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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 1860 - Approves Bonds - LIDC - Central Freight Lines Inc Project - 11/08/1984Resolution #1860 November 8, 1984 Agenda Item #7 CERTIFICATE FOR A RESOLUTION APPROVING BONDS AND APPROVING A RESOLUTION BY LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $3,000,000 LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC. PROJECT) SERIES 1984 I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "Unit"), do hereby certify as follows: 1. The City Council (the "Governing Body") of the Unit convened in regular session on November 8, 1984 (the "Meeting"), at the City Hall, Lubbock, Texas, the designated meeting place of the Governing Body, and the roll was called of the duly constituted members of the Governing Body, to -wit: Alan Henry T. J. Patterson $ George Carpenter E. Jack Brown Robert A. Nash Q Joan Baker Maggie Trejo Mayor Councilmembers All f such persons were p esent, except the following: Counci�hionati ;�a_1e Tre�o and Coundi�Imian Job :lasts thereby constituting a quorum. whereupon a written RESOLUTION APPROVING BONDS AND APPROVING A RESOLUTION BY LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $3,000,000 LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC. PROJECT) SERIES 1984 (the "Resolution") was duly introduced for the consideration of the Governing Body and read in full. It was then duly moved by Councilwoman Bakerand seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Carpenter, ---that the Resolution be adopted; and, after due discussion, said motion, carrying with it the adoption of the Resolution, prevailed and carried by the following votes: For: 5 Against: 0 Abstained: 0 2. A true, full, and correct copy of the Resolution as adopted at the Meeting is attached to and follows this Certificate; the Resolution as adopted has been duly recorded in the minutes of the Meeting; the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full, and correct excerpt from the minutes of the Meeting pertaining to the adoption of the Resolution; the persons named- in the above and foregoing paragraph are the duly elected, qualified, and acting members of the Governing Body; each of such members was duly and sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance, of the time, place, and purpose of the Meeting, and that the Resolution would be introduced and considered for adoption at the Meeting, and each of such members consented, in advance, to the holding of the Meeting for such purpose; and, the Meeting was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of the Meeting was given, all as required by Article 6252-17, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended. (SEAL) SIGNED AND SEALED this November 8, 1984. Cit Secretary, City of Lubbock, Texas -2- RESOLUTION APPROVING BONDS AND APPROVING A RESOLUTION BY LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF $3,000,000 LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC. PROJECT) SERIES 1984 WHEREAS, Lubbock Industrial Development Corpora- tion (the "Issuer") was created by the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "Unit"), pursuant to the provisions of the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended (the "Act"); WHEREAS, pursuant to section 103(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended (the "Code"), the Issuer has conducted a public hearing, following reasonable public notice, with respect to the captioned bonds (the "Bonds") and the project to be financed with the proceeds thereof and has submitted to the Unit certified minute entries containing the proceedings from such hearing which proceedings are attached hereto as Exhibit A ; WHEREAS, in order to satisfy the requirements of section 103(k) of the Code, it is necessary for the Unit to approve the Bonds after such public hearing has been held; WHEREAS, Section 25(f) of the Act requires that the Governing Body of the Unit approve the resolution of the Issuer providing for the issuance of the Bonds no more than sixty (60) days prior to the delivery of the Bonds; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that this Resolution be adopted; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The Resolution Authorizing $3,000,000 Lubbock Industrial Development Corporation Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Central Freight Lines Inc. Project) Series 1984; A Loan Agreement; An Indenture of Trust; and Other Matters in Connection Therewith, adopted by the Issuer on October 25, 1984 (the "Issuer Resolution"), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B and made a part hereof for all purposes, is hereby specifically approved. Section 2. The Bonds, which are to be issued: A. In the maximum aggregate face amount of $3,000,000, and B. To finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, and expansion, as the case may be, of a local office and terminal building, a freight handling building, a freight dock, a shop building, fuel island and shed, fueling facility with underground storgage, oil separator, and parking area (the "Project"), which