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The City Hall and Library Project consists of the design, construction and furnishing of an approximately 37,000 square foot, three-story City Hall and an approximately 6,500 square foot new library building, adjacent to a remodeled 2,300 square foot building (total of approximately 8,800 for the new library).
These two new facilities are located near their current locations at 100 Civic Center Mall (Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 611-173-012, 611-173-020, and 611-212-041). The City Hall will house the administrative departments of the City, including the City Manager’s Office, City Attorney’s Office, the City Clerk’s Office, the Finance Department, Public Works and Engineering, Human Resources, Risk Management, Information Technology, Community Development, Economic Development, and the Housing Authority. The new City Hall will also include a multi-purpose City Council Chambers. The library will be a state-of-the art learning center that will complement the nearby expanding campus on the College of the Desert. Both facilities will include new parking, landscaping and lighting. The City leases the library to the County for operations, as described further below.
In May 2022, the City hired Tilden-Coil Constructors to serve as the construction manager for the City Hall and Library Project pursuant to a construction manager multi-prime contract. Under the construction manager multi-prime contract, Tilden-Coil is overseeing the design and construction of the City Hall and Library Project, working with the City’s architect, Holt Architecture, and contractors to review plans, invoices and change orders. The City has entered into contracts directly with an architect and various contractors for the design and construction of the City Hall and Library Project.
The total cost of the City Hall and Library Project is expected to be approximately $50 million. The City currently expects to contribute approximately $7.5 million to the City Hall and Library Project from available funds, generally consisting of proceeds of the Measure X Sales Tax for the remainder of the costs of the City Hall and Library Project. See APPENDIX A—THE CITY OF INDIO for more information with respect to the Measure X Sales Tax and the City’s capital improvement program. [Construction of the City Hall and Library Project began in early 2024. The new library has been completed and the new City Hall is currently expected to be completed in November 2025. The new City Hall is being constructed on a parcel of property that is currently owned by the City, but leased to the County for the operation of the previously existing library. The previously existing library building was demolished in advance of the beginning of construction on the new City Hall building, and the lease between the City and the County for the operation of the previously existing library provided that the City may terminate the lease provided it has constructed a new library. The City terminated the lease with the County prior to demolition of the previously existing library and the City [expects to enter] [has entered] into a new lease with the County to operate the new library to be constructed as part of the City Hall and Library Project.] Release of Properties Other Than the Projects and the Refunded Bonds Properties. The Lease Agreement provides that, upon completion of construction of the Projects, the City may release the portions of the Property other than the Projects, and the related real property upon which the Projects are located, as well as the Refunded Bonds Properties, from the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement, subject to certain requires under the Lease Agreement. If such properties are released , the Projects, and the related real property upon which the Projects are located, as well as the Refunded Bonds Properties, will constitute the Property leased under the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement. See the captions “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS—Substitution, Addition and Removal of Property” and “THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS PROJECT,” as well as APPENDIX B—“SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—THE LEASE AGREEMENT—NO CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; USE OF THE PROPERTY; SUBSTITUTION OR RELEASE—Substitution or Release of, or Addition to, the Property.”
The Property Other than the Projects
Fire Station Number 4. The Fire Station Number 4 property, also known as the Shadow Hills Fire Station, is comprised of approximately 1.83 acres located at southeast corner of 40th Avenue and Madison
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Street in the City. The 7,056 square-foot fire station was constructed on this property in 2007. In connection with the issuance of the Series 2022A Bonds, the City obtained an appraisal of the Fire Station Number 4 property which reported a value of $3,800,000.
Fire Station Number 5. The Fire Station Number 5 property, also known as the Terra Lago Fire Station is comprised of approximately 2.0 acres located at 42900 Golf Center Parkway in the City. The 7,210 square-foot fire station was constructed on this property in 2008. In connection with the issuance of the Series 2022A Bonds, the City obtained an appraisal of the Fire Station Number 5 property which reported a value of $4,005,000.
Senior Center Building. The Senior Center is located on 1.71 acres at 45700 Aladdin Street in the City. The Senior Center is a 16,500 square foot building that provides a gathering place for seniors age 50 and over, dedicated to enhance and dignify the quality of the lives of the City’s culturally diverse aging population.
The City estimates the value of the Senior Center Building to be approximately $8.5 million.
North Jackson Park. The North Jackson Park comprises 7.58 acres located at 43200 Towne Street in the City. The land comprising North Jackson Park was acquired by the City through two different purchases in 1955 and 2000. Park improvements were constructed between 2002 through 2009 and include two full- size lighted baseball fields, two full-size lighted tennis courts and one full-size basketball court. The City estimates the value of North Jackson Park to be approximately $3.2 million.
Indio Sports Park. The Indio Sports Park site is comprised of approximately 53 acres and 12 assessor’s parcels of land. There are two major parcels, which encompass approximately 30.99 acres and 7.73 acres, respectively, and the two major parcels are subject to the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement. The remaining ten minor Indio Sports Park parcels are not subject to the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement.
In connection with the issuance of the Series 2022A Bonds, the City obtained an appraisal of the Indio Sports Park which reported a value of $5,880,000. The City is currently constructing approximately $11.5 million in improvements to the Indio Sports Park, which general consist of several soccer fields, two baseball fields, a perimeter walking path, shade structures with barbeque and picnic tables, drinking fountains, restrooms and a concession stand.
South Jackson Park. The land comprising South Jackson Park was acquired by the City through four different purchases in 1981, 1999, 2000 and 2005. South Jackson Park is comprised of approximately 24.21 acres and is improved with playground equipment, barbeque areas, restrooms and other park amenities, as well as a soccer park facility. The park improvements were constructed between 2002 and 2007. The City estimates the value of South Jackson Park to be approximately $8.3 million.
Teen Center. The Indio Teen Center is a 12,519 square foot building originally constructed in 2008.
The Indio Teen Center runs a free city-run after school program open to 8th -12th grade students located at 81- 678 Avenue 46. The Indio Teen Center offers a Game Room, a TV Room, Boxing Gym, Recording Studio, a Multimedia Lounge, a Kitchen, and a Large Multipurpose Room; plus daily educational and recreational programming. Programs change monthly, but always include some basic life skills training, including culinary arts. The City estimates the value of the Teen Center to be approximately $6.2 million.
Police Department Building. The Indio Police Department Building is a 14,700 square foot building originally constructed in 1978 and located at 46800 Jackson Street. The City estimates the value of the Police Department Building to be approximately $6.4 million. The existing Police Department Building will be demolished following the construction of the new Police Headquarters Project and the location of the existing Police Department Building is expected to be developed as a parking lot.
City Hall. The existing City Hall is an approximately 10,000 square foot building originally constructed in 1974 and located at 100 Civic Center Mall. The City estimates the value of City Hall to be approximately $7.8 million. As described under the caption “THE CITY HALL AND LIBRARY PROJECT,”
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the existing City will continue to utilize the existing City Hall building until the City Hall and Library Project is completed, at which point the existing City Hall will be demolished. The existing City Council chambers located on the City Hall property is expected to be repurposed as a community center following the demolition of the existing City Hall.
Berger Building. The Berger Building is an approximately 24,000 square foot building located at 44700 Palm Street. The City estimates the value of the Berger Building to be approximately $8.3 million.
Burr Street Park. Burr Street Park is an improved two-acre community park on 6.19 acres located at 42811 Burr Street, providing playground equipment and basketball courts. The City estimates the value of Burr Street Park to be approximately $4.0 million.
THE AUTHORITY
The Authority was established pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the California Government Code and a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, dated as of April 1, 1992, by and between the City and the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Indio (the “Former Redevelopment Agency”), as amended by that certain First Supplemental Agreement to Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, dated as of August 3, 2012, by and among the City, the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency to the City of Indio, as successor to the Former Redevelopment Agency (the “Successor Agency”), and the Housing Authority of the City of Indio (the “Housing Authority). Pursuant to the First Supplemental Agreement to Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement, the Housing Authority was added as a member to the Authority and the Successor Agency withdrew from the Authority. The governing commission of the Authority is comprised of all of the individuals who currently are members of the City Council of the City. The Authority is qualified to assist in the financing of certain public improvements and to issue the Series 2025A Bonds under the Bond Law. The Authority has no taxing power. The Authority and the City are each separate and distinct legal entities, and the debts and obligations of each such entity are not debts or obligations of the other entity
THE CITY
The City was incorporated in 1930 and encompasses approximately 33 square miles. The City is the geographic mid-point of Riverside County (the “County”). It is located about 125 miles east of the center of the Los Angeles region, 75 miles north of the California-Baja California Mexican border and 30 miles southeast of Palm Springs and its neighboring communities (including Indian Wells, La Quinta and Palm Desert to the west and Coachella and Mecca to the east).
Known as the “City of Festivals,” the City hosts multiple annual festivals, such as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (known as the Coachellafest), the Stagecoach Country Music Festival, Riverside County Fair & Date Festival, Palm Springs Kennel Club Dog Show, Southwest Arts Festival, Indio International Tamale Festival, collectively drawing more than one million people to the City annually. The City’s ability to draw and host worldwide festivals is based on being home to the Riverside County Fairgrounds and the adjoining Empire Polo Club Grounds and Eldorado Polo Club Grounds (site of the Coachellafest), which are large-scale, outdoor entertainment venues unique to the City within the Coachella Valley.
The City is the largest city, by population, in the Coachella Valley, a sub-region located in eastern Riverside County. The City is a center for business, government and entertainment within the region. Other cities in the Coachella Valley include Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, Indian Wells, La Quinta, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs and Coachella. The Coachella Valley is a premium golf region with many well-known golf courses (including PGA West, Indian Wells Country Club, the Quarry at La Quinta and many others), as well as hotels and resorts, gated retirement communities. Significant industries in the Coachella
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Valley include leisure, tourism, agriculture, wind farming, construction, Indian gaming, mining and entertainment.
For more detailed financial and demographic information regarding the City see APPENDIX ATHE CITY OF INDIO. A copy of the financial statements of the City for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 is attached hereto as Appendix C which should be read in its entirety. See APPENDIX C—“ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024.”
RISK FACTORS
The following factors, along with the other information in this Official Statement, should be considered by potential investors in evaluating the purchase of the Series 2025A Bonds. However, they do not purport to be an exhaustive listing of risks and other considerations which may be relevant to an investment in the Series 2025A Bonds. In addition, the order in which the following factors are presented is not intended to reflect the relative importance of any such risks.
General Considerations – Security for the Series 2025A Bonds The Series 2025A Bonds are special obligations of the Authority, payable solely from Base Rental Payments and the other assets pledged under the Indenture. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the Authority, the City or the State, or any political subdivision thereof, is pledged to the payment of the Series 2025A Bonds. The Authority has no taxing power.
The obligation of the City to make the Base Rental Payments does not constitute a debt of the City or the State or of any political subdivision thereof within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limit or restriction, and does not constitute an obligation for which the City or the State is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for which the City or the State has levied or pledged any form of taxation.
Although the Lease Agreement does not create a pledge, lien or encumbrance upon the funds of the City, the City is obligated under the Lease Agreement to pay the Base Rental Payments and Additional Rental Payments from any source of legally available funds and the City has covenanted in the Lease Agreement that it will take such action as may be necessary to include all Base Rental Payments and Additional Rental Payments due under the Lease Agreement in its annual budgets and to make necessary annual appropriations for all such Rental Payments, subject to abatement. The City is currently liable and may become liable on other obligations payable from general revenues. See “CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION—Indebtedness” in APPENDIX A hereto.
The City has the capacity to enter into other obligations which may constitute additional charges against its revenues. To the extent that additional obligations are incurred by the City, the funds available to make Base Rental Payments may be decreased. In the event the City’s revenue sources are less than its total obligations, the City could choose to fund other activities before making Base Rental Payments and other payments due under the Lease Agreement. The same result could occur if, because of California Constitutional limits on expenditures, the City is not permitted to appropriate and spend all of its available revenues. However, the City’s appropriations have never exceeded the limitation on appropriations under Article XIIIB of the State Constitution. See “CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON TAXES AND APPROPRIATIONS—Article XIIIB of the State Constitution.” Abatement
In the event of substantial interference with the City’s right to use and occupy any portion of the Property by reason of non-delivery of the Projects or by reason of damage to, or destruction or condemnation of the Property, or any defects in title to the Property, Base Rental Payments will be subject to abatement. See
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“SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS—Abatement.” In the event of the Projects can not be completed during the period of time in which proceeds of the City’s rental interruption insurance and any liquidated damages received by the City are available in lieu of Base Rental Payments, plus the period for which funds are available from the funds and account established under the Indenture, there could be insufficient funds to make payments to Owners in full. Furthermore, in the event that all or a portion of the Property, if damaged or destroyed by an insured casualty, could not be replaced during the period of time in which proceeds of the City’s rental interruption insurance will be available in lieu of Base Rental Payments, plus the period for which funds are available from the funds and accounts established under the Indenture, or in the event that casualty insurance proceeds are insufficient to provide for complete repair or replacement of such portion of the Property or redemption of the Series 2025A Bonds, there could be insufficient funds to make payments to Owners in full.
It is not always possible to predict the circumstances under which abatement of rental may occur. In addition, there is no statute, case or other law specifying how such an abatement of rental should be measured.
For example, it is not clear whether fair rental value is established as of commencement of the lease or at the time of the abatement. If the latter, it may be that the value of the Property is substantially higher or lower than its value at the time of issuance of the Series 2025A Bonds. Abatement, therefore, could have an uncertain and material adverse effect on the security for and payment of the Series 2025A Bonds.
If damage, destruction, title defect or eminent domain proceedings with respect to the Property results in abatement of the Base Rental Payments related to such Property and if such abated Base Rental Payments, if any, together with moneys from rental interruption or use and occupancy insurance (in the event of any insured loss due to damage or destruction), and eminent domain proceeds, if any, are insufficient to make all payments of principal and interest with respect to the Series 2025A Bonds during the period that the Property is being replaced, repaired or reconstructed, then all or a portion of such payments of principal and interest may not be made. Under the Lease Agreement and the Indenture, no remedy is available to the Series 2025A Bond Owners for nonpayment under such circumstances.
As described above under “THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS PROJECT” and “THE PROPERTY,” the Property leased under the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement includes the Police Headquarters Project and the City Hall and Library Project. The City has funded capitalized interest on a portion of the Series 2025A Bonds through May 1, 2026 which is calculated to be the portion of the Base Rental Payments attributable to the Police Headquarters Project through such date. See the caption “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS—Abatement.” Natural Disasters and Climate Change
General. The occurrence of any natural disaster in the City, including, without limitation, fire, windstorm, drought, earthquake, landslide, mudslide or flood, could have an adverse material impact on the economy within the City, its General Fund and the revenues available for the payment of Base Rental Payments. The occurrence of natural disasters in the City could result in substantial damage to the City and the Property which, in turn, could substantially reduce General Fund revenues and affect the ability of the City to make Base Rental Payments or cause an abatement in Base Rental Payments. Reduced ability to pay Base Rental Payments could affect the payment of the principal of and interest on the Series 2025A Bonds. The City maintains liability insurance and property casualty insurance (for losses other than from seismic events) for the Property. See the caption “CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION—Risk Management” in Appendix A hereto. However, there can be no assurance that specific losses will be covered by insurance or, if covered, that claims will be paid in full by the applicable insurers.
Seismic Activity. According to the Safety Element of the City’s General Plan, there are three major, known faults located in the County: the San Andreas, San Jacinto, and Elsinore faults. The San Andreas and San Jacinto are two of California’s most active faults. Several properties within the City and its sphere of influence are directly impacted by the southernmost section of the San Andreas fault and/or secondary faults
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and fractures. These faults pose geologic and seismic hazards in the form of earthquakes, fault rupture, liquefaction, and landslides. The most recent earthquake along this stretch of the fault occurred more than 300 years ago leading scientists to suggest that it has accumulated a substantial amount of tectonic stress and is likely to produce a large (7 to 8 magnitude) earthquake in the near future.
Flooding. The City’s Local Hazards Mitigation Plan (the “LHMP”) identified flooding as having above average severity and above average probability. Portions of the City are located within the 100-year floodplain, including the northwest portion of the City, north of the I-10 Freeway, and within the Whitewater River. Some isolated areas within the northwestern and southwestern portion of the City fall within the 500- year floodplain. No portion of the Property subject to the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement are within a 100-year flood plan.
