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PLACED ON 1sT READING & REFERKRED <br /> TO THE FINANCE COMMITTEE 3/18/02 <br /> <br />ORDINANCE NO. 91-02 By: <br /> <br />Corrigan, Dunn, FitzGerald, George <br /> Roth, Seelie, Skindell <br /> <br /> AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE to provide for the issuance of $50,000 <br />Forestation Improvement Bond Anticipation Notes of the City of Lakewood, Ohio, in <br />anticipation of the issuance of bonds for the. purpose of improving streets and municipal <br />properties by clearing, trimming and planting trees. <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Fiscal Officer has certified to this Council that the estimated life <br />of the acquisition hereinafter mentioned is at least five (5) years and has further certified the <br />maximum maturity of the hereinafter mentioned bonds is ten (10) years and that the maximum <br />maturity of notes issued in anticipation of said bonds is twenty (20) years from the date .of <br />issuance of the original notes; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five (5) members elected thereto <br />determines that this ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this ordinance shall take effect <br />at the earliest date possible.as set forth in ARTICLE 1II, SECTION 10 and 13 of the SECOND <br />AMENDED CHARTER OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, and that it is necessary for the <br />immediate preservation of the public property, health and safety, and to provide for the daily <br />operation of municipal departments in that the immediate issuance and sale of the notes herein <br />authorized is necessary to provide funds for the construction of the improvements urgently <br />needed to protect the health and safety of the citizens of the City; <br /> <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City of Lakewood, Cuyaboga <br />County, Ohio: <br /> <br /> Section 1. It is hereby declared necessary to issue bonds of the City of Lakewood <br />in the principal amount of $50,000 for the purpose of improving streets and municipal properties <br />by clearing, trimming and planting trees. <br /> <br /> Section2. Said bonds shall be dated approximately May 1, 2003, shall bear <br />interest at the estim,ated rate of five per centum (5%) per annum, payable ~emi-annually, until the <br />principal sum is paid, and shall mature in such ten (10) annual principal installments after their <br />issuance that the total principal add interest payments in any year in which principal is payable is <br />substantially equal. <br /> <br /> Section 3. It is hereby determined that notes (hereinafter called the "Notes'~ in <br />the principal amount of $50,000 shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of said bonds for <br />the above-described purpose. The Notes shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum <br />interest rate of six per centum (6%) per annum, as may be fixed by the Fiscal Officer in her <br />certificate awarding the Notes, such interest to be payable at maturity, with provision, if <br />requested by the purchaser, that, in the event of default, the same shall bear interest at a rate not <br />exceeding the maximum interest rate of ten per centum (10%) per annum until the principal sum <br />is paid; shall be dated their date of issuance and shall mature on a date between nine months and <br />one year from such date, as determined by the Fiscal Officer; shall not be subject to redemption <br />by the City at any time prior to maturity; and shall be payable as to both principal and interest at <br />the office of the Fiscal Officer of the City, or at banks or trust companies, as'determined by the <br />Fiscal Officer, without deduction for exchange, collection or service charge. "Fiscal Officer" as <br />used in this ordinance means the City's Director of Finance. <br /> <br /> Section 4. Pursuant to Section 133.30(B), Ohio Revised Code, the Fiscal Officer <br />may combine the Notes with other notes into a single cpnsolidated issue of notes for purposes of <br />their sale as a single issue, to be designated "Various Purpose General Obligation Bond <br />~Anficipation Notes, Series 2002"; such notes shall contain a summary statement of purposes <br />encompassing the purpose for which, the Notes are issued; shall state that they are issued <br />pursuant to this ordinance; shag be issued in such numbers and denominations as may be <br />requested by the original purchaser; and shall be eXecuted by the Mayor and Fiscal Officer, <br />provided that one of such signatures may be a facsimile signature. <br /> <br /> The Notes, pursuant to the tenns set forth below, may also be issued to a <br />Depository (as hereinafter defined) for use in a book-entry system (as hereinafter defined). The <br />Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed, to the extent necessary or required, to <br /> <br />{KLF1579.DOC;I } <br /> <br /> <br />