will be located on approximately 20 acres of land in both the City of Lubbock, Texas, and Lubbock County, Texas, and described as being in the 82nd Acres Addition of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, with eighty feet of the Project site fronting on 82nd Street approximately 730 feet east of the intersection of Avenue D and 82nd Street and bounded on the east by Ash Avenue and on the west by an alley running north/south that is accessible from Avenue D, and will be initially owned, operated, and managed by the User, are hereby approved pursuant to section 103(k) of the Code. Section 3. The approvals herein given are in accordance with the provisions of Section 25(f) of the Act and section 103(k) of the Code, and are not to be construed as any undertaking by the Unit, and the Bonds shall never contitute an indebtedness or pledge of the Unit, or the State of Texas (the "State"), within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory provision, and the owners of the Bonds shall never be paid in whole or in part out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation or any other revenues of the Issuer, the Unit, or the State, except those revenues assigned and pledged by the Issuer Resolution. Section 4. The programs and expenditures authorized and contemplated by the Issuer Resolution are hereby in all respects approved. Section 5. The Mayor and the City Secretary of the Unit and the other officers of the Unit are hereby authorized, jointly and severally, to execute and deliver such endorsements, instruments, certificates, documents, or papers necessary and advisable to carry out the intent and purposes of this Resolution. PASSED AND APPROVED.this November 8, 1984. -2- EXHIBIT A CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned, Ast. Secretary of Lubbock Industrial Development Corporation (the "Issuer"), do hereby certify as follows: 1. In accordance with the Bylaws of the Issuer the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the "Board") held a meeting on October 25, 1984, at the Lubbock Chamber of Commerce, 14th and Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas (the "Meeting"), of the duly constituted officers and members of the Board, at which a duly constituted quorum was present. Whereupon, among other business transacted at the Meeting, a public hearing concerning the issuance of those industrial development revenue bonds styled as follows: $3,000,000 LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC. PROJECT) SERIES 1984 (the "Hearing") was duly conducted. 2. A true, full, and correct copy of excerpts from the official minutes of the Board pertaining to the Hearing at the Meeting is attached to and follows this Certificate; such excerpts have been duly recorded in the Board's minutes of the Meeting; each of the officers and members of the Board was duly and sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance, of the time, place, and purpose of the Meeting in accordance with the Bylaws, and that the Hearing would be conducted at the Meeting; and the meeting was held and conducted in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Corporation and the requirements of Article 6252-17, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended. SIGNED AND SEALED this October 25, 1984. _= Asst. Secretary, Lubbock Industrial ry' Development Corporation ;(SEAL) A-1 EMF PT FMM THE MI &MM OF THE MEETING OF OCTOBER 25, 19 84 . The President of the Board of Directors then opened a public hearing for the purpose of hearing from interested nwbers of the public concerning the proposed issuance of those industrial development revenue bonds- styled "Lubbock Industrial Development Corporation Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Central Freight Lines Inc. Project) Series 1984," in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 (the "Bonds"). The President of the Board of Directors requested all persons who desired to speak either for or against the issuance of the Bonds or the project proposed to be financed with the proceeds of the Bonds to so indicate by raising their hands.. No person present at the meeting so indicated. The President of the Board of Directors then asked if there was anyone who wished to speak either for or against the issuance of the Bonds or the project to be financed with the proceeds of the Bonds. There being no persons identifying themselves as desiring to speak, the President of the Board of Directors then announced that the hearing was closed. EXHIBIT B E�1 RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING $3,000,000 LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS (CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC. PROJECT) SERIES 1984; A LOAN AGREEMENT; AN INDENTURE OF TRUST; AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS, pursuant to the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended (the "Act"), Lubbock Industrial Development Corporation (the "Issuer") is empowered, on behalf of the City of Lubbock, Texas (the "Unit"), to finance the cost of projects to promote the development and expansion of