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ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITIES COMPANY
and
ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
INSTALLMENT FINANCING CONTRACT
Dated as of April 1, 2006
Tlus instnunent has been preaudited in the
manner required by The Local Go~Tenunent
Budget and Fiscal Control Act.
Kenneth T. Cha~Tious
Finance Officer
Orange County, North Carolina.
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INSTALLMENT FINANCING CONTRACT
THIS INSTALLMENT FINANCING CONTRACT (the "contract") is
dated as of April 1, 2006, and is between ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH
CAROLINA, a political subdivision of the State of North Carolina (the "County"},
and ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC FACILITIES COMPANY, a North Carolina
nonprofit corporation (the "Company").
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. The Company has agreed to advance funds to the County for
such purpose. The County is obtaining funds for such advance by providing for the
issuance of the 2006A Certificates (as defined below).
This Contract provides for the Company's obligation to advance the funds,
and the County's obligation to repay the funds ~Tith 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 Facility and the Pledged Site (each as defined in Exhibit A).
Unless tlae context clearly requires otherwise, capitalized terms used in t1~is
Contract and not otherwise defined will have. the meanings setforth in Exhibit A.
NOVV, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual promises and
covenants contained in this Contract, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
ADVANCE
The Company ad~Tances [$24,000,000] (the "Amount Advanced") to the
County, and the County accepts the Amount Advanced.
The Company is advancing the Amount Advanced by providing for the
transfer and deposit of such Advance as provided in the Trust Agreement. The
County acknowledges that the total of such deposits is being (a) increased by the
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amount of accrued interest on the Amount Advanced from April 1, 2006, to the
date of the deposit, (b) reduced by a discount for the underwriting of the 2006A
Certificates, {c) [original issue discount/premium] and (d) further reduced by the
amount of a premium for a financial guaranty insurance policy paid directly by the
Lulderwriters of the 2006A Certificates; the final total of the deposits to be made by
the Company pursuant. to this Article is $
The County will use the Amount Advanced to pay Project Costs as provided
in this Contract and in the Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE II
CONTRACT PAYMENTS
2.1. Installment Payments. (a) The County ujill repay the Amount
Advanced by making Installment Payments directly to the Trustee in lawful money
of the Unted States, in immediately available funds to such account in the United
States as the Trustee may designate from time to time, at the times and in the
amounts set forth in Exhibit B, except as otherwise provided in this Contract.
(b) There will be credited against the amount of Installment Payments
otherwise payable under this Contract amounts on deposit (i) in the Interest
Account or the Principal Account of the Payment Fund and available to make
corresponding payments of principal or interest with respect to 2006A Certificates
or (ii) in any special trust fund established pursuant to [Section 7.01] of the Trust
Agreement. The Trustee ~~Till determine the amounts of such credits and will notify
the County thereof not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.
2.2. Additional Payments. The Count}r will pay all Additional
Payments on a timely basis directl~~~ to the person or entity to which such
Additional Payments are o~~red in la~~~ful money of the Unted States. If the County
fails to pay any Additional Payment uThen due, the Company may (but will be
under no obligation to) pay such Additional Payment. The County agrees to
reimburse the Company for any such Additional Payment, together with interest
thereon at the annual rate of 5.00%.
2.3. Prepayments. The County at its option may prepay principal
components of Installment Payments as and when corresponding principal
payments of the 2006A Certificates may be prepaid pursuant to [Section 3.01 {a)]
of the Trust Agreement.
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In addition, the County may prepay principal components of Installment
Payments pursuant to Sections 6.3(a) and 6.3(b) by directing the Trustee to apply
amounts in the Net Proceeds Fund to prepayment of principal with respect to the
2006A Certificates pursuant to [Sections 3.01 (c) and 4.06] of the Trust Agreement.
Upon any such prepayment, the Trustee will recalculate the schedule of
Installment Payments to reflect the prepayment, and will then deliver a substitute
Exhibit B to the County reflecting the recalculated payment schedule.
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 of the Financed Facilities. The
County assumes and will bear the entire risk of completion, loss and damage to the
Project Sites and the Financed Facilities from any cause whatsoezTer, 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 far Contract Payments, the County Board may determine
not to include such an appropriation in the final County budget for such Fiscal
Year.
(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 the Trustee and to the LGC, to the attention of its
Secretary, at 4505 Fair Meadov~T Lane, Suite 102, Raleigh, North Carolina 27607-
6449.
