1492ORDINANCE NO. I'i
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT REVENUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING
OUTSTANDING BONDS AND FINANCING THE COST OF CONSTRUCTING
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S AIRPORT FACILITIES; PROVIDING
FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE
BONDS; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas (the "City")
operates its Municipal Airport (the "Airport"), and related
properties and facilities, through its Airport Commission (called
~r "Airport Commission" or "Commission"); and
WHEREAS, the Airport Commission has determined that
improvements must be constructed to the Airport at a total
estimated cost of approximately $450,000, and has so reported to
the City Council, describing the needed improvements (which consist
of 36 hangars and related facilities) (the "Improvements"), and it
is proposed to finance the cost by the use of airport revenue
bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Airport Commission has requested and recommended
that the City Council take the necessary steps to issue and sell at
this time airport revenue bonds for the purpose of financing the
Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and declares that it
would be in the best interest of the City and its inhabitants for
the Improvements to be accomplished and that Municipal Airport
Revenue Bonds be issued as requested by the Airport Commission; and
WHEREAS, the City has outstanding at this time Municipal
Airport Revenue Bonds dated April 1, 1963, and Municipal Airport
Revenue Bonds, Series 1975, dated April 1, 1975, referred to herein
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the City, and the Airport,
that the Prior Bonds be refunded, in view of restrictions on debt
secured by Airport revenues and in order that such restrictions may
be reduced;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City
of West Memphis, Arkansas:
collectively as the "Prior Bonds"; and
Section 1. The Improvements shall be accomplished and the
Prior Bonds shall be refunded. The authority conferred by this
Ordinance shall be carried out under the control and supervision
of, and all details in connection therewith shall be handled by,
the Airport Commission.
Section 2. Under the authority of the Constitution and laws
of the State of Arkansas, including particularly Arkansas Code of
1987 Annotated, Title 14, Chapter 360, Subchapter 3, and Title 14,
Chapter 199, Subchapter 1, City of West Memphis, Arkansas Municipal
Airport Refunding and Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 1991, are
hereby authorized and ordered issued in the total principal amount
of $800,000 for the purpose of refunding the Prior Bonds and
financing the costs of accomplishing the Improvements, including
costs incidental thereto, necessary reserves, interest accruing
prior to the availability of Airport Revenues (defined hereinbelow)
and costs of issuance of the Series 1991 Bonds (the "Series 1991
Bonds").
Section 3. The sale of the Series 1991 Bonds to Stephens Inc.
(the "Underwriter") pursuant to the terms and conditions set out in
the Bond Purchase Agreement relating thereto, which .has been
submitted to and is before this meeting, at a price of ~ of
the principal amount plus accrued interest for Series 1991 Bonds
bearing interest, maturing and otherwise subject to the terms and
provisions hereafter in this Ordinance set forth in detail be, and
the same are hereby, approved and confirmed. The Bond Purchase
Agreement is approved and the Mayor is authorized to execute and
deliver it on behalf of the City. The Preliminary Official
Statement is hereby approved and the previous use of the
Preliminary Official Statement by the Underwriter in connection
with the sale of the Series 1991 Bonds is hereby in all respects
authorized, approved and confirmed, and the Mayor is hereby
authorized, empowered and directed, for and on behalf of the City,
to execute the Preliminary Official Statement and the final
Official Statement to be delivered to the Underwriter for use in
connection with the sale of the Series 1991 Bonds.
Section 4. The Series 1991 Bonds shall be initially dated
November 1, 1991, with interest payable semiannually on May 1 and
November 1 of each year, commencing May 1, 1992, shall be numbered
consecutively from 1 upward, in order of issuance, and shall be in
the denomination of $5,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The
Series 1991 Bonds shall mature (on May 1) and bear interest as
follows:
Abril 1 Principal Interest Rate
The Series 1991 Bonds shall be fully registered (as to
principal and interest), without coupons. Principal is payable at
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the principal office of (the
"Trustee" and "Paying Agent"). Payment of interest shall be by
check or draft mailed to the registered owner at the address shown
on the registration book of the City maintained by the Trustee.
Series 1991 Bonds issued prior to the first interest payment date
shall bear interest from November 1, 1991. The interest
commencement date for Series 1991 Bonds issued thereafter shall be
the last interest payment date on which interest has been paid.
The Series 1991 Bonds shall be subject to redemption prior to
maturity as set forth in Section 6 hereof.
Section 5. The Series 1991 Bonds shall be executed on behalf
of the City by the Mayor and City Clerk and shall have impressed
thereon the seal of the City. The Series 1991 Bonds may be signed
by the facsimile signature of the Mayor and the facsimile signature
of the City Clerk. The Series 1991 Bonds, together with interest
thereon, shall be payable solely from the Pledged Revenues,
identified and described hereinbelow, which revenues are hereby
pledged and mortgaged for the equal and ratable payment of the
Bonds and shall be used for no other purpose than to pay the
principal, premium, if any, interest and Trustee's and Paying
Agent's fees on and in connection with the Bonds. The Series 1991
Bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness of the City within any
constitutional or statutory limitation.
The City reserves the right to issue Additional (parity)
Bonds, as set forth hereinbelow, and the term "Bonds" herein refers
to the Series 1991 Bonds and any such additional Bonds.
Only such Bonds as shall have endorsed thereon a Certificate
of Authentication substantially in the form set forth in Section 6
hereof duly executed by the Trustee shall be entitled to any right
or benefit under the Authorizing Ordinance. Any such certificate
of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that such Bond has been
authenticated and delivered. It shall not be necessary that the
same officer of the Trustee sign the Certificate of Authentication
on all the Bonds.
If any Bond shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost,
the City shall cause to be executed and the Trustee may
authenticate and deliver a new Bond of like date, number, maturity
and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of
such mutilated Bond, or in lieu of and in substitution for such
Bond destroyed or lost, upon the owner's paying the reasonable
expenses and charges of the City and Trustee in connection
therewith, and any applicable taxes or other charges, and, in the
case of a Bond destroyed or lost, its filing with the Trustee
evidence satisfactory to it that such Series 1991 Bonds were
destroyed or lost, and of its ownership thereof, and furnishing the
City and Trustee with indemnity satisfactory to them. The Trustee
is hereby authorized to authenticate any such new Series 1991 Bond.
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In the event any such Series 1991 Bond shall have matured, the City
may pay the same without the surrender thereof.
Each Series 1991 Bond shall bear a CUSIP number, but the
absence of a CUSIP number shall not affect the validity of a Series
1991 Bond.
Any Series 1991 Bond may, at the option of the owner thereof,
be exchanged for a Series 1991 Bond or Bonds of any authorized
denomination or denominations, of the same maturity, principal
amount and interest rate as the Series 1991 Bond or Bonds
surrendered.
No charge shall be made to any owner of any Series 1991 Bond
for the privilege of transfer or exchange, but any owner of any
Series 1991 Bond requesting any such transfer or exchange shall pay
any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with
respect thereto. Except as otherwise provided in the immediately
preceding sentence, the cost of preparing each new Series 1991 Bond
upon each exchange or transfer and any other expenses of the City
or the Trustee incurred in connection therewith shall be paid by
the City.
