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CITY OF ATASCADERO
*al, IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 4
(SEPARADO-CAYUCAS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT)
RESOLUTION NO 68-86
RESOLUTION APPOINTING ENGINEER OF WORK,
BOND COUNSEL
AND
BOND UNDERWRITERS
WHEREAS, in accordance with prior proceedings duly
had and taken, the Council of the City of Atascadero has
declared its intention to and has determined to undertake
proceedings pursuant to the Municipal Improvement Act of 1913
and issue bonds in said proceedings under the provisions of
the Improvement Bond Act of 1915 for the acquisition and
construction in and for the City of Atascadero, California,
(the "City" ) of the public improvements more particularly
described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated
herein and made a part hereof, in and for an assessment
district in the City designated "City of Atascadero
Improvement District No 4 (Separado-Cayucas Assessment
District) , " and
WHEREAS, the public interest, necessity,
convenience and general welfare will be served thereby,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of
the City of Atascadero, as follows
Section 1 The firm of John L Wallace &
Associates of San Luis Obispo, be and such firm is hereby
appointed Engineer of Work in said proceedings, and such firm
is hereby authorized and directed to do and perform or cause
to be done and performed all engineering work necessary in
and for said proceedings, including the preparation of plans
and specifications for said improvements and the descriptions
of the acquisitions, together with estimates of costs
thereof, and the preparation of a map of the assessment
district, an assessment diagram, and an assessment, and in
accordance with that certain Agreement for Engineering
Services constituting Exhibit B, attached hereto and
incorporated herein and made a part hereof
Section 2 The firm of Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe be, and such firm is, hereby appointed Bond Counsel
in said proceedings, in accordance with that certain Letter
Agreement constituting Exhibit C, attached hereto and
incorporated herein and made a part hereof and the
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appropriate officials of the City and authorized to execute
said agreement for and on behalf of the City
Section 3 The firm of Security Pacific Capital
Markets Group is hereby appointed as Bond Underwriter, in
accordance with that certain Agreement constituting Exhibit
D, attached hereto and incorporated herein and made a part
hereof
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 14th day of July, 1986, by
the following vote (On Motion by Councilman Handshy, seconded by
Councilwoman Borgeson)
AYES COUNCILMEMBERS BORGESON, HANDSITY, MOLINA AND MAYOR MACKEY
NOES NONE
ABSENT COUNCILWOMAN NORRIS
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BOYD C SHARITZ, City 01erk MARJORIY R MACKEY, Mayor
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED AS TO CONTENT
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ROBERT M JONES, City Attorney ROBERT M JONN, City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF WORK
The work shall generally include the installation of a sewage
pump station near the intersection of Buena Avenue and Traffic
Way, a force main along Traffic Way from near the intersection
of Buena Avenue and Traffic Way to existing manhole T13, located
approximately 1000 feet southeast along Traffic Way; a sewer main
along Traffic Way from the intersection of Traffic Way and San
Jacinto to the proposed pump station near the intersection of
Buena Avenue and Traffic Way; a sewer main along San Jacinto
from near the intersection of Dolores Avenue and San Jacinto to
Traffic Way; a sewer main along Mananita Avenue from Dolores
Avenue to Estrada Avenue; a sewer main along Yerba Avenue from
Estrada Avenue to Dolores Avenue; a sewer main along Dolores
Avenue from Yerba Avenue to Mananita Avenue; a sewer main from
Yerba Avenue to Mananita Avenue along a proposed easement to be
located between Mananita Avenue and Yerba Avenue, sewer mains
along proposed easements located between Mananita Avenue and
Yerba Avenue, along proposed easements located between San
Jacinto Avenue and Mananita Avenue, and along proposed easements
between Arizona Avenue and Estrada Avenue; a sewer main along
Arizona Avenue from Estrada Avenue to San Jacinto; a sewer main
along Estrada Avenue from near the intersection of Estrada Avenue
and Arizona Avenue to San Jacinto; a sewage pump station near
the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Estrada Avenue; a sewer
force main along Estrada Avenue from the proposed pump station
near the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Estrada Avenue to a
proposed manhole located approximately 600 feet south along
Estrada Avenue
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The work shallgenerally include the installation of a sewer
main along Rosita Avenue from San Anselmo Avenue to Nogales
Avenue; sewer mains along proposed easements located between
