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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2293 Issuance and Sale of LID #1 BondsORDINANCE NO. ~?~ AN ORDINANCE of the City Council of Port Townsend, Washington, authorizing the issuance and sale of Local Improvement District No. 1 Bonds in the principal amount of $347,054.06; providing the form, terms, conditions and covenants of said Bonds; providing for the sale thereof; and providing for the disposition of the proceeds of the sale. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Port Townsend, Washington (the "City"), ~y Ordinance No. 2097, passed on January 19, 1988, created Local Improvement District No. 1 (the "District"), created a special fund of the City (the "LID No. 1 Fund"), and provided for the issuance of local improvement district bonds and interim short-term obligations to pay the cost of improvements in the District and the expenses incidental thereto; and WHEREAS, confirmed in ordinance and in the following amount: LID No. 1 the assessment roll for the District has been the manner required by law by the following Ordinance Amount Confirming Amount of Amount of Unpaid Roll Assess. ment Prepaid Assessments 2282 $416,932.46 $69,878.40 $347,054.06 WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and desirable that the City issue Local Improvement District No. 1 Bonds in the amount of $347,054.06 to repay the Local Improvement District Bond Anticipation Notes in the principal amount of $450,000 (the "Notes") and to pay part of the costs of the improvements made in the District; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Definitions. As used in this ordinance the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context: "Assessments" means the assessments levied in Local Improve- ment District No. 1, which assessments are pledged to be paid into the LID No. 1 Fund, including installments thereof and any interest and penalties due or which may become due thereon. "Bonds" means the Local Improvement District No. 1 Bonds, 1992 authorized by this ordinance to be issued. "Bond Reqister" means the books or records maintained by the Bond Registrar containing the name and mailing address of the owner of each Bond or nominee of such owner and the principal amount and number of Bonds owned by each owner or nominee. "Bond Registrar" means the fiscal agents of the State of Washington in Seattle, Washington, and New York, New York, for the purposes of registering and authenticating the Bonds, main- raining the Bond Register, effecting the transfer of ownership of the Bonds, and paying the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same become due and payable. -2- NMN569 92/04/02 "Bond Year" means the one year period beginning on the date of issuance of the Bonds and ending one year later and each subsequent one year period. "City" means the City of Port Townsend, Washington, a munic- ipal corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington. "Computation Date" means the Installment Computation Date or the Final Computation Date. "Council" means the general legislative authority of the City as the same shall be duly and regularly constituted from time to time. "District" means Local Improvement District No. 1 of the City. "Final Computation Date" means the date that the last Bond is discharged. A Bond is discharged on the date that all amounts due under the terms of the Bond are actually and unconditionally due if cash is available at the place of payment and no interest accrues with respect to the Bond after such date. "Guaranty Fund" means the Guaranty Fund of the City authorized and maintained pursuant to Ch. 35.54 RCW. "Improvements" means the improvements made and to be made within the District as described in Ordinance No. 2097. "Installment Computation Date" means the last day of the fifth Bond Year and of each succeeding fifth Bond Year. 3 NMN569 92/04/02 "LID No. 1 Fund" means the Local Improvement District No. 1 Fund created by Ordinance No. 2097 of the City. "Nonpurpose Payments" means, in general, any payment with respect to an investment allocated to the Bonds. The following types of payments are specifically included: a) Direct Payments. The amount of gross proceeds of the Bonds directly used to purchase the investment. Direct payments do not include brokerage commissions, administrative expenses or similar expenses. (b) Constructive Payments. The fair market value (as of the date of allocation to the Bonds) of any investment that was not directly purchased with gross proceeds of the Bonds, but which is allocated to the Bonds. (c) Payments of Rebatable Arbitrage. Any payment of Rebatable Arbitrage if such payment is made no later than the due date for such payment. "Nonpurpose Receipts" means, in general, any receipt with respect to an investment allocated to the Bonds. The following types of receipts are specifically included: (a) Actual Receipts. Any amount actually or constructively received with respect to an investment. Actual receipts may not be reduced by selling commissions, administrative expenses or similar expenses. (b) Disposition Receipts. An amount determined by treating an investment that ceases to be allocated to the Bonds (other -4- NMN569 92/04/02 than by reason of a sale or retirement) as if sold for fair market value on the date that the investment ceases to be allocated to the Bonds. (c) Installment Date Receipts. The fair market value (or, for fixed rate investments, present value) of all investments allocated to the Bonds at the close of business on any Computation Date. (d) Imputed Receipts. Any receipts that are required to be imputed and taken into account pursuant to Section 1.148-5T of the Temporary Income Tax Regulations or any successor Temporary or Final Income Tax Regulations. "Rebate Computation Certificate" means the certificate executed by the City setting forth the methodology for computation of Rebatable Arbitrage. Section 2. Authorization of Bonds. After payment in full of the Notes previously issued to provide funds for the making of improvements in the District, all money received by the City in payment of, penalties, if any, and interest on the Assessments levied in the District shall be paid into the LID No. 1 Fund and used to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds, and as security for such payment the LID No. 1 Fund is hereby pledged. For the purpose of repaying the Notes and paying the costs of the Improvements, the City shall issue its Local Improvement District No. 1 Bonds, 1992 (the "Bonds") in the aggregate principal amount of $347,054.06. The Bonds shall be dated as of - 5 - NMN569 92/04/02 April 15, 1992, shall be numbered in the manner set forth below and with any additional designation as the Bond Registrar deems necessary for the purpose of identification and control, shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each or any integral multiple thereof except for Bond No. 1, which shall be in the denomination of $7,054.06, and shall bear interest from their date at the rates set forth on the offer to purchase the Bonds that is attached to this ordinance and incorporated herein by reference. Interest shall be payable annually beginning April 15, 1993, and annually thereafter on the 15th day of April of each year, and shall mature April 15, 2004: Bond Nos. Amounts 1-9 $47,054.06 10-18 45,000.00 19-27 45,000.00 28-35 40,000.00 36-43 40,000.00 44-50 35,000.00 51-56 30,000.00 57-61 25,000.00 62-65 20,000.00 66-69 20,000.00 The Bonds shall be obligations only of the LID No. 1 Fund and the Guaranty Fund of the City and shall not be general obligations of the City. Both the principal of and interest on the Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Inter- est on the Bonds shall be paid by check or draft mailed to registered owners or assigns at the addresses appearing on the - 6- NMN569 92/04/02 Bond Register as of the first day of the month in which an interest payment is due. Principal of the Bonds shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of the Bonds by the registered owners at the principal offices of the Bond Registrar. Section 3. Bond Register and Exch~nqe of Bond~. The Bond Register shall be maintained by the Bond Registrar, and shall contain the name and mailing address of the owner or owners of each Bond or nominee of such owner or owners and the principal amount and number of Bonds held by each owner or nominee. Upon surrender thereof to the Bond Registrar, the Bonds are interchangeable for Bonds in any authorized denomination of an equal aggregate principal amount and of the same interest rate and maturity. Bonds may be transferred only if endorsed in the manner provided thereon and surrendered to the Bond Registrar. Such exchange or transfer shall be without cost to the owner or transferee. Section 4. Redemption. The Bonds shall be redeemed at par in advance of their scheduled maturity, by application of Assess- ments and prepayments thereof, in whole or in part in numerical order, on any interest payment date whenever there shall be suf- ficient money in the LID No. 1 Fund to pay the same and all Bonds which mature at such time, over and above an amount sufficient for the payment of the interest next accruing on all unpaid Bonds. The Bonds are callable from Assessments only through April 15, 1997 and thereafter from Assessments and other funds -7- NMN569 92/04/02 deposited into the LID No. 1 Fund. The Bond Registrar shall maintain a system of numbering which shall permit reissued and/or transferred Bonds to be called in accordance with their original number at the time of issuance. Notice of any such intended redemption shall be given not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the registered owner of any Bond to be redeemed at the address appearing on the Bond Register. The requirements of this section 