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RESOLUTION NO. 04-03
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF MCCALL, IDAHO, AUTHORIZING AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND DELIVERY OF A SUBORDINATE
LIEN PROMISSORY NOTE TO THE STATE OF IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, IN THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF
$5,908,755.11, AS EVIDENCE OF A LOAN INDEBTEDNESS INCURRED
BY THE CITY FROM THE DRINKING WATER LOAN ACCOUNT OF THE
STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING THE COST OF DOMESTIC WATER
TREATMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS; PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE,
FORM, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION, MATURITY, AND PAYMENT OF THE
NOTE; ESTABLISHING FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS; PROVIDING COVENANTS
RELATING TO THE NOTE AND THE TAX-EXEMPT STATUS OF THE
INTEREST ON THE NOTE; PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of McCall, Valley County, Idaho (the
"City"), is a municipal corporation duly organized and
operating under and pursuant to the laws of the State of
Idaho; and
WHEREAS, the City presently owns and operates, and has
for many years owned and operated, a municipal domestic
water supply, treatment, and distribution system for the
benefit of the residents of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of the City heretofore
determined that the acquisition and construction of certain
improvements to the existing domestic water treatment
facilities of the City, consisting generally of a
gravity/sand filtration facility, together with related
improvements and costs, were necessary for the continued
efficient operation of the domestic water system and in
order to continue to operate its domestic water system in
accordance with state and federal environmental standards
for the public health, safety, and welfare, and, in order
to finance the cost of such improvements, the City made
application to the State of Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality (the "State") for a loan under the
State's Drinking Water Revolving Loan Program in the amount
of not to exceed $8,000,000 which loan application was
approved by the State; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council further determined that
the indebtedness to be incurred thereby was an ordinary and
necessary expense of the City within the meaning of Article
8, Section 3, Idaho Constitution, for which no approval of
the electors of the City was necessary; and
WHEREAS, The City caused to be filed, in the District
Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of
Idaho, in and for the County of Valley (the "District
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Court") a Petition for Judicial Confirmation pursuant to
Title 7, Chapter 13, Idaho Code, seeking a judicial
determination and declaration of the validity of the City's
incurring of an indebtedness and issuing its promissory
note as evidence thereof for the purpose of financing the
cost of the improvements; and
WHEREAS, on March 23, 2001, the District Court, in
Case No. SPO1-19C, entered its Memorandum of Findings of
Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Judgment (the "Judicial
Confirmation Order") ordering, adjudging, and decreeing
that (1) the loan agreement with the State constitutes a
valid "ordinary and necessary expense" of the City within
the meaning of Article 8, Section 3, of the Idaho
Constitution, for which no approval of the City's electors
is required; (2) the loan agreement, promissory note, or
other evidence of indebtedness, when duly executed and
delivered, will constitute valid and enforceable special
obligations of the City, enforceable in accordance with
their terms, and (3) the City may pledge its domestic water
system revenues to the payment thereof; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Judicial Confirmation Order,
the City and the State entered into the loan agreement, the
City has constructed and installed the improvements, and
the City now desires to issue its promissory note (the
"Note") in the principal amount of $5,908,755.11 to the
State in accordance with the loan agreement and Judicial
Confirmation Order; and
WHEREAS, the City has outstanding its Water Revenue
Refunding Bonds, Series 2003, issued on July 15, 2003, in
the principal amount of $5,630,000 (the "Series 2003
Bonds"), which are payable from the net revenues of the
City's water system, and the State has agreed that the Note
may be secured by a pledge of net revenues subordinate to
that of the Series 2003 Bonds.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MCCALL, Valley County, Idaho, as follows:
Section 1: DEFINITIONS
As used in this Resolution, the following terms shall
have the following meanings.
City means the City of McCall, Valley County, Idaho.
City Clerk or Clerk means the Clerk of the City, or
other officer of the City who is the custodian of the
records, seal, and proceedings of the City.
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Cost of Project means all or any part designated by
the Council of the cost acquisition, construction, and
installation of the domestic water improvement Project.
Council means the City Council of the City.
Mayor means the Mayor of the City, including his/her
successor in functions, if any.
Net Revenues means the Revenue of the System after the
deduction of Operation and Maintenance Expenses.