Climate Change. Climate change caused by human activities may have adverse effects on the City.
Climate change can also result in more variable weather patterns, which can lead to longer and more severe droughts as well as increased risk of flooding. Projections of the impacts of global climate change on the City are complex and depend on many factors that are outside the City’s control. The various scientific studies that forecast the amount and timing of adverse impacts of climate change are based on assumptions contained in such studies, but actual events may vary materially. Also, the scientific understanding of climate change and its effects continues to evolve. Accordingly, the City is unable to forecast with certainty when adverse impacts of climate change will occur or the extent of such impacts. The City expects to continue to consider the effects of climate change in its own planning and to participate in regional planning initiatives. While the impacts of climate change may be mitigated by the City’s past and future investment in adaptation strategies, the City can give no assurance about the net effects of those strategies and whether the City will be required to take additional adaptive mitigation measures. Particular potential impacts of climate change on the City include worsening air quality, increased flooding, and heatwaves.
Hazardous Substances
The City knows of no existing hazardous substances which require remedial action on or near the Property. However, it is possible such substances do currently or potentially exist and that the City is not aware of them.
Owners and operators of real property may be required by law to remedy conditions of the property relating to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances. The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, sometimes referred to as “CERCLA” or the “Superfund Act,” is the most well-known and widely applicable of these laws, but California laws with regard to hazardous substances are also stringent and similar. Under many of these laws, the owner (or operator) is obligated to remedy a hazardous substance whether or not the owner (or operator) has anything to do with creating or handling the hazardous substance. Further, such liabilities may arise not simply from the existence of a hazardous substance but from the method of handling it. All of these possibilities could significantly and adversely affect the operations and finances of the City, may result in the reduction in the assessed value of property, and therefor property tax revenue.
Cybersecurity
The City, like many other public and private entities, relies on a large and complex technology environment to conduct its operations. As a recipient and provider of personal, private, or sensitive information, the City is subject to multiple cyber threats including, but not limited to, hacking, viruses, malware and other attacks on computer and other sensitive digital networks and systems. Entities or individuals may attempt to gain unauthorized access to the City’s digital systems for the purposes of misappropriating assets or information or causing operational disruption and damage. The City has adopted various policies regarding cybersecurity, including policies with respect to appropriate use and of email and technology, as well as the handling of sensitive personally identifiable information. To date, the City has not
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experienced an attack on its computer operating systems which resulted in a breach of its cybersecurity systems that are in place. However, no assurances can be given that the City’s efforts to manage cyber threats and attacks will be successful or that any such attack will not materially impact the operations or finances of the City. See “CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION—Risk Management” in Appendix A hereto for more information with respect to the City’s cybersecurity insurance coverage.
Substitution, Addition and Removal of Property; Additional Bonds The Authority and the City may amend the Lease Agreement to substitute alternate real property for any portion of or add additional real property to the Property or to release a portion of the Property from the Lease Agreement, upon compliance with all of the conditions set forth in the Lease Agreement. After a substitution or release, the portion of the Property for which the substitution or release has been effected will be released from the leasehold encumbrance of the Lease Agreement. See “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS―Substitution, Addition and Removal of Property.” Moreover, the Authority may issue Additional Bonds secured by Base Rental Payments which are increased from current levels.
Although the Lease Agreement requires, among other things, that the Property, as constituted after such substitution or release, have an annual fair rental value at least equal to the maximum Base Rental Payments payable by the City in any Rental Period, it does not require that such Property have an annual fair rental value equal to the annual fair rental value of the Property at the time of substitution or release. Thus, a portion of the Property could be replaced with less valuable real property, or could be released altogether.
Such a replacement or release could have an adverse impact on the security for the Series 2025A Bonds, particularly if an event requiring abatement of Base Rental Payments were to occur subsequent to such substitution or release. See APPENDIX B—“SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS— THE LEASE AGREEMENT—NO CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; USE OF THE PROPERTY; SUBSTITUTION OR RELEASE—Substitution or Release of, or Addition to, the Property.” The Indenture requires, among other things, that upon the issuance of Additional Bonds, the Ground Lease and the Lease Agreement will be amended, to the extent necessary, so as to increase the Base Rental Payments payable by the City thereunder by an aggregate amount equal to the principal of and interest on such Additional Bonds; provided, however, that no such amendment will be made such that the sum of Base Rental Payments, including any increase in the Base Rental Payments as a result of such amendment, plus Additional Rental Payments, in any Rental Period is in excess of the annual fair rental value of the Property after taking into account the use of the proceeds of any Additional Bonds issued in connection therewith.
Limited Recourse on Default; No Acceleration of Base Rental Failure by the City to make Base Rental Payments or other payments required to be made under the Lease Agreement, or failure to observe and perform any other terms, covenants or conditions contained in the Lease Agreement or in the Indenture for a period of 30 days or such additional time as is reasonable required to correct any such default after notice by the Authority to the City, constitute events of default under the Lease Agreement and permit the Trustee or the Authority to pursue any and all remedies available. In the event of a default, notwithstanding anything in the Lease Agreement or in the Indenture to the contrary, there is no right under any circumstances to accelerate the Base Rental Payments or otherwise declare any Base Rental Payments not then in default to be immediately due and payable, nor do the Authority or the Trustee have any right to re-enter or re-let the Property except as described in the Lease Agreement.
The enforcement of any remedies provided in the Lease Agreement and the Indenture could prove both expensive and time consuming. If the City defaults on its obligation to make Base Rental Payments with respect to the Property, the Trustee, as assignee of the Authority, may retain the Lease Agreement and hold the City liable for all Base Rental Payments thereunder on an annual basis and enforce any other terms or provisions of the Lease Agreement to be kept or performed by the City.
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Alternatively, the Authority or the Trustee may terminate the Lease Agreement, retake possession of the Property and proceed against the City to recover damages pursuant to the Lease Agreement. Due to the specialized nature of the Property or any property substituted therefor pursuant to the Lease Agreement and the restrictions on its use, no assurance can be given that the Trustee will be able to re-let the Property so as to provide rental income sufficient to make all payments of principal of, interest and premium, if any, on the Series 2025A Bonds when due, and the Trustee is not empowered to sell the Property for the benefit of the Owners of the Series 2025A Bonds. Any suit for money damages would be subject to limitations on legal remedies against cities in California, including a limitation on enforcement of judgments against funds needed to serve the public welfare and interest. See “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS” and APPENDIX B—“SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—THE LEASE AGREEMENT—DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES.”
Limitations on Remedies Available; Bankruptcy
The enforceability of the rights and remedies of the Owners and the obligations of the City may become subject to the following: the federal bankruptcy code and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, now or hereafter in effect; usual equitable principles which may limit the specific enforcement under state law of certain remedies; the exercise by the United States of America of the powers delegated to it by the Federal Constitution; and the reasonable and necessary exercise, in certain exceptional situations, of the police power inherent in the sovereignty of the State of California and its governmental bodies in the interest of servicing a significant and legitimate public purpose.
Under Chapter 9 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (Title 11, United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), which governs bankruptcy proceedings of public entities such as the City, no involuntary bankruptcy petition may be filed against a public entity. However, upon satisfaction of certain prerequisite conditions, a voluntary bankruptcy petition may be filed by the City. The filing of a bankruptcy petition results in a stay against enforcement of remedies under agreements to which the bankrupt entity is a party. A bankruptcy filing by the City could thus limit remedies under the Lease Agreement. A bankruptcy debtor may choose to assume or reject executory contracts and leases, such as the Lease Agreement. In the event of rejection of a lease by debtor lessee, the leased property is returned to the lessor and the lessor has a claim for a limited amount of the resulting damages.
Under the Indenture, the Trustee holds a security interest in the Base Rental Payments for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds, but such security interest arises only when the Base Rental Payments are actually received by the Trustee following payment by the City. The Property is not subject to a security interest, mortgage or any other lien in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of Owners. In the event of a bankruptcy filed by the City and the subsequent rejection of the Lease Agreement by the City, the Authority would recover possession of the Property and the Trustee, as assignee of the Authority, would have a claim for damages against the City. The Trustee’s claim would constitute a secured claim only to the extent of Revenues in the possession of the Trustee; the balance of such claim would be unsecured.
Bankruptcy proceedings would subject the Owners of the Series 2025A Bonds to judicial discretion and interpretation of their rights in bankruptcy or otherwise, and consequently entail risks of delay, limitation, or modification of their rights with respect to the Series 2025A Bonds. In a bankruptcy case, the amount recovered by Owners of the Series 2025A Bonds could be affected by whether the Lease Agreement is determined to be a “true lease” or a loan or other financing arrangement (a “financing lease”), and the Owners’ recovery could be reduced in either case. If the Lease Agreement is determined by the bankruptcy court to constitute a “true lease” (rather than a financing lease), the City could choose not to perform under the Lease Agreement by rejecting it and the claim of the Owners could be substantially limited pursuant to Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code to a fraction of the scheduled amount of Base Rental Payments, and that reduced claim amount could be impaired as an unsecured claim under a plan of adjustment. If a bankruptcy court were to treat the Lease Agreement as a financing lease then, under a plan of adjustment, the priority, payment terms,
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collateral, payment dates, payment sources, covenants and other terms or provisions of the Lease Agreement and the Series 2025A Bonds may be altered. Such a plan could be confirmed even over the objections of the Trustee and the Owners, and without their consent. For example, the amount of the Base Rental Payments from the City might be substantially reduced because of the power of the bankruptcy court under the Bankruptcy Code to adjust secured claims to the value of their collateral, which, as described above, could be limited to the Base Rental Payments held by the Trustee. In addition there can be a substantial disparity in treatment based on the nature of the Property. Whether the Lease Agreement is characterized by the bankruptcy court as a true lease or a financing lease, either scenario could result in the Owners not receiving the full amount of the principal and interest due on the Series 2025A Bonds.
The opinions of counsel, including Bond Counsel, delivered in connection with the issuance of the Series 2025A Bonds will be so qualified. Bankruptcy proceedings, or the exercising of powers by the federal or state government, if initiated, could subject the Owners to judicial discretion and interpretation of their rights in bankruptcy or otherwise and consequently may entail risks of delay, limitation, or modification of their rights.
Possible Insufficiency of Insurance Proceeds
The Lease Agreement obligates the City to keep in force various forms of insurance, subject to deductibles, for repair or replacement of the Property in the event of damage, destruction or title defects, subject to certain exceptions. The Authority and the City make no representation as to the ability of any insurer to fulfill its obligations under any insurance policy obtained pursuant to the Lease Agreement, and no assurance can be given as to the adequacy of any such insurance to fund necessary repair or replacement or to pay principal of and interest on the Series 2025A Bonds when due. In addition, certain risks, such as earthquakes and floods, are not required to be insured under the Lease Agreement, and therefore, are not carried by the City. See “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS—Insurance.”
Loss of Tax Exemption
As discussed under the heading “TAX MATTERS,” the interest on the Series 2025A Bonds could become includable in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation retroactive to the date of delivery of the Series 2025A Bonds, as a result of acts or omissions of the Authority or the City in violation of their covenants in the Indenture and the Lease Agreement. Should such an event of taxability occur, the Series 2025A Bonds would not be subject to a special redemption and would remain Outstanding until maturity or until redeemed under the redemption provisions contained in the Indenture.
No Liability of Authority to the Owners
Except as expressly provided in the Indenture, the Authority will not have any obligation or liability to the Owners of the Series 2025A Bonds with respect to the payment when due of the Base Rental Payments by the City, or with respect to the performance by the City of other agreements and covenants required to be performed by it contained in the Lease Agreement or the Indenture, or with respect to the performance by the Trustee of any right or obligation required to be performed by it contained in the Indenture.
Risks Associated with Bond Insurance
In the event that the Authority defaults in the payment of principal of or interest on the Insured Series 2025A Bonds as a result of the failure of the City to pay the Base Rental Payments when due, the Owners of the Insured Series 2025A Bonds will have a claim under the Policy for such payments. See the caption “BOND INSURANCE.” In the event that the Insurer becomes obligated to make payments with respect to the Insured Series 2025A Bonds, no assurance can be given that such event will not adversely affect the market for the Insured Series 2025A Bonds. In the event that the Insurer is unable to make payment of principal of and
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interest on the Insured Series 2025A Bonds when due under the Policy, the Insured Series 2025A Bonds will be payable solely from Base Rental Payments and amounts held in certain funds and accounts established under the Indenture, as described under the caption “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS.”
The Insurer is expected to insure a majority of the Series 2025A Bonds and will therefore have the ability to direct the actions of the Trustee to give consents and waivers and take other actions without regard to the views of the owners of the Series 2025A Bonds. As a result, Owners of the Series 2025A Bonds may be limited in the rights and remedies they are able to exercise in the event of a default by the Authority under the Indenture. The Insurer may have different business and other interests than the Owners of the Series 2025A Bonds.
The long-term rating on the Insured Series 2025A Bonds is dependent in part on the financial strength of the Insurer and its claims-paying ability. The Insurer’s financial strength and claims-paying ability are predicated upon a number of factors which could change over time. If the long-term ratings of the Insurer are lowered, such event could adversely affect the market for the Insured Series 2025A Bonds. See the caption “RATINGS.”
None of the City, the Authority or the Underwriter have made an independent investigation of the claims-paying ability of the Insurer and no assurance or representation regarding the financial strength or projected financial strength of the Insurer is being made by the City, the Authority or the Underwriter in this Official Statement. Therefore, when making an investment decision with respect to the Insured Series 2025A Bonds, potential investors should carefully consider the ability of the City to pay Base Rental Payments, which secure the Insured Series 2025A Bonds, assuming that the Policy is not available for that purpose, and the claims-paying ability of the Insurer through final maturity of the Insured Series 2025A Bonds.
So long as the Policy remains in effect and the Insurer is not in default of its obligations thereunder, the Insurer has certain notice, consent and other rights under the Indenture and will have the right to control all remedies for default under the Indenture. The Insurer is not required to obtain the consent of the Owners with respect to the exercise of remedies.
Dependence on State for Certain Revenues
On June 27, 2025, the Governor signed the State budget for fiscal year 2025-26 (the “2025-26 State Budget”). The following is drawn from the Department of Finance (“DOF”) and Legislative Analyst’s Office (“LAO”) summaries of the 2025-26 State Budget.
The 2025-26 State Budget reports that, since the release of the Governor’s proposed State budget, the imposition of federal policy changes significantly slowed economic growth within the State. Most notably, broad-based tariffs blunted economic growth and drove a downgrade of the economic forecasts built into the May revision to the proposed State budget. Additionally, the State experienced substantial cost and caseload growth in several core State programs, most notably within Medi-Cal, which combined to create a State general fund shortfall of $11.8 billion. The 2025-26 State Budget notes that the budget does not reflect the impact of substantial cuts in federal spending included in the federal omnibus tax and spending bill signed in early July. The State continues to monitor the impacts of the federal spending cuts and may need to make adjustments to the 2025-26 State Budget as a result. The 2025-26 State Budget solves the projected $11.8 billion deficit through significant reductions in ongoing programs and a mix of other broad-based measures.
For fiscal year 2024-25, the 2025-26 State Budget projects total general fund revenues and transfers of $226.7 billion and authorizes expenditures of $233.6 billion. The State is projected to end fiscal year 2024-25 with total reserves of approximately $35.9 billion, including $18.3 billion in the Budget Stabilization Account (“BSA”), $455 million in the Public School System Stabilization Account (“PSSSA”) and $17.1 billion in traditional general fund reserves. The State budget for fiscal year 2024-25 authorized BSA withdrawals of
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$5.1 billion in fiscal year 2024-25 and $7.1 billion in fiscal year 2025-26. The 2025-26 State Budget maintains the scheduled $7.1 billion withdrawal for fiscal year 2025-26. For fiscal year 2025-26, the 2025-26 State Budget projects total general fund revenues and transfers of $215.7 billion and authorizes expenditures of $228.4 billion. The State is projected to end fiscal year 2025-26 with total reserves of approximately $15.7 billion, including $4.5 billion in the traditional general fund reserve and $11.2 billion in the BSA. The PSSSA and the Safety Net Reserve are projected to have zero balances in fiscal year 2025-26.
