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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA014 - Letter to Dorsey & Whitney dated April 15, 2009 - proceedings from April 14Caring People 'q Quality Nograins EweptionalService April 15, 2009 Dorsey & Whitney LLP 801 Grand, Suite 3900 .Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Attention Robert E. Josten 515 Clark Avenue, 11. 0. Box 811 Ames, 1A 50010 Phone: 515-239-5105 Fax: 515-239-5142 RE: Ames, Iowa $6,995,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A Your File No. 419370-40 Dear Bob: Enclosed please find the proceedings from our April 14, 2009, meeting wherein the Council adopted Resolution No. 09-155 providing for the issuance of the above -referenced Bonds. Two executed copies of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate are also enclosed. Three copies of the Loan Agreement are enclosed. Please return a fully -executed original to me after a representative of Piper Jaffray & Co., has signed same. I have certified the Resolution to the County Auditor and. will forward the Certificate verifying the filing of same as soon as possible. Thank you lor your assistance. Sincerely, (X"' - YJv Diane R. Voss City Clerk /dry Enclosures Aines/419370-40/2 nd / 2 ISS please Retum"W* 00,9SEY & W"'T"Ey AT MI AT LAW "I Grand, Suite 3900 Des Moines) Iowa 50309 MINUTES FOR ISSUANCE OF BONDS 419370-40 Ames, Iowa April 14, 2009 The City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, met on April 14, 2009, at seven o'clock p.i,n,, at the 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: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Popken, Rice Absent: mahayni After due consideration and discussion, Council Member — Goodman introduced the resolution next hereinafter set out and moved its adoption, seconded by Council Member Doll . The Mayor put the question upon the adoption of said resolution, and the roll being called, the following Council Members voted: Ayes: Doll, Goodman, Larson, Popken, Rice Nays: None Whereupon, the Mayor declared the resolution duly adopted as hereinafter set out. At the conclusion of the meeting, and upon motion and vote, the Council adjourned. Attest: City Clerk Mayor -I- DORSEY& %VIIHNEY UP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Arnes/419370-40/2" V� Iss RESOLUTION NO. 09-155 Resolution providing for the issuance of $6,995,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A, and providing for the levy of taxes to pay the same WHEREAS, the City of Ames (the "City"), in Story County, State of Iowa, has heretofore proposed to enter into a General Obligation Refunding Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.24A of the Code of Iowa for the purpose of paying the cost, to that extent, of,reftinding the remaining outstanding balances of the City's General Obligation Bonds, Series 1998, Series 1999, Series 2000, Series 2001A and Series 2001B, and has published notice of the proposed action and has held a hearing thereon; and WHEREAS, pursuant to advertisement of sale, bids for the purchase of not to exceed $7,215,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A (the "Bonds") to be issued in evidence of the City's obligation under the Loan Agreement were received and canvassed on behalf of the City and the substance of such bids noted in the minutes; and WHEREAS, following tabulation of bids, the City's financial advisor has determined that the Bonds should be issued in the amount of $6,995,000; and WHEREAS, upon final consideration of all bids, the bid of Piper Jaffray & Co., Leawood, Kansas (the "Purchaser"), 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 Bonds are hereby authorized to be issued in evidence of the obligation of" the City under the Loan Agreement, in the total aggregate principal amount of $6,995,000, to be dated April 27, 2009, in the denomination of $5,000 each, or any integral multiple thereof, maturing on June I in each of the years, in the respective principal arnounts and bearing interest at the respective rates, as follows: Principal Interest Rate Principal Interest Rate Year Amount Per Annum Year Amount Per Annuin 2010 $2,390,000 2.50% 2012 $1,600,000 3.00% 2011 $2,025,000 2.50% 2013 $980,000 3.00% The City Treasurer is hereby designated as the Registrar and Paying Agent for the Bonds and may be hereinafter referred to as the "Registrar" or the "Paying Agent." The Bonds are not subject to early redemption prior to maturity. All of the interest. on the Bonds shall be payable semiannually on the first day of June and December in each year, commencing December 1, 2009. Interest shall be calculated on the basis ofa 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months. Payment of interest on the Bonds shall -2- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, A FTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/419370-40/2"d V2 Iss be made to the registered owners 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 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 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 seal 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 not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication thereon shall have been signed by the Registrar. 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 Registrar, and after such registration, payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon shall be made only to the registered owners or their legal representatives or assigns. Each Bond shall be transferable only upon the registration books of the City upon presentation to the Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the 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. Section 2. Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, the Bonds shall be issued initially as Depository Bonds, with one fully registered Bond for each maturity date, in principal amounts equal to the amount of principal maturing on each such date, and registered in the narne 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 systerri 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 detennities 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 -3- DORSLY & W111 FNEY UP, ATTORNEYS, DES MINES, IOWA At-nes/419370-40/2"d Vz Iss 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 interests 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 DTC's 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. 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. DTC will receive payments from 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. When 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 confirmations 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 accornplished 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 3. The Bonds shall be in Substantially the following form: -4- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Anies/419370-40/Td V2 Iss (Form of Bond) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OFIOWA STORY COUNTY CITY OF AMES GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BOND, SERIES 2009A No. $— RATE MATURITY DATE BOND DATE CUSIP % Julie 1, — April 27, 2009 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 Cede & Co. New York, New York or registered assigns, the principal sum of THOUSAND DOLLARS in lawful money 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 "Registrar" or the "Paying Agent"), with interest on said sum, until paid, at the rate per annum specified above from the (hite of this Bond, or from the most recent interest payment date on which interest has been paid, on Julie I and December I of each year, commencing December 1, 2009, 