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O408CERTIFICATE FOR ORDINANCE THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § CITY OF KENNEDALE § I, the undersigned City Secretary of the City of Kennedale, Texas (the "City"),hereby certify as follows: I . The City Council of the City convened in REGULAR MEF,TING ON THE 28'x' DAY OF AUGUST, 2008 at the City Hall, and the roll was called of the duly constituted officers and members of said City Council, to wit: Bryan Lankhorst, Mayor John Clark, Councilmember, Place I David Green, Councilmember, Place 2 Brian Johnson, Councilmember, Place 3 Kelly Tumer, Councilmember, Place 4 Jerry Miller, Councilmember, Place 5 and all of said officers and members of said City Council were present, except the following absentees: Bryan Lankhorst Whereupon, among other business, the following was transacted at said Meeting: a written ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSt1ANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF "CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2008"; SECURING THE PAYMENT 'THEREOF BY AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF AN ANNUAL AD VALORF,M TAX AND A PLF.DGF, OF SURPLUS REVENUES OF THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THF, F.XF,CUTiON OF At,L INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES RELATED THERETO INCLUDING A PURCHASF. CONTRACT, AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT, AND A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDI_ATE EFFECTIVE DATE was duly introduced for the consideration of said City Council It was then duly moved and seconded that said Ordinance be passed and, after due discussion, said motion carrying with it the adoption of said Ordinance, prevailed and carried b}' the following vole: AYES: 5 NOES: 0 ABSTENTIONS: 0 2. A true, full and correct copy of the aforesaid Ordinance adopted at the Meeting described in the above and foregoing paragraph is attached to and follows this Certificate; the Ordinance has been duly recorded in said City Council's minutes of said Meeting; the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full and correct excerpt from said City Council's minutes of said Meeting pertain ing to the passage of said Ordinance; the persons named in the above and foregoing paragraph arc the duly chosen, qualified and acting officers and members of said City Council as indicated therein; each of the officers and members of said City Council was duly and sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance, of the time, place and purpose of the aforesaid Meeting, and that said Ordinance would be introduced and considered for passage at said Meeting, and each of said offiicers and members consented, in advance, to the holding of said Meeting for such purpose, and that 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 Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. SIGNED AND SEALED THE 28'~ DAY OF AUGUST, 2008. (SEAL;, :," Q-° .:1 -~ ~ i~ e, ,,3 ~ . d/tea ~~~- City Secretary [SIGNATURE PAGE TO CERTIFICATE FOR ORDINANCE] ORDINANCE NO. 408 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DF. LI VERY OF "CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REijENUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2008' ; SECURING THE PAYMENT THEREOF BY AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF AN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX AND A PLEDGE OF SURPLUS REVENUES OF THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEDURES RELATEll THERETO INCLUDING A PURCHASE CONTRACT, AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT, AND A PAYING AGF,NT/RF.GiSTRAR AGREEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATF, SALE DATE: AUGUST 28, 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS R ECI'I~A LS ............................................................. Section 1. AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE CERTIFICATES ............... . Section 2. DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATIONS, NUMBERS. AND MA"PURITIES OF THE CERTIFICATES .......................... . Section 3. INTF,RF.ST .................................................... Section 4. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CERTIFICATES .................... . (a) Registration, Transfer, and Exchange; Authentication .............. . (b) Payment of Certificates of Obligation and Interest ................. . (c) In General ................................................. (d) Substitute Paying Agent/Registrar ............................. . (e) Book-Entry Only System for Certificates of Obligation ............ . (f) Successor Securities Depository; Transfers Outside Book-Entry Only Systems ................................... . (g) Payments to Cede & Co ..................................... . (h) DTC Letter of Representation ................................. . (i) Delivery of Initial Certificate of Obligation ...................... . Section 5. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION ...................... . Section 6. INTEREST ANU SINKING FUND; TAX LEVY .................... . Section 7. SURPLUS REVENUES ........................................ . Section 8. CONSTRUCTION FUND ....................................... . Section 9. INVESTMENTS ............................................... Section 10. DEFEASANCE OF CERTIFICATES .............................. . (a) Defeased Certificates ol'Obligation ............................. . (b) Defeasance Securities ......................................... (c) Investment in Defeasance Securities ............................ . (d) Paying Agent/Registrar Services ............................... . (e) Selection of Certificates of Obligation for Defeasance .............. . Section I I . DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES .................................. . (a) Replacement Certificates of Obligation ......................... . (b) Application for Replacement Certificates of Obligation ............ . (c) No Default Occurred ........................................ . (d) Charge for Issuing Replacement Certificates of Obligation .......... . (e) Authority for Issuing Replacement Certificates of Obligation ........ . 2 3 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 IS 15 16 16 16 16 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 Section 12. CUSTODY, APPROVAL, AND REGISTRATION OF CERTIFICATES; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION; CUSIP NUMBERS; AND OTHER MATTERS ............................................. 19 Section 13. COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTEREST ON "I'HE CERTIFICATES ....................................... 19 (a) Covenants .................................................. 19 (b) Rebate Fund ................................................ 21 (c)Proceeds ................................................... 21 (d) Allocation Of, and Limitation On, Expenditures for the Project ........ 21 (e) Disposition of Project ......................................... 22 (f) Qualified Tax-Exempt Obligations ............................... 22 Section 14. SALE AND DELIVERY OF CERTIFICATES ....................... 22 Section 15. APPROVAI. OH' OFFICIAL STATEMENT .......................... 23 Section 16. AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS TO EXECUTE DOCUMENTS ......... 23 Section 17. ORDINANCE A CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS ..................... 23 Section 18. REMEDIES IN EVENT OF DEFAULT ............................. 24 Section 19. SECURITY INTEREST ......................................... 24 Section 20. INTERESTED PARTIES ........................................ 25 Section 21. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING ..................... 25 Section 22. INSURANCE .................................................. 28 Section 23. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS ................................ 28 Section 24. SEVERABILITY ............................................... 28 Section 25. CHOICE, OF LAW ............................................. 28 Section 26. EFFECTIVE DATE ............................................. 28 SIGNATURES PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT ..............................Exhibit A FORM OF PURCHASE CONTRACT ......................................Exhibit B DF.SC'RIPTION OF ANNUAI, FINANCIAL INFORMATION ..................Exhibit C INStRANCE COMMITMENT ...........................................Exhibit D ORDINANCF. AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF "CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVF_NUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2008"; SECURING THE PAYMENT THEREOF BY AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF AN ANNUAL AD VALOREM TAX AND A PLEDGE OF SURPLUS REVENUES OF THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SANITARY SEWER SYSTEM; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF ALL INSTRUMENTS AND PROCEllURES RELATED THERETO INCLUDING A PURCHASE CONTRACT, AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT, AND A PAYING AGENT/REGiSTRAR A(UREEMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVF, DATE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTY OF TARRANT § CITY OF KENNEDALE § WHEREAS, the City Council of CCTV of KENNEDALE, TExns (the "City") hereby determines that it is necessary and desirable to acquire right-of--ways and construct street, curb, and sidewalk improvements, together with utility relocation and drainage improvcments incidental thereto and pay for professional services rendered in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, on July 10, 2008, the City Council adopted a resolution authorizing and directing the City Secretary to give notice of intention to issue certificates of obligation pursuant to the provisions of Subchapter C of Chapter 271, Texas Local Government Code, as amended, to finance the Project (the "Notice"); and WHEREAS, the Notice stated that the City Council proposed to authorize the issuance of the certiticates of obligation at a regular meeting on Thursday, August 28, 2008: and WHEREAS, the Notice was duly published in the Star Telegram, which is a newspaper of general circulation in the City, in its issues of July 17, 2008 and July 24, 2007; and WHEREAS, the City received no petition signed by at least five percent of the qualified electors of the City protesting the issuance of such certificates of obligation; and WHEREAS, it is considered to be in the best interest of the City that said interest bearing certificates of obligation be issued; and WHEREAS, it is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this Ordinance was passed was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place, and purpose of said meeting was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF KENN'F.DALE, TEXAS: SECTION 1. AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE CERTIFICATES. The certificate or certificates of the City further described in Section 2 ofthis Ordinance and referred to herein as the "certiticates of Obligation" are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in the aggregate princi- pal amount of $4,500,000 FOR PAYING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, THE CITY'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS INCURRED TO ACQUIRE RIGHT-OF-WAYS AND CONSTRUCT STREET, CURB, AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH UTILITYREL OCA TIONAND DRAINAGE IMPRO VEMEIVTS INCIDENTAL THERETO, PAY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED IN CONNF_CTION THEREWITH AND PA YhNG FOR COSTS OF ISSUANCE. SECTION 2. DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATIONS, NUMRF,RS AND MATURITIES OF CERTIFICATES. >/ach certificate issued pursuant to and for the purpose described in Section I of this Ordinance shall be designated: "CITYOFKENNEDALE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2008", and initially there shall be issued, sold and delivered hereunder one fully registered certificate, without interest coupons, dated August 1 ~, 2008, in the aggregate principal amount of $4,500,000, numbered T-I (the "Initial Certificate of Obligation"), with Certificates of Obligation issued in replacement thereof being in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof and numbered consecutively from R-1 upward, all payable to the initial registered owner thereof (with the Initial Certificate of Obligation being payable to the initial purchaser designated in Section 14 hereof). or to the registered assignee or assignees of said certificates or any portion or portions thereof (in each case, the "Registered Owner"), and the Certificates of Obligation shall mature and be payable serially on February 15 in each of the years and in the principal amounts, respectively, as set forth in the following schedule: YEAR OF MATURITY PRINCIPAL AMOUNT YEAR OF MATURITY PRINCIPAL AMOUNT 2009 $200,000 2019 $245,000 2010 95,000 2020 260,000 2011 60,000 *** *** 2012 105,000 2022 545,000 2013 105,000 *** *** 2014 135,000 2024 605.000 2015 (60,000 *** *** 2016 190,000 2026 645,000 2017 225,000 *** *** 2018 235,000 2028 690,000 The term "Certificates of Obligation" as used in this Ordinance shall mean and include the Certitcates of Obligation initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance and all substitute certiticates of obligation exchanged therefor, as well as all other substitute certificates of obligation and replacement certificates of obligation issued pursuant hereto, and the term "Certificate of Obligation" shall mean any of the Certificates of Obligation. 2 SECTION 3. INTEREST. The Certificates of Obligation shall bear interest calculated on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months from the dates specified in the FOR!~l OF CER"I'IFICA'fE OF OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance to their respective dates of maturity or prior redemption at the following rates per annum: YEAR OF MATURITY INTEREST RATE (%) YEAR OF MATURITY INTEREST RATE (%) 2009 4.500 2019 4.000 2010 4.500 2020 4.000 2011 4.500 *** *** 2012 4.500 2022 4.250 2013 4.500 *** *** 20 14 4.500 2024 4.400 2015 4.500 *** *** 2016 4.500 2026 4.500 2017 4.500 *** *** 2018 4.500 2028 4.650 Said interest shall be payable in the manner provided and on the dates stated in the FORM OF CLRTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance. SECTION 4. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CERTIFICATES. (a) Registration, Transfer, and Exchcrn~e,~ Authentication. The City shall keep or cause to be kept at the designated corporate trust office of Wells Fargo Bunk, N.A.. Austin, Texas (the "Paying Agent/Registrar"') books or records for the registration of the transfer and exchange of the Certificates of Obligation (the "Registration Books"), and the City hereby appoints the Paying AgenURegistrar as its registrar and transfer agent to keep such books or records and make such registrations of transfers and exchanges under such reasonable regulations as the City and Paying Agent/Registrar may prescribe; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such registrations, transfers and exchanges as herein provided. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a copy of the Paying AgentJRegistrar Agreement between the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar which is hereby approved in substantially final form, and the Mayor and City Secretary of the City are hereby authorized to execute the Paying Agent~Registrar Agreement and approve any changes in the final form thereof. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall obtain and record in the Registration Books the address of the registered owner of each Certificate of Obligation to which payments with respect to the Certificates of Obligation shall be mailed, as herein provided; but it shall be the duty of each registered owner to notify the Paying Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which payments shall be mailed, and such interest payments shall not be mailed unless such notice has been given. 3 To the extent possible and under reasonable circumstances, all transfers of Certificates of Obligation shall be made within three business days after request and presentation thereof. The City shall have the right to inspect the Registration Books during regular business hours ofthe Paying Agent/Regis- trar, but otherwise the Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Registration Books confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, shall not permit their inspection by any other entity. The Paying AgenURegistrar's standard or customary fees and charges for making such registration, transfer, exchange and delivery of a substitute Certificate of Obligation or Certificates of Obligation shall be paid as provided in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance. Registration of assignments, transfers and exchanges of Certificates of Obligation shall be made in the manner provided and with the effect stated in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance. Each substitute Certificate of Obligation shall bear a letter and/or number to distinguish it from each other Certificate of Obligation. Except as provided in (c) below, an authorized representative ofthe Paying Agent/Registrar shall. before the delivery of any such Certificate of Obligation, date and manually sign the Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, and no such Certificate of Obligation shall be deemed to be issued or outstanding unless such Certificate is so executed. The Paying AgenbRegistrar promptly shall cancel al I paid Certificates of Obligation and Certificates of Obligation surrendered for transfer and exchange. No additional ordinances, orders, or resolutions need be passed or adopted by the governing body of the City or any other body or person so as to accomplish the foregoing transfer and exchange of any Certificate of Obligation or portion thereol; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide for the printing, execution, and delivery of the substitute Certificates of Obligation in the manner prescribed herein, and said Certificates of Obligation shall be of type composition printed on paper with lithographed or steel engraved borders of customary weight and strength. Pursuant to Subchapter D of Chapter 1201, Texas Government Code, the duty of transfer and exchange of Certificates of Obligation as aforesaid is hereby imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and, upon the execution of said Certificate, the transferred and exchanged Certificate of Obligation shall be valid, incontestable, and enforceable in the same manner and with the same effect as the Certificates of Obligation which initially were issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, approved by the Attorney General, and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. (b) Pavment ofCertrficates ofObligation and Interest. The City hereby further appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of and interest on the Certitcates of Obligation, all as provided in this Ordinance. "I'he Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep proper records of all payments made by the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar with respect to the Certificates of Obligation. (c) In General. The Certificates of Obligation (i) shall be issued in fully registered form, without interest coupons, with the principal of and interest on such Certificates of Obligation to be payable only to the registered owners thereof, (ii) may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities (notice of which shall be given to the Paying Agent/Registrar by the City at least 50 days prior to any such redemption date), (iii) may be transferred and assigned, (iv) may be exchanged for other Certificates of Obligation, (v) shall have the characteristics, (vi) shall be signed, sealed, executed and authenticated, (vii) the principal of and interest on the Certificates of Obligation shall be payable, and (viii) shall be administered and the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City shall have certain duties and responsibilities with respect to the Certificates of Obligation, all as provided.. and in the manner and to the effect as required or indicated, in the FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION set forth in this Ordinance. The Initial Certificate of Obligation is not required to 4 be, and shat I not be, authenticated by the Paying Agent/ Registrar, but on each substitute Certificate of Ob I igation issued in exchange for the Initial Certificate of Obl igation issued under th is Ordinance the Paying Agent/Registrar shall execute the PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUT'HENTlCA7'ION CERTIFICATE, in the form set forth in the FORM OF CERTIFICATF, OF OBLIGATION. to lieu of the executed Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate described above, the Initial Certificate of Obligation delivered on the closing date (as further described in subparagraph (i) below) shall have attached thereto the Comptroller's Registration Certificate substantially in the form set forth in the FOKM OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION below. manually executed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas or by his duly authorized agent, which certificate shall be evidence that the Initial Certificate of Obligation has been duly approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and that it is a valid and binding obligation of the City, and has been registered by the Comptroller. (d) Substitute PayingAQent/Registrar. The City covenants with the registered owners of the Certificates of Obligation that at all times while the Certificates of Obligation are outstanding the City will provide a competent and legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution, or other entity to act as and perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar I'or the Certificates of Obligation under this Ordinance, and that the Paying Agent/Kegistrarwdl be one entity and shall be an entity registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The City reserves the right to, and may, at its option, change the Paying Agent~Registrar upon not less than 120 days written notice to the Paying Agent/Registrar, to be effective not later than 60 days prior to the next principal or interest payment date after such notice. In the event that the entity at any time acting as Paying Agent%Registrar (or its successor by merger, acyuisition, or other method) should resign or otherwise cease to act as such, the City covenants that promptly it will appoint a competent and legally qualited bank, trust company, financial institution, or other agency to act as Paying Agent/Registrar under this Ordinance. Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the previous Paying Agent/Registrar promptly shall transferand deliverthe Registration Books (or a copy thereof), along with all other pertinent books and records relating to the Ceriitcates of Obligation, to the new Paying Agent/Registrar designated and appointed by the City. Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the City promptly will cause a written notice thereof to be sent by the new Paying Agent/Registrar to each registered owner of the Certificates of Obligation, by United States mail, lust-class postage prepaid, which notice also shall give the address of the new Paying Agent; Registrar. By accepting the position and performing as such, each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this Ordinance, and a certified copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered to each Paying Agent/Registrar. (e) Book-Rntry Only System for Certificates ofObli ag tion. The Certificates of Obligation issued in exchange for the Certificates of Obligation initially issued to the purchaser specified in Section ] 4 herein shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered Certificate of Obligation for each of the maturities thereof. Upon initial issuance, the ownership of each such Ceriitcate of Obligation shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company of New York ("DTC"),and except as provided in subsection (i) hereof, all of the outstanding Certificates of Obligation shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. With respect to Certificates of Obligation 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 securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other 5 organizations on whose behalf DTC was created ("DTCParticipant") to hold securities to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transaction among DTC Participants or to any person on behalfof whom such a DTC Participant holds an interest in the Certificates of Obligation. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Ccde & Co. or any DTC Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Certificates of Obligation, (ii) the delivery to any DTC, Participant or any other person, other than a registered owner of the Certificates of Obligation, as shown on the Registration Books, of any notice with respect to the Certificates of Obligation, or (iii) the payment to any DTC Participant or any other person.. other than a registered owner of Certificates of Obl igation, as shown in the Registration Books of any amount with respect to principal of or interest on the Certificates of Obligation. Notwithstanding any other provision of th is Ordinance to the contrary, the City and the Paying Agent/Registrarshatl be entitled to treat and consider the person in whose name each Certificate of Obligation is registered in the Registration Books as the absolute owner of such Certificate of Obligation for the purpose of payment of principal and interest with respect to such Certificate of Obligation, for the purpose of registering tansters with respect to such Certificate of Obligation, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall pay all principal of and interest on the Certificates of Obligation only to or upon the Ordinance of the registered owners, as shown in the Registration Books as provided in this Ordinance, or their respective attorneys duly authorized in writing, and all such payments shall he valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the City's obligations with respect to payment of principal of and interest on the Certificates of Obligation to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than a registered owner, as shown in the Registration Books, shall receive a Certificate of Obligation certificate evidencing the obligation ofthe City to make payments of principal and interest pursuant to this Ordinance. Upon delivery by DTC to the Paying Agent/Registrar of written notice to the effectthat 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 being mailed to the registered owner at the close of business on the Record Date, the words "Cede & Co." in this Ordinance shall refer to such new nominee of DTC. (f) Successor Securities Depository, Transfers Outside Book-Entry On1y.Systems. In the event that the City determines that DTC is incapable of discharging its responsibilities described herein and in the representation letter of the City to DTC or that it is in the best interest of the bone I is ial owners ofthe Certificates of Obl igation that they he able to obtain certificated Certificates of Obligation, the City shall (i) appoint a successor securities depository, qualified to act as such under Section 17(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1931, as amended, notify DTC and DTC Participants of the appointment of such successor securities depository and transfer one or more separate Certif icatcs of Obligation to such successor securities depository or (ii) notify D"TC and DTC Participants of the availability through DTC of Certificates of Obligation and transfer one or more separate Certificates of Obligation to DTC Participants having Certificates of Obligation credited to their DTC accounts. In such event. the Certificates of Obligation shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Registration Books in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. but may be registered in the name of the successor securities depository, or its nominee, or in whatever name or names registered owners transferring or exchanging Certificates of Obligation shat I designate, in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. (g) Payments to Cede & Co. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, so long as any Certificate of Obligation is registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, all payments with respect to principal of and interest on such Certificate of 6 Obligation and all notices with respect to such Certificate of Obligation shall be made and given, respectively, in the manner provided in the rcprescntation letter of the City to DTC. (h) DTC Letter ofRepresentntion. The officers of the City are herein authorized for and on behalf ofthe City and as officers ofthe City to enter into one or more Letters o1~Representation with DTC establishing the book-entry only system with respect to the Ccrtificatcs of Obligation. (i) Deliver~~ oflnitial Certi rcate o Obligation. On the closing date, one Initial Certificate of Obligation representing the entire principal amount of the respective series of Certificates of Obligation, payable in stated installments to the initial registered owner named in Section 14 ofthis Ordinance or its designee, executed by manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor or Mayor Pro- Temand City Secretary ofthe City, approved by the Attorney Genera] ofTexas, and registered and manually signed by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. will be delivered to the initial purchaser or its designee. Upon payment for the Initial Certificate of Obligation, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cancel the initial Certificate of Obligation and deliver to the initial registered owner or its designee one registered definitive Certificate of Obligation for each year of maturity ofthe Certificates of Obligation, in the aggregate principal amount ofall ofthe Certificates of Obligation for such maturity. SECTION 5. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION. The form of the Certificates of Obligation, including the form of Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, the form of Assignment and the form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State ofTexas (to be attached only to the Certificates of Obligation initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance), shall be~, respectively, substantially as follows, with such appropriate variations, omissions, or insertions as are permitted or required by this Ordinance: [The remainder of this page intentionally left blank) FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF TEXAS CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS COMBINATION TAX AND REVENUE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 2008 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT DATE OF INTEREST RATE MATiJRI"I'Y UATE SERIES CUSIP NO. REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: DOLLARS ON THE MATURITY DATE specified above, CITY OF KENNEDALE, TEXAS (the "C'ity"), being a political subdivision of the State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner set forth above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner") the Principal Amount set forth above, and to pay interest thereon from August 15, 2008, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, on February 15, 2009, and semiannually on each August 15 and f ebruary 15 thereafter to the Maturity Date specified above or date of redemption prior to maturity; except that if this Certificate of Obligation is required to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such Principal Amount shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of authentication is after any Record Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which case such Principal Amount shall bear interest from such next following interest payment date; provided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on the Ccrtif icate of Obligation or Certificates of Obligation, ifany, for which this Certificate ofObligation is being exchanged or converted from is due but has not been paid, then this Certificate of Obligation shall bear interest from the date to which such interest has been paid in full. THE PRINCIPAL OFAND INTEREST ON THIS CERTIFICATE are payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges. The principal of this Certificate of Obligation shall he paid to the Registered Owner hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate of Obligation at maturity or redemption prior to maturity, at the designated corporate trust office of We(Is Fargo Bank, N.A., Austin, Texas which is the "Paying Agent%Registrar" for this Certificate of Obligation. The payment of interest on this Certificate of Obligation shall be made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the Registered Owner hereof on each interest payment date by check or draft, dated as of such interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent!Registrar on, and payable solely from, funds of the City required by the order authorizing the issuance of the Certificates of Obligation (the "Certificate of Obligation Ordinance") to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter provided; and such check August 15, 2008 or draft shall be sent by the Paving Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first-class postage pre- paid, on each such interest payment date, to the Registered Owner hereof, at its address as it appeared on the last business day of the month next preceding each such date (the "Record Date") on the Registration Books kept by the PayingAgent/Registrar, as hereinafter described. In addition, interest may be paid by such other method, acceptable to the Paying Agent/Registrar, requested by, and at the risk and expense of, the Registered Owner. In the event of anon-payment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for 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 (which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the address of each owner of a Certificate of Obligation appearing on the Registration Books at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. Any accrued interest due upon the redemption ofthis Certificate of Obligation prior to maturity as provided herein shall be paid to the Registered Owner upon presentation and surrender of this Certificate of Obligation for redemption and payment to the Paying Agent/Registrar at the Designated Trust Office (unless the redemption date is a regularly scheduled interest payment date, in which case accrued interest on such redeemed Certificates of Obligation shall be payable in the regular manner described above). The City covenants with the Registered Owner ofthis Certificate of Obligation that on or before each principal payment date and interest payment date for this Certificate of Obligation it will make available to the Paying AgentiRegistrar, Isom the "Interest and Sinking Fund" created by the Certitcate of Obligation Ordinance, the amounts required to provide For the payment, in immediately available funds.. of all principal of and interest on the Certificates of Obligation, when due. IF THE DATE FOR ANYPAYMENTDUE on this Certificate of Obligation shall be a Saturday, Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which banking institutions in the city where the Designated 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 Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions are authorized to close, and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due. THIS CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATIONIS ONE OFA SERIES OF CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, dated as of August 15, 2008, authorized in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas in the principal amount of $4,500,000 FOR PAYING, I]V WHOLE OR LN PART, THE CITY'S CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS INCURRED TO ACQUIRE RIGHT-OF-W ~4 YSAND CONSTR UCT STREET, CURB, AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, TOGETHER WITH UTILITY RELOCATION AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS INCIDENTAL THF.RF.TO, PAY FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED I/V CON,ti'ECTION THEREN~ITH AND PAYING FOR COSTS OF ISSUANCE. ONFEBRUARYIS, 2018, or on any date thereafter, the Certificates of Obligation ofthis Series maturing on and alter February 15, 2019, may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, at the option of the City, with limds derived from any available and lawful source, as a whole. or in part (provided that a portion of a Certificate ofObligation may be redeemed only in an integral multiple of $5,000). at the redemption price of the principal amount of Certificates of Obligation called for redemption, plus accrued interestthereon to the date 1 fixed for redemption. The 9 City shall determine the maturity or maturities, and the principal amount of Certificates of Obligation within each maturity, to be redeemed. If less than all Certificates of Obligation of a maturity are to be redeemed, the particular Certificates of Obligation to be redeemed shall be selected by the Paying Agent/Rcgistrar at random and by lot. ADDITIONALLY, THE CERTIFICATESMATURING on February 15 in the years 2022, 2024, 2026 and 2028 (the "Term Certificates") are subject to mandatory redemption prior to maturity in part by lot, at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date of redemption, on the dates and in the respective principal amounts shown below: TERM CI?R'I'll'ICA'I'ES MATURING FEBRUARY 15, 2022 TERM CERTIFICATES MATURING FEBRUARY 15, 2024 MANDATORY REDEMPTION REDEMPTION DATE AMOUNT February 15, 2021 $265,000 February 15, 2022 (maturityl 280,000 TERM CERTIFICATES 1b1ATURING FEBRI,ARV 15, 2026 YI:1NDATORY REDEMPTION REDEMPTION DATE AIIIOUNT February 15,2025 $315,000 February 15, 2026 (mamriq~) 330,000 IVL4NDATORY' REDEMPTION REDEMPTION DATE AMOUNT February 15, 2023 $295,000 February 15, 2024 p„arudry) 310,000 TERn1 CERTIFICATES MATURING FEBRUARY 15, 2028 MANDATORY" REDEMPTION REDEIIIPTION DATE AMOUNT February 15, 2027 $335,000 February 15, 2028 lmaturiry> 355,000 The principal amount ofthe Term Certificates required to be redeemed pursuant to the operation of such mandatory redemption requirements may be reduced, at the option of the City, by the principal amount of any such Term Certificates which, prior to the date of the mailing of notice of such mandatory redemption, (i) shall have been acquired by the City and delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, (ii) shall have been purchased and canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the request of the City, or (iii) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions described in the preceding paragraph and not theretofore credited against a mandatory redemption requirement. AT LEAST30 days prior to the date fired for any optional redemption of the Certificate of Obligation or portions thereof prior to maturity a written notice of such redemption shall be sent by the City by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, to the registered owner at its address as it appeared on the Registration Books on the day such notice of redemption is mailed; provided, however, that the failure of the registered owner to receive such notice, or any defect therein or in the sending or mailing thereof, shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the proceedings for the redemption of this Certificate of Obligation. By the date fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall he made for the payment of the required redemption price for the Certificate of Obligation or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed. If such written notice of redemption is sent and if due provision for such payment is made, all as provided above, the Certificate of 10 Obligation