HomeMy WebLinkAbout3444ORDINANCE NO. ...3 L1q y
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Kent, Washington,
relating to contracting indebtedness; providing for the issuance
of $21,205,000 par value of Limited Tax General Obligation
Bonds, 1999, of the City for general City purposes to provide
funds with which to finance a variety of capital projects,
including technology and communication upgrades, acquiring
land and buildings for municipal purposes and providing major
municipal facility upgrades and street improvements, and to pay
the costs of issuing of the bonds; fixing the date, form,
maturities, interest rates, terms and covenants of the bonds;
establishing a bond redemption fund and a project fund;
providing for bond insurance; and approving the sale and
providing for the delivery of the bonds to Lehman Brothers Inc.
of Seattle, Washington.
WHEREAS, the City of Kent, Washington (the "City"), is in need of
financing a variety of capital projects, including technology and communication upgrades,
acquiring land and buildings for municipal purposes and providing major municipal facility
upgrades and street improvements, the estimated cost of which is $20,858,000, and the City
does not have available sufficient funds to pay the cost; and
WHEREAS, MBIA Insurance Corporation of Armonk, New York (the
"Bond Insurer"), has made a commitment to issue an insurance policy (the "Municipal Bond
Insurance Policy") insuring the payment when due of the principal of and interest on the
bonds authorized herein, to be issued as provided therein, and the City Council deems that
the purchase of the Municipal Bond Insurance Policy is in the best interest of the City; and
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WHEREAS, Lehman Brothers Inc. of Seattle, Washington, has
offered to purchase the bonds authorized herein under the terms and conditions hereinafter
set forth in the form of a bond purchase contract; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENT, WASHINGTON, DOES
HEREBY ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Debt Capacity. The assessed valuation of the taxable property
within the City as ascertained by the last preceding assessment for City purposes for the
calendar year 1999 is $5,867,681,774, and the City has outstanding general indebtedness
evidenced by limited tax general obligation bonds, loans, leases and conditional sales contracts
in the principal amount of $64,027,832 incurred within the limit of up to 1-1/2% of the value
of the taxable property within the City permitted for general municipal purposes without a
vote of the qualified voters therein, unlimited tax general obligation bonds in the principal
amount of $12,595,000 incurred within the limit of up to 2-1/2% of the value of the taxable
property within the City for capital purposes only issued pursuant to a vote of the qualified
voters of the City, and the amount of indebtedness for which bonds are authorized herein to
be issued is $21,205,000.
SECTION 2. Authorization of Bonds. The City shall borrow money on the
credit of the City and issue negotiable limited tax general obligation bonds evidencing that
indebtedness in the amount of $21,205,000 for general City purposes to provide the funds to
finance a variety of capital projects, including technology and communication upgrades,
acquiring land and buildings for municipal purposes and providing major municipal facility
upgrades and street improvements (collectively, the "Projects"), as more fully identified in
Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof, and to pay the costs of
issuance and sale of the bonds (the "costs of issuance"). The general indebtedness to be
incurred shall be within the limit of up to 1-1 /2% of the value of the taxable property within
the City permitted for general municipal purposes without a vote of the qualified voters
therein.
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SECTION 3. Description of Bonds. The bonds shall be called Limited Tax
General Obligation Bonds, 1999, of the City (the 'Bonds"); shall be in the aggregate principal
amount of $21,205,000; shall be dated March 15, 1999; shall be in the denomination of
$5,000 or any integral multiple thereof within a single maturity; shall be numbered separately
in the manner and with any additional designation as the Bond Registrar (collectively, the
fiscal agencies of the State of Washington) deems necessary for purposes of identification;
shall bear interest (computed on the basis of a 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months) payable
semiannually on each June 1 and December 1, commencing December 1, 1999, to the
maturity or earlier redemption of the Bonds; and shall mature on December 1 in years and
amounts and bear interest at the rates per annum as follows:
Maturity
Interest
Years
Amounts
Rates
2000
$1,205,000
4.00%
2001
1,250,000
4.00
2002
1,300,000
4.00
2003
1,345,000
4.00
2004
1,400,000
4.00
2005
1,455,000
4.00
2006
1,525,000
4.10
2007
1,145,000
4.20
2008
1,195,000
4.30
2009
1,245,000
4.40
2010
655,000
4.50
2011
685,000
4.60
2012
715,000
4.70
2013
750,000
4.75
2019
5,335,000
5.00
The term of the Bonds allocated to the various Projects does not exceed the expected lives
of the Projects to be financed with the proceeds of those Bonds.
