685 Sewer Revenue BondCITY OF YELM, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 685
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Yelm, Washington, relating to the sewer
utility of the City; providing for the issuance of $3,857,000 aggregate principal
amount of sewer revenue bonds of the City, to provide funds with which to pay and
redeem a portion of the City's outstanding Washington State Water Pollution
Control Revolving Fund Loan between the State of Washington Department of
Ecology and the City; setting forth certain terms and covenants of the bonds; and
approving the sale and providing for the delivery of the bonds as a single bond to the
United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Section1.
Definitions ................................................................................ ...............................
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Section 2.
Findings as to Parity Provisions ................................................ ...............................
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Section 3.
Adoption of Plan of Additions .................................................. ...............................
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Section 4.
Description of the Bond ............................................................ ...............................
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Section 5.
Registration and Transfer of Bond ............................................ ...............................
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Section6.
Payment of the Bond ................................................................ ...............................
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Section 7.
Optional Prepayment and Notice .............................................. ...............................
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Section 8.
Failure to Pay Installments ........................................................ ...............................
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Section 9.
Payments into Bond Fund ......................................................... ...............................
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Section 10.
Finding as to Sufficiency of Revenue, Pledge of Revenue and Lien Position..........
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Section 11.
Deposit of Bond Proceeds ....................................................... ...............................
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Section12.
Covenants ............................................................................... ...............................
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Section13.
Flow of Funds ......................................................................... ...............................
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Section 14.
Provisions for Future Parity Bonds ......................................... ...............................
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Section 15.
Preservation of Tax Exemption for Interest on Bond ............... ...............................
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Section 16.
Small Governmental Issuer Arbitrage Rebate Exception and Designation
of Bond as a "Qualified Tax- Exempt Obligation" ................... ...............................
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Section 17.
Form and Execution of the Bond ............................................ ...............................
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Section18.
Bond Registrar ........................................................................ ...............................
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Section 19.
Covenant to Abide by Loan Documents .................................. ...............................
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Section20.
Sale of the Bond ..................................................................... ...............................
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Section 21.
Effective Date of Ordinance .................................................... ...............................
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CITY OF YELM, WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. 685
AN ORDINANCE of the City of Yelm, Washington, relating to the sewer
utility of the City; providing for the issuance of $3,857,000 aggregate principal
amount of sewer revenue bonds of the City, to provide funds with which to pay and
redeem a portion of the City's outstanding Washington State Water Pollution
Control Revolving Fund Loan between the State of Washington Department of
Ecology and the City; setting forth certain terms and covenants of the bonds; and
approving the sale and providing for the delivery of the bonds as a single bond to
the United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service.
WHEREAS, the City of Yelm, Washington (the "City ") maintains and operates as a
separate system the sanitary sewage disposal system of the City (the "System "); and
WHEREAS, the City by Resolution No. 353 adopted November 26, 1996, authorized its
Mayor to execute a loan agreement, as amended, between the City and the State of Washington
Department of Ecology to provide interim financing for the improvements comprising the Plan of
Additions through a Washington State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund loan in an amount
not to exceed $5,000,000 (the "Outstanding Loan"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 511, the City heretofore issued its $1,131,000 par
value Sewer Revenue Bond, 1994, Series A (the "1994 A Bond "), its $425,000 par value Sewer
Revenue Bond, 1994, Series B (the "1994 B Bond ") and its $271,500 par value Sewer Revenue
Bond, 1994, Series C (the "1994 C Bond" and, collectively, the "1994 Bonds "), and by that
ordinance the City provided for the issuance of additional sewer revenue bonds on a parity of lien
and charge of the gross revenue of the sewer system of the City and Utility Local Improvement
Assessments with the 1994 Bonds if the following conditions were met and complied with at the
time of issuance of those bonds:
"(a) There shall be no deficiency in the Bond Fund."
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"(b) The ordinance providing for the issuance of the Future Parity Bonds
shall provide that all assessments and interest thereon that may be levied in any
ULID created for the purpose of paying, in whole or in part, the principal of and
interest on those Future Parity Bonds, shall be paid directly into the Bond Fund,
except for any prepaid assessments permitted by law to be paid into a construction
fund or account."
"(c) 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."