or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed thereby automatically shall be treated as redeemed prior to its scheduled maturity, and shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, and shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the registered owner to receive the redemption price from the City out of the funds provided for such payment. ALL CERTIFICATESOFTHISSERIESare issuablesolely asfully registeredCertificates of Obligation, without interest coupons. in the denomination of any integral multiple of $5,000. As provided in the Certificate ofObligation Ordinance, this Certificate ofObligation may, atthe request of the Registered Owner or the assignee or assignees hereof, be assigned, transferred, converted into and exchanged for a like aggregate amount of fully registered Certificates of Obligation, without interest coupons, payable to the appropriate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may be, having any authorized denomination or denominations as requested in writing by the appro- priate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may be, upon surrender of this Certificate of Obligation to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance with the form and procedures set forth in the Certificate of Obligation Ordinance. Among other requirements for such assignment and transfer, this Certificate of Obligation must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent/Registrar, together with proper instruments of assignment, in form and with guarantee of signatures satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, evidencing assignment of this Certificate of Obligation or any portion or portions hereof in any authorized denomination to the assignee or assignees in whose name or names this Certificate of Obligation or any such portion or portions hereof is or are to be registered. The form of Assignment printed or endorsed on this Certificate of Obligation may be executed by the Registered Owner to evidence the assignment hereof, but such method is not exclusive, and other instruments of assignment satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar may be used to evidence the assignment of this Certificate of Obligation or any portion or portions hereof from time to time by the Registered Owner. The Paying Agent/Regis- trar's reasonable standard or customary fees and charges for assigning, transferring, converting and exchanging any Certificate of Obligation or portion thereof will be paid by the City. In any cir- cumstance, any taxes or governmental charges required to be paid with respect thereto shall be paid by the one requesting such assignment, transfer, conversion or exchange, as a condition precedent to the exercise of such privilege. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be required to make any such transfer or exchange of a Certificate of Obligation (i) during the period commencing with the close of business on any Record Date immediately preceding a principal or interest payment date for such Certil irate of Obligation and ending with the opening of business on the next following principal or interest payment date, or (ii) with respect to any Certificate of Obligation or any portion thereof called for redemption prior to maturity, within 45 days prior to its redemption date; provided, however, such limitation of transfer shall not be applicable to an exchange by the Registered Owner of an unredeemed balance of a Certificate of Obligation called for redemption in part. IN THE EVENTANYPAYINGAGENT/REGISTRAR for the Certificates of Obligation is changed by the City, resigns, or otherwise ceases to act as such, the City has covenanted in the Certiticate of Obligation Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and legally qualified substitute therefor, and cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the registered owners of the Certificates of Obligation. IT LS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, AND COVENANTED that this Certificate of Obligation has been duly and validly authorized, issued, and delivered; that all acts, conditions, and things required or proper to be performed, exist, and be done precedent to or in the authorization, issuance and delivery of this Certificate of Obligation have been performed, existed, and been done in accordance with law; that this Certificate of Obligation is a general obligation of the City, issued on the full faith and credit thereof; and that ad valorem taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and principal of this Certificate of Obligation, as such interest comes due, and as such principal matures, have been levied and ordered to be levied against all taxable property in the City, and have been pledged for such payment. within the limits provided by law, and that this Certificate of Obligation is additionally secured by a lien on and pledge of Surplus Revenues received by the City from the ownership and operation of the City's waterworks and sanitary sewer system. THE CITY HAS RESERVED THE RIGHT TO AMEND the Certificate of Obligation Ordinance as provided therein, and under some (but not all) circumstances amendments thereto must be approved by the registered owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Certiticates of Obligation. BYBECOMING THEREGISTERED OWNER ofthis Certificate ofObligation, the Regis- tered Owner thereby acknowledges all of the terms and provisions of the Certificate of Obligation Ordinance, agrees to be bound by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Certificate of Obligation Ordinance is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official minutes and records of the governing body of the City, and agrees that the terms and provisions ofthis Certificate of Obligation and the Ccrtitcate of Obligation Ordinance constitute a contract between each Registered Owner hereof and the City. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused this Certificate of Obligation to be signed with the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the City, countersigned with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Secretary of the City, and has caused the official seal of the City to be duly impressed, or placed in facsimile, on this Certificate of Obligation. Countersigned: (facsimile signahtrel Uacsimilc signature) City Secretary Mayor City of Kennedale, Texas City of Kennedale, Texas (SEAL.) [The remainder of this page intentionally left blank) 12 FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF TI IE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: REGISTER NO. I hereby certify that this Certificate ofObligation has been examined, certified as to validity, and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and that this Certificate of Obligation has been registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Witness my signature and seal this Comptroller of Public Accounts (COMPTROLLER'S SEAL) of the State of'I'exas FORM OF PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE PAYING AGENT/RF,GISTRAR'S AUTHF.NTiCATiON CF.RTIFICATF. (To be executed if this Certificate of Obligation is not accompanied by an executed Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas) It is hereby certified that this Certificate of Obligation has been issued under the provisions of the Certificate of Obligation Ordinance described in the text of this Certificate of Obligation; and that this Certificate of Obligation has been issued in conversion or replacement of, or in exchange for, a certificate, certificates, or a portion of a certificate or certificates of a Series which originally was approved by the Attorney General of the State of "fexas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Dated Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Austin, Texas Paying Agent/Registrar By Authorized Representative 13 FORM OF ASSIGNMENT: ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Registered Owner of this Certificate of Obligation, or duly authorized representative or attorney thereof, hereby assigns this Certificate of Obligation to / / (Assignee's Social Security or (Print or typewrite Assignee's name and address, Taxpayer Identification) including zip code) and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to register the transfer of the Certificate of Obligation on the books kept for registration thereot; with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Signature Guaranteed: NOTICE: Signature(s) mustbe guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company. NOTICE: The signature above must correspond with the name of the Registered Owmer as it appears upon the front of this Certificate of Obligation in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. INITIAL CERTIFICATIJ OF OBLIGATION INSERTIONS The Initial Certificate of Obligation shall be in the respective form set forth above except that: (A) Immediately tinder the name of the Certificate of Obligation, the headings "[NTEREST RATE" and "MATURITY DATE" shall be completed with the words "As shown below", and the heading "CUSIP NO." should be deleted. (B) The first paragraph shall be deleted and the following shall be inserted: "ON THE RESPECTIVE MA TURITYDATES spec i fi ed be I ow. CITYOFKENNEDALE, TEXAS (the "City"), being a political subdivision of the State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner"). the respective Principal Installments specified below, and to pay interest thereon (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year composed of tweh~e 30-day months) from August 15, 2008. at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, payable on February 15, 2009, and semiannually on each August 15 and February l5 thereafter to the respective Maturity Dates specited below, or the date of redemption prior to maturity. The respective Maturity Dates and Principal Installments for this Certificate of Obligation are set forth in the following schedule: 14 MATURITY DATE I PRINCIPAL INti'1'ALLMLN'I (FEBRUARY 15) [Insert information frorn Sections 2 and 3 crboveJ (C) The Initial Certificate of Obligation shall be numbered "T-l ." SECTIOn 6. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND; TAX LEVY. A special "Interest and Sinking Fund" is hereby created and shall be established and maintained by the City at an oflicial depository bank ofthe City. Said Interest and Sinking Fund shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds and accounts of the City, and shall be used only for paying the interest on and the principal of said Certificates of Obligation. All ad valorem taxes levied and collected for and on account of said Certificates of Obligation shall be deposited, as collected, to the credit of said Interest and Sinking Fund. For each fiscal year while any ofthe Certificates of Obligation or interest thereon are outstanding and unpaid, the governing body of the City shall compute and ascertain a rate and amount of ad valorem tax which wi I I be sufficient to raise and produce the money required to pay the interest on the Certificates of Obligation as such interest comes due, and to provide and maintain a sinking fund adequate to pay the principal of the Certilicates of Obligation as such principal matures (but never less than 2% of the original principal amount of each series of the Certificates of Obligation as a sinking Fund each year); and said tax shall be based on the latest approved tax rolls of the City, with full allowance being made for tax delinquencies and the cost of tax collection. Said rate and amount of ad valorem tax is hereby levied, and is hereby ordered to be levied. against all taxable property in the City for each year while any of the Certificates of Obligation or interest thereon are outstanding and unpaid; and said tax shall be assessed and collected each such year and deposited to the credit of the Interest and Sinking Fund created by this Ordinance. Said ad valorem taxes sufficient to provide for the payment of the interest on and principal of the Certificates of Obligation, as such interest comes due and such principal matures, are hereby pledged for such payment, within the limit prescribed by law. SecT[oN 7. SURPLUS REVF,NUF.S. Pursuant to Section 271.02, Texas Local Government Code, as amended, and Section 1502.052, Texas Government Code.. as amended, the Certificates of Obligation additionally shall be payable from and secured by surplus revenues derived by the City from the ownership and operation of the City's waterworks and sanitary sewer system (the "Utilities System") remaining after (a) payment of all amounts constituting operation and maintenance expenses of said Utilities System, and (b) payment of all debt service, reserve, and other requirements and amounts required to be paid under all ordinances heretofore or hereafter authori~cing (i) all bonds and (ii) all other obligations not on a parity with the Certificates of Obligation, which are payable from and secured by any Utilities System revenues, and (c) payment of all amounts payable from any Utilities System revenues pursuant to contracts heretofore or hereatter entered into by the City in accordance with law (the "Surplus Revenues"). If for any 15 reason the City fails to deposit ad valorem taxes levied pursuant to Section 6 hereof to the credit of the Interest and Sinking Fund relating to the Certificates of Obligation in an amount sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of