ORDINANCE NO. 2021-6B – Bond for Sewer

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Ordinance #: 2021-6B

ORDINANCE NO. 20216B 

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF SALES AND USE TAX BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS; PLEDGING A 1% SALES AND USE TAX TO PAY THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS; PRESCRIBING OTHER MATTERS RELATING THERETO; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY

WHEREAS, there was submitted to the qualified electors of the City of Elkins, Arkansas (the City) the question of issuing, under Amendment No. 62 to the Constitution of the State of Arkansas (the State) and under Title 14, Chapter 164, Subchapter 3 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated (the Authorizing Legislation), capital improvement bonds in the maximum principal amount of $8,500,000 for the purpose of financing a portion of the costs of extensions, betterments and improvements to the sewer facilities of the Citys water and sewer system (the Improvements); and 

WHEREAS, at the special election held April 13, 2021, a majority of the electors voting on the question approved the issuance of such bonds; and 

WHEREAS, the City Council has determined to proceed with the Improvements and to issue capital improvement bonds designated as the City of Elkins, Arkansas Sales and Use Tax Bonds, Series 2021B(the bonds) in the aggregate principal amount of $8,020,000; and 

WHEREAS, the City has made arrangements for the sale of the bonds to Stephens Inc. (the Purchaser), at a price of $7,960,907.95 (principal amount plus net original issue premium of $61,207.95 and less Underwriters discount of $120,300) (the Purchase Price), pursuant to a Bond Purchase Agreement between the Purchaser and the City (the Purchase Agreement), which has been presented to and is before this meeting; and 

WHEREAS, the Preliminary Official Statement, dated June 3, 2021, offering the bonds for sale (the Preliminary Official Statement), has been presented to and is before this meeting; and 

WHEREAS, the Continuing Disclosure Agreement between the City and Regions Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas (the Disclosure Agreement), providing for the disclosure obligations of the City with respect to the bonds, has been presented to and is before this meeting; and 

WHEREAS, Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., a New York stock insurance company, or any successor thereto or assignee thereof (the Insurer) will be issuing a municipal bond insurance policy (the Insurance Policy) guaranteeing the payment of the scheduled principal of and interest on the bonds when due; and 

WHEREAS, the Insurer will also be issuing a municipal bond debt service reserve insurance policy (the Reserve Policy) in order to provide a debt service reserve for the bonds

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Elkins, Arkansas

Section 1. The Improvements shall be accomplished, and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized to take all action necessary in connection therewith and to execute all required contracts and documents

Section 2. The offer of the Purchaser for the purchase of the bonds from the City at the Purchase Price, for bonds bearing interest at the rates per annum, maturing and otherwise subject to the terms and provisions hereafter in this Ordinance set forth in detail is hereby accepted and the Purchase Agreement, in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, is approved and the bonds are hereby sold to the Purchaser. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Purchase Agreement on behalf of the City and to take all action required on the part of the City to fulfill its obligations under the Purchase Agreement

Section 3. The Preliminary Official Statement is hereby approved and the previous use of the Preliminary Official Statement by the Purchaser in connection with the sale of the bonds is hereby in all respects approved and confirmed, and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf of the City, to execute the Preliminary Official Statement and the final Official Statement in the name of the City for use in connection with the sale of the bonds as set forth in the Purchase Agreement

Section 4. The Disclosure Agreement, in substantially the form submitted to this meeting, is approved, and the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Disclosure Agreement for and on behalf of the City. The Mayor is authorized and directed to take all action required on the part of the City to fulfill the Citys obligations under the Disclosure Agreement. Any legal fees and other administrative expenses incurred by the City in connection with the Disclosure Agreement (except audit fees) shall be considered administrative expenses that may be paid from moneys in the Bond Fund (hereinafter identified)

Section 5. Under the authority of the Constitution and laws of the State, including particularly Amendment No. 62 to the Constitution of the State and the Authorizing Legislation, the bonds are hereby authorized and ordered issued in the total principal amount of $8,020,000 for the purpose of financing a portion of the costs of accomplishing the Improvements, paying expenses incidental thereto, paying a premium for the Insurance Policy, paying a premium for the Reserve Policy and paying expenses of issuing the bonds

The bonds shall bear interest at the rates and shall mature on September 1 in the amounts and in the years as follows

Year (September 1

2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2038* 2043* 2046

Amount $ 220,000 

245,000 255,000 260,000 270,000 280,000 280,000 285,000 295,000 

300,000 2,285,000 1,845,000 1,200,000 

Interest Rate 

3.000% 3.000 3.000 3.000 3.000 1.125 1.250 3.000 3.000 2.000 2.000 2.200 1.500 

*Term Bonds 

The bonds shall be issuable only as fully registered bonds without coupons in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. Unless the City shall otherwise direct, the bonds shall be numbered from 1 upward in order of issuance. Each bond shall have a CUSIP number but the failure of a CUSIP number to appear on any bond shall not affect its validity

The bonds shall be registered initially in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for The Depository Trust Company (DTC), which shall be considered to be the registered owner of the bonds for all purposes under this Ordinance, including, without limitation, payment by the City of principal of, redemption price, premium, if any, and interest on the bonds, and receipt of notices and exercise of rights of registered owners. There shall be one certificated, typewritten bond for each stated maturity date which shall be immobilized in the custody of or on behalf of DTC the beneficial owners having no right to receive the bonds in the form of physical securities or certificates. DTC and its participants shall be responsible for maintenance of records of the ownership of beneficial interests in the bonds by bookentry on the system maintained and operated by DTC and its participants, and transfers of ownership of beneficial interests shall be made only by DTC and its participants, by bookentry, the City having no responsibility therefor. DTC is expected to maintain records of the positions of participants in the bonds, and the participants and persons acting through participants are expected to maintain records of the purchasers of beneficial interests in the bonds. The bonds as such shall not be transferable or exchangeable, except for transfer to another securities depository or to another nominee of a securities depository, without further action by the City

If any securities depository determines not to continue to act as a securities depository for the bonds for use in a bookentry system, the City may establish a securities depository bookentry system relationship with another securities depository. If the City does not 

or is unable to do so, or upon request of the beneficial owners of all outstanding bonds, the City and the Trustee (as hereinafter defined), after the Trustee has made provision for notification of the beneficial owners by the then securities depository, shall permit withdrawal of the bonds from the securities depository, and authenticate and deliver bond certificates in fully registered form (in denominations of $5,000 or integral multiples thereof) to the assigns of the securities depository or its nominee, all at the cost and expense (including costs of printing definitive bonds) of the City, if the City fails to maintain a securities depository/bookentry system, or of the beneficial owners, if they request termination of the system

Prior to issuance of the bonds, the City shall have executed and delivered to DTC a written agreement (the Representation Letter) setting forth (or incorporating therein by reference) certain undertakings and responsibilities of the City with respect to the bonds so long as the bonds or a portion thereof are registered in the name of Cede & Co. (or a substitute nominee) and held by DTC. Notwithstanding such execution and delivery of the Representation Letter, the terms thereof shall not in any way limit the provisions of this Section or in any other way impose upon the City any obligation whatsoever with respect to persons having interests in the bonds other than the registered owners, as shown on the registration books kept by Regions Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas, as trustee and paying agent (the Trustee). The Trustee shall take all action necessary for all representations of the City in the Representation Letter with respect to the Trustee to at all times be complied with

