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CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE OF THE CITY
This Continuing Disclosure Certificate, dated as of ___________ 1, 2022 (the “Disclosure Certificate”), is executed and delivered by the City of Corona (the “Issuer”) in connection with the issuance and delivery by the Issuer of its $__________ Community Facilities District No. 2018-2 (Sierra Bella) of the City of Corona 2022 Special Tax Bonds, Series A (the “Bonds”). The Bonds are being issued pursuant to a Fiscal Agent Agreement, dated as of ________ 1, 2022 (the “Fiscal Agent Agreement”), by and between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as fiscal agent (the “Fiscal Agent”). The Issuer covenants as follows:
SECTION 1. Purpose of the Disclosure Certificate. This Disclosure Certificate is being executed and delivered by the Issuer for the benefit of the Owners and Beneficial Owners of the Bonds and in order to assist the Participating Underwriter in complying with the Rule.
SECTION 2. Definitions. In addition to the definitions set forth in the Fiscal Agent Agreement, which apply to any capitalized term used in this Disclosure Certificate unless otherwise defined in this Section, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
“Annual Report” shall mean any Annual Report provided by the Issuer pursuant to, and as described in, Sections 3 and 4 of this Disclosure Certificate.
“Beneficial Owner” shall mean any person which: (a) has the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or consent with respect to, or to dispose of ownership of, any Bonds (including persons holding Bonds through nominees, depositories or other intermediaries); or (b) is treated as the owner of any Bonds for federal income purposes.
“Disclosure Representative” shall mean the City Manager or the Finance Director of the Issuer, or their designee, or such other officer or employee as the Issuer shall designate in writing from time to time. “Dissemination Agent” shall mean, initially, the Issuer, acting in its capacity as Dissemination Agent hereunder, or any successor Dissemination Agent designated in writing by the Issuer and which has filed with the then current Dissemination Agent a written acceptance of such designation. “Financial Obligation” means a (i) debt obligation; (ii) derivative instrument entered into in connection with, or pledged as security or a source of payment for, an existing or planned debt obligation; or (iii) guarantee of (i) or (ii). The term Financial Obligation shall not include municipal securities as to which a final official statement has been provided to the MSRB consistent with the Rule. “Fiscal Year” shall mean the period from July 1 to June 30, or any other period selected by the Issuer as its fiscal year.
“Listed Events” shall mean any of the events listed in Section 5(a) and (b) of this Disclosure Certificate. “MSRB” shall mean the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, which has been designated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as the sole repository of disclosure information for purposes of the Rule, or any other repository of disclosure information that may be designated by the Securities and Exchange Commission as such for purposes of the Rule in the future. “Official Statement” shall mean the Official Statement dated ________, 2022 relating to the Bonds. “Participating Underwriter” shall mean the original underwriter of the Bonds that is required to comply with the Rule in connection with offering of the Bonds. 2 4879-9139-8684v2/200444-0007
“Rule” shall mean Rule 15c2-12(b)(5) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as the same may be amended from time to time. “State” shall mean the State of California.
SECTION 3. Provision of Annual Reports.
(a) The Issuer shall provide, not later than March 1 after the end of the Issuer’s Fiscal Year, commencing with the report due on March 1, 2023, to the MSRB an Annual Report that is consistent with the requirements of Section 4 of this Disclosure Certificate. The Annual Report may be submitted as a single document or as separate documents comprising a package, and may include by reference other information as provided in Section 4 of this Disclosure Certificate; provided that the audited financial statements of the Issuer may be submitted separately from and later than the balance of the Annual Report if they are not available by the date required above for the filing of the Annual Report; and provided further that the first Annual Report shall consist solely of the Official Statement.
An Annual Report shall be provided at least annually notwithstanding any Fiscal Year longer than 12 calendar months. The Issuer’s Fiscal Year is currently effective from July 1 to the immediately succeeding June 30 of the following year. The Issuer will promptly notify the MSRB and the Fiscal Agent of a change in its Fiscal Year.
(b) Not later than fifteen (15) business days prior to each March 1, the Issuer shall provide the Annual Report to the Dissemination Agent (if other than the Issuer). If the Issuer is unable to provide to the MSRB an Annual Report by the date required in subsection (a), the Issuer shall send a notice to the MSRB in a timely manner in the manner prescribed by the MSRB.
