HomeMy WebLinkAbout2812 Issuance and Sale of Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds to Finance Renovations of Historic City Hall, Construction of City Hall Annex and Various Capital ImprovementsORDINANCE NO. 2812
An ordinance of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, providing
for the issuance and sale of limited tax general obligation bonds of
the City in the aggregate principal amount of $3,465,000 to finance
the renovation of an historic city hall and construction of a new
City Hall Annex, and various capital improvements; providing the
form and terms of the bonds; and authorizing the sale of such
bonds.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington (the "City") has
determined that it is in the best interest of the City to renovate an historic city hall and
construction of a new City Hall Annex, and various other capital improvements to city facilities;
and
WHEREAS, in order to provide the funds required for such purposes and to pay the costs
of issuing the bonds, the City now desires to authorize the issuance of limited tax levy general
obligation bonds in the principal amount of $3,465,000 and to authorize the sale of such bonds;
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, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
"Bond Account" means the "City of Port Townsend Limited Tax General Obligation
Bond Redemption Account, 2002" authorized to be created within the City's Bond Fund by
Section 6 of this ordinance.
"Bond Insurance Policy" means the municipal bond insurance policy issued by the
Insurer insuring the payment when due of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as provided
therein.
organized and
Washington.
"Code"
corresponding
"Bond Register" means the registration records for the Bonds maintained by the Bond
Registrar.
"Bond Registrar" 'means the fiscal agency of the State of Washington, in New yOrk, New
York, for the purposes of registering and authenticating the Bonds, maintaining the Bond
Register, effecting transfer of ownership of the Bonds and paying principal of and interest on the
Bonds.
"Bonds" means the $3,465,000 principal amount of the City of Port Townsend,
Washington, Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, 2002, issued pursuant to this ordinance.
"City" means the City of Port Townsend, Washington, a municipal corporation duly
existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, together with
and applicable final, temporary or proposed regulations and revenue rulings
issued or amended with respect thereto by the United States Treasury Department of the Internal
Revenue Service, to the extent applicable to the Bonds.
"Council" means the legislative authority of the City as the same shall be duly and
regularly constituted from time to time.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company of New York, as depository for the Bonds,
or any successor or substitute depository for the Bonds.
"Insurer" means Ambac Assurance Corporation, a Wisconsin-domiciled stock insurance
company.
"Letter of Representations" means the Blanket Letter of Representations from the City to
DTC.
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"MSRB" means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board or any successor to its
functions.
"NRMSIR" means a nationally recognized municipal securities information repository.
"Registered Owner" means the person in whose name a Bond is registered on the Bond
Register. For so long as the City utilizes the book-entry system for the Bonds, DTC shall be
deemed to be the Registered Owner.
"Rule" means the SEC's Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"SEC" means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
SECTION 2. Findings and Authorization of Improvements. The City Council hereby
finds that it is in the public interest for the City to undertake renovation of the city hall and
construction of a new City Hall Annex and various other capital improvements to city facilities.
The estimated cost of those projects and all costs incidental thereto and the issuance of the Bonds
is $3,465,000, which shall be provided from the proceeds of sale of the Bonds.
SECTION 3. Authorization of Bonds. The City shall issue and sell the Bonds in the
aggregate principal amount of $3,465,000 to provide money to finance the projects described in
Section 2, and all costs incidental thereto and to the issuance of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be
general obligations of the City; shall be designated "City of Port Townsend, Washington,
Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, 2002"; shall be dated October 1, 2002; shall be issued in
fully registered form in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, provided
that no Bond shall represent more than one maturity; shall be numbered separately and in such
manner and with any additional designation as the Bond Registrar deems necessary for purposes
of identification and control; shall bear interest (calculated based on a 360-day year of 12 30-day
months) at the rates set forth below from their date, until the Bonds have been paid or their
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payment duly provided for, payable on June 1, 2003, and semiannually thereafter on December 1
and June 1, and shall mature on December 1 of each year as follows:
Maturity Year
(December 1)
Principal Amount
Interest Rates
2005 $ 110,000 1.95%
2006 110,000 2.35
2007 115,000 2.70
2008 120,000 3.00
2009 120,000 3.20
2010 125,000 3.45
2011 130,000 3.55
2012 135,000 3.65
2013 140,000' 3.75
2014 145,000 3.90
2015 235,000 4.00
2016 245,000 4.15
2017 255,000 4.30
2022 1,480,000 4.70
SECTION 4. Registration, Exchange and Payments.