The City cannot predict the extent of the budgetary problems the State may encounter in the current or future fiscal years, and it is not clear what measures would be taken by the State to balance its budget, as required by law. In addition, the City cannot predict the impact that State budgets will have on the City’s finances and operations or what actions will be taken in the future by the State Legislature and the Governor to deal with changing State revenues and expenditures. Current and future State budgets will be affected by international, national and State economic conditions and other factors over which the City has no control.
While the City is not substantially reliant on the State’s finances, a number of the City’s revenues are collected and dispersed by the State (such as sales tax and motor vehicle license fees) or allocated in accordance with State law (most importantly, property taxes). Therefore, State budget decisions can have an impact on City finances. In the event of a material economic downturn in the State, there can be no assurance that any resulting revenue shortfalls to the State will not reduce revenues to local governments (including the City) or shift financial responsibility for programs to local governments as part of the State’s efforts to address any such related State financial difficulties.
See “CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON TAXES AND APPROPRIATIONS—Proposition 1A” and “—Proposition 22” below.
CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON TAXES AND APPROPRIATIONS Principal of and interest on the Series 2025A Bonds are payable from Base Rental Payments made from the City’s General Fund. See the caption “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE SERIES 2025A BONDS.” Articles XIIIA, XIIIB, XIIIC and XIIID of the State Constitution, Propositions 62, 111, 218, 1A and 22, and certain other provisions of law discussed below are included in this Official Statement to describe the potential effect of these Constitutional and statutory measures on the ability of the City to levy taxes and spend tax proceeds for operating and other purposes.
Article XIIIA of the State Constitution
On June 6, 1978, State voters approved Proposition 13, which added Article XIIIA to the State Constitution. Article XIIIA, as amended, limits the amount of any ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value thereof, except that additional ad valorem taxes may be levied to pay debt service: (i) on indebtedness approved by the voters prior to December 1, 1978; (ii) on bonded indebtedness approved by a two-thirds vote on or after December 1, 1978, for the acquisition or improvement of real property; or (iii) bonded indebtedness incurred by a school district, community college district or county office of education for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of school facilities or the acquisition or lease of real property for school facilities, approved by 55% of the voters voting on the proposition. Article XIIIA defines full cash value to mean “the county assessor’s valuation of real property as shown on the 1975-76 tax bill under “full cash value,” or thereafter, the appraised value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975 assessment.” This full cash value may be increased at a rate not to exceed 2% per year to account for inflation.
Article XIIIA has subsequently been amended to permit reduction of the “full cash value” base in the event of declining property values caused by damage, destruction or other factors, including a general
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economic downturn, to provide that there would be no increase in the “full cash value” base in the event of reconstruction of property damaged or destroyed in a disaster, and in other minor or technical ways.
Legislation Implementing Article XIIIA
Legislation has been enacted and amended a number of times since 1978 to implement Article XIIIA.
Under current law, local agencies are no longer permitted to levy directly any property tax (except to pay voter-approved indebtedness). The 1% property tax is automatically levied by counties and distributed according to a formula among taxing agencies.
Increases in assessed valuation resulting from reappraisals of property due to new construction, change in ownership or from the 2% annual adjustment are allocated among the various jurisdictions in the “taxing area” based upon their respective “situs.” Any such allocation made to a local agency continues as part of its allocation in future years.
All taxable property is shown at full cash value on the tax rolls. Consequently, the tax rate is expressed as $1 per $100 of taxable value. All taxable property value included in this Official Statement is shown at 100 percent of taxable value (unless noted differently) and all tax rates reflect the $1 per $100 of taxable value.
Article XIIIB of the State Constitution
In addition to the limits that Article XIIIA imposes on property taxes that may be collected by local governments, certain other revenues of the State and most local governments are subject to an annual “appropriations limit” imposed by Article XIIIB which effectively limits the amount of such revenues that such entities are permitted to spend. Article XIIIB, approved by the voters in June 1979, was modified substantially by Proposition 111 in 1990. The appropriations limit of each government entity applies to “proceeds of taxes,” which consist of tax revenues and the investment proceeds thereof, State subventions and certain other funds, including proceeds from regulatory licenses, user charges or other fees to the extent that such proceeds exceed “the cost reasonably borne by such entity in providing the regulation, product or service.” “Proceeds of taxes” excludes tax refunds and some benefit payments such as unemployment insurance. No limit is imposed on the appropriation of funds which are not “proceeds of taxes,” such as reasonable user charges or fees, and certain other non-tax funds. Article XIIIB also does not limit appropriation of local revenues to pay debt service on bonds existing or authorized as of October 1, 1979, or subsequently authorized by the voters, appropriations required to comply with mandates of courts or the federal government, appropriations for qualified capital outlay projects, and appropriation by the State of revenues derived from any increase in gasoline taxes and motor vehicle weight fees above January 1, 1990 levels. The appropriations limit may also be exceeded in case of emergency; however, the appropriations limit for the next three years following such emergency appropriation must be reduced to the extent by which it was exceeded, unless the emergency arises from civil disturbance or natural disaster declared by the Governor, and the expenditure is approved by two-thirds of the legislative body of the local government.
The State and each local government entity has its own appropriations limit. Each year, the limit is adjusted to allow for changes, if any, in the cost of living, the population of the jurisdiction, and any transfer to or from another government entity of financial responsibility for providing services. Proposition 111 requires that each local government’s actual appropriations be tested against its limit every two years.
If the aggregate “proceeds of taxes” for the preceding two-year period exceeds the aggregate limit, the excess must be returned to the agency’s taxpayers through tax rate or fee reductions over the following two years.
The City’s appropriations have never exceeded the limitation on appropriations under Article XIIIB.
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Articles XIIIC and XIIID of the State Constitution
On November 5, 1996, State voters approved Proposition 218, known as the “Right to Vote on Taxes Act.” Proposition 218 adds Articles XIIIC and XIIID to the State Constitution and contains a number of interrelated provisions affecting the ability of the City to levy and collect both existing and future taxes, assessments and property-related fees and charges. The interpretation and application of Proposition 218 will ultimately be determined by the courts with respect to a number of the matters discussed below, and it is not possible at this time to predict with certainty the outcome of such determination.
Article XIIIC requires that all new local taxes be submitted to the electorate before they become effective. Taxes for general governmental purposes of the City (such as Measure W) require a majority vote, and taxes for specific purposes, even if deposited in the City’s General Fund, require a two-thirds vote. The voter approval requirements of Proposition 218 reduce the flexibility of the City to raise revenues for the General Fund, and no assurance can be given that the City will be able to impose, extend or increase such taxes in the future to meet increased expenditure needs.
Article XIIID also adds several provisions making it generally more difficult for local agencies to levy and maintain property-related fees, charges, and assessments for municipal services and programs, such as hearings and stricter and more individualized benefit requirements and findings. These provisions include, among other things: (i) a prohibition against assessments which exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional special benefit conferred on a parcel; (ii) a requirement that assessments must confer a “special benefit,” as defined in Article XIIID, over and above any general benefits conferred; (iii) a majority protest procedure for assessments which involves the mailing of notice and a ballot to the record owner of each affected parcel, a public hearing and the tabulation of ballots weighted according to the proportional financial obligation of the affected party; and (iv) a prohibition against fees and charges which are used for general governmental services, including police, fire or library services, where the service is available to the public at large in substantially the same manner as it is to property owners. If the City is unable to continue to collect revenues of this nature, the services and programs funded with these revenues would have to be curtailed and/or the City’s General Fund might have to be used to support them. The City is unable to predict whether or not in the future it will be able to continue all existing services and programs funded by fees, charges and assessments in light of Proposition 218 or, if these services and programs are continued, which amounts (if any) would be used from the City’s General Fund to continue to support such activities.
Article XIIIC also removes limitations on the initiative power in matters of reducing or repealing local taxes, assessments, fees or charges. This extension of the initiative power is not limited to taxes imposed on or after November 6, 1996, the effective date of Proposition 218, and could result in retroactive repeal or reduction in any existing taxes, assessments, fees and charges, subject to overriding federal constitutional principles relating to the impairments of contracts. Legislation implementing Proposition 218 provides that the initiative power provided for in Proposition 218 “shall not be construed to mean that any owner or beneficial owner of a municipal security, purchased before or after (the effective date of Proposition 218) assumes the risk of, or in any way consents to, any action by initiative measure that constitutes an impairment of contractual rights” protected by the United States Constitution. However, no assurance can be given that the voters of the City will not, in the future, approve an initiative or initiatives which reduce or repeal local taxes, assessments, fees or charges currently comprising a substantial part of the City’s General Fund.
Although a portion of the City’s General Fund revenues are derived from taxes purported to be governed by Proposition 218, all of such taxes were imposed in accordance with the requirements of Proposition 218. No assurance can be given that the voters of the City will not, in the future, approve an initiative or initiatives which reduce or repeal local taxes, assessments, fees or charges which support the City’s General Fund.
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Proposition 62
Proposition 62 was adopted by the voters at the November 4, 1986, general election and: (a) requires that any new or higher taxes for general governmental purposes imposed by local governmental entities such as the City be approved by a two-thirds vote of the governmental entity’s legislative body and by a majority vote of the voters of the governmental entity voting in an election on the tax; (b) requires that any special tax (defined as taxes levied for other than general governmental purposes) imposed by a local governmental entity be approved by a two-thirds vote of the voters of the governmental entity voting in an election on the tax; (c) restricts the use of revenues from a special tax to the purposes or for the service for which the special tax was imposed; (d) prohibits the imposition of ad valorem taxes on real property by local governmental entities except as permitted by Article XIIIA; (e) prohibits the imposition of transaction taxes and sales taxes on the sale of real property by local governmental entities; and (f) requires that any tax imposed by a local governmental entity on or after July 1, 1985, be ratified by a majority vote of the voters voting in an election on the tax within two years of the adoption of the initiative or be terminated by November 15, 1988.
On September 28, 1995, the California Supreme Court, in the case of Santa Clara County Local Transportation Authority v. Guardino, upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 62. In this case, the court held that a countywide sales tax of one-half of one percent was a special tax that, under Section 53722 of the Government Code, required a two-thirds voter approval. Because the tax received an affirmative vote of only
54.1%, this special tax was found to be invalid. The decision did not address the question of whether or not it should be applied retroactively.
Following the California Supreme Court’s decision upholding Proposition 62, several actions were filed challenging taxes imposed by public agencies since the adoption of Proposition 62, which was passed in November 1986. On June 4, 2001, the California Supreme Court released its decision in one of these cases, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. City of La Habra, et al. In this case, the court held that a public agency’s continued imposition and collection of a tax is an ongoing violation, upon which the statute of limitations period begins anew with each collection. The court also held that, unless another statute or constitutional rule provided differently, the statute of limitations for challenges to taxes subject to Proposition 62 is three years. Accordingly, a challenge to a tax subject to Proposition 62 may only be made for those taxes received within three years of the date the action is brought.
The City has not experienced any substantive adverse financial impact as a result of the passage of Proposition 62.
Proposition 1A
Proposition 1A was approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004 election. Proposition 1A amended the State Constitution to, among other things, reduce the Legislature’s authority over local government revenue sources by placing restrictions on the State’s access to local governments’ property, sales, and vehicle license fee revenues as of November 3, 2004. Beginning with Fiscal Year 2008-09, the State may borrow up to eight percent of local property tax revenues, but only if the Governor proclaims such action is necessary due to a severe State fiscal hardship, and two–thirds of both houses of the Legislature approves the borrowing. The amount borrowed is required to be paid back within three years. The State also will not be able to borrow from local property tax revenues for more than two fiscal years within a period of 10 fiscal years. In addition, the State cannot reduce the local sales tax rate or restrict the authority of local governments to impose or change the distribution of the statewide local sales tax.
Many of the provisions of Proposition 1A have been superseded by Proposition 22 enacted in November 2010 and described below.
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Proposition 22
On November 2, 2010, the voters of the State approved Proposition 22, known as “The Local Taxpayer, Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act” (“Proposition 22”). Proposition 22, among other things, broadens the restrictions established by Proposition 1A. While Proposition 1A permits the State to appropriate or borrow local property tax revenues on a temporary basis during times of severe financial hardship, Proposition 22 amends Article XIII of the State Constitution to prohibit the State from appropriating or borrowing local property tax revenues under any circumstances. The State can no longer borrow local property tax revenues on a temporary basis even during times of severe financial hardship. Proposition 22 also prohibits the State from appropriating or borrowing proceeds derived from any tax levied by a local government solely for the local government’s purposes. Furthermore, Proposition 22 restricts the State’s ability to redirect redevelopment agency property tax revenues to school districts and other local governments and limits uses of certain other funds although this provision no longer has any meaningful impact given the statewide dissolution of redevelopment agencies. Proposition 22 is intended to stabilize local government revenue sources by restricting the State government’s control over local revenues. The City cannot predict whether Proposition 22 will have a beneficial effect on the City’s financial condition.
Proposition 26
On November 2, 2010, State voters also approved Proposition 26. Proposition 26 amends Article XIIIC of the State Constitution to expand the definition of “tax” to include “any levy, charge, or exaction of any kind imposed by a local government” except the following: (a) a charge imposed for a specific benefit conferred or privilege granted directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged, and which does not exceed the reasonable costs to the local government of conferring the benefit or granting the privilege; (b) a charge imposed for a specific government service or product provided directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged, and which does not exceed the reasonable costs to the local government of providing the service or product; (c) a charge imposed for the reasonable regulatory costs to a local government for issuing licenses and permits, performing investigations, inspections, and audits, enforcing agricultural marketing orders, and the administrative enforcement and adjudication thereof; (d) a charge imposed for entrance to or use of local government property, or the purchase, rental or lease of local government property; (e) a fine, penalty or other monetary charge imposed by the judicial branch of government or a local government as a result of a violation of law; (f) a charge imposed as a condition of property development; and (g) assessments and property-related fees imposed in accordance with the provisions of Article XIIID. Proposition 26 provides that the local government bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a levy, charge, or other exaction is not a tax, that the amount is no more than necessary to cover the reasonable costs of the governmental activity, and that the manner in which those costs are allocated to a payor bear a fair or reasonable relationship to the payor’s burdens on, or benefits received from, the governmental activity. The City does not believe that Proposition 26 will adversely affect its General Fund revenues.
Possible Future Initiatives
Articles XIIIA, XIIIB, XIIIC and XIIID and Propositions 218, 111, 62, 1A, 22 and 26 were each adopted as measures that qualified for the ballot pursuant to the State’s initiative process. From time to time other initiative measures could be adopted, further affecting revenues of the City or the City’s ability to expend revenues. The nature and impact of these measures cannot be anticipated by the City.
TAX MATTERS
In the opinion of Bond Counsel, under existing statutes, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions, and assuming the accuracy of certain representations and compliance with certain covenants and requirements described herein, interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes and is not an item of tax preference for purposes of calculating the
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federal alternative minimum tax imposed on individuals. However, it should be noted that with respect to applicable corporations as defined in Section 59(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), generally certain corporations with more than $1,000,000,000 of average annual adjusted financial statement income, interest (and original issue discount) with respect to the Series 2025A Bonds might be taken into account in determining adjusted financial statement income for purposes of computing the alternative minimum tax imposed by Section 55 of the Code on such corporations. In the further opinion of Bond Counsel, interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds is exempt from State of California personal income tax.
Bond Counsel’s opinion as to the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds is based upon certain representations of fact and certifications made by the Authority and others and is subject to the condition that the Authority comply with all requirements of the Code that must be satisfied subsequent to the issuance of the Series 2025A Bonds to assure that interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds will not become includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Failure to comply with such requirements of the Code might cause interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes retroactive to the date of issuance of the Series 2025A Bonds. The Authority has covenanted to comply with all such requirements.
