GILMORE & BELL, P.C.
July 7, 2009
BASIC DOCS—Series A (BABs)3
REVENUE BASIC DOCUMENTS
A. Excerpt of
Minutes of Meeting approving sale, approving Ordinance/Bond Resolution
B. Ordinance
C. Bond
Resolution
EXCERPT OF MINUTES OF A MEETING
OF THE GOVERNING BODY OF
THE CITY
OF
HELD ON JULY 14, 2009
The governing body met in regular session at the usual
meeting place in the City, at 6:30 p.m.,
the following members being present and participating, to-wit:
Absent: .
The Mayor declared
that a quorum was present and called the meeting to order.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * *
(Other Proceedings)
The Director of Finance reported that pursuant to the
Notice of Bond Sale heretofore duly given, bids for the purchase of $10,400,000 principal amount of Taxable Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds,
Series 2009-A Build America Bonds (Direct Pay) (the “Series 2009-A
Bonds”), of the City had been received. A tabulation of said bids is set forth as Exhibit A hereto.
Thereupon, the governing body reviewed and considered the
bids and it was found and determined that the governing body should accept the
bid of __________________, ________, ____________, a copy of which is attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
Commissioner _________
moved that said bid be accepted and that the Mayor
and Clerk be authorized and directed to execute the bid form selling the Series
2009-A Bonds to __________________ on the basis of said bid and the terms
specified in the Notice of Bond Sale.
The motion was seconded by Commissioner_________. Said motion was carried by a vote of the
governing body with the vote being as follows:
Aye:
Nay:
Thereupon, there was presented an Ordinance entitled:
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF $10,400,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF TAXABLE WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2009-A BUILD AMERICA BONDS (DIRECT PAY) BUILD AMERICA
BONDS (DIRECT PAY), OF THE CITY OF
Thereupon, Commissioner
_________ moved that said Ordinance be passed.
The motion was seconded by Commissioner
__________. Said Ordinance was duly read
and considered, and upon being put, the motion for the passage of said
Ordinance was carried by the vote of the governing body, the vote being as
follows:
Aye:
Nay:
Thereupon, the Mayor declared said Ordinance duly passed
and the Ordinance was then duly numbered Ordinance No. _______ and was signed
and approved by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk.
Thereupon, there was presented a Resolution entitled:
A RESOLUTION PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS OF
AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
Thereupon, Commissioner
_______ moved that said Resolution be adopted.
The motion was seconded by Commissioner_______. Said Resolution was duly read and considered,
and upon being put, the motion for the adoption of said Resolution was carried
by the vote of the governing body, the vote being as follows:
Aye:
Nay:
Thereupon, the Mayor
declared said Resolution duly adopted and the Resolution was then duly numbered
Resolution No. ____ and was signed by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk
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(Other Proceedings)
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On motion duly made, seconded and carried, the
meeting thereupon adjourned.
CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that the foregoing Excerpt of Minutes is
a true and correct excerpt of the proceedings of the governing body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas held on the date
stated therein, and that the official minutes of such proceedings are on file
in my office.
Dated: August 6, 2009
[SEAL]
____________________________________
Clerk
EXHIBIT A
BID TABULATION
SERIES 2009-A
EXHIBIT
B
BID OF PURCHASER
SERIES 2009-A
OF
THE CITY
OF
PASSED
JULY 14, 2009
____________________
$10,400,000
TAXABLE WATER AND
SEWAGE SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BONDS
SERIES 2009-A
BUILD
(PUBLISHED IN the
ORDINANCE NO. ____
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND PROVIDING FOR THE
ISSUANCE OF $10,400,000 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT
OF TAXABLE WATER AND SEWAGE SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT
REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2009-A BUILD AMERICA BONDS (DIRECT PAY), OF THE CITY OF
WHEREAS, the City is a city of the first class, duly created, organized and
existing under the Constitution and laws of the State; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized under the provisions of
the Act, to issue and sell revenue bonds for the purpose of paying all or part
of the cost of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alteration,
repair, improvement, extension or enlargement of the System, provided that the principal
of and interest on such revenue bonds shall be payable solely from the Net
Revenues derived by the City from the operation of the System; and
WHEREAS, the
governing body of the City has pursuant to Resolution No. 6839, declared its
intention under the Act to make certain improvements to the System as more
fully described therein (the “Project”) at an estimated cost of $9,350,000 and
to issue Water and Sewage System Revenue
Bonds in an amount of not to exceed $11,000,000; notice of such intention was
published one time in the official newspaper of the City and no sufficient
written protest thereto was filed with the Clerk within fifteen (15) days after
said publication date all as set forth in the Act; and
WHEREAS, none of such revenue bonds so authorized by
Resolution No. 6839 have heretofore been issued, and the City proposes to issue
$10,400,000 of the revenue bonds so authorized to pay the costs of the Project;
and
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City has caused plans
and specifications for the Projects and an estimate of the cost thereof to be
made which have previously been accepted and approved and shall be placed on
file in the office of the Clerk; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer does not have Outstanding any System
Indebtedness other than the Parity Bonds and the KDHE Loans; and
WHEREAS, the
Parity Resolution provides the City may issue Additional Bonds which constitute
Parity Bonds upon the satisfaction of certain conditions; and
WHEREAS, prior to or simultaneously with the issuance of
the Series 2009-A Bonds, such terms and conditions will be satisfied.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
Section 1. Definitions
of Words and Terms. In addition to words and terms defined elsewhere
herein, the following words and terms in this Ordinance shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth. Unless the context shall otherwise indicate, words importing the singular number shall include
the plural and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include firms,
associations and corporations, including public bodies, as well as natural
persons.
“Act” means the Constitution and statutes of the State
including K.S.A. 10-101 to 10-125, inclusive, K.S.A. 10-620 et seq. and K.S.A. 10-1201 et seq., all as amended and supplemented from time
to time.
“Additional
Bonds” means any bonds secured by
the Revenues hereafter issued pursuant to Article IX of the Bond Resolution
and Article
IX of the Series 2005 Bond Resolution.
“Additional
Obligations” means any leases or
other obligations secured by the Revenues, other than Additional Bonds,
hereafter issued pursuant to Article IX of the Bond Resolution
and any other similar provision in any Parity Resolution.
“BAB Interest
Subsidy Payments” means payments to be received by the City from the U.S.
Department of the Treasury under Code §§ 54AA(g) and 6431 in connection
with the payments of interest on the Bonds.
“Bond
Resolution” means the resolution to
be adopted by the governing body of the City prescribing the terms and details
of the Series 2009-A Bonds and making covenants with respect thereto.
“Bond” or “Bonds” means any bonds secured by the
Revenues, which (a) have been issued as Parity Bonds prior to the date of this
Bond Resolution, or (b) are hereafter issued pursuant to Article IX of the Bond
Resolution and Article IX of the Series 2005 Bond Resolution.
“City” means the City of Lawrence,
Kansas, or any successors or assigns.
“Clerk” means the duly appointed and acting Clerk of the
Issuer or, in the Clerk’s absence, the duly appointed Deputy Clerk or Acting
Clerk.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and the applicable regulations proposed or promulgated thereunder of
the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Expenses” means all reasonable and necessary expenses of
operation, maintenance and repair of the System and keeping the System in good
repair and working order (other than interest paid on System Indebtedness and
depreciation and amortization charges during the period of determination),
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, current maintenance
charges, expenses of reasonable upkeep and repairs, salaries, wages, employee’s
health, hospitalization, pension and retirement benefits, costs of materials
and supplies, paying agent fees and expenses, annual audits, periodic
Consultant’s reports, properly allocated share of charges for insurance, the
cost of purchased water, gas and power, if any, for System operation,
obligations (other than for borrowed money or for rents payable under capital
leases) incurred in the ordinary course of business, liabilities incurred by
endorsement for collection or deposit of checks or drafts received in the
ordinary course of business, short-term obligations incurred and payable within
a particular Fiscal Year, other obligations or indebtedness incurred for the
purpose of leasing (pursuant to a true or operating lease) equipment, fixtures,
inventory or other personal property, and all other expenses incident to the
operation of the System, but shall exclude all general administrative expenses
of the City not related to the operation of the System and transfers into the
Debt Service Reserve Account and Depreciation and Emergency Account provided
for in the Bond Resolution.
“Fiscal
Year” means the twelve month
period ending on December 31.
“Issuer” means
the City.
“KDHE
Loans” means jointly (a) the Loan
Agreement between the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, acting on
behalf of the State of Kansas (“KDHE”), and the City, effective as of November
29, 1999, as amended by a First Amendment to the Loan Agreement between KDHE
and the City, effective as of August 11, 2000, (b) the Loan Agreement between
KDHE and the City, effective as of July 18, 2001 and (c) the Loan Agreement
between KDHE and the City, effective as of March 11, 2002.
“Mayor” means the duly elected and acting Mayor or, in
the Mayor’s absence, the duly appointed and/or elected Vice Mayor or Acting
Mayor of the City.
“Net
Revenues” means, for the period
of determination, all Revenues less all Expenses.
“Outstanding” means:
(a) when used
with reference to Bonds, as of a particular date of determination, all Bonds
theretofore, authenticated and delivered, except the following Bonds:
(i) Bonds
theretofore canceled by the paying agent for such Bonds or delivered to the paying
agent for such Bonds for cancellation pursuant to the ordinance and resolution
authorizing the issuance of such Bonds;
(ii) Bonds
deemed to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 1101
of the Bond Resolution or any similar provisions of any resolution applicable
to any such Bonds;
(iii) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have
been authenticated and delivered under the applicable resolution authorizing
such Bonds;
(iv) Bonds,
the principal or interest of which has been paid by a bond insurer; and
(b) with respect to any System Indebtedness that is not a Bond, as of the
date of determination, all such System Indebtedness theretofore issued or
incurred by the Issuer, except to the extent the obligation to make payments on
such System Indebtedness has been discharged in accordance with the terms of the
instrument or instruments creating or evidencing such Indebtedness.
“Ordinance” means this Ordinance authorizing the issuance of
the Series 2009-A Bonds.
“Parity
Bonds” means the Outstanding
Series 2005 Bonds, the Outstanding Series 2007
Bonds, the Series 2008 Bonds. the Outstanding Series 2009-A Bonds and any
Additional Bonds hereafter issued pursuant to the Bond Resolution and standing
on a parity and equality with the Series 2009-A Bonds with respect to the lien
on the Net Revenues.
“Parity Obligation
Documents” means the ordinance, resolution and/or any other documentation
authorizing the issuance of Parity Obligations.
“Parity
Obligations” means any Additional Obligations hereafter issued or incurred
pursuant to the Bond Resolution and standing on a parity and equality with the Parity
Bonds with respect to the lien on the Net Revenues.
“Parity
Resolution” means the Series 2005
Resolution, the Series 2007 Resolution, the Series 2008 Resolution, the Bond
Resolution and the ordinances and/or resolutions under which any Additional
Bonds which constitute Parity Bonds are hereafter issued.
“Project” means the acquisition, construction,
reconstruction, alterations, repair, improvements, extensions or enlargements
of the System described in Resolution No. 6839, of the City, and referred to in
the Preamble to this Ordinance and any Substitute Projects.
“Revenue
Fund” means the Water and Sewage System Revenue Fund referred
to in the Bond Resolution.
“Revenues” means all income and revenues derived and
collected by the City from the operation and ownership of the System, including
investment and rental income, net proceeds from business interruption
insurance, BAB Interest Subsidy Payments, transfers from the Surplus Account to
the Revenue Fund of Net Revenues derived in a prior Fiscal Year and any amounts
deposited in escrow in connection with the acquisition, construction,
remodeling, renovation and equipping of facilities to be applied during the
period of determination to pay interest on System Indebtedness, but excluding
any profits or losses on the early extinguishment of debt or on the sale or
other disposition, not in the ordinary course of business, of investments or
fixed or capital assets.
“Series
2005 Bonds” means the Issuer’s
Water and Sewage System Refunding and Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2005,
dated August 1, 2005.
“Series
2005 Resolution” means jointly
the Issuer’s Ordinance No. 7909 and Resolution No. 6603,
which authorized the Series 2005 Bonds.
“Series
2007 Bonds” means the Issuer’s Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, dated June 15, 2007.
“Series 2007
Resolution” means jointly the Issuer’s Ordinance No. 8119 and Resolution
No. 6725, which authorized the Series 2007 Bonds.
“Series 2008 Bonds” means the Issuer’s Water and Sewage
System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, dated October 1, 2008.
“Series
2008 Resolution” means jointly
the Issuer’s Ordinance No. 8325 and Resolution No. 6802, which authorized the
Series 2008 Bonds.
“Series 2009-A
Bonds” means the Issuer’s Taxable
Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build America
Bonds (Direct Pay), in the aggregate principal amount of $10,400,000,
authorized and issued by the Issuer pursuant to the Ordinance and the Bond
Resolution.
“State” means the State of
“System” means the entire combined waterworks plant and
system and sewerage plant and system owned and operated by the City for the
production, storage, treatment and distribution of water, and for the
collection, treatment and disposal of sewage, to serve the needs of the City
and its inhabitants and others, including all appurtenances and facilities
connected therewith or relating thereto, together with all extensions,
improvements, additions and enlargements thereto hereafter made or acquired by
the City.
“System
Indebtedness” means collectively
all Parity Bonds, all Parity Obligations, all Additional Bonds, all Additional
Obligations, all Junior Lien Obligations and all Subordinate Lien Bonds which
are payable out of, or secured by an interest in, the Revenues.
Section 2. Authorization
of the Series 2009-A Bonds. There shall be issued and are hereby
authorized and directed to be issued the Taxable
Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build America
Bonds (Direct Pay), of the City in the aggregate principal amount of $10,400,000 for the purpose of providing funds to:
(a) pay the costs of the Projects; (b) pay costs of issuance of the Series 2009-A Bonds; and (c) make a deposit to the Debt Service Reserve Account.
Section 3. Security
for the Series 2009-A Bonds. The Series
2009-A Bonds shall be special obligations of the City payable solely from, and
secured as to the payment of principal and interest by a pledge of, the Net
Revenues, and the City hereby pledges said Net Revenues to the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds. The Series 2009-A Bonds shall not be or
constitute a general obligation of the City, nor shall they constitute an
indebtedness of the City within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or
charter provision, limitation or restriction, and the taxing power of the City
is not pledged to the payment of the Series 2009-A Bonds, either as to
principal or interest.
The covenants and agreements of the City contained herein
and in the Series 2009-A Bonds shall be for the equal benefit, protection and
security of the legal owners of any or all of the Series 2009-A Bonds, all of
which Series 2009-A Bonds shall be of equal rank and without preference or
priority of one Bond over any other Bond in the application of the funds herein
pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest on the Series
2009-A Bonds, or otherwise, except as to rate of interest, date of Maturity and
right of prior redemption as provided in this Ordinance. The Series 2009-A Bonds shall stand on a
parity and be equally and ratably secured with respect to the payment of
principal and interest from the Net Revenues with any Parity Bonds. The Series 2009-A Bonds shall not have any
priority with respect to the payment of principal or interest from said Net
Revenues or otherwise over the Parity Bonds; and the Parity Bonds shall not
have any priority with respect to the payment of principal or interest from
said Net Revenues or otherwise over the Series 2009-A Bonds.
Section 4. Terms,
Details and Conditions of the Series 2009-A Bonds. The Series 2009-A Bonds shall be dated and
bear interest, shall mature and be payable at such times, shall be in such
forms, shall be subject to redemption and payment prior to the Maturity
thereof, and shall be issued and delivered in the manner prescribed and subject
to the provisions, covenants and agreements set forth in the Bond Resolution.
Section 5. Rate
Covenant. The City will fix, establish, maintain and
collect such rates, fees and charges for the use and services furnished by or
through the System, including all repairs, alterations, extensions,
reconstructions, enlargements or improvements thereto hereafter constructed or
acquired by the City, as will produce Revenues sufficient to (a) pay Expenses;
(b) pay the principal of and interest on the System Indebtedness as and when
the same become due; and (c) provide reasonable and adequate reserves for the
payment of the Parity Bonds and the interest thereon and for the protection and
benefit of the System as provided in this Ordinance and the Bond
Resolution. The Bond Resolution, Parity
Resolutions and Parity Obligation Documents may establish requirements in
excess of the requirements set forth herein.
Section
6. Tax Covenants. The City covenants and agrees that (a) it will
comply with all applicable provisions of the Code, including Code §§ 54AA, 103 and 141 through 150, necessary to maintain the status of the Series
2009-A Bonds as qualified “Build
America Bonds,” as defined in Code § 54AA, eligible for BAB Interest
Subsidy Payments, including any limitations applicable to
tax-exempt bonds that apply to Build America Bonds; and (b) it will not use or permit the use of any proceeds of Series
2009-A Bonds or any other funds of the City, nor take or permit any other
action, or fail to take any action, which would adversely affect the status of
the Series 2009-A Bonds as qualified Build
America Bonds. The City will also adopt such other
ordinances or resolutions and take such other actions as may be necessary to
comply with the Code and with other applicable future law, in order to ensure
that City will remain eligible to receive BAB Interest Subsidy Payments, to the
extent any such actions can be taken by the City.
Section 7. Further
Authority. The Mayor, Clerk and other City officials are
hereby further authorized and directed to execute any and all documents and
take such actions as they may deem necessary or advisable in order to carry out
and perform the purposes of the Ordinance to make alterations, changes or
additions in the foregoing agreements, statements, instruments and other
documents herein approved, authorized and confirmed which they may approve and
the execution or taking of such action shall be conclusive evidence of such
necessity or advisability.
Section
8. Governing Law. This Ordinance and the Series 2009-A Bonds
shall be governed exclusively by and construed in accordance with the
applicable laws of the State.
Section
9. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in
full force from and after its passage by the governing body of the City and
publication in the official City newspaper.
PASSED by the governing body of the City on July 14, 2009 and SIGNED by the Mayor.
(SEAL)
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
OF
THE CITY OF
ADOPTED
JULY 14, 2009
$10,400,000
TAXABLE WATER AND
SEWAGE SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT
REVENUE BONDS
SERIES 2009-A
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article I
DEFINITIONS
Section 101. Definitions of Words and Terms.
Article II
AUTHORIZATION AND DETAILS OF THE SERIES 2009-A BONDS
Section 201. Authorization of the Series 2009-A
Bonds.
Section 202. Description of the Series 2009-A Bonds.
Section 203. Designation of Paying Agent and Bond
Registrar.
Section 204. Method and Place of Payment of the
Series 2009-A Bonds.
Section 205. Registration, Transfer and Exchange of
Series 2009-A Bonds.
Section 206. Execution,
Registration, Authentication and Delivery of Series 2009-A Bonds.
Section 207. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed
Series 2009-A Bonds.
Section 208. Cancellation and Destruction of Series
2009-A Bonds Upon Payment.
Section 209. Book-Entry Bonds; Securities
Depository.
Section 210. Calculation of Debt Service
Requirements.
Section 211. Preliminary and Final Official
Statement.
Section 212. Sale of the Series 2009-A Bonds.
Article III
REDEMPTION OF SERIES 2009-A BONDS
Section 301. Redemption by Issuer.
Section 302. Selection of Series 2009-A Bonds to be
Redeemed.
Section 303. Notice and Effect of Call for
Redemption.
Article IV
SECURITY FOR SERIES 2009-A BONDS
Section 401. Security for the Series 2009-A Bonds.
Article V
ESTABLISHMENT OF FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS DEPOSIT AND APPLICATION OF
BOND PROCEEDS AND OTHER MONEYS
Section 501. Creation of Funds and Accounts.
Section 502. Deposit of Series 2009-A Bond Proceeds.