Rosita Avenue and Lobos Avenue; a sewer main along Lobos Avenue
from San Anselmo Avenue to Nogales Avenue; a sewer main along
Hermosilla Avenue from near the intersection of Lobos Avenue and
Hermosilla Avenue southwest to the end of the existing sewer in
Hermosilla Avenue, a sewer main from near the intersection of
Cayucos Avenue and Lobos Avenue southwest along Cayucos Avenue to
the end of the existing sewer in Cayucos Avenue; a sewer main
extending from the existing sewer located at the intersection of ---
Lobos Avenue and Nogales Avenue along Lobos Avenue to Encima
Avenue and to the end of Encima Avenue; a sewer main along San
Anselmo Avenue from E1 Camino Real to Rosita Avenue a sewer
main along Cayucos Avenue extending from San Anselmo Avenue
approximately 160 feet east of San Anselmo Avenue and a sewer
main in an existing easement located between Lobos Avenue and
Cayucos Avenue
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EXHIBIT A - CONTINUED
The work listed above shall include all of the necessary
appurtenances including but not limited to the installation of
manholes, cleanouts, minor sewer extensions and sewer services;
the necessary mobilization, clearing and grubbing, excavation,
shoring, dewatering, importation of graded material, compaction,
testing, roadway surfacing and marking, and completing the
necessary ties to existing or new facilities; the acquisition of
easements and necessary interests in real property, demolition or
removal of existing improvements, clearing and grubbing, the
replacement of existing improvements following construction
(including but not limited to revegetation, fencing, retaining
walls, driveways, sidewalks, mailboxes and landscaping) , the
installation of new drainage facilities to replace facilities
removed during construction and the relocation or replacement of
utilities damaged or displaced during construction; the
installation of pump station appurtenances, wet wells, pumps,
piping, electrical services control panels, valves and fixtures,
and water services.
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JOHN L. WALLACE & ASSOCIATES
CONSULTING CIVIL ENGINEERS
January 15 , 1986
Mr Mike Shelton
City Manager
City of Atascadero
P O Box 747
Atascadero, CA 93423
Subject Letter Contract Amending Agreement of October 10, 1984
Dear Mr Shelton
As requested by Paul Sensibaugh, Public Works Director, we are for-
warding this document as a letter agreement that incorporates our
proposal of December 1985 for the engineering services required for
the extension of sanitary sewers to Cease and Desist areas "C" and
"E" and the formation of the necessary assessment district This
letter shall serve as an addendum to the October 10 , 1984 agreement
with the understanding that the terms set forth in the October 10 ,
1984 agreement , attached hereto as Exhibit A, shall be modified by
the terms of the proposal of December 1985 We acknowledge to be
bound by the provisions of the October 10 , 1984 agreement as modified
in the December 1985 proposal and have executed this letter in accor-
dance with that understanding
We thank you for the opportunity to be of service in this matter
Sin ely,
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John L Wallace
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I agree to be bound by the terms as set forth above dated January 15 , 1986
for John L Wallace & Associates
John L. Wallace , Principal
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Exhibit A
AGREEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
TH S GREEMENT made and entered into this Q
of I day
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of Atascadero , a political subdivision of the State of Calif-
fornia, hereinafter referred to as "CITY" , and John L Wallace
of John L Wallace and Associates , hereinafter referred to as
"ENGINEER"
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the City desires to engage the service of a
registered civil engineer to act for the City as and in the
capacity of the City Engineer as provided by the Municipal
Code and related ordinances and regulations of the City of
Atascadero, and
WHEREAS , the Engineer is a registered civil engineer
licensed to practice in the State of California and desires
to render this professional services to the City pursuant to the
terms and conditions herein set forth
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and mutual
covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties do
mutually agree as follows
SECTION 1 SCOPE OF SERVICES
Pursuant to this Agreement , ENGINEER shall provide the
following services as requested by the City
a General engineering advice to and on the
behalf of CITY staff;
b Representation of CITY at meetings as
necessary to properly execute the duties and/or
provide the services listed herein,
c Rev-ea and checking of various mans , plans
permits and other documents ,
d Des-gn , document preparation , contract
administration and inspection for CITY utility *440
and public works projects including but not
limited to water, sewer, street and drainage
projects ;
