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Recitals......................................................................1
Section 1. DEFINITIONS....................................................2
Section 2. AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE SERIES 2008 BONDS. I ............. 2
Section 3. DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATIONS, NUMBERS, AND
MATURITIES OF THE SERIES 2008 BONDS. 1. 1 1 1 1. 1 .... I.. I ......... 2
Section 4. INTEREST.., ...... I ...... I I .... III ...... ............... 13
Section 5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SERIES 2008 BONDS. ................... 3
(a) Registration, Transfer, and Exchange; Authentication ........... I ... I .... 13
(b) Payment of Series 2008 Bonds and Interest ...................... 1 1 1 . 1 .. 4
(c) In General. .......................................................5
(d) Substitute Paying Agent/Registrar ...... I ................... 1. 1 1 1 ...... 5
(e) Book -Entry -Only System for Series 2008 Bonds ...................... 1 . 1 5
(f) Successor Securities Depository; Transfers Outside Book -Entry -Only
Systems.........................................................6
(g) Payments to Cede & Co. ............................................ 7
(h) DTC Blanket Letter of Representations ................... I .... I ..... 1 .. 7
Section 6. FORM OF SERIES 2008 BOND ..................................... 7
Section 7. PLEDGE OF PLEDGED REVENUES. ................................ 7
Section 8. SPECIAL FUNDS ................................................. 7
Section 9. REVENUE FUND ................................................. 8
Section 10. FLOW OF FUNDS ...................................... I . , ...... 18
Section 11. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND, . 8
Section 12. RESERVE FUND 1111... ........ 1 1 . 1 1 9
Section 13. EXCESS BOND PROCEEDS. 1111 . ................................. 12
Section 14. DEFICIENCIES - EXCESS PLEDGED OR NET REVENUES . , .......... 12
Section 15. INVESTMENT OF FUNDS - VALUATION - TRANSFER OF
INVESTMENT INCOME, ......................................... 12
Section 16. PAYMENT OF PARITY OBLIGATIONS, 411,13
Section 17. RATES AND CHARGES... I I I I I I I I I I I .... 13
Section 18. GENERAL COVENANTS ......................................... 14
(a) Performance.....................................................14
(b) City's Legal Authority ............................................. 14
(c) Title...................................................1.1.1...14
(d) Liens...........................................................14
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(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
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Section 19.
Section 20.
Operation of System, No Free Service .................. I .... I ....
Further Encumbrance..............................................15
Sale or Disposal of Property........................................
Insurance.......................................................16
Governmental Agencies 111.1......... 1 1. 1 1 .1111.................
No Competition ....I..............1111...........................17
Disaggregation of System ............................... I ......
RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS - ANNUAL AUDIT ......... , . , 1 ........
COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTEREST
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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Section 21.
(a)
(b)
(c)
Section 22.
Section 23.
ON THE BONDS
Covenants.......................................................18
Rebate Fund.....................................................19
Proceeds........................................................19
Allocation Of, and Limitation On, Expenditures for the Project .............
Disposition of Protect.............................................
CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING ......... 1 1. 1 1 .. , ...
Annual Reports..................................................20
Material Event Notices...........................................
Limitations Disclaimers and Amendments .........................
ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL PARITY OBLIGATIONS.. I .... 1 1
FURTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL PARITY
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Section 24.
Section 25.
Section 26.
Section 27.
Section 28.
Section 29.
Section 30.
OBLIGATIONS..................................................24
ISSUANCE OF SUBORDINATE LIEN OBLIGATIONS... , ........
ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PROJECT OBLIGATIONS ..............
LIMITED OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY ........ . ...................
SECURITY FOR FUNDS ...................
REMEDIES IN EVENT OF DEFAULT ...............................
DEFEASANCE OF SERIES 2008 BONDS ............................
DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED
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(b)
(c)
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Section 31.
Section 32.
Section 33.
SERIES 2008 BONDS.............................................27
Replacement Bonds.............................................
Application for Replacement Bonds .................. I ...............
No Default Occurred..............................................27
Charge for Issuing Replacement Series 2008 Bonds ..:.....:...:.........
Authority for Issuing Replacement Series 2008 Bonds .................
AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE .................................1.28
SALE AND DELIVERY OF SERIES 2008 BONDS ........... 1 ........
CUSTODY, APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF SERIES 2008
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BONDS; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION, BOND INSURANCE AND
Section 34.
Section 35.
Section 36.
Section 37.
CUSIP NUMBERS...............................................30
APPROVAL OF OFFICIAL STATEMENT.
ADDITIONAL INSURANCE PROVISIONS .....................
ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCROW FUND ...........................
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION ..................... . .................
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Section 38. NOTICE TO PAYING AGENT ..................................... 31
Section 39. APPROVAL OF ESCROW AGREEMENT AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS .. 32
Section 40. NO RECOURSE AGAINST CITY OFFICIALS . 1. 1 1 1.. 1 ......... I ..... 32
Section 41. FURTHER ACTIONS ................................... I ......... 32
Section 42. INTERPRETATIONS .......... I ...... I ... 1 1 . 1 1 ................ 1..32
Section 43. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS ................................... 1 33
Section 44. INTERESTED PARTIES ............. I ................. , .......... 33
Section 45. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS ... 1 ...... 1.. 1. 1 ......... . .... 1.1.33
Section 46. SEVERABILITY ......................................... a ....... 33
Section 47. REPEALER.....................................................33
Section 48. EFFECTIVE DATE .................. I ........................... 1 33
Section 49. PERFECTION...................................................33
Section 50. PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL FEE .................... 1.11.33
Exhibit A Definitions
Exhibit B Form of Series 2008 Bond
Exhibit C Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement
Exhibit D Description of Annual Financial Information
Exhibit E Insurance Commitment Letter and Certificate of Issuer
Exhibit F Escrow Agreement
Exhibit G Notices of Redemption
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ORDINANCE NO. 2008-
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WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown, Texas (the "City") has determined to issue
$16,680,000 of revenue bonds for the purpose of improvements and extensions to the City's System
(hereinafter defined), to refund certain outstanding obligations and for the payment of professional
services including legal, fiscal, architectural, engineer and any costs of issuance, and the City
Council deems it necessary and desirable to issue such bonds at this time; and
WHEREAS, the City duly issued and there is now outstanding the following obligations:
City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue and Refunding Bonds,
Series 1998A (the "Series 1998A Bonds") and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to refund the Series 1998A Bonds in the aggregate
principal amount of $7,060,000 (the "Refunded Obligations"); and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City deems it advisable and in the best interest of the
City to refund the Refunded Obligations in order to achieve a net present value savings of
$ and the City further finds that the aggregate amount ofpayments under the Refunded
Obligations exceeds the aggregate amount of payments under the refunding bonds by
$ ; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 1207 ("Chapter 1207") authorizes the City to issue refunding bonds
and to deposit the proceeds from the sale thereof, directly with an eligible trust company or
commercial bank, and such deposit, if made before such payment dates, shall constitute the making
of firm banking and financial arrangements for the discharge and final payment of the Refunded
Obligations; and
WHEREAS, Chapter 1207 further authorizes the City to enter into an escrow agreement
with an eligible trust company or commercial bank with respect to the safekeeping, investment,
reinvestment, administration, and disposition of any such deposit, upon such terms and conditions
as the City and such entity may agree, provided that such deposits may be invested and reinvested
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in Defeasance Securities (as defined herein) which shall mature and bear interest payable at such
times and in such amounts as will be sufficient to provide for the scheduled payment or prepayment
of the Refunded Obligations; and
WHEREAS, the Escrow Agreement hereinafter authorized, constitutes an agreement of the
kind authorized and permitted by said Chapter 1207; and
WHEREAS, all the Refunded Obligations mature or are subject to redemption prior to
maturity within 20 years of the date of the bonds hereinafter authorized; and
WHEREAS, the Series 2008 Bonds (hereinafter defined) authorized by this Ordinance are
being issued and delivered pursuant to the City Charter and to Chapters 1207 and 1502, Texas
Government Code, as amended, and any other applicable laws; and
WHEREAS, the City deems it appropriate to call for redemption the Refunded Obligations.
WHEREAS, it is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this
Ordinance was passed was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place and purpose of
said meeting was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; and
THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITI OF
GEORGETOWN,
Section 1. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Ordinance, except as otherwise
expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in Exhibit "A" to this
Ordinance have the meanings assigned to them in Exhibit "A".
ISSUANCEOF BONDS,
Section 3. DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATIONS, NUMBERS, AND
MATURITIES OF THE SERIES 2008 BONDS. Each bond issued pursuant to this Ordinance
for the purpose described in Section 2 of this Ordinance shall be designated: "CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS UTILITY SYSTEM REVENUE AND REFUNDING BONDS,
SERIES 2008," and initially there shall be issued, sold, and delivered hereunder fully registered
bonds, without interest coupons, dated April 15, 2008, in the respective denominations and principal
amounts hereinafter stated, numbered consecutively from R-1 upward (except the initial Bond
delivered to the Attorney General of the State of Texas which shall be numbered T-1), payable to
the respective initial registered owners thereof (as designated in Section 32 hereof), or to the
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registered assignee or assignees of said bonds or any portion or portions thereof (in each case, the
"Registered Owner"), and the Series 2008 Bonds shall mature and be payable serially on August 15
in each of the years and in the principal amounts, respectively, as set forth in the following schedule:
Year
Principal
Year
Principal
2009
$ 2153000
2019
$46500
2010
25225,000
2020
4857000
2011
1,355,000
2021
50500
2012
11365,000
2022
5305000
2013
1,190,000
2023
555,000
2014
1,225,000
2024
5805000
2015
1,275,000
2025
6055000
2016
68000
2026
6351000
2017
6805000
2027
6705000
2018
735,000
2028
70500
Section 4. INTEREST. The Series 2008 Bonds scheduled to mature during the years,
respectively, set forth below shall bear interest from the dates specified in the FORM OF BOND
set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance to their respective dates of maturity or redemption prior
to maturity in the manner and at the following rates per annum:
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Year
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
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Said interest shall be payable in the manner provided and on the dates stated in the FORM OF
BOND set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance.
Section 5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SERIES 2008 BONDS. (a) Registration,
Transfer, and Exchange: Authentication. The City shall keep or cause to be kept at the designated
office for payment of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. in Dallas, Texas (the "Paying
Agent/Registrar") books or records for the registration of the transfer and exchange of the Series
2008 Bonds (the "Registration Books"), and the City hereby appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar
as its registrar and transfer agent to keep such books or records and make such registrations of
transfers and exchanges under such reasonable regulations as the City and Paying Agent/Registrar
may prescribe; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such registrations, transfers and
exchanges as herein provided. The Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement between the City and the
Paying Agent/Registrar, in substantially the form presented to the City Council at the meeting at
which this Ordinance was considered, is hereby approved and the Mayor and City Secretary or the
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Deputy City Secretary of the City are hereby authorized to execute the Paying Agent/Registrar
Agreement and approve any changes in the final form thereof.
The Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain and record in the Registration Books the address
of the registered owner of each Series 2008 Bond to which payments with respect to the Series 2008
Bonds shall be mailed, as herein provided; but it shall be the duty of each registered owner to notify
the Paying Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which payments shall be mailed, and such
interest payments shall not be mailed unless such notice has been given. To the extent possible and
under reasonable circumstances, all transfers of the Series 2008 Bonds shall be made within three
business days after request and presentation thereof. The City shall have the right to inspect the
Registration Books during regular business hours of the Paying Agent/Registrar, but otherwise the
Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Registration Books confidential and, unless otherwise
required by law, shall not permit their inspection by any other entity. The Paying Agent/Registrar's
standard or customary fees and charges for making such registration, transfer, exchange and delivery
of a substitute Series 2008 Bond or Series 2008 Bonds shall be paid as provided in the FORM OF
BOND set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. Registration of assignments, transfers and
exchanges of Series 2008 Bonds shall be made in the manner provided and with the effect stated in
the FORM OF BOND set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. Each substitute Series 2008 Bond
shall bear a letter and/or number to distinguish it from each other Series 2008 Bond.
Except as provided in (c) below, an authorized representative of the Paying Agent/Registrar
shall, before the delivery of any such Series 2008 Bond, date and manually sign the Paying
Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, and no such Series 2008 Bond shall be deemed to be
issued or outstanding unless such Certificate is so executed. The Paying Agent/Registrar promptly
shall cancel all paid Series 2008 Bonds and Series 2008 Bonds surrendered for transfer and
exchange. No additional ordinances, orders or resolutions need be passed or adopted by the
governing body of the City or any other body or person so as to accomplish the foregoing transfer
and exchange of any Series 2008 Bond or portion thereof, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall
provide for the preparation, execution and delivery of the substitute Series 2008 Bonds in the
manner prescribed herein. Pursuant to Chapter 1201, Texas Government Code, and particularly
Subchapter D thereof, the duty of transfer and exchange of Series 2008 Bonds as aforesaid is hereby
imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and, upon the execution of said Certificate, the
transferred and exchanged Series 2008 Bond shall be valid, incontestable and enforceable in the
same manner and with the same effect as the Series 2008 Bonds which initially were issued and
delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, approved by the Attorney General and registered by the
Comptroller of Public Accounts.
(b) Payment of Series 2008 Bonds and Interest. The City hereby further appoints the Paying
Agent/Registrar to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of and interest on the Series 2008
Bonds, all as provided in this Ordinance. The Paying Agent/ Registrar shall keep proper records of
all payments made by the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar with respect to the Series 2008
Bonds.
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(c) In General. The Series 2008 Bonds (i) shall be issued in fully registered form, without
interest coupons, with the principal of and interest on such Series 2008 Bonds to be payable only
to the registered owners thereof, (ii) may and shall be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities,
(iii) may be transferred and assigned, (iv) may be exchanged for other Series 2008 Bonds of the
same Series, (v) shall have the characteristics, (vi) shall be signed, sealed, executed and
authenticated, (vii) the principal of and interest on the Series 2008 Bonds shall be payable, and (viii)
shall be administered and the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City shall have certain duties and
responsibilities with respect to the Series 2008 Bonds, all as provided, and in the manner and to the
effect as required or indicated, in the FORM OF BOND set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance.
The Series 2008 Bonds initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance are not required to
be, and shall not be, authenticated by the Paying Agent/ Registrar, but on each substitute Series 2008
Bond issued in exchange for any Series 2008 Bond or Series 2008 Bonds issued under this
Ordinance the Paying Agent/Registrar shall execute the PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S
AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE, in the farm set forth in the FORM OF BOND.
