HomeMy WebLinkAboutordinance.council.067-92 ORDINAiqCE NO. ~
(Series of 1992)
AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE BY
THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO, OF ITS GENERAL
OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS, SERIES 1992B, IN THE
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $4,940,000, FOR THE PURPOSE OF
PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE REFUNDING OF CERTAIN
OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY, AND PAYING
ALL NECESSARY INCIDENTAL AND APPURTENANT COSTS AND
EXPENSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; PRESCRIBING THE
FORM OF SAID BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF SAID
BONDS AND APPROVING A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND
ESCROW AGREEMENT; PROVIDING A PLEDGE OF THE FULL
FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE CITY AS SECURITY FOR SAID
BONDS; PROVIDING OTHER DETAILS IN CONNECTION WITH
SAID BONDS; APPROVING THE FORM OF THE OFFICIAL
STATEMENT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Aspen, in the County of Pitkin and
State of Colorado (the "City"), is a municipal corporation
duly organized and existing as a home rule city pursuant to
Article XX, Section 6 of the Constitution of the State of
Colorado (the "Constitution") and the charter of the City
(the "Charter"); and
WHEREAS, Section 10.6 of the Charter provides in part as
follows:
The council may authorize, by ordinance,
without an election, issuance of refunding bonds or
other like securities for the purpose of refunding
and providing for the payment of the outstanding
bonds or other like securities of the City of the
same nature, or in advance of maturity by means of
an escrow or otherwise.
WHEREAS, Section 10.4 of the Charter provides in
relevant part as follows:
The city shall not become indebted for any
purpose or in any manner in an amount which,
including existing indebtedness, shall exceed
twenty (20) percent of the assessed valuation of
the taxable property within the city, as shown by
the last preceding assessment for city purposes;
provided, however, that in determining the
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limitation of the City's power to incur
indebtedness there shall not be included bonds
issued for the acquisition or extension of a water
system or public utilities; or bonds or other
obligations issued for the acquisition or extension
of enterprises, works or ways from which the City
will derive a revenue in accordance with Section
10.5 of this article.
WHEREAS, the City has previously issued its General
Obligation Street Improvement Bonds, Series 1979, of which
$455,000 remains outstanding (the "1979 Refunded Bonds") and
its General Obligation Housing Bonds, Series 1989A, of which
$4,350,000 remains outstanding (the "1989A Refunded Bonds"),
and the City desires to refund the 1979 Refunded Bonds and
the 1989A Refunded Bonds (collectively, the "Refunded Bonds")
as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the authority granted by the
Charter, the Council determines to issue its General
Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 1992B (the "Bonds"), in
the principal amount of $4,940,000 pursuant to the Charter,
for the purpose of providing funds to refund the Refunded
Bonds, and to pay all necessary incidental and appurtenant
costs and expenses in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, the Bonds shall constitute general obligation
bonds and shall be secured by a pledge of the full faith and
credit of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Council determines to issue the Bonds
pursuant to the Charter; and
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WHEREAS, it is now necessary by ordinance to authorize
the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, and to provide
details of and the security for the Bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the preservation of public
property, health, peace and safety that this Ordinance be
adopted as an emergency.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN,
COLORADO THAT:
Section 1. Definitions. In addition to terms otherwise
defined herein, the following terms shail have the following
meanings, as used herein:
(a) "Bond Fund" shall mean the fund by that name
created pursuant to Section 15 hereof.
(b) "Bond Purchase Agreement" shall mean the Bond
Purchase Agreement, dated September 14, 1992 between the
City and the Underwriter.
(c) "Escrow Agreement" shall mean the Escrow
Agreement dated as of October 1, 1992 between the City
and Colorado National Bank, as escrow agent.
(d) "Paying Agent" shall mean Colorado National
Bank, or any successor paying agent appointed by the
City, acting as, among other things, paying agent,
registrar and authenticating agent under this Ordinance.
(e) "Rebate Fund" shall mean the fund by that name
created pursuant to Section 15 hereof.
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(f) "Record Date" shall mean the May 15 or
November 15 (whether or not a business day) prior to
each interest payment date with respect to the Bonds.
(g) "Registered Owner" shall mean any person or
persons in whose name or names a Bond shall be
registered on the registration books of the City
maintained by the Paying Agent.
(h) "Tax Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended and any Income Tax Regulations
promulgated thereunder.
