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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2007-R0193 - Notice Of Intent To Issue Certificates Of Obligation - 05_11_2007Resolution No. 2007—RO193 May 11, 2007 Item No. 6.4 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE TAX AND WATERWORKS SYSTEM SURPLUS REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "City"), pursuant to Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended, is authorized to issue its certificates of obligation (the "Certificates") for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for the purposes set forth in Exhibit A hereto; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has found and determined that a notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation should be published in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings and determinations set forth in the preambles hereto are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes. Section 2. The City Secretary of the City is hereby authorized and directed to issue a notice of intention to issue the Certificates in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. The notice as set forth in Exhibit A shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, the date of the first publication being not less than the fourteenth (14th) day prior to the date set forth in the notice for passage of the ordinance authorizing the Certificates. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the City of Lubbock, Texas. Section 3. This resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. FINALLY PASSED, APPROVED AND EFFECTIVE this I lth day of May, 2007. CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS e DAVID A. MILLER, MAYOR ATTEST: Re cca Garza, City Secretary Dallas 1248796v.1 Resolution No. 2007-R0193 Exhibit A NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS TAX AND WATERWORKS SYSTEM SURPLUS REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 14, 2007, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, at 7:30 a.m. at a regular meeting of the City Council to be held in the City Council Chambers at the Municipal Complex, 1625 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas, the regular meeting place of the City Council, intends to pass an ordinance authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $12,000,000 principal amount of certificates of obligation for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for the following purposes, to wit: (i) development, acquisition, furnishing, equipping, and construction of a conference/civic center including related parking at the northeast corner of Avenue X and Mac Davis Lane in the North Overton Tax Increment Financing District (the "Project") and (ii) payment of professional services of attorneys, financial advisors and other professionals in connection with the Project and the issuance of the Certificates. The Certificates shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) per annum and shall have a maximum maturity date of not later than forty (40) years after their date. Said Certificates shall be payable from the levy of a direct and continuing ad valorem tax, levied within the limits prescribed by law, against all taxable property within the City sufficient to pay the interest on this series of Certificates as due and to provide for the payment of the principal thereof as the same matures, as authorized by Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended, and from all or a part of the surplus net revenues of the City's Waterworks System, such pledge of surplus net revenues being limited to $1,000. THIS NOTICE is given in accordance with law and as directed by the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas. GIVEN THIS May 11, 2007. Isl Rebecca Garza City Secretary City of Lubbock, Texas A- I Dallas 1248796v.I