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0491 ORDINANCE NO. 491 TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS CITY OF SOUTHLAKE BIG BEAR CREEK WASTENATER INTERCEPTOR EXTENSION INSTALLMENT SALE CONTRACT THE STATE OF TEXAS : KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS : WHEREAS, Trinity River Authority of Texas (the "Authori- ty'') is a conservation and reclamation district created and governed by Chapter 518, Acts of the 54th Legislature of the State of Texas, Regular Session, ity Act"), pursuant to Article 1955, as amended (the "Author- 16, Section 59, of the Texas Constitution; and WHEREAS, the City of Southlake (hereinafter sometimes called the "City"), in Tarrant and Denton Counties, Texas, is a city duly organized and existing pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas and its Home Rule Charter; and WHEREAS, the Authority is willing and able to acquire, by purchase and construction, for the benefit of the City, a separate sanitary sewer collection system to serve only the City and to connect with and discharge into the main Big Bear Creek Interceptor System to be owned and operated by the Authority for the benefit of the City and others (with such separate sanitary sewer collection system being hereinafter entitled called the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the Project is described in an engineering report "City of Southlake Big Bear Creek Interceptor Extension S-6", dated October 30, 1989, by Espey-Huston & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Dallas, Texas; and WHEREAS, the city and the Authority are authorized to make and enter into this Contract under Section 402.014, Local Government Code (formerly known as Vernon's Ann. Tex. Civ. St., Article l109j), and other applicable laws. IT IS THEREFORE CONTRACTED AND AGREED BETWEEN THE AUTHORITY AND THE CITY AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. DEFINITIONS. The terms and expressions used in this Contract, unless the context shows clearly otherwise, shall have meanings as follows: (a) "Board" and "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Authority. (b) "Bonds" means any bonds issued by the Authority for acquiring, by purchase and construction, the Project, whether in one or more series or issues, or any bonds issued to refund same or to refund any refunding bonds. (c) "Bond Resolution" means any resolution of the Board of Directors authorizing the issuance of Bonds and providing for their security and payment, as such resolution(s) may be amended from time to time as therein permitted. (d) "Engineering Report" means the engineering report described in the preamble to this Contract together with any amendments and supplements thereto. (e) "Project" means the Project as described in the Engineering Report. Section 2. OBLIGATION OF AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE. The Authority agrees to pay, and will pay, all of the actual costs of acquiring, by purchase and construction, the Project, through the issuance of its Bonds to provide the money for such payment, all in the manner hereinafter described; and the Authority, by such payment, will thus acquire the Project for the benefit of the City. Section 3. AUTHORITY'S BOND RESOLUTION. The proceeds from the sale of the Bonds will be used for the payment of all of the Authority's costs and expenses in connection with the Project and the Bonds, including, without limitation, all financing, legal, printing, administrative and overhead, and other expenses and costs incurred in issuing its Bonds and acquiring the Project, and to fund a debt service reserve and other funds if required by any Bond Resolution. It is now estimated that such Bonds will be issued by the Authority in the amount of approximately $1,400,000 (whether actually more or less), which amount is now estimated to be sufficient to cover all the aforesaid costs and expenses and other amounts required. Each Bond Resolution of the Authority shall specify the exact principal amount of the Bonds issued, which shall mature not more than 25 years from the date of such Bonds, and shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to exceed the maximum legal rates, and the Bond Resolution shall create and provide for the maintenance of a revenue fund, an interest and sinking fund, and a debt service reserve fund, if required, and other funds, all in the manner and amounts as provided in each Bond Resolution. The City agrees that if such Bonds are 3 actually issued and delivered to the purchaser thereof, the Bond Resolution authorizing the Bonds shall for all purposes be deemed to be in compliance with this Contract in all respects, and the Bonds issued thereunder will defined in this Contract. Section 4. CONSULTING ENGINEERS. constitute Bonds as The Authority shall select Consulting Engineers for the Project and the Project will be acquired, by purchase and construction, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared under the supervision of the Consulting Engineers. It is further agreed that the Consulting Engineers may be changed, but only with the agree- ment of both the Authority and the City. Section 5. ACQUISITION CONTRACTS. The Authority will enter into such contracts as are necessary to provide for acquiring, by purchase and construction, the entire Project, and said contracts shall be executed as required by the laws applicable to the Authority. The Authority shall cause the amounts due under such contracts to be paid from the proceeds from the sale of its Bonds. The Authority shall deposit the proceeds from the sale of its Bonds into a special Project Construction Fund. Said Project Construction