If the Authority or the City shall be unable to satisfy the conditions conta ined in this Bond Purchase Agreement, or if the obligations of the Underwriter shall be terminated for any reason permitted by this Bond Purchase Agreement, this Bond Purchase Agreement may be terminated by the Underwriter, and none of the Underwriter, the Authority or the City shall be under further obligation hereunder.
10. Expenses. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the Underwriter shall be under no obligation to pay, and the Authority or the City shall pay or cause to be paid, the expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Authority and the City hereunder including but not limited to:
(a) the costs of the preparation and printing, or other reproduction (for distribution on or prior to the date hereof) of the City Documents and t he Authority Documents and the cost of preparing, printing, issuing and delivering the Bonds;
(b) the fees and disbursements of any counsel, municipal advisors, accountants, or other experts or consultants retained by the Authority or the City; (c) the fees and disbursements of Bond Counsel and Disclosure Counsel; (d) the cost of preparation and printing the Preliminary Official Statement and any supplements and amendments thereto and the cost of preparation and printing of the Official Statement, including a reasonable number of copies thereof for distribution by the Underwriter; and (e) charges of rating agencies for the rating of the Bonds.
The Underwriter shall pay all expenses incurred by the Underwriter in connection with the public offering and distribution of the Bonds including, but not limited to: (i) the fees and disbursements of Underwriter’s Counsel; and (ii) all out -of-pocket disbursements and expenses incurred by the Underwriter in connection with the offering and distribution of the Bonds (including other expenses, fees of the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, CUSIP Service Bureau fees, and any other fees and expenses), except as otherwise provided in the preceding paragraph or otherwise agreed to by the Underwriter, the Authority and the C ity in writing. Any meals in connection with or adjacent to meetings, rating agency presentations, pricing activities or other transaction-related activities shall be considered an expense of the transaction and included in the expense component of the Underwriter’s discount.
11. Notice. Any notice or other communication to be given to the Underwriter may be given by delivering the same to Piper Sandler & Co., 2321 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 3200, El Segundo, California 90245, Attention: Public Finance. Any notice or other communication to be given to the Authority or the City pursuant to this Bond Purchase Agreement may be given by delivering the same in writing to such entity, at the addresses set forth on the cover page hereof.
12. Entire Agreement. This Bond Purchase Agreement, when accepted by the Authority and the City, shall constitute the entire agreement among the Authority, the City and the Underwriter and is made solely for the benefit of the Authority, the City and the Underwriter (including the 21 successors or assigns of any Underwriter). Except as provided in Section 16 below, no other person shall acquire or have any right hereunder by virtue hereof, except as provided herein. All the Authority’s and the City ’s repre sentations, warranties and agreements in this Bond Purchase Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter, until the earlier of (a) delivery of and payment for the Bonds hereunder, and (b) any termination of this Bond Purchase Agreement.
13. Definitions. Terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as when used in the Indenture or the Lease.
14. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof.
15. State of California Law Governs. The validity, interpretation an d performance of the Authority Documents shall be governed by the laws of the State.
16. No Assignment. The rights and obligations created by this Bond Purchase Agreement shall not be subject to assignment by the Underwriter, the Authority or the City without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.
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17. Counterparts. This Bond 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.
PIPER SANDLER & CO.
By:
Authorized Officer
The foregoing is hereby agreed to and accepted as of the date first above written:
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
By:
Title:
Time of Execution: _____________ p.m. California time
CITY OF LODI
By:
Title:
Time of Execution: _____________ p.m. California time
[EXECUTION PAGE OF BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT]
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EXHIBIT A
MATURITY SCHEDULE
$_______
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
2022 LEASE REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS
(2012 REFUNDING; CAPITAL PROJECTS FINANCING)
MATURITY SCHEDULE
Maturity
(October 1)
Principal
Amount
Interest
Rate Yield Price
10% Test
Satisfied*
10% Test
Not
Satisfied
Subject to
Hold-The-
Offering-
Price Rule
(marked if
used)
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
20__(T)
(I) Insured Bond.
(T) Term Bond.
(C) Priced to optional call at [par] on October 1, 20___. * At the time of execution of this Purchase Agreement and assuming orders are confirmed by the close of the business day immediately following the date of this Purchase Agreement.
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EXHIBIT B
$______
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
2022 LEASE REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS
(2012 REFUNDING; CAPITAL PROJECTS FINANCING)
FORM OF ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, on behalf of Piper Sandler & Co. (“Piper”) hereby certify as set forth below with respect to the sale and issuance of the above-captioned bonds (the “Bonds”).
1. Sale of the General Rule Maturities. As of the date of this certificate, for each Maturity of the General Rule Maturities, the first price at which at least 10% of such Maturity was sold to the Public is the respective price listed in Schedule A.
2. Defined Terms.
(a) General Rule Maturities means those Maturities of the Bonds listed in Schedule A hereto as the “General Rule Maturities.”
(b) Issuer means the Lodi Public Financing Authority.
(c) 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.
(d) Public means any person (including an individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation) other than an Underwriter or a related party to an 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. (e) 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 or other third-party distribution agreement participating in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public).
The representations set forth in this certificate are limited to factual matter s only. Nothing in this certificate represents Piper ’s interpretation of any laws, including specifically Sections 103 and 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. 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 Certificate as to Tax Exemption and with respect to compliance with the federal income tax rules affecting the Bonds, and by Jones Hall , A Professional Law Corporation 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 the Internal Revenue Service Form 8038-G, and other federal income ta x advice that it may give to the Issuer from time to time relating to the Bonds.
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PIPER SANDLER & CO.
By:
Name:
Dated: ______, 2022
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SCHEDULE A
SALE PRICES OF THE GENERAL RULE MATURITIES
(to be attached)
Jones Hall 2-23-22 Agenda
TO BE RECORDED AND WHEN RECORDED
RETURN TO:
Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation
475 Sansome Street, Suite 1700
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Christopher K. Lynch, Esq.
THIS TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX UNDER SECTION 11929 OF THE CALIFORNIA REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE. THIS DOCUMENT IS EXEMPT FROM RECORDING FEES UNDER SECTION 27383 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE.
SITE LEASE
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ITE LEASE (this “Site Lease”), dated for convenience as of March 1, 2022, is between the C ITY OF LODI, a general law city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California, as lessor (the “City”), and the LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, a joint powers authority duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, as lessee (the “Authority”).
BACKGROUND:
1. The Authority previously issued its $19,080,000 Lodi Public Financing Authority 2012 Refunding Lease Revenue Bonds (the “ 2012 Bonds”) for the purpose of refinancing outstanding certificates of participation that were executed and delivered to finance various municipal facilities of the City.
2. In connection with the issuance of the 2012 Bonds, the City and the Authority entered into a Site Lease and a Lease Agreement, each of which was dated as of September 1, 2012, pursuant to which, respectively, the City leased to the Authority and subleased from the Authority the land and improvements constituting th e City’s police building and Carnegie Forum.
3. In order to take advantage of prevailing bond market conditions, the City is proceeding to refund the 2012 Bonds.
4. The City further wishes to leverage the savings achieved by refinancing the 2012 Bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of certain capital improvements, including a new animal shelter and park and playground improvements and upgrades (the “Project”).
5. To that end, the City has proposed to lease the land and improvements constituting the City’s police building and the City’s Fire Station #2 , as more particularly described in Appendix A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein (the “Leased Property”). to the Authority under this Site Lease, in consideration of the -2-
payment by the Authority of an upfront rental payment (the “Site Lease Payment”) that is sufficient to provide funds for the refunding of the 2012 Bonds and the financing of the Project.
6. The Authority has authorized the issuance of its Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing) in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ (the “Bonds”) under an Indenture of Trust dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “Indenture”), between the Authority and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee”), for the purpose of providing the funds to enable the Authority to pay the Site Lease Payment to the City in accordance with the Site Lease.
7. In order to provide revenues whic h are sufficient to enable the Authority to pay debt service on the Bonds, the Authority has agreed to lease the Leased Property back to the City under a Lease Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “Lease”), which has been recorded concurrently herewith, under which the City has agreed to pay semiannual Lease Payments as the rental for the Leased Property thereunder.
8. The lease payments made by the City under the Lease have been assigned by the Authority to the Trustee for the security of the Bonds under an Assignment Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022, between the Authority as assignor and the Trustee as assignee, which has been recorded concurrently herewith.
AGREEMENT:
In consideration of the above premises and of the mutual promises and covenants herein contained and for other valuable consideration, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:
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ECTION 1. Lease of Property to Authority. The City hereby leases the Leased Property to the Authority and the Authority hereby leases the Leased Pr operty from the City, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 2. Term; Possession. The term of this Site Lease commences on the Closing Date and ends on the date on which the Indenture is discharged in accordance with Section 10.03 thereof, but under any circumstances not later than October 1, ______.
The provisions of this Section 2 are subject in all respects to any other provisions of this Site Lease relating to the termination hereof.
SECTION 3. Rental . The Authority shall pay to the City as and for rental of the Leased Property hereunder, the sum of $_______ (the “Site Lease Payment”). The Site Lease Payment is due and payable upon the issuance of the Bonds and the execution and delivery hereof, and will be paid from the proceeds of the Bonds. The Authority and the City hereby find and determine that the total amount of the Site Lease Payment does not exceed the fair market value of the leasehold interest in the Leased Property which is conveyed hereunder by the City to the Authority. No other amount of rental is due and payable by the Authority for the use and occupancy of the Leased Property under this Site Lease.
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As provided in the Indenture, a portion of the proceeds of the Bonds will be applied to make the Site Lease Payment by depositing an amount with the 2012 Trustee to be held, invested and administered in accordance with the Escrow Agreement for the purpose of refunding the 2012 Bonds, and another portion will be held by the Trustee to provide funds to finance the Project.
SECTION 4. Leaseback to City. The Authority shall lease the Leased Property back to the City under the Lease.
SECTION 5. Assignments and Subleases. Unless the City is in default under the Lease, the Authority may not assign its rights under this Site Lease or sublet all or any portion of the Leased Property, except as provided in the Assignmen t Agreement and in the Lease, without the prior written consent of the City.
SECTION 6. Substitution or Release of Property . If the City exercises its option under Section 3.2 of the Lease to substitute property for the Leased Property in whole or in part, such substitution shall also operate to substitute property for the Leased Property which is leased hereunder. If the City exercises its option under Section 3.3 of the Lease to release a portion of the Leased Property from the Lease, such substitution shall also operate to release such portion of the Leased Property hereunder. The description of the Leased Property which is leased under the Lease shall conform at all times to the description of the Leased Property which is leased hereunder.
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ECTION 7. Right of Entry. The City reserves the right for any of its duly authorized representatives to enter upon the Leased Property, or any portion thereof, at any reasonable time to inspect the same or to make any repairs, improvements or changes necessary for the preservation thereof.
SECTION 8. Termination. The Authority agrees, upon the termination of this Site Lease, to quit and surrender the Leased Property in the same good order and condition as the Leased Property was in at the time of commencement of the term hereof, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and agrees that all buildings, improvements and structures then existing upon the Leased Property shall remain thereon and title thereto shall vest thereupon in the City for no additional consideration.
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ECTION 9. Default. If the Authority defaults in the performance of any obligation on its part to be performed under the terms of this Site Lease, which default continues for 30 days following notice and demand for correction thereof to the Authority, the City may exercise any and all remedies granted by law, except that no merger of this Site Lease and of the Lease shall be deemed to occur as a result thereof and no such remedy may include termination hereof; provided, however, that so long as the Lease remains in effect, the Lease Payments payable by the City under the Lease shall continue to be paid to the Trustee.
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ECTION 10. Quiet Enjoyment. The Authority at all times during the term of this Site Lease shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy all of the Leased Property, subject to the provisions of the Lease and subject only to Permitted Encumbrances (as that term is defined in the Lease).
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and the City hereby releases each and every member and officer of the Authority of and from any personal or individual liability under this Site Lease. No member or officer of the Authority or its governing board shall at any time or under any circumstances be individually or personally liable under this Site Lease for anything done or omitted to be done by the Authority hereunder.
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ECTION 12. Taxes . The City covenants and agrees to pay any and all assessments of any kind or character and also all taxes, including possessory interest taxes, levied or assessed upon the Leased Property and any improvements thereon.
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ECTION 13. Eminent Domain. If the whole or any part of the Leased Property or any improvements thereon is taken by eminent domain proceedings, the interest of the Authority shall be recognized and is hereby determined to be the amount of the then unpaid Lease Payments payable under the Lease and the balance of the award, if any, shall be paid to the City.
SECTION 14. Partial Invalidity . If any one or more of the terms, provisions, covenants or conditions of this Site Lease shall to any extent be declared invalid, unenforceable, void or voidable for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent jurisdiction, the finding or order or decree of which becomes final, none of the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Site Lease shall be affected thereby, and each provision of this Site Lease s hall be valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.
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ECTION 15. Notices . Any notice, request, complaint, demand or other communication under this Site Lease shall be given by first class mail or personal delivery to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or by telecopy, telex or other form of telecommunication, at its number set forth below. Notice shall be effective either (a) upon transmission by telecopy, telex or other form of telecommunication, (b) 48 hours after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, or (c) in the case of personal delivery to any person, upon actual receipt. The City, the Authority and the Trustee may, by written notice to the other parties, from time to time modify the address or number to which communications are to be given hereunder.
If to the Authority City of Lodi
or the City: 221 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
Attention: City Manager
Fax: (209) 333-6807
If to the Trustee: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association Attn.: Global Corporate Trust
One California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Fax: 415-677-3768
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ECTION 16. Amendment of this Site Lease . The Authority and the City may at any time amend or modify any of the provisions of this Site Lease , but only (a) with the prior written consent of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds; or (b) without the consent of any of the Bond Owners, but only if such amendment or modification is for any one or more of the following purposes:
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(i) to make cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct or supplement any defective provision contained herein, or in any other respect whatsoever as the Authority and the City may deem necessary or desirable, provided that, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, such modifications or amendments do not materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Bonds;
(ii) to amend any provision hereof relating to the Tax Code, to any extent whatsoever but only if and to the extent such amendment will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Bonds under the Tax Code, in the opinion of Bond Counsel;
(iii) to conform to any amendment of the Indenture which is made thereto in accordance with Section 9.01 of the Indenture; or
(iv) for the purpose of effectuating any substitution or release of property under Section 6.
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ECTION 17. Governing Law. This Site Lease shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the Constitution and laws of the State of California.
SECTION 18. Third Party Beneficiary. The Trustee is hereby made a third party beneficiary under this Site Lease with all rights of a third party beneficiary.
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ECTION 19. Binding Effect. This Site Lease inures to the benefit of and is binding upon the Authority, the City and their respective successors and assigns, subject, however, to the limitations contained herein.
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ECTION 20. Section Headings . All section headings contained herein are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to define or limit the scope of any provision of this Site Lease.
SECTION 21. Execution in Counterparts. This Site Lease may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all together shall constitute but one and the same lease. It is also agreed that separate counterparts of this Site Lease may be separately executed by the Authority and the City, all with the same force and effect as though the same counterpart had been executed by both the Authority and the City.
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ECTION 22. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the respective meanings given those terms in the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City and the Authority have caused this Site Lease to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
CITY OF LODI, as lessor
By
Steve Schwabauer
City Manager
Attest:
[to come]
City Clerk
L
ODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, as
lessee
By
Steve Schwabauer
Executive Director
Attest:
[to come]
Secretary
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APPENDIX A
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY
The Leased Property consists of that certain real property situated in the City of Lodi, County of San Joaquin, State of California, which is more particularly described as follows:
TRACT ONE:
PARCEL ONE:
THE SOUTH 120 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 8, IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI, FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL. 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL TWO:
THE NORTH 50 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 8 AND THE EAST 30 FEET OF LOT 8, ALL IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI, FILED FOR RECORDED AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL THREE:
THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 7, IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN
COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL FOUR:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7, IN BLOCK 2 AND RUNNING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ELM STREET 70 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE BOUNDARY LINES OF SAID LOTS, 170 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY 70 FEET; THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION 170 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING THE EAST 70 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK NO. 2 IN THE TOWN OF LODI, (NOW CITY OF LODI)
SAVE AND EXCEPT THEREFROM THE EAST 5 FEET THEREOF, HERETOFORE CONVEYED TO DAN W. BIRD, ALL ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE
FORMER TOWN OF MOKELUMNE, NOR ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER, COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
PARCEL FIVE:
THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 6 AND THE EAST 5 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 2 OF
MOKELUMNE (NOT CITY OF LODI) ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAPS OR PLAT A-2
THEREOF FILED AUGUST 25, 1869 AT 8:48 A.M., IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS, VOLUME 2, PAGE 12, OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL SIX:
THE WEST 20 FEET OF LOT 5 AND THE EAST 30 FEET OF LOT 6, IN BLOCK 2,
CITY OF LODI, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOLUME 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
A.P.N. 043-022-13
TRACT TWO:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 2, IN BLOCK 1, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED WEST LODI, FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 10, 1904, IN VOL. 3 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 25 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL ONE A:
THE EASTERLY 0.60 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 1 OF WEST LODI, AS SHOWN IN THE MAP FILED FOR RECORD IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS.
VOLUME 3 PAGE 25, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 86 17'30" WEST 119.90 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 3 OF SAID BLOCK 1, SAID SOUTHEAST CORNER ALSO BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 86 17'30" WEST 119.90 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 4 OF SAID BLOCK 1; THENCE NORTH 3 42'40" EAST 169.83 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 4 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTH 86 16'10" EAST 119.96 ALONG THE
NORTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 4 AND 3 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 3; THENCE SOUTH 03 43'50" WEST 169.79 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 3 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SAID PARCEL ONE AND ONE A ABOVE ARE DESCRIBED ON THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT RECORDED JUNE 27, 2005 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 2005-154383, OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
PARCEL TWO:
LOT 1 IN BLOCK 1 OF WEST LODI, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP FOR PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1904, AND RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS, VOL 3 PAGE 25, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
TOGETHER WITH ALL THAT PORTION OF PLEASANT AVENUE FROM THE NORTH LINE OF ELM STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE 20 FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN
ELM STREET AND LOCUST STREET AS SET FORTH AND DEPICTED IN RESOLUTION OF ABANDONMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 8, 2001, AS DOCUMENT NO. 01164151 SAN JOAQUIN PUBLIC RECORDS.
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A.P.N. 037-270-50
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[add Fire Station #2]
End of Legal Description
Jones Hall 2-23-22 Agenda
TO BE RECORDED AND WHEN RECORDED
RETURN TO:
Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation
475 Sansome Street, Suite 1700
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Christopher K. Lynch, Esq.
THIS TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTARY TRANSFER TAX UNDER SECTION 11922 OF THE CALIFORNIA REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE. THIS DOCUMENT IS EXEMPT FROM RECORDING FEES UNDER SECTION 27383 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE.
LEASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of March 1, 2022
between the
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY,
as lessor
and the
CITY OF LODI,
as lessee
Relating to
$____________
Lodi Public Financing Authority
2022 Lease Revenue Bonds
(2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions .................................................................................................. 2 SECTION 1.2. Interpretation ............................................................................................. 2
ARTICLE II
COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.1. Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the City .......................... 3 SECTION 2.2. Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Authority .................. 4
ARTICLE III
DEPOSIT AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS; ACQUISITION
AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT; SUBSTITUTION
AND RELEASE OF PROPERTY
SECTION 3.1. Deposit of Moneys; Acquisition and Construction of Project ..................... 6 SECTION 3.2. Substitution of Property ............................................................................. 6 SECTION 3.3. Release of Property ................................................................................... 7
ARTICLE IV
LEASE OF LEASED PROPERTY; TERM OF THIS
LEASE; LEASE PAYMENTS
SECTION 4.1. Lease of Leased Property ......................................................................... 8 SECTION 4.2. Term .......................................................................................................... 8 SECTION 4.3. Lease Payments ........................................................................................ 8 SECTION 4.4. Source of Payments; Covenant to Budget and Appropriate ..................... 9 SECTION 4.5. Additional Rental Payments ...................................................................... 9 SECTION 4.6. Quiet Enjoyment ...................................................................................... 10 SECTION 4.7. Title .......................................................................................................... 10
ARTICLE V
MAINTENANCE; TAXES; INSURANCE; AND
OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 5.1. Maintenance, Utilities, Taxes and Assessments ..................................... 11 SECTION 5.2. Modification of Leased Property .............................................................. 11 SECTION 5.3. Liability and Property Damage Insurance ............................................... 12 SECTION 5.4. Casualty Insurance .................................................................................. 12 SECTION 5.5. Rental Interruption Insurance .................................................................. 12 SECTION 5.6. Recordation Hereof; Title Insurance ........................................................ 13 SECTION 5.7. Insurance Net Proceeds; Form of Policies .............................................. 13 SECTION 5.8. Installation of City’s Personal Property .................................................... 13 SECTION 5.9. Liens ........................................................................................................ 13 SECTION 5.10. Advances ................................................................................................... 14
ARTICLE VI
DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND EMINENT DOMAIN; USE
OF NET PROCEEDS
SECTION 6.1. Application of Net Proceeds .................................................................... 14 SECTION 6.2. Termination or Abatement Due to Eminent Domain ............................... 14 SECTION 6.3. Abatement Due to Damage or Destruction ............................................. 14 SECTION 6.3. Abatement Due to Non-Completion of the Project .................................. 15
ARTICLE VII
OTHER COVENANTS OF THE CITY
SECTION 7.1. Disclaimer of Warranties ......................................................................... 15 SECTION 7.2. Access to the Leased Property ............................................................... 15 SECTION 7.3. Release and Indemnification Covenants ................................................. 16 SECTION 7.4. Assignment and Subleasing by the City .................................................. 16 SECTION 7.5. Amendment Hereof ................................................................................. 17
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SECTION 7.6. Tax Covenants ........................................................................................ 18 SECTION 7.7. Continuing Disclosure .............................................................................. 19
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 8.1. Events of Default Defined ........................................................................ 19 SECTION 8.2. Remedies on Default ............................................................................... 19 SECTION 8.3. No Remedy Exclusive ............................................................................. 21 SECTION 8.4. Agreement to Pay Attorneys' Fees and Expenses .................................. 21 SECTION 8.5. No Additional Waiver Implied by One Waiver ......................................... 22 SECTION 8.6. Application of Proceeds ........................................................................... 22 SECTION 8.7. Trustee and Bond Owners to Exercise Rights ........................................ 22
ARTICLE IX
PREPAYMENT OF LEASE PAYMENTS
SECTION 9.1. Security Deposit ...................................................................................... 22 SECTION 9.2. Optional Prepayment ............................................................................... 23 SECTION 9.3. Mandatory Prepayment From Net Proceeds of Insurance or Eminent Domain .................................................................................................... 23 SECTION 9.4. Credit for Amounts on Deposit ................................................................ 23
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Notices ..................................................................................................... 23 SECTION 10.2. Binding Effect .......................................................................................... 24 SECTION 10.3. Severability .............................................................................................. 24 SECTION 10.4. Net-net-net Lease .................................................................................... 24 SECTION 10.5. Third Party Beneficiary ............................................................................ 24 SECTION 10.6. Further Assurances and Corrective Instruments ..................................... 24 SECTION 10.7. Execution in Counterparts. ...................................................................... 24 SECTION 10.8. Applicable Law ........................................................................................ 24 SECTION 10.9. Authority and City Representatives ......................................................... 24 SECTION 10.10 Captions................................................................................................... 24
APPENDIX A DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY
APPENDIX B SCHEDULE OF LEASE PAYMENTS
APPENDIX C DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
LEASE AGREEMENT
This LEASE AGREEMENT (this “Lease”), dated for convenience as of March 1, 2022, is between the LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, a joint powers authority duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, as lessor (the “Authority”), and the CITY OF LODI, a general law city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California, as lessee (the “City”).
BACKGROUND:
1. The Authority previously issued its $19,080,000 Lodi Public Financing Authority 2012 Refunding Lease Revenue Bonds (the “ 2012 Bonds”) for the purpose of refinancing outstanding certificates of participation that were executed and delivered to finance various municipal facilities of the City.
2. In connection with the issuance of the 2012 Bonds, the City and the Authority entered into a Site Lease and a Lease Agreement, each of which was dated as of September 1, 2012, pursuant to which, respectively, the City leased to the Authority and subleased from the Authority the land and improvements constituting the City’s police building and Carnegie Forum.
3. In order to tak e advantage of prevailing bond market conditions, the City is proceeding to refund the 2012 Bonds.
4. The City further wishes to leverage the savings achieved by refinancing the 2012 Bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of capital improvements, including a new animal shelter and park and playground improvements and upgrades (the “Project”).
5. To that end, the City has leased the land and improvements constituting the City’s police building and the City’s Fire Station #2, as more particularl y described in Appendix A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein (the “ Leased Property”)to the Authority under a Site Lease dated as of March 1, 2022, which has been recorded concurrently herewith (the “Site Lease”), in consideration of the payment by the Authority of an upfront rental payment (the “ Site Lease Payment”) which is sufficient to provide funds for the refunding of the 2012 Bonds and the financing of the Project.
6. The Authority has authorized the issuance of its Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing) in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ (the “Bonds”) under an Indenture of Trust dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “Indenture”), between the Authority and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee”), for the purpose of providing the funds to enable the Authority to pay the Site Lease Payment to the City in accordance with the Site Lease.
7. In order to provide revenues whi ch are sufficient to enable the Authority to pay debt service on the Bonds, the Authority has agreed to lease the Leased Property back to the City under this Lease under which the City agrees to pay semiannual Lease Payments as the rental for the Leased Property.
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8. The lease payments made by the City under this Lease have been assigned by the Authority to the Trustee for the security of the Bonds under an Assignment Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022, between the Authority as assignor and the Trustee as assignee, which has been recorded concurrently herewith.