ARTICLE III
CONSTRUCTION
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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 altenlative the County may provide for the School
Board to enter into some or all of the Construction Contracts. The County ti~Till
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cause the construction of the Pledged Facility 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 Facility to be
constructed on the Pledged Site and will insure (i} that no portion of the Pledged
Facility encroaches upon nor overhangs any easement or right-of-~~ray and (ii} that
the Pledged Facility, u~•hen erected, uTill be wholly uJithin any applicable 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
ser<Ting the Pledged Site 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 the Company'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 Facility for purposes substantially
different from those initially proposed.
3.2. Right of Entr`~ and Inspection. The Company and its representatives
and agents will have the right to enter upon the Pledged Site and inspect the
Pledged Facility 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 tlus Section ~~~ill be deemed to
impose 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 v~Till be deemed to impose upon any party any duty or obligation whatsoever
to identify or correct any defects in the Pledged Facility or to notify an}~~ person
with respect thereto, and no liabilityT will be imposed upon any party and no
warranties (either express or implied) are made by as to the quality or fitness of
any improvement, any such inspection and approval being made solely for the
Compan}r's benefit.
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3.3. Completion of Construction. When the construction of the
Financed Facilities has been substantially completed to the County's satisfaction,
the County will promptly prepare and deliver to the Company and the Trustee (a) a
certificate to that effect together with (b) a certificate from an Appropriate
Consultant estimating the amount of Project Costs remaining to be paid.
The Trustee ti~Jill hold in the Project Fund any amounts needed to pay
remaining Project Costs, as shoujn on the Consultant's Certificate. The Trustee will
disburse any other funds in the Project Fund not required to be so retained,
pursuant to [Section 4.03] of the Trust Agreement.
3.4. 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 the Company. Each such bond will include the
Company as a dual 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
contractor or against the surety of any bond secL~ring the performance of such
Construction Contract.
3.5. Contractors' General Fublic Liability and Property Damage
Insurance. The County will provide for each contractor entering into a
Constriction Contract to procL~re and maintain standard form (a} comprehensive
general public liability and property damage insurance, at such contractor's ov~Tn
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 nono~vned velucles for not less than $1,000,000.
Such policies v~~•ill include the Company and the Tristee as additional named
insureds or loss payees. Tl1e County will provide to the Trustee a certificate of
insurance in a form acceptable to the Trustee, uTith respect to each contractor and
subcontractor. Such insurance will provide protection from all claims for bodily
injury, including death, property damage and contractual liability,
productslcompleted operations, broad form property damage and XCU (explosive,
collapse and underground damage), where applicable.
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3.6. 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 construction,
acquisition, installation and equipping of the Pledged Facility (excluding
contractor's tools and equipment} at the Pledged Site at the full insurable value
thereof. This insurance will include the Company and the Trustee as additional
insureds or loss payees, 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 Site or in transit
when such portions of the uTork are to be included in an application for payment.
The contractor ~~rill be responsible for the pa~rment of any deductible amounts
associated with this insurance.
3.7. Contractors' Workers' Compensation Insurance. The County
will provide for each contractor entering into a Construction Contract to procure
and maintain w=orkers' compensation insurance during the term of such
Constntction Contract, covering the contractor's employees working thereunder. A
certificate of insurance evidencing such coverage, in farm acceptable to the County
and the Company, will be provided to the County and the Company uTith respect to
each contractor entering into a Construction Contract. Each Construction Contract
must also provide that each subcontractor of any contractor u~ho is a party to such
Constntction Contract shall be required to furnish similar v~Torkers' compensation
insurance.
3.8. Cooperation. The Company and the County will cooperate fully
with each other in filing any claim or proof of lass with respect to any bond or
insurance policy described in this Contract. In no event will the Company 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 N
COUNTY'S RESPONSIBILITIES
4.1. Care and Use. The County will use the Pledged Site and the
Pledged Facility in a careful and proper manner, and will keep the Pledged Site and
the Pledged Facility in good condition, repair, appearance and working order for
the purposes intended.
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4.2. Utilities. The County will pay all charges for utility services
furnished to or used on or in connection uTith the Pledged Site and the Pledged
Facility.
4.3. Risk of Lass. 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. Company'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 the Company. The
County will then reimburse the Compan}r far any such payments and for any
associated costs and expenses, legal or otherwise, together with interest thereon at
the annual rate of 8.00°l0.
