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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA014 - Letter to Story County Auditor dated October 24, 2007Caring People 14 Quality Pwgrantv FAceptionalSemice October 24,2A07 Ms. Mary Momhouo Story County Auditor Story County Administration Bui]di»g Nevada, Iowa 502O1 5l5Clark &vcoue.9.O.Box 8l| Ames, [\508l0 Pboox:5l5-239-5l05 Fuz:5l5-239-5|42 RE: $9,630,000L;ooeral Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, 8oica20O7A Dear Mary: Enclosed please fioducertified copy ofResolution 07-48N`which was adopted 6vthe Ames City Council on October 23, 2007, providing for the sale and issuance of the above-narned Bonds. Plcuoc sign the Certificate of the County Auditor verifying the filing ofsame and return in the enclosed self-addressed, stamped envelope. lfyou have any questions, please call me. Thank you for your assistance! Sincerely, Diane Voss City � Clerk /dm Ames/419376-35/2"' '/� GLIS/G131 RESOLUTION NO. 07-488 .............. Resolution providing for the sale and issuance of $9,630,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2007A, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay the same WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa (the "City"), has heretofore determined to issue $9,630,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2007A, for the purpose of constructing various street, water and bridge improvements and acquiring, designing, constructing, and equipping an outdoor aquatic center; and WI-IEREAS, pursuant to Notice oil' Sale of the Bonds heretofore given in strict compliance with the provisions of Chapter 75 of the Code of lowa, seated bids for the purchase of the Bonds were received and canvassed on behalf of the City at the time and place fixed therefor and the substance of such sealed bids noted in the minutes; and WHEREAS, upon final consideration of all bids received for the purchase of the Bonds, the bid of Piper Jaffray & CO, Kansas City, MO is the best, Such bid proposing the lowest interest cost to the City; NOW, THEPEFOR-13, Be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of Ames, as follows: Section 1. The bid referred to in the preamble hereof' is hereby accepted, and the Bonds, maturing on June I in each of the years, in the respective principal amounts and bearing interest at the respective rates, as follows: Principal Interest Rate Principal Interest Rate Year Amount Per Annum Year Amount Per An urn 2008 $245,000 3.75% 2014 $ 840,000 3.75% 2009 $685,000 3.75% 2015 $ 880,000 3.75% 2010 $715,000 3.75% 2016 $ 920,000 3.75% 2011 $745,000 3.75% 2017 $ 960,000 3.75% 2012 $775,000 3.75% 2018 $1,005,000 3.75% 2013 $805,000 3.75% 2019 $1,055,000 3.75% are hereby awarded and authorized to be issued to the aforesaid bidder (hereinafter referred to as the "Purchaser") at the price specified in the Purchaser's bid (hereinafter referred to as the "Sale Agreement"), together with accrued interest. Section 2. The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to accept and execute the Sale Agreement on behalf of the City and to affix the City seal thereto, and the Sale Agreement is hereby approved. -3- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA A mes/41 9370235/2" '/, GIBS/G11 I Section 3. The Bonds shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof, shall be dated November 1, 2007, and shall become due and payable and bear interest as set forth in Section I hereof. The City Treasurer is hereby designated as the Bond Registrar and Paying Agent for the Bonds and may be hereinafter referred to as the "Bond Registrar" or the "Paying Agent". The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Bonds maturing in each of the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive, prior to and in any order of inawrity on June 1, 2015, or on any date thereafter upon terms of'par and accrued interest. If less than all of the Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of` $5,000. If less than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, upon surrender of such original Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the original Bond. Notice of such redemption as aforesaid identifying the Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at tfie addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to such redemption date. All of Such Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of" redemption and as to which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the redemption date. All of the interest on the Bonds shall be payable semiannually on the first day of June and December in each year, commencing June 1, 2008. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Payment of interest on the Bonds shall be made to the registered owners appearing on the bond registration books of the City at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owners at the addresses shown on such registration books. Principal of the Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the registered owners or their legal representatives upon presentation and surrender of the Bond or Bonds at the office of the Paying Agent. The City hereby pledges the faith, credit, revenues and resources and all of the real and personal property of the City for the full and prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City with the official manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor and attested with the official manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk and shall have the City's sea] impressed or printed thereon, and shall be fully registered Bonds without interest coupons. In case any officer whose signature or the facsimile of whose signature appears on the Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bonds, such signature or such facsimile signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such officer had remained in office until delivery. The Bonds shall be fully registered as to principal and interest in the names of the owners on the registration books of the City kept by the Bond Registrar, and after such registration -4- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/419370-35/2" '/,, GBS/GI31 payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon shall be made to the registered owners, their legal representatives or assigns. Each Bond shall be transferable only upon the registration books of the City upon presentation to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form thereon completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner. The record and identity of the owners of the Bonds shall be kept confidential as provided by Section 22.7 of the Code of Iowa. The Bonds shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose Until the Certificate of Authentication thereon shall have been signed by the Bond Registrar. Section 4. Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, the Bonds shall be issued initially as Depository Bonds, with one fully registeredBond for each maturity date, in principal amounts equal to the amount of principal maturing on each such date, and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York ("DTC"). On original issue, the Bonds shall be deposited with DTC for the purpose of maintaining a book -entry system for recording the ownership interests of its participants and the transfer of those interests among its participants (the "Participants"). In the event that DTC determines not to continue to act as securities depository for the Bonds or the City determines not to continue the book -entry system for recording ownership interests in the Bonds with DTC, the City will discontinue the book -entry system with DTC. If the City does not select another qualified securities depository to replace DTC (or a successor depository) in order to Continue a book -entry system, the City will register and deliver replacement bonds in the form of fully registered certificates, in authorized denominations of $5,000 or integral multiples of $5,000, in accordance with instructions from Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. In the event that the City identifies a qualified securities depository to replace DTC, the City will register and deliver replacement bonds, fully registered in the name of such depository, or its nominee, in the denominations as set forth above, as reduced from time to time prior to maturity in connection with redemptions or retirements by call or payment, and in such event, such depository will then maintain the book -entry system for recording ownership interests in the Bonds. Ownership interest in the Bonds may be purchased by or through Participants. Such Participants and the persons for whom they acquire interests in the Bonds as nominees will not receive certificated Bonds, but each such Participant will receive a credit balance in the records of DTC in the amount of such Participant's interest in the Bonds, which will be confirmed in accordance with DTCs standard procedures. Each such person for which a Participant has an interest in the Bonds, as nominee, may desire to make arrangements with such Participant to have all notices of redemption or other communications of the City to DTC, which may affect such person, forwarded in writing by such Participant and to have notification made of all interest payments. The City will have no responsibility or obligation to such Participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees with respect to payment to or providing of notice for such Participants or the persons for whom they act as nominees. -5- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA AniesI419370-'35/2" '/, GJB/G,131 As used herein, the term "Beneficial Owner" shall hereinafter be deemed to include the person for whom the Participant acquires an interest in the Bonds. Urc will receive payments fi,om the City, to be remitted by DTC to the Participants for subsequent disbursement to the Beneficial Owners. The ownership interest of each Beneficial Owner in the Bonds will be recorded on the records of the Participants whose ownership interest will be recorded on a computerized book -entry system kept by DTC. When reference is made to any action which is required or permitted to be taken by the Beneficial Owners, such reference shall only relate to those permitted to act (by statute, regulation or otherwise) on behalf of such Beneficial Owners for such purposes. Wheii notices are given, they shall be sent by the City to DTC, and DTC shall forward (or cause to be forwarded) the notices to the Participants so that the Participants can forward the same to the Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will receive written confinnations of their purchases from the Participants acting on behalf of the Beneficial Owners detailing the terms of the Bonds acquired. Transfers of ownership interests in the Bonds will be accomplished by book entries made by DTC and the Participants who act on behalf of the Beneficial Owners, Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interest in the Bonds, except as specifically provided herein. Interest and principal will be paid when due by the City to DTC, then paid by DTC to the Participants and thereafter paid by the Participants to the Beneficial Owners. Section S. The form of Bonds shall be substantially as follows: -6- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA A mmtfl 9370-35/2"" V, 613S/GB I No. (Form of Bond) IJNITI--,'D STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF IOWA STORY COUNTY CITY OF AMES GENERAL OBLIGATION CORPORATE PURPOSE BOND SERIES 2007A RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CtiSIP November 1, 2007 The City of Ames (the "City"), in Story County, State of Iowa, for value received, promises to pay on the maturity date of this Bond to or registered assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS in lawful Morley of the United States of America upon presentation and Surrender of this Bond at the office of the City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa (hereinafter referred to as the "BoDd Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified above from the date of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on June I and December I of each year, commencing June 1, 2008, except as the provisions hereinafter set forth with respect to redemption prior to maturity may be or become applicable hereto. Interest on this Bond is payable to the registered owner appearing on the registration books of the City at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding the interest payment date and shall be paid by check or draft mailed to the registered owner at the address shown on such registration books. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been signed by the Bond Registrar. This Bond is one of a duly authorized series of General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2007A (the "Bonds"), issued in the aggregate principal amount of $9,630,000 by the City pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Division III of Chapter 384 and Chapter 76 of the Code of Iowa, 2007, and all laws amendatory thereof and supplementary -7- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA A mes'/41 9370'35/2"' '/, (.