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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-630ORDINANCE NO. 630 BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council (herein called "the Council") of the City of Fairhope, Alabama (herein called "the City") as follows: Section 1. The bid this day filed with the City by 1st Nat. Bank of B'ham for the purchase from the City of $360,000 principal amount of Water, Gas and Sewer Rev- enue Bonds, Series 1978, dated December 1, 1978, at and for a purchase price equal to $360,000 , plus accrued interest thereon from the date of the said bonds to the date of delivery thereof and payment therefor, bearing interest at the per annum rates of 1987 6.00% 1991 6.20. 1988 _bb°I 1992 �l- 1989 T7.(77 1993l 1990 ��i. 1994 °l- which interest shall be payable semiannually, be and the said bid is hereby determined to be the bid received for the said bonds which represents the lowest total net in- terest cost therefor to the City, computed as provided in the Official Invitation for Bids therefor. Section 2. The Council does hereby determine and deem it most a varltageys. to the CVf that the said bonds be sold to e first ational Bank o irmingham and the said bonds are hereby sold to the said named bidders, bearing interest at the rates and for the purchase price specified in Section 1 of this ordinance. The said Mayor is hereby authorized to execute and de- liver in the name of and in behalf of the City an accept- ance of the said bid, to retain the good faith check of the said named bidders as security for their said bid in accordance with the provisions of the said Official In- vitation for Bids, and to return to all other bidders the good faith checks filed by them with their bids. Section 3. The Council has ascertained and does hereby find and declare that the following facts are true and correct: (a) The City has heretofore issued $1,000,000 principal amount of Water, Gas and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1961, dated Decem- ber 1, 1961, and presently outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $580,000 (herein called "the Series 1961 Bonds"), and $875,000 principal amout of Water, Gas and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1972, dated December 1, 1972, and presently outstanding in the aggregate princi- pal amount of $740,000 (herein called "the Se- ries 1972 Bonds"); (b) The Series 1961 Bonds were issued un- der a Trust Indenture between the City and The If Merchants National Bank of Mobile (herein called "the Trustee") dated as of December 1, 1961 (herein called "the 1961 Indenture"), and the Series 1972 Bonds were issued under a sup- plemental indenture between the City and the Trustee dated as of December 1, 1972 (herein called "the 1972 Indenture"; the 1961 Inden- ture, as so supplemented, herein called "the Indenture"); (c) In Article VII of the Indenture, the City reserved the right to issue additional bonds on a parity with the Series 1961 Bonds, as respects the lien of the Identure, subject to certain conditions set out therein. It is the intention=of the City that the bonds re- ferred to in Section 1 of this ordinance be is- sued as additional parity bonds under said Ar- ticle VII, and this ordinance is being adopted by the City for the purpose, among others, of qualifying with the provisions of Section 7.2 (c) of the Indenture; (d) The City is not now in default under the Indenture and no such default is imminent; (e) The bonds referred to in Section 1 of this ordinance are being issued to pay a por- tion of the costs of (i) purchasing the assets (distribution lines, etc.) of the West Baldwin Water Authority, (ii) extending an 8" water line north of the City to serve approximately seventy (70) additional customers, (iii) ex- tending 6" and 8" water lines south of the City to serve approximately two hundred (200) ad- ditional customers, and (iv) paying miscella- neous expenses and engineering costs; (f) The number and series designation of the said bonds shall be as expressed in the supplemental indenture hereinafter authorized; and (g) The presently outstanding underlying securities (as that term is defined in the In- denture) are $24,000 principal amount of Mort- gage Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, dated July 1, 1950, issued by The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Fairhope (herein called "the Board") and assumed by the City and $85,000 principal amount of Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Second Series, dated July 1, 1953, issued by the Board and assumed by the City. Section 4. In order to raise funds necessary to pay the costs referred to in Section 3(e) hereof, there are hereby authorized to be issued $360,000 princi- pal amount of Water, Gas and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1978, dated December 1, 1978 (herein called "the Series 0 p. 1978 Bonds"), all under and pursuant to the Indenture as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture pro- vided for in Section 5 hereof. The Series 1978 Bonds and the interest coupons applicable thereto shall bear such date or dates, shall mature at such times and in such manner, shall bear such rates of interest, shall be pay- able in such place, shall be in such denomination, shall bear such numbers and shall be in such form and contain such provisions as are set out in the said Second Supple- mental Indenture provided for in Section 5 hereof. All of the provisions of the said Second Supplemental Inden- ture and of the Series 1978 Bonds therein and herein au- thorized and referred to are hereby adopted as a part of this ordinance as though the same were set out in full herein. Section 5. Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.2(c) of the Indenture, and for the purpose of describing the Series 1978 Bonds and for the other purposes therein stated, the Mayor is here- by authorized and directed to execute and deliver, for and in the name and behalf of the City, a Second Supple- mental Indenture to the Trustee and the City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to affix the corporate seal of the City to the said Second Supplemental Inden- ture. The said Second Supplemental Indenture shall be in substantially the form presented to the meeting at which this ordinance is adopted, which form shall be attached to said minutes as Exhibit A and which is hereby adopted in all respects as if the same were set out in full here- in. Section 6. Promptly following the sale and is- suance of the Series 1978 Bonds, the City Clerk is hereby directed to file in the office of the Judge of Probate of Baldwin County, Alabama, a notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3 of the Indenture in order to declare that the statutory mortgage lien created in said Section 2.3 exists in favor of the Series 1978 Bonds, the Series 1961 Bonds and the Series 1972 Bonds and will be subject only, with respect to the water and sewer system, to the lien of the underlying indentures (as that term is defined in the Indenture) and to an agreement between the City and Alabama Pollution Control Finance Authority dated January 1, 1973. ADOPTED this 9th day of January, 1979. Attest: t"G J�a&_ City Clerk Mayor A EXHIBIT..... A......._ SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE This SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL TRUST INDENTURE be- tween the CITY OF FAIRHOPE ("the city"), a municipal cor- poration under the laws of Alabama, party of the first part, and THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF MOBILE ("the trustee"), a national banking asociation, having its principal place of business in the City of Mobile in the State of Alabama, party of the second part, W I T N E S S E E T H In consideration of the respective agreements herein contained, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties signatory hereto and the holders at any time of the Series 1978 bonds hereinafter described (the said holders having given their consent hereto by their ac- ceptance of the Series 1978 bonds), each with each of the others, as follows (provided, that in the performance of any of the agreements of the city herein contained any obligation which may be incurred for the payment of moneys shall not be a general debt of the city but shall be- payable solely out of the revenues from the city's water and sewer system and the city's gas system, as those terms are defined in the original indenture): ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS, USE OF PHRASES AND RECITALS Section 1.1 Definitions and Use of Phrases. The definitions and the provisions for the use of phrases set out in Article I of the original indenture herein- after referred to, wherever used in this supplemental in- denture, shall, in the absence of clear implication here- in otherwise, be given the respective interpretations, meanings and uses provided for in Section 1.1 and Section 1.2 of the said original indenture. In addition thereto, the following words and phrases where used in this sup- plemental indenture shall, in the absence of clear impli- cation herein otherwise, be given the following interpre- tations and meanings herein: "Original indenture" means the Indenture be- tween the city and the trustee dated June 1, 1961, under which were issued the Series 1961 bonds and the Series 1972 bonds. 1 "Series 1972 bonds" means those of the initial bonds bearing the designation Water, Gas and Sewer Reve- nue Bonds, Series 1972, and dated December 1, 1972, which were originally issued in the principal amount of $875,000 as additional bonds pursuant to Article VII of the original indenture and a supplemental indenture be- tween the city and the trustee dated December 1, 1972. "Series 1978 bonds" means those of the bonds bearing the designation Water, Gas and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1978, provided for and described in Article II hereof that may at any time be outstanding under the provisions of this supplemental indenture. "This supplemental indenture" means this sup- plemental trust indenture. Under the provisions of Section 7.1 of the original indenture the city reserved the right to issue additional bonds on a parity with the initial bonds when the city shall have complied with the conditions set out in Section 7.2 of the original indenture. No additional bonds other than the Series 1972 bonds, of which $740,000 in principal amount are now outstanding and unpaid, have heretofore been issued. The city represents that, in or- der to pay the costs of constructing capital improvements to the system and the costs of purchasing certain water distribution lines, the city has by proper corporate ac- tion and pursuant to the applicable provisions of Article VII of the original indenture duly authorized the issu- ance