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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 6959 ORDINANCE NO. 4 ?,a AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF ONE MILLION, NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,900,- 000.00) OF SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND SEWAGE DIS- POSAL PLANT BONDS, SERIES 1974B, OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BEARING INTEREST AT THE RATES HEREINAFTER SET FORTH, AND PROVIDING FOR THE LEVY, ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF A TAX SUFFICIENT TO PAY THE INTEREST ON SAID BONDS AND TO CREATE A SINKING FUND FOR THE REDEMPTION THEREOF AT MA- TURITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER THE DATE OF ITS PASSAGE. WHEREAS, it is deemed advisable and to the best inter- est of the City of Fort Worth that certain improvement bonds authorized at an election previously held in said City be sold at this time, the date of the election, amount of bonds authorized thereat, purpose, amount of bonds previously sold, and the amount now to be sold being as follows: DATE OF AMOUNT AMOUNT PREVIOUSLY AMOUNT NOW ELECTION AUTHORIZED PURPOSE SOLD OFFERED Sept. 8, 1970 $9, 500,000 Sanitary $4, 300, 000 $1, 900,000 Sewer System and Sewage Disposal Plant NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That the bonds of said City to be called "Sanitary Sewer System and Sewage Disposal Plant Bonds, Series 1974B, " be issued under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and the Charter of said City, for the following purpose, to wit: for the purpose of making permanent city im- provements by improving, extending and enlarging the sani- tary sewer system and sewage disposal plants of said City and acquiring the necessary lands therefor, which bonds aggregate in principal amount the sum of One Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1, 900, 000.00) . SECTION 2. That said bonds shall be numbered from one (1) to three hundred and eighty (380) , both inclusive, of the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) each, aggregating One Mil- lion, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1, 900, 000.00) . SECTION 3. That said bonds shall be dated March 1, 1974, and shall become due and payable serially as follows: Bond Numbers Maturity Dates Amounts 1 to 16, both incl. March 1, 1975 $80, 000.00 17 to 32, both incl. March 1, 1976 80, 000.00 33 to 48, both incl. March 1, 1977 80, 000.00 49 to 64, both incl. March 1, 1978 80, 000.00 65 to 80, both incl. March 1, 1979 80, 000.00 81 to 95, both incl. March 1, 1980 75,000.00 96 to 110, both incl. March 1, 1981 75,000.00 111 to 125, both incl. March 1, 1982 75, 000.00 126 to 140, both incl. March 1, 1983 75, 000.00 141 to 155, both incl. March 1, 1984 75, 000.00 156 to 170, both incl. March 1, 1985 75, 000.00 171 to 185, both incl. March 1, 1986 75,000.00 186 to 200, both incl. March 1, 1987 75,000.00 201 to 215, both incl. March 1, 1988 75,000.00 216 to 230, both incl. March 1, 1989 75,000.00 231 to 245, both incl. March 1, 1990 75, 000.00 246 to 260, both incl. March 1, 1991 75, 000.00 261 to 275, both incl. March 1, 1992 75, 000.00 276 to 290, both incl. March 1, 1993 75, 000.00 291 to 305, both incl. March 1, 1994 75, 000.00 306 to 320, both incl. March 1, 1995 75, 000.00 321 to 335, both incl. March 1, 1996 75,000.00 336 to 350, both incl. March 1, 1997 75,000.00 351 to 365, both incl. March 1, 1998 75, 000.00 366 to 380, both incl. March 1, 1999 75, 000.00 SECTION 4. That the bonds payable subsequent to March 1, 1989, shall be redeemable prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the City, on March 1, 1989, or on any in- terest payment date subsequent to March 1, 1989, upon the following terms and conditions, viz. : (1) The bonds called for redemption on any March 1 must include all of the bonds then outstanding or must be the outstanding bonds bearing the highest identifying numbers; (2) the redemption price shall be par and accrued interest to date of redemption; and (3) at least thirty days prior to the date upon which such redemp- tion is to be made, a notice of intention to make such re- demption, describing the bonds to be redeemed, must be pub- lished at least once in a financial journal of national circu- lation published in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City and State of New York. Such option may be exercised by ordinance or resolution duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be con- strued to limit or affect the right of the City to purchase, with any moneys lawfully available for such purpose, any of the outstanding bonds at a price less than the redemption price hereinbefore prescribed. Notice having been given by publication in the manner provided herein, the bonds called for redemption shall become due and payable on the redemption date designated in the notice at the redemption price de- termined, as provided herein, and upon presentation and sur- render thereof at the place of payment thereof, together with all appurtenant coupons maturing subsequent to the redemption date, such bonds shall be paid at the redemption price afore- said. All interest installments represented by coupons which shall have matured on or prior to the redemption date shall continue to be payable to the bearers of such coupons. In- terest on any bonds to be redeemed shall cease to accrue from and after the redemption date specified in such notice unless the City defaults in the payment of the redemption price there- of. SECTION 5. That said bonds shall bear interest at the rates as follows: Bonds Nos. 1 to 200, both incl. , 5.50% per annum; Bonds Nos. 201 to 215, both incl. , 4.60% per annum; Bonds Nos. 216 to 230, both incl. , 4.70% per annum; Bonds Nos. 231 to 245, both incl. , 4.80% per annum; Bonds Nos. 246 to 275, both incl. , 4.90% per annum; Bonds Nos. 276 to 335, both incl. , 5.00% per annum; and Bonds Nos. 336 to 380, both incl. , 3 .50% per annum, payable September 1, 1974, and semi-annually thereafter on March 1st and September 1st of each year. SECTION 6. That the principal of and interest on said bonds shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of bond or proper coupons at the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York. SECTION 7. That each of said bonds shall be executed for and on be- half of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, by the facsimile signa- ture of the Mayor, approved as to form and legality by the fac- simile signature of the City Attorney, and attested manually by the City Secretary, with the seal of the City thereon duly affixed to, or impressed, or printed, or lithographed, and the interest coupons shall be executed with the lithographed or printed facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secre- tary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, and such facsimile sig- natures shall have the same effect as if manually placed on said bonds and coupons. SECTION 8. That the form of said bonds shall be substantially as follows: NO. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $5, 000.00 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF FORT WORTH SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT BOND SERIES 1974B The City of Fort Worth, in the County of Tarrant, State of Texas, a municipal corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Texas, for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof, on the lst day of March, 19 the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS in lawful money of the United States of America, with inter- est thereon from date hereof at the rate of % per an- num, evidenced by coupons payable September 1, 1974, and semi-annually thereafter on March 1st and September 1st of each year, both principal and interest payable upon presenta- tion and surrender of bond or proper coupon at the Manufac- turers Hanover Trust Company, in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, and the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby held and firmly bound, and its faith and credit and all taxable property in said City are hereby pledged for the prompt payment of the principal of this bond at maturity and the interest thereon as it accrues. This bond is one of a series of three hundred and eighty (380) bonds of like tenor and effect, except as to number, interest rate, maturity, and right of prior redemption, num- bered from one (1) to three hundred and eighty (380) , both inclusive, of the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5, 000.00) each, aggregating One Million, Nine Hundred Thou- sand Dollars ($1, 900,000.00) , issued for the purpose of mak- ing permanent city improvements by improving, extending and enlarging the sanitary sewer system and sewage disposal plants of said City and acquiring the necessary lands therefor, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of said City, and pursuant to an ordi- nance passed by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, which ordinance is duly of record in the Minutes of said City Council. The bonds payable subsequent to March 1, 1989, shall be redeemable prior to their respective maturities, at the op- tion of the City, on March 1, 1989, or on any interest pay- ment date subsequent to March 1, 1989, upon the following terms and conditions, viz. : (1) The bonds called for redemp- tion on any March 1 must include all of the bonds then out- standing or must be the outstanding bonds bearing the highest identifying numbers; (2) the redemption price shall be par and accrued interest to date of redemption; and (3) at least thirty days prior to the date upon which such redemption is to be made, a notice of intention to make such redemption, describing the bonds to be redeemed, must be published at least once in a financial journal of national circulation published in the Borough of Manhattan, in the City and State of New York. The date of this bond in conformity with the ordinance above mentioned is March 1, 1974. AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance of this bond, and the series of which it is a part, is duly authorized by law and by a vote of the resident, qualified electors who own taxable property in said City and who had duly rendered the same for taxation in the City of Fort Worth, Texas, voting at an election held for that purpose within said City on September 8, 1970; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this series of bonds, and of this bond, have been properly done and performed and have happened in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law; that sufficient and proper provision for the levy and collection of taxes has been made, which, when collected, shall be appropriated exclusively to the payment of this bond and the series of which it is a part, and to the payment of the interest coupons hereto annexed as the same shall become due; and that the total indebtedness of said City of Fort Worth, Texas, including the entire series of bonds of which this is one, does not exceed any constitu- tional, statutory or charter limitation. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this bond has been signed by the printed or lithographed facsimile signature of the Mayor of said City, attested by the manual signature of the City Secretary, and approved as to form and legality by the printed or lithographed facsimile signature of the City Attorney, and the interest coupons attached hereto have been signed by the printed or lithographed facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary, and the official seal of said City has been duly affixed to, or impressed, or printed, or lithographed on this bond. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS BY Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney That the form of coupons to be attached to said bonds shall be substantially as follows: Unless the bond hereinafter mentioned shall have been called for previous redemp- tion and payment thereof made or duly pro- vided for, THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, promises BOND NO. to pay to bearer at the Manufacturers On the lst day of Hanover Trust Company, in the City of Sept. , 19 New York, New York, the amount specified March, hereon for interest due that day on its SERIES 1974B Sanitary Sewer System and Sewage Disposal COUPON NO. Plant Bond, Series 1974B, dated March 1, 1974. CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS BY Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary That substantially the following certificate shall be printed on the back of each bond: OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER . STATE OF TEXAS I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of record in my office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect that this bond has been examined by him as required by law, and that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and the Charter of said City, and that it is a valid and binding obligation upon said City of Fort Worth, Texas, and said bond has this day been registered by me. WITNESS my hand and seal of office, at Austin, Texas, this the day of , A. D. 1974. Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas SECTION 9. That the proceeds from all taxes collected for and on account of this series of bonds shall be credited to an Interest and Redemption Fund for the purpose of paying the interest as it accrues and to provide a sinking fund for the purpose of paying each installment of principal as it becomes due; that for each year hereafter while any of said bonds, or interest thereon, are outstanding and unpaid, there shall be computed and ascertained, at the time other taxes are levied, the rate of tax based on the latest approved rolls of said City as will be requisite and sufficient to make, raise and produce in each of said years a fund to pay the interest on said bonds and to provide a sinking fund sufficient to pay the principal as it matures, or at least 2/ of the principal as a sinking fund, whichever is greater, full allowances be- ing made for delinquencies and costs of collection; that a tax at the rate as hereinabove determined is hereby ordered to be levied and is hereby levied against all of the taxable property in said City for each year while any of said bonds or interest thereon are outstanding and unpaid; that the said tax each year shall be assessed and collected and placed in the Interest and Redemption Fund; and that the City Treas- urer shall honor warrants against said fund for the purpose of paying the interest maturing and principal of said bonds and for no other purpose. SECTION 10. That to pay the interest scheduled to mature on Septem- ber 1, 1974, there is hereby appropriated the sum of Forty- seven Thousand, Eight Hundred and Forty Dollars ($47, 840.00) from funds of the City available for such purpose; and that the money thus appropriated shall be used for no other purpose than to pay said interest. SECTION 11. That the bonds herein authorized shall be presented to the Attorney General of the State of Texas for examination and approval and to the Comptroller of Public Accounts for regis- tration; that upon registration of said bonds, the Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller) shall manually sign the Comptroller' s cer- tificate of registration prescribed herein to be printed on the back of each bond; and that the seal of the Comptroller shall be affixed to, or impressed, or printed, or lithographed on each of said bonds. SECTION 12 . That the sale of the bonds herein authorized, together with the bonds authorized by Ordinance No. 6958, to First National Bank in Dallas and Associates at a price of par and accrued interest to date of delivery, plus a premium of $220.00, is hereby confirmed; and that delivery of such bonds shall be made to such purchasers as soon as may be after the passage of this ordinance upon payment therefor in accordance with the terms of sale. SECTION 13. That the City covenants to and with the purchasers of the bonds that it will make no use of the proceeds of the bonds at any time throughout the term of this issue of bonds which, if such use had been reasonably expected on the date of de- livery of the bonds to and payment for the bonds by the pur- chasers, would have caused the bonds to be arbitrage bonds within the meaning of Section 103 (d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or any regulations or rulings per- taining thereto; and by this covenant the City is obligated to comply with the requirements of the aforesaid Section 103 (d) and all applicable and pertinent Department of the Treasury regulations relating to arbitrage bonds. That the City fur- ther covenants that the proceeds of the bonds will not other- wise be used, directly or indirectly, so as to cause all or any part of the bonds to be or become arbitrage bonds within the meaning of the aforesaid Section 103 (d) or any regulations or rulings pertaining thereto. SECTION 14. That all ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 15. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. SECTION 16. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance was passed was open to the public as required by law, and that public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given as required by Chapter 31, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973. Mayor of the City of Fort Worth,---.- Texas orth, •..Texas ATTEST- Ciycretary of the City of ort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: S City Attorney of the City of Fort Worth, Texas City of Fort Worth, Texas BAILIFF Mayor and Council Communication GRAHAM DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Sale of $9,000,000 PAGE troelNsor NUMBER General Obligation Bonds 1 2/20/74 G-2358 iot --- - Bids for $9,000,000 General Obligation Bonds were received Wednesday, February 20, 1974, at 10:00 A.M. A summary of the average net effective interest rates for bids received is shown below. 1. First National Bank of Dallas First National Fort Worth & Assoc. 4.75581% 2. Republic National Bank of Dallas, Fort Worth National 4.8009% 3. W. H. Morton & Company 4.8255% 4. Harris Trust and Savings 4.8398% 5. Chemical Bank 4.8527% 6. Smith, Barney & Co. 4.857191% 7, First National City, Houstoh 4.86316 8. First National of Chicago 4.86978% 9. Chase Manhattan Bank 4.8712% 10. Halsey, Stuart & Co. 4.8729% 11. First National City, New York 4.8809% 12. Kidder, Peabody & Co. 4.884914% It is recommended that the bonds be sold to the bidder offering the lowest interest cost, First National Bank in Dallas, First National Bank of Fort Worth, and Associates at an average net effective rate of 4.75581% and that the City Council adopt Ordinance No. 6958 authorizing the issuance of $7,100,000 Street Improvement Bonds, and Ordinance No. 6959 authorizing the issuance of $1,900,000 Sanitary Sewer System and Sewage Disposal Plant Bonds. RNL:ms SUBMITTED BY: DISPQSITION BY COUNCIL: 9&OCESSED � L` J BY APPROVED ❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE) CITY SECRETARY w_ DATE CITY MANAGER