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FROM:
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
CITY MANAGER
PIC-I
DEPARTMENT:ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
DATE:
SUBJECT:
MARCH 13, 2006 CMR: 161:06
APPROVAL OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
RECOMMENDATION
Staffrecommends that the Board of Directors of the Public Improvement Corporation (PIC) approve
the 2004-05 financial statements for the Public Improvement Corporation.
BACKGROUND
The Public Improvement Corporation (PIC) is a nonprofit corporation formed by the City in 1983,
allowing the City to issue Certificates of Participation (COPs) to fund capital improvements. The
PIC, through a lease structure, finances the acquisition, improvement, and construction of certain
City properties (described below). PIC uses the lease payments by the City’s general fund to pay the
debt service on the COPs.
On July 13, 1998, Council adopted a resolution establishing itself as the Board of Directors of the
PIC. Prior to that, the existing PIC Board of Directors elected new directors with the City Council
having a veto authority.
In 1983 and 1998, the City of Palo Alto issued Certificates of Participation (COPs) to fund
improvements to the Civic Center and the Golf Course, respectively. In 2002, the Civic Center bonds
were refinanced due to a lower interest rate environment and COPs were issued to finance the
construction of office space adjacent to the new parking structure on Bryant/Florence Street. The
bylaws of the PIC require the Board of Directors of the Corporation to meet at least annually and
approve the financial statements for the Corporation. Therefore, the City Council is required to meet
annually as the Board of the PIC. The Board has no substantive oversight responsibilities, as it
assigns all rights to receive lease payments to the Trustee (U.S. Bank Trust) for the benefit of the
investors.
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DISCUSSION
The attached financial statements show the financial condition of the PIC. All debt service pasa’nents
have been made on time and all financial requirements, such as the maintenance of reserves, have
been met. At year-end, June 30, 2005, total outstanding debt (principal) on the COPs equaled $10.6
million as follows:
COP Description
1998 Golf Course
2002A Civic Center Refinancing
2002B Dow-ntown Parking Improvements
Total COPs
Principal
Outstanding
(millions)
155.7
$2.5
$2.4
$10.6
Year Debt will be
Retired
2018
2012
2022
RESOURCE IMPACT
Approval of the Public Improvement Corporation’s financial statements will have no resource
impact.
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
Approval of the Public Improvement Corporation’s financial statements is consistent with prior
Council policy direction and resolutions.
ENVIRONMENTALREVIEW
This is not a project under the ~a..Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
PREPARED BY: .---~"~’ ia---"’~--~ ~/"~"~--"~O’~--~ -------
TARUN~ARAYAN
Senior Financial Analyst
DEPARTMENT APPROVAL:
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
EMILY
Assistant City Manager
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: City of Palo Alto Public Improvement Corporation Financial Statements for the
Year Ended June 30, 2005
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ATTACHMENT A
CITY OF PALO ALTO
PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
CO~ {PONENT UNIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED
"rN .JUi E 30, 2005
qAZE &
A$SOCIATES
ACCOUNTANC Y COFIPORATION
CITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
COMPONENT UNIT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
~NFOR THE YEAR ENDED J-U~ ’E 30, 2005
Table of Contents
Pa~____~e
Independent Auditor’s Report .............................................................................................................]
Management’s Discussion and Analysis ...............................................................................................3
Financial Statements:
Government-wide Financial Statements
Statement c, fNet Assets ..........................................................................................................
Statement of Activities ..........................................................................................................9
Fund Financial Statements
Balance Sheer ...........................................................................................................................12
Statement of Rex enues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances .....................................
Statement of Revennes, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances -
Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities ...............................................................14
Notes to Financial Statements ...........................................................................................................i 5
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ASSOC A
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City’ Council of the
Cib’ of Palo Alto, California
We have audited the accompanying component unit financial statements of the governmental
activities and each major fund of the Palo Alto Public Improvement Corporation, a component
unit of the Cib’ of Palo Alto, as of and for the year ended June 30, 2005 as listed in the Table of
Contents. These financial statements are the responsibilib’ of the City,’s management. Our
responsibiliU is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards in the United
States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An
audit includes examining on a test basis evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement
presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In odr opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly in all material respects the
financial position of the governmental activities and each major fund of the Palo Alto Public
Improvement Corporation as of June 30, 2005, and the results of its operations for the year then
ended, m conformib’ with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of
America.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis is not a required part of the basic component unit financial
statements but is supplementary information required by the Governmental Accounting Standards
Board. We have applied certain limited procedures, which consisted principally of inquiries of
management regarding the methods of measurement and presentation of required supplementau
information. However we did not audit the information and we express no opinion on it.
