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Resolution 5443 - Resolution of Intent - Issuing Revenue Bonds for Loan - Immanuel Lutheran Homei t• it i . .. i►,i•. i i 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 Lutheran Corporation of Kalispell, Montana, a Montana nonprofit corporation (the `Borrower"), currently owns and operates (i) a 155-bed nursing home facility known as Immanuel Lutheran Home, located at 185 Crestline Avenue in the City (the "Nursing Facility"), and (ii) a 100-unit senior retirement apartment facility (currently comprised of approximately 70 senior independent living units and 30 senior assisted living units) known as Buffalo Hills Terrace (the "Housing Facility") located adjacent to the Nursing Facility at 40 Claremont Street in the City. 1.03 In 1992, the City previously issued its Housing Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Buffalo Hills Terrace Project), Series 1992 (the "Series 1992 Bonds") under the provisions of the Act, and loaned the proceeds there of to the Borrower for the purpose of financing the acquisition and construction of the Housing Facility. 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 Housing Facility. 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) refinancing 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 The Borrower has requested that the City issue its revenue bonds in the approximate aggregate principal amount not to exceed $14,000,000, in one or more series at one time or from time to time (the "Bonds"), the proceeds of which will be loaned by the City to the Borrower. The Borrower will apply the proceeds derived from the Bonds to the following purposes: (i) 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 Housing Facility and the Nursing Facility (collectively, the "2010 Project"); (iii) the funding of certain reserves and capitalized interest for the Bonds; and (iv) the financing of a portion of the costs of issuing the Bonds (including the City's administrative fee related to the original issuance of the Bonds). 1.07. Under Section 147(f) of the Code and the Act, prior to the issuance of the 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 2010 Project consists of the following components: (i) the construction of a 16-bed skilled nursing rehabilitative structure on the Nursing Facility property and will also provide a 5,000 square foot therapy area; (ii) the renovation of common areas of the Housing Facility and construction of an assisted living wing and common area at the Housing Facility; (iii) construction of a three-story building on the Housing Facility property that consists of 6 assisted living units and 8 independent living units; and (iv) necessary landscaping and exterior improvements to the Nursing Facility property and the Housing Facility property. (b) The City will enter into a loan agreement (or other revenue agreement) with the Borrower rec,,Uiring loan repayments from the Borrower in amounts sufficient to repay the loan evidenced by the Bonds when due and requiring the Borrower to pay all costs of maintaining and insuring the Nursing Facility and the Housing Facility as improved by the 2010 Project, including any payments in lieu of taxes thereon. In all events, it is understood, however, that the 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 Bonds and the Borrower's facilities, and the Bonds, when, as, and if issued, shall recite in substance that the Bonds, including interest thereon, are payable solely from the revenues received from the 2010 Project, the property pledged to the payment thereof and other sources of security for the 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 Bonds. (c) The Bonds are intended to be sold to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association or an affiliate thereof (the "Lender") in a negotiated sale as authorized by the Act. The repayment of the Bonds to the Lender will be secured by an assignment of the loan or revenue agreement (subject to certain retained rights for the City) and a mortgage or trust indenture. 2 (d) In preliminarily authorizing the issuance of the Bonds and the financing of the installation, renovation, rehabilitation, and equipping of the 2010 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 and nursing home facilities in the City and otherwise furthering the purposes and policies of the Act. Section 3. Public Hearing. 3.01. Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, P.C., 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 of the Series 1997 Bonds, the 2010 Project and the issuance of the 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 to be held by the City Council on Monday, September 20, 2010, at or after 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers located in Kalispell City Hall at 201 1 sr 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 refinancing of the 1997 Bonds, the 2010 Project and the issuance of the 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 Bonds. The Hearing Notice will be published by Kennedy & Graven, Chartered, P.C., as bond counsel to the City, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 3.02. The City Manager or her 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 Bonds in the approximate aggregate principal amount not to exceed $14,000,000 to finance all or a portion of the costs of the redemption and prepayment of the Series 1997 Bonds and the installation, renovation, rehabilitation, and equipping of the 2010 Project and the related costs discussed in Section 1.06 of this Resolution, subject to final approval following the preparation of bond documents, and subject to final determination by this City Council that the financing of the 2010 Project and the issuance of the 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 Bonds be issued and the reimbursement allocation made from the proceeds of the bonds occur within eighteen (18) months after the later of: (i) the date the expenditure is paid; or (ii) the date the 2010 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 Bonds. 