facility funding regional workshop funding best practices october 31, 2013
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Facility Funding Regional Workshop Funding Best Practices October 31, 2013. Katie Schwab SVP Michael Schrader Bond Counsel. Overview. Getting Started Funding Options: Publicly Offered Bonds and Other Securities Commercial Bank Loans State and Federal Funding Programs - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
KATIE SCHWAB SVP
MICHAEL SCHRADERB OND COUNSEL
Facility Funding Regional Workshop Funding Best Practices
October 31, 2013
Overview
1. Getting Started
2. Funding Options:a. Publicly Offered Bonds and Other Securities
b. Commercial Bank Loans
c. State and Federal Funding Programs
d. Regionalization and Urban Renewal
3. Credit Considerations
1. Getting Started
Engage Financial Advisor and Bond Counsel early!Roles and responsibilities of Financial Advisor and
Bond CounselUse of proceedsReview all funding optionsOptions for reducing capital/operating expensesReimbursement resolutionPaying for predevelopment costsManaging financing costs
Getting Started – Continued
Options for reducing capital/operating expenses
Reimbursement resolutionPaying for predevelopment costsManaging financing costs
2. Funding Options
Publicly Offered Bonds and Other SecuritiesCommercial Bank LoansState and Federal Funding ProgramsRegionalization and Urban Renewal
Publicly Offered Bonds and Other Securities
General Obligation BondsFull Faith and Credit ObligationsRevenue Bonds
Local Option Levies
General Obligation Bonds
Requires voter approval – provides separate bond levyEstablish Community Advisory Committee and
conduct outreachDetermine scope of project and project costsAdopt Board Resolution approving Notice of
Election, including Ballot TitleUpon successful election, Board adopts Bond
Resolution approving issuance and Bonds
Non-voted Obligations
No vote required – payable from all lawfully available fundsDetermine scope of project and project costs
– same as GO BondsBoard adopts Authorizing Resolution
approving Financing Agreement and delegating authority
Revenue Bonds
Does not require voter approval Secured by revenue stream from energy
efficiency contractGenerally requires additional securityTypically a private placement
Local Option Levies
Not “securities”
Requires voter approval – provides separate levySubject to first compression10 year maximum maturity
Summary of Securities and LOL
GO Bonds Full Faith & Credit Obligations (FFC)
Revenue Bonds Local Option Levy
Voter Approval Yes No No YesPrincipal Limitation K-12 and ESDs Community Colleges
7.95% of RMV1.50% of RMV
Affordability Coverage ≤ $1,000/student or 20% of SD's total State resources
Payment Source Bond Levy General Fund Third-party guaranty of energy savings revenue stream
Levy
Security Energy contract NAOSBG Yes No No No
Full Faith and Credit Pledge
Structure Matters
Example: $10M “AA” rated GO Bond maturing over 20 years
Level Levy Rate
Level Debt Service
Level Debt Service CABs
Debt ServiceMaximum Annual Debt Service 913,527$ 701,825$ 730,000$ Average Annual Debt Service 728,166$ 699,404$ 729,000$
Levy RateMaximum Annual Levy 0.5498$ 0.6613$ 0.7010$ Average Annual Levy 0.5474$ 0.5286$ 0.5593$
True Interest Cost (TIC) 3.497% 3.369% 3.852%
Level Levy Rate Level Debt Service
Structure Matters – Graphs
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Level D/S Level D/S CABs Level D/S Levy Level D/S CABs Levy
Taxable vs. Tax Exempt Rates
Issuer can use taxable and tax-exempt rates in the same issue, but they need to be split into different series.
Issuer must choose between the two!
Tax-Exempt TaxableNational Scale MMD TreasuriesSEC Registration Exempt Certain exemptionsUse Restrictions Yes Depends
Taxable vs. Tax-Exempt
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30-Year AAA MMD Index vs 30-Year Treasuries
Treasuries AAA MMD
Taxable vs. Tax-Exempt continued
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Differential between 30-yr MMd and 30-yr Treasuries
Sale Methods
Private PlacementPublic Market
Competitive Sale Negotiated Sale
Commercial Bank Loans
Loans are not securitiesUp front costs are typically lowerInterest may be (not always) higher than
securitiesTerm is typically shorter than for a publicly
offered security
Loan Considerations
Funds available quicklyFlexible payment plansAmortization considerationsMarket risk with resets
Line of Credit
Consideration for “bridge” financingFunds available quicklyInterest paid only on principal that is drawn
down
State and Federal Programs
Qualified School
Construction Bond
Qualified Zone Academy Bond
Qualified Energy Conservation Bond Seismic Grants
Small Scale Energy Loan Program (SELP): Cool
SchoolsPermitted Use of Proceeds
Construct, rehab or repair public school facilities, acquire land on which the facility is to be constructed and equip the impacted portion of the facilities
Rehab or repair public school facilities in which a "qualified zone academy" is located, equip, develop course materials.
"Qualified energy conservation projects" including those that reduce energy consumption in publicly owned buildings.
Safety of public facilities
Energy conservation, renewable resource energy projects and the use of recycled materials to create other projects. Projects must meet local community or regional energy needs and be designed to save or produce energy.
Regionalization and Urban Renewal
ESDsShared facilities (e.g., Gresham)Review urban renewal plans
3. Credit Considerations
Governance and ManagementFinancial ProfileDebt ProfileOperating ProfileEconomy and Local Factors Moody’s:
(i) increase in the weight assigns to debt profile and pensions, to 20% from 10%;
(ii) reduction in the weight attached to economic factors, to 30% from 40%
Contacts
Katie Schwab, Senior Vice PresidentWedbush [email protected]; 800.234.0480 (toll-free)
Michael Schrader, AttorneyOrrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe [email protected]