File #: 21-1540    Version: 1 Name: Resolution: Sale of Bonds/Notes - Mulberry Pedestrian Bridge Project
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 10/18/2021 In control: Finance
On agenda: 11/9/2021 Final action: 11/9/2021
Title: Dept/ Agency: Finance Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending Purpose: Confirming Bond Sale Amount to be Financed: $15,000,000.00 Source of Appropriation: Bonds/Notes Purchaser: U.S. Bank National Association Project Information: (Description/ Project No./Amount Appropriated/Ordinance No.) RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY ACTING AS REDEVELOPMENT ENTITY AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF MASS TRANSIT ACCESS TAX REVENUE BONDS/PROJECT NOTES (MULBERRY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT) (CITY SECURED); PROVIDING FOR THE FORM AND OTHER DETAILS OF SAID BONDS/PROJECT NOTES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE FORMS OF A TRUST INDENTURE AND A PLEDGE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT; AND DELEGATING THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND SUBSIDY AGREEMENTS, AS APPLICABLE. Additional Information: These Notes in the amount of $15 Million...
Sponsors: Council of the Whole
Title
Dept/ Agency: Finance
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Purpose: Confirming Bond Sale
Amount to be Financed: $15,000,000.00
Source of Appropriation: Bonds/Notes
Purchaser: U.S. Bank National Association
Project Information:
(Description/ Project No./Amount Appropriated/Ordinance No.)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF NEWARK, COUNTY OF ESSEX, STATE OF NEW JERSEY ACTING AS REDEVELOPMENT ENTITY AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF MASS TRANSIT ACCESS TAX REVENUE BONDS/PROJECT NOTES (MULBERRY PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT) (CITY SECURED); PROVIDING FOR THE FORM AND OTHER DETAILS OF SAID BONDS/PROJECT NOTES; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE FORMS OF A TRUST INDENTURE AND A PLEDGE AND ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT; AND DELEGATING THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASE AGREEMENTS AND SUBSIDY AGREEMENTS, AS APPLICABLE.
Additional Information:
These Notes in the amount of $15 Million is part of the total project cost not to exceed $110 Million, as previously authorized.
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WHEREAS, the P.L. 2019, c. 289 specifically N.J.S.A. 40:48C-1.7, et seq., (the "Mass Transit Access Parking Tax Law") authorized municipalities of a certain population to impose a 3.5% tax within such municipality (the "Mass Transit Access Tax") and to use the proceeds therefrom for the exclusive purposes of financing and funding capital improvements for pedestrian access to mass transit stations, See N.J.S.A. 40:48C-1.7(b), (the "Eligible Project"); and

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