Retreat
Regular MeetingAlta, UT · September 4, 2025
Minutes
September 2025
Alta Town Council
Special Meeting Report
September 4 2025
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PARTICIPANTS, WELCOME, AND EXPECTATIONS
Mayor Roger Bourke opened the meeting by welcoming everyone to
the Alta Town Council Special Meeting. He expressed that he was
pleased with the progress made to date and is looking forward to
next steps.
Participants were asked to introduce themselves and share their
expectations for the session. The retreat was publicly noticed and
recorded. Participants included the town Mayor and Council, and
leadership staff.
Staff Council
Chris Cawley, Town Manager Roger Bourke, Mayor
Jen Clancy, Town Clerk Carolyn Anctil, Council
Molly Austin, Deputy Town Clerk John Byrne, Council Dan – Actionable Plan
Brooke Boone, Deputy Town Clerk Elise Morgan, Council Mayor – Consensus
Craig Heimark, Town Treasurer Dan Schilling, Council
Elise – Direction for staff to act on
Mike Morey, Town Marshal
Other JB - Not ready for action: More assessment
Mark Anderson, Zions Bank Craig – Financing, General Direction, Scope
Jeanette Harris, Zions Bank Jen – ZPFI, Funding
Julie DeLong, Pathway Group Morey – Options > Selection
Chris – More the ball down the field
Town of Alta
Special Town Council Meeting
AGENDA
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Our Lady of the Snows Center
8:45 – 9:00 Arrival, Light Breakfast
9:00-9:10 Welcome/Opening
9:10-10:00 Overview of Facilities
FFKR Facilities Master Plan Findings
Alternative Project Concepts
10:00-10:30 Small Group Work & Discussion - Priorities
10:30-10:40 BREAK
10:40-11:40 Review of Financing Options
Status Quo – Expenses, Revenues, Capital Plans
Capital Projects Funding Options – Mark Anderson, Zions Public Finance
Q&A
11:40-12:00 Summary and Next Steps
12:00 Adjourn
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PURPOSE AND DESIRED OUTCOMES
The purpose and desired outcomes of the special meeting on September 4, 2025:
• Spend time in review and discussion around capital projects planning, priorities,
funding, and public financing mechanisms.
• Determine priorities around accessibility, resilience, and budget concerns.
By the end of the day, we will have…
1. Reviewed and discussed capital project facilities plan highlights
2. Discussed other alternative approaches while prioritizing considerations of accessibility,
resilience, and cost.
3. Learned more about methods of financing public projects, particularly including bonding.
4. Outlined next steps around capital project facilities planning and financing.
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Town Manager Chris Cawley presented on capital project planning and funding. The
presentation included a review of work completed to date, high level report on the FFKR
Facilities Master Plan findings, other alternatives and variables, a summary, and discussion
of big picture quandaries (See Slides 5-19).
Town of Alta
Capital Projects Planning and
Funding
September 4th 2025
Special Town Council Meeting
Recent Events
No plans for replacement
of Alta Central; Town TOA acquires OLS, Facilities and
assumed it would build a adding flexibility to water/sewer
new community center
but had no formal plans
Facilities planning facilities planning planning near
or funding in place underway outlook conclusion
Pre-2024 Sept/Oct 2024 June 2025 August 2025
September
January 2024 May 2025 June/Aug 2025
2025
Council adopts water,
Retreat – council Staff proposes sewer, capital, Special meeting to
prioritizes capital using planning- general fund budgets; discuss facilities
improvement level costs in TOA cap-x plans showing planning outcomes,
planning, Capital Plans updated estimates for concepts to finance
stabilizing Alta new building, projects, next steps
Marshal's Office water/sewer projects
every other year
Facilities Plan
Highlights
Click here to view the full document
1. Executive Summary: Pages 5-11
2. “Overall Facility Recommendation:”
Pages 42-43
3. Portions of “Space Matrix:” existing
floor plans pp 50-54, “space deficiency
page 59, skim the rest
4. Envision: Pages 61-77
5. Finance Encyclopedia: Pages 109-116
Facilities Plan – Facility
Condition Assessments
Alta Central
• Alta Central was brought up LCC in 1950’s from Fort Douglas to
provide housing; taken over by Town of Alta in 1973. Placed on rubble
foundation in 1990’s.