of its Series 1978 bonds, to be secured by the orig- inal indenture on a parity with the initial bonds, and the Series 1972 bonds and all additional bonds that may at any time be issued pursuant to the provisions of the said Article VII. This supplemental trust indenture is executed in order to specify the details of the Series 1978 bonds, and to comply with the requirements of the original indenture relating to the issuance of additional bonds. ARTICLE II THE SERIES 1978 BONDS Section 2.1 Name Date Principal Amount De- nomination and Maturity Dates of the Series 1976 Bonds. There are hereby authorized to be issued by the city its Water, Gas and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Series 1978, in the aggregate principal amount of $360,000. The Series 1978 bonds shall constitute additional bonds as that term is defined in the original indenture and within the purview of Article VII of the original indenture, shall be dated December 1, 1978, shall be issued as coupon bonds in the denomination of $5,000 each, shall be numbered from 1 to 72, and shall mature on December 1 of each year, as fol- lows: 2 Bond Numbers Year of Aggregate Principal (both inclusive) Maturity Amount Maturing 1 to 5 1987 $25,000 6 to 10 1988 259000 11 to 15 1989 25,000 16 to 22 1990 359000 23 to 32 1991 50,000 33 to 42 1992 50,000 43 to 57 1993 759000 58 to 72 1994 759000 Section 2.2 Interest Rates of Series 1978 Bonds. The Series 1978 bonds shall bear interest from their date until their respective maturities at the fol- lowing per anum rates: 1987 1991 1988 1992 1989 1993 1990 1994 Such interest shall be payable semianually on June 1 and December 1 in each year until and at the respective ma- turities of the Series 1978 bonds and shall be evidenced by coupons attached thereto. Both the Series 1978 bonds and the coupons applicable thereto shall bear interest at the rate of eight per centum (8%) per annum after their respective maturities. Section 2.3 Places and Medium of Payment of the Series 1978 Bonds. The Series 1,978 bonds and the coupons applicable thereto shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the principal office of The Merchants National Bank of Mobile in the City of Mobile in the State of Alabama. Section 2.4 Optional Redemption Provisions Applicable to Series 1978 Bonds. Those of the Series 1978 bonds having stated maturities in 1988 or thereafter may be redeemed prior to their stated maturities, at the option of the City, on any interest payment date on or after December 1, 1987. Any such redemption may be of all or part of the callable Series 1978 bonds at the time outstanding, but if the city elects to redeem a part only then they shall be called for redemption in the inverse order of the numbers of the callable Series 1978 bonds at the time outstanding. Any such redemption shall be at a redemption price for each callable Series 1978 bond re- deemed equal to its face value plus the following premium (expressed as a percentage of such face value): 3% if the date fixed for redemption is in 1987 through 1989; 2% if the date fixed for redemption is in 1990 through 1991; and 1% if the date fixed for redemption is in 1992 or thereafter. Each such call for redemption and each such redemption shall be effected in the manner provided in Article V of the original indenture, and the pro- visions of this section shall be subject to the pro- visions of the said Article V. Section 2.5 Form of the Series 1978 Bonds. The Series 1978 bonds, the coupons applicable thereto, and the registration certificate and authentication cer- tificate thereon shall be in substantially the following respective forms with appropriate changes to conform to the provisions hereof: 4 r No. ( Form of Bond) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA STATE OF ALABAMA CITY OF FAIRHOPE WATER, GAS AND SEWER REVENUE BOND SERIES 1978 $5,000 On the 1st day of December, , for value re- ceived, the City of Fairhope (herein called "the city"), a municipal corporation under the laws of Alabama, hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof solely out of the revenues hereinafter referred to, the sum of F I V E T H O U S A N D D O L L A R S with interest thereon from the date hereof until the ma- turity hereof at the rate of % per annum, payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 in each year until and at the maturity hereof upon surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they severally mature. Both the principal hereof and the interest hereon are payable in lawful money of the United States of America at the prin- cipal office of The Merchants National Bank of Mobile in the City of Mobile in the State of Alabama. This bond is one of a duly authorized issue of bonds of the city issuable in series, designated Water, Gas and Sewer Revenue Bonds (herein called "the bonds") and issued under a Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 1961 (herein called "the 1961 indenture"), between the city and The Merchants National Bank of Mobile (herein called "the trustee"), of Mobile, Alabama, as supple- mented by two supplemental indentures between the city and the trustee dated respectively as of December 1, 1972, and as of December 1, 1978 (the 1961 indenture, as so supplemented, being herein called "the indenture"). The bonds are not limited in aggregate principal amount except as provided in the indenture. The principal of and