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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 Resolution No. 021RESOLUTION NO . SE RIES OF 1984 gj_ A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO AUTHORIZING, APPROVING AND DIRECTING THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO TO ENTER INTO A CERTAIN COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ENGLEWOOD; RATIFYING CERTAIN ACTIONS HERETOFORE TAKEN; AND REPEALING ANY ACTION HERETOFORE TAKEN IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. WHEREAS, the City of Englewood, Colorado (the "City") is a municipal corporation and home rule charter city duly created, organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of Colorado; and WHEREAS, the City pursuant to the Colorado Urban Renewal Law, Section 31-25-101, et sec., Colorado Revi sed Statutes (the "Act") has approv ed and author ized the "Englewood Downtown Redevelopment Plan," as an urban renewal plan under the Act (the "Plan"); and WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the i mp lementati on of the Plan and to assist the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority (the "Authority") in the issuance of its Tax Increment Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 1984, in the a ggre g ate principal a mount of SlS,800,000 (the "Series 1984 Notes") there has been presented to the City Counc i 1 a Cooperation Agreement dated as of June 1, 19 84 ( the "Cooperation Agreement") between the City and First National Bank of Englewood ( the 11 Trustee 11 ) • NO~/, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO: Section 1. All actions not i n c o nsiste nt with the provisions of this Resolution heretofore taken by any of the officials of the City and the efforts of the City d i rected toward the implementation of the Pl an ~hall be, and the same hereoy are ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 2. The form, terms and provisions of the Cooperation Agreement shall be and the same hereby are authorized and approved, and the City shall enter into the Cooperation Agreement substantially in the form of the Cooperation Agreement as presented to the City Council of the City at this meet ing, but with such changes therein as shall be consistent with this Resolution and as the Mayor of the City Council of the City shall approv e , his exe c ution thereof being deemed conclusive of his approval of any auch chan,;iea. The Mayor of the City Council of the City ia h c .:eby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Cooperation Agreement for and on behalf of the City in substantially the form of such document presented at this meeting . The ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to affix the seal of the City to, and to attest to, the Cooperation A,;ireement in substantially the form of such document presented at this meeting. Section 3 . After the Series 1984 Notes are issued by the Authority, this Resolution shall be and remain irrepe al able, and may not be amended except in accordance with the Indenture of Trust dated as of June l, 1984, between the Trustee and the Authority, until the Series 1984 Notes and interest thereon shall have been fully paid, canceled and discharged by the Authority in accordance with the Inde nture . Sec t ion 4. If any section , paragraph , clause or provision of this Resolutior, shall for any rP.ason be held to be invalid or unenforceable , the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or prov i si on shall nut affect any of the remaining provisions of this Resolution . Section 5. All bylaws, orde r s, resolutions and ordinances, or parts thereof inconsistent herewith or with the document hereby approved are hereb y repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency. Thi s repealer sha.11 not be construed as reviving any bylaw , order, res o lution or ordinance, or part thereof. Section 6. This Resolution sha ll be afte r its final passage by the City Co unc il. APFR OV ED M'D AD OP TED THIS ft/2 DAY OF in effect from and JUNE 1984. CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO Attest: {SEAL] B\( <;f i fa' fr /;l:Af%- Treasurer -2- I I, Gary R, Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer of the city of Englewood, Colorado, hereby certify that the above and fore;J~ng is a true, accurate and complete copy of Resolution No. , Serie& of 1984. · COOPERATION AGREEMENT THIS COOPERATION AGREEMENT, dated as of June l, 1984, and any ~mendments or supplements hereto made in acc o rdance herewith (collectively, this "Cooperation Agreement '') is made by and between the CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO (the "City"), a inunicipal corporation and home rule charter city orqanizerl and existing under the constitution and the laws of the State of Colorado (the "State"), and FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ENGLE WOO D, a nat iona l banking a ssociation duly organiz ed and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Un ited States of America ( the "Trustee"). WITNESSETH : WHEREAS , the Englewood Urban Renewal Authority (the "Au thority") is a public b ody corporate and politic, and has been dul y created , organized, e s tablished and authorized by the Citv to transact busines s and exercise its powers as an urban renewal authority, all under and pursuant to the Colorado Urban Renewal Law _. Sec tion 31-25-101 