HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 5496 ORDINANCE NO. 5496
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOT TO
EXCEED $3,800,000 OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REFUNDING
REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2012, BY THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,
ARKANSAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING THE CITY'S
OUTSTANDING WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REFUNDING REVENUE
BONDS, SERIES 2002B; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF A THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE
PURSUANT TO WHICH THE SERIES 2012 BONDS WILL BE ISSUED AND
SECURED; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN
OFFICIAL STATEMENT PURSUANT TO WHICH THE SERIES 2012
BONDS WILL BE OFFERED; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR THE
SALE OF THE SERIES 2012 BONDS; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF AN ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT PROVIDING
FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE SERIES 2002B BONDS; AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE
AGREEMENT; AND PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING
THERETO
WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas (the "City'), a city of the first class,
presently owns and operates a public water and sewer utility system (the "System") serving the
residents of the City and its environs; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized and empowered under the provisions of the
Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly Amendment 65 to the.
Constitution and Arkansas Code Annotated (1998 Repl. & 2011 Supp.) Sections 14-164-401 et
seq., Sections 14-234-201 et seq. and Sections 14-235-201 et seq. (collectively, and as from time
to time amended, the "Authorizing Legislation"), to issue and sell its water and sewer revenue
bonds and to expend the proceeds thereof to finance the costs of acquisition, construction,
equipping, improving, maintaining, operating and repairing the System, and to refund any bonds
issued under the Authorizing Legislation; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 4381 of the City, adopted and
approved on March 19, 2002, the City has previously issued its Water and Sewer System
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Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2002A and Series 2002B (collectively, the "Series
2002 Bonds"), in the original principal amount of $9,270,000, for the purpose of refunding
outstanding bonds of the City previously issued to finance and refinance the cost of
improvements to the System; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 4554 of the City, adopted and
approved on April 6, 2004, the City has previously issued its Water and Sewer System
Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2004 (the "Series 2004 Bonds"), in the original principal
amount of $6,090,000, for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds of the City previously
issued to finance and refinance the cost of improvements to the System; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 5235 of the City, adopted and
approved on April 21, 2009, the City has previously issued its Water and Sewer System Revenue
Bonds, Series 2009 (the "Series 2009 Bonds"), in the original principal amount of$8,210,000,
for the purpose of financing the cost of improvements to the System; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Authorizing Legislation, the City
has now determined to issue its Water and Sewer System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series
2012 (the "Series 2012 Bonds"), in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $3,800,000
for the purpose of (i) refunding all of the outstanding Series 2002B Bonds, and (iii) paying
printing, underwriting, legal and other expenses incidental to the issuance of the Series 2012
Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined to issue and secure the Series 2012 Bonds on a
parity basis with its outstanding Series 2004 Bonds and Series 2009 Bonds pursuant to that
certain Trust Indenture dated as of May 1, 2002, as amended and supplemented by a First
Supplemental Trust Indenture dated as of May 1, 2004, and by a Second Supplemental Trust
Indenture dated as of June 1, 2009 (as amended and supplemented, the "Original Indenture"), by
and between the City and BOKF, N.A. dba Bank of Oklahoma (formerly Bank of Oklahoma,
N.A.), Tulsa, Oklahoma, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as such Original Indenture may be amended
and supplemented pursuant to a Third Supplemental Trust Indenture (the "Third Supplemental
Indenture"), by and between the City and the Trustee, a form of which Third Supplemental
Indenture has been presented to and is before this meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to enter into a Bond Purchase Agreement (the "Bond
Purchase Agreement") in substantially the form presented to and before this meeting, with
Stephens Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas (the "Underwriter"), providing for the sale of the Series
2012 Bonds.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS:
Section 1: That the City Council hereby finds and declares that the current refunding of
the Series 2002B Bonds is in the best interests of the City and the customers of the System due to
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the reduction of the interest expense relating to the indebtedness represented by the Series 2002B
Bonds.
Section 2: Under the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas,
including particularly Amendment 65 to the Constitution of Arkansas and the Authorizing
Legislation, there is hereby authorized the issuance of bonds of the City to be designated as
"Water and Sewer System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2012" (the "Series 2012 Bonds").
The Series 2012 Bonds shall be issued in the original aggregate principal amount of not to
exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,800,000), shall mature not later than
August 15, 2017, and shall bear interest at the rates specified in the Bond Purchase Agreement.
