BOND INDENTURE
By and Between
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01
(PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES),
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
as Trustee
Relating to
$__________
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01
(PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES),
SPECIAL TAX BONDS (OYSTER POINT), SERIES 2022
Dated as of April 1, 2022
TOC \t "Heading 1,1, Heading 2,2" \x \* MERGEFORMAT ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1. Definitions PAGEREF _Toc98334515 \h 2
ARTICLE II
GENERAL AUTHORIZATION AND BOND TERMS
Section 2.1. Amount, Issuance, Purpose and Nature of Bonds and Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334517 \h 13 Section 2.2. Type and Nature of Bonds and Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334518 \h 13 Section 2.3. Equality of Bonds and Parity Bonds and Pledge of Net Taxes PAGEREF _Toc98334519 \h 14 Section 2.4. Description of Bonds; Interest Rates PAGEREF _Toc98334520 \h 14 Section 2.5. Place and Form of Payment PAGEREF _Toc98334521 \h 15 Section 2.6. Form of Bonds and Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334522 \h 16 Section 2.7. Execution and Authentication PAGEREF _Toc98334523 \h 16 Section 2.8. Bond Register PAGEREF _Toc98334524 \h 17
Section 2.9. Registration of Exchange or Transfer PAGEREF _Toc98334525 \h 17 Section 2.10. Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Bonds or Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334526 \h 18 Section 2.11. Validity of Bonds and Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334527 \h 18 Section 2.12. Book‑Entry System PAGEREF _Toc98334528 \h 18 Section 2.13. Representation Letter PAGEREF _Toc98334529 \h 19 Section 2.14. Transfers Outside Book‑Entry System PAGEREF _Toc98334530 \h 19 Section 2.15. Payments to the Nominee PAGEREF _Toc98334531 \h 19 Section 2.16. Initial Depository and Nominee PAGEREF _Toc98334532 \h 20
ARTICLE III
CREATION OF FUNDS AND APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 3.1. Creation of Funds; Application of Proceeds PAGEREF _Toc98334534 \h 20 Section 3.2. Deposits to and Disbursements from Special Tax Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334535 \h 21 Section 3.3. Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334536 \h 21 Section 3.4. Interest Account and Principal Account of the Special Tax Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334537 \h 22 Section 3.5. Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334538 \h 22 Section 3.6. Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334539 \h 23 Section 3.7. Rebate Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334540 \h 24
Section 3.8. Surplus Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334541 \h 27
Section 3.9. Acquisition and Construction Fund PAGEREF _Toc98334542 \h 28 Section 3.10. Investments PAGEREF _Toc98334543 \h 28
ARTICLE IV
REDEMPTION OF BONDS AND PARITY BONDS
Section 4.1. Redemption of Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334545 \h 30 Section 4.2. Selection of Bonds and Parity Bonds for Redemption PAGEREF _Toc98334546 \h 32 Section 4.3. Notice of Redemption PAGEREF _Toc98334547 \h 32 Section 4.4. Partial Redemption of Bonds or Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334548 \h 34 Section 4.5. Effect of Notice and Availability of Redemption Money PAGEREF _Toc98334549 \h 34
ARTICLE V
COVENANTS AND WARRANTY
Section 5.1. Warranty PAGEREF _Toc98334551 \h 34
Section 5.2. Covenants PAGEREF _Toc98334552 \h 34
ARTICLE VI
AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE
Section 6.1. Supplemental Indentures or Orders Not Requiring Bondowner Consent PAGEREF _Toc98334554 \h 38 Section 6.2. Supplemental Indentures or Orders Requiring Bondowner Consent PAGEREF _Toc98334555 \h 39 Section 6.3. Notation of Bonds or Parity Bonds; Delivery of Amended Bonds or Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334556 \h 40
ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE
Section 7.1. Trustee PAGEREF _Toc98334558 \h 40
Section 7.2. Removal of Trustee PAGEREF _Toc98334559 \h 41 Section 7.3. Resignation of Trustee PAGEREF _Toc98334560 \h 42 Section 7.4. Liability of Trustee PAGEREF _Toc98334561 \h 42 Section 7.5. Merger or Consolidation PAGEREF _Toc98334562 \h 44
ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Section 8.1. Events of Default PAGEREF _Toc98334564 \h 44 Section 8.2. Remedies of Owners PAGEREF _Toc98334565 \h 45 Section 8.3. Application of Revenues and Other Funds After Default PAGEREF _Toc98334566 \h 45 Section 8.4. Power of Trustee to Control Proceedings PAGEREF _Toc98334567 \h 46 Section 8.5. Appointment of Receivers PAGEREF _Toc98334568 \h 46 Section 8.6. Non‑Waiver PAGEREF _Toc98334569 \h 46
Section 8.7. Limitations on Rights and Remedies of Owners PAGEREF _Toc98334570 \h 47 Section 8.8. Termination of Proceedings PAGEREF _Toc98334571 \h 47
ARTICLE IX
DEFEASANCE AND PARITY BONDS
Section 9.1. Defeasance PAGEREF _Toc98334573 \h 48
Section 9.2. Conditions for the Issuance of Parity Bonds and Other Additional Indebtedness PAGEREF _Toc98334574 \h 49
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1. Cancellation of Bonds and Parity Bonds PAGEREF _Toc98334576 \h 51 Section 10.2. Execution of Documents and Proof of Ownership PAGEREF _Toc98334577 \h 52 Section 10.3. Unclaimed Moneys PAGEREF _Toc98334578 \h 52 Section 10.4. Provisions Constitute Contract PAGEREF _Toc98334579 \h 53 Section 10.5. Future Contracts PAGEREF _Toc98334580 \h 53 Section 10.6. Further Assurances PAGEREF _Toc98334581 \h 53 Section 10.7. Severability PAGEREF _Toc98334582 \h 53
Section 10.8. Notices PAGEREF _Toc98334583 \h 53
Section 10.9. Execution PAGEREF _Toc98334584 \h 53
EXHIBIT A FORM OF SPECIAL TAX BOND (OYSTER POINT), SERIES 2022 A-1 EXHIBIT B FORM OF REQUISITION FOR DISBURSEMENT OF PROJECT COSTS B-1
BOND INDENTURE
THIS BOND INDENTURE dated as of April 1, 2022, by and between CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01 (PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES), CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA (the “District”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), governs the terms of the City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), Special Tax Bonds, Series 2022, and any Parity Bonds issued in accordance herewith from time to time.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of South San Francisco, located in the County of San Mateo, California (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the “legislative body of the District”), has heretofore undertaken proceedings and declared the necessity to issue bonds of the District pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, being Chapter 2.5, Part 1, Division 2, Title 5, of the Government Code of the State of California (the “Act”); and WHEREAS, based upon Resolution Nos. 53-2021 and 54-2021 adopted by the legislative body of the District on March 10, 2021 and an election held March 10, 2021 authorizing the levy of a special tax and the issuance of bonds by the District, the District is now authorized to issue bonds in one or more series, pursuant to the Act, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $105,000,000; and WHEREAS, the legislative body of the District intends to finance certain public facilities through the issuance of bonds in an aggregate principal amount of $__________ designated as the “City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services) Special Tax Bonds (Oyster Point), Series 2022” (the “Series 2022 Bonds”); and WHEREAS, the District has determined that all requirements of the Act for the issuance of the Series 2022 Bonds have been satisfied; NOW, THEREFORE, in order to establish the terms and conditions upon and subject to which the Series 2022 Bonds are to be issued, and in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants contained herein and of the purchase and acceptance of the Series 2022 Bonds by the Owners thereof, and for other valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the District does hereby covenant and agree, for the benefit of the Owners of the Series 2022 Bonds and any Parity Bonds (as defined herein) which may be issued hereunder from time to time, as follows:
DEFINITIONS
Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“Account” means any account created pursuant to this Indenture. “Act” means the Mello‑Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, being Sections 53311 et seq. of the California Government Code. “Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Acquisition, Construction and Funding Agreement by and between the City, acting for and behalf of itself and the District, and [Kilroy Realty TRS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company], together with any amendments thereto. “Acquisition and Construction Fund” means the fund by that name established pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Administrative Expenses” means the administrative costs with respect to the calculation and collection of the Special Taxes, including all attorneys’ fees and other costs related thereto, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, any fees and related costs for credit enhancement for the Bonds or any Parity Bonds which are not otherwise paid as Costs of Issuance, any costs related to the District’s compliance with state and federal laws requiring continuing disclosure of information concerning the Bonds and the District, and any other costs otherwise incurred by the City staff on behalf of the District in order to carry out the purposes of the District as set forth in the Resolution of Formation and any obligation of the District hereunder, under the Continuing Disclosure Certificate or under the Acquisition Agreement. “Administrative Expenses Account” means the account by that name created and established in the Special Tax Fund pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Administrative Expenses Cap” means an amount equal to $50,000 per Bond Year, which amount shall escalate at 2.00% per Fiscal Year, commencing July 1, 2023. “Alternate Penalty Account” means the account by that name created and established in the Rebate Fund pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Annual Debt Service” means the principal amount of any Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds payable in a Bond Year either at maturity or pursuant to a Sinking Fund Payment and any interest payable on any Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds in such Bond Year, if the Outstanding Bonds and any Outstanding Parity Bonds are retired as scheduled. “Authorized Investments” means any of the following to the extent then permitted by the general laws of the State of California:
(1) (a) Direct obligations (other than an obligation subject to variation in principal repayment) of the United States of America (“United States Treasury Obligations”), (b) obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the United States of America, (c) obligations fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America when such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, or (d) evidences of ownership of proportionate interests in future interest and principal payments on obligations described above held by a bank or trust company as custodian, under which the owner of the investment is the real party in interest and has the right to proceed directly and individually against the obligor and the underlying government obligations are not available to any person claiming through the custodian or to whom the custodian may be obligated (collectively “United States Obligations”). These include, but are not necessarily limited to:
-U.S. Treasury obligations
All direct or fully guaranteed obligations
-Farmers Home Administration
Certificates of beneficial ownership
-General Services Administration
Participation certificates
-U.S. Maritime Administration
Guaranteed Title XI financing
-Small Business Administration
Guaranteed participation certificates
Guaranteed pool certificates
-Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
GNMA-guaranteed mortgage-backed securities
GNMA-guaranteed participation certificates
-U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
Local authority bonds
-Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Guaranteed transit bonds
(2) Federal Housing Administration debentures.
(3) The listed obligations of government-sponsored agencies which are not backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America:
-Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)
Participation certificates (excluded are stripped mortgage securities which are purchased at prices exceeding their principal amounts) Senior debt obligations
-Farm Credit Banks (formerly: Federal Land Banks, Federal intermediate Credit Banks and Banks for Cooperatives)
Consolidated systemwide bonds and notes
-Federal Home Loan Banks (FHL Banks)
Consolidated debt obligations
-Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
Senior debt obligations
Mortgage-backed securities (excluded are stripped mortgages securities which are purchased at prices exceeding their principal amounts) -Financing Corporation (FICO)
Debt obligations
-Resolution Funding Corporation (REFCORP)
Debt obligations
- Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) Debt obligations
(4) Bank deposit products, unsecured certificates of deposit (including those placed by a third party pursuant to an agreement between the District and the Trustee), trust funds, trust accounts, overnight banking deposits, interest bearing deposits, interest bearing money market accounts, time deposits, demand deposits, and bankers’ acceptances (having maturities of not more than 30 days) of any bank (including the Trustee and any affiliate) the short-term obligations of which are rated “A-1” or “A-2” without regard to qualifier by a nationally recognized rating agency service. (5) Deposits the aggregate amount of which are fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in banks, including the Trustee and its affiliates, which have capital and surplus of at least $5 million. (6) Commercial paper (having original maturities of not more than 270 days) rated, at the time of purchase, “A-1” or better by S&P or “Prime-1” by Moody’s. (7) Money market mutual funds rated “AAm” or “AAm-G” by a nationally recognized rating agency service, or better (including those for which the Trustee or its affiliates receives and retains a fee for services provided to the fund, whether as a custodian, transfer agent, investment advisor or otherwise) but excluding such funds with a floating net asset value. (8) Investments in repurchase agreements which comply with the requirements of California Government Code Section 53601(j) pursuant to which the seller will repurchase the securities on or before a specified date and for a specified amount and will deliver the underlying securities to the Trustee by book entry, physical delivery, or by third party custodial agreement. The term “securities,” for the purpose of repurchase agreements, means securities of the same issuer, description, issue date and maturity.
Repurchase agreements are required to be collateralized by securities or cash authorized under California Government Code Section 53601(j)(2) as described below:
(a) To anticipate market changes and provide a level of security for all repurchase agreement transactions, the market value of securities that underlie a repurchase agreement shall be valued at 102% or greater for U.S. securities listed in paragraph (1) above and 105% for U.S. Government Agency securities listed in paragraph (3) above, of the funds borrowed against those securities and the value shall be adjusted no less frequently than weekly. Since the market value of the underlying securities is subject to daily market fluctuations, the investments in repurchase agreements shall be in compliance if the value of the underlying securities is brought back up to 102% or 105%, as applicable, no later than the next business day. (b) Collateral will be limited to U.S. Treasury securities listed in paragraph (1) above and U.S. Government Agency securities listed in paragraph (3) above. Collateral will be held by an independent third party with whom the Trustee has a current custodial agreement. A clearly marked evidence of ownership (safekeeping/custody receipt) must be supplied to the Trustee and retained. The Trustee retains the right to substitute or grant substitutions of collateral. (9) State Obligations:
(a) Direct general obligations of any state of the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof to which is pledged the full faith and credit of a state the unsecured general obligation debt of which is rated “A2” by Moody’s or “A+” by S&P or Fitch, or better, or any obligation fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any state, subdivision or agency whose unsecured general obligation debt is so rated. (b) Direct, general short-term obligations of any state agency or subdivision described in (a) above and rated “A-1+” by S&P or “F1+” by Fitch or “Prime-1” by Moody’s. (c) Special Revenue Bonds (as defined in the United States Bankruptcy Code) of any state, state agency or subdivision described in (a) above and rated “A+” or better by S&P or Fitch or “Aa” or better by Moody’s. (10) Local Agency Investment Fund of the State of California. (11) Investment Agreements.
(12) Pre-refunded municipal obligations rated “AAA” by S&P or Fitch or “Aaa” by Moody’s meeting the following requirements:
(a) the municipal obligations are (1) not subject to redemption prior to maturity or (2) the trustee for the municipal obligations has been given irrevocable instructions concerning their call and redemption and the issuer of the municipal obligations has covenanted not to redeem such municipal obligations other than as set forth in such instructions; (b) the municipal obligations are secured by cash or United States Treasury Obligations which may be applied only to payment of the principal of, interest and premium on such municipal obligations; (c) the principal of and interest on the United States Treasury Obligations (plus any cash in the escrow) has been verified by the report of independent certified public accountants to be sufficient to pay in full all principal of, interest, and premium, if any, due and to become due on the municipal obligations (“Verification”); (d) the cash or United States Treasury Obligations serving as security for the municipal obligations are held by an escrow agent or trustee in trust for owners of the municipal obligations; (e) no substitution of a United States Treasury Obligation shall be permitted except with another United States Treasury Obligation and upon delivery of a new Verification; and (f) the cash or United States Treasury Obligations are not available to satisfy any other claims, including those by or against the trustee or escrow agent.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor the ratings of Authorized Investments after the initial purchase of such Authorized Investments. “Authorized Representative of the City” means the City Manager of the City, the Assistant City Manager of the City, the Director of Finance of the City or any other person or persons designated by the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager or the Director of Finance by a written certificate signed by the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager or the Director of Finance and containing the specimen signature of each such person. “Authorized Representative of the District” means the City Manager of the City, the Assistant City Manager of the City or the Director of Finance of the City or any other person or persons designated by the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager, or the Director of Finance by a written certificate signed by the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager or the Director of Finance and containing the specimen signature of each such person. “Bond Counsel” means an attorney at law or a firm of attorneys selected by the City of nationally recognized standing in matters pertaining to the tax‑exempt nature of interest on bonds issued by states and their political subdivisions duly admitted to the practice of law before the highest court of any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia. “Bond Register” means the books which the Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept on which the registration and transfer of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds shall be recorded. “Bondowner” or “Owner” means the person or persons in whose name or names any Bond or Parity Bond is registered. “Bonds” means the Series 2022 Bonds.
