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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 05 - Certificates of Obligation !TE MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE t;UUNVIL FROM: BRUNO RUMBELOW, CITY MANAGE �.h MEETING DATE: MARCH, 2009 SUBJECT: RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Council approve the Resolution of Intent to issue Certificates of Obligation for the purchase of new equipment and the funding for construction of the Convention and Visitor's Bureau Office Building. BACKGROUND: In order to fund equipment purchases in Fire, Police and the Golf Course it will be necessary to issue Certificates of Obligation. The not to exceed amount for the Certificates of Obligation is $9,250,000. The sale of the Certificates will be held at the May 5, 2009 City Council meeting. Staff recommends approval. JFMCG RESOLUTION A RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE GIVING OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2009 AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine, Texas (the "City"), pursuant to Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended, is authorized to issue its certificates of obligation for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for the purposes set forth below; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has found and determined that a notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation should be published in accordance with the requirements of applicable law; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. The findings and determinations set forth in the preambles hereto are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes. Section 2. The City Secretary of the City is hereby authorized and directed to issue a notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation in substantially the following form: NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2009 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 5, 2009 the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, at 7:30 p.m. at a regular meeting of the City Council to be held at the City Hall, 200 Main Street, Grapevine, Texas, the regular meeting place of the City Council, intends to pass an ordinance authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $9,250,000 principal amount of Certificates of Obligation for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for the following purposes, to wit: (i) acquisition of public safety, firefighting and golf course vehicles, (ii) designing, constructing, improving, renovating and equipping the City' s Convention and Visitor's Bureau facilities, (items (i) and (ii) together, the "Project"), (ii)payment of professional services of attorneys, financial advisors and other professionals in connection with the Project and the issuance of the Certificates. The Certificates shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) per annum, and shall have a maximum maturity date of not later than forty (40) years after their date. Said Certificates shall be payable from the levy of a direct and continuing ad valorem tax against all taxable property within the City sufficient to pay the interest on this series of Certificates as due and to provide for the payment of the principal Dallas 1228451v.2 thereof as the same matures, as authorized by Subchapter C, Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended, and from all of a part of the revenues of the City' s Hotel Occupancy Tax. THIS NOTICE is given in accordance with law and as directed by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas. GIVEN THIS March 24 2009. /s/Linda Huff City Secretary City of Grapevine, Texas" Section 3. The foregoing notice shall be published once a week for two consecutive weeks, the date of the first publication being not less than the fourteenth (14th) day prior to the date set forth in the foregoing notice for passage of the ordinance authorizing the Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation. Such notice shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the City of Grapevine, Texas. Section 4. That this resolution shall take effect from and after the date of its passage. PASSED, APPROVED AND EFFECTIVE March 24, 2009. Dallas 1228451v.2