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ORDINANCE NO
16,030
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
EXTENSIONS, BETTERMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO
THE SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SEWER
REVENUE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING THE
CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS;
PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas (the "City ")
owns and operates a sewer system (the "System ") , and has determined
that extensions, betterments and improvements to the wastewater
treatment facilities of the System (the "Improvements ") should be
made in order that the City and its inhabitants may have adequate
and proper sewer facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Sewer Committee of the City (the
"Committee ") has had prepared an engineering report for the
Improvements and has obtained estimates of cost totalling
$6,000,000 for the Improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City is making arrangements for the sale of
$6,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of bonds to the Arkansas
Development Finance Authority (the "Bondholder ") at a price of par
for bonds bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum pursuant to
a Bond Purchase Agreement (the "Agreement ") among the City, the
Bondholder and the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and
Ecology (the "Department ") , which has been presented to and is
before this meeting; and
WHEREAS, there are outstanding City of Little Rock,
Arkansas Sewer Revenue Bonds, dated February 1, 1966 (the 111966
Bonds "), issued under the authority of Ordinance No. 11,695 of the
City duly adopted and passed December 20, 1965; Department of
Pollution Control and Ecology of the State of Arkansas Pollution
Control Revenue Bonds, dated June 1, 1972 (the 111972 Bonds "),
issued under the authority of State of Arkansas Resolution No. 19 -B
duly adopted and passed September 22, 1972, and which are secured
by a pledge of revenues of the System derived from a Water Quality
Control Charge levied by the City under the authority of Ordinance
No. 12,632 of the City, duly adopted and passed April 4, 1972; City
of Little Rock, Arkansas Sewer Construction and Refunding Revenue
Bonds, Series 1987, dated May 1, 1987 (the 111987 Bonds ") , issued
under the authority of Ordinance No. 15,260 of the City duly
adopted and passed March 17, 1987 (the 111987 Ordinance ") ; and City
of Little Rock, Arkansas Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1990, dated
December 21, 1990 (the 111990 Bonds ") issued under the authority of
Ordinance No. 15,966 of the City duly adopted and approved on
November 20, 1990 (the 111990 Ordinance "); and
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WHEREAS, the City is authorized, under the provisions of
Title 14, Chapter 235, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987
Annotated (the "Authorizing Legislation ") , to enter into the
Agreement and to issue the bonds; and
WHEREAS, the Bondholder proposes to pledge the bonds as
collateral for the payment of its Wastewater Revenue Bonds, 1991
Series (the "ADFA Bonds ") pursuant to a trust indenture between the
Bondholder and the bank or trust company to be named as trustee
thereunder (the "ADFA Trustee "); and
WHEREAS, the parity test for the 1990 Bonds set forth in
the 1990 Ordinance has been met and the bonds are being issued as
additional parity bonds thereunder;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Directors
of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas:
Section 1. That the Improvements be accomplished. The
accomplishment of the Improvements shall be under the control and
supervision of, and all details in connection therewith shall be
handled by, the Committee, and the Committee shall make all
contracts and agreements necessary or incidental to the performance
of its duties and the execution of its powers. The Committee shall
let all construction contracts pursuant to and in accordance with
existing laws and shall require such performance bonds and
insurance from the contractors as, in the judgment of the
Committee, will fully insure the completion of the Improvements in
accordance with the plans and specifications therefor.
Section 2. That the sale to the Bondholder of up to
$6,000,000 in principal amount of bonds by the City at a price of
par for bonds bearing interest at the rate of 4% per annum and
otherwise subject to the terms and provisions hereafter in this
Ordinance set forth in detail be, and is hereby approved and the
bonds are hereby sold to the Bondholder. The Mayor is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Agreement on
behalf of the City and to take all action required on the part of
the City to fulfill its obligations under the Agreement. The
Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form submitted to
this meeting with such changes as may be approved by the Mayor, his
execution to constitute complete evidence of such approval.
Section 3. That the Board of Directors hereby finds and
declares that the period of usefulness of the System after
completion of the Improvements will be more than twenty -five (25)
years, which is longer than the term of the bonds.
Section 4. That under the authority of the Constitution
and laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly the
Authorizing Legislation, City of Little Rock, Arkansas Sewer
Revenue Bonds, Series 1991 (the "bonds ") are hereby authorized and
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ordered issued in the principal amount of $6,000,000, the proceeds
of the sale of which are necessary to provide sufficient funds for
accomplishing the Improvements, paying expenses incidental thereto,
paying expenses of issuing the bonds and paying interest during
construction, all as approved in accordance with the Agreement.
The bonds shall bear interest at the rate of 4% per annum
based upon a 360 -day year of twelve consecutive 30 -day months. The
bonds shall be dated the date of delivery to the Bondholder.
Interest shall be payable on October 15, 1991, and on each April 15
and October 15 thereafter to and including April 15, 1994.
Principal and interest shall be payable in installments of
$219,334.49 on October 15, 1994 and on each April 15 and October 15
thereafter until the unpaid principal is paid in full except that
the final payment shall be due not later than April 15, 2014.
The bonds will be issued in the form of a single
typewritten bond, registered as to both principal and interest,
payable to the Bondholder, or registered assigns, as set forth
hereinafter in the bond form, and shall be numbered R -1. (Even
though a single bond is being issued, reference herein will be to
"bonds. ")
Payment of principal and interest shall be by check or
draft mailed to the Bondholder at its address shown on the bond
registration books of the City which shall be maintained by the
City Clerk as Bond Registrar, without presentation or surrender of
the bonds (except upon final payment) and such payments shall
discharge the obligation of the City to the extent thereof.
Payment of principal and interest shall be in any coin or
currency of the United States of America which, as at the time of
payment, shall be legal tender for the payment of debts due the
United States of America. When the principal of and interest on
any bond has been fully paid, the bond shall be delivered to the
City Clerk and shall be canceled.
Section 5. That the bonds shall be executed on behalf of
the City by the Mayor and City Clerk and shall have impressed
thereon the seal of the City. The bonds are not general
obligations of the City but are special obligations, the principal
of and interest on which are secured by a pledge of and are payable
from revenues derived from the System. The pledge of System
revenues is subordinate to the pledge in favor of the 1966 Bonds,
the 1972 Bonds and the 1987 Bonds (collectively, the "Prior Bonds ")
and is on a parity of security with the 1990 Bonds pursuant to the
provisions of the 1990 Ordinance. The bonds and interest thereon
shall not constitute an indebtedness of the City within any
constitutional or statutory limitation.
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Section 6. That the bonds shall be in substantially the
following form and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized
and directed to make all the recitals contained therein:
(form of single registered bond)
(To be typewritten)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF ARKANSAS
COUNTY OF PULASKI
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK
4% SEWER REVENUE BOND
SERIES 1991
No. R -1
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
$6,000,000
That the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas
(the "City ") , for value received, hereby acknowledges itself to owe
and promises to pay to the Arkansas Development Finance Authority,
or registered assigns, solely from the special source provided as
hereinafter set forth, the principal sum of
SIX MILLION DOLLARS
(or the total principal amount outstanding as reflected
by the Record of Payment of Advances attached hereto)
with interest on the unpaid balance of the total principal amount
at the rate of 4% per annum from the date of each advance. The
principal and interest shall be payable in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be
legal tender for the payment of debts due the United States of
America.
