AC 03-21-24 Written CommunicationsFrom:Rhoda Fry
To:City of Cupertino Audit Committee
Subject:Public Comment Audit Committee 3/20/2024 #1
Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:12:49 PM
Attachments:Goldfarb and Lipman BMR.xlsx
H - Weekly AP Payment Register for the Period Ending 1.19 (1).pdf
D - Weekly AP Payment Register for the Period Ending 1.5 (1).pdf
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Dear Audit Committee,
This is one of several emails for public comment.
I would like to let you know that I spoke with the City Attorney on February 22, 2024 to let
him know that funds from the restricted BMR Housing and Affordable Housing Fund (under
AB 1600) had been mis-allocated to pay for stipulated judgement fees for a lawsuit file by
YIMBY and others. Upon further review of the Accounts Payable and two PRAs from
Goldfarb and Lipman, I found that around $165K had been improperly removed from the
BMR fund to pay for litigation of the YIMBY lawsuit and Housing Element. It is difficult to
determine how much money was improperly removed because the City works with the firm on
multiple projects that are not split out in the Accounts Payable reports and the descriptions are
not helpful.
The first attachment is a summary that I put together and it only covers judgement fees and
Goldfarb and Lipman billings. The second and third attachments are examples of the payment
register containing mis-allocated BMR transactions (search for BMR). Perusing through other
Accounts Payable reports, it appears that other transactions might have been mis-allocated as
well (such as Verizon bills). I am relieved to know that Mr. Orozco is competently engaged in
ferreting out these issues that I had reported to City Council on February 27, 2024. I hope that
other restricted accounts can be double-checked and that the BMR fund is reimbursed with the
interested that it would have accrued had it remained there. It is thanks to Councilmember
Moore that I had discovered these inconsistencies because she had created the policy of
including the paying account names on the A/P register shared with Council.
On a related matter, the City contracted with Goldfarb and Lipman to litigate the YIMBY
lawsuit not to exceed $50K. It is likely that this amount was exceeded (although it is hard to
tell because the billings are combined with other services, all of which were redacted in the
PRA). Could you please find out whether the legal fees exceeded $50K and if so, determine
whether an updated contract is needed?
I would appreciate a report back to the Audit Committee on these items the next time the
committee meets.
Thank You,
Rhoda Fry (40-year Cupertino resident)
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The City of Cupertino BMR Housing and Affordable Housing Fund was improperly used
to pay for the costs of a lawsuit and other expenses
This document refers only to the stipulated judgements from the YIMBY lawsuit and billings from
Goldfarb & Lipman during a specific window in time. The City should look through all transactions
from the BMR Housing Fund (because there are others that appear to be questionable)
The BMR Housing and Affordable Housing Fund was used to pay for $15K of Stipulated Judgements
The information below was copied from Accounts Payable Reports
Payment to California Housing Defense Fund
BMR 2024‐01‐19 733921 1/2/2024 9000.00 Stipulated Judgement 23CV410817
Payment to Yes In My Back Yard
BMR 2024‐01‐19 733946 1/2/2024 6000.00 Stipulated Judgement 23CV410817
The BMR Housing and Affordable Housing Fund was used to pay legal costs for YIMBY lawsuit and Housing Element (HE)
Two PRAs were requested, one for Goldfarb & Lipman for the "YIMBY" lawsuit and the other for "HE" Housing Element Services
All line items in the PRA were redacted so it is impossible to know which costs were from the lawsuit vs housing element vs other
This points to another problem ‐ by looking at the description in the Accounts Payable (A/P) report, it is impossible to determine
how much money was used for the lawsuit, the housing element, or other projects (these are highlighted below) and
the descriptions of the transactions are not very helpful in determining the services rendered
The total paid for bills containing YIMBY was $157,222.82
With the exception of $6748.82, all of the payments were made from the BMR Housing Fund
It appears that over $165K of money used for this lawsuit and the housing element was improperly taken from the BMR fund
Selected Payments to Goldfarb & Lipman YIMBY
Fund A/P Date A/P Entry Inv Date Invoice #HE, other Amount Description
BMR 2024‐01‐26 38884 1/18/2024 470181 other 94.50 Housing Legal Review 2023/12 (2)
BMR 2024‐01‐26 38884 1/18/2024 470095 other 790.00 Legal Services, December 2023
BMR 2024‐01‐26 38884 1/18/2024 470094 YIMBY/HE 2282.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/12 (3)
BMR 2024‐01‐26 38884 1/16/2024 470030 other 306.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/12
BMR 2024‐01‐05 38735 12/20/2023 469494 other 787.50 Housing Legal Review 2023/11 (2)
GENERAL 2023‐12‐22 38674 12/20/2023 469411 other 2054.00 Legal Services, November 2023
BMR 2024‐01‐05 38735 12/20/2023 469410 YIMBY/HE 2607.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/11
BMR 2023‐12‐01 38514 11/16/2023 468648 YIMBY/HE 35050.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/10
BMR 2023‐11‐03 38315 10/19/2023 467944 YIMBY/HE 39173.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/09
BMR 2023‐10‐06 38111 9/18/2023 467225 YIMBY/HE 12093.50 Housing Legal Review 2023/08
BMR 2023‐08‐17 37838 8/17/2023 466488 YIMBY/HE 10172.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/07
BMR 2023‐07‐28 37598 7/28/2023 465777 YIMBY/HE 9185.50 Housing Legal Review 2023/06
BMR 2023‐07‐28 37598 7/18/2023 465713 Unkown 238.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/06
BMR 2023‐07‐28 37598 6/27/2023 464881 YIMBY/HE 32850.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/04
BMR 2023‐05‐26 37114 5/16/2023 464209 YIMBY/HE 7062.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/04
BMR 2024‐01‐05 38735 4/25/2023 463698 other 409.50 Housing Legal Review 2023/4 (2)
GENERAL 2023‐04‐28 36881 4/21/2023 463553 YIMBY/HE 6748.82 Housing Element Legal Review 2023/03
GENERAL 2023‐03‐17 36560 3/9/2023 462738 other 63.00 Housing Legal Review 2023/02
BMR 2023‐03‐17 36560 3/9/2023 462736 HE 63.00 Housing Element Update Legal Review 2023/02
BMR 2023‐01‐26 36185 1/18/2023 461402 other 442.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/12
BMR 2023‐01‐20 36128 1/20/2023 460429 other 306.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/11
BMR 2022‐11‐10 35665 10/31/2022 459229 other 136.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/09
BMR 2022‐11‐10 35665 10/28/2022 458952 other 714.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/09
BMR 2023‐01‐26 36185 10/5/2022 457757 other 2138.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/08
BMR 2022‐11‐10 35665 8/12/2022 146262 other 892.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/07
BMR 2022‐08‐26 35073 8/12/2022 146236 other 238.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/07
BMR 2022‐08‐19 35056 7/29/2022 146187 other 960.00 FY21‐22 Housing Legal Review 2022/5
BMR 2022‐07‐29 34861 7/25/2022 146110 other 1760.00 FY21‐22 Housing Legal Review 2022/06
BMR 2022‐07‐15 34749 6/30/2022 145777 other 2560.00 BMR Housing Legal Review 2022/05 FY21‐22
BMR 2022‐07‐15 34749 6/30/2022 145776 other 288.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/05 FY21‐22
BMR 2022‐06‐03 34413 05/24//2022 145313 other 992.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/‐5
BMR 2022‐05‐06 34212 4/18/2022 144851 other 384.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/03
BMR 2022‐07‐28 34861 4/14/2022 144707 other 1984.00 FY21‐22 Housing Legal Review 2022/04
BMR 2022‐05‐27 34353 2/24/2022 144110 other 3616.00 Housing Legal Review 2022/01
GENERAL 2022‐04‐15 34053 2/24/2022 144109 HE 256.00 Housing Element Update Legal Fees 2022/01
GENERAL 2022‐04‐15 34053 11/15/2021 142637 HE 64.00 Housing Element Update 2021/10
179759.32
Payment Register
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
Main Account - Main Checking Account
Check
733917 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Advantage Grafix $106.94
Invoice Date Description Amount
48201 01/08/2024 Lori B. Business Cards $106.94
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
520 - Resource Recovery 520 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$106.94
733918 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Astrid Chevallier $1,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
01162024 01/16/2024 Arts & Culture Commission Distinguished Artist Award
Chevallier
$1,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,000.00
733919 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable AT&T $195.47
Invoice Date Description Amount
000021095794 01/12/2024 911 Emergency Lines 12/12/2023 - 01/11/2024 $195.47
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$195.47
733920 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Bay Aerials Gymnastics $18,311.40
Invoice Date Description Amount
01162024 01/16/2024 December 2023 Program Payment $18,311.40
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$18,311.40
733921 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable California Housing Defense Fund $9,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
Stipulated_Judgm 01/02/2024 Stipulated Judgment re 23CV410817 $9,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
265 - BMR Housing 265 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$9,000.00
733922 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Chloe Yoon $750.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
01162024 01/16/2024 Arts & Culture Commission Emerging Artist Award
Chloe Yoon
$750.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$750.00
733923 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable COMCAST $2,049.59
Invoice Date Description Amount
3310-010724 01/07/2024 8155 40 065 0183310 -010724 $2,049.59
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$423.47
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$559.95
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,066.17
733924 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Comcast $967.39
Invoice Date Description Amount
190176184 01/01/2024 Business Class Internet - Mary, Stevens ck, Dec. 2023 $967.39
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$967.39
733925 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable County of Santa Clara -Office of the
Sheriff
$1,463,927.17
Invoice Date Description Amount
1800088322 01/02/2024 Advance for Law Enforcement Jan 2024 $1,463,927.17
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,463,927.17
733926 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Data Ticket, Inc.$44.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
159854 01/10/2024 Online access to citation processing-Nov 2023 $44.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
230 - Env Mgmt Cln Crk Strm Drain 230 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$44.00
733927 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Department of Conservation $8,714.44
Invoice Date Description Amount
Fee Oct-Dec 2023 01/19/2024 Dep of Conservation Fee Report OCT-DEC2023 $8,714.44
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$8,714.44
733928 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Dex Systems Engineering $4,675.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
1623 01/10/2024 Repair ClearCom headsets; Tree Lighting Ceremony;
Install Monito
$4,675.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$4,675.00
733929 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Division of the State Architect $269.10
Invoice Date Description Amount
DSA OCT-DEC23 01/19/2024 DISABILITY ACCESS & EDUCATION FEE
QUARTERLY REPORT ($4)
$269.10
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$269.10
733930 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Mountain View Garden Center $344.84
Invoice Date Description Amount
114941 01/10/2024 Street- Sand for Sand Bags $344.84
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$344.84
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
733931 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Napa Auto Parts $495.82
Invoice Date Description Amount
714555 01/08/2024 Fleet- Spin-on Fluid Filter $70.28
714564 01/08/2024 Fleet- ATC-10, ATC-15, ATC-25 Fuse Pac $42.40
714761 01/10/2024 Fleet- Spin-on Fluid Filter $123.26
714748 01/10/2024 Fleet- Wipers Blades $193.16
714830 01/11/2024 Fleet- Spin-On Fluid Filter $66.72
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$495.82
733932 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Occupational Health Centers of
California, A Medi
$35.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
81418575 01/09/2024 TB Test - C. Edmonds $35.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$35.00
733933 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Operating Engineers Local Union No.
3
$1,537.62
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 Union Dues pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $1,537.62
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,537.62
733934 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Pacific Polymers Company $4,265.63
Invoice Date Description Amount
7435 01/11/2024 Grounds - Can Liners $4,265.63
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$4,265.63
733935 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable PG&E $6,294.97
Invoice Date Description Amount
7100-011624 01/16/2024 7166121710-0 12/8/23-1/7/24 $6,294.97
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$6,294.97
733936 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable PG&E $8.94
Invoice Date Description Amount
1937-122723 12/27/2023 8754273193-7 11/20/23-12/19/23 $8.94
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$8.94
733937 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable PG&E $14.01
Invoice Date Description Amount
0322-121423 12/14/2023 5849279032-2 11/7/23-12/7/23 $14.01
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$14.01
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
733938 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Royal Coach Tours $1,449.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
29290 01/31/2024 Charter 29290: 1/31/24 - MJ the Musical Trip $1,449.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,449.00
733939 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Santa Clara County Emergency
Managers Association
$89.94
Invoice Date Description Amount
240018.1 01/17/2024 SCC EMA Membership $89.94
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$89.94
733940 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable SESAC $1,888.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
10703773 01/01/2024 Music License Yearly Fee 2024 - SESAC $1,888.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,888.00
733941 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable South Bay Foundry $720.28
Invoice Date Description Amount
0234072 01/10/2024 Street- 1P 1H Storm Drain, 6" Tall, 24" Clear Sign $720.28
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
230 - Env Mgmt Cln Crk Strm Drain 230 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$720.28
733942 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable SPRAYTEC $15,659.44
Invoice Date Description Amount
18502 11/22/2023 Fleet- Sprayer, Pump, Eng., Elect. Reel, Hose, &
Controller
$15,659.44
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$15,659.44
733943 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable State Water Resources Control Board $399.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
WD-0258752 12/15/2023 Regnart Creek Trail Project through 070123-063024 $399.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$399.00
733944 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable United Site Services $712.68
Invoice Date Description Amount
INV-4117125 01/15/2024 Trees/ROW- SWP 1/15/24-2/11/24 $492.78
114-13780757 01/16/2024 portable toilet at compost site Jan-Feb 2024 $219.90
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$492.78
520 - Resource Recovery 520 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$219.90
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
733945 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable VNH Builders $18,167.53
Invoice Date Description Amount
2023-103-5 01/10/2024 Service Center Security Gate Project $18,167.53
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$18,167.53
733946 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Yes In My Back Yard $6,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
Stipulated_Judgm 01/02/2024 Stipulated Judgment re 23CV410817 $6,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
265 - BMR Housing 265 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$6,000.00
733947 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Lin, Yishan $150.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
01112024 01/11/2024 Arts & Culture Commission Young Artist Group B
Award Yishan Lin
$150.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$150.00
733948 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Onorato, Janelle $32.25
Invoice Date Description Amount
2008584.030 01/12/2024 1/12/2024- Basketball #22159 Class Refund $32.25
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$32.25
733949 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Peng, Tina $32.25
Invoice Date Description Amount
2008570.030 01/12/2024 1/12/2024- Basketball #22159 Class Refund $32.25
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$32.25
733950 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Salazar, Lindsey $52.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
Salazar1 - 2024 01/02/2024 Livescan Reimbursement - Lindsey Salazar $52.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$52.00
733951 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Subramanian, Laksh $77.50
Invoice Date Description Amount
2008561.030 01/12/2024 1/12/2024- Basketball #22158 Class Refund $77.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$77.50
733952 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Wang, Amelia $150.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
01112024 01/11/2024 Arts & Culture Commission Young Artist Group A
Award Amelia Wang
$150.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$150.00
Type Check Totals:36 Transactions $1,568,587.20
EFT
38813 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Colonial Life & Accident Insurance $29.16
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 Colonial Products pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $29.16
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$29.16
38814 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Employment Development $10,341.64
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 State Disability Insurance pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $10,341.64
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$10,341.64
38815 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable National Deferred (ROTH)$3,234.89
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 Nationwide Roth pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $3,234.89
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,234.89
38816 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable National Deferred Compensatin $21,174.02
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 Nationwide Deferred Compensation pp 12/30/23-
1/12/24
$21,174.02
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$21,174.02
38817 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable PERS-457K $14,482.52
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 PERS 457K pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $14,482.52
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$14,482.52
38818 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable State Disbursement Unit $349.65
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 Child Support pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $349.65
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$349.65
38819 01/16/2024 Open Accounts Payable TASC $2,791.08
Invoice Date Description Amount
IN2988493 01/11/2024 FSA - Administration Fees 1/1/24-1/31/24 $2,791.08
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,791.08
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38820 01/16/2024 Open Accounts Payable TASC $495.91
Invoice Date Description Amount
IN2988490 01/11/2024 HRA - Administration Fees 1/1/24-1/31/24 $495.91
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$495.91
38821 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Amazon Capital Services $1,145.97
Invoice Date Description Amount
1F7W-CFLG-X4Y9 01/01/2024 Amazon Purchases Dec 2023 - PR3 Sports Recreation $52.36
1HRQ-YRJY-WPXH 01/01/2024 5x headphones, calculator, 2x USB-C charger, 2x UPS
Battery repl
$988.30
1MHK-KCNM-TVHN 01/01/2024 Amazon Purchases Dec 2023 - PR2 Senior Wellness $113.00
14LM-J14W-641X 12/15/2023 Apply credit memo related to invoice 136J-N776-GC64 ($41.46)
17YK-RTMM-6DNH 12/15/2023 Apply credit memo related to invoice 136J-N776-GC64 ($41.46)
17HF-TQXY-XH9T 01/01/2024 Amazon Purchases Dec 2023 - PR4 Events, Facilities,
Youth, Teen
$71.31
1H9V-XJDV-YFPX 01/01/2024 Apply credit memo related to invoice 17HF-TQXY-
XH9T
($11.35)
17GW-6YYG-XNGH 01/01/2024 Laptop desk stand- Lori B.$15.27
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$96.63
520 - Resource Recovery 520 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$15.27
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$52.36
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$52.33
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$929.38
38822 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Amazon Web Services, Inc.$1,326.04
Invoice Date Description Amount
1542976409 01/02/2024 GIS AWS December 1 - December 31, 2023 $1,326.04
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,326.04
38823 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Aquatic Central $3,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
100016 01/15/2024 Facilities - Jan 2024 Library Aquarium Maintenance $3,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,000.00
38824 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable B&H PHOTO-VIDEO $322.28
Invoice Date Description Amount
220343618 01/10/2024 1x SEAGATE EXOS 16TB-7200 ENTERPRS SATA
6GB/S
$322.28
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$322.28
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38825 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Balance Studios, Inc $13,333.34
Invoice Date Description Amount
4116 01/10/2024 McClellan Ranch AR App Payment 2 $13,333.34
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$13,333.34
38826 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Battery Systems Inc.$549.75
Invoice Date Description Amount
43982401081126 01/08/2024 Fleet- Core Charges & Automotive Junk Exchange $213.66
35322401101352 01/12/2024 Fleet- 96R-75, S59-EX, Core Charges, Junk Exchange $336.09
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$549.75
38827 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Bay Area Community Resources $7,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
2411151-2 01/10/2024 Sustainability Service Corps $7,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$7,000.00
38828 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable BECK'S SHOES INC. $800.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
274078-00 01/12/2024 Safety Boots - Ty B, Jared Lopez $800.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$800.00
38829 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable BOSCO OIL INC DBA VALLEY OIL $1,986.02
Invoice Date Description Amount
618041 01/09/2024 Fleet- Shell Rotella, Recycling Fee, Motor Oil, Drum
Deposits
$1,986.02
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,986.02
38830 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable CHAD MOSLEY $110.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
ChadM11202023 11/20/2023 Cell Phone Reimbursement through 102123-112023 $55.00
ChadM12202023 12/20/2023 Cell Phone Reimbursement through 112123-122023 $55.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$110.00
38831 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable CobbleStone Systems Corp. $4,666.66
Invoice Date Description Amount
16100 01/01/2024 Cobblestone for Contract Management Platform
1/1/24-1/1/25
$4,666.66
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$4,666.66
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38832 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Ecology Action of Santa Cruz $27,120.56
Invoice Date Description Amount
68121 12/31/2023 Pedestrian Safety Training Measure B through Oct.-
Dec. 2023
$27,120.56
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$27,120.56
38833 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Eflex Group, Inc $4,716.29
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 FSA pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $4,716.29
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$4,716.29
38834 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Environmental Systems Research
Institute, Inc.
$27,144.73
Invoice Date Description Amount
94641680 01/10/2024 ESRI Maintenance 01/17/2024 - 01/16/2025 $27,144.73
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$27,144.73
38835 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable ESHERICK HOMSEY DODGE AND
DAVIS, ARCHITECTS
$1,570.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
23110005 11/30/2023 Cupertno Library Donor Wall through 110123-113023 $1,570.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,570.00
38836 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable FolgerGraphics $9,427.79
Invoice Date Description Amount
137453 10/19/2023 Become Block Leader Postcards $584.91
137970 11/30/2023 Cupertino Scene December 2023 $8,842.88
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$9,427.79
38837 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable GOT POWER, INC. DBA CD &
POWER, INC
$14,485.42
Invoice Date Description Amount
01-83463 01/10/2024 Facilities - City Hall Generator Repair $14,485.42
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$14,485.42
38838 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable GRAINGER INC $29.85
Invoice Date Description Amount
9960310259 01/11/2024 Service Center - AA Batteries $29.85
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$29.85
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38839 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Grimco, Inc. $177.88
Invoice Date Description Amount
31826267-01 01/10/2024 Streets - Cyan Design Jet Ink $177.88
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
270 - Transportation Fund 270 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$177.88
38840 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable IFPTE LOCAL 21 $1,937.27
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 Association Dues - CEA pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $1,937.27
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,937.27
38841 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable InservH2O Inc.$834.80
Invoice Date Description Amount
3511 01/10/2024 Facilities- Water Treatment Jan 2024 $834.80
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$834.80
38842 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Jarvis Fay LLP $6,471.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
18434 12/31/2023 Legal Services, December 2023 $4,571.00
18433 12/31/2023 Legal Services for Dec. 2023 $1,900.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$6,471.00
38843 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable KIMBALL-MIDWEST $891.16
Invoice Date Description Amount
101797037 01/09/2024 Street- Lockwasher, Alloy Flat Washers, Thick Flat
Washer
$891.16
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
270 - Transportation Fund 270 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$891.16
38844 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Law Office of Clare M. Gibson $1,320.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
1194 01/01/2024 Legal Services, December 2023 $1,320.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,320.00
38845 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Mearns Consulting LLC $3,355.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
2411 01/15/2024 Professional Consulting Services, Dec 13 2023-Jan 2-
5, 8 2024
$3,355.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,355.00
38846 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable MissionSquare $17,156.77
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 ICMA pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $17,156.77
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$17,156.77
38847 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Nexinite, LLC $410.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
INV-002377 01/08/2024 FY24 Support for CIP Management Hub December
2023
$410.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$410.00
38848 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Nomad Transit LLC $204,806.04
Invoice Date Description Amount
INV001-9846 12/31/2023 Via Cupertino Shuttle for December 2023 $204,806.04
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$204,806.04
38849 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable ODP Business Solutions, LLC.$113.94
Invoice Date Description Amount
346605841001 12/20/2023 Service Center - Pens, Lanyards $113.94
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$113.94
38850 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable PARS/City of Cupertino $2,951.68
Invoice Date Description Amount
01122024 01/12/2024 PARS pp 12/30/23-1/12/24 $2,951.68
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,951.68
38851 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable PayPal Inc.$53.20
Invoice Date Description Amount
PPGW141206700 12/31/2023 VSV0001160385 cupertinoweb2 01-Dec-23 to 31-Dec-
23
$33.25
PPGW141024828 12/31/2023 VSV0003096477 cupertinoweb4 01-Dec-23 to 31-Dec-
23
$19.95
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$53.20
38852 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable PLAN JPA $503.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
PLAN-2024-0127 01/10/2024 General Liability Claims - December 2023 $503.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$503.00
38853 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Professional Turf Management, Inc.$18,693.56
Invoice Date Description Amount
1283 12/21/2023 Grounds - Dec 2023 Golf Course Maint.$18,693.56
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
560 - Blackberry Farm 560 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$18,693.56
38854 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Quartic Solutions $1,298.06
Invoice Date Description Amount
3807 01/09/2024 FY24 Quartic for GIS Support - December 2023 $1,298.06
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,298.06
38855 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Recology South Bay $70,033.75
Invoice Date Description Amount
Dec-23 RY3 01/11/2024 City Payment to Recology Rate Year 2/1/23 - 1/31/24-
Dec 2023
$70,033.75
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
520 - Resource Recovery 520 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$70,033.75
38856 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable SCA of CA, LLC $18,563.57
Invoice Date Description Amount
107838CS 12/31/2023 Street Sweeping- December 2023 $18,563.57
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
230 - Env Mgmt Cln Crk Strm Drain 230 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$9,281.78
520 - Resource Recovery 520 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$9,281.79
38857 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable South Bay Youth Sports LLC $5,088.51
Invoice Date Description Amount
56464 01/15/2024 December 2023 Program Payment $5,088.51
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$5,088.51
38858 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Statcomm Inc.$15,519.13
Invoice Date Description Amount
12575217 12/31/2023 Facilities - Library Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$2,541.48
12575235 12/31/2023 Facilities-Sport Center Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$2,436.88
12575229 12/31/2023 Facilities- Comm. Hall Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$1,782.45
12575238 12/31/2023 Facilities- Sen. Center Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$2,810.93
12575232 12/31/2023 Facilities- Monte Vista Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$1,461.87
12575222 12/31/2023 Facilities- City Hall Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$1,862.90
12575241 12/31/2023 Facilities-Serv. Center Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$1,208.44
12575239 12/31/2023 Facilities-E. Ed Center Annual Fire Alarm & Sprinkler
Inspection
$1,414.18
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$13,082.25
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,436.88
38859 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable SUNNYVALE FORD, INC.$478.67
Invoice Date Description Amount
231060FOW 01/09/2024 Fleet- PR Filter $22.41
231271FOW 01/12/2024 Fleet- Separator, Gasket, & Ring $329.76
231268FOW 01/12/2024 Fleet- HV Hose $126.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$478.67
38860 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Suyesh Shrestha $81.15
Invoice Date Description Amount
SuyeshS12062023 12/06/2023 Cell Phone Reimbursement through 12062023 $40.57
SuyeshS01062024 01/06/2024 Cell Phone Reimbursement through 01062024 $40.58
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$81.15
38861 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable TJKM $10,230.50
Invoice Date Description Amount
0054964 11/30/2023 Apple Campus 2 TDM Monitoring through 11012023-
11302023
$10,230.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$10,230.50
38862 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Turf Star, Inc.$1,039.01
Invoice Date Description Amount
7316079-00 01/11/2024 Fleet- Decals, Hoses, V-Belt, Cross Bearing Kit, Idler $1,039.01
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,039.01
38863 01/19/2024 Open Accounts Payable Voler Strategic Advisors, Inc $6,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
1914 07/03/2023 Communication Strategy and Support, July 2023 $6,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$6,000.00
Type EFT Totals:51 Transactions $559,641.22
Main Account - Main Checking Account Totals
Checks Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 36 $1,568,587.20 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 36 $1,568,587.20 $0.00
EFTs Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
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From Payment Date: 1/13/2024 - To Payment Date: 1/19/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
Open 51 $559,641.22 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 51 $559,641.22 $0.00
All Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 87 $2,128,228.42 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 87 $2,128,228.42 $0.00
Grand Totals:
Checks Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 36 $1,568,587.20 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 36 $1,568,587.20 $0.00
EFTs Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 51 $559,641.22 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 51 $559,641.22 $0.00
All Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 87 $2,128,228.42 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 87 $2,128,228.42 $0.00
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
Main Account - Main Checking Account
Check
733845 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable 3Form, LLC $7,484.29
Invoice Date Description Amount
CO-367955 11/02/2023 Library Donor Wall Fabrication $7,484.29
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$7,484.29
733846 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Arrow Acoustics, Inc. $7,466.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
10124A 10/30/2023 Library Donor Wall Installation of 3Form $7,466.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$7,466.00
733847 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable AT&T $195.47
Invoice Date Description Amount
000020963839 12/12/2023 911 Emergency Lines 11/12/2023 - 12/11/2023 $195.47
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$195.47
733848 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Comcast $967.39
Invoice Date Description Amount
187647289 12/01/2023 Business Class Internet - Mary, Stevens ck, Nov. 2023 $967.39
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$967.39
733849 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable County of Santa Clara -Office of the
Sheriff
$4,655.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
1800088107 12/19/2023 Festival Sheriff Charges $1,049.00
1800088108 12/19/2023 Festival Sheriff Charges - Diwali $3,606.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$4,655.00
733850 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable DIALOG Design LP $18,380.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
LP.100839 11/15/2023 Professional Services City Hall Renovation $18,380.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$18,380.00
733851 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Elcor Electric, Inc.$8,831.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
9860 12/22/2023 Quinlan Community Center - Replace Panel Switch $8,831.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$8,831.00
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Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
733852 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Foster Brothers Security Systems $38.19
Invoice Date Description Amount
4373 12/21/2023 Facilities- Mortise Thumb Turn Lock $38.19
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$38.19
733853 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Freyer & Laureta, Inc.$587.50
Invoice Date Description Amount
23-722 12/22/2023 Service Center Security Gate Project Design - Task IV $587.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$587.50
733854 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable HOME DEPOT CREDIT SERVICES $2,290.60
Invoice Date Description Amount
0024008 11/28/2023 Street- John S - Fence Post Mix, Pallet Deposit $148.79
0390843 11/28/2023 Facilities - Brandon M - LED Wall Light $38.25
9611507 11/29/2023 Facilities- Ty B-Rope, Alumin., Crimper Tool, Plug,
Center Punch
$247.56
9011891 11/29/2023 Facilities - Ty B - Screw Nut $3.01
0011866 11/28/2023 Grounds- Bill B- Concrete Patch, Gate Latches, Spring
Assortment
$70.67
9030053 11/29/2023 Trees- Ricardo A- Stem Mount $21.86
7030157 12/01/2023 Street- Michael K- Red Stake Flags $32.71
3012337 12/05/2023 Street- Dan B- Utility Knife, 6 Pack Duracell Batteries $70.78
8024167 11/30/2023 Trees- Adrian S- Weather Tamper $85.87
3602146 12/05/2023 Grounds- Travis W- Elect. PVC, Out. Box, Wallplate,
Adapt., PVC
$27.67
0321977 11/28/2023 Grounds- Travis W- Tapcon, Drill Bit, Flat Washer,
Screw
$131.21
9600163 11/29/2023 Facilities- Robert G- Black & White Grounding Plugs $66.65
9011892 11/29/2023 Facilities - Ty Blomquist Plywood for mounting
electronics
$76.87
0030649 12/08/2023 Street- Dan B- 3/8x3 Rebar, 3/8 in x 3 ft. Rebar $27.23
0524799 12/08/2023 Facilities- Michael C- Multi Surface Broom $21.84
1012599 12/07/2023 Facilities- Michael C- Plywood & Lumbar Fee $41.82
1400216 12/07/2023 Facilities- Brandon M- Commerical Stat-Tite $31.70
1512536 12/07/2023 Facilities- Domingo S- Shut Off Coupling, Exit Sign $97.23
7622272 12/11/2023 Facilities-Ty B-Tile Scraper, Bucket, Edge Blades,
Glass Scraper
$126.13
4091124 12/04/2023 Grounds-Ricardo A- Whip Kit, Liq. Tite, 3/4" Bell End,
3/4 Sched
$164.63
6525722 12/12/2023 Facilities- Michael M- HDX Handheld Invoice $9.81
9013772 12/19/2023 Street- Shawn T- Blanket, Super Glue, Tarp, Tape,
Felt Strip
$74.30
9527372 12/19/2023 Facilities- Ty B- Sandnet $65.56
8031342 12/20/2023 Facilities- Ty B- Interior Scaffold $325.94
7612013 12/01/2023 Facilities- Robert G- 7.5 Festive Pine Trees $216.56
5163939 12/13/2023 Facilities - Robert G- Credit for Returned Christmas
Tree
($108.27)
3400221 11/15/2023 Facilities- Brandon M- 2-inch Knife, Putty Knives $12.78
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Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
7390886 12/21/2023 Facilities- Brandon M- Toilet Fill Valve $16.38
8092062 12/20/2023 Facilities- Michael C- Moth Balls $41.50
8031373 12/20/2023 Grounds- Bill B- Sprayway Glass Foam $10.81
7024694 12/11/2023 Street- John S - Knit Poly Roller $92.75
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,845.05
230 - Env Mgmt Cln Crk Strm Drain 230 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$70.78
270 - Transportation Fund 270 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$343.07
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$31.70
733855 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable HUICHEN LIN $761.60
Invoice Date Description Amount
122123 12/21/2023 November-December 2023 Classes $761.60
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$761.60
733856 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable HY Floor & Gameline Painting $1,360.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
23275-01 12/22/2023 Facilities- Sports Center Multipurpose Room Floor $1,360.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,360.00
733857 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable IRON MOUNTAIN $1,912.55
Invoice Date Description Amount
JCHS870 12/31/2023 City Clerk Office Storage - 1/1/24 - 1/31/24 $1,912.55
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,912.55
733858 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable KELLY-MOORE PAINT CO INC $369.15
Invoice Date Description Amount
808-00000890604 12/21/2023 Facilities- Primer $369.15
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$369.15
733859 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Kitchell CEM $7,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
116068 11/14/2023 Professional Services City-wide Building Assessment,
10/1/2023-1
$7,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$7,000.00
733860 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Li-Fen Lin $2,163.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
12222023 12/22/2023 December 2023 Program Payment $2,163.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
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Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,163.00
733861 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable MSI Fuel Management, Inc.$29,071.79
Invoice Date Description Amount
5793 12/14/2023 MSI Fuel Management, for FMLive SaaS $29,071.79
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$29,071.79
733862 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Napa Auto Parts $95.79
Invoice Date Description Amount
713649 12/21/2023 Fleet- Air Filter $95.79
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$95.79
733863 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable NOR-CAL SPECIALTIES $339.45
Invoice Date Description Amount
18120 10/19/2023 Retention on Sports Center Partition Replacement
Project
$339.45
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$339.45
733864 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable O'Reilly Auto Parts $70.06
Invoice Date Description Amount
2591-338852 12/28/2023 Fleet- Purge Sol $70.06
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$70.06
733865 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Operating Engineers Local Union No.