The authorized officers of the Trustee and the City shall do or perform such acts and execute all such certificates, documents and other instruments as they or any of them deem necessary or advisable to facilitate the efficient use of a securities depository for all or any portion of the bonds; provided that neither the Trustee nor the City may assume any obligations to such securities depository or beneficial owners of bonds that are inconsistent with their obligations to any registered owner under this Ordinance

Each bond shall be dated as of its date of delivery to the Purchaser. Interest on the bonds shall be payable on March 1, 2022, and semiannually thereafter on March 1 and September 1 of each year. Payment of each installment of interest shall be made to the person in whose name the bond is registered on the registration books of the City maintained by the Trustee, at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month (whether or not a business day) next preceding each interest payment date (the Record Date), irrespective of any transfer or exchange of any such bond subsequent to such Record Date and prior to such interest payment date, by check or draft mailed by the Trustee to such owner at his address on such registration books. Principal of the bonds shall be payable at the corporate trust office of the Trustee

Each bond shall bear interest from the payment date next preceding the date on which it is authenticated unless it is authenticated on an interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from such date, or unless it is authenticated prior to the first interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from its dated date, or unless it is authenticated during the period from the Record Date to the next interest payment date, in which case it shall bear interest from such interest payment date, or unless at the time of authentication thereof interest is in default thereon, in which event it shall bear interest from the date to which interest has been paid

Only such bonds as shall have endorsed thereon a Certificate of Authentication substantially in the form set forth in Section 7 hereof (the Certificate) duly executed by the Trustee shall be entitled to any right or benefit under this Ordinance. No bond shall be valid and obligatory for any purpose unless and until the Certificate shall have been duly executed by the Trustee, and the Certificate of the Trustee upon any such bond shall be conclusive evidence that such bond has been authenticated and delivered under this Ordinance. The Certificate on any bond 

med to have been executed if signed by an authorized officer of the Trustee, but it shall not be necessary that the same officer sign the Certificate on all of the bonds

In case any bond shall become mutilated or be destroyed or lost, the City shall, if not then prohibited by law, cause to be executed and the Trustee may authenticate and deliver a new bond of like date, maturity and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon cancellation of such mutilated bond, or in lieu of and in substitution for such bond destroyed or lost, upon the owner paying the reasonable expenses and charges of the City and Trustee in connection therewith, and, in the case of a bond destroyed or lost, his filing with the Trustee evidence satisfactory to it that such bond was destroyed or lost, and of his ownership thereof, and furnishing the City and Trustee with indemnity satisfactory to them. The Trustee is hereby authorized to authenticate any such new bond. In the event any such bond shall have matured, instead of issuing a new bond, the City may pay the same without the surrender thereof. Upon the issuance of a new bond under this Section, the City may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith

The City shall cause books to be maintained for the registration and for the transfer of the bonds as provided herein and in the bonds. The Trustee shall act as the bond registrar. Each bond is transferable by the registered owner thereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing at the principal office of the Trustee. Upon such transfer a new fully registered bond or bonds of the same maturity, of authorized denomination or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor

Bonds may be exchanged at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee for an equal aggregate principal amount of bonds of any other authorized denomination or denominations. The City shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver bonds which the registered owner making the exchange is entitled to receive. The execution by the City of any bond of any denomination shall constitute full and due authorization of such denomination and the 

Trustee shall be thereby authorized to authenticate and deliver such bond

No charge shall be made to any owner of any bond for the privilege of transfer or exchange, but any owner of any bond requesting any such transfer or exchange shall pay any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect thereto. Except as otherwise provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the cost of preparing each new bond upon each exchange or transfer and any other expenses of the City or the Trustee incurred in connection therewith shall be paid by the City. Neither the Trustee nor the City shall be required to transfer or exchange any bonds selected for redemption in whole or in part

The person in whose name any bond shall be registered shall be deemed and regarded as the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and payment of or on account of the principal or premium, if any, or interest on any bond shall be made only to or upon the order of the registered owner thereof or his legal representative, but such registration may be changed as hereinabove provided. All such payments shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid

In any case where the date of maturity of interest on or principal of the bonds or the date fixed for redemption of any bonds shall be a Saturday or Sunday or shall be in the State a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law to close, then payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding business day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption, and no interest shall accrue for the period after the date of maturity or date fixed for redemption

Section 6. The bonds shall be executed on behalf of the City by the manual or facsimile signatures of the Mayor and City Clerk and shall have impressed or imprinted thereon the seal of the City

Payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, as due (by stated maturity or by scheduled mandatory redemption) is insured by the Insurer pursuant to the Insurance Policy, as set forth in the Insurance Policy

Section 7. The bonds and the Certificate shall be in substantially the following form and the Mayor and City Clerk are hereby expressly authorized and directed to make all recitals contained therein

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

STATE OF ARKANSAS COUNTY OF WASHINGTON 

CITY OF ELKINS SALES AND USE TAX BOND 

SERIES 2021B 

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

That the City of Elkins, County of Washington, State of Arkansas (the City), for value received, hereby promises to pay to the Registered Owner shown above upon the presentation and surrender hereof at the principal corporate trust office of Regions Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas, or its successor or successors, as Trustee and Paying Agent (the “Trustee), on the Maturity Date shown above, the Principal Amount shown above, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts and to pay by check or draft to the Registered Owner shown above interest thereon, in like coin or currency from the interest commencement date described below at the Interest Rate per annum shown above, payable on March 1, 2022 and on each March 1 and September 1 thereafter, until payment of such Principal Amount or, if this bond or a portion hereof shall be duly called for redemption, until the date fixed for redemption, and to pay interest on overdue principal and interest to the extent legally enforceable) at the rate borne by this bond. Payment of each installment of interest shall be made to the person in whose name this bond is registered on the registration books of the City maintained by the Trustee at the close of business on the fifteenth day of the month (whether or not a business day) next preceding each interest payment date (the Record Date), irrespective of any transfer or exchange of this bond subsequent to such Record Date and prior to such interest payment date

Unless this bond is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation (“DTC), to the Trustee for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is required by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO 

ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein

This bond shall bear interest from the payment date next preceding the date on which it is authenticated unless it is authenticated on an interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from such date, or unless it is authenticated during the period from the Record Date to the next interest payment date, in which case it shall bear interest from such interest payment date, or unless it is authenticated prior to the first interest payment date, in which event it shall bear interest from the Dated Date shown above, or unless at the time of authentication hereof interest is in default hereon, in which event it shall bear interest from the date to which interest has been paid

This bond is one of an issue of City of Elkins, Arkansas Sales and Use Tax Bonds, Series 2021B, aggregating Eight Million Twenty Thousand Dollars ($8,020,000) in aggregate principal amount (the bonds), and is issued for the purpose of financing a portion of the costs of extensions, betterments and improvements to the sewer facilities of the Citys water and sewer system, paying a premium for a municipal bond insurance policy (the Insurance Policy), paying a premium for a municipal bond debt service reserve insurance policy (the Reserve Policy) and paying expenses of authorizing and issuing the bonds

