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Ord. 0126 1966-06-27C ;`i5=/3 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $605,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1966; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF; LEVYING TAXES FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THEREON; AWARDING THE SALE AND EXCHANGE THEREOF; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDI- NANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON AND AFTER ITS ADOPTION THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF BRAZORIA § The City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, convened • in /A session at the City Hall within said City on the 2 h day of June, 1966, with the following members, and the City Secretary, present, to -wit: Lloyd C. Hawkins Mayor Victor A. Nolen Alderman Joe Dan Calvin Alderman Basil L. Cogbill Alderman E. A. Wasek Alderman W. A. McClellan �irra�nrrair City Secretary and the following member(s) absent, to -wit: when, among other business, the following was transacted: The Mayor introduced an ordinance which was read in full. Alderman_, 0 14 , made a motion that the ordinance be adopted as read. Alderman seconded the motion for adoption of the ordinance. T e motion, carrying with it the adoption of the ordinance, prevailed by the following vote: AYES: Aldermen Nolen, Calvin, Cogbill, Wasek and 222p5Igt and Mayor Hawkins. 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: ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF s605,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1966; PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF; LEVYING TAXES FOR THE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST THEREON; AWARDING THE SALE AND EXCHANGE THEREOF; CONTAINING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE SUBJECT; AND PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDI- NANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON AND AFTER ITS ADOPTION WHEREAS, at an election held within the City of Pearland, Texas, on the llth day of July, 1964, more than a majority of the duly qualified resident electors of said City who owned taxable property within said City and who had duly rendered the same for taxation, voting at said election, voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds of said City, as follows: said bonds to serially over their date or (a) 51,000,000 for the purpose of con- structing permanent improvements, enlargements and extensions to the sanitary sewer system of said City, (b) $500,000 for the purpose of con- structing permanent improvements, enlargements and extensions to the waterworks system of said City, and (c) $100,000 for public building purposes, to -wit: the construction and equip- ping of a city hall, fire station, and police station building, in and for said City, be payable from ad valorem taxation and to a period of not exceeding forty (40) years mature from dates and to bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed five per cent (5%) per annum; and strict WHEREAS, said election was called and held under and in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and the City Council of said City has heretofore officially declared the results of said election and has determined the spe- cific authority of said City to issue said bonds and levy taxes in payment thereof; and -2- WHEREAS, said City has heretofore issued its S800,000 Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System Improvement Bonds, Series 1964, being $150,000 waterworks system bonds and $650,000 sani- tary sewer system bonds, as a portion and first installment of the said $1,600,000 total authorized bonds, leaving the remain- ing 350,000 waterworks system tax bonds, the remaining sanitary sewer system tax bonds and the 350,000 100,000 public building bonds authorized at said election of July 11, 1964, to be issued, sold and delivered at a later date; WHEREAS, this City Council now deems it advisable to issue, sell and deliver (a) 150,000'of the remaining 350,000 waterworks system tax bonds and (b) all of the remaining sanitary sewer system tax bonds, leaving the remaining 350,000 200,000 waterworks system tax bonds and the $100,000 public building bonds to be issued at a later date; and WHEREAS, this City Council has heretofore adopted an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the following described time warrants: CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, WATERWORKS SYSTEM TIME WARRANTS, SERIES 1964, dated June 15, 1964, numbered from 1 to 105, both inclu- sive, in the denomination of $1,000 each, aggregating 8105,000, bearing interest at the rate of 5% per annum, and maturing serially in each of the years 1985 to 1994, both inclusive, as follows: $1o,000 6-15-198.5/92 15,000 1993 10,000 1994, and WHEREAS, said ordinance authorized the issuance of said Time Warrants for the purposes specified therein; and WHEREAS, all of said Time Warrants above described have been issued and delivered to the persons entitled to receive the same and all of said Warrants are now outstanding and unpaid in the total principal amount of 105,000, and constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the City of Pearland, Texas; and WHEREAS, pursuant to an ordinance adopted by this City Council an the 23rd day of May, 1966, notice has heretofore been published in the manner and for the time required bylaw of the intention of said City Council to adopt an ordinance on the 27th day of June, 1966, to authorize the issuance of the refunding bonds of said City in the maximum amount of 105,000, for the pur- pose of refunding said hereinbefore described Time Warrants Nos. 1 to 105, both inclusive, in the aggregate amount of $105,000; and WHEREAS, no petition signed by ten per cent (10%) of the qualified voters of the City of Pearland, Texas, requesting that an election be held on the proposition of the issuance of said refunding bonds has been filed with the City Council of the City of Pearland, or with any officer or agent of said City, and no petition of any kind relating to the issuance of said refunding bonds has been filed with the City or any of its officers or agents; and WHEREAS, the owners and holders of said Time Warrants have agreed to accept 8105,000 of the hereinafter described bonds in lieu of the said outstanding Time Warrants and the City Council is of the opinion that itis to the best interest of the City of Pearland, Texas, that said Time Warrants be refunded; Therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, 'TEXAS. SECTION to 1.01 - RECITATIONS IN PREAMBLE° That the matters and facts recited in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby found and declared to be true and correct. 1.02 - NAME, AMOUNT, PURPOSE AND AUTHORIZATION That the serial coupon bonds of the City of Pearland, Texas, to be known and designated as "CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1966", be issued in the principal amount of $605,000 ($150,000 being a portion and the second installment of $500,000 waterworks system bonds and $350,000 being a portion and the second and final installment of $1,000,000 sanitary sewer system bonds, all voted at an election held in said City on July 11, 1964, $800,000 of said voted authorization having been previously issued), for the purpose of constructing permanent improvements, enlargements and extensions to the waterworks and sanitary sewer systems of the City, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including particularly Chapters 1 and 7 of Title 22, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and as authorized at the election held in and throughout said City on the llth day of July, 1964, and for the purpose of refunding, cancelling and in lieu of said City's Waterworks System Time War- rants, Series 1964, dated June 15, 1964, now outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $105,000, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, particularly Chapter 163, Acts of the 42nd. Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular Session, 1931, as amended. SECTION 2 2001 - DATE, BOND NUMBERS, DENOMINATION AND MATURITIES: That said bonds secutively ination of shall be dated June 1, 1966, shall be numbered con - from 1 to 121, both inclusive, shall be in the denom- S5,000 each, and shall become due and payable serially in their numerical order on June 1st in each of the years 1971 to 1995, both inclusive, in the respective amounts shown in the following schedule, to -wit: Bond Numbers Year of Amount (both incl.) Maturity Maturing 1 - 2 1971 $ 10,000 3 - 4 1972 lo,000 5 - 6 1973 10,000 7 - 8 1974 lo,000 9 - l0 1975 lo,000 11 - 12 1976 10,000 .13 - 15 1977 15,000 16 _ 18 .1978 15,000 19 - 21 1979 15,000 22 - 24 1980 15,000 25 - 27 1981 15,000 28 - 30 1982 15,000 31 - 33 1983 15,000 34 - 36 1984 15,000 37 - 42 1985 30,000 43 - 48 1986 30,000 49 - 54 1987 30,000 55 - 6o 1988 30,000 61 - 66 1989 30,000 67 - 72 1990 30,000 73 - 79 1991 35,000 8o - 86 1992 35,000 87 - 93 1993 35,000 94 - in 1994 40,000 102 121 1995 100,000 2.02 - OPTION OF PRIOR REDEMPTION: The City expressly reserves the right to redeem Bonds Nos, 49 to 121, both inclusive, of this issue, in whole or in part, on June 1, 1986, and on any interest payment date thereafter, by paying to the owners or holders thereof a sum equal to the principal amount of the bonds called for redemption plus unpaid accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption. If the City elects to redeem all or any part of such bonds on any such redemption date, notice of the exercise of the option to redeem shall be given in writing to the bank at which said bonds are payable, and said notice shall be published one (1) time in a financial journal or publication of general circulation in the United States of America, which notice shall be mailed to said bank and published in said journal or publication at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption, When said bonds, in whole or in part, have been called for redemption in the manner prescribed and due provision has been made to pay the principal of the bonds called for redemp- tion and unpaid accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption, the right of the owners or holders to collect interest which would otherwise accrue after the redemption date on the bonds called for redemption shall terminate on the date fixed for redemp- tion. SECTION 3: 3.01 - INTEREST RATES AND::INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: That said bonds shall bear interest per annum at the following rates, respectively, to -wit: Bonds Nos. 1 to 16 1 , both inclusive, • -0 %, Bonds Nos.Z to '7'7 , both inclusive, Bonds Nos. g5 to both inclusive,I ..]0 o, Bonds Nos • 6 f to 7c%' , both inclusive,, Bonds Nos. to /Z% , both inclusive,4•-D interest payable December 1, 1966, and semi-annually thereafter on June 1 and December 1 in each year until the principal sum is paid. 3.02 - MEDIUM AND PLACE OF PAYMENT: That both principal of and interest on said bonds shall be payable, without exchange or col- lection charges to the owners or holders of said bonds and/or the interest coupons appurtenant thereto, at the First City National Bank of Houston, Houston, 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. The principal of such bonds shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of said bonds as they respectively be- come due, and interest falling due on and prior to the respective maturity dates of the bonds shall be payable only upon presenta- tion and surrender of the interest coupons attached to said bonds as such coupons severally become due. SECTION k EXECUTION OF BONDS AND INTEREST COUPONS: That the facsimile of the official seal of said City shall be printed, engraved, litho- graphed or stamped on each of said bonds, and each of said bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Secretary of said City by their printed, engraved, lithographed or stamped facsimile signatures, and the interest coupons attached to said bonds shall also be executed by the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary. Said