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,257 <br /> <br /> (ix) The Taxable General Obligation Refunding Bonds shall be <br />· designated as "City of Portsmouth, Virginia, Taxable General Obligation <br />Refunding Bonds, Series 1997C" (the "Series 1997C Bonds"), and shall be <br />offered and sold contemporaneously with the Series 1997A Bonds and the Series <br />1997B Bonds. <br /> <br /> SECTION 2. Authorization of Issuance of Bonrl-~. (a) Pursuant to <br />Chapter 5.1 of Title 15.1 of the Virginia Code, recodified effective December '1, <br />1997 as Chapter 26 of Title 15.2 of the Virginia Code, the same being the Public <br />Finance Act of 1991, and the Charter of the City, there are hereby authorized to <br />be issued and sold Twenty-Two Million Forty-Five Thousand Dollars <br />($22,045,000) principal amount of general obligation bonds of the City to be <br />designated as "City of Portsmouth, Virgihia, General Obligation Public <br />Improvement Bonds" (the "Public Improvement Bonds"), for the purpose of <br />providing funds to pay the costs of the various public improvement projects of <br />and for the City set forth in Section 7 hereof, including the costs of issuing the <br />Public Improvement Bonds, which costs may include any premium for municipal <br />bond insurance or the cost of any alternative credit enhancement for the Public <br />Improvement Bonds. <br /> <br /> (b) Pursuant to the Public Finance Act of 1991 and the Charter of <br />the City, there are hereby authorized to be issued and sold not to exceed Thirteen <br />Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($13,600,000) aggregate principal amount <br />of general obligation refunding bonds of the City to be designated as "City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, General Obligation Public Improvement Refunding Bonds" <br />(the "Public Improvement Refunding Bonds"), for the purpose of providing funds <br />to refund in advance of their stated maturities and redeem the Refunded 1992 <br />Public Improvement Bonds and to pay the costs of issuing the Public <br />Improvement Refunding Bonds, including any premium for municipal bond <br />insurance or the cost of any alternative credit enhancement for the Public <br />Improvement Refunding Bonds. The Public Improvement Refunding B. onds shall <br />be sold, together with the Public Improvement Bonds, as a combined wssue in an <br />aggregate principal amount of not to exceed Thirty-Five Million Six Hundred <br />Forty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,645,000) to be deeignated as "City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, General Obligation Public Improvement and Refunding <br />Bonds, Series 1997A" (the "Series 1997A Bonds"). <br /> <br /> (c) Pursuant to the Public Finance Act of 1991 and the Charter of <br />the City, there are hereby authorized to be issued and sold not to exceed Four <br />Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($4,500,000) aggregate princi pal amount <br />of general obligation refunding bonds of the City to be designated "City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, General Obligation Public Utility Refunding Bonds, Series <br />1997B" (the "Series 1997B Bonds"), for the purpose of providing funds to refund <br />in advance of their stated maturities and redeem the Refunded 1992 Public Utility <br />Bonds and to pay the costs of issuing the Series 1997B Bonds, including any <br />premium for municipal bond insurance or the cost of any alternative credit <br />enhancement for the Series 1997B Bonds. <br /> <br /> (d) Pursuant to the Public Finance Act of 1991 and the Charter of <br />the City, there are hereby authorized to be issued not to exceed Eleven Million <br />Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($11,900,000) principal amount of taxable <br />general obligation refunding bonds of the City to be designated "City of <br />Portsmouth, Virginia, Taxable General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series <br />1997C" (the "Series 1997C Bonds"), for the purpose of providing funds to refund <br />the Existing VRS Obligation and to pay the costs of issuing the Series 1997C <br />Bonds, including any premium for municipal bond insurance or the cost of any <br />alternative credit enhancement for the Series 1997C Bonds. The Series 1997A <br />Bonds, the Series 1997B Bonds and the Series ~997C Bonds shall be referred to <br />in this resolution collectively as the "Bonds". <br /> <br /> <br />