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<br /> {ÔZÞL <br /> PRELThIINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT <br /> Relating to <br /> S8,350,OOO. <br /> CITY OF SAJ.'If MARCOs, TEXAS <br /> WATERWORKS AND SEWER SYSTEM REVENUE REFUNDING AND IMPROVEl\1ENT BONDS, SERIES 1995 <br /> This Preliminary Official StAtement:, which includes the cover page, the schedule and the appendices hereto, provides certain <br /> information regarding the issuance by the City of San Marcos, Texas of 58,350,000- Waterworks and Sewer System Revenue <br /> Refunding and Improvement Bonds, Series 1995. Capitalized terms used in this Official StAtement have ,the same meanings <br /> assigned to such terms in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of the Bonds, except as otherwise indicated herein. <br /> The City is a political subdivision of the StAte of Texas (the "StAte") and a municipal corporation organized and existing under <br /> the laws of the StAte, including the City's Home Rule Charter (see APPENDIX A - "General Information Regarding the City"). <br /> The Bonds are being issued pursuant to the constitution and general laws of the StAte of Texas, particularly Article 717k, and <br /> Article 1111 through 1118, inclusive, YATCS, as amended, and pursuant to the Ordinance adopted by the City Council of the <br /> City of San Marcos on the date of the sale of the Bonds. <br /> There follo'W"S in this Official StAtement descriptions of the Plan of Financing, the Bonds, the System and certain information <br /> about the City and its finances. All descriptions of documents contained herein are only summaries and are qualified in their <br /> entirety by reference to each such document Copies of such documents may be obtained fÏ:"om the City's Financial Advisor, <br /> First Southwest Company, Austin, Texas. <br /> PLAN OF FINANCING <br /> Purpose <br /> The Bonds are being issued (i) to provide funds which will be sufficient to refund all of the City's outstanding Water'W-orks and <br /> Sewer System Revenue Bonds, in the aggregate principal amount of 57,545,000, in order to lower the overall annual debt <br /> service requirements of the City, (ii) to provide 51,000,000 to pay for improvements and extensions to the City's Waterworks <br /> and Sewer System and (iii) to pay the costs associated with the issuance of the Bonds. . <br /> Refunded Bonds <br /> The principal and interest due on the Refunded Bonds are to be paid on the. scheduled interest payment dates and the <br /> redemption date of such bonds, fÏ:"om funds to be deposited pursuant to a certain Escrow Agreement (the "Escrow Agreement") <br /> between the City and Texas Commerce Bank National Association, Austin, Texas (the "Escrow Agent"). The Ordinance <br /> provides that fÌom the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds, the City will deposit with the Escrow Agent the amount necessary to <br /> accomplish the discharge and final pa)ment of the Refunded Bonds. Such funds will be held by the Escrow Agent in a special <br /> escrow account (the "Escrow Fund") and used to purchase direct obligations of the United StAtes of America (the "Federal <br /> Securities"). Under the Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Fund is irrevocably pledged to the pa)ment of the principal of and <br /> interest on the Refunded Bonds. <br /> Grant Thornton, a nationally recognized accounting flI1n, will verify at the time of delivery of the Bonds to the Underv.riter the <br /> mathematical accuracy of the schedules that demonstrate the Federal Securities will mature and pay interest in such amounts <br /> which, together with uninvested funds, if any, in the Escrow Fund, will be sufficient to pay, when due, the principal of and <br /> interest on the Refunded Bonds. Such maturing principal of and interest on the Federnl Securities will not be available <br /> to pay the Bonds (see "OTHER INFOR...'vfATION - Verification of Arithmetical and Mathematical ComputAtions"). <br /> By the deposit of the Federal Securities and cash with the Escrow Agent pursuant to the Escrow Agreement:, the City will have <br /> effected the defeasance of all of the Refunded Bonds in accordance with the law. It is the opinion of Bond Counsel that as a <br /> result of such defeasance and in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton, the Refunded Bonds will be outstanding only for <br /> the purpose of receiving pa}ments fÏ:"om the Federal Securities and any cash held for such purpose by the Escrow Agent and <br /> such Refunded Bonds will not be deemed as being outstanding for the purpose ofIinùtAtion on debt <br /> The City has covenanted in the Escrow Agreement to make timely deposits to the Escrow Fund, fÏ:"om lawfully available funds, <br /> of any additional amounts required to pay the principal of and interest on the Refunded Bonds, if, for any reason, the cash <br /> balances on deposit or scheduled to be on deposit in the Escrow Fund be insufficient to make such payment <br /> -Preliminary, subject to change. <br />