HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 24156-04-2020 ORDINANCE NO. -j/_-_jb-04-2020
AMENDED AND RESTATED THIRTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM
REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS, IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, IN AN AGGREGATE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $150,000,000; ESTABLISHING PARAMETERS
WITH RESPECT TO THE SALE OF BONDS; DELEGATING TO THE DESIGNATED CITY
OFFICIALS THE AUTHORITY TO EFFECT THE SALE OF BONDS;
ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT;
AND DECLARING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTIES OF TARRANT, DENTON, WISE, PARKER AND JOHNSON
CITY OF FORT WORTH
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth, Texas (the "City" or the "Issuer"), a "home-rule"
city operating under a home-rule charter adopted pursuant to Section 5 of Article XI of the Texas
Constitution, with a population according to the latest federal decennial census of in excess of
50,000, has established and currently owns and operates a combined waterworks and sanitary
sewer system (the "System"); and
WHEREAS, the City heretofore has established the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and
Sewer System Revenue Financing Program for the purpose of providing a financing structure for
revenue supported indebtedness of the System; and
WHEREAS, said Program was established pursuant to the terms of a "Master Ordinance
Establishing the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Financing
Program" (the "Master Ordinance"); and
WHEREAS, unless otherwise defined herein, terms used herein shall have the meaning
given in the Master Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the Master Ordinance authorizes revenue supported indebtedness to be
issued, incurred or assumed pursuant to the terms of supplemental ordinances (any such
ordinance being a "Supplement"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Master Ordinance, the City has adopted thirty-
five Supplements (designated as the "First Supplement", "Second Supplement", "Third
Supplement", "Fourth Supplement", "Fifth Supplement", "Sixth Supplement", "Seventh
Supplement", "Eighth Supplement", "Ninth Supplement", "Tenth Supplement", "Eleventh
Supplement", "Twelfth Supplement", "Thirteenth Supplement", "Fourteenth Supplement",
"Fifteenth Supplement", "Sixteenth Supplement", "Seventeenth Supplement", "Eighteenth
Supplement", "Nineteenth Supplement", "Twentieth Supplement", "Twenty-First Supplement",
"Twenty-Second Supplement", "Twenty-Third Supplement", "Twenty-Fourth Supplement",
"Twenty-Fifth Supplement", "Twenty-Sixth Supplement", "Twenty-Seventh Supplement",
"Twenty-Eighth Supplement", "Twenty-Ninth Supplement", "Thirtieth Supplement", "Thirty-
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First Supplement", "Thirty-Second Supplement", "Thirty-Third Supplement", "Thirty-Fourth
Supplement" and "Thirty-Fifth Supplement", respectively, and the "Prior Supplements",
collectively) pursuant to which (i) the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1991A and Series 1991B, the City of Fort Worth, Texas
Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1993, the City of Fort Worth, Texas
Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 1996, the City of
Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series
1997, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and
Improvement Bonds, Series 1998, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2000, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue
Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2000B, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and
Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2001, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer
System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2003, the City of Fort Worth, Texas
Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2003A, the City of Fort Worth,
Texas Water and Sewer System Auction Rate Revenue Bonds, Series 2004, the City of Fort
Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series
2005, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series
2005A, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2007, the
City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008, the
City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2009, the City of
Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2010, the City of
Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, the City of Fort
Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010B, the City of Fort Worth,
Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2010C, the City of Fort Worth, Texas
Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2011, the City of
Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012, the City of
Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series
2014, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, the
City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and Improvement
Bonds, Series 2015A, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds,
Series 2015B, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and
Improvement Bonds, Series 2016, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2017, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue
Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2017A, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and
Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2017B, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer
System Revenue Bonds, Series 2018, the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2019, and the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2020 were issued, (ii) the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer
System Revenue Refunding Bonds, with one or more Series designations to be determined, were
authorized to be issued within certain designated parameters as needed in furtherance of the
System's Commercial Paper Notes, Callable CP Series program, and (iii) the City entered into
two respective ISDA Master Agreements (referred to herein as the "Swap Agreements"), one
with Lehman Brothers Special Financing Inc., and the other with GBDP, L.P.; and
WHEREAS, the aforesaid Series 1991A Bonds, Series 1991B Bonds, Series 1993 Bonds,
Series 1996 Bonds, Series 1997 Bonds, Series 1998 Bonds, Series 2000 Bonds, Series 2000B
Bonds, Series 2001 Bonds, Series 2003 Bonds, Series 2003A Bonds, Series 2004 Bonds, Series
2005 Bonds, Series 2005A Bonds, Series 2007 Bonds, Series 2008 and Series 2010 Bonds are no
longer Outstanding, and the aforesaid Series 2009 Bonds, Series 2010A Bonds, Series 2010B
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Bonds, Series 2010C Bonds, Series 2011 Bonds, Series 2012 Bonds, Series 2014 Bonds, Series
2015 Bonds, Series 2015A Bonds, Series 2015B Bonds, Series 2016 Bonds, Series 2017 Bonds,
Series 2017A Bonds, Series 2017B Bonds, Series 2018 Bonds, Series 2019 Bonds and Series
2020 Bonds are hereinafter referred to as the "Previously Issued Parity Bonds"; and
WHEREAS, the Swap Agreements entered into pursuant to the terms of the Fourth
Supplement by their respective terms have expired, and the City has no further obligations
thereunder; and
WHEREAS, no bonds have been issued under the auspices of the Thirty-Second
Supplement; and
WHEREAS, the Previously Issued Parity Bonds are secured by a first lien on and pledge
of the Pledged Revenues of the System; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has adopted Ordinance 23028-12-2017, authorizing the
issuance of its City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Commercial Paper Notes,
Callable CP Series, to be outstanding at any one time and from time to time in an aggregate
principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 (the "Commercial Paper Notes"); and
WHEREAS, the bonds authorized to be issued by the Thirty-Second Supplement (the
"Bonds") are to be issued and delivered under authority of applicable provisions of Chapter
1207, Texas Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the issuance of the Bonds, in one or more series,
for the purpose of refunding all or a portion of the outstanding Commercial Paper Notes is in the
best interests of the City, as the City intends for the Commercial Paper Notes to provide interim
financing for eligible projects; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt this amended and restated Thirty-Second
Supplemental Ordinance to the Master Ordinance (which, for all purposes, shall be treated as the
Thirty-Second Supplement as defined herein, and in other ordinances of the City in which the
Thirty-Second Supplement is referenced) for the purpose of extending the authority described
below delegated to the City Manager and the Chief Financial Officer/Director of Financial
Management Services of the City; and
WHEREAS, the City Council delegates to the City Manager and the Chief Financial
Officer/Director of Financial Management Services of the City, individually, but not collectively
(each, an "Authorized Representative") the authority to effect the sale of Bonds, subject to the
parameters described in this Thirty-Second Supplement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
Section 1. DEFINITIONS. That in addition to the definitions set forth in the preamble of
this Thirty-Second Supplement, the terms used in this Thirty-Second Supplement (except in the
FORM OF BOND) and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given in the Master
Ordinance, the Prior Supplements or in Exhibit A to this Thirty-Second Supplement. Any
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references in this Thirty-Second Supplement to the "FORM OF BOND" shall be to the form of
the Bonds as set forth in Exhibit B to this Thirty-Second Supplement.
Section 2. BONDS AUTHORIZED. (a) Bonds. That there shall be authorized to be
issued, sold, and delivered hereunder the Bonds, in one or more series, payable to the respective
initial registered owners thereof, or to the registered assignee or assignees of the Bonds or any
portion or portions thereof, in an Authorized Denomination. The Bonds are hereby authorized to
be issued, in one or more series, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000,
for the purpose of(i) refunding outstanding Commercial Paper Notes and (ii) paying the costs of
issuance of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be designated as the "City of Fort Worth, Texas
Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds", with such additional or different
designation or title as permitted by Section 3(b) of this Thirty-Second Supplement. The Bonds
are authorized pursuant to Chapter 1207 and other applicable laws of the State of Texas. The
City Council hereby finds that it is in the best interests of the City for the Bonds to be sold in
such manner as determined by an Authorized Representative in manner provided in this Thirty-
Second Supplement. By adoption of this Thirty-Second Supplement, the Chief Financial
Officer/Director of Financial Management Services of the City, as an Authorized Representative,
is designated as a special Acting Assistant City Manager for the limited purposes of executing
certificates, agreements, notices, instruction letters, requisitions, and other documents on behalf
of the City in accordance with this Thirty-Second Supplement.
(b) Refunding. That the City hereby finds that the issuance of Bonds for the purpose of
refunding Commercial Paper Notes is a public purpose. The Refunded Commercial Paper Notes
are being refunded to convert interim financing into long-term fixed rate financing, as
contemplated by the City in the operation of the interim financing program for the System, and
the manner in which the refunding of the Refunded Commercial Paper Notes is being executed
by the City makes it impracticable to make the determinations required by subsection (a) of
Section 1207.008, Texas Government Code. The Refunded Commercial Paper Notes shall be
those outstanding Commercial Paper Notes to be refunded and retired with a portion of the
proceeds of the Bonds, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000 in principal
amount, as designated in a letter of instructions delivered by the Chief Financial Officer/Director
of Financial Management Services of the City. For the sole purpose of establishing for the
benefit of the Public Finance Division of the Office of the Attorney General of Texas that the
City possesses sufficient Pledged Revenues to pay the Commercial Paper Notes and the interest
thereon, the City shall establish sufficiency through the issuance of bonds on a parity with the
Bonds under authority of Chapter 1207 at then current market interest rates with level debt
service over a forty (40) year period to refinance such Commercial Paper Notes, under authority
of Section 1371.057(c), Texas Government Code.
Section 3. DELEGATION OF SALE OF BONDS; PARAMETERS. (a) Terms of
Bonds. That initially there shall be issued, sold, and delivered hereunder fully registered bonds,
without interest coupons, in one or more series, payable to the respective initial registered
owners thereof, or to the registered assignee or assignees of said bonds or any portion or portions
thereof (in each case, the "Registered Owner"), in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral
multiple thereof (an "Authorized Denomination"), maturing not later than February 15, 2050,
serially or otherwise on the dates, in the years and in the principal amounts, respectively, and
dated, all as shall be determined and established in accordance with this Thirty-Second
Supplement. The City Council hereby affirmatively waives the provision in its "Financial
Management Policy Statements — Chapter V - Debt" specifying that the average life of revenue
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bonds issued by the City will be no greater than approximately seventeen to eighteen years. The
City Council finds that permitting the Bonds to have a maturity of not later than February 15,
2050, is consistent with the useful lives of the facilities authorized to be refinanced with the
proceeds of Bonds and the revenue-generating capability of such facilities.
(b) Sale of Bonds. (i) Method of Sale. As authorized by Section 1207.007, Texas
Government Code, each Authorized Representative is hereby authorized to effect the sale of all
or any of the Bonds authorized to be sold by this Thirty-Second Supplement, whether by
competitive sale or by negotiated sale conducted either through a public underwriting of the
Bonds, a private placement of the Bonds, or both. The determination of each Authorized
Representative, acting for and on behalf of the City, relating to the method of and the terms and
conditions relating to the sale of Bonds pursuant to this Thirty-Second Supplement shall have the
same force and effect as if such determination were made by the City. In effecting the sale of the
Bonds authorized to be sold by this Thirty-Second Supplement, each Authorized Representative,
acting for and on behalf of the City, may determine any additional or different designation or
title by which any series of Bonds shall be known. Prior to the delivery of any Bonds authorized
to be sold by this Thirty-Second Supplement, whether by competitive sale or negotiated sale, an
Authorized Representative shall execute a certificate addressing the matters described in this
subsection with respect to the Bonds sold under authority granted by this Thirty-Second
Supplement.
(ii) Competitive Sale. Each Authorized Representative, acting for and on behalf of the
City, is hereby authorized to seek competitive bids for the sale of a series of Bonds authorized to
be sold by this Thirty-Second Supplement. Each Authorized Representative is hereby authorized
to prepare and distribute the Bidding Instructions and the Official Bid Form with respect to
seeking competitive bids for the sale of such Bonds. The Bidding Instructions shall contain the
terms and conditions relating to the sale of such Bonds, including the date bids for the purchase
of such Bonds are to be received, the date of such Bonds, any additional designation or title by
which such Bonds shall be known, the aggregate principal amount of such Bonds to be sold, the
price at which such Bonds will be sold, the years in which such Bonds will mature, the principal
amount to mature in each of such years, the rate or rates of interest to be borne by each such
maturity, the interest payment periods, the dates, price, and terms upon and at which such Bonds
shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the option of the City, as well as any
mandatory sinking fund redemption provisions, and all other matters relating to the issuance, sale
and delivery of such Bonds so sold including, without limitation, the use of municipal bond
insurance for the Bonds. Each Authorized Representative, acting for and on behalf of the City, is
hereby authorized to receive and accept bids for the sale of Bonds of a series in accordance with
the Bidding Instructions on such date as determined thereby. Any series of Bonds so sold shall
be sold at such price as the Authorized Representative shall determine to be the most
advantageous to the City, which determination shall be evidenced by the execution thereby of the
Official Bid Form submitted by the best and winning bidder applicable to such series of Bonds.
