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OPSB Special Board Meeting February 21, 2013

ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD SPECIAL BOARD MEETING 3520 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 4050 New Orleans, Louisiana 70114 February 21, 2013 12:00PM

CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA ACTION ITEM(S) The Orleans Parish Board is asked to act upon the following action items: 

Action Item No. 1: Wheatley School Leveraged Financing The Public School Facilities Financing Act contained in La. R.S. 17:100.10 (the “PSFFA”) authorizes the School Board and the RSD to create one or more public benefit corporations (a “PBC”) and to enter into financing arrangements with such PBCs and other private parties to leverage additional funds (a “Leveraged Financing”) not otherwise available to the School Board or the RSD to construct or renovate public school properties within the Parish of Orleans. Pursuant to OPSB Resolution No. 23-12, the School Board authorized a cooperative endeavor agreement (the “Leveraged Financing CEA”) with the RSD to implement a leveraged financing transaction for the Phillis Wheatley Elementary School in accordance with the Master Plan. The Leveraged Financing CEA authorized and directed the transfer the Wheatley School initially to the Orleans Schools Facilities Foundation (the “Facilities Foundation” or “PBC Lessee”), a wholly owned public benefit corporation of the School Board pursuant to a Master Lease (the “Master Lease”) as the first step to obtain funds not otherwise available to the School Board or the RSD in order to complete the construction of the Wheatley School. The Master Lease requires the Facilities Foundation to transfer the Wheatley School to the Wheatley School Facility Foundation, Inc. (the “Wheatley QALICB”) through the execution of a Ground Lease (the “Ground Lease”) by and between the Facilities Foundation and the Wheatley QALICB. The Ground Lease requires the Wheatley QALICB obtain debt and equity financing to complete the construction of the Wheatley School. The Master Lease and the Ground Lease contain the statutorily mandated reference to the automatic reversion of the Wheatley School to the School Board if Wheatley School ceases to be used as a public school. The School Board and the RSD approved a Financing Structure Summary for the Leveraged Financing of the Wheatley School (the “Wheatley Financing Structure”) in the Leveraged Financing CEA. The School Board committed to advance through its Facilities Foundation [$23,897,112], of which [$6,947,088] will be loaned to the RSD Wheatley NMTC Investment Fund LLC (the “Investment Fund”) so that the Facilities Foundation will serve as the leveraged 1


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