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HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-2424 ordORD!NANC~ NO. 80-2424 AN ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, authorizing the issuance of $300,000 "CITY OF PLAINI~EW, TEXAS, WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM JbrNiOR LIEN REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1980", dated December I, 1980, for the purpose of making improvements and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, to wit: improvenmnts to water distribution and sewage collection facilities, as authorized by the General Laws of the State of Texas, including Articles 1111 et seq. and 2368a, V.A.T]C.S.; prescribing the form of the bonds and the form of .the interest coupons; making provision for the payment and security of said bonds; enacting other provisions incident and related to the subject and purpose of this ordinance; and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of P!ainview, Texas, has determined that revenue bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $300,000 shouldi~be issued four the purpose of making improvements and extensions to the. City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, to wit: improvements to water distri- bution and sewage collection facilities, such bonds to be payable fromand secured by alien on and pledge of the net revenues derived from the operation of the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System; and W~iEREAS, the City Council has further determined that the lien on and pledge of the net revennes of the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System securing the payment of said revenue bonds shall be junior and subordinate to the lien and pledge securing the Payment of certain revenue bonds heretofore and hereafter issued by the City (hereinafter -identified and defined as "priority bonds"); and W}IEREAS, notice of this Council's intention to issue the aforementioned revenue bonds (stating the date, time and place the Council proposes to pass the ordinance authorizing the issuance of said bonds, the purposes for'which said bonds are to be issued, the maximum amount of bonds proposed to be issued, the maximum rate of interest the proposed bonds are to bear and the maximum maturity date thereof) has been duly published in the Plainview Daily~Herald, a newspaper of general circulation and published in the City on October 17, 1980 and October 24, 1980, the date of the first publication of such notice being at least fourteen (14) days prior to the date stated therein for the passage of this ordinance; and WHEREAS, no petition of any kind has been filed with the City Clerk, any member of the City Council or any other official of the City requesting that the question of the issuance of such revenue bonds be submitted to a referendum vote; and WHEREAS, this City Council hereby finds and determines that all the revenue bonds described in the aforesaid notice should be issued and sold at this time; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY-THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS: -SECTION 1: That in order to borrow the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUS~I~D-qSOLq~[RS ($300,000) for the purpose of making improve- ments and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewe~System; to wit': improvements to water distribution and sewage collection facilities, the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, acting pursuant ~o the Constitution and-laws of the State of Texas, particularly .articles i11! et seq. and 2368a, V.A.T.C.S., has determined that there shall be and there is hereby ordered to be issued a series of coupon bonds to be designated "CITY OF PLAIN-VIEW, TEY~kS, WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM JUNIOR LIEN REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1980", in the principal sum of THREE HUNDRED ~HOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000). SECTION 2: That said bonds ahall be dated December 1, 1980; shall eac~in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000); shall be numbered consecutively from One (1) through Sixty (60); and shall become due and payable serially, without right of prior redemption, on December 1 in each of the years and bear interest at the per annum rates in accordance with hhe following schedule: BOND NUMBERS (_~All Inclusive) INTEREST MATURITY AMOUNT RATE 1 to 10 1981 $50,000 6.00% 1! to 20 1982 50,000 6.00% 21 to 30 1983 50,000 6.00% 31 to 40 1984 50,000 6.25% 41 to 50 1985 50,000 6.25% 51 to 60 1986 50,000 6.25% SECTION 3: That said bonds s]halt bear interest from date- tc ma~y at the per annum rates shown above, such interest to be evidenced by p=oper coupons attached to each of said bonds, and said interest shall be payable on June 1, 1981, 'and semi- annually thereafter on December~l and June I in each year. SECTION-4: That both principal of and interest on this issueo~ shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, at the HALE COUNTY STATE BANK, Piainview, Texas, upon presentation and surrender of bonds or proper coupons. .SECTION 5: That the seal of said City may be impressed on eac-~-~--~'-~d bonds or, in the alternative, a facsimile of such seal may be printed on the said bonds. The bonds and interest coupons appurtenant thereto may be executed by the imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk 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 Clerk in person by their manual signatures. Inasmuch as such bonds are required to be registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas, only his signature (or that a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller) shall be required to be manually subscribed to such bonds in connection with his registration certificate to appear thereon, as ihereinafter provided; all in accordance with. the provisions of Article 7!7j-1, V.A.T.C.S. SECTION 6: That the form of said bonds shall be sub- stant~y as follows: NO. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $5,000 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF ~ALE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, .... WATERWORKS ;2ND SE~R SYSTEM JUNIOR LIEN REVENUE BOND, SERIES 1980 FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the City of Plainview, a municipal corporation of the State of Texas, hereby acknowledges itself ~indebted~to and promises to pay to bearer, without right of prio=redemption, and as hereinafter stated, on the FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, 19 , the sum of FIVE THOUSAND iDOLLARS ($5~000), in lawful money of the ~nited States of America, with interest thereon from the date hereof to maturity at the rate of PER CENTL~ ( %) per annum, such interest b~ing payable on June 1, !9,g-~--~nd semiannually there- after on December i and June I in each ye~, 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 HALE COUNTY STATE BANK, Plainview, Texas, without .exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, and the bearer of this bond and its appurtenant coupons shall be deemed the absOlute ~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 December 1, 1980, nt~bered consecutively from One (1) through Sixty (60), each in the denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000), aggregating in principal amount THREE HUNDRED 'THOUSAND DOLLARs ($300,000), issued for the purpose of making ~mprovements and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, to wit: improvements to water distribution and sewage collection ~ facilities, in .accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, particularly Article 1111 et seq. and 2368a, V.A.T.CoS., and pursuant to an ordinance passed by th~ City Council of the City of Plainview, 'Texas, and duly recorded in the Minutes of said City Council. THIS BOND and the series of Which it is a part constitute special obligations of the City of Plainview, Texas, and are payable solely, from and equally secured by a lien on and pledge of the net revenues derived fromtlhe operation of the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, such lien and pledge, however, being junior and subordinate to the lien on and pledge of such net revenues for the payment and security of the priority bonds (identified and defined in the ordinance authorizing this series of bonds); and for a more complete statement of the covenants and provisions relating to the payment and security of the serzes of bonds of which this bond is one, reference is hereby made to the ordinance -authorizing this series of bonds. THE CITY expressly reserves tlhe right to issue further and additional special revenue obligations on a parity with the outstanding'priority bonds and additional~revenue obligations an. a parity with the bonds of this series; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any and all such additional revenue obligations may be so issued only in accordance with and subject to the covenants, conditions, limitations and restrictions relating thereto which are set out and contained in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the outstanding priority 5onds (for additional parity priority bonds) and the bonds of this series (for additional obligations'on a parity with the bonds~ of this series) and~o .which ordinances reference is hereby made for more complete and full particulars. THE HOLDER hereof shall never have the right to demand payment of this obligation out of ~any funds raised or to be raised by taxation. AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance -~of this bond, and the series of which it is a part, is d~ly authorized by law; tha~ all acts, conditions and things required to exist and to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this bond to render the same lawful and valid havebeen properly done, have happened and have been performed in regular, and due time, form and manner as required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and the ordinance hereinabove mentioned; that this series of revenue bonds does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation; and that 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 irrevocably 'pledging the net revenues of the combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System of the City of Plainview, Texas, as hereinabove recited. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Plainview, Texas, in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j-1, V.A.T.C.S., has caused the seal of said City to be impressed or a facsimile thereof to be printed hereon, and this bond and its appurtenant coupons to be executed with the imprinted'facsimile signa'tures of the Mayor and City Clerk of said City. COUNTERSIGNED: Mayo'r, City of Plainview, Texas ~.ty Clerk; CitY of Plainview, T&'xas SECTION 7: That the form of said interest coupons shall-B-~subs~antially as follows: NO. ON THE FIRST DAY OF $ the CITY OF pLAINVIEW, a m,u/~icipal corporation in the County of Hale~, State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to bearer the amount shown' hereon, out of funds specified in the bond to which this coupon is attached (without right to demand payment out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation), in lawful money of the United States of America, upon presentation and Surrender of this coupon, at the HALE COUNTY STATE BANK, Plainview, Texas, without exchange or collection charges, such amount · being interest due on such date on. "CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM'JUNIOR LIEN P~VENUE BOND, SERIES 1980", dated December 1, 1980. Bond No. ~Ity Clerk Mayor' SECTION 8: That substantially' the following 'shall be printe~n the back of each bond: ~?FICE OF COMPTROLLER STATE OF TEXAS REGISTER NO. 