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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA009 - Letter to Story County Auditor dated March 7, 2012 515 Clark Avenue,P. 0. Box 811 Caring People Quality Programs Ames,IA 50010 Excepnonaf Service Phone: 515-239-5105 Fax: 515-239-5142 March 7, 2012 Ms. Lucy Martin Story County Auditor 900 Sixth Street Nevada, Iowa 50201 RE: General Obligation Loan Agreement Dear Lucy: Enclosed please find a certified copy of Resolution 12-101, which was adopted by the Ames City Council on March 7, 2012, approving the General Obligation Loan Agreement in an Amount Not to Exceed $13,150,000. Please signthe Certificate verifying the filing of same and return in the Y g enclosed self-addressed stamped envelope. If you have any questions, please call me. Thank you for your assistance! Sincerely, ya Diane Voss City Clerk /dry Enclosures T Ames4 1 93 70-46/Hrg&Prelevy RESOLUTION NO. 12-101 Resolution authorizing a Loan Agreement 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 Loan Agreement (the "Loan Agreement") in a principal amount not to exceed $13,150,000 pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.24A of the Code of Iowa for the purpose of paying the cost, to that extent, of paying the cost, to that extent, of constructing improvements to streets, water and sanitary sewer lines; carrying out flood mitigation projects; rehabilitating city parks; and replacing a city park bicycle/pedestrian bridge that was damaged by flooding, and has published notice of the proposed action and has held a hearing thereon; and WHEREAS, the City intends to enter into the Loan Agreement and to issue General Obligation Corporate Purpose Bonds in an amount not to exceed $13,150,000 (the "Bonds") in the future, and anticipates that principal and interest will come due on the Bonds before June 30, 2013, and it is now necessary to make provision for the levy of a debt service property tax to be collected in the fiscal year that will begin July 1, 2012 for the payment of such principal and interest; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It Resolved by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, as follows: Section 1. The Council hereby expresses its intention to enter into the Loan Agreement and to issue the Bonds at such time as funds are needed, and the Council hereby declares that this resolution constitutes the additional action required by Chapter 384 of the Code of Iowa. Section 2. 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 Note as the same become due, there is hereby ordered levied on all the taxable property in the City the following direct annual tax for collection, as follows: For collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, sufficient to produce the net annual sum of$949,162. Section 3. A certified copy of this resolution shall be filed with the County Auditor of Story County, and said 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 Note hereby authorized and for no other purpose whatsoever. -2- DORSEY&WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Ames419370-46/Hrg&Prelevy Section 4. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Passed and approved March 6, 2012. p Mayor Attest: City Clerk On motion and vote, the meeting adjourned. Mayor Attest: City Clerk -3- DORSEY&WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Caring People Quality Programs Exceptional Service March 7, 2012 STATE OF IOWA COUNTY OF STORY CITY OF AMES I, 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. 12-101 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 6th day of March, 2012. '-/P Diane R. Voss, City Clerk (SEAL) Ames419370-46/Hrg&Prelevy STATE OF IOWA SS: COUNTY OF STORY I, the undersigned, County Auditor of Story County, in the State of Iowa, do hereby certify that on the day of , 2012, the City Clerk of the City of Ames filed in my office a certified copy of a resolution of the City shown to have been adopted by the City Council on March 6, 2012, entitled: "Resolution authorizing a Loan Agreement 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, 2012, and subsequent years as provided in the resolution. WITNESS MY HAND this day of , 2012. County Auditor -5- DORSEY &WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA