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HomeMy WebLinkAboutord1980-0621 Di 2 3 4 5 6 7 to September 4, 1980 Introduced by: Roehl Proposed by Engineering Division ORDINANCE N0. 80 -62 AN ORDINANCE of the "Council of Whatcom County, Washington amending Ordinance No. 80 -59 providing for the issuance and sale of bonds of Road Improve,j' ment District No. 4 in the principal sum of $76,031.43 and declaring an emergency. 9 WHEREAS, on August 21,11980, the Council of Whatcom County, 10 Washington, (the "County Council ") passed and approved Ordinance 11 No. 80 -59 authorizing the issuance and sale of $76,031.43 12 aggregate principal of Whatcom County Road Improvement District 13 No. 4 Bonds to be dated October 1, 1980 (the "Bonds ") and 14 providing for public sale of the Bonds on September 4, 1980; and 15 WHEREAS, the maximum interest rate fixed the Bonds is eight 16 percent, which is the maximum rate fixed by law for the assessment 17 installments which will provide the moneys for payment of the 16 ;o Bonds; and WHEREAS, it has been the advice of financial consultants that such maximum interest rate has been and remains a major impediment to the ability of Whatcom County, Washington (the "county") to market the Bonds; and WHEREAS, it is deemed necessary and advisable to change the frequency and dates of the interest payments on the Bonds to increase their marketability; and 0. WHEREAS, there is insufficient time to permanently amend Ordinance No. 80 -59 prior to the scheduled sale date and the County would incur substantial additional expense if the sale were cancelled and a new sale date set; and WHEREAS, the County Council will have sufficient time between the date of the sale and the date of delivery of the -1- 9 �w 4 s if a suitable bid for the Bonds is received and accepted on 2 September 4, 1980, to consider an ordinance to permanently amend 3 Ordinance No. 80 -59; 4 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of Whatcom 5 County, Washington, as follows: 611 SECTION 1. There is hereby found and declared an emergency 7 necessary for the immediate` preservation of the peace, health, 8 safety or support' of the County government. and its existing 9 institutions. This emergency is created by the necessity to 10 amend certain details affecting the marketability of the Bonds 11 prior to the sale thereof and to permit the County Council to 12 give due consideration to permanently amending Ordinance No. 13 80 ®59 authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bonds. 14 SECTION 2. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 8059 passed and 15 approved August 21, 1980, is hereby amended as follows: 16 SECTION 1. For the purpose of paying .,the cost and expense of the improvements ordered by resolution of the 17 County adopted June 5, 1978, and constructed, in Road Improvement Distriet,No..4, the County shall issue and 18 sell bonds of Road Improvement District No. 4 in the principal amount of $76,031.43 (the "Bonds "). The 19 Bonds shall be dated, October 1,, 1980, shall be in the denomination of $5,000.00 each except Bond No. 1 which 20, shall be in the denomination of $1,031.43, shall bear interest at such rate or rates as shall be fixed by the 21 County Council upon the sale thereof, payable on.the first day of May, '1981 .:;and semiannually thereafter on 22 the first days of November and May of each year, shall. be numbered from, 1 ;'to 16 inclusive, and ` shall mature 23 November 1, 1991 24 Both principal of and interest on the Bonds shall be payable in Lawful 'money of the United States of 25 America at the office of the County Treasurer in Bellingham, Washington or, at the option of the holder,; 26 at either of the fiscal agencies of the State of Washington in the cities of Seattle, Washington and New 27 York, New York, 28 Bonds shall be 'redeemable at par in advance of their scheduled maturity in numerical order',, ''on any 29 interest payment ,date` whenever there shall be sufficient money in the Road Improvement District No 4 Bond Fund' 30 to pay the same, over and above an amount sufficient for the payment of the interest next accruing on all 31 the unpaid bonds of Road Improvement District No. 4. _2.. i I Notice of such intended redemption shall be given by! mail to the original purchaser or the account manager' 2 thereof (or to its successor in business) at its main'; office, and by one publication thereof in the official' 3 newspaper of Whatcom County not more than forty (40) nor less than thirty (30) days prior to such redemption 4 date. 5 SECTION 3. Section 3 of Ordinance. No. 8059 is hereby 6 amended as follows: 7 SECTION 3. Said Bonds shall be in substantially the following form: 8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 9 NO $ 10 STATE OF WASHINGTON 11 WHATCOM COUNTY 12 ROAD IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO 4 13 Laws of Washington 1963, Chapter 4 (RCW 36.88.240) provides, in part, as follows: 14 "Neither the holder nor the owner of any 15 bond or warrant issued under the provisions of this chapter shall have any claim therefor 16 against the county by which the same is issued, except for payment from the special 17 assessments made for the improvement for which said bond or warrant was issued and 18' except as against the improvement guaranty fund of such county, and the county shall not 19 be liable to any holder or owner of'such bond or warrant for any loss to the guaranty fund 20 occurring in the lawful-operation thereof by the county.. The remedy of the holder or 21 owner of a bond, or warrant in case of. non- payment, shall be confined to