In any case in which the date of maturity of interest on or
principal of the Series 1991 Bonds or the date fixed for redemption
of any Bonds shall be a day which is not a business day (a
"business day" being any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a
day which in the State of Arkansas is a legal holiday or a day on
which banking institutions are authorized by law to close) payment
of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made on
such date but may be made on the next succeeding day which is a
business day with the same force and effect as if made on the date
of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall
accrue for the period after the date of maturity or date fixed for
redemption.
Section 6. The Series 1991 Bonds shall be in substantially
the following form and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby
expressly authorized and directed to make all recitals contained
therein:
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(Form of Bond)
REGISTERED
No.
REGISTERED
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF ARKANSAS
COUNTY OF CRITTENDEN
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT REFUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BOND
SERIES 1991
Interest Rate: $
Interest Commencement Date:
Registered Owner:
Maturity Date:
Principal Amount: Dollars ($ )
CUSIP No.
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
That the City of West Memphis, County of Crittenden, State of
Arkansas (the "City"), for value received, hereby promises to pay,
but solely from the source as hereinafter provided and not
otherwise, to the Registered Owner shown above, upon the
presentation and surrender hereof at the principal corporate office
of , or its successor or successors,
as Trustee and as Paying Agent (herein referred to as the
"Trustee"), on the Maturity Date shown above, the Principal Amount
shown above, in such coin or currency of the United States of
America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the
payment of public and private debts, and to pay by check or draft
interest thereon, but solely from the source as hereinafter
provided and not otherwise, in like coin or currency from the
Interest Commencement Date shown above at the Interest Rate per
annum shown above, payable semiannually on the 1st days of May and
November of each year, until payment of such principal sum or, if
this Bond or a portion hereof shall be duly called for redemption,
until the date fixed for redemption, and to pay interest on overdue
principal and interest (to the extent legally enforceable) at the
rate borne by this Bond. Payment of each installment of interest
shall be made to the person in whose name this Bond is registered
on the registration books of the City maintained by the Trustee at
the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month (whether or
not a business day) next preceding each interest payment date (the
"Record Date"), irrespective of any transfer or exchange of this
Bond subsequent to such Record Date and prior to such interest
payment date.
This Bond is one of an issue of City of West Memphis, Arkansas
Municipal Airport Refunding and Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series
1991, aggregating Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000), in
principal amount (the "Series 1991 Bonds"), and is issued for the
purpose of refunding certain outstanding municipal airport revenue
bonds and financing improvements to the City's Municipal Airport
("Airport"), paying costs incidental thereto, funding necessary
reserves, providing for interest until Airport revenues are
available and paying costs of issuance of the Series 1991 Bonds.
The Series 1991 Bonds are issued pursuant to and in full
compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas,
including particularly Title 14, Chapter 360, Subchapter 3 and
Title 14, Chapter 199, Subchapter 1 of the Arkansas Code of 1987
Annotated and pursuant to an ordinance of the City, duly adopted
and approved (the "Authorizing Ordinance"), and do not constitute
an indebtedness of the City within any constitutional or statutory
limitation. The Series 1991 Bonds are not general obligations of
the City but are special obligations payable from the revenues
derived from the operation of the Airport. An amount of Airport
revenues sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the
Bonds has been duly pledged and set aside for that purpose. In
addition, the Series 1991 Bonds are secured by a pledge of Surplus
Utility Revenues, as defined and set forth in the Authorizing
Ordinance. Reference is hereby made to the Authorizing Ordinance
for a detailed statement of the terms and conditions upon which the
Series 1991 Bonds are issued, of the nature and extent of the
security for the Series 1991 Bonds, the conditions for the issuance
of additional (parity) Bonds and the rights and obligations of the
City, the Trustee and the holders of the Series 1991 Bonds.
(REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS BOND
ON THE REVERSE SIDE HEREOF WHICH HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET
FORTH IN THIS PLACE.)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of West Memphis, Arkansas has
caused this Series 1991 Bond to be executed by its Mayor and City
Clerk, their facsimile signatures thereunto duly authorized, and
its corporate seal to be impressed, lithographed or imprinted on
this Series 1991 Bond.
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
ATTEST:
(facsimile signature)
City Clerk
By lfacsimile signature)
Mayor
(SEAL)
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(Reverse Side of Bond)
CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT REFUNDING AND IMPROVEMENT REVENUE BOND,
SERIES 1991
The Series 1991 Bonds or portions thereof may be redeemed at
the option of the City, in whole or in part, in integral multiples
of $5, 000, from funds from any source, in inverse order of maturity
(and by lot within a maturity in such manner as the Trustee shall
determine) on any interest payment date on and after November 1,
2001, at redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the
principal amount being redeemed) plus accrued interest to the
redemption date as follows:
Redemption Dates Redemption Prices
November 1, 2001 or May 1, 2002 102$
November 1, 2002 or May 1, 2003 101$
November 1, 2003 or thereafter 100$
Notice of redemption identifying the Series 1991 Bonds or portions
thereof (which shall be $5,000 or a multiple thereof) to be
redeemed shall be given by the Trustee, not less than thirty (30)
nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for
redemption, by mailing a copy of the redemption notice by first
class mail, postage prepaid, to all registered owners of Series
1991 Bonds to be redeemed. Failure to mail an appropriate notice
or any such notice to one or more registered owners of Series 1991
Bonds to be redeemed shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for redemption of other Series 1991 Bonds as to which
notice of redemption is duly given in proper and timely fashion.
All such Series 1991 Bonds or portions thereof thus called for
redemption, and for the retirement of which funds are duly provided
in accordance with the Authorizing Ordinance prior to the date
fixed for redemption, will cease to bear interest on such
redemption date.
The Series 1991 Bonds is transferable by the registered owner
hereof in person or by his attorney-in-fact duly authorized in
writing at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, but
only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of
the charges provided in the Authorizing Ordinance, and upon
surrender and cancellation of this Series 1991 Bond. Upon such
transfer a new fully registered Series 1991 Bond or Series 1991
Bonds of the same series and maturity, of authorized denomination
or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount, will be
issued to the transferee in exchange therefor. This Series 1991
Bond is issued with the intent that the laws of the State of
Arkansas shall govern its construction.
The City and the Trustee may deem and treat the registered
owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof and premium,
if any, hereon and interest due hereon and for all other purposes,
and neither the City nor the Trustee nor any paying agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Series 1991 Bonds are issuable only as fully registered
bonds in the denominations of $5,000 and any integral multiple
thereof. Subject to the limitations and upon payment of the
charges provided in the Authorizing Ordinance, Series 1991 Bonds
may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Series
1991 Bonds of the same maturity of other authorized denominations.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that all acts,
conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed
precedent to and in the issuance of the Series 1991 Bonds do exist,
have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner
as required by law; that the indebtedness represented by the Bonds,
together with all obligations of the City, does not exceed any
constitutional or statutory limitation; and that the above referred
to revenues pledged to the payment of the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest on the Series 1991 Bonds as the same become
due and payable will be sufficient in amount for that purpose.
This Series 1991 Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory
for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the
Authorizing Ordinance until the Certificate of Authentication
hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee.
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(Form of Trustee's Certificate)
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond is one of the Bonds designated Refunding and
Improvement Waterworks Revenue Bonds, Series 1991, in and issued
under the provisions or the within mentioned Authorizing Ordinance.
