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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4447 CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE of the City of Bremerton, Washington, relating to contracting indebtedness; providing for the issuance of $295,000 par value Parking System Refunding Revenue Bond, 1994, of the City to provide funds with which to pay a part of the cost of refunding the City of Bremerton's outstanding Parking Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1976; fixing the date, form, maturity, interest rates, terms and covenants of the bond; establishing a bond redemption fUnd; providing for and authorizing the purchase of certain obligations out of the proceeds of the sale of the refunding bonds herein authorized and for the use and application of the money derived from those investments; and approving the sale and providing for the delivery of the bond to the National Bank of Bremerton of Bremerton, Washington. WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 3327 passed December 8, 1976, the City of Bremerton, Washington (the "City"), heretofore issued its City of Bremerton Parking Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 1976 (the "1976 Bonds"), in the original principal amount of $755,000 and by Section 4 of that ordinance the City reserved the right and option to redeem the 1976 Bonds maturing on and after November 1, 1987, on any interest payment date thereafter, at par plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption; and WHEREAS, there are presently outstanding $465,000 principal amount of 1976 Bonds maturing on September 1 of each of the years 1994 through 2000, inclusive bearing interest at the rate of 7.25% (the "Refunded Bonds"); and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the Refunded Bonds may be refunded by the issuance and sale of the parking refunding revenue bond authorized herein (the "Bond") and other City money so that a substantial saving will be effected by the 0099385.03 difference between the principal and interest costs over the life of the Bond and the principal and interest costs over the life of the outstanding Refunded Bonds but for such refunding, which refunding will be effected by (a) The issuance of the Bond; and (b) The call, payment and redemption on March 1, 1994, of all the outstanding Refunded Bonds at a price of par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption; and WHEREAS, to effect that refunding in the manner that will be most advantageous to the City and its taxpayers, the City Council finds it necessary and advisable that the principal proceeds of the Bond be held and invested as provided hereinafter to accomplish the refunding as aforesaid; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is necessary to issue and sell a $295,000 par value parking refunding revenue bond to provide part of the funds necessary to refund the Refunded Bonds, and the National Bank of Bremerton has offered to purchase the Bond as a single bond under the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF BREMERTON, WASHINGTON, DOES ORDAIN as follows: Section 1. Definitions. "Annual Debt Service" for the Bond or Future Parity Bonds for any calendar year means all the interest, plus all principal (except principal of Term Bonds due in any Term Bond Maturity Year), plus all mandatory redemption and sinking fund installments for that year, less all bond interest payable from the proceeds of any such bonds in that year. 0099385.03 ~2~ "Average Annual Debt Service" means, as of its date of calculation, the sum of the Annual Debt Service for the remaining calendar years to the last scheduled maturity of the applicable issue or issues of bonds divided by the number of those years. For purposes of computing the reserve requirement the estimated amount of bonds to be redeemed prior to maturity may be taken into account if required under federal arbitrage regulations. "Bond Fund" means that special fund of the City known as the Parking System Refunding Revenue Bond Fund created by this ordinance for the payment of installments of principal of and interest on the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds. "Bond Register" means the registration books of the Bond Registrar on which are recorded the name of the owner of the Bond. "Bond Registrar" means the City Treasurer. "Bond" means the $295,000 par value Parking System Refunding Revenue Bond, 1994, authorized to be issued by this ordinance. "City" means the City of Bremerton, Washington. "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable regulations thereunder. "Coverage Requirement" in any calendar year means an amount of Net Revenue of the Parking System equal to at least 1.10 times the Maximum Annual Debt Service on all bonds payable from the Bond Fund, plus any additional amount necessary to make the required reserve account deposits (including required reserve insurance reimbursements but excluding reserve account deposits in connection with any Future Parity Bonds to be made from the proceeds of those Future Parity Bonds) in that year. 0099385.03 ~3~ "City Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the