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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-327-5/11/2015 ITEMS TO INCLUDE ON AGENDA CITY OF WATERLOO, IOWA Not To Exceed$10,750,000 General Obligation Bonds (ECP) • Resolution fixing date for a meeting on the proposition to issue. NOTICE MUST BE GIVEN PURSUANT TO IOWA CODE CHAPTER 21 AND THE LOCAL RULES OF THE CITY. May 11, 2015 The City Council of the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa, met in open session, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa, at 5:30 P.M., on the above date. There were present Mayor Ernest G. Clark, in the chair, and the following named Council Members: Carolyn Cole, David Jones Steve Schmitt Tom Lind Pat Morrissey, and Ron Welper Absent: Hart - 1 - Council Member Morrissey introduced the following Resolution entitled 'RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $10,750,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, STATE OF IOWA (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES),AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF", and moved that the same be adopted. Council Member Wel er seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Cole, Jones, SchmittLind Morrissey, and Welper NAYS: None Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 2015-327 FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $10,750,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, STATE OF IOWA (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES),AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa, should issue General Obligation Bonds,to the amount of not to exceed$10,750,000, as authorized by Section 384.25, of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of carrying out essential corporate purpose project(s) as hereinafter described; and WHEREAS, before the Bonds may be issued, it is necessary to comply with the provisions of the Code, and to publish a notice of the proposal to issue such bonds and of the time and place of the meeting at which the Council proposes to take action for the issuance of the Bonds and to receive oral and/or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to such action. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF WATERLOO, STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. That this Council meet in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa, at 5:30 P.M., on the 26u'day of May, 2015, for the purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $10,750,000 General Obligation Bonds, for essential corporate purposes,the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide funds to pay the costs of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, and equipping of works and facilities useful for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and industrial waste in a sanitary manner, including East Side Interceptor, Dry Run Creek, FEQ overflow; the - 2 - acquisition, improvement and installation of traffic control devices, signage, fixtures, equipment and improvements, including but not limited to traffic signal, traffic safety and street light fixtures, connections, and facility improvements; the acquisition of vehicles and equipment for the Police, Fire Rescue and Street Departments; the rehabilitation and improvement of City parks and the acquisition, repair and replacement of facilities, equipment and improvements commonly found in City parks; the removal,replacement and planting of trees in parks and public grounds; the construction, reconstruction and repairing of street, sidewalk, alley, public ground, marketplace, bridge,pedestrian underpass and overpass repairs and reconstruction, and intersection improvements;the acquisition, construction and improvement of real and personal property useful for the protection of property from floods or high waters, including flood control, levees, embankments, waterway, storm water and drainage improvements; the removal or replacement of dead or diseased trees; and the acquisition and demolition of dangerous or dilapidated buildings, structures or properties, or funding multi-family housing assistance. Section 2. To the extent any of the projects or activities described in this resolution may be reasonably construed to be included in more than one classification under Division III of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa, the Council hereby elects the "essential corporate purpose" classification and procedure with respect to each such project or activity,pursuant to Section 384.28 of the Code of Iowa. Section 3. That the Clerk is hereby directed to cause at least one publication to be made of a notice of the meeting, in a legal newspaper,printed wholly in the English language, published at least once weekly, and having general circulation in the City. The publication to be not less than four clear days nor more than twenty days before the date of the public meeting on the issuance of the Bonds. Section 4. The notice of the proposed action to issue bonds shall be in substantially the following form: - 3 - (To be published on or before: May 12, 2015) NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, STATE OF IOWA, ON THE MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $10,750,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE CITY(FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES),AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the Ci Council of the Ci of Waterloo,oo State of City , Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 26th day of May, 2015, at 5:30 P.M., in the Council Chambers Cit Hall, 