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Call a Public Hearing to Facilitate the Issuance of Bonds by the Educational Foundation, Inc. for February 13, 2019.
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Staff:
Department:
Ralph D. Karpinos, Town Attorney
Town Attorney's Office
Amy Oland, Interim Director
Business Management
Overview: The Educational Foundation, Inc., (the Foundation) a North Carolina nonprofit corporation better known as the Rams Club, is proposing to use The Public Finance Authority, a nationwide issuer of bonds, to finance athletic facilities projects on land owned by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Both federal tax law and the statute under which the Authority was created require that tax-exempt bonds issued to finance these facilities be approved by the elected legislative body of the governmental unit that has jurisdiction over the area in which the facilities are located, after holding a public hearing.
The Foundation has sent a letter to the Town (attached) requesting the Town Council hold a public hearing and take the action required by law to allow its use of this financing opportunity.
According to the Foundation's letter, the Town will not have any liability for the payment of principal or interest on the bonds, and the bonds will not affect the Town's debt ratios or legal debt limit. The Town is not being asked to endorse the bonds or the projects or the creditworthiness of the Foundation.
The attached resolution would call the necessary public hearing for February 13, 2019.
The Foundation's representatives will provide additional information on this proposal at the hearing.
We have also asked the Town's own Bond Counsel to be available on February 13 to answer questions.
After the hearing, the Council will be asked to consider the resolution requested and prepared by the Foundation's counsel.
Recommendation(s):
That the Council adopt the attached resolution calling a public hearing for February 13, 2019 to receive information from the Educational Foundation, Inc., and...
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