October 1, 2005
Professional Corporation
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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
For %ur consecutive years the Palo Alto Public Improvement Corporation, a component unit of the
City of Palo Alto, has followed the provisions of Government Accounting Standards Board
Stateroom 34 (GASB 34), "Basic Financial Statements-and Management’s Discussion & Analysis-
for State and Local Governments:’. GASB 34 represents a profound and far-reaching change in
accounting and reporting for municipalities; it is an effort to make these statements clearer and more
understandable to readers.
The Corporation is controlled by the City of Palo Alto and was organized ro assist the City in
financing public improvements. The Corporation issues debt and turns the proceeds of the debt
over to the City under lease agreements that provide a revenue source for the repayment of this
debt. The Corporation has four debt issues and has turned the proceeds of these, issues over to the
City: which pledged certain lease payments as collateral for this debt, as discussed in _Note 4 to the
financial statements.
FISCAL 2005 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS-CORPORATON-WIDE BASIS AND FUND
BASIS
GASB 34 requires the issuance of Corporation-wide financial statements as well as fund financial
statements. The Corporation-wide financial statements report the balance of the Corpo~:ation’s long-
term debt issue, while the individual fund statement does not.
In fiscal year 2002, the Corporation issued its 2002A Civic Center Refinancing COPs in the amount
of $3.5 million to refund its 1992 Civ’ic Center Project COPs, reducing debt service requirements by
$372 thousand and producing an accounting gain of $137 thousand. It also issued its 2002B
Downtown Parking Improvements COPs in the amount of $3.55 million. In fisc!l year 2005 a
partial redemption was done by placing excess construction and debt service reserve funds into an
escrow account to defense $900 thousand of 2002B Downtown Parking Improvements COP’s.
These issues plus the 1998 Golf Course Capital Improvements COPs issue comprise all its
outstanding debt.
Interest expense on these COPs issues was $573 thousand in fiscal year 2005, an increase of $51
thousand from prior year. The interest on leases on the assets securing these COPs issues was $534
thousand, and increase of $35 thousand from prior year; this revenue and $43 thousand in interest
income resulted in an income of $4 thousand in fiscal year 2005, a decrease of $24 thousand from
prior year.
The Corporation ended fiscal year 2005 with total assets of $10.8 million,, a decrease of $1.6 million
from prior year. Total assets included $!.4 million in cash, a decrease of $1.1 million from prior
year and $~.8 million in present value of leases receivable from the City of Palo Aho, a decrease of
$0.~ million from prior year. It had liabilities of $10.8 million a decrease of $1.6 million from prior
);ear, including $i0.6 million in long-term debt.
At the Fund level, the Corporation reported a negative $!.0 million in revenues over expenditures,
which was principally due to defeasance of debt financed by the 2002B Downtown Parking
Improvements Certificates of Participation bond proceeds. Prior year was a negative $1.4 million
for a difference of $0.4 million.
As of June 30, 2005, the Corporation has two funds, Debt Service Fund, which reported a $1.4
million fund balance and the Capital Projects Fund, "~s, hich reported a $0.1 million fund balance
same as from prior year and a decrease from prior year of $0.9 million respectively.
OVERVIEW OF THE AGENCY’S BASIC FINANCIAL STATE~IENTS
The Basic Financial statements are in two parts:
1)Management’s Discussion and Analysis (this part),
2)The Basic Financial Statements. which include the Agency-wide and the Fund financi!l
statements, along with the Notes to these financial s~atements.
The Basic Financial Statements
The Basic Financial Statements comprise the Corporation-wide Financial Statements and the Fund
Financial Statements. These two sets of financial statements provide two different views of the
Corporation’s financial actix, ities and financial position-long-term and short-term.
The Corporation-wide Financial Statements provide a longer-term view of the Corporation’s
activizies as a whole, and comprise the statements of Ne~ Assets and the Statement of Activities.
The sta’;ement of Net Assets provides information about the financial position of the Corporation as
a whole, including all its long-term liabilities on the full accrual basis, similar to that used by
corporations. The Statement of Activities provides information about all the Corporation’s
revenues and all its expenses, also on the full accrual basis, with the emphasis on measuring net
revenues or expenses of the Corporation’s procure. The Statement of Activities explains in detail
the change in Net Assets for the year.