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e Engineering services and report preparation
as necessary for the preparation of and accomplish-
ment of assessment districts ;
f Other engineering services as requested by CITY
and mutually agreeable to both parties
SECTION 2 TERMS
This agreement shall be for a period of time beginning
October 1, 1984 , and expiring on December 31 , 1984 This agreement
shall be automatically extended for sucessive one ( 1 ) month
terms thereafter unless either party gives notice of termination
Either party may terminate this agreement with thirty ( 30 ) days
prior written notice provided to the other party
SECTION 3 USE OF ASSISTANTS/EMPLOYEES
To the extent reasonably necessary to enable the ENGINEER
to perform his duties hereunder, the ENGINEER shall be author-
ized to engage the services of any assistant or employee which
he may deem proper The cost of the services to the CITY of such
assistants or employees shall be chargeable to the CITY in accor-
dance with the schedule of fees shown herein or as mutually
agreeable to CITY and ENGINEER
SECTION 4 DIRECTION OF DUTIES TO BE PERFORMED
BY ENGINEER
Services rendered pursuant to this Agreement shall be at
the direction and request of the City or his
designee
SECTION 5 SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY CITY
On its part , the CITY agrees to provide records and docu-
ments at no cost to the ENGINEER which the ENGINEER finds ,
through research, affect any project or work being done for,
or on behalf of the CITY Such records and documents include
but are not limited to copies of correspondence , surveys , sub-
division maps , field notes , improvement plans , enviornmental
impact reports and other documents affecting or relating to CITY ' S
work
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SECTION 6 ENGINEER' S FEES
The CITY hereby agrees to pay the ENGINEER, as compen-
sation for his services , fees according to the following
a Principal $45 00/hr
b Registered Civil Engineer $37 50/hr
c Associate Civil Engineer $32 50/hr.
d Construction Inspector . . . $27 50/hr
e Draftsmen and other Engineering
Technicians $25 00/hr
f Two Man Survey Crew . $80 00/hr
g Secretary $12 50/hr
h Actual costs of direct expenses incurred for
work and services requested by the CITY, in
cluding but not limited to
- additional insurance coverage if required
by the CITY
- automobile at $0 25 per mile
- lodging and meals
- lona distance telephone , telegraph
- postage
- cost for outside professional consultants
required for the work, plus 15% administrative
costs
- materials required for the job and used in
drafting and allied activities , including
printing and reproduction costs
SECTION 7 INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
Engineer shall be an independent contractor at all times
without direct City control or supervision of his performance
of his duties hereunder However, the City reservies the right
to request reports concerning the amount of time and similar
matters required by Engineer to perform the duties covered
under this contract
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SECTION 8 INDEMNITY
City agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless
ENGINEER from any and all claims , disputes , controversies or
lawsuits arising from or relating to work or services performed
by ENGINEER pursuant to the terms of this Agreement while he is
serving in the capacity of the consulting City Engineer/Director
of Public Works
SECTION 9 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This agreement supersedes any and all other agreements ,
either oral or in writing, between the parties hereto with
respect to the subject matter hereof , and no other agreement ,
statement , or promise relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement which is not contained herein shall be valid or
binding
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SECTION 10 AMENDMENTS TO AGREEMENT
This agreement may be amended from time to time by the mutual
written consent of the City and the Engineer
SECTION 11 ASSIGNMENT
Neither this agreement nor any duties or obligations here-
under shall be assignable by the ENGINEER without the prior
written consent of the CITY
SECTION 12 ATTORNEY ' S FEES
If any action of law or in equity is brought to enforce or
interpret the provisions of this Agreement , the prevailing party
shall be entitled to reasonable attorney' s fees in addition
to any other relief to which he may be entitled
SECTION 13 NOTICES
Any notice required to be given pursuant to the terms and
provisions hereof shall be in writing and shall be sent by
first class mail to the CITY at
City Administrator
City of Atascadero
6500 Palma Avenue
Atascadero, California 93422
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and to the ENGINEER at
1329 Chorro Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CITY and the ENGINEER have executed
this Agreement of the day and year first hereinabove set forth
CITY OF ATASCADERO
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Ralph-Dowell, City Adminis rator
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JoL Wallace for
