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ORD 217 02/20/1975 •. • • f ORDINANCE NO. 217 ii AN ORDINANCE by the City Council of the City of Cibolo, Texas , authorizing the issuance of $60, 000 "CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS, WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS , SERIES 1975" , dated January 10, 1975 , as authorized by the General Laws of the State of Texas , particularly Article 1111 et. seq . , V.A.T. C. S . ; prescribing the form of the bonds and the form of the interest coupons ; providing for a pledge of revenues to the payment of principal of and interest on said bonds ; enacting provisions incident and relating to the subject and purpose of this ordinance; and declaring an emergency. it WHEREAS, pursuant to an election held within the City of Cibolo, Texas on the 10th day of August;; 1974, the City Council of P said City became authorized and empowered to issue revenue bonds , secured by a pledge of the net revenues from the operation of 1 the City' s combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System as follows : $250, 000 for the purpose of constructing improvements and extensions to the City' s Waterworks System; and $125, 000 for the purpose of constructing improvements and extensions to the City' s Sanitary Sewer System; AND WHEREAS , it is hereby found and determined that $60 , 000 in principal amount of the revenue bonds authorized at the afore- said election for the purpose of constructing improvements and extensions to the City ' s Sanitary Sewer System should now be issued; and WHEREAS, this City Council hereby reserves the right to issue the remainder of the revenue bonds authorized at the aforesaid election in one or more installments at a future date or dates 1 as funds are needed to accomplish the purposes for which the same were authorized; now, therefore, / BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS : SECTION 1: Authorization - Principal Amount - Designation. That in order to borrow the sum of SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($60, 000) for the purpose of constructing improvements and extensions to the City Sanitary Sewer. System, the City Council of the City of Cibolo, Texas , by virtue of the authority expressly ii conferred at an election held for the purpose, and pursuant to 1 the General Laws of the State of Texas , particularly Article 1111 ,` et seq. , V.A. T. C. S. , has determined that there shall be issued and there is hereby ordered to be issued a series of coupon bonds in the total principal amount of SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($60 , 000) , to he designated "CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS , WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS , SERIES 1975" , payable as to both principal j3 and. interest solely from and secured by a first lien on and pledge ii of the net revenues of the City ' s combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System. II !1 • �� I i _ , __, 1 411 , ., l • III III III i1 11 SECTION 2 : Date - Numbers - Maturity - Option. That said bonds shall be dated January 10, 1975 ; shall be numbered 'i consecutively from One (1) through Twelve (12) ; shall be in denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5 , 000) each; and shall become due and payable serially on January 10 in each of the ii years in accordance with the following schedule: it BOND NUMBERS 11 (All Inclusive) - MATURITY AMOUNT fi 1 1985 $ 5 , 000 2 1986 5 , 000 3 1987 5 , 000 4 1988 5 , 000 5 1989 5, 000 1 6 1990 5 , 000 j; 7 and 8 1991 10, 000 II 9 and 10 1992 10, 000 i� 11 and 12 1993 10, 000 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, the City reserves the right to redeem the bonds d maturing in each of the years 1986 through 1993 of said series , in whole or any part thereof, on January 10, 1985 or on any interest 11paymentdate thereafter, at the price of par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption, and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that at least thirty (30) days prior to a date any of said bonds are to ., be redeemed, a notice of redemption signed by the City Secretary (specifying the serial numbers and amount of bonds to be redeemed) I shall have been filed with the FROST NATIONAL BANK, San Antonio, ! Texas (the paying agent named in each of said bonds) ; and if by the date so fixed for redemption the City shall have made available 1; funds in amounts sufficient to pay the bonds and accrued interest ; thereon to the date of redemption, any bond or bonds not be I presented for redemption pursuant to such notice shall cease to I bear interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption. SECTION 3: Interest. That said bonds shall bear interest d from date to maturity at the rate of FIVE AND THIRTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PER CENTUM (5 . 