The Fund Financial Statements report the Corporation’s operations in more detail than the
Corporation-wide statements and focus primarily on the short-term activities of the Debt Service
and Capital Projects Funds. The Fund Financial Statements measure only current revenues and
expenditures, current assets, liabilities and fund balances; they exclude capital assets, long-term
debt and other ]ong-term amounts.
Together, all these statements are now called the Basic Financial Statements.
DEBT ADMINISTRATION
The Corporation issues deb’t in the form of Certificates of Participation (termed COPs) in future
lease receipts from the Cib.’ of Palo Alto. Legally, these COPs issues are the Corporation’s debt
only; the City is liable only for the payment of" the amounts set forth in the lease securing each
COPs issue.
The Corporation’s COPs issues are discussed in detail in Note 4 to the. financial statements. The
Corporation issued two COPs issued in fiscal ~.00z, one of which refunded an earlier issue
" ~NECONO~ IIC OUTLOOK AND MAJOR L :ITIATES
The economy of the City of Palo A]to and its major initiatives for the coming );ear are discussed in
detail in the Cit~.’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
CONTACTING THE AGENCY’S FINA~ CIAL MANAGEMENT
These Basic. Financial Statements are intended to provide ci,izens, taxpayers, investors, and
creditors wi~h a general ovem,iew of the Agency’s finances. Questions about these Statements
should be directed to the Finance Depa~:ment of the City of Palo A]to.. 250 Hamilton Avenue, CA
94301.
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CITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
AND STATE~ lENT OF
ACTIVITIES
The Statement of Net Assets and the Staiement of Activities summarize the entire Corporation’s
financial activities and financial position. They are prepared on the same basis as is used by most
businesses, which means they include all the Corporation’s assets and all its liabilities, as well as
all its revenues and expenses. This is known as the full accrual basis-the effect of all the
Corporation’s transactions is taken into account, regardless of whether or when cash changes
hands, but all material internal transactions between Corporation funds have been eliminated.
The Statement of Net Assets reports the difference bet~veen the Corporation’s total assets and the
Corporation’s total liabilities, including all the Corporation’s capital assets and all its long-term
debt. The Statement of Net Assets presents similar information to the old balance sheet format,
but presents it in a way that focuses the reader on the composition of the Corporation’s net assets,
by subtracting total liabilities from total assets.
The Statement of Net Assets summarizes the financial position of all the Corporation’s
Governmental Activities in a single column that presents the financial position of the entire
Corporation.
The Corporation’s Governmental Activities include.-the activities of its Debt Service and Capital
Projects Funds.
The Statement of ,A.cti~,ities reports " ~ ¢~- and decreases in tlne Corporation’s net assets. It is
also prepared on the full accrual basis, which means it includes all the Corporation’s revenues and
alt its expenses, regardless of when cash changes hands. This differs from the ~modified accrual~’
basis used in the Fund financial statements, which reflect onl> current assets, current liabilities,
available revenues and measurable expenditures.
The Statement of Activities presents the Corporation’s expenses and follows with program
revenues-that is, revenues which are generated directly by these programs-are then deducted from
program expenses to arrive at the net expense of the gox, ernmental program. The Corporation’s
general revenues are then listed in the Governmental Activities column, and the Change in .Net
,’Assets is computed and reconciled with the Statement of.Net Assets.
PALO ALTO PUBLIC LMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
A COMPONENT L~IT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS
JUNE 30, 2005
ASSETS
Cash and investments held by trostee (Note 3) "
Interest receivable
Construction in progress
Investmeni in leases to City of Palo Alto {.~ote 2D)
Total Assets
LL~BILITIE S
interest payable
Long-term debt (Note 4)
Due in one year
Due in more than one year
Total Liabilities
NET ASSETS
$1,435,925
15,350
2,546,438
6,819,792
]0,817,505
177,155
710,000
9,9!5,000
10,802,!55
Unrestricted
Total Net Assets
See accompanying notes to financial statements
PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
A COMPONENT U_~.IT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES
FOR THE FISCAL 5’~AR ENDED ;L._~E 30; 2005
EXPENSES
interest and fiscal agent charges $573,427
573,427
3~4,~0~
(39,!24)
43~III
3,957
11,363
$15,350
Total Program Expenses
REVEN-UES
Interes* on leases from C b’ of Palo Alto
Net Program Expenses
GENER_AL
Interest from cash and investments
Change in Net Assets
Nei assets at the beginning of year
Net assets a1 the end of )’ear
See accompanying notes to ~nancial s~.atements
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FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ]
M~or funds are defined generally as having significant activities or balances in the current year.
