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ORDINANCE D-2497-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA, AUTHORIZING THE
ISSUANCE OF THE CITY OF CARMEL, INDIANA
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS, SERIES
20_ (FRANCISCAN HEALTH PROJECT), AND
AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING OTHER ACTIONS IN
RESPECT THERETO
Synopsis:
Ordinance authorizes the issuance of bonds by the City of Carmel, Indiana, to finance a
parking garage and sky bridge to support the Franciscan Health Orthopedic Center of
Excellence development
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel, Indiana (the "City"), is a municipal corporation and
political subdivision of the State of Indiana and by virtue of I.C. 36-7-11.9 and I.C. 36-7-12
(collectively, the "Act"), is authorized and empowered to adopt this ordinance (the "Bond
Ordinance") and to carry out its provisions;
WHEREAS, Franciscan Alliance or any affiliate thereof (the "Company"), desires to
finance the design and construction of certain improvements described in Exhibit A hereto which
are located in the North Illinois Street Economic Development Area (collectively, the
"Projects");
WHEREAS, the Company will complete the Projects for use in connection with its
Franciscan Health Orthopedic Center of Excellence orthopedic specialty hospital and medical
office building development project in or directly serving and benefiting the Franciscan
Allocation Area(the"Facilities");
WHEREAS, the Company has advised the City of Carmel Economic Development
Commission (the "Commission") and the City that it proposes that the City issue its taxable or
tax-exempt Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Series 20_ (Franciscan Health Project), in
one or more series (with such different or additional series designation determined to be
necessary or appropriate), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Sixteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars ($16,500,000) (the`Bonds"), under the Act and provide the proceeds
of such Bonds to the Company for the purpose of financing the Projects;
WHEREAS, the completion of the Projects results in the diversification of industry, the
creation of jobs and the creation of business opportunities in the City;
WHEREAS, pursuant to I.C. § 36-7-12-24, the Commission published notice of a public
hearing(the "Public Hearing")on the proposed issuance of the Bonds to finance the Projects;
WHEREAS, on the date specified in the notice of the Public Hearing, the Commission
held the Public Hearing on the Projects; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has performed all actions required of it by the Act
preliminary to the adoption of this Bond Ordinance and has approved and forwarded to the
Common Council the forms of: (1) a Financing Agreement between the City and the Company
(the"Financing Agreement"); (2) a Trust Indenture between the City and a trustee to be selected
by the City (the "Trustee") (the "Indenture"); (3) the Bonds; and (4) this Bond Ordinance (the
Financing Agreement, the Indenture, the Bonds, and this Bond Ordinance, collectively, the
"Financing Agreements");
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CARMEL,INDIANA, THAT:
Section 1. Findings; Public Benefits. The Common Council hereby finds and
determines that the Projects involve the acquisition, construction and equipping of an
"economic development facility" as that phrase is used in the Act; that the Projects will
increase employment opportunities and increase diversification of economic development
in the City, will improve and promote the economic stability, development and welfare in
the City, will encourage and promote the expansion of industry, trade and commerce in
the City and the location of other new industries in the City; that the public benefits to be
accomplished by this Bond Ordinance, in tending to overcome insufficient employment
opportunities and insufficient diversification of industry, are greater than the cost of
public services (as that phrase is used in the Act) which will be required by the Projects;
and, therefore, that the financing of the Projects by the issue of the Bonds under the Act:
(i) will be of benefit to the health and general welfare of the City; and (ii) complies with
the Act.
Section 2. Approval of Financing. The proposed financing of the Projects by
the issuance of the Bonds under the Act, in the form that such financing was approved by
the Commission, is hereby approved.
Section 3. Authorization of the Bonds. The issuance of the Bonds, payable
solely from revenues and receipts derived from the Financing Agreements, is hereby
authorized.