4.5. Compliance with Requirements. The County will promptly and
faithfully comply ujith all requirements of govenunental authorities relating to the
use or condition of the Mortgaged Property, the violation of ~wluch 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 the Company has otherwise agreed in writing, the County will not use the
Mortgaged Property for any purposes other than that for which the same were
intended as of the date of this Contract. The County will in no event use the
Mortgaged Property or any part thereof nor allow the same to be used for any
unlav~~ful purpose or in violation of any certificate of occupancy or other permit or
certificate, or any lauT, ordinance or regulation.
4.6. Use and Operation; Leasing. {a) The acquisition and construction
of the Pledged Facility uTill be useful to the County in carrying out its required
function of providing school facilities. The County and the School Board have an
immediate need for the Pledged Facility, and the Count~J expects the School Board
to make immediate use of the Pledged Facility upon their completion. The County
does not expect such need or use to diminish in any material respect during the
Contract term.
{b) The County will use and operate, or will cause the School Board to
use and operate, the Pledged Facility for public educational purposes, and for no
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other purpose unless required by law. The County will be solely responsible for the
operation of the Pledged Facilit}j, and will not contract ujith any other person or
entity for such operation; provided, however, that the County may lease the
Pledged Facility to the School Board, or may otherwise provide for the School
Board's use of the Pledged Facility, but no such lease or other arrangement uTill
have any affect on the County's obligations under this Agreement.
4.7. Modification of Pledged Facility; Installation of Equipment and
Machinery. The County has the right to remodel the Pledged Facility or
make substitutions, additions, modifications and improvements to the Pledged
Facility, at its awn cost and expense; provided, however, that such substitutions,
additions, modifications and improvements swill not in any way damage the
Pledged Facility or result in the use of the Pledged Facility for purposes
substantially different from those initially proposed; and provided further that the
Pledged Facility, 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 Facility immediately prior to such making of substitutions,
additions, modifications and improvements.
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 Facility. All such property will remain the County's sole property in v~Thich
neither the Company nor any assignee of the Company swill have any interest;
provided, houTever, that any such property which becomes permanently affixed to
the Pledged Facility will be subject to this Contract and the lien and security
interest arising under the Deed of Trust if the Company will reasonably determine
that the Pledged Facility would be damaged or impaired by the removal of such
machinery, equipment or other tangible property.
4.8. Taxes and Other Go~-ernmental 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
goverrunental 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 swill 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
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interest in the Mortgaged Property, including the Company's interest, or the rentals
and revenues derived therefrom or hereunder}.
The County may, at its otiv11 expense and in its o~vn 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 Ltnpaid during
the period of such contest and any appeal therefrom unless the Company 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 ~~Till
be materially endangered or the Mortgaged Property or any portion thereof will be
subject to loss or forfeitL~re, u1 ~~rhich event such charges will be paid forthwith (but
such payment will not in itself constitute a v~raiver of the right to continue to
contest such charges).
4.9. Praperty~ Damage Insurance. {a} From and after substantial
completion of the Pledged Facility, the County will, at its own expense, acquire,
carry and maintain broad-form extended coverage property damage insurance with
respect to the Pledged Facility in an amount equal to its estimated replacement
cost. Such property damage insurance must include the Company and the Trustee
as loss payees. The County will provide evidence of such coverage to the
Company and the Trustee 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 suc11 policies will be deposited with the Trustee,
pro~Tided that in lieu of such policies there may be deposited with the Trustee 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 the Trustee evidence satisfactory to the
Trustee that the polic~j 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 the Trustee 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 Facility (or any covered
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portion thereof}. If the County provides for any such alternative risk management
programs, the County's risk manager or an independent insurance consultant will
revie~~r such programs annually for sufficiency. The Trustee 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
Facility, whether or not cozTered by insurance, without the Trustee's prior written
consent.
(d) The Trustee 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 the Trustee.
(e) The County will deliver to the Trustee annually by each Tune 30 a
certificate stating that the risk coverages required by this Contract are in effect.
ARTICLE V
TITLE; LIENS
5.1. Title. Title to the Pledged Site and the Pledged Facility 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 the Company the Deed of Trust in fonll mutually
satisfactory to the Company and the County.