SECTION4. Registration and Transfer of Bonds. The Bonds shall be issued
only in registered form as to both principal and interest and shall be recorded on books or
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records maintained by the Bond Registrar (the 'Bond Register"). The Bond Register shall
contain the name and mailing address of the owner of each Bond and the principal amount
and number of each of the Bonds held by each owner.
Bonds surrendered to the Bond Registrar may be exchanged for Bonds in any
authorized denomination of an equal aggregate principal amount and of the same interest rate
and maturity. Bonds may be transferred only if endorsed in the manner provided thereon and
surrendered to the Bond Registrar. Any exchange or transfer shall be without cost to the
owner or transferee. The Bond Registrar shall not be obligated to exchange or transfer any
Bond during the 15 days preceding any principal payment or redemption date.
The Bonds initially shall be registered in the name of CEDE & CO., as the
nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ('DTC"). The Bonds so
registered shall be held in fully immobilized form by DTC as depository in accordance with
the provisions of a Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations with DTC substantially in the
form on file with the City Clerk and by this reference made a part hereof (the "Letter of
Representations"). To induce DTC to accept the Bonds as eligible for deposit at DTC, the
City approves the Letter of Representations. The City Finance Division Director is
authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Letter of Representations, on behalf of the
City, to DTC on or before the date of delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser thereof and the
payment therefor, with such changes as the City Finance Division Director deems to be in the
best interests of the City, and her execution and delivery of the Letter of Representations shall
evidence irrevocably the approval of the Letter of Representations by the City. Neither the
City nor the Bond Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to DTC participants
or the persons for whom they act as nominees with respect to the Bonds regarding accuracy
of any records maintained by DTC or DTC participants of any amount in respect of principal
of or interest on the Bonds, or any notice which is permitted or required to be given to
registered owners hereunder (except such notice as is required to be given by the Bond
Registrar to DTC).
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For so long as any Bonds are held in fully immobilized form, DTC or its
successor depository shall be deemed to be the registered owner for all purposes hereunder
and all references to registered owners, bondowners, bondholders or the like shall mean DTC
or its nominees and shall not mean the owners of any beneficial interests in the Bonds.
Registered ownership of such Bonds, or any portions thereof, may not thereafter be
transferred except: (i) to any successor of DTC or its nominee, if that successor shall be
qualified under any applicable laws to provide the services proposed to be provided by it; (ii)
to any substitute depository appointed by the City or such substitute depository's successor;
or (iii) to any person if the Bonds are no longer held in immobilized form.
Upon the resignation of DTC or its successor (or any substitute depository or
its successor) from its functions as depository, or a determination by the City that it no longer
wishes to continue the system of book entry transfers through DTC or its successor (or any
substitute depository or its successor), the City may appoint a substitute depository. Any
such substitute depository shall be qualified under any applicable laws to provide the services
proposed to be provided by it.
If (i) DTC or its successor (or substitute depository or its successor) resigns
from its functions as depository, and no substitute depository can be obtained, or (ii) the City
determines that the Bonds are to be in certificated form, the ownership of Bonds may be
transferred to any person as provided herein and the Bonds no longer shall be held in fully
immobilized form.
SECTION S. Payment of Bonds. Both principal of and interest on the Bonds
shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Interest on the Bonds shall
be paid by checks of the Bond Registrar mailed on the interest payment date to the registered
owners at the addresses appearing on the Bond Register on the 15th day of the month
preceding the interest payment date. Principal of the Bonds shall be payable upon
presentation and surrender of the Bonds by the registered owners at either of the principal
offices of the Bond Registrar at the option of the owners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as
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long as the Bonds are registered in the name of DTC or its nominee, payment of principal of
and interest on the Bonds shall be made in the manner set forth in the Letter of
Representations.
SECTION 6. Redemption Provisions and Open Market Purchase of Bonds.
Bonds maturing in the years 2000 through 2009, inclusive, shall be issued without the right
or option of the City to redeem those Bonds prior to their stated maturity dates. The City
reserves the right and option to redeem Bonds maturing on or after December 1, 2010, prior
to their stated maturity dates at any time on or after December 1, 2009, as a whole or in part
(within one or more maturities selected by the City and randomly within a maturity in such
manner as the Bond Registrar shall determine), at the following prices (expressed as
percentage of par) plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.