(d) Substitute Pang A ent/Re isg tray. The City covenants with the registered owners of
the Series 2008 Bonds that at all times while the Series 2008 Bonds are outstanding the City will
provide a competent and legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution or other entity
to act as and perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for the Series 2008 Bonds under this
Ordinance, and that the Paying Agent/Registrar will be one entity. The City reserves the right to,
and may, at its option and to the extent permitted by law, (i) act in the capacity of Paying
Agent/Registrar or (ii) change the Paying Agent/Registrar upon not less than 30 days written notice
to the Paying Agent/Registrar, to be effective at such time which will not disrupt or delay payment
on the next principal or interest payment date after such notice. In the event that the entity at any
time acting as Paying Agent/Registrar (or its successor by merger, acquisition or other method)
should resign or otherwise cease to act as such, the City covenants that promptly it will assume the
duties or will appoint a competent and legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution
or other agency to act as Paying Agent/Registrar under this Ordinance. Upon any change in the
Paying Agent/Registrar, the previous Paying Agent/Registrar promptly shall transfer and deliver the
Registration Books (or a copy thereof), along with all other pertinent books and records relating to
the Series 2008 Bonds, to the new Paying Agent/Registrar designated and appointed by the City.
Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the City promptly will cause a written notice
thereof to be sent by the new Paying Agent/Registrar to each registered owner of the Series 2008
Bonds, by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, which notice also shall give the address
of the new Paying Agent/Registrar. By accepting the position and performing as such, each Paying
Agent/Registrar shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this Ordinance, and a certified
copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered to each Paying Agent/Registrar,
(e) Book -Entry -Only System for Series 2008 Bonds. The Series 2008 Bonds issued in
exchange for the Series 2008 Bonds initially issued to the purchaser specified in Section 32 herein
shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered Series 2008 Bond for each
of the maturities thereof. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Series 2008 Bond shall
be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company of New
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York ("DTC"), and except as provided in subsection (f) hereof, all of the outstanding Series 2008
Bonds shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC.
With respect to Series 2008 Bonds registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of
DTC, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation to any
securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other
organizations on whose behalf DTC was created ("DTC Participant") to hold securities to facilitate
the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among DTC Participants or to any person on
behalf of whom such DTC Participant holds an interest in the Series 2008 Bonds. Without limiting
the immediately preceding sentence, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no
responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co. or
any DTC Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Series 2008 Bonds, (ii) the
delivery to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner of the Series
2008 Bonds, as shown on the Registration Books, of any notice with respect to the Series 2008
Bonds or (iii) the payment to any DTC Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner
of Series 2008 Bonds, as shown in the Registration Books of any amount with respect to principal
of or interest on the Series 2008 Bonds. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to
the contrary, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be entitled to treat and consider the
person in whose name each Series 2008 Bond is registered in the Registration Books as the absolute
owner of such Series 2008 Bond for the purpose of payment of principal and interest with respect
to such Series 2008 Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Series 2008
Bond and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay all principal of
and interest on the Series 2008 Bonds only to or upon the order of the registered owners, as shown
in the Registration Books as provided in this Ordinance, or their respective attorneys duly authorized
in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the City's
obligations with respect to payment of principal of and interest on the Series 2008 Bonds to the
extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than a registered owner, as shown in the
Registration Books, shall receive a Series 2008 Bond certificate evidencing the obligation of the
City to make payments of principal and interest pursuant to this Ordinance. Upon delivery by DTC
to the Paying Agent/Registrar of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute
a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions in this Ordinance with respect
to interest checks being mailed to the registered owner at the close of business on the Record Date,
the words "Cede & Co." in this Ordinance shall refer to such new nominee of DTC.
(f) Successor Securities Depository; Transfers Outside Book-Entr-Only Systems. In the
event that the City determines to discontinue the use of the Book -Entry -Only System through DTC,
or DTC determines to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Series 2008 Bonds, the
City shall (i) appoint a successor securities depository, qualified to act as such under Section 17(a)
of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, notify DTC and DTC Participants of the
appointment of such successor securities depository and transfer one or more separate Series 2008
Bonds to such successor securities depository or (ii) notify DTC and DTC Participants of the
availability through DTC of Series 2008 Bonds and transfer one or more separate Series 2008 Bonds
to DTC Participants having Series 2008 Bonds credited to their DTC accounts. In such event, the
Series 2008 Bonds shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Registration Books in the
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name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, but may be registered in the name of the successor
securities depository, or its nominee, or in whatever name or names registered owners transferring
or exchanging Series 2008 Bonds shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance. Whenever a successor securities depository has been appointed pursuant to this
paragraph, the terms DTC and DTC Participant as used in this Ordinance shall refer to such
successor securities depository and its participants, respectively.
(g) Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the
contrary, so long as any Series 2008 Bond is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for
DTC, all payments with respect to principal of and interest on such Series 2008 Bond and all notices
with respect to such Series 2008 Bond shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided
in the representation letter of the City to DTC.
(h) DTC Blanket Letter of Representations. The City confirms execution of a Blanket Letter
of Representations with DTC establishing the Book -Entry -Only System with respect to the Series
2008 Bonds,
Section 6. FORM OF SERIES 2008 BOND. The form of each Series 2008 Bond,
including the form of Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, the form of Assignment
and the form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas
to be attached only to the Series 2008 Bonds initially issued and delivered pursuant to this
Ordinance, shall be, respectively, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit "B" hereto, with such
appropriate variations, omissions or insertions as are permitted or required by this Ordinance.
Section 7. PLEDGE OF PLEDGED REVENUES. The City hereby covenants and agrees
that the Pledged Revenues are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment and security of the Parity
Obligations including the establishment and maintenance of the special funds created, established
and maintained for the payment and security thereof, all as hereinafter provided; and it is hereby
ordained that the Parity Obligations, and the interest thereon, shall constitute a lien on and pledge
of the Pledged Revenues and be valid and binding without any physical delivery thereof or further
act by the City, and the lien created hereby on the Pledged Revenues for the payment and security
of the Parity Obligations, including the establishment and maintenance of the special funds created,
established and maintained for the payment and security thereof, shall be superior to the lien on and
pledge of the Pledged Revenues securing payment of any Subordinate Lien Obligations hereafter
issued by the City.
Section 8. SPECIAL FUNDS. The City confirms the establishment and maintenance on
the books of the City, so long as any of the Parity Obligations are outstanding and unpaid, of the
below limited Special Funds:
(a) City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue Fund, hereinafter called the
"Revenue Fund."
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(b) City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue Bonds Interest and Sinking Fund,
hereinafter called the "Interest and Sinking Fund."
Though all of such funds may be subaccounts of the City's General Fund held by the City's
depository, and, as such, not held in separate bank accounts, such treatment shall not constitute a
commingling of the monies in such Funds or of such Funds and the City shall keep full and complete
records indicating the monies and investments credited to each of such Funds.
Section 9. REVENUE FUND. The City hereby covenants, agrees and establishes that the
Gross Revenues shall be deposited and credited to the Revenue Fund immediately as collected and
received. All Maintenance and Operating Expenses are and shall be paid from such Gross Revenues
as a first charge against same.
Section 10. FLOW OF FUNDS. All Gross Revenues deposited and credited to the
Revenue Fund shall be pledged and appropriated to the extent required for the following uses and
in the order of priority shown:
FIRST: to the payment of all necessary and reasonable Maintenance and Operating
Expenses as defined herein or required by statute, including, but not limited to, Chapter
1502, Texas Government Code, as amended, to be a first charge on and claim against the
Gross Revenues, including a two (2) -month reserve amount based upon the budgeted amount
of Maintenance and Operating Expenses for the current Fiscal Year, which amount shall be
retained in the Revenue Fund.
SECOND: to the payment of the amounts required to be deposited and credited to the
Interest and Sinking Fund created and established for the payment of the Series 2008 Bonds,
the Previously Issued Parity -Obligations and any Additional Parity Obligations issued by the
City as the same become due and payable.
THIRD: pro rata to the payment of the amounts required to be deposited and credited (i) to
the Reserve Fund created and established to maintain the Required Reserve Amount in
accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, including amounts owed with respect to
any Reserve Fund Obligation to restore the Required Reserve Amount and (ii) to each other
reserve fund created and established to maintain a reserve in accordance with the provisions
of the ordinances relating to the issuance of any Additional Parity Obligations hereafter
issued by the City.
FOURTH: to the payment of Subordinate Lien Obligations.
FIFTH: to the payment of the amounts required for any lawful purpose.
Section 11. INT'ERES'T' AND SINKING FUND. For purposes of providing funds to pay
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Parity Obligations as the same become due and
payable, including any mandatory sinking fund redemption payments, the City agrees that it shall
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maintain the Interest and Sinking Fund. The City covenants to deposit and credit to the Interest and
Sinking Fund prior to each principal, interest payment or redemption date from the available Pledged
Revenues an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the amount required to fully pay the
interest on and the principal of the Parity Obligations then failing due and payable. The City shall
make such deposits and credits to pay maturing principal, accrued interest, and mandatory sinking
fund redemptions on the Parity Obligations in substantially equal semi-annual installments on or
before each February 15 and August 15.
The required semi-annual deposits and credits to the Interest and Sinking Fund shall continue
to be made as hereinabove provided until such time as (i) the total amount on deposit in and credited
to the Interest and Sinking Fund and the Reserve Fund (excluding any Reserve Fund Obligation) is
equal to the amount required to fully pay and discharge all Outstanding Parity Obligations
(principal, premium, if any, and interest) or (ii) the Parity Obligations are no longer outstanding.
Accrued interest and capitalized interest, if any, received from the purchaser of any Parity
Obligation shall be taken into consideration and reduce the amount of the semi-annual deposits and
credits hereinabove required into the Interest and Sinking Fund,
Section 12. RESERVE FUND. (a) To accumulate and maintain a reserve for the payment
of the Series 2008 Bonds and the Outstanding Parity Obligations equal to the Average Annual Debt
Service Requirements of the Series 2008 Bonds and the Outstanding Parity Obligations (calculated
by the City at the beginning of each Fiscal Year) (the "Required Reserve Amount"), the Reserve
Fund has been established and shall be maintained by the City. Earnings and income derived from
the investment of amounts held for the credit of the Reserve Fund shall be retained in the Reserve
Fund until the Reserve Fund contains the Required Reserve Amount; thereafter, such earnings and
income shall be deposited to the credit of the Revenue Fund. As provided in Section 11, the City
shall deposit and credit to the Reserve Fund amounts required to maintain the balance in the Reserve
Fund in an amount equal to the Required Reserve Amount. There shall be deposited into the
Reserve Fund any Reserve Fund Obligations so designated by the City. All funds, investments and
Reserve Fund Obligations on deposit and credited to the Reserve Fund shall be used solely for (i)
the payment of the principal of and interest on the Series 2008 Bonds and the Outstanding Parity
Obligations, when and to the extent other funds available for such purposes are insufficient, (ii) to
make Reserve Fund Obligation Payments and (iii) to retire the last Stated Maturity or Stated
Maturities of or interest on the Series 2008 Bonds and the Outstanding Parity Obligations.
(b) When and for so long as the cash, investments and Reserve Fund Obligations in the
Reserve Fund equal the Required Reserve Amount, no deposits need be made to the credit of the
Reserve Fund; but, if and when the Reserve Fund at any time contains less than the Required
Reserve Amount, the City covenants and agrees that the City shall cure the deficiency in the Reserve
Fund by resuming the Required Reserve Fund Deposits to such Fund from the Pledged Revenues
in accordance with Section 10 by monthly deposits and credits in amounts equal to not less than
1160th of the Required Reserve Amount with any such deficiency payments being made on or before
each August 15 and February 15 until the Required Reserve Amount has been fully restored;
provided, however, that no such deposits shall be made into the Reserve Fund during any six month
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period beginning on August 15 and February 15 until there has been deposited into the Interest and
Sinking Fund the full amount required to be deposited therein by the next following August 15 and
February 15, as the case may be. In addition, in the event that a portion of the Required Reserve
Amount is represented by a Reserve Fund Obligation, the Required Reserve Amount shall be
restored as soon as possible from monthly deposits of Pledged Revenues on deposit in the Revenue
Fund in accordance with Section 10, but subject to making the full deposits and credits to the
Interest and Sinking Fund required to be made by the next following August 15 and February 15,
as the case may be. The City further covenants and agrees that, subject only to the prior deposits
and credits to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund, the Pledged Revenues shall be applied and
appropriated and used to establish and maintain the Required Reserve Amount, including by paying
Reserve Fund Obligation Payments when due, and any reserve established for the benefit of any
issue or series of Additional Parity Obligations and to cure any deficiency in such amounts as
required by the terms of this Ordinance and any other ordinance pertaining to the issuance of
Additional Parity Obligations.
During such time as the Reserve Fund contains the Required Reserve Amount, the obligation
to maintain the Required Reserve Amount has been suspended pursuant to subsection (d) below or
any cash is replaced with a Reserve Fund Obligation pursuant to subsection (c) below, the City may,
at its option, withdraw all surplus funds in the Reserve Fund and deposit such surplus in the Interest
and Sinking Fund or otherwise use such amount in any manner permitted by law.
(c) A Reserve Fund Obligation issued in an amount equal to all or part of the Required
Reserve Amount for the Series 2008 Bonds and the Outstanding Parity Obligations may be used in
lieu of depositing cash into the Reserve Fund. In addition, a Reserve Fund Obligation may be
substituted for monies and investments in the Reserve Fund if the substitution of the Reserve Fund
Obligation will not, in and of itself, cause any ratings then assigned to the Series 2008 Bonds and
the Outstanding Parity Obligations by any Rating Agency to be lowered and the ordinance
authorizing the substitution of the Reserve Fund Obligation for all or part of the Required Reserve
Amount contains a finding that such substitution is cost effective.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the requirement set forth in
subsection (a) above to maintain the Required Reserve Amount in the Reserve Fund shall be
suspended for such time as the Net Revenues for each Fiscal Year are equal to at least 1.35 times
the Average Annual Debt Service Requirements. In the event that the Net Revenues for any Fiscal
Year are less than 1.35 times the Average Annual Debt Service Requirements, the City will be
required to commence making Required Reserve Fund Deposits, as provided in subsection (b)
above, and to continue such Required Reserve Fund Deposits until the earlier of (i) such time as the
Reserve Fund contains the Required Reserve Amount or (ii) the Net Revenues in each of two
consecutive years have been equal to not less than 1.35 times the Average Annual Debt Service
Requirements.
(e) A Reserve Fund Obligation permitted under (a) above, must be in the form of a surety
bond or insurance policy meeting the requirements described below.
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(1) (i) A surety bond or insurance policy issued to the Paying Agent/Registrar, as agent of
the Holders, by a company licensed to issue an insurance policy guaranteeing the timely
payment of debt service on the Parity Obligations (a "municipal bond insurer") if the claims
paying ability of the issuer thereof shall be rated "AAA" or "Aaa", respectively, by S&P and
Moody's, or (ii) a surety bond or insurance policy issued to the Paying Agent/Registrar, as
agent of the Holders, by an entity other than a municipal bond insurer, if the form and
substance of such instrument and the issuer thereof shall be approved in writing by each
Bond Insurer of record.
