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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 10382CITY OF DALLAS ORDINANCE NO. CITY OF FOR,T~ORDINANCE NO . ~~ AN ORDINANCE PASSED CONCURRENTLY BY THE CITY COUNCILS, RESPECTIVELY, OF THE CITIES OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE CREATION OF A NON-PROFIT AIRPORT FACILITY IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION TO ACT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIES OF DALLAS AND FORT WORTH, TEXAS. WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (the "Board") have requested the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas (the "Cities"} to approve the Articles of Incorporation of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Facility Improvement Corporation (the "Corporation") in accordance with the requirements of Article 46d-14, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended (the "Act10) ; and, WHEREAS, the Cities are duly created Cities of the State of Texas and are "public agencies" under the Act and are parties to a joint action agreement executed under the Act. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the Articles of Incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Facility Improvement Corporation (copy attached and made a part hereof for all purposes) are hereby approved. SECTION 2. This Ordinance may be executed in counterparts, and when duly passed by both Cities, and separate counterparts are duly executed by each City, the Ordinance shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE DALLAS CITY COUNCIL THIS DAY OF , 1989. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Analeslie Muncy, City Attorney, City of Dallas, Texas PASSED , 1989 Mayor, City of Fort Worth, Texas (SEAL) ATTEST: City Secretary, City of Fort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY City Attorney, City of Fort Worth, Texas i ARTICLES ®F INC®PLP~RATI®N ®F DALLAS-F®ItT WOItT~I INTEItNATI®NAL AIRP®I~T FACILITY INIPI~®VEIVIENT CDItI'ORATION i~lE, T~ IIN®BItSIG~D natural persons, not less than three in number, each of whom is at least 18 years of age, and no less than two of which are citizens of the State of Texas, acting as incorporators of a public instrumentality and non-profit airport facility financing corporation under Article 46d Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended (the "Act"), with the approval of the governing bodies of the Cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas which are parties to a joint action agreement executed pursuant to Subsection 14 (b) of the Act (the 10Cities°1) , do hereby adopt the following Articles of Incorporation for the Corporation: Article ®®e The name of the corporation is "Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Facility Improvement Corporation" (the "Corporation10) . Article Two The Corporation is a non-profit corporation, and is a non-profit airport facility financing corporation under the Act. ~°ticle ~r~ The period of duration of the corporation is perpetual. ~rtacle F®ur The Corporation is organized exclusively for the purposes of benefiting anc3 accomplishing the public purposes of, and to act on behalf of, the Cities, and for the specific purpose of providing financing to pay the costs, including all direct and indirect costs, capitalized interest, and reserves therefor, of any of the airport facilities authorized by Subsection 2(a) of the Act in order to benefit the operation, ®conomic development or revenue requirements of the Aallas--Fort Worth International Airport. In addition to the powers provided ita the Act, the Corporation shall have all of the aeiditional powers granted to non-profit corporations by the Texas 23on-Profit Corporations Act (Article 1396-1.~1 et. seq. Vernon°s Texas Civil Statutes) and by all other laws applicable to non-profit corporations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall have no power or authority to perform any act contrary to the then existing and duly adopted resolutions of the Gallas-Fort Worth International Airport Board. The Corporation is a constituted authority and a public instrumentality within the meaning of the regulations of the United States Treasury Department and the rulings ~of the Internal Revenue Service prescribed and promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Corporation is authorized to act on behalf of the 2 Cities as provided in these Articles of Incorporation. However, the Corporation is not a political subdivision or political corporation of the State of Texas within the meaning of its constitution and laws, including without limitation Article III, Section 52 of said constitution, said no agreements, bonds, debts or obligations of the Corpora° tion are or shall ever be deemed to be the agreements, bonds, debts or obligations, or the lending of credit, or a grant of public m®ney or thing of value, of ®r by the Cities, or any other political corporation, subdivision or agency of the State of Texas, or a pledge of the faith and credit of any og them. .uncle Fier The Corporation has no members and is a non-stock corporation. A~r4iele Snac These Articles of Incorporation may at any time and from time to time be amended as provided in the Act and Article 1396-1.®1, et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended (the "Texas Non-profit Corporations Act"), so as to make any changes therein and add any provisions thereto which might have been included in the Articles of Incorporation in the first instance. The members of the board of directors of the Corporation shall .file, with the governing bodies of the Cities a written application requesting approval ®f the amendments to the Articles of 3 Incorporation, specifying in such application the amendments proposed to be made, such governing bodies shall consider such application and, if it shall by appropriate concurrent ordinance duly find and determine that it is advisable that the proposed amendments be made and shall approve the form of the proposed amendments, then the board of directors of the Corporation may amend the Articles of Incorporation by adopting such amendments at a meeting of the board of directors and delivering articles of amendment or restated articles to the Secretary of State as provided in the Texas Non-profit Corporations Act. Article Seven The street address of the initial registered office of the Corporati®n is 3200 E. Airfield