TRUSTEE
By
Authorized Signature
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(Form of Assignment)
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED,
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
the within bond and all rights thereunder,
constitutes and appoints
to transfer the within bond on the books
thereof with full power of substitution in
DATE:
("Transferor"),
and hereby irrevocably
as attorney
kept for registration
the premises.
Transferor
GUARANTEED BY:
NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of
the National Association of Securities Dealers or a commercial bank
or a trust company.
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Section 7. The City covenants that, so long as any Bonds are
outstanding under this Ordinance, it will cause the Airport to be
operated as a revenue producing undertaking, to the end that the
Net Revenues of the Airport will always be at least equal to 120
of the aggregate maximum annual principal and interest requirements
on all outstanding Bonds. Failure to achieve the Net Revenues set
forth in this Section shall not constitute a default under this
ordinance, provided that the City continues to operate the Airport
in the manner calculated to achieve maximum net revenues. The City
shall report any such failure to the West Memphis Public Utility
Commission with sixty (60) days following the close of the fiscal
year in which such failure shall have occurred.
As used in this Ordinance, "Airport Revenues" shall mean all
revenues, income, gains, rents and other revenues derived from the
operation of the Airport, and "Net Revenues" shall mean all Airport
Revenues less the amounts required to pay the costs of operation,
maintenance and repair, including all expense items properly
attributable to the operation and maintenance of the Airport in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, excluding
depreciation, interest and amortization expenses.
Section 8. All Airport Revenues shall be deposited in such
depository or depositories as may be lawfully designated from time
to time; subject, however, to the giving of security as now or
hereafter may be required by law, and provided that such depository
or depositories shall hold membership in the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") or any successor entity. All
deposits shall be in the name of the City or the Airport
Commission and shall be so designated as to indicate the particular
fund to which the revenues belong. The Bond Fund (identified
below) shall be held by the Trustee. Any deposit in excess of the
amount insured by the FDIC shall be secured by direct or fully
guaranteed obligations of the United States of America unless
invested as herein authorized.
Section 9. All Airport Revenues shall be deposited into a
special fund hereby created and designated "Airport Revenue Fund,"
in a bank selected by the Airport Commission that is a member of
the FDIC. Revenues in the Airport Revenue Fund are hereby pledged
and shall be applied to the payment of the principal of and
interest on the Bonds, to the maintenance of debt service reserves
at required levels, to the payment of the reasonable and necessary
expenses of operation and maintenance of the Airport, to the
providing of the Depreciation Fund and otherwise as described
herein.
Section 10. (a) There shall first be transferred and paid
from the Airport Revenue Fund into a special trust fund, held by
the Trustee and hereby created and designated "Airport Revenue Bond
Fund" (the "Bond Fund"), the sums in the amounts and at the times
set forth in subsection (b) below.
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(b) There shall be paid into the Bond Fund until all
outstanding Bonds, with interest thereon, have been paid in full or
provision made for such payment, on the first business day of each
month a sum equal to 1/6 of the next installment of interest and a
sum equal to 1/12 of the installment of principal due during the
then next twelve months (either at maturity or in accordance with
any mandatory redemption provisions) of the Bonds (provided that
the monthly amount with respect to interest not otherwise provided
for which is payable prior to the first interest payment date shall
be an amount equal to such payment divided by the number of full
months between the date of issuance and such interest payment date)
on all outstanding Bonds, plus an amount sufficient to provide for
Trustee's and Paying Agent's fees, on all outstanding Bonds. If
Additional Bonds are issued pursuant to the provisions of Section
14 hereof, payments into the Bond Fund shall be increased to
provide for monthly amortization of such Additional Bonds.
(c) There is hereby established and shall be maintained
within the Bond Fund a "Debt Service Reserve," initially funded
with Series 1991 Bond proceeds in an amount equal to the Required
Level (defined below). If Additional Bonds are issued on a parity
with the Series 1991 Bonds, the Debt Service Reserve must be
increased upon the issuance of such Additional Bonds, so that the
amount thereof is equal to the Required Level. The Debt Service
Reserve shall be established and maintained at an amount equal to
the least of (1) 10$ of the proceeds of the Bonds (including a like
amount with respect to any Additional Bonds) issued or (2) the
maximum annual debt service on all Bonds (including any Additional
Bonds) outstanding or (3) 1.25 times the average annual debt
service on all Bonds outstanding (the "Required Level"). If the
Debt Service Reserve is ever reduced below the Required Level, the
monthly payments into the Bond Fund shall be increased by
depositing therein the first available Pledged Revenues (as defined
in Section 14 below) after required deposits into the Bond Fund,
until the Debt Service Reserve is restored to the Required Level.
The Debt Service Reserve shall be valued by the Trustee, at
market value, no less frequently than annually, and any surplus
therein (in excess of the Required level) shall be promptly
transferred to the Bond Fund. Any deficiency in the Debt Service
Reserve on account of the value thereof shall be corrected by the
deposit therein of monthly amounts equal to not less than the
amounts sufficient to cure such deficiency in twelve equal
deposits.
(d) If Airport Revenues are insufficient to make the required
payment on the first business day of any month into the Bond Fund,
the amount of any such deficiency in the payment made shall be
added to the amount otherwise required to be paid into the Bond
Fund on the first business day of the next month.
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If for any reason there shall be a deficiency in the payments
made into the Bond Fund so that there are unavailable sufficient
moneys therein to pay the principal of, interest on, and Trustee's
and Paying Agent's fees in connection with the Bonds as the same
become due, any sums then held in the Debt Service Reserve shall be
used to the extent necessary to pay such principal, interest, and
Trustee's and Paying Agent's fees. The Debt Service Reserve shall
be used solely as herein provided, but the moneys therein may be
invested as set forth below.
~ (e) If a surplus shall exist in the Bond Fund over and above
~ the amount required for making all principal and interest payments
during the next succeeding twelve month period and in excess of the
Required Level of the Debt Service Reserve, such surplus shall
first be applied to reimburse the Utility System for any deposit to
the Bond Fund (including the Debt Service Reserve) pursuant to
Section 14 hereof. Any balance remaining thereafter shall be
applied at the direction of the City to the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Bonds that may be called for
redemption prior to maturity or shall be deposited into the Airport
Revenue Fund. Otherwise, moneys in the Bond Fund shall be used
solely for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest
on the Bonds and Trustee's and Paying Agent's fees.
The City shall withdraw from the Bond Fund on or before the
due date of any Bond or interest payable therefrom, at maturity or
redemption prior to maturity, and deposit with the Paying Agent, an
amount equal to the amount of such Bond or interest payment for the
sole purpose of paying the same, together with the Paying Agent's
fee.
Section 11. After the required payments have been made into
the bond Fund, there shall be paid from the Airport Revenue Fund
into a fund hereby created and designated Airport Operation and
Maintenance Fund (the "Operation and Maintenance Fund"), on the
first business day of each month, an amount sufficient to pay the
reasonable and necessary monthly expenses of operation, repair and
maintenance of the Airport for such month and from which
disbursements shall be made only for those purposes. Fixed annual
charges such as insurance premiums and the cost of major repair and
maintenance expenses may be computed and set upon an annual basis,
and one-twelfth (1/12) of the amount thereof may be paid into the
Operation and Maintenance Fund each month.
