Item 4K - MemoCITY OF
SOUTHLAKE
Item 4K
MEMORANDUM
February 25, 2025
To: Alison Ortowski, City Manager
From: Sharen Jackson, Chief Financial Officer
Subject: Resolution No. 25-015, approving and authorizing publication
of notice of intent to issue certificates of obligation for capital
improvement projects.
Action
Requested: Approval of Resolution No. 25-015 as an initial step to issue
certificates of obligation for capital improvement projects.
Background
Information: Approval of this resolution is the first step in issuing
certificates of obligation. Once this Resolution is approved,
the City may issue less than that amount but cannot exceed
it. The approval of the resolution does the following:
• Establishes the maximum amount ($16,200,000) of
the certificates the city can issue.
• Authorizes the publication of a notice in the
newspaper of the City's intent to issue certificates of
obligation.
The certificates are issued and approved by the adoption of
an ordinance; approval is scheduled for May 6t". The city
would receive funding in late May. The proceeds from the
bonds will be used for the construction of the capital
improvement projects in accordance with the capital
improvement plan approved on February 18t". All other
projects in the approved FY 2025 Capital Improvement
Program will be funded with cash.
Financial
Considerations: The City's Property Tax will repay the debt for the mobility
projects, and the Utility Fund will repay the debt for the water
and sewer projects. All other projects in the approved capital
improvement plan will be cash funded.
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Strategic Link: F1: Safeguarding the public trust through a commitment to
thoughtful planning and responsible, conservative financial
management.
F2: Investing to provide & maintain high quality public
assets.
Citizen Input/
Board Review: The resolution is the first step in issuing certificates of
obligation. Citizen input is not a requirement of the
resolution; however, the Public Hearing is scheduled for May
6, 2025, with the Ordinance.
Legal Review: The law firm Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP serves as the
City's bond counsel and, as such, has prepared the
resolution.
Alternatives: Without issuing the certificates, capital projects would be
funded on a pay-as-you-go basis. Budgets and project timing
would be prioritized based on the revenue projected by the
fiscal year.
Supporting
Documents: Resolution No. 25-015
Staff
Recommendation: Approval of Resolution No. 25-015
RESOLUTION NO. 25-015
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 (the "City"), has determined
that certificates of obligation should be issued under and pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local
Government Code, Subchapter C of Chapter 271, as amended, for the purpose of paying
contractual obligations to be incurred for (1) constructing, improving, extending and equipping the
City's combined waterworks and sewer system, including the purchase of land and rights -of -way
therefor, (2) constructing, improving and renovating streets, alleys, culverts and bridges, including
drainage and erosion control, landscaping, screening walls, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting,
signage and traffic signalization incidental thereto and the acquisition of land, equipment and
rights -of -way therefor and (3) professional services rendered in connection therewith; 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 a newspaper of general circulation in the City, said
notice stating (i) the time and place the City Council tentatively proposes to pass the ordinance
authorizing the issuance of the certificates; (ii) the maximum amount proposed to be issued;
(iii) the purposes for which the certificates are to be issued; and (iv) the manner in which the City
Council proposes to pay the certificates;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice
to be published of the City Council's intention to issue certificates of obligation, in one or more
series, in the principal amount not to exceed $16,200,000 for the purpose of paying contractual
obligations to be incurred for (1) constructing, improving, extending and equipping the City's
combined waterworks and sewer system, including the purchase of land and rights -of -way
therefor, (2) constructing, improving and renovating streets, alleys, culverts and bridges, including
drainage and erosion control, landscaping, screening walls, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting,
signage and traffic signalization incidental thereto and the acquisition of land, equipment and
rights -of -way therefor and (3) professional services rendered in connection therewith. 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. That the City Secretary shall cause the aforesaid notice to be (i) 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 forty-six (46) days prior to the date stated therein for the
passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the certificates of obligation and (ii) posted
continuously on the City's website for at least forty-five (45) days before the date stated therein
for the passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the certificates of obligation.
SECTION 3. That 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 Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, as amended.
SECTION 4. That this Resolution shall become effective immediately from and after its
passage.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED, this March 4, 2025
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
(City seal)
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
TAKE NOTICE that the City Council of the City of Southlake, Texas, shall convene at
6:00 p.m. on May 6, 2025, at City Hall, 1400 Main Street, Southlake, Texas, and, during such
meeting, the City Council will consider the passage of an ordinance authorizing the issuance of
certificates of obligation in one or more series in an amount not to exceed SIXTEEN MILLION
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($16,200,000) for the purpose of paying contractual
obligations to be incurred for (1) constructing, improving, extending and equipping the City's
combined waterworks and sewer system, including the purchase of land and rights -of -way
therefor, (2) constructing, improving and renovating streets, alleys, culverts and bridges, including
drainage and erosion control, landscaping, screening walls, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, lighting,
signage and traffic signalization incidental thereto and the acquisition of land, equipment and
rights -of -way therefor and (3) professional services rendered in connection therewith; such
certificates of obligation to be payable from ad valorem taxes and a lien on and limited pledge of
the net revenues of the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System. In accordance with
Texas Local Government Code Section 271.049, (i) the current principal amount of all of the City's
outstanding public securities secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes is $57,571,000;
(ii) the current combined principal and interest required to pay all of the City's outstanding public
securities secured by and payable from ad valorem taxes on time and in full is $67,948,413; (iii)
the estimated combined principal and interest required to pay the certificates of obligation to be
authorized on time and in full is $21,133,407; (iv) the maximum interest rate for the certificates
may not exceed the maximum legal interest rate; and (v) the maximum maturity date of the
certificates to be authorized is February 15, 2040. The certificates of obligation are to be issued,
and this notice is given, under and pursuant to the provisions of Texas Local Government Code,
Subchapter C of Chapter 271, as amended.
City Secretary
City of Southlake, Texas
Exhibit A
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