Section 503. Application of Moneys in the Series
2009-A Project Fund.
Section 504. Application of Moneys in the Rebate
Fund.
Section 505. Nonpresentment of Bonds.
Section 506. Application of Moneys in the Costs of
Issuance Account.
Section 507. Substitution of Projects.
Article VI
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF REVENUES
Section 601. Revenue Fund.
Section 602. Application of Moneys in Funds and
Accounts.
Section 603. Transfer of Funds to Paying Agent.
Section 604. Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays.
Article VII
DEPOSIT AND INVESTMENT OF MONEYS
Section 701. Deposits and Investment of Moneys.
Article VIII
GENERAL COVENANTS AND PROVISIONS
Section 801. Efficient and Economical Operation.
Section 802. Rate Covenant.
Section 803. Reasonable Charges for all Services.
Section 804. Restrictions on Mortgage or Sale of
System.
Section 805. Insurance.
Section 806. Books, Records and Accounts.
Section 807. Annual Budget.
Section 808. Annual Audit.
Section 809. Right of Inspection.
Section 810. Administrative Personnel.
Section 811. Performance of Duties and Covenants.
Section 812. Report on System Condition.
Section 813. Parity Bond Certification.
Article IX
ADDITIONAL BONDS AND OBLIGATIONS
Section 901. Senior Lien Bonds.
Section 902. Parity Bonds and Parity Obligations.
Section 903. Junior Lien Obligations.
Section 904. Subordinate Lien Bonds.
Section 905. Refunding Bonds.
Article X
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 1001.......................................................................................................... Remedies.
Section 1002........................................................................ Limitation
on Rights of Owners.
Section 1003....................................................................................... Remedies
Cumulative.
Article XI
DEFEASANCE
Section 1101....................................................................................................... Defeasance.
Article XII TAX
COVENANTS
Section 1201............................................................................................ General
Covenants.
Section 1202....................................................................................... Survival
of Covenants.
Article XIII
CONTINUING DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
Section 1301................................................................................... Disclosure
Requirements.
Section 1302........................... Failure
to Comply with Continuing Disclosure Requirements.
Article XIV
[RESERVED]
Article XV
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
Section 1501..................................................................................................... Amendments.
Section 1502........................................ Notices,
Consents and Other Instruments by Owners.
Section 1503.............................................................................................................. Notices.
Section 1504...................................................................................... Inconsistent
Provisions.
Section
1505..................................................................................... Electronic
Transactions.
Section 1506.............................................................................................. Further
Authority.
Section 1507....................................................................................................... Severability.
Section 1508................................................................................................. Governing
Law.
Section 1509.................................................................................................. Effective
Date..
EXHIBIT A -FORM OF SERIES 2009-A
BONDS..................................................................... A-1
RESOLUTION NO. ____
A RESOLUTION PRESCRIBING THE FORM AND DETAILS OF
AND AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore adopted the Ordinance
authorizing the issuance of the Series 2009-A Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Ordinance recognized that the governing body
of the Issuer would adopt a resolution prescribing certain details and
conditions and to make certain covenants with respect to the issuance of the Series
2009-A Bonds.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF
In addition to words and
terms defined elsewhere herein, the following words and terms as used in this
Bond Resolution shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth. Unless the
context shall otherwise indicate, words
importing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa, and
words importing persons shall include firms, associations and corporations,
including public bodies, as well as natural persons.
“Act” means the Constitution and statutes of the State
including K.S.A. 10-101 to 10-125, inclusive, K.S.A. 10-620 et seq. and K.S.A. 10-1201 et seq., all as amended and
supplemented from time to time.
“Additional
Bonds” means any bonds secured by
the Revenues hereafter issued pursuant to Article IX of this Bond Resolution
and Article
IX of the Series 2005 Bond Resolution.
“Additional
Obligations” means any leases or
other obligations secured by the Revenues, other than Additional Bonds,
hereafter issued pursuant to Article IX of this Bond Resolution
and any other similar provision in any Parity Resolution.
“Average
Annual Debt Service” means the
average of the Debt Service Requirements as computed for the then current and
all future fiscal years; provided
that the Debt Service Requirements in the final Stated Maturity of any series
of Parity Bonds shall be reduced by the value of cash and Permitted Investments
on deposit in the applicable debt service reserve account, so long as such debt
service reserve account is maintained at the applicable Debt Service Reserve
Requirement.
“Authorized
Denomination” means $5,000 or any integral multiples thereof.
“BAB Interest
Subsidy Payments” means payments to be received by the City from the U.S.
Department of the Treasury under Code §§ 54AA(g) and 6431 in connection
with the payments of interest on the Bonds.
“Balloon
Indebtedness” means Long-Term Indebtedness, 25% or more of the original
principal amount of which becomes due (either by maturity or mandatory
redemption) during any consecutive twelve-month period, if such principal
amount becoming due is not required to be amortized below such percentage by
mandatory redemption or prepayment prior to such twelve-month period.
“Beneficial Owner”
of Series 2009-A Bonds includes any Owner of Series 2009-A Bonds and any other
Person who, directly or indirectly has the investment power with respect to any
such Series 2009-A Bonds.
“Bond Counsel”
means the firm of Gilmore & Bell, P.C., or any other attorney or firm of
attorneys whose expertise in matters relating to the issuance of obligations by
states and their political subdivisions is nationally recognized and acceptable
to the Issuer.
“Bond Insurer”
means: (a) with respect to the Series
2007 Bonds, MBIA; and (b) with respect to Additional Bonds, the entity set
forth in the supplemental resolution authorizing
such Additional Bonds.
“Bond
Payment Date” means any date on
which principal of or interest on any Series 2009-A Bond is payable.
“Bond
Register” means the books for the
registration, transfer and exchange of Series 2009-A Bonds kept at the office
of the Series 2009-A Bond Registrar.
“Bond
Registrar” means: (a) with respect to the Series 2009-A Bonds,
the State Treasurer and its successors and assigns; and (b) with respect to
Additional Bonds, the entity designated as Bond Registrar in the supplemental
resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
“Bond
Resolution” means this resolution
prescribing the terms and details of the Series 2009-A Bonds and making
covenants with respect thereto.
“Bond” or “Bonds” means any bonds secured by the
Revenues, which (a) have been issued as Parity Bonds prior to the date of this
Bond Resolution, or (b) are hereafter issued pursuant to Article IX of the Bond
Resolution and Article IX of the Series 2005 Bond Resolution.
“Business Day”
means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any day designated as a holiday by
the Congress of the
“Cede & Co.”
means Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC and any successor nominee of DTC.
“City” means the City of Lawrence,
Kansas, or any successors or assigns.
“Clerk” means the duly appointed and/or elected Clerk or,
in the Clerk’s absence, the duly appointed Deputy Clerk or Acting Clerk of the
Issuer.
“Code” means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the applicable regulations
promulgated thereunder by the United States Department of the Treasury.
“Consultant”
means the Consulting Engineer, the Independent Accountant, or an independent
consultant qualified and having a favorable reputation for skill and experience
in financial affairs selected by the Issuer for the purpose of carrying out the
duties imposed on the Consultant by the Bond Resolution.
“Consulting
Engineer” means an independent
engineer or engineering firm or architect or architectural firm, having a
favorable reputation for skill and experience in the construction, financing
and operation of public utilities, at the time employed by the Issuer for the
purpose of carrying out the duties imposed on the Consulting Engineer by the
Bond Resolution.
“Costs
of Issuance” means all costs of
issuing the Series 2009-A Bonds, including all publication, printing, signing
and mailing expenses in connection therewith, registration fees, financial
advisory fees, all legal fees and expenses of Bond Counsel and other legal
counsel, expenses incurred in connection with compliance with the Code, all expenses
incurred in connection with receiving financial ratings on the Series 2009-A Bonds,
and any premiums or expenses incurred in obtaining any credit enhancement.
“Costs of Issuance
Account” means the Costs of Issuance Account for Taxable Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A
Build America Bonds (Direct Pay) created pursuant to Section 501 hereof.
“Dated Date”
means the Issue Date.
“Debt Service
Coverage Ratio” means, for any Fiscal Year:
(a) with respect to the covenants contained in Section 802 hereof, the
ratio determined by dividing (i) a numerator equal to the Net Revenues for such
Fiscal Year by (ii) a denominator equal to the Debt Service Requirements for
such Fiscal Year; and (b) with respect to the covenants contained in Article
IX hereof, the ratio determined by dividing (i) a numerator equal to
the Net Revenues for such Fiscal Year by (ii) a denominator equal to the
Average Annual Debt Service on all System Indebtedness; provided that with
respect to Additional Bonds that are proposed to be Parity Bonds, Debt Service
Requirements on Junior Lien Obligations and Subordinate Lien Bonds shall be
disregarded; further provided that with respect to Additional Bonds that are
proposed to be Junior Lien Obligations, Debt Service Requirements on
Subordinate Lien Bonds shall be disregarded.
“Debt
Service Requirements” means the
aggregate principal payments (whether at maturity or pursuant to scheduled
mandatory sinking fund redemption requirements) and interest payments on the System
Indebtedness for the period of time for which calculated; provided, however,
that for purposes of calculating such amount, principal and interest shall be
excluded from the determination of Debt Service Requirements to the extent that
such principal or interest is payable from amounts deposited in trust, escrowed
or otherwise set aside for the payment thereof with the Paying Agent or other
commercial bank or trust company located in the State and having full trust
powers.
“Debt Service
Reserve Requirement” means (i) with respect to the Series 2005 Bonds, the
sum of $2,284,607.66; (ii) with respect to the Series 2007 Bonds, the sum of
$1,729,115.48; (iii) with respect to the Series 2008 Bonds, the sum of $324,260.00;
(iv) with respect to the Series 2009-A Bonds, the sum of $__________ and (v)
with respect to any Parity Bonds, the amount set forth in any Parity
Resolution.
“Defaulted
Interest” means interest on any Series
2009-A Bond which is payable but not paid on any Interest Payment Date.
“Defeasance
Obligations” means any of the
following obligations:
(a) Cash; or
(b) United
States Government Obligations that are not subject to redemption in advance of
their maturity dates; or
(c) obligations
of any state or political subdivision of any state, the interest on which is
excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes and which meet the
following conditions:
(1) the
obligations are (i) not subject to redemption prior to maturity or (ii) the
trustee for such obligations has been given irrevocable instructions concerning
their calling and redemption and the issuer of such obligations has covenanted
not to redeem such obligations other than as set forth in such instructions;
(2) the
obligations are secured by cash or United States Government Obligations that
may be applied only to principal of, premium, if any, and interest payments on
such obligations;
(3) such
cash and the principal of and interest on such United States Government
Obligations (plus any cash in the escrow fund) are sufficient to meet the
liabilities of the obligations;
(4) such
cash and United States Government Obligations serving as security for the
obligations are held in an escrow fund by an escrow agent or a trustee
irrevocably in trust;
(5) such
cash and United States Government Obligations are not available to satisfy any
other claims, including those against the trustee or escrow agent; and
(6) the
obligations are rated in the highest rating category by any Rating Agency.
“Depreciation and
Emergency Account” means the Water and
Sewage System Depreciation and Emergency Account referred to in Section 501 hereof.
“Depreciation and
Emergency Requirement” means an amount equal to $50,000.00.
“Derivative” means any investment instrument whose market
price is derived from the fluctuating value of an underlying asset, index,
currency, futures contract, including futures, options and collateralized
mortgage obligations.
“Disclosure
Instructions” means the Continuing Disclosure Instructions dated as of the
Issue Date of the Series 2009-A Bonds relating to certain obligations contained
in the SEC Rule.
“Discount
Indebtedness” means Long-Term
Indebtedness that is originally sold at a price (excluding accrued interest,
but without deduction of any underwriters’ discount) of less than 75% of the
maturity amount including the amount of principal and interest to accrete at
maturity of such Long-Term Indebtedness.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a
limited-purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of
“Event
of Default” means each of the
following occurrences or events:
(a) Payment
of the principal and of the redemption premium, if any, of any of the Parity Bonds
or Parity Obligations shall not be made when the same shall become due and
payable, either at Stated Maturity or by proceedings for redemption or
otherwise; or
(b) Payment
of any installment of interest on any of the Parity Bonds or Parity Obligations
shall not be made when the same shall become due; or
(c) The
Issuer shall for any reason be rendered incapable of fulfilling its obligations
hereunder; or
(d) Any
substantial part of the System shall be destroyed or damaged to the extent of
impairing its efficient operation or adversely affecting its Net Revenues and
the Issuer shall not within a reasonable time commence the repair, replacement
or reconstruction thereof and proceed thereafter to complete with reasonable
dispatch the repair, replacement or reconstruction thereof; or
(e) Final
judgment for the payment of money shall be rendered against the Issuer as a
result of the ownership, control or operation of the System and any such
judgment shall not be discharged within one hundred twenty (120) days from the
entry thereof or an appeal shall not be taken therefrom or from the order,
decree or process upon which or pursuant to which such judgment shall have been
granted or entered, in such manner as to stay the execution of or levy under
such judgment, order, decree or process or the enforcement thereof; or
(f) An order
or decree shall be entered, with the consent or acquiescence of the Issuer,
appointing a receiver or receivers of the System or any part thereof or of the
revenues thereof, or if such order or decree, having been entered without the
consent or acquiescence of the Issuer, shall not be vacated or discharged or
stayed on appeal within sixty (60) days after the entry thereof; or
(g) Any
proceeding shall be instituted, with the consent or acquiescence of the Issuer,
for the purpose of effecting a composition between the Issuer and its creditors
or for the purpose of adjusting the claims of such creditors pursuant to any
federal or state statute now or hereafter enacted, if the claims of such
creditors are under any circumstances payable from the Net Revenues of the
System; or
(h) The
Issuer shall default in the due and punctual performance of any other of the
covenants, conditions, agreements and provisions contained in the Series 2009-A
Bonds or in this Bond Resolution (other than the covenants relating to
continuing disclosure contained herein and in the Disclosure Instructions) on
the part of the Issuer to be performed, and such default shall continue for
thirty (30) days after written notice specifying such default and requiring
same to be remedied shall have been given to the Issuer by the Owner of any of
the Series 2009-A Bonds then Outstanding; or
(i) A
monetary default shall have occurred on any System Indebtedness; or
(j) Any
Event of Default, as defined in any Parity Resolution or Parity Obligation
Documents.
“Expenses” means all reasonable and necessary expenses of
operation, maintenance and repair of the System and keeping the System in good
repair and working order (other than interest paid on System Indebtedness and
depreciation and amortization charges during the period of determination),
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles,
including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, current maintenance
charges, expenses of reasonable upkeep and repairs, salaries, wages, employee’s
health, hospitalization, pension and retirement benefits, costs of materials
and supplies, paying agent fees and expenses, annual audits, periodic
Consultant’s reports, properly allocated share of charges for insurance, the
cost of purchased water, gas and power, if any, for System operation,
obligations (other than for borrowed money or for rents payable under capital leases)
incurred in the ordinary course of business, liabilities incurred by
endorsement for collection or deposit of checks or drafts received in the
ordinary course of business, short-term obligations incurred and payable within
a particular Fiscal Year, other obligations or indebtedness incurred for the
purpose of leasing (pursuant to a true or operating lease) equipment, fixtures,
inventory or other personal property, and all other expenses incident to the
operation of the System, but shall exclude all general administrative expenses
of the Issuer not related to the operation of the System and transfers into the
Debt Service Reserve Account and Depreciation and Emergency Account provided
for in this Bond Resolution.
“Federal
Tax Certificate” means the Issuer’s
Federal Tax Certificate dated as of the Issue Date, as the same may be amended
or supplemented in accordance with the provisions thereof.
“Fiscal
Year” means the twelve month
period ending on December 31.
“Funds and
Accounts” means funds and accounts created pursuant to or referred to in Section
501 hereof.
“Independent
Accountant” means an independent
certified public accountant or firm of independent certified public accountants
at the time employed by the Issuer for the purpose of carrying out the duties
imposed on the Independent Accountant by the Bond Resolution.
“Index Rate”
means the rate of interest set forth in The
Bond Buyer Revenue Bond Index (or, in the event that The Bond Buyer does not compile such index or ceases publication,
another comparable publication recognized in the municipal bond market)
published for the week immediately preceding the date of determination.
“Insurance
Consultant” means an individual
or firm selected by the Issuer qualified to survey risks and to recommend
insurance coverage for entities engaged in operations similar to those of the
System and having a favorable reputation for skill and experience in making
such surveys and recommendations.
“Interest
Payment Date(s)” means: (a) with respect to the Series 2009-A Bonds,
the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds
which shall be May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing May 1,
2010; and (b) with respect to Additional Bonds, the Stated Maturity of an
installment of interest on such Additional Bonds, as set forth in the
supplemental resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
“Interim
Indebtedness” means System Indebtedness having a term not less than one
year, and not in excess of five years, incurred or assumed in anticipation of
being refinanced or refunded with Long-Term Indebtedness.
“Issue Date”
means the date when the Issuer delivers the Series 2009-A Bonds to the
Purchaser in exchange for the Purchase Price.
“Issuer” means the City.
“Junior
Lien Obligations” means any Additional Bonds or Additional Obligations
payable from, and secured by a lien on the Revenues, which lien is junior to
that of any Parity Bonds, but senior to that of the Subordinate Lien Bonds.
“KDHE
Loans” means jointly (a) the Loan
Agreement between the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, acting on
behalf of the State of Kansas (“KDHE”), and the City, effective as of November
29, 1999, as amended by a First Amendment to the Loan Agreement between KDHE
and the City, effective as of August 11, 2000, (b) the Loan Agreement between
KDHE and the City, effective as of July 18, 2001 and (c) the Loan Agreement
between KDHE and the City, effective as of March 11, 2002.
“Long-Term
Indebtedness” means System Indebtedness having an original stated maturity
or term greater than one year, or renewable or extendible at the option of the
debtor for a period greater than one year from the date of original issuance or
incurrence thereof.
“Maturity” when used with respect to any bond or other
obligation, means the date on which the principal of such bond or obligation becomes
due and payable as therein and herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity
thereof or call for redemption or otherwise.
“Mayor” means the duly elected and acting Mayor,
or in the Mayor’s absence, the duly
appointed and/or elected Vice Mayor or
Acting Mayor of the Issuer.
“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a
corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and
its successors and assigns, and, if such corporation shall be dissolved or
liquidated or shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating
agency, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized
securities rating agency designated by the Issuer.
“Net
Revenues” means, for the period
of determination, all Revenues less all Expenses.
“Notice
Address” means with respect to
the following entities:
(a) To the
Issuer at:
Attn: City Clerk
(b) To the
Paying Agent at:
Series
2009-A Bonds:
Treasurer of the State of
900 Southwest Jackson,
Additional
Bonds:
The address set forth in the supplemental
resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
(c) To
the Purchaser:
Series 2009-A Bonds:
__________________
__________________
__________________
Attn: _____________
Additional
Bonds:
The address set forth in the supplemental
resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
(e) To the
Rating Agency:
Moody’s Municipal Rating Desk
or such other address
as is furnished in writing to the other parties referenced herein.
“Notice
Representative” means:
(a) With respect to the Issuer, the Clerk.
(b) With
respect to the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent, the Director of Bond Services.
(c) With respect to any Purchaser, the
manager of its
(d)
With respect
to any Rating Agency, any Vice President thereof.
“Operation
and Maintenance Account” means
the Water and Sewage System Operation and
Maintenance Account referred to in Section 501 hereof.
“Ordinance”
means Ordinance No. ____ of the Issuer authorizing the issuance of the Series
2009-A Bonds, as amended from time to time.