"(d) The ordinance providing for the issuance of such Future Parity
Bonds shall provide for the deposit into the Reserve Account of (i) an amount equal
to the Reserve Requirement for those Future Parity Bonds from the Future Parity
Bond proceeds or other money legally available, or, (ii) to the extent that the
Reserve Requirement is not funded from Future Parity Bond proceeds or other
legally available money at the time of issuance of those Future Parity Bonds, within
five years from the date of issue of the Future Parity Bonds from ULID
Assessments, if any, levied and first collected for the payment of the principal of
and interest on those Future Parity Bonds and, to the extent that ULID Assessments
are insufficient, then from the Net Revenue of the System, an amount equal to the
Reserve Requirement for those Future Parity Bonds in five approximately equal
annual payments."
"(e) 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 Principal and Interest Account."
"(f) There shall be on file a certificate from a licensed professional
engineer experienced in the design, construction and operation of municipal utilities
showing that in his or her professional opinion, the annual Net Revenue will provide
amounts annually at least equal to the Coverage Requirement payable from such
sources. In determining the amount of debt service subject to such Coverage
Requirement, there shall be deducted from the Annual Debt Service an amount
equal to the portion of the Annual Debt Service for the proposed issue of Future
Parity Bonds and for each issue of outstanding Future Parity Bonds secured by
ULID Assessments, if any, which portion is to be calculated by dividing the original
total amount of the ULID Assessments specifically pledged or paid to the Bond
Fund for that issue by the total principal amount of such issue."
"Such annual Net Revenue available for revenue bond debt service shall be
determined by using the following data and adjustments:"
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"(1) The historical Net Revenue for any 12 consecutive months
out of the 24 months immediately preceding the month of delivery of such
additional bonds to the purchaser thereof."
"(2) Such historical Net Revenue shall be adjusted to reflect the
sewer rates and charges effective on the date of such certificate if there has
been any change in such effective rates and charges during or after such
12 -month period."
"(3) The following amounts may be added to such adjusted Net
Revenue:"
"(i) Any rate change that has taken place or has been
approved prior to the issuance of the Future Parity Bonds may be reflected;"
"(ii) Revenue may be added from customers actually added
to the System subsequent to the beginning of the 12 -month base period, and
a full year's revenue may be allowed for those customers during such
period;"
"(iii) Revenue may be added from customers to be served
by the improvements under construction or proposed to be under
construction at the time of delivery of the Future Parity Bonds; and"
"(iv) Actual or reasonably anticipated changes in the
Operating and Maintenance Expenses subsequent to the 12 -month base
period shall be added or deducted as applicable."
"In the case of refunding bonds, no engineer's certificate shall be required if
the Annual Debt Service of the proposed refunding bonds is not increased in excess
of $5,000 for any year over the Annual Debt Service for the bonds being refunded;"
and
WHEREAS, the United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities
Service has offered to purchase the bonds authorized by this ordinance as a single bond under the
terms and conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined it to be in the best interests of the City to
accept that offer and to issue its sewer revenue bond on a parity with the 1994 Bonds to the cost of
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paying and redeeming a portion of the Outstanding Loan and paying the costs of issuance and sale
of the bond; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF YELM,
WASHINGTON, as follows:
Section 1. Definitions. As used in this ordinance the following words shall have the
following meanings:
"Annual Debt Service" for the 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 installments for that year, less all bond interest payable from
the proceeds of any such bonds in that year.
"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.
"Bond" means the $3,857,000 par value Sewer Revenue Bond, 1999, issued pursuant to
and for the purposes provided in this ordinance.
"Bond Fund" means that special fund of the City known as the Sewer Revenue Bond Fund,
1994, created by Ordinance No. 511 for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Parity
Bonds.
"Bond Register" means the registration books of the Bond Registrar on which is recorded
the name of the owner of the Bond.
"Bond Registrar" means the Clerk- Treasurer of the City.
"1994 Bonds" means the City's outstanding $1,131,000 par value Sewer Revenue Bond,
1994, Series A, the $425,000 par value Sewer Revenue Bond, 1994, Series B, and the $271,500 par
value Sewer Revenue Bond, 1994, Series C, all of which were issued pursuant to Ordinance
No. 511.
"City" means the City of Yelm, Washington.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and applicable rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Coverage Requirement" in any calendar year means an amount of Net Revenue of the
System equal to at least 1.10 times the Annual Debt Service in that year on all bonds payable from
the Bond Fund actually paid from Net Revenue and not from ULID Assessments. In determining
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the amount of debt service subject to coverage, there shall be deducted from the annual principal
and interest required to be paid each year on each issue of Parity Bonds an amount equal to the
ULID Assessments due in that year and not delinquent.