Redemption Dates Redemption Prices
December 1, 2009, through November 30, 2010 101.0%
December 1, 2010, through November 30, 2011 100.5
December 1, 2011, and thereafter 100.0
Bonds maturing in 2019 are Term Bonds and, if not redeemed under the
optional redemption provisions set forth above or purchased in the open market under the
provisions set forth below, shall be called for redemption by lot (in such manner as the Bond
Registrar shall determine) at par plus accrued interest on December 1 in years and amounts
as follows:
Mandatory Mandatory
Redemption Redemption
Years Amounts
2014
$ 785,000
2015
825,000
2016
865,000
2017
905,000
2018
955,000
2019
1,000,000
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If the City shall redeem Term Bonds under the optional redemption provisions
set forth above or purchase Term Bonds in the open market as set forth below, the par
amount of the Term Bonds so redeemed or purchased (irrespective of their actual redemption
or purchase prices) shall be credited against one or more scheduled mandatory redemption
amounts for those Term Bonds (as allocated by the City) beginning not earlier than 60 days
after the date of the optional redemption or purchase, and the City shall promptly notify the
Bond Registrar in writing of the manner in which the credit for the Term Bonds so redeemed
or purchased has been allocated.
Portions of the principal amount of any Bond, in installments of $5,000 or any
integral multiple thereof, may be redeemed. If less than all of the principal amount of any
Bond is redeemed, upon surrender of that Bond at either of the principal offices of the Bond
Registrar, there shall be issued to the registered owner, without charge therefor, a new Bond
(or Bonds, at the option of the registered owner) of the same maturity and interest rate in any
of the denominations authorized by this ordinance in the aggregate principal amount
remaining unredeemed.
The City further reserves the right and option to purchase any or all of the
Bonds in the open market at any time at any price plus accrued interest to the date of
purchase.
All Bonds purchased or redeemed under this section shall be canceled.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for so long as the Bonds are registered in the
name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, selection of Bonds for redemption shall be in
accordance with the Letter of Representations (as it may be changed).
SECTION 7. Notice of Redemption. The City shall cause notice of any
intended redemption of Bonds to be given by the Bond Registrar not less than 30 nor more
than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the
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registered owner of any Bond to be redeemed at the address appearing on the Bond Register
at the time the Bond Registrar prepares the notice, and the requirements of this sentence shall
be deemed to have been fulfilled when notice has been mailed as so provided, whether or not
it is actually received by the owner of any Bond. Interest on Bonds called for redemption
shall cease to accrue on the date fixed for redemption unless the Bond or Bonds called are not
redeemed when presented pursuant to the call. In addition, the redemption notice shall be
mailed by the Bond Registrar within the same period, postage prepaid, to Moody's Investors
Service, Inc., and Standard & Poor's at their offices in New York, New York, or their
successors, to Lehman Brothers Inc. at its principal office in Seattle, Washington, or its
successor, to MBIA Insurance Corporation (the "Bond Insurer") at its principal office in
Armonk, New York, or its successor, and to such other persons and with such additional
information as the City Finance Division Director shall determine, but these additional
mailings shall not be a condition precedent to the redemption of Bonds. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, for so long as the Bonds are registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of
DTC, notice of redemption shall be given in accordance with the Letter of Representations
(as it may be changed).
SECTION 8. Failure To Redeem Bonds. If any Bond is not redeemed when
properly presented at its maturity or call date, the City shall be obligated to pay interest on
that Bond at the same rate provided in the Bond from and after its maturity or call date until
that Bond, both principal and interest, is paid in full or until sufficient money for its payment
in full is on deposit in the bond redemption fund hereinafter created and the Bond has been
called for payment by giving notice of that call to the registered owner of each of those
unpaid Bonds.
SECTION 9. Pledge of Taxes. For as long as any of the Bonds are
outstanding, the City irrevocably pledges to include in its budget and levy taxes annually
within the constitutional and statutory tax limitations provided by law without a vote of the
electors of the City on all of the taxable property within the City in an amount sufficient,
together with other money legally available and to be used therefor, to pay when due the
principal of and interest on the Bonds, and the full faith, credit and resources of the City are
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pledged irrevocably for the annual levy and collection of those taxes and the prompt payment
of that principal and interest.