3
$1,560.65
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 Union Dues pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $1,560.65
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,560.65
733866 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Quadient, Inc.$1,946.04
Invoice Date Description Amount
60727333 01/01/2024 Standard Maintenance for Postage Machine 01/31/24-
04/29/24)
$1,946.04
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,946.04
733867 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable REBECCA MCCORMICK $2,223.50
Invoice Date Description Amount
12222023 12/22/2023 December 2023 Program Payment $2,223.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,223.50
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
733868 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable RPM EXTERMINATORS INC $1,275.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
0105875 12/29/2023 Facilities - Bait Trap Service $1,275.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,020.00
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$255.00
733869 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Rupa Narayanan $567.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
122023 12/20/2023 November-December 2023 Classes $567.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$567.00
733870 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable SAN JOSE WATER COMPANY $70,259.93
Invoice Date Description Amount
SJW112723-0 11/27/2023 0134100000-6 - 8303 Memorial Park $3,105.39
SJW112723-1 11/27/2023 0345710000-0 - Alderbrook Ln.FS $165.77
SJW112723-2 11/27/2023 0677310000-0 - 10300 Torre Ave LS (Comm.Hall)$699.68
SJW112723-3 11/27/2023 1198300000-8 - 21979 San Fernando Ave. 6620 (Trail
Restroom)
$280.17
SJW112723-4 11/27/2023 1250520000-1 - 6620 Blackberry/Snack $614.24
SJW112723-5 11/27/2023 1332100000-5 - Hyde Avenue $3,620.72
SJW112723-6 11/27/2023 1444810000-9 - Hyannisport Dr. LS $1,846.07
SJW112723-7 11/27/2023 1735700000-3 - 8303 Memorial Park Restroom $352.78
SJW112723-8 11/27/2023 1787904559-3 - 22221 McClellan 8302 $211.96
SJW112723-9 11/27/2023 1832500000-0 - Ruppell PL LS $1,043.77
SJW112723-10 11/27/2023 1836700000-9 - 8322 Mary Mini Park $287.42
SJW112723-11 11/27/2023 1987700000-0 - Alderbrook Ln LS $4,442.02
SJW112723-12 11/27/2023 2228610000-7 - 21111 Stevens Crk LS $301.94
SJW112723-13 11/27/2023 2243500000-9 - 10300 Ainsworth Dr.LS $1,660.09
SJW112723-14 11/27/2023 2286120000-8 - 21251 Stevens Creek Blvd $104.65
SJW112723-15 11/27/2023 2288800000-1 - Stokes Ave/8306 Somerset Park $512.57
SJW112723-16 11/27/2023 2649300000-9 - 10300 Torre Ave. FS (Comm.Hall)$165.77
SJW112723-17 11/27/2023 2787197813-9 - 8322 Stevens Creek Bl $88.52
SJW112723-18 11/27/2023 2892070144-9 - 22221 McClellan 8320 $209.31
SJW112723-19 11/27/2023 2958510000-0 - 10555 Mary Ave.$88.52
SJW112723-20 11/27/2023 2974010000-2 - 21251 Stevens Creek Blvd $679.61
SJW112723-21 11/27/2023 2984810000-3 - 8504 Alves and Stelling $367.31
SJW112723-22 11/27/2023 3207400000-4 - 21710 McClellan 8312 $1,304.21
SJW112723-23 11/27/2023 3322910000-4 - 8306 Somerset Park(Stokes Ave)$280.17
SJW112723-24 11/27/2023 3530520000-4 - 21111 Stev.Crk Blvd 8510 $468.99
SJW112723-25 11/27/2023 3612707315-7 - Stocklmeir Ct $252.16
SJW112723-26 11/27/2023 3673220000-5 - Stev.Crk/Cupertino Rd.$88.52
SJW112723-27 11/27/2023 3746710000-6 - 21111 Stev.Crk BL FS $164.46
SJW112723-28 11/27/2023 3841010000-2 - 8507 Monta Vista Park $338.26
SJW112723-29 11/27/2023 3856110000-9 - 8322 Stella Estates $88.52
SJW112723-30 11/27/2023 3857710000-1 - 8322 Foothill/Cupertino Rd $262.80
SJW112723-31 11/27/2023 3900520000-9 - 10300 Torre Ave $642.47
SJW112723-32 11/27/2023 3953083125-2 - Tuscany Pl $562.41
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Number Date Status Void Reason
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Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
SJW112723-33 11/27/2023 4012210000-7 - 22601 Voss Av 8304 $2,172.78
SJW112723-34 11/27/2023 4103020000-4 - 6620 Blackberry/Snack $396.37
SJW112723-35 11/27/2023 4227520000-6 - 8303 Memorial Park $715.92
SJW112723-36 11/27/2023 4444250747-9 - Tuscany Pl $536.25
SJW112723-37 11/27/2023 5237400000-9 - Dumas Dr, LS $4,171.17
SJW112723-38 11/27/2023 5356310000-6 - 8322 Stev.Crk/Median $280.17
SJW112723-39 11/27/2023 5778910000-5 - 8504 Quinlan Ln.FS $104.65
SJW112723-40 11/27/2023 5835000000-4 - 8322 Stelling/Alves $175.66
SJW112723-41 11/27/2023 5929210000-1 - 8322 Ann Arbor Ct $182.91
SJW112723-42 11/27/2023 5948100000-4 - Emerg Irrig/Golf/ 6640 BBF (Irrigation)$6,406.79
SJW112723-43 11/27/2023 5986710000-6 - 10300 Torre Ave. FS (Comm.Hall)$547.31
SJW112723-44 11/27/2023 5997110000-9 - 7555 Barnhart Pl $2,247.34
SJW112723-45 11/27/2023 6292600000-1 - 10800 Torre Ave LS $1,452.13
SJW112723-46 11/27/2023 6296810000-8 - 8322 Stev.Crk Bl median $88.52
SJW112723-47 11/27/2023 6405210000-1 - 8506 McClellan Ranch $204.72
SJW112723-48 11/27/2023 6578520000-0 - 83 Foothill Bl/Alpine Dr22 LS $175.66
SJW112723-49 11/27/2023 6730700000-9 - 21975 San Fernando Av $270.08
SJW112723-50 11/27/2023 6788620000-4 - 10555 Mary Ave. 8503 $367.31
SJW112723-51 11/27/2023 6907100000-9 - Alderbrook Ln $251.67
SJW112723-52 11/27/2023 6935200000-9 - 8303 Memorial Park $4,913.82
SJW112723-53 11/27/2023 6973320000-5 - 8301 Linda Vista PK1 $476.26
SJW112723-54 11/27/2023 7036000000-7 - 85 Stev.Crk/Mary LS $182.91
SJW112723-55 11/27/2023 7054200000-8 - 8322 Phar Lap LS $53.66
SJW112723-56 11/27/2023 7495200000-3 - 10300 Torre Ave FS $165.77
SJW112723-57 11/27/2023 7630410000-1 - Salem Av.LS $175.66
SJW112723-58 11/27/2023 7930000000-1 - 8322 Stelling/Christensen Dr.$371.75
SJW112723-59 11/27/2023 8006810000-9 - 10450 Mann Dr $53.66
SJW112723-60 11/27/2023 8065700000-8 - Peninsula and Fitzgerald Is $60.91
SJW112723-61 11/27/2023 8270010000-9 - Janice Ave.LS $287.42
SJW112723-62 11/27/2023 8287220000-9 - 8322 Stevens Cr/San Antonio Ls $95.77
SJW112723-63 11/27/2023 8427420000-9 - 8322 Foothill/Vista Knoll $320.90
SJW112723-64 11/27/2023 8549600000-2 - Bubb Rd.LS $2,280.97
SJW112723-65 11/27/2023 8647520000-1 - 10555 Mary Ave/Corp Yard FS $269.11
SJW112723-66 11/27/2023 8755010000-9 - 10455 Miller Ave/Creekside $405.04
SJW112723-67 11/27/2023 8879620000-9 - 8504 Christensen Dr $345.52
SJW112723-68 11/27/2023 8886800000-6 - 8301 Linda Vista PK2 $476.26
SJW112723-69 11/27/2023 9377600000-7 - 8307 Varian Park $1,173.47
SJW112723-70 11/27/2023 9824500000-9 - 8322 Irrig SC/Stelling $342.68
SJW112723-71 11/27/2023 9988206980-2 (old 6784967491-5) - 8303 Memorial
Park
$2,361.60
SJW112923-0 11/29/2023 5122900000-8 - Portable Meter - Trees & ROW $601.56
SJW120423-0 12/04/2023 0251610000-1 - 19500 Calle De Barcelona $110.04
SJW120423-1 12/04/2023 1649600000-7 - Barrington Bridge Lane $938.41
SJW120423-2 12/04/2023 2628900000-7 - Farallone Dr.LS $2,992.26
SJW120423-3 12/04/2023 8148220000-3 - Sterling BL LS(Sterlinig BarnhartPk)$679.28
SJW120723-0 12/07/2023 0068410000-1 - 22221 McClellan 8302 $4,076.58
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$62,917.75
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
560 - Blackberry Farm 560 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$6,406.79
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$935.39
733871 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable SYSCO - SAN FRANCISCO $423.49
Invoice Date Description Amount
650169367 11/16/2023 BWS Food - SYSCO - Food for 300 Breakfast w. Santa $423.49
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$423.49
733872 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable T-MOBILE $127.99
Invoice Date Description Amount
4158-122123 12/21/2023 966594158-122123 $127.99
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$127.99
733873 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable DYG Realty Investments LLC $5,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
274660 01/03/2024 10621 Gascoigne Dr, Encroachment, 274660 $5,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$5,000.00
733874 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Orlow, Claire $95.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
2002119.032 12/21/2023 Trip Cancellation Refund $95.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$95.00
Type Check Totals:30 Transactions $177,517.43
EFT
38718 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Colonial Life & Accident Insurance $29.16
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 Colonial Products pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $29.16
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$29.16
38719 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Employment Development $12,487.43
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 State Disability Insurance pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $12,487.43
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$12,487.43
38720 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable National Deferred (ROTH)$3,234.89
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 Nationwide Roth pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $3,234.89
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,234.89
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38721 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable National Deferred Compensatin $55,940.42
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 Nationwide Deferred Compensation pp 12/16/23-
12/29/23
$55,940.42
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$55,940.42
38722 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable PERS-457K $14,878.30
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 PERS 457K pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $14,878.30
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$14,878.30
38723 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable State Disbursement Unit $349.65
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 Child Support pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $349.65
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$349.65
38724 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Acuity Brands Technology Services,
Inc.
$45,500.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
E2024-75 12/20/2023 BuildingOS Atrius Platform 12/10/23 -12/9/24 $45,500.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$45,500.00
38725 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Aquatic Central $3,000.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
100015 12/15/2023 Facilities - Dec 2023 Library Aquarium Maintenance $3,000.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,000.00
38726 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable B&H PHOTO-VIDEO $13,788.82
Invoice Date Description Amount
219629104 12/18/2023 24x SEAGATE ENTERPRS SATA 6GB/S HDD/REG,
2x SYNOLOGY RS2423RP+ 1
$13,788.82
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$13,788.82
38727 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Bikeep Inc.$49.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
18041 12/31/2023 Bikeep Upkeep & Maintenance, December 2023 $49.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$49.00
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38728 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable BKF Engineers $6,126.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
23120791 12/08/2023 Processional Services I-280 Trail, 10/30/2023-
11/26/2023
$6,126.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$6,126.00
38729 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable BMI Imaging Systems $13,650.20
Invoice Date Description Amount
320782 11/15/2023 Finance Division Scanning Services - 32 Boxes Nov.
2023
$13,650.20
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$13,650.20
38730 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable BOSCO OIL INC DBA VALLEY OIL $13,637.53
Invoice Date Description Amount
179689 12/21/2023 Fleet- Diesel Fuel, Gasoline, Storage Fees,
Environmental Fees
$13,637.53
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$13,637.53
38731 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable CSG Consultants, Inc.$330.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
54189 12/05/2023 Professional Svcs Emergency Storm Drain, 10//2/2023
-11/24/2023
$330.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$330.00
38732 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable David Stillman $144.95
Invoice Date Description Amount
DavidS12192023 12/19/2023 Transportation Group Meeting $144.95
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$144.95
38733 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Doggie Walk Bags, Inc.$3,437.44
Invoice Date Description Amount
0110994-IN 12/18/2023 Grounds- Unscented Disposable Bags $3,437.44
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,437.44
38734 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Eflex Group, Inc $4,716.29
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 FSA pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $4,716.29
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$4,716.29
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Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38735 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Goldfarb & Lipman LLP $3,804.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
469410 12/20/2023 Housing Legal Review 2023/11 $2,607.00
463698 04/25/2023 Housing Legal Review 2023/4 (2)$409.50
469494 12/20/2023 Housing Legal Review 2023/11 (2)$787.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
265 - BMR Housing 265 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,804.00
38736 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable GRACE DUVAL $533.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
12222023 12/22/2023 December 2023 Program Payment $533.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$533.00
38737 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable GRAINGER INC $400.79
Invoice Date Description Amount
9942400954 12/20/2023 Facilities- Disposable Respirator, N95 Masks $145.94
9941941560 12/20/2023 Facilities- Roof Leak Diverter $196.05
9943520164 12/21/2023 Facilities- Vibration Absorber $58.80
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$400.79
38738 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable IFPTE LOCAL 21 $1,936.06
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 Association Dues - CEA pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $1,936.06
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,936.06
38739 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable IMPEC GROUP INC,.$67,835.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
2312133 12/31/2023 Facilities - December 2023 Janitorial Services $67,835.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$58,308.00
560 - Blackberry Farm 560 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,159.00
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$8,368.00
38740 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Jenny Tsai $3,965.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
12222023 12/22/2023 December 2023 Program Payment $3,965.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$3,965.00
38741 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable JIA THOMPSON $1,638.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
12222023 12/22/2023 December 2023 Program Payment $1,638.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,638.00
38742 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable JULIA KINST $55.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
JuliaK12192023 12/19/2023 Cell Phone Reimbursement 11/20/23-12/19/23 $55.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$55.00
38743 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable KEVIN GREENE $55.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
KevinG121823 12/18/2023 Cell Phone Reimbursement - Kevin G 11.19.23 to
12.18.23
$55.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$55.00
38744 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable KEVIN RIEDEN $50.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
KevinR12122023 12/12/2023 Cell Phone Bill through 12122023 $50.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$50.00
38745 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable KIMBALL-MIDWEST $1,044.98
Invoice Date Description Amount
101765624 12/27/2023 Street- Ult Promax Safety Red $1,044.98
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,044.98
38746 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Mary Nickel $332.50
Invoice Date Description Amount
122123 12/21/2023 November-December 2023 Classes $332.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$332.50
38747 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable MissionSquare $17,156.77
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 ICMA pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $17,156.77
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$17,156.77
38748 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Moore lacofano Goltsman, Inc. $22,857.02
Invoice Date Description Amount
0084101 12/15/2023 Prof Services All-Inclusive Playground, 11/1/2023-
11/30/2023
$13,658.19
0084102 12/15/2023 Professional Services LM Park, 11/1/2023-11/30/2023 $9,198.83
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
280 - Park Dedication 280 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$9,198.83
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$13,658.19
38749 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Pacific Office Automation $10,210.32
Invoice Date Description Amount
080024 09/08/2023 July 28, 2023 MFP CH 080024 Meters Service $4,288.33
130532 10/20/2023 Sept. 21, 2023 MFP CH 130532 Meters service $1,087.50
973403 02/21/2022 Quarterly Maint. & Support for 15 mfp 11/15/21 -
02/14/22
$1,292.97
091215 05/24/2022 MFP Labor & Initialization PERFORMED ALIGNMENT
& CALIBRATION
$180.00
746530 11/21/2022 Quarterly Maint. & Support for 15 mfp 08/20/22 -
11/20/22
$3,361.52
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$10,210.32
38750 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable PARS/City of Cupertino $2,359.15
Invoice Date Description Amount
12292023 12/29/2023 PARS pp 12/16/23-12/29/23 $2,359.15
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,359.15
38751 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Preferred Alliance, Inc.$2,019.12
Invoice Date Description Amount
0191752-IN 12/21/2023 DEC23 - Annual Recon & 11-20 Participants Offsite $2,019.12
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,019.12
38752 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Quartic Solutions $724.50
Invoice Date Description Amount
3762 12/12/2023 FY24 Quartic for GIS Support - November 2023 $724.50
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$724.50
38753 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Richard Yau $6,600.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
2310 11/22/2023 Professional Services CIP Project Management,
10/1/2023-10/31/20
$6,600.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
210 - Storm Drain Improvement 210 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$1,050.00
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$5,550.00
38754 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable RUBY CHEN $600.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
12222023 12/22/2023 December 2023 Program Payment $600.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
580 - Recreation Program 580 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$600.00
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
38755 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Santa Clara Valley Transportation
Authority
$101,648.13
Invoice Date Description Amount
1800034295 12/21/2023 Congestion Mgmt Program (CMP) Member Agency
Fees 7/1/23-6/30/24
$101,648.13
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$101,648.13
38756 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Sedgwick Claims Management
Services, Inc.
$2,343.33
Invoice Date Description Amount
400000168956 01/02/2024 Worker's Compensation Claims 1/1/24-1/31/24 $2,343.33
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
620 - Workers' Compensation 620 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$2,343.33
38757 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Sonitrol/Pacific West Security, Inc.$11,670.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
79893 01/01/2024 Sports Center Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar
2024
$741.00
79792 01/01/2024 Traffic Ops Center Security/Fire Alarm Inspections
Jan-Mar 2024
$366.00
79880 01/01/2024 BBF Retreat Center Security/Fire Alarm Inspections
Jan-Mar 2024
$252.00
79888 01/01/2024 Monta Vista Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar
2024
$807.00
79887 01/01/2024 Senior Center Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar
2024
$174.00
79790 01/01/2024 BBF Cafe Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar
2024
$402.00
79883 01/01/2024 Library & Comm Hall Security/Fire Alarm Inspections
Jan-Mar 2024
$678.00
79886 01/01/2024 Wilson Snack Shack Security/Fire Alarm Inspections
Jan-Mar 2024
$138.00
79884 01/01/2024 QCC Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar 2024 $1,038.00
79784 01/01/2024 BBF Golf Maint Bldg Security/Fire Alarm Inspections
Jan-Mar 202
$273.00
79791 01/01/2024 City Hall Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar 2024 $1,749.00
79890 01/01/2024 Wilson Park Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar
2024
$261.00
79885 01/01/2024 City Hall Elevator Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-
Mar 2024
$111.00
79889 01/01/2024 Creekside Park Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-
Mar 2024
$345.00
79882 01/01/2024 MC Ranch& Comm Hall Security/Fire Alarm
Inspections Jan-Mar 2024
$1,548.00
79892 01/01/2024 Service Center Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-
Mar 2024
$936.00
79785 01/01/2024 BBF Kiosk Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar
2024
$252.00
79891 01/01/2024 City Hall Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar 2024 $624.00
79881 01/01/2024 Library Security/Fire Alarm Inspections Jan-Mar 2024 $975.00
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$10,929.00
570 - Sports Center 570 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$741.00
38758 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Starbird Consulting LLC $4,480.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
0245 12/18/2023 Professional Services Regnart Rd through November
30.2023
$4,480.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
420 - Capital Improvement Fund 420 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$4,480.00
38759 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Superco Specialty Products $280.98
Invoice Date Description Amount
PSI532327 12/27/2023 Fleet- Preserv-It Liquid $280.98
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
630 - Vehicle/Equip Replacement 630 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$280.98
38760 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable TERI GERHARDT $35.46
Invoice Date Description Amount
TeriG111723 11/17/2023 Teri Gerhardt Cell reimbursement Oct 17 - Nov 17
2023
$35.46
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$35.46
38761 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Vintage Contractors, Inc $31,240.00
Invoice Date Description Amount
7819 12/04/2023 Grounds- Basketball Resurfacing @ Creekside,
Hoover & Somerset
$31,240.00
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
100 - General Fund 100 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$31,240.00
38762 01/05/2024 Open Accounts Payable Zoom Video Communications, Inc.$286.72
Invoice Date Description Amount
INV232532369 12/22/2023 Zoom Webinar 1000 Dec 22, 2023 - Jan 21, 2024 $286.72
Paying Fund Cash Account Amount
610 - Innovation & Technology 610 100-100 (Cash & Investments Assets Operating
Cash)
$286.72
Type EFT Totals:45 Transactions $487,460.91
Main Account - Main Checking Account Totals
Checks Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 30 $177,517.43 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 30 $177,517.43 $0.00
EFTs Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
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From Payment Date: 12/30/2023 - To Payment Date: 1/5/2024
Number Date Status Void Reason
Reconciled/
Voided Date Source Payee Name
Transaction
Amount
Reconciled
Amount Difference
Open 45 $487,460.91 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 45 $487,460.91 $0.00
All Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 75 $664,978.34 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 75 $664,978.34 $0.00
Grand Totals:
Checks Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 30 $177,517.43 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 30 $177,517.43 $0.00
EFTs Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 45 $487,460.91 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 45 $487,460.91 $0.00
All Status Count Transaction Amount Reconciled Amount
Open 75 $664,978.34 $0.00
Reconciled 0 $0.00 $0.00
Voided 0 $0.00 $0.00
Stopped 0 $0.00 $0.00
Total 75 $664,978.34 $0.00
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From:Rhoda Fry
To:City of Cupertino Audit Committee
Subject:3/21 Audit Committee Public Comment #2
Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 3:29:07 PM
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Dear Audit Committee,
This is one of several emails for public comment.
Please explain why in FY 19/20, the ACFR appears to have over-reported sales-tax
revenue by about $9M
The ACFR reported $35,657,214 in Sales Tax Revenue. See page 10 (it appears 6 times):
https://www.cupertino.org/home/showpublisheddocument/29190/637534959803230000
The ACFR consistently reports net sales tax revenue - that is after tax rebates (or kickbacks) to
Apple and Insight, “Sales tax consultant payments which are contingent on revenues collected
are netted against the related revenues.” See page 42 of 19/20 ACFR
However, the City’s gross sales-tax revenue according to the CDTFA was $35,468,863
Source: https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/dataportal/dataset.htm?url=MonthlyLocalAllocationCities
The rebate payments to BAZ and Insight (as reported in adding A/Ps) is $9,170,351
Consequently, looking at what CDTFA paid to Cupertino minus Cupertino’s rebate payments,
the net-sales tax revenue would have been about 26,298,512.
