HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 2910ORDINANCE No. 2910
AN oRDINANcE authorizing the execution and delivery of an
Intergovernmental Cooperation Agreement and certain documents
in connection therewith; and related matters.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of
Illinois, the Village of Plainfield, Will and Kendall Counties, Illinois, is a municipality and a
home rule unit of government duly organized and validly existing under the Constitution and the
laws of the State of Illinois (the "Municipality"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Constitution and the laws. of the State of Illinois, and
particularly Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the -State of Illinois, the
Municipality is authorized to issue its revenue bonds in order to aid in providing an adequate
supply of safe, decent and sanitary residential housing for low and moderate income persons and
families within the Municipality, which such persons and families can afford, which constitutes a
valid public purpose for the issuance of revenue bonds by the Municipality; and
WHEREAS, the Municipality has now determined that it is nec essary, desirable and in the
public interest to issue revenue bonds to provide an adequate supply of safe, decent and sanitary
residential housing for low and moderate income persons and families within the Municipality,
which such persons and families can afford; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10 of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of
Illinois and the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act (5 Illinois Compiled Statutes 2008, 220/1
et seq., as supplemented and amended), public agencies may exercise and enjoy with any other
public agency in the State of Illinois any power, privilege or. authority which may be exercised by
such public agency individually, and, accordingly, it is now determined that it is necessary,
desirable and in the public interest , for the Municipality to enter into an Intergovernmental
Cooperation Agreement (the "Cooperation Agreement") dated as of April 1, 2005, by and
among the Municipality and certain other units of local government named therein (the "Units"),
to provide for the joint issuance of such revenue bonds to aid in providing an adequate supply of
residential housing in such Units (the "Program "); and
WHEREAS, to provide for the Program, the City of Aurora, Kane, DuPage, Will and
Kendall Counties, Illinois (the "Issuer proposes to issue, sell and deliver its Collateralized
Single Family Mortgage Revenue Bonds in an aggregate pnneipal amount not to exceed
$600,000,000 (the "Bonds') in one or more series to obtain fimds to finance the acquisition of
mortgage-backed securities (the "GNAM Securities") of the Government National Mortgage
Association ("GNAM "), evidencing a guarantee by GNMA of timely payment, the acquisition of
mortgage-backed securities (the 'TNAM Securities ") of the Federal National Mortgage
Association ("FNAM "), evidencing a guarantee by FNMA of timely payment, and the
acquisition of mortgage-backed securities (the 'THLMC Securities") of the Federal Home Loan
Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"), evidencing a guarantee by FHLMC of timely payment, of
monthly principal of and interest on certain qualified mortgage loans under the Program (the
"Mortgage Loans'), on behalf of the Municipality and the other Units all under and in
accordance with the Constitution and the laws of the State of Illinois; and
WHEREAS, a notice of combined public hearing with respect to the plan of finance of the
costs of the Program through the issuance of the Bonds has been published in The Herald News,
a paper of general circulation in the Municipality, pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code "), on October 2, 2009, and appropriately
designated hearing officers of the City of Aurora, Kane, DuPage, Will and Kendall Counties,
Illinois, the City o f Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois, the City, of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Illinois, and the City of Collinsville, Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois,
have conducted said combined public hearing on October 23, 2009; and
WHEREAs, a form of the Cooperation Agreement has been presented to and is before this
meeting;
Now, THEREFoRE, Be It Ordained by the Village Board of the Village of Plainfield, Will
and Kendall Counties, Illinois, as follows:
Section 1. That it is the finding and declaration of the Village Board of the
Municipality that the issuance of the Bonds by the Issuer is advantageous to the Municipality, as
set forth in the preamble to this authorizing ordinance, and therefore serves a valid public
purpose; that this authorizing ordinance is, adopted pursuant to the Constitution and the laws of
the State of Illinois, and more particularly Section 6(a) of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of
the State of Illinois, Section 10 of Article VII of the 1970 Constitution of the State of Illinois and
the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act; and that, by the adoption of this authorizing ordinance,
the Village Board of the Municipality hereby approve[s] the issuance of the Bonds for the
purposes as provided in the preamble hereto, the. text hereof and the notice of public hearing
referred to in the preamble hereto, which notice is hereby incorporated herein by reference, and
the conduct of the combined public hearing referred to in the preamble hereto, which public
approval shall satisfy the provisions of Section 147(f) of the Code.