All of the Corporation’s Funds were determined to be Ma.jor Funds in fiscal 2005.
Debt Service Fund - This fund accounts for debt service payments on the Corporation’s
tong-term debt issues.
Capital Projects Fund - This fund accounts for the Corporation’s pro~ject capital outlays.
PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT COXPO~ATION
A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
BALANCE SHEET
JUNE t 0, ~0 v 5
ASSETS
Case and investments held by trustee I~ote
Interest receivable
Investment in leases to City’ of Palo Alto
Tota! Assets
Deferred revenue
Total Liabiiities
Rese.~.’ed for:
Debt sen’ice
CapKai ~rc~iec
LIABILITIES
FUND BAL.~,., CE~
Total Fund Balances
Tota! L~b~u~es and Fund Balances
Debt SerwJce
Capital
Projects
$!,340,452 $95,473
15,156 194
6,819,792
$8,175,400
$6,819=792
6,819,792
1,3 ~" ~.,6o8
608
$8,175,400
$95,667
$95,667
95,667
$95,667
Totals
i 43~
15,350
6,819,792
$8,271,067
$6,819,792
6,8!9,792
1355.608
95,667
1,451,275
Accrual adjustmeni to remove deferred revenue from the balance sheet
Deferred revenue
Construction in Progress used in governmenta! activities is not a financial resource
and therefore not reposed in funds
Some liabilities, including bonds payable, are not due and payable in the
current period and therefore are not repor*ed in the funds
Long-term debt
interest payable
Due within one year
D~e in more than one .v, ear
See accompanying notes to financial statements
6,819,792
z.~46.4.~ 8
(71o,ooo)
(9,915,000)
$]5,350
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PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVENIENT CORPORATION
A CON,IPONENT LTIT OF THE CITY OF PAL, O ALTO
STATE.MENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES
AND CHANGES ~ FLeD BALANCES
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JL~E 30, 2005
Debt Service Capital Projects Totals
REVENUES
Lease receipts from Cib’ of Palo Alto:
Principal
Interesl
Interest from cash and investments
Total Revenues
EXPENDITURES
Debt service:
Principal repayment
Interest and fiscal agent charges
Capital prqects
Total Expend itures
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES
OVER EXPENDITURES
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
Payment to bond escrow agent
Transfers in
Transfers (out)
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses’)
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES AND
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES OVER
EXPENDITURES AND OTHER USES
Fund balances at beginning of year
Fund balances at end of year
$690,000
590,978
35,225
1,3!6,203
690,000
595,491
i,285,49!
30,7!2
9s,s73)
1,423,769
$1,355,608
1],940
11,940
(4,054)
(940,073)
(940,073)
(944,127)
1,039,794
$95,667
$690,000
590,978
43,111
1,324,089
690,000
595,49!
11,940
1;297,43]
26,658
(1,038,946)
940,073
(940,073)
(1,038,946)
i,012,288)
2,463,563
$!,451~275
See aocompanvin~ notes to ~nancial statements
PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPO~-~TION
STATE~MENT OF REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND
CHANGES IN FUiND BALANCES
GOVERNMENTAL FLTD S TO THE
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES - FOR THE YEAR ENDED fOrTE 30., 2005
Net change in fund balar, ces-tota] governmental funds
Amounts reported for governmental aciivities in the statemem of activities
are different because:
Bond proceeds provide current financial resources to fiovernmenta] funds, but
issuing debt increases long-term liabilities in the Statement of.Net Assets.
Repayment of bond principal is an expenditure in the go’~ernmental funds, but
in the Statement of Net Assets the repa.,..Tnent reduces tong-term liabilities
Fund balance is increased by the amount of debt repayment
Capital outlay and capitalized interest costs are treated as an expenditures in governmental f~nds,
but recorded as Construction in Progress on the Statement of.Net Assets
Some amounts reported in the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
reflect the collection of an asset which are not includable as revenues on the Statement of Activities
Change in deferred revenue
Change in Interest paFable
Change in net assets of governmental activities
See accompanying notes to financial statements
($1,012,288)
1,590,000
11,940
(607,729)
22,064
$3,987
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CITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Notes to Financial Statements
General Description
The Palo Alto Public Improvement Corporation (the Corporation) was incorporated in September
] 983 under the General Nonprofit Corporation Law of the. State of California to acquire, construct
and lease capital improvement projects. The Corporation is exempt from federal income taxes
under Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Corporation provides financing of
public capital improvements for the Cib’ through the issuance of Certificates of Participation
(COPs), a form of debt which allows investors to participate in a stream of future lease payments.