5.2. No Encumbrance, Mortgage or Pledge of Mortgaged Property.
(a) The County will not permit any mechanc'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 the
Trustee 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
anyT portion thereof. In such e~Tent the County may permit the items so contested to
remain undischarged and unsatisfied during the period of such contest and any
appeal therefrom unless the Trustee notifies the County that, in the opinion of
Independent Counsel, by nonpayment of any such items the Company'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 promptlSj pay and
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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). The
Company 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, or encumbrances incurred in connection with the
authorization, execution and delivery of Additional Certificates. The County ujill
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 the Trustee 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 8.00°l0.
ARTICLE VI
DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND CONDEMNATION;
USE OF NET PROCEEDS
6.1. Damage, Destruction or Condemnation. The County will promptly
notify the Compan~T, the Trustee and the InsL~rer 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 the Company in the Pledged Facilities, the
Pledged Sites or any portion thereof, under the pou~•er 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 the Company may reasonably request.
The County v~Till 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
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awards or payments in good faith and with due diligence. Any Net Proceeds
received by the County as a result of such claims uTill 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 the
Trustee to secure the County's obligations under this Contract, subject to the
further pro~Tisions of this Section. This Contract is intended as and constitutes a
security agreement u~•ith respect to such security interest. All Net Proceeds uTill
remain subject to the security interest provided for in this Section 6.2(a) until
expended in compliance v~Tith the requirements of this Contract.
(b) If the amount of Net Proceeds recei~Ted 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 the Company or any other person or entity
with respect to the use of such Net Proceeds. The County, hov~Tever, acknov~Tledges
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).
(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 to be paid to the Tnistee (i) for deposit in the Project
Fund, if received before the Completion Date, or (ii} if received thereafter, far
deposit in the Net Proceeds Fund. The County will thereafter provide far the
application of all Net Proceeds so deposited in accordance ~~-ith Section 6.3.
6.3. Use of Net Proceeds. The County may elect to proceed under either
subsection {a), (b) or (c} with respect to Net Proceeds deposited with the Trustee;
provided, however, that subsections (a) and (b) uTill be available to the County only
if no E~Tent of Default is continuing. The County will notify the Company, the
Trustee and the Insurer of its election witlun 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 Certificates, then the County may provide additional
funds from any legal source and use such Net Proceeds and additional County
funds to prepay the Certificates in full pursuant to [Section 3.01(c)] of the Trust
Agreement;
(b) If as a result of 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
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Facility of which it had beneficial use prior to such event or (ii) the damaged
portion of the Pledged Facility cannot be restored to its prior condition within six
months of the event (or series of events} with respect to which the Net Proceeds
ha~Te been collected, then the County may use the Net Proceeds (and only the Net
Proceeds) to prepay the Certificates in part pursuant to [Section 3.01(c}] of the
Trust Agreement; 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.
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 the Trustee.
If the County decides to proceed pursuant to subsection (c} above, the
Trustee will disburse Net Proceeds for the payment of such costs upon receipt of
requisitions in substantially the form of [Exhibit C] to the Trust Agreement. The
Trustee is not required to honor any such requisition if an Event of Default is
continuing, but the Trustee will honor requisitions as may be directed by the
Insurer. Any repair or replacement paid for in ~~hole or in part out of such Net
Proceeds will be the County's property and urill be part of the Mortgaged Property.
ARTICLE VII
WARRANTIES, REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS
7.1. By the County. 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 pov~Ters necessary to enter into the
transactions contemplated by this Contract and the Deed of Trust and to carry out.
its obligations under tlus Contract.
(b) The County u~•ill 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
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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 ~Talidly authorized, executed and delivered
this Contract and the Deed of Trust. Assuming due authorization, execution and
delivery thereof by the other parties thereto, this Contract and the Deed of Trust
constitute valid, legal and binding obligations of the County, enforceable (in the
case of the Deed of Trust, by the Deed of Trust Trustee, the Company and the
Trustee, as the Company's assignee} in accordance ~~Tith their respective terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insol~~rency and other similar lours 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 or the Deed of Trust.
(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 knou~•ledge,
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
Trust or any other documents relating hereto. The County's performance of its
obligations under this Contract and the Deed of Trust, and compliance with the
provisions hereof and thereof, under the circumstances contemplated hereby or
thereby, does not and ~vill 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 v~Thich 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 uTith fee simple title to the Pledged Site. There
are no liens or encumbrances on the Pledged Facility or the Pledged Site 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
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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 ti~jill be available to satisfy all
of its obligations hereunder.
(j) The Financed Facilities have been or will be designed and
constructed so as to comply ~~jith all applicable subdi~Tision, building and zoning
ordinances and regulations, if an~j, 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) The County uTill 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 ad~Jersely 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 v~rill take or cause to
be taken all lawful actions within its poujer necessary to rescind or correct such
actions or omissions promptly upon hatTing 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 an Appropriate Consultant,
the Financed Facilities can be constructed, acquired and equipped for a total price
within the total amount of fiends 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 ujill pay
any such excess costs, with no resulting reduction or offset in the amounts
otherwise payable by the County.
7.2. County's Undertaking for Continuing Disclosure. The County
undertakes, for the benefit of the beneficial owners of the Certificates, to provide
the follo~Ting:
(a) by not later than seven months from the end of each of the County's
Fiscal Years, to each nationally recognized municipal securities information
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repository ("NRMSIR"}, and the state information depository for the State of
North Carolina ("SID"}, if any, audited County financial statements for such fiscal
year, if available, prepared in accordance with Section 159-34 of the General
Statutes of North Carolina, as it may be amended from time to time, or any
successor statute, or, if such audited financial statements are not available by seven
months from the end of any fiscal year, unaudited County financial statements for
such fiscal year, to be replaced subsequently by audited County financial
statements to be delivered within 1 S days after such audited financial statements
become a~Tailable for distribution;
(b) by not later than seven months from the end of each of the County's
Fiscal dears, to each NRMSIR, and to the SID, if any, (i} the financial and
statistical data as of a date not earlier than the end of the preceding fiscal year
(which data will be prepared at least aruzually, will specify the date as to which
such information was prepared and will be delivered with any subsequent material
events notices specified in subparagraph {c) below) for the type of information
included under the headings in the final Official Statement relating to the 2006A
Certificates under the captions , to the extent such items
are not included in the audited financial statements referred to in (a} above;
(c} in a timely manner, to each NRMSIR or to the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board ("MSRB"), and to the SID, if any, notice of any of the
following events with respect to the 200GA Certificates, if material:
(1} principal and interest payment delinquencies;
(2} non-payment related defaults;
(3) unscheduled draws on debt sercjice reser~jes reflecting financial
difficulties;
(4) unscheduled draws on any credit enhancements reflecting financial
difficulties;
(5} substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform;
(C} adverse tax opinions or events affecting the tax-exempt status of the
Certificates;
(7} modifications to rights of the beneficial owners of the Certificates;
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(8) calls for redemption of 200GA Certificates (other than calls pursuant
to sinking fund prepayment);
(9) defeasances;
(10) release, substitution or sale of any property securing repayment of
the 200GA Certificates; and
(11) rating changes; and
(d) in a timely manner, to each NRMSIR or to the MSRB, and to the SID,
if any, notice of a failure of the County to provide required annual financial
information described in (a) or (b) above on or before the date specified.
If the County fails to comply uTith the undertaking described above, the
Company may take action to protect and enforce the rights of all the beneficial
owners of the 2006A Certificates with respect to such undertaking, including an
action for specific performance; provided, however, that failure to comply with
such undertaking will not be an Event of Default and hill not result in any
acceleration of payment of the 2006A Certificates. All actions ujill be instituted,
had and maintained in the manner provided in this paragraph for the benefit of all
beneficial owners of the 2006A Certificates.
The County, at its option, may make any filing required by this undertaking
solely by transmitting such filing to the Texas Mulucipal Ad~Tisory Council {the
"MAC") as provided at httU://wti~~v.disclosureusa.or~, unless the SEC has
withdrawn the interpretive advice in its letter to the MAC dated September 7,
2004.
The County reserves the right to modif~r from time to time the information to
be pro~Tided to the extent necessary or appropriate in the County's judgment,
pro~Tided that:
(A) any such modification may only be made in corulection with a change
in circumstances that arises from a change in legal requirements, change in law, or
change in the identity, nature, or status of the County;
(B) the information to be provided, as modified, would have complied
with the requirements of Rule 15c2-12 as of the date of the final Official
Statement, after taking into account any amendments or interpretations of Rule
15c2-12, as well as any changes in circumstances; and
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(C} anSj such modification does not materially impair the interests of the
beneficial ouTners, as determined either by parties unaffiliated with the County or
by the approving vote of the registered owners of a majority in principal amount of
the 20~6A Certificates pursuant to the terms of the bond resolution, as it ma~~~ be
amended from time to time, at the time of the amendment.