et ~-, Colorado Re vised Statute s (the "Act"); and IIHEREAS, on August 23, 1982 an urban renewa l plan, known as t he "Englewood Downto,m Redevelopment P lan" (the "Urban Renewal P lan") was duly and regularl y a ppro v ed by the Ci ty Council of the Ci ty and pursuant to the Urban Renewal Plan and the Act, t he Authority and the Ci ty i ntend to participate in the desig n and construction of Little Dry Creek !J.ood control i mprovements , land acquisition and relocation..c:s, and certain street and uti l i ty co ns truc tion and impr o v eme nts (colle ctively re fe rre d to herein as the 11 Project "); and WHEREAS, the renewal area ( the Renewal Plan; and Proj e ct "Proje ct is located withi n the u ::-ban Area") designated in the Urban WHEREAS, all applicable requirements of other provisi ons of law for and precedent to and approval of the Urba n Renewal Plan have compli ed with by the Au tho i t y and the City ; and the Act and the adopti on been duly WHEREAS, the Authority and the City in order to p rovide the Authority an operating staff, start-up services, oper ational facilit ies a:,d fu ndi ng , in add i tion to classifying certain other co operative acti v ities, on May 2, 1983 entered into a certain agreement entitled Operating Agree men t between the i ty and the Authority ( the 11 Agreement.,); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Secticn 31-25-109 of the Act, the Authority has the power and authority to issue "bonds" (defined by the Act to mean and include notes, interim certific1<tee or receipts, temporary bonds, certifi c ates of indebtedness, debentures or other obligations) to finance the activities or operations permitted and authorized to be undertaken by the Authority under the Act; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a Resolution adopted by the Authority on June _, 1984 (the "Resolution") and ,an Indenture of Trust dated as of June l, 1984 ( the "Indenture" ) between the Authority and the Tn,stee , in order to finance certain undertakings in connection with the Project, the Authority is issuing $15,800,000 in aggregate principal amount its Tax Increment Bond Anticipation Notes, Series 1984 (the "Series 1984 Notes"); and WHER EAS , the Series 1984 Notes are special, limited obligations of the Authority and are secured under the Indenture by an irrevocable pledge of the Trust Estate (as defined in the Indenture), which includes certain tax increment revenues (the "Pledged Revenues"), cons i sting of certai n of the City's incremental sales taxes . collected withi ~ the Sales Tax Area, as such term is defined in the Indentu re (the "Pledged Sales Tax Revenues") and certain prope~ty tax revenues cc,l lected with respect to incremental increases in asses sed valuation of properties within the Proj ect Area (the "Pledged Property Tax Revenues"); and \>1iE REAS, in accordance with the Act, the Resolution and the Indenture, the Pledged Sales Tax Revenue s consist of that portion of the sales taxe s collected each year in the Sales Tax Area by the City over and above those collected in the Sal :s Tax Area by the City during the base year period ending August 31, 1982 (su ch amount be i ng equal to $725,669) and required to be allocated to t he Auth o rity after certain deductions, as rno re fully described herein ; and WHEREAS, the Pledged Property Tax Revenues consist of that portion of ad valorem property taxes produced each fi seal year by the levy at the re specti\·e rates fixed e a ch year by all taxing e n tities in the Pro j e ct Area upon that p o rtion of the valuati on for a ssessment of all taxable property within the Project Area whi c h i s in e x ces s of the valuation for assessment of all t a xable property within the Project Area on the property tax base date of August 31, 1982 (su ch amo u nt b eing equal to $20 ,576,3 7 0); and WHERE AS, the City i s d uly organi~ed and existing a s a muni cipal corpo ration and h ome rule charter city u nder the Colorad9 Const i tuti on and the laws of the State of Co lorado; and -2 - WHEREAS, pur s uan t to Part l, Article 2, Title 29, Co lorado Rev i sed Statute s the City imposes a three percent (3 ¾) municipal sales tax which are collected by the City on or before the 20th d a y of each month for the prior month and sales tax revenues collected from the Sales Tax Area each month over ftnd above the Sales Tax Base Year (as defined in the Indenture) are credited to the City's Tax Increment Fund; a n d WHE REAS , pursuant to the Act, that portion of ad valorem property tax es produced for each fiscal year upon that portion of the valuation for a sse s sme n t of all taxable prope rty withi n the Project Area a bove t~e Property Tax Base Date amount is credited by the City to the Authority a n d the tax revenu e s are receiv ed by the City from Arapahoe County, Colorado ( the "County") on or about the 15th day of each mo nth ; and WHEREAS, the City and the Tru s tee pursu ant to the terms and conditions of thi s Cooperation Agreement are desirous of reaching certain understandings i n orde r to further secure the Se r ies 1984 No tes a nd fac i l i tate the implementation of the Urba n Rene wa l Plan. NO\-/, THEREFOR E, !N CO NS IDE RATION OF THE FORECO!NC , THE TRUSTEE AND THE CITY HE REBY ACRE E AS FOLLOWS: Se ct i o n l . Ratificati o n o f P r ior Ac ts. All actions no t i nc onsistent wi th the p r ov i sions o! this