If in any month for any reason there shall be a failure to
transfer and pay the required amount into the Operation and
Maintenance Fund, the amount of the deficiency shall be added to
the amount otherwise required to be transferred and paid into the
fund the next succeeding month. If in any fiscal year a surplus
shall be accumulated in the Operation and Maintenance Fund over and
above the amount which shall be necessary to defray the reasonable
and necessary costs of operation and maintenance during the
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remainder of the then current fiscal year and the next ensuing
fiscal year, such surplus may be transferred into the Bond Fund or
into the Depreciation Fund, to the extent of any deficit therein,
and, in the absence of any such deficit, to the Airport Revenue
Fund.
Section 12. After making the required payments into the Bond
Fund and Operation and Maintenance Fund, there shall be paid from
the Airport Revenue Fund into a fund hereby created and designated
Airport Depreciation Fund (the "Depreciation Fund"), on the first
business day of each month while any of the Bonds are outstanding,
a sum equal to 5$ of the Airport Revenues for the preceding month
(but not including, for this purpose extraordinary gains, to
provide for new construction and acquisition, for major
replacements, and for extraordinary repairs to the Airport. The
moneys in the Depreciation Fund shall be used solely for such
purposes and for the purpose of paying costs of damage caused by
unforeseen catastrophes, except that moneys in the Depreciation
Fund shall be used to the extent necessary at any time to prevent
default in the payment of principal, interest, and Trustee's and
Paying Agent's fees on the Bonds. (The City finds that it is not
expected that moneys remaining in the Depreciation Fund would be
sufficient to prevent such a default.)
If in any fiscal year a surplus shall be accumulated in the
Depreciation Fund over and above the amount which shall be
necessary to cover probable replacement costs during the current
fiscal year and the next ensuing fiscal year, such surplus may be
transferred to the Bond Fund, to the extent of any deficit therein,
and, in the absence of any such deficit, to the Revenue Fund.
Section 13. Any surplus in the Airport Revenue Fund, after
making all disbursements required by the provisions of this
Ordinance and making full provision for the funds herein provided,
may be used, at the option of the City, for the redemption of
Bonds; for constructing additions and improvements to the Airport;
or for any lawful municipal purpose.
Section 14. (a) The City owns and operates its water, sewer
and electric utility facilities (these facilities being referred to
herein as the "System" or "Utility System"). The Series 1991 Bonds
are secured by a pledge of revenues derived from the operation of
the Airport (the "Airport Revenues") and, in addition, by a pledge
of "Surplus Utility Revenues," as defined below. As used in this
Ordinance, the term "Pledged Revenues" refers to and includes
Airport Revenues and Surplus Utility Revenues. The Surplus Utility
Revenues which are pledged to the Series 1991 Bonds are those
defined in Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated §14-199-101, being
Utility System revenues remaining after adequate provision has been
made for expenses of operation, maintenance and depreciation of the
Utility System and all requirements (pertaining to the payment of
principal, interest and fees in connection with bonds, and
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establishing and maintaining reserves) of ordinances securing
bonds, heretofore or hereafter issued, to finance or refinance the
cost of constructing, reconstructing, extending, improving or
equipping the Utility System, including any other utility
facilities owned by the City which are at the time declared by the
City Council to be interrelated municipal activities and concerning
which utility (meaning here all such interrelated activities, i.e.,
electric, sewer, water, gas, solid waste, or any combination
thereof) system revenue bonds are being issued, have been fully met
and complied with. Such bonds (or other obligations), heretofore
or hereafter issued, are referred to as "Utility Bonds."
(b) In this regard, subject to compliance with its covenants
hereinafter set forth in this Section, it is understood that this
pledge of Surplus Utility Revenues shall not prohibit the City from
issuing Utility Bonds, or expending Utility System revenues, for
extensions and improvements to the Utility System (including any
interrelated utility facilities as referred to in the preceding
sentence) from time to time in the future. Any pledge made of
Utility System revenues to the payment of Utility Bonds shall be
superior to the pledge of Utility System revenues to Bonds secured,
in whole or in part, by Surplus Utility Revenues; provided that
such Utility Bonds shall be issued in compliance with the
requirements for the issuance of parity bonds set forth in the
Trust Indenture between the City and The First National Bank of
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois dated as of January 1, 1980, securing
the City's Public Utility System Revenue Bonds, 1980 Series A,
including Section 204 thereof. (Which requirements shall apply
without regard to whether any of the Utility Bonds authorized
thereby are at the time outstanding). However, the pledge of
Surplus Utility Revenues herein made shall be superior and prior to
any pledge of Utility System revenues hereafter made to any bonds
or other obligations of the City, other than Utility Bonds, except
that the City may issue Bonds secured by a pledge of Surplus
Utility Revenues and ranking on a parity with the Series 1991 Bonds
as to Surplus Utility Revenues if there shall have been procured
and filed with the Trustee a statement by an independent certified
public accountant not in the regular employ of the City reciting
the opinion, based upon necessary investigation, that (1) Surplus
Utility Revenues for the fiscal year in which it is proposed to
issue such Additional Bonds equal not less than 140 of the maximum
annual principal and interest requirements on the outstanding Bonds
and the Additional Bonds proposed to be issued, or (2) Surplus
Utility Revenues for the next ensuing fiscal year, as reflected by
the written opinion of a duly qualified consulting engineer not in
the regular employ of the City, equal not less than 140$ of the
maximum annual principal and interest requirements for the Bonds
outstanding and the Additional Bonds proposed to be issued. For
the purposes of the computation required by this paragraph,
additional amounts may be added to the revenues of the completed
fiscal year immediately preceding the issuance of Additional Bonds,
as follows: If, prior to the issuance of the Additional Bonds and
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subsequent to the first day of the preceding fiscal year, the City
shall have increased its rates or charges imposed for services of
the Utility System there may be added to the revenues of such
fiscal year the additional revenues which would have been received
from the operation of the Utility System during such fiscal year
had such increase been in effect throughout such fiscal year, as
reflected by a certificate of a duly qualified consulting engineer
not in the regular employ of the City and approved by the Trustee.
This pledge of Surplus Utility Revenues to and in favor of the
Bonds shall extend and apply to all Utility System revenues, as
above defined, but so long as the City is not in default with
reference to any of its covenants and obligations pertaining to the
Bonds, including, without limitation, those covenants set forth in
Section 10 of this Ordinance pertaining to deposits in the Bond
Fund, the entire amount of Surplus Utility Revenues not required
during any year while the Bonds shall be outstanding for the
payment of the principal of, interest on, and Trustee's and Paying
Agent's fees in connection with the Bonds and maintaining required
reserves at the required levels may be used by the City for any
lawful purpose.
The City covenants that it will always maintain rates for the
services the Utility System, including any increases that might be
necessary from time to time, to maintain Surplus Utility Revenues
adequate to provide for the principal of, interest on, and
Trustee's and Paying Agent's fees in connection with the Bonds
secured by any pledges thereof and to comply with all covenants and
requirements of this Ordinance. Further, the City covenants that
it will not issue any Bonds secured by Surplus Utility Revenues,
other than Utility Bonds, unless prior thereto the City determines
that the issuance of such Bonds will not occasion an increase in
Utility System rates beyond those rates which are justifiable for
the operation, maintenance, and continued and assured preservation
of the Utility System.