City or the successor officer. "Future Parity Bonds" means any and all parking system revenue bonds of the City issued after the date of the issuance of the Bond, the payment of the principal of and interest on which constitutes a charge or lien on the Gross Revenue of the Parking System equal in rank with the charge and lien upon such revenue and receipts required to be paid into the Revenue Fund to pay and secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bond. "Government Obligations" means direct obligations of or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America. "Gross Revenue of the Parking System" or "Gross Revenue" means all of the earnings and revenues received by the City from the operation of the Parking System, including but not limited to (1) all fees, tolls, rates and rentals for parking and shop space; (2) all gross revenues or funds derived by the City from any and all street parking meters or other devices owned and controlled by the City, including all rates, fees and charges made for parking on public streets and ways within the city and collected by use of parking meters or other devices but excluding fines levied for violation of parking ordinances and regulations; (3) all other charges received for or in connection with the use of the Parking System; and (4) all earnings from the investment of money in the Revenue Fund and the Bond Fund which earnings are deposited in the Bond Fund or other fund of the Parking System. The following revenues shall not constitute Gross Revenue of the Parking System: 0099385.03 ~4~ government grants, proceeds from the sale of Parking System property, City taxes collected by or through the Parking System, principal proceeds of bonds or other obligations and earnings or proceeds from any investments in a trust, defeasance or escrow fund created to defease or refund Parking System obligations (until commingled with other earnings and revenues of the Parking System) or held in a special account for the purpose of paying a rebate to the United States Government under the Code. "Maintenance and Operation Expenses" means all necessary and reasonable expenses of management, operation and repair of the Parking System and any other expenses reasonably necessary to maintain and preserve the Parking System in good repair and working order, but does not include any depreciation or taxes levied or imposed by the City or payments to the city in lieu of taxes, or capital additions or capital replacements to the Parking System. "Maximum Annual Debt Service" means, as of its date of calculation, the maximum amount of Annual Debt Service that will mature or come due in the current calendar year or any future year on any outstanding Bond and Future Parity Bonds. "Net Revenue of the Parking System" or "Net Revenue" means the Gross Revenue of the Parking System less Maintenance and Operation Expenses. "Parking System" means the on-street parking meter and other controlled curb parking spaces and the City-owned off-street surface and garage parking facilities, including all shop spaces and all related parking improvements. 0099385.03 "Revenue Fund" means the City of Bremerton Parking System Revenue Fund previously created by Ordinance No. 2916 of the City, passed October 21, 1970. "Term Bond Maturity Year" means any calendar year in which Term Bonds are scheduled to mature. "Term Bonds" means bonds designated as such in the ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of those bonds. Section 2. Authorization and Description of Bond. The City shall borrow money on the credit of the City and issue a parking refunding revenue bond evidencing that indebtedness in the amount of $295,000 for the purpose of providing a part of the funds required to call, pay and redeem on March 1, 1994, all of the outstanding Refunded Bonds at a price of par plus accrued interest to the date of redemption (the "Refunding Plan"). Section 3. Description of Bond. The Bond shall be designated Parking System Refunding Revenue Bond, 1994; shall be dated the date of its delivery to its initial purchaser; shall be numbered R- i; shall bear interest at the rates set forth below (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months), installments of interest on the Bond shall be payable on March 1, 1994, and semiannually thereafter on each succeeding September 1 and March 1; and installments of principal shall be payable on March 1 on the dates and in amounts and bear interest at the rates per annum as follows: 0099385.03 6 Installment Principal Payment Installment Interest Dates Amounts Rates 1995 $85,000 3.50% 1996 85,000 3.75 1997 90,000 4.00 1998 35,000 4.25 Section 4. Reqistration and Transfer of Bond. The Bond shall be issued only in registered form as to both principal and interest and recorded on books or records maintained by the City Treasurer, acting as Bond Registrar (the "Bond Register"). The Bond Register shall contain the name and mailing address of the owner of the Bond. [The Bond may be transferred only in whole and only if endorsed in the manner provided thereon and surrendered to the Bond Registrar. Any transfer shall be without cost to the