HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1027 Authorizing the Issuance of Certificates of Obligation 2025 SeriesCERTIFICATE FOR ORDINANCE
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTIES OF TARRANT AND DENTON §
TOWN OF WESTLAKE §
We, the undersigned Mayor and Town Secretary of said Town, hereby certify as
follows:
SECTION 1: The Town Council of said Town convened in REGULAR MEETING
ON THE 15TH DAY OF JULY, 2025, at the designated meeting place, and the roll was
called of the duly constituted officers and members of said Town Council, to wit:
Kim Greaves, Mayor
Tammy Reeves
Michael Yackira
T.J. Duane
Kevin Smith
Todd Gautie
and all of said persons were present, except Todd Gautier, thus
constituting a quorum.
Whereupon, among other business, the following was transacted at said Meeting:
a written
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF UP TO $9,540,000
OF TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2025; LEVYING AN ANNUAL AD
VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES; ENGAGING BOND
COUNSEL; APPROVING A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND AN
OFFICIAL STATEMENT; AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT
was duly introduced for the consideration of said Town Council. It was then duly
moved and seconded that said Ordinance be adopted and, after due discussion, said
motion, carrying with it the adoption of said Ordinance, prevailed and carried by the
following vote:
AYES: All members of the Town Council shown present above voted "Aye,"
except as shown below:
NOES: __________
ABSTAIN: __________
SECTION 2: That a true, full and correct copy of the aforesaid Ordinance adopted
at the Meeting described in the above and foregoing paragraph is attached to and follows
this Certificate; that said Ordinance has been duly recorded in said Town Council's
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minutes of said Meeting; that the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full and correct
excerpt from said Town Council's minutes of said Meeting pertaining to the adoption of
said Ordinance; that the persons named in the above and foregoing paragraph are the
duly chosen, qualified and acting officers and members of said Town Council as indicated
therein; that each of the officers and members of said Town Council was duly and
sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance, of the time, place and purpose of
the aforesaid Meeting, and that said Ordinance would be introduced and considered for
adoption at said Meeting, and each of said officers and members consented, in advance,
to the holding of said Meeting for such purpose, and that said Meeting was open to the
public and public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given, all as
required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code.
SECTION 3: That the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of said Town has approved, and
hereby approves, the aforesaid Ordinance; that the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem and the
Town Secretary of said Town have duly signed said Ordinance; and that the Mayor or
Mayor Pro-Tem and the Town Secretary of said Town hereby declare that their signing
of this Certificate shall constitute the signing of the attached and following copy of said
Ordinance for all purposes.
ORDINANCE NO. 1027
OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2025
AGENDA ITEM I.1.
FINAL ORDINANCE 1027
FOR CONSIDERATION
OF APPROVAL
ORDINANCE NO. 1027
ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF UP TO $9,540,000
OF TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2025; LEVYING AN ANNUAL AD
VALOREM TAX FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES; ENGAGING BOND
COUNSEL; APPROVING A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND AN
OFFICIAL STATEMENT; AND ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Westlake, Texas (the "Issuer")
deems it advisable to issue Certificates of Obligation in the amount of $9,380,000 for the
purpose of paying all or a portion of the Issuer's contractual obligations incurred in
connection with the planning, acquisition, design, expansion, renovation, equipping, and
construction of (i) pump stations and water tower, including the acquisition of land and
equipment therefor, (ii) the Sam & Margaret Lee Arts & Science Center, and (iii) paying
legal, fiscal and engineering fees in connection with these projects; and
WHEREAS, the Certificates of Obligation hereinafter authorized and designated
are to be issued and delivered for cash pursuant to Subchapter C of Chapter 271, Local
Government Code and Chapter 1502, Government Code, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council has heretofore passed a resolution authorizing and
directing the Town Secretary to give notice of intention to issue Certificates of Obligation;
and
WHEREAS, said notice has been duly published in a newspaper of general
circulation in said Town, said newspaper being a "newspaper" as defined in §2051.044,
Texas Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Town received no petition from the qualified electors of the Town
protesting the issuance of such Certificates of Obligation; and
WHEREAS, no bond proposition to authorize the issuance of bonds for the same
purpose as any of the projects being financed with the proceeds of the Certificates of
Obligation was submitted to the voters of the Issuer during the preceding three years and
failed to be approved; and
WHEREAS, it is considered to be to the best interest of the Town that said interest
bearing Certificates of Obligation be issued.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE:
SECTION 1: RECITALS, AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE CERTIFICATES.
The recitals set forth in the preamble hereof are incorporated herein and shall have the
same force and effect as if set forth in this Section. The certificates of the Town of
Westlake, Texas (the "Issuer") are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in the
aggregate principal amount of $9,380,000 for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the
TOWN OF WESTLAKE
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Issuer's contractual obligations incurred in connection with the planning, acquisition,
design, expansion, renovation, equipping, and construction of (i) pump stations and water
tower, including the acquisition of land and equipment therefor, (ii) the Sam & Margaret
Lee Arts & Science Center, and (iii) paying legal, fiscal and engineering fees in connection
with these projects (collectively, the "Project").
SECTION 2: DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATIONS, NUMBERS,
MATURITIES OF CERTIFICATES AND INTEREST RATES. Each certificate issued
pursuant to this Ordinance shall be designated: "TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS,
COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2025",
and initially there shall be issued, sold, and delivered hereunder one fully registered
certificate, without interest coupons, dated as of July 1, 2025, in the principal amount
stated above and in the denominations hereinafter stated, numbered T-1, with certificates
issued in replacement thereof being in the denominations and principal amounts
hereinafter stated and numbered consecutively from R-1 upward, payable to the
respective Registered Owners thereof (with the initial certificate being made payable to
the initial purchaser as described in Section 18 hereof), or to the registered assignee or
assignees of said certificates or any portion or portions thereof (in each case, the
"Registered Owner"). The Certificates shall mature on February 15 in the years and in the
principal amounts and interest rates set forth below, interest on each Certificate accruing
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months from the date of initial delivery of
the Certificates or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid
or provided for at the per annum rates of interest, payable semiannually on August 15
and February 15 of each year until the principal amount shall have been paid or provision
for such payment shall have been made, commencing February 15, 2026, as follows:
Year Principal
mount
Interest
Rate
*** *** ***
2049 $2,040,000 5.250%
*** *** ***
2051 $2,195,000 5.250%
*** *** ***
2053 $2,435,000 5.250%
*** *** ***
2055 2,710,000 5.250%
SECTION 3: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CERTIFICATES.
(a) Registration, Transfer, Conversion and Exchange; Authentication. The
Issuer shall keep or cause to be kept at the corporate trust office of BOKF, NA, Dallas,
Texas, (the "Paying Agent/Registrar"), books or records for the registration of the transfer,
conversion and exchange of the Certificates (the "Registration Books"), and the Issuer
hereby appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar as its registrar and transfer agent to keep
such books or records and make such registrations of transfers, conversions and
exchanges under such reasonable regulations as the Issuer and Paying Agent/Registrar
may prescribe; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such registrations, transfers,
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conversions and exchanges as herein provided. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain
and record in the Registration Books the address of the registered owner of each
Certificate to which payments with respect to the Certificates shall be mailed, as herein
provided; but it shall be the duty of each registered owner to notify the Paying
Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which payments shall be mailed, and such
interest payments shall not be mailed unless such notice has been given. The Issuer shall
have the right to inspect the Registration Books during regular business hours of the
Paying Agent/Registrar, but otherwise the Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the
Registration Books confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, shall not permit
their inspection by any other entity. The Issuer shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's
standard or customary fees and charges for making such registration, transfer,
conversion, exchange and delivery of a substitute Certificate or Certificates. Registration
of assignments, transfers, conversions and exchanges of Certificates shall be made in
the manner provided and with the effect stated in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE set forth
in this Ordinance. Each substitute Certificate shall bear a letter and/or number to
distinguish it from each other Certificate.
Except as provided in Section 3(c) of this Ordinance, an authorized representative
of the Paying Agent/Registrar shall, before the delivery of any such Certificate, date and
manually sign said Certificate, and no such Certificate shall be deemed to be issued or
outstanding unless such Certificate is so executed. The Paying Agent/Registrar promptly
shall cancel all paid Certificates and Certificates surrendered for conversion and
exchange. No additional ordinances, orders, or resolutions need be passed or adopted
by the governing body of the Issuer or any other body or person so as to accomplish the
foregoing conversion and exchange of any Certificate or portion thereof, and the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall provide for the printing, execution, and delivery of the substitute
Certificates in the manner prescribed herein, and said Certificates shall be printed or
typed on paper of customary weight and strength. Pursuant to Chapter 1201, Government
Code, and particularly Subchapter D thereof, the duty of conversion and exchange of
Certificates as aforesaid is hereby imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and, upon
the execution of said Certificate, the converted and exchanged Certificate shall be valid,
incontestable, and enforceable in the same manner and with the same effect as the
Certificates that initially were issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, approved
by the Attorney General and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
(b) Payment of Certificates and Interest. The Issuer hereby further appoints the
Paying Agent/Registrar to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of and interest
on the Certificates, all as provided in this Ordinance. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall
keep proper records of all payments made by the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar
with respect to the Certificates, and of all conversions and exchanges of Certificates, and
all replacements of Certificates, as provided in this Ordinance. However, in the event of
a nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty (30) days thereafter,
a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") will be established
by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have
been received from the Issuer. Notice of the past due interest shall be sent at least five
(5) business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first-class
postage prepaid, to the address of each registered owner appearing on the Registration
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Books at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing
of such notice.
(c) In General. The Certificates (i) shall be issued in fully registered form,
without interest coupons, with the principal of and interest on such Certificates to be
payable only to the registered owners thereof, (ii) may be redeemed prior to their
scheduled maturities (notice of which shall be given to the Paying Agent/Registrar by the
Issuer at least 35 days prior to any such redemption date), (iii) may be converted and
exchanged for other Certificates, (iv) may be transferred and assigned, (v) shall have the
characteristics, (vi) shall be signed, sealed, executed and authenticated, (vii) the principal
of and interest on the Certificates shall be payable, and (viii) shall be administered and
the Paying Agent/Registrar and the Issuer shall have certain duties and responsibilities
with respect to the Certificates, all as provided, and in the manner and to the effect as
required or indicated, in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE set forth in this Ordinance. The
Certificate initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance is not required to be,
and shall not be, authenticated by the Paying Agent/Registrar, but on each substitute
Certificate issued in conversion of and exchange for any Certificate or Certificates issued
under this Ordinance the Paying Agent/Registrar shall execute the PAYING
AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE, in the form set forth in the
FORM OF CERTIFICATE.
