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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON §
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT §
WHEREAS, The City of Beaumont, Texas (herein referred to as the "City"), acting
through its governing body (hereinafter referred to as the "City Council"), is authorized to issue
certificates of obligation to pay contractual obligations to be incurred in connection with authorized
capital improvements and equipment purchases within the City(herein referred to as the "Project"),
as more particularly described in the notice attached hereto as Exhibit "A", and for professional
services rendered in connection therewith pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Sections
271.041 - 271.064, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has determined that it is in the best interest of the
City and otherwise is desirable to issue a series of certificates of obligation in a principal amount
not to exceed$30,000,000 to be known as the"City of Beaumont, Texas, Certificates of Obligation,
Series 2009" (hereinafter referred to as the "Certificates") to finance the Project and to pay for
professional services rendered in connection therewith; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance of the Certificates, the City Council intends to
publish notice of the intent of the City to issue the Certificates in accordance with the requirements
of the Texas Local Government Code Section 271.049, as amended; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has been presented with and has examined the proposed form
of notice to be published and finds that the form and substance thereof are satisfactory and that the
recitals and findings contained therein are true, correct and complete;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
Section 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this resolution are hereby
found and declared to be true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council hereby approves the form of the Notice of Intention to Issue
Certificates of Obligation presented to the City Council in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein by reference (the "Notice"). The City Council hereby
authorizes the Mayor or any other member of the City Council or any other official of the City to
execute and deliver the Notice on behalf of the City, with such changes therein and additions
thereto as the person executing same may approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by
such execution thereof. The City Council hereby authorizes and directs the Mayor, the City Clerk
or any other official of the City to cause the Notice to be published in the manner required by law in
a newspaper of general circulation in the City.
Section 3. The Notice set forth in Exhibit "A" attached hereto shall be published in both
English and Spanish 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 thirty(30) days prior to the
date tentatively set in the Notice for the passage of the ordinance authorizing the issuance of such
Certificates of Obligation.
Section 4. The Mayor, the City Clerk, and other officials of the City are hereby authorized
and directed to do any and all things necessary or desirable to carry out the provisions of this
resolution.
Section 5. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
Section 6. It is officially found, determined and declared that the meeting at which this
Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time,place and subject matter
of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was given, all as
required by the Texas Government Code Chapter 551, as amended.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of October, 2009.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of The City of Beaumont, Texas (the
"City"), will meet in the Beaumont City Hall, 801 Main Street, Beaumont, Texas, at 1:30 p.m., on
the 1 st day of December, 2009, which is the time and place tentatively set for the passage of an
ordinance and to take such other action as may be deemed necessary to authorize the issuance of
the City's Certificates of Obligation, Series 2009, in the maximum aggregate principal amount of
$30,000,000, payable from the City ad valorem taxes and from a subordinate lien and limited
pledge of certain net revenues of the City's water and sewer system but only to the extent of and in
an amount not to exceed $10,000 in the aggregate, bearing interest at a rate or rates, not in excess of
that prescribed by law, and maturing over a period of years not to exceed forty (40) years from the
date thereof, for the purpose of evidencing the indebtedness of the City to finance all or any part of
the cost of the following projects, which projects will be financed in such order of priority as
determined by the City Council: (1) reconstruction of Cedar Street between Eleventh Street and the
Amtrak Station and construction of adjacent Police Substation and parking lot; (2) construction of
improvements to existing Athletic Complex Tennis Center, including new clubhouse, tennis courts,
lighting, parking, landscaping, bleachers and fencing; (3) design services for a new Central Fire
Station in vicinity of Gulf and Caldwell Streets; (4) improvements to the Civic Center, including
improvements to kitchen, a new warehouse, dock and ticket booth; (5) expansion of
Communications Building, including expansion and additional equipment; (6) construction of a
new Downtown Event Center and Lake Park adjacent to MLK Parkway, Crockett Street, and
Neches Street, including construction of improvements and a two-acre lake; (7) construction and
