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20-916ORDINANCE NO. 20-20-916 AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE $27,250,000 1N PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF DENTON FOR GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DENTON CITY OF DENTON WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable that the Notice of Intention to Issue Certificates of Obligation be given as hereinafter provided; NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDArNS: SECTION 1. 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 2. 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 forty-six (46) days before the date tentatively set for the passage of the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of such Certificates of Obligation. And further that the City Secretary shall cause said NOTICE, in substantially the form attached hereto, to be posted continuously on the City’s Internet website for at least 45 days before the date tentatively set for the passage of the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Certificates of Obligation. SECTION 3. That this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval. T h e o r d iII :: =1 : 1:11np:11 :fdP::ra :hI :oTedJ nbayn =e v;:ls; I::: : t e [ a = D : d seconded '' M-@' ’ Mayor Chris Watts: Gerard Hudspeth, District 1 : Keely G. Briggs, District 2: Jesse L. Davis. District 3 : John Ryan, District 4: Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5 : Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6: Aye+Z / +ZZ ,/ / Nay Abstain Absent IZ PASSED AND APPROVED this the 16th day of June, 2020. NYa ATTEST: ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY BIll F_PF -DeR4rq caY ScI APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY aA// 4 /; 1La:1hL / THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF DENTON CITY OF DENTON NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION OF THE CITY OF DENTON (GENERAL GOVERNMENT PROJECTS) 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 $27,250,000 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 the fire, police, building inspections, community improvement services, animal services, streets and traffic control, facilities management, and parks and recreation departments; (b) acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping additions, extensions, renovations and improvements to existing fire stations; (c) acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, installing and equipping a municipal government building for municipal development services and other municipal administrative purposes, and the acquisition of land and interests in land and properties therefor; (d) acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, renovating, installing and equipping municipal parks; (e) acquiring land and building for facility for homeless and indigent shelter and services; 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 system, wastewater system and electric light and power system). The City Council of the City tentatively proposes to authorize the issuance of such Certificates of Obligation, in one or more series, at a meeting commencing at 6:30 p.m. on August 4, 2020, in the City Council room at the Municipal Building (City Hal1), 215 E. McKinney, Denton, Texas. In the event that the City Council will be unable to meet at the Municipal Building (City Hall) on August 4, 2020, the City will post on its website, www.cityofdenton.com, information for persons to attend the meeting by telephone, teleconference or other electronic means. The maximum interest rate for such Certificates of Obligation will not exceed the maximum legal interest rate, the maximum maturity date for such Certificates of Obligation is February 15, 2050, and the estimated combined principal and interest required to pay such Certificates of Obligation to be authorized on time and in full is $34,529,635. The City has separately provided notice of its intention to also issue additional Certificates of Obligation in the maximum principal amount of $37, 120,000 for wastewater system and electric system projects (the “Utility System Certificates of Obligation”). The maximum interest rate for the Utility System Certificates of Obligation will not exceed the maximum legal interest rate, the maximum maturity date for the Utility System Certificates of Obligation is February 15, 2050, and the estimated combined principal and interest required to pay the Utility System Certificates of Obligation to be authorized on time and in full is $55,058,845. The City currently has outstanding debt obligations secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes (not including $490,012,468 principal amount of outstanding debt obligations the City has designated as self-supporting debt) equal to §200,752,532 in principal amount and $261,398,297 in combined principal and interest required to pay such outstanding debt obligations on time and in full. The City reasonably expects to pay self-supporting debt obligations from revenue sources other than ad valorem taxes, provided, however, that in the event such self-supporting revenue sources are insufficient to pay debt service, the City is obligated to levy ad valorem taxes to pay such debt obligations. Additional information regarding self- supporting debt obligations is available upon request to the City at the address noted above. CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS By: Rosa Rios, City Secretary