"Future Parity Bonds" means any and all sewer 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 System and ULID Assessments equal in rank with the
charge and lien upon such revenue and assessments required to be paid into the Bond Fund to pay
and secure the payment of the principal of and interest on the 1994 Bonds and the Bond.
"Gross Revenue of the System" or "Gross Revenue" means all earnings and revenue
received by the System and all earnings from the investment of money in the Bond Fund which
earnings are deposited in the Principal and Interest Account, and all connection and capital
improvement charges collected for the purpose of defraying the cost of capital facilities of the
System, except ULID Assessments, government grants, proceeds from the sale of System property,
City taxes collected by or through the 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 System obligations (unless commingled with other earnings and revenue of the System)
or held in a special account for the purpose of paying a rebate to the United States Government
under the Internal Revenue Code.
"Installment Payment Date" means the date that is six months from the dated date of the
Bond and semiannually thereafter to and including the date of fmal maturity of the Bond. If the
date of the Bond is the 29th, 30th or 31st of the month, the due date will be the 28th day of the
month.
"Maximum Annual Debt Service" means at the time 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 the Parity Bonds.
"Net Revenue of the System" or "Net Revenue" means the Gross Revenue less Operating
and Maintenance Expenses.
"Operating and Maintenance Expenses" means all reasonable expenses incurred by the
City in causing the System to be operated and maintained in good repair, working order and
condition, but shall not include any depreciation or taxes or charges in lieu of taxes levied or
imposed by the City or capital additions or capital replacements to the System.
"Outstanding Loan" means the funds owed by the City to the State of Washington under
the contract that the Mayor was authorized to enter into on behalf of the City by Resolution
No. 353 to provide interim fmancing for the Plan of Additions through a State Revolving Fund
loan, a portion of which shall be paid and redeemed with the proceeds of the Bond.
"Outstanding Parity Bonds" means the 1994 A Bond, the 1994 B Bond, and the 1994 C
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"Parity Bonds" means the outstanding 1994 A Bond, the 1994 B Bond, the 1994 C Bond,
the Bond and any Future Parity Bonds.
"Plan of Additions" means that system or plan of additions and betterments to and
extensions of the System specified, passed and ordered to be carried out by Section 3 of this
ordinance.
"Principal and Interest Account" means the account of that name created in the Bond Fund
for the payment of the principal of and interest on Parity Bonds.
"Purchaser" means the United States of America, Department of Agriculture, Rural
Utilities Service.
"Reserve Account" means the account of that name created in the Bond Fund for the
purpose of securing the payment of the principal of and interest on Parity Bonds.
"Reserve Requirement" means, for the 1994 A Bond, an amount of cash and investments
equal to $61,234, for the 1994 B Bond, an amount of cash and investments equal to $23,010, for
the 1994 C Bond, an amount of cash and investments equal to $14,700, for the Bond, an additional
amount to total $173,026 within ten years of the date of issuance of the Bond, and any amounts
required as part of the issuance of Future Parity Bonds.
"System" means the sanitary sewage disposal system and water reuse facilities of the
City, and all additions and betterments thereto and extensions thereof at any time made, including
any utility system made a part thereof.
"Term Bond Maturity Year" means any calendar year in which Term Bonds are scheduled
to mature.
"Term Bonds" means those bonds designated as such in the ordinance authorizing the
issuance and sale of those bonds.
"ULID" means utility local improvement district.
"ULID Assessments" means all assessments levied and collected in any ULID of the City
created for the acquisition or construction of additions and betterments to and extensions of the
System if such assessments are pledged to be paid into the Bond Fund (less any prepaid
assessments permitted by law to be paid into a construction fund or account). ULID Assessments
shall include installments thereof and any interest or penalties that may be due thereon.
