File #: OR-2018-0011    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted as Amended
File created: 3/1/2018 In control: City Clerk
On agenda: Final action: 6/4/2018
Title: APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE #3 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, FISCAL YEAR 2019.
Attachments: 1. AO 3 - BOA SUBMISSION CHECKLIST, 2. AO 3 - GO Bonds Capital, 3. AO 3 -Fiscal Impact, 4. AO 3 -Prior NOTIFICATION, 5. OR-2018-0011 (002)

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APPROPRIATING ORDINANCE #3 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, FISCAL YEAR 2019.

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SECTION I: UP TO THIRTY-YEAR BONDS BE IT ORDAINED by the New Haven Board of Alders, acting pursuant to the due authorization of the General Statutes and Special Acts of the State of Connecticut, that:

 

(a)  $30,655,000 General Obligation Bonds No. 19 (the “Bonds”) shall be issued in one or more series for the following public improvements, and the proceeds thereof are hereby appropriated for said purposes, as explained in the project narratives stated separately hereinafter, in the following amounts:

 

Project

City Bond Amount

1906 IT-Facility Renovations

$200,000

1909 Library Improvements

400,000

1911 Ives Phase III- Innovations Commons Rolling Stock

150,000

1912 Stetson Library

150,000

1913 Fair Haven and Ives HVAC & Roof

250,000

1918 Infrastructure Improvements

1,000,000

1915 General Park Improvements

200,000

1920 Street Trees

750,000

1923 Ralph Walker Skating Rink

1,750,000

1908 Substations

10,000

1935 The Escape - Teen Center

50,000

1939 Senior Center Upgrades

60,000

1940 Homeless and Emergency Shelter Physical Improvements

45,000

1942 Bridge Upgrades & Rehabilitation

350,000

1943 Sidewalk Construction and Rehabilitation

250,000

1940 Pavement Management and Infrastructure

1,000,000

1945 Street Reconstruction/Complete Street

800,000

1946 Sidewalk Reconstruction

2,300,000

1947 Bridges

300,000

1948 Street Lighting

100,000

1950 Government Center

650,000

1951 General Storm

900,000

1953 Goffe Street Armory

250,000

1954 Dixwell Q-House

3,000,000

1956 Wintergreen Army Reserve Center

150,000

1959 Route 34 East

75,000

1958 Farmington Canal Line

650,000

1962 Airport General Improvements

900,000

1972 Land & Building Bank

150,000

1973 Commercial Industrial Site Development

550,000

1974 Facades

300,000

1982 Neighborhood Comm. Public Improvement.

400,000

1997 Residential Rehabilitation

400,000

1979 Housing Development

1,500,000

1980 Neighborhood Public Improvement

150,000

1976 Acquisition

500,000

1983 General Repairs

1,500,000

1989 Asbestos/Environment Management

100,000

1991 School Accreditation

15,000

1996 Scott Lewis Replenishment

8,400,000

Total:

$30,655,000

FY 2018 Projects to be Replenished with Scott Lewis 1996:

 

Information and Technology Initiatives

325,000

East Rock Work Shop

50,000

Fire Dept. Rolling Stock

400,000

Community Services Shelter Improvements

25,000

Public Works Rolling Stock

400,000

Engineering Bridges

6,350,000

City Plan Coastal Area Improvements

75,000

City Plan Route 34 East

100,000

City Plan Hill to Downtown

50,000

Airport General Construction

25,000

Traffic and Parking Rolling Stock

25,000

Traffic and Parking Communications and IT

50,000

Traffic and Parking Signs and Pavement

25,000

Traffic and Parking Traffic Control

75,000

Economic Development Land and Building

150,000

Livable Cities Neighborhood Public

25,000

Livable Cities Commercial Industrial Site

50,000

Education General Improvements

25,000

Education Interior and Exterior Painting

75,000

Education Life Safety Improvements

75,000

Education Energy Performance

25,000

Total FY 2018 Reimbursement:

$8,400,000

 

(b)  The Bonds of each series shall mature not later than the maximum maturity permitted by the General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1958, as amended from time to time (the “Connecticut General Statutes”), be executed in the name and on behalf of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor, City Treasurer and Controller, bear the City seal or a facsimile thereof, bear the Corporation Counsel’s endorsement as to form and correctness, be certified by a bank or trust company designated by the Controller which bank or trust company may also be designated as the paying agent, registrar, and transfer agent, and be approved as to their legality by Robinson & Cole LLP as bond counsel.  The Bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest as shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee.  The Bonds shall be general obligations of the City and each of the Bonds shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with, that such Bond is within every debt and other limit prescribed by law, and that the full faith and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.  The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued, the annual installments of principal, redemption provisions, if any, the date, time of issue and sale, and other terms, details, and particulars of such Bonds shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee in accordance with the requirements of the Connecticut General Statutes, provided that the aggregate principal amount shall, upon the recommendation of the Controller, be fixed in the amount necessary to meet the City’s share of the cost of each public improvement project determined after considering the estimated amount of the State grants-in-aid of the project, or the actual amount thereof if this be ascertainable, and the anticipated times of the receipt of the proceeds thereof.

 

 (c)  Said Bonds shall be sold by the Mayor with the approval of the Bond Sale Committee in a competitive offering or by negotiation.  If sold in a competitive offering, the Bonds shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest on the basis of the lowest net or true interest cost to the City.  A notice of sale or a summary thereof describing the Bonds and setting forth the terms and conditions of the sale shall be published at least five days in advance of the sale in a recognized publication carrying municipal bond notices and devoted primarily to financial news and the subject of state and municipal bonds.

 

 (d)  The Mayor and the Controller are authorized to make temporary borrowings in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of said Bonds.  Notes evidencing such borrowings shall be in such denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, and be payable at such time or times as shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee, be executed in the name of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor, City Treasurer and Controller, have the City seal or a facsimile thereof affixed, bear the Corporation Counsel’s endorsement as to form and correctness, be certified by a bank or trust company designated by the Controller pursuant to Section 7-373 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and be approved as to their legality by Robinson & Cole LLP as bond counsel.  Such notes shall be issued with maturity dates, which comply with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes governing the issuance of such notes, as the same may be amended from time to time.  The notes shall be general obligations of the City and each of the notes shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with, that such note is within every debt and other limit prescribed by law, and that the full faith and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.  The net interest cost on such notes, including renewals thereof, and the expense of preparing, issuing, and marketing them, to the extent paid from the proceeds of such renewals or said Bonds, shall be included as a cost of the improvements for the financing of which said notes were issued.  Upon the sale of the Bonds, the proceeds thereof, to the extent required, shall be applied forthwith to the payment of the principal of and the interest on any such notes then outstanding or shall be deposited with a bank or trust company in trust for such purpose.

 

 (e)  The City hereby expresses its official intent pursuant to Section 1.150-2 of the Federal Income Tax Regulations, Title 26 (the “Regulations”), to reimburse expenditures paid 60 days prior to and any time after the date of passage of this ordinance in the maximum amount and for the capital projects described herein with the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be issued by the City which shall be issued to reimburse such expenditures not later than eighteen months after the later of the date of the expenditure or the substantial completion of the project, or such later date  as the Regulations may authorize.  The City hereby certifies that its intention to reimburse as expressed herein is based upon its reasonable expectations as of this date.  The Controller or his designee is authorized to pay project expenses in accordance herewith pending the issuance of reimbursement bonds.

 

 (f)  The Mayor, the Controller and the Treasurer, or any two of them are hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into agreements or otherwise covenant for the benefit of bondholder’s to provide information on an annual or other periodic basis to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the “MSRB”) and to provide notices to the MSRB of certain events not in excess of ten (10) business days after the occurrence of the event as enumerated in Securities and Exchange Commission Exchange Act Rule 15c2-12, as amended, as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect the sale of bonds and notes authorized by this ordinance. Any agreements or representations to provide information to the MSRB made prior hereto are hereby confirmed, ratified and approved.

