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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2845 Issuance and Sale of Grant Anticipation Notes to Finance Improvements to the Fire StationORDINANCE NO. 2845 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF GRANT ANTICIPATION NOTES OF THE CITY IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,625,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S FIRE STATION AND PROVIDING THE TERMS OF THE NOTES. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington (the "City") deems it necessary and in the best interest of the citizens of the City to finance improvements to the City's fire station (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the City has received commitments for grant funds in the aggregate amount of $1,627,599, consisting of a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Association in the amount of $1,399,266 and a grant from the State of Washington Military Department in the amount of $228,333; and WHEREAS, in order to provide the funds necessary to pay the costs of the Project pending payment of the Grants, the City now desires to authorize the issuance of grant anticipation notes in the principal amount of $1,625,000; and WHEREAS, it is necessary that the date, form, terms and maturities of such notes be fixed; and WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interest of the City that such notes be sold pursuant to negotiated sale as herein provided; and WHEREAS, the City has received the offer from Martin Nelson & Company, Inc., Seattle, Washington to underwrite such notes at terms acceptable to this City Council; 1 Ordinance 2845 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, DO ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Definitions. As used in this ordinance, the following words shall have the following meanings: City means the City of Port Townsend, Washington, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington. Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and shall include all applicable regulations and rulings relating thereto. Council means the City Council as the general legislative authority of the City, as the same shall be duly and regularly constituted from time to time. DTC means The Depository Company, New York, New York, a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York, as depository for the Notes pursuant to Section 4 hereof. Government Obligations means those obligations now or hereafter defined as such in chapter 39.53 RCW. Grants means grants in the aggregate amount of $1,627,599, consisting of a grant of $1,399,266 from the Federal Emergency Management Association and a grant of $228,333 from the State of Washington Military Department. Letter of Representations means the blanket issuer letter of representations from the City to DTC. Note Fund means the City of Port Townsend Note Redemption Account, 2003 created pursuant to Section 9 of this ordinance. 2 Ordinance 2845 Note Register means the registration books showing the name, address and tax identification number of each Registered Owner of the Notes, maintained pursuant to Section 149(a) of the Code. Note Registrar means, initially, the fiscal agency of the State of Washington in either Seattle, Washington or New York, New York, for the purposes of registering and authenticating the Notes, maintaining the Note Register, effecting transfer of ownership of the Notes and paying interest on and principal of the Notes. Notes means the $1,625,000 principal amount of the City of Port Townsend, Washington Grant Anticipation Notes, 2003 issued pursuant to this ordinance for the purpose of paying costs authorized by Section 2 hereof. Project has the meaning given such terms in Section 2 of this ordinance. Project Fund means the City of Port Townsend Grant Proceeds Account, 2003. Registered Owner means the person named as the registered owner of a Note in the Note Register. For so long as the Notes are held in book-entry only form, DTC shall be deemed to be the sole Registered Owner. SID means a state information depository for the State of Washington if one is hereafter created. Treasurer means the Finance Director of the City. Underwriter means Martin Nelson & Company, Inc., Seattle, Washington. Section 2. Authorization of Proiect. The Notes are being issued to provide interim financing for improvements to the City's fire station. The estimated cost of the Project is $2,062,299, which will be paid with the proceeds of the Notes and additional funds from the City. If the Council shall determine that it has become impractical to construct any portion of the 3 Ordinance 2845 Project by reason of changed conditions, or costs substantially in excess of the estimated cost indicated above, the City shall not be required to construct or equip such portions of the Project. If all of the Project has been constructed or acquired or duly provided for, or found to be impractical, the Council may apply the Note proceeds or any-portion thereof to the redemption of the Notes or to other capital purposes that are consistent with the Grants, as the Council shall determine. Section 3. Authorization of Notes and Note Details. The City hereby authorizes the issuance and sale of the Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $1,625,000 to provide the funds necessary to pay the costs of the Project and pay costs of issuance. The Notes shall be special limited obligations of the City, shall be designated "City of Port Townsend, Washington, Grant Anticipation Notes, 2003"; shall be dated as of December 30, 2003; shall