(a) Registrar/Bond Register. The City hereby adopts the system of
registration approved by the Washington State Finance Committee, which utilizes the fiscal
agencies of the State of Washington in New York, New York, as registrar, authenticating agent,
paying agent and transfer agent (the "Bond Registrar"). The Bond Registrar shall keep, or cause
to be kept, at its principal corporate trust office, sufficient records for the registration and transfer
of the Bonds (the "Bond Register"), which shall be open to inspection by the City. The Bond
Registrar is authorized, on behalf of the City, to authenticate and deliver Bonds transferred or
exchanged in accordance with the provisions of such Bonds and this ordinance and to carry out
all of the Bond Registrar's powers and duties under this ordinance. The Bond Registrar shall be
responsible for its representations contained in the Certificate of Authentication on the Bonds.
(b) Registered Ownership. The City and the Bond. Registrar may deem and
treat the Registered Owner of each Bond as the absolute owner for all purposes, and neither the
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City nor the Bond Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Payment of any such
Bond shall be made only as described in Section 4(h) hereof, but such registration may be
transferred as herein provided. All such payments made as described in Section 4(h) shall be
valid and shall satisfy the liability of the City upon such Bond to the extent of the amount or
amounts so paid.
(c) DTC Acceptance/Letter of Representations. The Bonds shall initially be
held in fully immobilized form by DTC acting as depository. To induce DTC to accept the
Bonds as eligible for deposit at DTC, the City has executed and delivered to DTC a Blanket
Issuer Letter of Representations (the "Letter of Representations").
Neither the City nor the Bond Registrar will have any responsibility or obligation to DTC
participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees with respect to the Bonds for the
accuracy of any records maintained by DTC or any DTC participant, the payment by DTC or any
DTC participant of any amount in respect of the principal of or interest on Bonds, any notice that
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 Bond Registrar or to DTC), the
selection by DTC or any DTC participant of any person to receive payment in the event of a
partial redemption of the Bonds, or any consent given or other action taken by DTC as the
Registered Owner. For so long as any Bonds are held in fully immobilized form hereunder, DTC
or its successor depository shall be deemed to be the Registered Owner for all purposes, and all
references in this ordinance to the Registered Owners shall mean DTC or its nominee and shall
not mean the owners of any beneficial interest in any Bonds.
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(d) Use of Depository.
(i) The Bonds shall be registered initially in the name of CEDE &
Co., as nominee of DTC, with a single Bond for each maturity in a denomination equal to the
total principal amount of such maturity. Registered ownership of such immobilized Bonds, 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; (B) to any substitute depository appointed by
the City 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 City to
discontinue the system of book entry transfers through DTC or its successor (or any substitute
depository or its successor), the City may 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 Bond Registrar shall, upon receipt of all outstanding Bonds, together
with a written request on behalf of the City, issue a single new Bond for each maturity then
outstanding, registered in the name of such successor or substitute depository, or its nominee, all
as specified in such written request of the City.
(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 City determines that it is in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the
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Bonds that the Bonds be provided in certificated form, the ownership of such Bonds may then be
transferred to any person or entity as herein provided, and shall no longer be held in fully
immobilized form. The City shall deliver a written request to the Bond Registrar, together with a
supply of definitive Bonds in certificated form, to issue Bonds in any authorized denomination.
Upon receipt by the Bond Registrar of all then outstanding Bonds, together with a written request
on behalf of the City to the Bond Registrar, new Bonds shall be issued in the appropriate
denominations and registered in the names of such persons as are provided in such written
request.
(e) Transfer or Exchange of Registered Ownership; Change in
Denominations. The registered ownership of any Bond may be transferred or exchanged, but no
transfer of any Bond shall be valid unless it is surrendered to the Bond Registrar with the
assignment form appearing on such Bond duly executed by the Registered Owner or such
Registered Owner's duly authorized agent in a manner satisfactory to the Bond Registrar. Upon
such surrender, the Bond Registrar shall cancel the surrendered Bond and shall authenticate and
deliver, without charge to the Registered Owner or transferee, a new Bond (or Bonds 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
Bond, in exchange for such surrendered and canceled Bond. Any Bond may be surrendered to
the Bond Registrar and exchanged, without charge, for an equal aggregate principal amount of
Bonds of the same date, maturity and interest rate, in any authorized denomination. The Bond
Registrar shall not be obligated to transfer or exchange any Bond during a period beginning at
the opening of business on the 15th day of the month next preceding any interest payment date
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and ending at the close of business on such interest payment date, or, in the case of any proposed
redemption of the Bonds, after the mailing of notice of the call of such Bonds for redemption.
(f) Bond Registrar's Ownership of Bonds. The Bond Registrar may become
the Registered Owner of any Bond with the same rights it would have if it were not the Bond
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 rights of the Registered Owners of the Bonds.
(g) Registration Covenant. The City covenants that, until all Bonds have been
surrendered and canceled, it will maintain, or cause to be maintained, a system for recording the
ownership of each Bond that complies with the provisions of Section 149 of the Code.
