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RESOLUTION NO. 4L)7
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE ACQUISITION,
CONSTRUCTION AND ERECTION OF EXTENSIONS AND
IMPROVEMENTS TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER AND
SEWER SYSTEM OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE BY THE
CITY OF NOT EXCEEDING $900,000.00 WATER
AND SEWER REVENUE BONDS TO FINANCE A PART
OF THE COST THEREOF; PLEDGING THE NET
REVENUES OF SAID SYSTEM, CERTAIN MUNICIPAL
EXCISE TAXES, AND ALL MONEYS OF THE
CITY DERIVED FROM SOURCES OTHER: THAN AD
VALOREM TAXATION AND LEGALLY AVAILABLE FOR
SUCH PURPOSE, TO SECURE PAYMENT OF THE
PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS
OF THE BONDS.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF EDGEWATER,
FLORIDA, as follows:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
1.01 Authority for this Resolution. This Resolution,
hereinafter called the "instrument," is adopted pursuant to
the provisions of Chapter 159, Part I, Florida Statutes, and
other applicable provisions of law.
that:
1 .0 2 Findings. It is hereby found and determined
(A) For the benefit of its inhabitants, the City of
Edgewater, Florida (the "Issuer") presently owns a water and a
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sewer system (the "System"); and it is necessary for the continued
preservation of the health, welfare, convenience and safety of the
Issuer and its inhabitants to construct extensions and improvements
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to the System (the "Project"), in accordance with certain plans and
specifications now on file with the City Clerk of the Issuer (the
"Clerk").
(B) The Issuer has been advised by its consulting
engineers that the cost of constructing the Project in accordance
with said plans and specifications is estimated at $900,000.00, which
shall be paid with the proceeds of the sale of the bonds herein
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authorized (the "Bonds"), and shall be deemed to include all expenses
necessary, appurtenant or incidental thereto, including the cost of any
land or interest therein or of any fixtures or equipment, or property
necessary or convenient therefor, the cost of labor and materials to complete
such construction, engineering and legal expenses, fiscal expenses,
expenses for estimates of costs and revenues, expenses for plans, specifications
and surveys, interest during construction, if any, administrative expenses and
all other necessary miscellaneous expenses.
(C) (1) Pursuant to Section 167.431, Florida Statutes, the Issuer
did, on January 23, 1952, enact non -emergency Ordinance No. 13 levying
and imposing a utilities services tax on every purchase of electricity, metered
or bottled gas (natural liquefied pertoleum gas or manufactured), telephone
service and telegraph service within the corporate limits of the Issuer.
The proceeds to be derived by the Issuer from the utilities services
tax are hereinafter referred to as the "Excise Taxes."
(ii) The revenues to be derived annually from the rates, rentals,
fees and other charges made and collected for the services and facilities of
the System are estimated to be $224,250.00 and, together with the Excise Taxes
will be sufficient to pay, as the same shall become due and payable, the principal
of and interest on the Bonds and the annual cost of operating, repairing and
maintaining the System, the aggregate annual amount of which is estimated to
be $301,500.00. It is estimated that the period of usefulness of the System
will exceed forty-one years. The amounts listed above reflect a 15% increase
in present water and sewer rates as to be enacted by the City Council pursuant
to the recomendation of May -Zama and Company dated October 23, 1975.
(D) It is deemed necessary and desirable to pledge the
net revenues of the System, and the Excise Taxes to the payment of
the principal of and interest on the Bonds. No part of such revenues
or Excise Taxes will be pledged or hypothecated except with respect
to the Bonds, and except that such revenues and Excise Taxes have
been pledged first to the payment of the principal of and interest on
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the Issuer's outstanding Water Works and Sewer System Refunding
and Improvement Revenue Bonds, dated February 1, 1964, originally
authorized in the aggregate principal amount of $1, 692, 000. 00,
hereinafter sometimes referred to as the "prior lien obligations".
It is deemed necessary and desirable to pledge as additional
security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds
all moneys of the Issuer derived from sources other than ad valorem
taxation which shall be legally available for such purpose.
(;) This instrument is declared to be and shall constitute
a contract between the Issuer and all of the holders of the Bonds;
and the covenants and agreements herein set forth to be performed
by the Issuer are and shall be for the equal benefit, protection and
security of all of the legal holders of any and all of the Bonds, all
of which shall be of equal rank and without preference, priority or
distinction of any of the Bonds over any other, except as hereinafter
provided.
(F) The Issuer is not, under this instrument, obligated
to levy any ad valorem taxes on any real or personal property
situated within its corporate territorial limits to pay the principal
of or interest on the Bonds or to pay the cost of maintaining,
repairing and operating the system. The Bonds shall not constitute
a lien upon the System or any other property of the Issuer or situated
within its corporate territorial limits.
1.03 Definitions. The following terms In this instrument
shall have the following meanings unless the text otherwise expressly
requires:
(A) "Gross Revenues" shall mean all moneys received from
rates, fees, rentals or other charges or income received by the Issuer
or accruing to it in the management and operation of the System, all
calculated in accordance with sound accounting practice.
(B) "Operating Expenses" of the System shall mean all
current expenses, paid or accrued, for the operation, maintenance and
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repair of the System and Its facilities, as calculated in accordance
with sound accounting practice, and shall include, without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, insurance premiums, administrative
expenses of the Issuer related solely to the System, labor, cost of
materials and supplies used for current operation, and charges for the
accumulation of appropriate reserves for current expenses not annually
recurrent but which are such as may reasonably be expected to be
Incurred in accordance with sound accounting practice. "Operating
Expenses" shall not include any allowance for depreciation or for
renewals or replacements of capital assets of the System.
(C) "Net Revenues" of the System shall mean the gross
revenues thereof, as defined In subsection (A), after deducting
therefrom only the operating expenses of the same, as defined in
subsection (B).
(D) "Fiscal Year" shall mean the period commencing on
October 1 of each year and continuing to and including the succeeding
September 30.
1.04 Project Authorized. The Issuer is hereby authorized
to construct the Project as defined in Section 1.02 (A) above.
ARTICLE II
AUTHORIZATION, TERMS, EXECUTION AND
REGISTRATION OF REVENUE BONDS
2.01 Authorization of Revenue Bonds. Subject and pursuant
to the provisions of this Instrument, obligations of the Issuer to be
known as "City of Edgewater and Sewer Revenue Bonds" (the "Bonds")
are hereby authorized to be issued in an aggregate principal amount
not exceeding Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900, 000. 00) for the
purpose of providing funds to pay a part of the cost of the Project
provided for in Section 1.02 hereof.
