Municipal Calendar: North Carolina preps $692 million bond offering

Week of February 18

DELAWARE: $340.01 million series 2013 general obligation bonds (Aaa/AAA/AAA); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch and Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (lead); Drexel Hamilton LLC, Loop Capital Markets LLC, M&T Securities Inc. and TD Securities USA Inc. (co-managers); proceeds to finance capital facilities for the state, as well as to refund the state's series 2005D, 2006A-B, 2007A and 2011 G.O. bonds; pricing week of Feb. 18.

• $115.01 million series 2013A bonds due 2017 to 2026

• $225 million series 2013B bonds due 2014 to 2029 and 2031 to 2033

GEORGIA HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY: $149,495,000 series 2013A single-family mortgage bonds (/AAA/); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (lead); J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (co-managers); bonds due 2013 to 2023 with term bonds due in 2027, 2032, 2037, 2041 and 2043; proceeds to make mortgage loans to qualified Georgia residents; pricing week of Feb. 18.

GRAND BLANC COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (MICHIGAN): $62.55 million series 2013 refunding general obligation bonds; negotiated; Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and Edward D. Jones & Co. LP (lead); bonds due 2015 to 2028; proceeds to refund existing G.O. debt; pricing week of Feb. 18.

INDIANAPOLIS LOCAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT BOND BANK: $61.15 million series 2013 taxable bond bank refunding bonds (/AAA/AAA); negotiated; Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Ramirez & Co. Inc. (lead); bonds due 2016 to 2022; proceeds to refund prior bond banks; pricing week of Feb. 18.

LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER (CALIFORNIA): $520,935,000 series 2013A power system revenue bonds (Aa3/AA-/AA-); negotiated; BofA Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (lead); De La Rosa & Co. Inc., Wells Fargo Securities LLC, Barclays, Cabrera Capital Markets LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Loop Capital Markets LLC, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Inc. and US Bancorp Inc. (co-managers); proceeds to refund department's series 2003A revenue bonds; pricing week of Feb. 18.

MANATEE COUNTY (FLORIDA): $81.85 million series 2013 revenue refunding and improvement bonds (Aa2//AA+); negotiated; Wells Fargo Securities LLC and Gardnyr Michael Capital Inc. (lead); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (co-manager); proceeds to finance capital improvements within the county, including a new computer-aided dispatch system, the acquisition of property, a backup data center and the widening of a portion of the 301 Boulevard, as well as to refund the county's series 2004 and 2006 revenue bonds; pricing week of Feb. 18.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD (FLORIDA): $71.45 million series 2013A refunding certificates of participation (A2/AA-/); negotiated; Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead); Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BofA Merrill Lynch and Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Inc. (co-managers); COPs due 2018 and 2023 to 2030; proceeds to refund school board's series 2004A COPs; pricing week of Feb. 18.

TARRANT COUNTY CULTURAL EDUCATION FACILITIES FINANCE CORP. (TEXAS)/SCOTT & WHITE HEALTH CARE: $177,605,000 series 2013A hospital revenue bonds (A1/A/AA-); negotiated; Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (lead); proceeds to construct and equip health facilities and refund existing Scott & White debt; pricing week of Feb. 18.

February 20

NORTH CAROLINA: $692,265,000 series 2013 general obligation refunding bonds (Aaa/AAA/AAA); competitive; First Southwest Co. Inc. (financial adviser); proceeds to refund state's series 2003A-B and 2004A G.O. bonds; pricing Feb. 20.

• $347,705,000 series 2013C bonds due 2015 to 2026

• $344.56 million series 2013D bonds due 2015 to 2023

SANTA CLARA COUNTY (CALIFORNIA): $490 million election of 2008 series 2013B general obligation bonds (/AA+/AA+); competitive; KNN Public Finance (financial adviser); proceeds to finance seismic improvements to the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, as well as to construct and acquire medical facilities in San Jose; pricing Feb. 20.

February 21

BEND-LA PINE ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 (OREGON): $84.66 million series 2013 general obligation refunding bonds (Aa2); competitive; Seattle-Northwest Securities Inc. (financial adviser); bonds due 2013 and 2018 to 2024; proceeds to give district a debt service savings; pricing Feb. 21.

MINNESOTA STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITY: $60,955,000 series 2013 revenue fund bonds (Aa2/AA-/); competitive; Springsted Inc. (financial adviser); proceeds to construct a student center and a parking ramp, renovate a student center and demolish existing student residences at various campuses throughout the system; pricing Feb. 21.

• $57,475,000 series 2013A bonds due 2014 to 2033

• $3.48 million series 2013B taxable bonds due 2014 to 2023

NASSAU COUNTY (NEW YORK): $328.52 million series 2013 general obligation general improvement bonds (A2/A+/A+) and bond anticipation notes (/SP-1+/F1); negotiated and competitive; Public Financial Management Inc. (financial adviser for G.O. bonds); BofA Merrill Lynch (lead for BANs); Ramirez & Co. Inc. and Raymond James/Morgan Keegan (co-managers for BANs); proceeds to finance county improvements and other county projects; pricing Feb. 21.

• $141.52 million series 2013A G.O. general improvement bonds due 2014 to 2043

• $187 million series 2013A bond anticipation notes due Feb. 5, 2014

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

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

Week of March 4

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.

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.

HENRICO COUNTY (VIRGINIA): $66.52 million series 2013 water and sewer system revenue refunding bonds (Aa1/AAA/AAA); negotiated; Davenport & Co. LLC, Raymond James/Morgan Keegan and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (lead); bonds due 2014 to 2036; proceeds to refund the county's series 2006A water and sewer system 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 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.

IRVING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (TEXAS): $66,405,000 series 2013 taxable unlimited tax refunding bonds (Aaa/AAA/); negotiated; Baird & Co. (lead); BOSC Inc., Hutchison, Shockey, Erley & Co. Inc. and Southwest Securities Inc. (co-managers); proceeds to refund district's series 2005 unlimited tax refunding bonds.

• $65,215,000 current interest bonds due 2014 to 2023

• $1.19 million capital appreciation bonds due 2017

LAKE TRAVIS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (TEXAS): $108,285,000 series 2013 unlimited tax school refunding bonds (//AAA); negotiated; BOSC Inc. (lead); proceeds to refund a portion of existing debt.

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.

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.

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

TRUST FOR CULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK/WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $112,515,000 series 2012 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.

UNIFIED GOVERNMENT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY/KANSAS CITY (KANSAS): $82.05 million series 2013 general obligation bonds and temporary notes; competitive; Springsted Inc. (financial adviser); proceeds to finance capital improvements in county and city.

• $15.25 million series 2013A general obligation improvement bonds due 2013 to 2033

• $5,305,000 series 2013B G.O. bonds due 2014 to 2031

• $54,155,000 series 2013-I municipal temporary notes due March 1, 2014

• $7.34 million series 2013-II municipal temporary notes due March 1, 2014

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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