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Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa
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DATE: April 4. 1995
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SUBJECT: 1995-1996 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note Borrowing Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Adopt resolution prepared by the Bond Counsel authorizing the 1995-1996 Tax
and Revenue Anticipation Note Borrowing Program and approving the
necessary legal documents
2. Approve and authorize the County Administrator to carry out the necessary
actions to proceed with the 1995-1996 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note
borrowing program for cash flow purposes.
3. Direct .the County Administrator to follow a competitive sale process for the
sale of the Notes similar to what has been done for the past several years.
4. Authorize the County Administrator to utilize a process for negotiated sale of
the notes only if it is determined to be necessary or financially advantageous
due to market conditions.
5. Authorize the County Administrator to contract with an outside Trustee (U.S
Trust, Co. ) to serve as paying agent and/or fiscal agent to hold the
repayment funds on behalf of the Note investors.
6. Acknowledge that the Note Program is an essential tool for financial
management and is required to meet the annual cash flow needs of the County
during the fiscal year.
7. Acknowledge that while the borrowing is essential to meet the cash flow needs
of the County, it also generates substantial revenues above the cost of
borrowing.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES «T .v•' SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON _ APrll 4 ,, 199 5 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER X__ l
APPROVED the recommendations as set forth above ; DIRECTED that the minimal
number of staff travel to New York on May 1 , 1995,. to meet with the rating
agencies on the 1995. Note Norrowing Program.
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS JABSE T ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES:, 1 , 2 ,4 , NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED April 4 , 1995
Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
cc: SEE PAGE 2 SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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8. Approve continuation of the use of Prager, McCarthy & Sealy as the Financial
Advisor at a fixed fee for the issue plus reimbursement of expenses for the
cost of issuance and other expenses advanced for the issue.
9. Approve the use of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe for bond and tax counsel
services for a fixed fee including expenses.
10. Authorize the County Administrator to contract for a Disclosure Counsel, if
required in order to satisfy investor concerns for the Official Statement
resulting from the Orange County bankruptcy.
11. Authorize the County Administrator and appropriate County staff to travel to
New York on May 17, 1995 to meet with the rating agencies on the 1995 Note
Borrowing Program.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS:
The annual program for Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note borrowing has become
an essential part of the cash management for the County. It is required in order to
meet the cash flow needs during the fiscal year. The expenses of the program are
paid from revenues generated by the program and revenues above that are available
to the General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The County has issued Notes for cash flow borrowing needs every year since 1979.
During 1994 a $95,000,000 issue was completed. The increase in short-term interest
rates implemented by the Federal Government during the past year will have an
impact on the program and make it difficult to estimate potential returns from the
proposed issue, but past experience has indicated a potential for earnings of
$500,000 to $1,000,000. The impact of the Orange County bankruptcy and with
subsequent actions on meeting their obligations on outstanding notes will have an
even greater but unknown impact on all other California public agencies issuing
notes for 1995.
Information received from various sources, including discussions with individuals
from the rating agencies indicates that we can expect to pay a premium on the issues
this year in order to attract buyers and that additional disclosure will be necessary
on all aspects of County investments. Our County may avoid much of the premium
due to our past reputation in the credit markets and we are preparing to include
complete disclosure information on the County investment pool. Further
developments in Orange County could adversely impact the market. It is important
that our County proceed with the issue at the earliest date possible but remain
flexible on the process to maximize any advantage in the market. Actions that have
been determined to be necessary in order to improve investor confidence are to
contract with a Trustee to hold the revenues pledged to repay the Notes. U.S.
Trust has submitted the lowest bid of$750.00 for the services as Trustee and Paying
Agent. It may be required to have a law firm serve as Disclosure Counsel to review
the Official Statement and certify to it's accuracy and completeness. The Financial
Advisor is asking for proposals for such service and a determination will be made
whether to contract for the service or not depending upon further research in the
market.
The consulting team of Arnold Mazotti from Prager, McCathy & Sealy and Tom
Shearer from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has provided excellent results for the
County in the past for very low fees. Continuation of the same consulting team will
provide a successful program at low cost for the County. The complications from the
Orange County problems and changes in IRS regulations requires that our
consultants be fully knowledgeable about the County and provide consistency in
representations before the rating agencies.