(2) The obligation to reimburse the issuer of a Reserve Fund Obligation for any claims or
draws upon such Reserve Fund Obligation in accordance with its terms, including expenses
incurred in connection with such claims or draws, to the extent permitted by law, (a Reserve
Fund Obligation Payment) shall be made from the deposits made to the Reserve Fund as
provided in this Section and in Section 10. The Reserve Fund Obligation shall provide for
a revolving feature under which the amount available thereunder will be reinstated to the
extent of any reimbursement of draws or claims paid. If the revolving feature is suspended
or terminated for any reason, the right of the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation to
reimbursement will be subordinated to the cash replenishment of the Reserve Fund to an
amount equal to the difference between the full original amount available under the Reserve
Fund Obligation and the amount then available for further draws or claims. In the event (a)
the issuer of a Reserve Fund Obligation becomes insolvent, or (b) the issuer of a Reserve
Fund Obligation defaults in its payment obligations thereunder, or (c) the claims paying
ability of the issuer of the insurance policy or surety bond falls below "AAA" or "Aaa", by
S&P and Moody's, respectively, the obligation to reimburse the issuer of the Reserve Fund
Obligation shall be subordinated to the cash replenishment of the Reserve Fund.
(3) In the event (a) the revolving reinstatement feature described in the preceding paragraph
is suspended or terminated, or (b) the rating of the claims paying ability of the issuer of the
surety bond or insurance policy falls below "AAA" or "Aaa", by S&P and Moody's,
respectively, the City shall either (i) deposit into the Reserve Fund, in accordance with this
Section and Section 10, an amount sufficient to cause the cash or investments credited to the
Reserve Fund to accumulate to the Required Reserve Amount, or (ii) replace such instrument
with a surety bond or insurance policy meeting the requirements of 1 and 2 above, within six
months of such occurrence. In the event (a) the rating of the claims -paying ability of the
issuer of the surety bond or insurance policy falls below "A" by S&P and Moody's, or (b)
the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation defaults in its payment obligations hereunder, or
(c) the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation becomes insolvent, the City shall either (i)
deposit into the Reserve Fund, in accordance with this Section, amounts sufficient to cause
the cash or investments on deposit in the Reserve Fund to accumulate to the Required
Reserve Amount, or (ii) replace such instrument with a surety bond or insurance policy
meeting the requirements of 1 and 2 above within six months of such occurrence.
(4) The Paying Agent/Registrar shall ascertain the necessity for a claim or draw upon any
Reserve Fund Obligation and provide notice to the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation in
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accordance with its terms not later than three days (or such appropriate time period as will,
when combined with the timing of required payment under the Reserve Fund Obligation,
ensure payment under the Reserve Fund Obligation on or before the interest payment date)
prior to each date upon which the principal of or interest on the Parity Obligations will be
due.
It is recognized that a Reserve Fund Obligation may be issued which is payable only with
respect to a part of the Series 2008 Bonds and the Outstanding Parity Obligations with the remainder
of the Required Reserve Amount being satisfied by monies and investments and in that case any
draws upon the Reserve Fund will have to be made on a pro -rata basis to ensure that every Parity
Obligation enjoys an equal amount of security. Therefore, (i) draws upon one or more such Reserve
Fund Obligations shall be made on a pro -rata basis with cash and investments available in the
Reserve Fund and (ii) deposits and credits to the Reserve Fund to restore it to the Required Reserve
Amount shall be utilized on a pro -rata basis to pay Reserve Fund Obligation Payments to reimburse
the issuers of the Reserve Fund Obligations, thus restoring that part of the Required Reserve
Amount, and to restore with cash and investments the balance of the Required Reserve Amount.
Section 13. EXCESS BOND PROCEEDS. Any proceeds of Parity Obligations not
required to effectuate the purposes for which such Parity Obligations were issued, as provided in the
respective ordinances authorizing the issuance of such Parity Obligations, or for the payment of the
costs of issuance of such Parity Obligations shall be deposited and credited to the Interest and
Sinking Fund and shall be taken into consideration and shall reduce the amount of semi-annual
deposits and credits to the Interest and Sinking Fund from the Pledged Revenues or used to redeem
or purchase Parity Obligations.
Section 14. DEFICIENCIES - EXCESS PLEDGED OR NET REVENUES. (a) If on
any occasion there shall not be sufficient Pledged Revenues (after making all payments pertaining
to all Parity Obligations) to make the required deposits and credits to the Interest and Sinking Fund
and the Reserve Fund, then such deficiency shall be cured as soon as possible from the next
available unallocated Pledged Revenues, or from any other sources available for such purpose, and
such deposits and credits shall be in addition to the amounts otherwise required to be deposited and
credited to these Funds.
(b) Subject to making the deposits and credits required by this Ordinance, or any ordinances
authorizing the issuance of Additional Parity Obligations, or the payments and credits required by
the provisions of the ordinances authorizing the issuance of Subordinate Lien Obligations hereafter
issued by the City, the excess Net Revenues may be used for any lawful purpose.
INVESTMENT INCOME. (a) Money in the Revenue Fund, the Interest and Sinking Fund and
the Reserve Fund may, at the option of the City, be invested in Permitted Investments; provided that
all such deposits and investments shall be made in such manner that the money required to be
expended from any fund will be available at the proper time or times. All such investments shall
be valued in terms of current market value no less frequently than the last business day of the City's
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Fiscal Year, except that any direct obligations of the United States of America - State and Local
Government Series shall be continuously valued at their par value or principal face amount. Any
obligation in which money is so invested shall be kept and held at the Depository, except as
otherwise permitted by the laws applicable to the City. For purposes of maximizing investment
returns, money in such funds may be invested, together with money in other funds or with other
money of the City, in common investments of the kind described above, or in a common pool of
such investments held by the City or its designated agent, which shall not be deemed to be or
constitute a commingling of such money or funds provided that safekeeping receipts or certificates
of participation clearly evidencing the investment or investment pool in which such money is
invested and the share thereof purchased with such money or owned by such fund are held by or on
behalf of each such fund. If necessary, such investments shall be promptly sold to prevent any
default.
(b) All interest and income derived from such investments (other than interest and income
derived from amounts credited to the Reserve Fund if the Reserve Fund does not contain the
Required Reserve Amount) shall be credited to the Revenue Fund semi-annually and shall constitute
Gross Revenues,
Section 16. PAYMENT OF PARITY OBLIGATIONS. While any of the Parity
Obligations are outstanding, the City shall transfer to the respective paying agent/registrar therefor,
from funds on deposit in and credited to the Interest and Sinking Fund, and, if necessary, in the
Reserve Fund, amounts sufficient to fully pay and discharge promptly the interest on and principal
of the Parity Obligations as shall become due on each interest or principal payment date, or date of
redemption of the Parity Obligations; such transfer of funds must be made in such manner as will
cause immediately available funds to be deposited with each respective paying agent/registrar for
the Parity Obligations not later than the business day next preceding the date such payment is due
on the Parity Obligations. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall destroy all paid Parity Obligations and
furnish the City with an appropriate certificate of cancellation or destruction.
Section 17. RATES AND CHARGES. For the benefit of the Holders of the Parity
Obligations and in addition to all provisions and covenants in the laws of the State of Texas and in
this Ordinance, the City hereby expressly stipulates and agrees, while any of the Parity Obligations
are outstanding, to establish and maintain rates and charges for facilities and services afforded by
the System that are reasonably expected, on the basis of available information and experience and
with due allowance for contingencies, to produce Gross Revenues in each Fiscal Year reasonably
anticipated to be sufficient:
A. to pay Maintenance and Operating Expenses;
B. to produce Pledged Revenues at least equal to the greater of 1.25 times the Average
Annual Debt Service Requirements or 1.10 times the Maximum Annual Debt Service Requirements;
C. to produce Pledged Revenues in amounts sufficient to enable the City to make the
deposits and credits, if any, from Pledged Revenues (i) to the Reserve Fund to restore the Required
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Reserve Amount in accordance with Section 12 of this Ordinance, including the payment of any
Reserve Fund Obligation Payment then due, and (ii) to other reserve funds to establish or restore the
reserve securing any issue or series of Additional Parity Obligations;
D. to produce Pledged Revenues, together with any other lawfully available funds (including
the proceeds of Debt which the City expects will be utilized to pay all or part of the principal of
and/or interest on any obligations described in this subsection D), sufficient to pay the principal of
and interest on any Subordinate Lien Obligations issued by the City and the amounts required to be
deposited in any reserve or contingency fund created for the payment and security of the Subordinate
Lien Obligations and any other obligations or evidences of indebtedness issued or incurred that are
payable from, in whole or in part, a subordinate lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues; and
E. to pay any other Debt payable from the Pledged Revenues and/or secured by a lien on the
Pledged Revenues.
Should the annual audit report required by Section 19 hereof reflect that the Pledged
Revenues for the Fiscal Year covered thereby were less than necessary to meet the requirements of
this Section, the City Council will review the operations of the System and the rates and charges for
services provided, and the City Council will make the necessary adjustments or revisions, if any, in
order that the Pledged Revenues for the succeeding year will be sufficient to satisfy the foregoing
coverage requirements.
Section 18.
GENERAL
COVENANTS. The
City further covenants and agrees that in
accordance with and
to the extent
required or permitted
by law:
(a) Performance. It will faithfully perform at all times any and all covenants, undertakings,
stipulations and provisions contained in any ordinance authorizing the issuance of Parity
Obligations, including this Ordinance, and in each and every Parity Obligation; it will promptly pay
or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on every Parity Obligation on the dates and in the
places and manner prescribed in such ordinances and obligations; and it will, at the times and in the
manner prescribed, deposit and credit or cause to be deposited and credited the amounts required
to be deposited and credited to the Interest and Sinking Fund and the Reserve Fund.
(b) City's Legal Authority. It is a duly created and existing home rule city of the State of
Texas, and is duly authorized under the laws of the State of Texas to create and issue the Series 2008
Bonds; that all action on its part for the creation and issuance of the Series 2008 Bonds has been
duly and effectively taken, and that the Series 2008 Bonds in the hands of the Holders thereof are
and will be valid and enforceable special obligations of the City in accordance with their terms.
(c) Title. It has or will obtain lawful title to the lands, buildings, structures and facilities
constituting the System, that it warrants that it will defend the title to all the aforesaid lands,
buildings, structures and facilities, and every part thereof, for the benefit of the Holders of the
Series 2008 Bonds, the Previously Issued Parity Obligations and Additional Parity Obligations,
against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever, that it is lawfully qualified to pledge the
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Pledged Revenues to the payment of the Series 2008 Bonds, the Previously Issued Parity Obligations
and Additional Parity Obligations in the manner prescribed herein, and has lawfully exercised such
rights.
(d) Liens. It will from time to time and before the same become delinquent pay and
discharge all taxes, assessments and governmental charges, if any, which shall be lawfully imposed
upon it, or the System; it will pay all lawful claims for rents, royalties, labor, materials and supplies
which if unpaid might by law become a lien or charge thereon, the lien of which would be prior to
or interfere with the liens hereof, so that the priority of the liens granted hereunder shall be fully
preserved in the manner provided herein, and it will not create or suffer to be created any
mechanic's, laborer's, materialman's or other lien or charge which might or could be prior to the liens
hereof, or do or suffer any matter or thing whereby the liens hereof might or could be impaired;
provided, however, that no such tax, assessment or charge, and that no such claims which might be
used as the basis of a mechanic's, laborer's, materialman's or other lien or charge, shall be required
to be paid so long as the validity of the same shall be contested in good faith by the City.
(e) Operation of System; No Free Service. It will, while the Parity Obligations are
outstanding and unpaid, continuously and efficiently operate the System, and shall maintain the
System in good condition, repair and working order, all at reasonable cost. No free service of the
System shall be allowed, and should the City or any of its agencies or instrumentalities make use
of the services and facilities of the System, payment of the reasonable value shall be made by the
City out of funds from sources other than the Gross Revenues of the System, unless made from
surplus or excess Pledged Revenues as permitted in Section 14.
(f) Further Encumbrance. While the Parity Obligations are outstanding and unpaid, it will
not additionally encumber the Pledged Revenues in any manner, except as permitted in this
Ordinance in connection with Additional Parity Obligations, unless said encumbrance is made junior
and subordinate in all respects to the liens, pledges, covenants and agreements of this Ordinance;
but the right of the City to issue or incur obligations payable from a subordinate lien on the Pledged
Revenues is specifically recognized and retained.
(g) Sale or Disposal of Property. While the Parity Obligations are outstanding and unpaid,
it will not sell, convey, mortgage, encumber, lease or in any manner transfer title to, or otherwise
dispose of the System, or any significant or substantial part thereof, provided that whenever the City
deems it necessary to dispose of any other property, machinery, fixtures or equipment, it may sell
or otherwise dispose of such property, machinery, fixtures or equipment when it has made
arrangements to replace the same or provide substitutes therefor, unless it is determined that no such
replacement or substitute is necessary; and, provided further, that the City retains the right to sell,
convey, mortgage, encumber, lease or otherwise dispose of any significant or substantial part of the
System if (i) the City Manager delivers a certificate to the City Council to the effect that, following
such action by the City, the System is expected to produce Gross Revenues in amounts sufficient
in each Fiscal Year while any of the Parity Obligations are to be outstanding to comply with the
obligations of the City contained in this Ordinance and in the ordinances authorizing the issuance
of Additional Parity Obligations; (ii) the City Council makes a finding and determination to the same
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effect as the certificate of the City Manager set forth in (i) above and (iii) each Rating Agency then
maintaining a rating on any Parity Obligation delivers a letter to the City to the effect that such sale,
conveyance, mortgage, encumbrance, lease or other disposition will not cause the Rating Agency
to withdraw or lower the rating then in effect. Proceeds from any sale hereunder not used to replace
or provide for substitution of such property sold, shall be used for improvements to the System or
to purchase or redeem Parity Obligations.
(h) Insurance. (1) It shall cause to be insured such parts of the System as would usually be
insured by municipal corporations operating like properties, with a responsible insurance company
or companies, against risks, accidents or casualties against which and to the extent insurance is
usually carried by municipal corporations operating like properties, including, to the extent
reasonably obtainable, fire and extended coverage insurance, insurance against damage by floods,
and use and occupancy insurance. Public liability and property damage insurance shall also be
carried unless the City Attorney of the City gives a written opinion to the effect that the City is not
liable for claims which would be protected by such insurance. At any time while any contractor
engaged in construction work shall be fully responsible therefor, the City shall not be required to
carry insurance on the work being constructed if the contractor is required to carry appropriate
insurance. All such policies shall be open to the inspection of the Holders and their representatives
at all reasonable times. Upon the happening of any loss or damage covered by insurance from one
or more of said causes, the City shall make due proof of loss and shall do all things necessary or
desirable to cause the insuring companies to make payment in full directly to the City. The proceeds
of insurance covering such property are hereby pledged as security for the Parity Obligations and,
together with any other funds necessary and available for such purpose, shall be used forthwith by
the City for repairing the property damaged or replacing the property destroyed; provided, however,
that if said insurance proceeds and other funds are insufficient for such purpose, then said insurance
proceeds pertaining to the System shall be used promptly as follows:
(i) for the redemption prior to maturity of the Parity Obligations, ratably in the
proportion that the Outstanding principal of each series of Parity Obligations bears to the
total Outstanding principal of all Parity Obligations, provided that if on any such occasion
the principal of any such series is not subject to redemption, it shall not be regarded as
Outstanding in making the foregoing computation; or
(ii) if none of the Outstanding Parity Obligations is subject to redemption, then for
the purchase on the open market and retirement of said Parity Obligations in the same
proportion as prescribed in the foregoing clause (i), to the extent practicable; provided that
the purchase price for any Parity Obligation shall not exceed the redemption price of such
Parity Obligation on the first date upon which it becomes subject to redemption; or
(iii) to the extent that the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) cannot be complied with at
the time, the insurance proceeds, or the remainder thereof, shall be deposited in a special and
separate trust fund, at an official depository of the City, to be designated the Insurance
Account. The Insurance Account shall be held until such time as the foregoing clauses (i)
and/or (ii) can be complied with, or until other funds become available which, together with
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the Insurance Account, will be sufficient to make the repairs or replacements originally
required, whichever of said events occurs first.
(2) The foregoing provisions of (1) above notwithstanding, the City shall have authority
to enter into coinsurance or similar plans where risk of loss is shared in whole or in part by
the City.
(3) The annual audit hereinafter required shall contain a section commenting on whether
or not the City has complied with the requirements of this Section with respect to the
maintenance of insurance, and listing all policies carried, and whether or not all insurance
premiums upon the insurance policies to which reference is hereinbefore made have been
paid.
(4) The payment of premiums for all insurance policies required under the provisions
hereof and the costs associated with the maintenance of any self-insurance program shall be
considered Maintenance and Operating Expenses. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be
construed as requiring the City to expend any funds which are derived from sources other
than the operation of the System, but nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the City
from doing so.
(i) Governmental Agencies. It will comply with all of the terms and conditions of any and
all franchises, permits and authorizations applicable to or necessary with respect to the System, and
which have been obtained from any governmental agency; and the City has or will obtain and keep
in full force and effect all franchises, permits, authorization and other requirements applicable to or
necessary with respect to the acquisition, construction, equipment, operation and maintenance of the
System.
0) No Competition. It will not grant any franchise or permit for the acquisition, construction
or operation of any competing facilities which might be used as a substitute for the System's
facilities and, to the extent that it legally may, the City will prohibit any such competing facilities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City retains the right, however, to "opt in" to electric competition
in accordance with State law if "opting in" will not materially adversely impact the Net Revenues
of the System as evidenced by a certification of the City Manager.
(k) Disaggregation of System. The City retains the right to disaggregate the System into one
or more independent resulting systems if (i) the City Manager delivers a certificate to the City
Council to the effect that, following such action by the City, the remaining System is expected to
produce Gross Revenues in amounts sufficient in each Fiscal Year while any of the Parity
Obligations are to be outstanding to comply with the obligations of the City contained in this
Ordinance and in the ordinances authorizing the Previously Issued Parity Obligations and the
issuance of Additional Parity Obligations; (ii) the City Council makes a finding and determination
to the same effect as the certificate of the City Manager set forth in (i) above and (iii) each Rating
Agency then maintaining a rating on any Parity Obligation delivers a letter to the City to the effect
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that such disaggregation will not cause the Rating Agency to withdraw or lower the rating then in
effect on the Outstanding Parity Obligations,
Section 19. RECORDS AND ACCOUNTS - ANNUAL. AUDIT. The City covenants and
agrees that so long as any of the Parity Obligations remain Outstanding, the City will keep and
maintain a separate and complete system of records and accounts pertaining to the operations of the
System in which full, complete, true, proper, and correct entries shall be made of all dealings,
transactions, business and affairs relating thereto, or which in any way affect or pertain to the
System or the Gross Revenues or the Net Revenues thereof, as provided by generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied, and by Sections 1502.067 and 1502.068, Texas
Government Code, as amended, or other applicable law. The Holders of the Parity Obligations or
any duly authorized agent or agents of such Holders shall have the right to inspect the System and
all properties comprising the same. The City further agrees that, following the close of each Fiscal
Year, the City will cause an audit report of such records and accounts to be made by an Accountant.
Copies of each annual audit shall be made available for public inspection during normal business
hours at the City's principal office and the City Secretary's office and may be furnished to, upon
written request, any Holder upon payment ofthe reasonable copying and mailing charges. Expenses
incurred in making the annual audit of the operations of the System shall be considered as
Maintenance and Operating Expenses.
Section 20. COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTER -EST ON
THE BONDS. (a) Covenants. The City covenants to take any action necessary to assure, or refrain
from any action which would adversely affect, the treatment of the Series 2008 Bonds as obligations
described in section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the interest
on which is not includable in the "gross income" of the holder for purposes of federal income
taxation. In furtherance thereof, the City covenants as follows:
(1) to take any action to assure that no more than 10 percent of the proceeds of the Series
2008 Bonds or the Refunded Obligations or the projects financed or refinanced therewith
(less amounts deposited to a reserve fund, if any) are used for any "private business use," as
defined in section 141(b)(6) of the Code or, if more than 10 percent of the proceeds of the
Series 2008 Bonds or the Refunded Obligations or the projects financed or refinanced
therewith are so used, such amounts, whether or not received by the City, with respect to
such private business use, do not, under the terms of this Ordinance or any underlying
arrangement, directly or indirectly, secure or provide for the payment of more than 10
percent of the debt service on the Series 2008 Bonds, in contravention of section 141(b)(2)
of the Code;
(2) to take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use" described
in subsection (1) hereof exceeds 5 percent of the proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds or the
Refunded Obligations or the projects financed or refinanced therewith (less amounts
deposited into a reserve fund, if any) then the amount in excess of 5 percent is used for a
"private business use" which is "related" and not "disproportionate," within the meaning of
section 141(b)(3) of the Code, to the governmental use;
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(3) to take any action to assure that no amount which is greater than the lesser of
$5,00O,000, or 5 percent of the proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds (less amounts deposited
into a reserve fund, if any) is directly or indirectly used to finance loans to persons, other
than state or local governmental units, in contravention of section 141(c) of the Code;-
(4)
ode;
(4) to refrain from taking any action which would otherwise result in the Series 2008
Bonds being treated as "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141(b) of the
Code;
(5) to refrain from taking any action that would result in the Series 2008 Bonds being
"federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code;
(6) to refrain from using any portion of the proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds, directly
or indirectly, to acquire or to replace funds which were used, directly or indirectly, to acquire
investment property (as defined in section 148(b)(2) of the Code) which produces a
materially higher yield over the term of the Series 2008 Bonds, other than investment
property acquired with --
(A) proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds invested for a reasonable temporary period
of 3 years or less or, in the case of a refunding bond, for a period of 30 days or less until
such proceeds are needed for the purpose for which the Series 2008 Bonds are issued,
(B) amounts
invested in a bona fide
debt service fund, within the meaning of section
1.148-1(b) of the
Treasury
Regulations,
and
(C) amounts deposited in any reasonably required reserve or replacement fund to the
extent such amounts do not exceed 10 percent of the proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds;
(7) to otherwise restrict the use of the proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds or amounts
treated as proceeds of the Series 2008 Bonds, as may be necessary, so that the Series 2008
Bonds do not otherwise contravene the requirements of section 148 of the Code (relating to
arbitrage) and, to the extent applicable, section 149(d) of the Code (relating to advance
refundings); and
(8) to pay to the United States of America at least once during each five-year period
(beginning on the date of delivery of the Series 2008 Bonds) an amount that is at least equal
to 90 percent of the "Excess Earnings," within the meaning of section 148(f) of the Code and
to pay to the United States of America, not later than 60 days after the Series 2008 Bonds
have been paid in full, 100 percent of the amount then required to be paid as a result of
Excess Earnings under section 148(f) of the Code.
(b) Rebate Fund. In order to facilitate compliance with the above covenant (8), a "Rebate
Fund" is hereby established by the City for the sole benefit of the United States of America, and
such fund shall not be subject to the claim of any other person, including without limitation the
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owners of the Series 2008 Bonds. The Rebate Fund is established for the additional purpose of
compliance with section 148 of the Code.
(c) Proceeds. The City understands that the term "proceeds" includes "disposition proceeds"
as defined in the Treasury Regulations and, in the case of refunding bonds, transferred proceeds (if
any) and proceeds of the refunded bonds expended prior to the date of issuance of the Series 2008
Bonds. It is the understanding of the City that the covenants contained herein are intended to assure
compliance with the Code and any regulations or rulings promulgated by the U.S. Department of
the Treasury pursuant thereto. In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated
which modify or expand provisions of the Code, as applicable to the Series 2008 Bonds, the City
will not be required to comply with any covenant contained herein to the extent that such failure to
comply, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, will not adversely affect the
exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Series 2008 Bonds under section 103 of
the Code. In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated which impose additional
requirements which are applicable to the Series 2008 Bonds, the City agrees to comply with the
additional requirements to the extent necessary, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond
counsel, to preserve the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Series 2008
Bonds under section 103 of the Code. In furtherance of such intention, the City hereby authorizes
and directs the City Manager or the Director of Finance to execute any documents, certificates or
reports required by the Code and to make such elections, on behalf of the City, which may be
permitted by the Code as are consistent with the purpose for the issuance of the Series 2008 Bonds.
(d) Allocation Of, and Limitation On, Expenditures for the Project. The City covenants to
account for the expenditure of sale proceeds and investment earnings to be used for the purposes
described in Section 2 of this Ordinance (the "Project") on its books and records in accordance with
the requirements of the Code. The City recognizes that in order for the proceeds to be considered
used for the reimbursement of costs, the proceeds must be allocated to expenditures within 18
months of the later of the date that (1) the expenditure is made, or (2) the Project is completed; but
in no event later than three years after the date on which the original expenditure is paid. The
foregoing notwithstanding, the City recognizes that in order for proceeds to be expended under the
Code, the sale proceeds or investment earnings must be expended no more than 60 days after the
earlier of (1) the fifth anniversary of the delivery of the Series 2008 Bonds, or (2) the date the Series
2008 Bonds are retired. The City agrees to obtain the advice of nationally -recognized bond counsel
if such expenditure fails to comply with the foregoing to assure that such expenditure will not
adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Series 2008 Bonds. For purposes of this subsection,
the City shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains an opinion of nationally -
recognized bond counsel to the effect that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the
excludability for federal income tax purposes from gross income of the interest.
(e) Disposition of Project. The City covenants that the property constituting the Project will
not be sold or otherwise disposed in a transaction resulting in the receipt by the City of cash or other
compensation, unless the City obtains an opinion of nationally -recognized bond counsel that such
sale or other disposition will not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Series 2008 Bonds.
For purposes of this subsection, the portion of the property comprising personal property and
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disposed in the ordinary course shall not be treated as a transaction resulting in the receipt of cash
or other compensation. For purposes of this subsection, the City shall not be obligated to comply
with this covenant if it obtains an opinion of nationally -recognized bond counsel to the effect that
such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax purposes
from gross income of the interest.
Section 21. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING. (a) Annual Reports. The
City shall provide annually to each NRMSIR and any SID, within six months after the end of any
Fiscal Year, financial information and operating data with respect to the System of the general type
included in the final Official Statement authorized by this Ordinance being the information described
in Exhibit "D" hereto. Any financial statements so to be provided shall be (1) prepared in
accordance with the accounting principles described in Exhibit "D" hereto, or such other accounting
principles as the City may be required to employ from time to time pursuant to state law or
regulation, 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 the audit of such financial
statements is not complete within such period, then the City shall provide unaudited financial
statements within the required time period and audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal
year to each NRMSIR and any SID, when and if the audit report on such statements become
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 paragraph (a).
The financial information and operating data to be provided pursuant to this paragraph (a)
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.
(b) 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 Series 2008 Bonds,
if such event is material within the meaning of the federal securities laws:
A. Principal and interest payment delinquencies;
B. Non-payment related defaults;
C. Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties;
D. Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties;
E. Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform;
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F. Adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax exempt status of the Series 2008
Bonds;
G. Modifications to rights of holders of the Series 2008 Bonds;
H. Bond calls;
I. Defeasances;
J. Release, substitution or sale of property securing repayment of the Series 2008
Bonds; and
K. 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
paragraph (a) of this Section by the time required by such paragraph.
(c) Limitations Disclaimers and Amendments. The City shall be obligated to observe and
perform the covenants specified in this Section for so long as, but only for so long as, the City
remains an "obligated person" with respect to the Series 2008 Bonds within the meaning of the Rule,
except that the City in any event will give notice of any deposit made in accordance with Section 29
of this Ordinance that causes Series 2008 Bonds no longer to be outstanding.
The provisions of this Section are for the sole benefit of the Holders and beneficial owners
of the Series 2008 Bonds, and nothing in this Section, express or implied, shall give any benefit 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 System'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 Series 2008 Bonds at any future date.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE TO THE HOLDER OR
BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY SERIES 2008 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.
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No default by the City in observing or performing its obligations under this Section shall
comprise a breach of or default under the 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.
The provisions of this Section may be amended by the City from time to time to adapt to
changed circumstances that arise from a change in legal requirements, a change in law or a change
in the identity, nature, status or type of operations of the System, but only if (1) the provisions of this
Section, as so amended, would have permitted an underwriter to purchase or sell Series 2008 Bonds
in the primary offering of the Series 2008 Bonds in compliance with the Rule, taking into account
any amendments or interpretations of the Rule since such offering 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 Series 2008 Bonds consent to such amendment or (b) a person that
is unaffiliated with the City (such as nationally recognized bond counsel) determined that such
amendment will not materially impair the interest of the Holders and beneficial owners of the Series
2008 Bonds. The City may also amend or repeal the provisions of this continuing disclosure
agreement if the SEC amends or repeals the applicable provision of the Rule or a court of final
jurisdiction enters judgment that such provisions of the Rule are invalid, but only if and to the extent
that the provisions of this sentence would not prevent an underwriter from lawfully purchasing or
selling Series 2008 Bonds in the primary offering of the Series 2008 Bonds. If the City so amends
the provisions of this Section, it shall include with any amended financial information or operating
data next provided in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section an explanation, in narrative
form, of the reason for the amendment and of the impact of any change in the type of financial
information or operating data so provided.
The filing of such continuing disclosure information with a central post office approved for
such purposes by the SEC, such as Disclosure USA, for submission to the NRMSIRs and SID
(without also separately submitting such filings to the NRMSIRs and SID by some other means) will
satisfy the Commission's obligation to file such information with the NRMSIRs and SID so long as
such filing is acceptable to the SEC.
Section 22. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL PARITY OBLIGATIONS. (a) The City
shall have the right and power at any time and from time to time and in one or more series or issues,
to authorize, issue and deliver additional parity revenue bonds or other obligations (herein called
"Additional Parity Obligations"), in accordance with law, in any amounts, for purposes of extending,
improving or repairing the System or for the purpose of refunding of any Parity Obligations,
Subordinate Lien Obligations or other obligations of the City incurred in connection with the
ownership or operation of the System. Such Additional Parity Obligations, if and when authorized,
issued and delivered in accordance with this Ordinance, shall be secured by and made payable
equally and ratably on a parity with all other Outstanding Parity Obligations, from the lien on and
pledge of the Pledged Revenues herein granted.
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(b) The Interest and Sinking Fund shall secure and be used to pay all Parity Obligations.