The sale of the Bonds, including specifically the terms of the purchase price of the Bonds, shall
be subject to the provisions in subsection (e) of this Section. One Bond in the principal amount
maturing on each maturity date as set forth in the Official Bid Form shall be delivered to the
initial purchasers thereof, and such purchasers shall have the right to exchange such bonds as
provided in Section 5 hereof without cost. The Bonds shall initially be registered in the name as
set forth in the Official Bid Form. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on the Bonds
shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bonds, such signature shall nevertheless
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be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until
such delivery.
(iii) Negotiated Sale - Underwriting. Each Authorized Representative, acting for and on
behalf of the City, is hereby authorized to sell all or any portion of the Bonds authorized to be
sold by this Thirty-Second Supplement by a negotiated sale conducted as a public underwriting,
and should an Authorized Representative determine to sell Bands by negotiated sale conducted
as a public underwriting, the Authorized Representative may designate the senior managing
underwriter for the Bonds so sold by a negotiated sale pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iii), and such
additional investment banking firms as he deems appropriate to assure that Bonds are sold on the
most advantageous terms to the City. Should Bonds be sold through a negotiated sale conducted
as a public underwriting, each Authorized Representative, acting for and on behalf of the City, is
authorized to enter into and carry out a Bond Purchase Agreement with the Underwriters for
such Bonds, at such price, with and subject to such terms as determined by the Authorized
Representative, subject to the provisions of this Thirty-Second Supplement. One Bond in the
principal amount maturing on each maturity date as set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement
shall be delivered to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters shall have the right to exchange
such Bonds as provided in Section 5 hereof without cost. The Bonds shall initially be registered
in the name designated by the Underwriters as set forth in a Bond Purchase Agreement. In case
any officer whose signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the
delivery of the Bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes
the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery. The Bond Purchase
Agreement shall be substantially in the form and substance previously approved by the City in
connection with the authorization of Previously Issued Parity Bonds, as shall be acceptable to the
Authorized Representative, including, without limitation, to contain such terms and conditions as
may be provided in accordance with subsection (d) of this Section.
(iv) Negotiated Sale — Private Placement. Each Authorized Representative, acting for
and on behalf of the City, is hereby authorized to sell all or any portion of the Bonds authorized
to be sold by this Thirty-Second Supplement by a negotiated sale conducted as a private
placement, and should an Authorized Representative determine to sell Bonds by negotiated sale
conducted as a private placement, the Authorized Representative may negotiate the sale of Bonds
pursuant to this Section 3(b)(iv) with a bank or other financial institutions as he deems
appropriate to assure that the Bonds are sold on the most advantageous terms to the City. Should
Bonds be sold through a negotiated sale conducted as a private placement, each Authorized
Representative, acting for and on behalf of the City, is authorized to enter into and carry out a
Bond Purchase Agreement with the Purchaser of such Bonds, at such price, with and subject to
such terms as determined by an Authorized Representative, subject to the provisions of this
Thirty-Second Supplement. One Bond in the principal amount maturing on each maturity date
as set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement shall be delivered to the Purchaser, and the
Purchaser shall have the right to exchange such Bonds as provided in Section 5 hereof without
cost. The Bonds shall initially be registered in the name designated by the Purchaser as set forth
in a Bond Purchase Agreement. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on the Bonds
shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bonds, such signature shall nevertheless
be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until
such delivery. The Bond Purchase Agreement shall be substantially in the form and substance
previously approved by the City in connection with the authorization of Previously Issued Parity
Bonds, as shall be acceptable to the Authorized Representative, including, without limitation, to
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contain such terms and conditions as may be provided in accordance with subsection (d) of this
Section.
(c) In General. The Bonds (i) may and shall be redeemed prior to the respective
scheduled maturity dates, (ii) may be assigned and transferred, (iii) may be exchanged for other
Bonds, (iv) shall have the characteristics, and (v) shall be signed and sealed, and (vi) the
principal of and interest on the Bonds shall be payable, all as provided, and in the manner
required or indicated, in the FORM OF BOND, as revised to conform the Bonds to the terms of
the Bond Purchase Agreement, in the case of a negotiated sale, or the Bidding Instructions and
Official Bid Form, in the case of a competitive sale. The Bonds of any series shall be numbered
consecutively from R-1 upward.
(d) Bond Purchase Agreement. Should Bonds be sold by a negotiated sale, each
Authorized Representative is hereby authorized, appointed, and designated to act on behalf of the
City in the selling and delivering the Bonds and carrying out the other procedures specified in
this Thirty-Second Supplement, including determining and fixing the date of the Bonds, any
additional or different designation or title by which the Bonds shall be known, the aggregate
principal amount of the Bonds to be sold, the price at which the Bonds will be sold, the years in
which the Bonds will mature, the principal amount to mature in each of such years, the rate or
rates of interest to be borne by each such maturity, the interest payment periods, the dates, price,
and terms upon and at which the Bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity at the
option of the Issuer, as well as any mandatory sinking fund redemption provisions, and all other
matters relating to the issuance, sale, and delivery of the Bonds, including, without limitation, the
use of municipal bond insurance for the Bonds, all of which shall be specified in the Bond
Purchase Agreement. Each Authorized Representative, acting for and on behalf of the City, is
authorized to enter into with the Underwriters, in the case of a negotiated sale conducted as a
public underwriting, or the Purchaser, in the case of a negotiated sale conducted as a private
placement, and carry out the conditions specified in a Bond Purchase Agreement for the Bonds,
at such price and subject to such terms as are set forth therein. The sale of the Bonds, including
specifically the terms of the purchase price of the Bonds, shall be subject to the provisions in
subsection (e) of this Section.
(e) Parameters to Sale of Bonds. The foregoing provisions of this Section
notwithstanding, the purchase price to be paid for Bonds sold pursuant to this Thirty-Second
Supplement shall not be less than 95% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, and such
Bonds shall not bear a "net effective interest rate" (as defined in and calculated in accordance
with the provisions of Chapter 1204, Texas Government Code) of greater than 10%. The
authority hereby granted by the City to each Authorized Representative to effect the sale of all or
any portion of the Bonds authorized to be sold by this Thirty-Second Supplement expires at 5:00
p.m., Monday, May 31, 2021.
Section 4. REDEMPTION. (a) Optional Redemption. That the Bonds of any series may
be subject to redemption prior to their scheduled maturities at the option of the City, on the dates
and in the manner provided in the applicable Bidding Instructions, in the case of Bonds sold
through a competitive sale, or the applicable Bond Purchase Agreement, in the case of Bonds
sold through a negotiated sale conducted either as a public underwriting or a private placement.
Should such Bonds be subject to redemption prior to their scheduled maturities, if less than all of
such Bonds are to be redeemed by the City, the City shall determine the maturity or maturities
and the amounts to be redeemed and shall direct the Paying Agent/Registrar to call by lot Bonds,
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or portions of Bonds, within a maturity and in the principal amounts for redemption; provided,
that during any period in which ownership of such Bonds is determined only by a book entry at a
securities depository for such Bonds, if fewer than all of such Bonds of the same maturity and
bearing the same interest rate are to be redeemed, the particular Bonds shall be selected in
accordance with the arrangements between the City and the securities depository. The FORM
OF BOND shall be revised to reflect any optional redemption of such series of Bonds, to the
extent provided in the applicable Bidding Instructions and incorporated by reference into the
applicable Official Bid Form accepted by an Authorized Representative as the best bid on such
Bonds, in the case of Bonds sold through a competitive sale, or the applicable Bond Purchase
Agreement, in the case of Bonds sold through a negotiated sale conducted either as a public
underwriting or a private placement. The optional redemption of Bonds at the option of the City
may be made conditional upon the occurrence of certain events, as may be provided for in the
FORM OF BOND.
(b) Mandatory Redemption. Should the Official Bid Form, in the case of Bonds sold
through a competitive sale, or the Bond Purchase Agreement, in the case of Bonds sold through a
negotiated sale conducted either as a public underwriting or a private placement, provide for the
mandatory sinking fund redemption of the Bonds of any series, the terms and conditions
governing any mandatory sinking fund redemption and the payment of mandatory sinking fund
payments shall be set forth therein, and the FORM OF BOND shall be revised to reflect any
mandatory sinking fund redemption of such Bonds, to the extent provided in the Official Bid
Form accepted by an Authorized Representative as the best bid for such Bonds, in the case of
Bonds sold through a competitive sale, or the applicable Bond Purchase Agreement, in the case
of Bonds sold through a negotiated sale conducted either as a public underwriting or a private
placement.
(c) General Notice. Notice of any redemption of Bonds shall be given by directing the
Paying Agent/Registrar to provide written notice of such redemption be given to the registered
owner of each Bond or a portion thereof being called for redemption at least thirty (30) days
prior to the date fixed for such redemption by depositing such notice in the United States mail,
first-class postage prepaid, addressed to each such registered owner at the address shown on the
Registration Books of the Paying Agent/Registrar. By the date fixed for any such redemption
due provision shall be made by the City with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of the
required redemption price for the Bonds or,the portions thereof which are to be so redeemed. If
such notice of redemption is given, and if due provision for such payment is made, all as
provided above, the Bonds, or the portions thereof which are to be so redeemed, thereby
automatically shall be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, and shall not be regarded as
being outstanding except for the right of the owner to receive the redemption price from the
Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided for such payment. The Paying Agent/Registrar
shall record in the Registration Books all such redemptions of principal of the Bonds or any
portion thereof. If a portion of any Bond shall be redeemed, a substitute Bond or Bonds having
the same maturity date, bearing interest at the same rate, in any Authorized Denomination at the
written request of the owner, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof, will be issued to the owner upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, at the
expense of the City, all as provided in this Thirty-Second Supplement. The maturities of Bonds
to be called for redemption shall be determined by the City. The Bonds or portions to be
redeemed within each such maturity shall be selected by lot or other customary random method
selected by the Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with any requirements of a securities
depository, if applicable (provided that a portion of a Bond may be redeemed only in an
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Authorized Denomination). The City shall give written notice to the Paying Agent/Registrar of
any such redemption of Bonds at least sixty (60) calendar days (or such shorter period as is
acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar) prior to such redemption. Should an optional
redemption of Bonds be made conditional as permitted in subsection (a) of this Section, the
Paying Agent/Registrar shall give notice of the cancellation of such optional redemption in the
manner provided in the Bonds of a series where a conditional redemption right has been reserved
to the City.
(d) Additional Notice. (i) In addition to the manner of providing notice of redemption of
Bonds as set forth above, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall give notice of redemption of Bonds
by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, at least thirty (30) days prior to a redemption
date to the MSRB and to any national information service that disseminates redemption notices.
Any notice sent to the MSRB or such national information services shall be sent so that they are
received at least two (2) days prior to the general mailing or publication date of such notice. The
Paying Agent/Registrar shall also send a notice of prepayment or redemption to the owner of any
Bond who has not sent the Bonds in for redemption sixty(60) days after the redemption date.
(ii) Each redemption notice, whether required in the FORM OF BOND or otherwise by
this Thirty-Second Supplement, shall contain a description of the Bonds to be redeemed
including the complete name of the Bonds, the series, the date of issue, the interest rate, the
maturity date, the CUSIP number, if any, the amounts called for redemption, the publication and
mailing date for the notice, the date of redemption, the redemption price, the name of the Paying
Agent/Registrar and the address at which the Bond may be redeemed including a contact person
and telephone number.
(iii) All redemption payments made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the registered
owners of the Bonds shall include a CUSIP number relating to each amount paid to such
registered owner.
