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PLACED ON 1ST READING & REFERRED TO THE <br />FINANCE COMMITTEE 2/19/13. <br />PELAEED~~NN@2NDRREADING 3%4/13. <br />ORDINANCE NO. 1-13 By' Anderson, Bullock, Juris, <br />Madigan, Nowlin, Smith. <br />AN ORDINANCE TO TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY PROVIDED IT RECEIVES THE <br />AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, OTHERWISE IT <br />SHALL TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FORCE AFTER THE EARLIEST PERIOD ALLOWED <br />BY LAW, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOTES IN THE PRINCIPAL <br />AMOUNT OF $3,948,000, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS, TO PAY <br />COSTS OF VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance Nos. 21-12, 22-12, 23-12 and 24-12, each passed <br />March 19, 2012, a note in anticipation of bonds in the amount of $2,000,000, dated April 18, <br />2012 and maturing April 17, 2013 (the " 2012A Outstanding Note"), was issued, to pay costs of <br />improving Madison Avenue by providing new traffic signalization, improving and renovating the <br />refuse facility, replacing the roof on City Hall and resurfacing Atkins Avenue, Brockley Avenue, <br />Hird Avenue, Lakeland Road, Lauderdale Avenue, McKinley Avenue, Northland Avenue, St. <br />Charles Avenue, Waterbury Road, Wyandotte Avenue, and other streets located within the City <br />(collectively, the " 2012A Improvement"); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 40-12 passed on September 17, 2012, a note in <br />anticipation of bonds in the amount of $1,948,000, dated October 17, 2012 and maturing <br />April 17, 2013 (the " 2012B Outstanding Note" and, together with the 2012A Outstanding Note, <br />the "Outstanding Notes"), was issued to pay costs of resurfacing Arlington Road, Lakeland <br />Avenue, Larchmonf Avenue, Madison Avenue, Morrison Avenue, Overlook Road, Wascana <br />Avenue and other streets located within the City, improving Detroit Avenue by providing new <br />traffic signalization and improving the municipal garage ventilation system, together with all <br />necessary appurtenances thereto (collectively, the " 2012B Improvement" and, together with the <br />2012A Improvement, the "Improvements"); and <br />WHEREAS, the Director of Finance, as fiscal officer of the City, has certified that the <br />estimated life or period of usefulness of the Improvements is at least five years and that the <br />estimated maximum maturity of the bonds described in Section 1 is 15 years based upon the <br />weighted average of the amounts allocated to the classes of the Improvements set forth in the <br />Fiscal Officer's Certificate, which allocation is approved, ratified and confirmed, and the <br />maximum maturity of $1,948,000 of the notes is April 21, 2031 and the maximum maturity of <br />$2,000,000 of the notes is April 18, 2032; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council fmds and determines that the City should retire the Outstanding <br />Notes with the proceeds of the notes described in Section 3 and other funds available to the City; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, this Council by a vote of at least five of its members determines that this <br />Ordinance is an emergency measure, and that this Ordinance shall take effect at the earliest date <br />possible as set forth in Article III, Sections 10 and 13 of the Second Amended Chazter of the City <br />of Lakewood (the "Charter"), and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public <br />property, health and safety, and to provide for the usual daily operations of municipal <br />5 <br />is <br />