9. The City and the Authority have found and determined that all acts and proceedings required by law necessary to make this Lease, when executed by the City and the Authority, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the City and the Authority, and to constitute this Lease a valid and binding agreement for the uses and purposes herein set forth in accordance with its terms, have been done and taken, and the execution and delivery of this Lease have been in all respects duly authorized.
AGREEMENT:
In consideration of the material covenants contained in this Lease, the parties hereto hereby formally covenant, agree and bind themselves as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF INTERPRETATION
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ECTION 1.1. Definitions. Unless the context clearly otherwise requires or unless otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms in this Lease have the respective meanings given them in the Indenture.
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ECTION 1.2. Interpretation.
(a) Unless the context otherwise indicates, words expressed in the singular includes the plural and vice versa and the use of the neuter, masculine, or feminine gender is for convenience only and includes the neuter, masculine or feminine gender, as appropriate.
(b) Headings of articles and sections herein and the table of contents hereof are solely for convenience of reference, do not constitute a part hereof and do not affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof.
(c) All references herein to “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the corresponding Articles, Sections or subdivisions of this Lease; the wor ds “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Lease as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision hereof.
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ARTICLE II
COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 2.1. Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the City . The City makes the following covenants, represent ations and warranties to the Authority, the Trustee as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Lease:
(a) Due Organization and Existence. The City is a general law city and municipal corporation duly organized and validly existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California, has full legal right, power and authority under the laws of the State of California to enter into the Site Lease and this Lease and to carry out and consummate all transactions contemplated hereby, and by proper action the City has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Site Lease and this Lease.
(b) Due Execution. The representatives of the City executing the Site Lease and this Lease have been fully authorized to execute the same under a resolution duly adopted by the City Council of the City.
(c) Valid, Binding and Enforceable Obligations. The Site Lease and this Lease have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the City and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Ci ty enforceable against the City in accordance with their respective terms.
(d) No Conflicts. The execution and delivery of the Site Lease and this Lease, the consummation of the transactions therein and herein contemplated and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions thereof and hereof, do not and will not conflict with or constitute a violation or breach of or default (with due notice or the passage of time or both) under any applicable law or administrative rule or regulation, or any applicable court or administrative decree or order, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the City is a party or by which it or its properties are otherwise subject or bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any prohibited lien, charge or encumbrance of any nature whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of the City, which conflict, violation, breach, default, lien, charge or encumbrance would have consequences that would mater ially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Site Lease and this Lease or the financial condition, assets, properties or operations of the City.
(e) Consents and Approvals. No consent or approval of any trustee or holder of any indebtedness of the City or of the voters of the City, and no consent, permission, authorization, order or license of, or filing or registration with, any governmental authority is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of the Site Lease and this Lease, or the consummation of any transaction therein and herein
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contemplated, except as have been obtained or made and as are in full force and effect.
(f) No Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court or federal, state, municipal or other governmental authority pending or, to the knowledge of the City after reasonable investigation, threatened against or affecting the City or the assets, properties or operations of the City whic h, if determined adversely to the City or its interests, would have a material and adverse effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by or the validity of the Site Lease and this Lease, or upon the financial condition, assets, properties or operations of the City, and the City is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or other governmental authority, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Site Lease and this Lease or the financial conditions, assets, properties or operations of the City.
SECTION 2.2. Covenants, Representations and Warranties of the Authority. The Authority makes the following covenants, representations and warranties to the City, the Trustee as of the date of the execution and delivery of this Lease:
(a) Due Organization and Existence. The Authority is a joint exercise of powers authority duly organized and existing under a joint powers agreement and the laws of the State of California; has power to enter into this Lease, the Site Lease, the Assign ment Agreement and the Indenture; is possessed of full power to own and hold, improve and equip real and personal property, and to lease the same; and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of each of the aforesaid agreements and such agreements constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Authority, enforceable against the Authority in accordance with their respective terms.
(b) Due Execution. The representatives of the Authority executing this Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement and the Indenture are fully authorized to execute the same pursuant to official action taken by the governing body of the Authority.
(c) Valid, Binding and Enforceable Obligations . This Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement and the Indenture have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Authority and constitute the legal, valid and binding agreements of the Authority, enforceable against the Authority in accordance with their respective terms.
(d) No Conflicts . The executi on and delivery of this Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement and the Indenture, the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated and the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions hereof, do not and will not c onflict with or constitute a violation or
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breach of or default (with due notice or the passage of time or both) under any applicable law or administrative rule or regulation, or any applicable court or administrative decree or order, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Authority is a party or by which it or its properties are otherwise subject or bound, or result in the creation or imposition of any prohibited lien, charge or encumbrance o f any nature whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of the Authority, which conflict, violation, breach, default, lien, charge or encumbrance would have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement and the Indenture or the financial condition, assets, properties or operations of the Authority.
(e) Consents and Approvals. No consent or approval of any trustee or holder of any indebted ness of the Authority, and no consent, permission, authorization, order or license of, or filing or registration with, any governmental authority is necessary in connection with the execution and delivery of this Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement or the Indenture, or the consummation of any transaction herein or therein contemplated, except as have been obtained or made and as are in full force and effect.
(f) No Litigation . There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court or federal, state, municipal or other governmental authority pending or, to the knowledge of the Authority after reasonable investigation, threatened against or affecting the Authority or the assets, properties or operations of the Authority which, if determined adversely to the Authority or its interests, would have a material and adverse effect upon the consummation of the transactions contemplated by or the validity of this Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement or the Indenture, or upon the financial condition, assets, properties or operations of the Authority, and the Authority is not in default with respect to any order or decree of any court or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state, municipal or other governmental authority, which default might have consequences that would materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement or the Indenture or the financial conditions, asset s, properties or operations of the Authority.
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ARTICLE III
DEPOSIT AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS; ACQUISITION AND
CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECT; SUBSTITUTION AND
RELEASE OF PROPERTY
SECTION 3.1. Deposit of Moneys; Acquisition and Construction of Project.
(a) Deposit of Bond Proceeds. On the Closing Date, the Authority will cause the proceeds of sale of the Bonds to be deposited with the Trustee. The Trustee shall deposit such proceeds in accordance with Section 3.02 of the Indenture.
(b) Acquisition and Construction of the Project. The Authority hereby appoints the City as its agent to carry out all phases of the acquisition and construction of the Project under and in accordance with the provisions hereof. The City hereby accepts its appointment as agent of the Authority and assumes all rights, liabilities, duties and responsibilities of the Authority regarding the acquisition and construction of the Project.
The City, as agent of the Authority hereunder, shall enter into, administer and enforce all purchase orders or other contracts relating to the acquisition and construction of the Project. The City shall requisition the payment of Project Costs from amounts held by the Trustee in the Project Fund, pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.04 of the Indenture. All contracts for, and all work relating to, the acquisition and construction of the Project are subject to all applicable provisions of law relating to the acquisition, construction, improvement, and equipping of like facilities and property by the City.
As agent of the Authority, the City hereby agrees to supervise and provide for, or cause to be supervised and provided for, the acquisition and construction of the Project in accordance with the plans and specifications, purchase orders, construction contracts and other documents relating thereto and approved by the City under all applicable requirements of law.
SECTION 3.2. Substitution of Property . The City has the option at any time and from time to time, to substitute other real property (the “ Substitute Property”) for the Leased Property or any portion thereof (the “ Former Property”), upon satisfaction of all of the following requirements which are hereby declared to be conditions precedent to such substitution:
(a) No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) The City has filed with the Authority and the Trustee, and caused to be recorded in the office of the San Joaquin County Recorder sufficient memorialization of, an amendment hereo f which adds the legal description of the Substitute Property to Appendix A and deletes therefrom the legal description of the Former Property.
(c) The City has obtained a CLTA policy of title insurance insuring the City’s leasehold estate hereunder in the Substitute Property, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, in an amount at least equal to the estimated value thereof.
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(d) The City has certified in writing to the Authority and the Trustee that the Substitute Property serves the municipal purposes of the City and constitutes property which the City is permitted to lease under the laws of the State of California, and has been determined to be essential to the proper, efficient and economic operation of the City and to serve an essential governmental function of the City.
(e) The Substitute Property does not cause the City to violate any of its covenants, representations and warranties made herein.
(g) The City has filed with the Authority and the Trustee a written certificate of the City or other written evidencing stating that the useful life of the Substitute Property at least extends to October 1, _______, that the estimated value of the Leased Property, after substitution of the Substitute Property and release of the Former Property, is at least equal to the aggregate Outstanding principal amount of the Bonds, and the fair rental value of the Leased Property, after substitution of the Substitute Property and release of the Former Property, is at least equal to the Lease Payments thereafter coming due and payable hereunder.
(h) The City has mailed written notice of such substitution to each rating agency which then maintains a rating on the Bonds.
Upon the satisfaction of all such conditions precedent, the Term of this Lease will thereupon end as to the Former Property and commence as to the Substitute Property, and all references to the Former Property will apply with full force and effect to the Substitute Property. The City is not entitled to any reduction, diminution, extension or other modification of the Lease Payments whatsoever as a result of any substitution of property under this Section. The Authority and the City will execute, deliver and cause to be recorded all documents required to discharge the Site Lease, this Lease and the Assignment Agreement of record against the Former Property and to cause the Substitute Property to become subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Site Lease, this Lease and the Assignment Agreement.
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ECTION 3.3. Release of Property. The City has the option at any time and from time to time to release any portion of the Leased Property from this Lease (the “Released Property”) provided that the City has satisfied all of the following requirements which are hereby declared to be conditions precedent to such release:
(a) No Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) The City has filed with the Authority and the Trustee, and caused to be recorded in the office of the San Joaquin County Recorder sufficient memorialization of, an amendment hereof which removes the Released Property from the Site Lease and this Lease.
(c) The City has certified in writing to the Authority and the Trustee that the value of the property which remains subject to this Lease following such release is at least equal to the aggregate Outstanding principal amount of the Bonds, and the fair rental value of the property
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which remains subject to this Lease following such release is at least equal to the Lease Payments thereaft er coming due and payable hereunder.
(d) The City has mailed written notice of such release to each rating agency which then maintains a rating on the Bonds.
Upon the satisfaction of all such conditions precedent, the Term of this Lease will thereupon end as to the Released Property. The City is not entitled to any reduction, diminution, extension or other modification of the Lease Payments whatsoever as a result of such release. The Authority and the City shall execute, deliver and cause to be recorded all documents required to discharge the Site Lease, this Lease and the Assignment Agreement of record against the Released Property.
ARTICLE IV
LEASE OF LEASED PROPERTY; TERM OF THIS LEASE;
LEASE PAYMENTS
SECTION 4.1. Lease of Leased Property. The Authority hereby leases the Leased Property to the City and the City hereby leases the Leased Property fr om the Authority, upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Lease.
SECTION 4.2. Term. The Term of this Lease commences on the Closing Date and ends on the date on which the Indenture is discharged in accordance with S ection 10.03 thereof, but under any circumstances not later than October 1, _______. The provisions of this Section are subject to the provisions of Section 6.2 relating to the taking in eminent domain of the Leased Property in whole or in part.
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ECTION 4.3. Lease Payments.
(a) Obligation to Pay. Subject to the provisions of Sections 6.2 and 6.3 and the provisions of Article IX, the City agrees to pay to the Authority, its successors and assigns, the Lease Payments in the respective amounts specified in Appendix B attached to this Lease, to be due and payable in immediately available funds on the Interest Payment Dates immediately following each of the respective Lease Payment Dates specified in Appendix B, and to be deposited by the City with the Trustee on each of the Lease Payment Dates specified in Appendix B. Any amount held in the Bond Fund, the Interest Account and the Principal Account on any Lease Payment Date (other than amounts resulting from the prepayment of the Lease Payments in part but not in whole under Article IX, and amounts required for payment of past due principal or interest on any Bonds not presented for payment) will be credited towards the Lease Payment then required to be paid hereunder. The City is not required to deposit any Lease Payment with the Trustee on any Lease Payment Date if the amounts then held in the Bond Fund, the Interest Account and the Principal Account are at least equal to the Lease Payment then required to be deposited with the Trustee. The Lease Payments payable in any Rental Period are for the use of the Leased Property during that Rental Period.
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(b) Effect of Prepayment. If the City prepays all Lease Payments in full under Sections 9.2 or 9.3, the City’s obligati ons under this Section will thereupon cease and terminate. If the City prepays the Lease Payments in part but not in whole under Sections
9.2 or 9.3, the principal components of the remaining Lease Payments will be reduced in integral multiples of $5,000 among Lease Payment Dates on a basis which corresponds to the principal maturities of the Bonds which are redeemed thereby; and the interest component of each remaining Lease Payment will be reduced by the aggregate corresponding amount of interest which w ould otherwise be payable with respect to the Bonds thereby redeemed under Section 4.01 of the Indenture.
(c) Rate on Overdue Payments . If the City fails to make any of the payments required in this Section, the payment in default will continue as an obl igation of the City until the amount in default has been fully paid, and the City agrees to pay the same with interest thereon, from the date of default to the date of payment at the highest rate of interest on any Outstanding Bond.
(d) Fair Rental Value. The aggregate amount of the Lease Payments and Additional Rental Payments coming due and payable during each Rental Period constitute the total rental for the Leased Property for such Rental Period, and are payable by the City in each Rental Period for and in consideration of the right of the use and occupancy of, and the continued quiet use and enjoyment of the Leased Property during each Rental Period. The parties hereto have agreed and determined that the total Lease Payments represent the fair rental value of the Leased Property. In making that determination, consideration has been given to the estimated value of the Leased Property, other obligations of the City and the Authority under this Lease, the uses and purposes which may be served by the Leased Property and the benefits therefrom which will accrue to the City and the general public.
(e) Assignment. The City understands and agrees that all Lease Payments have been assigned by the Authority to the Trustee in trust, under the Assignment Agreement, for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds, and the City hereby assents to such assignment. The Authority hereby directs the City, and the City hereby agrees to pay to the Trustee at its Office, all payments payable by the City under this Section and all amounts payable by the City under Article IX.
SECTION 4.4. Source of Payments; Covenant to Budget and Appropriate. The Lease Payments are payable from any source of available funds of the City, subject to the provisions of Section 6.3. The City covenants to take all actions required to include the Lease Payments in each of its budgets during the Term of this Lease and to make the necessary appropriations for all Lease P ayments and Additional Rental Payments. The foregoing covenant of the City contained constitutes a duty imposed by law and each and every public official of the City is required to take all actions required by law in the performance of the official duty of such officials to enable the City to carry out and perform the covenants and agreements in this Lease agreed to be carried out and performed by the City.
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ECTION 4.5. Additional Rental Payments. In addition to the Lease Payments, the City shall pay when due the following amounts of Additional Rental Payments in consideration of the lease of the Leased Property by the City from the Authority hereunder:
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(a) all fees and expenses incurred by the Authority in connection with or by reason of its leasehold estate in the Leased Property, when due,
(b) all reasonable compensation to the Trustee for all services rendered under the Indenture and for all reasonable expenses, charges, costs, liabilities, legal fees and other disbursements incurred in and about the performance of its powers and duties under the Indenture,
(c) the reasonable fees and expenses of such accountants, consultants, attorneys and other experts as may be engaged by the Authority or the Trustee to prepare audits, financial statements, reports, opinions or provide such other services required under this Lease or the Indenture,
(d) amounts coming due and payable as Excess Investment Earnings in accordance with Section 7.6(e), and
(e) the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Authority in connection with the execution and delivery of this Lease or the Indenture, or in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, including but not limited to any and all expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and delivery of the Bonds, or incurred by the Authority in connection with any litigation which may at any time be instituted involving this Lease, the Bonds, the Indenture or any of the other documents contemplated hereby or thereby, or otherwise incurred in connection with the administration of this Lease.
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ECTION 4.6. Quiet Enjoyment. Throughout the Term of this Lease, the Authority shall provide the City with quiet use and enjoyment of t he Leased Property and the City will peaceably and quietly have and hold and enjoy the Leased Property, without suit, trouble or hindrance from the Authority, except as expressly set forth in this Lease. The Authority will, at the request of the City and at the City’s cost, join in any legal action in which the City asserts its right to such possession and enjoyment to the extent the Authority may lawfully do so. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Authority has the right to inspect the Leased Property as provided in Section 7.2.
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ECTION 4.7. Title. Upon the termination of this Lease (other than under Section
8.2(b) hereof), all right, title and interest of the Authority in and to the Leased Property transfers to and vests in the City. The Authority shall take any and all steps and execute and record any and all documents reasonably required by the City to consummate any such transfer of title.
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ARTICLE V
MAINTENANCE; TAXES; INSURANCE; AND OTHER MATTERS
SECTION 5.1. Maintenance, Utilities, Taxes and Assessments . Throughout the Term of this Lease, as part of the c onsideration for the rental of the Leased Property, all improvement, repair and maintenance of the Leased Property are the responsibility of the City, and the City will pay for or otherwise arrange for the payment of all utility services supplied to the Leased Property, which may include, without limitation, janitor service, security, power, gas, telephone, light, heating, water and all other utility services, and will pay for or otherwise arrange for the payment of the cost of the repair and replacement of the Leased Property resulting from ordinary wear and tear or want of care on the part of the City or any assignee or sublessee thereof. In exchange for the Lease Payments herein provided, the Authority agrees to provide only the Leased Property. The Cit y waives the benefits of subsections 1 and 2 of Section 1932, Section 1933(4) and Sections 1941 and 1942 of the California Civil Code, but such waiver does not limit any of the rights of the City under the terms of this Lease.
The City shall also pay or cause to be paid all taxes and assessments of any type or nature, if any, charged to the Authority or the City affecting the Leased Property or the respective interests or estates therein; provided that with respect to special assessments or other governmental charges that may lawfully be paid in installments over a period of years, the City shall pay only such installments as are required to be paid during the Term of this Lease as and when the same become due.
The City may, at its expense and in its name, in good faith contest any such taxes, assessments, utility and other charges and, in the event of any such contest, may permit the taxes, assessments or other charges so contested to remain unpaid during the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom unless the Authority notifies the City that, in its reasonable opinion, by nonpayment of any such items the interest of the Authority in the Leased Property will be materially endangered or the Leased Property or any part thereof will be subject to loss or forfeiture, in which event the City shall promptly pay such taxes, assessments or charges or provide the Authority with full security against any loss which may result from nonpayment, in form satisfactory to the Authority and the Trustee.
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ECTION 5.2. Modification of Leased Property. The City has the right, at its own expense, to make additions, modifications and improvements to the Leased Property or any portion thereof. All additions, modifications and improvements to the Leased Property will thereafter comprise part of the Leased Property and become subject to the provisions of this Lease. Such additions, modifications and improvements may not in any way damage the Leased Property, or cause the Leased Property to be used for purposes other than those authorized under the provisions of state and federal law; and the Leased Property, upon completion of any additions, modifications and improvements made thereto under this Section, must be of a value which is not substantially less than the value thereof immediately prior to the making of such additions, modifications and improvements. The City will not permit any mechanic’s or other lien to be established or remain against the Leased Property for labor or materials furnished in connection with any remodeling, additions, modifications, improvements, repairs, renewals or replacements made by the City under this Section; except that if any such lien is established and the City first notifies or causes to be notified the Authority of the City’s intention to do so, the City may in good faith contest any lien filed or established against the Leased Property,
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and in such event may permit the items so contested to remain undischarged and unsatisfied during the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom and shall provide the Authority with full security against any loss or forfeiture which might arise from the nonpayment of any such item, in form satisfactory to the Authority. The Authority will cooperate fully in any such contest, upon the request and at the expense of the City.
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ECTION 5.3. Liability and Property Damage Insurance. The City shall maintain or cause to be maintained thr oughout the Term of this Lease, but only if and to the extent available from reputable insurers at reasonable cost in the reasonable opinion of the City, a standard commercial general liability insurance policy or policies in protection of the Authority, t he City, and their respective members, officers, agents, employees and assigns. Said policy or policies shall provide for indemnification of said parties against direct or contingent loss or liability for damages for bodily and personal injury, death or property damage occasioned by reason of the operation of the Leased Property. Such policy or policies shall provide coverage in such liability limits and be subject to such deductibles as the City deems adequate and prudent. Such insurance may be maintained as part of or in conjunction with any other insurance coverage carried by the City, and may be maintained in whole or in part in the form of self -insurance by the City, subject to the provisions of Section 5.7, or in the form of the participation by the City in a joint powers agency or other program providing pooled insurance. The proceeds of such liability insurance must be applied toward extinguishment or satisfaction of the liability with respect to which paid.
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ECTION 5.4. Casualty Insurance. The City shall procure and maintain, or cause to be procured and maintained, throughout the Term of this Lease, casualty insurance against loss or damage to all buildings situated on the Leased Property, in an amount at least equal to the lesser of (a) 100% of the replacement value of the insured buildings, or (b) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds. Such insurance must, as nearly as practicable, cover loss or damage by explosion, windstorm, riot, aircraft, vehicle damage, smoke and such other hazards as are normally covered by such insurance, and must include earthquake insurance if available at reasonable cost from reputable insurers in the judgment of the City. Such insurance may be subject to such deductibles as the City deems adequate and prudent. Such insurance may be maintained as part of or in conjunction with any other insurance coverage carried by the City, and may be maintained in whole or in part in the form of the participation by the City in a joint powers agency or other program providing pooled insurance; provided that such insurance may not be maintained by the City in the form of self -insurance. The Net Proceeds of such insurance must be applied as provided in Section 6.1.
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ECTION 5.5. Rental Interruption Insurance. The City shall procure and maintain, or cause to be procured and maintained, throughout the Term of this Lease, rental interruption or use and occupanc y insurance to cover loss, total or partial, of the use of any portion of the Leased Property constituting buildings or other improvements as a result of any of the hazards covered in the insurance required by Section 5.4, in an amount at least equal to the maximum such Lease Payments coming due and payable during any consecutive two Fiscal Years. Such insurance may be maintained as part of or in conjunction with any other insurance coverage carried by the City, and may be maintained in whole or in part in the form of the participation by the City in a joint powers agency or other program providing pooled insurance; provided that such insurance may not be maintained by the City in the form of self-insurance. The Net Proceeds of such insurance, if any, must be paid to the Trustee and deposited in the Bond Fund, to be applied as a
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credit towards the payment of the Lease Payments allocable to the insured improvements as the same become due and payable.
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ECTION 5.6. Recordation Hereof; Title Insurance. On or before the Closing Date the City shall, at its expense, (a) cause the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement and this Lease, or a memorandum hereof or thereof in form and substance approved by Bond Counsel, to be recorded in the office of the San Joaquin County Recorder, and (b) obtain a CLTA title insurance policy insuring the City’s leasehold estate hereunder in the Leased Property, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, in an amount at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. All Net Proceeds received under any such title insurance policy must be deposited with the Trustee in the Bond Fund to be credited towards the prepayment of the remaining Lease Payments under Section 9.3.
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ECTION 5.7. Insurance Net Proceeds; Form of Policies. Each policy of insurance maintained under Sections 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6 must name the Trustee as loss payee so as to provide that all proceeds thereunder are payable to the Trustee. The City shall pay or cause to be paid when due the premiums for all insurance policies required by this Lease.
All such policies shall provide that the Trustee is given 30 days’ notice of each expiration, any intended cancellation thereof or reduction of the coverage provided thereby. The City must file with the Trustee annually, within 90 days following the close of each Fiscal Year, a certificate of the City stating that all policies of insurance required hereunder are then in full force and effect. The Trustee has no responsibility for the sufficiency, adequacy or amount of any insurance or self -insurance herein required and is fully protected in accepting payment on account of such insurance or any adjustment, compromise or settlement of any loss.
If any insurance maintained under Section 5.3 is provided in the form of self - insurance, the City must file with the Trustee annually, within 90 days following the close of each Fiscal Year, a statement of the risk manager of the City or an independent insurance adviser engaged by the City identifying the extent of such self -insurance and stating the determination that the City maintains sufficient reserves with respect thereto.
If any such insurance is provided in the form of self-insurance by the City, the City has no obligation to make any payment with respect to any insured event except from those reserves.
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ECTION 5.8. Installation of City’s Personal Property . The City may at any time and from time to time, in its sole discretion and at its own expense, install or permit to be installed other items of equipment or other personal property in or upon the Leased Property. All such items shall remain the sole property of the City, in which neither the Authority nor the Trustee has any interest, and may be modified or removed by the City at any time, provided that the City must repair all damage to the Leased Property resulting from the installation, modification or removal of any such items. Nothing in this Lease prevents the City from purchasing or leasing items to be installed under this Section under a lease or conditional sale agreement, or subject to a vendor’s lien or security agreement, as security for the unpaid portion of the purchase price thereof, so long as no such lien or security interest attaches to any part of the Leased Property.
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ECTION 5.9. Liens. The City may not, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or claim on or with respect to the Leased Property, other than as herein contemplated and except for such encumbrances as the City certifies in writing to the Trustee do not materially and adversely
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affect the leasehold estate of the City in the Leased Property hereunder. If any such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or claim does materially and adversely affect the leasehold estate of the City in the Leased Property hereunder, the City will promptly, at its own expense, take such action as may be necessary to duly discharge or remove any such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or claim, for which it is responsible; provided that the City is not required to do so prior to the time when such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or claim actually causes such material adverse effect. The City will reimburse the Authority for any expense incurred by it in order to discharge or remove any such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or claim.
SECTION 5.10. Advances. If the City fails to perform any of its obligations under this Article V, the Authority may (but is not required to) take such action as it deems necessary to cure such failure, including the advancement of money, and the City shall repay all such advances as Additional Rental Payments hereunder, with interest at the rate set forth in Section 4.3(c).
ARTICLE VI
DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND EMINENT DOMAIN; USE OF NET
PROCEEDS
SECTION 6.1. Application of Net Proceeds . The Trustee, as assignee of the Authority under the Assignment Agreement, has the right to receive all Net Proceeds. As provided in the Indenture, the Trustee will deposit all Net Proceeds in the Insurance and Condemnation Fund to be applied as set forth in Section 5.07 of the Indenture.
