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R-8922 e e FIN:CA:CMD:kf:finance\admin\stfrpts\aircop.res Council Meeting Date: July 25, 1995 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NO. 8922 (CCS) (CITY COUNCIL SERIES) RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA APPROVING THE REDEMPTION OF CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED THERETO WHEREAS, in order to finance certain airport facilities (the "Airport Facilities"), the City of Santa Monica (the "City") caused to be executed and delivered $4,625,000 aggregate principal amount of certificates of Participation ("COP" or "Prior Certificates"); WHEREAS, the city currently leases the Airport Facilities and the real property on which they are located ( collectively, the "Propertyl1) pursuant to a Lease Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the "Prior Leasel1); WHEREAS, the prior certificates were executed and delivered pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of October 1, 1985 (the tlprior Trust Agreement"), among Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as trustee (rlthe Trusteel1), the City and Security Pacific National Bank, as lessor; WHEREAS, the Prior certificates represent proportionate interests in the lease payments to be made by the City under the Prior Lease; WHEREAS, in order to achieve certain savings, the City desires to exercise its option to prepay lease payments payable under the Prior Lease (thereby releasing the Property from the Prior Lease), and then to lease the Property pursuant to a new Lease Agreement to be entered into by the City (the "Lease Agreementll); 1 e e WHEREAS, the City has determ~ned that ~t would be in the best interests of the City to provide the funds necessary for the City to exercise its option to prepay lease payments payable under the Prior Lease through the sale and delivery of certificates of participation (the "Certificateslt) evidencing proportionate interests in the base rental payments to be made by the City under the Lease Agreement; WHEREAS, Section 404{c) of the Prior Lease provides that the City's option to prepay lease payments under the Prior Lease may be exercised by the City giving wr~tten notice to the Trustee of the exercise of such option on or before the August 1 pr~or to the selected payment date and filing with said notice a certlfied copy of a resolution of the City approving the issuance of refunding bonds or notes, the proceeds of which pursuant to such resolution are required to be applied to redemption of the Prior Certif~cates and are sufficient to redeem the Prior Certificates at the premiums payable as provided in the Prior Trust Agreement on the date fixed for redemption thereof; WHEREAS, the City desires to so exercise said option, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica as follows: SECTION 1. The City hereby elects to exercise its optlon to prepay lease payments under the Prior Lease and approves the redemption of all of the outstanding Prior Certificates on October 1, 1995 (the Redemption Date") at a redemption price equal to the principal amount payable w~th respect thereto, together with a premium of 2~% of the total amount redeemed, and accrued interest to the Redemption Date. SEcrION 2. The City Council hereby approves the execution and delivery of the Certificates in an amount sufficient to redeem the Prior - 2 - e e Certificates on the Redemption Date at the redemption price described in Section 1 hereof. The proceeds of the Certificates shall be appl~ed to the redemption of the Prior Certificates on the Redemption Date. SECTION 3. The City Manager of the City and the Finance Director of the City are each hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the C~ty, to give written notice to the Trustee, on or before August 1, 1995, of the City's exercise of its option to prepay said lease payments in accordance with the provisions of the Prior Lease. The City Manager of the City and the Finance Director of the City are each hereby authorized and d~rected to file with said notice a certified copy of this Resolution. SECTION 4. All actions heretofore taken by the officers, employees and agents of the City with respect to the redemption of the Prior Certificates are hereby approved, confirmed and ratified. SECTION 5. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~~ Marsha Jone Moutrie, City Attorney Adopted and approved this 25th day of July 1995. - 3 - e e Adopted and approved this 25th of July, 1995 /!J ;f~-&.~ Mayor I hereby certIfy that the foregoing ResolutIOn 8922 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meetmg of the CIty CouncIl held on the 25th of July, 1995 by the followmg vote Ayes CouncIl members Abdo, Genser, Holbrook, Ebner, Rosenstem Noes CouncIl members None Abstam CouncIl members None Absent Counctl members Greenberg, 0' Connor ATTEST I CIty Clerk