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2008-005RESOLUTION No og00 OFFICIAL RECORD A RESOLUTION approving and authorizing publication of notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas, has determined that certificates of obligation should be issued under and pursuant to the provisions of V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, Subchapter C of Chapter 271 (the "Act"), for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for (i) the construction of public works, to wit: (a) drainage improvements, (b) street improvements, including sidewalks and the acquisition of land and rights-of-way, (c) improvements and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System, and (d) park improvements, and (ii) professional services rendered in relation to such projects and the financing thereof; and WHEREAS, prior to the issuance of such certificates, the City Council is required to publish notice of its intention to issue the same in accordance with the provisions of the Act; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS: SECTION 1: The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice to be published of the Council's intention to issue certificates of obligation during a meeting scheduled to begin at 6:00 P.M. on the 19th day of February, 2008, which certificates of obligation shall be issued in a principal amount not to exceed $14,185,000 for the purpose of paying contractual obligations to be incurred for (i) the construction of public works, to wit: (a) drainage improvements, (b) street improvements, including sidewalks and the acquisition of land and rights-of-way, (c) improvements and extensions to the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System, and (d) park improvements, and (ii) professional services rendered in relation to such projects and the financing thereof, and shall be payable from ad valorem taxes and a limited pledge of the net revenues of the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System. The notice hereby approved and authorized to be published shall read substantially in the form and content of Exhibit A hereto attached and incorporated herein by reference as a part of this resolution for all purposes. SECTION 2: The City Secretary shall cause the aforesaid notice to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, once a week for two consecutive weeks, the date of the first publication to be at least thirty-one (31) days prior to the date stated therein for the passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the certificates of obligation. SECTION 3: It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was given, all as required by V.T.C.A., Government Code, Chapter 551, as amended. SECTION 4: This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its passage on the date shown below. 75191176.1/08006101 PASSED AND ADOPTED, this January 15, 2008. CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS Ma or ATTEST: n. Aiw, i P a City Secretary City Seal) 75191176.1/08006101 2