Each ordinance under which Additional Parity Obligations are issued shall provide and require that,
in addition to the amounts required by the provisions of this Ordinance and the provisions of any
other ordinance or ordinances authorizing the Previously Issued Parity Obligations and Additional
Parity Obligations to be deposited to the credit of the Interest and Sinking Fund, the City shall
deposit to the credit of the Interest and Sinking Fund at least such amounts as are required for the
payment of all principal of and interest on said Additional Parity Obligations then being issued, as
the same come due.
(c) The City may create and establish a reserve fiend pursuant to the provisions of any
ordinance authorizing the issuance of Additional Parity Obligations for the purpose of securing that
particular issue or series of Parity Obligations or any specific group of issues or series of Parity
Obligations and the amounts once deposited or credited to said reserve funds shall no longer
constitute Net Revenues and shall be held solely for the benefit of the Holders of the particular
Parity Obligations for which such reserve fund was established. Each such reserve fiend shall be
designated in such manner as is necessary to identify the Parity Obligations it secures and to
distinguish such reserve fund from the Reserve Fund and the reserve funds created for the benefit
of other Parity Obligations.
Section 23. FURTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDTTIONAL, PARITY
OBLIGATIONS. That Additional Parity Obligations shall be issued only in accordance with this
Ordinance, but notwithstanding any provisions of this Ordinance to the contrary, no installment,
Series or issue of Additional Parity Obligations shall be issued or delivered unless:
(a) The City Manager and the City Secretary of the City sign a written certificate to the
effect that the City is not in default as to any covenant, condition or obligation in connection with
all Outstanding Parity Obligations, and the ordinances authorizing same, and that the Interest and
Sinking Fund, the Reserve Fund and any reserve fund securing any other series or issue of Parity
Obligations each contains the amount then required to be therein.
(b) An Accountant signs and delivers to the City a written certificate to the effect that,
during either the next preceding Fiscal Year, or any twelve consecutive calendar month period
ending not more than ninety days prior to the date of the then proposed Additional Parity
Obligations, the Net Earnings were, in the opinion thereof, at least equal to the sum of 1.25 times
the Average Annual Debt Service Requirements (computed on a Fiscal Year basis), including
Amortization Installments, of the Parity Obligations and the Additional Parity Obligations to be
outstanding after the issuance of the then proposed Additional Parity Obligations and 1.10 times the
average annual debt service requirement (computed in the same manner as for Parity Obligations)
of the Subordinate Lien Obligations to be outstanding after the issuance of the then proposed
Additional Parity Obligations.
(c) In making a determination of Net Earnings for any of the purposes described in this
Section, the Accountant may take into consideration a change in the rates and charges for services
and facilities afforded by the System that became effective at least 60 days prior to the last day of
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the period for which Net Earnings are determined and, for purposes of satisfying the Net Earnings
tests described above, make a pro forma determination of the Net Earnings of the System for the
period of time covered by said Accountant's certification or opinion based on such change in rates
and charges being in effect for the entire period covered by said Accountant's certificate or opinion.
As used in this Section, the term "Net Earnings" shall mean the Gross Revenues of the
System after deducting the Maintenance and Operating Expenses of the System but not expenditures
which, under standard accounting practice, should be charged to capital expenditures,
reserves the right to issue, at any time, obligations including, but not limited to, Subordinate Lien
Obligations, payable from and equally and ratably secured, in whole or in part, by a lien on and
pledge of the Net Revenues, subordinate and inferior in rank and dignity to the lien on and pledge
of such Net Revenues securing the payment of the Parity Obligations, as may be authorized by the
laws of the State of Texas.
Section 25. ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PROJECT OBLIGATIONS. Nothing in this
Ordinance shall be construed to deny the City the right and it shall retain, and hereby reserves unto
itself, the right to issue Special Project obligations secured by liens on and pledges of revenues and
proceeds derived from Special Projects.
Section 26. LIMITED OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITE'. The Parity Obligations are
limited, special obligations of the City payable from and equally and ratably secured solely by a first
lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues, and the Holders thereof shall never have the right to
demand payment of the principal or interest on the Parity Obligations from any funds raised or to
be raised through taxation by the City.
Section 27. SECURITY FOR FUNDS. All money on deposit in the Funds for which this
Ordinance makes provision (except any portion thereof as may be at any time properly invested as
provided herein) shall be secured in the manner and to the fullest extent required by the laws of
Texas for the security of public funds, and money on deposit in such Funds shall be used only for
the purposes permitted by this Ordinance.
Section 28. REMEDIES Ili EVENT OF DEFAULT. In addition to all the rights and
remedies provided by the laws of the State of Texas, it is specifically covenanted and agreed
particularly that in the event the City (i) defaults in the payment of the principal, premium, if any,
or interest on the Series 2008 Bonds, (ii) defaults in the deposits and credits required to be made to
the Interest and Sinking Fund or Reserve Fund, (iii) declares bankruptcy, or (iv) defaults in the
observance or performance of any other of the covenants, conditions, or obligations set forth in this
Ordinance, the following remedies shall be available:
(a) the Holders of any of the Series 2008 Bonds shall be entitled to seek a writ of mandamus
issued by a court of proper jurisdiction compelling and requiring the governing body of the City and
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other officers of the City to observe and perform any covenant, condition or obligation prescribed
in this Ordinance; and
(b) no delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall
impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or
acquiescence therein, and every such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as
often as may be deemed expedient. The specific remedy herein provided shall be cumulative of all
other existing remedies, and the specification of such remedy shall not be deemed to be exclusive.
Section 29. DEFEASANCE OF SERIES 2008 BONDS. (a) Any Series 2008 Bond and
the interest thereon shall be deemed to be paid, retired and no longer outstanding (a "Defeased
Bond") within the meaning of this Ordinance, except to the extent provided in subsections (c) and
(e) of this Section, when payment of the principal of such Series 2008 Bond, plus interest thereon
to the due date or dates (whether such due date or dates be by reason of maturity, upon redemption,
or otherwise) either (i) shall have been made or caused to be made in accordance with the terms
thereof (including the giving of any required notice of redemption or the establishment of
irrevokable provisions for the giving of such notice) or (ii) shall have been provided for on or before
such due date by irrevocably depositing with or making available to the Paying Agent/Registrar or
an eligible trust company or commercial bank for such payment (1) lawful money of the United
States of America sufficient to make such payment, (2) Defeasance Securities, certified by an
independent public accounting firm of national reputation to mature as to principal and interest in
such amounts and at such times as will ensure the availability, without reinvestment, of sufficient
money to provide for such payment and when proper arrangements have been made by the City with
the Paying Agent/Registrar or an eligible trust company or commercial bank for the payment of its
services until all Defeased Bonds shall have become due and payable or (3) any combination of (1)
and (2). At such time as a Series 2008 Bond shall be deemed to be a Defeased Bond hereunder, as
aforesaid, such Series 2008 Bond and the interest thereon shall no longer be secured by, payable
from, or entitled to the benefits of, the Pledged Revenues as provided in this Ordinance, and such
principal and interest shall be payable solely from such money or Defeasance Securities.
(b) The deposit under clause (ii) of subsection (a) shall be deemed a payment of a Series
2008 Bond as aforesaid when proper notice of redemption of such Series 2008 Bonds shall have
been given or upon the establishment of irrevokable provisions for the giving of such notice, in
accordance with this Ordinance. Any money so deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar or an
eligible trust company or commercial bank as provided in this Section may at the discretion of the
City also be invested in Defeasance Securities, maturing in the amounts and at the times as
hereinbefore set forth, and all income from all Defeasance Securities in possession of the Paying
Agent/Registrar or an eligible trust company or commercial bank pursuant to this Section which is
not required for the payment of such Series 2008 Bond and premium, if any, and interest thereon
with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be remitted to the City.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of any other Section of this Ordinance which may be
contrary to the provisions of this Section, all money or Defeasance Securities set aside and held in
trust pursuant to the provisions of this Section for the payment of principal of the Series 2008 Bonds
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and premium, if any, and interest thereon, shall be applied to and used solely for the payment of the
particular Series 2008 Bonds and premium, if any, and interest thereon, with respect to which such
money or Defeasance Securities have been so set aside in trust. Until all Defeased Bonds shall have
become due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall perform the services of Paying
Agent/Registrar for such Defeased Bonds the same as if they had not been defeased, and the City
shall make proper arrangements to provide and pay for such services as required by this Ordinance.
(d) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Ordinance, ifmoney or Defeasance Securities
have been deposited or set aside with the Paying Agent/Registrar or an eligible trust company or
commercial bank pursuant to this Section for the payment of Series 2008 Bonds and such Series
2008 Bonds shall not have in fact been actually paid in full, no amendment of the provisions of this
Section shall be made without the consent of the registered owner of each Series 2008 Bond affected
thereby.
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) immediately above, to the extent that,
upon the defeasance of any Defeased Bond to be paid at its maturity, the City retains the right under
Texas law to later call that Defeased Bond for redemption in accordance with the provisions of this
Ordinance, the City may call such Defeased Bond for redemption upon complying with the
provisions of Texas law and upon the satisfaction of the provisions of subsection (a) immediately
above with respect to such Defeased Bond as though it was being defeased at the time of the
exercise of the option to redeem the Defeased Bond and the effect of the redemption is taken into
account in determining the sufficiency of the provisions made for the payment of the Defeased
Bond,
Section 30. DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED SERIES
2008 BONDS. (a) Replacement Bonds. In the event any outstanding Series 2008 Bond is
damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cause to be printed,
executed and delivered, a new bond of the same principal amount, maturity and interest rate, as the
damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Series 2008 Bond, in replacement for such Series 2008
Bond in the manner hereinafter provided.
(b) Application for Replacement Bonds. Application for replacement of damaged,
mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Series 2008 Bonds shall be made by the registered owner thereof
to the Paying Agent/Registrar. In every case of loss, theft or destruction of a Series 2008 Bond, the
registered owner applying for a replacement bond shall furnish to the City and to the Paying
Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them
harmless from any loss or damage with respect thereto. Also, in every case of loss, theft or
destruction of a Series 2008 Bond, the registered owner shall furnish to the City and to the Paying
Agent/Registrar evidence to their satisfaction of the loss, theft or destruction of such Series 2008
Bond, as the case may be. In every case of damage or mutilation of a Series 2008 Bond, the
registered owner shall surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation the Series 2008 Bond
so damaged or mutilated.
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(c) No Default Occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, in the
event any such Series 2008 Bond shall have matured, and no default has occurred which is then
continuing in the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on the Series
2008 Bond, the City may authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the
case of a damaged or mutilated Series 2008 Bond) instead of issuing a replacement Series 2008
Bond, provided security or indemnity is furnished as above provided in this Section.
(d) Charge for Issuing Replacement Series 2008 Bonds. Prior to the issuance of any
replacement bond, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall charge the registered owner of such Series 2008
Bond with all legal, printing and other expenses in connection therewith. Every replacement bond
issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any Series 2008 Bond is
lost, stolen or destroyed shall constitute a contractual obligation of the City whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Series 2008 Bond shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and
shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance equally and proportionately with any and all
other Series 2008 Bonds duly issued under this Ordinance.
(e) Authority for Issuing Replacement Series 2008 Bonds. In accordance with Subchapter
D of Chapter 1201, Texas Government Code, this Section of this Ordinance shall constitute
authority for the issuance of any such replacement bond without necessity of further action by the
governing body of the City or any other body or person, and the duty of the replacement of such
bonds is hereby authorized and imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such Series 2008 Bonds in the form and manner and
with the effect, as provided in Section 5(a) of this Ordinance for Series 2008 Bonds issued in
exchange for other Series 2008 Bonds.
Section 31. AMENDMENT OF ORDIINANCE. (a) The Bond Insurer and the holders of
the Parity Obligations aggregating a majority in principal amount of the aggregate principal amount
of then Outstanding Parity Obligations shall have the right from time to time to approve any
amendment to this Ordinance which may be deemed necessary or desirable by the City, provided,
however, that without the consent of the Bond Insurer and the holders of all of the effected Parity
Obligations at the time outstanding, nothing herein contained shall permit or be construed to permit
the amendment of the terms and conditions in this Ordinance or in the Parity Obligations so as to:
(1) Make any change in the maturity of the Outstanding Parity Obligations;
(2) Reduce the rate of interest borne by any of the outstanding Parity Obligations;
(3) Reduce the amount of the principal payable on the outstanding Parity Obligations;
(4) Modify the terms of payment of principal of or interest on the outstanding Parity
Obligations or impose any conditions with respect to such payment;
(5) Affect the rights of the holders of less than all of the Parity Obligations then outstanding;
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(6) Change the minimum percentage of the principal amount of Parity Obligations necessary
for consent to such amendment.
(b) If at any time the City shall desire to amend this Ordinance under this Section, the City
shall cause notice of the proposed amendment to be delivered to the Bond Insurer and published in
a financial newspaper or journal of general circulation in The City of New York, New York, once
during each calendar week for at least two successive calendar weeks. Such notice shall briefly set
forth the nature of the proposed amendment and shall state that a copy thereof is on file for
inspection by all registered owners of Parity Obligations at the designated trust office of the registrar
for the Parity Obligations. Such publication is not required, however, if notice in writing is given
to each registered owner of the Parity Obligations.
(c) Whenever at any time not less than thirty days, and within one year, from the date of the
first publication of said notice or other service of written notice the City shall receive an instrument
or instruments executed by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all
Parity Obligations then outstanding, which instrument or instruments shall refer to the proposed
amendment described in said notice and which specifically consent to and approve such amendment
in substantially the form of the copy thereof on file with the Paying Agent/Registrar, the City
Council may pass the amendatory ordinance in substantially the same form.
(d) Upon the passage of any amendatory ordinance pursuant to the provisions of this
Section, this Ordinance shall be deemed to be amended in accordance with such amendatory
ordinance, and the respective rights, duties and obligations under this Ordinance of the City and all
the holders of then outstanding Parity Obligations shall thereafter be determined, exercised and
enforced hereunder, subject in all respects to such amendments.
(e) Any consent given by the registered owner of a Parity Obligation pursuant to the
provisions of this Section shall be irrevocable for a period of six months from the date of the first
publication of the notice provided for in this Section, and shall be conclusive and binding upon all
future holders of the same Parity Obligation during such period. Such consent may be revoked at
any time after six months from the date of the first publication of such notice by the holder who gave
such consent, or by a successor in title, by filing notice thereof with the Paying Agent and the City,
but such revocation shall not be effective if the registered owners of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the then outstanding Parity Obligations as in this Section defined have, prior to
the attempted revocation, consented to and approve the amendment.
(f) For the purpose of this Section, the fact of the holding of Parity Obligations issued in
registered form without coupons and the amounts and numbers of such Parity Obligations and the
date of their holding same shall be proved by the Registration Books of the Paying Agent/Registrar.
For purposes of this Section, the holder of a Parity Obligation in such registered form shall be the
owner thereof as shown on such Registration Books. The City may conclusively assume that such
ownership continues until written notice to the contrary is served upon the City.