(h) Place and Medium of Payment. Both principal of and interest on the
Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. For so long as all
Bonds are in fully immobilized form, payments of principal and interest 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 Bonds are no longer in fully immobilized form, interest on
the Bonds shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the Registered Owners at the addresses for
such Registered Owners appearing on the Bond Register on the 15th day of the month preceding
the interest payment date, and principal of the Bonds shall be payable upon presentation and
surrender of such Bonds by the Registered Owners at the principal office of the Bond Registrar;
provided, however, that if so requested in writing by the Registered Owner of at least $1,000,000
principal amount of Bonds, interest will be paid by wire transfer on the date due to an account
with a bank located within the United States.
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SECTION 5. Redemption and Purchases.
(a) Optional Redemption. The City hereby reserves the right to redeem the
outstanding Bonds maturing on and after December 1, 2013 in whole or in part (maturities to be
selected by the City and by lot within a maturity in such manner as DTC or the Bond Registrar,
as appropriate, shall determine) on December 1, 2012, and on any date thereafter, at par, plus
accrued interest to the date of redemption.
(b) Mandatory Redemption. The Bonds maturing on December 1, 2022 shall
be redeemed prior to maturity by lot (or paid at maturity), not later than December 1 in the years
2018 through 2022 (to the extent such Bonds have not been previously redeemed or purchased)
and in the principal amounts set forth below, without premium, together with the interest accrued
to the date fixed for redemption.
* Final Maturity
Year Amount
2018 $ 270,000
2019 280,000
2020 295,000
2021 310,000
2022* 325,000
(c) Partial Redemption. If less than all of the principal amount of any Bond is
redeemed, upon surrender of such Bond at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, there shall
be issued to the registered owner, without charge, for the then unredeemed balance of the
principal amount, a new Bond or Bonds, at the option of the registered owner, of like maturity
and interest rate in any authorized denomination.
(d) Notice of Redemption. Written notice of any redemption of Bonds shall be
given by the Bond 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 Bonds
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that are to be redeemed at their last addresses shown on the Bond Register. So long as the Bonds
are in book-entry form, notice of redemption shall be given as provided in the Letter of
Representations.
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 Bonds are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the Bonds to be
redeemed, (4)that on the redemption date the redemption price will become due and payable
upon each Bond or portion called for redemption, and that interest shall cease to accrue from the
redemption date, (5) that the Bonds are to be surrendered for payment at the principal office of
the Bond Registrar, (6) the CUSIP numbers of all Bonds being redeemed, (7) the dated date of
the Bonds, (8) the rate of interest for each Bond being redeemed, (9) the date of the notice, and
(10) any other information needed to identify the Bonds being redeemed.
Upon the payment of the redemption price of Bonds being redeemed, each check or other
transfer of funds issued for such purpose shall bear the CUSIP number identifying, by issue and
maturity, the Bonds being redeemed with the proceeds of such check or other transfer.
(e) Effect of Redemption. Unless the City has revoked a notice of redemption,
the City shall transfer to the Bond Registrar amounts that, in addition to other money, if any, held
by the Bond Registrar, will be sufficient to redeem, on the redemption date, all the Bonds to be
redeemed. From the redemption date interest on each Bond to be redeemed shall cease to accrue.
(f) 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
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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.
(g) Purchase on Open Market. The City reserves the right to purchase any of
the Bonds in the open market at any time and at any price.
SECTION 6. Creation of Bond Account and Provision for Tax Levy Payments. A
special fund of the City known as the "City of Port Townsend Limited Tax General Obligation
Bond Redemption Account, 2002" (the "Bond Account"), is hereby authorized and directed to be
created in the office of the Finance Director of the City within the City's Bond Fund. The Bond
Account shall be drawn upon for the sole purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the
Bonds.
The City hereby irrevocably covenants for as long as any of the Bonds are outstanding
and unpaid that each year it will include in its budget and levy an ad valorem tax, within and as a
part of the tax millage levy permitted to cities without a vote of the people, upon all the property
within the City subject to taxation in an amount which will be sufficient to pay the principal of
and interest on the Bonds as the same shall become due. All of such taxes and any of such other
money so collected shall be paid into the Bond Account. None of the money in the Bond
Account shall be used for any other purpose than the payment of the principal of and interest on
the Bonds. Money in the Bond Account not needed to pay the interest or principal next coming
due may temporarily be deposited in such institutions or invested in such obligations as may be
lawful for the investment of City money. Any interest or profit from the investment of such
money shall be deposited in the Bond Account.
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The City hereby irrevocably pledges that a sufficient portion of each annual levy to be
levied and collected by the City prior to the full payment of the principal of and interest on the
Bonds will be and is hereby irrevocably set aside, pledged and appropriated for the payment of
the principal of and interest on the Bonds. The full faith, credit and resources of the City are
hereby irrevocably pledged for the annual levy and collection of such taxes and for the prompt
payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same shall become due.