owner or transferee and shall be noted in the Bond Register.] Section 5. Payment of Bond. Installments of principal of and interest on the Bond shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America and shall be paid by check or draft mailed by the Bond Registrar mailed on the installment payment date to the registered owner at the address appearing on the Bond Register, except that the last installment of principal and interest shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of the Bond by the registered owner at the office of the Bond Registrar in Bremerton, Washington. Thirty days following the surrender and payment in full of the Bond, the Bond Registrar shall destroy the Bond and furnish the City a Certificate of Destruction. Section 6. Findinq as to Sufficiency of Revenue, Pledqe of Revenue and Lien Position. The City Council finds and determines ~9355.03 --7-- that in fixing the amounts to be paid into the Bond Fund as hereinbefore provided they have exercised due regard for Maintenance and Operation Expenses and have not obligated the City to set aside and pay into the Bond Fund a greater amount of Gross Revenue of the Parking System than in its judgment will be available over and above such Maintenance and Operation Expenses. The Net Revenue of the Parking System is pledged to the payment of the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds, and the Bond and those Future Parity Bonds, if any, shall constitute a lien and charge upon such Net Revenue prior and superior to any other liens and charges whatsoever, except for the lien and charge on that Net Revenue of the Refunded Bonds; full payment of the principal of and interest on which is provided by this ordinance. Section 7. Bond Fund. There is created and established in the office of the City Treasurer a special fund designated as the Parking Refunding Revenue Bond Fund, 1994 (the "Bond Fund"). So long as any portion of the Bond is outstanding against the Bond Fund, the City shall set aside and pay into the Bond Fund on or before each interest or principal and interest payment date of the Bond out of the Net Revenue of the Parking System an amount sufficient to pay each installment of principal of and interest when due. The City may create a reserve account in the Bond Fund to secure the payment of the Bond and Future Parity Bonds. The City may provide for the purchase, redemption or defeasance of bonds payable from the Bond Fund by the use of money on deposit in any account in the Bond Fund as long as the money remaining in those accounts is sufficient to satisfy the required 0099385.03 deposits in those accounts for the remaining bonds outstanding payable from the Bond Fund. All money in the Bond Fund may be kept in cash or invested in legal investments maturing not later than the date when the funds are required for the payment of principal of or interest on the outstanding bonds payable from the Bond Fund or having a guaranteed redemption price prior to maturity and, in no event, maturing later than the last maturity of any remaining outstanding bonds payable from the Bond Fund. The City may create sinking fund accounts or other accounts or subaccounts in the Bond Fund for the payment or securing the payment of bonds payable from the Bond Fund as long as the maintenance of such accounts does not conflict with the rights of the owners of bonds payable from the Bond Fund. If the City fails to set aside and pay into the Bond Fund the amounts set forth above, the owner of any of the outstanding bonds payable out of the Bond Fund may bring action against the City and compel such setting aside and payment. All Net Revenue of the Parking System collected for and allocated to the payment of installments of principal of and interest on the Bond shall be deposited in the Bond Fund. Section 8. Deposit of Bond Proceeds. Accrued interest on the Bond, if any, received from the sale and delivery of the Bond shall be paid into the Bond Fund. All principal proceeds of the Bond received from the Purchaser, investment earnings thereon, $100,000 from the Parking Revenue Bond Reserve Account and approximately $90,500 from funds available in the Revenue Fund shall be used to 0099385.03 ~9~ carry out the refunding, and until used to redeem the Refunded Bonds, the City Treasurer shall serve as trustee for the application of such money to the refunding and shall invest the principal proceeds and other money used to carry out the Refunding Plan in any legal investment with the call date of the Refunded Bonds. Investment earnings not needed to carry out the refunding shall be deposited in the Bond Fund and used to pay interest on the Bond on the first installment interest payment date. Section 9. Call for Redemption of the Refunded Bonds. The City calls for redemption on March 1, 1994, all of the Refunded Bonds at par plus accrued interest. Such call for redemption shall be irrevocable after the delivery of the Bond to the initial purchaser thereof. The date on which the Refunded Bonds are called for redemption is the earliest date on which those Refunded Bonds may be called for redemption. The City Council ratifies, approves and confirms