Section 2. Findings as to Parity Provisions. The City Council finds that:
(a) There is no deficiency in either the Principal and Interest Account or
the Reserve Account of the Bond Fund;
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(b) Provision is made by Section 8 herein for the payment of the
principal of and interest on the Bond from the Bond Fund and for the payment of
the Reserve Requirement into the Reserve Account within the time prescribed; and
(c) On or before the time of issuance of the Bond there will be on file
with the City a certificate from a licensed professional engineer experienced in the
design, construction and operation of municipal utilities, showing that in his or her
professional opinion the Net Revenue of the System will provide amounts annually
at least equal to the Coverage Requirement established by Ordinance No. 511;
Section 3. Adoption of Plan of Additions. The City specifies, adopts and orders the
carrying out of the system or plan of additions to and betterments and extensions of the System
including construction of a Class A water reclamation treatment facility, distribution lines and
reuse sites, including Cochrane Memorial Park (the "Plan of Additions ").
The City may modify the details of the Plan of Additions where, in its judgment, it
appears advisable if such modifications do not substantially alter the purposes of that plan.
The estimated cost of the acquisition, construction and financing of the Plan of
Additions, including the costs of issuance and sale of the Bonds and funding a reserve therefor,
is declared to be $9,648,153, which costs shall be paid from the proceeds of the Bond, Rural
Development grants, prepayments and assessment payments of Local Improvement District
No. 1, Centennial Clean Water grant of the State of Washington Department of Ecology and
other funds of the City.
Section 4. Description of the Bond. For the purpose of providing part of the money
required to pay the cost of carrying out the Plan of Additions, including paying and redeeming a
portion of the Outstanding Loan, and to pay the costs of issuing and selling the Bond, the City
shall issue the Bond in the principal amount of $3,857,000. The Bond shall be designated as the
Sewer Revenue Bond, 1999; shall be dated its date of issuance; shall mature on the date that is
40 years from the date of the issuance of the Bond; shall be numbered R -1; and shall bear
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interest at the rate of 3.25% per annum (computed on the basis of a 365/366 day year for the
actual number of days elapsed). Principal of and interest shall on the Bond be payable
semiannually in amortized installments of $86,513 on each Installment Payment Date, but the
last payment may be in an amount of more or less than $86,513, as required to retire the entire
indebtedness with interest.
Section 5. Registration and Transfer of Bond. The Bond shall be issued only in
registered form as to both principal and interest and shall be recorded on the Bond Register.
The Bond Register shall contain the name and mailing address of the Bond Owner.
The Bond may be transferred only if endorsed in the manner provided thereon and
surrendered to the Bond Registrar. Any exchange or transfer shall be without cost to the owner or
transferee. The Bond Registrar shall not be obligated to exchange or transfer the Bond during the
15 days preceding any Installment Payment Date.
Section 6. Payment of the Bond. Installments of principal and interest on the Bond
shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America and shall be paid by a check
or draft of the Bond Registrar mailed on the Installment Payment Date to the registered owner at
the address appearing on the Bond Register 15 days prior to the Installment Payment Date,
except that the last installment of principal and interest on the Bond shall be payable upon
presentation and surrender of the Bond by the registered owner at the office of the Bond
Registrar in Yelm, Washington.
Section 7. Optional Prepayment and Notice. The City may prepay the entire unpaid
principal of the Bond or such lesser portion as the City may determine of the unpaid principal
amount thereof. Upon prepayment of a portion of the principal of the Bond, the amount of the
semiannual installments of principal and interest on the Bond shall remain unchanged but shall
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be recalculated to reflect the reduction in the principal amount remaining unpaid and the
resulting increase in the portion of each installment payment credited to the principal of the
Bond. The final Installment Payment Date shall be adjusted to reflect the prepayment and
increased amount applied to principal from each semiannual installment payment on the Bond.
Notice of any such optional prepayment shall be given at least 30 days prior to the
prepayment date by mailing to the registered owner of the Bond a notice fixing the prepayment
date and the amount of principal to be prepaid.
Section 8. Failure to Pay Installments. If any installment of principal and interest is
not paid when due, the City shall be obligated to pay interest on that installment at the rate
provided in the Bond from and after its payment date until that installment, both principal and
interest, is paid in full.
Section 9. Payments into Bond Fund. A special fund of the City known as the
Sewer Revenue Bond Fund, 1994 (the "Bond Fund "), was created in the office of the City
Clerk- Treasurer and divided into a Principal and Interest Account and a Reserve Account. So
long as any portion of any of the Parity Bonds is outstanding against the Bond Fund, the City
Clerk- Treasurer shall set aside and pay into the Principal and Interest Account all ULID
Assessments and, out of the Net Revenue of the System, at least five days prior to each
Installment Payment Date, certain fixed amounts without regard to any fixed proportion, namely
amounts, together with ULID Assessments and other money on deposit therein, sufficient to pay
the installment of principal and interest due on all Outstanding Parity Bonds payable from the
Bond Fund on that Installment Payment Date.