-',BS/GB I thereto, aiad in conformity with a resolution of the City Council duly passed, approved and recorded for the purpose of defraying the cost of constructing various street, water and bridge improvements and acquiring, designing, constructing, and equipping an Outdoor aquatic center. The City reserves the right to call and redeem part or all of the Bonds maturing in each of the years 2016 to 2019, inclusive, prior to and in any order of maturity on June 1, 2015, or on any date thereafter upon terms of par and accrued interest. If less than all of the Bonds of any like maturity are to be redeemed, the particular part of those Bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by lot. The Bonds may be called in part in one or more units of $5,000. Ifless than the entire principal amount of any Bond in a denomination of more than $5,000 is to be redeemed, the Bond Registrar will issue and deliver to the registered owner thereof, Upon Surrender of such. original Bond, a new Bond or Bonds, in any authorized denomination, in a total aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed balance of the original Bond. Notice of such rederription as aforesaid identifying the Bond or Bonds (or portion thereof) to be redeemed shall be mailed by certified mail to the registered owners thereof at the addresses shown on the City's registration books not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to such redemption date. All of such Bonds as to which the City reserves and exercises the right of redemption and as to which notice as aforesaid shall have been given and for the redemption of which funds are duly provided, shall cease to bear interest on the redemption date. This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the narne of the owner on the books of the City in the office of the Bond Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this Bond to the Bond Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Bond Registrar or the assignment form hereon completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner, The City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent may deem and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of principal hereof, premium, if any, and interest due hereon and for all other purposes, and the City, the Bond Registrar and the Paying Agent shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. And It Is Hereby Certified and Recited that all acts, conditions and things required by the laws and Constitution of the State of Iowa, to exist, to be had, to be done or to be performed precedent to and in the issue of this Bond were and have been properly existent, had, done and performed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax on all the taxable property within the City for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond as the same will respectively become due; that the faith, credit, revenues and resources and all the real and personal property of the City are irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment hereof, both principal and interest; and that the total indebtedness of the City, including this Bond, does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations. -8- DORSEY & WHITNEY UP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/4 19370-'35/2"" '/,, GBS/GL3] IN TESTIMONY WHI-,'Rl'.,01-,, the City of Ames, Iowa, by its City Council, has caused this Bond to be sealed with the facsimile of its official seal, to be executed with the duly authorized facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested with the duly authorized facsirnile signature of its City Clerk, all as of Novernber 1, 2007. CITY OF AMES, IOWA By_ Mayor Attest: City Clerk (Facsimile Seal) (On each Bond there shall be a registration dateline and a Certificate of Authentication of the Bond Registrar in the following form:) Registration Date: (Registration Date) BOND REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This Bond is one of the Bonds described in the within -mentioned resolution. (DO NOT SIGN) City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations, when used in this Bond, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations: TEN COM - as tenants in common TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common Holm (Cust) As Custodian for (Minor) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above. -9- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/'4 19370`35/2"d 1/2 013SX3131 ASSIGNMENT For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to (Please print or type naive and address of Assignee) PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER. IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE and does hereby irrevocably appoint . ...... . ..... Attorney, to transfer this Bond on the books kept for registration thereof with full power of` substitution. Dated: Signature guaranteed: (Signature guarantee must be provided in accordance with the prevailing standards and procedures of the Registrar and Transfer Agent. Such standards and procedures may require signatures to be guaranteed by certain eligible guarantor institutions that participate in a recognized signature guarantee program.) NOTICE: The signature to this Assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on this Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever. -10- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA AjneS/4 1937(7-35/2"' V, GKS/(jB] Section 6. The Bonds shall be executed as herein provided as soon after the adoption of this resolution as may be possible and thereupon they shall be delivered to the Bond Registrar for registration, authentication and delivery to the purchaser, as determined by the City Council, upon receipt of the purchase price thereof, with accrued interest thereon, and all action heretofore taken in connection with the sale and award of the Bonds is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Section 7. As required by Chapter 76 of the Code of Iowa, and for the purpose of' providing for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on the Bonds as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal thereof at maturity, there is hereby ordered levied on all the taxable property in the City in each of the years while the Bonds or any of them are outstanding, a tax sufficient for that Purpose, and in furtherance of this provision, but not in limitation thereof, there be and there is hereby levied on all the taxable property in the City the following direct annual tax for collection in each of the following fiscal years, to -wit: For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,036,937.50; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,041,250.00; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,044,437.50; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,046,500.00; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,047,437.50; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,052,250.00; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,060,750.00; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,067,750.00; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,073,250.00; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,082,250; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,094,562.50. -It- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/41 9370'35/2" 1/, (JiBS/GlIf Section 8. A certified copy of this resolution shall be filed with the County Auditor of Story County, and the County Auditor is hereby instructed to enter for collection and assess the tax hereby authorized. When annually entering such taxes for collection, the County Auditor shall Include the same as a part of the tax levy for Debt Service Fund purposes of the City and when collected, the proceeds of the taxes shall be converted into the Debt Service Fund of the City and set aside therein as a special account to be used solely and only for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds hereby authorized and t6r no other purpose whatsoever, Any amount received by the City as accrued interest on the Bonds shall be deposited into such special account and used to pay interest due on the Bonds on the first interest payment date. Section 9. The interest or principal and both of them falling due in any year or years shall, if necessary, be paid promptly fr0111 Current funds on hand in advance of taxes levied and when the taxes shall have been collected, reimbursement shall be made to such Current funds in the sum thus advance(]. Section 10. It is the intention of the City that interest on the Bonds be and remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes pursuant to the appropriate provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations iii effect with respect thereto (all of the foregoing herein referred to as the "Internal Revenue Code"). In furtherance thereof, the City covenants to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code as they may from time to time be in effect or amended and further covenants to comply with the applicable future laws, regulations, published rulings and court decisions as may be necessary to insure that the interest on the Bonds will remain excluded frorn gross income for federal income tax purposes. Any and all of the officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions as may be necessary to comply with the covenants herein contained. The City hereby designates the Bonds as "Qualified Tax Exempt Obligations" as that term is used in Section 265(b)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 11. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has promulgated certain amendments to Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 C.F.R. § 240.15c2-12) (the "Rule") that make it unlawful for an underwriter to participate in the primary offering of municipal securities in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or more unless, before submitting a bid or entering into a purchase contract for such securities, it has reasonably determined that the issuer or an obligated person has undertaken in writing for the benefit of the holders of such securities to provide certain disclosure information to prescribed information repositories on a continuing basis so long as such securities are outstanding. On the date of issuance and delivery of the Series 2007 Bonds, the City will execute and deliver a Continuing Disclosure Certificate pursuant to which the City will undertake to comply with the Rule. The City covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, Any and all of the officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions as may be necessary to comply with the Rule and the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. -12- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/4 19370-35/2 1 1/2 GBS/GB1 Section 12. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Passed and approved October 23, 2007. Attest: City Clerk Mayor -13- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Caring People 11 Quality Prog— &c. eptionalSmice Octobei- 23, 2007 STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF STORY CITY 01; AMES 51.5 Clark Avenue, P. 0. Box 811 Aries, 1A 50010 Phone: 515-239-5105 Fax: 515-239-5142 1, Diane R. Voss, being the duly appointed City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 07-488 is a true and accurate copy of the said Resolution, and that the said Resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, at a duly called meeting thereof on the 23rd day of October, 2007. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk (SEAL) Anies/419370-35/2" '/� GBS/G131 STATE OF IOWA SS: STORY COUNTY 1, the undersigned, County Auditor of Story County, in the State of Iowa, do hereby certify that on the -- day of —, 2007, the City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, filed in my office a certified copy of a resolution of such City shown to have been adopted by the City Council and approved by the Mayor thereof on October 23, 2007, entitled: "Resolution providing for the sale and issuance of $9,630,000 General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2007A, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay the same," and that I have duly placed the copy of the resolution on file in my records. I further certify that the taxes provided for in that resolution will in due time, manner and season be entered on the State and County tax lists of this County for collection in. the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, and subsequent years as provided in the resolution. (Seal) WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of the County hereto affixed this day of ,2007. County Auditor -15- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA