing, the City Council of the City will consider granting approval to the issuance
of the Series 2025 Bonds by the City for and on behalf of the Borrower for the purposes set forth above.
The Series 2025 Bonds will be special, limited obligations of the City payable solely from the revenues of
the Borrower pledged to the payment thereof under the terms of a loan agreement (or other revenue
agreement) between the City and the Borrower. 7-he Series 2025 Bonds will not be a general or moral
obligation of or be secured by the tayingpower or anyproperty or assets of the City. Thefullfaith, credit
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and taxing power of the City are not pledged to the payment of the Series 2025 Bonds. The City, the State
ofMontana, or any political subdivisions thereof are not obligated in any mannerfor repayment of the Series
2025 Bonds.
Anyone desiring to be heard during the public hearing will be afforded an opportunity to do so. After
the public hearing, the City Council of the City will consider adoption of a resolution granting final approval
to the issuance of the Series 2025 Bonds in order to finance the purposes described above.
Persons desiring additional information may contact the City Clerk at 201 First Avenue East,
Kalispell, Montana or by calling (406) 758-7756. All persons interested may appear and be heard at the
time and place set forth above, or may file written comments with the City Clerk prior to the date of the
hearing set forth above.
Publish Date: March 9, 2025
March 16, 2025
March 23, 2025
Aimee Brunckhorst
City Clerk
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