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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 0974 --- êJ /!.. () . 77f AN ORDINANCE by the city Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, authorizing the issuance of $4,500,000 "CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1982", dated October 1, 1982; prescribing the form of the bonds and the form of the interest coupons; levying a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the limits of said City to pay the interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for the redemption thereof and providing for the assessment and collection of taxes; enacting provisions incident and related to the subject and purpose of this ordinance; and providing an effective date. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, hereby finds and determines that general obligation bonds of the City in the total principal amount of $4,500,000 should be issued and sold at this time; such general obligation bonds having been approved and authorized to be issued at an election held August 9, 1980, and a summary of the general obligation bonds approved at said election, the respective authorized purposes and amounts authorized to be issued therefor, amounts previously issued and being issued pursuant to this ordinance and amounts remaining to be issued subsequent to the date hereof being as follows: Amount Amount Amount Previously Being Unissued Purpose Authorized Issued Issued Amount Street Improvements $7,000,000 $2,000,000 $4,500,000 $ 500,000 Park Improvements 1,000,000 -0- -0- 1,000,000 AND WHEREAS, the city Council hereby reserves the right to issue the balance of general obligation bonds authorized at the aforesaid election in one or more installments or series at such time or times as the Council in its sole discretion shall determine¡ now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: SECTION 1: That the bonds of said city, to be known as "CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HI LLS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1982", be and the same are hereby ordered to be issued in the principal sum of FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUS&~ DOLLARS ($4,500,000) for the purpose of making permanent public improvements to wit: street improvements including drainage incidental thereto, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 2: That said bonds shall be dated October 1, 1982; shall be numbered consecutively from One (1) through Nine Hundred (900); shall each be in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), and shall become due and payable serially on September 1 in each of the years and bear interest at the per annum rates in accordance with the following schedule: BOND NUMBERS (All Inclusive) MATURITY ANOUNT INTEREST 1 - 60 1983 $300,000 % 61 - 120 1984 300,000 % 121 - 180 1985 300,000 % 181 - 240 1986 300,000 % 241 - 300 1987 300,000 % 301 - 360 1988 300,000 % 361 - 420 1989 300,000 % 421 - 480 1990 300,000 % 481 - 540 1991 300,000 % 541 - 600 1992 300,000 % 601 - 660 1993 300,000 % 661 - 720 1994 300,000 % 721 - 780 1995 300,000 % 781 - 840 1996 300,000 % 841 - 900 1997 300,000 % PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the city reserves the right to redeem the bonds of tl1is series maturing on September 1, 1993, and subsequent, in whole or any part thereof on September 1, 1992, or on any interest payment date thereafter, at the price of par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that at least thirty (30) days prior to a date any of said bonds are to be redeemed, a notice of redemption, signed by the City Secretary (specifying the serial numbers and amount of bonds to be redeemed), shall have been filed with The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas (the paying agent named in each of said bonds); and if the City shall have made available by the redemption date funds sufficient to pay the bonds to be redeemed and accrued interest thereon, any bond or bonds not presented for redemption pursuant to such notice shall cease to bear interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption. SECTION 3: That said bonds shall bear interest from date to maturity, or the redemption thereof in accordance with the terms prescribed therefor, at the per annum rates shown above, such interest to be evidenced by proper coupons attached to each of said bonds and said interest shall be payable on March 1, 1983, and semiannually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 in each year. SECTION 4: That both principal of and interest on this issue of bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the united States of America, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, at The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, upon presentation and surrender of bonds or proper coupons. SECTION 5: That the seal of said City may be impressed on each of said bonds, or in the alternative, a facsimile of such seal may be printed on said bonds. The bonds and interest coupons appurtenant thereto may be executed by the imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of the City, and execution in such manner shall have the same effect as if such bonds and coupons had been signed by the Mayor and City Secretary in person by their manual signatures. Inasmuch as such bonds are required to be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Texas, only his signature (or that of a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller) shall be required to be manually subscribed ~o s~ch bonds in connection with his registration certificate to appeal" thereon, as hereinafter provided; all in accordance with the provisions of Article 7l7j-l, V.A.T.C.S. -2- SECTION 6: That the form of said bonds shall be sub- stantially as follows: NO. UNITED STATES OF ~~RICA $5,000 STATE·OF TEXAS COUNTY OF T~~ CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1982 The CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, acknowledges itself indebted to and, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby promises to pay to bearer, the principal sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000), in lawful money of the United States of America, on the FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 19___, with interest thereon from the date hereof to maturity, or the redemption hereof in accordance with the terms prescribed therefor, at the rate of PER CENT ( %)per annum, such interest being payable on March 1, 1983, and semiannually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 in each year and evidenced by interest coupons attached hereto. BOTH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST are payable only upon presentation and surrender of this bond and the interest coupons hereto attached as the same severally become due at The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, and the bearer of this bond and its appurtenant interest coupons shal1 be deemed the owner thereof for purposes of receiving payment and all other purposes, and neither the City nor the aforementioned place of payment shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. THIS BOND is one of a series of bonds, dated October 1, 1982, numbered consecutively from One (1) through Nine Hundred (900), each in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), aggregating in principal amount FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,500,000), issued for the purpose of making permanent public improvements, to wit: street improvements including drainage incidental thereto, under authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and pursuant to an ordinance duly adopted by the city Council of the city of North Richland Hills, Texas, and duly recorded in the Minutes of said City Council. AS SPECIFIED in the ordinance hereinabove mentioned, the City reserves the right to redeem the bonds of said series maturing on September 1, 1993, and subseq'J.ent I in "..¡hole or any part thereof on September 1, 1992, or o~ any interest payment date thereafter, at the price of par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least thirty (30) days prior to a date any of said bonds are to be redeemed, a notice of redemption, signed by the City Secretary (specifying the serial numbers and amount of bonds to be redeemed), shall have been filed with The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas; and if the City shall have made available by the redemption date funds sufficient to pay the bonds to be redeemed ~nd ?ccrued -3- interest thereon, any bond or bonds not presented for redemp- tion pursuant to such notice shall cease to bear interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND REPRESENTED that the issuance of this bond and the series of which it is a part is duly authorized by law and by an election held for that purpose in said city¡ that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this series of bonds and of this bond have been properly done and performed, and have happened in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law; that sufficient and proper provision has been made for the levying and collection of taxes, which, when collected, shal1 be appropriated exclusively to the payment of this bond and the series of which it is a part, and to the payment of the interest coupons thereto annexed, as the same shall become due; and that the total indebtedness of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, including the entire series of bonds of which this bond is one, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the city of North Richland Hills, Texas, in accordance with the pr0visions of Article 717j-l, V.A.T.C.S., has caused the ~~- :he City to be impressed or a facsimile ther~- - ed hereon, and this bond and its aDT\"- êxecuted by the imprinted ç and City Secretary of said yor 1)0 NO\ \d COUNTERSIGNED: '\ C, ,) , , City Secretary, City of North Richland Hills, Texas ,. \ ,.., , , -' '\ SECTION 7: That the form to each of said bonds shall be ,...c:a _v.L.iows: NO. ON THE FIRST .... ùF , 19 $ *(unless the bond to which this coupon pertains has been re'1eemed in accordance with its terms,) the CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, a municipal corporation in the County of Tarrant, State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to bearer the amount shown hereon in lawful money of the united States of America, upon presentation and surrender of this coupon, at. 1'he Fort t..¡orth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, without exchange or collection charges, such amount being interest duf.; on such date on "CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HI:'LS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1982", dated October 1, 1982. Bond No. City Secretary Nayor *NOTE TO PRINTER: The expression In parenthesls to be included only in coupons maturing Ma~ch 1, 1?93, and subsequent, pertaining to optional bonds ma~ur~ng ln the years 1993 through 1997. -4- ~ .,'.,' ,,~.,-" .....~ SECTION 8: That the following certificate shall be printed on the back of each bond: STATE OF TEXAS § § § REGISTER NO. OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER 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 and that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitutlon and laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, and said bond has this day been registered by me. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE at Austin, Texas, Comptroller of PÙblic Accounts of the State of Texas SECTION 9: That to provide for the payment of the debt service requirements on said bonds, being (i) the interest on said bonds and (ii) a sinking fund for their redemption at maturity or a sinking fund of 2% (whichever amount shall be greater), there shall be and there is hereby levied for the current year and each succeeding year thereafter while said. bonds or interest thereon shall remain outstanding and unpaid, a sufficient tax on each one hundred dollars' valua- tion of taxable property in said City, adequate to pay such debt service requirements, full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection; said tax shall be assessed and collected each year anå applied to the payment of said debt service requirements, and the same shall not be diverted to any other purpose. The taxes so levied shall be paid into a fund known as "SPECIAL SERIES 1982 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUND", which