HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance_161_01/20/1970` ~ ORDINANCE N0. 161
AN ORDINANCE SUPPLEMENTING AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING
OF A VILLAGE HALL IN THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $148,000
EXCISE TAX REVENUE BONDS TO FINANCE THE COST
THEREOF, SUCH BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM THE
CIGARETTE TAXES, FRANCHISE TAXES AND UTILITIES
SERVICES TAXES COLLECTED IN SAID VILLAGE AND
PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE HOLDERS OF
SUCH BONDS", AND PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE
OF $27,000 EXCISE TAX REVENUE BONDS, SERIES
1969 .
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01. AUTHORITY OF THIS ORDINANCE. This ordinance is enacted
pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 57-1915, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1957, as
amended, being the charter of the Village of Tequesta, Florida, Chapter 210, Florida
Statutes, Section 167.431, Florida Statutes, and other applicable provisions of law,
and pursuant to Section 3.06 (E) of an ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING
THE CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING OF A VILLAGE HALL IN THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA,
FLORIDA; AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF $148,000 EXCISE TAX REVENUE BONDS TO FINANCE THE
COST THEREOF, SUCH BONDS TO BE PAYABLE FROM THE CIGARETTE TAXES, FRANCHISE TAXES AND
UTILITIES SERVICES TAXES COLLECTED IN SAID VILLAGE AND PROVIDING FOR THE RIGHTS OF
THE HOLDERS OF SUCH BONDS", adopted by the Council of the Village of Tequesta on the
14th day of September, 1964 (hereinafter referred to as "Original Ordinance"), and
is supplemental to said Original Ordinance, and is hereafter referred to as "Supplemental
Ordinance".
Section 1.02. FINDINGS. It is hereby ascertained, determined and declared
that:
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A. That the acquisition of a parcel of land in Section 30, Township 40
South, Range 43 East, Palm Beach County, Florida, is necessary to
preserve the public health, safety and general welfare of the citizens
of the Village of Tequesta, Florida and it is essential that such
acquisition be accomplished as provided in this ordinance.
B. That said Original Ordinance, in Section 3.06 (E) thereof, provides
for the issuance of pari passu additional Bonds under the terms,
limitations and conditions provided therein.
C. That the aggregate amount of a combination of Cigarette Taxes,
Franchise Taxes and Utilities Services Taxes received by the Village
is as follows:
1. In the immediately preceding year ending September 30,
1969--------------------------------------------------$125,085.85
2. Annual average in the immediately preceding 24 months
ending September 30, 1969-----------------------------$114,150.97
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D. That the Village has made all payments into the Sinking Fund and
Reserve Account and other funds provided for in said Original
Ordinance, has .complied fully with all terms, covenants and
provisions contained in said Original Ordinance.
E. That the Village is authorized to issue the Bonds authorized
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herein as pari passu additional obligations within the authorization
contained in Section 3.06 (E) of said Original Ordinance.
F. That the entire proceeds of the Cigarette Taxes, Utilities Services
Taxes and Franchise Taxes are pledged for the payment of the
principal of and interest on $117,000 outstanding Excise Tax Revenue
Bonds dated October 1, 1964, which outstanding Bonds, and any pari
passu additional Bonds hereafter issued in the manner provided in
Section 3.06 (E) of said Original Ordinance are and will be on a
parity and will have a first lien on the entire proceeds of the
Cigarette Taxes, Utilities Services Taxes and Franchise Taxes
received by the Village.
G. That the estimated proceeds of the Cigarette Taxes, Utilities
Services Taxes and Franchise Taxes to be received by the Village
each year will be sufficient to pay the principal of and interest
on the Bonds to be issued pursuant to this Supplemental Ordinance
and said outstanding Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964
and of complying with all the provisions of the proceedings which
authorized the issuance thereof.
H. That the average annual aggregate proceeds of the Cigarette Taxes,
Utilities Services Taxes and Franchise Taxes received by the Village
in the 24 months immediately preceding September 30, 1969 have not
been less than One Hundred Fifty Per Centum (150%) of the largest
amount of the principal and interest which will become due in any
succeeding fiscal year on (1) the $117,000 outstanding Excise Tax
Revenue Bonds, dated October 1, 1964, (2) the $27,000 Excise Tax
Revenue Bonds, Series 1969 to be issued pursuant to this Supplemental
Ordinance, and (3) any other obligations which are payable from the
proceeds of such aforesaid Excise Taxes; that the Village is authorized
to issue the $27,000 Excise TaxrEevenue Bonds, Series 1969, on a parity
with said Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964.