35%) per annum; such interest to be evidenced by proper coupons attached to each of said bonds , and 1 said interest shall be payable on January 10, 1976 , and semi- jannually thereafter on July 10 and January 10 in each year. SECTION 4: Place of Payment: That both principal of and interest on this issue of bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange and collection charges to the owner or holder, at the Frost National Bank, San Antonio, Texas upon presentation and surrender of bonds or 1 coupons . SECTION 5 : Execution of Bonds and Coupons . That the seal '! of said City may be impressed on each of said bonds or, in the alternative, a facsimile of such seal may be printed on the said bonds . The bonds and interest coupons appurtenant thereto may be executed by the imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of the City, and execution in such manner shall ij have the same effect as if such bonds and coupons had been signed by the Mayor and City Secretary in person by their manual I' signatures . Inasmuch as such bonds are required to be registered { by the Comptroller of Public Accounts for the State of Texas , 10 only his signature (or that of a deputy designated in writing to act for the Comptroller) shall be required to be manually subscribed to such bonds in connection with his registration Ii 4111 • • certificate to appear thereon, as hereinafter provided, all in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j -1, V.A.T. C. S . SECTION 6: Form of Bonds . That the form of said bonds shall be substantially as follows : NO. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $5 , 000 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF GUADALUPE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS , WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BOND SERIES 1975 E THE CITY OF CIBOLO, a municipal corporation for the State of Texas , acknowledges itself indebted to and, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby promises to pay to bearer, as hereinafter stated, the sum of: FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS { ($5 , 000) , in lawful money of the United States of America, on the TENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 19 , with interest thereon from the date hereof to maturity at the rate of FIVE AND THIRTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS PER CENTUM ( 5 . 35 70) per annum, payable on January 10, 1976, and semi-annually thereafter on July 10 and January 10 in each year, and interest falling due on or prior to maturity hereof is payable only upon presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached as they severally become due . BOTH PRINCIPAL of and interest on this bond shall be payable at the Frost National Bank, San Antonio, Texas , without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, and the said City { of Cibolo, Texas, is hereby held and firmly bound to apply the pledged appropriated net revenues of its combined Waterworks and ') Sanitary Sewer System to the prompt payment of principal of and interest on this bond at maturity and to pay said principal and Id interest as they mature . THIS BOND is one of a series of bonds aggregating in amount SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($60, 000) , numbered consecutively from 1 One (1) through Twelve (12) , each in denomination of Five Thousand Dollars ($5 , 000) , issued for the purpose of constructing improvements and extensions to the City Sanitary Sewer System, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas , particularly Article 1111 et seq. , V.A. T. C. S . , and by authority of an election held for that purpose within said City ; and pursuant to an ordinance passed by the City Council of the 1 City of Cibolo, Texas, and duly recorded in the Minutes of said City Council. AS SPECIFIED in the ordinance hereinabove mentioned, the City reserves the right to redeem bonds maturing in each of the years 1986 through 1993 of this series , in whole or any part thereof, on January 10 , 1985 , or on any interest payment date thereafter, at the price of par and accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption ; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least thirty (30) , days prior to a date any of said bonds are to be redeemed, a notice of redemption, signed by the City Secretary (specifying the serial numbers and amount of bonds to be redeemed) shall have been filed with the Frost National Bank, San Antonio, Texas ; and if by the date so fixed for redemption the City shall have made l ., • • o available funds in amounts sufficient to pay the bonds and accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption, any bond or bonds not be presented for redemption pursuant to such notice shall cease to bear interest from and after the date so fixed for redemption. THE DATE of this bond in conformity with the ordinance above mentioned is January 10, 1975. ii THIS BOND and the series of which it is a part constitute special obligations of the City of Cibolo, Texas , payable from and equally secured by a first lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the City' s combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System. THE CITY expressly reserves the right to issue further and additional revenue bond obligations