(c) So long as any Bonds are outstanding under the provisions
of this Ordinance, the City shall not issue or attempt to issue any
Bonds claimed to be entitled to a priority of lien on the Airport
Revenues over the lien securing the Bonds.
The City reserves the right to issue Additional Bonds, to
finance or refinance the cost of constructing any future extensions
or improvements to the Airport, secured by a pledge of Airport
Revenues ranking, with respect to Airport Revenues, on a parity
with the Series 1991 Bonds, provided that there shall have been
procured and filed with the Trustee a statement by an independent
certified public account not in the regular employ of the City
reciting the opinion, based upon necessary investigation, that Net
Revenues of the Airport for the fiscal year immediately preceding
the fiscal year in which it is proposed to issue such additional
Bonds shall equal not less than 130$ of the maximum annual
principal and interest requirements on all the then outstanding
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Bonds secured by pledges of Airport Revenues (including the Series
1991 Bonds and any Additional (parity) Bonds) and the Additional
Bonds then proposed to be issued.
Bonds secured by a pledge of Airport Revenues pursuant to this
subsection (c) may, at the option of the City, be additionally
secured by a pledge of Surplus Utility Revenues pursuant to
subsection (b) above.
Section 15. The Series 1991 Bonds shall be subject to
redemption prior to maturity in accordance with the terms set out
in Section 6 thereof.
Section 16. The City will keep proper books of accounts and
records (separate from all other records and accounts) in which
complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions
relating to the operation of the Airport and of the Utility System,
and such books shall be available for inspection by the holder of
any of the Bonds at reasonable times and under reasonable
circumstances. The City agrees to have these records audited by an
independent certified public accountant at least once each year.
A copy of each audit shall be delivered to the Trustee not later
than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year and shall be made
available to any bondholder making request therefor. In the event
that the City fails or refuses to make the audit, the Trustee, or
any holder of a Bond, may have the audit made, and the cost thereof
shall be charged against the Operation and Maintenance Fund.
Section 17. The City covenants that it will maintain the
Airport in good condition and operate the same in an efficient
manner and at reasonable cost. While any of the Bonds are
outstanding, the City agrees that, to the extent that comparable
protection is not otherwise provided to the satisfaction of the
Trustee, it will insure and at all times keep insured, in the
amount of the full insurable value thereof, in a responsible
insurance company or companies authorized and qualified under the
laws of the State of Arkansas to assume the risk thereof,
properties of the Airport, to the extent that such properties would
be covered by insurance by private companies engaged in similar
types of businesses (but in any event in such amounts as will avoid
co-insurance responsibilities), against loss or damage thereto from
fire and other perils included in extended coverage insurance in
effect in Arkansas. The insurance policies are to carry a clause
making them payable to the Trustee as its interest may appear, and
the satisfactory evidence of insurance is to be placed in the
custody of the Trustee. In the event of loss, the proceeds of such
insurance shall be applied solely toward the reconstruction,
replacement or repair of the Airport, and in such event the City
will, with reasonable promptness, cause to be commenced and
completed the reconstruction, replacement and repair work. If such
proceeds are more than sufficient for such purposes, the balance
remaining shall be deposited to the credit of the Airport Revenue
Fund, and if such proceeds shall be insufficient for such purposes
the deficiency shall be supplied first from moneys in the
Depreciation Fund and second from moneys in the Operation and
Maintenance Fund and third from surplus moneys in the Airport
Revenue Fund. Nothing shall be construed as requiring the City to
expend any moneys for operation and maintenance of the Airport or
for premiums on its insurance which are derived from sources other
than Airport Revenues, but nothing shall be construed as preventing
the City from doing so.
Section 18. Bonds for the payment or redemption of which
moneys or Government Securities, as defined in Section 22 hereof,
which are not subject to call prior to maturity (except at the
option of the holder thereof) shall have been deposited with the
Paying Agent (whether upon or prior to the maturity or the
redemption date of such Bonds) shall be deemed to be paid and
discharged; provided, however, that if such Bonds are to be
redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption
shall have been duly given or provided for. In determining the
sufficiency of the deposit there shall be considered the principal
amount of such Government Securities, the dates of maturity thereof
and interest to be earned thereon until the maturity of such
Government Securities.
Section 19. The City covenants that so long as any Bonds are
outstanding, that it will not mortgage, pledge or otherwise
encumber the Airport, or any part thereof or any revenues derived
from the operation thereof, except as herein specifically provided,
and will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any substantial
portion of the same. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit
the City from disposing of worn out or obsolete Airport properties
or from disposing of properties not being used and not useful in
the operation of the System, provided that all revenues derived
from the disposition of such properties shall be deposited in the
Airport Revenue Fund.
Section 20. (a) If there be any default in the payment of the
principal of or interest on any of the Bonds, or if the City
defaults in any Bond Fund requirements or in the performance of any
of the other covenants contained and set forth in this Ordinance,
the Trustee may, and upon the written request of the holders and
registered owners of not less than ten percent (l0~) in principal
amount of the Bonds then outstanding shall, by proper suit compel
the performance of the duties of the officials of the City under
the laws of Arkansas. And in the case of a default in the payment
of the principal of and interest on any of the Bonds, the Trustee
may, and upon the written request of holders or registered owners
of not less than ten percent (10$) in principal amount of the Bonds
then outstanding shall, apply in a proper action to a court of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a receiver to
administer the Airport and the Utility System on behalf of the City
and the holders and registered owners with power to charge and
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collect (or by mandatory injunction or otherwise to cause to be
charged and collected) rates sufficient to pay any Bonds and
interest outstanding and to apply the revenue in conformity with
the laws of Arkansas and with this Ordinance. When all defaults in
principal and interest payments have been cured, the custody and
operation of the Airport and the Utility System shall revert to the
City.
(b) No holder or registered owner of any of the outstanding
Bonds shall have any right to institute any suit, action, mandamus
or other proceeding in equity or at law for the protection or
enforcement of any right under this Ordinance or under the laws of
Arkansas unless such holder or registered owner previously shall
have given to the Trustee written notice of the default on account
of which such suit, action or proceeding is to be taken, and unless
the holders and registered owners of not less than ten percent
(10$) in principal amount of the Bonds shall have made written
request of the Trustee after the right to exercise such powers or
right of action, as the case may be, shall have accrued, and shall
have afforded the Trustee a reasonable opportunity either to
proceed to exercise the powers herein granted or granted by the
laws of Arkansas, or to institute such action, suit or proceeding
in its name, and unless, also, there shall have been offered to the
Trustee reasonable security and indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the
Trustee shall have refused or neglected to comply with such request
within a reasonable time, and such notification, request and offer
of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case, at the option
of the Trustee, to be conditions precedent to the execution of the
powers and trusts of this Ordinance or to any other remedy
hereunder. It is understood and intended that no one or more
holders or registered owners of the Bonds hereby secured shall have
any right in any manner whatever by his or their action to affect,
any right hereunder except in the manner herein provided, that all
maintained in the manner herein provided and for the benefit of all
holders and registered owners of all outstanding Bonds and that any
individual rights of action or other right given to one or more of
such holders and registered owners by law are restricted by this
Ordinance to the rights and remedies herein provided.
(c) All rights of action under this Ordinance or under any of
the Bonds secured hereby, enforceable by the Trustee, may be
enforced by it without the possession of any of the Bonds
appertaining thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding
instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name for the
benefit of all the holders and registered owners of such Bonds,
subject to the provisions of this Ordinance.
(d) No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the holders of the Bonds is intended to be exclusive
of any other remedy or remedies herein provided, and each and every
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such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every
other remedy given hereunder or given by law.
(e) No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holders of
the bonds to exercise any right or power accrued upon any default
shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a
waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and every
power and remedy given by this Ordinance to the Trustee and to the
holders of the Bonds, respectively, may be exercised from time to
time and as often as may be deemed expedient.
(f) The Trustee may, and upon the written request of the
holders of not less than fifty percent (50$) in principal amount of
the Bonds then outstanding shall waiver any default which shall
have been remedied before the entry of final judgment or decree in
any suit, action or proceeding instituted under the provisions of
this Ordinance or before the completion of the enforcement of any
other remedy, but no such waiver shall extent to or affect any
other existing or any subsequent default or defaults or impair any
rights or remedies consequent thereon.
(g) The cost of any proceedings brought to enforce the Bonds
or any provision of this Ordinance, including reasonable attorney's
fees, shall, be a debt of the City and shall be paid by the City as
incurred and billed by the Trustee.
Section 21. This Ordinance shall constitute a binding
contract between the City and the holders of the outstanding Bonds,
and the City will at all times strictly adhere to the terms and
provisions hereof and will fully discharge all of its obligations
hereunder. Subject to the terms and provisions set forth below and
not otherwise, the holders of not less than seventy-five percent
(75$) in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then outstanding
shall have the right, from time to time, to consent to and approve
the adoption by the City of such ordinance supplemental to this
Ordinance as shall be necessary or desirable for the purpose of
modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding in any
particular, any of the terms or provisions of this Ordinance or in
any supplemental ordinance, except that there shall not be
permitted (a) an extension of the maturity of the principal of or
the interest on any Bond, or (b) a reduction in the principal
amount of any Bond or the rate of interest thereon, or (c) the
creation of a lien upon or a pledge of revenues other than as
expressly authorized by this Ordinance as now adopted, or (d) the
creation of a privilege of priority of any Bond or Bonds over any
other Bond or Bonds, or (e) a reduction in the aggregate principal
amount of the Bonds required for consent to such supplemental
ordinance.
Section 22. (a) Moneys held for the credit of the Debt
Service Reserve in the Bond Fund shall be invested and reinvested
in (i) direct or fully guaranteed obligations of the United States
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of America (including any such securities issued or held in book-
entry form on the books of the Department of the Treasury of the
United States of America) ("Government Securities") or (ii) in time
deposits or certificates of deposit of banks, including the
Trustee, which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (the "FDIC"), or, if in excess of insurance coverage,
collateralized by Government Securities, or (iii) obligations
issued by the Government National Mortgage Association or (iv)
money market funds comprised exclusively of investments described
in (i) or (iii) above (collectively, "Permitted Investments") all
of which shall mature, or which shall be subject to redemption by
the holder thereof, at the option of such holder, not later than
five (5) years after the date of investment or the final maturity
date of the outstanding Bonds, whichever is earlier. The Trustee
shall so invest and reinvest pursuant to the direction of the City
and in the Trustee's discretion in the absence of any direct
instruction from the City.
(b) Moneys held for the credit of the Bond Fund (other than
the Debt Service Reserve) shall be invested and reinvested in
Permitted Investments, which shall mature, or which shall be
subject to redemption by the holder thereof, at the option of such
holder, not later than the date or dates when the moneys will be
required for payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds
when due. The Trustee shall invest and reinvest pursuant to the
direction of the City and in the Trustee's discretion in the
absence of any direct instructions from the City.
(c) Moneys held for the credit of the Construction Fund and
all other Funds established hereunder may be invested and
reinvested pursuant to the direction of the City in Permitted
Investments which shall mature, or which shall be subject to
redemption by the holder thereof, at the option of such holder, not
later than the date or dates when such money will be required for
the purposes intended.
(d) Obligations so purchased as an investment of moneys in
any fund shall be deemed at all times to be a part of such fund and
the interest accruing thereon and any profit realized from such
investments shall be credited to such fund, and any loss resulting
from such investment shall be charged to such fund.
Section 23. When the Series 1991 Bonds have been executed and
the seal of the City impressed as herein provided, they shall be
delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate them
and deliver them to the Underwriter upon payment in case of the
purchase price of $776,800 plus accrued interest from November 1,
1991, to the date of delivery ("total sale proceeds"). The Trustee
shall disburse such funds as set forth in detail in a letter of
delivery instructions and delivered to the Trustee as follows:
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(1) The Trustee shall deposit in the Bond Fund an amount
sufficient to provide for interest on the Series 1991 Bonds to
1, 1992.
(2) The Trustee shall deposit the amount necessary, with
other available funds, to refund the Prior Bonds into a special
trust account for the retirement of the Prior Bonds.
(3) The Trustee shall deposit the sum of $80,000 into
the Debt Service Reserve.
(4) The Trustee shall deposit the balance in a special
account designated "1991 Airport Construction Fund" ("Construction
~+'"" Fund") in the Trustee. The moneys in the Construction Fund in
excess of the amount insured by the FDIC shall be continuously
secured by Government Securities (though any moneys invested as
hereafter authorized need not be so secured). The moneys in the
Construction Fund shall be disbursed solely in payment of the costs
of accomplishing the Improvements, paying necessary expenses
incidental thereto and paying expenses of issuing the Series 1991
Bonds. Disbursements shall be on the basis of requisitions which
shall contain at least the following information: the person to
whom payment is being made; the amount of the payment; and the
purpose by general classification of the payment. Each requisition
must be signed by the Mayor and one person designated by the
Commission and in the case of all items of expense over which the
consulting engineer shall exercise supervision each requisition
shall be accompanied by a certificate signed by the consulting
engineer certifying approval thereof. The Trustee shall issue its
check upon the Construction Fund payable to the person, firm or
corporation designated in the requisition. The Trustee shall be
required to keep accurate records as to all payments made.
When the Improvements have been completed and all required
expenses paid and expenditures made from the Construction Fund for
and in connection with the accomplishment of the Improvements and
the financing thereof, this fact shall be evidenced by a
certificate signed by the Mayor and by the Chairman of the
r Commission, which certificate shall state, among other things, the
date of the completion and that all obligations payable from the
Construction Fund have been discharged. The certificate shall be
filed with the Trustee and upon receipt thereof the Trustee shall
transfer any remaining balance to the Bond Fund.
Section 24. In the event the office of Mayor, City Clerk,
City Treasurer, Municipal Airport Commission or City Council shall
be abolished, or any two or more of such offices shall be merged or
consolidated, or in the event the duties of a particular office
shall be transferred to another office or officer, or in the event
of a vacancy in any such office by reason of death, resignation,
removal from office or otherwise, or in the event any such officer
shall become incapable of performing the duties of his office by
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reason of sickness, absence from the City or otherwise, all powers
conferred and all obligations and duties imposed upon such office
or officer shall be performed by the office or officer succeeding
to the principal functions thereof , or by the off ice or officer
upon whom such powers, obligations and duties shall be imposed by
law.
