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ORD 2007-32-A - Issue Water - Sewer Bonds Series 2007 10-02-2007ORDINANCE NO. 2007-32A- ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007; AUTHORIZING THE PLEDGE OF CERTAIN REVENUES IN SUPPORT OF THE BOND; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND A PURCHASE AND INVESTMENT LETTER; AND AUTHORIZING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND fl v VILLE!Wwssxevmz ommanr ORDINANCE NO. 2007 -32 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007; AUTHORIZING THE PLEDGE OF CERTAIN REVENUES IN SUPPORT OF THE BOND; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND A PURCHASE AND INVESTMENT LETTER; AND AUTHORIZING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND TABLE OF CONTENTS HUMS VIUD W W SSRSVN07. 0N,—,e Page RECITALS .................................... ..............................1 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS ................... ..............................1 SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE BOND ........................... 1 SECTION 3. DESIGNATION, DATE, DENOMINATIONS, NUMBERS, AND MATURITIES OF THE BOND ...... ............................... 2 SECTION 4. INTEREST ...................... ..............................2 SECTION 5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOND . .............................. 3 SECTION 6. FORM OF BOND ................ ............................... 5 SECTION 7, PLEDGE OF NET REVENUES 5 SECTION 8. WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM FUND ...................... 5 SECTION 9. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND 6 SECTION 10. RESERVE FUND ................ ............................... 6 SECTION 11. TRANSFERS FROM FUNDS . ...... ............................... 7 SECTION 12. SECURITY OF FUNDS - INVESTMENTS ........................... 8 SECTION 13. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS - REFUNDING BONDS - OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY INFERIOR LIEN ...................... 8 SECTION 14. RATES AND CHARGES .......... SECTION 15. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION - INSURANCE . ................. 10 SECTION 16. RECORDS - ACCOUNTS - ACCOUNTING REPORTS ................. 10 SECTION 17. COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTEREST ON THE BONDS ................ ............................... 11 SECTION 18. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING ...................... 14 SECTION 19. SPECIAL COVENANTS .......... ............................... 14 SECTION 20. REMEDY IN EVENT OF DEFAULT ............................... 14 SECTION 21. SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS ........ ............................... 15 SECTION 22. DEFEASANCE OF THE BOND .... ............................... 15 SECTION 23. DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED BOND ... 16 SECTION 24. AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE .. ............................... 17 SECTION 25. SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE BOND ............................ 19 SECTION 26. CUSTODY, APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF THE BOND; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION, BOND INSURANCE AND CUSIP NUMBERS ...................... .............................19 HUMS VIUD W W SSRSVN07. 0N,—,e Page SECTION 27. AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE UPON DISCHARGE OR AMENDMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BONDS .................. 20 SECTION 28. NO RECOURSE AGAINST CITY OFFICIALS ....................... 23 SECTION 29. FURTHER ACTIONS ............ ............................... 23 SECTION 30. INTERPRETATIONS ............ ............................... 24 SECTION 31. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS .... ............................... 24 SECTION 32. INTERESTED PARTIES ......... ............................... 24 SECTION 33. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS . ............................... 24 SECTION 34. SEVERABILITY ................ ............................... 24 SECTION 35. REPEALER ...................... .............................24 SECTION 36. EFFECTIVE DATE .............. ............................... 24 Signatures and Seal ............................ .............................25 Exhibit A - Definitions Exhibit B - Form of Series 2007 Bond Exhibit C - Description of Annual Financial Information Hui 'Viu,F/wWSSREVwx Ord =� ii ORDINANCE NO. 2007-32 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007; AUTHORIZING THE PLEDGE OF CERTAIN REVENUES IN SUPPORT OF THE BOND; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND A PURCHASE AND INVESTMENT LETTER; AND AUTHORIZING OTHER MA'T'TERS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WALKER CITY OF HUNTSVILLE WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to issue $ 1,995,000 of revenue bonds for the purpose of improvements and extensions to the City's Waterworks and Sewer System (hereinafter defined) and payment of professional services including legal, fiscal, architectural, engineer and any costs of issuance and the City Council deems it necessary and desirable to issue such bonds at this time; and WHEREAS, the Bond (hereinafter defined) authorized by this Ordinance is being issued and delivered pursuant to the City Charter and to Chapter 1502,, Texas Government Code, as amended, and other applicable laws; and WHEREAS, the City Council further finds and determines that the revenue bonds herein authorized can be issued on parity with the Previously Issued Bonds (hereinafter defined) payable from and secured by a first lien on and a pledge of the Net Revenues of the City's Combined Waterworks and Sewer System in that the terms and conditions precedent specified for the issuance of parity additional obligations have been satisfied; and WHEREAS, it is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this Ordinance was passed was open to the public, and public notice of the time, place and purpose of said meeting was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS THAT: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. For all purposes of this Ordinance, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in Exhibit "A" to this Ordinance have the meanings assigned to them in Exhibit "A ". SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND PURPOSE OF THE BOND. The bond or bonds ofthe City further described in Section 3 of this Ordinance and herein defined as the Bond are hereby authorized to be issued and delivered in the aggregate principal amount of $1,995,000 FOR THE PURPOSE HWTSVLLDIVWSSUVOV: OrdN ncl OF IMPROVEMENTS AND EXTENSIONS TO THE CITY'S WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM (HEREINAFTER DEFINED) AND PAYMENT OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES INCLUDING LEGAL, FISCAL, ARCHITECTURAL, ENGINEERAND COSTS OF ISSUANCE. SECTION 3. DESIGNATION, DA'Z'E, DENOMINATION, NUMBERS, AND MATURITIES OF THE BOND. The Bond issued pursuant to this Ordinance for the purpose described in Section 2 of this Ordinance shall be designated: "CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007," and initially there shall be issued, sold, and delivered hereunder one fully registered bond, dated October 15, 2007, in the denomination and principal amount hereinafter stated, numbered consecutively from R -t upward (except the initial Bond delivered to the Attorney General of the State of Texas which shall be numbered T -1), payable to the respective initial registered owners thereof (as designated in Section 25 hereof), or to the registered assignee or assignees of the Bond or any portion or portions thereof (in each case, the "Registered Owner "), and the Bond shall have a final maturity date of August 15, 2017 in the principal amount of $1,995,000. SECTION 4. INTEREST. The Bond shall bear interest from the dates specified in the FORM OF BOND set forth in Exhibit 'B" to this Ordinance to their respective date of maturity or redemption prior to maturity at a rate of 4.025 %. Said interest shall be payable in the manner provided and on the dates stated in the FORM OF BOND set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. __SECTION 5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOND. (a) Registration, Transfer, and Exchange; Authentication. The City shall keep or cause to be kept at the designated office for payment ofJPMorgan Chase Bank, MA., (the "Paying Agent /Registrar ") books or records for the registration ofthe transfer and exchange of the Bond (the "Registration Books "), and the Cityhereby appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar as its registrar and transfer agent to keep such books or records and make such registrations of transfers and exchanges under such reasonable regulations as the City and Paying Agent /Registrar may prescribe; and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall make such registrations, transfers and exchanges as herein provided. The Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement between the City and the Paying Agent /Registrar, in substantially the form presented to the City Council at the meeting at which this Ordinance was considered, is hereby approved and the Mayor and City Secretary of the City are hereby authorized to execute the Paying Agent/Registrar Agreement and approve any changes in the final form thereof. The Paying Agent /Registrar shall obtain and record in the Registration Books the address of the registered owner of each Bond to which payments with respect to the Bond shall be mailed, as herein provided; but it shall be the duty of each registered owner to notify the Paying Agent/Registrar in writing of the address to which payments shall be mailed, and such interest payments shall not be mailed unless such notice has been given. To the extent possible and under reasonable circumstances, all transfers of the Bond shall be made within three business days after request and presentation thereof. The City shall have the right to inspect the Registration Books during regular business hours of the Paying Agent /Registrar, but otherwise the Paying Agent/Registrar shall keep the Registration HUNT VILL&WWSSRMF: DM ance Books confidential and, unless otherwise required by law, shall not permit their inspection by any other entity. The Paying Agent /Registrar's standard or customary fees and charges for making such registration, transfer, exchange and delivery of a substitute Bond or Bonds shall be paid as provided in the FORM OF BOND set forth in Exhibit 'B" to this Ordinance. Registration of assignments, transfers and exchanges of the Bond shall be made in the mamrer provided and with the effect stated in the FORM OF BOND set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. Each substitute Bond shall bear a letter and /or number to distinguish it from each other Bond. Except as provided in (c) below, an authorized representative of the Paying Agent/Registrar shall, before the delivery of any such Bond, date and manually sign the Paying Agent/Registrar's Authentication Certificate, and no such Bond shall be deemed to be issued or outstanding unless such Certificate is so executed. The Paying Agent /Registrar promptly shall cancel all paid Bonds and Bonds surrendered for transfer and exchange. No additional ordinances, orders or resolutions need be passed or adopted by the governing body of the City or any other body or person so as to accomplish the foregoing transfer and exchange of any Bond or portion thereof, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall provide for the preparation, execution and delivery of the substitute Bonds in the manner prescribed herein. Pursuant to Chapter 1201, Texas Government Code, and particularly Subchapter D thereof, the duty of transfer and exchange of Bonds as aforesaid is hereby imposed upon the Paying Agent /Registrar, and, upon the execution of said Certificate, the transferred and exchanged Bond shall be valid, incontestable and enforceable in the same manner and with the same effect as the Bonds which initially were issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, approved by the Attorney General and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts. (b) Payment of Bonds and Interest. The City hereby further appoints the Paying Agent/Registrar to act as the paying agent for paying the principal of and interest on the Bonds, all as provided in this Ordinance. The Paying Agent/ Registrar shall keep proper records ofall payments made by the City and the Paying Agent /Registrar with respect to the Bonds. (c) In General, The Bond (i) shall be issued in fully registered form with the principal of and interest on the Bond to be payable only to the registered owners thereof, (ii) may and shall be redeemed prior to its scheduled maturity, (iii) may be transferred and assigned, ('iv) may be exchanged for other Bonds of the same Series, (v) shall have the characteristics, (vi) shall be signed, sealed, executed and authenticated, (vii) the principal ofand interest on the Bonds shall be payable, and (viii) shall be administered and the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City shall have certain duties and responsibilities with respect to the Bond, all as provided, and in the manner and to the effect as required or indicated, in the FORM OF BOND set forth in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. The Bond initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance is not required to be, and shall not be, authenticated by the Paying Agent/ Registrar, but on each substitute Bond issued in exchange for the Bond issued under this Ordinance, the Paying Agent /Registrar shall execute the PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE, in the form set forth in the FORM OF BOND. (d) Substitute Paving A,gent/Registrar. The City covenants with the registered owners of the Bond that at all times while the Bond is outstanding the City will provide a competent and legally H"N VILL£WWSSRFA'07. 0Ninance qualified bank, trust company, financial institution or other entity to act as and perform the services of Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bond under this Ordinance, and that the Paying Agent/Registrar will be one entity. The City reserves the right to, and may, at its option and to the extent permitted by law, (i) act in the capacity of Paying Agent/Registrar or (ii) change the Paying Agent/Registrar upon not less than 30 days written notice to the Paying Agent/Registrar, to be effective at such time which will not disrupt or delay payment on the next principal or interest payment date after such notice. In the event that the entity at anytime acting as Paying Agent /Registrar (or its successor by merger, acquisition or other method) should resign or otherwise cease to act as such, the City covenants that promptly it will assume the duties or will appoint a competent and legally qualified bank, trust company, financial institution or other agency to act as Paying Agent/Registrar under this Ordinance. Upon any change in the Paying Agent /Registrar, the previous Paying Agent/Registrar promptly shall transfer and deliver the Registration Books (or a copy thereof), along with all other pertinent books and records relating to the Bond, to the new Paying Agent /Registrar designated and appointed by the City. Upon any change in the Paying Agent/Registrar, the City promptly will cause a written notice thereof to be sent by the new Paying Agent /Registrar to each registered owner of the Bond, by United States mail, first -class postage prepaid, which notice also shall give the address of the new Paying Agent /Registrar. By accepting the position and performing as such, each Paying Agent/Registrar shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions of this Ordinance, and a certified copy of this Ordinance shall be delivered to each Paying Agent /Registrar. (e) Book - Entry -Only System for Bonds. The Bonds issued in exchange for the Bond initially issued to the purchaser specified in Section 25 herein shall be initially issued in the form of a separate single fully registered Bond payable in installments in the aggregate principal amount. SECTION 6. FORM OF BOND. The form of the Bond, including the form of Paying Agent /Registrar's Authentication Certificate, the form of Assignment and the form of Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas to be attached only to the Bond initially issued and delivered pursuant to this Ordinance, shall be, respectively, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit 'B " hereto, with such appropriate variations, omissions or insertions as are permitted or required by this Ordinance. SECTION 7. PLEDGE OF NET REVENUES. (a) The City hereby covenants and agrees that all Net Revenues of the System, with the exception of those in excess of the amounts required to establish and maintain the special funds created for the payment and security ofthe Bonds Similarly Secured, are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the Previously Issued Bonds, the Bonds and Additional Bonds, if issued including the establishment and maintenance of the special funds created and established for the payment and security thereof, all as hereinafter provided. It is hereby ordained that the Bonds Similarly Secured and the interest thereon, shall constitute a first lien on the Net Revenues of the System in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Ordinance, which lien shall be valid and binding without any physical delivery thereof or further act by the City. Chapter 1208, Government Code, applies to the issuance of the Bonds and the pledge of revenues granted by the City under this Section 7, and such pledge is therefore valid, effective and perfected. If Texas law is amended at any time while the Bonds are outstanding and unpaid such that the pledge of revenues granted by the City under this Section 7 is to be subject to the filing requirements of 11M SV1LLE!W WSSU,,vw]: ONmance Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code, then in order to preserve to the registered owners of the Bonds the perfection of the security interest in said pledge, the City agrees to take such measures as it determines are reasonable and necessary under Texas law to comply with the applicable provisions of Chapter 9, Business & Commerce Code and enable a filing to perfect the security interest in said pledge to occur. - SECTION 8. WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM FUND. The City hereby covenants and agrees that Gross Revenues of the System (excluding earnings and income derived from investments held in the Interest and Sinking Fund and Reserve Fund) shall be deposited as collected to the credit of a fund maintained at a Depository and known on the books and records of the City as the "Water and Sewer Fund" (herein called the "System Fund "), and such revenues ofthe System shall be kept separate and apart from all other funds of the City. All Gross Revenues deposited in the System Fund shall be pledged and appropriated to the extent required for the following uses and in the order of priority shown: (a) To the payment of all necessary and reasonable Maintenance and Operating Expenses as defined herein or required by statute to be a first charge on and claim against the Gross Revenues thereof. (b) To the payment of the amounts required to be deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund established and maintained for the payment of Debt Service on the Bonds Similarly Secured as the same becomes due and payable. (c) To the payment of the amounts required to be deposited in the Reserve Fund to accumulate and maintain therein the Required Reserve in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance or any other ordinance relating to issuance of Bonds Similarly Secured. Any Net Revenues remaining in the System Fund after satisfying the foregoing payments, or making adequate and sufficient provision for the payment thereof, may be appropriated and used for any other City purpose now or hereafter permitted by law. SECTJON 4. INTEREST AND SINKING FUND. To provide funds to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds Similarly Secured as the same shall become due and payable, the City hereby agrees and covenants to maintain at a Depository a special Account or Fund known as the "City of Huntsville Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds Interest and Sinking Fund: (the "Interest and Sinking Fund "). In addition to the payments required to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund in accordance with the provisions of the ordinance authorizing the Previously Issued Bonds, the