(c) The Dissemination Agent shall: (i) determine each year prior to March 1 the then-applicable rules and electronic format prescribed by the MSRB for the filing of annual continuing disclosure reports; and (b) if the Dissemination Agent is other than the Issuer, certify to the Issuer that the Annual Report has been filed with the MSRB pursuant to this Disclosure Certificate, and stating, to the extent that it can confirm such filing of the Annual Report, the date that it was filed.
SECTION 4. Content of Annual Report. The Issuer’s Annual Report shall contain or include by reference:
(a) The audited financial statements of the Issuer for the most recent Fiscal Year of the Issuer then ended. If the Issuer prepares audited financial statements and if the audited financial statements are not available by the time the Annual Report is required to be filed, the Annual Report shall contain any unaudited financial statements of the Issuer in a format similar to the financial statements, and the audited financial statements shall be filed in the same manner as the Annual Report when they become available. Audited financial statements of the Issuer shall be audited by such auditor as shall then be required or permitted by State law or the Fiscal Agent Agreement. Audited financial statements, if prepared by the Issuer, shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as prescribed for governmental units by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board; provided, however, that the Issuer may from time to time, if required by federal or state legal requirements, modify the basis upon which its financial statements are prepared. In the event that the Issuer shall modify the basis upon which its financial statements are prepared, the Issuer shall provide the information referenced in Section 8(d) below.
(b) Financial and Operating Data. The Annual Report shall contain or incorporate by reference the following information.
(i) the principal amount of Bonds outstanding as of the September 2 preceding the filing of the Annual Report;
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(ii) the balance in each fund under the Fiscal Agent Agreement as of the September 2 preceding the filing of the Annual Report;
(iii) a description of any changes to the Rate and Method of Apportionment of the Special Taxes approved or submitted to the qualified electors for approval prior to the filing of the Annual Report and a summary of the facts related to the collection of any Backup Special Tax and a description of any parcels for which the Special Taxes have been prepaid, including the amount prepaid, since the date of the last Annual Report;
(iv) an update of Table 5 in the Official Statement, provided, however, that such update need not include the appraised value of the property within the District and may include the assessed value of such property for the then current Fiscal Year and, provided further that overlapping general obligation debt information need not be included in the update;
(v) a description of any event known to the Issuer which reduces the taxable acreage or which results in a moratorium on future building within the District; (vi) a table setting forth for the five most recent Fiscal Years in which Special Taxes were levied, the amount of Special Taxes levied in each Fiscal Year and the percentage delinquent as of June 30 of such Fiscal Year and as of the date of the Annual Report, and a description of the status of any foreclosure actions being pursued by the Issuer with respect to delinquent Special Taxes; and (vii) any information not already included under (i) through (vi) above that the Issuer is required to file in its annual report to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended. (c) Any or all of the items listed in subsections (a) or (b) above may be included by specific reference to other documents, including official statements of debt issues of the Issuer or related public entities, which have been submitted to the MSRB or the Securities and Exchange Commission. If the document included by reference is a final official statement, it must be available from the MSRB. The Issuer shall clearly identify each such other document so included by reference.
SECTION 5. Reporting of Significant Events.
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, the Issuer shall give, or cause to be given, notice of the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Bonds in a timely manner not more than ten (10) Business Days after the event:
(i) Principal and interest payment delinquencies.
(ii) Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties. (iii) Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties. (iv) Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform. (v) Adverse tax opinions, the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service of proposed or final determinations of taxability or Notices of Proposed Issue (IRS Form 5701 TEB). (vi) Tender offers.
(vii) Defeasances.
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(viii) Rating changes.
(ix) Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings.
Note: For the purposes of the event identified in subparagraph (ix), the event is considered to occur when any of the following occur: the appointment of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for an obligated person in a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law in which a court or governmental authority has assumed jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the obligated person, or if such jurisdiction has been assumed by leaving the existing governmental body and officials or officers in possession but subject to the supervision and orders of a court or governmental authority, or the entry of an order confirming a plan of reorganization, arrangement or liquidation by a court or governmental authority having supervision or jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the obligated person.
(x) Default, event of acceleration, termination event, modification of terms, or other similar events under the terms of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, any of which reflect financial difficulties.