2.02 Description of Bonds. The Bonds shall be dated as of the
date of their delivery; shall bear Interest at not exceeding the legal rate
per annum, payable on September 1, 1975 and annually thereafter on
September 1 of each year; shall be numbered consecutively from one
upward in order of maturity; and shall be in the denominations, be
numbered and mature on September 1 of each year as follows:
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BOND
YEAR
DENOMINATION
NUMBER
1978
$ 81000
1
1979
9,000
2
1980
9,000
3
1981
9,000
4
1982
10,000
5
1983
11,000
6
1984
11,000
7
1985
12,000
8
1986
12,000
9
1987
13,000
10
1988
14,000
11-12
1989
14,000
13-14
1990
15,000
15-16
1991
16,000
17-18
1992
16,000
19-20
1993
17,000
21-22
1994
19,000
23-24
1995
19,000
25-26
1996
20,000
27-28
1997
21,000
28-30
1998
22,000
31-32
1999
22,000
33-34
YEAR
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
$24,000
26,000
27,000
28,000
30,000
31,000
33,000
35,000
36,000
38,000
40,000
42,000
44,000
46,000
49,000
51,000
BOND
NUMBER
35-36
37-38
39-40-41
42-43-44
45-46-47
48-49-50
51-52-53
54-55-56
57-58-59
60-61-62
63-64-65-66
87-68-69-70
71-72-73-74
75-76-77-78
79-80-81-82
83-84-85-86
2.03 Places of Payment. The Bonds shall be Issued in coupon
form; shall be payable as to both principal and interest at such place or
places as the Issuer shall hereafter by resolution designate, in lawful
money of the United States of America; and shall bear interest from the
date of issue, in accordance with and upon surrender of the appurtenant
interest coupons as they severally mature, unless registered; provided,
however, that Bonds held by the United States of America, acting through
the Farmers Home Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture (the
"Government'), shall be payable at "Finance Office, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, Farmers Home Administration, 1520 Market Street, St. Louis,
Missouri 63103," or at such other places as the Gobernment shall from time
to time in writing designate to the Issuer.
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2.64 Provisions for Redemption. -Bonds maturing on or
before September 1, 1985 are not subject to redemption prior to
their respective stated dates of maturity. Bonds maturing September 1,
1986 and thereafter shall, at the option of the Issuer, be redeemable
in whole or in part, in inverse numerical and maturity order, on
September 1, 1985 or on any interest payment date thereafter at
par and accrued interest, plus the following premiums, expressed
as percentages of the par value of the Bonds so redeemed, if
redeemed in the following years:
5%, if redeemed on September 1, 1985 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 1987;
4%, if redeemed on September 1, 1988 or thereafter ,
to and including September 1, 1991;
3%, if redeemed on September 1, 1992 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 1995;
2%, redeemed on September 1, 1996 or thereafter,
t and including September 1, 1999;
1%, if redeemed on September 1, 2000 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 2003;
Without premium, If redeemed September 1, 2004 or
thereafter, but prior to maturity;
provided, however, that at least thirty (30) days prior to the redemption
date written notice of such redemption shall be given to the paying
agents for the Bonds and to each of the registered owners at their
respective addresses as they appear upon the registration books of
the Clerk of the Issuer and shall be published at least once in a
financial newspaper published in the City of New York, New York.
Bonds held by Government may be redeemed by the Issuer on any
interest payment date prior to maturity at the price of par and accrued
interest, without premium.
2.05 Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be executed in
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the name of the Issuer with the manual or facsimile signature of
its Mayor and the corporate seal of the Issuer shall be impressed
thereon, attested and countersigned with the manual or facsimile
signature of its City Clerk, provided that the signature of one of
such officers shall be manually executed thereon. In case any one
or more of the officers who shall have signed or sealed any of the
Bonds or whose facsimile signature shall appear thereon shall cease
to be such officer of the Issuer before the Bonds so signed and
sealed have been actually sold and delivered, such Bonds may nevertheless
be sold and delivered as herein provided and may be issued as if
the person who signed or sealed such Bonds had not ceased to hold
such office. The balidation certificate endorsed on the Bonds
shall be executed with the manual or facsimile signature of the
Mayor, Any Bond may be signed and sealed on behalf of the Issuer
by such person who at the actual time of the execution of such Bond
shall hold the proper office of the Issuer, although at the date of
such Bonds such person may not have have held such office or may not
have been so authorized. The coupons attached to the Bonds shall be
authenticated with the facsimile signatures of any present or
future Mayor and City Clerk of the Issuer. The Issuer may adopt
and use for such purposes the facsimile signatures of any such
persons who shall have held such offices at any time after the date
of the adoption of this instrument, notwithstanding that either or
both shall have ceased to hold such office at the time the Bonds
shall be actually sold and delivered.
2.06 Negotiability and Registration. The Bonds shall be
and shall have all the qualities and incidents of negotiable instru-
ments under the law merchant and the Laws of the State of Florida,
and each successive holder, in accepting any of the Bonds or the
coupons appertaining thereto, shall be conclusively deemed to have
agreed that the Bonds shall be and have all of said qualities and
incidents of negotiable instruments.
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The Bonds may be registered, at the option of the holder,
as to both principal and interest upon the books kept for the
registration and transfer of Bonds by the City Clerk, as Bond
Registrar, and endorsed upon the Bonds by the Bond Registrar in the
space provided thereon. After such registration, no transfer of
the Bonds shall be valid unless made at the office of the Bond
Registrar by the registered owner or by his duly authorized agent
or representative and similarly noted on the Bonds, but at the
expense of the holders the Bonds may be discharged from registration
by being in like manner transferred to bearer, and thereupon trans-
ferability by delivery shall be restored. At the option and expense
of the holder, the Bonds may thereafter again from time to time be
registered or transferred to bearer as before. The Bond Registrar
shall not be required to make any such transfer of Bonds during
fifteen (15) days next preceding an interest payment date on the
Bonds, or in the case of any proposed redemption of Bonds, after
such Bonds have been selected for redemption. The person in whose
name any Bond shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as
the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of or on
account of the principal of any Bond and the interest on any Bond
shall be made only to or upon the order of the registered owner
thereof or his legal representative. All such payments shall be
valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon
such Bond including the interest thereon to the extent of the sum
or sums so paid.