(d) Book-Entry Only System. The Certificates issued in exchange for the
Certificate initially issued to the initial purchaser specified herein shall be initially issued
in the form of a separate single fully registered Certificate for each of the maturities
thereof. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Certificate shall be registered
in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York,
New York ("DTC"), and except as provided in subsection (f) hereof, all of the outstanding
Certificates shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.
With respect to Certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of
DTC, the Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation
to any securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and
certain other organizations on whose behalf DTC was created ("DTC Participant") to hold
securities to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among DTC
Participants or to any person on behalf of whom such a DTC Participant holds an interest
in the Certificates. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Issuer and
the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the
accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or any DTC Participant with respect to any
ownership interest in the Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any DTC Participant or any other
person, other than a Registered Owner of Certificates, as shown on the Registration
Books, of any notice with respect to the Certificates, or (iii) the payment to any DTC
Participant or any other person, other than a Registered Owner of Certificates, as shown
in the Registration Books of any amount with respect to principal of or interest on the
Certificates. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, the
Issuer and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be entitled to treat and consider the person
in whose name each Certificate is registered in the Registration Books as the absolute
owner of such Certificate for the purpose of payment of principal and interest with respect
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to such Certificate, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Certificate,
and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay all principal
of and interest on the Certificates only to or upon the order of the Registered Owners, as
shown in the Registration Books as provided in this Ordinance, or their respective
attorneys duly authorized in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to
fully satisfy and discharge the Issuer's obligations with respect to payment of principal of
and interest on the Certificates to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other
than a Registered Owner, as shown in the Registration Books, shall receive a Certificate
evidencing the obligation of the Issuer to make payments of principal and interest
pursuant to this Ordinance. Upon delivery by DTC to the Paying Agent/Registrar of written
notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede
& Co., and subject to the provisions in this Ordinance with respect to interest checks being
mailed to the Registered Owner at the close of business on the Record Date, the words
"Cede & Co." in this Ordinance shall refer to such new nominee of DTC.
(e) Successor Securities Depository; Transfers Outside Book-Entry Only
System. In the event that the Issuer determines that DTC is incapable of discharging its
responsibilities described herein and in the representations letter of the Issuer to DTC or
that it is in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the Certificates that they be able
to obtain certificated Certificates, the Issuer shall (i) appoint a successor securities
depository, qualified to act as such under Section 17A of the Securities and Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, notify DTC and DTC Participants of the appointment of such
successor securities depository and transfer one or more separate Certificates to such
successor securities depository or (ii) notify DTC and DTC Participants of the availability
through DTC of Certificates and transfer one or more separate certificated Certificates to
DTC Participants having Certificates credited to their DTC accounts. In such event, the
Certificates shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Registration Books in
the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, but may be registered in the name of the
successor securities depository, or its nominee, or in whatever name or names
Registered Owners transferring or exchanging Certificates shall designate, in accordance
with the provisions of this Ordinance.
(f) Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Ordinance to the contrary, so long as any Certificate is registered in the name of Cede &
Co., as nominee of DTC, all payments with respect to principal of and interest on such
Certificate and all notices with respect to such Certificate shall be made and given,
respectively, in the manner provided in the representations letter of the Issuer to DTC.
(g) Cancellation of Initial Certificate. On the closing date, one initial Certificate
representing the entire principal amount of the Certificates, payable in stated installments
to the purchaser designated in Section 18 or its designee, executed by manual or
facsimile signature of the Mayor and Town Secretary of the Issuer, approved by the
Attorney General of Texas, and registered and manually signed by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Texas, will be delivered to such purchaser or its designee.
Upon payment for the initial Certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cancel the initial
Certificate and deliver to the Depository Trust Company on behalf of such purchaser one
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registered definitive Certificate for each year of maturity of the Certificates, in the
aggregate principal amount of all of the Certificates for such maturity.
(h) Conditional Notice of Redemption. With respect to any optional redemption
of the Certificates, unless certain prerequisites to such redemption required by this
Ordinance have been met and moneys sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on the Certificates to be redeemed shall have been received by the
Paying Agent/Registrar prior to the giving of such notice of redemption, such notice shall
state that said redemption may, at the option of the Issuer, be conditional upon the
satisfaction of such prerequisites and receipt of such moneys by the Paying
Agent/Registrar on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption, or upon any prerequisite
set forth in such notice of redemption. If a conditional notice of redemption is given and
such prerequisites to the redemption and sufficient moneys are not received, such notice
shall be of no force and effect, the Issuer shall not redeem such Certificates and the
Paying Agent/Registrar shall give notice, in the manner in which the notice of redemption
was given, to the effect that the Certificates have not been redeemed.
SECTION 4: FORM OF CERTIFICATES. The form of the Certificates, including
the form of Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, the form of Assignment
and the form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State
of Texas to be attached to the Certificates initially issued and delivered pursuant to this
Ordinance, shall be, respectively, substantially as follows, with such appropriate
variations, omissions or insertions as are permitted or required by this Ordinance.
(a) [Form of Certificate]
NO. R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT
$______
STATE OF TEXAS
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS
COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE
CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2025
Interest Rate Date of Initial Deliver Maturit Date CUSIP No.
% u ust 5, 2025 Februar 15, [_____]
REGISTERED OWNER: _____________________
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: ____________________DOLLARS
ON THE MATURITY DATE specified above, the Town of Westlake, in Tarrant and
Denton Counties, Texas (the "Issuer"), being a political subdivision and municipal
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corporation of the State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner
specified above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner"), on the
Maturity Date specified above, the Principal Amount specified above. The Issuer
promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof (calculated on the basis
of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) from the Date of Initial Delivery set forth
above at the Interest Rate per annum specified above. Interest is payable on February
15, 2026 and semiannually on each August 15 and February 15 thereafter to the Maturity
Date specified above, or the date of redemption prior to maturity; except, if this Certificate
is required to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is later than the first
Record Date (hereinafter defined), such Principal Amount shall bear interest from the
interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of
authentication is after any Record Date but on or before the next following interest
payment date, in which case such principal amount shall bear interest from such next
following interest payment date; provided, however, that if on the date of authentication
hereof the interest on the Certificate or Certificates, if any, for which this Certificate is
being exchanged is due but has not been paid, then this Certificate shall bear interest
from the date to which such interest has been paid in full.
THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this Certificate are payable in lawful
money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges. The
principal of this Certificate shall be paid to the registered owner hereof upon presentation
and surrender of this Certificate at maturity, or upon the date fixed for its redemption prior
to maturity, at the corporate trust office of BOKF, NA, in Dallas, Texas, which is the
"Paying Agent/Registrar" for this Certificate. The payment of interest on this Certificate
shall be made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the registered owner hereof on each
interest payment date by check or draft, dated as of such interest payment date, drawn
by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and payable solely from, funds of the Issuer required
by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of this Certificate (the "Certificate Ordinance")
to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter
provided; and such check or draft shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United
States mail, first-class postage prepaid, on each such interest payment date, to the
registered owner hereof, at its address as it appeared at the close of business on the last
business day of the month preceding each such date (the "Record Date") on the
Registration Books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as hereinafter described. In
addition, interest may be paid by such other method, acceptable to the Paying
Agent/Registrar, requested by, and at the risk and expense of, the registered owner. In
the event of a non-payment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for 30 days
thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") will be
established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such
interest have been received from the Issuer. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the
scheduled payment date of the past due interest (which shall be 15 days after the Special
Record Date) shall be sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date
by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the address of each owner of a
Certificate appearing on the Registration Books at the close of business on the last
business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice.
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ANY ACCRUED INTEREST due at maturity or upon the redemption of this
Certificate prior to maturity as provided herein shall be paid to the registered owner upon
presentation and surrender of this Certificate for redemption and payment at the corporate
trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar. The Issuer covenants with the registered owner
of this Certificate that on or before each principal payment date, interest payment date,
and accrued interest payment date for this Certificate it will make available to the Paying
Agent/Registrar, from the "Certificate Fund" created by the Certificate Ordinance, the
amounts required to provide for the payment, in immediately available funds, of all
principal of and interest on the Certificates, when due.
IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Certificate shall
be a Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions in the Town
where the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are authorized
by law or executive order to close, then the date for such payment shall be the next
succeeding day that is not such a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday or day on which
banking institutions are authorized to close; and payment on such date shall have the
same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due.
THIS CERTIFICATE is one of a series of Certificates dated as of July 1, 2025,
authorized in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas in the
principal amount of $9,380,000 for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the Issuer's
contractual obligations incurred in connection with the planning, acquisition, design,
expansion, renovation, equipping, and construction of (i) pump stations and water tower,
including the acquisition of land and equipment therefor, (ii) the Sam & Margaret Lee Arts
& Science Center, and (iii) paying legal, fiscal and engineering fees in connection with
these projects.
THE CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES having stated maturities on and after
February 15, 2049 may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, at the option of
the Issuer, on February 15, 2046 or on any date thereafter, with funds derived from any
available and lawful source, as a whole, or in part, and, if in part, the particular Certificates,
or portions thereof, to be redeemed shall be selected and designated by the Issuer
(provided that a portion of a Certificate may be redeemed only in an integral multiple of
$5,000), at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued
interest to the date fixed for redemption.