(i) "Tax Letter of Instructions" shall mean the
Tax Letter of Instructions, dated the date of delivery
of the Bonds, delivered by Kutak Rock to the City, as
the same may be sUperseded or amended as provided in
Section 15 hereof.
(j) "Underwriter" shall mean George K. Baum &
Company.
Section 2. Authorization of Bonds. For the purpose of
providing funds for the refunding of the Refunded Bonds in
accordance with the provisions of the Escrow Agreement and
paying all necessary incidental and appurtenant costs and
expenses in connection therewith, the City shall issue its
"General Obligation Bonds, Series 1992B," in the aggregate
principal amount of $4,940,000. The Bonds shall be general
obligation bonds of the City, and the principal of and
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interest on the Bonds shall be payable from and be secured by
a pledge of the full faith and credit of the City, as more
particularly hereinafter set forth.
Section 3. Bond Details.
(a) The Bonds shall be issued as fully registered
bonds without coupons in the denominations of $5,000 and
any integral multiple thereof.
(b) The Bonds shall be dated October 1, 1992, and
shall bear interest from their date; provided that if
interest on the Bonds shall be in default, Bonds issued
in exchange for Bonds surrendered for t~ansfer or
exchange shall bear interest from the date to which
interest has been paid in full on the Bonds surrendered
or if no interest has been paid thereon, then from
October 1, 1992. Interest on the Bonds shall be payable
on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing
June 1, 1993.
(c) The Bonds shall be consecutively numbered,
shall mature on the 1st day of each December in the
principal amounts and years, and shall bear interest at
the rates per annum, as shown in the following schedule:
Maturity Principal Interest
(December 1) Amount Rate
1993 $225,000 %
1994 275,000
1995 280,000
1996 285,000
1997 295,000
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1998 310 000
1999 255 000
2000 265 000
2001 280 000
2002 295 000
2003 310 000
2004 330 000
2005 350 000
2008 1,185 000
(d) If upon presentation of a Bond to the Paying
Agent at maturity, payment of any Bond is not made as
herein provided, interest shall continue to accrue
thereon at the interest rate designated in the Bond
until the principal thereof is paid in full.
(e) Principal of the Bonds shall be payable in
lawful money of the United States of America at the
principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent.
Interest on the Bonds shall be payable by check or draft
of the Paying Agent mailed on the interest payment date
to the Registered Owners thereof as of the Record Date.
Section 4. Paying Agent; Transfer and Exchange. The
Paying Agent shall act as paying agent, bond registrar and
authenticating agent hereunder for purposes of the Bonds
unless the City shall designate and appoint a successor
Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall maintain on behalf of
the City books for the purpose of registration and transfer
of the Bonds, and such books shall specify the person
entitled to the Bonds and the rights evidenced thereby, and
all transfers of Bonds and the rights evidenced thereby.
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Bonds may be transferred or exchanged upon payment of a
transfer fee, any tax or governmental charge required to be
paid with respect to such transfer or exchange and any cost
of typing or printing bonds in connection therewith, at the
principal office of the Paying Agent. Bonds may be exchanged
for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of other
authorized denominations of the same maturity and interest
rate. Upon surrender for transfer of any Bond, duly endorsed
for transfer or accompanied by an assignment duly executed by
the Registered Owner or his or her attorneys duly authorized
in writing, the City shall execute and the Paying Agent shall
authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or
transferees a new Bond Or Bonds of the same maturity and
interest rate for a like aggregate principal amount. The
person in whose name any Bond shall be registered shall be
deemed and regarded as the absolut~ owner thereof for all
purposes, whether or not payment on any Bond shall be
overdue, and neither the City nor any ~aying Agent shall be
affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5. Redemption. The Bonds maturing on and after
December 1, __ shall be callable for redemption at the
option of the City, in whole or in part, and if in part in
such order of maturities as the City shall determine and by
lot within a maturity in such manner as the Paying Agent may
determine (giving proportionate weight to Bonds in
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denominations larger than $5,000) on December 1, __, and on
any date thereafter, at redemption prices (expressed as a
percentage of principal amount), plus accrued interest to the
redemption date as follows:
RedemDtion Date Redemption Price
December 1, __ through November 30, 101%
December 1, and thereafter 100
The Bonds maturing on December 1, 2008 shall be subject
to mandatory sinking fund redemption by lot at a price equal
to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the
redemption date on December 1 of the years, and in the
principal amounts, as follows:
Year Principal Amount
2006 $370,000
2007 395,000
2008 420,000
Notice of any redemption of Bonds shall be given by the
Paying Agent in the name of the City by sending a copy of
such notice by certified or registered first-class, postage
prepaid mail, at least thirty (30) days prior to the
redemption date, to the Registered Owner of each of the Bonds
being redeemed. Such notice shall specify the number or
numbers of the Bonds so to be redeemed (if redemption shall
be in part) and the redemption date. If any of the Bonds
shall have been duly called for redemption and if, on or
before the redemption date, there shall have been deposited
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with the Paying Agent in accordance with this Ordinance funds
sufficient to pay the redemption price of such Bonds at the
redemption date, then said Bonds shall become due and payable
at such redemption date, and from and after such date
interest will cease to accrue thereon. Any Bond redeemed
prio~ to its maturity by call for prior redemption or
otherwise shall not be reissued and shall be cancelled.
Section 6. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be
executed in the name and on behalf of the City with the
manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem,
shall bear a manual or facsimile of the seal of the City and
shall be attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the
City Clerk or Deputy or Assistant City Clerk. Should any
officer whose manual or facsimile signature appears on the
Bonds cease to be such officer before delivery of any Bond,
such manual or facsimile signature shall nevertheless be
valid and sufficient for all purposes. The Mayor or Mayor
Pro-Tem and the City Clerk or Deputy or Assistant City Clerk
are hereby authorized and directed to prepare and to execute
the Bonds in accordance with the requirements of this
Ordinance. When the Bonds have been duly executed, the
Paying Agent is authorized to, and shall, authenticate the
Bonds as Paying Agent. No Bond shall be secured by this
Ordinance or entitled to the benefit hereof, or shall be
valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless the certificate
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of authentication of the Paying Agent, in substantially the
form set forth in this Ordinance, has been duly executed by
the ~aying Agent. Such certificate of the Paying Agent upon
any Bond shall be conclusive evidence and the only competent
evidence that such Bond has been authenticated and delivered
hereunder. The Paying Agent's certificate of authentication
shall be deemed to have been duly executed by it if manually
signed by an authorized representative of the Paying Agent,
but it shall not be necessary that the same representative
sign the certificate of authentication on'all of the Bonds
issued hereunder.
Section 7. Delivery of the Bonds. Upon the original
issuance, execution and authentication of the Bonds, the
Paying Agent shall deliver the Bonds to the Underwriter upon
receipt of the purchase price therefor.
Section 8. Replacement of Bonds. If any outstanding
Bond shall become lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully
taken, it may be reissued in the form and tenor of the lost,
destroyed or taken bond upon the Registered Owner furnishing,
to the satisfaction of the Paying Agent: (i) proof of
ownership (which shall be shown by the registration books of
the Paying Agent), (ii) proof of loss, destruction or theft,
(iii)~ an indemnity to the City and the Paying Agent with
respect to the Bond lost, destroyed or taken, and (iv)
payment of the cost of preparing and issuing the new
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security, in which case the Paying Agent shall then
authenticate the Bonds required for reissuance.
Section 9. Form of Bonds. The Bonds shall be in
substantially the following form with such omissions,
insertions, endorsements and variations as may be required by
the circumstances:
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(Form of Bond)
[Front Of Bond]
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO
GENERAL OBLIGATIoN REFuNDING BOND
SERIES 1992B
INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE: ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: CUSIP:
December 1, October. 1, 1992
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL SUM:
DOLLARS
The CITY OF ASPEN, in the County of Pitkin and State of
Colorado (the "City"), for value received, hereby promises to
pay to the order of the registered owner named above or
registered assigns, on the maturity date stated above, the
principal sum stated above, with interest thereon from the
original issue date stated above, at the interest rate per
annum stated above, payable on June 1, 1993, and semiannually
thereafter on the 1st day of December and the 1st day of June
of each year, the principal of this bond being payable upon
the surrender of this bond to Colorado National Bank
(together with its successors as such, the "Paying Agent") at
the principal corporate trust offices of the Paying Agent in
Denver, Colorado, and the interest hereon to be paid to such
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person as is the registered owner hereof as of the close of
business at the office of the Paying Agent on the Record Date
by check or draft of the Paying Agent mailed on the interest
payment date to said registered owner. The Record Date is
the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not a business day)
preceding any interest payment date~ All payments of
principal and interest shall be made in lawful money of the
United States of America.
THIS BOND CONSTITUTES A "QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT
OBLIGATION" WITHIN THE MEWING OF SECTION 265 OF THE INTERNAL
RE~ElqUE CODE OF 1986, AS ~d~ENDED.
REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS BOND
SET FORTH ON THE RE~-ERSE HEREOF WHICH SHALL FOR ALL PURPOSES
HAVE THE SALVE EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH HEREIN.
This bond constitutes a general obligation of the City,
and the principal of and interest on the Bonds, including
this bond, are secured by and payable from the City's pledge
of its full faith and credit as set forth in the Ordinance.
It is hereby certified that all conditions, acts and
things required by the constitution and laws of the State of
Colorado, and the Charter and ordinances of the City, to
exist, to.happen and to be performed, precedent to and in the
issuance of this bond, exist, have happened and have been
performed, and that the Bonds do not exceed any limitations
prescribed by said constitution or laws of the State of
Colorado, or the Charter or ordinances of the City.
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This bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the
Ordinance, or become valid or obligatory for any purpose,
until the Paying Agent shall have signed the certificate of
authentication hereon.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Aspen, Colorado, has
caused this bond to be signed with the manual or facsimile
signature of its Mayor, sealed with a manual or facsimile of
the impression of its seal, and attested with the manual or
facsimile signature of its City Clerk.
[MANUAL OR
FACSIMILE SEAL] CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO
By (Manual or Facsimile Signature
ATTEST: Mayor
By (Manual or Facsimile Signature)
City Clerk
[End of Front of Bond]
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[Back of Bond]
This bond is one of an issue of bonds of the City
designated General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 1992B,
issued in the principal amount of $4,940,000 (the "Bonds").
The Bonds are being issued by the City for the purpose of
providing funds for the refunding of certain outstanding
indebtedness of tke City, and to pay all necessary,
incidental and appurtenant costs in connection therewith,
pursuant to and in full conformity with the constitution and
laws of the State of Colorado, the Charter of. the City of
Aspen, Colorado (the "Charter"), and an ordinance duly passed
and adopted by the City prior to the issuance hereof (the
"Ordinance").
The Bonds maturing on and after December 1, __ are
callable for redemption at the option of the City, in whole
or in part in such order of maturities as the City shall
determine and by lot within a maturity, on December 1, __,
and on any date thereafter, at the redemption prices
(expressed as a percentage of principal amount) plus accrued
interest to the redemption date as follows:
Redemption Date Redemption Price
December 1, __ through November 30, 101%
December 1, and thereafter 100
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The Bonds maturing on December 1, 2008 are also subject
to mandatory sinking fund redemption by lot at a price equal
to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest on the
dates and amount provided in the Ordinance.
Notice of any redemption will be given by the Paying
Agent in the name of the City by sending a copy of such
notice by certified or registered first-class, postage
prepaid mail, at least thirty (30) days prior to the
redemption date specified in such notice~ to the registered
owners of each of the Bonds being redeemed~ Such notice will
specify the number or numbers of the Bonds so to be redeemed
and the redemption date. If this bond shall have been duly
called for redemption and if on or before the redemption date
there shall have been deposited with the Paying Agent, in
accordance with the Ordinance, funds sufficient to pay the
redemption price of this bond at the redemption date, then
this bond shall become due and payable at such redemption
date, and interest hereon shall cease to accrue after the
redemption date~
This bond may be transferred or exchanged at the
principal corporate trust office of the Paying Agent in
Denver, Colorado, but only in the manner, subject to the
limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the
Ordinance (including any tax or governmental charge required
to be paid with respect thereto and any cost of printing
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bonds in connection therewith), and upon surrender and
cancellation of this bond. Upon surrender for any transfer,
duly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by an assignment
duly executed by the registered owner hereof or his or her
attorneys duly authorized in writing, a new registered Bond
or Bonds of the same maturity and interest rate and of
authorized denomination or denominations ($5,000 and integral
multiples thereof) for the same aggregate principal amount
will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor,
subject to the provisions of the Ordinance° In addition~
subject to the provisions of the Ordinance, this bond may be
exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of
other authorized denominations of the same maturity and
interest rate~ Any Bond issued upon transfer or exchange
shall bear interest from the date as described on the face of
this bond, unless interest thereon shall be in default, in
which case interest shall accrue from the last interest
payment date to which interest has been paid, or if no
interest has been paid, from the original issue date. The
City and any Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered
owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof (whether or not
payment on this bond shall be overdue) for the purpose of
receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof and
interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and neither
the City nor any Paying Agent shall be affected by any notice
to the contrary.
