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HomeMy WebLinkAbout26148-01.11.1979 RESOLUTION NO. 2 6 1 4 8 A RESOLUTION providing for the issuance of $4 ,985,000 Corporate Purpose Bonds and providing for the levy of taxes to pay the same. WHEREAS it is necessary and for the best interests of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and its inhabitants that certain streets be paved and other street improvements be constructed in said City and the estimate of said paving and street improvements aggregates $535 ,000 , and these improvements constitute an "essential corporate purpose" within the meaning of Section 384 . 24 (3a) of the Code of Iowa, 1977, as amended, and it is proposed that the cost thereof be paid through the issuance of General Obligation Bonds of the City; and WHEREAS it is necessary and for the best interests of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and its inhabitants that works and facilities useful for the collection and disposal of sewage in a sanitary manner and for the collection and disposal of surface waters be constructed in and for said City and the estimated cost of such sanitary and storm sewer works and facilities is $75 ,000 and the construction thereof constitutes an "essential corporate purpose" within the meaning of Section 384 . 24 (3d) of the Code of Iowa, 1977 , as amended, and it is proposed that the cost thereof be paid through the issuance of General Obligation Bonds of the City; and WHEREAS it is necessary and for the best interests of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, and its inhabitants that real and personal property useful for the protection of property in said City from the effects of flood waters be acquired, constructed and improved and it is estimated that the cost thereof will aggregate $725 ,000 and the acquisiton, construction and improvement of such property constitutes an "essential corporate purpose" within the meaning of Section 384 . 24 (3i) of the Code of Iowa, 1977 , as amended, and it is proposed that the cost thereof be paid through the issuance of General Obligation Bonds of the City; and WHEREAS a notice of the intention of this City Council to take action for the issuance of $1, 335 ,000 Corporate Purpose Bonds to pay the cost of paving and other street improvements to the amount of $535,000 , sanitary and storm sewer works and facilities to the amount of $75,000 , and flood protection property to the amount of $725 ,000 , has heretofore been duly published, and a public hearing has been held on the issuance of said Corporate Purpose Bonds and no oral or written objections have been filed or made; and WHEREAS at an election duly called and held on the 8th day of November, 1977 over 60% of the qualified voters of the City of Waterloo, Iowa voting thereon approved the proposition of issuing bonds in an amount not exceeding $3, 650 , 000 for the purpose of acquiring the old Post Office Building located at the corner of West Park Ave. and Commercial Street in said City and reconstruct- ing, equipping and improving that building for use as a Public Library; and WHEREAS under the provisions of Section 384 . 28 of the Code of Iowa, 1977, as amended, separate categories of essential corporate purposes and general corporate purposes may be incorporated in a single issue of bonds and authorized pursuant to a single resolution of the City Council, and it is necessary and for the best interests of said City that all of said bonds be sold and issued as a single issue of $4 ,985 ,000 Corporate Purpose Bonds; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, as follows : Section 1. That pursuant to and as authorized by Sections 384. 23 et seq. of the Code of Iowa, 1977 , as amended, there shall be and there is hereby ordered issued the negotiable Corporate Purpose Bonds of said City of Waterloo in the principal amount of Four Million Nine Hundred Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($4 ,985, 000), -2- said bonds to be nine hundred ninety-seven (997) in number, be numbered consecutively from 1 to 997 , both numbers included, of the denomination of $5 ,000 each, and to be dated February 1, 1979 . That the bonds of said issue shall bear interest from the date thereof at the rates hereinafter specified, such interest being payable November 1, 1979 , and semiannually thereafter on the first days of May and November in each year until the principal thereof is paid. Said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and attested by the City Clerk and the seal of said City affixed, and be registered as to issuance by the City Treasurer and a certificate of such registration endorsed thereon. Interest on said bonds shall be evidenced by coupons thereto attached and maturing on the several days when such interest matures, which coupons shall be executed with the facsimile signature of the City Clerk and said City Clerk, by the execution of said bonds, shall adopt as and for her proper signature her facsimile signature appearing on said coupons . Both principal and interest of said bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the City Treasurer in and of the City of Waterloo, Iowa. Said bonds shall become due and payable in their numerical order on May 1 of each of the respective years and shall bear interest at the rates as follows : Year Amount Bond Numbers Rate of Interest 1981 $135, 000 1- 27 6«3/4 1982 200 ,000 28- 67 6.3/4 % 1983 250 ,000 68-117 6-3/4 % 1984 300 , 000 118-177 6.40 % 1985 350 , 000 178-247 5.1/4 % 1986 400 ,000 248-327 5-1/4 1987 450 ,000 328-417 5.30 % 1988 500 ,000 418-517 5.30 % 1989 