THE CERTIFICATES scheduled to mature on February 15 in the years 2049,
2051, 2053 and 2055 ( the "Term Certificates") are subject to scheduled mandatory
redemption by the Paying Agent/Registrar by lot, or by any other customary method that
results in a random selection, at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus
accrued interest to the redemption date, out of moneys available for such purpose in the
interest and sinking fund for the Certificates, on the dates and in the respective principal
amounts, set forth in the following schedule:
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Term Certificate Maturing:
February 15, 2049
Mandator Redemption Date Principal Amount $
Februar 15, 2047 65,000
Februar 15, 2048 960,000
Februar 15, 2049 maturit 1,015,000
Term Certificate Maturing:
February 15, 2051
Mandator Redemption Date Principal Amount $
Februar 15, 2050 1,070,000
Februar 15, 2051 maturit 1,125,000
Term Certificate Maturing:
February 15, 2053
Mandator Redemption Date Principal Amount $
Februar 15, 2052 1,185,000
Februar 15, 2053 maturit 1,250,000
Term Certificate Maturing:
February 15, 2055
Mandator Redemption Date Principal Amount $
Februar 14, 2054 1,320,000
Februar 15, 2055 maturit 1,390,000
The principal amount of Term Certificates of a stated maturity required to be
redeemed on any mandatory redemption date pursuant to the operation of the mandatory
sinking fund redemption provisions shall be reduced, at the option of the Issuer, by the
principal amount of any Term Certificates of the same maturity which, at least 50 days
prior to a mandatory redemption date (1) shall have been acquired by the Issuer at a price
not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Certificates plus accrued interest to the
date of purchase thereof, and delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, (2)
shall have been purchased and canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the request of
the Issuer at a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Certificates plus
accrued interest to the date of purchase, or (3) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the
optional redemption provisions and not theretofore credited against a mandatory
redemption requirement.
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AT LEAST 30 days prior to the date fixed for any redemption of Certificates or
portions thereof prior to maturity a written notice of such redemption shall be sent by the
Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, at least 30 days
prior to the date fixed for any such redemption, to the registered owner of each Certificate
to be redeemed at its address as it appeared on the 45th day prior to such redemption
date; provided, however, that the failure of the registered owner to receive such notice,
or any defect therein or in the sending or mailing thereof, shall not affect the validity or
effectiveness of the proceedings for the redemption of any Certificate. By the date fixed
for any such redemption due provision shall be made with the Paying Agent/Registrar for
the payment of the required redemption price for the Certificates or portions thereof that
are to be so redeemed. If such written notice of redemption is sent and if due provision
for such payment is made, all as provided above, the Certificates or portions thereof that
are to be so redeemed thereby automatically shall be treated as redeemed prior to their
scheduled maturities, and they shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption,
and they shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the registered
owner to receive the redemption price from the Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds
provided for such payment. If a portion of any Certificate shall be redeemed, a substitute
Certificate or Certificates having the same maturity date, bearing interest at the same
rate, in any denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000, at the
written request of the registered owner, and in aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued to the registered owner upon the surrender
thereof for cancellation, at the expense of the Issuer, all as provided in the Certificate
Ordinance.
ALL CERTIFICATES OF THIS SERIES are issuable solely as fully registered
certificates, without interest coupons, in the denomination of any integral multiple of
$5,000. As provided in the Certificate Ordinance, this Certificate may, at the request of
the registered owner or the assignee or assignees hereof, be assigned, transferred,
converted into and exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered
certificates, without interest coupons, payable to the appropriate registered owner,
assignee or assignees, as the case may be, having the same denomination or
denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000 as requested in writing by the appropriate
registered owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may be, upon surrender of this
Certificate to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance with the form
and procedures set forth in the Certificate Ordinance. Among other requirements for such
assignment and transfer, this Certificate must be presented and surrendered to the
Paying Agent/Registrar, together with proper instruments of assignment, in form and with
guarantee of signatures satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, evidencing
assignment of this Certificate or any portion or portions hereof in any integral multiple of
$5,000 to the assignee or assignees in whose name or names this Certificate or any such
portion or portions hereof is or are to be registered. The form of Assignment printed or
endorsed on this Certificate may be executed by the registered owner to evidence the
assignment hereof, but such method is not exclusive, and other instruments of
assignment satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar may be used to evidence the
assignment of this Certificate or any portion or portions hereof from time to time by the
registered owner. The Paying Agent/Registrar's reasonable standard or customary fees
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and charges for assigning, transferring, converting and exchanging any Certificate or
portion thereof will be paid by the Issuer. In any circumstance, any taxes or governmental
charges required to be paid with respect thereto shall be paid by the one requesting such
assignment, transfer, conversion or exchange, as a condition precedent to the exercise
of such privilege. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be required to make any such
transfer, conversion, or exchange (i) during the period commencing with the close of
business on any Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the next
following principal or interest payment date, or (ii) with respect to any Certificate or any
portion thereof called for redemption prior to maturity, within 45 days prior to its
redemption date.
IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the Certificates is changed by the
Issuer, resigns, or otherwise ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted in the
Certificate Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and legally qualified
substitute therefor, and cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the registered owners
of the Certificates.
IT IS HEREBY certified, recited and covenanted that this Certificate has been duly
and validly authorized, issued and delivered; that all acts, conditions and things required
or proper to be performed, exist and be done precedent to or in the authorization,
issuance and delivery of this Certificate have been performed, existed and been done in
accordance with law; that this Certificate is a general obligation of said Issuer, issued on
the full faith and credit thereof; and that annual ad valorem taxes sufficient to provide for
the payment of the interest on and principal of this Certificate, as such interest comes due
and such principal matures, have been levied and ordered to be levied against all taxable
property in said Issuer, and have been pledged for such payment, within the limit
prescribed by law, and that this Certificate is additionally secured by and payable from a
pledge of the revenues of the System remaining after payment of all operation and
maintenance expenses thereof, and all debt service, reserve and other requirements in
connection with all of the Issuer's revenue obligations (now or hereafter outstanding) that
are payable from all or part of said revenues, all as provided in the Certificate Ordinance.
BY BECOMING the registered owner of this Certificate, the registered owner
thereby acknowledges all of the terms and provisions of the Certificate Ordinance, agrees
to be bound by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Certificate Ordinance
is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official minutes and records of the
governing body of the Issuer, and agrees that the terms and provisions of this Certificate
and the Certificate Ordinance constitute a contract between each registered owner hereof
and the Issuer.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Certificate to be signed with
the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the Issuer and countersigned with the
manual or facsimile signature of the Town Secretary of said Issuer, and has caused the
official seal of the Issuer to be duly impressed, or placed in facsimile, on this Certificate.
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ASSIGNMENT
For value received, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
______________________________________________________________
Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number of Transferee
______________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code, of Transferee.)
______________________________________________________________
the within Certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints ____________________________________, attorney, to register the transfer
of the within Certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
Dated: _______________
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be
guaranteed by an eligible guarantor
institution participating in a securities
transfer association recognized signature
guarantee program.
NOTICE: The signature above must
correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears upon the
front of this Certificate in every
particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change
whatsoever.
(d)[Form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts]
COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: REGISTER NO.
I hereby certify that this Certificate has been examined, certified as to validity and
approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and that this Certificate has been
registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
Witness my signature and seal this
__________________________________
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas
(COMPTROLLER'S SEAL)
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(e) [Initial Certificate Insertions]
(1)The initial Certificate shall be in the form set forth is paragraph (a) of
this Section, except that:
(a) immediately under the name of the Certificate, the headings "Interest
Rate" and "Maturity Date" shall both be completed with the words "As shown
below" and "CUSIP No. " shall be deleted.
(b) the first paragraph shall be deleted and the following will be inserted:
"THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS (the "Issuer"), being a political subdivision
and municipal corporation of the State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to the Registered
Owner specified above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner"),
on February 15 in each of the years, in the principal installments and bearing interest at
the per annum rates set forth in the following schedule:
Year Principal
Amount
Interest
Rate
(Insert information from Section 2)
The Issuer promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof
(calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) from the Date of
Initial Delivery shown above at the respective Interest Rate per annum specified above.
Interest is payable on February 15, 2026 and semiannually on each August 15 and
February 15 and thereafter to the date of payment of the principal installment specified
above, or the date of redemption prior to maturity; except, that if this Certificate is required
to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is later than the first Record Date
(hereinafter defined), such Principal Amount shall bear interest from the interest payment
date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of authentication is after
any Record Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which case
such principal amount shall bear interest from such next following interest payment date;
provided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on the
Certificate or Certificates, if any, for which this Certificate is being exchanged is due but
has not been paid, then this Certificate shall bear interest from the date to which such
interest has been paid in full."
(c) The Initial Certificate shall be numbered "T-1."
SECTION 5: DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Ordinance and for clarity with
respect to the issuance of the Certificates herein authorized, and the levy of taxes and
appropriation of Surplus Revenues therefor, the following words or terms, whenever the
same appears herein without qualifying language, are defined to mean as follows:
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(a)The term "Additional Obligations" shall mean tax and revenue obligations
hereafter issued which by their terms are payable from ad valorem taxes and additionally
payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System of
equal rank and dignity with the lien and pledge securing the payment of the Certificates.
(b) The term "Certificates" shall mean the "Town of Westlake, Texas,
Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2025" authorized by this
Ordinance.
(c) The term "Certificate Fund" shall mean the special Fund created and
established under the provisions of Section 6 of this Ordinance.
(d) The term "Collection Date" shall mean, when reference is being made to
the levy and collection of annual ad valorem taxes, the date the annual ad valorem taxes
levied each year by the Issuer become delinquent.
(e) The term "Defeasance Securities" means any securities and obligations
now or hereafter authorized by State law that are eligible to refund, retire or otherwise
discharge obligations such as the Certificates.
(f) The term "Fiscal Year" shall mean the annual financial accounting period
for the System ending September 30th of each year; provided, however, the Issuer, by
ordinance, may change the Fiscal Year to another period of not less than twelve calendar
months if such change is found and determined to be necessary for budgetary or other
fiscal purposes.
(g) The term "Net Revenues" shall mean the gross revenues of the System,
less expenses of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials,
repairs and extensions necessary to render efficient service; provided, however, that only
such repairs and extensions, as in the judgment of the Council, reasonably and fairly
exercised, are necessary to maintain the operations and render adequate service to the
Issuer and the inhabitants thereof, or such as might be necessary to meet some physical
accident or condition which would otherwise impair any bonds payable from and secured
by a first lien on the Net Revenues of the System shall be deducted in determining "Net
Revenues".
