Municipal Calendar: Massachusetts preps $800 million bond sale

Week of September 16

AUSTIN (TEXAS): $147.55 million series 2013 public improvement refunding bonds (Aaa/AAA/AAA); negotiated; Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead); proceeds to refund existing debt for interest cost savings; pricing week of Sept. 16.

COLORADO HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY/EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN GOOD SAMARITAN SOCIETY: $65.42 million series 2013 health facilities revenue bonds (A3/A-/); negotiated; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Herbert J. Sims & Co. (lead); proceeds to construct, equip and acquire nursing facilities, health care facilities and senior housing facilities at various Colorado Health campuses in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota and Texas; pricing week of Sept. 16.

LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 (SOUTH CAROLINA): $85.18 million series 2013B general obligation bonds (Aa1/AA-/); competitive; Wells Fargo Securities LLC (financial adviser); bonds due 2018 to 2038; proceeds to defray the costs of acquiring school facilities and making capital improvements to the district's facilities; pricing week of Sept. 16.

MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORP.: $61,845,000 series 2013 revenue bonds (Aa2/AA/); negotiated; Raymond James/Morgan Keegan and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); bonds due 2014 to 2033; proceeds to finance the completion of the expansion of the Davis Wade Stadium at the university, as well as to refund outstanding commercial paper; pricing week of Sept. 16.

NEW YORK CITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORP.: $72 million series 2013A multifamily housing revenue bonds (Aa2); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); proceeds to finance the acquisition of multifamily housing units within the city; pricing week of Sept. 16.

SPRING BRANCH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (TEXAS): $62.9 million series 2013 variable-rate unlimited tax schoolhouse bonds (Aaa/AAA/); negotiated; Jefferies & Co. (underwriter); bonds due June 15, 2041; proceeds to construct, equip, furnish and improve school facilities, purchase sites for school facilities and purchase school buses; pricing week of Sept. 16.

September 18

MASSACHUSETTS: $800 million series 2013 general obligation revenue anticipation notes; competitive; proceeds to finance certain capital requirements for the commonwealth ahead of the collection of revenues during the 2014 fiscal year; pricing Sept. 18.

• $200 million series 2013A notes due April 24, 2014

• $300 million series 2013B notes due May 29, 2014

• $300 million series 2013C notes due June 26, 2014

September 19

ALPINE SCHOOL DISTRICT (UTAH): $75 million series 2013 general obligation school building bonds (Aa1); competitive; George K. Baum & Co. (financial adviser); bonds due 2018 to 2031; proceeds to purchase one or more school sites, construct, equip and furnish school facilities and refund existing debt; pricing Sept. 19.

OHIO: $400 million series 2013 general obligation bonds (Aa1/AA+/AA+); competitive; Public Financial Management Inc. (financial adviser); proceeds to finance capital facilities for common schools within the state and to fund certain research and development projects; pricing Sept. 19.

• $300 million series 2013B tax-exempt common schools G.O. bonds due 2014 to 2033

• $100 million series 2013B taxable Third Frontier Research and Development G.O. bonds due 2014 to 2023

On the Horizon

ALLEGHENY COUNTY (PENNSYLVANIA): $186 million series 2013 general obligation bonds (A1/A+/); negotiated; PNC Capital Markets LLC (lead); Drexel Hamilton LLC, The Huntington Investment Co., Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, RBC Capital Markets LLC and Rice Financial Products Co. (co-managers); proceeds to refund the county's series C-57 notes.

• $135 million series C-71A taxable G.O. refunding bonds due 2013 to 2021

• $16 million series C-71B G.O. refunding bonds due 2021 to 2023

• $35 million series C-72 bonds due 2014 to 2027

ATLANTA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY/GEORGIA TECH: $116,095,000 series 2013 TUFF-GATV revenue bonds (A2/A/); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey (lead); proceeds to refund the authority's series 2002A-B and 2005A-B revenue bonds.

• $45,645,000 series 2013A-1 revenue bonds due 2020 to 2033 with term bonds due 2038 and 2043

• $5.62 million series 2013A-2 taxable revenue bonds due 2014 to 2020

• $5.35 million series 2013B-1 revenue bonds due 2025 to 2028

• $56,415,000 series 2013B-2 taxable revenue bonds due 2014 to 2033 with term bonds due 2028, 2033 and 2043

• $3,065,000 series 2013C revenue bonds due 2014 to 2027

CALIFORNIA INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK/CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR CORPORATION PROJECT: $195,805,000 series 2013 refunding revenue bonds (A1/A/AA-); negotiated; RBC Capital Markets LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (lead); bonds due 2015 to 2030 with term bonds due 2034 and 2039; proceeds to advance refund the development bank's series 2009A revenue bonds.