SECTION 7. Bonds Deemed To Be No Longer Outstanding. In the event that the City,
in order to effect the payment, retirement or redemption of any Bond, sets aside in the Bond
Account or in another special account, held in trust by a trustee, cash or noncallable government
obligations, as such obligations are now or hereafter defined in RCW 39.53, or any combination
of cash and/or noncallable government obligations, in amounts and maturities which, together
with the known earned income therefrom, are sufficient to redeem or pay and retire such Bond in
accordance with its terms and to pay when due the interest and redemption premium, if any,
thereon, and such cash and/or noncallable government obligations are irrevocably set aside and
pledged for such purpose, then no further payments need be made into the Bond Account for the
payment of the principal of and interest on such Bond. The owner of a Bond so provided for
shall cease to be entitled to any lien, benefit or security of this ordinance except the right to
receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest from such special account, and such
Bond shall be deemed to be not outstanding under this ordinance.
SECTION 8. Tax Covenant; Special Designation. The City covenants to undertake all
actions required to maintain the tax-exempt status of interest on the Bonds under Section 103 of
the Code. The City hereby designates the Bonds as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" under
Section 265(b)(3) of the Code for banks, thrift institutions and other financial institutions. The
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City does not expect to issue more than $10,000,000 in qualified tax-exempt obligations during
calendar year 2002.
SECTION 9. Lost or Destroyed Bonds. If any Bonds are lost, stolen or destroyed, the
Bond Registrar may authenticate and deliver a new Bond or Bonds of like amount, maturity and
tenor to the Registered Owner upon the owner paying the expenses and charges of the Bond
Registrar and the City in connection with preparation and authentication of the replacement
Bond or Bonds and upon his or her filing with the Bond Registrar and the City evidence
satisfactory to both that such Bond or Bonds were actually lost, stolen or destroyed and of his or
her ownership, and upon furnishing the City and the Bond Registrar with indemnity satisfactory
to both.
SECTION 10. Form of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be in substantially the following
STATEMENT OF INSURANCE
Financial Guaranty Insurance Policy No. __ (the "Policy") with respect to payments
due for principal of and interest on this bond has been issued by Ambac Assurance
Corporation ("Ambac Assurance"). The Policy has been delivered to The Bank of New
York, New York, New York, as the Insurance Trustee under said Policy and will be held
by such Insurance Trustee or any successor insurance trustee. The Policy is on file and
available for inspection at the principal office of the Insurance Trustee and a copy thereof
may be secured from Ambac Assurance or the Insurance Trustee. All payments required
to be made under the Policy shall be made in accordance with the provisions thereof.
The owner of this bond acknowledges and consents to the subrogation rights of Ambac
Assurance as more fully set forth in the Policy.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NO.
STATE OF WASHINGTON
CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND
LIMITED TAX GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, 2002
INTEREST RATE:
MATURITY DATE:
CUSIP NO:
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
DOLLARS
The City of Port Townsend, Washington, a municipal corporation organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws and Constitution of the State of 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 specified above, unless redeemed prior thereto as provided herein, together with interest
on such Principal Amount from the date hereof or the most recent date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for at the Interest Rate set forth above payable June 1, 2003, and
semiannually thereafter on each December 1 and June 1 until payment of the principal sum has
been made or duly provided for. Both principal of and interest on this bond are payable in lawful
money of the United States of America. For so long as the bonds of this issue are held 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 Blanket Issuer Letter of
Representations from the City to The Depository Trust Company. In the event that the bonds of
this issue are no longer held in fully immobilized form, interest on this bond shall be paid by
check or draft mailed to the Registered Owner at the address appearing on the Bond Register on
the 15th day of the month preceding the interest payment date, and principal of this bond shall be
payable upon presentation and surrender of this bond by the Registered Owner at the principal
office of the fiscal agency of the State of Washington in New York, New York (the "Bond
Registrar").
This bond is one of an issue of limited tax gene. ral obligation bonds of the City of like
date and tenor, except as to number, interest rate and date of maturity, in the aggregate principal
amount of $3,465,000, issued pursuant to Ordinance No. 2812 of the City, passed on September
16, 2002 (the "Bond Ordinance"), to provide financing for renovation of an historic city hall and
construction of a new City Hall Annex, and various other capital improvements.
The City has reserved the right to redeem the bonds of this issue maturing on and after
December 1, 2013, on or after December 1, 2012 in whole or in part (maturities to be selected by
the City and by lot within a maturity in such manner as DTC or the Bond Registrar shall
determine) on any date thereafter, at par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption.