Note means the Subordinate Lien Drinking Water
Revolving Loan Account Promissory Note of the City in the
initial principal amount of $5,908,755.11, authorized by
this Resolution.
Note Payment Fund means the fund created by Section 9
of this Resolution for the payment of the principal of and
interest on the Note.
Note Registrar means the registrar and paying agent
appointed and designated in Section 5 of this Resolution.
Operation and Maintenance Expenses or any phrase of
similar import means all reasonable and necessary current
expenses of the City, paid or accrued, of operating,
maintaining, and repairing the System or of levying,
collecting, and otherwise administering the Net Revenues
for the payment of the Note; and the term includes (except
as limited by contract or otherwise limited by law) without
limiting the generality of the foregoing:
(1) Engineering, auditing, reporting, legal, and
other overhead expenses of the various City
departments directly relating and reasonably allocable
to the administration of the System;
(2) Fidelity bonds and property and liability
insurance premiums pertaining to the System, or a
reasonably allocable share of a premium of any blanket
bond or policy pertaining thereto;
(3) Payments to pension, retirement, health, and
hospitalization funds and other insurance;
(4) Any taxes, assessments, excise taxes, or
other charges which may be lawfully imposed on the
City, the System, revenues therefrom, or any privilege
in connection with their operation;
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(5) The reasonable charges of the bond
registrar, fiscal or paying agent, commercial bank,
trust bank, or other depository bank pertaining to the
Note issued by the City or pertaining to the Project,
if any;
(6) Contractual services, professional services,
salaries, other administrative expenses, and the cost
of materials, supplies, repairs, and labor, pertaining
to the issuance of the Note and to the ordinary
operation of the System; and
(7) All other administrative, general, and
commercial expenses.
Project means the domestic water system improvement
project described in Section 2 of this Resolution.
Registered Owner means the purchaser of the Note and
any subsequent transferee of the Note.
Reserve Fund means the Reserve Fund created by Section
10 of this Resolution.
Resolution means this Resolution No. 04-03, adopted on
April 8, 2004.
Revenue of the System shall have the meaning assigned
that term by Ordinance No. 779 of the City, adopted on June
26, 2003.
Revenue Fund means the "City of McCall Water Revenue
Fund" created by Ordinance No. 669 of the City, adopted on
August 25, 1994.
Series 2003 Bonds means the Water Revenue Refunding
Bonds, Series 2003, of the City, issued in the initial
principal amount of $5,630,000 pursuant to Ordinance No.
779, adopted on June 26, 2003.
State, for purposes of this Resolution, means the
State of Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.
System for purposes of this Resolution, means the
domestic water supply and distribution system of the City,
as the same now exists, including its assets, real and
personal, tangible and intangible, and as it may later be
added to, extended, and improved, and shall include
buildings, structures, utilities, or other income producing
water facilities from the operation of or in connection
with which the revenues of the payment of the Bond to be
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issued hereunder will be derived, and the lands pertaining
thereto.
Section 2: THE PROJECT
The domestic water improvement project consists of the
acquisition, construction, and installation of improvements
and betterments to the City's domestic water treatment
facilities, consisting generally of a gravity/sand
filtration facility, together with related improvements and
costs (the "Project"). $5,908,755.11 of the Costs of the
Project shall be paid from the proceeds of the Note.
Section 3: THE NOTE
The Note shall be substantially in the form annexed
hereto as Exhibit "A"; shall be issued to the State of
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (the "State"), as
Registered Owner; shall be in the principal amount of
5,908,755.11; shall be dated as of its date of delivery,
shall mature twenty (20) years from its date, and shall,
with written permission of the Registered Owner be subject
to prepayment, in whole or in part, without penalty, on any
date; and shall bear interest at the rate of two percent
(2.0%) per annum on the unpaid principal balance from its
date of issuance. Principal of and interest on the Note
shall be payable in semi-annual installments of
$179,954.67, commencing on October 15, 2004, and continuing
on each April 15 and October 15 thereafter until the Note
is paid in full.
Section 4: EXECUTION OF NOTE
The Note shall be executed in the name of the City by
the manual signature of the Mayor and attested by the
manual signature of the City Clerk, and the seal of the
City shall be impressed thereon.