The average yield on the Series 2012 Bonds shall not exceed 2.00%per annum. The proceeds of
the Series 2012 Bonds will be utilized, along with other available moneys, to effect a current
refunding of the Series 2002B Bonds and to pay printing, underwriting, legal and other expenses
incidental to the issuance of the Series 2012 Bonds. The Series 2012 Bonds shall be issued in
the forms and denominations, shall be dated, shall be numbered, shall mature, shall be subject to
redemption prior to maturity, and shall contain such other terms, covenants and conditions, all as
set forth in the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Third Supplemental
Indenture. The Series 2012 Bonds shall be issued and secured by net revenues of the System on
a parity basis with the pledge of net revenues securing the outstanding Series 2004 Bonds and
Series 2009 Bonds.
The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Series 2012
Bonds in substantially the form thereof contained in the Third Supplemental Indenture submitted
to this meeting, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the
Series 2012 Bonds and to affix the seal of the City thereto, and the Mayor and City Clerk are
hereby authorized and directed to cause the Series 2012 Bonds to be accepted and authenticated
by the Trustee. The Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Trustee, the Underwriter, and
Kutak Rock LLP, Little Rock, Arkansas ("Bond Counsel'), in order to complete the Series 2012
Bonds in substantially the form contained in the Third Supplemental Indenture submitted to this
meeting, with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Series 2012
Bonds,their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
Section 3: To prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the Series 2012 Bonds are
to be executed, authenticated, issued, accepted, held and secured,the Mayor is hereby authorized
and directed to execute and acknowledge the Third Supplemental Trust Indenture (the "Third
Supplemental Indenture"),by and between the City and the Trustee, and the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and acknowledge the Third Supplemental Indenture and to
affix the seal of the City thereto, and the Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and
directed to cause the Third Supplemental Indenture to be accepted, executed and acknowledged
by the Trustee. The Third Supplemental Indenture is hereby approved in substantially the form
submitted to this meeting, including, without limitation, the provisions thereof pertaining to the
pledge of System net revenues to the Series 2012 Bonds and the terms of the Series 2012 Bonds.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Trustee, the Underwriter and Bond Counsel in
order to complete the Third Supplemental Indenture in substantially the form submitted to this
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meeting, with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Third
Supplemental Indenture,their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Third Supplemental Indenture in substantially the
form authorized to be executed is on file with the City Clerk and is available for inspection by
any interested person.)
Section 4: There is hereby authorized and approved a Preliminary Official Statement of
the City, including the cover page and appendices attached thereto, relating to the Series 2012
Bonds. The Preliminary Official Statement is hereby "deemed final" by the City within the
meaning of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12. The distribution of the
Preliminary Official Statement is hereby approved. The Preliminary Official Statement, as
amended to conform to the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement, including Exhibit A thereto,
and with such other changes and amendments as are mutually agreed to by the City and the
Underwriter, is herein referred to as the "Official Statement," and the Mayor is hereby authorized
to execute the Official Statement for and on behalf of the City. The Official Statement is hereby
approved in substantially the form of the Preliminary Official Statement submitted to this
meeting, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Trustee, the Underwriter and
Bond Counsel in order to complete the Official Statement in substantially the form of the
Preliminary Official Statement submitted to this meeting, with such changes as shall be approved
by such persons,the Mayor's execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Preliminary Official Statement is on file with the City
Clerk and is available for inspection by any interested person.)
Section 5: In order to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the Series 2012
Bonds are to be sold to the Underwriter,the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a
Bond Purchase Agreement on behalf of the City, to be dated as of the date of its execution (the
"Bond Purchase Agreement"), by and between the City and the Underwriter, and the Bond
Purchase Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, and
the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Underwriter and Bond Counsel in order to
complete the Bond Purchase Agreement in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, with
such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Bond Purchase Agreement,
their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Bond Purchase Agreement in substantially the form
authorized to be executed is on file with the City Clerk and is available for inspection by any
interested person.)
Section 6: In order to provide for the redemption of the Series 2002B Bonds, the Mayor
is hereby authorized and directed to execute an Escrow Deposit Agreement to be dated as of the
date of its execution (the "Escrow Agreement"), by and between the City and BOKF, N.A. dba
Bank of Oklahoma, as escrow trustee (the "Escrow Trustee"), and the Mayor is hereby
authorized and directed to cause the Escrow Agreement to be executed by the Escrow Trustee.
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The Escrow Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form submitted to this meeting,
and the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Escrow Trustee, Underwriter and Bond
Counsel in order to complete the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form submitted to this
meeting, with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Escrow
Agreement,their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form
authorized to be executed is on file with the City Clerk and is available for inspection by any
interested person.)