Section 5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BONDS. (a) Registration, Transfer,
Conversion and Exchange; Authentication. That the City shall keep or cause to be kept at the
designated corporate trust office of BOKF, NA (the "Paying Agent/Registrar"), books or records
for the registration of the transfer, conversion and exchange of the Bonds (the "Registration
Books"), and the City hereby appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar as its registrar and transfer
agent to keep such books or records and make such registrations of transfers, conversions and
exchanges under such reasonable regulations as the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar may
prescribe; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such registrations, transfers, conversions
and exchanges as herein provided. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain and record in the
Registration Books the address of the owner of each Bond to which payments with respect to the
Bonds shall be mailed, as herein provided; but it shall be the duty of each owner to notify the
Paying Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which payments shall be mailed, and such
interest payments shall not be mailed unless such notice has been given. The City shall have the
right to inspect, at the Designated Trust Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, the Registration
Books during regular business hours of the Paying Agent/Registrar, but otherwise the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall keep the Registration Books confidential and, unless otherwise required by
law, shall not permit their inspection by any other entity. Except as otherwise provided in the
FORM OF BOND, the owner of each Bond requesting a conversion, transfer, exchange and
delivery of such Bond shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's standard or customary fees and
charges for making such registration, transfer, conversion, exchange and delivery of a substitute
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Bond or Bonds. Registration of assignments, transfers, conversions and exchanges of Bonds
shall be made in the manner provided and with the effect stated in the FORM OF BOND. Each
substitute Bond shall bear a letter and/or number to distinguish it from each other Bond. An
authorized representative of the Paying Agent/Registrar shall, before the delivery of any such
Bond, date and manually sign the "Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate" in the
form set forth in the FORM OF BOND (the "Authentication Certificate"), and, except as
provided below, no such Bond shall be deemed to be issued or Outstanding unless the
Authentication Certificate is so executed; however, the foregoing notwithstanding, the
Authentication Certificate need not be executed if any such Bond is accompanied by an executed
"Comptroller's Registration Certificate" in the form set forth in the FORM OF BOND. The
Paying Agent/Registrar promptly shall cancel all paid Bonds and Bonds surrendered for
conversion and exchange. No additional ordinances, orders, or resolutions need be passed or
adopted by the governing body of the City or any other body or person so as to accomplish the
foregoing conversion and exchange of any Bond or portion thereof, and the Paying
Agent/Registrar shall provide for the printing, execution, and delivery of the substitute Bonds in
the manner prescribed herein. Pursuant to Chapter 1206, the duty of conversion and exchange of
Bonds as aforesaid is hereby imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and, upon the execution
of the Authentication Certificate, the converted and exchanged Bond shall be valid,
incontestable, and enforceable in the same manner and with the same effect as the Bonds which
initially were issued and delivered pursuant to this Thirty-Second Supplement, approved by the
Attorney General, and registered by the Comptroller. As of the date this Thirty-Second
Supplement is approved by the City, the Designated Trust Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar
is its Dallas, Texas corporate trust office.
(b) Payment of Bonds and Interest. The City hereby further appoints the Paying
Agent/Registrar to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on the Bonds, all as provided in this Thirty-Second Supplement. The Paying
Agent/Registrar shall keep proper records of all payments made by the City and the Paying
Agent/Registrar with respect to the Bonds.
(c) In General. ,The Bonds (i) shall be issued in fully registered form, without interest
coupons, with the principal of and interest on such Bonds to be payable only to the registered
owners thereof, (ii) may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, (iii) may be transferred
and assigned, (iv) may be converted and exchanged for other Bonds, (v) shall have the
characteristics, (vi) shall be signed, sealed, executed and authenticated, (vii) shall be payable as
to principal and interest, and (viii) shall be administered by the Paying Agent/Registrar and the
City shall have certain duties and responsibilities with respect to the Bonds, all as provided, and
in the manner and to the effect as required or indicated, in the FORM OF BOND. The Bonds of
any series initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Thirty-Second Supplement are not
required to be, and shall not be, authenticated by the Paying Agent/Registrar, but on each
substitute Bond issued in conversion of and exchange for any Bond or Bonds of a series issued
under this Thirty-Second Supplement, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall execute the
Authentication Certificate.
(d) Substitute Paying A eng t/Registrar. The City covenants with the owners of the Bonds
that at all times while the Bonds are Outstanding a competent and legally qualified entity shall
act as and perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds under this Thirty-
Second Supplement, and that the Paying Agent/Registrar will be one entity. Such entity may be
the City, to the extent permitted by law, or a bank, trust company, financial institution, or other
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agency, as selected by the City. The City reserves the right to, and may, at its option, change the
Paying Agent/Registrar upon not less than one hundred and twenty (120) days written notice to
the Paying Agent/Registrar, to be effective not later than sixty (60) days prior to the next
principal or interest payment date after such notice. In the event that the entity at any time acting
as Paying Agent/Registrar (or its successor by merger, acquisition, or other method) should
resign or otherwise cease to act as such, the City covenants that promptly it will appoint a
competent and legally qualified entity to act as Paying Agent/Registrar under this Thirty-Second
Supplement. Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the previous Paying
Agent/Registrar promptly shall transfer and deliver the Registration Books (or a copy thereof),
along with all other pertinent books and records relating to the Bonds, to the new Paying
Agent/Registrar designated and appointed by the City. Upon any change in the Paying
Agent/Registrar, the City promptly will cause a written notice thereof to be sent by the new
Paying Agent/Registrar to each owner of the Bonds, by United States mail, first-class postage
prepaid, which notice also shall give the address of the new Paying Agent/Registrar. By
accepting the position and performing as such, each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be deemed to
have agreed to the provisions of this Thirty-Second Supplement, and a certified copy of this
Thirty-Second Supplement shall be delivered to each Paying Agent/Registrar.
Section 6. FORM OF BONDS. (a) Form of Bonds. That the form of all Bonds,
including the form of the Authentication Certificate, the form of Assignment, and the form of the
Comptroller's Registration Certificate to be attached only to the Bonds initially issued and
delivered pursuant to this Thirty-Second Supplement, shall be, respectively, substantially as set
forth in Exhibit B, with such appropriate variations, omissions, or insertions as are permitted or
required by this Thirty-Second Supplement.
(b) Printing Bond Counsel Opinion and Statement of Insurance. The printer of the Bonds
is hereby authorized to print on the Bonds the form of bond counsel's opinion relating to the
Bonds, and is hereby authorized to print on the Bonds an appropriate statement of insurance
furnished by a municipal bond insurance company providing municipal bond insurance, if any,
covering all or any part of the Bonds.
Section 7. ESTABLISHMENT OF FINANCING PROGRAM AND ISSUANCE OF
PARITY OBLIGATIONS. That by adoption of the Master Ordinance the City has established
the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Financing Program for the
purpose of providing a financing structure for revenue supported indebtedness of the System.
The Master Ordinance is intended to establish a master plan under which revenue supported debt
of the System can be incurred. This Thirty-Second Supplement provides for the authorization,
issuance, sale, delivery, form, characteristics, provisions of payment and redemption, and
security of the Bonds of any series, and any such series of Bonds issued under authority of this
Thirty-Second Supplement shall constitute Parity Obligations. The Master Ordinance is
incorporated herein by reference and as such made a part hereof for all purposes, except to the
extent modified and supplemented hereby, and the Bonds are hereby declared to be Parity
Obligations under the Master Ordinance. The City hereby determines that it will have sufficient
funds to meet the financial obligations of the System, including sufficient Pledged Revenues to
satisfy the Annual Debt Service Requirements of the System and to meet all financial obligations
of the City relating to the System.
Section 8. PLEDGE. (a) Pledge of Pledged Revenues. That the Bonds are and shall be
secured by and payable from a first lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues; and the Pledged
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Revenues are further pledged to the establishment and maintenance of the Debt Service Fund,
and to the Reserve Fund to the extent hereinafter provided. The Bonds are and will be secured
by and payable only from the Pledged Revenues, and are not secured by or payable from a
mortgage or deed of trust on any properties, whether real, personal, or mixed, constituting the
System.
(b) Perfection of Lien. Chapter 1208 applies to the issuance of the Bonds and the pledge
of the Pledged Revenues granted by the City under subsection (a) of this Section, and such
pledge is therefore valid, effective, and perfected. If Texas law is amended at any time while the
Bonds are Outstanding and unpaid such that the pledge of the Pledged Revenues granted by the
City is to be subject to the filing requirements of Chapter 9, then in order to preserve to the
registered owners of the Bonds the perfection of the security interest in said pledge, the City
agrees to take such measures as it determines are reasonable and necessary under Texas law to
comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 9 and enable a filing to perfect the security
interest in said pledge to occur.
Section 9. DEBT SERVICE FUND ACCOUNTS. That with respect to the Bonds no
special account need be established to facilitate the payment of debt service on the Bonds.
Section 10. RESERVE FUND. That no deposits shall be made to the credit of the
Reserve Fund, as provided in Section 12(b) of this Thirty-Second Supplement.
Section 11. INVESTMENTS. That to the extent a reserve fund for the Bonds is created
after their delivery, money in the Reserve Fund created under this Thirty-Second Supplement
shall not be invested in securities with an average aggregate weighted maturity of greater than
seven years. The value of the Reserve Fund, in addition to the annual determination described in
the Master Ordinance, shall be established at the time or times withdrawals are made therefrom.
Investments shall be sold promptly when necessary to prevent any default in connection with the
Bonds. Earnings derived from the investment of moneys on deposit in the various Funds and
Accounts shall be credited to the Fund or Account from which moneys used to acquire such
investment shall have come.
Section 12. FLOW OF FUNDS. That all monies in the System Fund not required for
paying Operating Expenses during each month shall be applied by the City, on or before the 1 Oth
day of the following month, commencing during the months and in the order of priority with
respect to the Funds and Accounts that such applications are hereinafter set forth in this Section.
(a) Debt Service Fund - To the credit of the Debt Service Fund, in the following order of
priority, to-wit:
(1) such amounts, deposited in approximately equal monthly installments,
commencing during the month in which a series of the Bonds is delivered, or the month
thereafter if delivery is made after the 10th day thereof, as will be sufficient, together
with other amounts, if any, in the Debt Service Fund available for such purpose, to pay
the interest scheduled to come due on such Bonds on the next succeeding interest
payment date; and
(2) such amounts, deposited in approximately equal monthly installments,
commencing during the month which shall be the later to occur of, (i) the twelfth month
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before the first maturity date of a series of the Bonds, or (ii) the month in which a series
of the Bonds is delivered, or the month thereafter if delivery is made after the 1 Oth day
thereof, as will be sufficient, together with other amounts, if any, in the Debt Service
Fund available for such purpose, to pay the principal (including mandatory sinking fund
redemption payments, if any) scheduled to mature or come due on such Bonds on the
next succeeding principal payment date or mandatory sinking fund redemption date, as
the case may be.
(b) Reserve Fund. Acting in accordance with the provisions of the Master Ordinance,
specifically, without limitation, Section 7 thereof, it is not necessary for the Bonds to be secured
by the Reserve Fund established for the benefit of the owners of Parity Obligations, and therefore
the City may, but shall not be required to, make deposits to the credit of the Reserve Fund with
respect to the Bonds of any series.
Section 13. PAYMENT OF BONDS. That on or before the first scheduled interest
payment date, and on or before each interest payment date and principal payment date thereafter
while any Bond is Outstanding and unpaid, the City shall make available to the Paying
Agent/Registrar, out of the Debt Service Fund (and the Reserve Fund, if necessary) monies
sufficient to pay such interest on and such principal amount of the Bonds, as shall become due on
such dates, respectively, at maturity or by redemption prior to maturity. The Paying
Agent/Registrar shall destroy all paid Bonds and furnish the City with an appropriate certificate
of cancellation or destruction.
Section 14. COVENANTS REGARDING TAX-EXEMPTION. That the Issuer
covenants to refrain from any action which would adversely affect, or to take such action as to
ensure, the treatment of the Bonds as obligations described in section 103 of the Code, the
interest on which is not includable in the "gross income" of the holder for purposes of federal
income taxation. In furtherance thereof, the Issuer covenants as follows:
(a) to take any action to assure that no more than ten percent (10%) of the
proceeds of the Bonds or the projects financed or refinanced therewith (less amounts
deposited to a reserve fund, if any) are used for any "private business use", as defined in
section 141(b)(6) of the Code or, if more than ten percent (10%) of the proceeds are so
used, that amounts, whether or not received by the Issuer, with respect to such private
business use, do not, under the terms of this Thirty-Second Supplement or any underlying
arrangement, directly or indirectly, secure or provide for the payment of more than ten
percent (10%) of the debt service on the Bonds, in contravention of section 141(b)(2) of
the Code;
(b) to take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use"
described in subsection (a) hereof exceeds five percent (5%) of the proceeds of the Bonds
or the projects financed therewith (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any)
then the amount in excess of five percent (5%) is used for a "private business use" which
is "related" and not "disproportionate", within the meaning of section 141(b)(3) of the
Code, to the governmental use;
(c) to take any action to assure that no amount which is greater than the lesser of
$5,000,000, or five percent (5%) of the proceeds of the Bonds (less amounts deposited
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into a reserve fund, if any) is directly or indirectly used to finance loans to persons, other
than state or local governmental units, in contravention of section 141(c) of the Code;
(d) to refrain from taking any action which would otherwise result in the Bonds
being treated as "specified private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141(b)
of the Code;
(e) to refrain from taking any action that would result in the Bonds being
"federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code;
(f) to refrain from using any portion of the proceeds of the Bonds, directly or
indirectly, to acquire or to replace funds which were used, directly or indirectly, to
acquire investment property (as defined in section 148(b)(2) of the Code) which produces
a materially higher yield over the term of the Bonds, other than investment property
acquired with --
(1) proceeds of the Bonds invested for a reasonable temporary period
until such proceeds are needed for the purpose for which the Bonds are issued,
(2) amounts invested in a bona fide debt service fund, within the meaning
of section 1.148-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations, and
(3) amounts deposited in any reasonably required reserve or replacement
fund to the extent such amounts do not exceed ten percent of the proceeds of the
Bonds;
(g) to otherwise restrict the use of the proceeds of the Bonds or amounts treated
as proceeds of the Bonds, as may be necessary, so that the Bonds do not otherwise
contravene the requirements of section 148 of the Code (relating to arbitrage);
(h) to refrain from using the proceeds of the Bonds or the proceeds of any prior
bonds to pay debt service on another issue more than 90 days after the date of issue of the
Bonds in contravention of section 149(d) of the Code (relating to advance refundings);
and
(i) to pay to the United States of America at least once during each five-year
period (beginning on the date of delivery of the Bonds) an amount that is at least equal to
ninety percent (90%) of the "Excess Earnings", within the meaning of section 148(f) of
the Code and to pay to the United States of America, not later than sixty (60) days after
the Bonds have been paid in full, one hundred percent (100%) of the amount then
required to be paid as a result of Excess Earnings under section 148(f) of the Code.