mature on December 1, 2005; shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest; shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof, provided that no Note shall represent more than one maturity; shall be numbered separately in such manner and with any additional designation as the Note Registrar deems necessary for purposes of identification; and shall bear interest from their date at a per annum rate of 1.75% payable semiannually on the first days of June and December, commencing December 1, 2004. The Notes shall be an obligation only of the Note Fund and shall be payable and secured as provided herein. The Notes shall not be deemed to constitute a general obligation or a pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of the City or the State of Washington. Section 4. Registration, Exchange and Payments. (a) Note Registrar/Note Register. The City hereby specifies and adopts the system of registration approved by the Washington State Finance Committee from time to time 4 Ordinance 2845 through the appointment of state fiscal agencies. The City shall cause a note register to be maintained by the Note Registrar. So long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Note Registrar shall make all necessary provisions to permit the exchange or registration or transfer of Notes at its principal corporate trust office. The Note Registrar may be removed at any time at the option of the City upon prior notice to the Note Registrar, DTC, each NRMSIR and SID, if any, and a successor Note Registrar appointed by the City. No resignation or removal of the Note Registrar shall be effective until a successor shall have been appointed and until the successor Note Registrar shall have accepted the duties of the Note Registrar hereunder. The Note Registrar is authorized, on behalf of the City, to authenticate and deliver Notes transferred or exchanged in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this ordinance and to carry out all of the Note Registrar's powers and duties under this ordinance. The Note Registrar shall be responsible for its representations contained in the Certificate of Authentication of the Notes. (b) Registered Ownership. The City and the Note Registrar, each in its discretion, may deem and treat the Registered Owner of each Note as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and neither the City nor the Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Payment of any such Note shall be made only as described in Section 4 hereof, but such Note may be transferred as herein provided. All such payments made as described in Section 4 shall be valid and shall satisfy and discharge the liability of the City upon such Note to the extent of the amount or amounts so paid. (c) DTC Acceptance/Letters of Representations. The Notes initially shall be held in fully immobilized form by DTC acting as depository. To induce DTC to accept the Notes as eligible for deposit at DTC, the City has heretofore executed and delivered to DTC a Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations. Neither the City nor the Note Registrar will have any 5 Ordinance 2845 responsibility or obligation to DTC participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees (or any successor depository) with respect to the Notes in respect of the accuracy of any records maintained by DTC (or any successor depository) or any DTC participant, the payment by DTC (or any successor depository) or any DTC participant of any amount in respect of the principal of or interest on Notes, any notice which is permitted or required to be given to Registered Owners under this ordinance (except such notices as shall be required to be given by the City to the Note Registrar or to DTC (or any successor depository)), or any consent given or other action taken by DTC (or any successor depository) as the Registered Owner. For so long as any Notes are held in fully-immobilized form hereunder, DTC or its successor depository shall be deemed to be the Registered Owner for all purposes hereunder, and all references herein to the Registered Owners shall mean DTC (or any successor depository) or its nominee and shall not mean the owners of any beneficial interest in such Notes. If any Note shall be duly presented for payment and funds have not been duly provided by the City on such applicable date, then interest shall continue to accrue thereafter on the unpaid principal thereof at the rate stated on such Note until it is paid. (d) Use of Depository. (i) The Notes shall be registered initially in the name of "Cede & Co.", as nominee of DTC, with one Note maturing on each of the maturity dates for the Notes in a denomination corresponding to the total principal therein designated to mature on such date. Registered ownership of such immobilized Notes, or any portions thereof, may not thereafter be transferred except (A) to any successor of DTC or its nominee, provided that any such successor shall be qualified under any applicable laws to provide the service proposed to be provided by it; 6 Ordinance 2845 (B) to any substitute depository appointed by the Treasurer pursuant to subsection (ii) below or such substitute depository's successor; or (C) to any person as provided in subsection (iv) below. (ii) Upon the resignation of DTC or its successor (or any substitute depository or its successor) from its functions as depository or a determination by the Council to discontinue the system of book entry transfers through DTC or its successor (or any substitute depository or its successor), the Council may hereafter appoint a substitute