HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 102-16 Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds (Mayo Clinic) Series 2016RESOLUTION NO. -16
RESOLUTION GIVING APPROVAL
TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS
PURSUANT TO MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 469.152
THROUGH 469.165 ON BEHALF OF MAYO CLINIC
AND AUTHORIZING PREPARATION OF NECESSARY DOCUMENTS
BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of Rochester, Minnesota
(the "City"), as follows:
Section 1. Recitals and Findings.
1.01 Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152 through 469.165 (the "Act")
and a Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 1987, as amended (as amended through the date
hereof, the "Original Indenture"), between the City and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
(successor to Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association), as Trustee (the "Trustee"), the
City provided for the issuance from time to time of revenue bonds of the City (as defined in the
Original Indenture, the "Bonds") on behalf of Mayo Clinic, a Minnesota nonprofit corporation
(the "Corporation"), and certain affiliates.
1.02 By a Loan Agreement dated as of December 1, 1987, as amended and restated by
an Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated as of May 2, 1998 and as amended to the date
hereof (the "Original Loan Agreement"), between the City and the Corporation and its affiliates,
the City agreed to lend the proceeds of each series of the Bonds, when and if issued, to the
Corporation and its affiliates.
1.03 The Corporation has requested that the City issue its Bonds, in one or more series,
in an approximate principal amount of $125,000,000 (the "Series 2016 Bonds") pursuant to the
Act to (i) pay costs of issuance of the Series 2016 Bonds; (ii) refund the City's Health Care
Facilities Revenue Bonds (Mayo Clinic), Series 2006 (the "Refunded Bonds"), which Refunded
Bonds were used to finance a project consisting of (a) construction of a research building on the
block between 4fh and 5th Avenue and 3rd and 4fh Street in the City and (b) other capital projects
involving renovations, acquisition of equipment and construction at the Corporation's Facilities
in the City including Clinic buildings at or near 200 First Street SW; Mayo Clinic Hospital -
Rochester at 201 West Center Street, and Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester located at the 1200
to 1400 block of 2nd Street SW in the City (the "Facilities"), and (iii) finance a project consisting
of further capital improvements to the Facilities (collectively, the "Project").
1.04 The Corporation anticipates that the Project, once completed, will enhance
employment in the City and the State as provided in the Application, and will enhance the
Corporation's ability to provide quality health care services at reasonable cost. The Corporation
has represented to the City that the issuance of the Series 2016 Bonds is essential to the
successful completion of the Project.
1.05 At a public hearing, duly noticed and held on the date hereof in accordance with
Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), on the proposal
to issue the Series 2016 Bonds, all parties who appeared at the hearing were given an opportunity
to express their views with respect to such proposal and interested persons were given the
opportunity to submit written comments to the City Clerk before the date of the hearing.
1.06 Drafts of the following documents relating to the Series 2016 Bonds have now
been presented to the Common Council and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk:
(a) an Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture (the "Eighteenth Supplemental
Indenture") to be entered into between the City and the Trustee, whereby the Series
2016A Bonds, denominated "Health Care Facilities Revenue Bonds (Mayo Clinic),
Series 2016A" are created and their terms, conditions and forms established;
(b) a Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture (the "Nineteenth Supplemental
Indenture"; the Original Indenture as amended by the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture
and the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, the "Indenture"), to be entered into between
the City and the Trustee, whereby the Series 2016B Bonds, denominated "Health Care
Facilities Revenue Bonds (Mayo Clinic), Series 201613" are created and their terms,
conditions and forms established;
(c) an Amendment No. 19 ("Amendment No. 19"), to be entered into between
the City and the Corporation, to the Original Loan Agreement whereby the City agrees to
lend the proceeds of the Series 2016A Bonds to the Corporation and the Corporation
agrees to repay the loan from the City and all costs and expenses of the City in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Series 2016A Bonds;
(d) an Amendment No. 20 ("Amendment No. 20"; the Original Loan
Agreement as amended by Amendment No. 19 and Amendment No. 20, the "Loan
Agreement"), to be entered into between the City and the Corporation, to the Original
Loan Agreement whereby the City agrees to lend the proceeds of the Series 2016B Bonds
to the Corporation and the Corporation agrees to repay the loan from the City and all
costs and expenses of the City in connection with the issuance and sale of the Series
2016B Bonds;
(e) a Bond Purchase Agreement (the "Bond Purchase Agreement"), to be
entered into between the City, the Corporation and the underwriter or underwriters named
therein (the "Underwriter"), which provides for the sale by the City and the purchase by
the Underwriter of the Series 2016 Bonds; and
(f) an Official Statement relating to the Series 2016 Bonds (the "Official
Statement").
The Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, Amendment No.
19, Amendment No. 20, and the Bond Purchase Agreement are collectively called the "Bond
Documents." The Bond Documents are hereby made a part of this Resolution as fully as though
set forth in full herein.
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1.07 This Council hereby declares its present intent to proceed with the Project and its
financing and to have the City issue its revenue bonds under the Act for these purposes. All
details of the Series 2016 Bonds and the provisions for payment thereof shall be subject to final
approval of the Project by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic
Development and may be subject to such further conditions as the City may specify.
1.08 The Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to cooperate with the Corporation in
obtaining the approval of the Commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic
Development for the issuance of the Series 2016 Bonds, as required by the Act. The
Application, with attachments, in substantially the form heretofore submitted to the Council is
hereby approved, and the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute said documents on
behalf of the City.
Section 2. Authorization of the Series 2016 Bonds; Approval and Execution of
Documents.