• IBC requires “essential facilities” including police stations built to Risk
Category IV structural standards to withstand seismic hazard; Alta
Central is not designed to earthquake, avalanche, wildfire specs
•Marshals and Dispatch need more space, specific additional functional
spaces
• Significant accessibility challenges inside and outside
• Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, all out of code and in need of
replacement
• Building in decent functional condition
• FFKR recommends decommissioning Central as a police department
building or other essential facility, moving all AMO functions to new
building or town office. Can repurpose after significant renovation.
Facilities Plan – Facility
Condition Assessments
Community Center-Firehouse
• Significant structural issues: roof not rated to snow load, wood
framed annexes are separating from concrete building, erosion
control behind building has failed and structure is being
damaged by rockfall
• Needs major architectural, MEP upgrades
• Community Center is our only roadside facility; only location
to provide year-round ADA compliant building and minimize
risk of injury to employees and visitors from slip-and-fall hazard
• We believe it’s least exposed to large avalanche paths
• FFKR recommends demolishing Community Center, relocating
AMO and potentially admin functions to Community Center due
to its much more accessible roadside location
Facilities Plan – Facility
Condition Assessments
Town Office
• The Town’s most sound facility
• Needs electrical, architectural upgrades; not
urgently
• Significant accessibility challenges; not
roadside, must walk over steep, snow-covered
slopes to access building in winter. Risk of injury
to visitors and employees
• FFKR recommends continuing in current use,
or remodeling as dispatch center, with
renovations for accessibility, codes, etc.
Facility Condition –
Additional Notes
• Alta Central, Town Office are in avalanche path,
community center is less exposed. New construction at
community center site likely cheaper due to lower
structural requirements; fewer operational constraints.
FFKR $/sf figures may not capture the magnitude of cost
impacts.
• We do not have dedicated year-round parking at Alta
Central/Town Office. Shallow Shaft owns some of the
parking we use. We have a USFS permit for the rest of it.
More potential to own or directly control parking at
Community Center site?
• Risks and impacts associated with accessibility challenges
Key Graphics
“Adjacency Matrix” depicts potential spatial
relationships between functional areas; dotted>solid lines
suggest greater need for roadside location
FFKR’s “Test Fit 1”
• New Building at Community Center Site
• All Alta Marshals Office functions plus additional
police/dispatch space
• Existing Functions: Post Office, garage bays/storage,
multipurpose space
• 14,000 square feet, minor renovations to Town Office
• Would require additional footprint on USFS land: special
use permit or exchange for town land
FFKR’s “Test Fit 2”
• New Building at Community Center Site
• Police functions, additional police space
• Move admin functions to new building
• Move dispatch to Town Office, renovate Town Office
• Existing Functions: Post Office, garage bays/storage,
multipurpose space
• 17,000 square feet, 2400 square feet renovated @ Town
Office
• Would require additional footprint on USFS land:
special use permit or exchange for town land
Other Alternatives and
Variables
• Replace existing Alta Central or Community Center functions and
square feet
• New build: existing plus desired additional AMO space
• New Building at CC:
o Police functions plus existing functions
o Dispatch Center moved into 1st floor town office
o Small addition to town office on Central site: dispatch quarters
only
OLS: We can decide not to retain multipurpose space at Community
Center/Firehouse location; would save 600-800 square feet.