facsimile seal on the bonds and said facsimile signatures on the bonds and interest coupons shall have the same effect as if the official seal of the City had been manually impressed upon each such bond and as if the Mayor and City Secretary had in person and manually signed each such bond andinterest coupon, The registration certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, which certificate is to be printed upon the back of each of said bonds as hereinafter provided in Section 7 of this ordinance, shall be manually subscribed. SECTION 5 FORM OF BONDS: That said bonds shall be in substantially the following form: No. $5,000 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF BRAZORIA CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1966 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the CITY OF PEARLAND, in the County of Brazoria, in the State of Texas, hereby acknowledges itself indebted to and PROMISES TO PAY TO BEARER ON THE 1ST DAY OF JUNE, 19 , the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000), and to pay interest thereon from the date hereof at the rate of % (NOTE TO PRINTERg For interest rates, see Section 3.01 of bond ordinance) per annum, interest payable December 1, 1966, and semi-annually thereafter on June 1 and December 1 of each year until the principal sum is paid. Both principal of and interest on this bond 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 First City National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder. The principal hereof shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of this bond, and interest hereon fall- ing due on and prior to the maturity of this bond shall be payable only. upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as such coupons severally become due, THE DATE OF THIS BOND, in conformity with the ordinance hereinafter mentioned, IS JUNE 1, 1966. THIS BOND IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 121 SERIAL COUPON BONDS of like tenor and effect except as to serial number, interest rate, maturity and option of prior redemption, being numbered .consecu- tively from.:1 to 121, both inclusive, in the denomination of $5,000 each, aggregating $605,000 ($150,000 being a portion and the second installment of $500,000 waterworks system bonds and 5350,000 being a portion and the second and final installment of $1,000,000 sani- tary sewer system bonds, all voted at an election held in said City on July 11, 1964, $800,000 of said voted authorization having been previously issued), and, together with the other bonds of said series, is issued for the purpose of constructing permanent -10- improvements, enlargements and extensions to the waterworks and sanitary sewer systems of the City, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including particu- larly Chapters 1 and 7 of Title 22, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, and as authorized at the election held in and throughout said City on the llth day of July, 1964, and for the purpose of refunding, cancelling and in lieu of said City's Waterworks System Time Warrants, Series 1964, dated June 15, 1964, now outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $105,000, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, particularly Chapter 163, Acts of the 42nd Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular Session, 1931, as amended, and pursu- ant to an ordinance duly passed and adopted by the City Council of said City, which ordinance is of record in the minutes of said City Council. THE CITY OF PEARLAND EXPRESSLY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REDEEM BONDS NOS. 49 TO 121, BOTH INCLUSIVE, of this issue, in whole or in part, on June 1, 1986, and on any interest payment date there- after, by paying to the owners or holders thereof a sum equal to the principal amount of the bonds called for redemption plus un- paid accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption. If the City elects to redeem all or any part of such bonds on any such redemption date, notice of the exercise of the option to redeem shall be given in writing to the bank at which said bonds are payable, and said notice shall be published one (1) time in a financial journal or publication of general circulation in the United States of America, which notice shall be mailed to said bank and published in said journal or publication at least thirty (30) days prior to the date fixed for redemption. When said bonds, in whole or in part, have been called for redemption in the manner -11- prescribed and due provision has been made to pay the principal of the bonds called for redemption and unpaid accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption, the right of the owners or holders to collect interest which would otherwise accrue after the redemption date on the bonds called for redemption shall terminate on the date fixed for redemption, IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that the issuance of this bond and the series of which it is a part, is duly authorized by law; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this bond and this series of bonds 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 the payment of the principal of and interest on this bond and the series of which it is a part, by the levy of a direct annual ad valorem tax upon all taxable property within said City sufficient for said purposes; and that the total indebtedness of said City, including the entire series of bonds of which this is one, does not exceed any Constitutional or statutory limitation. THE HOLDER OR HOLDERS OF BONDS NOS, 1 TO 21, BOTH INCLU- SIVE, OF THIS ISSUE shall be subrogated to all the rights and privileges belonging to the holder or holders of the Time Warrants refunded by said Bonds Nos. 1 to 21, both inclusive, except as may be provided by the ordinance authorizing the issuance of this series of bonds. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Pearland, Texas, has caused the facsimile of the corporate seal _12_ of said City to be printed, engraved, lithographed or stamped hereon, this bond to be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the City Secretary by their printed, engraved, lithographed or stamped facsimile signatures, and the annexed coupons also to be signed by said facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secre- tary, all as of the 1st day of June, 1966. Mayor, City of Pearland, Texas COUNTERSIGNED: City Secretary SECTION 6: FORM OF INTEREST COUPONS: That the interest coupons to be at- tached to said bonds shall be in substantially the following form: No. $ ON THE 1ST DAY OF ,.19 ,* THE CITY OF PEARLAND, in the County of Brazoria, State of Texas, PROMISES TO PAY TO BEARER, without exchange or collection charges, at the First City National Bank of Houston, Houston, Texas, the sum of $ in any coin or currency which on such date is legal tender for the payment of debts due the United States of America, being interest due that date on the City. of Pearland, Texas, General Obligation Bond, Series 1966, bearing the number hereinafter specified, dated June 1, 1966. Bond No, City Secretary Mayor -13- *(Coupons maturing after June 1, 1986, shall contain the following additional clauses unless the bond to which this coupon appertains has been called for re- demption and due provision made to redeem same,) SECTION 7e REGISTRATION OF BONDS BY STATE COMPTROLLER AND FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE° That each of said bonds shall be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, as provided by law, and the registration certificate of the said Comptroller, which certificate is to be printed upon the back of each of said bonds and is to be manually executed, shall be in substantially the following forma OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER REGISTER:NO, THE STATE OF TEXAS I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of record in my office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect that this bond has been examined by him as required by law; that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas; and that it is a valid and binding obligation upon the City of Pearland, of Brazoria County, Texas; and said bond has this day been registered by me, WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE at Austin, Texas, -14- Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas SECTION 8: SUBROGATION OF RIGHTS: That, except as provided in this ordi- nance, the holder or holders of Bonds Nos. 1 to 21, both inclu- sive, authorized by this ordinance shall be subrogated to all the rights and privileges belonging to the holder or holders of the underlying time warrants which are being hereby refunded. SECTION 9 INTEREST AND SINKING FUND - TAX LEVY: That there is hereby created a special fund to be designated "City of Pearland, Texas, General Obligation Bonds, Series 1966, Interest and Sinking Fund", and the proceeds from all taxes levied, assessed and collected for and on account of the time warrants being refunded hereby and for the bonds authorized by this order, shall be deposited into said Fund. That while said bonds 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 taxableproperty within said City sufficient to pay the current interest thereon and to create a sinking fund of not less than two per cent (2%) of the original principal amount of said bonds or of not less than the amount required to pay the principal 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 principal of and interest on said bonds and for no other purpose, -15- OF BONDS: That the sale to CkAa \A: SECTION 10: APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF BONDS BY STATE OFFICERS: That it shall be the duty of the Mayor of said City, or someone acting under authority of said Mayor, to submit the record of said bonds, and the bonds, to the Attorney General of the State of Texas for examination and approval, and thereafter to have such bonds registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. SECTION 11: SALE OF BONDS, SURRENDER OF UNDERLYING TIME WARRANTS AND DELIVERY e s of Bonds Nos. 22 to 121, both inclusive, aggregating $500,000 of the bonds hereby authorized, at a price equal to the principal amount of said bonds, plus accrued interest thereon from the date thereof to the date of actual delivery, plus a cash premium of , subject to the unqualified approving opinion, as to their legality, by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls, Houston, Texas, market attor- neys, is hereby authorized, approved, ratified and confirmed. None of the bonds hereby authorized shall be registered until all of the $105,000 Time Warrants being refunded have been surrendered to and cancelled by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. When said Time Warrants have been so cancelled, and when all of the bonds hereby authorized have been approved by the Attorney General of Texas and registered by the said Comptroller of Public Accounts, —16— the said Comptroller is hereby authorized and respectfully requested to deliver all said bonds hereby authorized to The American National Bank of Austin, Austin, Texas, for the account of said City, and Bonds Nos, 1 to 21, both inclusive, aggregating $105,000, shall be delivered to the holder or holders of said Time Warrants, and Bonds Nos. 22 to 121, both inclusive, aggregating $500,000, shall be delivered to the named purchaser upon receipt of the full purchase price. SECTION 12: DUTIES OF CITY OFFICIALS: That the Mayor and the City Secretary of said City and other appropriate officials of the City are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things neces- sary and/or convenient to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. SECTION 13: EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE: That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full force upon and after its adoption, and it is so ordered, PASSED AND APPROVED, this 27th day of June, 1966. ATTEST: City Secretary, City of Pearland, Texas (SEAL) Mayor, City of Pear land, Texas -17-