and interest on the Certificates of Obligations, then Surplus Revenues may be deposited to the credit of such Interest and Sinking Fund and used to pay such principal and/or interest. The City reserves, and shall have, the right to issue bonds and other obligations not on a parity with the Certificates of Obligation, and to enter into contracts, in accordance with applicable laws, to be payable from and secured by any Utilities System revenues. SecTtoN 8. CONSTRUCTION FUND. There is hereby created and established on the financial records of the City or in the depository of the City, a fund to be called the "City of Kennedale, Texas Certificates of Obligation (Series ?008) Construction Fund" (herein called the "Construction Fund"). All proceeds from the sale and delivery of the Certificates of Obligation (other than accrued interest and any premium on the Certificates of Obligation, if any, that is not used by the City to pay costs of issuance in accordance with the provisions of Section 1201.042(d), Texas Government Code, as amended, which amounts shall be deposited into the Interest and Sinking Fund) shall be deposited into the Construction Fund. Money in the Construction Fund shall be subject to disbursements by the City for payment of costs of issuance and all costs incurred in carrying out the purpose for which the Certificates of Obligation are issued, including, but not limited to, costs for construction, engineering, architecture, financing, financial consultants and legal services related to the project being financed with proceeds of the Certificates ofObligation and the issuance of the Certificates of Obligation. All funds remaining on deposit in the Construction Fund upon completion of construction of the project being financed with the proceeds from the Certitcates of Obligation, if any, shall be transferred to the Interest and Sinking Fund. St:c'rtoN 9. INVESTMENTS. Funds on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund and the Construction Fund shall be secured by the depository bank of the City in the manner and to the extent required by lave to secure other public funds of the City and may be invested from time to time in any investment authorized by applicable law, including but not limited to the Public Funds Investment Act (Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code), and the City's investment policy adopted in accordance with the provisions of the Public Funds Investment Act; provided, however, that investments purchased for and held in each Interest and Sinking Fund shall have a final maturity no later than the next principal or interest payment date on which such funds will be needed, and investments purchased for and held in the Construction Fund shall have a final maturity of not later than the date the City reasonably expects the funds from such investments will be required to pay costs of the projects for vvfiich the Certificates of Obligation were issued.. Income and profits from such investments shall be deposited in the respective Fund which holds such investments: however, any such income and profits from investments in the Construction Fund may be withdrawn by the City and deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund to pay all or a portion of the interest next coming due on the Certificates of Obligation. It is further provided, however, that any interest earnings on certificate proceeds which are required to be rebated to the United States of America pursuant to Section 13 hereof in order to prevent the Certificates of Obligation from being arbitrage certificates shall be so rebated and not considered as interest earnings for the purposes of this Section. Section 10. DEFEASANCE OF CERTIFICATES. (a) Defeased Certificates o,~ Oblige[ion. Any Certificate of Obligation and the interest thereon shall be deemed to be paid, 16 retired and no longer Outstanding (a "Defeased Certificate of Obligation"), except to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section, when payment of the principal of such Certificate of Obligation, plus interestthereon to the due date (whether such due date be by reason of maturity or otherwise) either (i) shall have been made or caused to be made in accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) shall have been provided for on or before such due date by irrevocably depositing with or making available to the Paying Agent/Registrar (or another entity permitted by Section 1207.061, Texas Government Code, as amended, or other applicable law, which entity, together with the Paying Agent/Registrar, arc referred to collectively in this Section as the "Defeasance Agent"), in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 1207, Texas Government Code, as amended, or other applicable law (which may include the use ofan escrow agreement or other similar instrument - the "Future Escrow Agreement"): (1) lawful money of the United States of America sufficient to make such payment or (2) "Defeasance Securities" (as defined below) that mature as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the availability, without reinvestment, 01' sufficient money to provide for such payment, and when proper arrangements have been made by the City with the Defeasance Agent for the payment of its services until all Defeased Certificates of Obligation shall have become due and payable. At such time as a Certilcate of Obligation shall be deemed to be a Defeased Certificate of Obligation hereunder, as aforesaid, such Certificate of Obligation and the interest thereon shall no longer be secured by, payable from, or entitled to the benefits of. the ad valorem taxes or revenues herein levied and pledged as provided in this Ordinance, and such principal and interest shall be payable solely from such money or Defeasance Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, it is hereby provided that any determination not to redeem Defeased Certificates of Obligation that is made in conjunction with the payment arrangements specified in subsection (a)(i) or (ii) of this Section shall not be irrevocable, provided that: (1) in the proceedings providing for such payment arrangements, the City expressly reserves the right to call the Defeased Certificates of Obligation for redemption; (2) gives notice of the reservation of that right to the owners of the Defeased Certificates of Obligation immediately following the making of the payment arrangements; and (3) directs that notice of the reservation be included in any redemption notices that it authorizes. (b) Deleusunce Securities. The term "Defeasance Securities" means (i) direct, noncallable obligations of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America., (ii) noncallable ohligations of an agenc} or instrumentality of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the agency or instrumentality and that, on the date of the purchase thereof are rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm not Icss than AAA or its equivalent, and (iii) noncallable obligations of a state or an agency or a county. municipality, or other political subdivision of a state that have been refunded and that, on the date on the date the governing body of the City adopts or approves the proceedings authorizing the financial arrangements are rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating f irm not less than AAA or its equivalent. (c) Investment in Defeasance Securities. Any moneys so deposited with the Defeasance Agent may at the written direction of the City be invested in Defeasance Securities, maturing in the amounts and times as hereinbefore set forth, and all income from such Defeasance Securities received by the Defeasance Agent that is not required for the payment of the Certificates of Obligation and interest thereon, with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be 17 turned over to the City, or deposited as directed in writing by the City. Any account or Future Escrow Agreement pursuant to which the money and/or Defcasancc Securities arc held for the payment of Defeased Certificates of Obligation may contain provisions permitting the investment or reinvestment of such moneys in Defcasancc Securities or the substitution of other Defcasancc Securities upon the satisfaction of the requirements specified in subsections (a)(i) or (ii) of this Section. All income from such Defeasance Securities received by the Defeasance Agent which is not required for the payment of the Defeased Certificates of Obligation, with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be remitted to the City or deposited as directed in writing by the Citv. (d) Pavin~AQent/Registrar Services. Until all Defeased Certificates ofObligation shall have hecome due and payable, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for such Defeased Certificates of Obligation the same as if they had not been defeased, and the City shall make proper arrangements to provide and pay For such services as required by this Ordinance. (e) Selection of Certificates of Obli ag tion,for Defeasance. In the event that the City elects to defease Icss than all ofthe principal amount of Certificates of Obligation of a maturity, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall select, or cause to be selected, such amount of Certificates of Obligation by such random method as it deems fair and appropriate. SECTION 11. DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED CERTIFICATES. (a) Replacement CertiTcates of Obligation. In the event any outstanding Certiticate of Obligation is damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed, the Paying Agent/Regis- trar shall cause to be printed, executed, and delivered, a new certificate of the same principal amount. maturity, and interest rate, as the damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificate of Obligation, in replacement for such Certificate of Obligation in the manner hereinafter provided. (b) Application or Replacement Certificates of Obli ag tion. Application for replacement of damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificates of Obligation shall he made by the registered owner thereof to the Paying Agent/Registrar. In every case of loss, then, or destruction of a Certificate of Obligation, the registered owner applying for a replacement certificate shall furnish to the City and to the Paying .Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss or damage with respect thereto. Also, in every case of loss, theft, or destruction of a Certificate of Obligation, the registered owner shall furnish to the City and to the Paying AgenbRegistrar evidence to their satisfaction of the loss, theft, or destruction of such Certificate of Obligation. In every case of damage or mutilation of a Certificate of Obligation, the registered owner shall surrender to the Paying Agent/Registrar I'or cancellation the Certificate of Obligation so damaged or mutilated. (c) ~Vo Default Occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, in the event any such Certificate of Obligation shall have matured, and no default has occurred which is then continuing in the payment of the principal of or interest on the Certificate of Obligation, the City may authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a damaged or mutilated Certificate of Obligation) instead of issuing a replacement Certificate of Obligation, provided security or indemnity is furnished as above provided in this Section. 