These calculations work for 2018/19 and 2021/22. So it is hard to understand why they don’t
work for 2019/2020.
Note also that the Certificate of Participation Official Statement states the unaudited sales-tax
revenue of $26,651,250 (see page 20). See official statement tab here:
https://emma.msrb.org/IssueView/Details/P1405077
Was the net sales-tax revenue around $35M or around $26M in 2019/2020?
Please explain the statement on page vi (8th page on pdf) of the 2019/2020 ACFR:
“In FY 2019-20, the City’s sales taxes experienced growth due to a one-time double payment
from Apple.” The State pays sales-tax to Cupertino, not Apple. Please explain. What is the
double-payment? And why is it considered sales-tax?
Please also explain the next sentence on that page:
“Additionally, a change in estimate in which the City adjusted its accrual practice to include
the full remittance amounts from July and August 2020 contributed to approximately $9.0 of
the increase over the previous fiscal year. This change in estimate will be applied
prospectively and consistently moving forward.” This is confusing because when looking at
the net sales-tax revenue reported in the ACFR and comparing the CDTFA payments to
Cupertino and the Cupertino payments to BAZ and Insight, the numbers come close to
reconciling.
This is also described on page 4, on the 18th page of the pdf:
“Although sales tax declined slightly year over year in FY 2018- 19, the City experienced an
increase of approximately $10.8 million, or 43.2% over the previous year. This is primarily
due to a change in estimate in which the City adjusted its accrual practice to include the full
remittance amounts from July and August 2020. This change in estimate will be applied
prospectively and consistently moving forward. This increase is also due to a one-time double
payment received by Apple.”
And on page 15 or the 29th page of the .pdf:
“Sales tax increased $10.8 million, or 43%, over the prior year due to strong business and
industry and county pool allocation growth. $9.0 million of the increase was also attributable
to a change in estimate in which the full remittances for July and August 2020 were accrued.”
Can you please explain these discrepancies by the next Audit Committee Meeting?
Thanks Much,
Rhoda Fry (Cupertino resident of 40 years)
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From:Rhoda Fry
To:City of Cupertino Audit Committee
Subject:Public Comment Audit Committee 3/21/2024 #3
Date:Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:10:24 PM
Attachments:B - Draft Resolution.pdf
Staff Report - 2024-03-20T155017.603.pdf
A - Good Faith Estimates.pdf
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Dear Audit Committee,
This is my last public comment for the day!
In 2020, the City of Cupertino refinanced our debt.
City Council was advised that the interest rate would DECREASE.
Instead the interest rate INCREASED from 3% to 4%.
The payment did go down because some of the debt was paid off.
Why wasn’t the final interest rate provided at that time?
Why didn’t the council meeting include a truth-in-lending statement explaining what the
savings to the City would have been to pay off the Certificates of Participation completely?
Note that a Certificate of Participation is similar to a Municipal Bond but does not require a
vote of the electorate.
This debt instrument has similar regulations under the SEC.
You can find the official statement here with the new 4% interest rate:
https://emma.msrb.org/IssueView/Details/P1405077
You can find the official statement here with old 3% interest rate:
https://emma.msrb.org/IssueView/Details/EP352488
Attached are the documents from the September 15, 2020 meeting.
You will see that the final interest rate was not provided. I’m feeling duped.
If you watch the video of the meeting (which is at the very end of that council meeting) you
will find that council members were told that the interest rate would be reduced and that was
not true.
Additionally, during that meeting, the consultant (UFI) revealed that his company would be
compensated for the refinance. This does not seem right to me.
Kindly provide an explanation for the next Audit Committee Meeting.
Thanks,
Rhoda Fry
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RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CUPERTINO
PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION
AND DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE SALE AND
DELIVERY OF 2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION IN A
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $27,000,000 AND AUTHORIZING
AND DIRECTING CERTAIN ACTIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”) is a nonprofit
public benefit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California with the
authority to assist in the financing and refinancing of the construction, reconstruction, modernization
and equipping of certain capital improvements on behalf of the City of Cupertino (the “City”); and
WHEREAS, the Corporation previously assisted the City in the execution and delivery of the
City’s $43,940,000 Certificates of Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “Refunded
Certificates”) in order to refinance certain public capital improvements; a nd
WHEREAS, the City desires to refinance the Refunded Certificates in order to achieve debt
service savings through the execution and delivery of the City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of
Participation in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $27,000,000 (the “Certificates”)
pursuant to a Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) by and among the City, the Corporation, and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”); and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the execution and delivery of the Certificates, the City
intends to lease to the Corporation the City’s City Hall, Administrative Offices, Cupertino
Community Hall/Council Chambers, Senior Center, and Quinlan Community Center properties, and
the existing improvements thereon (collectively, the “Leased Premises”) pursuant to a Site Lease (as
defined below) and to lease the Leased Premises back from the Corporation pursuant to the Lease (as
defined below); and
WHEREAS, the Certificates will evidence undivided and fractional interests in certain lease
payments by the City to the Corporation pursuant to the Site Lease and the Lease; and
WHEREAS, to facilitate the execution and delivery of the Certificates, the Corporation will
assign the lease payments to Trustee pursuant to an Assignment Agreement (the “Assignment
Agreement”), by and between the Corporation and the Trustee , and the Trustee at the request of the
City will execute the Certificates pursuant to the Trust Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the forms of the documents necessary to refinance the Refunded Certificates
and provide for the execution and delivery of the Certificates are on file with the Secretary as
described herein; and
WHEREAS, good faith estimates of certain information rela ting to the Certificates are set
forth in the staff report submitted to the Board of Directors herewith as required by California
Government Code Section 5852.1; such estimates were provided by Urban Futures Inc., the City’s
Municipal Advisor; and
2
WHEREAS, the refinancing of the Refunded Certificates for debt service savings will
provide a public benefit to the City and its residents by reducing the cost of the public capital
improvements refinanced using the proceeds of the Refunded Certificates; and
WHEREAS, all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State
to exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in connection with the
consummation of the financing authorized hereby do exist, have happened and have been performed
in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law, and the Corporation is now duly
authorized and empowered, pursuant to each and every requirement of law, to consummate such
financing for the purpose, in the manner and upon the terms herein provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Cupertino Public
Facilities Corporation as follows:
Section 1. Authorization of Certificates. This Board of Directors hereby authorizes
the preparation, sale and delivery of t he Certificates, in one or more tax-exempt or taxable series, in a
combined aggregate principal amount not to exceed $27,000,000 in accordance with the terms and
provisions of the Trust Agreement and within the parameters set forth in Sections 1 and 6 of t he
Resolution of the City Council of the City approving the execution and delivery of the Certificates .
The purposes for which the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates shall be expended are: (i) to
prepay the Refunded Certificates; and (ii) to pay the costs of the sale and delivery of the Certificates.
Section 2. Certificate Documents. The forms of the Site Lease between the
Corporation and the City (the “Site Lease”), the Lease Agreement between the City and the
Corporation (the “Lease”), the Trust Agreement, and the Assignment Agreement (collectively, the
“Agreements”) presented at this meeting and on file with the Secretary are hereby approved. Each of
the President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary of the Corporation, and other officers of the
Corporation designated in writing by the President or Treasurer (collectively, the “Authorized
Officers”), is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the Corporation,
to execute and deliver the Agreements in substantially said form, with such additions thereto and
changes therein as the Authorized Officer or Officers executing same may require or approve , such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof by one or more of the
Authorized Officers.
Section 3. Preliminary Official Statement. The form of the Preliminary Official
Statement, presented at this meeting and on file with the Secretary, is hereby approved. Each of
Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation, to make such changes to the Preliminary Official Statement as are necessary to make it
final as of its date and are authorized and directed , for and in the name and on behalf of the
Corporation, to execute and deliver a certificate deeming the Preliminary Official Statement final as
of its date in accordance with Rule 15c2-12 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Each of the Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf
of the Corporation, to execute, approve and deliver the final Official Statement in the form of the
Preliminary Official Statement with such changes, insertions and omissions therein as the Authorized
Officer or Officers executing the same may require or approve, such approval to be conclusively
evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof by one or more of such Authorized Officers.
Section 4. Attestations. The Secretary and such person or persons as may have been
designated by the Secretary to act on her behalf, are hereby authorized and directed to attest the
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signature of the Authorized Officers designated herein to execute any documents described herein,
and to affix and attest the seal of the Corporation, as may be required or appropriate in connection
with the execution and delivery of the Lease, the Site Lease, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement and such other agreements authorized by this resolution as the Secretary shall deem
appropriate.
Section 5. Appointment of Trustee and Legal Counsel. The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., is hereby appointed to serve as Trustee with respect to the Certificates.
The Cupertino City Attorney is hereby appointed to serve as general legal counsel to the Corporation.
Section 6. Other Actions. Each of the Authorized Officers is authorized and directed,
jointly and severally, to do any and all things and to execute and deliver any and all documents and
agreements which they may deem necessary or advisable in order to consummate the sale , execution
and delivery of the Certificates, the refinancing of the Refunded Certificates, the execution of the
Agreements, and otherwise to carry out, give effect to and comply with the terms and intent of this
Resolution, the Certificates, the Agreements, the Purchase Agreement, the Preli minary Official
Statement, and the Official Statement, including, but not limited to, the entering into of any
agreements terminating the leasehold interests in the Leased Premises relating to the Refunded
Certificates and or any subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements with sub-lessees
of the Leased Premises, removing, adding or substituting any City properties from or to the
properties to be leased pursuant to the Site Lease and the Lease, terminating the site lease and lease
agreement executed in connection with the Refunded Certificates, and taking such actions as may be
needed to remove encumbrances to title to the properties to be leased pursuant to the Site Lease and
the Lease and to obtain title insurance with respect to such properti es. Such actions heretofore taken
by such officers are hereby ratified, confirmed, and approved.
Section 7. Effect. This Resolution shall take effect from and after its date of adoption.
Section 8. Certification by Secretary. The Secretary shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the
Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation this 15th day of September 2020, by the following vote:
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Members of Board of Directors
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED:
_____________________________________
Steven Scharf, President
Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation
_____________________________________
Date
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia, Secretary
_____________________________________
Date
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION STAFF REPORT
Meeting: SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Subject
Authorizing the execution and delivery of documents relating to the sale and delivery of
the City of Cupertino’s 2020A Certificates of Participation (“Certificates”) to refinance the
City’s outstanding Certificates of Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (“2012
Certificates” or “Refunded Certificates”) for debt service savings and authorizing related
actions.
Recommended Action
Adopt Resolution No. _______ of the Board of Directors of the Cupertino Public Facilities
Corporation authorizing the execution and delivery of documents relating to the sale and
delivery of the 2020A Certificates of Participation in a principal amount not to exceed $27
million and authorizing and directing certain actions in connection therewith.
Discussion
This report is a companion to a report on the City Council agenda.
The Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”), formed in 1986, is a
nonprofit public benefit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State
of California with the authority to assist in the financing and refinancing of the
construction, reconstruction, modernization and equipping of certain capital
improvements on behalf of the City of Cupertino (the “City”). The City Council
comprises the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The City’s Mayor, Vice Mayor,
Secretary, and Treasurer serve as the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer
of the Corporation.
The Corporation previously assisted the City in executing and delivering the City’s
$43.940 million 2012 Certificates, which are currently outstanding in the amount of
$27.010 million, have interest rates ranging from 3.000% to 3.125%, and a final maturity of
July 1, 2030. The 2012 Certificates can be currently refunded on any date without
premium. Municipal bond rates are currently near historical lows. The Corporation has
determined that refinancing the 2012 Certificates for debt service savings will provide a
public benefit to the City and its residents by reducing annual debt service payments
through 2030, reducing the cost of the public capital improvements refinanced using the
proceeds of the Refunded Certificates.
In order to facilitate the sale and delivery of the Certificates, the City will lease certain real
property consisting generally of City Hall, Administrative Offices, Cupertino Community
Hall/Council Chambers, Senior Center, and Quinlan Community Center properties and
the existing improvements thereon (the “Leased Premises”), to the Corporation under a
Site Lease in consideration of the payment of an upfront rental payment; and the
Corporation will sublease the Leased Premises back to the City under a Lease Agreement
in consideration of the agreement by the City to pay semiannual lease payments (the
“Lease Payments”).
The Corporation will assign its right to receive the Lease Payments to The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), under an Assignment
Agreement. In consideration of such assignment, the Trustee will execute and deliver
not-to-exceed $27 million aggregate principal amount of Certificates, each evidencing a
direct, undivided fractional interest in the Lease Payments, the proceeds of which will be
applied to refinance the 2012 Certificates, as provided in a Trust Agreement among the
Corporation, the City, and the Trustee, and an Escrow Agreement between the City and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent (the “Escrow
Agent”).
Staff recommends that the Board of Directors of the Corporation adopt the proposed
Resolution that approves all documents and actions needed to authorize the issuance and
sale of the Certificates, including the following substantially final form financing
documents together with any changes or additions deemed advisable and approved by
the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, or other officers of the Corporation
designated in writing by the President or Treasurer:
Site Lease between the City as lessor and the Corporation as lessee, whereby the
City leases the Leased Premises to the Corporation in consideration of the payment
by the Corporation to the City of an upfront rental payment which is sufficient to
enable the City to refinance the 2012 Certificates and to pay related financing costs.
Lease Agreement between the Corporation as lessor and the City as lessee,
whereby the Corporation subleases the Leased Premises back to the City in
consideration of the payment by the City of semiannual Lease Payments.
Assignment Agreement between the Corporation and the Trustee, providing for
the Corporation’s assignment of certain of its rights in the Site Lease and the Lease
Agreement, including its right to receive Lease Payments, to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificate owners.
Trust Agreement among the City, the Corporation, and the Trustee, whereby the
Trustee agrees to execute and deliver the Certificates, and which sets forth the
material terms and provisions relating to the Certificates.
Escrow Agreement between the City and the Escrow Agent containing terms by
which the Escrow Agent will hold proceeds of the Certificates on behalf of the
owners of the 2012 Certificates to pay and discharge the 2012 Certificates and give
proper notice to the owners.
Termination Agreement among the City, the Corporation, and the Trustee for the
2012 Certificates providing for the termination of the 2012 Site Lease, the 2012
Lease Agreement, and the 2012 Assignment Agreement relating to the 2012
Certificates.
Certificate Purchase Agreement between the City and the underwriter Stifel,
Nicolaus & Company, Inc., pursuant to the terms and provisions of which the
Certificates will be sold with a negotiated method of sale, such terms and
provisions including the underwriter’s discount not to exceed 0.50% of the par
amount of the Certificates.
Preliminary Official Statement pursuant to which the Certificates will be offered
for purchase by the public and must contain all facts material to the Certificates
and the Corporation (with certain permitted exceptions to be completed in the
final Official Statement) and must not omit or misstate any such material facts. The
Preliminary Official Statement has been reviewed and approved for transmittal to
the Board by the City’s financing team. The distribution of the Preliminary Official
Statement by the Corporation is subject to federal securities laws, including the
Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These laws require
the Preliminary Official Statement to include all facts that would be material to an
investor in the Certificates. Material information is information that there is a
substantial likelihood would have actual significance in the deliberations of the
reasonable investor when deciding whether to buy or sell the Certificates. If the
Board concludes that the Preliminary Official Statement includes all facts that
would be material to an investor in the Certificates, it must adopt a resolution that
authorizes staff to execute a certificate to the effect that the Preliminary Official
Statement has been “deemed final.”
Amended Debt Management Policy that contains general policies regarding the
City and its related entities’ use and management of debt and has been updated to
include continuing disclosure policies and procedures.
If the Resolution is adopted by the Board, sale of the Certificates is expected to be
completed on or about the week of October 5th with a delivery/closing date on or about
the week of October 26th, at which time the City will receive the proceeds for refinancing
the 2012 Certificates.
Sustainability Impact
No sustainability impact.
Fiscal Impact
Assuming S&P’s affirmation of the City’s AA+ General Fund rating and based on interest
rates as of September 1, 2020 (plus a 50 basis point cushion), the sale and delivery of the
Certificates is estimated to result in cash flow savings of approximately $4.15 million
through June 1, 2030. Annual debt service savings is estimated to be approximately
$415,000. Net present value savings is estimated to be approximately $2.26 million (or
8.36% on $27.010 million of refunded 2012 Certificates). The estimated savings are net of
all financing costs and will benefit the City’s General Fund.
In accordance with California Government Code Section 5852.1, good faith estimates are
provided with respect to the Certificates in Exhibit A.
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Prepared by: Kristina Alfaro, Director Administrative Services
Reviewed by: Dianne Thompson, Assistant City Manager
Approved for Submission by: Deborah Feng, City Manager
Attachments:
A – Exhibit A: Good Faith Estimates
B – Resolution No. _________
[Note: This report and the Resolution reference documents that are attached to the
companion report on the City Council agenda.]
EXHIBIT A
GOOD FAITH ESTIMATES
The good faith estimates set forth herein are provided with respect to the City of
Cupertino’s (the “City’s”) 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”) in accordance
with California Government Code Section 5852.1. Such good faith estimates have been provided
to the City by Urban Futures, Inc. as municipal advisor to the City (the “Municipal Advisor”),
each with respect to the Certificates.
Principal Amount. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that, based on the City’s
financing plan and current market conditions, its good faith estimate of the aggregate principal
amount of the Certificates to be sold is $22,695,000 (the “Estimated Principal Amount”).
True Interest Cost of the Certificates. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that,
assuming that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market
interest rates prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the
true interest cost of the Certificates, which means the rate necessary to discount the amounts
payable on the respective principal and interest payment dates to the purchase price received for
the Certificates, is 1.26%.
Finance Charge of the Certificates. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that,
assuming that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market
interest rates prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the
finance charge for the Certificates, which means the sum of all fees and charges paid to third
parties (or costs associated with the Certificates), is $313,822.
Amount of Proceeds to be Received. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that,
assuming that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market
interest rates prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the
amount of proceeds expected to be received by the City for sale of the Certificates, less the finance
charge of the Certificates, as estimated above, and any reserve fund funded with proceeds of the
Certificates, is $25,666,245.
Total Payment Amount. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that, assuming
that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market interest rates
prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the total payment
amount, which means the sum total of all payments the City will make to pay debt service on the
Certificates, plus the finance charge for the Certificates, as described above, not paid with the
proceeds of the Certificates, calculated to the final maturity of the Certificates, is $27,547,758.
The foregoing estimates constitute good faith estimates only. The actual principal amount
of the Certificates issued and sold, the true interest cost thereof, the finance charges thereof, the
amount of proceeds received therefrom and total payment amount with respect thereto may
differ from such good faith estimates due to (a) the actual date of the sale of the Certificates being
different than the date assumed for purposes of such estimates, (b) the actual principal amount
of Certificates sold being different from the Estimated Principal Amount, (c) the actual
amortization of the Certificates being different than the amortization assumed for purposes of
such estimates, (d) the actual market interest rates at the time of sale of the Certificates being
different than those estimated for purposes of such estimates, (e) other market conditions, or (f)
alterations in the City’s financing plan, or a combination of such factors. The actual date of sale
of the Certificates and the actual principal amount of Certificates sold will be determined by the
City based on the timing of the need for proceeds of the Certificates and other factors. The actual
interest rates borne by the Certificates will depend on market interest rates at the time of sale
thereof. The actual amortization of the Certificates will also depend, in part, on market interest
rates at the time of sale thereof. Market interest rates are affected by economic and other factors
beyond the control of the City.
From:Rhoda Fry
To:City of Cupertino Audit Committee
Subject:RE: Public Comment Audit Committee 3/21/2024 #4
Date:Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:13:33 AM
Attachments:G - Trust Agreement.pdf
H - Escrow Agreement.pdf
I - Termination Agreement.pdf
J - Certificate Purchase Agreement.pdf
K - Preliminary Official Statement.pdf
Staff Report - 2024-03-21T064000.556.pdf
A - Good Faith Estimates.pdf
B - Draft Resolution.pdf
C - Site Lease.pdf
D - Lease Agreement.pdf
E - Memorandum of Lease Agreement.pdf
F - Assignment Agreement.pdf
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Dear Audit Committee,
Here is an addendum to my comment #3.
I would encourage you to watch the video of the City Council meeting from September
15, 2020.
First item #10 and then go to the very end of the meeting for the last few minutes.
Two agenda items contained the information regarding the refinance – I had written to you
about the second agenda item, which is why I couldn’t find the missing interest rates that had
occurred during the first agenda item. I had read it a long time ago and forgotten that this
single item spanned two agenda items.
The video is here:
https://cupertino.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=18&clip_id=2838
Note that the City’s consultant made $313K for this transaction which RAISED our debt’s
interest rate from 3% to 4% (our payment went down because part of the debt was paid off –
why pay off a loan at 3%?).
Attached is the packet from Agenda item #10.
You will see that the council did NOT receive the new interest rate and did not receive a
complete truth in lending statement. That’s in attachment A.
You will find that the new interest rate is BLANK on the second page of attachment K and on
page 14 of attachment G and starting on page 20 of attachment J.
I was able to find the new rate by going to the EMMA website, the Electronic Municipal
Market Access site run by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.
https://emma.msrb.org/IssuerHomePage/Issuer?
id=B9B2B3D550D44B2F21A46FDEFDBD7683
If you would like to understand this further, you can feel free to contact me at
fryhouse@earthlink.net or 408-529-3560
Regards,
Rhoda Fry
Virus-free.www.avg.com
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 9/4/2020
TRUST AGREEMENT
Dated as of October 1, 2020
by and among
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
and
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
and
CITY OF CUPERTINO
Relating to the
$__________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
i
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions and Rules of Construction ....................................................................... 2
Section 1.02 Authorization ............................................................................................................. 9
Section 1.03 Equal Security ............................................................................................................ 9
ARTICLE II
THE CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
Section 2.01 Authorization ............................................................................................................. 9
Section 2.02 Description of Certificates ....................................................................................... 10
Section 2.03 Form of Certificates ................................................................................................. 11
Section 2.04 Execution ................................................................................................................. 11
Section 2.05 Transfer and Exchange ............................................................................................ 11
Section 2.06 Certificates Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen ................................................... 11
Section 2.07 Execution of Documents and Proof of Ownership .................................................. 12
Section 2.08 Certificate Register .................................................................................................. 12
Section 2.09 Book-Entry System .................................................................................................. 13
Section 2.10 Destruction of Cancelled Certificates ...................................................................... 15
Section 2.11 Additional Certificates ............................................................................................. 15
ARTICLE III
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 3.01 Application of Proceeds and Other Amounts .......................................................... 17
Section 3.02 Establishment of the Delivery Cost Fund ................................................................ 17
ARTICLE IV
PREPAYMENT FUND
Section 4.01 Establishment of Prepayment Fund ......................................................................... 18
Section 4.02 Extraordinary Prepayment ....................................................................................... 18
Section 4.03 Reserved................................................................................................................... 18
Section 4.04 Selection of Certificates for Prepayment ................................................................. 18
Section 4.05 Notice of Prepayment .............................................................................................. 18
Section 4.06 Partial Prepayment of Certificates ........................................................................... 19
Section 4.07 Effect of Notice of Prepayment ............................................................................... 19
Section 4.08 Surplus ..................................................................................................................... 19
ARTICLE V
LEASE PAYMENTS; LEASE PAYMENT FUND
Section 5.01 Security Provisions .................................................................................................. 20
Section 5.02 Establishment of Lease Payment Fund .................................................................... 20
Section 5.03 Deposits ................................................................................................................... 21
Section 5.04 Application of Moneys ............................................................................................ 21
Section 5.05 Surplus ..................................................................................................................... 21
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
Page
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ARTICLE VI
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE VII
NET PROCEEDS FUND
Section 7.01 Establishment of Net Proceeds Fund: Deposits ....................................................... 21
Section 7.02 Cooperation .............................................................................................................. 22
ARTICLE VIII
MONEYS IN FUNDS; INVESTMENT
Section 8.01 Held in Trust ............................................................................................................ 22
Section 8.02 Investments Authorized ........................................................................................... 23
Section 8.03 Crediting of Investments .......................................................................................... 24
Section 8.04 Accounting ............................................................................................................... 24
Section 8.05 Valuation and Disposition of Investments ............................................................... 24
Section 8.06 Commingling of Moneys in Funds .......................................................................... 24
Section 8.07 Tax Covenants ......................................................................................................... 24
Section 8.08 Rebate Fund ............................................................................................................. 25
ARTICLE IX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 9.01 Appointment of Trustee ........................................................................................... 27
Section 9.02 Merger or Consolidation .......................................................................................... 28
Section 9.03 Protection of the Trustee .......................................................................................... 28
Section 9.04 Rights of the Trustee ................................................................................................ 29
Section 9.05 Standard of Care ...................................................................................................... 29
Section 9.06 Compensation of the Trustee ................................................................................... 30
Section 9.07 Indemnification of Trustee ....................................................................................... 30
Section 9.08 Trustee’s Disclaimer of Warranties ......................................................................... 31
ARTICLE X
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENTS
Section 10.01 Amendments Permitted ............................................................................................ 32
Section 10.02 Procedure for Amendment with Written Consent of the Owners ............................ 33
Section 10.03 Disqualified Certificates .......................................................................................... 33
Section 10.04 Effect of Supplemental Agreement .......................................................................... 34
Section 10.05 Endorsement or Replacement of Certificates Delivered After Amendments .......... 34
Section 10.06 Amendatory Endorsement of Certificates ................................................................ 34
Section 10.07 Copies of Amendments Delivered to Rating Agencies ........................................... 34
ARTICLE XI
COVENANTS; NOTICES
Section 11.01 Compliance With and Enforcement of the Lease .................................................... 34
Section 11.02 Payment of Taxes ..................................................................................................... 35
Section 11.03 Observance of Laws and Regulations ...................................................................... 35
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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Section 11.04 Prosecution and Defense of Suits ............................................................................ 35
Section 11.05 City Budgets ............................................................................................................ 35
Section 11.06 Further Assurances .................................................................................................. 35
Section 11.07 Continuing Disclosure ............................................................................................. 36
ARTICLE XII
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Section 12.01 Limited Liability of the City .................................................................................... 36
Section 12.02 No Liability of the City or Corporation for Trustee Performance ........................... 36
Section 12.03 Limitation of Rights to Parties and Certificate Owners ........................................... 36
Section 12.04 No Liability of Corporation to the Owners .............................................................. 37
ARTICLE XIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES OF CERTIFICATE OWNERS
Section 13.01 Assignment of Rights ............................................................................................... 37
Section 13.02 Events of Default ..................................................................................................... 37
Section 13.03 Application of Funds ............................................................................................... 37
Section 13.04 Institution of Legal Proceedings .............................................................................. 38
Section 13.05 Non-Waiver ............................................................................................................. 38
Section 13.06 Remedies Not Exclusive .......................................................................................... 38
Section 13.07 Power of Trustee to Control Proceedings ................................................................ 38
Section 13.08 Limitation on Certificate Owners’ Right to Sue ...................................................... 39
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01 Defeasance ............................................................................................................... 39
Section 14.02 Non-Presentment of Certificates .............................................................................. 40
Section 14.03 Acquisition of Certificates by City .......................................................................... 41
Section 14.04 Records .................................................................................................................... 41
Section 14.05 Notices ..................................................................................................................... 41
Section 14.06 Governing Law ........................................................................................................ 42
Section 14.07 Binding Effect: Successors ..................................................................................... 42
Section 14.08 Execution in Counterparts ....................................................................................... 42
Section 14.09 Headings .................................................................................................................. 42
Section 14.10 Waiver of Notice ...................................................................................................... 42
Section 14.11 Separability of Invalid Provisions ............................................................................ 42
Signatures ............................................................................................................................... S-1
EXHIBIT A FORM OF 2020A CERTIFICATE ........................................................................ A-1
EXHIBIT B FORM OF DELIVERY COST REQUISITION.................................................... B-1
TRUST AGREEMENT
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, is dated as of October 1, 2020, and entered into by and among
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association
organized under the laws of the United States of America, as trustee (the “Trustee”), the
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, a nonprofit public benefit corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of California, as lessor under the Lease hereinafter
referred to (the “Corporation”), and the CITY OF CUPERTINO, a municipal corporation and general
law city duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California, as
lessee under the Lease (the “City”);
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the City and the Corporation have heretofore entered into a Lease Agreement,
dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Lease Agreement”), pursuant to which the Corporation agreed to
lease to the City certain real property and improvements located thereon; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously executed and delivered its $43,940,000 Certificates of
Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “Refunded Certificates”), which Refunded Certificates
were secured by lease payments under and pursuant to the terms the 2012 Lease Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Corporation have entered into a Lease Agreement, dated as of
October 1, 2020 (the “Lease”), whereby the City has agreed to lease the Leased Premises (defined
below) from the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, in order to prepay the 2012 Lease Agreement and to defease and refinance the
Refunded Certificates, the City and the Corporation have authorized the sale of the $__________
City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”); and
WHEREAS, as security for the Certificates, the Corporation has assigned the rights to
receive all Lease Payments described in the Lease, and the Corporation and the City have granted a
security interest in all moneys held by the Trustee hereunder (other than the Rebate Fund as
described herein) to the extent described herein to the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners (defined
below) of Certificates and any Additional Certificates (defined below) executed and delivered
hereunder; and
WHEREAS, Section 5450 et seq. of the California Government Code (the “Government
Code”) provides statutory authority for pledging collateral for the paym ent of principal or
prepayment price of, and interest on, any agreement, including certificates of participation, and the
Government Code creates a continuing perfected security interest which shall attach immediately to
such collateral irrespective of whether the parties to the pledge document have notice of the pledge
and without the need for any physical delivery, recordation, filing or further act, and, therefore, the
City and the Corporation hereby warrant and represent that pursuant to the Lease, this Trust
Agreement and the Government Code, the Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in the
Lease Payments described in the Lease represented by the Certificates pursuant to the Government
Code; and
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained
herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Definitions and Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the terms defined in this Section shall, for all purposes of this Trust Agreement, have the
meanings herein specified. Unless the context otherwise indicates, words importing the singular
number shall include the plural number and vice versa. The terms “hereby,” “hereof,” “hereto,”
“herein,” “hereunder” and any similar terms, as used in this Trust Agreement, refer to this Trust
Agreement as a whole.