“Outstanding” means:
(a) when used
with reference to Bonds, as of a particular date of determination, all Bonds
theretofore, authenticated and delivered, except the following Bonds:
(i) Bonds
theretofore canceled by the paying agent for such Bonds or delivered to the
paying agent for such Bonds for cancellation pursuant to the ordinance and
resolution authorizing the issuance of such Bonds;
(ii) Bonds
deemed to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 1101
of the Bond Resolution or any similar provisions of any resolution applicable
to any such Bonds;
(iii) Bonds in exchange for or in lieu of which other Bonds have
been authenticated and delivered under the applicable resolution authorizing
such Bonds;
(iv) Bonds,
the principal or interest of which has been paid by a bond insurer; and
(b) with respect to any System Indebtedness that is
not a Bond, as of the date of determination, all such System Indebtedness
theretofore issued or incurred by the Issuer, except to the extent the
obligation to make payments on such System Indebtedness has been discharged in
accordance with the terms of the instrument or instruments creating or
evidencing such Indebtedness.
“Owner” when used with respect to any Series 2009-A Bond
means the Person in whose name such Series 2009-A Bond is registered on the
Bond Register. Whenever consent of the
Owners is required pursuant to the terms of this Bond Resolution, and the Owner
of the Series 2009-A Bonds, as set forth on the Bond Register, is Cede &
Co., the term Owner shall be deemed to be the Beneficial Owner of the Series
2009-A Bonds.
“Parity
Bonds” means the Outstanding
Series 2005 Bonds, the Outstanding Series 2007
Bonds, the Outstanding Series 2008 Bonds, the Outstanding Series 2009-A Bonds
and any Additional Bonds hereafter issued pursuant to Section 902
or Section 905 of the Bond Resolution and standing on a parity
and equality with the Series 2009-A Bonds with respect to the lien on the Net
Revenues.
“Parity Obligation
Documents” means the ordinance, resolution and/or any other documentation
authorizing the issuance of Parity Obligations.
“Parity
Obligations” means any Additional
Obligations hereafter issued or incurred pursuant to Section 902
or Section 905 of this Bond Resolution and standing on a parity
and equality with the Parity Bonds with respect to the lien on the Net
Revenues.
“Parity
Resolution” means the Series 2005
Bond Resolution, the Series 2007 Bond Resolution, the Series 2008 Bond
Resolution, this Bond Resolution and the ordinances and/or resolutions under
which any Additional Bonds which constitute Parity Bonds are hereafter issued.
“Participants”
means those financial institutions for whom the Securities Depository effects
book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Securities
Depository, as such listing of Participants exists at the time of such
reference.
“Paying
Agent” means: (a) with respect to the Series 2009-A Bonds,
the State Treasurer and its successors and assigns; and (b) with respect to
Additional Bonds, the entity designated as Paying Agent in the supplemental
resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
“Permitted
Investments” shall mean the
investments hereinafter described, provided, however, no moneys or funds shall
be invested in a Derivative: (a)
investments authorized by K.S.A. 12-1675 and amendments thereto; (b) the
municipal investment pool established pursuant to K.S.A. 12-1677a, and amendments
thereto; (c) direct obligations of the United States Government or any agency
thereof; (d) the Issuer’s temporary
notes issued pursuant to K.S.A. 10-123 and amendments thereto; (e) interest-bearing time deposits in commercial
banks or trust companies located in the county or counties in which the Issuer
is located which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or
collateralized by securities described in (c); (f) obligations of the federal
national mortgage association, federal home loan banks or the federal home loan
mortgage corporation; (g) repurchase agreements for securities described in (c)
or (f); (h) investment agreements or other obligations of a financial
institution the obligations of which at the time of investment are rated in
either of the three highest rating categories by Moody’s or Standard &
Poor’s; (i) investments and shares or units of a money market fund or trust,
the portfolio of which is comprised entirely of securities described in (c) or
(f); (j) receipts evidencing ownership interests in securities or portions
thereof described in (c) or (f); (k) municipal bonds or other obligations
issued by any municipality of the State as defined in K.S.A. 10-1101 which are
general obligations of the municipality issuing the same; (l) bonds of any
municipality of the State as defined in K.S.A. 10-1101 which have been refunded
in advance of their maturity and are fully secured as to payment of principal
and interest thereon by deposit in trust, under escrow agreement with a bank,
of securities described in (c) or (f); or (m) other investment obligations
authorized by the laws of the State, all as may be further restricted or
modified by amendments to applicable State law.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, partnership,
joint venture, association, firm, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization, or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or
other public body.
“Project”
means the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, alterations, repair,
improvements, extensions or enlargements of the System described in Resolution
No. 6839, of the City, and referred to in the Preamble to the Ordinance and any
Substitute Project.
“Purchase
Price” means: (a) with respect to the Series 2009-A Bonds
the principal amount of the Series 2009-A Bonds plus accrued interest to the
date of delivery, less a bid discount of $_________/ plus a bid premium of
$________; and (b) with respect to Additional Bonds, the amount set forth in
the supplemental resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
“Purchaser” means:
(a) with respect to the Series 2009-A Bonds, ___________, ________, __________, the original purchaser
of the Series 2009-A Bonds, and any successor and assigns; and (b) with respect
to Additional Bonds, the original purchaser of such Additional Bonds, as set
forth in the supplemental resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
“Put Indebtedness”
means Long-Term Indebtedness which is (a) payable or required to be purchased
or redeemed from the holder by or on behalf of the underlying obligor, at the
option of the holder thereof, prior to its stated maturity date, or (b) payable
or required to be purchased or redeemed from the holder by or on behalf of the
underlying obligor, other than at the option of the holder, prior to its stated
maturity date, other than pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund or other
similar fund, or other than by reason of acceleration upon the occurrence of an
Event of Default under this Bond Resolution.
“Rating
Agency” means any company, agency
or entity that provides financial ratings for the Series 2009-A Bonds.
“Rebate
Fund” means the Rebate Fund for Water and Sewage
System Improvement Revenue, Series 2009-A created pursuant to Section 501 hereof.
“Record
Dates” for the interest payable
on any Interest Payment Date means the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business
Day) of the calendar month next preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Redemption
Date” when used with respect to
any Series 2009-A Bond to be redeemed means the date fixed for the redemption
of such Series 2009-A Bond pursuant to the terms of this Bond Resolution.
“Redemption
Price” when used with respect to
any Series 2009-A Bond to be redeemed means the price at which such Series
2009-A Bond is to be redeemed pursuant to the terms of the Bond Resolution,
including the applicable redemption premium, if any, but excluding installments
of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or before the Redemption Date.
“Refunding Bonds”
means any bonds issued to refund any System Indebtedness, pursuant to Section
905 hereof.
“Replacement
Bonds” means Series 2009-A Bonds issued to the Beneficial Owners of the Series
2009-A Bonds in accordance with Section 209 hereof.
“Revenue
Fund” means the Water and Sewage System Revenue Fund referred
to in Section 501 hereof.
“Revenues” means all income and revenues derived and
collected by the Issuer from the operation and ownership of the System,
including investment and rental income, net proceeds from business interruption
insurance, BAB Interest Subsidy Payments, transfers from the Surplus Account to
the Revenue Fund of Net Revenues derived in a prior Fiscal Year and any amounts
deposited in escrow in connection with the acquisition, construction,
remodeling, renovation and equipping of facilities to be applied during the
period of determination to pay interest on System Indebtedness, but excluding
any profits or losses on the early extinguishment of debt or on the sale or
other disposition, not in the ordinary course of business, of investments or
fixed or capital assets.
“SEC Rule”
means Rule 15c2-12 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as may be amended from time to time.
“Securities
Depository” means, initially, DTC, and its successors and assigns.
“Series 2005 Bond Resolution” means jointly
Ordinance No. 7909 and Resolution No. 6603 of the Issuer, authorizing the
Series 2005 Bonds and prescribing the terms and details of the Series 2005
Bonds and making covenants with respect thereto, including covenants respecting
any Additional Bonds (as defined therein).
“Series
2005 Bonds” means the
Issuer’s Water and Sewage System
Improvement and Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, dated August 1, 2005.
“Series 2007 Bond Resolution” means jointly
Ordinance No. 8119 and Resolution No. 6603 of the Issuer, authorizing Series
2007 Bonds and the prescribing the terms and details of the Series 2007 Bonds
and making covenants with respect thereto, including covenants respecting any
Additional Bonds (as defined therein).
“Series
2007 Bonds” means the Issuer’s Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, dated June 15, 2007.
“Series 2008 Bond Resolution” means jointly
Ordinance No. 8325 and Resolution No. 6802 of the Issuer, authorizing Series
2008 Bonds and the prescribing the terms and details of the Series 2008 Bonds
and making covenants with respect thereto, including covenants respecting any
Additional Bonds (as defined therein).
“Series
2008 Bonds” means the Issuer’s Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, dated October 1, 2008.
“Series 2009-A
Bonds” means the Issuer’s Taxable Water and
Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build America Bonds
(Direct Pay), in the aggregate principal amount of $10,400,000,
authorized and issued by the Issuer pursuant to the Ordinance and this Bond
Resolution.
“Series 2009-A
Debt Service Account” means the Debt Service Account for Taxable Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds,
Series 2009-A Build America Bonds (Direct Pay) created by Section
501 hereof.
“Series 2009-A
Debt Service Reserve Account” means the Debt Service Reserve Account for Taxable Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds,
Series 2009-A Build America Bonds (Direct Pay) created by Section 501 hereof.
“Series
2009-A Project Fund” means the
Project Fund for Taxable Water and Sewage System
Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build America Bonds (Direct Pay)
created by Section 501 hereof.
“Series 2009-A - 20__ Term Bonds” means the Series 2009-A Bonds scheduled to mature
in the year 20__.
“Short-Term
Indebtedness” means System Indebtedness having an original maturity less
than or equal to one year from the date of original incurrence thereof, and not
renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor thereon for a term greater
than one year beyond the date of original issuance.
“Special
Record Date” means the date fixed
by the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 204 hereof for the
payment of Defaulted Interest.
“Standard &
Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., New
York, New York, a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the State of New York, and its successors and assigns, and, if such
corporation shall be dissolved or liquidated or shall no longer perform the
functions of a securities rating agency, “Standard & Poor’s” shall be
deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency designated
by the Issuer.
“State” means the state of
“State
Treasurer” means the duly elected
Treasurer or, in the Treasurer’s absence, the duly appointed Deputy Treasurer
or acting Treasurer of the State.
“Stated
Maturity” when used with respect
to any bond or other obligation, or any installment of interest thereon, means
the date specified in such bond or obligation and this Bond Resolution or the
resolution or documents authorizing such bond or obligation, as the fixed date
on which the principal of such bond or obligation, or such installment of
interest is due and payable.
“Subordinate
Lien Bonds” means the KDHE Loans
and any Additional Bonds or Additional Obligations payable from the Revenues on
a subordinate lien basis to any Parity Bonds, Parity Obligations and Junior
Lien Obligations, and which constitute general obligations of the Issuer.
“Substitute Project” means the substitute or additional projects of the
Issuer as authorized by Section 507 of this Bond Resolution.
“Surplus
Account” means the Water and Sewage System Surplus Account
referred to in Section 501 hereof.
“System” means
the entire combined waterworks plant and system and sewerage plant and system
owned and operated by the Issuer for the production, storage, treatment and
distribution of water, and for the collection, treatment and disposal of
sewage, to serve the needs of the Issuer and its inhabitants and others,
including all appurtenances and facilities connected therewith or relating
thereto, together with all extensions, improvements, additions and enlargements
thereto hereafter made or acquired by the Issuer.
“System
Indebtedness” means collectively
all Parity Bonds, all Parity Obligations, all Additional Bonds, all Additional
Obligations, all Junior Lien Obligations and all Subordinate Lien Bonds which
are payable out of, or secured by an interest in, the Revenues.
“Term Bonds” means any Series 2009-A Bonds
designated as Term Bonds in this Bond Resolution.
“Treasurer” means the duly appointed and/or elected Treasurer
or, in the Treasurer’s absence, the duly appointed Deputy Treasurer or acting
Treasurer of the Issuer.
“United
States Government Obligations”
means bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, treasury bills or other
securities constituting direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of
and interest on which are fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to full and
timely payment by, the United States of America, including evidences of a
direct ownership interest in future interest or principal payment on
obligations issued by the United States of America (including the interest
component of obligations of the
Resolution Funding Corporation), or securities which represent an undivided
interest in such obligations, which obligations are rated in the highest rating
category by a nationally recognized rating service and such obligations are
held in a custodial account for the benefit of the Issuer.
“Variable Rate
Indebtedness” means any System Indebtedness which provides for interest to
be payable thereon at a rate per annum that may vary from time to time over the
term thereof in accordance with procedures provided in the instrument creating
such System Indebtedness.
The
Series 2009-A Bonds have been heretofore authorized and directed to be issued
pursuant to the Ordinance in the principal amount of $10,400,000, for the purpose of providing funds to: (a) pay the costs of the Project and (b) pay Costs of Issuance; and (c) make a
deposit to the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account.
The Series 2009-A Bonds
shall consist of fully registered bonds in Authorized Denominations, and shall
be numbered in such manner as the Bond Registrar shall determine. All of the Series 2009-A Bonds shall be dated
as of the Dated Date, shall become due in the amounts, on the Stated
Maturities, and subject to redemption and payment, prior to their Stated
Maturities as provided in Article III hereof and shall bear
interest at the rates per annum as follows:
SERIAL BONDS
Stated Maturity November 1 |
Principal Amount |
Annual Rate of Interest |
|
Stated Maturity November 1 |
Principal Amount |
Annual Rate of Interest |
2010 |
$140,000 |
|
|
2023 |
$415,000 |
|
2011 |
290,000 |
|
|
2024 |
430,000 |
|
2012 |
295,000 |
|
|
2025 |
445,000 |
|
2013 |
300,000 |
|
|
2026 |
465,000 |
|
2014 |
310,000 |
|
|
2027 |
485,000 |
|
2015 |
315,000 |
|
|
2028 |
505,000 |
|
2016 |
325,000 |
|
|
2029 |
525,000 |
|
2017 |
335,000 |
|
|
2030 |
545,000 |
|
2018 |
345,000 |
|
|
2031 |
570,000 |
|
2019 |
360,000 |
|
|
2032 |
590,000 |
|
2020 |
370,000 |
|
|
2033 |
615,000 |
|
2021 |
385,000 |
|
|
2034 |
640,000 |
|
2022 |
400,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
TERM BONDS
Stated
Maturity November 1 |
Principal Amount |
Annual
Rate of
Interest |
|
|
|
The Series 2009-A Bonds shall bear interest at the above
specified rates (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months) from the later of the Dated Date or the most recent Interest Payment
Date to which interest has been paid on the Interest Payment Dates in the
manner set forth in Section 205 hereof. The Series 2009-A Bonds shall be issued as
Book-Entry-Only Bonds and administered in accordance with the provisions of Section
209 hereof.
Each of the Series 2009-A Bonds, as originally issued or
issued upon transfer, exchange or substitution, shall be printed in accordance
with the format required by the Attorney General of the State and shall be
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or as may be
required by the Attorney General pursuant to the Notice of Systems of Registration
for Kansas Municipal Bonds, 2 Kan. Reg. 921 (1983), in accordance with the
Kansas Bond Registration Law, K.S.A. 10-620 et
seq.
The State Treasurer is
hereby designated as the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of and
interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds and Bond Registrar with respect to the
registration, transfer and exchange of the Series 2009-A Bonds. The Mayor
of the Issuer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute on behalf of the
Issuer an agreement with the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent for the Series
2009-A Bonds.
The Issuer will at all times maintain a Paying Agent and
Bond Registrar meeting the qualifications herein described for the performance
of the duties hereunder. The Issuer
reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent or Bond Registrar by (a)
filing with the Paying Agent or Bond Registrar then performing such function a
certified copy of the proceedings giving notice of the termination of such
Paying Agent or Bond Registrar and appointing a successor, and (b) causing
notice of appointment of the successor Paying Agent and Bond Registrar to be
given by first class mail to each Owner.
No resignation or removal of the Paying Agent or Bond Registrar shall
become effective until a successor has been appointed and has accepted the
duties of Paying Agent or Bond Registrar.
Every Paying Agent or Bond Registrar appointed hereunder
shall at all times meet the requirements of K.S.A. 10-501 et seq. and K.S.A. 10-620 et
seq., respectively.
The principal of, or
Redemption Price, and interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds shall be payable in
any coin or currency which, on the respective dates of payment thereof, is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
The principal or Redemption Price of each Series 2009-A
Bond shall be paid at Maturity to the Person in whose name such Series 2009-A
Bond is registered on the Bond Register at the Maturity thereof, upon
presentation and surrender of such Series 2009-A Bond at the principal office
of the Paying Agent.
The interest payable on each Series 2009-A Bond on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Owner of such Series 2009-A Bond as
shown on the Bond Register at the close of business on the Record Date for such
interest (a) by check or draft mailed by the Paying Agent to the address of
such Owner shown on the Bond Register or at such other address as is furnished
to the Paying Agent in writing by such Owner or (b) in the case of an interest
payment to any Owner of $500,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Series
2009-A Bonds, by electronic transfer to such Owner upon written notice given to
the Bond Registrar by such Owner, not less than 15 days prior to the Record
Date for such interest, containing the electronic transfer instructions
including the bank, ABA routing number and account number to which such Owner
wishes to have such transfer directed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section,
any Defaulted Interest with respect to any Series 2009-A Bond shall cease to be
payable to the Owner of such Series 2009-A Bond on the relevant Record Date and
shall be payable to the Owner in whose name such Series 2009-A Bond is registered
at the close of business on the Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which Special Record Date shall be fixed as hereinafter
specified in this paragraph. The Issuer
shall notify the Paying Agent in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Series 2009-A Bond and the date of the proposed
payment (which date shall be at least 30 days after receipt of such notice by
the Paying Agent) and shall deposit with the Paying Agent at the time of such
notice an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in
respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to
the Paying Agent for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment. Following receipt of such funds the Paying
Agent shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 nor less than 10 days prior to the
date of the proposed payment. The Paying
Agent shall promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date and, in the
name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be
mailed, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Owner of a Series 2009-A
Bond entitled to such notice at the address of such Owner as it appears on the
Bond Register not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
The Paying Agent shall keep a record of payment of
principal and Redemption Price of and interest on all Series 2009-A Bonds and
at least annually shall forward a copy or summary of such records to the
Issuer.
The Issuer covenants
that, as long as any of the Series 2009-A Bonds remain Outstanding, it will
cause the Bond Register to be kept at the office of the Bond Registrar as
herein provided. Each Series 2009-A Bond
when issued shall be registered in the name of the Owner thereof on the Bond
Register.
Series 2009-A Bonds may be transferred and exchanged only
on the Bond Register as provided in this Section. Upon surrender of any Series 2009-A Bond at
the principal office of the Bond Registrar, the Bond Registrar shall transfer
or exchange such Series 2009-A Bond for a new Series 2009-A Bond or Series
2009-A Bonds in any authorized denomination of the same Stated Maturity and in
the same aggregate principal amount as the Series 2009-A Bond that was
presented for transfer or exchange.
Series 2009-A Bonds presented for transfer or exchange
shall be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer or
authorization for exchange, in a form and with guarantee of signature
satisfactory to the Bond Registrar, duly executed by the Owner thereof or by
the Owner’s duly authorized agent.
