HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 10153-1999 - Waterworks System Surplus Revenue Funding - 03/25/1999First Reading
Item No. 41
March 25, 1999
ORDINANCE NO. 10153
Second Reading
Item No. 41
AprilS, 1999
AN ORDINANCE authorizing the issuance of"CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, TAX
AND WATERWORKS SYSTEM SURPLUS REVENUE REFUNDING
BONDS, SERIES 1999"; specifying the terms and features of said bonds;
providing for the payment of said bonds by the levy of an ad valorem tax
upon all taxable property within the City and a pledge of the net revenues
derived from the operation of the City's Waterworks System; and resolving
other matters incident and relating to the issuance, payment, security, sale
and delivery of said bonds, including the approval and execution of a Paying
Agent/Registrar Agreement and a Escrow Agreement and the approval and
distribution of an Official Statement pertaining thereto; and providing an
effective date.
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock (the City") is a member of the Canadian River Municipal
Water Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to Chapter 243, Acts of the 57 Leg., Regular Session,
(1953), as amended, and has entered into a contract with the Authority known as the Meredith
Supply Agreement, dated January 9, 1961, as amended (the "Meredith Supply Agreemenr) for
the purchase of water from Lake Meredith that was constructed by the United States of America
under an act of Congress, dated December 29, 1950 (64 Stat.1124) and Repayment Contract No.
14-06-500-485, between the United States of America and the Authority, dated November 28,
1960, as amended; and
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Meredith Supply Agreement, a portion of the cost of
water supplied the City represents the Authority's obligation to repay the United States of America
for the construction of Lake Meredith, and pursuant to Public Law No. 105,316, the Authority
became entitled to prepay its obligation to the United States of America, provided such prepayment
occurs within 360 days of October 30, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the Meredith Supply Agreement has been amended by an Agreement between
the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority And The City of Lubbock, Texas For The
Prepayment Of The Obligations To The United States Of America Incurred In Connection Wrth The
Construction Of The Canadian River Project (the "Prepayment Agreement"), made and entered into
as of January 28, 1999, providing for the City's percentage share of the repayable construction cost
obligations owed to the Untied States of America by the Authority to be 41.877%, after appropriate
credits for certain costs and for payments previously made, or the sum of $12,212,860.87
(hereinafter called the "City's Obligation"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City hereby finds and determines that refunding bonds
should be issued and sold at this time for the purpose of providing funds for the prepayment of the
"City's Obligation" under the Meredith Supply Agreement, as amended by the Prepayment
Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Article 717k, V.A.T.C.S., as amended, and in
accordance with the terms of the Prepayment Agreement, the City is authorized to issue refunding
bonds and deposit the proceeds of sale in an escrow account pursuant to an escrow agreement
with a state or national bank with trust powers having a combined capital, surplus and undivided
profits of at least $75,000,000 that will be for the exclusive benefit of making the City's payment
to the Authority for payment of the City's Obligation; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines refunding bonds should be
issued and sold at this time to prepay the City's Obligation under and pursuant to the Meredith
Supply Agreement as amended by the Prepayment Agreement and such refunding will result in
savings to the City of approximately $7,709,067 and a reduction in the City's annual payments to
the Authority under the Meredith Supply Agreement by approximately $360,000; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Authorization. Designation. Principal Amount. Purpose. Refunding bonds
of the City shall be and are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of
$12,300,000 to be designated and bear the title "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, TAX AND
WATERWORKS SYSTEM SURPLUS REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1999"
(hereinafter referred to as the "Bonds"), for the purpose of prepaying the City's Obligation under
and pursuant to the Meredith Supply Agreement as amended by the Prepayment Agreement and
paying costs of issuance, in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas,
including Article 717k, V.A.T.C.S., as amended.
SECTION 2: Fully Registered Obligations -Bond Date -Authorized Denominations -
Stated Maturities -Interest Rates. The Bonds shall be issued as fully registered obligations only,
shall be dated April1, 1999 (the "Bond Date"), shall be in denominations of $5,000 or any integral
multiple (within a Stated Maturity, except for the Initial Bond authorized in Section 8 hereof) thereof,
and shall become due and payable on February 15 in each of the years and in principal amounts
(the "Stated Maturities") and bear interest at the rate(s) per annum in accordance with the following
schedule:
YEAR OF
MATURITY
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2016
2019
PRINCIPAL
INSTALLMENTS
$620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
620,000
1,240,000
1,860,000
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INTEREST
RATE
6.25%
6.25%
6.25%
6.25%
6.25%
6.25%
6.25%
4.70%
4.25%
4.30%
4.40%
4.50%
4.50%
4.50%
4.50%
4.50%
4.50%
The Bonds shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amounts from the Bond Date at the
rate(s) per annum shown above in this Section, and such interest (calculated on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months) shall be payable on February 15 and August 15 in each
year, commencing February 15, 2000.
SECTION 3: Terms of Payment-Paying Agent/Registrar. The principal of, premium, if
any, and the interest on the Bonds, due and payable by reason of maturity, redemption or
otherwise, shall be payable only to the registered owners or holders of the Bonds (hereinafter
called the "Holders") appearing on the registration and transfer books maintained by the Paying
Agent/Registrar and the payment thereof shall be in any coin or currency of the United States of
America, which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts,
and shall be without exchange or collection charges to the Holders.
The selection and appointment of Chase Bank of Texas, National Association to serve as
Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds is hereby approved and confirmed. Books and records
relating to the registration, payment, transfer and exchange of the Bonds (the "Security Register'')
shall at all times be kept and maintained on behalf of the City by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as
provided herein and in accordance with the terms and provisions of a "Paying Agent/ Registrar
Agreement", substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and such reasonable rules and
regulations as the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City may prescribe. The Mayor and City
Secretary are authorized to execute and deliver such Agreement in connection with the delivery
of the Bonds. The City covenants to maintain and provide a Paying Agent/Registrar at all times
until the Bonds are paid and discharged, and any successor Paying Agent/Registrar shall be a
bank, trust company, financial institution or other entity qualified and authorized to serve in such
capacity and perform the duties and services of Paying Agent/Registrar. Upon any change in the
Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds, the City agrees to promptly cause a written notice thereof
to be sent to each Holder by United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, which notice shall also
give the address of the new Paying Agent/Registrar.
Principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds shall be payable at the Stated Maturities or
redemption thereof, only upon presentation and surrender of the Bonds to the Paying
Agent/Registrar at its designated offices in Dallas, Texas (the "Designated Payment/Transfer
Office"). Interest on the Bonds shall be paid to the Holders whose name appears in the Security
Register at the close of business on the Record Date (the last business day of the month next
preceding each interest payment date) and shall be paid by the Paying Agent/Registrar (i) by check
sent United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, to the address of the Holder recorded in the
Security Register or (ii) by such other method, acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar, requested
by, and at the risk and expense of, the Holder. If the date for the payment of the principal of or
interest on the Bonds shall be a Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day when banking
institutions in the City where the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar
is located are authorized by law or executive order to close, then the date for such payment shall
be the next succeeding day which is not such a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day when
banking institutions are authorized to close; and payment on such date shall have the same force
and effect as if made on the original date payment was due.
In the event of a nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty (30)
days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") will be
established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have
been received from the City. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment
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date of the past due interest (which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent
at least five (5) business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States Mail, first class
postage prepaid, to the address of each Holder appearing on the Security Register at the close of
business on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice.
SECTION 4: Redemption. (a) Optional Redemption. The Bonds having Stated Maturities
on and after February 15, 2010, shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity, at the option of the
City, in whole or in part in principal amounts of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof (and if within
a Stated Maturity by lot by the Paying Agent/Registrar), on February 15, 2009 or on any date
thereafter at the redemption price of par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.
At least forty-five (45) days prior to a redemption date for the Bonds (unless a shorter
notification period shall be satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar), the City shall notify the
Paying Agent/Registrar of the decision to redeem Bonds, the principal amount of each Stated
Maturity to be redeemed, and the date of redemption therefor. The decision of the City to exercise
the right to redeem Bonds shall be entered in the minutes of the governing body of the City.
(b) Mandatory Redemption. The Bonds having Stated Maturities of February 15, 2016
and February 15, 2019 (''Term Bonds") shall be subject to mandatory redemption in part prior to
maturity at the redemption price of par and accrued interest to the date of redemption on the
respective dates and in principal amounts as follows:
(i) Bonds maturing February 15, 2016 shall be subject to mandatory
redemption on February 15, 2015 in the principal amount of $620,000.
(ii) Bonds maturing February 15, 2019 shall be subject to mandatory
redemption as follows:
Redemption Date
February 15, 2017
February 15, 2018
Amount
$620,000
620,000
Approximately forty-five (45) days prior to each mandatory redemption date specified above
that the Term Bonds are to be mandatorily redeemed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall select by
lot the numbers of the Term Bonds within the applicable Stated Maturity to be redeemed on the
next following February 15 from moneys set aside for that purpose in the Bond Fund (as hereinafter
defined). Any Term Bond not selected for prior redemption shall be paid on the date of their Stated
Maturity.
The principal amount of the Term Bonds for a given Stated Maturity required to be
redeemed pursuant to the operation of such mandatory redemption provisions shall be reduced,
at the option of the City, by the principal amount of Term Bonds of like Stated Maturity which, at
least 50 days prior to the mandatory redemption date, ( 1) shall have been acquired by the City at
a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Bonds plus accrued interest to the date
of purchase thereof, and delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation or (2) shall have
been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions set forth in paragraph( a) of this
Section and not theretofore credited against a mandatory redemption requirement.
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(c) Selection of Bonds for Redemption. If less than all Outstanding Bonds of the same
Stated Maturity are to be redeemed on a redemption date, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall treat
such Bonds as representing the number of Bonds Outstanding which is obtained by dividing the
principal amount of such Bonds by $5,000 and shall select the Bonds to be redeemed within such
Stated Maturity by lot.
(d) Notice of Redemption. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to a redemption date for
the Bonds, a notice of redemption shall be sent by United States Mail, first class postage prepaid,
in the name of the City and at the City's expense, to each Holder of a Bond to be redeemed in
whole or in part at the address of the Holder appearing on the Security Register at the close of
business on the business day next preceding the date of mailing such notice, and any notice of
redemption so mailed shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given irrespective of
whether received by the Holder.
All notices of redemption shall (i) specify the date of redemption for the Bonds, (ii) identify
the Bonds to be redeemed and, in the case of a portion of the principal amount to be redeemed,
the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, (iii) state the redemption price, (iv) state that the
Bonds, or the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, shall become due and
payable on the redemption date specified, and the interest thereon, or on the portion of the
principal amount thereof to be redeemed, shall cease to accrue from and after the redemption date,
and (v) specify that payment of the redemption price for the Bonds, or the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed, shall be made at Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying
Agent/Registrar only upon presentation and surrender thereof by the Holder. If a Bond is subject
by its terms to prior redemption and has been called for redemption and notice of redemption
thereof has been duly given as hereinabove provided, such Bond (or the principal amount thereof
to be redeemed) shall become due and payable and interest thereon shall cease to accrue from
and after the redemption date therefor; provided moneys sufficient for the payment of such Bond
(or of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed) at the then applicable redemption price are
held for the purpose of such payment by the Paying Agent/Registrar.
SECTION 5: Registration -Transfer -Exchange of Bonds-Predecessor Bonds. The
Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain, record, and maintain in the Security Register the name and
address of each and every owner of the Bonds issued under and pursuant to the provisions of this
Ordinance, or if appropriate, the nominee thereof. Any Bond may be transferred or exchanged for
Bonds of other authorized denominations by the Holder, in person or by his duly authorized agent,
upon surrender of such Bond to the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying
Agent/Registrar for cancellation, accompanied by a written instrument of transfer or request for
exchange duly executed by the Holder or by his duly authorized agent, in form satisfactory to the
Paying Agent/ Registrar.
Upon surrender of any Bond (other than the Initial Bond authorized in Section 8 hereof) for
transfer at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, one or more
new Bonds shall be registered and issued to the assignee or transferee of the previous Holder;
such Bonds to be in authorized denominations, of like Stated Maturity and of a like aggregate
principal amount as the Bond or Bonds surrendered for transfer.
At the option of the Holder, Bonds (other than the Initial Bond authorized in Section 8
hereof) may be exchanged for other Bonds of authorized denominations and having the same
Stated Maturity, bearing the same rate of interest and of like aggregate principal amount as the
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Bonds surrendered for exchange, upon surrender of the Bonds to be exchanged at the Designated
Paymentrrransfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar. Whenever any Bonds are surrendered for
exchange, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall register and deliver new Bonds to the Holder
requesting the exchange.
All Bonds issued in any transfer or exchange of Bonds shall be delivered to the Holders at
the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar or sent by United States
Mail, first class postage prepaid, to the Holders, and, upon the registration and delivery thereof, the
same shall be the valid obligations of the City, evidencing the same obligation to pay, and entitled
to the same benefits under this Ordinance, as the Bonds surrendered in such transfer or exchange.