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(Form of Paying Agent's Certificate of Authentication)
Date of Authentication:
This bond is one of the Bonds described in the within
mentioned Ordinance.
By
Authorized Representative
(End of Form of Paying Agent's
Certificate of Authentication)
(Form of Assignment)
FOR VALUE RECEI~-ED,
the undersigned, hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto (Tax Identification or Social
Security NO. ) the within bond and all rights
thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints attorney to transfer the
within bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with
full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this
assignment must correspond with
the name as it appears upon the
face of the within bond in
every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or
any change whatever.
(End of Form of Bond)
[Form of Approving Opinion of Kutak Rock, Bond Counsel,
may be printed on the Bonds, including a certification by the
City Clerk.]
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Section 10. Sale; Official Statement. The Bonds, when
executed as provided by law, shall be delivered to the
Underwriter. The Bonds shall be sold to the Underwriter for
the price set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement, plus
accrued interest, if any, from October 1, 1992 to the date of
delivery thereof. Such sale of the Bonds is hereby found to
be to the best advantage of the City and is hereby approved,
subject to the Bond Purchase Agreement~
Neither the Underwriter nor the subsequent Registered
Owner or Registered Owners of any of the Bonds shall be
responsible for the application or disposal of the funds
derived from the sale thereof by the City or any of its
officers. The issuance of the Bonds by the City shall
constitute a warranty by and on behalf of the City, for the
benefit of each and every Registered Owner of the Bonds, that
the Bonds have been issued for a valuable consideration in
full conformity with law.
The Preliminary Official Statement relating to the Bonds
is hereby approved and the use thereof by the Underwriter is
hereby approved. The Mayor and Mayor Pro-Tem are authorized
and directed to execute and deliver a final Official
Statement in substantially the form of the Preliminary
Official Statement, but with such changes therein as shall be
deemed necessary, within seven business days from the date of
execution and delivery of the Bond Purchase Agreement.
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Section 11. Security for the Bonds. The Bonds
constitute general obligations of the City. The full faith
and credit of the City are hereby pledged as security for the
pa!rment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds. It
shall be the duty of the Council, annually, at the time and
in the manner provided by law for levying other City taxes,
if such action shall be necessary to effectuate the
provisions of this Ordinance, to ratify and carry out the
provisions hereof with reference to the levying and
collection of taxes; and the Council shall require the proper
officers of and for the City to levy, extend and collect such
taxes in the manner provided by law for the purpose of
depositing moneys into the Bond Fund for the payment of the
principal of the Bonds and interest thereon, and any prior
redemption premiums due in connection therewith, and such
taxes, when collected, shall be kept for and applied only to
the payment of the interest and principal of, and any prior
redemption premiums due in connection with the Bonds as
hereinbefore specified.
Section 12. DisDosition of the Bond Proceeds. The Bond
proceeds (net of underwriting and original issue discount)
shall be paid as follows:
(a) Accrued interest shall be credited to the Bond
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(b) An amount of $ shall be deposited
with the Underwriter to pay costs of issuing the Bonds;
and
(c) An amount equal to $ (plus
$ of the City's funds) shall be deposited in
the Escrow Account created by the Escrow Agreement.
Section 13. Investments. The proceeds of the Bonds
shall be used exclusively for the purposes recited herein and
in the Bonds; provided, however, that all, or any proper
portion of, the proceeds of the Bonds in the Bond Fund and
other moneys therein may be invested in securities or
obligations which are lawful investments for such fund of the
City~ All earnings~ income~ profits and losses with respect
to each fund shall be retained in the respective f'und.