JoU L Wallace and Associates
ATTEST; APPROVED AS TO FOR
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City Attorney
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LAW OFFICES
ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
600 MONTGOMERY STREET
SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 94111
TELEPHONE (415) 392 1122
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TELEPHONE (212)704.9660 TELEPHONE (406)298 BBDO TELEPHONE (916)447 9200 TELEPHONE (213)624 2470
May 2, 1986
Robert M Jones, Esq
City Attorney
City of Atascadero
P 0 Box 606
Atascadero, California 93423
Re Bond Counsel Services
Dear Mr Jones
This letter is in response to your request for
information about our firm and our experience in the area of
assessment district financing
This letter first describes Orrick' s general public
finance experience and then the firm' s particular assessment
financing experience The letter then outlines separately
personnel assignments, services to be rendered and our fees
I FIRM DESCRIPTION
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is engaged in the
general practice of corporate, municipal and commercial law
The origins of the firm can be traced back to 1863 when its
earliest predecessor firm was organized to represent the San
Francisco Bank, a major bank that was later to become United
California Bank (now First Interstate Bank of California)
Historically, the principal specialities of the firm have
been in the corporate and public finance areas The firm' s
specialities have developed, however, to include a full range
of counseling and litigation services
The firm presently has a staff of over 190
attorneys The main offices are located in San Francisco
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with branch offices in Sacramento, Los Angeles, San Jose and
New York
The firm' s practice is organized into the following
departments
Public Finance and Energy and Environmental
Municipal Law Regulation
Corporate Securities and Governmental Affairs
General Business Labor and Employment
Real Estate Practices
Taxation Personal Estates and Probate
Litigation, Antitrust and
Trade Regulation
While the departments are generally separate,
several groups have been formed with attorneys from more than
one department in order to more effectively service certain
areas, such as the public power and solid waste/privatization
groups which are composed of attorneys from the public
finance, energy and environmental regulation and antitrust
departments and the housing finance group which is composed
of public finance, real estate, tax and corporate attorneys
Public Finance Department
Orrick is one of relatively few law firms with a
national reputation for expertise in public and municipal
finance matters, and as such the firm' s legal opinions
concerning the validity of the issuance of bonds and the
tax-exempt status of interest on bonds are accepted
throughout the country Orrick has practiced in this area
for over 80 years
Orrick is the premier bond counsel firm in
California and is among the top few in the country The
public finance department presently consists of 49 attorneys
and 16 paralegals, the largest such department in the State
Of these attorneys, seven are located in our Los Angeles
office, two in Sacramento, thirteen in New York and the
balance in San Francisco Orrick served as bond counsel on
approximately 290 completed financings, involving
approximately $13 2 billion in 1985 According to statistics
compiled by the Public Securities Association, Orrick ranked
second in the country among bond counsel firms in both number
and dollar amount of publicly underwritten financings for
which it served as bond counsel in 1984 and 1985 Although
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the largest issue for which Orrick served as bond counsel
during the past couple of years was $2, 300, 000, 000 in
principal amount, a substantial number were less than
$5,000,000
The firm serves as bond counsel for the State of
California and California state agencies with the power to
issue bonds, numerous cities, redevelopment agencies, housing
authorities, parking authorities, industrial development
authorities, joint powers authorities, water agencies and a
variety of special districts and special purpose nonprofit
corporations Major projects for which Orrick has served as
bond counsel include the Golden Gate Bridge, the George
Moscone Convention Center, BART, Candlestick Park, Rancho
Seco Nuclear Power Plant and the California State Water
Project
Orrick' s public finance attorneys have substantial
experience with respect to virtually every type of municipal
security, including general obligation bonds, assessment
bonds, tax increment bonds, sales tax bonds, revenue bonds
(for housing, industrial and commercial development,
pollution control, water, wastewater treatment, sewage
treatment, solid waste, power, alternative energy, student
loans, health care, parking, educational, airport, port and
*"' other revenue producing projects, programs, loans, leases and
installment sales) , refunding bonds, tax, revenue, grant and