Interest on the unpaid balance of the total principal
amount shall be payable on October 15, 1991 and on each April 15
and October 15 thereafter to and including April 15, 1994.
Principal and interest shall be payable in installments of
$219,334.49 on October 15, 1994 and on each April 15 and October 15
thereafter until the unpaid principal is paid in full except that
the final payment shall be due not later than April 15, 2014.
Payments of the principal and interest installments due
hereon shall be made, except for final payment, without
presentation and surrender of this bond, directly to the registered
owner at his address shown on the bond registration book of the
City maintained by the City Clerk as Bond Registrar, and such
payments shall fully discharge the obligation of the City to the
extent of the payments so made.
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This bond is issued for the purpose of providing
financing of the costs of constructing extensions, betterments and
improvements to the sewer system of the City (the "System "),
interest during construction and costs of authorizing and issuing
this bond, and is issued pursuant to and in full compliance with
the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, including
particularly Title 14, Chapter 235, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas
Code of 1987 Annotated, and pursuant to Ordinance No. 15,966 of the
City duly adopted and approved on the 20th day of November, 1990
and ordinance No. of the City, duly adopted and approved on
the day of ' 1 1991 (collectively, the
"Authorizing Ordinance "). Referece is hereby made to the
Authorizing Ordinance for the details of the nature and extent of
the security and of the rights and obligations of the City and the
registered owner of this bond.
This bond may be assigned with the written approval of
the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology (the
"Department ") , and in order to effect such assignment the assignor
shall promptly notify the City Clerk by registered mail, and the
assignee shall surrender this bond along with a written assignment
and written approval of the Department to the City Clerk for
transfer on the registration records. Every assignee shall take
this bond subject to all payments and prepayments of principal and
interest prior to such surrender for transfer.
This bond may be prepaid at the option of the City from
funds from any source, in whole but not in part, at any time on and
after May 1, 2001, at a prepayment price equal to the principal
amount outstanding, plus accrued interest to the prepayment date.
Notice shall be given of such prepayment to the owner of this bond
or registered assigns at least 90 days prior to the prepayment
date. Such notice shall be in writing mailed to the address of the
owner of this bond or registered assigns at the address as
reflected on the bond registration books of the City Clerk.
This bond does not constitute an indebtedness of the City
within any constitutional or statutory limitation or provision, and
the taxing power of the City is not pledged to the payment of the
principal of or interest on this bond. This bond is a special
obligation payable solely from revenues derived from the operation
of the System. In this regard, the pledge of System revenues (a)
is subordinate to the pledge of System revenues to an issue of
Sewer Revenue Bonds, dated February 1, 1966, Department of
Pollution Control and Ecology of the State of Arkansas Pollution
Control Revenue Bonds, dated June 1, 1972, and Sewer Construction
and Refunding Revenue Bonds, dated May 1, 1987, so long as any of
such bonds are outstanding and (b) is on a parity with the pledge
in favor of the City's Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1990, dated
December 21, 1990. In addition, the City may issue additional
bonds in accordance with the Authorizing Ordinance on a parity with
or having a priority on System revenues over the pledge securing
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this bond. A sufficient amount of System revenues to pay principal
and interest has been duly set aside and pledged as a special
source for that purpose by the Authorizing Ordinance. The City has
fixed and has covenanted and agreed to maintain rates for use of
the System which shall be sufficient at all times to at least
provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of operation and
maintenance of the System, provide for the payment of the principal
of and interest on all the outstanding bonds to which System
revenues are pledged as the same become due, to establish and
maintain debt service reserves and to provide a depreciation fund,
all as set forth in the Authorizing ordinance.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that all
acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and
statutes of the State of Arkansas to exist, happen and be performed
precedent to and in the issuance of this bond do exist, have
happened and have been performed in regular and due time, form and
manner as required by law; that this bond does not exceed any
constitutional or statutory limitation of indebtedness, and that
provision has been made for the payment of the principal of and
interest on this bond, as provided in the Authorizing Ordinance.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Little Rock, Arkansas has
caused this bond to be executed in its name by its Mayor and City
Clerk, thereunto duly authorized, with the manual signatures of the
Mayor and City Clerk, and its corporate seal to be affixed, all as
of the day of , 1991.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
ATTEST:
By
Mayor
City Clerk
(SEAL)
REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE
5ignacure of
Date of Registration•Name of Registered Owner: City Clerk
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RECORD OF PAYMENT OF ADVANCES
Signature of Vice
President of Arkansas
Amount of Total Principal Development Finance
Date of Advance* Advance Outstanding Authority
*The date of each advance shall be the interest commencement date
from which the principal amount of such advance bears interest.
Section 7. That the. City has heretofore fixed sewer
rates by Ordinance No. 13,982, adopted on February 17, 1981, as
amended by Ordinance No. 16,018, adopted on March 5, 1991.
Reference is hereby made to such Ordinances fixing the rates for
the details thereof and other provisions pertaining thereto, which
sewer rates are hereby confirmed and continued.
The City covenants and agrees that the rates established
will produce gross revenues at least sufficient to pay monthly
operation, maintenance and funded depreciation expenses of the
System, pay the principal of and interest on all outstanding bonds
to which System revenues are pledged, as the same become due, and
create and maintain any required debt service reserves ( "Required
Payments ") . The City covenants always to maintain rates (including
increases as necessary) which will provide for the Required
Payments.
None of the facilities or services afforded by the System
shall be furnished without a charge being made therefor. In the
event that the City or any department, agency or instrumentality
thereof shall avail itself of the facilities and services afforded
by the System, the reasonable value of the service or facilities so
afforded shall be charged against the City or such department,
agency or instrumentality and shall be paid for as the charges
accrue. The revenues so received shall be deemed to be revenues
derived from the operation of the System and shall be used and
accounted for in the same manner as the other revenues derived from
the operation of the System.
Section 8. That the bonds are being issued as
additional parity bonds under the 1990 Ordinance and all provisions
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of the 1990 Ordinance pertaining to the "bonds" shall inure to and
pertain to the bonds authorized hereby to the same extent and with
like force and effect as if herein set out in full (including
provisions pertaining to the rights and remedies of the Bondholder,
insurance and financial reporting requirements). Therefore, the
provisions of the 1990 Ordinance (including those incorporated
therein by reference) pertaining to the collection, investment and
the handling of revenues and funds, to the operation, maintenance
and care of the System, and to the depreciation of the System, are
hereby made applicable hereto and are incorporated herein by
reference as though fully set forth at this point. The effect of
the above covenant shall be to continue the applicable provisions
in full force and effect even after the payment of the Prior Bonds
and the 1990 Bonds and until the bonds are paid, or provision made
therefor.