Orig. Dept. : DeRoyce Bell 646-4093
cc: County Administrator
Auditor-Controller
Treasurer-Tax Collector
County Counsel
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3/31/95 OH&S Draft
RESOLUTION NO. 95/215
OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION APPROVING ISSUANCE AND SALE OF 1995-1996 TAX AND
REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES OF THE COUNTY; APPROVING FORM AND
EXECUTION OF AN INDENTURE; APPROVING FORMS OF AND DISTRIBUTION OF
PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOR THE SALE OF SAID NOTES, NOTICE
INVITING BIDS AND NOTICE OF INTENTION TO SELL SAID NOTES;
DELEGATING TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR OR HIS DESIGNEE AUTHORIZATION
TO AWARD BIDS FOR SAID NOTES; AND AUTHORIZING TAKING OF- NECESSARY
ACTIONS AND EXECUTION OF NECESSARY CERTIFICATES
WHEREAS, the County of Contra Costa (the "County") is a
political subdivision of the State of California;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 53850 et seq. of the
Government Code of the State of California (the "Government
Code") , this Board of Supervisors (the "Board") has found and
determined that the sum of not to exceed One Hundred Fifty
Million Dollars ($150,000, 000) is needed for the requirements of
the County of Contra Costa (the "County") to satisfy obligations
payable from the General Fund and that it is necessary that said
sum be borrowed for such purpose at this time by the issuance of
temporary notes (the "Notes") therefor in anticipation of the
receipt of taxes, revenue and other moneys to be received by the
County for the General Fund of the County allocable to Fiscal
Year 1995-1996; and
WHEREAS, it appears, and the Board hereby finds and
determines, that said sum of One Hundred Fifty Million Dollars
($150, 000, 000) , when added to the interest estimated to be
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payable thereon, does not exceed eighty-five percent (85%) of the
estimated amount of the uncollected taxes, income, revenue, cash
receipts and other moneys of the County for the General Fund of
the County attributable to Fiscal Year 1995-1996 and available
for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes;
WHEREAS, no money has heretofore been borrowed by the
County through the issuance of any temporary notes in
anticipation of the receipt of, or payable or secured by, taxes,
income, revenue, cash receipts or other moneys of the County
received or accrued during or allocable to Fiscal Year 1995-1996;
WHEREAS, the County proposes to enter into an
Indenture, dated as of July 1, 1995, with U.S. Trust Company of
California, N.A. , as paying agent (the "Paying Agent") , to
provide for the issuance and payment of the Notes;
WHEREAS, the Notes shall be sold to the highest bidder
or bidders pursuant to a competitive sale to be held on June 1,
1995 or on such earlier or later date as is established by the
County Administrator of the County in accordance with the terms
of a Notice Inviting Bids for the Notes;
WHEREAS, a form of Official Statement describing the
Notes and a form of Notice Inviting Bids for the sale of the
Notes will be distributed to potential purchasers of the Notes
and a form of Notice of Intention to Sell the Notes will be
published in THE BOND BUYER;
WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with the form of
each document hereinafter referred to, relating to the Notes, and
the Board has examined and approved each document and desires to
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authorize and direct the execution of such documents and the
issuance of the Notes;
WHEREAS, the County has full legal right, power and
authority under the Constitution and the laws of the State of
California to enter into the transactions hereinafter authorized;
and
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors of the County
of Contra Costa hereby finds, determines, declares and resolves
as follows:
Section 1. Recitals. All of the recitals herein above
set forth are true and correct, and this Board so finds and
determines.
Section 2. Indenture. The proposed form of the
Indenture, to be dated as of July 1, 1995, by and between the
County and the Paying Agent (a copy of which is on file with the
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors), is hereby approved. The
County Administrator of the County and the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors, and their designees, are hereby authorized and
directed to execute and deliver the Indenture in substantially
said form, with such changes, additions, completions and
corrections therein as such officers may require or approve, such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and
delivery thereof.
Section 3 . Sale of Notes. The proposed form of the
Notice Inviting Bids for the Notes, in substantially the form
presented to this meeting (a copy of which is on file with the
Clerk of the Board) , is hereby approved and adopted as the Notice
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Inviting Bids for the Notes, with such changes, additions,
completions and corrections therein as the County Administrator
of the County shall require or approve. All of the Notes shall
be offered for public sale in accordance with the Notice Inviting
Bids. Prager, McCarthy & Sealy (the "Financial Advisor") is
hereby authorized and directed to cause to be mailed to
prospective bidders for the Notes copies of said Notice Inviting
Bids, subject to such changes, additions and completions as may
be acceptable to the County Administrator of the County.
The proposed form of the Notice of Sale of the Notes,
in substantially the form presented to this meeting (a copy of
which is on file with the Clerk of the Board) , is hereby
approved. The County Administrator of the County is hereby
directed to cause said Notice of Sale to be published once, no
later than 15 days before the date of sale of the Notes, in the
Bond Buyer, a financial publication generally circulated
throughout the State of California.
Sealed proposals shall be received by the Treasurer-Tax
Collector of the County or his designee up to the hour of 10:00
a.m. California time on June 1, 1995 or on such earier or later
date determined by the County Administrator of the County as set
forth in the Notice Inviting Bids, for the purchase of the Notes
for cash at not less than their principal amount and accrued
interest thereon to the date of their delivery, the interest rate
or rates (which shall not exceed 9% per annum) to be designated
in the bid or bids, the County Administrator of the County
reserving the right to reject any and all bids, in accordance
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with the terms and conditions of said Notice Inviting Bids. The
County Administrator of the County is hereby authorized to
determine whether to accept partial bids in increments of a
specified denominational amount, such as $25,000,000, and to
award the Notes to the highest responsible bidder or bidders
resulting in the lowest net interest cost to the County or to
reject any or all bids. If the Notes are awarded to more than
one bidder and at different rates of interest, each incremental
amount of Notes of the same interest rate shall be given a
separate designation.