In the opinion of Bond Counsel, the difference between the issue price of a Series 2025A Bond (the first price at which a substantial amount of the Series 2025A Bonds of a maturity is to be sold to the public) and the stated redemption price at maturity of such Series 2025A Bond constitutes original issue discount. Original issue discount accrues under a constant yield method, and original issue discount will accrue to a Beneficial Owner before receipt of cash attributable to such excludable income. The amount of original issue discount deemed received by a Beneficial Owner will increase the Beneficial Owner’s basis in the applicable Series 2025A Bond. The amount of original issue discount that accrues to the Beneficial Owner of a Series 2025A Bond is excluded from the gross income of such Beneficial Owner for federal income tax purposes, is not an item of tax preference for purposes of the federal alternative minimum tax imposed on individuals, and is exempt from State of California personal income tax.
The amount by which a Series 2025A Bond Owner’s original basis for determining loss on sale or exchange in the applicable Series 2025A Bond (generally, the purchase price) exceeds the amount payable on maturity (or on an earlier call date) constitutes amortizable bond premium, which must be amortized under Section 171 of the Code; such amortizable bond premium reduces the Series 2025A Bond Owner’s basis in the applicable Series 2025A Bond (and the amount of tax-exempt interest received with respect to the Series 2025A Bonds), and is not deductible for federal income tax purposes. The basis reduction as a result of the amortization of bond premium may result in a Series 2025A Bond Owner realizing a taxable gain when a Series 2025A Bond is sold by the Owner for an amount equal to or less (under certain circumstances) than the original cost of the Series 2025A Bond to the Owner. Purchasers of the Series 2025A Bonds should consult their own tax advisors as to the treatment, computation and collateral consequences of amortizable bond premium.
The IRS has initiated an expanded program for the auditing of tax-exempt bond issues, including both random and targeted audits. It is possible that the Series 2025A Bonds will be selected for audit by the IRS. It is also possible that the market value of the Series 2025A Bonds might be affected as a result of such an audit of the Series 2025A Bonds (or by an audit of similar municipal obligations). No assurance can be given that in the course of an audit, as a result of an audit, or otherwise, Congress or the IRS might not change the Code (or interpretation thereof) subsequent to the issuance of the Series 2025A Bonds to the extent that it adversely affects the exclusion from gross income of interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds or their market value.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2025A BONDS THERE MIGHT BE
FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL STATUTORY CHANGES (OR JUDICIAL OR REGULATORY
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CHANGES TO OR INTERPRETATIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL LAW) THAT AFFECT THE FEDERAL, STATE OR LOCAL TAX TREATMENT OF THE SERIES 2025A BONDS, INCLUDING THE
IMPOSITION OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL INCOME OR STATE TAXES BEING IMPOSED ON OWNERS OF TAX-EXEMPT STATE OR LOCAL OBLIGATIONS, SUCH AS THE SERIES 2025A BONDS. THESE CHANGES COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET VALUE OR LIQUIDITY OF THE SERIES 2025A BONDS. NO ASSURANCE CAN BE GIVEN THAT SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE SERIES 2025A BONDS STATUTORY CHANGES WILL NOT BE INTRODUCED
OR ENACTED OR JUDICIAL OR REGULATORY INTERPRETATIONS WILL NOT OCCUR HAVING THE EFFECTS DESCRIBED ABOVE. BEFORE PURCHASING ANY OF THE SERIES 2025A BONDS,
ALL POTENTIAL PURCHASERS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING
POSSIBLE STATUTORY CHANGES OR JUDICIAL OR REGULATORY CHANGES OR
INTERPRETATIONS, AND THEIR COLLATERAL TAX CONSEQUENCES RELATING TO THE SERIES 2025A BONDS.
Bond Counsel’s opinions may be affected by actions taken (or not taken) or events occurring (or not occurring) after the date hereof. Bond Counsel has not undertaken to determine, or to inform any person, whether any such actions or events are taken or do occur. The Indenture and the Tax Certificate relating to the Series 2025A Bonds permit certain actions to be taken or to be omitted if a favorable opinion of Bond Counsel is provided with respect thereto. Bond Counsel expresses no opinion as to the effect on the exclusion from gross income of interest (and original issue discount) for federal income tax purposes with respect to any Series 2025A Bond if any such action is taken or omitted based upon the advice of counsel other than Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP.
Although Bond Counsel has rendered an opinion that interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes provided that the Authority continues to comply with certain requirements of the Code, the ownership of the Series 2025A Bonds and the accrual or receipt of interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds may otherwise affect the tax liability of certain persons. Bond Counsel expresses no opinion regarding any such tax consequences. Accordingly, before purchasing any of Series 2025A Bonds, all potential purchasers should consult their tax advisors with respect to collateral tax consequences relating to the Series 2025A Bonds.
Should interest (and original issue discount) on the Series 2025A Bonds become includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes, the Series 2025A Bonds are not subject to early redemption and will remain outstanding until maturity or until redeemed in accordance with the Indenture.
A complete copy of the proposed form of opinion of Bond Counsel is attached hereto as Appendix D.
CERTAIN LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the Series 2025A Bonds and certain other legal matters are subject to the approving opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP, Bond Counsel. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP, is also acting as Disclosure Counsel for the City. A complete copy of the proposed form of Bond Counsel opinion is contained in Appendix D hereto. Bond Counsel undertakes no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of this Official Statement. Bond Counsel and Disclosure Counsel will receive compensation from the City contingent upon the sale and delivery of the Series 2025A Bonds. From time to time, Bond Counsel represents the Underwriter on matters unrelated to the Series 2025A Bonds. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the Underwriter by Best Best & Krieger LLP, for the Trustee by its counsel and for the Insurer by its counsel. Counsel to the Underwriter will receive compensation contingent upon the issuance of the Series 2025A Bonds.
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ABSENCE OF LITIGATION
To the best knowledge of the City and the Authority, there is no action, suit or proceeding pending or threatened either restraining or enjoining the execution or delivery of the Series 2025A Bonds, the Lease Agreement, the Ground Lease or the Indenture, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity of the foregoing or any proceedings of the Authority or the City taken with respect to any of the foregoing.
UNDERWRITING
The Series 2025A Bonds are being purchased by Piper Sandler & Co., (the “Underwriter”). The Underwriter will purchase the Series 2025A Bonds from the Authority at an aggregate purchase price of $__________ (representing the principal amount of the Series 2025A Bonds, [plus/less] [net] original issue [premium/discount] of $__________ and less an Underwriter’s discount of $__________). The purchase agreement relating to the Series 2025A Bonds provides that the Underwriter will purchase all of the Series 2025A Bonds if any are purchased. The obligation to make such purchase is subject to certain terms and conditions set forth in such purchase agreement, the approval of certain legal matters by counsel and certain other conditions.
The initial offering prices that are stated on the inside front cover page of this Official Statement may be changed from time to time by the Underwriter. The Underwriter may offer and sell the Series 2025A Bonds to certain dealers (including dealers depositing Series 2025A Bonds into investment trusts), dealer banks, banks acting as agent and others at prices lower than said public offering prices.
Piper Sandler & Co., the Underwriter of the Series 2025A Bonds, has entered into a distribution agreement (“Distribution Agreement”) with Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (“CS&Co”) for the retail distribution of certain securities offerings at the original issue prices. Pursuant to the Distribution Agreement, CS&Co. will purchase the Series 2025A Bonds from Piper Sandler at the original issue price less a negotiated portion of the selling concession applicable to any Series 2025A Bonds that CS&Co. sells.
RATINGS
S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (“S&P”) has assigned a rating of “AA” to the Insured Series 2025A Bonds based upon the delivery of the municipal bond insurance policy by the Insurer at the time of issuance of the Insured Series 2025A Bonds. S&P has assigned the Series 2025A Bonds the rating of “A+” without regard to the delivery of the Policy. Such ratings reflect only the views of S&P and any desired explanation of the significance of such ratings should be obtained from S&P.
Generally, a rating agency bases its ratings on the information and materials furnished to it and on investigations, studies and assumptions of its own. There is no assurance such ratings will continue for any given period of time or that such rating will not be revised downward or withdrawn entirely by the rating agency, if in the judgment of such rating agency, circumstances so warrant. Any such downward revision or withdrawal of the rating may have an adverse effect on the market price of the Series 2025A Bonds. None of the Authority, the City or the Underwriter has undertaken any responsibility either to bring to the attention of the owners of the Series 2025A Bonds a proposed change in or withdrawal of the ratings or to oppose any such proposed revision or withdrawal.
MUNICIPAL ADVISOR
Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Inc., Irvine, California (the “Municipal Advisor”), served as municipal advisor to the Authority and the City with respect to the sale of the Series 2025A Bonds. The Municipal Advisor will receive compensation contingent upon the sale and delivery of the Series 2025A Bonds. The Municipal Advisor is not obligated to undertake, and has not undertaken to make, an independent verification or to assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the information contained in this Official Statement.
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The Municipal Advisor is an independent advisory firm and is not engaged in the business of underwriting, trading or distributing municipal or other public securities.
CONTINUING DISCLOSURE
The City has covenanted for the benefit of the Owners of the Series 2025A Bonds to provide annually certain financial information and operating data relating to the Series 2025A Bonds and the City (the “Annual Report”), and to provide notices of the occurrence of certain enumerated events. For a complete listing of items of information which will be provided in each Annual Report and further description of the City’s undertaking with respect to the Annual Report and certain enumerated events, see APPENDIX E—“FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT.” The Annual Report is to be provided by the City not later than nine months following the end of the City’s fiscal year (which presently ends on June 30), commencing with the report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 and due March 31, 2026. The Annual Report will be filed by the City with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. These covenants have been made in order to assist the Underwriter in complying with SEC Rule 15c2-12(b)(5).
Within the last five years, the City has not failed to comply with continuing disclosure obligations related to any of the Authority’s or the City’s outstanding obligations pursuant to SEC Rule 15c2-12(b)(5).
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY
Included herein as Appendix C is the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the City for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 2024, together with the report thereon dated February 28, 2025 of The Pun Group, LLP (the “Auditor”). The Auditor has not undertaken to update the audited financial statements of the City or its report or to take any action intended or likely to elicit information concerning the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements made in this Official Statement, and no opinion is expressed by the Auditor with respect to any event subsequent to its report dated February 28, 2025.
MISCELLANEOUS
References are made herein to certain documents and reports which are brief summaries thereof which do not purport to be complete or definitive and reference is made to such documents and reports for full and complete statements of the contents thereof. Copies of the Indenture, the Lease Agreement, the Ground Lease and other documents are available, upon request, and upon payment to the City of a charge for copying, mailing and handling, from the City Clerk at the City of Indio, 100 Civic Center Mall, Indio, California 92201.
Any statements in this Official Statement involving matters of opinion, whether or not expressly so stated, are intended as such and not as representations of fact. This Official Statement is not to be construed as a contract or agreement between the Authority or the City and the purchasers or Owners of any of the Series 2025A Bonds.
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The execution and delivery of this Official Statement have been duly authorized by the Authority and the City.
INDIO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
By:
Executive Director
CITY OF INDIO
By:
City Manager
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APPENDIX A
THE CITY OF INDIO
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APPENDIX B
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS
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APPENDIX C
ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT
OF THE CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2024
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APPENDIX D
PROPOSED FORM OF BOND COUNSEL OPINION
[Closing Date]
Indio Public Financing Authority
Indio, California
Re:$_______ Indio Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as bond counsel to the Indio Public Financing Authority (the “Authority”) in connection with the issuance by the Authority of $____________ Indio Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A (the “Bonds”), pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the California Government Code (the “Bond Law”), and pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended and supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2025 (collectively, the “Indenture”), each by and among the Authority, the City of Indio (the “City”) and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee. The Bonds will be principally secured by lease payments to be made by the City pursuant to a Lease Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended and supplemented by a First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2025 (collectively, the “Lease”), each by and between the Authority and the City. We have examined the law and such certified proceedings and other documents, agreements, opinions and matters as we deem necessary to render this opinion. This opinion is based on current statutory and constitutional law and published court decisions as of the date hereof. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
As to questions of fact material to our opinion, we have relied upon representations of the Authority contained in the Indenture and in the certified proceedings and certifications of public officials and others furnished to us, without undertaking to verify the same by independent investigation.
We have assumed the genuineness of all documents and signatures presented to us, the authenticity of documents submitted as originals and the conformity to originals of documents submitted as copies. We have not undertaken to verify independently, and have assumed, the accuracy of the factual matters represented, warranted or certified in the documents, and of the legal conclusions contained in the opinions referred to in the preceding paragraphs of this opinion. Furthermore, we have assumed compliance with all covenants and agreements contained in the Indenture, the Lease and the Ground Lease. We call attention to the fact that the rights and obligations under the Bonds, the Indenture, the Lease, the Ground Lease, the Assignment Agreement and the Tax Certificate may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and other laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights, by the application of equitable principles and the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases and by the limitations on legal remedies against cities and public agencies in the State of California.
Based upon the foregoing we are of the opinion, under existing law, as follows:
1. The Authority is a joint exercise of powers authority duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of California with the full power to enter into the Indenture and the Lease, to perform the agreements on its part contained therein and to issue the Bonds.
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2. The Indenture and the Lease have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority and the Indenture and the Lease constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Authority enforceable against the Authority in accordance with their respective terms. The Indenture creates a valid pledge of the Base Rental Payments and other moneys pledged under the Indenture, subject to the provisions of the Indenture.
3. The Indenture and the Lease have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the City and the Indenture and the Lease constitute the valid and binding obligations of the City enforceable against the City in accordance with their respective terms.
4. The Bonds have been duly and validly authorized by the Authority and are legal, valid and binding limited obligations of the Authority, enforceable in accordance with their terms and the terms of the Indenture. The Bonds are limited obligations of the Authority payable solely from the Base Rental Payments and other moneys pledged under the Indenture as provided in the Indenture, but are not a debt of the City, the State of California or any other political subdivision thereof within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation, and, neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the City, the State of California, or any of its political subdivisions is pledged for the payment thereof. The Authority has no taxing power.
5. Under existing statutes, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions, and assuming the accuracy of certain representations and compliance with certain covenants and requirements described herein, interest (and original issue discount) on the Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes and is not an item of tax preference for purposes of calculating the federal alternative minimum tax imposed on individuals; however, it should be noted that with respect to applicable corporations as defined in Section 59(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), interest (and original issue discount) with respect to the Bonds might be taken into account in determining adjusted financial statement income for purposes of computing the alternative minimum tax imposed on such corporations
6. Interest (and original issue discount) on the Bonds is exempt from personal income taxes imposed in the State of California.
7. The difference between the issue price of a Bond (the first price at which a substantial amount of the Bonds of a maturity is to be sold to the public) and the stated redemption price at maturity with respect to such Bond constitutes original issue discount. Original issue discount accrues under a constant yield method, and original issue discount will accrue to a Bond Owner before receipt of cash attributable to such excludable income. The amount of original issue discount deemed received by a Bond Owner will increase the Bond Owner’s basis in the applicable Bond. Original issue discount that accrues to the Bond Owner is excluded from the gross income of such owner for federal income tax purposes, is not an item of tax preference for purposes of calculating the federal alternative minimum tax imposed on individuals (as described in paragraph 5 above) and is exempt from State of California personal income tax.
8. The amount by which a Bond Owner’s original basis for determining loss on sale or exchange in the applicable Bond (generally the purchase price) exceeds the amount payable on maturity (or on an earlier call date) constitutes amortizable Bond premium which must be amortized under Section 171 of the Code; such amortizable Bond premium reduces the Bond Owner’s basis in the applicable Bond (and the amount of tax-exempt interest received), and is not deductible for federal income tax purposes. The basis reduction as a result of the amortization of Bond premium may result in a Bond Owner realizing a taxable gain when a Bond is sold by the Owner for an amount equal to or less (under certain circumstances) than the original cost of the Bond to the Owner.
The opinions expressed in paragraphs (5) and (7) above as to the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest (and original issue discount) on the Bonds are subject to the condition that the Authority and the City comply with all requirements of the Code, that must be satisfied subsequent to the issuance of the Bonds to assure that such interest (and original issue discount) will not become includable
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in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Failure to comply with such requirements of the Code might cause interest (and original issue discount) on the Bonds to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes retroactive to the date of issuance of the Bonds. The Authority and the City have covenanted to comply with all such requirements. Except as set forth in paragraphs (5), (6), (7) and (8) above, we express no opinion as to any tax consequences related to the Bonds.