“Additional Certificates” means certificates of participation authorized by a Supplemental
Agreement that are executed and delivered by the Trustee under and pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof.
“Additional Payments” means all amounts payable by the City as Additional Payments as
defined in Section 4.11 of the Lease.
“Assignment Agreement” means the Assignment Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by
and between the Trustee and the Corporation, and any duly authorized and executed amendments
thereto.
“Beneficial Owner” means any person which (a) has the power, directly or indirectly, to vote
or consent with respect to, or to dispose of ownership of, any Certificates (including persons holding
Certificates through nominees, depositories or other intermediaries), or (b) is treated as the owner of
any Certificates for federal income tax purposes.
“Business Day” means any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, or (ii) a day on which
banking institutions in the State of New York or the State of California are authorized or required by
law or executive order to remain closed.
“Certificates” means the $__________ City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation
to be executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant to this Trust Agreement.
“Certificate Year” means the period extending from June 2 each year to June 1 of the
subsequent calendar year, provided that the first Certificate Year shall commence on the Delivery
Date and end on June 1, 2021.
“City” means the City of Cupertino, a municipal corporation and a general law city organized
and existing under the laws and Constitution of the State, and its successors and assigns.
“City Representative” means the Mayor, the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager, the
Administrative Services Director, or any other person authorized by the City Manager of the City to
act on behalf of the City with respect to the Lease or this Trust Agreement.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations issued thereunder, as
the same may be amended from time to time, and any successor provisions of law. Reference to a
particular section of the Code shall be deemed to be a reference to any successor to any such section.
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“Continuing Disclosure Certificate” means that certain Continuing Disclosure Certificate
dated as of October __, 2020, executed by the City and acknowledged by the Trustee, as
Dissemination Agent, as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Corporation” means the Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation, a nonprofit public benefit
corporation organized under the laws of the State, its successors and assigns.
“Corporation Representative” means the President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer
of the Corporation, or any other person authorized by the President or Treasurer to act on behalf of
the Corporation under or with respect to the Lease.
“Delivery Cost Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof.
“Delivery Cost Requisition” means a written requisition substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit B.
“Delivery Costs” means and includes all items of expense directly or indirectly payable by or
reimbursable to the City or the Corporation relating to the prepayment of the Refunded Certificates
from the proceeds of the Certificates, including but not limited to cost s provided in the contract of
purchase with the Original Purchaser, filing and recording costs, settlement costs, printing costs,
word processing costs, reproduction and binding costs, initial fees and charges of the Trustee,
including its first annual administration fee and the fees of its counsel, legal fees and charges,
financing and other professional consultant fees, fees of auctioning the Certificates, costs of rating
agencies and costs of providing information to such rating agencies, any computer an d other
expenses incurred in connection with the Certificates, fees for execution, transportation and
safekeeping of the Certificates and charges and fees in connection with the foregoing.
“Delivery Date” means the date on which the Certificates, duly exec uted by the Trustee, are
delivered to the Original Purchaser thereof.
“Depository” means the securities depository acting as depository pursuant to Section 2.09
hereof.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, a limited purpose trust
company organized under the laws of the State of New York in its capacity as securities depository
for the Certificates.
“Escrow Fund” means the Escrow Fund established under the 2012 A Certificates Escrow
Agreement.
“Event of Default” means an event of default under the Lease, as defined in Section 9.1
thereof.
“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the City commencing July 1 and ending June 30 of the
next year.
“Government Obligations” means Permitted Investments of the type described in paragraphs
(A) or (B) of the definition thereof.
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“Independent Counsel” means an attorney duly admitted to the practice of law before the
highest court of the state in which such attorney maintains an office and who is not an employee of
the Corporation, the Trustee or the City.
“Interest Payment Date” means June 1 and December 1 of each year commencing
__________ 1, 20__.
“Lease” means the Lease Agreement related to the Certificates, dated as of the date hereof,
by and between the City and the Corporation, and any duly authorized and executed amendments
thereto.
“Lease Payment” means any of the Lease Payments required to be paid by the City to the
Corporation pursuant to Section 4.4 of the Lease.
“Lease Payment Date” means the second Business Day prior to each Interest Payment Date.
“Lease Payment Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof.
“Lease Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c).
“Leased Premises” has the meaning set forth in the Lease.
“Letter of Representations” means the letter of the City delivered to and accepted by the
Depository on or prior to delivery of the Certificates as book -entry certificates making reference to
the DTC Operational Arrangements memorandum, as it may be amended from tim e to time, setting
forth the basis on which the Depository serves as depository for such book-entry certificates, as such
letters were originally executed or as they may be supplemented or revised or replaced by letters
from the City and the Trustee delivered to and accepted by the Depository.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service or any successors or assigns thereto.
“Net Proceeds” means any proceeds of any insurance, performance bonds or taking by
eminent domain or condemnation paid with respect to the Leased Premises remaining after payment
therefrom of any expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the collection thereof.
“Net Proceeds Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 7.01 hereof.
“Nominee” means the nominee of the Depository, which may be the Depository, as
determined from time to time pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof.
“Original Purchaser” means Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as original purchaser
of the Certificates on the Delivery Date.
“Outstanding” when used as of any particular time with respect to Certificates, means
(subject to the provisions of Section 10.03 hereof) all Certificates or Additional Certificates
theretofore executed and delivered by the Trustee under this Trust Agreement except:
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(1) Certificates or Additional Certificates theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or
surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Certificates or Additional Certificates for the payment or prepayment of which funds
or Government Obligations, together with interest earned thereon, in the necessary amount shall have
theretofore been deposited with the Trustee (whether upon or prior to the maturity or prepayment
date of such Certificates or Additional Certificates), provided that, if such Certificates are to be
prepaid prior to maturity, notice of such prepayment shall have been given as provided in
Section 4.05 hereof or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for the giving of
such notice; and
(3) Certificates or Additional Certificates in lieu of or in exchange for which other
Certificates or Additional Certificates shall have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant
to Sections 2.05 and 2.06 hereof.
“Owner” or “Certificate Owner” or “Owner of a Certificate”, or any similar term, when used
with respect to a Certificate means the person in whose name such Certificate is registered on the
registration books maintained by the Trustee.
“Participants” means those broker-dealers, banks and other financial institutions from time to
time for which the Depository holds book-entry certificates as securities depository.
“Permitted Investments” means, if and to the extent permitted by law and by any policy
guidelines promulgated by the City:
A. Direct obligations of the United States of America (including obligations
issued or held in book-entry form on the books of the Department of the Treasury) or
obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by the
United States of America.
B. Bonds, debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued or
guaranteed by any of the following federal agencies and provided such obligations are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America (stripped securities are
only permitted if they have been stripped by the agency itself):
1. Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)
Certificates of beneficial ownership
2. Federal Housing Administration Debentures (FHA)
3. General Services Administration
Participation certificates
4. Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA or “Ginnie
Mae”)
GNMA-guaranteed mortgage-backed bonds
GNMA-guaranteed pass-through obligations
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5. U.S. Maritime Administration
Guaranteed Title XI financing (qualified under the Ship Financing
Act of 1972)
6. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Project Notes
Local Corporation Bonds
C. Bonds, debentures, notes or other evidence of indebtedness issued or
guaranteed by any of the following non-full faith and credit U.S. government agencies
(stripped securities are only permitted if they have been stripped by the agency itself):
1. Federal Home Loan Bank System
Senior debt obligations
2. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC or “Freddie
Mac”)
Participation certificates
Senior debt obligations
3. Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA or “Fannie Mae”)
Mortgage-backed securities and senior debt obligations (excluding
stripped mortgage securities which are valued greater than par on the
portion of unpaid principal)
4. Student Loan Marketing Association (SLMA or “Sallie Mae”)
Senior debt obligations
5. Resolution Funding Corp (REFCORP)
The interest only component of REFCORP strips which have been
stripped by request to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
6. Farm Credit System Corp. - Consolidated system-wide bonds and
notes
D. Money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
whose shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, and having a rating by Standard
& Poor’s of “AAAm-G,” “AAAm” or “AAm” or by Moody’s of “Aaa,” “Aa1” or “Aa2,”
including funds for which the Trustee, its parent holding company, if any, or any affiliates or
subsidiaries of the Trustee provide investment advisory or other management services.
E. Certificates of deposit secured at all times by collateral described in (A)
and/or (B) above and having a maturity of one year or less. Such certificates must be issued
by commercial banks, savings and loan associations or mutual savings banks whose short -
term obligations are rated “A-1+” by Standard & Poor’s and “Prime-1” by Moody’s, which
may include the Trustee and its affiliates. The collateral must be held by a third party and the
Owners must have a perfected first security interest in the collateral.
F. Certificates of deposit, savings accounts, deposit accounts or money market
deposits which are fully insured by FDIC (including those of the Trustee and its affiliates).
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G. Commercial paper rated at the time of investment “Prime - 1” by Moody’s
and “A-1+” or better by Standard & Poor’s.
H. Investment agreements, including guaranteed investment agreements,
acceptable to the Trustee.
I. Bonds or notes issued by any state or municipality which are rated by
Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s in one of the two highest rating categories assigned by such
agencies.
J. Federal funds or bankers acceptances with a maximum term of one year of
any bank which has an unsecured, uninsured or unguaranteed obligation rating of “Prime - 1”
or “A3” or better by Moody’s or “A-1+” or better by Standard & Poor’s, including those of
the Trustee and its affiliates.
K. Repurchase agreements rated “AA” or better by Standard and Poor’s and that
provide for the transfer of securities from a dealer bank or securities firm (seller/borrower) to
the Trustee (buyer/lender), and the transfer of cash from the Trustee to the dealer bank or
securities firm with an agreement that the dealer bank or securities firm will repay the cash
plus a yield to the Trustee, in exchange for the securities at a specified date or dates.
L. Any guaranteed investment contract, including forward delivery agreements
(“FDAs”) and forward purchase agreements (“FPAs”), with a financial institution or
insurance company which has at the date of execution thereof an outstanding issue of
unsecured, uninsured and unguaranteed debt obligations or a claims-paying ability rated
within the two highest rating categories of Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s. Only Permitted
Investments described in clauses A, B or C above and having maturities equal to or less than
30 years from their date of delivery will be considered eligible for any
collateralization/delivery purposes for guaranteed investment contracts, FDAs or FPAs;
M. Pre-refunded municipal bonds rated “Aaa” by Moody’s and “AAA” by
Standard & Poor’s. If, however, the issue is only rated by Standard & Poor’s (i.e., there is no
Moody’s rating), then the pre-refunded bonds must have been pre-refunded with cash, direct
U.S. or U.S. guaranteed obligations, or AAA rated pre-refunded municipals to satisfy this
condition.
N. The Local Agency Investment Fund of the State, provided that the Trustee
may deposit and withdraw monies in its own name.
O. Any other investment which the City is permitted by law to make (including
investment agreements and forward delivery or forward purchase agreements).
“Value” of the above investments shall be determined by the manner currently
employed by the Trustee or any other manner consistent with industry standard.
“Prepayment” means any payment made by the City pursuant to Article X of the Lease as a
prepayment of Lease Payments.
“Prepayment Fund” means the fund by that name established and held by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.01 hereof.
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“Principal Office or Corporate Trust Office” means the corporate trust office of the Trustee in
Los Angeles, California, or such other or additional offices as may be designated by the Trustee;
provided, however, that for the purposes of payment, transfer or exchange of Certificates such term
means the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any partic ular time its corporate trust agency
business shall be conducted.
“Project” means the real property and public capital improvements refinanced with proceeds
of the Refunded Certificates and any other project identified in the Lease or any supplement theret o
as a Project.
“Rebate Fund” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.08(a).
“Rebate Requirement” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.08(a).
“Record Date” means the close of business on the fifteenth (15th) day of the month preceding
each Interest Payment Date, whether or not such fifteenth (15th) day is a Business Day.
“Refunded Certificates” means the $43,940,000 aggregate principal amount of the City of
Cupertino Certificates of Participation (2012 Refinancing Project).
“Series” means the Certificates and such Additional Certificates which are secured by Lease
Payments.
“S&P” or “Standard & Poor’s” means S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial
Services LLC business, or any successors or assigns thereto.
“Site Lease” means the Site Lease related to the Certificates, dated the date hereof, by and
between the Corporation and the City, and any duly authorized and executed amendments thereto .
“Special Counsel” means Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corpor ation, or
any other attorney or firm of attorneys of nationally recognized standing in matters pertaining to the
tax-exempt status of interest on obligations issued by states and their political subdivisions and
acceptable to the City.
“State” means the State of California.
“Supplemental Agreement” means a supplement to this Trust Agreement providing for the
execution and delivery of Additional Certificates pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof.
“Tax Certificate” means the Tax Certificate, dated as of the Delivery Date, concerning
matters pertaining to the use and investment of proceeds of the Certificates executed and delivered to
the City on the date of execution and delivery of the Certificates, including any and all exhibits
attached thereto.
“Term” means the time during which the Lease is in effect, as provided in Section 4.2 of the
Lease.
“Treasury Regulations” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.08(a).
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“Trustee” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking
association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, and any
successor trustee.
“Trust Agreement” or “Agreement” means this Trust Agreement, together with any
amendments hereof or supplements hereto permitted to be made hereunder.
“2012A Certificates Escrow Agreement” means that certain 2012A Certificates Escrow
Agreement dated as of October 1, 2020, by and between the City and The Bank of New York Mellon
Trust Company, N.A., as Escrow Agent, providing for the defeasance of the Refunded Certificates.
Section 1.02 Authorization. Each of the parties hereby represents and warrants that it has
full legal authority and is duly empowered to enter into this Trust Agreement, and has taken all
actions necessary to authorize the execution of this Trust Agree ment by the officers and persons
signing it.
Section 1.03 Equal Security. In consideration of the acceptance of the Certificates by the
Owners, this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a contract between the
Trustee and the Owners to secure the full and final payment of the interest, if any, and principal
represented by the Certificates which may be executed and delivered hereunder, subject to each of
the agreements, conditions, covenants and terms contained herein; and all agreements, conditions ,
covenants and terms contained herein required to be observed or performed by or on behalf of the
Trustee shall be for the equal and proportionate benefit, protection and security of all Owners without
distinction, preference or priority as to security or otherwise of any Certificates of a Series over any
other Certificates of a Series by reason of the number or date thereof or the time of execution or
delivery thereof or for any cause whatsoever, except as expressly provided herein or therein. All of
the Certificates of a Series are equally secured as provided in this Section, except as may be
otherwise expressly provided in this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE II
THE CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
Section 2.01 Authorization. Upon written request of the City Representative, the Trustee
will execute and deliver to the Original Purchaser Certificates in an aggregate principal amount of
$__________ representing proportionate ownership interests in the Lease Payments and the
Prepayments. The Certificates shall be initially executed and delivered as book-entry certificates.
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Section 2.02 Description of Certificates.
(a) Each Certificate shall be dated the Delivery Date and shall mature on June 1
in each of the years and in the amounts, and shall bear interest (calculated on the basis of a 360 -day
year of twelve 30-day months) at the rates, as follows:
Maturity
(June 1)
Principal
Amount
Interest
Rate
2021 $ %
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
The Certificates shall be delivered in fully registered form, numbered from one
upwards in consecutive numerical order (with such alphabetical prefix as the Trustee shall
determine). The Certificates shall be executed and delivered in the denominations of Five Thousand
Dollars ($5,000) and any integral multiple thereof.
Each Certificate shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the
date of execution thereof, unless (i) it is executed during the period from the day after the Record
Date for an Interest Payment Date to and including such Interest Payment Date , in which event it
shall bear interest from such Interest Payment Date, or (ii) it is executed on or prior to the Record
Date for the first Interest Payment Date, in which event interest shall be payable from the Delivery
Date; provided, however, that if, at the time of execution of any Certificate interest with respect to
such Certificate is in default, such Certificate shall bear interest from the Interest Payment Date to
which interest has been paid or made available for payment with respect to such Certificate.
(b) Payment Provisions. Interest with respect to any Certificate shall be payable
in lawful money of the United States of America by check or draft of the Trustee, mailed no later
than the Interest Payment Date to the Owner at its address as it appe ars, on the Record Date, on the
registration books maintained by the Trustee or at such other address as has been furnished to the
Trustee in writing by the Owner on or prior to such Record Date; provided, however, that at the
written request of the Owner of at least One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in aggregate principal
amount of Outstanding Certificates filed with the Trustee prior to any Record Date, interest with
respect to such Certificates shall be paid to such Owner on each succeeding Interest Payme nt Date
(unless such request has been revoked in writing) by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
an account in the continental United States designated in such written request. Payments of defaulted
interest with respect to the Certificates shall be paid by check or draft to the registered Owners of the
Certificates as of a special record date to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which special record date
shall be given to the registered Owners of the Certificates no less than ten (10) days pr ior thereto.
The principal of and premium, if any, on the Certificates is payable when due upon surrender thereof
at the Principal Office in lawful money of the United States of America.
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Section 2.03 Form of Certificates. The Certificates and the assignment to appear thereon
shall be substantially in the forms set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference
incorporated herein with such appropriate additions, modifications, and insertions as are permitted or
required by this Trust Agreement. Pending the preparation of definitive Certificates, the Certificates
may be executed and delivered in temporary form exchangeable for definitive Certificates when
ready for delivery. If the Trustee delivers temporary Certificates, it shall execute and deliver
definitive Certificates in an equal aggregate principal amount of authorized denominations, when
available, without additional charge, and thereupon the temporary Certificates shall be surrendered to
the Trustee at its Principal Office. Until so exchanged, the temporary Certificates shall be entitled to
the same benefits under this Trust Agreement as definitive Certificates.
Section 2.04 Execution. The Certificates shall be executed by and in the name of the
Trustee by the manual signature of any authorized signatory of the Trustee. The Trustee shall insert
the date of execution of each Certificate in the place provided thereon.
Section 2.05 Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer of Certificates. Any Certificate may, in accordance with its terms,
be transferred upon the books required to be kept pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.08 hereof by
the person in whose name it is registered, in person or by its duly authorized attorney, upon surren der
of such Certificate for cancellation at the Principal Office accompanied by delivery of a written
instrument of transfer in a form acceptable to the Trustee, duly executed. Whenever any Certificate
or Certificates shall be surrendered for transfer, th e Trustee shall execute and deliver a new
Certificate or Certificates of the same tenor and maturity, for like aggregate principal amount in
authorized denominations. The cost of printing Certificates and any services rendered or expenses
incurred by the Trustee in connection with any transfer shall be paid by the City. The Trustee shall
require the payment by the Owner requesting such transfer of any tax or other governmental charge
required to be paid with respect to such transfer, and there shall be no other charge to any Owner for
any such transfer.
(b) Exchange of Certificates. Certificates may be exchanged at the Principal
Office for a like aggregate principal amount of Certificates of other authorized denominations of the
same tenor and maturity. The Trustee may require the payment by the Certificate Owner requesting
such exchange of any tax or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such
exchange. The cost of printing Certificates and any services rendered or expenses incurred b y the
Trustee in connection with any exchange shall be paid by the City. All Certificates surrendered
pursuant to the provisions of this Section shall be cancelled and destroyed by the Trustee and shall
not be redelivered.
(c) Time for Transfer or Exchange. The Trustee shall not be obligated to transfer
or exchange any Certificate after a Record Date and before the following Interest Payment Date, or
during the period in which it is selecting Certificates for prepayment, or after notice of prepayment
has been given as provided in Section 4.05 hereof.
Section 2.06 Certificates Mutilated, Lost, Destroyed or Stolen. If any Certificate shall
become mutilated, the Trustee, at the expense of the Owner of said Certificate, shall execute and
deliver a new Certificate of like tenor, maturity and principal amount in exchange and substitution
for the Certificate so mutilated, but only upon surrender to the Trustee of the Certificate so mutilated.
Every mutilated Certificate so surrendered to the Trustee shall be cancelled by it. If any Certificate
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shall be lost, destroyed or stolen, evidence of such loss, destruction or theft may be submitted to the
Trustee, and, if such evidence is satisfactory to the Trustee and, if an indemnity, satisfactory to the
Trustee indemnifying the Trustee, the Corporation and the City, shall be given, the Trustee, at the
expense of the Certificate Owner, shall execute and deliver a new Certificate of like tenor, maturity
and principal amount and numbered as the Trustee shall determine in lieu of and in su bstitution for
the Certificate so lost, destroyed or stolen. The Trustee may require payment of an appropriate fee
for each new Certificate delivered under this Section and of the expenses which may be incurred by
the Trustee in carrying out the duties under this Section. Any Certificate executed under the
provisions of this Section in lieu of any Certificate alleged to be lost, destroyed or stolen shall be
equally and proportionately entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement with all other Certifi cates
secured by this Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, in lieu of
delivering a new Certificate in place of one which has been mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen, and
which has matured, or has been called for prepayment, the Trustee may make payment with respect
to such Certificate upon receipt of the above-mentioned indemnity.
Section 2.07 Execution of Documents and Proof of Ownership. Any request, direction,
consent, revocation of consent, or other instrument in writing required or permitted by this Trust
Agreement to be signed or executed by Certificate Owners may be in any number of concurrent
instruments of similar tenor, and may be signed or executed by such Owners in person or by their
attorneys or agents appointed by an instrument in writing for that purpose, or by any bank, trust
company or other depository for such Certificates. Proof of the execution of any such instrument, or
of any instrument appointing any such attorney or agent, and of the ownership of Certificates s hall be
sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement (except as otherwise herein provided), if made in
the following manner:
(a) The fact and date of the execution by any Owner or its attorney or agent of
any such instrument and of any instrument appointing any such attorney or agent, may be proved by
a certificate, which need not be acknowledged or verified, of an officer of any bank or trust company
located within the United States of America, or of any notary public, or other officer authorized to
take acknowledgments of deeds to be recorded in such jurisdictions, that the persons signing such
instruments acknowledged before him the execution thereof. Where any such instrument is executed
by an officer of a corporation or association or a member of a partnership on behalf of such
corporation, association or partnership, such certificate shall also constitute sufficient proof of its
authority.
(b) The fact of the ownership of Certificates by any person, the amount and
numbers of such Certificates and the dat e of execution shall be proved by the registration books
maintained pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof.
Nothing contained in this Article II shall be construed as limiting the Trustee to such proof, it
being intended that the Trustee may accept any other evid ence of the matters herein stated which the
Trustee may deem sufficient in its sole discretion. Any request or consent of the Owner of any
Certificate shall bind every future Owner of the same Certificate in respect of anything done or to be
done by the Trustee in pursuance of such request or consent.
Section 2.08 Certificate Register. The Trustee will keep or cause to be kept at its
Principal Office or another office designated by the Trustee sufficient books for the registration and
transfer of the Certificates which shall, during normal working hours and upon reasonable notice, be
open to inspection by the City and the Corporation; and, upon presentation for such purpose, the
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Trustee shall, under such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, register or transfer or cause to be
registered or transferred, on said books, Certificates as hereinbefore provided. The City, the
Corporation and the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the registered owner of a Certificate as the
absolute owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not a Certificate shall be overdue and the City,
the Corporation and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
Section 2.09 Book-Entry System.
(a) Election of Book-Entry System. Prior to the execution and delivery of the
Certificates, the City may provide that such Certificates shall be initially executed and delivered as
book-entry Certificates. If the City shall elect to deliver any Certificates in book -entry, then the City
shall cause the delivery of a separate single fully registered Cert ificate (which may be typewritten)
for each maturity date of such Certificates in an authorized denomination corresponding to that total
principal amount of the Certificates designated to mature on such date. Upon initial execution and
delivery, the ownership of each such Certificate shall be registered in the Certificate register in the
name of the Nominee, as nominee of the Depository, and ownership of the Certificates, or any
portion thereof, may not thereafter be transferred except as provided in subse ction (d) of this
Section 2.09.
With respect to book-entry Certificates, the City and the Trustee shall have no
responsibility or obligation to any Participant or to any person on behalf of which such a Participant
holds an interest in such book-entry Certificates. Without limiting the immediately preceding
sentence, the City and the Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation with respect to (i) the
accuracy of the records of the Depository, the Nominee, or any Participant with respect to any
ownership interest in book-entry Certificates, (ii) the delivery to any Participant or any other person,
other than an Owner as shown in the Certificate register, of any notice with respect to book -entry
Certificates, including any notice of prepayment, (iii) the selection by the Depository and its
Participants of the beneficial interests in book -entry Certificates to be prepaid in the event the City
prepays the Certificates in part, or (iv) the payment by the Depository or any Participant or any other
person, of any amount with respect to principal, premium, if any, or interest evidenced and
represented by book-entry Certificates. The City and the Trustee may treat and consider the person
in whose name each book-entry Certificate is registered in the Certificate register as the absolute
Owner of such book-entry Certificate for the purpose of payment of principal, premium and interest
with respect to such Certificate, for the purpose of giving notices of prepayment and other matters
with respect to such Certificate, for the purpose of registering transfers with respect to such
Certificate, and for all other purposes whatsoever. The Trustee shall pay all principal, premium, if
any, and interest evidenced and represented by the Certificates only to or upon the orde r of the
respective Owner, as shown in the Certificate register, or its respective attorney duly authorized in
writing, and all such payments shall be valid and effective to fully satisfy and discharge the City’s
obligations with respect to payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest evidenced and
represented by the Certificates to the extent of the sum or sums so paid. No person other than an
Owner, as shown in the Certificate register, shall receive a Certificate evidencing the obligation to
make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest evidenced and represented by the
Certificates. Upon delivery by the Depository to the Owner and the Trustee, of written notice to the
effect that the Depository has determined to substitute a new nominee in place of the Nominee, and
subject to the provisions herein with respect to Record Dates, the word “Nominee” in this Trust
Agreement shall refer to such nominee of the Depository.
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(b) Delivery of Letter of Representations. In order to qualify the book-entry
Certificates for the Depository’s book-entry system, the City shall execute and deliver to the
Depository a Letter of Representations. The execution and delivery of a Letter of Representations
shall not in any way impose upon the City any obligation whatsoever with respect to persons having
interests in such book-entry Certificates other than the Owners, as shown on the Certificate register.
In addition to the execution and delivery of a Letter of Representations, the City shall take such other
actions, not inconsistent with this Trust Agreement, as are reasonably necessary to qualify book -entry
Certificates for the Depository’s book-entry program.
(c) Selection of Depository. In the event (i) the Depository determines not to
continue to act as securities depository for book-entry Certificates, or (ii) the City determines that
continuation of the book-entry system is not in the best interest of the beneficial owners of the
Certificates or the City, then the City will discontinue the book -entry system with the Depository. If
the City determines to replace the Depository with another qualified securities depository, the City
shall prepare or direct the preparation of a new single, separate, fully registered Certificate for each
of the maturity dates of such book-entry Certificates, registered in the name of such successor or
substitute qualified securities depository or its Nominee as provided in subsection (d) of this Section
2.09. If the City fails to identify another qualified securities depository to rep lace the Depository,
then the Certificates shall no longer be restricted to being registered in such Certificate register in the
name of the Nominee, but shall be registered in whatever name or names the Owners transferring or
exchanging such Certificates shall designate, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.05
hereof.
(d) Payments to Depository. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust
Agreement to the contrary, so long as all Outstanding Certificates are held in book -entry and
registered in the name of the Nominee, all payments with respect to principal, prepayment premium,
if any, and interest evidenced and represented by such Certificate and all notices with respect to such
Certificate shall be made and given, respectively to the Nominees, as provided in the Letter of
Representations or as otherwise instructed by the Depository and agreed to by the Trustee
notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions herein.
(i) The Certificates shall be initially executed and delivered as provided
in Section 2.01 hereof. If such Certificates are initially registered in the name of the Nominee, then
registered ownership of such Certificates, or any portions thereof, may not thereafter be transferred
except:
(A) to any successor of DTC or its nominee, or of any substitute
depository designated pursuant to clause (B) of subsection (i) of this Section 2.09(d) (“Substitute
Depository”); provided that any successor of DTC or Substitute Depository shall be qualified under
any applicable laws to provide the service proposed to be provided by it;
(B) to any Substitute Depository, upon (1) the resignation of DTC
or its successor (or any Substitute Depository or its successor) from its functions as depository, or (2)
a determination by the City that DTC (or its successor) is no longer able to carry out its functions as
depository; provided that any such Substitute Depository shall be qualified under any applicable laws
to provide the services proposed to be provided by it; or
(C) to any person as provided below, upon (1) the resignation of
DTC or its successor (or any Substitute Depository or its successor) from its functions as depository,
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or (2) a determination by the City that DTC or its successor (or Substitute Depository or its
successor) is no longer able to carry out its functions as depository.
(ii) In the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (A) or clause (B) of
subsection (i) of this Section 2.09(d), upon receipt of all Outstanding Certificates by the Trustee,
together with a written request of the City to the Trustee designating the Substitute Depository, a
single new Certificate, which the City shall prepare or cause to be prepared, shall be executed and
delivered for each maturity of Certificates then Outstanding, registered in the name of such successor
or such Substitute Depository or their Nominees, as the case may be, all as specified in such written
request of the City. In the case of any transfer pursuant to clause (C) of subsection (i) of this
Section 2.09(d), upon receipt of all Outstanding Certificates by the Trustee, together with a written
request of the City to the Trustee, new Certificates, which the City shall prepare or cause to be
prepared, shall be executed and delivered in such denominations and registered in the names of such
persons as are requested in such written request of the City, subject to the limitations of Section 2.01
hereof, provided that the Trustee shall not be required to deliver such new Certificates within a
period of less than sixty (60) days from the date of receipt of such written request from the City.
(iii) In the case of a partial prepayment or an advance prepayment of any
Certificates evidencing a portion of the principal maturing in a particular year, DTC or its successor
(or any Substitute Depository or its successor) shall make an appropriate notation on such
Certificates indicating the date and amounts of such reduction in principal, in form acceptable to the
Trustee, all in accordance with the Letter of Representations. The Trustee shall not be liable for such
Depository’s failure to make such notations or errors in making such notations.
(iv) The City and the Trustee shall be entitled to treat the person in whose
name any Certificate is registered as the Owner thereof for all purposes of this Trust Agreement and
any applicable laws, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary received by the Trustee or the City;
and the City and the Trustee shall not have responsibility for transmitting payments to,
communicating with, notifying, or otherwise dealing with any beneficial owners of the Certificates .
Neither the City nor the Trustee shall have any responsibility or obligation, legal or otherwise, to any
such beneficial owners or to any other party, including DTC or its successor (or Substitute
Depository or its successor), except to the Owner of any Certificates, and the Trustee may rely
conclusively on its records as to the identity of the Owners of the Certificates.
Section 2.10 Destruction of Cancelled Certificates. Whenever in this Trust Agreement
provision is made for the surrender or cancellation by the Trustee and the delivery to the City of any
Certificates, the Trustee will cancel and destroy such Certificates and deliver a certificate of such
destruction to the City upon its request.
Section 2.11 Additional Certificates. Subsequent to the execution and delivery by the
Trustee of the Certificates, the Trustee shall, upon written request or requests of the City
Representative and of the Corporation Representative, execute a nd deliver from time to time one or
more series of Additional Certificates in such aggregate principal amount as may be set forth in such
written request or requests, provided that there shall have been compliance with all of the following
conditions, which are hereby made conditions precedent to the preparation, execution and delivery of
such Additional Certificates:
(a) The parties to this Trust Agreement shall have executed a Supplemental
Agreement which sets forth the terms and provisions of such Additional Certificates, including the
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establishment of such funds and accounts, which may be separate and apart from the funds and
accounts established hereunder for the Certificates, as shall be necessary or appropriate;
(b) The scheduled principal and interest payable with respect to such Additional
Certificates shall be payable only on Interest Payment Dates applicable to the Certificates;
(c) The Lease shall have been amended, if necessary, to (i) increase or adjust the
Lease Payments due and payable on each Lease Payment Date to an amount sufficient to pay the
principal, premium (if any) and interest payable with respect to all Outstanding Certificates,
including all Additional Certificates as and when the same mature or become due and payable
(except to the extent such principal, premium and interest may be payable out of moneys then on
deposit with the Trustee in accordance with this Trust Agreement), and (ii) make such other revisions
to the Lease as are necessitated by the execution and delivery of such Additional Ce rtificates
(provided, however, that such other revisions shall not prejudice the rights of the Owners of
Outstanding Certificates as granted them under the terms of this Trust Agreement);
(d) There shall have been delivered to the Trustee a counterpart of the
amendments required by subsection (c) of this Section 2.11;
(e) The Trustee shall have received a certificate of the Corporation
Representative that there exists on the part of the Corporation no Event of Default (or any event
which, once all notice or grace periods have passed, would constitute an Event of Default);
(f) The Trustee shall have received a certificate of the City Representative that
(i) there exists on the part of the City no Event of Default (or any event which, once all notice or
grace periods have passed, would constitute an Event of Default) and (ii) the Lease Payments as
increased or adjusted do not exceed in any year the fair rental value of the Leased Premises (as such
term is defined in the amended Lease);
(g) The Trustee shall have received an opinion of Special Counsel substantially
to the effect that (i) said Supplemental Agreement and said amendments to the Lease comply in all
respects with the requirements of this Section, (ii) said Supplemental Agreement and said
amendments to the Lease have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the City and the
Corporation, as applicable, (provided that said opinion of Special Counsel, in rendering the opinions
set forth in this clause (ii), shall be entitled to rely upon one or more other opinions of counsel,
including counsel to any of the respective parties to said Supplemental Agreement or said
amendments to the Lease), (iii) assuming that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
this Trust Agreement, as amended by said Supplemental Agreement, and the Lease, as amended by
the respective amendments thereto, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the City and
the Corporation, as applicable, enforceable against said parties in accordance with their respective
terms (except to the extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, debt adjustment or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and except to the
extent that enforcement thereof may be limited by general principles of equi ty, regardless of whether
enforcement is sought in a legal or equitable proceeding) and (iv) the execution of such Supplemental
Agreement and said amendments to the Lease, and performance by the parties thereunder, will not
result in the inclusion of the interest portion of any Lease Payments payable with respect to any
Certificates, including Additional Certificates (to the extent such Additional Certificates are executed
and delivered as tax exempt Certificates), theretofore prepared, executed and deliver ed, in the gross
income of the Owners of the Certificates or the owners of any Additional Certificates (to the extent
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such Additional Certificates are executed and delivered as tax exempt Certificates) for purposes of
federal income taxation;
(h) There shall have been delivered to the Trustee an endorsement to or
reissuance of the title insurance policy delivered under Section 5.5 of the Lease providing that the
insured amount is at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Certificates and
Additional Certificates outstanding upon the execution and delivery of such Additional Certificates;
and
(i) Such other conditions shall have been satisfied, and such other instruments
shall have been duly executed and delivered to the Trustee, as the City or th e Corporation shall have
reasonably requested.
Upon delivery to the Trustee of the foregoing instruments, the Trustee shall cause to be
executed and delivered Additional Certificates of a Series representing the aggregate principal
amount specified in such Supplemental Agreement, and such Additional Certificates shall be equally
and ratably secured with all Certificates of like Series, including any Additional Certificates,
theretofore prepared, executed and delivered, all without preference, priority or di stinction (other
than with respect to maturity, payment, prepayment or sinking fund payment (if any)) of any one
Certificate of a Series, including Additional Certificates, over any other; provided, however, that no
provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the City to consent to or otherwise permit the
preparation, execution and delivery of Additional Certificates, it being understood and agreed that
any such consent or other action of the City to permit the preparation, execution and delivery of
Additional Certificates, or lack thereof, shall be in the sole discretion of the City.
ARTICLE III
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 3.01 Application of Proceeds and Other Amounts. The net proceeds from the
sale of the Certificates in the amount of $__________ (representing the par amount of the
Certificates of $__________, plus original premium of $__________, less Original Purchaser’s
discount of $__________) shall be deposited with the Trustee as follows: $__________ shall be
deposited to the Delivery Cost Fund for the payment of Delivery Costs, and $__________ shall be
deposited to the Escrow Fund.
The Trustee may, in its discretion, establish a temporary fund or account in its books or
records to facilitate such deposits and transfers.
Section 3.02 Establishment of the Delivery Cost Fund. There is hereby established a
separate fund to be known as the “Delivery Cost Fund,” which shall be held by the Trustee in trust.
The moneys in the Delivery Cost Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee from time to time
to pay the Delivery Costs upon submission of a Delivery Cost Requisition stating (a) the person to
whom payment is to be made, (b) the amount to be paid, (c) the purpose for which the obligation was
incurred, (d) that such payment is a proper charge against the Delivery Cost Fund, an d (e) that such
amounts have not been the subject of a prior Delivery Cost Requisition. On the earlier of (i) six
months from the Delivery Date, or (ii) the date of receipt by the Trustee of a Delivery Cost
Requisition therefor, all amounts (if any) remaining in the Delivery Cost Fund shall be withdrawn
therefrom by the Trustee and transferred to the Lease Payment Fund. Thereafter, the Delivery Cost
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Fund shall be closed. Each such Delivery Cost Requisition shall be sufficient evidence to the Trustee
of the facts stated therein and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such facts.
ARTICLE IV
PREPAYMENT FUND
Section 4.01 Establishment of Prepayment Fund. The Trustee shall establish a special
fund designated as the “City of Cupertino (2020A Certificates) Prepayment Fund,” referred to herein
as the “Prepayment Fund”; shall keep such fund separate and apart from all other funds and moneys
held by it; and shall administer such fund as herein provided. Moneys to be used for prepayment of
the Certificates shall be deposited into the Prepayment Fund and used solely for the purpose of
prepaying the Certificates in advance of their maturity on the date designated for prepayment and
upon presentation and surrender of such Certificates to the Trustee.
Section 4.02 Extraordinary Prepayment. The Certificates are subject to prepayment
prior to their respective maturity dates on any date, in whole or in part, from Net Proceeds which the
Trustee shall deposit in the Prepayment Fund as provided in Section 6.1(c) of the Lease at least forty-
five (45) days prior to the date fixed for prepayment and credited towards the prepayment made by
the City pursuant to Section 10.2 of the Lease, at a prepayment price equal to the principal amount
thereof together with accrued interest to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium.
Section 4.03 Reserved.
Section 4.04 Selection of Certificates for Prepayment. In the event of an extraordinary
prepayment of Certificates pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, the Trustee shall select Certificates for
prepayment so that the Net Proceeds will be applied to prepay a proportionate amount of Certificates
and Additional Certificates based on the Outstanding principal amount and by lot within any
maturity. The Trustee shall promptly notify the City and the Corporation in writing of the
Certificates so selected for prepayment by mailing to the City and the Corporation copies of the
notice of prepayment provided for in Section 4.05 hereof.
Section 4.05 Notice of Prepayment.
(a) Content. When prepayment is authorized or required pursuant to this
Article IV, the Trustee shall give notice of the prepayment of the Certificates. Such notice shall
specify: (a) the prepayment date, (b) the prepayment price, (c) if less than all of the Outsta nding
Certificates of a maturity are to be prepaid, the Certificate numbers (and in the case of partial
prepayment, the respective principal amounts), (d) the CUSIP numbers of the Certificates to be
prepaid, (e) the place or places where the prepayment wil l be made, and (f) the original date of
execution and delivery of the Certificates. Such notice shall further state that on the specified date
there shall become due and payable upon each Certificate to be prepaid, the portion of the principal
amount of such Certificate to be prepaid, together with interest accrued to said date, and that from
and after such date, provided that moneys therefor have been deposited with the Trustee, interest with
respect thereto shall cease to accrue and be payable.
(b) Recipients: Timing. Notice of such prepayment shall be sent by first class
mail or delivery service postage prepaid, or by telecopy, to the Depository on the date of mailing of
notice to the Owners by first class mail and by first class mail, postage prepaid, to t he Corporation
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and the respective Owners of any Certificates designated for prepayment at their addresses appearing
on the Certificate registration books, at least twenty (20) days, but not more than sixty (60) days,
prior to the prepayment date; provided that neither failure to receive such notice nor any defect in any
notice so mailed shall affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for the prepayment of such
Certificates. Under no circumstances shall the Trustee have any liability to any party for any
inaccurate CUSIP number.
Section 4.06 Partial Prepayment of Certificates. Upon surrender by the Owner of a
Certificate for partial prepayment at the Principal Office, payment of such partial prepayment of the
principal amount of a Certificate will be paid to such Owner. Upon surrender of any Certificate
prepaid in part only, the Trustee shall execute and deliver to the registered Owner thereof, at the
expense of the City, a new Certificate or Certificates which shall be of authorized denominations
equal in principal amount to the unprepaid portion of the Certificate surrendered and of the same
tenor and maturity. Such partial prepayment shall be valid upon payment of the amount thereby
required to be paid to such Owner, and the City, the Corporation and the Trustee shal l be released
and discharged from all liability to the extent of such payment.
Section 4.07 Effect of Notice of Prepayment. Notice having been given to the Owners of
the Certificates as set forth in Section 4.05 hereof, and the moneys for the prepayment (including, the
interest to the applicable date of prepayment), having been set aside in the Prepayment Fund, the
Certificates shall become due and payable on said date of prepayment, and, upon presentation and
surrender thereof at the Principal Office, said Certificates shall be paid at the prepayment price with
respect thereto, plus interest accrued and unpaid to said date of prepayment.
If, on the date of a prepayment, moneys for the prepayment of all the Certificates to be
prepaid, together with interest to said date of prepayment, shall be held by the Trustee so as to be
available therefor on such date of prepayment, and, i f notice of prepayment thereof shall have been
given as set forth in Section 4.05 hereof, then, from and after said date of prepayment, interest with
respect to the Certificates to be prepaid shall cease to accrue and become payable. All moneys held
by or on behalf of the Trustee for the prepayment of Certificates shall be held in trust for the account
of the Owners of the Certificates so to be prepaid, without liability for interest thereon.
All Certificates paid at maturity or prepaid prior to maturity p ursuant to the provisions of this
Article shall be cancelled upon surrender thereof and destroyed.
Section 4.08 Surplus. Any funds remaining in the Prepayment Fund after prepayment and
payment of all Certificates Outstanding, including accrued interest and payment of any applicable
fees and expenses to the Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.06 and 9.07 hereof and any other Additional
Payments payable under the Lease or provision made therefor satisfactory to the Trustee, and
provision for any amounts required to be transferred to the Rebate Fund pursuant to Sections 8.07
and 8.08 hereof, shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and remitted to the City.
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ARTICLE V
LEASE PAYMENTS; LEASE PAYMENT FUND
Section 5.01 Security Provisions.
(a) Assignment of Rights in Lease. The Corporation has, pursuant to the
Assignment Agreement, absolutely assigned and set over to the Trustee certain of its rights in the
Lease, including but not limited to all of the Corporation’s rights to receive and collect all of the
Lease Payments, the Prepayments and all other amounts req uired to be deposited in the Lease
Payment Fund pursuant to the Lease or pursuant hereto. All Lease Payments, Prepayments and such
other amounts to which the Corporation may at any time be entitled (other than amounts due to the
Corporation under Section 4.11 of the Lease) shall be paid directly to the Trustee, and all of the
Lease Payments and Prepayments collected or received by the Corporation shall be deemed to be
held and to have been collected or received by the Corporation as the agent of the Truste e and if
received by the Corporation at any time shall be deposited by the Corporation with the Trustee within
five (5) Business Days after the receipt thereof, and all such Lease Payments shall be forthwith
deposited by the Trustee upon the receipt thereof in the Lease Payment Fund, all such Prepayments
shall be forthwith deposited by the Trustee upon the receipt thereof in the Prepayment Fund.
(b) Security Interest in Moneys and Funds. The Corporation and the City, as
their interests may appear, hereby grant to the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners of the
Certificates a lien on and a security interest in all moneys in the following funds or accounts held by
the Trustee under this Trust Agreement (excepting only the Rebate Fund and any moneys to be
deposited into the Rebate Fund), including without limitation, the Lease Payment Fund, the
Prepayment Fund and the Net Proceeds Fund, and all such moneys shall be held by the Trustee in
trust and applied to the respective purposes specified herein and in the Lease.
(c) Pledge of Lease Payments and Proceeds. The Lease Payments are hereby
irrevocably pledged to and shall be used for the punctual payment of the interest and principal
represented by the Certificates (and Additional Certificates to the extent provided in a Supplemental
Agreement). Any proceeds from the re-letting or any other disposition of the Leased Premises
pursuant to Article IX of the Lease (the “Lease Proceeds”) are hereby irrevocably pledged equally to
the Certificates and any Additional Certificates. Except as permitted under Section 2.11 hereof with
respect to Additional Certificates, the Lease Payments and Lease Proceeds shall not be used for any
other purpose while any of the Certificates remain Outstanding. This pledge shall constitute a firs t
lien on the Lease Payments and Lease Proceeds in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to
Section 13.03 hereof and subject to Section 2.11 hereof.
Section 5.02 Establishment of Lease Payment Fund. The Trustee shall establish a
special fund designated as the “Cit y of Cupertino (2020A Certificates) Lease Payment Fund,”
referred to herein as the “Lease Payment Fund.” All moneys at any time deposited by the Trustee in
the Lease Payment Fund shall be held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Owners of the
Certificates. So long as any Certificates are Outstanding, neither the City nor the Corporation shall
have any beneficial right or interest in the Lease Payment Fund or the moneys deposited therein,
except only as provided in this Trust Agreement, and such moneys shall be used and applied by the
Trustee as hereinafter set forth.
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Section 5.03 Deposits. There shall be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund all Lease
Payments and in the Prepayment Fund all Prepayments received by the Trustee, including any
moneys received by the Trustee for deposit therein pursuant to Section 3.01 hereof and Section 4.4 of
the Lease, including without limitation Section 5.4(c) of the Lease (regarding proceeds of rental
interruption insurance) or pursuant to this Trust Agreement, which moneys shall be applied as a
credit towards any Lease Payment then due.
Section 5.04 Application of Moneys. Except as provided in this Section, all amounts in
the Lease Payment Fund shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of paying
the principal and interest with respect to the Certificates as the same shall become due and payable,
in accordance with the provisions of Article II and Article IV hereof, subject to the requirement that
certain investment earnings may be transferred to the Rebate Fund, as provided in Section 8.08
hereof.
On or before each Interest Payment Date, the Trustee shall set aside an amount sufficient to
pay the interest becoming due and payable on such Interest Payment Date on all Outstanding
Certificates and Additional Certificates. Moneys so set aside shall be used and withdrawn by the
Trustee solely for the purpose of paying the interest with respect to the Certificates as it shall become
due and payable (including, accrued interest with respect to any Certificates prepaid p rior to
maturity).
On or before each Interest Payment Date on which the principal of the Certificates shall be
payable, the Trustee shall set aside an amount equal to (i) the principal amount of the Certificates and
Additional Certificates coming due and payable on such Interest Payment Date pursuant to
Section 2.02 hereof, and (ii) the prepayment price of the Certificates and Additional Certificates
(consisting of the principal amount thereof and any applicable premiums) required to be prepaid on
such Interest Payment Date pursuant to any of the provisions of Article IV hereof. Moneys so set
aside shall be used and withdrawn by the Trustee solely for the purpose of (i) paying the principal of
the Certificates and Additional Certificates at the maturity the reof, or (ii) paying the principal of and
premium (if any) on any Certificates and Additional Certificates upon the prepayment thereof
pursuant to Section 4.03 hereof.
Section 5.05 Surplus. Any funds remaining in the Lease Payment Fund after payment of
all Certificates Outstanding, including accrued interest and payment of any applicable fees to the
Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.06 and 9.07 hereof and any other Additional Payments due under the
Lease, or provision made therefor satisfactory to the Trustee, and provisi on for any amounts required
to be transferred to the Rebate Fund pursuant to Section 8.08 hereof, shall be withdrawn by the
Trustee and remitted to the City.
ARTICLE VI
[RESERVED]
ARTICLE VII
NET PROCEEDS FUND
Section 7.01 Establishment of Net Proceeds Fund: Deposits. The Trustee shall establish
when required a special fund designated as the “City of Cupertino (2020A Certificates) Net Proceeds
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Fund,” referred to herein as the “Net Proceeds Fund,” to be maintained and held in trust for the
benefit of the Owners, subject to disbursement therefrom as provided herein. The Trustee shall
deposit Net Proceeds in the Net Proceeds Fund as provided in Section 6.1(a) of the Lease.
(a) Casualty Insurance. The Trustee shall disburse Net Proceeds for replacement
or repair of the Leased Premises as provided in Section 6.1(b) of the Lease, or transfer such proceeds
to the Prepayment Fund upon notification of the City Representative as provided in Section 6.1(c) of
the Lease. Pending such application, such Net Proceeds may be invested by the Trustee as dire cted
by the City Representative in Permitted Investments that mature not later than such times moneys are
expected to be needed to pay such costs of repair or replacement. After all of the Certificates have
been paid and the entire amount of principal and interest with respect to the Certificates has been
paid in full, or provision made for payment satisfactory to the Trustee, including provision for all
amounts required to be transferred to the Rebate Fund pursuant to Section 8.08 hereof, the Trustee
shall pay any remaining moneys in the Net Proceeds Fund to the City after payment of any amounts
due to the Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.06 and 9.07 hereof and any other Additional Payments due
under the Lease.
(b) Title Insurance. Proceeds of any policy of title insurance received by the
Trustee with respect to the Leased Premises shall be applied and disbursed by the Trustee upon the
written request of the City as follows:
(i) If the City determines that the title defect giving rise to such proceeds
has not substantially interfered with its use and occupancy of the Leased Premises and will not result
in an abatement of Lease Payments and Additional Payments payable by the City under the Lease
(such determination to be certified by the City in writing), such proceed s shall be remitted to the City
and used for any lawful purpose thereof; or
(ii) If the City determines that the title defect giving rise to such proceeds
has substantially interfered with its use and occupancy of the Leased Premises and will result in an
abatement of Lease Payments and Additional Payments payable by the City under the Lease (such
determination to be certified by the City Representative in writing), then the Trustee shall
immediately deposit such proceeds in the Prepayment Fund and such proceeds shall be applied to the
prepayment of Certificates in the manner provided in Section 4.02 hereof.
Section 7.02 Cooperation. The Corporation and the Trustee shall cooperate fully with the
City at the expense of the City in filing any proof of loss with respect to any insurance policy
maintained pursuant to Article V of the Lease and in the prosecution or defense of any prospective or
pending condemnation proceeding with respect to the Leased Premises or any item or portion
thereof; provided, however, the Trustee shall not be obligated to take any action hereunder if it is not
indemnified to its satisfaction from and against any liability or expense arising therefrom.
ARTICLE VIII
MONEYS IN FUNDS; INVESTMENT
Section 8.01 Held in Trust. The moneys and investments held by the Trustee under this
Trust Agreement, other than in the Rebate Fund, are irrevocably held in trust for the benefit of the
respective Owners and, in the case of the Rebate Fund, for payment as required to the United States
Treasury, and for the purposes herein specified, and su ch moneys, and any income or interest earned
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thereon, shall be expended only as provided in this Trust Agreement, and shall not be subject to levy
or attachment or lien by or for the benefit of any creditor of the Corporation, the Trustee or the City,
or any of them.
Section 8.02 Investments Authorized.
(a) By Trustee. Subject to the further provisions of this Article VIII, moneys
held by the Trustee hereunder shall be invested and reinvested on maturity thereof by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 8.02(b) hereof. The Trustee will report any such investments to the City on a
monthly basis in its regular statements.
(b) Upon Direction of the City. The City Representative shall direct by
electronic mail, to the designated trust officer responsible for the administration of this Trust
Agreement, followed by oral notification and distribution by U.S. Mail or overnight courier service
of such notice, such investment in specific Permitted Investments not less than two (2) Business
Days prior to the date that such Permitted Investment is to take effect. Such investments and
reinvestments shall be made giving full consideration for the time at which funds are required to be
available based among other things, scheduled completion of the various components of the Project.
In the event that the City Representative does not so direct the Trustee, the Trustee shall invest in the
Permitted Investments described in paragraph (D) of the definition thereof contained in Section 1.01
hereof.
Investments purchased with funds on deposit in the Lease Payment Fund and
Prepayment Fund shall mature not later than the Interest Payment Date or prepayment date, as
appropriate, immediately succeeding the investment. Investments instructed by the City
Representative to be purchased with funds on deposit in the Delivery Cost Fund shall mature not
later than the dates upon which such funds shall be needed to be expended for the payment of
Delivery Costs. The Trustee may conclusively rely upon the written instructions of the City
Representative as to both the suitability and legality of the directed invest ments.
(c) Registration. Such investments, if registrable, shall be registered in the name
of the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners and held by the Trustee or its nominee.
(d) Trustee as Purchaser or Agent. The Trustee may purchase or sell to itself or
any affiliate, as principal or agent, investments authorized by this Section. The Trustee may act as
purchaser or agent in the making or disposing of any investment. The Trustee or any of its affiliates
may act as a sponsor of, or as an advisor to any provider of, Permitted Investments hereunder. The
City and the Corporation acknowledge that to the extent regulations of the Comptroller of the
Currency or other applicable regulatory entity grant the City and the Corporation the right to receive
brokerage confirmations of security transactions as they occur, the City and the Corporation
specifically waive receipt of such confirmations to the extent permitted by law. The Trustee will
furnish the City periodic cash transaction statements which shall include detai l for all investment
transactions made by the Trustee hereunder.
