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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-303-4 /28/2014(This Notice to be posted) NOTICE AND CALL OF PUBLIC MEETING Governmental Body: The City Council of the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa. Date of Meeting: April 28, 2014. Time of Meeting: 5:30 P.M. Place of Meeting: Law Court Theater, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa. PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the above mentioned governmental body will meet at the date, time and place above set out. The tentative agenda for the meeting is as follows: Not To Exceed $8,000,000 General Obligation Bonds (ECP) Resolution fixing date for a meeting on the proposition to issue. Such additional matters as are set forth on the additional 7 page(s) attached hereto. This notice is given at the direction of the Mayor pursuant to Chapter 21, Code of Iowa, and the local rules of the governmental body. —1 L 'flza- Suzy Sches, CMC City Cler April 28, 2014 The City Council of the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa, met in regular session, in the Law Court Theater, Waterloo Center for the Arts, 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: Cole, Jones, Schmitt, Lind, Morrissey, Welper, Hart Absent: none - 1 - Council Member Hart introduced the following Resolution entitled "RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES) OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, STATE OF IOWA, AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICE THEREOF", and moved that the same be adopted. Council Member Welper seconded the motion to adopt. The roll was called and the vote was, AYES: Cole, Jones, Schmitt, Lind, Morrissey, Welper, Hart NAYS: none Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 2014-303 RESOLUTION FIXING DATE FOR A MEETING ON THE PROPOSITION OF THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES) OF THE CITY OF WATERLOO, STATE OF IOWA, 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 $8,000,000, 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 projects 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 THE CITY OF WATERLOO, STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. That this Council meet in the Law Court Theater, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa, at 5:30 P.M., on the 12t' day of May, 2014, for the purpose of taking action on the matter of the issuance of not to exceed $8,000,000 General Obligation Bonds for essential corporate purposes of the City, the proceeds of which bonds will be used to provide funds to pay costs of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, improvement, and equipping of works and facilities useful for the collection, treatment and disposal of sewage and -2- industrial waste in a sanitary manner, including Service Area #15 improvements and third filter press and dewatering building improvements; 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 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 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; the acquisition and demolition of dangerous or dilapidated buildings, structures or properties. 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 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 the bonds shall be in substantially the following form: MIE 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 $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS (FOR ESSENTIAL CORPORATE PURPOSES) OF THE CITY, AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa, will hold a public hearing on the 12th day of May, 2014, at 5:30 P.M., in the Law Court Theater, Waterloo Center for the Arts, Waterloo, Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance of not to exceed $8,000,000 General Obligation Bonds for an essential corporate purpose of said City, in order to provide funds to pay costs of the 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 Service Area #15 improvements and third filter press and dewatering building improvements; 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 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 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; the acquisition and demolition of dangerous or dilapidated buildings, structures or properties. 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 this meeting or at any adjournment thereof, take additional action for the issuance of bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue 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 28th day of April, 2014. Suzy Sch es, CMC City Clerk PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28t` day of April, 2014. ATTEST: Suzy SchA s, CMC City Clerk -5- 7 Ernest G. Clark, Mayor CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) 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 City 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 Council 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 City hereto affixed this 28b day of April, 2014. < � 2. �' - : � V1 , r, r, e:: -It -My Sc ares, CMC City Clerk (SEAL) CERTIFICATE STATE OF IOWA ) ) SS COUNTY OF BLACK HAWK ) 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 $8,000,000 General Obligation Bonds) 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 County, and that the Notice was published in all of the issues thereof published and circulated on the following date: April 29, 2014. WITNESS my official signature at Waterloo, Iowa, this 28th day of April, 2014. '�- i.-TA14q..e.4.:�? Suzy S hares, CMC City Clerk (SEAL) 01015911-1\11310-101 STATE OF 1OWA5 } I do solemnly swear that the annexed copy of legal City of Waterloo Proposed issuance not to exceed $8,000,000 general Black Hawk County, SS obligation bonds Notice was published in the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, a daily newspaper printed in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, once commencing on the 29th day of April, 2014 in the name of said newspaper, and NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY that the annexed rate of advertised is the regular legal COUNCIL THE own ON WATER- LOOOSTATE OF THE rate of said newspaper, and that the following is a MATTER OF THE PROPOSED ISSU- ANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $8,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS (FOR correct bill for publishing said notice. ESSENTIAL: CORPORATE PURPOSES) OF THE CITY, AND THE HEARING ON THE ISSUANCE THEREOF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the puold a bl'cf eai.pg on the 12th day oState of Iowa, willf May, Printer's Bill $33.31 2014, at 5,30 P.M., .in the Law Court Theater Waterloo Center for the Arts Waterloo, Iowa, at which meeting the Council proposes to take additional action for the issuance not to ..exceed O $8,000,000 General Obligation $grids for an essential corporate purpose of said City, in order to provide funds to pay Signed costs of the acquisition, construction, g reconstruction, extension,improvement, and: egmppng of works and facilities useful for the collection, treatment and disposal ofewage and industrial waste. in a sanitary manner, including Service Area 915 improvements and third filter Subscribed and sworn to before me this I press and dewatering building improve- ments; the acquisition, improvement and installation lof traffic control devices, signage, fixtures, equipment and improve- reDay of 14 nts, including but not limited to traffic A.D., 20 signal, traffic safety and street light fixtures, connections, and facility improve- ments; the acquisition of vehicles and equipmentet the Police, Fire Rescue and Street [departments; the rehabilitation and improvement of City parks and the acquisition repair and replacement of Notary Public facilities, equipment and Improvements commonly found in City parks; the construction, reconstruction and repairing of street, sidewalk, alley, public ground, marketplace; bridge, pedestrian under- Received of pass and overpass repairs and recon- struction, and intersection improvements; the acquisition, constructionand improve- ment of real and personal property useful for the protection of property from floods or high wafters, including. flood control, levees, embankments, waterway, storm water and ;drainage _improvements; the removal or replacement of dead or the sum of diseased trees; the acquisition .and demolition of dangerous or dilapidated buildings,structures or properties. At the above meeting the Council shall receive'orat or written objections from any, Dollars. resident or (property owner of. the City, to the above action. After all objections have been received and considered, the Council will at this meeting or at any adjournment thereof, takeadditional t' In full for publication of the above notice. ' action for the issuance of bonds or will abandon the proposal to issue bonds, This notice is given by order of the .City Council of the City of Waterloo, State of Iowa,. de provided by Section 384.25 of ���� MCKSTIT9 the Code of Iowa: 1 I�1 Dated this 28th day of April, 2014. w*°r�4 °a Suzy Schares, City Clerk COMMISSION NO.782413 City of Waterloo, State of Iowa rIBES pis:" �'tlGl !