The bonds are issued pursuant to and in full compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Arkansas (the State), particularly Amendment No. 62 to the Constitution of the State and Title 14, Chapter 164, Subchapter 3 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated (the Authorizing Legislation), and pursuant to Ordinance No. 2021-06b of the City, duly adopted on June 10, 2021 (the Authorizing Ordinance), and an election duly held at which the majority of the legal voters of the City voting on the question approved the issuance of the bonds. Reference is hereby made to the Authorizing Ordinance for the details of the nature and extent of the security and of the rights and obligations of the City, the Trustee and the registered owners of the bonds. The bonds are special obligations of the City, payable from and secured by a first and prior pledge of the proceeds derived by the City from a 1% sales and use tax (the Tax) levied by the City under Title 26, Chapter 75, Subchapter 2 of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated and Ordinance No. 07072008B of the City duly adopted on July 7, 2008, as amended by Ordinance No. 20211 of the City duly adopted on January 21, 2021, and the City hereby pledges its collections of the Tax for the payment of this bond

The bonds are subject to extraordinary, optional and mandatory sinking fund redemption prior to maturity as follows

(1) The bonds shall be redeemed by the City from Surplus Tax Receipts (defined below) and from proceeds of the bonds not needed for the purposes intended on any interest payment date, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date, in inverse order of maturity (and by lot within a maturity in such manner as the Trustee may determine.

The City has covenanted in the Authorizing Ordinance that Surplus Tax Receipts, being collections from the Tax in excess of the amount necessary to (1) insure the prompt payment of the principal of, interest on and Trustees and administrative fees in connection with the bonds as the same become due, (2) pay any arbitrage rebate due the United States Treasury under Section 148(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended and (3) pay the Insurer for any amounts owed with respect to the Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy, must be used from time to time on each interest payment date as and to the extent available to redeem outstanding bonds prior to maturity

In case of any defeasance of the bonds, redemption of defeased bonds shall be scheduled on the basis of mandatory redemption requirements and assuming annual collections of the Tax in an amount equal to receipts for the most recent twelvemonth period

(2) The bonds are subject to redemption at the option of the City, from funds from any source, on and after September 1, 2026, in whole or in part at any time, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the redemption date

If fewer than all of the bonds shall be called for redemption, the particular maturities of the bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by the City in its discretion. If fewer than all of the bonds of any one maturity shall be called for redemption, the particular bonds or portion thereof to be redeemed from such maturity shall be selected by lot by the Trustee

(3) To the extent not previously redeemed, the bonds maturing on September 1 in the years 2038, 2043 and 2046 are subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption by lot in such manner as the Trustee shall determine, on September 1 in the years and in the amounts set forth below, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount being redeemed plus accrued interest to the date of redemption

Bonds Maturing September 1, 2038 

Year (September 1

2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038 (maturity

Principal Amount 

$305,000 315,000 320,000 325,000 335,000 340,000 345,000 

Bonds Maturing September 1, 2043 

Year (September 1

2039 2040 2041 2042 2043 (maturity

Principal Amoun

$355,000 360,000 370,000 375,000 385,000 

Bonds Maturing September 1, 2046 

Year (September 1

2044 2045 2046 (maturity

Principal Amoun

$395,000 400,000 405,000 

In case any outstanding bond is in a denomination greater than $5,000, each $5,000 of face value of such bond shall be treated as a separate bond of the denomination of $5,000

Notice of redemption identifying the bonds or portions thereof (which shall be $5,000 or a multiple thereof) to be redeemed and the date they shall be presented for payment shall be given by the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, by sending a copy of the redemption notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by other acceptable standard means of delivery, including facsimile or electronic communication, to all registered owners of bonds to be redeemed. Failure to send an appropriate notice or any such notice to one or more registered owners of bonds to be redeemed shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for redemption of other bonds as to which notice of redemption is duly given in proper and timely fashion. All such bonds or portions thereof thus called for redemption and for the retirement of which funds are duly provided in accordance with the Authorizing Ordinance prior to the date fixed for redemption will cease to bear interest on such redemption date

This bond is transferable by the Registered Owner shown above in person or by his attorneyinfact duly authorized in writing at the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, but only in the manner, subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the Authorizing Ordinance, and upon surrender and cancellation of this bond. Upon such transfer a new fully registered bond or bonds of the same maturity, of authorized denomination or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor. This bond is issued with the intent that the laws of the State shall govern its construction

The City and the Trustee may deem and treat the Registered Owner shown above 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 neither the City nor the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary

The bonds are issuable only as fully registered bonds in the denomination of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Subject to the limitations and upon payment of the charges provided in the Authorizing Ordinance, fully registered bonds may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of fully registered bonds of the same maturity of other authorized denominations

IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED AND DECLARED that all acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed, under the Constitution and laws of the State, particularly Amendment No. 62 to the Constitution of the State and the Authorizing Legislation, precedent to and in the issuance of this bond have existed, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by law; that the indebtedness represented by this bond and the issue of which it forms a part does not exceed any constitutional or statutory limitation, and that a tax sufficient to pay the bonds and interest thereon has been duly levied in accordance with the Authorizing Legislation and made payable until all of the bonds and interest thereon have been fully paid and discharged

This bond shall not be valid until it shall have been authenticated by the Certificate hereon duly signed by the Trustee

Section 8. The City hereby expressly pledges and appropriates all of the revenues derived by the City from the Citys 1% sales and use tax levied by Ordinance No. 0707 2008B, adopted July 7, 2008, as amended by Ordinance No. 20211, adopted January 21, 2021 (the Tax), to the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds when due at maturity or at redemption prior to maturity and to the payment of the Trustees and administrative fees and expenses, any amounts due the Insurer with respect to the Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy and any arbitrage rebate due the United States Treasury under Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). The City covenants that the Tax shall never be repealed or reduced while any of the bonds are outstanding or amounts are payable to the Insurer. The City further covenants to use due diligence in collecting the Tax. Nothing herein shall prohibit the City from increasing the Tax from time to time, to the extent permitted by law, and no part of the revenues derived from any such increase shall become part of the revenues pledged hereunder

Section 9. (a) The City hereby designates Regions Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas as the bank which shall receive collections of the Tax (the Pledged Revenues) from the State Treasurer and the City covenants to file a written designation thereof with the State Treasurer prior to the issuance of the bonds. The Trustee shall deposit all collections of the Tax as and when received into a special fund of the City in the Trustee which is hereby created and designated 2021B Sales and Use Tax Bond Fund(the Bond Fund) for the purpose of providing funds for the payment of principal of and interest on the bonds as they become due at maturity or at redemption prior to maturity, the Trustees fees and expenses and other administrative expenses then due, any amounts due the Insurer with respect to the Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy and any arbitrage rebate due the United States Treasury under Section 148 of the Code. Moneys in the Bond Fund shall be used on each interest payment date in the following order of priority as and when necessary

(1to pay the interest on the bonds then due; and 

(2) to pay the principal of the bonds then due at maturity or upon mandatory sinking fund redemption; and 