Section 4. Terms of the Bonds. (a) The Bonds, in the aggregate principal
amount not to exceed Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($16,500,000),
shall (i) be executed at or prior to the closing date by the manual or facsimile signatures
of the Mayor and the Clerk of the City; (ii) be dated as of the date of their delivery; (iii)
mature on a date not later than twenty-five years after the date of issuance of the first
series of Bonds; (iv) bear interest at such rates as determined with the purchaser thereof
(the "Purchaser") in an amount not to exceed six percent (6.0%), with such interest
payable as provided in the Financing Agreements; (v) be issuable in such denominations
as set forth in the Financing Agreements; (vi) be issuable only in fully registered form;
(vii) be subject to registration on the bond register as provided in the Indenture; (viii) be
payable in lawful money of the United States of America; (ix) be payable at an office of
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the Trustee as provided in the Indenture; (x) be subject to optional redemption prior to
maturity and subject to redemption as otherwise provided in the Financing Agreements;
(xi) be issued in one or more series; and (xii) contain such other terms and provisions as
may be provided in the Financing Agreements.
(b) The Bonds and the interest thereon do not and shall never constitute an
indebtedness of, or a charge against the general credit or taxing power of, the City, but
shall be special and limited obligations of the City, payable solely from revenues and
other amounts derived from the Financing Agreements. Forms of the Financing
Agreements are before this meeting and are by this reference incorporated in this Bond
Ordinance, and the Clerk of the City is hereby directed, in the name and on behalf of the
City,to insert them into the minutes of the Common Council and to keep them on file.
Section 5. Sale of the Bonds. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed,
in the name and on behalf of the City, to sell the Bonds to the Purchaser at such prices as
are determined on the date of sale and approved by the Mayor of the City.
Section 6. Execution and Delivery of Financing Agreements. The Mayor and
the Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the
City, to execute or endorse and deliver the Financing Agreement, the Indenture, and the
Bonds, submitted to the Common Council, which are hereby approved in all respects.
Section 7. Changes in Financing Agreements. The Mayor is hereby
authorized, in the name and on behalf of the City, without further approval of the
Common Council or the Commission, to approve such changes in the Financing
Agreements as may be permitted by Act, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by
his execution thereof.
Section 8. Reimbursement from Bond Proceeds. The City hereby declares its
intent to issue the Bonds for the purpose of fmancing the Projects, which Bonds will not
exceed $16,500,000, and pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.150-2 and IC 5-1-14-6(c), to
reimburse costs of the Projects (including costs of issuing the Bonds) from proceeds of
the sale of such Bonds.
Section 9. General. The Mayor and any other officer of the City, and each of
them, are hereby authorized and directed, in the name and on behalf of the City, to
execute or endorse any and all agreements, documents and instruments, perform any and
all acts, approve any and all matters, and do any and all other things deemed by them, or
either of them, to be necessary or desirable in order to carry out and comply with the
intent, conditions and purposes of this Bond Ordinance (including the preambles hereto
and the documents mentioned herein), the Projects, the issuance and sale of the Bonds,
and the securing of the Bonds under the Financing Agreements, and any such execution,
endorsement, performance or doing of other things heretofore effected be, and hereby is,
ratified and approved.
Section 10. Binding Effect. The provisions of this Bond Ordinance and the
Financing Agreements shall constitute a binding contract between the City and the
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holders of the Bonds, and after issuance of the Bonds this Bond Ordinance shall not be
repealed or amended in any respect which would adversely affect the rights of the holders
of the Bonds as long as the Bonds or interest thereon remains unpaid.
Section 11. Repeal. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
Section 12. Effective Date. This Bond Ordinance shall be in full force and
effect immediately upon adoption and compliance with I.C. § 36-4-6-14.
Section 13. Copies of Financing Agreements on File. Two copies of the
Financing Agreements incorporated into this Bond Ordinance were duly filed in the
office of the Clerk of the City, and are available for public inspection in accordance with
I.C. § 36-1-5-4.
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PASSED by the Common Council of Ale City of Carmel, this 2 day of �(e. -/'-�' �,
2019,by a vote of ayes and C nays.
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Kristine Pauley, Cle -Treasurer of the y
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City o el, Indiana, i day of
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Chris • e Pauley, Cle -Treasurer , ,
Approved by me, Mayor of the City of Carmel, Indiana, this day of
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Prepared by: Bruce D. Donaldson
Barnes& Thornburg LLP
11 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
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EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECTS
All or any portion of the design and construction of infrastructure and site improvements,
including a parking structure and sky bridge, utility relocations and/or streetscape development,
in or directly serving the Franciscan Allocation Area in the City of Carmel, which will support
the development of the proposed Franciscan Health Orthopedic Center of Excellence orthopedic
specialty hospital and medical office building development project.