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ARA2007/11/27ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 27, 2007 Page 2 of 3 Elisa Stipkovich, Community Development Director, reported Item No's. 4, 10 and 51 related to the issuance of redevelopment bonds up to a maximum of $218 million for the purpose of refunding all existing Agency debt of approximately $150 million and borrowing of approximately $52 million in new monies to be used to pay off existing property acquisition loans with the remaining designated for public improvements and future property acquisitions. She added based on the Agency's earlier action to maximize the City's redevelopment program by merging all redevelopment project areas into one and extending the life of those project areas by 10 years, it was now possible to refinance the existing debt as well as issue new debt for the longer term utilizing all of the project area's revenue streams in order to support this bond issue. By taking this action, she remarked, the City would be lowering the annual debt service and still have the ability to issue new debt in the future as there was capacity remaining in redevelopment tax increment funds. She remarked if the Agency were to solely refinance existing debt, it would have resulted in an $8 million savings, however, because new monies were also borrowed, those savings would push out the debt service and the City would be receiving a lower debt payment for the next 10 to 15 years. Chairman Pringle commented he was comfortable with the efforts of this finance team and would support the recommendation. He had participated in a rating agency meeting with the team as well as meeting with bond insurance companies in San Francisco and due to those efforts the City recently learned Standards and Poor's rating on this bond allocation had been increased from A minus. to A, one of the strongest positions in the state. He pointed out that Anaheim had taken two actions most other cities had not taken, and that was to combine the redevelopment project areas together, the largest of which was the Canyon as it connected to the downtown area (Project Alpha) and the only area with existing debt. By combining all the project areas and merging them into one, the City was not tapping into the potential debt capacity which made this offering very strong. He added Anaheim was also the only city that took advantage of state law and extended the life of the project areas for 10 years and this refinancing allowed reinvestment in the City by capturing additional revenues for those 10 years. He believed this would be a real benefit to the residents of Anaheim and commended staff on their actions. Agency Member Sidhu requested a breakdown of the $218 million; Ms. Stipkovich responded the City would not know the exact amount until the date of issuance as it was dependent on interest rates and other factors. She indicated the maximum amount of the tax allocation bonds issued would be $218 million. Of that, $181.5 million would be for general redevelopment purposes, $44.8 million of which would be new monies and the remainder was for refinancing of existing debt. The housing bonds component reflected $36.5 million, most of which would be refunded and with $7.6 million allocated for affordable housing purposes. Agency Member Sidhu remarked this was similar to a homeowner refinancing a mortgage loan, paying off credit card debt at the same time and resulting in an interest rate and payment that was lower than the initial mortgage payment and complimented staff on their efforts. Agency Member Hernandez moved to approve RESOLUTION NO. 2007-004 OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE ANAHEIM PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY authorizing the purchase and sale of Tax Allocation Refunding Bonds for the Anaheim Merged Project Area and approving certain related documents and authorizing certain other actions, seconded by Agency Member Sidhu. Roll call vote: Ayes - 5; Chairman Pringle, Agency Members: Galloway, Hernandez, Kring and Sidhu. Noes - 0. Motion Carried. ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 27, 2007 Page 3 of 3 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Chairman Pringle adjourned the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency meeting at 5:52 P.M. Respec Ily submitted, Linda Nguyen Secretary, Anaheim Redevelopment Agency