“Bond Year” means the twelve month period commencing on September 2 of each year and ending on September 1 of the following year, except that the first Bond Year for the Bonds or an issue of Parity Bonds shall begin on the Delivery Date and end of the first September 1 which is not more than 12 months after the Delivery Date. “Business Day” means a day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or a day of the year on which banks in New York, New York, Los Angeles, California, or the city where the corporate trust office of the Trustee is located, are not required or authorized to remain closed. “Certificate of an Authorized Representative” means a written certificate executed by an Authorized Representative of the City or by an Authorized Representative of the District, as applicable. “Certificate of the Special Tax Administrator” means a certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District, or any successor entity appointed by the District, to administer the calculation and collection of the Special Taxes. “City” means the City of South San Francisco, California. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any Regulations, rulings, judicial decisions, and notices, announcements, and other releases of the United States Treasury Department or Internal Revenue Service interpreting and construing it. “Continuing Disclosure Certificate” means that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate dated as of April 1, 2022, executed by the District, together with any amendments thereto. “Costs of Issuance” means the costs and expenses incurred in connection with the formation of the District and the issuance and sale of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, including the acceptance and initial annual fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal fees and expenses, costs of printing the Bonds and Parity Bonds and the preliminary and final official statements for the Bonds and Parity Bonds, fees of financial consultants and all other related fees and expenses, as set forth in a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the City. “Delivery Date” means, with respect to the Bonds and each issue of Parity Bonds, the date on which the bonds of such issue were issued and delivered to the initial purchasers thereof. “Depository” shall mean The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, and its successors and assigns as securities depository for the Certificates, or any other securities depository acting as Depository under Article II hereof. “Developed Property” has the meaning set forth in the RMA. “Direct Debt for District Property” means the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds. “Direct Debt for Undeveloped Property” means that portion of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds which is allocable to the Undeveloped Property as described below. For this purpose, there will be allocated to the Undeveloped Property the principal amount of Bonds and Parity Bonds that results in the Special Tax that, after taking into account Special Taxes that maybe levied on Developed Property, may be levied on Undeveloped Property (not including any parcels of Undeveloped Property with delinquent Special Taxes and assuming taxation as Undeveloped Property under the RMA) in each Fiscal Year being at least equal to the sum of 110% of such Annual Debt Service on such Bonds and Parity Bonds in the Bond Year ending on the September 1 following the end of such Fiscal Year of taxation plus the share of Administrative Expenses allocable to the levy of Special Taxes on Undeveloped Property for such Fiscal Year of taxation. “District” means City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California, established pursuant to the Act and the Resolution of Formation. “Event of Default” means an “event of default” described in Section 8.1 hereof. “Federal Securities” means any of the following: (a) non-callable direct obligations of the United States of America (“Treasuries”), (b) evidence of ownership of proportionate interests in future interest and principal payments on Treasuries held by a bank or trust company as custodian, under which the owner of the investment is the real party in interest and has the right to proceed directly and individually against the obligor and the underlying Treasuries are not available to any person claiming through the custodian or to whom the custodian may be obligated, and (c) pre-refunded municipal obligations rated “AAA” and “Aaa” by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, respectively (or any combination thereof). “Fiscal Year” means the period beginning on July 1 of each year and ending on the next following June 30. “Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Inc., its successors and assigns. “Gross Taxes” means the amount of all Special Taxes received by the District, together with the proceeds collected from the sale of property pursuant to the foreclosure provisions of this Indenture for the delinquency of such Special Taxes remaining after the payment of all costs related to such foreclosure actions, but excluding any payment of Special Taxes on tax-defaulted parcels, including all delinquent and redemption penalties, fees and costs and the proceeds collected from the sale of property pursuant to the foreclosure provisions of this Indenture, so long as the County has paid to the District the Special Taxes levied for a tax‑defaulted parcel pursuant to the Teeter Plan established by the County pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code Sections 4701 et seq. “Independent Financial Consultant” means a financial consultant, municipal advisor or firm of such consultants or advisors generally recognized to be well qualified in the financial consulting field, appointed and paid by the District, who, or each of whom:
(1) is in fact independent and not under the domination of the District; (2) does not have any substantial interest, direct or indirect, in the District; and (3) is not connected with the District as a member, officer or employee of the District, but who may be regularly retained to make annual or other reports to the District. “Indenture” means this Bond Indenture, together with any Supplemental Indenture approved pursuant to Article 6 hereof. “Interest Account” means the account by that name created and established in the Special Tax Fund pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Interest Payment Date” means each March 1 and September 1, commencing September 1, 2022; provided, however, that, if any such day is not a Business Day, interest up to the Interest Payment Date will be paid on the Business Day next succeeding such date. “Investment Agreement” means an investment agreement supported by appropriate opinions of counsel; provided the provider thereof or the guarantor thereof is rated, at the time of execution, equal to at least “A+” or “A1” by S&P or Moody’s, respectively. “Maximum Annual Debt Service” means the maximum sum obtained for any Bond Year prior to the final maturity of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds by adding the following for each Bond Year:
(1) the principal amount of all Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds payable in such Bond Year either at maturity or pursuant to a Sinking Fund Payment; and (2) the interest payable on the aggregate principal amount of all Bonds and Parity Bonds Outstanding in such Bond Year if the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds are retired as scheduled. “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., its successors and assigns. “Net Taxes” means Gross Taxes for any Fiscal Year minus amounts set aside to pay Administrative Expenses not to exceed the Administrative Expenses Cap for the respective Fiscal Year. “Nominee” shall mean the nominee of the Depository, which may be the Depository, as determined from time to time pursuant to Section 2.16 hereof. “Ordinance” means Ordinance No. 1620-2021 adopted by the legislative body of the District on March 24, 2021, providing for the levying of the Special Tax. “Outstanding” or “Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds” means all Bonds and Parity Bonds theretofore issued by the District, except:
(1) Bonds and Parity Bonds theretofore cancelled or surrendered for cancellation in accordance with Section 10.1 hereof; (2) Bonds and Parity Bonds for payment or redemption of which monies shall have been theretofore deposited in trust (whether upon or prior to the maturity or the redemption date of such Bonds or Parity Bonds), provided that, if such Bonds or Parity Bonds are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been given as provided in this Indenture or any applicable Supplemental Indenture for Parity Bonds; and (3) Bonds and Parity Bonds which have been surrendered to the Trustee for transfer or exchange pursuant to Section 2.9 hereof or for which a replacement has been issued pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof. “Overlapping Debt” means with respect to any property within the District, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of all unpaid assessments which are a lien on such property and which are pledged to secure the repayment of bonds, plus (b) a portion of the principal amount of any outstanding debt obligations of other community facilities districts which are payable at least partially from special taxes to be levied on such property (the “Other CFD Bonds”) determined by multiplying the aggregate principal amount of the Other CFD Bonds by a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of special taxes levied for the Other CFD Bonds on such property and the denominator of which is the total amount of special taxes levied for the Other CFD Bonds on all parcels of property which are subject to the levy of such special taxes, based upon information which is available for the then current Fiscal Year. “Parity Bonds” means all bonds, notes or other similar evidences of indebtedness hereafter issued, payable out of the Net Taxes and which, as provided in this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, are secured on a parity with the Bonds. “Participants” shall mean those broker‑dealers, banks and other financial institutions from time to time for which the Depository holds Bonds or Parity Bonds as securities depository. “Person” means natural persons, firms, corporations, partnerships, associations, trusts, public bodies and other entities. “Prepayments” means any amounts paid by the District to the Trustee and designated by the District as a prepayment of Special Taxes for one or more parcels in the District made in accordance with the RMA. “Principal Account” means the account by that name created and established in the Special Tax Fund pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Principal Office of the Trustee” means the office of the Trustee located in San Francisco, California, or such other office or offices as the Trustee may designate from time to time, or the office of any successor Trustee where it principally conducts its business of serving as trustee under indentures pursuant to which municipal or governmental obligations are issued, except that with respect to presentation of Bonds and Parity Bonds for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust agency business shall be conducted. “Project” means those public facilities authorized to be funded by the District as described in the Resolution of Formation which are to be acquired or constructed within and outside of the District, including all engineering, planning and design services and other incidental expenses related to such facilities and other facilities, if any, authorized by the qualified electors within the District from time to time. “Project Costs” means the amounts necessary to finance the Project, to create and replenish any necessary reserve funds, to pay the initial and annual costs associated with the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, including, but not limited to, remarketing, credit enhancement, Trustee and other fees and expenses relating to the issuance of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds and the formation of the District, and to pay any other “incidental expenses” of the District, as such term is defined in the Act. “Rebate Account” means the account by that name created and established in the Rebate Fund pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Rebate Fund” means the fund by that name established pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof in which there are established the Rebate Account and the Alternative Penalty Account described in Section 3.1 hereof. “Rebate Regulations” means any final, temporary or proposed Regulations promulgated under Section 148(f) of the Code. “Record Date” means the fifteenth day of the month preceding an Interest Payment Date, regardless of whether such day is a Business Day. “Redemption Account means the account by that name created and established in the Special Tax Fund pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Regulations” means the regulations adopted or proposed by the Department of Treasury from time to time with respect to obligations issued pursuant to Section 103 of the Code. “Representation Letter” shall mean the Blanket Letter of Representations from the District to the Depository as described in Section 2.13 hereof. “Reserve Account” means the account by that name created and established in the Special Tax Fund pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Reserve Requirement” means that amount as of any date of calculation equal to the lesser of (i) 10% of the initial principal amount of the Bonds and Parity Bonds, if any, (ii) Maximum Annual Debt Service on the then Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds, if any; and (iii) 125% of average Annual Debt Service on the then Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds, if any; provided, however, that the Reserve Requirement shall not exceed $________ except in connection with the issuance of Parity Bonds. “Resolution of Formation” means Resolution No. 53-2021 adopted by the City Council of the City on March 10, 2021, pursuant to which the City formed the District. “RMA” means the Rate and Method of Apportionment of Special Tax for the District referred to in the Resolution of Formation and approved by the qualified electors of the District at the March 10, 2021 election, as originally the effect or as it may be modified the accordance with the Act and Section 6.1(e) hereof. “Series 2022 Bonds” means the District’s Special Tax Bonds (Oyster Point), Series 2022 issued on _________, 2022 in the aggregate principal amount of $__________. “Sinking Fund Payment” means the annual payment to be deposited in the Redemption Account to redeem a portion of the Term Bonds in accordance with the schedules set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof and any annual sinking fund payment schedule to retire any Parity Bonds which are designated as Term Bonds. “Six‑Month Period” means the period of time beginning on the Delivery Date of each issue of Bonds or Parity Bonds, as applicable, and ending six consecutive months thereafter, and each six‑month period thereafter until the latest maturity date of the Bonds and the Parity Bonds (and any obligations that refund an issue of the Bonds or Parity Bonds). “Special Tax Fund” means the fund by that name created and established pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Special Taxes” means the “Special Tax A” (as defined in the RMA) authorized to be levied by the District on property within the District in accordance with the Ordinance, the Resolution of Formation, the Act and the voter approval obtained at the March 10, 2021 election in the District, including any scheduled payments and any Prepayments thereof, the net proceeds of the redemption or sale of property sold as a result of foreclosure of the lien of the Special Taxes to the amount of said lien and penalties and interest thereon. “Standard & Poor’s” or “S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business, its successors and assigns. “Subaccount” means any subaccount created pursuant to this Indenture. “Supplemental Indenture” means any supplemental indenture amending or supplementing this Indenture. “Surplus Fund” means the fund by that name created and established pursuant to Section 3.1 hereof. “Taxable Property” has the meaning set forth in the RMA. “Tax Certificate” means the certificate by that name to be executed by the District and the City on a Delivery Date to establish certain facts and expectations and which contains certain covenants relevant to compliance with the Code. “Tax‑Exempt” means, with reference to an Authorized Investment, an Authorized Investment the interest earnings on which is excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 103(a) of the Code, other than one described in Section 57(a)(5)(C) of the Code. “Term Bonds” means the Series 2022 Bonds maturing on September 1, 20__ and September 1, 20__, and any term maturities of an issue of Parity Bonds as specified in a Supplemental Indenture. “Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of United States of America, at its principal corporate trust office in San Francisco, California, and its successors or assigns, or any other bank or trust company which may at any time be substituted in its place as provided in Sections 7.2 or 7.3 and any successor thereto. “Underwriter” means Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated with respect to the Bonds and, with respect to each issue of Parity Bonds, the institution or institutions, if any, with whom the District enters into a purchase contract for the sale of such issue. “Undeveloped Property” has the meaning set forth in the RMA. “Value of Developed Property” means for all parcels of Developed Property which are subject to the levy of the Special Taxes and not delinquent in the payment of any Special Taxes then due and owing, either (i) the fair market value, as of the date of the appraisal provided for below, of such parcels of Developed Property, including with respect to such parcels the value of the then existing improvements thereon, as estimated by an appraiser, who shall be a State of California certified general real estate appraiser selected and employed by the District, in an appraisal performed within one hundred twenty (120) days preceding the date of such determination based upon a methodology of valuation consistent with the City’s policy for appraisals for property in community facilities districts, provided that a mass appraisal methodology may be applied when valuing Developed Property; or (ii) the full cash value of any or all of such parcels of Developed Property, including with respect to such parcels the value of the improvements thereon as set forth on the last equalized assessment roll of the County Assessor of the County of San Mateo. “Value of District Property” means for all parcels of property in the District which are subject to the levy of the Special Taxes and not delinquent in the payment of any Special Taxes then due and owing, either (i) the fair market value, as of the date of the appraisal provided for below of such parcels, including with respect to such parcels the value of the then existing improvements thereon, as estimated by an appraiser, who shall be a State of California certified general real estate appraiser selected and employed by the District, in an appraisal performed within one hundred twenty (120) days preceding the date of such determination based upon a methodology of valuation consistent with the City’s policy for appraisals, provided that a mass appraisal methodology may be applied when valuing Developed Property; or (ii) the full cash value of any or all of such parcels, including with respect to such parcels the value of the improvements thereon, as set forth on the last equalized assessment roll of the County Assessor of the County of San Mateo. “Value of Undeveloped Property” means for all parcels of Undeveloped Property which are subject to the levy of the Special Taxes and not delinquent in the payment of any Special Taxes then due and owing, either (i) the fair market value, as of the date of the appraisal provided for below of such parcels of Undeveloped Property, including with respect to such non-delinquent parcels the value of the then existing improvements thereon, as estimated by an appraiser, who shall be a State of California certified general real estate appraiser selected and employed by the District, in an appraisal performed within one hundred twenty (120) days preceding the date of such determination based upon a methodology of valuation consistent with the City’s policy for appraisals and in the case of the property owned by a developer, in a manner consistent with the Appraisal, or (ii) the full cash value of any or all of such parcels of Undeveloped Property, including with respect to such parcels the value of the improvements thereon, as set forth on the last equalized assessment roll of the County Assessor of the County of San Mateo.
GENERAL AUTHORIZATION AND BOND TERMS
Amount, Issuance, Purpose and Nature of Bonds and Parity Bonds. Under and pursuant to the Act, the Bonds in the aggregate principal amount of $__________ shall be issued for the purpose of financing the costs of the Project and paying Costs of Issuance, together with any Parity Bonds authorized by the legislative body of the District in accordance with Section 9.2 hereof, provided that the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds shall not exceed the total indebtedness presently authorized or subsequently authorized for the District by the qualified electors of the District and the legislative body of the District in accordance with the Act. The Bonds and any Parity Bonds shall be and are limited obligations of the District and shall be payable as to the principal thereof and interest thereon and any premiums upon the redemption thereof solely from the Net Taxes and the other amounts in the Special Tax Fund (other than amounts in the Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund).
Type and Nature of Bonds and Parity Bonds. Neither the faith and credit nor the taxing power of the City, the State of California or any political subdivision thereof other than the District is pledged to the payment of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds. Except for the Net Taxes, no other taxes are pledged to the payment of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds. The Bonds and any Parity Bonds are not general or special obligations of the City nor general obligations of the District, but are limited obligations of the District payable solely from certain amounts deposited by the District in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Administrative Expenses Account), as more fully described herein. The District’s limited obligation to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds from amounts in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Administrative Expenses Account) is absolute and unconditional, free of deductions and without any abatement, offset, recoupment, diminution or set-off whatsoever. No Owner of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds may compel the exercise of the taxing power by the District (except as pertains to the Special Taxes) or the City or the forfeiture of any of their property. The principal of and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds and premiums upon the redemption thereof, if any, are not a debt of the City, the State of California or any of its political subdivisions within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation or restriction. The Bonds and any Parity Bonds are not a legal or equitable pledge, charge, lien, or encumbrance upon any of the District’s property, or upon any of its income, receipts or revenues, except the Net Taxes and other amounts in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Administrative Expenses Account) which are, under the terms of this Indenture and the Act, set aside for the payment of the Bonds, any Parity Bonds and interest thereon and neither the members of the legislative body of the District or the City Council of the City nor any persons executing the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, are liable personally on the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, by reason of their issuance.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the District shall not be required to advance any money derived from any source of income other than the Net Taxes for the payment of the interest on or the principal of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, or for the performance of any covenants contained herein. The District may, however, advance funds for any such purpose, provided that such funds are derived from a source legally available for such purpose.
Equality of Bonds and Parity Bonds and Pledge of Net Taxes. Pursuant to the Act and this Indenture, the Bonds and any Parity Bonds are secured by a pledge of and shall be equally payable from the Net Taxes and other amounts in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Administrative Expenses Account), without priority for number, date of the Bonds or Parity Bonds, date of sale, date of execution, or date of delivery, and the payment of the interest on and principal of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds and any premiums upon the redemption thereof, shall be exclusively paid from the Net Taxes and other amounts in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Administrative Expenses Account), which are hereby set aside for the payment of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds. Amounts in the Special Tax Fund (other than the Administrative Expenses Account therein) shall constitute a trust fund held for the benefit of the Owners to be applied to the payment of the interest and any redemption premium on and principal of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds and so long as any of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds or interest thereon remain Outstanding shall not be used for any other purpose, except as permitted by this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture. Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Indenture to the contrary, Net Taxes deposited in the Rebate Fund and the Surplus Fund shall no longer be considered to be pledged to the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, and none of the Rebate Fund, the Surplus Fund, the Acquisition and Construction Fund or the Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund shall be construed as a trust fund held for the benefit of the Owners.
Nothing in this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture shall preclude: (a) subject to the limitations contained hereunder, the redemption prior to maturity of any Bonds or Parity Bonds subject to call and redemption and payment of said Bonds or Parity Bonds from proceeds of refunding bonds issued under the Act as the same now exists or as hereafter amended, or under any other law of the State of California; or (b) the issuance, subject to the limitations contained herein, of Parity Bonds which shall be payable from Net Taxes.
Description of Bonds; Interest Rates. The Bonds and any Parity Bonds shall be issued in fully registered form in denominations of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. The Bonds and any Parity Bonds of each issue shall be numbered as desired by the Trustee.
The Bonds shall be designated “CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01 (PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES), SPECIAL TAX BONDS (OYSTER POINT), SERIES 2022.” The Series 2022 Bonds shall be dated as of their Delivery Date and shall mature and be payable on September 1 in the years and in the aggregate principal amounts and shall be subject to and shall bear interest at the rates set forth in the table below payable on September 1, 2022 and each Interest Payment Date thereafter:
Maturity Date
(September)
Principal Amount
Interest Rate
Interest shall be payable on each Bond and Parity Bond from the date established in accordance with Section 2.5 below on each Interest Payment Date thereafter until the principal sum of that Bond or Parity Bond has been paid; provided, however, that if at the maturity date of any Bond or Parity Bond (or if the same is redeemable and shall be duly called for redemption, then at the date fixed for redemption) funds are available for the payment or redemption thereof in full, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, such Bonds and Parity Bonds shall then cease to bear interest. Interest due on the Bonds and Parity Bonds shall be calculated on the basis of a 360‑day year comprised of twelve 30‑day months.
Place and Form of Payment. The Bonds and Parity Bonds shall be payable both as to principal and interest, and as to any premiums upon the redemption thereof, in lawful money of the United States of America. The principal of the Bonds and Parity Bonds and any premiums due upon the redemption thereof shall be payable upon presentation and surrender thereof at the Principal Office of the Trustee, or at the designated office of any successor Trustee. Interest on any Bond or Parity Bond shall be payable from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of authentication of that Bond or Parity Bond, unless (i) such date of authentication is an Interest Payment Date in which event interest shall be payable from such date of authentication, (ii) the date of authentication is after a Record Date but prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which event interest shall be payable from the Interest Payment Date immediately succeeding the date of authentication, or (iii) the date of authentication is prior to the close of business on the first Record Date occurring after the issuance of such Bond or Parity Bond, in which event interest shall be payable from the Delivery Date of such Bond or Parity Bond, as applicable; provided, however, that if at the time of authentication of such Bond or Parity Bond, interest is in default, interest on that Bond or Parity Bond shall be payable from the last Interest Payment Date to which the interest has been paid or made available for payment or, if no interest has been paid or made available for payment on that Bond or Parity Bond, interest on that Bond or Parity Bond shall be payable from its Delivery Date. Interest on any Bond or Parity Bond shall be paid to the Person whose name shall appear in the Bond Register as the Owner of such Bond or Parity Bond as of the close of business on the Record Date. Such interest shall be paid by check of the Trustee mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid on such applicable Interest Payment Date, to such Bondowner at his or her address as it appears on the Bond Register. Alternatively, upon a request in writing received by the Trustee on or before the applicable Record Date from an Owner of $1,000,000 or more in principal amount of the Bonds or of any issue of Parity Bonds, payment shall be made on the Interest Payment Date by wire transfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by such Owner.
Form of Bonds and Parity Bonds. The definitive Bonds may be printed from steel engraved or lithographic plates or may be typewritten. The Bonds and the certificate of authentication thereof shall be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, which form is hereby approved and adopted as the form of such Bonds and of the certificate of authentication. Each issue of Parity Bonds and the certificate of authentication therefor shall be in the form provided in the Supplemental Indenture for such issue of Parity Bonds.
Until definitive Bonds or Parity Bonds, as applicable, shall be prepared, the District may cause to be executed and delivered in lieu of such definitive Bonds or Parity Bonds temporary bonds in typed, printed, lithographed or engraved form and in fully registered form, subject to the same provisions, limitations and conditions as are applicable in the case of definitive Bonds or Parity Bonds, except that they may be in any denominations authorized pursuant to Section 2.4. Until exchanged for definitive Bonds or Parity Bonds, as applicable, any temporary bond shall be entitled and subject to the same benefits and provisions of this Indenture as definitive Bonds and Parity Bonds. If the District issues temporary Bonds or Parity Bonds, it shall execute and furnish definitive Bonds or Parity Bonds, as applicable, without unnecessary delay and thereupon any temporary Bond or Parity Bond may be surrendered to the Trustee at its office, without expense to the Owner, in exchange for a definitive Bond or Parity Bond of the same issue, maturity, interest rate and principal amount in any denomination authorized pursuant to Section 2.4. All temporary Bonds or Parity Bonds so surrendered shall be cancelled by the Trustee and shall not be reissued.
Execution and Authentication. The Bonds and Parity Bonds shall be signed on behalf of the District by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor of the City and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the City Clerk of the City, or any duly appointed deputy City Clerk, in their capacity as officers of the District. In case any one or more of the officers who shall have signed any of the Bonds or Parity Bonds shall cease to be such officer before the Bonds or Parity Bonds so signed have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee (including new Bonds or Parity Bonds delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof with reference to the transfer and exchange of Bonds or Parity Bonds or to lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Bonds or Parity Bonds), such Bonds and Parity Bonds shall nevertheless be valid and may be authenticated and delivered as herein provided, and may be issued as if the person who signed or sealed such Bonds or Parity Bonds had not ceased to hold such office.
Only the Bonds as shall bear thereon such certificate of authentication in the form set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Indenture, and no Bond shall be valid or obligatory for any purpose until such certificate of authentication shall have been duly executed by the Trustee.
Bond Register. The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept, at its office, sufficient books for the registration and transfer of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds which shall upon reasonable prior notice be open to inspection by the District during all regular business hours, and, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.9 below, upon presentation for such purpose, the Trustee shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be transferred on said Bond Register, Bonds and any Parity Bonds as herein provided.
The District and the Trustee may treat the Owner of any Bond or Parity Bond whose name appears on the Bond Register as the absolute Owner of that Bond or Parity Bond for any and all purposes, and the District and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary. The District and the Trustee may rely on the address of the Bondowner as it appears in the Bond Register for any and all purposes. It shall be the duty of the Bondowner to give written notice to the Trustee of any change in the Bondowner’s address so that the Bond Register may be revised accordingly.
Registration of Exchange or Transfer. Subject to the limitations set forth in the following paragraph, the registration of any Bond or Parity Bond may, in accordance with its terms, be transferred upon the Bond Register by the person in whose name it is registered, in person or by his or her duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of such Bond or Parity Bond for cancellation at the Principal Office of the Trustee, accompanied by delivery of written instrument of transfer in a form acceptable to the Trustee and duly executed by the Bondowner or his or her duly authorized attorney.
Bonds or Parity Bonds may be exchanged at the Principal Office of the Trustee for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds or Parity Bonds for other authorized denominations of the same maturity and issue. The Trustee shall not collect from the Owner any charge for any new Bond or Parity Bond issued upon any exchange or transfer, but shall require the Bondowner requesting such exchange or transfer to pay any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such exchange or transfer. Whenever any Bonds or Parity Bonds shall be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, the District shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a new Bond or Bonds or a new Parity Bond or Parity Bonds, as applicable, of the same issue and maturity, for a like aggregate principal amount; provided that the Trustee shall not be required to register transfers or make exchanges of (i) Bonds or Parity Bonds for a period of 15 days next preceding any selection of the Bonds or Parity Bonds to be redeemed; or (ii) any Bonds or Parity Bonds chosen for redemption. The cost of printing Bonds or Parity Bonds and any services rendered or expenses incurred by the Trustee in connection with any transfer and exchange shall be paid by the District.
Prior to any transfer of any Bonds or Parity Bonds outside the book-entry system (including, but not limited to, the initial transfer outside the book-entry system) the transferor shall provide or cause to be provided to the Trustee all information necessary to allow the Trustee to comply with any applicable tax reporting obligations, including without limitation any cost basis reporting obligations under Internal Revenue Code Section 6045, as amended. The Trustee shall conclusively rely on the information provided to it and shall have no responsibility to verify or ensure the accuracy of such information.
Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen Bonds or Parity Bonds. If any Bond or Parity Bond shall become mutilated, the District shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Bond or Parity Bond of like tenor, date, issue and maturity in exchange and substitution for the Bond or Parity Bond so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Trustee of the Bond or Parity Bond so mutilated. Every mutilated Bond or Parity Bond so surrendered to the Trustee shall be cancelled by the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof. If any Bond or Parity Bond shall be lost, destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft may be submitted to the Trustee and, if such evidence is satisfactory to the Trustee and, if any indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee shall be given, the District shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Bond or Parity Bond, as applicable, of like tenor, maturity and issue, numbered and dated as the Trustee shall determine in lieu of and in substitution for the Bond or Parity Bond so lost, destroyed or stolen. Any Bond or Parity Bond issued in lieu of any Bond or Parity Bond alleged to be mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen, shall be equally and proportionately entitled to the benefits hereof with all other Bonds and Parity Bonds issued hereunder. The Trustee shall not treat both the original Bond or Parity Bond and any replacement Bond or Parity Bond as being Outstanding for the purpose of determining the principal amount of Bonds or Parity Bonds which may be executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder or for the purpose of determining any percentage of Bonds or Parity Bonds Outstanding hereunder, but both the original and replacement Bond or Parity Bond shall be treated as one and the same. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, in lieu of delivering a new Bond or Parity Bond which has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen, and which has matured, the Trustee may make payment with respect to such Bonds or Parity Bonds.
Validity of Bonds and Parity Bonds. The validity of the authorization and issuance of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds shall not be affected in any way by any defect in any proceedings taken by the District for the formation of the District or the financing of the Project, or by the invalidity, in whole or in part, of any contracts made by the District in connection therewith, and shall not be dependent upon the completion of the financing of the Project or upon the performance by any Person of his obligation with respect to the Project, and the recital contained in the Bonds or any Parity Bonds that the same are issued pursuant to the Act and other applicable laws of the State shall be conclusive evidence of their validity and of the regularity of their issuance.
Book‑Entry System. The Bonds shall be initially delivered in the form of a separate single fully registered Bond (which may be typewritten) for each of the maturities of the Bonds. Upon initial delivery, the ownership of each such Bond shall be registered in the registration books kept by the Trustee in the name of the Nominee as nominee of the Depository. Except as provided in Section 2.14 hereof, all of the Outstanding Bonds shall be registered in the registration books kept by the Trustee in the name of the Nominee. At the election of the District, any Parity Bonds may also be issued as book-entry bonds registered in the name of the Nominee as provided herein, in which case the references in Sections 2.12 through 2.15 to “Bonds” shall be applicable to such Parity Bonds.
With respect to Bonds registered in the registration books kept by the Trustee in the name of the Nominee, the District and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any such Participant or to any Person on behalf of which such a Participant holds an interest in the Bonds. Without limiting the immediately preceding sentence, the District and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the accuracy of the records of the Depository, the Nominee, or any Participant with respect to any ownership interest in the Bonds, (ii) the delivery to any Participant or any other Person, other than an Owner as shown in the registration books kept by the Trustee, of any notice with respect to the Bonds, including any notice of redemption, (iii) the selection by the Depository and its Participants of the beneficial interests in the Bonds to be redeemed in the event the Bonds are redeemed in part, or (iv) the payment to any Participant or any other Person, other than an Owner as shown in the registration books kept by the Trustee, of any amount with respect to principal of, premium, if any, or interest due with respect to the Bonds. The District and the Trustee may treat and consider the Person in whose name each Bond is registered in the registration books kept by the Trustee as the holder and absolute owner of such Bond for the purpose of payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Bond, for the purpose of giving notices of redemption and other matters with respect to such Bond, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such Bond, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Trustee shall pay all principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Bonds only to or upon the order of the respective Owner, as shown in the registration books kept by the Trustee, or their respective attorneys duly authorized in writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to satisfy and discharge fully the District’s obligations with respect to payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Bonds to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No Person other than an Owner, as shown in the registration books kept by the Trustee, shall receive a Bond evidencing the obligation of the District to make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest pursuant to this Indenture. Upon delivery by the Depository to the Trustee and the District of written notice to the effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of the Nominee, and subject to the provisions herein with respect to Record Dates, the word Nominee in this Indenture shall refer to such new nominee of the Depository.
Representation Letter. In order to qualify the Bonds and any Parity Bonds which the District elects to register in the name of the Nominee for the Depository’s book‑entry system, an authorized representative of the Trustee is hereby authorized to execute from time to time and deliver to such Depository the Representation Letter. The execution and delivery of the Representation Letter shall not in any way limit the provisions of Section 2.12 or in any other way impose upon the District or the Trustee any obligation whatsoever with respect to persons having interests in the Bonds other than the Owners, as shown on the registration books kept by the Trustee. The Trustee agrees to take all action necessary to continuously comply with all representations made by it in the Representation Letter. In addition to the execution and delivery of the Representation Letter, the Authorized Representatives of the District are hereby authorized to take any other actions, not inconsistent with this Indenture, to qualify the Bonds for the Depository’s book‑entry program.
Transfers Outside Book‑Entry System. In the event (i) the Depository determines not to continue to act as securities depository for the Bonds, or (ii) the District determines that the Depository shall no longer so act, then the District will discontinue the book‑entry system with the Depository. If the District fails to identify another qualified securities depository to replace the Depository then the Bonds so designated shall no longer be restricted to being registered in the registration books kept by the Trustee in the name of the Nominee, but shall be registered in whatever name or names Persons transferring or exchanging Bonds shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.9 hereof.
Payments to the Nominee. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture to the contrary, so long as any Bond is registered in the name of the Nominee, all payments with respect to principal, premium, if any, and interest due with respect to such Bond and all notices with respect to such Bond shall be made and given, respectively, as provided in the Representation Letter or as otherwise instructed by the Depository.
Initial Depository and Nominee. The initial Depository under this Article shall be The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York. The initial Nominee shall be Cede & Co., as Nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York.
CREATION OF FUNDS AND APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Creation of Funds; Application of Proceeds.
There is hereby created and established and shall be maintained by the Trustee the following funds and accounts:
The City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services) Special Tax Fund (the “Special Tax Fund”) (in which there shall be established and created an Interest Account (in which there shall be established the Capitalized Interest Subaccount), a Principal Account, a Redemption Account, a Reserve Account and an Administrative Expenses Account).
The City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services) Rebate Fund (the “Rebate Fund”) (in which there shall be established a Rebate Account and an Alternative Penalty Account).
The City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services) Acquisition and Construction Fund (the “Acquisition and Construction Fund”) (in which there shall be established a Costs of Issuance Account and a Project Account).
The City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services) Surplus Fund (the “Surplus Fund”).
The amounts on deposit in the foregoing funds, accounts and subaccounts shall be held by the Trustee and the Trustee shall invest and disburse the amounts in such funds, accounts and subaccounts in accordance with the provisions of this Article 3 and shall disburse investment earnings thereon in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.10 hereof.
In connection with the issuance of any Parity Bonds, the Trustee, at the direction of an Authorized Representative of the City, may create new funds, accounts or subaccounts, or may create additional accounts and subaccounts within any of the foregoing funds and accounts for the purpose of separately accounting for the proceeds of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds.
The proceeds of the sale of the Bonds shall be received by the Trustee on behalf of the District and deposited as follows:
$__________ shall be deposited in to the Costs of Issuance Account of the Acquisition and Construction Fund to pay the Costs of Issuance of the Bonds; $_________ shall be deposited in the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund to fund the Reserve Requirement; $_________shall be deposited in the Project Account of the Acquisition and Construction Fund; and $_________shall be deposited in the Capitalized Interest Subaccount of the Interest Account of the Special Tax Fund.
The Trustee may, in its discretion, establish a temporary fund or account in its books and records to facilitate such deposits.
Deposits to and Disbursements from Special Tax Fund.
Except for the portion of any Prepayment to be deposited to the Redemption Account or Project Account as specified in a Certificate of an Authorized Representative, the Trustee shall, on each date on which the Special Taxes are received from the District, deposit the Special Taxes in the Special Tax Fund to be held in trust for the Owners. The Trustee shall transfer the Special Taxes on deposit in the Special Tax Fund on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the following Sections, in the following order of priority, to:
the Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund; the Interest Account of the Special Tax Fund;
the Principal Account of the Special Tax Fund;
the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund;
the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund;
the Rebate Fund; and
the Surplus Fund.
At maturity of all of the Bonds and Parity Bonds and, after all principal and interest then due on the Bonds and Parity Bonds then Outstanding has been paid or provided for, any amounts owed to the Trustee have been paid in full, and any required deposits to the Rebate Fund have been made, moneys in the Special Tax Fund and any accounts therein may be used by the District for any lawful purpose.
Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund. The Trustee shall transfer from the Special Tax Fund and deposit in the Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund from time to time amounts necessary to make timely payment of Administrative Expenses as set forth in a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District; provided, however, that, except as set forth in the following sentence, the total amount transferred in a Bond Year shall not exceed the Administrative Expenses Cap until such time as there has been deposited to the Interest Account, the Principal Account, the Rebate Fund Account and the Reserve Account an amount, together with any amounts already on deposit therein, that is sufficient to pay the interest and principal and the redemption price on all Bonds and Parity Bonds due in such Bond Year and to restore the Reserve Account to the Reserve Requirement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, amounts in excess of the Administrative Expenses Cap may be transferred to the Administrative Expenses Account to the extent reasonably determined by an Authorized Representative of the District to be necessary to pay expenses to collect delinquent Special Taxes. Moneys in the Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund may be invested in any Authorized Investments as directed in writing by an Authorized Representative of the District and shall be disbursed as directed in a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District.
Interest Account and Principal Account of the Special Tax Fund. The principal of and interest due on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds until maturity, other than principal due upon redemption, shall be paid by the Trustee from the Principal Account and the Interest Account of the Special Tax Fund, respectively. For the purpose of assuring that the payment of principal of and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds will be made when due, after making the transfer required by Section 3.3 for a Bond Year, at least one Business Day prior to each March 1 and September 1, the Trustee shall make the following transfers from the Special Tax Fund first to the Interest Account and then to the Principal Account; provided, however, that to the extent that deposits have been made in the Interest Account (including the Capitalized Interest Subaccount) or the Principal Account from the proceeds of the sale of an issue of the Bonds, any Parity Bonds, or otherwise, the transfer from the Special Tax Fund need not be made in respect of the amount so deposited; and provided, further, that, if amounts in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Reserve Account) are inadequate to make the foregoing transfers, then any deficiency shall be made up by an immediate transfer from the Reserve Account:
To the Interest Account, an amount such that the balance in the Interest Account one Business Day prior to each Interest Payment Date shall be equal to the installment of interest due on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds on said Interest Payment Date and any installment of interest due on a previous Interest Payment Date which remains unpaid. Moneys in the Interest Account shall be used for the payment of interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds as the same become due.
To the Principal Account, an amount such that the balance in the Principal Account one Business Day prior to September 1 of each year, commencing September 1, [2022], shall equal the principal payment due on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds maturing on such September 1 and any principal payment due on a previous September 1 which remains unpaid. Moneys in the Principal Account shall be used for the payment of the principal of such Bonds and any Parity Bonds as the same become due at maturity.
Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund.
With respect to each September 1 on which a Sinking Fund Payment is due, after the deposits have been made to the Administrative Expenses Account, the Interest Account and the Principal Account of the Special Tax Fund as required by Sections 3.3 and 3.4 hereof, the Trustee shall next transfer into the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund from the Special Tax Fund the amount needed to make the balance in the Redemption Account one Business Day prior to each September 1 equal to the Sinking Fund Payment due on any Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds on such September 1; provided, however, that, if amounts in the Special Tax Fund are inadequate to make the foregoing transfers, then any deficiency shall be made up by an immediate transfer from the Reserve Account, if funded, pursuant to Section 3.6 below. Moneys so deposited in the Redemption Account shall be used and applied by the Trustee to call and redeem Term Bonds in accordance with the Sinking Fund Payment schedules set forth in Section 4.1(b) hereof, and to redeem Parity Bonds in accordance with any Sinking Fund Payment schedule in the Supplemental Indenture for such Parity Bonds.
After making the deposits to the Administrative Expenses Account, the Interest Account and the Principal Account of the Special Tax Fund pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4 above and to the Redemption Account for Sinking Fund Payments then due pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this Section, and in accordance with the District’s election to call Bonds for optional redemption as set forth in Section 4.1(a) hereof, or to call Parity Bonds for optional redemption as set forth in any Supplemental Indenture for Parity Bonds, the Trustee shall transfer from the Special Tax Fund and deposit in the Redemption Account moneys available for the purpose and sufficient to pay the principal and the premiums, if any, payable on the Bonds or Parity Bonds called for optional redemption; provided, however, that amounts in the Special Tax Fund (other than the Administrative Expenses Account therein) may be applied to optionally redeem Bonds and Parity Bonds only if immediately following such redemption the amount in the Reserve Account will equal the Reserve Requirement.
Prepayments deposited to the Redemption Account shall be applied on the redemption date established pursuant to Section 4.1(c) hereof for the use of such Prepayments to the payment of the principal of, premium, and interest on the Bonds and Parity Bonds to be redeemed with such Prepayments.
Moneys set aside in the Redemption Account shall be used solely for the purpose of redeeming Bonds and Parity Bonds and shall be applied on or after the redemption date to the payment of principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds or Parity Bonds to be redeemed upon presentation and surrender of such Bonds or Parity Bonds and in the case of an optional redemption or an extraordinary redemption from Prepayments to pay the interest thereon; provided, however, that in lieu or partially in lieu of such call and redemption, moneys deposited in the Redemption Account may be used to purchase Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds in the manner hereinafter provided. Purchases of Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds may be made by the District at public or private sale as and when and at such prices as the District may in its discretion determine but only at prices (including brokerage or other expenses) not more than par plus accrued interest, plus, in the case of moneys set aside for an optional redemption or an extraordinary redemption, the premium applicable at the next following call date according to the premium schedule established pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or 4.1(d) hereof, as applicable, or in the case of Parity Bonds the premium established in any Supplemental Indenture. Any accrued interest payable upon the purchase of Bonds or Parity Bonds may be paid from the amount reserved in the Interest Account of the Special Tax Fund for the payment of interest on the next following Interest Payment Date.
Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund. There shall be maintained in the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund an amount equal to the Reserve Requirement. Amounts in the Reserve Account shall be applied as follows:
Moneys in the Reserve Account shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the principal of, including Sinking Fund Payments, and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds when due in the event that the moneys in the Interest Account and the Principal Account of the Special Tax Fund are insufficient therefor or moneys in the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund are insufficient to make a Sinking Fund Payment when due and for the purpose of making any required transfer to the Rebate Fund pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof upon written direction from the District. If the amounts in the Interest Account, the Principal Account or the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund are insufficient to pay the principal of, including Sinking Fund Payments, or interest on any Parity Bonds when due, or amounts in the Special Tax Fund are insufficient to make transfers to the Rebate Fund when required, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Reserve Account for deposit in the Interest Account, the Principal Account or the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund or the Rebate Fund, as applicable, moneys necessary for such purposes.
Whenever moneys are withdrawn from the Reserve Account, after making the required transfers referred to in Sections 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 above, the Trustee shall transfer to the Reserve Account from available moneys in the Special Tax Fund, or from any other legally available funds which the District elects to apply to such purpose, the amount needed to restore the amount of such Reserve Account to the Reserve Requirement. Moneys in the Special Tax Fund shall be deemed available for transfer to the Reserve Account only if the Trustee determines that such amounts will not be needed to make the deposits required to be made to the Administrative Expenses Account, the Interest Account, the Principal Account or the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund on or before the next September 1. If amounts in the Special Tax Fund together with any other amounts transferred to replenish the Reserve Account are inadequate to restore the Reserve Account to the Reserve Requirement, then the District shall include the amount necessary fully to restore the Reserve Account to the Reserve Requirement in the next annual Special Tax levy to the extent of the maximum permitted Special Tax rates.
In connection with a redemption of Bonds pursuant to Section 4.1(a) or (c) or Parity Bonds in accordance with any Supplemental Indenture, or a partial defeasance of Bonds or Parity Bonds in accordance with Section 9.1 hereof, amounts in the Reserve Account may be applied to such redemption or partial defeasance so long as the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account following such redemption or partial defeasance equals the Reserve Requirement. The District shall set forth in a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District the amount in the Reserve Account to be transferred to the Redemption Account on a redemption date or to be transferred pursuant to Section 9.1(b) or (c) to partially defease Bonds, and the Trustee shall make such transfer on the applicable redemption or defeasance date, subject to the limitation in the preceding sentence.
To the extent that the Reserve Account is at the Reserve Requirement as of the first day of the final Bond Year for the Bonds or an issue of Parity Bonds, amounts in the Reserve Account may be applied to pay the principal of and interest due on the Bonds and Parity Bonds, as applicable, in the final Bond Year for such issue. Moneys in the Reserve Account in excess of the Reserve Requirement not transferred in accordance with the preceding provisions of this section shall be withdrawn from the Reserve Account on the Business Day before each March 1 and September 1 and shall be transferred to the Project Account of the Acquisition and Construction Fund until the receipt of a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District stating that all Project Costs required or expected to be funded pursuant to the Acquisition Agreement have been funded or amounts in the Project Account are sufficient to fund all remaining Project Costs, and thereafter to the Interest Account of the Special Tax Fund.
Rebate Fund.
The Trustee shall establish and maintain a fund separate from any other fund established and maintained hereunder designated as the Rebate Fund and shall establish a separate Rebate Account and Alternate Penalty Account therein. All money at any time deposited in the Rebate Account or the Alternate Penalty Account of the Rebate Fund shall be held by the Trustee in trust, for payment to the United States Treasury, except as provided in Section 3.7(a)(1)(ii) and (a)(2)(ii) and 3.7(b). A separate subaccount of the Rebate Account and the Alternate Penalty Account shall be established for the Bonds and each issue of Parity Bonds the interest on which is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes. All amounts on deposit in the Rebate Fund with respect to the Bonds or an issue of Parity Bonds shall be governed by this Section 3.7 and the Tax Certificate for such issue, unless the District obtains an opinion of Bond Counsel that the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest payments on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds will not be adversely affected if such requirements are not satisfied.
Rebate Account. The following requirements shall be satisfied with respect to each subaccount of the Rebate Account:
Annual Computation. Within 55 days of the end of each Bond Year, the District shall calculate or cause to be calculated the amount of rebatable arbitrage for the Bonds and each issue of Parity Bonds to which this Section 3.7 is applicable, in accordance with Section 148(f)(2) of the Code and Section 1.148‑3 of the Rebate Regulations (taking into account any applicable exceptions with respect to the computation of the rebatable arbitrage described in the Tax Certificate for each issue (e.g., the temporary investments exceptions of Section 148(f)(4)(B) and (C) of the Code), and taking into account whether the election pursuant to Section 148(f)(4)(C)(vii) of the Code (the “1½% Penalty”) has been made), for this purpose treating the last day of the applicable Bond Year as a computation date, within the meaning of Section 1.148‑1(b) of the Rebate Regulations (the “Rebatable Arbitrage”). The District shall obtain expert advice as to the amount of the Rebatable Arbitrage to comply with this Section.
Annual Transfer. Within 55 days of the end of each Bond Year for which Rebatable Arbitrage must be calculated as required by the Tax Certificate for the Bonds and each issue of Parity Bonds, upon the written direction of an Authorized Representative of the District, an amount shall be deposited to each subaccount of the Rebate Account by the Trustee from any funds so designated by the District if and to the extent required, so that the balance in the Rebate Account shall equal the amount of Rebatable Arbitrage so calculated by or on behalf of the District in accordance with clause (i) of this subsection (a)(1) with respect to the Bonds and each issue of Parity Bonds to which this Section 3.7 is applicable. In the event that immediately following any transfer required by the previous sentence, or the date on which the District determines that no transfer is required for such Bond Year, the amount then on deposit to the credit of the applicable subaccount of the Rebate Account exceeds the amount required to be on deposit therein, upon written instructions from an Authorized Representative of the District, the Trustee shall withdraw the excess from the appropriate subaccount of the Rebate Account and then credit the excess to the Special Tax Fund.
Payment to the Treasury. The Trustee shall pay, as directed in writing by an Authorized Representative of the District, to the United States Treasury, out of amounts in each subaccount of the Rebate Account:
(X) not later than 60 days after the end of: (A) the fifth Bond Year for the Bonds and each issue of Parity Bonds to which this Section 3.7 is applicable; and (B) each applicable fifth Bond Year thereafter, an amount equal to at least 90% of the Rebatable Arbitrage calculated as of the end of such Bond Year for the Bonds and each issue of Parity Bonds, as applicable; and (Y) not later than 60 days after the payment or redemption of all of the Bonds or an issue of Parity Bonds, as applicable, an amount equal to 100% of the Rebatable Arbitrage calculated as of the end of such applicable Bond Year, and any income attributable to the Rebatable Arbitrage, computed in accordance with Section 148(f) of the Code.
In the event that, prior to the time of any payment required to be made from the Rebate Account, the amount in the Rebate Account is not sufficient to make such payment when such payment is due, the District shall calculate or cause to be calculated the amount of such deficiency and deposit an amount received from any legally available source equal to such deficiency prior to the time such payment is due. Each payment required to be made pursuant to this subsection (a)(1) shall be made to the Internal Revenue Service Center, Ogden, Utah 84201 on or before the date on which such payment is due, and shall be accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form 8038‑T, or shall be made in such other manner as provided under the Code.
Alternate Penalty Account.
Six-Month Computation. If the 1½% Penalty has been elected for the Bonds or an issue of Parity Bonds, within 85 days of each particular Six-Month Period, the District shall determine or cause to be determined whether the 1½% Penalty is payable (and the amount of such penalty) as of the close of the applicable Six-Month Period. The District shall obtain expert advice in making such determinations. The District shall provide a written certification to the Trustee upon election of the ½% Penalty.
Six-Month Transfer. Within 85 days of the close of each Six-Month Period, the Trustee, at the written direction of an Authorized Representative of the District, shall deposit an amount in the appropriate subaccounts of the Alternate Penalty Account from any source of funds held by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and designated by the District in such written directions or provided to it by the District, if and to the extent required, so that the balance in each subaccount of the Alternate Penalty Account equals the amount of 1½% Penalty due and payable to the United States Treasury determined as provided in subsection (a)(2)(i) above. In the event that immediately following any transfer provided for in the previous sentence, or the date on which the District determines that no transfer is required for such Bond Year, the amount then on deposit in a subaccount of the Alternate Penalty Account exceeds the amount required to be on deposit therein to make the payments required by subsection (iii) below, the Trustee, at the written direction of an Authorized Representative of the District, may withdraw the excess from the applicable subaccount of the Alternate Penalty Account and credit the excess to the Special Tax Fund.
Payment to the Treasury. The Trustee shall pay, as directed in writing by an Authorized Representative of the District, to the United States Treasury, out of amounts in a subaccount of the Alternate Penalty Account, not later than 90 days after the close of each Six-Month Period the 1½% Penalty, if applicable and payable, computed with respect to the Bonds and any issue of Parity Bonds in accordance with Section 148(f)(4) of the Code. In the event that, prior to the time of any payment required to be made from a subaccount of the Alternate Penalty Account, the amount in such subaccount is not sufficient to make such payment when such payment is due, the District shall calculate the amount of such deficiency and direct the Trustee, in writing, to deposit an amount equal to such deficiency into such subaccount of the Alternate Penalty Account from any funds held by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture and designated by the District in such written directions prior to the time such payment is due. Each payment required to be made pursuant to this subsection (a)(2) shall be made to the Internal Revenue Service, Ogden, Utah 84201 on or before the date on which such payment is due, and shall be accompanied by Internal Revenue Service Form 8038‑T or shall be made in such other manner as provided under the Code.
Disposition of Unexpended Funds. Any funds remaining in the Accounts of the Rebate Fund with respect to the Bonds or an issue of Parity Bonds after redemption and payment of such issue and after making the payments described in subsections (a)(1)(iii) or (a)(2)(iii) (whichever is applicable), may be withdrawn by the Trustee at the written direction of the District and utilized in any manner by the District.
Survival of Defeasance and Final Payment. Notwithstanding anything in this Section or this Indenture to the contrary, the obligation to comply with the requirements of this Section shall survive the defeasance and final payment of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds with respect to which an Account has been created in the Rebate Fund.
Amendment Without Consent of Owners. This Section 3.7 may be deleted or amended in any manner without the consent of the Owners, provided that prior to such event there is delivered to the District an opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that such deletion or amendment will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds and any issue of Parity Bonds issued on a tax‑exempt basis.
Trustee. The Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor or calculate any amounts payable to the U.S. Treasury pursuant to this Section and shall be deemed conclusively to have complied with its obligations hereunder if it follows the written instructions of the District given pursuant to this Section.
Surplus Fund. After making the transfers required by Sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 hereof, as soon as practicable after each September 1, and in any event prior to each October 1, the Trustee shall transfer all remaining amounts in the Special Tax Fund to the Surplus Fund, unless on or prior to such date, it has received a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District directing that certain amounts be retained in the Special Tax Fund because the District has included such amounts as being available in the Special Tax Fund in calculating the amount of the levy of Special Taxes for such Fiscal Year or the following Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 5.2(b) hereof. Moneys deposited in the Surplus Fund will be transferred by the Trustee at the direction of an Authorized Representative of the District (i) to the Interest Account, the Principal Account or the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund to pay the principal of, including Sinking Fund Payments, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds when due in the event that moneys in the Special Tax Fund and the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund are insufficient therefor, (ii) to the Reserve Account in order to replenish the Reserve Account to the Reserve Requirement, (iii) to the Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund to pay Administrative Expenses to the extent that the amounts on deposit in the Administrative Expenses Account of the Special Tax Fund are insufficient to pay Administrative Expenses, (iv) to the Acquisition and Construction Fund to pay Project Costs, or (v) for any other lawful purpose of the District.
The amounts in the Surplus Fund are not pledged to the repayment of the Bonds or the Parity Bonds and may be used by the District for any lawful purpose. In the event that the District reasonably expects to use any portion of the moneys in the Surplus Fund to pay debt service on any Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds, the District will notify the Trustee in a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District and the Trustee will segregate such amount into a separate subaccount and the moneys on deposit in such subaccount of the Surplus Fund shall be invested at the written direction of the District in Authorized Investments the interest on which is excludable from gross income under Section 103 of the Code (other than bonds the interest on which is a tax preference item for purposes of computing the alternative minimum tax of individuals under the Code) or in Authorized Investments at a yield not in excess of the yield on the issue of Bonds or Parity Bonds to which such amounts are to be applied, unless, in the opinion of Bond Counsel, investment at a higher yield will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds or any Parity Bonds which were issued on a tax-exempt basis for federal income tax purposes.
Acquisition and Construction Fund.
The moneys in the Costs of Issuance Account shall be disbursed by the Trustee pursuant to a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District, and any balance therein not needed to pay Costs of Issuance as determined by the District shall be transferred by the Trustee to the Project Account as directed in writing by an Authorized Representative of the District. Following such transfer to the Project Account, the Costs of Issuance Account shall be closed. Each such Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District shall be sufficient evidence to the Trustee of the facts stated therein and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such facts.
The moneys in the Project Account of the Acquisition and Construction Fund shall be applied exclusively to pay the Project Costs. Amounts for Project Costs shall be disbursed by the Trustee from the Project Account of the Acquisition and Construction Fund as specified in a Request for Disbursement of Project Costs, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto, which must be submitted in connection with each requested disbursement. Each such Request for Disbursement of Project Costs shall be sufficient evidence to the Trustee of the facts stated therein and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such facts.
Upon receipt of a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District stating that all or a specified portion of the amount remaining in the Acquisition and Construction Fund is no longer needed to pay Project Costs, the Trustee shall transfer all or such specified portion, as applicable, of the moneys remaining on deposit in the Acquisition and Construction Fund to the Principal Account or Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund, as directed in the Certificate.
Investments. Moneys held in any of the Funds, Accounts and Subaccounts under this Indenture shall be invested at the written direction of an Authorized Representative of the District filed with the Trustee at least two business days in advance of the making of such investment, in accordance with the limitations set forth below only in Authorized Investments which shall be deemed at all times to be a part of such Funds, Accounts and Subaccounts. Any loss resulting from such Authorized Investments shall be credited or charged to the Fund, Account or Subaccount from which such investment was made, and any investment earnings on a Fund, Account or Subaccount shall be applied as follows: (i) investment earnings on all amounts deposited in the Acquisition and Construction Fund, the Special Tax Fund, the Surplus Fund and the Rebate Fund and each Account therein (other than the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund) shall be deposited in those respective Funds and Accounts, and (ii) investment earnings on all amounts deposited in the Reserve Account shall be deposited therein to be applied as set forth in Section 3.6. Moneys in the Funds, Accounts and Subaccounts held under this Indenture may be invested by the Trustee as directed in writing by an Authorized Representative of the District, from time to time, in Authorized Investments subject to the following restrictions under regulations shall be the responsibility of the District:
Moneys in the Acquisition and Construction Fund shall be invested in Authorized Investments which will by their terms mature, or in the case of an Investment Agreement are available without penalty, as close as practicable to the date the District estimates the moneys represented by the particular investment will be needed for withdrawal from the Acquisition and Construction Fund. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, amounts in the Acquisition and Construction Fund three years after the Delivery Date for the Bonds and the proceeds of each issue of Parity Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis which are remaining on deposit in the Acquisition and Construction Fund on the date which is three years following the date of issuance of such issue of Parity Bonds shall be invested by the District only in Authorized Investments the interest on which is excluded from gross income under Section 103 of the Code (other than bonds the interest on which is a tax preference item for purposes of computing the alternative minimum tax of individuals under the Code) or in Authorized Investments at a yield not in excess of the yield on the issue of Bonds or Parity Bonds from which such proceeds were derived, unless in the opinion of Bond Counsel such restriction is not necessary to prevent interest on the Bonds or any Parity Bonds which were issued on a tax-exempt basis for federal income tax purposes from being included in gross income for federal income tax purposes.
Moneys in the Interest Account, the Principal Account and the Redemption Account of the Special Tax Fund shall be invested only in Authorized Investments which will by their terms mature, or in the case of an Investment Agreement are available for withdrawal without penalty, on such dates so as to ensure the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds as the same become due.
Monies in the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund may be invested only in Authorized Investments which, taken together, have a weighted average maturity not in excess of five years; provided that such amounts may be invested in an Investment Agreement to the later of the final maturity of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds so long as such amounts may be withdrawn at any time, without penalty, for application in accordance with Section 3.6 hereof; and provided that no such Authorized Investment of amounts in the Reserve Account allocable to the Bonds or an issue of Parity Bonds shall mature later than the respective final maturity date of the Bonds or the issue of Parity Bonds, as applicable.
Moneys in the Rebate Fund shall be invested only in Authorized Investments of the type described in clause (1) of the definition thereof which by their terms will mature, as nearly as practicable, on the dates such amounts are needed to be paid to the United States Government pursuant to Section 3.7 hereof or in Authorized Investments of the type described in clause (7) of the definition thereof.
In the absence of written investment directions from the District, the Trustee shall hold such funds uninvested.
The Trustee shall sell, or present for redemption, any Authorized Investment whenever it may be necessary to do so in order to provide moneys to meet any payment or transfer to such Funds, Accounts and Subaccounts or from such Funds, Accounts and Subaccounts. For the purpose of determining at any given time the balance in any such Funds, Accounts and Subaccounts, any such investments constituting a part of such Funds, Accounts and Subaccounts shall be valued at their cost, except that amounts in the Reserve Account shall be valued at the market value thereof at least semiannually on or before each Interest Payment Date. In making any valuations hereunder, the Trustee may utilize such computerized securities pricing services as may be available to it, including, without limitation, those available through its regular accounting system, and conclusively rely thereon. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall not be responsible for any loss from investments, sales or transfers undertaken in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
The Trustee or an affiliate may act as principal or agent in the making or disposing of any investment and shall be entitled to its customary fee for such investment. The Trustee may sell, or present for redemption, any Authorized Investment so purchased 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 Authorized Investment is credited, and, subject to the provisions of Section 7.4, the Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for any loss resulting from such investment. For investment purposes, the Trustee may commingle the funds and accounts established hereunder, but shall account for each separately.
The District acknowledges that, to the extent regulations of the Comptroller of the Currency or other applicable regulatory entity grant the District the right to receive brokerage confirmations of security transactions as they occur, the District specifically waives receipt of such confirmations to the extent permitted by law. The Trustee will furnish the District periodic cash transaction statements which include detail for all investment transactions made by the Trustee hereunder.
REDEMPTION OF BONDS AND PARITY BONDS
Redemption of Bonds.
Optional Redemption.
The Bonds maturing on or after September 1, 20__ may be redeemed, at the option of the District from any source of funds on any Interest Payment Date on or after September 1, 20__, in whole, or in part from such maturities as are selected by the District and by lot within a maturity, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the date of redemption, without premium.
In the event the District elects to redeem Bonds as provided above, the District shall give written notice to the Trustee of its election to so redeem, the redemption date and the principal amount of the Bonds of each maturity to be redeemed. The notice to the Trustee shall be given at least 60 but no more than 90 days prior to the redemption date, or by such later date as is acceptable to the Trustee, in its sole discretion.
Mandatory Sinking Fund Redemption. The Term Bonds maturing on September 1, 20__ shall be called before maturity and redeemed, from the Sinking Fund Payments that have been deposited into the Redemption Account, on September 1, 20__, and on each September 1 thereafter prior to maturity, in accordance with the schedule of Sinking Fund Payments set forth below. The Term Bonds so called for redemption shall be selected by the Trustee by lot and shall be redeemed at a redemption price for each redeemed Term Bond equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, without premium, as follows:
Term Bonds Maturing September 1, 20__
Sinking Fund Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payments
$
_____________
* Maturity.
The Term Bonds maturing on September 1, 20__ shall be called before maturity and redeemed, from the Sinking Fund Payments that have been deposited into the Redemption Account, on September 1, 20__, and on each September 1 thereafter prior to maturity, in accordance with the schedule of Sinking Fund Payments set forth below. The Term Bonds so called for redemption shall be selected by the Trustee by lot and shall be redeemed at a redemption price for each redeemed Term Bond equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, without premium, as follows:
Term Bonds Maturing September 1, 20__
Sinking Fund Redemption Date
(September 1)
Sinking Fund Payments
$
_____________
* Maturity.
If during the Fiscal Year immediately preceding one of the redemption dates specified above the District purchases Term Bonds, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date the District shall notify the Trustee as to the principal amount purchased and the amount of Term Bonds so purchased shall be credited at the time of purchase, to the extent of the full principal amount thereof, to reduce such upcoming Sinking Fund Payment for the applicable maturity of the Term Bonds so purchased. All Term Bonds purchased pursuant to this subsection shall be cancelled pursuant to Section 10.1 hereof.
In the event of a partial optional redemption or special mandatory redemption of the Term Bonds, each of the remaining Sinking Fund Payments for such Term Bonds, as described above, will be reduced, as nearly as practicable, on a pro rata basis, in integral multiples of $5,000 and the District shall provide the Trustee with revised sinking fund schedules giving effect to the optional redemption or special mandatory redemption so completed.
Extraordinary Redemption.
The Bonds are subject to extraordinary redemption as a whole, or in part among maturities, on any Interest Payment Date, and shall be redeemed by the Trustee, from Prepayments deposited to the Redemption Account pursuant to Section 3.2, plus amounts transferred from the Reserve Account pursuant to Section 3.6(c), at the following redemption prices, expressed as a percentage of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the redemption date:
Redemption Dates
Redemption Prices
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Prepayments and amounts released from the Reserve Account in connection with Prepayments will be allocated to the payment at maturity and redemption of Bonds and any Parity Bonds as nearly as practicable on a proportionate basis based on the outstanding principal amount of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds (subject to the provisions of Section 4.1(d)) and such amounts shall be applied to redeem Bonds and Parity Bonds as nearly as practicable on a pro rata basis among maturities in increments of $5,000; provided, however, that, for Prepayments of less than $50,000, the District may specify in a Certificate of an Authorized Representative of the District that Prepayments be applied to one or more maturities of the Bonds or Parity Bonds so long as there is delivered to the Trustee a Certificate of the Independent Financial Consultant that, following such application of the Prepayments, the maximum Special Taxes that may be levied in each Fiscal Year on Taxable Property is not less than 110% of Annual Debt Service in the Bond Year that begins in such Fiscal Year.
The redemption provisions for Parity Bonds shall be set forth in a Supplemental Indenture, subject to the provisions of Section 4.1(c).
Selection of Bonds and Parity Bonds for Redemption. If less than all of the Bonds or Parity Bonds Outstanding are to be redeemed, the portion of any Bond or Parity Bond of a denomination of more than $5,000 to be redeemed shall be in the principal amount of $5,000 or an integral multiple thereof. In selecting portions of such Bonds or Parity Bonds for redemption, the Trustee shall treat such Bonds or Parity Bonds, as applicable, as representing that number of Bonds or Parity Bonds of $5,000 denominations which is obtained by dividing the principal amount of such Bonds or Parity Bonds to be redeemed in part by $5,000. The procedure for the selection of Parity Bonds for redemption may be modified as set forth in the Supplemental Indenture for such Parity Bonds. The Trustee shall promptly notify the District in writing of the Bonds or Parity Bonds, or portions thereof, selected for redemption.
Notice of Redemption. When Bonds or Parity Bonds are due for redemption under Section 4.1 above or under another redemption provision set forth in a Supplemental Indenture relating to any Parity Bonds, the Trustee shall give notice, in the name of the District, of the redemption of such Bonds or Parity Bonds. Such notice of redemption shall (a) specify the CUSIP numbers (if any), the bond numbers and the maturity date or dates of the Bonds or Parity Bonds selected for redemption, except that where all of the Bonds or all of an issue of Parity Bonds are subject to redemption, or all the Bonds or Parity Bonds of one maturity, are to be redeemed, the bond numbers of such issue need not be specified; (b) state the date fixed for redemption and surrender of the Bonds or Parity Bonds to be redeemed; (c) state the redemption price; (d) state the place or places where the Bonds or Parity Bonds are to be redeemed; (e) in the case of Bonds or Parity Bonds to be redeemed only in part, state the portion of such Bond or Parity Bond which is to be redeemed; (f) state the date of issue of the Bonds or Parity Bonds as originally issued; (g) state the rate of interest borne by each Bond or Parity Bond being redeemed; and (h) state any other descriptive information needed to identify accurately the Bonds or Parity Bonds being redeemed as shall be specified by the Trustee. Such notice shall further state that on the date fixed for redemption, there shall become due and payable on each Bond, Parity Bond or portion thereof called for redemption, the principal thereof, together with any premium, and interest accrued to the redemption date, and that from and after such date, interest thereon shall cease to accrue and be payable. At least 30 days but no more than 45 days prior to the redemption date, the Trustee shall mail a copy of such notice, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the respective Owners thereof at their addresses appearing on the Bond Register, and to the original purchaser of the Bonds or Parity Bonds, as applicable; provided, however, so long as the Bonds and Parity Bonds are registered in the name of the Nominee, such notice shall be given in such manner as complies with the requirements of the Depository. The actual receipt by the Owner of any Bond or Parity Bond or the original purchaser of any Bond or Parity Bond of notice of such redemption shall not be a condition precedent to redemption, and neither the failure to receive nor any defect in such notice shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of such Bonds or Parity Bonds, or the cessation of interest on the redemption date. A certificate by the Trustee that notice of such redemption has been given as herein provided shall be conclusive as against all parties and no Owner shall be entitled to show that he or she failed to receive notice of such redemption.
In addition to the foregoing notice, further notice shall be given by the Trustee as set out below, but no defect in said further notice nor any failure to give all or any portion of such further notice shall in any manner defeat the effectiveness of a call for redemption if notice thereof is given as above prescribed.
Each further notice of redemption shall be sent not later than the date that notice of redemption is sent to the Bondowners pursuant to the first paragraph of this Section to the Depository and to one or more national information services that the Trustee determines are then in the business of disseminating notice of redemption of obligations such as the Bonds and Parity Bonds. Such notice shall be given by electronically secure means, or any other method agreed upon by such entities and the Trustee.
With respect to any notice of optional redemption of Bonds or Parity Bonds, such notice may state that such redemption shall be conditional upon the receipt by the Trustee on or prior to the date fixed for such redemption of moneys sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Bonds or Parity Bonds to be redeemed and that, if the District determines that such moneys will not be so received on or prior to the redemption date, said notice shall be of no force and effect and the Trustee shall not be required to redeem such Bonds or Parity Bonds. If any condition stated in the redemption notice for an optional redemption shall not have been satisfied on or prior to the redemption date: (i) the redemption notice shall be of no force and effect, (ii) the District shall not be required to redeem such Bonds or Parity Bonds, (iii) the redemption shall not be made, and (iv) the Trustee shall within a reasonable time thereafter give notice to the Persons in the manner in which the conditional redemption notice was given that such condition or conditions were not met and that the redemption was canceled.
Upon the payment of the redemption price of any Bonds and Parity 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, the Bonds and Parity Bonds being redeemed with the proceeds of such check or other transfer.
Partial Redemption of Bonds or Parity Bonds. Upon surrender of any Bond or Parity Bond to be redeemed in part only, the District shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Bondowner, at the expense of the District, a new Bond or Bonds or a new Parity Bond or Parity Bonds of authorized denominations equal in aggregate principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Bonds surrendered, with the same interest rate and the same maturity or, in the case of surrender of a Parity Bond, a new Parity Bond or Parity Bonds subject to the foregoing limitations.
Effect of Notice and Availability of Redemption Money. Notice of redemption having been duly given, as provided in Section 4.3 hereof, and the amount necessary for the redemption having been made available for that purpose and being available therefor on the date fixed for such redemption:
the Bonds and Parity Bonds, or portions thereof, designated for redemption shall, on the date fixed for redemption, become due and payable at the redemption price thereof as provided in this Indenture or in any Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Parity Bonds, anything in this Indenture or in the Bonds or the Parity Bonds to the contrary notwithstanding; upon presentation and surrender thereof at the office of the Trustee, the redemption price of such Bonds and Parity Bonds shall be paid to the Owners thereof; as of the redemption date the Bonds or the Parity Bonds, or portions thereof so designated for redemption shall be deemed to be no longer Outstanding and such Bonds or Parity Bonds, or portions thereof, shall cease to bear further interest; and as of the date fixed for redemption no Owner of any of the Bonds, Parity Bonds or portions thereof so designated for redemption shall be entitled to any of the benefits of this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, or to any other rights, except with respect to payment of the redemption price and interest accrued to the redemption date from the amounts so made available.
COVENANTS AND WARRANTY
Warranty. The District shall preserve and protect the security pledged hereunder for the payment of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds against all claims and demands of all persons.
Covenants. So long as any of the Bonds or Parity Bonds issued hereunder are Outstanding and unpaid, the District makes the following covenants with the Bondowners under the provisions of the Act and this Indenture (to be performed by the District or its proper officers, agents or employees), which covenants are necessary and desirable to secure the payment of the Bonds and Parity Bonds and tend to make them more marketable; provided, however, that said covenants do not require the District to expend any funds or moneys other than the Special Taxes and other amounts deposited to the Special Tax Fund:
Punctual Payment; Against Encumbrances. The District covenants that it will receive all Special Taxes in trust for the Owners and will deposit all Special Taxes with the Trustee immediately upon their apportionment to the District, and the District shall have no beneficial right or interest in the amounts so deposited except as provided by this Indenture. All such Special Taxes shall be disbursed, allocated and applied solely to the uses and purposes set forth herein, and shall be accounted for separately and apart from all other money, funds, accounts or other resources of the District.
The District covenants that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal of and interest on every Bond and Parity Bond issued hereunder, together with the premium, if any, thereon on the date, at the place and in the manner set forth in the Bonds and the Parity Bonds and in accordance with this Indenture to the extent that Net Taxes and other amounts pledged hereunder are available therefor, and that the payments into the Funds and Accounts created hereunder will be made, all in strict conformity with the terms of the Bonds, any Parity Bonds, and this Indenture, and that it will faithfully observe and perform all of the conditions, covenants and requirements of this Indenture and all Supplemental Indentures and of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds issued hereunder.
The District will not mortgage or otherwise encumber, pledge or place any charge upon any of the Net Taxes except as provided in this Indenture, and will not issue any obligation or security having a lien or charge upon the Net Taxes superior to or on a parity with the Bonds, other than Parity Bonds. Nothing herein shall prevent the District from issuing or incurring indebtedness which is payable from a pledge of Net Taxes which is subordinate in all respects to the pledge of Net Taxes to repay the Bonds and the Parity Bonds.
Levy of Special Tax. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2022-23 and so long as any Bonds or Parity Bonds issued under this Indenture are Outstanding, the legislative body of the District covenants to levy the Special Tax in an amount sufficient, together with other amounts on deposit in the Special Tax Fund and available for such purpose, to pay (1) the principal of and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds when due, (2) the Administrative Expenses, and (3) any amounts required to replenish the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund to the Reserve Requirement. The District further covenants that it will take no actions that would discontinue or cause the discontinuance of the Special Tax levy or the District’s authority to levy the Special Tax for so long as the Bonds and any Parity Bonds are Outstanding.
Commence Foreclosure Proceedings. The District covenants for the benefit of the Owners of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds that it will commence judicial foreclosure proceedings against parcels with delinquent Special Taxes by the October 1 following the close of each Fiscal Year in which such Special Taxes were due, and diligently pursue such foreclosure proceedings to completion or the payment of the delinquent amounts; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the District may elect to defer foreclosure proceedings on any parcel so long as: (i) the total delinquency of Special Taxes for such Fiscal Year is less than 5% of the total Special Taxes levied in such Fiscal Year; and (ii) the amount in the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund is at least equal to the Reserve Requirement. The District may, but shall not be obligated to, advance funds from any source of legally available funds in order to maintain the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund at the Reserve Requirement or to avoid a default in payment on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds.
The District covenants that it will deposit the net proceeds of any foreclosure of delinquent Special Taxes in the Special Tax Fund and will apply such proceeds remaining after the payment of Administrative Expenses to make current payments of principal and interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds, to pay any delinquent installments of principal or interest due on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds, and to bring the amount on deposit in the Reserve Account up to the Reserve Requirement.
Payment of Claims. The District will pay and discharge any and all lawful claims for labor, materials or supplies which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon the Net Taxes or other funds in the Special Tax Fund (other than the Administrative Expenses Account therein), or which might impair the security of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds then Outstanding; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall require the District to make any such payments so long as the District in good faith shall contest the validity of any such claims.
Books and Accounts. The District will keep proper books of records and accounts, separate from all other records and accounts of the District, in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the Project, the levy of the Special Tax and the deposits to the Special Tax Fund. Such books of records and accounts shall at all times during business hours be subject to the inspection of the Trustee or of the Owners of not less than 10% of the principal amount of the Bonds or the Owners of not less than 10% of any issue of Parity Bonds then Outstanding or their representatives authorized in writing.
Federal Tax Covenants. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, absent an opinion of Bond Counsel that the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis for federal income tax purposes will not be adversely affected for federal income tax purposes, the District covenants to comply with all applicable requirements of the Code necessary to preserve such exclusion from gross income and specifically covenants, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, as follows:
Private Activity. The District will take no action or refrain from taking any action or make any use of the proceeds of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds or of any other monies or property which would cause the Bonds or any Parity Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis for federal income tax purposes to be “private activity bonds” within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code; Arbitrage. The District will make no use of the proceeds of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds or of any other amounts or property, regardless of the source, or take any action or refrain from taking any action which will cause the Bonds or any Parity Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis for federal income tax purposes to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code; Federal Guaranty. The District will make no use of the proceeds of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds or take or omit to take any action that would cause the Bonds or any Parity Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis for federal income tax purposes to be “federally guaranteed” within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code; Information Reporting. The District will take or cause to be taken all necessary action to comply with the informational reporting requirement of Section 149(e) of the Code; Hedge Bonds. The District will make no use of the proceeds of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds or any other amounts or property, regardless of the source, or take any action or refrain from taking any action that would cause the Bonds or any Parity Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis for federal income tax purposes to be considered “hedge bonds” within the meaning of Section 149(g) of the Code unless the District takes all necessary action to assure compliance with the requirements of Section 149(g) of the Code to maintain the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds and any applicable Parity Bonds; Miscellaneous. The District will take no action or refrain from taking any action inconsistent with its expectations stated in the Tax Certificate executed on the Delivery Date by the District in connection with the Bonds and any issue of Parity Bonds and will comply with the covenants and requirements stated therein and incorporated by reference herein; Other Tax Exempt Issues. The District will not use proceeds of other tax exempt securities to redeem any Bonds or Parity Bonds without first obtaining the written opinion of Bond Counsel that doing so will not impair the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds issued on a tax-exempt basis; and Rebate. The District shall comply with Section 3.7 hereof.
Subsequent Opinions. If the District obtains a subsequent opinion of Bond Counsel other than Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation (“SYCR”), where such opinion is required in connection with a change or amendment to this Indenture or the procedures set forth in the Tax Certificate, it will obtain an opinion substantially to the effect originally delivered by SYCR that interest on the Bonds is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes.
Reduction of Maximum Special Taxes. The District hereby finds and determines that, historically, delinquencies in the payment of special taxes authorized pursuant to the Act in community facilities districts in northern California have from time to time been at levels requiring the levy of special taxes at the maximum authorized rates in order to make timely payment of principal of and interest on the outstanding indebtedness of such community facilities districts, and to maintain reserve funds established therefor. For this reason, the District hereby determines that a reduction in the maximum Special Tax rates authorized to be levied on parcels in the District below the levels provided in this Section 5.2(g) would interfere with the timely retirement of the Bonds and Parity Bonds. The District determines it to be necessary in order to preserve the security for the Bonds and Parity Bonds to covenant, and, to the maximum extent that the law permits it to do so, the District hereby does covenant, that it shall not initiate proceedings to reduce the maximum Special Tax rates for the District, unless, in connection therewith, (i) the District receives a certificate from one or more Independent Financial Consultants which, when taken together, certify that, on the basis of the parcels of land and improvements existing in the District as of the July 1 preceding the reduction, the maximum amount of the Special Tax which may be levied on then existing Developed Property not then delinquent on the payment of Special Taxes in each Bond Year for any Bonds and Parity Bonds Outstanding will equal at least 110% of the sum of the estimated Administrative Expenses and Annual Debt Service in each Bond Year on all Bonds and Parity Bonds to remain Outstanding after the reduction is approved, (ii) the District finds that any reduction made under such conditions will not adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds, and (iii) the District is not delinquent in the payment of the principal of or interest on the Bonds or any Parity Bonds. For purposes of estimating Administrative Expenses for the foregoing calculation, the Independent Financial Consultants shall compute the Administrative Expenses for the current Fiscal Year and escalate that amount by two percent (2%) in each subsequent Fiscal Year.
Covenants to Defend. The District covenants that, in the event that any initiative is adopted by the qualified electors in the District which purports to reduce the maximum Special Tax below the levels specified in Section 5.2(g) above or to limit the power of the District to levy the Special Taxes for the purposes set forth in Section 5.2(b) above, it will commence and pursue legal action in order to preserve its ability to comply with such covenants.
Limitation on Right to Tender Bonds. The District hereby covenants that it will not adopt any policy pursuant to Section 53341.1 of the Act permitting the tender of Bonds or Parity Bonds in full payment or partial payment of any Special Taxes unless the District shall have first received a certificate from an Independent Financial Consultant that the acceptance of such a tender will not result in the District having insufficient Special Tax revenues to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds and Parity Bonds when due.
Continuing Disclosure. The District covenants to comply with the terms of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate and with the terms of any agreement executed by the District with respect to any Parity Bonds to assist the Underwriter in complying with Rule 15(c)2‑12 adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Further Assurances. The District shall make, execute and deliver any and all such further agreements, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out the intention or to facilitate the performance of this Resolution and for the better assuring and confirming unto the Owners of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds of the rights and benefits provided in this Resolution.
AMENDMENTS TO INDENTURE
Supplemental Indentures or Orders Not Requiring Bondowner Consent. The District may from time to time, and at any time, without notice to or consent of any of the Bondowners, adopt Supplemental Indentures for any of the following purposes:
to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provision with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or in any additional resolution or order, provided that such action is not materially adverse to the interests of the Bondowners; to add to the covenants and agreements of and the limitations and the restrictions upon the District contained in this Indenture, other covenants, agreements, limitations and restrictions to be observed by the District which are not contrary to or inconsistent with this Indenture as theretofore in effect or which further secure Bond or Parity Bond payments; to provide for the issuance of any Parity Bonds, and to provide the terms and conditions under which such Parity Bonds may be issued, subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; to modify, amend or supplement this Indenture in such manner as to permit the qualification hereof under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any similar federal statute hereafter in effect, or to comply with the Code or regulations issued thereunder, and to add such other terms, conditions and provisions as may be permitted by said act or similar federal statute, and which shall not materially adversely affect the interests of the Owners of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds then Outstanding; to modify, alter or amend the rate and method of apportionment of the Special Taxes in any manner so long as such changes do not reduce the maximum Special Taxes that may be levied in each year on property within the District to an amount which is less than 110% of the principal and interest due in each corresponding future Bond Year with respect to the Bonds and Parity Bonds Outstanding and estimated Administrative Expenses as of the date of such amendment; or to modify, alter, amend or supplement this Indenture in any other respect which is not materially adverse to the Bondowners.
The Trustee is not obligated to enter into any Supplemental Indenture pursuant to this Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 hereof which modifies any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee without its consent.
Supplemental Indentures or Orders Requiring Bondowner Consent. Exclusive of the Supplemental Indentures described in Section 6.1, the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and Parity Bonds Outstanding shall have the right to consent to and approve the adoption by the District of such Supplemental Indentures as shall be deemed necessary or desirable by the District for the purpose of waiving, modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms or provisions contained in this Indenture; provided, however, that nothing herein shall permit, or be construed as permitting, (a) an extension of the maturity date of the principal, or the payment date of interest on, any Bond or Parity Bond, (b) a reduction in the principal amount of, or redemption premium on, any Bond or Parity Bond or the rate of interest thereon, (c) a preference or priority of any Bond or Parity Bond over any other Bond or Parity Bond, or (d) a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and Parity Bonds the Owners of which are required to consent to such Supplemental Indenture, without the consent of the Owners of all Bonds and Parity Bonds then Outstanding.
If at any time the District shall desire to adopt a Supplemental Indenture, which pursuant to the terms of this Section shall require the consent of the Bondowners, the District shall so notify the Trustee and shall deliver to the Trustee a copy of the proposed Supplemental Indenture. The Trustee shall, at the expense of the District, cause notice of the proposed Supplemental Indenture to be mailed, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to all Bondowners at their addresses as they appear in the Bond Register. Such notice shall briefly set forth the nature of the proposed Supplemental Indenture and shall state that a copy thereof is on file at the office of the Trustee for inspection by all Bondowners. The failure of any Bondowners to receive such notice shall not affect the validity of such Supplemental Indenture when consented to and approved by the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and Parity Bonds Outstanding as required by this Section. Whenever at any time within one year after the date of the first mailing of such notice, the Trustee shall receive an instrument or instruments purporting to be executed by the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and Parity Bonds Outstanding, which instrument or instruments shall refer to the proposed Supplemental Indenture described in such notice, and shall specifically consent to and approve the adoption thereof by the District substantially in the form of the copy referred to in such notice as on file with the Trustee, such proposed Supplemental Indenture, when duly adopted by the District, shall thereafter become a part of the proceedings for the issuance of the Bonds and any Parity Bonds. In determining whether the Owners of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and Parity Bonds have consented to the adoption of any Supplemental Indenture, Bonds or Parity Bonds which are owned by the District or by any person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under the direct or indirect common control with the District, shall be disregarded and shall be treated as though they were not Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination. Upon request of the Trustee, the District shall specify in a certificate to the Trustee those Bonds and Parity Bonds to be disregarded pursuant to this section and the Trustee may conclusively rely on such certificate.
Upon the adoption of any Supplemental Indenture and the receipt of consent to any such Supplemental Indenture from the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds in instances where such consent is required pursuant to the provisions of this section, this Indenture shall be, and shall be deemed to be, modified and amended in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, duties and obligations under this Indenture of the District and all Owners of Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder, subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments. Prior to its execution of a supplemental agreement, the Trustee is entitled to receive, at the expense of the District, an opinion of counsel stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted under this Indenture.
Notation of Bonds or Parity Bonds; Delivery of Amended Bonds or Parity Bonds. After the effective date of any action taken as hereinabove provided, the District may determine that the Bonds or any Parity Bonds may bear a notation, by endorsement in form approved by the District, as to such action, and in that case upon demand of the Owner of any Outstanding Bond or Parity Bond at such effective date and presentation of his Bond or Parity Bond for the purpose at the office of the Trustee or at such additional offices as the Trustee may select and designate for that purpose, a suitable notation as to such action shall be made on such Bonds or Parity Bonds. If the District shall so determine, new Bonds or Parity Bonds so modified as, in the opinion of the District, shall be necessary to conform to such action shall be prepared and executed, and in that case upon demand of the Owner of any Outstanding Bond or Parity Bond at such effective date such new Bonds or Parity Bonds shall be exchanged at the office of the Trustee or at such additional offices as the Trustee may select and designate for that purpose, without cost to each Owner of Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds, upon surrender of such Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds.
TRUSTEE
Trustee. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. shall be the Trustee for the Bonds and any Parity Bonds unless and until another Trustee is appointed by the District hereunder. The District may, at any time, appoint a successor Trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 7.2 below for the purpose of receiving all money which the District is required to deposit with the Trustee hereunder and to allocate, use and apply the same as provided in this Indenture. The Trustee shall, prior to an Event of Default, and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default which may have occurred, perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. The Trustee shall, during the existence of any Event of Default (which has not been cured or waived), exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as prudent persons would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of their own affairs.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to and shall mail by first class mail, postage prepaid, or wire transfer in accordance with Section 2.5 above, interest payments to the Bondowners, to select Bonds and Parity Bonds for redemption, and to maintain the Bond Register. The Trustee is hereby authorized to pay the principal of and premium, if any, on the Bonds and Parity Bonds when the same are duly presented to it for payment at maturity or on call and redemption, to provide for the registration of transfer and exchange of Bonds and Parity Bonds presented to it for such purposes, to provide for the cancellation of Bonds and Parity Bonds all as provided in this Indenture, and to provide for the authentication of Bonds and Parity Bonds, and shall perform all other duties assigned to or imposed on it as provided in this Indenture. The Trustee shall keep accurate records of all funds administered by it and all Bonds and Parity Bonds paid, discharged and cancelled by it.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to redeem the Bonds and Parity Bonds when duly presented for payment at maturity, or on redemption prior to maturity. The Trustee shall cancel all Bonds and Parity Bonds upon payment thereof in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.1 hereof.
The District shall from time to time, subject to any agreement between the District and the Trustee then in force, pay to the Trustee compensation for its services, reimburse the Trustee for all its advances and expenditures, including, but not limited to, advances to and fees and expenses of independent accountants or counsel employed by it in the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder, and indemnify and save the Trustee, its officers, directors, employees and agents, harmless against costs, claims, expenses and liabilities, including, without limitation, fees and expenses of its attorneys, not arising from its own negligence or willful misconduct which it may incur in the exercise and performance of its powers and duties hereunder. The foregoing obligation of the District to indemnify the Trustee shall survive the removal or resignation of the Trustee or the discharge of the Bonds. When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default, such expenses and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, arrangement, moratorium, reorganization or other debtor relief law.