Section 5: REGISTRATION OF NOTE
The Note shall be registered in the name of the State
as the Registered Owner, both as to principal and as to
interest, with the City Treasurer, who is hereby designated
as registrar and paying agent with respect to the Note, and
any transfer must likewise be registered.
Section 6: PAYMENT
The Note shall be payable in lawful money of the
United States of America to the Registered Owner thereof at
the address of such Registered Owner as shown in the
registration books of the City.
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Section 7: PLEDGE OF NET REVENUES
The Net Revenues of the System are hereby pledged for
the payment of the Note, subordinate to the charge and lien
of the Series 2003 Bonds, and shall be used and applied in
the order of priority provided in Section 8 of this
Resolution.
Section 8: THE REVENUE FUND
There has heretofore been created a special fund,
designated the "City of McCall Water Revenue Fund" (the
"Revenue Fund"), which shall be maintained by the Treasurer
and into which the Revenue of the System shall be deposited
immediately upon its receipt.
A. Use of Revenues. The Revenue of the System shall
be used for the payment of the following obligations in the
following order of priority:
(1) First Charge and Lien: The costs of
Operation and Maintenance Expenses.
(2) Second Charge and Lien: the principal of and
interest on the Series 2003 Bonds, and to maintain the
Reserve Fund for the Series 2003 Bonds, as provided in
Ordinance No. 779.
(3) Third Charge and Lien: The principal of and
interest on the Note by payment into the Note Payment
Fund, as provided in Section 9 of this Resolution.
(4) Fourth Charge and Lien: To maintain the
Reserve Fund created by Section 10 of this Resolution;
and
(5) To administer surplus funds.
B. Interest Earnings. Interest earnings on deposits
in the Water Revenue Fund shall remain in and be used for
the purposes of the Water Revenue Fund.
C. Surplus Funds. Funds remaining in the Revenue
Fund after having been applied for the purposes provided in
this section shall constitute surplus funds and may be used
for any lawful purposes of the City.
Section 9: NOTE PAYMENT FUND
There is hereby created a special fund designated the
"City of McCall Water System Note Payment Fund" (the "Note
Payment Fund"), which shall be maintained by the Treasurer
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and into which shall be deposited, from the Net Revenues of
the System, not less than two (2) days before each payment
date, the amounts required by this Resolution to make the
semiannual payments of principal of and interest on the
Note. If for any reason the City does not have, on any
payment date, Net Revenues in the Note Payment Fund
sufficient to make the scheduled payment of principal and
interest, the amount of such deficiency shall be deposited
into the Note Payment Fund from the Reserve Fund.
Section 10: RESERVE FUND
There is hereby established a special fund and
account, to be held by the Treasurer, as additional
security for the Note, to be designated the Water System
Note Reserve Fund (the "Reserve Fund"). The City covenants
and agrees to accumulate in the Reserve Fund, in equal
annual deposits from the Revenue Fund of $71,981.87,
commencing on April 15, 2005, and continuing on the same
date each year thereafter through and including 2009, the
amount of $359,909.34, and to maintain the Reserve Fund
until the Note is paid in full. Any transfer from the
Reserve Fund to the Note Payment Fund shall be replenished
from the Revenue Fund as soon as practicable after such
transfer is made.
Section 11: GENERAL COVENANTS
For the protection and security of the Note, it is
covenanted and agreed to and with the Registered Owner of
the Note from time to time, that the City will perform the
following covenants:
A. Complete Project. It will complete the
construction of the Project with all practical dispatch and
in a sound and economical manner.
B. Operate System. It will operate the System in an
efficient and economical manner and prescribe, revise, and
collect such charges in connection therewith so that the
services, facilities, and properties of the System may be
furnished at the lowest possible cost consistent with sound
economy and prudent management.
C. Good Repair. It will operate, maintain,
preserve, and keep the System and every part hereof in good
repair, working order, and condition.
D. Corporate Status. It will maintain its status as
a municipal corporation of the State of Idaho and will take
no steps to disincorporate or otherwise change its
corporate status.
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E. Preserve Security. It will preserve and protect
the security of the Note and the rights of the Registered
Owner thereof.
F. Collect Revenues. It will collect and hold in
trust the revenues and other funds pledged to the payment
of the Note and apply such revenue or other funds only as
provided in this Resolution.