in all things on a parity with the bonds of this series and payable solely from and equally secured by a first lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the City' s combined Waterworks and Sanitary System; Sewer S stem; PROVIDED, E HOWEVER, that any and all such additional bonds may be so issued only in accordance with and subject to the covenants , conditions, limitations and restrictions relating thereto which are set out and contained in the ordinance authorizing this series of bonds andto which ordinance reference is hereby made for more complete and full particulars . THE HOLDER hereof shall never have the right to demand payment of this obligation out of any funds raised or to be raised by it taxation. AND IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that the issuance of this bond and the series of which it is a part is duly authorized by law; that all acts , conditions and things required to exist and to be done precedent to and in the issuance of this bond to render the same lawful and valid have been properly done, have happened and have been performed in regular and due time, form and manner as required by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and the ordinance hereinabove mentioned; that this series of revenue bonds does not exceed any Constitutional or statutory limitation; and that provision has been made for the payment of the principal of and interest on this bond and the series of which it is a part by irrevocably pledging the net revenues of the City' s combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the City Council of the City of Cibolo, Texas , in accordance with the provisions of Article 717j-1, V.A.T. C. S . , has caused the seal of said City to be impressed or jI a facsimile thereof to be printed hereon, and this bond and its appurtenant coupons to be executed with the imprinted facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Secretary of said City as of the 10th day of January, 19 75 . Mayor, Cityo Ci.olo Texas { Y } COUNTERSIGNED: } City Secretary, City of Cibolo, Texas 411 • • S • SECTION 7 : Coupon Form. That the form of interest coupons attached to each of said bonds shall be substantially as follows : { NO. _ ON THE TENTH DAY OF 19 *(unless the bond to which this coupon pertains has been pro- perly called for redemption in accordance with its terms) the i1 CITY OF CIBOLO, a municipalcorporation of the State of Texas , hereby promises to pay to bearer out of funds specified in the bond to which this coupon is attached (without right to demand payment out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation) , and in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges to the owner or holder, at the Frost National Bank, San Antonio, Texas , the sum of DOLLARS 1 ($ ) , said sum being months ' interest due that day on "CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS, WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE I BOND, SERIES 1975" , dated January 10, 1975 . Bond No. City Secretary Mayor SECTION 8: Form of Comptroller' s Certificate. Substantially the following shall be printed on the back of each bond: j1 OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER § § REGISTER NO. STATE OF TEXAS § I HEREBY CERTIFY that there is on file and of record in my office a certificate of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect that this bond has been examined by him as required Iby law, and that he finds that it has been issued in conformity I with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas , and that it is a valid and binding special obligation of the City of Cibolo, Texas , payable from the revenues pledged to its payment by and in the ordinance authorizing same, and said bond has this day been registered by me . WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE at Austin, Texas , ii I � Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas h *NOTE TO PRINTER: The expression in parentheses to be included only in coupons maturing July 10 , 1985, and subsequent, pertaining to optional bonds maturing in the years 1986 through 1993. • { ( I 4 R • ' 411 411 40° R! I SECTION 9 : Definitions . For all purposes of this ordinance and in particular for clarity with respect to the issuance of the bonds herein authorized and the pledge and appropriation of revenues therefor, the following definitions are provided: (a) The term "System" shall mean the City' s combined Waterworks and Sanitary Sewer System, including all present ii and future extensions , additions , replacements and improve- ments in anywise appertaining thereto, whether situated within or without the limits of said City; (b) The term "net revenues" shall mean the gross revenues of the System less the expense of operation and maintenance, including all salaries , labor, materials , interest, repairs and extensions necessary to render effi- cient service ; provided, however, that only such repairs and extensions as in the judgment of the City Council, ji reasonably and fairly exercised, are necessary to keep the System in operation and render adequate