is hereby established for the payment of the obligations herein authorized. The Council hereby declares its purpose and intent to provide and levy a tax legally and fully sufficient for such bonds, it having been determined that the existing and available taxing authority of the City for such purpose is ade~~ate to permit a legally sufficient tax in consideration of all other outstanding indebtedness. SECTION 10: That the sale of the bonds herein authorized to at the price of par and accrued inte~est to the date of delivery, plus a premium of $ is hereby confirmed. De:lvery of said bonds shall be made to said purchasers as soon as may be after the adoption of th~s ordinance, upon payment therefor in accordance with t~e terms of sale. SECTION 11: That the purchase~s' obligation to accept delivery of the bonds herein authorized is subject to their being furnished a final opinion of Dumas, Huguenin, Boothman and Morrow, Attorneys, Dallas, Texas, approving such bonds as to their validity, said opinion to be dated and delivered as of the date of delivery and payment :or such bonds. Printing of a true and correct copy of said opinion on the reverse side of each of said bonds, ~~~h 2?p~opriate certifi- cate pertaining thereto executed by facslmile slgnature of the City Secretary of the city of North Richland Hills, Texas, is hereby approved and authorized. -5- --- êJ /!.. () . 77f AN ORDINANCE by the city Council of the city of North Richland Hills, Texas, authorizing the issuance of $4,500,000 "CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1982", dated October 1, 1982; prescribing the form of the bonds and the form of the interest coupons; levying a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax on all taxable property within the limits of said City to pay the interest on said bonds and to create a sinking fund for the redemption thereof and providing for the assessment and collection of taxes; enacting provisions incident and related to the sUbject and purpose of this ordinance; and providing an effective date. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, hereby finds and determines that general obligation bonds of the City in the total principal amount of $4,500,000 should be issued and sold at this time; such general obligation bonds having been approved and authorized to be issued at an election held August 9, 1980, and a summary of the general obligation bonds approved at said election, the respective authorized purposes and amounts authorized to be issued therefor, amounts previously issued and being issued pursuant to this ordinance and amounts remaining to be issued subsequent to the date hereof being as follows: Amount Amount Amount Previously Being Unissued Purpose Authorized Issued Issued Amount Street Improvements $7,000,000 $2,000,000 $4,500,000 $ 500,000 Park Improvements 1,000,000 -0- -0- 1,000,000 AND WHEREAS, the city Council hereby reserves the right to issue the balance of general obligation bonds authorized at the aforesaid election in one or more installments or series at such time or times as the Council in its sole discretion shall determine; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: SECTION 1: That the bonds of said City, to be known as "CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 1982", be and the same are hereby ordered to be issued in the principal sum of FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUS&~ DOLLARS ($4,500,000) for the purpose of making permanent public improvements to wit: street improvements j.ncluding drainage incidental thereto, under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 2: That said bonds shall be dated October 1, 1982; shall be numbered consecutively from One (1) through Nine Hundred (900); shall each be in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), and shall become due and payable serially on September 1 in each of the years and bear interest at the per annum rates in accordance with the following schedule: BOND NUMBERS (All Inclusive) MATURITY M10UNT INTEREST 1 - 60 1983 $300,000 % 61 - 120 1984 300,000 % 121 - 180 1985 300,000 % 181 - 240 1986 300,000 % 241 - 300 1987 300,000 % 301 - 360 1988 300,000 % 361 - 420 1989 300,000 % 421 - 480 1990 300,000 % 481 - 540 1991 300,000 % 541 - 600 1992 300,000 % 601 - 660 1993 300,000 % 661 - 720 1994 300,000 % 721 - 780 1995 300,000 % 781 - 840 1996 300,000 % 841 - 900 1997 300,000 % PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the city reserves the right to redeem the bonds of tl1is series maturing on september 1, 1993, and subsequent, in whole or any part thereof on September 1, 1992, or on any interest payment date thereafter, at the price of par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; PROVIDED, FURTHER, that at least thirty (30) days prior to a date any of said bonds are to be redeemed, a notice of redemption, signed by the City Secretary (specifying the serial numbers and amount of bonds to be redeemed), shall have been filed with The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas (the paying agent named in each of said bonds); and if the City shall have made available by the redemption date funds sufficient to pay the bonds to be redeemed and accrued interest thereon, any bond or bonds not presented for redemption pursuant to such notice shall cease to bear interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption. SECTION 3: That said bonds shall bear interest from date to maturity, or the redemption thereof in accordance with the terms prescribed therefor, at the per annum rates shown above, such interest to be evidenced by proper coupons attached to each of said bonds and said interest shall be payable on March 1, 1983, and semiannually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 in each year. SECTION 4: That both principal of and interest on this issue of bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, at The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, upon presentation and surrender of bonds or proper coupons. SECTION 5: That the seal of said City may be impressed on each of said bonds, or in the alternative, a facsimile of such seal may be printed on said bonds. The bonds and interest coupons appurtenant thereto may be executed by the imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of the City, and execution in such manner shall have the same effect as if such bonds and coupons had been signed by the Mayor and City Secretary in person by their manual signatures. Inasmuch as such bonds are required to be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Texas, only his signature (or that of a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller) shall be required to be manually subscribed to s~ch bOTIds in connection wi th his registration certificate to appear:- thereon, as hereinafter provided; all in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j-l, V.A.T.C.S. -2- · . ..