Drive, Dallas-Fort Worth Airport, Texas 75261, and the name of its initial registered agent at such address is Debra Sue Singleton. Aaticfle Ei~t The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a board of directors which shall be composed in its entirety of persons appointed by the Board of Directors of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport the "Jo].nt Board'°). Except for the initial number and terms of office set forth herein, the number of directors and the terms of office of the directors shall be fixed by the By-laws of the Corporation. The names and street addresses of the persons who are to serve as the initial directors and the dates of 4 expiration of their initial terms as directors, are as follows: DATE OF EXPIRATION OF NAMES A~,Y~RESSES TERM Oris W Dunham, Jr 3908 Fox Glen Drive Ir~ring, TX 75062 9-30-1991 Vernell Sturns 612 Highwoods Trails Fort Worth, TX 76112 9-30-1991 Richard Petit 3902 Pembrooke Parkway West Colleyville, TX 76034 9-30-1991 James Ellingsworth 855 East Ash Lane #1708 Euless, TX 76039 9-30-1991 James Chubbuck 10565 Pagewood Dallas, 1'X 75230 9-30-1991 Each director shall hold office for the term for which he is appointed and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified unless sooner removed or resigned. Each director, including the initial directors, shall be eligible for reappointment. Directors are removalale by the Joint Board for cause or at will. The directors shall serve as such without compensation except that they ~ha11 be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in, the performance of their duties as directors. .any vacancy occurring on the board of directors through death, resignation or otherwise shall be filled by appointment by the Joint Board to hold office until the expiration of the term. 5 Article Nine. The name and street address of each incorporator are,: Oris W. Dunham, Jr. Vernell Sturns Richard Petit James Ellingsworth James Chubbuck DD~tESS 3908 Fox Glen Drive, Irving, TX 75062 612 Highwoods Trails Fort Worth, TX 76112 3902 Pembrooke Parkway West Colleyville, TX 76034 855 East Ash Lane #1708 Euless, TX 76039 10565 Pag~wood Dallas, TX 75230 Article e'en The Cities have specifically authorized the Corporation by Concurrent ordinance to act on its behalf to further the public purposes stated in these Articles of Incorporation, and the Cities have by said Concurrent ®rdinance. approved these Articles of Incorporation. A copy of said Concurrent Ordinance is attached to these Articles of Incorporation as Exhibit A hereto and made a part hereof for all purposes. Article eleven No dividends shall ever be paid by the Corporation and no part of its net earnings remaining after payment of its expenses shall be distributed to or inure to the benefit of 6 its directors or officers or any individual, firm, corporation or association, except in reasonable amounts for services rendered. ~ticle ~vely~ If the Corporation ever should be dissolved when it has, or is entitled to, any interest in any funds or property of any kind, real, personal or mixed, such funds or property or ricyhts thereto shall not be transferred to private ownership, but shall be transferred and delivered to the Joint Board for the benefit of the Cities in their respective ownership shares of the Dallas-°Fort -Worth International Airport under the Contract and Agreement, dated and effective April 15, 1968, as amended, after satisfaction or pr®vision for satisfaction of debts and clai~-s. ~~~~ .,, V THE STATE OF TEXAS g COUNTY OF ~ Before• me, a Notary Peablic in and for the above State of Texas, on this day, personally appeared Oris ti+l. Dunham, Jr., Vernel Sturns, Richard Petit, James Ellingsworth, James Chubbuck, who, each being by me first duly sworn, severally declared that they are the persons who signed the foregoing documents as incorporators, and that the statements therein contained are tnae. Given under my hand and, seal of office this day of ,, A.D. 1989. 1 Notary Public, State of Texas My Commission Expires (SEAL) ~~t MAB fER FILE R ALCOUNTINt)~ Z ~i~~p ®~' 1F®~°~ ~®~°~~,, ~C~~~~ TRANSPORTATION~PUBLIC. RK =~ ~~ ~~~ ~®~~~ e~ ,~D®~~~~ e~~~ o®~ MAYER ADMINISTRATION 4 e.{~ (((~jLLL ((~/ (~jL (fiL 1AANAGEMENT ~ERDACES~ REFERENCE NUMBER clrY MannoE .p 0 9/ 0 5/ 8 9 G- 8 2 0 3 t~-w•r RECOh1P1ENDATION suB.iECT ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE APPROVING ~ PAGE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF DFW AIR- ,of 1 It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance approving the Articles of Incorporation of the DFW Airport Facility Improvement Corporation. DISCUSSION The Board of Directors of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport has requested that the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas approve the Articles of Incorporation of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Facility Improvement Corporation in accordance with the requirements of Article 46-d, Vernon's Civil Statutes, as amended. The requested action would approve the creation of a nonprofit airport facility improvement corporation under Subsection 14(b) of Article 46-d. The corporation would be utilized to provide financing for the cost of airport facilities such as real and personal property, buildings and equipment related to servicing aircraft or for the accommodation of air travelers, which would benefit the operation, economic development or revenue requirements of DFW International Airport. No agreements, bonds, debts or obligations of the corporation would ever be deemed to be obligations of the cities of Fort Worth or Dallas or a pledge of their credit. The Board of Directors of the corporation would be composed of five persons appointed by the DFW International Airport Board. The initial Directors would be Oris W. Dunham, Jr., Vernell Sturns, Richard Petit, James Ellingsworth and James Chubbuck. DAI i/6 Attachr~ent APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL SE ~ 5 ~s8s City Secretary of the City of Pon Worth, Texa• SUBMITTED FOR T.HE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE BY ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT HEAD David Ivor Wade Adkins DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. ^ APPROVED ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) PROCESSED BY CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Ad~p#ed Ordinance No ~~ CONTACT lel ~ r~ Ir i n c ~ F. n n ~ DATE