Manteca City Council
March 4, 2025

FISCAL AGENT AGREEMENT
by and between

CITY OF MANTECA
and
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Fiscal Agent
Dated as of March 1, 2025
Relating to:
$__________
Improvement Area No. 3 of the
City of Manteca
Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Special Tax Bonds
Series 2025

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE I

STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Authority for this Agreement 2
Section 1.02. Agreement for Benefit of Bondowners 2
Section 1.03. Definitions 2

ARTICLE II

THE BONDS
Section 2.01. Principal Amount; Designation 11
Section 2.02. Terms of 2025 Bonds 11
Section 2.03. Redemption 12
Section 2.04. Form of Bonds 16
Section 2.05. Execution of Bonds 16
Section 2.06. Transfer of Bonds 16
Section 2.07. Exchange of Bonds 17
Section 2.08. Bond Register 17
Section 2.09. Temporary Bonds 17
Section 2.10. Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen 17 Section 2.11. Limited Obligation 18
Section 2.12. BookEntry Only System 18
Section 2.13. No Acceleration 19

ARTICLE III

ISSUANCE OF BONDS
Section 3.01. Issuance and Delivery of Bonds 20
Section 3.02. Application of Proceeds of Sale of Bonds and Collection of Special Tax 20 Section 3.03. Special Tax Fund 20
Section 3.04. Improvement Fund 21
Section 3.05. Costs of Issuance Fund 22

ARTICLE IV
SPECIAL TAX REVENUES; BOND FUND AND RESERVE FUND
Section 4.01. Pledge of Special Tax Revenues and Other Amounts. 23 Section 4.02. Bond Fund 23
Section 4.03. Reserve Fund 24

ARTICLE V

OTHER COVENANTS OF THE CITY
Section 5.01. Punctual Payment 26
Section 5.02. Limited Obligation 26
Section 5.03. Extension of Time for Payment 26
Section 5.04. Against Encumbrances 26
Section 5.05. Books and Accounts 26
Section 5.06. Protection of Security and Rights of Owners 26 Section 5.07. Compliance with Law; Completion of Project 27 Section 5.08. Private Activity Bond Limitation 27
Section 5.09. Federal Guarantee Prohibition 27
Section 5.10. Collection of Special Tax Revenues 27
Section 5.11. Further Assurances 27
Section 5.12. No Arbitrage 28
Section 5.13. Maintenance of TaxExemption 28
Section 5.14. Annual State Reports 28
Section 5.15. Covenant to Foreclose 28
Section 5.16. Continuing Disclosure to Owners 29
Section 5.17. No Additional Bonds 29
Section 5.18. Yield of the Bonds 29

ARTICLE VI
INVESTMENTS; DISPOSITION OF INVESTMENT PROCEEDS;

LIABILITY OF THE CITY
Section 6.01. Deposit and Investment of Moneys in Funds 30 Section 6.02. Rebate of Excess Investment Earnings to the United States 31 Section 6.03. Limited Obligation 31

ARTICLE VII

THE FISCAL AGENT
Section 7.01. Appointment of Fiscal Agent 32
Section 7.02. Liability of Fiscal Agent 32
Section 7.03. Information 33
Section 7.04. Notice to Fiscal Agent 33
Section 7.05. Compensation, Indemnification 34

ARTICLE VIII

MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT

OF THIS AGREEMENT
Section 8.01. Amendments Permitted 35
Section 8.02. Owners’ Meetings 35
Section 8.03. Procedure for Amendment with Written Consent of Owners 36 Section 8.04. Disqualified Bonds 36
Section 8.05. Effect of Supplemental Agreement 36
Section 8.06. Endorsement or Replacement of Bonds Issued After Amendments 37 Section 8.07. Amendatory Endorsement of Bonds 37
Section 8.08. Opinion of Counsel Regarding Supplemental Agreement 37

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01. Benefits of Agreement Limited to Parties 38 Section 9.02. Successor is Deemed Included in All References to Predecessor 38 Section 9.03. Discharge of Agreement 38
Section 9.04. Execution of Documents and Proof of Ownership by Owners 39 Section 9.05. Waiver of Personal Liability 39
Section 9.06. Notices to and Demands on City and Fiscal Agent 39 Section 9.07. Partial Invalidity 40
Section 9.08. Unclaimed Moneys 40
Section 9.09. Applicable Law 40
Section 9.10. Conflict with Act 40
Section 9.11. Conclusive Evidence of Regularity 40
Section 9.12. Payment on Business Day 40
Section 9.13. Counterparts 40
EXHIBIT A FORM OF BOND

FISCAL AGENT AGREEMENT
THIS FISCAL AGENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into and dated as of March 1, 2025, by and between the City of Manteca, a municipal corporation and general law city, organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of California (the “City”) for and on behalf of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) (the “District”), and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America with a corporate trust office located in San Francisco, California, as fiscal agent (the “Fiscal Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, the City Council previously conducted proceedings under and pursuant to the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended (the “Act”), to (i) establish the District, (ii) designate as an initial improvement area within the District, “Improvement Area No. 1 of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities),” and (iii) establish a future annexation area for the District, “City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) (Future Annexation Area)” (the “Future Annexation Area”); and WHEREAS, as part of the District formation proceedings, the City Council, as legislative body of the District, established the bonded indebtedness limit for the District in the principal amount of not to exceed $24,000,000 (excluding bonds described in Section 53364.2(e) of the Act), initially allocated as follows: (i) for Improvement Area No. 1 of the District, $6,500,000 and (ii) for land within the Future Annexation Area, $17,500,000; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Act and the District formation proceedings, in June 2024, owners of land within a portion of the Future Annexation Area submitted unanimous approval forms to (i) annex territory into the District from the Future Annexation Area as “Improvement Area No. 2 of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities)” (“Improvement Area No. 2”), (ii) approve the form of Rate and Method of Apportionment of Special Taxes for Improvement Area No. 2, and the levy of special taxes on taxable property within Improvement Area No. 2 pursuant thereto, (iii) authorize the issuance of bonds and other debt for Improvement Area No. 2 in a principal amount not to exceed $11,000,000 and (iv) establish an initial appropriations limit for Improvement Area No. 2 in the amount of $11,000,000, subject to escalation in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the Act and the District formation proceedings, in November 2024, owners of land within the remaining portion of the Future Annexation Area submitted unanimous approval forms to (i) annex territory into the CFD from the Future Annexation Area as “Improvement Area No. 3 of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities)” (“Improvement Area No. 3”), (ii) approve the form of Rate and Method of Apportionment of Special Taxes for Improvement Area No. 3, and the levy of special taxes on taxable property within Improvement Area No. 3 pursuant thereto, (iii) authorize the issuance of bonds and other debt for Improvement Area No. 3 in a principal amount not to exceed $6,500,000 and (iv) establish an initial appropriations limit for Improvement Area No. 3 in the amount of $6,500,000, subject to escalation in accordance with law; and WHEREAS, under the Act and the District formation proceedings, the City Council is authorized to issue bonded indebtedness secured by special taxes levied within the District and improvement areas therein for the purpose of providing moneys for the construction and acquisition of improvements, and the payment of certain fees, authorized for the District; and WHEREAS, under the provisions of the Act, on _________, 2025, the City Council of the City adopted its Resolution R2025-_____ (the “Resolution of Issuance”), which resolution authorized the issuance of the 2025 Bonds (defined herein) to provide moneys for the construction and acquisition of improvements for the District and provided that said issuance would be in accordance with the Act and this Agreement, and authorized the execution hereof; WHEREAS, it is in the public interest and for the benefit of the City, the District, the persons responsible for the payment of special taxes and the Owners of the Bonds that the City enter into this Agreement to provide for the issuance of the Bonds, the disbursement of proceeds of the Bonds, the disposition of the special taxes securing the Bonds authorized to be issued hereunder and the administration and payment of the Bonds; and WHEREAS, the City has determined that all things necessary to cause the Bonds, when authenticated by the City for the District and issued as in the Act, the Resolution of Issuance and this Agreement provided to be legal, valid and binding and special obligations of the City for the District in accordance with their terms, and all things necessary to cause the creation, authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the creation, authorization, execution and issuance of the Bonds, subject to the terms hereof, have in all respects been duly authorized.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and provisions herein set forth and for other valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

AUTHORITY AND DEFINITIONS STATUTORY AUTHORITY AND DEFINITIONS Section 1.01. Authority for this Agreement. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to the provisions of the Act and the Resolution of Issuance.

Section 1.02. Agreement for Benefit of Bondowners. The provisions, covenants and agreements herein set forth to be performed by or on behalf of the City shall be for the equal benefit, protection and security of the Owners. All of the Bonds, without regard to the time or times of their issuance or maturity, shall be of equal rank without preference, priority or distinction of any of the Bonds over any other thereof, except as expressly provided in or permitted by this Agreement. The Fiscal Agent may become the Owner of any of the Bonds in its own or any other capacity with the same rights it would have if it were not Fiscal Agent.

