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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2000-158 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-158 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, WAIVING THE CONSULTANT SELECTION PROCESS AS IMPRACTICAL, APPROVING THE AGREEMENT WITH McGILL MARTIN SELF, INC. AS PROJECT MANAGER AND SPECIAL TAX CONSULTANT, AMENDING AGREEMENT WITH BROWN, DIVEN, HESSELL & BREWER LLP AS BOND COUNSEL, AMENDING AGREEMENT WITH FIELDMAN, ROLAPP & ASSOCIATES AS FINANCIAL ADVISOR, AND AMENDING AGREEMENT WITH STONE & YOUNGBERG LLC AS UNDERWRITER ASSOCIATED WITH COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2000-1 (SUNBOW II) AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAiD AGREEMENTS AND AMENDMENTS WHEREAS, ACI Sunbow, LLC has submitted an application with the City of Chula Vista for establishing Community Facilities District No. 2000-1 CCFD 2000-1 ") to fund the construction of certain improvements serving some of the Sunbow II properties in the amount of approximately $19.5 million; and WHEREAS, Council approved the Report regarding the application and initiated the proceedings on May 2, 2000; and WHEREAS, staff recommends establishing a financing team of consultants to process CFD 2000-1; and WHEREAS, ACI Sunbow, LLC entered into an agreement with the City, approved by Council on May 9, 2000, to memorialize the terms and conditions of advancing funds to retain the financing team and receiving reimbursements for such advances; and WHEREAS, Council approved agreements with an appraiser and market absorption consultant on May 9, 2000; and WHEREAS, approval of these agreements will complete the financing team for Community Facility District 2000-1; and WHEREAS, staff recommends the Consultant Selection process be waived because it is in the City' s best interest for the following reasons: 1. Consultants have demonstrated extensive knowledge of the Eastern Territories and recent City financing districts; 2. Brown Diven and Hessell, LLP is one of the most highly regarded legal firms in the state specializing in land based financing and is knowledgeable in the City's infrastructure financing policies; and 3. Stone and Youngberg LLC knowledge of the Eastern Territories enables the · Consultant to market the bonds at the lowest interest rates. Resolution 2000-158 Page 2 ""1 and the following circumstances make the consultant selection process impractical: 1. The need to expedite the formation of the proposed Community Facilities District to accommondate a bond sale in August of this year and the consultant selection process takes up to 3 months; and 2. The consultant fees are competitive. WHEREAS, staff recommends approving an agreement with McGill Martin Self, Inc. as project manager and special tax consultant, amending an agreement with Brown, Diven, Hessell & Brewer LLP as bond counsel, amending an agreement with Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates as financial advisor, and amending an agreement with Stone & Youngberg LLC as tmderwriter. NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED: SECTION 1. The above recitals are all true and correct and incorporated herein. SECTION 2. The Consultant Selection Process is hereby waived and the agreement with McGill Martin Self, Inc. as project manager and special tax consultant, the amendment to an agreement with Brown, Diven, Hessell & Brewer LLP as bond counsel, the amendment to an agreement with Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates as financial advisor, and the amendment to an agreement with Stone & Youngberg LLC as underwriter are approved substantially in the forms submitted. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute the final form of each such agreement and amendments to agreements on behalf of the City. The Mayor, subject to the review of the City Attorney, is authorized to approve changes in such agreement and amendment to agreements in substantially the form presented with such minor modifications as may be required or approved by the City Attomey. Prepared by Approved as to form by J P. Lippitt'~ ~ J~o Kaheny orks Director Resolution 2000-158 Page 3 PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, Califomia, this 16th day of May, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilla, Salas, and Horton NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: None Shi~ayor2~ ATTEST: Susan Bigelow, City Clerk~ STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, Califomia, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2000-158 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 16m day of May, 2000. Executed this 16th day of May, 2000.