Section 7: In order to provide for continuing disclosure of certain financial and operating
information with respect to the City and the System in compliance with the provisions of Rule
15c2-12 of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Mayor is hereby authorized and
directed to execute a Continuing Disclosure Agreement to be dated as of the date of its execution
(the "Continuing Disclosure Agreement"), by and between the City and Bank of Oklahoma,
N.A., as dissemination agent (the "Dissemination Agent'), and the Mayor is hereby authorized
and directed to cause the Continuing Disclosure Agreement to be executed by the Dissemination
Agent. The Continuing Disclosure Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form
submitted to this meeting, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Dissemination
Agent, Underwriter and Bond Counsel in order to complete the Continuing Disclosure
Agreement in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, with such changes as shall be
approved by such persons executing the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, their execution to
constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Continuing Disclosure Agreement in substantially the
form authorized to be executed is on file with the City Clerk and is available for inspection by
any interested person.)
Section 8: The rates for System Water Services enacted pursuant to Ordinance No. 5123,
adopted and approved on April 1, 2008, and the rates for System Sewer Services enacted
pursuant to Ordinance No. 5129, adopted and approved on April 15, 2008, and Ordinance No.
5438, adopted and approved on September 20, 2011, are hereby ratified and confirmed.
Section 9: The Mayor and City Clerk, for and on behalf of the City, are hereby
authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary to effect the issuance, sale, execution
and delivery of the Series 2012 Bonds and to effect the execution and delivery of the Third
Supplemental Indenture, the Bond Purchase Agreement, the Official Statement, the Escrow
Agreement, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and a Tax Regulatory Agreement relating to
the tax exemption of interest on the Series 2012 Bonds, and to perform all of the obligations of
the City under and pursuant thereto. The Mayor and the City Clerk are further authorized and
directed, for and on behalf of the City, to execute all papers, documents, certificates and other
instruments that may be required for the carrying out of such authority or to evidence the
exercise thereof.
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Section 10: The Series 2012 Bonds are hereby designated as "qualified tax-exempt
obligations" within the meaning of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the "Code"). The City hereby represents and covenants that the aggregate principal
amount of its tax-exempt obligations (excluding "private activity bonds" within the meaning of
Section 141 of the Code), including those of its subordinate entities, issued in calendar year 2012
will not exceed $10,000,000.
Section 11: Kutak Rock LLP, Little Rock, Arkansas, is hereby appointed to act as Bond
Counsel on behalf of the City in connection with the issuance and sale of the Series 2012 Bonds.
Section 12: The provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be severable, and if
any section, phrase or provision shall for any reason be declared to be illegal or invalid, such
declaration shall not affect the validity of the remainder of the sections, phrases or provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 13: All ordinances, resolutions and parts thereof in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
PASSED and APPROVED this 17th day P of April, 2012.
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Action Required:
This is a request to approve a bond ordinance authorizing the issuance of up to$3,800,000 of Water and Sewer
System Refunding Bonds.these bonds would be issued to refund the outstanding Water and Sewer Revenue
Bonds,Series 2002B.This would be a straight refinancing issue which could result savings of up to$260,000.
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Comments:
Revised January 15,2009
Taywe evi le THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS
DEPARTMENT CORRESPONDENCE
ARKANSAS
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA MEMO
To: Mayor Jordan and Members of the Fayetteville City Council
Thru: Don Marr,Chief of Staff
From: Paul A.Becker P AB.
Date: March 30 2012
Subject: Approval of a Bond Ordinance Authorizing the Issuance of Water and Sewer Refunding Bonds
PROPOSAL:
Due to the very low interest rates currently experience in the Municipal Bond Market, the City is
in a position to refinance the outstanding Water and Sewer 2002B Revenue Bond Issue. This refunding bond
issue would be up to $3,800,000.It could result in a savings of up to $260,000 to the City in reduced interest
costs.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the refunding of the outstanding Water and Sewer 2002B
Revenue Bonds.
