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HomeMy WebLinkAboutA009 - Letter to Story County Auditor dated March 14, 2018 CM OF Ames" Smart Choice March 14, 2018 Ms. Lucy Martin Story County Auditor 900 Sixth Street Nevada, Iowa 50201 RE: Ames, Iowa 2018A General Obligation Corporation Purpose Bonds Dear Lucy: Enclosed please find a certified copy of Resolution 18-121, which was adopted by the Ames City Council on March 6, 2018, authorizing the issuance of the above-referenced Bonds. Please sign the Certificate verifying the filing of same and return in the enclosed self-addressed, stamped envelope. If you have any questions, please call me. Thank you for your assistance! Sincerely, Diane Voss City Clerk /dry Enclosures City Clerk's Office 515.239.5105 main 515 Clark Ave.,P.O.Box 811 515.239.5142 fax Ames,IA 50010 www.CityofAmes.org • Ames419370-6jjNl8AtHrg&Prelevy RESOLUTION NO. 18-121 Resolution authorizing a Loan Agreement and providing for the levy of taxes WHEREAS, the City of Ames (the "City"), in Story County, State of Iowa, has heretofore proposed to enter into a General Obligation Essential Corporate Purpose Loan Agreement (the "Essential Purpose Loan Agreement") in a principal amount not to exceed $8,375,000, pursuant to the provisions of Section 384.24A of the Code of Iowa, for the purpose of paying the cost, to that extent, of constructing improvements to streets and acquisition of emergency services communication equipment, and has published notice of the proposed action and has held a hearing thereon; and WHEREAS, the City also has proposed to enter into a General Obligation Fire Station Loan Agreement (the "Fire Station Loan Agreement") in a principal amount not to exceed $150,000, for the general corporate purpose of making improvements at the City's Fire Station #1, and has published notice of the proposed action and has held a hearing thereon, and no petition has been filed asking that the question of entering into the Fire Station Loan Agreement be submitted to the registered voters of the City; and WHEREAS,the Essential Purpose Loan Agreement and the Fire Station Loan Agreement will be combined into one loan agreement (the "Loan Agreement"); 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 $8,525,000 (the "Bonds") in the future, and anticipates that principal and interest will come due on the Bonds before June 30, 2019, 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, 2018 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 Bonds, there is hereby ordered levied on all the taxable property in the City a direct annual tax for collection in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2018, sufficient to produce the sum of$802,390. 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 DORSEY& WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES,IOWA Ames419370-611 018AJ-[rg&Prelevy 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. Section 4. All resolutions or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Passed and approved March 6, 2018. Mayor Attest: City Clerk On motion and vote,the meeting adjourned. Mayor Attest: City Clerk -4- DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES, IOWA Af Y CITY OF Ames Smart Choice March 14, 2018 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. 18-121 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 6`h day of March, 2018. Diane R. Voss, City Clerk (SEAL) City Clerk's Office 515.239.5105 main 515 Clark Ave.,P.O.Box 811 515.239.5142 fax Ames,IA 50010 www.CityofAmes.org t Ames419370-61/2018A Hrg&Pretevy 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 March, 2018, 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, 2018, entitled: "Resolution authorizing a Loan Agreement and providing for the levy of taxes," 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, 2018, and subsequent years as provided in the resolution. WITNESS MY HAND this day of , 2018. County Auditor -6- DORSEY&WHITNEY LLP,ATTORNEYS,DES MOINES, IOWA