05-26-09 Common Council Meeting Agenda & Packet

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extent of such conflict hereby repealed. None of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be construed to adversely affect the rights of the owners of the Parity Bonds. SECTION 29. Severability. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 30. Interpretation. Unless the context or laws clearly require otherwise, references herein to statutes or other laws include the same as modified, supplemented or superseded from time to time. SECTION 31. Effectiveness. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and compliance with the procedures required by law. SECTION 32. Credit Facility. The Executive and the Fiscal Officer, on behalf of the City, are hereby authorized to obtain a Credit Facility or Additional Credit Facility as set forth in Section 14 herein. The Executive and the Fiscal Officer, on behalf of the City, are also authorized to enter into an agreement with the Credit Facility Issuer for either the Credit Facility or Additional Credit Facility (the "Credit Facility Agreement") and negotiate the terms of the Credit Facility Agreement, with the advice of the City's financial advisor and Bond Counsel. The Executive and the Fiscal Officer, on behalf of the City, are also authorized to execute any and all other documents required to obtain the Credit Facility. The City hereby agrees that: (a) If the waterworks fails to pay any Credit Facility Costs in accordance with the requirements set forth above, the Credit Facility Issuer shall be entitled to exercise any and all remedies available at law or under the authorized documents other than (i) acceleration of the maturity of the 2009 Bonds or (ii) remedies which would adversely affect the owners of the 2009 Bonds. (b) This Ordinance shall not be discharged and the 2009 Bonds defeased until all Credit Facility Costs owing to the Credit Facility Issuer shall have been paid in full. (c) The Credit Facility Issuer is granted a security interest (subordinate to that of the owners of the 2009 Bonds) in all revenues and collateral pledged as security for the 2009 Bonds, for the repayment of the Credit Facility Costs. (d) No additional bonds payable from the Net Revenues will be issued without the Credit Facility Issuer's prior written consent as long as Credit Facility Costs are past due and still owing to the Credit Facility Issuer. (e) This Ordinance shall not be modified or amended without the prior written consent of the Credit Facility Issuer. The Credit Facility Issuer shall be provided with written notice of the resignation or removal of the Registrar and Paying Agent and the appointment of a successor thereto and of the issuance of additional indebtedness of the City's waterworks at such address as maybe specified, from time to time, by the Credit Facility Issuer. -32-