In all cases in which the privilege of transferring or
exchanging Series 2009-A Bonds is exercised, the Bond Registrar shall
authenticate and deliver Series 2009-A Bonds in accordance with the provisions
of this Bond Resolution. The Issuer
shall pay the fees and expenses of the Bond Registrar for the registration,
transfer and exchange of Series 2009-A Bonds provided for by this Bond
Resolution and the cost of printing a reasonable supply of registered bond
blanks. Any additional costs or fees
that might be incurred in the secondary market, other than fees of the Bond
Registrar, are the responsibility of the Owners of the Series 2009-A Bonds. In the event any Owner fails to provide a
correct taxpayer identification number to the Paying Agent, the Paying Agent
may make a charge against such Owner sufficient to pay any governmental charge
required to be paid as a result of such failure. In compliance with Code § 3406,
such amount may be deducted by the Paying Agent from amounts otherwise payable
to such Owner hereunder or under the Series 2009-A Bonds.
The Issuer and the Bond Registrar shall not be required
(a) to register the transfer or exchange of any Series 2009-A Bond that has
been called for redemption after notice of such redemption has been mailed by
the Paying Agent pursuant to Section 304 hereof and during the
period of 15 days next preceding the date of mailing of such notice of
redemption; or (b) to register the transfer or exchange of any Series 2009-A
Bond during a period beginning at the opening of business on the day after
receiving written notice from the Issuer of its intent to pay Defaulted
Interest and ending at the close of business on the date fixed for the payment
of Defaulted Interest pursuant to Section 205 hereof.
The Issuer and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the
Person in whose name any Series 2009-A Bond is registered on the Bond Register
as the absolute Owner of such Series 2009-A Bond, whether such Series 2009-A
Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account
of, the principal or Redemption Price of and interest on said Series 2009-A
Bond and for all other purposes. All
payments so made to any such Owner or upon the Owner’s order shall be valid and
effective to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Series 2009-A Bond
to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, and neither the Issuer nor the Paying
Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
At reasonable times and under reasonable regulations
established by the Bond Registrar, the Bond Register may be inspected and
copied by the Owners (or a designated representative thereof) of 10% or more in
principal amount of the Series 2009-A Bonds then Outstanding or any designated
representative of such Owners whose authority is evidenced to the satisfaction
of the Bond Registrar.
Each of the Series 2009-A
Bonds, including any Series 2009-A Bonds issued in exchange or as substitutions
for the Series 2009-A Bonds initially delivered, shall be executed for and on
behalf of the Issuer by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Clerk and the seal
of the Issuer shall be affixed thereto or imprinted thereon. The Mayor
and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and execute the Series
2009-A Bonds in the manner herein specified, and to cause the Series 2009-A
Bonds to be registered in the office of the Clerk, which registration shall be
evidenced by the manual or facsimile signature of the Clerk with the seal of
the Issuer affixed thereto or imprinted thereon. The Series 2009-A Bonds shall also be
registered in the office of the State Treasurer, which registration shall be
evidenced by the manual or facsimile signature of the State Treasurer with the
seal of the State Treasurer affixed thereto or imprinted thereon. In case any
officer whose signature appears on any Series 2009-A Bonds ceases to be such
officer before the delivery of such Series 2009-A Bonds, such signature shall
nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, as if such person had
remained in office until delivery. Any Series
2009-A Bond may be signed by such persons who at the actual time of the
execution of such Series 2009-A Bond are the proper officers to sign such Series
2009-A Bond although at the date of such Series 2009-A Bond such persons may
not have been such officers.
The Mayor and Clerk
are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and execute the Series 2009-A
Bonds as herein specified, and when duly executed, to deliver the Series 2009-A
Bonds to the Paying Agent for authentication.
The Series 2009-A Bonds shall have endorsed thereon a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
A hereof, which shall be manually executed by an authorized officer or
employee of the Bond Registrar, but it shall not be necessary that the same
officer or employee sign the certificate of authentication on all of the Series
2009-A Bonds that may be issued hereunder at any one time. No Series 2009-A Bond shall be entitled to
any security or benefit under this Bond Resolution or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless and until such certificate of authentication has been
duly executed by the Bond Registrar.
Such executed certificate of authentication upon any Series 2009-A Bond
shall be conclusive evidence that such Series 2009-A Bond has been duly
authenticated and delivered under this Bond Resolution. Upon authentication, the Bond Registrar shall
deliver the Series 2009-A Bond to the Purchaser upon instructions of the Issuer
or its representative.
If (a) any mutilated Series
2009-A Bond is surrendered to the Bond Registrar or the Bond Registrar receives
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Series
2009-A Bond, and (b) there is delivered to the Issuer and the Bond Registrar
such security or indemnity as may be required by each of them, then, in the
absence of notice to the Issuer or the Bond Registrar that such Series 2009-A
Bond has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Issuer shall execute and,
upon the Issuer’s request, the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and deliver,
in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Series 2009-A Bond, a new Series
2009-A Bond of the same Stated Maturity and of like tenor and principal amount.
If any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Series
2009-A Bond has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer, in
its discretion, may pay such Series 2009-A Bond instead of issuing a new Series
2009-A Bond.
Upon the issuance of any new Series 2009-A Bond under
this Section, the Issuer and the Paying Agent may require the payment by the
Owner of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that
may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees
and expenses of the Paying Agent) connected therewith.
Every new Series 2009-A Bond issued pursuant to this
Section shall constitute a
replacement of the prior obligation of the Issuer, and shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this Bond Resolution equally and ratably with all other
Outstanding Bonds.
All Series 2009-A Bonds
that have been paid or redeemed or that otherwise have been surrendered to the
Paying Agent, either at or before Maturity, shall be cancelled by the Paying
Agent immediately upon the payment, redemption and surrender thereof to the Paying Agent and
subsequently destroyed in accordance with the customary practices of the Paying
Agent. The Paying Agent shall execute a
certificate in duplicate describing the Series 2009-A Bonds so cancelled and
destroyed and shall file an executed counterpart of such certificate with the
Issuer.
The Series 2009-A Bonds
may be issued as Book-Entry-Only Bonds.
If so, the Series 2009-A Bonds shall initially be registered to Cede
& Co., the nominee for the Securities Depository, and no Beneficial Owner
will receive certificates representing their respective interests in the Series
2009-A Bonds, except in the event the Bond Registrar issues Replacement Bonds
as provided in this Section. It is
anticipated that during the term of the Series 2009-A Bonds, the Securities
Depository will make book-entry transfers among its Participants and receive
and transmit payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Series
2009-A Bonds to the Participants until and unless the Bond Registrar
authenticates and delivers Replacement Bonds to the Beneficial Owners as
described in the following paragraph.
(a) If the Issuer determines (1) that the Securities Depository is unable to properly discharge its responsibilities, or (2) that the Securities Depository is no longer qualified to act as a securities depository and registered clearing agency under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or (3) that the continuation of a book-entry system to the exclusion of any Series 2009-A Bonds being issued to any Owner other than Cede & Co. is no longer in the best interests of the Beneficial Owners of the Series 2009-A Bonds, or (b) if the Bond Registrar receives written notice from Participants having interests in not less than 50% of the Series 2009-A Bonds Outstanding, as shown on the records of the Securities Depository (and certified to such effect by the Securities Depository), that the continuation of a book-entry system to the exclusion of any Series 2009-A Bonds being issued to any Owner other than Cede & Co. is no longer in the best interests of the Beneficial Owners of the Series 2009-A Bonds, then the Bond Registrar shall notify the Owners of such determination or such notice and of the availability of certificates to owners requesting the same, and the Bond Registrar shall register in the name of and authenticate and deliver Replacement Bonds to the Beneficial Owners or their nominees in principal amounts representing the interest of each, making such adjustments as it may find necessary or appropriate as to accrued interest and previous calls for redemption; provided, that in the case of a determination under (a)(1) or (a)(2) of this paragraph, the Issuer, with the consent of the Bond Registrar, may select a successor securities depository in accordance with the following paragraph to effect book-entry transfers. In such event, all references to the Securities Depository herein shall relate to the period of time when the Securities Depository has possession of at least one Series 2009-A Bond. Upon the issuance of Replacement Bonds, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the Securities Depository shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Bond Registrar, to the extent applicable with respect to such Replacement Bonds. If the Securities Depository resigns and the Issuer, the Bond Registrar or Owners are unable to locate a qualified successor of the Securities Depository in accordance with the following paragraph, then the Bond Registrar shall authenticate and cause delivery of Replacement Bonds to Owners, as provided herein. The Bond Registrar may rely on information from the Securities Depository and its Participants as to the names of the Beneficial Owners of the Series 2009-A Bonds. The cost of printing, registration, authentication, and delivery of Replacement Bonds shall be paid for by the Issuer.
In the event the Securities Depository resigns, is unable
to properly discharge its responsibilities, or is no longer qualified to act as
a securities depository and registered clearing agency under the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Issuer may appoint a successor Securities
Depository provided the Bond Registrar receives written evidence satisfactory
to the Bond Registrar with respect to the ability of the successor Securities
Depository to discharge its responsibilities.
Any such successor Securities Depository shall be a securities depository
which is a registered clearing agency under the Securities and Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation that operates a
securities depository upon reasonable and customary terms. The Bond Registrar upon its receipt of a Series
2009-A Bond or Series 2009-A Bonds for cancellation shall cause the delivery of
Series 2009-A Bonds to the successor Securities Depository in appropriate
denominations and form as provided herein.
(a) Debt Service Requirements on Balloon, Put, Short-Term and Interim Indebtedness.
(1) The
principal of Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness or Short-Term Indebtedness
being treated as Long-Term Indebtedness under Section 902 hereof,
or Interim Indebtedness shall be deemed due and payable at its Stated Maturity;
provided, however, that at the election of the Issuer for the purpose of any
computation of Debt Service Requirements, whether historical or projected, the
principal deemed payable on Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness or
Short-Term Indebtedness being treated as Long-Term Indebtedness under Section
902 hereof, or Interim Indebtedness, shall be deemed to be payable as
set forth below:
(A) If
the Issuer has obtained a binding commitment of a bank or other financial
institution (whose senior debt obligations, or the senior debt obligations of
the holding company of which such bank or financial institution is the
principal subsidiary, are then rated “A” or better by any Rating Agency) to refinance
such Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness, Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim
Indebtedness, or a portion thereof, including without limitation, a letter of
credit or a line of credit, the Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness,
Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim Indebtedness, or portion thereof to be
refinanced, may be deemed to be payable in accordance with the terms of the
refinancing arrangement;
(B) If
the Issuer has entered into a binding agreement providing for the deposit by
the Issuer with a bank or other financial institution (whose senior debt
obligations, or the senior debt obligations of the holding company of which
such bank or financial institution is the principal subsidiary, are then rated
“A” or better by any Rating Agency), in trust (herein called a “Special
Redemption Fund”) of amounts, less investment earnings realized and retained in
the Special Redemption Fund, equal in aggregate to the principal amount of such
Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness, Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim
Indebtedness, or a portion thereof, when due from the sums so deposited and
investment earnings realized thereon, then the principal amount of the Balloon
Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness, Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim
Indebtedness, or portion thereof, may be deemed to be payable in accordance
with the terms of such agreement;
(C) If
the Issuer has entered into arrangements or agreements with respect to the
principal amount of such Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness, Short-Term
Indebtedness or Interim Indebtedness, other than those referred to in
subsections (A) and (B) above, which a Consultant in a certificate filed with
the Issuer determines, taking into account the interests of the Owners of
System Indebtedness, provides adequate assurances that the Issuer will be able
to meet the Debt Service Requirements due on such Indebtedness, the Balloon
Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness, Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim Indebtedness
may be deemed to be payable in accordance with the terms of such arrangement or
agreement; or
(D) Such
Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness or Short-Term Indebtedness may be deemed
to be System Indebtedness which, at the date of its original incurrence, was
payable over a term not to exceed twenty (20) years in equal annual
installments of principal and interest at the Index Rate.
A Consultant shall deliver to the
Issuer a certificate stating that it is reasonable to assume that installment
obligations of such term of the Issuer can be incurred and stating the interest
rate then applicable to installment obligations of such term of comparable
quality. Interim Indebtedness may be
deemed to be Indebtedness which, at the date of its original incurrence, would
meet the conditions specified in the statement of the Consultant as required in
Section 902; provided
that the Consultant shall for each annual period that the Debt Service
Requirement is computed, provide a supplemental statement that at such period,
the certifications contained in the statement are reasonable.
(2) Interest
that is payable prior to the Stated Maturity of any Balloon Indebtedness, Put
Indebtedness, Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim Indebtedness shall be taken
into account for such appropriate period in computation of Debt Service
Requirements. Interest payable at
maturity or early redemption on Balloon Indebtedness, Put Indebtedness,
Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim Indebtedness may either be amortized over
the anticipated maturity or such longer period as is permitted under Section
902 or Section 210(a)(1)(D) or may be treated as
principal payable on the principal maturity date of such Balloon Indebtedness,
Put Indebtedness, Short-Term Indebtedness or Interim Indebtedness.
(3) In
measuring compliance with the applicable tests hereunder in connection with
incurring Put Indebtedness and generally for purposes of determining the Debt
Service Requirements relating thereto, Put Indebtedness shall be deemed to
mature based upon the actual amortization requirements for the Put
Indebtedness, only to the extent that the Issuer has a commitment to refinance
such Put Indebtedness.
(b) Debt Service Requirements on Discount Indebtedness. At the election of the Issuer for the purpose of any computation of Debt Service Requirements, whether historical or projected, the principal and interest deemed payable on Discount Indebtedness shall be deemed to be payable as set forth below:
(1) If
the Issuer has obtained a binding commitment of a bank or other financial
institution (whose senior debt obligations, or the senior debt obligations of
the holding company of which such bank or financial institution is the
principal subsidiary, are then rated “A” or better by any Rating Agency) to
refinance such Discount Indebtedness, or a portion thereof, including without limitation,
a letter of credit or a line of credit, the Discount Indebtedness, or portion
thereof to be refinanced, may be deemed to be payable in accordance with the
terms of the refinancing arrangement;
(2) If
the Issuer has entered into a binding agreement providing for the deposit with
a bank or other financial institution (whose senior debt obligations, or the
senior debt obligations of the holding company of which such bank or financial
institution is the principal subsidiary, are then rated “A” or better by any
Rating Agency), in trust (herein called a “Special Redemption Fund”) of
amounts, less investment earnings realized and retained in the Special
Redemption Fund, equal in aggregate to the principal amount of such Discount
Indebtedness, or a portion thereof, and providing for the payment of such
principal amount when due from the sums so deposited, and investment earnings
realized thereon, then the Discount Indebtedness, or portion thereof, may be
deemed to be payable in accordance with the terms of such agreement;
(3) If
the Issuer has entered into arrangements or agreements with respect to the
principal amount of such Discount Indebtedness, other than those referred to in
subsections (1) and (2) above, which a Consultant in a certificate filed with
the Issuer determines, taking into account the interests of the holders of
System Indebtedness, provides adequate assurances that the Issuer will be able
to meet the Debt Service Requirements due on such Indebtedness, the Discount
Indebtedness may be deemed to be payable in accordance with the terms of such
arrangement or agreement; or
(4) As
of any time the maturity amount represented by Discount Indebtedness shall be
deemed to be the accreted value of such Indebtedness computed on the basis of a
constant yield to maturity.
(c) Debt
Service Requirements on Variable Rate Indebtedness. When calculating interest requirements on
Variable Rate Indebtedness which bears a variable rate of interest for periods
as to which the rate of interest has not been determined, the rate of interest
on Outstanding Variable Rate Indebtedness shall be the average annual rate of
interest which was payable on such Variable Rate Indebtedness during the twelve
(12) months immediately preceding the date as of which the calculation is made;
and the rate of interest on Variable Rate Indebtedness to be incurred (or
incurred less than twelve (12) months preceding such date) shall be the average
annual rate of interest which would have been payable on such Variable Rate
Indebtedness had it been outstanding for a period of twelve (12) months
immediately preceding the date as of which the calculation is made, all as set
forth in a certificate of a Consultant, delivered to the Issuer.
For the purpose of
enabling the Purchaser to comply with the requirements of Rule 15c2-12(b)(1) of
the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Issuer hereby deems the information
regarding the Issuer contained in the Preliminary Official Statement to be “final”
as of its date, except for the omission of such information as is permitted by
Rule 15c2-12(b)(1), and the appropriate officers of the Issuer are hereby
authorized, if requested, to provide the Purchaser a letter or certification to
such effect and to take such other actions or execute such other documents as
such officers in their reasonable judgment deem necessary to enable the
Purchaser to comply with the requirement of such Rule.
The final Official Statement is hereby authorized to be
prepared by supplementing, amending and completing the Preliminary Official
Statement, with such changes and additions thereto as are necessary to conform
to and describe the transaction. The Mayor or chief financial officer are hereby
authorized to execute the final Official Statement as so supplemented, amended
and completed, and the use and public distribution of the final Official
Statement by the Purchaser in connection with the reoffering of the Series
2009-A Bonds is hereby authorized. The
proper officials of the Issuer are hereby authorized to execute and deliver a
certificate pertaining to such Official Statement as prescribed therein, dated
as of the Issue Date.
The Issuer agrees to provide to the Purchaser within
seven business days of the date of the sale of Series 2009-A Bonds sufficient
copies of the final Official Statement to enable the Purchaser to comply with
the requirements of Rule 15c2-12(b)(4) of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and with the requirements of Rule G-32 of the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board.
The sale of the Series
2009-A Bonds to the Purchaser is hereby ratified and confirmed. The Mayor
and Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the official bid form submitted by
the Purchaser. Delivery of the Series
2009-A Bonds shall be made to the Purchaser as soon as practicable after the
adoption of this Bond Resolution, upon payment of the Purchase Price.
The Series 2009-A
Bonds shall be subject to redemption and payment prior to their Stated
Maturity, as follows:
(a) Optional
Redemption. At the option of the
Issuer, Series 2009-A Bonds or portions thereof maturing in the years 2018 and
thereafter may be called for redemption and payment prior to their Stated
Maturity on November 1, 2017, and
thereafter as a whole or in part (selection of maturities and the amount of Series
2009-A Bonds of each maturity to be redeemed to be determined by the Issuer in
such equitable manner as it may determine) at any time, at the Redemption Price
of 100% (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount), plus accrued
interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
(b) Mandatory Redemption. (1) General. The Term Bonds shall be
subject to mandatory redemption and payment prior to Stated Maturity pursuant
to the mandatory redemption requirements at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of
the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the Redemption Date. At its option, to be exercised on or before
the 45th day next preceding any mandatory Redemption Date, the Issuer may: (1) deliver to the Paying Agent for
cancellation Term Bonds subject to mandatory redemption on said mandatory
Redemption Date, in any aggregate principal amount desired; or (2) furnish the
Paying Agent funds, together with appropriate instructions, for the purpose of
purchasing any Term Bonds subject to mandatory redemption on said mandatory
Redemption Date from any Owner thereof whereupon the Paying Agent shall expend
such funds for such purpose to such extent as may be practical; or (3) receive
a credit with respect to the mandatory redemption obligation of the Issuer
under this Section for any Term Bonds subject to mandatory redemption on said
mandatory Redemption Date which, prior to such date, have been redeemed (other
than through the operation of the mandatory redemption requirements of this
subsection) and cancelled by the Paying Agent and not theretofore applied as a
credit against any redemption obligation
under this subsection. Each Term Bond so
delivered or previously purchased or redeemed shall be credited at 100% of the
principal amount thereof on the obligation of the Issuer to redeem Term Bonds
of the same Stated Maturity on such mandatory Redemption Date, and any excess of
such amount shall be credited on future mandatory redemption obligations for
Term Bonds of the same Stated Maturity as designated by the Issuer, and the
principal amount of Term Bonds to be redeemed by operation of the requirements
of this Section shall be accordingly
reduced. If the Issuer intends to
exercise any option granted by the provisions of clauses (1), (2) or (3) above,
the Issuer will, on or before the 45th day next preceding each mandatory
Redemption Date, furnish the Paying Agent a written certificate indicating to
what extent the provisions of said clauses (1), (2) and (3) are to be complied
with, with respect to such mandatory redemption payment.