bond anticipation notes, commercial paper, variable rate
demand notes, put bonds, certificates of participation in
financing leases or installment sale contracts, leverage
leases and sale/leasebacks
Orrick' s public finance attorneys are also credited
with creating a number of well-known financing techniques,
including California charter city financing for nonpublic
improvements, residential rehabilitation financing in
California, combining sale/leasebacks of municipal facilities
(such as the Oakland Museum) with the issuance of bonds to
finance other facilities, certificates of participation in
leases or annuity contracts to fund unfunded pension
liabilities, the nameplate capacity theory of structuring
power revenue bonds involving sale of power to investor owned
utilities, variable rental lease financings, use of tender
options in connection with single family housing bonds,
compound interest bonds, the senior/subordinate bond
structure used in connection with single family housing bonds
to solve certain arbitrage limitations imposed by the
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Mortgage Subsidy Bond Tax Act of 1980 or otherwise to
differentiate and improve the rating of the senior bonds,
solar home improvement loans, FNMA collateralized multifamily
housing bonds and several other programs and innovations In
addition, Orrick has frequently been called upon to draft or
otherwise assist in the enactment of legislation to permit or
facilitate particular financing techniques
Several Orrick attorneys are among the very small
number of public finance attorneys in the country with a
national reputation for expertise in federal tax questions
relating to municipal bonds In addition, they comprise what
is probably the largest, most able and highly regarded group
of arbitrage lawyers in the country Recently, their tax
work has opened the door to three year unlimited arbitrage
investment of the proceeds of tax-exempt commercial paper and
to the recovery out of arbitrage profits of fees for letters
of credit and similar credit enhancement devices used in
connection with a number of different types of tax-exempt
debt They also are able to perform computer arbitrage
calculations and to offer certain issuers guidance with
respect to arbitrage compliance both for and apart from any
particular series of bonds
In addition to acting as bond counsel, Orrick also
acts as underwriters' counsel, issuers' counsel, special tax
counsel, trustee' s counsel, company counsel, credit provider
counsel and lenders' counsel in connection with the issuance
of tax-exempt bonds During the past two years, for example,
Orrick acted as underwriters' counsel on one or more bond
issues for virtually every national and many regional
investment banking firms and a number of major commercial
banks
Although the bulk of Orrick' s public finance
practice has traditionally been in California, the firm
regularly (and, especially since the opening of its New York
office in August 1984, increasingly) acts as bond counsel or
underwriters' counsel outside of California For example,
Orrick has served as bond counsel in Alabama, Alaska,
Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Guam, Idaho, Indiana,
Iowa, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands,
Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Washington, and as _
underwriters' counsel in almost two-thirds of the states
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Municipal Law Practice
In addition to bond counsel services, Orrick also
serves as general counsel to a number of public entities In
connection with its litigation and labor practice, the firm
counsels public entities and others in various municipal law
matters, including activities presenting eminent domain,
redevelopment, real estate, environmental, antitrust, labor,
pension, civil rights and constitutional issues Also, in
the face of California' s increasingly complex legislative and
regulatory environment, a separate governmental affairs
department was formed a couple of years ago and is
headquartered at the firm' s Sacramento office That
department advises clients as to current legislative and
regulatory developments, drafts and shepherds legislation
through the legislative process, counsels on federal and
state campaign and election law matters and lobbies on a
variety of legislative, administrative and regulatory matters
II SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FINANCING EXPERIENCE
We have had extensive experience acting as bond
counsel on assessment district financing in California, from
San Bernardino County to Del Norte County and from the Bay
Area Counties to Inyo County, including among others the
Counties of San Bernardino, Kern, Fresno, San Francisco, San
Mateo, San Luis Obispo, San Joaquin, Monterey, Santa Cruz,
Marin, Humboldt, Del Norte, Placer, El Dorado and Inyo and
the Cities of Folsom, Modesto, San Jose, Millbrae, and San
Leandro (together with numerous projects in Reno and Sparks,
Nevada) Ongoing bond counsel relationships include the
cities of Stockton, Modesto, San Leandro, San Jose, Folsom