2.07 Bonds Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost. In
case any Bond shall become mutilated, or be destroyed, stolen or
lost, the Issuer may in its discretion issue and deliver a new Bond
of like tenor as the Bond so mutilated, destroyed, stolen or lost,
in exchange and substitution for such mutilated Bond, upon surrender
and cancellation of such mutilated Bond, or in lieu of and substitution
for the Bond destroyed, stolen or lost, and upon the owner furnishing
the Issuer satisfactory indemnity and complying with such other
reasonable regulations and conditions as the Issuer may prescribe
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and paying such expenses as the Issuer may incur. All Bonds so
surrendered shall be cancelled by the City Clerk. If any such
Bonds shall have matured or be about to mature, instead of issuing
a substitute Bond the Issuer may pay the same, upon being
indemnified as aforesaid, and if such Bond be lost, stolen or
destroyed, without surrender thereof.
Any such duplicate Bonds issued pursuant to this section
shall constitute original, additional contractual obligations on
the part of the Issuer whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed
Bonds be at any time found by anyone, and such duplicate Bonds
shall be entitled to equal and proportionate benefits and rights as
to lien on and source and security for payment from the funds, as
hereinafter pledged, to the same extent as all other Bonds issued
hereunder.
2.08 Form of Bonds. The text of the Bonds shall be in
substantially the following form, with only such omissions, insertions
and variations as may be necessary and/or desirable and approved by
the Mayor prior to the issuance thereof (which necessity and/or
desirability and approval shall be presumed by his execution of the
Bonds and the Issuer's delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser
thereof):
No.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF VOLUSIA
CITY OF EDGEWATER
WATER AND SEWER REVENUE BOND
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the City of Edgewater,
Florida, a public body created and existing under and by virtue of the
Laws of the State of Florida (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the
"Issuer"), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the bearer,
or if this Bond be registered to the registered holder as herein provided,
on the first day of September, 19_, from the special funds hereinafter
mentioned, the principal sum of
THOUSAND DOLLARS
and to pay interest thereon, from the date of the delivery of this
Bond to the purchaser thereof, solely from said special funds, at
the rate of per centum ( %)
per annum, payable on September 1, 1975 and annually thereafter
on the first day of September of each year upon the presentation
and surrender of the annexed coupons as they severally fall due.
Both principal of and interest on this Bond are payable at
in lawful money of the United States of America.
This Bond is one of an authorized Issue of Bonds in
the aggregate principal amount of $900,000. 00 of like date, tenor and
effect, except as to number, denomination, interest rate (if all
Bonds do not bear the same rate of interest) and date of maturity,
issued to finance a part of the cost of acquiring, erecting and
constructing extensions and improvements to the combined municipal
water and sewer system of the Issuer (the "System"), under the
authority of and in full compliance with the Constitution and
Statutes of the State of Florida, particularly Chapter 159, Part I,
Florida Statutes, and a resolution duly adopted by the Issuer on
19_ (the "Resolution"), and is subject to all the
terms and conditions of the Resolution.
This Bond and the Interest thereon are payable solely
from and secured by a lien upon and a pledge of the net revenues to
be derived from the operation of the System, the proceeds of certain
municipal Excise Taxes, and all moneys of the Issuer derived from
sources other than ad valorem taxation and legally available for
such purpose, in the manner described in the Resolution. It is
expressly agreed by the holder of this Bond that the full faith and
credit of the Issuer are not pledged to the payment of the principal
of and interest on this Bond and that such holder shall never have
the right to require or compel the exercise of any taxing power of
the Issuer to the payment of such principal and interest or the
cost of maintaining, repairing and operating the System. This Bond
and the obligation evidenced hereby shall not constitute a lien upon
the System or any part thereof or upon any other property of the
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Issuer or situated within its corporate limits, but shall constitute
a lien only on the net revenues derived from the operation of the
System and said Excise Taxes.
The lien of the holders of the Bonds of the issue of
which this Bond is one on the revenues of the System is junior,
subordinate and inferior in every respect to the lien on such
revenues in favor of the Issuer's outstanding Water Works and Sewer
System Refunding and Improvement Revenue Bonds dated February 1,
1964 (the "prior lien obligations"). The Issuer in the Resolution
has covenanted and agreed with the holders of the Bonds of the
issue of which this Bond is one that it will not hereafter issue
any additional obligations payable from the revenues of the System
on a parity with the prior lien obligations.
In and by the Resolution, the Issuer has covenanted and
agreed with the holders of the Bonds of this issue that it will
fix, establish, revise from time to time whenever necessary, maintain
and collect always such fees, rates, rentals and other charges for
the use of the product, services and facilities of the System
which, together with the proceeds of the Excise Taxes will always
produce cash revenues sufficient to pay, and out of such funds pay,
as the same shall become due, the principal of and interest on the
prior lien obligations and the Bonds, the necessary expenses of
operating and maintaining the System and all reserve, Sinking Fund
or other payments required by the Resolution, and that such rates, ,
rentals, fees and other charges will not be reduced so as to be
insufficient to provide funds for such purposes, and that It will
levy and collect the Excise Taxes at such rates, not exceeding the
maximum rates permitted by law, as shall be necessary to provide
funds which, together with the revenues of the System, will be
sufficient to pay, and out of such funds pay, as the same shall
become due, the principal of and interest on the Bonds, the necessary
expenses of operating and maintaining the System and all reserve,
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Sinking Fund or other payments required by the Resolution, and that the
rates of such Excise Taxes will not be reduced so as to be insufficient
to provide funds for such purposes.
The Bonds of this issue maturing on or before September 1, 1985
are not subject to redemption prior to their respective stated dates of maturity.
Bonds maturing September 1, 1986, and thereafter shall, at the option of the
Issuer, be redeemable in whole or in part, in inverse numerical and maturity
order, on September 1, 1985 or on any interest payment date thereafter at
par and accrued interest, plus the following premiums, expresses as per-
centages of the par value of the Bonds so redeemed, if redeemed in the
following years:
5%, if redeemed on September 1, 1985 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 1987;
4%, if redeemed on September 1, 1988 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 1991;
3%, if redeemed on September 1, 1992 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 1995;
2%, if redeemed on September 1, 1996 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 1999;
1%, if redeemed on September 1, 2000 or thereafter,
to and including September 1, 2003;
Without premium, if redeemed on September 1, 2004 or
thereafter, but prior to maturity;
provided, however, that notice of such redemption shall be given in the
manner required by the Resolution.
It is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions and
things required to exist, to happen and to be performed precedent to and
in the issuance of this Bond, exist, have happened and have been performed,
in regular and due form and time as required by the Laws and Constitution of the
State of Florida applicable thereto, and that the issuance of this Bond, and
of the issue of Bonds of which this Bond is one, does not violate any con-
stitutional, statutory or charter limitations or provisions.