Section 14. Covenant Upon Deficiency in Bond Fund. In
furtherance of said pledge of the full faith and credit of
the City, it is hereby irrevocably covenanted and agreed that
in the event that at any time while any of the Bonds remain
outstanding the payments required to be made from the Bond
Fund are not made in strict accordance with the terms thereof
(unless other moneys sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on the Bonds when due shall be on deposit in the
Bond Fund), the Council shall promptly transfer from the
general funds of the City to the Bond Fund from moneys
previously appropriated, and shall promptly pass and adopt
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supplemental or emergency appropriation ordinances or
resolutions and make such allocations and deposits of moneys
from general funds of the City to the Bond Fund. Thereafter
said appropriations, allocations and deposits shall continue
to be made in such amounts and with sufficient frequency to
assure that the sums of money required to be deposited in the
Bond Fund, together with other moneys on deposit in the Bond
Fund, shall be sufficient to pay the principal of and
interest on the Bonds when due.
Section 15~ Bond Fund and Rebate Fund.
(a) There is hereby created and established by the
City a separate special fund to be designated the
"General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 1992B Bond
Fund." The City shall credit to the Bond Fund at least
three business days prior to each interest payment date
an amount equal to the principal of and interest on the
Bonds coming due on such date. Moneys credited to the
Bond Fund shall be used solely for such purposes.
(b) There is hereby created and established by the
City a separate special fund to be designated the
"General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 1992B Rebate
Fund," which shall be expended in accordance with the
provisions hereof and the Tax Letter of Instructions.
The City shall make deposits and disbursements from the
Rebate Fund in accordance with the Tax Letter of
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Instructions, shall invest the Rebate Fund only in legal
investments for funds of the City and pursuant to said
Tax Letter of Instructions, and shall deposit income
from said investments immediately upon receipt thereof
in the Rebate Fund, all as set forth in the Tax Letter
of Instructions. The City shall make the calculations,
deposits, disbursements and investments as may be
required by the immediately preceding sentence, or~ to
the extent it deems necessary in order to ensure the
tax-exempt status of in~erest on the Bonds, shall employ
at its expense a person or firm with recognized
expertise in the area of rebate calculations to make
such calculations~ The Tax Letter of Instructions may
be superseded or amended by a new Tax Letter of
Instructions drafted by, and accompanied by an opinion
of, nationally recognized bond counsel addressed to the
City to the effect that the use of said new Tax Letter
of Instructions will not cause the interest on the Bonds
to become includible in gross income for purposes of
federal income taxation.
(c) The City shall make the rebate deposits
described in the Tax Letter of Instructions. Any
required deposits to the Rebate Fund shall be made from
general funds of the City. Records of the
determinations required by this Section and the Tax
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Letter of Instructions shall be retained by the City
until six (6) years after the final retirement of the
Bonds.
(d) Not later than sixty (60) days after the end
of the fifth Bond Year (i~e. the year ending June 1,
1997 and every five (5) years thereafter), the City
shall pay to the United States of America ninety percent
(90%) of the amount required to be on deposit in the
Rebate Fund as of such payment date. Not later than
sixty (60) days after the final retirement of the Bondst
the City shall pay to the United States of America one
hundred percent (100%) of the balance remaining in the
Rebate Fund~ Each payment required to be paid to the
United States of America pursuant to this Section shall
be filed with the Internal Revenue Service Center,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19255. Each payment shall be
accompanied by an Internal Revenue Form 8038-T, and, if
necessary, a statement summarizing the determination of
the amount to be paid to the United States of America.
Section 16. Additional Tax Covenants.
(a) The City covenants that it shall not use or
permit the use of any proceeds of the Bonds or any other
funds of the City from whatever source derived, directly
or indirectly, to acquire any securities or obligations
and shall not take or permit to be taken any other
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action or actions, which would cause any of the Bonds to
be an "arbitrage bond" within the meaning of Section 148
of the Tax Code, or would otherwise cause the interest
on the Bonds to be includible in gross income for
federal income tax purposes. The City covenants that it
shall at all times do and perform all acts and things
permitted by law and which are necessary in order to
assure that interest paid by the City on the Bonds
shall, for purposes of federal income taxation, not be
includible in gross income under the Tax Code or any
other valid provision of lawo
(b) In particular, but without limitation, the~
City further represents~ warrants and covenants to
comply with the following restrictions of the Tax Code,
unless it receives an opinion of nationally recognized
bond counsel stating that such compliance is not
necessary:
(1) Gross proceeds of the Bonds shall not be
used in a maD_her which will cause the Bonds to be
considered "private activity bonds."
(2) The Bonds are not and shall not become
directly or indirectly "federally guaranteed."