~. ,.. ."." ~.~..,,~...- _._~.""'" -,.,"......~" SECTION 6: That the form of said bonds shall be sub- stantially as follows: NO. UNITED STATES OF ~~RICA $5,000 STATE 'OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARK~ CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1982 The CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, acknowledges itself indebted to and, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby promises to pay to bearer, the principal sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($5,000), in lawful money of the United states of America, on the FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 19___, with interest thereon from the date hereof to maturity, or the redemption hereof in accordance with the terms prescribed therefor, at the rate of PER CENT ( %)'per annum, such interest being payable on March I, 1983, and semiannually thereafter on September 1 and March 1 in each year and evidenced by interest coupons attached hereto. BOTH PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST are payable only upon presentation and surrender of this bond and the interest coupons hereto attached as the same severally become due at The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, and the bearer of this bond and its appurtenant interest coupons shall be deemed the owner thereof for purposes of receiving payment and all other purposes, and neither the City nor the aforementioned place of payment shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. THIS BOND is one of a series of bonds, dated October 1, 1982, numbered consecutively from One (1) through Nine Hundred (900), each in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), aggregating in principal amount FOUR MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($4,500,000), issued for the purpose of making permanent public improvements, to wit: street improvements including drainage incidental thereto, under authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and pursuant to an ordinance duly adopted by the city Council of the city of North Richland Hills, Texas, and duly recorded in the Minutes of said City Council. AS SPECIFIED in the ordinance hereinabove mentioned, the City reserves the right to redeem the bonds of said series maturing on september 1, 1993, and subsequent, in ',-¡hole or any part thereof on September 1, 1992, or O~ any interest payment date thereafter, at the price of par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least thirty (30) days prior to a date any of said bonds are to be redeemed, a notice of redemption, signed by the City Secretary (specifying the serial numbers and amount of bonds to be redeemed), shall have been filed with The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas; and if the City shall have made available by the redemption date funds sufficient to pay the bonds to be redeemed ~nd ~ccrued -3- interest thereon, any bond or bonds not presented for redemp- tion pursuant to such notice shall cease to bear interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND REPRESENTED that the issuance of this bonÖ and the series of which it lS a part is duly authorized by law and by an election held for that purpose in said city; that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this series of bonds and of this bond have been properly done and performed, and have happened in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law; that sufficient and proper provision has been made for the levying and collection of taxes, which, when collected, shall be appropriated exclusively to the payment of this bond and the series of which it is a part, and to the payment of the interest coupons thereto annexed, as the same shall become due; and that the total indebtedness of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, including the entire series of bonds of which this bond is one, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the city of North Richland Hills, Texas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j-l, V.A.T.C.S., has caused the seal of the City to be impressed or a facsimile thereof to be printed hereon, and this bond and its appurtenant COUpOIIS to be executed by the imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of said City. Mayor, City of North Richland Hills, Texas COUNTERSIGNED: City Secretary, city of North Richland Hills, Texas SECTION 7: That the form of interest coupons attached to each of said bonds shall be substantially as fol10ws: NO. ON THE FIRST DAY OF , 19 $ *(unless the bond to which this coupon pertains has been re'1eemed in accordance with its terms,) the CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, a municipal corporation in the County of Tarrant, State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to bearer the amount shown hereon in lawful money of the united States of America, upon presentation and surrender of this coupon, at The Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, without exchange or collection charges, such amount being interest dl~e on such date on IICITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HI::"LS, TEXAS, GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1982", dated October 1, 1982. Bond No. City Secretary Hayor *NOTE TO PRINTER: The expression ln parenthesls to be included only in coupons maturing Ma~ch 1, l?93, and subsequent, pertaining to optional bonds ma-:.ur::..ng 111 the years 1993 through 1997. -4- ,_ .,.._,'... "'C, n' ,,,_,,..C....'" .. >' ~..._" ..'