(2) The Series 2009-A – 20__ Term Bonds. The Issuer shall from the payments specified
in Section 602(b) hereof which are to be deposited
into the Debt Service Account redeem on November 1 in each year, the following
principal amounts of Series 2009-A – 20__ Term Bonds:
Principal Amount |
Year |
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*Final Maturity
(3) Additional Bonds. Additional Bonds designated as Term Bonds
shall be subject to mandatory redemption in accordance with the provisions of
the supplemental resolution authorizing such Additional Bonds.
(a) In the
event the Issuer desires to call the Series 2009-A Bonds for redemption prior
to maturity, written notice of such intent shall be provided to the Bond
Registrar in accordance with K.S.A. 10-129, as amended, not less than 45 days
prior to the Redemption Date. The Bond
Registrar shall call Series 2009-A Bonds for redemption and payment and shall
give notice of such redemption as herein provided upon receipt by the Bond
Registrar at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date of written instructions
of the Issuer specifying the principal amount, Stated Maturities, Redemption
Date and Redemption Prices of the Series 2009-A Bonds to be called for
redemption. If the Series 2009-A Bonds
are refunded more than 90 days in advance of such Redemption Date, any escrow
agreement entered into by the Issuer in connection with such refunding shall
provide that such written instructions to the Paying Agent shall be given by
the escrow agent on behalf of the Issuer not more than 90 days prior to the
Redemption Date. The Paying Agent may in
its discretion waive such notice period so long as the notice requirements set
forth in Section 304 are met.
The foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the case
of any mandatory redemption of Term Bonds hereunder, and Term Bonds shall be
called by the Paying Agent for redemption pursuant to such mandatory redemption
requirements without the necessity of any action by the Issuer and whether or
not the Paying Agent holds moneys available and sufficient to effect the
required redemption.
(b) Series
2009-A Bonds shall be redeemed only in an Authorized Denomination. When less than all of the Series 2009-A Bonds
are to be redeemed and paid prior to their Stated Maturity, such Series 2009-A
Bonds shall be redeemed in such manner as the Issuer shall determine. Series 2009-A Bonds of less than a full
Stated Maturity shall be selected by the Bond Registrar in a minimum Authorized
Denomination of principal amount in such equitable manner as the Bond Registrar
may determine.
(c) In the case of a partial redemption of Series 2009-A Bonds by lot when Series 2009-A Bonds of denominations greater than a minimum Authorized Denomination are then Outstanding, then for all purposes in connection with such redemption each a minimum Authorized Denomination of face value shall be treated as though it were a separate Series 2009-A Bond of the denomination of a minimum Authorized Denomination. If it is determined that one or more, but not all, of the a minimum Authorized Denomination of face value represented by any Series 2009-A Bond is selected for redemption, then upon notice of intention to redeem such a minimum Authorized Denomination, the Owner or the Owner’s duly authorized agent shall forthwith present and surrender such Series 2009-A Bond to the Bond Registrar: (1) for payment of the Redemption Price and interest to the Redemption Date of such a minimum Authorized Denomination of face value called for redemption, and (2) for exchange, without charge to the Owner thereof, for a new Series 2009-A Bond or Series 2009-A Bonds of the aggregate principal amount of the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of such Series 2009-A Bond. If the Owner of any such Series 2009-A Bond fails to present such Series 2009-A Bond to the Paying Agent for payment and exchange as aforesaid, such Series 2009-A Bond shall, nevertheless, become due and payable on the redemption date to the extent of the a minimum Authorized Denomination of face value called for redemption (and to that extent only).
Unless waived by any
Owner of Series 2009-A Bonds to be redeemed, if the Issuer shall call any Series
2009-A Bonds for redemption and payment prior to the Stated Maturity thereof,
the Issuer shall give written notice of its intention to call and pay said Series
2009-A Bonds to the State Treasurer and the Purchaser. In addition, the Issuer shall cause the Bond
Registrar to give written notice of redemption to the Owners of said Series
2009-A Bonds. Each of said written
notices shall be deposited in the
All official notices of redemption shall be dated and
shall contain the following information:
(a) the
Redemption Date;
(b) the
Redemption Price;
(c) if less
than all Outstanding Series 2009-A Bonds are to be redeemed, the identification
(and, in the case of partial redemption of any Series 2009-A Bonds, the
respective principal amounts) of the Series 2009-A Bonds to be redeemed;
(d) a
statement that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and
payable upon each such Series 2009-A Bond or portion thereof called for
redemption and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after the
Redemption Date; and
(e) the place
where such Series 2009-A Bonds are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price, which shall be the principal office of the Paying Agent.
The failure of any Owner to receive notice given as
heretofore provided or an immaterial defect therein shall not invalidate any
redemption.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit
with the Paying Agent an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price
of all the Series 2009-A Bonds or portions of Series 2009-A Bonds that are to
be redeemed on such Redemption Date.
For so long as the Securities Depository is effecting
book-entry transfers of any series of Series 2009-A Bonds, the Bond Registrar
shall provide the notices specified in this Section to the Securities Depository.
It is expected that the Securities Depository shall, in turn, notify its
Participants and that the Participants, in turn, will notify or cause to be
notified the Beneficial Owners. Any
failure on the part of the Securities Depository or a Participant, or failure
on the part of a nominee of a Beneficial Owner of a Series 2009-A Bond (having
been mailed notice from the Bond Registrar, the Securities Depository, a
Participant or otherwise) to notify the Beneficial Owner of the Series 2009-A
Bond so affected, shall not affect the validity of the redemption of such Series
2009-A Bond.
Official notice of redemption having been given as
aforesaid, the Series 2009-A Bonds or portions of Series 2009-A Bonds to be
redeemed shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date, at the Redemption
Price therein specified, and from and after the Redemption Date (unless the
Issuer defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Series 2009-A Bonds
or portion of Series 2009-A Bonds shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such Series 2009-A Bonds
for redemption in accordance with such notice, the Redemption Price of such Series
2009-A Bonds shall be paid by the Paying Agent.
Installments of interest due on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be
payable as herein provided for payment of interest. Upon surrender for any partial redemption of
any Series 2009-A Bond, there shall be prepared for the Owner a new Series
2009-A Bond or Series 2009-A Bonds of the same Stated Maturity in the amount of
the unpaid principal as provided herein.
All Series 2009-A Bonds that have been surrendered for redemption shall
be cancelled and destroyed by the Paying Agent as provided herein and shall not
be reissued.
In addition to the foregoing notice, the Issuer shall
provide such notices of redemption as are required by the Disclosure
Instructions. Further notice may be
given by the Issuer or the Bond Registrar on behalf of the Issuer as set out
below, but no defect in said further notice nor any failure to give all or any
portion of such further notice shall in any manner defeat the effectiveness of
a call for redemption if official notice thereof is given as above prescribed.
(a) Each
further notice of redemption given hereunder shall contain the information required
above for an official notice of redemption plus (1) the CUSIP numbers of all Series
2009-A Bonds being redeemed; (2) the date of issue of the Series 2009-A Bonds
as originally issued; (3) the rate of interest borne by each Series 2009-A Bond
being redeemed; (4) the maturity date of each Series 2009-A Bond being
redeemed; and (5) any other descriptive information needed to identify
accurately the Series 2009-A Bonds being redeemed.
(b) Each
further notice of redemption shall be sent at least one day before the mailing
of notice to Owners by first class, registered or certified mail or overnight
delivery, as determined by the Bond Registrar, to all registered securities
depositories then in the business of holding substantial amounts of obligations
of types comprising the Series 2009-A Bonds and to one or more national
information services that disseminate notices of redemption of obligations such
as the Series 2009-A Bonds.
(c) Each
check or other transfer of funds issued for the payment of the Redemption Price
of Series 2009-A Bonds being redeemed shall bear or have enclosed the CUSIP
number of the Series 2009-A Bonds being redeemed with the proceeds of such
check or other transfer.
The Paying Agent is also directed to comply with any
mandatory standards then in effect for processing redemptions of municipal
securities established by the State or the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Failure to comply with such
standards shall not affect or invalidate the redemption of any Series 2009-A
Bond.
The Series 2009-A Bonds
shall be special obligations of the Issuer payable solely from, and secured as
to the payment of principal and interest by a pledge of, the Net Revenues, and
the Issuer hereby pledges said Net Revenues to the payment of the principal of
and interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds.
The Series 2009-A Bonds shall not be or constitute a general obligation
of the Issuer, nor shall they constitute an indebtedness of the Issuer within
the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter provision, limitation
or restriction, and the taxing power of the Issuer is not pledged to the
payment of the Series 2009-A Bonds, either as to principal or interest.
The covenants and agreements of the Issuer contained
herein and in the Series 2009-A Bonds shall be for the equal benefit,
protection and security of the legal owners of any or all of the Series 2009-A Bonds,
all of which Series 2009-A Bonds shall be of equal rank and without preference
or priority of one Series 2009-A Bond over any other Series 2009-A Bond in the
application of the funds herein pledged to the payment of the principal of and
the interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds, or otherwise, except as to rate of interest,
date of maturity and right of prior redemption as provided in this Bond
Resolution. The Series 2009-A Bonds
shall stand on a parity and be equally and ratably secured with respect to the
payment of principal and interest from the Net Revenues derived from the
operation of the System and in all other respects with any Parity Bonds and
Parity Obligations. The Series 2009-A Bonds
shall not have any priority with respect to the payment of principal or
interest from said net income and revenues or otherwise over the Parity Bonds
and Parity Obligations and the Parity Bonds and Parity Obligations shall not
have any priority with respect to the payment of principal or interest from
said net income and revenues or otherwise over the Series 2009-A Bonds.
Simultaneously with the
issuance of the Series 2009-A Bonds, there shall be created within the Treasury
of the Issuer the following Funds and Accounts:
(a) Project
Fund for Taxable Water and Sewage System
Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build
(b) Debt
Service Account for Taxable Water and Sewage
System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build
(c) Debt
Service Reserve Account for Taxable Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue
Bonds, Series 2009-A Build
(d) Costs of
Issuance Account for Taxable Water and Sewage
System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build America Bonds (Direct
Pay) (the “Costs of Issuance Account”);
(e) Rebate
Fund for Taxable Water and Sewage System
Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A Build
The Funds and Accounts established herein shall be
administered in accordance with the provisions of this Bond Resolution so long
as the Series 2009-A Bonds are Outstanding.
The following separate Funds and Accounts created and
established in the treasury of the Issuer are hereby ratified and confirmed and
shall be administered in accordance with the provisions of the Parity
Resolutions so long as any Parity Bonds are Outstanding in accordance with this
Bond Resolution:
(a) Water and Sewage System Revenue Fund;
(b) Water and Sewage System Depreciation and
Emergency Account;
(c) Water and Sewage System Surplus Account; and
(d) Water and Sewage System Operation and
Maintenance Account.
The separate Funds and Accounts created and established
in the treasury of the Issuer pursuant to each of the Parity Resolutions are
hereby ratified and confirmed and shall be administered in accordance with the
provisions of each of the Parity Resolutions so long as any of the Parity Bonds
authorized by such Parity Resolution are outstanding.
The net proceeds received
from the sale of the Series 2009-A Bonds shall be deposited simultaneously with
the delivery of the Series 2009-A Bonds as follows:
(a) All
accrued interest [and premium] received
from the sale of the Series 2009-A Bonds shall be deposited in the Series
2009-A Debt Service Account.
(b) The sum
of $________ shall be deposited in the Costs of Issuance Account.
(c) An amount
equal to the Debt Service Reserve Requirement for the Series 2009-A Bonds shall
be deposited in the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account.
(d) The
remaining balance of the proceeds derived from the sale of the Series 2009-A Bonds
shall be deposited in the Series 2009-A Project Fund.
Moneys in the Series
2009-A Project Fund shall be used for the sole purpose of: (a) paying the costs of the Project, in
accordance with the plans and specifications therefor prepared by the
Consulting Engineer, heretofore approved by the governing body of the Issuer
and on file in the office of the Clerk, including any alterations in or amendments
to said plans and specifications deemed advisable by the Consulting Engineer
and approved by the governing body of the Issuer; (b) making transfers to the Series
2009-A Debt Service Account to pay interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds during
construction of the Projects; and (c) transferring any amounts to the Rebate
Fund required by Section 505 hereof.
Withdrawals from the Series 2009-A Project Fund shall be
made only when authorized by the governing body of the Issuer. Each authorization for costs of the Projects
shall be supported by a certificate executed by the Issuer’s Director of
Utilities (or designate) that such payment is being made for a purpose within
the scope of this Bond Resolution and that the amount of such payment
represents only the contract price of the property, equipment, labor, materials
or service being paid for or, if such payment is not being made pursuant to an
express contract, and that such payment is not in excess of the reasonable
value thereof. Authorizations for withdrawals
for other purposes shall be supported by a certificate executed by the Issuer’s
Director of Utilities (or designate) stating that such payment is being made
for a purpose within the purpose of this Bond Resolution.
Upon completion of the Projects, any surplus remaining in
the Series 2009-A Project Fund shall be deposited in the Series 2009-A Debt
Service Account.
(a) There shall be deposited in the Rebate Fund such amounts as are required to be deposited therein pursuant to the Federal Tax Certificate. All money at any time deposited in the Rebate Fund shall be held in trust, to the extent required to satisfy the Rebate Amount (as defined in the Federal Tax Certificate), for payment to the United States of America, and neither the Issuer nor the Owner of any Series 2009-A Bonds shall have any rights in or claim to such money. All amounts deposited into or on deposit in the Rebate Fund shall be governed by this Section and the Federal Tax Certificate.
(b) The
Issuer shall periodically determine the amount of arbitrage rebate, if any,
under Code § 148(f) in accordance with the Federal Tax
Certificate, and the Issuer shall make payments to the United States of America
at the times and in the amounts determined under the Federal Tax
Certificate. Any moneys remaining in the
Rebate Fund after redemption and payment of all of the Series 2009-A Bonds and
payment and satisfaction of any Rebate Amount, or provision made therefor,
shall be deposited into the Revenue Fund.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Bond Resolution, including in particular Article
XI hereof, the obligation to pay rebatable arbitrage to the United
States of America and to comply with all other requirements of this Section and the Federal Tax Certificate shall
survive the defeasance or payment in full of the Series 2009-A Bonds.
If any Series 2009-A Bond
is not presented for payment when the principal thereof becomes due at
Maturity, if funds sufficient to pay such Series 2009-A Bond have been made
available to the Paying Agent all liability of the Issuer to the Owner thereof
for the payment of such Series 2009-A Bond shall forthwith cease, determine and
be completely discharged, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Paying
Agent to hold such funds, without liability for interest thereon, for the
benefit of the Owner of such Series 2009-A Bond, who shall thereafter be
restricted exclusively to such funds for any claim of whatever nature on his
part under this Bond Resolution or on, or with respect to, said Series 2009-A
Bond. If any Series 2009-A Bond is not
presented for payment within four years following the date when such Series
2009-A Bond becomes due at Maturity, the Paying Agent shall repay, without
liability for interest thereon, to the Issuer the funds theretofore held by it
for payment of such Series 2009-A Bond, and such Series 2009-A Bond shall,
subject to the defense of any applicable statute of limitation, thereafter be
an unsecured obligation of the Issuer, and the Owner thereof shall be entitled
to look only to the Issuer for payment, and then only to the extent of the
amount so repaid to it by the Paying Agent, and the Issuer shall not be liable
for any interest thereon and shall not be regarded as a trustee of such money.
Moneys
in the Costs of Issuance Account shall be used by the Issuer to pay the Costs
of Issuance. Any funds remaining in the
Costs of Issuance Account, after payment of all Costs of Issuance, but not
later than 30 days prior to the
first Interest Payment Date for the Series
2009-A Bonds, shall be transferred to the Series 2009-A Project Fund.
If the Issuer is
prevented, hindered or delayed from proceeding with the acquisition or
construction of the Project, the Issuer may elect to substitute or add other
projects pursuant to this Section (the “Substitute Project”) provided the
following conditions are met: (1) the Substitute Project and the issuance of
water and sewer system revenue bonds to pay the cost of the Substitute Project
has been duly authorized by the governing body of the Issuer in accordance with
the laws of the State, (2) a resolution authorizing the use of the proceeds of
the Series 2009-A Bonds to pay the Authorized Costs of the Substitute Project
has been duly adopted by the governing body of the Issuer, (3) the Attorney
General of the State has approved the amendment to the transcript of
proceedings for the Series 2009-A Bonds to include the Substitute Project and
(4) the Issuer has received an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that the
use of the proceeds of the Series 2009-A Bonds to pay the cost of the
Substitute Project will not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Series
2009-A Bonds under State or federal law and the Substitute Project has been
duly authorized pursuant to this Section and the laws of the State.
The Issuer covenants and
agrees that from and after the delivery of the Series 2009-A Bonds, and
continuing as long as any of the Series 2009-A Bonds remain Outstanding
hereunder, all of the Revenues derived and collected from the operation of the
System shall as and when received be paid and deposited into the Revenue
Fund. Said Revenues shall be segregated
and kept separate and apart from all other moneys, revenues, Funds and Accounts
of the Issuer and shall not be commingled with any other moneys, revenues,
Funds and Accounts of the Issuer. The
Revenue Fund shall be administered and applied solely for the purposes and in
the manner provided in this Bond Resolution, except as may be modified by the
provisions of the Parity Resolution.
The Issuer covenants and
agrees that from and after the delivery of the Series 2009-A Bonds and
continuing so long as any of the Series 2009-A Bonds shall remain Outstanding,
it will on the first day of each month administer and allocate all of the moneys
then held in the Revenue Fund as follows:
(a) Operation
and Maintenance Account. There
shall first be paid and credited to the Operation and Maintenance Account an
amount sufficient to pay the estimated cost of operating and maintaining the
System during the ensuing 60-day period.
All amounts paid and credited to the Operation and Maintenance Account
shall be expended and used by the Issuer solely for the purpose of paying the
Expenses of the System.
Parity Resolutions. The transfers described in subparagraphs (b)
through (h) of this Section shall be made on a parity of lien basis with the
transfers and requirements of the Parity Resolutions and any Parity Obligation
Documents.
(b) Series 2009-A Debt Service Account. There shall next be paid and credited monthly
to the Series 2009-A Debt Service Account, to the extent necessary to meet on
each Bond Payment Date the payment of all interest on and principal of the Series
2009-A Bonds, the following sums:
(1) Beginning
with the first of said monthly deposits and continuing on the first day of each
month thereafter to and including April 1, 2010, an equal pro rata portion of
the amount of interest becoming due on the Series 2009-A Bonds on May 1, 2010; and thereafter, beginning on May 1, 2010, and continuing on the first day of
each month thereafter so long as any of the Series 2009-A Bonds remain
Outstanding an amount not less than an equal pro rata portion of the amount of
interest that will become due on the Series 2009-A Bonds on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date; and
(2) Beginning
on November 1, 20__ and continuing on the first day of each month thereafter,
so long as any of the Series 2009-A Bonds remain Outstanding, an amount not
less than an equal pro rata portion of the amount of principal that will become
due on the Series 2009-A Bonds on the next succeeding Maturity date.
The amounts required to be paid and credited to the Series
2009-A Debt Service Account pursuant to this Section shall be made at the same time and on a parity with the amounts at
the time required to be paid and credited to the debt service accounts
established for the payment of the Debt Service Requirements on Parity Bonds
and Parity Obligations under the provisions of the Parity Resolution(s).