(3) The City shall timely file Internal
Revenue Form 8038 which shall contain the
information rec~ired to be filed pursuant to
subsection 149(e) of the Tax Code.
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(4) The City shall comply with the Tax Letter
of Instructions delivered to it on the date of
issue of the Bonds with respectto the application
and investment of Bond proceeds, subject to
Section 15 hereof.
(5) The City shall use the proceeds of the
Bonds within time periods such that the Bonds will
not constitute "hedge bonds" within the meaning of
Section 149 of the Tax Code~
(c) The City represents that it reasonably
anticipates to issue (or has issued), together with
governmental entities which derive their issuing
authority from the City or are subject to substantial
control by the City, not more than an aggregate total of
$10,000,000 of governmental or qualified section
501(c)(3) organization bonds (as defined in the Tax
Code) during calendar year 1992. The City recognizes
that governmental bonds include tax-exempt obligations
such as notes, leases, loans and warrants. The City
hereby designates the Bonds as qualified tax-exempt
obligations within the meaning of Section 265 of the Tax
Code allowing banks, thrift institutions and other
financial institutions to avoid the loss of 100% of any
otherwise available interest deduction in direct
proportion to such institutions' tax-exempt holdings.
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Section 17. Defeasance. The Bonds may be refunded at
the discretion and by action-of the Council, subject to
provisions concerning their payment and any other contractual
limitations contained in this Ordinance, as authorized and
permitted by law. A Bond shall not be deemed to be
outstanding hereunder if it shall have been paid and
cancelled or if cash funds or direct general obligations of,
or obligations the payment of the principal of and interest
on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States
of America, or evidences of interest in any such obligations
("Governmental Obligations"), shall have been deposited in
trust for the payment thereof° In computing the amount of
the deposit described above, the City may include interest to
be earned on the Governmental Obligations.
Section 18o Approval of Bond Purchase Agreement and
Escrow Aqreement. The Bond Purchase Agreement and Escrow
Agreement, in substantially the forms presented to the
Council, are hereby authorized and approved, and the Mayor or
Mayor Pro-Tem and the City Clerk or any Deputy or Assistant
City Clerk are hereby directed to execute and deliver the
Bond Purchase Agreement and Escrow Agreement in substantially
the forms approved, but with such changes therein as shall be
deemed necessary or desirable by the officers executing the
same, their execution to be conclusive evidence of the City's
approval of any changes from the form hereby approved.
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Section 19. Miscellaneous Documents. The Mayor or the
Mayor Pro-Tem and the City Clerk or Deputy or Assistant City
Clerk, are hereby authorized and directed to execute and
deliver any and all closing documents necessary or desirable
in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and the
refunding of the Refunded Bonds.
Section 20. Severabilit¥. If any provision of this
Ordinance shall be held or deemed to be or shall, in fact, be
illegal, inoperative or unenforceable, the same shall not
affect any other provision or provisions hereof or render the
same invalid, inoperative or unenforceable to any extent
whatever~
Section 21o Governinq Law~ This Ordinance will be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of Colorado.
Section 22~ Repeals. All ordinances, or parts thereof,
in conflict with this Ordinance, are hereby repealed. After
the Bonds have been issued, this Ordinance shall be and
remain irrepealable until the Bonds and the interest thereon
shall be fully paid, satisfied and discharged in the manner
herein provided, or sufficient provision shall have been made
for such payment, satisfaction and discharge. After any of
the Bonds are issued, this Ordinance shall be and remain
irrepealable until the Bonds and interest thereon shall be
fully paid or provided for.
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Section 23. Emergency. Due to fluctuating interest
rates and expectations that interest rates will rise, the
Council hereby finds that, for the preservation of public
property, health, peace and safety, it is necessary to adopt
this Ordinance as an emergency measure.
Section 24. Records. A true copy of this Ordinance, as
adopted by the Council of the City, shall be numbered and
recorded, and its adoption and publication shall be
authenticated by the signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk.
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INTRODUCED AND READ AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE as
provided by law by the City Council of the City of Aspen on
the 13th day of October 1992.
[SEAL] By.
Mayor
Attest:
By
City Clerk
FINALLY adopted, passed and approved as an emergency
ordinance and ordered published as provided by law this
day of 1992~ --
[SEAL] By
Mayor
Attest:
By
City Clerk
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