There has been deposited into the Reserve Account from the Net Revenue and ULID
Assessments, beginning on the Outstanding Parity Bonds' second Installment Payment Date and
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shall be deposited annually hereafter, an annual total amount of $9,894.40. Those annual deposits
shall continue until an amount equal to the total aggregate Reserve Requirement for the Series A
Bond, the Series B Bond and the Series C Bond has been accumulated therein, but by no later than
ten years after the dated date of the Bonds or July 20, 2004. The City shall also deposit into the
Reserve Account ten approximately equal annual payments from the proceeds of Net Revenue and
ULID Assessments, and those ten payments shall comprise the Bond's Reserve Requirement of
$17,303. The City also may contribute the amounts into the Reserve Account, in whole or in part,
in lump sums in advance.
The Reserve Account shall be maintained at the Reserve Requirement, except for
withdrawals therefrom as authorized herein, at all times so long as any portion of the Parity Bonds
is unpaid. When the total amount in the Bond Fund shall equal the total amount of principal and
interest for all outstanding bonds payable out of the Bond Fund to the last maturity thereof, no
further payment need be made into the Bond Fund. The amount in the Reserve Account may be
reduced at any time prior to the redemption of all of the Parity Bonds to an amount not less than the
Reserve Requirement for all bonds then payable from the Bond Fund.
If there shall be a deficiency in the Principal and Interest Account in the Bond Fund to meet
maturing installments of either principal or interest, as the case may be, that deficiency shall be
made up from the Reserve Account by the withdrawal of cash therefrom for that purpose. Any
deficiency created in the Reserve Account by reason of any such withdrawal shall then be made up
from the Net Revenue of the System and/or ULID Assessments payable into the Bond Fund first
available after making necessary provision for the required payments into the Principal and Interest
Account. The money and investments in the Reserve Account otherwise shall be held intact and
may be applied against the last outstanding bonds payable out of the Bond Fund, except that if the
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Reserve Account is fully funded, money in excess of the Reserve Requirement shall be withdrawn
and deposited, at the option of the City Treasurer, either in the Principal and Interest Account and
spent for the purpose of retiring bonds payable from the Bond Fund or in the System operating
fund and spent for other lawful System purposes.
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 deposits in those accounts
for the remaining bonds outstanding payable from the Bond Fund.
Notwithstanding the above, for as long as the Purchaser is the owner of the Bond, the City
agrees not to defease or refund the Bond.
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 (for investments in the Principal and Interest
Account) 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 (for
investments in the Reserve Account). Earnings from investments in the Principal and Interest
Account shall be deposited in that account. Income from investments in the Reserve Account shall
be deposited in that account.
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.
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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.
Section 10. Finding as to Sufficiency of Revenue. Pledge of Revenue and Lien
Position. The City Council finds and determines that the Gross Revenue and benefits to be
derived from the operation and maintenance of the System at the rates to be charged for sewer
services from the System will be more than sufficient to meet all Operating and Maintenance
Expenses and debt service requirements on the 1994 Bonds and the Bond and to permit the
setting aside into the Bond Fund out of the Gross Revenue of amounts sufficient to pay the
principal of and interest on the Parity Bonds when due. The City Council declares that in fixing
the amounts to be paid into the Bond Fund under this ordinance it has exercised due regard for
Operating and Maintenance Expenses and debt service requirements of the 1994 Bonds and the
Bond and has not obligated the City to set aside and pay into the Bond Fund a greater amount of
Gross Revenue of the System than in its judgment will be available over above such Operating
and Maintenance Expenses and debt service requirements.
The Net Revenue of the System and ULID Assessments are pledged to the payment of the
Parity Bonds, and the Parity Bonds shall constitute a lien and charge upon such Net Revenue and
ULID Assessments prior and superior to any other charges whatsoever.