the interest on the bonds are payable solely out of the revenues derived from the operation of the city's wa- ter works and sanitary sewer system and its natural gas distribution system, as they may be presently or here- after constituted (herein together called "the sys- tems"), and are secured, pro rata and without priority of one bond over another, by a valid pledge of said revenues out of which they are payable. The indenture provides, inter alia, that in the event of default by the city in the manner and for the time therein provided, the trustee may declare the principal of this bond as immediately due and payable, whereupon the same shall thereupon become immediately due and payable and the trustee shall be en- titled to pursue the remedies provided in the indenture. The series of the bonds of which this is one is designated Series 1978, is authorized to be issued in the 5 � ' r aggregate principal amount of $360,000, and consists of bonds numbered from 1 to 72, inclusive. Those of the bonds of this series having stated maturities in 1988 and thereafter are subject to redemption and payment prior to their respective maturities, at the option of the city, on December 1, 1987, and on any interest payment date thereafter, as a whole or in part and if in part then in inverse numerical order of those of the bonds of this se- ries at the time outstanding at and for the following re- spective redemption prices for each bond redeemed (ex- pressed in percentages of the principal amount thereof) plus accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for re- demption: 103% if the date fixed for redemption is in 1987 to 1989; 102% if the date fixed for redemption is in 1990 or 1991; and 101% if the date fixed for redemption is in 1992 or thereafter. Prior notice of each such re- demption must be given one time, at least thirty days be- fore the date fixed for redemption, by publication in a financial journal published in New York, New York and in a newspaper published in Birmingham, Alabama. The covenants and representations herein con- tained or contained in the indenture do not and shall never constitute a personal or pecuniary liability or charge against the general credit of the city, and in the event of breach of any such covenant or representation no personal or pecuniary liability or charge payable di- rectly or indirectly from the general revenues of the city shall arise therefrom. No holder of the bonds or the coupons shall ever have the right to compel the exer- cise of the taxing power of the city for payment of the principal of or the interest on the bonds, and this bond does not constitute a debt of the city within any state constitutional provision or statutory limitation. The bonds are issued under the provisions of Article 5 of Chapter 81 of Title 11 the Code of Alabama of 1975, and an ordinance of the city duly adopted in order to raise moneys for purposes for which bonds are authorized to be issued under said article. It is hereby certified that all conditions, actions and things required by the constitution and laws of Alabama to exist, be performed and happen precedent to or in the issuance of this bond exist, have been per- formed and have happened in due and legal form and that provision has been made for the deposit in a separate fund of revenues from the operation of the systems in amounts sufficient to pay the principal of and the inter- est on the bonds as said principal and interest shall re- spectively mature. The principal of and the interest on this bond are exempt from any and all state, county and municipal and other taxation whatsoever under the laws of the State of Alabama. The city hereby covenants that it will at all times maintain such rates for water, gas and sanitary sewer service furnished by the systems as shall be suf- ficient to provide for payment of the principal of and the interest on the bonds as the said principal and in- terest become due, to create a bond and interest redemp- tion fund therefor, to provide for the payment of the ex- penses of administering and operating the systems and of maintaining them in good repair and working order, to build up a reserve for depreciation of the systems and to build up a reserve for improvements, betterments and ex- tensions to the systems, other than those necessary to maintain them in good repair and working order as herein - above provided. Execution by the trustee of its authentication certificate hereon is essential to the validity hereof and is conclusive of the due issue hereof under the in- denture. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the city has caused this bond to be executed in its behalf by the manually written signature of its Mayor and by a facsimile of the signa- ture of its city clerk, has caused the seal of the city to be reproduced hereon in facsimile, the said facsimile signature of the said city clerk hereon to constitute at- testation of this bond and of the said seal, has caused the annexed interest coupons to be executed with the fac- simile signatures of said Mayor and city clerk, and has caused this bond to be dated December 1, 1978. Attest: City Clerk CITY OF FAIRHOPE By Its Mayor 7 r. " • (Form of Coupon) Coupon No. On the 1st day of , 19 _, the City of Fairhope, a municipal corporation in the State of Alabama, will pay to the bearer hereof, solely out of the revenues derived from the operation of its water works