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, the Issuer shall give, or cause to be given, notice of the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Bonds, if material, in a timely manner not more than ten (10) business days after occurrence:
(i) Unless described in Section 5(a)(v), other notices or determinations by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the tax status of the Bonds or other events affecting the tax status of the Bonds. (ii) Modifications to the rights of Bondholders.
(iii) Optional, unscheduled or contingent Bond calls.
(iv) Release, substitution or sale of property securing repayment of the Bonds. (v) Non-payment related defaults.
(vi) The consummation of a merger, consolidation or acquisition involving the Issuer or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, other than in the ordinary course of business, the entry into a definitive agreement to undertake such an action or the termination of a definitive agreement relating to any such actions, other than pursuant to its terms.
(vii) Appointment of a successor or additional trustee or the change of the name of a trustee. (viii) Incurrence of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, or agreement to covenants, events of default, remedies, priority rights, or other similar terms of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, any of which affect security holders. (c) If the Issuer determines that knowledge of the occurrence of a Listed Event under subsection (b) would be material under applicable federal securities laws, and if the Dissemination Agent is other than the Issuer, the Issuer shall promptly notify the Dissemination Agent in writing. Such notice shall instruct the Dissemination Agent to file a notice of such occurrence with the MSRB in an electronic format as prescribed by the MSRB in a timely manner not more than ten (10) business days after the event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notice of Listed Events described in subsection (b)(iii) need not be given under this subsection any earlier than the notice (if any) of the underlying event is given to Owners of affected Bonds pursuant to the Fiscal Agent Agreement.
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(d) If the Issuer determines that a Listed Event under subsection (b) would not be material under applicable federal securities laws and if the Dissemination Agent is other than the Issuer, the Issuer shall so notify the Dissemination Agent in writing and instruct the Dissemination Agent not to report the occurrence. (e) The Issuer hereby agrees that the undertaking set forth in this Disclosure Certificate is the responsibility of the Issuer and, if the Dissemination Agent is other than the Issuer, the Dissemination Agent shall not be responsible for determining whether the Issuer’s instructions to the Dissemination Agent under this Section 5 comply with the requirements of the Rule.
SECTION 6. Termination of Reporting Obligation. The obligation of the Issuer under this Disclosure Certificate shall terminate upon the legal defeasance, prior redemption or payment in full of all of the Bonds. If such termination occurs prior to the final maturity of the Bonds, the Issuer shall give notice of such termination in the same manner as for a Listed Event under Section 5(a).
SECTION 7. Dissemination Agent. The Issuer may, from time to time, appoint or engage a Dissemination Agent to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Disclosure Certificate, and may discharge any such Dissemination Agent, with or without appointing a successor Dissemination Agent. The Dissemination Agent shall not be responsible in any manner for the form or content of any notice or report prepared by the Issuer pursuant to this Disclosure Certificate. The Dissemination Agent may resign by providing 30 days’ written notice to the Issuer and the Fiscal Agent. The Dissemination Agent shall not be responsible for the content of any report or notice prepared by the Issuer and shall have no duty to review any information provided to it by the Issuer. The Dissemination Agent shall have no duty to prepare any information report, nor shall the Dissemination Agent be responsible for filing any report not provided to it by the Issuer in a timely manner and in a form suitable for filing.
SECTION 8. Amendment.
(a) This Disclosure Certificate may be amended, without the consent of the Owners, if all of the following conditions are satisfied: (i) such amendment is made in connection with a change in circumstances that arises from a change in legal (including regulatory) requirements, a change in law (including rules or regulations) or in interpretations thereof, or a change in the identity, nature or status of the Issuer or the type of business conducted thereby; (ii) this Disclosure Certificate as so amended would have complied with the requirements of the Rule as of the date of this Disclosure Certificate, after taking into account any amendments or interpretations of the Rule, as well as any change in circumstances; and (iii) the Issuer shall have obtained an opinion of a nationally recognized bond counsel or counsel expert in federal securities laws, addressed to the Issuer, to the same effect as set forth in clause (ii) above and to the effect that the amendment does not materially impair the interests of the Owners or Beneficial Owners. (b) This Disclosure Certificate may be amended upon obtaining consent of Owners in the same manner as provided in the Fiscal Agent Agreement for amendments to the Fiscal Agent Agreement with the consent of the Owners of the Bonds, provided that the conditions set forth in Section 8(a)(i), (ii) and (iii) have been satisfied.