service to the City and the inhabitants thereof, or such as might be necessary tomeet some physicalaccidentor condition which would otherwise impair the security of any bonds payable from and secured by a lien on the net revenues of the System shall be deducted in determining "net revenues"; (c) The term "bonds" shall mean the $60, 000 revenue bonds authorized by this ordinance; (d) The term "additional bonds" shall mean the additional parity revenue bonds which the City reserves the right to issue under Section 20 of this ordinance; (e) The term "fiscal year" shall mean the twelve month period ending September 30th of each year; and (f) The term "bonds similarly secured" shall mean all f� bonds issued by the City which are secured by and payable from a first lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the System. SECTION 10: Pled e . All the net revenues of the System, with the exception of those in excess of the amounts required to establish and maintain the Funds as hereinafter provided, are { hereby irrevocably pledged for the payment of the bonds similarly secured and the interest thereon, and it is hereby ordained that such bonds and the interest thereo shall constitute a first lien upon said net revenues . SECTION 11: Rates and charges . The City covenants and } agrees with the holders of the bonds similarly secured: (a) That it will at all times charge and collect for services rendered by the System rates sufficient to pay all operating, maintenance , depreciation, replacement and betterment expenses , and other costs deductible in determin- ing "net revenues" as herein defined and to pay the interest on and principal of the bonds similarly secured and to establish and maintain the Funds as hereinafter provided; and fl it 411 a • • 111 (b) If additional bonds are issued, or if the System should become legally liable for any other indebtedness , the City will fix and maintain rates and collect charges for the services of the System sufficient to discharge such indebtedness . SECTION 12: Fund Designations . All revenues derived from the operation of the System shall be kept separate from the other funds of the City. To that end the following special Funds are hereby created: (a) City of Cibolo Waterworks and Sewer. System Fund, hereinafter called "System Fund" . This Fund shall be kept in the City ' s depository bank. (b) City of Cibolo Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bond Interest and Sinking Fund, hereinafter called "Interest and Sinking Fund" . This Fund shall be deposited with the Frost National Bank, San Antonio, Texas , as Trustee of the pledged revenues , and shall be used to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds similarly secured when and as the same shall become due and payable . (c) City of Cibolo Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bond Reserve Fund, hereinafter called "Reserve Fund". This Fund shall be deposited with the Frost National Bank, San Antonio, Texas , as Trustee of the pledged revenues , and shall be used to pay the principal of or interest on the bonds similarly secured falling due at any time when there is not sufficient money available in the Interest and Sinking Fund. SECTION 13: System Fund. All revenues of every nature received through the operation of the System shall be deposited from day to day as collected into the System Fund, and the reason- able and proper expenses of operating and maintaining the System as set forth in Section 9 (b) hereof shall be paid therefrom upon approval of the City Council. All net revenues of the System shall be appropriated and used for the purposes and in the order of precedence hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. SECTION 14: Interest and Sinking Fund. Immediately upon the issuance and delivery of the bonds , the amount received from the purchasers of the bonds as interest accrued to the date of delivery shall be deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund, and such amount shall be deducted from and applied against the monthly amount required to be deposited to this Fund (as provided in the following sentence) to meet the initial interest payment on the. bonds . To provide funds to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds , the City hereby covenants to make monthly deposits in the Interest and Sinking Fund on or before the 1st day of each month as follows : (a) Beginning April 1, 1975 and each succeeding month to and including January 1, 1976 , said monthly deposits shall equal not less than one-tenrh...4,1/10) of the installment of interest to become due on the bonds on January 10, 19 ; ' 0 40(b) On February 1, 1976 and each following month to and including January 1, 1984, the monthly deposits shall equal not less than one-sixth (1/6) of the next semi- annual installment of interest to become due on the bonds ; and (c) Thereafter, on February 1, 1984 and each following month, said monthly deposits shall equal not less than (i) one-sixth of the next semiannual installment of interest and (ii) one-twelfth (1/12) of the next annual principal maturity to become