All transfers or exchanges of Bonds pursuant to this Section shall be made without expense
or service charge to the Holder, except as otherwise herein provided, and except that the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall require payment by the Holder requesting such transfer or exchange of any
tax or other governmental charges required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange.
Bonds cancelled by reason of an exchange or transfer pursuant to the provisions hereof are
hereby defined to be "Predecessor Bonds", evidencing all or a portion, as the case may be, of the
same obligation to pay evidenced by the new Bond or Bonds registered and delivered in the
exchange or transfer therefor. Additionally, the term "Predecessor Bonds" shall include any
mutilated, lost, destroyed, or stolen Bond for which a replacement Bond has been issued,
registered and delivered in lieu thereof pursuant to the provisions of Section 20 hereof and such
new replacement Bond shall be deemed to evidence the same obligation as the mutilated, lost,
destroyed, or stolen Bond.
Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be required to issue or transfer to an
assignee of a Holder any Bond called for redemption, in whole or in part, within 45 days of the date
fixed for the redemption of such Bond; provided, however, such limitation on transferability shall
not be applicable to an exchange by the Holder of the unredeemed balance of a Bond called for
redemption in part.
SECTION 6: Book-Emry Ontv Transfers and Transactions. Notwithstanding the provisions
contained in Sections 3, 4 and 5 hereof relating to the payment, and transferfexchange of the
Bonds, the City hereby approves and authorizes the use of "Book-Entry Only" securities clearance,
settlement and transfer system provided by The Depository Trust Company (DTC), a limited
purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, in accordance with the
operational arrangements referenced in the Blanket Issuer Letter of Representation, by and
between the City and DTC (the "Depository Agreement").
Pursuant to the Depository Agreement and the rules of DTC, the Bonds shall be deposited
with DTC who shall hold said Bonds for its participants (the "DTC Participants''· While the Bonds
are held by DTC under the Depository Agreemem, the Holder of the Bonds on the Security Register
for all purposes, including payment and notices, shall be Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC,
notwithstanding the ownership of each actual purchaser or owner of each Bond (the .. Beneficial
Owners") being recorded in the records of DTC and DTC Participants.
In the event DTC determines to discominue serving as securities depository for the Bonds
or otherwise ceases to provide book-entry clearance and settlement of securities transactions in
general or the City determines that DTC is incapable of properly discharging its duties as securities
depository for the Bonds, the City covenants and agrees with the Holders of the Bonds to cause
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Bonds to be printed in definitive form and provide for the Bond certificates to be issued and
delivered to DTC Participants and Beneficial Owners, as the case may be. Thereafter, the Bonds
in definitive form shall be assigned, transferred and exchanged on the Security Register maintained
by the Paying Agent/Registrar and payment of such Bonds shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 3, 4 and 5 hereof.
SECTION 7: Execution -Registration. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City
by the Mayor under its seal reproduced or impressed thereon and countersigned by the City
Secretary. The signature of said officers on the Bonds may be manual or facsimile. Bonds bearing
the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who are or were the proper officers of the City on
the Bond Date shall be deemed to be duly executed on behalf of the City, notwithstanding that such
individuals or either of them shall cease to hold such offices at the time of delivery of the Bonds to
the initial purchaser(s) and with respect to Bonds delivered in subsequent exchanges and transfers,
all as authorized and provided in the Bond Procedures Act of 1981, as amended.
No Bond shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Ordinance, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Bond either a certificate of registration
substantially in the form provided in Section 9C, manually executed by the Comptroller of Public
Accounts of the State of Texas, or his duly authorized agent, or a certificate of registration
substantially in the form provided in Section 90, manually executed by an authorized officer,
employee or representative of the Paying Agent/Registrar, and either such certificate duly signed
upon any Bond shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Bond has been duly
certified, registered and delivered.
SECTION 8: Initial BondCs). The Bonds herein authorized shall be initially issued either
(i) as a single fully registered bond in the total principal amount identified in Section 1 with principal
installments to become due and payable as provided in Section 2 hereof and numbered T-1, or
(ii) as multiple fully registered bonds, being one bond for each year of maturity in the applicable
principal amount and denomination and to be numbered consecutively from T-1 and upward
(hereinafter called the "Initial Bond{s)") and, in either case, the Initial Bond(s) shall be registered
in the name of the initial purchaser(s) or the designee thereof. The Initial Bond(s) shall be the
Bonds submitted to the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas for approval, certified
and registered by the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and
delivered to the initial purchaser(s). Any time after the delivery of the Initial Bond(s), the Paying
Agent/ Registrar, pursuant to written instructions from the initial purchaser(s), or the designee
thereof, shall cancel the Initial Bond(s) delivered hereunder and exchange therefor definitive Bonds
of authorized denominations, Stated Maturities, principal amounts and bearing applicable interest
rates for transfer and delivery to the Holders named at the addresses identified therefor; all
pursuant to and in accordance with such written instructions from the initial purchaser{s), or the
designee thereof, and such other information and documentation as the Paying Agent/Registrar
may reasonably require.
SECTION 9: Forms. A. Forms Generally. The Bonds, the Registration Certificate of
the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, the Registration Certificate of Paying
Agent/Registrar, and the form of Assignment to be printed on each of the Bonds, shall be
substantially in the forms set forth in this Section with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions, and other variations as are permitted or required by this Ordinance and may have
such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification {including identifying numbers and letters of
the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures of the American Bankers
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Association) and such legends and endorsements (including insurance legends in the event the
Bonds are sold with insurance and any reproduction of an opinion of counsel) thereon as may,
consistently herewith, be established by the City or determined by the officers executing such
Bonds as evidenced by their execution. Any portion of the text of any Bonds may be set forth on
the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Bond.
The definitive Bonds and the Initial Bond(s) shall be printed, lithographed, or engraved or
typewritten, photocopied or otherwise reproduced in any other similar manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Bonds as evidenced by their execution thereof.
B.
REGISTERED NO. __ _
Form of Definitive Bond.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS
REGISTERED $. ___ _
CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, TAX AND
WATERWORKS SYSTEM SURPLUS REVENUE REFUNDING BOND,
SERIES 1999
Bond Date: Interest Rate: Stated Maturity: CUSIPNO:
April 1, 1999
Registered Owner:
Principal Amount: DOLLARS
The City of Lubbock (hereinafter referred to as the "City"), a body corporate and political
subdivision in the County of Lubbock, State of Texas, for value received, acknowledges itself
indebted to and hereby promises to pay to the order of the Registered Owner named above, or the
registered assigns thereof, on the Stated Maturity date specified above the Principal Amount
hereinabove stated (or so much thereof as shall not have been paid upon prior redemption) and
to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from the Bond Date at the per annum rate
of interest specified above computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; such
interest being payable on February 15 and August 15 in each year, commencing February 15,
2000. Principal of this Bond is payable at its Stated Maturity or redemption to the registered owner
hereof, upon presentation and surrender, at the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying
Agent/Registrar executing the registration certificate appearing hereon, or its successor; provided,
however, while this Bond is registered to Cede & Co., the payment of principal upon a partial
redemption of the principal amount hereof may be accomplished without presentation and
surrender of this Bond. Interest is payable to the registered owner of this Bond (or one or more
Predecessor Bonds, as defined in the Ordinance hereinafter referenced) whose name appears on
the "Security Register'' maintained by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the
"Record Date", which is the last business day of the month next preceding each interest payment
date, and interest shall be paid by the Paying Agent/Registrar by check sent United States Mail,
first class postage prepaid, to the address of the registered owner recorded in the Security Register
or by such other method, acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar, requested by, and at the risk
and expense of, the registered owner. All payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest
on this Bond shall be without exchange or collection charges to the owner hereof and in any coin
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or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts.
This Bond is one of the series specified in its title issued in the aggregate principal amount
of $12,300,000 (herein referred to as the "Bonds") for the purpose of prepaying the City's
Obligation (identified in the Ordinance) under and pursuant to the Meredith Supply Agreement
between the City and the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority, as amended by the
Agreement between the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority And The City of Lubbock, Texas
For The Prepayment Of The Obligations To The United States Of America Incurred In Connection
With The Construction Of The Canadian River Project, made and entered into as of January 18,
1999, and paying costs of issuance, under and in strict conformity with the Constitution and laws
of the State of Texas, including Article 717k, V.A.T.C.S., as amended, and pursuant to an
Ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City (herein referred to as the "Ordinance").
The Bonds maturing on dates hereinafter identified (the ''Term Bonds") are subject to
mandatory redemption prior to maturity with funds on deposit in the Bond Fund established and
maintained for the payment thereof in the Ordinance, and shall be redeemed in part prior to
maturity at the price of par and accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, and without
premium, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Ordinance. Bonds maturing
February 15, 2016 are subject to mandatory redemption on February 15, 2015 in the amount set
forth in the Ordinance. Bonds maturing February 15, 2019 are subject to mandatory redemption
on February 15, 2017 and February 15, 2018 in the amount set forth in the Ordinance. The
particular Term Bonds of a given maturity to be redeemed on each redemption date shall be
chosen by lot by the Paying Agent/Registrar; provided, however, that the principal amount of Term
Bonds for a given maturity required to be redeemed pursuant to the operation of such mandatory
redemption provisions shall be reduced, at the option of the City, by the principal amount of Term
Bonds of like maturity which, at least 50 days prior to a mandatory redemption date, (1) shall have
been acquired by the City at a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Bonds plus
accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof, and delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for
cancellation or (2) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions
appearing below and not theretofore credited against a mandatory redemption requirement.
The Bonds maturing on and after February 15, 2010 may be redeemed prior to their Stated
Maturities, at the option of the City, In whole or in part in principal amounts of $5,000 or any integral
multiple thereof (and if within a Stated Maturity by lot by the Paying Agent/Registrar), on
February 15, 2009, or on any date thereafter, at the redemption price of par, together with accrued
interest to the date of redemption.
At least thirty days prior to the date fixed for any redemption of Bonds, the City shall cause
a written notice of such redemption to be sent by United States Mail, first class postage prepaid,
to the registered owners of each Bond to be redeemed at the address shown on the Security
Register and subject to the terms and provisions relating thereto contained in the Ordinance. If a
Bond (or any portion of its principal sum) shall have been duly called for redemption and notice of
such redemption duly given, then upon such redemption date such Bond (or the portion of its
principal sum to be redeemed) shall become due and payable, and interest thereon shall cease to
accrue from and after the redemption date therefor, provided moneys for the payment of the
redemption price and the interest on the principal amount to be redeemed to the date of redemption
are held for the purpose of such payment by the Paying Agent/Registrar.
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In the event a portion of the principal amount of· a Bond is to be redeemed and the
registered owner is someone other than Cede & Co., payment of the redemption price of such
principal amount shall be made to the registered owner only upon presentation and surrender of
such Bond to the Designated Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, and a new
Bond or Bonds of like maturity and interest rate in any authorized denominations provided by the
Ordinance for the then unredeemed balance of the principal sum thereof will be issued to the
registered owner, without charge. If a Bond is selected for redemption, in whole or in part, the City
and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be required to transfer such Bond to an assignee of the
registered owner within 45 days of the redemption date therefor; provided, however, such limitation
on transferability shall not be applicable to an exchange by the registered owner of the unredeemed
balance of a Bond redeemed in part.
The Bonds are payable from the proceeds of an ad valorem tax levied, within the limitations
prescribed by law, upon all taxable property in the City and, together with the Previously Issued
Obligations (as defined in the Ordinance), are additionally payable from and secured by a lien on
and pledge of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Ordinance) of the City's Waterworks System
(the "System"), such lien and pledge, however, being junior and subordinate to the lien on and
pledge of the Net Revenues of the System securing the payment of "Prior Lien Obligations" (as
defined in the Ordinance) hereafter issued by the City. In the Ordinance, the City reserves and
retains the right to issue Prior Lien Obligations while the Bonds are outstanding without limitation
as to principal amount but subject to any terms, conditions or restrictions as may be applicable
thereto under law or otherwise, as well as the right to issue Additional Obligations (as defined in
the Ordinance).
Reference is hereby made to the Ordinance, a copy of which is on file in the Designated
Payment/Transfer Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, and to all the provisions of which the owner
or holder of this Bond by the acceptance hereof hereby assents, for definitions of terms; the
description of and the nature and extent of the tax levied for the payment of the Bonds; the
properties constituting the System; the Net Revenues pledged to the payment of the principal of
and interest on the Bonds; the nature and extent and manner of enforcement of the pledge; the
terms and conditions relating to the transfer or exchange of this Bond; the conditions upon which
the Ordinance may be amended or supplemented with or without the consent of the Holders; the
rights, duties, and obligations of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar; the terms and provisions
upon which the tax levy and the liens, pledges, charges and covenants made therein may be
discharged at or prior to the maturity of this Bond, and this Bond deemed to be no longer
Outstanding thereunder; and for the other terms and provisions contained therein. Capitalized
terms used herein have the meanings assigned in the Ordinance.