furnishing of a new downtown library on Crockett Street; (8) construction of a downtown waterway
EXHIBIT "A"
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and infrastructure improvements to connect new Event Center and Lake Park to Pearl Street,
including sidewalks, lighting and amenities; (9) construction of EMS Station No. 2 on Washington
Boulevard; (10) relocation and construction of Fire Station No. 2 on Helbig Road near East Lucas
Street; (11) relocation and construction of Fire Station No. 7 on College Street between Lindberg
and Langham, (12) relocation and construction of Fire Station No. 11 on Sabine Pass Street; (13)
construction of a Fleet Fire Maintenance shop facility for the Fire Department at Lafin Road Fleet
Service Center; (14) reconstruction of parking lot for existing Fleet Service Center; (15)
construction of a hiking and biking trail between Delaware Street and Folsom Road; (16)
rehabilitation and improvements to Beaumont Municipal Airport, including work on runways and
aprons and new equipment; (17) interior renovations and new roof and generator for the existing
Municipal Court/911 Dispatch/EOC Building; (18) renovations to Police Department Property
Building to be used for storage and offices; (19) construction of a new Public Health Complex
office building (new site not yet identified) and furnishings and equipment; (20) acquisition of
properties for the Downtown Event Center and Lake Park (see item 6 above) and demolition of
substandard structures; (21) stabilization of bank of existing Riverfront Park and replacement of
lighting and renovations at Park; (22) construction of a new senior citizens' center to replace
existing Best Year's Center; (23) acquisition of a building to house Emergency Management
supplies; (24) construction of a new Transportation Operations Shop at existing Fair Park site; (25)
construction of addition to Tyrrell Historical Library; (26) construction of a new community center
and other improvements at Tyrrell Park; (27) repair and maintenance of walking trails at various
City parks; (28) authorized street and drainage improvements throughout the City; (29) the cost of
professional services incurred in connection with the respective projects; and (30) costs of issuance
of debt and related fees.
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WITNESS MY HAND AND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CITY, this day of
October, 2009.
Mayor
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS
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CERTIFICATE FOR RESOLUTION
THE STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON §
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT §
We, the undersigned officers of the City Council of The City of Beaumont, Texas, hereby
certify as follows:
1. The City Council of The City of Beaumont, Texas, convened in regular meeting
on the 6'h day of October, 2009, at the regular meeting place thereof, within said City, and the
roll was called of the duly constituted officers and members of said City Council and the City
Clerk, to wit:
Becky Ames Mayor
Gethrel "Get"Williams-Wright Mayor Pro Tem, Councilmember at Large
W.L. Pate, Jr. Councilmember at Large
Alan B. Coleman Councilmember Ward 1
Nancy A. Beaulieu Councilmember Ward 2
Audwin M. Samuel Councilmember Ward 3
Jamie D. Smith Councilmember Ward 4
Tina Broussard City Clerk
and all of said persons were present, except the following absentees: N/A ,
thus constituting a quorum. Whereupon, among other business, the following was transacted at
said meeting: a written
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE OF
INTENTION TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF OBLIGATION
was duly introduced for the consideration of said City Council. It was then duly moved and
seconded that said resolution be adopted; and, after due discussion, said motion, carrying with it
the adoption of said resolution, prevailed and carried by the following vote:
AYES: 7
NAYS: 0
2. That a true, full and correct copy of the aforesaid resolution adopted at the
meeting described in the above and foregoing paragraph is attached to and follows this
certificate; that said resolution has been duly recorded in said City Council's minutes of said
meeting pertaining to the adoption of said resolution; that the above and foregoing paragraph is a
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said meeting pertaining to the adoption of said resolution; that the above and foregoing
paragraph is a true, full and correct excerpt from said City Council's minutes of said
meeting; that the above and foregoing paragraph is a true, full and correct excerpt from
said City Council's minutes as indicated therein; that the persons named in the above and
foregoing paragraph are the duly chosen, qualified and acting officers and members of said
City Council as indicated therein; that each of the officers and members of said City
Council was duly and sufficiently notified officially and personally, in advance, of the date,
hour, place and purpose of the aforesaid meeting, and that said resolution would be
introduced and considered for adoption at said meeting, and each of said officers and
members consented, in advance, to the holding of said meeting for such purpose; that said
meeting was open to the public as required by law; and the public as required by law; and
that public notice of the date, hour, place and subject of said meeting was given as required
by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code Annotated, Vernon's 1994, as amended.
SIGNED AND SEALED this of eJP b-`l 2009.
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