City covenants that there shall be deposited into the Interest and Sinking Fund prior to each principal and interest payment date for the Bonds from the Net Revenues an amount equal to One Hundred Per Certain (100 %) of the amount required to fully pay the interest on and principal of the Bonds then falling due and payable, such deposits to the Interest and Sinking Fund to pay accrued interest and maturing principal on the Bonds to be made in substantially equal monthly installments on or before the I" day of each month beginning on or before the 15° day of the month next following the month the Bonds are delivered to the Purchaser. HCNMJLLE W W SgRL V,OJ: ONiname 5 If the City shall, for any reason, fail to pay into the Interest and Sinking Fund in any month the full amounts above stipulated, amounts equivalent to such deficiencies shall be set apart and paid into said Interest and Sinking Fund from the first available and unallocated Net Revenues of the following month or months, and such payments shall be in addition to the amounts hereinabove provided to be otherwise paid into the Interest and Sinking Fund dining such month or months. Money in the Interest and Sinking Fund shall be used only to pay the principal of and interest on the Previously Issued Bonds, the Bond and Additional Bonds. Any surplus proceeds of sale of the Bond shall be deposited hr the Interest and Sinking Fund, and such deposits shall be taken into consideration and reduce the amount of the monthly installments otherwise required to be deposited in the Interest and Sinking Fund from the Net Revenues of the System. ___SECTtoN 10. RESERVE FUND. For purposes of accumulating and maintaining funds as a reserve for the payment of the Bonds Simlarly Secured, the City agrees and covenants to create and maintain on the books and records of the City a separate and special fund or account known as the "Revenue Bond Reserve Fund" (the "Reserve Fund "), and all funds deposited to the credit of such fund shall be kept and maintained in a special banking account or fund maintained at a Depository. All funds deposited therein (excluding earnings and income derived or received from deposits or investments which may be transferred to the System Fund referred to in Section 8 hereof during such periods as there is on deposit in the Reserve Fund the Required Reserve) shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds Similarly Secured when (whether at maturity, upon a mandatory redemption date or any interest payment date) other funds available for such purposes are insufficient, and, in addition, may be used to the extent not required to maintain the Required Reserve, to pay, or provide for the payment of, the final principal amount of a series of Bonds Similarly Secured so that such series of Bonds Similarly Secured is no longer deemed to be Outstanding as such term is defined herein. The City hereby reaffirms that it will accumulate and, when accumulated, continuously maintain in the Reserve Fund an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Average Annual Debt Service (calculated on a Fiscal Year basis) for all Bonds Similarly Secured then Outstanding, as determined on the date each series of Additional Bonds are delivered or incurred, as the case may be, or (ii) the maximum amount in a reasonably required reserve fund that can be invested without restriction as to yield pursuant to Subsection (d) or Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder — the "Required Reserve." By reason of the issuance of the Bonds, the Required Reserve shall be an amount equal to the Average Annual Debt Service (calculated on a Fiscal Year basis) for all Bonds Similarly Secured that are Outstanding at the time the provisions hereof become operative and effective, and the City shall continue to make monthly deposits in the Reserve Fund, if then required, on or before the 1" day of each month in substantially equal amounts so that the Required Reserve shall have been accumulated in the Reserve Fund within 60 months from the date of issuance of the Bonds. HLNTSVLL&W&SSREVOV Ordinance 6 When and so long as the cash and investments in the Reserve Fund total not Iess than the Required Reserve, no deposits need be made to the credit of the Reserve Fund; but, if and when the Reserve Fund at any time contains less than the Required Reserve, the City covenants and agrees to cure the deficiency in the Required Reserve by resuming monthly deposits to said fund from the Net Revenues of the System; such monthly deposits to be in amounts equal to not less than 1 /60th of the then total Required Reserve to be maintained in said fund and to be made on or before the 15' day of each month until the total Required Reserve then to be maintained in said Fund has been fully restored. The City further covenants and agrees that, subject only to the payments to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fetid, the Net Revenues shall be applied and appropriated and used to establish and maintain the Required Reserve and to cure any deficiency in such amounts as required by the terms of this Ordinance and any other ordinance pertaining to the issuance of Additional Bonds. During such tines as the Reserve Fund contains the total Required Reserve, the City may, at its option, withdraw all surplus in the Reserve Fund in excess of the Required Reserve and deposit such surplus in the System Fund. SECTION 11. TRANSFERS FROM FUNDS. While any ofthe Bonds are Outstanding, the proper officers of the City are hereby authorized to transfer or cause to be transferred to the Paying Agent /Registrar, from funds on deposit in the Interest and Sinking Fund and, if necessary, in the Reserve Fund, amounts sufficient to fully pay and discharge promptly each installment of interest and principal of the Bond as the same accrue or mature; such transfer of funds to be made in such manner as will cause immediately available fiends to be deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bond at the close of the last business day next preceding the date of a payment for the Bond. _ _SECTION 12. SECURITY OF FUNDS - INVESTMENTS. (a) Moneys on deposit in the funds referred to in this Ordinance (except any portion thereof as may be at any time properly invested) shall be secured in the manner and to the fullest extent permitted by law for the security of public funds, and moneys on deposit in such funds shall be used only for the purposes permitted by this Ordinance. (b) Money deposited to the credit of any fund referenced in this Ordinance may, at the option of the City be invested in funds and obligations authorized and identified in the Public Funds Investment Act, as amended (Government Code, Chapter 2256); provided, however, the investment of moneys in the Interest and Sinking Fund and Reserve Fund shall be restricted to Government Obligations and time deposits or certificates of deposit secured (to the extent not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) by Govermment Obligations; provided that all such deposits and investments shall be made in such a manner that the money required to be expended from any fund will be available at the proper time or times. Such investments (except State and Local Government Series investments held in book entry form, which shall at all times be valued at cost) shall be valued in terms of current market value within 45 days of the close of each Fiscal Year and, with respect to investments held for the account of the Reserve Fund, within 30 days of the date of passage of each ordinance authorizing the issuance of Additional Bonds. All interest and income derived from deposits and investments in the Interest and Sinking Fund immediately shall be credited to, and any losses debited to, the Interest and Sinking Fund. All interest and interest income derived f:N+ VULLFWWSSREVX Ordineru� from deposits in and investments of the Reserve Fund shall, subject to the limitations provided in Section 10 hereof, be credited to and deposited in the System Fund. All such investments shall be sold promptly when necessary to prevent any default in connection with the Bonds. —SECTION 13. ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL BONDS - REFUNDING BONDS - OBLIGATIONS SECURED BY INFERIOR LIEN. (a) Subject to the provisions hereinafter appearing as to conditions precedent which must be satisfied, the City reserves the right to issue, from time to time as needed, Additional Bonds for any lawful purpose. Such Additional Bonds may be issued in such form and manner as now or hereafter authorized by the laws of the State of Texas for the issuance of evidences of indebtedness or other instruments, and should new methods or financing techniques be developed that differ from those now available and in normal use, the City reserves the right to employ the same in its financing arrangements provided only that the following conditions precedent for the authorization and issuance of the same are satisfied, to wit: (1) The Director of Finance of the City (or other officer of the City then having the primary responsibility for the financial affairs of the City) shall have executed a certificate stating (a) that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the City is not then in default as to any covenant, obligation or agreement contained in any ordinance or other proceeding relating to any obligations of the City payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System that would materially affect the security or payment of such obligations and (b) either (i) payments into all special funds or accounts created and established for the payment and security of all outstanding obligations payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System have been made and the amounts on deposit in such special funds or accounts are the amounts then required to be on deposit therein or (ii) the application of the proceeds of sale of such obligations then being issued will cure any such deficiency. (2) The Additional Bonds shall be scheduled to stature or be payable as to principal on February 15 or August 15 (or both) in each year the same are to be outstanding or during the term thereof. (3) The City has secured a certificate or opinion of an independent Certified Public Accountant to the effect that, according to the books and records of the City, the Net Earnings, for the preceding Fiscal Year or for 12 consecutive months out of the 15 months immediately preceding the month the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Additional Bonds is adopted, are at least equal to (i) 1.10 times the maximum Debt Service Requirement and (ii) 1.25 times the Average Annual Debt Service for all Bonds Similarly Secured then Outstanding after giving effect to the issuance of the Additional Bonds then being issued. In making a determination of the Net Earnings, the Accountant may take into consideration a change in the rates and charges for services and facilities afforded by the System that became effective at least 60 days prior to the last day of the period for which Net Earnings are determined and, for purposes of satisfying the above Net Earnings test, make a pro forma determination of the Net Earnings of the System for the period of time covered by his i{O VTLLL VSSREV'O:O inanm certification or opinion based on such change in rates and charges being in effect for the entire period covered by the Accountant's certificate or opinion. As used in this Section, the tenn "Net Earnings" shall mean the Gross Revenues ofthe System after deducting the Maintenance and Operating Expenses ofthe System, but not depreciation charges or expenditures which, under generally accepted accounting principles, should be charged to capital expenditures. (b) The City reserves the right to issue refunding bonds to refund all or any part of the Bonds Similarly Secured (pursuant to any law then available) upon such terms and conditions as the City Council of the City may deem to be in the best interest of the City and its inhabitants, and if less than all such Bonds Similarly Secured then outstanding are refunded, the conditions precedent prescribed (for the issuance of Additional Bonds) set forth in subparagraph (a) (3) shall give effect to the Debt Service of the proposed refunding bonds (and shall not give effect to the Debt Service of the Bonds Similarly Secured being refunded following their cancellation or provision being made for their payment). (c) The City hereby reserves the right to issue obligations payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, junior and subordinate in rank and dignity to the lien and pledge securing the payment of the Bonds Similarly Secured, as may he authorized by the laws of the State of Texas. _SECTION 14. RATES AND CHARGES. For the benefit of the Holders of the Bonds and in addition to all provisions and covenants in the laws ofthe State of Texas and in this Ordinance, the City hereby expressly stipulates and agrees, while any of the Bonds are Outstanding, to establish and maintain rates and charges for facilities and services afforded by the System that are reasonably expected, on the basis of available information and experience and with due allowance for contingencies, to produce Gross Revenues in each Fiscal Year sufficient: (a) To pay Maintenance and Operating Expenses, depreciation charges and replacement and betterment costs, (b) To produce Net Revenues sufficient to pay the current Debt Service on the Bonds Similarly Secured then Outstanding and the amounts required to be deposited in any reserve or contingency fund created for the payment and security of the Bonds Similarly Secured, or other evidences of indebtedness issued or incurred that are payable only from and secured solely by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, and (c) To produce Net Revenues equal to at least 1.10 times the annual Debt Service for the Bonds Similarly Secured then Outstanding. (d) To pay all other indebtedness payable from the Net Revenues and/or secured by a lien on the properties or the revenues of the System. H(.N` VIUEWWSSRE %WO 0nin c SECTION 15. MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION - INSURANCE. The City shall maintain the System in good condition and operate the same in an efficient manner and at reasonable cost. In regard to the operations and properties of the System, the City also agrees to carry and maintain liability and property damage insurance of the kind and in the amounts carried by municipal corporations in Texas owning and operating similar facilities and providing like services; provided, however, the City in lieu of and/or in combination with carrying such insurance may self - insure against such perils and risks by establishing self-insurance reserves. Annually each year not later than the end ofeach Fiscal Year, the City shall prepare or cause to be prepared by a person competent and knowledgeable in such matters a written evaluation of the adequacy of such self - insurance and /or insurance coverage and of any recommended changes in regard to the City's insurance /self - insurance policies, practices and procedures. SECTION 16. RECORDS - ACCOUNTS - ACCOUNTING REPORTS. The City hereby covenants and agrees that while the Bond is Outstanding, it will keep and maintain separate and complete records and accounts pertaining to the operations of the System in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating thereto, as provided by Chapter 1502, Texas Government Code, as amended or other applicable law. The Holders of any Bonds or any duly authorized agent or agents of such Holders shall have the right at all reasonable times to inspect such records, accounts and data relating thereto, and to inspect the System an all properties comprising same. The City further agrees that following the close of each Fiscal Year, it will cause an audit of such books and accounts to be made by an independent firm of Certified Public Accountants. Each such audit, in addition to whatever other matters may be thought proper by the accountant, shall particularly include the following: (a) A statement of the income and expenses of the System for such Fiscal Year. (b) A balance sheet for the System as of the end of such Fiscal Year. (c) The Accountant's comments regarding the manner in which the City has carried out the requirements of this Ordinance and any other ordinance authorizing the issuance of Additional Bonds and his recommendations for any changes or improvements in the operations, records and accounts of the System. Expenses incurred in making an annual audit of the operations of the System are to be regarded as Maintenance and Operating Expenses. Copies of each annual audit shall be furnished to the Executive Director of the Municipal Advisory Council of Texas at his office in Austin, Texas, and, upon request, to the initial Purchasers of the Bond and subsequent Holders of the said Bond. The audits herein required shall be made within 120 days following the close of each Fiscal Year insofar as is possible. SECTION 17. COVENANTS REGARDING TAX EXEMPTION OF INTEREST ON THE BOND. (a) Covenants. The City covenants to take any action necessary to assure, or refrain from any action which would adversely affect, the treatment of the Bond as an obligation described in section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code "), the interest on which 11 M VILLG�4VWSSRyVX: Ordinance 10 is not includable in the "gross income" of the holder for purposes of federal income taxation. In furtherance thereof, the City covenants as follows: (1) to take any action to assure that no more than 10 percent of the proceeds of the Bond or the projects financed therewith (less amounts deposited to a reserve fund, if any) are used for any "private business use," as defined in section 141(b)(6) of the Code or, if more than 10 percent of the proceeds or the projects financed therewith are so used, such amounts, whether or not received by the City, with respect to such private business use, do not, under the terms of this Ordinance or any underlying arrangement, directly or indirectly, secure or provide for the payment of more than 10 percent of the debt service on the Bond, in contravention of section 141(b)(2) of the Code; (2) to take any action to assure that in the event that the "private business use" described in subsection (1) hereof exceeds 5 percent of the proceeds of the Bond or the projects financed therewith (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any) then the amount in excess of 5 percent is used for a "private business use" which is "related" and not "disproportionate," within the meaning of section 14l (b)(3) of the Code, to the governmental use; (3) to take any action to assure that no amount which is greater than the lesser of $5,000,000, or 5 percent of the proceeds of the Bond (less amounts deposited into a reserve fund, if any) is directly or indirectly used to finance loans to persons, other than state or local governmental units, in contravention of section 141(c) of the Code; (4) to refrain from taking any action which would otherwise result in the Bond being treated as a "private activity bond" within the meaning of section 141(b) of the Code; (5) to refrain from taking any action that would result in the Bond being "federally guaranteed" within the meaning of section 149(b) of the Code; (6) to refrain from using any portion of the proceeds of the Bond, directly or indirectly, to acquire or to replace funds which were used, directly or indirectly, to acquire investment property (as defined in section 148(b)(2) ofthe Code) which produces a materially higher yield over the term of the Bonds, other than investment property acquired with -- (A) proceeds of the Bond invested for a reasonable temporary period of 3 years or less or, in the case of a refunding bond, for a period of 30 days or less until such proceeds are needed for the purpose for which the bonds are issued, (B) amounts invested in a bona fide debt service fund, within the meaning of section 1.148 -1(b) of the Treasury Regulations, and eLN�VTLLeiwwssRFV07, omma"ee I I (C) amounts deposited in any reasonably required reserve or replacement fund to the extent such amounts do not exceed 10 percent of the proceeds of the Bond; (7) to otherwise restrict the use of the proceeds of the Bond or amounts treated as proceeds of the Bond, as maybe necessary, so that the Bond does not otherwise contravene the requirements of section 148 of the Code (relating to arbitrage) and, to the extent applicable, section 149(d) of the Code (relating to advance refnndings); and (8) to pay to the United States of America at least once during each five -year period (beginning on the date of delivery of the Bond) an amount that is at least equal to 90 percent