This Bond, subject to certain limitations contained in the Ordinance, may be transferred on
the Security Register only upon its presentation and surrender at the Designated Payment/Transfer
Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, with the Assignment hereon duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar
duly executed by, the registered owner hereof, or his duly authorized agent. When a transfer on
the Security Register occurs, one or more new fully registered Bonds of the same Stated Maturity,
of authorized denominations, bearing the same rate of interest, and of the same aggregate
principal amount will be issued by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the designated transferee or
transferees.
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The City and the Paying Agent/Registrar, and any agent of either, shall treat the registered
owner whose name appears on the Security Register (i) on the Record Date as the owner entitled
to payment of interest hereon, (ii) on the date of surrender of this Bond as the owner entitled to
payment of principal hereof at its Stated Maturity or its redemption, in whole or in part, and (iii) on
any other date as the owner for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Paying
Agent/Registrar, or any agent of either, shall be affected by notice to the contrary. In the event of
nonpayment of interest on a scheduled payment date and for thirty (30) days thereafter, a new
record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") will be established by the Paying
Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the
City. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment date of the past due interest
(which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five (5) business days
prior to the Special Record Date by United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, to the address
of each Holder appearing on the Security Register at the close of business on the last business day
next preceding the date of mailing of such notice.
It is hereby certified, recited, represented and declared that the City is a body corporate and
political subdivision duly organized and legally existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and
laws of the State of Texas; that the issuance of the Bonds is duly authorized by law; that all acts,
conditions and things required to exist and be done precedent to and in the issuance of the Bonds
to render the same lawful and valid obligations of the City have been properly done, have
happened and have been performed in regular and due time, form and manner as required by the
Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and the Ordinance; that the Bonds do not exceed any
Constitutional or statutory limitation; and that due provision has been made for the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Bonds by the levy of a tax and a pledge of and lien on the Net
Revenues of the System as aforestated. In case any provision in this Bond shall be invalid, illegal,
or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby. The terms and provisions of this Bond and the Ordinance
shall be construed in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City Council of the City has caused this Bond to be duly
executed under the official seal of the City as of the Bond Date.
COU TERSIGNED:
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(SEAL)
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C. *Form of Registration Certificate of Comptroller of Public Accounts to appear on
Initial Bond{s) only.
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER
OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS
(
(
(
(
REGISTER NO. --------
THE STATE OF TEXAS
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Bond has been examined, certified as to validity and
approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and duly registered by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
(SEAL)
WITNESS my signature and seal of office this--------------·
Comptroller of Public Accounts
of the State of Texas
D. Form of Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar to appear on Definitive Bonds only.
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR
This Bond has been duly issued and registered under the provisions of the
within-mentioned Ordinance; the bond or bonds of the above entitled and designated series
originally delivered having been approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and
registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, as shown by the records of the Paying
Agent/Registrar.
The designated offices of the Paying Agent/Registrar in Dallas, Texas, is the "Designated
Payment/Transfer Office" for this Bond.
Registration Date:
*NOTE TO PRINTER:
CHASE BANK OF TEXAS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Paying Agent/Registrar
By ________________________________ __
Authorized Signature
Do Not Print on Definitive Bonds
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E. Form of Assignment.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto (Print
or typewrite name, address, and zip code of transferee:)--------------
(Social Security or other identifying number:------------------
____________ -~.-the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints --------------------
attorney to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of
substitution in the premises.
DATED: __________________ __
Signature guaranteed:
NOTICE: The signature on this assignment
must correspond with the name of the
registered owner as it appears on the face of
the within Bond in every particular.
F. The Initial Bond(s} shall be in the form set forth in paragraph B of this Section.
except that the form of the single fully registered Initial Bond shall be modified as
follows:
(i) immediately under the name of the bond the headings "Interest Rate _" and
"Stated Maturity __ " shall both be omitted;
(ii) Paragraph one shall read as follows:
Registered Owner:
Principal Amount: Dollars
The City of Lubbock (hereinafter referred to as the "City"), a body corporate and municipal
corporation in the County of Lubbock, State of Texas, for value received, acknowledges itself
indebted to and hereby promises to pay to the order of the Registered Owner named above, or the
registered assigns thereof, the Principal Amount hereinabove stated on February 15 in each of the
years and in principal installments in accordance with the following schedule:
YEAR OF
MATURITY
PRINCIPAL
INSTALLMENTS
(Information to be inserted from schedule in Section 2 hereof).
INTEREST
RATE
(or so much principal thereof as shall not have been prepaid prior to maturity) and to pay interest
on the unpaid Principal Amount hereof from the Bond Date at the per annum rates of interest
specified above computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; such interest
being payable on February 15 and August 15 in each year, commencing February 15, 2000.
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Principal installments of this Bond are payable in the year of maturity or on a prepayment date to
the registered owner hereof by Chase Bank of Texas, National Association (the "Paying
Agent/Registrar''), upon presentation and surrender, at its designated offices in Dallas, Texas (the
"Designated PaymentfTransfer Office"). Interest is payable to the registered owner of this Bond
whose name appears on the "Security Register'' maintained by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the
close of business on the "Record Date", which is the last business day of the month next preceding
each interest payment date, and interest shall be paid by the Paying Agent/Registrar by check sent
United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, to the address of the registered owner recorded in
the Security Register or by such other method, acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar,
requested by, and at the risk and expense of, the registered owner. All payments of principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on this Bond shall be without exchange or collection charges to the
owner hereof and in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of
payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
SECTION 1 0: Definitions. For purposes of this Ordinance and for clarity with respect to
the issuance of the Bonds herein authorized, and the levy of taxes and appropriation of Net
Revenues therefor, the following words or terms, whenever the same appear herein without
qualifying language, are defined to mean as follows:
(a) The term "Additional Obligations" shall mean tax and revenue
obligations hereafter issued which by their terms are payable from ad valorem taxes
and additionally payable from and secured by a parity lien on and pledge of the Net
Revenues of the System of equal rank and dignity with the lien and pledge securing
the payment of the Previously Issued Obligations and the Bonds.
(b) The term "Bond Fund" shall mean the special Fund created and
established under the provisions of Section 11 of this Ordinance.
(c) The term "Bonds" shall mean the "City of Lubbock, Texas, Tax and
Waterworks System Surplus Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1999", dated
April 1, 1999 authorized by this Ordinance.
(d) The term "Collection Date" shall mean, when reference is being
made to the levy and collection of annual ad valorem taxes, the date the annual ad
valorem taxes levied each year by the City become delinquent.
(e) The term "Fiscal Year'' shall mean the annual financial accounting
period used with respect to the operations of the System now ending on September
30th of each year; provided, however, the City Council may change, by ordinance
duly passed, such annual financial accounting period to end on another date if such
change is found and determined to be necessary for budgetary or other fiscal
purposes.
(f) The term "Government Securities" shall mean direct obligations of
the United States of America, including obligations the principal of and interest on
which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America, and the
United States Treasury obligations such as its State and Local Government Series
in book-entry form.
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{g) The term "Gross Revenues" shall mean, with respect to any period,
all income, revenues and receipts received from the operation and ownership of the
System.
(h) The term "Net Revenues" shall mean the Gross Revenues of the
System, with respect to any period, after deducting the System's Operating and
Maintenance Expenses during such period.
(i) The term "Operating and Maintenance Expenses" shall mean all
reasonable and necessary expenses directly related and attributable to the
operation and maintenance of the System, including, but not limited to, the cost of
insurance, the purchase and carrying of stores, materials, and supplies, the
payment of salaries and labor, and other expenses reasonably and proper1y
charged, under generally accepted accounting principles, to the operation and
maintenance of the System. Depreciation charges on equipment, machinery, plants
and other facilities comprising the System and expenditures classed under generally
accepted accounting principles as capital expenditures shall not be considered as
"Operating and Maintenance Expenses" for purposes of determining "Net
Revenues".
(j) The term "Outstanding" when used in this Ordinance with respect to
Bonds means, as of the date of determination, all Bonds theretofore issued and
delivered under this Ordinance, except:
(1) those Bonds cancelled by the Paying Agent/Registrar
or delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation;
(2) those Bonds for which payment has been duly
provided by the City in accordance with the provisions of Section 21
hereof; and
(3) those Bonds that have been mutilated, destroyed,
lost, or stolen and replacement Bonds have been registered and
delivered in lieu thereof as provided in Section 20 hereof.
(k) The term "Previously Issued Obligations" shall mean the outstanding
"City of Lubbock, Texas, Combination Tax and Waterworks System Subordinate
Lien Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1991", dated May 15, 1991.
(I) The term "Prior Lien Obligations" shall mean all bonds or other
similar obligations hereafter issued that are payable in whole or in part from and
secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System and such lien
and pledge securing the payment thereof is prior and superior in claim, rank and
dignity to the lien and pledge of the Net Revenues securing the payment of the
Previously Issued Obligations and the Bonds.
(m) The term "Similar1y Secured Obligations" shall mean collectively the
Bonds, the Previously Issued Obligations, and any Additional Obligations.
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(n) The term "System'' shall mean the City's Waterworks System, being
all properties, facilities and plants currently owned, operated and maintained by the
City for the supply, treatment, transmission and distribution of treated potable water,
together with all future extensions, improvements, replacements and additions
thereto.
SECTION 11: Bond Fund. For the purpose of paying the interest on and to provide a
sinking fund for the payment, redemption and retirement of the Bonds, there shall be and is hereby
created a special account or fund on the books and records of the City known as "SPECIAL 1999
TAX AND WATERWORKS SYSTEM SURPLUS REVENUE REFUNDING BOND FUND", and all
moneys deposited to the credit of said Fund shall be kept and maintained in a special banking
account at the City's depository bank. Authorized officials of the City are hereby authorized and
directed to make withdrawals from said Fund sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the
Bonds as the same become due and payable, and, shall cause to be transferred to the Paying
Agent/Registrar from moneys on deposit in the Bond Fund an amount sufficient to pay the amount
of principal and/or interest falling due on the Bonds, such transfer of funds to the Paying
Agent/Registrar to be made in such manner as will cause immediately available funds to be
deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar on or before the last business day next preceding each
interest and principal payment date for the Bonds.
Pending the transfer of funds to the Paying Agent/Registrar, money in the Bond Fund may,
at the option of the City, be invested in obligations identified in, and in accordance with the
provisions of the "Public Funds Investment Act" (V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 2256)
relating to the investment of "bond proceeds"; provided that all such investments shall be made in
such a manner that the money required to be expended from said Fund will be available at the
proper time or times. All interest and income derived from deposits and investments in said Bond
Fund shall be credited to, and any losses debited to, the said Bond Fund. All such investments
shall be sold promptly when necessary to prevent any default in connection with the Bonds.
SECTION 12: Tax Levv. To provide for the payment of the "Debt Service Requirements"
on the Bonds being (i) the interest on said Bonds and (ii) a sinking fund for payment of principal at
maturity, mandatory redemption or a sinking fund of 2% (whichever amount shall be the greater),
there shall be and there is hereby levied for the current year and each succeeding year thereafter
while said Bonds or any interest thereon shall remain Outstanding, a sufficient tax on each one
hundred dollars' valuation of taxable property in said City, adequate to pay such Debt Service
Requirements, full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection; said tax shall
be assessed and collected each year and applied to the payment of the Debt Service
Requirements, and the same shall not be diverted to any other purpose. The taxes so levied and
collected shall be paid into the Bond Fund. The City Council hereby declares its purpose and intent
to provide and levy a tax legally and fully sufficient to pay the said Debt Service Requirements, it
having been determined that the existing and available taxing authority of the City for such purpose
is adequate to permit a legally sufficient tax in consideration of all other outstanding indebtedness.
The amount of taxes to be provided annually for the payment of the principal of and interest
on the Bonds shall be determined and accomplished in the following manner:
(a) Prior to the date the City Council establishes the annual tax rate and passes an
ordinance levying ad valorem taxes each year, the Council shall determine:
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(1) The amount on deposit in the Bond Fund after (a) deducting
therefrom the total amount of Debt Service Requirements to become due on Bonds
prior to the Collection Date for the ad valorem taxes to be levied and (b) adding
thereto the amount of the Net Revenues of the System appropriated and allocated
to pay such Debt Service Requirements prior to the Collection Date for the
ad valorem taxes to be levied.
(2) The amount of Net Revenues of the System, appropriated and to be
set aside for the payment of the Debt Service Requirements on the Bonds between
the Collection Date for the taxes then to be levied and the Collection Date for the
taxes to be levied during the next succeeding calendar year.