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(g) The foregoing provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the City by action of the City
Council may amend this Ordinance for any one or more of the following purposes:
(1) To add to the covenants and agreements of the City in this Ordinance contained,
other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, grant additional rights or remedies
to bondholders or to surrender, restrict or limit any right or power herein reserved to or
conferred upon the City;
(2) To make such provisions for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing,
correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained in this Ordinance, or in
regard to clarifying matters or questions arising under this Ordinance, as are necessary or
desirable and not contrary to or inconsistent with this Ordinance and which shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Parity Obligations;
(3) To make any changes or amendments requested by any Rating Agency, as a
condition to the issuance or maintenance of a rating, which changes or amendments do not,
in the judgment of the City, materially adversely affect the interests of the owners of the
outstanding Parity Obligations;
(4) To make such changes, modifications or amendments as may be necessary or
desirable, which shall not adversely affect the interests of the owners of the outstanding
Parity Obligations, in order, to the extent permitted by law, to facilitate the economic and
practical utilization of credit agreements with respect to the Parity Obligations including,
without limitation, supplementing the definition of "Annual Debt Service Requirements" to
address the amortization of payments due and owing under a credit agreement;
(5) To modify any of the provisions of this Ordinance in any other respect whatever,
provided that (i) such modification shall be, and be expressed to be, effective only after all
Parity Obligations outstanding at the date of the adoption of such modification shall cease
to be outstanding, and (ii) such modification shall be specifically referred to in the text of
all Additional Parity Obligations issued after the date of the adoption of such modification.
Notice of any such amendment may be published or given by the City in the manner described in
subsection (b) of this Section; provided, however, that the publication of such notice shall not
constitute a condition precedent to the adoption of such amendatory ordinance and the failure to
publish such notice shall not adversely affect the implementation of such amendment as adopted
pursuant to such amendatory ordinance.
Section 32. SALE AND DELIVERY OF SERIES 2008 BONDS. The Series 2008 Bonds
are hereby sold and shall be delivered to SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. (the "Underwriter") in
accordance with the terms and provisions of a Purchase Contract in substantially the form presented
to the City Council at the meeting to consider this Ordinance which the Mayor of the City is hereby
authorized to execute and deliver and which the City Secretary or the Deputy City Secretary of the
City is hereby authorized to attest. It is hereby officially found, determined, and declared that the
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terms of this sale are the most advantageous reasonably obtainable. The City will initially deliver
to the Underwriter one bond for each maturity of the Series 2008 Bonds authorized under this
Ordinance. The Series 2008 Bonds shall initially be registered in the name of
Section 33. CUSTODY, APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF SERIES 2008
BONDS; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION, BOND INSURANCE AND CUSIP NUMBERS. The
Mayor of the City is hereby authorized to have control of the Series 2008 Bonds initially issued and
delivered hereunder and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining to the Series 2008 Bonds
pending their delivery and their investigation, examination and approval by the Attorney General
of the State of Texas, and their registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of
Texas. Upon registration of the Series 2008 Bonds said Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy
designated in writing to act for said Comptroller) shall manually sign the Comptroller's Registration
Certificate attached to such Series 2008 Bonds, and the seal of said Comptroller shall be impressed,
or placed in facsimile, on such Certificate. The approving legal opinion of the City's Bond Counsel
(with an appropriate certificate pertaining thereto executed by facsimile signature of the City
Secretary or the Deputy City Secretary of the City), a statement regarding any insurance policy and
the assigned CUSIP numbers may, at the option of the City, be printed on or attached to the Series
2008 Bonds issued and delivered under this Ordinance, but such additions or attachments shall not
have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the convenience and information of the registered
owners of the Series 2008 Bonds,
Section 34. APPROVAL OF OFFICIAL STATEMENT. The City hereby approves the
form and content of the Official Statement relating to the Series 2008 Bonds and any addenda,
supplement or amendment thereto, and approves the distribution of such Official Statement in the
reoffering of the Series 2008 Bonds by the Underwriter in final form, with such changes therein or
additions thereto as the officer executing the same may deem advisable, such determination to be
conclusively evidenced by his execution thereof. The distribution and use of the Preliminary
Official Statement dated April 10, 2008, prior to the date hereof is ratified and confirmed. The City
Council of the City hereby finds and determines that the Preliminary Official Statement and the
Official Statement were and are "deemed final" (as that term is defined in 17 C.F.R. Section
240.15c-12) as of their respective dates.
Section 35. ADDITIONAL INSURANCE PROVISIONS. The City hereby determines
that it is financially desirable and advantageous to procure municipal bond insurance, for the benefit
of the Bonds. Therefore, the Bonds shall be insured by (the "Bond Insurer"),
pursuant to a municipal bond insurance policy. The terms and provisions of the Commitment and
Certificate of Issuer as to are hereby approved and attached hereto as Exhibit "E".
The Director of Finance is authorized to sign the insurance commitment letter and other related
insurance documents.
Section 36. ESTABLISHMENT OF ESCROW FUND. A portion of the proceeds of the
2008 Bonds, together with any cash contribution, in an amount necessary to refund the Refunded
Obligations shall be deposited in the Escrow Fund created and governed by the terms of the Escrow
Agreement dated April 15, 2008 attached hereto as Exhibit "F."
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Section 37. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Attached to this Ordinance, as Exhibit "G",
and made a part hereof for all purposes, are copies of notice of deposit and prior redemption for the
Refunded Obligations in substantially final form and such Refunded Obligations described in said
notice of prior redemption are hereby called for redemption and shall be redeemed prior to maturity
on the dates, places, and at the prices set forth therein. The Mayor and Director of Finance are each
hereby authorized to amend, complete or modify such notices as necessary to call such Refunded
Obligations for redemption.
Section 38. NOTICE TO PAVING AGENT. The Refunded Obligations described in
Exhibit "G" attached hereto are so called for redemption, and the paying agent for the Refunded
Obligations is hereby directed to make appropriate arrangements so that such Refunded Obligations
may be redeemed on their redemption dates. A copy of such notice of redemption shall be delivered
to the paying agent so mentioned in the notice.
Section 39. APPROVAL OF ESCROW AGREEMENT ANIS TRANSFER OF FUNDS.
The Mayor or Mayor Pro -tem of the City is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver
and the City Secretary of the City is hereby authorized and directed to attest an Escrow Agreement
in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit "17". In addition, the Mayor and Director of
Finance are each hereby authorized to execute such subscriptions or other documentation for the
purchase of United States Treasury Securities, and to authorize the transfer of such funds of the City,
as may be necessary for the Escrow Fund.
Section 40. NO RECOURSE AGAINST CITE' OFFICIALS. No recourse shall be had
for the payment of principal of or interest on any Parity Bonds or for any claim based thereon or on
this Ordinance against any official of the City or any person executing any Parity Bonds.
Section 41. FURTHER ACTIONS. The officers and employees of the City are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed from time to time and at any time to do and perform all such
acts and things and to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and under the corporate seal
and on behalf of the City all such instruments, whether or not herein mentioned, as may be necessary
or desirable in order to carry out the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, the Series 2008 Bonds,
the initial sale and delivery of the Series 2008 Bonds, the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, any
insurance commitment letter or insurance policy and the Official Statement. In addition, prior to
the initial delivery of the Series 2008 Bonds, the Mayor, the City Manager or Assistant City
Manager, the City Attorney and Bond Counsel are hereby authorized and directed to approve any
technical changes or corrections to this Ordinance or to any of the instruments authorized and
approved by this Ordinance necessary in order to (i) correct any ambiguity or mistake or properly
or more completely document the transactions contemplated and approved by this Ordinance and
as described in the Official Statement, (ii) obtain a rating from any of the national bond rating
agencies or satisfy requirements of the Bond Insurer, or (iii) obtain the approval of the Series 2008
Bonds by the Texas Attorney General's office.
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In case any officer of the City whose signature shall appear on any Series 2008 Bond shall
cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Series 2008 Bond, such signature shall
nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in
office until such delivery.
Section 42. INTERPRETATIONS. All terms defined herein and all pronouns used in this
Ordinance shall be deemed to apply equally to singular and plural and to all genders. The titles and
headings of the articles and sections of this Ordinance and the Table of Contents of this Ordinance
have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered a part hereof and
shall not in any way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. This Ordinance and
all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth
herein and to sustain the validity of the Series 2008 Bonds and the validity of the lien on and pledge
of the Pledged Revenues to secure the payment of the Series 2008 Bonds.
Section 43. 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 44. INTERESTED PARTIES. Nothing in this Ordinance expressed or implied
is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or entity, other than the
City and the registered owners of the Series 2008 Bonds, any right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Ordinance or any covenant, condition or stipulation hereof, and all covenants,
stipulations, promises and agreements in this Ordinance contained by and on behalf of the City shall
be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City and the registered owners of the Series 2008 Bonds,
Section 45. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS. The City hereby finds that the
statements set forth in the recitals of this Ordinance are true and correct, and the City hereby
incorporates such recitals as a part of this Ordinance.
Section 46. 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 this governing body hereby declares
that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
Section 47.
REPEALER. All
orders, resolutions
and ordinances, or parts thereof,
inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed
to the extent of such
inconsistency.
Section 48. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effect immediately from
and after its passage on first and final reading in accordance with Section 1201.028, Texas
Government Code, as amended.
Section 49. PERFECTION. Chapter 1208, Government Code, applies to the issuance of
the Series 2008 Bonds and the pledge of revenues granted by the City under Section 7 of this
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Ordinance, and such pledge is therefore valid, effective and perfected. If Texas law is amended at
any time while the Series 2008 Bonds are outstanding and unpaid such that the pledge of revenues
granted by the City under Section 7 of this Ordinance is to be subject to the filing requirements of
Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code, then in order to preserve to the registered owners of the
Series 2008 Bonds the perfection of the security interest in said pledge, the City agrees to take such
measures as it determines are reasonable and necessary under Texas law to comply with the
applicable provisions of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code and enable a filing to perfect the
security interest in said pledge to occur.
Section 50. PAYMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL FEE. The City hereby authorizes
the disbursement of a fee equal to the lesser of (i) one-tenth of one percent of the principal amount
of the Series 2008 Bonds or (ii) $9,500, provided that such fee shall not be less than $750, to the
Attorney General of Texas Public Finance Division for payment of the examination fee charged by
the State of Texas for the Attorney General's review and approval of public securities and credit
agreements, as required by Section 1202.004 of the Texas Government Code. The appropriate
member of the City's staff is hereby instructed to take the necessary measures to make this payment.
The City is also authorized to reimburse the appropriate City funds for such payment from proceeds
of the Series 2008 Bonds.
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IN ACCORDANCE WITH SEC'T'ION 1201.028, Texas Government Code, passed and
approved on the first and final reading on the day of April, 2008,
Gary Nelon, Mayor
City of Georgetown, Texas
ATTEST:
Sandra D. Lee, City Secretary
(CITY SEAL)
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
By:
Patricia E. Carls
City Attorney
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EXHIBIT A
As used in this Ordinance, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings set
forth below, unless the text hereof specifically indicates otherwise:
"Accountant" means an independent certified public accountant or accountants or a firm of
an independent certified public accountants, in either case, with demonstrated expertise and
competence in public accountancy.
"Additional Parity Obligations" means bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of obligation,
contractual obligations or other Debt which the City reserves the right to issue or enter into, as the
case may be, in the future under the terms and conditions provided in Sections 22 and 23 of this
Ordinance and which obligations are equally and ratably secured solely by a first lien on and pledge
of the Pledged Revenues on a parity with the outstanding Parity Obligations and the Series 2008
Bonds.
"Amortization Installment" means, with respect to any Term Bonds of any series of Parity
Obligations, the amount of money which is required to be deposited into a mandatory redemption
account for retirement of such Term Bonds (whether at maturity or by mandatory redemption and
including redemption premium, if any) provided that the total Amortization Installments for such
Term Bonds shall be sufficient to provide for retirement of the aggregate principal amount of such
Term Bonds.
"Annual Debt Service Requirements" means, as of the date of calculation, the principal of
and interest on all Parity Obligations coming due at Maturity or Stated Maturity (or that could come
due on demand of the owner thereof other than by acceleration or other demand conditioned upon
default by the City on such Debt, or be payable in respect of any required purchase of such Debt by
the City) in such Fiscal Year, and, for such purposes, any one or more of the following rules shall
apply at the election of the City:
(1) Balloon Debt. If the principal (including the accretion of interest resulting from
original issue discount or compounding of interest) of any series or issue of Funded Debt due
(or payable in respect of any required purchase of such Funded Debt by the City) in any
Fiscal Year either is equal to at least 25% of the total principal (including the accretion of
interest resulting from original issue discount or compounding of interest) of such Funded
Debt or exceeds by more than 50% the greatest amount of principal of such series or issue
of Funded Debt due in any preceding or succeeding Fiscal Year (such principal due in such
Fiscal Year for such series or issue of Funded Debt being referred to herein and throughout
this Ordinance as 'Balloon Debt"), the amount of principal of such Balloon Debt taken into
account during any Fiscal Year shall be equal to the debt service calculated using the
original principal amount of such Balloon Debt amortized over the Term of Issue on a level
debt service basis at an assumed interest rate equal to the rate borne by such Balloon Debt
on the date of calculation;
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(2) Consent Sinking Fund. In the case of Balloon Debt, if a Designated Financial Officer
shall deliver to the City a certificate providing for the retirement of (and the instrument
creating such Balloon Debt shall permit the retirement of), or for the accumulation of a
sinking fund for (and the instrument creating such Balloon Debt shall permit the
accumulation of a sinking fund for), such Balloon Debt according to a fixed schedule stated
in such certificate ending on or before the Fiscal Year in which such principal (and premium,
if any) is due, then the principal of (and, in the case of retirement, or to the extent provided
for by the sinking fund accumulation, the premium, if any, and interest and other debt
service charges on) such Balloon Debt shall be computed as if the same were due in
accordance with such schedule, provided that this clause (2) shall apply only to Balloon Debt
for which the installments previously scheduled have been paid or deposited to the sinking
fund established with respect to such Debt on or before the times required by such schedule;
and provided further that this clause (2) shall not apply where the City has elected to apply
the rule set forth in clause (1) above;
(3) Prepaid Debt. Principal of and interest on Series 2008 Bonds and Additional Parity
Obligations, or portions thereof, shall not be included in the computation of the Annual Debt
Service Requirements for any Fiscal Year for which such principal or interest are payable
from funds on deposit or set aside in trust for the payment thereof at the time of such
calculations (including without limitation capitalized interest and accrued interest so
deposited or set aside in trust) with a financial institution acting as fiduciary with respect to
the payment of such Debt; and
(4) Variable Rate. As to any Parity Obligations that bear interest at a variable interest
rate which cannot be ascertained at the time of calculation of the Annual Debt Service
Requirement then, at the option of the City, either (A) an interest rate equal to the average
rate borne by such Parity Obligations (or by comparable debt in the event that such Parity
Obligations has not been outstanding during the preceding 24 months) for any 24 month
period ending within 30 days prior to the date of calculation, or (B) an interest rate equal to
the 30 -year Revenue Bond Index (as most recently published in The Bond Buyer), shall be
presumed to apply for all future dates, unless such index is no longer published in The Bond
Buyer, in which case an index of revenue bonds with maturities of at least 20 years which
is published in a financial newspaper or journal with national circulation may be used for
this purpose (if two Series of Parity Obligations which bear interest at variable interest rate,
or one or more maturities within a Series, of equal par amounts, are issued simultaneously
with inverse floating interest rates providing a composite fixed interest rate for such Parity
Obligations taken as a whole, such composite fixed rate shall be used in determining the
Annual Debt Service Requirement with respect to such Parity Obligations);
With respect to any calculation of historic data, only those payments actually made in the subject
period shall be taken into account in making such calculation and, with respect to prospective
calculations, only those payments reasonably expected to be made in the subject period shall be
taken into account in making the calculation.