the giving of notices of such call at the times and in the manner required by Ordinance No. 3327 in order to effect the redemption prior to their maturities of the Refunded Bonds. Section 10. City Findings with ResDect to Refunding. The City Council finds and determines that the issuance and sale of the Bond at this time will effect a saving to the City and its taxpayers and is in the best interest of the City and in the public interest. In making such finding and determination, the City Council has given consideration to the fixed maturity of the Bond and the Refunded Bonds, and the known earned income from the investment of the proceeds of the issuance and s~le of the Bond and 0099385.03 -10- other money of the City used in the Refunding Plan pending payment and redemption of the Refunded Bonds. The City Council further finds and determines that the money to be deposited in the bond redemption fund for the Refunded Bonds in accordance with Section 7 of this ordinance, together with known earned income from the investments thereof, will be sufficient to carry out the Refunding Plan and discharge and satisfy the obligations of the City under Ordinance No. 3327 with respect to the Refunded Bonds and the pledges, charges, trusts, covenants and agreements of the City therein made or provided for as to the Refunded Bonds and that the Refunded Bonds shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding under such ordinance immediately upon the deposit of such money into the Bond Fund. Section 11. Covenants. The City covenants and agrees with the owner of the Bond at any time outstanding, as follows: (a) Maintenance and Operation. It will at all times maintain, preserve and keep the Parking System in good repair, working order and condition, will make all necessary and proper additions, betterments, renewals and repairs thereto, and improvements, replacements and extensions thereof, and will at all times operate or cause to be operated the Parking System and the business in connection therewith in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost. (b) Establishment and Collection of Rates and Charqes. It will establish, maintain and collect fees, tolls, rates, rentals and other charges for the use of the Parking System which will be fair and nondiscriminatory, and will adjust those rates and charges from time to time so that: (1) The Gross Revenue of the Parking System will at all times be sufficient to (i) pay all Maintenance and Operation Expenses on a current basis, (ii) pay when due all amounts that the City is obligated to pay into the Bond Fund and the accounts therein, (iii) pay all taxes, assessments or other governmental charges lawfully imposed on 0099385.03 the Parking System or the revenue therefrom or payments in lieu thereof and any and all other amounts which the City may now or hereafter become obligated to pay from the Gross Revenue of the Parking System by law or contract; and (2) The Net Revenue of the Parking System in each calendar year will be at least equal to the Coverage Requirement. (c) Sale or Disposition of the Parking System. It will not sell or otherwise dispose of the Parking System in its entirety unless, simultaneously with such sale or other disposition, all Bond and any Future Parity Bonds are redeemed and retired, or defeased under Section 18 of this ordinance. Except for leases or rentals of parking spaces, shop spaces and other parking facilities in the ordinary course of the city's operation of the Parking System, it will not sell, lease, mortgage or in any manner encumber or otherwise dispose of any part of the Parking System, including all additions and improvements thereto and extensions thereof at any time made, that are used, useful or material in the operation of the Parking System, unless provision is made for the replacement thereof or for payment into the Bond Fund of the greatest of the following: (1) An amount which will be in the same proportion to the net debt service on the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds then outstanding (defined as the total amount of those bonds less the amount of cash and investments in the Bond Fund and accounts therein) that the Gross Revenue of the Parking System from the portion of the Parking System sold or disposed of for the preceding year bears to the total Gross Revenue of the Parking System for that period; or (2) An amount which will be in the same proportion to the net debt service on the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds then outstanding (as defined above) that the Net Revenue from the portion of the Parking System sold or disposed of for the preceding year bears to the total Net Revenue of the Parking System for such period; or (3) An amount which will be in the same proportion to the net debt service on the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds then outstanding (as defined above) that the depreciated cost value of the facilities sold or disposed of bears to the 0099385.03 -].2- depreciated cost value of the entire Parking System immediately prior to such sale or disposition. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection (d), (1) the City in its discretion may sell or otherwise dispose of any of the properties or facilities of the Parking System or any real or personal property comprising a part of the same which shall have become unserviceable, inadequate, obsolete or unfit to be used in the operation of the Parking System, or no longer necessary, material to or useful to the operation of the Parking System, without making any deposit into the Bond Fund, and (2) the City may transfer the Parking System to another municipal corporation so long as the Net Revenue of the portion of the Parking System so transferred is used for payment of debt service on the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds prior to any other purpose. (d) No Free Service. Except for promotional or other such purposes on certain occasions, it will not furnish off-street parking to any customer whatsoever free of charge. (e) On-Street Parkinq Covenants. It will at all times establish, maintain and enforce on-street parking regulations designating the places at which street parking meters or other devices are to be located and relating to parking at such places, will install parking meters or other devices in all streets or portions thereof within the City as to which such regulations apply, will maintain all such parking meters or other devices in good operating condition and will replace such parking meters or other devices as are required. It will collect parking meter fees on all streets or portions thereof within the City as to which the aforementioned regulations apply and on which such parking meters or other devices are so installed. Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prohibit or prevent the installation of new parking meters or other devices in places where parking meters or other devices are not now located nor to prohibit or prevent the removal or relocation of any parking meters or other devices now or hereafter installed when such removal or relocation is made necessary by reason of public safety or convenience, by reason of street widening or street closing or by reason of traffic control. (f) Liens Upon the Parkinq System. It will not at any time create or permit to accrue or to exist any lien or other encumbrance or indebtedness upon the Gross Revenue of the Parking System, or any part thereof, prior or superior to the lien thereon for the payment of the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds, except to the extent that any special assessments levied by the City against 0099385.03 Parking System property shall constitute a claim on the Gross Revenue of the Parking System, and will pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, any and all lawful claims for labor, materials or supplies which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon the Gross Revenue of the Parking System, or any part thereof, prior to or superior to the lien of the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds, or which might impair the security of the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds. (g) Books and Accounts. It will keep proper books, records and accounts with respect to the operations, income and expenditures of the Parking System in accordance with proper accounting procedures and any applicable rules and regulations prescribed by the State of Washington. It will prepare annual financial and operating statements within 180 days of the close of each fiscal year showing in reasonable detail the financial condition of the Parking System as of the close of the previous year, and the income and expenses for such year, including the amounts paid into the Bond Fund and into any and all special funds or accounts created pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance, the status of all funds and accounts as of the end of such year, and the amounts expended for maintenance, .renewals, replacements and capital additions to the Parking System. Such statements shall be sent to the owner of any Bond or Future Parity Bonds upon written request therefor being made to the City. (h) Fire and Extended Coveraqe Insurance. It at all times will carry fire and extended coverage and such other forms of insurance with responsible insurers and with policies payable to the City on such of the buildings, equipment, facilities and properties of the Parking System as are ordinarily carried by municipal or privately owned businesses engaged in the operation of like parking systems, or will implement and maintain a self-insurance or an insurance pool program with reserves adequate, in the reasonable judgment of the City, to protect the Parking System and the owners of the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds against loss. (i) Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance. It at all times will keep or arrange to keep in full force and effect such policies of public liability and property damage insurance with responsible insurers and with policies payable to the City against such claims for damages as are ordinarily carried by municipal or privately owned businesses engaged in the operation of like parking systems, or will implement and maintain a self-insurance or