Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout030812 ORD - 04/12/2016 i CERTIFICATE OF CITY SECRETARY HE STATE OE TEXAS § COUNTIES OF NUECES,ARANSAS, 3 KLEBERG AND SAN PATRICK) CITY OF ('ORIM IS CHRIS I I § 11 IF UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CER HEWS that: I. On the 12th day of April, 2016, the City Council (the Council) of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (the City) convened in regular session at its regular meeting place at the City I fall (the Meeting), the duly constituted members of the Council being as follows: Nelda Martinez. Mayor Carolyn Vaughn Co unci Imemher, District I Brian Rosas Councilmember, District 2 Lucy Rubio Councilmember, District 3 Colleen McIntyre Councilmember, District 4 Rudy Gar/a, Jr. Councilmember, District 5 Chad Magill Councilmember, At targe Mark Scott Councilmember, At large Ylichnel Hunter C'.ounciiinem her, At Large and all of such persons were present at the Meeting. except the following: None thus constituting a quorum. Among other business considered at the Meeting, the attached Ordinance (the Ordinance) entitled: ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF "CIIY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED PLEDGE REVENUE CERTIFICATES OP OBLIGATION. SERIES 2016A" IN AN AMOIJNT NOT TO EXCEED $18,140,037 FOR TI IE PURPOSE OF FINANCING COSTS ASSOC'IA'TED WITII MAKING PERMANENT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN II IE CITY: PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMI(N I OF SAID CERTIFICATES BY THE I.EVY OF AN Al) VALOREM FAX UPON All, TAXABLE PROPERTY WI IMIN 'El IF CITY AND FURTHER SECURING SAID CIhl(II FICATES BY A LIEN ON AND P1EDGE OFIFIF PLEDGED REVENUES 01' THE S01.11) WASTE SYSTEM: PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID CERTIFIC'AT'ES AND RESOLVING OII IFR MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO TIIF ISSUANCE, PAYMENT, SECURITY. SALE, AND DELIVERY OF SAID CERTIFICAT ES. INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OFFICIAL. STATEMENT PERTAINING THERETO: AUTHORIZING TAIL EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND A PL1R('HASE CONTRACT', COMPLYING Wfll I Il IF REQUIREMENTS OF I1II1 LIf111 ER OF REPRESENTA !TONS ON FILE WITH 11 IF DEPOSITORY INDEXED TRUST COMPANY; DELEGATING 'II IF AUTHORITY To CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE C'I'TY STARE TO EXECUTE C'ER'TAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING "TO THE SALE OF TI 1E CERTIFICATES, ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS INCIDI N'I ANI) RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF If IIS ORDINANC'b; ANI) PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE was introduced and submitted to the Council for passage and adoption. After presentation and due consideration of the Ordinance, the Ordinance carried by the following record vote: voted "For" n voted "Against' abstained all as shown in the official Minutes of the Council for the Meeting. 2. the attached Ordinance is a true and correct copy of the original on file in the official records of the City; the duly qualified and acting members of the Council of the City on the date of the Meeting are those persons shown above, and, according to the records of my office, each member of the Council was given actual notice of the time, place, and purpose of the Meeting and had actual notice that the Ordinance would be considered; and the Meeting and deliberation of the aforesaid public business was open to the public, and written notice of said meeting. including the subject of the Ordinance, was posted and given in advance thereof in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Govermnem Code. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have signed my name officially and affixed the seal of the City, this 12'h day of April, 2016. 17 City Secretary, City of Corpus Christi, Texas (SI:AI.) :+iswi i 2 FINAL ORDINANCE NO. 030812 AUTHORIZING TILE ISSUANCE OF "CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED PLEDGE REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2016A" IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 518,140,037 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH MAKING PERMANENT PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF SAID CERTIFICATES BY THE LEVY OF AN AD VALOREM TAX UPON ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY AND FURTHER SECURING SAID CERTIFICATES BY A LIEN ON AND PLEDGE OF THE PLEDGED REVENUES OF THE 501.11) WASTE SYSTEM; PROVIDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SAID CERTIFICATES AND RESOLVING OTHER MATTERS INCIDENT AND RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE, PAYMENT, SECURITY, SALE, AND DELIVERY OF SAID CERTIFICATES, INCLUDING THE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT PERTAINING THERETO; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND • A PURCHASE CONTRACT; COMPLYING WITH THE. REQUIREMENTS OF THE LEITER OF REPRESENTATIONS ON FILE WITH THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY; DELEGATING THE AUTHORITY TO CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF TO EXECUTE CERTAIN DOCUMENTS RELATING TO IME SALE OF THE CERTIFICATES; ENACTING OTHER PROVISIONS INCIDENT AND RELATED TO THE SUBJECT AND PURPOSE OF THIS ORDINANCE; ANI) PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WI IFREAS. the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi. Texas (the Cily) has caused notice to be given of its intention to issue certificates of obligation in the maxinnun principal amount not to exceed $18,140,037 for the purpose or purposes of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for making permanent public improvements and for other public purposes to the extent of availability of fluids, to-wit: (1) constructing, renovating, equipping_ enlarging, and improving City streets (including utilities repair, replacement, and relocation). including curb, gutters, sidewalks, and drainage improvements necessary or incidental thereto; (2) the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, landscaping. land, and rights-ol- way for authorized needs and purposes relating to the aforementioned capital improvements; and (3) the payment of professional services related In the design, construction. project management, and financing of the aforementioned projects. This notice has been duly published in a newspaper hereby found and determined to be of general circulation in the City. once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks, the date of the first publication of such no lice being not less than thirty (30) days prior to the tentative date stated therein for the final passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of sueIi certificates of obligation; and WIIPRFAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the actions authorized hereby and the adoption of this Ordinance arc in the best interest of the citizens of the City: and WI IERFAS, no petition protesting the issuance of the certificates of obligation described in this notice, signed by at least 5% of the qualified electors of the City, has been presented to or tiled with the City Secretary prior to the date tentatively set in such notice for the passage of this ordinance: and WI IIIRFAS. the City Council hereby finds and determines that certificates of obligation in the principal amount of 516,430,000 described in such notice should he issued and sold at this time; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY I IF CITY COUNCIL OF II IE CITY OF CORPUS CIIRIS'll. 'HAAS ll IAT: SECTION I. A. Authorization - Designation - Principal Amount - Purpose. The certificates of obligation of the City shall be and are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate principal amount of SIXTFBN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($16,430,000), to be designated and hear the title of "CITY OE CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED PLEDGE REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2016K' (the Certificates), for the purpose or • purposes of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred law making permanent public improvements and for other public purposes to the extent of availability of funds, to-wir. (I ) constructing, renovating, equipping,enlarging. and improving City streets (including utilities repair, replacement, and relocation). including curb, gutters, sidewalks, and drainage improvements necessary or incidental thereto;(2) the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, landscaping, land. and rights-of-way Ibr authorized needs and proposes relating to the aforementioned capital improvements; and (3) the payment of professional services related to the design, construction, project management, and financing of the aforementioned projects, pursuant to the authority conferred by and in conformity with the laws of the State of Texas, particularly the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended, Texas Local Government Code Section 271.041 through Section 271.064, Section 363.135, as amended. Texas Health and Safely (lode, Chapter 1371, as amended. Texas Government Code (Chapter /37/), and the City's I Rule Charter. ti. Dation of Authority to Authorized Representatives. As authorized by Chapter 1371, the City Manager of the City. the Deputy City Manager, and the City's Director of Financial Services (each of the fbregoing, individually, an Aufhu,tzed Representative) are hereby authorized, appointed, and designated as the officers of the City authorized to individually act on behalf of the City in selling and delivering the Certificates authorized herein and carrying out the procedures specified in this Ordinance, including approval of the aggregate principal amount of each maturity of the Certificates, the redcin pti on provisions therefor, the rate of interest to be borne on the principal amount of each such maturity, and the Certificate Date I defined herein). Bach Authorized Representative, acting Mr and on behalf of the City, is authorized to execute the Approval Certificate attached hereto as Schedule I. the Certificates shall be issued in the principal amount not to exceed SI8,140,037: the maximum maturity of the Certificates will he March I. 2(146 and the true interest cost (as determined by federal arbitrage yield) shall not sz1 :;952 a -_ exceed a rate greater than 5.00%. Lastly, each Authorized Representative is authorized to select the bond insure', if any, with respect to the Certificates- The execution of the Approval Certificate shall evidence the sale date of the Certificates by the City to the Purchasers (hereinafter defined) in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1371. It is further prodded, however. that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Certificates shall not be delivered unless prior to their initial delivery, the Certificates have been rated by a netionally recognized rating agency for municipal securities in one of the four highest rating categories for long term obligations, as required by Chapter 1371. Upon execution of the Approval Certificate, Bond Cot usel is authorized to complete this Ordinance to reflect such final terms. SECTION 2. Fully Registered Obligations - Authorized Denominations - Stated Maturities - Interest Rates - Cert ilicate Date. the Certificates are issuable in fully registered form only; shall be dated July I,2016 (the Certificate icate Dale) and shall he issued in denominations of$5,000 or any integral multiple (within a Stated Maturity) thereof, and the Certificates shall become due and payable on March I in each of the years and in principal amounts (the Stated Maturities) and bear interest on the unpaid principal amounts from the Certificate Date, or from the inost recent Interest Payment Date (hereinafter defined) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to the earlier of redemption or Stated Maturity, at the per allnwn rates, while Outstanding, in accordance with the following schedule. Years of - Principal Interest • Stated Maturity Amounts Rates (%) 2017 585,000 2.000 2018 600.000 2000 2019 610,000 2.000 7070 630,000 4.000 2021 650.000 3.000 2022 670,000 3.000 2023 695,000 3.000 3024 720.000 4.000 2025 745,000 4,000 2026 775,000 4.000 2027 810,000 4.000 2028 840,000 4.000 3029 875,000 4.000 20311 910,000 4.000 2031 950,000 4.000 2032 991000 4,000 2033 1,031000 4.000 2034 1,070,000 4.000 2035 1,1I 5000 4.000 2036 1.160,000 4.000 8211)),)6 -3- The Certificates shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amounts from the Certificate Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to Stated Maturity or prior redemption while Outstanding. at the rates per annum shown in the above schedule (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months). Interest on the Certificates shall he payable semiannually on March I and September I (each, an Inlererl Payment Dale), commencing September I, 2016. while the Certificates are Outstanding. SEC TION 3. Payment p( Certificates - Paving Agent/Repistrgr. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest 00 the Certificates, due and payable by reason of Stated Maturity, redemption. or otherwise, shall be payable in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and such payment of principal 01, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates shall be without exchange or collection charges to the Bolder (as hereinafter defined)of the Certificates. The selection and appointment of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N-A., I)allas,Texas, to serve as the initial Paying Agent/Registrar(the Pacing Agent/Registrar) for the Certificates is hereby approved and confirmed. and the City agrees and covenants to cause to he kept and maintained at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar hooks and records (the .SecurNr Register) for the registration, payinent and transfer of the Certificates, all as provided herein, in accordance with the terms and provisions of a Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, attached, in substantially final form, as lixhibit A hereto, and such reasonable rules and regulations as the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City may prescribe. The City covenants to maintain and provide a Paying Agent/Registrar at all times while the Certificates are Outstanding, and any successor Paying Agent/Registrar shall be (i) a national or state banking institution or (ii) an association or a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state, authorized under such laws to exercise trust powers. Such Paying Agent/Registrar shall be subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority and authorized by law to serve as a Paying Agent/Registrar. The City reserves the right to appoint a successor Paying Agent/Registrar upon providing the previous Paying Agent/Registrar with a certified copy of a resolution or ordinance terminating such agency- Additionally. the City agrees to promptly cause a written notice of this substitution to be sent to each Holder of the Certificates by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid. which notice shall also give the address of the new Paying Agent/Registrar. Principal of, premium, it any, and interest on the Certificates. due and payable by reason of Stated Maturity, redemption, or otherwise, shall be payable only to the registered owner of the Certificates appearing on the Security Register (the Dodder or ]folders) maintained on behalf of the City by the Paying Agent/Registrar as hereinafter provided (i) on the Record Date (hereinafter defined) for purposes of payinent of interest thereon, (ii) on the date of surrender of the Certificates for purposes of receiving payment of principal thereof upon redemption of the Certificates or at the Certificates' Stated Maturity, and (iii) on any other date for any other purpose. The City and the Paying Agent/Registrar, and any agent of either, shall treat the Bolder as the owner of a Certificate lbr purposes of receiving payment and all other purposes XN 15952 6 -`I- whatsoever, and neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar, or any agent of either, shall be affected by notice to the contrary. Principal of and premien, if any, on the Certificates shall be payable only upon presentation and sun'cnder of the Certificates to the Paying Agent/Registrar at its corporate trust office. Interest on the Certificates shall be paid to the Holder whose name appears in the Security Register at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month next preceding an Interest Payment Date for the Certificates (the Record Date) and shall he paid (i) by check sent on or prior In the appropriate date of payment by United Stales Mail, first-class postage prepaid. by the Paying Agent/Registrar, to the address of the Holder appearing in the Security Register or (ii) by such other method, acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar, requested in writing by the I folder at the I folder's risk and expense. If the date for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Certificates shall he a Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which banking institutions in the city where the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are authorized by law or executive order to close, then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not such a day. The payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date any such payment on the Certificates was due. In the event of a non-payment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty (30) days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a Special Record Date) will be established by the Paying AgentiRegistrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the City. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment date of the past due interest (the Special Payment Dale - which shall he fifteen (15) days after the Special Record I)ate) shall be sen at least live (5) business days prior to the Special Record Date by l lnited States mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the address of each 'folder appearing on the Security Register at the close of husiness on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. SF:(`IION 4. Redemption. A. Optional Redemption. 