Cost Information in Facilities Master Plan
Executive Summary “Cost Facility Condition Index Repair vs
Comparison” of Test Fit concepts Replacement Costs (pgs 29, 35, 41)
(pg. 10)
• Hard costs only = $800/square
• Costs based on complex building foot assumption
systems narratives provided by
subconsultants. Roughly amounts • Replacement costs assume
to $1000/SF either like-for-like new builds, or
• Assume no further costs on Alta new builds that include additional
Central; one large new building at programming indicated by staff as
Community Center site; necessary or desired
renovations to Town Office for
code, or code + functional •No work on Town Office assumed
renovations
More than a WAG: Cost Estimates
3. New
Building:
Police, Garage,
PO; new
building 5. New
2=dispatch 4. New Alta Alta
1. quarters; Central + Central
Replace 2. Replace Dispatch to Community +
Alta Community Town Office Center-existing addition 6. Test
Project Central Center* *** SF/spaces* al SF Fit 1** 7. Test Fit 2**
100006 14,200
Size 3152 SF 4596 SF 7170 SF 7748 SF SF SF 17,700 SF
Hard Costs $14.7
+ Soft Costs $3.2 M $4.6M $7.2M $7.7M $10M M $16.7M
*Retains 600 SF-800 SF of multipurpose space
**Test fits include renovations to Town Office, 600 SF of multipurpose space.
Alternatives 1, 2, 4, 5 do not include Town Office renovations.
***Many cost assumptions extrapolated from FFKR document by staff, not
reviewed with FFKR. Does not include multipurpose space. New construction
on Alta Central site may be more expensive $/SF due to avalanche exposure
Summary
Key issues with Town Facilities:
• Accessibility
• Resilience
• Replacement cost on a small budget;
costs increasing due to inflation,
tariffs, labor shortages, etc.
Tear down and rebuild CC
Move away from using AC – could
repurpose but should upgrade and
can’t use for public safety
Town Office is good
Recommend moving either all of AMO,
or police and admin to new building
More Big Picture Quandaries
Will there always be an Alta Will there always be a Town of Alta?
Marshals Office?
• Will we outsource more services or
• We’re doing what we can to administration?
sustain AMO but challenges
will persist • Independent contractors,
Municipal Services District of
• Risks associated with a lean Greater Salt Lake (MSD)?
and unique program
• Labor challenges • SLCO SA #3?
• Cost to provide service
• Metro-police services (UPD)
provide economies of scale, We can’t continue to provide services
comprehensive law and delay capital replacement forever.
enforcement functions Doing so has kept utility and tax rates
“low.”
The group split into three for breakout
discussions. Each group had time at
each station for discussion and
comments. The group reported their Priority A:
ideas (See slides 21-23).
Cost –Prioritize the Smallest Project
What are the
Town’s priorities? Priority B:
Resilience – Prioritize Supporting Resilience Against
Short-Term Hazards (natural and other disasters)
Priority C:
1. Divide into 3 groups.
Accessibility – Prioritize Moving Functions Requiring
2. Identify a timer, note taker, and Public Access (What About Accessibility for
presenter. Employees?) to Roadside Facility
3. Use the planning worksheets.
4. Seven minutes at each station.
5. Brief report out.
PRIORITY ACTION PLANNING
Original notes from the easel pad:
A: Cost – Smallest ”Efficient” Project
Description:
* DEMO current community center – Post office
* Replace with purpose-built critical needs facilities
Strategy:
• Start small – Can happen faster
• “Phased approach”
• Easier to finance
• UDOT Partnership
• Q: How much growth in SF will we fund?
• Maintain services thru construction
Next steps:
• Balance AMO needs with other Town functions
• Leverage current administration for UFSF
exchange
PRIORITY ACTION PLANNING
Original notes from the easel pad:
B: Resilience – Natural hazards,
catastrophic, long-term value
Description:
Prioritize public safety / AMO / Dispatch
Strategy:
• Community center – post office
• Continue planning & prioritizing – AMO
services, i.e., location will drive the rest
Next steps:
• Planning
• Site the AMO
PRIORITY ACTION PLANNING
Original notes from the easel pad:
C: Accessibility
Description:
• Accessibility of Municipal public and staff
access
Strategy:
1. AMO public facing
2. Town Office
3. Dispatch
4. Post office
- Council chambers, public meetings
Next steps:
1. Planning
2. Funding
3. Finalize plans
4. Take Action
* Best Case bond vote Nov ‘27
How final will SCOPE be prior to design?
Is it funded before design?