G. Service Note. It will pay and cause to be paid
punctually the principal of the Note and the interest
thereon on the date or dates and at the place or places and
in the manner mentioned in the Note, and in accordance with
this Resolution.
H. Pay Claims. It will pay and discharge any and
all lawful claims for labor, materials, and supplies which,
if unpaid, might by law become a lien or charge upon the
Revenue of the System, or any part of said Revenue of the
System, or any funds in the hands of the Treasurer, prior
or superior to the lien of the Note or which might impair
the security of the Note, to the end that the priority and
security of the Note shall be fully preserved and
protected.
I. Encumbrances. It will not mortgage or otherwise
encumber, sell, lease, or dispose of the System or any part
thereof, nor enter into any lease or agreement which would
impair or impede the operation of the System or any part
thereof necessary to secure adequate revenues for the
payment of the principal of and interest on the Note, nor
which would otherwise impair or impede the rights of the
Registered Owner of the Note with respect to such revenues
of the operation of the System without provisions for the
retirement of the Note then outstanding from the proceeds
thereof.
J. Insurance. It will procure and keep in force
insurance upon all buildings and structures of the System
and the machinery and equipment therein, which are usually
insured by entities operating like property, in good and
responsible insurance companies. The amount of the
insurance shall be such as may be required to adequately
protect it and the Registered Owner of the Note from loss
due to any casualty, and in the event of any such loss, the
proceeds shall be used to repair or restore the System or
for the payment of the Note issued under this Resolution.
K. Fidelity Bonds. It will procure suitable
fidelity bonds covering all of its officers and other
employees charged with the operation of the System and the
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collection and disbursement of revenues therefrom.
L. Engineers. It will employ consulting engineers
of acknowledged reputation, skill, and experience in the
improvement and operation of the System for any unusual or
extraordinary items of maintenance, repair, or betterments
as shall be required from time to time, all reports,
estimates, and recommendations of such consulting engineers
to be filed with the Clerk and furnished to the Registered
Owner of the Note issued hereunder, upon request.
M. Accounts. It will keep proper and separate
accounts and records in which complete and separate entries
shall be made of all transactions relating to the System,
and it will furnish complete operating and income
statements upon request.
N. Delinquencies. It will not furnish water service
to any customer whatsoever free of charge, and it shall not
later than sixty (60) days after an account becomes
delinquent, take such legal action as may be reasonable to
enforce collection of any collectible delinquent account.
O. Additional Obligations. It will not issue
additional bonds or other obligations payable from the Net
Revenues of the System with a pledge or lien superior to
the pledge and lien of the Note.
Section 12: SPECIAL COVENANTS
The City further covenants with the Registered Owner
of the Note as follows:
A. In accordance with Section 149(a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code "), the Note
shall be issued and remain in fully registered form in
order that interest thereon be excluded from gross income
of the owner or owners for federal income tax purposes.
The City covenants and agrees that it will take no action
to permit the Note to be issued in or converted to bearer
form.
B. The Note is hereby designated a "qualified tax -
exempt obligation" within the meaning and for the purposes
of Section 265(b)(3) of the Code, and the City does not
reasonably anticipate that it will designate more than
$10,000,000, including the Note, as qualified tax - exempt
obligations during the calendar year in which it is issued.
C. None of the proceeds of the Note will be used
directly or indirectly (i) to make or finance loans to
persons or (ii) in any trade or business carried on by any
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person (other than use as a member of the general public) .
For purposes of the preceding sentence the term "person"
does not include a government unit other than the United
States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, and the
term "trade or business" means any activity carried on by a
person other than a natural person. The City further
covenants and agrees to take no action which would cause
the Note to be a "private activity bond,,, nor will it omit
to take any action necessary to prevent the Note from
becoming a "private activity bond," within the meaning of
Section 141 of the Code.
D. The City has general taxing powers. The Note is
not a "private activity bond" within the meaning of Section
141 of the Code. 95% or more of the net proceeds of the
Note are to be used for the local governmental activities
of the City. The City has no subordinate entities. The
City does not reasonably anticipate that it will issue tax -
exempt obligations in the calendar year in which the Note
is issued in a face amount which exceeds $5,000,000.