(e) Trustee Standard of Care. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.05
hereof, the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any consequences of any investment of funds
or sale of such investment made by it in accordance with this Section or disposition made by it in
accordance with Section 8.05(b) hereof.
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Section 8.03 Crediting of Investments. Except as otherwise provided in this Trust
Agreement, any income, profit or loss on the investment of mone ys held by the Trustee hereunder
shall be credited to the respective fund for which it is held.
Section 8.04 Accounting. The Trustee shall furnish to the City, not less than monthly, an
accounting (which may be in the form of its regular statements) of all investments made by the
Trustee and all funds and amounts held by the Trustee; provided, that the Trustee shall not be
obligated to deliver an accounting for any fund or account that (i) has a balance of zero and (ii) has
not had any activity since the last reporting date. The Trustee shall keep accurate records of all funds
administered by it and of all Certificates paid and discharged.
Section 8.05 Valuation and Disposition of Investments.
(a) Valuation. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.08 hereof, for the purpose
of determining the amount in any fund, all Permitted Investments (except investment agreements)
credited to such fund shall be valued at the lower of the cost or the market price, exclusive of accrued
interest. With respect to all funds and accounts, investments sha ll be valued by the Trustee not less
often than annually nor more often than monthly. In making any such valuations, the Trustee may
utilize, and conclusively rely upon such valuation services as may be available to the Trustee,
including those within its regular accounting system.
(b) Disposition. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.08 hereof, the Trustee
shall sell, or present for prepayment, any Permitted Investment so purchased by the Trustee
whenever it shall be necessary in order to provide moneys to meet any required payment, transfer,
withdrawal or disbursement from the fund to which such Permitted Investment is credited.
Section 8.06 Commingling of Moneys in Funds. The Trustee may, and upon the written
request of the City Representative shall, commingle any of the funds held by it pursuant to this Trust
Agreement into a separate fund or funds for investment purposes only; provided, however, that all
funds or accounts held by the Trustee hereunder shall be accounted for separately notwithstanding
such commingling by the Trustee. The City shall ensure that any such commingling complies with
Section 1.148-4 of the Treasury Regulations, and shall provide direction to the Trustee accordingly.
In no event shall the Trustee have any duty or obligation, at any time an d in any manner to monitor
compliance with any governmental regulations relating to commingling of accounts.
Section 8.07 Tax Covenants.
(a) General. The City and the Corporation hereby covenant with the Owners of
the Certificates that, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, they shall not
take any action, or fail to take any action, if any such action or failure to take action would adversely
affect the exclusion from gross income of the interest component evidenced by the Certificates under
Section 103 of the Code. The City and the Corporation (to the extent that the Corporation may have
control over the Project or the proceeds of the Certificates) shall not, directly or indirectly, use or
permit the use of proceeds of the Certificates or the Project, or any portion thereof, by any person
other than a governmental unit (as such term is used in Section 141 of the Code), in such manner or
to such extent as would result in the loss of exclusion from gross income for federal income tax
purposes of the interest components evidenced by the Certificates.
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(b) Use of Proceeds. The City and the Corporation (to the extent that the
Corporation may have control over the Project or the proceeds of the Certificates) shall not take any
action, or fail to take any action, if any such action or failure to take action would cause the Lease
Payments evidenced by the Certificates to be “private activity bonds” within the meaning of Section
141 of the Code, and in furtherance thereof, shall not make any use of the proceeds of the Certificates
or the Project, or any portion thereof, or any other funds of the City, that would cause the Lease
Payments evidenced by the Certificates to be “private activity bonds” within the meaning of Section
141 of the Code. To that end, so long as any Certificates evidencing Lease Payments are
outstanding, the City and the Corporation, with respect to such proceeds and the Project, will comply
with applicable requirements of the Code a nd all regulations of the United States Department of the
Treasury issued thereunder and under Section 103 of the Code, to the extent such requirements are, at
the time, applicable and in effect. The City shall establish reasonable procedures necessary to ensure
continued compliance with Section 141 of the Code and the continued qualification of the Lease
Payments evidenced by the Certificates as “governmental bonds.”
(c) Arbitrage. The City and the Corporation (to the extent that the Corporation
may have control over the Project or the proceeds of the Certificates) shall not, directly or indirectly,
use or permit the use of any proceeds of any Certificates, or of the Project, or other funds of the City,
or take or omit to take any action, that would cause the Lease Payments evidenced by the Certificates
to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code. To that end, the City and the
Corporation shall comply with all requirements of Section 148 of the Code and all regulations of the
United States Department of the Treasury issued thereunder to the extent such requirements are, at
the time, in effect and applicable to the Lease Payments evidenced by the Certificates.
(d) Federal Guarantee. The City and the Corporation (to the extent that the
Corporation may have control over the proceeds of the Certificates) shall not make any use of the
proceeds of the Certificates or any other funds of the City, or take or omit to take any other action,
that would cause the Lease Payments evidenced by the Certi ficates to be “federally guaranteed”
within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code.
(e) Compliance with Tax Certificate. In furtherance of the foregoing tax
covenants of this Section, the City covenants that it will comply with the provisions of the Tax
Certificate, which is incorporated herein as if fully set forth herein. These covenants shall survive
payment in full or defeasance of the Certificates.
Section 8.08 Rebate Fund.
(a) General. The Trustee shall establish a special fund designated the “City of
Cupertino (2020 Certificates) Rebate Fund” (the “Rebate Fund”). Absent an opinion of Special
Counsel that the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of the interest
component evidenced by the Certificates will not be adversely affected, the City shall cause to be
deposited in the Rebate Fund such amounts as are required to be deposited therein pursuant to this
Section and the Tax Certificate. All amounts at any time on deposit in the Rebate Fund shall be held
by the Trustee in trust, to the extent required to satisfy the requirement to make rebate payments to
the United States of America (the “Rebate Requirement”) pursuant to Section 148 of the Code and
the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Treasury Regulations”). Such amounts shall
be free and clear of any lien under this Trust Agreement and shall be governed by this Section and
Section 8.07 hereof and by the Tax Certificate executed by the City. The Trustee shall be deemed
conclusively to have complied with the Rebate Requirement and the Tax Certificate if it follows the
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directions of the City, and shall have no independent responsibility to, or liability resulting from its
failure to, enforce compliance by the City with the Rebate Requirement. The Trustee shall have no
responsibility to independently make any calculation or determination or to review the City’s
calculations.
(b) Deposits.
(i) Within forty-five (45) days after the end of the fifth (5th) Certificate
Year and each fifth (5th) Certificate Year thereafter, (1) the City shall calculate or cause to be
calculated with respect to the Certificates the amount that would be considered the “rebate amount”
within the meaning of Section 1.148-3 of the Treasury Regulations, and (2) the City shall transfer to
the Trustee for deposit in the Rebate Fund, if and to the extent required, amounts sufficient to cause
the balance in the Rebate Fund to be equal to the “rebate amount” so calculated.
(ii) The City shall not be required to deposit any amount to the Rebate
Fund in accordance with preceding sentence if the amount on deposit in the Rebate Fund prior to the
deposit required to be made under this subsection (b) equals or exceeds the “rebate amount”
calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence. Such excess may be withdrawn from the
Rebate Fund to the extent permitted under subsection (g) of this Section 8.08.
(iii) The City shall not be required to calculate the “rebate amount,” and
shall not be required to deposit any amount to the Rebate Fund in accordance with this subsection
(b), with respect to all or a portion of the proceeds of the Certificates (including amounts treated as
proceeds of the Certificates) (1) to the extent such proceeds satisfy the expenditure requirements of
Section 148(f)(4)(B) or Section 148(f)(4)(C) of the Code or Section 1.148-7(d) of the Treasury
Regulations, whichever is applicable, and otherwise qualify for the exception to the Rebate
Requirement pursuant to whichever of said sections is applicable, (2) to the extent such proceeds are
subject to an election by the City under Section 148(f)(4)(C)(vii) of the Code to pay a one and one-
half percent (1½%) penalty in lieu of arbitrage rebate in the event any of the percentage expenditure
requirements of Section 148(f)(4)(C) are not satisfied, or (3) to the extent such proceeds qualify for
the exception to arbitrage rebate under Section 148(f)(4)(A)(ii) of the Code for amounts in a “bona
fide debt service fund.”
(c) Withdrawal Following Payment of Certificates. Any funds remaining in the
Rebate Fund after the payment or prepayment of all the Certificates and any amounts described in
paragraph (ii) of subsection (d) of this Section 8.08, or provision made therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee, including accrued interest and payment of any applicable fees and expenses to the Trustee,
shall be withdrawn by the Trustee and remitted to the City.
(d) Withdrawal for Payment of Rebate. Upon the City’s written direction, but
subject to the exceptions contained in subsection (b) of this Section 8.08 to the requirement to
calculate the “rebate amount” and make deposits to the Rebate Fund, the Trustee shall pay to the
United States of America, from amounts on deposit in the Rebate Fund,
(i) not later than sixty (60) days after the end of (1) the fifth (5th)
Certificate Year, and (2) each fifth (5th) Certificate Year thereafter, an amount that, together with all
previous rebate payments, is equal to at least ninety percent (90%) of the “rebate amount” calculated
as of the end of such Certificate Year in accordance with Section 1.148-3 of the Treasury
Regulations; and
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(ii) not later than sixty (60) days after the payment of all Certificates, an
amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the “rebate amount” calculated as of the date of such
payment (and any income attributable to the “rebate amount” determined to be due and payable) in
accordance with Section 1.148-3 of the Treasury Regulations.
(e) Rebate Payments. Each payment required to be made pursuant to subsection
(d) of this Section 8.08 shall be made to the Internal Revenue Service Center, Ogden, Utah 84201, on
or before the date on which such payment is due, and shall be accompanied by Internal Revenue
Service Form 8038-T, which shall be completed by the arbitrage rebate consultant fo r execution by
the City and provided to the Trustee.
(f) Deficiencies in the Rebate Fund. In the event that, prior to the time any
payment is required to be made from the Rebate Fund, the amount in the Rebate Fund is not
sufficient to make such payment when such payment is due, the City shall calculate the amount of
such deficiency and direct the Trustee to deposit an amount received from the City equal to such
deficiency into the Rebate Fund prior to the time such payment is due.
(g) Withdrawals of Excess Amounts. In the event that immediately following the
calculation required by subsection (b) of this Section 8.08, but prior to any deposit made under said
subsection, the amount on deposit in the Rebate Fund exceeds the “rebate amount” calculated in
accordance with said subsection, upon written instructions from the City, the Trustee shall withdraw
the excess from the Rebate Fund and credit such excess to the Lease Payment Fund.
(h) Record Keeping. The City shall retain records of all determinations made
hereunder until six (6) years after the complete retirement of the Certificates.
(i) Survival after Defeasance. Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement
to the contrary, the Rebate Requirement shall survive the payment in full or defeasance of the
Certificates.
ARTICLE IX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 9.01 Appointment of Trustee.
(a) Appointment. The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a
national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, is hereby
appointed Trustee by the Corporation and the City.
(b) Qualifications. The Corporation and the City agree that they will maintain a
Trustee having a corporate trust office in New York, New York, San Francisco, California, Santa
Ana, California, or Los Angeles, California capable of exercising trust powers in the S tate of
California, with a combined capital (exclusive of borrowed capital) and a surplus of at least Seventy-
Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000), or be a member of a bank holding company system, which shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least Seventy-Five Million Dollars ($75,000,000), and
subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, so long as any Certificates are
Outstanding. If such bank, corporation or trust company publishes a report of condition at least
annually pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority above
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referred to then for the purpose of this Section the combined capital and surplus of such bank,
corporation or trust company shall be deemed to be its combined capital an d surplus as set forth in its
most recent report of condition so published.
(c) Removal. So long as there is no Event of Default, the City may remove the
Trustee initially appointed, and any successor thereto, and may appoint a successor or successors
thereto.
(d) Resignation. The Trustee may, upon written notice to the City and the
Corporation, resign; provided that such resignation shall not take effect until the successor Trustee is
appointed as provided in this Section. Upon receiving such notice of resignat ion, the City shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee. In the event the City does not name a successor Trustee
within thirty (30) days after receipt of notice of the Trustee’s resignation, then the Trustee may
petition a federal or state court to seek the immediate appointment of a successor Trustee and be
reimbursed by the City for all costs incurred in connection therewith.
(e) Successor. Any successor Trustee shall be a bank, corporation or trust
company meeting the qualifications as set forth in subsection (b) of this Section 9.01. Any
resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective
upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee. Upon such acceptance, the successor
Trustee shall mail notice thereof to the Owners at their respective addresses set forth on the
Certificate registration books maintained pursuant to Section 2.08.
Section 9.02 Merger or Consolidation. Any company or banking association into which
the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated or any company
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which it shall be a party or any company to
which the Trustee may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its corporate trust business, provided
that such company shall be eligible under Section 9.01 hereof, shall be the successor to the Trustee
without the execution or filing of any paper or further act, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Section 9.03 Protection of the Trustee.
(a) Reliance Upon Papers or Documents. The Trustee shall be protected and
shall incur no liability in acting or proceeding in good faith upon any resolution, notice, telegram,
facsimile, request, consent, direction, waiver, certificate, statement, affidavit, voucher, bond,
requisition or other paper or document which it shall in good faith believe to be genuine and to have
been passed or signed by the proper board or person or to have been prepared and furnished pursuant
to any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement, and the Trustee shall be under no duty to make any
investigation or inquiry as to any statements contained or matters referred to in any such instrument,
but may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, accept and rely upon the same as conclusive evidence
of the truth and accuracy of such statements. In the event the Trustee shall make any investigation
into the content of any such certifications, the Trustee shall not thereby be deemed to have expanded
the scope of its duties.
(b) Reliance Upon Opinions of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with its
counsel or counsel to the City with regard to legal questions and the opinion of such counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or suffered by it
hereunder in good faith in accordance therewith. Before being required to take any action, the
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Trustee may require an opinion of Independent Counsel acceptable to the Trustee which opinion
shall be made available to the other parties hereto upon request, which counsel may be coun sel to any
of the parties hereto, or a verified certificate of any party hereto, or both, concerning the proposed
action and the opinion of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken by the Trustee in reliance thereon and the City shall promptly reimburse
the Trustee for such costs.
(c) Reliance Upon Requested Certificates. Whenever in the administration of its
duties under this Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a mat ter be
proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter (unless other
evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed), in the absence of bad faith on its part,
shall be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by the certificate of the City
Representative or the Corporation Representative and such certificate shall be full warranty to the
Trustee for any action taken or suffered under the provisions of this Trust Agreement in reliance
thereon, but in its discretion the Trustee may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or
may require such additional evidence as to it may seem reasonable, provided however that the duties
and obligations of the Trustee shall not be deemed expanded thereby.
Section 9.04 Rights of the Trustee.
(a) Ownership of Certificates. The Trustee may become an Owner with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee; may acquire and dispose of other bonds or evidence of
indebtedness of the City with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee; and may act as
a depository for and permit any of its officers or directors to act as a member of, or in any other
capacity with respect to, any committee formed to protect the rights of Owners, whether or not such
committee shall represent the Owners of the majority in princi pal amount of the Certificates then
Outstanding.
(b) Attorneys, Agents, Receivers. The Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereof and perform the duties required of it hereunder by or through attorneys, agents, or
receivers, shall not be responsible for the actions or omissions of such attorneys, agents or receivers
if appointed by it with reasonable care, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all
matters of trust and its duty hereunder.
(c) Funds and Accounts. In addition to the funds and accounts established or
required to be established pursuant to this Trust Agreement, the Trustee may establish such
additional funds and accounts as it deems necessary or appropriate to perform its duties hereunder,
and shall have the right to close such accounts in its discretion.
Section 9.05 Standard of Care. The Trustee shall not be liable in connection with the
performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own negligence or willful misconduct. The
Trustee shall only perform those duties specifically set forth herein and no implied duties, covenants
or obligations whatsoever shall be read into this Trust Agreement. In the event of and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall exercise such care in performing its duties
hereunder as a prudent person would exercise under the circu mstances in the conduct of its own
affairs. No action by the Trustee shall be construed or deemed to expand the limitations on the scope
of the Trustee’s duties. The Trustee shall not be considered in breach of or in default in its
obligations hereunder in the event of a delay in the performance of such obligations due to
unforeseeable causes beyond its control and without its fault or negligence, including, but not limited
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to, acts of God or of the public enemy or terrorists, acts of government, acts of the other party, fires,
floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, earthquakes, explosion, mob
violence, riot, inability to procure or general sabotage or rationing of labor, equipment, facilities,
sources of energy, material or supplies in the open market, litigation or arbitration involving a party
or others relating to zoning or other governmental action or inaction pertaining to the Leased
Premises, malicious mischief, condemnation, and unusually severe weather or delays of suppliers or
subcontractors due to such causes or any similar event and/or occurrences beyond the control of the
Trustee.
Section 9.06 Compensation of the Trustee. As an Additional Payment under
Section 4.11 of the Lease, the City shall, from time to time, pay such am ounts as are specified in any
written agreement with the City and, on demand, pay to the Trustee to the extent not covered by such
agreement reasonable compensation for its services and the services of any accountants, consultants,
attorneys and other experts as may be engaged by the Trustee to provide services under this Trust
Agreement pursuant to a written agreement between the City and the Trustee. Further, in the event
of a default hereunder, the City agrees that the Trustee’s fees and costs shall be deemed to be a
substantial contribution to the trust and bankruptcy estate, if applicable. The City’s obligation
hereunder shall remain valid and binding notwithstanding maturity and payment of the Certificates or
resignation and removal of the Trustee.
Section 9.07 Indemnification of Trustee. The City shall, to the extent permitted by law,
indemnify and save the Trustee and its officers, directors, agents, and employees harmless from and
against (whether or not litigated) all claims, losses, costs, expenses, liabilit y and damages, including
legal fees and expenses, arising out of (i) the use, maintenance, condition or management of, or from
any work or thing done on, the Leased Premises by the City, (ii) any breach or default on the part of
the City in the performance of any of its obligations under this Trust Agreement and any other
agreement made and entered into for purposes of the Leased Premises, (iii) any act of the City or of
any of its agents, contractors, servants, employees or licensees with respect to the Le ased Premises,
(iv) any act of any assignee of, or purchaser from, the City or of any of its or their agents,
contractors, servants, employees or licensees with respect to the Leased Premises, (v) the exercise
and performance by the Trustee of its powers and duties hereunder or any related document, (vi) the
sale of the Certificates and the carrying out of any of the transactions contemplated by the
Certificates or this Trust Agreement, or (vii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any
material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
made in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading in any official statement
or other disclosure document utilized in connection with the sale of the Certificates. The
indemnification set forth in this Section shall extend to the Trustee’s officers, agents, employees,
successors and assigns. No indemnification will be made under this Section or elsewhere in this
Trust Agreement or other agreements for willful misconduct or negligence by the Trustee, its
officers, agents, employees, successors or assigns. The City’s obligations hereunder shall remain
valid and binding notwithstanding maturity and payment of the Certificates, or the resi gnation or
removal of the Trustee.
In accepting the trust hereby created, the Trustee acts solely as Trustee for the Owners and
not in its individual capacity, and all persons, including, without limitation, the Owners, Corporation
and the City, having any claim against the Trustee arising from the Trust Agreement shall look only
to the funds and accounts held by the Trustee hereunder for payment, except as otherwise provided
herein or where the Trustee has breached its standard of care as described in Sect ion 9.05 hereof.
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Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations
evidenced by the Certificates.
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own
funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties hereunder or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers.
The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith in accordance with the direction of the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Certificates at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or in the exercise of an y right
hereunder. In the event of conflicting instructions hereunder, the Trustee shall have the right to
decide the appropriate course of action and be protected in so doing.
The Trustee is authorized and directed to execute, in its capacity as Trustee, the Assignment
Agreement.
Every provision of this Trust Agreement, the Lease, the Site Lease and the Assignment
Agreement relating to the conduct or liability of the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Trust Agreement, including without limitation, this Article IX.
The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability with respect to any information,
statement or recital in any official statement, offering memorandum or any other disclosure material
prepared or distributed in any respect relating to the Certificates.
The Trustee shall not to be deemed to have knowledge of any Event of Default hereunder or
under the Lease unless it has actual knowledge thereof at its Principal Office.
Before taking any action under Article XIII or this Article at the request of the Owners, the
Trustee may require that a satisfactory indemnity bond be furnished by the Owners for the
reimbursement of all expenses to which it may be put and to protect it against all liability, except
liability which is adjudicated to have resulted from its negligence or willful misconduct in connection
with any action so taken.
Section 9.08 Trustee’s Disclaimer of Warranties. THE TRUSTEE MAKES NO
WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE VALUE,
DESIGN, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR FITNESS FOR THE USE CONTEMPLATED BY THE CITY OF THE LEASED
PREMISES, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF. THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CITY
IS LEASING THE LEASED PREMISES AS IS. In no event shall the Trustee be liable for
incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages, in connection with or arising out of the Lease,
the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement or this Trust Agreement for the existence, furnishing,
functioning or the City’s use and possession of the Leased Premises.
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ARTICLE X
MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENTS
Section 10.01 Amendments Permitted.
(a) With Consent. This Trust Agreement and the rights and obligations of the
Owners, and the Lease and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, may be modified or
amended at any time, with notice to any rating agency then rating the Certificates by a Supplemental
Agreement or amendment thereto which shall become effective when the written consents of the
Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certifi cates then Outstanding, exclusive of
Certificates disqualified as provided in Section 10.03 hereof, shall have been filed with the Trustee.
No such modification or amendment shall:
(i) extend or have the effect of extending the maturity of any Certificate
or reducing the fixed interest rate with respect thereto or extending the time of payment of interest, or
reducing the amount of principal thereof or reducing any premium payable upon the prepayment
thereof, without the express consent of the Owner of such Certificates being affected, or
(ii) reduce or have the effect of reducing the percentage of Certificates
required for the affirmative vote or written consent to an amendment or modification of the Lease, or
(iii) modify any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee without its
written assent thereto, or
(iv) amend this Section without the prior written consent of the Owners of
all Certificates then outstanding.
The Trustee shall have the right to require such opinions of counsel as it deems
necessary concerning (i) the lack of material adverse effect of the amendment on Owners and (ii) the
fact that the amendment will not affect the tax status of interest with respect to the Certificates or any
Additional Certificates. Any such Supplemental Agreement or amendments thereto shall become
effective as provided in Section 10.02 hereof.
(b) Without Consent. This Trust Agreement and the rights and obligations of the
Owners, and the Lease and the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, may be modified or
amended at any time by a Supplemental Agreement or amendments thereto, without the consent of
any such Owners, but only to the extent permitted by law and only:
(i) to add to the covenants and agreements of the City hereunder,
(ii) to cure, correct or supplement any ambiguous or defective provision
contained herein or therein,
(iii) in regard to matters arising hereunder or thereunder, as the parties
hereto or thereto may deem necessary or desirable (which may be based upon opinions as provided in
Section 9.03(b) hereof), shall not materially adversely affect the interest of the Owners,
(iv) to substitute the Leased Premises, or release or substitute a portion of
the Leased Premises, in accordance with Section 7.11 of the Lease,
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(v) to make such additions, deletions or modifications as may be
necessary or appropriate to assure the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes
of the interest component of Lease Payments and the interest payable with respect to the Certificates,
(vi) to add to the rights of the Trustee,
(vii) to provide for the execution and delivery of Additional Certificates in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 hereof.
No such modification or amendment, however, shall modify any of the rights or obligations
of the Trustee without its written assent thereto. Any such Suppl emental Agreement shall become
effective upon execution and delivery by the parties hereto or thereto as the case may be.
The Trustee shall have the right to require such opinions of counsel as it deems necessary
concerning (i) the lack of material adverse effect of the amendment on Owners and (ii) the fact that
the amendment will not affect the tax status of interest with respect to the Certificates or any
Additional Certificates. Any such Supplemental Agreement or amendments thereto shall become
effective as provided in Section 10.02 hereof.
Section 10.02 Procedure for Amendment with Written Consent of the Owners . This
Trust Agreement or the Lease may be amended by Supplemental Agreement as provided in this
Section in the event the consent of the Owners is required pu rsuant to Section 10.01(a) hereof. A
copy of the form of such Supplemental Agreement, together with a request to the Owners for their
consent thereto, shall be mailed by the Trustee to each Owner of a Certificate at its address as set
forth in the Certificate registration books maintained pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, but failure to
receive copies of such Supplemental Agreement and request so mailed shall not affect the validity of
the Supplemental Agreement when assented to as in this Section provided.
Such Supplemental Agreement shall not become effective unless there shall be filed with the
Trustee the written consent of the Owners of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Certificates then Outstanding (exclusive of Certificates disq ualified as provided in Section 10.03
hereof) and notices shall have been mailed as hereinafter in this Section provided. Any such consent
shall be binding upon the Owner of the Certificate giving such consent and on any subsequent Owner
(whether or not such subsequent Owner has notice thereof) unless such consent is revoked in writing
by the Owner giving such consent or a subsequent Owner by filing such revocation with the Trustee
prior to the date when the notice hereinafter in this Section provided for has been mailed.
After the Owners of the required percentage of Certificates shall have filed their consent to
such Supplemental Agreement, the Trustee shall mail a notice to the Owners of the Certificates in the
manner hereinbefore provided in this Section for the mailing of such Supplemental Agreement,
stating in substance that such Supplemental Agreement has been consented to by the Owners of the
required percentage of Certificates and will be effective as provided in this Section (but failure to
mail copies of said notice shall not affect the validity of such Supplemental Agreement or consents
thereto). A record, consisting of the papers required by this Section to be filed with the Trustee, shall
be proof of the matters therein stated until the contrar y is proved. The Trustee may obtain and
conclusively rely on an opinion of counsel with regard to such matters.
Section 10.03 Disqualified Certificates. Certificates owned or held by or for the account
of the City or the Corporation or by any person directly or indirectly controlled or controlled by, or
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under direct or indirect common control with the City or the Corporation (except any Certificates
held in any pension or retirement fund) shall not be deemed Outstanding for the purpose of any vote,
consent, waiver or other action or any calculation of Outstanding Certificates provided for in this
Trust Agreement, and shall not be entitled to vote upon, consent to, or take any other action provided
for in this Trust Agreement.
The City or the Trustee may adopt appropriate regulations to require each Owner, before its
consent provided for in this Article X shall be deemed effective, to reveal if the Certificates as to
which such consent is given are disqualified as provided in this Section. Upon request of the Trustee,
the City and the Corporation shall specify to the Trustee those Certificates disqualified pursuant to
this Section and the Trustee may conclusively rely on such certificate.
Section 10.04 Effect of Supplemental Agreement. From and after the time any
Supplemental Agreement becomes effective pursuant to this Article X, this Trust Agreement or the
Lease, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, the
respective rights, duties and obligations of the parties hereto or thereto and all Owners of Certificates
Outstanding, as the case may be, shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder
subject in all respects to such modification and amendment, and all the terms and conditions of any
Supplemental Agreement shall be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Trust
Agreement or the Lease, as the case may be, for any and all purposes.
Section 10.05 Endorsement or Replacement of Certificates Delivered After
Amendments. The Trustee may determine that Certificates delivered a fter the effective date of any
action taken as provided in this Article X shall bear a notation, by endorsement, in form approved by
the Trustee, as to such action. In that case, upon demand of the Owner of any Outstanding
Certificate at such effective date and presentation of its Certificate for such purpose at the Principal
Office, a suitable notation shall be made on such Certificate. The Trustee may determine that new
Certificates, so modified as in the opinion of the Trustee is necessary to conform t o such Owner’s
action, shall be prepared, executed and delivered. In that case, upon demand of the Owner of any
Certificate then Outstanding, such new Certificate shall be exchanged in the Principal Office without
cost to such Owner, for a Certificate of the same character then Outstanding, upon surrender of such
Certificate.