 

(g)  The Mayor, the Controller and the Treasurer, or any two of them, are hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into any other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates necessary or desirable with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this ordinance.

SECTION II: TEN-YEAR BONDS

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the New Haven Board of Alders, acting pursuant to the due authorization of the General Statutes and Special Acts of the State of Connecticut, that

 

(a)  $17,285,000 General Obligation Bonds No. 19 (the “Bonds”) shall be issued in one or more series for the following public improvements, and the proceeds thereof are hereby appropriated for said purposes, as explained in the project narratives stated separately hereinafter, in the following amounts:

 

Project

City Bond Amount

1917 Playground Initiative

$125,000

1919 Field Upgrades

40,000

1916 Rolling Stock

125,000

1925 Rolling Stock

500,000

1928 Apparatus Replacement & Rehabilitation

1,000,000

1932 ADA Compliance for Health Dept.

75,000

1938 Rolling Stock

1,400,000

1941 Facility Upgrades Repairs and Modification

10,000,000

1949 Facility Rehabilitation

800,000

1952 Flood and Erosion

300,000

1963 Traffic Control Signals

350,000

1966 Transportation Enhancements

300,000

1970 Rolling Stock

350,000

1971 Demolition

450,000

1977 Neighborhood Housing Assistance

450,000

1978 Property Management

100,000

1998 HVAC, Repair, Replacement & PM

700,000

1990 Rolling Stock

100,000

1995 Paving Fencing & Site Improvement

20,000

TOTAL SECTION II

$17,285,000

 

 (b)  The Bonds of each series shall mature not later than the tenth year after their date, be executed in the name and on behalf of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor, City Treasurer and Controller, bear the City seal or a facsimile thereof, bear the Corporation Counsel’s endorsement as to form and correctness, be certified by a bank or trust company designated by the Controller which bank or trust company may also be designated as the paying agent, registrar, and transfer agent, and be approved as to their legality by Robinson & Cole LLP as bond counsel.  The Bonds bear such rate or rates of interest as shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee.  The Bonds shall be general obligations of the City and each of the Bonds shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with, that such Bond is within every debt and other limit prescribed by law, and that the full faith and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.  The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued, the annual installments of principal, redemption provisions, if any, the date, time of issue and sale, and other terms, details, and particulars of such Bonds shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee in accordance with the requirements of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1958, as amended (the “Connecticut General Statutes”), provided that the aggregate principal amount shall, upon the recommendation of the Controller, be fixed in the amount necessary to meet the City’s share of the cost of each public improvement project determined after considering the estimated amount of the State grants-in-aid of the project, or the actual amount thereof if this be ascertainable, and the anticipated times of the receipt of the proceeds thereof.

 

 (c)  Said Bonds shall be sold by the Mayor with the approval of the Bond Sale Committee in a competitive offering or by negotiation. If sold in a competitive offering, the Bonds shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest on the basis of the lowest net or true interest cost to the City. A notice of sale or a summary thereof describing the Bonds and setting forth the terms and conditions of the sale shall be published at least five days in advance of the sale in a recognized publication carrying municipal bond notices and devoted primarily to financial news and the subject of state and municipal bonds.