The County Administrator may, in his sole discretion,
cancel the public sale of the Notes and negotiate for the sale of
the Notes with an underwriter or underwriters, and enter into an
agreement for the sale of the Notes, upon such terms and
conditions as he shall deem appropriate.
Section 4. Official Statement for Notes. The proposed
form of official statement relating to the Notes, in
substantially the form presented to this meeting (a copy of which
is on file with the Clerk of the Board) , is hereby approved with
such changes, additions, completions and corrections as the
County- Administrator of the County may approve. The Financial
Advisor is hereby authorized to distribute such official
statement in preliminary form to the potential bidders for the
Notes and is hereby authorized and directed to deliver such
official statement in final form to the purchasers of the Notes.
The County Administrator of the County is authorized to certify
on behalf of the County that the preliminary form of the official
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statement is deemed final as of its date, within the meaning of
Rule 15c2-12 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (except for the omission of certain final pricing, rating
and related information as permitted by said Rule) .
Section 5. Approval of Actions. All actions
heretofore taken by the officers and agents of the County or the
Board with respect to the sale and issuance of the Notes are
hereby approved, confirmed and ratified, and the officers of the
County and the 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 sale of the Notes in accordance with this
Resolution.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Contra Costa, State of California, this 4th day of
April, 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier and Torlakson
NOES: Supervisor Bishop
ABSENT: None
Chair of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa
(Seal)
Attest: BPhil- Batchelor,
County 'Administrator and
Clerk 'sof:'the .Board of
Supervis is of the
County of Contra Costa
By:
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
1, JEANNE O. MAGLIO, Deputy Clerk and Chief Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, hereby
certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a
resolution duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa duly and regularly held in
Martinez, California, on April 4, 1995, of which meeting all of
the members of said Board had due notice.
I further certify that I have carefully compared the
foregoing copy with the original minutes of said meeting on file
and of record in my office; that said copy is a full, true and
correct copy of the original resolution adopted at said meeting
and entered in said minutes; and that said resolution has not
been amended, modified, rescinded or revoked in any manner since
the date of its adoption, and the same is now in full force and
effect.
I further certify that an agenda of said meeting was
posted at least 72 hours before said meeting at 651 Pine St
Lobby, Martinez, California, freely accessible to the public and
a brief general description of the resolution to be adopted at
said meeting appeared on said agenda.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this certificate
and affixed the seal of the Board of Supervisors of the County of
Contra Costa hereto as of this 4th day of April, 1994.
By Q , 9
f ; Diputy Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors of the County of
Contra Costa, State of California
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3/28/95
INDENTURE
BY AND BETWEEN
THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA
AND
U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. ,
as Paying Agent
RELATING TO
THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA,
1995-1996 TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTES
Dated as of July 1, 1995
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This INDENTURE, dated as of July 1, 1995, by and
between U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, N.A. , a national
banking association duly organized and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the United States of America, as Paying
Agent, and the COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, a public body, corporate
and politic, and a political subdivision of the State of
California;
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sections 53850 et seg. of the
Government Code of the State of California (the "Government
Code") , the Board of Supervisors . (the "Board") of the County of
Contra---Ccs da_(tha=.9!CauntV—�--), ,has ined that ;`she sum
of not to exceed Hundred Million Dollars
($ ,000,000) is needed for the requirements of the County to
sat fy obligations payable from the General Fund and that- it is
necessary that said sum be borrowed for such purpose at this time
by the issuance of temporary notes (the "Notes") therefor in
anticipation of the receipt of taxes, revenue and other moneys to
be received by the County for the General Fund of the County
allocable to Fiscal Year 1995-1996; and
WHEREAS, it appears, that said sum of Hundred
Million Dollars ($ ,000,000) , when added to the
interest estimated to be payable thereon, does not exceed
eighty-five percent (85%) of the estimated amount of the
uncollected taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts and other
moneys of the County for the General Fund of the County
attributable to Fiscal Year 1995-1996 and available for the
payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes; and
WHEREAS, no money has heretofore been borrowed by the
County through the issuance of any temporary notes in
anticipation of the receipt of, or payable or secured by, taxes,
income, revenue, cash receipts .or other moneys of the County
received or accrued during or allocable to Fiscal Year 1995-1996;
and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 53856 of. the Government
Code of the State of California (the "Government Code") , certain
revenues which will be received by the County for the General
Fund of the County and attributable to Fiscal Year 1995-1996 can
be pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on
the Notes;
WHEREAS, the County has authorized the issuance of said
notes in two series, with an initial issuance of a first series
