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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA020 - Proceedings from August 12, 2003 meetingAL Caring People Q"Way P-gran' Exceptional Service August 13, 2003 Dorsey & Whitney LLP 801 Grand, Suite 3900 Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Attention Robert E. Josten City Clerk's Office 515 Clark Avenue, P. 0. Box 811 Ames, IA 50010 Phone: 515-239-5 105 Fax: 515-239-5142 RE: Ames, Iowa $5,130,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2003 Your File No. 419370-29 Dear Bob: Enclosed please find the procceditigs from our August 12, 2003, inecting wherein the Council adopted Resolution No. 03-323 awarding the Bonds. The Resolution providing for the issuance of the Bonds will be on the Council's August 26, 2003, agenda. I understand that the additional proceedings covering the issuance of the Bonds will be forwarded to me in the near future. Thank you for your assistance. Sincerely, Diane R. Voss City Clerk /dry Enclosure I Ames/419370-29/N/Sale & Cert Please Return To DORSEY & WHITNEY ATTORNEYS AT LAW NOTICE OF SALE 801 Grand, Suite 3900 City of Ames, Iowa Des Moines, Iowa 50308 $6,555,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2003 Sealed bids will be received on behalf of the City of Ames, Iowa, until 10:00 o'clock a.m. on the 12th day of August, 2003, at the office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 515 Clark Avenue, Ames, Iowa 50010, for the purchase of $6,555,000 General. Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2003, of the City, at which time such bids will be opened and canvassed. Thereafter such bids will be presented to the City Council for consideration at its meeting to be held at seven o'clock _p_.m. on the same date at the Council Chambers, City Hall, Ames, Iowa, at which time the Bonds will be sold to the best bidder for cash. No open bids will be accepted. The Bonds will be issued as fully registered bonds in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, will be dated September 1, 2003, will bear interest payable semiannually on each June 1 and December 1 to maturity, commencing June 1, 2004, and will mature on June 1 in the following years and amounts: Principal Principal Year Amount Year Amount 2004 $550,000 2010 $545,000 2005 $550,000 2011 $545,000 2006 $550,000 2012 $545,000 2007 $545,000 2013 $545,000 2008 $545,000 2014 $545,000 2009 $545,000 2015 $545,000 The right is reserved to the City to call and redeem all of the Bonds maturing in the years 2012.to 2015, inclusive, in whole or from time to time in part, in one or more units of $5,000, on June 1, 2011, or on any date thereafter, prior to and in any order of maturity (and within a maturity by lot), upon terms of par and accrued interest. Bidders must specify a price of not less than $6,515,670, plus accrued interest. The legal opinion of Dorsey &. Whitney LLP, Attorneys, Des Moines, Iowa, will be furnished by the City. A good faith deposit of $65,550 is required and may be forfeited to the City in the event the successful bidder fails or refuses to take and pay for the Bonds. The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive irregularities in any bid. The Bonds are being issued pursuant to the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa and will constitute general obligations of the City, payable from taxes levied upon all the taxable property in the City without limitation as to rate or amount. -1- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA rJEEM Ames/419370-29/N/Sale & Cert In order to permit bidders for the Bonds and other participating underwriters in the primary offering of the Bonds to comply with paragraph (b)(5) of Rule 15c2-12 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Rule"), the City will covenant and agree, for the benefit of the registered holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the outstanding Bonds, in the resolution awarding the sale and prescribing the terms of the Bonds, to provide annual report4 of specified information and notice of the occurrence of certain events, if material. The City is the only "obligated person" with respect to the Bonds within the meaning of the Rule for the purposes of disclosing information on an ongoing basis. A description of the undertaking is set forth in the Official Statement. Failure of the City to enter into an undertaking substantially similar to that described in the Official Statement would relieve the successful bidder of its obligation to purchase the Bonds. The City has complied in all material respects with any undertaking previously entered into by it under the Rule. Bidders should be aware that the official terms of offering to be published in the Official Statement for the Bonds contain additional bidding terms and information relative to the Bonds. In the event of a variance between statements in this Notice of Sale (except with respect to the time and place of the sale of the Bonds and the principal amount offered for sale) and said official terms of offering, the provisions of the latter shall control. By order of the City Council of Ames, Iowa. Diane Voss City Clerk -2- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA $ 4,970,000.00 Authorized Issue $ (3,475,000.00) Series 2002A Bonds $ 1,495,000.00 Balance of Authorized Issue 6,555,000.00 Total Series 2003A Bonds $ (5,130,000.00) Essential Corporate Purpose Bond Portion $ 1,425,000.00 Authorized Issue Portion Am es/419370-29/2d 1/2 Sale MINUTES TO SELL GENERAL please Retum To OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE DORSEY & WHITP F� BONDS, SERIES 2003 ATTORNEYS 1"'' Sol Grand, �' �', , 419370-29 (2nd V2Sale) Des Moines, 90','4a "—J Ames, Iowa August 12, 2003 The City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, met on August 12, 2003, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., at the Council Chambers, City Hall, Ames, Iowa. The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, and the roll was called showing the following Council Members present and absent: Present: Cross, Goodhue, Hoffman, Mahayni, Vegge, Wirth Absent: on This being the time and place fixed by the Council for the consideration of bids for the purchase of the $6,555,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, the Mayor announced that bids had been received and canvassed on behalf of the City at the time and place fixed therefor. Whereupon, such bids were placed on file, and the substance of such bids was noted in the minutes, as follows: Name and Address of Bidder Final Bid (interest cost) (ATTACH BID TABULATION) -I- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Am'es/419370-29/2n' % Sale After due consideration and discussion, Council Member Goodhue introduced the resolution next hereinafter set out and moved its adoption, seconded by —Council Member — Wirth . The Mayor put the question upon the adoption of said resolution, and the roll being —called, the following Council Members voted: Ayes: Goodhue, Hoffman, Mahayni, Vegge, Wirth Nays: None Abstaining: Cross Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as hereinafter set out. -2- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/419370-29/2d 1/� Sale RESOLUTION NO. 03-323 Awarding $6,555,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2003 WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76 of the Code of Iowa, the City of Ames, in the County of Story, State of Iowa (hereinafter referred to as the "City"), has heretofore advertised the sale of its General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2003, in the aggregate principal amount of $6,555,000 (the "Bonds"), and has published notice of said sale; and WHEREAS, pursuant to such advertisement of sale, bids for the purchase of the Bonds were received and canvassed on behalf of the City and the substance of such bids noted in the minutes; and WHEREAS, upon final consideration of all bids received for the purchase of the Bonds, the bid of. Harris Trust & Savin&s Bank is the best, such bid proposing the lowest interest cost to the City; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. The bid referred to in the preamble is hereby accepted, and the Bonds are hereby awarded to the aforesaid bidder (the "Purchaser") at the price specified in such bid, together with accrued interest. Section 2. The form of agreement of sale (the "Sale Agreement") of the Bonds to the Purchaser is hereby approved, and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to execute the Sale Agreement for and on behalf of the City. Section 3. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Passed and approved August 12, 2003. a 0yyo r Attest: City Clerk -3- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Am . es/419370-29/2" 1/� Sale Thereupon, it was moved by Council Member Goodhue and seconded by Council Member — wi,fb - that further action with respect to the issuance of the Bonds be deferred until August 26, 2003, at 7:00 o'clock p.m., at the Council Chambers, City Hall, Ames, Iowa. The Mayor put the question on the motion and the roll being called, the following named Council Members voted: r ffrl TOM= ap. I INTO as W W Nays: None Abstaining: Cross Whereupon, the Mayor declared the motion adopted and the meeting adjourned to the aforesaid time and place. Mayor Attest: City Clerk -4- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/419370-29/2'''/n Sale STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF STORY SS: CITY OF AMES I, the undersigned, City Clerk of the aforementioned City, do hereby certify that as such City Clerk I have in my possession or have access to the complete corporate records of the City and of its Council and officers and that I have carefully compared the transcript hereto attached with the aforesaid corporate records and that the transcript hereto attached is a true, correct and complete copy of all the corporate records in relation to the sale of $6,555,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2003, of the City and that the transcript hereto attached contains a true, correct and complete statement of all the measures adopted and proceedings, acts and things had, done and performed up to the present time with respect thereto. WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of the City hereto affixed this 12th_ day of August , 2003. QA&t�b W, UA-jj City Clerk (Seal) (Attach here a copy of the bid of the successful bidder.) -5- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINEES, IOWA