Any annual financial information contaiiung modified operating data or
financial infonllation will explain, in narrative form, the reasons for the
modification and the impact of the change in the type of operating data or financial
information being provided.
The provisions of this Section will terminate upon payment, or provision
ha~Ting been made for payment, in a manner consistent ujith Rule 15c2-12, in full
of the Installment Payments.
7.3. By the Company. The Company warrants, represents and covenants
(all such warranties, representations and covenants continuing} as follows:
(a) The Company is a nonprofit corporation duly orgaiuzed, existing and
in good standing under and by virtue of State lau~• and has the pou.•er to enter into
this Contract and the Trust Agreement. The Company has duly authorized this
Contract and the Trust Agreement and has caused each to be executed on its behalf
in accordance with the State lauT.
(b) Neither the execution and deli~Tery of this Contract or the Trust
Agreement, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions
hereof or thereof, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, results in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of the
Company's charter or bylaws or any agreement or instntment to uThich the
Company is now a party or by which the Compan~j is bound, or constitutes a
default under any of the foregoing.
(c) To the best of the Company's knouTledge after due and reasonable
investigation, there is no action, suit, proceeding or investigation at lauT or in
equity before or by any court, public board, or body pending or threatened against
or affecting the Company challenging the validity or enforceability of this
Contract, the Trust Agreement or any documents relating hereto and the
performance of the Company's obligations hereunder and thereunder.
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
To the extent permitted by lati~r, the County agrees to indermufy, protect and
save (a) the Company and its officers and directors, (b} the LGC and its members
and employees, and (c) the Trustee and its officers and employees, harmless from
all liability, obligations, losses, claims, damages, actions, suits, proceedings, costs
and expenses, including attorneys' fees, arising aut of, connected urith, or resulting
directly or indirectly from the Project Sites or the Financed Facilities or the
transactions contemplated by this Contract. The indemnification arising under this
Article ~~rill survive the Contract's termination.
ARTICLE IX
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
The County acknowledges that neither the Company nor the Trustee has
designed the Financed Facilities, that neither the Company nor the Trustee has
supplied any plans or specifications uTith respect thereto and that neither the
Company nar the Trustee {a) is a marnifactt~rer of, nor a dealer in, any of the
component parts of the Financed Facilities or similar Financed Facilities, (b} has
made any recommendation, given any advice nor taken an}r 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 at any time
had physical possession of the Financed Facilities or any component part thereof or
made any inspection thereof or an}r property or rights relating thereto, and (d} has
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) ~vill not result in or cause injury or damage to persons or propert}r, {2} has been
or ~jill be properly designed, or will accomplish the results which the County
intends therefor, or {3) is safe in any manner or respect.
THE COMPANY MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OR
REPRESENTATION OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO
THE FINANCED FACILITIES OR ANY COMPONENT PART THEREOF,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OR
REPRESENTATION WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OR
THE FITNESS OR SUITABILITY THEREOF FOR ANY PURPOSE, and further
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including the design or condition thereof; the safety, workmanship, quality or
capacity thereof; compliance thereof with the requirements of any la~v, rule,
specification or contract pertaining thereto; any latent defect; the ability of the
Financed Facilities to perform anyT function; that the Amount Ad~Tanced 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 Trust Agreement, and the County waives
the benefits of any and all implied warranties and representations of the Company.
The provisions of this Article will sur~Jive the Contract's termination.
ARTICLE ~
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 first
day of the calendar month follo~~jing 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 Trust Agreement
on its part to be obser~Ted 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 ti~~ritten notice specifying such failure and requesting that it be remedied
has been given to the Count}j, unless the Company agrees in writing to an
extension of such time prior to its expiration; provided, however, that if the failure
stated in the notice caruzot reasonably be corrected ti~rithin the applicable period and
the County institutes corrective action within the applicable period, no Event of
Default will be deemed to ha<<Te occurred so long as the County diligently pursues
the same.
(d) Proceedings under any bankruptcy, insol~Tency, reorganization or
similar la~v 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.
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(e) Any warranty, representation or statement made by the County in this
Contract, in the Deed of Trust or in the Trust 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.
(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 E~Tent of Default,
the Company 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 tlus Contract, the Deed of Trust or the Trust
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 Facility and recovery of attorneys' fees and
other expenses, and of all other remedies available at lauT or in equity.