5.02. To the extent any portion of the proceeds of the Bonds will be applied to expenditures with respect to the 2010 Project, the City reasonably expects to reimburse the Borrower for the expenditures made for costs of the 2010 Project from the proceeds of the Bonds after the date of payment of all or a portion of such expenditures. All reimbursed expenditures shall be capital expenditures, a cost of issuance of the 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 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 1.150- 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 2010 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 2010 Project to be financed from proceeds of the Bonds, other than pursuant to the issuance of the 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 Bonds and pay, or, upon demand, reimburse the City for payment of, any and all costs incurred by the City in connection with the 2010 Project and the issuance of the Bonds, whether or not the 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 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 2010 Project, it appears that the 2010 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, the Code, the City reserves the right not to grant final approval to the issuance of the Bonds. The City also retains the right, in its sole discretion, to withdraw from participation and accordingly not issue the 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 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 pa cage. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana, this 16th day of August, 2010. ATTEST: Tammi Fisher, Mayor 1 Theresa White, City Clerk 0 CITY OF KA.LISPELL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS FOR REFINANCING REVENUE BONDS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR. IMMUANUEL LUTHERAN CORPORATION AND THE FINANCING OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES LOCATED ON THE CAMPUS OF IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CORPORA'T`ION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Kalispell, Montana (the "City") will meet on September 20, 2010, on or after 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 201. 1" Avenue Fast, Kalispell, Montana, for the purpose of holding a public hearing to consider the preliminary approval of the issuance of one or more series of revenue bonds (the "Bonds") in accordance with the requirements of the Montana Code Title 90 Chapter 5 Part I., as amended, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Act"). The proceeds of the Bonds, if issued will be loaned by the City to Immanuel Lutheran Corporation of Kalispell., Montana, a Montana nonprofit corporation (the "Borrower"}. The Borrower owns and operates a 155-bed nursing home facility commonly known as Immanuel Lutheran Dome, located at 1.85 Crestline Avenue in the City (the "Nursing Facility"), and a 100-unit senior retirement apartment facility commonly known as Buffalo Hills Terrace (the "Housing Facility) located adjacent to the Nursing Facility at 40 Claremont Street in the City. The proceeds of the Bonds, if issued, will be loaned by the City to the Borrower for the following purposes: (i) the redemption and prepayment of the (a) housing Facilities Refunding Revenue Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 1.997A, and (b) Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds (Immanuel Lutheran Corporation Project), Series 1997E previously issued by the City for the benefit of the Borrower; (ii) financing the costs of the installation, renovation, rehabilitation, and equipping of capital improvements to the Housing Facility and the Nursing Facility consisting of (a) the construction of a 16- bed skilled nursing rehabilitative structure on the Nursing Facility property and will also provide a 5,000 square foot therapy area, (b) the renovation of common areas of the Housing Facility and construction of an assisted Irving wing and common area at the Housing Facility, (c) construction of a three-story building on the Housing Facility property that consists of 6 assisted living units and 8 independent living units, and (d) necessary landscaping and exterior improvements to the Nursing Facility property and the Rousing Facility property; (iii) the funding of certain reserves for the Bonds; and (iv) the financing of a portion of the costs of issuing the Bonds. At the public hearing, the City Council of the City will consider granting approval to the issuance of the Bonds by the City for and on behalf of itself for the purposes set forth above. The aggregate face amount of the Bonds proposed to be issued by the City is presently estimated not to exceed $14,000,000. The 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 Bonds will not be a general or moral obligation of or be secured by the taxing power or any property or assets of the City. The full faith, credit and taxing power of the City are not pledged to the payment of the Bonds. The City, the State of Montana, or any political subdivisions thereof are not obligated in any manner for repayment of the 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 Bonds. The aggregate face amount of the Bonds proposed to be issued by the City is presently estimated not to exceed $14,000,000. 1�! Persons desiring additional information may contact the City Clerk, Ms. Theresa white at 201 1" 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. Dated: August 1.6, 20 1. 0 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALIS PELL, MONTANA Theresa white, City Clerk (Publication Dates: August 29, September 5, and September 12, 2010) A-2