of notes (the "Notes of Series A") in the amount of $ ,000,000
and with authorization to issue and sell a second series of notes
(the "Notes of Series B") in the amount of not to exceed
$_,000, 000 in the event a second series can be sold on the terms
set forth herein;
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WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Indenture
and the issuance of the Notes hereunder have in all respects been
duly and validly authorized by resolutions duly passed and
approved by the Board of Supervisors of the County; and
WHEREAS, the County represents that all acts,
conditions and things required by law to exist, to have happened
and to have been performed precedent to and in connection with
the execution and the entering into of this Indenture do exist,
have happened and have been..performed in regular and due time,
form and manner as requried by law, and the parties hereto are
now duly authorized to execute and enter into this Indenture;
Authorization -&hd ssuance: 50 a-I y- BrM
the purpose of anticipating.taxes, income, revenues, cash
receipts and other moneys to -be received by the County for the
General Fund of the County allocable to Fiscal Year 1995-1996,
and not pursuant to any common plan of financing, the County
hereby determines to and shall borrow the aggregate principal sum
of not to exceed Hundred Million Dollars
($ ,000,000) , by the issuance of temporary notes under Sections
53850 et seq. of the Government Code, designated the "County of
Contra Costa, California, 1995-1996 Tax and Revenue Anticipation
Notes, " and shall be issued as Notes of Series A in an amount of
$_,000,000 and Notes of Series B in an amount not to exceed
$_, 000,000. The Treasurer-Tax Collector of the County, upon
consultation with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe ("Bond
Counsel") , is hereby authorized to determine the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes of Series B, which amount shall not
in the aggregate exceed Hundred Million Dollars
($ ,000,000) , in such lesser amount upon which Bond Counsel
will deliver an approving opinion as to the exclusion from gross
income for federal income tax purposes of interest on the Notes
of each series. The Notes shall be initially issued and
registered as provided in Section 7 hereof and otherwise shall be
in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof,
each series thereof shall be dated the date of issuance thereof
and shall, in the case of the Notes of Series A, be issued on or
before August 1, 1995' and shall, in the case of the Notes of
Series B, be issued on or before December 1, 1995, shall mature
(without option of prior redemption) on July _, 1996, or such
other date not later than 13 months after the date of issuance of
such Series of Notes as shall be designated by the County
Administrator of the County (except that the Notes of Series B
shall mature no earlier than the Notes of Series A) , and shall
bear interest, payable at maturity and computed on the basis of a
360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months, at the rates
determined in accordance with this Indenture and, as to the Notes
of Series A, at the rate per annum of %, and, as to
the Notes of Series B, as hereinafter determined by this Board.
Both the principal of and interest on the Notes shall be payable
in lawful money of the United States of America, only to the
registered owners of the Notes upon surrender thereof at the
office of U.S. Trust Company of California, N.A. (the "Paying
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Agent") in Los Angeles, California upon the maturity thereof. No
interest shall be payable on any Note for any period after
maturity during which the registered owner thereof fails to
properly present such Note for payment.
At any time after the sale of the Notes of Series A,
the County shall execute the Notes of SeriesA for issuance
hereunder and shall deliver them to the Paying Agent, and
thereupon the Notes of Series A shall be authenticated and
delivered by the Paying Agent to the purchaser thereof upon the
written request of the City and upon receipt of payment therefor
from the purchaser thereof.
,.. .. ,Section 2. pis position. of_,JProceeds,a�f_Notes— The_-
County shall, immediately"upon receiving the proceeds of the sale
of the Notes of each series, place in the County General Fund
maintained in the County Treasury all amounts received from such
respective sale. Such amounts held..in the .County General Fund
shall be invested as permitted by Section 53601 of the Government
Code provided that no such investments shall be invested in
"reverse repurchase agreements" permitted by subsection (i) of
said Section 53601, and no such investments shall have a maturity
later than the date that it is anticipated that such amounts will
be required to be expended. Such amounts may be commingled with
other funds of the County.
Amounts in the County General Fund attributable to the
sale of the Notes of Series A and, if. issued, the Notes of
Series B, shall be withdrawn and expended by the County for any
purpose for which the County is authorized to expend funds from
the General Fund of the County, but (except for costs related to
the issuance of the Notes) only after exhausting funds otherwise
available for such purposes (which are not restricted funds) , and
only to the extent that on any given day such other funds are not
then available, and for purposes of this section, otherwise
available funds excludes amounts that are held or set aside in a
reasonable working capital reserve (as described in the tax
certificate of the County delivered upon issuance of the Notes
and, in any event, not exceeding five percent (5%) of the.
Countyfs total working capital expenditures from its available
funds in fiscal year 1994-1995) . If on the date that is six
months from the date of issuance of the Notes of Series A, and,
if issued, the Notes' of Series B, all amounts attributable to the
proceeds of the Notes (including investment earnings thereon)
have not been so expended, the County shall promptly notify Bond
Counsel and, to the extent of its power and authority, comply
with the instructions from Bond Counsel as to the means of
satisfying the rebate requirements of Section 148 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") .