Section 1.03. Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Section 1.03 shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, of any Supplemental Agreement, and of any certificate, opinion or other document herein mentioned, have the meanings herein specified. All references herein to “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the corresponding Articles, Sections or subdivisions of this Agreement, and the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or subdivision hereof. “Acquisition Agreement” means the Funding, Construction and Acquisition Agreement, dated as of November 1, 2023, by and between the City and JEN California 23, LLC, and any amendments thereto. “Act” means the MelloRoos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, being Sections 53311 et seq. of the California Government Code. “Additional Bonds” means any bonds other than the 2025 Bonds issued pursuant to Section 5.17 hereof. “Administrative Expense Priority” means (i) for fiscal year 2025-26, $35,700, and (ii) for each subsequent year, an amount equal to the preceding fiscal year’s Administrative Expense Priority plus an additional 2% of such amount. “Administrative Expenses” means any or all of the following: the fees and expenses of the Fiscal Agent (including any fees or expenses of its counsel), the expenses of the City in carrying out its duties hereunder (including, but not limited to, the levying and collection of the Special Taxes, and the foreclosure of the liens of delinquent Special Taxes) including the fees and expenses of its counsel, an allocable share of the salaries of City staff directly related thereto and a proportionate amount of City general administrative overhead related thereto, any amounts paid by the City from its general funds pursuant to Section 6.02, and all other costs and expenses of the City or the Fiscal Agent incurred in connection with the issuance and administration of the Bonds and/or the discharge of their respective duties hereunder (including, but not limited to, the calculation of the levy of the Special Taxes, foreclosures with respect to delinquent taxes, and the calculation of amounts subject to rebate to the United States) and, in the case of the City, in any way related to the administration of the District and Improvement Area No. 3. Administrative Expenses shall include any such expenses incurred in prior years but not yet paid, and any advances of funds by the City under Section 6.02 hereof. “Agreement” means this Fiscal Agent Agreement, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time by any Supplemental Agreement. “Annual Debt Service” means, for each Bond Year, the sum of (i) the interest due on the Outstanding Bonds in such Bond Year, assuming that the Outstanding Bonds are retired as scheduled, and (ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds, including any mandatory sinking fund payments, due in such Bond Year. “Authorized Officer” means the City Manager, Finance Director or any other officer or employee authorized by the City Council of the City to undertake the action referenced in this Agreement as required to be undertaken by an Authorized Officer. “Bond Counsel” means (i) Jones Hall, A Professional Law Corporation and (ii) any other attorney or firm of attorneys acceptable to the City and nationally recognized for expertise in rendering opinions as to the legality and taxexempt status of securities issued by public entities. “Bond Fund” means the fund by that name established pursuant to Section 4.02(A) hereof. “Bond Year” means each twelvemonth period beginning on September 2 in any year and extending to the next succeeding September 1, both dates inclusive; except that the first Bond Year shall begin on the Closing Date and end on September 1, 2025. “Bonds” means (i) the 2025 Bonds any (ii) Additional Bonds at any time Outstanding under this Agreement and any Supplemental Agreement. “Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday or (ii) a day on which banking institutions in the state in which the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent is located are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be closed. “CDIAC” means the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission of the office of the State Treasurer of the State of California or any successor agency or bureau thereto. “City” means the City of Manteca, California, and any successor thereto. “Closing Date” means the date upon which there is a physical delivery of the Bonds in exchange for the amount representing the purchase price of the Bonds by the Original Purchaser. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as in effect on the date of issuance of the Bonds or (except as otherwise referenced herein) as it may be amended to apply to obligations issued on the date of issuance of the Bonds, together with applicable temporary and final regulations promulgated, and applicable official public guidance published, under the Code. “Continuing Disclosure Certificate” means the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, dated as of March _____, 2025, related to the 2025 Bonds, as originally executed and as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. “Costs of Issuance” means items of expense payable or reimbursable directly or indirectly by the City and related to the authorization, sale and issuance of the Bonds, which items of expense shall include, but not be limited to, printing costs, costs of reproducing and binding documents, closing costs, filing and recording fees, initial fees, expenses and charges of the Fiscal Agent including its first annual administration fee, expenses incurred by the City in connection with the issuance of the Bonds, financial advisor fees, Bond (underwriter’s) discount or underwriting fee, legal fees and charges, including bond counsel and disclosure counsel, charges for execution, transportation and safekeeping of the Bonds and other costs, charges and fees in connection with the foregoing. “Costs of Issuance Fund” means the fund by that name established pursuant to Section 3.05(A) hereof. “DTC” means the Depository Trust Company, and its successors and assigns. “Debt Service” means the scheduled amount of interest and amortization of principal payable on the Bonds during the period of computation, excluding amounts scheduled during such period which relate to principal which has been retired before the beginning of such period. “Debt Service Account” means the account of the Special Tax Fund by that name established by Section 3.03(A) hereof. “Depository” means (i) initially, DTC, and (ii) any other Securities Depository acting as Depository pursuant to Section 2.12. “District” means the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities), established pursuant to the Resolution of Formation. “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 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 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 investment agreement) that is acquired in accordance with applicable regulations under the Code, (iii) the investment is a United States Treasury Security—State and Local Government Series that is acquired in accordance with applicable regulations of the United States Bureau of Public Debt, or (iv) the investment is the Local Agency Investment Fund of the State of California, but only if at all times during which the investment is held its yield is reasonably expected to be equal to or greater than the yield on a reasonably comparable direct obligation of the United States. “Federal Securities” means any of the following which are noncallable and which at the time of investment are legal investments under the laws of the State of California for funds held by the Fiscal Agent (the Fiscal Agent entitled to rely upon investment direction from the City as a certification that such investment constitutes a legal investment):
(i) direct general obligations of the United States of America (including obligations issued or held in book-entry form on the books of the United States Department of the Treasury) and obligations, the payment of principal of and interest on which are directly or indirectly guaranteed by the United States of America, including, without limitation, such of the foregoing which are commonly referred to as “stripped” obligations and coupons; or (ii) any of the following obligations of the following agencies of the United States of America: (i) direct obligations of the ExportImport Bank, (ii) certificates of beneficial ownership issued by the Farmers Home Administration, (iii) participation certificates issued by the General Services Administration, (iv) mortgagebacked bonds or pass-through obligations issued and guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, (v) project notes issued by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and (vi) public housing notes and bonds guaranteed by the United States of America. “Finance Director” means the Finance Director of the City, including any person acting as such in an “acting” or “interim” capacity, or any person with a different title serving in a similar capacity, or a designee of either such person. “Fiscal Agent” means the Fiscal Agent appointed by the City and acting as an independent fiscal agent with the duties and powers herein provided, its successors and assigns, and any other corporation or association which may at any time be substituted in its place, as provided in Section 7.01. “Fiscal Year” means the twelvemonth period extending from July 1 in a calendar year to June 30 of the succeeding year, both dates inclusive. “Future Annexation Area” is defined in the recitals.
“Improvement Area No. 3” means Improvement Area No. 3 of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities). “Improvement Fund” means the fund by that name established pursuant to Section 3.04(A) hereof. “Interest Payment Dates” means March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, 2025. “Maximum Annual Debt Service” means the largest Annual Debt Service for any Bond Year after the calculation is made through the final maturity date of any Outstanding Bonds. “Officer’s Certificate” means a written certificate of the City signed by an Authorized Officer of the City. “Ordinance” means any ordinance of the City levying the Special Taxes. “Original Purchaser” means the first purchaser of the Bonds from the City. “Outstanding,” when used as of any particular time with reference to Bonds, means (subject to the provisions of Section 8.04) all Bonds except (i) Bonds theretofore canceled by the Fiscal Agent or surrendered to the Fiscal Agent for cancellation; (ii) Bonds paid or deemed to have been paid within the meaning of Section 9.03; and (iii) Bonds in lieu of or in substitution for which other Bonds shall have been authorized, executed, issued and delivered by the City pursuant to the Agreement or any Supplemental Agreement. “Owner” or “Bondowner” means any person who shall be the registered owner of any Outstanding Bond. “Participating Underwriter” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. “Permitted Investments” means any of the following, to the extent that they are lawful investments for City funds at the time of investment, and are acquired at Fair Market Value (the Fiscal Agent entitled to rely upon investment direction from the City as a certification that such investment constitutes a legal investment):
(i) Federal Securities;
(ii) any of following obligations of federal agencies not guaranteed by the United States of America: (a) debentures issued by the Federal Housing Administration; (b) participation certificates or senior debt obligations of the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or Farm Credit Banks (consisting of Federal Land Banks, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks or Banks for Cooperatives); (c) bonds or debentures of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board established under the Federal Home Loan Bank Act, bonds of any federal home loan bank established under said act and stocks, bonds, debentures, participations and other obligations of or issued by the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Student Loan Marketing Association, the Government National Mortgage Association and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation; and bonds, notes or other obligations issued or assumed by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; (iii) interestbearing demand or time deposits (including certificates of deposit) in federal or State of California chartered banks (including the Fiscal Agent), provided that (a) in the case of a savings and loan association, such demand or time deposits shall be fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the unsecured obligations of such savings and loan association shall be rated in one of the top two rating categories by a nationally recognized rating service, and (b) in the case of a bank, such demand or time deposits shall be fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the unsecured obligations of such bank (or the unsecured obligations of the parent bank holding company of which such bank is the lead bank) shall be rated in one of the top two rating categories by a nationally recognized rating service; (iv) repurchase agreements with a registered broker/dealer subject to the Securities Investors Protection Corporation Liquidation in the event of insolvency, or any commercial bank provided that: (a) the unsecured obligations of such bank shall be rated in one of the top two rating categories by a nationally recognized rating service, or such bank shall be the lead bank of a banking holding company whose unsecured obligations are rated in one of the top two rating categories by a nationally recognized rating service; (b) the most recent reported combined capital, surplus an undivided profits of such bank shall be not less than $100 million; (c) the repurchase obligation under any such repurchase obligation shall be required to be performed in not more than 30 days; (d) the entity holding such securities as described in clause (c) shall have a pledged first security interest therein for the benefit of the Fiscal Agent under the California Commercial Code or pursuant to the book-entry procedures described by 31 C.F.R. 306.1 et seq. or 31 C.F.R. 350.0 et seq. and are rated in one of the top two rating categories by a nationally recognized rating service; (v) bankers acceptances endorsed and guaranteed by banks described in clause (iv) above; (vi) obligations, the interest on which is exempt from federal income taxation under Section 103 of the Code and which are rated in the one of the top two rating categories by a nationally recognized rating service; (vii) money market funds which invest solely in Federal Securities or in obligations described in the preceding clause (ii) of this definition, or money market funds which are rated in the highest rating category by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or Moody’s Investor Service, including funds which are managed or maintained by the Fiscal Agent; (viii) units of a taxable government money market portfolio comprised solely of obligations listed in (i) and (iv) above; (ix) any investment which is a legal investment for proceeds of the Bonds at the time of the execution of such agreement, and which investment is made pursuant to an agreement between the City or the Fiscal Agent or any successor Fiscal Agent and a financial institution or governmental body whose long term debt obligations are rated in one of the top two rating categories by a nationally recognized rating service; (x) commercial paper of “prime” quality of the highest ranking or of the highest letter and numerical rating as provided for by Moody’s Investors Service, or Standard and Poor’s Corporation, of issuing corporations that are organized and operating within the United States and having total assets in excess of $500,000,000, and having a rating of at least “AA” (without regard to qualifier) for the issuer’s debentures, other than commercial paper, as provided for by Moody’s Investors Service or Standard and Poor’s Corporation, and provided that purchases of eligible commercial paper may not exceed 180 days maturity nor represent more than 10 percent of the outstanding paper of an issuing corporation; (xi) any general obligation of a bank or insurance company whose long term debt obligations are rated in one of the two highest rating categories of a national rating service; (xii) shares in a common law trust established pursuant to Title 1, Division 7, Charter 5 of the Government Code of the State which invests exclusively in investments permitted by Section 53635 of Title 5, Division 2, Chapter 4 of the Government Code of the State, as it may be amended; (xiii) shares in the California Asset Management Program; (xiv)  the Local Agency Investment Fund established pursuant to Section 16429.1 of the Government Code of the State of California, provided, however, that the Fiscal Agent will be permitted to make investments and withdrawals in its own name and the Fiscal Agent may restrict investments in the such fund if necessary to keep moneys available for the purposes of this Fiscal Agent Agreement; or (xv) any other lawful investment for City funds.
“Prepayment Account” means the account of the Bond Fund by that name established by Section 4.02(A) hereof. “Principal Office” means the corporate trust office of the Fiscal Agent set forth in Section 9.06, or such other or additional offices as may be designated by the Fiscal Agent. “Project” means the acquisitions and improvements described in the Resolution of Formation and pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement and any joint community facilities agreements. “Qualified Reserve Fund Credit Instrument” means an irrevocable standby or direct-pay letter of credit or surety bond issued by a commercial bank or insurance company and deposited with the Fiscal Agent pursuant to Section 4.03, provided that all of the following requirements are met: (i) the long-term credit rating of such bank or insurance company is rated in at least the “AA” category (without regard to qualifier) by S&P or Moody’s; (ii) such letter of credit or surety bond has a term of at least twelve (12) months; (c) such letter of credit or surety bond has a stated amount at least equal to the portion of the Reserve Requirement with respect to which funds are proposed to be released pursuant to Section 4.03; and (d) the Fiscal Agent is authorized pursuant to the terms of such letter of credit or surety bond to draw thereunder an amount equal to any deficiencies which may exist from time to time in the Bond Fund for the purpose of making payments required pursuant to Section 4.03. “Rate and Method” means the Rate and Method of Apportionment of Special Tax for Improvement Area No. 3, as initially approved and as may be amended. “Record Date” means the 15th day of the month next preceding the month of the applicable Interest Payment Date whether or not such day is a Business Day. “Regulations” means temporary and permanent regulations promulgated under the Code. “Reserve Fund” means the fund by that name established pursuant to Section 4.03(A) hereof. “Reserve Requirement” means the least of (i) 125% of the average Annual Debt Service on the Bonds; (ii) Maximum Annual Debt Service on the Bonds; and (iii) 10% of the original principal amount of the Bonds (or, if the Bonds have more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount or premium, 10% of the issue price of such Series of Bonds); provided, that in no event shall the City be obligated to deposit an amount in the Reserve Fund in excess of the amount permitted by the applicable provisions of the Code to be so deposited from the proceeds of tax-exempt bonds without having to restrict the yield of any investment purchased with any portion of such deposit and, if the amount of any such deposit is so limited, the Reserve Requirement shall be only the amount of such deposit as permitted by the Code, and provided further that the Reserve Requirement shall not increase subsequent to the issuance of the Bonds. “Resolution of Formation” means Resolution R2023-81, adopted by the City Council of the City on June 20, 2023, establishing the District, designating an initial improvement area therein, and establishing the Future Annexation Area. “Resolution of Issuance” means Resolution R2025-_____, adopted by the City Council of the City on _________, 2025, which resolution authorized the issuance of the 2025 Bonds. “Securities Depositories” means The Depository Trust Company, and, in accordance with then current guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such other addresses and/or such other securities depositories as the City may designate in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Fiscal Agent. “Series” means any series of bonds authorized for Improvement Area No. 3 pursuant to this Fiscal Agent Agreement or any Supplemental Agreement. “Special Tax Fund” means the fund by that name established by Section 3.03(A) hereof. “Special Tax Revenues” means the proceeds of the Special Taxes annually received by the City, including all scheduled payments and delinquent payments thereof, and proceeds of the redemption or sale of property sold as a result of foreclosure of the lien of the Special Taxes, but not including any interest or penalties, less the Administrative Expense Priority. “Special Taxes” means the “Special Tax(es),” as defined in the Rate and Method, levied within Improvement Area No. 3 pursuant to the Act, the Ordinance and this Agreement. “Supplemental Agreement” means an agreement which is amendatory of or supplemental to this Agreement, but only if and to the extent that such agreement is specifically authorized hereunder. “Surplus Account” means the account of the Special Tax Fund by that name established by Section 3.03(A) hereof. “2025 Bonds” means the Improvement Area No. 3 of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Special Tax Bonds Series 2025. “2025 Term Bonds” means the 2025 Bonds maturing on September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___ and September 1, 20___.