an insurance pool program with reserves adequate, in the reasonable judgment of the City Council, 0099385.03 to protect the Parking System and the owners of the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds against loss. Section 12. Revenue Fund; Flow of Funds. All Gross Revenue shall be paid into the Revenue Fund. The City shall maintain the Revenue Fund in the office of the City Treasurer for so long as any Bond or Future Parity Bonds are outstanding. Money on deposit in the Revenue Fund shall be used for the following purposes only in the following order of priority: (a) To pay Maintenance and Operation EXpenses; (b) To pay installments of principal of and interest on the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds when due or as the principal is required to be paid and to make all payments required to be made for any mandatory redemption or into a sinking fund account created to provide for the payment of the principal of Term Bonds; (c) To make all payments required to be made into any revenue bond, note, warrant or other revenue obligation redemption fund, debt service account or reserve account created to pay or secure the payment of the principal of and interest on any revenue bonds, notes, warrants or other obligations of the City having a lien upon the Gross Revenue of the Parking System subordinate to the lien thereon for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds; and (d) For any other lawful purpose of the City, including but not limited to the purchase on the open market of any Future Parity Bonds, the acquisition or construction of additions or improvements to the Parking System and acquisition of parking meters or other devices for on-street parking. The City may transfer any money from any funds or accounts of the Parking System legally available therefor, except bond redemption funds, refunding escrow funds, defeasance or other trust funds, to meet the required payments to be made into the Bond Fund. Section 13. Provisions for Future Parity Bonds. The City reserves the right to issue Future Parity Bonds if the following 0099385.03 -3.5- conditions are met and complied with at the time of the issuance of those Future Parity Bonds: (a) There shall be no deficiency in the Bond Fund. (b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of those Future Parity Bonds shall provide for the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon out of the Bond Fund. [(c) The ordinance providing for the issuance of such Future Parity Bonds shall provide for the deposit into a reserve account or a subac¢ount therein of an amount, together with the funds and/or reserve insurance then deposited in the ~reserve account, equal to the reserve requirement, if any, for the bonds payable from the Bond Fund (i) from the proceeds of the Future Parity Bonds or other money legally available, (ii) from the provision of reserve insurance or a combination of money and reserve insurance, or (iii) to the extent that the reserve requirement is not funded as described above at the time of issuance of those Future Parity Bonds, then within five years from the date of issue of the Future Parity Bonds from the Net Revenue of the Parking System in five approximately equal annual payments. No reserve insurance may be used to satisfy the reserve requirement unless (i) the reserve insurance is non-cancelable and (ii) the provider of the reserve insurance as of the time of issuance of such reserve insurance is rated in the highest rating categories by both Moody's Investors Service, Inc., and Standard & Poor's Corporation. (d) The ordinance authorizing the issuance of such Future Parity Bonds shall provide for the payment of mandatory redemption or sinking fund requirements into the Bond Fund for any Term Bonds to be issued and for regular payments to be made for the payment of the principal of such Term Bonds on or before their maturity, or, as an alternative, the mandatory redemption of those Term Bonds prior and up to their maturity date from money in the Bond Fund. (e) There shall be on file from the City Treasurer a certificate showing that in his or her opinion, based on the prior fiscal year, the Net Revenue of the Parking System shall be equal to the Coverage Requirement for each year thereafter. The certificate, in estimating the Net Revenue available for debt service, may adjust the Net Revenue to reflect: (1) Any changes in parking and meter rates in effect and being charged or expressly 0099385.03 -16- committed by ordinance to be made in the future; (2) Any increases or decreases in Net Revenue as a result of any actual or reasonably anticipated changes in Maintenance and Operation Expense subsequent to the 12-month period; and If Future Parity Bonds proposed to be so issued are for the sole purpose of refunding outstanding bonds payable from the Bond Fund, such certification of coverage shall not be required if the amount required for the payment of the principal and interest in each year for the refunding bonds is not increased more than $5,000 over the amount for that same year required for the bonds or the portion of that bond issue to be refunded thereby and if the maturities of such refunding bonds are not extended beyond the maturities of the bonds to be refunded thereby. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the City from issuing Future Parity Bonds to refund maturing Bond or other Future Parity Bonds then outstanding, money for the payment of which is not otherwise available. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the City from issuing revenue bonds or other obligations that are a charge upon the Gross Revenue of the Parking System subordinate to the payments required to be made therefrom into the Bond Fund for the payment of the Bond and-any Future Parity Bonds. Section 14. Preservation of Tax Exemption for Interest on Bond. The City covenants that it will take all actions necessary to prevent interest on the Bond from being included in gross income for federal income tax purposes, and it will neither take any action nor make or permit any use of proceeds of the Bond or other funds of the City treated as proceeds of the Bond at any time during the term of the Bond which will cause interest on the Bond to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. 0099385.03 -'17- The City also covenants that, to the extent arbitrage rebate requirements of Section 148 of the Code are applicable to the Bond, it will take all actions necessary to comply (or to be treated as having complied) with those requirements in connection with the Bond, including the calculation and payment of any penalties that the City has elected to pay as an alternative to calculating rebatable arbitrage, and the payment of any other penalties if required under Section 148 of the Code to prevent interest on the Bond from being included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. The City certifies that it has not been notified of any listing or proposed listing by the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that it is a bond issuer whose arbitrage certifications may not be relied upon. Section 15. Designation of Bonds as "Qualified Tax-Exempt Obliqations." The City has determined and certifies that (a) the Bonds are not "private activity bonds" within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code; (b) the reasonably anticipated amount of tax-exempt obligations (required to be included in this calculation) (other than private activity bonds) which the City and any entity subordinate to the City (including any entity which the City controls, which derives its authority to issue tax-exempt obligations from the City or which issues tax-exempt obligations on behalf of the City) will issue during the calendar year in which the Bond is issued will not exceed $10,000,000; and (c) the amount of tax-exempt obligations (required to be included in this calculation), including the Bond, designated by the City as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" for the purposes of 0099385.03 Section 265(b) (3) of the Code during the calendar year in which the Bond is issued does not exceed $10,000,000. The City designates the Bond as a "qualified tax-exempt obligation" for the purposes of Section 265(b) (3) of the Code. Section 16. Bond Negotiable. The Bond shall be a negotiable instrument to the extent provided by RCW 62A.8-102 and 62A.8-105. Section 17. Form and Execution of Bond. The Bond shall be printed or lithographed on good bond paper in a form consistent with the provisions of this ordinance and state law, shall be signed by the Mayor and City Treasurer, either or both of whose signatures may be manual or in facsimile, and the seal of the City or a facsimile reproduction thereof shall be impressed or printed thereon. Only Bond bearing a Certificate of Authentication in the following form, manually signed by the Bond Registrar, shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to the benefits of this ordinance: CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION This bond is the fully registered City of Bremerton, Washington, Parking System Refunding Revenue Bond, 1994, described in the Bond Ordinance. By City Treasurer, Bond Registrar The authorized signing of a Certificate of Authentication shall be conclusive evidence that the Bond so authenticated has been duly executed, authenticated and delivered and is entitled to the benefits of this ordinance. 0099385.03 If any officer whose facsimile signature appears on the Bond ceases to be an officer of the City authorized to sign bonds before the Bond bearing his or her facsimile signature is authenticated or delivered by the Bond Registrar or issued by the City, the Bond nevertheless may be authenticated, delivered and issued and, when authenticated, issued and delivered, shall be as binding on the City as though that person had continued to be an officer of the City authorized to sign bonds. Any Bond also may be signed on behalf of the City by any person who, on the actual date of signing of the Bond, is an officer of the City authorized to sign bonds, although he or she did not hold the required office on the date of issuance of the Bond. Section 18. Bond Reqistrar. The Bond Registrar shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its principal office, sufficient