The Company'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 conctu~rently or separately. The
exercise of any ane 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 ~~Taiver ~~Till be limited to the particular breach so waived
and ~~jill not be deemed a waiver of any other breach under this Contract.
ARTICLE XI
ASSIGNMENTS
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11.1. County's Assignments. The County will not sell or assign any
interest in this Contract urithout the Company's prior uTritten consent.
11.2. Company's Assignment. The Company uTill assign
substantially all of its rights under this Contract, including rights to receive and
enforce Contract Payments (but excluding the Company's rights to indemnification
and payment of costs and its rights to receive notices} to the Trustee pursuant to the
Trust Agreement, without recourse against the Company. The County consents to
such assignment, and agrees to accept performance, direction and any other action
by the Trustee to the same extent provided in this Contract for the action of the
Corporation, and to render performance to the Trustee to the same extent provided
in this Contract for performance to the Corporation (in each case, except with
respect to the Corporation's reserved rights}.
Notice of any further assignment must be provided to the County. The
County uTill keep a complete and accurate record of all assignments. After the
giving of an~J 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 uTill in no ~vay
be deemed necessary to make the assignment effective.
ARTICLE XII
COUNTY' S LIMITED 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 16()A-2t).
No provision of this Contract will be construed or interpreted as creating a
pledge of the County's faith and credit uTithin the meaning of any constitutional
debt limitation. No provision of this Contract uTill be construed or interpreted as an
illegal delegation of governmental powers or as an improper donation or lending of
the County's credit uTithin the meaning of the North Carolina constitution. The
County's taxing pourer is not and may not be pledged directly or indirectly or
contingently to sec~.~re 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 funds and accounts
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established pursuant to the Trust Agreement as may be provided in the Trust
Agreement}, 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, the Trust
Agreement, the Deed of Trust and the 2006A Certificates 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, tlus Article will take priority.
ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS
13.1. Count~~'s Acceptance of Trust Agreement Terms. The County
accepts its responsibilities under the Trust Agreement., and agrees to be bound
thereby.
13.2. Information to Insurer. So long as the Insurer is not in default
under the Policy, the County uTill permit the Insurer to discuss the County's affairs,
finances and accounts, or any information the Insurer may reasonably request.
regarding the security for the Obligations, v~Tith appropriate County officers. The
County will permit the Insurer to have access to the Financed Facilities and have
access to and to make copies of all books and records relating to the Obligations at
anv reasonable time.
13.3. Notices.
(a) Any communication provided for in this Contract must be in writing.
(b) Alzy communication under tlus 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 rettu~n receipt, if addressed as follo~Ts:
(i) if to the County, to Orange County Manager, Regarding:
Notice under 2006A COPS Financing Contract, Post Office Box 8181,
Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278.
{ll) if to the Company, to Orange County Public Facilities
Company, Regarding: Notice under 2006A COPS Financing Contract,
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(iii) if to the Trustee, to The Bank of New York, Attention:
Corporate Trust Department, Regarding: Notice under 200~A COPS
Financing Contract (Orange County, North Carolina), I O1 C 1 Centurion
Parku~•ay, Jacksonville, FL 32256.
(c) Any communication sent under this Contract to the Company must
also be sent to the County, the Trustee and the Insurer {at the address provided far
in the Trust Agreement).
(d) Any addressee may designate additional or different addresses for
commu~ucations by notice given under this Section to each of the others.
13.4. Non-Business Days. If the date far 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.
13.5. 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 uTith respect to this Contract will be brought in the North Carolina
General Court of Justice in Orange County, North Carolina.
13.6. Severability. If any provision of this Contract is determined to be
unenforceable, that will not affect any other provision of this Contract.
13.7. Amendments. This Contract will not be changed except in
accordance with [Article X] of the Trust Agreement.
13.8. 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.
13.9. Third-Party Beneficiaries. The parties intend that the Trustee and the
Insurer be third-party beneficiaries of this Contract.
13.10. Time. Time is of the essence of this Contract and each and all of its
provisions.
13.11. Limitation on Liability of Officers and Agents. No officer, agent or
employee of the County, of the LGC or the Company u~•ill be subject to any
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personal 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 indi~Tidual capacities. This Section
will not relieve any such officer, agent or employee from the performance of any
official duty provided by law.
13.12. 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.
13.13. 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.
(The ~enzainde~ of this page has been left blank intentionally.)
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the County and the Company 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
ATTEST: (SEAL}
[name]
Secretary
This contract has been approved under the
provisions of Article 8, Chapter 159 of
the General Statutes of North Carolina.
