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File #: 030722    Version: 0 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: ADOPTED
File created: 10/30/2003 In control: CITY COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 10/30/2003
Title: Finding that a negotiated private sale of General Obligation Bonds is in the best financial interest of the City of Philadelphia.
Sponsors: Councilmember Blackwell
Indexes: BONDS
Attachments: 1. Resolution No. 03072200.pdf

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Finding that a negotiated private sale of General Obligation Bonds is in the best financial interest of the City of Philadelphia.

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                     WHEREAS, By Ordinance approved March 22, 2002 (Bill No. 020026), the Council of the City of Philadelphia (the "City Council") amended the Ordinance approved October 11, 2000 (Bill No. 000535), wherein the City Council authorized the issuance of up to $162,135,000 of General Obligation Bonds for various capital purposes, to reduce the amount authorized by said ordinance to $120,935,000; and

 

                     WHEREAS, By Ordinance approved April 5, 2001 (Bill No. 010179), the City Council authorized the issuance of up to $91,230,000 of General Obligation Bonds for various capital purposes; and

 

                     WHEREAS, By Ordinance approved March 22, 2002 (Bill No. 020027), the City Council authorized the issuance of up to $92,195,000 of General Obligation Bonds for various capital purposes; and 

 

                     WHEREAS, Act 1985-85, approved December 8, 1985, P.L. 324, requires that in order to sell such bonds at a negotiated private sale a resolution shall be adopted by a majority of the members of City Council after finding that such a private sale is in the best financial interest of the City of Philadelphia (the "City"); now therefore

 

                     RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, That a negotiated private sale of up to $120,935,000 of General Obligation Bonds, net of original issue discount and amounts necessary for any costs of issuance in connection with such bonds, authorized by the Ordinance approved October 11, 2000 (Bill No. 000535), as amended by the Ordinance approved March 22, 2002 (Bill No. 020026), is in the best financial interest of the City; and

 

                     FURTHER RESOLVED, That a negotiated private sale of up to $91,230,000 of General Obligation Bonds, net of original issue discount and amounts necessary for any costs of issuance in connection with such bonds, authorized by the Ordinance approved April 5, 2001 (Bill No. 010179), is in the best financial interest of the City; and

 

                     FURTHER RESOLVED, That a negotiated private sale of up to $92,195,000 of General Obligation Bonds, net of original issue discount and amounts necessary for any costs of issuance in connection with such bonds, authorized by the Ordinance approved March 22, 2002 (Bill No. 020027), is in the best interest of the City.

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