depository. Any such substitute depository shall be qualified under any applicable laws to provide the services proposed to be provided by it. (iii) In the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (A) or (B) of subsection (i) above, the Note Registrar shall, upon receipt of all outstanding Notes, together with a written request on behalf of the Council, issue a single new Note for each maturity then outstanding, registered in the name of such successor or such substitute depository, or their nominees, as the case may be, all as specified in such written request of the Council. (iv) In the event that (A) DTC or its successor (or substitute depository or its successor) resigns from its functions as depository, and no substitute depository can be obtained, or (B) the Treasurer determines that it is in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the Notes that such owners be able to obtain such notes in the form of Note certificates, the ownership of such Notes may then be transferred to any person or entity as herein provided, and shall no longer be held in fully-immobilized form. The Council shall deliver a written request to the Note Registrar, together with a supply of definitive Notes, to issue Notes as herein provided in any authorized denomination. Upon receipt by the Note Registrar of all then outstanding Notes together with a written request on behalf of the Council to the Note Registrar, new Notes 7 Ordinance 2845 shall be issued in the appropriate denominations and registered in the names of such persons as are requested in such written request. (e) Registration of Transfer of Ownership or Exchange; Change in Denominations. The transfer of any Note may be registered and Notes may be exchanged, but no transfer of any such Note shall be valid unless it is surrendered to the Note Registrar with the assignment form appearing on such Note duly executed by the Registered Owner or such Registered Owner's duly authorized agent in a manner satisfactory to the Note Registrar. Upon such surrender, the Note Registrar shall cancel the surrendered Note and shall authenticate and deliver, without charge to the Registered Owner or transferee therefor, a new Note (or Notes at the option of the new Registered Owner) of the same date, maturity and interest rate and for the same aggregate principal amount in any authorized denomination, naming as Registered Owner the person or persons listed as the assignee on the assignment form appearing on the surrendered Note, in exchange for such surrendered and cancelled Note. Any Note may be surrendered to the Note Registrar and exchanged, without charge, for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of the same date, maturity and interest rate, in any authorized denomination. The Note Registrar shall not be obligated to register the transfer or to exchange any Note during the 15 days preceding any interest payment or principal payment date any such Note is to be redeemed. (f) Note Registrar's Ownership of Notes. The Note Registrar may become the Registered Owner of any Note with the same rights it would have if it were not the Note Registrar, and to the extent permitted by law, may act as depository for and permit any of its officers or directors to act as member of, or in any other capacity with respect to, any committee formed to protect the right of the Registered Owners of Notes. 8 Ordinance 2845 (g) Registration Covenant. The City covenants that, until all Notes have been surrendered and canceled, it will maintain a system for recording the ownership of each Note that complies with the provisions of Section 149 of the Code. (h) Place and Medium of Payment. Both principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Interest on the Notes shall be calculated on the basis of' a year of 360 days and twelve 30-day months. For so long as all Notes are in fully immobilized form, payments of principal and interest thereon shall be made as provided in accordance with the operational arrangements of DTC referred to in the Letter of Representations. In the event that the Notes are no longer in fully immobilized form, interest on the Notes shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the Registered Owners at the addresses for such Registered Owners appearing on the Note Register on the fifteenth day of the month preceding the interest payment date. Principal of the Notes shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of such Notes by the Registered Owners at the principal office of the Note Registrar. Section 5. Redemption Prior to Maturity and Purchase of Notes. The Notes are subject to redemption prior to maturity on December 1, 2004 or the first day of any month thereafter. (a) Notice of Redemption. Written notice of any redemption of Notes shall be given by the Note Registrar on behalf of the City by first class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days before the redemption date to the registered owners of Notes that are to be redeemed at their last addresses shown on the Note Register. So long as the Notes are in book-entry form, notice of redemption shall be given as provided in the Letter of Representations. 