SECTION 10. Form and Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be printed
or lithographed on good bond paper in a form consistent with the provisions of this ordinance
and state law and shall be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, either or both of whose
signatures may be manual or in facsimile, and the seal of the City or a facsimile reproduction
thereof shall be impressed or printed thereon.
Only Bonds bearing a Certificate of Authentication in the following form,
manually signed by the Bond Registrar, shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled
to the benefits of this ordinance:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the fully registered City of Kent, Washington,
Limited Tax General Obligation Bonds, 1999, described in the Bond
Ordinance.
WASHINGTON STATE FISCAL AGENCY
Bond Registrar
Authorized Signer
The authorized signing of a Certificate of Authentication shall be conclusive evidence that the
Bonds so authenticated have been duly executed, authenticated and delivered and are entitled
to the benefits of this ordinance.
If any officer whose facsimile signature appears on the Bonds ceases to be an
officer of the City authorized to sign bonds before the Bonds bearing his or her facsimile
signature are authenticated or delivered by the Bond Registrar or issued by the City, those
Bonds nevertheless may be authenticated, issued and delivered and, when authenticated,
issued and delivered, shall be as binding on the City as though that person had continued to
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be an officer of the City authorized to sign bonds. Any Bond also may be signed on behalf
of the City by any person who, on the actual date of signing of the Bond, is an officer of the
City authorized to sign bonds, although he or she did not hold the required office on the date
of issuance of the Bonds.
SECTION ll. Bond Re i,� strar. The Bond Registrar shall keep, or cause to
be kept, at its principal corporate trust office, sufficient books for the registration and transfer
of the Bonds, which shall be open to inspection by the City at all times. The Bond Registrar
is authorized, on behalf of the City, to authenticate and deliver Bonds transferred or
exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the Bonds and this ordinance, to serve as the
City's paying agent for the Bonds and to carry out all of the Bond Registrar's powers and
duties under this ordinance and City Ordinance No. 2418 establishing a system of registration
for the City's bonds and obligations.
The Bond Registrar shall be responsible for its representations contained in the
Bond Registrar's Certificate of Authentication on the Bonds. The Bond Registrar may
become the owner of Bonds with the same rights it would have if it were not the Bond
Registrar and, to the extent permitted by law, may act as depository for and permit any of its
officers or directors to act as members of, or in any other capacity with respect to, any
committee formed to protect the rights of Bond owners.
SECTION 12. Preservation of Tax Exemption for Interest on Bonds. The
City covenants that it will take all actions necessary to prevent interest on the Bonds from
being included in gross income for federal income tax purposes, and it will neither take any
action nor make or permit any use of proceeds of the Bonds or other funds of the City treated
as proceeds of the Bonds at any time during the term of the Bonds which will cause interest
on the Bonds to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. The City also
covenants that it will, to the extent the arbitrage rebate requirement of Section 148 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), is applicable to the Bonds, take
all actions necessary to comply (or to be treated as having complied) with that requirement
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in connection with the Bonds, including the calculation and payment of any penalties that the
City has elected to pay as an alternative to calculating rebatable arbitrage, and the payment
of any other penalties if required under Section 148 of the Code to prevent interest on the
Bonds from being included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. The City
certifies that it has not been notified of any listing or proposed listing by the Internal Revenue
Service to the effect that it is a bond issuer whose arbitrage certifications may not be relied
upon.
SECTION 13. Refunding or Defeasance of the Bonds. The City may issue
refunding bonds pursuant to the laws of the State of Washington or use money available from
any other lawful source to pay when due the principal of and interest on the Bonds, or any
portion thereof included in a refunding or defeasance plan, and to redeem and retire, refund
or defease all such then -outstanding Bonds (hereinafter collectively called the "defeased
Bonds") and to pay the costs of the refunding or defeasance. If money and/or direct
obligations of the United States of America maturing at a time or times and bearing interest
in amounts (together with money, if necessary) sufficient to redeem and retire, refund or
defease the defeased Bonds in accordance with their terms are set aside in a special trust fund
or escrow account irrevocably pledged to that redemption, retirement or defeasance of
defeased Bonds (hereinafter called the "trust account"), then all right and interest of the
owners of the defeased Bonds in the covenants of this ordinance and in the funds and
accounts pledged to the payment of the defeased Bonds shall cease and become void. The
owners of defeased Bonds shall have the right to receive payment of the principal of and
interest on the defeased Bonds from the trust account. The City shall include in the refunding
or defeasance plan such provisions as the City deems necessary for the random selection of
any defeased Bonds that constitute less than all of a particular maturity of the Bonds, for
notice of the defeasance to be given to the owners of the defeased Bonds and to such other
persons as the City shall determine, and for any required replacement of Bond certificates for
defeased Bonds. The defeased Bonds shall be deemed no longer outstanding, and the City
may apply any money in any other fund or account established for the payment or redemption
of the defeased Bonds to any lawful purposes as it shall determine.