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 Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and that it is a valid and binding special obligation of the City of Plainview, Texas, payable from the revenues pledged to its payment by and in the ordinance authorizing same, and said bond has this day been registered by me. WIT~SS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, at Austin, Texas, Comptroll&r 6f"'Public Accounts of the State of Texas SECTION 9: That for all purposes of this ordinance and ~ pa~for clarity with respect to the issuance of the bonds herein authorized and the pledge and appropriation of revenues therefor, the following definitions are provided: (a) Th~ term "System', shall mean the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer~System,~ including all present and future extensions, additions, replacements and improvements thereto. (b) The term "net revenues" shall mean the gross revenues of the System less the expense of operation and maintenance, including all salaries, labor, materials, repairs and extensions necessary to render efficient service, provided, however, that only such repairs and extensions as in the judgment of the City Council, reasonably and fairly exercised, are necessary to'keep the System in operation and render adequate service to the City and the inhabitants thereof, or such as might be necessary to meet some physical accident or condition which would otherwise impair any bonds payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the System, shall be deducted in determining "net reven~es". (c) The term "bonds" shall mean the $300,000 "CITY OF P~LAINVIEW, TEXAS, WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM JIINIOR LIEN REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 1980", dated December 1, 1980, authorized by this ordinance. (d) The term "additional bonds" shall mean the additional revenue bonds or obligations which the City reserves the right to issue on a parity with the bonds in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in Section 18 hereof° (e) The term "bonds similarly secured" shall mean the bonds and additional bonds. (f) The term "priority bonds" shall mean the outstanding and unpaid revenue bonds of the City payable from and secured by a first lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the System further identified as follows: (i) "City of Plainview, Texas, Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 1963", dated January 15, 1963, issued in the original principal amount of $750,000; and (ii) "City of Plainview, Texas, Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 1966", dated March 15, 1966, issued in the original principal amount of $2,000,000; and additional bonds and/or refunding bonds hereafter issued on a parity thereWith in accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed in the ordinances authorizing the- issuance of the above described outstanding and unpaid revenue bonds. (g) The term "fiscal year" shall mean the twelve- month period ending September 30th of each year; provided, however, the City may change the fiscal year to another --.~.period of not less than twelve (12) calendar months, but mn no event may the fiscal year be changed more than one time in any three calendar year period. SECTION 10: That the City covenants that subject only to th~edge of the net revenues of the System to the payment and security of the priority bonds (including the establishment and maintenance of ~he Funds and Accounts created for the pa~nent and security of such bonds) in accordance with the terms and prowisions of the ordinance and proceedings pertaining to their authorization, the net revenues of the System, with the ~mception of those in excess of the amounts required to be deposited in the special Funds created for the payment and security of the bonds similarly secured~ shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds and additional bonds, if issued, including the establishment and maintenance of a reserve, if required, for the bonds similarly secured in accordance with the terms and conditions of this ordinance. SECTION 11: That the City hereby covenants and agrees with ~~ of the bonds that it will at all times charge and collect for services afforded by the System rates sufficient to pay: (a) all operating, maintenance, depreciation, replacement and betterment exlpenses, and other costs incurred in the maintenance gnd operation of the System; (b) the interest on and principal of the priority bonds and the bonds and to establish and maintain the special Fumds created for the payment and security of the same; (c) and*~other indebtedness payable from and/or secured by a lien on the revenues of the System or the properties of the System. SECTION 12: That to provide for the payment and security of th~milarly secured there is hereby created and established a special Fund to he~?kmown as the City of Plainview Junior Lien Revenue Bond Interest and Sinking Fnmd, hereinafter called "Interest and Sinking Fund". This F~md shall be deposited with the MALE COUNTY STATE BANK, Plainview, Texas, as Trustee~of the pledged revenues, and moneys deposited in this Fund shall be used to pay principal of~and interest on the-bonds similarly secured when andes the same shall become due and paya'ble. SECTION 13: That the System shall be operated on the basis~al year and the City hereby covenants and agrees with the holders of the bonds that all revenues derived from the operation of the System shall be kept separate and apart from other funds of the City. To that end and in accordance with the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the priority bonds, the City further covenants and agrees that all revenues and income of every nature derived from the operation of the System shall be deposited from day to day into the "City of Plainview Waterworks and Sewer System Fund" (heretofore created and established in connection with the issuance