ARTICLE II

THE BONDS
Section 2.01. Principal Amount; Designation. 2025 Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $__________ are hereby authorized to be issued by the City for Improvement Area No. 3 under and subject to the terms of the Resolution of Issuance and this Agreement, the Act and other applicable laws of the State of California. The 2025 Bonds shall be designated “Improvement Area No. 3 of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Special Tax Bonds Series 2025.” Section 2.02. Terms of 2025 Bonds.
(A) Form; Denominations. The 2025 Bonds shall be issued as fully registered Bonds without coupons in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple of $5,000 in excess thereof. The 2025 Bonds shall be lettered and numbered in a customary manner as determined by the Fiscal Agent. (B) Date of 2025 Bonds. The 2025 Bonds shall be dated the Closing Date for the 2025 Bonds. (C) CUSIP Identification Numbers. “CUSIP” identification numbers shall be imprinted on the 2025 Bonds, but such numbers shall not constitute a part of the contract evidenced by the 2025 Bonds and any error or omission with respect thereto shall not constitute cause for refusal of any purchaser to accept delivery of and pay for the 2025 Bonds. In addition, failure on the part of the City or the Fiscal Agent to use such CUSIP numbers in any notice to Owners shall not constitute an event of default or any violation of the City’s contract with such Owners and shall not impair the effectiveness of any such notice. (D) Maturities. The 2025 Bonds shall be issued as serial bonds and term bonds and shall mature and become payable as follows:

Maturity
Principal
Interest
CUSIP†
(September 1)
Amount
Rate
(_________)
(E) Interest. The 2025 Bonds shall bear interest at the rates set forth above payable on the Interest Payment Dates in each year. Interest shall be calculated on the basis of a 360day year composed of twelve 30day months. Each 2025 Bond shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of authentication thereof unless (i) it is authenticated on an Interest Payment Date, in which event it shall bear interest from such date of authentication, or (ii) it is authenticated prior to an Interest Payment Date and after the close of business on the Record Date preceding such Interest Payment Date, in which event it shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date, or (iii) it is authenticated prior to the Record Date preceding the first Interest Payment Date, in which event it shall bear interest from the Closing Date; provided, however, that if at the time of authentication of a 2025 Bond, interest is in default thereon, such 2025 Bond shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date to which interest has previously been paid or made available for payment thereon. (F) Method of Payment. Interest on the 2025 Bonds (including the final interest payment upon maturity or earlier redemption) is payable by check of the Fiscal Agent mailed on the Interest Payment Dates by first class mail to the registered Owner thereof at such registered Owner’s address as it appears on the registration books maintained by the Fiscal Agent at the close of business on the Record Date preceding the Interest Payment Date, or by wire transfer made on such Interest Payment Date upon written instructions received by the Fiscal Agent on or before the Record Date preceding the Interest Payment Date of any Owner of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of 2025 Bonds; provided that so long as any 2025 Bonds are in book-entry form, payments with respect to such 2025 Bonds shall be made by wire transfer or such other method acceptable to the Fiscal Agent to the Depository. The principal of the 2025 Bonds and any premium on the 2025 Bonds are payable in lawful money of the United States of America upon surrender of the 2025 Bonds at the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent. All 2025 Bonds paid by the Fiscal Agent pursuant to this Section shall be cancelled by the Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent shall destroy the cancelled 2025 Bonds and issue a certificate of destruction thereof to the City.

Section 2.03. Redemption.
(A) Redemption Dates.
(i) Optional Redemption. The 2025 Bonds are subject to optional redemption from any source of available funds (other than prepayments of the Special Tax by property owners), in whole or in part among maturities as specified by the City and by lot within a maturity, on any date on and after September 1, 2031 at the following respective redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the 2025 Bonds to be redeemed), plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:

Redemption Dates
Redemption
Price
September 1, 2031 through August 31, 2032
103%
September 1, 2032 through August 31, 2033
102
September 1, 2033 through August 31, 2034
101
September 1, 2034 and any date thereafter
100
(ii) Mandatory Redemption From Prepayments. The 2025 Bonds shall be subject to mandatory redemption from prepayments of the Special Tax by property owners, in whole or in part among maturities as shall be specified by the City and by lot within a maturity, on any Interest Payment Date at the following respective redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the 2025 Bonds to be redeemed), plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:

Redemption Dates
Redemption Price
Interest Payment Dates through and including March 1, 2032 103%
September 1, 2032 and March 1, 2033
102
September 1, 2033 and March 1, 2034
101
September 1, 2034 and any Interest Payment Date thereafter 100
The proceeds of any such prepayment shall be deposited in the Prepayment Account of the Bond Fund and applied by the Fiscal Agent to pay the redemption price of the 2025 Bonds. (iii) Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption. The 2025 Bonds maturing on September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___ and September 1, 20___ (the “Term Bonds”) are subject to mandatory sinking payment redemption in part on September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___, and September 1, 20___, respectively, and on each September 1 thereafter to maturity, by lot, at a redemption price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, without premium, in the aggregate respective principal amounts as set forth in the following tables:

September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
The amounts in the foregoing tables shall be reduced pro rata at the direction of the City in an Officer’s Certificate, in order to maintain substantially uniform debt service, as a result of any prior partial redemption of the 2025 Bonds pursuant to Section 2.03(A)(i) or (ii) above.

In lieu of redemption under this Section 2.03, moneys in the Bond Fund may be used and withdrawn by the Fiscal Agent for purchase of Outstanding 2025 Bonds, upon the filing with the Fiscal Agent of an Officer’s Certificate requesting such purchase, at public or private sale as and when, and at such prices (including brokerage and other charges) as such Officer’s Certificate may provide, but in no event may 2025 Bonds be purchased at a price in excess of the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to the date of purchase. (B) Notice to Fiscal Agent. The City shall give the Fiscal Agent an Officer’s Certificate containing notice of its intention to redeem 2025 Bonds pursuant to subsections (A)(i) and (A)(ii) not less than 45 days prior to the applicable redemption date. (C) Redemption Procedure by Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent shall cause notice of any redemption to be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 20 days but not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, to the Securities Depositories and to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and to the Securities Depositories, and to the respective registered Owners of any Bonds designated for redemption, at their addresses appearing on the Bond registration books in the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent; but such mailing shall not be a condition precedent to such redemption and failure to mail or to receive any such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of such Bonds.

Such notice shall state the redemption date and the redemption price and, if less than all of the then Outstanding Bonds are to be called for redemption, shall designate the CUSIP numbers and Bond numbers of the Bonds to be redeemed by giving the individual CUSIP number and Bond number of each Bond to be redeemed or shall state that all Bonds between two stated Bond numbers, both inclusive, are to be redeemed or that all of the Bonds of one or more maturities have been called for redemption, shall state as to any Bond called in part the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, and shall require that such Bonds be then surrendered at the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent for redemption at the said redemption price, and shall state that further interest on such Bonds will not accrue from and after the redemption date.

The City has the right to rescind any notice of the redemption of Bonds under Section 2.03(A)(i) by written notice to the Fiscal Agent on or prior to two Business Days prior the date fixed for redemption. Any notice of redemption 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. The City and the Fiscal Agent have no liability to the Owners or any other party related to or arising from such rescission of redemption. The Fiscal Agent shall mail notice of such rescission of redemption in the same manner as the original notice of redemption was sent under this Section.

Upon the payment of the redemption price of Bonds being redeemed, each check or other transfer of funds issued for such purpose shall, to the extent practicable, bear the CUSIP number identifying, by issue and maturity, of the Bonds being redeemed with the proceeds of such check or other transfer.

Whenever provision is made in this Agreement for the redemption of less than all of the Bonds of any maturity, the Fiscal Agent shall select the Bonds to be redeemed, from all Bonds or such given portion thereof of such maturity by lot in any manner which the Fiscal Agent in its sole discretion shall deem appropriate.

Upon surrender of Bonds redeemed in part only, the City shall execute and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the registered Owner, at the expense of the City, a new Bond or Bonds, of the same series and maturity, of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Bond or Bonds. (D) Effect of Redemption. From and after the date fixed for redemption, if funds available for the payment of the principal of, and interest and any premium on, the Bonds so called for redemption shall have been deposited in the Bond Fund, such Bonds so called shall cease to be entitled to any benefit under this Agreement other than the right to receive payment of the redemption price, and no interest shall accrue thereon on or after the redemption date specified in such notice.

All Bonds redeemed and purchased by the Fiscal Agent pursuant to this Section shall be canceled by the Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent shall destroy the cancelled Bonds and issue a certificate of destruction thereof to the City.

Section 2.04. Form of Bonds. The Bonds, the form of Fiscal Agent’s certificate of authentication and the form of assignment, to appear thereon, shall be substantially in the forms, respectively, set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, with necessary or appropriate variations, omissions and insertions, as permitted or required by this Agreement, the Resolution of Issuance and the Act.

Section 2.05. Execution of Bonds. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City by the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City who are in office on the date of adoption of this Agreement or at any time thereafter, and the seal of the City shall be impressed, imprinted or reproduced by facsimile signature thereon. If any officer whose signature appears on any Bond ceases to be such officer before delivery of the Bonds to the Owner, such signature shall nevertheless be as effective as if the officer had remained in office until the delivery of the Bonds to the Owner. Any Bond may be signed and attested on behalf of the City by such persons as at the actual date of the execution of such Bond shall be the proper officers of the City although at the nominal date of such Bond any such person shall not have been such officer of the City.

Only such Bonds as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A, executed and dated by the Fiscal Agent, shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, and such certificate of authentication of the Fiscal Agent shall be conclusive evidence that the Bonds registered hereunder have been duly authenticated, registered and delivered hereunder and are entitled to the benefits of this Agreement.

Section 2.06. Transfer of Bonds. Any Bond may, in accordance with its terms, be transferred, upon the books required to be kept pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.08 by the person in whose name it is registered, in person or by his duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of such Bond for cancellation, accompanied by delivery of a duly written instrument of transfer in a form acceptable to the Fiscal Agent. The cost for any services rendered or any expenses incurred by the Fiscal Agent in connection with any such transfer shall be paid by the City. The Fiscal Agent shall collect from the Owner requesting such transfer any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer.

Whenever any Bond or Bonds shall be surrendered for transfer, the City shall execute and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver a new Bond or Bonds, for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of authorized denominations and of the same maturity.

No transfers of Bonds shall be required to be made (i) within fifteen (15) days prior to the date established by the Fiscal Agent for selection of Bonds for redemption or (ii) with respect to a Bond after such Bond has been selected for redemption.

Section 2.07. Exchange of Bonds. Bonds may be exchanged at the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of authorized denominations and of the same maturity. The cost for any services rendered or any expenses incurred by the Fiscal Agent in connection with any such exchange shall be paid by the City. The Fiscal Agent shall collect from the Owner requesting such exchange any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange.

No exchanges of Bonds shall be required to be made (i) within fifteen (15) days prior to the date established by the Fiscal Agent for selection of Bonds for redemption or (ii) with respect to a Bond after such Bond has been selected for redemption.

Section 2.08. Bond Register. The Fiscal Agent will keep or cause to be kept, at its Principal Office, sufficient books for the registration and transfer of the Bonds (the “Bond Register”), which books shall show the series number, date, amount, rate of interest and Owner of each Bond and shall at all times be open to inspection by the City during regular business hours upon reasonable notice; and, upon presentation for such purpose, the Fiscal Agent shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be registered or transferred, on said books, the ownership of the Bonds as hereinbefore provided.

