Matters ▸ Attachment
Appropriation Order - Fire Station $7M Assembly Sq_ — File 26-0497
AN ORDER
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $7,000,000,
TO PAY COSTS OF PURCHASING THE FIRE STATION CONDOMINIUM
UNIT LOCATED AT 122 ASSEMBLY PARK DRIVE, AND AUTHORIZING THE
BORROWING OF A LIKE AMOUNT TO MEET SUCH APPROPRIATION
Ordered:
Section 1. That the Mayor’s request for approval of the City Council to appropriate
$7,000,000 to pay costs of purchasing the fire station condominium unit located on the first and
second floors of 122 Assembly Park Drive, together with all appurtenant rights, easements,
licenses and interests associated therewith in the condominium documents, excluding any
interest in parking operations, income or expenses of the Phase I and Phase II Parking Units, and
for the payment of all costs incidental and related thereto, is hereby approved, and to meet this
appropriation, the City Treasurer, with the approval of the Mayor, is authorized to issue not
exceeding $7,000,000 bonds of the City under and pursuant to G.L. c. 44, or any other enabling
authority, and pending the issuance thereof the making of temporary borrowings for such
purposes to meet said appropriation, is hereby approved, 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.
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 prescribed 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 through a negotiated sale, as the Mayor and City Treasurer shall determine to be in
the best interests of the City. 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 projects 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, but in no instance
later than 3 years from the date of the expenditure or expenditures being reimbursed. 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 her 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.