HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-04-01-R RESOLUTION NO,990 -q-/-K
A RESOLUTION OF INTENT REGARDING PARK
AND RECREATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS.
WHEREAS, the City of Batesville, Arkansas (the "City") proposes to acquire,
construct, furnish and equip park and recreational improvements, including particularly, without
limitation, a multi-purpose community center, swimming facilities, baseball fields, softball fields
and soccer fields and any necessary land acquisition, and parking, landscaping, signage,
drainage, lighting, concession, road and utility improvements related thereto (the
"Improvements"); and
WHEREAS, in order to finance all or a portion of the costs of the Improvements,
the City proposes to issue sales and use tax bonds that were approved by the voters at the special
election held March 13, 2012, in the maximum principal amount of$25,900,000 (the "Bonds");
and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Resolution is for the City to declare its "official
intent" for the reimbursement of certain expenditures from the proceeds of the Bonds, within the
meaning of Regulation No. 1.150-2 promulgated by the United States Treasury Department (the
'Regulation");
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Batesville, Arkansas:
Section 1. The City hereby expresses its official intent under the Regulation
to advance its own funds to pay the costs of the Improvements prior to the issuance of the Bonds
and to reimburse itself from Bond proceeds for such expenditures.
Section 2. Proceeds of the Bonds will be applied to reimburse the City for any
capital expenditures related to the Improvements made before the Bonds are issued within
eighteen (18) months after the Improvements are placed in service or the date of the expenditure,
whichever is later; provided, however, no reimbursement for an expenditure will be made later
than three (3) years after the expenditure is paid.
PASSED: April 3, 2012.
APPROVED:
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City Clerk
(SEAL)
• CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, City Clerk of the City of Batesville, Arkansas (the "City"),
hereby certifies that the foregoing is a true and compared copy of a resolution passed at a
/gWAA ,j, session of the City Council of the City, held at the regular meeting place of the
CJ6ncil at 6: o'clock p.m. on the 3rd day of April, 2012.
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City Cler
(SEAL)
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