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Ordinance No. 2,859ORDINANCE NO. 2859 ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION, SERIES 1980 THE STATE OF TEXAS § COUNTIES OF HARRIS AND CHAMBERS § CITY OF BAYTOWN § WHEREAS, the City Council of the-CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS (the "City "), deems it advisable to issue Certificates of Obligation of the City in accordance with the notice herein- after set forth; therefore BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS: Section 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby found and declared to be true and correct. Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause to be published in the manner required by law a notice of intention to issue Certificates of Obligation in substantially the following form: r 00327 -2a NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas (the "City "), will meet in the City Hall, City of Baytown, Texas, at 6:30 p.m. on April. 24, 1980, to adopt an ordinance authorizing the issuance of the City's Cer- tificates of Obligation, payable from City ad valorem taxes and revenues of the sanitary sewer system of the City, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000, bearing in- terest at any rate or rates, not to exceed the maximum interest rate now or hereafter authorized by law, as shall be determined within the discretion of the City Council, and maturing over a period of years not to exceed twenty (20) years from the date thereof, for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of the City for all or any part of the cost of extending and improving (1) the sanitary sewer system of the City (a maximum principal amount of $1,000,000 of Certificates of Obligation to be issued for this purpose) and (2) the waterworks system of the City (a maximum principal amount of $100,000 of Certificates of Obliga- tion to be issued for this purpose), respectively, and the cost of professional services incurred in connection therewith. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY, this 27th day of March, 1980. (SEAL) /s/ Eileen P. Hall City Clerk T CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS r 00327 -2c Section 3. The notice set forth in Section 2 above shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper which is of general circulation in the City, the date of the first publication to be not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date tentatively set in said notice for the passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such Certificates of Obligation. Section 4. The Mayor, City Clerk, and other officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to do any and all things necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions of this ordinance. Section 5. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage. Section 5. It is hereby officially found and determined that the need of the City for such financing creates an emer- gency and an urgent public necessity for the holding, at the scheduled time, of the meeting of the City Council at which this ordinance is adopted and for the adoption of this ordi- nance; and the NOTICE OF MEETING relating to said meeting and heretofore posted by the City Clerk, and the posting thereof, are hereby authorized, approved, and ratified. PASSED AND APPROVED this 27th day of March, 1980. ATTEST: ayor CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS i�tyc le CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS (SEAL)