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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20192334.tiffRESOLUTION RE: APPROVE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, REVENUE NOTE (NORTH RANGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT) SERIES 2019, IN A TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $3,000,000; MAKING DETERMINATIONS AS TO SUFFICIENCY OF REVENUES AND AS TO OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE PROJECT AND APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, Weld County, Colorado (the "County"), is authorized by the provisions of the County and Municipality Development Revenue Bonds Act, Article 3 of Title 29, Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended (the "Act"), to issue revenue obligations for the purpose of financing projects to be located within Weld County, Colorado, for the purposes enumerated in the Act, to enter into financing agreements with others for the purpose of providing revenues to pay such obligations, and further to secure the payment of such obligations, and WHEREAS, the Act provides that title to any project may, at all times, remain in the name of the user of the project, and WHEREAS, North Range Behavioral Health, a Colorado nonprofit corporation, and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Borrower"), has requested that the County issue a revenue obligation in accordance with the Act, in one or more series or issuances as part of a plan of finance, in an aggregate maximum stated principal amount not to exceed $3,000,000, such obligation to be designated Weld County, Colorado, Revenue Note (North Range Behavioral Health Project) Series 2019 (the "Note"), the proceeds of which shall be loaned to the Borrower for the purposes of providing funds to (a) finance the construction and equipping of a new approximately 12,075 -square -foot, outpatient mental health and substance use disorder facility and related improvements on a 4.3 -acre site located at 5988 Iris Parkway, Frederick, Colorado 80504 (the "Project"); and (b) paying certain costs relating to the issuance of the Note, and WHEREAS, the Board has been informed that the Project will be owned and principally used by the Borrower, and that all or a portion of the Note will be issued as a tax-exempt qualified 501(c)(3) bond, and WHEREAS, a Loan Agreement (the "Agreement"), among the County, the Borrower and Bank of Colorado (the "Bank") has been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners (the "Board") and filed in the office of the County Clerk (the "Clerk"), and is there available for public inspection, and WHEREAS, the Board desires, at this time, to authorize the issuance of the Note, for the purpose of the Project, and cc: F=COW/Jo), cac38), Q.CT(i?C/Cb) 07/10/19 2019-2334 F10069 RE: ISSUANCE AND SALE OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, REVENUE NOTE (NORTH RANGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT) SERIES 2019 PAGE 2 WHEREAS, a public hearing before the Board concerning the proposed Note and the nature and location of the Project was scheduled to be held, and was held in accordance with the notice of public hearing attached hereto as Exhibit A, on this June 19, 2019, and such public hearing in accordance with Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, (the "Code") is required as condition to the issuance and sale of the Note, and WHEREAS, it is necessary or desirable to authorize the issuance of the Note by Resolution and to approve the form and authorize the execution of the Agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO: Section 1. Approvals and Authorizations. The Board hereby approves the issuance of the Note, in one or more series or issuances as part of a plan of finance, in an aggregate maximum stated principal amount not to exceed $3,000,000, and the financing of the Project for all purposes including Section 147(f) of the Code. In connection therewith, the form of the Agreement, including the form of Note (collectively, the "County Documents") are hereby approved. The Chair of the Board of County Commissioners or any other Commissioner and the Clerk to the Board or a deputy are hereby authorized and directed to execute the County Documents and to affix the seal of the County thereto, and further to execute and authenticate such other documents, instruments or certificates as are deemed necessary or desirable by bond counsel in order to issue and secure the Note. Such documents are to be executed in substantially the form hereinabove approved, provided that such documents may be completed, corrected, or revised as deemed necessary by the parties thereto in order to carry out the purposes of this Resolution. Copies of all the documents shall be delivered, filed and recorded as provided therein. The proper officers of the County are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and furnish to bond counsel certified copies of all proceedings and records of the County relating to the Note and such other affidavits and certificates as may be required to show the facts relating to the authorization and issuance thereof, as such facts appear from the books and records in such officers' custody and control. The approval hereby given to the various documents referred to above includes the approval of such additional details therein as may be necessary and appropriate for their completion and such modifications thereof, deletions therefrom, and additions thereto as may be approved by bond counsel prior to the execution of the documents. The execution of any instrument by the appropriate officers of the County herein authorized shall be conclusive evidence of the approval by the County of such instrument in accordance with the terms hereof. Section 2. Issuance and Sale of Note. The County shall issue its Revenue Note (North Range Behavioral Health Project) Series 2019, to be in registered form and to be dated as provided in the Agreement, in a total maximum stated principal amount not to exceed $3,000,000, for the purposes, in the forms and upon the terms set forth in this Resolution and the Agreement, including the form of the Note as set forth in the Agreement. 