SECTION 6.2. Termination or Abatement Due to Eminent Domain. If the Leased Property is taken permanently under the power of eminent domain or sold to a government threatening to exercise the power of eminent domain, the Term of this Lease thereupon ceases as of the day possession is taken. If less than all of the Leased Property is taken permanently, or if the Leased Property is taken temporarily, under the power of eminent domain, then:
(a) this Lease shall continue in full force and effect wi th respect thereto and does not terminate by virtue of such taking, and the parties waive the benefit of any law to the contrary; and
(b) the Lease Payments are subject to abatement in an amount determined by the City such that the resulting Lease Payment s represent fair consideration for the use and occupancy of the remaining usable portions of the Leased Property.
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ECTION 6.3. Abatement Due to Damage or Destruction. The Lease Payments are subject to abatement during any period in which by reason of damage or destruction (other than by eminent domain which is hereinbefore provided for) there is substantial interference with the use and occupancy by the City of the Leased Property or any portion thereof. The Lease Payments are subject to abatement in an amount determined by the City such that the resulting Lease Payments represent fair consideration for the use and
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occupancy of the remaining usable portions of the Leased Property not damaged or destroyed. Such abatement will continue for the period commencing with such damage or destruction and ending with the substantial completion of the work of repair or reconstruction. In the event of any such damage or destruction, this Lease continues in full force and effect and the City waives any right to terminate this Lease by virtue of any such damage and destruction.
SECTION 6.4. Abatement Due to Non- Completion of the Project . The Lease Payments are subject to abatement during any period prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for the Project, if it constitutes all or a portion of the Leased Property, there is substantial interference with the use and occupancy by the City of the Leased Property or any portion thereof. The Lease Payments are subject to abatement in an amount determined by the City such that the resulting Lease Payments represent fair consideration for the use and occupancy of the usable porti ons of the Leased Property.
Such abatement will continue for the period commencing with the substantial interference with the use and occupancy of the Leased Property and ending with the substantial completion of the Project. In the event of any such int erference with use and occupancy during construction of the Project, this Lease continues in full force and effect and the City waives any right to terminate this Lease by virtue of any substantial interference.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no abatement of Lease Payments under this Section 6.4 to the extent that any capitalized interest is available to pay Lease Payments which would otherwise be abated under this Section 6. 4, it being hereby declared that such capitalized interest constitutes a special fund for the payment of the Lease Payments.
ARTICLE VII
OTHER COVENANTS OF THE CITY
SECTION 7.1. Disclaimer of Warranties. THE AUTHORITY AND THE TRUSTEE
MAKE NO AGREEMENT, WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, AS TO THE VALUE, DESIGN, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR
FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR FITNESS FOR THE USE
CONTEMPLATED BY THE CITY OF THE L EASED PROPERTY OR AN Y PORTION
THEREOF, OR ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE LEASED PROPERTY OR ANY PORTION THERE OF. THE CITY
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT TH E AUTHORITY IS NOT A MANUFACTURER OF ANY
PORTION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY OR A DEAL ER THEREIN, THAT THE CITY
LEASES THE LEASED PR OPERTY AS- IS, IT BEI NG AGREED THAT ALL O F THE AFOREMENTIONED RISKS ARE TO BE BORNE BY THE CITY. The Authority has no liability for incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages, in connection with or arising out of this Lease for the existence, furnishing, functioning or use of the Leased Property by the City.
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ECTION 7.2. Access to the Leased Property. The City agrees that the Authority and any Authorized Representative of the Authority, and the Authority’s successors or assigns, have the right at all reasonable times to enter upon and to examine and inspect the Leased Property or any part thereof. The City further agrees that the Authority, any
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Authority Representative and the Authority’s successors or assigns may have such rights of access to the Leased Property or any component thereof as reasonably necessary to cause the proper maintenance of the Leased Property if the City fails to perform its obligations hereunder; provided, however, that neither the Authority nor any of its assigns has any obligation to cause such proper maintenance.
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ECTION 7.3. Release and Indemnification Covenants . The City agrees to indemnify the Authority, the Trustee and their respective officers, agents, successors and assigns, against all claims, losses and damages, including legal fees and expenses, arising out of any of the following:
(a) the use, maintenance, condition or management of, or from any work or thing done on the Leased Property by the City,
(b) any breach or default on the part of the City in the performance of any of its obligations under this Lease,
(c) any negligence or willful misconduct of the City or of any of its agents, contractors, servants, employees or licensees with respect to the Leased Property,
(d) any intentional misconduct or negligence of any sublessee of the City with respect to the Leased Property,
(e) the acquisition, construction, improvement and equipping of the Leased Property, or the authorization of payment of the costs thereof, or
(f) the acceptance and performance of the duties of the Trustee under the Indenture and under this Lease.
No indemnification is made under this Section or elsewhere in this Lease for willful misconduct or negligence under this Lease by the Authority, the Trustee or their respective officers, agents, employees, successors or assigns.
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ECTION 7.4. Assignment and Subleasing by the City. The City may sublease the Leased Property, or any portion thereof, subject to all of the following conditions:
(a) this Lease and the obligation of the City to make Lease Payments hereunder must remain obligations of the City;
(b) the City must, within 30 days after the delivery thereof, furnish or cause to be furnished to the Authority and the Trustee a true and complete copy of such sublease;
(c) no such sublease by the City may cause the Leased Property to be used for a purpose which is not authorized under the provisions of the laws of the State of California; and
(d) the City must furnish to the Authority and the Trustee a written opinion of Bond Counsel stating that such sublease does not cause the
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interest on the Bonds to become included in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation or to become subject to personal income taxation by the State of California.
SECTION 7.5. Amendment Hereof. The Authority and the City may at any time amend or modify any of the provisions of this Lease, but only: (a) with the prior written consents of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds; or (b) without the consent of the Trustee or any of the Bond Owners, but only if such amendment or modification is for any one or more of the following purposes:
(i) to add to the covenants and agreements of the City contained in this Lease, other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, or to limit or surrender any rights or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the City;
(ii) to make such provisions for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained herein, to conform to the original intention of the City and the Authority;
(iii) to modify, amend or supplement this Lease in such manner as to assure that the interest on the Bonds remains excluded from gross income under the Tax Code;
(iv) to amend the description of the Leased Property to reflect accurately the property originally intended to be included therein, or in connection with any substitution or release of property under Sections
3.2 or 3.3;
(v) to obligate the City to pay additional amounts of rental for the use and occupancy of the Leased Property, but only if (A) such additional amounts of rental are pledged or assigned for the payment of any bonds, notes, leases or other obligations the proceeds of which are applied to finance or refinance the acquisition or construction of any real or personal property for which the City is authorized to expend funds subject to its control, (B) the City has obtained and filed with the Trustee an appraisal showing that the appraised value of the Leased Property is at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds and all such other bonds, notes, leases or other obligations, and (C) the City has filed with the Trustee written evidence that the amendments made under this clause (v) will not of themselves cause a reduction or withdrawal of any rating then assigned to the Bonds; or
(vi) in any other respect whatsoever as the Authority and the City deem necessary or desirable, if in the opinion of Bond Counsel such modifications or amendments do not materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Bonds.
No such modification or amendment may (a) extend or have the effect of extending any Lease Payment Date or reducing any Lease Payment or any premium payable upon
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the prepayment thereof, without the express consent of the Owners of the affected Bonds, or (b) modify any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee without its written assent thereto.
SECTION 7.6. Tax Covenants.
(a) Private Business Use Limitation. The City shall assure that the proceeds of the Bonds are not used in a manner which would cause the Bonds to satisfy the private business tests of Section 141(b) of the Tax Code or the private loan financing test of Section 141(c) of the Tax Code.
(b) Federal Guarantee Prohibition. The City may not take any action or permit or suffer any action to be taken if the result of the same would be to cause the Bonds to be “federally guaranteed” within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Tax Code.
(c) No Arbitrage. The City may not take, or permit or suffer to be taken by the Trustee or otherwise, any action with respect to the proceeds of the Bonds or of any other obligations which, if such action had been reasonably expec ted to have been taken, or had been deliberately and intentionally taken, on the Closing Date, would have caused the Bonds to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148(a) of the Tax Code.
(d) Maintenance of Tax Exemption. The City shall take all actions necessary to assure the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from the gross income of the Owners of the Bonds to the same extent as such interest is permitted to be excluded from gross income under the Tax Code as in effect on the Closing Date.
(e) Rebate of Excess Investment Earnings to United States . The City shall calculate or cause to be calculated the Excess Investment Earnings in all respects at the times and in the manner required under the Tax Code. The City shall pay the full amount of Excess Investment Earnings to the United States of America in such amounts, at such times and in such manner as may be required under the Tax Code. Such payments shall be made by the City from any source of legally available funds of the City, and shall constitute Additional Rental Payments hereunder.
The City shall keep or cause to be kept, and retain or cause to be retained for a period of six years following the retirement of the Bonds, records of the determinations made under this subsection (e). In order to provide for the administration of this subsection (e), the City may provide for the employment of independent attorneys, accountants and consultants compensated on such reasonable basis as the City may deem appropriate.
The Trustee has no duty or obligation to monitor or enforce compliance by the City of any of the requirements under this subsection (e).
(f) Record Retention. The City will retain its records of all accounting and monitoring it carries out with respect to the Bonds for at least 3 years after the Bonds mature or are redeemed (whichever is earlier); however, if the Bonds are redeemed and refunded, the City will retain its records of accounting and monitoring at least 3 years after the earlier of the maturity or redemption of the obligations that refunded the Bonds.
(g) Compliance with Tax Certificate. The City will comply with the provisions of the Certificate as to Arbitrage and the Use of Proceeds Certificate with respect to the
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Bonds, which are incorporated herein as if fully set forth herein. The covenants of this Section will survive payment in full or defeasance of the Bonds.
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ECTION 7.7. Continuing Disclosure. The City shall comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the City as of the Closing Date, as originally executed and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease, failure of the City to comply with such Continuing Disclosure Certificate will not constitute an Event of Default, although any Participating Underwriter (as that term is defined in such Continuing Disclosure Certificate) or any Owner or beneficial owner of the Bonds may take such actions as may be necessary and appropriate to compel performance by the City of its obligations under this Section, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order.
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 8.1. Events of Default Defined. Any one or more of the following events constitute an Event of Default hereunder:
(a) Failure by the City to pay any Lease Payment or other payment required to be paid hereunder at the time specified herein.
(b) Failure by the City to observe and perform any covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be observed or performed, other than as referred to in the preceding subsection (a), for a period of 30 days after written notice specifying such failure and requesting that it be remedied has been given to the City by the Authority or the Trustee.
If in the reasonable opinion of the City the failure stated in the notice can be corrected, but not within such 30 -day period, the failure will not constitute an Event of Default if the City commences to cure the failure within such 30-day period and thereafter diligently and in good faith cures the failure in a reasonable period of time.
(c) The filing by the City of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or failure by the City promptly to lift any execution, garnishment or attachment, or adjudication of the City as a bankrupt, or assignment by the City for the benefit of creditors, or the entry by the City into an agreement of composition with creditors, or the approval by a court of competent jurisdiction of a petition applicable to the City in any proceedings instituted under the provisions of the Federal Bankruptcy Code , as amended, or under any similar acts which may hereafter be enacted.
SECTION 8.2. Remedies on Default. Whenever any Event of Default has happened and is continuing, the Authority may exercise any and all remedies available under law or granted under this Lease. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Indenture to the contrary, neither the Authority nor the Trustee may accelerate the Lease Payments or otherwise declare any Lease Payments not then in default to be immediately due and
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payable. Each covenant hereof to be kept and performed by the City is expressly made a condition and upon the breach thereof the Authority may exercise any and all rights granted hereunder; except that no termination of this Lease may be effected either by operation of law or acts of the parties hereto, except only in the manner herein expressly provided. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Authority may exercise each and every one of the following remedies, subject in all respects to the limitations set forth in Section 8.3.
(a) Enforcement of Payments Without Termination. If the Authority does not elect to terminate this Lease in the manner hereinafter provided for in subparagraph (b) hereof, the City agrees to and shall remain liable for the payment of all Lease Payments and the performance of all conditions herein contained and shall reimburse the Authority for any deficiency arising out of the re -leasing of the Leased Property, or, if the Authority is unable to re-lease the Leased Property, then for the full amount of all Lease Payments to the end of the Term of this Lease, but said Lease Payments and/or deficiency shall be payable only at the same time and in the same manner as hereinabove provided for the payment of Lease Payments hereunder,
notwithstanding such entry or re-entry by the Authority or any suit in unlawful detainer, or otherwise, brought by the Authority for the purpose of effecting such re -entry or obtaining possession of the Leased Property or the exercise of any other remedy by the Authority.
The City hereby irrevocably appoints the Authority as the agent and attorney-in-fact of the City to enter upon and re -lease the Leased Property upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default and to remove all personal property whatsoever situated upon the Leased Property, to place the Leased Property in storage or other suitable place in the County of San Joaquin for the account of and at the expense of the City, and the City hereby exempts and agrees to save harmless the Authority from any costs, loss or damage whatsoever arising or occasioned by any such entry upon and re- leasing of the Leased Property and the removal and storage of the Leased Property by the Autho rity or its duly authorized agents in accordance with the provisions herein contained. The City agrees that the terms of this Lease constitute full and sufficient notice of the right of the Authority to re- lease the Leased Property in the event of such re-entry without effecting a surrender of this Lease, and further agrees that no acts of the Authority in effecting such re-leasing shall constitute a surrender or termination of this Lease irrespective of the term for which such re-leasing is made or the terms and conditions of such re-leasing, or otherwise, but that, on the contrary, in the event of such default by the City the right to terminate this Lease shall vest in the Authority to be effected in the sole and exclusive manner hereinafter provided for in subparagraph (b) hereof. The City agrees to surrender and quit possession of the Leased Property upon demand of the Authority for the purpose of enabling the Leased Property to be re-let under this paragraph, and the City further waives the right to any rental obtained by the Authority in excess of the Lease Payments and hereby conveys and releases such excess to the
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Authority as compensation to the Authority for its services in re- leasing the Leased Property.
(b) Termination of Lease. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing hereunder, the Authority at its option may terminate this Lease and re-lease all or any portion of the Leased Property. If the Authority terminates this Lease at its option and in the manner hereinafter provided on account of default by the City (and notwithstanding any re-entry upon the Leased Property by the Authority in any manner whatsoever or the re -leasing of the Leased Property), the City nevertheless agrees to pay to the Authority all costs, loss or damages howsoever arising or occurring payable at the same time and in the same manner as is herein provided in the case of payment of Lease Payments and Additional Rental Payments. Any surplus received by the Authority from such re -leasing shall be deposited in the Bond Fund. Neither notice to pay rent or to deliver up possession of the premises given under law nor any proceeding in unlawful detainer taken by the Authority shall of itself operate to terminate this Lease, and no termination of this Lease on account of de fault by the City shall be or become effective by operation of law, or otherwise, unless and until the Authority shall have given written notice to the City of the election on the part of the Authority to terminate this Lease. The City covenants and agrees that no surrender of the Leased Property, or of the remainder of the Term hereof or any termination of this Lease shall be valid in any manner or for any purpose whatsoever unless stated or accepted by the Authority by such written notice.
(c) Proceedings at Law or In Equity . If an Event of Default occurs and continues hereunder, the Authority may take whatever action at law or in equity may appear necessary or desirable to collect the amounts then due and thereafter to become due hereunder or to enforc e any other of its rights hereunder.
SECTION 8.3. No Remedy Exclusive . No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Authority is intended to be exclusive and every such remedy is cumulative and in addition to every other remedy given under this Lease or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon the occurrence of any Event of Default impairs any such right or power or operates as a waiver thereof, but any such right and power may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entitle the Authority to exercise any remedy reserved to it in this Article VIII it is not necessary to give any notice, other than as expressly required in this Article VIII or by law.
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ECTION 8.4. Agreement to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses . If the Authority or the City defaults under any of the provisions of this Lease and the nondefaulting party employs attorneys or incurs other expenses for the collection of moneys or the enforcement or performance or observance of any obligation or agreement on the part of the defaulting party herein contained, the defaulting party will on demand therefor pay to the nondefaulting party the reasonable fees of such attorneys and such other expenses so incurred by the nondefaulting party ; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not be required to expend its own funds for any payment described in this Section.
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SECTION 8.5. No Additional Waiver Implied by One Waiver. If the Authority or the City breaches any agreement in this Lease and thereafter the other party waives the breach, such waiver is limited to the particular breach so waived and does not operate to waive any other breach hereunder.
SECTION 8.6. Application of Proceeds. All net proceeds received from the re-lease of the Leased Property under this Article VIII, and all other amounts derived by the Authority or the Trustee as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, must be paid to and applied by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.03 of the Indenture.
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ECTION 8.7. Trustee and Bond Owners to Exercise Rights . Such rights and remedies as are given to the Authority under this Article VIII have been assigned by the Authority to the Trustee under the Assignment Agreement for the benefit of the Bond Owners, to which assignment the City hereby consents. The Trustee and the Bond Owners shall exercise such rights and remedies in accordance with the Indenture.
ARTICLE IX
PREPAYMENT OF LEASE PAYMENTS
SECTION 9.1. Security Deposit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease, the City may on any date secure the payment of the Lease Payments allocable to the Leased Property in whole or in part by depositing with the Trustee an amount of cash which, together with other available amounts on deposit in the funds and accounts established under the Indenture, is either:
(a) sufficient to pay such Lease Payments, including the principal and interest components thereof, in accordance with the Lease Payment schedule set forth in Appendix B, or
(b) invested in whole or in part in non-callable Federal Securities in such amount as will, in the opinion of an independent certified public accountant, (which opinion must be addressed and delivered to the Trustee), together with interest to accrue thereon and together with any cash which is so deposited, be fully sufficient to pay such Lease Payments when due under Section 4.3(a), as the City instructs at the time of said deposit.
If the City makes a security deposit under this Section with respect to all unpaid Lease Payments, and notwithstanding the provisions o f Section 4.2, (a) the Term of this Lease will continue, (b) all obligations of the City under this Lease, and all security provided by this Lease for said Lease Payments, will thereupon cease and terminate, excepting only the obligation of the City to mak e, or cause to be made all of said Lease Payments from such security deposit, and (c) under Section 4.7, title to the Leased Property will vest in the City on the date of said deposit automatically and without further action by the City or the Authority. Said security deposit constitutes a special fund for the payment of Lease Payments in accordance with the provisions of this Lease.
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SECTION 9.2. Optional Prepayment. The City has the option to prepay the principal components of the Lease Payments in whole, or in part in any integral multiple of $5,000, from any source of legally available funds, on any date on or after April 1, _______, at a prepayment price equal to the aggregate principal components of the Lease Payments to be prepaid, together with the interest component of the Lease Payment required to be paid on such Interest Payment Date, and together with a prepayment premium equal to the premium (if any) required to be paid on the resulting redemption of Bonds under Section 4.01(a) of the Indenture. Such prepayment price shall be deposited by the Trustee in the Redemption Fund to be applied to the redemption of Bonds under Section 4.01(a) of the Indenture. The City shall give written notice to the Trustee of its intention to prepay the Lease Payments under this Section in sufficient time to enable the Trustee to give notice of the corresponding redemption of Bonds in accordance with Section 4.03 of the Indenture. .
SECTION 9.3. Mandatory Prepayment From Net Proceeds of Insurance or Eminent Domain. The City shall prepay the principal components of the Lease Payments allocable to the Leased Property in whole or in part on any date, from and to the extent of any Net Proceeds of insurance award or eminent domain award with respect to the Leased Property theretofore deposited in the Redemption Fund for that purpose under A rticle VI hereof and Section 5.07 of the Indenture. Such Net Proceeds, to the extent remaining after payment of any delinquent Lease Payments, will be credited towards the City’s obligations under this Section and applied to the corresponding redemption o f Bonds under Section 4.01(b) of the Indenture.
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ECTION 9.4. Credit for Amounts on Deposit . If the principal components of the Lease Payments are prepaid in full under this Article IX, such that the Indenture is discharged by its terms as a result of such prepayment, at the written election of the City filed with the Trustee any or all amounts then on deposit in the Bond Fund (and the accounts therein) will be credited towards the amounts then required to be so prepaid.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.1. Notices. Any notice, request, complaint, demand or other communication under this Lease shall be given by first class mail or personal delivery to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or by facsimile transmission or other form of telecommunication, at its number set forth below. Notice shall be effective either (a) upon transmission by facsimile transmission or other form of telecommunication, (b) 48 hours after deposit in the United States of America first class mail, postage prepaid, or (c) in the case of personal delivery to any person, upon actual receipt. The Authority, the City or the Trustee may, by written notice to the other parties, from time to time modify the address or number to which communications are to be given hereunder.
If to the Authority City of Lodi
or the City: 221 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
Attention: City Manager
Fax: (209) 333-6807
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If to the Trustee: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association Attn.: Global Corporate Trust
One California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Fax: 415-677-3768
SECTION 10.2. Binding Effect . This Lease inures to the benefit of and binds the Authority, the City and their respective successors and assigns.
SECTION 10.3. Severability. If any provision of this Lease is held inval id or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding will not invalidate or render unenforceable any other provision hereof.
SECTION 10.4. Net-net-net Lease. This Lease is deemed and constr ued to be a “net-net-net lease” and the City hereby agrees that the Lease Payments are an absolute net return to the Authority, free and clear of any expenses, charges or set-offs whatsoever.
SECTION 10.5. Third Party Beneficiary. The Trustee is hereby made a third party beneficiary hereunder with all rights of a third party beneficiary.
SECTION 10.6. Further Assurances and Corrective Instruments. The Authority and the City shall, from time to time, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be executed, acknowledged and delivered, such supplements hereto and such further instruments as may reasonably be required for correcting any inadequate or incorrect description of the Leased Property hereby leased or intended so to be or for carrying out the expressed intention of this Lease.
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ECTION 10.7. Execution in Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in several counterparts, each of which is an original and all of which constitute but one and the same instrument.
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ECTION 10.8. Applicable Law . This Lease is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
SECTION 10.9. Authority and City Representatives . Whenever under the provisions of this Lease the approval of the Authority or the City is required, or the Authority or the City is required to take some action at the request of the other, such approval or such request shall be given for the Authority and for the City by an Authorized Representative thereof, and any party hereto may conclusively rely upon any such approval or request.
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ECTION 10.10. Captions. The captions or headings in this Lease are for convenience only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any provisions or Section of this Lease.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority and the City have caused this Lease to be executed in their respective names by their duly authorized officers, all as of the date first above written.
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, as
lessor
By
Steve Schwabauer
Executive Director
Attest:
[to come]
Secretary
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ITY OF LODI, as lessee
By
Steve Schwabauer
City Manager
Attest:
[to come]
City Clerk
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APPENDIX A
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY
The Leased Property consists of that certain real property situated in the City of Lodi, County of San Joaquin, which is more particularly described as follows:
TRACT ONE:
PARCEL ONE:
THE SOUTH 120 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 8, IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI, FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL. 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL TWO:
THE NORTH 50 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 8 AND THE EAST 30 FEET OF LOT 8, ALL IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI, FILED FOR RECORDED AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL THREE:
THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 7, IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN
COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL FOUR:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7, IN BLOCK 2 AND RUNNING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ELM STREET 70 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE BOUNDARY LINES OF SAID LOTS, 170 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY 70 FEET; THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION 170 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING THE EAST 70 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK NO. 2 IN THE TOWN OF LODI, (NOW CITY OF LODI)
SAVE AND EXCEPT THEREFROM THE EAST 5 FEET THEREOF, HERETOFORE CONVEYED TO DAN W. BIRD, ALL ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE
FORMER TOWN OF MOKELUMNE, NOR ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER, COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
PARCEL FIVE:
THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 6 AND THE EAST 5 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 2 OF
MOKELUMNE (NOT CITY OF LODI) ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAPS OR PLAT
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THEREOF FILED AUGUST 25, 1869 AT 8:48 A.M., IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS, VOLUME 2, PAGE 12, OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL SIX:
THE WEST 20 FEET OF LOT 5 AND THE EAST 30 FEET OF LOT 6, IN BLOCK 2,
CITY OF LODI, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOLUME 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
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TRACT TWO:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 2, IN BLOCK 1, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED WEST LODI, FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 10, 1904, IN VOL. 3 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 25 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL ONE A:
THE EASTERLY 0.60 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 1 OF WEST LODI, AS SHOWN IN THE MAP FILED FOR RECORD IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS.
VOLUME 3 PAGE 25, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 86 17'30" WEST 119.90 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 3 OF SAID BLOCK 1, SAID SOUTHEAST CORNER ALSO BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 86 17'30" WEST 119.90 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 4 OF SAID BLOCK 1; THENCE NORTH 3 42'40" EAST 169.83 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 4 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTH 86 16'10" EAST 119.96 ALONG THE
NORTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 4 AND 3 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 3; THENCE SOUTH 03 43'50" WEST 169.79 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 3 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SAID PARCEL ONE AND ONE A ABOVE ARE DESCRIBED ON THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT RECORDED JUNE 27, 2005 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 2005-154383, OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
PARCEL TWO:
LOT 1 IN BLOCK 1 OF WEST LODI, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP FOR PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1904, AND RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS, VOL 3 PAGE 25, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
TOGETHER WITH ALL THAT PORTION OF PLEASANT AVENUE FROM THE NORTH LINE OF ELM STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE 20 FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN
ELM STREET AND LOCUST STREET AS SET FORTH AND DEPICTED IN RESOLUTION OF ABANDONMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 8, 2001, AS DOCUMENT NO. 01164151 SAN JOAQUIN PUBLIC RECORDS.