and sanitary sewer system and its natural gas distribu- tion system, upon surrender hereof at the principal of- fice of The Merchants National Bank of Mobile in the City of Mobile, Alabama Dollars in lawful money of the United States of America, being interest then due on its Water, Gas and Sewer Revenue Bond, Series 1978, dated December 1, 1978, No. . Attest: • CITY OF FAIRHOPE City Clerk By Its Mayor (Form of Trustee's Authentication Certificate) The within bond is one of those described in the within mentioned Trust Indenture. THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF MOBILE By Its Authorized Officer Following the maturity of each of the bonds having stated maturities in 1988 or thereafter, there shall be inserted the following: "(unless this bond shall have been duly called for prior payment)," Following the maturity date of each coupon due on and after June 1, 1988, there shall be inserted the following: "(unless the bond to which this coupon is applicable shall have been duly called for prior payment)," Section 2.6 Delivery of Series 1978 Bonds. The Series 1978 bonds shall be forthwith executed and de- livered to the trustee, and shall be certified and de- livered by the trustee, upon receipt by the trustee of an order signed in behalf of the city by its mayor request- ing such certification and delivery and designating the person or persons to receive the same or any part there- of. Section 2.7 Use of Proceeds from Series 1978 Bonds. The proceeds from the sale of the Series 197 bonds shall be used for the following purposes only and in the following order: (a) Payment into the bond fund of that part of the proceeds from the sale of the Series 1978 bonds that is referable to accrued interest and any premium thereon as provided in Section 9.4 of the original indenture. (b) Application of the principal proceeds (ex- clusive of premium, if any) from the sale of the Series 1978 bonds to payment of the costs of making improvements to and extensions to the water and sewer system. ARTICLE III AGREEMENT TO CONSTRUCT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND AGREEMENTS INCIDENTAL THERETO Section 3.1 Construction of the Capital Im- provements. The city will proceed continuously and with reasonable dispatch with construction of certain capital improvements to the water and sewer system substantially in accordance with plans and specifications made there- for, or to be prepared, by Moore Engineering Company of Fairhope, Alabama, said capital improvements to consist of the extension of certain water lines and the purchase of certain existing distribution lines. The city will complete the said construction and acquisition as soon as may be practicable after the delivery of the Series 1978 bonds to the purchaser thereof from the city, delays incident to strikes, riots, acts of God and the public enemy and similar acts beyond the reasonable control of the city only excepted. The city will promptly pay, as and when due, all expenses incurred in and about the said construction, and it will not suffer or permit any me- chanics' or materialmen's liens which may be filed or otherwise claimed or established upon or against the water and sewer system, or any part thereof, and which might be or become a lien superior to the lien of the in- denture, as supplemented hereby, to remain unsatisfied and undischarged for a period exceeding thirty days after the filing or establishment thereof; provided, that the city may in good faith contest any such mechanics' or mate- rialmen's claims so filed or established and, in the event that such lien claims are so contested to remain unsatisfied and undischarged during the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom, irrespective of whether such period extends beyond the thirty day period after the filing or establishment of such liens, unless by such 9 r " It action the trustee shall be of the opinion that the lien of the original indenture, as supplemented hereby, to any part of the water and sewer system shall be materially endangered or that the water and sewer system shall be subject to loss or forfeiture, in which event such me- chanics' or materialmen's liens shall be satisfied prior to the expiration of the said thirty day period. Section 3.2 Surety Bonds. If the city shall enter into a contract with a contractor for the construc- tion of any portion of the capital improvements provided for in Section 3.1 hereof, whenever it shall enter into such contract for any such construction the city will cause such contractor to deposit with the trustee a sure- ty bond or surety bonds in an amount or amounts not less than the amount of each such contract, which surety bond or surety bonds shall be executed by a surety company au- thorized to do business in the State of Alabama and shall guarantee the performance of such contract and the pay- ment of all bills incurred thereunder for materials and labor. Each such surety bond shall designate as the ob- ligees thereunder the city and the trustee, as their re- spective interest may appear; provided, that any such surety bond may designate only the city as the obligee thereunder as such surety bond shall be duly assigned by the city to the trustee. Section 3.3 Trustee Not Liable With Respect to Construction Contract, Surety Bonds, or Construction. Nothing contained in the original indenture or in this supplemental indenture shall impose on