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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3608 ORDINANCE NO. 3608 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 401, ARTICLE IV OF ORDINANCE NO. 3597, BEING AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,950,000.001 OUT OF AN AUTHORIZED ISSUE OF FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($15,000,000.00); PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING THE REPEAL OF THE PROVISIONS OF OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: ARTICLE I. Section 401, Article IV of Ordinance No. 3597, passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth on Wednesday, the 27th day of February, 1957, is hereby amended, and after being so amended shall read as follows: "Section 401. Where used in this ordinance (1) the term 'Systems' shall be deemed to include all properties of every nature owned or used by the City and used or use- ful in the operation of the City Water System or the City Sewer System, including real estate, personal and intangible properties, whether lying within or without the boundaries of the City, and shall include all improvements, additions and extensions which may hereafter be made to said properties or Systems; (2) the term 'Operating Expenses' shall mean the reasonable and proper expenses of operating and main- taining the Systems, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, expenditures for salaries, labor, materials, interest, repairs and extensions necessary to enable the Sys- tems to render efficient service, and every proper item of ex- pense, but such repairs and extensions shall be limited to those which in the judgment of the City Council are necessary to keep the Systems in operation and to render adequate service to the City and the inhabitants thereof, or necessary to meet some physical accident or condition which would otherwise im- pair such Systems and the Revenues thereof; (3) the term 'Revenues' shall mean the gross revenue and income derived by the City from the operation of the Systems; (4) the term 'Net Revenues' shall mean the amount by which the aggregate of the Revenues received by the City in any year shall exceed the amount required to pay the Operating Expenses of such year; (5) the term 'Issued Bonds' shall mean the $2,000,000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1949, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal amount of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) to finance the improvement, extension and enlargement of'the City's Water and Sewer Systems; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of such Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; entering into cer- tain covenants and agreements with respect to the operation of such Systems and the application of the revenues derived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on April 20, 1949, the $2,650,000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated September 1, 1949, is- sued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance pro- viding for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal amount of Two Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,650,000.00), in addi- tion to an installment of Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) of revenue bonds heretofore issued and sold out of an au- thorized issue of Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00), to finance the improvement, extension and enlargement of the City's Water and Sewer Systems; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of such Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; entering into certain covenants and agreements with respect to the opera- tion of such Systems and the application of the revenues de- rived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on September 14, 1949, the $6,000,000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1951, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal amount of Six Million Dollars ($6,000,000.00), in addition to two installments aggregating Four Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,650,- 000.00) of revenue bonds heretofore issued and sold out of an authorized issue of Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00), to finance the improvement, extension and enlargment of the City's Water and Sewer Systems; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of such Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; entering into cer- tain covenants and agreements with respect to the operation of such Systems and the application of the revenues derived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on February 28, 1951, which ordi- nance was amended on March 7, 1951, the $4,250,000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1952, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance providing for the is- suance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggre- gate principal amount of Four Million, Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,250,000.00), in addition to three in- stallments aggregating Ten Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thou- sand Dollars ($10,650,000.00) of revenue bonds heretofore is- sued and sold out of an authorized issue of Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00), to finance the improvement, exten- sion and enlargement of the City's Water and Sewer Systems; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the reve- nues of such Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; entering into certain covenants and agreements with respect to the operation of such Systems and the applica- tion of the revenues derived therefrom; and repealing all ordi- nances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on February 27, 1952, the $3,100,000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1953, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal amount of Three Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,- 100,000.00), in addition to four installments aggregating Fourteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($14,900,000.00) of revenue bonds heretofore issued and sold out of an authorized issue of Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00), to finance the improvement, extension and enlargement of the Cityjs Water and Sewer Systems; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of such Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; entering into certain cove- nants and agreements with respect to the operation of such Sys- tems and the application of the revenues derived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on February 18, 1953, the $3,000,000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1954, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal amount of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) out of an authorized issue of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00), in addition to Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00) of revenue bonds previously authorized and issued, to finance the improvement, extension and enlarge- ment of the City's Water and Sewer Systems; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of such Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; entering into certain covenants and agreements with respect to the operation of such Systems and the application of the revenues derived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on March 10, 1954, the $3,500,000•00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1955, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance provid- ing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal amount of Three Million, Five Hun- dred Thousand Dollars ($3,500,000.00), in addition to an install- ment of Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) of revenue bonds heretofore issued and sold out of an authorized issue of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and in addition to Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00) of revenue bonds previously authorized and issued, to finance the improvement, extension and enlargement of the City's Water and Sewer Systems; provid- ing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of such Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such pay- ment; entering into certain covenants and agreements with respect to the operation of such Systems and the application of the reve- nues derived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on February 23, 1955, the $510001000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1956, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance provid- ing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal amount of Five Million Dollars ($5,- 000,000.00), in addition to two installments of revenue bonds aggregating Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($6,- 500,000.00) heretofore issued and sold out of an authorized is- sue of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,000,000.00) and in addition to Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00) of revenue bonds previously authorized and issued, to finance the improvement and extension of the City's Water and Sewer Systems; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of such Sys- tems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; en- tering into certain covenants and agreements with respect to the operation of such Systems and the application of the reve- nues derived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith, ' adopted by the City Council on February 29, 1956, and the $4,050,000.00 Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated March 1, 1957, issued pursuant to the ordinance entitled 'An ordinance providing for the issuance of revenue bonds of the City of Fort Worth in the aggregate principal aunt of Four Million, Fifty Thousand Dollars ($4,050,000.00) out of an authorized issue of Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000.00), in addition to three installments of revenue bonds aggregating Eleven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($11,500,000.00) heretofore issued and sold out of an authorized issue of Fifteen Million Dollars ($15,- 000;000.00) and in addition to Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,- 000,000.00) of revenue bonds previously authorized and issued, to finance the improvement and extension of the City's Water System; providing for the payment of such bonds solely from the revenues of the City's Water and Sewer Systems; pledging a portion of such revenues to such payment; entering into certain covenants and agreements with respect to the opera- tion of such Systems and the application of the revenues de- rived therefrom; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith,' adopted by the City Council on February 27, 1957; and (6) the term 'First Issue Bond Ordinance' shall mean the ordinance adopted by the City Council on April 20, 1949." ARTICLE II. The provisions of all ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as they conflict herewith. ARTICLE III. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage. yor oft City of Fort Worth, Texas ATTES Cifty cretary of the City of fort Worth, Texas APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ZZ City Attorney of the City of Fort Worth, Texas ORDINANCE �J �f TitleC Adopted jF inal Adoption. Publishe Filed X Day of ' 19 City Secretary -�7 M P. O.No.42978-U