For purposes of the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) above, the Issuer understands that the
term "proceeds" includes "disposition proceeds" as defined in the Treasury Regulations and, in
the case of a refunding bond, transferred proceeds (if any) and proceeds of the refunded bonds
expended prior to the date of the issuance of the Bonds. It is the understanding of the Issuer that
the covenants contained herein are intended to assure compliance with the Code and any
regulations or rulings promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant thereto. In
the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated which modify or expand
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provisions of the Code, as applicable to the Bonds, the Issuer will not be required to comply with
any covenant contained herein to the extent that such failure to comply, in the opinion of
nationally-recognized bond counsel, will not adversely affect the exemption from federal income
taxation of interest on the Bonds under section 103 of the Code. In the event that regulations or
rulings are hereafter promulgated which impose additional requirements which are applicable to
the Bonds, the Issuer agrees to comply with the additional requirements to the extent necessary,
in the opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel, to preserve the exemption from federal
income taxation of interest on the Bonds under section 103 of the Code. In furtherance of the
foregoing, the Mayor, the City Manager, any Assistant City Manager and the Chief Financial
Officer/Director of Financial Management Services of the City are authorized to execute any
certificates or other reports required by the Code and to make such elections, on behalf of the
City, which may be permitted by the Code as are consistent with the purpose for the issuance of
the Bonds. In order to facilitate compliance with the above clause (i), a 'Rebate Fund" may be
established by the City for the sole benefit of the United States of America, and the Rebate Fund
shall not be subject to the claim of any other person, including without limitation the registered
owners of the Bonds. The Rebate Fund would be established for the additional purpose of
compliance with section 148 of the Code.
Section 15. ADDITIONAL FEDERAL INCOME TAX COVENANTS; WRITTEN
PROCEDURES. (a) Disposition of Project. The City covenants that the property financed or
refinanced with the proceeds of Bonds will not be sold or otherwise disposed in a transaction
resulting in the receipt by the City of cash or other compensation, unless the City obtains an
opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel substantially to the effect that such sale or other
disposition will not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of such Bonds. For purposes of this
Section, the portion of the property comprising personal property and disposed of in the ordinary
course of business shall not be treated as a transaction resulting in the receipt of cash or other
compensation. For purposes of this Section, the City shall not be obligated to comply with this
covenant if it obtains an opinion of nationally-recognized bond counsel to the effect that such
failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax purposes from
gross income of the interest.
(b) Written Procedures. Until superseded by another action of the City, the written
procedures to ensure compliance with the covenants contained herein regarding private business
use, remedial actions, arbitrage and rebate approved by the City on September 11, 2018, apply to
the issuance of the Bonds, and are incorporated by reference into this Thirty-Second Supplement.
Section 16. AMENDMENT OF THIRTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENT. (a) Approval of
Bondholders Required. That the owners of a majority in Outstanding Principal Amount of the
Bonds shall have the right from time to time to approve any amendment to this Thirty-Second
Supplement which may be deemed necessary or desirable by the City, provided, however, that
nothing herein contained shall permit or be construed to permit the amendment of the terms and
conditions in this Thirty-Second Supplement or in the Bonds so as to:
(1) Make any change in the maturity of any of the Outstanding Bonds;
(2) Reduce the rate of interest borne by any of the Outstanding Bonds;
(3) Reduce the amount of the principal payable on the Outstanding Bonds;
(4) Modify the terms of payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the
Outstanding Bonds or impose any conditions with respect to such payment;
(5) Affect the rights of the owners of less than all of the Bonds then Outstanding;
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(6) Amend this clause (a) of this Section; or
(7) Change the minimum percentage of the principal amount of Bonds necessary for
consent to any amendment;
unless such amendment or amendments shall be approved by the owners of all of the Bonds then
Outstanding.
(b) Notice of Amendment. That if at any time the City shall desire to amend the Thirty-
Second Supplement under this Section, the City shall cause notice of the proposed amendment to
be published in a financial newspaper or journal published in the City of New York, New York,
and a newspaper of general circulation in the City, once during each calendar week for at least
two (2) successive calendar weeks. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed
amendment and shall state that a copy thereof is on file at the principal office of the Paying
Agent/Registrar for inspection by all owners of the Bonds. Such publication is not required,
however, if notice in writing is given to each owner of the Bonds.
(c) Effectiveness of Consent and Approval. That whenever at any time not less than
thirty (30) days, and within one (1) year, from the date of the first publication of said notice or
other service of written notice the City shall receive an instrument or instruments executed by the
owners of at least a majority in Outstanding Principal Amount of the Bonds then Outstanding,
which instrument or instruments shall refer to the proposed amendment described in said notice
and which specifically consent to and approve such amendment in substantially the form of the
copy thereof on file with the Paying Agent/Registrar, the City Council of the City may pass such
amendment in substantially the same form.
(d) Amendment Effective. That upon the passage of any such amendment pursuant to
the provisions of this Section, this Thirty-Second Supplement shall be deemed to be amended in
accordance with such amendment, and the respective rights, duties and obligations under this
Thirty-Second Supplement of the City and all the owners of then Outstanding Bonds shall
thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder, subject in all respects to such
amendment.
(e) Revocation of Consent. That any consent given by the owners of a Bond pursuant to
the provisions of this Section shall be irrevocable for a period of six (6) months from the date of
the first publication of the notice provided for in this Section, and shall be conclusive and
binding upon all future owners of the same Bond during such period. Such consent may be
revoked at any time after six (6) months from the date of the first publication of such notice by
the owner who gave such consent, or by a successor in title, by filing written notice thereof with
the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City, but such revocation shall not be effective if the owners
of at least a majority in Outstanding Principal Amount of the Bonds have, prior to the attempted
revocation, consented to and approved the amendment.
(f) Amendments Not Requiring Bondholder Consent. The foregoing provisions of this
Section notwithstanding, the City by action of the City Council may amend this Thirty-Second
Supplement without the consent of any owner of the Bonds or any other Parity Obligations,
solely for any one or more of the following purposes:
(1) To add to the covenants and agreements of the City in this Thirty-Second
Supplement contained, other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, grant
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additional rights or remedies to the owners of the Bonds or to surrender, restrict or limit
any right or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the City;
(2) To make such provisions for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing,
correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained in this Thirty-Second
Supplement, or in regard to clarifying matters or questions arising under this Thirty-
Second Supplement, as are necessary or desirable and not contrary to or inconsistent with
this Thirty-Second Supplement and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the
owners of the Bonds then Outstanding;
(3) To modify any of the provisions of this Thirty-Second Supplement in any
other respect whatsoever, provided that such modification shall be, and be expressed to
be, effective only after the Bonds Outstanding at the date of the adoption of such
modification shall cease to be Outstanding;
(4) To make such amendments to this Thirty-Second Supplement as may be
required, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, to ensure compliance with sections 103 and
141 through 150 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder and applicable
thereto;
(5) To make such changes, modifications or amendments as may be necessary or
desirable in order to allow the owners of the Bonds to thereafter avail themselves of a
book-entry system for payments, transfers and other matters relating to the Bonds, which
changes, modifications or amendments are not contrary to or inconsistent with other
provisions of this Thirty-Second Supplement and which shall not adversely affect the
interests of the owners of the Bonds;
(6) To make such changes, modifications or amendments as are permitted by
Section 18(c)(vi) of this Thirty-Second Supplement;
(7) To make such changes, modifications or amendments as may be necessary or
desirable in order to obtain or maintain the granting of a rating on the Bonds by a Rating
Agency or to obtain or maintain a Credit Agreement or a Credit Facility issued in support
of the Bonds; and
(8) To make such changes, modifications or amendments as may be necessary or
desirable, which shall not adversely affect the interests of the owners of the Bonds, in
order, to the extent permitted by law, to facilitate the economic and practical utilization of
interest rate swap agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements, or similar type of
agreements with respect to the Bonds.
Notice of any such amendment may be published by the City in the manner described in clause
(b) of this Section; provided, however, that the publication of such notice shall not constitute a
condition precedent to the adoption of such amendatory ordinance and the failure to publish such
notice shall not adversely affect the implementation of such amendment as adopted pursuant to
such amendatory ordinance.
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(g) Eligibility to Approve Amendment. Ownership of the Bonds shall be established
by the Registration Books maintained by the Paying Agent/Registrar, in its capacity as registrar
and transfer agent for the Bonds.
Section 17. DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED BONDS.
(a) Delivery of Substitute Bonds. That in the event any Outstanding Bond is damaged,
mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cause to be printed,
executed, and delivered, a new Bond of the same principal amount, maturity, and interest rate, as
the damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Bond, in replacement for such Bond in the
manner hereinafter provided.
(b) Application. Application for replacement of damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or
destroyed Bonds shall be made to the Paying Agent/Registrar. In every case of loss, theft, or
destruction of a Bond, the applicant for a replacement bond shall furnish to the City and to the
Paying Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them harmless from any loss or damage with respect thereto. Also, in every case of loss, theft, or
destruction of a Bond, the applicant shall famish to the City and to the Paying Agent/Registrar
evidence to their satisfaction of the loss, theft, or destruction of such Bond, as the case may be.
In every case of damage or mutilation of a Bond, the applicant shall surrender to the Paying
Agent/Registrar for cancellation the Bond so damaged or mutilated.
(c) Payment without Replacement Bond. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section, in the event any such Bond shall have matured, and no default has occurred which
is then continuing in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Bond,
the City may authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of
a damaged or mutilated Bond) instead of issuing a replacement Bond, provided security or
indemnity is furnished as above provided in this Section.
(d) Costs of Replacement Bond. Prior to the issuance of any replacement bond, the
Paying Agent/Registrar shall charge the owner of such Bond with all legal, printing, and other
expenses in connection therewith. Every replacement bond issued pursuant to the provisions of
this Section by virtue of the fact that any Bond is lost, stolen, or destroyed shall constitute a
contractual obligation of the City whether the lost, stolen, or destroyed Bond shall be found at
any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Thirty-
Second Supplement equally and proportionately with any and all other Bonds duly issued under
this Thirty-Second Supplement.
(e) Statutory Authority. In accordance with Chapter 1206, this Section of this Thirty-
Second Supplement shall constitute authority for the issuance of any such replacement bond
without necessity of further action by the City Council of the City or any other body or person,
and the duty of the replacement of such bonds is hereby authorized and imposed upon the Paying
Agent/Registrar, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such bonds in the
form and manner and with the effect, as provided in Section 5(a) of this Thirty-Second
Supplement for Bonds issued in exchange for other Bonds.
Section 18. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING. (a) Annual Reports. (i)
That the City shall provide annually to the MSRB (1) within six months after the end of each
fiscal year ending in or after the first fiscal year in which Bonds are issued, financial information
and operating data with respect to the City of the general type described in Exhibit C hereto, and
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(2) if not provided as part of the financial information and operating data, annual financial
statements of the City, when and if available. Any financial statements so to be provided shall
be (1) prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in Exhibit C hereto, or
such other accounting principles as the City may be required to employ from time to time
pursuant to state law or regulation, and (2) audited, if the City commissions an audit of such
statements and the audit is completed within twelve (12) months after the end of each fiscal year
ending in or after the first fiscal year in which Bonds are issued. If audited financial statements
are not available by the end of the twelve (12) month period, then the City shall provide notice
that the audited financial statements are not available, shall provide unaudited financial
information containing the information described in the tables referenced in Exhibit C hereto
under the heading "Annual Financial Statements and Operating Data" by the required time, and
shall provide audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year to the MSRB, when and if
the audited financial statements become available.