Proceeds from the COPs are used to construct projects which are leased to the CiD’ for lease
payments which are sufficient in timing and amount to meet the debt service requirements of the
COPs.
The Corporation is an integral part of the CiD, of Palo Alto. It primarily services the Ci~’ and its
governing body is composed of the CiD Council. Therefore, the financial data of the Corporation
has also been included as a blended component unit within the Cit)"s comprehensive annual
financial report for the year ended June 30~ 2005.
NOTE 2 -SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
Government-wide Statements: The Statement of Net Assets and the Statement of Activities include
the financial activities of the Corporation. Eliminations l~ave been made to minimize the double
counting of internal activities.
The Statement of Activities presents a comparison between direct expenses and program revenues
for each function of the Corporation’s activities. Direct expenses are those that are specifically
associated with a program or f’~nct.ion and, therefore, are clearly identifiable to a particular
function. Program revenues include (a) charges paid by the recipients of goods or services offered
by the programs and (b) grants and contributions that are restricted to meeting the operational or
capital requirements of a particular program. Revenues that are not classified as program revenues,
including at! taxes, are presented as general revenues.
Fund Financial Statements: The fund financial statements provide information about the
Corporation’s funds. Separate statements for each governmental fund are presented. The emphasis
of fund financial statements is on major individual funds, each of which is displayed in a separate
column.
3:[ajor Funds
The Corporation’s major govermnental type funds be identified and presented separately in the
Fund f~nancial statements. Major funds are defined as funds fl~at have either assets, liabilities,
revenues or expenditures equal to ten percent of their fund-type total and five percent of the grand
tota!. The Corporation has determined that all its funds are ca@or funds.
CITY OFPALOALTOPUBLICIMPROVEMENT" CORPORATION
A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE " SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)]
The Corporation reported the fol]owinfi major governmental funds in the accompanying financial
statements:
Debt Service Fund - This fund accounts for debt service payments on the Corporation’s long-term
debt issues.
C.
Capital Projects Fund- This fund accounts for the Corporations project capital outlays.
Construction in Progress Net Financing Costs
Interest incurred on debt used to finance projects are netted with interest earned on unspent proceeds
of the debt. These "Net Financing Costs" are capitalized and added to construction in profess during
the construction period to reflect the true pro~iect costs, including financing costs.
Investment in Leases
Improvements financed by the Corporation are. leased to the CiD’ for their entire estimated useful life
and will become the Ci~, property’ at the conclusion of the lease. The Corporation therefore records
the present value of the lease and considers the leased improvements to have been sold for this
amount when leased.
A Trustee. under the provisions of the Corporation’s COP issues holds
Corporation’s cash.
[NOTE3-CASHANDINVEST~fENTSHELDBYTRUSTEE~ " ’ ’ ’ ’ ]
A.Interest Rate Risk
and invests all the
Interest rate risk is the risk that changes in market interest rates will adversely affect the fair value
of an investment. Normally, the longer the maturity, of an investment, the greater the sensitivi~, of
its fair value to changes in market interest rates. Information about the sensitivilT of the fair values
of the Corporation’s investments to market interest rate fluctuations is provided by the following
table that shows the distribution of the Corporation’s investments by maturiD’:
Investment Type Amount Maturity Date
CAMP $3
U $ Agency Obligations
FNMA 588,18~January 28~ 2008
FHLMC 713,530 October 3, 2005
Money Market Mutual Funds 96,496 N/A
Total investments held by Trustee $!,435,925
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CITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPOI~4TION
A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 3 - CASH AND (Continued)]iINVESTMENTSHELDBYTRUSTEE
Mutual Funds are. available for withdrawal on demand and at June 30, 2005 matured in an average
of 1 day
B.Credit Risk
Generally, credit risk is the risk that an issuer of an investment will not fu!~l its obligation to the
holder of the investment. This is measured by the assignment of a rating by a nationally recognized
statistical rating organization. The actual ratings as of June 30, 2005 for all U.S. Agency
Obligations and Mutual funds are Aaa as provided by Moody’s Investment Rating system. As an
external investment pool, the California Asset Management Program ~as not rated as of June 30,
2005.