(3) to make provision in the Bond Fund for payment of onehalf of the principal next due on the bonds at maturity or upon mandatory sinking fund redemption if principal is not due on such interest payment date; and 

(4to pay the Insurer for draws under the Reserve Policy (including any Policy 

Costs); and 

(5) to pay the Trustees and Insurer’s fees and expenses and other administrative expenses then due; and 

(6to pay any arbitrage rebate under Section 148(f) of the Code; and 

(7to redeem bonds prior to maturity

Notwithstanding the above, any arbitrage rebate or amounts due the Insurer with respect to the Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy shall be paid not later than the whether or not such date is an interest payment date

The Bond Fund (excluding those moneys in the Special Redemption Account (hereinafter identified)) shall, except as provided in this Section, be depleted once a year except for a carryover amount not to exceed the greater of (i) one years earnings on the Bond Fund or (ii) 1/12 of the annual debt service on the bonds. Any moneys in the Bond Fund shall, except as provided in this Section, be spent for one of the above purposes within a thirteenmonth period beginning on the date of deposit, and any amount received from investment of money held in the Bond Fund will be spent within a oneyear period beginning on the date of receipt

(b) There shall be established and maintained in the Bond Fund a Debt Service Reserve Account. There shall be deposited into the Debt Service Reserve Account the Reserve Policy issued by the Insurer, which shall be in the face amount equal to the lesser of 10% of the original principal amount of the bonds or the maximum annual debt service requirement on the bonds (the required level). Nothing other than the Reserve Policy will be held in the Debt Service Reserve Account; no cash or investments will be held therein. If moneys in the Bond Fund are not sufficient to make the payments described in clause (1) and (2) of subsection (a) above, the Debt Service Reserve Account shall be used for that purpose

The prior written consent of the Insurer shall be a condition precedent to the deposit of any credit instrument (other than the Reserve Policy) into the Debt Service Reserve Account. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Ordinance, amounts on deposit in the Debt Service Reserve Account shall be applied solely to the payment of debt service due on the bonds

(C) When the moneys in the Bond Fund, including the Special Redemption Account, shall be and remain sufficient to pay (1) the principal of all the bonds then outstanding, (2) interest on the bonds until the next interest payment date, (3) the Trustees and administrative fees and expenses, (4) any amounts due the Insurer with respect to the Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy and (5) any arbitrage rebate due the United States Treasury under Section 148(f) of the Code, there shall be no obligation to make any further payments into the Bond Fund and any Pledged Revenues remaining in the Bond Fund after the principal of, premium, if any and interest on the bonds have been paid may be used by the City for any lawful purpose

(d) All moneys in the Bond Fund shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the principal of and interest on the bonds, the Trustee‘s and administrative fees and expenses, any amounts due the Insurer with respect to the Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy and any arbitrage rebate due the United States Treasury under Section 148(f) of the Code, as the same become due. There shall be established and maintained in the Bond Fund a Special Redemption Account into which there shall be deposited all Pledged Revenues remaining after making the applications required by clauses (1) through (6) of subsection (a) above (“Surplus Tax Receipts) and bond proceeds pursuant to Section 16 of this Ordinance. Moneys in the Special Redemption Account shall be used to redeem bonds prior to maturity

 

(e) The Trustee is authorized and directed to withdraw moneys from the Bond Fund from time to time as necessary for paying principal of and interest on the bonds when due at maturity or at redemption prior to maturity and for making other authorized Bond Fund expenditures

(f) The bonds shall be specifically secured by a pledge of the Pledged Revenues, which pledge in favor of the bonds is hereby irrevocably made according to the terms of this Ordinance, and the City, and the officers and employees of the City, shall execute, perform and carry out the terms thereof in strict conformity with the provisions of this Ordinance

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, moneys in the Special Redemption Account and interest earnings thereon (1) shall be used from time to time to make up shortfalls in the Bond Fund, rather than redeeming bonds prior to maturity, and (2) shall not be used to redeem bonds more often than annually (rather than on each interest payment date) if the Trustee reasonably determines that such amounts available for redemption may be needed to make scheduled debt service payments

Section 10. Any bond shall be deemed to be paid within the meaning of this Ordinance when payment of the principal of and interest on such bond (whether at maturity or upon redemption as provided herein, or otherwise), either (i) shall have been made or caused to be made in accordance with the terms thereof, or (ii) shall have been provided for by irrevocably lepositing with the Trustee, in trust and irrevocably set aside exclusively for such payment (1) cash fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and/or fully collateralized with direct obligations of the United States of America (Defeasance Securities) sufficient to make such payment and/or (2) Defeasance Securities (provided that such deposit will not cause any of the bonds to be classified as arbitrage bondswithin the meaning of Section 148 of the Code), maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will provide sufficient moneys to make such payment, and all necessary and proper fees, compensation and expenses of the Trustee with respect to which such deposit is made shall have been paid or the payment thereof provided for to the satisfaction of the Trustee

In case of any defeasance of the bonds, redemption of defeased bonds shall be scheduled on the basis of the mandatory redemption requirements and assuming annual collections of the Tax in an amount equal to receipts for the most recent twelvemonth period

On the payment of any bonds within the meaning of this Ordinance, the Trustee shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the owners of such bonds, all such moneys and/or Defeasance Securities

When all the bonds shall have been paid within the meaning of this Ordinance, if the Trustee has been paid its fees and expenses, if there are no amounts due the Insurer with respect to the Insurance Policy and if payment of any arbitrage rebate under Section 148(f) of the Code is made or provided for to the satisfaction of the Trustee, the Trustee shall take all appropriate action to cause (i) the pledge and lien of this Ordinance to be discharged and cancelled, and (ii) all moneys held by it pursuant to this Ordinance and which are not required for the payment of such bonds to be paid over or delivered to or at the direction of the City

To accomplish defeasance of all or any portion of the bonds (the Defeased Bonds), the Issuer shall cause to be delivered, unless waived by the Insurer, (i) a report of an independent firm of nationally recognized certified public accountants or such other accountant as shall be acceptable to the Insurer verifying the sufficiency of the escrow established to pay the Defeased Bonds in full on the maturity or redemption date (Verification), (ii) an escrow deposit agreement (which shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Insurer), (iii) an opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel to the effect that the Defeased Bonds are no longer outstanding under this Ordinance, and (iv) a certificate of discharge of the Trustee with respect to the Defeased Bonds. Each defeasance opinion shall be acceptable in form and substance, and addressed, to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Insurer. Each Verification shall be acceptable in form and substance to the Issuer, the Trustee and the Insurer and addressed to the Issuer and the Trustee. In addition, unless waived by the Insurer, each Verification shall either be addressed to the Insurer or shall include a statement to the effect that such Verification may be relied upon by the Insurer. The Insurer shall be provided with final drafts of the abovereferenced documentation not less than five business days prior to the funding of the escrow

Bonds shall be deemed to be outstanding under this Ordinance unless and until they are in fact paid and retired or the above criteria are met or, in the case of clauses (i) through (iv) above, waived by the Insurer

Section 11. The City covenants that it will not issue any additional bonds, or incur any other obligation, secured by a lien on or pledge of the Pledged Revenues

