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HomeMy WebLinkAboutContracts & Agreements_35-1992_CCv0001.pdf SEF RESOLUTION NO 48' BEST, BEST & KRIEGER A PARTNERSHIP!NGLs bD G PROFESStONAL CORPORATIONS LAWYERS PALM SPRINGS 400 MISSION SQUARE ONTARIO (619) 325-7264 3750 UNIVERSITY AVENUE (714) 989-8584 POST' OFFICE BOX 1028 RANCHO MIRAGE RIVERSIDE, DALIPORNIA 92502 (619) 568-2611 TELEPHONE i7I4? 686-1450 TELECOPIER (714) 686-3083 April 16, 1992 Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Redlands 30 Cajon Street Redlands, California 92373 Re: Proposal for Special Counsel Services for Proposed Certificates of Participation (1992 Refunding of 1986 and 1987 Projects) Ladies and Gentlemen: The firm of Best, Best & Krieger will be pleased to serve as special counsel in connection with the above-referenced certificates of participation and proposes to perform the following services on the basis set forth in this letter. Certificates of Participation: We will confer and consult with City staff on all matters relating to the financing including participation in the review and selection of appropriate financing methods. We will assist the City in identifying the most advantageous method of financing based upon our experience and we will attend all meetings of the City' s staff, consultants and underwriter at which financing methods are to be discussed and analyzed for successful completion of the financing. Our services will include the preparation of all agreements, resolutions, notices, certificate forms and all other legal documents required by California law for the execution, sale and delivery of the Certificates. We also will review any official statement prepared on behalf of the City, and attend all meetings in which any action in connection with the proceedings is to be taken. We will also review any purchase contract pursuant to which the underwriter proposes to purchase the Certificates. Subject to completion of the financing to our satis- faction, Best, Best & Krieger will issue its approving legal opinion to the purchasers of the Certificates to the effect that all proceedings have been legally undertaken for the authorization, execution, sale and delivery of the Certificates, or other transactions relating to the financing and that interest paid with respect to the Certificates is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes and is exempt from State of California GES106208 LAW OFFICES OF BEST, BEST & KRIEGER Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council April 16, 1992 Page 2 personal income tax. We will also issue appropriate supplemental opinions and certificates as may be necessary or appropriate. Finally, we will confer and consult with City officials with respect to problems which may arise during the period of servicing and payment of the Certificates and provide any and all other services commonly expected of special counsel. Our fee for the foregoing legal services will be $67, 500 . The fee will be payable only upon completion and sale of the Certificates from the proceeds of the financing, and not otherwise. If other services are requested by the City which are not within the scope of those outlined above, they will be performed on a time basis at the hourly rate of the attorneys involved. In the event this financing is not completed for any reason, the City will have no liability for any fees incurred by our firm with respect to the financing. In addition to the above fee, we will be reimbursed by the City for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by us in the course of our employment, such as long distance telephone calls, telegrams, facsimile telephone transmission, messenger and courier services, travel at the request of the appropriate City officials, duplicating, computer time and the like. It is understood that we are to order the printing of the certificates and bonds for the account of the City. The bills for this service will come directly to the City and will be paid from certificate or bond proceeds. Respectfully submitted, Glen E. Stephens' ' of Best, Best & Krieger GES/dfs TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT APPROVED THIS 2nd- DAY__-OF June 7� ATTEST: 1992 . ---:-� ZY A K A C�A I- Autlho�Ai -qty Cl)erk -'�L-y Or RAdi�nds J GES106208