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Notwithstanding anything in this section to the contrary, if the principal of
and/or interest due on the Bonds is paid by the Bond Insurer pursuant to the Municipal Bond
Insurance Policy, the Bonds shall be treated as remaining outstanding for all purposes and
shall not be considered paid by the City, and the covenants, agreements and other obligations
of the City to the registered owners of the Bonds shall continue to exist, and the Bond Insurer
shall be subrogated to the rights of the registered owners.
SECTION 14. Bond Fund and Dgposit of Bond Proceeds. There is created
and established in the office of the City Finance Division Director a special fund designated
as the Limited Tax General Obligation Bond Fund, 1999 (the 'Bond Fund"), for the purpose
of paying principal of and interest on the Bonds. Accrued interest on the Bonds, if any,
received from the sale and delivery of the Bonds shall be paid into the Bond Fund. All taxes
collected for and allocated to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds,
together with other money, if any, legally available to be used for that purpose, shall be
deposited in the Bond Fund.
There also is created and established in the office of the City Finance Division
Director a special fund designated as the 1999 LTGO Project Fund (the "Project Fund"). The
principal proceeds received from the sale and delivery of the Bonds shall be paid into the
Project Fund and used for the purposes specified in Section 2 of this ordinance. Until needed
to pay the costs of the Project and costs of issuance of the Bonds, the City may invest
principal proceeds temporarily in any legal investment, and the investment earnings may be
retained in the Project Fund and be spent for the purposes of that fund except that earnings
subject to a federal tax or rebate requirement may be withdrawn from the Project Fund and
used for those tax or rebate purposes.
SECTION 15. Approval oval of Bond Purchase Contract. Lehman Brothers Inc.
of Seattle, Washington, has presented a purchase contract (the 'Bond Purchase Contract")
to the City offering to purchase the Bonds under the terms and conditions provided in the
Bond Purchase Contract, which written Bond Purchase Contract is on file with the City Clerk
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and is incorporated herein by this reference. The City Council finds that entering into the
Bond Purchase Contract is in the City's best interest and therefore accepts the offer contained
therein and authorizes its execution by City officials.
The Bonds will be printed at City expense and will be delivered to the
purchaser in accordance with the Bond Purchase Contract, with the approving legal opinion
of Foster Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, municipal bond counsel of Seattle, Washington,
regarding the Bonds. Bond counsel shall not be required to review and shall express no
opinion concerning the completeness or accuracy of any official statement, offering circular
or other sales or disclosure material issued or used in connection with the Bonds, and bond
counsel's opinion shall so state.
The proper City officials are authorized and directed to do everything
necessary for the prompt delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser and for the proper application
and use of the proceeds of the sale thereof.
SECTION 16. Preliminary Official Statement Deemed Final. The City
Council has been provided with copies of a preliminary official statement dated March 3,
1999 (the "Preliminary Official Statement"), prepared in connection with the sale of the
Bonds. For the sole purpose of the Bond purchaser's compliance with Securities and
Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 15c2 -12(b)(1), the City "deems final" that Preliminary
Official Statement as of its date, except for the omission of information as to offering prices,
interest rates, selling compensation, aggregate principal amount, principal amount per
maturity, maturity dates, options of redemption, delivery dates, ratings and other terms of the
Bonds dependent on such matters.