Section 12. The bonds shall be callable for payment prior to maturity in accordance with the terms set out in the face of the bond form set forth in Section 7 of this Ordinance. The City hereby covenants to use bond proceeds not necessary for the purposes intended to redeem bonds on the first available interest payment date. The City further covenants to use Surplus Tax Receipts to redeem bonds prior to maturity

Upon the occurrence of redemption of bonds from bond proceeds not needed for the intended purposes, the selection of bonds to be redeemed shall be subject to the approval of the Insurer

Section 13. It is hereby covenanted and agreed by the City with the owners of the bonds that the City will faithfully and punctually perform all duties with reference to the Tax and the bonds required by the Constitution and laws of the State and by this Ordinance, including the collection of the Tax, as herein specified and covenanted and the applyin Revenues as herein provided

Section 14. The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept proper books of accounts and records in which complete and correct entries shall be made of all transactions relating to the Pledged Revenues and such books shall be available for inspection by the City, the Purchaser and the owner of any of the bonds at reasonable times and under reasonable circumstances. The Trustee shall furnish a report to the City on a monthly basis of all receipts and disbursements of the Pledged Revenues received by the Trustee, which monthly report shall commence one month following the first month in which the Pledged Revenues are received by the Trustee

Section 15. (a) Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (g) below, if there be any default in the payment of the principal of and interest on any of the bonds, or if the City defaults in the performance of any covenant contained in this Ordinance, the Trustee may (with the prior written consent of the Insurer), and shall, upon the written request of (1) the Insurer or (2) with the consent of the Insurer, the owners of not less than 10% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding, by proper suit compel the performance of the duties of the officials of the City under the Constitution and laws of the State and under this Ordinance, and to take any action or obtain any proper relief in law or equity available under the Constitution and laws of the State

(b) No owner of any bond shall have any right to institute any suit, action, mandamus or other proceeding in equity or in law for the protection or enforcement of any right under this Ordinance or under the Constitution and laws of the State unless (1) such owner or the Trustee shall have given written notice of such default to the Insurer and (2) such owner previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of the default on account of which such suit, action or proceeding is to be taken, and unless the owners of not less than 10% in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding shall have made written request of the Trustee after the right to exercise such powers or right of action, as the case may be, shall have accrued, and shall have afforded the Trustee a reasonable opportunity either to proceed to exercise the powers herein granted or granted by the Constitution and laws of the State, or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its name, and unless, also, there shall have been offered to the Trustee reasonable security and indemnity against the cost, expense and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee shall have refused or neglected to comply with such request within a reasonable time, and such notification, request and offer of indemnity are hereby declared in every such case, at the option of the Trustee, to be conditions precedent to the execution of the powers and trust of this Ordinance or to any other remedy hereunder. It is understood and intended that no one or more owners of the bonds shall have any right in any manner whatever by his or their action to affect, disturb or prejudice the security of this Ordinance, or to enforce any right hereunder except in the manner herein provided, that all proceedings at law or in equity shall be instituted, had and maintained in the manner herein provided and for the benefit of all owners of the outstanding bonds, and that any individual rights of action or other right given to one or more of such owners by law are restricted by this Ordinance to the rights and remedies herein provided. Acceleration shall not be a remedy to an event of default under this Ordinance

(c) All rights of action under this Ordinance or under any of the bonds, enforceable by the Trustee, may be enforced by it without the possession of any of the bonds, and any such suit, action or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its name and for the benefit of all the owners of the bonds, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance

(d) No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee, the Insurer or to the owners of the bonds is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy or remedies herein provided, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or given by any law or by the Constitution of the State

(e) No delay or omission of the Trustee, the Insurer or of any owners of the bonds to exercise any right or power accrued upon any default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or an acquiescence therein, and every power and remedy given by this Ordinance to the Trustee, the Insurer and to the owners of the 

Is, respectively, may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient

(f) With the prior written consent of the Insurer, the Trustee may, and with the prior written consent of the Insurer and upon the written request of the owners of not less than a majority of the owners in principal amount of the bonds then outstanding shall, waive any default which shall have been remedied before the entry of final judgment or decree in any suit, action or proceeding instituted under the provisions of this Ordinance or before the completion of the enforcement of any other remedy, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect any other existing or any subsequent default or defaults or impair any rights or remedies consequent thereon

(g) Notwithstanding the above, the Insurer shall be deemed to be the sole holder of the bonds insured by it for the purpose of exercising any voting right or privilege or giving any consent or direction or taking any other action that the owners of the bonds are entitled to take pursuant to this Section 15 and Section 18 of this Ordinance. In furtherance thereof and as a term of this Ordinance and each bond, each bondholder appoints the Insurer as its agent and attorney infact with respect to the bonds and agrees that the Insurer may at any time during the continuation of any proceeding by or against the City under the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, rehabilitation or similar law (an Insolvency Proceeding) direct all matters relating to such Insolvency Proceeding, including without limitation, (A) all matters relating to any claim or enforcement proceeding in connection with an Insolvency Proceeding (a Claim), (B) the direction of any appeal of any order relating to any Claim, (C) the posting of any surety, supersedeas or performance bond pending any such appeal, and (D) the right to vote to accept or reject any plan of adjustment. In addition, each bondholder delegates and assigns to the Insurer, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the rights of each bondholder in the conduct of any Insolvency Proceeding, including, without limitation, all rights of any party to an adversary proceeding or action with respect to any court order issued in connection with any such Insolvency Proceeding. The Trustee acknowledges such appointment, delegation and assignment by each bondholder for the Insurers benefit, and agrees to cooperate with the Insurer in taking any action reasonably necessary or appropriate in connection with such appointment, delegation and assignment. Remedies granted to the holders of the bonds shall include mandamus

(h) After payment of reasonable expenses of the Trustee, the funds realized upon default shall be applied to the payment of expenses of the City and arbitrage rebate only after payment of past due and current debt service on the bonds and amounts, if any, required to restore the Debt Service Reserve Account to the required level

Section 16. When the bonds have been executed and sealed as herein provided, they shall be delivered to the Trustee, which shall authenticate them and deliver them to or at the direction of the Purchaser upon payment of the Purchase Price. Unless paid by the Purchaser as part of the Purchase Price, the amount necessary to pay the premiums for the Insurance Policy and the Reserve Policy shall be paid to the Insurer. The expenses of issuing the bonds, as set forth in the delivery instructions to the Trustee signed by the Mayor and City Clerk, shall be paid

The balance of the Purchase Price shall be deposited into a special fund of the City established with the Trustee and designated 2021B Sales and Use Tax Construction Fund(the Construction Fund). The money to be deposited into the Construction Fund shall be expended to accomplish the Improvements, pay necessary expenses relating thereto and pay expenses of issuing the bonds. Disbursements shall be made from the Construction Fund on the basis of requisitions which shall specify the name of the person, firm or corporation to whom payment is to be made; the amount of the payment; the purpose of payment and that the payment is a proper charge on the Construction Fund. Each requisition must be signed by the Mayor and the City Clerk. The Trustee shall keep records as to all payments made from the Construction Fund