of the "Excess Earnings" within the meaning of section 148(0 of the Code and to pay to the United States of America, not later than 60 days after the Bond has been paid in full, 100 percent of the amount then required to be paid as a result of Excess Earnings under section 148(f) of the Code. (b) Rebate Fund In order to facilitate compliance with the above covenant (8), a "Rebate Fund" is hereby established by the City for the sole benefit of the United States of America, and such fund shall not be subject to the claim of any other person, including without limitation the bondholders. The Rebate Fund is established for the additional purpose of compliance with section 148 of the Code. (c) Proceeds. The City understands that the term "proceeds" includes "disposition proceeds" as defined in the Treasury Regulations and, in the case of refunding bonds, transferred proceeds (if any) and proceeds of the refunded bonds expended prior to the date of issuance of the Bond. It 1s the understanding of the City that the covenants contained herein are intended to assure compliance with the Code and any regulations or rulings promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant thereto. In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated which modify or expand provisions of the Code, as applicable to the Bond, the City will not be required to comply with any covenant contained herein to the extent that such failure to comply, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, will not adversely aMet the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Bond under section 103 of the Code. In the event that regulations or rulings are hereafter promulgated which impose additional requirements which are applicable to the Bond, the City agrees to comply with the additional requirements to the extent necessary, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, to preserve the exemption from federal income taxation of interest on the Bond under section 103 of the Code. In furtherance of such intention, the Cityhereby authorizes and directs the CityManager to execute any documents, certificates or reports required by the Code and to make such elections, on behalf of the City, which may be permitted by the Code as are consistent with the purpose for the issuance of the Bond. (d) Allocation Of, and Limitation On, Expenditures for the Project. The City covenants to account for the expenditure of sale proceeds and investment earnings to be used for the purposes described in Section 2 of this Ordinance (the "Project') on its books and records in accordance with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. The City recognizes that in order for the proceeds 11MN V1LLDA'IV5SREN07'. ONinanco 12 to be considered used for the reimbursement of costs, the proceeds must be allocated to expenditures within 18 months of the later of the date that (1) the expenditure is made,, or (2) the Project is completed; but in no event later than three years after the date on which the original expenditure is paid. The foregoing notwithstanding, the City recognizes that in order for proceeds to be expended under the Internal Revenue Code, the sale proceeds or investment earnings must be expended no more than 60 days after the earlier of (1) the fifth anniversary of the delivery of the Bond, or (2) the date the Bond are retired. The City agrees to obtain the advice of nationally-recognized bond counsel if such expenditure fails to comply with the foregoing to assure that such expenditure will not adversely affect the tax - exempt status of the Bond. For purposes hereof, the City shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains an opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax purposes from gross income of the interest. (e) Disposition of Project. The City covenants that the property constituting the Project will not be sold or otherwise disposed in a transaction resulting in the receipt by the City of cash or other compensation, unless the City obtains an opinion ofnationally- recognized bond counsel that such sale or other disposition will not adversely affect the tax - exempt status of the Bond. For purposes of the foregoing, the portion of the property comprising personal property and disposed in the ordinary course shall not be treated as a transaction resulting in the receipt of cash or other compensation. For purposes hereof, the City shall not be obligated to comply with this covenant if it obtains an opinion that such failure to comply will not adversely affect the excludability for federal income tax purposes from gross income of the interest. (f) Designation as Qualified Tax - Exempt Obligations. The City hereby designates the Bond as "qualified tax - exempt bonds" as defined in section 265(b)(3) of the Code. In furtherance of such designation, the City represents, covenants and warrants the following: (a) that during the calendar year in which the Bond is issued, the City (including any subordinate entities) has not designated nor will designate bonds, which when aggregated with the Bond, will result in more than $10,000,000 of "qualified tax - exempt bonds" being issued; (b) that the City reasonably anticipates that the amount of tax - exempt obligations issued, during the calendar year in which the Bond is issued, by the City (or any subordinate entities) will not exceed S 10,000,000; and, (c) that the City will take such action or refrain from such action as necessary, and as more particularly set forth in this Section, in order that the Bond will not be considered "private activity bonds" within the meaning ofsection 141 of the Code. _SECTION 18. CONTINUING DISCLOSURE UNDERTAKING. (a) No Rule 15e2 -12 Undertaking. The City has not made an undertaking with respect to the Bond in accordance with Rule. The City is not, therefore, obligated pursuant to the Rule to provide any on- going disclosure relating to the City or the Bond. (b) Annual Reports. While the Bond remains outstanding, unless waived by the Holder, the City shall provide annually to the Holder, within six months after the end of any Fiscal Year, audited financial statements and such other financial information regarding the City as the Holder shall reasonably request. HUN1NVJLMVWMF.V07. odmance 13 _SECTION 19. SPECIAL COVENANTS. The City further covenants and agrees by and through this Ordinance as follows: (a) It has the lawful power to pledge the Net Revenues of the System to the payment of the Bond to the extent provided herein and has lawfully exercised said power under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and that the Previously Issued Bonds, the Bond, together with the Additional Bonds, shall be ratably secured in such manner that no one bond shall have preference over any other bond of said issues. (b) The Net Revenues of the System have not been in any manner pledged or encumbered to the payment of any debt or obligation of the City or the System, save and except for the Previously Issued Bonds, the Bond and various series of the City's outstanding Certificates of Obligation. (c) No free services of the System shall be allowed, and should the City or any of its agents or instrumentalities make use of the services and facilities of the System, payment of the reasonable value thereof shall be made by the City out of funds from sources other than the revenues and income of the System. (d) While the Bonds remain Outstanding, the City will not sell or otherwise dispose of the System or, except as authorized below, any substantial portion of the System or its component parts; provided, however, to the extent and inthe manner authorized by law, the City may sell or dispose of any property, facilities and equipment not necessary or essential the operation of the System or which is obsolete, damaged or surplus and the proceeds of sale of such property, facilities and equipment, if any, shall be deposited to the credit of the System Fund, SECTION 20. REMEDY IN EVENT OF DEFAULT. In addition to all rights and remedies provided by the laws of the State of Texas, the City covenants and agrees particularly that in the event the City (a) defaults at payments to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund or the Reserve Fund as required by this Ordinance or (b) defaults in the observance or performance of any other of the covenants, conditions or obligations sets forth in this Ordinance, the Holder of any of the Bonds shall be entitled to a writ of mandamus issued by a court of proper jurisdiction, compelling and requiring the City and its officer to observe and perform any covenant, condition or obligation prescribed in this Ordinance. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or acquiescence therein, and every such right and power may be exercised from time to time as often as may be deemed expedient. The specific remedy herein provided shall be cumulative of all other existing remedies and the specification of such remedy shall not be deemed to be exclusive. BUWMVI LVWww SRFAIF_ ors m,<e 14 SECTION 21. SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS. The Bond is a special obligations of the City payable from the pledged Net Revenues of the System and the Holders thereof shall never have the right to demand payment thereof out of funds raised or to be raised by taxation. SECTION 22. DEFEASANCE OF THE BOND. (a) The Bond and the interest thereon shall be deemed to be paid, retired and no longer outstanding (a " Defeased Bond ") within the meaning of this Ordinance, except to the extent provided in subsection (d) of this Section, when payment of the principal of the Bond, plus interest thereon to the due date (whether such due date be by reason of maturity, upon redemption, or otherwise) either (i) shall have been made or caused to be made in accordance with the terms thereof (including the giving of any required notice of redemption) or (ii) shall have been provided for on or before such due date by irrevocably depositing with or making available to the Paying Agent/Registrar for such payment (1) lawful money of the United States of America sufficient to make such payment, (2) Defeasance Securities, certified by an independent public accounting firm of national reputation to mature as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will ensure the availability, without reinvestment„ of sufficient money to provide for such payment and when proper arrangements have been made by the City with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of its services until the Defeased Bond shall have become due and payable or (3) any combination of (1) and (2). At such time as the Bond shall be deemed to be a Defeased Bond hereunder, as aforesaid, the Bond and the interest thereon shall no longer be secured by, payable from, or entitled to the benefits o£ the Net Revenues as provided in this Ordinance, and such principal and interest shall be payable solely fi-om such money or Defeasance Securities. (b) The deposit under clause (ii) of subsection (a) shall be deemed a payment of the Bond as aforesaid when proper notice of redemption of the Bond shall have been given, in accordance with this Ordinance. Any money so deposited with the Paying Agent/Registrar as provided in this Section may at the discretion of the City also be invested in Defeasance Securities, maturing in the amounts and at the times as hercinbofore set forth, and all income from all Defeasance Securities in possession of a paying agent pursuant to this Section which is not required for the payment of the Bond and premium, if any, and interest thereon with respect to which such money has been so deposited, shall be turned over to the City, or deposited as directed in writing by the City. (c) Notwithstanding any provision of any other Section of this Ordinance which may be contrary to the provisions of this Section,, all money or Defeasance Securities set aside and held in trust pursuant to the provisions of this Section for the payment ofprincipal of the Bond and premium, if any, and interest thereon, shall be applied to and used solely for the payment of the Bond and premium, if any, and interest thereon, with respect to which such money or Defeasance Securities have been so set aside in trust. (d) Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this Ordinance contained, ifmoneyor Defeasance Securities have been deposited or set aside with a paying agent pursuant to this Section for the payment of the Bond and such Bond shall not have in fact been actually paid in full, no amendment of the provisions of this Section shall be made without the consent of the registered owner of the Bond affected thereby. HLt VILTIDWWSSREV'r ord.s 15 (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) above, to the extent that, upon the defeasance ofthe Defeased Bond to be paid at its maturity, the City retains the right under Texas law to later call that Defeased Bond for redemption in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance authorizing its issuance, the City may call such Defeased Bond for redemption upon complying with the provisions of Texas law and upon the satisfaction of the provisions of subsection (a) above with respect to such Defeased Bond as though it was being defeased at the time of the exercise of the option to redeem the Defeased Bond and the effect of the redemption is taken into account in determining the sufficiency of the provisions made for the payment of the Defeased Bond. — __SEcrroN 23. DAMAGED, MUTILATED, LOST, STOLEN, OR DESTROYED BONDS. (a) Replacement Bonds_ In the event any outstanding Bond is damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall cause to be printed, executed and delivered, a new bond of the same principal amount, maturity and interest rate, as the damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Bond, in replacement for such Bond in the manner hereinafter provided. (b) Application for Replacement Bonds. Application for replacement of damaged, mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Bonds shall be made by the registered owner thereof to the Paying Agent /Registrar. In every case of loss, theft or destruction of a Bond, the registered owner applying for a replacement bond shall fitrnish to the City and to the Paying Agent/Registrar such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss or damage with respect thereto. Also, in every case of loss, theft or destruction of a Bond, the registered owner shall furnish to the City and to the Paying Agent/Registrar evidence to their satisfaction of the loss, theft or destruction of such Bond, as the case may be. In every case of damage or mutilation of a Bond, the registered owner shall surrender to the Paying AgentlRegistrar for cancellation the Bond so damaged or mutilated. (c) No Default Occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, in the event any such Bond shall have matured, and no default has occurred which is then continuing in the payment of the principal of, redemption premium, if any, or interest on the Bond, the City may authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a damaged or mutilated Bond) instead of issuing a replacement Bond, provided security or indemnity is furnished as above provided in this Section. (d) Charge for Issuing Replacement Bonds. Prior to the issuance of any replacement bond, the Paying Agent/Registrar shall charge the registered owner of such Bond with all legal, printing and other expenses in connection therewith. Every replacement bond issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any Bond is lost, stolen or destroyed shall constitute a contractual obligation of the City whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Bond shall be found at any time, or be enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Ordinance equally and proportionately with any and all other Bonds duly issued under this Ordinance. (e) Authority for Issuing Replacement Bonds. In accordance with Subchapter D of Chapter 1201, Texas Government Code, this Section of this Ordinance shall constitute authority for the issuance of any such replacement bond without necessity of further action by the governing body of HUN VILLE VWSSREVW1: Ominarse 16 the City or any other body or person, and the duty of the replacement of such bonds is hereby authorized and imposed upon the Paying AgentlRegistrar, and the Paying Agent/Registrar shall authenticate and deliver such Bonds in the form and manner and with the effect, as provided in Section 5 of this Ordinance for Bonds issued in exchange for other Bonds. - SECTION 24, AMENDMENT OF ORDINANCE. (a) The holders of the Bonds aggregating a majority in principal amount of the aggregate principal amount of then Outstanding Bond shall have the right from time to time to approve any amendment to this Ordinance which may be deemed necessary or desirable by the City, provided, however, that without the consent of the holders of all of the effected Bonds at the time outstanding, nothing herein contained shall permit or be construed to permit the amendment of the terms and conditions in this Ordinance or in the Bonds so as to: (1) Make any change in the maturity of the Outstanding Bonds; (2) Reduce the rate of interest borne by any of the Outstanding Bonds; (3) Reduce the amount of the principal payable on the Outstanding Bonds, (4) Modify the terms ofpayment ofprincipal of or interest on the Outstanding Bonds or impose any conditions with respect to such payment; (5) Affect the rights of the holders of less than all of the Bonds then outstanding; (6) Change the minimum percentage of the principal amount of Bonds necessary for consent to such amendment. (b) I'f at any time the City shall desire to amend this Ordinance under this Section, unless waived by the Holder, the City shall cause notice of the proposed amendment to be delivered to the Insurer and published in a financial newspaper or journal of general circulation in The City of New York, New York, once during each calendar week for at least two successive calendar weeks. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed amendment and shall state that a copy thereof is on file for inspection by all registered owners of Bonds at the designated trust office of the registrar for the Bonds. Such publication is not required, however, if notice in writing is given to each registered owner of the Bonds. (c) Whenever at any tone not less than thirty days, and within one year, from the date of the first publication of said notice or other service of written notice the City shall receive an instrument or instruments executed by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding, which instrument or instruments shall refer to the proposed amendment described in said notice and which specifically consent to and approve such amendment in substantially the form of the copy thereof on file with the Paying Agent/Registrar, the City Council may pass the amendatory ordinance in substantially the same form. H NiN ILLEWt'SSREVM:ONinancc 17 (d) Upon the passage of any amendatory ordinance pursuant to the provisions ofthis Section, this Ordinance shall be deemed to be amended in accordance with such amendatory ordinance, and the respective rights, duties and obligations under this Ordinance of the City and all the holders of then outstanding Bonds shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder, subject in all respects to such amendments. (e) Any consent given by the registered owner of a Bond pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be irrevocable for a period of six months from the date of the first publication of the notice provided for in this Section, and shall be conclusive and binding upon all future holders of the same Bond during such period. Such consent may be revoked at any time after six months from the date of the first publication of such notice by the holder who gave such consent, or by a successor in title, by filing notice thereofwith the Paying Agent/Registrar and the City, but such revocation shall not be effective if the registered owners of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Bonds as in this Section defined have, prior to the attempted revocation, consented to and approve the amendment. (f) For the purpose of this Section, the fact of the holding ofBonds issued in registered form without coupons and the amounts and numbers of such Bonds and the date oftheir holding same shall be proved by the Registration Books of the Paying Agent/Registrar. For purposes of this Section, the holder of Bond in such registered form shall be the owner thereof as shown on such Registration Books. The City may conclusively assume that such ownership continues until written notice to the contrary is served upon the City. (g) The foregoing provisions of this Section notwithstanding, the City by action of the City Council may amend this Ordinance for any one or more of the following purposes: (1) To add to the covenants and agreements of the City in this Ordinance contained, other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, grant additional rights or remedies to bondholders or to surrender, restrict or linat any right or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the City; (2) To make such provisions for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained in this Ordinance, or in regard to clarifying matters or questions arising under this Ordinance, as are necessary or desirable and not contrary to or inconsistent with this Ordinance and which shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the Bonds; (3) To modify any of the provisions of this Ordinance in any other respect whatever, provided that 6) such modification shall be, and be expressed to be, effective only after all Bonds outstanding at the date of the adoption of such modification shall cease to be outstanding, and (ii) such modification shalt be specifically referred to in the text of all Additional Bonds issued after the date of the adoption of such modification. RbN VILL WIVSSMe W o dm -. is Notice of any such amendment may be published or given by the City in the manner described in subsection (b) of this Section; provided, however, that the publication of such notice shall not constitute a condition precedent to the adoption of such amendatory ordinance and the failure to publish such notice shall not adversely affect the implementation of such amendment as adopted pursuant to such amendatory ordinance. _ _SECT ION 25. SALE AND DELIVERY OF THE BONDS. (a) The Bond is hereby sold and shall be delivered to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., (the "Purchaser ") determined to be the best bidder with the lowest interest cost to the City. The City will initially deliver to the Purchaser one bond payable in installments of the Bonds authorized under this Ordinance. The Mayor is authorized to execute the acceptance clause of the Purchase and Investment Letter with the Purchaser. (b) All officers of the City are authorized to execute such documents, certificates and receipts as they may deem appropriate in order to consummate the deliveryofthe Bond in accordance with the Purchase and Investment Letter. (c) All officers of the City are authorized to take such actions and to execute such documents, certificates and receipts as they may deem necessary and appropriate in order to consummate the delivery of the Bond, including documents and certificates that may be necessary or appropriate with respect to obtaining municipal bond insurance with respect to the Bond. (d) The obligation of the Purchaser to accept delivery of the Bond is subject to the Purchaser being furnished with the final, approving opinion of McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P., Bond Counsel for the City, which opinion shall be dated as of and delivered on the Closing Date. The engagement of such firm as bond counsel for the City in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Certificate is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed. SECTION 26. CUSTODY, APPROVAL. AND REGISTRATION OF THE BOND; BOND COUNSEL'S OPINION, BOND INSURANCE AND CUSIP NUMBERS. The Mayor of the City is hereby authorized to have control of the Bond initially issued and delivered hereunder and all necessary records and proceedings pertaining to the Bond pending its delivery and its investigation, examination and approval by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and its registration by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Upon registration of the Bond said Comptroller of Public Accounts (or a deputy designated in writing to act for said Comptroller) shall manually sign the Comptroller's Registration Certificate attached to such Bond,, and the seal of said Comptroller shall be impressed, or placed in facsimile, on such Certificate. The approving legal opinion of the City's Bond Counsel (with an appropriate certificate pertaining thereto executed by facsimile signature of the City Secretary of the City), a statement regarding any insurance policy and the assigned CUSIP numbers may, at the option of the City, be printed on or attached to the Bond issued and delivered under this Ordinance, but such additions or attachments shall not have any legal effect, and shall be solely for the convenience and information of the registered owners of the Bond. HUMSVR.L6/WWSSREVN07: Ord anw 19 SFCTtorr 27. AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE UPON DISCHARGE OR AMENDMENT OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BONDS. At such time as the Previously Issued Bonds have been paid or are no longer Outstanding or the bondholder has consented to the below described amendment, this Ordinance shall be amended and modified to read as follows: (a) Section 10 shall be amended to read as follows: "SECTION 14. RESERVE FUND. (a) For purposes of accumulating and maintaining funds as a reserve for the payment of the Bonds Similarly Secured, the City agrees and covenants to create and maintain on the books and records of the City a separate and special fond or account known as the "Revenue Bond Reserve Fund" (the "Reserve Fund "), and all funds deposited to the credit of such fund shall be kept and maintained in a special banking account or fund maintained at a Depository. All funds deposited therein (excluding earnings and income derived or received from deposits or investments which may be transferred to the System Fund referred to in Section 8 hereof during such periods as there is on deposit in the Reserve Fund the Required Reserve) shall be used solely for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds Similarly Secured when (whether at maturity, upon a mandatory redemption date or any interest payment date) other funds available for such purposes are insufficient, and, in addition, may be used to the extent not required to maintain the Required Reserve, to pay, or provide for the payment of, the final principal amount of series of Bonds Similarly Secured so that such series of Bands Similarly Secured is no longer deemed to be Outstanding as such tern is defined herein. The City hereby reaffirms that it will accumulate and, when accumulated, continuously maintain in the Reserve Fund an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Average Annual Debt Service (calculated on a Fiscal Year basis) for all Bonds Similarly Secured then. Outstanding, as determined on the date each series of Additional Bonds are delivered or incurred, as the case may be, or (ii) the maximum amount in a reasonably required reserve fiord that can be invested without restriction as to yield pursuant to Subsection (d) or Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations promulgated thereunder — the 'Required Reserve." By reason of the issuance of the Bonds, the Required Reserve shall be an amount equal to the Average Annual Debt Service (calculated on a Fiscal Year basis) for all Bonds Similarly Secured that are Outstanding at the time the provisions hereof become operative and effective, and the City shall continue to make monthly deposits in the Reserve Fund, if then required, on or before the I' day of each month in substant ially equal amounts so that the Required Reserve shall have been accumulated in the Reserve Fund within 60 months from the date of issuance of the Bonds. When and so long as the cash and investments in the Reserve Fund total not less than the Required Reserve, no deposits need be made to the credit of the Reserve ACNNVTTXEiWWSSR6N0;: om.nana 20 Fund; but, if and when the Reserve Fund at any time contains less than the Required Reserve, the City covenants and agrees to cure the deficiency in the Required Reserve by resuming monthly deposits to said fund from the Net Revenues of the System; such monthly deposits to be in amounts equal to not less than 1 /60th of the then total Required Reserve to be maintained in said fund and to he made on or before the 15' day of each month until the total Required Reserve then to be maintained in said Fund has been fully restored, The City further covenants and agrees that, subject only to the payments to be made to the Interest and Sinking Fund, the Net Revenues shall be applied and appropriated and used to establish and maintain the Required Reserve and to cure any deficiency in such amounts as required by the terns of this Ordinance and any other ordinance pertaining to the issuance of Additional Bonds. During such times as the Reserve Fund contains the total Required Reserve, the City may, at its option, withdraw all surplus in the Reserve Fund in excess of the Required Reserve and deposit such surplus in the System Fund. (b) A Reserve Fund Obligation issued in an amount equal to all or part of the Required Reserve Amount for the Bonds, the Previously Issued Bonds and the Additional Bonds may be used in lieu of depositing cash into the Reserve Fund. In addition, a Reserve Fund Obligation may be substituted for monies and investments in the Reserve Fund if the substitution of the Reserve Fund Obligation will not, in and of itself, cause any ratings then assigned to the Bonds, the Previously Issued Bonds and the Additional Bonds by any Rating Agency to be towered and the ordinance authorizing the substitution of the Reserve Fund Obligation for all or part of the Required Reserve contains a finding that such substitution is cost effective. In the event a Reserve Fund Obligation is substituted in lieu of all or a portion of the cash on deposit in the Reserve Fund, such cash in excess of the Required Reserve may be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund and deposited in the System Fund. (c) A Reserve Fund Obligation permitted under (b) above, must be in the form of a surety bond or insurance policy meeting the requirements described below. (I) (i) A surety bond or insurance pohcyissued to the Paying Agent/Registrar, as agent of the Holders, by a company licensed to issue an insurance policy guaranteeing the timely payment of debt service on the Parity Obligations (a "municipal bond insurer ") if the claims paying ability of the issuer thereofshall be rated "AAA" or "Aaa ", respectively, by S &P and Moody's, or (ii) a surety bond or insurance policy issued to the Paying Agent /Registrar, as agent of the Holders, by an entity other than a municipal bond insurer, if the form and substance of such instrument and the issuer thereof shall be approved in writing by each Bond Insurer of record. (2) The obligation to reimburse the issuer of a Reserve Fund Obligation for any claims or draws upon such Reserve Fund Obligation in accordance with HMn'VIL(.5VW5SREV1h7: Gdinance 21 its terms, including expenses incurred in connection with such claims or draws, to the extent permitted by law, (a Reserve Fund Obligation Payment) shall be made from the deposits made to the Reserve Fund as provided in this Section and in Section 8. The Reserve Fund Obligation shall provide for a revolving feature under which the amount available thereunder will be reinstated to the extent of any reimbursement of draws or claims paid. If the revolving feature is suspended or terminated for any reason, the right of the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation to reimbursement will be subordinated to the cash replenishment of the Reserve Fund to an amount equal to the difference between the full original amount available under the Reserve Fund Obligation and the amount then available for further draws or claims. In the event (a) the issuer of a Reserve Fund Obligation becomes insolvent, or (b) the issuer of a Reserve Fund Obligation defaults in its payment obligations thereunder, or (c) the claims paying ability ofthe issuer ofthe insurance policy or surety bond falls below "AAA" or "Aaa ", by S &P and Moody's, respectively, the obligation to reimburse the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation shall be subordinated to the cash replenishment of the Reserve Fund. {3) In the event (a) the revolving reinstatement feature described in the preceding paragraph is suspended or terminated, or (b) the rating ofthe claims paying ability of the issuer of the surety bond or insurance policy falls below "AAA" or "Aaa ", by S &P and Moody's, respectively, the City shall either (i) deposit into the Reserve Fund, in accordance with this Section and Section 8, an amount sufficient to cause the cash or investments credited to the Reserve Fund to accumulate to the Required Reserve, or (ii) replace such instrument with a surety bond or insurance policy meeting the requirements of I and 2 above, within six months of such occurrence. In the event (a) the rating ofthe claims- paying ability of the issuer of the surety bond or insurance policy falls below "A" by S &P and Moody"s,, or (b) the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation defaults in its payment obligations hereunder, or (c) the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation becomes insolvent, the City shall either (i) deposit into the Reserve Fund, in accordance with this Section, amounts sufficient to cause the cash or investments on deposit in the Reserve Fund to accumulate to the Required Reserve Amount, or (ii) replace such instrument with a surety bond or insurance policy meeting the requirements of f and 2 above within six months of such occurrence. {4) The Paying Agent /Registrar shall ascertain the necessity for a claim or draw upon any Reserve Fund Obligation and provide notice to the issuer of the Reserve Fund Obligation in accordance with its terms not later than three days (or such appropriate time period as will, when combined with the timing of required payment under the Reserve Fund Obligation, ensure payment under the Reserve Fund Obligation on or before the interest payment date) 11 N BVIG[.EWwsSREV%D7: Ordmne 22 prior to each date upon which the principal of or interest on the Bonds Similarly Secured will be due. It is recognized that a Reserve Fund Obligation may be issued which is payable only with respect to a part ofthe Bonds, the Previously Issued Bonds and the Additional Bonds with the remainder of the Required Reserve being satisfied by monies and investments and in that case any draws upon the Reserve Fund will have to be made on a pro -rata basis to ensure that Bonds Similarly Secured enjoy an equal amount of security. Therefore, (i) draws upon one or more such Reserve Fund Obligations shall be made on a pro -rata basis with cash and investments available in the Reserve Fund and (ii) deposits and credits to the Reserve Fund to restore it to the Required Reserve shall be utilized on a pro -rata basis to pay Reserve Fund Obligation Payments to reimburse the issuers ofthe Reserve Fund Obligations, thus restoring that part of the Required Reserve, and to restore with cash and investments the balance of the Required Reserve. (b) F„ hibit "A" shall be amended to add the following definitions: "Reserve Fund Obligation" means a suretybond or insurance policy deposited in the Reserve Fund to satisfy the Required Reserve whereby the issuer is obligated to provide funds up to and including the maximum amount and under the conditions specified in such agreement or instrument. _ "Reserve FundOGligationPayment"means any subrogationpayment the City is obligated to make from Net Revenues deposited in the Reserve Fund with respect to a Reserve Fund Obligation. SECTION 28. NO RECOURSE AGAINST CITY OFFICIALS. No recourse shall be had for the payment of principal of or interest on the Bonds or for any claim based thereon or on this Ordinance against any official of the City or any person executing any Bonds. __SECTION 29. FURTHER ACTIONS. The officers and employees of the City are hereby authorized, empowered and directed from time to time and at any time to do and perform all such acts and things and to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and under the corporate seal and on behalf of the City all such instruments, whether or not herein mentioned, as may be necessary or desirable in order to carryout the terms andprovisions ofthis Ordinance, the Bonds, the initial sale and delivery of the Bonds, the Paying Agent /Registrar Agreement, any insurance commitment letter or insurance policy and the Official Statement. In addition, prior to the initial delivery of the Bonds, the Mayor, the City Manager or Assistant City Manager, the City Attorney and Bond Counsel are hereby authorized and directed to approve any technical changes or corrections to this Ordinance or to any of the instruments authorized and approved by this Ordinance necessary in order to (i) correct any ambiguity or mistake or properly or more completely document the transactions contemplated and approved by this Ordinance,, (ii) obtain a rating from any of the national bond rating agencies or Hv VJT.e'fWWssanv,m: oMmaoce 23 satisfy requirements of the Bond Insurer, or (iii) obtain the approval of the Bond by the Texas Attorney General's office. In case any officer of the City whose signature shall appear on the Bond shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of such Bond, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes the same as if such officer had remained in office until such delivery. __SECTION 30. INTERPRETATIONS. All terms defined herein and all pronouns used in this Ordinance shall be deemed to apply equally to singular and plural and to all genders. The titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Ordinance and the Table of Contents of this Ordinance have been inserted for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered a part hereof and shall not in anyway modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. This Ordinance and all the terms and provisions hereof shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes set forth herein and to sustain the validity of the Bond and the validity of the lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues to secure the payment of the Bond. —SECTION 31. INCONSISTENT PROVISIONS. All ordinances, orders or resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict and the provisions of this Ordinance shall be and remain controlling as to the matters contained herein. ----SECTION 32. INTERESTED PARTIES. Nothing in this Ordinance expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to confer upon, or to give to, any person or entity, other than the City and the registered owners of the Bond, any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Ordinance or any covenant, condition or stipulation hereof, and all covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Ordinance contained by and on behalf of the City shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the City and the registered owners of the Bond. SECTION 33. INCORPORATION OF RECITALS. The City hereby finds that the statements set forth in the recitals of this Ordinance are true and correct, and the City hereby incorporates such recitals as a part of this Ordinance. __SECTION 34. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Ordinance or the application thereof to any circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Ordinance and the application thereofto other circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and this governing body hereby declares that this Ordinance would have been enacted without such invalid provision. SECTION 35. REPEALER. All orders, resolutions and ordinances, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency. SECTION 36. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption in accordance with Section 1201.028, Texas Government Code, as amended. mtn'r VILLcwwssREW7: 01dim.m 24 INTRODUCED, PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the members of the City Council of the City of Huntsville, this the 2 °d day of October, 2007. J. Turner, Mayor ATTEST: Danna Welter, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: Thomas Leeper, City Attorney Exhibit A - Definitions Exhibit B - Form of Bond Exhibit C - Description of Annual Financial Information HIp VILLE'WWSSREV'g7; Ordinance 25 EXHIBIT A As used in this Ordinance, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the text hereof specifically indicates otherwise: The term "Additional Bonds" shall mean the additional parity revenue bonds which the City reserves the right to issue on a parity with the Previously Issued Bonds and the Bond in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in Section 13 hereof. The term "Average Annual Debt Service' shall mean that average amount which, at the time of computation, will be required to pay the Debt Service of obligations when due and derived by dividing the total of such Debt Service by the number of years then remaining before final maturity. Capitalized interest payments provided from proceeds of Bonds Similarly Secured shall be excluded in making the aforementioned computation. The term 'Bond" shall mean the "City of Huntsville, Texas Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2007," dated October 15, 2007. The term "Bonds Similarly Secured" shall mean the Previously Issued Bonds, the Bond and Additional Bonds. The term "City" shall mean the City of Huntsville, Texas, the City Council thereof and any successor to the City as owner of the System. The term 'Debt Service" shall mean as of any particular date of computation, with respect to any obligations and with respect to any period, the aggregate of the amounts to be paid or set aside by the City as of such date or in such period for the payment of the principal of, premium,, if any, and interest (to the extent not capitalized) on such obligations; assuming, in the case of Bonds Similarly Secured without a fixed numerical rate, that such obligations bear, or would have borne, interest at the highest rate reached, or that would have applied to such obligations (using the index or method for computing interest applicable to such obligations) during the twenty -four (24) month period next preceding the date of computation; and further assuming in the case of obligations required to be redeemed or prepaid as to principal prior to maturity, the principal amounts therof will be redeemed prior to maturity in accordance with the mandatory redemption provisions applicable thereto. The term "Defeasance Securities" shall mean (i) Federal Securities, (ii) noncallable obligations of an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the agency or instrumentality and that, on the date the City Council adopts or approves proceedings authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds or otherwise provide for the funding of an escrow to effect the defeasance of the Bond is rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm not less than "AAA" or its equivalent, and (iii) noncallable obligations of a state or an agency or a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state that have been refimded and that, on the date the City Council adopts or approves proceedings authorizing the issuance of refirnding bonds or otherwise provide for the xuNnVIIMu WSAF,V^ .: Ordmnve A -1 funding of an escrow to effect the defeasance of the Bond, is rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm no less than "AAA" or its equivalent. The term "Federal Securities" as used herein shall mean direct, noncallable obligations of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America (including Interest Strips of the Resolution Funding Corporation). The term "Fiscal Year" shall mean the twelve -month financial accounting period used for the System ending each year on September 30 "; provided, however, the City may, by ordinance, change the fiscal year to another period of not less than twelve calendar months, if found and determined to be necessary. The term "Gross Revenues" shall mean all income and revenues of every nature derived or received from the operation and ownership (excluding refundable meter deposits, gifts and grants in aid of construction, impact fees charged developers and special assessments against landowners) of the System, including earnings and income derived from the investment or deposit of moneys in any special funds or accounts created and established for the payment and security of the Bonds Similarly Secured and other obligations payable solely from and secured only by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues. The term "Holder" or "Holders" shall mean the registered owner, whose name appears in the Registration Books, for the Bond. The term "Maintenance and Operating Expenses" shall mean allcurrent expenses of operating and maintaining the System, including all salaries, labor, materials, repairs and extensions necessary to render efficient service; provided, however, that only such repairs and extensions, as in the judgment of the City Council, reasonably and fairly exercised, are necessary to maintain the operations and render adequate service to the City and the inhabitants thereof, or such as might be necessary to meet some physical accident or condition which would otherwise impair obligations payable from Net Revenues shall be deducted in determining "Net Revenues ". Depreciation charges shall not be considered Maintenance and Operating Expenses. Maintenance and Operating Expenses shall include payments under contracts for the purchase ofwater supply, treatment ofsewage or other materials, goods or services for the System to the extent authorized by law and the provisions of such contract. The term "Net Revenues" shall mean Gross Revenues of the System, with respect to any period, after deducting the System's Maintenance and Operating Expenses during such period. The term "Ordinance" shall mean this ordinance finally adopted by the City Council on October 2, 2007. The term "Outstanding" when used in this Ordinance with respect to the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured means, as of the date of determination, the Bond and Bonds Similarly Secured theretofore sold, issued and delivered by the City, except: HUNBVILLGRVWSSR V^6b Urdir me A -2 (1) the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured canceled or delivered to the transfer agent or registrar for cancellation in connection with the exchange or transfer of such obligations; (2) the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured paid or deed to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 22 hereof, and (3) the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and replacements therefor have been registered and delivered in lieu thereof. The term "Paying Agent /Registrar" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof, The term "Permitted Investments" shall mean any security or obligation or combination thereof permitted under the Public Funds Investments Act, Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code, as amended or other applicable law. The term 'Previously Issued Bonds" shall mean the Outstanding and unpaid revenue bonds of the City payable from and equally and ratably secured by a first lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, identified as follows: City of Huntsville, Texas Waterworks and Sewer SystemRevenue Bonds, Series 1997, dated February 1, 1997, and originally issued in the principal amount of S 14,395,000 City of Huntsville, Texas Waterworks and Sewer SystemRevenue Bonds, Series 2002, dated November 15, 2002, and originally issued in the principal amount of $7,255,000 The term "Record Date" shall mean Record Date as defined in the Form of Bonds in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. The term 'Required Reserve" shall mean the amount required to be accumulated and maintained in the Reserve Fund under the provisions of Section 10 hereof. The term 'Reserve Fund" shall mean the special fund created, established and maintained by the provisions of Section 10 of this Ordinance. The term "Rule" shall mean SEC Rule 15c2 -12, as amended from time to time. The term "System" shall mean all properties, facilities and plants currently owned, operated and maintained by the City for the supply, treatment, transmission and distribution of potable water and the collection, treatment and disposal ofwater- carried wastes, together with all future extensions, improvements, replacements and additions thereto; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent now or hereafter authorized or permitted by law, the term "System" shall not mean to include facilities of any kind which are declared not to be a part of the System and which are acquired or constructed by or on behalf of the City with the proceeds from the issuance of "Special Facilities Bonds ", which are hereby defined as being special revenue obligations of the City TILNT VILLEWWSSREVNT OMmznce A-3 which are not Bonds but which are payable from and secured by other liens on and pledges of any revenues, sources or payments, not pledged to the payment of the Bonds Similarly Secured including, but not limited to, special contract revenues or payments received from any other legal entity in connection with such facilities. HLNT VIDE' W W SSREl4P1: 0m- -, A -4 EXHIBIT 8 FORM OF BOND R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRINCIPAL STATE OF TEXAS AMOUNT CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS g WATERWORKS AN]) SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BOND, SERIES 2007 INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: DATE OF SERIES DATE OF DELIVERY October 15, 2007 November 1, 2007 DOLLARS ON THE MATURITY DATE specified above, the CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS (the "Issuer "), being a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner "), the Principal Amount specified above, and to pay interest thereon (calculated on the basis of 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months) from the Date of Delivery at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, payable on February 15, 2008, and semiannually on each August 15 and February 1.5 thereafter to the Maturity Date specified above, or the date of redemption prior to maturity; except that if this Bond is required to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such Principal Amount shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date ofauthentication, unless such date of authentication is after any Record Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which case such principal amount shall bear interest from such next following interest payment date; provided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on the Bond or Bonds, if any, for which this Bond is being exchanged is due but has not been paid, then this Bond shall bear interest from the date to which such interest has been paid in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period in which ownership of the Bonds is determined only by a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, any payment to the securities depository, or its nominee or registered assigns, shall be made in accordance with existing arrangements between the Issuer and the securities depository. THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges. The principal of this Bond shall be paid to the Registered Owner hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at maturity or upon the date fixed for its redemption prior to maturity, at the designated office for payment of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Houston, Texas which is the "Paying Agent /Registrar" for this Bond. The payment of interest can this Bond shall be made by the Paying AgenURegistrar to the Registered HLNT VILLC'WWSSREV-04: B -I Owner hereof on each interest payment date by check, dated as of such interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent/Registrar on, and payable solely from, funds of the Issuer required by the Ordinance authorizing the issuance of this Bond (the "Bond Ordinance ") to be on deposit with the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter provided: and such check shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first -class postage prepaid, on each such interest payment date, to the Registered Owner hereof, at its address as it appeared on the last business day of the month next preceding each such date (the "Record Date ") on the Registration Books kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as hereinafter described. In the event of a non - payment of interest on a scheduled payment date, and for 30 days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date ") will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar if and when funds for the payment ofsuch interest have been received from the Issuer. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment date of the past due interest (the "Special Payment Date" which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the address of each Registered Owner appearing on the Registration Books of the Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. Any accrued interest due upon the redemption of this Bond prior to maturity as provided herein shall be paid to the Registered Owner upon presentation and surrender of this Bond for redemption and payment at the principal office for payment of the Paying Agent/Registrar (unless the redemption date is a regularly scheduled interest payment date, in which case accrued interest on such redeemed Bonds shall be payable in the regular manner described above). The Issuer covenants with the Registered Owner of this Bond that on or before each principal payment date, interest payment date, and accrued interest payment date for this Bond it will make available to the Paying Agent /Registrar, from the "Interest and Sinking Fund" referred to in and maintained by the Bond Ordinance, the amounts required to provide for the payment, in immediately available funds, of all principal of and interest on the Bonds, when due. Terms used in this Bond and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given in the Bond Ordinance. DURING ANY PERIOD in which ownership of the Bonds is determined only by a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, if fewer than all of the Bonds of the same maturity and bearing the same interest rate are to be redeemed, the particular Bonds of such maturity and bearing such interest rate shall be selected in accordance with the arrangements between the Issuer and the securities depository. --IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond shall be a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions in the city where the principal office for payment of the Paying Agent/Registrar is located are authorized by law or executive order to close, or the United States Postal Service is not open for business (each a "Non- Business Day "), then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not a Non - Business Day, and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due. _—ON AUGUST 15, 2010 OR ON ANY DATE THEREAFTER, the Bonds maturing on and after August 15, 2011 may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, at the option of the Issuer, with funds derived from any available and lawful source, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption as a whole, or from time to time in part, and, if in part, the particular Bonds, or portions thereof, to be redeemed H SVa.LEVWSSREVV omman.. B -2 shall be selected and designated by the Issuer, and if less than all of a maturity is to be redeemed the Paying Agent/Registrar shall determine by lot the Bonds, or portions thereof within such maturity to be redeemed (provided that a portion of Bond may be redeemed only in integral multiples of $5,000 of principal amount), THE BOND maturing on August 15, 2017 (the "Term Bond ") is subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption by lot prior to maturity in the following amounts, on the following dates and at a price of par plus accrued interest to the redemption date. Bonds Maturing August 15, 2017 Redemption Date Principal Amount August 15, 2008 $180,000 August 15, 2009 165,000 August 15, 2010 175,000 August 15, 2011 185,000 August 15, 2012 August 15, 2013 August 15, 2014 August 15, 2015 August 15, 2016 August 15, 1017* *Final Maturity 190,000 200,000 210,000 220,000 230,000 240,000* THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT of the Term Bond required to be redeemed pursuant to the operation of the mandatory sinking fund redemption provisions shall be reduced, at the option of the City by the principal amount of any Term Bond of the stated maturity which, at least 50 days prior to a mandatory redemption date, (1) shall have been acquired by the City, at a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Bond plus accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof, and delivered to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, (2) shall have been purchased and canceled by the Paying Agent/Registrar at the request of the City with monies in the Interest and Sinking Fund at a price not exceeding the principal amount of the Tenn Bond plus accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof, or (3) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions and not theretofore credited against a mandatory sinking fund redemption requirement. AT LEAST 30 days prior to the date fixed for any redemption of Bonds or portions thereof prior to maturity, a written notice of such redemption shall be sent by the Paying Agent /Registrar by United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for any such redemption to the Registered Owner of each Bond to be redeemed at its address as it appeared on the Registration Books maintained by the Paying Agent /Registrar on the day such notice of redemption is mailed. By the date fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall be made with the Paying Agent /Registrar for the payment of the required redemption price for the Bonds or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed. If such written notice of redemption is mailed and if due provision for such payment is made, all as provided above, the Bonds or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed thereby automatically shall be treated as redeemed prior to their scheduled HLmL Vu.ce�wWSSREV,07 omNance B -3 maturities, and they shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, and they shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the Registered Owner to receive the redemption price from the Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided for such payment. If a portion of any Bond shall be redeemed a substitute Bond or Bonds having the same maturity date, bearing interest at the same rate, in any denomination or denominations fit any integral multiple of 55,000, at the written request of the Registered Owner, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof, will be issued to the Registered Owner upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, at the expense of the Issuer, all as provided in the Bond Ordinance_ ALL BONDS OF THIS SERIES are issuable solely as fully registered Bonds, without interest coupons, in the denomination of any integral multiple of $5,000 (an "Authorized Denomination "). As provided in the Bond. Ordinance, this Bond, or any unredeemed portion hereof, may, at the request of the Registered Owner or the assignee or assignees hereof, be assigned, transferred and exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered Bonds, without interest coupons, payable to the appropriate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may be, having the same denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000 as requested in writing by the appropriate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may be, upon surrender of this Bond to the Paying Agent /Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance with the form and procedures set forth in the Bond Ordinance. Among other requirements for such assignment and transfer, this Bond must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent,'Registrar, together with proper instruments of assignment, in form and with guarantee ofsignatures satisfactory to the Paying Agent /Registrar, evidencing assignment of this Bond or any portion or portions hereof in any integral multiple of $5,000 to the assignee or assignees in whose name or names this Bond or any such portion or portions hereof is or are to be registered. The form of Assignment printed or endorsed on this Bond may be executed by the Registered Owner to evidence the assignment hereof, but such method is not exclusive, and other instruments of assignment satisfactory to the Paying Agent /Registrar may be used to evidence the assignment of this Bond or any portion or portions hereoffrom time to time by the Registered Owner. The Paying Agent /Registrar's reasonable standard or customary tees and charges for transferring and exchanging any Bond or portion thereof shall be paid by the Issuer, but any taxes or governmental charges required to be paid with respect thereto shall be paid by the one requesting such assignment, transfer or exchange as a condition precedent to the exercise of such privilege. The Paying Agent /Registrar shall not be required to make any such transfer or exchange (i) during the period commencing with the close ofbusiness on any Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the next following principal or interest payment