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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 6683-1973 - Issuance Of $6,300,000 "City Of Lbk, Tx, General Obligation Bonds, Series 1973" - 07/12/1973I ,. ,, II i II I ORDINANCE NO. 6683 AN ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, authorizing the issuance of $6,300,000 "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS , SERIES 19 7 3, " dated August 1, 1973, for the purpose of making permanent public improvements, to wit: $402,000 for constructing improvements and extensions to the City's Water- works System; $5,400,000 for planning, acquiring, establishing, developing, and constructing an airport and air navigation facilities and the site therefor, including buildings and other facilities incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards; and $498,000 to acquire or improve, or both, land for park purposes for said City; pre- scribing the form of the bonds and the for.m of the interest coupons, levying a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the limits of said City to pay the in- terest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for the redemption thereof and providing for the assessment and collection of such taxes; enacting provisions incident and relating to the subject and purpose of this ordinance; and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, pursuant to an election held in the City of Lubbock on the 9th day of November, 1967, this City Council became autho- rized and empowered to issue general obligation bonds of the City 1 to mature serially over a period of years not to exceed forty " (40) years from their date, for the purpose of making permanent public ~provements, to wit: $1,285,000 for constructing improvements and extensions to the City's Waterworks System; AND WHEREAS, pursuant to an election held in the City of Lubbock on the 21st day of April, 1970, this City Council became authorized and empowered to issue general obligation bonds of the City to mature serially over a period of years not to exceed forty (40) years from their date, for the purpose of making per- manent public improvements, to wit: $14,000,000 for planning, acquiring, establishing, developing, and constructing an airport and air navigation facilities and the site therefor, including build- ings and other facilities incidental to the opera- tion thereof, and the acquisition or el~ination of airport hazards; AND WHEREAS, pursuant to an election held in the City of Lubbock on the 8th day of-August, 1970, this City Council became authorized and empowered to issue general obligation bonds of the City to mature serially over a period of years not to exceed forty (40) years from their date, for the purpose of making per- manent public tmprovements, to wit: $1,800,000 to acquire or improve, or both, land for park purposes for said City; AND WHEREAS, under the provisions of Article 717k-2, V.A.T.c.s., this City Council is now empowered to issue and sell such bonds at any price or prices and to bear interest at any rate or rates that shall be determined within the discretion of this governing body; and the City Council has now determined to issue such of the bonds authorized at the elections aforementioned, as hereafter provided to be issued and as shown below, it being understood that the City Council reserves the right and authority to issue the remaining amounts of the bonds in one or more series or issues at a future date or dates when, in the judgment of the City Council such amounts are needed for their authorized purposes. A tabulation showing the amounts of bonds previously authorized and issued for the respective purposes, the amounts being issued pursuant to this ordinance for the purposes indicated, and the balance re- maining for future issuance is as follows: Amount Amount Amounts Previously Being Pur12ose Election Voted Issued Issued WW System 11-9-67 $1,285,000 $ 109,000 *$ 402,000 Airport 4-21-70 14,000,000 ** 3,435,000 5,400,000 Parks 8-8-70 1,800,000 672,000 *Second installment of voted authorization. **Third installment of voted authorization. ** 498,000 Unissued Balance $ 774,ooa I 5,165,000 630,000 AND WHEREAS, the City Council deems it advisable and to the best interest of the City that the bonds of the authorizations hereinabove described shall be issued,in a single combined series; and, WHEREAS, it is FOUND, DETERMINED AND ADJUDGED that it is necessary and to the best interests of the City to construct the improvements herein contemplated at the earliest possible date for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety of the citizens of the City of Lubbock, Texas, and that by virtue thereof, this ordinance shall be passed and adopted as an emergency measure; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1: That the bonds of said City, to be known as "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1973," be and the same are hereby ordered to be issued in the principal sum of SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,300,000) for the purpose of making permanent public improvements, to wit: $402,000 for constructing ~provements and extensions to the City's Water- works System; $5,400,000 for planning, acquiring, establishing, developing, and constructing an airport and air navigation facili- ties and the site therefor, including buildings and other facili- ties incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards; and $498,000 to acquire or improve, or both, land for park purposes for said City, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas. SEC!ION 2: That said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from One (1) through One Thousand Two Hundred Sixty (1260); shall ea·ch be in denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5 7 000), aggre- gating SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,300,000); shall be dated August 1, 1973; and shall become due and payable serially, without right of prior redemption, on February 1 in each of the years in accordance with the following schedule: MATURITY AMOUNT MATURITY AMOUNT 1974 $315,000 1984 $315,000 1975 315,000 1985 315,000 1976 315,000 1986 315,000 1977 . 