(ii) If the City changes its Fiscal Year, it will notify the MSRB of the change (and of the
date of the new Fiscal Year end) prior to the next date by which the City otherwise would be
required to provide financial information and operating data pursuant to this Section. The
financial information and operating data to be provided pursuant to this Section may be set forth
in full in one or more documents or may be included by specific reference to any document
(including an official statement or other offering document, if it is available from the MSRB)
that theretofore has been provided to the MSRB or filed with the SEC. Filings shall be made
electronically, in such format as is prescribed by the MSRB.
(b) Disclosure Event Notices. The City shall notify the MSRB of any of the following
events with respect to the Bonds, in a timely manner not in excess of ten Business Days after the
occurrence of the event:
1. Principal and interest payment delinquencies;
2. Non-payment related defaults, if material;
3. Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial
difficulties;
4. Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial
difficulties;
5. Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform;
6. Adverse tax opinions, the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service of
proposed or final determinations of taxability, Notices of Proposed Issue
(IRS Form 5701-TEB) or other material notices or determinations with
respect to the tax status of the Bonds, or other material events affecting the
tax status of the Bonds;
7. Modifications to rights of holders of the Bonds, if material;
8. Bond calls, if material, and tender offers;
9. Defeasances;
10. Release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the Bonds,
if material;
11. Rating changes;
12. Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar event of the City;
13. The consummation of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition involving the
City or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the City, other
than in the ordinary course of business, the entry into a definitive
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agreement to undertake such an action or the termination of a definitive
agreement relating to any such actions, other than pursuant to its terms, if
material;
14. Appointment of a successor Paying Agent/Registrar or change in the name
of the Paying Agent/Registrar, if material;
15. Incurrence of a Financial Obligation of the Obligated Person, if material,
or agreement to covenants, events of default, remedies, priority rights, or
other similar terms of a Financial Obligation of the Obligated Person, any
of which affect security holders, if material; and
16. Default, event of acceleration, termination event, modification of terms, or
other similar event under the terms of a Financial Obligation of the
Obligated Person, and which reflect financial difficulties.
The City shall notify the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any failure by the City to provide
financial information or operating data in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section by the
time required by subsection (a).
As used in clause 12 above, the phrase "bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar
event" means the appointment of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for the City in a
proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law
in which a court or governmental authority has assumed jurisdiction over substantially all of the
assets or business of the City, or if jurisdiction has been assumed by leaving the City Council and
official or officers of the City in possession but subject to the supervision and orders of a court or
governmental authority, or the entry of an order confirming a plan of reorganization,
arrangement or liquidation by a court or governmental authority having supervision or
jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the City.
As used in clauses 15 and 16 above, the term 'Financial Obligation" means: (i) a debt
obligation; (ii) a derivative instrument entered into in connection with, or pledged as security or a
source of payment for, an existing or planned debt obligation; or (iii) a guarantee of(i) or (ii),
however, the term Financial Obligation shall not include Municipal Securities as to which a final
official statement has been provided to the MSRB consistent with the Rule; the term "Municipal
Securities" means securities which are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed as to
principal or interest by, a state or any political subdivision thereof, or any agency or
instrumentality of a state or any political subdivision thereof, or any municipal corporate
instrumentality of one or more states and any other Municipal Securities described by Section
3(a)(29) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as the same may be amended from time to time;
and the term "Obligated Person" means the City.
(c) Limitations, Disclaimers, and Amendments. (i) The City shall be obligated to
observe and perform the covenants specified in this Section for so long as, but only for so long
as, the City remains an "obligated person" with respect to the Bonds within the meaning of the
Rule, except that the City in any event will give notice of any deposit made in accordance with
this Thirty-Second Supplement or applicable law that causes Bonds no longer to be Outstanding.
(ii) The provisions of this Section are for the sole benefit of the Holders and beneficial
owners of the Bonds, and nothing in this Section, express or implied, shall give any benefit or
any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder to any other person. The City
undertakes to provide only the financial information, operating data, financial statements, and
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notices which it has expressly agreed to provide pursuant to this Section and does not hereby
undertake to provide any other information that may be relevant or material to a complete
presentation of the City's financial results, condition, or prospects or to update any information
provided in accordance with this Section or otherwise, except as expressly provided herein. The
City does not make any representation or warranty concerning such information or its usefulness
to a decision to invest in or sell Bonds at any future date.
(iii) UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE TO THE
HOLDER OR BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY BOND OR ANY OTHER PERSON, IN
CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM
ANY BREACH BY THE CITY, WHETHER NEGLIGENT OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS
PART, OF ANY COVENANT SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION, BUT EVERY RIGHT AND
REMEDY OF ANY SUCH PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR OR ON ACCOUNT
OF ANY SUCH BREACH SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN ACTION FOR MANDAMUS OR
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.
(iv) No default by the City in observing or performing its obligations under this Section
shall comprise a breach of or default under this Thirty-Second Supplement for purposes of any
other provision of this Thirty-Second Supplement. Nothing in this Section is intended or shall
act to disclaim, waive, or otherwise limit the duties of the City under federal and state securities
laws.
(v) Should the Rule be amended to obligate the City to make filings with or provide
notices to entities other than the MSRB, the City agrees to undertake such obligation in
accordance with the Rule as amended.
(vi) The provisions of this Section may be amended by the City from time to time to
adapt to changed circumstances that arise from a change in legal requirements, a change in law,
or a change in the identity, nature, status, or type of operations of the City, but only if(1) the
provisions of this Section, as so amended, would have permitted an underwriter to purchase or
sell Bonds in the primary offering of the Bonds in compliance with the Rule, taking into account
any amendments or interpretations of the Rule since such offering as well as such changed
circumstances and (2) either (a) the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount (or any
greater amount required by any other provision of this Thirty-Second Supplement that authorizes
such an amendment) of the Outstanding Bonds consent to such amendment or (b) a person that is
unaffiliated with the City (such as nationally recognized bond counsel) determines that such
amendment will not materially impair the interest of the holders and beneficial owners of the
Bonds. If the City so amends the provisions of this Section, it shall include with any amended
financial information or operating data next provided in accordance with subsection (a) of this
Section an explanation, in narrative form, of the reason for the amendment and of the impact of
any change in the type of financial information or operating data so provided.
Section 19. THIRTY-SECOND SUPPLEMENT TO CONSTITUTE A CONTRACT;
EQUAL SECURITY. That in consideration of the acceptance of the Bonds, the issuance of
which is authorized hereunder, by those who shall hold the same from time to time, this Thirty-
Second Supplement shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract between the City and
the Holders from time to time of the Bonds and the pledge made in this Thirty-Second
Supplement by the City and the covenants and agreements set forth in this Thirty-Second
Supplement to be performed by the City shall be for the equal and proportionate benefit,
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security, and protection of all Holders, without preference, priority, or distinction as to security
or otherwise of any of the Bonds authorized hereunder over any of the others by reason of time
of issuance, sale, or maturity thereof or otherwise for any cause whatsoever, except as expressly
provided in or permitted by this Thirty-Second Supplement.
Section 20. SEVERABILITY OF INVALID PROVISIONS. That if any one or more of
the covenants, agreements, or provisions herein contained shall be held contrary to any express
provisions of law or contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or
against public policy, or shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants,
agreements, or provisions shall be null and void and shall be deemed separable from the
remaining covenants, agreements, or provisions and shall in no way affect the validity of any of
the other provisions hereof or of the Bonds issued hereunder.
Section 21. PAYMENT AND PERFORMANCE ON BUSINESS DAYS. That, except
as provided to the contrary in the FORM OF BOND, whenever under the terms of this Thirty-
Second Supplement or the Bonds, the performance date of any provision hereof or thereof,
including the payment of principal of or interest on the Bonds, shall occur on a day other than a
Business Day, then the performance thereof, including the payment of principal of and interest
on the Bonds, need not be made on such day but may be performed or paid, as the case may be,
on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of
performance or payment.
Section 22. LIMITATION OF BENEFITS WITH RESPECT TO THE THIRTY-
SECOND SUPPLEMENT. That with the exception of the rights or benefits herein expressly
conferred, nothing expressed or contained herein or implied from the provisions of this Thirty-
Second Supplement or the Bonds is intended or should be construed to confer upon or give to
any person other than the City, the Holders, and the Paying Agent/Registrar, any legal or
equitable right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of or in respect to this Thirty-Second
Supplement or any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, agreement, or provision herein
contained. This Thirty-Second Supplement and all of the covenants, conditions, stipulations,
promises, agreements, and provisions hereof are intended to be and shall be for and inure to the
sole and exclusive benefit of the City, the Holders, and the Paying Agent/Registrar as herein and
therein provided.
Section 23. FURTHER PROCEDURES. That the Mayor, the City Manager, any
Assistant City Manager, the Chief Financial Officer/Director of Financial Management Services
of the City, the City Secretary or any Assistant City Secretary, and all other officers, employees,
and agents of the City, and each of them, shall be and they are hereby expressly authorized,
empowered and directed from time to time and at any time to do and perform all such acts and
things and to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and under the corporate seal and on
behalf of the City all such instruments, whether herein mentioned, as may be necessary or
desirable in order to carry out the terms and provisions of this Thirty-Second Supplement and the
Bonds, including, but not limited to, and fixing all details in connection therewith, to prepare the
Bidding Instructions and Official Bid Form, in the case of Bonds sold through a competitive sale,
and to approve any Official Statement, or supplements thereto, in connection with the Bonds.
Any final Official Statement relating to the offering of any series of Bonds, either through a
competitive sale or a negotiated sale conducted as a public underwriting, shall be approved by an
Authorized Representative. Each Authorized Representative is authorized to approve any
supplement to the Official Statement incorporating the information contained in the Bond
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Purchase Agreement, in the case of a negotiated sale conducted as a public underwriting, and the
Bidding Instructions and Official Bid Form, in the case of a competitive sale, and such additional
information as deemed material consistent with the requirements of the Rule and to authorize the
distribution of any such final Official Statement to the initial purchasers of the Bonds for their
use in the sale of the Bonds to members of the general public. The use of any such final Official
Statement in the offer and sale of the Bonds is hereby approved. In case any officer whose
signature shall appear on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the
Bonds, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if
such officer had remained in office until such delivery. The City Council authorizes the payment
of the fee of the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas for the examination of the
proceedings relating to the issuance of the Bonds of a series, in the amount determined in
accordance with the provisions of Section 1202.004, Texas Government Code.
Section 24. APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS. That the City Manager
of the City is hereby authorized to have control of the Bonds and all necessary records and
proceedings pertaining to the Bonds pending their delivery and their investigation, examination
and approval by the Attorney General, and their registration by the Comptroller. Upon
registration of the Bonds, the Comptroller (or a deputy designated in writing to act for the
Comptroller) shall manually sign the Comptroller's Registration Certificate accompanying the
Bonds, and the seal of the Comptroller shall be impressed, or placed in facsimile, on each such
certificate.
Section 25. DTC REGISTRATION. That the Bonds initially shall be issued and
delivered in such manner that no physical distribution of the Bonds will be made to the public,
and The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), New York, New York, initially will act as
depository for the Bonds. DTC has represented that it is a limited purpose trust company
incorporated under the laws of the State of New York, a member of the Federal Reserve System,
a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a
"clearing agency" registered under Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the City accepts, but in no way verifies, such representations. The Bonds initially
authorized by this Thirty-Second Supplement shall be delivered to and registered in the name of
CEDE & CO., the nominee of DTC. So long as each Bond is registered in the name of CEDE &
CO., the Paying Agent/Registrar shall treat and deal with DTC the same in all respects as if it
were the actual and beneficial owner thereof. It is expected that DTC will maintain a book-entry
system which will identify ownership of the Bonds in integral amounts of$5,000, with transfers
of ownership being effected on the records of DTC and its participants pursuant to rules and
regulations established by them, and that the Bonds initially deposited with DTC shall be
immobilized and not be further exchanged for substitute Bonds except as hereinafter provided.