Certain requirements and procedures contained or referred to in the Indenture, the Lease and Tax Certificate may be changed, and certain actions may be taken, under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Lease and Tax Certificate, upon the advice or with the approving opinion of counsel nationally recognized in the area of tax-exempt obligations. We express no opinion as to the effect on the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes on and after the date on which any such change occurs or action is taken upon the advice or approval of counsel other than Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth LLP.
Our opinion is limited to matters governed by the laws of the State of California and federal law. We assume no responsibility with respect to the applicability or the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
The opinions expressed herein are based upon an analysis of existing statutes, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions and cover certain matters not directly addressed by such authorities. We call attention to the fact that the foregoing opinions may be affected by actions taken (or not taken) or events occurring (or not occurring) after the date hereof. We have not undertaken to determine, or to inform any person, whether such actions or events are taken (or not taken) or do occur (or do not occur). Our engagement with respect to the Bonds terminates upon their issuance, and we disclaim any obligation to update the matters set forth herein.
We express no opinion herein with respect to any indemnification, contribution, choice of law, choice of forum, penalty or waiver provisions contained in the Bonds, the Indenture, the Lease, the Ground Lease or the Assignment Agreement; nor do we express any opinion with respect to the state or quality of title to any of the real or personal property described in the Lease or the Ground Lease, or the accuracy or sufficiency of the description contained therein, or the remedies available to enforce liens on, any such property contained therein.
We express no opinion herein as to the accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of the Official Statement or other offering material relating to the Bonds, nor do we express any opinion with respect to the state or quality of title to any of the real or personal property described in the Indenture or the Lease, or the accuracy or sufficiency of the description of any such property contained therein. We expressly disclaim any duty to advise the Owners of the Bonds with respect to the matters contained in the Official Statement and any other offering material relating to the Bonds.
We have not made or undertaken to make an investigation of the state of title to any of the real property described in the Lease or of the accuracy or sufficiency of the description of such property contained therein, and we express no opinion with respect to such matters.
Respectfully submitted,
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APPENDIX E
FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
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APPENDIX F
BOOK-ENTRY ONLY SYSTEM
The information in this section concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry only system has been obtained from sources that the Authority believes to be reliable, but the Authority takes no responsibility for the completeness or accuracy thereof. The following description of the procedures and record keeping with respect to beneficial ownership interests in the Series 2025A Bonds, payment of principal, premium, if any, accreted value and interest on the Series 2025A Bonds to DTC Participants or Beneficial Owners, confirmation and transfers of beneficial ownership interests in the Series 2025A Bonds and other related transactions by and between DTC, the DTC Participants and the Beneficial Owners is based solely on information provided by DTC.
1. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), New York, NY, will act as securities depository for the Series 2025A Bonds (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued as fully-registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s partnership nominee) or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully-registered Security certificate will be issued for each maturity of the Securities in the aggregate principal amount of such maturity, and will be deposited with DTC. If, however, the aggregate principal amount of any issue exceeds $500 million, one certificate will be issued with respect to each $500 million of principal amount, and an additional certificate will be issued with respect to any remaining principal amount of such issue.
2. DTC, the world’s largest securities depository, is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for over 3.5 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S. equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments (from over 100 countries) that DTC’s participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post-trade settlement among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic computerized book-entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). DTC has an S&P Global Ratings highest rating: “AA+.” The DTC Rules applicable to its Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com. The information set forth on such website is not incorporated herein by reference.
3. Purchases of Securities under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which will receive a credit for the Securities on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of each Security (“Beneficial Owner”) is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records.
Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial Owners are, however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Securities are to be accomplished by entries made on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in Securities, except in the event that use of the book-entry system for the Securities is discontinued.
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4. To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Securities deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not affect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Securities; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the Direct Participants to whose accounts such Securities are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers.
5. Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Beneficial Owners of Securities may wish to take certain steps to augment the transmission to them of notices of significant events with respect to the Securities, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults, and proposed amendments to the Security documents. For example, Beneficial Owners of Securities may wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the Securities for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit notices to Beneficial Owners.
In the alternative, Beneficial Owners may wish to provide their names and addresses to the registrar and request that copies of notices be provided directly to them.
6. Redemption notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all of the Securities within a maturity are being redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such maturity to be redeemed.
7. Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to Securities unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC’s MMI Procedures. Under its usual procedures, DTC mails an Omnibus Proxy to the Authority as soon as possible after the record date. The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose accounts Securities are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
8. Principal, redemption price and interest payments on the Securities will be made to Cede & Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to credit Direct Participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from the Authority or the Paying Agent, on payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s records. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street name,” and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, the Paying Agent, or the Authority, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of principal, redemption price and interest payments to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC) is the responsibility of the Authority or the Paying Agent, disbursement of such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
9. If applicable, a Beneficial Owner shall give notice to elect to have its Securities purchased or tendered, through its Participant, to tender/remarketing agent, and shall effect delivery of such Securities by causing the Direct Participant to transfer the Participant’s interest in the Securities, on DTC’s records, to tender/remarketing agent. The requirement for physical delivery of Securities in connection with an optional tender or a mandatory purchase will be deemed satisfied when the ownership rights in the Securities are transferred by Direct Participants on DTC’s records and followed by a book-entry credit of tendered Securities to tender/remarketing agent’s DTC account.
10. DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the Securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to the Authority or the Paying Agent. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is not obtained, Security certificates are required to be printed and delivered.
11. The Authority may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a successor securities depository). In that event, Security certificates will be printed and delivered to DTC.
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APPENDIX G
SPECIMEN MUNICIPAL BOND INSURANCE POLICY
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CONTINUING DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT
This Continuing Disclosure Agreement, dated as of September __, 2025 (the “Disclosure Agreement”) is by and between the City of Indio (the “City”) and Willdan Financial Services (the “Dissemination Agent”), in connection with the issuance of the Indio Public Financing Authority’s (the “Authority”) $__________ Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A (the “Bonds”).
WHEREAS, the Bonds are being issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2022, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 1, 2025 (the “Indenture”), each by and among the Authority, the City and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”); and
WHEREAS, the Bonds are payable from the base rental payments to be made by the City under the Lease Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended by a First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2025 (collectively, the “Lease Agreement”), each between the City, as lessee, and the Authority, as lessor; and
WHEREAS, this Disclosure Agreement is being entered into by the City for the benefit of the Owners and Beneficial Owners of the Bonds and in order to assist the Underwriters in complying with the Rule (defined below).
NOW, THEREFORE, the City and the Dissemination Agent agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions. In addition to the definitions set forth in the Indenture, which apply to any capitalized term used in this Disclosure Agreement unless otherwise defined in this Section, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
“Annual Report” shall mean any report provided by the City pursuant to, and as described in, Sections 2 and 3 of this Disclosure Agreement.
“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 tax purposes.
“Disclosure Representative” shall mean the City Manager of the City, the Director of Finance of the City, or their designee, or such other officer or employee as the City shall designate in writing from time to time.
“Dissemination Agent” shall mean Willdan Financial Services, or any successor Dissemination Agent designated in writing by the City and which has filed with the City a written acceptance of such designation.
“Financial Obligation” means a (a) debt obligation; (b) derivative instrument entered into in connection with, or pledged as security or a source of payment for, an existing or planned debt obligation; or (c) guarantee of (a) or (b). 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.
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“Listed Events” shall mean any of the events listed in Section 4(a) and (b) of this Disclosure Agreement.
“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 relating to the Bonds, dated _____, 2025.
“Repository” shall mean the Electronic Municipal Market Access system of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, which can be found at http://emma.msrb.org. “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.
“Underwriters” shall mean the original Underwriters of the Bonds required to comply with the Rule in connection with the offering of the Bonds.
SECTION 2. Provision of Annual Reports.
(a) The City shall, or shall cause the Dissemination Agent, not later than nine months following the end of the City’s fiscal year (which presently ends on June 30) (the “Annual Report Date”), commencing with the report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 due March 31, 2026, provide to the MSRB an Annual Report which is consistent with the requirements of Section 3 of this Disclosure Agreement. The Annual Report shall be provided to the MSRB in an electronic format as prescribed by the MSRB and shall be accompanied by identifying information as prescribed by the MSRB. 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 3 of this Disclosure Agreement; provided that the audited financial statements of the City 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.
The Annual Report shall be provided at least annually notwithstanding any fiscal year longer than 12 calendar months. The City’s fiscal year is currently effective from July 1 to the immediately succeeding June 30 of the following year. The City will promptly notify the MSRB and the Dissemination Agent (if other than the City) of a change in the fiscal year dates. The City shall provide a written certification with each Annual Report furnished to the Dissemination Agent to the effect that such Annual Report constitutes the Annual Report required to be furnished by it hereunder. The Dissemination Agent may conclusively rely upon such certification of the City and shall have no duty or obligation to review such Annual Report. (b) If by five (5) Business Days prior to the Annual Report Date, the Dissemination Agent (if other than the City) has not received a copy of the Annual Report, the Dissemination Agent shall notify the City of such non-receipt.
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(c) If the Dissemination Agent is unable to verify that an Annual Report has been provided to the MSRB by the Annual Report Date, the Dissemination Agent shall provide in a timely manner to the MSRB (with a copy to the Trustee and the Underwriters) a notice, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A.
(d) Unless the City has done so pursuant to Section 3(a) above, the Dissemination Agent (if other than the City) shall:
(i) determine each year prior to the Annual Report Date the then-applicable rules and electronic format prescribed by the MSRB for the filing of annual continuing disclosure reports; and
(ii) if the Dissemination Agent is other than the City, file a certificate with the City to the effect that the Annual Report has been provided pursuant to this Disclosure Agreement, stating, to the extent it can confirm such filing of the Annual Report, the date it was provided.
SECTION 3. Content of Annual Reports. The City’s Annual Report shall contain or include by reference the following:
(a) The City’s audited financial statements, prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards for municipalities in the State of California. If the City’s audited financial statements are not available by the time the Annual Report is required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(a), the Annual Report shall contain unaudited financial statements in a format similar to the financial statements contained in the final Official Statement, and the audited financial statements shall be filed in the same manner as the Annual Report when they become available. (b) Numerical and tabular information for the immediately preceding Fiscal Year of the type contained in Appendix A to the Official Statement, in the following charts and tables: Tables 8 (General Fund Balance Sheet), 9 (Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in General Fund Balance), 11 (Tax Revenues by Source), 15 (Assessed Value of Taxable Property) and 16 (Top Ten Taxpayers Based on Assessed Value).
Financial information relating to the City referenced in this Section 3 may be updated from time to time, and such updates may involve displaying data in a different format or table or eliminating data that is no longer available.
Any or all of the items listed above may be included by specific reference to other documents, including official statements of debt issues of the City 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 City shall clearly identify each such other document so included by reference.
SECTION 4. Reporting of Significant Events.
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4, the City 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:
1. Principal and interest payment delinquencies;
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2. Unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties;
3. Unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties;
4. Substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform;
5. Issuance by the Internal Revenue Service of proposed or final determination of taxability or of a Notice of Proposal Issue (IRS Form 5701-TEB);
6. Tender Offers;
7. Defeasances;
8. Rating changes;
9. Bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings; and Note: For the purposes of the event identified in subparagraph (9), 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.
10. 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 4, the City 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:
1. unless described in Section 4(a)(5), adverse tax opinions or other material notices or determinations by the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the tax status of the Bonds or other material events affecting the tax status of the Bonds;
2. modifications to the rights of Bondholders;
3. bond calls;
4. release, substitution or sale of property securing repayment of the Bonds;
5. non-payment related defaults;
6. the consummation of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition involving the City or the Authority or the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the City or the Authority,
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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;
7. appointment of a successor or additional trustee or the change of the name of a trustee; and
8. 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 Bond Owners. (c) If the City 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 City, the City 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.
(d) If the City determines that the Listed Event under subsection (b) would not be material under applicable federal securities laws and if the Dissemination Agent is other than the City, the City shall so notify the Dissemination Agent in writing and instruct the Dissemination Agent not to report the occurrence.
(e) The City hereby agrees that the undertaking set forth in this Disclosure Agreement is the responsibility of the City and, if the Dissemination Agent is other than the City, the Dissemination Agent shall not be responsible for determining whether the City’s instructions to the Dissemination Agent under this Section 5 comply with the requirements of the Rule.
SECTION 5. Identifying Information for Filings with the MSRB. All documents provided to the MSRB under this Disclosure Agreement shall be accompanied by identifying information as prescribed by the MSRB.
SECTION 6. Termination of Reporting Obligation. The obligations of the City, the Trustee and the Dissemination Agent under this Disclosure Agreement 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 City shall give notice of such termination in the same manner as for a Listed Event under Section 4(c).
SECTION 7. Dissemination Agent. The City may, from time to time, appoint or engage a Dissemination Agent to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Disclosure Agreement, 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 City pursuant to this Disclosure Agreement. The Dissemination Agent may resign by providing thirty days written notice to the City and the Trustee. The Dissemination Agent shall not be responsible for the content of any report or notice prepared by the City and shall have no duty to review any information provided to it by the City. 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 City in a timely manner and in a form suitable for filing.
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SECTION 8. Amendment; Waiver. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Disclosure Agreement, the City may amend this Disclosure Agreement, and any provision of this Disclosure Agreement may be waived, provided that, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, such amendment or waiver is permitted by the Rule; provided, the Dissemination Agent shall have first consented to any amendment that modifies or increases its duties or obligations hereunder. In the event of any amendment or waiver of a provision of this Disclosure Agreement, the City shall describe such amendment in the next Annual Report, and shall include, as applicable, a narrative explanation of the reason for the amendment or waiver and its impact on the type (or in the case of a change of accounting principles, on the presentation) of financial information or operating data being presented by the City. In addition, if the amendment relates to the accounting principles to be followed in preparing financial statements, (i) notice of such change shall be given in the same manner as for a Listed Event under Section 4(c), and (ii) the Annual Report for the year in which the change is made shall present a comparison (in narrative form and also, if feasible, in quantitative form) between the financial statements as prepared on the basis of the new accounting principles and those prepared on the basis of the former accounting principles.
SECTION 9. Additional Information. Nothing in this Disclosure Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the City from disseminating any other information, using the means of dissemination set forth in this Disclosure Agreement 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 Agreement. If the City 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 Agreement, the City shall have no obligation under this Disclosure Agreement to update such information or include it in any future Annual Report or notice of occurrence of a Listed Event.
SECTION 10. Default. In the event of a failure of the City to comply with any provision of this Disclosure Agreement, any Owners 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 City to comply with its obligations under this Disclosure Agreement. A default under this Disclosure Agreement shall not be deemed an Event of Default under the Indenture, and the sole remedy under this Disclosure Agreement in the event of any failure of the City to comply with this Disclosure Agreement shall be an action to compel performance.
No Bond Owner or Beneficial Owner may institute such action, suit or proceeding to compel performance unless they shall have first delivered to the City satisfactory written evidence of their status as such, and a written notice of and request to cure such failure, and the City shall have refused to comply therewith within a reasonable time.
SECTION 11. Duties, Immunities and Liabilities of Dissemination Agent. The Dissemination Agent shall have only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Disclosure Agreement, and the City 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 also be entitled to any further protections and limitations from liability afforded to the Trustee under the Indenture as if such provisions were fully set forth herein. The Dissemination Agent shall be paid compensation by the
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City 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 City, the Bond Owners, or any other party. The obligations of the City under this Section shall survive resignation or removal of the Dissemination Agent and payment of the Bonds.
SECTION 12. Notices. Any notices or communications to or among any of the parties to this Disclosure Agreement may be given as follows:
City: City of Indio
100 Civic Center Mall
Indio, California 92201
Attention: City Manager
Dissemination Agent: Willdan Financial Services
27368 Via Industria, Suite 200
Temecula, California 92590
Attention: Federal Compliance Group
SECTION 13. Beneficiaries. This Disclosure Agreement shall inure solely to the benefit of the City, the Dissemination Agent, if any, the Underwriters and Owners and Beneficial Owners from time to time of the Bonds, and shall create no rights in any other person or entity.
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SECTION 14. Signature. This Disclosure Agreement has been executed by the undersigned on the date hereof, and such signature binds the City to the undertaking herein provided.
