24-R-65 Publication of Notice of Intention Issue Certificates of ObligationResolution No: 24-R-65
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION;
COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENTS CONTAINED IN
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION RULE 15c2-12; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council (the City Council) of the City of Schertz, Texas (the City)
has determined that it is advisable and necessary to issue and sell one or more series of
certificates of obligation (the Certificates) in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000 as provided
pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended, Texas Local
Government Code, Section 271.041 through Section 271.064, for the purpose of paying
contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for making permanent public
improvements and for other public purposes, to -wit: (1) constructing street improvements
(including utilities repair, replacement, and relocation), curbs, gutters, and sidewalk
improvements, including drainage and traffic safety signalization and signage incidental
thereto; (2) the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery, landscaping, land, and
rights -of -way for authorized needs and purposes relating to the aforementioned capital
improvements; and (3) the payment of professional services related to the design, construction,
project management, and financing of the aforementioned projects. The Certificates will be
payable from the levy of an annual ad valorem tax, within the limitations prescribed by law,
upon all taxable property within the City and from a lien on and pledge of certain of the
revenues derived from the operation of the City's utility system. The Certificates are to be
issued, and this notice is given, under and pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of
Obligation Act of 1971, as amended, Texas Local Government Code Section 271.041 through
Section 271.064, Chapter 1502, as amended, Texas Government Code, and the City's Home Rule
Charter; and
WHEREAS, prior to the offering, sale, and issuance of the Certificates, the appropriate
officials of the City must review and approve the distribution of a "deemed final" preliminary
official statement (the Official Statement) in order to comply with the requirements contained in
17 C.F.R. §240.15c2-12 (the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule); and
WHEREAS, based upon their review of the Official Statement, the appropriate officials
of the City must find to the best of their knowledge and belief, after reasonable investigation, that
the representations of facts pertaining to the City contained in the Official Statement are true
and correct and that, except as disclosed in the Official Statement, there are no facts pertaining to
the City that would adversely affect the issuance of the Certificates or the City's ability to pay the
debt service requirements on the Certificates when due; and
WHEREAS, the City Council will comply with the requirements contained in the
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule concerning the creation of a contractual obligation
between the City and the proposed purchaser(s) of the Certificates (the Purchasers) to provide
the Purchasers with an Official Statement in a time and manner that will enable the
Purchasers to
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comply with the distribution requirements and continuing disclosure requirements contained in the
Securities and Exchange Commission Rule; and
WHEREAS, the City Council authorizes the Mayor, City Manager, Director of Finance,
City Secretary, and the City Attorney, as appropriate, or their designees, to review, approve, and
execute any document or certificate in order to allow the City to comply with the requirements
contained in the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule; and
WHEREAS, prior to the issuance of the Certificates, the City Council is required to
publish notice of its intention to issue the Certificates in a newspaper of general circulation in
the City, and if the City maintains an internet website, publish such notice of intent on the City's
internet website, such notice stating (i) the time and place the City Council tentatively proposes
to pass the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Certificates, (ii) the purposes for which the
Certificates are to be issued, (iii) the manner in which the City Council proposes to pay the
Certificates; (iv) the then -current principal amount of all outstanding ad valorem debt obligations
of the City; (v) the then -current combined principal and interest required to pay all
outstanding ad valorem debt obligations of the City on time and in full, which may be based on
the City's expectations relative to the interest due on any variable rate ad valorem debt
obligations; (vi) the maximum principal amount of the Certificates to be authorized; (vii) the
estimated combined principal and interest required to pay the certificates to be authorized on
time and in full; (viii) the estimated interest rate for the Certificates to be authorized or that the
maximum interest rate for the Certificates may not exceed the maximum legal interest rate; and
(ix) the maximum maturity date of the Certificates to be authorized; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that such documents
pertaining to the sale of the Certificates should be approved, and the City should proceed with
the giving of notice of intention to issue the Certificates in the time, form, and manner provided
by law;
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the adoption of this
Resolution is in the best interests of the residents of the City; now, therefore,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS THAT:
Section 1. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice to be
published of the City Council's intention to issue the Certificates in an amount not to exceed
$20,000,000 for the purpose of paying contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for
making permanent public improvements and for other public purposes, to: (1)
constructing street improvements (including utilities repair, replacement, and relocation), curbs,
gutters, and sidewalk improvements, including drainage and traffic safety signalization and
signage incidental thereto; (2) the purchase of materials, supplies, equipment, machinery,
landscaping, land, and rights -of -way for authorized needs and purposes relating to the
aforementioned capital improvements; and (3) the payment of professional services related to the
design, construction, project management, and financing of the aforementioned projects. The
Certificates will be payable from the levy of an annual ad valorem tax, within the limitations
prescribed by law, upon all taxable property within the City and additionally from a pledge of
and lien on certain revenues derived from the operation of the City's utility system. The notice
hereby approved and authorized to be published shall read substantially in the form and content
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of Exhibit A attached hereto, which notice is incorporated herein by reference as a part of this
Resolution for all purposes.