Accordingly, under Section 148(f)(4)(D) of the Code, the
City is not required to pay rebates to the United States
under Section 148(f) of the Code.
E. The Mayor, Clerk, and Treasurer, and other
appropriate officials of the City, or any one or more of
such officials, as may be appropriate, are each hereby
authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of the City,
such certificate or certificates as shall be necessary to
establish that the Note is not an "arbitrage bond" within
the meaning of Section 148 of the Code and the Treasury
Regulations promulgated thereunder, and to establish that
interest on the Note is not and will not become includable
in the gross income of the owners of the Note under the
Code and applicable regulations. The City covenants and
agrees that no use will be made of the proceeds of the
Note, or any funds of the City which may, pursuant to
Section 148 of the Code and applicable regulations, be
deemed to be proceeds of the Note, which would cause the
Note to be an "arbitrage bond" within the meaning of
Section 148 of the Code. The City further covenants to
comply throughout the term of the Note with the
requirements of Section 148 of the Code and the regulations
promulgated thereunder in order to prevent the Note from
becoming an "arbitrage bond.
F. The City will comply with the information
reporting requirements of Section 149(e) of the Code.
G. None of the proceeds of the Note will be used to
reimburse the City for capital expenditures made prior to
the date of delivery of the Note unless the City, not later
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than 60 days after the payment of such expenditure, shall
have adopted an official intent resolution as provided by
Section 1.150 -2 of the Treasury Regulations.
Section 13: FURTHER AUTHORITY
The Mayor, City Clerk, and City Treasurer, or any one
or more such officials, as shall be appropriate, are hereby
authorized to execute such further certifications and other
documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out
the intent of this Resolution.
Section 14: EFFECTIVE DATE
This Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage and approval.
DATED this 8th day of April, 2004.
CITY OF MCCALL
Valley County, Idaho
gy Y�se'��(iW--
Mayor
ATTEST:
S , , � /<,/()t"L
Deputy City Clerk
( S E A L )
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DEQ Loan #DW -9906
PROMISSORY NOTE
WASTEWATER FACILITY LOAN ACCOUNT
This Promissory Note is executed in conformance with and pursuant to the
Drinking Water Facility Loan Contract entered into between the City of McCall
and the State of Idaho, Department of Environmental Quality, (herein called
the "State ") which is attached as Appendix A; the Record of Disbursements
prepared by the State dated April 1, 2004, which is attached as Appendix B and
the Judicial Confirmation Findings of Fact which is attached as Appendix C.
Appendices A, B and C are hereby incorporated by reference.
For value received, the City of McCall (herein called the "Borrower ") promises
to pay to the State the principal amount of five million nine hundred eight
thousand seven hundred fifty -five dollars and eleven cents ($5,908,755.11),
plus interest on the unpaid balance at the rate of two percent (2.0 %) per
annum. The principal and interest of this note shall be repaid in accordance
with the Loan Repayment Schedule, which is attached as Appendix D and hereby
incorporated by reference.
In addition, the Borrower pledges revenue and income of the Borrower's
drinking water facility, whether collected or uncollected, in an amount
sufficient to repay all principal and interest and pledges to establish and
maintain a reserve account. The reserve account must total $359,909.34 at the
end of five years with at least 20% of that amount being deposited annually.
Every payment made on any indebtedness evidenced by this note shall be applied
first to interest computed to the effective date of the payment and then to
principal. Prepayments of scheduled installments, or any portion thereof, may
be made only with prior written permission of the State. Refunds and extra
payments, after payment of interest, will be applied to the installments last
to become due under this note and shall not affect the obligation of the
Borrower to pay the remaining installments as scheduled herein.
If the State at any time assigns this note and insures the payment thereof,
the Borrower shall continue to make payments to the State as collection agent
for the holder. No assignment of this note shall be effective unless the
Borrower is notified in writing of the name and address of the assignee. The
Borrower shall thereupon duly note in its records the occurrence of such
assignment, together with the name and address of the assignee.
Any amount advanced or expended by the State for the collection hereof
or to preserve or protect any security hereto, or otherwise under the
terms of any security or other instrument executed in connection with
the loan evidenced hereby, at the option of the State shall become a
part of and bear interest at the same rate as the principal of the debt
evidenced hereby and be immediately due and payable by Borrower to the
State without demand.