the trustee any duty or liability with respect to the appropriateness or sufficiency of any contract for the construction provided for in Section 3.1 hereof, or any surety bond required by Section 3.2 hereof, or with respect to the completion of the said construction. ARTICLE IV STATEMENT OF AMOUNT OF MAXIMUM REQUIRED RESERVE AND AGREEMENTS FOR PAYMENTS INTO THE RESERVE FUND Section 4.1 Determination of the Maximum Re- quired Reserve. The maximum required reserve in effect immediately prior to the issuance of any of the Series 1978 bonds that may be issued is $145,847.50. Pursuant to the requirements of the third sentence of Section 9.6 of the original indenture, the city has caused to be com- puted, and the city does hereby determine, that the amount of the maximum required reserve that will be ap- plicable immediately following the issuance of the Series 1978 bonds will be $ , that being the maximum amount of the annual debt service requirements with re- spect to all of the bonds issued under the original in- denture and authorized to be issued under this supplemen- tal indenture that will be outstanding as of any partic- ular time. Section 4.2 Payments Into the Reserve Fund. From and after the date of the delivery of the first of 10 the Series 1978 bonds that may be issued, the city agrees to pay into the reserve fund the monthly payments re- ferred to in the said Section 9.6 of the original inden- ture, such payments to be made at the respective times and in the respective amounts specified in said section. All provisions of the said Section 9.6 of the original indenture shall continue applicable with respect to the reserve fund. ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS OF THE CITY AND CONFIRMATION OF THE ORIGINAL INDENTURE AS SUPPLEMENTED HEREBY Section 5.1 Warranties and Representations Respecting Title to the Systems and Outstanding Pledges and Agreements. The city warrants its title to the water and sewer system and the gas system as they presently exist to be free and clear of every lien, encumbrance or charge prior hereto, except prior pledges and agreements with respect to revenues from the water and sewer system that are set forth in (i) a mortgage and deed of trust made by The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Fairhope to The Merchants National Bank of Mobile dated July 1, 1950 (defined in the original indenture as the underlying 1950 water and sewer indenture) securing the said Board's Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds dated July 1, 1950, assumed by the city and now outstanding in the ag- gregate principal amount of $24,000, (ii) a mortgage and deed of trust made by the said Board to the said bank dated July 1, 1953 (defined in the original indenture as the underlying 1953 indenture) securing the said Board's Water and Sewer Revenue Bonds, Second Series, dated July 1, 1953, assumed by the city and now outstanding in the aggregate principal amount of $85,000, and (iii) an agreement between the city and Alabama Pollution Control Finance Authority dated January 1, 1973. Section 5.2 Confirmation of Original Inden- ture. All of the terms, covenants and conditions of the original indenture, as supplemented by the supplemental indenture pertaining to the Series 1972 bonds and this supplemental indenture, are hereby in all things con- firmed, and as so supplemented they shall remain in full force and effect. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the city has caused these presents to be executed in its corporate name and in its behalf by its mayor and has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its city clerk, and the trustee, in order to evidence its acceptance of the trusts hereby created, has caused these presents to be executed in its corporate name and in its behalf and its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and attested by its 11 11 A I r officers whose signatures appear hereunder, all of whom are hereunto duly authorized by proper corporate action, all in five counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and has caused this instrument to be dated the 1st day of December, 1978. Attest: Attest: Its Its City Clerk CITY OF FAIRHOPE By Its Mayor THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK OF MOBILE By Its 12 v STATE OF ALABAMA ) COUNTY OF ) I, , a Notary Public in and for said county in said state, hereby certify that , whose name as Mayor of the City of Fairhope, a municipal corporation under the laws of Ala- bama, is signed to the foregoing instrument and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, be- ing informed of the contents of the said instrument, he, as such officer and with full authority, executed the same voluntarily for and as the act of the said corpora- tion. Given under my hand and official seal of office this day of , 1978 Notary Public STATE OF ALABAMA ) COUNTY OF ) I, , a Notary Public in and for said county in said state, hereby certify that , whose name as of The Merchants National Bank of Mobile, a national banking association, is signed to the foregoing instrument and who is known to me, acknowledged before me on this day that, being informed of the contents of the said instru- ment, he, as such officer and with full authority, exe- cuted the same voluntaily for and as the act of the said association. Given under my hand and official seal of office this day of , 1978. Notary Public 13