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COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESOLUTION
NAME OF COUNTY: CONTRA COSTA RESOLUTION NO. 91/319-
NAME OF SCHOOL DISTRICT: WALNUT CREEK ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL DISTRICT
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BORROWING: $3, 000, 000
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE BORROWING OF FUNDS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991-1992 AND THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF A
1991-1992 TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE THEREFOR
FOR THE ABOVE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING
PARTICIPATION IN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS .
ASSOCIATION FINANCE CORPORATION CASH RESERVE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 53850 to 53858, both
inclusive, of the Government Code (the "Act") (being Article
7 . 6, Chapter 4 , Part 1, Division 2 , Title 5 of the Government
Code) , the School District specified above (the "District")
has filed with the Board of Supervisors of the County (the
"Board") a resolution requesting that the Board borrow money
for the District by the authorization, issuance and sale of a
1991-1992 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note of the District in
an amount not to exceed the Maximum Amount of Borrowing
specified above (the "Principal Amount") in anticipation of
the receipt of taxes , income, revenue; cash receipts and other
moneys to be received by the District for the general fund of
the District attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992;
WHEREAS, the County intends to issue a note, for and
in the name of the District for the purposes set forth above,
in the Principal Amount, as hereinafter defined;
WHEREAS, the District has found and determined that
the Principal Amount, when added to the interest payable
thereon, does not exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the
estimated amount of the uncollected taxes, income, revenue
(including, but not limited to, revenue from the state and
federal governments) , cash receipts and other moneys of the
District attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992, and available
for the payment of the principal of the Note and the interest
thereon;
WHEREAS, the District has found and determined that
no money has heretofore been borrowed by or on behalf of the
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District through the issuance of tax anticipation notes or
temporary notes in anticipation of the receipt of, or payable
from or secured by, taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts or
other moneys for the Fiscal Year 1991-1992;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 53856 of the Act,
. certain moneys which will be received by the District during
and attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 can be pledged for
the payment of the principal of the Note and the interest
thereon (as hereinafter provided) ;
WHEREAS, the District has determined that it is in
the best interests of the District to participate in the
California School Boards Association Finance Corporation Cash
Reserve Program (the "Program") , whereby participating school
districts, community college districts and county boards of
education will simultaneously issue and sell tax and revenue
anticipation notes to the California School Boards Association
Finance Corporation (the "Corporation" ) ;
WHEREAS, the District desires to have its Note
marketed together with the notes issued by other school
districts , community college districts and county boards of
education participating in the Program;
WHEREAS, the Program requires the Corporation to
transfer and assign its interest in the tax and revenue
anticipation notes to the Bank of America National Trust and
Savings Association, as trustee (the "Trustee" ) , pursuant to a
trust agreement between the Corporation and the Trustee, dated
as of July 1, 1991 (the "Trust Agreement") ;
WHEREAS, the Program requires the Trustee, pursuant
to the Trust Agreement, to execute and deliver certificates of
participation (the "Certificates" ) evidencing and representing
proportionate undivided interests in the payments of principal
of and interest on the tax and revenue anticipation notes
issued by the school districts, community college districts
and county boards of education participating in the Program;
WHEREAS, the District desires to have the Trustee
execute and deliver Certificates which evidence and represent
interests of the owners thereof in the Note and the notes
issued by other school districts, community college districts
and county boards of education participating in the Program;
WHEREAS, as additional security for the owners of
the Certificates, the payments by the participating school
districts , community college districts and county boards of
education of their respective notes will be secured by an
irrevocable letter of credit (the "Letter of Credit" ) issued
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by the bank designated in the Trust Agreement, as finally
executed (the "Bank" ) , pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement
(the "Reimbursement Agreement" ) between the Corporation and
the Bank;
WHEREAS, the Program requires that each
participating school district, community college district and
county board of education approve the Trust Agreement and the
Reimbursement Agreement in substantially the forms presented
to the Board;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Program each participating
school district , community college district and county board
of education will be responsible for its share of the fees of
the Trustee and the Bank and. the costs of issuing the
Certificates , and its allocable share of all Reimbursement
Obligations (as defined in the Trust Agreement) ; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Program the Corporation
will submit 'an offer to purchase the Note and has submitted a
form of note purchase agreement (the "Note Purchase
Agreement" ) to the Board, which has been approved by the
District ;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby finds, determines,
declares and resolves as follows :
Section 1 . Recitals . All the above recitals are
true and correct and this Board so finds and determines .
Section 2 . Authorization of Issuance. Solely for
the purpose of anticipating taxes, income, revenue, cash
receipts and other moneys to be received by the District for
the. general fund of the District attributable to Fiscal Year
1991-1992 , and not pursuant to any common plan of financing of
the District, the County hereby determines to and shall issue
(for and on behalf of the District) a note in the Principal
Amount under Sections 53850 et seg. of the Act, designated the
District ' s "1991-1992 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note" (the
"Note" ) , to be issued in the form of one fully registered note
at the principal amount thereof, to be dated the date of its
delivery to the initial purchaser thereof, to mature (without
option of prior redemption) not more than thirteen months
thereafter (the "Maturity Date") , and to bear interest,
payable at maturity and computed upon the basis .of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at a rate not to
exceed ten percent (10%) per annum as determined by the
Assistant Superintendent for Business, the business manager or
chief financial .officer of the District, as the case may be,
or, in the absence of said officer, his or her duly appointed
assistant , in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement and
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Section 4 hereof . If the Note is not paid at maturity and
becomes a Bank Note (as defined in the Trust Agreement) , it
shall continue to be outstanding and shall bear interest
thereafter until paid at the rate per annum which produces a
yield equal to the lesser of (i) the Prime Lending Rate (as
defined in the Trust. Agreement) plus two percentage points or
(ii) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law when applied
to the unreimbursed amount of the proceeds of the drawings on
the Letter of Credit used to pay principal of and interest on
the Note, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, actual
number of days elapsed (the "Bank Rate") . Both the principal
of and interest on .the Note shall be payable in lawful money
of the United States of America, but only upon surrender
thereof, at the corporate trust office of Bank of America
National Trust and Savings Association in Los Angeles,
California . The principal amount of the Note shall, prior to
the issuance thereof, be reduced from the Maximum Amount of
Borrowing specified above if and to the extent necessary to
obtain an approving legal opinion of Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe ( "Bond Counsel") as to the legality thereof and the
exclusion from gross income for federal tax purposes of
interest thereon.
Section 3 . Form of Note. The Note shall be issued
in fully registered form without coupons and shall be
substantially in the form and substance set forth in Exhibit A
attached hereto and by reference incorporated herein, the
blanks in said form to be filled in with appropriate words and
figures .
Section 4 . Sale of Note; Delegation. The Assistant
Superintendent for Business, the business manager or the chief
financial officer of the District, as the case may be, or, in
the absence of said officer, his or her duly appointed
assistant, is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate,
with the Corporation, an interest rate on the Note to the
stated maturity thereof, which shall not exceed ten percent
( 10%) per annum and the purchase price to be paid by the
Corporation for the Note, which purchase price shall be at a
discount which when added to the District ' s share of the costs
of issuance shall not be more than two percent (2%) of the
principal amount of the Note, and, if such interest rate and
price are acceptable to said officer, said officer is hereby
further authorized and directed to execute and deliver the
Note Purchase Agreement , substantially in the form presented
to this meeting , with such changes therein as said officer
shall require or approve, and such other documents or
certificates required to be executed and delivered thereunder
or to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby or
thereby, for and in the name and on behalf of the District .
