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Municipal Debt Essentials
February 12-14, 2019
Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, CA

February 12, 2019 - Debt Basics

• Introduction: Evolution of the Bond Market
  Juan Fernandez, Executive Director, Public Finance Department, JP Morgan
• Session One: Bond Concepts
  G. Craig Hill, Principal, NHA Advisors
  Christina Turner, City Manager, City of Morgan Hill
• Session Two: Financing Options: Which Type of Debt Is Best for Your Project, Part 1
  Brian D. Quint, Partner, Quint and Thimmig LLP
  Renee N. Vancho, Vice President, Public Finance Investment Banking, Piper Jaffray & Co.
• Session Three: Financing Options: Which Type of Debt Is Best for Your Project, Part 2
  Eileen Gallagher, Managing Director, Stifel
  James A. Wawrzyniak, Jr., Shareholder, Jones Hall APLC
• Session Four: Roles and Responsibilities of Debt Issuers and Finance Team Members
Michael Busch, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Futures, Inc.
Kevin Hale, Of Counsel, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Thomas Jacob, Director, Stifel
Brooke McKinney, Treasury Operations Division Manager, City of Moreno Valley
• Session Five: Group Exercise and Discussion: Bond Math
Joanna Bowes, Managing Director, KNN Public Finance
Erwin Tam, Vice President, KNN Public Finance
• Handout - Group Exercise and Discussion: Bond Math

February 13, 2019 – Planning a Bond Sale

• Session One: Debt Policy and Plan of Finance
  David Brodsly, Managing Director, KNN Public Finance
  LuAnne Edwards Schurtz, Deputy Executive Officer, Finance, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Session Two: Group Exercise and Discussion: Creating the Project Plan (please see slides for Session One)
  David Brodsly, Managing Director, KNN Public Finance
  LuAnne Edwards Schurtz, Deputy Executive Officer, Finance, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
• Session Three: Selecting Your Consultants and the RFP or RFQ
  Theresia Trevino, Chief Financial Officer, Riverside County Transportation Commission
  
  • Handout: Considerations for a Successful RFP_RFQ
  • Sample Trustee Services RFP
  • Sample Underwriting RFP
• Session Four: Debt Structuring and Refunding
Eric Goldstein, Debt Management Specialist, The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Scott Nagelson, Managing Director, US Bancorp Municipal Products Group
• Session Five: Bond Documents
Jacquelynne Jennings, Partner, Schiff Hardin

• Session Six: Credit Quality and the New Dynamics of Credit Ratings
Eric Hoffmann, Senior Vice President and Manager, Moody's Investors Service
• Session Seven: Working with the Governing Body
  Theresia Trevino, Chief Financial Officer, Riverside County Transportation Commission
  
  • Handout: 101 Debt Presentation
  • Sample Project Financing Staff report
  • Sample Refunding Staff Report

February 14: Marketing and Pricing a Municipal Bond

• Session One: Initial Disclosure
  Timothy Reimers, Principal, Polsinelli LLP
  Tamami Yamaguchi, Deputy City Attorney, Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, Airport Division
• Session Two: Understanding Methods of Sale
  Jeff Land, Vice President, Brandis Tallman LLC
  Rudy Salo, Partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
  Anna Sarabian, Principal, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Inc.
  Dmitry Semenov, Senior Managing Director, Public Finance, Opus Bank
• Session Three: Marketing and Pricing
  David Officer, Managing Director, Municipal Underwriting, Mesirow Financial, Inc.
  Victor Andrade, Director, Head of California Educational Finance, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
• Session Four: Group Exercise and Discussion - Bond Pricing
  Anna Sarabian, Principal, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates
  Holly Vocal, Director, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
  • Excel Worksheet For Exercise