The City is not responsible or liable for any functions of DTC, will not be responsible for paying
any fees or charges with respect to its services, will not be responsible or liable for maintaining,
supervising, or reviewing the records of DTC or its participants, or protecting any interests or
rights of the beneficial owners of the Bonds. It shall be the duty of the DTC Participants, as
defined in the Official Statement herein approved, to make all arrangements with DTC to
establish this book-entry system, the beneficial ownership of the Bonds, and the method of
paying the fees and charges of DTC. The City does not represent nor covenant that the initial
book-entry system established with DTC will be maintained in the future. Notwithstanding the
initial establishment of the foregoing book-entry system with DTC, if for any reason any of the
originally delivered Bonds is duly filed with the Paying Agent/Registrar with proper request for
transfer and substitution, as provided for in this Thirty-Second Supplement, substitute Bonds will
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be duly delivered as provided in this Thirty-Second Supplement, and there will be no assurance
or representation that any book-entry system will be maintained for such Bonds. To effect the
establishment of the foregoing book-entry system, the City has executed and filed with DTC the
"Blanket DTC Letter of Representations" in the form provided by DTC to evidence the City's
intent to establish said book-entry system. The foregoing notwithstanding, Bonds sold through a
negotiated sale conducted as a private placement are not subject to the requirements of this
Section 25, unless the Bond Purchase Agreement executed in connection with the sale of such
Bonds provides that the DTC book-entry system of registration shall apply to such Bonds.
Section 26. DEFAULT AND REMEDIES. (a) Events of Default. That each of the
following occurrences or events for the purpose of this Thirty-Second Supplement is hereby
declared to be an Event of Default:
(i) the failure to make payment of the principal of any Bond when the same
becomes due and payable; or
(ii) except as provided in Section 18(c)(iv) of this Thirty-Second Supplement,
default in the performance or observance of any other covenant, agreement or obligation
of the City, the failure to perform which materially, adversely affects the rights of the
registered owners of the Bonds, including, but not limited to, their prospect or ability to
be repaid in accordance with this Thirty-Second Supplement, and the continuation thereof
for a period of sixty (60) days after notice of such default is given by any registered
owner to the City.
(b) Remedies for Default.
(i) Upon the happening of any Event of Default, then and in every case, any
registered owner or an authorized representative thereof, including, but not limited to, a
trustee or trustees therefor, may proceed against the City, or any official, officer or
employee of the City in their official capacity, for the purpose of protecting and enforcing
the rights of the registered owners under this Thirty-Second Supplement, by mandamus
or other suit, action or special proceeding in equity or at law, in any court of competent
jurisdiction, for any relief permitted by law, including the specific performance of any
covenant or agreement contained herein, or thereby to enjoin any act or thing that may be
unlawful or in violation of any right of the registered owners hereunder or any
combination of such remedies.
(ii) It is provided that all such proceedings shall be instituted and maintained for
the equal benefit of all registered owners of Bonds then Outstanding.
(c) Remedies Not Exclusive.
(i) No remedy herein conferred or reserved is intended to be exclusive of any
other available remedy or remedies, but each and every such remedy shall be cumulative
and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or under the Bonds or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity; provided, however, that notwithstanding any
other provision of this Thirty-Second Supplement, the right to accelerate the debt
evidenced by the Bonds shall not be available as a remedy under this Thirty-Second
Supplement.
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(ii) The exercise of any remedy herein conferred or reserved shall not be deemed
a waiver of any other available remedy.
(iii) By accepting the delivery of a Bond authorized under this Thirty-Second
Supplement, such registered owner agrees that the certifications required to effectuate
any covenants or representations contained in this Thirty-Second Supplement do not and
shall never constitute or give rise to a personal or pecuniary liability or charge against the
officers, employees or members of the City or the City Council.
(iv) None of the members of the City Council, nor any other official or officer,
agent, or employee of the City, shall be charged personally by the registered owners with
any liability, or be held personally liable to the registered owners under any term or
provision of this Thirty-Second Supplement, or because of any Event of Default or
alleged Event of Default under this Thirty-Second Supplement.
Section 27. USE OF BOND PROCEEDS. That the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds
of any series shall be used in the manner described in a letter of instructions executed by or on
behalf of the City,provided, that proceeds representing accrued interest on such Bonds shall be
deposited to the credit of the Debt Service Fund and proceeds representing premium on such
Bonds shall be used in a manner consistent with the provisions of Section 1201.042(d), Texas
Government Code.
Section 28. PREAMBLE. That the preamble to this Thirty-Second Supplement is
hereby incorporated by reference, and is to be considered a part of the operative text of this
Thirty-Second Supplement.
Section 29. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION. That for all purposes of this Thirty-Second
Supplement, unless the context requires otherwise, all references to designated Sections and
other subdivisions are to the Sections and other subdivisions of this Thirty-Second Supplement.
The words "herein", "hereof' and "hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this
Thirty-Second Supplement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.
Except where the context otherwise requires, terms defined in this Thirty-Second Supplement to
impart the singular number shall be considered to include the plural number and vice versa.
References to any named person means that party and its successors and assigns. References to
any constitutional, statutory or regulatory provision means such provision as it exists on the date
this Thirty-Second Supplement is adopted by the City and any future amendments thereto or
successor provisions thereof. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
Section 30. ORDINANCE 23029-12-2017 SUPERSEDED. That Ordinance 23029-
12-2017, adopted by the City Council on December 5, 2017, and any ordinance amending and
restating Ordinance 23029-12-2017, is superseded by the adoption of this Amended and Restated
Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance. The City confirms that no obligations were issued by
the City under authority of the Thirty-Second Supplement, as amended and restated, prior to the
adoption of this ordinance.
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Section 31. IMMEDIATE EFFECT. That this Thirty-Second Supplement shall be
effective immediately from and after its passage in accordance with the provisions of Section
1201.028, Texas Government Code, and it is accordingly so ordained.
ADOPTED AND EFFECTIVE Apriil-7, 2020.
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EXHIBIT A
That, as used in this Thirty-Second Supplement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below, unless the text hereof specifically indicates otherwise:
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of Texas.
"Authentication Certificate" shall have the meaning given said term in Section 5(a) of the
Thirty-Second Supplement.
"Authorized Denomination" shall have the meaning given said term in Section 3(a) of the
Thirty-Second Supplement.
"Authorized Representative" means the City Manager and the Chief Financial
Officer/Director of Financial Management Services of the City, acting individually but not
collectively.
"Bidding Instructions" means the Notice of Sale and Bidding Instructions distributed to
potential purchasers of Bonds of a series sold pursuant to a competitive sale.
"Bond Purchase Agreement" means a bond purchase agreement (i) between the City and
the Underwriters, pertaining to the purchase of Bonds by the Underwriters sold through a
negotiated sale conducted as a public underwriting, and (ii) between the City and the Purchaser,
pertaining to the purchase of Bonds by the Purchaser sold through a negotiated sale conducted as
a private placement.
"Bonds" means the bonds of any series authorized to be issued by the Thirty-Second
Supplement.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Sunday, Saturday, a legal holiday, or a day on
which banking institutions in the city where the Designated Trust Office of the Paying
Agent/Registrar is located are authorized by law or executive order to close.
"Chapter 9" means Chapter 9, Texas Business & Commerce Code.
"Chapter 1206" means Chapter 1206, Texas Government Code.
"Chapter 1207" means Chapter 1207, Texas Government Code.
"Chapter 1208" means Chapter 1208, Texas Government Code.
"Chapter 1502" means Chapter 1502, Texas Government Code.
"Comptroller" means the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
"Designated Trust Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar" means the city so designated in
Section 5(a) of the Thirty-Second Supplement.
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"DTC" shall have the meaning given said term in Section 25 of the Thirty-Second
Supplement.
"Eighteenth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2010 Bonds.
"Master Ordinance" means the "Master Ordinance establishing the City of Fort Worth
Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Financing Program", passed by the City on December
10, 1991.
"MSRB" means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
"Nineteenth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2010A Bonds.
"Official Bid Form" means the bid form prepared in accordance with the Bidding
Instructions and submitted by potential purchasers of Bonds sold pursuant to a competitive sale.
"Official Statement" shall mean the offering document described in Section 23 of the
Thirty-Second Supplement and prepared in connection with the sale of Bonds through either a
competitive sale or a negotiated sale conducted as a public underwriting.
"Paying Agent/Registrar" means the financial institution specified in Section 5(a) of the
Thirty-Second Supplement.
"Previously Issued Parity Bonds" means the Series 2009 Bonds, the Series 2010 Bonds,
the Series 2010A Bonds, the Series 2010B Bonds, the Series 2010C Bonds, the Series 2011
Bonds, the Series 2012 Bonds, the Series 2014 Bonds, the Series 2015 Bonds, the Series 2015A
Bonds, the Series 2015B Bonds, the Series 2016 Bonds, the Series 2017 Bonds, the Series
2017A Bonds and the Series 2017B Bonds.
"Purchasers" means the entity or entities listed in the Official Bid Form accepted by the
City as the best bid for the Bonds of a series, in the case of a competitive sale of such Bonds, or
the bank or other financial institution listed in a Bond Purchase Agreement executed in
connection with a negotiated sale of Bonds conducted as a private placement.
"Refunded Commercial Paper Notes" means those Commercial Paper Notes designated
by the Chief Financial Officer/Director of Financial Management Services of the City in
accordance with Section 2(b) of this Thirty-Second Supplement to be refunded with the proceeds
of Bonds.
"Registration Books" shall have the meaning given said term in Section 5(a) of the
Thirty-Second Supplement.
"Rule" means SEC Rule 15c2-12, as amended from time to time.
"SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Series 2009 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2009, authorized by the Seventeenth Supplement.
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"Series 2010A Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2010A, authorized by the Nineteenth Supplement.
"Series 2010B Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2010B, authorized by the Twentieth Supplement.
"Series 2010C Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2010C, authorized by the Twenty-First Supplement.
"Series 2011 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2011, authorized by the Twenty-Second
Supplement.
"Series 2012 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2012, authorized by the Twenty-Third Supplement.
"Series 2014 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2014, authorized by the Twenty-Fourth
Supplement.
"Series 2015 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, authorized by the Twenty-Fifth Supplement.
"Series 2015A Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2015A, authorized by the Twenty-Sixth
Supplement.
"Series 2015B Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2015B, authorized by the Twenty-Seventh Supplement.
"Series 2016 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2016, authorized by the Twenty-Eighth
Supplement.
"Series 2017 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2017, authorized by the Twenty-Ninth Supplement.
"Series 2017A Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2017A, authorized by the Thirtieth
Supplement.
"Series 2017B Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 201713, authorized by the Thirty-First Supplement.
"Series 2017B Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 201713, authorized by the Thirty-First Supplement.
"Series 2018 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2018, authorized by the Thirty-Third Supplement.
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"Series 2019 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2019, authorized by the Thirty-Fourth Supplement.
"Series 2020 Bonds" means the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Bonds, Series 2020, authorized by the Thirty-Fifth Supplement.
"Seventeenth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2009 Bonds.
"Term Bonds" means those Bonds, if any, identified in the Official Bid Form as "term
bonds".
"Thirtieth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series 2017A
Bonds.
"Thirty-First Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2017B Bonds.
"Thirty-Second Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Bonds.
"Thirty-Third Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the proposed issuance of
City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2018, in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50,000,000, anticipated to be issued in the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2018, and, if issued, would constitute a series of"Previously Issued Parity
Bonds".
"Thirty-Third Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2018 Bonds.
"Thirty-Fourth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2019 Bonds.
"Thirty-Fifth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2020 Bonds.
"Treasury Regulations" means all applicable temporary, proposed and final regulations
and procedures promulgated under the Code or promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code of
1954, to the extent applicable to the Code.
"Twentieth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2010B Bonds.
"Twenty-First Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2010C Bonds.
"Twenty-Second Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2011 Bonds.
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"Twenty-Third Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2012 Bonds.
"Twenty-Fourth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2014 Bonds.
"Twenty-Fifth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2015 Bonds.
"Twenty-Sixth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2015A Bonds.
"Twenty-Seventh Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the
Series 2015B Bonds.
"Twenty-Eighth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2016 Bonds.
"Twenty-Ninth Supplement" means the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Series
2017 Bonds.
"Underwriters" shall mean the investment banking firms listed in a Bond Purchase
Agreement executed in connection with a negotiated sale conducted as a public underwriting of
Bonds.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF BOND:
NO. R- $
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTIES OF TARRANT, DENTON, PARKER, WISE AND JOHNSON
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE
REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 202
MATURITY DATE INTEREST RATE DELIVERY DATE CUSIP
, 202
ON THE MATURITY DATE SPECIFIED ABOVE, THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, IN
TARRANT, DENTON, PARKER, WISE AND JOHNSON COUNTIES, TEXAS (the "Issuer"),
hereby promises to pay to , or to the registered assignee hereof(either being
hereinafter called the "registered owner") the principal amount of
DOLLARS
and to pay interest thereon from the delivery date specified above, on 15, 202 and
semiannually on each 15 and 15 thereafter to the maturity date specified
above, or to the date of redemption prior to maturity, at the interest rate per annum specified
above; except that if the Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate appearing on the
face of this Bond is dated later than 15, 201_, such interest is payable semiannually on
each 15 and 15 following such date.
THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this Bond are payable in lawful money of
the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges. The principal of this
Bond shall be paid to the registered owner hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at
maturity, or at redemption prior to maturity, at the designated corporate trust office in Dallas,
Texas (the "Designated Trust Office"), of BOKF, NA, which is the "Paying Agent/Registrar" for
this Bond. The payment of interest on this Bond shall be made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to
the registered owner hereof on each interest payment date by check or draft, dated as of such
interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and payable solely from, funds
of the Issuer required by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of this Bond (the "Bond
Ordinance") to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter
provided; and such check or draft shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States
mail, first-class postage prepaid, on each such interest payment date, to the registered owner
hereof, at its address as it appeared on the last Business Day of the month next preceding each
such date (the "Record Date") on the Registration Books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as
hereinafter described. Any accrued interest due at maturity or upon the redemption of this Bond
prior to maturity as provided herein shall be paid to the registered owner upon presentation and
surrender of this Bond for redemption and payment at the Designated Trust Office of the Paying
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Agent/Registrar. The Issuer has covenanted in the Bond Ordinance that on or before each
principal payment date, interest payment date, and accrued interest payment date for this Bond it
will make available to the Paying Agent/Registrar, from the 'Debt Service Fund" created by the
ordinance establishing the City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue
Financing Program (the "Master Ordinance"), the amounts required to provide for the payment,
in immediately available funds, of all principal of and interest on the Bonds, when due.
IN THE EVENT of a non-payment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for 30
days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date") will be
established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest
have been received from the Issuer. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled
payment date of the past due interest ("Special Payment Date", which shall be 15 days after the
Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by
United States mail, first class postage prepaid, to the address of each registered owner appearing
on the registration books of the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the last
business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice.
IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond shall be a
Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which banking institutions in the city where the
Designated Trust Office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are authorized by law or
executive order to close, then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which
is not such a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions are
authorized to close; and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on
the original date payment was due. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period in which
ownership of the Bonds is determined only by a book entry at a securities depository for the
Bonds, any payment to the securities depository, or its nominee or registered assigns, shall be
made in accordance with existing arrangements between the Board and the securities depository.
THIS BOND is one of a series of bonds of like tenor and effect except as to number,
principal amount, interest rate, maturity, and right of prior redemption, dated , 202,
aggregating $ (herein sometimes called the "Bonds"), issued for the purpose of (i)
refunding the Refunded Commercial Paper Notes (as designated in accordance with the terms of
the Bond Ordinance), and (ii)paying the costs of issuance associated with the Bonds. The Bonds
shall be issued in any denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000 (an
"Authorized Denomination"). All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the same
meaning as given said terms in the Master Ordinance or the Bond Ordinance.
THE OUTSTANDING BONDS maturing on and after 15, 20 may be
redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, at the option of the Issuer, in whole, or in part, on
15, 20 , or on any date thereafter, at the redemption price of the principal amount of
the Bonds called for redemption, and without premium; provided, that during any period in
which ownership of the Bonds is determined only by a book entry at a securities depository for
the Bonds, if fewer than all of the Bonds of the same maturity and bearing the same interest rate
are to be redeemed, the particular Bonds of such maturity and bearing such interest rate shall be
selected in accordance with the arrangements between the Issuer and the securities depository.
THE BONDS are also subject to mandatory redemption in part by lot pursuant to the
terms of the Ordinance, on 15 in each of the years 20_ through 20_, with respect to
Bonds maturing 15, 20_, in the following years and in the following amounts, at a
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price equal to the principal amount thereof and accrued and unpaid interest to the date of
redemption, without premium:
Year Principal Amount
* Final Maturity
To the extent, however, that Bonds subject to sinking fund redemption have been previously
purchased or called for redemption in part and otherwise than from a sinking fund redemption
payment, each annual sinking fund payment for such Bond shall be reduced by the amount
obtained by multiplying the principal amount of Bonds so purchased or redeemed by the ratio
which each remaining annual sinking fund redemption payment for such Bonds bears to the total
remaining sinking fund payments, and by rounding each such payment to the nearest $5,000
integral;provided, that during any period in which ownership of the Bonds is determined only by
a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, the particular Bonds to be called for
mandatory redemption shall be selected in accordance with the arrangements between the City
and the securities depository.
NOTICE OF any such redemption of Bonds shall be given in the following manner, to-
wit, a written notice of such redemption shall be given to the registered owner of each Bond or a
portion thereof being called for redemption not less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for such
redemption by depositing such notice in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid,
addressed to each such registered owner at his address shown on the Registration Books of the
Paying Agent/Registrar. Any notice so mailed shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given notwithstanding whether one or more registered owners may have failed to have received
such notice. By the date fixed for any such redemption due provision shall be made by the Issuer
with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of the required redemption price for this Bond
or the portion hereof which is to be so redeemed. If such notice of redemption is given, and if
due provision for such payment is made, all as provided above, this Bond or the portion hereof
which is to be so redeemed, thereby automatically shall be redeemed prior to its scheduled
maturity, and shall not be regarded as being Outstanding except for the right of the registered
owner to receive the redemption price from the Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided
for such payment. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall record in the Registration Books all such
redemptions of principal amount of this Bond or any portion hereof. If a portion of any Bond
shall be redeemed a substitute Bond or Bonds having the same maturity date, bearing interest at
the same rate, in any denomination or denominations in any Authorized Denomination at the
written request of the registered owner, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued to the registered owner upon the surrender thereof for
cancellation, at the expense of the Issuer, all as provided in the Bond Ordinance. The years of
maturity of the Bonds called for such redemption shall be selected by the Issuer. The Bonds or
portions thereof redeemed within a maturity shall be selected by lot or other customary random
method selected by the Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with any requirements of a
securities depository, as applicable (provided that a portion of a Bond may be redeemed only in
an Authorized Denomination).
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THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPH NOTWITHSTANDING, with respect to any optional
redemption of the Bonds, unless certain prerequisites to such optional redemption required by the
Bond Ordinance have been met and money sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any,
and interest on the Bonds to be redeemed will have been received by the Paying Agent/Registrar
prior to giving such notice, such notice may state that the optional redemption will, at the option
of the City, be conditional upon the satisfaction of such prerequisites and receipt of such money
by the Paying Agent/Registrar on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption or upon any
prerequisite set forth in the notice of redemption. If a conditional notice of redemption is given
and such prerequisites to the redemption are not satisfied, such notice will be of no force and
effect, the City will not redeem such Bonds and the Paying Agent/Registrar will give notice in
the manner in which the notice of redemption was given, to the effect that such Bonds will not be
redeemed.
ALL BONDS OF THIS SERIES are issuable solely as fully registered bonds, without
interest coupons, in the denomination of any Authorized Denomination. As provided in the Bond
Ordinance, this Bond may, at the request of the registered owner or the assignee or assignees
hereof, be assigned, transferred, converted into and exchanged for a like aggregate amount of
fully registered Bonds, without interest coupons, payable to the appropriate registered owner,
assignee or assignees, as the case may be, having any authorized denomination or denominations
as requested in writing by the appropriate registered owner, assignee or assignees, as the case
may be, upon surrender of this Bond to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in
accordance with the form and procedures set forth in the Bond Ordinance. Among other
requirements for such assignment and transfer, this Bond must be presented and surrendered to
the Paying Agent/Registrar at the Designated Trust Office, together with proper instruments of
assignment, in form and with guarantee of signatures satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar,
evidencing assignment of this Bond or any portion or portions hereof in any authorized
denomination to the assignee or assignees in whose name or names this Bond or any such portion
or portions hereof is or are to be registered. The form of Assignment printed or endorsed on this
Bond may be executed by the registered owner to evidence the assignment hereof, but such
method is not exclusive, and other instruments of assignment satisfactory to the Paying
Agent/Registrar may be used to evidence the assignment of this Bond or any portion or portions
hereof from time to time by the registered owner. The one requesting such conversion and
exchange shall pay the Paying Agent/Registrar's reasonable standard or customary fees and
charges for converting and exchanging any Bond or portion thereof. In any circumstance, any
taxes or governmental charges required to be paid with respect thereto shall be paid by the one
requesting such assignment, transfer, conversion or exchange, as a condition precedent to the
exercise of such privilege. The foregoing notwithstanding, in the case of the conversion and
exchange of an assigned and transferred Bond or Bonds or any portion or portions thereof, such
fees and charges of the Paying Agent/Registrar will be paid by the Issuer. The Paying
Agent/Registrar shall not be required (i) to make any such transfer, conversion or exchange
during the period beginning at the opening of business 30 days before the day of the first mailing
of a notice of redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to
transfer, convert or exchange any Bonds so selected for redemption when such redemption is
scheduled to occur within 30 calendar days; provided, however, such limitation of transfer shall
not be applicable to an exchange by the registered owner of an unredeemed balance of a Bond
called for redemption in part.
IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds is changed by the Issuer,
resigns, or otherwise ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted in the Bond Ordinance that
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it promptly will appoint a competent and legally qualified substitute therefor, whose
qualifications are substantially similar to the previous Paying Agent/Registrar it is replacing, and
promptly will cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the registered owners of the Bonds.
WHENEVER the beneficial ownership of this Bond is determined by a book entry at a
securities depository for the Bonds, the foregoing requirements of holding, delivering or
transferring this Bond shall be modified to require the appropriate person or entity to meet the
requirements of the securities depository as to registering or transferring the book entry to
produce the same effect.
BY BECOMING the registered owner of this Bond, the registered owner thereby
acknowledges all of the terms and provisions of the Master Ordinance and the Bond Ordinance,
agrees to be bound by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Master Ordinance and
the Bond Ordinance are duly recorded and available for inspection in the official minutes and
records of the Issuer, and agrees that the terms and provisions of this Bond, the Master
Ordinance and the Bond Ordinance constitute a contract between each registered owner hereof
and the Issuer.
THE BONDS are special obligations of the Issuer payable solely from and equally
secured by a first lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues of the System. The Issuer has
reserved the right, subject to the restrictions stated, and adopted by reference, in the Master
Ordinance, to issue additional parity revenue obligations which also may be made payable from,
and secured by a first lien on and pledge of, the Pledged Revenues. For a more complete
description and identification of the revenues and funds pledged to the payment of the Bonds,
and other obligations of the Issuer secured by and payable from the same source or sources as the
Bonds, reference is hereby made to the Master Ordinance and the Bond Ordinance.
THE ISSUER has reserved the right, subject to the restrictions stated, and adopted by
reference, in the Bond Ordinance, to amend the Bond Ordinance; and under some (but not all)
circumstances amendments must be approved by the owners of a majority in Outstanding
Principal Amount of the Bonds.
THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF shall never have the right to demand payment of
this obligation out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation.
IT IS HEREBY certified and covenanted that this Bond has been duly and validly
authorized, issued and delivered; and that all acts, conditions and things required or proper to be
performed, exist and be done precedent to or in the authorization, issuance and delivery of this
Bond have been performed, existed and been done in accordance with law.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Bond has been signed with the imprinted or lithographed
manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, attested by the imprinted or lithographed facsimile
signature of the City Secretary, and approved as to form and legality by the imprinted or
lithographed facsimile signature of the City Attorney, and the official seal of the Issuer has been
duly affixed to,printed, lithographed or impressed on this Bond.
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
By
Mayor, City of Fort Worth, Texas
ATTEST:
City Secretary,
City of Fort Worth, Texas
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: (SEAL)
City Attorney, City of Fort Worth,Texas
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OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER
REGISTER NO.
STATE OF TEXAS
I hereby certify that this Bond has been examined, certified as to validity, and approved
by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and that this Bond has been registered by the
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
Witness my signature and seal this
Comptroller of Public Accounts of the
State of Texas
(SEAL)
PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE
(To be executed if this Bond is not accompanied by an executed
Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas)
It is hereby certified that this Bond has been issued under the provisions of the
proceedings adopted by the Issuer as described in the text of this Bond; and that this Bond has
been issued in exchange for or replacement of a bond, bonds, or a portion of a bond or bonds of
an issue which originally was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and
registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas.
Dated BOKF, NA,
Paying Agent/Registrar
By
Authorized Signatory
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
Please insert Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number of Transferee
(Please print or typewrite name and address, including zip code of Transferee)
the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints
attorney to register the transfer of the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof,
with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by NOTICE: The signature(s) above must
a member firm of the New York Stock correspond with the name of the Registered
Exchange or a commercial bank or trust Owner as it appears upon the front of this Bond
company. in every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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Exhibit C
to Thirty-Second
Supplemental Ordinance
DESCRIPTION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following information is referred to in Section 18 of this Thirty-Second Supplement.