9 Ordinance 2845 The requirements of this section shall be deemed complied with when notice is mailed, whether or not it is actually received by the owner. Each notice of redemption shall contain the following information: (1)the redemption date, (2) the redemption price, (3) if less than all outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal mounts) of the Notes to be redeemed, (4)that on the redemption date the redemption price will become due and payable upon each Note or portion called for redemption, and that interest shall cease to accrue from the redemption date, (5) that the Notes are to be surrendered for payment at the principal office of the Note Registrar, (6)the CUSIP numbers of all Notes being redeemed, (7)the dated date of the Notes, (8)the rate of interest for each Note being redeemed, (9)the date of the notice, and (10) any other information needed to identify the Notes being redeemed. Upon the payment of the redemption price of Notes being redeemed, each check or other transfer of funds issued for such purpose shall bear the CUSIP number identifying, by issue and maturity, the Notes being redeemed with the proceeds of such check or other transfer. (b) Effect of Redemption. Unless the City has revoked a notice of redemption, the City shall transfer to the Note Registrar amounts that, in addition to other money, if any, held by the Note Registrar, will be sufficient to redeem, on the redemption date, all the Notes to be redeemed. From the redemption date interest on each Note to be redeemed shall cease to accrue. (c) Amendment of Notice Provisions. The foregoing notice provisions of this section, including but not limited to the information to be included in redemption notices and the persons designated to receive notices, may be amended by additions, deletions and changes in order to maintain compliance with duly promulgated regulations and recommendations regarding notices of redemption of municipal securities. 10 Ordinance 2845 (d) Purchase on Open Market. The City reserves the right to purchase any of the Notes in the open market at any time and at any price. Section 6. Form of Notes. The Notes shall be in substantially the following form: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA NO. ~ $1,625,000 STATE OF WASHINGTON CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON GRANT ANTICIPATION NOTE, 2003 INTEREST RATE: 1.75% MATURITY DATE: DECEMBER 1, 2005 CUSIP NO.: 735456EV3 REGISTERED OVv2qER: CEDE & CO. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS The City of Port Townsend, Washington (the "City"), hereby acknowledges itself to owe and for value received promises to pay to the Registered Owner identified above, or registered assigns, on the Maturity Date identified above, the Principal Amount indicated above and to pay interest thereon from December 30, 2003, payable semiannually on the first days of June and December commencing on December 1, 2004. Both principal of and interest on this note are payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Interest shall be paid as provided in the Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations (the "Letter of Representations") from the City to The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"). Principal shall be paid as provided in the Letter of Representations to the Registered Owner or assigns upon presentation and surrender of this note at the principal office of the fiscal agencies of the State of Washington in either Seattle, Washington or New York, New York (collectively, the "Note Registrar"). The notes of this issue are issued under and in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and applicable statutes of the State of Washington and Ordinance No. 2845 duly passed by the City Council on December 15, 2003 (the "Note Ordinance"). Capitalized terms used in this note have the meanings given such terms in the Note Ordinance. The notes of this issue are issued in anticipation of grants to be received from the Federal Emergency Management Association and the State of Washington Military Department(the "Grants"). 11 Ordinance 2845 This note is a special obligation of the City and is payable solely from the Note Fund of the City, into which the City has pledged to deposit proceeds of the Grants, grant anticipation notes or a combination of the foregoing in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due. This note is one of an authorized issue of notes of like date, tenor, rate of interest and date of maturity, except as to number and amount in the aggregate principal amount of $1,625,000 and is issued pursuant to the Note Ordinance for providing funds to pay part of the cost of the Project and cost of issuance. The notes of this issue are subject to redemption prior to their stated maturities as provided in the Note Ordinance. This note is not a "private activity bond." issue as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for Section 265(b) of the Code. The City hereby designates the notes of this investment by financial institutions under This note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Note Ordinance until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by or on behalf of the Note Registrar or its duly designated agent. It is hereby certified that all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and statutes of the State of Washington to exist, to have happened, been done and performed precedent to and in the issuance of this note have happened, been done and performed and that the issuance of this note and the notes of this issue does not violate any constitutional, statutory or other limitation upon the amount of noted indebtedness that the City may incur. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Port Townsend, Washington has caused this note to be executed by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor or City Manager and City Clerk as of this 30th day of December, 2003. CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON ATTEST: By /s/manual or facsimile Mayor/City Manager /s/manual or facsimile City Clerk 12 Ordinance 2845 The Note Registrar's Certificate of Authentication on the Notes shall be in substantially the following form: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This note is one of the notes described in the within-mentioned Note Ordinance and is one of the Grant Anticipation Notes, 2003 of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, dated December 30, 2003. WASHINGTON STATE FISCAL AGENCY, as Note Registrar By Section 7. Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the City with the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor or the City Manager and City Clerk of the City Council and the seal of the City impressed, imprinted or reproduced thereon. Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a Certificate of Authentication in the form hereinbefore recited, manually executed by the Note Registrar, shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to the benefits of this ordinance. Such Certificate of Authentication shall be conclusive evidence that the Notes so authenticated have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder and are entitled to the benefits of this ordinance. In case either of the officers who shall have executed the Notes shall cease to be an officer or officers of the City before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated or delivered by the Note Registrar, or issued by the City, such Notes may nevertheless be authenticated, delivered and issued and upon such authentication, delivery and issuance, shall be as binding upon the City as though those who signed the same had continued to be such officers of the City. Any Note may also be signed and attested on behalf of the City by such persons who 13 Ordinance 2845 are at the actual date of delivery of such Note are the proper officers of the City although at the Original date of such Note any such person shall not have been such officer of the City. Section 8. Tax Covenants. (a) Tax Covenant. The City hereby covenants to undertake all actions required to maintain the tax-exempt status of interest on the Notes under the Code as set forth in the Arbitrage and Tax Certification that will be executed at the closing of the Notes. (b) Designation under Section 265(b). The City hereby designates the Notes as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for investment by financial institutions under Section 265(b) of the Code. The City does not anticipate that it will issue more than $10,000,000 in qualified tax-exempt obligations during 2003. Section 9. Creation of Note Fund and Sources of Payment of Notes. A special account of the City known as the "City of Port Townsend Note Redemption Account, 2003" (the "Note Fund"), is hereby authorized and directed to be created in the office of the Treasurer. The Note Fund shall be drawn upon for the sole purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the Notes. The City hereby covenants that on or before December 1, 2005, it will deposit into the Note Fund proceeds of the Grants, grant anticipation notes or a combination of the foregoing in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes as the same become due. The Notes shall be obligations only of the Note Fund. Section 10. Sale of Notes. The Notes shall be sold by negotiated sale to the Underwriter, under the terms and conditions thereof as provided in its purchase offer and in this ordinance. The Mayor, City Manager and the Treasurer of the City are hereby authorized to review and approve on behalf of the City the preliminary and final Official Statements relative to the 14 Ordinance 2845 Notes with such additions and changes as may be deemed necessary or advisable to them. The Preliminary Official Statement for the Notes, is hereby deemed final for the purposes of Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12. The Treasurer and other City officials, agents and representative are hereby authorized and directed to do everything necessary for the prompt issuance, execution and delivery of the Notes to the Underwriter and for the proper application and use of the proceeds of sale of the Notes. Section 11. Project Fund; Application of Proceeds of Notes. A special account of the City known as the "Grant Proceeds Account, 2003" (the "Project Fund") shall be created in the office of the Treasurer. The Project Fund shall be used to pay the costs of the Project described in Section 2. At the time of delivery of the Notes, the proceeds of the Notes shall be deposited as follows: (a) The accrued interest, if any, to the date of delivery shall be deposited to the Note Fund and used to pay a portion of interest on the Notes on coming due on December 1, 2005. (b) The remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the Project Fund and used to pay the costs of the improvements described in Section 2 hereof and all costs incidental thereto and to the issuance of the Notes. Money remaining in the Project Fund after all of such costs have been paid or reimbursed, or the Council determines not to construct portions of such Project, may be used to pay costs of other legally authorized capital expenditures of the City or shall be deposited in the Note Fund. Money in the Project Fund may be invested as permitted by law. All interest earned and profits 15 Ordinance 2845 derived from such investments shall be retained in and become a part of the Project Fund or deposited into the Note Fund. .Section 12. Undertaking to Provide Ongoing Disclosure (a) Contract/Undertaking. This section constitutes the City's written