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Section 5 . Disposition of Proceeds of Note. The
moneys received from the sale of the Note allocable to the
District ' s share of the costs of issuance shall be deposited
in the Costs of Issuance Fund held and invested by the Trustee
under the Trust Agreement and expended by the Corporation on
costs of issuance as provided in the Trust Agreement . The
moneys received from the sale of the Note (net of the
District ' s share of the costs of issuance) shall be deposited
in the District' s Proceeds Subaccount authorized to be created
pursuant to, and held and invested by the Trustee under, the
Trust Agreement for the District and said moneys may be used
and expended by the District for any purpose for which it is
authorized to expend funds upon requisition from the Proceeds
Subaccount as specified in the Trust Agreement . The District
has covenanted and agreed to replenish amounts on deposit in
its Proceeds Subaccount to the extent practicable from any
source of available funds up to an amount equal to the
unreplenished withdrawals from such Proceeds Subaccount . The
Trustee shall transfer to the Payment Account (hereinafter
defined) of the District from amounts on deposit in the
Proceeds Subaccount on April 1, 1992 an amount which, taking
into consideration anticipated earnings thereon to be received
by the Maturity Date, is equal to one-third of the principal
and interest due on the Note at maturity and on May 1, 1992
the remaining amounts, as and to the extent provided in the
Trust Agreement .
Section 6 . Source of Payment . (A) The principal
amount of the Note, together with the interest thereon, shall
be payable from taxes, income, revenue (including, but not
limited to, revenue from the state and federal governments) ,
cash receipts and other moneys which are received by the
District for the general fund of the District and are
attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 . and' which are available
for payment thereof . As security for the payment of the
principal of and interest on the' Note, the County, for and on
behalf of the District, hereby pledges certain unrestricted
revenues (as hereinafter provided) which are received by the
District for the general fund of the District and are
attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 , and the principal of
the Note and the interest thereon shall constitute a first
lien and charge thereon and shall be payable from the first
moneys received by the District from such pledged revenues,
and, to the extent not so paid, shall be paid from any other
taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts and other moneys of the
District lawfully available therefor (all as provided for in
Sections 53856 and 53857 of the Act) . In order to effect this
pledge, the District has agreed and the County hereby agrees
to the establishment and maintenance of the Payment Account as
a special fund of the District (the "Payment Account" ) by the
Trustee under the Trust Agreement as the responsible agent to
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maintain such fund until the payment of the principal of the
Note and the interest thereon, and the District has agreed to
cause to be deposited (and shall request specific amounts from
the District ' s funds on deposit with the Treasurer for such
purpose) directly therein the first amounts received in the
months of April, May and June of 1992 (and any amounts
received thereafter attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992)
until the amount on deposit in such fund, taking into
consideration anticipated investment earnings thereon to be
received by the Maturity Date (as set forth in a certificate
from the Purchaser to the Trustee) , is equal to the following
amounts (i) in the month of April, one-third of the principal
and interest due on the Note at maturity, (ii) in the month of
May, two-thirds of the principal and interest due on the Note
at maturity and (iii) in the month of June, all of the
principal and interest due on the .Note at maturity (such
pledged amounts being hereinafter called the "Pledged
Revenues" ) . In the event that on the tenth Business Day (as
defined in the Trust Agreement) of each such month, the
District has not received sufficient unrestricted revenues to
permit the .deposit into the Payment Account of the full amount
of Pledged Revenues to be deposited in .the Payment Account
from said unrestricted revenues in said month, then the amount
of any deficiency shall be satisfied and made up from any
other moneys of the District lawfully available for the
payment of the principal of the Note and the interest thereon,
as and when such other moneys are received or are otherwise
legally available. The term "unrestricted revenues" shall
mean all taxes, income, revenue (including, but not limited
to, revenue from the state and federal governments) , cash
receipts, and other moneys, intended as receipts for the
general fund of the District and which are generally available
for the payment of current expenses and other obligations of
the District .
(B) Any moneys placed in the Payment Account shall
be for the benefit of the owner of the Note and (to the extent
provided in the Trust Agreement) , the Bank, and until the
principal of the Note and all interest thereon are paid or
until provision has been made for the payment of the principal
of the Note at maturity with interest to maturity (in
accordance with the requirements for defeasance of the
Certificates as set forth in the Trust Agreement) and (to the
extent provided in the Trust Agreement) the payment of all
Reimbursement Obligations owing to the Bank, the moneys in the
Payment Account ,shall be applied only for the purposes for
which the Payment Account is created.
(C) on the Maturity Date of the Note, the moneys in
the Payment Account shall be transferred by the Trustee, to
the extent necessary, to pay the principal of and interest on
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the Note. Any moneys remaining in or accruing to the Payment
Account after the principal of the Note and the interest
thereon and any Reimbursement Obligations have been paid, or
provision for such payment has been made, shall be transferred
by the Trustee to the District, subject to any other
disposition required by the Trust Agreement .
(D) Moneys in the Proceeds Subaccount and the
Payment Account shall be invested by the Trustee pursuant to
the Trust Agreement in the Investment Agreement and other
Permitted Investments as described in and under the terms of
the Trust Agreement . The Trustee has been directed to invest
such funds pursuant to the Investment Agreement and to enter
into the Investment Agreement on behalf of the District . The
District ' s funds shall be accounted for separately and the
obligation of the provider of the Investment Agreement with
respect to the District under the Investment Agreement shall
be severable. Any such investment by the Trustee shall be for
the account and risk of the District and the District shall
not be deemed to be relieved of any of its obligations with
respect to the Note or Reimbursement Obligations by reason of
such investment of the moneys in its Proceeds Subaccount and
Payment Account .
Section 7. Execution of Note. Any one of the
Treasurer of the County, or, in the absence of said officer,
his or her duly appointed assistant, the Chairperson of the
Board or the Auditor (or comparable financial officer) of the
County is hereby authorized to execute the Note by manual or
facsimile signature and the Clerk of the Board or any Deputy
Clerk is hereby authorized to countersign the Note by manual
or facsimile signature. The Clerk of the Board or any Deputy
Clerk is hereby authorized to affix the seal of the County to
the Note either manually or by facsimile impression thereof .
Said officers of the County are hereby authorized to cause the
blank spaces of the Note to be filled in as may be
appropriate. Said officers are hereby authorized and directed
to cause the Trustee, as registrar and authenticating agent ,
to authenticate and deliver the Note to the Corporation,
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase
Agreement . In case any officer whose signature shall appear
on any Note shall cease to be such officer before the delivery
of such Note, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and
sufficient for all purposes , the same as if such officer had
remained in office until delivery. The Note shall have
thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form hereinafter set forth duly executed by the Trustee and
showing the date of authentication. The Note shall not be
valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any
security or benefit under this Resolution unless and until
such certificate of authentication shall have been duly
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executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate of authentication upon any such Note shall be
conclusive evidence that such has been authenticated and
delivered under this Resolution. The certificate of
authentication on the Note shall be deemed to have been
executed by the Trustee if signed by an authorized officer of
the Trustee.
Section 8 . Note Registration and Transfer . (A) As
long as the Note remains outstanding, the District shall
maintain .and keep at the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee books for the registration and transfer of the
Note. The Note shall initially be registered in the name of
the Trustee, as trustee under the Program. Upon surrender of
the Note for transfer at the office of the Trustee with a
written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Trustee,
duly executed by the registered owner or its duly authorized
attorney, and upon payment of any tax, fee or other
governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such
transfer, the County shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee, a fully registered Note. For every transfer of
the Note (except a Bank Note to the Bank) , the County, the
District or the Trustee may make a charge sufficient to
reimburse it for any tax, fee or other governmental charge
required to be paid with respect to the transfer, which sum or
sums shall be paid by the person requesting such transfer as a
condition precedent to the exercise of the privilege of making
such transfer .
(B) Subject to Section 6 of the District ' s. ._.
Resolution, the County, the District and the Trustee and their
respective successors may deem and treat the person in whose
name the Note is registered as the absolute owner thereof for
all purposes and the County, the District and the Trustee and
their respective successors shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary, and payment of or on account of the
principal of the Note shall be made only to or upon the order
of the registered owner thereof. All such payments shall be
valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability
upon the Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
(C) Any Note may, in accordance with its terms , be
transferred upon the books required to be- kept by the Trustee
pursuant to the provisions hereof by the person in whose name
it is registered, in person or by his duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of such Note for cancellation,
accompanied by delivery of a written instrument of transfer,
duly executed in form approved by the Trustee .
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(D) The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept, at
its principal corporate trust office, sufficient .books for the
-registration and transfer of the Note, which shall be open to
inspection by the County and the District during regular
business hours . Upon presentation for such purpose, the
Trustee shall , under such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be registered or
transferred, on such books, the Note as hereinbefore. provided.
(E) If any Note shall become mutilated, the County,
at the expense of the registered owner of such Note, shall
execute, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver a new Note of like tenor and number in exchange and
substitution for the Note so mutilated, but only upon
surrender to the Trustee of the Note so mutilated. Every
mutilated Note so surrendered to the Trustee shall be
cancelled by it and delivered to, or upon the order of, the
County. If any Note shall be lost, destroyed or stolen,
evidence of such loss, destruction or theft may be submitted
to the County, the District and the Trustee and, if such
evidence be satisfactory to them and indemnity. satisfactory to
them shall be given, the County, at the expense of the
registered owner, shall execute, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver a new Note of like tenor
and number in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so
lost, destroyed or stolen (or if any such Note shall have
matured or shall be about to mature, instead of issuing a
substitute Note, the Trustee may pay the same without
surrender thereof) . The Trustee may require payment of a sum
not exceeding the actual cost of preparing each new Note
issued pursuant to this paragraph and of the expenses which
may be incurred by the County and the Trustee in the
premises . Any Note issued under these provisions in lieu of
any Note alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall
constitute an original additional contractual . obligation on
the part of the County (on behalf of the District) whether or
not the Note so alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Resolution with all other Notes secured by
this Resolution.
Section 9 . Representations and Covenants .
(A) The County is a political subdivision duly
organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the
State of California and has all necessary power and authority
to (i) adopt the Resolution, ('ii) issue the Note on behalf of
the District and (iii) enter into and perform, on behalf of
the District, its obligations under the Note. Purchase
Agreement .
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(B) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry
or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court,
arbitrator, governmental or other board, body or official,
pending or, to the best knowledge of the County, threatened
against or affecting the County questioning the validity of
any proceeding taken or to be taken by the County in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
County of the Note or this Resolution, or seeking to prohibit,
restrain or enjoin the execution, delivery or performance by
the County of any of the foregoing or which would have a
materially adverse effect on the County' s financial condition
or results of operations or on the ability of the County to
. conduct its activities as presently conducted or as proposed
or contemplated to be conducted, wherein an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding would materially adversely affect
the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability _
of the County to perform its obligations under, the Note or
this Resolution.
(C) The County will not directly or indirectly
amend, supplement, repeal, or waive any portion of this
Resolution without the consent of the Bank. Any amendment,
supplement, repeal or waiver . of any portion of this Resolution
without the consent of the . Bank shall be void.
(D) It is hereby covenanted and warranted by the
County that all representations and recitals contained in this
Resolution are true and correct, and that the County and its
appropriate officials have duly taken, or will take, all
proceedings necessary to be taken by them for the levy,
collection and enforcement of the Pledged Revenues in
accordance with law for carrying out the provisions of this
Resolution and the Note.
Section 10 . Events of Default and Remedies .
If any of the following events occurs , it is hereby
defined as and declared to be and to constitute an "Event of.
Default"
(A) Failure by the County on behalf of the District
to make the deposits to the Payment Account or any other
payment required to be paid hereunder on or before the
date on which such deposit or other payment is due and
payable;
(B) Failure by the County on behalf of the District
to observe and perform any covenant, condition or
agreement on its part to be observed or performed under
this Resolution, for a period of fifteen (15) days after
written notice, specifying such failure and requesting
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that it be remedied, is given to the County and the
District by the Corporation, the Trustee or the Bank,
unless the Corporation_, the Trustee and the Bank shall
agree in writing to an extension of such time prior to
its expiration;
(C) Any warranty, representation or other statement
by or on behalf of the County contained in this
Resolution or the Note Purchase Agreement or in any
requisition or any financial report or deficiency report
delivered by the County on behalf of the District or in
any instrument furnished in compliance with or in
reference to this Resolution or the Note Purchase
Agreement or in connection with the Note, is false or
misleading in any material respect;
(D) Any "Event of Default" by the District under
the terms of the resolution of the District authorizing
the County to issue the Note on its behalf .
Whenever any Event of Default referred to in this
Section 10 shall have happened and be continuing, the
Corporation or the Trustee shall, in addition to any other
remedies provided herein or by law or under the Trust
Agreement, have the right , at its or their option without any
further demand or notice, to take one or any combination of
the following remedial steps :
(1) Without declaring the Note to be
immediately due and payable, require the District to pay
to the Trustee, for deposit into the Payment Account of
the District in the Certificate Payment Fund under the
Trust Agreement, an amount equal to the principal of the
Note and interest thereon to maturity, plus all other
amounts due hereunder, - and upon notice to the District
the same shall become immediately due and payable by the
District without further notice or demand; and
(2) Take whatever other action at law or in
equity may appear necessary or desirable to collect the
amounts then due and thereafter to become due hereunder
or to enforce any other of its rights hereunder .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as long as the Bank
has not failed to comply with its payment obligations under
the Letter of Credit, the Bank shall have the right to direct
the remedies upon any Event of Default hereunder and the
Bank' s prior consent shall be required to any remedial action ,
proposed to be taken by the Trustee or the Corporation
hereunder, except that nothing contained herein shall affect
or impair the right of action of any owner of a Certificate to
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institute suit directly against the District to enforce
payment of the obligations evidenced and represented by such
owner ' s Certificate.
If the Bank is not reimbursed on the Maturity Date
for the drawing used to pay principal of and interest on the
Note due to a default in payment on the Note by the District,
as provided in Section 5 . 0.3 of the Trust Agreement, the Note
shall continue to be outstanding and shall be a Bank Note and
shall bear interest at the Bank Rate, until the District ' s
obligation on the Bank Note is paid in full .
Section 11 . Trustee. The County hereby approves
the appointment of the Trustee as paying agent, registrar and
authenticating agent for the Note. Payment of the Note by the
Trustee shall be in accordance with the terms of the Note,
this Resolution and the Resolution of the District requesting
issuance of the Note.
Section 12 . Sale of Note. The Note shall be sold
to the Corporation, in accordance with the terms of the Note
Purchase Agreement, hereinbefore approved.
Section 13 . Approval of Actions . The
aforementioned officers of this Board are hereby authorized
and directed to execute the Note and cause the Trustee to
authenticate and deliver the Note to the Corporation, pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement . .
All actions heretofore taken by the officers and agents of the
County or this Board with respect to the sale and issuance of
the Note and participation in the Program are hereby approved,
confirmed and ratified and the officers and agents of the
County and this Board are hereby authorized and directed, for
and in the name and on behalf of the County, to do any and all
things and take any and all actions and execute any and all
certificates, agreements and other documents which they, or
any of 'them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to
consummate the lawful issuance and delivery of the Note in
accordance with, and related transactions contemplated by,
this Resolution.