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The bonds of this issue maturing on December 1, 2022 shall be redeemed prior to
maturity by lot (or paid at maturity), not later than December 1 in the years 2018 through 2022
(to the extent such Bonds have not been previously redeemed or purchased) and in the principal
amounts set forth below, without premium, together with the interest accrued to the date fixed
· for redemption.
Year Amount
* Final Maturity
2018 $ 270,000
2019 280,000
2020 295,000
2021 310,000
2022* 325,000
Notice of any such intended redemption shall be given not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior to the redemption date by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Registered Owner
of any bond to be redeemed at the ad&ess appearing on the Bond Register. The requirements of
the Bond Ordinance shall be deemed to be complied with when notice is mailed as herein
provided, regardless of whether or not it is actually received by the owner of any bond. Interest
on all such bonds so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on the date fixed for redemption
unless such bond or bonds so called for redemption are not redeemed upon presentation made
pursuant to such call.
Portions of the principal sum of this bond in installments of $5,000 or any integral
multiple thereof may also be redeemed in accordance with the schedule set forth above, and if
less than all of the principal sum hereof is to be redeemed, upon the surrender of this bond at the
principal office of the Bond Registrar there shall be issued to the Registered Owner, without
charge therefor, for the then unredeemed balance of the principal sum hereof, at the option of the
owner, a bond or bonds of like maturity and interest rate in any of the denominations authorized
by the Bond Ordinance.
The City has designated the bonds of this issue as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for
purchase by financial institutions.
The City has irrevocably covenanted with the owner of this bond that it will annually
include in its budget and levy taxes, within and as a part of the tax levy permitted to cities
without a vote of the electorate, upon all the property subject to taxation in amounts sufficient,
together with other money legally available therefor, to pay the principal of and interest on this
bond as the same shall become due. The full faith, credit and resources of the City are hereby
irrevocably pledged for the annual levy and collection of such taxes and the prompt payment of
such principal and interest.
The pledge of tax levies for payment of principal of and interest on the bonds may be
discharged prior to maturity of the bonds by making provision for the payment thereof on the
terms and conditions set forth in the Bond Ordinance.
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The bonds of this issue are issued in fully registered form in the denomination of $5,000
each or any integral multiple thereof, provided that no bond shall represent more than one
maturity. Upon surrender to the Bond Registrar, bonds are interchangeable for bonds in any
authorized denomination of an equal aggregate principal amount and of the same interest rate
and maturity. This bond is transferable only on the records maintained by the Bond Registrar for
that purpose upon the surrender of this bond by the registered owner hereof or his/her duly
authorized agent and only if endorsed in the manner provided hereon, and thereupon a new fully
registered bond of like principal amount, maturity and interest rate shall be issued to the
transferee in exchange therefor. Such exchange or transfer shall be without cost to the registered
owner or transferee. The City may deem the person in whose name this bond is registered to be
the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of the principal of and interest on
this bond and for any and all other purposes whatsoever.
Reference also is made to the Bond Ordinance as more fully describing the covenants
with and the rights of Registered Owners of the bonds or registered assigns and the meanings of
capitalized terms appearing on this bond which are defined in such ordinance.
This bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any
security or benefit under the Bond Ordinance (as hereinafter defined) until the Certificate of
Authentication hereon shall have been manually signed by the Bond Registrar.
It is hereby certified and declared that this bond is issued pursuant to and in strict
compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington and ordinances of the
City, that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of
this bond and the bonds of this issue have happened, been done and performed, and that this
bond and the bonds of this issue do not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Port Townsend, Washington, has caused this bond
to be signed on behalf of the City with the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, to be
attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Clerk of the City, and the seal of the City to
be reproduced or impressed hereon, as of this October 1, 2002.
(SEAL)
CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,
WASHINGTON
By
/s/manual or facsimile
[Mayor/Manager]
ATTEST:
/s/manual or facsimile
Clerk of the City
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The Certificate of Authentication for the Bonds shall be in substantially the following
form and shall appear on each Bond:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Date of Authentication:
This bond is one of the City of Port Townsend, Washington, Limited Tax General
Obligation Bonds, 2002, dated October 1, 2002.
WASHINGTON STATE FISCAL
AGENCY, as Bond Registrar
By
Authorized Signer
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAXPAYER
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF TRANSFEREE
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(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code of Transferee)
the within bond and all rights thereunder and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint
of , or its successor,
as Agent to transfer said bond on the books kept by the Bond Register for registration thereof,
with full power of substitution in the premises.
DATED:
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be
guaranteed pursuant to law.
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NOTE: The signature on this Assignment
must correspond with the name of the
Registered Owner as it appears upon the
face of the within bond in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any
change whatever.