BUDGETIMPACT:
This could result in a savings of up to $260,000 to the Water and Sewer Fund.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOT TO
EXCEED $3,800,000 OF WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REFUNDING
REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2012, BY THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,
ARKANSAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFUNDING THE CITY'S
OUTSTANDING WATER AND SEWER SYSTEM REFUNDING REVENUE
BONDS, SERIES 200213; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF A THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE
PURSUANT TO WHICH THE SERIES 2012 BONDS WILL BE ISSUED AND
SECURED; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF AN
OFFICIAL STATEMENT PURSUANT TO WHICH THE SERIES 2012
BONDS WILL BE OFFERED; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION AND
DELIVERY OF A BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR THE
SALE OF THE SERIES 2012 BONDS; AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF AN ESCROW DEPOSIT AGREEMENT PROVIDING
FOR THE REDEMPTION OF THE SERIES 2002B BONDS; AUTHORIZING
THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF A CONTINUING DISCLOSURE
AGREEMENT; AND PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING
THERETO
WHEREAS, the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas (the "City"), a city of the first class,
presently owns and operates a public water and sewer utility system (the "System") serving the
residents of the City and its environs; and
WHEREAS, the City is authorized and empowered under the provisions of the
Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas, including particularly Amendment 65 to the
Constitution and Arkansas Code Annotated (1998 Repl. & 2011 Supp.) Sections 14-164-401 et
seq., Sections 14-234-201 et seq. and Sections 14-235-201 et seg. (collectively, and as from time
to time amended, the "Authorizing Legislation"), to issue and sell its water and sewer revenue
bonds and to expend the proceeds thereof to finance the costs of acquisition, construction,
equipping, improving, maintaining, operating and repairing the System, and to refund any bonds
issued under the Authorizing Legislation; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 4381 of the City, adopted and
approved on March 19, 2002, the City has previously issued its Water and Sewer System
Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2002A and Series 2002B (collectively, the "Series
2002 Bonds"), in the original principal amount of $9,270,000, for the purpose of refunding
outstanding bonds of the City previously issued to finance and refinance the cost of
improvements to the System; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 4554 of the City, adopted and
approved on April 6, 2004, the City has previously issued its Water and Sewer System
Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2004 (the "Series 2004 Bonds"), in the original principal
amount of $6,090,000, for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds of the City previously
issued to finance and refinance the cost of improvements to the System; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Ordinance No. 5235 of the City, adopted and
approved on April 21, 2009, the City has previously issued its Water and Sewer System Revenue
Bonds, Series 2009 (the "Series 2009 Bonds"), in the original principal amount of$8,210,000,
for the purpose of financing the cost of improvements to the System; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the provisions of the Authorizing Legislation, the City
has now determined to issue its Water and Sewer System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series
2012 (the "Series 2012 Bonds"), in the aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $3,800,000
for the purpose of (i) refunding all of the outstanding Series 2002B Bonds, and (iii) paying
printing, underwriting, legal and other expenses incidental to the issuance of the Series 2012
Bonds; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined to issue and secure the Series 2012 Bonds on a
parity basis with its outstanding Series 2004 Bonds and Series 2009 Bonds pursuant to that
certain Trust Indenture dated as of May 1, 2002, as amended and supplemented by a First
Supplemental Trust Indenture dated as of May 1, 2004, and by a Second Supplemental Trust
Indenture dated as of June 1, 2009 (as amended and supplemented, the "Original Indenture"), by
and between the City and BOKF, N.A. dba Bank of Oklahoma (formerly Bank of Oklahoma,
N.A.), Tulsa, Oklahoma, as trustee (the "Trustee"), as such Original Indenture may be amended
and supplemented pursuant to a Third Supplemental Trust Indenture (the "Third Supplemental
Indenture"), by and between the City and the Trustee, a form of which Third Supplemental
Indenture has been presented to and is before this meeting; and
WHEREAS, the City proposes to enter into a Bond Purchase Agreement (the "Bond
Purchase Agreement") in substantially the form presented to and before this meeting, with
Stephens Inc., Fayetteville, Arkansas (the "Underwriter"), providing for the sale of the Series
2012 Bonds.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE,ARKANSAS:
Section 1: That the City Council hereby finds and declares that the current refunding of
the Series 2002B Bonds is in the best interests of the City and the customers of the System due to
the reduction of the interest expense relating to the indebtedness represented by the Series 2002B
Bonds.
Section 2: Under the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas,
including particularly Amendment 65 to the Constitution of Arkansas and the Authorizing
Legislation, there is hereby authorized the issuance of bonds of the City to be designated as
"Water and Sewer System Refunding Revenue Bonds, Series 2012" (the "Series 2012 Bonds').
The Series 2012 Bonds shall be issued in the original aggregate principal amount of not to
exceed Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,800,000), shall mature not later than
August 15, 2017, and shall bear interest at the rates specified in the Bond Purchase Agreement.
