TEFRA Resolution - Escambia County

RESOLUTION NO. R2015-___
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS BY THE
WISCONSIN PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY FOR THE AMERICAN
AGAPE FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO PROJECT.
WHEREAS, the Public Finance Authority (the “Issuer”) has been established and is
validity existing under Wisconsin Statutes Section 66.0304 (the “Act”) and an Amended and
Restated Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement Relating to the Public Finance Authority, dated as
of September 28, 2010 (the “Agreement”), which the Attorney General of the State of Wisconsin
(the “State”) has determined pursuant to the Act to be in proper form and compatible with the
laws of the State; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer intends to issue the Public Finance Authority Multifamily
Housing Revenue Bonds (American Agape Foundation Portfolio Project), Series 2015 (the
“Bonds”), issuable in one or more series; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this approval is to satisfy the public approval requirement of
Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) in connection
with the issuance of the Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Bonds will be used by various limited liability
companies, the sole member of each is Agape 2015 Portfolio, Inc., a Delaware nonprofit
corporation (the “Sole Member”) which is a subordinate entity of American Agape Foundation,
Inc., a Delaware nonprofit corporation (the “Parent” together with the Sole Member and related
limited liability company, the “Borrower”) described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code and
exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a) of the Code, and its successors and
assigns for the purpose of financing or refinancing the costs to: (a) acquire, renovate, furnish
and equip certain residential rental housing communities, including, but not limited to,
Oakwood Terrace located at 700 West Truman Avenue, Pensacola, FL 32505 (the “Project”), (b)
to pay capitalized interest on the Bonds, (c) to fund reserves, and (d) pay certain costs
associated with the issuance of the Bonds. Each project will be owned and operated by the
respective Borrower; and
WHEREAS, Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”), requires public approval of certain revenue bonds by an applicable elected
representative of the governmental unit on behalf of which such bonds are to be issued, and any
plan of finance therefor, following a public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the required notice of such public hearing was published in the Pensacola
News Journal, a newspaper of general circulation in Escambia County, Florida (the “County”) on
March 22, 2015; and
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WHEREAS, following publication of such notice, the Bonds and the plan of finance have
been submitted to a public hearing held by the Board of County Commissioners of the County
(the “Board”) on this date, as required pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Code; and
WHEREAS, the Board has conducted the public hearing and provided reasonable
opportunity for all interested persons to express their views; and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to approve the Bonds and the plan of finance pursuant to
the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Code;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA, as follows:
Section 1. The Board hereby approves the form of and the manner of publication of the
Notice of Public Hearing (the “Notice”) published in the Pensacola News Journal, a newspaper of
general circulation in the jurisdiction of the County, on March 22, 2015. A certified affidavit
establishing proof of proper publication of the Notice is accepted into the record, a copy of
which is attached as Exhibit A hereto. After diligent and conscientious consideration of the
comments and concerns expressed by the persons appearing at the public hearing, and after
diligent and conscientious consideration of any written correspondence, the Board, for the
purpose of Section 147(f) of the Code, hereby approves the Bonds, the financing of the Project
described herein and in the Notice, and further approves the plan of finance for the issuance by
the Issuer from time to time of not exceeding $50,000,000 of the Bonds, for the purposes herein
described.
Section 2.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate the County to make any
payments or undertake any responsibilities for the costs and expenses and other financial
liabilities that may be incurred in connection herewith; provided that the County’s Conduit
Bond fee shall be applied toward payment of the fee of the County’s Bond Counsel.
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Section 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage.
Passed and approved this 9* day of April, 2015.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, FLORIDA
[SEAL]
By:
Steven Barry, Chairman
ATTEST:
PAM CHILDERS,
CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT
By:
Deputy Clerk
Approved as to form and legality:
By:_
County Attorney
EXHIBIT A
PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC HEARING
[See attached.]
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