Removal of Trustee. The District may at any time at its sole discretion remove the Trustee initially appointed, and any successor thereto, by delivering to the Trustee 30 days prior written notice of its decision to remove the Trustee and may appoint a successor or successors thereto; provided that any such successor shall be a bank, national banking association or trust company having a combined capital (exclusive of borrowed capital) and surplus (or whose related banks holding company has a combined capital and surplus) of at least $50,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority. Any removal shall become effective only upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee. If any bank, national banking association or trust company appointed as a successor 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 the 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. Any removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee and notice being sent by the successor Trustee to the Bondowners of the successor Trustee’s identity and address.
If no successor Trustee shall have been appointed and have accepted appointment within 45 days of giving notice of removal or notice of resignation as set forth in Section 7.3, the resigning Trustee or any Owner (on behalf of itself and all other Owners) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee, and such court may thereupon, after such notice (if any) as it may deem proper, appoint such successor Trustee.
Resignation of Trustee. The Trustee may at any time resign by giving 30 days prior written notice to the District and by giving to the Owners notice of such resignation, which notice shall be mailed to the Owners at their addresses appearing in the registration books in the office of the Trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the District shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee satisfying the criteria in Section 7.2 above by an instrument in writing. Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee.
Liability of Trustee. The recitals of fact and all promises, covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Bonds and any Parity Bonds shall be taken as statements, promises, covenants and agreements of the District, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same and makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, and shall incur no responsibility in respect thereof, other than in connection with its duties or obligations specifically set forth herein, in the Bonds and any Parity Bonds, or in the certificate of authentication assigned to or imposed upon the Trustee. The Trustee shall be under no responsibility or duty with respect to the issuance of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds for value. The Trustee shall not be liable in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own negligence or willful misconduct.
The Trustee shall be protected in acting upon any notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, Bond, Parity Bond, facsimile transmission, electronic mail or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Trustee may consult with counsel, who may be counsel to the District, 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 hereunder in good faith and in accordance therewith.
The Trustee shall not be bound to recognize any person as the Owner of a Bond or Parity Bond unless and until such Bond or Parity Bond is submitted for inspection, if required, and his title thereto satisfactorily established, if disputed.
Whenever in the administration of its duties under this Indenture the Trustee 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 bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by a written certificate of the District, and such certificate shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or suffered under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof, but in its discretion the Trustee may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may require such additional evidence as to it may seem reasonable.
The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation whatsoever to enforce the collection of Special Taxes or other funds to be deposited with it hereunder, or as to the correctness of any amounts received, but its liability shall be limited to the proper accounting for such funds as it shall actually receive. No provision in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default or Event of Default until an officer at the Trustee’s corporate trust office responsible for the administration of its duties hereunder shall have actual knowledge thereof or the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at its corporate trust office.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for or accountable to anyone for the subsequent use or application of any moneys which shall be released or withdrawn in accordance with the provisions hereof.
The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Owners pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture unless such Owners shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.
The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this Indenture and delivered using Electronic Means (“Electronic Means” shall mean the following communications methods: e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder); provided, however, that the District shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the District whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the District elects to give the Trustee Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The District understands and agrees that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The District shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the District and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the District. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The District agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the District; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.
The Trustee may conclusively rely upon the District’s written instructions as to both the suitability and legality of the directed investments and such written direction shall be deemed to be a certification that such directed investments constitute Permitted Investments.
The permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty and it shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility, opinion or liability with respect to any information statement or recital found in any Official Statement or other disclosure material, prepared or distributed with respect to the issuance of such Bonds or Parity Bonds, except for information provided by the Trustee.
The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers set forth herein and perform the duties required of it hereunder by or through attorneys, agents, or receivers and shall be entitled to the advice of counsel concerning all matters of trusts and its duties herein.
The Trustee shall be protected, absent its own negligence or willful misconduct, in acting upon any notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, note or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; Merger or Consolidation. Any company into which the Trustee 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 Trustee may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business, shall be the successor to the Trustee without the execution or filing of any paper or further act, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES
Events of Default. Any one or more of the following events shall constitute an “event of default”:
default in the due and punctual payment of the principal of or redemption premium, if any, on any Bond or Parity Bond when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity as therein expressed, by declaration or otherwise; default in the due and punctual payment of the interest on any Bond or Parity Bond when and as the same shall become due and payable; or except as described in (a) or (b), default shall be made by the District in the observance of any of the agreements, conditions or covenants on its part contained in this Indenture, the Bonds or any Parity Bonds, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days after the District shall have been given notice in writing of such default by the Trustee or the Owners of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds.
The Trustee agrees to give notice to the Owners as soon as practicable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under (a) or (b) above and within 30 days of the Trustee’s knowledge of an event of default under (c) above.
Remedies of Owners. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy at law or in equity to enforce the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds, and to enforce any rights of the Trustee under or with respect to this Indenture, including:
By mandamus or other suit or proceeding at law or in equity to enforce his rights against the District and any of the directors, officers and employees of the District, and to compel the District or any such directors, officers or employees to perform and carry out their duties under the Act and their agreements with the Owners as provided in this Indenture; By suit in equity to enjoin any actions or things which are unlawful or violate the rights of the Owners; or By a suit in equity to require the District and its directors, officers and employees to account as the trustee of an express trust.
If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and if requested so to do by the Owners of at least twenty‑five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds and if indemnified to its satisfaction, the Trustee shall be obligated to exercise such one or more of the rights and powers conferred by this Article 8, as the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall deem most expedient in the interests of the Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds.
No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Owners is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy. Every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing, at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, and may be exercised without exhausting and without regard to any other remedy conferred by the Act or any other law.
Application of Revenues and Other Funds After Default. All amounts received by the Trustee pursuant to any right given or action taken by the Trustee under the provisions of this Indenture relating to the Bonds and Parity Bonds shall be applied by the Trustee in the following order upon presentation of the several Bonds and Parity Bonds:
First, to the payment of the fees, costs and expenses of the Trustee in declaring such Event of Default and in carrying out the provisions of this Article 8, including reasonable compensation to its agents, attorneys and counsel, and to the payment of all other outstanding fees and expenses of the Trustee; and Second, to the payment of the whole amount of interest on and principal of the Bonds and Parity Bonds then due and unpaid, with interest on overdue installments of principal and interest to the extent permitted by law at the net effective rate of interest then borne by the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds; provided, however, that in the event such amounts shall be insufficient to pay in full the full amount of such interest and principal, then such amounts shall be applied in the following order of priority:
first to the payment of all installments of interest on the Bonds and Parity Bonds then due and unpaid on a pro rata basis based on the total amount then due and owing, second, to the payment of all installments of principal, including Sinking Fund Payments, of the Bonds and Parity Bonds then due and unpaid on a pro rata basis based on the total amount then due and owing, and third, to the payment of interest on overdue installments of principal and interest on the Bonds and Parity Bonds on a pro rata basis based on the total amount then due and owing.
Power of Trustee to Control Proceedings. In the event that the Trustee, upon the happening of an Event of Default, shall have taken any action, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, pursuant to its duties hereunder, whether upon its own discretion or upon the request of the Owners of twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and Parity Bonds then Outstanding, it shall have full power, in the exercise of its discretion for the best interests of the Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds, with respect to the continuance, discontinuance, withdrawal, compromise, settlement or other disposal of such action; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not, unless there no longer continues an Event of Default, discontinue, withdraw, compromise or settle, or otherwise dispose of any litigation pending at law or in equity, if at the time there has been filed with it a written request signed by the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds hereunder opposing such discontinuance, withdrawal, compromise, settlement or other such litigation. Any suit, action or proceeding which any Owner of Bonds or Parity Bonds shall have the right to bring to enforce any right or remedy hereunder may be brought by the Trustee for the equal benefit and protection of all Owners of Bonds and Parity Bonds similarly situated and the Trustee is hereby appointed (and the successive respective Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds issued hereunder, by taking and holding the same, shall be conclusively deemed so to have appointed it) the true and lawful attorney in fact of the respective Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds for the purposes of bringing any such suit, action or proceeding and to do and perform any and all acts and things for and on behalf of the respective Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds as a class or classes, as may be necessary or advisable in the opinion of the Trustee as such attorney‑in‑fact.
Appointment of Receivers. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, and upon the filing of a suit or other commencement of judicial proceedings to enforce the rights of the Trustee and of the Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled, as a matter of right, to the appointment of a receiver or receivers of the Net Taxes and other amounts pledged hereunder, pending such proceedings, with such powers as the court making such appointment shall confer.
Non‑Waiver. Nothing in this Article 8 or in any other provision of this Indenture, or in the Bonds or the Parity Bonds, shall affect or impair the obligation of the District, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the interest on and principal of the Bonds and Parity Bonds to the respective Owners of the Bonds and Parity Bonds at the respective dates of maturity, as herein provided, out of the Net Taxes and other moneys herein pledged for such payment.
A waiver of any default or breach of duty or contract by the Trustee or any Owners shall not affect any subsequent default or breach of duty or contract, or impair any rights or remedies on any such subsequent default or breach. No delay or omission of the Trustee or any Owner of any of the Bonds or Parity Bonds to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein; and every power and remedy conferred upon the Trustee or the Owners by the Act or by this Article 8 may be enforced and exercised from time to time and as often as shall be deemed expedient by the Trustee or the Owners, as the case may be.
Limitations on Rights and Remedies of Owners. No Owner of any Bond or Parity Bond issued hereunder shall have the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding at law or in equity, for any remedy under or upon this Indenture, unless (a) such Owner shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default; (b) the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Bonds and Parity Bonds then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to exercise the powers hereinbefore granted or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name; (c) said Owners shall have tendered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably acceptable to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request; and (d) the Trustee shall have refused or omitted to comply with such request for a period of sixty (60) days after such written request shall have been received by, and said tender of indemnity shall have been made to, the Trustee.
Such notification, request, tender of indemnity and refusal or omission are hereby declared, in every case, to be conditions precedent to the exercise by any Owner of Bonds and Parity Bonds of any remedy hereunder; it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners of Bonds and Parity Bonds shall have any right in any manner whatever by his or their action to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided, and that all proceedings at law or in equity to enforce any provision of this Indenture shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of all Owners of the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds.
The right of any Owner of any Bond and Parity Bond to receive payment of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on such Bond and Parity Bond as herein provided or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, shall not be impaired or affected without the written consent of such Owner, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section or any other provision of this Indenture.
Termination of Proceedings. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture by the appointment of a receiver or otherwise, and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely, then and in every such case, the District, the Trustee and the Owners shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, with regard to the property subject to this Indenture, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Trustee shall continue as if no such proceedings had been taken.
DEFEASANCE AND PARITY BONDS
Defeasance. If the District shall pay or cause to be paid, or there shall otherwise be paid, to the Owner of an Outstanding Bond or Parity Bond the interest due thereon and the principal thereof, at the times and in the manner stipulated in this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, then the Owner of such Bond or Parity Bond shall cease to be entitled to the pledge of Net Taxes, and, other than as set forth below, all covenants, agreements and other obligations of the District to the Owner of such Bond or Parity Bond under this Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture relating to such Parity Bond shall thereupon cease, terminate and become void and be discharged and satisfied. In the event of a defeasance of all Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds pursuant to this Section, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the District all such instruments as may be desirable to evidence such discharge and satisfaction, and the Trustee shall pay over or deliver to the District’s general fund all money or securities held by it pursuant to this Indenture which are not required for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on such Bonds and Parity Bonds.
Any Outstanding Bond or Parity Bond shall be deemed to have been paid within the meaning expressed in the first paragraph of this Section if such Bond or Parity Bond is paid in any one or more of the following ways:
by paying or causing to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Bond or Parity Bond, as and when the same become due and payable; by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, at or before maturity, money which, together with the amounts then on deposit in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Administrative Expenses Account) and available for such purpose, is fully sufficient to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Bond or Parity Bond, as and when the same shall become due and payable; or by depositing with the Trustee or another escrow bank appointed by the District, in trust, Federal Securities, in which the District may lawfully invest its money, in such amount as will be sufficient, together with the interest to accrue thereon and moneys then on deposit in the Special Tax Fund (exclusive of the Administrative Expenses Account) and available for such purpose, together with the interest to accrue thereon, to pay and discharge the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Bond or Parity Bond, as and when the same shall become due and payable.
If paid as provided above, then, at the election of the District, and notwithstanding that any Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds shall not have been surrendered for payment, all obligations of the District under this Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture with respect to such Bond or Parity Bond shall cease and terminate, except for the obligation of the Trustee to pay or cause to be paid to the Owners of any such Bond or Parity Bond not so surrendered and paid, all sums due thereon and except for the covenants of the District contained in Sections 3.7 and 5.2(f) or any covenants in a Supplemental Indenture relating to compliance with the Code. Notice of such election shall be filed with the Trustee not less than ten days prior to the proposed defeasance date, or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee. In connection with a defeasance under (b) or (c) above, there shall be provided to the District and the Trustee a verification report from an independent nationally recognized certified public accountant stating its opinion as to the sufficiency of the moneys or securities deposited with the Trustee or the escrow bank to pay and discharge the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds to be defeased in accordance with this Section, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and an opinion of Bond Counsel (which may rely upon the opinion of the certified public accountant) to the effect that the Bonds or Parity Bonds being defeased have been legally defeased in accordance with this Indenture and any applicable Supplemental Indenture.
Upon a defeasance, the Trustee, upon request of the District, shall release the rights of the Owners of such Bonds and Parity Bonds which have been defeased under this Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture and execute and deliver to the District all such instruments as may be desirable to evidence such release, discharge and satisfaction. In the case of a defeasance hereunder of all Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds, the Trustee shall pay over or deliver to the District any funds held by the Trustee at the time of a defeasance, which are not required for the purpose of paying and discharging the principal of or interest on the Bonds and Parity Bonds when due. The Trustee shall, at the written direction of the District, send a notice to the Bondowners whose Bonds or Parity Bonds have been defeased, in the form directed by the District, stating that the defeasance has occurred.
Conditions for the Issuance of Parity Bonds and Other Additional Indebtedness. The District may at any time after the issuance and delivery of the Bonds hereunder issue Parity Bonds payable from the Net Taxes and other amounts deposited in the Special Tax Fund (other than in the Administrative Expenses Account therein) and secured by a lien and charge upon such amounts equal to the lien and charge securing the Outstanding Bonds and any other Parity Bonds theretofore issued hereunder or under any Supplemental Indenture; provided, however, Parity Bonds may only be issued for the purpose of refunding all or a portion of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds then Outstanding, or for other purposes of the District in a principal amount not to exceed $_________. Parity Bonds may be issued subject to the following additional specific conditions, which are hereby made conditions precedent to the issuance of any such Parity Bonds:
The District shall be in compliance with all covenants set forth in this Indenture and any Supplemental Indenture then in effect and a certificate of the District to that effect shall have been filed with the Trustee; provided, however, that Parity Bonds may be issued notwithstanding that the District is not in compliance with all such covenants so long as immediately following the issuance of such Parity Bonds the District will be in compliance with all such covenants.
The issuance of such Parity Bonds shall have been duly authorized pursuant to the Act and all applicable laws, and the issuance of such Parity Bonds shall have been provided for by a Supplemental Indenture duly adopted by the District which shall specify the following:
the purpose for which such Parity Bonds are to be issued and the fund or funds into which the proceeds thereof are to be deposited, including payment of all costs and the funding of all reserves incidental to or connected with such Parity Bonds; the authorized principal amount of such Parity Bonds;
the Interest Payment Dates and the maturity date or dates of such Parity Bonds; provided that (i) Interest Payment Dates shall fall on March 1 and September 1 and each maturity date shall fall on September 1, (ii) all such Parity Bonds of like maturity shall be identical in all respects, except as to number, and (iii) fixed serial maturities or Sinking Fund Payments, or any combination thereof, shall be established to provide for the retirement of all such Parity Bonds on or before their respective maturity dates; the description of the Parity Bonds, the place of payment thereof and the procedure for execution and authentication; the denominations and method of numbering of such Parity Bonds; the amount and due date of each mandatory Sinking Fund Payment, if any, for such Parity Bonds; the amount, if any, to be deposited from the proceeds of such Parity Bonds in the Reserve Account of the Special Tax Fund to increase the amount therein to the Reserve Requirement; the form of such Parity Bonds; and
such other provisions as are necessary or appropriate and not inconsistent with this Indenture.
