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File #: 20-409    Version: 1 Name: Woodmen Heights Metro Dist No. 1
Type: Resolution Status: Mayor's Office
File created: 7/22/2020 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/22/2020 Final action: 9/22/2020
Title: Resolution Authorizing the Woodmen Heights Metropolitan District No. 2 to Issue Debt in the form of a Series 2020A Refinancing Loan, a Series 2020B-1 Taxable Bond and a Series 2020B-2 Tax-Exempt Bond Presenter: Carl Schueler, Comprehensive Planning Manager, Planning & Community Development Department Peter Wysocki, Planning and Community Development Director
Indexes: Issuance of Debt, Metropolitan District
Attachments: 1. WHMDRES-2020-08-25, 2. Attachment 1- WHMD 2020 Bond transmittal letter 8-20, 3. Attachment 2- Woodmen Heights MD Presentation, 4. Attachment 3-Term Sheets - Woodmen Heights MD, 5. Attachment 4- Loan Agreement - Woodmen Heights MD No. 2, 6. Attachment 5- WHMD Financial Projections, 7. Attachment 6- WHMD General Counsel Bond Opinion Form, 8. Attachment 7- Woodmen Heights Metropolitan District No.1 Series 2005 Project Costs, 9. Attachment 8- 2015 Certified C Bonds Costs as of 7.22.14 v2, 10. Attachment 9- Indenture 2020B-1 Subordinate Current Interest Bond 08-26-20, 11. Attachment 10 -Indenture 2020B-2 Subordinate Cash Flow Bond - 08-26-20, 12. Signed Resolution 85-20.pdf

Title
Resolution Authorizing the Woodmen Heights Metropolitan District No. 2 to Issue Debt in the form of a Series 2020A Refinancing Loan, a Series 2020B-1 Taxable Bond and a Series 2020B-2 Tax-Exempt Bond

Presenter:
Carl Schueler, Comprehensive Planning Manager, Planning & Community Development Department
Peter Wysocki, Planning and Community Development Director

Body
Summary:
This is a request to approve issuance of formal debt for the purpose of refinancing existing debt that is an obligation of the Woodmen Heights Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 ("Districts"). Two existing 2012 bonds and one existing 2015 bond are proposed to be refunded in their entirety, and would be replaced by a 2020A Loan and subordinate 2020 B-1 and B-2 Bonds. The existing debt is legally issued by Woodmen Heights Metropolitan District No. 1, whereas the new debt would be issued by District No. 2. However, revenue from both District No. 2 (the residential district) and District No. 3 (the commercial district) has been pledged to the existing debt, and would continue to be pledged to this new debt. These transactions would serve solely to refinance existing debt of the Districts, with no "new money" created. This series of refinanced issuances will result in the current developer held "C" bonds being converted to a marketed debt instrument.

The total par amount the three new issuances will equal about $49,574,000.
The details of these issuances are somewhat complex, given that three existing debt issuances are being converted to three new issuances with varying tax exempt statuses. In addition to the background provided below, the Districts have provided an attached presentation that provides and explains some of this detail.

The senior loan and the subordinate bonds would all be set with maturity and discharge dates of 2045, which is consistent with the maximum 40-year debt mill levy imposition term required by the service plan. The attached financial model projects t...

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