CITY OF INDIO
By:
City Manager
WILLDAN FINANCIAL SERVICES, as
Dissemination Agent
By:
Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE TO MUNICIPAL SECURITIES RULEMAKING BOARD
OF FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL REPORT
Name of Issuer: Indio Public Financing Authority
Name of Issue: Indio Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A Date of Issuance: September __, 2025
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Indio (the “City”) has not provided an Annual Report with respect to the above-named Bonds as required by the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, dated as of September __, 2025, by and between the City and Willdan Financial Services. [The City anticipates that the Annual Report will be filed by __________.] Dated: __________
[DISSEMINATION AGENT]
By: _______________________
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1 $__________
INDIO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
LEASE REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025A
BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
_____________, 2025
Indio Public Financing Authority
100 Civic Center Mall
Indio, California 92201
City of Indio
100 Civic Center Mall
Indio, California 92201
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned Piper Sandler & Co. (the “Underwriter”) offers to enter into this Bond Purchase Agreement (this “Purchase Agreement”) with the Indio Public Financing Authority (the “Authority”) and the City of Indio, California (the “City”), which, upon the acceptance by the Authority and the City, will be binding upon the Authority, the City and the Underwriter. This offer is made subject to acceptance by the Authority and by the City by the execution of this Purchase Agreement and delivery of the same to the Underwriter prior to 11:59 P.M., California time, on the date hereof, and, if not so accepted, will be subject to withdrawal by the Underwriter upon notice delivered to the Authority and the City at any time prior to the acceptance hereof by the Authority and the City. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture (defined herein).
Section 1. Purchase and Sale. Upon the terms and conditions and on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein set forth, the Underwriter hereby agrees to purchase from the Authority, and the Authority hereby agrees to issue, sell and deliver to the Underwriter all (but not less than all) of the Indio Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A (the “Bonds”). The Bonds shall be dated as of their date of delivery. Interest on the Bonds shall be payable semiannually on May 1 and November 1 of each year, commencing [November 1, 2025] (each an “Interest Payment Date”), and will bear interest at the rates and on the dates as set forth in Exhibit A hereto.
The purchase price for the Bonds shall be $___________ (which represents the principal amount of the Bonds in the amount of $__________, [plus a net premium in the amount of $_____________], less an Underwriter’s discount of $__________).
The scheduled payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds maturing on and after November 1, 20___ (the “Insured Bonds”) when due will be guaranteed under a municipal bond insurance policy (the “Policy”) to be issued concurrently with the delivery of the Insured Bonds by Build America Mutual Assurance Company (the “Insurer”). The Insurer will also issue a municipal bond debt service reserve insurance policy (the “Reserve Policy”) concurrently with the delivery of the Insured Bonds. As an accommodation to the Authority and City, the Underwriter will wire from the purchase price for the
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2 Bonds the premium for the Policy in the amount of $_________ and the premium for the Reserve Policy in the amount of $__________ directly to the Insurer on the date of Closing (defined below).
The City and Authority acknowledge and agree that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Bonds pursuant to this Purchase Agreement is an arm’s-length commercial transaction among the City, the Authority and the Underwriter; (ii) in connection therewith and with the discussions, undertakings and procedures leading up to the consummation of such transaction, the Underwriter is and has been acting solely as principals and not acting as municipal advisors (as defined in Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), financial advisors or fiduciaries; (iii) the Underwriter has not assumed an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the City or the Authority with respect to the offering contemplated hereby or the discussions, undertakings and procedures leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has provided other services or is currently providing other services to the City or the Authority on other matters); and (iv) the City and the Authority have consulted their own legal, financial, municipal and other advisors to the extent they have deemed appropriate.
Section 2. The Bonds. The Bonds shall be secured by the Revenues (as defined in the Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended and supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of ________ 1, 2025 (collectively, the “Indenture”), each by and between the Authority and U.S.
Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”)) consisting primarily of base rental payments (“Base Rental Payments”) to be paid by the City pursuant to the Lease Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended and supplemented by a First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of __________ 1, 2025 (collectively, the “Lease Agreement”), each by and between the Authority and the City. The Authority’s right to receive the Base Rental Payments due under the Lease Agreement and to exercise remedies upon default under such Lease Agreement shall be assigned to the Trustee for the benefit of the owners of the Bonds pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2022 (the “Assignment Agreement”), by and between the Authority and the Trustee.
The Bonds are being issued to (i) finance the costs of the acquisition, construction and installation of certain capital improvements of the City, as described herein, (ii) fund capitalized interest on a portion of the Bonds through ____________, (iii) purchase a municipal bond insurance policy to guarantee payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds when due, (iv) purchase a debt service reserve insurance policy for deposit in the Reserve Fund for the Bonds, (v) make a cash deposit to the Reserve Fund for the Bonds, and (vi) pay the costs incurred in connection with the issuance of the Bonds Section 3. Public Offering and Establishment of Issue Price. The Underwriter agrees to make a bona fide initial public offering of all the Bonds at the public offering prices (or yields) set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. Subsequent to the initial public offering, the Underwriter reserves the right to change the public offering prices (or yields) as they deem necessary in connection with the marketing of the Bonds, provided that the Underwriter shall not change the interest rates set forth on Exhibit A. The Bonds may be offered and sold to certain dealers at prices lower than such initial public offering prices.
The Underwriter agrees to assist the Authority in establishing the issue price of the Bonds and shall execute and deliver to the Authority at Closing (as defined below) an “issue price” or similar certificate, together with the supporting pricing wires or equivalent communications, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, with such modifications as may be appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the Authority and Bond Counsel (as defined below), to accurately reflect, as applicable, the sales price or prices or the initial offering price or prices to the public of the Bonds.
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3 The Authority will treat the first price at which 10% of each maturity of the Bonds (the “10% test”), identified as “10% Test Used” in Exhibit A, is sold to the public as the issue price of that maturity (if different interest rates apply within a maturity, each separate CUSIP number within that maturity will be subject to the 10% test). At or promptly after the execution of this Purchase Agreement, the Underwriter shall report to the Authority the price or prices at which it has sold to the public each maturity of Bonds. If at that time the 10% test has not been satisfied as to any maturity of the Bonds, the Underwriter agrees to promptly report to the Authority the prices at which it sells the unsold Bonds of that maturity to the public. That reporting obligation shall continue, whether or not the Closing Date (as defined below) has occurred, until the 10% test has been satisfied as to the Bonds of that maturity or until all Bonds of that maturity have been sold to the public.
The Underwriter confirms that it has offered the Bonds to the public on or before the date of this Purchase Agreement at the offering price or prices (the “initial offering price”), or at the corresponding yield or yields, set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, except as otherwise set forth therein. Exhibit A also sets forth, identified under the column “Hold the Offering Price Rule Used,” as of the date of this Purchase Agreement, the maturities, if any, of the Bonds for which the 10% test has not been satisfied and for which the Authority and the Underwriter agree that the restrictions set forth in the next sentence shall apply, which will allow the Authority to treat the initial offering price to the public of each such maturity as of the sale date as the issue price of that maturity (the “hold-the-offering-price rule”). So long as the hold-the-offering-price rule remains applicable to any maturity of the Bonds, the Underwriter will neither offer nor sell unsold Bonds of that maturity to any person at a price that is higher than the initial offering price to the public during the period starting on the sale date and ending on the earlier of the following:
(i) the close of the fifth (5th) business day after the sale date; or (ii) the date on which the Underwriter has sold at least 10% of that maturity of the Bonds to the public at a price that is no higher than the initial offering price to the public.
The Underwriter shall promptly advise the Authority when they have sold 10% of that maturity of the Bonds to the public at a price that is no higher than the initial offering price to the public, if that occurs prior to the close of the fifth (5th) business day after the sale date.
The Underwriter acknowledges that sales of any Bonds to any person that is a related party to the Underwriter shall not constitute sales to the public for purposes of this section. Further, for purposes of this section:
(i) “public” means any person other than an underwriter or a related party; (ii) “underwriter” means (A) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract with the Authority (or with the lead underwriter to form an underwriting syndicate) to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the public and (B) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract directly or indirectly with a person described in clause (A) to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the public (including a member of a selling group or a party to a retail distribution agreement participating in the initial sale of the Bonds to the public); (iii) a purchaser of any of the Bonds is a “related party” to an underwriter if the underwriter and the purchaser are subject, directly or indirectly, to (i) more than 50% common ownership of the voting power or the total value of their stock, if both entities are corporations (including direct ownership by one corporation of another), (ii) more than 50% common ownership of their capital interests or profits interests, if both entities are partnerships (including direct ownership by one partnership of another), or (iii) more than 50% common ownership of the
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4 value of the outstanding stock of the corporation or the capital interests or profit interests of the partnership, as applicable, if one entity is a corporation and the other entity is a partnership (including direct ownership of the applicable stock or interests by one entity of the other); and (iv) “sale date” means the date of execution of this Purchase Agreement by all parties.
Section 4. The Official Statement. By their acceptance of this Purchase Agreement, the Authority and the City ratify, confirm and approve of the use and distribution by the Underwriter prior to the date hereof of the Preliminary Official Statement relating to the Bonds, dated ___________, 2025 (including the cover page, all appendices and all information incorporated therein and any supplements or amendments thereto and as disseminated in its printed physical form or in electronic form in all respects materially consistent with such physical form, the “Preliminary Official Statement”) that authorized officers of the City and the Authority deemed “final” as of its date, for purposes of Rule 15c2-12 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Rule 15c2-12”) except for certain omissions permitted to be omitted therefrom by Rule 15c2-12. The Authority and the City hereby agree to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Underwriter, within seven (7) business days of the date hereof, copies of the final official statement, dated the date hereof, relating to the Bonds (including all information previously permitted to have been omitted by Rule 15c2-12, the cover page, all appendices, all information incorporated therein and any amendments or supplements as have been approved by the Authority, the City and the Underwriter (the “Official Statement”)) in such quantity as the Underwritershall reasonably request to comply with Rule 15c2-12(b)(4) and the rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (the “MSRB”).
Section 5. Closing. At 8:30 a.m., California time, on _____________, 2025, or at such other time or date as the Authority, the City and the Underwriter mutually agreed upon, the Authority shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall deliver or cause to be delivered through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, New York New York (“DTC”), the Bonds in definitive form, duly executed and authenticated. Concurrently with the delivery of the Bonds, the Authority and the City shall deliver the documents hereinafter mentioned at the offices of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California (“Bond Counsel”) or another place to be mutually agreed upon by the Authority, the City and the Underwriter. The Underwriter will accept such delivery and pay the purchase price of the Bonds as set forth in Section 1 hereof by wire transfer in immediately available funds. This payment for and delivery of the Bonds, together with the delivery of the aforementioned documents referenced herein, is called the “Closing.” The Bonds shall be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, and shall be made available to the Underwriter at least one (1) business day before the Closing for purposes of inspection and packaging. The Authority and the City acknowledge that the services of DTC will be used initially by the Underwriter to permit the issuance of the Bonds in book-entry form, and agree to cooperate fully with the Underwriter in employing such services.
Section 6. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Authority. The Authority represents, warrants and covenants to the Underwriter and the City that:
(a) The Authority is and will be at the date of Closing a joint exercise of powers authority organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “State”), including Section 6500 et seq. of the Government Code of the State of California (the “JPA Act”) with all necessary power and authority to enter into and perform its duties under the Ground Lease, dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended and supplemented by a First Amendment to Ground Lease, dated as of ________ ,1 2025
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5 (collectively, the “Ground Lease”), each by and between the City and the Authority, the Lease Agreement, the Indenture, the Assignment Agreement, and this Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “Authority Documents”).
(b) The Authority has complied with all filing requirements of the JPA Act. (c) By official action of the Authority prior to or concurrently with the acceptance hereof, the Authority has duly approved the distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement and the distribution of the Official Statement (including in electronic form), and has duly authorized and approved the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Authority of the obligations on its part contained, in the Authority Documents. When executed and delivered, each Authority Document will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Authority enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally. (d) Prior to the date hereof, the Authority has provided to the Underwriter for its review the Preliminary Official Statement that an authorized officer of the Authority has deemed final for purposes of Rule 15c2-12, has approved the distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Official Statement (including in electronic form). The Preliminary Official Statement, at the date thereof, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (other than the information relating to DTC and its book-entry system, as to which no view is expressed), in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date hereof and on the Closing, the final Official Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (other than the information relating to DTC and its book-entry system, as to which no view is expressed), in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. (e) To the best of its knowledge, the execution and delivery by the Authority of the Authority Documents and the approval and execution by the Authority of the Official Statement and compliance with the provisions on the Authority’s part contained in the Authority Documents, will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under any law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the Authority is a party or is otherwise subject to, which conflict, breach or default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Authority to carry out its obligations under the Authority Documents, nor will any such execution, delivery, adoption or compliance result in the creation or imposition of any material lien, charge or other security interest or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of the Authority under the terms of any such law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan agreement, indenture, trust agreement, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument, except as provided by the Authority Documents. (f) The Authority will advise the Underwriter promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Official Statement and will not effect or consent to any such amendment or supplement without consulting the Underwriter. The Authority will advise the Underwriter promptly of the institution of any proceedings known to it by any governmental agency prohibiting or otherwise affecting the use of the Official Statement in connection with the offering, sale or distribution of the Bonds. (g) To the best of its knowledge, the Authority is not in breach of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation of the State or the United States of America or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, trust agreement, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the Authority is a party or is otherwise subject, and no event has
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6 occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or an event of default under any such instrument, in each case which breach or default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Authority to perform its obligations under the Authority Documents.
(h) As of the time of acceptance hereof, no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, government agency, public board or body, is pending with respect to which the Authority has been served or, to the best knowledge of the officers of the Authority, threatened (i) in any way questioning the corporate existence of the Authority or the titles of the officers of the Authority to their respective offices, (ii) affecting, contesting or seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the execution or delivery of any of the Bonds, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity of the Bonds or the Authority Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or contesting the exclusion of the interest on the Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes or contesting the powers of the Authority to enter into the Authority Documents or (iii) contesting the completeness or accuracy of the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement or any supplement or amendment thereto or asserting that the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and there is no basis for any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation of the nature described in clause (i) through (iii) of this sentence. (i) Any certificate signed by any officer of the Authority authorized to execute such certificate in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds and delivered to the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty of the Authority to the Underwriter and the City as to the statements made therein but not of the person signing such certificate. (j) The Authority will apply the proceeds of the Bonds in accordance with the Indenture.
Section 7. Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the City. The City represents, warrants and covenants to the Underwriter and the Authority that:
(a) The City is and will be at the date of Closing a municipal corporation and duly organized and existing pursuant to and under the Constitution and laws of the State and has all necessary power and authority to enter into and perform its duties under the Continuing Disclosure Agreement relating to the Bonds (the “Continuing Disclosure Agreement”), the Ground Lease, the Lease Agreement, and this Purchase Agreement (collectively, the “City Documents” and, together with the Authority Documents, the “Legal Documents”) and has by official action duly authorized and approved the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the City of the obligations on its part contained in the City Documents.