CATHOLIC HEALTH SERVICES OF LONG ISLAND (NEW YORK): $290 million series 2013 taxable bonds (Baa1/BBB+/BBB+); negotiated; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (lead); proceeds to finance corporate needs for Catholic Health Services.

COLORADO HEALTH FACILITIES AUTHORITY/COLORADO WEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: $76.19 million series 2013 hospital revenue bonds; negotiated; Cain Brothers (lead); bonds due 2033, 2043 and 2048; proceeds to finance the construction and equipment of a new hospital, as well as to reimburse the health care system for capital improvements and land acquisitions.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA/NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM: $99.43 million series 2013 revenue bonds; negotiated; H.J. Sims & Co. (lead); proceeds to reimburse the city for the costs associated with constructing, equipping and furnishing the National Law Enforcement Museum at 444 E Street in Washington, D.C.

• $77.98 million series 2013A bonds due 2023, 2033 and 2048

• $21.45 million series 2013B bonds due 2048

FORT WORTH (TEXAS): $99.2 million series 2013 bonds and certificates of obligation; negotiated; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (lead); Barclays, BOSC Inc., Stephens Inc. and M.R. Beal & Co. (co-managers); proceeds to finance storm sewer system and street improvements, as well as improvements to park facilities and to refund existing debt.

• $35,755,000 series 2013 general purpose refunding and improvement bonds due 2014 to 2033

• $63,445,000 series 2013 combination tax and revenue certificates of obligation due 2014 to 2034

GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM (PENNSYLVANIA): $284.4 million series 2013 taxable bonds (Aa2/AA/); negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead); BofA Merrill Lynch (co-manager); proceeds for general corporate purposes.

GENESEE COUNTY (MICHIGAN): $54.18 million series 2013 water supply system revenue bonds (A2/A+/); negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (lead); Wells Fargo Securities LLC and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. (co-managers); proceeds to acquire a piece of property adjacent to Lake Huron in Sanilac County, as well as to construct a raw water intake facility and refund the county's series 2003 and 2003B G.O. bonds.

HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH OBLIGATED GROUP: $160.98 million series 2013 revenue bonds (/A-/A-); negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead); proceeds to finance the construction of new facilities, including neonatal and pediatric care facilities, as well as to refund the obligated group's series 1998 and 2004A-B special purpose revenue bonds.

• $128,635,000 series 2013A special purpose revenue bonds

• $32,345,000 series 2013B special purpose revenue bonds

KANSAS CITY (MISSOURI): $66.1 million series 2013 special obligation bonds (A1/AA-/); negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (lead); George K. Baum & Co., Rice Financial Products Co. and Valdes & Moreno Inc. (co-managers); proceeds to finance improvements to public safety facilities, public parks and a municipal auditorium, as well as to refund the city's series 2003 and 2004 special obligation improvement bonds.

• $46.5 million series 2013B special obligation improvement bonds due 2014 to 2033

• $19.6 million series 2013C taxable special obligation improvement bonds due 2014 to 2033

KENTUCKY HIGHER EDUCATION STUDENT LOAN CORP.: $563 million series 2013-2 student loan asset-backed notes (/AA(sf)/AAAsf); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); notes due Feb. 1, 2030; proceeds to fund the cancellation of existing debt under a 2008 indenture and fund student loans.

KERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (CALIFORNIA): $98,985,000 series 2013 general obligation bonds (Aa2); negotiated; Piper Jaffray & Co. (lead); proceeds to finance capital projects for the district, as well as to refund existing G.O. debt.

• $54,805,000 series 2013C G.O. bonds

• $10,375,000 series 2013 G.O. refunding bonds

• $33,805,000 series 2013 taxable G.O. refunding bonds

LOUISIANA STATE BOND COMMISSION/BIONITROGEN LOUISIANA HOLDINGS LLC: $1.25 billion tax-exempt bonds; proceeds to construct five plants in Point Coupee Parish, La., to convert biomass into urea fertilizer.

METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT OF GREATER CINCINNATI (OHIO): $430,505,000 series 2013 sewer system improvement and refunding revenue bonds (Aa2/AA+/); negotiated; Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (lead); proceeds to make capital improvements to the system, as well as to refund existing debt.

• $294.51 million series 2013A revenue bonds

• $135,995,000 series 2013B taxable refunding bonds

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

MISSOURI HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY/BJC HEALTH SYSTEM: $255 million series 2013C health facilities revenue bonds (Aa2/AA/); negotiated; RBC Capital Markets LLC (lead); BMO Capital Markets LLC, BNY Mellon Capital Markets LLC, Edward D. Jones & Co. LP, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities and US Bancorp Investments Corp. (co-managers); bonds due 2017 to 2028 with term bonds due 2033 and 2039; proceeds to finance or reimburse the health system for costs related to the construction, acquisition, equipment and installation of improvements and additions to BJC Health System facilities.