 

 (d)  The Mayor and the Controller are authorized to make temporary borrowings in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of said Bonds.  Notes evidencing such borrowings shall be in such denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, and be payable at such time or times as shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee, be executed in the name of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor, City Treasurer and Controller, have the City seal or a facsimile thereof affixed, bear the Corporation Counsel’s endorsement as to form and correctness, be certified by a bank or trust company designated by the Controller pursuant to Section 7-373 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and be approved as to their legality by Robinson & Cole LLP as bond counsel.  Such notes shall be issued with maturity dates, which comply with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes governing the issuance of such notes, as the same may be amended from time to time.  The notes shall be general obligations of the City and each of the notes shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with, that such note is within every debt and other limit prescribed by law, and that the full faith and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.  The net interest cost on such notes, including renewals thereof, and the expense of preparing, issuing, and marketing them, to the extent paid from the proceeds of such renewals or said Bonds, shall be included as a cost of the improvements for the financing of which said notes were issued.  Upon the sale of the Bonds, the proceeds thereof, to the extent required, shall be applied forthwith to the payment of the principal of and the interest on any such notes then outstanding or shall be deposited with a bank or trust company in trust for such purpose.

 

 (e)  The City hereby expresses its official intent pursuant to Section 1.150-2 of the Federal Income Tax Regulations, Title 26 (the “Regulations”), to reimburse expenditures paid 60 days prior to and any time after the date of passage of this ordinance in the maximum amount and for the capital projects described herein with the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be issued by the City which shall be issued to reimburse such expenditures not later than eighteen months after the later of the date of the expenditure or the substantial completion of the project, or such later date as the Regulations may authorize.  The City hereby certifies that its intention to reimburse as expressed herein is based upon its reasonable expectations as of this date.  The Controller or his designee is authorized to pay project expenses in accordance herewith pending the issuance of reimbursement bond.

 

 (f)  The Mayor, the Controller and the Treasurer, or any two of them are hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into agreements or otherwise covenant for the benefit of bondholders to provide information on an annual or other periodic basis the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the “MSRB”) and to provide notices to the MSRB of certain events not in excess of ten (10) business days after the occurrence of the event as enumerated in Securities and Exchange Commission Exchange Act Rule 15c2-12, as amended, as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect the sale of bonds and notes authorized by this ordinance. Any agreements or representations to provide information to the MSRB made prior hereto are hereby confirmed, ratified and approved.

 

(g)  The Mayor, the Controller and the Treasurer, or any two of them, are hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into any other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates necessary or desirable with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this ordinance.

 

SECTION III: FIVE-YEAR BONDS

 

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the New Haven Board of Alders, acting pursuant to the due authorization of the General Statutes and Special Acts of the State of Connecticut, that

 

 (a)  $10,090,000 General Obligation Bonds No. 19(the “Bonds”) shall be issued in one or more series for the following public improvements, and the proceeds thereof are hereby appropriated for said purposes, as explained in the project narratives stated separately hereinafter, in the following amounts:

 

Project

City Bond Amount

1902 Software Licensing Upgrades

$175,000

1903 Network Upgrades

175,000

1901 Information and Technology Initiatives

1,400,000

1904 Police Technology

175,000

1905 Fire Technology

175,000

1907 City Wide Digitization

125,000

1910 Technology and Communications- Library

290,000

1968 TTP - Communications and IT Equipment

520,000

1922 Lighting

0

1924 Radios

225,000

1926 Equipment

250,000

1929 Fire Fighter Protective Equipment

300,000

1930 Rescue and Safety Equipment

150,000

1931 Emergency Medical Equipment

10,000

1933 Health Department Clinic Equipment and Software

175,000

1944 Refuse & Recycling & Waste Stream Improvement.

200,000

1939 Environmental Mitigation

75,000

1957 Coastal Area Improvements

750,000

1960 On-Call Planning

150,000

1961 Way Finding Sign System

350,000

1964 Meters

200,000

1965 Signs and Pavement Markings

250,000

1967 Planning & Engineering Services

200,000

1969 Street Lighting

150,000

1975 Pre-Capital Feasibility

25,000

1981 EERAP

75,000

1984 Life Safety/Risk

350,000

1985 Energy Performance Enhancements

1,250,000

1986 Computers

1,600,000

1987 Custodial Equipment

150,000

1988 Interior and Exterior Painting Physical Improvements

200,000

1992 Floor Tile and Accessories

75,000

1993 Cafeteria Program and Equipment

120,000

1994 Professional Services

45,000

TOTAL SECTION III

$10,090,000

 