undertaking for the benefit of the owners of the Notes as required by Section (b)(5) of the Rule. The City is an obligated person with respect to less than $10,000,000 of municipal securities, including the Notes. (b) Financial Statements/Operating Data. The City agrees to provide or cause to be provided to each person upon request or to the SID, if any, a copy of its latest publicly available annual financial statements prepared in accordance with the Budget Accounting and Reporting System prescribed by the Washington State Auditor pursuant to RCW 43.09.200 (or any successor statute). Such annual statements shall be available upon request to the office of the City Finance Director. (c) Material Events. The City agrees to provide or cause to be provided, in a timely manner, to the SID, if any, to the Insurer, and to each NRMSIR or to the MSRB notice of the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Notes, if material: · Principal and interest payment delinquencies; · Non-payment related defaults; · Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties; · Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties; · Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform; · Adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax-exempt status of the Notes; · Modifications to the rights of Note owners; 16 Ordinance 2845 · Note calls (optional, contingent or unscheduled Note calls other than scheduled sinking fund redemptions for which notice is given pursuant to Exchange Act Release 34-238560); · Defeasances; · Release, substitution or sale of property, securing repayment of the Notes; and · Rating changes. Solely for purposes of disclosure, and not intending to modify this undertaking, the City advises that no debt service reserves or property secure payment of the Notes. (d) Termination/Modification. The City's obligations to provide notices of material events shall terminate upon the legal defeasance, prior redemption or payment in full of all of the Notes. Any provision of this section shall be null and void if the City (1) obtains an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel to the effect that the portion of the Rule that requires that provision is invalid, has been repealed retroactively or otherwise does not apply to the Notes and (2) notifies each NRMSIR, the Insurer, and the SID, if any, of such opinion and the cancellation of this section. The City may amend this section with an approving opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel in accordance with the Rule. (e) Note Owner's Remedies Under This Section. The right of any owner of a Note or beneficial owner of Notes to enforce the provisions of this section shall be limited to a right to obtain specific enforcement of the City's obligations under this section, and any failure by the City to comply with the provisions of this undertaking shall not be an event of default with respect to the Notes. For purposes of this section, "beneficial owner" means any person who has the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or consent with respect to, or to dispose of ownership of, any Notes, including persons holding Notes through nominees or depositories. 17 Ordinance 2845 Section 13. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Notes. In case any Note or Notes shall be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Note Registrar may execute and deliver a new Note or Notes of like date, number and tenor to the Registered Owner thereof upon the Registered Owner paying the expenses and charges of the City in connection therewith and upon his/her filing with the City evidence satisfactory to the City that such Note was actually lost, stolen or destroyed and of his/her ownership thereof, and upon furnishing the City with indemnity satisfactory to the City. Section 14. Severability. If any one or more of the covenants or agreements provided in this ordinance to be performed on the part of the City shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such covenant or covenants, agreement or agreements, shall be null and void and shall be deemed separable from the remaining covenants and agreements of this ordinance and shall in no way affect the validity of the other provisions of this ordinance or of the Notes. ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof held this 15th day of December, 2003. CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASH ~,_~TO~ ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attomey 18 Ordinance 2845 CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the City Council, of the City of Port Townsend, Washington (the "City") and keeper of the records of the City Council (the "City Council"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY: 1. That the attached Ordinance is a tree and correct copy of Ordinance No. 2845 of the City Council (the "Ordinance"), duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 15th day of December, 2003. 2. That said meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with law, and to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such meeting was given; that a legal quorum was present throughout the meeting and a legally sufficient number of members of the City Council voted in the proper manner for the adoption of the Ordinance; that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper adoption of the Ordinance have been duly fulfilled, carried out and otherwise observed; and that I am authorized to execute this certificate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of December, 2003. Cit3 Clerk 1 Ordinance 2845