Municipal Calendar: Washington arranges $129 million bond deal

Week of February 25

February 26

WASHINGTON: $129,455,000 series 2013A certificates of participation; competitive; SDM Advisors, Inc. (financial adviser); COPs due 2014 to 2028; proceeds to acquire properties for certain state and local governments; pricing Feb. 26.

February 27

NEW YORK CITY: $850 million series 2013 general obligation bonds; negotiated; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); BofA Merrill Lynch, Jefferies & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC, Barclays, Goldman, Sachs & Co., Loop Capital Markets LLC, Raymond James/Morgan Keegan, Roosevelt & Cross Inc., M.R. Beal & Co., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBC Capital Markets LLC, Southwest Securities Inc., Fidelity Capital Markets Inc., Lebenthal & Co. LLC, Ramirez & Co. Inc., Rice Financial Products Co., Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Blaylock Robert Van LLC, Cabrera Capital Markets LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC and Drexel Hamilton LLC (co-managers); proceeds to finance capital projects for the city; pricing Feb. 27.

• $500 million series 2013F-1 tax-exempt bonds due 2015 to 2038

• $100 million series 2013F-2 taxable bonds due 2015 to 2038

• $20 million series 2013G tax-exempt bonds due 2013 to 2035

• $230 million series 2013H tax-exempt bonds due 2013 to 2035

WASHINGTON: $129,455,000 series 2013B-C certificates of participation; competitive; SDM Advisors, Inc. (financial adviser); proceeds to acquire properties for certain state and local governments and refund existing COPs; pricing Feb. 27.

• $26,385,000 series 2013B refunding COPs due 2014 to 2024

• $39,545,000 series 2013C taxable COPs due 2014 to 2020

February 28

BOSTON: $174,915,000 series 2013 general obligation bonds; competitive; KPMG LLC (financial adviser); proceeds to finance capital projects for the city and to current refund the city's series 2003A bonds and advance refund the city's series 2005A bonds; pricing Feb. 28.

• $150.59 million series 2013A G.O. bonds due 2014 to 2033

• $24,325,000 series 2013B G.O. refunding bonds due 2014 to 2026

Week of March 4

March 5

LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY (TEXAS): $307.97 million series 2013 transmission contract refunding revenue bonds (A2/A/A+); competitive; OBP Muni LLC (financial adviser); bonds due 2014 to 2043; proceeds to refund the $320 million of transmission contract revenue notes; pricing March 5.

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA: $133.79 million series 2013 general revenue bonds (Aa2/AA-/); competitive; Protective Securities (financial adviser); proceeds to finance improvements to the university's Birmingham campus and to refund existing debt; pricing March 5.

• $17,675,000 series 2013A-1 bonds due 2014 to 2020

• $69.84 million series 2013A-2 bonds due 2021 to 2043

• $43.22 million series 2013B bonds due 2014 to 2029

• $3,055,000 series 2013C bonds due 2014 to 2019

On the Horizon

ALASKA MUNICIPAL BOND BANK: $94,235,000 series 2013-1 general obligation bonds (Aa2//AA+); negotiated; RBC Capital Markets LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (lead); bonds due 2014 to 2047; proceeds to make loans to eight governmental units.

BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS (MICHIGAN): $110,335,000 series 2013 general obligation refunding bonds; negotiated; Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. and Baird & Co. (lead); bonds due 2015 to 2034; proceeds to refund existing G.O. bonds.

COLORADO: $73.71 million series 2013A University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center Fitzsimons academic refunding certificates of participation (Aa2); negotiated; Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. (lead); proceeds to refund state's series 2005 COPs for debt service savings.

COOK COUNTY (ILLINOIS): $90 million county road and highway improvement sales tax revenue bonds (//AAA); negotiated; Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead); proceeds to finance road, bridge and highway infrastructure projects as part of the county's 2012 -2014 highway transportation plan.

DORMITORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK/PACE UNIVERSITY: $116.86 million series 2013 revenue bonds (/BBB-/); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch (lead for 2013A, sole for 2013B); Barclays and Ramirez & Co. Inc. (co-managers for 2013A bonds); proceeds to construct, acquire, equip, furnish and renovate campus facilities on Broadway, William Street and Fifth Avenue in New York City, and properties in Pleasantville, N.Y., as well as to refund existing revenue bonds.

• $97,245,000 series 2013A bonds

• $19,615,000 series 2013B bonds

DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (GEORGIA): $116.91 million series 2013 general obligation refunding bonds (Aa2/AA+/); negotiated; Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead); bonds due 2018 to 2027; proceeds to refund existing G.O. debt.

EDUCATIONAL ENHANCEMENT FUNDING CORP. (SOUTH DAKOTA): $170.79 million series 2013 tobacco settlement revenue bonds; negotiated; Barclays and Dougherty & Co. LLC (lead); proceeds to refund corporation's series 2002A-B tobacco settlement asset-backed bonds.

• $122,535,000 series 2013A taxable bonds (/A/) due 2013 to 2023

• $48,255,000 series 2013B tax-exempt bonds (/A-/) due 2023 to 2028

FAIRFAX COUNTY (VIRGINIA): $101,455,000 series 2013B public improvement bonds (Aaa/AAA/AAA); negotiated; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); bonds due 2014 to 2024; proceeds to finance school, transportation, public safety, parks and recreation and other improvement, as well as to refund the county's series 2004A-B, 2005A, 2007A and 2008A public improvement bonds.

FLINT HOSPITAL BUILDING AUTHORITY (MICHIGAN)/HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER $58,855,000 series 2013 revenue refunding bonds (Ba1//BB+) negotiated Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead) proceeds to finance the equipment, renovation, construction and acquisition of medical center facilities, as well as to upgrade technology and refund the medical center's series 1998A-B and 2003 revenue bonds.

• $21,915,000 series 2013A revenue rental bonds

• $36.94 million series 2013B revenue refunding bonds

GEORGETOWN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (TEXAS): $57,985,000 series 2013A unlimited tax refunding bonds; negotiated; Baird & Co. (lead); Jefferies & Co. and Oppenheimer & Co. (co-managers); bonds due 2013 and 2016 to 2026; proceeds to refund the district's series 2006 unlimited tax bonds.

HAMPTON ROADS SANITATION DISTRICT (VIRGINIA): $215.22 million series 2013 wastewater revenue and refunding bonds (Aa2/AAA/AA+); negotiated; Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead); bonds due 2013 and 2019 to 2033 with term bond due in 2038; proceeds to finance capital wastewater projects and refund existing revenue bonds.

HIDALGO COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 (TEXAS): $84 million series 2013 unlimited tax improvement bonds (Aa2/AA-/); competitive; First Southwest Co. (financial adviser); bonds due 2014 to 2033; proceeds to construct drainage improvements and acquire rights of way.

HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (TEXAS): $400 million series 2013 limited tax general obligation bonds (Aa1/AA+/); negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (lead); First Southwest Co., Hutchison Shockey Erley & Co. LLC, Jefferies & Co., Loop Capital Markets LLC, Ramirez & Co., Rice Financial Products Co., Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (co-managers); bonds due 2016 to 2033 with term bonds due in 2038 and 2043; proceeds to construct, acquire, equip and furnish system's school properties and acquire property.

HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (TEXAS): $150 million series 2013B limited tax variable-rate schoolhouse bonds (Aaa/AAA/); negotiated; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); Estrada Hinojosa & Co. Inc. and Loop Capital Markets LLC (co-managers); bonds due 2035 to 2037; proceeds to construct, equip and acquire school buildings within the district.

ILLINOIS: $500 million series of February 2013 general obligation bonds; competitive; Public Resources Advisory Group (financial adviser); bonds due 2014 to 2038; proceeds to finance school and transportation projects, as well as other state capital projects.

KELLER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (TEXAS): $84,789,982.55 series 2013 unlimited tax refunding bonds; negotiated; Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead); Baird & Co. and Southwest Securities Inc. (co-managers); proceeds to refund district's series 2005 bonds.

• $4,154,982.55 capital appreciation bonds due 2013 and 2016 to 2017

• $80,635,000 current interest bonds due 2018 to 2030

LOUISIANA: $249,205,000 series 2013A state highway improvement revenue bonds (Aa3/AA-/AA-); negotiated; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (lead); Loop Capital Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Raymond James/Morgan Keegan and Stephens Inc. (co-managers); bonds due 2014 to 2033; proceeds to fund state highway improvements.

LOUISIANA PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY/TULANE UNIVERSITY: $61,415,000 series 2013B revenue bonds (A2/A/); negotiated; Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead); bonds due 2037 and 2040; proceeds to renovate, construct and acquire campus facilities in New Orleans.

MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER (NEW YORK): $100,535,000 series 2013 Government National Mortgage Association taxable revenue bonds (Aaa/AA+/); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); bonds due March 20, 2032; proceeds to acquire certain GNMA securities.

MARTIN COUNTY INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (FLORIDA)/INDIANTOWN COGENERATION, L.P.: $127.79 million series 2013 industrial development refunding revenue bonds; negotiated; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); proceeds to refund Indiantown's series 1994A-B industrial development revenue bonds.

MASSACHUSETTS WATER RESOURCES AUTHORITY: $285.01 million series 2013A general revenue refunding bonds (Aa1/AA+/AA+); negotiated; Jefferies & Co., Barclays, BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Fidelity Capital Markets LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Ramirez & Co. Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (underwriters); proceeds to refund authority's series 2002D and 2008F general revenue bonds.

MAYO CLINIC (MINNESOTA): $300 million series 2013 taxable bonds (Aa2/AA/); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead); bonds due Nov. 15, 2047; proceeds for eligible corporate purposes.

METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: $145.49 million series 2013 water revenue refunding bonds (Aa1/AAA/AA+); negotiated; Goldman, Sachs & Co. (lead for 2013A, 2013C); De La Rosa & Co. Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC and US Bancorp Inc. (co-managers for 2013A, 2013C); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Loop Capital Markets LLC (lead for 2013B); proceeds to refund existing water revenue bonds.

• $90.46 million series 2013A bonds due 2013 and 2018 to 2021

• $18.7 million series 2013B taxable bonds due 2018

• $13,505,000 series 2013C-1 bonds due 2027

• $14.02 million series 2013C-2 bonds due 2025

• $8,805,000 series 2013C-3 bonds due 2023

MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT BANK: $60 million series 2013 special obligation bonds; negotiated; Rice Financial Products Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); bonds due 2016 to 2036; proceeds to refund the bank's series 2006 bank bonds, issued for the Jackson Capital City Convention Center.

OHIO: $119.48 million series 2013 capital facilities lease appropriation bonds; negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc., Piper Jaffray & Co. and The Huntington Investment Co. (co-managers); proceeds to construct, equip, furnish, renovate and design mental health, cultural and sports and other facilities, as well as to refund existing adult correctional facilities bonds.

• $25 million series 2013A mental health facilities improvement fund project bonds due 2014 to 2023

• $13,845,000 series 2013B mental health facilities improvement fund project bonds due 2014 to 2019

• $18 million series 2013A cultural and sports facilities building project bonds due 2014 to 2023

• $18,055,000 series 2013B cultural and sports facilities building project bonds due 2014 to 2020

• $44.58 million series 2013A adult correctional facilities building fund project refunding bonds due 2016 to 2024

SHANDS TEACHING HOSPITAL AND CLINICS (FLORIDA): $125 million series 2013A Shands Health Care System taxable revenue notes (/A/); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); proceeds to acquire and construct facilities for the health care system.

TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT OF OREGON: $255.91 million series 2013 payroll tax and grant receipt revenue bonds (Aa3/A+/); negotiated; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (lead); bonds due 2015 to 2018; proceeds to construct a pedestrian and bicycle bridge between the cities of Portland and Milwaukie.

TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK/WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $88,595,000 series 2013A revenue bonds (Aa3/AA-/); negotiated; Goldman, Sachs & Co. (lead); bonds due 2022 to 2033; proceeds to construct, equip, furnish and acquire Wildlife Conservation Society facilities at the Bronx Zoo and at the New York Aquarium.

UNION COUNTY (NORTH CAROLINA): $139,995,000 series 2013 general obligation refunding bonds (Aa1/AA/AA+); negotiated; Baird & Co. (lead); George K. Baum & Co., US Bancorp Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (co-managers); proceeds to refund the county's series 2004A-B and 2007A-C variable-rate G.O. bonds and 2007D and 2009A-B G.O. public school refunding bonds.

• $62.62 million series 2013A bonds due 2014 to 2029

• $77,375,000 series 2013B bonds due 2014 to 2031

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA: $1,586,515,000 series 2013 general revenue bonds; negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead for 2013AF and 2013AG bonds); De La Rosa & Co., Stone & Youngberg, US Bancorp Inc., Alamo Capital, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Backstrom McCarley Berry & Co. LLC, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Fidelity Capital Markets Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., Jefferies & Co., Loop Capital Markets LLC, BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Prager & Co. LLC, Raymond James/Morgan Keegan, RBC Capital Markets LLC, SL Hare Capital Inc. and Sutter Securities Inc. (co-managers for 2013AF and 2013AG bonds); BofA Merrill Lynch (lead for 2013AH notes); Alamo, Backstrom, Barclays, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan, Jefferies, Prager, Raymond James, RBC and Wells Fargo (co-managers for 2013AH notes); proceeds to refund university's series 2003A-B and 2005C-G general revenue bonds.

• $800 million series 2013AF bonds

• $500 million series 2013AG bonds

• $286,515,000 series 2013AH taxable fixed-rate notes

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA: $59.47 million series 2013 general revenue bonds (/AA/AA-); negotiated; BOSC Inc. (lead for 2013A, co-manager for 2013B) ; Barclays (lead for 2013B); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (co-manager for 2013B) ; Wells Nelson & Associates LLC (co-manager for 2013A); proceeds to construct, equip, furnish, design and expand student housing and research facilities at the university's Norman campus.

• $10.48 million series 2013A tax-exempt bonds due 2015 to 2034 with term bonds due in 2038 and 2042

• $48.99 million series 2013B taxable bonds due 2015 to 2028 with term bonds due in 2033 and 2042

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITAL AND CLINICS AUTHORITY: $262,675,000 series 2013A revenue bonds (Aa3/A+/); negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); bonds due 2014 to 2028 with term bonds due in2 033, 2038 and 2043; proceeds to current refund the authority's series 2008A and 2009B-C revenue bonds, as well as to construct, equip, renovate and furnish the authority's new acute and ambulatory care facility in Madison, Wis.

VENTURA COUNTY PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY (CALIFORNIA): $300 million series 2013A lease revenue bonds (Aa3/AA/AA); negotiated; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (lead); Barclays, De La Rosa & Co. Inc. and Fidelity Capital Markets Inc. (co-managers); bonds due 2013 to 2033 with term bonds due in 2038 and 2043; proceeds to finance the construction of a replacement hospital for the Ventura County Medical Center.

WACO (TEXAS): $55,955,000 series 2013 bond and certificates of obligation (Aa2/AA/); negotiated; RBC Capital Markets LLC (lead); Raymond James/Morgan Keegan and Samco Capital Markets (co-managers); proceeds to refund the city's series 2004 combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation and repay its series 2002 Texas Water Development Board state participation loan.

• $44.09 million series 2013 general obligation refunding bonds due 2014 to 2036

• $11,865,000 series 2013 combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation due 2014 to 2033

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