Section 14 . Proceedings Constitute Contract . The
provisions of the Note and of this Resolution shall constitute
a contract between the County and the registered owner of the
Note and the Bank, and such provisions shall be enforceable by
mandamus or any other appropriate suit , action or proceeding
at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction,
and shall be irrepealable.
Section 15 . Limited Liability. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Note or in
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any other document mentioned herein, the County shall not have
any monetary liability hereunder or by reason hereof or in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the
Note shall be payable solely from the moneys of the District
available therefor as set forth in Section 6 hereof .
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA
1991-1992 TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE
Date of
Interest Rate Maturity Date Original Issue
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, 'the School District designated
above (the "District" ) , located in the County designated above
(the "County" ) , acknowledges itself indebted to and promises
to pay to the registered owner identified above, or registered
assigns, on the maturity date set forth above, the principal
sum specified above in lawful money of the United States of
America, together with interest thereon at the rate of..__
interest specified above. Principal of and interest on this
Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States
as at the .time of payment is legal tender for payment of
private and public debts, such principal and interest to be
paid upon surrender hereof at the principal corporate trust
office of Bank of. America National Trust and Savings
Association in Los Angeles, California, or its successor in
trust .(the . "Trustee" ) . Interest shall be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30-day months,
in like lawful money from the date hereof until the maturity
date specified above and, if funds are not provided for
payment at maturity, thereafter on the basis of a 360-day year
for actual days elapsed until payment in full of said
principal sum. Both the principal of and interest on this
Note shall be payable only to the registered owner hereof upon
surrender of this Note as the same shall fall due; provided,
however, no interest shall be payable for any period after
maturity during which the holder hereof fails to properly
present . this Note .for payment . If the District fails to pay
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this Note when due and the Bank (as defined in the Resolution
hereafter described) is not reimbursed in full for the amount
drawn on the Letter of Credit (as defined in the Resolution)
to pay this Note on the date of such payment, this Note shall
become a Bank Note (as defined in the Resolution) and shall
continue to be outstanding and shall bear interest payable at
a rate per annum which produces a yield equal to the lesser of
(i) the Prime Lending Rate (as defined in the trust agreement,
dated as of July 1, 1991 (the "Trust Agreement") , by and
between the Trustee and the California School Boards
Association Finance Corporation) plus two percentage points or
(ii) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law when applied
to the unreimbursed amount of the proceeds of the drawings on
the . Letter of Credit used to pay principal of and interest on
the Note, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, actual
number of days elapsed (the "Bank Rate") until fully paid.
It is hereby certified, recited and declared that
this Note (the "Note" ) represents the authorized issue of the
Note in the aggregate principal amount made, executed and
given pursuant to and by authority of certain resolutions of
the governing boards of the District and the County duly
passed and adopted heretofor, under and by authority of
.Article 7 . 6 (commencing with Section 53850) of Chapter 4 ,
Part 1 , Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code
(collectively, the "Resolution, " to all of the provisions of
which the owner of this Note, by acceptance hereof , assents
and agrees) , and that all acts, conditions and things required
to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the
issuance of this Note have existed, happened and been
performed in regular and due time, form and manner as required
by law, and that this Note, together with all other
indebtedness and obligations of the District, does not exceed
any limit prescribed by the Constitution or statutes of the
State of California .
The principal of the Note, together with the,
interest thereon, shall be payable from taxes, income,
revenue, cash receipts and other moneys which are received by
the District for the general fund of the District and are
attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 . As security for the
payment of the principal of and interest on the Note, the
District has pledged the first amounts of unrestricted
revenues of the District received in April, May and June of
1992 (and any amounts received thereafter attributable to
Fiscal Year 1991-1992) until the amount on deposit in the
Payment Fund (as defined in the Resolution) in each such
month, taking into consideration anticipated earnings thereon
to be received by the maturity date, is equal to : (1) in the
month of April , one-third of the principal and interest due on
the Note at maturity, (2) in the month of May, two-thirds of
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the principal and interest due on the Note at maturity, and
(3) in the month of June, all of the principal and interest
due on 'the Note at maturity (such pledged amounts being
hereinafter called the "Pledged Revenues") , and the principal
of the Note and the interest thereon shall constitute a first
lien and charge thereon and shall be payable from the Pledged
Revenues, and to the extent not so paid shall be paid from any
other moneys of the District lawfully available therefor. The
County is not liable for payment of this Note.
This Note is transferable, as provided by the
Resolution, only upon the books of the District kept at the
office of the Trustee, by the registered owner hereof in
person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of
this Note for transfer at the office of the Trustee, duly
endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the
registered owner hereof or its duly authorized attorney, and
(except in -case of transfer to the Bank as a Bank Note) upon
payment of any tax, fee or other governmental charge required
to be paid with respect to such transfer, a fully registered
Note will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees .
The County, the District and the Trustee may deem
and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account
of principal hereof and interest due hereon and for all other
purposes, and the County, the District and the Trustee shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory
for any purpose until the Certificate of Authentication and
Registration hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee . .
It is hereby certified that all of the conditions,
things and acts required to exist, to have happened and to
have been performed precedent to and in the issuance of this
Note do exist, have happened and have been performed in due
time, form and manner .as required by the Constitution and
statutes of the State of California and that the amount of
this Note, together with all other indebtedness of the
District, does not exceed any limit prescribed by the
Constitution or statutes of the State of California .
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Supervisors of the
County has caused this Note to be executed by the manual or
facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the County
and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of its
duly authorized officer and caused its official seal to be
affixed hereto either manually or by facsimile impression
hereon as of the date of authentication set forth below.
COUNTY OF
By
Title:
(SEAL)
Countersigned
By
Title:
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION AND REGISTRATION
This Note is the Note mentioned in the
within-mentioned Resolution authenticated on the following
date:
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,
as. Trustee
BY
AUTHORIZED OFFICER
ASSIGNMENT
For Value Received, the undersigned,
hereby sells ,
assigns and transfers unto
(Tax. Identification or Social Security No . )
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints
attorney to transfer the within Note on the books kept for
registration thereof , with full power of substitution in the
premises .
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever .
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or
trust company.
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CLERK' S CERTIFICATE
I , C. Matthews Depot Clerk of the
Board 'of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa
hereby certify as follows :
The foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a
resolution duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Board
of Supervisors of the County duly and regularly held at the
regular meeting place thereof on the 21st day of May ,
19911 of which meeting all of the members of said Board of
Supervisors had due notice and at which a majority thereof
-were present; and at said meeting said resolution was adopted
by the following vote:
,AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder-, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
An agenda of said meeting was posted at least 72
hours before said meeting at Administration Building Lobby
651 Pine St ,Martinez, California , a location freely accessible
to members of the public, and a brief general description of
said resolution appeared on said agenda .
I have carefully compared the same with the original
minutes of said meeting on file and of record in my office;
the foregoing resolution is a full , true and correct copy of
the original resolution adopted at said meeting and entered in
said minutes ; and said resolution has not been amended,
modified or rescinded since the date of its adoption, and the
same is now in full force and effect .