Section 2. The City Secretary shall cause the notice described in Section 1 to be
published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, once a week for two consecutive weeks,
the date of the first publication shall be at least forty-six (46) days prior to the date stated therein
for passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Certificates. Additionally, the City
Secretary shall cause the notice described in Section 1 to be posted continuously on the City's
website for at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date stated therein for passage of the ordinance
authorizing the issuance of the Certificates.
Section 3. The Mayor, City Manager, Director of Finance, City Secretary, and the City
Attorney, as appropriate, or their designees, are authorized to review and approve the Official
Statement pertaining to the offering, sale, and issuance of the Certificates and to execute any
document or certificate in order to comply with the requirements contained in the Securities and
Exchange Commission Rule.
Section 4. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true, and
such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a part
of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
Section 5. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or
inconsistent with any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict,
and the provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved
herein.
Section 6. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of Texas and the United States of America.
Section 7. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application of
such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City Council
hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid provision.
Section 8. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, as amended, Texas Government Code.
Section 9. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after the date of its
adoption, and it is so resolved.
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PASSED AND APPROVED, th of 24.
C Y OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
R Guti z, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Sheila Edmondson, ity Secretary
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Exhibit A
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas will
convene at its regular meeting place in the City Hall in Schertz, Texas, at 6:00 o'clock P.M.,
Schertz, Texas time on September 3, 2024, and, during such meeting, the City Council will
consider the passage of an ordinance or ordinances and take such other actions as may be deemed
necessary to authorize the issuance of one or more series of certificates of obligation in an
aggregate principal amount not to exceed $20,000,000 for the purpose or purposes of paying
contractual obligations of the City to be incurred for making permanent public improvements and
for other public purposes, to -wit: (1) constructing street improvements (including utilities repair,
replacement, and relocation), curbs, gutters, and sidewalk improvements, including drainage and
traffic safety signalization and signage incidental thereto; (2) the purchase of materials, supplies,
equipment, machinery, landscaping, land, and rights -of -way for authorized needs and purposes
relating to the aforementioned capital improvements; and (3) the payment of professional services
related to the design, construction, project management, and financing of the aforementioned
projects. The certificates of obligation (the Certificates) will be payable from the levy of an annual
ad valorem tax, within the limitations prescribed by law, upon all taxable property within the City
and from a lien on and pledge of certain revenues derived by the City from the operation of the
City's utility system. In accordance with Section 271.049, as amended, Texas Local Government
Code, (i) the current principal amount of all of the City's outstanding public securities secured by
and payable from ad valorem taxes is $93,405,000; (ii) the current combined principal and interest
required to pay all of the City's outstanding public securities secured by and payable from ad
valorem taxes on time and in full is $121,152,705.86; (iii) the estimated combined principal and
interest required to pay the Certificates to be authorized on time and in full is $29,468,685.51; (iv)
the maximum interest rate for the Certificates may not exceed the maximum legal interest rate;
and (v) the maximum maturity date of the Certificates to be authorized is August 1, 2044. The
Certificates are to be issued, and this notice is given, under and pursuant to the provisions of the
Certificate of Obligation Act of 1971, as amended, Texas Local Government Code Section
271.041 through Section 271.064, Chapter 1502, as amended, Texas Government Code, and the
City's Home Rule Charter.
/s/ Sheila Edmondson
City Secretary,
City of Schertz, Texas
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