SECTION 11. Execution of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the
City with the manual or facsimile signature of the Manager or Mayor, attested by the manual or
facsimile signature of the City Clerk, and shall have the seal of the City impressed or imprinted
thereon. In case either or both of the officers who have signed or attested any of the Bonds cease
to be such officer before such Bonds have been actually issued and delivered, such Bonds shall
be valid nevertheless and may be issued by the City with the same effect as though the persons
who had signed or attested such Bonds had not ceased to be such officers, and any Bond may be
signed or attested on behalf of the City by officers who at the date of actual execution of such
Bond are the proper officers, although at the nominal date of execution of such Bond such officer
was not an officer of the City.
Only Bonds that bear a Certificate of Authentication in the form set forth in Section 10,
manually executed by the Bond 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 Bonds so authenticated have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered and are
entitled to the benefits of this ordinance.
In case either of the officers of the City who shall have executed the Bonds shall cease to
be such officer or officers of the City before the Bonds so signed shall have been 'authenticated
or delivered by the Bond Registrar, or issued by the City, such Bonds may nevertheless be
authenticated, delivered and issued and upon such authentication, delivery and issuance, shall be
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as binding upon the City as though those who signed the same had continued to be such officers
of the City. Any Bond may also be signed and attested on behalf of the City by such persons as
at the actual date of execution of such Bond shall be the proper officers of the City although at
the original date of such Bond any such person shall not have been such officer.
SECTION 12. Project Fund; Application of Proceeds of Bonds. A special account is
hereby created in the City Hall Project Fund of the City (the "Project Fund"). The Project Fund
shall be used to pay the costs of the acquisition and capital improvements described in Section 2.
'At the time of delivery of the Bonds, the proceeds of the Bonds shall be deposited as
follows:
(a) The accrued interest, if any, to the date of delivery shall be deposited to
the Bond Account and used to pay a portion of the interest on the Bonds on June 1, 2003.
(b) The remaining proceeds shall be deposited into the Project Fund and used
to pay the costs of the projects described in Section 2 hereof and all costs incidental thereto and
to the issuance of the Bonds.
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 projects, may be used to
pay costs of other legally authorized capital expenditures of the City or shall be deposited in the
Bond Account. Money in the Project Fund may be invested as permitted by law. All interest
earned and profits derived from such investments shall be retained in and become a part of the
Project Fund or deposited into the Bond Account.
SECTION 13. Sale of the Bonds. The Council finds that the purchase contract that has
been distributed to the Council is reasonable and that it is in the best interest of the City that the
Bonds shall be sold upon the conditions set forth in the purchase contract. The City accepts the
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purchase contract and authorizes the Finance Director, Mayor or City Manager to execute the
purchase contract and deliver it to Martin Nelson & Company, Inc. (the "Underwriter"). The
Bonds shall be issued and delivered to the Underwriter upon payment of the purchase price
specified in the purchase contract.
SECTION 14. Official Statement. The City approves the preliminary official statement
presented to the Council and ratifies the Underwriter's distribution of the preliminary official
statement in connection with the offering of the Bonds. Pursuant to the Rule, the City deems the
preliminary official statement final as of its date except for the omission of information
dependent upon the pricing of the Bonds and the completion of the bond purchase contract. The
City agrees to cooperate with the Underwriter to deliver or cause to be delivered, within seven
business days from the date of the sale of the Bonds and in sufficient time to accompany any
confirmation that requests payment from any customer of the Underwriter, copies of a final
official statement in sufficient quantity to comply with paragraph (b)(4) of the Rule and the rules
of the MSRB. The City authorizes the Underwriter to use the official statement, substantially in
the form of the preliminary official statement, in connection with the sale of the Bonds. The
Finance Director, Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized to review and approve on
behalf of the City the final official statement relative to the Bonds with such additions and
changes as may be deemed necessary or advisable to them.
SECTION 15. Undertaking to Provide Ongoing DisclOsure.
(a) Contract/Undertaking. This section constitutes the City's written
undertaking for the benefit of the owners of the Bonds 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 Bonds.
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(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 Bonds, 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 Bonds;
· Modifications to the rights of Bond owners;
· Bond calls (optional, contingent or unscheduled Bond 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 Bonds; and
· Rating changes.
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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 Bonds.
(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 Bonds. 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 Bonds 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) Bond Owner's Remedies Under This Section. The right of any bondowner
or beneficial owner of Bonds 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 Bonds. 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 Bonds, including persons holding Bonds through nominees or depositories.
SECTION 16. Bond Insurance.
(a) Acceptance of Insurance. In accordance with the offer of the Underwriter
to purchase the Bonds, the City Council hereby approves the commitment of the Insurer to
provide a bond insurance policy guaranteeing the payment when due of principal of and interest
on the Bonds (the "Bond Insurance Policy"). The City Council further authorizes and directs all
proper officers, agents, attorneys and employees of the City Council to cooperate with the
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Insurer in preparing such additional agreements, certificates, and other documentation on behalf
of the City Council as shall be necessary or advisable in providing for the Bond Insurance
Policy.