(c) To the extent any amendment to this Disclosure Certificate results in a change in the type of financial information or operating data provided pursuant to this Disclosure Certificate, the first Annual Report provided thereafter shall include a narrative explanation of the reasons for the amendment and the impact of the change.
(d) If an amendment is made to the basis on which financial statements are prepared, the Annual Report for the year in which the change is made shall present a comparison between the financial statements or information prepared on the basis of the new accounting principles and those prepared on the basis of the former accounting principles. Such comparison shall include a quantitative and, to the extent reasonably feasible, 6 4879-9139-8684v2/200444-0007
qualitative discussion of the differences in the accounting principles and the impact of the change in the accounting principles on the presentation of the financial information.
SECTION 9. Additional Information. Nothing in this Disclosure Certificate shall be deemed to prevent the Issuer from disseminating any other information, using the means of dissemination set forth in this Disclosure Certificate or any other means of communication, or including any other information in any Annual Report or notice of occurrence of a Listed Event, in addition to that which is required by this Disclosure Certificate. If the Issuer chooses to include any information in any Annual Report or notice of occurrence of a Listed Event in addition to that which is specifically required by this Disclosure Certificate, the Issuer shall have no obligation under this Agreement to update such information or include it in any future Annual Report or notice if occurrence of a Listed Event.
The Issuer acknowledges and understands that other state and federal laws, including but not limited to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Rule, may apply to the Issuer, and that under some circumstances compliance with this Disclosure Certificate, without additional disclosures or other action, may not fully discharge all duties and obligations of the Issuer under such laws.
SECTION 10. Default. In the event of a failure of the Issuer to comply with any provision of this Disclosure Certificate, any Owner or Beneficial Owner of the Bonds may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the Issuer to comply with its obligations under this Disclosure Certificate. A default under this Disclosure Certificate shall not be deemed an Event of Default under the Fiscal Agent Agreement, and the sole remedy under this Disclosure Certificate in the event of any failure of the Issuer or the Fiscal Agent to comply with this Disclosure Certificate shall be an action to compel performance.
No Owner or Beneficial Owner may institute such action, suit or proceeding to compel performance unless they shall have first delivered to the Issuer satisfactory written evidence of their status as such, and a written notice of and request to cure such failure, and the Issuer shall have refused to comply therewith within a reasonable time.
SECTION 11. Beneficiaries. This Disclosure Certificate shall inure solely to the benefit of the Issuer, the Fiscal Agent, the Participating Underwriter and Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time of the Bonds, and shall create no rights in any other person or entity.
SECTION 12. Duties, Immunities and Liabilities of Dissemination Agent. The Dissemination Agent shall have only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Disclosure Certificate, and the Issuer agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to indemnify and save the Dissemination Agent, its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless against any loss, expense and liabilities which it may incur arising out of or in the exercise or performance of its powers and duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees) of defending against any claim of liability, but excluding liabilities due to the Dissemination Agent’s negligence or willful misconduct. The Dissemination Agent shall be paid compensation by the Issuer for its services provided hereunder in accordance with its schedule of fees as amended from time to time and all expenses, legal fees and advances made or incurred by the Dissemination Agent in the performance of its duties hereunder. In performing its duties hereunder, the Dissemination Agent shall not be deemed to be acting in any fiduciary capacity for the Issuer, the Owners, or any other party. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section shall survive resignation or removal of the Dissemination Agent and payment of the Bonds.
SECTION 13. Notices. Notices should be sent in writing to the following addresses. The following information may be conclusively relied upon until changed in writing. 7 4879-9139-8684v2/200444-0007
Disclosure Representative: Finance Director
City of Corona
400 South Vicentia Avenue
Corona, California 92882-2187
Fiscal Agent: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90071
Participating Underwriter: Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated One Montgomery Street, 35th Floor
San Francisco, California 94104
CITY OF CORONA, for and on behalf of
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT
NO. 2018-2 (SIERRA BELLA) OF THE CITY OF
CORONA, COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE, STATE
OF CALIFORNIA
By:
Finance Director