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Resolution 6245 - ROI - Conduit Revenue Bonds - Imm LivingCERTIFICATE AS TO RESOLUTION AND ADOPTING VOTE I, 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 (I) REFINANCE CERTAIN REVENUE BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY THE CITY OF KALISPELL AND (II) 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 quorum, 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notice of such meeting given as required by law; and that the Resolution has not as of the date hereof been amended or repealed.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: Council Members Gabriel, Nunnally, Hunter, Fisher, Carlson, Dahlman, Graham, Daoud, and Mayor Johnson. voted against the same: None abstained from voting thereon: None or were absent: None WITNESS my hand officially this 3rd day of March 2025. 0�`91lPPl// �.o�e ��� Aime Brunckhorst, City Clerk 5�a�2 Z: RESOLUTION RELATING TO ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS, THE PROCEEDS OF WHICH WILL BE LOANED TO IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL IN ORDER TO (11) REFINANCE CERTAIN REVENUE BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY THE CITY OF KALISPELL AND (II) 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"), authorizes 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:. (i) commercial, manufacturing, agricultural, or industrial enterprises; (ii) recreation or tourist facilities; (iii) 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: (i) a 155-bed licensed nursing home, rehabilitation center, and memory care facility known as The Retreat at Buffalo Hill (the "Nursing Facility"); (ii) 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"); (iii) 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 "Series 1997 Bonds") under the provisions of the Act, and loaned the proceeds of the Series 1997 Bonds to the Borrower for the purpose of (i) refunding the Series 1992 Bonds; (ii) refinancings the Norwest Bank Loans; (iii) 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 2010 (the "Series 2010 Bonds") under the provisions of the Act, and loaned the proceeds of the Series 2010 Bonds to the Borrower for the purpose of (i) financing the redemption and prepayment of the Series 1997 Bonds, (ii) financing the costs of the installation, renovation, rehabilitation, and equipping of certain capital improvements to The Terraces and the Nursing Facility; (iii) 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 (i)Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2016A (the "Series 2016A Bonds") and (ii) Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2016B (the "Series 2016B Bonds," and, together with the Series 2016A Bonds, the "Series 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 (i) Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2017A (the "Series 2017A Bonds"), (ii) Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds Tax Exempt Mandatory Paydown Securities (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2017B (TEMPS-50sm) (the "Series 2017B Bonds"), and (iii) Taxable Housing and Healthcare Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 2017C (the "Series 2017C Bonds" and, together with the Series 2017A Bonds and the Series 2017B Bonds, the "Series 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 2 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 "Series 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; (ii) 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"); (iii) 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; ((ii) through (iv) are referred to herein as the "2025 Project") (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). 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. Preliminary 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(ii) and(iii) 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 Hearin. 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 "Hearing 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 lst 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 authorized 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. Preliminary 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 (i) the public hearing, (ii) the preparation of bond financing documents, and (iii) 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: (i) the date the expenditure is paid; or (ii) 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 4 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 (i) expenditures to be paid or reimbursed from sources other than the Series 2025 Bonds, (ii) expenditures permitted to be reimbursed under prior regulations pursuant to the transitional provision contained in Section 1.150- 20)(2)(i)(B) of the Regulations, (iii) expenditures constituting preliminary expenditures within the meaning of Section 1. 1 50-2(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: Aim& Brunckhorst, CMC City Clerk (,-, Mark Johnson Mayor %111I11 11B�, J .......... ;p EXHIBIT A FORM OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF KALISPELL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF CONDUIT REVENUE BONDS FOR (I) REFINANCING REVENUE BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR IMMANUEL LIVING AT BUFFALO HILL AND (II) 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 "Series 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, ffkla 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: (i) a 155-bed licensed nursing home, rehabilitation center, and memory care facility known as The Retreat at Buffalo Hill, (the "Nursing Facility"); (ii) an approximately 131-emit 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"); (iii) 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. 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 "Series 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; (ii) 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"); (iii) 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 ((ii) through (iv) are referred to herein as the "2025 Project"); (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. The Series 2025 Bonds will not be a general or moral obligation of or be secured by the taxing poiver or any property or assets of the City. 7'he fill faith, credit A- I and taxing power of the City are not pledged to the payment of the Series 2025 Bonds. The City, the State of Montana, or any political subdivisions thereof are not obligated in any manner for 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 Ai ee Brunckhorst City Clerk of oo�QORgT•..�. ••.!1�O NAP' A-2