This Bond and the coupons appertaining thereto are and have all
the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the law merchant
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and the Laws of the State of Florida.
This Bond may be registered as to both principal and interest
in accordance with the provisions endorsed hereon.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Edgewater, Florida, has
issued this Bond and has caused the same to be executed in its name and
on its behalf by its Mayor and its corporate seal to be impressed hereon,
attested and countersigned by its City Clerk, all as of 29_
(SEAL)
ATTESTED AND
City
CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA
By
Mayor
FORM OF COUPON
On the 1st day of September, 19, unless the Bond to which
this coupon is attached is callable and shall have been previously duly
called for prior redemption and payment thereof duly made or provided for,
the City of Edgewater, Florida, will pay the bearer at
Florida, from the special funds described in the Bond to which this coupon
is attached, the amount shown hereon in lawful money of the United States
of America, upon presentation and surrender of this coupon, being one year's
interest then due on its Water and Sewer Revenue Bond, dated
19 , No.
(SEAL)
ATTESTED AND
C ity
CITY OF EDGEWATER, FLORIDA
By
Mayor
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FORM OF VALIDATION CERTIFICATE
This Bond is one of a series of Bonds which were validated by
judgment of the Circuit Court for Volusia County, Florida rendered on
19
Mayor
PROVISIONS FOR REGISTRATION
This Bond may be registered as to both principal and interest on
the books kept by said City Clerk, as Bond Registrar, such registration
blank below, the coupons being surrendered and the interest being payable
only to the registered holder, remitted by mail, after which registration no
transfer shall be valid unless made on said books by the registered holder
or his legal representative and similarly noted in the registration blank below,
but it may be discharged from registration by being transferred to bearer,
after which it shall be transferable by delivery, or it may again be registered
as before. Upon reconversion of this Bond into a coupon Bond, coupons
representing the interest to accrue upon the Bond to date of maturity shall
be attached hereto.
Date of Name and Address of Signature of
Registration Registered Owner Bond Registrar
ARTICLE III
COVENANTS, SPECIAL FUNDS
AND APPLICATION THEREOF
3.01 Bonds Not to Be Indebtedness of Issuer. Neither the Bonds
nor the coupons attached thereto shall be or constitute general obligations
or indebtedness of the Issuer as "bonds" within the meaning of Article VII,
Section 12 of the Constitution of Florida, but shall be payable soley from and
secured by a lien upon and pledge of said net revenues, Excise Taxes and a
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pledge of all moneys of the Issuer derived from sources other than ad
valorem taxation and legally available for such purpose, as herein provided.
No owner or holder of any Bond or coupon Issued hereunder shall ever have
the right to compel the exercise of any ad valorem taxing power to pay such
Bond or coupon or the cost of operating and maintaining the System, or be
entitled to payment of such Bond or coupon from any funds of the Issuer
except from the net revenues derived from the operation of the System, the
Excise Taxes and all moneys of the Issuer derived from sources other than
ad valorem taxation and legally available for such purpose, in the manner
provided herein.
3.02 Security for Bonds. The payment of the debt service
of all of the Bonds issued hereunder shall be secured forthwith equally
and ratably by a pledge of and a lien upon the net revenues derived from
the operation of the System, as now or hereafter constituted, and the Excise
Taxes, and by a pledge of all moneys of the Issuer derived from sources other
than ad valorem taxation and legally available for such purpose. The Issuer
does hereby irrevocably pledge such funds to the payment of the principal
of and interest on the Bonds issued pursuant to this instrument and to the
payment into the Sinking Fund at the times provided of the sums required to
secure to the holders of the Bonds issued hereunder the payment of the principal
of and interest thereon at the respective maturities of the Bonds and coupons
so held by them.
The lien on and pledge of the revenues of the System in favor
of the Bonds is junior, subordinate and inferior in every respect to the
pledge of and lien on such revenues in favor of the outstanding prior lien
obligations.
3.03 Application of Bond Proceeds. The Issuer hereby covenants
that It will establish with the
Bank, Florida, a separate account or accounts
(herein collectively called the " Construction Account") into which shall
be deposited the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds herein authorized
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(except such portion thereof as shall be necessary to pay interest on the
Bonds during the construction of the Project, which shall be deposited in
the Sinking Fund) required :to assure payment in full of the cost of the Project.
Withdrawals from the Construction Account shall be made only for such
purposes as shall have been previously specified in the Project cost estimates
and as shall be approved by the Issuer's consulting engineers for the Project.
The Issuer's share of any liquidated damages or other moneys
paid by defaulting contractors or their sureties, and all proceeds of insurance
compensating for damages to the Project during the period of construction,
shall be deposited in the Construction Account to assure completion of the
Project.
Moneys in the Construction Account shall be secured by the
depository bank in accordance with U. S. Treasury Department Circular
176 and in the manner prescribed by the Laws of the State of Florida relating
to the securing of public funds. When the moneys on deposit in the
Construction Account exceed the estimated disbursements on account of the
Project for the next 90 days, the Issuer may direct the depository bank to
invest such excess funds in direct obligations of or obligations the principal
of and interest on which are guaranteed by the United States of America, which
shall be subject to redemption at any time at face value by the holder thereof.
The earnings from any such investment shall be deposited in the Construction
Account.
When the Construction of the Project has been completed and all
construction costs have been paid in full, all funds remaining in the Construction
Account shall be deposited in the Sinking Fund hereinafter established, and
the Construction Account shall be closed.
All moneys deposited in said Construction Account shall be
and constitute a trust fund created for the purposes stated, and there
is hereby created a lien upon such fund in favor of the holders of the Bonds
until the moneys thereof shall have been applied in accordance with this
instrument.
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3.04 Covenants of the Issuer. So.long as any of the principal
of or interest on any of the Bonds shall be outstanding and unpaid, or until
there shall have been set apart in the Sinking Fund herein established,
including the Reserve Account therein, a sum sufficient to pay, when due,
the entire principal of the Bonds remaining unpaid, together with interest
accrued and to accrue thereon, the Issuer covenants with the holders of
any and all of the Bonds issued pursuant to this instrument as follows:
(A) Annual Budget of Current Expenses. The Issuer covenants
and agrees that on or before the date of delivery of the Bonds to the
purchaser thereof, it will adopt a budget of Current Expenses for the System
for the remainder of the then current fiscal year and thereafter, on or before
the first day of each fiscal year during which any of the Bonds are outstanding,
it will adopt an Annual Budget of Current Expenses for the ensuing fiscal year,
and will mail a copy of such budget or amendments thereto to any requesting
bondholder. Current Expenses shall include all reasonable and necessary
costs of operating, repairing, maintaining and inusring the System, but
shall exclude depreciation, payments into the Sinking Fund and payments into
the Reserve Account. The Issuer covenants that the Current Expenses incurred
in any year will not exceed the reasonable and necessary amounts required
therefor, and that it will not expend any amount or incur any obligations
for the operation, maintenance and repair of the System in excess of the
amount provided for Current Expenses in the Annual Budget, except upon
resolution of the City Council that such expenses are necessary to operate
and maintain the System.