Any amounts deposited in the Series 2009-A Debt Service
Account in accordance with Section 502(a) hereof shall be
credited against the Issuer’s payment obligations as set forth in subsection
(b)(1) of this Section.
All amounts paid and credited to the Series 2009-A Debt
Service Account shall be expended and used by the Issuer for the sole purpose
of paying the Debt Service Requirements of the Series 2009-A Bonds as and when
the same become due at Maturity and on each Interest Payment Date.
If at any time the moneys in the Revenue Fund are
insufficient to make in full the payments and credits at the time required to
be made to the Series 2009-A Debt Service Account and to the debt service
accounts established to pay the principal of and interest on any Parity Bonds
or Parity Obligations, the available moneys in the Revenue Fund shall be
allocated first in accordance with the provisions of the Series 2005 Resolution
and then shall be divided among such debt service accounts in proportion to the
respective principal amounts of all other series of Parity Bonds and Parity
Obligations at the time Outstanding which are payable from the moneys in said
debt service accounts.
(c) Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account. Except as hereinafter provided in this
Section, all amounts paid and credited to the Series 2009-A Debt Service
Reserve Account shall be expended and used by the Issuer solely to prevent any
default in the payment of interest on or principal of the Series 2009-A Bonds
on any Maturity date or Interest Payment Date if the moneys in the Series
2009-A Debt Service Account are insufficient to pay the Debt Service
Requirements of the Series 2009-A Bonds as they become due. So long as the Series 2009-A Debt Service
Reserve Account aggregates the Debt Service Reserve Requirement for the Series
2009-A Bonds, no further payments into said Account shall be required, but if
the Issuer is ever required to expend and use a part of the moneys in said
Account for the purpose herein authorized and such expenditure reduces the
amount of the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account below the Debt Service
Reserve Requirement for the Series 2009-A Bonds, or if the valuation of the Series
2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account as provided in Section 701(b)
establishes that the value of the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account is
below the Debt Service Reserve Requirement for the Series 2009-A Bonds, the
Issuer shall transfer all available Revenues after providing for the transfers
set forth above into the debt service account(s)
until the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account shall again aggregate the
Debt Service Reserve Requirement for the Series 2009-A Bonds.
If at any time the moneys in the Revenue Fund are
insufficient to make in full the payments and credits at the time required to
be made to the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account and to fund any
deficiencies to the debt service reserve accounts established with respect to
any Parity Bonds, the available moneys in the Revenue Fund shall be divided
among such debt service reserve accounts in proportion to the respective Debt
Service Reserve Requirement deficiencies for all other series of Parity Bonds
at the time Outstanding.
Moneys in the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account
may be used to call the Series 2009-A Bonds for redemption and payment prior to
their Stated Maturity or may be used to pay and retire the Series 2009-A Bonds
and interest thereon; provided that after such redemption or payment there
shall remain in the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account an amount equal
to the Debt Service Reserve Requirement for the remaining Outstanding Series
2009-A Bonds. Any amounts in the Series
2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account in excess of the Debt Service Reserve
Requirement for the Series 2009-A Bonds on any valuation date shall be
transferred (i) during the period of construction of the Project, to the Series
2009-A Project Fund, and (ii) after such construction period, to the Series
2009-A Debt Service Account.
(d) Debt Service Accounts and Debt Service
Reserve Accounts-Junior Lien Obligations.
There shall next be paid and credited monthly to the debt service
account(s) for any Junior Lien Obligations, to the extent necessary to meet on
each payment date for such Junior Lien Obligations an amount equal to the
payment of all interest on and principal of any Junior Lien Obligations and
then to any debt service reserve account(s) for any Junior Lien Obligations,
any amount required to be paid into such debt service reserve account(s). The amounts required to be paid and credited
to the debt service account(s) and debt service reserve account(s) for any
Junior Lien Obligations shall be made at the same time and on a parity with the
amounts at the time required to be paid and credited to other such accounts
established with respect to any Junior Lien Obligations.
(e) Debt Service Accounts and Debt Service
Reserve Accounts-Subordinate Lien Bonds.
There shall next be paid and credited monthly to the debt service
account(s) for any Subordinate Lien Bonds, to the extent necessary to meet on
each payment date for such Subordinate Lien Bonds an amount equal to the
payment of all interest on and principal of any Subordinate Lien Bonds and then
to any debt service reserve account(s) for any Subordinate Lien Bonds, any
amount required to be paid into such debt service reserve account(s). The amounts required to be paid and credited
to the debt service account(s) and debt service reserve account(s) for any
Subordinate Lien Bonds shall be made at the same time and on a parity with the
amounts at the time required to be paid and credited to other such accounts
established with respect to any Subordinate Lien Bonds.
(f) Depreciation
and Emergency Account. Except as
hereinafter provided, moneys in the Depreciation and Emergency Account shall be
expended and used by the Issuer, if no other funds are available therefor,
solely for the purpose of making emergency replacements and repairs in and to
the System as may be necessary to keep the System in good repair and working
order and to assure the continued effective and efficient operation
thereof. If the Issuer is ever required
to expend a part of the moneys in the Depreciation and Emergency Account for
its authorized purposes and such expenditure reduces the amount of the
Depreciation and Emergency Account below the Depreciation and Emergency
Requirement, then the Issuer shall make monthly payments into said account in
an amount not less than one thirty-sixth (1/36) of the amount of such
deficiency into the Depreciation and Emergency Account until the Depreciation
and Emergency Account again aggregates the Depreciation and Emergency
Requirement.
(g) Surplus
Account. After all payments and
credits required at the time to be made under the provisions of the preceding
subsections have been made, all moneys remaining in the Revenue Fund shall be
paid and credited to the Surplus Account.
Moneys in the Surplus Account may be expended and used for the following
purposes as determined by the governing body of the Issuer:
(1) Paying
the cost of the operation, maintenance and repair of the System to the extent
that may be necessary after the application of the moneys held in the Operation
and Maintenance Account under the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section;
(2) Paying
the cost of extending, enlarging or improving the System;
(3) Preventing
default in, anticipating payments into or increasing the amounts in the Series
2009-A Debt Service Account, any debt service account for Parity Bonds or
Parity Obligations, the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account, any debt
service reserve account for Parity Bonds or Parity Obligations, or the
Depreciation and Emergency Account referred to in this Section, or any one of
them, or establishing or increasing the amount of any debt service account or
debt service reserve account created by the Issuer for the payment of any
Parity Bonds or Parity Obligations;
(4) Calling,
redeeming and paying prior to Stated Maturity, or, at the option of the Issuer,
purchasing in the open market at the best price obtainable not exceeding the
redemption price (if any bonds are callable), any System Indebtedness,
including principal, interest and redemption premium, if any; or
(5) Any
other lawful purpose in connection with the operation of the System and
benefiting the System.
(6) To
make transfers to the Revenue Fund.
(7) To
make lawful transfers to any fund of the Issuer.
(h) Deficiency
of Payments into Funds and Accounts.
If at any time the Revenues derived from the operation of the System are
insufficient to make any payment on the date or dates hereinbefore specified,
the Issuer will make good the amount of such deficiency by making additional
payments or credits out of the first available Revenues thereafter received from
the operation of the System, such payments and credits being made and applied
in the order hereinbefore specified in this Section.
The Treasurer of the
Issuer is hereby authorized and directed to withdraw from the Series 2009-A
Debt Service Account, and, to the extent necessary to prevent a default in the
payment of either principal of or interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds, from the
Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account, the Depreciation and Emergency
Account and the Surplus Account as provided in Section 602
hereof, sums sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Series
2009-A Bonds as and when the same become due on any Bond Payment Date, and to
forward such sums to the Paying Agent in a manner which ensures the Paying
Agent will have available funds in such amounts on or before the Business Day
immediately preceding each Bond Payment Date.
All moneys deposited with the Paying Agent shall be deemed to be deposited
in accordance with and subject to all of the provisions contained in this Bond
Resolution.
In any case where a
Bond Payment Date is not a Business Day, then payment of principal, Redemption
Price or interest need not be made on such Bond Payment Date but may be made on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on
such Bond Payment Date, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such
Bond Payment Date.
(a) Moneys in each of the Funds and Accounts shall be deposited in a bank, savings and loan association or savings bank: (a) organized under the laws of the State or the United States with main offices located in the county or counties in which the Issuer is located; or (b) under certain conditions of State law, organized under the laws of the United States or any other State thereof, with main offices located outside of the State, but with a branch located in the county or counties in which the Issuer is located. All such depositaries shall be members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. All such deposits shall be invested in Permitted Investments as set forth in this Article or shall be adequately secured as provided by the laws of the State. All moneys held in the Funds and Accounts shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds of the Issuer so that there shall be no commingling with any other funds of the Issuer.
(b) Moneys
held in any Fund or Account may be invested in accordance with this Bond
Resolution and the Federal Tax Certificate, in Permitted Investments; provided,
however, that no such investment shall be made for a period extending longer
than to the date when the moneys invested may be needed for the purpose for
which such fund was created. All
earnings on any investments held in any Funds or Accounts shall accrue to and
become a part of such Fund or Account; provided that, at the option of the
Issuer, during the period of construction of the extensions and improvements to
the System, all earnings on the investment of such funds may be credited to the
Series 2009-A Project Fund. All earnings
on investments held in the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account shall
accrue to and become part of the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account
until the amount on deposit in the Series 2009-A Debt Service Reserve Account
shall aggregate the Debt Service Reserve Requirement for the Series 2009-A
Bonds; thereafter, except as provided in this section during the period of
construction of the Projects, all such earnings shall be credited to the Series
2009-A Debt Service Account. All
earnings on investments held in the Depreciation and Emergency Account shall
accrue to and become a part of the Depreciation and Emergency Account until the
amount on deposit in the Depreciation and Emergency Account shall aggregate the
Depreciation and Emergency Requirement; thereafter, except as provided in this
section during the period of construction of the Projects, all such earnings
shall be credited to the Revenue Fund.
In determining the amount held in any Fund or Account
under the provisions of the Bond Resolution, Permitted Investments shall be
valued at their market value. Such
valuation shall be made as of the final
Stated Maturity of principal of any
Fiscal Year that the Series 2009-A Bonds remain Outstanding.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Bond Resolution, so long as any of the Parity
Bonds remain Outstanding, any investments made pursuant to this Section shall
be subject to any restrictions in the Parity Resolution with respect to the
Funds and Accounts created by and referred to in such Parity Resolution.
The Issuer covenants and agrees with each of the Owners of any of the Series 2009-A Bonds that so long as any of the Series 2009-A Bonds remain Outstanding and unpaid it will comply with each of the following covenants:
The Issuer will
continuously own and will operate the System as a revenue producing facility in
an efficient and economical manner and will keep and maintain the same in good
repair and working order.
The Issuer, in accordance
with and subject to applicable legal requirements, will fix, establish,
maintain and collect such rates and charges for the use and services furnished
by or through the System as will produce Revenues sufficient to (a) pay the
Expenses of the System; (b) pay the Debt Service Requirements on the Parity
Bonds and Parity Obligations as and when the same become due at the Maturity
thereof or on any Interest Payment Date; (c) enable the Issuer to have in each
Fiscal Year, a Debt Service Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.20 on all
Parity Bonds and Parity Obligations at the time Outstanding; 1.05 on any
Junior Lien Obligations at the time Outstanding, and 1.00 on all
Subordinate Lien Bonds at the time Outstanding; and (d) provide reasonable and
adequate reserves for the payment of the Parity Bonds and Parity Obligations and
the interest thereon and for the protection and benefit of the System as
provided in any Parity Resolution or Parity Obligation Documents. The Issuer will require the prompt payment of
accounts for service rendered by or through the System and will promptly take
whatever action is legally permissible to enforce and collect delinquent
charges. The Issuer will, from time to
time as often as necessary, in accordance with and subject to applicable legal
requirements, revise the rates and charges aforesaid in such manner as may be
necessary or proper so that the Net Revenues will be sufficient to cover the
obligations under this Section and otherwise under the provisions of any Parity
Resolution or Parity Obligation Documents.
If in any Fiscal Year, Net Revenues are an amount less than as
hereinbefore provided, the Issuer will immediately employ a Consultant to make
recommendations with respect to such rates and charges. A copy of the Consultant’s report and
recommendations shall be filed with the Clerk and shall be furnished to any
Owner of the Series 2009-A Bonds requesting a copy of the same, at the cost of
such Owner. The Issuer shall, to the
extent feasible, follow the recommendations of the Consultant.
None of the facilities or
services provided by the System will be furnished to any user (excepting the
Issuer itself) without a reasonable charge being made therefor. If the Revenues derived from the System are
at any time insufficient to pay the reasonable Expenses of the System and also
to pay the Debt Service Requirements of the System Indebtedness as and when the
same become due, then the Issuer will thereafter pay into the Revenue Fund a
fair and reasonable payment in accordance with effective applicable rates and
charges for all services furnished to the Issuer or any of its departments by
the System, and such payments will continue so long as the same may be
necessary in order to prevent or reduce the amount of any default in the
payment of the Debt Service Requirements of the System Indebtedness.
The Issuer will not
mortgage, pledge or otherwise encumber the System or any part thereof, nor will
it sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the System or any material part thereof;
provided, however, the Issuer may:
(a) sell at
fair market value any portion of the System which has been replaced by other
similar property of at least equal value, or which ceases to be necessary for
the efficient operation of the System, and in the event of sale, the Issuer
will apply the proceeds to either (1) redemption of Outstanding System
Indebtedness in accordance with the provisions governing repayment of System
Indebtedness in advance of Stated Maturity, or (2) replacement of the property
so disposed of by other property the revenues of which shall be incorporated
into the System as hereinbefore provided;
(b) cease to
operate, abandon or otherwise dispose of any property which has become
obsolete, nonproductive or otherwise unusable to the advantage of the Issuer;
(c) lease,
(1) as lessor, any real or personal property which is unused or unimproved, or
which ahs become obsolete, nonproductive or otherwise unusable to the advantage
of the Issuer, or which is being acquired as a part of a lease/purchase
financing for the acquisition and/or improvement of such property; and/or (2)
as lessee, with an option of the Issuer or purchase, any real or personal
property for the extension and improvement of the System. Property being leased as lessor and/or lessee
pursuant to this subparagraph (c) shall not be treated as part of the System
for purposes of this Section 804 and may be mortgaged,
pledged or otherwise encumbered;
(d) sell,
lease or convey all or substantially all of the System to another entity or
enter into a management contract with another entity if:
(1) The
transferee entity is a political subdivision organized and existing under the
laws of the State, or instrumentality thereof, or an organization described in Code § 501(c)(3),
and expressly assumes in writing the due and punctual payment of the principal
of and premium, if any, and interest on all outstanding System Indebtedness
according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance
of all of the covenants and conditions of this Bond Resolution;
(2) If
there remains unpaid any System Indebtedness which either (A) bears interest
that is not includable from federal gross income under the Code, or (B)
constitutes qualified Build America Bonds, the Issuer receives an opinion of
Bond Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Issuer, to the effect
that under then existing law the consummation of such sale, lease or
conveyance, whether or not contemplated on any date of the delivery of such
System Indebtedness, would not cause either (A) the interest payable on such
System Indebtedness to become includable in federal gross income under the Code
or (B) the loss of BAB Interest Subsidy Payments, as applicable;
(3) The
Issuer receives a certificate of the Consultant which demonstrates and
certifies that immediately upon such sale or conveyance the transferee entity
will not, as a result thereof, be in default in the performance or observance
of any covenant or agreement to be performed or observed by it under any Parity
Resolution or Parity Obligation Documents;
(4) Such
transferee entity possesses such licenses to operate the System as may be
required if it is to operate the System; and
(5) The
Issuer receives an opinion of Bond Counsel, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Issuer, as conclusive evidence that any such sale, lease or conveyance,
and any such assumption, is permitted by law and complies with the provisions
of this Section.
The Issuer will carry and
maintain insurance with respect to the System and its operations against such
casualties, contingencies and risks (including but not limited to property and
casualty, fire and extended coverage insurance upon all of the properties
forming a part of the System insofar as the same are of an insurable nature,
public liability and worker’s compensation insurance), such insurance to be of
the character and coverage and in such amounts as would normally be carried by
other enterprises engaged in similar activities of comparable size and
similarly situated; provided the amount of such liability insurance shall be in
amounts not less than the then maximum liability of a governmental entity for
claims arising out of a single occurrence, as provided by the State’s tort claims
act or other similar future law (currently $500,000 per occurrence). In the event of loss or damage, the Issuer,
with reasonable dispatch, will use the proceeds of such insurance in
reconstructing and replacing the property damaged or destroyed, or in paying
the claims on account of which such proceeds were received, or if such
reconstruction or replacement is unnecessary or impracticable, then the Issuer
will pay and deposit the proceeds of such insurance into the Revenue Fund. The Issuer will annually review the insurance
it maintains with respect to the System to determine that it is customary and
adequate to protect its property and operations. The Issuer may elect to be self-insured for
all or any part of the foregoing requirements.
The cost of all insurance obtained pursuant to the requirements of this
Section shall be paid as an Expense
out of the Revenues of the System.
The Issuer will install
and maintain proper books, records and accounts (entirely separate from all
other records and accounts of the Issuer) in which complete and correct entries
will be made of all dealings and transactions of or in relation to the
System. Such accounts shall show the
amount of Revenues received from the System, the application of such Revenues,
and all financial transactions in connection therewith. Said books shall be kept by the Issuer
according to generally accepted accounting principles as applicable to the
operation of municipal utilities.
Prior to the commencement
of each Fiscal Year, the Issuer will cause to be prepared and filed with the
Clerk a budget setting forth the estimated receipts and expenditures of the
System for the next succeeding Fiscal Year.
Annually, promptly after
the end of the Fiscal Year, the Issuer will cause an audit to be made of the
financial statements System for the preceding Fiscal Year by an Independent
Accountant to be employed for that purpose and paid from the Revenues of the
System. Said annual audit shall cover in
reasonable detail the operation of the System during such Fiscal Year. The report of said annual audit shall
include:
(a) A
classified statement of the Revenues received, the Expenses for operation and
maintenance, the Net Revenues and the amount of any capital expenditures made
in connection with the System during the previous Fiscal Year;
(b) A
complete balance sheet as of the end of each Fiscal Year with the amount on
hand at the end of such Fiscal Year in each of the Funds and Accounts created
by and referred to in this Bond Resolution;
(c) A
statement of all System Indebtedness matured or redeemed and interest paid on System
Indebtedness during said Fiscal Year; and
(d) A
statement showing the amount and character of the insurance carried on the
property constituting the System and showing the names of the insurers, the
expiration dates of the policies and the premiums thereon.
Within 30 days after the completion of each such annual
audit, a copy of the report of thereof shall be filed in the office of the
Clerk. Such audit reports shall at all
times during the usual business hours be open to the examination and inspection
by any user of the services of the System, any Owner of any of the Series
2009-A Bonds, or by anyone acting for or on behalf of such user or Owner.
As soon as possible after the completion of the annual
audit, the governing body of the Issuer shall review the report of such audit,
and if the audit report discloses that proper provision has not been made for
all of the requirements of this Bond Resolution and the Act, the Issuer will
promptly cure such deficiency and will promptly proceed to modify the rates and
charges to be charged for the use and services furnished by the System or take
such other action as may be necessary to adequately provide for such
requirements.
The Purchaser of the Series
2009-A Bonds and any Owner or Owners of 10% of the principal amount of the Series
2009-A Bonds then Outstanding shall have the right at all reasonable times to
inspect the System and all records, accounts and data relating thereto, and
shall be furnished all such information concerning the System and the operation
thereof which the Purchaser or such Owner or Owners may reasonably request.