600, 000 518-637 5°30 % 1990 600 ,000 638-757 5.30 % 1991 600 ,000 758-877 5°30 5.30 % 1992 600 ,000 878-997 -3- Section 2 . That each of said bonds be subject to registration as to principal in the name of the holder on the books of the City Treasurer, such registration being noted upon each bond so registered, and after such registration payment of the principal thereof shall be made only to the registered holder. Any bond so registered, upon the request in writing of such holder personally or by attorney-in-fact, may be transferred either to a designated transferee or to bearer, and the principal of any bond so transferred and registered to bearer shall thereupon be and become payable to bearer in like manner as if such bond had never been registered. Registration of any bonds as to principal shall not restrain the negotiability of the coupons thereto attached by delivery merely. Section 3. That said bonds, coupons and provisions for registration be in substantially the following form: (Form of Bond) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK CITY OF WATERLOO CORPORATE PURPOSE BOND No. $5000 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Waterloo, in the County of Black Hawk and State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay to bearer, or if this bond be registered as to principal, to the registered holder hereof, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5000) on the first day of May, 19 , with interest on said sum from the date hereof at the rate of per cent ( %) per annum, payable November 1, 1979 and semiannually thereafter on the first days of May and November in each year until said principal sum is paid, all such interest as may accrue on and prior to the maturity of this bond to be paid on presentation and -4- surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as they severally mature. Both principal and interest of this bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of the City Treasurer in and of the City of Waterloo, Iowa. This bond is one of a series of bonds issued by the City of Waterloo pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Sections 384 . 23 et seq. and Chapter 76 of the Code of Iowa, 1977 , and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council of said City duly passed, approved and recorded, for various essential and general corporate purposes in said City. It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts , conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa to exist, to be had, to be done, or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this bond, were and have been properly existent, had, done and performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable property within said City for the payment of the principal and interest of this bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith, credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of said City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of said City, including this bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations. This bond is subject to registration as to principal in the name of the holder on the books of the City Treasurer of said City, such registration to be evidenced by notation of said Treasurer on the back hereof, and after such registration no transfer hereof, except upon such books and similarly noted hereon, shall be valid unless the last registration shall have been to bearer. Registration hereof shall not affect the negotiability of the coupons hereto attached, which shall continue negotiable by delivery merely. -5- IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, said City, by its City Council, has caused this bond to be signed by its Mayor and attested by its City Clerk, with the seal of said City affixed, and the coupons hereto attached to be executed with the facsimile signature of said City Clerk, which official by the execution of this bond does adopt as and for her proper signature her facsimile signature appearing on said coupons, all the first day of February, 1979 . Mayor of the City of Waterloo, Iowa Attest: City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Iowa (Form of Coupon) No. $ On , 19 , the City of Waterloo, in Black Hawk County, Iowa, will pay to bearer at the office of the City Treasurer, Waterloo, Iowa, the amount shown hereon, for interest due that date on its Corporate Purpose Bond, dated February 1 , 1979 , No. City Clerk (Form for Registration of Ownership) Date of Name of Signature of Registration Registered Owner City Treasurer On the back of each bond there shall be endorsed a certificate of the City Treasurer in the following form: City Treasurer' s Certificate The issue of this bond has been duly and properly recorded in my office as of the first day of February, 1979 . Treasurer of the City of Waterloo, Iowa -6- Section 4 . That said bonds be executed as herein provided as soon after the adoption of this resolution as may be and thereupon they shall be delivered to the Treasurer of said City, who shall register the fact of the issuance of same in a book provided for that purpose and shall deliver said bonds to the purchaser, as determined by this Council, upon receipt of the purchase price, the same to be not less than the par value of said bonds with accrued interest thereon, all action heretofore taken in connection with the sale and award of said bonds being hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Section 5. That the principal proceeds of the sale of said bonds shall be devoted to and used with due diligence for the completion of the facilities for which said bonds are hereby authorized to be issued. Said City of Waterloo certifies and covenants with the purchasers and holders of said bonds from time to time outstanding that, so long as any of said bonds remain outstanding, moneys on deposit in any fund or account in connection with said bonds, whether or not such moneys were derived from the prcceeds of the sale of said bonds or from any other sources , will not be used in a manner which will cause such bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 103 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 , as amended, and any lawful regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder, including Sections 1. 