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Resolution Providing Final Aanroval for Countv Installment Financine
WHEREAS:
By resolution adopted April 10, 2007, the Orange County Board of
Commissioners made a preliminary determination to carry out a plan to finance
certain public projects through an installment financing with SunTrust Leasing
Corporation ("SunTrust").
The County's .Finance Officer has made available to this Board the draft
documents listed on Exhibit B (the "Documents"), relating to the County's carrying
out the financing plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners
of Orange County, North Carolina, as follows:
I. Determination To Proceed with Projects -The Board confiiws its
decision to carry out the financing plan for the projects described on Exhibit A (the
"Projects"). The County will carry out the plan with financing from SunTrust,
generally in accordance with a financing proposal from SunTrust dated.March 13,
2007.
Under the financing plan, SunTrust will make funds available to the County
for use on Project costs. 'The County will repay the amount advanced, with interest,
over time. The County will grant to SunTrust a mortgage-type interest in the
Elementary School #10 and the County Justice Facility (and, in each case, the
associated real property) to secure the County's repayment obligation.
2. Approval of Documents; Direction To Execute Documents -- The
Board approves the forms of the Documents submitted to this meeting. The Board
authorizes and directs the Board's Chair and the County Manager, or either of
them, to execute and deliver the Documents in their final forms. The Documents in
their respective final forms must be in substantially the forms presented, with such
changes as the Chair or the County Manager may approve. The execution and
delivery of any Document by an authorized County officer will be conclusive
evidence of his approval of any such changes. The Documents in final form,
however, must provide for the amount financed by the County not to exceed
$50,057,000, plus amounts that may be needed to pay financing costs and to pay
other necessary and related costs, and for a financing term not to extend beyond
December 31, 2027. •
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3. Authorization to Finance Officer To Complete Closing -The Board
authorizes and directs the Finance Officer to take all appropriate action to complete
the financing with SunTrust in accordance with this resolution. The Board
authorizes and directs the Finance Officer to hold executed copies of all financing
documents authorized or permitted by this resolution in escrow on the County's
behalf until the conditions for their delivery have been completed to such officer's
satisfaction, and thereupon to release the executed copies of such documents for
delivery to the appropriate persons or organizations.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board specifically
authorizes the Finance Officer to approve changes to any Documents, agreements
or certifications previously signed by County officers or employees, provided that
such changes do not conflict with this resolution or substantially alter the intent
from that expressed in the form originally signed. The Finance Officer's
authorization of the release of any such document for delivery will constitute
conclusive evidence of such officer's approval of any such changes.
4. Resolutions As To Tax Matters -- The County will not take or omit to
take any action the taking or omission of which will cause its obligations to pay
principal and interest to be "arbitrage bonds," within the meaning of Section 148 of
the "Code" (as defined below), or "private activity bonds" within the meaning of
Code' Section 141, or otherwise cause interest components of the installment
payments to be includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the County will comply with any
Code provision that may require the County at any time to pay to the United States
any part of the earnings derived from the investment of the financing proceeds. In
this resolution, "Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, and includes applicable Treasury regulations.
S. Miscellaneous Provisions -- All County officers and employees are
authorized and directed to take all .such further action as they may consider
necessary or desirable in furtherance of the purposes of this resolution, including
the execution and delivery of additional agreements as they may determine to be in
the County's best interest. All such prior actions of County officers and employees
are ratified, approved and confirmed. Upon the absence, unavailability or refusal to
act of the County Manager; the Board's Chair or the Finance Officer, any other of
such officers may assume any responsibility or carry out any function assigned in
this resolution. -All other Board proceedings; or parts thereof, in conflict with this
resolution are repealed, to the extent of the conflict. This resolution takes effect
immediately.
Exhibit A-Components of the Proiect
Proiect Component
Estimated financing amount ($)
Central Orange Senior Center - 2,500,000
Funds to be used with bond fends to construct Senior
Center Addition to Orange County SportsPlex
Elementary 10 CHCCS - 22,102,000
Construction of New Elementary School
on property owned by the County
CHCCS Renovations -Completion of
renovations to existing schools 3,450,000
Efland Water and Sewer-
Completion of Water and Sewer Lines 400,000
Jail -expansion of existing jail to add additional beds 600,000
Justice Facility- Courthouse addition
to include courtrooms and office space 10,200,000
Durham Technical Community College -
County's contribution to be used with 3,588,000
state bond funds provided to Durham Tech
Twin Creeks Infrastructure -.water and sewer
lines to site of Elementary #10 1,250,000
West Ten Soccer -Development of soccer
complex on existing county property 2,267,000
Solid Waste Operations Center - 2,200,000
New Facility to house solid waste staff
SportsPlex Renovations - 1,500,000
renovations to existing facility required to
accommodate senior center addition
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Exhibit B -Draft Documents
(a) A. draft dated Apri123, 2007, of an Installment Financing Contract to
be dated on or about June I, 200T (the "Financing Contract"), between the County
and SunTrust, providing for the advance of funds to the County for the County's
undertaking of the Projects.
(b) A draft dated April 23, 2007, of a Deed of Trust and Security
Agreement to be dated on or about June 1, 2007, from the County to a deed of trust
trustee for SunTrust's benefit, providing for a security interest in the proposed new
Elementary School #10 and the County Justice Facility (and, in each case, .the
associated real property) to secure the County's repayment obligation.
(c) A draft dated Apri123, 2007, of a Project Fund Agreement to be dated
on or about June 1, 2007, providing for the safekeeping of fmancing proceeds
pending their use on Project Costs.
Sanford Holshouser draft of Anril 23, 2007
SUNTRUST LEASING CORPORATION
and
ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
INSTALLMENT FINANCING CONTRACT
Dated as of June 1, 2007
This instrument has been preaudited in the
manner required by The Local Government
Budget and Fiscal Control Act.
Kenneth T. Chavious
Finance Officer
Orange County, North Carolina
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INSTALLMENT FINANCING CONTRACT
THIS INSTALLMENT FINANCING CONTRACT (the "Contract") is
dated as of June 1,.2007, and is between ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (the "County"),
and SUNTRUST LEASING CORPORATION ("SunTrust").
RECITALS•
The County desires to obtain funds to enable the County to acquire,
construct and improve certain school facilities and to provide for certain other
public improvements, as well as to pay fmancing costs and other related costs.
SunTnxst has agreed to advance funds to the County for such purpose.
This Contract provides for SunTrust's obligation to advance the funds, and
the County's obligation to repay the funds with interest. In accordance with the
County's authority under Section 160A-20 of the North Carolina General Statutes,
the County will secure its obligations under this Contract by a security interest in
the Pledged Facilities and the Pledged Sites (each as defined in Exhibit A).
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, capitalized terms used in this
Contract and not otherwise defined will have the meanings set forth in Exhibit A.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants contained in this Contract, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ADVANCE
SunTrust advances [$50,057,000] (the "Amount Advanced") to the County,
and the County accepts the Amount Advanced. SunTrust is advancing the Amount
Advanced by depositing the Advance as provided in the Project Fund Agreement.
The County will use the Amount Advanced to pay Project Costs as provided
in this Contract and in the Project Fund Agreement.
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ARTICLE II .
CONTRACT PAYMENTS
2.1. Installment Payments. The County will repay the Amount
Advanced by making Installment Payments directly to SunTrust in lawful money
of the United States at the times and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit B, except
as otherwise provided in this Contract.
2.2. Additional Payments. The County will pay all Additional
Payments on a timely basis directly to the person or entity to which such
Additional Payments are owed in.lawful money of the United States. If the County
fails to.pay any Additional Payment when'due, SunTrust may (but will be under no
obligation to) pay such Additional Payment. The County agrees to reimburse
SunTrust for any such Additional Payment, together with interest thereon at the
annual rate of 5.00%.
2.3. Prepayment.
(a) Prior to June _, 2017, the County may prepay the outstanding
principal component of the Amount Advanced, at its option on any regularly
scheduled payment date, in whole but not in part, by paying (i) all Additional
Payments then due and payable, (ii) all interest accrued and unpaid to the prepayment
date, and (iii) 101.5% of the outstanding principal amount.
(b) On and after June , 2017, the County may prepay the outstanding
principal component of the Amount Advanced, at its option on any regularly
scheduled payment date, in whole or in part, by paying (i) all Additional Payments
then due and payable, (ii) all interest accrued and unpaid to the prepayment date, and
(iii)100% of the principal amount to be prepaid, without premium.
In the case of any partial prepayment, at the County's option, (A) the
prepayment shall be applied to outstanding principal components of Installment
Payments in inverse order of their maturity, with such prepayment having no affect
on the other scheduled dates and amounts of principal components of Installment
Payments, or (B) SunTrust will prepare a revised Exhibit B (the schedule of
Installment Payments) that re-amortizes the resulting remaining principal balance of
the Amount Advanced over the remaining payment period on substantially the same
amortization basis: The County will pay SunTrust an administrative fee of $2,000 for
each request for a re-amortization after a partial prepayment.
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2.4. No Abatement. There will be no abatement or reduction of the
Installment Payments or Additional Payments by the County for any reason,
including, but not limited to, any defense, recoupment, setoff, counterclaim, or any
claim arising out of or related to the Project Sites or the Financed Facilities. The
County assumes and will bear the entire risk of completiop, loss and damage to the
Project Sites and the Financed Facilities from any cause whatsoever, it being the
parties' intention that the Installment Payments will be made in all events unless
the County's obligation to make Installment Payments is terminated as provided in
this Contract.
2.5. Appropriations.
(a) The County will cause the Budget Officer to include in the initial
proposal for each of the County's annual budgets the amount of all Installment
Payments and estimated Additional Payments coming due during the Fiscal Year
to which such budget applies. Notwithstanding that the initial proposed budget
includes an appropriation for Contract Payments, the County Board may determine
not to include such an appropriation in the final County budget for such Fiscal
Year; further, the County Board may amend an adopted budget to delete an
approved appropriation.
(b) If within 15 days after the beginning of any Fiscal Year the County
has not appropriated an amount equal to the Installment Payments and estimated
Additional Payments coming due during such Fiscal Year, then the County must
send a notice to such effect to SunTrust and to the LGC, to the attention of its
Secretary, at 4505 Fair Meadow Lane, Suite 102, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-
6449.
ARTICLE III
CONSTRUCTION
3.1. Construction; Changes. (a) The County will comply with
the provisions of the North Carolina General Statutes and enter into the
Construction Contracts, or in the alternative the County may provide for the School
Board to enter into some or all of the Construction Contracts. The County will
cause the construction of the Pledged Facilities to be carried on continuously in
accordance with the Plans and Specifications and all applicable State and local
laws and regulations. The County will provide for the Pledged Facilities to be
constructed on the Pledged Sites and will insure (i) that no portion of the Pledged
Facilities encroaches upon nor overhangs any easement or right-of--way and (ii)
that the Pledged Facilities, when erected, will be wholly within any applicable
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building restriction lines, however established, and will not violate applicable use
or other restrictions contained in prior conveyances or applicable protective
covenants or restrictions: The County will provide for all utility lines, septic
systems and streets serving the Pledged Sites to be completed in accordance with
health department standards and other applicable regulations of any governmental
agency having jurisdiction.
(b) The County may approve changes to the Plans and Specifications and
the Construction Contracts in its discretion except that the County may not,
without SunTrust's consent, approve any changes which (i) increase total estimated
Project Costs above the amounts previously identified and designated therefor, or
(ii) result in the use of the Pledged Facilities for purposes substantially different
from those initially proposed.
3.2. Right of Entry and Inspection. SunTrust and its representatives and
agents, upon.reasonable notice to the County, will have the right to enter upon the
Pledged Sites and inspect the Pledged Facilities from time to time during
construction and at any other time during the Contract term, and the County will
cause any contractor or subcontractor to cooperate with any such parties and agents
during such inspections.
No right of inspection or approval granted in this Section imposes upon any
party any. duty or obligation whatsoever to undertake any inspection or to make
any approval. No inspection made or approval given by any party will be deemed
to impose upon any parry any duty or obligation whatsoever to identify or correct
any defects in the Pledged Facilities.or to notify any person with respect thereto,
and no liability will be imposed upon any party and no warranties (either express
or implied) are made by SunTrust as to the quality or fitness of any improvement,
any such inspection and approval being made solely for SunTrust's benefit.
3.3. Contractors' Performance and Payment Bonds. The County will
provide for each contractor entering into a Construction Contract to furnish a
performance bond and a separate labor and material payment bond as required by
Article 3, Chapter 44A of the North Carolina General Statutes. The County will
provide copies of such bonds to SunTrust. Each such bond will include SunTrust
as adual obligee.
Upon any material default by a contractor under any Construction Contract,
or upon any material breach of warranty with respect to any materials,
workmanship or performance, the County will promptly proceed, either separately
or in conjunction with others, to pursue diligently its remedies against such
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contractor or against the surety of any bond securing the performance of such
Construction Contract.
3.4. Contractors' General Public Liability and Property Damage
Insurance. The County will provide for each contractor entering into a
Construction Contract to procure and maintain standard form (a) comprehensive
general public liability and property damage insurance, at such contractor's own
cost and expense, during the duration of such contractor's Construction Contract, in
the amount of at least $1,000,000, and (b) comprehensive automobile liability
insurance on owned, hired and nonowned vehicles for not less than $1,000,000.
Such policies will include SunTrust as an additional named insured or loss payee.
'The County will provide to SunTrust a certificate of insurance in a form acceptable
to SunTrust, with respect to each. contractor and subcontractor. Such insurance will
provide protection from all claims for bodily injury, including death, property
damage and contractual liability, products/completed operations, broad form
property damage and XCU (explosive, collapse and underground damage), where
applicable.
3.5. Contractors' Builder's Risk Completed Value Insurance. The
County will provide for each contractor entering into a Construction Contract to
purchase and maintain property insurance (builder's risk) upon all materials and
equipment for the construction, acquisition, installation and equipping of the
Pledged Facilities (excluding contractor's tools and equipment) at the Pledged Sites
at the full insurable value thereof. This insurance will include SunTrust as an
additional named insured or loss payee, and will insure against "all risk" subject to
standard policy conditions and exclusions. The contractor will purchase and
maintain similar property insurance for portions of the work stored off the Pledged
Sites or in transit when such portions of the work are to be included in an
application for payment. The contractor will be responsible for the payment of any
deductible amounts associated with this insurance.
3.6. Contractors' Workers' Compensation Insurance. The County
will provide for each contractor entering into a Construction Contract to procure
and maintain workers' compensation insurance during the term of such
Construction Contract, covering the contractor's employees working thereunder. A
certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage, in form acceptable to SunTrust,
will be provided to SunTrust with respect to each contractor entering into a
Construction Contract. Each Construction Contract must .also provide that each
subcontractor of any contractor who is a party to such Construction Contract shall
be required to furnish similar workers' compensation insurance.
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3.7. Cooperation. SunTrust and the County will cooperate fully with
each other in filing any claim or proof of loss with respect to any bond or: insurance
policy described in this Contract. In no event will SunTrust or the County
voluntarily settle, or consent to the settlement of, any proceeding arising out of any
claim with respect to the Financed Facilities without the other's written consent.
ARTICLE IV
COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1. Care and Use. The County will use the Pledged Sites and the
Pledged Facilities in a careful and proper manner, and will keep the Pledged Sites
and the Pledged Facilities in good condition, repair, appearance and working order
for the purposes intended.
4.2. Utilities. The County will pay all charges for utility services
furnished to or used on or in connection with the Pledged Sites and the Pledged
Facilities.
4.3. Risk of Loss. The County will bear all risk of loss to and
condemnation of the Financed Facilities and the Project Sites. Upon loss, damage
or condemnation of the Mortgaged Property, the County will proceed as provided
in Article VI.
4.4. Bank's Performance of County's Responsibilities. Any
performance required of the County or any payments required to be made by the
County for the insurance, maintenance or preservation of the Mortgaged Property
may, if not timely performed or paid, be performed or paid by SunTrust. The
County will then reimburse SunTrust for any such payments and for any associated
costs and expenses, legal or otherwise, together with interest thereon at the annual
rate of 5.00%.
4.5. Compliance with Requirements. The County will promptly and
faithfully comply with all requirements of governmental authorities relating to the
use or condition of the Mortgaged Property, the violation of which would
adversely affect the use, value or condition of the Mortgaged Property, whether or
not such requirement will necessitate structural changes or improvements or
interfere with the use or enjoyment of the Mortgaged Property (or be diligently and
in good faith contesting such requirements). Unless required by applicable law or
unless SunTrust has otherwise agreed in writing, the County will not use the
Mortgaged Properly for any purposes other than that for which the same were
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intended as of the date of this Contract. The County will in no event use the
Mortgaged Properly or any part thereof nor allow the same to be used for any
unlawful purpose or in violation of any certificate of occupancy or other permit or
certificate, or any law, ordinance or regulation.
4.6. Use and Operation of Facilities. (a) The County will use and
operate the Pledged Facilities for their intended public purposes, and for no other
purpose unless required by law. The County will be solely responsible for the
operation of the Pledged Facilities, and will not contract with any other person or
entity for such operation provided, however, that the County may lease that portion
of the Pledged Facilities described as Elementary School #10 to the School Board,
or may otherwise provide for the School Board's use of such facilities, but no such
lease or other arrangement will have any affect on the County's obligations under
this Financing Contract.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), the parties
acknowledge that the County intends to lease the portion of the Pledged Facilities
described as Elementary School #10 to The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Board of
Education (the "School Board"), or may otherwise provide for the School Board's
.use of such portion of the Pledged Facilities. In addition, the County and the
School Board may agree that the School Board will assume some of the County's
responsibilities under this Contract, including obligations with respect to entering
into and monitoring construction contracts related to Elementary School #10.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract to the contrary, the parties
agree that any such lease or other arrangements between the County and the School
Board will not violate any provision of this Contract.. No such ,lease or other
arrangement, however, will in any way reduce the County's responsibilities to
SunTrust for the Pledged Facilities under this Contract.
4.7. Modification of Pledged Facilities; Installation of Equipment and
Machinery. The County has the right to remodel the Pledged Facilities or
make substitutions, additions, modifications and improvements to the Pledged
Facilities, at its own cost and expense; provided, however, that such substitutions,
additions, modifications and improvements will not in any way damage the
Pledged Facilities or result in the use of the Pledged Facilities for purposes
substantially different from those initially proposed; and provided further that the
Pledged Facilities, as improved or altered, upon completion of such substitutions,
additions, modifications and improvements, will be of a value not less than the
value of the Pledged. Facilities immediately prior to such making of substitutions,
additions, modifications and improvements.
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The County may also, from time to time in its sole discretion and at its own
expense, install machinery, equipment and other tangible property in or on the
Pledged Facilities. All such property will remain the County's sole property in
which neither SunTrust nor any assignee of SunTrust will have any interest;
provided, however, that any such property which becomes permanently affixed to
the Pledged Facilities will be subject to this Contract and the lien and security
interest arising under the Deed of Trust if SunTrust reasonably determines that the
Pledged Facilities would be damaged or impaired by the removal of such
machinery; equipment or other tangible property.
4.8. Taxes and Other Governmental Charges. If the Mortgaged
Property or any portion thereof is, for any reason, deemed subject to taxation,
assessments or charges lawfully made by any governmental body, the County will,
during the Contract term, pay the amount of all such taxes, assessments and
governmental charges as Additional Payments. With respect to special assessments
or other governmental charges which may be lawfully paid in installments over a
period of years, the County will be obligated to provide for Additional Payments
only for such installments as are required to be paid during the Contract term. The
County must not allow any liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges
with respect to the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof to become
delinquent (including, without limitation, any taxes levied upon the Mortgaged
Property or any portion thereof which, if not paid, will become a charge on any
interest in the Mortgaged Property, including SunTnast's interest, or the rentals and
revenues derived therefrom or hereunder).
The County may,. at its own expense and in its own name, in good faith
contest any such taxes, assessments and utility and other charges and, in the event
of any such contest, may permit such charges so contested to remain unpaid during
the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom unless SunTrust notifies the
County that, in the opinion of Independent Counsel, by nonpayment of any such
items the security afforded pursuant to this Contract or the Deed of Trust will be
materially endangered or the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof will be
subject to loss or forfeiture, in which event such charges will be paid forthwith (but
such payment will not in itself constitute a waiver of the right to continue to
contest such charges).
4.9. Property Damage Insurance. (a) From and after substantial
completion of the Pledged Facilities, the County will, at its own expense, acquire,
carry and maintain broad-form extended coverage property damage insurance with
respect to the Pledged Facilities in an amount equal to its estimated replacement
cost. Such property damage insurance must include SunTrust as an additional
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named insured or loss payee. The County will provide evidence of such coverage
to SunTrust promptly upon such substantial completion.
(b) (i) All insurance required by this Section will be maintained with
generally recognized responsible insurers and may carry reasonable deductible or
risk-retention amounts. All such policies will be deposited with SunTrust, provided
that in lieu of such policies there may be deposited with SunTrust a certificate or
certificates of the respective insurers attesting. the fact that the insurance required
by this Section is in full force and effect. Prior to the expiration of any such policy,
the County will furnish SunTrust evidence satisfactory to SunTrust that the policy
has been renewed or replaced or is no longer required by this Contract.
(ii) In the alternative, the County may maintain the insurance
required by subsection (a) above (A) by one or more blanket or umbrella insurance
policies or (B) by means of an adequate self-insurance fund or risk-retention
program, or by participation in a group risk pool or similar program.
(iii) If the County obtains blanket or umbrella coverage, the County
will deposit with SunTrust a certificate or certificates of the respective insurers
evidencing such coverage and, with respect to property insurance, stating the
amount of coverage provided with respect to the Pledged Facilities (or any covered
portion thereof). If the County provides for any such alternative risk management
programs, the County's risk manager or an independent insurance consultant will
review such programs annually for sufficiency.. SunTrust may rely on any such
certificate as to the sufficiency of any such alternative program.
(c) No County agent or employee will have the power to adjust or settle
any property damage loss greater than $1,000,000 with respect to the Pledged
Facilities, whether`or not covered by insurance, without SunTrust's prior written
consent.
(d) SunTrust will not be responsible for the sufficiency or adequacy of
any required insurance and will be fully protected in accepting payment on account
of such insurance or any adjustment, compromise or settlement of any loss agreed
to by SunTrust. '
(e) The County will deliver to SunTrust annually by each June 30 a
certificate stating that the risk coverages required by this Contract are in effect.
ARTICLE V
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TITLE: LIENS
5.1. Title. Title to the Pledged Sites and the Pledged Facilities and
any and all additions, repairs,. replacements or modifications thereto will at all
times be in the County, subject to the lien of the Deed of Trust and to the Permitted
Encumbrances. Simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this Contract,
the County will deliver to SunTrust the Deed of Trust in form mutually satisfactory
to SunTrust and the County.
5.2. No Encumbrance, Mortgage or Pledge of Mortgaged Property.
(a) The County will not permit any mechanic's or other lien to be
perfected or remain against the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof;
provided that subsequent to the Completion Date, if the County first notifies
SunTrust of the County's intention to do so, the County may in good faith contest
any mechanic's or other lien filed or perfected against the Mortgaged Property or
any portion thereof. In such event the County may permit the items so contested to
remain undischarged and unsatisfied during the period of such contest and any
appeal therefrom unless SunTrust notifies the County that, in the opinion of
Independent Counsel, by nonpayment of any such items SunTrust's title to the
Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof will be materially endangered, or will
be subject to loss or forfeiture, in which event the County will promptly pay and
cause to be satisfied and discharged all such unpaid items (but such payment will
not in itself constitute a waiver of the right to continue to contest such items).
SunTrust will cooperate fully with the County in any such contest, upon the
request and at the expense of the County.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (a) above, the County will not
directly or indirectly create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge,
lien, charge, encumbrance or claim on or with respect to the Mortgaged Property,
except Permitted Encumbrances. The County will promptly, at its own expense,
take such action as may be appropriate to discharge any such mortgage, pledge,
lien, charge, encumbrance or claim not excepted above which it will have created,
incurred or suffered to exist.
(c) The County will reimburse SunTrust for any expense incurred by it in
order to discharge or remove any such mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest,
encumbrance or claim, together with interest thereon at the annual rate of 5.00%.
ARTICLE VI
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DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND CONDEMNATION;
USE OF NET PROCEEDS
6.1. Damage, Destruction or Condemnation. The County will promptly
notify SunTrust if (a) the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof is destroyed
or damaged by fire or other casualty, (b) any governmental authority takes, or
notifies the County of any intent to take, title to, or the temporary or permanent use
of the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof, or the estate of the County or
SunTrust in the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof, under the power of
eminent domain, (c) a material defect in the construction of the Pledged Facilities
becomes apparent, or (d) title to or the use of all or any portion of the Mortgaged
Property is lost by reason of a defect in title.
Each such notice must describe generally the nature and extent of such
damage, destruction or taking. The County must provide any additional
information concerning such matter as SunTrust may reasonably request.
'The County will file its claims under insurance coverages and claims for
awards or payments in the nature of condemnation awards resulting from any such
damage, destruction or taking. The County will prosecute all such claims for such
awards or payments in good faith and with due diligence. Any Net Proceeds
received by the County as a result of such claims will be used as provided in
Sections 6.2 and 6.3.
6.2. Security Interest in Net Proceeds; Deposit and Disbursement.
(a) The County grants a security interest in the Net Proceeds to SunTrust
to secure the County's obligations under this Contract, subject to the further
provisions of this Section. This Contract is intended as and constitutes a security
agreement with respect to such security interest. All Net Proceeds will remain
subject to the security interest provided for in this Section 6.2(a) until expended in
compliance with the requirements of this Contract.
(b) If the amount of Net Proceeds received by the County from any single
event or any single series of related events is less than $1,000,000, then the County
will have no obligation to account to SunTrust or any other person or entity with
respect to the use of such Net Proceeds. The County, however, acknowledges that
its use of such funds may be constrained by the requirements of the Code and the
County's covenant in Section 7.1(k).
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(c) If the amount of Net Proceeds received by the County from any single
event or any single series of related events is at least $1,000,000, the County will
cause such Net Proceeds (i) to be paid to SunTrust for deposit in the Project Fund,
if received before the Completion Date, or (ii) if received thereafter, to be paid to
an escrow agent (which_shall be a bank, trust company or similar entity exercising
fiduciary responsibilities) for deposit in a special escrow fund to be held by such
escrow agent. Whenever disbursement from such escrow fund may be required, the
escrow agent will disburse Net Proceeds upon receipt of requisitions in substantially
the form of Exhibit A to the Project Fund Agreement.
The County will thereafter provide for the application of all Net Proceeds so
deposited in accordance with Section 6.3.
6.3. Use of Net Proceeds. The County may elect to proceed under either
subsection (a), (b) or (c) below with respect to Net Proceeds deposited pursuant to
Section 6.2(c); provided, however, that subsections (a) and (b) below will be
available to the County only if no Event of Default is continuing. The County will
notify SunTrust of its election within 60 days after-the date of the deposit.
(a) If the amount of Net Proceeds is equal to at least 75% of the
outstanding principal of the Amount Advanced, then the County may provide
additional funds from any legal source and use such Net Proceeds and additional
County funds to prepay the Amount Advanced in full pursuant to Section 2.3;
(b) If as a result of the event (or series of events) giving rise to the Net
Proceeds (i) the County has lost beneficial use of at least 51% of the Pledged
Facilities of which it had beneficial use prior to such event or (ii) the damaged
portion of the Pledged Facilities cannot be restored to its prior condition within six
months after the event (or series of events) with respect to which the Net Proceeds
have been collected, then the County may use the Net Proceeds (and only the Net
Proceeds) to prepay the principal component of the Amount Advanced in part
pursuant to Section 2.3; or
(c) Otherwise the County will use the Net Proceeds and other available
funds for the completion or for repair and restoration of the Mortgaged Property.
The County will not be entitled to any reimbursement of any funds paid pursuant
to this subsection, nor will the County be entitled to any postponement or
diminution of its obligation to make Contract Payments as a result of any such
contribution. Any repair or replacement paid for in whole of in part out of such Net
Proceeds will be the County's property and will be part of the Mortgaged Property.
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Determinations as to the extent of loss described in (b) above will be made
by an Appropriate Consultant and will be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to SunTrust.
ARTICLE VII
COUNTY'S WARRANTIES REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS
The County warrants, represents and covenants (all such warranties,
representations and covenants being continuing) as follows:
(a) The .County is a duly organized and validly existing political
subdivision of the State. The County-has all powers necessary to enter into the
transactions contemplated by this Contract, the Deed of Trust and the Project Fund
Agreement, and to carry out its obligations under such instruments.
(b) The County will take no action that would adversely affect its
existence as a political subdivision in good'standing in the State, cause the County
to be consolidated with or merge into another political subdivision of the State or
permit one or more other political subdivisions of the State to consolidate with or
merge into it, unless the political subdivision of the State created thereby expressly
assumes in writing the County's obligations under this Contract.
(c) The County has duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered
this Contract, the Deed of Trust and the Project Fund Agreement. Assuming due
authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, this
Contract, the Deed of Trust and the Project Fund Agreement constitute valid,. legal
and binding obligations of the County, enforceable (in the case of the Deed of
Trust, by the Deed of Trust Trustee and SunTrust) in accordance with their
respective terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and other similar laws affecting
the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and such principals of equity as a
court having jurisdiction may impose.
(d) No further approval or consent is required from any governmental
authority with respect to the County's entering into or performing under this
Contract, the Deed of Trust or the Project Fund Agreement.
(e) There is no action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity before or by
any court, public board or body pending or, to the best of the County's knowledge,
threatened, against or affecting the County (or any official thereof in an official
capacity) challenging the validity or enforceability of this Contract, the Deed of
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Trust or the Project Fund Agreement or any other documents relating to such
agreements. The County's performance of its obligations under this Contract, the
Deed of Trust and the Project Fund Agreement, and compliance with the
provisions hereof and thereof, under the circumstances contemplated hereby or
thereby, does not and will not in any material respect constitute on the County's
part a breach of or default under, or result in the creation of a lien or other
encumbrance on any County property (except as contemplated herein or therein),
pursuant to any agreement or other instrument to which the County is a party, or
any existing law, regulation, court order or consent decree to which the County is
subject.
(f) No County representation, covenant or warranty in this Contract is
false or misleading in any material respect.
(g) The County is vested with fee simple title to the Pledged Sites. There
are no liens or encumbrances on the Pledged Facilities or the Pledged Sites other
than the Existing Encumbrances, as defined in the Deed of Trust.
(h) The resolutions relating to the County's performance of this Contract,
the Deed of Trust and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been
duly adopted, are 'in full force and effect, and have not been in any respect
modified, revoked or rescinded.
(i) The County reasonably believes funds will be available to satisfy all
of its obligations under this Contract.
(j) The Financed Facilities have been or will be designed and
constructed so as to comply with all applicable subdivision, building and zoning
ordinances and regulations, if any, and any and all applicable federal and State
standards and requirements relating to the Financed Facilities. The Financed
Facilities have not been and will not be used in any private business or put to any
private business use. .
(k) T'he County will- not take or permit, or omit to take or cause to be
taken, any action that would cause its obligations under this Contract to be
"arbitrage bonds" or "private activity bonds" within the meaning of the Code, or
otherwise adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax
purposes of the designated interest component of Installment Payments to which
such components would otherwise be entitled and, if it should take or permit, or
omit to take or cause to be taken, any such action, the County will take or cause to
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be taken all lawful actions within its power necessary to rescind or correct such
actions or omissions promptly upon having knowledge thereof.
(1) To the extent information is available on the Closing Date, and based
upon, the County's examination of the Project Sites and of the Plans and
Specifications and estimated Project Costs provided by Appropriate Consultants,
the Financed Facilities can be constructed, acquired and equipped for a total price
within the total amount of funds to be available therefor in the Project Fund,
income anticipated to be derived from the investment thereof and other funds
expected to be available for such purposes. If the total amount available for such
purposes in the Project Fund will be insufficient to pay the entire cost of
constructing, acquiring and equipping the Financed Facilities, the County will pay
any such excess costs, with no resulting reduction or offset in the amounts
otherwise payable by the County.
(m) The County has determined to undertake all of the Financed Facilities
after extensive consideration of the County's needs and responsibilities, and
consideration of alternative means of carrying out those responsibilities. The
County's governing Board of Commissioners has determined that each of the
Financed Facilities will satisfy a current need for public facilities and services in
the County. All of the Financed Facilities are appropriate and needed to carry out
important governmental functions of the County, including education, law
enforcement, solid waste disposal, public. recreation and services for senior
citizens. The functions served by the Pledged Facilities -education and law
enforcement -are functions that the County is required by State law to undertake.
The County has an immediate use for all of the Financed Facilities. The County
expects the need and usefulness for each facility to continue throughout the term of
the Contract. Any loss of a Financed Facility (and especially the loss of any of the
Pledged Facilities) would create a temporary disruption in the County's ability to
carry out its governmental functions at the desired service level.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
To the extent permitted by law, the County agrees to indemnify, protect and
save SunTrust, the LGC and their officers, members and employees, harmless from
all liability, obligations, losses, claims, damages, actions, suits, proceedings, costs
and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising out of, connected with, or resulting
directly or indirectly from the Project Sites or the Financed Facilities or the
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transactions contemplated by this Contract. The indemnification arising under this
Article will survive the Contract's termination.
ARTICLE IX
DISCLAIlYII;R OF WARRANTIES
The County acknowledges that SunTrust has not designed the Financed
Facilities, that SunTrust has not supplied any plans or specifications with respect
thereto and that SunTrust (a) is not a manufacturer of, nor a dealer in, any of the
component parts of the Financed Facilities or similar facilities, (b) has not made
any recommendation, given any advice nor taken any other action with respect to
(1) the choice of any supplier, vendor or designer of, or any other contractor with
respect to, the Financed Facilities or any component part thereof or any property or
rights relating thereto, or (2) any action taken or to be taken with respect to the
Financed Facilities or any component part thereof or any property or rights. relating
thereto at any stage of the construction thereof, (c) has not at any time had physical
possession of the Financed Facilities or any component part thereof or made any
inspection thereof or any property or rights relating thereto, and (d) has not made
any warranty or other representation, express or implied, that the Financed
Facilities or any component part thereof or any property or rights relating thereto
(1) will not result in or cause injury or damage to persons or property, (2) has been
or will be properly designed, or will accomplish the results which the County
intends therefor, or (3) is safe in any manner or respect.
SUNTRUST MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WA~RIZANTY OR
REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO
THE FINANCED FACILITIES OR ANY COMPONENT PART THEREOF,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIIvIITED TO ANY WA,RRANT'Y OR
REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OR
TIC FITNESS OR SUITABILITY THEREOF FOR ANY PURPOSE, and further
including the design or condition thereof; the safety, workmanship, quality or
capacity thereof; .compliance thereof with the requirements of any law; rule,
specification or contract pertaining thereto; any latent defect; the ability of the
Financed Facilities to perform any function; that the Amount Advanced will be
sufficient to pay all Project Costs; or any other characteristic of the Financed
Facilities; it being agreed that the County is to bear all risks relating to the
Financed Facilities, the completion thereof or the transactions contemplated by this
Contract or by the Deed of Trust or the Project Fund Agreement, and the County
waives the benefits of any and all implied warranties and representations of
SunTrust.
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The provisions of this Article will survive the Contract's termination.
ARTICLE X
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
10.1. Events of Default. An "Event of Default" is any of the following:
(a) The County's failure to make any Installment Payment by the due
date.
(b) The occurrence of an Event of Nonappropriation.
(c) The County breaches or fails to perform or observe any term,
condition or covenant of this Contract, the Deed of Trust or the Project Fund
Agreement on its part to be observed or performed, other than as referred to in
subsections (a) or (b) above, including payment of any Additional Payment, for a
period of 30 days after written notice specifying such failure and requesting that it
be remedied has been given to the County, unless SunTrust agrees in writing to an
extension of such time prior to its expiration; provided, however, that if the failure
stated in the notice cannot reasonably be corrected within the applicable period and
the County institutes corrective action within the applicable period, no Event of
Default will be deemed to have occurred so long as the County diligently pursues
the same.
(d) Proceedings under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
similar law are instituted by or against the County as a debtor, or a receiver,
custodian or similar officer is appointed for the County or any of its property.
(e) Any warranty, representation or statement made by the County in this
Contract, in the Deed of Trust or in the Project Fund Agreement is found to be
incorrect or misleading in any material respect as of the Closing Date.
(f) Any lien, charge or encumbrance (other than Permitted
Encumbrances) prior to or affecting the validity of the Deed of Trust is found to
exist, or proceedings are instituted to enforce any lien, charge or encumbrance
against the Mortgaged Property and such lien, charge or encumbrance would be
prior to the lien of the Deed of Trust.
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(g) The County fails to pay when due any principal of or interest on any
of its general obligation bonds.
10.2. Remedies on Default. Upon the continuation of any Event of Default,
SunTrust may, without any further demand• or notice, exercise any one or more of
the following remedies:
(a) Declare the unpaid principal components of the Installment
Payments, and the accrued interest thereon, immediately due and payable;
(b) Proceed by appropriate court action to enforce performance by.the
County of the applicable covenants of this Contract, the Deed of Trust or the
Project Fund Agreement or to recover for the breach thereof; and
(c) Avail itself of all available remedies under the Deed of Trust,
including foreclosure on the Pledged Facilities and recovery of attorneys' fees and
other expenses, and of all other remedies available at law or in equity.
SunTnxst's exercise of remedies is subject to the limitations set forth in
Article XII.
10.3. No Remedy Exclusive; Delay Not Waiver. All remedies under this
Contract are cumulative and may be exercised concurrently or separately. The
exercise of any one remedy will not be deemed an election of such remedy or
preclude the exercise of any other remedy. If any Event of Default occurs and is
thereafter waived, such waiver will be limited to the particular breach so waived
and will not be deemed a waiver of any other breach under this Contract.
ARTICLE XI
ASSIGNMENTS
11.1. County's Assignments. The County will not sell or assign any
interest in this Contract without SunTrust's prior written consent.
11.2. Bank's Assignment. SunTrust may, at any time and from time
to time, assign all or any part of its interest in this Contract including, without
limitation, SunTrust's rights to receive Installment Payments. Any assignment made
by SunTrust or any subsequent assignee shall not purport to convey any greater
interest or rights than those held by SunTrust pursuant to this Contract.
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Notice of any assignment must be provided to the County. The County will
keep a complete and accurate record of all assignments. After the giving of any
such notice, the County will thereafter make all payments in accordance with the
notice to the assignee named therein and will, if so requested, acknowledge such
assignment in writing, but such acknowledgment will in no way be deemed
necessary to make the assignment effective.
ARTICLE VIII
COUNTY'S LIlVIITED OBLIGATION
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Contract, the parties intend that
this transaction comply with North Carolina General Statutes Section 160A-20. No
deficiency judgment may be entered against the County in violation of such
Section 160A-20.
No provision of this Contract will be construed or interpreted as creating a
pledge of the County's faith and credit within the meaning of any constitutional
debt limitation. No provision of this Contract will be construed or interpreted as an
illegal delegation of governmental powers or as an improper donation or lending of
the County's credit within the meaning of the North Carolina constitution. The
County's taxing power is not and may not be pledged directly or indirectly or
contingently to secure any moneys due under this Contract.
No provision of this Contract will be construed to pledge or to create a lien
on any class or source of the County's moneys (other than the Net Proceeds and the
amounts on deposit from time to time in the Project Fund), nor will any provision
of this Contract restrict the County's future issuance of any of its bonds or other
obligations payable from any class or source of the County's moneys (except to the
extent the this Contract and the Deed of Trust restrict the incurrence of additional
obligations secured by the Mortgaged Property).
To the extent of any conflict between this Article and any other provision of
this Contract, this Article will take priority.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1. Defeasance. The County's repayment obligations for the Amount
Advanced will be deemed paid and satisfied for all purposes when payment either
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(a) has been made in accordance with the terms hereof (whether at maturity, upon
prepayment or otherwise) or (b) has been provided for by depositing with. a
Qualified Agent (1) cash sufficient to make such payment or (2) Federal Securities
maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will
insure, without reinvestment, the availability of sufficient moneys to make such
payment (which will be evidenced by a certificate, in form satisfactory to
SunTrust, of a firm of independent certified public accountants or similar experts
reasonably acceptable to SunTrust) and which are not subject to redemption or
purchase prior to maturity at the option of anyone other than the holder. When the
County's repayment obligations for the Amount Advanced are deemed paid under
this Section, the County's repayment obligations under this Contract will be
payable solely-from the cash or Federal Securities deposited pursuant to' (b) above,
and SunTrust will provide for the release of the lien and cancellation of the Deed
of Trust as provided in the Deed of Trust.
No deposit under (b) above will be made until the County has furnished
SunTrust a written opinion of an attorney or firm of attorneys nationally-
recognized on the subject of state and local government debt obligations acceptable
to SunTrust to the effect that the deposit of such cash or Federal Securities wIll not
cause the County's repayment obligations under this Contract to become "arbitrage
bonds" within the meaning of the Code.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, any
Qualified Agent under this Section will dispose of moneys held by it for any
repayment of any portion of the Amount Advanced (whether principal, interest or
prepayment premium as provided for in Section 2.3) left unclaimed for five years
after the date the principal component of such repayment becomes due in
accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. Sec. 116B-51 or any successor provision. The
persons entitled to such payment will thereafter be entitled to look only to their
remedies under N.C. Gen. Stat. Chapter 116B or any. successor provision, and all
liability of the County and any such escrow agent with respect to such moneys will
cease.
13.2. Notices.
(a) Any communication provided for in this Contract must be in writing.
(b) Any communication under this Contract will be sufficiently given and
deemed given when delivered by hand or on the date shown as the date of delivery
on a United States Postal Service return receipt, if addressed as follows:
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(i) If intended for the County, addressed to it at the following
address: Orange County, Attention: Finance Director, Re: Notice under
2007 SunTrust Installment Financing Contract, Post Office Box 8181,
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278.
(ii) If intended for SunTrust, addressed to it at the following
address: SunTrust Leasing Corporation, Attention: , Re:
Notice under 2007 Installment Financing Contract with Orange County,
North Carolina, [address/city/state].
(c) Any addressee may designate additional or different addresses .for
communications by notice given under this Section to each of the others.
13.3. Non-Business Days. If the date for making any payment or the last
day for performance of any act or the exercising of any right will not be a Business
Day, such payment may be made or act performed or right exercised on or before
the next succeeding Business Day.
13.4. Governing Law. The parties intend that North Carolina law will
govern this Contract. To the extent permitted by law, the parties agree that any
action brought with respect to this Contract will be brought in the North Carolina
General Court of Justice in Orange County, North Carolina.
13.5. Severability. If any provision of this Contract is determined to be
unenforceable, that will not affect any other provision of this Contract.
13.6. Amendments. This Contract may not be modified or amended unless
such amendment is in writing and signed by the County and SunTrust.
13.7. Binding Effect. Subject to the specific provisions of this Contract,
this Contract will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by
the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
13.8. Third-Party Beneficiaries. There are no parties intended to be or
which shall be deemed to be third-party beneficiaries of this Contract.
13.9. Time. Time is of the essence of this Contract and each and all of its
provisions.
13.10. Limitation on Liability of Officers and Agents. No officer, agent or
employee of the County, of the LGC or SunTrust will be subject to any personal
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liability or accountability by reason of the execution of this Contract or any other
documents related to the transactions contemplated by this Contract. Such officers,
agents or employees will be deemed to execute such documents in their official
capacities only, and not in their individual capacities. This Section will not relieve
any such officer, agent or employee from the performance of any official duty
provided by law.
13.11. Counterparts. This Contract may be executed in several
counterparts, including separate counterparts. Each will be an original, but all of
them together constitute the same instrument.
13.12. Definitions. Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, capitalized
terms used in this Contract and not otherwise defined will have the meanings set
forth in Exhibit A.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County :and SunTrust have caused this
instrument to be executed as of the day and year first above written by duly
authorized officers.
ATTEST: (SEAL)
ORANGE COUNTY
NORTH CAROLINA
Donna S. Baker
Clerk, Board of Commissioners
This contract has been approved under the
provisions of Article 8, Chapter 159 of
the General Statutes of North Carolina.
T. Vance Holloman
Secretary, North Carolina
Local Government Commission
By
[T. Vance Holloman or
Designated Assistant]
Moses Carey, Jr.
Chair, Board of Commissioners
5UNTRUST LEASING
CORPORATION
By:
Printed Name:
Title:
[Installment Financing Contract dated as of June 1, 2007]
Exhibits -
A - Defmitions
B - Payment schedule
C - Financed Facilities description
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EI~TT A -Definitions
For all purposes of this Contract, unless the context requires otherwise, the
following terms will have the following meanings:
"Additional Payments" means any of SunTrust's expenses (including
attorneys' fees) in prosecuting or defending any action or proceeding in connection
with this Contract and any taxes or any other expenses, including, but not limited
to, SunTrust's administrative or legal costs (including costs of maintaining its
existence and good standing), licenses, permits, state and local sales and use or
ownership taxes or property taxes which SunTrust is required to pay as a result of
this Contract, inspection and reinspection fees, or any other amounts payable by
the County as a result of its covenants under this Contract, under the Deed of Trust
or under the Project Fund Agreement (together with. interest that may accrue on,
any of the above if the County fails to pay the same, as set forth in this Contract).
"Amount Advanced" has the meaning assigned in Article I.
"Appropriate Consultant" means one or more independent public
accountants or firms of public accountants, or architects or firms of architects,
engineers or firms of engineers, professional management consultants or firms of
management consultants, or such other independent persons, having (at the time
retained for the purposes of this Contract) a favorable reputation for skill and
experience in an appropriate area of expertise, as may be selected by the County
and approved by SunTrust (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld)
from time to time to perform and carry out the duties imposed on an Appropriate
Consultant by this Contract.
"Budget Officer" means the County officer from time to time charged with
preparation of the. draft County budget initially submitted to the County Board for
its consideration. .
"Closing Date" means the date on which this Contract is first executed and
delivered by the parties.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including
regulations, rulings and revenue procedures promulgated thereunder or under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, as applicable to the County's
obligations under this Contract. Reference to any specific Code provision will be
deemed to include any successor provisions thereto.
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"Completion Certificate" means the certificate evidencing substantial
completion of the Financed Facilities provided for in Section 2.3(a) of the Project
Fund Agreement.
"Completion Date" means the date on which the County delivers the
Completion Certificate.
"Construction Contracts" means the contracts between the County and
contractors for the construction of the Pledged Facilities.
"County Board" means the County's governing board as from time to time
constituted.
"Contract Payments" means Installment Payments and Additional Payments.
"County Representative" means the County Manager, County finance officer
or any other person or persons at the time designated, by a written certificate
furnished to SunTrust and signed on the County's behalf by the County Manager or
the Chair of the County .Board, to act on the County's behalf for the purpose of
performing any act (or any specified act) under this Contract.
"Deed of Trust" means the Deed of Trust and Security Agreement, dated as
of June 1, 2007, from the County to a deed of trust trustee for the benefit of
SunTrust and its assigns, as it may be duly amended or supplemented.
"Event of Default" means one or more events of default as defined in
Section 10.1.
"Event of Nonappropriation" means a determination by the County Board
not to include an appropriation for Contract Payments in the County budget for any
Fiscal Year, as contemplated in Section 2.5(a), or any subsequent action by the
County Board to delete such an appropriation from an approved County budget.
"Federal Securities" means, to the extent such are legal investments for the
County's funds at the time of purchase, (a) direct obligations of the United States of
America for which its full faith and credit are pledged, (b) securities or obligations
evidencing direct ownership interests in specified portions (principal or interest) of
obligations described in (a), or (c) obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the
United States of America.
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"Financed Facilities" means (a) the Pledged Facilities, along with (b) all
other County property the construction or acquisition of which has been financed
(in whole or in part) with the Amount Advanced, in each case along with all
renewals, replacements, additions and substitutions therefor. Exhibit C provides a
general description of the Financed Facilities, as intended by the County as of the
Closing Date.
"Fiscal Year" means the County's fiscal year beginning July 1, or such other
fiscal year as the County may later lawfully establish.
"Force Majeure" means, without limitation, acts of God; strikes, lockouts or
other .industrial .disturbances; acts of public enemies; orders or restraints of any
kind of the federal or State government or any of their departments, agencies or
officials or any civil or military authority; insurrection; riots; landslides;
earthquakes; fires; storms; droughts; floods; falling space debris; explosions;
breakage or accidents to machinery, transmission pipes or canals; or any other
cause or event not within the County's control but not due to the County's
negligence.
"Independent Counsel" means. an attorney duly admitted to the practice of
law before the highest court in the State that is selected by the County and
approved by SunTrust (which approval will not be unreasonably withheld). .
"Installment Payments" means the payments payable by the County pursuant
to Section 2.1.
"LGC" means the North Carolina Local Government Commission, or any
successor to its functions.
"Mortgaged Properly" has the meaning assigned in the Deed of Trust, and
generally includes the Pledged Sites and the Pledged Facilities.
"Net Proceeds" means all payments and proceeds derived from (a) claims
made on account of insurance coverages required under this Contract, (b) any
exercise of condemnation or eminent domain authority related to all or any portion
of the Mortgaged Property, (c) proceeds of title insurance related to the Mortgaged
Property, (d) payments on any bonds required by Section 3.3, (e) any amounts
recovered from any contractor on an action for default or breach, as described in
Section 3.3, or (f) any sale of the Pledged Facilities, as well as all judgments,
settlements or other payments in lieu of any of the foregoing, in any case reduced
by the sum of (i) all expenses (including attorneys' fees and costs) incurred in the
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collection of such proceeds and (ii) all amounts expended by the County, SunTrust
or SunTrust to remedy the event giving rise to such proceeds, all of which amounts
will be paid or reimbursed from the gross proceeds.
"Permitted Encumbrances" means, as of any particular time, (a) the
"Existing Encumbrances," as defined in the Deed of Trust, (b) liens for taxes and
assessments not then delinquent, or liens which may remain unpaid pursuant to
Sections 4.8 or 5.2, (c) the Deed of Trust, (d) any lease or other agreement with the
School Board as contemplated by Section 4.6(b), (e) any lien or encumbrance
made by its terms expressly subordinate to the lien of the Deed of. Trust, and (f)
easements and rights-of--way granted by the County pursuant to Section 1-6(e)(i) of
the Deed of Trust.
"Plans and Specifications" means the: plans and specifications for the
Pledged Facilities as prepared for the County by an Appropriate Consultant.
"Pledged Facilities" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Deed of
Trust, and generally includes the County's new Elementary School #10 and the
County's Justice Facility. .
"Pledged Sites" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Deed of Trust,
and generally includes the real property upon which the Pledged Facilities are to be
constructed.
"Project Costs" means all costs of the design, planning, constructing,
acquiring, installing and equipping of the Financed Facilities as determined in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and that will not
adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes
of the designated interest component of Installment Payments payable under this
Contract, including (a) sums required to reimburse the County or its agents for
advances made for any such costs, (b) interest during the construction process and,
for up to six months thereafter, and (c) all costs related to the fmancing of the
Financed Facilities through this Contract and all related transactions.
"Project Fund Agreement" means the Project Fund Agreement of even date
between SunTrust and the County, as it maybe duly amended or supplemented.
"Project Sites" means (a) the Pledged Sites, along with (b) the real properly
associated with the remainder of the Financed Facilities.
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"Qualified Agent" means any bank or other financial institution qualified to
exercise corporate trust powers that is selected by the County, is reasonably
acceptable to SunTrust and is acceptable to the LGC.
"State" means the State of North Carolina.
"Project Fund Agreement" means the Project Fund Agreement of even date
between SunTrust and the County, as it maybe duly amended or supplemented.
In addition, all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have
the meanings assigned thereto in the Project Fund Agreement.
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[to come]
EDIT B -Schedule of Installment Payments
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EDIT C -The Financed Facilities
Proiect Comaonent
Estimated financing amount ($1
Central Orange Senior Center - 2,500,000
Funds to be used with bond funds to construct Senior
Center Addition to Orange County SportsPlex
Elementary 10 CHCCS - 22,102,000
Construction of New Elementary School
on property owned by the County
CHCCS Renovations -Completion of
renovations to existing schools 3,450,000
Efland Water and Sewer -
Completion of Water and Sewer Lines 400,000
Jail -expansion of existing jail to add additional beds 600,000
Justice Facility -Courthouse addition
to include courtrooms and office space 10,200,000
Durham Technical Community College -
County's contribution to be used with 3,588,000
state bond funds provided to Durham Tech
Twin Creeks Infrastructure -water and sewer
lines to site of Elementary # 10 1,250,000
West Ten Soccer -Development of soccer
complex on existing county property 2,267,000
Solid Waste Operations Center - 2,200,000
New Facility to house solid waste staff
SportsPlex Renovations - 1,500,000
renovations to existing facility required to
accommodate senior center addition
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Sanford Holshouser draft.of Anri123, 2007
Prepared by and return after recording to:
Robert M. Jessup Jr.
Sanford Holshouser LLP
Post Office Box 5646
Cary, NC 27512-5646
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA )
ORANGE COUNTY )
The collateral is or includes fixtures. '
This deed of trust secures future advances.
THIS DEED OF TRUST AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this "Deed of
Trust") is dated as of June 1, 2007, and is granted by ORANGE COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (the
"County"), to [name] (the "Deed of Trust Trustee"), for the benefit of SUNTRUST
LEASING CORPORATION ("SunTrust").
RECITALS:
Pursuant to an Installment Financing Contract dated as of June 1, 2007 (the
"Financing Contract"), between the County and SunTrust, SunTrust is providing
for an advance of [$50,057,000] for the benefit of the County. The County will
use these funds, together with other available funds, to provide for the acquisition,
construction and improvement of certain school facilities and other public
improvements, as well as to pay financing and other related costs, as more fully
described in the Financing Contract.
As a condition to entering into the Financing Contract, SunTrust has
required the County to secure its obligations under the Financing Contract by this
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conveyance of a portion of the facilities that are to be so constructed and improved
(the "Pledged Facilities," as more particularly defined below), the real property
associated with the Pledged Facilities and the other "Mortgaged Property," as
defined below. The County will construct the Pledged Facilities on the real
property described in Exhibit A. The County is the record owner of that real
property.
This Deed of Trust is given to secure current advances under the Financing
Contract of [$50,057,000], as well as potential future advances in. the total
maximum principal amount of $75,000,000. The time during which such future
advances may be made is 15 years from June 1, 2007. The current scheduled date
for final repayment is on or about June 30, 2026.
NOW, THEREFORE,
(1) in consideration of the execution and delivery of the Financing
Contract and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are acknowledged,
(2) to secure the County's performance of all its covenants under this
Deed of Trust and under the Financing Contract, including the repayment of
amounts advanced pursuant to the Financing Contract, and
(3) to charge the Mortgaged Property, as defined below, with such
payment and performance,
the County sells, grants and conveys to the Deed of Trust Trustee, successors
and assigns forever, in trust, with power of sale, the following (collectively, the
"Mortgaged Property"):
(a) the property described in Exhibit A, and all real property hereafter
acquired by the County in replacement of, or in substitution for, all or any part of
such premises, together with all easements, rights, rights-of--way and .
appurtenances belonging to any such property (the. "Pledged Sites"); and
(b) the improvements described in Exhibit B and all other improvements
and fixtures now or hereafter attached to or used. in or on those improvements or
the Pledged Sites, including (i) all renewals and replacements thereof and all
additions thereto, (ii) all articles in substitution thereof, and (iii) all building
materials for construction or repair of, such improvements upon their delivery to
the Pledged Sites (collectively, the "Pledged Facilities");
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TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Mortgaged Property with all privileges
and appurtenances thereunto belonging, to the Deed of Trust Trustee,
successors and assigns forever, upon the trusts, terms and conditions and for the
purposes set outbelow, in fee simple intrust;
SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the encumbrances described in Exhibit C (the
"Existing Encumbrances");
'BUT TffiS CONVEYANCE IS MADE UPON THIS SPECIAL TRUST:
if the County pays its "Obligations," as defined below, in full in accordance with
the Financing Contract and this Deed of Trust, and the County complies with all of
the terms, covenants and conditions of the Financing Contract and this Deed of
Trust, this conveyance will be null and void and will be canceled of record at the
County's request and cost, and title will revest as provided by law;
BUT H', HOWEVER, THERE OCCURS AN EVENT OF DEFAULT
UNDER THE FINANCING CONTRACT, then SunTrust will have the remedies
provided for in this Deed of Trust, including directing the Deed of Trust Trustee to
sell the Mortgaged Property under power of sale.
THE .COUNTY COVENANTS AND AGREES with the Deed of Trust
Trustee and SunTrust (and their respective heirs, successors and assigns), in
consideration of the foregoing, as follows:
1. Security Provided By This Deed of Trust
1-1 Security for Payment and Performance. This Deed of Trust
secures the County's payment, as and when the same become due and payable, of
all amounts payable by the County under the Financing Contract and this Deed of
Trust (the "Obligations") and the County's timely compliance with all terms,
covenants and conditions of the Financing Contract, this Deed of Trust and the
Project Fund Agreement (these three instruments are referred to in this Deed of
Trust as the "Financing Documents").
1-2 Present and Future Advances. This Deed of Trust is executed to
secure all the County's present and future obligations to SunTrust related to the
Mortgaged Property. The making of future advances is subject to the terms and
conditions of the Financing Contract, the Project Fund Agreement and this Deed of
Trust. The amount of the present obligations secured by this Agreement is [Fifty
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Million Fifty-Seven Thousand Dollars ($50,057,000)] and the total amount,
including present and future obligations, that may be secured by this Agreement at
any one time is Seventy-five Million Dollars ($75,000,000). The period within
which future obligations maybe incurred is 15 years from June 1, 2007.
1-3 Security Interest in Fixtures. 'This Deed of Trust is intended to be a
security agreement pursuant to the North Carolina Uniform Commercial Code for
the "Fixtures;" as defined below. The County grants to SunTrust and the Deed of
Trust Trustee a security interest in the Fixtures. The County agrees that the
security interest in the Fixtures granted in this Section 1-3 will be in addition to,
and not in lieu of, any security interest in the Fixtures acquired by real property
law.
The County agrees to execute, deliver and file, or cause to be filed, in such
place or places as may be required by law, financing statements (including any
continuation statements required by the North Carolina Uniform Commercial
Code) iri such form as SunTrust may require to evidence the security interest in the
Fixtures. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under this Deed of Trust,
SunTrust or Deed of Trust Trustee is entitled to exercise all rights and remedies of
a secured party under the North Carolina Uniform Commercial Code and may
proceed as to the Fixtures in the same manner as provided herein for the real
property.
The "Fixtures" are all articles of personal property attached or affixed to the
Pledged Facilities, including but not limited to all apparatus, machinery, motors,
elevators, fittings and all plumbing, heating, lighting, electrical, laundry,
ventilating, refrigerating, incinerating, air-conditioning, fire and ,heft protection
and sprinkler equipment, including all renewals and replacements thereof and all
additions thereto, and all articles in substitution thereof, and all proceeds of all the
foregoing in whatever form.
The County is not obliged to renew, repair or replace any inadequate,
obsolete, worn-out, unsuitable, undesirable or unnecessary Fixture. If the County
determines that any Fixture has become inadequate, obsolete, worn-out, unsuitable,
undesirable or unnecessary, the County may remove such Fixture from the Pledged
Facilities and sell, trade-in, exchange or otherwise dispose of it (as a whole or in
part), with no further obligation to SunTrust if the fair market value of the such
Fixture at the time of disposition does not exceed $250,000. If the fair. market
value of the such Fixture at the time of disposition exceeds $250,000, then an
amount equivalent to the fair market value of such Fixture (whether or not received
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in cash by the County at the time of the disposition) will deemed to be Net
Proceeds and subject to the provisions of Article VI of the Financing Contract.
1-4 County's Obligation Limited. Notwithstanding any other provision
of this Deed of Trust, the parties intend that this transaction comply with North
Carolina General Statutes Section 160-20. No deficiency judgment may be entered
against the County in violation of such Section 160A-20.
No provision of this Deed of Trust should be construed or interpreted as
creating a pledge of the County's faith and credit within the meaning of any
constitutional debt limitation. No provision of this Deed of Trust should be
construed or interpreted as an illegal delegation of governmental powers; nor as an
improper donation or lending of the County's-.credit within the meaning of the
North Carolina constitution. The County's taxing power is not and may not be
pledged, directly or indirectly contingently, to secure any moneys due under this
Deed of Trust.
No provision of this Deed of Trust restricts the County's future issuance of
any of its bonds or other obligations payable from any class or source of the
County's moneys (except to the extent the Financing Documents restrict the
incurrence of additional obligations secured by the Mortgaged Property).
To the extent of any conflict between this Section and any other provision of
this Deed of Trust, this Section takes priority.
1-5 County's Continuing Obligations. The County remains liable for
full performance of all its covenants under this Deed of Trust (subject to the
limitations described in Section 1-4), notwithstanding the occurrence of any event or
circumstances whatsoever, including any of the following:
(a) Any act or omission by SunTrust, or SunTrust's waiver of any right
granted or remedy available to it;
(b) The forbearance or extension of time for payment or performance of
any obligation under this Deed of Trust, whether granted to the County or any other
person;
(c) The sale or release of all or part of the Mortgaged Property or the
release of any party who assumes all or any part of such performance; or
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(d). Another party's assumption of any of the County's obligations under
this Deed of Trust.
1-6 Releases; Grants of Easements.
(a) So long as no Event, of Default is continuing, SunTrust and the
Deed of Trust Trustee will, upon the County's request and at any time, execute and
deliver all documents necessary to effect the release of Mortgaged Property from
the lien of this Deed of Trust upon the County's compliance with the requirements
of this Section.
(b) In connection with the release of a portion (but less than all) of the
Mortgaged Property, the County must file with SunTrust and the Deed of Trust
Trustee either (i) an appraisal prepared by an Appropriate Consultant, or (ii)
evidence of listed tax value or insured value, in any case showing that the value of
that portion of the Mortgaged Property that is proposed as the portion that is to
remain subject to the lien of the Deed of Trust is not less than 85% of the aggregate
outstanding principal component of the Installment Payments.
(c) In the case of a proposed release of all the Mortgaged Property, the
County must pay to SunTrust (or some fiduciary reasonably acceptable to
SunTrust) an amount (i) which is sufficient to provide for the payment in full of all
Contract Payments in accordance with Sections 2.3 and 13.1 of the .Financing
Contract and (ii) which is required to be used for such payment.
(d) In any event, the County must file with SunTrust and the Deed of
Trust Trustee (i) a certified copy of a County Board resolution stating the purpose
for which the County desires such release, giving an adequate legal description of
the portion of the Mortgaged Property to be released and requesting such release,
(ii) a copy of the proposed instrument of grant or release, (iii) a written application
signed by a County Representative requesting such instrument; and (iv) a
certificate executed by a County Representative that no Event of Default is
continuing and that the grant or release will not materially impair the intended use
of the Pledged Facilities.
(e) In addition to the provisions for release described above,
(i) The County may from time to time grant easements, licenses,
rights-of--way and other similar rights with respect to any part of the
Mortgaged Property, and the County may release such interests, with or
without consideration. The County must send notice of any such grant or
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release to SunTrust, along with a certificate that such grant or release will
not materially impair the intended use of the Pledged Facilities.
(ii) The County may dispose of any inadequate, obsolete, worn-out,
undesirable or unnecessary Fixture in accordance with Section 1-3.
2. County's Payment Oblieation; Bank's Advances
2-1 Payment of Obligations; Compliance with Covenants. The County
must pay the Obligations as and when the same become due and payable in the
manner set forth in this Deed of Trust and in the Financing Contract, and must
comply in all respects with all of the terms, covenants, and conditions contained in
the Financing Documents.
2-2 Taxes and Other Governmental Charges. The County must pay, or
cause to be paid, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges related to
the Pledged Facilities as provided in the Financing Contract.
2-3 Insurance. The County must obtain and continually maintain the
insurance coverages (or alternative risk coverages) required by the Financing
Contract.
2-4 Net Proceeds. The Net Proceeds (a) of any payments on
insurance policies arising from any damage to the Mortgaged Property or (b) of
any action or proceeding in condemnation or related to condemnation, as provided
for in the Financing Contract, in any case will be payable and applied as provided.
in the Financing Contract.
2-5 Payment of Costs and Attorney's Fees. If the Deed of Trust
Trustee or SunTrust employs an attorney to assist in the enforcement or collection
of any Obligations, or if the Deed of Trust Trustee or SunTrust voluntarily or
otherwise becomes a party to any suit or legal proceeding (including a proceeding
conducted under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency statute) to protect
the Mortgaged Property, to protect the lien of this Deed of Trust, to enforce
collection of the Obligations or to enforce compliance by the County with any of
the provisions of the Financing Documents, the County will pay reasonable
attorneys' fees and all of the costs that may reasonably be incurred (whether or not
any suit or proceeding is commenced), and such fees and costs (together with
interest at the rate of 5.00% per year) are secured as Obligations under this Deed of
Trust (but if any such proceeding is adverse to the County, then only. if the Deed of
Trust Trustee or SunTrust, as the case may be, is a prevailing party in such action).
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2-6 Advances for Performance of County's Obligations. If the County
fails to perform any of its obligations under the Documents, the Deed of Trust
Trustee and SunTrust are authorized, but not obligated, to perform or cause to be
performed such obligation. All such expenditures, together with interest thereon at
the rate of 5.00% per year, are secured as Obligations under this Deed of Trust.
3. County's Other Covenants
3-1 Title Covenants. The County covenants with the Deed of Trust
Trustee and SunTrust that the County is seized of and has the right to convey the
Mortgaged Property in fee simple, that the Mortgaged Property is free and clear of
all liens and encumbrances other than Existing Encumbrances, that title to the
Mortgaged Property is marketable, and that the County will forever warrant and
defend title to the Mortgaged Property (subject to the Permitted Encumbrances, as
defined in the Financing Contract) against the claims of all persons.
3-2 Maintenance and Repairs; Additions and Demolition.
(a) The County will keep the Mortgaged Property in good order and
repair (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and in good operating condition, will
not commit or permit any waste or any other thing to occur whereby the value or
usefulness of the Mortgaged Property might be impaired, and will make from time
to time all necessary or appropriate repairs.
(b) The County from time to time may make any additions, modifications
or improvements to the Mortgaged Property that it may deem desirable and that do
not materially decrease the value of the Mortgaged Property. All such additions,
modifications and improvements within the boundaries of the Pledged Sites will
become a part of the Mortgaged Property. The County will do, or cause to be done,
all such things as .may be required by law in order fully to protect SunTrust's
security.
3-3 Environmental Representations, Warranties, Covenants and
Indemnification.
(a) The County warrants and represents as follows:
(i) The County has no knowledge and, after reasonable inquiry, no
reason to believe (A) that any industrial use has been made of the Mortgaged
Property, (B) that the Mortgaged Property has been used for the storage,
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treatment or disposal of chemicals or any wastes or materials that are
classified by federal, State or local laws as hazardous or toxic substances,
(C) that any manufacturing, landfilling or chemical production has occurred
on the Mortgaged Property, or (D) that there is any asbestos or other
contaminant on, in or under the Mortgaged Property.
(ii) To the County's knowledge, the Mortgaged Property is in
compliance with all federal, State and local environmental laws and
regulations. The County will keep the Mortgaged Property, and the activities
at the Mortgaged Property, in compliance with all such environmental laws
and regulations..The County will, in a timely manner, take all lawful action
necessary to maintain such compliance or to remedy any lack of such
compliance. Any hazardous materials or substances kept on the Mortgaged
Property will be used in the routine maintenance and operation of the
Pledged Facilities and the Pledged Sites and will be used in accordance with
label instructions.
(iii) The County will promptly notify SunTrust of any change in the
nature or extent of any hazardous materials, substances or wastes maintained
on, in or under the Mortgaged Property or used in connection therewith, and
will promptly send to SunTrust copies of any citations, orders, notices or
other material governmental or other communication received with respect
to any other hazardous materials, substances, wastes or other
environmentally regulated substances affecting the Mortgaged Property.
(b) To the extent permitted by law, the County will indemnify and hold
SunTrust and the Deed of Trust Trustee harmless from and against (i) any and all
damages, penalties, fines, claims, liens, suits, liabilities, costs (including clean-up
costs), judgments and expenses (including attorneys', consultants' or experts' fees
and expenses) of every kind and nature suffered by or asserted against SunTrust or
the Deed of Trust Trustee as a direct or indirect result of any warranty or
representation made by the County in subsection (a) being false or untrue in any
material respect, or (u) any requirement under any law or regulation which requires
the elimination or removal o~ any hazardous materials, substances, wastes or other
environmentally regulated substances by SunTrust, the County or any transferee or
assignee of the County of SunTrust.
(c) The County's obligations under this Section will continue in effect
notwithstanding satisfaction of the Obligations or foreclosure under this Deed of
Trust or delivery of a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
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4. The Deed of Trust Trustee
4-1 Deed of Trust Trustee's Liability. The Deed of Trust Trustee will
suffer no liability by virtue of acceptance of this trust except such as may be
incurred as a result of the Deed of Trust Trustee's failure to account for the
proceeds of any sale under this Deed of Trust.
4-2 Substitute Trustees. If the Deed of Trust Trustee dies, becomes
incapable of acting or renounces trust, or if for any reason SunTrust desires
to replace the Deed of Trust Trustee, then SunTrust has the unqualified right to
appoint one or more substitute or successor Deed of Trust Trustees by instruments
filed for registration in the office of the Register of Deeds where this Deed of Trust
is recorded. Any such removal or appointment may be made at any time without
notice, without specifying any reason therefor and without any court approval. Any
such appointee becomes vested with title to the Mortgaged Property and with all
rights, powers and duties conferred upon the Deed of Trust Trustee by this Deed of
Trust in the same manner and to the same effect as though such. Deed of Trust
Trustee were named as the original Deed of Trust Trustee.
5. Defaults and Remedies: Foreclosure
5-1 Defaults and Remedies. Upon the occurrence and continuation
of an Event of Default, SunTrust may pursue its rights and remedies as provided
under the Financing Contract and this Deed of Trust.
5-2 Foreclosure; Sale under Power of Sale.
(a) Right to foreclosure or sale. Upon the continuation of an Event of
Default, at SunTrust's request, the Deed of Trust Trustee must foreclose this Deed
of Trust by judicial proceedings or, at SunTrust's option, the Deed of Trust Trustee
must sell (and is empowered to sell) all or any part of the Mortgaged Property (and
if in part, any such sale in no way adversely affects the lien created by this Deed of
Trust against the remainder) at public sale to the last and highest bidder for cash
(free of any equity of redemption, homestead, dower, curtesy or other exemption,
all of which the County expressly waives to the extent permitted by law) after
compliance with applicable State laws relating to foreclosure sales under power of
sale. The Deed of Trust Trustee will execute and deliver a proper deed or deeds to
the successful purchaser at such sale.
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(b) Bank's Bid. SunTrust may bid and become the purchaser at any sale
under this Deed of Trust. In lieu of paying cash therefor, SunTrust may make
settlement for the purchase price by crediting against the Obligations the proceeds
of sale net of sale expenses, including the Deed of Trust Trustee's commission, and
after payment of such taxes and assessments as may be a lien on the Mortgaged
Properly superior to the lien of this Deed of Trust (unless the Mortgaged Property
is sold subject to such liens and assessments, as provided by law).
(c) County's Bid. The County may bid for all or any part or parts of
the Mortgaged Property at any foreclosure sale, but the County may not bid less
than an amount sufficient to provide for full payment of the Obligations unless
SunTrust otherwise consents in writing.
(d) Successful bidder's deposit. At any sale the Deed of Trust Trustee
may, at its option, require any successful bidder (other than SunTrust) immediately
to make a deposit with the Deed of Trust Trustee against the successful bid in. the
form of. cash or a certified check in an amount of up to 5% of the sale price.
Notice of any such requirement need not be included in the advertisement of the
notice of such sale.
(e) Application of sale proceeds. The Deed of Trust Trustee will apply
the proceeds of any foreclosure sale in the manner and in the order prescribed by
State law, it being agreed (i) that the expenses of any such sale will include a
commission to the Deed of Trust Trustee equal to one-half of one percent of the
gross sales price (but not exceeding a total of $25,000) for all services performed
by the Deed of Trust Trustee under this Deed of Trust, and (ii) that any proceeds of
any such sale remaining after the payment of all obligations and the prior
application thereof in accordance with State law will be paid to the County.
5-3 Possession of Mortgaged Property. Upon the continuation of any
Event of Default, SunTrust, to the extent permitted by law, is authorized to (a) take
possession of the Mortgaged Property, with or without legal action, (b) lease the
Mortgaged Property, (c) collect all rents and profits therefrom, with or without
taking possession of the Mortgaged Property, and (d) after deducting all costs of
collection and administration expenses, apply the net rents and profits to the
payment of necessary maintenance and insurance costs, and then apply such
amounts to the County's account and in reduction of the Obligations (applying such
amounts first to interest accrued and then to installments of principal in the inverse
order of their maturity). SunTrust will be liable to account only for rents and
profits it actually receives.
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6. Miscellaneous
6-1 Notices.
(a) Any communication provided for in this Deed of Trust must be in
writing.
(b) Any communication under this Deed of Trust will be sufficiently
given and deemed given when delivered by hand or on the date shown as the- date
of delivery on a United States Postal Service return receipt, if addressed as follows:
(i) If intended for the County, addressed to it at the following
address: Orange County, Attention: Finance Director, Re: Notice under
2007 SunTrust Deed of Trust, Post OfFce Box 8181, Hillsborough, North
Carolina 27278.
(ii) If intended for SunTrast, addressed to it at the following
address: SunTrust Leasing Corporation, Attention: , Re:
Notice under 2007 Deed of Trust from Orange County, North Carolina,
[address/city/state].
(ii) if to the Deed of Trust Trustee, to , Re: Notice
under 2007 Deed of Trust from Orange County, North Carolina,
[address/city/state].
(c) Any communication sent under this Deed of Trust to any one party
must be sent to the other parties at the same time..
(d) Any addressee 'may designate additional or different addresses for
communications by notice given under this Section to each of the others. •
6-2 Successors; Assignments.
(a) This Deed of Trust is binding upon, will inure to the benefit of, and is
enforceable by the County, the Deed of Trust Trustee and SunTrust, and their
respective successors and assigns.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this Deed of Trust or in the Financing
Contract, the County may not sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any
part of the Mortgaged Property or any interest therein without .SunTrust's prior
written consent. SunTrust must not unreasonably withhold its consent.
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6-3 No Marshalling. The County waives any and all rights to require
marshalling of assets in connection with the exercise of any remedies provided in
this Deed of Trust or as permitted by law.
6-4 Definitions. All capitalized terms used in this Deed of Trust and not
otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed to them in the Financing Contract.
6-5 Governing Law; Forum. The County, SunTrust and- the Deed
of Trust Trustee intend that North Carolina law will govern this Deed of Trust. To
the extent permitted by law, the County, SunTrust and the Deed of Trust Trustee
agree that- any action brought with respect to this Deed of Trust must be brought in
the North Carolina General Court of Justice in Orange County, North Carolina.
6-6 Limitation of Liability of Officers and Agents. No officer, agent
or employee of the County will be subject to any personal liability or
accountability by reason of the execution of this Deed of Trust or any other
documents related to the transactions contemplated by this Deed of Trust. Such
officers or agents are deemed to execute such documents in their official capacities
only, and not in their individual capacities. This Section does not relieve an officer,
agent or employee of the County from the performance of any official duty
provided by law.
6-7 Covenants Running with the Land. All covenants contained in this
Deed of Trust or in the Financing Contract run with the real estate encumbered by
this Deed of Trust.
6-8 Further Instruments. Upon the request of SunTrust or the Deed of
Trust Trustee, the County will execute, aclrnowledge and deliver such further
instruments reasonably necessary or desired by SunTrust or the Deed of Trust
Trustee to-carry out more effectively the purposes of this Deed of Trust or any other
document related to the transactions contemplated by this Deed of Trust, and to
subject to the liens and security interests hereof and thereof all or any part of the
Mortgaged Property intended to be given or conveyed hereunder or thereunder,
whether now given or conveyed or acquired and conveyed subsequent to the date of
this Deed of Trust.
6-9 Severability. If any provision of this Deed of Trust is
determined to be unenforceable, that will not affect any other provision of this
Deed of Trust.
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6-10 Non-Business Days. If the date for making any payment or the
last day for performance of any act or the exercising of any right is not a Business
Day, such payment may be made or act performed or right exercised on or before
the next succeeding Business Day.
6-11 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Deed of Trust, together
with the other Documents, constitutes the County's entire agreement with SunTrust
and the Deed of Trust Trustee with respect to its general subject matter. This Deed
of Trust may not be changed without the written consent of the County, SunTrust
and the Deed of Trust Trustee, but the Deed of Trust Trustee must approve any
amendment requested by the :County and SunTrust that does not materially
increase the Deed of Trust Trustee's responsibility or liability.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County has caused this instrument to be
signed, sealed and delivered as of the day and year first above written by duly
authorized officers.
ATTEST: (SEAL) ORANGE COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA
Donna S. Baker Moses Carey, Jr.
Clerk, Board of Commissioners Chair, Board of Commissioners
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA;
ORANGE COUNTY
I, a Notary Public of such County and State, certify that Moses Carey, Jr.,
and Donna S. Baker personally came before me this day and acknowledged that
they are the Chair and Clerk, respectively, of the governing Board of
Commissioners of Orange County, North Carolina, and that by authority duly
given and as the act of such County, the foregoing instrument was signed in the
County's name by such Chair, sealed with its corporate seal and attested by such
Clerk.
WITNESS my hand and official stamp or seal, this day of June, 2007.
[SEAL]
Notary Public
My commission expires:
[Deed of Trust and Security Agreement
for the benefit of SunTrust Leasing
Corporation, dated as of June 1, 2007]
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E~~IT A -- Real Property Description (the "Pledged Sites")
Elementary School #10 Site Descri tp ion
[to come]
Justice Facility Site Description
[to come]
EDIT B -Description of Pledged Facilities
[to come]
EI~~IT C -- Existing Encumbrances
[to come]
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Sanford Holshouser draft of Anri123.2007
PROJECT FUND AGREEMENT
TffiS PROJECT FUND AGREEMENT is dated as of June 1, 2007, and
is by and between ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, a political
subdivision of the State of North Carolina (the "County"), and SUNTRUST
LEASING CORPORATION ("SunTrust").
RECITALS
The County is, simultaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Project Fund Agreement, executing and delivering an Installment Financing
Contract dated as of June 1, 2007 (the "Financing Contract"), between the County
and SunTrust. The purpose of the Financing Contract is to provide for SunTrust's
advance of [$50,057,000.00] to the County to finance the County's acquisition and
construction of the "Financed Facilities," as defined in the Financing Contract. In
partial consideration for SunTrust's entering into the Financing Contract, the
County has agreed to provide for financing proceeds to be deposited and disbursed
pursuant to this Project Fund Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1.
In this Project Fund Agreement, the term "Project Costs" means all costs of
the design, planning, constructing, acquiring, installing and equipping of the
Financed Facilities, as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles and that will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross
income for federal income tax purposes of the designated interest component of
Installment Payments payable by the County under the Financing Contract,
including (a) sums required to reimburse the County or its agents for advances
made for any such costs, (b) interest during the construction process and for up to
six months thereafter, and (c) all costs related to the financing of the Financed
Facilities through the Financing Contract and all related transactions.
In addition, any capitalized terms used in this Project Fund Agreement and
not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Financing
Contract.
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SECTION 2. PROJECT FUND.
2.1. Proiect Fund. On the Closing Date, SunTrust will deposit
[$50,057,000.00] into a special account of the County to be designated "2007-1
Orange County Project Fund" (the "Project Fund"). This account shall be held
separate and apart from all other County funds. The Project Fund is the County's
property, but the County may withdraw amounts on deposit in the Project Fund
only as provided in the Project Fund Agreement and only for application from
time to time to the payment of Project Costs. Pending such application, such
amounts shall be subject to a lien and charge in favor of SunTrust to secure the
County's obligations under the Financing Contract.
2.2. Requisitions from Proiect Fund. SunTrust will disburse moneys in
the Project Fund from time to time, either to pay Project Costs directly or to
reimburse the County for previous expenditures for Project Costs, upon
SunTrust's receipt of a requisition substantially in the form of Exhibit A and
signed by a County Representative.
Unless otherwise directed by the County, SunTrust will disburse moneys
from the Project Fund that are due to the County by wire transfer to such bank
account or accounts in the United States as the County may designate from time. to
time by notice to SunTrust.
Upon receipt of a requisition from the County, SunTrust will promptly
review the requisition, and within two Business Days of the receipt of a requisition
will either process the requisition for payment or notify the County of its
disapproval of the requisition or its need for additional information.
2.3. Disposition of Proiect Fund Balance.
(a). Upon completion -The County will promptly deliver a certificate to
SunTrust when work on the Financed Facilities has been completed to the ,point
that substantially all Financed Facilities are suitable for carrying out substantially
all the purposes they are to serve for the County. This certificate must also state
the amount of any funds that should be retained in the Project Fund to pay Project
Costs incurred but not yet paid. SunTrust will then withdraw any additional
balance remaining in the Project Fund and apply such balance against outstanding
Required Payments.
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(b) Upon default -Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default,
SunTrust may withdraw any balance remaining in the Project Fund and apply such
balance against outstanding Required Payments.
(c) Application of Project Fund balance - SunTrust will apply any
amounts to be applied against outstanding Required Payments pursuant to this
section (i) first against all Additional Payments then due and payable, (ii) then to
interest accrued and unpaid to the prepayment date, and (iu) then to the prepayment,
in inverse order of maturity and without premium (notwithstanding any contrary
provisions of Section 2.3 of the Financing Contract), of the outstanding principal
components of Installment Payments. Such prepayment, however, will not affect
any other County payment obligation under the Financing Contract. SunTrust will
notify the County of any withdrawal from the Project Fund made under this
Section 2.3, and in the notice will describe its application of the funds withdrawn.
2.4. Investment. (a) The County and SunTrust agree that money in the
Project Fund will be continuously invested and reinvested in a separate account
with the North Carolina Capital Management Trust, unless the County provides
written direction of an alternate investment.
(b) From and after the date that is three years from the Closing Date, the
County will not purchase or hold any investment which has a "yield," as
determined under the Code, in excess of the "yield" on the County's obligations
under the Financing Contract, unless the County has supplied SunTrust with a
Bond Counsel Opinion to the effect that such investment will not adversely affect
the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes to which the
interest components of Installment Payments would otherwise be entitled.,
(c) Investment obligations acquired with money in the Project Fund shall
be deemed at all times to be part of the Project Fund. The interest accruing
thereon and any profit or loss realized upon the disposition or maturity of any such
investment shall be credited to or charged against the Project Fund.
(d) All earnings on moneys in the Project Fund must be used for Project
Costs.
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SECTION 3. NIISCELLANEOUS.
3.1. .Notices. Any notice or other communication required or
contemplated by this Project Fund Agreement shall be deemed to be delivered if in
writing, addressed as provided below and if (a) actually received by such
addressee, or (b) in the case of mailing, when indicated to have been delivered by
a signed receipt returned by the United States Postal Service after deposit in the
United States mails, postage and registry fees prepaid, and clearly directed to be
transmitted as registered or certified mail:
(i) If intended for the County, addressed to it at the following
address: Orange County, Attention: Finance Director, Re: Notice under
2007 SunTrust Project Fund Agreement, Post Office Box 8181,
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278.
(ii) If intended for SunTrust, addressed to it at the following
address: SunTrust Leasing Corporation, Attention: , Re:
Notice under 2007 Project Fund Agreement with Orange County, North
Carolina, [address/city/state].
Any party may designate a different or alternate address for notices by notice
given under this Project Fund Agreement.
3.2. Survival of Covenants and Representations. All covenants,
representations and warranties made by the County in this Project Fund
Agreement and in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Project Fund
Agreement shall survive the delivery of this Project Fund Agreement.
3.3. Choice of Law. The parties intend that North Carolina law will
govern this Project Fund Agreement.
3.4. Amendments. This Project Fund Agreement may not be modified or
amended unless such amendment is in. writing and signed by SunTrust and the
County.
3.5. No Third-Part Beneficiaries. There are no parties intended to be
or which shall be deemed to be third-party beneficiaries of this Project Fund
Agreement.
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3.6. Successors and Assigns. All of the covenants and conditions of this
Project Fund Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the
parties to this Project Fund Agreement and their respective successors and assigns.
3.7. Severability. If any court of competent jurisdiction shall hold any
provision of this Project Fund Agreement invalid or unenforceable, such holding
shall not invalidate or. render unenforceable any other provision of this Project
Fund Agreement.
3.8. Counteruarts. This Project Fund Agreement maybe executed in any
number of counterparts, including separate counterparts, each executed
counterpart constituting an original but all together only one agreement.
3.9. Termination. Except as otherwise provided in this Project Fund
Agreement, this Project Fund Agreement shall cease and terminate upon payment
of all funds (including investment proceeds) from the Project Fund.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Project
Fund Agreement to be signed and delivered by a duly authorized officer, all as of
the date first above written.
ORANGE COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA
Kenneth T. Chavious
Finance Officer
SUNTRUST LEASING CORPORATION
Printed Name:
Title:
[Project Fund Agreement dated as of June 1, 2007]
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Exhibit A -Form of Requisition
[To Be Prepared on County's Letterhead for Submission)
[Date]
[SunTrust address, to come]
RE: Request by Orange County, North Carolina (the "County"), for
disbursement of funds from a Project Fund created under a Project Fund
Agreement dated as of June 1, 2007, between the County and SunTrust
Leasing Corporation
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the above-referenced Project Fund
Agreement, the County authorizes and requests the disbursement of funds from the
Project Fund established under such Project Fund Agreement for the Project Costs
described below. Capitalized terms used in this requisition and not otherwise
defined have the meanings ascribed in the Project Fund Agreement.
This is requisition number from the Project Fund.
Amount
Payee
Payee's
address
Description of
Costs to Be Paid
Orange County makes this requisition pursuant to the following
representations:
1. The County has appropriated in its current fiscal year funds sufficient to pay
the Installment Payments and estimated Additional Payments due in the
current fiscal year.
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2. The purpose of this disbursement is for partial payment on the project
contemplated under the Project Fund Agreement.
3. The requested disbursement has not been subject to any previous
requisition.
4. No notice of any lien, right to lien or attachment upon, or claim affecting the
right to receive payment of, any of the moneys payable herein to any of the
persons, firms or corporations named herein has been received, or if any
notice of any such lien, attachment or claim has been received, such lien,
attachment or claim has been released or discharged or will be released or
discharged upon payment of this requisition.
5. This requisition contains no items representing payment on account of any
percentage entitled to be retained on the date of this requisition.
6. No Event of Default is continuing, and no event or condition is existing
which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of
Default.
7. The County has insurance in place that complies with the insurance
requirements of the Financing Contract.
Attached is evidence that the amounts shown in this requisition are properly
payable at this time, such as bills, receipts, invoices, architects' payment
certifications or other appropriate documents.
ORANGE COUNTY,
NORTH CAROLINA
By: Exhibit Form On[y - Do Not Sign1
Printed name:
Title:
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