Dated: May 21 1991
Deputy
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa
(Seal]
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COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS RESOLUTION
NAME OF COUNTY• CONTRA COSTA RES-OLUTION NO,' 91%3.18
NAME OF SCHOOL DISTRICT: CONTRA COSTA
OFFICE OF EDUCATION
MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF BORROWING: $5,000, 000
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE BORROWING OF FUNDS
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991-1992 AND THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF A
1991-1992 TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE THEREFOR
FOR THE ABOVE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING
PARTICIPATION IN THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION FINANCE CORPORATION CASH RESERVE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 53850 to 53858, both
inclusive, of the Government Code (the "Act") (being Article
7 . 6 , Chapter 4 , Part 1, Division 2 , Title 5 of the Government
Code) , the School District specified above (the "District")
has filed with the Board of Supervisors of the County (the
"Board" ) a resolution requesting that the Board borrow money
for the District by the authorization, issuance and sale of a
1991-1992 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note of the District in
an amount not to exceed the Maximum Amount of Borrowing
specified above (the "Principal Amount") in anticipation of
the receipt of taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts and other
moneys to be received by the District for the general fund of
the District attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 ;
WHEREAS, the County intends to issue a note, for and
in the name of the District for the purposes set forth above,
in the Principal Amount, as hereinafter defined; ra`n
WHEREAS, the District has found and determined that
the Principal Amount, when added to the interest payable
thereon, does not exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the
estimated amount of the uncollected taxes, income, revenue
(including, but not limited to, revenue from the state and
federal governments) , cash receipts and other moneys of the
District attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 , and available
for the payment of the principal of the Note and the interest
thereon;
WHEREAS, the District has found and determined that
no money has heretofore been borrowed by or on behalf of the
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District through the issuance of tax anticipation notes or
temporary notes in anticipation of the receipt of, or payable
from or secured by, taxes , income, revenue, cash receipts or
other moneys for the Fiscal Year 1991-1992 ;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 53856 of the Act,
certain moneys which will be received by the District during
and attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 can be pledged for
the payment of the principal of the Note and the interest
thereon (as hereinafter provided) ;
WHEREAS, the District has determined that it is in
the best interests of the District to participate in the
California School Boards Association Finance Corporation Cash
Reserve Program (the "Program" ) , whereby participating school
districts , community college districts and county boards. of
education will simultaneously issue and sell tax and revenue
anticipation notes to the California School Boards Association
Finance Corporation (the "Corporation") ;
WHEREAS, ' the District desires to have its Note
marketed together with the notes issued by other school
districts , community college districts and county boards of
education participating in the Program;
WHEREAS, the Program requires the Corporation to
transfer and assign its interest in the tax and revenue
anticipation notes to the Bank of America National Trust and
Savings Association, as trustee (the "Trustee") , pursuant to a
trust agreement between the Corporation and the Trustee, dated
as of July 1 , 1991 (the "Trust Agreement" ) ; -
WHEREAS, the Program requires the Trustee, pursuant
to the Trust Agreement, to execute and deliver certificates of
participation (the "Certificates") evidencing and representing
proportionate undivided interests in the payments of principal
of and interest on the tax and revenue anticipation notes
issued by the school districts , community college districts
and county boards of education participating in the Program;
WHEREAS, the District desires to have the Trustee
execute and deliver Certificates which evidence and represent
interests of the owners thereof in the Note and the notes
issued by other school districts, community college districts
and county boards of education participating in the Program;
WHEREAS, as additional security for the owners of
the Certificates , the payments by the participating school
districts , community college districts and county boards of
education of their respective notes will be .secured by an
irrevocable letter of credit (the "Letter of Credit" ) issued
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by the bank designated in the Trust Agreement, as finally
executed (the "Bank" ) , pursuant to a Reimbursement Agreement
(the "Reimbursement Agreement" ) between the Corporation and
the Bank;
WHEREAS, the Program requires that each
participating school district, community college district and
county board of education approve the Trust Agreement and the
Reimbursement Agreement in substantially the forms presented
to the Board;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Program each participating
school district, community college district and county board
of education will be responsible for its share of the fees of
the Trustee and the Bank and the costs of issuing the
Certificates , and its allocable share of all Reimbursement
Obligations (as defined in the Trust Agreement) ; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Program the Corporation
will submit an offer to purchase the Note and has submitted a
form of note purchase agreement (the "Note Purchase
Agreement" ) to the Board, which has been approved by the
District;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby finds, determines,
declares and resolves as follows :
Section 1 . Recitals . All the above recitals are
true and correct and this Board so finds and determines .
Section 2 . Authorization of Issuance. Solely for
the purpose of anticipating taxes, income, revenue, cash
receipts and other moneys to be received by the District for
the general fund of the District attributable to Fiscal Year
1991-1992 , and not pursuant to any common plan of financing of
the District , the County hereby determines to and shall issue
(for and on behalf of the District) a note in the Principal
Amount under Sections 53850 et seq. of the Act, designated the
District ' s 111991-1992 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note" (the
"Note" ) , to be issued in the form of one fully registered note
at the principal amount thereof, to be dated the date of its
delivery to the initial purchaser thereof, to mature (without
option of prior redemption) not more than thirteen months
thereafter (the "Maturity Date") , and to bear interest,
payable at maturity and computed upon the basis of a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months, at a rate not to
exceed ten percent (10%) per annum as determined by the
Assistant Superintendent for Business , the business manager or
chief financial officer of the District, as the case may be,
or, in the absence of said officer, his or her duly appointed
assistant , in accordance with the Note Purchase Agreement and
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Section 4 hereof . If the Note is not paid at maturity and
becomes a Bank Note (as defined in the Trust Agreement) , it
shall continue to be outstanding and shall bear interest
thereafter until paid at the rate per, annum which produces a
yield equal to the lesser. of (i) the Prime Lending Rate (as
defined in the Trust Agreement) plus two percentage points or
(ii) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law when applied
to the unreimbursed amount of ,the proceeds of the drawings on
the Letter of Credit used to pay principal of and interest on
the Note, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, actual
number of days elapsed (the "Bank Rate" ) . Both the principal
of and interest on the Note shall be payable in lawful money
of the United States of America, but only upon surrender
thereof , at the corporate trust office of Bank. of America
National Trust and Savings Association in Los Angeles,
California . The principal amount of the Note shall, prior to
the issuance thereof, be reduced from the Maximum Amount of
Borrowing specified above if and to the extent necessary to
obtain 'an approving legal opinion of Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe ("Bond Counsel" ) as to the legality thereof and the
exclusion from gross income for federal tax purposes of
interest thereon.
Section 3 . Form of Note. The Note shall be issued
in fully registered form without coupons and shall be
substantially in the form and substance set forth in Exhibit A
attached hereto and by reference incorporated herein, the
blanks in said form to be filled in with appropriate words and
figures .
Section 4 . Sale of Note; Delegation. The Assistant
Superintendent for Business, the business manager or the chief
financial officer of the District, as the case may be, or, in
the absence of said officer, his or her duly appointed
assistant , is hereby authorized and directed to negotiate,
with the Corporation, an interest rate on the Note to the
stated maturity thereof, which shall not exceed ten percent
(10%) per annum and the purchase price to be paid by the
Corporation for the Note, which purchase price shall be at a
discount which when added to the District ' s share of the costs
of issuance shall not be more than two percent (2%) of the
principal amount of the Note, and, if such interest rate and
price are acceptable to said officer, said officer is hereby
further authorized and directed to execute and deliver the
Note Purchase Agreement, substantially in the form presented
to this meeting, with such changes therein as said officer
shall require or approve, and such other documents or
certificates required to be executed and delivered thereunder
or to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby or
thereby, for and in the name and on behalf of the District .
