Matters ▸ Attachment
Appropriation Order (Amending) High School 10_2021 revised — File 212548
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AN ORDER AMENDING AN ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR ON APRIL 6, 2017
TO INCREASE THE APPROPRIATION AND
THE AMOUNT OF BONDS, FUND TRANSFERS AND/OR OTHER AVAILABLE
FUNDS OF THE CITY AUTHORIZED TO MEET SAID APPROPRIATION
FOR THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SOMERVILLE HIGH
SCHOOL LOCATED AT 81 HIGHLAND AVENUE
Ordered: that the order of the City Council approved by the Mayor on April 6, 2017, which
order appropriated and authorized a borrowing of $255,982,704 for the cost of construction of a
new Somerville High School, located at 81 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts and for
the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto, adopted by the of City Council on March
23, 2017, is hereby amended by increasing said appropriation and to meet this appropriation
authorizing the amounts of bonds, transfers from certain available City funds, or other available
moneys of the City to $278,790,633 and further that said order is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:
Section 1. That, the Mayor’s request for approval of the City Council to make an
appropriation of $278,790,633 for the construction of a new Somerville High School, located at
81 Highland Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts and for the payment of all costs incidental or
related thereto (the “Project”), which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an
educational facility for the instruction of school children of at least 50 years, and for which the
City may be eligible for a grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (“MSBA”),
said amount to be expended under the direction of the School Building Needs Commission. To
meet this appropriation: (i) the Treasurer with the approval of the Mayor is hereby authorized to
borrow said amount and pending the issuance thereof the making of temporary borrowings for
such purpose, which borrowing shall constitute a general obligation of the City, and further, that
the Mayor and the City Treasurer are the officers authorized to issue and sell said bonds or bond
anticipation notes in accordance with the provisions set forth herein and in Chapter 44 of the
General Laws of Massachusetts or any other enabling authority, and (ii) the Treasurer may with
the approval of the City Council reduce the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote
by transferring amounts from certain available funds of the City, including but not limited to
amounts representing premium received from the issuance of bonds and notes by the City, or
other available moneys of the City, such amounts and sources to be identified in due course. The
City acknowledges that the MSBA’s grant program is a non-entitlement, discretionary program
based on need, as determined by the MSBA, and any project costs the City incurs in excess of any
grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the City; provided
further that any grant that the City may receive from the MSBA for the Project shall not exceed the
lesser of (1) 75.29 percent (%) of eligible, approved project costs, as determined by the MSBA, or (2)
the total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA; and that the amount of borrowing
authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the Project
Funding Agreement that may be executed between the City and the MSBA. Any premium
received by the City upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this order, less any such
premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied
to the payment of costs approved by this order in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 20 of the
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General Laws, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a
like amount.
Section 2. The bonds shall bear such rate or rates of interest as shall be determined by
the Mayor and the City Treasurer. They shall be general obligations of the City and each of the
bonds shall recite that every requirement of law relating to its issue has been duly complied with
and that such bond is within every debt and other limit subscribed by law and that the full faith
and credit of the City are pledged to the payment of the principal thereof and interest thereon.
Said bonds shall be sold by the City Treasurer with the approval of the Mayor, in a competitive
offering or by negotiation, in their discretion. If sold in a competitive offering, the bonds shall
be sold at not less than ninety-eight percent of their face amount and accrued interest on the basis
of the lowest net or true interest cost to the City. If the bonds are sold by negotiation, the
purchase agreement shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor and the City Treasurer, and
their execution thereof shall be deemed as conclusive evidence of such approval.
Section 3. The City hereby expresses its official intent pursuant to §1.150-2 of the
Federal Income Tax Regulations, Title 26 (the “Regulations”), to reimburse expenditures paid
sixty days prior to and anytime after the date of passage of this Order in the maximum amount
and for the project defined in Section 1 with the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations
authorized to be issued by the City. The bonds shall be issued to reimburse such expenditures
not later than 18 months after the later of the date of the expenditure or the substantial
completion of the project, or such later date the Regulations may authorize. The City hereby
certifies that the intention to reimburse as expressed herein is based upon its reasonable
expectations as of this date. The City Treasurer or his designee is authorized to pay project
expenses in accordance herewith pending the issuance of reimbursement bonds, and to amend
this declaration.
Section 4. The Mayor and the City Treasurer are hereby authorized, on behalf of the City
to enter into agreements or otherwise covenant for the benefit of bondholders, to provide
information on an annual or other periodic basis to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board
(the “MSRB”) and to provide notices to the MSRB of material events as enumerated in
Securities and Exchange Commission Exchange Act Rule 15c2-12, as amended, as may be
necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect the sale of the bonds and notes authorized by this
Order. Any agreements or representations to provide information to the MSRB made prior
hereto are hereby confirmed, ratified and approved.
Section 5. The amount appropriated herein may be expended subject to approval of the
Mayor and City Treasurer for costs of issuance of the bonds and additional fees associated with
the provision of credit enhancement, including letters of credit or municipal bond insurance
deemed necessary or desirable by them in connection with the issuance of the bonds and they are
authorized to execute such reimbursement agreements, remarketing agreements, standby bond
purchase agreements or other customary agreements as are normally required in connection
therewith.