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo,Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed$10,750,000 General Obligation Bonds, for essential corporate purposes, to provide funds to pay the costs of acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, and equipping of works and facilities useful for the collection,treatinent and disposal of sewage and industrial waste in a sanitary manner, including East Side Interceptor, Dry Run Creek, FEQ overflow;the acquisition, improvement and installation of traffic control devices, signage, fixtures, equipment and improvements, including but not limited to traffic signal, traffic safety and street light fixtures, connections, and facility improvements; the acquisition of vehicles and equipment qfor the Police Fire Rescue � and Street Departments; the rehabilitation and improvement of City parks and the acquisition, repair and replacement of facilities, equipment and improvements commonly found in City parks; the removal, replacement and planting of trees in parks and public grounds;the construction,reconstruction and repairing of street, sidewalk, alley,public ground, marketplace, bridge,pedestrian underpass and overpass repairs and reconstruction, and intersection improvements; the acquisition, construction and improvement of real and personal property useful for the protection of property from floods or high waters, including flood control, levees, embankments,waterway, storm water and drainage improvements;the removal or replacement of dead or diseased trees; and the acquisition and demolition of dangerous or dilapidated buildings, structures or properties, or funding multi-family housing assistance. At the above meeting the Council shall receive oral or written objections from any resident or property owner of the City to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered,the Council will at the meeting or at any adjournment thereof,take additional action for the issuance of the Bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue said Bonds. This notice is given by order of the City Council of the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa, as provided by Section 384.25 of the Code of Iowa. Dated this 11'x'day of May, 2015. 4uzy=Sr,h es, City Clerk, City of Waterloo, State of Iowa (End of Notice) -4 - PASSED AND APPROVED this I I"' day of May 15. C Ernest G. Clark, Mayor ATTEST: i Suzy Sch fes, City Clerk I - 5 - CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK SS ) I, the undersigned City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa, do hereby certify that attached is a true and complete copy of the portion of the corporate records of the City showing proceedings of the Council, and the same is a true and complete copy of the action taken by the Council with respect to the matter at the meeting held on the date indicated in the attachment, which proceedings remain in full force and effect, and have not been amended or rescinded in any way; that meeting and all action thereat was duly and publicly held in accordance with a notice of public hearing and tentative agenda, a copy of which was timely served on each member of the Council and posted on a bulletin board or other prominent place easily accessible to the public and clearly designated for that purpose at the principal office of the Council (a copy of the face sheet of the agenda being attached hereto)pursuant to the local rules of the Council and the provisions of Chapter 21, Code of Iowa,upon reasonable advance notice to the public and media at least twenty-four hours prior to the commencement of the meeting as required by law and with members of the public present in attendance; I further certify that the individuals named therein were on the date thereof duly and lawfully possessed of their respective city offices as indicated therein,that no vacancy existed except as may be stated in the proceedings, and that no controversy or litigation is pending,prayed or threatened involving the incorporation, organization, existence or boundaries of the City or the right of the individuals named therein as officers to their respective positions. WITNESS my hand and the seal of the Council hereto affixed this 11th day of Mav ) 2015. Suzy Sc es, ity Clerk, City of Waterloo, State of owa (SEAL) I i CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK SS ) I,the undersigned, do hereby certify that I am now and was at the times hereinafter mentioned, the duly qualified and acting Clerk of the City of Waterloo, in the County of Black Hawk, State of Iowa, and that as such Clerk and by full authority from the Council of the City, I have caused a NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Not To Exceed$10,750,000 General Obligation Bonds (ECP) of which the clipping annexed to the publisher's affidavit hereto attached is in words and figures a correct and complete copy, to be published as required by law in the "Waterloo Courier", a legal newspaper published at least once weekly,printed wholly in the English language, published regularly and mailed through the post office of current entry for more than two years and which has had for more than two years a bona fide paid circulation recognized by the postal laws of the United States, and has a general circulation in the City, and that the Notice was published in all of the issues thereof published and circulated on the following date: May 12, 2015. WITNESS my official signature at Waterloo, Iowa, this 12th day of May , 2015. Suzy Sch es, City Clerk, City of Waterloo, State of I wa (SEAL) 01106637-1\11310-109