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I. That the principal of and interest on the Bonds to be issued pursuant
to this Supplemental Ordinance and all of the Sinking Fund, Reserve
Account and other payments provided for in this Supplemental Ordinance
will be paid solely from the proceeds of the Cigarette Taxes, Utilities
Services Taxes and Franchise Taxes received by the Village and shall
not constitute a debt of the Village of Tequesta or be a lien on any
real estate of said Village.
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Section 1.03. ORDINANCE CONSTITUTES CONTRACT. In consideration of the
acceptance of the Bonds authorized to be issued hereunder by those who shall hold
the same from time to time, this Supplemental Ordinance and said Original Ordinance
shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract between the Village and such
Bondholders and the covenants and agreements herein set forth to be performed by
said Village shall be for the equal benefit, protection and security of the legal
holders of any and all of such Bonds and the coupons attached thereto, all of which
shall be of equal rank and without preference, priority or distinction of any of
the Bonds or coupons over any other thereof except as expressly provided therein
and herein.
Section 1.04. DEFINITIONS. That all of the definitions contained in
Section 1.03 of said Original Ordinance, in addition to the definitions contained
herein, shall apply fully to the Bonds issued hereunder.
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ARTICLE II
AUTHORIZATION OF ACQUISITION OF PARCEL OF LAND
Section 2.01. AUTHORIZATION OF ACQUISITION. That there is hereby confirmed
and authorized the acquisition of that parcel of land in Section 30, Township 40 South,
Range 43 East, Palm Beach County, Florida, more particularly described as follows:
Commence at a point in the west line of said Section 30 at
a distance of 1004.75 feet north of the southwest corner thereof,
said point being in the north right-of-way line of an 80° foot
proposed road, and the point of beginning of the herein described
parcel of land; thence continue northerly along said west line
of Section 30, a distance of 435 feet to a point; thence easterly,
making an angle of 90 degrees, from south to east, a distance
of 300 feet to a point; thence southerly, parallel to the said
west line of Section 30, a distance of 465.82 feet to a point in
the arc of a curve concave to the south whose radius is 1540 feet
and central angle is 11° 13° 55", said point being in the northerly
right-of-way line of the aforementioned proposed road, making an
angle of 78° 31' 05" from north to northwest to the tangent of
said curve; thence northwesterly and westerly along the arc of
said curve a distance of 301.89 feet to a point of tangency;
thence westerly along a line tangent to said curve a distance of
0.17 feet to the point of beginning.
Subject to easements, restrictions and reservations of record and
taxes for the year 1969 and thereafter, all in accordance with the
terms and conditions authorized by motion of the Village O,ouncil on
February 18, 1969, which terms and conditions are as follows:
Total purchase price of $30,000 payable $3,000 in cash at time of closing
and the balance of $27,000 to be paid on or before September 30, 1969 together with
interest thereon at the rate of 5% per annum or, in the event the Village is unable
to pay the said balance of $27,000 on September 30, 1969, then and in that event the
Sellers agree that they will accept valid obligations of said Village secured by a
pledge of Cigarette Taxes, Utilities Services Taxes and Franchise Taxes, which
obligations shall mature on September 30th in the years and amounts shown:
Maturity Date Princit~al Amount
1970 $ 4,000
1971 4,000
1972 4,000
1973 5,000
1974 5,000
1975 5,000
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ARTICLE III
AUTHORIZATION, TERMS AND FORM OF BONDS.
Section 3.01. AUTHORIZATION OF BONDS. Subject and pursuant to the provisions
of this ordinance, obligations of the Village of Tequesta, to be known as "Excise
Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 1969" are hereby authorized to be issued in the aggregate
principal amount of Twenty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($27,000) for the purpose of paying
part of the cost of acquisition of a parcel of land as provided in Sections 1.02 and
2.01 hereof.
