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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11513;IVA o t" r ORDINANCE NO. 11,513 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS GENERAL OBLI- GATION BONDS, SERIES 1964, UNDER THE PRO- VISIONS OF AMENDMENT NO. 49 TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS; AUTHORIZING THE AC- QUIRING, CONSTRUCTING AND EQUIPPING OF IMPROVE- MENTS DESCRIBED IN THE ORDINANCE; LEVYING A TAX AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE BONDS; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY . WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas (called "City ") by Ordinance No. 11,474, adopted and approved on the 16th day of March, 1964, called a special election to be held on the 12th day of May, 1964, for the electors to vote upon the question of issuing bonds under the provisions of Amend- ment No. 49 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas in the principal amount of $4,300,000 for-the purpose of securing and developing industry consisting of the acquisition of lands; the development of said lands by installing necessary utility lines and services, roads, streets, railways, and other necessary facili- ties for the utilization of said lands in the securing and developing . of industry; the constructing and equipping of necessary port or marine terminal facilities; and other improvements, facilities and expenditures necessary or incidental to the full utilization, develop- ment and use of said lands, improvements, facilities, developments and port or marine terminal facilities for the securing and developing of industry (called the "improvements "); and WHEREAS due notice of the election was given as required by law, and at said special election the electors approved the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of $4,300,000; and WHEREAS the results of the election were proclaimed by the Mayor in a proclamation duly published on May 23 , oco - 3F c4 a r . i f • a ! � 1964; and Pa ge 2 WHEREAS the Board of Directors has determined to issue initially bonds in the principal amount of $3,150,000 with a reservation of the right to issue subsequently the remaining bonds of said total authorized principal amount with said remaining bonds to rank on a parity of security with the bonds now being issued; and WHEREAS after due advertisement for the time and in the manner provided by law, bonds in the principal amount of $3,150,000 were offered for public sale, and at said sale Halsey, Stuart & Company, Inc., Dabbs Sullivan Company, Inc. and E.L. Villareal & Company, Inc. and Associates bid and offered the price of par and accrued interest plus a premium of $560.70 for bonds bearing interest at the rates of 12 %, 3-127., 3.80% and 4% per annum, and this being the best bid, said bonds were sold to said purchasers at said price; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Directors of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas: Page 3 Section 1. That the sale of the $3,150,000 in principal amount of bonds to the purchasers for the price set forth above, be,and the same is hereby,approved and confirmed. Section 2. That the acquisition, construction and equip ping of the improvements be, and the same are hereby, authorized, directed, approved and confirmed. Section 3. That under the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly Amendment No. 49 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, City of Little Rock, Arkansas General Obligation Bonds, Series 1964, are hereby authorized and ordered issued in the principal amount of $3,150,000 for the purpose of financing the cost of acquiring, constructing and equipping the improvements (with the improvements having been heretofore referred to in the Whereas clauses of this Ordinance and having been heretofore authorized in Section 2 of this Ordinance). The bonds now being issued are part of a total authorized issue in the principal amount of $4,300,0001 with, as hereafter set forth in detail, the remaining bonds of said total authorized issue to be subsequently sold and delivered and to rank on a parity of security with the Series 1964 Bonds now being delivered pursuant to the pro- visions of this Ordinance. References herein to the unqualified word "bonds" shall mean the bonds of said total authorized issue, regardless of series, unless the context clearly indicates another meaning and, references herein to the bonds now being issued will be to the "Series 1964 Bonds ". The Series 1964 Bonds will be dated July 1, 1964, interest thereon will be payable semiannually on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing July 1, 1965 (the first interest coupon will be for twelve months) and the Series 1964 Y i f 1 L OIL Page 4 Bonds will mature annually on July 1 of each of the years 1967 to 19942 inclusive, as set forth in the schedule appearing in Section 7 of this Ordinance but the principal thereof will be callable for payment prior to maturity as hereafter set forth in the bond form appearing in Section 5 of this Ordinance. The Series 1964 Bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one (1) to six hundred seventy- four (674), inclusive, and shall be in the denomination of $5,000 each except Bonds Nos. 15, 16, 17, 48, 49, 50, 83, 84, 85, 120, 121, 122, 159, 160, 161, 181, 201, 202, 203, 204, 225, 226, 269, 