Section 3. Source of Payment. (A) The principal of
and interest on the Notes shall be payable from taxes, income,
revenue, cash receipts and other moneys which are received by the
County for the General Fund of the County for the fiscal year
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1995-1996 and which are lawfully available for the payment of
current expenses and other obligations of the County (the
"Unrestricted Revenues") .
(B) As security for the payment of the principal of
and interest on the Notes, the County hereby pledges to transfer
to the Paying Agent for deposit in trust in a special fund
designated as the 111995-1996 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note
Repayment Fund" (the "Repayment Fund") , which fund the Paying
Agent hereby agrees to establish and maintain while any Notes are
outstanding: (i) an amount equal to 50% of the principal amount
of the Notes from the first Unrestricted Revenues received by the
County during the accounting period commencing on December
f -15_F-=and=- endIng Januar y= X99:5, _incIusilre . (the
Accounting Period") , .and (ii) an amount equal to 50%- of the
principal amount of Notes from the first Unrestricted Revenues
received by the County during: the accounting period commencing: on
April , 1996 and ending May 1996, inclusive (the "Tenth
Accounting Period") , together with an amount sufficient (net of
anticipated earnings on moneys in the Repayment Fund) (.x) to
satisfy and make up any deficiency in the Repayment Fund with
respect to the prior Accounting Period and (y) to pay the
interest on the Notes at maturity. The amounts pledged by the
County, for transfer- to the Paying: Agent for deposit into the
Repayment Fund from the Unrestricted Revenues received during
each indicated accounting period are hereinafter called the
"Pledged Revenues. "
(C) In the event that there have been insufficient
Unrestricted Revenues received by the County by the third
business day prior to the end of any such Accounting Period to
permit the transfer to the Paying Agent for deposit into the
Repayment Fund of the full amount of the Pledged Revenues
required to be deposited with respect to such Accounting Period,
then the amount of any deficiency in the Repayment Fund shall be
satisfied and made up from any other moneys of the County
lawfully available for the payment of the principal of the Notes
and the interest thereon (all as provided in Sections 53856 and
53857 of the Government Code) (the "Other Pledged Moneys") on
such date or thereafter on a daily basis, when and as such
Pledged Revenues and Other Pledged Moneys are received by the
County.
Section 4. Pledged- Revenues.
(A) ThePledged Revenues with respect to the
accounting period in which received shall be transferred by the
Treasurer-Tax Collector of the County to the Paying Agent for
deposit in the Repayment Fund commencing the third business day
of each respective accounting period, and thereafter at intervals
of no more than every five business days, and applied as directed
in this Indenture; and the Other Pledged Moneys, if any, shall be
transferred by the Treasurer-Tax Collector of the County to the
Paying Agent for deposit in the Repayment Fund on the third
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business day prior to the end of such accounting period and on
'each business day thereafter, until the full amount of the moneys
required by Section 3 (B) has been so deposited in the Repayment
Fund; provided that, if on the date that is six months from the
date of issuance of the Notes of Series A all amounts
attributable to the proceeds of the Notes of Series A and, if
issued, the Notes of Series B (including investment earnings
thereon) have not been expended in accordance with Section 2, the
amounts to be transferred to the Paying Agent for deposit in the
Repayment. Fund during the accounting period in which received
shall be transferred to the Paying Agent for deposit as soon as
received. The principal of and interest on the Notes constitute
a first lien and charge on, and shall be payable from, moneys in
-- the Repal-m�xkt-:=F,and,.: a.Mrne� -.in ,the. R,epzymert�- nc�.,shall be _ - :
applied only as hereinafter in this Section 4 provided.
(B) The Paying Agent shall use the .moneys in the:
Repayment Fund on the maturity date of the. Notes to pay the,
principal of and interest on the Notes. Any moneys remaining in
the Repayment Fund after such payment, or after provision for
such payment has been made, shall be transferred by the Paying
Agent to the County Treasurer-Tax Collector for deposit in the
General Fund of the County.
(C) Moneys in the Repayment Fund shall be invested as
permitted by Section 53601 of the Government Code, except that no
moneys shall be invested in investments permitted by subsection
(i) (to the extent that subsection (i) applies to reverse
repurchase agreements) of said Section 53601, and no such
investments shall have a maturity date later than the maturity
date of the Notes. The proceeds of any such investments shall be
retained in the Repayment Fund .until payment of principal of and
interest on the Notes (or provision therefor) has been made in
accordance with paragraph (B) , at which time any excess amount
shall be transferred by the Paying Agent to the County Treasurer-
Tax Collector for deposit in the General Fund of the County.