Section 25. It is understood and agreed that the Airport
Commission, acting for and on behalf of the City, has custody of
and control over the Airport, operates, maintains and repairs the
Airport and collects and handles Airport Revenues. Therefore, it
is understood and agreed that even though there are some express
references to the Commission, all references herein to the City
shall, when appropriate in view of the authority and responsibility
of the Commission, be construed to mean and include the Commission.
To this end, the Commission shall be obligated to perform all
covenants and obligations with reference to the System and System
revenues, set forth herein, the performance of which are within its
authority and jurisdiction. It is understood and intended that the
bondholders have relied on, and are beneficiaries of, such
commitments of the Commission.
It is further understood and agreed that all or portions of
the Airport is and may continue to be leased to one or more persons
for operational purposes, including the maintenance and operation
of facilities, the sales of supplies, and the accounting for and
handling of revenues derived therefrom. The City agrees to notify
the Trustee of any termination of any such operating lease or like
arrangement, or of the abandonment thereof by any such operator,
within thirty (30) days after such termination or abandonment.
Section 26. The Trustee shall only be responsible for the
exercise of good faith and reasonable prudence in the execution of
its trust The recitals in this Ordinance and in the face of the
Bonds are the recitals of the City and not of the Trustee. The
Trustee shall not be required to take any action as Trustee unless
it shall have been requested to do so in writing by the holders of
not less than ten percent (10~) in principal amount of the bonds
then outstanding and shall have been offered reasonable security
and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred therein or thereby. The Trustee may resign at any time by
sixty (60) days notice in writing to the City Clerk and the
majority in principal amount of the holders of the Bonds then
outstanding at any time, with or without cause, may remove the
Trustee. No such resignation by the Trustee shall be effective
until the successor Trustee has been chosen and has delivered
written acceptance of its duties hereunder. In the event of a
vacancy in the office of Trustee, either by resignation or by
removal, the majority in principal amount of the holders of the
Bonds then outstanding may appoint a new Trustee, such appointment
to be evidenced by a written instrument or instruments filed with
the City Clerk. If the majority in principal amount of the holders
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of the Bonds then outstanding shall fail to fill a vacancy within
thirty (30) days after the same shall occur, then the City shall
forthwith designate a new Trustee by a written instrument filed in
the office of the City Clerk. The former Trustee and any successor
Trustee shall execute a written acceptance of the trust imposed
upon it or them by this Ordinance, but only upon the terms and
conditions set forth in this Ordinance and subject to the
provisions of this Ordinance, to all of which the respective
holders of the Bonds agree. Such written acceptance shall be filed
with the City Clerk and a copy thereof shall be placed in the bond
transcript. Any successor Trustee shall have all the powers herein
granted to the original Trustee. In the event of a change in the
office of Trustee, the former Trustee which has resigned or been
removed shall cease to be Paying Agent and the successor Trustee
shall automatically become the Paying Agent.
Section 27. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
all rights of any holder of any Bond to or with respect to any
moneys or investments held in any fund hereunder shall terminate at
the expiration of two years plus six months from the date of
maturity of such Bond, whether by scheduled maturity or by call for
redemption prior to maturity in accordance with the terms hereof.
Section 28. (a) The City covenants that it shall not take
any action or suffer or permit any action to be taken or condition
to exist which causes or may cause the interest payable on the
Series 1991 Bonds to be subject to federal income taxation.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the City
represents and covenants that the proceeds of the bonds and System
revenues will not be used directly or indirectly in such manner as
to cause the Bonds to be treated as "arbitrage bonds" within the
meaning of Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code").
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the City
covenants that at no time will the amount held in the Bond Fund and
the Debt Service Reserve and invested at a yield (within the
meaning of Section 148 of the Code) in excess of the yield on the
Series 1991 Bonds exceed an amount equal to 150$ of the principal
and interest requirements for the then current bond year (being,
for this purpose, May 1 to April 30, inclusive).
(b) The City covenants that it will take no action which
would cause the Series 1991 Bonds to be "federally guaranteed"
within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code; specifically, (A)
the payment of any portion of principal or interest with respect to
the Series 1991 Bonds will not be guaranteed (directly or
indirectly) by the United States or any agency or instrumentality
thereof and (B) not more than 5$ of the proceeds of the Series 1991
Bonds (exclusive of proceeds invested for an initial temporary
period until needed for the purpose for which the Series 1991 Bonds
were issued and proceeds deposited into the Bond Fund) will be
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invested (directly or indirectly) in federally insured deposits or
accounts. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit investments in
obligations issued by the United States Treasury.
(c) The City covenants that it will submit to the
Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, not later than the
15th day of the second calendar month after the close of the
calendar quarter in which the Bonds are issued, the statement
required by Section 149(e) of the Code.
-~ (d) Acquisition and construction of the Improvements
will commence subsequent to the date of adoption of this Ordinance
and as of such date no on-site work had been commenced in
connection with the construction of the Improvements and no off-
site fabrication of any portion of the Improvements had been
commenced; prior to such date no binding agreement in connection
with the acquisition, construction or equipping of the Improvements
has been entered into.
(e) Not less than 95~ of the net proceeds (within the
meaning of Section 144(a) of the Code and regulations thereunder)
from the sale of the Series 1991 Bonds will be used to provide an
"airport" within the meaning of Section 142 (a) of the Code. An
"airport" includes storage and training facilities which are
directly related and ancillary to an airport (determined without
regard to this clause). An "airport" includes off ice space only if
all but a de minimis amount (less than 5$) of the functions to be
performed at such office are directly related to the day-to-day
operations at such airport and such office space is located on the
premises of such airport.
(f) The Improvements will, so long as the Series 1991
Bonds are outstanding, be owned by the City. In this regard, any
lease of the Improvements will be within the following terms:
(i) the lessee shall make an irrevocable election
(binding on the lessee and all successors in interest under
the lease) not to claim depreciation or an investment credit
with respect to such property.
(ii) the lease term (as defined in section 168(1)(3) of
the Code) will be not more than 80 percent of the reasonably
expected economic life of the Improvements (as determined
under section 147(b) of the Code), and
(iii) the lessee shall have no option to purchase the
property other than at fair market value (as of the time such
option is exercised).
(g) The Improvements do not include any of the following
to be used in a private business use (as defined in Section
141(b) (6) of the Code)
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(i) lodging facilities;
(ii) retail sales facilities in excess of facilities
necessary to serve employees; or
(iii) any industrial park or manufacturing facility.
(h) The average maturity of the Series 1991 Bonds
(within the meaning of Section 147(b) of the Code) will not exceed
120 of the average reasonably expected economic life of the
Improvements (within the meaning of Section 147(b) of the Code),
determined with respect to any facility as of the later of the date
on which the Series 1991 Bonds are issued or the date on which the
facility is placed in service.
(i) No more than 25$ of the proceeds of the Series 1991
Bonds will be used to provide (A) land or (B) a facility the
primary purpose of which is one of the following: retail, food and
beverage services, automobile sales or service, or the provision of
recreation or entertainment.
(j) No portion of the proceeds of the Series 1991 Bonds
will be used, to provide or acquire any of the following: (i) any
private or commercial golf course, country club, massage parlor,
tennis club, skating facility (including roller skating, skateboard
and ice skating), racquet sports facility (including any handball
or racquetball court), hot tub facility, suntan facility,
racetrack, airplane, skybox or other private luxury box, health
club facility, facility primarily used for gambling, store the
principal business of which is the sale of alcoholic beverages for
consumption off premises; (ii) land to be used for farming
purposes; or (iii) residential real property for family units.