~ SECTION 8: That the following certificate shall be printed on the back of each bond: STATE OF TEXAS § § § REGISTER NO. OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER 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 and that he finds that it has been issued in conformity with the Constitutlon and laws of the state of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding obligation of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, and said bond has this day been registered by me. WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE at Austin, Texas, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas SECTION 9: That to provide for the payment of the debt service requirements on said bonds, being (i) the interest on said bonds and (ii) a sinking £und for their redemption at maturity or a sinking fund of 2% (whichever amount shall be greater), there shall be and there is hereby levied for the current year and each succeeding year thereafter while said bonds or interest thereon shall remain outstanding and unpaid, a sufficient tax on each one hundred dollars· valua- tion of taxable property in said City, adequate to pay such debt service requirements, full allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection; said tax shall be assessed and collected each year and applied to the payment of said debt service requirements, and the same shal1 not be diverted to any other purpose. The taxes so levied shall be paid into a fund known as "SPECIAL SERIES 1982 GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUND", which is hereby established for the payment of the obligations herein authorized. The Council hereby declares its purpose and intent to provide and levy a tax legally and fully sufficient for such bonds, it having been determined that the existing and available taxing authority of the City for such purpose is ade~~ate to permit a legally sufficient tax in consideration of all other outstanding indebtedness. SECTION 10: That the sale of the bonds herein authorized to at the price of par and accrued inte~est to the date of delivery, plus a premium of $ is hereby confirmed. De~lvery of said bonds shall be made to said purchasers as soon as may be after the adoption of ~~~s ordinance, upon payment therefor in accordance with t~e terms of sale. SECTION 11: That the purchase~s' obligation to accept delivery of the bonds herein authorized is subject to their being furnished a final opinion of Dumas, Huguenin, Boothman and Morrow, Attorneys, Dallas, Texas, approving such bonds as to their validity, said opinion to be dated and delivered as of the date of delivery and payment for such bonds. Printing of a true and correct copy of said opinion on the reverse side of each of said bonds, ~~t~ appropriate certifi- cate pertaining thereto executed by facs~mile slgnature of the city Secretary of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, is hereby approved and authorized. -5- II . ,,' SECTION 12: That the city hereby certifies and covenants that the proceeds of the bonds are needed at this time to finance the costs of capital improvements planned by the City; based on current facts, estimates and circumstances, it is reasonably expected final disbursement of the bond proceeds will occur within three years from the date of the receipt thereof by the City; it is not reasonably expected that the proceeds of the bonds or moneys deposited in the interest and sinking fund created for the payment of the bonds will be used or invested in a manner that would cause them to be or become "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of section 103(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or any regulations or published rulings pertaining thereto; and save and except for the interest and sinking fund created herein no other funds or accounts have been established or pledged to the payment of the bonds. Proper officers of the city charged with the responsibility in the issuance of the bonds are hereby authorized and directed to make, execute and deliver certifications as to facts, estimates and circumstances in existence as of the date of the 'issue of the bonds and stating whether there are any facts, estimates or circumstances which would materially change the city's current expectations, and the covenants herein made and certifications herein authorized are for the benefit of the holders of the bonds and coupons appertaining thereto and may be relied upon by the bondholders and bond counsel for the City. SECTION 13 That the Mayor of the City shall be and is hereby authorized to take and have charge of all necessary orders and records pending investigation by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and shall take and have charge and control of the bonds herein authorized pending their approval by the Attorney General and their registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. SECTION 14: That CUSIP numbers may be printed on the bonds herein authorized. It is expressly provided, however, that the presence or absence of CUSIP numbers on the bonds shall be of no significance or effect as regards the legality thereof and neither the City nor attorneys approving said bonds as to legality are to be held responsible for CUSIP numbers incorrectly printed on the bonds. SECTION 15: That, in reference to the Official Statement prepared in the initial offering and sale of the bonds herein authorized by the city, the City Council ratifies and confirms its prior approval of the form and content thereof and hereby approves the form and content of any addenda, supplement or amendment thereto; the use of such Official Statement in the reoffering of the bonds by the above named purchaser(s) is hereby approved and authorized; and the proper officials of the City are hereby authorized to execute and deliver a certificate pertaining to said Official Statement as prescribed therein, dated as of the date of payment for and delivery of the bonds. SECTION 16: That this ordinance shall take effect iw~ediately from and after passage, and it is so ordained. PASSED AND ADOPTED, this the 13th day of September, 1982. Mayor, City of North Richland, Te:-:as ATTEST: city Secretary, City of North Richland Hills, Texas (city Seal) r" -0-