(B) Revenue Fund. The Issuer covenants and agrees that on
or before the date of delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser thereof, it
will establish with a depository in the State of Florida, which is a member
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and which is eligible under
the Laws of the State of Florida to receive municipal funds, and maintain
so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, a special fund to be known
as the "City of Edgewater Water and Sewer System Revenue Fund" , herein-
after called the " Revenue Fund
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The Issuer further covenants and agrees that whenever, from
time to time, at any time deposits from the revenues of the System and from
the proceeds of the Excise Taxes shall have been made sufficiently for
minimum compliance with the covenants, requirements and provisions of the
ordinance enacted by the Issuer authorizing issuance of the prior lien obligations,
and such required deposits shall be made monthly, the balance of any and all
revenues of the System and the Excise Tax and/or any balance of moneys on
deposit in the "Revenue Fund" heretofore created and established for the
benefit of the prior lien obligations which shall be in excess of the minimum
requirements for compliance with such covenants, requirements and provisions
of said ordinance shall forthwith, and not less frequently than monthly, be
deposited into said Revenue Fund hereby created. Whenever the said covenants,
requirements and provisions of such ordinance shall no longer require deposits
of revenues of the System and of the Excise Tax for the debt service of the
prior lien obligations, the Issuer shall deposit into the Revenue Fund, promptly
as received, all cash Income received from the ownership and operation of
the System and all of the proceeds of the Excise Tax.
(C) Bond and Interest Sinking Fund. The Issuer covenants and
agrees to establish with a depository in the State of Florida, which is a
member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and which is eligible
under the Laws of the State of Florida to receive municipal funds a special
fund or funds, collectively called "City of Edgewater Water and Sewer
System Bond and Interest Sinking Fund", hereinafter called the "Sinking Fund",
to be used exclusively for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. After delivery
of the bonds to the purchaser thereof, and after first making any deposits into
the Operation and Maintenance Fund required by Paragraph 3.04 (D) hereof,
the Issuer shall transfer on or before the 15th day of each month from the
Revenue Fund and deposit to the credit of the Sinking Fund the following amounts:
(1) A sum equal to V12 of the amount of one year's interest on all
the Bonds then outstanding, together with the amount of any deficiency in
prior deposits for interest; and
(2) Beginning on September 1, 1977, a sum equal to 1/12 of the
principal of the Bonds maturing on the next succeeding anniversary date,
together with the amount of any deficiency in prior deposits for principal.
(3) After fulfillment of the requirements of paragraphs (c) (1)
and (2), the Issuer shall transfer on or before the 15th day of each month
from the Revenue Fund and deposit to the credit of a special account in the
Sinking Fund, herein called the "Reserve Account", the sum of Four
Hundred Forty -Five Dollars ($445.00) until such time as the funds and
investments therein shall equal Fifty -Three Thousand Four Hundred Dollars
($53,400), and monthly thereafter such amount as may be necessary to
maintain in the Reserve Account the sum of Fifty -Three Thousand Four
Hundred Dollars ($53,400) but not exceeding Four Hundred Forty -Five
Dollars ($445,00) monthly. Moneys in the Reserve Account shall be
used only for (1) paying the cost of repairing or replacing any damage to
the System which shall be caused by an unforeseen catastrophe, (2) con-
structing improvements or extensions to the System which shall increase its
net revenues and which shall be approved by said consulting engineers,
if the Issuer shall not then be in default under any of the provisions of
this instrument, and (3) paying the principal of and interest on the Bonds
in the event that the moneys in the Sinking Fund shall ever be insufficient
to meet such payments.
(D) Operation and Maintenance Fund. Whenever provision for
the payment of the reasonable current expenses of the operating, main-
taining and repairing of the System pursuant to the provisions of said
ordinance authorizing issuance of the prior lien obligations shall expire
or cease by reason of the terms of such ordinance, or for any other reason,
the Issuer covenants and agrees to establish with a depository in the
State of Florida, which is a member of the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, and which is eligible under the Laws of the State of Florida
to receive municipal funds, a special fund to be known as the "City of
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Edgewater Water and Sewer System Operation and Maintenance Fund",
herein called the "Operation and Maintenance Fund," which shall be
used exclusively for the purpose of receiving funds to be transferred monthly
by the Issuer from the Revenue Fund, and for paying, as they accrue, the
Current Expenses of the System pursuant to the Annual Budget. Before
making the deposits to the Sinking Fund as provided in paragraph (C)
above, the Issuer shall transfer on or before the fifteenth day of each
month from the Revenue Fund and deposit to the credit of the Operating
and Maintenance Fund a sum sufficient to pay the Current Expenses of the
system for the current month, all in accordance with the Annual Budget.
Any balance remaining in the Operation and Maintenance Fund at the end
of the fiscal year and not required to pay costs incurred during said fiscal
year shall be deposited promptly into the Revenue Fund.
(E) Deficiency or Excess Funds. Whenever by reason of
the insufficiency of moneys on deposit in the Revenue Fund the Issuer
is not able to make promptly the current monthly payments required to
be made pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (C) above, the Issuer
covenants and agrees that it will pay into the Revenue Fund from any
moneys of the Issuer derived from sources other than ad valorem taxation
and legally available for such purpose whatever sums are necessary to
cure such existing deficit. Subject to the provisions for the disposition
of revenues in paragraphs (C) and (D), which are cumulative, the Issuer
shall, on or before the 15th day of each month, transfer to the Reserve
Account in the Sinking Fund the balance of moneys remaining in the
Revenue Fund until the funds and investments in the Reserve Account
equal the amount of Fifty -Three Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($53,400),
and thereafter whenever funds and investments in the Reserve Account
equal $53,400 the Issuer may use the surplus funds in the Revenue Fund
for the purchase or redemption of Bonds or for any other lawful municipal
purpose.