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 any Bond so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on the date fixed for redemption unless such Bond or Bonds so called are not redeemed upon presentation made pursuant to such call. Section 5. Payment of Assessments and Interest on Assess- ments. The City has heretofore levied Assessments payable into the LID No. 1 Fund by Ordinance No. 2282 in the total amount of $416,932.46, of which $69,878.40 was prepaid prior to the passage of this ordinance and $347,054.06 remains payable in ten equal annual installments together with interest and penalties thereon in the manner and at the times specified in the ordinance confirming the assessment roll for the District. The balance of Assessments remaining unpaid at the end of the thirty-day -8- Nt, tN569 92/04/02 prepayment period shall bear interest at a rate which is 1/2% greater than the net effective interest rate on the Bonds. Both principal of and interest on the Bonds are payable solely out of the LID No. 1 Fund and from the Local Improvement Guaranty Fund of the City. Section 6. Form of Bonds. tially the following form: NO. REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: INTEREST RATE- The Bonds shall be in substan- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF WASHINGTON CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 BONDS, 1992 MATURITY DATE: April 15, 2004 Laws of Washington 1965, part, as follows: Chapter 7, § 35.45.070 provides, in Neither the holder nor owner of any bond, interest coupon, or warrant issued against a local improvement fund shall have any claim therefor against the city or town by which it is issued, except for payment from the special assessments made for the improvement for which the bond or warrant was issued and except also for payment from the local improvement guaranty fund of the city or town as to bonds issued after the creation of a local improvement guaranty fund of the city or town. The city or town shall not be liable to the holder or owner of any bond, interest coupon, or warrant for any loss to the local improvement guaranty fund occurring in the lawful operation thereof. The City of Port Townsend, Washington, a municipal corporation of the State of Washington, hereby promises to pay to the registered owner hereof solely out of the sources referred to -9- NHN569 9:~/04./02 herein, on the Maturity Date set forth above, the Principal Amount set forth above in lawful money of the United States of America, with interest on the unpaid balance hereof from the date hereof at the Interest Rate per annum set forth above payable April 15, 1993, and annually thereafter on April 15 of each year until payment of the principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Interest on this Bond is payable by check or draft mailed on the date such interest is due to the registered owner hereof at the address appearing on the bond registration books of the City as of the 1st day of the month in which an interest payment is due. Principal payments shall be made to the registered owner hereof only upon presentation and surrender of this bond at the office of the fiscal agent of the State of Washington in Seattle, Washington or New York, New York (the "Bond Registrar"). This Bond, both principal and interest, is payable only out of the Local Improvement District No. 1 Fund (the "LID No. 1 Fund") created by Ordinance No. 2097 of the City, and from the local improvement guaranty fund of the City created pursuant to Chapter 209, Session Laws, 1927, and acts amendatory thereof. The City has irrevocably obligated and bound itself to pay into the LID No. 1 Fund all assessments levied within LID No. 1. The owner of this Bond shall have no claim therefor against the City of Port Townsend except for payment from the special assessments made for the improvements for which this Bond was issued, and except as against the local improvement guaranty fund of the City, and the City shall not be liable to any owner of such Bond for any loss to the guaranty fund occurring in the lawful operation thereof by the City. The remedy of the owner of this Bond in case of nonpayment of either principal or interest shall be confined to the enforcement of .the assessments and to the guaranty fund. The Bonds are not general obligations of the City. The Bonds have been designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations." 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, and that acts, conditions, and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond have happened, been done, and performed. 