(b) Payments Under the Bond Insurance Policy. As long as the Bond
Insurance Policy shall be in full force and effect, the City and the Bond Registrar agree to
comply with the following provisions:
(1) If, at least one day prior to an interest payment date, the City or the
Bond Registrar determines that there will be insufficient funds in the Bond Account to pay the
principal of or interest on the Bonds on such interest payment date, the City or the Bond
Registrar shall so notify the Insurer. Such notice shall specify the amount of the anticipated
deficiency, the Bonds to which such deficiency is applicable and whether such Bonds will be
deficient as to principal or interest, or both. If the City or the Bond Registrar has not so notified
the Insurer at least one day prior to an interest payment date, the Insurer will make payments of
principal or interest due on the Bonds on or before the first business day next following the date
on which the Insurer shall have received notice of nonpayment from the City or the Bond
Registrar.
(2) The City or the Bond Registrar shall, after giving notice to the
Insurer as provided in subsection (1) above, make available to the Insurer and, at the Insurer's
direction, to The Bank of New York, as insurance trustee for the Insurer or any successor
insurance trustee (the "Insurance Trustee"), the registration books of the City maintained by the
Bond Registrar, and all records relating to the Bond Account maintained under this ordinance.
(3) The City or the Bond Registrar shall provide the Insurer and the
Insurance Trustee with a list of registered owners of Bonds entitled to receive principal or
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interest payments from the Insurer under the terms of the Bond Insurance Policy, and shall make
arrangements with the Insurance Trustee (i) to mail checks or drafts to the registered owners of
Bonds entitled to receive full or partial interest payments from the Insurer, and (ii)to pay
principal on Bonds surrendered to the Insurance Trustee by the registered owners of Bonds
entitled to receive full or partial principal payments from the Insurer.
(4) The City or the Bond Registrar shall, at the time it provides notice
to the Insurer pursuant to subsection (1) above, notify registered owners of Bonds entitled to
receive the payment of principal or interest thereon from the Insurer (i) as to the fact of such
entitlement, (ii)that the Insurer will remit to them all or a part of the interest payments next
coming due upon proof of Bond holder entitlement to interest payments and delivery to the
Insurance Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Insurance Trustee, of an appropriate assignment of
the registered owner's right to payment, (iii) that should they be entitled to receive full payment
of principal from the Insurer, they must surrender their Bonds (along with an appropriate
instrument of assignment satisfactory to the Insurance Trustee to permit ownership of such
Bonds to be registered in the name of the Insurer) for payment to the Insurance Trustee, and not
the Bond Registrar, and (iv) that should they be entitled to receive partial payment of principal
from the Insurer, they must surrender their Bonds for payment thereon first to the Bond
Registrar, who shall note on such Bonds the portion of the principal paid by the Bond Registrar,
and then, along with an appropriate instrument of assignment satisfactory to the Insurance
Trustee, to the Insurance Trustee, which will then pay the unpaid portion of principal.
(5) In the event that the Bond Registrar has notice that any payment of
principal of or interest on a Bond which has become due for payment and which is made to a
Bond holder by or on behalf of the City has been deemed a preferential transfer and theretofore
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recovered from its registered owner pursuant to the United States Bankruptcy Code by a trustee
in bankruptcy in accordance with the final, nonappealable order of a court having competent
jurisdiction, the Bond Registrar shall, at the time the Insurer is notified pursuant to subsection (1)
above, notify all registered owners that in the event that any registered owner's payment is so
recovered, such registered owner will be entitled to payment from the Insurer to the extent of
such recovery if sufficient funds are not otherwise available, and the Bond Registrar shall furnish
to the Insurer its records evidencing the payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds which
have been made by the Bond Registrar and subsequently recovered from registered owners and
the dates on which such payments were made.
(6) In addition to those rights granted the Insurer under this ordinance,
the Insurer shall, to the extent it makes payment of principal of or interest on Bonds, become
subrogated to the rights of the recipients of such payments in accordance with the terms of the
Bond Insurance Policy, and to evidence such subrogation (i) in the case of subrogation as to
claims for past due interest, the Bond Registrar shall note the Insurer's rights as subrogee on the
registration books of the City maintained by the Bond Registrar upon receipt from the Insurer of
proof of the payment of interest thereon to the registered owners of the Bonds, and (ii) in the
case of subrogation as to claims for past due principal, the Bond Registrar shall note the Insurer's
rights as subrogee on the registration books of the City maintained by the Bond Registrar upon
surrender of the Bonds by the registered owners thereof together with proof of the payment of
principal thereof.