SECTION 17. Undertaking to Provide Continuing Disclosure. To meet the
requirements of United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 15c2 -
12(b)(5) (the "Rule"), as applicable to a participating underwriter for the Bonds, the City
makes the following written undertaking (the "Undertaking") for the benefit of holders of the
Bonds:
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(a) Undertaking to Provide Annual Financial Information and
Notice of Material Events. The City undertakes to provide or cause to be
provided, either directly or through a designated agent:
(i) To each nationally recognized municipal securities
information repository designated by the SEC in accordance with the
Rule ("NRMSIR") and to a state information depository, if any,
established in the State of Washington (the "SID") annual financial
information and operating data of the type included in the final official
statement for the Bonds and described in subsection (b) of this section
("annual financial information");
(ii) To each NRMSIR or the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board ("MSRB"), and to the SID, timely notice of the
occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Bonds,
if material: (1) principal and interest payment delinquencies; (2) non-
payment related defaults; (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 or events affecting the tax-exempt status of the Bonds; (7)
modifications to rights of holders of the Bonds; (8) Bond calls (other
than scheduled mandatory redemptions of Term Bonds); (9)
defeasances; (10) release, substitution, or sale of property securing
repayment of the Bonds; and (11) rating changes; and
(iii) To each NRMSIR or to the MSRB, and to the SID,
timely notice of a failure by the City to provide required annual
financial information on or before the date specified in subsection (b)
of this section.
(b) Type of Annual Financial Information Undertaken to be
Provided. The annual financial information that the City undertakes to
provide in subsection (a) of this section.-
(i)
ection:
(i) Shall consist of (1) annual financial statements
prepared (except as noted in the financial statements) in accordance
with applicable generally accepted accounting principles promulgated
by the Government Accounting Standards Board ("GASB"), as such
principles may be changed from time to time, which statements shall
not be audited, except, however, that if and when audited financial
statements are otherwise prepared and available to the City they will
be provided; (2) a statement of the City's general obligation debt
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service requirements; and (3) an update of the information set forth in
tables 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the Official Statement for the Bonds;
(ii) Shall be provided to each NRMSIR and the SID, not
later than the last day of the ninth month after the end of each fiscal
year of the City (currently, a fiscal year ending December 31), as such
fiscal year may be changed as required or permitted by State law,
commencing with the City's fiscal year ending December 31, 1998;
and
(iii) May be provided in a single or multiple documents, and
may be incorporated by reference to other documents that have been
filed with each NRMSIR and the SID, or, if the document
incorporated by reference is a "final official statement" with respect to
other obligations of the City, that has been filed with the MSRB.
(c) Amendment of Undertaking. The Undertaking is subject to
amendment after the primary offering of the Bonds without the consent of any
holder of any Bond, or of any broker, dealer, municipal securities dealer,
participating underwriter, rating agency, NRMSIR, the SID or the MSRB,
under the circumstances and in the manner permitted by the Rule.
The City will give notice to each NRMSIR or the MSRB, and the SID,
of the substance (or provide a copy) of any amendment to the Undertaking
and a brief statement of the reasons for the amendment. If the amendment
changes the type of annual financial information to be provided, the annual
financial information containing the amended financial information will include
a narrative explanation of the effect of that change on the type of information
to be provided.
(d) Beneficiaries. The Undertaking evidenced by this section shall
inure to the benefit of the City and any holder of Bonds, and shall not inure
to the benefit of or create any rights in any other person.
(e) Termination of Undertaking. The City's obligations under this
Undertaking shall terminate upon the legal defeasance of all of the Bonds. In
addition, the City's obligations under this Undertaking shall terminate if those
provisions of the Rule which require the City to comply with this Undertaking
become legally inapplicable in respect of the Bonds for any reason, as
confirmed by an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel or other
counsel familiar with federal securities laws delivered to the City, and the City
provides timely notice of such termination to each NRMSIR or the MSRB
and the SID.
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(f) Remedy for Failure to Comply with Undertaking. As soon as
practicable after the City learns of any failure to comply with the Undertaking,
the City will proceed with due diligence to cause such noncompliance to be
corrected. No failure by the City or other obligated person to comply with the
Undertaking shall constitute a default in respect of the Bonds. The sole
remedy of any holder of a Bond shall be to take such actions as that holder
deems necessary, including seeking an order of specific performance from an
appropriate court, to compel the City or other obligated person to comply
with the Undertaking.
(g) Designation of Official Responsible to Administer Undertaking.