date, or, (ii) with respect to any Bond or any portion thereof called for redemption prior to maturity, within 45 days prior to its redemption date; provided, however, such limitation of transfer shall not be applicable to an exchange by the Registered Owner of an unredeemed balance of a Bond called for redemption in part. _WHENEVER the beneficial ownership of this Bond is detennmed by a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, the foregoing requirements of holding, delivering or transferring this Bond shall be modified to require the appropriate person or entity to meet the requirements of the securities depository as to registering or transferring the book entry to produce the same effect. IiL T VILC&WWSSR5VP Ordmanre B -4 IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds is changed by the Issuer, resigns or otherwise ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted in the Bond Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and legally qualified substitute therefor, and cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the Registered Owners of the Bonds. __IT IS HEREBY certified, recited and covenanted that this Bond has been duly and validly authorized, issued and delivered; that all acts, conditions and things required or proper to be performed, exist, and be done precedent to or in the authorization, issuance and delivery ofthis Bond have been performed, existed and been done in accordance with law; that this Bond is a special obligation of the Issuer, and that the interest on and principal of this Bond, together with the Previously Issued Bonds and all other outstanding "Bonds Similarly Secured" (as defined in the Bond Ordinance), as such interest comes due, and as such principal matures, are payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the "Net Revenues" of the "System" (which is generally described as the Issuer's combined waterworks and sewer system), all as provided in the Bond Ordinance. THE ISSUER also has reserved the right, subject to restrictions stated in the Ordinance, to issue Additional Bonds which also may be made payable from and equally and ratably secured by a first lien on and pledge of, the Net Revenues of the System in the same manner and to the same extent as this Series of Bonds. THE ISSUER also has reserved the right, subject to restrictions stated in the Bond Ordinance to issue obligations payable from and equally and ratably secured, in whole or in part, by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Bond Ordinance), junior and subordinate in rank and dignity to the lien on and pledge of such Net Revenues securing payment of the Bonds or Bonds Similarly Secured. —THE OWNER HEREOF shall never have the right to demand payment ofthis Bond out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation. BY BECOMING the Registered Owner of this Bond, the Registered Owner thereby acknowledges all of the terms and provisions of the Bond Ordinance, agrees to be bound by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Bond Ordinance is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official minutes and records ofthe governing body of the Issuer and agrees that the terms and provisions of this Bond and the Bond Ordinance constitute a contract between each Registered Owner hereof and the Issuer. ---IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Bond to be signed with the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the Issuer, and countersigned with the manual or facsimile signature ofthe City Secretary ofthe Issuer and the official seal ofthe Issuer has been duly impressed, or placed in facsimile, on this Bond. Countersigned: (facsimile signature) (facsimile signature} �MMLL'W WSSREW7: Ordmaacz B -5 City Secretary, City of Huntsville, Texas (CITY SEAL) Mayor, City of Huntsville, Texas FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: REGISTER NO. I hereby certify that this Bond has been examined, certified as to validity, and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and that this Bond has been registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Witness my signature and seal this (COMPTROLLER'S SEAL) Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas FORM OF PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE (To be executed tf this Bond is not accompanied by an executed Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas) It is hereby certified that this Bond has been issued under the provisions of the Bond Ordinance described in the text of this Bond; and that this Bond has been issued in exchange for a bond or bonds, or a portion of a bond or bonds of a series which originally was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Dated: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Houston, Texas Paying Agent/Registrar Authorized Representative FORM OF ASSIGNMENT• rvury VILLPWwssaevw9: omtnanre B -6 ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Registered Owner of this Bond, or duly authorized representative or attorney thereof, hereby sells, assigns and transfers this Bond and all rights hereunder unto (Assignee's Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number) (Please print or typewrite Assignee's name and address, including zip code) ano hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the registration of this Bond on the Paying Agent/Registrar's Registration Books with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Signature Guaranteed: NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or a commercial bank or trust company. NOTICE: The signature above must correspond with the name of the Registered Owner as it appears upon the front of this Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. INSERTIONS FOR THE INITIAL BOND The initial Bond shall be in the form set forth in this Exhibit, except that: A. immediately under the name of the Bond, the headings "INTEREST RATE" and "MATURITY DATE" shall both be completed with the words "As shown below" and "CUSIP NO." shall be deleted. B. the first paragraph shall be deleted and the following will be inserted: "ON THE MATURITY DATE SPECIFIED ABOVE, the City of Huntsville, Texas (the "City "), being a political subdivision, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner "), on August 15 in each of the years, in the principal installments and bearing interest at the per annum rates set forth in the following schedule: Years Principal Installments Interest Rates (Information from Sections 3 and 4 to be inserted) BLN VILL6WWSSREV 107 '. Ord,nan B -% The City promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof (calculated on the basis of a 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months) from the Date of Delivery at the respective Interest Rate per annum specified above. Interest is payable on February 15, 2008 and semiannually on each August 15 and February 15 thereafter to the date of payment of the principal installment specified above; except, that if this Bond is required to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such principal amount shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of authentication is after any Record Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which case such principal amount shall bear interest from such next following interest payment date; provided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on the Bond or Bonds, if any, for which this Bond is being exchanged is due but has not been paid, then this Bond shall bear interest from the date to which such interest has been paid in full." C. The initial Bond shall be numbered "7-1." x Nn VaLL'wwssxev'm: ommo.0 B -8 INTRODUCED, PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the members of the City Council of the City of Huntsville, this the 2nd day of October, 2007. J. Turn , y r ATTEST: Danna Welter, City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: Thomas Leeper, City ^ttyrney Exhibit A - Definitions Exhibit B - Form of Bond Exhibit C - Description of Annual Financial Information HIIMSVILLE/V ISSREV 07: Ordinance 26 EXHIBIT A As used in this Ordinance, the following terms and expressions shall have the meanings set forth below, unless the text hereof specifically indicates otherwise: The term "Additional Bonds" shall mean the additional parity revenue bonds which the City reserves the right to issue on a parity with the Previously Issued Bonds and the Bond in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in Section 13 hereof. The term "Average Annual Debt Service" shall mean that average amount which, at the time of computation, will be required to pay the Debt Service of obligations when due and derived by dividing the total of such Debt Service by the number of years then remaining before final maturity. Capitalized interest payments provided from proceeds of Bonds Similarly Secured shall be excluded in making the aforementioned computation. The term "Bond" shall mean the "City of Huntsville, Texas Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2007," dated October 15, 2007. The term "Bonds Similarly Secured" shall mean the Previously Issued Bonds, the Bond and Additional Bonds. The term "City" shall mean the City of Huntsville, Texas, the City Council thereof and any successor to the City as owner of the System. The term "Debt Service" shall mean as of any particular date of computation, with respect to any obligations and with respect to any period, the aggregate of the amounts to be paid or set aside by the City as of such date or in such period for the payment of the principal of premium, if any, and interest (to the extent not capitalized) on such obligations; assuming, in the case of Bonds Similarly Secured without a fixed numerical rate, that such obligations bear, or would have borne, interest at the highest rate reached, or that would have applied to such obligations (using the index or method for computing interest applicable to such obligations) during the twenty -four (24) month period next preceding the date of computation; and further assuming in the case of obligations required to be redeemed or prepaid as to principal prior to maturity, the principal amounts therof will be redeemed prior to maturity in accordance with the mandatory redemption provisions applicable thereto. The term "Defeasance Securities" shall mean (i) Federal Securities, (ii) noncallable obligations of an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the agency or instrumentality and that, on the date the City Council adopts or approves proceedings authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds or otherwise provide for the funding of an escrow to effect the defeasauce of the Bond is rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm not less than "AAA" or its equivalent, and (iii) noncallable obligations of a state or an agency or a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of a state that have been refunded and that, on the date the City Council adopts or approves proceedings authorizing the issuance of refunding bonds or otherwise provide HONIB%-M1 -F W W &SEWERREV20U)I OMfrc A-1 for the funding of an escrow to effect the defeasance of the Bond, is rated as to investment quality by a nationally recognized investment rating firm no less than "AAA" or its equivalent. The term "Federal Securities" as used herein shall mean direct, noncallable obligations of the United States of America, including obligations that are unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America (including Interest Strips of the Resolution Funding Corporation). The term "Fiscal Year" shall mean the twelve -month financial accounting period used for the System ending each year on September 30' °; provided, however, the City may, by ordinance, change the fiscal year to another period of not less than twelve calendar months, if found and determined to be necessary. The term "Gross Revenues" shall mean all income and revenues of every nature derived or received from the operation and ownership (excluding refundable meter deposits, gifts and grants in aid of construction, impact fees charged developers and special assessments against landowners) of the System, including earnings and income derived from the investment or deposit of moneys in any special funds or accounts created and established for the payment and security of the Bonds Similarly Secured and other obligations payable solely from and secured only by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues. The term "Holder" or "Holders" shall mean the registered owner, whose name appears in the Registration Books, for the Bond. The term "Maintenance and Operating Expenses" shall mean all current expenses of operating and maintaining the System, including all salaries, labor, materials, repairs and extensions necessary to render efficient service; provided, however, that only such repairs and extensions, as in the judgment of the City Council, reasonably and fairly exercised, are necessary to maintain the operations and render adequate service to the City and the inhabitants thereof, or such as might be necessary to meet some physical accident or condition which would otherwise impair obligations payable from Net Revenues shall be deducted in determining "Net Revenues ". Depreciation charges shall not be considered Maintenance and Operating Expenses. Maintenance and Operating Expenses shall include payments under contracts for the purchase of water supply, treatment of sewage or other materials, goods or services for the System to the extent authorized by law and the provisions of such contract. The term "Net Revenues" shall mean Gross Revenues of the System, with respect to any period, after deducting the System's Maintenance and Operating Expenses during such period. The term "Ordinance" shall mean this ordinance finally adopted by the City Council on October 2,'007. The term "Outstanding" when used in this Ordinance with respect to the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured means, as of the date of determination, the Bond and Bonds Similarly Secured theretofore sold, issued and delivered by the City,, except: MIN SVILLEI V &SGNk.RREV2W ONinanu A -2 (t) the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured canceled or delivered to the transfer agent or registrar for cancellation in connection with the exchange or transfer of such obligations; (2) the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured paid or deed to be paid in accordance with the provisions of Section 22 hereof; and (3) the Bond or Bonds Similarly Secured that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and replacements therefor have been registered and delivered in lieu thereof. The term "Paying Agent/Registrar" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof The term "Permitted Investments" shall mean any security or obligation or combination thereofpermitted under the Public Funds Investments Act, Chapter 2256, Texas Government Code, as amended or other applicable law. The term "Previously Issued Bonds" shall mean the Outstanding and unpaid revenue bonds of the City payable from and equally and ratably secured by a first lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System, identified as follows: City of Huntsville, Texas Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 1997, dated February 1, 1997, and originally issued in the principal amount of $14,395,000 City of Huntsville, Texas Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2002, dated November 15„ 2002, and originally issued in the principal amount of $7,255,000 The term "Record Date" shall mean Record Date as defined in the Form of Bonds in Exhibit "B" to this Ordinance. The term "Required Reserve" shall mean the amount required to be accumulated and maintained in the Reserve Fund under the provisions of Section 10 hereof. The terin "Reserve Fund" shall mean the special fund created, established and maintained by the provisions of Section 10 of this Ordinance. The terns "Rule" shall mean SEC Rule 15c2 -12, as amended from time to time. The term "System" shall mean all properties, facilities and plants currently owned, operated and maintained by the City for the supply, treatment, transmission and distribution of potable water and the collection, treatment and disposal of water - carried wastes, together with all future extensions, improvements, replacements and additions thereto; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, and to the extent now or hereafter authorized or permitted by law, the term "System" shall not mean to include facilities of any kind which are declared not to be a part of the System and which are acquired or constructed by or on behalf of the City with the proceeds from the issuance of "Special Facilities Bands ", which are hereby defined as being special revenue obligations of the City which are not Bonds but which are payable from and secured by other liens on and pledges of any revenues, sources or payments, not pledged to the payment of the Bonds HUMSVIUEIWW &SEWL REV2007: 01d, ­w A-3 Similarly Secured including, but not limited to, special contract revenues or payments received from any other legal entity in connection with such facilities. IIUN, VILLFJWW&SEWHRUV3007 ONinanm A -4 EXHIBIT B FORM OF BOND R- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PRINCIPAL STATE OF TEXAS AMOUNT CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS $ WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BOND, SERIES 2007 INTEREST RATE MATURITY DATE DATE OF DATE OF CUSIP NO, SERIES DELIVERY October 15, 2007 REGISTERED OWNER: PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: DOLLARS ON THE MATURITY DATE specified above, the CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS (the "Issuer "), being a political subdivision and municipal corporation of the State of Texas, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the "Registered Owner "), the Principal Amount specified above, and to pay interest thereon (calculated on the basis of a 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months) from the Date of Delivery at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, payable on February 15, 2008, and semiannually on each August 15 and February 15 thereafter to the Maturity Date specified above, or the date of redemption prior to maturity; except that if this Bond is required to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such Principal Amount shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of authentication is after any Record .Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which case such principal amount shall bear interest from such next following interest payment date; provided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on the Bond or Bonds, if any, for which this Bond is being exchanged is due but has not been paid, then this Bond shall bear interest from the date to which such interest has been paid in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period in which ownership of the Bonds is determined only by a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, any payment to the securities depository, or its nominee or registered assigns, shall be made in accordance with existing arrangements between the Issuer and the securities depository. THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America, without exchange or collection charges. The principal of this Bond shall be paid to the Registered Owner hereof upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at maturity or upon the date fixed for its redemption prior to maturity, at the designated office for payment Texas which is the "Paying Agent /Registrar "for this HOVTSV[LT-EIW W& EWFRREV2T7 0,din -me B -t Bond. The payment of interest on this Bond shall be made by the Paying Agent/Registrar to the Registered Owner hereof on each interest payment date by check, dated as of such interest payment date, drawn by the Paying Agent /Registrar on, and payable solely from, funds of the Issuer required by the Ordinance authorizing the issuance ofthis Bond (the "Bond Ordinance ") to be on depositwith the Paying Agent/Registrar for such purpose as hereinafter provided; and such check shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first -class postage prepaid, on each such interest payment date, to the Registered Owner hereof, at its address as it appeared on the last business day of the month next preceding each such date (the "Record Date ") on the Registration Book's kept by the Paying Agent/Registrar, as hereinafter described. In the event of a non - payment of interest oil a scheduled payment date, and for 30 days thereafter, a new record date for such interest payment (a "Special Record Date ") will be established by the Paying Agent/Registrar if and when funds for the payment of such interest have been received from the Issuer. Notice of the Special Record Date and of the scheduled payment date of the past due interest (the "Special Payment Date" which shall be 15 days after the Special Record Date) shall be sent at least five business days prior to the Special Record Date by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, to the address of each Registered Owner appearing on the Registration Books ofthe Paying Agent/Registrar at the close of business on the last business day next preceding the date of mailing of such notice. Any accrued interest due upon the redemption of this Bond prior to maturity as provided herein shall be paid to the Registered Owner upon presentation and surrender of this Bond for redemption and payment at the principal office for payment of the Paying Agent/Registrar (unless the redemption date is a regularly scheduled interestpayment date, in which case accrued interest on such redeemed Bonds shall be payable in the regular manner described above). The Issuer covenants with the Registered Owner of this Bond that on or before each principal payment date, interest payment date, and accrued interest payment date for this Bond it will make available to the Paying Agent/Registrar, from the "Interest and Sinking Fund" referred to in and maintained by the Bond Ordinance, the amounts required to provide for the payment, in immediately available funds, of all principal of and interest on the Bonds, when due. Terms used in this Bond and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning given in the Bond Ordinance. DURING ANY PERIOD in which ownership of the Bonds is determined only by a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, if fewer than all of the Bonds of tile same maturity and bearing the same interest rate are to be redeemed, the particular Bonds of such maturity and bearing such interest rate shall be selected in accordance with the arrangements between the Issuer and the securities depository. IF THE DATE for the payment of the principal of or interest on this Bond shall be a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or day on which banking institutions in the city where the principal office for payment ofthe Paying Agent/Registrar is located are authorized by law or executive order to close, or the United States Postal Service is not open for business (each a "Non- Business Day "), then the date for such payment shall be the next succeeding day which is not a Non- Business Day, and payment on such date shall have the same force and effect as if made on the original date payment was due. ON AUGUST 15, _ OR ON ANY DATE THEREAFTER, the Bonds maturing on and after August 15, ` may be redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, at the option of the Issuer, with funds derived from any available and lawful source, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption as a whole, or from time to time in part, and, if in part, the particular Bonds, or portions thereof, to be redeemed eLWIMUEr W&sewewenv2007 OMIOance B -2 shall be selected and designated by the Issuer, and if less than all of maturity is to be redeemed the Paying Agent/Registrar shall determine by lot the Bonds, or portions thereof within such maturity to be redeemed (provided that a portion of a Bond may be redeemed only in integral multiples of $5,000 of principal amount). AT LEAST 30 days prior to the date fixed for any redemption of Bonds or portions thereof prior to maturity, a written notice of such redemption shall be sent by the Paying Agent/Registrar by United States mail, first -class postage prepaid, at least 30 days prior to the date fixed for any such redemption to the Registered Owner of each Bond to be redeemed at its address as it appeared on the Registration Books maintained by the Paying Agent /Registrar on the day such notice of redemption is mailed. By the date fixed for any such redemption, due provision shall be made with the Paying Agent/Registrar for the payment of the required redemption price for the Bonds or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed. If such written notice of redemption is mailed and if due provision for such payment is made, all as provided above, the Bonds or portions thereof which are to be so redeemed thereby automatically shall be treated as redeemed prior to their scheduled maturities, and they shall not bear interest after the date fixed for redemption, and they shall not be regarded as being outstanding except for the right of the Registered Owner to receive the redemption price from the Paying Agent/Registrar out of the funds provided for such payment. If a portion of any Bond shall be redeemed a substitute Bond or Bonds having the same maturity date, bearing interest at the same rate, in any denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000, at the written request of the Registered Owner, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof„ will be issued to the Registered Owner upon the surrender thereof for cancellation, at the expense of the Issuer, all as provided in the Bond Ordinance. ALL BONDS OF THIS SERIES are issuable solely as fully registered Bonds, without interest coupons, in the denomination of any integral multiple of $5,000 (an "Authorized Denomination "). As provided in the Bond Ordinance, this Bond, or any unredeemed portion hereof, may, at the request of the Registered Owner or the assignee or assignees hereof, be assigned, transferred and exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered Bonds, without interest coupons, payable to the appropriate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may be, having the same denomination or denominations in any integral multiple of $5,000 as requested in writing by the appropriate Registered Owner, assignee or assignees, as the case may be, upon surrender of this Bond to the Paying Agent/Registrar for cancellation, all in accordance with the form and procedures set forth in the Bond Ordinance. Among other requirements for such assignment and transfer, this Bond must be presented and surrendered to the Paying Agent /Registrar, together with proper instruments of assignment, in form and with guarantee of signatures satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar, evidencing assignment of this Bond or any portion or portions hereof in any integral multiple of $5,000 to the assignee or assignees in whose name or names this Bond or any such portion or portions hereof is or are to be registered. The form of Assignment printed or endorsed on this Bond may be executed by the Registered Owner to evidence the assignment hereof, but such method is not exclusive, and other instruments of assignment satisfactory to the Paying Agent/Registrar may be used to evidence the assignment of this Bond or any portion or portions hereof from tune to time by the Registered Owner. The Paying Agent/Registrar's reasonable standard or customary fees and charges for transferring and exchanging any Bond or portion thereof shall be paid by the Issuer, but any taxes or governmental charges required to be paid with respect thereto shall be paid by the one requesting such assignment, transfer 9UNT6 rJLC2rww &SBWWFW007, 01dmace 13-3 or exchange as a condition precedent to the exercise of such privilege. The Paying Agent/Registrar shall not be required to make any such transfer or exchange (i) during the period commencing with the close of business on any Record Date and ending with the opening of business on the next following principal or interest payment date, or, (ii) with respect to any Bond or any portion thereof called for redemption prior to maturity, within 45 days prior to its redemption date; provided, however, such limitation of transfer shall not be applicable to an exchange by the Registered Owner of an unredeemed balance of a Bond called for redemption in part. WHENEVER the beneficial ownership of this Bond is determined by a book entry at a securities depository for the Bonds, the foregoing requirements of holding, delivering or transferring this Bond shall be modified to require the appropriate person or entity to meet the requirements of the securities depository as to registering or transferring the book entry to produce the same effect. IN THE EVENT any Paying Agent/Registrar for the Bonds is changed bythe Issuer, resigns or otherwise ceases to act as such, the Issuer has covenanted in the Bond Ordinance that it promptly will appoint a competent and Iegally qualified substitute therefor, and cause written notice thereof to be mailed to the Registered Owners of the Bonds. IT IS HEREBY certified, recited and covenanted that this Bond has been duly and validly authorized, issued and delivered; that all acts, conditions and things required or proper to be performed, exist, and be doneprecedent to or in the authorization, issuance and delivery of this Bond have been performed, existed and been done in accordance with law; that this Bond is a special obligation of the Issuer, and that the interest on and principal of this Bond, together with the Previously Issued Bonds and all other Outstanding "Bonds Similarly Secured" (as defined in the Bond Ordinance), as such interest comes due, and as such principal matures, are payable from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the "Net Revenues" of the "System" (which is generally described as the Issuer's combined waterworks and sewer system), all as provided in the Bond Ordinance. THE ISSUER also has reserved the right, subject to restrictions stated in the Ordinance, to issue Additional Bonds which also may be made payable from and equally and ratably secured by a first lien on and pledge of, the Net Revenues of the System in the same manner and to the same extent as this Series of Bonds. THE ISSUER also has reserved the right, subject to restrictions stated in the Bond Ordinance to issue obligations payable from and equally and ratably secured, in whole or in part, by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues (as defined in the Bond Ordinance), junior and subordinate in rank and dignity to the lien on and pledge of such Net Revenues securing payment of the Bonds or Bonds Similarly Secured. THE OWNER HEREOF shall never have the right to demand payment of this Bond out of any funds raised or to be raised by taxation. BY BECOMING the Registered Owner of this Bond, the Registered Owner thereby acknowledges all of the terms and provisions of the Bond Ordinance, agrees to be bound by such terms and provisions, acknowledges that the Bond Ordinance is duly recorded and available for inspection in the official minutes and records of the governing body of the Issuer and agrees that the IIUMWLI FW W &SE WRRREV.00': Ordinance B-4 terms and provisions of this Bond and the Bond Ordinance constitute a contract between each Registered Owner hereof and the Issuer. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Bond to be signed with the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the Issuer, and countersigned with the manual or facsimile signature of the City Secretary of the Issuer and the official seal of the Issuer has been duly impressed, or placed in facsimile, on this Bond. Countersigned: (facsimile signature) (facsimile signature) City Secretary, City of Huntsville, Texas Mayor, City of Huntsville, Texas (CITY SEAL) FORM OF REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: COMPTROLLER'S REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE: REGISTER NO. I hereby certify that this Bond has been examined, certified as to validity, and approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and that this Bond has been registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. Witness my signature and seal this (COMPTROLLER'S SEAL) Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas FORM OF PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE PAYING AGENT /REGISTRAR'S AUTHENTICATION CERTIFICATE (To be executed if this Bond is not accompanied by an executed Registration Certificate of the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas) It is hereby certified that this Bond has been issued under the provisions of the Bond Ordinance described in the text of this Bond; and that this Bond has been issued in exchange for a bond or bonds, or a portion of a bond or bonds of a series which originally was approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas and registered by the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas. HIWTSViLLE,, &sewcxaevzooz 0mtmnce B -5 Dated: Texas Paying Agent/Registrar 3 Authorized Representative FORM OF ASSIGNMENT: ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Registered Owner of this Bond, or duly authorized representative or attorney thereof, hereby sells, assigns and transfers this Bond and all rights hereunder unto (Assignee's Social Security or (Please print or typewrite Assignee's name and address, Taxpayer Identification Number) including zip code) and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the registration of this Bond on the Paying AgentlRegistrar's Registration Books with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Signature Guaranteed: NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by NOTICE: The signature above must a member firm of the New York Stock correspond with the name of the Registered Exchange or a commercial bank or trust Owner as it appears upon the front of this company. Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatsoever. INSERTIONS FOR THE INITIAL BOND The initial Bond shall be in the form set forth in this Exhibit, except that A. immediately under the name of the Bond, the headings "INTEREST RATE" and "MATURITY DATE" shall both be completed with the words "As shown below" and "CUSIP NO_" shall be deleted. B. the first paragraph shall be deleted and the following will be inserted: "ON THE MATURITY DATE SPECIFIED ABOVE, the City oflluntsville, Texas (the "City "), being a political subdivision, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified auxrswua1ww &snVERRFvmm: orelnjncc B -6 above, or registered assigns (hereinafter called the 'Registered Owner "), on August 15 in each of the years, in the principal installments and bearing interest at the per annum rates set forth in the following schedule: Years Principal Installments Interest Rates (Information from Sections 3 and 4 to be inserted) The City promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof (calculated on the basis of a 360 -day year of twelve 30 -day months) from the Date of Delivery at the respective Interest Rate per annum specified above. Interest is payable on February 15, 2008 and semiannually on each August 15 and February 15 thereafter to the date of payment of the principal installment specified above; except, that if this Bond is required to be authenticated and the date of its authentication is later than the first Record Date (hereinafter defined), such principal amount shall bear interest from the interest payment date next preceding the date of authentication, unless such date of authentica- tion is after any Record Date but on or before the next following interest payment date, in which case such principal amount shall bear interest from such next following interest payment date; pro- vided, however, that if on the date of authentication hereof the interest on the Bond or Bonds, if any, for which this Bond is being exchanged is due but has not been paid, then this Bond shall bear inter- est from the date to which such interest has been paid in full." C. The initial Bond shall be numbered "T-l." HHNTSVf LE/WW &SEWERREV2002 Ordmanvc B -% CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS Bid Form (Updated Maturities) Name of Bank: mmor7 I Chase Contact: Wendy Wipnerman Phone: 214 290 -2122 Bonds Due Interest Aug 15 Principal Rate 2008 $180,000 4.025% 2009 165,000 4.025% 2010 175,000 4.025% 2011 185,000(1) 4.025% 2012 190,000(1) 4.025% 2013 200,000(1) 4.025% 2014 210,000(1) 4.025% 2015 220,000(1) 4.025% 2016 230,000(1) 4.025% 2017 240,000(l) 4.025% (1) Callable on or after August 15, 2010. Annual Cost to Service as Paying Agent/Registrar: Other Costs to be incurred by City 12,500 Bank counsel fee Texas MAC Fees Signal �Tltle rtJhrrCJ D��I aCn Please reply to Joe Morrow with First Southwest Company by Tuesday, October 2, 2007, no later than 1:00 P.M., with your proposal, 713 -654 -9361 by fax or jmorrow(afirstsw. com. Confulential City of Huntsville ®rJ PMorganChase Presentation To First Southwest Company On City of Huntsville, Texas October 2, 2007 Confidential Information Confidential City ofHunisvflle October 2, 2007 Mr. Joe Morrow First Southwest Company 1021 Main Street Suite 2200 Houston, Texas 77002 Dear Mr. Morrow: RE: City of Huntsville, Texas $1,995,000 (not to exceed) Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2007 We are pleased to bid for the City of Huntsville's issue of up to $1,995,000 in Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds Series 2007 bank qualified (the "Bonds ") referred to in your term sheet dated September 24, 2007 and the information attached thereto. Please note that our bids are on a single Term Bond as opposed to Series Bonds. Financing Terms and Conditions Borrower /Seller: City of Huntsville, Texas Lender/Purchaser: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N. A. (the "Bank ") 707 Travis, Floor 9 Houston, TX 77002 Bank Contacts: Pam Davis Senior Banker 707 Travis, Floor 09 Houston, TX 77002 Tel. 713- 216 -1147, Fax 713 -216 -4499 Pam. J. Davis @chase. corn Wendy J. Wipperman Underwriter II Government, Not- for - Profit, Healthcare Banking 1717 Main Street, Floor 3 Dallas, TX 75201 Tel. 214 - 290 -2122, Fax 214- 290 -2305 Wendy. i.wipperman(a)Ipmchase com Confidential City ofHantsville Facility Type: Private Placement of Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds Series 2007 (the 'Bonds ") as a Bank Qualified Tax Exempt Obligation, to be secured by a first lien pledge of the net revenues of City of Huntsville's waterworks and sewer system. Facility Amount: Not to Exceed One Million Nine Hundred and Ninety- Five Thousand US Dollars ($ 1,995,000). Use of Proceeds: The proceeds from the sale of the Series 2007 Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds will be used to finance improvements to the city's water and sewer system. Rate: Fixed rate of interest of 4.025% on a Bank Qualified Tax Exempt Basis with a call provision anytime on or after August 15, 2010, or Fixed rate of interest of 3.79% on a Bank Qualified Tax Exempt Basis with no call provision (will offer a make - whole provision if desired). Term: Approximately nine years and ten months, with final maturity on August 15, 2017. Closing Date: November 1, 2007 Security: The Bonds will constitute valid and legally binding special obligations of the City of Huntsville secured by a first lien pledge of the net revenues of the waterworks and sewer system on parity with the city's waterworks and sewer system revenue bonds outstanding. Repayment Terms: Interest on the Bonds will be payable semi - annually on August 15 and February 15, with the first interest payment due on February 15, 2008. Principal will be payable annually on August 15 as per debt service schedule in the pricing summary. Tax Exemption: Purchase of the Bonds is contingent upon the interest on the Notes being excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes under existing regulations on a Bank Qualified basis. Confidential I of Huntsville Upfront Bank Fees: None Attorney's Fees: $2,500 to be paid by the city Texas MAC Fees: To be paid by the city Form of Notes: One Term Bond with amortization schedule. Conditions Precedent: Purchase of the Bonds issued by the City of Huntsville will be subject to the following conditions precedent: Documentation: The City and all other parties would execute and deliver such documentation as the Bank may request, in form and substance satisfactory to the Bank and its counsel. Such documentation to include, but not limited to, i) standard representations and warranties, ii) a Purchase Agreement, iii) authorization for the issuance of such Obligations, in form and substance acceptable to the Bank, iv) opinion of the City of Huntsville counsel ratifying the authorization of such Obligations, v) an opinion of the City of Huntsville's counsel verifying the tax exempt nature of the Notes, vi) approving opinion of the Attorney General, and vii) certification by the City of Huntsville of no material adverse change prior to closing. Reporting: The City will agree to submit to the Bank Annual Audited Financial Reports within six months after the end of each fiscal year of the county. Documentation: Shall be prepared by Bond Counsel and would be subject to review and acceptance by counsel to the Purchaser. Credit Approval: Credit Approval has been obtained for this transaction. However, the closing of the transaction is subject to Conditions Precedent described above and completion of the Due Diligence described below. Completion of Due Diligence: Closing of this transaction is subject to completion by Bank of its due diligence investigation, including, without limitation, a legal analysis of the transaction contemplated herein. Confidential City ofHuntsvilde Sincerely, Wendy J. Wipperman Underwriter II Government, Not - for - Profit, Healthcare Banking JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. The terms and conditions above are intended to be a substantive outline of the transaction rather than a full and complete description of all terms of the purchase documents. This Term Sheet is for the City of Bastrop confidential use only and may not he disclosed to any other person other than its employees, attorneys and financial advisors (but not other banks), and then only in connection with the proposed transaction and on a confidential basis, except when: disclosure is required by law or where Bank consents to the proposed disclosure, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. October 2, 2007 City of Huntsville, Texas 1212 Avenue M Huntsville, Texas 77340 McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P. 600 Congress Avenue, Suite 1800 Austin, Texas 78701 First Southwest Company 1021 Main Street, Suite 2200 Houston, Texas 77002 I, the undersigned, being an authorized officer of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the 'Bank "), being a financial institution, to -wit; a bank within the definition of sector 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, acknowledge that the City of Huntsville, Texas (the "Issuer "), is issuing its Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2007 (the "Bond ") for the purpose of providing funds for (i) improvements to the Issuer's Waterworks and Sewer System, and (ii) to pay the costs of issuing the Bond. The Bond is to be issued under the authority of Chapter 1502 of the Texas Government Code, as amended. The bank hereby acknowledges receipt of the ordinance authorizing the issuance and sale of the Bond (the "Bond Ordinance "). The Bank further understands that the Bond is payable from, and secured by a lien on and pledge of, the receipts of the Net Revenues of the System to provide for the payment of the interest on and principal of the Bond, as such interest and principal come due. The Bank further understands that the Bond will be sold for cash, will be approved by the Attorney General of the State of Texas, and will be delivered in one installment in the form of one fully- registered Bond representing the full maturity amount of the Bond, $1,995,000, which Bond matures in annual installments, as set forth below, subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer. The Bond will be initially registered in the name of the Bank. In connection with the Bond, the Bank agrees as follows: H.m,ille/WW &SSe ,Ra,2007 A. The Bank will purchase the Bond, which shall be delivered to the Bank on or about November 1, 2007. The interest rate on the Bond shall be 4.025% per annum subject to adjustment as provided in the Ordinance. The first interest payment date for the Bond shall be February 15, 2008, with interest payable on each August 15 and February 15 thereafter until maturity or prior redemption. Principal of the Bond will be payable in annual installments, or upon redemption at the option of the Issuer, under the terms and conditions described below. The purchase price fo the Bond shall be the principal amount thereof. Interest on the Bond will accrue interest from the date of initial delivery. Annual principal installment payments shall be made to the registered owner of the Bond on August 15, 2017 in the principal amount of $1,995,000. B. It is understood and agreed that on August 15, 2010, the principal installments of the Bond maturing on and after August 15, 2011 are subject to redemption at the option of the Issuer at any time prior to the scheduled maturity, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be so redeemed plus accrued interest on the principal amount to be so redeemed. C. The Bond maturing on August 15, 2017 (the "Tenn. Bond ") is subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption by lot prior to maturity in the following amounts, on the following dates and at a price of par plus accrued interest to the redemption date. Bonds Maturing August 15, 2017 Redemption Date August 15, 2008 August: 15, 2009 August 15, 2010 August 15, 2011 August 15, 2012 . August 15, 2013 August 15, 2014 August 15, 2015 August 15, 2016 August 15, 1017° *Final Maturity Principal Amount $ 180,000 165,000 175,000 185,000 190,000 200,000 210,000 220,000 230,000 240,000* The principal amount of the Term Bond required to be redeemed pursuant to the operation of the mandatory sinking fund redemption provisions shall be reduced, at the option of the City by the principal amount of any Term Bond of the stated maturity which, at least 50 days prior to a mandatory redemption date, (1) shall have been acquired by the City, at a price not exceeding the principal amount of such Term Bond plus accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof, and delivered to the Paying Agent /Registrar for cancellation, (2) shall have been purchased and canceled by the Paying Agent /Registrar at the request of the City with monies in the Interest and Sinking Fund at a price not exceeding the principal amount of the iiunlsvlle/W W &SSm,,,Red2007 Term Bond plus accrued interest to the date of purchase thereof, or (3) shall have been redeemed pursuant to the optional redemption provisions and not theretofore credited against a mandatory sinking fund redemption requirement. D. The Bond will be fully registered as to principal and interest, and the Bank shall serve as the initial paying agent and registrar for the Bond without charge to the Issuer, except for the reimbursement of any reasonable expenditures incurred by the Bank in the capacity of paying agent and registrar. The Bond is transferable in whole, but not in part. E. In regard to its purchase of the Bond, the Bank acknowledges that no prospectus or other offering document has been prepared; however, the Issuer has furnished the Bank with all information necessary and requested by the Bank to permit the Bank to make an informed decisions concerning its purchase of the Bond, and the Bank has made such inspections and investigations as it has deemed necessary to determine the investment quality ofthe Bond and to assess all risk factors associated with the purchase and ownership of the Bond. The Bank hereby acknowledges and represents that it has a business relationship with the Issuer and that it is familiar with the financial condition of the Issuer and the ability of the Issuer to timelypay the principal of and interest on the Bond. The Bank has been furnished with such financial information relating to the Issuer as it has requested for the purposes ofmaking its assessment of the purchase of the Bond. The Bank has had a reasonable opportunity to request and review such other information as it needs from the Issuer in order to enable it to make its purchase. The Bank is not relying on McCall, Parkurst & Horton L.L.P., the Issuer`s Bond Counsel, or First Southwest Company, the Issuer's Financial Advisor, as to the completeness or accuracy of any financial information provided to the Bank by the Issuer in connectionwith its determination to purchase the Bond. F. The Bond purchased by the Bank is being purchased for the account of the Bank as evidence of a loan (and not on behalf of another), and the Bank has no present intention of reselling such Bond or dividing its interest therein, either currently or after the passage of a fixed or determinable period of time or upon the occurrence or nonoccurrence of any predetermined event or circumstance; provided, however that the Bank reserves the right to sell, pledge, transfer, convey, hypothecate, or dispose of the Bond at some future date. G. Delivery of the Bond to the Bank (the "Closing ") shall be made at the Bank on or about November 1, 2007, it being understood that the delivery date may be extended by mutual consent of the Bank and the Issuer. H. The Bank acknowledges that the Bond will not be rated. In addition, the Bank acknowledges that the Bond will not be listed on any securities exchange. Further, no trading market now exists in the Bond, and none may exist in the future. Accordingly, the Bank understands that it may need to bear the risks of this investment for an indefinite time, since any sale prior to the maturity for the Bond may not be possible or may be at a price below that which the Bank is paying for the Bond. Rumville,WW &S Sew rRev2007 L It is understood and agreed that the Bank is buying the Bond in a private placement by the Issuer to the Bank. The Bond is exempt from any federal securities registration requirements by virtue of Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The private placement of the Bond is exempt from the provisions of Rule 15c2 -12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'Rule "); consequently the Issuer has not undertaken to make any on -going disclosures for the benefit of the registered owner of the Bond in accordance with the Rule. J. This agreement shall be terminated by delivery of 1,995,000 in principal amount ofthe Bond to the Bank at the date of Closing, provided that the representations of the Bank in E. above, shall survive the termination hereof. K. The Issuer will designate the Bond as a "qualified tax - exempt obligation" within the meaning of section 265(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. In furtherance of that designation, in the Bond Ordinance, the Issuer will covenant to take such action which would assure or to refrain from such action which would adversely affect the treatment of the Bond as a "qualified tax - exempt organization." L. As a condition to the purchase of the Bond, the Bank shall receive at the Closing an opinion of Bond Counsel in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. In addition, the Bank shall receive, at the Closing, an opinion of the Attorney General of the State of Texas to the effect that the Bond has been lawfully issued by the Issuer and is a valid and binding obligation of the Issuer under applicable laws of the State of Texas. Respectfully Submitted, By: Wendy J. Wipperman Title: Underwriter lI Huntsvl11e1WW &SSewcrRev2007 ACCEPTANCE ACCEPTED pursuant to the Bond Ordinance adopted by the City Council of the City of Huntsville, Texas, this the 2nd day of October, 2007. Mayor City Huntsville, Texas Runtsv&e/W W &SSewcrReN_007 EXHIBIT A [An opinion in substantially the following form will be delivered by McCall, Parkhurst & Horton L.L.P., Bond Counsel, upon the delivery of the Bond, assuming no material changes in facts or lam] CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007 IN THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $1,995,000 AS BOND COUNSEL FOR THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS (the "City ") ofthe bonds described above (the "Bond "), we have examined into the legality and validity of the Bond, which bear interest from the dates specked in the text of the Bond, until maturity or redemption, at the rates and payable on the dates specified in the text of the Bond and the ordinance of the City adopted on October 2, 2007, authorizing the issuance of the Bond (the "Ordinance "). WE HAVE EXAMINED the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, certified copies of the proceedings of the City, and other documents authorizing and relating to the issuance of said Bond, including the executed bond (Bond Numbered R -1). BASED ON SAID EXAMINATION, IT IS OUR OPINION that said Bond has been authorized, issued and delivered in accordance with law; and that except as the enforceability thereof maybe limited by laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and liquidation and other laws now or hereafter enacted related to creditors` rights generally, the Bond constitutes a valid and legally binding special obligation of the City payable, together with the Previously Issued Bonds and all other outstanding Additional Bonds, from and secured by a lien on and pledge of the Net Revenues of the System (which is generally described as the City's combined waterworks and sewer system), all as provided in the Bond Ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Bond. IT IS FURTHER OUT OPINION, except as discussed below, that the interest on the Bond is excludable from the gross income of the owners thereof for federal income tax purposes under the statutes, regulations, published rulings, and court decisions existing on the date of this opinion. We are further ofthe opinion that the Bond is not "specified private activity bonds" and that, accordingly, interest on the Bond will not be included as an individual or corporate alternative minimum tax preference item under section 57(a)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code of 19$6 (the "Code "). In expressing the aforementioned opinions, we have relied on certain representations, the accuracy of which we have not independently verified, and assume compliance by City with certain covenants, regarding the use and investment of the proceeds of the Bond and the use of the property financed therewith. We call your attention to the fact that if such representations are determined to be inaccurate or upon a failure by the City to comply with such covenants, interest on the Bond may become includable in gross income retroactively to the date of issuance of the Bond. OUR OPINIONS ARE BASED ON EXISTING LAW, which is subject to change. Such opinions are further based on our knowledge of facts as of the date hereof. We assume no duty to update or supplement our opinions to reflect any facts or circumstances that may thereafter come to our attention or to reflect any changes in any law that may thereafter occur or become effective. Huneuv610WW&$seuerRev2007 A -1 More, our opinions are not a guarantee of result and are not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (the "Service "); rather, such opinions represent our legal judgment based upon our review of existing law and in reliance upon the representations and covenants referenced above that we deem relevant to such opinions. The Service has an ongoing audit program to determine compliance with rules that relate to whether interest on state or local obligations is includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes. No assurance can be given whether or not the Service will commence an audit of the Bond. If an audit is commenced, in accordance with its current published procedures the Service is likely to treat the City as the taxpayer. We observe that the City has covenanted not to take any action, or omit to take any action within its control, that if taken or omitted, respectively, may result in the treatment of interest on the Bond as includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes. No assurance can be given whether or not the Service will commence an audit of the Bond. If an audit is commenced, in accordance with its current published procedures the Service is likely to treat the City as a the taxpayer. We observe that the City has covenanted not to take any action, or omit to take any action within its control, that if taken or omitted, respectively, may result in the treatment of interest on the Bond as includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes. EXCEPT AS STATED ABOVE, we express no opinion as to any other federal, state, or local tax consequences of acquiring, carrying, owning, or disposing of the Bond. In particular, but not by way of limitation, we express no opinion with respect to the federal, state or local tax consequences arising from the enactment of any pending or fixture legislation. WE CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT that the interest on tax- exempt obligations, such as the Bond, is included in a corporation's alternative minimum taxable income for purposes of determining the alternative minimum tax imposed on corporations by section 55 of the Code. OUR SOLE ENGAGEMENT in connection with the issuance of the Bond is as Bond Counsel for the City, and, in that capacity, we have been engaged by the City for the sole purpose of rendering an opinion with respect of the legality and validity of the Bond under the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, and with respect to the exclusion from gross income of the interest on the Bond for federal income tax purposes, and for no other reason or purpose. We have not been requested to investigate or verify, and have not independently investigated or verified any records, data, or other material relating to the financial condition or capabilities of the City, or the disclosure thereof in connection with the sale ofthe Bond, and have not assumed any responsibility with respect thereto. We express no opinion and make no comment with respect to the marketability of the Bond and have relied solely on certificates executed by officials of the City as to the current outstanding indebtedness of the City and System revenues. THE FOREGOING OPINIONS represent out legal judgment based upon a review of existing legal authorities that we deem relevant to render such opinions and are not a guarantee of a result. Respectfully, Huntsville; W WBSSe,¢,Re,2007 A -2 CERTIFICATE FOR ORDINANCE NO. 2007- 30L THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WALKER CITY OF HUNTSVILLE We, the undersigned officers and members of the City of Huntsville, Texas (the "City "), hereby certify as follows: 1. The City Council of the City convened in a REGULAR MEETING ON THE 2ND DAY OF OCTOBER, 2007, at the City Council Chambers, Huntsville City Hall (the "Meeting "), and the roll was called of the duly constituted officers and members of the City, to -wit: J. Turner, Mayor Jim Willett, Ward 1 Dalene Zender, Position 1 Mac Woodward, Ward 2, Mayor Pro Tern Melissa Mahaffey, Position 2 Clarence Griffin, Ward 3 Mickey S. Evans, Position 3 Wayne Barrett, Ward 4 Jack Choate, Position 4 and all of the persons were present, except the following absentees: , thus constituting a quorum. Whereupon, among other business, the following was transacted at the Meeting: a written ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2007; AUTHORIZING THE PLEDGE OF CERTAIN REVENUES IN SUPPORT OF THE BOND; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A PAYING AGENT/REGISTRAR AGREEMENT AND A PURCHASE AND INVESTMENT LETTER; AND AUTHORIZING OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND was duly introduced for the consideration of the City Council. It was then duly moved and seconded that the Ordinance be passed, and, after due discussion, said motion carrying with it the passage of the Ordinance, prevailed and carried by the following vote: AYES: + NOES: a 2. A true, full and correct copy of the Ordinance passed at the Meeting described in the above and foregoing paragraph is attached to and follows this Certificate; that the Ordinance has been duly recorded in the City Council's minutes of the Meeting, that the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full and correct excerpt from the City Council's minutes of the Meeting pertaining to the passage of the Ordinance, that the persons named in the above and foregoing paragraph are the duly chosen, qualified and acting officers and members of the City Council as indicated therein; that each of the officers and members of the City Council was duly and sufficiently notified officially and HI MVILLDNNSSRM07 Qrd u� Ce personally, in advance, of the time, place and purpose of the Meeting, and that the Ordinance would be introduced and considered for passage at the Meeting, and each of the officers and members consented, in advance, to the holding ofthe Meeting for such purpose, and that the Meeting was open to the public and public notice of the time, place and purpose of the meeting was given, all as required by Chapter 551, Government Code, as amended. 3. The Mayor of the City has approved and hereby approves the Ordinance; that the Mayor and the City Secretary of the City have duly signed the Ordinance; and that the Mayor and the City Secretary of the City hereby declare that their signing of this Certificate shall constitute the signing of the attached and following copy of the Ordinance for all purposes. mm SVJLLE�w SSREW7 o� �cert SIGNED AND SEALED the City-Se—cretary H I SVILLE\ WSSREW7: pldinanceCert A