'Hie Certificates having Stated Maturities on and alter March I, 2027 shall be subject to redemption prior to Stated Maturity, at the option of the City, on Mach I, 2026, or on any date thereafter, as a whole or in part, in principal amounts of$5,000 or any integral multiple thereof(and if within a Stated Maturity selected at random and by lot by the Paying Agent/Registrar), at the redemption price of par plus accrued imerest to the date of redemption_ B. Exercise of Redemption Option. At least luny-live (45) days prior to a date set lbr the redemption of Certificates (unless a shover notification period shall be satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar), the City shall notify the Paying Agent/Registrar of its decision to exercise the right to redeem Certificates, the principal amount of each Stated Maturity to be redeemed, and the date set lir the redemption thereof The decision of the City to exercise the right to redeem Certificates shall he entered in the minutes of the City Council. )04159520 -5- C. Selection of Certificates for Redemption. If less than all Outstanding Certificates of the same Stated Maturity are to be redeemed on a redemption date, the Paying Agent/Registrar skill select al random and by lot the Certificates to he redeemed, provided that if less than the entire principal amount of a Certificate is to he redeemed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall treat such Certificate then subject to redemption as representing the number of Certificates Outstanding which is obtained by dividing the principal amount of such Certificate by S5,000. D. Notice of Redemption. Not less than thirty (30) days prior to a redemption date for the Certificates, a notice of redemption shall be sent by United Slates mail, first-class postage prepaid, in the name of the City and at the City's expense, by the Paying Agent/Registrar to each I folder 01 Certificate to be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the address of the Holder appearing on the Security Register at the close of business on the business day next preceding the date of mailing .such notice, and any notice of redemption so mailed shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given irrespective of whether received by the Bolder. All notices of redemption shall (i) specify the date of redemption for the Certificates. (ii) Identify the Certificates to be redeemed and, in the case of a portion of the principal amount to he redeemed,the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, (iii) state the redemption price, (iv) state that the Certificates, or the portion of the principal amount thereof to he redeemed, shall become due and payable on the redemption date specified, and the interest thereon, or on the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeenied, shall cease to accrue from and alter the redemption date, and (v) specify that payment of the redemption price for the Certificates. or the principal amount thereof to he redeemed, shall he made at the corporate trust office of the Paying -A-gent/Registrar only upon prese h ation and surrender thereof by the Holder. This notice may also be published once in a financial publication, journal, or reporter of general circulation among securities dealers in the City of New York, New York (including, but not limited to, The Bond Buyer and the Wall Street Journal), or in the State of Texas (including. but not limited to, The Texas Bond Reporter). If a Certificate is suhject by its ternts to redemption and has been called Mr redemption and notice of redemption thereof has been duly given or waived as herein providcd, such Certificate (or the principal amount thereof to be redeemed) so called for redemption shall become due and payable, and if money .sufficient for the payment of such Certificates (or of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed) at the then applicable redemption price is held for the purpose of such payment by the Paying Agent/Registrar, then on the redemption dale designated in such notice, interest on the Certificates (or the principal amount thereof to be redeemed)called lits redemption shall cease to accrue and sue!) Certificates shall not be deemed to be Outstanding in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. li. Transfer/Exchange of Certificates. Neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar shall he required (I) to transfer or exchange any Certificate during a period beginning forty-five (45) days prior to the date fixed for redemption of the Certificates or (2) to transfer or exchange any Certificate selected for redemption. provided, however, such limitation of transfer shall not he applicable to an exchange by the I lolder of the unredeemed balance of a Certificate which is subject to redemption in part 82,11592 n -6- S[ClION 5. Execution - RL istration. The Certificates shall he executed on behalf of the City by its Mayor or Mayor Pro Tem under its seal reproduced or impressed thereon and attested by its City Secretary or Assistant City Secretarythe signature of either of said officers on the Certificates may be manual or facsimile. Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time of the Certificate Date, the proper offices of the City shall bind the City, notwithstanding that such individuals or either of them shall cease to hold such offices prior to the delivery of the Certificates to the Purchasers, all as authorized and provided in Chapter 1201, as amended, Texas Government Code. No Certificate shall he entitled to any right or benefit under this Ordinance, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Certificate either a certificate of registration substantially in the farm provided in Section SC, executed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas or his duly authorized agent by manual signature, or a certificate of registration substantially in the form provided in Section 8D, executed by the Paying Agent/Registrar by manual signature, and either such certificate upon any Certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Certificate has been duly certified or registered and delivered. SECTION 6. Registration - Transfer - Exchange of Certificates - Predecessor (;erti_ficgtes. A Security Register relating to the registration, payment, transfer, or exchange of the Certificates shall at all times be kept and maintained by the City at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain, record, and maintain in the Security Register the name and address of every owner of the Certificates, or if approriate, the nominee thereof Any Certificate may, in accordance with its terms and the terms hereof, he transferred or exchanged Mr Certificates of other authorized denominations upon the Security Register by the Holder, in person or by- his duly authorized agent, upon surrender of such Certificate to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, accompanied by a written iristm lmeat of transfer or request for exchange duly executed by the Holder or by his duly authorized agent,in form satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar. Upon surrender for transfer of any Certificate at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, the City shall execute and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall register and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Certificates executed on behalf of and furnished by, the City of authorized denominations and having the same Stated Maturity and of a like interest rate and aggregate principal amount as the Certificate or Certificates surrendered for transfer. At the option of the 110 tier, Ce rti ticates ma} he exchanged for other Certificates of authorized denominations and having the same Stated Maturity, bearing the same rate of interest and of like aggregate principal amount as the Certificates surrendered for exchange upon surrender of the Certificates to he exchanged at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar. Whenever any Certificates are SO surrendered for exchange. the City shall execute, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall register and deliver new, the Certificates executed on behalf of, and furnished by, the City to the Holder requesting the exchange. All Certificates issued upon any transfer or exchange of Certificates shall be delivered at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar, or he sent by United States registered 821 I 919 P -7. mail to the holder at his request, risk, and expense. and upon the delivery thereof, the same shall he die valid and hinding obligations of the City, evidencing the stone obligation to pay, and entitled to the saint benefits render this ()rdimince, as the Certificates surrendered upon suer transfer or exchange. All transfers or exchanges of Certificates pursuant to this Section shall be made without expense or service charge to the I[older, except as otherwise herein provided,and except that the Paying Agent/Registrar shall require payment by the Holder requesting such transfer or exchange of any tax or other governmental charges required to he paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. Certificates canceled by reason of an exchange or transfer pursuant to the provisions hereof arc hereby defined to he Predecessor Certificates, evidencing all or a portion, as the case may be. of the same debt evidenced by the new Certificate or Certificates registered and delivered in the exchange or transfer therefor. Additionally, the term Predecessor Certificates shall include any Certificate registered and delivered pursuant to Section 25 in lieu of a mmilated. lost, destroyed, or stolen Certificate which shall be deemed to evidence the same ohligation as the mutilated, lost,destroyed, or stolen Certificate. SI!CTION 7. Initial Certificate. 'the Certificates herein authorized shall be issued initially either (il as a single fully registered Certificate in the total principal amount of $16,930,000 with principal installments to become due and payable as provided in Section 2 and numbered T-I. or (ii) as one (1) fully registered Certificate for each year of Stated Maturity in the-applicable principal amount, interest rate, and denomination and to be numbered consecutively from T-I and upward (the Initial Certificate) and, in either case, the Initial Certificate shall be registered in the name of the Purchasers or the designee thereof. The Initial Certificate shall he the Certificates submitted to the Office of the Attorney General of the State of Texas for approval, certified and registered by the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and delivered to the Purchasers. Any time after the delivery of the Initial Certificate to the Purchasers, the Paying Agent/Registrar, pursuant to written instructions from the Purchasers or their designee, shall cancel the Initial Certificate delivered hereunder and exchange therefor definitive Certificates of authorized denominations, Stated Maturities, principal amounts and bearing applicable interest rates on the unpaid principal amounts frown the Certificate Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, to Stated Maturity, and shall he lettered "R" and numbered consecutively from one (11 upward for transfer and delivery to the I Iolders named at the addresses identified therefor: all pursuant to and in accordance with such written instructions from the Purchasers, or the designee thereof, and such other information and documentation as the-Paying Agent/Registrar may reasonably require. SEC I ION 8 Forms. A. Forms Generally. The Cert iiiicutes, the Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of texas, the Registration Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar, and the form of Assignment to be printed on each of the Certificates shall be substantially in the forms set forth in this Section with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are permitted or required by this Ordinance and may have such letters, nae cv«a -8- numbers, or other marks of identification (including insurance legends in the event the Certificates, or any Stated Maturities thereof, are insured and identifying mmnhers and letters of the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures of the American Bankers Association) and such legends and endorsements (including any reproduction of an opinion of Bond Counsel) thereon as may, consistent herewith, be established by the City or determined by the officers executing the Certificates as evidenced by their execution thereof An) portion of the text of any Certificate may he set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Certificate. The definitive Certificates shall he printed, lithographed, or engraved, produced by any combination of these methods, or produced in any other similar manner, all as determined by the officers executing the Certificates as evidenced by their execution thereof; but the Initial Certificate submitted to the Attorney General of Texas may be typewritten or photocopied or other wise reproduced. /7lie remainder of ihis page bilentionallp left Meek.J • R24150516 -9- R_ Form of Definitive Cecil l icate. REGISTERED REG IS TER I`:D PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NO. $ United States of America State of Texas Counties of Nueces, Aransas. Kleberg, and San Patricio CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND LIMITED PLEDGE REVFNUP CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2016A Certificate Date: Interest Rate: Slated Maturity: CUSIP No. July I. 2016 REGIS !TIRED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUN I : The City of Corpus Christi, Texas (the Cig), a body corporate and municipal corporation in the Counties of Nucces, Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricia State of Texas, for value received, acknowledges itself indebted to and hereby promises to pay to the order of the Registered Owner specified above, or the registered assigns thereof, on the Stated Maturity date specified above, the Principal Antrum specified above(or so much thereof as shall not have been paid upon prior redemption) and to pay merest on the unpaid principal amount hereof from the Certificate Date, or from the most recent Interest Payment I)ate (defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for until such principal sum Inas become due and payment thereof has been made or duly provided for, to the earlier of redemption or Stated Maturity, at the per anman rate of interest specified above computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months, such interest being payable on March I and September I of each year, commencing September I, 21116 (each, an Interest Pall?? PI Date). Principal and premium. if any- of this Certificate shall he payable to the Registered Owner hereof(the )tattle,), upon presentation and surrender, at the corporate trust office of the Paying Agent/Registrar executing the registration certificate appearing hereon or a successor thereof. Interest shall be payable to the holder of this Certificate (or one or more Predecessor Certificates, as defined in the Ordinance hereinafter referenced) whose name appeals on the Security Register maintained by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the Record Date, which is the fifteenth day of the month next preceding each Interest Payment Date. All payments of principal of and interest on this Certificate shall he in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Interest shall he paid by the Paving Agent/Registrar by check sent on or prior to the appropriate date of payment by United Slates mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the I lolder hereof at the address appearing in the Security Register or by such other method, acceptable to the Paying A ge t/Regisirar, requested by the I-Iolder hereof at the I folder's risk and expense. s:.rrsn+� -I(1- This Certificate is one of the series specified in its title issued in the aggregate principal amount of $16,130,000 (the Certificates) pursuant to an Ordinance adopted by the governing body of the C'ity (the Ordinance), for the purpose or purposes of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for making permanent public improvements and for other public purposes to the extent of availability of fnds, lu-wit. (I) constructing, renovating, equipping, enlarging, and improving City streets (including utilities repair, replacement, and relocation). including curb, gutters, sidewalks, and drainage improvements necessary or incidental thereto; (2) the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, landscaping, land, and rights-of way for authorized needs and purposes relating to the aforementioned capital improvements; and (3) the payment of professional services related to the design, construction, project management, and financing of the aforementioned projects, pursuant to the authority conferred by and in strict conformity with the laws of the State of Texas, particularly the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended, "texas Local Government Code, Section 271.041 through 271.065, Section 363.135, as amended, Texas Health and Safety ('ode, Chapter 1371, as amended, Texas Government Code, and the City's (Ionic Rule Charter. 