Section 5. Execution .of Notes. The Treasurer-Tax
Collector of the County or his designee is hereby authorized to
execute the Notes by use of his manual or facsimile signature,
and the Clerk of the Board. of Supervisors of the County or one of
his assistants is hereby authorized to countersign, by manual or
facsimile signature, the Notes and to affix the seal of the Board
of Supervisors thereto by impressing the seal or by imprinting a
facsimile of the seal thereon. Said officers are hereby
authorized to cause the blank spaces in Exhibit A to be filled in
as may be appropriate and to deliver the Notes of each series to
the Paying Agent.
In case any officer whose signature appears on the
Notes shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the
Notes to the purchaser thereof, such signature shall nevertheless
be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if such officer had
remained in office until such delivery of the Notes.
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Only those Notes bearing thereon a certificate of
. authentication in the €orm hereinbefore recited, executed
manually and dated by the Paying Agent, shall be entitled to any
benefit, protection or security hereunder or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose, and such certificate of the Trustee
shall be conclusive evidence that the Notes so authenticated have
been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered hereunder
and are entitled to the benefit, protection .and security hereof.
Section 6. Form of Notes and Certificate of
Authentication and Recgistration. The Notes shall be issued in
fully registered form without coupons and the Notes and the
Certificate of Registration -shall be substantially in the form
_ and .substance ,set forth in. Exhibit A_attached-her-eto_amd-by_.
reference incorporated herein, the blanks in said form to be
filled in with appropriate words and figures.
Section 7. Use of Depository: Registration, Exchange
and Transfer.
(A) The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York,
is hereby appointed depository for the Notes. The County
Administrator of the County, or his designee, is hereby
authorized to execute and deliver to the depository the Letter of
Representations substantially in the form submitted to this
meeting (a copy of which is on file with .the Clerk of the Board) ,
with such changes, additions and corrections as the County
Administrator of the County shall require or approve. The Notes
of each series shall be initially issued and registered in the
name of "Cede & Co. , " as nominee of The Depository Trust Company,
New York, .- New York and shall be evidenced by a single Note for
each series. Registered ownership of each Note, or any, portion
thereof, may not thereafter be transferred except as set forth in
Section 7(B) .
(B) The Notes shall be initially issued and registered
as provided in Section 7 (A) hereof. Registered ownership of the
Notes, or any portions thereof, may not thereafter be transferred
except:
(i) to any successor of Cede & Co. , as nominee of
The Depository Trust Company, or its nominee, or of any
substitute depository designated pursuant to clause (ii) of this
subsection (B) ("Substitute Depository") ; provided that any
successor of Cede & Co. , as nominee of The Depository Trust
Company or Substitute Depository, shall be qualified under any
applicable laws to provide the service proposed to be provided by
it;
(ii) to any Substitute Depository not objected to
by the County Administrator of the County, upon (1) the
resignation of The Depository Trust Company or its successor (or
any Substitute Depository or its successor), from its functions as
depository, or (2) a determination by the County Administrator of
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Paying Agent shall have any responsibility or obligation, legal
or otherwise, to any such beneficial owners or to any other
party, including.The Depository Trust Company or its, successor
(or Substitute Depository or its successor) , except to the owner
of any Notes, and the Paying Agent may rely conclusively on its
records as to the identity of the owners of the Notes.
(E) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture and so long as all outstanding Notes are registered in
the name of Cede & Co. or its registered assigns, the County and
the Paying Agent shall cooperate with Cede & Co. or its
registered assigns, as sole registered. owner, in effecting
payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes by .
rY
arranging, for, payment-An- suchmanner- that-tunds for such payments
- - are properly identified and are -made available on the date they
are due all in accordance with the Letter of Representations, the
provisions of which the Paying Agent may rely upon to implement
the foregoing procedures notwithstanding any inconsistent
provisions herein.
(F) In the case of any transfer pursuant to clause
(iii) of subsection (B) of this Section, any Note may, in
accordance with its terms, betransferred or exchanged for a like
aggregate principal amount in authorized denominations of the
same series, upon the books required to be kept by the Paying
Agent. 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, and, in
the case of a transfer, accompanied by delivery of a written
instrument of. transfer, duly executed and in form approved by the
Paying Agent.
Whenever any Note shall. be surrendered for transfer or
exchange, the County shall execute and the Paying Agent shall
authenticate and deliver a new Note or Notes of the same series
of authorized denominations, for a like aggregate principal
amount of the same interest rate. The Paying Agent shall require
the owner requesting such transfer or exchange to pay any tax or
other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to
such transfer or exchange.
(G) The Paying Agent will keep or cause to be kept
sufficient books for the registration and transfer of the Notes,
which shall at all times be open to inspection by the County.
Upon presentation for such purpose, the Paying Agent shall, under
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or
transfer or cause to be registered or transferred, on such books,
Notes as hereinbefore provided.