(7) While the Bond Insurance Policy is in effect, the City shall furnish
to the Insurer:
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(a) as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, a copy of any
financial statement and a copy of any audit and annual report of the City at no cost to the Insurer;
(b) a copy of any notice to be given to the ~registered owners of
the Bonds, including, without limitation, notice of any redemption of or defeasance of Bonds,
and any certificate rendered pursuant to this ordinance relating to the security for the Bonds at no
cost to the Insurer; and
(c) such additional information it may reasonably request.
(8) The City shall notify the Insurer of any failure of the City to
provide relevant notices and certificates.
(9) The City will permit the Insurer to discuss the affairs, finances and
accounts of the City or any information the Insurer may reasonably request regarding the security
for the Bonds with appropriate officers of the City. The City will permit the Insurer to have
access to and to make copies of all books and records relating to the Bonds at any reasonable
time.
(10) The Insurer shall have the right to direct an accounting at the
City's expense, and the City's failure to comply with such direction within 30 days after receipt
of written notice of the direction from the Insurer shall be deemed a default hereunder; provided,
however, that if compliance cannot occur within such period, then such period will be extended
so long as compliance is begun within such period and diligently pursued, but only if such
extension would not materially adversely affect the interests of any registered owner of the
Bonds.
(11) Notwithstanding any other provision, of this ordinance, the City
shall immediately notify the Insurer if at any time there are insufficient moneys to make any
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payments of principal and/or interest as required and immediately upon the occurrence of any
event of default hereunder.
(c) Rights of Insurer.
(1) Any provision of this ordinance expressly recognizing or granting
rights in or to the Insurer may not be amended in any manner which affects the rights of the
Insurer without the prior written consent of the Insurer.
(2) Unless otherwise provided in this section, the Insurer's consent
shall be required in addition to Bond holder consent, when required, for the following purposes:
(i) execution and delivery of any amendment, supplement or change to or modification of this
ordinance; (ii)removal of the Bond Registrar and selection and appointment of any successor
Bond Registrar other than a successor state fiscal agent; and (iii) any initiation or approval of any
action not described in (i) or (ii) above which requires Bond holder consent.
(3) Any reorganization or liquidation plan with respect to the City
must be acceptable to the Insurer. In the event of any reorganization or liquidation, the Insurer
shall have the right to vote on behalf of all Bond holders who hold Ambac Assurance-insured
Bonds absent a default by the Insurer under the Bond Insurance Policy.
(4) Anything in this ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, upon
the occurrence and continuance of an event of default as defined herein, the Insurer shall be
entitled to control and direct the enforcement of all rights and remedies granted to the Bond
holders or the Bond Registrar for the benefit of the Bond holders.
(5) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event that
the principal and/or interest due on the Bonds shall be paid by the Insurer pursuant to the Bond
Insurance Policy, the Bonds shall remain outstanding for all purposes, not be defeased or
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otherwise satisfied and not be considered paid by the City and all covenants, agreements and
other obligations of the City to the registered owners shall continue to exist and shall run to the
benefit of the Insurer, and the Insurer shall be subrogated to the rights of such registered owners.
(6) To the extent that this ordinance confers upon or gives or grants to
the Insurer any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this ordinance, the Ifisurer is hereby
explicitly recognized as being a third-party beneficiary hereunder and may enforce any such
right, remedy or claim conferred, given or granted hereunder.
SECTION 17. General Authorization; Ratification of Prior Acts. The Finance Director,
Mayor and City Manager and other appropriate officers of the City are authorized to take any
actions and to execute documents as in their judgment may be necessary or desirable in order to
carry out the terms of, and complete the transactions contemplated by, this ordinance. All acts
taken pursuant to the authority of this ordinance but prior to its effective date are hereby ratified.
SECTION 18. Severability. If any provision in this ordinance is declared by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision shall be null and void and shall
be deemed separable from the remaining provisions of this ordinance and shall in no way affect
the validity of the other provisions of this ordinance or of the Bonds.
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SECTION 19. Effective Date. This
publication as provided by law.
ADOPTED by the City Council of
September 16, 2002.
ATTEST:
City Clerk
ordinance shall be effective five days after its
the City of Port Townsend, Washington, this
CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND,
WASHINGTON
~>r
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, Clerk of the City of Port Townsend, Washington (herein called the
"City") and keeper of the records of the City Council of the City (herein called the "Council"),
DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
1. That the attached ordinance is a true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 2812 of
the City (herein called the "Ordinance"), as finally passed at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City held on September 16, 2002 and duly recorded in my office.
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
quorum of the Council was present throughout the meeting and a legally sufficient nUmber of
members of the City Council voted in the proper manner for the passage of said Ordinance; that
all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper adoption or passage of said
Ordinance have been duly fulfilled, carried out and otherwise observed, and that I am authorized
to execute this certificate.
DATED this September 16, 2002.
ity Clerk
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