2014-42RESOLUTION NO. 2014 - 42
COUNCIL MEMBER HALL INTRODUCED THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BLAIR,
NEBRASKA, as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and Council of the City of Blair, Nebraska (the "City ") hereby find and
determine as follows:
(a) that the water treatment plant and the wastewater treatment plant for the City are
located adjacent to one another on the same parcel of land within the City limits and located
immediately west of the Missouri River; that both plants are located within the Missouri
River flood fringe, outside of the floodway, and are vulnerable to flooding; that following the
high river event in the spring and summer of 2011, the City began exploring options to
provide permanent flood protection for the water treatment plant and the wastewater
treatment plant to prevent future flood related damage and to allow for the continuous
operation of both plants; that the proposed project is required to address continuous access to
the facilities, risk reduction, backup power, and provision for the removal of plant effluent
and storm water from the site, all in furtherance of the City's program of flood and storm
water control, drainage and disposal (the "Program ");
(b) that a Federal Emergency Management Agency ( "FEMA ") Hazard Mitigation
Grant Program application was prepared and submitted for the purpose of obtaining funds
relating to the Program (including the Project described below), and Phase I Conditional
approval was granted by FEMA on December 17, 2013, and therefore certain funds (the
"FEMA Grant Funds ") have been or are expected to be received;
(c) that in order to carry out the Program, the City proposes to build, construct and
improve certain dams, dikes, levees, drainways, channels, structures, devices, storm water
sewers and systems, and other works and appurtenances thereto (collectively, the "Project ")
for the control, management, drainage and disposal of flood, storm or surface waters, for the
protection, benefit and welfare of the City and its inhabitants and their property;
(d) that to finance the Project in furtherance of the Program it is necessary for the City
to borrow funds and incur indebtedness (in the form of bond anticipation notes and /or
general obligation flood control bonds, hereinafter the "Obligations ") as provided by
Sections 10 -137 and 16 -6,106 to 16- 6,10% R.R.S. Neb. 2012, as amended (the "Act ");
(e) that the costs of the Project are expected to be not less than $6,300,000;
(f) that to provide for the payment of said costs above the amounts committed by
FEMA for the FEMA Grant, the City proposes to issue Obligations in the principal amount
of up to $3,500,000 pursuant to the Act; and
(g) that section 16 -6,108 of the Act requires that prior to the issuance of any general
obligation bonds, the City Council shall hold a public hearing for which notice shall be given
as provided by law.
Section 2. The Mayor and Council shall call and conduct a hearing with respect to the
issuance of the Obligations in an amount of up to $3,500,000 pursuant to the Act on the 9th day of
December, 2014 at 7:00 o'clock p.m., in the Blair City Council Chambers, 218 S. 16 St., Blair, NE
680008. The City Clerk is hereby instructed to give notice of such hearing for three weeks (four
weekly publications) in the Blau Enterprise, a newspaper of general circulation in the City. At such
hearing all interested parties will be heard. After such hearing, the Mayor and Council shall proceed
with the issuance of said Obligations.
COUNCIL MEMBER HALL MOVED THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED AS READ,
WHICH SAID MOTION WAS SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JENSEN. UPON ROLL
CALL, COUNCIL MEMBERS SHEPARD, STEWART, KEPHART, RYAN, ANDERSEN,
CHRISTIANSEN, JENSEN, HALL AND ANDERSEN VOTING "AYE ", AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS NONE VOTING "NAY ", THE MAYOR DECLARED THE FOREGOING
RESOLUTION PASSED AND ADOPTED THIS 11TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2014.
CITY OF BLAIR, NEBRASKA
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ATTEST:
BRENDA WHEELER, CITY CLERK
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STATE OF NEBRASKA )
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COUNTY OF WASHINGTON )
BRENDA WHEELER, hereby certifies that she is the duly appointed, qualified and acting City Clerk
of the City of Blair, Nebraska, and that the above and foregoing Resolution was passed at a regular
meeting of the Mayor and City Council of said City held on the 1 lth day of November, 2014.
BRENDA WHEELER, CITY CLERK