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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation (FWHFC) FWHFC-2023-03RESOLUTION NO. FWHFC-2023-03 FORT WORTH HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE CORPORATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TEXAS COOPERATIVE LIQUID ASSETS SECURITIES SYSTEM TRUST WHEREAS, the Public Funds Investment Act, Texas Government Code, Section 2256.001 et seq. (the Act) requires the governing body of each local government in this state to adopt investment policies in accordance with the terms of the Act; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Board of Directors (the Governing Body) of the Fort Worth Housing Finance Corporation (the Local Government) has previously reviewed and adopted an investment policy (the Policy) that provides in part that the funds of the local government will be invested in investments permitted by the Act in order to: (i) invest only in investments legally permitted under Texas law; (ii) minimize risk by managing portfolio investments so as to preserve principal and maintain a stable net asset value; (iii) manage portfolio investments to ensure that cash will be available as required to finance operations; and (iv) maximize current income to the degree consistent with legality, safety, and liquidity; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the Policy and the Act, the Local Government has appointed Reginald Zeno (the Investment Officer) to act as the Treasurer/investment officer of the Local Government; and WHEREAS, the Act provides that funds under the control of a Local Government may be invested through investment pools meeting the standards of Section 2256.016 of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Local Government has received and reviewed the Information Statement, dated April 2021 (the Information Statement), of Texas Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System Trust (the Program), an investment pool administered by Public Trust Advisors, LLC that sets forth the information required by Section 2256.016(b) of the Act; and WHEREAS, the Local Government has determined that the investments proposed to be acquired by the Program are of a type that are permitted by the Act and are consistent with the Policy; and WHEREAS, the Local Government has determined that an investment in the Program will assist the Local Government in achieving the goals set forth in the Policy and will tend to preclude imprudent investment activities arising out of investment transactions conducted between the Local Government and the Program; and WHEREAS, the Local Government understands that the Program currently operates through the Ninth Amended and Restated Trust Agreement dated as of February 25, 2021 (the Trust Agreement), that provides the terms on which the Program will operate and the rights of the Participants in the Program and sets forth the responsibilities of Public Trust Advisors, LLC as the administrator of the Program (the Administrator) and of UMB Bank as custodian (the Custodian) 2023-03 - Texas Cooperative Liquid Assets Securities System Tnist RESOLUTION NO. FWHFC-2023-03 PAGE 2 and that the Program may adopt future agreements that may modify the terms through which the Program operates. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FORT WORTH HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION: 1. THAT the form, terms, and provisions of the Trust Agreement, a draft of which was presented and reviewed at this meeting, providing for the creation of the Program and for the rights of the Program Participants and the duties and responsibilities of the Administrator be and the same are hereby approved and adopted; and that the Investment Officer be and he or she is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver to the Administrator and the Custodian in the name and on behalf of the Local Government a participation certificate evidencing the agreement of the Local Government to be bound by the Trust Agreement substantially in the form of the Trust Agreement reviewed and approved at this meeting, together with such changes therein as may be approved by the said officer, which may include changes included in a more recent version of the Trust Agreement, with such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution thereof, and be it further 2. THAT the investment program established by the Trust Agreement is hereby found and determined to be consistent with the Policy and to preclude imprudent investment activities arising out of investment transactions conducted between the Local Government and the Program; and be it further 3. THAT the Governing Body hereby officially finds and determines that the facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this Resolution are true and correct; and be it further 4. THAT the Governing Body hereby finds and declares that written notice of the date, hour, place, and subject of the meeting at which this Resolution was adopted was posted for the time required by law preceding this meeting and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at all times during which this Resolution and the subject matter thereof were discussed, considered, and formally acted upon all as required by the Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended, and the Act; and be it further. 5. THAT the officers of the Local Government, which shall for all purposes of this resolution include the General Manager and the Assistant General Manager, and each of them, shall be and each is expressly authorized, empowered, and directed from time - to -time to do and perform all acts and things and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in the name and under the corporate seal and on behalf of the Local Government all certificates, instruments, and other papers, whether or not herein mentioned, as they may determine to be necessary or desirable in order to carry out the terms and provisions of this Resolution and of the Trust Agreement hereby authorized and approved, such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the performance of such acts and things and the execution of any such certificate, financing statement, instrument, or other paper; and be it further RESOLUTION NO. FWHFC-2023-03 PAGE 3 6. THAT the officers of the Local Government shall be empowered and are duly authorized to make any amendments, modifications, changes, or to take any other action deemed reasonably necessary by such officer to effect this resolution, and such actions shall include but shall not be limited to amending the Trust Agreement or any required certificate or other document. 7. THAT this Resolution takes effect on the date of its adoption and shall remain in full force and effect until expressly terminated. AND IT IS SO RESOLVED. Adopted February 28, 2023. FORT WORTH HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION By: Carlos Flores President Attest: Jannette S. Goodall Corporate Secretary