Fund shall be used for paying the Authority's costs and expenses incidental to the Bonds and the Project in accordance with Section 3 hereof, and to pay the costs of acquiring, by purchase and construction, the Project. Pending use as required by this Contract, the amounts in the Project Construction Fund may be invested in accordance with law, provided that all investment earnings therefrom (excepting any which may be required to be rebated to the Federal government to prevent the Bonds from becoming "arbitrage bonds" under the IRS Code of 1986) shall be deposited in and become a part of the Project Construction Fund. If, after final completion of the Project, any surplus remains on hand in the Project Construction Fund, such surplus shall be used (1) to retire principal of any Bonds purchased by the Texas Water Development Board, to the extent possible in multiples of $5,000, with any excess to be deposited into the interest and sinking Fund for the Bonds, or (2) if no Bonds have been purchased by the Texas Water Development Board, then for deposit into said interest and sinking Fund or for any other lawful purpose. Section 6. PAYMENTS BY CITY. (a) The Authority will provide and make available to and for the benefit of the City and its inhabitants, the works or improvements of the Project paid for and acquired by the Authority pursuant to this Con- tract. It is agreed that the City always shall have the exclusive use of the Project. In consideration of the Authori- ty's acquiring and making available to and for the benefit of the City and its inhabitants, the works or improvements of the Project, the City agrees to make the payments hereinafter specified. As further consideration, it is agreed that the 5 City will have the sole maintaining the Project, maintain the Project; and responsibility for operating and and that the city will operate and the City agrees to indemnify and to save and hold harmless the Authority from any and all claims, damages, losses, costs, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, arising at any time from the acquisition, existence, ownership, operation and/or maintenance of the Project. It is further agreed that the City's obligation to make any and all payments under this Section will terminate when all of the Authority's Bonds have been paid in full and are no longer outstanding. It is hereby provided that in further consideration of the payments made by the City under this Section, the City shall become the owner of the Project upon completion of the acquisition of the entire Project; and the payments made by the City under this Section shall consti- tute th~ necessary periodic or installment sale payments required to purchase the Project. (b) After completion of the acquisition, by purchase and construction of the entire Project, and when the entire Project is ready to be placed in service, the City shall inspect the same and if it is found by the City to have been acquired, by purchase and construction, as required by this Contract, the City, acting by and through the Mayor of the City, shall notify the Authority in writing that it has accepted the Project. Upon such acceptance, all of the Authority's right,title, and 6 interest of every nature whatsoever in and to the Project automatically shall vest irrevocably in the City without the necessity of the execution of any conveyance by the Authority, and such transaction shall result in the automatic sale and delivery of the Project by the Authority to the city, and the vesting of title to the Project in the City in consideration for the agreement of the city to perform its obligations and make the payments and indemnities required under this Contract. If requested in writing by the City, acting by and through the Mayor of the City, the Authority will execute and deliver to the City an appropriate instrument acknowledging that such sale, delivery, and vesting of title has occurred, but such instrument shall not be necessary to effect the automatic sale, delivery, and vesting of title, which shall occur as described above. The sale and delivery of the Project and vesting of title in the City upon the aforesaid conditions are deemed appropriate and necessary by the Authority, and are made in conformity with Section 402.014, Local Government Code. Until the acceptance of the Project by the City, all right, title, and interest in and to the Project shall be in the Authority. After such acceptance and the resulting sale, delivery, and vesting of title in the City, the Authority shall have no right, title, or interest in, or responsibility with respect to, the Project. The payments required to be made by the City under this Agreement shall be made in all events, regardless of 7 whether title to the Project or any part thereof is in the Authority or in the city. The City shall carry insurance on the Project in the same manner and to the same extent, if any, that it carries insurance on other similar works or improve- ments. (c) Ail payments to be made by the City under this Section shall be payable from and secured by pledges of surplus revenues of the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System and city ad valorem taxes, all as authorized by Section 402.014, Local Government Code, and in the manner hereinafter provided. It is further understood and agreed that the Authority's only source of funds to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds is from the payments to be made by the city to the Authority under this Contract. (d) The city agrees to make the following payments to the Authority while any of the Authority's Bonds or interest thereon are outstanding and unpaid: 1. Such amounts, payable