Town Manager Chris Cawley finished his presentation on capital project planning and funding. This included a focus
on Town of Alta Fund Revenue and Expenses, existing Capital Project Plans, and more discussion around important
local considerations (See slides 24-30).
Capital Projects Funding and Financing
Goals:
1. Review Current Budget, Capital Plans
2. Discuss Options to Fund Capital Projects
a) Presentation by Mark Anderson, Zions Public Finance Inc.
b) Questions for Mark
3. Discuss next steps
a) what more does the council need to know?
Difference FY 26 % of
General Fund Revenue FY26 Budget FY25 vs FY 26 Budget
Property Tax (current and previous years) $ 510,000 $ 80,673 15%
Sales Tax $ 1,890,000 $ (180,376) 56%
Other Taxes: Municipal Energy, Tele $ 96,000 $ 1,928 3%
Town Services
Permits, Licensing, Court Fines, Impact Fees $ 353,100 $ (74,111) 10%
Restricted Gov Grants (County, USFS, SLC, 4th
.25, PO, UDOT) $ 99,047 $ (9,938) 3%
FY 26 General Misc: interest, contributions from private
sources, sundry etc. $
Revenue $
143,950 $
3,092,097 $
(76,277)
(258,101)
4%
Fund Revenue
Difference FY 26 % of
General Fund Expenses FY26 Budget FY25 vs FY 26 Budget
Alta Justice Court, Code Enforcement $ 40,819 $ (1,828) 1%
Economic Development $ 400 $ - 0%
Government Administration
Financial Preparation $ 133,648 $ 6,262 4%
General Operations $ 286,620 $ 8,156 8%
Town Services & Programs $ 214,245 $ 37,167 6%
Land Use Planning, Building Inspections, Zoning $ 345,094 $ 48,387 10%
Post Office $ 52,966 $ 4,910 2%
Public Safety
Employees: salaries and benefits $ 1,476,730 $ 208,537 44%
Equipment: resources to complete work $ 238,153 $ (2,447) 7%
Recycling $ 32,500 $ 1,000 1%
Town Council: Salaries, Training, Admin $ 93,940 $ 6,835 3%
Transportation $ 320,410 $ 22,660 9%
Misc. Expenses $ 1,200 $ - 0%
Expenses $ 3,236,725 $ 339,639
Transfer to Capital Improvement Fund 150,000 -303,112 4%
Total Expense $ 3,386,725 $ 36,527 100%
FY 26 General
Fund Expense
Capital Projects Plans-Existing
Capital Projects Fund $10,619,815
Water Capital Projects $6,454,447
Sewer Capital Projects $6,856,000
Total 4 funds $23,930,262
Current Plan to Fund a New Building
But: So:
• “New Building” project is not specific • Refine new building project
• Cannot generate $9M (or $3M concept
annually for three years) for a • Explore and pursue alternative
project beginning in FY 2028 on means to fund projects
current revenue structure • Continue to pursue administrative
• Water and Sewer projects will require efficiencies
substantial rate increases annually, not • How much can the town save in
withstanding concept to fund short term to offset borrowing?
replacement • Explore additional ongoing
• GF, WF, SF revenues presently are revenue (TRT, alternatives to GF for
generally spoken for by staff, routine shuttle budget)
operations and maintenance, short-
term W&S projects. Could save ~100k
by defunding shuttle.
Options to Raise
Revenue
• See FMP Finance Encyclopedia pg 109-115
• Save up/pay as we go
• Apply 1% local option Transient Room Tax
• Increase the Town’s municipal property tax
• Water and sewer rates: projected to increase ~10%/year to
fund known projects
• Potential for modest revenue increases in business license
fees, building permit fees
• Decrease expenses – “as you like” (credit Craig Heimark)
• Borrowing
• GO Bond, Revenue Bond, State Revolving Loan, Special
Assessment Area, etc
• Grants
• Depends on the project
• Philanthropy
• Feasible…depends on the project
• May not be enough interest to fund the entirety of a project
ZPFI
Presentation
Mark Anderson and Jeannette Harris from ZIONS PUBLIC FINANCE presented on Methods of Financing Public Projects.