Timothy L. Romocki
Acting Secretary, North Carolina
Local Government Commission
By
[Timothy L. Romocki or
Designated Assistant]
[Installment Financing Contract dated as of April 1, 2006]
Exhibits -
A - Definitions
B - Payment schedule
C - Financed Facilities description
Barry Jacobs
Chair, Board of Commissioners
ORANGE COUNTY
PUBLIC FACILITIES COMPANY
[name]
President
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EXHIBIT A -Definitions
For all purposes of this Contract, unless the context requires otherS~rise, the
following terms will have the following meanings:
"2006A Certificates" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Trust
Agreement.
"Additional Payments" means the reasonable and customary fees and
expenses of the Company or the Trustee, any of the Company's or the Trustee'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, the Company'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 the
Company 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 Trust Agreement (together with
interest that may accrue on any of the above if the County uTill fail 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, hatTing (at the time
retained for the purposes of tlus Contract) a favorable reputation for skill and
experience in an appropriate area of expertise, as may be selected by the County
and approved by the Company (~~Thich approval will not be unreasonably ~~Tithlield)
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 Count~j Board for
its consideration.
"Certificates" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Tnist Agreement.
J3861v2 2s
"Closing Date" means the date on which this Contract is first executed and
deli~rered by the parties.
"Cade" 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.
"Completion Certificate" means the certificate evidencing substantial
completion of the Financed Facilities provided for in Section 3.3.
"Completion Date" means the date on which the County delivers the
Completion Certificate.
"Construction Contracts" means the contracts between the County and one
or more contractors selected and hired by the County for the construction of the
Pledged Facility.
"Construction Period" means the period between the Closing Date and the
Completion Date.
"Contract Payments" means Installment Payments and Additional Payments.
"County Board" means the County's governing board as from time to time
constituted.
"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 the Trustee 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 far 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 April 1, 2006, from the County to a deed of trust trustee for the benefit of the
Compan~j 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.
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"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.
"Financed Facilities" means (a} the Pledged Facility, along with (b) all other
County property the construction or acquisition of which has been financed (in
whole or in part} urith proceeds of the 2Q06A Certificates, 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 Counter 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 Gad; 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 ar event not v~rithin the County's control but not due to the County's
r
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 the Company (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 Govenunent Commission, or any
successor to its functions.
"Mortgaged Property" has the meaning assigned in the Deed of Trust.
"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 3.4, {e} any amounts
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recovered from any contractor on an action for default or breach, as described in
Section 3.4, or (f) any sale of the Pledged Facility, as well as all judgments,
settlements or other payments in lieu of any of the foregoing, in any case reduced
by the susn of (i} all expenses (including attorneys' fees and casts) incurred in the
collection of such proceeds and {ii} all amounts expended by the County, the
Company or the Tnistee 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 to 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-uray 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 Facility as prepared for the County by an Appropriate Consultant.
"Pledged Facility" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Deed of
Trust, and generally includes the planned ne~T middle school for the Orange
County school system to be known as "Gravelly Hill Middle School."
"Pledged Site" has the meaning ascribed to that term in the Deed of Trust,
and generally includes the real property upon which the Pledged Facility is 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
ad~Tersely 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 financing of the
Financed Facilities through this Contract and all related transactions.
"Project Sites" means {a) the Pledged Site, along with {b) the real property
associated with the remainder of the Financed Facilities.
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"School Board" means The Orange County Board of Education.
"State" means the State of North Carolina.
"Trust Agreement" means the Tnist Agreement of even date between the
Company and the Trustee, as it maybe duly amended or supplemented.
"Trustee" means The Bank of Ne~v fork, and its successors as Trustee
under the Trltst Agreement.
In addition, all capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have
the meanings assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.
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EXHIBIT B -Schedule of Installment Payments
[To came.]
EXHIBIT C -The Financed Facilities
Description Approx. allocation from
Amount Advanced ($}
C7ravelly Hill Middle School -construction costs
Efland/Buckhorn Community Water and Sewer
Construction
Renovations to various schools in the Chapel Hill -
Carrboro district 5,153,000
Planning expenses related to planned near County
animal services facility 700,000
Acquisition of conservation easements
Chapel Hill Senior Center -construction costs 4,150;000
Sportsplex -retire acquisition financing and
provide permanent financing 6,000,000
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