due on the bonds . Said monthly deposits shall continue to be made until such time as the amounts on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund and in the Reserve Fund are equal to the amount of the outstanding indebtedness which said funds were established to pay as provided in Sections 12(b) and 12(c) hereof. Any bond proceeds that are not required to complete the Waterworks and Sewer System improvements and extensions shall be used to retire bonds in accordance with Section 30 of this ordinance or deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund, which shall reduce by such amount the sums otherwise required to be deposited in said Fund from the net revenues of the System. SECTION 15 : Reserve Fund. It is the City' s purpose and intent and the City hereby covenants that it will accumulate and, when accumulated, continuously maintain in the Reserve Fund an amount not less than the average annual principal and interest requirements of all bonds secured by a first lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the System. When the requisite amount has been accumulated in the Reserve Fund, monthly payments to said Fund may be discontinued; provided, however, that said monthly payments shall be resumed whenever the amount in the Reserve Fund is less' than the amount required to be deposited in said Fund. The amount required to be accumulated and maintained in the Reserve Fundupon the issuance of this series of bonds is hereby determined to be $ 9,086.90 . Commencing on the 1st day of March, 1975 , the City shall deposit the sum of $. 151.43 in the Reserve Fund and said sum shall be deposited in said Fund each month thereafter at the same time monthly deposits are made or should be made to the' Interest and Sinking Fund until such time as said Fund shall total not less than $ 9, 0E16.90 . In the" event the amount in said Fund is ever reduced below $9, 0$6.00 , monthly deposits shall be resumed in the same manner and at the same rate as hereinablve specified until said Reserve Fund has been restored to the amount required to be on deposit therein. The deposits into this Fund shall be subordinate to those required to be made into the Interest and Sinking Fund. SECTION 16: Investments . Money in the Reserve Fund and the Interest and Sinking Fund may be, at the option of the City, invested or reinvested from time to time in direct obligations of or obligations the principal and interest of which are guaranteed by Lhe-United---S-t-a:tes- -of- America or invested -in direct- - obligations of or participation certificates guaranteed by the Federal Intermediate Credit Banks , Federal Land Banks , Federal National Mortgage Association, Federal Home Loan Banks , Banks for • • • - 0 0 Cooperatives , and in certificates of deposit of any bank or trust company, the deposits of which are fully secured by a pledge of securities of any of the kinds hereinablve specified, such obligations or securities to mature in not more than ten years from the date of such investment or not later than the final maturity of the bonds outstanding for which the Reserve Fund is established, whichever is shorter . Any obligations in which money is so invested shall be kept in escrow with the depository of said Fund, and shall be promptly sold and the proceeds of sale applied to the making of payments required to be made from the respective Funds , whenever such payments are necessary to be made under the provisions of Sections 12 (b) or 12 (c) . Income and profits realized from the investment of moneys in the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be retained in said Fund for purposes of paying principal of and interest on bonds similarly secured. Income and profits realized from the investment of moneys in the Reserve Fund shall be retained and become a part of said Fund during the period of time the amount on deposit therein is less than the amount required to be on deposit; and after said Fund has been fully accumulated and during theperiod of time said Fund contains the amount then required to bedeposited, such income and profits from investments of the Reserve Fund may be transferred to the System Fund. SECTION 17: Deficiencies in Funds . If in any month the City shall, for any reason, fail to pay into the Interest and Sinking Fund and Reserve Fund the full amount above stipulated, amounts equivalent to such deficiencies shall be set apart and paid into said Funds from the first available and unallocated net revenues of the following month or months and such payments shall be in addition to the amounts hereinabove provided to be paid into said Funds during each month or months . SECTION 18: Excess Revenues . Any net revenues in excess of those required to establish and maintain the Funds as above required may be transferred to the general fund of the City and used for any lawful purpose. SECTION 19 : Security of Funds . All Funds for which this ordinance makes provision (except any portion thereof as may be at any time properly invested) shall be secured in the manner i; and to the fullest extent required by the laws of Texas for the security of public funds, and such Funds shall be used for the purposes permitted by this ordinance . fj SECTION 20 : Issuance of Additional Parity Bonds . In addition to the right to issue obligations of inferior lien as !