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LEGAL NOTICE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA SUMMARY OF A PROPOSED RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE INCURRENCE OF NONELECTORAL DEBT PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that the City Council of the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County (the Local Government Unit) will consider and accept comments, at a public meeting to be held on Tuesday, May 12, 2020, at 10:00 A.M., at the Council Chamber, 5th Floor, City-County Building, 414 Grant St., Pittsburgh 15219 (or on such other date, not later than 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, and at such time and place, as the Board may lawfully determine following the public meeting, City Council will hold a final vote on the matter at a public meeting to be held on Tuesday, May 26, 2020), the adoption of a Resolution (the Resolution) authorizing, among other things, the incurrence of nonelectoral debt pursuant to the Local Government Unit Debt Act (the Act) in an aggregate principal amount estimated not to exceed $161,250,000 through the issuance and sale of its General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series of 2020 (collectively, the Bonds). The proposed Resolution contains provisions setting forth, among others, the following: (a) authorization of the issuance of the Bonds in the form of nonelectoral debt to finance the undertaking of a project (the Project) which consists of: (i) to refund all or a portion of each of the following outstanding series of indebtedness issued by the Local Government Unit: (A) Series A of 2012, General Obligation (the 2012A Bonds), (B) Series B of 2012, General Obligation Bonds (the 2012B Bonds and, together with the 2012A Bonds, the 2012 Bonds), (C) General Obligation Bonds, Series B of 2014 (the 2014 Bonds) and (D) General Obligation Note, Series of 2018 (the 2018 Note and, collectively with the 2012 Bonds, the 2014 Bonds, the Refunded Bonds), and (ii) to pay the costs of issuing and insuring, if desirable, the Bonds or any or all of the same; (b) that the Bonds will be issued as general obligation bonds; (c) covenants relating to payment and security of the Bonds; (d) provisions for the sale of the Bonds and the finding that a private sale by negotiation is in the best financial interests of the Local Government Unit; (e) the substantial form, denominations, numbers, date, maturity dates, interest rates, yields, interest payment dates, registration, payment and redemption provisions of the Bonds; (f) the creation of sinking and clearing funds; (g) authorization for the acquisition of bond insurance or other credit enhancement; (h) authorization for, and direction to, the officers of the Local Government Unit to execute certain documents and perform certain required, necessary or appropriate acts; (i) ratification and/or authorization and approval of the preliminary and final official statements; (j) covenants relating to compliance with securities laws and federal income tax laws; (k) declarations with respect to the costs of the Project and its useful life; (l) authorization for the filing with the Department of Community and Economic Development of a debt statement and such other documents as are required under the Act; (m) directing the redemption of the Refunded Bonds and such further actions required to cause such Refunded Bonds to no longer be outstanding; and (n) repealing any conflicting provisions of other Resolutions. The full text of this proposed Resolution may be examined by any citizen at the office of the City Clerk at the City-County Building, Room 510, 414 Grant St., Pittsburgh 15219, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 4:00 P.M., on regular business days prior to its final enactment. This notice is given pursuant to the Sunshine Act and Section 8003 of the Act. The Council may also take action on other matters which may properly come before the meeting. Under the provisions of Act 15 of 2020, the public meetings will be held by electronic means. Members of the public may participate in the public meeting being held on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, with the final vote on the resolution occurring at the public City Council Meeting being held on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, both at 10:00 A.M. by viewing the live stream of City Council Meetings on the City of Pittsburgh's YouTube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-YfIv9wvBjGT3LMxo9hLoQ / or by joining a conference call of such public meeting by first dialing the City Clerk's office at (412) 255-2138. Registration will close at 9 AM the morning of the meeting. After you have signed up, you will be given the phone number and access code to join the meeting for public comment. Comments may also be submitted to the City Clerk's Office via their email at cityclerksoffice@pittsburghpa.gov by 4:30 PM the day before. CITY OF PITTSBURGH By: Brenda F. Pree, City Clerk 412-255-2138