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Section 5 . Disposition of Proceeds of Note. The
moneys received from the sale of the Note allocable to the
District ' s share of the costs of issuance shall be deposited
in the Costs of Issuance Fund held and invested by the Trustee
under the Trust Agreement and expended by the Corporation on
costs of issuance as provided in the Trust Agreement . The
moneys received from the sale of the Note (net of the
District ' s share of the costs of issuance) shall be deposited
in the District ' s Proceeds Subaccount authorized to be created
pursuant to, and held and invested by the Trustee under, the
Trust Agreement for the District and said moneys may be used
and expended by the District for any purpose for which it is
authorized to expend funds upon requisition from the Proceeds
Subaccount as specified in the Trust Agreement . The District
has covenanted and agreed to replenish amounts on deposit in
its Proceeds Subaccount to the extent practicable from any
source of available funds up to an amount equal to the
unreplenished withdrawals from such Proceeds Subaccount . The
Trustee shall transfer to the Payment Account (hereinafter
defined) of the District from amounts on deposit in the
Proceeds Subaccount on April 1, 1992 an amount which, taking
into consideration anticipated earnings thereon to be received
by the Maturity Date, is equal to one-third of the principal
and interest due on the Note at maturity and on May 1, 1992
the remaining amounts , ..as and to the extent provided in the
Trust Agreement .
Section 6 . Source of Payment . (A) The principal
amount of the Note, together with the interest thereon, shall
be payable from taxes, income, revenue (including, but not
limited to, revenue from the state and federal governments) ,
cash receipts and other moneys which are received by the
District for the general fund of the District and are
attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 and which are available
for payment thereof . As security for the payment of the
principal .of and interest on the' Note, the County, for and on
behalf of the District, hereby pledges certain unrestricted
revenues (as hereinafter provided) which are received by the
District for the general fund of the District and are
attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 , and the principal of
the Note and the interest thereon shall constitute a first
lien and charge thereon and shall be payable from the first
moneys received by the District from such pledged revenues,
and, to the extent not so paid, shall be paid from any other
taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts and other moneys of the
District lawfully available therefor (all as provided for in
Sections 53856 and 53857 of the Act) . In order to effect this
pledge, the District has agreed and the County hereby agrees
to the establishment and maintenance of the Payment Account as
a special fund of the District (the "Payment Account" ) by the
Trustee under the Trust Agreement as the responsible agent to
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maintain such fund until the payment of the principal of the
Note and the interest thereon, and the District has agreed to
cause to be deposited (and shall request specific amounts from
the District ' s funds on deposit with the Treasurer for such
purpose) directly therein the first amounts received in the
months of April, May and June of 1992 (and any amounts
received thereafter attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992)
until the amount on deposit in such fund, taking into
consideration anticipated investment earnings thereon to be
received by the Maturity Date (as set forth in a certificate
from the Purchaser to the Trustee) , is equal to the following
amounts (i) in the month of April, one-third of the principal
and interest due on the Note at maturity, (ii) in the month of
May, two-thirds of the principal and interest due on the Note ,
at maturity and (iii) in the month of June, all of the
principal and interest due on the Note at maturity (such
pledged amounts being hereinafter called the "Pledged
Revenues") . In the event that on the tenth Business Day (as
defined in the Trust Agreement) of each such month, the
District has not received sufficient unrestricted revenues to
permit the deposit into the Payment Account of the full amount
of Pledged Revenues to be deposited in the Payment Account
from said unrestricted revenues in said month, then the amount
of any deficiency shall be satisfied and made up from any
other moneys of the District lawfully available for the
payment of the principal of the Note and the interest thereon,
as and when such other moneys are received or are otherwise
legally available. The term "unrestricted revenues" shall
mean all taxes, income, revenue (including, but not limited
to, revenue from the state and federal governments) , cash
receipts, and other moneys, intended as receipts for the
general fund of the District and which are generally available
for the payment of current expenses and other obligations of
the District .
(B) Any moneys placed in the Payment Account shall
be for the benefit of the owner of the Note and (to the extent
provided in .the Trust Agreement) , the Bank, and until the
principal of the Note and all interest thereon are paid or
until provision has been made for the payment of the principal .
of the Note at maturity with interest to maturity (in
accordance with the requirements for defeasance of the
Certificates as set forth in the Trust Agreement) and (to the
extent provided in the Trust Agreement) the payment of all
Reimbursement Obligations owing to the Bank, the moneys in the
Payment Account shall be applied only for the purposes for
which the Payment Account is created.
(C) on the Maturity Date of the Note, the moneys in
the Payment Account shall be transferred by the Trustee, to
the extent necessary, to pay the principal of and interest on
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the Note. Any moneys remaining in or accruing to the Payment
Account after the principal of the Note and the interest
thereon and any Reimbursement Obligations have been paid, or
provision for such payment has been made, shall be transferred
by the Trustee to the District, subject to any other
disposition required by the Trust Agreement .
(D) Moneys in the Proceeds Subaccount and the
Payment Account shall be invested by the Trustee pursuant to
the Trust Agreement in the Investment Agreement and other
Permitted Investments as described in and under the terms of
the Trust Agreement . The Trustee has been directed to invest
such funds pursuant to the Investment Agreement and to enter
into the Investment Agreement on behalf of the District . The
District ' s funds shall be accounted for separately and the
obligation of the provider of the Investment Agreement with
respect to the District under the Investment Agreement shall
be severable. Any such investment by the Trustee shall be for
the account and risk of the District and the District shall
not be deemed to be relieved of any of its obligations with
respect to the Note or Reimbursement Obligations by reason of
such investment of the moneys in its Proceeds Subaccount and
Payment Account .
Section 7 . Execution of Note. Any one of the
Treasurer of the County, or, in the absence of said officer,
his or her duly appointed assistant, the Chairperson of the
Board or the Auditor (or comparable financial officer) of the
County is hereby authorized to execute the Note by manual or
facsimile signature and the Clerk of the Board or any Deputy
Clerk is hereby authorized to countersign the Note by manual
or facsimile signature . The Clerk of the Board or any Deputy
Clerk is hereby authorized to affix the seal of the County to
the Note either manually or by facsimile impression thereof .
Said officers of the County are hereby authorized to cause the
blank spaces of the Note to be filled in as may be
appropriate. Said officers are hereby authorized and directed
to cause the Trustee, as registrar and authenticating agent,
to authenticate and deliver the Note to the Corporation,
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase
Agreement . In case any officer whose signature shall appear
on any Note shall cease to be such. officer before the delivery
of such Note, such signature shall nevertheless be valid and
sufficient for all purposes , the same as if such officer had
remained in office until delivery. The Note shall have
thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the
form hereinafter set forth duly executed by the Trustee and
showing the date of authentication. The Note shall not be
valid or obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any
security or benefit under this Resolution unless and until
such certificate of authentication shall have been duly
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executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such
certificate of authentication upon any such Note shall be
conclusive evidence that such has been authenticated and
delivered under this Resolution. The certificate of
authentication on the Note shall be deemed to have been
executed by the Trustee if signed by an authorized officer of
the Trustee.
Section 8 . Note Registration and Transfer . (A) As
long as the Note remains outstanding, the District shall
maintain and keep at the principal corporate trust office of
the Trustee books for the registration and transfer of the
Note. The Note shall initially be registered in the name of
the Trustee, as trustee under the Program. Upon surrender of
the Note for transfer at the office of the Trustee with a
written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Trustee,
duly executed by the registered owner or its duly authorized
attorney, and upon payment of any tax, fee or other
governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such
transfer, the County shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee, a fully registered Note. For every transfer of
the Note (except a Bank Note to the Bank) , the County, the
District or the Trustee may make a charge sufficient to
reimburse it for any tax, fee or other governmental charge
required to be paid with respect to the transfer, which sum or
sums shall be paid by the person requesting such transfer as a
condition precedent to the exercise of the privilege of making
such transfer .
(B) Subject to Section 6 of the District ' s
Resolution, the County, the District and the Trustee and their
respective successors may deem and treat the person in whose
name the Note is registered as the absolute owner thereof for
all purposes and the County, the District and the Trustee and
their respective successors shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary, and payment of or on account of the
principal of the Note shall be made only to or upon the order
of the registered owner thereof . All such payments shall be
valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability
upon the Note to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
(C) Any Note may, in accordance with its terms, be
transferred upon the books required to be kept by the Trustee
pursuant to the provisions hereof by the person in whose name
it is registered, in person or by his duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of such Note for cancellation,
accompanied by delivery of a written instrument of transfer,
duly executed in form approved by the Trustee .
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(D) The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept, at
its principal corporate trust office, sufficient books for the
registration and transfer of the Note, which shall be open to
inspection by the County and the District during regular
business hours . Upon presentation for such purpose, the
Trustee shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be registered or
transferred, on such books, the Note as hereinbefore provided.
(E) If any Note shall become mutilated, the County,
at the expense of •the registered owner of such Note, shall
execute, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver a new Note of like tenor and number in exchange and
substitution for the Note so mutilated, but only upon
surrender to the Trustee of the Note so mutilated. Every
mutilated Note so surrendered to the Trustee shall be
cancelled by it and delivered to, or upon the order of, the
County. If any Note shall be lost, destroyed or stolen,
evidence of such loss , destruction or theft may be submitted
to the County, the District and the Trustee and, if such
evidence be satisfactory to them and indemnity satisfactory to
them shall be given, the County, at the expense of the
registered owner, shall execute, and the Trustee shall
thereupon authenticate and deliver a new Note of like tenor
and number in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so
lost, destroyed or stolen (or if any such Note shall have
matured or shall be about to mature, instead of issuing a
substitute Note, the Trustee may pay the same without
surrender thereof) . The Trustee may require payment of a sum
not exceeding the actual cost of preparing each new Note
issued pursuant to this paragraph and of the expenses which
may be incurred by the County and the Trustee in the
premises . Any Note issued under these provisions in lieu of
any Note alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall
constitute an original additional contractual obligation on
the part of the County (on behalf of the District) whether or
not the Note so alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen be at
any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Resolution with all other Notes secured by
this Resolution.
Section 9 . Representations and Covenants .
(A) The County is a political subdivision duly
organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the
State of California and has all necessary power and authority
to (i) adopt the Resolution, (ii) issue the Note on behalf of
the District and (iii) enter into and perform, on behalf of
the District, its obligations under the Note Purchase
Agreement .
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(B) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry
or investigation, at law or in equity, before or by any court ,
arbitrator, governmental or other board, body or official,
pending or, to the best knowledge of the County, threatened
against or affecting the County questioning the validity of
any proceeding taken or to be taken by the County in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
County of the Note or this Resolution, or seeking to prohibit,
restrain or enjoin the execution, delivery or performance by
the County of any of the foregoing or which would have a
materially adverse effect on the County' s financial condition
or results of .operations or on the ability of the County to
conduct its activities as presently conducted or as proposed
or contemplated to be conducted, wherein an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding would materially, adversely affect
the validity or enforceability of, or the authority or ability
of the County to perform its obligations under, the Note or
this Resolution..
(C) The County will not directly or indirectly
amend, supplement, repeal, or waive any portion of this
Resolution without the consent of the Bank. Any amendment,
supplement , repeal or waiver of any portion of this Resolution
without the consent of the Bank shall be void.
(D) It is hereby covenanted and warranted by the
County that all representations and recitals contained in this
Resolution are true and correct, and that the County and its
appropriate officials have duly taken, or will take, all
proceedings necessary to be taken by them for the levy,
collection and enforcement of the Pledged Revenues in
accordance with law for carrying out the provisions of this .
Resolution and the Note..
Section 10 . Events of Default and Remedies .
If any of the following events occurs , it is hereby
defined as and declared to be and to constitute an "Event of
Default"
(A) Failure by the County on behalf of the District
to make the deposits to the Payment Account or any other
payment required to be paid hereunder on or before the
date on which such deposit or other payment is due and
payable;
(B) Failure by the County on behalf of the District
to observe and perform any covenant, condition or
agreement on its part to be observed or performed under
this Resolution, for a period of fifteen (15) days after
written notice, .specifying such failure and requesting
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that it be remedied, is given to the County and the
District by the Corporation, the Trustee or the Bank,
unless the Corporation, the Trustee and the Bank shall
agree in writing to an extension of such time prior to
its expiration;
(C) Any warranty, representation or other statement
by or on behalf of the County contained in this
Resolution or the Note Purchase Agreement or in any
requisition or any financial report or deficiency report
delivered by the County on behalf of the District or in
any instrument furnished in compliance with or in
reference. to this Resolution or the Note Purchase
Agreement or in connection with the Note, is false or
misleading in any material respect;
(D) Any "Event of Default" by the District under
the terms of the resolution of the District authorizing
the County to issue the Note on its behalf .
Whenever any Event of Default referred to in this
Section 10 shall have happened and be continuing, the
Corporation or the Trustee shall, in addition to any other
remedies provided herein or by law or under the Trust
Agreement, have the right, at its or their option without any
further demand or notice, to take one or any combination of
the following remedial steps :
(1) Without declaring the Note to be
immediately due and payable, require the District to pay
to the Trustee, for deposit into the Payment Account of
the District in the Certificate Payment Fund under the
Trust Agreement, an amount equal to the principal of the
Note and interest thereon to maturity, plus all other
amounts due hereunder, and upon notice to the District
the same shall become immediately due and payable by the
District without further notice or demand; and
(2) Take whatever other action at law or in
equity may appear necessary or desirable to collect the
amounts then due and thereafter to become due hereunder
or to enforce any other of its rights hereunder .
Notwithstanding the foregoing, as long as the Bank
has not failed to comply with its payment obligations under
the Letter of Credit, the Bank shall have the right to direct
the remedies upon any Event of Default hereunder and the
Bank' s prior consent shall be required to any remedial action
proposed to be taken by the Trustee or the Corporation
hereunder, except that nothing contained herein shall affect
or impair the right of action of any owner of a Certificate to
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institute suit directly against the District to enforce
payment of the obligations evidenced and represented by such
owner ' s Certificate.
If the Bank is not reimbursed on the Maturity Date
for the drawing used to pay principal. of and interest on the
Note due to a default in payment on the Note by the District,
as provided in Section 5 . 03 of the Trust Agreement, the Note
shall continue to be outstanding and shall be a Bank Note and
shall bear interest at the Bank Rate, until the District ' s
obligation on the Bank Note is paid in full.
Section 11 . Trustee. The County hereby approves
the appointment of the Trustee as paying agent, registrar and
authenticating agent for the Note. Payment of the Note by the
Trustee shall be in accordance with the terms of the Note,
this Resolution and the Resolution of the District requesting
issuance of the Note.
Section 12 . Sale of Note. The Note shall be sold
to the Corporation, in accordance with the terms of the Note
Purchase Agreement, hereinbefore approved.
Section 13 . Approval of Actions . The
aforementioned officers of this Board are hereby authorized
and directed to execute the Note and cause the Trustee to
authenticate and deliver. the Note to the Corporation, pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement .
All actions heretofore taken by the officers and agents of the
County or this Board with respect to the sale and issuance of
the Note and participation in the Program are hereby approved,
confirmed and ratified and the officers and agents of the
County and this Board are hereby authorized and directed, for
and in the name and on behalf of the County, to do any and all
things and take any and all actions and execute any and all
certificates , agreements and other documents which they, or
any of them, may deem necessary or advisable in order to
consummate the lawful issuance and delivery of the Note in
accordance with, and related transactions contemplated by,
this Resolution.