manufacturing, distribution and industrial facilities to promote and encourage employment and the public welfare by the issuance of obligations of the Issuer which projects will be located within or partially within the Unit's boundaries. WHEREAS, CENTRAL FREIGHT LINES INC., a Texas corporation (the "User"), has requested the Issuer to issue industrial development revenue bonds and lend the proceeds thereof to the User to finance the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, or expanding, as the case may be, an industrial and distribution project (the "Project") ; WHEREAS, on July 2, 1984, the Issuer adopted a "Resolution Concerning the Issuance of Industrial Develop- ment Revenue Bonds to Finance a Project for the Benefit of Central Freight Lines, Incorporated" (the "Initial Resolution"); WHEREAS, in order to finance the Project, the Issuer proposes to issue its industrial development revenue bonds styled "Lubbock Industrial Development Corporation Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Central Freight Lines Inc. Project) Series 1984," in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 (the "Bonds"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 103(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, a public hearing, following published notice thereof, was held by the Issuer on October 25, 1984, at which time the Project and the issuance of the Bonds were considered; and WHEREAS, there have been presented to the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Issuer proposed forms of each of the following items: 1. A Loan Agreement dated as of October 1, 1984 (the "Agreement"), by and between the Issuer and the User, including a promissory note from the User to the Issuer in the principal amount of the Bonds (the "Note"); 2. An Indenture of Trust dated as of October 1, 1984 (the "Indenture"), by and between the Issuer and The First National Bank of Amarillo (the "Trustee"); NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LUBBOCK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION THAT: Section 1. Based solely upon the representations made to the Board and to the Texas Economic Development Commission by the User, it appears, and the Board hereby finds that: A. The Project is suitable for the promotion of manufacturing or industrial development and expansion; and B. Additionally: (i) The Project will have an impact of increasing employment within the Unit's boundaries; and the Project is in furtherance of the public purposes of the Act. Section 2. The Board hereby approves the Agree- ment in substantially the form and substance presented to the Board and the President or, in the alternative, the Vice President of the Board is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Issuer, to date, sign, and otherwise execute the Agreement, and the Secretary or, in the alternative, the Assistant Secretary is authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Issuer, to attest such signature, and such officers are hereby authorized to affix the Issuer's seal to the Agreement and deliver the Agreement. Section 3. The Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 are hereby authorized to be issued for the purpose of lending the proceeds thereof to the User to be used to pay costs of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, or expanding, as the case may be, the Project. The Board hereby approves the Indenture in substantially the form and substance presented to the Board -2- and the President or, in the alternative, the Vice President of the Board is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Issuer, to date, sign, and otherwise execute the Indenture and the Secretary or, in the alternative, the Assistant Secretary of the Board is hereby authorized to attest such signature, and such officers are hereby authorized to deliver the Indenture. Section 4. The Board hereby approves the Bonds in substantially the form and substance set forth in the Indenture and the President or, in the alternative, the Vice President of the Board and the Secretary or, in the alternative, the. Assistant Secretary of the Board are hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the Issuer, to execute the Bonds or have their facsimile signatures placed upon the Bonds, and such officers are hereby authorized and directed to deliver the Bonds, and the seal of the Issuer is hereby authorized and directed to be affixed or placed in facsimile on the Bonds. Section 5. The Trustee is hereby appointed as trustee under the Indenture thereby serving as both Registrar and Paying Agent under the terms of the Indenture. Section 6. The sale of the Bonds to The First National Bank of Amarillo at a price of 100% of the principal amount of the Bonds is hereby authorized and approved. Section 7. The President, the Vice President, and the Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the Board are hereby severally authorized to execute and deliver to the Trustee the written order on behalf of the Issuer for the authentication and delivery of the Bonds by the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture. Section 8. All