Section 3.02. DESCRIPTION OF BONDS. The bonds shall be dated October 1, 1969,
shall be numbered from 1 to 6, both inclusive; shall bear interest at the rate of Five
Percentum (5%) per annum, payable annually on October 1 of each year, and shall mature
serially in numerical order, on October 1 of each year in the denomination and years
shown:
Bond No. Year Denomination
1 1970 $4,000
2 1971 4,000
3 1972 4,000
4 1973 5,000
5 1974 5,000
6 1975 5,000
Said bonds shall be issued in a form payable to the Seller of the parcel of land being
acquired, and interest shall be payable to the designated payee. Both principal and
interest shall be payable in lawful money of the ~inited States of America and shall
bear interest from their date, payable annually in accordance with the terms of this
ordinance.
Section 3.03. EXECUTION OF BONDS. Said bonds shall be executed in the name
of the Village by its mayor, and countersigned and attested by its Village clerk,
and its corporate seal shall be affixed thereto.
Section 3.04. NEGOTIABILITY AND REGISTRATION. The bonds shall be, and have
all the qualities and incidents of, negotiable instruments under the law merchant
and the Negotiable Instruments Law of the State of Florida, and each successive holder,
in accepting any of said bonds shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed that such
bonds shall be and have all of the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments
under the law merchant and the Negotiable Instruments Law of the State of Florida,
and each successive holder of said bonds shall further be conclusively deemed to have
agreed that said bonds shall be incontestable in the hands of a bona fide holder for
value in the manner provided hereinafter in the form of said bonds.
The bonds may be transferred at the option of the payee, as to both principal
and interest, at the office of the Village clerk, such transfer to be noted on the
back of said bonds.
Section 3.05. BONDS MUTILATED, DESTROYED, STOLEN OR LOST. In case any bond
shall become mutilated or be destroyed, stolen or lost, the Village may in its discretion
issue and deliver a new bond in exchange and substitution for such mutilated bond
upon surrender and cancellation of such mutilated bond, if any, or in lieu of and
substitution for the bond, if any, destroyed, stolen or lost, and upon the holder
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furnishing the Village proof of his ownership thereof and satisfactory indemnity
and complying with such other reasonable regulations and conditions as the Village
may prescribe and paying such expenses as the Village may incur. All bonds so
surrendered shall be canceled by the Village clerk and held for the account of the
Village. If any such bond shall have matured or be about to mature, instead of
issuing a substituted bond, the Village may pay the same, upon being indemnified as
aforesaid, if such bond be lost, stolen or destroyed without surrender thereof.
Any such duplicate bonds issued pursuant to this section shall constitute
original, additional contractual obligations on the part of the Village, whether or
not the lost, stolen or destroyed bonds be at any time found by any one, and such
duplicate bonds shall be entitled to equal and proportionate benefits and rights as
to lien and source and security for payment from said Excise Taxes pledged herein
with all other bonds issued hereunder.
Section 3.06. FORM OF BONDS. The text of the bonds shall be in substantially
the following tenor, with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be necessary
and desirable and authorized or permitted by this ordinance or any subsequent ordinance
adopted prior to the issuance thereof:
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No. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA $
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA
EXCISE TAX REVENUE BOND
SERIES 1969
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the Village of Tequesta, in the County
of Palm Beach, Florida, for value received, hereby promises to pay to
MARY JANE OFFUTT MOCHWART
and
PEGGY ANN OFFUTT LANE
as Trustees of the "Offutt Trust" .
on the first day of October, 19 from the special funds hereafter mentioned, the
principal sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000) with interest thereon at the rate
of Five Percentum (5%) per annum, payable annually on the first day of October in
each year to the payees named in this Bond. Both principal of and interest on this
Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the Village Hall,
Village of Tequesta, Florida.
This Bond is one of an authorized issue of Bonds in the aggregate principal
amount of Twenty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($27,000) of like date, tenor and effect,
except as to number, denomination and date of maturity, issued to finance part of
the cost of acquisition of a parcel of land in Section 30, Township 40 South, Range
43 East, Palm Beach County, Florida, under the authority of and in full compliance
with the Constitution and Statutes of the State of Florida, including Chapter 57-1915,
Laws of Florida, Acts of 1957, as amended, Chapter 210, Florida S~atutes, Section
167.431, Florida Statutes, and other applicable statutes, and an ordinance duly enacted
by the Village Council of said Village on the day of X970, and an
Original Ordinance duly enacted by said Village Council on September 14, 1964, and is
subject to all the terms and conditions of said Ordinance and said Original Ordinance.