Section 9. That the City covenants that it will
continuously operate the System as a revenue - producing undertaking
and will not sell or lease the same, or any substantial portion
thereof, without the prior written approval of the Bondholder and
the Department; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be
construed to prohibit the City from making such dispositions of
properties of the System and such replacements and substitutions
for properties of the System as shall be necessary or incidental to
the efficient operation of the System as a revenue - producing
undertaking.
Section 10. That in order to pay interest on the bonds,
there shall be deposited into the ADFA Bond Fund (identified in the
1990 Ordinance) from proceeds of the bonds on October 15, 1991 and
on each April 15 and October 15 thereafter until October 15, 1994
the interest due on the bonds on such dates. Commencing on the
first business day of each month thereafter, there shall be
deposited into the ADFA Bond Fund from System revenues an amount
equal to 1/6 of the interest on and principal of the bonds next
due.
The bonds shall be specifically secured by a pledge of
all the revenues required to be placed into the ADFA Bond Fund on
a parity of security with the 1990 Bonds. This pledge in favor of
the bonds is hereby irrevocably made according to the terms of this
Ordinance, and the City and its officers and employees shall
execute, perform and carry out the terms thereof in strict
conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance.
Section 11. That bonds for the payment or full
prepayment of which moneys or direct, non - callable obligations of
the United States of America shall have been deposited in escrow
with a bank or trust company having a reported capital and surplus
in excess of $15,000,000, as escrow agent for the benefit of the
Bondholder (the "Agent "), (whether upon or prior to the maturity or
the prepayment date of such bonds) shall be deemed to be paid and
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discharged; provided, however, that if the bonds are to be prepaid
prior to maturity, notice of such prepayment shall have been duly
given or the Agent shall have been irrevocably instructed in
writing to give such notice of prepayment in a timely fashion.
Such obligations deposited with the Agent shall mature as to
principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will
provide sufficient moneys to pay the principal of and interest on
when due at maturity or at redemption prior to maturity.
Section 12. That the City and the Committee shall assure
that (1) not in excess of ten percent (10 %) of the proceeds of the
bonds is used for Private Business Use if, in addition, the payment
of more than ten percent (10 %) of the principal or ten percent
(10 %) of the interest due on the bonds during the term thereof is,
under the terms of the bonds or any underlying arrangement,
directly or indirectly secured by any interest in property used or
to be used for a Private Business Use or in payments in respect of
property used or to be used for a Private Business Use or is to be
derived from payments, whether or not to the City, in respect of
property or borrowed moneys used or to be used for a Private
Business Use; and (ii) that, in the event that both (A) in excess
of five percent (5 %) of the proceeds of the bonds are used for a
Private Business Use, and (B) an amount in excess of five percent
(5 %) of the principal or five percent (5 %) of the interest due on
the bonds during the term thereof is, under the terms of the bonds
or any underlying arrangement, directly or indirectly, secured by
any interest in property used or to be used for said Private
Business use or in payments in respect of property used or to be
used for said Private Business Use or is to be derived from
payments, whether or not to the City, in respect of property or
borrowed money used or to be used for said Private Business Use,
then said excess over said five percent (5 %) of proceeds of the
bonds used for a Private Business Use shall be used for a Private
Business Use related to the governmental use of the Improvements.
The City shall assure that not in excess of five percent
(5 %) of the proceeds of the bonds are used, directly or indirectly,
to make or finance a loan to persons other than state or local
governmental units.
As used in this Section 12, "Private Business Use" means
use directly or indirectly in a trade or business carried on by a
natural person or in any activity carried on by a person other than
a natural person, excluding, however, use by a state or local
governmental unit and use as a member of the general public.
Section 13. That the principal and interest installments
shall be prepayable prior to maturity as provided in the bond form
in Section 6 hereof.
Section 14. That as long as any of the bonds are
outstanding, the City shall not issue or attempt to issue any bonds
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having or claimed to be entitled to a priority of or parity with
lien on the revenues of the System over the lien securing the
bonds, including any and all future extensions, betterments and
improvements to the System, except as provided in this Section 14.
The City may issue additional revenue bonds to finance or
pay the cost of constructing extensions, betterments and
improvements to the System or to refund outstanding bonds of the
City payable from System revenues issued for such purposes having
a priority on or on a parity with the lien on System revenues in
favor of the bonds if there shall have been procured and filed with
the City Clerk and the Bondholder a statement by a certified public
accountant not in the regular employ of the City reciting the
opinion that (i) the net revenues (net revenues being gross
revenues of the System less operation and maintenance expenses, but
not including depreciation) of the System for the fiscal year
preceding the year in which such additional bonds are to be issued
were not less than 110% of the average annual debt service
requirements on all outstanding bonds to which the revenues of the
System are pledged and the bonds then proposed to be issued or (ii)
the net revenues for the fiscal year succeeding the year in which
such additional bonds are to be issued are projected to be
sufficient in amount, taking in consideration any enacted increase
in revenues, to be not less than 110 percent of the average annual
debt service requirements (principal and interest) on all
outstanding bonds to which System revenues are pledged and the
bonds then proposed to be issued.
The additional bonds, the issuance of which is restricted
and conditioned by this Section 14, shall not be deemed to mean
bonds, the security and source of payment of which are subordinate
and subject to the priority of the bonds and such additional bonds
may be issued without complying with the terms and conditions of
this Section 14.
Section 15. That it is covenanted and agreed by the City
and the Committee with the Bondholder and the Department that they
will faithfully and punctually perform all duties with reference to
the System required by the Constitution and laws of the State of
Arkansas, by the Agreement and by this Ordinance, including,
without limitation, the making and collecting of reasonable and
sufficient rates lawfully established for services rendered by the
System, segregating the revenues of the System and applying them to
the respective funds maintained pursuant to the 1990 Ordinance and
this Ordinance.
The City and the Committee covenant and agree that the
Bondholder shall have the protection of all the provisions of the
Authorizing Legislation, and that the City and the Committee will
diligently proceed to enforce those provisions to the end of the
Bondholder realizing fully upon its security. And, if the City and
the Committee shall fail to proceed within thirty (30) days after
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written request shall have been filed by the Bondholder, the
Bondholder may proceed to enforce all such provisions.
if there be any default in the payment of the principal
of or interest on any of the bonds, or if the City and the
Committee default in any ADFA Bond Fund requirement or in the
performance of any of the other covenants contained in this
Ordinance or in the Agreement, the Bondholder and the Department
(with respect to covenants contained in the Agreement) may, by
proper suit, compel the performance of the duties of the officials
of the City and the Committee under the laws of the State of
Arkansas. In the case of a default in the payment of the principal
of and interest on the bonds, the Bondholder may apply in a proper
action to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of
a receiver to administer the System on behalf of the City and the
Committee, and the Bondholder with power to charge and collect (or
by mandatory injunction or otherwise to cause to be charged and
collected) rates sufficient to provide for the payment of the
expenses of operation, repair and maintenance and to pay any bonds
and interest outstanding and to apply the revenues in conformity
with this Ordinance. When all defaults in principal and interest
payments have been cured, the custody and operation of the System
shall revert to the City and the Committee. No remedy herein
conferred upon or reserved to the Bondholder is intended to be
exclusive of any other remedy or remedies herein provided or
provided by law, and every such remedy shall be cumulative and
shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or given
by law. No delay or omission of the Bondholder to exercise any
right or power accrued upon any default shall impair any such right
or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any default or an
acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this
Ordinance to the Bondholder may be exercised from time to time and
as often as may be deemed expedient.
