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R2009-002 - 2009-01-05RESOLUTION NO. R2009-2 RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENTION TO REIMBURSE PROJECT EXPENDITURES WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas (the "City") has previously approved, and the City is proceeding with its capital equipment acquisition program, the general purpose and function of which is to make certain capital improvements described in Exhibit A hereto (herein, the "Project"), the maximum aggregate amount for which the City expects to spend in 2009 is approximately $72,500,000; WHEREAS, the City anticipates providing funds to permanently finance the capital costs of the Project by issuing after the date hereof certain tax-exempt obligations (the "Obligations") expected to be issued by the City in 2009, including its Certificates of Obligation, its General Obligation Bonds and it Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds (collectively, the "Obligations") which are currently expected to have a maximum aggregate principal amount of approximately $65,000,000, all of the proceeds of which are expected to be used to pay costs of the Project and costs of issuance of the Obligations; WHEREAS, no funds of the City are, or are reasonably expected to be, allocated, reserved, or otherwise set aside in the City's budget to pay the costs of the Project; WHEREAS, the Obligations will be payable from debt service taxes levied, assessed and collected by the City and water and sewer system revenues assessed and collected by the City for the Obligations; WHEREAS, the City anticipates that after the date hereof and prior to the issuance of the Certificates of Obligation, it will be obligated to pay certain costs constituting expenditures properly chargeable to a capital account (under general federal income tax principles) in connection with the Project, including expenditures for the equipment listed on Exhibit A hereto as Education and Road Expenditures, in the aggregate amount of not more than $10,500,000; WHEREAS, the money to be used to pay the Education and Road Expenditures set forth in this Resolution is in the City's General Fund, the general purpose and function of which is to pay operating and maintenance expenditures of the City and other lawfully available funds of the City, and such funds are not appropriated for any other purpose; WHEREAS, the City anticipates that after the date hereof and prior to the issuance of the General Obligation Bonds, it will be obligated to pay certain costs constituting expenditures properly chargeable to a capital account (under general federal income tax principles) in connection with the Project, including expenditures for the equipment listed on Exhibit A hereto as General Expenditures, in the aggregate amount of not more than $29,500,000; WHEREAS, the money to be used to pay the General Expenditures set forth in this Resolution is in the City's General Fund, the general purpose and function of which is to pay HOU:2874939.2 operating and maintenance expenditures of the City and other lawfully available funds of the City, and such funds are not appropriated for any other purpose; WHEREAS, the City anticipates that after the date hereof and prior to the issuance of the Water and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, it will be obligated to pay certain costs constituting expenditures properly chargeable to a capital account (under general federal income tax principles) in connection with the Project, including expenditures for the equipment listed on Exhibit A hereto as Water/Sewer Expenditures in the aggregate amount of not more than $7,500,000; WHEREAS, the money to be used to pay the Water/Sewer Expenditures set forth in this Resolution is in the City's Water/Sewer Fund, the general purpose and function of which is to pay operating and maintenance expenditures of the City's water and sewer system and other lawfully available funds of the City, and such funds are not appropriated for any other purpose; WHEREAS, the City reasonably expects that the City will be reimbursed for the Education and Road Expenditures, the General Expenditures and the Water/Sewer Expenditures (collectively, the "Expenditures") with proceeds of the Obligations; WHEREAS, after the issuance of the Obligations it will: (1) evidence each allocation of proceeds of the Obligations to the reimbursement of the Expenditures with separate entries in its books and records maintained with respect to the Obligations, and (2) identify in such entries the actual prior Expenditures being reimbursed or the fund from which the Expenditures was made. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY THAT: Section 1. The City Council hereby adopts the findings set out in the preamble hereof and declares its intent within the meaning of Treasury Regulation § 1.150-2, as promulgated under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to issue approximately $47,500,000 principal amount of Obligations, all of which will be used to pay the costs of the Project, all of which is expected to be used to reimburse the City for capital expenditures paid in connection with the Project prior to the issuance of the Obligations and to pay costs of issuance of the Obligations. Section 2. The City will maintain this Resolution at the office of the City at 3519 Liberty Drive, Pearland, Texas 77581 and make it continuously available for inspection by the general public during normal business hours on business days beginning within 30 days after the date of this Resolution. PASSED AND APPROVED this 5`" day of January, 2009. £~o~ Mayor City of Pearland, Texas .°Q~~;~za,, 'p4r y Sec ary ° ~: ` :v-, '~' 2 HOU:2874939.2 Exhibit "A" Resolution No. R2009-2 Exhibit A Description of Expenditures To Be Reimbursed Education and Road Expenditures $ 10,500,000 University of Houston - Pearland Campus Cullen Parkway Improvements General Expenditures $ 29,500,000 Cowart Creek Diversion Town Ditch III Veterans/Walnut Drainage East Mary's Creek Detention Natatorium/Recreation Center Cullen Parkway Improvements McHard Road. Extension Dixie Farm Rd. Phase II Bailey/Veterans to FM 128 Water/Sewer Expenditures $ 7,500,000 City of Houston Connection GCWA Water Purchase TOTAL 47.500.000 HOU:2874939.2