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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 4571 RESOLUTION NO. Lf57/ A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE BY THE CITY OF EUGENE, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, OF NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ($15,000,000) AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE BONDS OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY, PAYABLE SOLELY FROM NET REVENUES OR ANY PORTION THEREOF OF THE ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM OF THE CITY, OR FROM ANY OTHER MONIES LAWFULLY AVAILABLE THEREFOR, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ELECTRIC UTILITY SYSTEM, INCLUDING FACILITIES FOR THE GENERATION OF ENERGY THROUGH WIND POWER PROJECTS; AND PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: (a) The electors of the City of Eugene, Oregon (the "City") approved at an election duly held on May 18, 1993, Resolution No. 4360 adopted by the City Council on February 17, 1993, authorizing the City, acting by and through the Eugene Water & Electric Board (the "Board"), to issue up to One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($150,000,000) aggregate principal amount of revenue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the City, payable solely from the net revenues or any portion thereof of the Electric Utility System of the City (the "Electric Utility System"), or from any other monies lawfully available therefor, for the purpose of financing improvements to the Electric Utility System, including, but not limited to, facilities for the generation of energy through wind power projects; and (b) The Board has, pursuant to resolutions previously adopted, authorized certain actions with respect to the Foote Creek Rim Wind Energy Project (the "Project"); and (c) The City, acting by and through the Board, now proposes to issue revenue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) for the purpose of financing of all or a portion of the Board's costs relating to the Project, the funding of any debt service reserves, and the payment of costs of issuance; and (d) Section 2 of Resolution No. 4360 requires that all terms and conditions of the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, and the terms upon which the same may be sold, shall be prescribed by Resolution; BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a municipal corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows: Section 1 Provisions for Issuance and Sale of Ronds. The terms and conditions of such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) and the terms upon which the same may be sold shall be as set forth in this Resolution; provided, however, that the Board is hereby authorized to prescribe by resolution all such terms and conditions in addition to and not in conflict with those set forth herein. The terms and conditions prescribed by this Resolution are as follows: Page 1 (a) The bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be sold at a price less than ninety-six percent (96%) of the par amount thereof, shall mature not later than thirty (30) years from the date thereof and shall bear interest at a net effective rate of not to exceed thirteen percent (13 % ) per annum. (b) Such bonds and other evidences of indebtedness shall include a statement on their face to the effect: (1) That they do not in any manner constitute a general obligation of the Board, or of the City, or create a charge upon the tax revenues of the City, or upon any other revenues or property of the City, or property of the Board, but are charges upon and are payable solely from the revenues of the Electric Utility System operated by the Board, or any portion thereof, or from any other monies lawfully available therefor, pledged to the payment thereof; (2) That the holders thereof may look for repayment only to the revenues of the Electric Utility System which are pledged to the payment thereof, and may not directly or indirectly be paid or compensated through the property of the City, or the Board, or by or through the taxing power of the City. (c) The Board may provide for the refunding of any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness so issued by the issuance and sale of refunding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe, and pledge to such refunding bonds and other evidences of indebtedness all of the net revenues of the Electric Utility System, or any portion thereof, or from any other monies lawfully available therefor, as it may determine; provided, however, that such refunding bonds or other evidences of indebtedness shall not be sold at a price less than ninety-six percent (96%) of the par amount thereof, shall mature not later than thirty (30) years from the date thereof and shall bear interest at a net effective interest rate of not to exceed thirteen percent (13 %) per annum. (d) Provisions shall be made for the complete amortization of the principal amount of each issue of bonds issued under the authority of Resolution No. 4360 and this Resolution within a period of thirty (30) years from the respective date of such issue, through the medium of serial or sinking fund bonds or otherwise, as the Board may determine. (e) Subject only to the provisions of the resolutions heretofore adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of bonds payable from the net revenues of the Electric Utility System, any pledge of the revenues or other monies or obligations of the Electric Utility System made by the City acting by and through the Board shall have such a lien and priority as the Board shall determine and shall be valid and binding from the time such pledge is made, and the revenues or other monies or obligations so pledged and thereafter received by the Board shall immediately be subject to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery or further act. (f) Without limiting the powers extended to the Board to determine terms and conditions of the bonds and other evidences of indebtedness in addition to and not in conflict herewith, the Board is authorized, in its discretion, and to the extent permitted by law, to provide in connection with the authorization of any issue of such bonds, that such bonds and the interest thereon may be payable, collectible or registerable at any place or places within or without the State of Oregon; that such bonds may be redeemable, either at the option of the Board, or by the operation Page 2 of any sinking fund provided for the issue, at such time or times and at such price or prices as the Board may determine, whether or not involving a premium over the principal amount of such bonds, provided, however, that any such premium shall not exceed four percent (4%) of the principal amount of bonds to be redeemed; for the appointment of such fiscal or paying agents, registrars, trustees, or other agencies, for any such issue of bonds, as the Board may determine, for the benefit and protection of the holders of such bonds; for the deposit of funds including bond proceeds with such agents or trustees for any lawful purpose for which such funds may be deposited; for the manner of disbursement of, and accounting for, bond proceeds; for the rights and remedies of the holders of such bonds; for the establishing and maintaining of special funds or accounts to insure the payment when due and payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds and for other purposes, from proceeds of the sale of bonds or revenues of the Electric Utility System or other monies lawfully available and pledged to the payment of such bonds and the interest thereon, and for the investment and reinvestment of monies or obligations in such special funds; and to covenant with, and for the benefit of, the holders from time to time of such bonds as the Board may determine. (g) The Board shall, by resolution, determine the amount or amounts required for the purposes for which the monies are borrower at any particular time or times, and shall also determine that any and all acts, conditions and things required to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of such bonds exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by the constitution and statutes of the State of Oregon and the Charter of the City of Eugene. (h) The bonds or other evidence of indebtedness shall not be sold until legal opinions have been rendered by bond counsel for the Board that (1) the bonds are duly and legally authorized and do not constitute general obligations of the City of Eugene, and (2) none of the resolutions of the Board enacted pursuant to this Resolution conflict with the terms and conditions prescribed by this Resolution. Section 2 Reporting. The Board shall submit to the City by May 1 of each year the following annual reports commencing after the first sale of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness and each year thereafter until the bonds have been paid and retired: (a) A report on the funds established pursuant to the bond resolution describing the funds established, the amounts in each fund, expenditure from each fund, the manner in which the monies in each fund have been invested, the income from such investments and the application of such income. (b) A report on bond payments describing amounts paid and amounts scheduled to be paid and the source of such payments. If the contents of the reports required by subsections a and b are included in the Board's yearly audit report, the Board may comply with this section by transmitting a copy of its yearly audit report to the City. Section 3 Effectlve Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption. Page 3 Page 4 The foregoing Resolution adopted by the City Council this 3~ay of August, 1998. 11'- #,It~ City Recorder ITH\mah7757.res