Annual Financial Statements and Operating Data
The financial information and operating data with respect to the City to be provided
annually in accordance with such Section are as specified (and included in the Appendix or
under the headings of the Official Statement referred to) below:
Tables 1 through 15 contained in the Official Statement dated May 23, 2017, prepared in
connection with the issuance and sale of the Series 2017A Bonds; and
"Excerpts from the Annual Financial Report", as set forth in Appendix B to the
Official Statement
Accounting Principles
The accounting principles referred to in such Section are the accounting principles
described in the notes to the financial statements referred to above.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTIES OF TARRANT, DENTON, PARKER, WISE AND JOHNSON
CITY OF FORT WORTH
On the 7th day of April, 2020, the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, met in
regular, open, public meeting, and roll was called of the duly constituted members of the City
Council, to-wit:
Betsy Price, Mayor
Carlos Flores,
Brian Byrd
Cary Moon,
Gyna Bivens,
Jungus Jordan, Councilmembers,
Dennis Shingleton,
Kelly Allen Gray,
Ann Zadeh,
David Cooke, City Manager,
Sarah J. Fullenwider, City Attorney,
Mary J. Kayser City Secretary,
and a quorum was confirmed; and after the City Council had transacted certain business, the
following business was transacted, to-wit:
Councilmembe �introduced an ordinance and moved its passage. The motion
was seconded by Councilmember Z The ordinance was read by the City Secretary. The
motion, carrying with it the passage of the ordinance prevailed by a vote of'9YEAS,L' NAYS.
The ordinance as passed is as follows:
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTIES OF TARRANT, DENTON, WISE, PARKER AND JOHNSON
CITY OF FORT WORTH
I, Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, in the State of Texas, do
hereby certify that I have compared the attached and foregoing excerpt from the minutes of the
regular, open, public meeting of the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas held on April
7, 2020, and of the amended and restated ordinance authorizing the issuance of Water and
Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds, in one or more series, superseding Ordinance 23029-
12-2017, as amended and restated, which was duly passed at said meeting,and that said copy is a
true and correct copy of said excerpt and the whole of said ordinance. Said meeting was open to
the public, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given, all as
required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and have hereunto affixed the seal of said City
of Fort Worth, this -�day of April, 2020.
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City of Fort orth, Texas
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE: 04/07/20 M&C FILE NUMBER: M&C 20-0224
LOG NAME: 13SERIES 2020A WSS REV REF BOND AND CP APPROPRIATION
SUBJECT
Adopt Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Ordinance Authorizing Issuance of City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding and
Improvement Bonds, Series 2020A, in an Aggregate Principal Amount Not to Exceed$187,770,000.00, Establishing Parameters with Respect to
the Sale of the Bonds, Delegating to Designated City Officials Authority to Effect the Sale of Bonds by Competitive Bid or Negotiated Sale,
Enacting Other Provisions Relating to the Subject and Declaring an Immediate Effective Date; Adopt Amended and Restated Thirty-Second
Supplemental Ordinance,which Mirrors the Prior Thirty-Second Supplement but Extends the Term of Delegated Authority and Makes Minor
Conforming Changes; and Adopt Appropriation Ordinances(ALL COUNCIL DISTRICTS)
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Adopt the attached Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Ordinance(i)authorizing the issuance of City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System
Revenue Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 2020A, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed$187,770,000.00, (ii)approving the
sale of the bonds by competitive bid or negotiated sale as determined most advantageous based on current market conditions and subject to
meeting certain parameters, as set forth in the ordinance, (iii)approving execution of an Agreement for the retirement of the refunded obligations,
if any, and other instruments related to the issuance of the bonds, and(iv) providing for the establishment of rates and collection of revenues
sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds;
2. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Water and Sewer Bond 2020A Fund in the
amount of$101,000,000.00 for the purpose of funding capital improvements and paying the costs of issuance, subject to the sale of the bonds and
receipt of proceeds, with such amount subject to reduction to conform to final figures reflected in bond closing documents and with any excess cost
of issuance funds remaining after closing being transferred to the debt service fund;
3. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Water&Sewer Senior Lien Debt Service
Fund in the amount of$53,000,000.00, subject to the sale of the bonds and receipt of proceeds, for the purpose of funding the required escrow to
refund existing debt, with such amount subject to reduction to conform to final figures reflected in bond closing documents;
4. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Water&Sewer Subordinate Lien Debt
Service Fund in the amount of$36,000,000.00, subject to the sale of the bonds and receipt of proceeds, for the purpose of funding the required
escrow to refund existing debt,with such amount subject to reduction to conform to final figures reflected in bond closing documents;
5. Adopt the attached appropriation ordinance increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Water&Sewer Operating Fund in the
amount of$650,000.00, subject to the sale of the bonds and receipt of proceeds, for the purpose of paying cost of issuance related to the
Refunding Bonds,with such amount subject to reduction to conform to final figures reflected in bond closing documents and with any excess cost of
issuance funds remaining after closing being transferred to the debt service fund; and
6. Adopt the attached amended and restated Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance,which mirrors the prior Thirty-Second Supplement in(i)
authorizing issuance and sale of City of Fort Worth, Texas Water and Sewer System Revenue Refunding Bonds in an aggregate principal amount
not to exceed$150,000,000.00 to allow outstanding commercial paper to be refunded/refinanced if needed, (ii)approving the sale of the bonds
subject to certain parameters, as set forth in the ordinance, being met, (iii)authorizing instruments related to the issuance of the bonds, (iv)
providing for the establishment of rates and collection of revenues sufficient to pay the principal and interest on said bonds, (v)waiving the
provision in the Financial Management Policy Statements that outlines the revenue debt of the City shall generally have an average life of
approximately seventeen-to-eighteen years, and(vi)extending delegated authority to effect sale of refunding bonds through May 31, 2021.
DISCUSSION:
The purpose of this Mayor and Council Communication(M&C)is to adopt ordinances associated with revenue-based debt financing of
infrastructure for the City's Water and Sewer System.
The actions include authorizing bonds for system improvements and to refinance existing Water and Sewer debt obligations to achieve a
net savings(Thirty-Sixth Supplement), extending standby refunding authority to facilitate the System's Commercial Paper(CP) program(Amended
and Restated Thirty-Second Supplement), and adopting associated appropriation ordinances.
Thirty-Sixth Supplement
The first five recommendations relate to the Thirty-Sixth Supplemental Ordinance(Ordinance),which authorizes issuance and sale of up
to$187,770,000.00 in Water and Sewer revenue and refunding bonds, in one or more series, for the purpose of(i)extending and improving the
System(ii)refinancing existing Water and Sewer debt obligations to achieve net savings, and(iii) paying the costs of issuance of the bonds, and
to the appropriation of the bond proceeds.
The proposed debt transaction includes$100,000,000.00 in new money to fund capital projects in alignment with the Water Department's Capital
Improvement Plan with the balance of the debt proceeds to be used to refund other debt to achieve savings.
It is the City of Fort Worth's practice to achieve positive debt service savings through refinancing when the opportunity presents itself. Staff and the
City's Co-Financial Advisors HilltopSecurities and Estrada Hinojosa, are recommending the callable portions of the Series 2007A, Series 2007B,
Series 2010A, Series 2010B, and Series 2010C Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds be refunded, with a par amount outstanding of
$87,770,000.00.
The actual savings amount will not be determined until the time bids are received. However, in accordance with the City's Financial Management
Policy Statements,the ordinance provides that the refunding debt shall not be sold unless the sale will result in net present value savings of at least
3.5 percent of the par amount being refunded.
In 1991, the City adopted a Master Ordinance establishing a Water and Sewer System Revenue Financing Program for the Water Department.
Each time the Water Department issues debt, a supplemental ordinance must be adopted which contains details specific to the debt being issued.
This issuance would be the thirty-sixth supplemental ordinance since the Master Ordinance was adopted.
Due to current market conditions, public issuers are struggling to price favorably in the competitive market due to a lack of liquidity with investors.
In an effort to mitigate this downside risk,the ordinance provides delegated authority to the City Manager and Chief Financial Officer, individually,
to effect the sale of the bonds. This includes authority to seek not only competitive bids for the sale of the bonds authorized, but also a negotiated
sale conducted as either a public or private offering negotiated through a purchase agreement with Underwriters. Staff is recommending that these
bonds be sold with the City Manager or the Chief Financial Officer having authority to approve the terms of the sale so long as those terms
come within the parameters set forth in the Council-adopted ordinance. Key parameters include: Bonds must be rated in one of the four highest
generic rating categories(BBB or higher);the delegated authority expires on December 31. 2020; the maximum maturity is February 15, 2050;
the maximum net effective interest rate is 6.00%, and debt may only be refunded if doing so achieves a net present value savings of at least
3.50%.
Rating agency calls with Moody's, Fitch, and Standard&Poor's will be conducted prior to the sale of the bonds with the bonds expected to be
offered for sale approximately two weeks after ratings are received. Subsequent to the pricing and awarding the sale of the bonds,the City will
seek approval of the debt transactions from the Texas Attorney General with an estimated closing date approximately one month after the award of
sale.
The attached appropriation ordinances reflect the maximum appropriation amount for bond proceeds for each of the identified purposes. The
ordinances'structure accommodates variables associated with sale of debt under delegated authority such as the uncertain final interest rate to be
achieved and the possibility of a premium or discount being associated with the sale of the bonds. To the extent numbers at closing are less than
those reflected in each of the ordinances,the available appropriation amount will be reduced as needed to reflect final figures based on the
closing documents to ensure appropriations do not exceed actuals. Similarly,to the extent there are any remaining proceeds after paying cost of
issuance expense,those funds are to be moved to the Water and Sewer debt service fund.
Amended and Restated Thirty-Second Supplement
This M&C also adopts an amended and restated Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance,which provides the officials identified and designated
as pricing officers with the authority to issue up to$150,000,000.00 in Water and Sewer revenue refunding bonds if needed to facilitate the
System's CP program.
As approved by the City Council in December 2017, the CP program authorizes up to$150,000,000.00 in short-term commercial paper for the
Water and Sewer System to be outstanding at any time(M&C C-28496). Although it is not anticipated that commercial paper would actually be
issued very regularly,the program authority provides the Water Department with liquidity and contracting authority so that it can efficiently design
and commence capital projects that are ultimately planned to be financed out of longer term debt to be issued at a later date.
As the program is structured, an issue of commercial paper cannot have a maturity that is later than the 270th day after the date on which the paper
is initially issued. The Thirty-Second Supplement is an integral part of the CP program because it provides delegated authority that allows
refunding bonds to be issued, within certain parameters, in the unlikely event that commercial paper is actually issued and cannot otherwise be
retired or defeased by the 270th day.
The Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance was initially adopted by M&C C-28496 and previously amended and restated(M&Cs G-19266, G-
19531). Among the parameters the ordinance sets for issuance of Water and Sewer revenue refunding bonds is that the bonds bear a"net
effective interest rate"(as defined in and calculated in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1204, Texas Government Code)that is no
greater than 10%. In accordance with the practice of the Texas Attorney General,the prior versions of the Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance
provided delegated authority that would expire a year after the ordinance(original or restated)was adopted.
Adoption of the attached amended and restated version of the Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance extends the delegated authority of the
pricing officers to effect sale of all or any portion of up to$150,000,000.00 in revenue refunding bonds through May 31, 2021. Prior restated
versions of the Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance incorporated minor changes reflecting the impact of federal tax law changes on advance
refunding, and to add to the list of events that require disclosure under federal securities regulations.
Because ongoing authority to issue refunding bonds is needed for proper operation of the CP program, a newly amended and restated Thirty-
Second Supplemental Ordinance will be needed on an annual basis to extend the period of delegated authority. Staff anticipates bringing forward
an amended and restated Thirty-Second Supplemental Ordinance each year as part of the City's annual debt issuance process.
A Form 1295 is not required because: This M&C does not request approval of a contract with a business entity.
FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION:
The Director of Finance certifies that upon approval of the above recommendations and adoption of the attached ordinance, the sale of the 2020A
Water and Sewer System Revenue and Refunding Bonds will occur as required under the parameters set forth therein and that funds will be
available in the Water Debt Service Funds,Water Debt Reserve Fund, and in the Water and Sewer Bond 2020A Fund to record the appropriate
and necessary transactions. Pursuant to the recommended actions, appropriation authority up to$150,000,000.00 will be restored in the Water
and Sewer Commercial Paper(W&S Commercial Paper) Fund.
Submitted for City Manager's Office W. Reggie Zeno 8500
Originating Business Unit Head: John Samford 2318
Additional Information Contact: Alex Laufer 2268