action (not inconsistent with provisions of this Resolution) heretofore taken by the Board and the officers of the Issuer directed toward the financing of the Project and the issuance of the Bonds shall be and the same hereby is ratified, approved, and confirmed. Section 9. The officers of the Issuer (including the Assistant Secretary) shall take all action in conformity with the Act necessary or reasonably required to effectuate the issuance of the Bonds and take all action necessary or desirable in conformity with the Act to finance the Project and for carrying out, giving effect to, and consummating the transactions contemplated by the Bonds, the Initial -3- Resolution, and this Resolution, including without limitation, the execution and delivery of any closing documents in connection with the issuance of the Bonds. Section 10. The officers executing the documents approved by this Resolution are hereby authorized to approve such changes to said documents as are necessary and appropriate and not contrary to the general tenor hereof or thereof. Section 11. After any of the Bonds are issued, this Resolution shall be and remain irrepealable until the Bonds and the interest and any premium thereon shall have been fully paid or provisions for payment thereof shall have been made pursuant to the Indenture. Section 12. If any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of the Resolution shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause, or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Resolution. In case any obligation of the Issuer authorized or established by this Resolution or the Bonds is held to be in violation of the law as applied to any person or in any circumstance, such obligation shall be deemed to be the obligation of the Issuer to the fullest extent permitted by the law. PASSED AND APPROVED this October 25, 1984. -4- GENERAL CERTIFICATE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF LUBBOCK The undersigned, Mayor of the .City of Lubbock, Texas (the "Unit"), does hereby certify as follows: 1. This Certificate is executed with reference to that series of bonds- styled Lubbock Industrial Development Corporation Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Central Freight Lines Inc. Project) Series 1984, in the aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 (the "Bonds"). 2. The Unit is a body politic and corporate, a municipal corporation and a home rule city created, existing, and operating under the Constitution and the laws of the State of Texas and the city charter duly adopted by qualified electors of the Unit, exercising all powers granted or reserved thereunder. 3. Lubbock Industrial Development Corporation (the "Issuer") was created and authorized to act on behalf of the Unit, and the Articles of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the Issuer were approved, by a resolution of the Unit. 4. On July 2, 1984, and at all times since that date, the following persons have duly constituted the members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the "Board"): B. C. McMinn George Miller Marion Sanford George Scott, Jr. Alan Henry Moises Perez Bob Suter 5. On November 8, 1984, and at all times since that date, the following persons have duly constituted the members of the governing body of the Unit: Name Alan Henry T. J. Patterson George Carpenter E. Jack Brown Robert A. Nash Joan Baker Maggie Trejo Office Mayor Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember 6. The Unit, by a written resolution dated November 8, 1984, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, has approved the issuance of the Bonds solely and specifically for the purposes of satisfying the -requirements of (i) Section 25(f) of the Development Corporation Act of 1979, Article 5190.6, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, and (ii) section 103(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, and such resolution has not been amended, annulled, rescinded, or revoked and remains in full force and effect on the date hereof. 7. The Unit has approved all programs and expenditures of the Issuer in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and the transactions contemplated thereby. 8. No litigation is pending against the Unit or, to the best of my knowledge, threatened against the Unit: (i) to restrain or enjoin the issuance or delivery of the Bonds; or (ii) in any way contesting (a) the right and power of the Unit in connection with any action taken by it towards the creation of the Issuer or the issuance of the Bonds or (b) the titles of the current officers of the Unit to their respective offices. n Nove 1984, and at all times since that date, has been the duly appointed, I qualified, and acting City Secretary of the Unit -2- whose signature appearing on the following certificate is true and genuine. SIGNED THIS ���,��/�rx�,.�^�, 1984. Mayor, LCity of ubboc Texas I, the City Secretary of the Unit, hereby certify that Alan Henry is the duly elected, qualified, and acting Mayor of the Unit whose signature appearing above is true and genuine. Cit Secretary, City of Lubbock, Texas -3-