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 its Mayor, to be attested by the - 10 - N##569 92/04/02 manual or facsimile signature of its Clerk, and the official seal of the City to be impressed or imprinted hereon this 15th day of April, 1992. CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, WASHINGTON SEAL ATTEST: By Mayor City Clerk CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION Date of Authentication: This bond is one of the bonds described in the within-men- tioned Bond Ordinance and is one of the Local Improvement District No. 1 Bonds, 1992, of the City of Port Townsend. Washington State Fiscal Agency, Bond Registrar By Authorized Officer ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS This Bond is one of an issue aggregating the principal sum of $347,054.06 authorized by Ordinance No. __of the City and is issued to pay for improvements in Local Improvement District No. 1. The Bonds of this issue are subject to redemption in advance of their scheduled maturity, in whole or in part, in numerical order, at par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption, on any interest payment date whenever there shall be sufficient money in the LID No. 1 Fund to pay the same and all Bonds of Local Improvement District No. 1 prior in number to the last Bond to be redeemed over and above an amount sufficient for the payment of the interest next accruing on the unpaid Bonds of Local Improvement District No. 1. Notice of any such intended redemption shall be given by mail to the registered owners of the bonds to be redeemed at the addresses appearing on the bond registration books maintained by the Bond Registrar not more than 60 nor fewer than 30 days prior to such redemption date. - 1 1 - NMN569 92/04/02 This Bond is transferable only upon the bond registration books of the Bond Registrar maintained for that purpose, upon the surrender of this Bond by the registered owner hereof or his or her agent duly authorized in writing, together with a written instrument of assignment in form, attached hereto, duly executed by the registered owner or his or her duly authorized agent, for re-registration on the bond registration books and on the registration certificate on this Bond. The Bond Registrar and 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. ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF TRANSFEREE (Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code, of Transferee) the within bond and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint of or its successor, as Bond Registrar to transfer said bond on the books kept for registration thereof with full power of substitution in the premises. DATED: SIGNATURE GUARANTEED: 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 par- ticular, without alteration or enlarge- ment or any change whatever. -12- N##569 92/04/02 Section 7. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be signed on behalf of the City by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, shall be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk, and shall have the corporate seal of the City impressed or imprinted. Only such Bonds as shall bear thereon a Certificate of Authentication in the form hereinbefore recited, manually executed by the Bond Registrar, shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to the benefits of ~his ordinance. Such Certificate of Authentication shall be conclusive evidence that the Bonds 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 Bonds shall cease to be such officer or officers of the City before the Bonds so signed shall have been authenticated or deli- vered 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 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 per~on shall not have been such officer of the City. -13- NMN569 92/04/02 Section 8.. Bond Registrar. The Bond Registrar shall be the fiscal agencies of the State of Washington. The Bond Registrar shall keep, or cause to be kept, sufficient books or records for the registration and transfer of the Bonds. The Bond Registrar is authorized to authenticate and deliver the 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 pow- ers and duties under this ordinance. Section 9. Defeasance. In the event that money and/or "Government Obligations" (as now or hereafter defined in RCW Ch. 39.53 or its successor statute, if any) maturing at such time or times and bearing interest to be earned thereon in amounts (together with such money if necessary) sufficient to redeem and retire the Bonds or any of them in accordance with their terms are set aside in a special account to effect such redemption or retirement and such money and/or the principal of and interest on such obligations are irrevocably set aside and pledged for such purpose, then no further payments need be made into the LID No. 1 Fund for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds so provided for, and the owners of such Bonds shall cease to be entitled to any lien, benefit or security of this ordinance except the right to receive the funds so set aside and pledged, and such Bonds shall be deemed not to be outstanding hereunder. Section 10. Sale of the Bonds. The offer dated April 6, 1992 for sale of the Bonds to Seattle-Northwest