and Reno and Sparks, Nevada, the Counties of Sacramento,
Fresno, Inyo and San Luis Obispo and the Fresno Metropolitan
Flood Control District As bond counsel, we have been
directly involved in numerous policy review sessions
concerning the use of assessment district financings of
public improvements and the establishment of procedures in
connection therewith We were recently engaged by the Board
of Supervisors of Sacramento County to be counsel for all
future assessment proceedings to be conducted by the County
On the basis of such experience, we can provide substantial
assistance to the City in reviewing and developing overall
assessment district financing policies and procedures, in
addition to carrying out financings for which policies are
already established
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In addition to serving as bond counsel for
assessment district financings under the 1911, 1913, 1915 and
1951 Acts, we have served as bond counsel in recent years in
connection with warrants secured by assessments issued by
irrigations districts, community services districts, county
water districts and county water agencies In addition to
numerous parking assessment district financings, we have
served as bond counsel in connection with bonds secured by
benefit assessments issued by every one of the eight water
storage districts in California We are intimately familiar
with all aspects of securities law disclosure requirements,
and thus can assist the City in assuring that any official
statements or other publicly distributed documentation
concerning assessment bonds comply with such laws
We were among the leaders in organizing the
California Assessment Bond Underwriters Association (the only
statewide organization relating to assessment financing) ,
having conducted the negotiations and prepared the articles
of incorporation and by-laws for such association We have
maintained our special relationship with this association,
being the lead draftsman, in conjunction with the association
and the Public Securities Association, for bond legislation
concerning the 1911, 1913, and 1915 Acts In 1970, we
approved the issuance of $3, 010, 869 97 principal amount of
Improvement Bonds, County of San Luis Obispo, Atascadero
Assessment District No 1 The validity of these bonds was
challenged under the so-called "one-man, one-vote" principle,
and the validity of the issue was upheld in the landmark
decision of O'Keefe v Atascadero County Sanitation District,
21 Cal App 3d 719 ( 1971) Finally, it should be noted that
our office initiated and handled the two major recent test
cases supporting the use of assessment bond financing in
California These cases were County of Fresno v Malmstrom,
94 Cal App 3d 974 ( 1979) and County of Placer v Corin, 113
Cal App 3d 443 (1980)
A list of our recent assessment financing
experience is attached hereto as Appendix A A list of
representative references is attached hereto as Exhibit B
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III EXPERIENCE IN SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY AND SURROUNDING
REGION
Our firm has experience working as bond counsel on
assessment district financings in the County of San Luis
Obispo as early as 1926 These financings include
approximately eight assessment bond transactions issued by
either the City of San Luis Obispo or the County of San Luis
Obispo going back only as far as 1960 Carlo Fowler worked
as the lead, responsible attorney on nearly all of these
assessment issues Further information about and a detailed
list of these assessment transactions can be provided, should
you so desire In addition to assessment transactions,
Orrick has worked as bond counsel on other types of
financings in San Luis Obispo County including short-term
revenue transactions, school district revenue and general
obligation bonds and water revenue bonds
IV PERSONNEL, SERVICES
Subject to approval by the City, we would expect to
assign the following attorneys to the City' s financing
program Carlo S Fowler and Antonia Dolar Primary overall
responsibility for the financing program on behalf of the
firm would be taken by Carlo S Fowler, who has been a
partner in the firm for eighteen years and has practiced
exclusively in the area of municipal finance law during that
time, with extensive experience in special assessment
financing, revenue bond financing, lease financing and water
and public power financing Ms Dolar is a senior associate
in the firm' s public finance department and would be expected
to do a substantial portion of the work involved in the
program, but would at all times work under the close
supervision of Mr Fowler Ms Dolar is located in the
firm' s San Francisco office Brief resumes for these
attorneys follow
Carlo S Fowler, born New York, N Y , 1932,
admitted to bar, 1960, California Education Yale
University (B E , 1954) , Harvard University (LL B , 1959)
Law Clerk to Hon Gilbert H Jertberg, U S Court of Appeals,
Ninth Circuit, 1959-1960
Antonia Dolar, born Kelkheim, Germany, 1947,
admitted to bar 1983, California Education Sonoma State
University (B A , 1972) , University of California, Berkeley