Section 2.09. Temporary Bonds. The Bonds may be initially issued in temporary form exchangeable for definitive Bonds when ready for delivery. The temporary Bonds may be printed, lithographed or typewritten, shall be of such denominations as may be determined by the City, and may contain such reference to any of the provisions of this Agreement as may be appropriate. Every temporary Bond shall be executed by the City upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner as the definitive Bonds. If the City issues temporary Bonds it will execute and furnish definitive Bonds without delay and thereupon the temporary Bonds shall be surrendered, for cancellation, in exchange for the definitive Bonds at the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent or at such other location as the Fiscal Agent shall designate, and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Bonds an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Bonds of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary bonds shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Agreement as definitive Bonds authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.10. Bonds Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen. If any Bond shall become mutilated, the City shall execute, and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of like tenor and principal amount in exchange and substitution for the Bond so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Fiscal Agent of the Bond so mutilated. Every mutilated Bond so surrendered to the Fiscal Agent shall be canceled by it and destroyed by the Fiscal Agent who shall deliver a certificate of destruction thereof to the City. If any Bond shall be lost, destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft may be submitted to the Fiscal Agent and, if such evidence be satisfactory to it and indemnity for the Fiscal Agent and the City satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent shall be given, the City shall execute, and the Fiscal Agent shall authenticate and deliver, a new Bond of like tenor and principal amount in lieu of and in substitution for the Bond so lost, destroyed or stolen. The City may require payment of a sum not exceeding the actual cost of preparing each new Bond delivered under this Section and of the expenses which may be incurred by the City and the Fiscal Agent for the preparation, execution, authentication and delivery. Any Bond delivered under the provisions of this Section in lieu of any Bond alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation on the part of the City whether or not the Bond so alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen is at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be equally and proportionately entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with all other Bonds issued pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 2.11. Limited Obligation. All obligations of the City under this Agreement and the Bonds shall be special obligations of the City, payable solely from the Special Tax Revenues and the funds pledged therefore hereunder. Neither the full faith and credit nor the taxing power of the City (except to the limited extent set forth herein) or the State of California or any political subdivision thereof is pledged to the payment of the Bonds.

Section 2.12. BookEntry Only System. DTC shall act as the initial Depository for the Bonds. One Bond for each maturity of the Bonds shall be initially executed, authenticated, and delivered as set forth herein as a separate fully registered certificate (in printed or typewritten form). Upon initial execution, authentication, and delivery, the ownership of the Bonds shall be registered in the Bond Register kept by the Fiscal Agent for the Bonds in the name of Cede & Co, as nominee of DTC or such nominee as DTC shall appoint in writing.

The Authorized Officers and the Fiscal Agent are hereby authorized to take any and all actions as may be necessary and not inconsistent with this Agreement to qualify the Bonds for the Depository’s bookentry system, including the execution of the Depository’s required representation letter.

With respect to Bonds registered in the Bond Register in the name of Cede & Co, as nominee of DTC, the Fiscal Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation to any brokerdealer, bank, or other financial institution for which DTC holds Bonds as Depository from time to time (the “DTC Participants”) or to any person for which a DTC Participant acquires an interest in the Bonds (the “Beneficial Owners”). Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the Fiscal Agent shall not have any responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of DTC, Cede & Co, or any DTC Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, (ii) the delivery to any DTC Participant, any Beneficial Owner, or any other person, other than DTC, 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 in the event the City elects to redeem the Bonds in part, (iv) the payment to any DTC Participant, any Beneficial Owner, or any other person, other than DTC, of any amount with respect to the principal of or interest on the Bonds, or (v) any consent given or other action taken by the Depository as Owner of the Bonds.

The Fiscal Agent may treat as and deem DTC to be the absolute Owner of each Bond for which DTC is acting as Depository for the purpose of payment of the principal of and interest on such Bonds, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to such Bonds, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Bonds, and for all purposes whatsoever. The Fiscal Agent shall pay all principal of and interest on the Bonds only to the Owners as shown on the Registration Books, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge all obligations with respect to the principal of and interest on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.

No person other than an Owner, as shown on the Bond Register, shall receive a physical Bond. Upon delivery by DTC to the Fiscal Agent of written notice to the effect that DTC has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of Cede & Co., and subject to the transfer provisions in Section 2.06 hereof, references to “Cede & Co.” in this Section 2.12 shall refer to such new nominee of DTC.

DTC may determine to discontinue providing its services with respect to the Bonds at any time by giving written notice to the Fiscal Agent and the City during any time that the Bonds are Outstanding, and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. The City may terminate the services of DTC with respect to the Bonds if it determines that DTC is unable to discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Bonds or that continuation of the system of bookentry transfers through DTC is not in the best interest of the Beneficial Owners, and the City shall mail notice of such termination to the Fiscal Agent.

Upon the termination of the services of DTC as provided in the previous paragraph, and if no substitute Depository willing to undertake the functions hereunder can be found which is willing and able to undertake such functions upon reasonable or customary terms, or if the City determines that it is in the best interest of the Beneficial Owners of the Bonds that they be able to obtain certificated Bonds, the Bonds shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the Bond Register of the Fiscal Agent in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, but may be registered in whatever name or name the Owners shall designate at that time, in accordance with Section 2.06.

To the extent that the Beneficial Owners are designated as the transferee by the Owners, in accordance with Section 2.06, the Bonds will be delivered to such Beneficial Owners as soon as practicable.

Section 2.13. No Acceleration. The principal of the Bonds shall not be subject to acceleration hereunder. Nothing in this Section 2.13 shall in any way prohibit the redemption of Bonds under Section 2.03 hereof, or the defeasance of the Bonds and discharge of this Agreement under Section 9.03 hereof.

ARTICLE III

ISSUANCE OF BONDS
Section 3.01. Issuance and Delivery of Bonds. At any time after the execution of this Agreement, the City may issue the Bonds in the aggregate principal amount set forth in Section 2.01 or as authorized in any supplemental agreement and deliver such Bonds to the Original Purchaser. The Authorized Officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to deliver any and all documents and instruments necessary to cause the issuance of Bonds in accordance with the provisions of the Act, the Resolution of Issuance and this Agreement, to authorize the payment of Costs of Issuance of the Bonds from the proceeds of the Bonds and to do and cause to be done any and all acts and things necessary or convenient for delivery of the Bonds to the Original Purchaser.

Section 3.02. Application of Proceeds of Sale of 2025 Bonds and Collection of Special Tax. (a) The proceeds of the purchase of the 2025 Bonds by the Original Purchaser in the amount of $___________ (equal to the initial principal amount of the Bonds ($__________), plus [net] original issue premium of $_________, less an Underwriter’s discount of $__________), shall be paid to the Fiscal Agent, who shall forthwith deposit such proceeds on the Closing Date as follows:
(i) Deposit in the Improvement Fund $_________;
(ii) Deposit in the Reserve Fund $___________;
(iii) Deposit in the Bond Fund $_____________; and
(iv) Deposit in the Costs of Issuance Fund $_________.

Section 3.03. Special Tax Fund.
(A) Establishment of Special Tax Fund. There is hereby established as a separate fund to be held by the Finance Director, known as the Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Improvement Area No. 3 Special Tax Bonds Special Tax Fund. Within the Special Tax Fund, the Finance Director shall establish and maintain two accounts, (i) the Debt Service Account, to the credit of which the City shall deposit, immediately upon receipt, all Special Tax Revenues received by the City, and any amounts required by Section 3.05(B) to be deposited in the Special Tax Fund, and (ii) the Surplus Account, to the credit of which the City shall deposit surplus Special Tax Revenues described in Section 3.03(B) below. Moneys in the Special Tax Fund shall be held in trust by the City for the benefit of the City and the Owners of the Bonds, and shall be disbursed as provided in this Section 3.03. Upon receipt of the Special Taxes, the City shall promptly deposit the portion thereof that represents the Administrative Expense Priority in the fund or account held by the City established for such purpose, and the remaining amount of Special Taxes, constituting the Special Tax Revenues, in the Debt Service Account. (B) Disbursements. No later than 10 Business Days prior to each Interest Payment Date, the City shall withdraw from the Debt Service Account of the Special Tax Fund and transfer (i) to the Fiscal Agent for deposit in the Reserve Fund an amount such that the amount then on deposit therein is equal to the Reserve Requirement, and (ii) to the Fiscal Agent for deposit in the Bond Fund an amount, taking into account any amounts then on deposit in the Bond Fund such that the amount in the Bond Fund equals the principal, including any mandatory sinking fund payments, premium, if any, and interest due on the Bonds on the next Interest Payment Date. After the transfers under subsections (i) and (ii) have been made, the City may, on or after September 15th of each year transfer to the Surplus Account the amount remaining in the Debt Service Account.

From time to time, the City may withdraw from the Surplus Account of the Special Tax Fund amounts needed to pay costs of the Project or incidental expenses of the District authorized under the Act, including Administrative Expenses in excess of the Administrative Expense Priority. Moneys in the Surplus Account may, at the City’s discretion, also be used to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds or to replenish the Reserve Fund to the amount of the Reserve Requirement and if not needed for those purposes shall be available, to the extent required under the Acquisition Agreement, to directly finance the Project (so-called pay-as-you-go funds). (C) Investment. Moneys in the Special Tax Fund shall be invested and deposited in accordance with Section 6.01. Interest earnings and profits resulting from such investment and deposit shall be retained in the Special Tax Fund to be used for the purposes thereof.

Section 3.04. Improvement Fund.
(A) Establishment of Improvement Fund. There is hereby established as a separate fund to be held by the Fiscal Agent, known as Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Improvement Area No. 3 Special Tax Bonds Improvement Fund to the credit of which a deposit shall be made as required by Section 3.02 and as required by Section 3.03. Moneys in the Improvement Fund shall be held by the Fiscal Agent and shall be disbursed as provided in subsection (B) of this Section for the payment or reimbursement of costs of the Project. (B) Procedure for Disbursement. Disbursements from the Improvement Fund shall be made as determined by an Authorized Officer for the payment or reimbursement of the costs of the Project, including for costs of acquisition of portions of the Project, which may include authorized administrative expenses of the City, in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement, by submission of an Officer’s Certificate to the Fiscal Agent requesting disbursement of moneys. The Fiscal Agent need not make any such payment if it has received notice of any lien, right to lien or attachment upon, or claim affecting the right to receive payment of, any of the moneys to be so paid, that has not been released or will not be released simultaneously with such payment. The Fiscal Agent shall not incur any liability for any disbursement from the Improvement Fund made in reliance upon any Officer’s Certificate.

Disbursements from the Improvement Fund shall be made by the Fiscal Agent upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto which shall:
set forth the amount required to be disbursed, the purpose for which the disbursement is to be made, the person to which the disbursement is to be paid and state that such disbursement is for a Project cost; and (ii) certify that no portion of the amount then being requested to be disbursed was set forth in any Officer’s Certificate previously filed requesting disbursement.

Each such Officer’s Certificate shall be sufficient evidence to the Fiscal Agent of the facts stated therein and the Fiscal Agent shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such facts. (C) Investment. Moneys in the Improvement Fund shall be invested and deposited in accordance with Section 6.01. Interest earnings and profits from the investment of amounts in the Improvement Fund shall be retained in the Improvement Fund to be used for the purposes of the Improvement Fund. (D) Closing of Fund. It is expected that the entire Improvement Fund will be disbursed on the Closing Date, if so the Improvement Fund shall be closed on or immediately following such date. In the event such disbursement does not occur on the Closing Date, upon the filing of an Officer’s Certificate stating that the portion of the Project to be financed from the Improvement Fund has been completed and that all costs of such portion of the Project have been paid or are not required to be paid from the Improvement Fund, the Authorized Officer shall request the Fiscal Agent to transfer the amount, if any, remaining in the Improvement Fund to the Bond Fund for application to the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds in accordance with Section 4.02 and the Improvement Fund shall be closed.

Section 3.05. Costs of Issuance Fund.
(A) Establishment of Costs of Issuance Fund. There is hereby established as a separate fund to be held by the Fiscal Agent, known as Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Improvement Area No. 3 Special Tax Bonds Costs of Issuance Fund, to the credit of which a deposit shall be made as required by Section 3.02. Moneys in the Costs of Issuance Fund shall be held by the Fiscal Agent and shall be disbursed as provided in subsection (B) of this Section for the payment or reimbursement of Costs of Issuance of the 2025 Bonds. (B) Disbursement. Amounts in the Costs of Issuance Fund shall be disbursed from time to time to pay Costs of Issuance, as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate containing respective amounts to be paid to the designated payees, signed by the Finance Director or a designee thereof and delivered to the Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent shall pay all Costs of Issuance of the 2025 Bonds upon receipt of an invoice from any such payee which requests payment in an amount which is less than or equal to the amount set forth with respect to such payee in such Officer’s Certificate, or upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate requesting payment of a Costs of Issuance not listed on the initial Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Fiscal Agent on the Closing Date of the 2025 Bonds. The Fiscal Agent shall maintain the Costs of Issuance Fund for a period of 90 days from the Closing Date of the 2025 Bonds and then shall transfer any moneys remaining therein, including any investment earnings thereon, to the Improvement Fund, and if the Improvement Fund has been closed then to the Special Tax Fund, and the Costs of Issuance Fund shall be closed. Thereafter, every invoice received by the Fiscal Agent shall be submitted to the Finance Director for payment from amounts on deposit in the Special Tax Fund. (C) Investment. Moneys in the Costs of Issuance Fund shall be invested and deposited in accordance with Section 6.01. Interest earnings and profits resulting from said investment shall be retained by the Fiscal Agent in the Costs of Issuance Fund to be used for the purposes of such fund.