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A.P.N. 037-270-50
[add Fire Station #2]
End of Legal Description
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APPENDIX B
SCHEDULE OF LEASE PAYMENTS
Lease
Payment Date*
Principal
Component
Interest
Component
Aggregate
Lease Payment
$_________
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* Lease Payment Dates are the Business Day immediately preceding each date listed in the schedule
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APPENDIX C
DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
The Project consists of the acquisition and construction of an Animal Shelter to be owned and operated by the City, park and playground upgrades and improvements , and such other improvements identified by the City from time to time.
Jones Hall 2-23-22 Agenda
TO BE RECORDED AND WHEN RECORDED
RETURN TO:
Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation
475 Sansome Street, Suite 1700
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Christopher K. Lynch, Esq.
THIS DOCUMENT IS EXEMPT FROM RECORDING FEES UNDER SECTION 27383 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE.
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
This ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement”), dated for convenience as of March 1, 2022, is between the LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, a joint powers authority duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Authority”), and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as tru stee (the “Trustee”).
BACKGROUND:
1. The Authority previously issued its $19,080,000 Lodi Public Financing Authority 2012 Refunding Lease Revenue Bonds (the “ 2012 Bonds”) for the purpose of refinancing outstanding certificates of participation that were executed and delivered to finance various municipal facilities of the City.
2. In connection with the issuance of the 2012 Bonds, the City and the Authority entered into a Site Lease and a Lease Agreement, each of which was dated as of September 1, 2012, pursuant to which, respectively, the City leased to the Authority and subleased from the Authority the land and improvements constituting the City’s police building and Carnegie Forum.
3. In order to take advantage of prevailing bond market conditions, t he City is proceeding to refund the 2012 Bonds.
4. The City further wishes to leverage the savings achieved by refinancing the 2012 Bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of capital improvements, including, among other things, a new animal shel ter and park and playground improvements and upgrades (the “Project”).
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5. To that end, the City has leased the land and improvements constituting the City’s police building and the City’s Fire Station #2, as more particularly described in Appendix A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein (the “ Leased Property”), to the Authority under a Site Lease dated as of March 1, 2022, which has been recorded concurrently herewith (the “Site Lease”), in consideration of the payment by the Authority of an upfront rental payment (the “ Site Lease Payment ”) that is sufficient to provide funds for the refunding of the 2012 Bonds and the financing of the Project.
6. The Authority has authorized the issuance of its Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing) in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ (the “Bonds”) under an Indenture of Trust dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “Indenture”), between the Authority and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee”), for the purpose of providing the funds to enable the Authority to pay the Site Lease Payment to the City in accordance with the Site Lease.
7. In order to provide revenues which are sufficient to enable the Authority to pay debt service on the Bonds, the Authority has agreed to lease the Leased Property back to the City under the Lease Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022 which has been recorded concurrently herewith (the “Lease”) under which the City has agreed to pay semiannual Lease Payments as the rental for the Leased Property.
8. The Authority has requested the Trustee to enter into this Agreement for the purpose of assigning certain of its rights under the Lease to the Trustee for the benefit of the Bond owners.
AGREEMENT:
In consideration of the material covenants contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto hereby formally covenant, agree and bind themselves as follows:
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ECTION 1. Defined Terms . All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings given those terms in the Indenture.
SECTION 2. Assignment . The Authority hereby assigns to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Owners of all Bonds which are issued and Outstanding under the Indenture, all of t he Authority’s rights under the Lease (excepting only the Authority‘s rights under Sections 4.5, 5.10, 7.3 and 8.4 of the Lease), including but not limited to:
(a) the right to receive and collect all of the Lease Payments from the City under the Lease;
(b) the right to receive and collect any proceeds of any insurance maintained thereunder with respect to the Leased Property, or any eminent domain award (or proceeds of sale under threat of eminent domain) paid with respect to the Leased Property; and
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enforce payment of the Lease Payments and any amounts required to be deposited in the Insurance and Condemnation Fund established under Section 5.07 of the Indenture, or (ii) otherwise to protect the interests of the Bond Owners in the event of a default by the City under the Lease.
The Trustee shall administer all of the rights assigned to it by the Authority under this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture, for the benefit of the Owners of Bonds. The assignment made under this Section 2 is absolute and irrevocable, and without recourse to the Authority.
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ECTION 3. Acceptance. The Trustee hereby acc epts the assignments made herein for the purpose of securing the payments due under the Lease and Indenture to, and the rights under the Lease and Indenture of, the Owners of the Bonds, all subject to the provisions of the Indenture. The recitals contained herein are those of the Authority and not of the Trustee, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.
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ECTION 4. Conditions. This Agreement confers no rights and imposes no duties upon the Trustee beyond those expressly provided in the Indenture. The assignment hereunder to the Trustee is solely in its capacity as Trustee under the Indenture.
SECTION 5. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which is an original and all together constitute one and the same agreement. Separate counterparts of this Agreement may be separately executed by the Trustee and the Authority, both with the same force and effect as though the same counterpart had been executed by the Trustee and the Authority.
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ECTION 6. Binding Effect. This Agreement inures to the benefit of and binds the Authority and the Trustee, and their respective successors and assigns, subject, however, to the limitations contained herein.
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ECTION 7. Governing Law. This Agreement is governed by the Constitution and laws of the State of California.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
By
Steve Schwabauer
Executive Director
Attest:
[to come]
Secretary
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By
Serena M. Kohne
Authorized Officer
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APPENDIX A
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PROPERTY
The Leased Property consists of that certain real property situated in the City of Lodi, County of San Joaquin, which is more particularly described as follows:
TRACT ONE:
PARCEL ONE:
THE SOUTH 120 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 8, IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI, FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL. 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL TWO:
THE NORTH 50 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 8 AND THE EAST 30 FEET OF LOT 8, ALL IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI, FILED FOR RECORDED AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL THREE:
THE WEST 10 FEET OF LOT 7, IN BLOCK 2, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED CITY OF LODI FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOL 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12, SAN JOAQUIN
COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL FOUR:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTH END OF THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS 6 AND 7, IN BLOCK 2 AND RUNNING IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ELM STREET 70 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY AND PARALLEL WITH THE BOUNDARY LINES OF SAID LOTS, 170 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY 70 FEET; THENCE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION 170 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, BEING THE EAST 70 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK NO. 2 IN THE TOWN OF LODI, (NOW CITY OF LODI)
SAVE AND EXCEPT THEREFROM THE EAST 5 FEET THEREOF, HERETOFORE CONVEYED TO DAN W. BIRD, ALL ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OF THE
FORMER TOWN OF MOKELUMNE, NOR ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER, COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
PARCEL FIVE:
THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOT 6 AND THE EAST 5 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 2 OF
MOKELUMNE (NOT CITY OF LODI) ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAPS OR PLAT A-2
THEREOF FILED AUGUST 25, 1869 AT 8:48 A.M., IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS, VOLUME 2, PAGE 12, OF SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL SIX:
THE WEST 20 FEET OF LOT 5 AND THE EAST 30 FEET OF LOT 6, IN BLOCK 2,
CITY OF LODI, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, FILED FOR RECORD AUGUST 25, 1869, IN VOLUME 2 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 12 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
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TRACT TWO:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 2, IN BLOCK 1, AS SHOWN UPON MAP ENTITLED WEST LODI, FILED FOR RECORD SEPTEMBER 10, 1904, IN VOL. 3 OF MAPS AND PLATS, PAGE 25 SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
PARCEL ONE A:
THE EASTERLY 0.60 FEET OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND:
COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK 1 OF WEST LODI, AS SHOWN IN THE MAP FILED FOR RECORD IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS.
VOLUME 3 PAGE 25, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE NORTH 86 17'30" WEST 119.90 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 3 OF SAID BLOCK 1, SAID SOUTHEAST CORNER ALSO BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 86 17'30" WEST 119.90 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK 1 TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT 4 OF SAID BLOCK 1; THENCE NORTH 3 42'40" EAST 169.83 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 4 TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER THEREOF; THENCE SOUTH 86 16'10" EAST 119.96 ALONG THE
NORTH LINE OF SAID LOTS 4 AND 3 TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 3; THENCE SOUTH 03 43'50" WEST 169.79 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT 3 TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.
SAID PARCEL ONE AND ONE A ABOVE ARE DESCRIBED ON THAT CERTAIN CERTIFICATE OF LOT LINE ADJUSTMENT RECORDED JUNE 27, 2005 AS INSTRUMENT NO. 2005-154383, OF OFFICIAL RECORDS.
PARCEL TWO:
LOT 1 IN BLOCK 1 OF WEST LODI, ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL MAP FOR PLAT THEREOF FILED FOR RECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1904, AND RECORDED IN BOOK OF MAPS AND PLATS, VOL 3 PAGE 25, SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY RECORDS.
TOGETHER WITH ALL THAT PORTION OF PLEASANT AVENUE FROM THE NORTH LINE OF ELM STREET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE 20 FOOT ALLEY BETWEEN
ELM STREET AND LOCUST STREET AS SET FORTH AND DEPICTED IN RESOLUTION OF ABANDONMENT RECORDED OCTOBER 8, 2001, AS DOCUMENT NO. 01164151 SAN JOAQUIN PUBLIC RECORDS.
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A.P.N. 037-270-50
[add Fire Station #2]
End of Legal Description
Jones Hall 2-23-22 Agenda
INDENTURE OF TRUST
Dated as of March 1, 2022
between
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
and the
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
Authorizing the Issuance of
$____________
Lodi Public Financing Authority
2022 Lease Revenue Bonds
(2012 Refunding; Capital Projects Financing)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1.01. Definitions ........................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 1.02. Authorization ....................................................................................................... 2 SECTION 1.03. Interpretation ....................................................................................................... 3
ARTICLE II
THE BONDS
SECTION 2.01. Authorization of Bonds ........................................................................................ 3 SECTION 2.02. Terms of the Bonds ............................................................................................. 3 SECTION 2.03. Transfer and Exchange of Bonds ........................................................................ 5 SECTION 2.04. Book-Entry System ............................................................................................. 5 SECTION 2.05. Registration Books .............................................................................................. 7 SECTION 2.06. Form and Execution of Bonds ............................................................................. 7 SECTION 2.07. Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen ........................................................ 8
ARTICLE III
ISSUANCE OF BONDS; APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
SECTION 3.01. Issuance of the Bonds......................................................................................... 8 SECTION 3.02. Application of Proceeds of Sale of Bonds; Transfer of Prior Funds ..................... 8 SECTION 3.03. Establishment and Application of Costs of Issuance Fund .................................. 9 SECTION 3.04. Establishment and Application of Project Fund ................................................... 9 SECTION 3.05. Validity of Bonds ............................................................................................... 10
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF BONDS
SECTION 4.01. Terms of Redemption........................................................................................ 10 SECTION 4.02. Selection of Bonds for Redemption ................................................................... 11 SECTION 4.03. Notice of Redemption; Rescission..................................................................... 11 SECTION 4.04. Partial Redemption of Bonds ............................................................................. 12 SECTION 4.05. Effect of Redemption ........................................................................................ 12
ARTICLE V
REVENUES; FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS; PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
SECTION 5.01. Security for the Bonds; Bond Fund.................................................................... 13 SECTION 5.02. Allocation of Revenues ..................................................................................... 13 SECTION 5.03. Application of Interest Account .......................................................................... 14 SECTION 5.04. Application of Principal Account ........................................................................ 14 SECTION 5.05. Reserved .......................................................................................................... 14 SECTION 5.06. Application of Redemption Fund ....................................................................... 14 SECTION 5.07. Insurance and Condemnation Fund .................................................................. 14 SECTION 5.08. Investments ...................................................................................................... 16 SECTION 5.09. Valuation and Disposition of Investments .......................................................... 16
ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE AUTHORITY
SECTION 6.01. Punctual Payment ............................................................................................. 18 SECTION 6.02. Extension of Payment of Bonds ........................................................................ 18 SECTION 6.03. Against Encumbrances ..................................................................................... 18 SECTION 6.04. Power to Issue Bonds and Make Pledge and Assignment ................................ 18 SECTION 6.05. Accounting Records .......................................................................................... 18
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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Additional Obligations .................................................................. 19 SECTION 6.07. Tax Covenants .................................................................................................. 19 SECTION 6.08. Enforcement of Lease ....................................................................................... 19 SECTION 6.09. Waiver of Laws ................................................................................................. 20 SECTION 6.10. Further Assurances ........................................................................................... 20
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default ............................................................................................... 20 SECTION 7.02. Remedies Upon Event of Default ...................................................................... 21 SECTION 7.03. Application of Revenues and Other Funds After Default ................................... 21 SECTION 7.04. Trustee to Represent Bond Owners .................................................................. 22 SECTION 7.05. Limitation on Bond Owners' Right to Sue .......................................................... 22 SECTION 7.06. Absolute Obligation of Authority ........................................................................ 23 SECTION 7.07. Termination of Proceedings .............................................................................. 23 SECTION 7.08. Remedies Not Exclusive ................................................................................... 23 SECTION 7.09. No Waiver of Default ......................................................................................... 23 SECTION 7.10. Notice to Bond Owners of Default ..................................................................... 23
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Appointment of Trustee ..................................................................................... 24 SECTION 8.02. Acceptance of Trusts; Removal and Resignation of Trustee ............................. 24 SECTION 8.03. Merger or Consolidation .................................................................................... 26 SECTION 8.04. Liability of Trustee ............................................................................................. 26 SECTION 8.05. Right to Rely on Documents.............................................................................. 28 SECTION 8.06. Preservation and Inspection of Documents ....................................................... 29 SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Indemnification ................................................................... 29
ARTICLE IX
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT HEREOF
SECTION 9.01. Amendments Permitted ..................................................................................... 30 SECTION 9.02. Effect of Supplemental Indenture ...................................................................... 31 SECTION 9.03. Endorsement of Bonds; Preparation of New Bonds .......................................... 31 SECTION 9.04. Amendment of Particular Bonds ........................................................................ 32
ARTICLE X
DEFEASANCE
SECTION 10.01. Discharge of Indenture .................................................................................... 32 SECTION 10.02. Discharge of Liability on Bonds ....................................................................... 32 SECTION 10.03. Deposit of Money or Securities with Trustee ................................................... 33 SECTION 10.04. Unclaimed Funds ............................................................................................ 33
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. Liability of Authority Limited to Revenues ........................................................ 34 SECTION 11.02. Limitation of Rights to Parties and Bond Owners ............................................ 34 SECTION 11.03. Funds and Accounts ....................................................................................... 34 SECTION 11.04. Waiver of Notice; Requirement of Mailed Notice ............................................. 34 SECTION 11.05. Destruction of Bonds ....................................................................................... 35 SECTION 11.06. Severability of Invalid Provisions ..................................................................... 35 SECTION 11.07. Notices ............................................................................................................ 35 SECTION 11.08. Evidence of Rights of Bond Owners ................................................................ 35 SECTION 11.09. Disqualified Bonds .......................................................................................... 36 SECTION 11.10. Money Held for Particular Bonds ..................................................................... 36 SECTION 11.11. Waiver of Personal Liability ............................................................................. 36
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SECTION 11.12. Successor Is Deemed Included in All References to Predecessor .................. 36 SECTION 11.13. Execution in Several Counterparts .................................................................. 37 SECTION 11.14. Payment on Non-Business Day ...................................................................... 37 SECTION 11.15. Governing Law ................................................................................................ 37
APPENDIX A DEFINITIONS
APPENDIX B FORM OF BOND
APPENDIX C FORM OF PROJECT FUND REQUISITION
INDENTURE OF TRUST
This INDENTURE OF TRUST (this “Indenture”), dated for convenience as of March 1, 2022, is between the L ODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, a joint powers authority duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Authority”), and U.S.
BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, with a corporate trust office in San Francisco, California, being qualified to accept and administer the trusts hereby created (the “Trustee”).
BACKGROUND:
1. The Authority previously issued i ts $19,080,000 Lodi Public Financing Authority 2012 Refunding Lease Revenue Bonds (the “ 2012 Bonds”) for the purpose of refinancing outstanding certificates of participation that were executed and delivered to finance various municipal facilities of the City of Lodi (the “City”).
2. In connection with the issuance of the 2012 Bonds, the City and the Authority entered into a Site Lease and a Lease Agreement, each of which was dated as of September 1, 2012, pursuant to which, respectively, the City leased to the Authority and subleased from the Authority the land and improvements constituting the City’s police building and Carnegie Forum.
3. In order to take advantage of prevailing bond market conditions, the City is proceeding to refund the 2012 Bonds.
4. The City further wishes to leverage the savings achieved by refinancing the 2012 Bonds to finance the acquisition and construction of capital improvements, including a new animal shelter and park and playground improvements and upgrades (the “Project”).
5. To that end, the City has leased the City’s police building and the City’s Fire Station #2 (the “Leased Property”) to the Authority under a Site Lease dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “Site Lease”), in consideration of the payment by the Authority of an upfront rental payment (the “ Site Lease Payment ”) which is sufficient to provide funds for the refunding of the 2012 Bonds and the financing of the Project.
6. The Authority has authorized the issuance of its Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing) in the aggregate principal amount of $________ (the “ Bonds”) under this Indenture for the purpose of providing the funds to enable the Authority to pay the Site Lease Payment to the City in accordance with the Site Lease.
7. In order to provide revenues which are sufficient to enable the Authority to pay debt service on the Bonds, the Authority has leased the Leased Property back to the City under a Lease Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “Lease”), under which the City has agreed to pay semiannual Lease Payments as the rental for the Leased Property thereunder.
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8. The lease payments made by the City under the Lease have been assigned by the Authority to the Trustee for the security of the Bonds under an Assignment Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2022, between the Authority as assignor and the Trustee as assignee.
9. In order to provide for the authentication and delivery of the Bonds, to establish and declare the terms and conditions upon which the Bonds are to be issued and to secure the payment of the principal thereof, premium (if any) and interest thereon, the Authority has authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.
10. The Authority has found and determined, and hereby affirms, that all acts and proceedings required by law necessary to make the Bonds, when executed by the Authority, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued, the valid, binding and legal special obligations of the Authority, and to con stitute this Indenture a valid and binding agreement for the uses and purposes herein set forth in accordance with its terms, have been done and taken, and the execution and delivery of this Indenture have been in all respects duly authorized.
AGREEMENT:
In order to secure the payment of the principal of and the interest and redemption premium (if any) on all the Outstanding Bonds under this Indenture according to their tenor, and to secure the performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions therein and herein set forth, and to declare the terms and conditions upon and subject to which the Bonds are to be issued and received, and in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained and of the purchase and acceptance of the Bonds by the Owners thereof, and for other valuable considerations, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Authority and the Trustee do hereby covenant and agree with one another, for the benefit of the respective Owners from time to time of the Bonds, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1.01. Definitions. Unless the context clearly otherwise requires or unless otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms defined in Appendix A attached to this Indenture have the respective meanings specified in that Appendix when used in this Indenture.
SECTION 1.02. Authorization. Each of the parties hereby represents and warrants that it has full legal authority and is duly empowered to enter into this Indenture, and has taken all actions necessary to authorize the execution hereof by the officers and persons signing it.
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SECTION 1.03. Interpretation.
(a) Unless the context otherwise indicates, words expressed in the singular shall include the plural and vice versa and the use of the neuter, masculine, or feminine gender is for convenience only and shall be deemed to include the neuter, masculine or feminine gender, as appropriate.
(b) Headings of articles and sections herein and the table of contents hereof are solely for convenience of reference, do not constitute a part hereof and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect hereof.
(c) All references herein to “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the corresponding Articles, Sections or subdivisions of this Indenture; the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereby,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision hereof.
ARTICLE II
THE BONDS
SECTION 2.01. Authorization of Bonds. The Authority has reviewed all proceedings heretofore taken and has found, as a result of such review, and hereby finds and determines that all things, conditions and acts required by law to exist, happen or be performed precedent to and in connection with the issuance of the Bonds do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and the Authority is now duly empowered, under each and ev ery requirement of law, to issue the Bonds in the manner and form provided in this Indenture.
The Authority hereby authorizes the issuance of Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $____________ under the Bond Law for the purposes of providing funds to pay the Site Lease Payment to the City and thereby provide funds to refund the 2012 Bonds and finance the Project. The Bonds are authorized and issued under, and are subject to the terms of, this Indenture and the Bond Law. The Bonds are designated the “Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing).”
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ECTION 2.02. Terms of the Bonds.
(a) Payment Provisions . The Bonds shall be issued in fully re gistered form without coupons in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof, so long as no Bond has more than one maturity date. The Bonds shall mature on October 1 in each of the years and in the amounts, and bear interest (calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months) at the rates, as follows:
Maturity Date
(October 1)
Principal
Amount
Interest
Rate
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(T) Term Bond
Interest on the Bonds is payable from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of authentication thereof unless:
(a) a Bond is authenticated on or before an Interest Payment Date and after the close of business on the preceding Record Date, in which event it will bear interest from such Interest Payment Date,
(b) a Bond is authenticated on or before the first Record Date, in which event interest thereon will be payable from the Closing Date, or
(c) interest on any Bond is in default as of the date of authentication thereof, in which event interest thereon will be payable from the date to which interest has been paid in full, payable on each Interest Payment Date.
Interest is payable on each Interest Payment Date to the persons in whose names the ownership of the Bonds is registered on the Registration Books at the close of business on the immediately preceding Record Date, except as provided below. Interest on any Bond which is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Inter est Payment Date is payable to the person in whose name the ownership of such Bond is registered on the Registration Books at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of
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such defaulted interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which is given to such Owner by first-class mail not less than 10 days prior to such special record date.
The Trustee will pay interest on the Bonds by check of the Trustee mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, on each Interest Payment Date to the Ow ners of the Bonds at their respective addresses shown on the Registration Books as of the close of business on the preceding Record Date. At the written request of the Owner of Bonds in an aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000, which written request is on file with the Trustee as of any Record Date, the Trustee will pay interest on such Bonds on each succeeding Interest Payment Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such account of a financial institution within the United Stat es of America as specified in such written request, which written request will remain in effect until rescinded in writing by the Owner. The Trustee will pay principal of the Bonds in lawful money of the United States of America by check of the Trustee upon presentation and surrender thereof at the Office of the Trustee.
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ECTION 2.03. Transfer and Exchange of Bonds.
(a) Transfer. Any Bond may, in accordance with its terms, be transferred, upon the Registration Books, by the person in whose name it is registered, in person or by a duly authorized attorney of such person, upon surrender of such Bond to the Trustee at its Office for cancellation, accompanied by delivery of a written instrument of transfer in a form acceptable to the Trustee, duly executed. The Trustee shall require the Owner requesting such transfer to pay any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer. Whenever any Bond or Bonds shall be surr endered for transfer, the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the transferee a new Bond or Bonds of like series, interest rate, maturity and aggregate principal amount. The Authority shall pay the cost of printing Bonds and any services rendered or expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with any transfer of Bonds.
(b) Exchange. The Bonds may be exchanged at the Office of the Trustee for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of other authorized denomina tions and of the same series, interest rate and maturity. The Trustee shall require the Owner requesting such exchange to pay any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange. The Authority shall pay the cost of printing Bonds and any services rendered or expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with any exchange of Bonds.
(c) Limitations. The Trustee may refuse to transfer or exchange, under the provisions of this Section 2.03, any Bonds selected by the Trust ee for redemption under Article IV, or any Bonds during the period established by the Trustee for the selection of Bonds for redemption.
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ECTION 2.04. Book-Entry System.
(a) Original Delivery . The Bonds will be initially delivered in the form of a separate single fully registered bond (which may be typewritten) for each maturity of the Bonds. Upon initial delivery, the Trustee shall register the ownership of each Bond on the Registration Books in the name of the Nominee. Except as provided in subsection (c), the ownership of all of the Outstanding Bonds shall be registered in the name of the Nominee on the Registration Books.
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With respect to Bonds the ownership of which shall be registered in the name of the Nominee, the Authority and the Trustee has no responsibility or obligation to any Depository System Participant or to any person on behalf of which the Nominee holds an interest in the Bonds. Without limiting the generality of the immediately preceding sentence, the Authority and the Trustee has no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, the Nominee or any Depository System Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, (ii) the delivery to any Depository System Participant or any other person, other than a Bond Owner as shown in the Registration Books, of any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, (iii) the selection by the Depository of the beneficial interests in the Bonds to be redeemed if the Authority elects to redeem the Bonds in part, (iv) the payment to any Depository System Participant or any other person, other than a Bond Owner as shown in the Registration Books, of any amount with respect to principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds or (v) any consent given or other action taken by the Depository as Owner of the Bonds. The Authority and the Trustee may treat and consider the person in whose name each Bond is registered as the abs olute owner of such Bond for the purpose of payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Bond, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to such Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers of ownership of such Bond, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Trustee shall pay the principal of and the interest and premium, if any, on the Bonds only to the respective Owners or their respective attorneys duly authorized in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge all obligations with respect to payment of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than a Bond Owner shall recei ve a Bond evidencing the obligation of the Authority to make payments of principal, interest and premium, if any, under this Indenture. Upon delivery by the Depository to the Authority of written notice to the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new Nominee in its place, and subject to the provisions herein with respect to Record Dates, such new nominee shall become the Nominee hereunder for all purposes; and upon receipt of such a notice the Authority shall promptly deliver a copy of the same to the Trustee.
(b) Representation Letter. In order to qualify the Bonds for the Depository’s book-entry system, the Authority shall execute and deliver to such Depository a letter representing such matters as shall be necessary to so qualify the Bonds. The execution and delivery of such letter shall not in any way limit the provisions of subsection (a) above or in any other way impose upon the Authority or the Trustee any obligation whatsoever with respect to persons having interests in the Bonds other than the Bond Owners. Upon the written acceptance by the Trustee, the Trustee shall agree to take all action reasonably necessary for all representations of the Trustee in such letter with respect to the Trustee to at all times be complied with. In addition to the execution and delivery of such letter, the Authority may take any other actions, not inconsistent with this Indenture, to qualify the Bonds for the Depository’s book-entry program.