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 (late, 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 Registrar. This Bond is one of a series of Bonds (the Bonds")issued by the City to evidence its obligation under a certain loan agreement, dated as oApril 27, 2009 (the "Loan Agreement"), entered into by the City for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs of refunding the remaining outstanding balances of the City's General Obligation Bonds, Series 1998, Series 1999, Series 2000, Series 2001A and Series 200113. -5- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/419370-40/2'd V2 Iss The Bonds are issued pursuant to and in strict compliance with the provisions of Chapters 76 and 384 of the Code of Iowa, 2009, and all other laws amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, and in conformity with a resolution of the City Council authorizing and approving the Loan Agreement and providing for the issuance and securing the payment of the Bonds (the "Resolution"), and reference is hereby made to the Resolution and the Loan Agreement for a more complete statement as to the source of payment of the Bonds and the rights of the owners of the Bonds, The Bonds are not subject to early redemption prior to maturity. This Bond is fully negotiable but shall be fully registered as to both principal and interest in the name of the owner on the books of the City in the office of the Registrar, after which no transfer shall be valid unless made on said books and then only upon presentation of this Bond to the Registrar, together with either a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar of the assignment form hereon completed and duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney for such registered owner. The City, the 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 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 pet -formed in regular and due form and time; that provision has been made for the levy of a sufficient continuing annual tax oti 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. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, 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 facsimile signature of its City Clerk, on April 27, 2009. CITY OF AMES, IOWA Attest: mo NOT City Clerk (Seal) By�O NOT SIGN) ------ Mayor -6- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Ames/419370-40/2'0 V2 Iss Registration Date: (Registration Date) REGISTRAR'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This Bond is one of the Bonds described in the within -mentioned Resolution. By (DO NOT SIGN) City Treasurer, Ames, Iowa FAVIT013RUMMM00im- 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 conurion UTMA (Custodian) As Custodian for (Minor) under Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (State) Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the list above. -7- DORSEY & WHITNEY LIT, ATTORNFYS, DES MINES, IOWA Ames/419370-40/2" V� Iss ASSIGNMENT For valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned assigns this Bond to (Please print or type name 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 irrust 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. -8- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, IOWA Anies/419370-40/2" % Iss Section 4. 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 Registrar for registration, authentication and delivery to or on behalf of the Purchaser, upon receipt of the loan proceeds, and all action heretofore taken in connection with the Loan Agreement is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Section 5. For the purpose of providing for the levy and collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same become due, there is hereby ordered levied on all the taxable property in the City in each of the years while the Bonds are outstanding, a tax sufficient for that purpose, and in furtherance of this provision, but not in limitation thereof, 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, 2010, Sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $2,153,025; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,677,400; For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of $1,009,400. Section 7 of Resolution No. 99-189, dated May 25, 1999, that authorized the levy of debt service taxes for the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2010 is hereby repealed. Section 7 of Resolution No. 00-315, dated June 27, 2000, that authorized the levy of debt service taxes for the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2000, f*c)r fiscal years beginning July 1, 2010 is hereby repealed. Section 7 of Resolution No. 01-315, dated July 10, 2001, that authorized the levy of debt service taxes for the City's General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds, Series 2001A, for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2010 is hereby repealed. Section 7 of the City's Resolution dated November 13, 2001, that authorized the levy of debt service taxes for the City's General Obligation Fire Station and Refunding Bonds, Series 2001B, for fiscal years beginning July 1, 2010 is hereby repealed. Section 6. 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 sat -tie as a part of the tax levy for Debt Service Fund purposes of the City and -9- DO16IN & WHITNEN LLP, ATTORNEYS, DY'S MOINES, IOWA Ames/419370-40/2" V� Iss 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 for 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 7. The interest or principal and both of them falling due in any year or years shall, if necessary, be paid promptly from current Rinds 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 advanced. 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. Section 8. 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 in 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 ftirther 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 from 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. i 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 9. Continuing Disclosure. The Securities and Exchange Come-nission (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 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 sis may be necessary to comply with the Rule and the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. - 10- DORSEY & WHFFNVY LLP, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINE.S, IOWA Ames/419370-40/2 d V 2 ISS Section 10. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Passed and approved April 14, 2009. Mayor Attest: ta�� �1� City Clerk "41. CA*-,1Ae-d -H- DORSEY & WHITNEY LIT, ATTORNEYS, DES MOINES, JOWA Ames/419370-40/2" V2 Iss STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF STORY SS: CITY OF AMES 1, the undersigned, City Clerk, of the City of Ames, do hereby certify that as such City Clerk I have in iny 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 those corporate records and that the transcript hereto attached is a true, correct and complete copy of all the corporate records in relation to the adoption of a resolution authorizing and approving a certain Loan Agreement and providing for the issuance of $6,995,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2009A of the City evidencing the City's obligation under the Loan Agreement 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. I further certify that no appeal has been taken to the District Court from the decision of the City Council to enter into the Loan Agreement, to issue the Bonds or to levy taxes to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds. WITNESS MY HAND this 14 r-J day of 12009. City Clerk -12- DORSEY & WHITNEN 1.11', ATTORNEYS, DES MOINE'S, IOWA