(h) The term "Outstanding" when used in this Ordinance with respect to
Certificates means, as of the date of determination, all Certificates theretofore issued and
delivered under this Ordinance, except:
(1)those Certificates cancelled by the Paying Agent/Registrar or
delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation;
(2)those Certificates for which payment has been duly provided by the
Issuer in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof; and
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(3)those Certificates that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen
and replacement Certificates have been registered and delivered in lieu thereof as
provided in Section 15 hereof.
(i) The term "Prior Lien Obligations" shall mean all revenue bonds or other
obligations heretofore or hereafter issued payable from and secured by a lien on and
pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, with such pledge being senior in right to the
pledge of the Surplus Revenues that secures the Certificates.
(j) The term "Surplus Revenues" shall mean the revenues of the System
remaining after payment of all operation and maintenance expenses thereof, and all debt
service, reserve and other requirements in connection with all of the Issuer's revenue
obligations (now or hereafter outstanding) that are payable from all or part of the Net
Revenues of the System.
(k) The term "System" shall mean the Issuer's combined Waterworks and
Sewer System, including all present and future additions, extensions, replacements and
improvements thereto.
SECTION 6: CERTIFICATE FUND. For the purpose of paying the interest on and
to provide a sinking fund for the payment, redemption and retirement of the Certificates,
there shall be and is hereby created a special account or fund on the books and records
of the Issuer known as the "SPECIAL SERIES 2025 TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE
OF OBLIGATION FUND", and all moneys deposited to the credit of such Fund shall be
shall be kept and maintained in a special banking account at the Issuer's depository bank.
The Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, Town Manager, Director of Finance and Town Secretary of
the Issuer, individually or jointly, are hereby authorized and directed to make withdrawals
from the Certificate Fund sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Certificates
as the same become due and payable, and, shall cause to be transferred to the Paying
Agent/Registrar from moneys on deposit in the Certificate Fund an amount sufficient to
pay the amount of principal and/or interest falling due on the Certificates, such transfer of
funds to the Paying Agent/Registrar to be made in such manner as will cause immediately
available funds to be deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar on or before the last
business day next preceding each interest and principal payment date for the Certificates.
Pending the transfer of funds to the Paying Agent/Registrar, money in the
Certificate Fund may, at the option of the Issuer, be invested in obligations identified in,
and in accordance with the provisions of the "Public Funds Investment Act" (V.T.C.A.,
Government Code, Chapter 2256) relating to the investment of "bond proceeds"; provided
that all such investments shall be made in such a manner that the money required to be
expended from the Certificate Fund will be available at the proper time or times. All
interest and income derived from deposits and investments in the Certificate Fund shall
be credited to, and any losses debited to, the Certificate Fund. All such investments shall
be sold promptly when necessary to prevent any default in connection with the
Certificates.
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SECTION 7: TAX LEVY. To provide for the payment of the "Debt Service
Requirements" on the Certificates being (i) the interest on the Certificates and (ii) a sinking
fund for their payment at maturity or redemption or a sinking fund of 2% (whichever
amount shall be the greater), there shall be and there is hereby levied for the current year
and each succeeding year thereafter while the Certificates or any interest thereon shall
remain Outstanding, a sufficient tax on each one hundred dollars' valuation of taxable
property in the Issuer, within the limitations prescribed by law, adequate to pay such Debt
Service Requirements, full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of
collection; said tax shall be assessed and collected each year and applied to the payment
of the Debt Service Requirements, and the same shall not be diverted to any other
purpose. The taxes so levied and collected shall be paid into the Certificate Fund. The
Council hereby declares its purpose and intent to provide and levy a tax legally and fully
sufficient to pay the said Debt Service Requirements, it having been determined that the
existing and available taxing authority of the Issuer for such purpose is adequate to permit
a legally sufficient tax in consideration of all other outstanding indebtedness.
Excess premium received from the purchasers of the Certificates that is not
needed for paying the costs of construction of the Projects shall be deposited to the
Certificate Fund as a capitalized interest deposit. In addition, any surplus proceeds from
the sale of the Certificates not expended for authorized purposes shall be deposited in
the Certificate Fund, and such amounts so deposited shall reduce the sums otherwise
required to be deposited in the Certificate Fund from ad valorem taxes.
The amount of taxes to be provided annually for the payment of the principal of
and interest on the Certificates shall be determined and accomplished in the following
manner:
(a) Prior to the date the Council establishes the annual tax rate and passes an
ordinance levying ad valorem taxes each year, the Council shall determine:
(1)The amount on deposit in the Certificate Fund after (a) deducting
therefrom the total amount of Debt Service Requirements to become due on
Certificates prior to the Collection Date for the ad valorem taxes to be levied and
(b) adding thereto the amount of the Surplus Revenues, together with any other
lawfully available revenues of the Issuer, appropriated and allocated to pay such
Debt Service Requirements prior to the Collection Date for the ad valorem taxes
to be levied.
(2)The amount of Surplus Revenues, together with any other lawfully
available revenues of the Issuer, appropriated and to be set aside for the payment
of the Debt Service Requirements on the Certificates between the Collection Date
for the taxes then to be levied and the Collection Date for the taxes to be levied
during the next succeeding calendar year.
(3)The amount of Debt Service Requirements to become due and
payable on the Certificates between the Collection Date for the taxes then to be
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levied and the Collection Date for the taxes to be levied during the next succeeding
calendar year.
(b) The amount of taxes to be levied annually each year to pay the Debt Service
Requirements on the Certificates shall be the amount established in paragraph (3) above
less the sum total of the amounts established in paragraphs (1) and (2), after taking into
consideration delinquencies and costs of collecting such annual taxes.
SECTION 8: PLEDGE OF SURPLUS REVENUES. The Issuer hereby covenants
and agrees that, subject to the prior lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System
to the payment and security of Prior Lien Obligations, the Surplus Revenues are hereby
irrevocably pledged, equally and ratably, to the payment of the principal of and interest
on the Certificates and Additional Obligations, if issued, and the pledge of the Surplus
Revenues herein made for the payment of the Certificates shall constitute a lien on the
Surplus Revenues in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof. Furthermore, such
lien on and pledge of the Surplus Revenues securing the payment of the Certificates shall
be valid and binding and fully perfected from and after the date of adoption of this
Ordinance without physical delivery or transfer or transfer of control of the Surplus
Revenues, the filing of this Ordinance or any other act; all as provided in Chapter 1208 of
the Texas Government Code ("Chapter 1208").
Chapter 1208 applies to the issuance of the Certificates and the limited pledge of
the Surplus Revenues granted by the Issuer under this Section 8, and such pledge is
therefore valid, effective and perfected. If Texas law is amended at any time while the
Certificates are Outstanding such that the pledge of the Surplus Revenues granted by the
Issuer under this Section 8 is to be subject to the filing requirements of Chapter 9,
Business & Commerce Code, then in order to preserve to the registered owners of the
Certificates the perfection of the security interest in said pledge, the Issuer agrees to take
such measures as it determines are reasonable and necessary under Texas law to
comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code and
enable a filing to perfect the security interest in said pledge to occur.
SECTION 9: SYSTEM FUND. The Issuer covenants and agrees that all gross
revenues of the System (excluding earnings from the investment of money held in any
special funds or accounts created for the payment and security of the Prior Lien
Obligations) shall be deposited as collected into a fund maintained at au official depository
of the Issuer and known on the books of the Issuer as the "System Fund" (hereinafter
called the "System Fund"). All moneys deposited to the credit of the System Fund shall
be allocated, dedicated and disbursed to the extent required for the following purposes
and in the order of priority shown, to wit:
First: To the payment of all necessary and reasonable maintenance and operating
expenses of the System as defined herein or required by statute to be a first charge on
and claim against the revenues thereof.
Second: To the payment of all amounts required to be deposited in the special
Funds created and established for the payment, security and benefit of Prior Lien
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Obligations in accordance with the terms and provisions of the ordinances authorizing the
issuance of Prior Lien Obligations.
Third: To the payment, equally and ratably, of the amounts pledged to the payment
of the Certificates.
Any revenues remaining in the System Fund after satisfying the foregoing
payments, or making adequate and sufficient provision for the payment thereof, may be
appropriated and used for any other Issuer purpose now or hereafter permitted by law.
SECTION 10: DEPOSITS TO CERTIFICATE FUND.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 9 hereof, the Issuer hereby covenants
and agrees to cause to be deposited in the Certificate Fund from the pledged Surplus
Revenues in the System Fund, the amount of Surplus Revenues pledged to the payment
of the Certificates, subject to the provisions of Section 10(b), below.
(b) The Issuer covenants and agrees that the amount of pledged Surplus
Revenues, together with other lawfully available revenues appropriated by the Issuer for
payment of the debt service requirements on the Certificates and ad valorem taxes levied,
collected, and deposited in the Certificate Fund for and on behalf of the Certificates, will
be an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount required to fully pay
the interest and principal due and payable on the Certificates. In addition, any surplus
proceeds from the sale of the Certificates not expended for authorized purposes shall be
deposited in the Certificate Fund, and such amounts so deposited shall reduce the sums
otherwise required to be deposited in the Certificate Fund from ad valorem taxes and the
Surplus Revenues.
SECTION 11: SECURITY OF FUNDS. All moneys on deposit in the Funds
for which this Ordinance makes provision (except any portion thereof as may be at any
time properly invested) shall be secured in the manner and to the fullest extent required
by the laws of Texas for the security of public funds, and moneys on deposit in such
Funds shall be used only for the purposes permitted by this Ordinance.
SECTION 12: POWER TO PLEDGE THE SURPLUS REVENUES. The
Issuer hereby further covenants that it has the lawful power to pledge the Surplus
Revenues to the payment of the Certificates in the manner herein contemplated and has
lawfully exercised such power under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas,
including said power existing under V.T.CA, Government Code, Sections 1502.56 and
1502.58, as amended, and V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, Sections 271.041, et seq.,
as amended.
SECTION 13: ISSUANCE OF PRIOR LIEN OBLIGATIONS AND
ADDITIONAL PARITY OBLIGATIONS. The Issuer hereby expressly reserves the right to
hereafter issue Prior Lien Obligations, without limitation as to principal amount but subject
to any terms, conditions or restrictions applicable thereto under law or otherwise, payable,
in whole or in part, from the Net Revenues (without impairment of the obligation of contract
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with the Holders of the Certificates) upon such terms and conditions as the Council may
determine. Additionally, the Issuer reserves the right to issue Additional Obligations
payable, in whole or in part, from the Surplus Revenues and, to the extent provided,
secured by a lien on and pledge of the Surplus Revenues of equal rank and dignity with
the lien and pledge securing the payment of the Certificates.
SECTION 14: DEFEASANCE OF CERTIFICATES.
(a) Any Certificate and the interest thereon shall be deemed to be paid, retired
and no longer outstanding (a "Defeased Certificate") within the meaning of this
Ordinance, except to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section 14, when
payment of the principal of such Certificate, plus interest thereon to the due date (whether
such due date be by reason of maturity or otherwise) either (i) shall have been made or
caused to be made in accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) shall have been provided
for on or before such due date by irrevocably depositing with or making available to the
Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with an escrow agreement or other instrument (the
"Future Escrow Agreement") for such payment (1) lawful money of the United States of
America sufficient to make such payment or (2) Defeasance Securities that mature as to
principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the availability,
without reinvestment, of sufficient money to provide for such payment, and when proper
arrangements have been made by the Issuer with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the
payment of its services until all Defeased Certificates shall have become due and
payable. At such time as a Certificate shall be deemed to be a Defeased Certificate
hereunder, as aforesaid, such Certificate and the interest thereon shall no longer be
secured by, payable from, or entitled to the benefits of, the ad valorem taxes or revenues
herein levied and pledged as provided in this Ordinance, and such principal and interest
shall be payable solely from such money or Defeasance Securities, and thereafter the
Issuer will have no further responsibility with respect to amounts available to the Paying
Agent/Registrar (or other financial institution permitted by applicable law) for the payment
of such Defeased Certificates, including any insufficiency therein caused by the failure of
the Paying Agent/Registrar (or other financial institution permitted by applicable law) to
receive payment when due on the Defeasance Securities. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, it is hereby provided that any determination
not to redeem Defeased Certificates that is made in conjunction with the payment
arrangements specified in subsection 7(a)(i) or (ii) shall not be irrevocable, provided that:
(1) in the proceedings providing for such payment arrangements, the Issuer expressly
reserves the right to call the Defeased Certificates for redemption; (2) gives notice of the
reservation of that right to the owners of the Defeased Certificates immediately following
the making of the payment arrangements; and (3) directs that notice of the reservation be
included in any redemption notices that it authorizes.
(b) Any moneys so deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar may at the
written direction of the Issuer be invested in Defeasance Securities, maturing in the
amounts and times as hereinbefore set forth, and all income from such Defeasance
Securities received by the Paying Agent/Registrar that is not required for the payment of
the Certificates and interest thereon, with respect to which such money has been so
deposited, shall be turned over to the Issuer, or deposited as directed in writing by the
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Issuer. Any Future Escrow Agreement pursuant to which the money and/or Defeasance
Securities are held for the payment of Defeased Certificates may contain provisions
permitting the investment or reinvestment of such moneys in Defeasance Securities or
the substitution of other Defeasance Securities upon the satisfaction of the requirements
specified in subsection 7(a)(i) or (ii). All income from such Defeasance Securities received
by the Paying Agent/Registrar that is not required for the payment of the Defeased
Certificates, with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be remitted
to the Issuer or deposited as directed in writing by the Issuer.
(c) Until all Defeased Certificates shall have become due and payable, the
Paying Agent/Registrar shall perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for such
Defeased Certificates the same as if they had not been defeased, and the Issuer shall
make proper arrangements to provide and pay for such services as required by this
Ordinance.
(d) In the event that the Issuer elects to defease less than all of the principal
amount of Certificates of a maturity, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall select, or cause to
be selected, such amount of Certificates by such random method as it deems fair and
appropriate.
SECTION 15: DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR
DESTROYED CERTIFICATES.
(a) Replacement Certificates. In the event any outstanding Certificate is
damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cause to
be printed, executed and delivered, a new certificate of the same principal amount,
maturity and interest rate, as the damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate,
in replacement for such Certificate in the manner hereinafter provided.
(b) Application for Replacement Certificates. Application for replacement of
damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Certificates shall be made by the registered
owner thereof to the Paying Agent/Registrar. In every case of loss, theft or destruction of
a Certificate, the registered owner applying for a replacement certificate shall furnish to
the Issuer and to the Paying Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss or damage with respect
thereto. Also, in every case of loss, theft or destruction of a Certificate, the registered
owner shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Paying Agent/Registrar evidence to their
satisfaction of the loss, theft or destruction of such Certificate, as the case may be. In
every case of damage or mutilation of a Certificate, the registered owner shall surrender
to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation the Certificate so damaged or mutilated.
(c) No Default Occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section, in the event any such Certificate shall have matured, and no default has occurred
that is then continuing in the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or
interest on the Certificate, the Issuer may authorize the payment of the same (without
surrender thereof except in the case of a damaged or mutilated Certificate) instead of
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issuing a replacement Certificate, provided security or indemnity is furnished as above
provided in this Section.
(d)Charge for Issuing Replacement Certificates. Prior to the issuance of any
replacement certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall charge the registered owner of
such Certificate with all legal, printing, and other expenses in connection therewith. Every
replacement certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the
fact that any Certificate is lost, stolen or destroyed shall constitute a contractual obligation
of the Issuer whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate shall be found at any
time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this
Ordinance equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificates duly issued
under this Ordinance.
(e) Authority for Issuing Replacement Certificates. In accordance with
Subchapter D of Chapter 1201, Government Code, this Section 15 of this Ordinance shall
constitute authority for the issuance of any such replacement certificate without necessity
of further action by the governing body of the Issuer or any other body or person, and the
duty of the replacement of such certificates is hereby authorized and imposed upon the
Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver
such Certificates in the form and manner and with the effect, as provided in Section 3(a)
of this Ordinance for Certificates issued in conversion and exchange for other Certificates.
SECTION 16: CUSTODY, APPROVAL, AND REGISTRATION OF
CERTIFICATES; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION AND ENGAGEMENT; ATTORNEY
GENERAL FILING FEE; CUSIP NUMBERS AND CONTINGENT INSURANCE
PROVISION, IF OBTAINED. (a) The Mayor of the Issuer is hereby authorized to have
control of the Certificates initially issued and delivered hereunder and all necessary
records and proceedings pertaining to the Certificates pending their delivery and their
investigation, examination, and approval by the Attorney General of the State of Texas,
and their registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Upon
registration of the Certificates said Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy
designated in writing to act for said Comptroller) shall manually sign the Comptroller's
Registration Certificate attached to such Certificates, and the seal of said Comptroller
shall be impressed, or placed in facsimile, on such Certificate. The approving legal
opinion of the Issuer's Bond Counsel and the assigned CUSIP numbers may, at the option
of the Issuer, be printed on the Certificates issued and delivered under this Ordinance,
but neither shall have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the convenience and
information of the registered owners of the Certificates. If the Certificates are insured by
a policy of municipal bond insurance, the Certificates may bear an appropriate legend as
provided by the issuer of such policy.
The obligation of the initial purchaser to accept delivery of the Certificates is
subject to the initial purchaser being furnished with the final, approving opinion of McCall,
Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P., bond counsel to the Issuer, which opinion shall be dated as of
and delivered on the date of initial delivery of the Certificates to the initial purchaser. The
engagement of such firm as bond counsel to the Issuer in connection with issuance, sale
and delivery of the Certificates is hereby approved and confirmed. The execution and
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delivery of an engagement letter between the Issuer and such firm, with respect to such
services as bond counsel, is hereby authorized in such form as may be approved by the
Mayor or Town Manager of the Issuer and the Mayor and the Town Manager are each
hereby authorized to execute such engagement letter.
In accordance with the provisions of Section 1202.004, Tex. Gov't Code Ann., in
connection with the submission of the Certificates by the Attorney General of Texas for
review and approval, a statutory fee (an amount equal to 0.1% principal amount of the
Certificates, subject to a minimum of $750 and a maximum of $9,500) is required to be
paid to the Attorney General upon the submission of the transcript of proceedings for the
Certificates. The Issuer hereby authorizes the Issuer's Bond Counsel to remit said filing
fee to the Public Finance Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in the
name of an on behalf of the Issuer, and further authorizes reimbursement to Bond
Counsel for said payment.
SECTION 17: COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF
INTEREST ON THE CERTIFICATES. The Issuer covenants to take any action necessary
to assure, or refrain from any action that would adversely affect, the treatment of the
Certificates as Obligation described in section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended (the "Code"), the interest on which is not includable in the "gross income" of
the holder for purposes of federal income taxation. In furtherance thereof, the Issuer
covenants as follows:
(a) to take any action to assure that no more than 10 percent of the proceeds
of the Certificates (less amounts deposited to a reserve fund, if any) are used for any
"private business use," as defined in section 141(b)(6) of the Code or, if more than 10
percent of the proceeds or the projects financed therewith are so used, such amounts,
whether or not received by the Issuer, with respect to such private business use, do not,
under the terms of this Ordinance or any underlying arrangement, directly or indirectly,
secure or provide for the payment of more than 10 percent of the debt service on the
Certificates, in contravention of section 141(b)(2) of the Code;
(b) to take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use"
described in subsection (a) hereof exceeds 5 percent of the proceeds of the Certificates
or the projects financed therewith (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any)
then the amount in excess of 5 percent is used for a "private business use" that is "related"
and not "disproportionate," within the meaning of section 141(b)(3) of the Code, to the
governmental use;
(c) to take any action to assure that no amount that is greater than the lesser
of $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the proceeds of the Certificates (less amounts deposited
into a reserve fund, if any) is directly or indirectly used to finance loans to persons, other
than state or local governmental units, in contravention of section 141(c) of the Code;
(d) to refrain from taking any action that would otherwise result in the
Certificates being treated as "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141(b)
of the Code;
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(e)to refrain from taking any action that would result in the Certificates being
"federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code;
(f) to refrain from using any portion of the proceeds of the Certificates, directly
or indirectly, to acquire or to replace funds that were used, directly or indirectly, to acquire
investment property (as defined in section 148(b)(2) of the Code) that produces a
materially higher yield over the term of the Certificates, other than investment property
acquired with --
(1)proceeds of the Certificates invested for a reasonable temporary
period of 3 years or less or, in the case of a refunding bond, for a period of 90 days
or less until such proceeds are needed for the purpose for which the Certificates
or refunding bond are issued,
(2)amounts invested in a bona fide debt service fund, within the
meaning of section 1.148-1(b) of the rules and regulations of the United States
Department of the Treasury ("Treasury Regulations"), and
(3)amounts deposited in any reasonably required reserve or
replacement fund to the extent such amounts do not exceed 10 percent of the
proceeds of the Certificates;
(g) to otherwise restrict the use of the proceeds of the Certificates or amounts
treated as proceeds of the Certificates, as may be necessary, so that the Certificates do
not otherwise contravene the requirements of section 148 of the Code (relating to
arbitrage);
(h) to refrain from using the proceeds of the Certificates or proceeds of any
prior bonds to pay debt service on another issue more than 90 days after the date of issue
of the Certificates in contravention of the requirements of section 149(d) of the Code
(relating to advance refundings);
(i) to refrain from using the proceeds of the Certificates or proceeds of any
prior bonds to pay debt service on another issue more than 90 days after the date of issue
of the Certificates in contravention of the requirements of section 149(d) of the Code
(relating to advance refundings); and
(j) to pay to the United States of America at least once during each five-year
period (beginning on the date of delivery of the Certificates) an amount that is at least
equal to 90 percent of the "Excess Earnings," within the meaning of section 148(f) of the
Code and to pay to the United States of America, not later than 60 days after the
Certificates have been paid in full, 100 percent of the amount then required to be paid as
a result of Excess Earnings under section 148(f) of the Code.
In order to facilitate compliance with the above covenant (h), a "Rebate Fund" is
hereby established by the Issuer for the sole benefit of the United States of America, and
such Fund shall not be subject to the claim of any other person, including without limitation
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the certificateholders. The Rebate Fund is established for the additional purpose of
compliance with section 148 of the Code.
For purposes of the foregoing (a) and (b), the Issuer understands that the term
"proceeds" includes "disposition proceeds" as defined in the Treasury Regulations and,
in the case of refunding bonds, transferred proceeds (if any) and proceeds of the refunded
bonds expended prior to the date of issuance of the Certificates. It is the understanding
of the Issuer that the covenants contained herein are intended to assure compliance with
the Code and any regulations or rulings promulgated by the U.S. Department of the
Treasury pursuant thereto. In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter
promulgated that modify or expand provisions of the Code, as applicable to the
Certificates, the Issuer will not be required to comply with any covenant contained herein
to the extent that such failure to comply, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond
counsel, will not adversely affect the exemption from federal income taxation of interest
on the Certificates under section 103 of the Code. In the event that regulations or rulings
are hereafter promulgated that impose additional requirements applicable to the
Certificates, the Issuer agrees to comply with the additional requirements to the extent
necessary, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, to preserve the
exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Certificates under section 103
of the Code. In furtherance of such intention, the Issuer hereby authorizes and directs the
Mayor and Town Manager to execute any documents, certificates or reports required by
the Code and to make such elections, on behalf of the Issuer, that may be permitted by
the Code as are consistent with the purpose for the issuance of the Certificates.
Unless superseded by another action of the Issuer, to ensure compliance with the
covenants contained herein regarding private business use, remedial actions, arbitrage
and rebate, the Issuer hereby adopts and establishes the instructions attached hereto as
Exhibit A as its written procedures.
SECTION 18: SALE OF CERTIFICATES; APPROVAL OF OFFICIAL
STATEMENT.
(a) The Certificates are hereby sold and shall be delivered to Raymond James
& Associates, Inc., TRB Capital Markets, LLC (d/b/a Estrada Hinojosa), and Frost Bank (
the "Underwriters") for the purchase price of $9,625,024.48, representing the aggregate
principal amount of the Certificates, plus a net reoffering premium of $317,033.80, less
an underwriter's discount of $72,009.32, pursuant to the terms and provisions of a Bond
Purchase Agreement, in substantially the form presented at this meeting, which the Mayor
or Mayor Pro-Tem of the Town is hereby authorized to execute and deliver. It is hereby
officially found, determined, and declared that the terms and issuance of the Certificates
are in the best interests of the Issuer. The Initial Bond shall be registered in the name of
Raymond James & Associates, Inc., TRB Capital Markets, LLC (d/b/a Estrada Hinojosa),
and Frost Bank or its designee.
(b) The Issuer hereby approves the form and content of the Official Statement
relating to the Certificates and any addenda, supplement or amendment thereto, and
approves the distribution of such Official Statement in the reoffering of the Certificates by
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the Underwriters in final form, with such changes therein or additions thereto as the officer
executing the same may deem advisable, such determination to be conclusively
evidenced by his execution thereof. The distribution and use of the Preliminary Official
Statement, prior to the date hereof is hereby ratified and confirmed.
(c) The Mayor, Town Manager, and Town Secretary of the Issuer, and each of
them, shall be and they are hereby expressly authorized, empowered and directed from
time to time and at any time to do and perform all such documents, certificates and
instruments, whether or not herein mentioned, as may be necessary or desirable in order
to carry out the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, the Certificates, the sale of the
Certificates and the Official Statement. In case any officer whose signature shall appear
on any Certificate shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Certificate,
such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if
such officer had remained in office until such delivery.
SECTION 19: ALLOCATION OF CERTIFICATE PROCEEDS. The Issuer
covenants to account for the expenditure of sale proceeds and investment earnings to be
used for the construction and acquisition of the Project on its books and records by
allocating proceeds to expenditures within 18 months of the later of the date that (1) the
expenditure is made, or (2) the Project is completed. The foregoing notwithstanding, the
Issuer shall not expend proceeds of the sale of the Certificates or investment earnings
thereon more than 60 days after the earlier of (1) the fifth anniversary of the delivery of
the Certificates, or (2) the date the Certificates are retired, unless the Issuer obtains an
opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel that such expenditure will not adversely
affect the status, for federal income tax purposes, of the Certificates or the interest
thereon. For purposes hereof, the Issuer shall not be obligated to comply with this
covenant if it obtains an opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the
excludability for federal income tax purposes from gross income of the interest.
SECTION 20: DISPOSITION OF PROJECT. The Issuer covenants that the
Project will not be sold or otherwise disposed in a transaction resulting in the receipt by
the Issuer of cash or other compensation, unless any action taken in connection with such
disposition will not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Certificates. For purpose
of the foregoing, the Issuer may rely on an opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel
that the action taken in connection with such sale or other disposition will not adversely
affect the tax-exempt status of the Certificates. For purposes of the foregoing, the portion
of the property comprising personal property and disposed in the ordinary course shall
not be treated as a transaction resulting in the receipt of cash or other compensation. For
purposes hereof, the Issuer shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains
a legal opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for
federal income tax proposes from gross income of the interest.
SECTION 21: INTEREST EARNINGS ON CERTIFICATE PROCEEDS;
USE OF PREMIUM.
(a) The proceeds of sale of the Certificates, excluding the amounts to pay costs
of issuance and amounts deposited to the Certificate Fund, shall be deposited in a
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construction fund maintained at the Town's depository bank. Pending expenditure for
authorized projects and purposes, such proceeds of sale may be invested in authorized
investments in accordance with the provisions of V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter
2256, as amended, including specifically guaranteed investment contracts permitted in
V.T.C.A., Section 2256.015, et seq., and any investment earnings realized may be
expended for such authorized projects and purposes or deposited in the Certificate Fund
as shall be determined by the Town Council of the Issuer. All surplus proceeds of sale of
the Certificates, including investment earnings, remaining after completion of all
authorized projects or purposes shall be deposited to the credit of the Certificate Fund. It
is further provided, however, that any interest earnings on certificate proceeds that are
required to be rebated to the United States of America pursuant to Section 17 hereof in
order to prevent the Certificates from being arbitrage bonds shall be so rebated and not
considered as interest earnings for the purposes of this Section.
(b) The cash premium received from the sale of the Certificates in the amount
of $317,033.80 shall be applied as follows: (i) to pay the underwriter's discount in the
amount of $72,009.32, (ii) to pay the costs of issuance in the amount of $121,000.00, (iii)
the amount of $120,000.00 shall be deposited to the Construction Fund established
pursuant to Section 31 hereof, and (iv) the remaining $4,024.48 shall be deposited into
the Certificate Fund.
SECTION 22: COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 15c2-12.
(a) Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms have the meanings
ascribed to such terms below:
(1)"MSRB" means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
(2)"Rule" means SEC Rule 15c2-12, as amended from time to time.
(3)"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(b) Annual Reports. (i) The Issuer shall provide annually to the MSRB, in the
electronic format as prescribed by the MSRB. The information to be updated includes all
quantitative financial information and operating data with respect to the Issuer of the
general type included in the Official Statement under Tables numbered 1 through 5 in
Appendix A and in Appendix D, which is the Town's annual audited financial report. The
Town will update and provide the information in the numbered tables within six months
after the end of each fiscal year ending in and after 2025 and, if not submitted as part of
such annual financial information, the Town will provide audited financial statements
when and if available, and in any event, within 12 months after the end of each fiscal year.
If the audit of such financial statements is not complete within 12 months after any such
fiscal year end, then the Town will file unaudited financial statements within such 12-
month period and audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year, when and if
the audit report on such statements becomes available. Any such financial statements
will be prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in Appendix D of
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the Official Statement or such other accounting principles as the Town may be required
to employ from time to time pursuant to State law or regulation.