The average yield on the Series 2012 Bonds shall not exceed 2.00%per annum. The proceeds of
the Series 2012 Bonds will be utilized, along with other available moneys, to effect a current
refunding of the Series 2002B Bonds and to pay printing, underwriting, legal and other expenses
incidental to the issuance of the Series 2012 Bonds. The Series 2012 Bonds shall be issued in
the forms and denominations, shall be dated, shall be numbered, shall mature, shall be subject to
redemption prior to maturity, and shall contain such other terms, covenants and conditions, all as
set forth in the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by the Third Supplemental
Indenture. The Series 2012 Bonds shall be issued and secured by net revenues of the System on
a parity basis with the pledge of net revenues securing the outstanding Series 2004 Bonds and
Series 2009 Bonds.
The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Series 2012
Bonds in substantially the form thereof contained in the Third Supplemental Indenture submitted
to this meeting, and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the
Series 2012 Bonds and to affix the seal of the City thereto, and the Mayor and City Clerk are
hereby authorized and directed to cause the Series 2012 Bonds to be accepted and authenticated
by the Trustee. The Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Trustee, the Underwriter, and
Kutak Rock LLP, Little Rock, Arkansas ("Bond Counsel"), in order to complete the Series 2012
Bonds in substantially the form contained in the Third Supplemental Indenture submitted to this
meeting, with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Series 2012
Bonds,their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
Section 3: To prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the Series 2012 Bonds are
to be executed, authenticated, issued, accepted, held and secured, the Mayor is hereby authorized
and directed to execute and acknowledge the Third Supplemental Trust Indenture (the "Third
Supplemental Indenture"), by and between the City and the Trustee, and the City Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and acknowledge the Third Supplemental Indenture and to
affix the seal of the City thereto, and the Mayor and the City Clerk are hereby authorized and
directed to cause the Third Supplemental Indenture to be accepted, executed and acknowledged
by the Trustee. The Third Supplemental Indenture is hereby approved in substantially the form
submitted to this meeting, including, without limitation, the provisions thereof pertaining to the
pledge of System net revenues to the Series 2012 Bonds and the terms of the Series 2012 Bonds.
The Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Trustee, the Underwriter and Bond Counsel in
order to complete the Third Supplemental Indenture in substantially the form submitted to this
meeting, with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Third
Supplemental Indenture,their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Third Supplemental Indenture in substantially the
form authorized to be executed is on file with the City Clerk and is available for inspection by
any interested person.)
Section 4: There is hereby authorized and approved a Preliminary Official Statement of
the City, including the cover page and appendices attached thereto, relating to the Series 2012
Bonds. The Preliminary Official Statement is hereby "deemed final" by the City within the
meaning of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12. The distribution of the
Preliminary Official Statement is hereby approved. The Preliminary Official Statement, as
amended to conform to the terms of the Bond Purchase Agreement, including Exhibit A thereto,
and with such other changes and amendments as are mutually agreed to by the City and the
Underwriter, is herein referred to as the "Official Statement,"and the Mayor is hereby authorized
to execute the Official Statement for and on behalf of the City. The Official Statement is hereby
approved in substantially the form of the Preliminary Official Statement submitted to this
meeting, and the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Trustee, the Underwriter and
Bond Counsel in order to complete the Official Statement in substantially the form of the
Preliminary Official Statement submitted to this meeting, with such changes as shall be approved
by such persons,the Mayor's execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Preliminary Official Statement is on file with the City
Clerk and is available for inspection by any interested person.)
Section 5: In order to prescribe the terms and conditions upon which the Series 2012
Bonds are to be sold to the Underwriter, the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute a
Bond Purchase Agreement on behalf of the City, to be dated as of the date of its execution (the
"Bond Purchase Agreement"), by and between the City and the Underwriter, and the Bond
Purchase Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, and
the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Underwriter and Bond Counsel in order to
complete the Bond Purchase Agreement in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, with
such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Bond Purchase Agreement,
their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.
(Advice is given that a copy of the Bond Purchase Agreement in substantially the form
authorized to be executed is on file with the City Clerk and is available for inspection by any
interested person.)
Section 6: In order to provide for the redemption of the Series 2002B Bonds, the Mayor
is hereby authorized and directed to execute an Escrow Deposit Agreement to be dated as of the
date of its execution (the "Escrow Agreement"), by and between the City and BOKF, N.A. dba
Bank of Oklahoma, as escrow trustee (the "Escrow Trustee"), and the Mayor is hereby
authorized and directed to cause the Escrow Agreement to be executed by the Escrow Trustee.
The Escrow Agreement is hereby approved in substantially the form submitted to this meeting,
and the Mayor is hereby authorized to confer with the Escrow Trustee, Underwriter and Bond
Counsel in order to complete the Escrow Agreement in substantially the form submitted to this
meeting, with such changes as shall be approved by such persons executing the Escrow
Agreement, their execution to constitute conclusive evidence of such approval.