C.Investment Policy
The Corporation must maintain required amounts of cash and investments with trustees under the
terms of certain debt issues. These funds are unexpended bond proceeds or are pledged as reserves
to be used if the Corporation fails to meet its obligations under these debt issues. The California
Government Code requires these funds to be invested in accordance with bond indentures or State
statute. AI! these funds have been invested as permitted under the Code. The Investment Policy is
described in detail in the CiD" of Palo Alto Comprehensive Financial Report.
CITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC L IPROYEMENT CORPORATION
A COMPO~ ENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 3 - CASH AND INVESTMENTS HELD BY TRUSTEE. (Continued)
The table below identifies the investment types that are authorized by the City’s Investment Policy.
The table also identifies certain provisions of the City’s Investment Policy that address interest rate
risk, credit risk and concentration of credit risk. The table addresses investments of debt proceeds
held by bond trustee that are governed by the provisions of debt agreements of the Cib~, rather than
the general provisions of the Cip~."s investment policy.
Authorized investment Type
U S Oovemmenl Securities
US Oovemmen Agency. Securities(C’. ,,
Maximum Minimum Credit
Maturity QualiW
i 0 years
I 0 years
Maximum Maximum
Percentage of investment in One
Portfolio I~suer
No Limit No Limit
No Limit (A)No Limit
10% of the par value
20%of poafotio
30%$5 million
$40 million per
No Limit account
No Limit No Limn
No Limit No Limit
No Limit 10%
20%10%
]0%$5 million
10%$5 million
~.ert~t,cales of Deposh 10 years
Bankers Acceptances ] 80 days (D)NiA (D)
Commercial Paper 270 days
Loca’, Agency ]nvestmen! ’Fund N/A NiA
Short-Term Repurchase Agreements i year
C~ry.’ of Paid Alto Bonds N/A .NiA
Money ldarket Deposii Accounts NiA NiA (E)
Mutual Funds (F)N/A
Negotiable Cei’cificates of Deposi~] 0 years
Medium Term Corporate Noles 5 ),ea~s AA
’* ~ Callable and muh>ste9 secur;ties are binned to no more than twenty’ mercent of the par value of the oortfoiio.
prowded that
11 the poten!ia~ caP. date~ are kno~vn at ~he nine of purchase
.:j the interest rates at which they "step-up" are known al the 1hue of purchase
~v~ihe entire face va]ue oflhe _~ecun>~ <~. "~ea~ama~ ’~a at the call date
(E) The tesserofS3millioe ori0%ofouutandmgcommercia!paperofanyonems~tut~on.
Debl Agreemenls:
(C) Utilib’ Revenue Bonds 2002 Series A and 1999 Ser~es A allow Oenera~ Ob)igat~ons ors:ares w;th
a Mmlmum Credil Qual]b, Rating of A2/A by Moodis and S&P
,~,,~’, Utiii~’~ Revenue Bonds 2002 Series A and I ....... doe <=r;e< A reqmre a ~v!Jmmum Credk Qualib’ Rating of A-1~-t by
Moody’s and S&P a~d maturing no more than 360 days
U~JliU, Revenue Bonds ]995 limi~ the maximum matunW ~o 365 days
UtiliD, Revenue Bonds 2002 Series A and 1999 Series A require a Minimum Credil QualiD, Rating of AAAm or
AAAm-G by S&P,
(E’)
(P)Utility; Revenue Bonds 2002 Series A, Golf PIC COP ]998, University’ Avenue Parking Bond 2001 and University
Avenue Parking Bond 2002 are allowed to invest in the California Asse~ Managemenl Program
The Ci~, must maintain required amounts of cash and invesm~ents with trustees under the terms of
certain debt issues. These funds are unexpended bond proceeds or are pledged as reserves to be used
if the CiU fails to meet its obligations under these debt issues. The California Government Code
requires these funds to be invested in accordance with City ordinance, bond indentures or State
statute. All these funds have been invested as permitted under *he Code.