(M S W , 1975 ) , University of San Francisco (J D , 1983 )
Editor-in-Chief, U S F Law Review Ms Dolar has worked on
various assessment proceedings for the San Joaquin County
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cities of Modesto, Millbrae, San Leandro and other cities
She is currently working on assessment district financings
for the City and County of San Francisco and for the County
of Sacramento
Our services in the capacity of special bond
counsel to the City would include the rendering of all legal
services required in the conduct of the special assessment
proceedings and the issuance of bonds therein, including
(1) Consultation with appropriate representatives
of the City, including the City Attorney, and with the City' s
engineers and underwriter and any other special consultants
to the City to assist in the formulation of an overall
coordinated financial, engineering and legal program in order
to accomplish the financing
(2 ) Preparation of a timetable setting forth the
actions required to accomplish the financing, including
allocation of responsibility therefor
(3) Preparation of all legal proceedings for the
formation of the assessment district and the levy of the
assessment therein, including preparation of all necessary
resolutions, forms, notices, affidavits and other documents
(except those to be prepared by the engineers) required in
connection with the levy of the assessment
(4) Review of certain documents to be prepared by
the engineers, including the plans and specifications for the
project, the boundary map of the assessment district, the
assessment, the assessment diagram and the Engineer' s Report,
and advice and assistance in connection therewith
(5) Review of any environmental impact studies,
reports or other proceedings, but we would not be responsible
for the preparation or content of such documents
(6) Attendance at the public hearing or hearings
on the assessment to be levied in said proceedings and the
rendering of assistance thereat in the conduct of such
hearing or hearings, and attendance at such other meetings or
hearings as shall be deemed necessary for the proper conduct
of the proceedings, but we would not anticipate general
appearances before each meeting of the City Council
(7) Rendering of legal advice to the City and the
City Attorney and the City' s consulting engineers and any
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other special consultants to the City throughout the course
of the proceedings for the levy of the assessment
(8) Preparation of all legal proceedings for the
authorization, issuance and sale of the improvement bonds in
said proceedings upon the unpaid assessments, including
preparation of the resolution authorizing the issuance of
such bonds and setting forth the terms and conditions thereof
and the resolution providing for the sale of the bonds
(9) Review, as to those matters that are related
to the issuance and sale of the bonds, of the official
statement describing the bonds to be prepared by the
underwriter, and participation in meetings reviewing the
official statement describing the bonds; but we would not be
responsible for the preparation or content of such document
(10) Preparation of the documents required in
connection with the award of the bid for the construction of
the project
( 11) Assistance in connection with securing
investment ratings for the bonds, including attendance at and
participation in meetings with bond rating agencies, if
requested
( 12) Examination of the proofs of the bonds,
preparation of the final closing papers required to effect
the delivery of the bonds and organization of and attendance
at the bond closing
(13) The rendering of a final approving legal
opinion on the validity of the bonds and the tax-exempt
status of interest thereon, and the rendering of such other
legal opinions as may be appropriate in connection with the
delivery of and receipt of payment for the bonds
Our services would not include representation of
the City in any eminent domain proceedings or in any
litigation challenging the validity of the proposed financing
or the transactions contemplated by this letter, but if such
services are requested should such circumstance arise, we
would be pleased to perform them on such terms as might be _
mutually agreed to at that time
It is understood that we would act as special bond
counsel to the City in connection with such proposed
financing in consultation with the City Attorney, and that
all matters to be submitted to the City Council for
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consideration would be forwarded by us to the City Attorney
for review prior to presentation to the City Council
V FEES
Our fees for the above outlined services would be
computed on the basis of the total assessment levied in each
of said proceedings and would be calculated on the basis of
two per cent (2%) of the first one million dollars
($1,000, 000) of the assessment levied, to be reduced to one
per cent (1%) of the next one million dollars ($1, 000, 000) of
the assessment levied and one-half of one per cent ( 1/2 of