18 (d) Charge for Issuinu Replacement Certificates of Obligation. Prior to the issuance of any replacement certificate, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall charge the registered owner of such Certificate of Obligation with all legal, printing, and other expenses in connection therewith. Every replacement certificate issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any Certi licate of Obligation is lost, stolen, or destroyed shall constitute a contractual obligation of the City whether or not the lost, stolen, or destroyed Certificate of Obligation shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance equally and proportionately with any and all other Certificates of Obligation duly issued under this Ordinance. (e) Authorit~or Issuing Replacement Certi rcates of Obli aQ tion. In accordance with Chapter 1201, Texas Government Code, as amended, this Section ofthis Ordinance shall constitute authority for the issuance of any such replacement certificate without necessity of further action by the governing body of the City or any other body or person.. and the duty of the replacement of such certificates is hereby authorized and imposed upon the Paying Agent/Registrar, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such Certificates of Obligation in the form and manner and with the effect, as provided in Section 4(a) of this Ordinance for Certificates of Obligation issued in conversion and exchange for other Certificates of Obligation. SECTION 12. CUSTODY, APPROVAL, AND REGISTRATION OF CERTIFICATES; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION; CUSIP NUMBERS; AND OTHER MATTERS. The Mayor of the City is hereby authorized to have control ofthe Certificates oI'Obligation initially issued and delivered hereunder and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining to the Certificates of Obligation pending their del ivery and their investigation, examination, and approval by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and their registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Upon registration of the Certificates of Obligation said Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy designated in writing to act for said Comptroller) shall manually sign the Comptroller's Registration Certificate attached to such Certificates of Obligation, and the seal of said Comptroller shall be impressed. or placed in facsimile, on such Certificate. The approving legal opinion of the City's Bond Counsel (with an appropriate certificate pertaining thereto executed by facsimile signature ofthe City Secretary of the City) and the assigned CUSP numbers (if obtained) may, at the option of the City, be printed on the Certificates of Obligation issued and delivered under this Ordinance, but neither shall have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the convenience and information of the registered owners of the Certificates of Obligation. SECTION 13. COVF,NANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTEREST ON THE CERTIFICATES. (a) Covenants. The City covenants to take any action necessary to assure, or refrain from any action which would adversely affect, the treatment of the Certificates of Obligation as obligations described in section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the interest on which is not includable in the "gross income" of the holder for purposes of federal income taxation. In furtherance thereof, the City covenants as follows: (1) to take any action to assure that no more than 10 percent of the proceeds of the Certificates of Obligation or the projects financed or refinanced therewith (less amounts deposited to a reserve fund, if any) are used for any "private business use," as defined in section 141(b)(6) of the Code or, if more than 10 percent of the proceeds or the projects financed or refinanced therewith are so used, such amounts, whether or not received by the 19 City, with respect to such private business use, do not, under the terms of this Ordinance or any underlying arrangement, directly or indirectly, secure or provide for the payment of more than 10 percent of the debt service on the Certificates of Obligation, in contravention of section 141(b)(2) of the Code; (2) to take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use" described in subsection (I) hereof exceeds 5 percent of the proceeds of the Certificates of Obligation or the projects financed or refinanced therewith (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any) then the amount in excess of 5 percent is used fora "private business use" which is "related" and not "disproportionate," within the meaning of section 141. (b)(3) of the Code, to the governmental use; (3) to take any action to assure that no amount which is greater than the lesser of $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the proceeds of the Certificates of Obligation (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any) is directly or indirectly used to finance loans to persons, other than state or local governmental units, in contravention of section 141(c) of the Code; (4) to refrain from taking any action which would otherwise result in the Certificates of Obligation being treated as "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141(b) of the Code; (5) to refrain from taking any action that would result in the Certificates of Obligation being "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code; (6) to refrain from using am portion o1' the proceeds ol• the Certilcates of Obligation, directly or indirectly, to acquire or to replace funds which were used, directly or indirectly, to acquire investment property (as defined in section 148(b)(2) of the Code) which produces a materially higher yield over the term of the Certificates of Obligation, other than investment property acquired with -- (A) proceeds of the Certificates of Obligation im~ested for a reasonable temporary period of 3 years or less or, in the case of a refunding certificate, for a period of 30 days or less until such proceeds arc needed for the purpose for which the certificates are issued, (B) amounts invested in a bona fide debt service fund, within the meaning of section 1.148-1(b) of the Treasury Regulations, and (C) amounts deposited in any reasonably required reserve or replacement fund to the extent such amounts do not exceed 10 percent of the proceeds of the Certitcatcs of Obligation; (7) to otherwise restrict the use of the proceeds of the Certificates of Obligation or amounts treated as proceeds of the Certi[cates of Obligation. as may be necessary, so that the Certificates of Obligation do not otherwise contravene the requirements of section 148 20 of the Code (relating to arbitrage) and, to the extent applicable, section 149(d) of the Code (relating to advance refundings); and (8) to pay to the lJnited States of America at least once during each five-year period (beginning on the date of delivery of the Certificates of Obligation) an amount that is at (east equal to 90 percent of the "Excess Earnings," within the meaning of section 148(f) of the Code and to pay to the United States of America, not later than 60 days after the Certificates of Obligation have been paid in full, 100 percent of the amount then required to be paid as a result of Excess Earnings under section 148(f) of the Code. (b) Rebate Fund. In order to facilitate compliance with the above covenant (8), a "Rebate Fund" is hereby established by the City for the sole benefit of the United States of America, and such fund shall not be subject to the claim of any other person, including without limitation the certificateholders. The Rebate Fund is established for the additional purpose of compliance with section 148 of the Code. (c) Proceeds. The City understands that the term "proceeds" includes "disposition proceeds" as defined in the Treasury Regulations and, in the case ofrefunding certificates, transferred proceeds (if any) and proceeds of the refunded certificates expended prior to the date of issuance of the Certiticates of Obligation. It is the understanding of the City that the covenants contained herein are intended to assure compliance with the Code and any regulations or rulings promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant thereto. In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated which modify or expand provisions of the Code, as applicable to the Certificates of Obligation, the City will not be required to comply with any covenant contained herein to the extent that such failure to comply, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, will not adversely affect the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Certificates of Obligation under section 103 of the Code. In the eventthat regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated which impose additional requirements which are applicable to the Certificates of Obligation, the City agrees to comply with the additional requirements to the extent necessary, in the opinion ofnationally recognized bond counsel. to preservethe exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Certificates of Obligation under section 103 of the Code. In furtherance of such intention, the City hereby authorizes and directs the Finance Director to execute any documents, certificates or reports required by the Code and to make such elections, on behalf of the City. which may be permitted by the Code as are consistent with the purpose for the issuance of the Certificates of Obligation. (d) Allocation Of and Limitation On Expe~rditLrre.c fir the Project. The City covenants to account for the expenditure of sale proceeds and investment earnings to be used for the purposes described in Section 1 of this Ordinance (the "Project") on its books and records in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The City recognizes that in order for the proceeds to be considered used forthe reimbursement ofcosts, the proceeds must be allocated to expenditures within 18 months of the later of the date that (1) the expenditure is made, or (2) the Project is completed; but in no event later than three years after the date on which the original expenditure is paid. I he foregoing notwithstanding, the City recognizes that in order for proceeds to be expended under the Internal Kevenue Code, the sale proceeds or investment earnings must be expended no more than 60 days after the earlier of (1) the fifth anniversary of the delivery of the Certificates of 21 Obligation, or (2) the date the Certificates of Obligation are retired. The City agrees to obtain the advice ofnationally-recognized bond counsel if such expenditure fails to comply with the foregoing to assure that such expenditure will not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Certificates of Obligation. For purposes hereof, the City shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains an opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax purposes from gross income of the interest. (c) Disposition ofProject. The City covenants that the property constituting the Project will not be sold or otherwise disposed in a transaction resulting in the receipt by the City of cash or other compensation, unless the City obtains an opinion ofnationally-recognized bond counsel that such sale or other disposition will not adversely affect the tax-exempt status of the Certificates of Obligation. For purposes ofthe foregoing, the portion ofthe property comprising personal property and disposed in the ordinary course shall not be treated as a transaction resulting in the receipt of cash or other compensation. For purposes hereof, the City shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains an opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax purposes from gross income of the interest. (f) Qualified Tax-Exempt Oblieations. 'fhe City hereby designates the Certificates of Obligation as "qualified tax-exempt obligations" as defined in section 265(b)(3) of the Code. In furtherance of such designation, the City represents, covenants and warrants the following: (a) that during the calendar year in which the Certificates of Obligation are issued, the City (including any subordinate entities) has not designated nor will designate bonds or other obligations, which when aggregated with the Certificates of Obligation, will result in more than $10,000,000 of "qualified tax-exempt obligations" being issued: (b) thattheCity reasonably anticipates thatthc amount oftax- exemptobligations issued during the calendaryear in which the Certificates ofObligation are issued by the City (or any subordinate entities) will not exceed $10,000,000; and, (c) that the City wi I I take such action or refrain from such action as necessary, and as more particularly set forth in this Section, in order that the Certificates of Obligation will not be considered "private activity bonds" within the meaning of section 141 of the Code. Section 14. SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE CERTIFICATES OF OBLiGATiON. The Certificates of Obligation are hereby initially sold and shall be delivered to FtasT SOUTHWEST COMPANY, as representative of the initial purchasers of the Certiticates of Obligation (the "Underwriters"), at a price of $4,531,160.70 (which amount is equal to par, plus a net original issue premium of $62,571.20, and less Underwriters' discount of $31,410.50), plus accrued intereston the Certiticates of Obligation from August 15, 2008, to the date of initial delivery thereof, all pursuant to the terms and provisions of a Purchase Contract in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhihil B which the Mayor or Mayor Pro-Tem of the City is hereby authorized to execute and deliver, and which the City Secretary is hereby authorized to attest. The City will deliver to the Underwriters an Initial Certificate of Obligation in the aggregate principal amount of ~~,500,000 payable in principal installments on the dates and in the principal amounts shown in Section 2 hereot: and bearing interest at the rates for each respective maturity as shown in Section 3 hereof. The Initial Certiticate of Obligation shall be registered in the name of Fle5'r SouTHweST COMPANY. 