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Ord. 0088 1964-06-18AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF WATERWORKS SYSTEM I6 -( TIME WARRANTS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF AND UPON WHICH SUCH WAR- RANTS SHALL RR ISSUED; LEVYING TAXES TO PROVIDE THE PAY- MENT THEREOF; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF BRAZORIA § The City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, convened in session at the City Hall within said City on the of June, 1964, with the following members present, to -wit: E. T. Gibbons Gene Sanders John Kegley To Alexander Victor Nolen Mayor Alderman Alderman Alderman Alderman_ Alderman W. A. McClellan City Secretary and the following member(s) absent, to -wit :6Zw"-aNtis✓- :i,t aLt,1CaAnTO ��'� when the following business was transacted: The Mayor introduced an ordinance which was read in full. Alderman A79 made a motion that the ordinance be adopted as read. Alderman 4Q LQ�,.� seconded the motion for adoption of the ordinance. The motion, carrying with it the adoption of the ordinance, prevailed by the following vote: AYES: Aldermen Slwakanes, Sanders, Kegley, Alcxander and Nolen, and Mayor Gibbons. NOES: None. The Mayor thereupon announced that the motion had duly and lawfully carried, and that the ordinance had been duly and lawfully adopted. The ordinance thus adopted follows: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF WATER- WORKS SYSTEM TIME WARRANTS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF AND UPON WHICH SUCH WARRANTS SHALL BE ISSUED; LEVY- ING TAXES TO PROVIDE THE PAYMENT THEREOF; AND CON- TAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT. WHEREAS, on the 22nd day of May, 1964, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, adopted a resolution authorizing and di- recting the giving of notice of intention to issue Time Warrants of said City in the maximum principal sum of $150,000, bearing interest at a rate not to exceed five (5%) per cent per annum and maturing serially over a period of years not to exceed thirty (30) years from their date or dates, with a maximum maturity date not later than July 1, 1994,for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of said City for all or any part of the cost of constructing permanent improvements, additions and extensions to such City's waterworks system, including personal and professional services to be rendered in connection therewith and other incidental expenses in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, said notice of intention has been given in the manner and for the time required by law; and WHEREAS, no petition of any kind whatsoever has been filed with or submitted to the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, or any officer or official of said City requesting a referendum on the question of issuing bonds for said purposes, and no written protest to the issuance of Time Warrants has been presented, and it is hereby affirmatively found that the City Council is now authorized to proceed with the issuance of said Warrants in accordance with the terms of this ordinance; therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS: -2- Section That all facts recited in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby found and declared to be true and correct. Section 2, That for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of the City of Pearland, Texas, for all or any part of the cost of construct- ing permanent improvements, additions, and extensions to the City of Pearland, Texas, Waterworks System, including personal and professional services to be rendered in connection therewith and other incidental expenses in connection therewith, there shall be issued the time warrants of said City in the principal sum of 110,000, to be known and designated as "CITY OF PEARLAND WATERWORKS SYSTEM TIME WARRANTS, SERIES 1964," in strict conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, particularly Chapter 163, Acts of the 42nd Legis- lature of Texas, Regular Session, 1931, as amended, compiled as Article 2368a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, 1925, as amended. Section 3. That said warrants shall be dated June 15, 1964, shall be numbered consecutively from 1 to 110, both inclusive, shall be in the denomination of $1,000 each, aggregating 110,000, shall bear inter- est at the rate of five per cent (5%) per annum, interest payable June 15, 1965, and annually thereafter on June 15th in each year until the principal sum is paid, and shall be payable, without exchange or collection charges to the owners or holders thereof, at the office of the City Treasurer of the City of Pearland, Texas, in any coin or currency which, on the respective dates of payment of such principal and interest, is legal tender for the payment of debts due the United States of America. Said warrants shall become due and payable ser- ially on the 15th day of June in each of the years 1985 to 1994, both -3- inclusive, in the respective amounts shown in the following schedule, to -wit: Warrants Nos. Year of (both incl.) Maturity 1 - 10 1985 11 - 20 1986 21 a 30 1987 31 - 4o 1988 41 - 5o 1989 51 - 6o 1990 61 - 7o 1991 71 - 8o 1992 81 - 95 1993 96 - ll0 1994 Amount Maturing 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 15,000 15,000 Section 4. That each of said warrants shall be signed by the Mayor of the City of Pearland and countersigned by the City Secretary, and the official seal of said City shall be impressed upon each of said warrants. Section 5. That said warrants shall be in substantially the following form: NO. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BR.AZORIA CITY OF PEARLAND WATERWORKS SYSTEM TIME WARRANTS SERIES 1964 $1,000 THE CITY OF PEARLAND, in the County of Brazoria, State of Texas, for value received, acknowledges itself indebted to and hereby PROMISES TO PAY TO RFARER ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF JUNE, 19 , the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,000), with interest thereon from the date hereof until the princi- pal is paid at the rate of five per cent (5$) per annum, interest pay- able June 15, 1965, and annually thereafter on June 15th in each year until the principal sum is paid. Both principal of and interest on this warrant shall be payable in any coin or currency which on the respective dates of payment of such principal and interest is legal tender for the payment of debts due the United States of America, at the office of the City Treasurer of the City of Pearland, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder. And for the prompt payment of this warrant at maturity and the interest hereon as it becomes due, the full faith, credit, and resources of said City are hereby irrevocably pledged. THIS WARRANT IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 110 SERIAL TIME WARRANTS of like tenor and effect, except as to serial number and maturity, being numbered consecutively from 1 to 110, both inclusive, in the denomin- ation of $1,000 each, aggregating $110,000, and together with the other warrants of this series, is issued for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of said City for all or any part of the cost of constructing permanent improvements, additions, and extensions to the City of Pearland, Texas, Waterworks System, including personal and professional services rendered in connection therewith and other incidental expenses in connec- tion therewith, under and in strict conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including particularly Chapter 163, Acts of the 4+2nd Legislature of Texas, Regular Session, 1931,.as amended, com- piled as Article 2368a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, 1925, as amended, and pursuant to an ordinance adopted by the City Council of said City, which ordinance is of record in the official minutes of said City Council. THE DATE OF THIS WARRANT, in conformity with the ordinance above mentioned, IS JUNE 15, 196-L IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, AND REPRESENTED that the issuance of this warrant and the series of which it is a part is duly authorized by law; that all acts, conditions and things required to be -5- done precedent to and in the issuance of this series of warrants have been properly done and performed, and have happened in regular and due time, form, and manner, as required by law; that due provision has been made for levying and collecting annually by taxation an amount sufficient to pay the interest on these warrants as it falls due and to create and provide a sinking fund for the final redemption of said warrants at maturity; that the issue of the series of warrants, of which this is one, together with all other indebtedness of said City is within every debt and other limitation prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, has caused the corporate seal of said City to be affixed hereto and this warrant to be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Secretary, all as of June 15, 1964. Mayor, City of Pearland, Texas COUNTERSIGNED: City Secretary, City of Pearland, Texas (SEAL) Section 6e That while said warrants, or any part of the principal thereof or interest thereon, remain outstanding and unpaid, there is hereby levied and there shall be annually assessed and collected in due time, form, and manner, and at the same time other City taxes are assessed, levied, and collected, in each year, beginning with the current year, a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within said City sufficient to pay the current interest on said warrants and to create and provide a sinking fund of not less than two per cent .(2$) of the principal amount of said warrants then outstanding or of not less than the amount required to pay the principal payable out of said tax, whichever is greater, full allowance being made for delin- quencies and costs of collection and said taxes when collected shall be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on said warrants, and to no other purpose. Section 7, That the Mayor and City Secretary are authorized and directed to execute and countersign each of said warrants for and on behalf of the City of Pearland, but said warrants shall not be delivered until further authorized by this City Council. Section 8. That this ordinance shall be effective immediately upon its adoption. PASSED AND APPROVED this t $ day of June, 1964. ATTEST: City Secretary, City of Texas Pearland, 0 J Mayor, City of Pearland, Texas -7- WAIVER. AND RATIFICATION CER.TIFICA.TE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZORIA § We, the undersigned, members of the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, do hereby waive notice of and consent to the holding of a special meeting of said City Council on the 18th day of June, 1964, for the purpose of adopting an ordinance entited: AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF WATERWORKS SYSTEM TIME WARRANTS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF AND UPON WHICH SUCH WARRANTS SHALL BE ISSUED; LEVYING TAXES TO PROVIDE THE PAYMENT THEREOF; AND CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; and also for the purpose of adopting an ordinance entited: AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACTS FOR FURNISHING LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTING PERMANENT WATERWORKS SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS. We hereby ratify, adopt, confirm, and approve all proceed- ings had by said City Council at said special meeting. WITNESS OUR HANDS this 1 day of October , 1964. S. A. Shukanes Tom Alexander