(c) Event Notices. The Issuer shall notify the MSRB, in a timely manner not in
excess of ten Business Days after the occurrence of the event, of any of the following
events with respect to the Certificates:
(1)Principal and interest payment delinquencies;
(2)Non-payment related defaults, if material;
(3)Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial
difficulties;
(4)Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial
difficulties;
(5)Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform;
(6)Adverse tax opinions, the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service
of proposed or final determinations of taxability, Notices of Proposed
Issue (IRS Form 5701-TEB) or other material notices or
determinations with respect to the tax status of the Certificates, or
other material events affecting the tax status of the Certificates;
(7)Modifications to rights of holders of the Certificates, if material;
(8)Certificate calls, if material, and tender offers;
(9)Defeasances;
(10)Release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the
Certificates, if material;
(11)Rating changes;
(12)Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar event of the Issuer;
(13)The consummation of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition
involving the Issuer or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Issuer, other than in the ordinary course of business, the entry
into a definitive agreement to undertake such an action or the
termination of a definitive agreement relating to any such actions,
other than pursuant to its terms, if material; and
(14)Appointment of a successor trustee or change in the name of any
trustee, if material.
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(15)Incurrence of a Financial Obligation of the Issuer, if material, or
agreement to covenants, events of default, remedies, priority rights,
or other similar terms of a Financial Obligation of the Issuer, any of
which affect security holders, if material; and
(16)Default, event of acceleration, termination event, modification of
terms, or other similar events under the terms of a Financial
Obligation of the Issuer, any of which reflect financial difficulties.
For these purposes, (i) any event described in the immediately preceding paragraph (12)
is considered to occur when any of the following occur: the appointment of a receiver,
fiscal agent, or similar officer for the Issuer in a proceeding under the United States
Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law in which a court
or governmental authority has assumed jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or
business of the Issuer, or if such jurisdiction has been assumed by leaving the existing
governing body and officials or officers of the Issuer in possession but subject to the
supervision and orders of a court or governmental authority, or the entry of an order
confirming a plan of reorganization, arrangement, or liquidation by a court or
governmental authority having supervision or jurisdiction over substantially all of the
assets or business of the Issuer., and (ii) the Issuer intends the words used in the
immediately preceding paragraphs (15) and (16) and the definition of Financial Obligation
in this Section to have the same meanings as when they are used in the Rule, as
evidenced by SEC Release No. 34-83885, dated August 20, 2018.
The Issuer shall notify the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any failure by the Issuer to
provide financial information or operating data in accordance with subsection (c) of this
Section by the time required by subsection (c).
(d) Limitations, Disclaimers, and Amendments.
(1)The Issuer shall be obligated to observe and perform the covenants
specified in this Section for so long as, but only for so long as, the Issuer remains
an "obligated person" with respect to the Certificates within the meaning of the
Rule, except that the Issuer in any event will give notice of any deposit made in
accordance with this Ordinance or applicable law that causes the Certificates no
longer to be outstanding.
(2)The provisions of this Section are for the sole benefit of the registered
owners and beneficial owners of the Certificates, and nothing in this Section,
express or implied, shall give any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy,
or claim hereunder to any other person. The Issuer undertakes to provide only the
financial information, operating data, financial statements, and notices which it has
expressly agreed to provide pursuant to this Section and does not hereby
undertake to provide any other information that may be relevant or material to a
complete presentation of the Issuer's financial results, condition, or prospects or
hereby undertake to update any information provided in accordance with this
Section or otherwise, except as expressly provided herein. The Issuer does not
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make any representation or warranty concerning such information or its usefulness
to a decision to invest in or sell Certificates at any future date.
(3)UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE ISSUER BE LIABLE
TO THE REGISTERED OWNER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY BOND OR
ANY OTHER PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR DAMAGES RESULTING
IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM ANY BREACH BY THE ISSUER, WHETHER
NEGLIGENT OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS PART, OF ANY COVENANT
SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION, BUT EVERY RIGHT AND REMEDY OF ANY
SUCH PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY
SUCH BREACH SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN ACTION FOR MANDAMUS OR
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.
(4)No default by the Issuer in observing or performing its obligations
under this Section shall comprise a breach of or default under the Ordinance for
purposes of any other provision of this Ordinance. Nothing in this Section is
intended or shall act to disclaim, waive, or otherwise limit the duties of the Issuer
under federal and state securities laws.
(5)The provisions of this Section may be amended by the Issuer from
time to time to adapt to changed circumstances that arise from a change in legal
requirements, a change in law, or a change in the identity, nature, status, or type
of operations of the Issuer, but only if (1) the provisions of this Section, as so
amended, would have permitted an underwriter to purchase or sell Certificates in
the primary offering of the Certificates in compliance with the Rule, taking into
account any amendments or interpretations of the Rule since such offering as well
as such changed circumstances and (2) either (a) the registered owners of a
majority in aggregate principal amount (or any greater amount required by any
other provision of this Ordinance that authorizes such an amendment) of the
outstanding Certificates consent to such amendment or (b) a person that is
unaffiliated with the Issuer (such as nationally recognized bond counsel)
determined that such amendment will not materially impair the interest of the
registered owners and beneficial owners of the Certificates. If the Issuer so
amends the provisions of this Section, it shall include with any amended financial
information or operating data next provided in accordance with subsection (b) of
this Section an explanation, in narrative form, of the reason for the amendment
and of the impact of any change in the type of financial information or operating
data so provided. The Issuer may also amend or repeal the provisions of this
continuing disclosure agreement if the SEC amends or repeals the applicable
provision of the Rule or a court of final jurisdiction enters judgment that such
provisions of the Rule are invalid, but only if and to the extent that the provisions
of this sentence would not prevent an underwriter from lawfully purchasing or
selling Certificates in the primary offering of the Certificates.
SECTION 23: METHOD OF AMENDMENT. The Issuer hereby reserves the
right to amend this Ordinance subject to the following terms and conditions, to-wit:
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(a) The Issuer may from time to time, without the consent of any holder, except
as otherwise required by paragraph (b) below, amend or supplement this Ordinance in
order to (i) cure any ambiguity, defect or omission in this Ordinance that does not
materially adversely affect the interests of the holders, (ii) grant additional rights or
security for the benefit of the holders, (iii) add events of default as shall not be inconsistent
with the provisions of this Ordinance and which shall not materially adversely affect the
interests of the holders, (iv) qualify this Ordinance under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended, or corresponding provisions of federal laws from time to time in effect, or (v)
make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Ordinance
as shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance and which shall not in
the opinion of the Issuer's Bond Counsel materially adversely affect the interests of the
holders.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) above, the holders of Certificates
aggregating in principal amount 51% of the aggregate principal amount of then
outstanding Certificates which are the subject of a proposed amendment shall have the
right from time to time to approve any amendment hereto which may be deemed
necessary or desirable by the Issuer; provided, however, that without the consent of 100%
of the holders in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Certificates, nothing
herein contained shall permit or be construed to permit amendment of the terms and
conditions of this Ordinance or in any of the Certificates so as to:
(1) Make any change in the maturity of any of the outstanding
Certificates;
(2) Reduce the rate of interest borne by any of the outstanding
Certificates;
(3) Reduce the amount of the principal of, or redemption premium, if any,
payable on any outstanding Certificates;
(4) Modify the terms of payment of principal or of interest or redemption
premium on outstanding Certificates or any of them or impose any condition with
respect to such payment; or
(5) Change the minimum percentage of the principal amount of any
series of Certificates necessary for consent to such amendment.
(c) If at any time the Issuer shall desire to amend this Ordinance under this
Section, the Issuer shall send by U.S. mail to each registered owner of the affected
Certificates a copy of the proposed amendment and cause notice of the proposed
amendment to be published at least once in a financial publication published in The Town
of New York, New York or in the State of Texas. Such published notice shall briefly set
forth the nature of the proposed amendment and shall state that a copy thereof is on file
at the office of the Issuer for inspection by all holders of such Certificates.
(d) Whenever at any time within one year from the date of publication of such
notice the Issuer shall receive an instrument or instruments executed by the holders of at
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least 51% in aggregate principal amount of all of the Certificates then outstanding which
are required for the amendment, which instrument or instruments shall refer to the
proposed amendment and which shall specifically consent to and approve such
amendment, the Issuer may adopt the amendment in substantially the same form.
(e) Upon the adoption of any amendatory Ordinance pursuant to the provisions
of this Section, this Ordinance shall be deemed to be modified and amended in
accordance with such amendatory Ordinance, and the respective rights, duties, and
obligations of the Issuer and all holders of such affected Certificates shall thereafter be
determined, exercised, and enforced, subject in all respects to such amendment.
(f) Any consent given by the holder of a Certificate pursuant to the provisions
of this Section shall be irrevocable for a period of six months from the date of the
publication of the notice provided for in this Section, and shall be conclusive and binding
upon all future holders of the same Certificate during such period. Such consent may be
revoked at any time after six months from the date of the publication of said notice by the
holder who gave such consent, or by a successor in title, by filing notice with the Issuer,
but such revocation shall not be effective if the holders of 51% in aggregate principal
amount of the affected Certificates then outstanding, have, prior to the attempted
revocation, consented to and approved the amendment.
(g) For the purposes of establishing ownership of the Certificates, the Issuer
shall rely solely upon the registration of the ownership of such Certificates on the
registration books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar.
SECTION 24: INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. All indentures, ordinances or
resolutions, or parts thereof, that are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this
Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters contained herein.
SECTION 25: GOVERNING LAW. This Ordinance shall be construed and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of
America.
SECTION 26: SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Ordinance or the
application thereof to any circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this
Ordinance and the application thereof to other circumstances shall nevertheless be valid,
and this governing body hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted
without such invalid provision.
SECTION 27: EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Each of the following occurrences or
events for the purpose of this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an event of default (an
"Event of Default"):
(a) the failure to make payment of the principal of or interest on any of the
Certificates when the same becomes due and payable; or
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(b) default in the performance or observance of any other covenant, agreement
or obligation of the Issuer, the failure to perform which materially, adversely affects the
rights of the Registered Owners, including, but not limited to, their prospect or ability to
be repaid in accordance with this Ordinance, and the continuation thereof for a period of
60 days after notice of such default is given by any Registered Owner to the Issuer.
SECTION 28: REMEDIES FOR DEFAULT. (a) Upon the happening of any
Event of Default, then and in every case, any Registered Owner or an authorized
representative thereof, including, but not limited to, a trustee or trustees therefor, may
proceed against the may proceed against the Issuer or the Board of Trustees of the
Issuer, as appropriate for the purpose of protecting and enforcing the rights of the
Registered Owners under this Ordinance, by mandamus or other suit, action or special
proceeding in equity or at law, in any court of competent jurisdiction, for any relief
permitted by law, including the specific performance of any covenant or agreement
contained herein, or thereby to enjoin any act or thing that may be unlawful or in violation
of any right of the Registered Owners hereunder or any combination of such remedies.