'I he Certificates stated to mature on and after Nlarch I, 2027 slay be redeemed prior to their Stated Maturities, at the option of the City. on March 1, 2026, or on any date thereafter, in whole or in part. in principal amounts of$5,0(10 or any integral multiple thereof(and if within a Stated Maturity selected at random and by lot by the Paying Agent/Registrar) at the redemption price of par plus accrued interest to the dale of redemption: provided, however, that at least thirty (30) days prior written notice shall be sent to the I Iolder of the Certificates to be redeemed by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, and subject to the terms and provisions relating thein)"contained in the Ordinance. If this Certificate is subject to redemption prior to Stated Maturity and is in a denomination in excess of S5,000. portions of the principal sum hereof in installments of$5,000 or any integral multiple thereof may be redeemed, and, if Tess than all of the principal sum hereof is to be redeemed. there shall he issued, withuul charge therefor, to the Holder hereof, upon the surrender of this Certificate to the Paying Agent/Registrar at its corporate trust office, a new Certificate or Certificates of like Stated Maturity and interest rate in any authorized denominations provided in the Ordinance for the then unredeemed balance of the principal sum hereof: If this Certificate(or any portion of the principal sum hereof) shall have been duly called for redemption and notice of such redemption has been duly given, then upon such redemption date this Certificate(or the portion of the principal sum hereof to be redeemed) shall become due and payable, and, if the money for the payment of the redemption price and the interest accrued 011 the principal amount to be redeemed to the date of redemption is held for the purpose of such payment by the Paying Agent/Registrar, interest shall cease to accrue and be payable hereon hone and after the redemption date on the principal amount hereof to he redeemed. If this Certificate is called for redemption, in whole or in part. the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar shall not he required to issue, transfer. or exchange this Certificate within forty-live(45) days of the date fixed for redemption; provided. however, such limitation of transfer shall not be applicable to an exchange by the I Inkier of the unredeemed balance hereof in the event of its redemption in part. The Certificates of this series arc payable from the proceeds of an ad valorem tax levied upon all taxable property within the City, within the Iimitations prescribed by law, and arc 824l>l52fi -I I- further payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues (identified and defined in the (Ordinance), being a limited amount of the Net Revenues derived from the operation of the City's solid waste management system (the Sys/ear). such lien on and pledge of the limited amount of Net Revenues being subordinate and inferior to the lien on and pledge of such Net Revenues securing paymem of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations and Limited Pledge Obligations and any Prior Lien Obligations, JmIior Lien Obligations. Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations, or Additional limited Pledge Obligations hereafter issued by the City. In the Ordinance, the City reserves and retains the right to issue Prior Lien Obligations, Junior ISen Obligations, Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations, and Additional Limited Pledge Obligations (all as identified and defined in the Ordinance), while the Certificates are Outstanding. without limitation as to principal amount but subject to any terms, conditions or restrictions as may be applicable thereto under law or otherwise. Reference is hereby made to the Ordinance, a copy of which is on file in the corporate trust office of the Paying .Agent/Registrar. and to all of the provisions of which the I folder by his acceptance hereof hereby assents, for definitions of terms; the description of and the nature and extent of the tax levied and the revenues pledged for the payment of the Certificates; the terms and conditions under which the City may issue Prior I.ien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations. Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations, and Additional Limited Pledge Obligations; the terms and conditions relating to the transfer or exchange of the Certificates; the conditions upon which the Ordinance may be amended or supplemented with or without the consent of the Holder; the rights, duties, and obligations of the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar; the terms and provisions upon which this Certificate may he redeemed or discharged at or prior to the Stated Maturity thereof, and deemed to be no longer Outstanding thereunder; and for the other terms and provisions specified in the Ordinance. Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings assigned in the Ordinance. •this Certificate, subject to certain limitations contained in the Ordinance, may be transferred on the Seeurity Register upon presentation and surrender at the corporate trust Mice of the Paying Agent/Registrar, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in furan satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar duly executed by the ['older hereof, or his duly authorized agent, and thereupon one or note new fully registered Certificates of the same Stated Maturity. of authorized denominations, bearing the same rate of interest. and of the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. "I-he City and the Paying Agent'Registrar, and any agent of either, shall treat the Holder hereof whose name appears on the Security Register (i) on the Record Date as the owner hereof fur purposes of receiving payincnt of interest hereon, (ii) on the date of surrender of this Certificate as the owner hereof for purposes of receiving payment of principal hereof at its Stated Maturity or its redemption, in whole or in part, and (iii) on any other date as the owner hereof for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Paying Agent/Registrar. or any such agent of either, shall he atieeted by notice to the contrary. In the event of a non-payment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for thirty (30) days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a Special Record Date) will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar, if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the City. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment date of the past due interest (the Special Payment Date - which shawl he fifteen (15) days tiller the Special Record Date) shall he sent at least five N21I+9c2C,, _I�— (5) business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid. to the address of each I!older appearing on the Security Register at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date 011oiling of such notice. It is hereby certified. covenanted, and represented that all acts, conditions, and things required to he performed. exist, and he done precedent to the issuance of this Certificate in order to render the same a legal, valid, and binding obligation of the City have been performed, exist, and have been done, in regular and due time, Ibrm, and manner, as required by the laws of the State of Texas and the Ordinance, and that issuance of the Certificates does not exceed any constitutional or statutory I initation:: and that due provision has been made for the payment of the principal 01, premium if any, and interest on the Certificates by the levy of a tax and collection of Pledged Revenues as aforestated. In case any provision in this Certificate or any application thereof shall be deemed invalid, illegal, or unenforecable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions and applications shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The terms and provisions of this Certificate and the Ordinance shall be construed in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Texas. /7'he ren c,incier of this page intentionally lent blank./ sen wa 6 -13- IN WITNESS WHEREOF,the City has caused this Certificate to be duly executed under its official seal. CITY OF CORPUS ('I IRISh , TEXAS I3v Mayor AT IEST: City Secretary (CITY SEAL) • /The remainder y Ibis page imewtonally left blank I E2:11:,95215 -14- C. *Form or Registration Certificate of ConytroIler of Public Accounts to Appear on Initial Certificate Only. REGIS)RAl ION CERTIEICA I F OF COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOIINTS OFFICE OF TI Ill COMPTROLLER OF § PUBLIC ACCOI JN IS § * REGISTER No. THE STATE OF TEXAS 1 IIERIiBY CERTIFY that this Certificate has been examined, certified as to validity and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and duly registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the Slate of Texas. WITNESS my signature and seal of office this Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas (SEAL) *NOTE 'F0 PRINTER: Not to appear on printed Certificates. D. Form of Registration Certificate of Paying Agent/Registrar to Appear on Definitive Cenilicales Only. REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR )'his Certificate has been duly issued under the provisions of the within-mentioned Ordinance, the Certificate or Certificates of the above-entitled and designated series originally delivered having been approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts, as shown by the records of the Paying Agent/Registrar. Registered this date: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Dallas.Texas, as Paying Agent/Registrar By: Authorized Signature *NOTE, TO PRINTER: Print on Definitive Certificates. 82115 S7 i, -I�' R. Form or Assignment. ASSIUNMI NT FOR VALVE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns, and transfers unto (Print or typewrite name, address, and zip code of transferee): (Social Secur ty or other identifying number): the within Certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the within Certificate on the books kept for registration thetcol, with full power of substitution in the premises. UAI FD, NO FICE: The signature on this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Certificate in every particular. Signature guarantee: • /71w remainder bf this page intentionalli'7e/I blank/ s2::,:._ , -In- IC 'the Initial Certificate shall be in the form set forth in para{;raph I3 of this Section except that the form of a single fully registered Initial Certificate shall be modified as follows: (i) immediately under the name of the Bond(s) the headings `Interest Rate" and "Stated Maturity" shall both he completed "as shown below'', i) first two paragraphs skill read as follows: REGISTERED PRINCIPAL. REGISTERED AMOUNT NO_ T-I $ United States of America State of Texas Counties of Nucees, Aransas, Kleherg, and San Patricio CITY OP CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS COMBINATION FAX AND TIMI l FI) PLEDGE REVENUE CERTI FICA"I L (W OBLIGATION. SERIES 2016A Certificate Date: Interest Rate: Stated Maturity: CUSIP No. July I, 2016 As Shown Below As Shown Below REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL. AMOIINT: The City of Corpus Christi,Texas (the ( ite), a body corporate and municipal corporation ill the Counties of Nueccs, Aransas, Kieberg, and San Patrick), State of Texas, for value received, acknowledges itself indebted to and hereby promises to pay to the order of the Registered Owner named above, or the registered assigns thereof, the Principal Amount specified above stated to mature on the first day of March in each of the years and in principal amounts and bearing interest at per annum rates in accordance with the following schedule: Years of Principal Interest Stated Maturity Amounts($) Rates (%1 (Information to be inserted from schedule in Section 2 hereof) (or so much thereof as shall not have been paid upon prior redemption) and to pay interest on the unpaid Principal Amounts hereof from the Certificate I)ate specified above, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, until the principal amounts have become due and payment thereof has been made or duly provided fur, to the earlier of redemption or Stated Maturity, at the per annurn rates of interest specified above, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months; such interest being payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September I. 2016 (each. an lnteres7 PaimclII Darr). s>nF4)42e -17- Principal of this Certificate shall be payable to the Registered Owner hereof(the Holder), upon its presentation and surrender, to Stated Maturity or prior redemption. while Outstanding, at the corporate truss office of Bank of New York Mellon 'I7ust Company, N.A_, Dallas, Texas (the Paying Agent Registrar). Interest shall be payable to the Holder of this Certificate whose name appears on the Security Register maintained by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the Record Date, which is the fifteenth day of the month next preceding each !merest Payment Date. All payments of principal of and interest on this Certificate shall be in any coin or currency of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Interest shall he paid by the Paying Agent/Registrar by check sent on or prior to the appropriate date of payment by United States mail. first-class postage prepaid, to the I folder hereof at the address appearing in the Security Register or by such other method, acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar, requested by, and at the risk and expense of, the Ifolder hereof. Ci Insurance Legend. If bond insurance is obtained by the City or the Purchasers for the Certificates, the Defiritice Certificates and the Initial Certificate shall bear an appropriate legend as provided by the insurer. SECTION 9. Definitions. For all purposes of this Ordinance (as defined below), except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: the terms defined in this Section have'the meanings assigned to them in this Section, and certain terms used in Sections 27 and 44 of this Ordinance have the meanings assigned to them in Sections 27 and 44 of this Ordinance, and all such terms, include the plural as well as the singular; (ii) all references in this Ordinance to designated "Sections" and other subdivisions are to the designated Sections and other subdivisions of this Ordinance as originally adopted; and (iii) the words "herein", "hereof, and -hereunder" and other words of similar import refer to this Ordinance as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision. A. The term Addilloaa! Limited Pledge Obligations shall mean (i) any bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of obligation or other evidences of indebtedness hereafter issued by the City payable in part from a pledge of and lien on Pledged Revenues of the System which pledge of revenues is limited as further provided in Section 20 of this Ordinance, and (ii)any obligations hereafter issued to refund the foregoing as determined by the City Council in accordance with any applicable law_ B. The term Additional Subordinate lien Obligalitms shall mean (i) any bonds, notes. warrants. certificates of obligation or other evidences of indebtedness hereafter issued by the City payable wholly or in part from and equally and ratably secured by a limn on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, such pledge being subordinate and inferior to the lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System that may he pledged to the payment of any Prior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City, but prior and superior to the lien on and pledge of the litniled amount of the Net Revenues securing, in part, the payment of the currently outstanding Limited Pledge Obligations (including the Certificates), or any Additional Limited Pledge Obligations hereafter issued by the City. all as further provided in Section 20 of this Ordinance, and (ii) obligations hereafter issued to refund any of the foregoing that are payable Iroi n and equally and ratably see tired by a subordinate and interior lien on and sea,v932 6 -18- pledge of the Net Revenues as determined by the City Council in accordance with any applicable law. ('. The term Amhnrisrd Reprecene wives shall mean the City Manager of the City, the Deputy City Manager. and the City's Director of Financial Services. D. The term Certificates shall mean the$16,430,000"CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS COMBINATION 'TAX AND LIMlFED PLEDGE REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2016A"authorized by this Ordinance. E. The term (''ertificale Maid shall mean the special Fund created and established by the provisions of Section 10 of this Ordinance. F. The term City shall mean the City of Corpus Christi, located in Nucces, Aransas, Kleberg. and San Patricio Counties,Mesas and. where appropriate, the City Council of the City. O. The term Closing Dale shall mean the date of physical delivery of the Initial Certificate in exchange For the payment or the agreed purchase price for the Certificates. II. The term Collection Dale shall mean, when reference is being made to the levy and collection of annual ad valorem taxes,the date the annual ad valorem taxes levied each year by the(sty become delinquent. The tern Debt .Service Requirements shall inean, as of any particular date of computation, with respect to any obligations and with respect to any period, the aggregate of the amounts to be paid or set aside by the City as of such date or in such period for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any. and interest (to the extent not capitalized) on such obligations: assuming, in the case of obligations without a Fixed numerical rate, that such obligations beat interest at the maximum rate permitted by the terms thereof and further assuming in the ease of obligations required to be redeemed or prepaid as to principal prior to Stated Maturity, the principal amounts thereof' will be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity in accordance with the mandatory redemption provisions applicable thereto. I. The term Depository shall mean an official depository bunk of the City. K. The term Fiscal Year shall mean the annual financial accounting period for the System now ending on September 30th of each year; provided, however, the City Council may change such annual Iinancial accounting period to end on another date if such change is found and determined to be necessary for accounting purposes or is required by applicable law. 1 . 'The term Government .Securities, as used herein, shall mean lit direct non callable obligations of the I Inited States, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed by. the United States of America; (ii) noncal lablc obligations of an agency or instrumentality of the l inited States, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the agency or instrumentality and that, on the elate the governing body of the issuer adopts or approves the proceedings authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds, are rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating lirnh not less than "MSA'' or its equivalent; tiii) noneallable obligations of a state or an agency or a county, municipality. or other political x21 i,e±x 0 -19- subdivision of a state that have been refunded and that, on the date the governing body of the issuer adopts or approves the proceedings authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds, are rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognised investment rating firm not less than -AAA" nr its equivalent;or(iv) any additional securities and obligations hereafter authorized by the laws of the State of Texas as eligible for use to accomplish the discharge of obligations such as the Certificates. M. The term Gross Revenues for any period shall mean all income and revenues received by the City by virtue of its ownership and operation of the System, including, but not limited to. its rentals, fees, and other revenues resulting from the ownership of the System, including rentals received from leasing all or part of the System. I lowever, it is expressly recognized that any such lease must comply with the requirements of the Code and existing regulations. published rulings, and court decisions. N. The term Holder or Holders shall mean the registered owner, whose name appears in the Security Register, for any Certificate. O. The term Interest Payment Date shall inearl the date semiannual imerest is payable on the Certificates, being March I and September I of each year. commencing September I. 2016. while any of the Ce iti lieates remain Outstanding_ P. 