` authorized by the laws of this State, the City reserves the right hereafter to issue additional bonds which, when issued, shall be payable from and secured by a first lien on and pledge of the net revenues of the System in the same manner and to the same extent as are the bonds authorized by this ordinance , and the bonds similarly secured shall in all respects be of equal dignity. The additional bonds may be issued in one or more installments ; provided, however, that none shall be issued unless and until the following conditions have been met: (a) The City is not then in defalut as to any covenant, condition or obligation prescribed by an ordinance authorizing bonds similarly secured. • ; it . . • • • III IP ill 1 I ! (b) Each of the Funds created and established for the payment and security of bonds similarly secured contains the amount of money then required to be on deposit therein. Ii (c) The net earnings of the System for (i) the City' s completed fiscal year next preceding the adop- �� tion of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the I proposed additional bonds or (ii) the twelve (12) months next preceding the month the ordinance authorizing f the additional parity bonds is adopted, are equal j to at least 1. 20 times the average annual principal ! and interest requirements of all the bonds similarly 9 secured after giving effect to the issuance of the I proposed additional bonds , as such net earnings are shown by a report by a Certified Public Accountant or a Licensed Public Accountant. The term "net 1 earnings" as used in this Section 20 shall mean the gross revenues after deducting the expense of operation and maintenance, but not deducting depreciation or expenditures which, under standardaccounting practice, If should be charged to capital expenditure. (d) The additional bonds are made to mature January 10 in each of the years in which they are 11 scheduled to mature and interest on such bonds is payable on January 10 and July 10 in each year, either or both. (e) The ordinance authorizing issuance of the ! additional bonds provides for the accumulation in the - !� Interest and Sinking Fund of amounts sufficient to l� pay the principal of and interest on such additional 1� bonds as same mature . (f) The ordinance authorizing issuance of the fl additional bonds provides that the amount to be ii accumulated and maintained in the Reserve Fund shall ;1 be not less than the average annual requirement for the payment of principal of and interest on all bonds 11 similarly secured after giving effect to the issuance of the proposed additional bonds , and provides that I • any additional Reserve Fund amount which may thus be required shall be accumulated not more than ten calendar 1 years from the date of the passage of the ordinance 11 authorizing the issuance of the proposed additional bonds . PROVIDED HOWEVER, any or all of the conditions hereinabove {j set forth for the issuance of additional bonds may be waived by fl an instrument or instruments in writing executed by the holders I,1 of all bonds similarly secured which are outstanding, which written instrument(s) shall be filed with the City Secretary of the City and approved by the governing body of the City prior to ,I the issuance of the additional bonds . I 1l� Bonds similarly secured may be refunded (pursuant to any law then available) upon such terms and conditions as the govern- ing body of the City may deem to be in the best interests of the City and its inhabitants , and, if less than all such outstanding revenue bonds are refunded, the proposed refunding bonds shall 1 I, ii I 11 be considered as "additional bonds" under the provisions of this section and the report required in subdivision (d) shall give effect to the issuance of the proposed refunding bonds (and shall not give effect to the bonds being refunded following their cancellation or provision being made for their payment) . SECTION 21: Maintenance and Operation - Insurance. The City shall maintain the System in good condition and operate the same in an efficient manner and at reasonable cost. So long as ii any of the bonds similarly secured are outstanding, the City agrees ! to maintain insurance on the System for the benefit of the holder or holders of bonds similarly secured of a kind and in an amount which usually would be carried by private companies engaged in a similar type of business. Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the City to expend any funds which are derived from sources other than the operation of the System but nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the City from doing so. ff SECTION 22: Records - Accounts - Accounting Reports . The ;i City of Cibolo hereby covenants and agrees that so long as any of it the bonds similarly secured or any interest thereon remain out- , standing and unpaid, it will keep and maintain a proper and complete system of records and accounts pertaining to the operation of the System (separate and apart from all other records and accounts) in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to said System, as provided by Article 1113, V.A.T.C. S. , and that the holder or holders of any of such bonds or any duly authorized agent or agents of such holders shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect all such records, accounts and data relating thereto, and to inspect the System and all properties comprising same . The City further agrees that {i within sixty (60) days following the close of each fiscal year, it will cause an audit of such books and accounts to be made by an independent firm of Certified Public Accountants or Licensed 4 Public Accountants . Each such audit, in addition to whatever other matters may be thought proper by the Accountant, shall particularly include the following: (a) A detailed statement of the income and expenditures of the System for such fiscal year; (b) A balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year; (c) The Accountant' s comments regarding the j1 manner in which the City has carried out the require- ments of this ordinance and his recommendations for any changes or improvements in the operation, records and accounts of the System. (d) A list of the insurance policies in force at the end of the fiscal year on the System proper- ties , setting out as to each policy the amount thereof, the risk covered, the name of the insurer, and the policy ' s expiration date; (e) A list of the securities which have been on deposit as security for the money in the Interest and ii Sinking Fund throughout the fiscal year, a list of the securities , if any, in which the Reserve Fund and Interest and Sinking Fund has been invested, and a itstatement of the manner in which money in the System Fund has been secured in such fiscal year; Ci !1 • 411411 (f) The number of properties connected with theSystem. Expenses incurred in making the audits above referred to are to be regarded as maintenance and operating expenses and paid as such. Copies of the aforesaid annual audit shall be immediately furnished to the Executive Director of the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas at his office in Austin, Texas , and to the original purchasers of the bonds and any subsequent holder at his request . At the close of the first six monthsperiod of each fiscal year, the City Secretary is hereby directed to furnish a copy of an operating and income statement in reasonable detail covering such period to any bondholder upon his request therefor (' received not more than thirty (30) days after the close of said six months ' period. Any bondholder shall have the right to discuss with the Accountant making the annual audit the contents thereof and to ask for such additional information as he may reasonably require . • SECTION 23: Remedies in Event of Default. In addition to all the rights and remedies provided. by the laws of the State of { Texas , the City covenants and agrees particularly that in the event the City (a) defaults in payments to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund and Reseve Fund, or (b) defaults in the observance or performance of any other of the covenants, conditions or obligations set forth in any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds similarly secured, the following remedies shall be available: (1) The holder or holders of any of the bonds similarly secured shall be entitled to a writ of mandamus issued by a court of proper jurisdiction com- pelling and requiring the City Council and other off i- cess of the City to observe and perform any covenant, condition or obligation prescribed in the bond ordi- nance. rdi- nance. (2 ) No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall impair any such right or power , or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence therein, and every such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. The specific remedies herein provided shall be cumulative of all other existing remedies and the specification of such remedies shall nto be deemed to be exclusive . { SECTION 24: Special Covenants . The City hereby further covenants as follows : (a) That it has the lawful power to pledge the revenues supporting this issue of bonds and has lawfully exercised said power under the constitu- tion and laws of the State of Texas , including said power existing under Articles 1111 through 1118, V.A. T. C. S . ; that the bonds similarly secured shall be ratably secured under said pledge of income in such manner that one bond shall have no preference over any other bond of said issues ; •P ' !1I { Imp • Aft (b) That other than for the payment of the bonds , the rents , revenues and income of the System have not in any manner been pledged to the payment of any debt or obligation of the City or of the { System; (c) That, so long as any bonds similarly secured or any interest thereon remain outstanding, the City will not sell, lease or encumber the System or any substantial part