When the Improvements have been completed and all required expenses have been paid and expenditures made from the Construction Fund, this fact shall, if moneys remain in the Construction Fund, be evidenced by a certificate signed by the Mayor, which certificate shall state, among other things, the date of the completion and that all obligations payable from the Construction Fund have been discharged. A copy of the certificate shall be filed with the Trustee, and upon receipt thereof the Trustee shall deposit any remaining balance into the Special Redemption Account in the Bond Fund

Section 17. (a) Moneys held for the credit of the Construction Fund shall be invested and reinvested in Permitted Investments or other investments from time to time permitted by State law, which shall mature, or which shall be subject to redemption by the holder thereof, at the option of such holder, not later than the date or dates when such money will be required for the purposes intended

(b) Moneys held for the credit of the Bond Fund shall be invested and reinvested in Permitted Investments, which shall mature, or which shall be subject to redemption by the holder thereof, at the option of such holder, not later than the date or dates when the moneys will be required for payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds when due

(c) Obligations so purchased as an investment of moneys in any fund shall be deemed at all times to be a part of such fund and the interest accruing thereon and any profit realized from such investments shall be credited to such fund, and any loss resulting from such investment shall be charged to such fund

(d) The Trustee shall invest and reinvest pursuant to the direction of the City and in the Trustees discretion in the absence of any direct instructions from the City

Permitted Investmentsare defined to mean

(1Direct or fully guaranteed obligations of (including obligations issued or held in book entry form on the books of) the United States of America (Government Securities)

(2) Direct obligations of an agency, instrumentality or governmentsponsored enterprise created by an act of the United States Congress and authorized to issue securities or evidences of indebtedness, regardless of whether the securities or evidences of indebtedness are guaranteed for repayment by the United States Government

(3) Demand deposits or certificates of deposit of banks, including the Trustee, which are insured by the FDIC, or if in excess of insurance coverage, are collateralized by Government Securities or other securities authorized by State law to secure public deposits; and 

(4) Money market funds invested exclusively in Government Securities and the obligations described in clause (2) above

All investments and deposits shall have a par value (or market value when less than par), exclusive of accrued interest at all times at least equal to the amount of money credited to such funds and shall be made in such a manner that the money required to be expended from any fund will be available at the proper time or times

(h) Investments of moneys in all funds shall be valued in terms of current market value as of the last day of each year, except that direct obligations of the United States (State and Local Government Series) in bookentry form shall be continuously valued at par or face principal amount

Section 18. Regions Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas is hereby appointed to act as Trustee and Paying Agent pursuant to this Ordinance. The Trustee shall be responsible for the exercise of good faith and reasonable prudence in the execution of its trusts. The recitals in this Ordinance and in the bonds are the recitals of the City and not of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be required to take any action as Trustee unless it shall have been requested to do so in writing by (1) the Insurer or (2) the owners of not less than 10% in principal amount of bonds then outstanding and shall have been offered reasonable security and indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby. The Trustee may resign by giving 60 days’ notice in writing to the City Clerk, the Insurer and the owners of the bonds. The Insurer, the majority in principal amount of the owners of the outstanding bonds or the City, so long as it is not in default hereunder, in each case with consent of the Insurer, at any time, with or without cause, may remove the Trustee. In addition, the Insurer shall have the right to remove the Trustee for any breach by the Trustee of the terms of this Ordinance. Prior to any event of default, the Insurer may remove the Trustee for cause, and after an event of default, the Insurer may remove the Trustee without cause. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Trustee, the City shall forthwith designate a new Trustee by a written instrument filed in the office of the City Clerk. The new Trustee shall be a bank or a trust company duly authorized to exercise trust powers and subject to examination by federal or state authority, having a reported combined capital and surplus of not less than $75,000,000 and acceptable to the Insurer. The Trustee and any successor Trustee shall file a written acceptance and agreement to execute the trusts imposed upon it by this Ordinance, but only upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Ordinance and subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, to all of which the respective owners of the bonds agree. Such written acceptance shall be filed with the City Clerk and the Insurer, and a copy thereof shall be placed in the bond transcript. Any successor Trustee shall have all the powers herein granted to the original Trustee. The Trustees resignation or removal shall take effect upon the acceptance of the trusts by the successor Trustee

Section 19. (a) The terms of this Ordinance shall constitute a contract between the City and the owners of the bonds and no variation or change in the undertaking herein set forth shall be made while any of the bonds are outstanding, except as hereinafter set forth in subsections (b) and (c). The Insurer shall be a third party beneficiary under this Ordinance

(b) The Trustee, with the prior written consent of the Insurer, may consent to any variation or change in this Ordinance that the Trustee determines is not to the material prejudice of the owners of the bonds or in order to cure any ambiguity, formal defect or omission in this Ordinance or any amendment hereto, without the consent of the owners of the bonds

(c) The Insurer and the owners of not less than 75% in aggregate principal amount of the bonds then outstanding shall have the right, from time to time, anything contained in this Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding, to consent to and approve City of such ordinance supplemental hereto as shall be necessary or desirable for the purpose of modifying, altering, amending, adding to or rescinding, in any particular, any of the terms or provisions contained in this Ordinance or in any supplemental ordinance; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section shall permit or be construed as permitting (1) an extension of the maturity of the principal of or the interest on any bond, or (2) a reduction in the principal amount of any bond or the rate of interest thereon, or (3) the creation of a pledge of the Pledged Revenues superior to or on a parity with the pledge created by this Ordinance, or (4) a privilege or priority of any bond or bonds over any other bond or bonds, or (5) a reduction in the aggregate principal amount of the bonds required for consent to such supplemental ordinance

Section 20. (a) The City covenants that it shall not take any action or suffer or permit any action to be taken or condition to exist which causes or may cause the interest payable on the bonds to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the City covenants that the proceeds of the sale of the bonds and the Pledged Revenues will not be used directly or indirectly in such manner as to cause the bonds to be treated as arbitrage bondswithin the meaning of Section 148 of the Code

(b) The City represents that it has not used or permitted the use of, and covenants that it will not use or permit the use of the Improvements or the proceeds of the bonds in such manner as to cause the bonds to be private activity bondswithin the meaning of Section 141 of the Code. In this regard, the City covenants that (i) it will not use (directly or indirectly) the proceeds of the bonds to make or finance loans to any person, and (ii) that while the bonds are outstanding the Improvements will only be used by state or local governmental units or by persons on a basis as members of the general public

(c) The City covenants that it will not reimburse itself from bond proceeds for any costs paid prior to the date the bonds are issued except in compliance with United States Treasury Regulation $ 1.1502 (the Regulation). This Ordinance shall constitute an official intentfor purposes of the Regulation

(d) The City shall pay any arbitrage rebate due the United States Treasury under Section 148 of the Code from moneys in the Bond Fund. The costs of calculating the arbitrage rebate due and the arbitrage rebate amount shall be considered to be administrative costs payable from moneys in the Bond Fund

(e) The City will retain all documents and records pertaining to the bonds and the Improvements for the life of the bonds plus an additional three years

Section 21. The City covenants that it will take no action which would cause the bonds to be federally guaranteedwithin the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code. The City further covenants that it will submit to the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, not later than the 15th day of the second calendar month after the close of the calendar quarter in which the bonds are issued, a statement concerning the bonds which contains the information required by Section 149(e) of the Code

Section 22Notwithstanding any provision of this Ordinance to the contrary

(a) The Trustee shall ascertain the necessity for a claim under the Reserve Policy in accordance with subsection (b) below and provide notice to the Insurer in accordance with the terms of the Reserve Policy at least five (5) business days prior to each date upon which principal and interest is due on the bonds

(b) The City shall repay any draws under the Reserve Policy and pay all related reasonable expenses incurred by the Insurer and shall pay interest thereon from the date of payment by the Insurer at the Late Payment Rate. Late Payment Ratemeans the lesser of (x) the greater of (i) the per annum rate of interest, publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank at its principal office in the City of New York, as its prime or base lending rate (Prime Rate) (any change in such Prime Rate to be effective on the date such change is announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank) plus 5%, and (ii) the then applicable highest rate of interest on the bonds and (y) the maximum rate permissible under applicable usury or similar laws limiting interest rates. The Late Payment Rate shall be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 360 days. In the event JPMorgan Chase Bank ceases to announce its Prime Rate publicly, the Prime Rate shall be the publicly announced prime or base lending rate of such national bank as the Insurer shall designate. If the interest provision of this subsection (b) shall result in an effective rate of interest which, for any period, exceeds the limit of the usury or any other laws applicable to the indebtedness created herein, then all sums in excess of those lawfully collectible as interest for the period in question shall, without further agreement or notice between or by the City and the Insurer, be applied as additional interest for any later periods of time when amounts are outstanding hereunder to the extent that interest otherwise due hereunder for such periods plus such additional interest would not exceed the limit of the usury or such other laws, and any excess shall be applied upon principal immediately upon receipt of such moneys by the Insurer, with the same force and effect as if the City had specifically designated such extra sums to be so applied and the Insurer had agreed to accept such extra payment(s) as additional interest for such later periods. In no event shall any agreedto or actual exaction as consideration for the indebtedness created herein exceed the limits imposed or provided by the law applicable to this transaction for the use or detention of money or for forbearance in seeking its collection

Repayment of draws and payment of expenses and accrued interest thereon at the Late Payment Rate (collectively, Policy Costs) shall commence in the first month following each draw, and each such monthly payment shall be in an amount at least equal to 1/12 of the aggregate of Policy Costs related to such draw

Amounts in respect of Policy Costs paid to the Insurer shall be credited first to interest due, then to the expenses due and then to principal due. As and to the extent that payments are made to the Insurer on account of principal due, the coverage under the Reserve Policy will be increased by a like amount, subject to the terms of the Reserve Policy. The obligation to pay Policy Costs shall be secured by a valid lien on the Pledged Revenues and any other collateral 

pledged as security for the bonds (subject only to the priority of payment provisions set forth herein)

All cash and investments in the Debt Service Reserve Account, if any, shall be transferred to the Bond Fund for payment of debt service on the bonds before any drawing may be made on the Reserve Policy or any other credit facility credited to the Debt Service Reserve Account in lieu of cash (Credit Facility). Payment of any Policy Costs shall be made prior to establishment of any cash drawn from the Debt Service Reserve Account. Draws on all Credit Facilities (including the Reserve Policy) on which there is available coverage shall be made on a prorata basis (calculated by reference to the coverage then available thereunder) after applying any available cash and investments in the Debt Service Reserve Account. Payment of Policy Costs and reimbursement of amounts with respect to other Credit Facilities shall be made on a prorata basis prior to replenishment of any cash drawn from the Debt Service Reserve Account. For the avoidance of doubt, available coveragemeans the coverage then available for disbursement pursuant to the terms of the applicable alternative credit instrument without regard to the legal or financial ability or willingness of the provider of such instrument to honor a claim or draw thereon or the failure of such provider to honor any such claim or draw

) Upon a failure of the City to pay Policy Costs when due in accordance with the requirements above or any other breach of the terms of this Ordinance, the Insurer shall be entitled to exercise any and all legal and equitable remedies available to it, including those provided under this Ordinance other than (i) acceleration of the maturity of the bonds or (ii) remedies which would adversely affect owners of the bonds. Notwithstanding any provision of this Ordinance to the contrary, this Ordinance shall not be discharged until all Policy Costs owing to the Insurer shall have been paid in full. The City‘s obligation to pay such amounts shall expressly survive payment in full of the bonds

Section 23. Amounts paid by the Insurer under the Insurance Policy shall not be deemed paid for purposes of this Ordinance and the bonds relating to such payments shall remain outstanding and continue to be due and owing until paid by the City in accordance with this Ordinance. This Ordinance shall not be discharged unless all amounts due or to become due to the Insurer have been paid in full or duly provided for

Section 24. The City agrees to take such action (including, if applicable, filing UCC financing statements and continuations thereof) as is necessary from time to time to perfect or to otherwise preserve the priority of the pledge of the Pledged Revenues under applicable law

Section 25. If, on the third business day prior to the related scheduled interest payment date or principal payment date (Payment Date), there is not on deposit with the Trustee, after making all transfers and deposits required under this Ordinance, moneys sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds due on such Payment Date, the Trustee shall give notice to the Insurer and to its designated agent (if any) (Insurers Fiscal Agent) by telephone or telecopy of the amount of such deficiency by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such business day. If, on the second business day prior to the related Payment Date, there continues to be a deficiency in the amount available to pay the principal of and interest on the bonds due on such Payment Date, the Trustee shall make a claim under the Insurance Policy and give notice to the Insurer and the Insurers Fiscal Agent (if any) by telephone of the amount of such deficiency, and the allocation of such deficiency between the amount required to pay interest on the bonds and the amount required to pay principal of the bonds, confirmed in writing to the Insurer and the Insurers Fiscal Agent (if any) by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such second business day by filling in the form of Notice of Claim and Certificate delivered with the Insurance Policy

The Trustee shall designate any portion of payment of principal on bonds paid by the Insurer, whether by virtue of mandatory sinking fund redemption, maturity or other advancement of maturity, on its books as a reduction in the principal amount of bonds registered to the then current bondholder, whether DTC or its nominee or otherwise, and shall issue a replacement bond to the Insurer, registered in the name of the Insurer, in a principal amount equal to the amount of principal so paid (without regard to authorized denominations); provided that the Trustees failure to so designate any payment or issue any replacement bond shall have no effect on the amount of principal or interest payable by the City on any bond or the subrogation rights of the Insurer

The Trustee shall keep a complete and accurate record of all funds deposited by the Insurer into the Policy Payments Account (hereinafter defined) and the allocation of such funds to payment of interest on and principal paid in respect of any bond. The Insurer shall have the right to inspect such records at reasonable times upon reasonable notice to the Trustee

Upon payment of a claim under the Insurance Policy the Trustee shall establish a separate special purpose trust account for the benefit of bondholders referred to herein as the Policy Payments Accountand over which the Trustee shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal. The Trustee shall receive any amount paid under the Insurance Policy in trust on behalf of bondholders and shall deposit any such amount in the Policy Payments Account and distribute such amount only for purposes of making the payments for which a claim was made. Such amounts shall be disbursed by the Trustee to bondholders in the same manner as principal and interest payments are to be made with respect to the bonds under the articles hereof regarding payment of bonds. It shall not be necessary for such payments to be made by checks or wire transfers separate from the check or wire transfer used to pay debt service with other funds available to make such payments