(c) Transfers Outside Book-Entry System. If either (i) the Depository determines not to continue to act as Depository for the Bonds, or (ii) the Authority determines to terminate the Depository as such, then the Authority shall thereupon discontinue the book- entry system with such Depository. In such event, the Depository shall cooperate with the Authority and the Trustee in the issuance of replacement Bonds by providing the Trustee with a list showing the interests of the Depository System Participants in the Bonds, and
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by surrendering the Bonds, registered in the name of the Nominee, to the Trustee on or before the date such replacement Bonds are to be issued. The Depository, by accepting delivery of the Bonds, agrees to be bound by the provisions of this subsection (c). If, prior to the termination of t he Depository acting as such, the Authority fails to identify another Securities Depository to replace the Depository, then the Bonds shall no longer be required to be registered in the Registration Books in the name of the Nominee, but shall be registered in whatever name or names the Owners transferring or exchanging Bonds shall designate, in accordance with the provisions hereof.
If the Authority determines that it is in the best interests of the beneficial owners of the Bonds that they be able to obtai n certificated Bonds, the Authority may notify the Depository System Participants of the availability of such certificated Bonds through the Depository. In such event, the Trustee will issue, transfer and exchange Bonds as required by the Depository and others in appropriate amounts; and whenever the Depository requests, the Trustee and the Authority shall cooperate with the Depository in taking appropriate action (y) to make available one or more separate certificates evidencing the Bonds to any Depositor y System Participant having Bonds credited to its account with the Depository, or (z) to arrange for another Securities Depository to maintain custody of a single certificate evidencing such Bonds, all at the Authority’s expense.
(d) Payments to the Nomin ee. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture to the contrary, so long as any Bond is registered in the name of the Nominee, all payments with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on such Bond and all notices with respect to such Bond shall be made and given, respectively, as provided in the letter described in subsection (b) of this Section or as otherwise instructed by the Depository.
SECTION 2.05. Registration Books. The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept, at the Office of the Trustee, sufficient records for the registration and transfer of ownership of the Bonds, which shall upon reasonable notice as agreed to by the Trustee, be open to inspection during regular business hours by the Authority; and, upon presentation for such purpose, the Trustee shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be registered or transferred, on such records, the ownership of the Bonds as hereinbefore provided.
SECTION 2.06. Form and Execution of Bonds . The Bonds, the form of Trustee’s certificate of authentication, and the form of assignment to appear thereon, are set forth in Appendix B attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, with necessary or appropriate variations, omissions and insertions, as permitted or required by this Indenture.
The Chairman of the Authority shall execute, and the Secretary of the Authority shall attest each Bond. Either or both of such signatures may be made manually or may be affixed by facsimile thereof. If any officer whose signature appears on any Bond ceases to be such officer before the Closing Date, such signature will nevertheless be as effective as if the officer had remained in office until the Closing Date. Any Bond may be signed and attested on behalf of the Authority by such persons as at the actual date of the execution of such Bond are the proper officers of the Authority, duly authorized to execute debt instruments on behalf of the Authority, although on the date of such Bond any such person was not an officer of the Authority.
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Only those Bonds bearing a certificate of authentication in the form set forth in Appendix B, manually executed and dated by the Trustee, are valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, and such certificate of the Trustee is conclusive evidence that such Bonds have been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and are entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 2.07. Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen. If any Bond is mutilated, the Authority, at the expense of the Owner of such Bond, shall execute, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of like tenor in exchange and substitution for the Bond so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Trustee of the Bond so mutilated. The Trustee shall cancel every mutilated Bond surrendered to it and deliver such mutilated Bond to, or upon the order of, the Authority. If any Bond is lost, destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft may be submitted to the Trustee and, if such evidence is satisfactory and if indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee is given, the Authority, at the expense of the Owner, shall execute, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of like tenor in lieu of and in substitution for the Bond so lost, destroyed or stolen. The Trustee may require payment of a sum not exceeding the actual cost of preparing each new Bond issued under this Section and of the expenses which may be incurred by the Trustee in connection therewith. Any Bond issued under the provisions of this Section in lieu of any Bond alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen will constitute an original additional contractual obligation on the part of the Authority whether or not the Bond so alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be equally and proportionately entitled to the benefits of this Indenture with all other Bonds issued under this Indenture.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.07, in lieu of delivering a new Bond for which principal has become due for a Bond which has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen, the Trustee may make payment of such Bond in accordance with its terms upon receipt of indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee.
ARTICLE III
ISSUANCE OF BONDS; APPLICATION OF
PROCEEDS
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ECTION 3.01. Issuance of the Bonds . At any time after the execution of this Indenture, the Authority may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and, upon the Written Request of the Authority, deliver the Bonds to the Original Purchaser.
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ECTION 3.02. Application of Proceeds of Sale of Bonds; Transfer of Prior Funds.
Upon the receipt of payment for the Bonds in the amount of $________ on the Closing Date, the Trustee shall deposit the proceeds thereof into a temporary account, which shall be disbursed in full on the Closing Date (whereupon said temporary account shall be closed) as follows:
(a) The Trustee shall deposit the amount of $_____ into the Costs of Issuance Fund.
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(b) The Trustee shall deposit the amount of $_____ into the Project Fund.
(c) The Trustee shall transfer the amount of $_________, constituting the remainder of such proceeds and representing the full amount of the Site Lease Payment, to the 2012 Trustee for deposit into the Redemption Fund established and held by the 2012 Trustee for the 2012 Bonds.
In addition to the foregoing tr ansfers, on the Closing Date the 2012 Trustee will transfer any moneys in the funds and accounts established for the 2012 Bonds and deposit them in the Redemption Fund for the 2012 Bonds.
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ECTION 3.03. Establishment and Application of Costs of Issuance Fund . The Trustee shall establish, maintain and hold in trust a separate fund designated as the “Costs of Issuance Fund” into which the Trustee shall deposit a portion of the proceeds of sale of the Bonds under Section 3.02(a). The Trustee shall disburse amounts in the Costs of Issuance Fund from time to time to pay the Costs of Issuance upon submission of a Written Requisition of the Authority stating the person to whom paym ent is to be made, the amount to be paid, the purpose for which the obligation was incurred and that such payment is a proper charge against said fund. Each such Written Requisition of the Authority shall be sufficient evidence to the Trustee of the facts stated therein and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such facts. The Trustee may conclusively rely on such Written Requisitions and shall be fully protected in relying thereon. On June 30, 2022, or upon the earlier Written Reques t of the Authority, the Trustee shall transfer all amounts remaining in the Costs of Issuance Fund to the Project Fund and shall thereupon close the Costs of Issuance Fund.
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ECTION 3.04. Establishment and Application of Project Fund. The Trustee shall establish, maintain and hold in trust a separate fund designated as the “Project Fund” into which the Trustee shall deposit a portion of the proceeds of sale of the Bonds under Section 3.02(b).
The Trustee shall administer such fund as provided in this Section 3.04. Amounts on deposit in the Project Fund shall be used, as provided below, to pay the Project Costs, and to reimburse the City for the same. Pending such use, amounts on deposit in the Project Fund shall be invested only in Permitted Investments, with interest earnings and other investment income thereon being retained therein. All moneys remaining in the Project Fund upon the completion of the Project (as determined by the City in its sole discretion with written notice to the Trustee) shall be transferred by the Trustee and the Project Fund shall be closed as hereinafter provided.
The Trustee shall, from time to time, disburse money from the Project Fund to pay the Project Costs for the Project, as hereinafter provided, in each case promptly after receipt of, and in accordance with, a Written Certificate in the form attached hereto as Appendix C.
In making such payments, the Trustee may rely upon the representations made in the Written Certificate. If for any reason the City should decide prior to the payment of any item in said Written Certificate not to pay such item, then it shall give written notice of such decision to the Trustee and thereupon the Trustee shall not make such payment,
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and the Trustee shall have no liability to the City or the designated payee as a result of such nonpayment. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible for the adequacy or due performance of any contracts relating to the Project or for the use or application of money properly disbursed pursuant to requests made under this Section 3.04.
If, after payment by the Trustee of all Written Certificates theretofore tendered to the Trustee under the provisions of this Section 3.04 and after t he City has notified the Trustee of the completion of the Project, there shall remain any balance of money in the Project Fund, all money so remaining (other than a reasonable retainage to pay Project Costs, as determined in the sole discretion of the City with written notice to the Trustee) shall be transferred to the Bond Fund and used to pay principal of and interest on the Bonds, as directed by the City.
At such time as no moneys remain in the Project Fund, the Project Fund shall be closed.
SECTION 3.05. Validity of Bonds. The recital contained in the Bonds that the same are issued under the Constitution and laws of the State of California shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of compliance with the provisions of law in their issuance.
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF BONDS
SECTION 4.01. Terms of Redemption.
(a) Optional Redemption. The Bonds maturing on or before October 1, _____, are not subject to optional redemption prior to their stated maturity. The Bonds maturing on or after October 1, _____, are subject to redemption, as a whole or in part at the election of the Authority among maturities on such basis as designated by the Authority and by lot within a maturity, at the option of the Authority, on April 1, _____ , and on any date thereafter, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Bonds to be redeemed, together with accrued interest thereon to the date fixed for redemption, without premium.
The Authority must give the Trustee written notice of its intention to redeem Bonds under this subsection (a), and the manner of selecting such Bonds for redemption from among the maturities thereof, in sufficient time to enable the Trustee to give notice of such redemption in accordance with Section 4.03.
(b) Special Mandatory Redemption From Insurance or Condemnation Proceeds.
The Bonds are subject to redemption as a whole, or in part on a pro rata basis among maturities, on any date, from any Net Proceeds required to be used for such purpose as provided in Section 5.07, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, without premium.
(c) Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption. The Term Bonds are subject to mandatory redemption in part by lot, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, without pr emium, in the aggregate respective principal
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amounts and on October 1 in the respective years as set forth in the following tables; provided, however, that if some but not all of the Term Bonds have been redeemed under subsections (a) or (b) of this Section, the total amount of all future sinking fund payments shall be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of the Term Bonds so redeemed, to be allocated among such sinking fund payments on a pro rata basis in integral multiples of $5,000 (as set forth in a schedule provided by the Authority to the Trustee).
Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption of
Term Bonds Maturing October 1, _____
Sinking Fund
Redemption Date
(October 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption of
Term Bonds Maturing October 1, ____
Sinking Fund
Redemption Date
(October 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
SECTION 4.02. Selection of Bonds for Redemption. Whenever provision is made in this Indenture for the redemption of less than all of the Bonds of a single maturity, the Trustee shall select the Bonds of that maturity to be redeemed by lot in any manner which the Trustee in its sole discretion deems appropriate. For purposes of such selection, the Trustee shall treat each Bond as consisting of separate $5,000 portions and each such portion shall be subject to redemption as if such portion were a separate Bond.
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ECTION 4.03. Notice of Redemption; Rescission. The Trustee shall mail notice of redemption of the Bonds by first class mail, postage prepaid, not less than 20 nor more than 60 days before any redemption date, to the respective Owners of any Bonds designated for redemption at their addresses appearing on the Registration Books and to one or more Securities Depositories and to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board as provided in the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Each notice of redemption shall state the date of the notice, the redemption date, the place or places of redemption, whether less than all of the Bonds (or all Bonds of a single maturity) are to be redeemed, the CUSIP numbers and (in the event that not all Bonds within a maturity are called for redemption) Bond numbers of the Bonds to be redeemed and the maturity or maturities of the Bonds to be redeemed, and in the case of Bonds to be redeemed in part only, the respective portions of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Each such notice shall also state that on the redemption date there will become due and payable on each of said Bonds the redemption price thereof, and that from and after such redemption date interest thereon
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shall cease to accrue, and shall require that s uch Bonds be then surrendered to the Trustee. Neither the failure to receive any notice nor any defect therein shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for such redemption or the cessation of accrual of interest from and after the redemption date. Notice of redemption of Bonds shall be given by the Trustee, at the expense of the Authority, for and on behalf of the Authority.
Any notice of a redemption of Bonds under Section 4.01(a) may provide that the redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt of sufficient funds to accomplish the redemption. The Authority has the right to rescind any notice of the redemption of Bonds under Section 4.01(a) by written notice to the Trustee on or prior to the dated fixed for redemption. Any notice of redempti on shall be cancelled and annulled if for any reason funds will not be or are not available on the date fixed for redemption for the payment in full of the Bonds then called for redemption, and such cancellation shall not constitute an Event of Default. T he Authority and the Trustee have no liability to the Bond Owners or any other party related to or arising from such rescission of redemption. The Trustee shall mail notice of such rescission of redemption in the same manner as the original notice of redemption was sent under this Section.
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ECTION 4.04. Partial Redemption of Bonds . Upon surrender of any Bonds redeemed in part only, the Authority shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Owner thereof, at the expense of the Authority, a new Bond or Bonds of authorized denominations equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Bonds surrendered.
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ECTION 4.05. Effect of Redemption. Notice of redemption having been duly given as aforesaid, and moneys for payment of the redemption price of, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on, including any applicable premium, the Bonds (or portions thereof) so called for redemption being held by the Trustee, on the redemption date designated in such notice, the Bonds (or portions thereof) so called for redemption shall become due and payable, interest on the Bonds so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, said Bonds (or portions thereof) shall cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Owners of said Bonds shall have no rights in respect thereof except to receive payment of the redemption price thereof.
All Bonds redeemed under the provisions of this Article shall be canceled by the Trustee upon surrender thereof and destroyed in accordance with the retention policy of the Trustee then in effect.
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ARTICLE V
REVENUES; FUNDS AND ACCOUNTS; PAYMENT OF
PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST
SECTION 5.01. Security for the Bonds; Bond Fund.
(a) Pledge of Revenues and Other Amounts . Subject only to the provisions of this Indenture permitting the application thereof for the purposes and on the terms and conditions set forth herein, all of the Revenues and all amounts (including proceeds of the sale of the Bonds) held in any fund or account established under this Indenture are hereby pledged to secure the payment of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on the Bonds in accordance with their terms and the provisions of this Indenture. Said pledge constitutes a lien on and security interest in the Revenues and such amounts and shall attach, be perfected and be valid and binding from and after the Closing Date, without the need for any physical delivery thereof or further act.
(b) Assignment to Trustee. Under the Assignment Agreement, the Authority has transferred to the Trustee all of the rights of the Authority in the Lease (other than the rights of the Authority under Sections 4.5, 5.10, 7.3 and 8.4 thereof). The Trustee is entitled to collect and receive all of the Revenues, and any Revenues collected or received by the Authority shall be deemed to be held, and to have been collected or received, by the Authority as the agent of the Trustee and shall forthwith be paid by the Authority to the Trustee. The Trustee is also entitled to and shall, subject to the provisions of Article VIII, take all steps, actions and proceedings which the Trustee determines to be reasonably necessary in its judgment to enforce, either jointly with the Authority or separat ely, all of the rights of the Authority and all of the obligations of the City under the Lease.
(c) Deposit of Revenues in Bond Fund . All Revenues shall be promptly deposited by the Trustee upon receipt thereof in a special fund designated as the “Bond Fund” which the Trustee shall establish, maintain and hold in trust; except that all moneys received by the Trustee and required hereunder or under the Lease to be deposited in the Redemption Fund or the Insurance and Condemnation Fund shall be promptly deposited in such funds. All Revenues deposited with the Trustee shall be held, disbursed, allocated and applied by the Trustee only as provided in this Indenture. Any surplus remaining in the Bond Fund, after payment in full of (i) the principal of and int erest on the Bonds or provision therefore under Article X, and (ii) any applicable fees and expenses to the Trustee, shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and remitted to the City.
SECTION 5.02. Allocation of Revenues. On or before each Interest Payment Date, the Trustee shall transfer from the Bond Fund and deposit into the following respective accounts (each of which the Trustee shall establish and maintain within the Bond Fund), the following amounts in the following order of priority:
(a) Deposit to Interest Account. The Trustee shall deposit in the Interest Account an amount required to cause the aggregate amount on deposit in the Interest Account to be at least equal to the amount of interest becoming due and payable on such Interest Payment Date on all Bonds then Outstanding.
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(b) Deposit to Principal Account . The Trustee shall deposit in the Principal Account an amount required to cause the aggregate amount on deposit in the Principal Account to equal the principal amount of the Bonds coming due and payable on such Interest Payment Date , including principal of any Term Bonds payable as a result of mandatory sinking fund redemption under Section 4.01(c).
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ECTION 5.03. Application of Interest Account. All amounts in the Interest Account shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of paying interest on the Bonds as it comes due and payable (including accrued interest on any Bonds purchased or redeemed prior to maturity), including principal of any Term Bonds payable as a result of mandatory sinking fund redemption under Section 4.01(c).
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ECTION 5.04. Application of Principal Account . All amounts in the Principal Account shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely to pay the principal amount of the Bonds at their respective maturity dates.
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ECTION 5.05. Reserved.
SECTION 5.06. Application of Redemption Fund. The Trustee shall establish and maintain the Redemption Fund, into which the Trustee shall deposit a portion of the Revenues received, in accordance with a Writ ten Request of the Authority, amounts in which shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of paying the principal and premium (if any) of the Bonds to be redeemed under Section 4.01, other than the principal of any Term Bonds payable as a result of mandatory sinking fund redemption under Section 4.01(c); provided, however , that at any time prior to the selection of Bonds for redemption, the Trustee may apply such amounts to the purchase of Bonds at public or private sale, when and at such prices (including brokerage and other charges, but excluding accrued interest, which is payable from the Interest Account) as shall be directed under a Written Request of the Authority, except that the purchase price (exclusive of accrued interest) may not exceed the redemption price then applicable to the Bonds. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Written Request of the Authority received under this Section 5.06, and shall be fully protected in relying thereon.
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ECTION 5.07. Insurance and Condemnation Fund.
(a) Establishment of Fund. Upon the receipt of proceeds of insurance or eminent domain with respect to the Leased Property, the Trustee shall establish and maintai n an Insurance and Condemnation Fund, to be held and applied as hereinafter set forth in this Section 5.07.
(b) Application of Insurance Proceeds. Any Net Proceeds of insurance against accident to or destruction of the Leased Property collected by the Ci ty or the Authority in the event of any such accident or destruction shall be paid to the Trustee under Section
6.3 of the Lease and deposited by the Trustee promptly upon receipt thereof in the Insurance and Condemnation Fund. If the City fails to determine and notify the Trustee in writing of its determination, within 45 days following the date of such deposit, to replace, repair, restore, modify or improve the Leased Property which has been damaged or destroyed, then such Net Proceeds shall be promptly transferred by the Trustee to the Redemption Fund and applied to the redemption of Bonds under Section 4.01(b).
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, however, if the Leased Property is damaged or
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destroyed in full, the Net Proceeds of such insurance shall be used by the City to rebuild or replace the Leased Property if such proceeds are not sufficient to redeem Outstanding Bonds equal in aggregate principal amount to the unpaid Lease Payments allocable to the Leased Property. All proceeds deposited in t he Insurance and Condemnation Fund and not so transferred to the Redemption Fund shall be applied to the prompt replacement, repair, restoration, modification or improvement of the damaged or destroyed portions of the Leased Property by the City, upon receipt of a Written Request of the City which: (i) states with respect to each payment to be made (A) the requisition number, (B) the name and address of the person to whom payment is due, (C) the amount to be paid and (D) that each obligation mentioned therein has been properly incurred, is a proper charge against the Insurance and Condemnation Fund and has not been the basis of any previous withdrawal; and (ii) specifies in reasonable detail the nature of the obligation. Any balance of the proceeds remaining after such work has been completed as certified by the City under a Written Certificate to the Trustee shall be paid to the City. The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Written Request or Written Certificate received under this subsection (b) of this Section 5.07 and in each case, shall be fully protected in relying thereon.
(c) Application of Eminent Domain Proceeds . If all or any part of the Leased Property is taken by eminent domain proceedings (or sold to a government threatening to exercise the power of eminent domain) the Authority shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Trustee the Net Proceeds therefrom, which the Trustee shall deposit in the Insurance and Condemnation Fund under Section 6.2(b) of the Lease and which shall be applied and disbursed by the Trustee as follows:
(i) If the City has not given written notice to the Trustee, within 45 days following the date on which such Net Proceeds are deposited with the Trustee, of its determination that such Net Proceeds are needed for the replacement of the Leased Property or such portion thereof, the Trustee shall transfer such Net Proceeds to the Redemption Fund to be applied towards the redemption of the Bonds under Section
4.01(b).
(ii) If the City has given written notice to the Trustee, within 45 days following the date on which such Net Proceeds are deposited with the Trustee, of its determination that such Net Proceeds are needed for replacement of the Leased Property or such portion thereof, the Trustee shall pay to the City, or to its order, from said proceeds such amounts as the City may expend for such replacement, upon the filing of Written Requisitions of the City as agent for the Authority.
In each case, the Trustee may conclusively rely upon any notice received under this subsection (c)(ii) of this Section and is protected in relying thereon.
(d) Reliance on Independent Advice. In making any such determination whether to repair, replace or rehabilitate the Leased Property under this Section 5.07, the City may obtain, but is not required to obtain, at its expense, the report of an independent engineer or other independent professional consultant, a copy of which must be filed with the Trustee. The Trustee shall have no duty to review or examine such report. Any such determination by the City is final.
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SECTION 5.08. Investments . All moneys in any of the funds or accounts established with the Trustee under this Indenture shall be invested by the Trustee solely in Permitted Investments. Such investments shall be directed by the Authority in a Written Request of the Authority filed with the Trustee at least 2 Business Days in advance of the making of such investments. In the absence of any such directions from the Authority, the Trustee shall invest any such moneys in Permitted Investments which constitute money market funds; provided, however, that any such investment shall be made by the Trustee only if, prior to the date on which such investment is to be made, the Trustee shall have received a Written Request of the Authority specifying a specific money market fund and, if no such Written Request of the Authority is so received, the Trustee shall hold such moneys uninvested. Permitted Investments purchased as an investment of moneys in any fund shall be deemed to be part of such fund or account. To the extent Permitted Investments are registrable, such Permitted Investments must be registered in the name of the Trustee.
All interest or gain derived from the investment of amounts in any of the funds or accounts established hereunder shall be deposited in the Bond Fund. For purposes of acquiring any investments hereunder, the Trustee may commingle funds held by it hereunder. The Trustee or any of its affiliates may act as principal or agent in the acquisition or disposition of any investment and may impose its customary charge s therefor. The Trustee shall incur no liability for losses arising from any investments made under this Section 5.08.
The Trustee may make any investments hereunder through its own bond or investment department or trust investment department, or those o f its parent or any affiliate. The Trustee or any of its affiliates may act as sponsor, advisor or manager in connection with any investments made by the Trustee hereunder. The Trustee is hereby authorized, in making or disposing of any investment permit ted by this Section, to deal with itself (in its individual capacity) or with any one or more of its affiliates, whether it or such affiliate is acting as an agent of the Trustee or for any third person or is dealing as a principal for its own account.
The Trustee shall furnish the Authority periodic cash transaction statements which include detail for all investment transactions effected by the Trustee or brokers selected by the Authority. Upon the Authority’s election, such statements will be delivered v ia the Trustee’s Online Trust and Custody service and upon electing such service, paper statements will be provided only upon request. The Authority waives the right to receive brokerage confirmations of security transactions effected by the Trustee as they occur, to the extent permitted by law. The Authority further understands that trade confirmations for securities transactions effected by the Trustee will be available upon request and at no additional cost and other trade confirmations may be obtained from the applicable broker.
SECTION 5.09. Valuation and Disposition of Investments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Section, the Authority covenants that all investments of amounts deposited in any fund or account created by or under this Indenture, or otherwise containing gross proceeds of the Bonds (within the meaning of Section 148 of the Tax Code) shall be acquired, disposed of and valued at the Fair Market Value thereof as such term is defined in subsection (d) below. The Trustee
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shall have no duty in connection with the determination of Fair Market Value other than to follow the investment directions of the Authority in any Written Request of the Authority.
(b) Investments in funds or accounts (or portions thereof) that are subject to a yield restriction under applicable provisions of the Tax Code; provided that the Authority shall inform the Trustee in writing which funds are subject to a yield restriction.
(c) For the purpose of determining the amount in any fund or account established hereunder, the value of Permitted Investments credited to such fund shall be valued by the Trustee at least annually on or before July 15. The Trustee may sell or present for redemption, any Permitted Investment so purchased by the Trustee whenever it is necessary in order to provide moneys to meet any required payment, transfer, withdrawal or disbursement from the fund to which such Permitted Investment is credited, and the Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from any such Permitted Investment.
(d) For purposes of this Section 5.09, the term “Fair Market Value” means the price at which a willing buyer would purchase the investment from a willing seller in a bona fide, arm’s length transaction (determined as of the date the contract to purchase or sell the investment becomes binding) if the investment is traded on an established securities market (within the meaning of Section 1273 of the Tax Code) and, otherwise, the term “Fair Market Value” means the acquisition price in a bona fide arm’s length transaction (as referenced above) if (i) the investment is a certificate of deposit that is acquired in accordance with applicable regulations under the Tax Code, (ii) the investment is an agreement with specifically negotiated withdrawal or reinvestment provisions and a specifically negotiated interest rate (for example, a guaranteed investment contract, a forward supply contract or other inv estment agreement) that is acquired in accordance with applicable regulations under the Tax Code, or (iii) the investment is a United States Treasury Security -- State and Local Government Series which is acquired in accordance with applicable regulations of the United States Bureau of Public Debt.
(e) To the extent of any valuations made by the Trustee hereunder, the Trustee may utilize and rely upon computerized securities pricing services that may be available to it, including those available through its regular accounting system.
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ARTICLE VI
COVENANTS OF THE AUTHORITY
SECTION 6.01. Punctual Payment. The Authority shall punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on all the Bonds in strict conformity with the terms of the Bonds and of this Indenture, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, but only out of the Revenues and other amounts pledged for such payment as provided in this Indenture.
