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HomeMy WebLinkAbout033267 RES - 01/23/2024RESOLUTION NO.i® 3 3 2 6 7 RESOLUTION REQUESTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S UTILITY SYSTEM; AUTHORIZING CITY STAFF AND CONSULTANTS TO COORDINATE THE SUBMISSION OF THE APPLICATION TO THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD FOR FUNDING FROM ITS STATE WATER IMPLEMENTATION FUND FOR TEXAS; AND OTHER MATTERS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (the City) deems it necessary to apply to the Texas Water Development Board (the Board) for financial assistance; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Board, which govern the procedures in making such an application, the governing body of the City is required to pass a resolution to accompany such application; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI THAT: 1. The City hereby requests that the Board, from its State Water Implementation Fund for Texas, grant financial assistance to the City in the amount not to exceed $535,110,000.00 (as a loan or by the purchase of obligations of the City and by the receipt of the largest amount of grant funds lawfully available from the Board) for constructing improvements to the City's combined utility system, as designed the by the City's consulting engineer. These obligations will be issued by the City in one or more series. 2. The City Manager, Chief Financial Officer, or Director of Finance and Procurement of the City is hereby authorized to execute and submit to the Board the application for such financial assistance, and the City Manager, Chief Financial Officer, or Director of Finance and Procurement of the City, together with bond counsel, fmancial advisors and consulting engineers named in such application, are authorized to appear before the Board in support of such application and to make the required assurances and representations to the Board in accordance with the rules, regulations, and policies of the Board. 3. A certified copy of this Resolution shall be attached to the application for financial assistance herein authorized to be prepared and submitted to the Board, and the City Secretary of the City is authorized and directed to prepare and certify such number of copies of this Resolution as may be required for purposes of supporting the submission of such application to the Board. 4. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a part of the judgment and findings of the City. SCANNED 5. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein. 6. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America. 7. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid provision. 8. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was given, all as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Government Code. 9. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final passage, and it is so resolved. PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on the 23rd day of January, 2024: CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS Paulette Attest: Re ecca Huerta, ity Secretary (CITY SEAL) APPROVED THIS 23rd day of January, 2024: max Miles Risley, City Attorney uajardo, Mayor THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF NUECES CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI 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 a resolution passed by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (and of the minutes pertaining thereto) on the 23rd day of January, 2024, authorizing the City to request financial assistance from the Texas Water Development Board, which resolution 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 23RD DAY OF JANUARY, 2024. V6ty ecretary (CITY SEAL) That the foregoing resolution was read for the first time and passed on this the 23rd day of January, 2024, by the following vote: Paulette Guajardo Ronald Barrera Sylvia Campos Gil Hernandez Michael Hunter R� Jim Klein Mike Pusley Everett Roy Dan Suckley PASSED AND APPROVED, this the 23rd day of January, 2024. ATTEST: Rebecca Huerta City Secretary 138639381.3 Paulette Guajardo Mayor 033251_1'