103-13, 1. 103-14 and 1. 103-15 of the Income Tax Regulations, as the same presently exist, or may from time to time hereafter be amended, supplemented or revised. The City reserves the right, however, to make any investment of such moneys permitted by state law if, when and to the extent that said Section 103 (c) or regulations promulgated thereunder shall be repealed or relaxed or shall be held void by final decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, but only if any investment made by virtue of such repeal, relaxation or decision would not, in the opinion of counsel of recognized competence in such matters , result in making the interest on said bonds subject to federal income taxation. The Mayor or the City Clerk be and is -7- hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver, for and on behalf of said City of Waterloo, in connection with the delivery of said bonds to the purchaser thereof, such certificate or certificates as shall be appropriate to demonstrate that said bonds are not arbitrage bonds. Section 6 . That as required by Chapter 76 of the Code of Iowa and for the purpose of providing for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof at maturity, there be and there is hereby ordered levied on all the taxable property within said City a direct annual tax for each of the years while said bonds or any of them are outstanding, in amounts sufficient for that purpose, and that there be and there is hereby levied upon all the taxable property in said City the following direct annual tax, to-wit: In the year 1979 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1980 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 344,516o96for interest; In the year 1980 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1981, tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 410,612fo' principal and interest; In the year 1981 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1982 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 4669500 for principal and interest; In the year 1982 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1983, a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 503,,000 for principal and interest; In the year 1983 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1984 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 536,125 for principal and interest; In the year 1984 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1985 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 566,925 for principal and interest; In the year 1985 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1986 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 5982550 for principal and interest; In the year 1986 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1987 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 6279550 for principal and interest; In the year 1987 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1988 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 653_1,700 for principal and interest; -8- In the year 1988 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1989 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 727,200 for principal and interest; In the year 1989 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 695,400 for principal and interest; In the year 1990 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1991, a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 6632600 for principal and interest; In the year 1991 for collection in the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1992 , a tax sufficient to produce the sum of $ 631,800 for principal and interest; A certified copy of this resolution shall be filed with the County Auditor of Black Hawk County and said Auditor shall be and is hereby instructed in and for each of the years 1979 to 1991, inclusive , to enter for collection and assess the tax hereby authorized. When annually entering said taxes for collection, the County Auditor shall include the same as a part of the tax levy for debt service fund purposes of said City, and when collected, the proceeds of said taxes shall be converted into the debt service fund of said City and set aside therein as a special account to be used solely and only for the payment of principal and interest of the bonds hereby authorized and for no other purposes whatsoever. That the principal or interest coming due at any time when there are insufficient funds on hand to pay the same be promptly paid when due from current funds on hand, and reimbursement be made to such current funds in the sums thus advanced when the taxes herein provided shall have been collected. Section 7 . That this resolution become effective immediately upon its passage and approval and that all resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. -9- Passed and approved January 11, 1979 . Mayor Attest: City Clerk Recorded January 11 , 1979 . City Clerk 1 -10-