(3) The amount of Debt Service Requirements to become due and
payable on the Bonds between the Collection Date for the taxes then to be levied
and the Collection Date for the taxes to be levied during the next succeeding
calendar year.
(b) The amount of taxes to be levied annually each year to pay the Debt Service
Requirements on the Bonds shall be the amount established in paragraph (3) above less the sum
total of the amounts established in paragraphs (1) and (2), after taking into consideration
delinquencies and costs of collecting such annual taxes.
SECTION 13: Pledge of Revenues. The City hereby covenants and agrees that, subject
to the prior lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System to the payment and security of
Prior Lien Obligations, all the Net Revenues of the System, with the exception of those in excess
of the amounts required to be deposited to the Bond Fund as hereafter provided, are hereby
irrevocably pledged, equally and ratably, to the payment of the principal of and interest on the
Bonds and Similarly Secured Obligations, and the pledge of Net Revenues of the System herein
made for the payment of the Bonds shall constitute a lien on the Net Revenues of the System in
accordance with the terms and provisions hereof and be valid and binding without further action
by the City and without any filing or recording except for the filing of this Ordinance in the records
of the City.
SECTION 14: System Fund. The City hereby covenants and agrees that all Gross
Revenues (excluding earnings from the investment of money held in any special funds or accounts
created for the payment and security of Prior Lien Obligations) shall be deposited from day to day
as collected into a "City of Lubbock, Texas, Waterworks System Operating Fund" (hereinafter
called "System Fund") which Fund shall be kept and maintained at an official depository bank of
the City. All moneys deposited in the System Fund shall be pledged and appropriated to the extent
required for the following purposes and in the order of priority shown, to wit:
First: To the payment of all necessary and reasonable Operating and
Maintenance Expenses of the System as defined herein or required by statute to
be a first charge on and claim against the Gross Revenues.
Second: To the payment of the amounts required to be deposited in
the special Funds created and established for the payment, security and benefit of
Prior Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms and provisions of the ordinances
authorizing the issuance of Prior Lien Obligations; and
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Third: To the payment, equally and ratably, of the amounts required to be
deposited in the special funds and accounts created and established for the
payment of the Bonds (Bond Fund) and Similarly Secured Obligations.
Any Net Revenues remaining in the System Fund after satisfying the foregoing payments,
or making adequate and sufficient provision for the payment thereof, may be appropriated and
used for any other City purpose now or hereafter permitted by law.
SECTION 14: Deposits to Bond Fund. The City hereby covenants and agrees to cause
to be deposited to the credit of the Bond Fund prior to each principal and interest payment date for
the Bonds from the pledged Net Revenues of the System in the System Fund, after the deduction
of all payments required to be made to the special Funds or accounts created for the payment and
security ofthe Prior lien Obligations, an amount equal to one hundred per centum (100%) ofthe
amount required to fully pay the interest and principal then due and payable on the Bonds, such
deposits to pay maturing principal and accrued interest on the Bonds to be made in substantially
equal monthly installments on or before the last day of each month beginning the last day of the
month first to follow the date of delivery ofthe Bonds to the initial purchaser(s).
The deposits to be made to the credit of the Bond Fund, as hereinabove provided, shall be
made until such time as such Fund contains an amount equal to pay the principal of and interest
and premium, if any, on the Bonds to maturity. Accrued interest and premium, if any, received from
the purchaser of the Bonds deposited to the Bond Fund and ad valorem taxes levied, collected and
deposited in the Bond Fund for and on behalf of the Bonds may be taken into consideration and
reduce the amount of the deposits otherwise required to be deposited in the Bond Fund from the
Net Revenues of the System. In addition, any surplus proceeds from the sale of the Bonds not
expended for authorized purposes shall be deposited in the Bond Fund, and such amounts so
deposited shall reduce the sums otherwise required to be deposited in said Fund from ad valorem
taxes and the Net Revenues of the System.
SECTION 15: Securitv of Funds. All moneys on deposit in the Funds for which this
Ordinance makes provision (except any portion thereof as may be at any time properly invested)
shall be secured in the manner and to the fullest extent required by the laws of Texas for the
security of public funds, and moneys on deposit in such Funds shall be used only for the purposes
permitted by this Ordinance.
SECTION 16: Special Covenants. The City hereby further covenants as follows:
(a) It has the lawful power to pledge the Net Revenues of the System
supporting this issue of Bonds and has lawfully exercised said powers under the
Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including Articles 1111 et seq.,
V.A.T.C.S.
(b) Other than for the payment of the outstanding Previously Issued
Obligations, the Bonds, the "City of Lubbock, Texas, Tax and Waterworks System
(limited Pledge) Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1992", dated August 15,
1992, "City of Lubbock, Texas, Tax and Waterworks System (Limited Pledge)
Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 1993", dated October 1, 1993, "City of
Lubbock, Texas, Tax and Waterworks System (limited Pledge) Revenue
Certificates of Obligation, Series 1995", dated December 15, 1995, "City of
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Lubbock, Texas, Tax and Waterworks System (Limited Pledge) Revenue
Certificates of Obligation, Series 1998", dated January 1, 1998, and "City of
Lubbock, Texas, Tax and Waterworks System (Limited Pledge) Revenue
Certificates of Obligation, Series 1999", dated January 15, 1999, the Net Revenues
of the System have not in any manner been pledged to the payment of any debt or
obligation of the City or of the System.
SECTION 17: Issuance of Prior Lien Obligations and Similarly Secured Obligations. The
City hereby expressly reserves the right to hereafter issue Prior Lien Obligations, without limitation
as to principal amount but subject to any terms, conditions or restrictions applicable thereto under
law or otherwise.
In addition, the City reserves the right to issue Additional Obligations, without limitation or
any restriction or condition being applicable to their issuance under the terms of this Ordinance,
payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System of equal
rank and dignity, and on a parity in all respects, with the lien thereon and pledge thereof securing
the payment of the Bonds.
SECTION 18: Subordinate to Prior Lien Obligations Covenants and Agreements. It is the
intention of this governing body and accordingly hereby recognized and stipulated that the
provisions, agreements and covenants contained herein bearing upon the management and
operations of the System and the administering and application of revenues derived from the
operation thereof, shall to the extent possible be harmonized with like provisions, agreements and
covenants contained in ordinances authorizing the issuance of Prior Lien Obligations, and to the
extent of any irreconcilable conflict between the provisions contained herein and in ordinances
authorizing the issuance of Prior Lien Obligations, the provisions, agreements and covenants
contained therein shall prevail to the extent of such conflict and be applicable to this Ordinance but
in all respects subject to the priority of rights and benefits, if any, conferred thereby to the holders
or owners of the Prior Lien Obligations. Notwithstanding the above, any change or modification
affecting the application of revenues derived from the operation of the System shall not impair the
obligation of contract with respect to the pledge of revenues herein made for the payment and
security of the Bonds.
SECTION 19: Notices to Holders -Waiver. Wherever this Ordinance provides for notice
to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and sent by United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, to the address of
each Holder appearing in the Security Register at the close of business on the business day next
preceding the mailing of such notice.
In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice
to any particular Holders, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to all other Bonds. Where this Ordinance provides for notice in any manner,
such notice may be waived in writing by the Holder entitled to receive such notice, either before or
after the event with respect to which such notice is given, and such waiver shall be the equivalent
of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Paying Agent/Registrar, but
such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such waiver.
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SECTION 20: Cancellation. Bonds surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, or
exchange, if surrendered to the Paying Agent/Registrar, shall be promptly canceled by it and, if
surrendered to the City, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar and, if not already
canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar. The City may at any time
deliver to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation any Bonds previously certified or registered
and delivered which the City may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Bonds so
delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar. All canceled Bonds held by
the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be returned to the City.
SECTION 21: Satisfaction of Obligation of City. If the City shall pay or cause to be paid,
or there shall otherwise be paid to the Holders, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Bonds, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Ordinance, then the pledge of taxes levied
under this Ordinance and the lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues created by this Ordinance
and all covenants, agreements, and other obligations of the City to the Holders shall thereupon
cease, terminate, and be discharged and satisfied.
Bonds or any principal amount(s) thereof shall be deemed to have been paid within the
meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section when (i) money sufficient to pay in full
such Bonds or the principal amount(s) thereof at maturity or to the redemption date therefor,
together with all interest due thereon, shall have been irrevocably deposited with and held in trust
by the Paying Agent/Registrar, or an authorized escrow agent, or (ii) Government Obligations shall
have been irrevocably deposited in trust with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or an authorized escrow
agent, which Government Obligations have been certified by an independent accounting firm to
mature as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the availability,
without reinvestment, of sufficient money, together with any moneys deposited therewith, if any,
to pay when due the principal of and interest on such Bonds, or the principal amount(s) thereof,
on and prior to the Stated Maturity thereof or (if notice of redemption has been duly given or waived
or if irrevocable arrangements therefor acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar have been made)
the redemption date thereof. The City covenants that no deposit of moneys or Government
Obligations will be made under this Section and no use made of any such deposit which would
cause the Bonds to be treated as "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
Any moneys so deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or an authorized escrow agent,
and all income from Government Obligations held in trust by the Paying Agent/Registrar, or an
authorized escrow agent, pursuant to this Section which is not required for the payment of the
Bonds, or any principal amount(s) thereof, or interest thereon with respect to which such moneys
have been so deposited shall be remitted to the City or deposited as directed by the City.
Furthermore, any money held by the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of the principal of and
interest on the Bonds and remaining unclaimed for a period of four (4) years after the Stated
Maturity, or applicable redemption date, of the Bonds such moneys were deposited and are held
in trust to pay shall upon the request of the City be remitted to the City against a written receipt
therefor. Notwithstanding the above and foregoing, any remittance of funds from the Paying
Agent/Registrar to the City shall be subject to any applicable unclaimed property laws of the State
of Texas.
SECTION 22: Ordinance a Contract -Amendments. This Ordinance shall constitute a
contract with the Holders from time to time, be binding on the City, and shall not be amended or
repealed by the City while any Bond remains Outstanding except as permitted in this Section. The
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City may, without the consent of or notice to any Holders, from time to time and at any time, amend
this Ordinance in any manner not detrimental to the interests of the Holders, including the curing
of any ambiguity, inconsistency, or formal defect or omission herein. In addition, the City may, with
the consent of Holders holding a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then
Outstanding affected thereby, amend, add to, or rescind any of the provisions of this Ordinance;
provided that, without the consent of all Holders of Outstanding Bonds, no such amendment,
addition, or rescission shall (1) extend the time or times of payment of the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on the Bonds, reduce the principal amount thereof, or the rate of interest
thereon, the redemption price, or in any other way modify the terms of payment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds, (2) give any preference to any Bond over any other
Bond, or (3) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Bonds required to be held by Holders for
consent to any such amendment, addition, or rescission.
SECTION 23: Mutilated -Destroyed -Lost and Stolen Bonds. In case any Bond shall be
mutilated, or destroyed, lost or stolen, the Paying Agent/Registrar may execute and deliver a
replacement Bond of like form and tenor, and in the same denomination and bearing a number not
contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Bond, or in lieu
of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Bond, only upon the approval of the City and
after (i) the filing by the Holder thereof with the Paying Agent/Registrar of evidence satisfactory to
the Paying Agent/Registrar of the destruction, loss or theft of such Bond, and of the authenticity
of the ownership thereof and (ii) the furnishing to the Paying Agent/Registrar of indemnification in
an amount satisfactory to hold the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar harmless. All expenses and
charges associated with such indemnity and with the preparation, execution and delivery of a
replacement Bond shall be borne by the Holder of the Bond mutilated, or destroyed, lost or stolen.
Every replacement Bond issued pursuant to this Section shall be a valid and binding
obligation, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance equally and ratably with all other
Outstanding Bonds; notwithstanding the enforceability of payment by anyone of the destroyed, lost,
or stolen Bonds.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Bonds.
SECTION 24: Covenants to Maintain Tax-Exempt Status. (a) Definitions. When used
in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
"Closing Date" means the date on which the Bonds are first authenticated
and delivered to the initial purchasers against payment therefor.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by all
legislation, if any, effective on or before the Closing Date.
"Computation Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-1 (b) of the
Regulations.
"Gross Proceeds" means any proceeds as defined in Section 1.148-1(b) of
the Regulations, and any replacement proceeds as defined in Section 1.148-1(c)
of the Regulations, of the Bonds.
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"Investment" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-1 (b) of the
Regulations.
"Nonpurpose Investment" means any investment property, as defined in
section 148(b) of the Code, in which Gross Proceeds of the Bonds are invested and
which is not acquired to carry out the governmental purposes of the Bonds.
"Regulations" means any proposed, temporary, or final Income Tax
Regulations issued pursuant to Sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code, and
103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which are applicable to the Bonds. Any
reference to any specific Regulation shall also mean, as appropriate, any proposed,
temporary or final Income Tax Regulation designed to supplement, amend or
replace the specific Regulation referenced.
"Yield" of ( 1) any Investment has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-5
of the Regulations; and (2) the Bonds has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-4
of the Regulations.
(b) Not to Cause Interest to Become Taxable. The City shall not use, permit the use
of, or omit to use Gross Proceeds or any other amounts (or any property the acquisition,
construction or improvement of which is to be financed directly or indirectly with Gross Proceeds)
in a manner which if made or omitted, respectively, would cause the interest on any Bond to
become includable in the gross income, as defined in section 61 of the Code, of the owner thereof
for federal income tax purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until
the City receives a written opinion of counsel nationally recognized in the field of municipal bond
law to the effect that failure to comply with such covenant will not adversely affect the exemption
from federal income tax of the interest on any Bond, the City shall comply with each of the specific
covenants in this Section.
(c) No Private Use or Private Payments. Except as permitted by section 141 of the
Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall at all times prior to the last Stated
Maturity of Bonds:
(1) exclusively own, operate and possess all property the acquisition,
construction or improvement of which is to be financed or refinanced directly or
indirectly with Gross Proceeds of the Bonds (including property financed with Gross
Proceeds of the Refunded Obligations), and not use or permit the use of such
Gross Proceeds {including all contractual arrangements with terms different than
those applicable to the general public) or any property acquired, constructed or
improved with such Gross Proceeds in any activity carried on by any person or
entity (including the United States or any agency, department and instrumentality
thereof) other than a state or local government, unless such use is solely as a
member of the general public; and
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(2) not directly or indirectly impose or accept any charge or other
payment by any person or entity who is treated as using Gross Proceeds of the
Bonds or any property the acquisition, construction or improvement of which is to
be financed or refinanced directly or indirectly with such Gross Proceeds (including
property financed with Gross Proceeds of the Refunded Obligations), other than
taxes of general application within the City or interest earned on investments
acquired with such Gross Proceeds pending application for their intended purposes.
(d) No Private Loan. Except to the extent permitted by section 141 of the Code and the
Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall not use Gross Proceeds of the Bonds to make
or finance loans to any person or entity other than a state or local government. For purposes of
the foregoing covenant, such Gross Proceeds are considered to be "loaned" to a person or entity
if: (1) property acquired, constructed or improved with such Gross Proceeds is sold or leased to
such person or entity in a transaction which creates a debt for federal income tax purposes; (2)
capacity in or service from such property is committed to such person or entity under a take-or-pay,
output or similar contract or arrangement; or (3) indirect benefits, or burdens and benefits of
ownership, of such Gross Proceeds or any property acquired, constructed or improved with such
Gross Proceeds are otherwise transferred in a transaction which is the economic equivalent of a
loan.
(e) Not to Invest at Higher Yield. Except to the extent permitted by section 148 of the
Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall not at any time prior to the final
Stated Maturity of the Bonds directly or indirectly invest Gross Proceeds in any Investment (or use
Gross Proceeds to replace money so invested), if as a result of such investment the Y.eld from the
Closing Date of all Investments acquired with Gross Proceeds (or with money replaced thereby),
whether then held or previously disposed of, exceeds the Yield of the Bonds.
(f) Not Federally Guaranteed. Except to the extent permitted by section 149(b) ofthe
Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall not take or omit to take any action
which would cause the Bonds to be federally guaranteed within the meaning of section 149(b) of
the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder.
(g) Information Report. The City shall timely file the information required by
section 149(e) of the Code with the Secretary of the Treasury on Form 8038-G or such other form
and in such place as the Secretary may prescribe.
(h) Rebate of Arbitrage Profits. Except to the extent otherwise provided in
section 148(f) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder:
(1) The City shall account for all Gross Proceeds (including all receipts,
expenditures and investments thereof) on its books of account separately and apart
from all other funds (and receipts, expenditures and investments thereof) and shall
retain all records of accounting for at least six years after the day on which the last
Outstanding Bond is discharged. However, to the extent permitted by law, the City
may commingle Gross Proceeds of the Bonds with other money of the City,
provided that the City separately accounts for each receipt and expenditure of
Gross Proceeds and the obligations acquired therewith.
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(2) Not less frequently than each Computation Date, the City shall
calculate the Rebate Amount in accordance with rules set forth in section 148(f) of
the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder. The City shall maintain such
calculations with its official transcript of proceedings relating to the issuance of the
Bonds until six years after the final Computation Date.
(3) As additional consideration for the purchase of the Bonds by the
Purchasers and the loan of the money represented thereby and in order to induce
such purchase by measures designed to insure the excludability of the interest
thereon from the gross income of the owners thereof for federal income tax
purposes, the City shall pay to the United States out of the Bond Fund or its general
fund, as permitted by applicable Texas statute, regulation or opinion of the Attomey
General of the State of Texas, the amount that when added to the future value of
previous rebate payments made for the Bonds equals (i) in the case of a Final
Computation Date as defined in Section 1.148-3(e)(2) of the Regulations, one
hundred percent (100%) of the Rebate Amount on such date; and (ii) in the case of
any other Computation Date, ninety percent (90%) of the Rebate Amount on such
date. In all cases, the rebate payments shall be made at the times, in the
installments, to the place and in the manner as is or may be required by section
148(f) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, and shall be
accompanied by Form 8038-T or such other forms and information as is or may be
required by Section 148(f) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder.
(4) The City shall exercise reasonable diligence to assure that no errors
are made in the calculations and payments required by paragraphs (2) and (3), and
if an error is made, to discover and promptly correct such error within a reasonable
amount of time thereafter (and in all events within one hundred eighty (180) days
after discovery of the error), including payment to the United States of any
additional Rebate Amount owed to it, interest thereon, and any penalty imposed
under Section 1.148-3(h) of the Regulations.
(i) Not to Divert Arbitrage Profits. Except to the extent permitted by section 148 of the
Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall not, at any time prior to the earlier
of the Stated Maturity or final payment of the Bonds, enter into any transaction that reduces the
amount required to be paid to the United States pursuant to Subsection H of this Section because
such transaction results in a smaller profit or a larger loss than would have resulted if the
transaction had been at arm's length and had the Yield of the Bonds not been relevant to either
party.
0> Elections. The City hereby directs and authorizes the Mayor, City Secretary, City
Manager, Managing Director of Finance, and First Assistant City Manager, individually or jointly,
to make elections permitted or required pursuant to the provisions of the Code or the Regulations,
as they deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the Bonds, in the Certificate as to Tax
Exemption or similar or other appropriate certificate, form or document.
(k) Current Refunding. The Bonds are being issued exclusively to pay and discharge
in full the City's Obligation and such payment of the City's Obligation will occur within ninety (90)
days after the issuance of the Bonds.
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SECTION 25: Sale of Bonds. Pursuant to a public sale for the Bonds, the bid submitted
by J. C. Bradford & Co. and Associates (herein referred to as the "Purchasers") is declared to be
the best bid received producing the lowest net effective interest cost to the City, and the sale of the
Bonds to said Purchasers at the price of par and accrued interest to the date of delivery, plus a
premium of $ -0-, is hereby approved and confirmed. Delivery of the Bonds to the Purchasers
shall occur as soon as possible upon payment being made therefor in accordance with the terms
of sale.
SECTION 26: Official Statement. The Official Statement prepared in the initial offering and
sale of the Bonds by the City, together with all addendas, supplements and amendments thereto
issued on behalf of the City, is hereby approved as to form and content, and the City Council
hereby finds that the information and data contained in said Official Statement pertaining to the City
and its financial affairs is true and correct in all material respects and no material facts have been
omitted therefrom which are necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The use of such Official Statement
in the reoffering of the Bonds by the Purchasers is hereby approved and authorized.
SECTION 27: Escrow Agreement Approval and Execution. The "Escrow Agreemenf' (the
"Agreement") by and between the City and the Norwest Bank Texas, National Association, (the
''Escrow Agent"), attached hereto as Exhibit Band incorporated herein by reference as a part of
this Ordinance for all purposes, is hereby approved as to form and content, and such Agreement
in substantially the form and substance attached hereto, together with such changes or revisions
as may be necessary to accomplish the prepayment of the City's Obligation, is hereby authorized
to be executed by the Mayor and City Secretary for and on behalf of the City and as the act and
deed of the City Council; and such Agreement as executed by said officials shall be deemed
approved by the City Council and constitute the Agreement herein approved.
SECTION 28: Control and Custody of Bonds. The Mayor of the City shall be and is hereby
authorized to take and have charge of all necessary orders and records pending investigation by
the Attorney General of the State of Texas, including the printing and supply of definitive Bonds,
and shall take and have charge and control of the Initial Bonds pending the approval thereof by the
Attorney General, the registration thereof by the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the delivery
thereof to the Purchasers.
Furthermore, the Mayor, Mayor Pro Tern, First Assistant to the City Manager, Managing
Director of Finance and City Secretary, any one or more of said officials, are hereby authorized and
directed to furnish and execute such documents and certifications relating to the City and the
issuance of the Bonds, including certifications as to facts, estimates, circumstances and reasonable
expectations pertaining to the use, expenditure and investment of the proceeds of the Bonds, as
may be necessary for the approval of the Attorney General, the registration by the Comptroller of
Public Accounts and the delivery of the Bonds to the Purchasers, and, together with the City's bond
counsel and the Paying Agent/Registrar, make the necessary arrangements for the delivery of the
Initial Bond(s) to the Purchasers and the initial exchange thereof for definitive Bonds.
SECTION 29: Proceeds of Sale. Immediately following the delivery of the Bonds, the
proceeds of sale (less certain costs of issuance and the accrued interest received from the
Purchaser of the Bonds) shall be deposited with the Escrow Agent for application and disbursement
in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement.
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SECTION 30: Legal Opinion. The Purchasers' obligation to accept delivery of the Bonds
is subject to being furnished a final opinion of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP., Dallas, Texas, approving
the Bonds as to their validity, said opinion to be dated and delivered as of the date of delivery and
payment for the Bonds. An executed counterpart of said opinion shall accompany the global Bonds
deposited with The Depository Trust Company or a reproduction thereof shall be printed on the
definitive Bonds in the event the book entry only system shall be discontinued.
SECTION 31: CUSIP Numbers. CUSIP numbers may be printed or typed on the definitive
Bonds. It is expressly provided, however, that the presence or absence of CUSIP numbers on the
definitive Bonds shall be of no significance or effect as regards the legality thereof and neither the
City nor attorneys approving the Bonds as to legality are to be held responsible for CUSIP numbers
incorrectly printed or typed on the definitive Bonds.
SECTION 32: Benefrts of Ordinance. Nothing in this Ordinance, expressed or implied, is
intended or shall be construed to confer upon any person other than the City, the Paying
Agent/Registrar and the Holders, any right, remedy, or claim, legal or equitable, under or by reason
of this Ordinance or any provision hereof, this Ordinance and all its provisions being intended to
be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City, the Paying Agent/Registrar and the
Holders.
SECTION 33: Inconsistent Provisions. All ordinances, orders or resolutions, or parts
thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby
repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain
controlling as to the matters contained herein.
SECTION 34: Governing Law. This Ordinance shall be construed and enforced in
accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
SECTION 35: Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only
and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 36: Construction of Terms. If appropriate in the context of this Ordinance, words
of the singular number shall be considered to include the plural, words of the plural number shall
be considered to include the singular, and words of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall
be considered to include the other genders.
SECTION 37: Severability. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to
any circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application
thereof to other circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City Council hereby declares
that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
SECTION 38: Incorporation of Findings and Determinations. The findings and
determinations of the City Council contained in the preamble hereof are hereby incorporated by
reference and made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes as if the same were restated in full
in this Section.
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SECTION 39: Continuing Disclosure Undertaking. {a) Definitions. As used in this
Section, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to such terms below:
"MSRB' means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
"NRMSIR' means each person whom the SEC or its staff has determined to be a nationally
recognized municipal securities information repository within the meaning of the Rule from time to
time.
..Rule" means SEC Rule 15c2-12, as amended from time to time.
"SEC' means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"SICJ' means any person designated by the State of Texas or an authorized department,
officer, or agency thereof as, and determined by the SEC or its staff to be, a state information
depository within the meaning of the Rule from time to time.
(b) Annual Reports. The City shall provide annually to each NRMSIR and any SID,
within six months after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending September
30, 1999) financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the general type
included in the final Official Statement approved by Section 26 of this Ordinance, being the
information described in Exhibit C hereto. Financial statements to be provided shall be (1)
prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in Exhibit C hereto and
(2) audited, if the City commissions an audit of such statements and the audit is completed within
the period during which they must be provided. If audited financial statements are not available
at the time the financial information and operating data must be provided, then the City shall
provide unaudited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year to each NRMSIR and any SID
with the financial information and operating data and will file the annual audit report, when and if
the same becomes available.
If the City changes its fiscal year, it will notify each NRMSIR and any SID of the
change (and of the date of the new fiscal year end) prior to the next date by which the City
otherwise would be required to provide financial information and operating data pursuant to this
Section.
The financial information and operating data to be provided pursuant to this Section
may be set forth in full in one or more documents or may be included by specific reference to any
document (including an official statement or other offering document, if it is available from the
MSRB) that theretofore has been provided to each NRMSIR and any SID or filed with the SEC.
(c) Material Event Notices. The City shall notify any SID and either each NRMSIR or
the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any of the following events with respect to the Bonds, if such
event is material within the meaning of the federal securities laws:
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1. Principal and interest payment delinquencies;
2. Non-payment related defaults;
3. Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties;
4. Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties;
5. Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform;
6. Adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax-exempt status of the Bonds;
7. Modifications to rights of holders of the Bonds;
8. Bond calls;
9. Defeasances;
1 0. Release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the Bonds;
and
11. Rating changes.
The City shall notify any SID and either each NRMSIR or the MSRB, in a timely manner,
of any failure by the City to provide financial information or operating data in accordance with
subsection (b) of this Section by the time required by such Section.
(d) Umitations, Disclaimers, and Amendments. The City shall be obligated to observe
and perform the covenants specified in this Section while, but only while, the City remains an
"obligated person" with respect to the Bonds within the meaning of the Rule, except that the City
in any event will give the notice required by subsection (c) hereof of any Bond calls and defeasance
that cause the City to be no longer such an "obligated person."
The provisions of this Section are for the sole benefrt of the Holders and beneficial owners
of the Bonds, and nothing in this Section, express or implied, shall give any benefrt or any legal or
equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder to any other person. The City undertakes to provide
only the financial information, operating data, financial statements, and notices which it has
expressly agreed to provide pursuant to this Section and does not hereby undertake to provide any
other information that may be relevant or material to a complete presentation of the City's financial
results, condition, or prospects or hereby undertake to update any information provided in
accordance with this Section or otherwise, except as expressly provided herein. The City does not
make any representation or warranty concerning such information or its usefulness to a decision
to invest in or sell Bonds at any future date.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE TO THE HOLDER OR
BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY BOND OR ANY OTHER PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT,
FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM ANY BREACH BY THE CITY,
WHETHER NEGLIGENT OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS PART, OF ANY COVENANT SPECIFIED
IN THIS SECTION, BUT EVERY RIGHT AND REMEDY OF ANY SUCH PERSON, IN CONTRACT
OR TORT, FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SUCH BREACH SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN
ACTION FOR MANDAMUS OR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.
No default by the City in observing or performing its obligations under this Section shall
constitute a breach of or default under this Ordinance for purposes of any other provision of this
Ordinance.
Nothing in this Section is intended or shall act to disclaim, waive, or otherwise limit the
duties of the City under federal and state securities laws.
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The provisions of this Section may be amended by the City from time to time to adapt to
changed circumstances resulting from a change in legal requirements, a change in law, or a
change in the identity, nature, status, or type of operations of the City, but only if (1) the provisions
of this Section, as so amended, would have permitted an underwriter to purchase or sell Bonds in
the primary offering of the Bonds in compliance with the Rule, taking into account any amendments
or interpretations of the Rule to the date of such amendment, as well as such changed
circumstances, and (2) either (a) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount (or any
greater amount required by any other provision of this Ordinance that authorizes such an
amendment) of the Outstanding Bonds consent to such amendment or (b) a Person that is
unaffiliated with the City (such as nationally recognized bond counsel) determines that such
amendment will not materially impair the interests of the Holders and beneficial owners of the
Bonds. The provisions of this Section may also be amended from time to time or repealed by the
City if the SEC amends or repeals the applicable provisions of the Rule or a court of final
jurisdiction determines that such provisions are invalid, but only if and to the extent that reservation
of the City's right to do so would not prevent underwriters of the initial public offering of the Bonds
from lawfully purchasing or selling Bonds in such offering. If the City so amends the provisions of
this Section, it shall include with any amended financial information or operating data filed with each
NRMSIR and SID pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section an explanation, in narrative form, of
the reasons for the amendment and of the impact of any change in the type of financial information
or operating data so provided.
SECTION 40: Public Meeting. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the
meeting at which this Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time,
place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this
Ordinance, was given, all as required by V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 551, as amended.
SECTION 41: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately
from and after its passage on second and final reading, and IT IS SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON FIRST READING, March 25, 1999.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, this the 8th day of April,
1999.
ATTEST:
(City Seal)~
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PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT entered into as of AprilS, 1999 {this "Agreement"), by and between
the City of Lubbock, Texas {the "Issuer"), and Chase Bank of Texas, National Association, a
banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America,
(the ''Bank").
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized and provided for the execution and delivery
of its "City of Lubbock, Texas, Tax and Waterworks System Surplus Revenue Refunding Bonds,
Series 1999" {the "Securities"), dated April1, 1999, and such Securities are to be delivered to the
initial purchasers on or about May 12, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the Issuer has selected the Bank to serve as Paying Agent/Registrar in
connection with the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on said Securities
and with respect to the registration, transfer and exchange thereof by the registered owners
thereof; and
WHEREAS, the Bank has agreed to serve in such capacities for and on behalf of the
Issuer and has full power and authority to perfonn and serve as Paying Agent/Registrar for the
Securities;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
APPOINTMENT OF BANK AS
PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Section 1.01. Appointment. The Issuer hereby appoints the Bank to serve as Paying
Agent with respect to the Securities, and, as Paying Agent for the Securities, the Bank shall be
responsible for paying on behalf of the Issuer the principal, premium {if any), and interest on the
Securities as the same become due and payable to the registered owners thereof; all in
accordance with this Agreement and the "Bond Resolution" (hereinafter defined). The Issuer
hereby appoints the Bank as Registrar with respect to the Securities and, as Registrar for the
Securities, the Bank shall keep and maintain for and on behalf of the Issuer books and records
as to the ownership of said Securities and with respect to the transfer and exchange thereof as
provided herein and in the "Bond Resolution".
The Bank hereby accepts its appointment, and agrees to serve as the Paying Agent and
Registrar for the Securities.
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Section 1.02. Compensation. As compensation for the Bank's services as Paying
Agent/Registrar, the Issuer hereby agrees to pay the Bank the fees and amounts set forth in
Annex A attached hereto for the first year of this Agreement and thereafter the fees and amounts
set forth in the Bank's current fee schedule then in effect for services as Paying Agent/Registrar
for municipalities, which shall be supplied to the Issuer on or before 90 days prior to the close of
the Fiscal Year of the Issuer, and shall be effective upon the first day of the following Fiscal Year.
In addition, the Issuer agrees to reimburse the Bank upon its request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Bank in accordance with any
of the provisions hereof (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its agents and counsel).
ARTICLE TWO
DEFINITIONS
Section 2.01. Definitions. For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
"Acceleration Date" on any Security means the date on and after which the
principal or any or all installments of interest, or both, are due and payable on any
Security which has become accelerated pursuant to the terms of the Security.
"Bank Office" means the principal offices of the Bank located at the address
appearing on page 10 hereof. The Bank will notify the Issuer in writing of any change in
location of the Bank Office.
"Bond Resolution" means the resolution, order, or ordinance of the governing body
of the Issuer pursuant to which the Securities are issued, certified by the Secretary or any
other officer of the Issuer and delivered to the Bank.
"Fiscal Year'' means the fiscal year of the Issuer, ending September 30th.
"Holder" and "Security Holder'' each means the Person in whose name a Security
is registered in the Security Register.
"Issuer Request" and "Issuer Order'' means a written request or order signed in
the name of the Issuer by the Mayor, City Manager, First Assistant City Manager,
Managing Director of Finance or City Secretary, any one or more of said officials, and
delivered to the Bank.
"Legal Holiday" means a day on which the Bank is required or authorized to be
closed.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision of a government.
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"Predecessor Securities .. of any particular Security means every previous Security
evidencing all or a portion of the same obligation as that evidenced by such particular
Security (and, for the purposes of this definition, any mutilated, lost, destroyed, or stolen
Security for which a replacement Security has been registered and delivered in lieu thereof
pursuant to Section 4.06 hereof and the Resolution).
"Redemption Date" when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed means
the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of the Bond Resolution.
"Responsible Officer'' when used with respect to the Bank means the Chairman or
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Board of Directors, the President, any Vice President, the Secretary, any
Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Cashier, any Assistant
Cashier, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, or any other officer of the Bank
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Security Register'' means a register maintained by the Bank on behalf of the Issuer
providing for the registration and transfers of Securities.
"Stated Maturity" means the date specified in the Bond Resolution the principal of
a Security is scheduled to be due and payable.
Section 2.02. Other Definitions. The terms "Bank, .... Issuer, .. and "Securities (Security)"
have the meanings assigned to them in the recital paragraphs of this Agreement.
The term .. Paying Agent/Registrar'' refers to the Bank in the performance of the duties and
functions of this Agreement.
ARTICLE THREE
PAYING AGENT
Section 3.01. Duties of Paying Agent. As Paying Agent, the Bank shall, provided adequate
collected funds have been provided to it for such purpose by or on behalf of the Issuer, pay on
behalf of the Issuer the principal of each Security at its Stated Maturity, Redemption Date, or
Acceleration Date, to the Holder upon surrender of the Security to the Bank Office.
As Paying Agent, the Bank shall, provided adequate collected funds have been provided
to it for such purpose by or on behalf of the Issuer, pay on behalf of the Issuer the interest on each
Security when due, by computing the amount of interest to be paid each Holder and making
payment thereof to the Holders of the Securities (or their Predecessor Securities) on the Record
Date. All payments of principal and/or interest on the Securities to the registered owners shall be
accomplished (1) by the issuance of checks, payable to the registered owners, drawn on the
fiduciary account provided in Section 5.05 hereof, sent by United States mail, first class, postage
prepaid, to the address appearing on the Security Register or (2) by such other method, acceptable
to the Bank, requested in writing by the Holder at the Holder's risk and expense.
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Section 3.02. Payment Dates. The Issuer hereby instructs the Bank to pay the principal
of and interest on the Securities at the dates specified in the Bond Resolution.
ARTICLE FOUR
REGISTRAR
Section 4.01. Security Register~ Transfers and Exchanges. The Bank agrees to keep and
maintain for and on behalf of the Issuer at the Bank Office books and records (herein sometimes
referred to as the "Security Register•) for recording the names and addresses of the Holders of the
Securities, the transfer, exchange and replacement of the Securities and the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Securities to the Holders and containing such other information as
may be reasonably required by the Issuer and subject to such reasonable regulations as the Issuer
and Bank may prescribe. All transfers, exchanges and replacement of Securities shall be noted
in the Security Register.
Every Security surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, the signature on which has been guaranteed by
an officer of a federal or state bank or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers,
in form satisfactory to the Bank, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his agent duly authorized
in writing.
The Bank may request any supporting documentation it feels necessary to effect a
re-registration, transfer or exchange of the Securities.
To the extent possible and under reasonable circumstances, the Bank agrees that, in
relation to an exchange or transfer of Securities, the exchange or transfer by the Holders thereof
will be completed and new Securities delivered to the Holder or the assignee of the Holder in not
more than three (3) business days after the receipt of the Securities to be cancelled in an exchange
or transfer and the written instrument of transfer or request for exchange duly executed by the
Holder, or his duly authorized agent, in form and manner satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar.
Section 4.02. Certificates. The Issuer shall provide an adequate inventory of printed
Securities to facilitate transfers or exchanges thereof. The Bank covenants that the inventory of
printed Securities will be kept in safekeeping pending their use and reasonable care will be
exercised by the Bank in maintaining such Securities in safekeeping, which shall be not less than
the care maintained by the Bank for debt securities of other governments or corporations for which
it serves as registrar, or that is maintained for its own securities.
Section 4.03. Form ofSecuritv Register. The Bank, as Registrar, will maintain the Security
Register relating to the registration, payment, transfer and exchange of the Securities in
accordance with the Bank's general practices and procedures in effect from time to time. The Bank
shall not be obligated to maintain such Security Register in any form other than those which the
Bank has currently available and currently utilizes at the time.
The Security Register may be maintained in written form or in any other form capable of
being converted into written form within a reasonable time.
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Section 4.04. List of Security Holders. The Bank will provide the Issuer at any time
requested by the Issuer, upon payment of the required fee, a copy of the information contained in
the Security Register. The Issuer may also inspect the information contained in the Security
Register at any time the Bank is customarily open for business, provided that reasonable time is
allowed the Bank to provide an up-to-date listing or to convert the information into written form.
The Bank will not release or disclose the contents of the Security Register to any person
other than to, or at the written request of, an authorized officer or employee of the Issuer, except
upon receipt of a court order or as otherwise required by law. Upon receipt of a court order and
prior to the release or disclosure of the contents of the Security Register, the Bank will notify the
Issuer so that the Issuer may contest the court order or such release or disclosure of the contents
of the Security Register.
Section 4.05. Return of Cancelled Certificates. The Bank will, at such reasonable intervals
as it determines, surrender to the Issuer, Securities in lieu of which or in exchange for which other
Securities have been issued, or which have been paid.
Section 4.06. Mutilated. Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. The Issuer hereby instructs
the Bank, subject to the provisions of Section 23 of the Bond Resolution, to deliver and issue
Securities in exchange for or in lieu of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Securities as long as the
same does not result in an overissuance.
In case any Security shall be mutilated, or destroyed, lost or stolen, the Bank may execute
and deliver a replacement Security of like form and tenor, and in the same denomination and
bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for such
mutilated Security, or in lieu of and in substitution for such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, only
upon the approval of the Issuer and after (i) the filing by the Holder thereof with the Bank of
evidence satisfactory to the Bank of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security, and of the
authenticity of the ownership thereof and (ii) the furnishing to the Bank of indemnification in an
amount satisfactory to hold the Issuer and the Bank harmless. All expenses and charges
associated with such indemnity and with the preparation, execution and delivery of a replacement
Security shall be borne by the Holder of the Security mutilated, or destroyed, lost or stolen.
Section 4.07. Transaction Information to Issuer. The Bank will, within a reasonable time
after receipt of written request from the Issuer, furnish the Issuer information as to the Securities
it has paid pursuant to Section 3.01, Securities it has delivered upon the transfer or exchange of
any Securities pursuant to Section 4.01, and Securities it has delivered in exchange for or in lieu
of mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Securities pursuant to Section 4.06.
ARTICLE FIVE
THE BANK
Section 5.01. Duties of Bank. The Bank undertakes to perform the duties set forth herein
and agrees to use reasonable care in the performance thereof.
Section 5.02. Reliance on Documents. Etc. (a) The Bank may conclusively rely, as to
the truth of the statements and correctness of the opinions expressed therein, on certificates or
opinions furnished to the Bank.
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(b) The Bank shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Bank was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts.
(c) No provisions of this Agreement shall require the Bank to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability for performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in
the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity satisfactory to it against such risks or liability is not
assured to it.
(d) The Bank may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, note, security, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have
been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing statement, the Bank need not examine the ownership of any Securities, but is protected
in acting upon receipt of Securities containing an endorsement or instruction of transfer or power
of transfer which appears on its face to be signed by the Holder or an agent of the Holder. The
Bank shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in a resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
note, security, or other paper or document supplied by Issuer.
(e) The Bank may consult with counsel, and the written advice of such counsel or any
opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection with respect to any action
taken, suffered, or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(f) The Bank may exercise any of the powers hereunder and perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys of the Bank.
Section 5.03. Recitals of Issuer. The recitals contained herein with respect to the Issuer
and in the Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Bank assumes no
responsibility for their correctness.
The Bank shall in no event be liable to the Issuer, any Holder or Holders of any Security,
or any other Person for any amount due on any Security from its own funds.
Section 5.04. May Hold Securities. The Bank, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same
rights it would have if it were not the Paying Agent/Registrar, or any other agent.
Section 5.05. Moneys Held by Bank -Fiduciary Account/Collateralization. A fiduciary
account shall at all times be kept and maintained by the Bank for the receipt, safekeeping and
disbursement of moneys received from the Issuer hereunder for the payment of the Securities, and
money deposited to the credit of such account until paid to the Holders of the Securities shall be
continuously collateralized by securities or obligations which qualify and are eligible under both the
laws of the State of Texas and the laws of the United States of America to secure and be pledged
as collateral for fiduciary accounts to the extent such money is not insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation. Payments made from such fiduciary account shall be made by check
drawn on such fiduciary account unless the owner of such Securities shall, at its own expense and
risk, request such other medium of payment.
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The Bank shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder.
Subject to the applicable unclaimed property laws of the State of Texas, any money
deposited with the Bank for the payment of the principal, premium (if any), or interest on any
Security and remaining unclaimed for four years after final maturity of the Security has become due
and payable will be paid by the Bank to the Issuer, and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter
look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Bank with respect to such moneys
shall thereupon cease.
Section 5.06. Indemnification. To the extent permitted by law, the Issuer agrees to
indemnify the Bank for, and hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, or expense incurred without
negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with its acceptance or
administration of its duties hereunder, including the cost and expense against any claim or liability
in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Agreement
Section 5.07. Interpleader. The Issuer and the Bank agree that the Bank may seek
adjudication of any adverse claim, demand, or controversy over its person as well as funds on
deposit, in either a Federal or State District Court located in the State and County where either the
Bank Office or the administrative offices of the Issuer is located, and agree that service of process
by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, to the address referred to in Section 6.03
of this Agreement shall constitute adequate service. The Issuer and the Bank further agree that
the Bank has the right to file a Bill of Interpleader in any court of competent jurisdiction to determine
the rights of any Person claiming any interest herein.
Section 5.08. DT Services. It is hereby represented and warranted that, in the event the
Securities are otherwise qualified and accepted for "Depository Trust Company" services or
equivalent depository trust services by other organizations, the Bank has the capability and, to the
extent within its control, will comply with the "Operational Arrangements", effective December 12,
1994, which establishes requirements for securities to be eligible for such type depository trust
services, including, but not limited to, requirements for the timeliness of payments and funds
availability, transfer turnaround time, and notification of redemptions and calls.
ARTICLE SIX
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 6.01. Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by an agreement in
writing signed by both of the parties hereto.
Section 6.02. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by either party without
the prior written consent of the other.
Section 6.03. Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent,
waiver, or other document provided or permitted hereby to be given or furnished to the Issuer or
the Bank shall be mailed or delivered to the Issuer or the Bank, respectively, at the addresses
shown on page 1 0.
Section 6.04. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
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Section 6.05. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements herein by the
Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 6.06. Severability. In case any provision herein shall be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any
way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 6.07. Benefits of Agreement. Nothing herein, express or implied, shall give to any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder.
Section 6.08. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Bond Resolution constitute the
entire agreement between the parties hereto relative to the Bank acting as Paying Agent/Registrar
and if any conflict exists between this Agreement and the Bond Resolution, the Bond Resolution
shall govern.
Section 6.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one and
the same Agreement.
Section 6.10. Termination. This Agreement will terminate (i) on the date of final payment
of the principal of and interest on the Securities to the Holders thereof or (ii) may be earlier
terminated by either party upon sixty (60) days written notice; provided, however, an early
termination of this Agreement by either party shall not be effective until (a) a successor Paying
Agent/Registrar has been appointed by the Issuer and such appointment accepted and (b) notice
given to the Holders of the Securities of the appointment of a successor Paying Agent/Registrar.
Furthermore, the Bank and Issuer mutually agree that the effective date of an early termination of
this Agreement shall not occur at any time which would disrupt, delay or otherwise adversely affect
the payment of the Securities.
Upon an early termination of this Agreement, the Bank agrees to promptly transfer and
deliver the Security Register (or a copy thereof), together with other pertinent books and records
relating to the Securities, to the successor Paying Agent/Registrar designated and appointed by
the Issuer.
The provisions of Section 1.02 and of Article Five shall survive and remain in full force and
effect following the termination of this Agreement.
Section 6.11. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by the laws of the State of Texas.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day
and year first above written.
[SEAL]
Attest:
Title:
(CITY SEAL)
Attest:
City Secretary
CHASE BANK OF TEXAS,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
BY __________________________ _
Title:
Mailing Address:
Corporate Trust Department
P. 0. Box 550
Austin, Texas 78789
Delivery Address:
Corporate Trust Department
700 Lavaca, 5111 Floor
Austin, Texas 78701
Designated Paymentrrransfer Office:
Mailing Address:
Corporate Trust Department
P. 0. Box 660197
Dallas, Texas 75266·0197
Delivery Address:
Corporate Trust Department
2200 Ross Avenue, 5th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75201
CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS
BY __________________________ __
Mayor
Address:
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P. 0. Box 2000
Lubbock, Texas 79457
SPECIAL ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
THIS SPECIAL ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT, dated as of April 8, 1999, (the
"Agreement'1 by and between the City of Lubbock, Texas, a municipal corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Texas (the "City") and Norwest Bank Texas, National
Association, a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of
America (the "Bank" or "Escrow Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the City of Lubbock (the City") is a member of the Canadian River Municipal
Water Authority (the "Authority") pursuant to Chapter 243, Acts of the 57 Leg., Regular Session,
(1953), as amended, and has entered into a contract with the Authority known as the Meredith
Supply Agreement, dated January 9, 1961, as amended (the "Meredith Supply Agreemenr) for
the purchase of water from Lake Meredith that was constructed by the United States of America
under an act of Congress, dated December 29, 1950 (64 Stat.1124) and Repayment Contract No.
14-06-500-485, between the United States of America and the Authority, dated November 28,
1960, as amended; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Public Law No. 105,316, the Authority became entitled to prepay
its obligation to the United States of America, provided such prepayment occurs within 360 days
of October 30, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the Meredith Supply Agreement was amended by an Agreement between the
Canadian River Municipal Water Authority And The City of Lubbock, Texas For The Prepayment
Of The Obligations To The United States Of America Incurred In Connection With The Construction
Of The Canadian River Project (the "Prepayment Agreement"), made and entered into as of
January 28, 1999, providing for the City's percentage share of the repayable construction cost
obligations owed the Untied States of America by the Authority to be 41.877%, after appropriate
credits for certain costs and for payments previously made, or the sum of $12,212,860.87
(hereinafter called the "City's Obligation"); and
WHEREAS, under the terms of the Meredith Supply Agreement as amended by the
Prepayment Agreement, the City has the option to independently fund all or a portion of the City's
Obligation; and
WHEREAS, should the City exercise its option to independently fund all or a portion of the
City's Obligation, the Prepayment Agreement requires the amount independently funded to be
deposited in an escrow account, pursuant to an escrow agreement, in a state or national bank with
trust powers having a combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $75,000,000 and
such deposit shall be for the exclusive benefit of making payment to the Authority of the City's
Obligation under the Prepayment Agreement; and
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WHEREAS, the City has notified the Authority under the Prepayment Agreement that it will
fund the City's Obligation with the proceeds of sale of "City of Lubbock, Texas, Tax and
Waterworks System Surplus Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1999"( the "Bonds") authorized for
issuance and sold on April 8, 1999; and
WHEREAS, the City has selected the Bank to serve as escrow agent for the receipt,
custody and disbursement of the proceeds of sale of the Bonds to be deposited with the Bank for
the prepayment of the City's Obligation pursuant to the terms of the Prepayment Agreement and
to be held in escrow in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and for other good
and valuable consideration, the City and the Bank agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following
terms shall have the meanings assigned below when used in this Agreement:
"Authorized Representative" shall mean with respect to the City, the Mayor, the City
Manager, Assistant City Manager, Director of Finance, City Attorney, or such other official or
employee of the City as may be designated by the Mayor of the City through official action filed with
the Bank.
"Authorized Investments" shall mean those securities or obligations authorized for
investment of public funds pursuant to the Public Funds Investment Act and the City's policies and
guidelines pertaining to the investment of proceeds of sale derived from the issuance and sale of
bonds or similar obligations.
"Escrow Fund" shall mean the special fund or account established with the Bank pursuant
to the provisions of this Escrow Agreement for the deposit and safekeeping of funds to be paid to
the Authority for the prepayment of the City's Obligation under the Prepayment Agreement.
"Escrow Amount" shall mean that amount of funds deposited in the Escrow Fund to fund
the City's Obligation (i.e., the City's Share of Project Prepayment Costs pursuant to Section 4.3 of
the Prepayment Agreement).
Section 1.02. Other Definitions. The terms "PrepaymentAgreemenf', "Authority", "City",
"Meredith Supply Agreement" shall have the meanings assigned in the "RECITALS" of this
Agreement. Furthermore, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings
assigned thereto in the Prepayment Agreement.
Section 1.03. Interpretations. The titles and headings of the articles and sections of this
Agreement have been inserted for convenience and reference only and are not to be considered
a part thereof and shall not in any way modify or restrict the terms hereof. Words of the singular
number shall be considered to include the plural, words of the plural number shall be construed to
include the singular and words of the masculine, feminine and neuter genders shall be construed
to include the other genders. This Agreement and all of the terms and provisions hereof shall be
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liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein and to achieve the intended purpose
of providing for (i) the receipt and safekeeping of the Escrow Amount and (ii) the disbursement of
such Escrow Amount in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
ESCROW FUND
Section 2.01. Escrow Fund Creation. A special segregated and irrevocable trust fund to
be known as the "Special Lubbock Lake Meredith Project Prepayment Escrow Fund" (hereinafter
called the "Escrow Fund'1 shall be and is hereby established and shall be maintained by the Bank
for the receipt, deposit, administration and safekeeping of the Escrow Amount pending its use,
disbursement and withdrawal; all in accordance with and in strict conformity with the provisions of
this Agreement.