No waiver of any default shall extend to or affect any
other existing or any subsequent default or defaults or impair any
rights or remedies consequent thereon.
Any costs of enforcement of any of the bonds or of any
provision of this ordinance, including reasonable attorney's fees,
shall be paid by the City.
Section 16. That when the bonds have been executed by
the Mayor and City Clerk and the seal of the City impressed as
herein provided, they shall be delivered to the Bondholder upon
payment of all or a portion of the purchase price in accordance
with the Agreement.
Sale proceeds in the amount necessary to make the
semiannual interest payments due on the bonds on October 15, 1991,
and each April 15 and October 15 thereafter to and including April
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15, 1994, shall be applied to the payment of interest on the bonds
on such dates.
The balance of the sale proceeds shall be deposited, as
and when received, into the Sewer Construction Fund identified in
the 1987 Ordinance (the "Construction Fund "). The moneys in the
Construction Fund shall be used for accomplishing the Improvements,
paying expenses incidental thereto, paying interest during
construction and paying the expenses of issuing the bonds approved
in accordance with the Agreement. Moneys may be withdrawn from the
Construction Fund by check or requisition signed by the Finance
Director of the City and co- signed by either the Manager or Finance
Director of the Wastewater Utility.
When the Improvements have been completed and all
required expenses paid and expenditures made from the Construction
Fund for and in connection with the accomplishment of the
Improvements and the financing thereof, this fact shall be
evidenced by a certificate signed by the Manager of the Wastewater
Utility, which certificate shall state, among other things, the
date of the completion and that all obligations payable from the
Construction Fund have been discharged. A copy of the certificate
shall be filed with the depository bank, the Bondholder and the
Department.
Section 17. That in the event the office of Mayor, City
Clerk , Manager of the Wastewater Utility, or Committee shall be
abolished, or any two or more of such offices shall be merged or
consolidated, or in the event the duties of a particular office
shall be transferred to another office or officer, or in the event
of a vacancy in any such office by reason of death, resignation,
removal from office, or otherwise, or in the event any such officer
shall become incapable of performing the duties of his office by
reason of sickness, absence from the City, or otherwise, all powers
conferred and all obligations and duties imposed upon such office
or officer shall be performed by the office or officer succeeding
to the principal function thereof, or by the office or officer upon
whom such powers, obligations and duties shall be imposed by law.
Section 18. That the terms of this Ordinance shall
constitute a contract between the City, the Bondholder and the
Department and no variation or change in the undertaking herein set
forth shall be made while any of the bonds are outstanding unless
consented to in writing by the Bondholder and the Department.
Section 19. That the City agrees that the Bondholder may
pledge the bonds as security for the ADFA Bonds, and the ADFA
Trustee and /or the municipal bond insurer for the ADFA Bonds may
exercise any rights and remedies available to the Bondholder under
this Ordinance or the Agreement while the bonds are pledged and /or
insured. In addition, the City agrees that while the bonds are
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pledged and /or insured, copies of all financial information shall
be furnished to the ADFA Trustee and /or the municipal bond insurer.
Section 20. The Committee covenants and agrees that it
will maintain the System in good condition and operate it in an
efficient manner and at reasonable cost. While any bonds are
outstanding, the Committee agrees that it will insure, and at all
times keep insured, in the amount of the actual value thereof, in
a responsible insurance company or companies authorized and
qualified under the laws of the State of Arkansas to assume the
risk thereof, all above - ground structures of the System against
loss or damage thereto from fire, lightning, tornado, winds, riot,
strike, civil commotion, malicious damage, explosion, and against
loss or damage from any other causes customarily insured against by
private companies engaged in a similar type of business. In the
event of loss, the proceeds of such insurance shall be applied
solely toward the reconstruction, replacement or repair of the
System, and in such event the Committee will, with reasonable
promptness, cause to be commenced and completed the reconstruction,
replacement and repair work. If such proceeds are more than
sufficient for such purposes, the balance remaining shall be
deposited to the credit of the Sewer Fund, and if such proceeds
shall be insufficient for such purposes, the deficiency shall be
supplied, first, from moneys in the Sewer Depreciation Fund,
second, from moneys in the Sewer Operation and Maintenance Fund,
and third, from available moneys in the Sewer Fund. Nothing herein
shall be construed as requiring the City to expend any funds for
reconstruction, replacement or repair of the System or for
operation and maintenance of the System or for premiums on its
insurance which are derived from sources other than insurance
proceeds or revenues derived from the operation of the System, but
nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the Committee from
doing so.
Section 21. That the Committee shall keep or cause to be
kept proper books of accounts and records (separate from all other
records and accounts of the City) in which complete and correct
entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the
construction of the Improvements and relating to the operation of
the System and its revenues. Such books shall be available for
inspection by the Bondholder and the Department at reasonable times
and under reasonable circumstances. The City and the Committee
agree to have these records audited by an independent certified
public accountant at least once each year, and a copy of the audit
shall be delivered to the Bondholder and the Department. In the
event the City and the Committee fail or refuse to make the audit,
the Bondholder or the Department may have the audit made, and the
cost thereof shall be charged against the Sewer Operation and
Maintenance Fund.
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Section 22. That this Ordinance shall not create any
right of any kind, and no right of any kind shall arise hereunder
pursuant to it, until the bonds shall be issued and delivered.
Section 23. That the provisions of this Ordinance are
hereby declared to be separable, and if any provision shall for any
reason be held illegal or invalid, it shall not affect the validity
of the remainder of this Ordinance.
Section 24. That reference in this Ordinance to
"Bondholder" shall include the original Bondholder or any
registered assign thereof.
Section 25. That all ordinances and resolutions and
parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of such conflict.
Section 26. That it is hereby ascertained and declared
that the Improvements must be accomplished as soon as possible in
order to protect the adequacy of the System and in order to
alleviate immediate hazards to the health, safety, and welfare of
the City, its inhabitants, and their property and that the
Improvements can be accomplished only by the issuance of the bonds.
It is, therefore, declared that an emergency exists, and this
Ordinance being necessary for the immediate preservation of the
public peace, health and safety, shall take effect and be in force
from and after its passage.