270, 271, 294, 317, 318, 319, 320, 344, 345, 346, 371, 422, 423, 424, 451, 452, 480, 509, 568, 569, 570, 571, 602, 603, 604, 605, 637, 638, 639, 672, 673 and 674 shall be in the denomination of $1,000 each. The Series 1964 Bonds shall bear interest as follows: Bonds Nos. 1 through 140, inclusive, being the bonds maturing in the years 1967 to 1974, inclusive, bear interest at the rate of 4% per annum; Bonds Nos. 141 through 161, inclusive, being the bonds maturing in the year 1975 bear interest at the rate of 3.80% per annum; Bonds Nos. 162 through 605, inclusive, being the bonds maturing in the years 1976 to 1992, inclusive, bear interest at the rate of 3 1/2% per annum; and Bonds Nos. 606 to 674, inclusive, being the bonds maturing in the years 1993 and 1994, bear interest at the rate of 1 1/2% per annum. The principal of and interest on the Series 1964 Bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation of the bond or proper coupon at the office of Union National Bank of Little Rock,,Little Rock, Arkansas (the "Paying Agent "). Section 4. That the Series 1964 Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City by the Mayor and City Clerk and shall have im- Pa ge 5 pressed thereon the seal of the City, and the interest coupons shall be executed on behalf of the City by the Mayor. The Series 1964 Bonds and the interest coupons may have the facsimile signature of the Mayor lithographed or printed thereon, which signature shall have the same force and effect as if he had personally signed each of said bonds and each of said coupons, but the Series 1964 Bonds must be signed by the manual signature of the City Clerk. Section 5. That the Series 1964 Bonds and the coupons attached thereto (which coupons evidence the interest on the bonds) shall be in substantially the following form: Pa ge 6 (Form of Bond) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF PULASKI CITY OF LITTLE ROCK % GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND, SERIES 1964 No. KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the City of Little Rock, County of Pulaski, State of Arkansas, acknowledges itself to owe and, for value received, promises to pay to bearer the sum of DOLLARS in lawful money of the United States of America on the first day of July, 19 and to pay interest hereon at the rate of per cent ( %) per annum from date semiannually on January 1 and July 1 of each year, commencing July 1, 1965 (the first interest coupon shall be for twelve months) upon presentation and surrender of the annexed coupons as they severally become due. Both the princi- pal of and interest on this bond are hereby made payable at Union National Bank of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas. This is one of a series of ( ) bonds aggregating Three Million One Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($3,150,000) dated July 1, 1964 and numbered from one (1) to six hundred seventy -four (674), inclusive, all of like tenor and effect except as to number, rate of interest, denomination, maturity, and right of prior redemption (called "Series 1964 Bonds ") being-part of a total authorized issue in the principal amount of $4,300,000 (leaving un- issued as of the date of delivery of these Series 1964 Bonds $1,150,000 in principal amount which may be subsequently sold and Pa ge 7 delivered and which, when delivered, will rank on a parity of security with these Series 1964 Bonds). References herein to the unqualified word "bonds" shall mean the bonds of said total authorized issue regardless of series and regardless of when sold and delivered. The bonds are being issued for the purpose of financing the cost of securing and developing industry consisting of the acquisition of lands; the development of said lands by installing necessary utility lines and services, roads, streets, railways, and other necessary facilities for the utilization of said lands in the securing and develop- ing of industry; the constructing and equipping of necessary port or marine terminal facilities; and other improvements, facilities and expenditures necessary or incidental to the full utilization, develop- ment and use of said lands, improvements, facilities, developments and port or marine terminal facilities for the securing and developing of industry (called "improvements "). The bonds are issued pursuant to and in full compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, particularly Amendment No. 49 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, and pursuant to Ordinances of the Board of Directors of the City and an election duly held at which the majority of the legal voters of the City voting on the question voted in favor of the issuance of the bonds. The bonds are general obligations of the City, payable from the proceeds of a special 1.35 mill special tax on the dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable real and personal property in the City, levied under the authority of Amendment No. 49 to the Constitution of the State.of Arkansas, and the City hereby pledges its full faith, credit and taxing power, including the said 1.35 mill special tax Pa ge 8 for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds. In this regard, when additional series of bonds of said total authorized issue, of which the Series 1964 Bonds are a part, are sold and delivered the City covenants that it