monthly on or before the 20th day of each month, in approximately equal monthly installments for each applicable period, as are necessary to pay the principal and/or interest coming due on the Authority's Bonds on the next succeeding interest payment date, plus the fees and charges of the Paying Agent for paying or redeeming the Bonds and/or interest thereon coming due on such date, and the fees of the Registrar for transferring and registering the Bonds; 2. Such amounts, payable upon receipt of a statement therefor, as are necessary to pay, or reimburse the Authority for, the costs and expenses, including 8 administrative and overhead costs and expenses, reasonably and necessarily incurred by the Authority and directly attributable and chargeable to the Bonds and the Project; and 3. Such amounts as are necessary to make all payments or deposits required to be made into any special or reserve fund, or other account, established and/or maintained by the provisions of any Bond Resolution. (e) If, in addition to the amount initially issued, the Authority finds it necessary to issue Bonds for the purpose of completing the Project to the extent contemplated by this Contract, all of the amounts to be paid to or retained by the Authority under all Sections of this Contract shall be in- creased, and such increased amounts shall at all times be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all such Bonds and all other requirements in connection therewith. It is understood and agreed that the only source of funds for the Authority to acquire and issuance and sale of its pursuant to this Contract. complete the Project is from the Bonds (including additional bonds) (f) Payments, including indemnities, required to be made by the City under this Contract shall be made from the surplus revenues of the City's combined Waterworks and Sewer System remaining after paying all operation and maintenance expenses lawfully payable from said Systems, respectively, and after paying all debt service, reserve, and other requirements in connection with the City's bonds and other obligations, now or hereafter outstanding, which are payable from the revenues of the city's Waterworks and Sewer System; and said surplus revenues are hereby pledged to making such payments required under this Contract. It is specifically provided, however, that if said surplus revenues should not be available or sufficient at any time for making such payments, or any neces- sary part thereof, required under this Contract, then, to the extent required, all or any required part of such payments shall be made from the valorem taxes, all as make provision in each city's General Fund and the City's ad hereinafter provided. The City shall annual City Budget for the payment of all amounts required to be paid by the City under this Con- tract. In preparing the budget the City may take into consid- eration the estimated surplus revenues of the City's Waterworks and Sewer System to be remaining after paying all expenses of operation and maintenance lawfully payable therefrom, respec- tively, and after paying all debt service, reserve, and other requirements in connection with the City's bonds and other obligations, now or hereafter outstanding, which are payable from the revenues of the City's Waterworks and Sewer System; and the City shall, to the extent it deems it necessary or advisable, fix, charge, and collect rates for sewer services and/or water services of said System in such amounts as will produce surplus revenues as aforesaid to provide for making all or any part of the payments, including indemnities, required to be made by the city under this Contract. However, to the 10 extent that such surplus revenues are not available at any time to make such payments, then the City's ad valorem taxes in the City's General Fund shall be used to make such payments, and the proceeds of an annual ad valorem tax are hereby pledged for such payments to the extent so required, in accordance with Section 402.014, Local Government Code. During the current year, and during each year hereafter, the City Council of the city shall compute and ascertain a rate and amount of ad valorem tax which will be sufficient to raise and produce the money necessary to make all or any necessary part of such payments, including indemnities, required to be made by the City under this Contract, but only to the extent that the aforesaid revenues are insufficient for such purpose, and in every year said tax shall be sufficient to create a sinking fund of at least 2% as required by Article 11, Section 5 of the Texas Constitution. Said rate and amount of ad valorem tax are hereby pledged to such payments, to the extent so required, and shall be assessed, levied, and collected against all taxable property in the City for each such year, but only when and to the extent required above. Reference is hereby made to the Ordinance passed by the city Council of the City which author- izes the execution of this Contract and also levies the tax, and orders the levying of the tax, as required by this Section. (g) Recognizing the fact that the City urgently requires the Project; and further recognizing that the Authority will 11 use the payments received from the City hereunder to pay, secure, and finance the issuance of the Bonds, agreed that if and when any Bonds are delivered, be obligated to make the payments, including it is hereby the City shall indemnities, required by this Contract, regardless of whether or not the Project is acquired, or whether or not the Authority actually provides all or any part of the Project, or whether or not the City actually receives or uses all or any part of the Project, and the holders of the Bonds shall be entitled to rely on the foregoing agreement and representation, regardless of any other agreement between the Authority and the City. Section 7. ACQUISITION. The Authority agrees to proceed promptly with the acquisition, by purchase and construction, of the Project. The Authority hereby covenants that it will make a diligent effort to complete such acquisition as soon as practicable. The City and the Authority do not anticipate any delays in completing the acquisition of the Project, but the City and the Authority shall not be liable to each other for any damages caused by any delays in completion of the Project. The obligation on the Project shall be con- Section 8. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT. part of the Authority to acquire the ditioned upon the following: (a) (b) sale of Bonds in an amount sufficient to assure the acquisition of the Project; and the Authority's ability, or the ability of the contractors, to obtain all interests in real property, material, labor, and equipment necessary for the acquisition of the Project. 12 Section 9. CITY'S PROPERTY. By these presents, City authorizes use by the Authority of any and all real property, streets, alleys, public ways and places, and easements of City for acquisition and construction of the Project. It is further specifically understood and agreed that the City shall acquire and/or make available to the Authority all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and other interests in real property, free and clear of all encumbrances which would adversely affect the Project, which are necessary for the acquisition and construc- tion of the Project by the Authority. Section 10. FORCE MAJEURE. If, by reason of Force Majeure, any party hereto shall be rendered unable wholly or in part to carry out its obligations under this agreement then such party shall give notice and full particulars of such Force Majeure in writing to the other party within a reasonable time after occurrence of the event or cause relied upon, and the obligation of the party giving such notice, so far as it is affected by such Force Majeure, shall be suspended during the continuance of the inability then claimed, except as herein- after provided, but for no longer period, and any such party shall endeavor to remove or overcome such inability with all reasonable dispatch. The term Force Majeure as employed herein, shall mean acts of God, strikes, lockouts, or other industrial disturbances, acts of public enemy, orders of any 13 kind of the Government of the United States or the State of Texas or any civil or military authority, insurrections, riots, epidemics, landslides, lightning, earthquake, fires, hurri- canes, storms, floods, washouts, droughts, arrests, restraint of government and people, civil disturbances, explosions, breakage or accidents to machinery, pipelines, or canals, or other causes not reasonably within the control of the party claiming such inability. It is understood and agreed that the settlement of strikes and lockouts shall be entirely within the discretion of the party having the difficulty, and that the above requirement that any Force Majeure shall be remedied with all reasonable dispatch shall'not require the settlement of strikes and lockouts by acceding to the demands of the opposing party or parties when such settlement is unfavorable to it in the judgment of the party having the difficulty. It is specif- ically excepted and provided, however, that in no event shall any Force Majeure relieve the City of its obligation to make payments to the Authority as required under Section 6 of this Contract. Section 11. REGULATORY BODIES. This Contract and the Project shall be subject to all valid rules, regulations, and laws applicable thereto passed or promulgated by the United States of America, the State of Texas, or any governmental body or agency having lawful jurisdiction or any authorized repre- sentative or agency of any of them. 14 Section 12. TEP~4 OF CONTRACT. That the term of this Contract shall be for the period during which the Authority's Bonds or any interest thereon are outstanding and unpaid. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority, acting under authority of its Board of Directors, and the City, acting under authority of its City Council, have caused this Contract to be duly executed in several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, 1989, which is the date A?TEST: / e~etary, Board of (AUTHORITY SEAL) ATTEST: (CITY SEAL) all as of the 5th day of December, of this Contract. By Gen~~n~e~ ' Directors 15 Fort Worth Star-Telegram 400 W.SEVENTH STREET•FORT WORTH,TEXAS 76102 THE STATE OF TEXAS unty of Tarrant Before me , a Notary Public in and for said County and State , tr .s day personally appearedo�-1 -0 ,P__ V-ev'c---_ Billing Specialist for tf• Fort Worth Star-Telegram , published by the Star-Telegram Inc • at Fort Wortr in Tarrant County , Texas ; and who , after being duly sworn , did depose and Ely that the following clipping of an advertisement was published in the abo' named paper on the following dates : DATE DESCRIPTION AD SIZE TOTAL 1NCHRINE RATE AMOUNT NOV 26 6427359 november 26 CL • 358 1X33 L 33 • 6C 19 . 80 ORDINANCE NO.491 ORDINANCE AUTHOR- IZING AND DIRECTING THE EXECUTION OF THE TRINITY RIVER AUTHOR ITYOFTEXAS- CITY OF SOUTHLAKE BIG BEAR CREEK WASTEWATER INTER- CEPTOR EXTENSION INSTALLMENT SALE CONTRACT PLEDGING AND APPROPRIATING WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVE- NUED PLEDGING • ANDSCEVYING A CITY AD VALOREM TAX IN 7c CONNECTION THERE- WITH . 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