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"Average Annual Debt Service Requirements" means that average amount which, at the time
of computation, will be required to pay the Annual Debt Service Requirements when due (either at
Stated Maturity or mandatory redemption) and derived by dividing the total of such Annual Debt
Service Requirements by the number of Fiscal Years then remaining before Stated Maturity of such
Parity Obligations. For the purposes of this definition, a fractional period of a Fiscal Year shall be
treated as an entire Fiscal Year. Capitalized interest payments provided from bond proceeds,
accrued interest on any Debt, and interest earnings thereon shall be excluded in making such
computation.
"Bond Insurer" means MBIA Insurance Corporation or any other entity that insures or
guarantees the payment of principal and interest on any Bonds or the provider of a Reserve Fund
Obligation.
"Book -Entry -Only System" means the book -entry system of bond registration provided in
Section 5, or any successor system of book -entry registration.
"Cede & Co. " means the designated nominee and its successors and assigns of The
Depository Trust Company, New York.
"City" means the City of Georgetown, Texas, and where appropriate, the City Council.
"Debt" and "Debt of the City payable from Pledged Revenues" mean:
(1) all indebtedness payable from Pledged Revenues and/or Net Revenues incurred or
assumed by the City for borrowed money and all other financing obligations of the System
payable from Pledged Revenues and/or Net Revenues that, in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, are shown on the liability side of a balance sheet; and
(2) all other indebtedness payable from Pledged Revenues and/or Net Revenues (other
than indebtedness otherwise treated as Debt hereunder) for borrowed money or for the
acquisition, construction or improvement of property or capitalized lease obligations
pertaining to the System that is guaranteed, directly or indirectly, in any manner by the City,
or that is in effect guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by the City through an agreement,
contingent or otherwise, to purchase any such indebtedness or to advance or supply funds
for the payment or purchase of any such indebtedness or to purchase property or services
primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor or seller to make payment of such
indebtedness, or to assure the owner of the indebtedness against loss, or to supply funds to
or in any other manner invest in the debtor (including any agreement to pay for property or
services irrespective of whether or not such property is delivered or such services are
rendered), or otherwise.
For the purpose of determining Debt, there shall be excluded any particular Debt if, upon or prior
to the Maturity thereof, there shall have been deposited with the proper depository (a) in trust the
necessary funds (or investments that will provide sufficient funds, if permitted by the instrument
creating such Debt) for the payment, redemption, or satisfaction of such Debt or (b) evidence of such
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Debt deposited for cancellation; and thereafter it shall not be considered Debt. No item shall be
considered Debt unless such item constitutes indebtedness under generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a basis consistent with the financial statements of the System in prior Fiscal
Years.
"Defeasance Securities" means (i) Federal Securities, (ii) noncallable obligations of an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, including obligations that are
unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the agency or instrumentality and that, on the date the City
Council adopts or approves proceedings authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds or otherwise
provide for the funding of an escrow to effect the defeasance of the Series 2008 Bonds are rated as
to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm not less than "AAA" or its
equivalent, and (iii) noncallable obligations of a state or an agency or a county, municipality, or
other political subdivision of a state that have been refunded and that, on the date the City Council
adopts or approves proceedings authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds or otherwise provide
for the funding of an escrow to effect the defeasance of the Series 2008 Bonds, are rated as to
investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm no less than "AAA" or its
equivalent.
"Depository" means one or more official depository banks of the City.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York and its successors and
assigns,
"DTC Participant" means securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing
corporations, and certain other organizations on whose behalf DTC was created to hold securities
to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among DTC Participants.
"Designated Financial Officer" means the chief financial officer of the City, or such other
financial or accounting official of the City so designated by the City Council.
"Federal Securities " as used herein means direct, noncallable obligations of the United States
of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of
America (including Interest Strips of the Resolution Funding Corporation).
"Fiscal Year" means the twelve-month accounting period used by the City in connection with
the operation of the System, currently ending on September 30 of each year, which may be any
twelve consecutive month period established by the City, but in no event may the Fiscal Year be
changed more than one time in any three calendar year period.
"Funded Debt" means all Parity Obligations created or assumed by the City that mature by
their terms (in the absence of the exercise of any earlier right of demand), or that are renewable at
the option of the City to a date, more than one year after the original creation or assumption of such
Debt by the City.
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"Gross Revenues" and "Gross Revenues of the City's System" mean all revenues, income and
receipts of every nature derived or received by the City from the operation and ownership of the
System; including the interest income from investment or deposit of money in any Fund created by
this Ordinance or maintained by the City in connection with the System; and any other revenues
hereafter pledged to the payment of all Parity Obligations.
"Holder" or "Holders" means the registered owner, whose name appears in the Security
Register, for any Parity Obligation.
"Independent Engineer" means an individual, firm or corporation engaged in the engineering
profession, being a registered professional engineer under the laws of the State of Texas, having
specific experience with respect to electric, water, wastewater, reuse water and/or stormwater
drainage systems similar to the System.
"Interest and Sinking Fund" means the special Fund maintained by the provisions of Sections
8 and l l of this Ordinance.
"MSRB" means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
"Maintenance and Operating Expenses" means the reasonable and necessary expenses of
operation and maintenance ofthe System as requiredby Section 1502.058, Texas Government Code,
as amended, including all salaries, labor, materials, repairs and extensions necessary to render
efficient service (but only such repairs and extensions as, in the judgment of the governing body of
the City, are necessary to keep the System in operation and render adequate service to the City and
the inhabitants thereof, or such as might be necessary to meet some physical accident or conditions
which would otherwise impair the Parity Obligations), and all payments under contracts now or
hereafter defined as operating expenses by the Legislature of Texas. Depreciation shall never be
considered as a Maintenance and Operating Expense.
"Maturity" means, when used with respect to any Debt, the date on which the principal of
such Debt or any installment thereof becomes due and payable as therein provided, whether at the
Stated Maturity thereof or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, or otherwise.
"Maximum Annual Debt Service Requirements" means the greatest requirements of Annual
Debt Service Requirements (taking into account all mandatory principal redemption requirements)
scheduled to occur in any future Fiscal Year or in the then current Fiscal Year for the particular
obligations for which such calculation is made. Capitalized interest payments provided from Debt
proceeds, accrued interest on any Debt, and interest earnings thereon shall be excluded in making
such computation.
"NetRevenues" and "NetRevenues of the City's System" mean all Gross Revenues remaining
after deducting the Maintenance and Operating Expenses,
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"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.
"Ordinance" means this ordinance finally adopted by the City Council on April 22, 2008.
"Outstanding"; when used with respect to Parity Obligations, means, as of the date of
determination, all Parity Obligations theretofore delivered under this Ordinance and any ordinance
authorizing Additional Parity Obligations, except:
(1) Parity Obligations theretofore cancelled and delivered to the City or delivered to the
Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation;
(2) Parity Obligations deemed paid pursuant to the provisions of Section 29 of this
Ordinance or any comparable section of any ordinance authorizing Additional Parity
Obligations;
(3) Parity Obligations upon transfer of or in exchange for and in lieu of which other
Parity Obligations have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance and any
ordinance authorizing Additional Parity Obligations; and
(4) Parity Obligations
under which
the obligations
of the City have been released,
discharged or extinguished
in accordance
with the terms
thereof.
"Paying Agent/Registrar" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.
"Parity Obligations" means the Series 2008 Bonds, the Previously Issued Parity Obligations
and any Additional Parity Obligations hereafter issued by the City or obligations issued to refund
any of the foregoing (as determined within the sole discretion of the City Council in accordance with
applicable law) if issued in a manner that provides that the refunding bonds are payable from and
equally and ratably secured by a first lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues.
"Permitted Investments " means any security or obligation or combination thereof permitted
under the Public Funds Investments Act, Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code, as amended or
other applicable law.
"Pledged Revenues" means (1) the Net Revenues, plus (2) any additional revenues, income,
receipts, or other resources, including, without limitation, any grants, donations or income received
or to be received from the United States Government, or any other public or private source, whether
pursuant to an agreement or otherwise, which hereafter are pledged by the City to the payment of
the Parity Obligations, and excluding those revenues excluded from Gross Revenues.
"Previously Issued Parity Obligations " means the Outstanding Parity Obligations of the City
entitled "City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Series 1998A,"
"City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Taxable Series 1998B,"
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"City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2000," "City of Georgetown,
Texas Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2001," "City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2002," "City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series
2003," "City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2005," "City of
Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue Bonds, Series 2006," "City of Georgetown, Texas
Utility System Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Series 2006A" and "City of Georgetown, Texas
Utility System Revenue and Refunding Bonds, Series 2007."
"Prudent Utility Practice" means any of the practices, methods and acts, in the exercise of
reasonable judgment, in the light of the facts, including but not limited to the practices, methods and
acts engaged in or previously approved by a significant portion of the public utility industry, known
at the time the decision was made, that would have been expected to accomplish the desired result
at the lowest reasonable cost consistent with reliability, safety and expedition. It is recognized that
Prudent Utility Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method or act to the
exclusion of all others, but rather is a spectrum of possible practices, methods or acts which could
have been expected to accomplish the desired result at the lowest reasonable cost consistent with
reliability, safety and expedition. In the case of any facility included in the System which is
operated in common with one or more other entities, the term Prudent Utility Practice, as applied
to such facility, shall have the meaning set forth in the agreement governing the operation of such
facility.
"Rating Agency" means any nationally recognized securities rating agency which has
assigned, at the request of the City, a rating to the Parity Obligations.
"Record Date" means Record bate as defined in the Form of Bonds in Exhibit 'B" to this
Ordinance.
"Required Reserve Amount" means the amount required to be maintained in the Reserve
Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of this Ordinance.
"Required Reserve Fund Deposits" means the deposits and credits, if any, required to be
made to the Reserve Fund pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of this Ordinance.
"Reserve Fund" means the special fund created, established and maintained by the provisions
of Section 12 of this Ordinance.
"Reserve Fund Obligation" means, to the extent permitted by law, as evidenced by an
opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, a surety bond or insurance policy deposited in the
Reserve Fund to satisfy the Required Reserve Amount whereby the issuer is obligated to provide
funds up to and including the maximum amount and under the conditions specified in such
agreement or instrument.
"Reserve Fund Obligation Payment" means any subrogation payment the City is obligated
to make from Pledged Revenues deposited in the Reserve Fund with respect to a Reserve Fund
Obligation,
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"Rule" means SEC Rule 15c2-12, as amended from time to time.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Series 2008 Bonds" means, the City of Georgetown, Texas Utility System Revenue and
Refunding Bonds, Series 2008 authorized by this Ordinance.
"SID" 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.
"Special Project" means, to the extent permitted by law, any electric, waterworks, sanitary
sewer, wastewater reuse or municipal drainage system property, improvement or facility declared
by the City not to be part of the System, for which the costs of acquisition, construction and
installation are paid from proceeds of a financing transaction other than the issuance of bonds
payable from ad valorem taxes, Pledged Revenues or Net Revenues and for which all maintenance
and operation expenses are payable from sources other than ad valorem taxes, Pledged Revenues
or Net Revenues, but only to the extent that and for so long as all or any part of the revenues or
proceeds of which are or will be pledged to secure the payment or repayment of such costs of
acquisition, construction and installation under such financing transaction.
"Stated Maturity " means the annual principal payments of the Parity Obligations payable
on the respective dates set forth in the Ordinances which authorized the issuance of such Parity
Obligations.
"Subordinate Lien Obligations" means (i) any bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of
obligation, contractual obligations or other Debt issued by the City that are payable, in whole or in
part, from and equally and ratably secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues, such pledge
being subordinate and inferior to the lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues that are or will be
pledged to the payment of any Parity Obligations issued by the City, and (ii) obligations hereafter
issued to refund any of the foregoing if issued in a manner that provides that the refunding bonds
are payable from and equally and ratably secured, in whole or in part, by a lien on and pledge of the
Net Revenues on a parity with the Subordinate Lien Obligations.
"System" means as currently comprised, the City's combined electric, waterworks and sewer
system, which includes all properties, facilities, plants, improvements, equipment, interests and
rights currently owned, operated and maintained by the City for the (i) generation, transmission,
distribution or sale of electric power and energy, (ii) supply, treatment, and transmission and
distribution of treated potable water and (iii) collection and treatment of wastewater, and for water
reuse, together with all future extensions, improvements, purchases, repairs, replacements and
additions thereto, whether situated within or without the limits of the City, and all water (in any
form) owned by the City; provided, however, that the City expressly retains the right to (i) sale or
disaggregate the System as set forth in Section 18 of this Ordinance and (ii) incorporate any other
utility system as provided by the laws of the State of Texas as a part of the System. The System
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shall not include any Special Project or any disaggregated part of the System as provided in Section
18 of this Ordinance.
"Term Bonds" means those Parity Obligations so designated in the ordinances authorizing
such bonds which shall be subject to retirement by operation of a mandatory redemption account.
"Term oflssue" means with respect to any Balloon Debt, a period of time equal to the greater
of (i) the period of time commencing on the date of issuance of such Balloon Debt and ending on
the final maturity date of such Balloon Debt or (ii) twenty-five years.
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STATE OF T9�
April 15, 2008
ON THE MATURITY DATE specified above, the CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
(the "City"), being a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the State of Texas, hereby
promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called
the "Registered Owner"), the Principal Amount specified above, and to pay interest thereon
(calculated on the basis of a 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months) from April 15, 2008 at the
Interest Rate per annum specified above, payable on February 15, 2009, and semiannually on each
February 15 and August 15 thereafter to the Maturity Date specified above, or the date of
redemption prior to maturity; except that if this Bond is required to be authenticated and the date of
its authentication is later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such Principal Amount
shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless
such date of authentication is after any Record Date but on or before the next following interest
payment date, in which case such principal amount shall bear interest from such next following
interest payment date; provided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on
the Bond or Bonds, if any, for which this Bond is being exchanged is due but has not been paid, then
this Bond shall bear interest from the date to which such interest has been paid in full.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period in which ownership of the Bonds is determined
only by a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, any payment to the securities
depository, or its nominee or registered assigns, shall be made in accordance with existing
arrangements between the City and the securities depository.
THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this Bond are payable in lawful money of
the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges. The principal of this Bond
shall be paid to the Registered Owner hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at
maturity or upon the date fixed for its redemption prior to maturity, at the designated office for
payment of The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., Dallas, Texas which is the "Paying
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Agent/Registrar" for this Bond. The payment of interest on this Bond shall be made by the Paying
Agent/Registrar to the Registered Owner hereof on each interest payment date by check, dated as
of such interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and payable solely from,
funds of the City required by the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of this Bond (the "Bond
Ordinance") to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter
provided; and such check shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first-
class postage prepaid, on each such interest payment date, to the Registered Owner hereof, at its
address as it appeared on the last business day of the month next preceding each such date (the
"Record Date") on the Registration Books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as hereinafter
described. In the event of a non-payment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for 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 (the "Special Payment Date" which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be
sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class,
postage prepaid, to the address of each Registered Owner appearing on the Registration Books of
the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date
of mailing of such notice. Any accrued interest due upon the redemption of this Bond prior to
maturity as provided herein shall be paid to the Registered Owner upon presentation and surrender
of this Bond for redemption and payment at the principal office for payment of the Paying
Agent/Registrar (unless the redemption date is a regularly scheduled interest payment date, in which
case accrued interest on such redeemed Bonds shall be payable in the regular manner described
above). The City covenants with the Registered Owner of this Bond that on or before each principal
payment date, interest payment date, and accrued interest payment date for this Bond it will make
available to the Paying Agent/Registrar, from the "Interest and Sinking Fund" referred to in and
maintained by the Bond Ordinance, the amounts required to provide for the payment, in immediately
available funds, of all principal of and interest on the Bonds, when due. Terms used in this Bond
and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given in the Bond Ordinance.
IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond shall be a
Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions in the city where the principal
office for payment of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are authorized by law or executive order
to close, or the United States Postal Service is not open for business (each a "Non -Business Day"),
then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not a Non -Business Day,
and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date
payment was due.
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OF BONDS.
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ON AUGUST 15, 2017 OR ON ANY DATE THEREAFTER, the Bonds maturing on and
after August 15, 2018 may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, at the option of the City,
with funds derived from any available and lawful source, at a redemption price equal to the principal
amount to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption as a whole, or from
time to time in part, and, if in part, the particular Bonds, or portions thereof, to be redeemed shall
be selected and designated by the City, and if less than all of a maturity is to be redeemed the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall determine by lot the Bonds, or portions thereof within such maturity to be
redeemed (provided that a portion of a Bond may be redeemed only in integral multiples of $5,000
of principal amount).
THE BONDS maturing on August 15, 20_ and August 15, 20 (the "Term Bonds") are
subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption by lot prior to maturity in the following amounts, on
the following dates and at a price of par plus accrued interest to Ahe redemption date.
Bonds Maturing August 15, 20
Redemption Date Principal Amount
August 15, 20 $
August 15, 20
August 15, 20_*
*Final Maturity
Bonds Maturing August 15, 20_
Redemption Date Principal Amount
August 15, 20_ $
August 15, 20_*
*Final Maturity
THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT of the Term Bonds required to be redeemed pursuant to the
operation of the mandatory sinking fund redemption provisions shall be reduced, at the option of the
City by the principal amount of any Term Bonds of the stated 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, (2) shall have been purchased and canceled
by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the request of the City with monies in the Interest and Sinking
Fund at a price not exceeding the principal amount of the Term Bonds plus accrued interest to the
date of purchase thereof, or (3) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption
provisions and not theretofore credited against a mandatory sinking fund redemption requirement.
AT LEAST 30 days prior to the date fixed for any redemption of Bonds or portions thereof
prior to maturity, a written notice of such redemption shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar
by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for any such
redemption to the Registered Owner of each Bond to be redeemed at its address as it appeared on
the Registration Books maintained by the Paying Agent/Registrar on the day such notice of
redemption is mailed. By the date fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall be made with
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the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of the required redemption price for the Bonds or
portions thereof which are to be so redeemed. If such written notice of redemption is mailed and
if due provision for such payment is made, all as provided above, the Bonds or portions thereof
which are to be so redeemed thereby automatically shall be treated as redeemed prior to their
scheduled maturities, and they shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, and they
shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the Registered Owner to receive
the redemption price from the Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided for such payment.
If a portion of any Bond shall be redeemed a substitute Bond or Bonds having the same maturity
date, bearing interest at the same rate, in any denomination or denominations in any integral multiple
of $5,000, at the written request of the Registered Owner, and in an aggregate principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued to the Registered Owner upon the surrender
thereof for cancellation, at the expense of the City, all as provided in the Bond Ordinance.
WITH RESPECT TO any optional redemption of the Bonds, unless certain prerequisites
to such redemption required by the Bond Ordinance have been met and moneys sufficient to pay the
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds to be redeemed shall have been received
by the Paying Agent/Registrar prior to the giving of such notice of redemption, such notice shall
state that said redemption may, at the option of the City, be conditional upon the satisfaction of such
prerequisites and receipt of such moneys by the Paying Agent/Registrar on or prior to the date fixed
for such redemption, or upon any prerequisite set forth in such notice of redemption. If a conditional
notice of redemption is given and such prerequisites to the redemption and sufficient moneys are not
received, such notice shall be of no force and effect, the City shall not redeem such Bonds and the
Paying Agent/Registrar shall give notice, in the manner in which the notice of redemption was
given, to the effect that the Bonds have not been redeemed.
DURING ANY PERIOD in which ownership of the Bonds is determined only by a book
entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, if fewer than all of the Bonds of the same maturity and
bearing the same interest rate are to be redeemed, the particular Bonds of such maturity and bearing
such interest rate shall be selected in accordance with the arrangements between the City and the
securities depository.
ALL BONDS OF TRIS SERIES are issuable solely as fully registered Bonds, without
interest coupons, in the denomination of any integral multiple of $5,000 (an "Authorized
Denomination"). As provided in the Bond Ordinance, this Bond, or any unredeemed portion hereof,
may, at the request of the Registered Owner or the assignee or assignees hereof, be assigned,
transferred and exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered Bonds, without
interest coupons, payable to the appropriate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case
may be, having the same denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000 as
requested in writing by the appropriate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may
be, upon surrender of this Bond to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance
with the form and procedures set forth in the Bond Ordinance. Among other requirements for such
assignment and transfer, this Bond must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent/Registrar,
together with proper instruments of assignment, in form and with guarantee of signatures
satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, evidencing assignment of this Bond or any portion or
portions hereof in any integral multiple of $5,000 to the assignee or assignees in whose name or
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names this Bond or any such portion or portions hereof is or are to be registered. The form of
Assignment printed or endorsed on this Bond may be executed by the Registered Owner to evidence
the assignment hereof, but such method is not exclusive, and other instruments of assignment
satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar may be used to evidence the assignment of this Bond or
any portion or portions hereof from time to time by the Registered Owner. The Paying
Agent/Registrar's reasonable standard or customary fees and charges for transferring and exchanging
any Bond or portion thereof shall be paid by the City, but any taxes or governmental charges
required to be paid with respect thereto shall be paid by the one requesting such assignment, transfer
or exchange as a condition precedent to the exercise of such privilege. The Paying Agent/Registrar
shall not be required to make any such transfer or exchange (i) during the period commencing with
the close of business on any Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the next
following principal or interest payment date, or, (ii) with respect to any Bond or any portion thereof
called for redemption prior to maturity, within 45 days prior to its redemption date; provided,
however, such limitation of transfer shall not be applicable to an exchange by the Registered Owner
of an unredeemed balance of a Bond called for redemption in part.
WHENEVER the beneficial ownership of this Bond is determined by a book entry at a
securities depository for the Bonds, the foregoing requirements of holding, delivering or transferring
this Bond shall be modified to require the appropriate person or entity to meet the requirements of
the securities depository as to registering or transferring the book entry to produce the same effect.
Ili THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds is changed by the City, resigns
or otherwise ceases to act as such, the City has covenanted in the Bond Ordinance that it promptly
will appoint a competent and legally qualified substitute therefor, and cause written notice thereof
to be mailed to the Registered Owners of the Bonds.
IT IS HEREBY certified, recited and covenanted that this Bond has been duly and validly
authorized, issued and delivered; that all acts, conditions and things required or proper to be
performed, exist, and be done precedent to or in the authorization, issuance and delivery of this Bond
have been performed, existed and been done in accordance with law; that this Bond is a special
obligation of the City, and that the interest on and principal of this Bond, together with the
Previously Issued Parity Obligations and all other outstanding "Parity Obligations" (as defined in
the Bond Ordinance), as such interest comes due, and as such principal matures, are payable from
and secured by a lien on and pledge of the "Pledged Revenues" of the "System" (which is generally
described as the City's combined electric, waterworks and sewer system), all as provided in the Bond
Ordinance,
THE CITY also has reserved the right, subject to restrictions stated in the Ordinance, to
issue Additional Parity Obligations which also may be made payable from and equally and ratably
secured by a first lien on and pledge of, the Pledged Revenues of the System in the same manner and
to the same extent as this Series of Bonds.
THE CITY also has reserved the right, subject to restrictions stated in the Bond Ordinance
to issue Subordinate Lien Obligations payable from and equally and ratably secured, in whole or in
part, by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Bond Ordinance), subordinate
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and inferior in rank and dignity to the lien
on and pledge
of such Net Revenues
securing payment
of the Bonds,
the Previously Issued Parity
Obligations or
any Additional Parity
Obligations.
THE OWNER HEREOF shall never have the right to demand payment of this Bond out
of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation.
BY BECOMING the Registered Owner of this Bond, the Registered Owner thereby
acknowledges all of the terms and provisions of the Bond Ordinance, agrees to be bound by such
terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Bond Ordinance is duly recorded and available for
inspection in the official minutes and records of the governing body of the City and agrees that the
terms and provisions of this Bond and the Bond Ordinance constitute a contract between each
Registered Owner hereof and the City.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused this Bond to be signed with the manual or
facsimile signature of the Mayor of the City, and countersigned with the manual or facsimile
signature of the City Secretary of the City and the official seal of the City has been duly impressed,
or placed in facsimile, on this Bond.
(facsimile signature) (facsimile signature)
City Secretary Mayor
[CITY SEAL]
FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
OF THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS:
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 that this Bond has been registered by the
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
Witness my signature and seal this
(COMPTROLLER'S SEAL)
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Comptroller of Public Accounts
of the State of Texas
FORM OF PAYING AGENTIREGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
(To be executed if this Bond is not accompanied by an executed Registration
Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas)
It is hereby certified that this Bond has been issued under the provisions of the Bond
Ordinance described in the text of this Bond; and that this Bond has been issued in exchange for a
bond or bonds, or a portion of a bond or bonds of a series which originally was approved by the
Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas.
Dated:
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
Paying Agent/Registrar
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Authorized Representative
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Registered Owner of this Bond, or duly
authorized representative or attorney thereof, hereby sells, assigns and transfers this Bond and all
rights hereunder unto
(Assignee's Social Security or (Please print or typewrite Assignee's name and address,
Taxpayer Identification Number) including zip code)
and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
attorney to transfer the registration of this Bond on the Paying Agent/Registrar's Registration Books
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by
a member firm of the New York Stock
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Exchange or a commercial bank or trust
company.
NOTICE: The signature above must
correspond with the name of the Registered
Owner as it appears upon the front of this
Bond in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
The initial Bond shall be in the form set forth in this Exhibit, except that:
A. immediately under the name of the Bond, the headings "INTEREST RATE" and
"MATURITY DATE" shall both be completed with the words "As shown below" and
"CUSIP NO." shall be deleted.
B. the first paragraph shall be deleted and the following will be inserted:
"ON THE MATURITY DATE SPECIFIED BELOW, the City of Georgetown, Texas
(the "City"), being a political subdivision, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified
above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner"), on February 15 in each of
the years, in the principal installments and bearing interest at the per annum rates set forth in the
following schedule:
Year Principal Rate
(Information from Sections 3 and 4 to be inserted)
The City promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof (calculated on the basis of
a 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months) from April 15, 2008 at the respective Interest Rate per
annum specified above. Interest is payable on February 15, 2009 and semiannually on each
February 15 and August 15 thereafter to the date of payment of the principal installment specified
above; except, that if this Bond is required to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is
later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such principal amount shall bear interest from
the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of authentica-
tion is after any Record Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which
case such principal amount shall bear interest from such next following interest payment date; pro-
vided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on the Bond or Bonds, if any,
for which this Bond is being exchanged is due but has not been paid, then this Bond shall bear inter-
est from the date to which such interest has been paid in full."
C. The initial Bond shall be numbered "T-1."
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EXHIBIT D
The following information is referred to in Section 21 of this Ordinance.
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 Statement referred to) below:
1. The annual audited financial statements of the City of Georgetown, Texas or the unaudited
financial statements of the City of Georgetown, Texas in the event audited financial statements are
not completed within six months after the end of any Fiscal Year.
2. All quantitative financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the
general type included in the Official Statement under Tables 1 through 11 and Table 13 and the
section entitled "INVESTMENTS - Current Investments."
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The accounting principles referred to in such Section are the accounting principles described
in the notes to the financial statements referred to in paragraph 1 above.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Georgetown, Texas (the "City") has deposited cash and
United States government securities in escrow to defease, and has further called for redemption, the
following obligations of the City (the "Obligations"):
CITY OF GEORGETOWN, UTILITY SYS'T'EM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1998A,
the remaining portion of the outstanding obligations maturing on August 15 in each of the
years 2010 through 2015, inclusive, and 2018 aggregating $7,060,000 in principal amount:
Maturity
Principal
Interest
Redemption
CUSIP
for the
August 15
Amount
Rate
Date
Number*
2010
$137905000
4.70%
August 15,
2008
373028
GY
9
2011
9505000
4.80
August 15,
2008
373028
GZ
6
2012
965,000
4.85
August 15,
2008
373028
TV
1
2013
7905000
4.90
August 15,
2008
373028
TW
9
2014
830,000
5.00
August 15,
2008
373028
TX
7
2015
875,000
5.00
August 15,
2008
373028
TY
5
2018
860,000
5.00
August 15,
2008
373028
TZ
2
*The CUSIP Numbers have been assigned to this issue by
the CUSIP Service Bureau
and are included solely
for the convenience of the owners of
the Obligations. The City shall not be responsible
for the
selection or the correctness
of the CUSIP numbers
set forth herein.
The redemption price for the above Obligations is par plus accrued interest to the date fixed for
redemption. Such Obligations shall be redeemed and shall not longer bear interest after the redemption date.
Due provision for the payment of the obligations described above has been made with The Bank ofNew York
Trust Company, N.A. (the 'Bank"), and said obligations shall be presented for payment either in person or
by mail, at the following address:
BY MAIL:
The Bank of New York
111 Sanders Creek Parkway
East Syracuse, NY 13057
Attn: Helen Scanlon
HAND DELIVERY:
The Bank of New York
111 Sanders Creek Parkway
East Syracuse, NY 13057
Attn: Helen Scanlon
In compliance with section 3406 of the internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, payors
making certain payments due on debt securities may be obligated to deduct and withhold a portion
of such payment from the remittance to any payee who has failed to provide such payor with a valid
taxpayer identification number. To avoid the imposition of this withholding tax, such payees should
submit a certified taxpayer identification number when surrendering the Obligations for redemption.
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