The expert presentation included a review of financing options, examples, types of bonds, expected timelines, and
advantages and disadvantages (See Slides 32-51).
ALTA TOWN BONDING PRESENTATION
September 4, 2025
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METHODS OF FINANCING PUBLIC PROJECTS
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METHODS OF FINANCING PUBLIC PROJECTS
Save Up And Set Aside Pay As You Go Grant Financing Debt Financing
Combination
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METHODS OF FINANCING CAPITAL PROJECTS
Pay-As-You-Go Save-Up-and Debt
Revenue Set-Aside Revenue Grants Financing
Positives
Interest is earned
No interest paid
Those who use the project pay for it
(Aligns project users and payers at the same time)
The project is completed immediately
Negatives
Requires interest payment
Long wait time to complete project
Risk of inflation costs
Possible conditions for use
Arduous qualification process -
Source: Zions Public Finance, Inc.
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METHODS OF FINANCING CAPITAL PROJECTS
What Are Municipal Bonds?
Bonds - Long term “IOUs” that governments sell to borrow
money for a capital project
Bond Payments ($)
PROJECT ISSUER INVESTORS
Bond Proceeds ($)
Bond Proceeds ($)
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TYPE OF BONDS
Type of Bond Security Repayment Source Authority
Unlimited Tax General
Property Tax & Taxing Power Any Legal Source Election
Obligation
Utility Revenue Utility Revenues Utility Revenues Resolution
Excise Tax Revenue Excise Tax Any Legal Source Resolution
Lease Revenue/Capital Annual Appropriations &
Any Legal Source Resolution
Lease Improvements
Special Assessment/ Resolution/
Special Assessment Special Assessment
Property Negative Protests
Tax Increment Tax Increment Increment/Other Taxes Resolution
Limited Tax General
Property Tax & Taxing Power Any Legal Source Resolution
Obligation
Future Property Tax & Taxing
Tax/Revenue Anticipation Future Taxes/Revenue Resolution
Power/Future Revenue
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General Obligation Bonds
Advantages to holding a General Obligation Bond Election:
❖ Provides the lowest interest rate
❖ Does not necessarily impact existing Town revenues
❖ Tax impact to taxpayers decrease as Town taxable value increases
❖ Allows for voter input
Disadvantages to holding a General Obligation Bond Election:
❖ The Bond Election can only be held once per year which increases interest rate risk
❖ They are hard to pass
❖ If the bond election fails, the Town may still need to move forward with the project
❖ Allows for voter input
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Keys to a Successful Bond Election
Things that affect bond elections:
❖ Unified support of the governing body is a must
❖ Voters must see a need, explain the project to them until they understand the
need
❖ Neutralize critics by bringing them into the decision and showing them the
plan, meet with them early
❖ Campaign within legal constraints
❖ Tax impact – the higher the tax impact the more difficult it is to pass
❖ General Steps:
o Establish the need
o Provide a reasonable solution
o Propose a reasonable cost
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General Obligation Bond Steps
Bond Election Timeline:
❖ Entity approves resolution calling election (~August 20th)
❖ Copy of resolution is provided to the Lt. Governor and Election Officer (~August 20th)
❖ Notice and hold a public hearing to discuss the Town’s intent to issue bonds
❖ Eligible Voters must submit notice 65 days prior to election of their intent to file an argument against the bonds
❖ Governing body prepares and submits and argument in favor of the ballot proposition
❖ The election officer sends both arguments to the pro and con author and rebuttals are prepared
❖ Voter information pamphlets are required to be mailed to each household with a registered voter
❖ Governing body must post arguments and rebuttal on State Voter Information Website, Town website and Town
newsletter if the Town has one
❖ Governing body conducts a public hearing between 4 and 45 days before election
❖ Election is held and canvass of election takes place 7 to 14 days after election
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Utility Revenue Bonds
❖ Advantages to issuing Utility Revenue Bonds
o Will likely do a better job of matching the revenue pledge to the fund benefitted from
the project
o Is seen as reliable source of revenue and demands a competitive interest rate
o Is authorized by a Resolution adopted by the Town Council