315,000 1987 315,000 1978 315,000 1988 315,000 1979 315,000 1989 315,000 1980 315,000 1990 315,000 1981 315,000 1991 315,000 1982 315,000 1992 315,000 1983 315,000 1993 315,000 SEC!ION 3: That said bonds shall bear interest from date to maturity at the following rates per annwn.: (a) Bonds maturing in the year 1974 at 4.75%; (b) Bonds maturing in each of the years 1975 through 1977 at 6.40%; (c) Bonds maturing in each of the years 1978 through 1980 at 4.50%; (d) Bonds maturing in the year 1981 at 4.55%; (e) Bonds maturing in the year 1982 at 4.60%; (f) Bonds maturing in the year 1983 at 4.65%; (g) Bonds maturing in the year 1984 at 4.70'7o; (h) Bonds maturing in the year 1985 at 4.75"/o; (i) Bonds maturing in the year 1986 at 4.80%; (j) Bonds maturing in the year 1987 at 4.85%; (k) Bonds maturing in the year 1988 at 4.90%; (1) Bonds maturing in each of the years 1989 through 1993 at 5.00%; such interest to be evidenced by proper coupons attached to each of said bonds, and said interest shall be payable on February 1, 1974, and semiannually thereafter on August 1 and February 1 in each year. SECTION 4: That both principal of and interest on said bonds 1 shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, at I the FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, New York, New York, or, at the ' option of the holder, at the TEXAS COMMERCE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIA- TION, Lubbock, Texas, upon presentation and surrender of bonds or proper coupons. SECTION 5: That the seal of said City may be ~pressed on each of said bonds or, in the alternative, a facsimile of such seal may be printed on the said bonds. The bonds and interest coupons appurtenant thereto may be executed by the imprinted fac- simile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of the City, and execution in such manner shall have the same effect as if such bonds and coupons had been signed by the Mayor.and City Secretary in person by their manual signatures. Inasmuch as such bonds are required to be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Texas, only his signature (or that of a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller) shall be required to be manually subscribed to such bonds in con- nection with his registration certificate to appear thereon, as hereinafter provided, all in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j-l, V.A.T.c.s. SECTION 6: That the form of said bonds shall be substan- tially as follows: NO. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK CITY OF WBBOCK, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1973 $5,000 The CITY OF LUBBOCK, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, acknowledges itself indebted to and, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby promises .to pay to bearer, without right of prior redemp• tion, the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLlARS ($5,000), in lawful money of the United States of America, on the FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY, 19 ____ , with interest thereon from the date hereof to maturity at the rate of PER CENTUM ( %) per annum, payable on February 1, 1974, and semiannu- ally thereafter on August 1 and February 1 in each year, and interest falling due on or prior to maturity hereof is payable only upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as they severally become due. BarH PRINCIPAL OF and interest on this bond are hereby made payable at the FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, New York, New York, or, at the option of the holder, at the TEXAS COMMERCE BANK, NATIONAL l ASSOCIA"TION., Lubbock, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, and for the prompt payment of this bond and the interest thereon at maturity, the full faith, credit and resources of the City of Lubbock, Texas, are hereby irrevocably pledged. " . . .... . • ·':• ,r .• THIS BOND is one of a series of One Thousand ~vo Hundred Sixty (1260) serial bonds, numbered consecutively from One (1) through One Thousand Two Hundred Sixty (1260), each in denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), aggregating SIX MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($6,300,000), issued for the purpose of making permanent public improvements, to wit: $402,000 for constructing improvements and extensions to the City's Water- works System; $5,400,000 for planning, acquiring, establishing, developing, and constructing an airport and air navigation facili- ties and the site therefor, including buildings and other facili- ties incidental to the operation thereof, and the acquisition or elimination of airport hazards; and $498,'000 to acquire or improve, or both, land for park purposes for said City, under authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and pursuant to an ordinance duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, and recorded in the Minutes of said City Council. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND REPRESENTED that the issuance of this bond and the series of which it is a part is duly authorized by law and by authority expressly conferred at elections held for that purpose within said City; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this series of bonds and of this bond, have been properly done and performed and have happened in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law; that suffi- cient and proper provision has been made for the levy and collec- tion of taxes which, when collected, shall be appropriated exclu- sively to the payment of this bond and the series of which it is a part, and to the payment of the interest coupons thereto annexed, as the same shall become due; and that the total indebtedness of , the City of Lubbock, Texas, including the entire series of bonds of which this is one, does not exceed any constitutional or statu- tory limitation. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j-l, V.A.T.C.S., has caused the seal of said City to be im- pressed or a facsimile thereof to be printed hereon, and this bond and its appurtenant coupons to be executed with the im- printed facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of said City; the· date of this bond, in conformity with the ordinance above referred to, being the FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, 1973. Mayor, City of Lubbock, Texas COUNTERSIGNED: City Secretary, City of Lubbock, Texas SEGriON 7: That the form of interest coupons attached to each of said bonds shall be substantially as follows: NO. ON THE FIRST DAY OF -----' $ __ _ 19 ___ , . , ... the CITY OF LUBBOCK, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to bearer, at the FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, New York, New York, or, at the option of the holder, at the TEXAS COMMERCE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Lubbock, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, the sum of DOLLARS -------------------------- ($ ), in lawful money of the United States of America, said sum being months' interest due that day on "CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1973," dated August 1, 1973. Bond·. No. City Secretary Mayor SECTION 8: That the following certificate shall be printed on the back of each bond: OFF! CE OF COMPTROLLER STATE OF TEXAS J. I I REGISTER NO. I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of record in my office a certificate of the Attorney General o£ the State of Texas, to the effect that this bond has been examined by him as required by law, and that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation upon said City of Lubbock, Texas, and said bond has this day been registered by me. · WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE at Austin, Texas, _.I Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas SECTION 9: That to provide for the payment of the debt service requirements on the said bonds, being (i) the interest on said bonds and (ii) a sinking fund for their redemption at maturity or a sinking fund of 2% (whichever amount shall be greater), there shall be and there is hereby levied for the current year and each succeeding year thereafter while said bonds or interest thereon shall remain outstanding and unpaid, a sufficient tax on each one hundred dollars' valuation of tax- able 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 said debt service requirements, and the same shall not be diverted to any other purpose. The taxes so levied shall be paid into a fund known as "SPECIAL GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND roND, SERIES 1973," which is hereby established for the payment of the obligations herein authorized. The City Council hereby declares its purpose .and intent to provide and levy a tax legally and fully sufficient for such bonds, it having been dete~ined that the existing and available taxing authority of the City for such purpose is ade- quate to permit a legally sufficient tax in consideration of all other outstanding obligations. SECTION 10: That the Mayor of said City shall be and he 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, and shall take and have charge and control of the bonds herein authorized pending their approval by the Attorney General and their registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. to SECTION 11: That the seal of the bonds herein authorized First National Bank in Dallas, Dallas, Texas and Associates at the price of par and accrued interest to date of delivery, plus a premium of $ 78.75 is hereby confirmed. Delivery of the bonds shall be made to said purchasers as soon as may be after the adoption of this ordinance, upon payment therefor in accordance with the terms of sale. SECTION 12: That the purchasers' obligation to accept de- livery of the bonds herein authorized is subject to their being furnished a fina 1 opinion of Messrs. Dumas, Huguenin, Bootlunan and Morrow, Attorneys, Dallas, Texas, approving such bonds as to their validity, said opinion to be dated and delivered as of the date of delivery and payment for such bonds. Printing of a true and correct copy of said opinion on the reverse side of each of such bonds, with appropriate certificate pertaining thereto exe- cuted by facsimile signature of the City Secretary of the City of Lubbock, Texas, is hereby approved and authorized. SECTION 13: That the City hereby covenants that the pro- ceeds from the sale of said bonds will be used as soon as practi- cable for the purpose for which said bonds are issued; that such proceeds will not be invested in any securities or obligations except for the temporary period pending such use; and that such proceeds will not be used directly or indirectly so as to cause all or any part of said bonds to be or become "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 103(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or any regulations or rulings prescribed or made pursuant thereto. SECTION 14: CUSIP numbers are to be printed on the bonds herein authorized. It is expressly provided, however, that the presence or absence of CUSIP numbers on the bonds shall be of no significance or effect as regards the legality thereof and neither the City nor attorneys approving said bonds as to legality are to be held responsible for CUSIP numbers incorrectly printed on the bonds. SECTION 15: The public importance of this measure and the fact that it is to the best interest of the City of Lubbock to provide funds for the purpose of constructing the improvements herein contemplated at the earliest possible date for the ~e­ diate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety of the citizens of said City constitUte and create an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that this ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and that this ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 12th day of July, 1973. Mayor, City of Lubbock, Texas . ATTEST: Secretary, City of Lubbock, Texas (City Seal)