(F) Trust Funds. The funds and accounts created. and
established by this instrument shall constitute trust funds for the
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purpose provided herein for such funds. All of such funds, except as
hereinafter provided, shall be continuously secured in the same manner
as municipal deposits of funds are required to be secured by the Laws
of the State of Florida. Moneys on deposit to the credit of the Reserve
Account shall be invested by the depository bank, upon request by the
Issuer, in direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and
interest on which are guaranteed by the United States of America and
which shall be subject to redemption at face value at any time by the
holder thereof at the option of such holder; and the moneys on deposit to
the credit of the Sinking Fund may be so invested In such obligations which
shall mature not later than fifteen (15) days prior to the date on which such
moneys shall be needed to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds
in the manner herein provided, but moneys on deposit to the credit of
the Revenue Fund and the Operation and Maintenance Fund shall not be
invested at any time. The securities so purchased as an investment of
funds shall be deemed at all times to be a part of the account from which
the said investment was withdrawn, and the interest accruing thereon and
any profit realized therefrom shall be credited to such account and any
loss resulting from such investment shall likewise be charged to said account.
(G) Rates and Charges. The Issuer covenants and agrees to
maintain and collect, so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, such
schedule of rates and charges for the services and facilities of the System
which, together with the Excise Taxes, will produce revenues which shall
be sufficient to provide for current debt service and reserve requirements
for the outstanding prior lien obligations and for the Bonds and pay the
reasonable expenses of operation and maintenance of the System; and the
Issuer covenants and agrees that so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding
and unpaid, at the same time and in like manner that the Issuer prepares
its Annual Budget of the Current Expenses, the Issuer shall annually prepare
an estimate of gross revenues to be derived from the operation of the System
for the ensuing fiscal year, and to the extent that said gross revenues,
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together with the Excise Taxes, are insufficient to pay debt service
requirements during such ensuing year on all outstanding Bonds payable
from the revenues of the System, build up and maintain the required reserves
for all such outstanding Bonds and pay Current Expenses, the Issuer shall
revise the fees and rates charged for the use of the services and facilities
of the System sufficiently to provide the funds required.
(H) Levy of Excise Taxes. The Issuer covenants and agrees that
It will not repeal the ordinances now in effect levying the Excise Taxes and
will not amend or modify said ordinances in any manner so as to impair or
adversely affect the power and obligation of the Issuer to levy and collect
the Excise Taxes or impair or adversely affect In any manner the pledge of the
Excise Taxes made herein or the rights of the holders of the Bonds. The
Issuer shall be unconditionally and irrevocably obligated, so long as any
of the Bonds or the interest thereon are outstanding and unpaid, to levy
and collect the Excise Taxes at such rates, not exceeding the maximum rates
permitted by law, as shall be necessary to provide funds Which, together
with the gross revenues of the System shall be sufficient to .pay, as the
same shall become due, the principal of and interest on the Bonds, the
principal of and interest on the prior lien obligations, the Current Expenses
of operating and maintaining the System and the other payments provided for
herein. This provision shall not be construed to prevent reasonable re-
visions of the rates of the Excise Taxes as long as the proceeds of the Excise
Taxes to be collected by the Issuer in each year thereafter, together with
the gross revenues of the System, will be sufficient to pay the principal of
and interest on the Bonds and the prior lien obligations as the same shall
become due and pay the Current Expenses of operating and maintaining the
System and to make the other payments herein required in such year.
(I) Issuance of Other Obligations.
(1) The Issuer covenants and agrees that in the event the cost
of construction or completion of the Project shall exceed the dollar amount
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of Bonds herein authorized , it shall deposit into the Construction Account
the amount of such excess out of funds available to it for such purpose,
and the Issuer may provide such excess, and only such excess, through
the issuance of parity Bonds conforming to the requirements of paragraph
(3) of this subsection; but except to complete the Project, it will not issue
any other obligations payable from or secured by the revenues of the System,
the Excise Taxes or any other security pledged to secure payment of the Bonds,
unless the conditions hereinafter set forth shall be met, or unless the lien
of such obligations is junior and subordinate in all respects to the lien of
the Bonds. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will not issue any
additional obligations payable from the revenues of the System on a parity
with the outstanding prior lien obligations.
(2) The Issuer shall have the right to add new water or sewer
facilities and related auxiliary facilities, by the issuance of one or more
additional series of bonds to be secured by a parity lien on and ratably
payable from the gross revenues of the System and any other security pledged
to the Bonds, provided in each instance that:
(a) The facility or facilities to be built from the proceeds of
the additional parity bonds is or are made a part of the System and its or
their revenues are pledged as additional security for the additional parity
bonds and the outstanding Bonds.
(b) The Issuer is in compliance with all covenants and undertakings
in connection with all of its Bonds then outstanding and payable from the
revenues of the System or any part thereof and has not been in default as to any
payments required to be made under this instrument for a period of at least
the next preceding 24 months, or if at such time the Bonds shall not have
been outstanding for 24 months then for the period that the Bonds shall have
been outstanding.
(c) The annual net revenues (plus the Excise Taxes, if the Excise
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Taxes shall be pledged as security for the outstanding Bonds and the
additional parity bonds) for the fiscal year next preceding the issuance
of additional parity bonds are certified by an independent certified public
accountant not regularly employed by the Issuer, to have been equal to at
least one and twenty -hundredths (1. 20) times the average annual requirements
for principal and interest on all the Bonds then outstanding and payable from
such pledged revenues.
(d) The estimated average annual net revenues of the facility
or facilities to be constructed and acquired with the proceeds of such
additional bonds (and any other funds pledged and set aside for such purpose),
when added to the estimated future average annual net revenues of the then existing
System (plus the Excise Taxes, if the Excise Taxes shall be pledged as security
for the outstanding Bonds and the additional parity bonds) shall be at least
one and twenty -hundredths (1. 20) times the average annual debt service
requirements for principal and interest on all outstanding Bonds payable from
the revenues of the System and on the additional bonds proposed to be issued.
Estimates of future revenues and operating expenses shall be furnished by
recognized independent consulting engineers and approved by the City Council
of the Issuer and by the Mayor thereof, and shall be forecast over a period
of not exceeding ten years from the date of the additional bonds proposed to
be issued. Provided, however, the conditions provided by this paragraph
and by the next preceding paragraph (c) may be waived or modified by the
written consent of the holders of seventy-five per centum (75%) of the Bonds
then outstanding.