❖ Disadvantages to issuing Utility Revenue Bonds
o Typically requires 1.25X coverage which will require utility rates to be monitored to
make sure coverage requirements are met
o No new revenues are generated to aid in the payment of debt service
o Higher interest rate than a GO Bond
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Excise/Sales Tax Bonds
❖ Advantages to issuing Excise/Sales Tax Revenue Bonds
o Is seen as reliable source of revenue and demands a competitive interest rate
o Is authorized by a Resolution adopted by the Town Council
❖ Disadvantages to issuing Excise/Sales Tax Revenue Bonds
o Typically requires 1.50X – 2.00X coverage because revenues can be volatile with
changes in economic conditions
o No new revenues are generated to aid in the payment of debt service
o Higher interest rate than a GO Bond
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Lease Revenue Bonds
❖ Advantages to issuing Lease Revenue Bonds
o Does not pledge specific revenues of the Town which gives more flexibility for financing
other future projects
o Works well when the project is funded by several sources of revenues
o Is authorized by a Resolution adopted by the Building Authority and Town Council
❖ Disadvantages of Issuing Lease Revenue Bonds
o Because the lease is subject to annual appropriation, interest rates are higher than GO
Bonds
o Title insurance is required because the asset is the collateral for the loan
o Lease agreements between the Town and the Building Authority are prepared by bond
counsel that increase the costs of issuance
o No new revenues are generated to aid in the payment of debt service
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Other Miscellaneous Bonds
❖ Special Assessment Area (SAA)Bonds
o Used when a public project only benefits a portion of the community
o Requires support from 60%+ of the benefitted property owners
o The annual assessment is added to the property tax bill
❖ Public Infrastructure Districts (PID’s)
o Typically used by developers to reduce the cost of capital for their projects
o Requires 100% support from property owners and creation approval by the governing
body
o Can be issued as a Limited General Obligation Tax (up to 15 mills) or as a Special
Assessment Bond
Assessment Bonds require the assessed value of the property after the improvements to be 3X the anticipated borrowing.
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FUNDING SOURCES
❖ State Revolving Funds (SRF) for Water and Sewer Projects (BWR - Secondary
Water, DDW - Drinking Water and DEQ - Sewer)
o Eligibility and interest rates are typically tied to the Median Adjusted Gross Income
(MAGI) of the community and what percent the utility rate is of total income and other
factors.
o Most loans have an interest rate below 3.00%.
o A 1.0% loan origination fee is typically charged.
o Will likely include additional steps to comply with the state or federal funding
requirements.
o The loans require the funding of a Debt Service Reserve Fund equal to one payment
over a 10-year period.
o Zions would act as a municipal advisor/fiduciary to assist the Town through the bonding
process.
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FUNDING SOURCES
❖ Direct Placement: Bonds are purchased by Zions Bank to be held in their
investment portfolio.
o Zions is interested in purchasing bonds for their own investment portfolio, but currently
only fixes interest rates for 10-years.
o Zions would offer callable at anytime rates which gives flexibility to payoff the debt early
or to refinance the bonds for NPV savings if interest rates decline.
o No debt service reserve fund is required.
o Zions has financed several police vehicles for the Town.
o Zions would not act in a Municipal Advisor/fiduciary role if we were to purchase any
bonds.
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FUNDING SOURCES
❖ Private Placement: Bonds are purchased by a Bank to be held in their
investment portfolio.
o Private placement is primarily used when the bond amount is less than $5 million
dollars and typically no more than 20 years in length.
o Zions, as a Municipal Advisor/fiduciary, prepares a Request for Bid that is submitted to
banks that have an interest in acquiring bonds for their investment portfolio.
o Bids are summarized and the Town would select the bid that best matches their needs
based on rates, fees and call features.
o Bonds privately placed will have varying levels of call protection. (Ability to prepay or
refinance)
o Interest from some banks may be limited due to the size of the Town.