Section 2. That , the form, terms and provisions of the proposed Cooperation
Agreement be, and they are hereby, in all respects approved; that the President of the
Municipality be, and is hereby, authorized, empowered and directed to execute, and the Village
Clerk of the Municipality be, and is hereby, authorized, empowered and directed to attest and to
affix the official seal of the Municipality to, the Cooperation Agreement in the name and on
behalf of the Municipality, and thereupon to cause the Cooperation Agreement to be delivered to
the other Units; that the Cooperation Agreement is to be in substantially the form presented to
and before this meeting andhereby approved or with such changes therein as shall be approved
by the officer of the Municipality executing the Cooperation Agreement, his or her execution
thereof to constitute conclusive evidence of his or her approval of any and all changes or
revisions therein from the form of Cooperation Agreement before this meeting; that from and
after the execution and delivery of the Cooperation Agreement, the officers, officials, agents and
employees of the Municipality are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts
and things and to execute all such documents as may be necessary to carry out and comply with
the provisi ons of the Cooperation Agreement as executed, including without limitation any,
further public approvals required pursuant to the Code and any allocations of unified volume cap
to the issuance of the Bonds; and that the Cooperation Agreement shall constitute and is hereby
made a part of this authorizing ordinance, and a copy of the Cooperation Agreement shall be
placed in the official records of the Municipality, and shall be available for public inspection at
the principal office of the Municipality.
Section 3. That the President, the Village Clerk and the proper officers, officials,
agents and employees of the Municipality are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do
all such acts and things and to execute all such documents and certificates as may be necessary to
carry out and comply with the provisions of the Cooperation Agreement and to Ruther the
purposes and intent of this authorizing ordinance, including. the preamble to this authorizing
ordinance.
Section 4. That all acts of the officers, officials, agents and employees of the
Municipality heretofore or hereafter taken, which are in conformity with the purposes and intent
of this authorizing ordinance and in fin-therance of the issuance and sale of the Bonds, be, and the
same hereby are, in all respects, ratified, confirmed and. approved, including without limitation
the publication of the notice of public hearing.
Section 5. That the Municipality hereby transfers its 2009 unified volume cap in the
amount of $3,182,940 to the Issuer, which is hereby allocated by the Municipality to the issuance
of the Bonds; and that the Municipality, by adoption of this authorizing ordinance, hereby
represents and certifies that such volume cap has not been allocated to any other bond issue or
transferred to any other party.
Section 6 That after the Cooperation Agreement is executed by the Municipality, this
authorizing ordinance shall be and remain irrepealable until the Bonds and the interest thereon
shall have been fully paid, cancelled and discharged.
Section 7 That the provisions of this authorizing ordinance are hereby declared to be
separable, and if any section, phrase or provision of this authorizing ordinance shall for any
reason be declared to be invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder of
the sections, phrases and provisions of this authorizing ordinance.
Section 8. That all ordinances, resolutions and orders, or parts thereof, in conflict with
the provisions of this authorizing ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby superseded;
and that this authorizing ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its adoption and approval
as provided by law.
Presented, passed, approved and recorded by the Village Board of the Village of
Plainfield, Will and Kendall Counties, Illinois, this 2l't day of December, 2009.
Approvall
President
[SEAL]
Attest.
Village Clerk
Ayes: Peck, Racich, Bonuchi, Fay, Kachel, Lamb
Nays: None
Absent or Not Voting: None