will levy an additional amount of millage as a continuing annual tax which, with reference to the series then being issued and the assessed valuation of the taxable real and personal property in the City as of the date of said issuance (on the basis of the latest assessment of record) will produce revenues in an amount approximating insofar as practicable 1207. of the average annual principal and interest requirements of the additional series being issued, and, all of such taxes so levied are and shall be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on all bonds of said total authorized issue, regardless of series and regardless of when sold and delivered. Said taxes shall be collected annually as long as the bonds of any aeries of said total authorized issue are outstanding and unpaid unless the collection thereof, in whole or in part, is sus- pended as hereafter provided. With particular reference to the Series 1964 Bonds, provision has been made in Ordinance No. adopted and approved on the day of August, 1964, for the suspension and collection of all or a portion of the said special tax to the extent of available revenues from the improvements and reference may be had to the provisions of said Ordinance pertaining to said sus- pension of collection and for the details concerning the nature and extent of the security and the rights and obligations of the City and the bondholders. The bonds are not secured by a lien on the improvements and are not secured by a pledge of any revenues derived Pa ge 9 from the improvements. The City covenants that the entire proceeds derived from the special tax or taxes at any time levied must be applied as and when available to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and the City covenants that the entire amount of tax col- lections over and above the amount necessary to insure the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on all outstanding bonds of all series must be applied on each interest paying date as and when available proportionately to the redemption of the bonds of each series prior to maturity (that is, that proportionate amount of said surplus that the original principal amount of the bonds of each series bears to the total original principal amount of all series as to which any bonds are outstanding at the time, must be applied to the redemption of the bonds of the particular series). And, it is understood that this covenant to use surplus proceeds of the special taxes for the redemption of bonds will apply to any revenues from the improvements utilized for the payment of bonds and which form the basis of the suspension of collection of a portion of said special taxes. The Series 1964 Bonds will not be callable for redemption prior to maturity from surplus proceeds of the sale of the Series 1964 Bonds. The Series 1964 Bonds will be callable for payment prior to maturity in inverse numerical order as follows: from surplus tax collections or from any revenues from the improvements (excluding therefrom, however, the proceeds of the sale of land) whether or not such revenues from the improvements form the basis for the sus- pension of the collection of a portion of said special taxes, at a 0 , T , f Page 10 price of the principal amount of the bonds being called plus accrued interest to the date of redemption on any interest paying date; from funds from any other source on any interest paying date on and after July 1, 1970 at a price of the principal amount of the bonds being called plus accrued interest to the date of redemption and plus a premium as follows: 4% if redeemed on July 1, 1970 to January 1, 1973, inclusive; 3% if redeemed on July 1, 1973 to January 1, 1976, inclusive; 2% if redeemed on July 1, 1976 to January 1, 1979, inclusive; 1% if redeemed on July 1, 1979 to January 1, 1982, inclusive; No premium if redeemed thereafter. Notice of the call for redemption shall be published one (1) time in a newspaper published in the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and having a general circulation throughout the State of Arkansas, giving the number and maturity of each bond being called, with the publication to be at least fifteen (15) days prior to the redemption date, and after the date fixed for redemption each bond so called shall cease to bear interest, providing funds for its payment are on deposit with the Paying Agent at that time. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DELCARED that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be per- formed under the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, particularly Amendment No. 49 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, precedent to and in the issuance of the bonds have existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law; that the indebtedness represented by the bonds does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitations; and that a tax sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Page 11 bonds has been levied in accordance with the provisions of Amendment No. 49 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas and made payable annually until all of the principal of and interest on the bonds are fully paid and discharged, subject to the suspension of the collection thereof referred to above. This bond shall not be valid until it shall have been authenticated by the Certificate