(b) By official action of the City prior to or concurrently with the acceptance hereof, the City has duly approved the distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement and the distribution of the Official Statement (including in electronic form), and has duly authorized and approved the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the City of the obligations on its part contained, in the City Documents. When executed and delivered, each City Document will constitute the legally valid and binding obligation of the City enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
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7 (c) The Preliminary Official Statement heretofore delivered to the Underwriter is hereby deemed final by the City as of its date and as of the date hereof, except for the omission of such information as is permitted to be omitted in accordance with paragraph (b)(i) of Rule 15c2-12. The Preliminary Official Statement, at the date thereof, did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (other than the information relating to DTC and its book-entry system, as to which no view is expressed), in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date hereof and on the Closing, the final Official Statement did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein (other than the information relating to DTC and its book-entry system, as to which no view is expressed), in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(d) To the best of its knowledge, the execution and delivery by the City of the City Documents and the approval by the City of the Official Statement and compliance with the provisions on the City’s part contained in the City Documents, will not conflict with or constitute a breach of or default under any law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan agreement, indenture, trust agreement, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the City is a party or is otherwise subject to, which conflict, breach or default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the City to carry out its obligations under the City Documents, nor will any such execution, delivery, adoption or compliance result in the creation or imposition of any material lien, charge or other security interest or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the properties or assets of City under the terms of any such law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, loan agreement, indenture, trust agreement, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument, except as provided by the City Documents. (e) The City will advise the Underwriter promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Official Statement and will not effect or consent to any such amendment or supplement without consulting the Underwriter. The City will advise the Underwriter promptly of the institution of any proceedings known to it by any governmental authority prohibiting or otherwise affecting the use of the Official Statement in connection with the offering, sale or distribution of the Bonds. (f) To the best of its knowledge, the City is not in breach of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation of the State or the United States of America or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the City is a party or is otherwise subject, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or an event of default under any such instrument, in each case which breach or default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the City to perform its obligations under the City Documents. (g) The financial statements relating to the receipts, expenditures and cash balances of the City as of June 30, 2024 as set forth in the Official Statement fairly represent the receipts, expenditures and cash balances of the General Fund. Except as disclosed in the Preliminary Official Statement, the Official Statement or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Underwriter, there has not been any materially adverse change in the financial condition of the General Fund or in its operations since June 30, 2024 and, except as disclosed in the Preliminary Official Statement, the Official Statement or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Underwriter, there has been no occurrence, circumstance or combination thereof which is reasonably expected to result in any such materially adverse change. (h) As of the time of acceptance hereof, no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court, government agency, public board or body, is pending with respect to which the City has been properly served, or, to the knowledge of the officers of the City, threatened (i) in any way questioning the corporate existence of the City or the titles of the
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8 officers of the City to their respective offices; (ii) affecting, contesting or seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the execution or delivery of any of the Bonds, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity of the Bonds or the City Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, or contesting the exclusion of the interest on the Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes or contesting the power of the City to enter into the City Documents; (iii) which may result in any material adverse change to the financial condition of the City or to its ability to pay the Base Rental Payments when due; or (iv) contesting the completeness or accuracy of the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement or any supplement or amendment thereto or asserting that the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and there is no basis for any action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation of the nature described in clause (i) through (iv) of this sentence.
(i) To the extent required by law, the City will undertake, pursuant to the Continuing Disclosure Agreement, to provide annual reports and notices of certain events. A description of this undertaking is set forth in the Preliminary Official Statement and will also be set forth in the final Official Statement. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Preliminary Official Statement, the City has not failed to comply in all material respects with any previous undertakings with regard to the Rule 15c2-12 to provide annual reports or notices of enumerated events in the past five years. (j) Any certificate signed by any officer of the City authorized to execute such certificate in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds and delivered to the Underwriter shall be deemed a representation and warranty of the City to the Underwriter and the Authority as to the statements made therein but not of the person signing such certificate. (k) As of the date hereof, the City does not have any material obligations secured by payments from the General Fund of the City, except as disclosed in the Official Statement (including the City’s audited financial statements attached thereto).
Section 8. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The Underwriter has entered into this Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the Authority and the City contained herein. The obligations of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and pay for the Bonds on the date of the Closing shall be subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the accuracy in all respects of the statements of the officers and other officials of the Authority and of the City, as well as authorized representatives of Bond Counsel, Disclosure Counsel and the Trustee made in any Bonds or other documents furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof; to the performance by the Authority and the City of their obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the date of the Closing; and to the following additional conditions:
(a) The representations, warranties and covenants of the City and the Authority contained herein shall be true, complete and correct at the date hereof and at the time of the Closing, as if made on the date of the Closing;
(b) At the time of Closing, the Legal Documents shall be in full force and effect as valid and binding agreements between or among the various parties thereto, and the Legal Documents and the Official Statement shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and all such reasonable actions as, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, shall reasonably deem necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
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9 (c) At the time of the Closing, no default shall have occurred or be existing under the Authority Documents, the City Documents, or any other agreement or document pursuant to which any of the City’s financial obligations were executed and delivered, and the City shall not be in default in the payment of principal or interest with respect to any of its financial obligations, which default would adversely impact the ability of the City to make the Base Rental Payments; (d) In recognition of the desire of the Authority, the City and the Underwriter to effect a successful public offering of the Bonds, and in view of the potential adverse impact of any of the following events on such a public offering, this Purchase Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Underwriter by notification, in writing, to the Authority and the City prior to delivery of and payment for the Bonds, if at any time prior to such time, regardless of whether any of the following statements of fact were in existence or known of on the date of this Purchase Agreement:
(i) any event shall occur which makes untrue any statement or results in an omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements in the Official Statement, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, which event, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter would materially or adversely affect the ability of the Underwriter to market the Bonds; or (ii) the marketability of the Bonds or the market price thereof, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, has been materially adversely affected by an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America or by any legislation in or by the Congress of the United States of America or by the State, or the amendment of legislation pending as of the date of this Purchase Agreement in the Congress of the United States of America, or the recommendation to Congress or endorsement for passage (by press release, other form of notice or otherwise) of legislation by the President of the United States of America, the Treasury Department of the United States of America, the Internal Revenue Service or the Chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on Finance of the United States Senate or the Committee on Ways and Means of the United States House of Representatives, or the proposal for consideration of legislation by either such Committee or by any member thereof, or the presentment of legislation for consideration as an option by either such Committee, or by the staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress of the United States of America, or the favorable reporting for passage of legislation to either House of the Congress of the United States of America by a Committee of such House to which such legislation has been referred for consideration, or any decision of any federal or state court or any ruling or regulation (final, temporary or proposed) or official statement on behalf of the United States Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service or other federal or State authority affecting the federal or State tax status of the Authority or the City, or the interest on or with respect to bonds or notes (including the Bonds); or (iii) any legislation, ordinance, rule or regulation shall be introduced in, or be enacted by any governmental body, department or agency of the State, or a decision by any court of competent jurisdiction within the State shall be rendered which materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or
(iv) an order, decree or injunction issued by any court of competent jurisdiction, or order, ruling, regulation (final, temporary or proposed), official statement or other form of notice or communication issued or made by or on behalf of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter, to the effect that: (i) obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or
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10 the Bonds, including any or all underlying arrangements, are not exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; or (ii) the issuance, offering or sale of obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the issuance, offering or sale of the Bonds, including any or all underlying obligations, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in violation of the federal securities laws as amended and then in effect; or (v) legislation shall be enacted by the Congress of the United States of America, or a decision by a court of the United States of America shall be rendered, to the effect that obligations of the general character of the Bonds, or the Bonds are not exempt from registration under or other requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and as then in effect, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as then in effect, or that the Indenture is not exempt from qualification under or other requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as then in effect; or (vi) additional material restrictions not in force as of the date hereof shall have been imposed upon trading in securities generally by any domestic governmental authority or by any domestic national securities exchange, which are material to the marketability of the Bonds; or
(vii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal, State or New York authorities, or the general suspension of trading on any national securities exchange; or
(viii) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration by the United States of America of a national emergency or war or other calamity or crisis the effect of which on financial markets is materially adverse such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Underwriter, impractical to proceed with the purchase or delivery of the Bonds as contemplated by the final Official Statement (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto); or
(ix) any rating of the Bonds or the rating of any obligations of the City secured by the City’s general fund shall have been downgraded or withdrawn by a national rating service, which, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price of the Bonds; or
(x) the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 6(h) or Section 7(h);
(e) at or prior to the Closing, the Underwriter shall receive the following documents, in each case to the reasonable satisfaction in form and substance of the Underwriter:
(i) all resolutions relating to the Bonds adopted by the Authority and certified by an authorized official of the Authority authorizing the execution and delivery of the Bonds, the Authority Documents and the Official Statement; (ii) all resolutions relating to the Bonds adopted by the City and certified by an authorized official of the City authorizing the execution and delivery of the City Documents and the delivery of the Bonds and the Official Statement;
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11 (iii) the Legal Documents duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto, with only such amendments, modifications or supplements as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter;
(iv) the approving opinion of Bond Counsel, dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Authority and the City, in substantially the form attached as Appendix D to the Official Statement, together with a reliance letter thereon addressed to the Underwriter;
(v) a supplemental opinion of Bond Counsel dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Underwriter, to the effect that:
(A) the statements on the cover of the Official Statement and in the Official Statement under the captions “INTRODUCTION,” “THE SERIES 2025A BONDS,” “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE
SERIES 2025A BONDS,” and “TAX MATTERS,” and in APPENDIX B – “SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS” and
APPENDIX D – “PROPOSED FORM OF BOND COUNSEL OPINION,”
excluding any material that may be treated as included under such captions and appendices by any cross-reference, insofar as such statements expressly summarize provisions of the Bonds, the Ground Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Assignment Agreement, the Indenture, and Bond Counsel’s final opinion concerning the Bonds, are accurate in all material respects as of the date of Closing.
(B) the Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority and the City and is the valid, legal and binding agreement of the Authority and the City enforceable in accordance with its terms, except that the rights and obligations under the Purchase Agreement are subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights, to the application of equitable principles if equitable remedies are sought, to the exercise of judicial discretion in appropriate cases and to limitations on legal remedies against public agencies in the State.
(C) the Bonds are not subject to the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Indenture is exempt from qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. (vi) the Official Statement, executed on behalf of the Authority and the City; (vii) evidence that the Bonds have received an underlying rating of “_____” by S&P Global Ratings;
(viii) a certificate, dated the date of Closing, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Authority satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Authority contained in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of Closing with the same effect as if made on the date of the Closing by the Authority, and the Authority has complied with all of the terms and conditions of this Purchase Agreement required to be complied with by the Authority at or prior to the date of
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12 Closing; (ii) no event affecting the Authority has occurred since the date of the Official Statement which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used or which is necessary to disclose therein in order to make the statements and information therein not misleading in any material respect; (iii) the information and statements contained in the Official Statement (other than information relating to DTC and its book-entry system) did not as of its date and do not as of the Closing contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect; and (iv) the Authority is not in breach of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation of the State or the United States of America or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement or other instrument to which the Authority is a party or is otherwise subject, which would have a material adverse impact on the Authority’s ability to perform its obligations under the Authority Documents, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such a default or an event of default under any such instrument; (ix) a certificate, dated the date of Closing, signed by a duly authorized officer of the City satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter to the effect that:
(i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the City contained in this Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of Closing with the same effect as if made on the date of the Closing by the City, and the City has complied with all of the terms and conditions of the Purchase Agreement required to be complied with by the City at or prior to the date of Closing; (ii) no event affecting the City has occurred since the date of the Official Statement which should be disclosed in the Official Statement for the purposes for which it is to be used or which is necessary to disclose therein in order to make the statements and information therein not misleading in any material respect; (iii) the information and statements contained in the Official Statement (other than information relating to DTC and its book-entry system) did not as of its date and do not as of the Closing contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect; (iv) the City is not in breach of or default under any applicable law or administrative regulation of the State or the United States of America or any applicable judgment or decree or any loan agreement, indenture, bond, note, resolution, agreement (including but not limited to the Lease Agreement) or other instrument to which the City is a party or is otherwise subject, which would have a material adverse impact on the City’s ability to perform its obligations under the City Documents, and no event has occurred and is continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute such a default or an event of default under any such instrument; and (v) no further consent is required for inclusion of its audited financial statements in the Official Statement;
(x) an opinion dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Authority and the Underwriter of the Office of the City Attorney of the City, as Counsel to the Authority, to the effect that:
(A) the Authority is a joint exercise of powers authority organized and existing under the laws of the State of California;
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13 (B) the resolution of the Authority approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of the Authority Documents, the Bonds and the Official Statement and other actions of the Authority was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the governing body of the Authority which was called and held pursuant to law and with all public notice required by law and at which a quorum was present and acting throughout, and the resolution is now in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded in any way; (C) except as may be disclosed in the Official Statement, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation at law or in equity before or by any court or public body pending with respect to which the Authority has been properly served or, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Authority, which would materially adversely impact the Authority’s ability to complete the transactions contemplated by the Authority Documents, the Official Statement or any other document or certificate related to such transactions, restrain or enjoin the collection of Base Rental Payments with respect to the Lease Agreement, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity of the Bonds, the Official Statement, the Authority Documents or the transactions described in and contemplated thereby wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would materially adversely affect the validity and enforceability of the Bonds or the Authority Documents or in which a final adverse decision could materially adversely affect the operations of the Authority; (D) to the best of our knowledge, the execution and delivery of the Authority Documents and the issuance of the Bonds and compliance with the provisions thereof, do not and will not in any material respect conflict with or constitute on the part of the Authority a breach of or default under any agreement or other instrument to which the Authority is a party or by which it is bound or any existing law, regulation, court order or consent decree to which the Authority is subject, which breach or default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Authority to perform its obligations under the Authority Documents; and
(E) to the best of our knowledge, no authorization, approval, consent, or other order of the State of California or any other governmental body within the State of California is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Authority Documents or the Official Statement by the Authority or the consummation by the Authority of the transactions on its part contemplated therein, except such as have been obtained and except such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Bonds by the Underwriter. (xi) an opinion dated the date of Closing and addressed to the City and the Underwriter, of the Office of the City Attorney of the City, to the effect that:
(A) the City is a municipal corporation duly organized and validly existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California; (B) the resolution of the City approving and authorizing the execution and delivery of the City Documents and approving and authorizing the issuance of the Bonds and the delivery of the Official Statement and other actions
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14 of the City was duly adopted at a meeting of the governing body of the City which was called and held pursuant to law and with all public notice required by law and at which a quorum was present and acting throughout, and the resolution is now in full force and effect and has not been amended or superseded in any way;
(C) except as may be disclosed in the Official Statement, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation at law or in equity before or by any court or public body pending with respect to which the City has been properly served or, to the best of such City Attorney’s knowledge, threatened against or affecting the City, which would materially adversely impact the City’s ability to complete the transactions contemplated by the City Documents, the Official Statement or any other document or certificate related to such transactions, restrain or enjoin the collection of Base Rental Payments with respect to the Lease Agreement, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity of the Bonds, the Official Statement or the City Documents; (D) to the best of our knowledge, the execution and delivery of the City Documents and compliance with the provisions thereof, do not and will not in any material respect conflict with or constitute on the part of the City a breach of or default under any agreement or other instrument to which the City is a party or by which it is bound or any existing law, regulation, court order or consent decree to which the City is subject, which breach or default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the City to perform its obligations under the City Documents; and
(E) to the best of our knowledge, no authorization, approval, consent, or other order of the State of California or any other governmental body within the State of California is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the City Documents or the consummation by the City of the transactions on its part contemplated therein, except such as have been obtained and except such as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Bonds by the Underwriter. (xii) a letter of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California, Disclosure Counsel to the Authority and the City dated the date of Closing and addressed to the Authority, the City, the Underwriter in the form set forth in Exhibit C;
(xiii) an opinion of counsel to the Trustee, addressed to the Underwriter and the Authority, dated the date of the Closing, to the effect that:
(A) the Trustee is a national banking association duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, having full corporate power to undertake the trust created under the Indenture; (B) the Indenture and the Assignment Agreement (together, the “Trustee Documents”) have each been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties thereto, the Trustee Documents constitute the valid, legal and binding obligations of the Trustee enforceable in accordance with their terms,
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15 except as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by the application of equitable principles, if equitable remedies are sought; (C) the Trustee has duly authenticated the Bonds upon the order of Authority;
(D) the Trustee’s actions in executing and delivering the Trustee Documents are in full compliance with, and do not conflict with any applicable law or governmental regulation and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after reasonable inquiry with respect thereto, do not conflict with or violate any contract to which the Trustee is a party or any administrative or judicial decision by which the Trustee is bound; and
(E) no consent, approval, authorization or other action by any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the banking or trust powers of the Trustee that has not been obtained is or will be required for the execution and delivery of the Bonds or the consummation by the Trustee of its obligations under the Trustee Documents.