the enforcement 22 of any assessments made in such road improve- ment district and to the guaranty fund." 23 Whatcom County, Washington, hereby promises to pay 24 to bearer on the first day of November, 1991, the principal amount of 25 26 27 in lawful money of the United States' of America, together with interest thereon from the date hereof 28 until payment of the principal sum has been made or duly provided for at the rate of % per annum 29 payable May 1, 1981 and semiannually thereafter on the first days of lgdvember.and May of each year," upon 30 presentation and surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they severally become due or until such 31 principal amount shall have been paid or duly provided. for. 32 -3- 1 vw� i k.; <f Y C�+y -J'0 t 'q I • Both principal of and interest on the bonds are payable in lawful money of the United States of America' 2 at the office of the County Treasurer in Bellingham, Washington, or, at the option of the holder, at either 3 of the fiscal agencies of the State of Washington in the cities of Seattle, Washington and New York, New 4 York, solely out of the Road Improvement District No. 4 Fund created by Ordinance No. of the County and 5 from the Whatcom..County Road Improvement Guaranty Fund, created by Ordinance No. of the County pursuant to 6 Laws of Washington 1967, Chapter 63. Neither the holder nor the owner of this bond shall have any claim 7 therefor against Whatcom`County except for payment from the special assessments made for the improvement for 6 which said bond was issued and except as against the Whatcom County Road Improvement District Guaranty Fund. 9 This bond is one of an issue aggregating in all 10 the principal sum of $76,031.43, issued to pay part of the cost of certain road improvements within Road 11 Improvement District No. 4 created by resolution adopted June 5, 1978. The bonds of this issue are 12 subject to redemption at par in advance of their scheduled maturity, in numerical order, on any interest 13 payment date whenever there shall be sufficient money in said Road Improvement District No. 4 Fund to pay the 14 same, over and above an amount sufficient for the payment of the interest next accruing on the unpaid 15 bonds of Road Improvement District No 4. 16 In case this bond is called for payment before its final maturity, each and every interest coupon not 17 accrued at the time of such payment shall be void. Call for payment of this bond shall be made by the 16 County Treasurer by mailing notice of such call to or its succes� 19 sor in business, at its main office in if and by one publication of such call in the official 20 newspaper of Whatcom County, Washington not more than forty (40) nor less than thirty (30) days prior to said 21 call date, and when such call is made this bond shall be paid on the date the next interest 'coupon thereof 22 shall become due after such call. 23 It is hereby certified and declared that this bond and the bonds of this issue are issued pursuant to and 24 in compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington and ordinances and resolutions of 25 the County, and that all acts, conditions and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuance of 26 this bond have happened, been done, and performed. 27 1 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Whatcom County, Washington has caused this bond to be signed on behalf of the County 26 with the manual signature of the County Executive, to be attested by the manual signature cof the County 29 Auditor and ex officio 'Clerk of the .Council, the official seal of. the County to be imprinted or impressed 30 3, i1 3211 MAM M 1 hereon, and the interest coupons attached hereto to be` signed with the facsimile signatures of said officials,:' 2 this 1st day of October, 1980, 3 WHATCOM.COUNTY, WASHINGTON 1 5 By County Executive 6 ATTEST: 7 8 County Auditor and ex officio 9 Clerk of the Council 10 The interest coupons to be attached,to said bonds shall be in substantially the following form: 11 NO. $ 12 On the first day of 19 Whatcom 13 County, Washington, will pay to bearer at the office of the County Treasurer or, at the option of the holder, 14 at either of the fiscal agencies. of the State of Washington in the cities of Seattle, Washington and New 15 York, New York, the sum shown hereon in lawful money of the United States of America out of the Road Improvement 16 District No. 4 Fund of the County, said sum being the interest due that date on bond numbered of 17 Road Improvement District No. 4 of the County. This coupon is subject to all the terms and conditions 16 contained in the bond to which it is attached. 1911 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON 2011 21 By County Executive 22 ATTEST: 23 24 County Auditor and ex officio 25 Clerk of the Council 2611 r 27 SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be effective immediately 26 upon approval of the County Executive and shall expire as of the sixty -first day following the effective date. 30 31 f! K�+ �5- - - -- - er,k ;1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14! i 15 16 17 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 29 3 31 32 INTRODUCED this 4th day of September, 1980, PASSED.this 4th day of September, 1980. WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON Chairman ATTEST* Joan Ogden &/I At X144d -AL' Whatcom County Auditor o Deputy and ex officio Clerk of the Council APPROVED this day of September, 1980, 10,Z 7" Whatco County Kxecutive 4PPRO AS F secuting Attorney Published September 11, 1980 - Effective immediately... upon signature -6- I . i