(k) No portion of the proceeds of the Series 1991 Bonds
will or a lessee of the City be applied to acquire or install
previously used property, the first use of which was not solely
with the City within the meaning of Section 147(d) of the Code, the
Lessee shall make expenditures to rehabilitate such existing
property equalling or exceeding 15$ (in the case of the building or
buildings comprising the existing property) or 100$ (in the case of
facilities other than a building) of the cost of acquiring such
existing property. Such rehabilitation expenditures shall consist
solely of amounts properly chargeable to capital account. The term
"rehabilitation expenditures" does not include any expenditure
attributable to the enlargement of the existing property or any
other expenditure described in Section 48(g)(2)(B) (other than
clause (i) thereof) of the Code. All such rehabilitation
expenditures shall be incurred within two years after the later of
(i) the date on which the existing property was acquired, or (ii)
the date of issuance of the Series 1991 Bonds.
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(1) No portion of the Series 1991 Bond proceeds in
excess of 2~ thereof will be used to finance costs of issuance of
the Series 1991 Bonds.
Section 29. The City recognizes that the exclusion of
interest paid on the Series 1991 Bonds from gross income for
purposes of regular federal income taxation is dependent upon
compliance with the provisions of Section 148 of the Code and
regulations thereunder. The City shall, unless and until the City
delivers to the Trustee an opinion of Bond Counsel as described in
the last paragraph of this Section, make the determinations and
take the actions hereinafter by this Section required and make such
further or different determinations and take such further or
different actions as are necessary, in the opinion of Bond Counsel,
"`~ to comply with the requirements of Section 148(f) of the Code and
regulations issued or otherwise effective thereunder (the
"Regulations"). The Trustee, on behalf of, and at the direction of
the City, but only from funds provided by and on the basis of each
Rebate Certificate (defined below) shall rebate to the United
States, not later than sixty (60) days after the end of the Bond
Year ending December 31, 1995, and not later than sixty (60) days
after the end of each Bond Year thereafter, an amount which ensures
that at least ninety percent (90$) of the Rebate Amount (as
hereinafter defined) will, at the time of required payment, be paid
to the United States, and within sixty (60) days after the payment
or redemption of all principal of any series of the Bonds, an
amount sufficient to pay the remaining unpaid balance of the Rebate
Amount, all in the manner and as required by Section 148 of the
Code and the Regulations pertaining thereto. As used herein,
"Rebate Amount" means the amount described in Section 148(f)(2) of
the Code, computed in accordance with the provisions of the Code,
computed in accordance with the provisions of Section 148 (f) (2 ) and
the Regulations pertaining thereto now or hereafter promulgated,
including until superseded, supplemented or amended by Regulations,
Section 1.103-15AT, and 1.148-OT through 1.148-9T, as applicable.
As used in this Section, "Bond Year" means the twelve-month period
ending on December 31. As used in this Section, "Bond Counsel"
means any lawyer or firm of lawyers of national reputation with
respect to the obligations of public bodies and the exemption of
interest thereon from federal income tax and acceptable of the
Trustee.
The City shall determine the Rebate Amount within thirty (30)
days after the close of each Bond Year and upon payment or
redemption of all principal of any series of the Bonds, and shall
furnish the Trustee upon each determination (i) with a written
request verifying such determination and with any supporting
documentation required to calculate or evidence the Rebate Amount
in accordance with the Code and applicable Regulations (the "Rebate
Certificate") and (ii) with funds equal to the Rebate Amount. The
City and the Trustee shall retain copies of each Rebate Certificate
and records of such determinations until six years after final
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payment or redemption of all principal of the Bonds of the affected
series.
Upon receipt by the Trustee of the statement of the City that
certain amounts previously paid hereunder are not subject to rebate
and an opinion of Bond Counsel acceptable to the Trustee to the
effect that failure to rebate such amounts will not cause interest
on the Bonds to become includable in gross income of the Holders
thereof for regular federal income tax purposes under the Code,
Regulations and any then pending federal legislation, the Trustee
shall transfer any such amounts to the City.
have been met on a continuing basis, (ii) adequate procedures have
been established and are being complied with to ensure continuing
compliance with the requirements of certificates executed and
delivered by the City in this regard upon the issuance of the
affected series of Bonds and (iii) if applicable, the proper
amounts have been paid to the Trustee.
The City shall verify at least annually from the date of
delivery of the Bonds that (i) all requirements of this Section
The provisions of this Section shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding the payment or defeasance of the Bonds
hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Trustee
is furnished with an opinion of Bond Counsel acceptable to the
Trustee to the effect that it is not necessary under then existing
Regulations or any then pending federal legislation to pay any
portion of earnings on investments held hereunder or otherwise to
the United States in order to assure the exclusion from gross
income for regular federal income tax purposes of interest on the
Bonds, the requirements set forth in the preceding portion of this
Section (with respect to the portion of such earnings specified in
such opinion) need not be complied with and shall no longer be
effective and all amounts at the time held by the Trustee for the
purposes set forth in this Section (to the extent covered by such
opinion) shall be transferred as specified in such opinion.
Each payment required to be paid to the United States shall be
filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania 19255. Each payment shall be accompanied by a copy of
the Form 8038 (or like form then required) originally filed with
respect to the Bonds and a statement summarizing the determination
of the amount to be paid to the United States.
All references to sections of the Code and to Regulations
thereunder include references to any successor section or sections
which set forth substantive provisions supplanting or superseding
those of the sections referred to.
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The Trustee will agree to modification or rescission of any
provision of this Section in the event that there is delivered to
the Trustee an opinion of Bond Counsel, acceptable to the Trustee,
to the effect that such modification or rescission (a) is necessary
to preserve the exemption of interest on the Bonds from regular
federal income tax or (b) will not adversely affect such regular
federal income tax exemption.
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Section 30. Nothing in this Ordinance expressed or implied is
intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any
person or entity, other than the City, the Trustee, and the
registered owners of the bonds, any right, remedy or claim under or
by reason of this Ordinance or any covenant, condition or
stipulation hereof, and all covenants, stipulations, promises and
agreements in this Ordinance contained by and on behalf of the City
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City, the
Trustee, and the registered owners of the Bonds.
Section 31. The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby
declared to be separable and if any provision shall for any reason
be held illegal or invalid, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remainder of the Ordinance.
Section 32. This Ordinance shall not create any right of any
kind and no right of any kind shall arise hereunder pursuant to it
until the Series 1991 Bonds shall be issued and delivered.
Section 33. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof,
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such
conflict.
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Section 34. It is hereby ascertained and declared that the
Improvements must be accomplished as soon as possible in order to
make the Airport adequate for the needs of the City and its
inhabitants, without which the lief, health, safety and welfare
thereof are jeopardized, that delay in the acquisition and
construction of the Improvements results in economic loss and that
the issuance of the Series 1991 Bonds and the taking of the other
action authorized by this Ordinance is necessary for the
accomplishment thereof. It is, therefore, declared that an
emergency exists and this Ordinance being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall
take effect and be in force from and after its passage.
PASSED: pry-~ohPr ~ t„0 ~ , 1991.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
ayor
City lei°k
( SEAL)
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