Section 2.02. Escrow Fund Deposit. On or prior to the fifth (5th) work day preceding the
"Revenue Bond Funding Date", the City agrees and covenants to deposit to the credit of the
Escrow Fund all of the Escrow Amount and the Escrow Agent agrees to receive and deposit such
Escrow Amount to the credit of the Escrow Fund and hold the same for application and
disbursement for the purposes and in the manner prescribed in this Agreement.
Section 2.03. Escrow Fund Characterization. (a) The Escrow Agent shall hold such
Escrow Amount, together with income, profits and interest realized from investing such funds, at
all times as a special and separate trust fund wholly segregated from other moneys and securities
on deposit with the Escrow Agent; shall never commingle the Escrow Amount held in the Escrow
Fund with other moneys of securities of the Escrow Agent; and shall hold and dispose of the assets
therein only as set forth herein. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring the
Escrow Agent to keep the identical moneys, or any part thereof, in said Escrow Fund, if it is
impractical, but moneys of an equal amount, except to the extent such are represented by the
Authorized Investments, shall always be maintained on deposit in the Escrow Fund by the Escrow
Agent, as trustee; and a special account evidencing such facts shall at all times be maintained on
the books of the Escrow Agent.
(b) Legal ownership of or title to the Escrow Amount or the Authorized Investments
deposited or held for the account of the Escrow Fund shall be in the City with equitable or beneficial
ownership or title vested in Authority, and such legal and beneficial owners as their respective
interests may be determined shall be entitled to a preferred claim and shall have a first lien upon
such funds and Authorized Investments in the Escrow Fund until paid out, used and applied in
accordance with this Agreement. The funds and Authorized Investments received by the Escrow
Agent under this Agreement shall not be considered as a banking deposit and the Escrow Agent
and the City shall have no right or title with respect thereto, except as otherwise provided herein.
Section 2.04. Escrow Fund Securitv. The Escrow Agent shall continuously secure the
monies in the Escrow Fund not invested in Authorized Investments by a pledge of direct obligations
of the United States of America, in the par or face amount at least equal to the amount of such
uninvested monies and to the extent such money is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation. Such securities shall be deposited with the Escrow Agent or, with the approval of the
City, may be held in safekeeping and custody by a third party banking institution or trust company.
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Section 2.05. Escrow Fund Withdrawals. The Escrow Amount, together with the income,
earnings and receipts thereon from Authorized Investments, held in the Escrow Fund shall be first
applied and disbursed for making payments to the Authority upon receipt of {a) a Requisition for
Project Construction Costs and (b) a written requisition from an Authorized Representative in
substantially the form and substance of Exhibit A attached hereto, duly executed and completed
in all respects. Any excess amounts in Escrow Fund resulting from Authorized Investments may
be remitted to the City upon the Escrow Agent receiving (x) a written request from the City and (y)
a written confirmation from the Authority that the amount to be remitted to the City will not reduce
the total amount on deposit to the credit of the Escrow Fund to an amount less than the Escrow
Amount less all prior payments to the Authority. The Escrow Agent shall retain on file copies of
such written requisitions, requests and confirmations for which a disbursement or withdrawal of
funds is made. The Escrow Amount, together with the income, earnings and interest received from
Authorized Investments, shall not be subject to checks, drafts or warrants drawn by the City.
All disbursements from the Escrow Fund to the Authority or to the City shall be by wire
transfer or other similar means so as to provide the recipient with immediately available fund on
the day of the transfer and in accordance with written instructions to the Escrow Agent from the
Authority or the City, as the case may be.
Section 2.06. Escrow Fund Authorized Investments. All money held by the Escrow Agent
pursuant to this Agreement shall be deposited or invested only in Authorized Investments and only
at the direction of the Authorized Representative of the City. The City intends that such funds shall
be invested in Authorized Investments so as to obtain the highest yield practicable while
maintaining the safety of the corpus of such funds and the date when such funds will be required
for uses and purposes specified in this Agreement. The City shall direct any investments made by
the Escrow Agent by letter from an Authorized Representative.
All interest and other income received from the investment of moneys held in the Escrow
Fund shall be retained in the Escrow Fund until disbursed or withdrawn in accordance with Section
2.05 hereof.
The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any loss resulting from the making or disposition
of any investment pursuant to this section, and any such losses shall be charged to the Escrow
Fund. To the extent the Escrow Fund at any time contains less than the required Escrow Amount
balance (i.e., the cash and market value of the Authorized Investments on deposit to the credit of
the Escrow Fund total less than the Escrow Amount minus all prior payments to the Authority), the
City agrees to immediately deposit to the credit of the Escrow Fund the amount of the deficiency
in cash or additional Authorized Investments.
ARTICLE Ill
RECORDS AND REPORTS
Section 3.01. Records. The Escrow Agent will keep books of records and account in which
complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the receipts,
disbursements, allocations and application of the money and Authorized Investments deposited
to the Escrow Fund and all proceeds thereof, and all such books shall be available for inspection
at reasonable hours and under reasonable conditions by Authorized Representatives of the City
and designated officials or representatives of the Authority.
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Section 3.02. Reports. VVhile this Agreement remains in effect, the Escrow Agent annually
shall prepare and send to the City, and at the request of the Authority, a written report summarizing
all transactions relating to the Escrow Fund during the preceding year, together with a detailed
statement of all Authorized Investments and the cash balance on deposit in the Escrow Fund as
of the end of such period.
ARTICLE IV
CONCERNING THE ESCROW AGENT
Section 4.01. Representations. The Escrow Agent hereby represents that it has all
necessary power and authority to enter into this Agreement and undertake the obligations and
responsibilities imposed upon it herein, and that it will carry out all of its obligations hereunder.
Section 4.02. Limitation on Liability. The Escrow Agent makes no representations at to the
value, conditions or sufficiency of the Escrow Fund, or any part thereof, or as to the title of the City
thereto, or as to the security afforded thereby or hereby, and the Escrow Agent shall not incur
liability or responsibility in respect to any of such matters.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Escrow Agent shall never be required to use
or advance its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties of the exercise of any of its rights and powers hereunder.
The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or neglected to be taken by it in
good faith in any exercise of reasonable care and believed by it to be within the discretion or power
conferred upon it by this Agreement, nor shall the Escrow Agent be responsible for the
consequences of any error of judgment; and the Escrow Agent shall not be answerable except for
its own action, neglect or default, nor for any loss unless the same shall have been through its
negligence or want of good faith.
Unless it is specifically otherwise provided herein, the Escrow Agent has no duty to
determine or inquire into the happening or occurrence of any event or contingency or the
performance of failure of performance of the City with respect to arrangements or contracts with
others, with the Escrow Agent's sole duty hereunder being to safeguard the Escrow Fund, to
dispose of and deliver the same in accordance with this Agreement. If, however, the Escrow Agent
is called upon by the terms of this Agreement to determine the occurrence of any event or
contingency, the Escrow Agent shall be obligated, in making such determination, only to exercise
reasonable care and diligence, and in event of error in making such determination the Escrow
Agent shall be liable only for its own misconduct or its negligence. In determining the occurrence
of any such event or contingency the Escrow Agent may request from the City or any other person
such reasonable additional evidence as the Escrow Agent in its discretion may deem necessary
to determine any fact relating to the occurrence of such event or contingency, and in this
connection may make inquiries of, and consult with, among others, the City at any time.
Section 4.03. Rights of Interpleader. In the event of any disagreement or controversy
hereunder or if conflicting demands or notices are made upon the Escrow Agent growing out of or
relating to this Agreement or in the event that the Escrow Agent in good faith is in doubt as to what
action should be taken hereunder, the City expressly agrees and consents that the Escrow Agent
shall have the absolute right at its election to:
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(a) Withhold and stop all further proceedings in, and perfonnance of, this
Agreement with respect to the issue in question and of all instructions received
hereunder in regard to such issue; and
(b) File a suit in interpleader and obtain an order from a court of
appropriate jurisdiction requiring all persons involved to interplead and litigate in
such court their several claims and rights among themselves.
Section 4.04. Successor Escrow Agent. If at any time the Escrow Agent or its legal
successor or successors should be unable, through operation of taw or otherwise, to act as escrow
agent hereunder, or if its property or affairs shall be taken under the control of any state or federal
court or administrative body because of insolvency or bankruptcy or for any other reason, a
vacancy shall forthwith exist in the office of the Escrow Agent hereunder. In such event the City,
by appropriate action, promptly shall appoint an Escrow Agent to fill such vacancy. If, in a proper
case, no appointment of a successor escrow agent shall be made pursuant to the foregoing
provisions of this section within three months after a vacancy shall have occurred, the Authority
may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor escrow agent. Such court
may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper, prescribe and appoint a successor
escrow agent.
Any successor escrow agent shall be a state or national bank with trust powers having at
the time of appointment a combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $75,000,000
and subject to the supervision or examination by Federal and State authority.
Any successor escrow agent shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the City and the
Escrow Agent an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and the Escrow Agent shall
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor escrow agent, subject to the
terms of this Agreement, all the rights, powers and trusts of the Escrow Agent hereunder. Upon
the request of any such successor escrow agent, the City shall execute any and all instruments in
writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor escrow agent all
such rights, powers and duties.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.01. Notice. Any notice, authorization, request, or demand required or pennitted
to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when mailed
by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid addressed to the City or the Escrow Agent as
follows:
CITY:
City of Lubbock
1625 13th Street (Zip-79457)
ESCROW AGENT:
Norwest Bank Texas, National Association
777 West Rosedale
P. 0. Box 2000 (Zip-79457-2000)
Lubbock, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas 76104
Attention: City Manager Attention: Corporate Trust Department
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The United States Post Office registered or certified mail receipt showing delivery of the aforesaid
shall be conclusive evidence of the date and fact of delivery. Any party hereto may change the
address to which notices are to be delivered by giving to the other parties not less than ten (1 0)
days prior notice thereof.
Section 5.02. Termination of Responsibilities. Upon the taking of all the actions as
described herein by the Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent shall have no further obligation or
responsibilities hereunder to the City, the Authority or to any other person or persons in connection
with this Agreement.
Section 5.03. Binding Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon the City and the
Escrow Agent and their respective successors and legal representatives, and shall inure solely to
the benefit of the Contracting Parties to the Contracts, the City, the Escrow Agent and their
respective successors, assigns and legal representatives.
Section 5.04. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this
Agreement shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such
invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, but
this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never
been contained herein.
Section 5.05. Texas Law Governs. This Agreement shall be governed exclusively by the
provisions hereof and by the applicable laws of the State of Texas.
Section 5.06. Time of the Essence. Time shall be of the essence in the performance of
obligations from time to time imposed upon the Escrow Agent by this Agreement.
Section 5.07. Amendments. This Agreement shall not be amended except to cure any
ambiguity or formal defect or omission in this Agreement. No amendment shall be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties thereto and approved by the Authority.
Section 5.08. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, all
or any of which shall be regarded for all purposes as one original and shall constitute and be but
one and the same instrument.
(End of Document)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have each caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized officers and their corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested as of the date first above written.
ATTEST:
City Secretary
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
Trtle: ------------------
(SEAL)
CITY OF LUBBOCK
By ________________________ __
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attomey
NORWEST BANK TEXAS, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
By: ________________________ _
Title:------------------------
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EXHIBIT "A"
To: Norwest Bank Texas, National Association
Escrow Agent
Payment Request Fonn No. __ _
As Escrow Agent, you are hereby requested to pay from the "Special Lubbock Lake
Meredith Prepayment Project Escrow Fund" established by the Special Escrow Deposit Agreement,
dated as of AprilS, 1999 between the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "City") and the Escrow Agent
(the "Escrow Agent") to the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority (the "Authority'1 the sum set
forth below such designation. The City, acting by and through its Authorized Representative,
hereby certifies that such amount represents full payment due the Authority for payment of the
City's Share of Project Prepayment Costs pursuant to the attached Requisition for Project
Prepayment Costs received from the Authority.
The City represents and warrants that all conditions precedent for payment of the amount
due the Authority have been satisfied and payment of the amount shown below has been approved
by the City.
Payee: ________________ _
Address:
Amount:
CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS
Authorized Representative
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DESCRIPTION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Ordinance
The following information is referred to in Section 39 of this Ordinance.
Annual Financial Statements and Operating Data
The financial information and operating data with respect to the City to be
provided annually in accordance with such Section are as specified (and included in the
Appendix or under the headings of the Official Stat9ment referred to) below:
1. The financial statements of the City appended to the Official Statement
as Appendix 8, but for the most recently concluded fiscal year.
2. The information contained in Tables 1 through 6 and SA through 20 of the
Official Statement.
Accounting Principles
The accounting principles referred to in such Section are the generally accepted
accounting principles as applicable to governmental units as prescribed by The Government
Accounting Standards Board.
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