 (b)  The Bonds of each series shall mature not later than the fifth year after their date, be executed in the name and on behalf of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor, City Treasurer and Controller, bear the City seal or a facsimile thereof, bear the Corporation Counsel’s endorsement as to form and correctness, be certified by a bank or trust company designated by the Controller which bank or trust company may also be designated as the paying agent, registrar, and transfer agent, and be approved as to their legality by Robinson & Cole LLP as bond counsel.  The Bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest as shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee.  The Bonds shall be general obligations of the City and each of the Bonds shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with, that such Bond is within every debt and other limit prescribed by law, and that the full faith and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.  The aggregate principal amount of Bonds to be issued, the annual installments of principal, redemption provisions, if any, the date, time of issue and sale, and other terms, details, and particulars of such Bonds shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee in accordance with the requirements of the General Statutes of Connecticut, Revision of 1958, as amended (the “Connecticut General Statutes”), provided that the aggregate principal amount shall, upon the recommendation of the Controller, be fixed in the amount necessary to meet the City’s share of the cost of each public improvement project determined after considering the estimated amount of the State grants-in-aid of the project, or the actual amount thereof if this be ascertainable, and the anticipated times of the receipt of the proceeds thereof.

 

 (c)  Said Bonds shall be sold by the Mayor with the approval of the Bond Sale Committee in a competitive offering or by negotiation. If sold in a competitive offering, the Bonds shall be sold at not less than par and accrued interest on the basis of the lowest net or true interest cost to the City.  A notice of sale or a summary thereof describing the Bonds and setting forth the terms and conditions of the sale shall be published at least five days in advance of the sale in a recognized publication carrying municipal bond notices and devoted primarily to financial news and the subject of state and municipal bonds.

 

 (d)  The Mayor and the Controller are authorized to make temporary borrowings in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of said Bonds.  Notes evidencing such borrowings shall be in such denominations, bear interest at such rate or rates, and be payable at such time or times as shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee, be executed in the name of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor, City Treasurer and Controller, have the City seal or a facsimile thereof affixed, bear the Corporation Counsel’s endorsement as to form and correctness, be certified by a bank or trust company designated by the Controller pursuant to Section 7-373 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and be approved as to their legality by Robinson & Cole LLP as bond counsel.  Such notes shall be issued with maturity dates which comply with the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes governing the issuance of such notes, as the same may be amended from time to time.  The notes shall be general obligations of the City and each of the notes shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with, that such note is within every debt and other limit prescribed by law, and that the full faith and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.  The net interest cost on such notes, including renewals thereof, and the expense of preparing, issuing, and marketing them, to the extent paid from the proceeds of such renewals or said Bonds, shall be included as a cost of the improvements for the financing of which said notes were issued.  Upon the sale of the Bonds, the proceeds thereof, to the extent required, shall be applied forthwith to the payment of the principal of and the interest on any such notes then outstanding or shall be deposited with a bank or trust company in trust for such purpose.

 

 (e)  The City hereby expresses its official intent pursuant to Section 1.150-2 of the Federal Income Tax Regulations, Title 26 (the “Regulations”), to reimburse expenditures paid 60 days prior to and any time after the date of passage of this ordinance in the maximum amount and for the capital projects described herein with the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations authorized to be issued by the City which shall be issued to reimburse such expenditures not later than eighteen months after the later of the date of the expenditure or the substantial completion of the project, or such later date as the Regulations may authorize.  The City hereby certifies that its intention to reimburse as expressed herein is based upon its reasonable expectations as of this date.  The Controller or his designee is authorized to pay project expenses in accordance herewith pending the issuance of reimbursement bonds.