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cITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE. 4 - CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION ]
The Corporation’s changes in long term debt are. presented below:
GovernmentM ActMi2,.’ Debt:
Certificates of Participation
1998 Golf Course
.1 00-5 00%, due 09/0V20i 8
2002A Civic Center Refinancing
200-4.00%, due 03/01/2012
2002B Downtown parldng
improvementS
4 55-6.00%~ due 03/01/2022
Balance Defeasances &Balance Current
June 30° 2004 Retirements June 30, 2005 Potion
$5,965,000 $285.000.$5 .680.000~--~<°°; 0~3,q .~
2.885.000 aw nr~o v .16r~ oor~330,000
3,365.000 980,000 2,385,000 85,000
$ t2,215,000 $1,590,000 $10,625,000 57 t0,000
On January !6, 2002 the Corporation issued the 2002A Civic Center Refinancing Certificates
of Participation in the amount of $3.5 million to refund the CiD"s 1992 Civic Center Project
Certificates of Participation. Principal payments for the 2002A COPs are due annually on March
t and interest payments semi-annually on March 1 and September ! and are payable from lease
revenues from the CiD~ from available funds. During the year ended June 30, 2002 the !992
Civic Center COPs were retired.
On JanuaD’ 16, 2002 the Corporation issued the 2002B Downtown Parking Improvements
Certificates of Participation in the amount of $3.555 million to finance the construction of
certain improvements to [he non-parking area contained in the Cib":s Bryant2F]orence Garage
comptex. Principal payments are due annually on March 1 and interest payments semi-annually
on March 1 and September 1 and are payable from lease revenue received from the City from
available funds.
On January 25, 2005 the Ci7 defeased $900 thousand of the 2002B Downtown Parking
improvements Certificates of Participation. The Cib’ placed $!.039 million in surplus cash from
the Civic Center Refinancing and Downtown Parking Impro,,’ement Project Construction account
in an irrevocable trust to provide for future debt payments. Accordingly, the trust account assets
and the liabilib; for the defeased Bonds are not included on the financial statements. Theoutstanding amount of the defeased debt at June 30, 2005 is $89’0 thousand. The defeasance
resulted in an overall debt service savings of $1.511 thousand and an economic, gain of $462
thousand.
I~ August 1998, the Corporation issued the Golf Course Capital Improvements and
Refinancing Project Certificates of Participation, Series 1998 in the amount of $7.750 million
to refund and subsequently retire the i9"78 Golf Course Lease Revenue Bonds issued by the Cit7through the Palo Alto Golf Course Corporation, and to finance various improvements ar the Palo
Alto public Golf Course, including upgrading five fairways and various traps, trees and greens,
constructing new storm drain facilities~ replacing the existing irrigation system, upgrading the
driving range, and installing new cart paths. Under fine terms of the 1998 COPs, the Corporation
transferred $473 thousand ~o an agent for the Golf Course Corporation which used tlne funds to
retire 19"~8 Bonds.
CITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION
A COMPONENT UNIT OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 4 - CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION (Continued)
The COPs are payable and secured by lease revenues received by the Public Improvement
Corporation from any City General Fund revenue source. Principal and interest are payable semi-
annually each March 1 and September 1.
Future annual debt service on the COPs is expected to be provided by, the lease receipts discussed
above, and equaled the following:
Governrnen"cal Activities
Yorthe Year
Endin~June30 Principal Interest
2006 $7!0,000 $501,000
2007 740,000 475,000
2008 770,000 446,000
2009 800,000 415,000
2010 840,000 38t,000
2011-2015 3,450,000 1,354,000
2016-2020 2,890,000 523,000
2021-2022 425,000 42,000
Total $10,625,000 $4.137.000
The Bond documents require a Trustee to hold a portion of proceeds in a reserve fund for debt
service purposes only. At June 30, 2005, the Trustee held $1.436 million reserved, as discussed in
Note 3.
IN NET ASSETS AND FUND BALANCES~ OTE 5 -
A.~,~et Assets
Net Assets are divided into three captions at the Government-wide level, and are described below:
Resmicted describes the portion of Net Assets which is restricted as to use by the terms and
conditions of agreements with outside parties, governmental regulations, laws, or other restrictions
which the Corporation cannot unilaterally alter. These principally include debt proceeds received
for debt service requirements.
(_7nresrriczed describes the portion of Net Assets which is not restricted as to use.
Fund Balances
Fund balances consist of reserved and unreserved amounts Reserved fund balances represent that
portion of fund balance which is legally segregated for debt service and capital projects.