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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES.1702-09-04-2001BILL NO. ;20/ - /fl RESOLUTION NO. %%CJ� RESOLUTION APPROVING A PROJECT OF THE CITY OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI, TO BE LEASED TO RENAISSANCE AIRCRAFT LLC. WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that it is advantageous and in the best interests of the City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri (the "City") that the City enter into certain transactions with UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee (the "Trustee") relating to the delivery of $2,665,000 principal amount of Certificates of Participation (City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Airport Facilities Project), Series 2001A (the "Series 2001A Certificates") and $150,000 principal amount of Taxable Certificates of Participation (City of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Airport Facilities Project), Series 2001B (the "Series 2001B Certificates" and, collectively with the Series 2001A Certificates, the "Certificates"), for the purpose of paying the costs of (1) acquiring and constructing on certain property owned by the City, located at the Cape Girardeau Municipal Airport (the "Project Site"), an approximately 60,000 square foot aircraft manufacturing facility and, if sufficient funds are available therefor, an approximately 2,000 square foot office building (collectively, the "Facility"), (2) acquiring and installing certain fixtures and equipment for the Facility (the 'Equipment"), (3) constructing certain road improvements, parking for administrative offices and employee parking (the "Infrastructure Improvements") and (4) extending water (including drinking and fire suppression) and sewer lines to the Project Site as needed to service the Facility, including hook-up (the "Utility Improvements") (the acquisition, construction and installation of the Facility, the Equipment, the Infrastructure Improvements and the Utility Improvements being collectively referred to herein as the "Project"); and WHEREAS, concurrently with the delivery of the Certificates, the City will enter into a Sublease Agreement dated as of September 1, 2001 (the "Sublease"), between the City and Renaissance Aircraft LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), pursuant to which the City will sublease the Project Site and that portion of the Project to be located thereon (collectively, the "Leased Property") to the Company for an initial term ending April 2, 2021 (being the day following the final maturity of the Certificates), subject to renewal as described in the Sublease; and WHEREAS, Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provides that industrial development revenue bonds may be issued following a public hearing and approval by the governmental unit on behalf of which the bonds are being issued, in this instance the City Council; and WHEREAS, pursuant to a public notice published in the Southeast Missourian on August 20, 2001, a public hearing has been held with respect to the Project at the meeting of the City Council at which this resolution is approved; and WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the Project will promote the economic welfare and the development of the City, and will be in furtherance of the public purposes set forth in the Act. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council, that it hereby approves the Project in accordance with the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and approves the delivery of the Series 2001A Certificates in the principal amount of $2,665,000. Adopted by the City Council this 4th day of September, 2001. City Clerk -2- Richard L. Eggiman Mayor Pro Tem