The Issuer shall use its
best efforts to employ at all times administrative personnel experienced and
well qualified to operate the System.
The Issuer further agrees that such administrative personnel shall be
employed in sufficient numbers to ensure that the System will be operated in a
prudent and efficient manner.
The Issuer will
faithfully and punctually perform all duties, covenants and obligations with
respect to the operation of the System now or hereafter imposed upon the Issuer
by the Constitution and laws of the State and by the provisions of this Bond
Resolution.
The Issuer shall annually
cause a qualified employee of the Issuer to make an examination of and report
on the condition and operations of the System.
At least every five years, the Issuer shall cause such examination and
report to be made by the Consulting Engineer.
Each such report shall make recommendations as to any changes in operations
of the System deemed desirable and shall also make reference to any unusual or
extraordinary items of maintenance and repair and any extensions, enlargements
or improvements that may be needed in the period prior to the preparation of
the next report required by this Section.
A copy of each such report shall be filed in the office of the Clerk,
shall be sent, upon written request, to any Owner (at the expense of such
Owner).
The Issuer hereby
represents and covenants that the Series 2009-A Bonds directed to be issued by
this Bond Resolution are so issued in full compliance with the restrictions and
conditions upon which the Issuer may issue Additional Bonds payable out of the
Revenues derived from the operation of the System and which stand on a parity
with the Parity Bonds heretofore issued and Outstanding, as set forth and
contained in all applicable Parity Resolutions, and that the Series 2009-A
Bonds herein directed to be issued are so issued in all respects on a parity
and equality with the Parity Bonds heretofore issued and Outstanding.
The Issuer covenants and
agrees that so long as any of the Parity Bonds or Parity Obligations remain
Outstanding, the Issuer will not issue any System Indebtedness payable out of
the Revenues of the System or any part thereof which are superior to the Parity
Bonds and Parity Obligations with respect to the lien on the Revenues.
The Issuer covenants and
agrees that it will not issue any System Indebtedness which stands on a parity
or equality of lien against the Net Revenues with the Parity Bonds or Parity
Obligations unless the following conditions are met:
(a) The
Issuer shall not be in default in the payment of principal of or interest on
any Parity Bonds or Parity Obligations at the time Outstanding or in making any
payment at the time required to be made into the respective Funds and Accounts
created by and referred to in this Bond Resolution or any Parity Resolution
(unless such System Indebtedness is being issued to provide funds to cure such
default) nor shall any other Event of Default have occurred and be continuing;
(b) The
Issuer shall deliver the following:
(1) Long-Term Indebtedness. A certificate signed by the Issuer evidencing
either
of the following:
(i) The
Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the Fiscal Year immediately preceding the
issuance of such System Indebtedness, as reflected by information provided by
the Independent Accountant, shall be not less than 1.20, including the
System Indebtedness proposed to be issued.
In the event that the Issuer has instituted any increase in rates for
the use and services of the System and such increase shall not have been in effect
during the full Fiscal Year immediately preceding the issuance of such proposed
System Indebtedness, the additional Net Revenues which would have resulted from
the operation of the System during said preceding Fiscal Year had such rate
increase been in effect for the entire period may be added to the stated Net
Revenues for the calculation of the Debt Service Coverage Ratio, provided that
such estimated additional Net Revenues shall be determined by a Consultant.
(ii) The
estimated Debt Service Coverage Ratio (as determined by a Consultant), for the
Fiscal Year immediately following the Fiscal Year in which the project, the
cost of which is being financed by such System Indebtedness, is to be in
commercial operation, shall be not less than 1.20, including the System
Indebtedness proposed to be issued. In
the event that the Issuer anticipates additional Revenues as a result of
expansion or modification of the System by such System Indebtedness, the Issuer
may adjust the estimated Net Revenues in determining the Debt Service Coverage
Ratio, by adding thereto any estimated increase in Net Revenues resulting from
any increase in Revenues for the use and services of the System, which, in the
opinion of the Consultant, are reasonable based on projected operations of the
System for such Fiscal Year.
(2) Short-Term Indebtedness. A certificate signed by the Issuer evidencing
any one
of the following:
(i) The
principal amount of all Outstanding Short-Term Indebtedness does not exceed 15%
of the Revenues for the most recently ended Fiscal Year for which financial
information is available from the Independent Accountant;
(ii) The
Short-Term Indebtedness could be incurred under subsection (b)(1) hereof
assuming it was Long-Term Indebtedness.
(iii) There is delivered to the Issuer a certificate of a Consultant
to the effect that it is such Consultant’s opinion that it is reasonable to
assume that the Issuer will be able to refinance such Short-Term Indebtedness
prior to its Stated Maturity in compliance with the provisions of this Section
and the conditions described in subsection
(b)(1) are met with respect to such Short-Term Indebtedness when
it is assumed that such Short-Term Indebtedness is Long-Term Indebtedness
maturing over 20 years (or such shorter period as such Consultant indicates is
reasonable to assume in such statement) from the date of issuance of the
Short-Term Indebtedness and bears interest on the unpaid principal balance at
the Index Rate and is payable on a level annual debt service basis over a
20-year period (or such shorter period as such Consultant indicates is
reasonable to assume in such statement).
(3) Interim
Indebtedness. A certificate
signed by the Issuer evidencing either of the following:
(i) The
Interim Indebtedness could be incurred under subsection (b)(1) hereof
assuming it was Long-Term Indebtedness.
(ii) There
is delivered to the Issuer a certificate of a Consultant to the effect that it
is such Consultant’s opinion that it is reasonable to assume that the Issuer
will be able to refinance such Interim Indebtedness prior to its Stated
Maturity in compliance with the provisions of this Section and the
conditions described in subsection
(b)(1) are met with respect to such Interim Indebtedness when it
is assumed that such Interim Indebtedness is Long-Term Indebtedness maturing
over 20 years (or such shorter period as such Consultant indicates is
reasonable to assume in such statement) from the date of issuance of the
Interim Indebtedness and bears interest on the unpaid principal balance at the
Index Rate and is payable on a level annual debt service basis over a 20-year
period (or such shorter period as such Consultant indicates is reasonable to
assume in such statement).
(c) When the
issuance of System Indebtedness of equal stature and priority is permitted by
the Statutes of the State.
(d) The
ordinance and/or resolution authorizing such System Indebtedness shall contain
or provide for substantially the same terms, conditions, covenants and
procedures as established in this Bond Resolution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing restrictions, additional
System Indebtedness may be issued under this Section if it is necessary: (1) in the opinion of the Consulting Engineer
to do so to repair the System if damaged or destroyed by disaster to such
extent necessary to keep it in good operating condition; or (2) in the opinion
of the Issuer’s legal counsel to remedy any deficiency of the System relating
to environmental pollution matters or to comply with the requirements of any
governmental agency having jurisdiction over the Issuer with respect thereto.
Additional System Indebtedness issued under the
conditions set forth in this Section shall stand on a parity with the Parity
Bonds and Parity Obligations and shall enjoy complete equality or lien on and
claim against the Net Revenues of the System, and the Issuer may make equal
provision for paying the Debt Service Requirements on such System Indebtedness
out of the Revenue Fund and may likewise provide for the creation of reasonable
debt service accounts and debt service reserve accounts for the payment of the
Debt Service Requirements on such System Indebtedness and the interest thereon
out of moneys in the Revenue Fund.
Nothing
in this Article shall prohibit or restrict the right of the Issuer to issue
Junior Lien Obligations for any lawful purpose in connection with the operation
of and benefiting the System and to provide that the Debt Service Requirements
on such Junior Lien Obligations shall be payable out of the Gross Revenues of
the System, provided at the time of the issuance of such Junior Lien
Obligations the Issuer is not in default in the performance of any covenant or
agreement contained in the Bond Resolution (unless such System Indebtedness shall
be issued to cure such default and shall be junior and subordinate to the
Parity Bonds and Parity Obligations) so that if at any time the Issuer shall be
in default in paying either interest on or principal of the Parity Bonds or
Parity Obligations, or of the Issuer is in default in making debt service,
operation and maintenance or debt service reserve deposits or payments required
to be made by it under the Bond Resolution, the Issuer shall make no payments
of either principal of or interest on said Junior Lien Obligations until said
default or defaults be cured.
Nothing in this Article
shall prohibit or restrict the right of the Issuer to issue Subordinate Lien
Bonds for any lawful purpose in
connection with the operation of and benefiting the System and to provide that
the Debt Service Requirements on such Subordinate Lien Bonds shall be payable
out of the Gross Revenues of the System, provided at the time of the issuance
of such Subordinate Lien Bonds the Issuer is not in default in the performance
of any covenant or agreement contained in the Bond Resolution (unless such
System Indebtedness shall be issued to cure such default and shall be junior
and subordinate to the Parity Bonds, Parity Obligations and Junior Lien Obligations)
so that if at any time the Issuer shall be in default in paying either interest
on or principal of the Parity Bonds, Parity Obligations and Junior Lien Bonds,
or of the Issuer is in default in making debt service, operation and
maintenance or debt service reserve deposits or payments required to be made by
it under the Bond Resolution, the Issuer shall make no payments of either
principal of or interest on said Subordinate Lien Bonds until said default or
defaults be cured. Such Subordinate Lien Bonds may also constitute general
obligations of the Issuer.
The Issuer shall have the
right, without complying with the provisions of Section 902
hereof, to issue Refunding Bonds for the purpose of refunding any of the System
Indebtedness under the provisions of any law then available, and the Refunding
Bonds so issued shall enjoy complete equality of pledge as did the System
Indebtedness that was refunded; provided, however, that if only a portion of
any series of System Indebtedness is refunded and if said System Indebtedness
is refunded in such manner that the Refunding Bonds bear a higher average rate
of interest or become due on a date earlier than that of the System
Indebtedness which is refunded, then said System Indebtedness may be refunded
without complying with the provisions of Section 902 hereof only
by and with the written consent of the Owners of a majority in principal amount
of the System Indebtedness that is not refunded; provided that such consent is
not needed from Owners of Subordinate Lien Bonds or Junior Lien Obligations,
nor is such consent needed if the System Indebtedness to be refunded
constitutes Junior Lien Obligations or Subordinate Lien Bonds.
The provisions of this
Bond Resolution, including the covenants and agreements herein contained, shall
constitute a contract between the Issuer and the Owners of the Series 2009-A
Bonds. If an Event of Default occurs and
shall be continuing, the Owner or Owners of not less than 10% in principal
amount of the Series 2009-A Bonds at the time Outstanding shall have the right
for the equal benefit and protection of all Owners of Series 2009-A Bonds
similarly situated:
(a) by
mandamus or other suit, action or proceedings at law or in equity to enforce
the rights of such Owner or Owners against the Issuer and its officers, agents
and employees, and to require and compel duties and obligations required by the
provisions of the Bond Resolution or by the Constitution and laws of the State;
(b) by suit, action or other proceedings in equity or at law to require the Issuer, its officers, agents and employees to account as if they were the trustees of an express trust; and
(c) by suit,
action or other proceedings in equity or at law to enjoin any acts or things
which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the Owners of the Series
2009-A Bonds.
The covenants and
agreements of the Issuer contained herein and in the Series 2009-A Bonds shall
be for the equal benefit, protection, and security of the Owners of any or all
of the Series 2009-A Bonds, all of which Series 2009-A Bonds of any series
shall be of equal rank and without preference or priority of one Series 2009-A
Bond over any other Series 2009-A Bond in the application of the Funds and
Accounts herein pledged to the payment of the principal of and the interest on
the Series 2009-A Bonds, or otherwise, except as to rate of interest, date of
maturity and right of prior redemption as provided in this Bond
Resolution. No one or more Owners
secured hereby shall have any right in any manner whatever by his or their
action to affect, disturb or prejudice the security granted and provided for
herein, or to enforce any right hereunder, except in the manner herein
provided, and all proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and
maintained for the equal benefit of all Owners of such Outstanding Bonds.
No remedy conferred
herein upon the Owners is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, but
each such remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other remedy and
may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy
conferred herein. No waiver of any default
or breach of duty or contract by the Owner of any Series 2009-A Bond shall
extend to or affect any subsequent default or breach of duty or contract or
shall impair any rights or remedies thereon.
No delay or omission of any Owner to exercise any right or power
accruing upon any default shall impair any such right or power or shall be
construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence therein. Every substantive right and every remedy
conferred upon the Owners of the Series 2009-A Bonds by this Bond Resolution
may be enforced and exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed
expedient. If action or proceedings
taken by any Owner on account of any default or to enforce any right or
exercise any remedy has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall
have been determined adversely to such Owner, then, and in every such case, the
Issuer and the Owners of the Bonds shall be restored to their former positions
and rights hereunder, respectively, and all rights, remedies, powers and duties
of the Owners shall continue as if no such suit, action or other proceedings
had been brought or taken.
Section 1004. No Obligation to Levy Taxes. Nothing contained in this Bond
Resolution shall be construed as imposing on the Issuer any duty or obligation
to levy any taxes either to meet any obligation incurred herein or to pay the
principal of or interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds.
When
any or all of the Series 2009-A Bonds, redemption premium, if any, or scheduled
interest payments thereon have been paid and discharged, then the requirements
contained in this Bond Resolution and the pledge of the Revenues hereunder and
all other rights granted hereby shall terminate with respect to the Series
2009-A Bonds or scheduled interest payments thereon so paid and
discharged. The Series 2009-A Bonds,
redemption premium, if any, or scheduled interest payments thereon shall be
deemed to have been paid and discharged within the meaning of this Bond
Resolution if there has been deposited with the Paying Agent, or other
commercial bank or trust company located in the State and having full trust
powers, at or prior to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date of said Series
2009-A Bonds or the interest payments thereon, in trust for and irrevocably
appropriated thereto, moneys and/or Defeasance Obligations which, together with
the interest to be earned on any such Defeasance Obligations, will be
sufficient for the payment of the principal or Redemption Price of said Series
2009-A Bonds and/or interest accrued to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date,
or if default in such payment has occurred on such date, then to the date of
the tender of such payments. If the
amount to be so deposited is based on the Redemption Price of any Series 2009-A
Bonds, no such satisfaction shall occur until:
(a) the Issuer has elected to redeem such Series 2009-A Bonds, and (b)
either notice of such redemption has been given, or the Issuer has given
irrevocable instructions, or shall have provided for an escrow agent to give
irrevocable instructions, to the Bond Registrar to give such notice of
redemption in compliance with Section 303(a) of this Bond
Resolution. Any money and Defeasance
Obligations that at any time shall be deposited with the Paying Agent or other
commercial bank or trust company by or on behalf of the Issuer, for the purpose
of paying and discharging any of the Series 2009-A Bonds, shall be and are
hereby assigned, transferred and set over to the Paying Agent or other bank or
trust company in trust for the respective Owners of the Series 2009-A Bonds,
and such moneys shall be and are hereby irrevocably appropriated to the payment
and discharge thereof. All money and
Defeasance Obligations deposited with the Paying Agent or such bank or trust
company shall be deemed to be deposited in accordance with and subject to all
of the provisions of this Bond Resolution.
(a) The
Issuer covenants and agrees that (1) it will use the proceeds of the Bonds as
soon as practicable and with all reasonable dispatch for the purposes for which
the Bonds are issued, and (2) it will not invest or directly or indirectly use
or permit the use of any proceeds of the Bonds or any other funds of the Issuer
in any manner, or take or omit to take any action, that would cause the Bonds
to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Code § 148(a).
(b) The
Issuer covenants and agrees that it will not use any portion of the proceeds of
the Bonds, including any investment income earned on such proceeds, directly or
indirectly, in a manner (1) that would cause any Bond to be a “private activity
bond” within the meaning of Code § 141(a), or (2) to make or finance a loan to
any Person other than the State or a political subdivision thereof.
(c) The Issuer
hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with all applicable provisions of the Code necessary to
maintain the election made in Section
1203 hereof that the Bonds will qualify as Build America Bonds and it will not use or permit the use of
any proceeds of the Bonds or
any other funds of the Issuer, will not take or permit any other action, or
fail to take any action, if any such action or failure to take action would
adversely effect such
election.
Section
1202. Rebate Covenant. The
Issuer covenants and agrees that it will pay or provide for the payment from
time to time all amounts required to be rebated to the United States pursuant
to Code § 148(f) and the Federal Tax Certificate. This covenant shall survive payment in full
or defeasance of the Bonds. The Federal
Tax Certificate may be amended or replaced if, in the opinion of Bond Counsel,
such amendment or replacement will not adversely affect the qualification of
the Bonds as Build America Bonds.
Section 1203. Election
of Bonds as Build
(a) The Bonds
are “Build America Bonds” as defined in Code § 54AA(d);
(b) The Bonds
will be issued prior to January 1, 2011; and
(c) One-hundred
percent of the sale proceeds of the Bonds, less not more than 2% of sale proceeds
used to pay Costs of Issuance, plus investment proceeds on those proceeds, will
be used for capital expenditures on the Improvements.
The President and/or Treasurer are hereby authorized to take such other action as may be necessary to make effective the election contained in this Section.
The covenants contained
in this Article shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the
defeasance of the Series 2009-A Bonds pursuant to Article XI hereof or any other provision of this Bond
Resolution until the final Maturity date of all Series 2009-A Bonds
Outstanding.
The Issuer hereby
covenants with the Purchaser and the Beneficial Owners to provide and
disseminate such information as is required by the SEC Rule and as further set
forth in the Disclosure Instructions for the Series 2009-A Bonds, which are
incorporated herein by reference. Such
covenant shall be for the benefit of and enforceable by the Purchaser and the
Beneficial Owners.
In the event the Issuer
fails to comply in a timely manner with its covenants contained in the
preceding section, the Purchaser and/or any Beneficial Owner may make demand
for such compliance by written notice to the Issuer. In the event the Issuer does not remedy such
noncompliance within 10 days of receipt of such written notice, the Purchaser
or any Beneficial Owner may in its discretion, without notice or demand,
proceed to enforce compliance by a suit or suits in equity for the specific
performance of such covenant or agreement contained in the preceding section or
for the enforcement of any other appropriate legal or equitable remedy, as the
Purchaser and/or any Beneficial Owner shall deem effectual to protect and
enforce any of the duties of the Issuer under such preceding section.
The rights and
duties of the Issuer and the Owners, and the terms and provisions of the Series
2009-A Bonds or of this Bond Resolution, may be amended or modified at any time
in any respect by resolution of the Issuer with the written consent of the
Owners of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Series 2009-A
Bonds then Outstanding, such consent to be evidenced by an instrument or
instruments executed by such Owners and duly acknowledged or proved in the
manner of a deed to be recorded, and such instrument or instruments shall be
filed with the Clerk, but no such modification or alteration shall:
(a) extend
the Maturity of any payment of principal or interest due upon any Series 2009-A
Bond;
(b) effect a
reduction in the amount which the Issuer is required to pay as principal of or
interest on any Series 2009-A Bond;
(c) permit
preference or priority of any Series 2009-A Bond over any other Series 2009-A
Bond;
(d) reduce the
percentage in principal amount of Series 2009-A Bonds required for the written
consent to any modification or alteration of the provisions of this Bond
Resolution; or
(e) permit
the creation of a lien on the Revenues of the System prior or equal to the lien
of the Parity Bonds or Parity Obligations.
Any provision of the Series 2009-A Bonds or of this Bond
Resolution may, however, be amended or modified by resolution duly adopted by
the governing body of the Issuer at any time in any legal respect with the
written consent of the Owners of all of the Series 2009-A Bonds at the time
Outstanding.