(H) If any Note shall become mutilated, the County, at
the expense of the owner of such Note, shall execute, and the
Paying Agent shall thereupon authenticate and deliver a new Note
of like series, tenor and number in exchange and substitution for
the Note so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Paying
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Agent of the Note so mutilated. Every mutilated Note so
surrendered to the Paying Agent 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 maybe submitted to the County and the
Paying Agent and, if such evidence be satisfactory to both and
indemnity satisfactory to them shall be given, the County, at the
expense- of the owner, shall execute, and the Paying Agent shall
thereupon authenticate, if required, and deliver a new Note of
like series, interest rate, 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 Paying Agent may pay the same
iithout surret�de =ticie x j . The=_Pay ng�-Aad may=require paynrant - - --
'by the registered owner of a Note 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 Paying Agent. _ 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 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 Indenture with all
other Notes secured by this Indenture.
All Notes surrendered for payment or registration of
transfer, if surrendered to any person other than the Paying
Agent, shall be delivered to the Paying Agent and shall be
promptly cancelled by it. The County may at any time deliver to
the Paying Agent for cancellation any Notes previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the County may have
acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered
shall promptly be cancelled by the Paying Agent. No Note shall
be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Notes
cancelled as provided herein, except as expressly permitted
hereunder. All cancelled Notes held by the Paying Agent shall be
disposed of as directed by the County.
Section S. General Covenants. It is hereby covenanted'
and warranted by the Board that all representations and recitals
contained in this Indenture are true and correct and that the
Board and the County, and their appropriate officials, have duly
taken all proceedings necessary to be taken by them, and will
take any additional proceedings necessary to be taken by them,
for the levy, collection and enforcement of the taxes, income,
revenue, cash receipts and other moneys pledged hereunder in
accordance with law and for carrying out the provisions of this
Indenture and the Notes.
Section 9. Tax Covenants; Rebate Fund.
(A) The County covenants that it shall make all
calculations in a reasonable and prudent fashion relating to any
rebate of excess investment earnings on the proceeds of the Notes
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due to the United States Treasury, shall segregate and set aside
from lawfully available _sources the amount such calculations may
.indicate may be required to be paid to the United States Treasury
. and shall otherwise at all times do and perform all acts and
things necessary and within its power and authority, including
complying with each applicable requirement of Section 103 and
Sections 141 through 150 of the Code and complying with the
instructions of Bond Counsel referred to in Section 2 hereof, to
assure that interest paid on the Notes shall, for the purposes of
federal income taxes and California personal income taxation, be
excludable from the gross income of the recipients thereof and
exempt from such taxation. As part of the performance of the
covenant contained in the preceding sentence, promptly after six
--months-f.rom -the;date of tL-, - Series !A,.„= ,:tz_.- ___
the County will reasonably and prudently calculate the amount of
the Note proceeds which have been expended, with a view to
determining whether or not the County has met the. requirements of
Section 148(f) (4) (B) of the Code with respect to the Notes, and
if it has not met such requirements, it will reasonably and
prudently calculate the amount, if any, of investment profits
which must be rebated to the United States and will immediately
set aside, from revenues attributable to the 1995-1996 Fiscal
Year or, to the extent not available from such revenues, from any
other moneys lawfully available, the amount of any such rebate in
the Fund referred to in paragraph (B) of this Section 9.
(B) The County shall establish and maintain a fund
separate from any other fund established and maintained hereunder
designated as the 111995-1996 Tax and Revenue Anticipation Note
Rebate Fund". There shall be deposited in the Rebate Fund such
amounts as are required to be deposited therein in accordance
with the written instructions from Bond Counsel pursuant to
Section 2 hereof.
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture to the contrary, upon the County's failure to observe,
or refusal to comply with, the covenants contained in this
Section, no one other than. the owners or former owners of the
Notes or the Paying Agent shall be entitled to exercise any right-
or remedy under this Indenture on the basis of the County's
failure to observe, or refusal to comply with, such covenants.
(D) The covenants contained in this Section shall
survive the payment of the Notes.
(E) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, if
the County shall provide to the Paying Agent an opinion of Bond
Counsel that any specified action required under this section is
no longer required or that some further- or different action is
required to maintain the exclusion from gross income for federal
income tax purposes of interest on the Notes, the Paying Agent
and the County may conclusively rely on such opinion in complying
with the requirements of this section, and the covenants
hereunder shall be deemed to be modified to that extent.
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Section 10. Paying Agent. U.S. Trust Company of
California, N.A. is hereby appointed as Paying Agent for the
Notes. The County hereby directs and authorizes the payment by
the Paying Agent of the interest on and principal of the Notes
when such become due and payable, from the Repayment Fund in the
manner set forth herein. The County hereby covenants to transfer
to the Paying Agent funds for deposit in the Repayment Fund at
the times and in the amounts specified herein to provide
sufficient moneys to pay the principal of and interest on the
Notes on the day on which they mature. Payment of the Notes
shall be in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this
Indenture.
- - _The Paying Agent is_also appointed As-regi str_ar_and
upon the request of any registered owner is authorized to record
the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the
provisions hereof.