Section 14 . Proceedings Constitute Contract . The
provisions of the Note and of this Resolution shall constitute
a contract between the County and the registered owner of the
Note and the Bank, and such provisions shall be enforceable by
mandamus or any other appropriate suit , action or proceeding
at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction,
and shall be irrepealable .
Section 15 . Limited Liability. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or in the Note or in
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any other document mentioned herein, the County shall not have
any monetary liability hereunder or by reason hereof or in
connection with the transactions contemplated . hereby and the
Note shall be payable solely from the moneys of the District
available therefor as set forth in Section 6 hereof .
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
SCHOOL DISTRICT .
COUNTY OF CALIFORNIA
1991-1992 TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE
Date of
Interest Rate Maturity Date Original Issue
REGISTERED OWNER:
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the School District designated
above (the "District" ) , located in the County designated above
(the "County" ) , acknowledges itself indebted to and promises
to pay to the registered owner identified above, or registered
assigns , on the maturity date set forth above, the principal
sum specified above in lawful money of the United States of
America, together with interest thereon at the rate of.._.
interest specified above. Principal of and interest on this
Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States
as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of
private and public debts, such principal and interest to be
paid upon surrender hereof at the principal corporate trust
office of Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association in Los Angeles, California, or its successor in
trust (the "Trustee" ) . Interest shall be calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve 30-day months,
in like lawful money from the date hereof until the maturity
date specified above and, if funds are not provided for
payment at maturity, thereafter on the basis of a 360-day year
for actual days elapsed until payment in full of said
principal sum. Both the principal of and interest on this
Note shall be payable only to the registered owner hereof upon
surrender of this Note as the same shall fall due; provided,
however, no interest shall be payable f-or any period after
maturity during which the holder hereof fails to properly
present this Note for payment . If the District fails to pay
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this Note when due and the Bank (as defined in the Resolution
hereafter described) is not reimbursed in full for the amount
drawn on the Letter of Credit (as defined in the Resolution)
to pay this Note on the date of such payment, this Note shall
become a Bank Note (as defined in the Resolution) and shall
continue to be outstanding and shall bear interest payable at
a rate per annum which produces a yield equal to the lesser of
(i) the Prime Lending Rate (as defined in the trust agreement,
dated as of July 1, 1991 (the "Trust Agreement") , by and
between the Trustee and the California School Boards
Association Finance Corporation) plus two percentage points or
(ii) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law when applied
to the unreimbursed amount of the proceeds of the drawings on
the Letter of Credit used to pay principal of and interest on
the Note, calculated on the basis of a 360-day year, actual
number of days elapsed (the "Bank Rate" ) until fully paid.
It is hereby certified, recited and declared that
this Note (the "Note" ) represents the authorized issue of the
Note in the aggregate principal amount made, executed and
given pursuant to and by authority of certain resolutions of
the governing boards of the District and the County duly
passed and adopted heretofor, under and by authority of
Article 7 . 6 (commencing with Section 53850) of Chapter 4 ,
Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code
(collectively, the "Resolution, " to all of the provisions of
which the owner of this Note, by acceptance hereof, assents
and agrees) , and that all acts, conditions and things required
to exist, happen and be performed precedent to and in the
issuance of this Note have existed, happened and been
performed in regular and due time, form and manner as required
by law, and that this Note, together with all other
indebtedness and obligations of the District, does not exceed
any limit prescribed by the Constitution or statutes of the
State of California .
The principal of the Note, together with the
interest thereon, shall be payable from taxes, income,
revenue, cash receipts and other moneys which are received by
the District for the general fund of the District and are
attributable to Fiscal Year 1991-1992 . As security for the
payment of the principal of and interest on the Note, the
Districthaspledged the first amounts of unrestricted
revenues of the District received 'in April, May and June of
1992 (and any amounts received thereafter attributable to
Fiscal Year 1991-1992) until the amount on deposit in the
Payment Fund (as defined in the Resolution) in each such
month, taking into consideration anticipated earnings thereon
to be received by the maturity date, is equal to : (1) in the
month of April, one-third of the principal and interest due on
the Note at maturity, (2) in the month of May, two-thirds of
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the principal and interest due on the Note at maturity, and
(3) in the month of June, all of the principal and interest
due on the Note at maturity (such pledged amounts being
hereinafter called the "Pledged Revenues" ) , and the principal
of the Note and the interest thereon shall constitute a first
lien and charge thereon and shall be payable from the Pledged
Revenues, and to the extent not so paid shall be paid from any
other moneys of the District lawfully available therefor . The -
County is not liable for payment of this Note.
This Note is transferable, as provided by the
Resolution, only upon the books of the District kept at the
office of the Trustee, by the registered owner hereof in .
person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of
this Note for transfer at the office of the Trustee, duly
endorsed. or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in
form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by the
registered owner hereof or its duly authorized attorney, and
(except in case of transfer to the Bank as a Bank Note) upon
payment of any tax, fee or other governmental charge required
to be paid with respect to such transfer, a fully registered
Note will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees .
The County, the District and the Trustee may deem
and treat the registered owner hereof as the absolute owner
hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account
of principal hereof and interest due hereon and for all other
purposes , and the County, the District and the Trustee shall
not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory
fo-r--any-purpose until the Certificate of Authentication and
Registration hereon shall have been signed by the Trustee.
It is hereby certified that all of the conditions,
things and acts required to exist, to have happened and to
have been performed precedent to and in the issuance 'of this
Note do exist, have happened and have been performed in due
time, form and manner as required by the Constitution and
statutes of the State of California and that the amount of
this Note, together with all other indebtedness of the
District,, does not exceed any limit prescribed by the
Constitution or statutes of the State of California .
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Supervisors of the
County has caused this Note to be executed by the manual or
facsimile signature of a duly authorized officer of the County
and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of its
duly authorized officer and caused its official seal to be
affixed hereto either manually or by facsimile impression
hereon as of the date of authentication set forth below.
COUNTY OF
By
Title:
(SEAL)
Countersigned
By
Title:
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION AND REGISTRATION
This Note is the Note mentioned in the
within-mentioned Resolution authenticated on the following
date:
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
BY
AUTHORIZED OFFICER
ASSIGNMENT
For Value Received, the undersigned,
hereby sells ,
assigns and transfers unto
(Tax Identification or Social Security No . )
the within Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby
irrevocably constitutes and appoints
attorney to transfer the within Note on the books kept for
registration thereof , with full power of substitution in the
premises .
Dated:
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must
correspond with the name as it appears upon the
face of the within Note in every particular,
without alteration or enlargement or any change
whatever .
Signature Guaranteed:
NOTICE Signature(s) must be guaranteed by a
member firm of the New York Stock
Exchange or a commercial bank or
trust company.
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, C. Matthews De-gut Clerk of the
Board of Supervisors of the County of Contraosta ,
hereby certify as follows :
The foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a
resolution duly adopted at a regular meeting of the Board
of Supervisors of the County duly and regularly held at the
:regular meeting place thereof on the 21st day of May ,
1991, of which meeting all of the members of said Board of
Supervisors had due notice and at which a majority thereof
were present; and at said meeting said resolution was adopted
by the following vote-
AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson,.Powers
NOES : None
ABSENT: ' None
An agenda of said meeting was posted at least 72
hours before said meeting at Administration Building Lobby ,
651 Pine St,Martinez, California , a location freely accessible
'to members of the public, and a brief general description of
.said resolution appeared on said agenda .
I have - carefully compared the same with the-original
minutes of said meeting on file and of record in my office;
the foregoing resolution is a full , true and correct, copy of
the original resolution adopted at said meeting and entered in
said minutes; and said resolution has not been amended,
modified or rescinded since the date of its adoption; and, the
. same is now in full force and effect .
Dated: May 21 1991
Deputy
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa
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