SECTION 6.02. Extension of Payment of Bonds. The Authority shall not directly or indirectly extend or assent to the extension of the maturity of any of the Bonds or the time of payment of any claims for interest by the purchase of such Bonds or by any other arrangement, and in case the maturity of any of the Bonds or the time of payment of any such claims for interest shall be extended, such Bonds or claims for interest shall not be entitled, in case of any default hereunder, to the benefits of this Indenture, except subject to the prior payment in full of the principal of all of the Bonds then Outstanding and of all claims for interest thereon which have not been so extended. Nothing in this Section 6.02 limits the right of the Authority to issue Bonds for the purpose of refunding any Outstanding Bonds, and such issuance does not constitute an extension of maturity of the Bonds.
SECTION 6.03. Against Encumbrances. The Authority shall not create, or permit the creation of, any pledge, lien, charge or other encumbrance upon the Revenues and other assets pledged or assigned under this Indenture while any of the Bonds are Outstanding, except the pledge and assignment created by this Indenture. Subject to this limitation, the Authority expressly reserves the right to enter into one or more other indentures for any of its corporate purposes, and reserves the right to issue other obligations for such purposes.
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ECTION 6.04. Power to Issue Bonds and Make Pledge and Assignment . The Authority is duly authorized under law to issue the Bonds and to enter into this Indenture and to pledge and assign the Revenues and other amounts purported to be pledged and assigned, respectively, under this Indenture and under the Assignment Agreement in the manner and to the extent provided in this Indenture and the Assignment Agreement. The Bonds and the provisions of this Indenture are and will be the legal, valid and binding special obligations of the Authority in accordance with their terms, and the Authority and the Trustee shall at all times, subject to the provisions of Article VIII and to the extent permitted by law, defend, preserve and protect said pledge and assignment of Revenues and other assets and all the rights of the Bond Owners under this Indenture against all claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
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ECTION 6.05. Accounting Records. The Trustee shall at all times keep, or cause to be kept, proper books of record and account, prepared in accordance with corporate industry standards , in which complete and accurate entries shall be made of all transactions made by it relating to the proceeds of Bonds and all funds and accounts established under this Indenture. The Trustee shall make such books of record and account available for inspection by the Authority and the City, during business hours, upon reasonable notice, and under reasonable circumstances.
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SECTION 6.06. Limitation on Additional Obligations. The Authority covenants that no additional bonds, notes or other indebtedness shall be issued or incurred which are payable out of the Revenues in whole or in part.
SECTION 6.07. Tax Covenants.
(a) Private Business Use Limitation. The Authority shall assure that the proceeds of the Bonds are not used in a manner which would cause the Bonds to satisfy the private business tests of Section 141(b) of the Tax Code or the private loan financing test of Section 141(c) of the Tax Code.
(b) Federal Guarantee Prohibition. The Authority may not take any action or permit or suffer any action to be taken if the result of the same would be to cause the Bonds to be “federally guaranteed” within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Tax Code.
(c) No Arbitrage. The Authority may not take, or permit or suffer to be taken by the Trustee or otherwise, any action with respect to the proceeds of the Bonds or of any other obligations which, if such action had been reasonably expected to have been taken, or had been deliberately and intentionally taken, on the Closing Date, would have caused the Bonds to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148(a) of the Tax Code.
(d) Maintenance of Tax Exemption. The Authority shall take all actions necessary to assure the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from the gross income of the Owners of the Bonds to the same extent as such interest is permitted to be excluded from gross income under the Tax Code as in effect on the Closing Date.
(e) Rebate of Excess Investment Earnings to United States. The Authority shall calculate or cause to be calculated all amounts of excess investment earnings with respect to the Bonds which are required to be rebated to the United States of America under Section 148(f) of the Tax Code, at the times and in the manner required under the Tax Code. The Authority shall pay when due an amount equal to excess investment earnings to the United States of America in such amounts, at such times and in such manner as may be required under the Tax Code, such payments to be made from amounts paid by the City for that purpose under Section 4.5(d) of the Lease. The Authority shall keep or cause to be kept, and retain or cause to be retained for a period of six years following the retirement of the Bonds, records of the determinations made under this subsection (e).
(f) Record Retention. The Authority will retain its records of all accounting and monitoring it carries out with respect to the Bonds for at least 3 years after the Bonds mature or are redeemed (whichever is earlier); however, if the Bonds are redeemed and refunded, the Authority will retain its records of accounting and monitoring at least 3 years after the earlier of the maturity or redemption of the obligations that refunded the Bonds.
(g) Compliance with Tax Certificate . The Authority will comply with the provisions of the Certificate as to Arbitrage and the Use of Proceeds Certificate with respect to the Bonds, which are incorporated herein as if fully set forth herein. The covenants of this Section will survive payment in full or defeasance of the Bonds.
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ECTION 6.08. Enforcement of Lease . The Trustee shall promptly collect all amounts (to the extent any such amounts are available for collection) due from the City under the Lease. Subject to the provisions of Article VIII, the Trustee shall enforce, and
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take all steps, actions and proceedings which the Trustee determines to be reasonably necessary for the enforcement of all of its rights thereunder as assignee of the Authority and for the enforcement of all of the obligations of the City under the Lease.
SECTION 6.09. Waiver of Laws. The Authority shall not at any time insist upon or plead in any manner whatsoever, or claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law now or at any time hereafter in force that may affect the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture or in the Bonds, and al l benefit or advantage of any such law or laws is hereby expressly waived by the Authority to the extent permitted by law.
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ECTION 6.10. Further Assurances. The Authority will make, execute and deliver any and all such further indentures, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention or to facilitate the performance of this Indenture and for the better assuring and confirming unto the Owners of the Bonds of the rights and benefits provided in this Indenture.
ARTICLE VII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
SECTION 7.01. Events of Default. The following events constitute Events of Default hereunder:
(a) Failure to pay any installment of the principal of any Bonds when due, whether at maturity as therein expressed, by proceedings for redemption, by acceleration, or otherwise.
(b) Failure to pay any installment of interest on the Bonds when due.
(c) Failure by the Authority to observe and perform any of the other covenants, agreements or conditions on its part contained in this Indenture or in the Bonds, if such failure has continued for a period of 30 days after written notice thereof, specifying such failure and requiring the same to be remedied, has been given to the Authority by the Trustee; provided, however, if in the reasonable opinion of the Authority the failure stated in the notice can be corrected, but not within such 30-day period, such failure shall not constitute an Event of Default if the Authority institutes corrective action within such 30- day period and thereafter diligently and in good faith cures the failure in a reasonable period of time.
(d) The commencement by the Authority of a voluntary case under Title 11 of the United States Code or any substitute or successor statute.
(e) The occurrence and continuation of an event of default under and as defined in the Lease.
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SECTION 7.02. Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs, then, and in each and every such case during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Trustee may, and at the written di rection of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding shall, in each case, upon receipt of indemnification satisfactory to Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in connection with such action, upon notice in writing to the Authority, declare the principal of all of the Bonds then Outstanding, and the interest accrued thereon, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall be immediately due and payable, anything in this Indenture or in the Bonds contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Any such declaration is subject to the condition that if, at any time after such declaration and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered, the Authority deposits with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all the principal of and installments of interest on the Bonds payment of which is overdue, with interest on such overdue principal at the rate borne by the respective Bonds to the extent permitted by law, and the reasonable fees, charges and expenses (including those of its legal counsel, including the allocated costs of internal attorneys) of the Trustee, and any and all other Events of Default known to the Trustee (other than in the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds due and payable solely by reason of such declaration) have been made good or cured to the satisfaction of the Trustee or provision deemed by the Trustee to be adequate has been made therefor, then, and in every such case, the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding, by written notice to the Authority, the City and the Trustee, may, on behalf of the Owners of all of the Bonds, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and waive such Event of Default; but no such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Event of Default, or shall impair or exhaust any right or power consequent thereon.
SECTION 7.03. Application of Revenues and Other Funds After Default. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, all Revenues and any other funds then held or thereafter received by the Trustee under any of the provisions of this Indenture shall be applied by the Trustee in the following order of priority:
(a) To the payment of reasonable fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee (including reasonable fees and disbur sements of its legal counsel including outside counsel and the allocated costs of internal attorneys) incurred in and about the performance of its powers and duties under this Indenture;
(b) To the payment of the principal of and interest then due on the Bonds (upon presentation of the Bonds to be paid, and stamping or otherwise noting thereon of the payment if only partially paid, or surrender thereof if fully paid) in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, as follows:
First: To the payment to the persons entitled thereto of all installments of interest then due in the order of the maturity of such installments, and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full any installment or installments maturing on the same date, then to the payment thereof ratably, according to the
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amounts due thereon, to the persons entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference;
Second: To the payment to the persons entitled thereto of the unpaid principal of any Bonds which shall have bec ome due, whether at maturity or by acceleration or redemption, with interest on the overdue principal at the rate borne by the respective Bonds (to the extent permitted by law), and, if the amount available shall not be sufficient to pay in full all the Bonds, together with such interest, then to the payment thereof ratably, according to the amounts of principal due on such date to the persons entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference; and
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ECTION 7.04. Trustee to Represent Bond Owners . The Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed (and the successive respective Owners of the Bonds, by taking and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed to have so appointed the Trustee) as trustee and true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the Owners of the Bonds for the purpose of exercising and prosecuting on their behalf such rights and remedies as may be available to such Owners under the provisions of the Bonds, this Indenture and applicable provisions of any law. All rights of action under this Indenture or the Bonds may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Bonds or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such suit, action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in the name of the Trustee for the benefit and protection of all the Owners of such Bonds, subject to the provisions of this Indenture.
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ECTION 7.05. Limitation on Bond Owners’ Right to Sue. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, no Owner of any Bonds has the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, for the protection or enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, the Lease or any other applicable law with respect to such Bonds, unless (a) such Owner has given to the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default; (b) the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding have requested the Trustee in writing to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted or to institute such suit, action or proceeding in its own name; (c) such Owner or Owners have tendered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; (d) the Trustee has failed to comply with such request for a period of 60 days after such written request has been received by, and said tender of indemnity has been made to, the Trustee; and (e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60 day period by the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding.
Such notification, request, tender of indemnity and refusal or omission are hereby declared, in every case, to be conditions precedent to the exercise by any Owner of Bonds of any remedy hereunder or under law; it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners of Bonds shall have any right in any manner whatever by his or their action to affect, disturb or prejudice the security of this Indenture or the rights of any other Owners of Bonds, or to enforce any right under the Bonds, this Indenture, the Lease or other applicable law with respect to the Bonds, except in the manner herein provided, and that all proceedings at law or in equity to enforce any such right shall be instituted, had and
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maintained in the manner herein provided and for the benefit and protection of all Owners of the Outstanding Bonds, subject to the provisions of this Indenture.
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ECTION 7.06. Absolute Obligation of Authority . Nothing herein or in the Bonds contained affects or impairs the obligat ion of the Authority, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on the Bonds to the respective Owners of the Bonds at their respective dates of maturity, or upon acceleration or call for redemption, as herein provided, but only out of the Revenues and other assets herein pledged therefor, or affect or impair the right of such Owners, which is also absolute and unconditional, to enforce such payment by virtue of the contract embodied in the Bonds.
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ECTION 7.07. Termination of Proceedings. In case any proceedings taken by the Trustee or by any one or more Bond Owners on account of any Event of Default have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason or have been determined adversely to the Trustee or the Bond Owners, then in every such case the Authority, the Trustee and the Bond Owners, subject to any determination in such proceedings, shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, severally and respectively, and all rights, remedies, powers and duties of the Authority, the Trustee and the Bond Owners shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
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ECTION 7.08. Remedies Not Exclusive . No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee, to the Owners of the Bonds is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies, and each and every such remedy, to the extent permitted by law, shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.
SECTION 7.09. No Waiver of Default. No delay or omission of the Trustee or any Owner of the Bonds to exercise any right or power arising upon the occurrence of any default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or Event of Default or an acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy given by this Indenture to the Trustee or to the Owners of the Bonds may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient by the Trustee or the Bond Owners.
SECTION 7.10. Notice to Bond Owners of Default . Immediately upon becoming aware of the occurrence of an Event of Default, but in no event later than five Business Days following becoming aware of such occurrence, the Trustee shall promptly give written notice the reof by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Owner of each Outstanding Bond, unless such Event of Default has been cured before the giving of such notice; provided, however that except in the case of an Event of Default described in Sections 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), the Trustee may elect not to give such notice to the Bond Owners if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that it is in the best interests of the Bond Owners not to give such notice.
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ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 8.01. Appointment of Trustee . U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association is hereby appointed Trustee by the Authority for the purpose of receiving all moneys required to be deposited with the Trustee hereunder and to allocate, use and apply the same as provided in this Indenture. The Authority will maintain a Trustee which is qualified under the provisions of the foregoing provisions of this Article VIII, so long as any Bonds are Outstanding.
SECTION 8.02. Acceptance of Trusts; Removal and Resignation of Trustee. The Trustee hereby accepts the express trusts imposed upon it by this Indenture, and agrees to perform said trusts, but only upon and subject to the following express terms and conditions:
(a) The Trustee shall, prior to an Event of Default, and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurr ed, perform such duties and only such duties as are expressly and specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied duties or covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. If an Event of Default has occurred (which has not been cured), the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by hereunder, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(b) The Authority may remove the Trustee at any time, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, and shall remove the Trustee (a) if at any time requested to do so by the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding (or their attorneys duly authorized in writing) or (b) if at any time the Trustee ceases to be eligible in accordance with Section 8.02, or becomes incapable of acting, or is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or its property is appointed, or any public officer takes control or charge of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation.
(c) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Authority and the City, and by giving the Bond Owners notice of such resignation by mail at the addresses shown on the Registration Books.
(d) Any removal or resignation of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become ef fective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee. In the event of the removal or resignation of the Trustee under subsections (b) or (d), respectively, the Authority shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.
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If no successor Trustee has been appointed and accepted appointment within 45 days of giving notice of removal or notice of resignation as aforesaid, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee, and such court may thereupon, after such notice (if any) as it may deem proper, appoint such successor Trustee. Any successor Trustee appointed under this Indenture, must signify its acceptance of such appointment by executing and delivering to the Authority, to its predecessor Trustee a written acceptance thereof, and after payment by the Authority of all unpaid fees and expenses of the predecessor Trustee, and thereupon such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the moneys, estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of such predecessor Trustee, with like effect as if originally named Trustee herein; but, nevertheless at the Written Request of the Authority or the request of the successor Trust ee, such predecessor Trustee shall execute and deliver any and all instruments of conveyance or further assurance and do such other things as may reasonably be required for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all the right, title and interest of such predecessor Trustee in and to the Leased Property held by such predecessor Trustee under this Indenture and shall pay over, transfer, assign and deliver to the successor Trustee any money or other property subject to the trusts and conditions herein set forth. Upon request of the successor Trustee, the Authority shall execute and deliver any and all instruments as may be reasonably required for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such moneys, estates, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations. Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this subsection, the Authority shall promptly mail or cause the successor trustee to mail a notice of the succession of such Trustee to the trusts hereunder to each rating agency which is then rating the Bonds and to the Bond Owners at the addresses shown on the Registration Books. If the Authority fails to mail such notice within 15 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Authority.
(e) Any Trustee appointed under this Indenture shall be a corporation or association organized and doing business under the laws of any state or the United States of America or the District of Columbia, shall be authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, shall have (or, in the case of a corporation or association that is a member of a bank holding company system, the related bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000, and shall be subject to supervision or examination by a federal or state agency, so long as any Bonds are Outstanding. If such corporation or associat ion publishes a report of condition at least annually under law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining agency above referred to, then for the purpose of this
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subsection (e), the combined capital and surplus of such corporation or association shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If the Trustee at any time ceases to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this subsection (e), the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
SECTION 8.03. Merger or Consolidation. Any bank, national banking association, federal savings association, or trust company into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any bank, national banking association, federal savings association, or trust company resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which it shall be a party or any bank, national banking association, federal savings association, or trust company to which the Trustee may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business, provided such bank, national banking association, federal savings as sociation, or trust company shall be eligible under subsection (e) of Section 8.02 shall be the successor to such Trustee, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
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ECTION 8.04. Liability of Trustee.
(a) The recitals of facts herein and in the Bonds contained shall be taken as statements of the Authority, and the Trustee shall not assume responsibility for the correctness of the same, or make any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Bonds or the Lease (including any right to receive moneys thereunder or the value of or title to the premises upon which the Leased Property is located), nor shall the Trustee incur any responsibility in respect thereof, other than as expressly stated herein in connection with the respective duties or obligations of Trustee herein or in the Bonds assigned to or imposed upon it. The Trustee shall, however, be responsible for its representations contained in its certificate of authentication on the Bonds. The Trustee shall not be liable in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own negligence. The Trustee may become the Owner of Bonds with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, and, to the extent permitted by law, may act as depository for and permit any of its officers or directors to act as a member of, or in any other capacity with respect to, any committee formed to protect the rights of Bond Owners, whether or not such committee shall represent the Owners of a majority in principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding.
(b) The Trustee is not liable for any error of judgment made by a responsible officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.
(c) The Trustee is not liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture or assigned to it under the Assignment Agreement.
(d) The Trustee is not liable for any action taken by it and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
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(e) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder, or any other event which, with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of Default hereunder unless and until it shall have actual knowledge thereof, or a corporate trust officer shall have received written notice thereof at its Office from the City, the Authority or the Owners of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Trustee shall not be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance by the Authority or the City of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements herein, under the Lease or the Bonds or of any of the documents executed in connection with the Bonds, or as to the existence of a default or an Event of Default or an event which would, with the giving of notice, the passage of time, or both, constitute an Event of Default. The Trustee is not responsible for the validity, effectiveness or priority of any collateral given to or held by it. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall not be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance by the City or the Authority of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements set forth in the Lease, other than the covenants of the City to make Lease Payments to the Trustee when due and to file with the Trustee when due, such reports and certifications as the City is required to file with the Trustee thereunder.
(f) No provision of this Indenture requires the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.
(g) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or through agents, receivers or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, receiver or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(h) The Trustee has no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of the Bond Owners under this Indenture, unless such Owners have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities (including but not limited to fees and expenses of its attorneys) which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. No permissive power, right or remedy conferred upon the Trustee hereunder shall be construed to impose a duty to exercise such power, right or remedy.
(i) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection t o the Trustee is subject to the provisions of Section 8.02(a), this Section 8.04 and Section 8.05, and shall be applicable to the assignment of any rights under the Lease to the Trustee under the Assignment Agreement.
(j) The Trustee is not accountable to anyone for the subsequent use or application of any moneys which are released or withdrawn in accordance with the provisions hereof.
(k) The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, expressed or implied as to the title, value, design, compliance with specifications or legal requirements, quality, durability, operation, condition, merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose for the use contemplated by the Authority or the City of the Leased Property. In no event shall the Trustee be liable f or incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages in
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connection with or arising from the Lease or this Indenture for the existence, furnishing or use of the Leased Property.
(l) The Trustee has no responsibility with respect to any information, statement, or recital in any official statement, offering memorandum or any other disclosure material prepared or distributed with respect to the Bonds.
(m) The Trustee is authorized and directed to execute the Assignment Agreement in its capacity as Trustee hereunder.
(n) The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e- mail (provided, that for purposes of this Agreement, an e -mail does not constitute a notice, request or other communication hereunder but rather the portable document format or similar attachment attached to such e-mail shall constitute a notice, request or other communication hereunder ), facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that, the Trustee shall have received an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to give such instructions or directions and containing specimen signatures of such designated persons, which such incumbency certificate shall be amended and replac ed whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Authority or the City elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Authority and the City agree to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
(o) The Trustee shall not be liable to the parties hereto or deemed in breach or default hereunder if and to the extent its performance hereunder is prevented by reason of force majeure. The term “force majeure” means an occurrence that is beyond the control of the Trustee and could not have been avoided by exercising due care. Force majeure shall include, but not be limited to, acts of God, terrorism, war, riots, strikes, fire, floods, earthquakes, epidemics or other similar occurrences.
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ECTION 8.05. Right to Rely on Documents. The Trustee shall be protected and shall incur no liability in acting or refraining from acting in reliance upon any notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bonds or other paper or document believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee is under no duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statements contained or matter referred to in any paper or document but may accept and conclusively rely upon the sam e as conclusive evidence of the truth and accuracy of any such statement or matter and shall be fully protected in relying thereon.
The Trustee may consult with counsel, who may be counsel of or to the Authority, with regard to legal questions, and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith.
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The Trustee may treat the Owners of the Bonds appearing in the Registration Books as the absolute owners of the Bonds for all purposes and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Whenever in the administration of the trusts imposed upon it by this Indenture the Trustee deems it necessary or desirable tha t a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a Written Certificate, Written Request or Written Requisition of the Authority or the City, and such Written Certificate, Written Request or Written Requisition shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or suffered under the provisions of this Indenture in reliance upon such Written Certificate, Written Request or Written Requisition, and the Trustee shall be fully protected in relying thereon, but in its discretion the Trustee may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may require such additional evidence as to it may deem reasonable.
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ECTION 8.06. Preservation and Inspection of Documents . All documents received by the Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture shall be retained in its respective possession and in accordance with its retention policy then in effect and shall, upon reasonable notice to Trustee, be subject to the inspection of the Authority, the City and any Bond Owner, and their agents and representatives duly authorized in writing, during business hours and under reasonable conditions as agreed to by the Trustee.
SECTION 8.07. Compensation and Indemnification. The Authority shall pay to the Trustee from time to time, on demand, the compensation for all services rendered under this Indenture and also all reasonable expenses, advances (including any interest on advances), charges, legal (including outside counsel and the allocated costs of internal attorneys) and consulting fees and other disbursements, incurred in and about the performance of its powers and duties under this Indenture.
The Authority shall indemnify the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents against any cost, loss, liability or expense whatsoever (including but not limited to fees and expenses of its attorneys) incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and this Indenture, including costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers hereunder or under the Assignment Agreement or the Lease. As security for the performance of the obligations of the Authority under this Section 8.07 and the obligation of the Authority to make Additional Rental Payments to the Trustee, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the lien of the Bonds upon all property and funds held or collected by the Tru stee as such.
The rights of the Trustee and the obligations of the Authority under this Section 8.07 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the discharge of the Bonds and this Indenture and the Lease.
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ARTICLE IX
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT HEREOF
SECTION 9.01. Amendments Permitted.
(a) Amendments With Bond Owner Consent. This Indenture and the rights and obligations of the Authority and of the Owners of the Bonds and of the Trustee may be modified or amended from time to time and at any time by Supplemental Indenture, which the Authority and the Trustee may enter into when the written consents of the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding are filed with the Trustee. No such modification or amendment may (i) extend the fixed maturity of any Bonds, or reduce the amount of principal thereof or extend the time of payment, or change the method of computing the rate of interest thereon, or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, without the consent of the Owner of each Bond so affected, or (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Bonds the consent of the Owners of which is required to effect any such modification or amendment, or permit the creation of any lien on the Revenues and other assets pledged under this Indenture prior to or on a parity with the lien created by this Indenture except as permitted herein, or deprive t he Owners of the Bonds of the lien created by this Indenture on such Revenues and other assets (except as expressly provided in this Indenture), without the consent of the Owners of all of the Bonds then Outstanding. It is not necessary for the consent of the Bond Owners to approve the particular form of any Supplemental Indenture, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.
(b) Amendments Without Owner Consent . This Indenture and the rights and obligations of the Authority, of t he Trustee and the Owners of the Bonds may also be modified or amended from time to time and at any time by a Supplemental Indenture, which the Authority and the Trustee may enter into without the consent of any Bond Owners, if the Trustee has been furnished an opinion of counsel that the provisions of such Supplemental Indenture shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Bonds, including, without limitation, for any one or more of the following purposes:
(i) to add to the cov enants and agreements of the Authority in this Indenture contained, other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, to pledge or assign additional security for the Bonds (or any portion thereof), or to surrender any right or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the Authority;
(ii) to cure any ambiguity, inconsistency or omission, or to cure or correct any defective provision, contained in this Indenture, or in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, as the Authority deems necessary or desirable, provided that such modification or amendment does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Bond Owners, in the opinion of Bond Counsel filed with the Trustee;
(iii) to modify, amend or supplement this Indenture in such manner as to permit the qualification hereof under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any similar federal statute hereafter in effect, and to
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add such other terms, conditions and provisions as may be permitted by said act or similar federal statute;
(iv) to modify, amend or supplement this Indenture in such manner as to assure that the interest on the Bonds remains excluded from gross income under the Tax Code; or
(v) to facilitate the issuance of additional obligations of the City under the Lease Agreement as provided in Section 7.5(b)(5) thereof.
(c) Limitation. The Trustee is not obligated to enter into any Supplemental Indenture authorized by subsections (a) or (b) of this Section 9.01 which materially adversely affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
(d) Bond Counsel Opinion Requirement. Prior to the Trustee entering into any Supplemental Indenture hereunder, the Authority shall deliver to the Trustee an opinion of Bond Counsel stating, in substance, that such Supplemental Indenture has been adopted in compliance with the requirements of this Indenture and that the adoption of such Supplemental Indenture will not, in and of itself, adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for purposes of federal income taxes of interest on the Bonds.
(e) Notice of Amendments. The Authority shall deliver or cause to be delivered a draft of any Supplemental Indenture to each rating agency which then maintains a rating on the Bonds, at least 10 days prior to the effective date of such Supplemental Indenture under this Section 9.01.