of priority bonds and hereinafter- called "System Fund") to be kept separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the City, and all moneys deposited therein shall be pledged, appropriated and used for the purposes provided in said ordinances and this ordinance. After paying all necessary and reasonable maintenance and operation expenses of the System as set forth in Section 9(b)~hereof and making all payments into the special Funds established for the payment and security of the priority bonds, the net revenues remaining in said System Fund shall be appropriated and used for the purposes hereinafter set forth. SECTION 14: That the City hereby covenants and agrees to de--he Interest and Sinking Fund from the net revenues of the System in the System Fund amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same become, due as follows: Beginning on or before the 15th day of December, 1980, and on or before the 15th day of each following month, an amount equal to not lesm than the sum of (i) one-sixth (1/6) of the next semiannual installment of interest and (ii) one-twelfth (lJ12) of the next.annual. principal payment to become due on the bonds. The monthly deposits to the Interest and Sinking Fund for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds shall continue to bemade as hereinabove provided until such time as (i) the total amount on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund is equal to the amount required to pay all outstanding bonds similarly secured or (ii) the bonds are no longer outstanding, i.e., fully paid as to principal and interest or all the bonds have been refunded~ Accrued interest and premium, if any, received from the purchaser of the bonds, as well as any proceeds of the bonds not required to complete the improvements and extensions to the System, shall be deposited to the Interest and Sinking F~md, and may be taken into consideration and reduce the amount of the monthly deposits hereinabove provided which would otherwise be required to be deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund from the net revenues of the System. ~SECTION 15: That if in any month the City shall, for any reason, ~1 to pay into the Interest and Sinking Fund the full amounts above stipulated, amounts equivalent to such deficiencies shall be set apart and paid into said Fund, i from the first available and unallocated net revenues of the System in the following month or months and such payments shall be in addition to the amounts hereinabove provided to be otherwis~ paid into~ said Fund during such month or months. SECTION 16: That any net revenues in excess of those requi~to'~fully establish and maintain the special Funds created for the payment and'security of the bonds simlarly secured may be used for the redemption of the priority bonds, the bonds similarly secured, or maybe transfe~ed to the general fund of the City and used for general or special purposes; provided, however, any transfer of moneys to the general fund of the City shall be approved by the City Council only upon finding that such transfer of moneys will not impair the ability of the City to make subsequent deposits to the special Funds created for the payment and security of the priority bonds and the bonds similarly secured. SECTION 17: That all moneys on deposit in the special Funds for which this ordinance makes provision (except any portion thereof as may be at any time properly invested) shall be secured in the manner and to the fullest extent required by the laws of the State of Texas for the security of public funds, and moneys in such special Fu~nds shall be used only for the purposes permitted by this ordinance. SECTION 18: That, in addition to the right to issue bondso--6-~--i-nferior lien as authorized by the laws of this State and the right to issue additional obligations on a parity in all respects with the outstanding and unpaid priority bonds in accordance with the terms and conditions prescribed therefor in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the outstanding priority bonds, the City reserves the right hereafter to issue additional parity obligations payable from and equally secured by a lien. on and pledge of the net revenues of the System in the same manner and to the same extent as are the bonds authorized, by this ordinance, and the bonds and additional parity obligations shall be in all respects of equal dignity. The additional parity obligations may be issued in one or more installments; provided, however, that none shall be issued unless and until the following conditions have been met: (a) The City is not in default as to any covenant, condition or obligation .prescribed in an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the outstanding bonds similarly secured or priority' bonds. (b) 'That each of the Funds created and established -for the payment and security of the priority bonds and the bonds similarly secured contains the amount of money then required to be on deposit therein. (c) TheCity has secured from a Certified Public Accountant or a .Licensed Public Accountant a certificate certifying that the Net Earnings of the System for ti) the last completed~fiscal year next preceding the passage .of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the additional parity obligations or (ii) a twelve consecutive month period ending not more than ninety (90) days prior to the date of the passage of the ordinance authorizing the additional .obligations are equal to not. less than one .and one-fourth(i-I/4) times the maximum annual requirement for the payment of principal and interest on the then outstanding priority bonds and bonds similarly secured after giving effect to the issuance of the additional parity obligations being issued. As used herein, the term"net earnings', shall mean the gross revenues of the System after deduction of the maintenance and operating expenses thereof, but