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MEMORANDUM
TO: THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: ANITA L. GRANT, County Counsel
DATE: May 9, 2017
SUBJECT: (Continued from May 9, 2017) - Consideration of Bond Issuance - Konocti Unified School District
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
It does not appear that the County of Lake has previously been involved in past school district general obligation bond issuance by the County. In the instant matter, the Konocti Unified School District has requested that the County offer and issue the voter-approved bonds on its behalf as provided by the Education Code. (See Education Code Section 15140 et seq.) Education Code Section 15140(a) provides, in part, as follows:
Bonds of a school district or community college district shall be offered for sale by the Board of Supervisors of the County, the County Superintendent of which has jurisdiction over the District, or the Community College District Governing Board, where appropriate, as soon as possible following receipt of a resolution duly adopted by the governing board of the school district or community college district.
Education Code Section 15140(b) provides for a method by which a school district can issue its bonds on its own behalf if authorized by the Board of Supervisors. However, the procedure requires that the school district has not received a qualified or negative certification in its most recent interim report. Here, the District received a qualified certification in its most recent interim report. Accordingly, as required in Section 15140(a), the District's board has adopted its resolution requesting the County to proceed with the sale and issuance of the bonds.
Attached here for your Board's consideration is a resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds on behalf of the Konocti Unified School District in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $11,000,000. Additionally attached is the bond purchase agreement to be entered into by and between the County, the underwrite...
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