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August 24, 2021
NBPFC Agenda Item No. 2
TO: HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
FROM: Scott Catlett, Finance Director/Treasurer - 949-644-3123,
scatlett@newportbeachca.gov
PREPARED BY: Trevor Power, Accounting Manager, tpower@newportbeachca.gov
PHONE: 949-644-3125
TITLE: Review of Annual Financial Statements
ABSTRACT:
The bylaws of the Newport Beach Public Facilities Corporation (Corporation) call for an
annual meeting of the Board of Directors. The bylaws also specify that the Chief Financial
Officer shall maintain adequate financial records concerning the receipts and
disbursements of the Corporation and the Board of Directors is entitled to inspect the
associated financial records upon request. The attached financial statements represent
the financial position and financial activities
30, 2021.
RECOMMENDATION:
of the Corporation for the year ended June
a) Determine this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines because
this action will not result in a physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly;
and
b) Receive and file.
DISCUSSION:
The Newport Beach Public Facilities Corporation was created on March 9, 1992, by the
City of Newport Beach (City) under the authority of California law. The purpose of the
Corporation is to assist the City in the financing of public improvements, including, in the
past, the Central Library and the Civic Center. This type of non-profit corporation is utilized
to facilitate the issuance of public financing instruments called Certificates of Participation
(COPs). COPs are a common California public financing instrument utilized for the
acquisition or construction of public facilities and/or equipment. They are structured as a
type of lease purchase that requires a third party, the Corporation, as a party to the lease
transaction along with the City. The Corporation assigns all of the rights, obligations, and
financial transactions associated with the COPs issuance to a trustee bank to facilitate
the debt issuance.
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The Corporation is governed by a Board of Directors (Board) that has historically been
comprised of the seven Newport Beach City Council members Normally, the Mayor
serves as Chairperson of the Board, with the Mayor Pro Tem serving as Vice Chairperson.
Under the Corporation's bylaws, the City Manager serves the Corporation as President,
the City Clerk serves as Secretary, and the Finance Director serves as Chief Financial
Officer.
In 1992, the City issued $7.5 million of COPs to finance the construction of the Central
Library and subsequently refinanced this obligation in 1998. In 2010, the City issued
approximately $126.7 million of new COPs. Of this financing, $122.8 million was used for
the Civic Center project and $3.9 million was used to refinance the remaining balance of
the Central Library COPs. In 2020, the City issued $7.9 million of new COPs to finance
the construction of Fire Station No. 2. The Corporation's financial data and transactions
are included in the Debt Service Fund in the City's financial statements. The Debt Service
Fund is used solely to account for the activities of the Corporation and contains no other
City debt financing activities. Even though the Corporation is a separate legal entity, it is
considered a component unit of the City and is included in the City's Comprehensive
Annual Financial Report and its transactions are reviewed as part of the City's annual
financial statement audit.
The main sources of revenues of the Corporation are lease payments from the City and
Federal Build America Bond (BAB) interest subsidy payments for the Civic Center COPs,
both of which are pledged for the sole purpose of paying interest and principal on the
outstanding COPs. The Corporation has assigned its rights to receive and collect these
payments to a trustee bank which makes the semi-annual debt service payments to the
bondholders. Therefore, the lease and BAB subsidy payments are received directly by
the trustee bank. While the outstanding debt has been issued by the Corporation,
ultimately it is an obligation of the City, not the Corporation. The City owns the properties
that are encumbered through the COPs lease transactions, which remain encumbered
until such time as the outstanding debt has been repaid in full.
During the year, the trustee bank received lease payments from the City totaling $8.6
million and Federal BAB interest subsidy payments totaling $3.4 million. Together with
investment earnings and any restricted funds already on hand with the trustee bank, there
were sufficient resources available to satisfy the annual debt service payments totaling
$10.0 million. The following table illustrates the remaining combined debt service payment
schedule and principal balance outstanding on the Civic Center and Fire Station No. 2
COPs..
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Year Ending
June 30
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027-2031
2032-2036
2037-2041
Principal
3,940,000
3,940,000
4,085,000
4,235,000
4,430,000
25,335,000
26,390,000
33,135, 000
$ 105,490,000
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COP Debt Service
Interest Total Balance
7,052,252
6,826,969
6,608,878
6,357,471
6,074,260
25,638,299
16,776,346
6,154,266
$ 81,488,741
10,992,252
10,766,969
10,693,878
10,592,471
10,504,260
50,973,299
43,166, 346
39,289,266
$ 186,978,741
101, 550, 000
97,610,000
93,525,000
89,290,000
84,860,000
59,525,000
33,135, 000
The combined outstanding principal of the obligations was $105.5 million as of June 30,
2021. The remaining interest of $81.5 million does not yet reflect the remaining expected
BAB subsidy of $26.3 million, so the remaining interest net of the BAB subsidy totals
$55.2 million.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact related to this item.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
Staff recommends the Board of Directors of the Public Facilities Corporation find this
action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to
Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable
indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project
as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations,
Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the
environment, directly or indirectly.
NOTICING:
The agenda item has been noticed according to the Brown Act (72 hours in advance of
the meeting at which the City Council considers the item).
ATTACHMENT:
Attachment A — Financial Statements
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Attachment A
Financial Statements
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NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
Comparative Balance Sheet
June 30, 2020 and 2019
Assets
Cash with fiscal agent
Intergovernmental receivable
Total Assets
Liabilities and Fund Balances
Liabilities:
Accounts payable
Total Liabilities
Fund balances:
Nonspendable
Restricted for:
Debt Service
Committed
Assigned
Unassigned
Total fund balance
Total liabilities and fund balance
2020
2019
$ 6,551,417
$ 6,977,065
1,148,239
1,171,872
$ 7,699,656
$ 8,148,937
7,699,656
8,148,937
7,699,656
8,148,937
$ 7,699,656 $ 8,148,937
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NEWPORT BEACH PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
Comparative Statement of Revenues,
Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balances
June 30, 2020 and 2019
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2020
2019
Revenues:
Lease revenues
$ 7,691,920
$ 8,154,464
Investment income
21,282
39,324
Federal interest subsidy
2,296,478
2,335,637
Total revenues
10,009,680
10,529,425
Expenditures:
Debt service:
Principal
3,405,000
3,310,000
Interest and fiscal charges
7,053,961
7,209,239
Total expenditures
10,458,961
10,519,239
Excess (deficiency) of revenues
over expenditures
(449,281)
10,186
Fund balance, beginning
8,148,937
8,138,751
Fund balance, ending
$ 7,699,656
$ 8,148,937
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