22 SECTION 15. APPROVAL OF OFFICIAL STATEMENT. "I'he City hereby approves the form and content of the Official Statement relating to the Certificates of Obligation and any addenda, supplement, or amendment thereto, and approves the distribution of the Official Statement in the reoffering of the Certificates of Obligation by the Underwriters in final form, with such changes therein or additions thereto as the officer executing the same may deem advisable, such determination to be conclusively evidenced by his execution thereof. The distribution and use of the Preliminary Official Statement for the Certificates of Obligation, dated August 22, 2008, prior to the date hereof is hereby ratified and confirmed. The City Council finds and determines that the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement were and are "deemed final" as of each of their respective dates within the meaning, and for the purpose, of Rule ISc2-12 promulgated under authority granted by the Federal Securities and Exchange Act of 1934. Section 16. AUTHORITY FOR OFFICERS TO F.XF,CUTE DOCUMENTS. The Mayor. City Manager, City Secretary, and all other officers of the City, and each of them, shall be and they are hereby expressly authorized, empowered, and directed from time to time and at any time to do and perform 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 Certificates of Obligation, the sale of the Certificates of Obligation, and the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement. In case any officer whose signature shall appear on any Certificate of Obligation shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Certificate of Obligation, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery. SECTION 17. ORll1NANCF. A CONTRACT; AMENDMENTS. This Ordinance shall constitute a contract with the Registered Owners of the Certificates of Obligation, binding on the City and its successors and assigns, and shall not be amended or repealed by the City as long as any Certiticate of Obligation remains outstanding except as permitted in this Section. The City may, without the consent of or notice to any Registered Owners, amend, change, or modify this Ordinance as may be required (i) by the provisions hereof, (ii) for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, inconsistency, or formal defect or omission herein, or (iii) in connection with any other change which is not to the prejudice of the Registered Owners. The City may, with the written consent of the Registered Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates of Obligation then outstanding affected thereby, amend, change, modify, or rescind any other provisions of this Ordinance; provided that without the consent of all of the Registered Owners affected, no such amendment, change, modification, or rescission shall (i) extend the time or times of payment of the principal ol'and interest on the Certificates of Obligation, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, (ii) give any preference to any Certificate of Obligation over any other Certit icate of Obligation, (iii) extend any waiver of default to subsequent defaults, or (iv) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Certificates of Obligation required for consent to any such amendment, change, moditcation, or rescission. Whenever the City shall desire to make any amendment or addition to or rescission of this Ordinance requiring consent of the Kegistered Owners, the City shal I cause notice of the amendment, addition, or rescission to be sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Registered Owners at the respective addresses shown on the Registration Books. Whenever at any time within one year after the date of the giving of such notice. the City shall receive an instrument or instruments in writing executed by the Registered 23 Owmers of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates of Obligation then outstanding affected by any such amendment, addition, or rescission requiring the consent of the Registered Owners, which instrument or instruments shall refer to the proposed amendment, addition, or rescission described in such notice and shall specifically consent to and approve the adoption thereof in substantially the form of the copy thereof referred to in such notice, thereupon, but not otherwise, the City may adopt such amendment, addition, or rescission in substantially such form, except as herein provided. No Registered Owner may thereafter object to the adoption of such amendment, addition, or rescission, or to any of the provisions thereof, and such amendment, addition, or rescission shall be fully effective for all purposes. SEC'170N 18. REMEDIES IN EVENT OF DEFAULT. In addition to all the rights and remedies provided by the laws of the State of Texas, it is specifically covenanted and agreed particularly that in the event the City (i) defaults in the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Certificates of Obligation, (ii) defaults in the deposits and credits required to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund, or (iii) defaults in the observance or performance of any other of the covenants, conditions or obligations set forth in this Ordinance, the failure to perform which materially, adversely affects the rights of the Holders of the Certificates of Obligation, including but not limited to their prospect or ability to be repaid in accordance with this Ordinance and the continuation thereof for a period of 60 days after notice of such default is given by any Holder to the City, the Holders of any ofthe Certificates of Obligation shall he entitled to seek a writ of mandamus issued by a court of proper jurisdiction 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 often as may be deemed expedient. The specific remedy herein provided shall be cumulative of all other existing remedies, and the specification of such remedy shall not be deemed to be exclusive. SECTION 19. SECURITY INTEREST. Chapter 1208, Texas Government Code, applies to the issuance of the Certificates of Obligation and the pledge of the ad valorem taxes granted by the City under Section 6 and 7 of this Ordinance, and is therefore valid, effective, and perfected. If Texas -aw is amended at any time while the Certificates of Obligation are outstanding and unpaid such that the pledge of the ad valorem taxes granted by the City under Section 6 of this Ordinance is to be subject to the filing requirements of Chapter 9, Texas Business & Commerce Code, then in order to preserve to the registered owners of the Certificates of Obligation the perfection of the security interest in said pledge, the City agrees to take such measures as it determines arc reasonable and necessary under Texas law to comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 9, Texas Business & Commerce Code, and enable a filing to perfect the security interest in said pledge to occur. 24 SECTtoV 20. INTERESTED PARTIES. Nothing in this Ordinance expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or entity, other than the City and the registered owners ol'the Certificates of Obligation, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Ordinance or any covenant, condition or stipulation hereof, and all covenants, stipulations.. promises and agreements in this Ordinance contained by and on behalfofthe City shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City and the registered owners of the Certificates of Ohligation. Section 21. CONTiNUINC DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING. (a) De anitions. As used in this Section, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to such berms below: "MSRB" means the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. "NRMSIR" means each person whom the SF,C or its staff has determined to be a nationally recognized municipal securities information repository within the meaning of the Rule from time to time. "Rule" means SEC Rule 15c2-12, as amended from time to time. "SEC" means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. "S!D" means any person designated by the State of Texas or an authorized department, officer. or agency thereof as, and determined by the SEC or its staff to be, a state information depository within the meaning of the Rule from time to time. (b) Annual Reports. The City shall provide annually to each NRMSIR and any SID, within six months after the end of each fiscal year ending in or after 2007, financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the general type included in the final Official Statement authorized by this Ordinance being the information described in Exhibit C hereto. Any tinancial statements so to be provided shall be (1) prepared in accordance with the accounting principles described in Exhibit B 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 (2) audited, if the City commissions an audit of such 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 provide (1) unaudited financial statements for such fiscal year within such six month period, and (2) audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year to each NRMSIR and any SID, when and if the audit report on such statements become available. If the City changes its fiscal year, it will notify each NRMSIR and any SID of the change (and of the date of the new fiscal year end) prior to the next date by which the City otherwise would be required to provide f financial information and operating data pursuant to this paragraph (b). fhe financial information and operating data to be provided pursuant to this paragraph (b) may be set forth in full in one or more documents or may be included by specific reference to any 25 document (including an official statement or other offering document, if it is available from the MSRB) that theretofore has been provided to each NRMSIR and any SID or filed with the SEC. (c) Material Event Notices. The City shall notify any SID and either each NRMSIR or the MSRB.. in a timely manner, of any of the following events with respect to the Certificates of Obligation, if such event is material within the mcaning of the I'edera] securities laws: A. Principal and interest payment delinquencies; B. Non-payment related defaults: C. Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties; D. Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties; E. Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform; F'. Adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax-exempt status of the Certificates of Obligation; G. Modifications to rights of holders of the Certificates of Obligation; H. Certificate of Obligation calls; Defeasances; J. Release, substitution, or sale of property securing repayment of the Certificates of Obligation; and K. Rating changes. The City shall notify any SID and either each NRMSIR or the MSRB, in a timely manner, of and failure by the City to provide financial information or operating data in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section by the time required by such paragraph. (d) Limitations, Disclaimers, at~d4mendments. The City shall be obligated to observe and perform the covenants specified in this Section for so long as, but only for so long as, the City remains an "obligated person" with respect to the Certificates of Obligation within the meaning of the Rule, except that the City in any event will give notice of any deposit made in accordance with Section 1 1 of this Ordinance that causes Certificates of Obligation no longer to be outstanding. The provisions of this Section are for the sole benefit of the Holders and beneticial owners of the Certificates of Obligation, and nothing in this Section, express or implied, shall give any benett or any legal or equitable right, remedy, or claim hereunder to any other person. "fhe 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 26 undertake to provide any other information that may be relevant or material to a complete presentation ofthe C ity'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 Certificates of Obligation at any future date. UNUER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL THE CITY BE LIABLE TO THE HOLUER OK BENEFICIAL OWNER OF ANY CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION ORANY OTI IER PERSON, IN CON"I'RAC'I' OK TORT. FOR DAMAGES RESULTING [N WHOLE OR IN PART FROM ANY BREACH BY THE CITY, WHETHER NEGLIGENT OR WITHOUT FAULT ON ITS PAR"I. OF ANY COVF,NANT SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION. BUT EVERY RIGHT AND REMEDY OF ANY SUCH PERSON, IN CONTRACT OR TORT, FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF ANY SUCH BREACH SHALL BE LIMITED TO AN ACTION FOR MANDAMUS OR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. No default by the City in observing or performing its obligations under this Section shall comprise a breach of or default under the Ordinance for purposes of any other provision of this Ordinance. Nothing in this Section is intended or shall act to disclaim, waive, 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 of Obligation in the primary offering of the Certificates of Obligation in compliance with the Rule, taking into account any amendments or interpretations of the Rule since such offering 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 an amendment) of the Outstanding Certificates of Obligation consent to such amendment or (b) a person that is unaffiliated with the City (such as nationally recognized bond counsel) detenn fined that such amendment will not materially impairthe interest ofthe Holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates of Obligation. The City may also amend or repeal the provisions of this continuing disclosure agreement if the SEC amends or repeals the applicable provision of the Rule or a court of final jurisdiction entersjudgment that such provisions of the Rule are invalid, but only if and to the extent that the provisions of this sentence would not prevent an underwriter from lawfully purchasing or selling Certificates of Obligation in the primary offering of the Certificates of Obligation. If the City so amends the provisions of this Section, it shall include with any amended financial information or operating data next provided in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section an explanation, in narrative form, of the reason for the amendment and of the impact of an} change in the type of financial information or operating data so provided. ~~ SECTION 22. iNSURANCF,. The City approves the insurance of the Certificates of Obligation by Assured Guaranty Corp. and the payment of such premium and covenants to comply with al I terms of the insurance commitment attached hereto as Exhibit D, which terms arc hereby adopted. Section 23. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS. The City hereby finds that the statements set forth in the recitals of this Ordinance are true and correct, and the City hereby incorporates such recitals as a part of this Ordinance. St:c'rioN 24. SF.VF.RABILITY. if any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application thereof to other circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and this governing body hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision. SECTION 25. CHOICE OF LAW. This Ordinance shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Texas. SECTION 26. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately after its adoption. [The r•emain~cler of this page intentionally left hlank.J ?g PASSEDANDAPPROVEDBYTHECITYCOUNCIL OFTHECITYOFKENNEDALE, TEXASATA REGULAR MEETING CONVENED ONTHE 28'N DAY OFAUGUST, 2008, AT WHICH MEETING A QUORUM WAS PRESENT. ATTEST: ~~:5~v~ City Secret ,City of Kennedale, Texas ., ; ,.. . ~.. . ,~ ;' ~-:: ~,, t .., ~ , :~ d~ '~ ~,.'. ~ ~ ~ ,,y <~ ~ ~ ~~~~~~ Mayor, City of Kennedale, Texas [EXECUTION PAGE TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OBLIGATION ORDINANCE] EXH1131"f A FOKM OF PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT THE PAYING AGENTIREGISTRAR AGREEMENT [S OMITTED AT THIS POINT AS IT' APPIiARS IN EXEC'I ~ I~ED FORM ELSL' WHERE 1N 7'HlS "I'RANSCRIP"I' OP PROCEEDINGS. A-1 EXHIBIT B PURCHASE CONTRACT THE PURCHASE CONTRACT IS OMITTED AT THIS POINT AS I'T' APPF..ARti 1N F.XF.CFITF,D FORM F.I.SF,WHF,RF. IN THIS TR.ANSC'RIPT. B- ~ EXHIBIT C DESCRIPTION OF ANNUAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION The following information is referred to in Section 21 of this Ordinance. Annual Financial Statements and Operating Data 1'he financial information and operating data with respect to the City to be provided annually in accordance with such Section are as specified (and included in the Appendix or under the headings of the Official Statement referred to) below: I . The annual audited financial statements of the City or the unaudited financial statements of the City in the event audited financial statements are not completed within six months after the end of any fiscal year. 2. All quantitative financial information and operating data with respect to the City of the general type included in the Official Statement under "Table 1 and in Appendix A to the Oftcial Statement under Tables 1 through 10. Accounting Principles The accounting principles referred to in such Section are the accounting principles described in the notes to the financial statements referred to in paragraph 1 above. Gl EXHIBIT D INSURANCE COMMITMENT D-1 ASSURED GU~R~• tN01~IMG WIMfa1LL 57aerGnl" MA SA!• Ar A(oolfi . A.tA Ftld issuer: Clty d Kennedele, Texas Canxrtihtleltt D~1K August 29.2006 F~irallort Darr October 29, 2D06 ObAQafiortc Not ro exceed 54,500.000 City of Kemterleb, Texas Combirtatlon Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligatbn, Series 2008 Ineurenoe PresrtYatr The Issuer wit pay ro Assunsd Guaranty on the data of issuance of the Obrgatbns a non~refitrtdebis prernktm In an amotmt equal tb .2596 of the tom principal end interest on the ObifpaUorls. Corrtrrtitrltertt On the terms and subject ro the condlUons set forth herekt and made a part hereof, and upon cornprertce witlt the procedures set forth in the letter dervered herewith (tllis commitment, and such letter hereinafter. corecttvehr, the , Assured Guaranty Corp., a Maryland insurertce carpaatlort ('Aserrned Guarenl~l, hereby comntfls to issue a tinancisl guentnty insurance pofity relatlng to the ~ ;~~ t guarerny Insurance pony shat be substantlary In the form unless aaepted by ti>a Issuer, the Cammltrnent shall expire. and be of no further f«c;e and effect, at 5:00 p.m., F_astem Standard Time, an the F~iraticn Date. unless extended try Assured Guaranty in its sole discretion by written notice in the Issuer. Any request by the Issuer for arty such extension must be made to Assured Guaranty prior ro 5:D0 p.m., Easfem StarMerd Time, on the Expiretion Date set forth above. Business Dav', for all purposes hereof. abet mean any day utirer than (i) a Saturday or Sunday. (i) any day on whirh the o/fioas of the Tnrstee (es defined In the Policy) a Assured GuartuNy are dosed. or (tin any day on whidt banklnp InsUwtioris ~e autltorl:sd or requlrad by few. exetxttlve order or governmental decxee to be closed in New YoAt City Dr in the Stelae Of Maryland or New Yak. agreement betNreen~C era ~Ptance by the Issuer. Ctrs Commitment shall canstlWte a bindinp against each sudr rnY and the Issuer, with reaped to the subJed matter hereof, enforceable party h eccordartce whh its terms: prnvidad, hotwver, that the Commitrttent start expire, and be d rto further force and effect, to the extent that Assured Guaranty shall not have issued the Po~ry as cornempPated hereby on tx prior to the Expiratlon Date. Upon the execution of thin Corrurrtment by Assured Guaranty end the Issuer, and h consideration of the issrrartce of this Commttrnent by Assured Guaranty, the Issuer, Hereby e®reeg ilk it wit rbt enter into arty d'sarsslons or negotlations with, a seek arty comdtrnarn from. any fstarxial guarernor other than Assured Guaranty, far the isauertce ~ a Rnartciel euararN.y insurance policy with respect to the a6tigations, pmvjolad.~ef>he Issuer may tietamrrre prior ro the 5tpiration Date -wt to issue ObRgetions that ate guarenteed by arty flnardel guarenror, in which Casa Ifte Issuer agrees ro nodry Assured Guaranty mmedlately after malting su[tr determitation. Capitalized terms not defined herein shat treve meaning estxbed to such farms ae Set forth in the Assured Guarany Cbsing Package. The issuance Cf the PogCy by Assured Guaranty fe subject ro tits satisfactbrt or waiver by Assured Guarerrty of the fa6owirg conttitior~, and the Issuer hereby fiuther agrees as forow~ irnerest an theobrigador>sef The ~ wnr g°~+h ~ d"~Y pey-nenc of st~,edufed pnnapal arw olrerfrt0 Docutterrs and t]Cnr isgel Doa.rtartmuon: Asstsed Guaranty shat be provided with: a. Executed txrp-es of ar flrtartdrg docvmerns (indudirrg doctrnenistlon evitlendng the Issuer's abTity and intent to comply with the Irttemal Revenue Code of 1986, as emended, and certltled txtpies ~ the resdutlons reletirtg ro the approval and Issuance of Obfigations). arty official statements (or any other diadoaure documerns) with reaped ro the ObNgatiorrs (any and eN such dradoaure, osfiectively, the 'Oftlciei Slatemerrt't and aN sepal opinions delivered in cxxurection wdfr the issirartce and sale d the Ohlipatiorrs. 3urlt legal opinions shat include aN opinions as are customary for tinananga d the type ~ ~. I~nch~ InD witlrout gn~taUon the unqualMed approving opinion d bond Courr~ shall oPk,e substarifta io the efTarx trret o ('Bond CarrnsePl. Bond federal incartte taxation. iF a icable, (ii) n,e ~ ~0^s era exempt from pp obNgatiorts have been validly issued. P~/ the ObNgations end the finarrcirrg docrrrrrergs are enfonoeable, and (iv) the inderttureheaolutfort create6 a vatld lien in the tn~t estate. 5udt opinions shah be addressed to Assured Guararty or, fi not so addressed, a letter shaA be provided m Assured Guaranty expressly providing tlmt Areured Guaranty is entltled to rely on such opiNorrs as K such optnbn were addressed to Assured Guaranty. b. A copy of any irtsuraras polcy, surely bond, puararNy, ice, or>mY other policy, contrad or agreement, which provides for the payment d ~ or any portion d the ObNgatbns, or h any way secures, insures w enharaes the r~alr Ilow avaiable ro pay ute Obligations. o. c:ontrnretion that an amoum equal To the insurance prerrdum ~ be paid to Assured Guaranty upon issuance of the Policy Ires been deposited to the account d Assured Guaranty. ~~ OuartsrtY Diedoarre Mptet he Approved: A Statement d Insurance. in the farm contained in the Assured Guaranty Cbsing Padrepe attached hereto. shat be printed on, or attadred to, the Oblipetlorte. The ObNgations and the Olficiel Statemera shat contain no reference m Assured Guaranty, to the Poli[.y. or m the ftnanaal puarardy irrarrarrce evidenced iherelry, except as expressly approved by Assured Guaranty. No Melerid Adverse tlterrpx On the dabs hared and on the cloairrg dace pertaining to the issuance d the Obiipafiorts, there ahMl have been no material adverse change in or a}Fadinp the Issuer or the Obfigatione pnduding, without limitation, the sassily for the ObNpetlone or the proposed debt service sdteduie d the ObNpaftons), ttre ONiaal Statement, the fnartartp dogmatise to be exactried recd delivered with -aspect m the obrigations, the least apinlons to ba exeaEed ana delivered In connectlort wltl- nw issuarae and sale of the Obligations, o- arry IMormatlon submitted to Assured Guaranty with respect W the issuer, or Ute Oblgatiorrs, from that previously delivered or otherwise cammurecated to Assured Guaranty. No EvsrN Affsdirrg Purdteas d 06fipatlons; No event shell have ocaared width would permit any otherwise conrrttilted purchaser d the ObNgatlons to ales not to purchase the Oblipatlorts on the date scheduled for the lesuerree and defrvery frereot. No Pradress by issuer: 1Nithout the prior wnaent d Assured Guaranty, no Obligations insured by Assured Guaranty shall be purtheced by the Issuer, or any of its afftNatas, in Neu of redemption; unless such Oblgatons ere redeemed. defeesad or certceNed. NO lure Stebertterrt Or Ontfseiort: The Offidal Statement the fnenarp doatrttente ip be executed and delivered h Connection with the Issrrertce and sak d the Oblgatons and aN irttorrrretion submitted to Assured Guaranty with respect to the Obfigntions and the beast, sheN not oordain any untrue or misleading stalemate d nraterfal farx, nor omit m state a material fact necessary in order to make the inforrrratfan corealrred therein rat misleading. Flrtei Dogrrrrerrfa; Assured Guaranty sheN have received the substantially final forms d afi financing doCUtrtertta (indtrdinp, wthout fimltation, lepd opinions. schedules and euddblte), incorporatlng Assured Guaranty's oorturrertts In a marerer eoceplable b Asstred Guerenry, on or prior to the fifth (5th) Basins: Day prior t0 the Proposed rioaing d the iseuartoa d the ObFgetions and such fvrerrtdrtg doctarteres shah contain for the Deneftt d Assured Guaranty as bond frtsurer, such right as era aratarrrery for finarrckrg of the type conlenplated. Arty provisions or regWrerttertb d e^Y other documentation which refer to Assured Guaranty or m the PoYcy must be delivered to Assured Guarerey ro Iabx than ftve (5) business gays prior to the oonfemplated sale of the ObNgetiota. OKer6y Dontrrrarr~ ~p Trstterxlpt: Assured Guaranty shall be Provided with at least six (6j copies of each d the prefimirtary Offidal Stetenrent and the final O~ial Slatenrerrt as soon es They are primed and avaaawe (and in any ev«,t Prior to ins aoaing d ins ObNpetiorts). On the day d issuance end delivery of the Obligations. as a condition d delivery d the PoNcy, dupAcate origirral6 d the fnandrrp documents and legal opinions shah be immediately delvered by hand, sent via overnight marl or by e-rrrail for delivery ra later than the day d doshg. Illfilftln 1hfAy {30) days after the Cloekp Date. Aaetred Gtreranty wtll bs provided vdMr tour {4j complete sale d euoectrled doaartsrttt, preferably on CDfiom or, K Ca-Ron~b are not avatlable, loose borrtd pr4rted tats. ktepartlort ftlyhb; F4rarrdd StaMnlsrretK The Issuer must albw Assured Guaranty or its agent acoass to aN rwn-oorrfldential records. the Issuer must provide to Aestred Guaranty such records and rrotioes ae reasonably may be requested by Assured Guaranty. indudirrg witlrout IMNtaNort the foNowirg: finandal reports. operational stedstiev and strategic Plans. if arty. end arty dher records or notices to be Provided to the Tnrstee pursuard to the terms d the finencirq doatntantation relatkp to the Obligatlarrs. CenoeWtlon a the Prlor Firrerdsl Guerartgr Inattrsrros Potlty. Assured Guarerrly shall be provided witlr fj a oettifiCete, acceptable to At~ured Guarenty, ewatxrted by the bondholders of the Obligations, the trustee tar the Odigetiorrs, and the prior financial guaranty insurer for the Otrb"getlons oorr3enGng to the cancellation a the prior f&rarrcial guererrty irreurence poNcy for the Obfigetiorts and (if! a ~Py of the cancelled tinerrcial guerenty insurance poficy- RdUp AQarwy Feet: Each rating agency rating tire ONligatlons assesses fees with respell to such ratlng, wt~ fees are payable try or on behaU a the Issuer directly ~ each such rating agency. Questions with reaper! W such fees should be addressed by tx on behalf of the Issuer directly to the apptlcable rati agency. n9 l.egel Fess: Assured Guaranty wtll be responsible for ~ own altomeys' fees and expenses incurred by Assured Guaranty in comectlon with the issuance of the Pdicy. Very truly yours. ASSU UARANTS ORP. By. 'chards Vice President The undersigned hereby accepts the carttrribrrent a Asaurod Guerartty Corp. to iss<,e ias Policy with respect to lire captioned Obiigatlone an the farms and subject to the conditlons set fortlt In the Comrrrtrnent with resperd thereto issued by Assured Guaranty Corp. on Nre Commitrnent Dnte set forth above. Acknowrledged, acxspted and agreed to es of August _ .2006 CITY OF KENNEDALE Name: Title.