Section 11. Deposit of Bond Proceeds. There previously has been created in the
office of the City Clerk- Treasurer an account of the City known as the Construction Account
(the "Construction Account "). The proceeds of the sale of the Bond shall be deposited in the
Construction Account to be used to redeem a portion of the Outstanding Loan, and the costs of
issuance and sale of the Bond. Until needed to redeem a portion of the Outstanding Loan and
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pay the costs of issuance and sale of the Bond, the City may invest money on deposit in the
Construction Account temporarily in any legal investment, and the investment earnings may be
retained in the Construction Account and be spent for any purpose of that account.
Section 12. Covenants. The City covenants and agrees with the owner of the Bond at
any time outstanding, as follows:
(a) ULID Assessments. All ULID Assessments shall be paid into the
Bond Fund and may be used to build up the required reserves in the Reserve
Account and to pay the principal of and interest on the Parity Bonds, without those
ULID Assessments' being particularly allocated to the payment of the principal of
and interest on any particular issue of bonds.
(b) Operation and Maintenance. It will at all times maintain, preserve
and keep the properties of the 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 properties of the System and the business
in connection therewith in an efficient manner and at a reasonable cost.
(c) Establishment and Collection of Rates and Charges. It will
establish, maintain and collect rates and charges for all services and facilities
provided by the 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 System will at all times be
sufficient to (i) pay all Operating and Maintenance 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 the 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 System by law or contract; and
(2) The Net Revenue of the System in each calendar year will
be at least equal to the Coverage Requirement.
To the extent allowable by law, those to which service of the System is available will be
charged for that service at the prevailing rate within 30 days of the availability of that service.
(d) Sale or Disposition of the System. It will not sell or otherwise
dispose of the System in its entirety unless, simultaneously with such sale or other
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disposition, all of the Parity Bonds are redeemed and retired, or defeased under the
ordinances pursuant to which they were issued.
It will not sell, lease, mortgage or in any manner encumber or otherwise
dispose of any part of the 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 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
amount of the 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 System from the portion of
the System sold or disposed of for the preceding year bears to the total
Gross Revenue of the System for that period; or
(2) An amount which will be in the same proportion to the net
amount of the Parity Bonds then outstanding (as defined above) that the Net
Revenue from the portion of the System sold or disposed of for the
preceding year bears to the total Net Revenue of the System for such period;
or
(3) An amount which will be in the same proportion to the net
amount of the Parity Bonds then outstanding (as defined above) that the
depreciated cost value of the facilities sold or disposed of bears to the
depreciated cost value of the entire System immediately prior to such sale
or disposition.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, (1) the City in its
discretion may sell or otherwise dispose of any of the works, plant, properties or
facilities of the 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 System, or no longer necessary, material to or useful to
the operation of the System, without making any deposit into the Bond Fund, and
(2) the City may transfer the System to another municipal corporation so long as
ULID Assessments and Net Revenue of the portion of the System so transferred are
used for payment of debt service on the Parity Bonds prior to any other purpose.
(e) Liens Upon the S,, stem. 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 System, or any part thereof, prior or superior to the lien thereon for
the payment of the Parity Bonds, 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 System, or
any part thereof, prior to or superior to the lien of the Parity Bonds, or which might
impair the security of the Parity Bonds.
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(f) Books and Accounts. It will keep proper books, records and
accounts with respect to the operations, income and expenditures of the 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 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 System. Such statements shall be sent to
any owner of a Parity Bond upon written request therefor being made to the City.
(g) No Free Service. Except to aid the poor or infirm, to provide for
resource conservation or to provide for the proper handling of hazardous materials,
it will not furnish or supply or permit the furnishing or supplying of any service or
facility in connection with the operation of the System free of charge to any person,
firm or corporation, public or private, other than the City, so long as the Parity
Bonds are outstanding.
(h) Collection of Delinquent Accounts. On at least an annual basis, it
will determine all accounts that are delinquent and will take all necessary action to
enforce payment of such accounts against those property owners whose accounts
are delinquent.
(i) Fire and Extended Coverage 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, works,
plants, facilities and properties of the System as are ordinarily carried by municipal
or privately owned utilities engaged in the operation of like 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 System and
the owners of the Parity Bonds against loss.
0) 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 utilities engaged in the operation of like 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, to protect the
System and the owners of the Parity Bonds against loss.