This note is given as evidence of a loan to Borrower made or insured by the
State pursuant to Title 39, Chapter 79, Idaho Code. This note shall be subject
to the present regulations of the State and to its future regulations not
inconsistent with the express provisions hereof. This note shall be
subordinate to the City of McCall's Water Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2003
but any future debt on the City of McCall's drinking water system must grant
parity with this note.
Exhibit "A" - Page 1
Presentment, protest and notice are hereby waived.
Payments shall be sent to:
Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
1410 North Hilton
Boise, Idaho 83706 -1253
Execution of this agreement must be accompanied by a written resolution of the
Borrower's governing body authorizing the signator to sign on Borrower's
behalf for the purpose of this agreement.
Dated April 15, 2004.
(SEAL)
ATTEST:
&I I y L I, I /<� P tr "�a
Deputy City C erk
Exhibit "A" - Page 2
CITY OF MCCALL
Valley' ''jjCJounty, Idaho
By v"l.�-G �,
Mayor
216 E. Park Street
McCall, Idaho 83638
APPENDIX A
STATE OF IDAHO
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
LOAN OFFER, ACCEPTANCE AND CONTRACT
FOR DRINKING WATER TREATMENT
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
SECTION I. INTRODUCTION
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (Department) is authorized by Title 39, Chapter
76 of the Idaho Code, to make loans from the State Drinking Water Revolving Loan Account
(Account) to assist public water systems in the construction of drinking water treatment facilities.
The Department has determined that the City of McCall (Applicant) has established eligibility for
a loan under the terms of the Idaho Code and the Rules for Administration of Drinking Water Loan
Account, Title 1, Chapter 20 (Rules).
A completed application for a Drinking Water Design and Construction Loan has been submitted
to the Department by the Applicant. The Department hereby offers a loan to the Applicant
according to the terms and conditions contained in this document and the Rules.
SECTION II. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
This loan offer is for design and construction of the following project:
Completion of Phase II of the Water Treatment Plant as described in Appendix I of the August, 1993
Revised Master Plan. Components include an inlet structure, flocculators /filters, filter to waste
washwater basin, chemical feed facilities, chlorine system, electrical instrumentation and control,
a building, sitework, modification to the chlorine contact basin/clearwell and a high service pump
station.
A. Loan Project Number: DW -9906
B. Name and Address of Applicant: City of McCall
216 Park St.,
McCall, Id 83638
C. Terms: $7,999,528 at 2.0% interest, to be repaid in biannual installments over 20
years.
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D. Estimated Project Budget:
1. Administrative & Legal $ 197,000
2. Engineering Fees 590,000
3. Construction 6,556,528
4. Contingency 656,000
5. Total 7,999,528
SECTION III. GENERAL CONDITIONS
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Loan No. DW -9906
This offer may only be accepted by signature by an authorized representative of the Applicant. Upon
acceptance by the Applicant, this offer shall become a loan contract and the Applicant shall become
a Borrower. The effective date of this loan contract shall be the date of acceptance by the Borrower
after this loan contract has been duly authorized by ordinance of the Borrower. By accepting this
offer, the Borrower agrees to all terms and conditions set forth in this document and the Rules:
The Borrower agrees:
A. To not transfer, assign or pledge any beneficial interest in this contract to any other person
or entity without the prior written consent of the Director of the Department of
Environmental Quality (Director). To not enter into sale, lease or transfer of any of the
property related to the project. To not make any additional material encumbrances to the
project without the prior written consent of the Director. To not incur any liabilities that
would materially affect the funds pledged to repay this loan without the prior written consent
of the Director. To not delegate legal responsibility for complying with the terms,
conditions, and obligations of this contract without the prior written consent of the Director.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, the Borrower may sell or otherwise
dispose of any of the works, plant, properties and facilities of the project or any real or
personal property comprising a part of the same which shall have become unserviceable,
inadequate, obsolete or unfit to be used in the operation of the project, or no longer
necessary, material or useful in such operation, without the prior written consent of the
Director.
B. To enter into such contractual arrangements with third parties as it deems advisable to assist
it in meeting its responsibilities under this contract.
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