Coop e ration Agreeme n t h e retofore t a ken by a n y of the o f ficials of the Ci ty, t he Trustee or th e l\uthori t y and t he ef f orts o f the Au thor i ty and the City directe d tow a i;d t he issuance , sale a n d delivery of the Seri es 1984 Notes and the acqui si tion, con stru ction and c omp leti on of the P r o j ec t s ha).l b e, and the same, he r eby are, rati fi ed , app rov ed and co nfi r me d . Se c t i on 2. Ame n d ment of Urb a n Re n ew al Plan . The Ci ty c o v e n a n ·c ; a nd a gree s th a t it sha ll c oop era te wi th the Au thor i t y and the Trustee i n carryi ng out and co n tinuing to c om pleti on, wi th all prac t ic a b le d ispatch a nd i n a sound and e c onomical ma nne r , the Urban Renew a l l\utho ri ty Proj e ct in a c cordanc e with t h e d u t y o f t h e l\uthor i ty so to do u nder and i n a ccordanc e with the Urban Re newa l Plan , the Ac t a nd the Ind e n ture. The Ur ban Renewal P l an may be a mende d, b u t no amendment s h all be app r ove::! b y the City unle ,:;s the Au t h o r ity and t h e Ci ty sh a ll hav e re c,ive::I an o p ini o.• of Ind e pendent I Co uns el ( a s d ef ined in the I n d enture) t o the effect that such ame ndm e nt wou ld n o t sl,:>r t a n ti a ll y impair the securit y fo r t h e Not e s or t h e ri ghts of t l·e No teho lde r s . -3- Section 3 . Co ll e ction of Pledge d Revenue s. Th e City h ere- by agrees t o a ss ist the Authority and the Trustee by pur s uing ell of the l awf ul procedures and r e med ies available to it in orde r to coll ect the Pledged Rev e nues for which the City i s res pons i ble on a time l y bas is. The Ci ty further covenants to depos it the Pledged Revenues in the possession of the City directly with th e Tr uste e et the time and in the manner set forth in the provision s of Article IV of the Indenture. To the ext ent lawfully po ss ible , the City will take no ~ction which would have the effect of reducing se'li,s tax co llect i on which const itut e Pledged Revenues unde r the Indenture. Any p rovision of th e Agreemen t impacting upon th e security of the Series 1984 Notes is hereby subordina ted to th e terms of the Indenture. The City a g re es t o inform th e Urban Renewal Autho rity of the amount of such sale s to deposi t to the Tru a tee. In th e event that an y cooperation or other agreeme nt s h a ll b e nec e ssar y or ap propr iate in order to accomp li sh the collection s of Pledged Revenues under the Indenture or the accomplishment of t he Pro- ject, t he City agrees to take all s uch action a s shall be nec- essary to be undertaken by the City in 01der to a pp rov e s uch c ooperation a greements . Se ct ion 4 . Am endm e n ts and Wa ivers . No amendment or •'aiver of an y provision of this Coo p e rat ion Ag re eme nt, n or cons ent to an y depart ure herefrom, in any eve nt s hall be effective unless the sam e shall be in writing and signed b y th e parties h e r e to, and t hen such wa iver or consen t shall b e ef fec t ive on l y in t he specific i nstance and for the specific pur pos e f or whi ch given. Notwi t hs tan din g th e foregoi ng, no a mendme nt or waiver o f t his Co o pe rat i on Agreement wh ich sh a l l affec t the ri gh ts an d ben efit s of t he No teho lders (as defin ed i n the Indenture) sha ll beef- f ec tive until the r equirements of the Ind en t ur e shal l have been satisfied . Se ction 5. Not ice s . Al l notices an d other comm uni c ations b e t ween the Au t hority , th e Trus te e and the City shall be in writ i ng , sha ll be deeme d given when received and, except as othen,i s e p rovided , shall be mailed by re gis tered or cer tifie d mai l, r et urn receipt reque s ted , or deliv ere d and r eceipt t h e re- o f acknowl ed ged t o the fol l owing addresses: if to th e Authority, at the En glewood Urban Renew a l Author i ty, 3400 South Elati St ree t , Eng l ewoo d, Colorado 801 1 0, Attention : Execu t ive Dir ector , i f to th e Trustee, at Firs t Nationa l Bank of Englewood, 333 West Hampden, Eng lewood, Co lorado 80110 , Attention: Corporate Trust Department and if to the City at City o f Eng lewoo d, Colo ra do , 340 0 South Elati Street, Englewood, Col orado 80 110, Attenti on : Mayor. The parties hereto and the Trus t ee ma y, by no tice given hereunder , designate any further or different addr esses t o whi ch s ub sequ en t notice s or o t her communication s between the p arties her eto and the Tr ustee shall be sent. Sect i on 6. Se verabilit v. A.r1y provi s i on of th is Co- o pe ration Agree ment which i s prohibi ted, unenfor ce able or not authorized in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition, unenforceability or lack of authorization without affecting the validity, enforceability or legality of such provision in any other juri &diction. Section 7. Governing Law. This Cooperation Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Colorado. Section 8. Headings. Section headings in this Cooperation Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Cooperation Agreement for any other purpose . IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Cooperation Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of thE' date first above written . !SEAL} Attest: -5 - CITY OF ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO (City) 0 By ,k_;,<Ceµ.-~~u 7j. ,~ Ma yor/ FI RST NATIO N!>.L bP.N K OF ENGLEWOOD(Trustee) I