PASSED: April 2 1991.
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ATTEST:
Mayor
City Clerk
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CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas (the "City "), hereby certifies that the foregoing
pages are a true and perfect copy of Ordinance No. 16.030,
passed at a regular session of the Board of Directors of the
City, held at the regular meeting place in the City at 6:00
o'clock P.M. on the 2nd day of April. 1991, and that the
Ordinance is of record in this office.
GIVEN under my hand and seal on this 4th day of April,
1991.
City Clerk Robbie Hancock
(SEAL)
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BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
$6,000,000 City of Little Rock, Arkansas
Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1991
City of Little Rock, Arkansas
Attention: Mayor
Gentlemen:
April 2, 1991
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology (the
"Department ") and the Arkansas Development Finance Authority (the
"Authority ") hereby offer to enter into this Bond Purchase
Agreement (the "Agreement ") with you, the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas (the "Issuer "), for the purchase by the Authority from
moneys in the Construction Grants Revolving Loan Fund, created by
Act No. 1030 of 1987, or any successor fund (the "Revolving Loan
Fund ") , and the sale by you of the Bonds of the Issuer more
particularly described below. Upon approval by you and by the
execution of the acceptance hereof by the Mayor, this Agreement
shall be in full force and effect in accordance with its terms and
shall be valid, binding and enforceable upon the Issuer, the
Department and the Authority. The further terms of this Agreement
are:
1. Upon the terms and conditions and upon the basis of
the representations herein set forth, the Authority hereby agrees
to purchase from the Issuer and the Issuer hereby agrees to sell to
the Authority the entire principal amount of an issue of bonds
designated "City of Little Rock, Arkansas Sewer Revenue Bonds,
Series 1991" (the "Bonds "), to be issued under and secured by
ordinance Nos. 15,966 and of the Issuer (collectively, the
"Bond ordinance ").
2. The Bonds are being issued for the purpose of
financing the cost of constructing extensions, betterments and
improvements to the Issuer's collection facilities as generally
described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Project ") , paying
costs incidental thereto, paying approved expenses incurred in
connection with the issuance of the Bonds and paying interest
during construction.
3. The Bonds shall be secured by a pledge of and payable
from revenues derived from the operation of the Issuer's sewer
system (the "System ") , subject to the pledge in favor of certain
outstanding bonds identified in the Bond Ordinance but on a parity
with the pledge in favor of the City's Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series
1990 (the "Series 1990 Bonds ").
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4. The Bonds shall be dated the date of the Closing
hereinafter identified. The Bonds shall be authorized in the
principal amount of up to $6,000,000 bearing interest at the rate
of 4% per annum. Principal and interest shall be amortized in
accordance with the schedule set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto
(which is based upon semiannual repayment of principal and interest
commencing six months following the Estimated Completion Date and
a 20 year amortization), and the Issuer shall pay to the Authority
on the first business day of each month, commencing six months
prior to the first principal payment date set forth on Exhibit A,
an amount equal to 1/6 of the next installment of interest and
principal due on the Bonds plus the Issuer shall pay to the
Authority from Bond proceeds interest on the Bonds on October 15,
1991 and on each April 15 and October 15 thereafter to and
including April 15, 1994.
The Issuer acknowledges that the commencement date for payments is
based upon the estimated final completion date as set forth on
Exhibit A hereto. The Issuer agrees that any delay in completion
of Project beyond such date shall not result in any extension of
the date on which payments shall commence for the Bonds. The Bonds
shall be subject to prepayment prior to maturity, shall be payable
and shall be as otherwise described in the Bond Ordinance.
5. The Issuer recognizes that in the event the actual
costs of the Project exceed the amount of the Bonds, the Authority
shall be under no obligation to provide any additional funds to the
Issuer. If, for any reason, the Issuer does not utilize the entire
Bond proceeds, then in such event the principal amount of the Bonds
will be reduced by the portion of the Bonds not withdrawn. Any
reduction of the Bonds pursuant to this provision shall be pro rata
with respect to the remaining installments of principal to that the
weighted average life of the Bonds immediately following any such
reduction shall be substantially equal to the weighted average life
of the Bonds immediately prior to such reduction. The Authority
agrees to accept, or cause the registered assigns of the Bonds to
accept, new Bonds from the Issuer reflecting the revised payment
schedule.
6. The Authority hereby agrees to purchase from time to
time from moneys in the Revolving Loan Fund up to $6,000,000 in
,principal amount of Bonds from the Issuer and the Issuer hereby
agrees to sell up to $6,000,000 in principal amount of the Bonds to
the Authority at a price of 1001 of the principal amount of the
Bonds purchased from time to time. The purchase price for the
Bonds shall be paid in a series of advances in accordance with the
provisions of paragraph 7. The initial advance of the purchase
price of the Bonds shall take place at a closing (the "Closing ") at
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10:00 a.m., prevailing local time, on , 1991, or at
such other time or on such later date in calendar year 1991 as is
mutually agreed upon, at the offices of Friday, Eldredge & Clark,
2000 First Commercial Building, 400 West Capitol Avenue, Little
Rock, Arkansas. At the Closing, the Issuer will deliver, or cause
to be delivered, to the Authority a single typewritten Bond, duly
executed and authenticated, together with the other documents
herein required, and the Authority will accept delivery and make
the initial advance of the purchase price of the Bonds by wire
transfer of immediately available funds or by certified or official
bank cashier's check.
7. So long as the Issuer is in compliance with the terms
and provisions of this Agreement and the Bond Ordinance and the
representations and warranties of the Issuer herein remain true and
correct, the Authority agrees to make, and the Department agrees to
approve, advances of the purchase price of the Bonds (referred to
hereafter as "Disbursements ") from moneys in the Revolving Loan
Fund as follows:
(a) Disbursements shall be made only based upon actual
work completed and costs incurred for work completed and planning
and design costs;
(b) The Issuer may request reimbursement for costs not
more often than monthly;
(c) Disbursements shall be made for costs within the
specific budget period attached hereto as Exhibit A, unless
extensions are adequately justified in writing and are approved by
the Department;
(d) Disbursements shall be for Project costs, interest
during construction and Bond issuance costs eligible under
Regulation No. 10 of the Department, as now or hereafter amended,
including, particularly, without limitation, the Minute Order of
the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission entered
1991 ( "Regulation No. 10 ");
(e) Disbursements shall be made only for funded - eligible
Project cost elements set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto,
which cost elements shall not include payments for labor performed
by employees of the Issuer unless approved in writing by the
Department;
(f) All requests for Disbursements must be made in
accordance with Regulation No. 10 and shall be made by forwarding
a completed copy of a Disbursement Request, in the form attached as
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Exhibit C hereto, to the Department's Construction Assistance
Division, along with the documentation for costs incurred since the
last Disbursement Request and not previously submitted, including,
without limitation, invoices for engineering services, invoices for
Bond issuance costs, invoices for eligible administrative and
equipment costs, invoices for contractor's stored material, and a
contractor's monthly pay request acceptable to the Department;
(g) The Issuer shall maintain financial control by
carefully reviewing all outlay requests and payment documents to
assure that costs claimed are eligible and supporting documents are
adequate;
(h) Disbursements shall be made for eligible work called
for in the engineering services contract and in the plans and
specifications approved by the Department; provided certain
restrictions shall apply as set forth in Exhibit D attached hereto;
(i) The Issuer shall maintain complete documentation of
all Project costs for audit purposes;
(j) The final Disbursement Request for construction
costs shall be accompanied by a certification regarding labor
standards in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E;
(k) Disbursements approved by the Department shall be
reported by the Department's Fiscal Management to the Authority on
the Request to Process Disbursement in the form attached as Exhibit
F hereto (the "Request ");
(1) Disbursement requests are to include only costs
which the Issuer is currently and legally obligated to pay.
Therefore, if the Issuer retains a portion of its contractor's
payment requests, the Disbursement Request is to reflect the same
retainage policy. Unless approved in writing by the Department,
Disbursements shall not be made against retainage until retainage
is paid;
(m) Disbursement requests made prior to the date the
Issuer's application is certified in accordance with the Memorandum
of Agreement between the Department and the City, dated March 1,
1991, as it may be amended from time to time (the "Memorandum of
Agreement "), may be made by the Issuer only for documented
engineering costs during the planning and design period, approved
issuance costs and for interest during construction;
(n) The Authority agrees to (i) make the Disbursement to
the Issuer within five (5) days of the receipt of a Request to the
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Department's Fiscal Management and (ii) return such Request to the
Department's Construction Assistance Division upon payment; and
(o) Notwithstanding the above, Disbursements may also be
made to pay interest on the Bonds during the construction period in
an amount not to exceed the amount set forth in Exhibit B attached
hereto.
8. The Issuer agrees to pay the Authority (a) at the
Closing an administrative fee equal to $6,000, plus (b) $174,000
for the payment of a portion of the costs of issuing the
Authority's Wastewater Revenue Bonds, 1991 Series (the "Authority
Bonds ") on the later of the Closing date or within five (5)
business days after notice to the City from the Department or the
Authority that the Authority Bonds have been issued. These costs
and fee may be reimbursed by the Issuer from Bond proceeds.
9. Upon completion of Project construction, the Issuer
must request a final Project inspection in the form attached as
Exhibit G hereto.
10. The Issuer represents and warrants to, and agrees
with, the Authority and the Department that:
(a) The Issuer is a city of the first class, duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arkansas, and
has, and at the date of Closing will have, full legal right, power,
and authority (i) to enter into this Agreement, (ii) to adopt the
Bond Ordinance, (iii) to issue, sell and deliver the Bonds to the
Authority as provided herein, and (iv) to carry out and consummate
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Bond
Ordinance;
(b) The Issuer has complied, and will at the Closing be
in compliance, in all respects, with Title 14, Chapter 235,
Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated (the
"Authorizing Legislation ");
(c) By adoption of the Bond Ordinance, pursuant to the
Authorizing Legislation, the Issuer has duly authorized and
approved the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the
Issuer of the obligations contained in the Bonds and this Agreement
and, when delivered to and paid for by the Authority at the Closing
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Bonds will
have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered, and will
constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer in
accordance with their terms, in conformity with the Authorizing
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(d) The financial statements of the System delivered to
the Department and the Authority are true and correct in all
respects, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
government accounting principles for municipalities, consistently
applied, and fairly present the financial condition of the System
as of their respective dates;
(e) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
Bonds, the adoption of the Bond Ordinance and the carrying out and
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Bond Ordinance, will not conflict with or constitute a breach
of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation
of the State of Arkansas or the United States or any judgment or
decree or any agreement or other instrument to which the Issuer is
a party or is otherwise subject;
(f) There is no action, suit, proceeding or investi-
gation involving the Issuer before or by any court, public board,
or body pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened
wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling, or finding would: (i)
affect the creation, organization, existence or powers of the
Issuer or the titles of its officials to their offices, (ii) enjoin
or restrain the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds or the
pledge of System revenues thereto, (iii) in any way question or
affect any authority for the issuance of the Bonds or the validity
or enforceability of the Bonds, the Bond Ordinance or any ordinance
of the Issuer establishing rates to be charged for the services of
the System (collectively, the "Rate Ordinances "), or (iv) in any
way question or affect this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or any other agreement or
instrument relating thereto to which the Issuer is a party;
(g) The Issuer will proceed to complete with all
practicable dispatch the construction of the Project in accordance
with the plans and specifications approved by the Department and
will in any event complete the Project and comply with all
requirements of the Department; and
(h) The Issuer will promptly remit each Disbursement to
the person or persons to whom payment is then due and owing.
11. The Issuer covenants and agrees with the Department:
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(a) To comply with all applicable federal and Arkansas
statutes and regulations, including, particularly, without
limitation, Regulation No. 10;
(b) To utilize and expend the proceeds of the Bonds in
a timely and expeditious manner by:
(1) utilizing Bond proceeds for the planning and design
and the construction of the Project and for approved issuance
costs;
(2) proceeding expeditiously with and completing (A) the
application for the Project in accordance with the schedule
contained in the Memorandum of Agreement and (B) the Project
in accordance with the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A;
and
(3) completing as part of the Project all facilities
recommended in the approved facilities plan -.
(c) To establish and maintain adequate financial records
for the Project in accordance with "generally accepted government
accounting standards" defined as, but not limited to, those
contained in the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) publication
"Standards for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs,
Activities and Functions" (February 27, 1981) and make these
records available to the Department, the EPA Inspector General or
its authorized representatives;
(d) To provide and maintain an approved sewer use
ordinance and a user charge system that satisfies the requirements
of Regulation No. 10 and all Arkansas laws;
(e) To undertake the Project on its own responsibility
and release and hold harmless the Department and the Authority, and
their officers, members and employees from any claim arising in
connection with the design, construction or operation of the
Project or any other aspect of the System of the Issuer including
any matter due solely to their own negligence;
(f) To comply with all terms and conditions of any
construction contracts, architectural or engineering agreements,
and other agreements affecting the Project, the premises of the
System of the Issuer and its operations and to require its
construction contractor to furnish both a performance bond and
payment bond in the full amount of the construction contract for
the Project;
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(g) To comply with all competitive bidding laws for
Project construction and to the extent not contradicted thereby
shall comply with the bid procedures set forth on Exhibit H
attached hereto;
(h) on reasonable notice, to permit representatives of
the Department to enter upon the premises to inspect the Project to
assure that the Project is constructed and maintained in accordance
with approved Project contract documents and that all federal,
state and local requirements are being fulfilled, and to cause its
architects, engineers and contractors to cooperate during such
inspection, including making available working copies of plans and
specifications and supplementary materials;
(i) Without the written consent of the Department, to
make no material modifications or changes to the Project, or allow
to continue any defect, which would materially damage or reduce the
value of the Project, including the division of the Project into
component projects in order or in effect, so as to defeat
provisions of this Agreement;
(j) To become familiar with and comply with all federal
and state laws pertaining to equal employment opportunities
ensuring that all engineers and contractors for this Project not
discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color,
religion, sex, age, national origin or handicap;
(k) Provide complete (unaudited) financial statements
and budget information for the System to the Department, within 30
days of a written request from the Department, for any year(s)
during which this Agreement will be in effect;
(1) Maintain and operate the System in a sound and
economical manner and in accordance with standards as may be
required or prescribed by federal, state or local regulatory
agencies;
(m) To retain for the useful life of the Project, a
Class IV licensed chief operator to supervise overall treatment
plant operation;
(n) To ensure that all operators for all aspects of the
System, except those in initial training, maintain a current
operator's license as defined in Regulation No. 3 of the
Department; and
(o) To certify whether or not the Project meets the
project performance standards contained in the project performance
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work plan to be approved by the Department. On the date one year
after the initiation of operation of the Project, the Issuer shall
certify to the Department whether the Project meets the project
performance standards. If the Issuer cannot certify that the
Project meets the project performance standards, the Issuer shall
accomplish the following actions:
(1) identify the problem and propose corrective action;
(2) initiate corrective action in a timely manner which
will enable an affirmative certification to be made; and
(3) submit an affirmative certification.