thereof, provided that this shall not be construed to prohibit the sale of such machinery, or other properties or equipment which has become obsolete or otherwise unsuited to the efficient operation of the system; also, with the exception of the additional bonds expressly permitted by this ordinance to be issued, it will not encumber the revenues thereof unless such encumbrance is made junior and subordinate to all of the provisions of this ordinance. (d) That no free service of the System shall be allowed, and should the City or any of its agencies or instrumentalities make use of the services and facilities of the System, payment of the reasonable value thereof shall be made by the City out of funds from sources other than the revenues and income of fj the System; { (e) To the extent that it legally can, the City further covenants and agrees that, so long as any of the bonds similarly secured or any interest thereon are outstanding, no franchise shall be granted for the installation or operation of any competing waterworks or sewer system, that the City will prohibit the operation of any water system or sewer system other than those owned by the City and the operation of any such system by anyone other than the City is hereby prohibited. SECTION 25 : Bonds are Special Obligations. The bonds are special obligations of the City payable from the pledged net revenues , and the holders thereof shall never have the right to demand payment thereof out of funds raised or to be raised by taxation. SECTION 26 : Bonds as Negotiable Instruments . Each of the bonds herein authorized shall be deemed and construed to be a "Security" , and as such a negotiable instrument , within the meaning of Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code . 1 SECTION 27 : Ma or to Have Char.e of Records and Bonds . The Mayor off' the City o Ci.o o s a •e an. e is ere•y aut orized to take and have charge of all necessary orders and records pending investigation by the Attorney General of the State of Texas , and shall take and have charge and control of the bonds ii herein authorized pending their approval by the Attorney General, registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts , and delivery to the purchasers thereof. ij 411 y 411 Amk IIP • 1 t SECTION 28: No Arbitrage . That the City hereby covenants that the proceeds from the sale of said bonds will be used as soon as practicable for the purpose for which said bonds are issued; that such proceeds will not be invested in any securities or obligations except for the temporary period pending such use; and that such proceeds will not be used directly or indirectly 1 so as to cause all or any part of said bonds to be or become "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 103(d) of the 1 Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, or any regulations or rulings prescribed or made pursuant thereto. SECTION 29: Confirmation of Sale . That the sale of the bonds ' herein authorized to the TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, at the price of par and accrued interest to date of delivery plus a premium to provide an effective interest rate of 5 . 340187 is I hereby confirmed. Delivery of said bonds shall be made to such + purchasers as soon as may be after the adoption of this ordinance, ! upon payment therefor in accordance with the terms of sale. SECTION 30 : City Report to Texas Water Development Board. In 1 compliance with the rules and regulations of the Texas Water Development Board, the purchaser of these bonds , the City agrees Iand covenants that upon completion of the project to be financed 1 with the proceeds of the bonds , the proper officials of the City Ishall render due and final accounting to the Texas Water Develop- !; ment Board of the total cost of said project. If the total cost of the project is less than originally estimated so that the jj appropriate share of the Texas Water Development Board' s participation is reduced, the City shall return to the Development Board the amount of such excess to the nearest multiple of the denomination of the bonds herein sold to the Texas Water Develop- ) ment Board, and the Development Board shall cancel and return a like amount of the bonds held by said Board. SECTION 31: Emergency. That the public importance of this measure and the fact that it is to the best interest of the City ( to provide funds to improve and extend a Sanitary Sewer System in 1 and for said City at the earliest possible date, for the immediate preservation of the public peace , health, safety and public welfare of its inhabitants, constitutes an emergency measure, and that any rule requiring ordinances to be read more than one time j or at more than one meeting be suspended, and any such rule is ' hereby suspended and this ordinance is accordingly passed as an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force immediately from and after its passage . PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 20th day of February, 1975 . Mayor, City o Ciao o, Texas ATTEST: Ae ' / e City ecretar , City of/'ibolo, Texas 1 (City Seal) I _