hereon duly signed by Union National Bank of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas has caused the bonds and coupons to be executed by the facsimile signature of the Mayor and has caused the bonds to be executed by the manual signature of the City Clerk, and has caused the seal of the City to be affixed to the bonds, all as of the first day of July, 1964. ATTEST: City Clerk (SEAL) CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS By Mayor Page 12 (Form of Coupon) No. $ January On the first day of July 19 the City of Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, unless the bond to which this coupon is attached is paid prior thereto, hereby promisets to pay to bearer DOLLARS in lawful money of the United States of America at the office of Union National Bank of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, being six (6) months' interest then due on its General Obligation Bond issued under Amendment No. 49 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas, dated July 1, 1964 and numbered CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS By Mayor On each bond shall appear the following: CERTIFICATE This is to certify that this is one of the bonds of the series mentioned and described within, designated Series 1964. UNION NATIONAL BANK OF LITTLE ROCK LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS By Authorized Signature) Page 13 Section 6. That all bonds of this total authorized issue, including without limitation, the Series 1964 Bonds authorized hereby, shall constitute general obligations of the City to the payment of the principal of and interest on which the City hereby pledges its full faith, credit and taxing power, including a 1.35 mill special tax on each dollar of the assessed valuation of all taxable real and personal property within the City, which special tax shall be collected with the taxes col- lected in the year 1965 and annually thereafter until all of the principal of and interest on the bonds are paid in full or until adequate provision is made for their payment, unless the collection thereof is suspended as hereafter set forth. In this regard, as heretofore pointed out, the Series 1964 Bonds now being issued are part of a total authorized issue in the aggregate principal amount of $4,300,000, leaving unissued as of the date hereof $1,150,000 in principal amount, which may be subsequently issued from time to time on a parity of security with the Series 1964 Bonds. Subsequent series of bonds shall be appropriately designated by the year of issuance, shall be authorized by ordi- nance of the Board of Directors of the City, shall be dated July 1, 1964, shall have interest payment dates on January 1 and July 1 of each year (semiannually), and shall mature on July 1 in each of the years of the period commencing July 1, 1967 to July 1, 1994, inclusive, or such portion of said period as shall not have elapsed prior to the issuance of the particular subsequent series. The bonds of subsequent series shall bear interest at the rate or rates accepted by the City at the public sale of each such Page 14 subsequent series but the principal maturities of the bonds of each additional series must be arranged proportionately through- out the maturity years of said period (1967 to 1994,inclusive) so that when all series of said total authorized issue have been delivered, the principal amounts for the applicable maturity years will be as set forth in the schedule appearing in Ordinance No. 11,474 of the ordinances of the City adopted and approved on the 16th day of March, 1964, and being the ordinance calling the special election at which the electors of the City approved the issuance of the bonds. The City covenants that when additional bonds of said total authorized issue are sold and delivered, it will levy an additional amount of millage, which, with reference to the bonds of the series then being issued and the assessed valua- tion of the real and personal property in the City as of the date of the issuance of said additional series (on the basis of the latest assessment of record) will produce revenues in an amount approximating insofar as practicable 120% of the average annual principal and interest requirements of the particular series being issued. All special taxes levied for the bonds of said total authorized issue, regardless of when the levy is made, are and shall be pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on all of the bonds of said total authorized issue, regardless of the series and regardless of when sold and delivered. The bonds are not secured by a lien on the improvements and are not secured by a pledge of any revenues derived from the improvements. However, Page 15 the City reserves the right, at its option, to use all or any portion of available revenues derived from the improvements except the proceeds of the sale of land for application to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, at maturity or at re- demption prior to maturity (which will be herein referred to as "available Project revenues" or "available revenues "), it being under- stood that proceeds of the sale of land may be so used on and after July 1, 1970, but such proceeds shall fall in the category of "funds from any other source" as used in the redemption provisions with the redemption premiums being applicable thereto in the