MOON INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (PENNSYLVANIA)/BAPTIST HOMES SOCIETY: $143.49 million series 2013 revenue bonds; negotiated; H.J. Sims & Co. (lead); bonds due 2023, 2033 and 2048; proceeds to refund the authority's series 2007 variable-rate Baptist Homes Society revenue bonds.

ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD (FLORIDA): $85.16 million series 2013A certificates of participation (Aa2//AA); negotiated; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (lead); BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Jefferies & Co., Loop Capital Markets LLC, Raymond James/Morgan Keegan and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (co-managers); certificates due 2015 to 2029; proceeds to refund the board's series 2004A COPs.

PENNSYLVANIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY: $129.07 million series 2013-116 AMT single-family mortgage revenue bonds; negotiated; RBC Capital Markets LLC and BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); Barclays, George K. Baum & Co., Drexel Hamilton LLC, Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Quoin Capital LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (co-managers); bonds due 2013 to 2024 with term bonds due in 2028, 2033, 2038, 2040 and 2043; proceeds to finance single-family mortgage loans to qualified Pennsylvania residents.

PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY (NEW JERSEY): $85 million series 2013 taxable bonds (Aa1/AAA/); negotiated; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); Wells Fargo Securities LLC (co-manager); proceeds for general corporate purposes of the seminary, as well as to refund the seminary's series 2002G bonds and a line of credit.

PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY (WISCONSIN): $51 million series 2013A Linda Paseo student housing senior revenue bonds; negotiated; Guggenheim Securities LLC (lead); proceeds to finance the construction of student housing connected to the Village Linda Paseo project.

RHODE ISLAND HEALTH AND EDUCATIONAL BUILDING CORP./ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY: $54.79 million series 2013 higher education facility revenue refunding bonds; negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch (lead); Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, RBC Capital Markets LLC and US Bancorp Investment Co. (co-managers); bonds due 2014 to 2038; proceeds to refund the university's series 2003 and 2008B revenue bonds.

SAGINAW COUNTY (MICHIGAN): $60.55 million series 2013 general obligation limited tax pension obligation bonds (Aa3); negotiated; Fifth Third Securities Inc. (lead); BofA Merrill Lynch and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. (co-managers); bonds due 2014 to 2028 with term bond due in 2033; proceeds to fund unfunded pension liabilities for state employees.

SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY/MEMORIAL GROUP INC.: $157.87 million series 2013 health facility revenue bonds (/BB+/); negotiated; Piper Jaffray & Co. and Barclays (lead); proceeds to finance the construction, acquire, equip and furnish a 94-bed hospital in Shiloh, Ill., and refund existing debt.

TANGIPAHOA PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1/NORTH OAKS HEALTH SYSTEM (LOUISIANA): $66,245,000 series 2013 hospital revenue bonds (/BBB/); negotiated; Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead); proceeds to finance hospital improvements for North Oaks, as well as the refund the district's series 2003A revenue bonds.

• $55,445,000 series 2013A refunding bonds due 2014 to 2028

• $10.8 million series 2013B revenue bonds due 2031 and 2034

UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BUILDING AUTHORITY: $250 million series 2013 refunding revenue bonds; negotiated; Jefferies & Co. (sole underwriter for 2013-3); Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead for 2013-4); Ramirez & Co. Inc. (lead for 2013-5); proceeds to refund existing revenue debt.

• $80 million series 2013-4 taxable revenue refunding bonds

• $170 million series 2013-5 taxable refunding revenue bonds

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH: $320 million series 2013A general revenue and refunding bonds (Aa1/AA/); negotiated; Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Barclays (lead); BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (co-managers); proceeds to construct and acquire university capital projects, as well as to refund existing debt.

VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY/PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY: $62.43 million series 2013 special obligation school facility bonds (Aaa/AAA/AAA); competitive; Public Financial Management Inc. (financial adviser); bonds due 2014 to 2033; proceeds to finance school capital expenditures in Prince William County.

WASHINGTON STATE HOUSING FINANCE COMMISSION: $107,295,000 series 2013 nonprofit housing revenue bonds; negotiated; Ziegler Capital Inc. (lead); proceeds to construct residential housing units at Rockwood South Hill in Seattle, as well as to refund variable-rate debt.

• $82,495,000 series 2013A revenue and refunding bonds due Jan. 1, 2049

• $4.65 million series 2013B-1 tax-exempt mandatory paydown securities due Jan. 1, 2021

• $4.65 million series 2013B-2 tax-exempt mandatory paydown securities due Jan. 1, 2020

• $15.5 million series 2013B-3 tax-exempt mandatory paydown securities due Jan. 1, 2020

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