Section 11. Proceedings Constitute Contract. The
provisions of the Notes and of this Indenture shall constitute a
contract between .the. County and the registered owners of the
Notes, 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, upon issuance
of the Notes, shall be irrepealable.
Section 12. Governing Law. This Indenture shall be
construed and governed in accordance with the laws of the State
of California.
Section 13. Effective Date of Indenture. This
Indenture shall take effect upon its execution and delivery.
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Section 14. Execution in Countervarts. This Indenture
may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be
deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
U.S. TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA,
N.A. , as Paying Agent
By
Authorized Officer
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA - T' -"-
Chair of the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa
(Seal)
Attest: Phil Batchelor,
County Administrator and
Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors of the
County of Contra Costa
By:
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EXHIBIT A
REGISTERED REGISTERED
No. $
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA,
1995-1996 TAX AND REVENUE ANTICIPATION NOTE
SERIES
PART
Rate of Interest: Note Date: Maturity Date: CUSIP NO:
Registered Owner: CEDE & CO.
Principal Amount:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the County of Contra Costa (the
"County") , State of California, acknowledges itself indebted to
and promises to pay to the Registered Owner identified above, or
registered assigns, at the office of U.S. Trust Company of
California, N.A. (the "Paying Agent") , the Principal Amount
specified above, in lawful money of the United States of America,
on the Maturity Date specified- above, together with interest
thereon at the Rate of Interest per annum set forth above
(computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve
30-day months) in like lawful money from the Note Date specified
above until payment in full of said principal sum. The principal
of and interest on this Note shall be payable only to the
registered owner hereof upon surrender of this Note at the office
of the Paying Agent as the same shall fall due; provided,
however, that no interest shall be payable for any period after
maturity during which the registered owner hereof fails to
properly present this Note for payment.
It is hereby certified, recited and declared that this
Note is one of an authorized issue of Notes entitled "County of
Contra Costa, California, 1995-1996 Tax and Revenue Anticipation
Notes" (the "Notes") , in the aggregate principal amount of not to
exceed Hundred Million Dollars ($ ,000, 000) ,
of the se ies and part of a series designated above, all of like
tenor, made, executed and given pursuant to the authority of
Article 7.6 (commencing with Section 53850) of Chapter 4, Part 1,
Division 2, Title 5 of the California Government Code and all
laws amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, and under and
pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture, dated as of July 1,
1995 (herein called the Indenture") , between the Paying Agent and
the County, authorizing the issuance of the Notes, and that all
acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be
performed precedent to and in the issuance of this Note have
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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 County, does
not exceed any limit prescribed by the Constitution or statutes
of the State of California.
The principal of and interest on the Notes shall be
payable from taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts and other
moneys which are received by the County for the General Fund of
the County for the fiscal year 1995-1996 and which are lawfully
available for the payment of current expenses and other
obligations of the County (the "Unrestricted Revenues") . As
security for the payment of the principal of and interest on the
Notes, .t_ he__CQunty; has__pledged to Ttransfer totthe-Pay : _Agar-t_ for.
deposit in the Repayment Fund (as defined in the Indenture) : (i)
an amount equal to 50% of the principal amount of the Notes from
the first Unrestricted' Revenues received by the County during the
accounting period commencing on December_, 1995 and ending
January _, 1996, inclusive (the "Sixth Accounting Period") , and
(ii) an amount equal to 50-% .of .the principal amount of Notes from
the first Unrestricted Revenues received by the County during the
accounting period commencing on April _, 1996 and ending May
1996,- inclusive (the "Tenth Accounting Period") , together with an
amount sufficient (net of anticipated earnings on moneys in the
Repayment Fund) (x) to satisfy and make up any deficiency in the
Repayment Fund with respect to the prior Accounting Period and
(y) to pay the interest on the Notes at maturity (such pledged
amounts being hereinafter called the "Pledged Revenues") . In the
event that there are insufficient Pledged Revenues received by
the County by the third business day prior to the end of any such
_ accounting period to permit the transfer to the Paying Agent for
deposit into the Repayment Fund of the full amount of the
aforesaid moneys to be deposited, then the amount of any
deficiency in the Repayment Fund shall be satisfied and made up
from any other moneys of the County lawfully available for the
payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes (such other
pledged moneys being hereinafter called the "Other Pledged
Moneys") . The Pledged Revenues and Other Pledged Moneys shall be
transferred to the Paying Agent for deposit in the Repayment Fund.
at the intervals specified in the Indenture. The principal of
and interest on the Notes shall constitute. a first lien and
charge on, and shall be payable from, moneys in the Repayment
Fund.
This Note is transferable by the registered owner
hereof in person or by such ownerfs attorney duly authorized in
writing at the office of the Paying Agent, but only in the
manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of the
charges provided in the Indenture, and upon surrender and
cancellation of this Note. Upon such transfer a new Note or
Notes of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate
principal amount will be issued to the transferees in exchange
herefor.
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