amounts and for the periods set forth in the redemption provisions. The said special tax or taxes shall be collected in the year 1965 and shall be col- lected each year thereafter unless suspended, in whole or in part, as follows: The County Clerk is hereby directed to extend the said tax or taxes for collection each year unless he receives, on or before November 15 of the year immediately preceding the year in which the said tax or taxes are to be collected, a certificate signed by the Mayor of the City and an authorized officer of each bank that is paying agent for any series of bonds of said total authorized issue then outstanding, that the collection of all or a specified portion of said special tax or taxes is to be suspended for the next calendar year. In this regard, it is understood that the Mayor and the authorized officer or officers of said paying agent bank or banks, in determining the action to be taken by them concerning said certificate, shall be guided solely by the amount of available revenues actually on deposit in the Bond Fund (hereafter identified) and the collection may be suspended, if requested by Page 16 the City (evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the City) only to the extent that there be available for the year for which the suspension is applicable from tax proceeds to be collected from any available revenues the average annual of all series then authorized officer shall decide how m unsuspended portion of the taxes and from the on hand, as aforesaid, not less than 120% of principal and interest requirements of all bonds outstanding. Based thereon, the Mayor and the or officers of the paying agent bank or banks ach of the special tax is to be collected and shall certify to the County Clerk whether the entire said special tax is to be collected or, if not, the portion thereof that is to be collected, or that no portion thereof is to be collected. The County Clerk shall be entitled to rely upon said certificate and shall act in accordance therewith. All proceeds derived from collections of the special tax or taxes referred to above and all available revenues which the City elects to apply to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds shall be deposited, as, if and when received, into a special fund in the name of the City designated "Port Bond Retirement Fund" (sometimes called the "Bond Fund "), which fund shall be maintained in a bank to be selected from time to time by the City but which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and all moneys in the Bond Fund shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of, interest on and paying agent's fees in connection with the bonds at maturity and at redemption prior to maturity. As set forth in the face of the bond form, the City covenants that all moneys in the Bond Fund over and above the amount necessary to insure the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on all outstanding bonds of all series of said total - � r Page 17 authorized issue as the same become due will be applied on each interest paying date as and when available proportionately to the redemption of the bonds of each series prior to maturity (that is, that proportionate amount of said surplus that the original principal amount of the bonds of each series bears to the total original principal amount of all series as to which any bonds are outstand- ing at the time, must be applied to the redemption of the bonds of the particular series). Section 7. That the moneys on deposit in the Bond Fund are hereby appropriated to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as they mature, and if said moneys be not sufficient for that purpose, then there are hereby appropriated out of the general revenues of the City the sums necessary to pay the prin- cipal of and interest on the bonds as they mature, with the amounts therein in excess of that necessary to insure the prompt payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds as they mature being hereby appropriated to the redemption of bonds prior to maturity. ing schedule: The Series 1964 Bonds mature according to the follow- • � I r Page 18 YEAR BOND NOS. PRINCIPAL INTEREST TOTAL JANUARY 1 JULY 1 1965 $ $ $107,369.00 1966 53,684.50 53,684.50 1967 1 - 17 73,000 53,684.50 53,684.50 1968 18 - 32 75,000 52,224.50 521224.50 1969 33 - 50 783,000 50,724.50 50,724.50 1970 51 - 66 802000 49,164.50 493,164.50 1971 67 - 85 832000 47,564.50 473,564.50 1972 86 - 102 85,000 45,904.50 453,904.50 1973 103 - 122 88,000 44,204.50 44,204.50 1974 123 - 140 902000 42,444.50 42,444.50 1975 141 - 161 93,000 40,644.50 402644.50 1976 162 - 181 96,000 382877.50 382877.50 1977 182 - 204 99,000 37,197.50 37,197.50 1978 205 - 226 102,000 35,465.00 35,465.00 1979 227 - 247 105,000 33,680.00 33,680.00 1980 248 - 271 108,000 31,842.50 31,842.50 1981 272 - 294 111,000 29,952.50 29,952.50 1982 295 - 320 1143,000 28,010.00 28,010.00 1983 321 - 346 118,000 26,015.00 263,015.00 1984 347 - 371 121,000 23,950.00 23,950.00 1985 372 - 396 125,000 21,832.50 213,832.50 1986 397 - 424 128,000 19,645.00 19,645.00 1987 425 - 452 132,000 17,405.00 17,405.00 1988 453 - 480 136,000 15,095.00 15,095.00 1989 481 - 509 141,000 12,715.00 122715.00 1990 510 - 538 1452000 10,247.50 101247.50 1991 539 - 571 149,000 7,710.00 72710.00 1992 572 - 605 1542000 5,102.50 5,102.50 1993 606 - 639 158,000 