(xiv) a certificate, dated the date of Closing, signed by a duly authorized officer of the Trustee satisfactory in form and substance to the Underwriter, to the effect that:
(A) the Trustee is duly organized and existing as a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America, having the full corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its duties under the Trustee Documents;
(B) the Trustee is duly authorized to enter into the Trustee Documents and has duly executed and delivered the Trustee Documents, and assuming due authorization and execution by the other parties thereto, the Trustee Documents are legal, valid and binding upon the Trustee and enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms;
(C) the Trustee has duly authenticated the Bonds under the Indenture and delivered the Bonds to or upon the order of the Underwriter; (D) no consent, approval, authorization or other action by any governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the banking or trust powers of the Trustee that has not been obtained is required for the execution and delivery of the Bonds or the consummation by the Trustee of its obligations under the Trustee Documents; and
(E) to the knowledge of the Trustee, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation at law or in equity before or by any court or public body pending or threatened against or affecting the Trustee, which would materially adversely impact the Trustee’s ability to complete the transactions contemplated by the Trustee Documents.
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16 (xv) the preliminary and final forms required to be delivered to the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission pursuant to Section 53583 of the Government Code of the State of California and Section 8855(i) and (j) of the Government Code;
(xvi) a copy of the executed Blanket Issuer Letter of Representations by and between the Authority and DTC relating to the book-entry system; (xvii) the tax and nonarbitrage certificate by the Authority and the City in form and substance to the reasonable satisfaction of Bond Counsel, the Underwriter and Best Best & Krieger LLP (“Underwriter’s Counsel”);
(xviii) a Certificate of the City or outside appraisals documenting the value of the real property and improvements serving as the Property in form and substance acceptable to the Underwriter;
(xix) an opinion of Underwriter’s Counsel in form and substance acceptable to the Underwriter;
(xx) a Rule 15c2-12 certificate, dated the date of the Preliminary Official Statement, of the City;
(xxi) a Rule 15c2-12 certificate, dated the date of the Preliminary Official Statement, of the Authority;
(xxii) a certified copies of the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement establishing the Authority, and all amendments thereto, and related certificates issued by the Secretary of State of the State;
(xxiii) a copy of a CLTA or ALTA title insurance policy in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Bonds, insuring the City’s leasehold interest in the Property, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in the Lease) or such other acceptable encumbrances;
(xxiv) The Policy, duly executed by the Insurer, relating to the Insured Bonds. (xxv) The Reserve Policy, duly executed by the Insurer. (xxvi) An opinion of counsel to the Insurer, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Authority, the City and the Underwriter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriter and Bond Counsel.
(xxvii) A certificate or certificates of the Insurer, dated the Closing Date, as to the accuracy of the information relating to the Insurer, the Policy and the Reserve Policy included in the Official Statement and such other matters reasonably requested by the Underwriter and Bond Counsel; and
(xxviii) such additional legal opinions, Bonds, proceedings, instruments or other documents as the Underwriter or Underwriter’s Counsel may reasonably request.
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17 Section 9. Changes in Official Statement. Within 90 days after the Closing or within 25 days following the “end of the underwriting period” (as defined in Rule 15c2-12), whichever occurs first, if any event relating to or affecting the Bonds, the Trustee, the City or the Authority shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, to amend or supplement the Official Statement in order to make the Official Statement not misleading in any material respect in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, the Authority will forthwith prepare and furnish to the Underwriter an amendment or supplement that will amend or supplement the Official Statement so that it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time the Official Statement is delivered to purchaser, not misleading. The City and the Authority shall cooperate with the Underwriter in the filing by the Underwriter of such amendment or supplement to the Official Statement with the MSRB. The Underwriter acknowledges that the “end of the underwriting period” will be the date of Closing unless the Underwriter otherwise notifies the City in writing that it still owns some or all of the Bonds.
Section 10. Expenses. (a) Whether or not the Underwriter accepts delivery of and pays for the Bonds as set forth herein, they shall be under no obligation to pay, and the Authority shall pay, or cause the City to pay, out of the proceeds of the Bonds or any other legally available funds of the City or the Authority, all expenses incidental to the performance of the Authority’s obligations hereunder, including but not limited to the cost of printing and delivering the Legal Documents to the Underwriter; the costs of printing and shipping and electronic distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement in reasonable quantities; the fees and disbursements of the Authority, the Trustee and its counsel, Bond Counsel, Authority Counsel, the City Attorney, accountants, engineers, appraisers, economic consultants and any other experts or consultants retained by the City or the Authority in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds; rating agency fees; advertising expenses; and any other expenses not specifically enumerated in paragraph (b) of this Section incurred in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds. The Authority shall pay, or cause the City to pay out of the proceeds of the Bonds, for any expenses incurred by the Underwriter on behalf of the City’s or the Authority’s employees and representatives which are incidental to implementing this Purchase Agreement, including, but not limited to, meals, transportation, and lodging of those employees and representatives. (b) Whether or not the Bonds are delivered to the Underwriter as set for herein, the Authority shall be under no obligation to pay, and the Underwriter shall be responsible for and pay (which may be included as an expense component of the Underwriter’s discount), MSRB, CUSIP Bureau and CDIAC fees and expenses to qualify the Bonds for sale under any “blue sky” laws; and all other expenses incurred by the Underwriter in connection with their public offering and distribution of the Bonds not specifically enumerated in paragraph (a) of this Section, including the cost of preparing this Purchase Contract and other Underwriter documents, travel expenses and the fees and disbursements of Underwriter’s Counsel.
Section 11. Notices. Any notice or other communication to be given to the Underwriter under this Purchase Agreement may be given by delivering the same in writing to Piper Sandler & Co., 50 California Street, Suite 3100, San Francisco, CA 94111, Attention: Ralph J. Holmes, Managing Director. Any notice or communication to be given the Authority under this Purchase Agreement may be given by delivering the same in writing to the City at the address below, Attention: Executive Director.
Any notice or communication to be given the City under this Purchase Agreement may be given by delivering the same in writing to the City of Indio, 300 Seminary Avenue, Indio, CA 95482, Attention:
City Manager. All notices or communications hereunder by any party shall be given and served upon each other party.
Section 12. Parties in Interest. This Purchase Agreement is made solely for the benefit of the Authority, the City and the Underwriter (including the successors or assigns thereof) and no other
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18 person shall acquire or have any right hereunder or by virtue hereof. All representations, warranties and agreements of the Authority and the City in this Purchase Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter and shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Bonds.
Section 13. Counterparts. This Purchase Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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Section 14. Governing Law. This Purchase Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State.
PIPER SANDLER & CO.
By:
Ralph J. Holmes
Managing Director
Accepted:
INDIO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
By:
Bryan Montgomery, Executive Director
Time of Execution: ____:____
Accepted:
CITY OF INDIO
By:
Bryan Montgomery, City Manager
Time of Execution: ____:____
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EXHIBIT A
MATURITY SCHEDULE
Maturity
Date
(November 1)
Principal
Amount
Interest
Rate Yield Price
10% Test
Used
Hold-the-
Offering Price
Rule Used
_________________
* Term Bonds.
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EXHIBIT B
$____________
INDIO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
LEASE REVENUE BONDS, SERIES 2025A
ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, on behalf of Piper Sandler & Co. (the “Underwriter”), hereby certifies as set forth below with respect to the sale and issuance of the above-captioned obligations (the “Bonds”).
1.Sale of the Bonds. As of the date of this Certificate, for each Maturity of the Bonds, the first price at which a Substantial Amount of such Maturity of the Bonds was sold to the Public is the respective price listed in Schedule A.
2.Initial Offering Price of the Bonds.
(a) The Underwriter offered the Bonds to the Public for purchase at the respective initial offering prices listed in Schedule A (the “Initial Offering Prices”) on or before the Sale Date. A copy of the pricing wire or equivalent communication for the Bonds is attached to this Certificate as Schedule B. (b) As set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement, the Underwriter has agreed in writing that, for each Maturity of the Bonds, it would neither offer nor sell any of the Bonds of such Maturity to any person at a price that is higher than the Initial Offering Price for such Maturity during the Offering Period for such Maturity, nor would it permit a related party to do so. Pursuant to such agreement, the Underwriter has neither offered nor sold any Maturity of the Bonds at a price that is higher than the respective Initial Offering Price for that Maturity of the Bonds during the Offering Period.
3.Defined Terms.
(a)Issuer means Indio Public Financing Authority.
(b)Maturity means Bonds with the same credit and payment terms. Bonds with different maturity dates, or Bonds with the same maturity date but different stated interest rates, are treated as separate maturities.
(c)Public means any person (including an individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation) other than a Regulatory Underwriter or a related party to a Regulatory Underwriter. The term “related party” for purposes of this Certificate generally means any two or more persons who have greater than 50 percent common ownership, directly or indirectly. (d)Regulatory Underwriter means (i) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract with the Issuer (or with the lead underwriter to form an underwriting syndicate) to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public, and (ii) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract directly or indirectly with a person described in clause (i) of this paragraph to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public (including a member of a selling group or a party to a retail distribution agreement participating in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public).
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(e)Sale Date means the first day on which there is a binding contract in writing for the sale of a Maturity of the Bonds. The Sale Date of the Bonds is __________, 2025. (f)Substantial Amount means ten percent.
The undersigned understands that the foregoing information will be relied upon by the Issuer with respect to certain of the representations set forth in the Tax and Nonarbitrage Certificate and with respect to compliance with the federal income tax rules affecting the Bonds, and by Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California, in connection with rendering its opinion that the interest on the Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, the preparation of Internal Revenue Service Form 8038-G, and other federal income tax advice it may give to the Issuer from time to time relating to the Bonds.
PIPER SANDLER & CO.
By: ____________________________________
Name: _________________________________
Dated: ___________, 2025
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF DISCLOSURE COUNSEL LETTER
____________, 2025
Indio Public Financing Authority
Indio, California
City of Indio
Indio, California
Piper Sandler & Co.
San Francisco, California
Re: $____________ Indio Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds, Series 2025A Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as Disclosure Counsel to the Indio Public Financing Authority (the “Authority”) and the City of Indio (the “City”) in connection the issuance by the Authority of the above-referenced bonds (the “Bonds”). The Bonds are being delivered pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2022, as amended and supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of __________ 1, 2025 (collectively, the “Indenture”), each by and among the Authority, the City and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Bond Purchase Agreement, dated ___________, 2025 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among Piper Sandler & Co. (the “Underwriter”), the Authority and the City. This letter is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 8(e)(xii) of the Purchase Agreement.
In rendering the advice contained herein, we have examined originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of: (i) the Preliminary Official Statement dated ___________, 2025 (the “Preliminary Official Statement”) relating to the Bonds; (ii) the Official Statement, dated __________, 2025 (the “Official Statement”), relating to the Bonds; and (iii) the letters, certificates, and opinions delivered to you pursuant to the provisions of the Purchase Agreement, including, but not limited to, Section 8 thereof. We do not assume any responsibility for any electronic version of the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement and assume that any such version is identical in all respects to the version printed at closing for the transcript.
We have assumed, but not independently verified, that the signatures on all documents, letters, opinions and certificates which we have examined are genuine, that all documents submitted to us are authentic and were duly and properly executed by the parties thereto and that all representations made in the documents that we have reviewed are true and accurate.
We express no opinion regarding any tax consequences with respect to the Bonds. No opinion is expressed herein with respect to the compliance with, or applicability of, any “blue sky” laws of any state as they relate to the offer or sale of the Bonds.
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We are not passing upon and have not undertaken to determine independently or to verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements contained in the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement and are, therefore, unable to make any representation to you in that regard. Based on our participation in conferences prior to the date of the Official Statement with representatives of the Authority and the City, Fieldman, Rolapp & Associates, Inc., as municipal advisor to the City, the City Attorney, the Underwriter and Underwriter’s counsel, and others, during which the content of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement and related matters were discussed, our reliance on the oral and written statements of the Authority, the City and others, our review of and reliance upon the documents, certificates, instructions and records and the opinions of counsel described above and our understanding of applicable law, and subject to the limitations on our role as Disclosure Counsel, we advise you as a matter of fact but not opinion that no information has come to the attention of the attorneys in the firm representing the Authority and the City as Disclosure Counsel on this matter which caused us to believe that: (a) the Preliminary Official Statement as of its date or as of ___________, 2025 (excluding therefrom financial, demographic and statistical data; forecasts, projections, estimates, assumptions and expressions of opinions; information relating to The Depository Trust Company and its book-entry only system; any information about the Insurer, the Policy, the Reserve Policy; information under the captions “TAX MATTERS” and “UNDERWRITING”; and the Appendices to the Preliminary Official Statement (other than Appendix A) as to which we express no view) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, except for such information as is permitted to be excluded from the Preliminary Official Statement pursuant to Rule 15c2-12, including but not limited to information as to pricing, yields, interest rates, maturities, amortization, redemption provisions, ratings, debt service requirements, Underwriter’s discount and CUSIP numbers; or (b) the Official Statement as of its date and as of the date hereof (excluding therefrom financial, demographic, statistical or economic or demographic data; forecasts, numbers, charts, tables, graphs, projections, estimates, assumptions and expressions of opinions; information relating to The Depository Trust Company and its book-entry only system; any information about the Insurer, the Policy, the Reserve Policy; CUSIP numbers; information under the captions “TAX MATTERS” and “UNDERWRITING”; and the Appendices to the Official Statement (other than Appendix A) as to which we express no view) contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. However, in providing advice and assistance as Disclosure Counsel, we provided no independent diligence on the MSRB’s Electronic Municipal Market Access website, and we express no view regarding the City’s or the City’s related entities’ compliance with any obligation to file annual reports or provide notice of events, each as described in Rule 15c2-12. Finally, we advise you that, other than reviewing the various certificates and opinions required by Section 8 of the Purchase Agreement, we have not taken any steps since the date of the Official Statement to verify the accuracy of the statements contained in the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement as of the date hereof. No responsibility is undertaken or opinion rendered with respect to any other disclosure document, materials or activity, or as to any information from another document or source referred to by, or incorporated by reference in, the Official Statement.
By acceptance of this letter you acknowledge that the preceding paragraph is neither a legal opinion nor a guarantee regarding the Preliminary Official Statement or the Official Statement; rather it is a statement of negative assurance regarding factual information that did not come to the attention of the attorneys in our firm working on this matter during the limited activities that we performed as Disclosure Counsel. Our services did not include financial or other non-legal advice.
By acceptance of the letter, the Underwriter recognizes and acknowledges that: (i) the advice herein is based on certain limited activities performed by specific attorneys in our firm in our role as Disclosure Counsel; (ii) the scope of the activities performed by such attorneys in our role as Disclosure
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Counsel and for purposes of delivering such advice was inherently limited and does not purport to encompass all activities necessary for compliance by the Underwriter with applicable state and federal securities laws; and (iii) the activities performed by such attorneys in our role as Disclosure Counsel rely in part by representations, warranties, certifications and opinions of other parties to the transaction, including representations, warranties and certifications made by the Authority, the City, the Underwriter and others.
Further, in accepting this letter the Authority and the City recognize and acknowledge that: (i) the scope of those activities performed by us was inherently limited and does not encompass all activities that the Authority and the City may be responsible to undertake in preparing the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement; (ii) those activities performed by us relied substantially on representations, warranties, certifications and opinions made by representatives of the Authority, the City and others, and are otherwise subject to the matters set forth in this letter; (iii) while such statements of negative assurance are customarily given to underwriters of municipal bonds to assist them in discharging their responsibilities under federal securities laws, the responsibilities of the Authority and the City under those laws may differ from those of underwriters in material respects, and such statements may not serve the same purpose or provide the same utility to the Authority and the City as it would to the Underwriter; and (iv) this letter is not intended to be relied upon by the Authority, the City or its representatives as a basis for making the representations made by the Authority and the City in any documents executed by the Authority and the City in connection with the sale and issuance of the Bonds.
This letter is furnished by us as Disclosure Counsel to the Authority and the City. No attorney- client relationship has existed or exists between our firm and the Underwriter in connection with the Bonds or by virtue of this letter. This letter is solely for your benefit and is not to be used, circulated, quoted or otherwise referred to or relied upon for any other purpose without our prior written consent.
This letter is not intended to and may not be relied upon by owners of Bonds or any beneficial interest therein.
Our engagement with respect to the Bonds terminates as of the date hereof, and we have not undertaken any duty, and expressly disclaim any responsibility, to advise you as to events occurring after the date hereof with respect to the Bonds or other matters discussed herein or in the Official Statement.
Respectfully submitted,
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