1%) of the assessment levied in excess of two million dollars
($2,000,000) , plus reimbursement for all out-of-pocket
expenses incurred in connection therewith, provided that all
costs of bond printing shall be paid for as an incidental
expense in said proceedings and not included within the above
compensation Such compensation would be contingently
payable only following receipt of the proceeds of the sale of
the improvement bonds issued in said proceedings
VI CONCLUSION
We believe that Orrick., Herrington is uniquely well
qualified to act as bond counsel for the City' s assessment
proceedings We feel that we would bring the following
distinctive qualities to the program
1 A national reputation placing us among the top
few bond counsel firms in the country and clear
recognition as the first-ranking firm in
California Our opinion will be unhesitatingly
accepted by underwriters and rating agencies
2 The amount and diversity of our experience, as
described herein, make it more likely that we would
be familiar with a range of financial alternatives
and their legal consequences that the City might
wish to consider and that we would be able to
structure the legal aspects of the financing in the
most straightforward and least burdensome fashion
to achieve the City' s objective
3 A commitment to thorough and innovative legal
work, reasonable cost, care that the substance and
mechanics of the financing work as intended and
that the interests of the City are served and
protected
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We enjoyed the opportunity to meet with you and
other members of the City Staff earlier this week and to
present our qualifications and to learn more about the
project If there are any matters in this letter which
require further amplification, please do not hesitate to
contact us We would look forward to working with you on
this project
Respectfully submitted,
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE
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May 12, 1986
ATTEST: CITY OF ATASCADERO
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City Attorney Mayor
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Security Pacific Capital Markets Group
Public Finance
300 South Grand Avenue,8-211•21st Floor
Cos Angeles,California 90071•Telephone(213)229-1440
May 9, 1986
Mr David Jorgenson
Finance Director
City of Atascadero
6500 Palma Avenue
Atascadero, California 93423
Dear Mr Jorgenson
Security Pacific Capital Markets Group proposes to provide
investment banking services for the City of Atascadero in connection with
the financing of sewer improvements for two or possibly three
non-contiguous areas of the City It is our understanding that the 14#*
aggregate size of this financing will be approximately $1 5 million
Security Pacific Capital Markets Group will provide all
investment banking services to the City of Atascadero, including, but not
limited to financial analysis and feasibility review of the sewer
improvement project , preparation of debt service schedules and
determination of the components of the issue size, preparation of the
disclosure statement , coordination of all parties involved in the
financing , including bond counsel and other outside consultants ,
arrangement for trust or paying agent services, and the sale of bonds and
delivery of the funds
Our fee for these services is contingent upon the successful sale
of the bond issue Our fees will be paid out of the proceeds of the issue
and will be represented by a discount These fees will not exceed 3% of
the issue size We currently anticipate, based on our discussion, that
our fee will be 2 75% We will commit to this fee provided that the
financing does not become more complicated than we currently anticipate --"
In addition, the discount includes the cost of travel for Security Pacific
professionals to Atascadero for meetings as requested by the City, and
travel expenses to San Francisco as required for the closing of the issue
and other document review sessions which may be held in bond counsel
offices We will also evaluate the benefits and costs of credit
enhancement or other approaches to the financing and provide appropriate
computer support low
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Mr David Jorgenson
May 9, 1986
continued
Other expenses which will be incurred by the City but are not
included in the above discount include the cost of bond counsel , the cost
of trustee or paying agent services, the cost of printing the official
statement and the bonds , the reporting fee for the California Debt
Advisory Commission , the cost of hiring other outside consultants,
including engineering consultants, and any costs the City incurs in
connection with holding public hearings and providing property owners with
notices
We look forward to serving the City of Atascadero If you desire
to begin work on this assessment bond project as proposed by Security
Pacific Capital Markets Group, please so indicate by your endorsement
below
Sincerely,
William E Straw
Vice President
May 27, 1986
City of Atascadero
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