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12. The Authority and the Department have entered into
this Agreement in reliance upon the representations and agreements
of the Issuer herein and the performance by the Issuer of its
obligations hereunder, both as of the date hereof and as of the
Closing. The Authority's and the Department's obligations under
this Agreement are and shall be subject to the following further
conditions:
(a) At the Closing, the Bond Ordinance shall be in full
force and effect and shall not have been amended, modified or
supplemented after the date hereof except as may have been agreed
to by the Authority and the Department, and the Issuer shall have
duly adopted and there shall be in full force and effect such other
ordinances and resolutions as, in the opinion of Friday, Eldredge
& Clark, Little Rock, Arkansas ( "Bond Counsel "), and the
Department, shall be necessary in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby.
(b) The representations and warranties of the Issuer
contained herein shall be true, complete, and correct on the date
hereof and on and as of the date of the Closing, as if made on and
as of the date of the Closing.
(c) At or prior to the Closing, the Department and the
Authority shall have received the following:
(1) The Bond Ordinance and Rate Ordinances, certified
by the Issuer under its seal as having been duly adopted
and as being in full force and effect, with only such
amendments as may have been agreed to by the Authority and
the Department;
(2) An unqualified approving opinion, dated the date
of the Closing, of Bond Counsel, in form and substance
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satisfactory to the Department and the Authority, to the
effect that:
(A) the Issuer is duly created and validly existing
as a city of the first class of the State of Arkansas, with
the power to adopt the Bond Ordinance and the Rate
Ordinances, perform the agreements on its part contained in
the Bond Ordinance, and issue the Bonds;
(B) the Bonds have been duly authorized and issued by
the Issuer and are valid and binding special obligations of
the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their terms;
(C) the Bonds are secured by an irrevocable pledge of
and lien on the revenues of the System as provided in the
Bond Ordinance subordinate to the pledge in favor of the
Prior Bonds identified in the Bond Ordinance but on a
parity with the pledge in favor of the Series 1990 Bonds,
which pledge in favor of the Bonds is valid and
enforceable; and
(D) the interest on the Bonds is exempt from all
Arkansas state, county, and municipal taxes;
(3) A supplemental opinion, dated the date of
Closing, of Bond Counsel, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Department and the Authority, to the
effect that (i) the Bonds and the Bond Ordinance conform in
both form and tenor to the provisions relating thereto
summarized in the Term Sheet for the Project and (ii) if
the Bonds were being purchased on a tax - exempt basis,the
Bonds would not constitute a "private activity bonds"
within the meaning of Section 141 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended;
(4) A certificate dated the date of the Closing and
signed by the Mayor and the City Clerk of the Issuer and
the Manager of the Wastewater Utility to the effect that,
(A) the representations and warranties of the Issuer
contained herein are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date of the Closing as if made on
the date of the Closing, (B) the Issuer has complied with
all agreements and covenants and satisfied all conditions
on its part to be complied with or satisfied at or prior to
the Closing, (C) there has been no material adverse change
in the business, property or financial condition of the
System which has not been disclosed in writing to the
Department and the Authority since the date of the latest
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financial statements submitted to the Department and the
Authority; and (D) the System has not incurred any material
liabilities other than in the normal course of business
which have not been disclosed to the Department and the
Authority in writing since the date of the latest financial
statements submitted to the Department;
(5) Five (5) counterpart originals of a transcript of
all proceedings relating to the authorization and issuance
of the Bonds;
(6) Evidence that the parity test for the Series 1990
Bonds have been met;
(7) The Department shall have approved the initial
Disbursement in accordance with Paragraph 7 of this
Aareement; and
(8) Such additional legal opinions, certificates,
proceedings, instruments and other documents as the
Department, the Authority and bond counsel may reasonably
request to evidence compliance by the Issuer with legal
requirements, the truth and accuracy, as of the time of
Closing, of the representations of the Issuer herein
contained, and the due performance or satisfaction by the
Issuer at or prior to such time of all agreements then to
be performed and all conditions then to be satisfied by the
Issuer.
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All of the opinions, letters, certificates, instruments
and other documents mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement
shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof if,
but only if, they are in form and substance satisfactory to the
Department and the Authority. The performance of any and all
obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement and the performance
of any and all conditions contained herein for the benefit of the
Authority and the Department may be waived by the Authority and the
Department in their sole discretion.
13. All notices, demands and formal actions hereunder
will be in writing mailed, telegraphed or delivered to:
The Issuer: City of Little Rock, Arkansas
City Hall
500 West Markham
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Attention: Mayor
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221 E. Capitol Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas
Attention: Manager
Utility
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The Department: Arkansas Department of Pollution
Control and Ecology
P. O. Box 9583
Little Rock, Arkansas 72219
Attention: Chief, Construction
Assistance Division
The Authority: Arkansas Development Finance Authority
Technology Center
100 Main Street, Suite 200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Attention: Vice President for Finance
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14. All representations, warranties and covenants of the
Issuer contained herein shall remain operative and in full force
until the Bonds are paid in full.
15. The Authority and the Department shall be under no
obligation to pay, and the Issuer shall pay (from proceeds of sale
of the Bonds or otherwise), any expenses incident to the
performance of the Issuer's obligations hereunder, including, but
not limited to: (i) the fees and disbursements of Bond Counsel;
(ii) the fees and disbursements of the Issuer's counsel or
accountants and of any other experts or consultants retained by the
Issuer; and (iii) the payments required by paragraph 8 hereof.