Without notice to or the consent of any Owners, the
Issuer may amend or supplement this Bond Resolution for the purpose of curing
any formal defect, omission, inconsistency or ambiguity herein, to grant to or
confer upon the Owners any additional rights, remedies, powers or authority
that may lawfully be granted to or conferred upon the Owners, to more precisely
identify the Project or provide for Substitute Projects, to conform this Bond
Resolution to the Code or future applicable federal law concerning tax-exempt
obligations and Build America Bonds, or in connection with any other change
therein which is not materially adverse to the interests of the Owners.
Every amendment or modification of the provisions of the Series
2009-A Bonds or of this Bond Resolution, to which the written consent of the
Owners is given, as above provided, shall be expressed in a resolution adopted
by the governing body of the Issuer amending or supplementing the provisions of
this Bond Resolution and shall be deemed to be a part of this Bond
Resolution. A certified copy of every
such amendatory or supplemental resolution, if any, and a certified copy of
this Bond Resolution shall always be kept on file in the office of the Clerk
and shall be made available for inspection by the Owner of any Series 2009-A
Bond or a prospective purchaser or owner of any Series 2009-A Bond authorized
by this Bond Resolution, and upon payment of the reasonable cost of preparing
the same, a certified copy of any such amendatory or supplemental resolution or
of this Bond Resolution will be sent by the Clerk to any such Owner or
prospective Owner.
Any and all modifications made in the manner hereinabove provided
shall not become effective until there has been filed with the Clerk a copy of
the resolution of the Issuer hereinabove provided for, duly certified, as well
as proof of any required consent to such modification by the Owners of the Series
2009-A Bonds then Outstanding. It shall
not be necessary to note on any of the Outstanding Bonds any reference to such
amendment or modification.
The Issuer shall furnish to the Paying Agent a copy of
any amendment to the Series 2009-A Bonds or this Bond Resolution which affects
the duties or obligations of the Paying Agent under this Bond Resolution.
Any notice, consent,
request, direction, approval or other instrument to be signed and executed by
the Owners may be in any number of concurrent writings of similar tenor and may
be signed or executed by such Owners in person or by agent appointed in
writing. Proof of the execution of any
such instrument or of the writing appointing any such agent and of the ownership
of Series 2009-A Bonds, if made in the following manner, shall be sufficient
for any of the purposes of this Bond Resolution, and shall be conclusive in
favor of the Issuer and the Paying Agent with regard to any action taken,
suffered or omitted under any such instrument, namely:
(a) The fact
and date of the execution by any person of any such instrument may be proved by
a certificate of any officer in any jurisdiction who by law has power to take
acknowledgments within such jurisdiction that the person signing such
instrument acknowledged before such officer the execution thereof, or by
affidavit of any witness to such execution.
(b) The fact
of ownership of Series 2009-A Bonds, the amount or amounts, numbers and other
identification of Series 2009-A Bonds, and the date of holding the same shall
be proved by the Bond Register.
In determining whether the Owners of the requisite
principal amount of Series 2009-A Bonds Outstanding have given any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this Bond
Resolution, Series 2009-A Bonds owned by the Issuer shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding under this Bond Resolution, except that, in
determining whether the Owners shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Series
2009-A Bonds which the Owners know to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Series 2009-A
Bonds so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded
as aforesaid if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Owners the
pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Series 2009-A Bonds and that the
pledgee is not the Issuer.
Any notice, request,
complaint, demand or other communication required or desired to be given or
filed under this Bond Resolution shall be in writing, given to the Notice
Representative at the Notice Address and shall be deemed duly given or filed if
the same shall be: (a) duly mailed by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid; or (b) communicated via fax,
with electronic or telephonic confirmation of receipt. Copies of such notices shall also be given to
the Paying Agent. The Issuer, the Paying
Agent and the Purchaser may from time to time designate, by notice given
hereunder to the others of such parties, such other address to which subsequent
notices, certificates or other communications shall be sent.
All notices given by:
(a) certified or registered mail as aforesaid shall be deemed duly given
as of the date they are so mailed; (b) fax as aforesaid shall be deemed duly
given as of the date of confirmation of receipt. If, because of the temporary
or permanent suspension of regular mail service or for any other reason, it is
impossible or impractical to mail any notice in the manner herein provided,
then such other form of notice as shall be made with the approval of the Paying
Agent shall constitute a sufficient notice.
In case any one or more
of the provisions of this Bond Resolution or of the Series 2009-A Bonds issued
hereunder shall for any reason be inconsistent with the provisions of any
Parity Resolution, any Parity Bonds, any Parity Obligations, or the Parity
Obligation Documents: (a) the provisions
of any Parity Resolution or Parity Obligation Documents adopted prior to this
Bond Resolution shall prevail with respect to Parity Bonds or Parity
Obligations issued prior in time, so long as such Parity Bonds or Parity
Obligations are Outstanding; and (b) the provisions of this Bond Resolution
shall prevail with respect to any Parity Resolution or Parity Obligation
Documents adopted subsequent to the Bond Resolution, so long as any Series
2009-A Bonds issued under this Bond Resolution are Outstanding.
The issuance of the Series 2009-A Bonds and the transactions related
thereto and described herein may be conducted and documents may be stored by
electronic means.
The
officers and officials of the Issuer, including the Mayor and Clerk, are hereby authorized and directed to execute all
documents and take such actions as they may deem necessary or advisable in
order to carry out and perform the purposes of this Bond Resolution and to make
ministerial alterations, changes or additions in the foregoing agreements,
statements, instruments and other documents herein approved, authorized and
confirmed which they may approve, and the execution or taking of such action
shall be conclusive evidence of such necessity or advisability.
If
any section or other part of this Bond Resolution, whether large or small, is
for any reason held invalid, the invalidity thereof shall not affect the
validity of the other provisions of this Bond Resolution.
This
Bond Resolution shall be governed exclusively by and construed in accordance
with the applicable laws of the State.
ADOPTED by the governing body of the Issuer on July 14, 2009.
(SEAL)
Mayor
ATTEST:
Clerk
CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Resolution No. ______ (the “Bond
Resolution”) of the City of Lawrence,
Kansas, adopted by the governing body on July
14, 2009 as the same appears of record in my office, and that the Bond
Resolution has not been modified, amended or repealed and is in full force and
effect as of this date.
DATED: August __, 2009.
Clerk
EXHIBIT
A
(FORM OF SERIES 2009-A BONDS)
REGISTERED REGISTERED
NUMBER ___ $_____
Unless this certificate is presented by an
authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
Corporation (“DTC”), to the Issuer or its agent for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment, and any certificate
issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to
Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner
hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
STATE OF
TAXABLE WATER AND
SEWAGE SYSTEM
IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BOND
SERIES 2009-A
BUILD
Interest Maturity Dated CUSIP:
Rate: Date: November 1, 20___ Date: [Issue Date]
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
KNOW
ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City
of Lawrence, in the County of Douglas,
State of Kansas (the “Issuer”), for value received, hereby acknowledges itself
to be indebted and promises to pay to the Registered Owner shown above, or
registered assigns, but solely from the source and in the manner herein
specified, the Principal Amount shown above on the Maturity Date shown above,
unless called for redemption prior to said Maturity Date, and to pay interest
thereon at the Interest Rate per annum shown above (computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months), from the Dated Date shown above, or from
the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
payable semiannually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing May 1, 2010
(the “Interest Payment Dates”), until the Principal Amount has been paid.
Method
and Place of Payment. The principal or redemption price of this Series
2009-A Bond shall be paid at Maturity or upon earlier redemption to the person
in whose name this Series 2009-A Bond is registered at the Maturity or
redemption date thereof, upon presentation and surrender of this Series 2009-A
Bond at the principal office of the Treasurer of the State of Kansas, Topeka,
Kansas, (the “Paying Agent” and “Bond Registrar”). The interest payable on this Series 2009-A
Bond on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the person in whose name
this Series 2009-A Bond is registered on the registration books maintained by
the Bond Registrar at the close of business on the Record Date(s) for such
interest, which shall be the 15th day (whether or not a business day) of the
calendar month next preceding the Interest Payment Date. Such interest shall be payable (a) by check
or draft mailed by the Paying Agent to the address of such Registered Owner
shown on the Bond Register or at such other address as is furnished to the
Paying Agent in writing by such Registered Owner or, (b) in the case of an
interest payment to any Registered Owner of $500,000 or more in aggregate
principal amount of Series 2009-A Bonds, by electronic transfer to such
Registered Owner upon written notice given to the Bond Registrar by such
Registered Owner, not less than 15 days prior to the Record Date for such
interest, containing the electronic transfer instructions including the bank,
ABA routing number and account number to which such Registered Owner wishes to
have such transfer directed. The
principal or redemption price of and interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds shall
be payable in any coin or currency that, on the respective dates of payment
thereof, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Interest not punctually paid will be paid in
the manner established in the within defined Bond Resolution.
Definitions. Capitalized
terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in the hereinafter defined Bond Resolution.
Authorization
of Series 2009-A Bonds. This Series 2009-A Bond is one of an
authorized series of bonds of the Issuer designated “Taxable Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2009-A
Build America Bonds (Direct Pay),” aggregating the principal amount of $10,400,000 (the “Series 2009-A Bonds”) issued
for the purposes set forth in the Ordinance of the Issuer authorizing the
issuance of the Series 2009-A Bonds and the Resolution of the Issuer
prescribing the form and details of the Series 2009-A Bonds (jointly the “Bond
Resolution”). The Series 2009-A Bonds
are issued by the authority of and in full compliance with the provisions,
restrictions and limitations of the Constitution and laws of the State of
Special
Obligations. The Series 2009-A Bonds are special
obligations of the Issuer payable solely from, and secured as to the payment of
principal and interest by a pledge of, the Net Revenues derived from the
operation of the System, and the taxing power of the Issuer is not pledged to
the payment of the Series 2009-A Bonds either as to principal or interest. The Series 2009-A Bonds shall not be or
constitute a general obligation of the Issuer, nor shall they constitute an
indebtedness of the Issuer within the meaning of any constitutional, statutory
or charter provision, limitation or restriction. The Series 2009-A Bonds stand on a parity and
are equally and ratably secured with respect to the payment of principal and
interest from the Net Revenues of the System and in all other respects with to a
series of Water and Sewage System Improvement
Revenue Bonds, Series 2005, of the Issuer, dated August 1, 2005, a
series of Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, of
the Issuer, dated June 15, 2007, and a series of Water and Sewage System
Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2008, of the Issuer, dated October 1, 2008. Under the conditions set forth in the Bond
Resolution, the Issuer has the right to issue additional System Indebtedness
payable from the same source and secured by the Revenues on a parity with said
Revenues; provided, however, that such additional System Indebtedness may be so
issued only in accordance with and subject to the covenants, conditions and
restrictions relating thereto set forth in the Bond Resolution.
The Issuer hereby covenants and agrees with the
Registered Owner of this Series 2009-A Bond that it will keep and perform all
covenants and agreements contained in the Bond Resolution, and will fix,
establish, maintain and collect such rates, fees and charges for the use and
services furnished by or through the System, as will produce Net Revenues
sufficient to pay the costs of operation and maintenance of the System, pay the
principal of and interest on the Series 2009-A Bonds as and when the same
become due, and provide reasonable and adequate reserve funds. Reference is made to the Bond Resolution for
a description of the covenants and agreements made by the Issuer with respect
to the collection, segregation and application of the Revenues of the System, the
nature and extent of the security for the Series 2009-A Bonds, the rights,
duties and obligations of the Issuer with respect thereto, and the rights of
the Registered Owners thereof.
Redemption Prior
to Maturity. The Series 2009-A Bonds are subject to redemption prior to Maturity, as follows:
Optional Redemption. At the option of the Issuer, the Series
2009-A Bonds maturing in the years 2018 and thereafter may be called for
redemption and payment prior to Maturity on November
1, 2017, or thereafter, as a whole or in part (selection of maturities
and the amount of Series 2009-A Bonds of each Maturity to be redeemed to be
determined by the Issuer in such equitable manner as it may determine) at any
time, at the Redemption Price of 100% (expressed as a percentage of the
principal amount), plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption.
Mandatory
Redemption. Each of the Series 2009-A Bonds maturing on
November 1, 20__ (the “Term Bonds”) shall also be subject to mandatory
redemption and payment prior to maturity on November 1, 20__, and on any
November 1 thereafter, pursuant to the redemption schedule set forth in the
Bond Resolution at the Redemption Price of 100% (expressed as a percentage of
the principal amount), plus accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date.
Redemption
Denominations. Whenever the Bond Registrar is to select Series
2009-A Bonds for the purpose of redemption, it shall, in the case of Series
2009-A Bonds in denominations greater than a minimum Authorized Denomination,
if less than all of the Series 2009-A Bonds then Outstanding are to be called
for redemption, treat each minimum Authorized Denomination of face value of
each such Series 2009-A Bond as though it were a separate Series 2009-A Bond in
the denomination of a minimum Authorized Denomination.
Notice
of Redemption. Notice of redemption, unless waived, shall be
given by the Issuer to the State Treasurer of Kansas, and to the Purchaser of
the Series 2009-A Bonds and to the Bond Registrar in accordance with the Bond
Resolution. The Issuer shall cause the
Bond Registrar to notify each Registered Owner at the address maintained on the
Bond Register, such notice to be given by mailing an official notice of
redemption by first class mail at least 30 days prior to the redemption
date. Notice of redemption having been
given as aforesaid, the Series 2009-A Bonds or portions of Series 2009-A Bonds
to be redeemed shall, on the redemption date, become due and payable at the
redemption price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price) such Series 2009-A
Bonds or portions of Series 2009-A Bonds shall cease to bear interest.
Book-Entry
System. The Series 2009-A Bonds are being issued by
means of a book-entry system with no physical distribution of bond certificates
to be made except as provided in the Bond Resolution. One certificate with respect to each date on
which the Series 2009-A Bonds are stated to mature or with respect to each form
of Series 2009-A Bonds, registered in the nominee name of the Securities
Depository, is being issued and required to be deposited with the Securities
Depository and immobilized in its custody.
The book-entry system will evidence positions held in the Series 2009-A
Bonds by the Securities Depository’s participants, beneficial ownership of the Series
2009-A Bonds in authorized denominations being evidenced in the records of such
participants. Transfers of ownership
shall be effected on the records of the Securities Depository and its
participants pursuant to rules and procedures established by the Securities
Depository and its participants. The
Issuer and the Bond Registrar will recognize the Securities Depository nominee,
while the Registered Owner of this Series 2009-A Bond, as the owner of this Series
2009-A Bond for all purposes, including (i) payments of principal of, and
redemption premium, if any, and interest on, this Series 2009-A Bond, (ii)
notices and (iii) voting. Transfer of
principal, interest and any redemption premium payments to participants of the
Securities Depository, and transfer of principal, interest and any redemption
premium payments to Beneficial Owners of the Series 2009-A Bonds by participants of the Securities Depository
will be the responsibility of such participants and other nominees of such
Beneficial Owners. The Issuer and the
Bond Registrar will not be responsible or liable for such transfers of payments
or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing the records maintained by the Securities
Depository, the Securities Depository nominee, its participants or persons
acting through such participants. While
the Securities Depository nominee is the Owner of this Series 2009-A Bond,
notwithstanding the provision hereinabove contained, payments of principal of,
redemption premium, if any, and interest on this Series 2009-A Bond shall be
made in accordance with existing arrangements among the Issuer, the Bond
Registrar and the Securities Depository.
Transfer
and Exchange. EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE BOND RESOLUTION, THIS GLOBAL SERIES 2009-A BOND
MAY BE TRANSFERRED, IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART, ONLY TO ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
SECURITIES DEPOSITORY OR TO A SUCCESSOR SECURITIES DEPOSITORY OR TO A NOMINEE
OF A SUCCESSOR SECURITIES DEPOSITORY.
This Series 2009-A Bond may be transferred or exchanged, as provided in
the Bond Resolution, only on the Bond Register kept for that purpose at the
principal office of the Bond Registrar, upon surrender of this Series 2009-A
Bond together with a written instrument of transfer or authorization for
exchange satisfactory to the Bond Registrar duly executed by the Registered
Owner or the Registered Owner’s duly authorized agent, and thereupon a new Series
2009-A Bond or Series 2009-A Bonds in any authorized denomination of the same Maturity
and in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the transferee in
exchange therefor as provided in the Bond Resolution and upon payment of the
charges therein prescribed. The Issuer
shall pay all costs incurred in connection with the issuance, payment and
initial registration of the Series 2009-A Bonds and the cost of a reasonable
supply of bond blanks. The Issuer and
the Paying Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name this Series 2009-A
Bond is registered on the Bond Register as the absolute owner hereof for the
purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal or redemption
price hereof and interest due hereon and for all other purposes. The Series 2009-A Bonds are issued in fully
registered form in Authorized Denominations.
Authentication. This Series
2009-A Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be
entitled to any security or benefit under the hereinafter defined Bond
Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication and Registration hereon
shall have been lawfully executed by the Bond Registrar.
IT
IS HEREBY DECLARED AND CERTIFIED
that all acts, conditions, and things required to be done and to exist
precedent to and in the issuance of this Series 2009-A Bond have been properly
done and performed and do exist in due and regular form and manner as required
by the Constitution and laws of the State of Kansas, that the total
indebtedness of the Issuer, including this series of bonds, does not exceed any
constitutional or statutory limitation, and that provision has been duly made
for the collection and segregation of the Revenues of the Water and Sewage System (the “System”) and for
the application of the same as provided in the hereinafter defined Bond Resolution.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has
caused this Series 2009-A Bond to be executed by the manual or facsimile
signature of its Mayor and attested by
the manual or facsimile signature of its Clerk, and its seal to be affixed
hereto or imprinted hereon.
(Facsimile Seal) (facsimile)
Mayor
ATTEST:
By (facsimile)
Clerk
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION AND
REGISTRATION
This Series 2009-A Bond is one of a series of Taxable Water and Sewage System Improvement Revenue Bonds,
Series 2009-A Build America Bonds (Direct Pay), of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, described in the
within-mentioned Bond Resolution.
Registration Date
Office
of the State Treasurer,
as
Bond Registrar and Paying Agent
By
Registration Number
CERTIFICATE OF
CLERK
STATE OF
) SS.
The undersigned, Clerk of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, does hereby certify that the within Series
2009-A Bond has been duly registered in my office according to law as of August
1, 2009.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
(Facsimile Seal) (facsimile)
Clerk
CERTIFICATE OF STATE TREASURER
OFFICE OF THE TREASURER,
STATE OF
LYNN JENKINS, Treasurer of the State
of Kansas, does hereby certify that a transcript of the proceedings leading up
to the issuance of this Series 2009-A
Bond has been filed in the office
of the State Treasurer, and that this Series
2009-A Bond was registered in such
office according to law on ________________.
WITNESS my hand and official seal.
(Seal) By:
Treasurer
of the State of
BOND ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned do(es) hereby sell,
assign and transfer to
__________________________________________________________
(Name and Address)
__________________________________________________________
(Social Security or Taxpayer Identification No.)
the Series 2009-A Bond to which this assignment is affixed in the outstanding principal
amount of $___________, standing in the name of the undersigned on the books of
the Bond Registrar. The undersigned
do(es) hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ____________________ as agent
to transfer said Series 2009-A Bond on the books of said Bond Registrar with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated
Name
Social
Security or
Taxpayer
Identification No.
Signature
(Sign here exactly as name(s)
appear
on the face of Certificate)
Signature
guarantee:
By
LEGAL OPINION
The following is a true and correct copy of the approving
legal opinion of Gilmore & Bell, P.C., Bond Counsel, which was dated and
issued as of the date of original issuance and delivery of such Series 2009-A
Bonds:
GILMORE & BELL, P.C.
Attorneys at Law
(PRINTED LEGAL OPINION)