2,407.50 22407.50 1994 640 - 674 163,000 1,222.50 1,222.50 $107,369.00 107,369.00 180,369.00 179,449.00 179,449.00 178,329.00 178,129.00 176,809.00 176,409.00 174,889.00 174,289.00 173,755.00 173,395.00 172,930.00 172,360.00 171,685.00 170,905.00 170,020.00 170,030.00 168,900:00 168,665.00 167,290.00 166,810.00 166,190.00 166,430.00 165,495.00 164,420.00 164,205.00 162,815.00' 165,445.00 Page 19 Section 8. That the bonds of this issue shall be callable for payment as set forth in the face of the bond form in Section 5. The City covenants that the bonds of subsequent series shall be callable for payment prior to maturity upon the same terms and pro- visions and in the same manner as in the case of the Series 1964 Bonds. Section 9. That the Treasurer of the City, or the chief finance officer of the City having custody of the moneys in the Bond Fund, shall withdraw from the Bond Fund and make available to the Paying Agent a sufficient time prior to the maturity or redemption date of any bonds or interest coupons an amount equal to the amount necessary for the maturity or redemption of the bonds, principal and interest, for the sole purpose of paying the same, together with the amount necessary to provide for the Paying Agent's fees. This instruction to the Treasurer or chief finance officer, as aforesaid, is irrevocable and may be enforced by mandamus. Section 10. That Union National Bank of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas is hereby designated as Paying Agent for the Series 1964 Bonds. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Series 1964 Bonds at any time may by an instru- ment duly executed and recorded in the office of the City Clerk appoint a new Paying Agent who shall have all the powers of the original Paying Agent, and the Paying Agent herein named may resign at any time upon ten (10) days' notice in writing mailed to the City Clerk. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Paying Agent and the failure of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Series 1964 Bonds to take the necessary f Page 20 action to appoint a new Paying Agent within thirty (30) days after such vacancy occurs, the City shall forthwith designate a new Paying Agent. The City agrees to pay the Paying Agent's fees as follows: For interest payments, $.05 per coupon on $1,000 denomination bonds, and $.122 per coupon on $5,000 denomination bonds; for prin- cipal, $.50 per bond for $1,000 denomination bonds, and $1.50 per bond for $5,000 denomination bonds. Section 11. That if default is made and continues for thirty (30) days in the payment of any interest coupon, the holder of the bond to which it is attached may declare the same immediately due and payable, and the failure of the holder to exercise this option upon any default shall not be a waiver of his right to exercise the option upon any subsequent default. Section 12. That when the Series 1964 Bonds have been executed and sealed, they shall be delivered to Union National Bank of Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, which shall authenticate them and deliver them to the purchasers upon receipt from the pur- chasers of $3,150,560.70, plus accrued interest from July 1, 1964 to the date of delivery (called "total sale proceeds "). The total sale proceeds shall be disbursed by said Bank as follows: 1. The amount of the accrued interest shall be deposited into the Bond Fund, referred to in Section 6 hereof; 2. The balance of the total sale proceeds shall be deposited into a special fund in the name of the City designated "Port Bond Construction Fund" (sometimes called the "Construction Fund "), which Construction Fund shall be maintained in a bank to be selected from time to time by the City, but which is a member Page 21 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and all moneys in the Construction Fund shall be used solely for the payment of the cost of acquiring, constructing and equipping the improvements, paying necessary expenses incidental thereto, and paying the ex- penses of the issuance of bonds. The City may invest and reinvest the moneys on deposit in the Construction Fund in any securities constituting authorized investments for municipal funds under the laws of the State of Arkansas having maturity dates, or subject to redemption by the holder, on or before the dates the moneys so in- vested will be needed for the purposes for which said moneys may be expended. Section 13. That the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be separable, and in the event any action, pro- vision or part thereof shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affext the remainder of the Ordinance. Section 14. That all Ordinances and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 15. That there is hereby found and declared to be an immediate need for the improvements so that the welfare of the City and its inhabitants be protected by receipt of the public benefits to flow from the improvements and that the improvements can be accomplished only by the issuance of the bonds authorized hereby. It is, therefore, declared that an emergency exists and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public health, safety and welfare shall be in force and take effect immediately upon and after its passage. . wr Page 22 PASSED :_ August 17 , 1964. ATTEST: City Clerk (SEAL) APPROVED: Mayor