The Finance Division Director of the City (or such other officer of the City
who may in the future perform the duties of the Finance Division Director) or
his or her designee is authorized and directed in his or her discretion to take
such further actions as may be necessary, appropriate or convenient to carry
out the Undertaking of the City in respect of the Bonds set forth in this
section and in accordance with the Rule, including, without limitation, the
following actions:
(i) preparing and filing the annual financial information
undertaken to be provided;
(ii) determining whether any event specified in subsection
(a) has occurred, assessing its materiality with respect to the Bonds,
and, if material, preparing and disseminating notice of its occurrence;
(iii) determining whether any person other than the City is
an "obligated person" within the meaning of the Rule with respect to
the Bonds, and obtaining from such person an undertaking to provide
any annual financial information and notice of material events for that
person in accordance with the Rule;
(iv) selecting, engaging and compensating designated
agents and consultants, including but not limited to financial advisors
and legal counsel, to assist and advise the City in carrying out the
Undertaking; and
(v) effecting any necessary amendment of the Undertaking.
SECTION 18. Bond Insurance. The City Council finds that it is in the City's
best interest to purchase, and that a savings will result from purchasing, the Municipal Bond
Insurance Policy for the Bonds. The City shall purchase from the Bond Insurer the Municipal
Bond Insurance Policy insuring the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the
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Bonds and agrees to the conditions for obtaining that policy, including the payment of the
premium therefor and the following provisions entitled "Payments under the policy" required
by the Bond Insurer to be included in this ordinance:
"A. In the event that, on the second Business Day, and again on the
Business Day, prior to the payment date on the Obligations, the Paying Agent [the
Bond Registrar] has not received sufficient moneys to pay all principal of and
interest on the Obligations due on the second following or following, as the case
may be, Business Day, the Paying Agent shall immediately notify the Insurer or
its designee on the same Business Day by telephone or telegraph, confirmed in
writing by registered or certified mail, of the amount of the deficiency.
"B. If the deficiency is made up in whole or in part prior to or on the
payment date, the Paying Agent shall so notify the Insurer or its designee.
"C. In addition, if the Paying Agent has notice that any Bondholder
has been required to disgorge payments of principal or interest on the Obligation
to a trustee in Bankruptcy or creditors or others pursuant to a final judgment by
a court of competent jurisdiction that such payment constitutes a voidable
preference to such Bondholder within the meaning of any applicable bankruptcy
laws, then the Paying Agent shall notify the Insurer or its designee of such fact by
telephone or telegraphic notice, confirmed in writing by registered or certified
mail.
"D. The Paying Agent is hereby irrevocably designated, appointed,
directed and authorized to act as attorney-in-fact for Holders of the Obligations
as follows:
"1. If and to the extent there is a deficiency in amounts
required to pay interest on the Obligations, the Paying Agent shall (a)
execute and deliver to State Street Bank and Trust Company, N.A, or its
successors under the Policy (the "Insurance Paying Agent"), in form
satisfactory to the Insurance Paying Agent, an instrument appointing the
Insurer as agent for such Holders in any legal proceeding related to the
payment of such interest and an assignment to the Insurer of the claims for
interest to which such deficiency relates and which are paid by the Insurer,
(b) receive as designee of the respective Holders (and not as Paying
Agent) in accordance with the tenor of the Policy payment from the
Insurance Paying Agent with respect to the claims for interest so assigned,
and (c) disburse the same to such respective Holders; and
442. If and to the extent of a deficiency in amounts required to
pay principal of the Obligations, the Paying Agent shall (a) execute and
deliver to the Insurance Paying Agent in form satisfactory to the Insurance
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Paying Agent an instrument appointing the Insurer as agent for such
Holder in any legal proceeding relating to the payment of such principal
and an assignment to the Insurer of any of the Obligation surrendered to
the Insurance Paying agent of so much of the principal amount thereof as
has not previously been paid or for which moneys are not held by the
Paying Agent and available for such payment (but such assignment shall
be delivered only if payment from the Insurance Paying Agent is
received), (b) receive as designee of the respective Holders (and not as
Paying Agent) in accordance with the tenor of the Policy payment
therefor from the Insurance Paying Agent, and (c) disburse the same to
such Holders.
"E. Payments with respect to claims for interest on and principal of
Obligations disbursed by the Paying Agent from proceeds of the Policy shall not
be considered to discharge the obligation of the Issuer with respect to such
Obligations, and the Insurer shall become the owner of such unpaid Obligations
and claims for the interest in accordance with the tenor of the assignment made
to it under the provisions of this subsection or otherwise.