This Bond and the interest thereon is payable solely from and secured by a
lien on and pledge of the Cigarette Taxes levied and collected in said Village
pursuant to Chapter 210, Florida Statutes, the Franchise Taxes levied and collected
in said Village pursuant to Chapter 57-1915, Laws of Florida, Acts of 1957, and
Utilities Services Taxes levied and collected in said Village pursuant to Section
167.431, Florida Statutes, all in the manner provided in said Ordinance, and this
Bond does not constitute an indebtedness of the Village of Tequesta within the meaning
of any constitutional, statutory or charter provisions or limitation, and it is
expressly agreed by the holder of this Bond that such holder shall never have the
right to require or compel the exercise of the ad valorem taxing power of said Village
for the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond or the making of any
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sinking fund, reserve or other payments provided for in the ordinance authorizing said
issue of Bonds.
It is further agreed between the Village of Tequesta and the holder of this
Bond that this Bond and the obligation evidenced hereby shall not constitute a lien
upon any property in the Village of Tequesta, but shall constitute a lien only on
said Cigarette Taxes, Franchise Taxes and Utilities Services Taxes in the manner
provided in said ordinance.
It is hereby certified and recited that all acts,.conditions and things required
to exist, to heppen and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond,
exist, have happened and have been performed in regular and due form and time .as
required by the Laws and Constitution of the State of Florida applicable thereto, and
that the issuance of this Bond, and of the issue of Bonds of which this Bond is one,
does not violate any constitutional, statutory or charter limitation.
This Bond is and has all the qualities and incidents of a negotiable instrument
under the law merchant and the Negotiable Instruments Law of the State of Florida, and
the original holder and each successive holder of this Bond shall be conclusively deemed
by his acceptance hereof to have agreed that this Bond shall be and have all the
qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments under the iaw merchant and the
Negotiable Instruments Law of the State of Florida.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF said Village of Tequesta in the County of Palm Beach, Florida
has issued this Bond and has caused the same to be executed by the manual signature
of its Mayor, and the corporate seal of said Village to be affixed hereto, attested by
the Village Clerk of said Village by his manual signature, all as of the first day of
October, 1969.
VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA, FLORIDA
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
Mayor
Village Clerk
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ARTICLE IV
SECURITY OF BONDS
Section 4.01. BONDS NOT TO BE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE VILLAGE OF TEQUESTA. The
bonds shall not be or constitute an indebtedness of the Village of Tequesta within
the meaning of any constitutional, statutory or charter limitation of indebtedness,
but'shall be payable solely from said Cigarette Taxes, Franchise Taxes and Utilities
Services Taxes as herein provided. No holder or holders of any bond issued hereunder
shah. ever have the right ~o compel the exercise of the ad valorem taxing power of
the Village, or taxation in any form of any real property therein to pay said bonds
or the interest thereon.
Section 4.02. BONDS SECURED BY PLEDGE OF EXCISE TAX REVENUES. The payment
of the debt service of and all other payments required for the bonds issued hereunder
shall be secured forthwith equally and ratably by a lien on the Cigarette Taxes levied
and collected pursuant to Chapter 210, Florida Statutes, and the ordinance enacted on
June 28, 1963, the Franchise Taxes levied and collected pursuant to the charter of
said Village and said ordinance enacted by the Village Council of said Village on
September 6, 1960 and the Utilities Services Taxes levied and collected pursuant to
Section 167.431, Florida Statutes, and said ordinance enacted on July 8, 1958. The
aforesaid Excise Taxes, in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest
on the bonds herein authorized are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of and
interest on the bonds herein authorized as the same become due; provided, however,
that the lien of the holders of the bonds issued by this Supplemental Ordinance ranks
equally and is on a parity with the lien on said Excise Taxes of the holders of the
outstanding bonds of an issue of $148,000 Excise Tax Revenue Bonds, dated October 1,
1964, and the holders of any pari passu additions"1 obligations hereafter issued
pursuant to and within the terns, limitations and conditions contained in said Original
Ordinance and in Section 4.04 of this Supplemental Ordinance.
Section 4.03. BONDS SECURED BY ORIGINAL ORDINANCE. The bonds authorized by
this Supplemental Ordinance shall be deemed to have been issued pursuant to said
Original Ordinance, to which this Ordinance is supplemental, as fully and to the same
extent as the $148,000 Excise Tax Revenue Bonds, dated October 1, iyo4, and all of the
covenants and agreements contained in said Original Ordinance, shall be deemed to be
part of this Supplemental Ordinance to the same extent as if incorporated verbatim in
this Supplemental Ordinance, and shall be fully enforceable in the manner provided in
said Original Ordinance by any of the holders of bonds issued pursuant to this
Supplemental Ordinance ~y the Village of Tequesta.