ARTICLE IV
SPECIAL TAX REVENUES; BOND FUND AND RESERVE FUND
Section 4.01. Pledge of Special Tax Revenues and Other Amounts. All of the Special Tax Revenues and all moneys deposited in the Bond Fund and, until disbursed as provided herein, the Special Tax Fund are hereby pledged to secure the repayment of the Bonds. In addition, the 2025 Bonds shall be secured by a pledge of all amounts in the Reserve Fund, and a series of Additional Bonds may be secured by a reserve account within the Reserve Fund or a separate reserve fund, as provided in the applicable Supplemental Agreement for such Series. Such pledge shall constitute a first lien on the Special Tax Revenues and said amounts.

The Special Tax Revenues and all moneys deposited into such funds (except as otherwise provided herein) are hereby dedicated in their entirety to the payment of the principal of, including any mandatory sinking fund payments, and interest and any premium on, the Bonds as provided herein and in the Act until all of the Bonds have been paid and retired or until moneys or Federal Securities have been set aside irrevocably for that purpose in accordance with Section 9.03.

Amounts in the Improvement Fund and in the Costs of Issuance Fund for any Series of Bonds are not pledged to the repayment of the Bonds. The facilities acquired with the proceeds of the Bonds are not in any way pledged to the repayment of the Bonds. Any proceeds of condemnation, destruction or other disposition of any facilities financed with the proceeds of the Bonds are not pledged to the repayment of the Bonds and are free and clear of any lien or obligation imposed hereunder.

Section 4.02. Bond Fund.
(A) Establishment of Bond Fund. There is hereby established as a separate fund to be held by the Fiscal Agent, known as Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Improvement Area No. 3 Special Tax Bonds Bond Fund, to the credit of which deposits shall be made as required by Section 3.03(B)(ii), Section 4.03 and any other amounts required to be deposited therein by this Agreement or the Act. Within the Bond Fund, the Fiscal Agent shall establish a Prepayment Account and deposit therein moneys received, if any, from prepayments of the Special Tax pursuant to Section 2.03(A)(ii). Moneys in the Bond Fund shall be held by the Fiscal Agent for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds, shall be disbursed for the payment of the principal of, and interest and any premium on, the Bonds as provided below, and, pending such disbursement, shall be subject to a lien in favor of the Owners of the Bonds. (B) Disbursements. On each Interest Payment Date, the Fiscal Agent shall withdraw from the Bond Fund and pay to the Owners of the Bonds the principal of, and interest and any premium, then due and payable on the Bonds, including any amounts due on the Bonds by reason of the sinking payments set forth in Section 2.03(A)(iii) or any redemption of the Bonds as provided under Section 2.03(A)(i). Moneys in the Prepayment Account shall be disbursed for redemption of Bonds as instructed by the City.

In the event that amounts in the Bond Fund are insufficient to pay regularly scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds, the Fiscal Agent shall withdraw from the Reserve Fund to the extent of any funds therein, the amount of such insufficiency, and the Fiscal Agent shall provide written notice to the Finance Director of the amounts so withdrawn from the Reserve Fund. Amounts so withdrawn from the Reserve Fund shall be deposited in the Bond Fund.

If, after the foregoing transfer, there are insufficient funds in the Bond Fund to make the payments provided for to pay regularly scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Bonds, the Fiscal Agent shall apply the available funds first to the payment of interest on the Bonds, then to the payment of principal due on the Bonds other than by reason of sinking payments, and then to payment of principal due on the Bonds by reason of sinking payments. Any sinking payment not made as scheduled shall be added to the sinking payment to be made on the next sinking payment date. (C) Investment. Moneys in the Bond Fund shall be invested and deposited in accordance with Section 6.01. Interest earnings and profits resulting from such investment and deposit shall be retained in the Bond Fund to be used for the purposes of such fund. (D) Deficiency. If ten days before any Interest Payment Date it appears to the Fiscal Agent that there is a danger of deficiency in the Bond Fund and that the Fiscal Agent may be unable to pay regularly scheduled debt service on the Bonds in a timely manner, the Fiscal Agent shall report to the Finance Director such fact. The City covenants to increase the levy of the Special Taxes in the next Fiscal Year (subject to the maximum amount authorized by the Resolution of Formation) in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Act for the purpose of curing Bond Fund deficiencies.

If on any Interest Payment Date the Fiscal Agent is unable to pay principal, interest and premium, if any, due on any Interest Payment Date for the Bonds due to insufficient funds in the Bond Fund, or if funds are withdrawn from the Reserve Fund to pay principal and/or interest on the Bonds the Fiscal Agent shall notify the Finance Director in writing of such fact, and the Finance Director shall notify CDIAC of such fact within 10 days of such Interest Payment Date. The Fiscal Agent has no obligation under this Agreement to provide notice or disclosure to the Bondowners of insufficient funds or anticipation of deficiency in the Bond Fund.

Section 4.03. Reserve Fund.
(A) Establishment of Fund. There is hereby established as a separate fund to be held by the Fiscal Agent, known as “Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Improvement Area No. 3 Special Tax Bonds Reserve Fund,” to the credit of which a deposit shall be made as required by Section 3.02, and deposits shall be made as provided in Section 3.03(B). Moneys in the Reserve Fund shall be held by the Fiscal Agent for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds secured thereby as a reserve for the payment of principal of, and interest on, the Bonds and shall be subject to a lien in favor of the Owners of the Bonds.

The City has the right at any time to cause the Fiscal Agent to release funds from the Reserve Fund, in whole or in part, by tendering to the Fiscal Agent: (1) a Qualified Reserve Fund Credit Instrument, and (2) an opinion of Bond Counsel stating that such release will not, of itself, cause the portion of the interest on the Bonds to become includable in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation. Upon tender of such items to the Fiscal Agent, the Fiscal Agent will transfer such funds from the Reserve Fund to the City. (B) Use of Fund. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all amounts deposited in the Reserve Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Fiscal Agent solely for the purpose of making transfers to the Bond Fund in the event of any deficiency within five days prior to any Interest Payment Date in the Bond Fund of the amount required for payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Bonds secured by the Reserve Fund on such Interest Payment Date. Whenever transfer is made from the Reserve Fund to the Bond Fund due to a deficiency in the Bond Fund, the Fiscal Agent shall provide written notice thereof to the Finance Director. (C) Transfer of Excess of Reserve Requirement. Whenever, on the Business Day prior to any Interest Payment Date, the amount in the Reserve Fund (or any account therein) exceeds the then applicable Reserve Requirement, the Fiscal Agent shall provide written notice to the Finance Director of the amount of the excess and, following any transfer required pursuant to Section 4.03(D) below, shall transfer an amount equal to the excess from the Reserve Fund to the Improvement Fund, if the Project has not been completed as of the date of such transfer, or if the Project has been completed, to the Bond Fund to be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds in accordance with Section 4.02. (D) Transfer for Rebate Purposes. Investment earnings on amounts in the Reserve Fund may be withdrawn from the Reserve Fund for purposes of making payment to the federal government to comply with Section 6.02. (E) Transfer When Balance Exceeds Outstanding Bonds. Whenever the balance in the Reserve Fund exceeds the amount required to redeem or pay the Outstanding Bonds, including interest accrued to the date of payment or redemption and premium, if any, due upon redemption, and after making any transfer required under Section 4.03(D) above and upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate directing it to do so, the Fiscal Agent shall transfer the amount in the Reserve Fund to the Bond Fund to be applied, on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date to the payment and redemption, in accordance with Section 4.02 or 2.03 as applicable, of all of the Outstanding Bonds. In the event that the amount so transferred from the Reserve Fund to the Bond Fund exceeds the amount required to pay and redeem the Outstanding Bonds, the balance in the Reserve Fund shall be transferred to the City, after payment of any amounts due the Fiscal Agent hereunder, to be used for any lawful purpose of the City.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amounts shall be transferred from the Reserve Fund pursuant to this Section 4.03(E) until after the calculation, pursuant to Section 6.02, of any amounts due to the federal government following payment of the Bonds and withdrawal of any such amount under Section 4.03(D) for purposes of making such payment to the federal government, and payment of any fees and expenses due to the Fiscal Agent. (F) Investment. Moneys in the Reserve Fund shall be invested and deposited in accordance with Section 6.01. Interest earnings and profits resulting from the investment of moneys in the Reserve Fund and other moneys in the Reserve Fund will remain therein until the balance exceeds the Reserve Requirement; any amounts in excess of the Reserve Requirement will be transferred to the Improvement Fund, if the Project has not been completed, or if the Project has been completed, to the Bond Fund to be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds secured by the Reserve Fund.

ARTICLE V

OTHER COVENANTS OF THE CITY
Section 5.01. Punctual Payment. The City will punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of, and interest and any premium on, the Bonds when and as due in strict conformity with the terms of this Agreement, and it will faithfully observe and perform all of the conditions covenants and requirements of this Agreement and all Supplemental Agreements and of the Bonds.

Section 5.02. Limited Obligation. The Bonds are limited obligations of the City on behalf of Improvement Area No. 3 of the District and are payable solely from and secured solely by the Special Tax Revenues and the amounts in the Bond Fund, the Reserve Fund and the Special Tax Fund created hereunder, as and to the extent described herein.

Section 5.03. Extension of Time for Payment. In order to prevent any accumulation of claims for interest after maturity, the City shall not, directly or indirectly, extend or consent to the extension of the time for the payment of any claim for interest on any of the Bonds and shall not, directly or indirectly, be a party to the approval of any such arrangement by purchasing or funding said claims for interest or in any other manner. In case any such claim for interest shall be extended or funded, whether or not with the consent of the City, such claim for interest so extended or funded shall not be entitled, in case of default hereunder, to the benefits of this Agreement, except subject to the prior payment in full of the principal of all of the Bonds then Outstanding and of all claims for interest which shall not have been so extended or funded.

Section 5.04. Against Encumbrances. The City will not encumber, pledge or place any charge or lien upon any of the Special Tax Revenues or other amounts pledged to the Bonds superior to or on a parity with the pledge and lien herein created for the benefit of the Bonds, except as permitted by this Agreement.

Section 5.05. Books and Accounts. The City will keep, or cause to be kept, proper books of record and accounts, separate from all other records and accounts of the City, in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the expenditure of amounts disbursed from the Special Tax Fund and relating to the Special Tax Revenues. Such books of record and accounts shall at all times during business hours be subject to the inspection of the Owners of not less than 10% of the principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding, or their representatives duly authorized in writing.

The Fiscal Agent will keep, or cause to be kept, proper books of record and accounts, separate from all other records and accounts of the Fiscal Agent, in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions of the Fiscal Agent relating to the expenditure of amounts disbursed from funds and accounts held by the Fiscal Agent hereunder. Such books of record and accounts shall at all times during business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, be subject to the inspection of the City and the Owners of not less than ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding, or their representatives duly authorized in writing.

Section 5.06. Protection of Security and Rights of Owners. The City will preserve and protect the security of the Bonds and the rights of the Owners, and will warrant and defend their rights against all claims and demands of all persons. From and after the delivery of any of the Bonds by the City, the Bonds shall be incontestable by the City.

Section 5.07. Compliance with Law; Completion of Project. The City will comply with all applicable provisions of the Act and the law in completing the acquisition and construction of the Project; provided that the City shall have no obligation to advance any funds to complete the Project in excess of the amounts available therefor in the Improvement Fund.

Section 5.08. Private Activity Bond Limitation. The City shall assure that the proceeds of the Bonds are not so used as to cause the Bonds to satisfy the private business tests of Section 141(b) of the Code or the private loan financing test of Section 141(c) of the Code.

Section 5.09. Federal Guarantee Prohibition. The City shall not take any action or permit or suffer any action to be taken if the result of the same would be to cause any of the Bonds to be “federally guaranteed” within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code.

Section 5.10. Collection of Special Tax Revenues. The City shall comply with all requirements of the Act so as to assure the timely collection of Special Tax Revenues, including without limitation, the enforcement of delinquent Special Taxes.

On or within five Business Days of each June 1, the Fiscal Agent shall provide the Finance Director with a notice stating the amount then on deposit in the Bond Fund and the Reserve Fund. The receipt of such notice by the Finance Director shall in no way affect the obligations of the Finance Director under the following two paragraphs. Upon receipt of such notice, the Finance Director shall ascertain the relevant parcels on which the Special Taxes are to be levied, taking into account any parcel splits during the preceding and then current year.