SECTION 9.02. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any Supplemental Indenture under this Article IX, this Indenture shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, duties and obligations under this Indenture of the Authority, the Trustee and all Owners of Bonds Outstanding shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modification and amendment, and all the terms and conditions of any such Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
SECTION 9.03. Endorsement of Bonds; Preparation of New Bonds . Bonds delivered after the execution of any Supplemental Indenture under this Article may, and if the Authority so determines shall, bear a notation by endorsement or otherwise in form approved by the Authority as to any modification or amendment provided for in such Supplemental Indenture, and, in that case, upon demand on the Owner of any Bonds Outstanding at the time of such execution and presentation of his Bonds for the purpose at the Office of the Trustee or at such additional offices as the Trustee may select and designate for that purpose, a suitable notation shall be made on such Bonds. If the Supplemental Indenture shall so provide, new Bonds so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Authority, to any modification or amendment contained in such Supplemental Indenture, shall be prepared and executed by the Authority and authenticated by t he Trustee, and upon demand on the Owners of any Bonds then Outstanding shall be exchanged at the Office of the Trustee, without cost to any Bond Owner, for Bonds then Outstanding, upon surrender for cancellation of such Bonds, in equal aggregate principal amount of the same maturity.
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SECTION 9.04. Amendment of Particular Bonds. The provisions of this Article IX do not prevent any Bond Owner from accepting any amendment as to the particular Bonds held by such Owner.
ARTICLE X
DEFEASANCE
SECTION 10.01. Discharge of Indenture. Any or all of the Outstanding Bonds may be paid by the Authority in any of the following ways, provided that the Authority also pays or causes to be paid any other sums payable hereunder by the Authority:
(a) by paying or causing to be paid the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on such Bonds, as and when the same become due and payable;
(b) by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, at or before maturity, money or securities in the necessary amount (as provided in Section 10.03) to pay or redeem such Bonds; or
(c) by delivering all of such Bonds to the Trustee for cancellation.
If the Authority also pays or causes to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Authority, then and in that case, at the election of the Authority (evidenced by a Written Certificate of the Authority, filed with the Trustee, signify ing the intention of the Authority to discharge all such indebtedness and this Indenture), and notwithstanding that any of such Bonds shall not have been surrendered for payment, this Indenture and the pledge of Revenues and other assets made under this Indenture with respect to such Bonds and all covenants, agreements and other obligations of the Authority under this Indenture with respect to such Bonds shall cease, terminate, become void and be completely discharged and satisfied, subject to Section 10.02. In such event, upon the Written Request of the Authority, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Authority all such instruments as may be necessary or desirable to evidence such discharge and satisfaction, and the Trustee shall pay over, transfer, assign or deliver to the City all moneys or securities or other property held by it under this Indenture which are not required for the payment or redemption of any of such Bonds not theretofore surrendered for such payment or redemption. The Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on any such Written Certificate or Written Request and, in each case, is fully protected in relying thereon.
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ECTION 10.02. Discharge of Liability on Bonds . Upon the deposit with the Trustee, in trust, at or before maturity, of money or securities in the necessary amount (as provided in Section 10.03) to pay or redeem any Outstanding Bonds (whether upon or prior to the maturity or the redemption date of such Bonds), provided that, if such Bonds are to be redeemed prior to maturity, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Article IV or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of such notice, then all liability of the Authority in respect of such Bonds shall cease, terminate and be completely discharged, and the Owners thereof shall thereafter be
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entitled only to payment out of such money or securities deposited with the Trustee as aforesaid for their payment, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 10.04.
The Authority may at any time surrender to the Trustee, for cancellation by the Trustee, any Bonds previously issued and delivered, which the Authority may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and such Bonds, upon such surrender and cancellation, shall be deemed to be paid and retired.
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ECTION 10.03. Deposit of Money or Securities with Trustee. Whenever in this Indenture it is prov ided or permitted that there be deposited with or held in trust by the Trustee money or securities in the necessary amount to pay or redeem any Bonds, the money or securities so to be deposited or held may include money or securities held by the Trustee in the funds and accounts established under this Indenture and shall be:
(a) lawful money of the United States of America in an amount equal to the principal amount of such Bonds and all unpaid interest thereon to maturity, except that, in the case of Bonds which are to be redeemed prior to maturity and in respect of which notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Article IV or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of such notice, the amount to be deposited or held shall be the principal amount of such Bonds, premium, if any, and all unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date; or
(b) non-callable Federal Securities, the principal of and interest on which when due will, in the written opinion of an Independent Accountant filed with the City, the Authority and the Trustee, provide money sufficient to pay the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on the Bonds to be paid or redeemed, as such principal, interest and premium become due, provided that in the case of Bonds which are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in Article IV or provision satisfactory to the Trustee has been made for the giving of such notice;
provided, in each case, that (i) the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed (by the terms of this Indenture or by Written Request of the Authority) to apply such money to the payment of such principal, interest and premium (if any) with respect to such Bonds, and (ii) the Authority shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such Bonds have been discharged in accordance with this Indenture (which opinion may rely upon and assume the accuracy of the Independent Accountant’s opinion referred to above). The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Written Request or opinion and shall be fully protected, in each case, in relying thereon.
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ECTION 10.04. Unclaimed Funds . Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, any moneys held by the Trustee in trust for the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any Bonds and remaining unclaimed for 2 years after the principal of all of the Bonds has become due and payable (whether at maturity or upon call for redemption or by acceleration as provided in this Indenture), if such moneys were so held at such date, or 2 years after the date of deposit of such moneys if deposited after said date when all of the Bonds became due and payable, shall be repaid to the Authority free from the trusts
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created by this Indenture, and all liability of the Trustee with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that before the repayment of such moneys to the Authority as aforesaid, the Trustee shall (at the cost of the Authority) first mail to the Owners of Bonds which have not yet been paid, at the addresses shown on the Registration Books, a notice, in such form as may be deemed appropriate by the Trustee with respect to the Bonds so payable and not presented and with respect to the provisions relating to the repayment to the Authority of the moneys held for the payment thereof.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 11.01. Liability of Authority Limited to Revenues . Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the Bonds contained, the Authority is not required to advance any moneys derived fr om any source other than the Revenues, the Additional Rental Payments and other assets pledged under this Indenture for any of the purposes in this Indenture mentioned, whether for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds or for any other purpose of this Indenture. Nevertheless, the Authority may, but is not required to, advance for any of the purposes hereof any funds of the Authority which may be made available to it for such purposes.
SECTION 11.02. Limitation of Rights to Parties and Bond Owners. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Bonds expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to give to any person other than the Authority, the Trustee, the City and the Owners of the Bonds, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Indenture or any covenant, condition or provision therein or herein contained; and all such covenants, conditions and provisions are and shall be held to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Authority, the Trustee, the City and the Owners of the Bonds.
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ECTION 11.03. Funds and Accounts . Any fund or account required by this Indenture to be established and maintained by the Trustee may be established and maintained in the accounting records of the Trustee, either as a fund or an account, and may, for the purposes of such records, any audits thereof and any reports or statements with respect thereto, be treated either as a fund or as an account; but all such records with respect to all such funds and accounts shall at all times be maintained in accordance with corporate industry standards to the extent practicable, and with due regard for the requirements of Section 6.05 and for the protection of the security of the Bonds and the rights of every Owner thereof. The Trustee may establish such funds and accounts as it deems necessary or appropriate to perform its obligations under this Indenture.
SECTION 11.04. Waiver of Notice; Requirement of Mailed Notice. Whenever in this Indenture the giving of notice by mail or otherwise is required, the giving of such notice may be waived in wr iting by the person entitled to receive such notice and in any such case the giving or receipt of such notice shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. Whenever in this Indenture any notice is required to be given by mail, such requirement may be satisfied by the deposit of such notice in the United States mail, postage prepaid, by first class mail.
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SECTION 11.05. Destruction of Bonds . Whenever in this Indenture provision is made for the cancellation by the Trustee, and the delivery to the Authority, of any Bonds, the Trustee shall destroy such Bonds as may be allowed by law and deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Authority.
SECTION 11.06. Severability of Invalid Provisions . If any one or more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Bonds shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then such provision or provisions shall be deemed severable from the remaining provisions contained in this Indenture and such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Indenture, and this Indenture shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein. The Authority hereby declares that it would have entered into this Indenture and each and every other Section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof and authorized the issuance of the Bonds pursuant thereto irrespective of the fact that any one or more Sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases of this Indenture may be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable.
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ECTION 11.07. Notices. All notices or communications to be given under this Indenture shall be given by first class mail or personal delivery to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or at such address as the party may provide to the other party in writing from time to time. Notice shall be effective either (a) upon transmission by facsimile transmission or other form of telecommunication, confirmed by telephone, (b) 48 hours after deposit in the United States mail, postage prepaid, or (c) in the case of personal delivery to any person, upon actual receipt. The Authority, the City or the Trustee may, by written notice to the other parties, from time to time modify the address or number to which communications are to be given hereunder.
If to the Authority City of Lodi
or the City: 221 West Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
Attention: City Manager
Fax: (209) 333-6807
If to the Trustee: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association Attn.: Global Corporate Trust
One California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Fax: 415-677-3768
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ECTION 11.08. Evidence of Rights of Bond Owners . Any request, consent or other instrument required or permitted by this Indenture to be signed and executed by Bond Owners may be in any number of concurrent instruments of substantially similar tenor and shall be signed or executed by such Bond Owners in person or by an agent or agents duly appointed in writing. Proof of the execution of any such request, consent or other instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any person of Bonds transferable by delivery, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and shall be conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Authority if made in the manner provided in this Section 11.08.
The fact and date of the execution by any person of any such request, consent or other instrument or writing may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other
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officer of any jurisdiction, authorized by the laws thereof to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the person signing such request, consent or other instrument acknowledged to him the execution thereof , or by an affidavit of a witness of such execution duly sworn to before such notary public or other officer.
The ownership of Bonds shall be proved by the Registration Books.
Any request, consent, or other instrument or writing of the Owner of any Bond shall bind every future Owner of the same Bond and the Owner of every Bond issued in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Authority in accordance therewith or reliance thereon.
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ECTION 11.09. Disqualified Bonds. In determining whether the Owners of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Bonds have concurred in any demand, request, direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Bonds which are known by the Trustee to be owned or held by or for the account of the Authority or the City, or by any other obligor on the Bonds, or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the Authority or the City or any other obligor on the Bonds, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. Bonds so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding for the purposes of this Section if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to vote such Bonds and that the pledgee is not a person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, the Authority or the City or any other obligor on the Bonds. In case of a dispute as to such right, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the advice of counsel in any decision by Trustee and shall be fully protected in relying thereon.
Upon request, the Authority shall certify to the Trustee those Bonds disqualified under this Section 11.09, and the Trustee may conclusively rely on such certifications.
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ECTION 11.10. Money Held for Particular Bonds. The money held by the Trustee for the payment of the interest, premium, if any, or principal due on any date with respect to particular Bonds (or portions of Bonds in the case of Bonds redeemed in part only) shall, on and after such date and pending such payment, be set aside on its books and held in trust by it for the Owners of the Bonds entitled thereto, subject, however, to the provisions of Section 10.04 but without any liability for interest thereon.
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ECTION 11.11. Waiver of Personal Liability . No member, officer, agent or employee of the Authority shall be individually or personally liable for the payment of the principal of or interest or premium (if any) on the B onds or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof; but nothing herein contained shall relieve any such member, officer, agent or employee from the performance of any official duty provided by law or by this Indenture.
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ECTION 11.12. Successor Is Deemed Included in All References to Predecessor.
Whenever in this Indenture either the Authority, the City or the Trustee is named or referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors or assigns thereof, and all the covenants and agreements in this Indenture contained by or on behalf of the Authority, the City or the Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns thereof whether so expressed or not.
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SECTION 11.13. Execution in Several Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original; and all such counterparts, or as many of them as the Authority and the Trustee shall preserve undestroyed, shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11.14. Payment on Non- Business Day. In the event any payment is required to be made hereunder on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and with the same effect as if made on such preceding non-Business Day.
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ECTION 11.15. Governing Law . This Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY has caused this Indenture to be signed in its name by its Executive Director and attested to by its Secretary, and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in token of its acceptance of the trusts created hereunder, has caused this Indenture to be signed in its corporate name by its officer thereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written.
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
By
Executive Director
Attest:
Secretary
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By
Authorized Officer
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APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
“Additional Rental Payments ” means the amounts of additional rental which are payable by the City under Section 4.5 of the Lease or which are otherwise identified as Additional Rental Payments under the Lease.
“Assignment Agreement” means the Assignment Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022, between the Authority as assignor and the Trustee as assignee, as or iginally executed or as thereafter amended.
“Authority” means the Lodi Public Financing Authority, a joint exercise of powers authority duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California.
“Authorized Representative” means: (a) with res pect to the Authority, its Chair, Executive Director, Treasurer, General Counsel or any other person designated as an Authorized Representative of the Authority by a Written Certificate of the Authority signed by its Executive Director and filed with the C ity and the Trustee; and (b) with respect to the City, its City Manager, Deputy City Manager, City Attorney or any other person designated as an Authorized Representative of the City by a Written Certificate of the City signed by its City Manager and filed with the Authority and the Trustee.
“Bond Counsel” means (a) Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation, or (b) any other attorney or firm of attorneys appointed by or acceptable to the Authority of nationally- recognized experience in the issuance of obligations the interest on which is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes under the Tax Code.
“Bond Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee under Section 5.01.
“Bond Law” means Article 4 of Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code of the State of California, commencing with Section 6584 of said Code.
“Bond Year” means each twelve- month period extending from October 2 in one calendar year to October 1 of the succeeding calendar year, both dates inclusive; except that the first Bond Year commences on the Closing Date and extends to and including October 1, 2022.
“Bonds” means the $____________ aggregate principal amount of Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing) authorized by and at any time Outstanding under this Indenture.
“Business Day” means a day (other than a Saturday or a Sunday) on which banks are not required or authorized to remain closed in the City in which the Office of the Trustee is located.
“City” means the City of Lodi, a general law city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California.
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“Closing Date” means the date of delivery of the Bonds to the Original Purchaser.
“Costs of Issuance” means all items of expense directly or indirectly payable by or reimbursable to the City relating to the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds, the refunding of the 2012 Bonds and the financing of the Project, including but not limited to: printing expenses; rating agency fees; filing and recording fees; initial fees, expenses and charges of the Trustee and their respective counsel, including the Trustee’s first annual administrative fee; fees, charges and disbursements of attorneys, financial advisors, accounting firms, consultants and other professionals; fees and charges for preparation, execution and safekeeping of the Bonds; and any other cost, charge or fee in connection with the original issuance of the Bonds , the refunding of the 2012 Bonds and the financing of the Project.
“Costs of Issuance Fund ” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee under Section 3.03.
“Depository” means (a) initially, DTC, and (b) any other Sec urities Depositories acting as Depository under Section 2.04.
“Depository System Participant ” means any participant in the Depository’s book-entry system.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its successors and assigns.
“Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 7.01.
“Excess Investment Earnings ” means an amount required to be rebated to the United States of America under Section 148(f) of the Tax Code due to investment of gross proceeds of the Bonds at a yield in excess of the yield on the Bonds.
“Federal Securities” means: (a) any direct general obligations of the United States of America (including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of the Department of the Treasury of the Unit ed States of America), for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America are pledged; (b) obligations of any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of principal and interest on which are directly or indirectly secured or guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America.
“Fiscal Year ” means any twelve- month period extending from July 1 in one calendar year to June 30 of the succeeding calendar year, both dates inclusive, or any other twelve-month period selected and designated by the Authority as its official fiscal year period.
“Indenture” means this Indenture of Trust, as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented, modified or amended by any Supplemental Indenture under the provisions hereof.
“Independent Accountant” means any certified public accountant or firm of certified public accountants appointed and paid by the Authority or the City, and who, or each of whom (a) is in fact independent and not under domination of the Authority or the City; (b)
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does not have any substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the Authority or the City; and (c) is not connected with the Authority or the City as an officer or employee of the Authority or the City but who may be regularly retained to make annual or other audits of the books of or reports to the Authority or the City.
“Insurance and Condemnation Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee under Section 5.07.
“Interest Account” means the account by that name established and held by the Trustee in the Bond Fund under Section 5.02.
“Interest Payment Date” means each April 1 and October 1, commencing October 1, 2022, so long as any Bonds remain unpaid.
“Lease” means the Lease Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022, between the Authority as lessor and the City as lessee of the Leased Property, as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented, modified or amended in accordance with the terms thereof and of this Indenture.
“Lease Payment Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the Business Day immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.
“Lease Payments” means the amounts payable by the City under Section 4.3(a) of the Lease, including any prepayment thereof and including any amounts payable upon a delinquency in the payment thereof.
“Leased Property” means the real property described in Appendix A to the Lease, together with all improvements and facilities at any time situated thereon.
“Net Proceeds” means amounts derived from any policy of casualty insurance or title insurance with respect to the Leased Property, or the proceeds of any taking of the Leased Property or any portion thereof in eminent domain proceedings (includi ng sale under threat of such proceedings), to the extent remaining after payment therefrom of all expenses incurred in the collection and administration thereof.
“Nominee” means (a) initially, Cede & Co. as nominee of DTC, and (b) any other nominee of the Depository designated under Section 2.04(a).
“Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee in St. Paul, Minnesota, or such other or additional offices as the Trustee may designate in writing to the Authority from time to time as the corporate trust office for purposes of the Indenture; except that with respect to presentation of Bonds for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange such term means the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust agency business is conducted.
“Original Purchaser” means Piper Sandler & Co. , as original purchasers of the Bonds upon their delivery by the Trustee on the Closing Date.
“Outstanding”, when used as of any particular time with reference to Bonds, means all Bonds theretofore, or thereupon being, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture except: (a) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Trustee or surrendered
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to the Trustee for cancellation; (b) Bonds with respect to which all liability of the Authority shall have been discharged in accordance with Section 10.02, including Bonds (or portions thereof) described in Section 11.09; and (c) Bonds for the transfer or exchange of or in lieu of or in substitution for which other Bonds shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture.
“Owner”, whenever used herein with respect to a Bond, means the person in whose name the ownership of such Bond is registered on the Registration Books.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means, as of any time: (a) liens for general ad valorem taxes and assessments, if any, not then delinquent, or which the City may permit to remain unpaid under Article V of the Lease; (b) the Site Lease, the Lease and the Assignment Agreement; (c) any right or cl aim of any mechanic, laborer, material man, supplier or vendor not filed or perfected in the manner prescribed by law; (d) that certain Lease Agreement (A-06-194) dated as of March 28, 2006, by and between the County of San Joaquin and the City (as modified by an Assignment and Assumption of Lease, dated as of July 1, 2008, among the County, the City and the Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts); (e) the exceptions disclosed in the title insurance policy with respect to the Leased Property issued as of the Closing Date by Stewart Title Guaranty Company; and (f) easements, rights of way, mineral rights, drilling rights and other rights, reservations, covenants, conditions or restrictions which exist of record and which the City certifies in writing will not materially impair the use of the Leased Property for its intended purposes.
“Permitted Investments” means any of the following:
(a) any direct general obligations of the United States of America (including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America), for which the full faith and credit of the United States of America are pledged.
(b) obligations of any agency, department or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of principal and interest on which are directly or indirectly secured or guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America.
(c) Any direct or indirect obligations of an agency or depart ment of the United States of America whose obligations represent the full faith and credit of the United States of America, or which are rated A or better by S&P.
(d) Interest-bearing deposit accounts (including certificates of deposit) in federal or State chartered savings and loan associations or in federal or State of California banks (including the Trustee), provided that: (i) the unsecured obligations of such commercial bank or savings and loan association are rated A or better by S&P; or (ii) such deposits are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or secured at all times by collateral described in (a) or (b) above.
(e) Commercial paper rated “A-1
+” or better by S&P.
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(f) Federal funds or bankers acceptances with a maximum term of one year of any bank which an unsecured, uninsured and unguaranteed obligation rating of “A-1
+” or better by S&P.
(g) Money market funds registered under the Federal Investment Company Act of 1940, whose shares are registered under the Federal Securities Act of 1933, and having a rating by S&P of at least AAAm-G, AAAm or AAm, which funds may include funds for which the Trustee, its affiliates, parent or subsidiaries provide investment advisory or other management services.
(h) Obligations the interest on which is excludable from gross income pursuant to Section 103 of the Tax Code and which are either (a) rated A or better by S&P, or (b) fully secured as to the payment of principal and interest by Permitted Investments described in clauses (a) or (b).
(i) Obligations issued by any corporation organized and operating within the United States of America having assets in excess of $500,000,000, which obligations are rated A or better by S&P.
(j) Bonds or notes issued by any state or municipality which are rated A or better by S&P.
(k) Any investment agreement with, or guaranteed by, a financial institution the long -term unsecured obligations or the claims paying ability of which are rated A or better by S&P at the time of initial investment, by the terms of which all amounts invested thereunder are required to be withdrawn and paid to the Trustee in the event either of such ratings at any time falls below A.
(l) The Local Agency Investment Fund of the State of California, created pursuant to Section 16429.1 of the California Government Code, to the extent the Trustee is authorized to register such investment in its name.
“Principal Account” means the account by that name established and held by the Trustee in the Bond Fund under Section 5.02.
“Project” means the public capital improvements described in Appendix C attached to the Lease.
“Project Costs” means, with respect to the Project, all costs of the acquisition, construction and installation thereof which are paid from moneys on deposit in the Project Fund, including but not limited to:
(a) all costs required to be paid to any person under the terms of any agreement for or relating to the acquisition, construction and installation of the Improvements;
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(b) obligations incurred for labor and materi als in connection with the acquisition, construction and installation of the Improvements;
(c) the cost of performance or other bonds and any and all types of insurance that may be necessary or appropriate to have in effect in connection with the acquisition, construction and installation of the Improvements;
(d) all costs of engineering and architectural services, including the actual out- of-pocket costs for test borings, surveys, estimates, plans and specifications and preliminary investigations therefor, development fees, sales commissions, and for supervising construction, as well as for the performance of all other duties required by or consequent to the proper acquisition, construction and installation of the Improvements;
(e) any sums required to reimburse the City for advances made for any of the above items or for any other costs incurred and for work done which are properly chargeable to the acquisition, construction and installation of the Improvements;
(f) all Costs of Issuance of the Bonds and other financing costs incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction and installation of the Project; and
(g) the interest components of the Lease Payments allocable to the Project or any component thereof, which come due during the period of acquisition, construction and installation of the improvements or such component.
“Project Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee under Section 3.04.
“Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the 15th calendar day of the month preceding such Interest Payment Date, whether or not such day is a Business Day.
“Redemption Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee under Section 5.06.
“Registration Books ” means the records maintained by the Trustee under Section 2.05 for the registration and transfer of ownership of the Bonds.
“Revenues” means: (a) all amounts received by the Authority or the Trustee under or with respect to the Lease, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all of the Lease Payments (including both timely and delinquent payments, any late charges, and whether paid from any source), but excluding (i) any amounts described in Section
7.5(b)(v) of the Lease, and (ii) any Additional Rental Payments; and (b) all interest, profits or other income derived from the investment of amounts in any fund or account established under this Indenture.
“Securities Depositories ” means DTC; and, in accordance with then current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other securities depositories as the Authority designates in written notice filed with the Trustee.
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“Site Lease” means the Site Lease dated as of March 1, 2022, between the City as lessor and the Authority as lessee, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Site Lease Payment” means the amount payable by the Authority to the City on the Closing Date under Section 3 of the Site Lease.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, of New York, New York, its successors and assigns.
“Supplemental Indenture” means any indenture hereafter duly authorized and entered into between the Authority and the Trustee, supplementing, modifying or amending this Indenture; but only if and to the extent that such Supplemental Indenture is specifically authorized hereunder.
“Tax Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect on the Closing Date or (except as otherwise referenced herein) as it may be amended to apply to obligations issued on the Closing Date, together with applicable proposed, temporary and final regulations promulgated, and applicable official public guidance published, under said Code.
“Term” means, with reference to the Lease, the time during which the Lease is in effect, as provided in Section 4.2 thereof.
“Term Bonds” means the Bonds maturing on October 1, ___ and October 1, ____.
“Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of Uni ted States of America, or its successor or successors, as Trustee hereunder as provided in Article VIII.
“2012 Bonds” has the meaning given that term in the recitals.
“2012 Trustee” means U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, its successors and assigns, as successor trustee for the 2012 Bonds.
“Written Certificate,” “Written Request” and “ Written Requisition” of the Authority or the City mean, respectively, a written certificate, request or requisition signed in the name of the Authority or the City by its Authorized Representative. Any such instrument and supporting opinions or representations, if any, may, but need not, be combined in a single instrument with any other instrument, opinion or representation, and the two or more so combined shall be read and construed as a single instrument.
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APPENDIX B
BOND FORM
NO. R- ***$ ***
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
2022 LEASE REVENUE BOND
(2012 BONDS REFUNDING; CAPITAL PROJECTS FINANCING)
INTEREST RATE: MATURITY DATE: ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE: CUSIP:
______% October 1, ____ ______, 2022
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: *** ***
The LODI
PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, a public body corporate and politic duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Authority”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner specified above or registered assigns (the “Registered Owner”), on the Maturity Date specified above (subject to any right of prior redemption hereinafter provided for), the Principal Amount specified above, in lawful money of the United States of America, and to pay interest thereon in like lawful money from the Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) next preceding the date of authentication of this Bond unless (i) this Bond is authenticated on or before an Interest Payment Date and after the close of business on the 15 th day of the month
preceding such interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date, or (ii) this Bond is authenticated on or before September 15, 2022, in which event it shall bear interest from the Original Issue Date specified above; provided, however, that if at the time of authentication of this Bond, interest is in default on this Bond, this Bond shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date to which interest has previously been paid or made available for payment on this Bond, at the Interest Rate per annum specified above, payable semiannually on April 1 and October 1 in each year, commencing October 1, 2022 (the “Interest Payment Dates”), calculated on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.
Principal hereof and premium, if any, upon early redemption hereof are payable upon presentation and surrender hereof at the corporate trust office of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, in St. Paul, Minnesota (the “Trust Office”), as trustee (the “Trustee”). Interest hereon is payable by check of the Trustee mailed to the Registered
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Owner hereof at the Registered Owner’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Trustee as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month preceding each Interest Payment Date (a “Record Date”), or, upon written request filed with the Trustee as of such Record Date by a registered owner of at least $1,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Bonds, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account in the United States designated by such registered owner in such written request.
