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File #: 2538-06    Version: 1 Name: A Resolution of the Council of the County of Allegheny approving a project and the financing thereof by the Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority on behalf of Waynesburg College and declaring such project as desirable for the health, safet
Type: Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 4/18/2006 In control: Committee on Economic Development & Housing
On agenda: Final action: 5/2/2006
Title: A Resolution of the Council of the County of Allegheny approving a project and the financing thereof by the Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority on behalf of Waynesburg College and declaring such project as desirable for the health, safety, and welfare of the people in Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Sponsors: Chief Executive
Attachments: 1. 2538-06 Summary.doc, 2. 20-06-RE.pdf
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A Resolution of the Council of the County of Allegheny approving a project and the financing thereof by the Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority on behalf of Waynesburg College and declaring such project as desirable for the health, safety, and welfare of the people in Southwestern Pennsylvania.

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Whereas, Waynesburg College, a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (the “College”), has requested the Allegheny County Higher Education Building Authority (the “Authority”) to issue one or more series of bonds in an aggregate principal amount not expected to exceed $13,500,000 (the “Bonds”) to finance a project on behalf of the College consisting of: (1) the costs and expenses of the construction and equipment of capital facilities on the College's campus in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, including a new recreation center complex, an addition to the Benedum cafeteria and certain other capital improvements (the “2006 Project”); (2) the refunding of certain outstanding bonds previously issued by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Facilities Authority for the benefit of the College (the “Prior Project”); (3) the funding of a Debt Service Reserve Fund for the Bonds; and (4) the payment of all or a portion of the costs of issuance of the Bonds (collectively the “Project”); and

Whereas, the Authority was created by the County of Allegheny, Pennsylvania (the “County”) under the Municipality Authorities Act, as amended (the “Act”), and is authorized under the Act to issue its bonds for the purposes aforesaid, and the Authority has determined that the public interest will be served and that the purposes of the Act can be fulfilled by the Authority's issuance of bonds in order to obtain funds to lend to the College for the foregoing purposes; and

Whereas, Section 5607(a)(15) of the Act provides that the Authority may finance buildings and facilities of private non-profit colleges and universities...

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