The City shall effect the levy of the Special Taxes each Fiscal Year in accordance with the Ordinance such that the computation of the levy is complete before the final date on which the County Auditor will accept the transmission of the Special Tax amounts for the parcels within Improvement Area No. 3 for inclusion on the next secured real property tax roll. Upon the completion of the computation of the amounts of the levy, the City shall prepare or cause to be prepared, and shall transmit to the Finance Director, such data as the County Auditor requires to include the levy of the Special Taxes on the next secured real property tax roll.

The City shall fix and levy the amount of Special Taxes within Improvement Area No. 3 required for the payment of principal of and interest on any Outstanding Bonds becoming due and payable during the ensuing year, including any necessary replenishment or expenditure of the Reserve Fund for the Bonds and an amount estimated to be sufficient to pay the Administrative Expenses during such year, all in accordance with the Rate and Method and the Ordinance.

The Special Taxes shall be payable and be collected in the same manner and at the same time and in the same installment as the general taxes on real property are payable, and have the same priority, become delinquent at the same times and in the same proportionate amounts and bear the same proportionate penalties and interest after delinquency as do the general taxes on real property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Taxes may be collected in such other manner as the City shall prescribe if necessary to pay the debt service on the Bonds.

Section 5.11. Further Assurances. The City will adopt, make, execute and deliver any and all such further resolutions, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention or to facilitate the performance of this Agreement, and for the better assuring and confirming unto the Owners of the rights and benefits provided in this Agreement.

Section 5.12. No Arbitrage. The City shall not take, or permit or suffer to be taken by the Fiscal Agent or otherwise, any action with respect to the gross proceeds of the Bonds 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 of the Code and Regulations.

Section 5.13. Maintenance of TaxExemption. 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 Code as in effect on the date of issuance of the Bonds.

Section 5.14. Annual State Reports. The following requirements shall apply to the Bonds:
(A) Annual Reporting. Not later than October 30 of each calendar year, beginning with the October 30 first succeeding the Closing Date for the 2025 Bonds, and in each calendar year thereafter until the October 30 following the final maturity of the Bonds, the Finance Director shall prepare and supply the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission, by mail, postage prepaid, with the information required under Section 53359.5(c) of the Act. The annual reporting shall be made using such form or forms as may be prescribed by CDIAC. (B) Other Reporting. If within 10 days prior to any Interest Payment Date it appears to the Fiscal Agent that there is a danger of deficiency in the Bond Fund and that the Fiscal Agent may be unable to pay regularly scheduled debt service on the Bonds in a timely manner or if the Fiscal Agent is unable to pay principal, interest and premium, if any, due on any Interest Payment Date for the Bonds due to insufficient funds in the Bond Fund, or if funds are withdrawn from the Reserve Fund to pay principal and/or interest on the Bonds, the Finance Director shall make the reports required under Section 4.02(D) hereof. (C) Amendment. The reporting requirements of this Section 5.14 shall be amended from time to time, without action by the City or the Fiscal Agent, to reflect any amendments to Section 53359.5(b) or Section 53359.5(c) of the Act. (D) No Liability. None of the City and its officers, agents and employees, the Finance Director or the Fiscal Agent shall be liable for any inadvertent error in reporting the information required by this Section 5.14.

Section 5.15. Covenant to Foreclose. The City hereby covenants with and for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds that it will annually on or before September 1 of each year review the public records of the County of San Joaquin relating to the collection of the Special Tax in order to determine the amount of the Special Tax collected in the prior Fiscal Year, and if the City determines on the basis of such review that the amount so collected is deficient it will enforce the lien of the Special Taxes by commencing, or cause to be commenced, foreclosure proceedings to judgment and sale in such manner and upon such timing as advised by legal counsel, taking into account the amounts delinquent, the estimate cost of legal proceedings, the status of Special Tax collections and available debt service reserves, against each separate lot or parcel of land in Improvement Area No. 3 for which installments of the Special Tax are delinquent, under the following circumstances:
(a) if the amount so collected is deficient by more than 5% of the total amount of the Special Tax levied in Improvement Area No. 3 in such Fiscal Year, it will enforce the lien on all delinquent parcels; or (b) if property owned by any single property owner in Improvement Area No. 3 is delinquent on four consecutive semi-annual Special Tax installments (irrespective of the total delinquencies in Improvement Area No. 3) it will enforce the lien against such property.

For clarity, the City need not take any actions toward foreclosure so long as (1) Improvement Area No. 3 is then participating in the Alternative Method of Distribution of Tax Levies and Collections described in Revenue & Taxation Code Section 4701 et seq. (i.e., the “Teeter Plan”), or an equivalent procedure, and (2) the amount in the Reserve Fund is at least equal to the Reserve Requirement.

Section 5.16. Continuing Disclosure to Owners. The City hereby covenants and agrees that it will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, failure of the City to comply with the Continuing Disclosure Certificate shall not be considered a default hereunder; however, any Participating Underwriter or any holder 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 thereunder, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order.

Section 5.17. No Additional Bonds. The City covenants not to issue Additional Bonds payable from Special Taxes and by the Special Tax Revenues equally and ratably with Bonds previously issued, except that the City may issue bonds to refund all or part of the Bonds. The City may also issue bonds secured by Special Taxes on a subordinate basis to the pledge of Special Taxes for payment of the Bonds.

Section 5.18. Yield of the Bonds. In determining the yield of the Bonds to comply with Section 5.13 and 6.02 hereof, the City will take into account optional and mandatory prepayment redemption (including premium, if any) in advance of maturity based on the reasonable expectations of the City, as of the Closing, without regard to whether or not redemption moneys are received or Bonds are redeemed.

ARTICLE VI
INVESTMENTS; DISPOSITION OF INVESTMENT PROCEEDS;

LIABILITY OF THE CITY
Section 6.01. Deposit and Investment of Moneys in Funds. Subject in all respects to the provisions of Section 6.02, moneys in any fund or account created or established by this Agreement and held by the Fiscal Agent, shall be invested by the Fiscal Agent in Permitted Investments, as directed pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate filed with the Fiscal Agent at least two (2) Business Days in advance of the making of such investments. In the absence of any such Officer’s Certificate, the Fiscal Agent shall invest any such moneys in Permitted Investments described in clause (vii) of the definition thereof which by their terms mature prior to the date on which such moneys are required to be paid out hereunder. Subject in all respects to the provisions of Section 6.02, moneys in any fund or account created or established by this Agreement and held by the Finance Director shall be invested by the Finance Director in any lawful investments that the City may make, which by their terms mature prior to the date on which such moneys are required to be paid out hereunder. Obligations purchased as an investment of moneys in any fund shall be deemed to be part of such fund or account, subject, however, to the requirements of this Agreement for transfer of interest earnings and profits resulting from investment of amounts in funds and accounts.

The Fiscal Agent or Finance Director may act as principal or agent in the acquisition or disposition of any investment. Neither the Fiscal Agent nor the Finance Director shall incur any liability for losses arising from any investments made pursuant to this Section. Any losses arising from any investments made pursuant to this Section shall be offset against interest earnings and profits retained in the same fund.

Except as otherwise provided in the next sentence, all investments of amounts deposited in any fund or account created by or pursuant to this Agreement, or otherwise containing gross proceeds of the Bonds (within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code), shall be acquired, disposed of, and valued (as of the date that valuation is required by this Agreement or the Code) at Fair Market Value. For purposes of any Fair Market Value determination hereunder, the Fiscal Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate of the City and shall be fully protected in relying thereon. Investments in funds or accounts (or portions thereof) that are subject to a yield restriction under applicable provisions of the Code and (unless valuation is undertaken at least annually) investments in the Reserve Fund shall be valued at their present value (within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code).

Investments in any and all funds and accounts may be commingled in a separate fund or funds for purposes of making, holding and disposing of investments, notwithstanding provisions herein for transfer to or holding in or to the credit of particular funds or accounts of amounts received or held by the Fiscal Agent or the Finance Director hereunder, provided that the Fiscal Agent or the Finance Director, as applicable, shall at all times account for such investments strictly in accordance with the funds and accounts to which they are credited and otherwise as provided in this Agreement.

The Fiscal Agent or the Finance Director, as applicable, shall sell or present for redemption, any investment security whenever it shall be necessary to provide moneys to meet any required payment, transfer, withdrawal or disbursement from the fund or account to which such investment security is credited and neither the Fiscal Agent nor the Finance Director shall be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from the acquisition or disposition of such investment security in accordance herewith.

The City acknowledges that to the extent regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency or other applicable regulatory entity grant the City the right to receive brokerage confirmations of security transactions as they occur, the City specifically waives receipt of such confirmations to the extent permitted by law. The Fiscal Agent will furnish the City periodic cash transaction statements which include detail for all investment transactions made by the Fiscal Agent hereunder.

Section 6.02. Rebate of Excess Investment Earnings to the United States. The City covenants to calculate and rebate to the federal government, in accordance with the Regulations, excess investment earnings to the extent required by Section 148(f) of the Code.

The City shall notify the Fiscal Agent of any amounts determined to be due to the federal government, and the Fiscal Agent shall, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate of the City, withdraw such amounts from the Reserve Fund pursuant to Section 4.03(D), and pay such amounts to the federal government as required by the Code and the Regulations. In the event of any shortfall in amounts available to make such payments under Section 4.03(D), the Fiscal Agent shall notify the Finance Director in writing of the amount of the shortfall and the Finance Director shall make such payment from any amounts available in the Special Tax Fund. Any fees or expenses incurred by the Fiscal Agent or the City under or pursuant to this Section 6.02 shall be Administrative Expenses.

In order to provide for the administration of this Section 6.02, the City may provide for the employment of independent attorneys, accountants and consultants compensated on such reasonable basis as the City may deem appropriate.

Section 6.03. Limited Obligation. The City’s obligations hereunder are limited obligations of the City on behalf of Improvement Area No. 3 of the District and are payable solely from and secured solely by the Special Tax Revenues and the amounts in the Special Tax Fund, the Bond Fund and the Reserve Fund created hereunder, as and to the extent described herein.

ARTICLE VII

THE FISCAL AGENT
Section 7.01. Appointment of Fiscal Agent. U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, at its Principal Office, is hereby appointed Fiscal Agent for the Bonds. The Fiscal Agent undertakes to perform such duties, and only such duties, as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Agreement against the Fiscal Agent.

Any company into which the Fiscal Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any company resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which it shall be a party or any company to which the Fiscal Agent may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business, provided such company shall be eligible under the following paragraph of this Section, shall be the successor to such Fiscal Agent without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

The City may remove the Fiscal Agent initially appointed, and any successor thereto, and may appoint a successor or successors thereto, but any such successor shall be a bank or trust company having a combined capital (exclusive of borrowed capital) and surplus of at least $50,000,000, including, for such purpose, the combined capital and surplus of any parent holding company, and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such bank or trust company publishes a report of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority above referred to, then for the purposes of this Section 7.01, combined capital and surplus of such bank or trust company shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.

The Fiscal Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice to the City and by giving to the Owners notice by mail of such resignation. Upon receiving notice of such resignation, the City shall promptly appoint a successor Fiscal Agent by an instrument in writing. Any resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Fiscal Agent.

If no appointment of a successor Fiscal Agent shall be made pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section within 30 days after the Fiscal Agent shall have given to the City written notice or after a vacancy in the office of the Fiscal Agent shall have occurred by reason of its inability to act, the Fiscal Agent or any Bondowner may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor Fiscal Agent. Said court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as such court may deem proper, appoint a successor Fiscal Agent.

Section 7.02. Liability of Fiscal Agent. The recitals of facts, covenants and agreements herein and in the Bonds contained shall be taken as statements, covenants and agreements of the City, and the Fiscal Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same, or makes any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Agreement or of the Bonds, or shall incur any responsibility in respect thereof, other than in connection with the duties or obligations herein or in the Bonds assigned to or imposed upon it. The Fiscal Agent shall not be liable in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own negligence or willful default. The Fiscal Agent assumes no responsibility or liability for any information, statement or recital in any offering memorandum or other disclosure material prepared or distributed with respect to the issuance of the Bonds. The Fiscal Agent has no liability regarding the use of the proceeds from the purchase of the Bonds deposited in funds held by the City.