This Bond is not a debt of the City of Lodi (the “City”), the County of San Joaquin, the State of California, or any of its political subdivisions, and neither the City, said County, said State, nor any of its political subdivisions, is liable hereon nor in any event shall this Bond be payable out of any funds or properties of the Authority other than the Revenues.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of bonds of the Authority designated as the “Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds” (the “Bonds”), in an aggregate principal amount of $____________, all of like tenor and date (except for such variation, if any, as may be required to designate varying numbers, maturities, interest rates or redemption provisions) and all issued under the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 5, Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code of the State of California, commencing with Section 6584 of said Code, and under an Indenture of Trust dated as of March 1, 2022, between the Authority and the Trustee (the “Indenture”) and a resolution of the Authority adopted on March 2, 2022, authorizing the issuance of the Bonds. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture (copies of which are on file at the office of the Authority) and all supplements thereto for a description of the terms on which the B onds are issued, the provisions with regard to the nature and extent of the Revenues, and the rights thereunder of the owners of the Bonds and the rights, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the rights and obligations of the Authority thereunder, to all of the provisions of which the Registered Owner of this Bond, by acceptance hereof, assents and agrees.
The Bonds have been issued by the Authority to refinance certain outstanding lease revenue bonds issued by the Authority and to finance the acquisition and construction of improvements owned by the City. This Bond and the interest and premium, if any, hereon are special obligations of the Authority, payable from the Revenues, and secured by a charge and lien on the Revenues as defined in the Indenture, consisting principally of lease payments made by the City under a Lease Agreement dated as of March 1, 2022, between the Authority as lessor and the City as lessee (the “Lease”). As and to the extent set forth in the Indenture, all of the Revenues are exclusively and irrevocably pledged in accordance with the terms hereof and the provisions of the Indenture, to the payment of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on the Bonds.
The rights and obligations of the Authority and the owners of the Bonds may be modified or amended at any time in the manner, to the extent and upon the terms provided in the Indenture, but no such modification or amendment shall extend the fixed maturity of any Bonds, or reduce the amount of principal thereof or premium (if any) thereon, or extend the time of payment, or change the method of computing the rate of interest thereon, or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, without the consent of the owner of each Bond so affected.
The Bonds maturing on or before October 1, ____, are not subject to optional redemption prior to their respective stated maturity dates. The Bonds maturing on or after October 1, ____ , are subject to redemption in whole, or in part at the request of the
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Authority among maturities on such basis as the Authority may designate and by lot within a maturity, at the option of the Authority, on any date on or after April 1, ____, from any available source of funds, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount to be redeemed plus accrued interest to the date of redemption, without premium.
The Bonds are subject to redemption as a whole, or in part by lot, on any date, to the extent of any net proceeds of hazard or title insurance with respect to the property which has been leased under the Lease (the “Leased Property”) or any portion thereof which are not used to repair or replace the Leased Property pursuant to the Lease, or to the extent of any net proceeds arising from the disposition of the Leased Property or any portion thereof in eminent domain proceedings which the City elects to be used for such purpose pursuant to the Lease, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption, without premium.
The Bonds maturing on October 1, ____and October 1, ____ (“Term Bonds”) are subject to mandatory redemption in part by lot, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, without premium, in the aggregate respective principal amounts and on October 1 in the respective years as set forth in the following tables; provided, however, that if some but not all of the Term Bonds have been redeemed as a result of an optional redemption or a special mandatory redemption, the total amount of all future sinking fund payments will be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of the Term Bonds so redeemed, to be allocated among such sinking fund payments on a pro rata basis in integral multiples of $5,000 (as set forth in a schedule provided by the Authority to the Trustee).
Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption of
Term Bonds Maturing October 1, ____
Sinking Fund
Redemption Date
(October 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption of
Term Bonds Maturing October 1, ____
Sinking Fund
Redemption Date
(October 1)
Principal Amount
To Be Redeemed
As provided in the Indenture, notice of redemption will be mailed by the Trustee by first class mail not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date to the respective owners of any Bonds designated for redemption at their addresses appearing
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on the registration books of the Trustee, but neither failure to receive such notice nor any defect in the notice so mailed shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for redemption or the cessation of accrual of interest thereon from and after the date fixed for redemption.
Notice of any optional redemption of the Bonds may be rescinded under the circumstances set forth in the Indenture, upon notice to the owners of such Bonds.
If this Bond is called for redemption and payment is duly provided therefor as specified in the Indenture, interest shall cease to accrue hereon from and after the date fixed for redemption.
This Bond is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof, in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, at the Trust Office, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the Indenture, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond. Upon registration of such transfer, a new Bond or Bonds, of authorized denomination or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount and of the same maturity will be issued to the transferee in exchange herefor.
This Bond may be exchanged at the Trust Office for Bonds of the same tenor, aggregate principal amount, interest rate and maturity, of other authorized denominations.
The Authority and the Trustee may treat the Registered Owner hereof as the absolute owner hereof for all purposes, and the Authority and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Unless this Bond is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company to the Authority or the Trustee f or registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any Bond issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company and any payment is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFE R, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL since the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
It is hereby certified by the Authority that all of the things, conditions and acts required to exist, to have happened or to have been performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond do exist, have happened or have been performed in due and regular time, form and manner as required by the Ordinance and the laws of the State of California and that the amount of this Bond, together with all other indebtedness of the Authority, does not exceed any limit prescribed by the Ordinance or any laws of the State of California, and is not in excess of the amount of Bonds permitted to be issued under the Indenture.
This Bond shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or become valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon endorsed shall have been manually signed by the Trustee.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Lodi Public Financing Authority has caused this Bond to be executed in its name and on its behalf with the facsimile signature of its Chair
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and attested to by the facsimile signature of its Secretary, all as of the Original Issue Date specified above.
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
By
Chair
Attest:
Secretary
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Bonds described in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By
Authorized Signatory
ASSIGNMENT
For value received the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto __________________________________ whose address and social security or other tax identifying number is ____________________, the within- mentioned Bond and hereby irrevocably constitute(s) and appoint(s)
________________________________________ attorney, to transfer the same on the registration books of the Trustee with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature Guaranteed:
Note: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible
guarantor institution.
Note: The signature(s) on this Assignment must
correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the within Bond in every particular without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatsoever.
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APPENDIX C
FORM OF PROJECT FUND REQUISITION
DISBURSEMENT REQUEST NO.: _______
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
One California Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94111
Attn: Global Corporate Trust
Re: $_______ Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Bonds Refunding; Capital Projects Financing)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In accordance with the terms of an Indenture of Trust, by and between you and the undersigned, dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “Indenture”), I am an Authorized Representative and you are hereby authorized and requested to make immediate disbursement of funds held by you in the Project Fund for Project Costs relating to the Project (as such terms are defined in the Indenture) pursuant to Section 3.04 of the Indenture.
You are hereby requested to pay from the Project Fund established by the Indenture, to the person(s), corporation(s) or other entity(ies) designated on Schedule A attached hereto, in payment of all or a portion of the Project Cost s described on said Schedule.
The undersigned hereby certifies that (i) the amounts listed on Schedule A constitute Project Costs (as defined in the Indenture), (ii) no part of the amount requested herein has been included in any other request previously filed with you; (iii) to the knowledge of the undersigned, there has not been filed with or served upon the City any notice of any lien or attachment upon or claim (except for any preliminary notice of lien as may be filed in accordance with law) affecting the right of the person, corporation or other entity stated below to receive payment of the amount stated below, which lien has not been released or will not be released simultaneously with the payment requested hereunder; and (iv) the labor, services and/or materials covered hereby have been performed upon or furnished to the Improvements and the payment requested herein is due and payable under a purchase order, contract or other authorization;
Dated: __________, 20___.
CITY OF LODI
By:
Authorized Officer
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SCHEDULE A
Payee Description Project Costs
(include address) of Costs Amount
1 Jones Hall 2-23-22 Agenda
IRREVOCABLE REFUNDING INSTRUCTIONS
Relating to
$19,080,000
Lodi Public Financing Authority
2012 Refunding Lease Revenue Bonds
These IRREVOCABLE REFUNDING INSTRUCTIONS (these "Instructions"), are dated ______, 2022, and are given by the Lodi Public Financing Authority , a joint exercise of powers agency duly established and authorized to transact business and exercise powers under and pursuant to the provisions of Section 6500 of the California Government Code (the "Authority"), to U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, successor to U.S. Bank National Association acting as trustee for the hereinafter defined 2012 Bonds (the "2012 Trustee");
W l T N E S S E T H :
1. The Authority previously issued its Lodi Public Financing Authority 2012 Refunding Lease Revenue Bonds (the "2012 Bonds").
2. The 2012 Bonds were issued pursuant to an Indenture of Trust , dated as of September 1, 2012 (the "2012 Indenture of Trust"), by and between the Authority and the 2012 Trustee. The 2012 Bonds were issued for the purpose of (a) providing funds for the City of Lodi (the “City”) to prepay outstanding certificates of participation of the City and (b) paying the costs of issuing the 2012 Bonds.
3. The City has determined that it is in its best financial interests at this time to refund the currently outstanding 2012 Bonds, and intends concurrently to finance acquisition and construction of additional capital improvements.
4. To that end, the City has proposed to lease to the Authority certain real property and improvements of the City (the “Leased Property”), under a Site Lease, dated as of the date hereof, by and between the City and the Authority (the “ Site Lease”) in consideration of the payment by the Authority of an upfront rental payment (the “ Site Lease Payment ”) which is sufficient to provide funds for, among other things, the redemption of the 2012 Bonds.
5. In order to provide eligible funds to enable the Authority to pay the Site Lease Payment to the City in accordance with the Site Lease, the Authority has issued its Lodi Public Financing Authority Lease Revenue Bonds (2012 Refunding; Capital Projects Financing) in the aggregate principal amount of $_________ (the “2022 Bonds”), pursuant to an Indenture of Trust dated as of March 1, 2022 (the “2022 Indenture”) by and between the Authority and U.S.
Bank Trust Company, National Association (the “2022 Trustee”).
6. The Authority will use a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the 2022 Bonds, together with certain other moneys , to defease the 2012 Bonds and provide for the discharge of the City’s obligations under the Lease Agreement dated as of September 1, 2012, by and between the City and the Authority (the “Lease Agreement”).
2 7. The Authority wishes to give these Instructions to the 2012 Trustee for the purpose of providing the terms and conditions relating to the deposit and application of moneys to provide for the defeasance, payment and redemption of all of the outstanding 2012 Bonds pursuant to Section 4.01(a) and Section 10.01(b) of the 2012 Indenture of Trust.
NOW, THEREFORE , the Authority hereby irrevocably instructs the 2012 Trustee as follows:
Section 1. Proceedings for Redemption of 2012 Bonds. The Authority hereby irrevocably elects and directs the 2012 Trustee to redeem the 2012 Bonds on _______, 2022.
The Authority previously directed the 2012 Trustee to give notice of the redemption of the 2012 Bonds in accordance with Section 4. 03 of the 2012 Indenture of Trust in substantially the form of Exhibit A. The Authority hereby directs the 2012 Trustee to file a notice of defeasance of the 2012 Bonds in substantially the form of Exhibit B on the Electronic Municipal Market Access system (“EMMA”) on the date hereof. The sole remedy for failure to post such notice on EMMA shall be an action by the holders of the 2012 Bonds in mandamus for specific performance or similar remedy to compel performance.
Section 2. Deposit into Redemption Account ; Use of Amounts in the Redemption Account.
(a) On the date hereof, the 2022 Trustee shall transfer to the 2012 Trustee proceeds of the 2022 Bonds in the amount of $______ to be held in the Redemption Fund established and held by the 2012 Trustee under the 2012 Indenture , and such funds, along with other available moneys held by the 2012 Trustee under the 2012 Indenture ($_______), which shall also be transferred to the Redemption Fund on the date hereof , shall be held uninvested. [discuss]
(b) The 2012 Trustee shall use the funds available in the Redemption Fund to pay the accrued interest on the 2012 Bonds to ______, 2022 and redeem the remaining outstanding 2012 Bonds on ____, 2022, without premium, pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of the 2012 Indenture of Trust.
(c) The deposits into the Redemption Fund as described in this Section 2 constitute prepayment of the City’s Lease Payment obligation and the establishment of a security deposit by the City under the Lease Agreement.
(d) On _____, 2022, following the payment and redemption of the 2012 Bonds as described in this Section 2, the 2012 Trustee shall withdraw any amounts remaining on deposit in the Redemption Fund and any other fund or account held by the 2012 Trustee under the 2012 Indenture of Trust , less any unpaid fees and expenses of the 2012 Trustee, and transfer such amounts to the 2022 Trustee to be held in the Interest Account held by the 2022 Trustee under the 2022 Indenture and to be used to pay interest on the 2022 Bonds.
Section 3. Amendment. These Instructions may be amended or supplemented by the Authority, but only if the Authority shall file with the 2012 Trustee (a) an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel engaged by the Authority stating that such amendment or supplement will not, of itself, adversely affect the exclusion from gross income of interest on the 2012 Bonds or the 2022 Bonds under federal income tax law, and (b) a certification of an independent certified publ ic accountant stating that such amendment or supplement will not affect the sufficiency of funds invested and held hereunder to make the payments required by Section 2. 3 Section 4. Concerning the 2012 Trustee. The 2012 Trustee shall not be liable for any loss from any investment made by it in accordance with the terms of these Instructions.
The 2012 Trustee shall not be liable for the recitals or representations contained in these Instructions and shall not be responsible for the sufficiency of amounts described in Section 2 to pay the redemption price of the 2012 Bonds on the date specified in Section 2.
The protections, limitations from liability and indemnities provided to the 2012 Trustee under the 2012 Indenture of Trust shall be afforded to the 2012 Trustee in acting pursuant to these Instructions and such provisions of the 2012 Indenture are incorporated by reference herein.
Section 5. Governing Law . These Instructions shall be construed in accordanc e with and governed by the laws of the State of California.
LODI PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
By ________________________________
Executive Director
ACCEPTED:
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as 2012 Trustee
By _____________________________
Authorized Officer
ACCEPTED:
CITY OF LODI,
By _____________________________
City Manager
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF CONDITIONAL NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
$19,080,000
Lodi Public Financing Authority
2012 Lease Revenue Bonds
Date of issuance: September 5, 2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Lodi Public Financing Authority (the “ Authority”) that all of the captioned bonds maturing on or after October 1, 2022 have been called for redemption under and within the meaning of the Indenture of Trust , dated as of September 1, 2012 (the “2012 Indenture of Trust”), on _____, 2022 (the “Redemption Date”), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the par amount of the 2012 Bonds to be redeemed together with accrued interest thereon to the redemption date (the “Redemption Price”).
The 2012 Bonds to be refunded consist of the following:
Maturity Date
(October 1) Principal Amount Interest Rate CUSIP
2022 $1,065,000 5.000% 540259AG3
2023 1,120,000 5.000 540259AH1
2026 3,720,000 5.250 540259AK4
2031 7,410,000 4.125 540259AJ7
The CUSIP number of the 2012 Bonds has been assigned by an independent service and is included in this notice solely for the convenience of the bond owners and neither U.S.
Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the 2012 Bonds (the “2012 Trustee”), the Authority nor the City of Lodi (the “ City”) shall be liable for any inaccuracies in such numbers.
Redemption of the 2012 Bonds as described in this notice shall be conditioned upon the receipt by the 2012 Trustee from the City of the funds necessary for the proposed redemption on or before the Redemption Date.
Payment of the Redemption Price of the 2012 Bonds called for redemption will become due and payable on the Redemption Date upon presentation and surrender thereof in the following manner:
Holders of the 2012 Bonds are requested to present their 2012 Bonds, at the following addresses:
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
111 Fillmore Avenue East
St. Paul, MN 55107
A-2
Additional information regarding the foregoing actions may be obtained from U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, Corporate Trust Department, Bondholder Relations, telephone number: 1-800-934-6802.
Interest on the principal amount designated to be prepaid shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Federal law requires the withholding of taxes at the applicable rate from the payment if an IRS Form W -9 or applicable IRS Form W -8 is not provided. Please visit www.irs.gov for additional information on the tax forms and instructions.
Dated: ____________, 2022 U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF DEFEASANCE NOTICE
$19,080,000
Lodi Public Financing Authority
2012 Lease Revenue Bonds
Date of issuance: September 5, 2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, by the Lodi Public Financing Authority (the “ Authority”) that all of the captioned bonds (the “2012 Bonds”) maturing on or after October 1, 2022 have been defeased and discharged under and within the meaning of the Indenture of Trust, dated as of September 1, 2012 (the “2012 Indenture of Trust”).
The Authority has irrevocably elected to redeem all of the outstanding 2012 Bonds on ______, 2022, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the par amount of the 2012 Bonds to be redeemed together with accrued interest thereon to the redemption date.
The 2012 Bonds consist of the following:
Maturity Date
(October 1) Principal Amount Interest Rate CUSIP
2022 $1,065,000 5.000% 540259AG3
2023 1,120,000 5.000 540259AH1
2026 3,720,000 5.250 540259AK4
2031 7,410,000 4.125 540259AJ7
The CUSIP number of the 2012 Bonds has been assigned by an independent service and is included in this notice solely for the convenience of the bond owners and neither U.S.
Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee for the 2012 Bonds (the “2012 Trustee”), the Authority nor the City of Lodi shall be liable for any inaccuracies in such numbers.
Proceeds of the issuance of the Authority’s Lodi Public Financing Authority 2022 Lease Revenue Bonds ( 2012 Bond Refunding; Capital Projects Financing) sufficient to pay interest and the redemption price of the 2012 Bonds on _____, 2022 are held in cash by the 2012 Trustee for the payment and redemption of the 2012 Bonds, as permitted under the 2012 Indenture of Trust.
As a consequence of the foregoing actions and in accordance with the 2012 Indenture of Trust, the 2012 Bonds are no longer secured by a pledge of revenues under the 2012 Indenture of Trust , and the 2012 Bonds are now payable solely f rom the moneys set aside for that purpose under the 2012 Indenture of Trust.
Dated: ____________, 2022
AGENDA ITEM H-01
APPR
OVED: ________________________________________
Stephen Schwabauer, City Manager
CITY OF LODI
COUNCIL COMMUNICATION
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ENDA TITLE: Adopt Resolution Approving Fiscal Year 2021/22 Mid-Year Budget Adjustments M
EETING DATE: March 2, 2022
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REPARED BY: Budget Manager
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COMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution approving the Fiscal Year 2021/22 Mid-Year Budget Adjustments.
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ACKGROUND INFORMATION: The City Council adopted the Fiscal Year 2021/22 Budget on June 2, 2021. The budget sets the priorities for funding services within the City of Lodi for the fiscal year. A mid-year review of revenue and expenditure projections was conducted and staff present the following recommended budget adjustments and staffing changes.
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eneral Fund Revenues:
General Fund revenues are coming in very close to original projections with the exception of sales tax estimates. The City’s sales tax consultants, HdL Companies, is projecting strong growth in several business group categories, in particular General Consumer Goods, Autos/Transportation and Restaurants/Hotels that is driving sales tax estimates up. Their estimates for General Sales tax is $2,290,760 higher than originally projected and Measure L sales tax is $1,199,280 higher. Additional revenue will be received as reimbursement for the final weeks of the Great Plates program that fell in the month of July. The current revenue budget is $67,074,130 with a mid-year revenue projection of $70,699,130 for a year end projection increase of $3,625,000. The major category changes in projected revenues are summarized in Table 1.
Ta
ble 1
G
eneral Fund Expenditures:
T
he overall General Fund expenses are projected to be $458,320 lower than the current revised budget of $67,836,955. This is primarily due to staff vacancies. Non-Department is projecting an increase due to the final weeks of the Great Plates project and recommended mid-year budget adjustments discussed later in this report. Table 2 shows the General Fund expenditure projections compared to budget by department.
Revenue Category Revised Budget Mid-Year Proje +/-
Sales/Use Tax 21,775,960 25,265,000 3,489,040
Reimbursable Charges 5,000 245,000 240,000
Table 2
Electric Utility
Electric Utility anticipates an increase in revenue of approximately $1,795,670, primarily attributed to an estimated increase in Greenhouse Gas proceeds. Other revenue projected increases are in Work for Others and City Accounts. The department anticipates a net decrease in expenses of approximately $1,554,840, which is a combination of increased generation costs and changes in scope of several capital improvement projects, including eliminating two projects. Table 3 summarizes the requested changes to current capital project budgets.
Table 3
The Electric Utility Department continues to face challenges with long lead times in procurement.
Purchasing heavy equipment can have a year or more build times. Staff is recommending increases to the Machinery/Equipment and Vehicle budgets for the following items so that purchases orders can be placed as soon as possible.
• Replacement of Hogg and Davis Puller Trailer for pulling cable: $210,000 • Replacement of Digger Derrick Line Truck #001-14: $325,000 • Replacement of Troubleshooter Bucket Truck # 09-077: $200,000
Streets Fund
Operating revenues are projected at a $1,112,240 increase due to reimbursement for prior year’s capital projects. Expenditures are trending at budget.
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Fund
Revenues and expenditures are trending on budget. In addition to staff request discussed later in this report, staff are recommending the purchase of two maintenance trucks for a cost of $120,000.
Department Revised Budget Mid-Year Projection +/-
City Attorney 706,690 638,670 (68,020) City Clerk 704,500 703,240 (1,260) City Manager 810,290 801,170 (9,120) Code Enforcement 539,741 511,540 (28,201) Economic Development 528,490 514,450 (14,040) Fire Department 16,392,350 16,306,240 (86,110) Internal Services 5,799,340 5,641,400 (157,940) Non-Departmental 12,522,500 12,832,800 310,300 Police Department 26,657,739 26,294,480 (363,259) Public Works 3,175,320 3,134,650 (40,670) Total 67,836,960 67,378,640 (458,320) Project
Current Project
Budget
Revised Project
Budget
Requested
Change
12KV Overhead 2,542,778 1,050,774 (1,492,004) 12kV Underground 165,000 465,000 300,000 60 kv Breaker Replace 2,000,000 - (2,000,000) 1267 Feeder Extension 403,199 650,000 246,801 Henning Feeder Extension 1,075,000 - (1,075,000) Total 6,185,977 2,165,774 (4,020,203) Additional Mid-Year Adjustments
• Self-Insurance Fund: An adjustment of $260,000 in General Liabilities and $625,000 in Worker’s Compensation that reflects claim settlements and increased costs. • Transit Fund: An adjustment of $56,270 in expenses for a grant received in the LCTOP program for student bus fares and longer Saturday hours.
• Community Grants: Corrections in HEAP and PLHA grant awards and capital expenses reflected in prior Council action that were not included on the adopted resolution.
Personnel Adjustments
Staff is recommending the addition of nine full time positions and the reclassification of one position as indicated in Table 4:
Table 4
• Police Lieutenant – to supervise the patrol unit of the Police Department. Adding this position will bring the department back up to the Lieutenant level of 2012/13. • Reclass (1) Police Officer to Police Corporal – to provide assistance in new programs such as the Mobile Field Force, Project Lifesaver and Health and Wellness. This position will assist in training new employees.
• Jr. Engineer – to help the Public Works Engineering Division address increased development and appropriately distributing the workload with the Development Services Division; delivering capital improvement projects; and providing support for additional State regulations associated with stormwater compliance.
• City Planner – this position has been in an unfunded status for several years. The department has been using contractual services for long-term planning and project development review. The department is requesting the authorization of the position and approval to move forward with the recruitment process for a start date of July 1, 2022 or later. Funding would be included in the FY 23 budget.
• Administrative Clerk – the Community Development Department has experienced a steady increase in the amount of clerical duties needed to support the busy department. The transfer of Code Enforcement to the department has also increased the need to clerical support. • (2) Park Maintenance Worker I/II – The Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department is requesting the addition of two Park Maintenance I/II positions in their efforts to address restoring a park maintenance workforce necessary to provide safe open spaces in Lodi. The park system has seen an increase of 71 park acres over the past 25 years and a decrease in full-time maintenance staff. These will be funded with a transfer from the General Fund and a partial offset of part-time hours in the Parks Division.
New Positions Department Annual Cost Mid-Year Est.
Police Lieutenant Police Department 260,000 68,000 Reclass (1) Officer to Corporal Police Department 16,000 4,000 Jr. Engineer Public Works Engineering 103,500 28,380 City Planner* Community Development 190,000 -
Administrative Clerk Community Development 86,000 21,500 Park Maintenance Worker I/II Parks, Rec., & Cultural Srvs 90,000 22,500 Park Maintenance Worker I/II Parks, Rec., & Cultural Srvs 90,000 22,500 Street Superintendent Streets 206,480 51,620
Street Maintenance Worker I/II Streets 89,440 22,360 Street Maintenance Worker I/II Streets 89,440 22,360 * Community Development is requesting authorization of the position and recruitment for a start date July 1st or later; therefore, no funding is being requested for FY 22 • Street Superintendent – This position has been unfunded since 2013 and duties transferred to the Utilities Superintendent. The city has grown in this time and the workload exceeds the current staffing level. This position is needed to maintain existing service levels and meet the demands of the city. This position is to be funded 50% by the Wastewater Storm Drain Division. • (2) Street Maintenance Worker I/II – The Streets Maintenance Division saw a decrease in staff with the recession of 2008. Some maintenance activities have been accomplished with maintenance contracts; however with the growth of the city since 2014, the city has added 15 miles of new streets and infrastructure to maintenance. Staff is requesting these positions to maintain an acceptable level of service, keep existing programs and demands of the city.
Attachment A to this report specifies the line item budget adjustments needed for all the above staff recommendations.
FISCAL IMPACT: Revenue and expenditure budget adjustments per attachment A to address staff recommendations.
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Andrew Keys, Deputy City Manager
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