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Section 13. Flow of Funds. The Gross Revenue of the System shall be used for the
following purposes only in the following order of priority:
(a) To pay Operating and Maintenance Expenses;
(b) To pay the principal of and interest on the Parity Bonds when due or
as the principal is required to be paid and to make all payments required to be made
into any mandatory redemption or 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 the Reserve
Account;
(d) 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 revenue of the System subordinate to the lien thereon for the payment of
the principal of and interest on the Parity Bonds; and
(e) To make necessary additions, betterments and improvements and
repairs to or extensions and replacements of the System, to retire by redemption or
purchase in the open market any outstanding revenue obligations or other
obligations of the System, or to provide for any other lawful City purpose.
The City may transfer any money from any funds or accounts of the 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 14. Provisions for Future Parity Bonds. The City reserves the right to issue
Future Parity Bonds if the conditions set forth in Section 12 of Ordinance No. 511, which
section is incorporated herein by this reference, are met and complied with at the time of the
issuance of those Future Parity Bonds.
Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City from issuing sewer revenue bonds which
are a charge upon the Gross Revenue of the System of the City junior or inferior to the payments
required to be made therefrom into the Bond Fund for the payment of the Parity Bonds or from
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pledging the payment of utility local improvement district assessments into the bond redemption
fund created for the payment of the principal of and interest on those junior lien bonds as long as
such utility local improvement district assessments are levied for improvements constructed from
the proceeds of those junior lien bonds.
Section 15. 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 shall cause interest on the Bond to be
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 16. Small Governmental Issuer Arbitrage Rebate Exception and Designation
of Bond as a "Qualified Tax - Exempt Obligation". The City finds and declares that (a) it is a
duly organized and existing governmental unit of the State of Washington and has general
taxing power; (b) this Bond is not a "private activity bond" within the meaning of Section 141
of the Code; (c) at least 95% of the net proceeds of the Bond will be used for local
governmental activities of the City (or of a governmental unit the jurisdiction of which is
entirely within the jurisdiction of the City); (d) the aggregate face amount of all tax - exempt
obligations (other than private activity bonds and other obligations not required to be included
in such calculation) issued by the City and all entities 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) during the calendar year
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in which the Bond is issued is not reasonably expected to exceed $5,000,000; and (e) the
amount of tax- exempt obligations, including the Bond, designated by the City as "qualified tax-
exempt obligations" for the purposes of 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 therefore certifies that the
Bond is eligible for the arbitrage rebate exception under Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code and
designates the Bond as a "qualified tax- exempt obligation" for the purposes of
Section 265(b)(3) of the Code.
Section 17. Form and Execution of the Bond. The Bond shall be typewritten, printed
or lithographed on good bond paper in a form consistent with the provisions of this ordinance
and state law and shall be signed by the Mayor and City Clerk- 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 a 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 Yelm, Washington, Sewer Revenue Bond,
1999, described in the Bond Ordinance.
City Clerk - 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.
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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, issued and delivered 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. The 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 Re ig strar. The Bond Registrar shall keep, or cause to be kept, at its
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 if it is transferred or exchanged in accordance with its
provisions and this ordinance, to serve as the City's paying agent for the Bond and to carry out
all of the Bond Registrar's powers and duties under this ordinance and City Ordinance No. 375
establishing a system of registration for the City's bonds and obligations. The Bond Registrar
shall be responsible for its representations contained in the Bond Registrar's Certificate of
Authentication on the Bond.
Section 19. Covenant to Abide by Loan Documents. The City covenants and agrees
with the Purchaser as the owner of the Bond to abide by the conditions of Resolution No. 364b,
adopted August 13, 1997, which sets forth the terms of the agreement between the Purchaser
and the City related to the Bond, for so long as the Purchaser is the owner of the Bond.
Section 20. Sale of the Bond. The Purchaser has offered to purchase the Bond at a
price of par, and the City is to furnish the Bond and the approving legal opinion of Foster
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Pepper & Shefelman PLLC, 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.
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Section 21. Effective Date of Ordinance. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force from and after the date of its passage and five days following its publication as required
by law.
PASSED by the City Council and APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Yelm,
Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, this 8th day of December, 1999.
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may6r
ATTEST:
Cit lerk- Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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I, AGNES P. BENNICK, City Clerk - Treasurer of the City of Yelm, Washington, certify
that the attached copy of Ordinance No. 685 is a true and correct copy of the original ordinance
passed on the 8fl' day of December, 1999, as such ordinance appears on the Minute Book of the
City.
DATED this 4 ,2L day of December, 1999.
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AG 4S P. BENNICK, City Clerk - Treasurer
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