The "Excise Tax Revenue Fund" heretofore created, the "Sinking Fund" and
"Reserve Account" created and established pursuant to said Original Ordinance shall
be continued and maintained as provided in said Original Ordinance so long as any of
the bonds issued pursuant to this Supplemental Ordinance, or interest thereon, are
outstanding and unpaid, and the payments into the Sinking Fund shall be increased by
the amounts necessary to provide for the bonds issued pursuant to this Supplemental
Ordinance. No preference, priority or distinction of any kind shall exist or be
exercised in the payments from said Sinking Fund between said Excise Tax Revenue Bonds
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dated October 1, 1964 and the bonds issued pursuant to this Supplemental Ordinance.
The Village shall also deposit in said Reserve Account, in addition to the
amounts required to be deposited therein by said Ordinance on the 1st day of April
and the 1st day of October of each year beginning with the 1st day of April, 1970,
the sum of Five Hundred Twenty-Five Dollars ($525.00); provided, that no further
payments shall be required to be made into said Reserve Account when there shall
have been deposited therein, and as long as there remains therein, an amount equal
to the largest aggregate amount of principal and interest maturing and becoming
due on the outstanding Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964 and the bonds
herein authorized in any succeeding year.
Moneys in said Reserve Account shall be used only for the purpose of the
payment of maturing principal of or interest on the bonds issued hereunder and the
Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964 when other moneys in the Sinking
Fund are insufficient therefor, and for no other purpose.
No preference, priority or distinction of any kind shall exist or be
exercised in payments from said"Reserve Account between said Excise Tax Revenue
Bonds dated October 1, 1964 and the bonds issued pursuant to this Supplemental
Ordinance.
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Section 4.04. ISSUANCE OF PARI PASSU ADDITIONAL BONDS. That no pari passu
additional bonds, as in this sub-section defined, payable out of the Cigarette Taxes,
or Franchise Taxes, or Utilities Services Taxes, shall be created after the issuance
of any bonds pursuant to this Supplemental Ordinance except under the conditions and
in the manner provided by this Supplemental Ordinance.
No such pari passu additional bonds shall be created unless the average annual
aggregate amount of said Cigarette Taxes, as defined herein, or said Franchise Taxes,
as defined herein, or said Utilities Services Taxes, as defined herein, or any
combination thereof received by the Village during the immediately preceding fiscal
year, or the average annual aggregate amount of said Cigarette Taxes, or Franchise
Taxes, or Utilities Services Taxes, or any combination thereof received by the Village
iri the immediately preceding complete twenty-four months, whichever is smaller, shall
have been at least equal to One Hundred Fifty Percentum (150°/°) of the maximum amount
of principal and interest which will become due in any succeeding fiscal year on the
Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964 then outstanding; and the Excise Tax
Revenue Bonds, Series 1969, dated October 1, 1969, then outstanding; and on any other
obligations then outstanding which are payable from said Excise Revenue Taxes; and on
the pari passu additional bonds then proposed to be issued.
For the purposes of this sub-section the terms "Cigarette ~~axes", "Franchise
Taxes" and "Utilities Services TaxesY1 shall mean respectively she pr:>ceeds of such
Cigarette Taxes, Franchise Taxes and Utilities Services Taxes actually collected by
the Village which the Village has pledged pursuant to said Original Ordinance, or may
legally pledge, at the time of the issuance of such proposed pari passu additional
bonds, as a first lien on such Cigarette Taxes, Franchise Taxes and Utilities Services
Taxes, to the payment of debt service and reserves on bonds theretofore issued pursuant
to said Original Ordinance and this Supplemental Ordinance and the holuers of any
pari passu additional bonds subsequently created within the limitations of and in
compliance with this sub-section. All of such bonds, regardless of the time or times
of their issuance, shall rank equally with respect to their lien on said Excise Tax
Revenue, without preference of any bond or coupon over any other. The Village shall
comply fully with all of the increased payments into the various funds created by said
Original Ordinance and continued and maintained by this Supplemental Ordinance required
for such pari passu additional bonds, in addition tc the payments required for the bonds
issued pursuant to this Supplemental Ordinance.
