HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 4458 CITY OF RENTON, WA$HINGTON
ORDINI�NC� N0. 4 4 5 8
A�T O1�TNA1�TeE o�' th� City o� Renton, ���h��g�or�,
pro�iaing for �he submission to the v��ers of the �i�X at
a 6pecia� election to be h��d tlaerein on September �t3,
Y994a in co�aun�tion with �he S�ate �xi�nary election to
l�e he�d ��. �a�e sar►�� date, o� � propo�i�i�r� a��h�r���ng
�he Ci�� to ineu� inde�tedn��� by �s�ua.�s� �.°�s �e�e�a�.
obligat�.�� boncls in a pa.r am�un� �o� to �xe�ed
$1�,8o0e�0o, payabl� b�• ��nual p�gper�}� �ax ].evies t� h�
made in e��es� of rec�l�x proper�ky ��x 1evi��, �or �Y�e
pu�pc�se of p�.yi�ag tl�e cos�� af cons���e�x�g anci �quipping
a publ.i.c �af�fcy buildinq ar�� ��quiringt real property for
relat�c� City pur�o�es and �o T�vy �hos� ��ces� �roperty
��x�s,
WHFREA�, �he Cit� o� �enton, Washington (�he "City") , is in
urg�:n� ne�d �� ��nstru�ting and equipping a pub�ic safety bui.ldir�g
and acqu��in� �ea� proper�y for ��lated City purposes, and the City
sioes n�t �ave s�f�i�ient func�s ava�.labl.e for tha� �vurpose to �eet
the estimated co�t of such i.rapr°ove�u�n�t and acquisition; NOW,
`�Ii�EREFOIZ�, .
�HE ^�T� CO�.TNC�L OF TI-iE CI`�Y OF R�N3'n1�i, �i11��FiTIJGTOId, D� OI2DAI�T
a� fc�l�ok€s: "
SECTIOI3 I. Descr��tion of Project. The City shal� const�ct
arcd ��ui�a � pnb�.ic safety building and acquxre real. pro�aerty �or
City g�r�o��s rel�ted t� public safety w��.�h �nay in�lu�e, a� �he
fut��e d�s��etion of the Ci�y Co�ancil, provisic�� f�x� p�rkir�c�, ��1 j
or par� o� a buil�ing site, campus desie�n and development or s�t1��r
corasid�rations as cl�em�d ap�x�o�riat� for t�e a�et� �a�ili�eies �t3��
��Proje�t") . The est�.mate� cos� of th� Proj e�t, i.ncl�a�d�.�g t�e co�ts '
of is�u��g �x�d se].l.Z�g the �o�1ds �tz�hox'i2ed by thi.s �X'CZ1Re'►Y10E� i�
declar�d ta �e, as nearly a� rnay b�, $14,��0,00�o �h.�: e�o��mi�
life of �he facilities ancl acq�i�ition c�mprising tYa� Project gs
expec�ed to be at least twes��y� ���rs.
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� SECTION II. Authorization of Bonds. The City shall borrow
not to exceed $14,800,000 on the credit of the City and issue and
sell its general obligation bonds in that principal amount for
strictly municipal capital purposes, other than the replacement of
equipment, to provide the funds for the Project. Costs of
engineering, planning, financial, legal and other services lawfully
incur'red incident to the Project shall be appropriate capital costs
to be paid from the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this
ordinance.
SECTION III. Description of Bonds, Authorization of Short-
Term Obligations and Reimbursement of Capital Expenditures. The
bonds shall be issued as a single issue, as a part of a combined
issue with other authorized bonds, or in more than one series. The
bonds shall be fully registered; shall bear interest payable as
permitted by law; shall mature within twenty years from th�ir date
or within any shorter period fixed by the City Council; shall be
paid by annual property tax levies sufficient in amount to pay both
principal and interest when due, which annual property tax levies
shall be made in excess of regular property tax levies without
limitation as to rate or amount but only in amounts sufficient to
pay both principal and interest when due; and shall be issued and
sold in the manner, at the times and in the amounts as shall be
required for the Project. The exact date, form, terms, option of
prior redemption, price, interest rate or rates and maturities of
the bonds shall be fixed hereafter by ordinance of the City
Council.
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Pending the issuance of the bonds and receipt of their
proceeds, the City Council may authorize the issuance of short-term
obligations pursuant to Chapter 39.50 RCW, and the costs of those
short-term obligations shall be included in the cost of the Project
for which the bonds are issued.
The City Council declares that to the extent, if any, the City ,
prior to the date bonds or other short-term obligations are issued
to finance the Project shall make capital expenditures for the
Project from funds that are not (and are not reasonably expected to
be) reserved, allocated on a long-term basis or otherwise set aside
by the City under its existing and reasonably foreseeable budgetary
and financial circumstances to finance the Project, those capital
expenditures are intended to be reimbursed out of proceeds of the
bonds or other short-term obligations issued in an amount not to
exceed the principal amount provided by this ordinance.
SECTION IV. Call of Special Election. The City Council finds
that an emergency exists which requires constructing the facilities
and acquiring the real property comprising the Project, and the
Director of Records and Elections of King County, Washington, as
ex officio Supervisor of Elections, is requested to concur in that
finding and to call and conduct a special election to be held in
the City on September 20, 1994, in conjunction with the State
primary election to be held on the same date, for the purpose of I
submitting to the qualified electors of the City for their approval
the question of whether or not the City shall borrow not to exceed
$14,800, 00, issue its general `obligation bonds in that principal
amount for capital purpos�es only, other than replacement of
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equipment, and levy excess taxes necessary to redeem the bonds as
herein set forth.
SECTION V. Ballot Title. The City Clerk is directed to
certify to the Directar of Records and Elections of King County,
Washington, as ex officio Supervisor of Elections, at least 45 days
prior to the September 20, 1994, special election date a copy of
this ordinance and the proposition to be submitted at that special
election in the form of a ballot title as follows:
PROPOSITION
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $14,800, 000
Shall the City of Renton, Washington, borrow
$14,800, 000 to construct and equip a public safety
building and acquire real property for City purposes
related to public safety by selling general obligation
bonds therefor maturing within twenty years and levy
annual excess property taxes necessary to pay and retire
the bonds, as provided in Ordinance No. ?
BONDS . . YES ❑ BONDS . . NO ❑
PASSED by the City Council thisllth day of July , 1994.
Marilyn tersen, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this llth day of July , 1994.
Mayo
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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oster Pe er & Shefelman
Bond Counsel to the City
Date of Publication July 15 , 1994
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I, Marilyn J. Petersen, City Clerk of the City of Renton,
Washington, certify that the attached copy of Ordinance No. 4458
is a true and correct copy of the original ordinance passed on the
llth day of July , 1994, as that ordinance appears on
the Minute Book of the City.
DATED this llth day of July , 1994.
C/�� ` .
Marilyn . Petersen, City Clerk
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