In the absence of bad faith, the Fiscal Agent may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Fiscal Agent and conforming to the requirements of this Agreement, including all Officer’s Certificates of the City meeting such requirements; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions by which any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Fiscal Agent, the Fiscal Agent shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Agreement. Except as provided above in this paragraph, the Fiscal Agent shall be protected and shall incur no liability in acting or proceeding, or in not acting or not proceeding, in good faith, reasonably and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, upon any resolution, order, notice, request, consent or waiver, certificate, statement, affidavit, or other paper or document which it shall in good faith reasonably believe to be genuine and to have been adopted or signed by the proper person or to have been prepared and furnished pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, and the Fiscal Agent shall not be under any duty to make any investigation or inquiry as to any statements contained or matters referred to in any such instrument.

The Fiscal Agent shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a responsible officer unless it shall be proved that the Fiscal Agent was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

No provision of this Agreement shall require the Fiscal Agent 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, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

The Fiscal Agent shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Agreement at the request or direction of any of the Owners pursuant to this Agreement unless such Owners shall have offered to the Fiscal Agent reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

The Fiscal Agent may become the owner of the Bonds with the same rights it would have if it were not the Fiscal Agent.

Section 7.03. Information. The Fiscal Agent shall provide to the City such information relating to the Bonds and the funds and accounts maintained by the Fiscal Agent hereunder as the City shall reasonably request, including but not limited to quarterly statements reporting funds held and transactions by the Fiscal Agent.

Section 7.04. Notice to Fiscal Agent. The Fiscal Agent may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any Officer’s Certificate, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, warrant, Bond or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or proper parties and given in accordance with the requirements hereof. The Fiscal Agent may execute any of the powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Fiscal Agent shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. The Fiscal Agent may consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the City, 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.

The Fiscal Agent shall not be bound to recognize any person as the Owner of a Bond unless and until such Bond is submitted for inspection, if required, and his title thereto satisfactorily established, if disputed.

Whenever in the administration of its duties under this Agreement the Fiscal Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that 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, in the absence of willful misconduct on the part of the Fiscal Agent, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a certificate of the City, and such certificate shall be full warrant to the Fiscal Agent for any action taken or suffered under the provisions of this Agreement or any Supplemental Agreement upon the faith thereof, but in its discretion the Fiscal Agent may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may require such additional evidence as to it may seem reasonable.

Section 7.05. Compensation, Indemnification. The City shall pay to the Fiscal Agent, but only from the Special Taxes, from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered as Fiscal Agent under this Agreement, and also all reasonable expenses, charges, counsel fees and other disbursements, including those of their attorneys, agents and employees, incurred in and about the performance of their powers and duties under this Agreement, but the Fiscal Agent shall not have a lien therefor on any funds at any time held by it under this Agreement. The City further agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, and only from Special Tax Revenues as the source of funds, to indemnify and save the Fiscal Agent, its officers, employees, directors and agents harmless against any costs, claims, expenses or liabilities, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of its attorneys which it may incur in the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder which are not due to its negligence or willful misconduct. The obligation of the City under this Section shall survive resignation or removal of the Fiscal Agent under this Agreement and payment of the Bonds and discharge of this Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT
Section 8.01. Amendments Permitted. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the City and of the Owners of the Bonds may be modified or amended at any time by a Supplemental Agreement pursuant to the affirmative vote at a meeting of Owners, or with the written consent without a meeting, of the Owners of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding, exclusive of Bonds disqualified as provided in Section 8.04. No such modification or amendment shall (i) extend the maturity of any Bond or reduce the interest rate thereon, or otherwise alter or impair the obligation of the City to pay the principal of, and the interest and any premium on, any Bond, without the express consent of the Owner of such Bond, or (ii) permit the creation by the City of any pledge or lien upon the Special Taxes superior to or on a parity with the pledge and lien created for the benefit of the Bonds (except as otherwise permitted by the Act, the laws of the State of California or this Agreement), or reduce the percentage of Bonds required for the amendment hereof. No such amendment may modify any of the rights or obligations of the Fiscal Agent without its written consent.

This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the City and of the Owners may also be modified or amended at any time by a Supplemental Agreement, without the consent of any Owners, only to the extent permitted by law and only for any one or more of the following purposes:
(A) to add to the covenants and agreements of the City in this Agreement contained, other covenants and agreements thereafter to be observed, or to limit or surrender any right or power herein reserved to or conferred upon the City; (B) to make modifications not adversely affecting any outstanding series of Bonds of the City in any material respect; (C) to make such provisions for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained in this Agreement, or in regard to questions arising under this Agreement, as the City and the Fiscal Agent may deem necessary or desirable, and which shall not adversely affect the rights of the Owners of the Bonds; or (D) to make such additions, deletions or modifications as may be necessary or desirable to assure compliance with Section 148 of the Code relating to required rebate of excess investment earnings to the United States or otherwise as may be necessary to assure exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds or to conform with the Regulations; (E) to facilitate the issuance of Additional Bonds, to the extent permitted by Section 5.17.

Section 8.02. Owners’ Meetings. The City may at any time call a meeting of the Owners. In such event the City is authorized to fix the time and place of said meeting and to provide for the giving of notice thereof and to fix and adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of said meeting.

Section 8.03. Procedure for Amendment with Written Consent of Owners. The City and the Fiscal Agent may at any time enter into a Supplemental Agreement amending the provisions of the Bonds or of this Agreement or any Supplemental Agreement, to the extent that such amendment is permitted by Section 8.01, to take effect when and as provided in this Section. A copy of such Supplemental Agreement, together with a request to Owners for their consent thereto, if such consent is required under Section 8.01, shall be mailed by first class mail, by the Fiscal Agent to each Owner of Bonds Outstanding, but failure to mail copies of such Supplemental Agreement and request shall not affect the validity of the Supplemental Agreement when assented to as in this Section provided.

If consent of the Owners is required under Section 8.01, such Supplemental Agreement shall not become effective unless there shall be filed with the Fiscal Agent the written consents of the Owners of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds then Outstanding (exclusive of Bonds disqualified as provided in Section 8.04) and a notice shall have been mailed as hereinafter in this Section provided. Each such consent shall be effective only if accompanied by proof of ownership of the Bonds for which such consent is given, which proof shall be such as is permitted by Section 9.04. Any such consent shall be binding upon the Owner of the Bonds giving such consent and on any subsequent Owner (whether or not such subsequent Owner has notice thereof) unless such consent is revoked in writing by the Owner giving such consent or a subsequent Owner by filing such revocation with the Fiscal Agent prior to the date when the notice hereinafter in this Section provided for has been mailed.

After the Owners of the required percentage of Bonds shall have filed their consents to the Supplemental Agreement, the City shall mail a notice to the Owners in the manner hereinbefore provided in this Section for the mailing of the Supplemental Agreement, stating in substance that the Supplemental Agreement has been consented to by the Owners of the required percentage of Bonds and will be effective as provided in this Section (but failure to mail copies of said notice shall not affect the validity of the Supplemental Agreement or consents thereto). Proof of the mailing of such notice shall be filed with the Fiscal Agent. A record, consisting of the papers required by this Section 8.03 to be filed with the Fiscal Agent, shall be proof of the matters therein stated until the contrary is proved. The Supplemental Agreement shall become effective upon the filing with the Fiscal Agent of the proof of mailing of such notice, and the Supplemental Agreement shall be deemed conclusively binding (except as otherwise herein above specifically provided in this Article) upon the City and the Owners of all Bonds at the expiration of 60 days after such filing, except in the event of a final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction setting aside such consent in a legal action or equitable proceeding for such purpose commenced within such 60day period.

Section 8.04. Disqualified Bonds. Bonds owned or held for the account of the City, excepting any pension or retirement fund, shall not be deemed Outstanding for the purpose of any vote, consent or other action or any calculation of Outstanding Bonds provided for in this Article VIII, and shall not be entitled to vote upon, consent to, or take any other action provided for in this Article VIII. Upon request, the City shall provide an Officer’s Certificate to the Fiscal Agent listing those Bonds which are disqualified pursuant to this Section 8.04.

Section 8.05. Effect of Supplemental Agreement. From and after the time any Supplemental Agreement becomes effective pursuant to this Article VIII, this Agreement shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, the respective rights, duties and obligations under this Agreement of the City and all Owners of Bonds Outstanding shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such Supplemental Agreement shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Agreement for any and all purposes.

Section 8.06. Endorsement or Replacement of Bonds Issued After Amendments. The City may determine that Bonds issued and delivered after the effective date of any action taken as provided in this Article VIII shall bear a notation, by endorsement or otherwise, in form approved by the City, as to such action. In that case, upon demand of the Owner of any Bond Outstanding at such effective date and presentation of his Bond for that purpose at the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent or at such other office as the City may select and designate for that purpose, a suitable notation shall be made on such Bond. The City may determine that new Bonds, so modified as in the opinion of the City is necessary to conform to such Owners’ action, shall be prepared, executed and delivered. In that case, upon demand of the Owner of any Bonds then Outstanding, such new Bonds shall be exchanged at the Principal Office of the Fiscal Agent without cost to any Owner, for Bonds then Outstanding, upon surrender of such Bonds.

Section 8.07. Amendatory Endorsement of Bonds. The provisions of this Article VIII shall not prevent any Owner from accepting any amendment as to the particular Bonds held by him, provided that due notation thereof is made on such Bonds.

Section 8.08. Opinion of Counsel Regarding Supplemental Agreement. The Fiscal Agent shall be furnished an opinion of counsel that any Supplemental Agreement entered into by the City and the Fiscal Agent complies with the provisions of this Article VIII, and the Fiscal Agent may conclusively rely upon such opinion.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS
Section 9.01. Benefits of Agreement Limited to Parties. Nothing in this Agreement expressed or implied, is intended to give to any person other than the City, the Fiscal Agent and the Owners, any right, remedy, claim under or by reason of this Agreement. Any covenants, stipulations, promises or agreements in this Agreement contained by and on behalf of the City shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Owners and the Fiscal Agent.

Section 9.02. Successor is Deemed Included in All References to Predecessor. Whenever in this Agreement or any Supplemental Agreement either the City or the Fiscal Agent 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 Agreement contained by or on behalf of the City or the Fiscal Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns thereof whether so expressed or not.

Section 9.03. Discharge of Agreement. If the City shall pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on all or any portion of the Bonds Outstanding in any one or more of the following ways:
(A) by well and truly paying or causing to be paid the principal of, and interest and any premium on, such Bonds Outstanding, as and when the same become due and payable; (B) by depositing with the Fiscal Agent or other fiduciary, at or before maturity, money which, together with (in the event that all of the Bonds are to be defeased) the amounts then on deposit in the funds and accounts provided for in Sections 4.02 and 4.03, is fully sufficient to pay such Bonds Outstanding, including all principal, interest and redemption premiums; or (C) by irrevocably depositing with the Fiscal Agent or other fiduciary, cash and Federal Securities in such amount as the City shall determine as confirmed by an independent certified public accountant will, together with the interest to accrue thereon and (in the event that all of the Bonds are to be defeased) moneys then on deposit in the fund and accounts provided for in Sections 4.02 and 4.03, be fully sufficient to pay and discharge the indebtedness on such Bonds (including all principal, interest and redemption premiums) at or before their respective maturity dates; and if such Bonds are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof notice of such redemption shall have been given as in this Agreement provided or provision satisfactory to the Fiscal Agent shall have been made for the giving of such notice, then, at the election of the City, and notwithstanding that any Bonds shall not have been surrendered for payment, the pledge of the Special Taxes and other funds provided for in this Agreement and all other obligations of the City under this Agreement with respect to such Bonds Outstanding shall cease and terminate, except only the obligations of the City under Section 5.13 and to pay or cause to be paid to the Owners of the Bonds not so surrendered and paid all sums due thereon and all amounts owing to the Fiscal Agent pursuant to Section 7.05; and thereafter Special Taxes shall not be payable to the Fiscal Agent. Notice of such election shall be filed with the Fiscal Agent.

Any funds thereafter held by the Fiscal Agent upon payments of all fees and expenses of the Fiscal Agent, which are not required for said purpose, shall be paid over to the City.

Section 9.04. Execution of Documents and Proof of Ownership by Owners. Any request, declaration or other instrument which this Agreement may require or permit to be executed by Owners may be in one or more instruments of similar tenor, and shall be executed by Owners in person or by their attorneys appointed in writing.

Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the fact and date of the execution by any Owner or his attorney of such request, consent, declaration or other instrument, or of such writing appointing such attorney, may be proved by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded in the state in which he purports to act, that the person signing such request, declaration or other instrument or writing 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.

Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the ownership of registered Bonds and the amount, maturity, number and date of holding the same shall be proved by the registry books.

Any request, consent, declaration or other instrument or writing of the Owner of any Bond shall bind all future Owners of such Bond in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the City or the Fiscal Agent in good faith and in accordance therewith.

