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Proposed Resolution - 9/7/2021RESOLUTION NO. 30 OF 2021 A Resolution authorizing the pledge certain supplemental sales and use tax revenues to the payment of the City’s sales and excise tax revenue bonds; authorizing the taking of all other actions necessary to evidence such pledge; and related matters. *** *** *** WHEREAS, Salt Lake City, Utah (the “City”), is a duly organized and existing city of the first class, operating under the general laws of the State of Utah (the “State”); WHEREAS, the City has previously issued and currently expects to issue additional sales and excise tax revenue bonds (the “Sales Tax Bonds”) pursuant to (a) authority contained in the the Local Government Bonding Act, Chapter 14 of Title 11 (the “Government Bonding Act”), Utah Code Annotated 1953, as amended (the “Utah Code”) and the Utah Refunding Bond Act, Chapter 27 of Title 11 (the “Refunding Bond Act”), Utah Code, and other applicable provisions of law (collectively with the Government Bonding Act and the Refunding Bond Act, the “Act”) and (b)the Master Trust Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2004, as amended and supplemented to the date hereof (the “Master Indenture”); WHEREAS, pursuant to the Master Indenture the payment of principal and interest on the Sales Tax Bonds is currently secured by a pledge of (a) 100% of the Local Sales and Use Tax revenues received by the City pursuant to Title 59, Chapter 12, Part 2, Utah Code (the “Local Sales and Use Tax”); (b) 100% of the Municipal Energy Sales and Use Tax revenues received by the City pursuant to Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3, Utah Code, and Salt Lake City Code Chapter 3.06; (c) 100% of the franchise fees for energy and utilities received by the City pursuant to Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3, Utah Code, and Salt Lake City Code Chapter 3.06; (d) 100% of the Municipal Telecommunications License Tax revenues received by the City pursuant to Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 4, Utah Code, and Salt Lake City Code Chapter 3.10; (e) 100% of the franchise fees associated with public utilities received by the City pursuant to Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3, Utah Code, and Salt Lake City Code Section 17.16.070; and (f) 100% of franchise fees associated with cable television received by the City pursuant to Salt Lake City Code Chapter 5.20 (collectively, the “Revenues”); WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 59-12-402.1, the City is authorized to levy a tax at the rate of .5% on most, if not all, of the same transactions that are subject to the Local Sales and Use Tax (the “Supplemental Sales and Use Tax”); WHEREAS, pursuant to Salt Lake City Ordinance No. 18 of 2018, the City has established, approved and levied the Supplemental Sales and Use Tax; and WHEREAS, the City desires now to amend the Revenues pledged to secure the payment of its Sales Tax Bonds to include a pledge of 100% of the Supplemental Sales and Use Tax revenues received by the City; - 2 - Additional Pledge Resolution NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, as follows: Section 1. Pledge of Supplemental Sales and Use Tax. The City is hereby authorized and directed to pledge 100% of the Supplemental Sales and Use Tax revenues received by the City to the payment of all currently outstanding and all future Sales Tax Bonds issued by the City pursuant to the Master Indenture. Section 2. Approval and Execution of a Supplemental Indenture. In order to amend the Revenues pledged in the Master Indenture to include the pledge of 100% of the Supplemental Sales and Use Tax revenues received by the City, the Mayor is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to accomplish such additional pledge (the “Supplemental Indenture”) on behalf of the City, and the City Recorder or any Deputy City Recorder is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to affix to such Supplemental Indenture the seal of the City and to attest such seal and countersign such Supplemental Indenture. The Supplemental Indenture may be executed and delivered in connection with the issuance of a series of Sales Tax Bonds or by itself, as determined by the Mayor to be in the best interest of the City. Section 3. Other Actions. The officers and employees of the City shall take all action necessary or reasonably required to carry out, give effect to, and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and shall take all action necessary in conformity with the Act and the Master Indenture to carry out the pledge of the Supplemental Sales and Use Tax revenues, including, without limitation, the execution and delivery of any documents required to be delivered in connection with such pledge. If (a) the Mayor or (b) the City Recorder shall be unavailable or unable to execute or attest and countersign, respectively, the Supplemental Indenture or the other documents that they are hereby authorized to execute, attest and countersign, the same may be executed, or attested and countersigned, respectively, (i) by the Chief of Staff or (ii) by any Deputy City Recorder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the officers and employees of the City are authorized and directed to take such action as shall be necessary and appropriate to pledge the Supplemental Sales and Use Tax revenues. Section 4. Prior Acts Ratified, Approved and Confirmed. All acts of the officers and employees of the City in connection with the pledge of the Supplemental Sales and Use Tax revenues are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed. Section 5. Resolution Irrepealable. Except as otherwise provided in the Master Indenture, following the execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture this resolution shall be and remain irrepealable until all the Sales Tax Bonds and the interest thereon shall have been fully paid, cancelled, and discharged. Section 6. Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this resolution shall for any reason be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause, or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this resolution. Section 7. Effective Date. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon its approval and adoption. - 3 - Additional Pledge Resolution ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the City Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, this 7th day of September 2021. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH _______________________________________ Vice Chair Salt Lake City Council ATTEST: ____________________________________ City Recorder [SEAL] APPROVED: By ____________________________________ Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: By ____________________________________ Senior City Attorney Sep 7, 2021 30 of 2021 Additional Pledge Resolution Final Audit Report 2021-09-07 Created:2021-09-07 By:Cindy Trishman (cindy.trishman@slcgov.com) Status:Signed Transaction ID:CBJCHBCAABAA5fF3i7BEGphE_BFuusfwAMjiJrSAbTSO "30 of 2021 Additional Pledge Resolution" History Document created by Cindy Trishman (cindy.trishman@slcgov.com) 2021-09-07 - 9:58:17 PM GMT- IP address: 204.124.13.151 Document emailed to Boyd Ferguson (boyd.ferguson@slcgov.com) for signature 2021-09-07 - 9:59:01 PM GMT Email viewed by Boyd Ferguson (boyd.ferguson@slcgov.com) 2021-09-07 - 9:59:33 PM GMT- IP address: 204.124.13.222 Document e-signed by Boyd Ferguson (boyd.ferguson@slcgov.com) Signature Date: 2021-09-07 - 10:02:43 PM GMT - Time Source: server- IP address: 204.124.13.222 Agreement completed. 2021-09-07 - 10:02:43 PM GMT