CDFA Bond Finance Update - September 17, 2019

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CDFA to Host Free Webinar on 2018 CDFA Volume Cap Report

The annual CDFA Volume Cap report is an essential outline of national private activity bond issuance trends and is used by issuers, researchers, trade groups, and political offices to understand the private activity bond landscape. The free webinar will take place on October 15 at 1:00 PM Eastern time.

Greater Orlando, FL Aviation Authority Set to Issue $1.1B in Airport Facilities Bonds

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority is scheduled to issue $1.1 billion in Airport Facilities Bonds to finance construction on its new South Terminal at the Orlando International Airport and to manage certain aspects of its current debt obligations.

BART Board Approves $227M for New HQ in Downtown Oakland, CA

BART will spend $227 million on a new headquarters in downtown Oakland, despite last-minute concerns that it's not a good use of taxpayer money. The agency will issue $227 million in sales tax revenue bonds to buy and renovate the new property.

Palmetto Goodwill Uses $19.3M in SC JEDA Bonds to Refinance Facilities

Palmetto Goodwill is using a $19.3 million bond issue through the South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority (JEDA) to refinance its growth throughout its coastal territory. The bonds will be used to refinance acquisition costs for eight existing facilities.

Nassau County Approves $408M Bond For Sewage Conveyance Project

The Nassau County Legislature approved a $408 million bond resolution that will help fund the Bay Park Conveyance Project — a plan to stop discharging treated sewage into the Reynolds Channel and divert it to the Cedar Creek Sewage Treatment Plant, which discharges into the ocean. The bond builds on the $830 million in state and federal money already invested in the project.

Stevens Institute to Construct Three Buildings Using $270M in Bonds

The Stevens Institute of Technology is scheduled to construct two student residential towers and a three-story university center through $270 million in bonds approved by the NJ Educational Facilities Authority. The NJEFA says the financing is anticipated to include a tax-exempt and a taxable series of bonds, all or a portion of which are authorized to be issued as Green Bonds.

Chesterfield, NH Leverages Partnership and New State Bond Law to Finance Broadband

Chesterfield leveraged changes in New Hampshire state laws that let communities issue public bonds to fund broadband networks. The town's partnership with Consolidated Communications to build a town-wide FTTH network could serve as a model for other communities.

Baton Rouge, LA Council Approves Plan to Issue $200M for Roads Improvement

The Baton Rouge Metro Council, in a unanimous decision without any discussion, gave permission for the city to issue up to $200 million in bonds to kick-start a nearly $1 billion road improvement project. That project is budgeted for $1.9 million, but federal funds are covering 80 percent of that cost.

Market Reports

Upcoming Events

CDFA National Development Finance Summit

New York & New Jersey: Opportunity Zones & Beyond (2019)
October 3, 2019 - New York, NY

Join the New York & New Jersey: Opportunity Zones & Beyond conference on October 3, 2019 for a special one-day event hosted at the offices of BNY Mellon in New York City. This event will feature a number of economic development finance experts from around the state discussing Opportunity Zones and the development finance tools, authorities, resources and approaches, and how these can affect the New York/New Jersey economy going forward.

CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Analysis of the 2018 CDFA Volume Cap Report and Capital Markets Review
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 1:00 PM Eastern

During this installment of the CDFA // BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series, we will examine the recently released Volume Cap Report in fine detail as well as discuss the fourth-quarter outlook of the capital markets.

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The latest municipal finance headlines from The Bond Buyer.

PAB Fees Nearly Universal Among Conduit Issuers

The newly-released CDFA Conduit Bond Fee Study found that fees are nearly universal among conduit bond issuers that work with hospitals, non-profit institutions, colleges and multi-housing developers to finance their projects with tax-exempt private activity bonds.

NABL Lobbying Grows on Capitol Hill

The short-term outlook for enactment of congressional legislation to reinstate advance refundings or expand the use of tax-exempt private activity remains pessimistic through the 2020 presidential election. That was the message Columbia, South Carolina Mayor Steve Benjamin gave attorneys attending a National Association of Bond Lawyers workshop in Chicago.

IN Finance Authority Adds WIFIA Bonds to Water Infrastructure Funding Options

The Indiana Finance Authority is restating its current bond trust indenture and its wastewater and drinking water state revolving fund trust indentures ahead of pricing $200 million of bonds from the program. The change comes as the IFA finalizes a drawdown loan of up to $436 million provided under the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act of 2014.

Gateway Project Sponsors Trim Costs in Bid for Federal Support

Proponents of a new Hudson River tunnel are hoping an updated plan lowering costs by $1.4 billion will be enough to obtain federal funding for the Gateway project that was blocked after the Trump administration took office in 2017. A revised application submitted to the Federal Transit Administration cuts the price tag for a new rail tunnel to $11.3 billion from $12.7 billion.

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