The Trustee shall have received the following documents or money or securities, all of such documents dated or certified, as the case may be, as of the Delivery Date of such Parity Bonds by the Trustee (unless the Trustee shall accept any of such documents bearing a prior date):
a certified copy of the Supplemental Indenture authorizing the issuance of such Parity Bonds; a written request of the District as to the delivery of such Parity Bonds; an opinion of Bond Counsel and/or general counsel to the District to the effect that (a) the District has the right and power under the Act to authorize, execute and deliver this Indenture and the Supplemental Indentures relating to such Parity Bonds, and this Indenture and all such Supplemental Indentures have been duly and lawfully authorized, executed and delivered by the District, are in full force and effect and are valid and binding upon the District and enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights); (b) this Indenture creates the valid pledge which it purports to create of the Net Taxes and other amounts as provided in this Indenture, subject to the application thereof to the purposes and on the conditions permitted by this Indenture; and (c) such Parity Bonds are valid and binding limited obligations of the District, enforceable in accordance with their terms (except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights) and the terms of this Indenture and all Supplemental Indentures thereto and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and all such Supplemental Indentures, and such Parity Bonds have been duly and validly authorized and issued in accordance with the Act (or other applicable laws) and this Indenture and all such Supplemental Indentures; and a further opinion of Bond Counsel to the effect that, assuming compliance by the District with certain tax covenants, the issuance of the Parity Bonds will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Bonds and any Parity Bonds theretofore issued on a tax‑exempt basis, or the exemption from State of California personal income taxation of interest on any Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds theretofore issued; a certificate of the District containing such statements as may be reasonably necessary to show compliance with the requirements of this Indenture; where the Parity Bonds are issued to refund the Bonds or other Parity Bonds, a certificate of an Independent Financial Consultant certifying that in each Bond Year the Annual Debt Service on the Bonds and Parity Bonds to remain Outstanding following the issuance of the Parity Bonds proposed to be issued is less than the Annual Debt Service on the Bonds and Parity Bonds Outstanding prior to the issuance of such Parity Bonds; where the Parity Bonds are being issued other than to refund the Bonds or other Parity Bonds, a Certificate of the Special Tax Administrator certifying that (i) the Maximum Special Taxes that may be levied in each Fiscal Year is not less than 110% of the Annual Debt Service in the Bond Year that begins in such Fiscal Year, plus estimated Administrative Expenses; (ii) the Value of District Property is not less than ten (10) times the sum of Direct Debt for District Property plus Overlapping Debt allocable to all property in the District subject to the Special Tax; and (iii) the Value of Undeveloped Property is at least five (5) times the sum of Direct Debt for Undeveloped Property plus Overlapping Debt for Undeveloped Property. For purposes of the foregoing Certificate of Special Tax Administrator, all calculations shall consider the Parity Bonds proposed to be issued to be Outstanding. such further documents, money and securities as are required by the provisions of this Indenture and the Supplemental Indenture providing for the issuance of such Parity Bonds.
MISCELLANEOUS
Cancellation of Bonds and Parity Bonds. All Bonds and Parity Bonds surrendered to the Trustee for payment upon maturity or for redemption shall be upon payment therefor, and any Bond or Parity Bond purchased by the District as authorized herein and delivered to the Trustee for such purpose shall be, cancelled forthwith and shall not be reissued. The Trustee shall destroy such Bonds and Parity Bonds, as provided by law, and, upon request of the District, furnish to the District a certificate of such destruction.
Execution of Documents and Proof of Ownership. Any request, direction, consent, revocation of consent, or other instrument in writing required or permitted by this Indenture to be signed or executed by Bondowners may be in any number of concurrent instruments of similar tenor may be signed or executed by such Owners in person or by their attorneys appointed by an instrument in writing for that purpose, or by the bank, trust company or other depository for such Bonds. Proof of the execution of any such instrument, or of any instrument appointing any such attorney, and of the ownership of Bonds or Parity Bonds shall be sufficient for the purposes of this Indenture (except as otherwise herein provided), if made in the following manner:
The fact and date of the execution by any Owner or his or her attorney of any such instrument and of any instrument appointing any such attorney, may be proved by a signature guarantee of any bank or trust company located within the United States of America. Where any such instrument is executed by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such corporation, association or partnership, such signature guarantee shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority.
As to any Bond or Parity Bond, the person in whose name the same shall be registered in the Bond Register shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of or on account of the principal of any such Bond or Parity Bond, and the interest thereon, shall be made only to or upon the order of the registered Owner thereof or his or her legal representative. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond or Parity Bond and the interest thereon to the extent of the sum or sums to be paid. Neither the District nor the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Nothing contained in this Indenture shall be construed as limiting the Trustee or the District to such proof, it being intended that the Trustee or the District may accept any other evidence of the matters herein stated which the Trustee or the District may deem sufficient. Any request or consent of the Owner of any Bond or Parity Bond shall bind every future Owner of the same Bond or Parity Bond in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the District in pursuance of such request or consent.
Unclaimed Moneys. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, any money held by the Trustee in trust for the payment and discharge of any of the Outstanding Bonds and Parity Bonds which remain unclaimed for two years after the date when such Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds have become due and payable, if such money was held by the Trustee at such date, or for two years after the date of deposit of such money if deposited with the Trustee after the date when such Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds become due and payable, shall be repaid by the Trustee to the District (without liability for interest), as its absolute property and free from trust, and the Trustee shall thereupon be released and discharged with respect thereto and the Owners shall look only to the District for the payment of such Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds; provided, however, that, before being required to make any such payment to the District, the Trustee, at the expense of the District, shall cause to be mailed by first‑class mail, postage prepaid, to the registered Owners of such Outstanding Bonds or Parity Bonds at their addresses as they appear on the registration books of the Trustee a notice that said money remains unclaimed and that, after a date named in said notice, which date shall not be less than 30 days after the date of the mailing of such notice, the balance of such money then unclaimed will be returned to the District.
Provisions Constitute Contract. The provisions of this Indenture shall constitute a contract between the District and the Bondowners and the provisions hereof shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
In case any suit, action or proceeding to enforce any right or exercise any remedy shall be brought or taken and, should said suit, action or proceeding be abandoned, or be determined adversely to the Bondowners or the Trustee, then the District, the Trustee and the Bondowners shall be restored to their former positions, rights and remedies as if such suit, action or proceeding had not been brought or taken.
After the issuance and delivery of the Bonds this Indenture shall be irrepealable, but shall be subject to modifications to the extent and in the manner provided in this Indenture, but to no greater extent and in no other manner.
Future Contracts. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to restrict or prohibit the District from making contracts or creating bonded or other indebtedness payable from a pledge of the Net Taxes which is subordinate to the pledge hereunder, or which is payable from the general fund of the District or from taxes or any source other than the Net Taxes and other amounts pledged hereunder.
Further Assurances. The District 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 Indenture, and for the better assuring and confirming unto the Owners of the Bonds or any Parity Bonds the rights and benefits provided in this Indenture.
Severability. If any covenant, agreement or provision, or any portion thereof, contained in this Indenture, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held to be unconstitutional, invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Indenture and the application of any such covenant, agreement or provision, or portion thereof, to other persons or circumstances, shall be deemed severable and shall not be affected thereby, and this Indenture, the Bonds and any Parity Bonds issued pursuant hereto shall remain valid and the Bondowners shall retain all valid rights and benefits accorded to them under the laws of the State of California.
Notices. Any notices required to be given to the District with respect to the Bonds or this Indenture shall be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, or personally delivered to the Director of Finance of the City of South San Francisco, 400 Grand Avenue, South San Francisco, CA 94080, and all notices to the Trustee in its capacity as Trustee shall be mailed, first class, postage prepaid, or personally delivered to the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Attn: Corporate Trust Department 50 Fremont Street, Suite 3900 San Francisco, CA 94105.
Execution. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all together shall constitute but one and the same Indenture.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01 (PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES), CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, has caused this Bond Indenture to be signed by the City Manager of the City of South San Francisco and attested thereto by the City Clerk of the City of South San Francisco, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. in token of its acceptance of the trust created hereunder, has caused this Bond Indenture to be signed in its corporate name by its officer identified below, all as of the day and year first above written.
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01 (PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES), CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA By:
City Manager of the City of South San Francisco, California, on behalf of the City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of South San Francisco,
California, on behalf of the
City of South San Francisco Community
Facilities District No. 2021-01
(Public Facilities and Services),
City of South San Francisco,
County of San Mateo, State of California
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee By:
Its: Authorized Officer
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF SPECIAL TAX BOND, SERIES 2022
R-__ $___________
UNLESS THIS BOND IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE) TO THE TRUSTEE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY BOND ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01
(PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES)
SPECIAL TAX BOND (OYSTER POINT), SERIES 2022
INTEREST RATE
MATURITY DATE
DATED DATE
CUSIP
____%
September 1, _20__
__________, 2022
__________
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: _____________________________________ AND NO/100 DOLLARS CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01 (PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES), CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA (the “District”) which was formed by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco (the “City”) and is situated in the County of San Mateo, State of California, FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby promises to pay, solely from certain amounts held under the Indenture (as hereinafter defined), to the Registered Owner named above, or registered assigns, 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 Interest Payment Date (as hereinafter defined) next preceding the date of authentication hereof, unless (i) the date of authentication is an Interest Payment Date in which event interest shall be payable from such date of authentication, (ii) the date of authentication is after a Record Date (as hereinafter defined) but prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which event interest shall be payable from the Interest Payment Date immediately succeeding the date of authentication, or (iii) the date of authentication is prior to the close of business on the first Record Date in which event interest shall be payable from the Dated Date set forth above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at the time of authentication of this Bond interest is in default, interest on this Bond shall be payable from the last Interest Payment Date to which the interest has been paid or made available for payment or, if no interest has been paid or made available for payment, interest on this Bond shall be payable from the Dated Date set forth above. Interest will be paid semiannually on March 1 and September 1 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing September 1, 2022, at the Interest Rate set forth above, until the Principal Amount hereof is paid or made available for payment.
The principal of and premium, if any, on this Bond are payable to the Registered Owner hereof in lawful money of the United States of America upon presentation and surrender of this Bond at the Principal Office of the Trustee (as such term is defined in the Bond Indenture), initially The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (the “Trustee”). Interest on this Bond shall be paid by check of the Trustee mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or in certain circumstances described in the Indenture by wire transfer to an account within the United States of America, to the Registered Owner hereof as of the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month preceding the month in which the Interest Payment Date occurs (the “Record Date”) at such Registered Owner’s address as it appears on the registration books maintained by the Trustee.
This Bond is one of a duly authorized issue of “City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), Special Tax Bonds (Oyster Point), Series 2022” (the “Bonds”) issued in the aggregate principal amount of $__________ pursuant to the Mello‑Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, as amended, being Sections 53311, et seq., of the California Government Code (the “Act”) for the purpose of financing certain public facilities, funding certain capitalized interest and a reserve account and paying certain costs related to the issuance of the Bonds. The issuance of the Bonds and the terms and conditions thereof are provided for by a resolution adopted by the City Council of the City acting in its capacity as the legislative body of the District (the “Legislative Body”) on March 23, 2022 and a Bond Indenture dated as of April 1, 2022, by and between the District and the Trustee executed in connection therewith (the “Indenture”), and this reference incorporates the Indenture herein, and by acceptance hereof the Registered Owner of this Bond assents to said terms and conditions. The Indenture is executed under and this Bond is issued under, and both are to be construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California. Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
Pursuant to the Act and the Indenture, the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Bond are payable solely from Net Taxes, constituting a portion of the annual special taxes authorized under the Act to be levied and collected within the District (the “Special Taxes”) and certain other amounts pledged to the repayment of the Bonds as set forth in the Indenture. Any amounts for the payment hereof shall be limited to the Net Taxes pledged and collected or foreclosure proceeds received following a default in payment of the Special Taxes and other amounts deposited to the Special Tax Fund (other than the Administrative Expenses Account therein) established under the Indenture, except to the extent that other provision for payment has been made by the Legislative Body, as may be permitted by law. The District has covenanted for the benefit of the owners of the Bonds that under certain circumstances described in the Indenture it will commence and diligently pursue to completion foreclosure proceedings in the event of delinquencies of Special Tax installments levied for payment of principal and interest on the Bonds.
The Bonds maturing on or after September 1, 20__ may be redeemed, at the option of the District from any source of funds on any Interest Payment Date on or after September 1, 20__, in whole or in part from such maturities as are selected by the District and by lot within a maturity, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with accrued interest to the date of redemption, without premium.
The Term Bonds maturing on September 1, 20__ and September 1, 20__ shall be called before maturity and redeemed, from Sinking Fund Payments that have been deposited into the Redemption Account, on September 1, 20__ and on each September 1 thereafter prior to maturity, in accordance with the schedule of Sinking Fund Payments set forth in the Indenture at a redemption price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, without premium.
The Bonds are subject to extraordinary redemption as a whole, or in part on a pro rata basis among maturities, on any Interest Payment Date, and shall be redeemed by the Trustee, from Prepayments of Special Taxes deposited to the Redemption Account plus amounts transferred from the Reserve Account in connection with such transfers, at the following redemption prices expressed as a percentage of the principal amount to be redeemed, together with accrued interest to the redemption date:
Redemption Date
Redemption Price
%
Notice of redemption with respect to the Bonds to be redeemed shall be mailed to the registered owners thereof not less than 30 nor more than 45 days prior to the redemption date by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the addresses set forth in the registration books provided, however, so long as the Bonds are registered in the name of the Nominee, such notice shall be given in such manner as complies with the requirements of the Depository. Neither a failure of the Registered Owner hereof to receive such notice nor any defect therein will affect the validity of the proceedings for redemption. All Bonds or portions thereof so called for redemption will cease to accrue interest on the specified redemption date, provided that funds for the redemption are on deposit with the Trustee on the redemption date. Thereafter, the registered owners of such Bonds shall have no rights except to receive payment of the redemption price upon the surrender of the Bonds.
This Bond shall be registered in the name of the Registered Owner hereof, as to both principal and interest, and the District and the Trustee may treat the Registered Owner hereof as the absolute owner for all purposes and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Bonds are issuable only in fully registered form in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof and may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Bonds of other authorized denominations of the same issue and maturity, all as more fully set forth in the Indenture. This Bond is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof, in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, at the Principal Office of the Trustee, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the Indenture, upon surrender and cancellation of this Bond. Upon such transfer, a new registered Bond of authorized denomination or denominations for the same aggregate principal amount of the same issue and maturity will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor.
The Trustee shall not be required to register transfers or make exchanges of (i) any Bonds for a period of 15 days next preceding any selection of the Bonds to be redeemed, or (ii) any Bonds chosen for redemption.
The rights and obligations of the District and of the registered owners of the Bonds may be amended at any time, and in certain cases without notice to or the consent of the registered owners, to the extent and upon the terms provided in the Indenture.
THE BONDS DO NOT CONSTITUTE OBLIGATIONS OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO OR OF THE DISTRICT FOR WHICH THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO OR THE DISTRICT IS OBLIGATED TO LEVY OR PLEDGE, OR HAS LEVIED OR PLEDGED, GENERAL OR SPECIAL TAXES, OTHER THAN THE SPECIAL TAXES REFERENCED HEREIN. THE BONDS ARE LIMITED OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT PAYABLE FROM THE PORTION OF THE SPECIAL TAXES AND OTHER AMOUNTS PLEDGED UNDER THE INDENTURE BUT ARE NOT A DEBT OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR ANY OF ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY LIMITATION OR RESTRICTION.
This Bond shall not become valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication and registration hereon endorsed shall have been dated and signed by the Trustee.
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 do exist, have happened and have 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 District, does not exceed any debt limit prescribed by the laws or Constitution of the State of California.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California, has caused this Bond to be dated as of _______________, 2022, to be signed on behalf of the District by the Mayor of the City by his facsimile signature and attested by the facsimile signature of the City Clerk of the City.
Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, California, on behalf of the City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of South San Francisco,
California, on behalf of the City of South San
Francisco Community Facilities District
No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services),
City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo,
State of California
[FORM OF TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE
OF AUTHENTICATION AND REGISTRATION]
This is one of the Bonds described in the within‑defined Indenture.
Dated: ______________ ____________________, as Trustee By:
Its: Authorized Signatory
[FORM OF LEGAL OPINION]
The following is a true copy of the opinion rendered by Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, in connection with the issuance of, and dated as of the date of the original delivery of, the Bonds. A signed copy is on file in my office.
City Clerk of the City of South San Francisco, California, acting in its capacity as the legislative body of City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California [FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
For value received the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto (Name, Address, and Tax Identification or Social Security Number of Assignee) the within-mentioned 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.
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
FORM OF REQUISITION FOR DISBURSEMENT OF PROJECT COSTS
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO
COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01
(PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES),
CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO,
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
____________________ Trustee, is hereby requested to pay from the Project Account of the City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services) Acquisition and Construction Fund, established by the Bond Indenture between the Trustee and City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services), City of South San Francisco, County of San Mateo, State of California (the “District”), dated as of April 1, 2022, the amount specified and to the payee named below for payment of the Project Costs set forth in Attachment No. 1 hereto.
Payee:
Address:
Purpose:
Amount: $
The amount is due and payable under purchase order, contract or other authorization and has not formed the basis of any prior request for payment. The conditions for the release of this amount from the City of South San Francisco Community Facilities District No. 2021-01 (Public Facilities and Services) Acquisition and Construction Fund, including those conditions in Section 3.9(c) of the Indenture have been satisfied.
There has not been filed with nor served upon the District notice of any lien, right to lien or attachment upon, or stop notice or claim affecting the right to receive payment of the amount specified above which has not been released or will not be released simultaneously with the payment of such amount, other than materialmen’s or mechanic’s liens accruing by mere operation of law.
Dated: CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NO. 2021-01 (PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES), CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA By:
Authorized Representative
ATTACHMENT NO. 1
[Insert Description of Project Costs.]
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft 3/16/2022
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