'lite term ,Junior Lien Obligations .shall mean (i) any bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of obligation, or any similar obligations hereafter issued by the City that are payable, in whole or in part, from and equally and ratably secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, such pledge being junior and inferior to the lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System that may be pledged to the payment of any Prior Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City, but prior and superior to the lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues securing the payment of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations, Limited Pledge Obligations (including the Certificates), or any Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations or Additional Limited Pledge Obligations hereafter issued by the City, all as further provided in Section 20 of this Ordinanee and (ii) obligations hereafter issued to refund any of the foregoing that arc payable from and equally and ratably secured by a junior and interior lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues as determined by the City Council in accordance with any applicable law. Q. t he term Limited Pledge Ohligalitins shall mean (i) the outstanding and unpaid obligations of the City that are payable, in part, from and secured by a pledge of'and lien on the Pledged Revenues of the System and designated as follows: (I) "City of Corpus Christi, Texas Combination Tax and Limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2009", dated July IS. 2009, in the original principal amount of$8,460,000; (21 "City of Corpus Christi, Texas Combination Tax and Limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2010", dated .July I, 2010. in the original principal amount of$3.000,(1(0 and )'1!(95, 20- (3) 'City of Corpus Christi. Texas Combination Tax and limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation. taxable Series 2015", dated October I. 2015, in the original emount of SUL020,000: and (4) City of Corpus Christi, Texas Combination Tax and limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation. Series 20161 dated December I, 2015. in the original amount of$2,000,000, and (5) Upon issuance, the Certificates; and (ii) obligations hereafter issued to refund any of the foregoing as determined by the City ('aoneil in accordance with any applicable law. R. 'I he term hlairvenonce and Operating Expenses shall mean the expenses of operation and maimenanee, including all salaries, labor, materials, repairs and extensions necessary to Maintain and operate the System; provided, however, that only such repairs and extension, a in the judgment of the City Council, reasonably and fairly exercised, are necessary to keep the System in operation and render adequate service to the City and the inhabitants thereof, or such as night be necessary to meet some physical action or condition which would otherwise impair the security of any bonds Cr other obligations payable from and secured, in whole or in part, by a lien on the Net Revenues derived from the ownership and operation of the System shall be deducted in determining Net Revenues. S. the term ;Ver Revenues fur any period shall mean the Gross Revenues of the System less the Maintenance and Operating Expenses of the System. h. The term Ordinance shall mean this ordinance as finally pussal and adopted by the City Council of the City. U. The term (lugtamling when used in this Ordinance with respect to Certificates shall mean, a of the date of determination, all Certificates issued and delivered under this Ordinance, except: (I) those Certificates canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar or delivered to the I'aying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, (2) those Certi licates for which payment has been duly provided by the City in accordance with the provisions of Section 29 of this Ordinance; and (3) those Certificates that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost. or stolen and replacement Certificates have been registered and delivered in lieu thereof as provided in Section 25 of this Ordinance. V. The term Hedge( Revenueshall mean. while the Certificates reurain Outstanding, an amount of Net Revenues not in excess of 51.000. 'flu Pledged Revenues shall be deposited, allocated and expended in accordance with Section 10 of this Ordinance. /1241s95 -21- U'. The term Pledged Revenue Ammer!? shall mean the total amount, not to exceed Sl Illl0 while the Certificates arc Outstanding. of Net Revenues that may he transferred in whole or in part by the City in any given Fiscal Year (however, any amounts transferred prior to the final maturity date of the Certificates may not exceed the total amount el $1,000) to the Ceti i Iicale Fund_ X. The term Prior Lien Obligations shall mean (i) any bonds, notes. warrants, certificates of obligation or any similar obligations hereafter issued by the City that are payable wholly or in part from and equally and ratably secured by a prior and first lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, all as further provided in Section 20 of this Ordinance, and (ii) any obligations hereafter issued to refund the foregoing if issued in a manner so as to be payable from end equally and ratably secured by a prior and first lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System as determined by the City Council in accordance with any applicable law. Y. The term Purchasers shall mean the initial purchaser or purchasers of the Certificates named in Section 26 of this Ordinance. Z. The tens Slated Adaturi/u shall incrn the annual principal payineits Of the Certificates payable on March 1 of each year the Certificates are Outstanding as set birth in Section 2 of this Ordinance AA. the tern Subordinate lien Obligations shall mean (i) the outstanding and unpaid obligations of the City that are payable, in whole or in part, from and equally secured by a subordinate and inferior lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System and designated as follows'. (1) "City of Corpus Christi, "l cxas Combination Tax and Solid Waste Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2008", dated December 15, 2008, in the original principal amount of S 12,000,000; and (ii) obligations hereafter issued to refund any of the foregoing that are payable from and equally and ratably secured by a subordinate and inferior lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues as determined by the City Council in accordance with any applicable law. BB "The term System shall mean a plant, composting process plant, incinerator, sanitary landfill, transfer station, or other works and equipment that is acquired, installed, or operated to collect, handle, store, process, recover material or energy from, or dispose of solid waste and includes sites for those works and equipment. SL('flON 10. Certificate Fund - Investments. For the purpose of paying the interest on and to provide a sinking fund for the payment_ redemption, and retirement of the Certificates, there shall be and is hereby created a special fund to he designated "COMBINATION FAX AND LIMITED PLEDGE RIVEN')f CERTIFICATES OP OBLIGATION, SERIES 2010A INTEREST AND SINKING FUND" (the C'erti/icute /fund), which fund shall be kept and maintained at the Depository. and money deposited in such fund shall be used for no other purpose. Authorized Representatives of the City arc hereby authorized and directed to make withdrawals from the Certificate Fund sufficient to pay the purchase price or the amount of s2,11s4s2.e _2_2- principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates as the same become due and payable, or the purchase price thereof, and shall cause to he transferred to the Paying Agent/Registrar from money on deposit in the Certificate Fund an amount sufficient to pay the amount of principal and/or interest stated to mature on the Certificates, such transfer of funds to the Paying Agent/Registrar to be made in such manner as will cause immediately available funds to be deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar on or before the business day next preceding each interest and principal payment date for the Certilicates. The City, at its sole discretion. may deposit the Pledged Revenue Amount to the Certificate Fund. The Pledged Revenue Amount, if deposited, shall he expended annually In pay principal of and interest on the Certificates as the same become due and payable. This Pledged Revenue Amount shall be accounted for and transferred to the Paying Agent/Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the previous paragraph of this Section. Pending the transfer of funds to the Paying Agent/Registrar, money deposited in any fund created and established by this Ordinance may. at the option of the City, he placed in time deposits. certificates of deposit, guaranteed investment contracts. or similar contractual agreements, as permitted by the provisions of the Public Funds investment Act, as amended, Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code. secured (to the extent not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) by obligations of the type hereinafter described, nr be invested, as authorized by any law, including investments held in book-entry firm, in securities, including, but not limited to, direct obligations of the United States of America, obligations guaranteed or insured by the United States of America. which, in the opinion of the Attorney General of the United States, are backed by its full faith and credit or represent its general obligations, or invested in indirect obligations of the United States of America, including, but not Iimited to, evidences of indebtedness issued, insured or guaranteed by such governmental agencies as the Federal Land Banks. Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Ranks for Cooperatives, Federal I tome Loan Banks, Government National Mortgage Association, Farmers Honig Administration, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Association, Small Business Administration, or Federal Housing Association; provided that all such deposits and investments shall be made in such a manner that the money required to be expended from such fund will be available at the proper time or times_ All interest and income derived from deposits and investments in any fund established pursuant to the provisions of this Ordinance shall be credited to, and any losses debited to, such fund. All such investments shall be sold promptly when necessary to prevent any default in connection with the Certificates. SECTION I I. tax bevy_ To provide for the payment of the Debt Service Requirements on the Certificates being (i) the interest on the Certificates and (ii) a sinking fund Rr their redemption at Stated Maturity or a sinking fund of 2% (whichever amount shall be the greater). there shall be and there is hereby levied for the current year and each succeeding year thereafter while the Certificates or any interest thereon shall remain Outstanding, a sufficient tax. within the limitations prescribed by law, on each one hundred dollars valuation of taxable property in the (''Ity, adequate to pay such Debt Service Requirements- lull allowance being made for delinquencies and costs of collection; said tax shall he assessed and collected each year and applied to the payment of the Debt Service Req uirenients, and the same shall not he diverted to any oilier purpose_ 'I he taxes so levied and collected shall be paid into the Certificate Fund and are thereafter pledged to the payinen1 of the Certificates. The City ('on icil hereby declares 52-115952 fi -_23- its purpose and intent to provide and levy a tax legally and Billy sufficient to pay such I)eht Service Requirements. it having been determined that the existing and available taxing authority of the City for such purpose is adequate to permit a legally sufficient tax in consideration of all other outstanding indebtedness and obligations of the City. tHie amount of taxes to he provided annually Mr the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates shall he determined and accomplished in the following manner: A. Prior to the date the City Council establishes the annual tax rate and passes an ordinance levying ad valorem taxes each year, the City Council shall determine: (I) the amount of Debt Service Requirements to become due and payable on the Certificates between the Collection I)ate for the taxes then to he levied and the Collection Date for the taxes to be levied during the next succeeding calendar year; (2) the amount on deposit in the Certificate Fund alter(a) deducting therefrom the total amount of Debt Service Requirements to become due on Certificates prior to the Collection Date for the ad valorem taxes to he levied and (h) adding thereto the amount of the Pledged Revenues, if any, or any other lawfully available funds to he appropriated and allocated during such year to pay such Debt Service Requirements. it any, prior to the Collection Date for the advalorem taxes to be levied: and (3) the amount of Pledged Revenues, if any, or any other lawfully available funds appropriated and set aside for the payment of the Debt Service Requirements on the Certificates between the Collection Date for the taxes then to he levied and the Collection Date for the taxes to he levied during the next succeeding Fiscal Year. R. the amount of taxes to be levied annually each year to pay the Debt Service Requirements on the Certificates shall be the amount established in paragraph (I) ahove less the sum total of the amounts established in paragraphs (2) and (3), alter taking into consideration delinquencies and costs of collecting such annual taxes. SEC lION 12. Pledge of Pledged Revenues. The City hereby covenants and agrees that. subject to (i) any prior lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System to the payment and security of the currently outstanding Subordinate I,ien Obligations and any Prior Lien Obligations, Junior I ONigations, or Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City and (ii) the lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues (or such other limited aimmin of excess Net Revenues of the System) to the payment and security of the currently outstanding Limited Pledge Obligations, the Pledged Revenues arc hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certi licates and the pledge of Pledged Revenues herein made for the payment of the Certificates shall constitute a lien on the Pledged Revenues in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof and be valid and binding without any physical delivery thereof or further act by the City. SECTION II Revenue Fund. The City hereby covenants and agrees that all Gross Revenues derived from the operation of the System shall he kept separate and apart from all other funds, accounts and money ni the City and shall he deposited as collected into the 'CII Y OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS SOLID WAS IF MANAGLMFNL SYSI F\1 REVENUE 524]952 h -24- Pt'NI)' (the Revenue Pend). All money deposited in the Revenue Fund shall be pledged and appropriated to the extent required for the following purposes and in the order of priority shown: • First. to the payment of the reasonable and proper Maintenance and Operating Expenses of the System required by statute or ordinances authorizing the issuance of any indebtedness of the City to be a first charge on and claim against the Gross Revenues of the System: • Second_ To the payment of the amounts that must be deposited in the special funds and accounts created and established fur the payment, security, and benefit of any I'rior Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City in accordance with the terms and provisions of any ordinances authorizing their issuance; • third: To the payment of the amounts that must he deposited in the special funds and accounts created and established for the payment, security, and benefit of any Junior Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City in accordance with the terms and provisions of any ordinances authorizing their issuance; • Fourth. fo the payment of the amounts that must be deposited in the special funds and accounts created and established for the payment, security, and benefit of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations or Additional Subordinate Lien ONigatioas hereafter issued by the City in accordance with the terms and provisions of any ordinances authorizing their issuance; and • Fifth: To the payment of the amounts that niay he deposited in the special funds and accounts established for the payment of the currently outstanding Limited Pledge Obligations, including the Certificates, and any Additional Limited Pledge Obligations hereafter issued by the City in accordance with the terms and provisions of any ordinances authorizing their issuance. Any Net Revenues remaining in the System Cued atter satisfying the foregoing payments, or making adequate and sufficient provision for the payment, security and benefit thereof. may be appropriated and used Ibr any other City purpose now or hereafter permitted by law. SICIION 14, Deposits to Certificate Fund - Surplus Certificate Proceeds. The City hereby covenants and agrees to cause to he deposited in the Certificate Fund prior to a principal and Interest Payment Date for the Certificates, from the Pledged Revenues in the System Fund, after the deduction of all payments required to he made to the special funds or accounts created for the payment, security, and benefit of the (i) currently outstanding Subordinate I.icn Obligations and any Prior Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City and (ii) the currently outstanding Limited Pledge Obligations and any Additional Limited Pledge Obligations hereafter issued by the City, any amounts budgeted to he paid therefrom in such Fiscal Year. Accrued interest. if any, received from the Purchasers of the Certificates shall he deposited to the Certificate Fund and ad valorem taxes levied and collected for the benefit of the mits,,,n -25- Certificates shall be deposited to the Certificate Fund. In addition, any surplus proceeds, Including investment income therefrom, from the sale of the Certificates not expended for authorized purposes shall be deposited in the Certificate Fund, and such amounts so deposited shall reduce the sums otherwise required to be deposited in said fund from ad valorem taxes_ SECTION 15. Security of Funds. All money on deposit in the finds for which this Ordinance makes provision (except any portion thereof as may be at any time properly invested as provided herein) shall he secured in the manner and to the fullest extent required by the laws of the State of Texas for the security of public funds, and money on deposit in such funds shall he used only for the purposes permitted by this Ordinance. SECTION 16. Maintenance of Systein - Insurance. The City covenants and agrees that while the Certificates remain Outstanding it will maintain and operate the System with all possible efficiency and maintain casualty and other insurance (including a system of self insurance) on the properties of the System and its operations of a kind and in such amounts customarily carried by municipal corporations in the State of Texas engaged in a similar type of business and that it will faithfully and punctually perform all duties with reference to the System required by the laws of the State of Texas. All money received from losses under such insurance policies. other than public liability policies, are held for the benefit of the holders of the Certificates until and unless the proceeds are paid out in making good the loss or damage in respect of which such proceeds are received, either by replacing the property destroyed or repairing the property damaged, and adequate provision for making good such loss or damage must be made within ninety (90) days after the date of loss. 