"F. Irrespective of whether any such assignment is executed and
delivered, the Issuer and the Paying Agent hereby agree for the benefit of the
Insurer that:
"1. They recognize that to the extent the Insurer makes
payments, directly or indirectly (as by paying through the Paying Agent),
on account of principal of or interest on the Obligations, the Insurer will
be subrogated to the rights of such Holders to receive the amount of such
principal and interest from the Issuer, with interest thereon as provided
and solely from the sources stated in this Indenture and the Obligations;
and
442. They will accordingly pay to the Insurer the amount of
such principal and interest (including principal and interest recovered
under subparagraph (ii) of the first paragraph of the Policy, which
principal and interest shall be deemed past due and not to have been paid),
with interest thereon as provided in this Indenture and the Obligations, but
only from the sources and in the manner provided herein for the payment
of principal of and interest on the Obligations to Holders, and will
otherwise treat the Insurer as the owner of such rights to the amount of
such principal and interest.
"G. In connection with the issuance of additional Obligations, the
Issuer shall deliver to the Insurer a copy of the disclosure document, if any,
circulated with respect to such additional Obligations.
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"H. Copies of any amendments made to the documents executed in
connection with the issuance of the Obligations which are consented to by the
Insurer shall be sent to Standard & Poor's Corporation.
"I. The Insurer shall receive notice of the resignation or removal of
the Paying Agent and the appointment of a successor thereto.
"J. The Insurer shall receive copies of all notices required to be
delivered to Bondholders and, on an annual basis, copies of the Issuer's audited
financial statements and Annual Budget.
"Notices: Any notice that is required to be given to a holder of the
Obligation or to the Paying Agent pursuant to the Indenture shall also be provided
to the Insurer. All notices required to be given to the Insurer under the Indenture
shall be in writing and shall be sent by registered or certified mail addressed to
MBIA Insurance Corporation, 113 King Street, Armonk, New York 10504
Attention: Surveillance."
SECTION 19: Severability. If any one or more sections, subsections, or
sentences of this Ordinance are held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance and the same shall remain in full
force and effect.
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SECTION 20: Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force
five (5) days from and after its passage, approvla d publication71�1 ed by law.
MAYO
ATTEST:
BRENDA JACO R, ITY CLERK
WILLIAM G. TONKIN OF
FOSTER PEPPER & SHEFELMAN PLLC
PASSED: 16
day of
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, 1999.
APPROVED: /4
day of
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, 1999.
PUBLISHED: �`�
day of
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, 1999.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of Ordinance No.3 qyf, passed by
the City Council of the City of Kent, Washington, and approved by the Mayor of the City of
Kent as hereon indicated.
(SEAL)
BRENDA JACO E CITY CLERK
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EXHIBIT A
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Pro'ect
Descri tion
Court/Aukeen Remodel
Initial remodel at Aukeen Court to accommodate the Kent
Municipal Court
Technology plan
Plan includes business systems, mini computer and central
e ui ment, telephone sstems and networks stem
Tenant Improvements
Tenant improvements for City Hall, the Centennial
Building, Kent Memorial Park Building, IS Training
Center, Fire Prevention and Station 74
Russell Road Park Irrigation
Complete the renovations to Russell Road Park by
installing an irrigation system
Facility Security Improvements
Security building improvements based on the findings of
the Domestic Violence Task Force
Space Study — Phase II
Detail design and costing of the following buildings
identified in Phase I: City Hall, Centennial Building, Police
Headquarters, East Hill Maintenance Facility and Russell
Road Maintenance Facility
Back Up Generators
Back up power systems in case of power failure or major
disaster for City Hall, Police, Centennial Kent Commons
and Russell Road Maintenance Facility
East Hill Maintenance Facility —
Land
Land identified in the space study and the 1998 CIP for
future parks and Public Works maintenance facility
Police Headquarters Land
Acquisition
Land identified in Phase I of the space study
Fire Station #75
Final payment to Fire District #37 for the fire station
urchased as a result of the Meridian annexation
Police/Fire MDT Replacements
Laptops to replace the terminals currently in use
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Corrections Renovations
Major life cycle improvements, including HVAC,
restrooms, showers and laundry
Downtown Gateway Projects
Projects identified in the Downtown Plan
Par 3 Irrigation
Irrigation project to replace 40 year old galvanized pipe
that is disintegrating
SE 256h Street Improvements
City portion of a King County project to widen SE 256
Street
Municipal Court
Final improvements negotiated as part of the Aukeen
Court lease, including parking, landscaping and
improvements to S. 2590' Street
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