2.01 The City hereby approves the issuance of the Series 2016 Bonds under the Act
and the Indenture, the sale thereof to the Underwriter in accordance with the Bond Purchase
Agreement, and the loan of the proceeds of the Series 2016 Bonds to the Corporation in
accordance with the Loan Agreement.
2.02 The forms and the execution and the delivery of the Bond Documents submitted
to this Council are hereby approved, with such additions or modifications thereto and deletions
therefrom as may be approved by the Mayor and the City Clerk prior to the execution and
delivery thereof and subject to the review and comment of the City's special issuer's counsel for
the Series 2016 Bonds, Kennedy and Graven, Chartered, the approval thereof to be conclusively
evidenced by the execution and delivery of the Bond Documents by the appropriate officers of
the City. The City recognizes that as of the date of adoption of this Resolution the detailed terms
of the Series 2016 Bonds are not finally resolved, and consequently when issued the Series 2016
Bonds may be in fewer or more series than the forms of Bond Documents currently provide, and
will bear interest at rates not yet determined, but the Series 2016 Bonds to be issued shall be
issued in the approximate principal amount of $125,000,000, the price at which the Series 2016
Bonds are sold to the Underwriter shall not be less than 98% of their principal amount (exclusive
of any "original issue discount"), and the initial interest rate on the Series 2016 Bonds shall not
exceed 1% per annum, and shall be set forth in the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, as finally
executed. The Series 2016 Bonds are expected to mature no later than 40 years from the date of
issuance thereof.
2.03 The Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized in their discretion at such
time, if any, as they may deem appropriate, to execute and deliver the Bond Documents in the
name and on behalf of the City, following the review and comment of the City's special issuer's
counsel for the Series 2016 Bonds.
2.04 The City hereby consents to the preparation and distribution by the Corporation
and the Underwriter of the Official Statement and, if necessary, a Preliminary Official Statement
(together, the "Official Statement"). The City has not participated in the preparation of or
reviewed, and will not participate in the preparation or review of the Official Statement and has
not made and will not make any independent investigation of the facts and statements provided
therein; accordingly, the City assumes no responsibility with respect thereto, including without
limitation as to matters relating to the accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of the Official
Statement.
2.05 The Mayor, the City Clerk and the other officers of the City are hereby authorized
to prepare and furnish to the Underwriter and to Bond Counsel certified copies of all proceedings
and records of the City relating to the Series 2016 Bonds and such other affidavits and
certificates as may be required to show the facts relating to the Series 2016 Bonds as such facts
appear in the books and records in the officers' custody and control or as otherwise known to
them. All such certified copies, affidavits and certificates, including any heretofore furnished,
shall constitute representations of the City as to the truth of all statements contained therein.
2.06 In the absence of the Mayor or the City Clerk, any of the documents authorized by
this Resolution to be executed and delivered may be executed and delivered by the acting or
deputy Mayor or City Clerk, respectively.
2.07 The Series 2016 Bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness, a pecuniary liability,
a moral or general obligation, a loan of the credit of the City or a charge, lien or encumbrance,
legal or equitable, upon any property of the City, except the revenues specifically pledged to the
payment thereof, and each Series 2016 Bond, when, as and if issued, shall recite in substance that
such Series 2016 Bond, including interest thereon, is payable solely from the revenues and
property specifically pledged to the payment thereof, and shall not constitute a debt or pecuniary
liability of the City.
This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its adoption.
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Attest:
Adopted this 14th day of March, 2016.
President of the Common Council
City Clerk
Approved the day of , 2016.
Mayor
The Mayor stated that this was the time and place fixed for a public hearing to be
held on the proposal that the City undertake a financing on behalf of Mayo Clinic, a Minnesota
nonprofit corporation (the "Corporation"), pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Sections 469.152
through 469.165, as amended. The City Clerk presented an affidavit showing publication of the
notice of public hearing at least once not fewer than fourteen (14) nor more than thirty (30) days
prior to the date fixed for the public hearing, in the Rochester Post -Bulletin, being the official
newspaper of the City and a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The affidavit was
examined, found to be satisfactory and ordered placed on file with the City Clerk.
The Mayor then opened the meeting for the public hearing on the proposal to
undertake and finance the Project on behalf of the Corporation. The purpose of the hearing was
explained, the nature of the Project and of the proposed revenue bonds was discussed, the draft
copy of the Application to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic
Development (the "Application"), with draft copies of all attachments and exhibits, was
available, and all persons present who desired to do so were afforded an opportunity to express
their views with respect to the proposal to undertake and finance the Project, in response to
which the following persons either appeared, were recognized and made statements, or filed
written comments with the City Clerk before the date set for the hearing, summaries of which
appear opposite their respective names:
Name of Speaker Summary of Views
The City Clerk [reported that no written comments had been] [read a summary of
the written comments] * filed in his office before the date of the hearing.
After all persons who wished to do so had stated or filed their views on the
proposal, the Mayor declared the public hearing to be closed.
*Strike inappropriate language
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
ss.
COUNTY OF OLMSTED )
I, Aaron S. Reeves, City Clerk of the City of Rochester, Minnesota, do hereby certify that
I have compared the attached copy of the minutes of a public hearing held on March 14, 2016,
and the resolution adopted that same date with the original minutes and resolution on file in my
office and that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the said minutes and resolution and of
the whole thereof.
Witness my hand this day of , 2016.
City Clerk of the City of Rochester,
Minnesota
(Seal of the City of Rochester, Minnesota)