16. Any audit or review of plans and specifications and
any inspection of the work shall be for the Department's
convenience only in order to determine that they are within the
approved scope of the Project. No such review and inspection,
approvals and disapprovals shall be an undertaking by the
Department of responsibility for design or construction.
17. Neither the Department nor the Authority is a
partner, joint venturer, or in any other way a party to the Project
or the operation of the System. Neither the Department nor the
Authority shall in any way be liable or responsible by reason of
the provisions hereof, to the Issuer or any third party, for the
payment of any claims in connection therewith.
18. The parties hereto acknowledges that the Authority
intends to pledge the Bonds to the trustee for the Authority Bonds.
The Authority agrees that it will not attempt to transfer the Bonds
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without the prior written consent of the Department. Upon transfer
of the Bonds, the Authority and /or the Department may assign their
rights hereunder to the new owner of the Bonds without consent of
the Issuer.
19. The Authority and Issuer recognize that under the
Bond Ordinance the Issuer may be required to make monthly payments
into a bond fund of the Authority which will be used to pay the
principal of and interest on the Bonds when due on a semiannual
basis. The Authority agrees that it will invest or cause to be
invested at the direction of the Issuer the monthly payments until
applied to the payment of the Bonds and to credit interest accruing
semiannually against the next six month principal and interest
payments on the Bonds and to notify the Issuer in writing of such
investment earnings and credit. The types of investments shall be
limited to investments which may be permitted by the Bond
Ordinance.
20. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts with each executed counterpart constituting an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument.
21. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be
binding upon the parties hereto and their successors and assigns
and will not confer any rights upon any other person. This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Arkansas.
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION
CONTROL AND ECOLOGY
By
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ARKANSAS DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
AUTHORITY
By
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RECOMMENDED to the City this day of March, 1991.
LITTLE ROCK SANITARY SEWER COMMITTEE
By
Chairman
ACCEPTED this day of , 1991.
CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
By
Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
Recipient: City of Little Rock, Arkansas
Loan Number: CS- 050749
Project Description: Rehabilitation of the sewerage system in
order to progress toward eliminating
major overflows that occur during
rainstorm events and correct severe
collection system deficiencies.
Project Schedule: See Schedule I
Estimated Final Completion Date: April 15, 1994
Debt Service Schedule: See Schedule II
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SCHEDULE I
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Recipient:
Loan Number:
Item
Planning and Design
Engineering
Construction
Contingencies
Local Loan Expenses
Issuance Cost
Capitalized Interest
Total
EXHIBIT B
PROJECT BUDGET
City of Little Rock, Arkansas
CS- 050749
Eligible
Costs
$ 300,000
300,000
4,300,000
491,500
8,500
180,000
420.000
$6,000,000
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Project Name: -
Project Number.
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EXHIBIT C RLF -76a
(41/90)
DISBURSEMENT RESUEST
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology
Revolving Loan Fund
Request Number.
Percent Complete:
Classification
Cost Classi
to Incurred
to Date
j RLF Eligible
I Amount
+ Previous RLF
I Disbursement
RLF Payment Due
this Request
a. Land Acquisition
b. Administration Costs (land)
c. Construction / L.inework /
Fo tm
d. Construction / Linework /
Contracted
e. Administration Costs (Cant)
L A/E Basic Fees - Bid Phase -
Contracted
Ba Fces Contt Phase -
g. Contracted
h. Inspection Fees - Contracted
L Project Performance Testing -
Contracted
j. Project Performance Fees
IL Eng. Fees - Design - Force Account
L Eng. Fees - ConsL - Force Account
m.Proj ct Performance Testing -
F e Account
n. Inspection Fees - Force Account
o. Allowance (Planning / Design)
p. Material Testing
q. Equipment
r. ADFA Fee
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TOTAL
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EXHIBIT D
Disbursements
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The disbursement amount is determined by a project outlay request.
This outlay request should be made as work progresses and may be
filed as often as once a month. The disbursement will be based
upon requests prepared and certified by the Issuer, the consulting
engineer, and the contractor. This request should include value of
work performed, materials on hand, and materials in place in
accordance with the contract. Outlay requests for engineering,
inspection, legal services, and other approved services shall be
made in accordance with the approved agreements.
The Department shall notify the Authority to disburse funds to the
Issuer when the Department determines that expenditures have been
properly documented as provided for in the general requirements for
allowable and unallowable costs, accounting procedures, and record
keeping.
The project will not be considered complete until the work as
defined in the Bond Purchase Agreement has been fully performed,
finalized, and unconditionally accepted by the Issuer and the
Department.
The Issuer shall provide the Department with an estimated
disbursement schedule at the beginning of the project and modify it
if necessary as construction progresses.
Upon completion of project construction, a final inspection will be
conducted. If the final inspection is found to be acceptable with
the RLF program procedures, final disbursement can be made.
Ten percent (10 %) of the completed construction cost shall be
withheld until the construction contract is at least fifty percent
(50 %) complete. Thereafter, upon certification by the project
engineer that the construction contract is 50% complete, no further
retainage will be withheld. All sums withheld shall be held in
escrow and shall be paid to the contractor within thirty (30) days
after the construction contract has been substantially completed.
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EXHIBIT E
CERTIFICATE
I certify that all the Labor Standards Contract
Provisions of the specifications have been complied with during
construction of the rehabilitation projects known by the Revolving
Loan Fund as CS - r
(Legal Name of Project)
Date Signature of Authorized
Representative
City of Little Rock, Arkansas
By
Name and Title
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EXHIBIT F
ARKANSAS uEPARTMENT OF POLLUTION CONTROL AND ECOLOGY
REVOLVING LOAN FUND
REQUEST TO PROCESS DISBURSEMENT
FROM: Construction Assistance Division (ADPC &E)
Date: Disbursement Number:
Project Name: Project Number:
Amount Requested: Recipient:
Address:
City State Zip Code
Disburse to:
Account No, Bank
Address:
City State Zip Code
Reviewed by:
Project Administrator
Approved by:
Chief Construction Assistance
IMANU LAKKT IU:
Fiscal Management (ADPC &E)
Approved by:
Fiscal Officer Date I
PRY TO:
Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA)
Date of Disbursement:
Amount of Disbursement:
8y
Signature of Authorized Representative ADFA
NOTE: Federal Regulations require disbursement by ADFA within 3 days of
receipt of request from ADPC &E Fiscal Management,
)RETURN THIS FORM TO ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF POLLUTIUN LUNIKUL ANU
IECOLOGY CONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE DIVISION WHEN DISBURSEMENT IS MADE
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EXHIBIT G
CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION AND
REQUEST FOR FINAL INSPECTION
This is to certify that the publicly owned treatment
works for the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, RLF Project No.
is complete in accordance with the approved Plans and
Specifications, Bond Purchase Agreement and applicable laws, rules
and regulations, is fully operable, and has been accepted by the
City of Little Rock, Arkansas on
A Final Inspection of the project is requested.
Authorized Representative
Signature
Date
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