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1167w i i'', ORDINANCE N0. 1167 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT REVENUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING PERMANENT FINANCING FOR INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; AUTHORIZING A TRUST INDENTURE SECURING THE BONDS; AUTHORIZING A LEASE AND AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, AS LESSOR, AND THREE RIVERS PLYWOOD, INC., AS LESSEE; AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE BONDS; AUTHORIZING AND PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS PERTAINING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas (the "City"), is authorized and empowered under the provisions of Act No. 9 of the First Extraordinary Session of the Sixty-Second General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, approved January 21, 1960, as ar-ended (the "Act"), to issue revenue bonds and to expend the proceeds thereof to finance the acquisition, construction and equipment of land, buildings or facilities which can be used in securing or developing industry; and WHEREAS, it is proposed that the City provide permanent financing, through the issuance of revenue bonds under the Act, of the costs of acquiring an existing plywood manufacturing plant consisting of lands, buildings, improvements, machinery, equipment and facilities, formerly operated by West Memphis Plywood Corporation, an Arkansas corporation, at the City (the "Project"), and that the City lease the Project to Three Rivers Plywood, Inc., an Arkansas corporation (the "Company"), to be operated by the Company (or its successors or assigns); and WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Act and Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, a public hearing has been held on this date before the City Council on the question of the adoption of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds under the Act, and after due consideration the City is now prepared to proceed with financing the Project and, at the request of the Company, to issue and sell $1,700,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Industrial Development Revenue Bonds - Three Rivers Plywood, Inc. Project, Series 1984 (the "Bonds"), to provide such financing; and WHEREAS, copies of the hereinafter described Trust Indenture and Lease and Agreement have been presented to and are before this meeting; ~~ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas: Section 1. That the issuance of the Bonds is hereby authorized. The Bonds shall be issued in the forms and denominations, shall be dated, shall be numbered, shall mature (over a period of ten (10) years), shall bear interest (at the fixed rate of eight percent (8%) per annum), and shall be subject to redemption prior to maturity all upon the terms and conditions recommended by the Company and set forth in the Trust Indenture (hereinafter authorized) securing the Bonds. The Bonds shall not be general obligations of the City, but shall be special obligations payable solely from Project revenues as provided in the Trust Indenture. Section 2. That the Bonds be sold to First National Bank of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, Arkansas and Worthen Bank & Trust Company, N.A., Little Rock, Arkansas (the "Purchasers"), for the purchase price of 100 cents on the dollar, plus accrued interest on the Bonds from the date of the Bonds to the date of delivery to the Purchasers, if any, which price has been recommended by the Company. Section 3. To prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are to be executed, authenticated, issued, accepted, held and secured, the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and acknowledge a Trust Indenture by and between the City and First National Bank of Hot Springs, Hot Springs, Arkansas, as Trustee thereunder (the "Indenture"), and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute and acknowledge the Indenture and to affix the seal of the City thereto, and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to cause the Indenture to be accepted, executed and acknowledged by the Trustee. The Indenture is hereby approved in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Trustee and the Company in order to complete the Indenture in substantially the form submitted to this meeting with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the document, their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval. Section 4. That there be, and there is hereby authorized the execution and delivery of a Lease and Agreement by and between the City as Lessor, and the Company as Lessee (the "Lease Agreement"), and the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they are hereby, authorized to execute, acknowledge and deliver the Lease Agreement for and on behalf of the City. The Lease Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Company and the Trustee in order to complete the Lease Agreement in substantially the form submitted to this meeting with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the document, their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval. Section 5. That the Mayor and City Clerk, for and on behalf of the City, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary to effect the execution and delivery of the Lease Agreement and the performance of all obligations of the City thereunder, the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the performance of all obligations of the City thereunder, the issuance, execution, sale and delivery of the Bonds, and the performance of all acts of whatever nature necessary to effect and carry out the authority conferred by this Ordinance. That the Mayor and City Clerk be, and they are hereby, further authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the City, to execute all papers, documents, certificates and other instruments that may be required for the carrying out of such authority or to evidence the e:cercise thereof. Section 6. That the City is hereby involved with the acquiring, constructing and equipping of industrial facilities, and pursuant to applicable laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly the Act, competitive bidding is waived. Section 7. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file in the office of the City Clerk, as a part of the minutes of the meeting at which this Ordinance is adopted, for inspection by any interested person a copy of the Indenture and Lease Agreement, and such documents shall be on file for inspection by any interested person. Section 8. That the law. firm of Friday, Eldredge & Clark, Little Rock, Arkansas, be~ appointed to act as Bond Counsel on behalf of the City in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds . Section 9. That the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be separable, and if any section, phrase or provision shall for any reason be declared to be invalid, such declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the sections, phrases and provisions. Section 10. That all ordinances, resolutions and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section li. That there is hereby found and' declared to be an immediate need for the securing and developing of industry in order to provide employment and payrolls, alleviate unemployment and otherwise benefit the public health, safety and •1 s ~ welfare of the City and the inhabitants thereof, and the issuance of the Bonds authorized hereby and the taking of the other action authorized hereby are immediately necessary for the accomplishing of these public benefits and purposes. It is, therefore, declared that an emergency exists and this Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservatio the public peace, health and safety shall be in,.-force and effect immediately upon and after its passage. /~ ~-~ PASSED: April 5, 1 APPROVED: ATTEST: ~ ~~ ~ City Clerk (SEAL)