'Che payment of premiums for all insurance policies required under the provisions hereof shall be considered Maintenance and Operating Expenses. Nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed as requiring the City to expend any funds which arc derived from sources other than the operation of the System but nothing herein shall he construed as preventing the City from doing so. SECTION 17. Rates and Charges. The City hereby covenants and agrees with the Holders of the Certificates that rates and charges for solid waste collection services afforded by the System will be established and maintained to provide(iros,s Revenues sufficient at all times: A. to pay, together with any other lawfully available hinds, all operating, maintenance. depreciation, replacement, betterment, and other costs incurred in the maintenance and operation of the System, including, but not limited to. Maintenance and Operating Expenses, R. to produce Net Revenues sufficient, together with any other lawfully available funds, to pay (i) the interest on and principal of any Prior Lien ONigations hereafter issued by the City as the same becomes due and payable and the amounts required to he deposited in any special find created and established for the payment, security. and benefit thereof; (ii) the interest on and principal of any Junior Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City as the same becomes due and payable and the amounts required to he deposited in any special fund created and established for the payment,security, and benefit thereof; (iii) the interest on and principal of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations and any Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City as the sans becomes due and payable and the amounts required to be deposited in any special fund created and established for the payment, security, and henelt thereof; and (iv) the amounts that may be deposited in the special funds established UPI v)v,.n -76- far the payment of the Limited Pledge Obligations or any Additional Limited I'ledge ONigutions hereafter issued by the City; and C. to pay usher legally incurred indebtedness payable from the Net Re'e1IlICS Of the System and/or secured by a lien on the System or the Net Revenues thereof. SECTION 1£4, Records and Accounts - Annual Audit. The City further covenants and agrees that so long as any of the Certificates remain Outstanding it will keep and maintain separate and complete records and accounts pertaining to the operations of the Sytstetn in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating thereto, as provided by Chapter 363, as untended, Texas I Icalth and Safety Code. or other applicable law. The I folders of the Certificates or any duly authorized agent or agents of the Holders shall have the right to inspect the System and all properties comprising the same. The City further agrees that, following the close of each Fiscal Year, it will cause an audit of such hooks and accounts to he made by an independent hrm of certified public accountants, Expenses incurred in making the annual audit of the operations of the System are to be regarded as Maintenance and Operating Iixpenses. SI V ION 19. Remedies in Event of Default. In addition to all the rights and remedies provided by the laws of the State of Texas, the City covenants and agrees particularly that in the event the City (a) defaults in the payments to he made to the Certificate Fund, or (h) defaults in the observance or perlor nance of any other of the covenants, conditions, or obligations set forth in this Ordinance, the Holders of any of the Certificates shall be entitled to seek a writ of mandamus issued by a court of proper juri sdiction Compelling and requiring the governing body of the City and other officers of the City to observe and perform any covenant, condition, or obligation prescribed in this Ordinance. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence therein, and every such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as ofien as may be deemed expedient. The specific remedies herein provided shall he cumulative of all other existing remedies and the specification of such remedies shall not he deemed to be exclusive. SFClION 20. Issuance of Prior Lien Obligations - Junior Lien Obligations - Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations - Additional Limited Pledge Obligation. "the City hereby expressly reserves the right to hereafter issue bonds, notes, warrants, certificates of obligation, or similar obligations, payable, wholly or in part, as appropriate, from and secured by a pledge of and lien on the Net Revenues of the System with the following priorities, without limitation as to principal amount, but subject to tiny terms, conditions, or restrictions applicable thereto under existing ordinances, laws. or otherwise: A. Prior Lien Obligations payable from and equally and ratably secured by a first and prior lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System; Il. Junior Lien Obligations payable from and equally and ratably secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues that is junior and inferior to the lien on and pledge thereof sus"°c° -27- securing the payment of any Prior Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City. but prior and superior to the lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues securing the payment of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations and the Certificates and any Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations or Additional limited Pledge Obligations hereafter issued by the City.and C. Additional Subordinate Lien obligations payable from and equally and ratably secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues that is subordinate and inferior to the lien on and pledge thereof securing the payment of any Prior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City, but prior and superior to the lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues securing, in part, the payment of the currently outstanding limited Pledge Obligations, the Certificates, and any Additional limited Pledge Obligations hereafter issued by the City; and D. Additional i iinited Pledge Obligations secured by o lien on and pledge of a limited amount of the Net Revenues in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraph. Prior Lien Obligations, .!mlior Lien Obligations, and Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations, if issued, may he payable, in whole or in part, from Net Revenues (without impairmcnt of the obligation of contract with the holders of the currently outstanding Limited Pledge Ohl igations and the Certificates) upon such terns and conditions as the City Council may determine. Additional Limited Pledge Obligations, if issued and payable, in whole or in part, from Pledged Revenues (defined in the sante or similar terms as provided in Section 9 of this Ordinance or in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the curreutly outstanding limited Pledge Obligations), shall not in any event be construed to he payable from the Pledged Revenues authorized by this Ordinance or in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the currently outstanding limited fledge Obligations to he budgeted and appropriated for the payment of the Certi licates or in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the currently outstanding limited Pledge Obligations. However. the lien on and pledge of the limited amount of Net Revenues securing, in pari, the payment of the Certificates, the Limited Pledge Obligations and any Additional limited Pledge Obligations shall he subordinate and inferior to the pledge of and lien on the Net Revenues securing the payment of the currently outstanding Subordinate lien Obligations and any Prior Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Ohligations, or Additional Subordinate lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City. SECTION 21 Special Covenants. The City hereby further covenants that: A. it has the lawful power to pledge the Pledged Revenues supporting the Certificates and has lawfully exercised said powers under the laws of the State of Texas, including power existing under Chapter 363, as amended, Texas Health and Safety Code, and the Certificate of ONigation Act of 1971, as amended, Texas Local Government Code. Section 271.041 through Section 271.064, and the Citv's I Ionic Rule Charter; and 13. other than for the payment of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations and the Limited Pledge Obligations, the Net Revenues of the System have not in any manner been pledged to the payment of any debt or ahiIgatu n of the City or of the System; X14[5,)52 28- SECTION 22. Application of the Covenants and Agreements of the Subordinate Lien Obligations Nrior Lien Obligations, or Junior Lien Obligations. It is the intention of the City Council and accordingly hereby recognized and stipulated that the provisions. agreements, and covenants contained herein bearing upon the management and operations of the System, and the administration and application of Gross Revenues derived from the operation thereof. skull to the extent possible be harmonized with like provisions, agreements, and covenants contained in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations and any Prior lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or Additional Suhordinate Lien Obligations hereafter issued by the City, and to the extent of any irreconcilable conflict between the provisions contained herein and in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations and any Pr Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations hereafter issued, the provisions, agreements and covenants contained therein shall prevail to the extent of such conflict and he applicable to this Ordinance, especially the priority of rights and benefits conferred thereby to the holders of the currently outstanding Suhordinate Lien Obligations and any Prior Lien Obligations. Junior lien Obligations, or Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations hereafter issued. It is expressly recognized that prior to the issuance of any Prior Lien Obligations, Junior Lien Obligations, or Additional Subordinate Lien Obligations, the City must comply with each of the conditions precedent contained in the ordinances authorizing the issuance of the currently outstanding Subordinate Lien Obligations, Limited Pledge Obligations, and the Certificates, as appropriate. SECTION 23. Notices to Holders - Waiver. Wherever this Ordinance provides for not ice-to holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and sent by united States mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the address of each holder appearing in the Security Register at the close of business on the business day next preceding the inailing of such notice. In any ease where notice to holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice to any particular Holders, nor any defect in any notice so nailed. shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to all other holders Where this Ordinance provides for notice in any manner, such notice may he waived in writing by the holder entitled to receive such notice, either before cr after the event with respect to which such notice is given, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.Waivers of notice by I lolders shall be filed with the Paying Agent/Registrar. but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken ill reliance upon such waiver. SUCTION 24. Cancellation. All Certificates surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer. exchange, or replacement, if surrendered to the Paying Agent/Registrar, shall be promptly canceled by it and, if surrendered to the City, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar and. if not already canceled, shall be promptly canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar, The City may at any time deliver to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation ally Certificates previously certified or registered and delivered which the City niay have acquired in any manner tvhatsocvei, and all Certificates so delivered shall he promptly canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar. All canceled Certificates held by the Paying Agent/Registrar shall be destroyed as directed by the City. x34is5r n -2q- SECTION 25, Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost. and Stolen Certificates. 11(1i any mutilated Certificate is surrendered to the Paying Agent/Registrar, or the City and the Paying AucntiReeistrar reed s e evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss, or theft of any Certificate, and (2) there is delivered to the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required to save each of'them harmless,then, in the absence of notice to the City or the Paying Agent/Registrar that such Certificate has been acquired by a bona tide purchaser. the City shall execute and, upon its request, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall register and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, Inst,or stolen Certificate, a new Certificate of the same Stated Maturity and interest rate and of tike tenor and principal amount, hearing a HUM her not contemporaneously Outstanding. In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Certificate has become or is about to become due and payable, the City in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Certificate, pay .such Certificate. Upon the issuance of any new Certificate or payment in lieu thereof, under this Section, the City may require payment by the 110Ider of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses and charges (including attorney's fees and the fees and expenses of the Paying Agent/Registrar)connected therewith. Every new Certificate issued piusuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed,• lost. or stolen Certificate shall constitute a replacement of the prior obligation of the City, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost, or stolen Certificate shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance equally and ratably with all other Outstanding('erti0cates. The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedics with respect to the replacement and payment of mutilated, destroyed. lost, or stolen Certificates- SI C HON 26. Sale of the Certificates — Official Statement Approval Approval of Purchase Contract - Use of Certificate Proceeds. The Certificates authorized by this Ordinance are hereby sold by the City to Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Dallas, Texas (the Purchasers, having all the rights, benefits, and obligations of a I folder) in accordance with the provisions of a Purchase Contract, dated July 15, 2016 (the Purchase Contract), attached hereto as Exhibit 13 and incorporated herein by reference as a part of this Ordinance for all purposes. The Initial Certificate shall be registered in the name of the Raymond James & Associates, Inc_ The pricing and terms of the sale of the Certificates are hereby found and determined to be the m isl.advantageous reasonably obtainable by the City. Any Authorized Representative is hereby authorized and directed to execute the Purchase Contract for and on behalf of the City and as the act and deed el the City Council, and in regard to the approval and execution of the Purchase Contract, the City Council hereby finds, determines and declares that the representations. warranties, and agreements of the ('ity contained in the Purchase Contract arc true and correct in all material respects and shall he honored and performed by the City. Delivery of the Certificates to the Purchasers shall occur as .soon as practicable after the adoption of this Ordinance,upon payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Contract. ,¢24;£9;2 6 -4(Y Furthermore, the City hereby ratifies, confirms, and approves in all respects (i) the City's prior determination Ihat the Preliminary Official Statement was, as of its date, ''deemed final" in accordance with the Rule(hereinafter defined) and (ii) the use and distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement by the Put-chasers in connection with the public offening and sale of the Certificates. lie final Official Statement, being a modification and amendinent of the Preliminary Official Statement to reflect the tenns oh sale (together with such changes approved by an Authorized Representative), shall be and is hereby in all respects approved and the Purchasers arc hereby authorized to use and distribute the Iinal Official Statement, dated July 15, 2016, in the reoffering, sale and delivery of the Certificates to the public. The Mayor and/or City Secretary are further authorized and directed to manually execute and deliver for and on behalf of the City copies of the Official Statement in final form as may be required by the Purchasers. and such final Official Statement in the form and content manually executed by said officials shall be deemed to he approved by the City Council and constitute the Official Statement authorized for distribution and use by the Purchasers. The proper officials of the City are hereby authorized to execute and deliver a certificate pertaining to such Official Statement as prescribed therein, dated as of the date of payment for and delivery of the Certificates. Proceeds from the sale of the Certificates shall he applied as follows. (1) Accrued interest (in the amount of $66,794.44) received from the Purchasers shall be deposited into the Certificate Fund. The City received an original issue reoffering premium from the sale of the Certificates of $1,968,831.25 which is hereby allocated by the City in the following manner_ (I) $99,158.46 to pay the - -- -- Purchasers' compensation, (21 $159,635.79 to pay the costs of issuance, and (3) $1.710,037.00 shall he deposited to the project construction find. (2) The amount of $18.140,037 (being principal of the Certificates in the amount of $16,430.000 and a portion of the premium in the amount of $1,710,037 as described above), derived from the sale of the Certificates, after making the deposits to the Certificate Fund as described in (I) above, shall he used to pay costs of issuance or deposited into the special construction account or accounts created for the projects to he constructed with the proceeds oh the Certificates. This special construction account shall he established and maintained at the Depository and shall he invested in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 of this Ordinance. The governing body of the City hereby appropriates from this special construction account funds necessary to undertake these capital projects for which the Certificates are issued (being those projects described in Section 1 hereof). Interest earned on the proceeds of the Certificates pending completion of construction of the projects financed with such proceeds shall be accounted for, maintained, deposited, and expended as permitted by the provisions of Chapter 1201, as amended, Texas Government Code, or as required by any other applicable law. Thereafter. such amounts shall be expended in accordance with Section 14 of this Ordinance. SI (I ION 27. Covenants to Maintain Tax-Exempt Status. A. Definitions. When used in this Section, the following terms have the hollowing meanings: 8240442,, -3I- Bonds means the "City of Corpus Christi, l'exas General Improvement Refunding Bonds, Series 2016". ('losing Date means the <late on which the Certilicales are first authenticated and delivered to the initial purchasers against payment therefor. (lode means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by all legislation, if any, effective on or before the Closing Date. ('amputation Date has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-1(h) of the Regulations. Grass Proceeds means any proceeds as defined in Section I_148-I(b) of the Regulations. and any replacement proceeds as defined in Section 1.148-1(c) of the Regulations,of the Cerli f ieates. Invest has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-1(b) of the Regulations. Nonpurpose Investment means any investment property, as defined in section 148(b) of the Code, in which Gross Proceeds of the Certificates are invested and which is not acquired to carry out the governmental purposes of the Certificates. Rebate Antonin has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-1(b) of the Regulations. Regtialiora< incans any proposed. temporary, or final Income Tax Regulations issued pursuant to sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code, and 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, which are applicable to the Certificates. Any reference to any specific Regulation shall also mean, as appropriate. any proposed, temporary or final Income Tax Regulation designed In supplement, amend or replace the specific Regulation referenced. Yield of (I) any Investment has the meaning set forth in Section 1.148-5 of the Regulations; and (2) means the combined yield of the Certificates and the Bonds within the meaning set forth in Section 1.14R-4 of the Regulations. B. Not to Cause Interest to Become Taxable. The City shall not use, permit the use of, or omit to use Gross Proceeds or any other amounts (or tory property the acquisition, construction or improvement of which is to he financed directly or indirectly with Gross Proceeds) in a manner which if made or omitted, respectively, would cause the interest on any Certificate to become includable in the gross income. as defined in section 61 of the Code,of the owner thereof for federal income tax purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the C'ily receives a written opinion of amnsel nationally recognized in the field of municipal bond law to the effect that failure to comply with such covenant will not adversely 521159120 _}2_ affect the exemption from federal income tax of the interest on any Certificate. the City shall comply with each of the specific covenants in this Section. C, No Private Use or I'rivute Payments. Except to the extent that it will not cause the Certificates to become "private activity bonds' within the meaning of section 141 of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder. the City shall at all limes prior to the last Stated Maturity of C'ertilicates. (1) exclusively own, operate and possess all property the acquisition. construction or impro 'entent of which is to be financed or refinanced directly or indirectly with Gross Proceeds of the Certificates, and not use or permit the use of such Gross Proceeds (including all contractual arrangements with terms different than those applicable to the general public) or any property acquired, constructed or improved with such Gross Proceeds in any activity carried on by any person or entity (including the United States or any agency, department and instrumentality thereof) other than a state or local government, unless such use is solely as a member of the general public; and (2) not directly or indirectly impose or accept any charge or other payment by any person or entity who is treated as using Gross Proceeds of the Certificates or any property the acquisition, construction or improvement of which is to be financed or refinanced directly or indirectly with such Gross Proceeds, other than taxes of general application within the City or interest earned on investments acquired with such Gross Proceeds pending application for their intended purposes. D. No Private I.oan. Except as would not cause the Certificates to become "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall not use Gross Proceeds of the Certificates to make or finance loans to any person or entity other than a state or local government. For purposes of the foregoing covenant, such Gross Proceeds are considered to be"loaned" to a person or entity if- (Il property acquired. constructed or improved with such Gross Proceeds is sold or leased to such person or entity in a transaction which creates a debt for federal income tax purposes; (2) capacity in or service from .such property is committed to such person or entity under a take-or-pay, output or similar contract or arrangement; or(3) indirect benefits, or burdens and benefits of ownership,of such Gross Proceeds or any property acquired, constructed or improved with such Gross Proceeds are otherwise transferred in a transaction which is the economic equivalent of a loan. Ii- Nut to Invest at I(igluer Yield. Except as would not cause the Certificates to become "arhitrage bonds' within the meaning of section 148 of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall not at any time prior to the final Stated Maturity of the Certificates directly or indirectly invest Gross Proceeds in any Investment, if as a result of such investment the Yield of any Investment acquired with Grass Proceeds. whether then held or previously disposed of, materially exceeds the Yield of the Certificates. P. Not Federally Guaranteed. Except to the extent permitted by section 149(b) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, the City shall not take or omit to take any action which would cause the Certificates to he federally guaranteed within the meaning of section 149(h) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder. slni>ai2 f, -33- G. Information Report. The City shall timely fllc the information required by section 149(c) of the Code with the Secretar of the"'Tenafly on Form 8038-G or such other form and in such place as the Secretary may prescribe. H. Rebate of Arbitrage Profits. Except to the extent otherwise provided in section 148(1) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder: (I) The City shall accounl for all Gross Proceeds (including all receipts, expenditures and investments thereof) on its books of account separately and apart from all other funds (and receipts, expenditures and investments thereof) and shall retain all records of accounting for at least six years after the day on which the last Outstanding Cer0ficate is discharged. However, to the extent permitted by law, the City may commingle Gross Proceeds of the Certificates with other stoney of the City, provided that the City separately accounts for each receipt and expenditure of Gross Proceeds and the obligations acquired therewith. (2) Not less frequently than each Computation Date, the City shall calculate the Rebate Amount in accordance with rules set !brill in section 148(11 of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder. The City shall maintain such calculations with its official transcript of proceedings relating to the issuance of the Certificates until six years alter the final Computation Date, (3) As additional consideration for the purchase of the Certificates by the Purchasers and the loan of the money represented thereby and in order to induce such purchase by measures designed to insure the excludability of the interest thereon from the gross income of the owners thereof for federal income tax purposes, the City shall pay to the United States out of the Certificate Fund or its general fund, as permitted by applicable Texas statute, regulation or opinion of the Attorney General of the State of Texas, the amount that when added to the future value of previous rebate payments made For the Certificates equals (I) in the case of a Final Computation Date as defined in Section 1.148-3(c)(2) of the Regulations, one hundred percent (100%) of the Rebate Amount on such date. and (ii) in the case of any other Computation Date, ninety percent (90%) of the Rebate Amount on such date- In all cases, the rebate payments shall he made at the times, in the installments, to the place and in the manner as is or may be required by section 148(1) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder, and shall he accompanied by Form 8038-T or such other forms and information as is or may he required by section 148(1) of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder_ (4) The City shall exercise reasonable diligence to assure that no errors are made in the calculations and payments required by paragraphs (2) and (3), and it an error is made, to discover and promptly correct such error within a reasonable amount of time thereafter (and in all events within one hundred eighty (180) days after discovery of the error), including payment to the United States of any additional Rebate Amount owed to it, interest thereon, and any penalty imposed under Section 1.148-3(h)of the Regulations. 1. Not to Divert Arbitraue Profits. Except to the extent permitted by section 148 of the Code and the Regulations and rulings thereunder. the City shall not, at any time prior to the sCusys;6 -34- earlier of the Stated Maturity or final payment of the Certificates, enter into any transaction that reduces the amount required to he paid to the United Stales pursuant to Subsection II of this Section because such transaction results in a smaller profit or a larger loss than would have resulted if the transaction had been at arm's length and had the Yield of the Certificates not been relevant to either party. Certificates Not I Icdae Bonds. (1) The City reasonably expects to spend at least 85% of the spendable proceeds of the Certificates within three years after such Certificates are issued. (2) Not more than 50% of the proceeds of the Certificates will be invested in Nonpwpose Invesunems having a substantially guaranteed Yield for a period of 4 years or afore. K. Elections_ "[he City hereby directs and authorizes any Authorized Representative, either individually or any combination of them, to make elections permitted or required pursuant to the provisions of the Code or the Regulations, as they deem necessary or appropriate in connection with the Cerli Orates, in the Certificate as to Tax Exemption or similar or other appropriate certificate, form or document. Such elections shall be deemed to be made on the Closing I)ate. SI GlION 28. Control and Custody of Certificates. The Mayor of the City shall he and is hereby authorized to take and have charge of all necessary orders and records pending investigation by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and shall take and have charge and control of the Certificates pending their approval by the Attorney General, the registration thereof by the Comptroller of Public Accounts and the delivery of the Certificates to the Purchasers. Furthermore, each Authorized Representative is hereby authorized and directed to furnish and execute such documents relating to the City and its financial affairs as may be necessary for the issuance of the Certificates, the approval of the Attorney General of the State of Texas and their registration by- the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and, together with the City's financial advisor, bond counsel, and the Paying Agent/Registrar, make the necessary arrangements fbr the delivery of the Initial C'crti ficate to the Purchasers and the initial exchange thereof for definitive Certificates_ SICI ION 29. Satisfaction of Obliattion of City. If the City shall pay or cause to be paid, or there shall otherwise he paid to the I lolders, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Certificates, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Ordinance, then the pledge of taxes levied and the lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues under this Ordinance and all covenants, agreements, and other obligations of the City to the I folders shall thereupon cease, terminate, and be discharged and ,satisfied_ Certificates, or any principal amount(s) thereof, shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning and with the effect expressed above in this Section when (i) money sufficient to pay in lull such Certificates or the principal amount(s) thereof at Stated Maturity or to the redemption date therefor, together with all interest due thereon, shall have been irrevocably deposited with 5241 w5a n -35- and held in trust by the Paying Agee/Registrar, and/or an authorized escrow agent, or Government Securities shall have been irrevocably deposited in trust with the Paying Agent/Registrar, or an authorized escrow agent, which Government Securities have, in the case of a net defeasanec. been cerlilied by an independent accounting firm to mature as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the availability, without reinvestment, Of sufficient money, together with any money deposited therewith. if any, to pay when due the principal of and interest on such Certificates, or the pdncipal amount(s) thereof, on and prior to the Stated Maturity thereof or (if notice of redemption has been duly given or waived or if irrevocable arrangements therefor acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar have been made) the redemption date thereof for the Certificates. In the event ofa gross defeasance of the Certificates. the City shall deliver a certificate from its financial advisor, the Paying Agent/Registrar. or another qualified third party concerning the deposit of cash and/or Government Securities to pay, when due, the principal of, redemption premien (if any), and interest due on any deleased Certificates. The City covenants that no deposit of money or Government Securities will he made under this Section and no use made of any such deposit which would cause the Certificates to he treated as arbitrage bonds within the meaning of section 148 of the Code (as defined in Section 27 hereof). Any money so deposited with the raying Agent/Registrar, and all income twill Government Securities held in trust by the Paying Agent/Registrar, or an authorized escrow agent, pursuant to this Section which is not required for the payment of the Certificates, or any principal amount(s) thereof, or interest thereon with respect to which such money has been so deposited shall be remitted to the City or deposited as directed by the City. Furthermore, any money(held by the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates and remaining unclaimed for a period of three (3) years after the Slated Maturity of the Certificates, or applicable redemption date, such money was deposited and is held in trust to pay shall upon the request of the City he remitted to the City against a written receipt therefor, subject to the unclaimed property laws of the State of Texas. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, it is hereby provided that any determination not to redeem deleased Certificates that is made in conjunction with the payment arrangements specified in subsection (i) or (ii) above shall not he irrevocable, provided that, (I) in the proceedings providing for such defeasance, the City expressly reserves the right to call the dcfeased Certificates for redemption; (2) gives notice of the reservation of that right to the owners of the defeased Certificates immediately following the defeasance; (3)directs that notice of the reservation he included in any redemption notices that it authorizes; and (4) at the time of the redemption, satisfies the conditions of(i) or (ii) above with respect to such deleased debt as though it was being deleased at the time of the exercise of the option to redeem the defense(' Certificates, after taking the redemption into account in determining the sulliciency of the provisions made for the payment of the deleased Certificates. SECTION 30. Printed Opinion. The Purchasers' obligation to accept delivery of the Certificates is subject to their being furnished a final opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright llS hRP, San Antonio, Texas, as Bond Counsel, approving certain legal matters as to the Certificates, the opinion to be dated and delivered as of the date of initial delivery and payment for the Certificates. Printing of a true and correct copy of the opinion on the reverse side of each of the 824!5952 6 -36- Certificates, with appropriate certificate pertaining thereto executed by facsimile signature of the City Secretary of the City is hereby approved and authorized. SECTION 31. CUSII' Numbers. (SSIP numbers may be printed or typed on the definitive Certificates. It Is expressly provided, however, that the presence or absence of CI SIP numbers on the definitive Certificates shall be of no signifiamee or effect as regards the legality thereof, and neither the City nor Bond Counsel are to he held responsible for Cl SIP numbers incorrectly printed or typed on the definitive Certificates. SECTION 32. Effect of Heading. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. SECTION 33. Ordinance a Contract, Amendments -Outstanding Certificates. The City acknowledges that the covenants and obligations of the City herein contained are a material inducement to the purchase of the Certificates. This Ordinance shall constitute a contract with the I lolders from time to time, binding on the City and its successors and assigns, and it shall not he amended or repealed by the City so long as any Certificate remains Outstanding except as permitted in this Section. The City may, without the consent of or notice to any Holders, from time to time and at any time, amend this Ordinance in any manner not detrimental to the interests of the lloldcrs, including the curing of any anthiguify, inconsistency, or formal defect or omission herein. In addition, the City may, with the written consent of Holders holding a • majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding affected thereby, amend, add to, or rescind any of the provisions of this Ordinance: provided, however, that, without the consent of all Holders of Outstanding Certificates, no such amendment, addition, or rescission shall (I) extend the time. or times of payment of the principal of and interest on the Certificates, reduce the principal amount thereof or the tate of interest thereon, or in any other way modify the terms of payment of the principal oC the redemption price therefor, or interest on the Certificates, (2) give any preference to any Certificate over any other Certificate, or (3) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Certificates required for consent to any such amendment, addition, or rescission. SECTION 34. Benefits of Ordinance. Nothing in this Ordinance, expressed or implied, is intended or shall he construed to confer upon any person other than the City, Bond Counsel, Paying .Agent/Registrar, and the I lolders, any right, remedy, or claim.legal or equitable, under or by reason of this Ordinance or any provision hereof, this Ordinance and all its provisions being intended to be and being for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City, Bond Counsel, Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Holders. SECTION ION 35. Inconsistent Provisions. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistem with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of this Ordinance shall he and remain controlling as to the natters ordained herein. SECTION 36. Governing Law. This Ordinance shall he construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America. SECTION 37. Severability- If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any person or Circumstance shall be hcld to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the upplicanon of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid. and the City Council hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision. SItCIION 38. Construction of Terms. If appropriate in the context of this Ordinance, words of the singular number shall be considered to include the plural, words of the plural number shall be considered to include the singular, and words of the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall be considered to include the other genders. SECTION 39. Incorporation of Preamble Recitals. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof arc hereby found to he true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Ordinance for all purposes and arc adopted as a part of the judgment and findings of the City Council of the City. Silt]ION 40. Authorization of Paying AiLentiftegisti.ar Agreement. The City Council of the City hereby finds and determines that it is in the best interest of the City to authorize the execution of a Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement concerning the payment, exchange, registration, and transferability of the Certificates. A copy of the Paying AgentRegistrar Agreement is attached hereto, in substantially final form, as Exhibit A and is incorporated by reference to the provisions of this Ordinance. 41. Public Meeting. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Ordinance is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time. place, and subject matter of the public business to he considered at such meeting, including this Ordinance, was given, all as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Government Code. SECTION 42. Unavailability of Authorized Publication. II, because of the temporary or permanent suspension of any newspaper, journal, or other publication, or, for any reason, publication of notice cannot be made meting any requirements herein established, any notice required to he published by the provisions of this Ordinance shall be given in such other manner and al such time or times as in the judgment of the City or of the Paying Agent/Registrar shall most effectively approximate such required publication and the giving of such notice in such manner shall for all purposes of this Ordinance he deemed to be in compliance with the requirements for publication thereof SECTION 43. No Recourse Against City Officials. No recourse shall be had for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Certificate or for any claim based thereon or on this Ordinance against any official of the City or any person executing any Certificate. SECTION 44. Cnntinuinp Disclosure Undertaking. A. Definitions. As used in this Section, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to such terms below: szai<az e -3R- EA46L1 means the AISRR'.s Electronic Municipal Market Access system. accessible by the general public, without charge, on the internet through the mtitorm resource locator (CRL,) hitp:Uwww.enuna.msrh.org. A tneans the Municipal SecUnties Rulemaking I3nard. Rulr means SEC Rule I5c2-12, as amended from time to time. SEC incans the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. B. Annual Reports. The City shall file annually with the MSRl3. (I) within six months after the end of each fiscal year of the City ending in or after 2016, financial information and operating data with respect to the System of the general type included in the final Oficial Statement authorized by Section 26 of this Ordinance, being the information described in Exhibit C hereto, and (2) if not provided as part of such financial information and operating data, audited financial statements of the City, when and if available. Any financial statements so to he provided shall he (i) prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in Exhibit C hereto, or such other accounting principles as the City may be required to employ from time to time pursuant to state • law or regulation, and (ii) audited, if the City commissions an audit of such financial statements and the audit is completed within the period during which they must be provided. If the audit of such financial statements is not complete within such period, then the City shall file unaudited financial statements within such period and audited financial statements for the applicable liscal year to the NISRH, when and if the audit report on such financial statements becomes available. Under current Texas law, including, but not Iimited to, Chapter 103, as amended. Texas Local Government Code, the City must Kaye its records and accounts audited annually and shall have an annual financial statement prepared based on the audit. The annual financial statement, including the auditor's opinion on the statement, shall he filed in the office of the City Secretary within one hundred eighty (IRO) days atter the last day of the City's fiscal year. Additionally. upon the filing of this financial statement and the annual audit, these documents are subject to the Texas Open Records Act, as amended. Texas Government Code, Chapter 552. If the City changes its fiscal year, it will file notice of such change (and of the date of the new fiscal year end) with the NISRB prior to the next date by which the City otherwise would be required to provide financial infornuttion and operating data pursuant to this Section. Notice of Certain Itvuus. The City shall lite notice of any of the following events with respect to the Certificates to the MSItB in a timely manner and not more than 10 business days alter occurrence of the event: (I) Principal and interest payment delinquencies: (2) Non-payment related defaults, if material; (3) I1nseheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties, ami SH'n -39- (4) 1 Fuseliedul cd draws on credit enhancements It lee t fig financial difficulties: (5) Substitution of credit or liquidity providers,or their failure to perform; (6) Adverse tax opinions, the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service of proposed or final determinations of taxability, Notices of Proposed Issue (IRS Form 5701-11,B), or other material notices or determinations with respect to the tax status of the Certificates, or other material events affecting the tax status of the Certificates, (7) Modifications to rights of holders of the Certificates if material; (8) Certificate calls, if material,and tender offers; • (9) Defeasances; (I(1) Release, substitution. or sale of property securing repayment of the Certificates,icates, i f material; (11) Rating changes; (12) Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, or similar event of the City, which shall occur as described below; (13) The consummation of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition involving the City or the sale of all or substantially all ul its assets, other than in the ordinary course of business, the entry into of a definitive agreement to undertake such an action or the tem ination of a definitive agreement relating to any such actions, other than pursuant to its terns, ii material; and (14) Appointment of a successor or additional paying agent/registrar or the change of name ofa paying agent/registrar, if material. For these purposes, any event described in the immediately preceding paragraph (12) is considered to occur when any of the following occur: the appointment ofa receiver, fiscal agent, or similar officer for the City in a proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law in which a court or governmental authority has assumed jorisdietiOn over substantially all of the assets or business of the City, or if such jUri sdiction has been assumed by leaving the existing governing body and officials or officers in ist ion but subject to the supervision and orders of a court or governmental authority, or the entry of an order confirming a plan of reorganization, arrangement, or liquidation by a court or governmental authority having supervision or jurisdiction aver substantially all of the assets or business of the City. The City shall file notice with the MSRB, in a timely manner, of any failure by the City to provide financial information or operating data in accordance with this Section by the time required by this Section. szrtspr o -41)- D. { imitations Disclaimers,and Amendments. The(lily shall he obligated to observe and perform the covenants specified in this Section for so long as, hut only for so long as, the City remains an ' obligated person" with respect to the Certificates within the meaning of the Rule, except that the City in any event will give notice of any deposit that causes the Certificates to he no longer Outstanding. The provisions of this Section are for the sole benefit of the holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates, and nothing in this Section, express or implied, shall give any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder to any other person. The City undertakes to provide only the financial information. operating data, financial statements, and notices which it has expressly agreed to provide pursuant to this Section and does not hereby undertake to provide any other information that may he relevant or material to a complete presentation of the City's financial results, condition.or prospects or hereby undertake to update any information provided in accordance with this Section or otherwise, except as expressly provided herein. The City does not make any representation or warranty concerning such information or its usefulness to a decision to invest in or sell Cert I licates at any future date. UNDER NC) CIRCUMSTANCES SHAH, i iIL CITY BE LIABLE TO TiIF HOLDER OR BENEFICIAL. OWNER OF ANY CERTIFICATE OR ANY OTHER PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORI-, FOR DAMAGES RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART FROM • ANY BRFACII BY THE CITY, WIIECIIER NEGLIGENT OR Will I OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS VARY, OF ANY COVENANT SPECIFIED IN TIPS SECTION, BE IT EVERY RIGHT AM) REMEDY OF ANY SUCH PERSON, IN CONTRACT' OR TORT, POR OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SIICII BREACH SHALL BE LIMLTFD TO AN ACIFON FOR MANDAMUS OR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. No default by the City in observing or performing its obligations under this Section shall constitute a breach of or default under this Ordinance for purposes of any other provision of this Ordinance. Nothing in this Section is intended or shall act to disclaim, vvalve, or otherwise limit the duties of the City under federal and state securities laws. The provisions of this Section may be amended by the City from time to time to adapt to changed circumstances that arise from a change in legal requirements, a change in law, or a change in the identity, nature, status, or type of operations of the City, but only if (I) the provisions of this Section, as so amended, would have permitted an underwriter to purchase or sell Certificates in the primary offering of the Certificates in compliance with the Rule, taking into account any amendments or interpretations of the Rule to the date of such amendment, as well as such changed circumstances, and (2) either (a) the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount (or any greater amount required by any other provision of this Ordinance that authorizes such all amendment) of the Outstanding Certificates consent to such amendment or (h) a person that is unaffiliated with the City (such as nationally recognized bond counsel) determines that such amendment will not materially impair the interests of the holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates. 'I he City may also repeal or amend the provisions of this Section if the SEC amends or repeals the applicable provisions of the Rule or any court of final nz+i 3,62 r. -41- jurisdiction enters judgment (bat such provisions of the Rude are invalid, and the City also may amend the provisions of this Section in its discretion in any other manner or circumstance, but in either case only if and to the extent that the provisions of this sentence would not have prevented an underwriter from Iawlully purchasing or selling Certificates in the primary offering of the Certificates, giving elfcct to (a) .such provisions as so amended and (li) any amendments 01 interpretations of the Rule. If the City so amends the provisions of this Section, the City shall include with ally amended financial inforinwioil or operating data next provided in accordance with this Section an explanation, in narrative form, of the reasons for the amendment and of the impact of any change in the type of financial information or operating data so provided. E. Information Format; Incorporation by Reference. The City information required under this Section shall he Bled with the MSRB through I NIMA in such format and accompanied by such identifying information as may be specified from time to time thereby. Under the current rules of the MSRB, continuing disclosure documents submitted to EMMA must he in word-searchable portable document format (PDP) tiles that permit the document to be saved, viewed, printed, and retransmitted by electronic means and the series of obligations to which sueh continuing disclosure documents relate must be identified by CUSIP number or numbers. Financial information and operating data to be provided pursuant to this Section may he set fortis in full in one or more documents or may he included by specific reference to any document (including all official statement or other offering document) available to the public through EMMA or filed with the SEC. SECTION 45. Hook-P.ntr Only System. The Certificates shall initially be registered so as to participate in a securities depository system (the DTC Sy.slem) with The Depository "Dust Company, New York. New York, or any successor entity thereto (DT('), as set forth herein. Each Stated Maturity of the Certificates shall he issued (following cancellation of the Initial Certificate described in Section 7) in the form of a separate single definitive Certificate. upon issuance, the ownership of each such Certificate shall he registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of l)IC, and all of the Outstanding Certificates shall be registered in the name of Cede &Co., us the nominee of DTV. The City and the Paying Agent/Registrar are authorized to execute. deliver, and lake the actions set forth in such letters to or agreements with DIC as shall be necessary to effectuate the DTC System, including the Letter of Representations attached hereto as Exhibit D (the Napresenlalinn teller). With respect to the Certificates registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation to any broker-deader, bank, or other Ii -Mlle l institution for which DTC holds the Certificates from time to time as securities depository (a Depoxlion• Participant) or to any person on behalf of whom such a Depository Participant holds an interest in the Certificates (an Indirect Participant). Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the City and the Paving Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of D'lI Cede & Co., or any Depository Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any Depositor' Participant or any other person, other than a S211S9s.: -4'- registered owner of the Certificates, as shown on the Security Register, of any notice with respect to the Certificates, including any notice of redemption, or (iii)the delivery to any Depository Participant or any Indirect Participant or any other Person, other than a 1101der of a Certificate, of any amount with respect to principal oC premium. if any, or interest on the Certificates. While in the DTC System. no person other than (ede. & Co., or any successor thereto, as nominee for DTC, shall receive a bond certificate evidencing the obligation of the City to make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest pursuant to this Ordinance. I!port delivery by DTC to the Paying Agent/Registrar of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the provisions in this Ordinance with respect to interest checks or drafts being ntmled to the I folder, the word `Cede& Co." in this Ordinance shall refer to such new nominee of DTC. In the event that (a) the City determines that 1)1C is incapable of discharging its responsibilities described herein and in the Representation Letter, (h) the Representation Letter shall be terminated for any reason, or (e) UTC or the City determines that it is in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the Certificates that they be able to obtain certificated Certificates, the City shall notify the Paying Agent/Registrar, DTC, and the Depository Participants of the availability within a reasonable period of time through DIY' of hond certificates, and the Certificates shall no longer he restricted to being registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC'. At that time, the City may detennine that the Certificates shall be registered in the name of and deposited with a successor depository operating a securities depository system, as may be acceptable to the City, or such depository's agent or designee, and if the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar do not select such alternate securities depository system then the Certificates may be registered in whatever name or names the holders of Certificates transferring or exchanging the Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, so long as any Certificate is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, all payments with respect to principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Certificate and all notices with respect to such Certificate shall be made and given, respectively, in the ntanner provided in the Representation Letter. SECTION 46. Further Procedt_es. The officers and employees of the City are hereby authorized, empowered and directed from time to time and at any time to do and perforin all such acts and things and to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and under the corporate seal and on behalf of the City all such instruments, whether or not herein mentioned, as may be necessary or desirable in order to carry out the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, the initial sale and delivery of the Certificates, the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement, the Purchase Contract, and the Official Statement. In addition, prior to the initial delivery of the Certificates, the Authorized Representatives and Bond Counsel are hereby authorized and directed to approve any teehnical changes or corrections to this Ordinance or to any of the instruments authorized and approved by this Ordinance and as described in the Official Statement necessary in order to (i) correct any ambiguity or mistake or properly or more completely decumcm the transactions contemplated and approved by this Ordinance, (ii) obtain a rating f}om any of the national bond rating agencies, or (iii) obtain the approsal of the Certificates by the Texas Attorney General's office. In case any officer of the City whose signature shall appear on any certificate shall cease to be such officer hefore the delivery of sueh certificate. such signature shall nevertheless be 81:1 syn -43- valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery_ SECTION 47. City's Consent to Provide Information and Documentation to the Texas MAC. the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas (the Te.cas MA('), a non-profit membership corporation organized exclusively for non-profit purposes described in section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and which serves as a comprehensive financial information repository regarding municipal debt issuers in Texas, requires provision of written document atinn regarding the issuance of municipal debt by the issuers thereof En support of the purpose of the .1 exas MAC and in compliance with applicable law, the City hereby consents to and authorizes any Authorized Representative, Bond Counsel to the City, and/or Financial Advisor to the City to provide to the Texas MAC information and documentation requested by the Texas MAC relating to the Certificates; provided, however, that no such information and documentation .shall be provided prior to the Closing Date. This consent and authorization relates only to information and documentation that is a part of the public record concerning the issuance of the Certificates. SECTION 48. Delegation Authorization Pursuant to I IB 1295. "[bough such parties may be identified, and the entry into a particular contract may be authorized herein, the City Council, pursuant to Chapter 1371 and other applicable law, hereby delegates to any Authorized Representative the authority to independently select the counterparty to any agreement with any paying agent/registrar, rating agency, securities depository, or any other contract that' is determined by the City Manager, the City's financial advisor, or the City's bond counsel to he necessary or incidental to the issuance of the Bonds as long as each of such contracts has a value of less than the amount referenced in Section 2252.908 of the 'Texas Government Code (collectively, the .Incillarn Bond Conti-cuts) and, as necessary, to execute the Ancillary Bond Contract on behalf and as the act and deed of the City. The City Council has not participated in the selection of any of the business entities which are Counterparties to the Ancillary Bond Contracts. SECTION 49. Effective Date. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 1201.028, as amended, Texas Government Code, this Ordinance shall he effective immediately upon adoption, notwithstanding any provision in the City's Home Rule Charter to the contrary concerning a multiple reading requirement lir the adoption of ordinances. j"rhe remainder nj this page intentionally let blank) 82,11 SYS2 6 -44- PASSED AND ADOPTED on the 12th day of April, 2016. CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS (-\\(.( :=2i Mayor ATTEST: 12e10-1."—el__&- f--- City Secretary APPROVED THIS 12th DAY OF APRIL, 2016: Mie-4—•X,,X ,, Miles Risley,City Attorney (CITY SEAL) 82415952.3 S-1 INDEX OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS Schedule I- - Approval Certificate EXHIBIT A - Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement EXHIBIT B - Purchase Contract EXHIBIT C - Description of Annual Financial Information EXHIBIT D - DTC Letter of Representations 32415952 3 I-I THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF NUECES § I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true, full and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (and of the minutes pertaining thereto) on the 12th day of April, 2016, authorizing the issuance of the City's Combination Tax and Limited Pledge Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2016A, which ordinance is duly of record in the minutes of said City Council, and said meeting was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given, all as required by Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. EXECUTED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of said City, this the 12th day of April, 2016. try Secretary (CITY SEAL) 82415952.3 The foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the 29th day of March, 2016, by the following vote: Nelda Martinez —4-- Brian Rosas 1 .4.. Rudy Garza, Jr. , A.A _ Lucy Rubio /, 41 Michael Hunter I , J: Mark Scott te...1 Chad Magill i 4/ Carolyn Vaughn Ili , Colleen McIntyre - . 1 I The foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the 12th day of April, 2016,by the following vote: Nelda Martinez Li / Brian Rosas A , A. Rudy Garza, Jr. ._A %t. Lucy Rubio t I 1 Michael Hunter IL ,A. Mark Scott t Chad Magill At . Carolyn Vaughn i.ii/ I �r , / Colleen McIntyre A PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 1 th day of April, 2016. ATTEST: \\\2....... P.I.,,,., ---:--1-,,,A eTh Rebecca Huerta Nelda Martinez City Secretary Mayor 82415952.3 630810 INDEX OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS Schedule I - - .Approval Certificate EXHIBIT A - Paving Agent/Registrar Agreement i-XHff31T B - Pur chase Contract HXH[fi1'f C - Description of Annual Financial Inlurmation ILXI IIII) - IDC Letter of Representations I-1 SCHEDULE I APPROVAL I. C LILHF ICA TE SEE E At NO. 2 Acarus:o Schedule I EXHIBIT A PAYING AGENT'.REGISTRAR AGREI9M11N1 SI119 I A19 NO. 4 aan ses,e A-I EXHIBIT B PI:RCI IASI. CONTRACT SEE 'FAB NO. 8 xzni=oe:n 13-I EXHIBIT (' DESCRIPTION Of ANN( Al. FINANCIAL INFORMA I ION the following information is referred to in Section 44 of this Ordinance. Annual Financial Statements and Operating Data The financial int irrmation and operating data with respect to the City to he provided annually in ace Irdanec with such Section are as specified (and included in the Appendix or under the heading of the Official Statement referred to) below: t I ) The City's audited financial statements for the most recently concluded fiscal year or to the extent these audited financial statements arc not available, the portions of the unaudited financial statements of the City appended to the Official Statement as Appendix (', but for the most recently concluded fiscal year (2) All quantitative financial intbrntation and operating data with respect to the City of the general type included in Appendix A to the Official Statement ('i'i nancial Information ') under the headings "Debt Payable From Taxes', "General Fund Balances", "Ad Valorem Fax and "lite Tax Increment Uinancing Act". Accounting Principles The accounting principles referred to in such Section are generally accepted accounting principles Iia governmental units as prescribed by the Government Accounting Standards Board from time to lime_ xxi<,nt 6 C-I EXHIBIT I) UTC IHI'll?Ii OI REPRESGN I A I IONS SEH TAB NO.5 RNU9f2 r. 1)-I PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI County of Nueces } Ad# 959402 PO # Before me,the undersigned, a Notary Public,this day personally came GEORGIA LAWSON, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is LEGAL SALES REPRESENATIVE AND EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLISHER, namely the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee. Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugia, and San Patricia, Counties, and that the publication of NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on: CC-Corpus Christi Caller-Times 02/28/16 Sun CC-Corpus Christi Caller-Times 03/06/16 Sun CC-Internet - callencom 02/28/16 Sun CC-Internet - caller.com 03/06/16 Sun LEGA. ALES REPRESENTATIVE On this yi day of 104(.111- , 20 I L certify that the attached document is a true and exact copy made by publisher. 1/(//L—,052-- _ _ Notary Public. State of Texas 0PAI,i ' MICHELLEryO0YkC1E2C464ABB1E8 Expires March 19,2020 1I CALLER-TIMES a Sunday, rearuary 28,2016 a 7E Legals NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi,Texas will convene at its regular meet- ing place in the City Hall Council Chambers in Cor- pus Christi, Texas, at 11:30 o'clock A.M.,Corpus Christi, Texas time on April 12,2016, and, during such meeting, the City Council will, on second reading(and after a first reading to occur at the March 29, 2016 meeting of the City Council), consider the passage of an ordinance or ordinances and take such other actions as may be deemed necessary to autho- rize the issuance of one or more series of certificates of obligation in an aggre- gate principal amount not to exceed $18,140,037 for the purpose or purposes of pay- ing contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for making permanent public improvements and for other public purposes, to-wit: (1) constructing, renovat- ing, equipping, enlarging, and improving City streets (including utilities repair, replacement, and reloca- tion), including curb, gut- ters, sidewalks, and drain- age improvements neces- sary or incidental thereto; (2) the purchase of mate- rials, supplies, equipment, macinery, andscaping, land, and rights-of-way for authorized needs and pur- poses relating to the afore- mentioned capital improve- ments;and (3)the payment of professional services related to the design, con- struction, project manage- ment, and financing of the aforementioned projects. The certificates of obliga- tion(the Certificates)will be payable from the levy of an annual ad valorem tax,with- in the limitations prescribed by law, upon all taxable property within the City and from a lien on and pledge of certain revenues derived by the City from the opera- tion of the City's solid waste system.The Certificates are to be issued,and this notice is given, under and pursu- ant to the provisions of the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended, Texas Local Government Code Sec- ` tion 271.041 through Section 271.064, Section 363.135, as amended,Texas Health and Safety Code, and the City's Home Rule Charter. /s/Rebecca Huerta City Secretary City of Corpus Christi,Texas PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT State of Texas } CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI County of Nueces } Ad # 959402 PO N Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public,this day personally came GEORGIA LAWSON, who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that she is LEGAL SALES REPRESENATIVE AND EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLISHER, namely the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, a daily newspaper published at Corpus Christi in said City and State, generally circulated in Aransas, Bee, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio, and San Patricio, Counties, and that the publication of NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF which the annexed is a true copy, was inserted in the Corpus Christi Caller-Times on: CC-Corpus Christi Caller-Times 02/28/16 Sun CC-Corpus Christi Caller-Times 03/06/16 Sun ---------------CC-Internet--caller.com 02/28/16 Sun CC-Internet - caller.com 03/06/16 Sun ji i - LEG•ALES REPRESENTATIVE On this y day of U , 20 1 (4 certify that the attached document is a true and exact copy made by publisher. 1/(A_IeiL" --- Notary Public, State of Texas fin'hryr MICHELLE JOYCE CA9REM ILMy Nalary lD#1248btl83 is ' Expires March 19,2020 — CALLER-TIMES « Sunday, March 6, 2016 « 7E legals NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,TEXAS CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi,Texas will convene at its regular meet- ing place in the City Hall Council Chambers in Cor- at o'clock A.us M., TexasCopus Christii,, Texas time on April 12,2016, and, during such meeting, the City Council will, on second reading (and after a first reading to occur at the March 29, 2016 meeting of the City Council), consider the passage of an ordinance or ordinances and take such other actions as may be deemed necessary to autho- rize the issuance of one or more series of certificates of obligation in an exceedaggre- gate t to �$18 1140037fornt o the purpose or purposes of pay- ing contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for making permanent public improvements and for other public purposes, to-wit: (1) constructing, renovat- ing, equipping, enlarging, and improving City streets (including utilities repair, replacement, and reloca- tion), including curb, gut- ters, sidewalks, and drain- age improvements neces- sary or incidental thereto; (2) the purchase of mate- rials, supplies, equipment, machinery, landscaping, land, and rights-of-way for authorized needs and pur- poses relating to the afore- mentioned capital improve- ments; and (3)the payment of professional services related to the design, con- struction, project manage- ment, and financing of the aforementioned projects. The certificates of obliga- tion(the Certificates)will be payable from the levy of an annual ad valorem tax,with- in the limitations prescribed by law, upon all taxable property within the City and from a lien on and pledge of certain revenues derived by the City from the opera- tion of the City's solid waste system.The Certificates are to be issued,and this notice is given, under and pursu- ant to the provisions of the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended,Texas Local Government Code Sec- tion 271.041 through Section 271.064, Section 363.135, as amended,Texas Health and Safety Code, and the City's Home Rule Charter. /s/Rebecca Huerta City Secretary City of Corpus Christi,Texas