Securities - 1 4 - NMN569 92/04/02 Corporation, Seattle, Washington is hereby authorized and approved. The appropriate City officials are hereby authorized and directed to do everything necessary for the prompt issuance, execution and delivery of the Bonds and for the proper application and use of the proceeds thereof. Section 11. Bonds Designated "Qualified Tax-Exempt Obliga- tions.'' The Bonds are hereby designated as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for purposes of Section 265(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. Section 12. Lost or Destroyed Bonds. In case the Bonds or any of them shall be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Bond Registrar may execute and deliver a new Bond or Bonds of like amount, date, and tenor to the registered owner thereof upon the owner paying the expenses and charges of the City and the Bond Registrar in connection therewith and upon his/her filing with the Bond Registrar evidence satisfactory to said Bond Registrar that such Bond or Bonds were actually lost, stolen or destroyed and of his/her ownership thereof, and upon furnishing the Bond Registrar with indemnity satisfactory to such Bond Registrar. Section 13. Bonds Not Arbitrage Bonds; Not Private Activity Bonds; Special Designation. The City covenants and agrees that throughout the term of the Bonds no part of the proceeds of the Bonds or any other moneys or obligations held under this ordinance shall at any time be used for any purpose or invested in such a manner, nor shall the City take any other action, which - 15 - NMN569 92/04/02 would cause the Bonds to be (i) "arbitrage bonds" under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") or (ii) "private activity bonds" under the Code. The City hereby designates the Bonds as "qualified tax- exempt obligations" under Section 265(b) of the Code. The City does not expect to issue tax-exempt obligations in an aggregate principal amount in excess of $10,000,000 during calendar year 1992. Section 14. Arbitraqe Rebate. (a) General Rule. The City will pay to the United States of America in accordance with the provisions of this section (i) at least 90% of the Rebatable Arbitrage with respect to the Bonds as of each Installment Computation Date, (ii) 100% of the Rebatable Arbitrage with respect to the Bonds as of the Final Computation Date and (iii) any income attributable to such Rebatable Arbitrage. (b) Computation of Rebatable Arbitraqe. The Rebatable Arbitrage with respect to the Bonds computed in accordance with the Rebate Computation Certificate and, as of each Computation Date, will be the excess of: (i) The future value of all Nonpurpose Receipts with respect to the Bonds; over (ii) The future value of all Nonpurpose Payments with respect to the B°nds. The future value will be computed as of each Computation Date. - 16 - NMN569 92/04/02 (c) Payment Procedure. (i) The payment of Rebatable Arbitrage due as of each Installment Computation Date will be paid no later than the date that is 60 days after the Installment Computation Date. (ii) The payment of Rebatable Arbitrage due as of the Final Computation Date will be paid no later than the latest of (a) the date that is 60 days after the Final Computation Date, (b) the date that is 8 months after the date of issuance of the Bonds, or (c) the date 60 days after the earlier of the date that the City no longer expects to spend gross proceeds of the Bonds within 6 months of the date of issuance of the Bonds or 12 months after the date of issuance of the Bonds. (iii) Each payment of Rebatable Arbitrage will be made to the Internal Revenue Service Center, Philadelphia. Pennsylvania 19225 and will be accompanied by IRS Form 8038-T. (d) Other Methodology. Notwithstanding this Section 14, payments of Rebatable Arbitrage will be made in accordance with instructions provided by Preston Thorgrimson Shidler Gates & Ellis or other nationally recognized bond counsel if necessary to maintain the federal income tax exemption for interest payments made on the Bonds. Section 15. Severability. If any one or more of the cove- nants or agreements provided in this ordinance to be performed on -17- NMN569 92/06,/02 the part of the City shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such covenant or cove- nants, agreement or agreements, shall be null and void and shall be separable from the remainin~ covenants and a~reements in this ordinance and shall in no way affect the validity of the other provisions of this ordinance or of the Bonds. Section 16. Prior Acts. Any act taken pursuant to the authority of this ordinance but prior to its effective date is hereby ratified and confirmed. Section 17. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five days from its passage and publication as required by law. PA~SED by the City Council at a regular meetin9 held this 6th day of April, 1992. ATTEST: City Clerk '/yor - WASHINGTON -18- NMN569 92/04./02