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FUNDING SOURCES
❖ Market Issuance: Bonds are sold in the public market with the assistance of
an underwriter.
o Market issuance is primarily used when the bond amount is more than $10 million
dollars and/or longer than 20 years in length.
o Zions, as a Municipal Advisor/fiduciary, would assist the Town through the process of
preparing a Preliminary Official Statement (POS), obtaining a bond rating and
determining if the bonds should be sold via a competitive or negotiated underwriting.
o Bonds sold in the public market will typically be call protected for 10-years.
o Interest rates will typically be lower, but costs of issuance are higher as the Town would
have the additional costs of preparing the POS, obtaining a bond rating and paying an
underwriter to sell the bonds.
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BONDING STEPS
❖ Bonding Steps
o Adoption of Parameters Resolution by the Town Council
o Notice of Public Hearing & Notice of Intent to Issue Bonds is published (begins 30-day
contest period)
o Public Hearing is held by Town Council
o 30-day Contest Period ends
o Bonds are priced
o Bond documents are prepared
o Bond closing – bonds documents are signed and funds are received
* The above timeline is for a private placement or direct purchase.
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TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
❖ Private and Direct Placement: ~60-day process
❖ Utah State Revolving Funds: 6-to-12-month process
❖ Market Issuance: ~90-day process
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Zions Public Finance, Inc.
One South Main Street, 18th Floor
Salt Lake City, UT 84133-1109
801-844-7377
Mark.Anderson@zionsbancorp.com
Jeanette.Harris@zionsbancorp.com
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• Chris Cawley and Julie DeLong reviewed what was accomplished and talked about next steps.
• Meeting evaluation: Council liked Chris’s presentation, they would have liked more time overall, enjoyed the flexibility
of the agenda, and the breakouts.
• With that, the participants and presenters were thanked and the meeting was adjourned.
Summary and Next Steps
✓Next steps
Follow up communication
Recording/video
Action items
✓Meeting Evaluation
Pluses – things you liked, worked well, and would
like to repeat in future meetings
Changes – things that didn’t work as well, or that
you would have changed.
Julie DeLong
✓Closing Remarks Pathway Group
Julie@pathwaygroup.co
866-306-0699
www.pathwaygroup.co
Thank you!
Agenda
MAYOR TOWN OF ALTA
ROGER BOURKE P.O. BOX 8016
ALTA, UTAH 84092
TOWN COUNCIL
CAROLYN ANCTIL TEL (801) 363-5105
JOHN BYRNE (801) 742-3522
ELISE MORGAN FAX (801)742-1006
DAN SCHILLING TTY 711
AGENDA
ALTA TOWN COUNCIL MEETING – SPECIAL MEETING
STRATEGIC PLANNING RETREAT
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2025
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
OUR LADY OF THE SNOWS CENTER
10185 E HWY 210
ALTA, UTAH
8:45 – 9:00 Arrival, Light Breakfast
9:00-9:10 Welcome/Opening
9:10-10:00 Overview of Facilities
FFKR Facilities Master Plan Findings
Alternative Project Concepts
10:00-10:30 Small Group Discussion – Priorities
10:30-10:40 BREAK
10:40-11:40 Review of Financing Options
Status Quo – Expenses, Revenues, Capital Plans
Capital Projects Funding Options – Mark Anderson, Zions Public Finance
Q&A
11:40-12:00 Summary and Next Steps
12:00 Adjourn
Notice Provisions:
• Motions relating to any of the foregoing including final action may be taken at the meeting.
• One or more members of the Town Council may attend by electronic means, including telephonically. Such members may fully participate in
the proceedings as if physically present. The anchor location for purposes of the electronic meeting is the ALTA COMMUNITY CENTER,
10361 EAST HWY 210, ALTA, UTAH
• Reasonable accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) for individuals with disabilities may be provided upon
receipt of a request with three (3) working days’ notice. For assistance, please call the Alta Town Office at 801-363-5105
• By motion of the Alta Town Council, pursuant to Title 52, Chapter 4 of the Utah Code, the Town Council may vote to hold a closed meeting for
any of the purposes identified.
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