(3) The Issuer hereby covenants and agrees that in the event
additional series of parity bonds are issued, it will provide that said parity
bonds shall mature according to a schedule which most closely approximates
equal annual installments of combined principal and interest payments for
such parity bonds and all other Bonds payable from the revenues of theSystem;
it will adjust the required deposits into and the maximum amount to be main-
tained in the Sinking Fund, including the Reserve Account therein, on the
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same basis as hereinabove prescribed, to reflect the average annual debt
service on the additional bonds; and it will make such additional bonds
payable as to principal on September 1 of each year in which principal
falls due and the coupons attached thereto payable on September 1 of each
year. If in any subsequently issued series of bonds secured by a parity
lien on the revenues of the System it is provided that excess revenues shall
be used to redeem bonds in advance of scheduled maturity, or if the Issuer
at its option undertakes to redeem outstanding bonds in advance of scheduled
maturity, the Issuer covenants that calls of bonds will be applied to each
series of bonds on an equal pro rate basis (reflecting the proportion that
the amount originally issued of each series bears to the amount originally
issued of each of the other series) to the extent that this may be accomplished
in accordance with the call provisions of the respective bond series, but
the Issuer shall have the right to call any or all outstanding bonds which may be
called at par prior to calling any bonds that are callable at a premium.
(J) Disposal of Facilities. The Issuer covenants and agrees
that, so long as any of the Bonds are outstanding, it will maintain its
corporate identity and existence and will not sell or otherwise dispose
of any of the System facilities or any part thereof, and, except as provided
for above, it will not create or permit to be created any charge or lien on
the revenues thereof ranking equal or prior to the charge or lien of the Bonds.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may at any time permanently
abandon the use of, or sell at fair market value, any of its System facilities,
provided that:
(a) It is In compliance with all covenants and undertakings
in connection with all of its Bonds then outstanding and payable from the
revenues of the System, and the debt service reserve for such Bonds has
been fully established;
(b) It will, in the event of sale, apply the proceeds to either
(1) redemption of outstanding Bonds in accordance with the provisions
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governing repayment of Bonds in advance of maturity, or (2) replacement
of the facility so disposed of by another facility the revenues of which
shall be incorporated into the System as hereinbefore provided;
(c) It is certified, prior to any abandonment of use, that the
facility to be abandoned is no longer economically feasible of producing
net revenues; and
(d) It is certified that the estimated net revenues of the
remaining System facilities for the next succeeding fiscal year, plus the
estimated net revenues of the facility, if any, to be added to the System,
satisfy the earnings test hereinbefore provided in this subsection governing
issuance of additional parity bonds.
(K) Insurance on System. While any of theBonds shall remain
outstanding, the Issuer shall carry at least the following insurance coverage:
(1) Fire and extended coverage on the insurable portions of the
System, in amounts sufficient to provide for not less than full recovery
whenever a loss from perils insured against does not exceed eighty per
centum (80%) of the full insurable value of the damaged facility.
In the event of any damage to or destruction of any facility
or facilities of the System, the Issuer shall deposit the insurance proceeds
in the Reserve Account and promptly arrange for the application thereof to
the repair or reconstruction of the damaged or destroyed portion thereof.
(2) Public liability insurance relating to the operation of the
System, with limits of not less than $100, 000 for one person and $300, 000
for more than one person involved in one accident, to protect the Issuer from
claims for bodily injury and/or death and not less than $10, 000 for claims
for damage to property of others which may arise from the Issuer's operation
of the System.
(3) If the Issuer owns or operates a vehicle in the operation
of the System, vehicular public liability insurance with limits of not less
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than $100,000 for one person and $300,000 for more than one person
involved in one accident to protect the Issuer from claims for bodily
injury and death, and not less than $10,000 against claims for damage
to property of others which may arise from the Issuer's operation of
vehicles.
(4) All such insurance shall be carried for the benefit of the
holders of the Bonds. All moneys received for losses under any of such
insurance, except public liability, are hereby pledged by the Issuer as
security for the Bonds, until and unless such proceeds are used to remedy
the loss or damage for which such proceeds are received, either by repairing
the property damaged or replacing the property destroyed within ninety (90)
days from the receipt of such proceeds.
(L) Maintenance of System, The Issuer will complete the
construction of the Project in an economical and efficient manner
with all practicable dispatch, and thereafter will maintain the System
in good condition and continuously operate the same in an efficient manner
and at a reasonable cost.
(M) No Free Services. The Issuer will not render or cause
to be rendered any free services of any nature by its System, nor will
any preferential rates by established for users of the same class; and if
the Issuer shall avail itself of the facilities or services provided by the
System, or any part thereof, then the same rates, fees or charges applicable
to other customers receiving like service under similar circumstances shall
be charged to the Issuer. Such charges shall be paid as they accrue, and
the Issuer shall transfer from its general funds sufficient sums to pay such
charges. The revenues so received shall be deemed to be revenues derived
from the operation of the System, and shall be deposited and accounted for
in the same manner as other revenues derived from such operation of the
System.
(N) Failure of User to Pay for Services. Upon failure of any
user of any product, services of facilities of the System to pay for the
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same within sixty (60) days after the Issuer shall have billed such user
therefor, the Issuer shall shut off the connection of, such user and shall
not furnish him or permit him to receive from the System further service
until all obligations owed by him to the Issuer on account of services,
Including disconnection and reconnection charges, shall have been paid
in full. This covenant shall not, however, prevent the Issuer from causing
any System connection to be shut off sooner.
(0) Enforcement of Collections. The Issuer will diligently
enforce and collect the rates, fees and other charges for the services and
facilities of the System; and will take all steps, actions and proceedings
for the enforcement and collection of such rates, charges and fees as shall
become dellquent to the full extent permitted or authorized by law; and will
maintain accurate records with respect thereof. All such fees, rates, charges
and revenues herein pledged shall, as collected, be held in trust to be
applied as provided in this instrument and not otherwise.
(P) Sufficiency of Rates. The Issuer covenants and agrees
that it will fix, establish, revise from time to time whenever necessary
and maintain always such fees, rates, rentals and other charges for the
use of the product, services and facilities of the System which, together
with the Excise Taxes, will always produce cash revenues sufficient to
pay, and out of such funds pay, as the same shall become due, the principal
of and interest on the prior lien obligations and the Bonds, the necessary
expenses of operating and maintaining the System and all reserve, Sinking
Fund or other payments required by this Instrument, and that such rates,
fees, rentals or other charges will not be reduced so as to be insufficient
to provide funds for such purposes.
(Q) Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The Issuer
covenants and agrees to perform and comply with, in every respect, the
Loan and Grant Agreements which it might have with the Government or
with any other governmental agency and all applicable Federal and State
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Laws and regulations.