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the City agrees to pay to the Insurer (i) a sum equal to the total of all amounts paid by the Insurer under the Insurance Policy and (ii) to the extent permitted by law, interest on bond principal (but not bond interest) from the date paid by the Insurer until payment thereof in full, payable to the Insurer at the stated interest rate for each such bond (collectively, the Insurer Reimbursement Amounts). The City hereby covenants and agrees that the Insurer Reimbursement Amounts are secured by a lien on and pledge of the Pledged Revenues and payable from such Pledged Revenues on a parity with debt service due on the bonds

Funds held in the Policy Payments Account shall not be invested by the Trustee and may not be applied to satisfy any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Trustee. The Trustee shall notify the Insurer of any funds remaining in the Policy Payments Account after the Trustee has made the payments for which a claim was made to the bondholders and shall, at the written direction of the Insurer, promptly remit such funds remaining to the Insurer

Section 26. The Insurer shall, to the extent it makes any payment of principal of or interest on the bonds, become subrogated to the rights of the recipients of such payments in accordance with the terms of the Insurance Policy (which subrogation rights shall also include the rights of any such recipients in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding). Each obligation of the City to the Insurer shall survive the discharge or termination of this

Section 27. The City shall pay or reimburse the Insurer any and all charges, fees, cost and expenses that the Insurer may reasonably pay or incur in connection with (i) the administration, enforcement, defense or preservation of any rights or security in this Ordinance, (ii) the pursuit of any remedies under this Ordinance or otherwise affo any amendment, waiver or other action with respect to, or related to, this Ordinance or (iv) any litigation or other dispute in connection with this Ordinance or the transactions contemplated thereby, other than costs resulting from the failure of the Insurer to honor its obligations under the Insurance Policy. The Insurer reserves the right to charge a reasonable fee as a condition to executing any amendment, waiver or consent proposed in respect of this Ordinance

Section 28. The Insurer shall be entitled to pay principal or interest on the bonds that shall become Due for Payment but shall be unpaid by reason of Nonpayment by the City (as such terms are defined in the Insurance Policy), whether or not the Insurer has received a Notice of Nonpayment (as such terms are defined in the Insurance Policy) or a claim upon the Insurance Policy

Section 29. The notice address of the Insurer is: Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp., 1633 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Managing DirectorSurveillance; Re: Policy No.

Telephone: (212) 9740100. In each case in which notice or other communication refers to an event of default, then a copy of such notice or other communication shall also be sent to the attention of Deputy General Counsel Public Finance and shall be marked to indicate URGENT MATERIAL ENCLOSED.” 

Section 30. The Insurer shall be provided with the following information by the City or the Trustee, as the case may be

(a) To the extent not otherwise filed with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Boards EMMA system, annual audited financial statements of the City within 180 days after the end of the Citys fiscal year or, to the extent such audited financial statements are not available by such date, within 30 days after receipt by the City thereof (together with a certification of the City that it is not aware of any default under this Ordinance) and, upon request, the annual budget for the City within 30 days after the approval thereof, together with such other information, data or reports as the Insurer shall reasonably request from time to time

(b) Notice of any draw upon the Debt Service Reserve Account within two business days after knowledge thereof other than (1) withdrawals of amounts in excess of the required level and (2) withdrawals in connection with a refunding of bonds

(c) Notice of any default known to the Trustee or the City within five business days after knowledge thereof

(d) Prior notice of the advance refunding or redemption of any of the bonds, including the principal amount, maturities and CUSIP numbers thereof

(e) Notice of the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the appointment of, and acceptance of duties by, any successor thereto

(fNotice of the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding

Notice of the making of any claim in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding seeking the avoidance as a preferential transfer of any payment of principal of or interest on the bonds, and 

(h) A full original transcript of all proceedings relating to the execution of any amendment, supplement or waiver to this Ordinance

(i) All reports, notices and correspondence to be delivered by or on behalf of the City under the terms of this Ordinance

All information furnished pursuant to the Disclosure Agreement (simultaneously with the furnishing of such information thereunder); and 

(kAny other additional information that the Insurer may reasonably request

Section 31. The City will permit the Insurer to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the City or any information the Insurer may reasonably request regarding the security for the bonds with appropriate officers of the City, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to enable the Insurer to have access to the facilities, books and records of the City on any business day upon reasonable prior notice

Section 32. The Trustee shall notify the Insurer of any known failure of the City to provide notices, certificates and other information under this Ordinance

Section 33. In determining whether any amendment, consent, waiver or other action to be taken, or any failure to take action, under this Ordinance would adversely affect the security for the bonds or the rights of the bondholders, the effect of any such amendment, consent, waiver, action or inaction shall be considered as if there were no Insurance Policy

Section 34. The City covenants that it will not enter into any interest rate exchange agreement or any other interest rate maintenance agreement secured by or payable from the Pledged Revenues without prior written consent of the Insurer

Section 35. No contract shall be entered into or any action taken by which the rights of the Insurer or security for or sources of payment of the bonds may be impaired or prejudiced in any material respect except upon obtaining the prior written consent of the Insurer

Section 36. No grace period for a covenant default shall exceed 30 days or be extended for more than 60 days, without the prior written consent of the Insurer. No grace period shall be permitted for payment defaults

Section 37. Any amendment, supplement, modification to, or waiver of, this Ordinance that requires the consent of bondowners or adversely affects the rights and interest of the Insurer shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Insurer

Section 38. Unless the Insurer otherwise directs, upon the occurrence and continuation of a default under this Ordinance or an event which the notice or lapse of time would constitute a default under this Ordinance, amounts on deposit in the Construction Fund shall not be disbursed, but shall instead be applied to the payment of debt service or redemption of the bonds

Section 39. The rights granted to the Insurer under this Ordinance to request, consent to or direct any action are rights granted to the Insurer in consideration of its issuance of the Insurance Policy. Any exercise by the Insurer of such rights is merely an exercise of the Insurers contractual rights and shall not be construed or deemed to be taken for the benefit, or on behalf of the registered owners of the bonds and such action does not evidence any position of the Insurer, affirmative or negative, as to whether consent of the registered owners of the bonds is required in addition to consent of the Insurer

Section 40. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to work with Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP, as bond counsel, to review and revise, as needed, its written procedures to monitor compliance with federal tax requirements with respect to taxexempt obligations of the City. The Mayor is further authorized to appoint or reappoint a Responsible Person who will have primary responsibility for monitoring postissuance compliance

Section 41. The provisions of this Ordinance are separable and in the event that any section or part hereof shall be held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance

Section 42. All ordinances and resolutions and parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict

Section 43. It is hereby ascertained and declared that the Improvements are immediately needed for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety and to remove existing hazards thereto. The Improvements cannot be accomplished without the issuance of the bonds, which cannot be sold at the interest rates specified herein unless this Ordinance is immediately effective. Therefore, it is declared that an emergency exists and this Ordinance being necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety shall be in force and take effect immediately upon and after its passage

PASSED: June 10,2021