COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

County Counsel

 

DATE:

May 10, 2011

BOARD MEETING DATE:

May 24, 2011

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

 

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

John C. Beiers, County Counsel

SUBJECT:

Issuance and Negotiated Sale of Belmont-Redwood Shores School District General Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $25,000,000.

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a Resolution authorizing the issuance and negotiated sale of Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (San Mateo County, California) Election of 2010 General Obligation Bonds in one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000

 

BACKGROUND:

The voters in the Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (“District”) approved, by more than 55% of the vote, a school bond measure on November 2, 2010 (“Measure I”), in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000. On March 17, 2011, the District’s Board of Trustees passed its Resolution #27 (the “District Resolution”) authorizing the issuance of said bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25,000,000, to be designated the “Belmont-Redwood Shores School District (San Mateo County, California) Election of 2010 General Obligation Bonds, Series A” (the “Bonds”), and requesting that the County Board of Supervisors authorize the issuance and negotiated sale of the Bonds on their behalf. The District Resolution authorized the issuance of the Bonds in one or more series and authorized the negotiated sale of the Bonds.

 

DISCUSSION:

Government Code Section 53506, et. seq. authorizes the issuance and negotiated sale of the Bonds as set forth in the District Resolution. The County resolution authorizes the Bonds to be issued and sold by negotiated sale, on behalf of the District, and authorizes certain County officials to execute the necessary documents.

 

The Bond proceeds are to be used as authorized by the voters in Measure I.

 

The District is being assisted by the firm of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, as Bond Counsel and Disclosure Counsel; by Stone & Youngberg LLC, and Piper Jaffray & Co., as Underwriters; and by California Financial Services, as Financial Advisor.

 

A copy of the District’s Resolution and of the Purchase Agreement to be used in connection with the sale of the Bonds has been filed with the Clerk of the Board.

 

Authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds will contribute to the Shared Vision 2025 outcome of Collaborative Community by supporting fiscal accountability.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Bonds are not an obligation of the County and have no fiscal impact on the County.