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2014-073AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING THE PUBLICATION • NOTICE • INTENTION TO ISSUE $19,500,000 IN PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CERTIFICATES • OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF DENTON FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND SOLID WASTE PROJECTS: AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE • M I 61161MIMNEKS101 WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation be given as hereinafter provided. 9 Section I. That attached hereto is a form of "NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF DENTON", the form and substance of which are hereby adopted and approved, and made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes. Section 11. That the City Secretary shall cause said NOTICE, in substantially the form attached hereto, to be published once a week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, with the date of the first publication to be at least thirty-one (3 1) days before the date tentatively set for the passage of the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of such Certificates of Obligation. Section 111. That this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 0 day of March, 2014. Mark Ba - roughs ATTEST: -14 mifer WNt'rs, City Secretary mIlKel"mm. W1161-:1051 i-ita Burgess, City Ai'torney THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DENTON CITY OF DENTON NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF DENTON (GF N I-AZAt, GOV ERNM FNT D AN SOLID WASTE PRO1 E CT S) THE CITY OF DENTON, in Denton County, Texas, hereby gives notice of its intention to issue CITY OF DENTON CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, in accordance with the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended and codified, and other applicable laws, in the maximum principal amount of $19,500,000 for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the City's contractual obligations incurred pursuant to contracts for the purchase, construction and acquisition of certain real and personal property, to wit: (a) acquisition of vehicles and equipment for, and acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to, the City's solid waste disposal system, including the acquisition of land for the City landfill; (b) renovations to, and equipping of, existing municipal buildings, including the acquisition and installation of replacement heating, venting and air conditioning equipment, roofing and flooring; (c) acquisition of vehicles and equipment for the fire, police, building inspections, animal services, streets and traffic control, facilities management, and parks and recreation departments; (d) constructing and improving streets, including installation of traffic signals; (e) acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping hangars for the municipal airport; (f) acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to the Civic Center Pool facilities; and (g) acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping replacement facility for Fire Station Number 2, including related site preparation; and also for the purpose of paying all or a portion of the City's contractual obligations for professional services, including engineers, architects, attorneys, map makers, auditors, and financial advisors, in connection with said projects and said Certificates of Obligation. The City proposes to provide for the payment of such Certificates of Obligation from the levy and collection of ad valorem taxes in the City as provided by law, and from certain surplus revenues (not to exceed $1,000 in aggregate amount) derived by the City from the ownership and operation of the City's Utility System (consisting of the City's combined waterworks and sewer system and electric light and power system). The City Council of the City tentatively proposes to authorize the issuance of such Certificates of Obligation at a meeting commencing at 6:30 p.m. on the 15th day of April, 2014, in the City Council room at the Municipal Building (City Hall), 215 E. McKinney, Denton, Texas. CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS By: Jennifer K. Walters, City Secretary