books for the registration and transfer of the Bond which shall be open to inspection by the City at all times. The Bond Registrar is authorized, on behalf of the City, to authenticate and deliver the Bond transferred in accordance with the provisions of the Bond and this ordinance, to serve as the City's paying agent for the Bond and to carry out all of the B6nd Registrar's powers and duties under this ordinance. The Bond Registrar shall be responsible for its representations contained in the Bond Registrar's Certificate of Authentication on the Bond. Section 19. Advance Refundinq or Defeasance of the Bond. The City may issue refunding bonds pursuant to the laws of the State of Washington or use money available from any other lawful source to 0099385.03 -20- pay the principal of and interest on the Bond, or such 'portion thereof included in a refunding or defeasance plan, as the same become due and payable and to redeem and retire, release, refund or defease the Bond (hereinafter collectively called the "defeased Bond") and to pay the costs of such refunding or defeasance. In the event that money and/or Government Obligations sufficient in amount, together with known earned income from the investments thereof, to redeem and retire, release, refund or defease the defeased Bond in accordance with its terms, are set aside irrevocably in a special fund for and pledged irrevocably to such redemption, retirement or defeasance (hereinafter called the "trust account"), then all right and interest of the owners of the defeased Bond in the covenants of this ordinance and in the Gross Revenue of the Parking System, funds and accounts obligated to the payment of such defeased Bond, other than the right to receive the funds so set aside and pledged, thereafter shall cease and become void. Such owners thereafter shall have the right to receive payment of the principal of and interest on the'defeased Bond only from the trust account. After the establishing and full funding of such a trust account, the City then may apply any money in any other fund or account established for the payment or redemption of the defeased Bond to any lawful purposes as it shall determine, subject only to the rights of the owners of any bonds then outstanding. In the event that the refunding plan provides that the defeased Bond or the refunding bonds to be issued be secured by money and/or Government Obligations pending the prior redemption of 0099385.03 -21- the defeased Bond and if such refunding plan also provides that certain money and/or Government Obligations are pledged irrevocably for the prior redemption of the defeased Bond included in that refunding plan, then only the debt service on the Bond which are not defeased Bond and the refunding bonds, the payment of which is not so secured by the refunding plan, shall be included in the computation of the coverage requirement for the issuance of Future Parity Bonds and the annual computation of coverage for determining compliance with the rate covenants. Section 20. Sale and Delivery of Bond. The Purchaser has offered to purchase the Bond at a price of par plus accrued interest to the date of delivery of the Bond, the City to furnish the typewritten Bond and the approving legal opinion of Foster Pepper & Shefelman, municipal bond counsel of Seattle, Washington, relative to the issuance of the Bond, at the City's expense. Bond counsel shall not be required to review or express any opinion concerning the completeness or accuracy of any official statement, offering circular or other sales material issued or used in connection with the Bond and bond counsel's opinion shall so state. The City Council being of the opinion that it is in the best interest of the City to accept such offer, accepts the same. The proper City officials are authorized and directed to do everything necessary for the prompt delivery of the Bond to the Purchaser and for the proper application and use of the proceeds of the sale thereof. Section 21. Effective Date of Ordinance. For the reason that is necessary that the City obtain the proceeds of sale of the 0099385.03 -22- Refunding Bonds as soon as possible in order to invest such proceeds and maximize the savings to the City from the refunding operation, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and is hereby found necessary for the public health, welfare and safety that this ordinance become effective immediately upon its passage, approval and publication. Passed unanimously by the City Council of the city of Bremerton, Washington, at a regular open public meeting thereof, this 26th day of January, 1994. EILEEN FITZ, c~un~cil President APPROVED this \%~ day of~ , ~99~. B¥~ HORTO~ ~avor ATTEST: KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY, city~lerk 0099385.03 -23- I, KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY, Clerk of the City of Bremerton, Washington, certify that the attached copy of Ordinance No.~~ is a true and correct copy of the original ordinance passed on the 26th day of January, 1994, as such ordinance appears on the Minute Book of the city. DATED this _~ day of January, 1994. KATHLEEN McCLUSKEY, city~lerk 0099385.03