The term "pari passu additional bonds" as used in this sub-section shall not
be deemed to include bonds, notes, certificates o-r other obligations subsequently issued,
the lien of which on the Excise Tax Revenues is subject to the prior and superior lien
on such revenues of the Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964-and the Excise
Tax Revenue Bonds issued pursuant to this Supplemental Ordinance and the Village shall
not issue any obligations whatsoever payable from Excise Tax Revenues which rank equally
as to lien on and source and security for payment from such revenues with the Excise
Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964 and the Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1,
1969 issued pursuant to this Supplemental Ordinance except in the manner and under the
conditions provided in this sub-section.
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No pari passu additional bonds, as in this sub-section defined, shall be
created at any time, however, unless all of the payments into the reserve funds
provided in said Original Ordinance and continued and maintained by this Supplemental ,
Ordinance on all bonds then outstanding, and all other Reserve or Sinking Funds or
other payments provided for in said Original Ordinance and continued and maintained by
this Supplemental Ordinance shall have been made in full, and the Village shall have
fully complied with all the covenants, agreements and terms of said Original Ordinance
and this Supplemental Ordinance.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, the Village shall be required to
enforce all of the covenants and provisions of said Original Ordinance which authorized
the ~.ssuance of the outstanding Excise Tax Revenue Bonds dated October 1, 1964 and
the outstanding Excise Tax Revenue Bonds, Series 1969, dated October 1, 1969, so long
as any of the bonds authorized by said Original Ordinance and this Supplemental
Ordinance are outstanding and unpaid.
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ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section S.O1. MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT. No material modification or
amendment of this Supplemental Ordinance or of any ordinance amendatory hereof
or supplemental hereto may be made without the consent in writing of the holders
of Two-Thirds (2/3rds) or more in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding;
provided, however, that no modification or amendment shall permit the change in
the maturity of such bonds or a reduction in the rate of interest thereon, or in
the amount of the principal obligation thereof or affecting the unconditional promise
of the Village to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds as the same become
due from said Cigarette Taxes, Franchise Taxes and Utilities Services Taxes, or
reduce the percentages herein required for such modification or amendments, without
the consent of the holders of such bonds.
Section 5.02. SEVERABILITY OF INVALID PROVISIONS. If any one or more of
the covenants, agreements or provisions of this Supplemental Ordinance shall be
held contrary to any express provision of law or contrary to the policy of express
law, those not expressly prohibited, or against public policy or shall for any
reason whatsoever be held invalid, then such covenants, agreements or provisions
shall be null and void and shall be deemed separable from the remaining covenants,
agreements or provisions and .shall in no way affect the validity of any of the
other provisions of this Supplemental Ordinance or of the bonds issued hereunder.
Section 5.03. ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF BONDS. The bonds authorized hereunder
shall be executed in the name of the Village by the signature of its mayor, and
countersigned and attested by the signature of its Village clerk and its corporate
seal shall be affixed thereto and the said bonds when fully executed shall be
delivered to Mary Jane Offutt Mochwart and Peggy Ann Offutt Lane, as Trustees of the
"Offutt Trust" and said Tr~.stees shall deliver a receipt to the Village for such
bonds acknowledging that the said bonds and funds previously paid to such Trustees
constitute full and complete payment for that parcel of land in Section 30, Township
40 South, Range 43 East, Palm Beach County, Florida, more particularly described in
Section 2.01 of this Supplemental Ordinance. Said Trustees shall further deliver to
the representatives of the Village a deed transferring fee simple title to the Village
of Tequesta along with title insurance in an amount deemed adequate by the
representatives of the Village of Tequesta. The delivery of the Excise Tax Revenue
Bonds, Series 1969 authorized by this Supplemental Ordinance and the receipt of the
aforementioned instruments by the Village of Tequesta shall all be approved by
William A. Lord, Village attorney, and his written approving opinion of this entire
transaction shall be filed with the Village Council.
Section 5.04. TIME OF TAKING EFFECT. That the acquisition of the parcel
of land prescribed in Section 2.01 hereof is deemed necessary for the health and
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safety of the inhabitants of the Village of Tequesta and that such acquisition be
completed with the least possible delay and it is hereby determined that this
Ordinance is an emergency measure and shall take effect immediately.
PASSED AND ADOPTED ON FIRST READING, on January~{~, A.D. 1970.
ATTEST:
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Village Clerk
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