Section 9.05. Waiver of Personal Liability. No member, officer, agent or employee of the City shall be individually or personally liable for the payment of the principal of, or interest or any premium on, the Bonds; but nothing herein contained shall relieve any such member, officer, agent or employee from the performance of any official duty provided by law.

Section 9.06. Notices to and Demands on City and Fiscal Agent. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served by the Fiscal Agent to or on the City may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box, by overnight courier or by facsimile (with receipt confirmed by telephone) addressed (until another address is filed by the City with the Fiscal Agent) as follows:

City of Manteca
1001 W Center Street
Manteca, California 95337
Attention: Finance Director
Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served by the City to or on the Fiscal Agent may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box, by overnight courier or by facsimile (with receipt confirmed by telephone) addressed (until another address is filed by the Fiscal Agent with the City) as follows:

U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
1 California St, Ste 1000
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
Fax: (206) 344-4630
Email: [email protected]
Section 9.07. Partial Invalidity. If any Section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Agreement shall for any reason be held illegal or unenforceable, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Agreement. The City hereby declares that it would have adopted this Agreement and each and every other Section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof and authorized the issue of the Bonds pursuant thereto irrespective of the fact that any one or more Sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, or phrases of this Agreement may be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable.

Section 9.08. Unclaimed Moneys. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any moneys held by the Fiscal Agent for the payment and discharge of the principal of, and the interest and any premium on, the Bonds which remains unclaimed for two (2) years after the date when the payments of such principal, interest and premium have become payable, if such moneys was held by the Fiscal Agent at such date, shall be repaid by the Fiscal Agent to the City as its absolute property free from any trust, and the Fiscal Agent shall thereupon be released and discharged with respect thereto and the Bond Owners shall look only to the City for the payment of the principal of, and interest and any premium on, such Bonds.

Section 9.09. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts made and performed in the State of California.

Section 9.10. Conflict with Act. In the event of a conflict between any provision of this Agreement with any provision of the Act as in effect on the Closing Date, the provision of the Act shall prevail over the conflicting provision of this Agreement.

Section 9.11. Conclusive Evidence of Regularity. Bonds issued pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute conclusive evidence of the regularity of all proceedings under the Act relative to their issuance and the levy of the Special Taxes.

Section 9.12. Payment on Business Day. In any case where the date of the maturity of interest or of principal (and premium, if any) of the Bonds or the date fixed for redemption of any Bonds or the date any action is to be taken pursuant to this Agreement is other than a Business Day, the payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) or the action need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date required and no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such date.

Section 9.13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name and the Fiscal Agent has caused this Agreement to be executed in its name, all as of March 1, 2025.

CITY OF MANTECA, for and on behalf of City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) By:

Finance Director
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Fiscal Agent By:

Authorized Officer

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF BOND

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

STATE OF CALIFORNIA
No. ________ ***$__________***
IMPROVEMENT AREA NO. 3 OF THE

CITY OF MANTECA
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2023-1 (VILLA TICINO WEST FACILITIES) SPECIAL TAX BONDS SERIES 2025
INTEREST RATE:

MATURITY DATE:

BOND DATE:

CUSIP:
%
September 1, 20__
March ___, 2025
REGISTERED OWNER: Cede & Co.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: ***______________ DOLLARS***
The City of Manteca (the “City”) for and on behalf of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) (the “District”), through Improvement Area No. 3 (“Improvement Area No. 3”) of the District, for value received, hereby promises to pay solely from the Special Tax Revenues (as hereinafter defined) and amounts in certain funds and accounts held under the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), to the Registered Owner named above, or registered assigns (the “Owner”), on the Maturity Date set forth above, unless redeemed prior thereto as hereinafter provided, the Principal Amount set forth above, and to pay interest on such principal amount from the Bond Date shown above, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semiannually on March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2025 (the “Interest Payment Dates”), at the Interest Rate set forth above, until the principal amount hereof is paid or made available for payment. The principal of this Bond is payable to the Owner hereof in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the principal corporate trust office of U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association in St. Paul, Minnesota (the “Fiscal Agent”). Interest on this Bond shall be paid by check of the Fiscal Agent mailed by first class mail on each Interest Payment Date to the Owner hereof as of the close of business on the 15th day of the month preceding the month in which the Interest Payment Date occurs (the “Record Date”) at such Owner’s address as it appears on the registration books maintained by the Fiscal Agent, or by wire transfer made on such Interest Payment Date upon written instructions delivered to the Fiscal Agent by the applicable Record Date of any Owner of $1,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of Bonds.

This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of bonds approved by resolution of the City Council of the City on ___________, 2025 (the “Resolution”), pursuant to the MelloRoos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, Sections 53311, et seq., of the California Government Code (the “Mello-Roos Act”) for the purpose of providing moneys for the construction and acquisition of improvements for the District, and is one of the bonds designated “Improvement Area No. 3 of the City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Special Tax Bonds Series 2025” (the “Bonds”). The issuance of the Bonds and the terms and conditions thereof are provided for by a Fiscal Agent Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2025, by and between the City and the Fiscal Agent (the “Agreement”) and this reference incorporates the Agreement herein, and by acceptance hereof the Owner of this Bond assents to said terms and conditions. The Agreement is authorized under, this Bond is issued under and both are to be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are defined in the Agreement.

Pursuant to the MelloRoos Act, the Agreement and the Resolution, the principal of and interest on this Bond are payable solely from (i) the “Special Tax Revenues,” being the proceeds of the Special Taxes annually received by the City, including all scheduled payments and delinquent payments thereof, and proceeds of the redemption or sale of property sold as a result of foreclosure of the lien of the Special Taxes, but not including any interest or penalties, less the Priority Administrative Expense, and (ii) amounts in certain funds held under the Agreement, including a debt service reserve fund, as described therein.

Interest on this Bond shall be payable from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of authentication hereof, unless (i) it is authenticated on an Interest Payment Date, in which event it shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date, or (ii) such date of authentication is after a Record Date but on or prior to an Interest Payment Date, in which event interest will be payable from such Interest Payment Date, or (iii) such date of authentication is prior to the first Record Date, in which event interest will be payable from the Bond Date shown above; provided however, that if at the time of authentication of this Bond, interest is in default hereon, this Bond shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date to which interest has previously been paid or made available for payment hereon.

Any tax for the payment hereof shall be limited to the Special Tax, except to the extent that provision for payment has been made by the City as may be permitted by law. The Bonds do not constitute obligations of the City for which the City is obligated to levy or pledge, or has levied or pledged, general or special taxation other than described herein above.

The Bonds are subject to optional redemption from any source of available funds (other than prepayments of the Special Tax by property owners), in whole or in part among maturities as specified by the City and by lot within a maturity, on any date on and after September 1, 2031 at the following respective redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed), plus accrued interest thereon to the date of redemption:

Redemption Dates
Redemption
Price
September 1, 2031 through August 31, 2032
103%
September 1, 2032 through August 31, 2033
102
September 1, 2033 through August 31, 2034
101
September 1, 2034 and any date thereafter
100
The Bonds shall be subject to mandatory redemption from prepayments of the Special Tax by property owners, in whole or in part among maturities as shall be specified by the City and by lot within a maturity, on any Interest Payment Date at the following respective redemption prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed), plus accrued interest thereon the date of redemption:

Redemption Dates
Redemption Price
Interest Payment Dates through and including March 1, 2032 103%
September 1, 2032 and March 1, 2033
102
September 1, 2033 and March 1, 2034
101
September 1, 2034 and any Interest Payment Date thereafter 100
The proceeds of any such prepayment shall be deposited in the Prepayment Account of the Bond Fund and applied by the Fiscal Agent to pay the redemption price of the Bonds.

The 2025 Bonds maturing on September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___ and September 1, 20___ (the “2025 Term Bonds”) are subject to mandatory sinking payment redemption in part on September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___, September 1, 20___, and September 1, 20___, respectively, and on each September 1 thereafter to maturity, by lot, at a redemption price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed, without premium, in the aggregate respective principal amounts as set forth in the following tables:

September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
September 1, 20___ Term Bonds
Mandatory
Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payment
The amounts in the foregoing tables shall be reduced pro rata at the direction of the City in an Officer’s Certificate, in order to maintain substantially uniform debt service, as a result of any prior partial redemption of the Bonds.

Notice of redemption with respect to the Bonds to be redeemed shall be given to the Owners thereof, in the manner, to the extent and subject to the provisions of the Agreement.

This Bond shall be registered in the name of the Owner hereof, as to both principal and interest. Each registration and transfer of registration of this Bond shall be entered by the Fiscal Agent in books kept by it for this purpose and authenticated by its manual signature upon the certificate of authentication endorsed hereon.

No transfer or exchange hereof shall be valid for any purpose unless made by the registered owner, by execution of the form of assignment endorsed hereon, and authenticated as herein provided, and the principal hereof, interest hereon and any redemption premium shall be payable only to the registered owner or to such Owner’s order. The Fiscal Agent shall require the Owner requesting transfer or exchange to pay any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange. No transfer or exchange hereof shall be required to be made (i) within 15 days prior to the date established by the Fiscal Agent for selection of Bonds for redemption or (ii) with respect to a Bond after such Bond has been selected for redemption.

The Agreement and the rights and obligations of the City thereunder may be modified or amended as set forth therein. The principal of the Bonds is not subject to acceleration upon a default under the Agreement or any other document.

This Bond shall not become valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon endorsed shall have been dated and manually signed by the Fiscal Agent.

It is hereby certified, recited and declared that all acts, conditions and things required by law to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Bond have existed, happened and been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law, and that the amount of this Bond, together with all other indebtedness of the City, does not exceed any debt limit prescribed by the laws or Constitution of the State of California.

Unless this Bond is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company to the Fiscal Agent for 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 TRANSFER, 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.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Manteca has caused this Bond to be executed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of its Mayor and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its City Clerk.

CITY MANTECA, for and on behalf of City of Manteca Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) By:

Mayor
Attested:

By:

City Clerk
FISCAL AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Bonds described in the Resolution of Issuance and the Agreement.

Dated: _____________, 2025
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Fiscal Agent By:

Authorized Officer

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned do(es) hereby sell, assign and transfer unto

(Name, address and Tax Identification Number of Assignee) the withinmentioned registered Bond and hereby irrevocably constitute(s) and appoint(s) attorney,
to transfer the same on the registration books of the Fiscal Agent with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated: ________________
Signature Guaranteed:

NOTE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17A(d)15.

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.

EXHIBIT B
$__________
Improvement Area No. 3 of the
City of Manteca
Community Facilities District No. 2023-1 (Villa Ticino West Facilities) Special Tax Bonds
Series 2025
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE REQUESTING DISBURSEMENT

FROM THE IMPROVEMENT FUND
REQUISITION NO. _____
The undersigned hereby states and certifies that:
(i) I am an “Authorized Officer” of the City, as such term is defined in that certain Fiscal Agent Agreement, dated as of March 1, 2025 (the “Fiscal Agent Agreement”), by and between the City and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as fiscal agent (the “Fiscal Agent”) and as such, am familiar with the facts herein certified and am authorized to certify the same; (ii) under Section 3.04(B) of the Fiscal Agent Agreement, the undersigned hereby requests and authorizes the Fiscal Agent to disburse from the Improvement Fund established under the Fiscal Agent Agreement to each payee designated on Schedule A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein, the amount set forth opposite such payee, for payment or reimbursement of previous payment of a Project cost (as that term is defined in the Fiscal Agent Agreement) as described on attached Schedule A; (iii) an obligation in the stated amount has been properly incurred and each such obligation is a proper charge against the Improvement Fund and has not been subject of any previous requisition of the City requesting disbursement; (iv) there has not been filed with or served upon the City a stop notice or any other notice of any lien, right to lien or attachment upon, or claim affecting the right to receive payment of, any of the money payable to the person named in this Officer’s Certificate, which has not been released or will not be released with the payment of such obligation, other than materialmen’s or mechanics’ liens accruing by mere operation of laws; and (v) in the case of each payment made under any contract for installation or construction, insofar as such obligation was incurred for work, materials, equipment or supplies, such work was actually performed or such materials, equipment or supplies were actually installed in furtherance of the Project or delivered at the site for that purpose or delivered for storage or fabrication at a place or places approved by the City.

Dated: __________, 20__ CITY OF MANTECA
By:

Authorized Officer

SCHEDULE A
Payee Name and Address
Purpose of Obligation
Amount
23 [Signature page to Fiscal Agent Agreement dated as of March 1, 2025] A-7
B-4
Jones Hall Draft of Feb. 14, 2025