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Regular



Debenture Committee


Meeting No. 3   Contact Rosemary MacKenzie, Council Administrator
Meeting Date Monday, January 25, 2010
  Phone 416-392-8021
Start Time 12:30 PM
  E-mail rmacken@toronto.ca
Location Committee Room 2, City Hall
  Chair   Mayor David Miller  


Debenture Committee

 

Mayor David Miller (Chair)

Councillor Shelly Carroll (Vice-Chair)

 

 

Joe Pennachetti, City Manager

Cam Weldon, Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer

 

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Declarations of Interest under the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act.

 

Confirmation of Minutes - January 18, 2010

 

Communications/Reports

 

DB3.1

ACTION 

 

Delegated 

Ward: All 

Authority to Issue a Debenture to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to Secure Capital Program Funding
Origin
(January 15, 2010) Report from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer
Recommendations

The Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer recommends that:

 

1.         The Debenture Committee approve the issue of a 15 year amortizing debenture in aggregate principal amount of $57,743,758 to CMHC under the Municipal Infrastructure Lending Program, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the Commitment Letters and the Loan Agreement entered into by the Mayor and Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, and in accordance with this report.

 

2.         The Debenture Committee grant authority for the introduction of the necessary bills to the Debenture Committee to authorize the issue of the debenture described in Recommendation 1.

 

3.         The Debenture Committee authorize the appropriate City officials to take the necessary actions to give effect thereto.

 

Summary

This report requests authority to issue a debenture for $57,743,758 to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) to finance some of the eligible project costs of the City’s Capital Budget and Plan through CMHC’s Municipal Infrastructure Lending Program.

Financial Impact

The cost to the City for the payment of interest and principal will be funded through the City’s Operating Budget. The debenture interest rate will be determined by CMHC on January 21, 2010.  The rate set at the comparable Government of Canada rate plus approximately 50 basis points, representing an estimated 50 basis point lower cost than comparable City debt at current market rates.

Background Information
Report (January 15, 2010) from the Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, headed "Authority to Issue a Debenture to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to Secure Capital Program Funding"
(http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2010/db/bgrd/backgroundfile-26473.pdf)


DB3.Bills

ACTION

 

Delegated

 

General Bills

Confirmatory Bills