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A resolution approving the form and authorizing the distribution of a Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum for the City of Mesquite, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2018 (Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District Phase #1 Project) and approving the form and authorizing the distribution of a Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum for the City of Mesquite, Texas, Special Assessment Revenue Bonds, Series 2018 (Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District Phase #2 Major Improvement Project), and resolving other matters incident and related thereto.
(This item was postponed at the August 6, 2018, City Council meeting).
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On December 18, 2017, the City created the Heartland Town Center Public Improvement District (PID) to finance certain authorized public improvements that confer a special benefit to property located within the PID as authorized by State law and approved by the City Council. The City will issue special assessment revenue bonds (PID bonds) to finance a portion of the authorized public improvements and will levy assessments on a parcel-by-parcel basis in an amount sufficient to pay debt service on the PID bonds. The PID boundaries only include the 121.3-acre tract that will develop as single-family residential.
A Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum (PLOM) is a legal disclosure document used to market and advertise PID bonds to investors for their investment consideration and describes among other things, the development plan, bondholder risk and terms of the PID bonds. A PLOM allows investors to understand the security for the bonds, sources and uses of the bond funds, debt service requirements and assessment procedures. The City Council authorizes the use of a PLOM in the offering and sale of PID bonds by the Underwriter of the bonds, which is FMSbonds, Inc.
Under terms of the Heartland Town Center Developer Agreement, the maximum aggregate principal amount of PID bonds to be issued is $14 million. The p...
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