(b) It is provided that all such proceedings shall be instituted and maintained for
the equal benefit of all Registered Owners of Certificates then outstanding.
SECTION 29: REMEDIES NOT EXCLUSIVE.
(a) No remedy herein conferred or reserved is intended to be exclusive of any
other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative
and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or under the Certificates
or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity; provided, however, that notwithstanding
any other provision of this Ordinance, the right to accelerate the debt evidenced by the
Certificates shall not be available as a remedy under this Ordinance.
(b) The exercise of any remedy herein conferred or reserved shall not be
deemed a waiver of any other available remedy.
(c) By accepting the delivery of a Certificate authorized under this Ordinance,
such Registered Owner agrees that the certifications required to effectuate any covenants
or representations contained in this Ordinance do not and shall never constitute or give
rise to a personal or pecuniary liability or charge against the officers, employees or
trustees of the Issuer or the Board of Trustees of the Issuer.
SECTION 30: DESIGNATION AS QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT
OBLIGATIONS. The Issuer hereby designates the Certificates as "qualified tax-exempt
obligations" as defined in section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the
"Code"), conditioned upon the Underwriters certifying that the aggregate initial offering
price of the Certificates to the public (excluding any accrued interest) is no greater than
$10 million (or such other amount permitted by such section 265 of the Code). Assuming
such condition is met, in furtherance of such designation, the Issuer represents,
covenants and warrants the following: (a) that during the calendar year in which the
Certificates are issued, the Issuer (including any subordinate entities) has not designated
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nor will designate obligations, which when aggregated with the Certificates, will result in
more than $10,000,000 (or such other amount permitted by such section 265 of the Code)
of "qualified tax- exempt obligations" being issued; (b) that the Issuer reasonably
anticipates that the amount of tax- exempt obligations issued during the calendar year in
which the Certificates are issued, by the Issuer (or any subordinate entities) will not
exceed $10,000,000 (or such other amount permitted by such section 265 of the Code);
and, (c) that the Issuer will take such action or refrain from such action as necessary, and
as more particularly set forth in Section 17, hereof, in order that the Certificates will not
be considered "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code.
SECTION 31: 2025 CONSTRUCTION FUND. There shall be established by
the Issuer a separate fund to be designated the "Series 2025 CO Construction Fund" (the
"Construction Fund") to be held by the Issuer's depository bank, and upon the delivery of
the purchase price for the Certificates, the proceeds from the sale of the Certificates shall
be deposited into the Construction Fund. The costs of issuance of the Certificates, which
include legal, fiscal and engineering fees, may be paid from the Construction Fund. The
cost of the construction of the Project will be paid from this Construction Fund upon
direction of the Town Council of the Issuer. All interest and profits from investments made
with moneys in the Construction Fund shall remain on deposit in the Construction Fund
as a part thereof.
SECTION 32: EFFECTIVE DATE. In accordance with the provisions of
V.T.C.A., Government Code, Section 1201.028, this Ordinance shall be effective
immediately upon its adoption by the Town Council.
EXHIBIT A
WRITTEN PROCEDURES RELATING TO CONTINUING COMPLIANCE
WITH FEDERAL TAX COVENANTS
These procedures, together with any federal tax certifications, provisions included
in the bond ordinance or other authorizing document (the "Ordinance") with respect to the
issuance and sale of Obligations (as defined below), letters of instructions and/or
memoranda from bond counsel and any attachments thereto (the "Closing Documents"),
are intended to assist the Issuer in complying with federal guidelines related to the
issuance of any tax-exempt debt such as the Certificate (the "Obligations").
A. Arbitrage Compliance. Federal income tax laws generally restrict the ability
to earn arbitrage in connection with the Obligations. The Responsible Person (as defined
below) will review the Closing Documents periodically (at least once a year) to ascertain
if an exception to arbitrage compliance applies.
Procedures applicable to Obligations issued for construction and acquisition purposes.
With respect to the investment and expenditure of the proceeds of the Obligations that
are issued to finance public improvements or to acquire land or personal property, the
Issuer's Town Manager (such officer, together with other employees of the Issuer who
report to such officer, is collectively, the "Responsible Person") will:
1. Instruct the appropriate person who is primarily responsible for the
construction, renovation or acquisition of the facilities financed with the Obligations (the
"Project") that (i) binding contracts for the expenditure of at least 5% of the proceeds of
the Obligations are entered into within 6 months of the date of closing of the Obligations
(the "Issue Date") and that (ii) the Project must proceed with due diligence;
2. Monitor that at least 85% of the proceeds of the Obligations to be used for
the construction, renovation or acquisition of the Project are expended within 3 years of
the Issue Date;
3. Monitor the yield on the investments purchased with proceeds of the
Obligations and restrict the yield of such investments to the yield on the Obligations after
3 years of the Issue Date;
4. Monitor all amounts deposited into a sinking fund or funds pledged (directly
or indirectly) to the payment of the Obligations, such as the Sinking Fund, to assure that
the maximum amount invested within such applicable fund at a yield higher than the yield
on the Obligations does not exceed an amount equal to the debt service on the
Obligations in the succeeding 12 month period plus a carryover amount equal to one
twelfth of the principal and interest payable on the Obligations for the immediately
preceding 12 month period; and
5. Ensure that no more than 50% of the proceeds of the Obligations are
invested in an investment with a guaranteed yield for 4 years or more.
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Procedures applicable to Obligations with a debt service reserve fund. In addition
to the foregoing, if the Issuer issues Obligations that are secured by a debt service reserve
fund, the Responsible Person will:
1. Assure that the maximum amount of any reserve fund for the Obligations
invested at a yield higher than the yield on the Obligations will not exceed the lesser of
(1) 10% of the principal amount of the Obligations, (2) 125% of the average annual debt
service on the Obligations measured as of the Issue Date, or (3) 100% of the maximum
annual debt service on the Obligations as of the Issue Date.
Procedures applicable to Escrow Accounts for Refunding Issues. In addition to the
foregoing, if the Issuer issues Obligations and proceeds are deposited to an escrow fund
to be administered pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement, the Responsible
Person will:
1. Monitor the actions of the escrow agent to ensure compliance with the
applicable provisions of the escrow agreement, including with respect to reinvestment of
cash balances;
2. Contact the escrow agent on the date of redemption of obligations being
refunded to ensure that they were redeemed; and
3. Monitor any unspent proceeds of the refunded obligations to ensure that the
yield on any investments applicable to such proceeds are invested at the yield on the
applicable obligations or otherwise applied (see Closing Documents).
4. Procedures applicable to all Tax-Exempt Obligation Issues. For all
issuances of Obligations, the Responsible Person will:
5. Maintain any official action of the Issuer (such as a reimbursement
resolution) stating the Issuer's intent to reimburse with the proceeds of the Obligations
any amount expended prior to the Issue Date for the acquisition, renovation or
construction of the facilities;
6. Ensure that the applicable information return (e.g., IRS Form 8038 G, 8038
GC, or any successor forms) is timely filed with the IRS; and
7. Assure that, unless excepted from rebate and yield restriction under section
148(f) of the Code, excess investment earnings are computed and paid to the U.S.
government at such time and in such manner as directed by the IRS (i) at least every 5
years after the Issue Date and (ii) within 30 days after the date the Obligations are retired.
B. Private Business Use. Generally, to be tax exempt, only an insignificant
amount of the proceeds of each issue of Obligations can benefit (directly or indirectly)
private businesses. The Responsible Persons will review the Closing Documents
periodically (at least once a year) for the purpose of determining that the use of the
facilities financed or refinanced with the proceeds of the Obligations (the "Project") do not
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violate provisions of federal tax law that pertain to private business use. In addition, the
Responsible Persons will:
8. Develop procedures or a "tracking system" to identify all property financed
with tax exempt debt;
9. Monitor and record the date on which the Project is substantially complete
and available to be used for the purpose intended;
10. Monitor and record whether, at any time the Obligations are outstanding,
any person, other than the Issuer, the employees of the Issuer, the agents of the Issuer
or members of the general public has any contractual right (such as a lease, purchase,
management or other service agreement) with respect to any portion of the facilities;
11. Monitor and record whether, at any time the Obligations are outstanding,
any person, other than the Issuer, the employees of the Issuer, the agents of the Issuer
or members of the general public has a right to use the output of the facilities (e.g., water,
gas, electricity);
12. Monitor and record whether, at any time the Obligations are outstanding,
any person, other than the Issuer, the employees of the Issuer, the agents of the Issuer
or members of the general public has a right to use the facilities to conduct or to direct
the conduct of research;
13. Monitor and record whether, at any time the Obligations are outstanding,
any person, other than the Issuer, has a naming right for the facilities or any other
contractual right granting an intangible benefit;
14. Monitor and record whether, at any time the Obligations are outstanding,
the facilities are sold or otherwise disposed of; and
15. Take such action as is necessary to remediate any failure to maintain
compliance with the covenants contained in the Ordinance related to the public use of the
Project.
C. Record Retention. The Responsible Person will maintain or cause to be
maintained all records relating to the investment and expenditure of the proceeds of the
Obligations and the use of the facilities financed or refinanced thereby for a period ending
three (3) years after the complete extinguishment of the Obligations. If any portion of the
Obligations is refunded with the proceeds of another series of tax exempt Obligations,
such records shall be maintained until the three (3) years after the refunding Obligations
are completely extinguished. Such records can be maintained in paper or electronic
format.
D. Responsible Persons. Each Responsible Person shall receive appropriate
training regarding the Issuer's accounting system, contract intake system, facilities
management and other systems necessary to track the investment and expenditure of
the proceeds and the use of the Project financed or refinanced with the proceeds of the
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Obligations. The foregoing notwithstanding, each Responsible Person shall report to the
Town Council whenever experienced advisors and agents may be necessary to carry out
the purposes of these instructions for the purpose of seeking Town Council approval to
engage or utilize existing advisors and agents for such purposes.