not deducting depreciation and other expenditures which under standard-accounting practices, should b~ classified as capital expenditures. (d) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of the additional bonds provides for deposits to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund[ in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on such additional bonds as same mature. (~) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of the additional bonds creates, or affirms the creation of, a separate special Fund Or Account for the accumulation and maintenance of a reserve, amount equal to not less than the combined average-annual principal and interest requirements of all bonds similarly secured to be outstanding after theissumnce~of the then proposed additional bonds, and further provides for the acc~nnulation of the reserve amount in such~Fund or Account within 60 calendar months from the ...date of passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance '~of the additional bonds. The deposits to such special Fund or Account shall be subordinate to the deposits required to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund and the amount~ on deposit~ therein shall be used only to pay the current principal of and interest on bonds similarly securedwhen the funds on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund are insufficient for such purpose. Priority bonds and bonds similarly secured may be refunded (pursuant to any law then available) upon such. terms and conditions as the governing body of the City may deem to the best interest of the City and its inhabitants, and if less than all such outstanding revenue bonds are refunded the proposed refunding bonds shall be considered as "additional bonds" under the provisions of this section and the certifications required in subdivision (c) shall give effect to the issuance of the proposed refunding bonds (and shall not give effect to the bonds being refunded following their cancellation or provision being made for their payment). SECTION 19: That the City hereby covenants and agrees that the System shall be operated on a fiscal year basis and shall be maintained in good condition and operated in an efficient manner and at reasonable cost. So long as any of the bonds are outstanding, the City agrees to maintain insurance for the benefit of the holder or holders of the bonds .on the System of a kind and in an amount which usually would be carried by municipal corporations of the State of Texas engaged in a similar type of business. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed as requiring the City to expend any funds which are derived from. sources other than the operation of the System but nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the City from doing so. SECTION 20: That the City~h&reby covenants and agreed --that so~-6~g as any of the bonds or any interest, thereon remain o~mtstanding and unpaid, it will keep and maintain a -proper and complete system of records and accounts pertaining to the operation of the System and its compotent parts separate and apart from all other records and accounts of the City in accordance with the accepted accounting practices prescribed for municipal corporations, and complete and correct entries-shall be made of all transactions relating to said System, as provided by Article 1113, V.A.T.C.S. The holder or holders of any bonds, or any duly authorized agent or agents of such holders, shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect all such records, accounts and data relating thereto and to inspect the System and all properties comprising same. The City further agrees that as soon as possible following the close of each fiscal year, it will cause an audit of such books and accounts to be made by an independent firm of Certified Public Accountants or Licensed Public Accountants. Each such audit, in addition to whatever othe~~ matters may be t]hought proper by~he Accountant, shall particularly include the following: (a) A detailed statement of the income and expenditures of the System for such fiscal year; (b) A balance sheet as of the end.of such fiscal year; (c) The Accountant's comments regarding the manner in which the City has carried out the requirements of this ordinance and his recommendations for any changes, or improvements in the operation, records'and-accounts of the SysteM. .... (d) A list of the insurance 'policies in force at the end of the fiscal year on the System properties, setting out as to each policy the amount thereof, the -.i~'?-~'fT~!~-~-~ risk covered, the name of the insurer and the policy's expiration date; (e) A list of securities which have been on deposit as security for the money in the Interest and Sinking Fund throughout the fiscal year, a statement of the manner in which money in the System Fund.has been secured in such fiscal year; (f) The number of properties connected with the System and the total income fromm the System for the fiscal year° EXpenses incurred in making t~he audits above referred to are to be regarded as maintenance and operating expenses of the System and paid as such. Copies of the aforesaid annual audit shall be immediately furnished to the Executive Director of the Municipal Advisory CoUncil of Texas at his office in Austin, Texas, and upon 'written request, to the original purchaser, and any subsequent holder of the bonds. SECTION 21: That in addition to all the rights and remed~~ed by the laws of t~he State of Texas., the City covenants and agrees particularly that in the event the City (a) defaults in payments to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund as required by this ordinance, or (b) defaults im the observance or performance of any other of the covenants, conditions or obligations set forth in this ordinance, the holder or holders of any of the bonds shall be entitled to a writ of mandamus issued by a court of proper 'jurisdiction compelling and requiring the City Council and other officers 'of the City to observe and perform any covenant, condition or obligation prescribed in this bond ordinance. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default Shall impair any such right or -power', or shall be construed to' be a waiver of any such ~default or acquiescence therein, and every such right or power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. The specific remedies kerein provided. $~att~be~cun~alative~_Of all other existing~remedies and the specification of such remedies shall not be deemed to be exclusive. 'SECTION '22: That the City hereby further covenants as folto~-~: (a) That it has the lawful power to pledge the revenues supporting this issue of bonds and has lawfully exercised said power under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, including Articles 1111 et seq. and 2368a, V.A.T.C~S.; that the bonds issued hereunder, and, the additional bonds, .when issued, shall be ratably secured under said pledge of income in such manner that' one bond sha~tI have no preference over any other bond of said issues. (b) That, other than for the payment of the priority bonds and the bonds 'herein authorized, the net revenues of the System have not in any manner been pledged to the paymentof any debt or obligation of the City or of the System. (c~ That, so long as any of the bonds or any interest thereon remain outstanding, tlhe City will not sell or enc~nber the System or any s~bstantial part thereof; pro- vided, that this covenant shall not be construed to ~ prohibit the sale of such maclkinery or other properties or equipment which has .become obsolete or otherwise unsuited to the efficient operation of the System; and, further, wi'tk the exception of the additional priority,:bonds and -:ii.~Ci. additional parity obligations expressly permitted by this' ordinance to be issued in Section 18 hereof, it will not encumber the net revenues of the System unless such encumbrance is made junior and subordinate to alt of the provisions of this ordinance. (d) That no free service of the System will be allowed, and should the City or any 'of its agents or instrumentalities make use of the services and facilities of the System, payment of the reasonable value thereof shall be made by the City out of funds from sources other than the revenues and income of the System. (e) That to the extent that it legally may, the City further covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the bonds or any interest thereon are outstanding, no franchise shall be granted for the installation or operation of any competing waterworks or sanitary sewer system other than those owned by the City, and the operation of such systems by anyone other than the City is hereby prohibited. SECTION 23: nat the bonds are special obligations of the C~e from the pledged, net revenues and the holders thereof shall~ never have the right to demand payment thereof out of funds raised or to be raised by taxation. SECTION '24: 7~That each of the bonds herein authorized shall-~6~-a-~-~-~and construed to be a "security", and as such is negotiable instrument, within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform'Comercial Code. SECTION25: That the Mayor of the City shall be and is here-~y~rized 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 26: That the sale of the bonds herein authorized to th~~UNTY STATE BANK, Plainview, Texas, at the price of par and accrued, interest to the date of delivery is hereby confirmed. Delivery of said bonds shall be made to said purchaser as soon as may be after the adoption of this. ordinance, upon payment being made therefor in accordance with the terms of sale. SECTION 27: That the purchasers' obligation to accept deliv~ bonds herein authorized is subject to their being furnished a final opinion of Messrs. 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 such bonds with appropriate certificate pertaining thereto executed by facsimile signature of the City Clerk is hereby approved and authorized. SECTION 28: 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 29: The City hereby certifies and covenants that ~ proceeds of the bonds are needed at this time to finance the costs of capital improvements planned by-the City; based on current facts, est.~mates 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 zs not reasonably expected that the proceeds of the bonds or moneys deposited in the special Fund referred to therein ~for the payment and security of the bonds will be used or invested in a manner that would cause the bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 103(c) of' the %nternal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or any regulations or published rulings pertaining thereto; and save and except for t]he special Fund referred to herein, no other funds or acco~mts have been established or pledged for 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 andbond counsel-for-the City. SECTION 30: That the public importance of this measure and th-~at it is to the best interest of the City to provide funds for making improvements and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System at the earliest possible date constitutes and creates an emergency and an urgent public necessity requiring that any rule ~providing for-ordinances to be read more than one time or at more than one meeting of the City Council be suspended, and requiring that this ordinance be passed and take effect as an emergency measure, and such rules and provisions are accordingly suspended, and this ordinance is passed as an emergency measure and shall take ~d have effect and be in full force from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 13th day of November,1980. r; City- of ~' a'inview, T~ AT~TE~T: . City Clerk, CitY .of Plainview, Texas (City Seal) APPROVED: City .ainview, Texas