 

(f)  The Mayor, the Controller and the Treasurer, or any two of them are hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into agreements or otherwise covenant for the benefit of bondholder’s to provide information on an annual or other periodic basis to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the “MSRB”) and to provide notices to the MSRB of certain events not in excess of ten (10) business days after the occurrence of the event as enumerated in Securities and Exchange Commission Exchange Act Rule 15c2-12, as amended, as may be necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect the sale of the bonds and notes authorized by this ordinance. Any agreements or representations to provide information to the MSRB made prior hereto are hereby confirmed, ratified and approved.

 

(g)  The Mayor, the Controller and the Treasurer, or any two of them, are hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into any other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates necessary or desirable with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this ordinance.

SECTION IV: STATE AND OTHER CAPITAL FUNDING SOURCES

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the New Haven Board of Alders, acting pursuant to the due authorization of the General Statutes and Special Acts of the State of Connecticut, that the following amounts are hereby appropriated for the following public improvements, as explained in the project narratives stated separately hereinafter said appropriation to be met from the proceeds of state and federal grants-in-aid of such projects in the following amounts:

 

Project

Other Financing Amount

1940 Pavement Management and Infrastructure

$2,911,086

1946 Sidewalk Reconstruction

150,000

1947 Bridges

17,500,000

 

 

TOTAL SECTION IV

$20,561,086

 

SECTION VI:  REFUNDING BONDS

 

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED by the New Haven Board of Alders, acting pursuant to the due authorization of the General Statutes and Special Acts of the State of Connecticut, that General Obligation Refunding Bonds of the City (the “Refunding Bonds”) are hereby authorized to be issued from time to time and in such principal amounts as shall be as determined by the Mayor and Controller to be in the best interests of the City for the purpose of refunding all or any portion of the City’s general obligation bonds outstanding (the “Refunded Bonds”) to achieve net present value savings or to restructure debt service payments. The Refunding Bonds shall be sold by the Mayor, with the approval of the Bond Sale Committee, in a competitive offering or by negotiation. The Refunding Bonds shall mature in such amounts and at such time or times and bear interest payable at such rate or rates, including taxable rates, as shall be determined by the Bond Sale Committee.  The issuance of any Refunding Bonds the interest on which is included in gross income for federal income tax purposes is determined to be in the public interest.  The Refunding Bonds shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor, the City Treasurer and the Controller, bear the City seal or a facsimile thereof, bear the Corporation Counsel’s endorsement as to form and correctness, and be approved as to their legality by Robinson & Cole LLP Bond Counsel.  The Refunding Bonds shall be general obligations of the City and each of the Refunding Bonds shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with, that such bond is within every debt and other limit prescribed by law, and that the full faith and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and the interest thereon.  The denominations, form, details, and other particulars thereof, including the terms of any rights of redemption and redemption prices, the certifying, paying, registrar and transfer agent, shall be determined by the Controller. The net proceeds of the sale of the Refunding Bonds, after payment of underwriter’s discount and other costs of issuance, shall be deposited in an irrevocable escrow account in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of, interest and redemption premium, if any, due on the Refunded Bonds to maturity or earlier redemption pursuant to the plan of refunding. The Controller is authorized to appoint an escrow agent and other professionals to execute and deliver any and all escrow and related agreements necessary to provide for such payments when due on the Refunded Bonds and to provide for the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

The Mayor and the Controller are authorized to prepare and distribute a preliminary Official Statement and an Official Statement of the City of New Haven for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Refunding Bonds and are authorized on behalf of the City to execute and deliver a Bond Purchase Agreement, a Continuing Disclosure Agreement and a Tax Regulatory Agreement for the Refunding Bonds in such form as they shall deem necessary and appropriate.  The Controller will advise the Board of Alders in his monthly financial report of any refunding bonds issued pursuant to this authorization.

 

The Mayor, Controller and the Treasurer, or any two of them are hereby authorized on behalf of the City to enter into any other agreements, instruments, documents and certificates necessary or desirable with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this ordinance.