2019-2334 FI0069 RE: ISSUANCE AND SALE OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, REVENUE NOTE (NORTH RANGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT) SERIES 2019 PAGE 3 The Note shall be payable in the manner and to the persons set forth in the Agreement and the form of the Note set forth therein. The maximum net effective interest rate authorized for the Note shall not exceed seven percent (7%) per annum, until the date of maturity. Section 3. Determinations. It is hereby found, determined and declared, that: (a) the financing of the Project will promote the public health, welfare, safety, convenience and prosperity and promote and develop trade or other economic activity by inducing a non-profit corporation to locate, expand or remain in the County and the State of Colorado to secure and maintain a balanced and stable economy for the County and the State of Colorado; (b) the maximum amounts necessary in each year to pay the principal of and interest on the Note and the interest rate or rates to be borne by the Note are as provided in the Agreement; (c) the payments required in the Agreement to be made are sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Note when due, and to pay all other costs required in the Agreement to be paid, including all sums referred to in Section 3(b), (d) and (e), (d) the Agreement provides that the Borrower shall maintain the Project in good repair and carry all proper insurance with respect thereto; (e) the Agreement requires that the Borrower pay the taxes and other governmental charges with respect to the Project, including taxes and charges which the taxing entities specified in C.R.S. Section 29-3-120 are entitled to receive, and sufficient revenues for such purpose are thereby provided; and (f) the County hereby certifies that the reasonably anticipated aggregate amount of tax-exempt obligations which will be issued by the County and all subordinate entities of the County during the calendar year 2019 (excluding the portion of obligations issued to currently refund any obligation to the extent the amount of the refunding obligation does not exceed the outstanding amount of the refunded obligation) will not exceed $10,000,000. Accordingly, the County hereby designates the Note for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code as a "qualified tax-exempt obligation." Section 4. Nature of Obligation. Under the provisions of the Act and the Supplemental Public Securities Act, constituting Title 11, Article 57, Part 2, C.R.S. (the "Supplemental Act") and as provided in the Agreement and the Note, the Note shall be a special, limited obligation of the County payable solely from, and secured by a pledge of, the revenues derived from the Agreement, and any deed of trust provided by the Borrower. The County will not pledge any of its property or secure the payment of the Note with its property. The Note and the interest thereon shall never constitute the debt or indebtedness or a multi -year fiscal obligation or 2019-2334 FI0069 RE: ISSUANCE AND SALE OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, REVENUE NOTE (NORTH RANGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT) SERIES 2019 PAGE 4 the financial obligation of the State of Colorado or any political subdivision thereof, including the County, within the meaning of any provision or limitation of the Colorado Constitution or statutes of the State of Colorado, and shall not constitute or give rise to a pecuniary liability of the County, its agents, employees or officers, or a charge against its general credit or taxing powers. In entering into the County Documents, the County will not obligate itself, except with respect to the application of the revenues derived from the Agreement and the Note proceeds. The County will not pay out of its general fund or otherwise contribute any part of the cost of financing the Project. No costs are to be borne by the County in connection with the issuance of the Note. The Agreement provides that all fees and expenses of the County shall be paid by the Borrower. Section 5. Note Printing and Related Matters. The officers of the County are hereby authorized and directed to arrange for the printing of the Note, provided that, subject to Section 3(c) above, the Borrower shall pay for all costs in connection with the preparation and printing of the Note and no such costs are to be borne by the County. The Note will be purchased by the Bank in accordance with the Agreement. Section 6. Note Resolution lrrepealable. After the Note is issued, this Resolution shall constitute an irrevocable contract between the County and the holder(s) of the Note and shall be and remain irrepealable until the Note, both principal and interest, shall be fully paid, cancelled and discharged. Section 7. Ratification. All actions heretofore taken by the County and by the officers thereof or on their behalf not inconsistent herewith directed toward the financing of the Project and the issuance and sale of the Note, or the conduct of a public hearing relating to the issuance of the Note or the location and nature of the Project, are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 8. Repealer. All acts, orders, resolutions or parts thereof, taken by the County and in conflict with this Resolution, are hereby repealed except that this repealer shall not be construed so as to revive any act, order, resolution or part thereof heretofore repealed. Section 9. Other Matters. By the passage of this Resolution, the Board does not intend to approve, nor is it approving hereby, any matters relating to licensing, subdivision zoning, planning or landscaping of the Project. Approval of such matters must be obtained under normal procedures of the County. Section 10. Severability. If any paragraph, clause, section or provision of this Resolution, except Section 4 hereof, is judicially adjudged invalid or unenforceable, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remaining paragraphs, clauses, sections or provisions hereof. Section 11. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately. 2019-2334 F10069 RE: ISSUANCE AND SALE OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, REVENUE NOTE (NORTH RANGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT) SERIES 2019 PAGE 5 The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 19th day of June, A.D., 2019. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST: diitifo) ,fddio; Weld County Clerk to the Board BY1a, eputy Clerk to the Board APPDA ounty torney Date of signature: OCo/bi-7(1 Barbara Kirkmeyer, CHair EXCUSED Sean P,Conway Steve Moreno Mike Freeman, Pro-Tem 2019-2334 F 10069 IAVIQR,Ai Weld County Commissioners 1150 0 Street Greeley, CO 80632 June 3, 2019 Dear Commissioners, On behalf of North Range Behavioral Health, I respectfully request Weld county to issue a bond for the loan North Range is obtaining to build a new outpatient facility in Frederick, CO. This 12,000-sf facility will be used for outpatient mental health and substance use services for Weld County residents. Please contact me if you would like any more information about this exciting project. Sincerely, Larry Po tOrff Executive- ,rector 1300 North 17th Avenue Greeley,. CO 8O631 4 970.347_2120 ww. N TICE 4T.: F (NORT A PU rLI' % HEARING ERNI THE ISSUANCE OF COUNTY, COLORADO REVE ,._ E NOTE E BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PRJECT) SERIES 2019 L PUBLIC NOTICE IS HERE =Y GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on June 19, 2019, commencing at the hour of 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Chambers of the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 0 Street, Assembly Room, Greeley, Colorado 80631, for the purpose of providing a reasonable opportunity for interested individuals to express their views, orally or in writing, to the Weld County Board of County Commissioners on the issuance by Weld County, Colorado (the "County") of the above -referenced Note (the "Note") and the nature of the project described below which will be financed through the issuance of the Note. The County has been requested by North Range Behavioral Health, a Colorado nonprofit corporation and 501(c)(3) organization (the "Borrower"), to issue the Note in one or more series or issuances as part of a plan of finance in an aggregate maximum stated principal amount not to exceed $3,000,000 to fund a loan by the County to the Borrower for the purposes of providing funds to (a) finance the construction and equipping of a new approximately 12,075 -square -foot, outpatient mental health and substance use disorder facility and related improvements on a 4.3 -acre site located at 5988 Iris Parkway, Frederick, Colorado 80504 (the "Project"); and (b) paying certain costs relating to the issuance of the Note. The Project will be owned and principally used by the Borrower. All or a portion of the Note will be issued as a tax-exempt qualified 501(c)(3) bond. Interested members of the public are invited to attend the public hearing. Persons desiring to obtain additional information concerning the Note or the Project in advance of the hearing should contact the office of the Clerk to the Board of County Commissioners, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: June 4, 2019 PUBLISHED: June 7, 2019, in the Greeley Tribune Affidavit of Publication NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - CONCERNING THE ISSUANCE OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO REVENUE NOTE (NORTH RANGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROJECT) SERIES 2019 PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public. hearing will. be held on June 19, 2019, commencing at the hour of 9:00'a.m., or as soon thereafter -as possible, in.the Chambers of the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 O Street, Assembly Room, Greeley, Colorado 80631,.for the purpose of providing a reason- able opportunity for interested individuals.to express their views, orally or in writing, to. the Weld County Board of County Commis- sioners on the issuance by Weld County, Colorado (the "Coun- ty") of the above -referenced Note (the "Note") and the nature of the.project described below which will be financed through the issuance of the Note: The -County has been requested by North Range Behavioral Health, a Colorado nonprofitcorporation and 501(c)(3) organization (the "Borrower"), to issue the Note in one or more series or issuances as part of a plan of finance in an ag- gregate maximum stated principal amount not to exceed $3,000,000 to fund a loan by the County to.the Borrower for the purposes of providing funds to (a) finance the construction and equipping of a new approximately 12,075 -square -foot, , outpatient mental health and substance use disorder facility and related im- provements on a 4:3 -acre site located.at 5988 Iris Parkway, Frederick; Colorado 80504'(the "Project"); and (b) paying certain . costs relating to the issuance of the Note.. The Project will be owned and principally used by the Borrower. All or a portion of the Note will be issued as a tax-exempt qualified 501(c)(3) bond. Interested members of the public are invited to attend the public hearing. Persons desiring to.obtain additional information con- cerning the Note or the Project inadvance, of the hearing should contact the office of the Clerk to the Board of. County .Commis- sioners, Weld County Administration Building, 1150 0 Street, Greeley, Colorado 80631. -1 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO DATED: June 4, 2019 The Tribune June 7, 2919 STATE OF COLORADO County of Weld, I Jennifer Usher SS. of said County of Weld, being duly sworn, say that I am an advertising clerk of THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, that the same is a three days weekly plus Sunday newspaper of general circulation and printed and published in the City of Greeley in said county and state; that the notice or advertisement, of which the annexed is a true copy, has been published in said daily newspaper for consecutive (days): that the notice was published in the regular and entire issue of every number of said newspaper during the period and time of publication of said notice, and in the newspaper proper and not in a supplement thereof; that the first publication of said notice was contained in the Seventh day of June A.D. 2019 and the last publication thereof: in the issue of said newspaper bearing the date of the Seventh day of June A.D. 2019 has been published continuously and uninterruptedly during the period of at least six months next prior to the first issue thereof contained said notice or advertisement above referred to; that said newspaper has been admitted to the United States mails as second-class matter under the provisions of the Act of March 3,1879, or any amendments thereof; and that said newspaper is a daily newspaper duly qualified for publishing legal notices and advertisements within the meaning of the laws of the State of Colorado. June 7, 2019 Total Charges: $13.79 7th day of June 2019 My Commission Expires 08/13/2022 0 Notary Public IIICKIE G GARRETTS - NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF COLORADO NOTARY ID 20144031754 �jS MY COMMISSION EXPIIRESAUGUST 13, 2022 Hello