(R) Remedies. Any holder of the Bonds or any coupons
appertaining thereto Issued under the provisions of this instrument, or
any trustee acting for the holders of such Bonds and coupons, may
either at law or in equity, by suit, action, mandamus or other proceedings
in any court of competent jurisdiction, protect and enforce any and all
rights, including the right to the appointment of a receiver, existing under
the Laws of the State of Florida, or granted and contained In this instrument,
and may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this
Instrument or by any applicable State or Federal statutes to be performed
by the Issuer or by any officer thereof, including the levy and collection
of the Excise Taxes.
Nothing herein, however, shall be construed to grant to any
holder of such Bonds or coupons any lien on any real property of the Issuer.
(S) Records and Audits. The Issuer shall keep books and records
of the revenues of the System, the Excise Taxes, which such books and
records shall be kept separate and apart from all other books, records and
accounts of the Issuer, and any holder of a Bond or Bonds or the coupons
applicable thereto issued pursuant to this instrument shall have the right
to, at all reasonable times, inspect all records, accounts and data of the
Issuer relating thereto.
So long as any of the Bonds shall be outstanding, the Issuer
will furnish on or before ninety (90) days after the close of each fiscal
year, to any bondholder who shall request the same in writing, copies
of any annual audit report prepared by an independent certified public
accountant or an auditing official of the State of Florida, covering for
the preceding fiscal year, in reasonable detail, the financial condition
and record of operation of the System and any other facilities the revenues
of which are pledged to the payment of the Bonds and the collection of the
Excise Taxes.
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(T) Connection with System. The Issuer will, to the full
extent permitted by law, require all lands, buildings, residences and
structures within its corporate limits which can use the facilities and
services of the System to connect therewith and use the facilities
and services thereof and to cease the use of all other facilities. The
Issuer will not grant a franchise for the operation of any competing
water or sewer System until all Bonds issued hereunder, together with
interest thereon, shall have been paid in full.
(U) Fidelity Bond. The Issuer will require each employee who
may have possession of the revenues of the System or the Excise Taxes
to be covered by a fidelity bond written by a responsible indemnity
company in an amount fully adequate to protect the Issuer from loss.
(1) Government Approval of Extensions and Financing.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, while the Government
is the holder of any of the Bonds, the Issuer will not borrow any money
from any source or enter into any contract or agreement or incur any
other liability in connection with making extensions or improvements
other than normal maintenance of the System, or make any extensions
or enlargements of the System, or permit others to do so, without obtaining
the prior written consent of the Government.
(W) Reimbursement of Advances and Interest Thereon. While
the Government shall be the holder of any of the Bonds, the Government
shall have the right to make advances for the payment of insurance
premiums and/or other advances which, in the opinion of the Government,
may be required to protect the Government's security interest. In the
event of any such advances, the Issuer covenants and agrees to repay
the same, together with interest thereon at the same rate per annum as
specified in the Bonds, upon demand made at any time after any such
expenditure by the Government. Any such amount due the Government
shall take priority over any other payments from the Reserve Account.
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(X) Release of Excise Taxes. At such time as the Issuer may
be able to obtain and file in the minutes of its City Council a certificate
of a certified public accountant not regularly employed by the Issuer
stating that for the immediately preceding fiscal year the net revenues
derived from the operation of the System equaled at least one hundred
forty percentum (140%) of the combined maximum principal and interest
maturing in any one ensuing fiscal year on all outstanding obligations
payable from the revenues of the System, then upon a declaration by
resolution of the City Council the lien hereby impressed upon the Excise
Taxes as security for payment of the Bonds and the interest thereon shall
be permanently released, and thereafter the payment of the Bonds and the
interest thereon shall be solely secured by a lien upon and pledge of the
revenues to be derived from the operation of the System; provided, however,
the Excise Taxes shall not be so released unless all payments required
by this instrument to have been made to the several accounts and Funds herein
specified shall have been made in full, and the Reserve Account shall have
on deposit therein at least the sum of Forty -One Thousand Five Hundred
Dollars ($41,500).
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
4.01 Modification or Amendment. No material modification
or amendment of this instrument or of any instrument amendatory hereof
or supplemental hereto , may be made without the consent in writing
of the holders of two -thuds or more in principal amount of the Bonds
then outstanding; provided, however, that no modification or amendment
shall permit a change in the maturity of such Bonds or a reduction in the
rate of interest thereon, or in the amount of the principal obligation, or
affect the unconditional promise of the Issuer to charge and collect such
rates, fees and charges for the use of the product, services and facilities
of the System and to levy and collect the Excise Taxes and apply the same
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as herein provided, or reduce the number of such Bonds the written consent
of the holders of which are required by this Section for such modifications
or amendments, without the consent of the holders of all such Bonds.
4.02 Creation of Superior Liens. The Issuer covenants that
except as herein provided it will not issue any other Bonds, certificates or
obligations of any kind or nature or create or cause or permit to be created
any debt, lien, pledge, assignment or encumbrance or charge payable from
or enjoying a lien upon the revenues of the System or the Excise Taxes
ranking prior and superior to the lien created by this instrument for the
benefit of the Bonds.
4.03 Severability of Invalid Provisions. If any one or more
or the covenants, agreements or provisions of this instrument or of the
Bonds should be held contrary to any express provision of law or contrary
to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or against
public policy, or shall for any reason whatsoever be held invalid, then
such covenants, agreements or provisions shall be null and void and shall
be deemed separate from the remaining covenants, agreements or provisions
of this instrument and of the Bonds.
4.04 Validation Authorized. The Issuer's Attorney is hereby
authorized and directed to institute appropriate proceedings In the Circuit
Court for Volusia County, Florida, for the validation of the Bonds and the
proper officers of the Issuer are hereby authorized to verify on behalf of
the Issuer any pleadings in such proceedings.
4.05 Sale of Bonds. The Bonds are hereby sold and awarded
to the Government at the price of par and bearing interest at the rate of
five per centum (5%) per annum.
4.06 Conflicts Repealed. All resolutions or parts of resolutions
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
4.07 Effective Date. This instrument shall take effect Immediately
upon its passage.
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The above nnand foregoing Resolution was presented by Councilman
6[1ft�PJ who
moved Its adoption, said motion
being seconded by Councilman
and upon roll call vote said Resolution was duly declared adopted at a
Regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Edgewater, Florida,
held on the 3D.�, day of LYcitIYld— , 1975; the vote of
said Council upon roll call being as follows:
{ JMayor
C ncilman
Councilman
Counci man
Odr
Councilman
ATTEST:
N
City Clerk
Approved this 80 ay of
, A.D., 1975.
Mayor
This Resolution was prepared by:
Joseph E. Weaver
City Attorney