Section 10.06 Amendatory Endorsement of Certificates. Subject to Section 10.01 hereof,
the provisions of this Article X shall not prevent an Owner from accepting any amendment as to the
particular Certificates held by him, provided that due notification thereof is made on such
Certificates.
Section 10.07 Copies of Amendments Delivered to Rating Agencies. Copies of any
modifications or amendments to this Trust Agreement, the Lease, the Site Lease or the Assignme nt
Agreement shall be delivered by the City to any rating agency then rating the Certificates at least ten
(10) days prior to the effective date thereof.
ARTICLE XI
COVENANTS; NOTICES
Section 11.01 Compliance With and Enforcement of the Lease. The City covenants and
agrees with the Owners to perform all obligations and duties imposed on it under the Lease. The
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Corporation covenants and agrees with the Owners to perform all obligations and duties imposed on
it under the Lease.
The City will not do or permit anything to be done, or omit or refrain from doing anything, in
any case where any such act done or permitted to be done, or any such omission of or refraining from
action, would or might be a ground for cancellation or termination of the Lease by the Corporation
thereunder. The Corporation and the City, immediately upon receiving or giving any notice,
communication or other document in any way relating to or affecting their respective estates, or
either of them, in the Leased Premises, which may or can in any manner affect su ch estate of the
City, will deliver the same, or a copy thereof, to the Trustee.
Section 11.02 Payment of Taxes. The City shall pay all taxes as provided in Section 7.7(b)
of the Lease.
Section 11.03 Observance of Laws and Regulations. The City will well and truly keep,
observe and perform all valid and lawful obligations or regulations now or hereafter imposed on it by
contract, or prescribed by any law of the United States, or of the State, or by any officer, board or
commission having jurisdiction or control, as a condition of the continued enjoyment of any and
every right, privilege or franchise now owned or hereafter acquired by the City, including its right to
exist and carry on business as a municipal corporation, to the end that such rights, privileges and
franchises shall be maintained and preserved, and shall not become abandoned, forfeited or in any
manner impaired.
Section 11.04 Prosecution and Defense of Suits. The City shall promptly, and also upon
request of the Trustee or any Owner, from time to time take such action as may be nece ssary or
proper to remedy or cure any defect in or cloud upon the title to the Leased Premises, whether now
existing or hereafter developing and shall prosecute all such suits, actions and other proceedings as
may be appropriate for such purpose.
Section 11.05 City Budgets. In accordance with Section 4.7 of the Lease, the City
Representative shall certify to the Trustee on or before August 1 of each year that the City has
included in its annual budget all Lease Payments (other than Lease Payments of advance rental) and
Additional Payments (to the extent the amounts of such Additional Payments are known to the City
at the time its annual budget is proposed) due under the Lease in the Fiscal Year covered by its
annual budget, and the amount so included. If the City fails to certify that it has included all such
Lease Payments and Additional Payments in such annual budget, the Trustee shall promptly provide
the City written notice specifying that the City has failed to observe and perform its covenant and
agreement in such Section 4.7 and requesting that such failure be remedied within thirty (30) days, or
such failure shall constitute an Event of Default under Section 9.1(b) of the Lease. The Trustee shall
forward a copy of such notice to the Corporation. Upon receipt of such notice, the City shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the proceedings proposed to be taken by the City, and shall keep the Trustee
advised in writing of all proceedings thereafter taken by the City.
Section 11.06 Further Assurances. The Corporation and the City will make, execute and
deliver any and all such further resolutions, instruments and assurances as may be reasonably
necessary or proper to carry out the intention or to facilitate the performance of this Trust Agreement,
and for the better assuring and confirming unto the Owners the rights and benefits provided herein.
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Section 11.07 Continuing Disclosure. The City hereby covenants and agrees that it will
comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, failure of the City to comply with the
Continuing Disclosure Certificate shall not be considered an Event of Default hereunder; however,
any Owner or Beneficial Owner may take such actions as may be necessary and appropr iate,
including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the City to comply with
its obligations under this Section and the Continuing Disclosure Certificate.
ARTICLE XII
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
Section 12.01 Limited Liability of the City. Except for the payment of Lease Payments,
Additional Payments and Prepayments when due in accordance with the Lease and the performance
of the other covenants and agreements of the City contained herein and in the Lease, the City shall
have no obligation or liability to any of the other parties hereto or to the Owners with respect to this
Trust Agreement or the terms, execution, delivery or transfer of the Certificates, or the distribution of
Lease Payments to the Owners by the Trustee.
Section 12.02 No Liability of the City or Corporation for Trustee Performance. Except
as expressly provided herein, neither the City nor the Corporation shall have any obligation or
liability to any other parties hereto or to the Owners with respect to the performance by the Trustee
of any duty imposed upon it under this Trust Agreement.
(a) No Investment Advice. The Trustee shall have no obligation or responsibility
for providing information to the Owners concerning the investment character of the Certificates.
(b) Sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or Lease Payments. The Trustee makes
no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of the Certificates, shall incur no responsibility or
liability in respect thereof, other than in connection with the duties or obligations herein or in the
Certificates assigned to or imposed upon it. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for the
sufficiency or enforceability of the Lease, the Site Lease or the Assignment Agreement. The Trustee
shall not be liable for the sufficiency or collection of any Lease Paym ents or other moneys required
to be paid to it under the Lease (except as provided in this Trust Agreement), its right to receive
moneys pursuant to said Lease, or the value of or title to the Leased Premises.
(c) Actions of Corporation and City. The Trustee shall have no obligation or
liability to any of the other parties or the Owners with respect to this Trust Agreement or failure or
refusal of any other party to perform any covenant or agreement made by any of them under this
Trust Agreement or the Lease, but shall be responsible solely for the performance of the duties and
obligations expressly imposed upon it hereunder as provided in Section 9.05 hereof.
(d) Recitals and Agreements of Corporation and City. The recitals of facts,
covenants and agreements herein and in the Certificates contained shall be taken as statements,
covenants and agreements of the City or the Corporation (as the case may be), and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same.
Section 12.03 Limitation of Rights to Parties and Certificate Owners. Nothing in this
Trust Agreement or in the Certificates expressed or implied is intended or shall be construed to give
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any person other than the City, the Corporation, the Trustee and the Owners, any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Trust Agreement or any covenant, condition or
provision hereof; and all such covenants, conditions and provisions are and shall be for the sole and
exclusive benefit of the City, the Corporation, the Trustee and the Owners.
Section 12.04 No Liability of Corporation to the Owners. Except as expressly provided
herein, the Corporation shall not have any obligation or liability to the Owners with respect to the
payment when due of the Lease Payments by the City or with respect to the observance or
performance by the City of the other agreements, conditions, and covenant imposed upon the City by
the Lease or by this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE XIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES OF CERTIFICATE OWNERS
Section 13.01 Assignment of Rights. The parties hereto acknowledge that pursuant to the
Assignment Agreement the Corporation has transferred, assigned and set over to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Owners, certain of the Corporation’s rights under the Lease.
Section 13.02 Events of Default.
(a) Remedies. If an Event of Default shall happen, then, and in each and every
such case during the continuance of such Event of Default, the Trustee may exercise any and all
remedies available pursuant to law or granted pursuant to the Lease; provided, however, that
notwithstanding anything herein or in the Lease to the contrary, THERE SHALL BE NO RIGHT
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO ACCELERATE THE MATURITIES OF THE
CERTIFICATES OR OTHERWISE TO DECLARE ANY LEASE PAYMENTS NOT THEN IN
DEFAULT TO BE IMMEDIATELY DUE AND PAYABLE. Section 9.2 of the Lease is hereby
incorporated by reference.
(b) Actual Knowledge. The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of
any Event of Default unless and until the trust officer responsible for the administration of this Trust
Agreement shall have actual knowledge thereof, or shall have received written notice thereof at the
Principal Office.
Section 13.03 Application of Funds. All moneys received by the Trustee pursuant to any
right given or action taken under the provisions of this Article XIII or of Article IX of the Lease,
shall be deposited into the Lease Payment Fund and be appli ed by the Trustee after payment of all
amounts due and payable under Sections 9.06 and 9.07 hereof and Section 4.11 of the Lease in the
following order upon presentation of the Certificates, and the stamping thereon of the payment if
only partially paid, or upon the surrender thereof if fully paid -
First, Costs and Expenses: to the payment of the costs, fees and expenses of the
Trustee in declaring such Event of Default and in performing its duties and obligations hereunder,
including reasonable compensation to its agents, attorneys and counsel and then to any such amounts
incurred by the Owners;
Second, Interest: to the payment to the persons entitled thereto of all installments of
interest then due in the order of the maturity of such installment, and, if the amount available shall
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not be sufficient to pay in full any installment or installments maturing on the same date, then to the
payment thereof ratably according to the amounts due thereon, to the persons entitled thereto,
without any discrimination or preference; and
Third, Principal: to the payment to the persons entitled thereto of the unpaid
principal with respect to any Certificates which shall have become due, whether at maturity or by call
for prepayment, in the order of their due dates, with interest on the overdue principal and interest at a
rate equal to the rate paid with respect to the Certificates and, if the amount available shall not be
sufficient to pay in full all the amounts due with respect to the Certificates on any date, together with
such interest, then to the payment thereof ratably, according to the amounts of principal due on such
date to the persons entitled thereto, without any discrimination or preference.
Section 13.04 Institution of Legal Proceedings. If one or more Events of Default shall
happen and be continuing, the Trustee may, and upon the written request of the Owners of a majority
in principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, and upon being indemnified to its
satisfaction therefor, shall, proceed to protect or enforce its rights or the rights of the Owners by a
suit in equity or action at law, either for the specific performance of any covenant or agreement
contained herein or in the Lease, or in aid of the execution of any power herein granted, or by
mandamus or other appropriate proceeding for the enforcement of any other legal or equitable
remedy as the Trustee shall deem most effectual in support of any of its rights or duties hereunder;
provided that such written request shall not be otherwise than in accordance wi th provisions of law
and this Trust Agreement and that the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such
written request if the Trustee shall be advised by counsel that the action or proceeding so requested
may not be taken lawfully or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that the action or proceeding
so requested would be unjustly prejudicial to the Certificate Owners not a party to such written
request or expose the Trustee to liability. In no event shall counsel to the Trustee be de emed counsel
to the Owners, and any communications between the Trustee and its counsel shall be deemed
confidential and privileged.
Section 13.05 Non-Waiver. Nothing in this Article XIII or in any other provision of this
Trust Agreement or in the Certificates shall affect or impair the obligation of the City to pay or
prepay the Lease Payments as provided in the Lease. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any
Owner of any of the Certificates to exercise any right or power arising upon the happening of any
Event of Default shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any
such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein, and every power and remedy given by this Article
XIII to the Trustee or to the Owners may be exercised from time to time and as often as shall be
deemed expedient by the Trustee or the Owners.
Section 13.06 Remedies Not Exclusive. No remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to
the Trustee or to the Owners is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and every such remedy
shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or
hereafter existing, at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.
Section 13.07 Power of Trustee to Control Proceedings. In the event that the Trustee,
upon the happening of an Event of Default, shall have taken any action, by judicial proceedings or
otherwise, pursuant to its duties hereunder, whether upon its own discretion or upon the request of
the Owners of a majority in principal amount of the Certificates then Outstanding, it shall have full
power, in the exercise of its discretion for the best interest of the Owners of the Certificates, with
respect to the continuance, discontinuance, withdrawal, compromise, settlement or other disposal of
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such action; provided, however, that the Trustee shall not, unless there no longer continues an Event
of Default, discontinue, withdraw, compromise or settle, or otherwise dispose of any litigation
pending at law or in equity, if at the time there has been filed with it a written request sign ed by the
Owners of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Certificates hereunder opposing
such discontinuance, withdrawal, compromise, settlement or other disposal of such litigation.
Section 13.08 Limitation on Certificate Owners’ Right to Sue. No Owner of any
Certificate executed hereunder shall have the right to institute any suit, action or proceeding at law or
in equity, for any remedy under or upon this Trust Agreement, unless (a ) such Owner shall have
previously given to the Trustee written notice of the occurrence of an Event of Default under the
Lease; (b) the Owners of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Certificates then
Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to exercise the powers hereinbefore
granted or to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name; (c ) said Owners shall have
tendered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred
in compliance with such request; (d) the Trustee shall have refused or omitted to comply with such
request for a period of sixty (60) days after such written request shall have been received by, and said
tender of indemnity shall have been made to, the Trustee; and (e ) there shall have been a default in
the payment of such Owner’s proportionate interest in the Lease Payments as the same become due.
Such notification, request, tender of indemnity, refusal or omission, and default are hereby
declared, in every case, to be conditions precedent to the exercise by any Owner of any remedy
hereunder; it being understood and intended that no one or more Owners shall have any right in any
manner whatever by its or their action to enforce any right under this Trust Agreement, except in the
manner herein provided and for the equal benefit of all Owners of the Outstanding Certificates.
The right of any Owner of any Certificate to receive payment of said Owner’s proportionate
interest in the Lease Payments as the same become due, or to institute suit for the enforcement of
such payment, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Owner, notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this Section or any other provision of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01 Defeasance.
(a) Methods. If and when any Outstanding Certificates shall be paid and
discharged in any one or more of the following ways:
(i) Payment or Prepayment: by well and truly paying or causing to be
paid the principal, interest and prepayment premiums (if any) with respect to such Certificates
Outstanding, as and when the same become due and payable;
(ii) Cash: if prior to maturity by depositing with the Trustee, in trust,
concurrent with the giving of such notice, an amount of cash which (together with cash then on
deposit in the Lease Payment Fund together with the i nterest to accrue thereon, in the event of
payment or provision for payment of all Outstanding Certificates) is sufficient to pay such
Certificates Outstanding, including all principal and interest and premium, if any; or
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(iii) Government Obligations: by irrevocably depositing with the Trustee,
in trust, Government Obligations together with cash, if required, in such amount as will, in the
opinion of an independent certified public accountant, together with interest to accrue thereon (and,
in the event of payment or provision for payment of all Outstanding Certificates, moneys then on
deposit in the Lease Payment Fund together with the interest to accrue thereon), be fully sufficient to
pay and discharge such Certificates (including all principal and interest repr esented thereby and
prepayment premiums if any) at or before their maturity or prepayment date;
and all other amounts due hereunder have been paid in full, then, notwithstanding that any
Certificates shall not have been surrendered for payment, all obligat ions of the Corporation, the
Trustee and the City with respect to such Certificates shall cease and terminate, except only the
obligation of the City and the Corporation to comply with the provisions of Sections 8.07 and 8.08
hereof and the obligation of the Trustee to pay or cause to be paid, from Lease Payments paid by or
on behalf of the City from funds deposited pursuant to paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this subsection (a),
to the Owners of the Certificates not so surrendered and paid all sums due with respect thereto, and in
the event of deposits pursuant to paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this subection (a), the Certificates shall
continue to represent direct and proportionate interests of the Owners thereof in applicable Lease
Payments under the Lease.
(b) Surplus Moneys. Any funds held by the Trustee, at the time of payment or
provision for payment of all Outstanding Certificates pursuant to one of the procedures described in
paragraphs (a)(i) through (a)(iii) of this Section 14.01, which are not required fo r the payment to be
made to the Owners, shall be paid over to the City, after the payment of any amounts due to the
Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.06 and 9.07 hereof and any other Additional Payments due under the
Lease.
(c) Surviving Provisions. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge hereof,
the Trustee shall retain such rights, powers and privileges hereunder as may be necessary or
convenient for the payment of the principal, interest and prepayment premium, if any, on the
Certificates and for the registration, transfer and exchange of the Certificates.
(d) Opinions and Reports. Prior to any defeasance becoming effective under this
Section, the City shall cause to be delivered (i) unless the defeasance is to be accomplished solely
through a cash deposit, an executed copy of a report, addressed to the Trustee, the City, in form and
substance acceptable to the City of a nationally recognized firm of certified public accountants,
verifying that the Government Obligations and cash, if any, satisfy the require ments of subsection (a)
of this Section 14.01, (ii) a copy of the escrow deposit agreement entered into or refunding
instructions executed by the City in connection with such defeasance, and (iii ) a copy of an opinion
of Special Counsel, dated the date of such defeasance and addressed to the Trustee and the City, in
form and substance acceptable to the City, to the effect that such Certificates are no longer
Outstanding under the Trust Agreement.
Section 14.02 Non-Presentment of Certificates. In the event any Certificate shall not be
presented for payment when the principal with respect thereto becomes due, either at maturity, or at
the date fixed for prepayment thereof, if moneys sufficient to pay such Certificate shall have been
deposited in the Prepayment Fund or Lease Payment Fund, as applicable, all liability of the City and
the Trustee to the Owner thereof for payment of such Certificate shall forthwith cease, terminate and
be completely discharged, and thereupon it shall be the duty of the Trustee to hold such mone ys,
without liability for interest thereon, for the benefit of the Owner of such Certificate who shall
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thereafter be restricted exclusively to such moneys, for any claim of whatever nature on its part under
this Trust Agreement or on, or with respect to, said Certificate.
Any moneys so deposited with and held by the Trustee not so applied to the payment of
Certificates within two (2) years after the date on which the same shall have become due shall be
paid by the Trustee to the City, free from the trusts created by this Trust Agreement. Prior to
forwarding any such moneys to the City, the Trustee may publish notice of its intention to transfer
such funds in The Bond Buyer or another financial newspaper of general circulation in New York,
New York. In addition, Trustee shall be indemnified from and against any and all liabilities to third
parties resulting from its actions under this Section. Thereafter, Owners shall be entitled to look only
to the City for payment, and then only to the extent of the amoun t so repaid by the Trustee. The City
shall not be liable for any interest on the sums paid to it pursuant to this Section and shall not be
regarded as a trustee or trustees of such money.
Section 14.03 Acquisition of Certificates by City. All Certificates acquired by the City,
whether by purchase, gift or otherwise, shall be surrendered by the City to the Trustee for
cancellation.
Section 14.04 Records. The Trustee shall keep complete and accurate records of all
moneys received and disbursed by it under this Trust Agreement until four years after no Certificate
is Outstanding (or such longer period as required by the Trustee’s policies and procedures, or by
applicable law), which shall be available for inspection by the City, the Corporation and any Owner,
or the agent of any of them, at any time during regular business hours upon reasonable prior notice.
Section 14.05 Notices. Except as specifically provided otherwise in this Trust Agreement,
all written notices to be given under this Trust Agreement shall be given by mail or personal delivery
to the party entitled thereto at its address set forth below, or at such address as the party may provide
to the other party in writing from time to time. Notice shall be deemed to have been received upon
the earlier of actual receipt or five (5) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail, in
certified form, postage prepaid or, in the case of personal delivery, upon delivery to the address set
forth below:
If to the City: City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, California 95014
Attention: City Manager
If to the Corporation: Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, California 95014
Attention: [Treasurer]
If to the Trustee: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
400 South Hope Street, Suite 500
Los Angeles, California 90071
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Ref: City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation
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If to S&P: S&P Global Ratings
55 Water Street
New York, New York 10004
Attention: Public Finance Department
Section 14.06 Governing Law. This Trust Agreement shall be construed and governed in
accordance with the laws of the State.
Section 14.07 Binding Effect: Successors. This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns. Whenever in this
Trust Agreement either the Corporation, the City or the Trustee is named or referred to, such
reference shall be deemed to include the successors or assigns thereof and all the covenants and
agreements in this Trust Agreement contained by or on behalf of the Corporation, the City or the
Trustee shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns thereof whether so
expressed or not.
Section 14.08 Execution in Counterparts. This Trust Agreement may be executed in
several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and
the same agreement.
Section 14.09 Headings. The headings or titles of the several Articles and Sections hereof,
and any table of contents appended to copies hereof, shall be solely fo r convenience of reference and
shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Trust Agreement. All references herein to
“Articles”, “Sections” and other subdivisions are to the corresponding Articles, Sections or
subdivisions of this Trust Agreement; and the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words
of similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or subdivision hereof.
Section 14.10 Waiver of Notice. Whenever in this Trust Agreement the giving of notice by
mail or otherwise is required, the giving of such notice may be waived in writing by the person
entitled to receive such notice and in any case the giving or receipt of such notice shall not be a
condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
Section 14.11 Separability of Invalid Provisions. In case any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Trust Agreement or in the Certificates shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, then such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
shall not affect any other provision of this Trust Agreement, and this Trust Agreement shall be
construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.
The parties hereto hereby declare that they would have entered into this Trust Agreement and each
and every other section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase hereof and authorized the delivery of
the Certificates pursuant thereto irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses or phrases of this Trust Agreement may be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Trust Agreement as of the date and
year first above written.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:
Authorized Officer
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION
By:
Steven Scharf,
President
ATTEST:
__________________________________
Secretary
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
Steven Scharf,
Mayor
ATTEST:
__________________________________
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF 2020A CERTIFICATE
R-___ $________
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT) TO THE TRUSTEE FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE,
OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS
WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION
Evidencing the Fractional Interest of the Owner Hereof
In Lease Payments to be Made by the
CITY OF CUPERTINO
As Rental for Certain Leased Premises
Pursuant to a Lease Agreement with the
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
INTEREST RATE MATURITY DATE DELIVERY DATE CUSIP
____% ____________ October __, 2020 __________
REGISTERED OWNER: CEDE & CO.
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: AND NO/100 DOLLARS
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the registered owner named above, or registered assigns, as
the Registered Owner of this Certificate of Participation (the “Certificate”) is the owner of a
fractional and undivided interest in the right to receive certain Lease Paym ents thereof under and as
defined in that certain Lease Agreement dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Lease”), by and between
the Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Corporation’) and the City of Cupertino, a
municipal corporation and a general law city organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws
and Constitution of the State of California (the “City”), which Lease Payments and ce rtain other
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rights and interests under the Lease have been assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Registered Owner of this Certificate is entitled to receive, subject to the terms of the
Lease, on the maturity date specified above, the principal amount specified above, representing a
portion of the Lease Payments designated as principal coming due during the preceding twelve
months, and to receive on June 1 and December 1 of each year (the “Payment Dates”) until payment
in full of said portion of principal, the Registered Owner’s portion of the Lease Payments designated
as interest coming due during the six months immediately preceding each of the Payment Dates
provided that interest with respect hereto shall be payable from the Payment Date next preceding the
date of execution of this Certificate unless (i) this Certificate is executed during the period from the
day after the fifteenth day of the month preceding a Payment Date (the “Record Date”) to and
including such Payment Date, in which event interest shall be payable from such Payment Date, or
(ii) unless this Certificate is executed on or prior to November 15, 2020, in which event interest shall
be payable from the Delivery Date hereof. The portion of the Lease Payments designated as interest
is computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and is the result of the
multiplication of the aforesaid portion of the Lease Payments designated as principal by the rate per
annum identified above. Said amounts are payable in lawful money of the United States of America.
The amount representing principal payable at maturity or upon prepayment in whole or in part is
payable to the Registered Owner upon presentation and surrender of this Certi ficate at the Principal
Office. The amounts representing interest are payable by check mailed by the Trustee by first class
mail to the Registered Owner hereof as of the Record Date preceding the Payment Date at its address
as it appears on the registration books of the Trustee. Interest with respect to any Certificates may, at
the option of any Owner of Certificates in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or more
evidenced by the written request of such Owner to the Trustee, be paid to such Owner by wire
transfer to the bank and account number on file with the Trustee as of the Record Date.
This Certificate is one of the $__________ aggregate principal amount of 2020A Certificates
of Participation (the “Certificates”) which have been executed and delivered by the Trustee pursuant
to the terms of a Trust Agreement dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and
among the Trustee, the Corporation and the City. The City is authorized to enter into the Lease and
the Trust Agreement under the Constitution and laws of the State of California. Reference is hereby
made to the Lease and the Trust Agreement (copies of which are on file at the Principal Office) for a
description of the terms on which the Certificates are delivered, the rights ther eunder of the
Registered Owners of the Certificates, the rights, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the rights
and obligations of the City under the Lease, to all of the provisions of which Lease and Trust
Agreement the Registered Owner of this Certificate, by acceptance hereof, assents and agrees.
The City is obligated to pay Lease Payments from any source of legally available funds, and
the City has covenanted in the Lease to make the necessary annual appropriations therefor. The
obligation of the City to pay the Lease Payments does not constitute an obligation of the City for
which the City is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for which the City has levied or
pledged any form of taxation. The obligation of the City to pay Lease Payments does not constitute a
debt of the City, the State of California or any of its political subdivisions within the meaning of any
Constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction. The City’s obligation to pay Lease
Payments may be completely or partially abated during any period in which, by reason of material
damage, destruction, title defect, or taking by eminent domain or condemnation there is substantial
interference with the use and right of possession by the City of the Leased Premises . Failure of the
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City to pay Lease Payments during any such period shall not constitute a default under the Lease, the
Trust Agreement or this Certificate.
To the extent and in the manner permitted by the terms of the Trust Agreement, the
provisions of the Trust Agreement may be amended by the parties thereto with the written consent of
the Registered Owners of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Certificates then
Outstanding, and may be amended, without such consent of the Registered Owners under certain
circumstances. No such modification or amendment shall (i ) extend or have the effect of extending
the maturity of any Certificate or reducing the interest rate with respect thereto or extending the time
of payment of interest, or reducing the amount of principal thereof or reducing any premium payable
upon the prepayment thereof, without the express consent of the Registered Owner of such
Certificate being affected, or (ii) reduce or have the effect of reducing the percentage of Certificates
required for the affirmative vote or written consent to an amendment or modification of the Lease,
(iii) modify any of the rights or obligations of the Trustee without its written assent thereto, or
(iv) amend the section of the Trust Agreement dealing with permitted amendments thereof without
the prior written consent of the owners of all Certificates.
This Certificate is transferable by the Registered Owner hereof, in person or by its duly
authorized attorney, at the Principal Office, but only in t he manner, subject to the limitations and
upon payment of the charges provided in the Trust Agreement and upon surrender and cancellation
of this Certificate. Upon such transfer a new Certificate or Certificates, of an authorized
denomination or denominations, for the same aggregate principal amount, maturity and interest rate,
will be delivered to the transferee. This Certificate also may be exchanged for a like aggregate
principal amount of Certificates of other authorized denominations as prescribed in the Trust
Agreement. The City, the Corporation, and the Trustee may treat the Registered Owner hereof as the
absolute owner hereof for all purposes whether or not this Certificate shall be overdue, and the City,
the Corporation and the Trustee shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
The Trustee shall not be required to transfer any Certificate selected for prepayment or be
required to transfer any Certificate during the period in which the Trustee is selecting Certificates for
prepayment or after notice of prepayment has been given in accordance with the Trust Agreement.
The Certificates are subject to prepayment, on any date, in whole or in part, from Net
Proceeds deposited by the Trustee in the Prepayment Fund established under the Trust Agr eement at
least forty-five (45) days prior to the date fixed for prepayment, at a prepayment price equal to the
principal amount thereof together with accrued interest to the dated fixed for prepayment, without
premium.
In the event that Net Proceeds are to be applied to the prepayment of Certificates when
Certificates and Additional Certificates, if any, are Outstanding, the Net Proceeds will be applied to
prepay a proportionate amount of Certificates and Additional Certificates based on the Outstanding
principal amount and by lot within any maturity.
The Certificates are not subject to optional or mandatory prepayment prior to maturity.
As provided in the Trust Agreement, notice of prepayment shall be mailed, not less than 20
nor more than 60 days before the prepayment date, to the Registered Owner of this Certificate, but
neither failure to receive such notice nor any defect in the notice so mailed shall affect the sufficiency
of the proceedings for prepayment. If this Certificate is called for prepayment and payment is duly
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provided therefor as specified in the Trust Agreement, interest shall cease to accrue with respect
hereto from and after the date fixed for prepayment.
The City has certified that all acts, conditions and things required by the statute s of the State
of California and the Trust Agreement to exist, to have happened and to have been performed
precedent to and in connection with the execution and delivery of this Certificate do exist, have
happened and have been performed in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law, and
that the Trustee is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate, and that the amount of this
Certificate, together with all other Certificates executed and delivered under the Trust Agreement, is
not in excess of the amount of Certificates authorized to be executed and delivered thereunder.
Terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings
assigned thereto in the Trust Agreement.
The Trustee has no obligation or liability to the Registered Owners to make payments of
principal or interest with respect to this Certificate except from Lease Payments paid to the Trustee
and from the various funds and accounts established under the Trust Agreement. The Trust
Agreement provides that the recitals of facts, covenants and agreements in this Certificate shall be
taken as statements, covenants and agreements of the City, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility
for the correctness of the same. The Trustee has executed this Certificate solely in its capacity as
Trustee under the Trust Agreement and not in its individual or personal capacity.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Certificate has been executed and delivered by the Trustee,
acting pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Date of Execution: __________ THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee
By:
Authorized Officer
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[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT]
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(print or typewrite name, address, including postal zip code, and social
security or other identifying number of Transferee)
the within Certificate and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints
to transfer the within
Certificate on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
Signature Guaranteed
NOTICE: Signature(s) guarantee should be
made by a guarantor institution participating
in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion
Program or such other guarantee program
acceptable to the Trustee.
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as it appears
upon the face of the within Certificate in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF DELIVERY COST REQUISITION
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee
RE: Disbursement from the Delivery Cost Fund pursuant to Section 3.02 of the Trust Agreement
related to the City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation, dated as of October 1,
2020 (the “Agreement”), by and among you, as trustee, the Cupertino Public Facilities
Corporation and the City of Cupertino (the “City”)
REQUISITION NO. _____
You are hereby instructed to pay to the City, or to ______________________ at
_____________________ $__________ as a Delivery Cost from the Delivery Cost Fund as provided
in Section 3.02 of the Agreement. This Delivery Cost has been properly incurred, is a proper charge
against the Delivery Cost Fund and has not been the basis of any previous disbursements.
The amount remaining in the Delivery Cost Fund, together with interest earnings on the
Delivery Cost Fund plus investment earnings on other funds that will be transferred into the Delivery
Cost Fund, will, after payment of the amount set forth in this requisition, be sufficient to pay all
remaining Delivery Costs as presently estimated.
Very truly yours,
_________________________________________
City Representative
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 9/4/2020
2012A CERTIFICATES ESCROW AGREEMENT
This 2012A CERTIFICATES ESCROW AGREEMENT, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the
“2012A Escrow Agreement”), by and between the City of Cupertino, a municipal corporation and
general law city duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Stat e of California
(the “City”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Los Angeles, California, as
escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), is entered into in accordance with the Trust Agreement, dated as
of May 1, 2012, (the “2012 Trust Agreement”), by and among the City, the Cupertino Public
Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as trustee (the “2012 Trustee”) to prepay all of the City’s outstanding Certificates of Participation
2012A (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “2012A Certificates”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the City previously authorized the execution and delivery of the 2012A
Certificates pursuant to the 2012 Trust Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the City has determined that a portion of t he proceeds of the $__________ City
of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “2020 Certificates”), executed and delivered
pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “2020 Trust Agreement”), by and
among the Corporation, the City, and the 2012 Trustee, as trustee (the “Trustee”), will be deposited
with the Escrow Agent and used to provide the funds to pay all outstanding principal and accrued
interest with respect to the 2012A Certificates, without premium (the “Prepayment P rice”), on
November __, 2020 (the “Prepayment Date”); and
WHEREAS, by irrevocably depositing with the Escrow Agent cash and securities satisfying
the criteria set forth in Section 14.01 of the 2012 Trust Agreement (the “Government Obligations”)
in such amount as __________ (the “Verification Agent”) has determined will, together with other
moneys then on deposit in certain funds existing under the 2012 Trust Agreement available therefor,
together with interest to accrue thereon, be fully sufficient to prepa y and discharge the 2012A
Certificates, including the Prepayment Price of all outstanding 2012A Certificates;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein
contained, the City and the Escrow Agent agree as follows:
Section 1. Deposit of Moneys. The City hereby instructs the Escrow Agent to deposit
$__________ received from the Trustee from the net proceeds of the sale of the 2020 Certificates
and $__________ received from the 2012 Trustee from the [Lease Payment Fund and the Reserve
Fund] and other funds and accounts maintained under the 2012 Trust Agreement in the “Escrow
Fund” hereby created and established hereunder. The Escrow Agent shall hold all such amounts in
irrevocable escrow separate and apart from other funds of the City an d to be applied solely as
provided in this 2012A Escrow Agreement. The City hereby instructs the Escrow Agent to hold the
amounts deposited to the Escrow Fund uninvested as cash.
Section 2. Payment of 2012A Certificates.
(a) Payment. From the moneys on deposit in the Escrow Fund, the Escrow
Agent shall pay on the Prepayment Date the Prepayment Price of the 2012A Certificates. Upon the
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complete prepayment of the 2012A Certificates, the Escrow Agent shall close the Escrow Fund and
transfer any remaining proceeds therein to the City.
(b) Irrevocable Instructions to Provide Notice. Pursuant to instructions
previously provided by the City, the Trustee mailed a conditional notice of full optional prepayment
of the 2012A Certificates on __________, 2020 as required pursuant to Section 4.05 of the 2012
Trust Agreement, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. The notice of defeasance required to be
mailed pursuant to Section 14.01 of the 2012 Trust Agreement is substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit A. The City hereby irrevocably instructs the Escrow Agent to mail a notice of
defeasance of the 2012A Certificates in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
(c) Unclaimed Moneys. Any moneys which remain unclaimed for two years
after the Prepayment Date shall be repaid by the Escrow Agent to the City.
(d) Priority of Payments. The owners of the 2012A Certificates shall have a first
and exclusive lien on all moneys and securities in the Escrow Fund until such moneys and securities
are used and applied as provided in this 2012A Escrow Agreement.
(e) Termination of Obligation. As provided in the 2012 Trust Agreement, upon
deposit of moneys with the Escrow Agent in the Escrow Fund as set forth in Section 1 hereof, all
obligations of the City under the 2012 Trust Agreement with respect to the 2012A Certificates shall
cease, terminate and become void except as set forth in the 2012 Trust Agreement. As provided in
Section 10.3 of the Lease Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Lease Agreement”), by
and between the City and the Corporation, the obligations of the City under the 2012 Lease
Agreement with respect to the Lease Payments (as defined therein) relating to the 2012A Ce rtificates
shall cease, terminate, become void and be completely discharged and satisfied (except for the rights
of the 2012 Trustee and the obligation of the City to have the moneys on deposit in the Escrow Fund
applied to the Lease Payments).
Section 3. Application of Certain Terms of the 2012 Trust Agreement. All of the
terms of the 2012 Trust Agreement relating to the making of payments of principal and interest with
respect to the 2012A Certificates and relating to the exchange or transfer of the 2012A Certifica tes
are incorporated in this 2012A Escrow Agreement as if set forth in full herein. The procedures set
forth in Article IX of the 2012 Trust Agreement relating to the resignation and removal and merger
of the 2012 Trustee under the 2012 Trust Agreement ar e also incorporated in this 2012A Escrow
Agreement as if set forth in full herein and shall be the procedures to be followed with respect to any
resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent hereunder.
Section 4. Performance of Duties. The Escrow Agent agrees to perform only the duties
set forth herein and shall have no responsibility to take any action or omit to take any action not set
forth herein.
Section 5. Escrow Agent’s Authority to Make Investments. Except as provided in
Section 2, the Escrow Agent shall have no power or duty to invest any funds held under this 2012A
Escrow Agreement or to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the moneys or Government Obligations
held hereunder.
Section 6. Indemnity. The City hereby assumes liability for, and hereby agrees
(whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated) to indemnify, protect,
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save and keep harmless the Escrow Agent and its successors, assigns, agents, employees and
servants, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penaltie s, claims,
actions, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable legal fees and disbursements)
of whatsoever kind and nature which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the
Escrow Agent at any time (whether or not also indemnified against the same by the City or any other
person under any other agreement or instrument, but without double indemnity) in any way relating
to or arising out of the execution, delivery and performance of this 2012A Escrow Agreement, the
establishment hereunder of the Escrow Fund, the acceptance of the funds and securities deposited
therein, the retention of the proceeds thereof and any payment, transfer or other application of
moneys or securities by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the provision s of this 2012A Escrow
Agreement; provided, however, that the City shall not be required to indemnify the Escrow Agent
against the Escrow Agent’s own negligence or willful misconduct or the negligence or willful
misconduct of the Escrow Agent’s respective employees or the willful breach by the Escrow Agent
of the terms of this 2012A Escrow Agreement. In no event shall the City or the Escrow Agent be
liable to any person by reason of the transactions contemplated hereby other than to each other as set
forth in this Section. The indemnities contained in this Section shall survive the termination of this
2012A Escrow Agreement.
Section 7. Responsibilities of Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent and its agents and
servants shall not be held to any personal liability whatsoeve r, in tort, contract, or otherwise, in
connection with the execution and delivery of this 2012A Escrow Agreement, the establishment of
the Escrow Fund, the acceptance of the moneys or securities deposited therein, the retention of the
Government Obligations or the proceeds thereof, the sufficiency of the Government Obligations on
deposit in the Escrow Fund to pay or prepay the 2012A Certificates, as the case may be, or any
payment, transfer or other application of moneys or obligations by the Escrow Agent i n accordance
with the provisions of this 2012A Escrow Agreement or by reason of any non -negligent act,
non-negligent omission or non-negligent error of the Escrow Agent made in good faith in the conduct
of its duties. The recitals of fact contained in the “Whereas” clauses herein shall be taken as the
statements of the City, and the Escrow Agent assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof.
The Escrow Agent makes no representation as to the sufficiency of the proceeds to accomplish the
refunding of the 2012A Certificates or to the validity of this 2012A Escrow Agreement as to the City
and, except as otherwise provided herein, the Escrow Agent shall incur no liability in respect thereof.
The Escrow Agent shall not be liable in connection with the performance of its duties under this
2012A Escrow Agreement except for its own negligence, willful misconduct or default, and the
duties and obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be determined by the express provisions of this
2012A Escrow Agreement. The Escrow Agent may consult with counsel, who may or may not be
counsel to the City, and in reliance upon the written opinion of such counsel shall have full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it i n good
faith in accordance therewith. Whenever the Escrow Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering, or omitting any action under this 2012A
Escrow Agreement, such matter may be deemed to be conclusively established by a certificate signed
by an officer of the City.
The liability of the Escrow Agent to make the payments required by this 2012A Escrow
Agreement shall be limited to the moneys in the Escrow Fund.
No provision of this 2012A Escrow Agreement shall require the Escrow Agent to expend or
risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance or exercise of any of
its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers.
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The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for the accuracy of any calculations provided herein.
Any company into which the Escrow Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated or any company resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which it shall be a party or any company to which the Escrow Agent may sell or transfer all or
substantially all of its corporate trust business shall be the successor to the Escrow Agent without the
execution or filing of any paper or further act, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding.
The City shall pay the Escrow Agent full compensation for its duties under this 2012A
Escrow Agreement, including out-of-pocket costs such as publication costs, redemption expenses,
legal fees and other costs and expenses relating h ereto. Under no circumstances shall amounts
deposited in the Escrow Fund be deemed to be available for said purposes.
The Escrow Agent may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees appointed with
due care, and shall not be responsible for any willful misconduct or negligence on the part of any
agent, attorney, custodian or nominee so appointed.
The Escrow Agent may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
consent, order, approval or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent may consult with counsel and
the advice or any opinion of counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
advice or opinion of counsel.
The Escrow Agent shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds
transfer instructions (“Instructions”) given pursuant to this 2012A Escrow Agreement and delivered
using Electronic Means. (“Electronic Means” shall mean the following communications methods:
e-mail, facsimile transmission, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization
codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Escrow Agent, o r another method or
system specified by the Escrow Agent as available for use in connection with its services hereunder).
The City shall provide to the Escrow Agent an incumbency certificate listing officers with the
authority to provide such Instructions (“Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of
such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the City whenever a
person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the City elects to give the Escrow Agent
Instructions using Electronic Means and the Escrow Agent in its discretion elects to act upon such
Instructions, the Escrow Agent’s understanding of such Instructions shall be deemed controlling.
The City understands and agrees that the Escrow Agent cannot determine the identity of the actual
sender of such Instructions and that the Escrow Agent shall conclusively presume that directions that
purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to
the Escrow Agent have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The City shall be responsible for
ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Escrow Agent and that the
City and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use an d confidentiality of
applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the
City. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or
indirectly from the Escrow Agent’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions
notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.
The City agrees: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit
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Instructions to the Escrow Agent, including without limitation the risk of the Escrow Agent acting on
unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully
informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions
to the Escrow Agent and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the
method(s) selected by the City; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection
with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in
light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Escrow Agent immediately upon
learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.
The Escrow Agent shall furnish the City with periodic cash transaction statements that
include detail for all investment transactions effected by the Escrow Agent or brokers selected by the
City. Upon the City’s election, such statements will be delivered via the Escrow Agent’s online
service and upon electing such service, paper statements will be provided only upon request. The
City waives the right to receive brokerage confirmations of security transactions effected by the
Escrow Agent as they occur, to the extent permitted by law. The City further understands that trade
confirmations for securities transactions effected by the Escrow Agent will be available upon request
and at no additional cost and other trade confirmations may be obtained from the applicable broker.
Section 8. Amendments. This 2012A Escrow Agreement is made for the benefit of the
City and the owners from time to time of the 2012A Certificates and it shall not be repealed, revoked,
altered or amended without the written consent of all such owners, the Escrow Agent and the City;
provided, however, that the City and the Escrow Agent may, without the consent of, or notice to,
such owners, amend this 2012A Escrow Agreement or enter into such agreements supplemental to
this 2012A Escrow Agreement as shall not adversely affect the rights of such owners and as shall not
be inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this 2012A Escrow Agreement, the Law (as defined
in the 2012 Lease Agreement), or the 2012 Trust Agreement, for any one or more of the following
purposes: (i) to cure any ambiguity or formal defect or omission in this 2012A Escrow Agreement;
(ii) to grant to, or confer upon, the Escrow Agent for the benefit of the owners of the 2012A
Certificates, any additional rights, remedies, powers or authority that may lawfully be granted to, or
conferred upon, such owners or the Escrow Agent; and (iii) to include under this 2012A Escrow
Agreement additional funds. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively upon an
unqualified opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, A Professional Corporation, with respect to
compliance with this Section, including the extent, if any, to which any change, modification,
addition or elimination affects the rights of the owners of the var ious 2012A Certificates or that any
instrument executed hereunder complies with the conditions and provisions of this Section.
Section 9. Notice to Rating Agencies. In the event that this 2012A Escrow Agreement
or any provision thereof is severed, amended or revoked the Escrow Agent shall provide written
notice of such severance, amendment or revocation to the rating agencies then rating the 2012A
Certificates.
Section 10. Term. This 2012A Escrow Agreement shall commence upon its execution
and delivery and shall terminate on the later to occur of either: (i) the date upon which the 2012A
Certificates have been paid in accordance with this 2012A Escrow Agreement; or (ii) the date upon
which no unclaimed moneys remain on deposit with the Escrow Agent pursuant to Section 2(c) of
this 2012A Escrow Agreement.
Section 11. Compensation. The Escrow Agent shall receive its reasonable fees and
expenses as previously agreed to by the Escrow Agent and the City and any other reasonable fees and
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expenses of the Escrow Agent approved by the City; provide d, however, that under no circumstances
shall the Escrow Agent be entitled to any lien or assert any lien whatsoever on any moneys or
obligations in the Escrow Fund for the payment of fees and expenses for services rendered or
expenses incurred by the Escrow Agent under this 2012A Escrow Agreement.
Section 12. Severability. If any one or more of the covenants or agreements provided in
this 2012A Escrow Agreement on the part of the City or the Escrow Agent to be performed should be
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, such covenants or agreements
shall be null and void and shall be deemed separate from the remaining covenants and agreements
herein contained and shall in no way affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this 2012 A
Escrow Agreement.
Section 13. Counterparts. This 2012A Escrow Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, all or any of which shall be regarded for all purposes as an original but all of which
shall constitute and be but one and the same instrument.
Section 14. Governing Law. THIS 2012A ESCROW AGREEMENT SHALL BE
CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
Section 15. Insufficient Funds. If at any time the Escrow Agent has actual knowledge
that the moneys and securities in the Escrow Fund, including the anticipated proceeds of and
earnings thereon, will not be sufficient to make all payments required by this 2012A Escrow
Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall notify the City in writing, of the amount thereof and the reason
therefor to the extent known to it. The Escrow Agent sh all have no responsibility regarding any such
deficiency.
Section 16. Notice to City and Escrow Agent. Any notice to or demand upon the
Escrow Agent may be served or presented, and such demand may be made, at the principal corporate
trust office of the Escrow Agent at 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles, California 90071,
Attention: Corporate Trust. Any notice to or demand upon the City shall be deemed to have been
sufficiently given or served for all purposes by being mailed by registered or certified mai l, and
deposited, postage prepaid, in a post office letter box, addressed to the City at 10300 Torre Avenue,
Cupertino, California 95014, Attention: City Manager (or such other address as may have been filed
in writing by the City with the Escrow Agent).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this 2012A Escrow Agreement to
be executed by their duly authorized officers and attested as of the date first above written.
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
Steven Scharf
Mayor
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A., as Escrow Agent and 2012
Trustee
By:
Authorized Officer
Exhibit A-1
EXHIBIT A
NOTICE OF DEFEASANCE
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 2012A
(2012 Refinancing Project)
Evidencing Direct, Undivided Fractional Interests of
the Owners Thereof in Lease Payments to be Made by the
CITY OF CUPERTINO
(Santa Clara County, California)
As the Rental for Certain Property Pursuant to
a 2012 Lease Agreement with the
Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation
BASE CUSIP NO.† 231210
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the owners of the above-captioned certificates of
participation (as further defined below, the “2012A Certificates”), of the City of Cupertino (the
“City”) that the City has deposited with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”) under the terms of the Trust Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012
(the “2012 Trust Agreement”), by and among the City, the Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation,
and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “2012 Trustee”), cash
sufficient to pay on November ___, 2020 the prepayment price of the 2012A Certificates maturing on
and after July 1, 2021, being the principal amount thereof, without premium.
The 2012A Certificates to be defeased are as follows:
CUSIP†*
Maturity
(July 1) Amount Rate
231210 FU4 2021 $2,355,000 3.000%
231210 FV2 2022 2,425,000 3.000
231210 FW0 2023 2,500,000 3.000
231210 FX8 2024 2,575,000 3.000
231210 FY6 2025 2,655,000 3.000
231210 FZ3 2026 2,730,000 3.000
231210 GA7 2027 2,815,000 3.000
231210 GB5 2028 2,900,000 3.000
231210 GC3 2029 2,985,000 3.000
231210 GD1 2030 3,070,000 3.125
† Copyright 2016, American Bankers Association. CUSIP data herein is provided by Standard & Poor’s, CUSIP Service Bureau, a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. This data is not intended to create a database and does not serve in any way as a substitute for the
CUSIP Services. None of the City, the Corporation nor the 2012 Escrow Agent guarantees the accuracy of the CUSIP data.
* The Undersigned shall not be held responsible for the selection or use of the CUSIP number, nor is any representation made
as to its correctness indicated in the notice of defeasance. It is included solely for convenience of the Holders.
In accordance with the 2012 Trust Agreement, the 2012A Certificates are deemed to have
been paid in accordance with Section 14.01 thereof and the obligations of the City and the
Exhibit A-2
Corporation under the 2012 Trust Agreement shall thereupon cease, terminate and become void and
be discharged and satisfied.
Notice is further given pursuant to Section 7 of the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, dated
as of May 23, 2012, executed by the City and acknowledged by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as dissemination agent (the “Disclosure Certificate”) and executed in connection
with the 2012A Certificates, that the City’s obligations under the Disclosur e Certificate have
terminated upon the legal defeasance of the 2012A Certificates on the date hereof. No further reports
or filings will be made pursuant to the Disclosure Agreement.
Dated this _____ day of October, 2020 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.,
as Escrow Agent
Exhibit B-1
EXHIBIT B
CONDITIONAL NOTICE OF FULL OPTIONAL PREPAYMENT
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 2012A
(2012 Refinancing Project)
Evidencing Direct, Undivided Fractional Interests of
the Owners Thereof in Lease Payments to be Made by the
CITY OF CUPERTINO
(Santa Clara County, California)
As the Rental for Certain Property Pursuant to
a 2012 Lease Agreement with the
Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE OWNERS OF THE ABOVE -CAPTIONED
CERTIFICATES pursuant to Section 4.01(a) of the Trust Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012 (the
“2012 Trust Agreement”), by and among the City of Cupertino (the “City”), the Cupertino Public
Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as trustee (the “Trustee”), that the Certificates listed below have been selected for prepayment on
November __, 2020 (the “Prepayment Date”) at the price listed below as a percentage of the principal
amount thereof (the “Prepayment Price”) together with interest accrued to the Prepayment Date.
CUSIP†*
Maturity
(July 1) Amount Rate Price
231210 FU4 2021 $2,355,000 3.000% 100%
231210 FV2 2022 2,425,000 3.000 100
231210 FW0 2023 2,500,000 3.000 100
231210 FX8 2024 2,575,000 3.000 100
231210 FY6 2025 2,655,000 3.000 100
231210 FZ3 2026 2,730,000 3.000 100
231210 GA7 2027 2,815,000 3.000 100
231210 GB5 2028 2,900,000 3.000 100
231210 GC3 2029 2,985,000 3.000 100
231210 GD1 2030 3,070,000 3.125 100
† Copyright 2016, American Bankers Association. CUSIP data herein is provided by Standard & Poor’s, CUSIP Service Bureau, a division
of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. This data is not intended to create a database and does not serve in any way as a substitute for the
CUSIP Services. None of the City, the Corporation nor the Trustee guarantees the accuracy of the CUSIP data.
* The Undersigned shall not be held responsible for the selection or use of the CUSIP number, nor is any representation made
as to its correctness indicated in the Optional Prepayment Notice. It is included solely for convenience of the Holders.
Pursuant to the 2012 Trust Agreement, payment of the Prepayment Price on the Certificates
called for prepayment will be paid without presentation of the Certificates if presentment is not
required and upon presentation of the Certificates if presentment is require d. If presentment is
required, surrender thereof can be made in the following manner:
Exhibit B-2
First Class/Registered/Certified
The Bank of New York Mellon
Global Corporate Trust
P.O. Box 396
East Syracuse, New York 13057
Express Delivery Only
The Bank of New York Mellon
Global Corporate Trust
111 Sanders Creek Parkway
East Syracuse, New York 13057
By Hand Only
The Bank of New York Mellon
Global Corporate Trust
Corporate Trust Window
101 Barclay Street 1st Floor East
New York, New York 10286
Additional information regarding the foregoing actions may be obtained from The Bank of
New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Corporate Trust Department, Bondholder Relations,
telephone number (800) 254-2826.
Prepayment of the Certificates is conditional upon the rece ipt by the Trustee on or prior to
the Prepayment Date of moneys that are sufficient to pay the principal and interest evidenced and
represented by the Certificates that are subject to optional prepayment and, if such moneys have not
been so received, this notice shall be of no force and effect and the Trustee shall not be required to
prepay such Certificates.
A form W-9 must be submitted with the Certificates. Failure to provide a completed form
W-9 will result in 31% backup withholding pursuant to the Interest and Dividend Tax Compliance
Act of 1983. Under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003, 28% will be
withheld if the tax identification number is not properly certified.
If the Owner of any Certificate that is subject to optional prepayment fails to deliver such
Certificate to the Trustee on the Prepayment Date, such Certificate shall nevertheless be deemed
prepaid on the Prepayment Date and the Owner of such Certificate shall have no rights in respect
thereof except to receive payment of the Prepayment Price from funds that are held by the Trustee for
such payment.
By The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A.
As Trustee or Agent
Dated: October ___, 2020
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 9/9/2020
RECORDING REQUESTED BY:
City of Cupertino
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
Newport Beach, California 92660
Attn: Vanessa S. Legbandt, Esq.
[Space above for Recorder’s use.]
This document is recorded for the benefit of the City of
Cupertino and recording is fee-exempt under § 27383 of
the Government Code.
TERMINATION AGREEMENT
by and among
CITY OF CUPERTINO,
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION,
And
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.
Dated as of October 1, 2020
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TERMINATION AGREEMENT
THIS TERMINATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of October 1, 2020
and effective as of the date of recordation hereof, by and among the CITY OF CUPERTINO, a
municipal corporation and general law city duly organized and existing under and by virtu e of the
Constitution and laws of the State of California (the “City”), the CUPERTINO PUBLIC
FACILITIES CORPORATION, a nonprofit public benefit corporation duly organized and existing
under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (the “Corporation”), and THE BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association organized under
the laws of the United States of America, as trustee under the Trust Agreement (defined below) (the
“2012 Trustee”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the City, as lessor, and the Corporation, as lessee, entered into that certain Site
and Facility Lease, dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Site Lease”), which was recorded on May 22,
2012 as Instrument No. 21677688 in the Official Records of the County of Santa Clara, State of
California (the “Official Records”), pursuant to which the City leased certain property and facilities
described therein (as described in Exhibits A and B hereto) (the “Property”) to the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation, as lessor, and the City, as lessee, entered into that certain Lease
Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Lease Agreement”), as referenced in that certain
Memorandum of Lease Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012, by and between the City and the
Corporation, which was recorded on May 22, 2012 as Instrument No. 21677689 in the Official
Records, pursuant to which the Corporation leased the Property back to the City for the purpose of
refunding the City’s then-outstanding Certificates of Participation (2002 Refinancing and Capital
Improvement Project) (the “2002 Certificates”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the 2012 Lease Agreement, the Corporation made available to the
City a portion of the proceeds of the City of Cupertino Certificates of Participation (2012
Refinancing Project) in the original aggregate principal amount of $43,940,000 in order to refinance
the 2002 Certificates; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation has assigned its interest in the 2012 Site Lease and the 2012
Lease Agreement to the 2012 Trustee pursuant to that cert ain Assignment Agreement, dated as of
May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Assignment Agreement”), by and between the Corporation, as assignor, and
the 2012 Trustee, as assignee, which was recorded on May 22, 2012 as Instrument No. 21677690 in
the Official Records; and
WHEREAS, the City has notified the Corporation of its intention to prepay and defease, on
October __, 2020 (the “Defeasance Date”), all principal components of the Lease Payments (as such
term is defined in the Trust Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Trust Agreement”), by
and among the City, the Corporation and the 2012 Trustee); and
WHEREAS, the City hereby certifies that it has caused to be delivered moneys, which,
together with the investment proceeds thereof as described in the 2012 Certificates Escrow
Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020, by and between the City and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”), will be sufficient to pay the
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principal components of the Lease Payments maturing after t he Defeasance Date and accrued interest
with respect thereto (collectively, the “Defeasance Amount”), to the Escrow Agent, in order to
defease all Lease Payments on the Defeasance Date; and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the defeasance of the Lease Paymen ts the City and the
Corporation now desire to terminate and discharge the 2012 Site Lease and the 2012 Lease
Agreement and the Corporation and the 2012 Trustee now desire to terminate and discharge the 2012
Assignment Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Termination of 2012 Site Lease, 2012 Lease Agreement, and 2012 Assignment
Agreement. Effective as of the date of recordation of this Agre ement, (a) the Corporation and the
City hereby acknowledge and agree that the 2012 Site Lease and 2012 Lease Agreement shall be
terminated and discharged, and shall be of no further force or effect and (b) the Corporation and the
2012 Trustee hereby acknowledge that the 2012 Assignment Agreement shall be terminated and
discharged, and shall be of no further force and effect.
2. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall
constitute one agreement. The signature and acknowledgment pages from each counterpart may be
removed and attached to a single document in order to create one original instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed by each party’s respective
duly authorized officers, as of the date first above written.
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
Steven Scharf
Mayor
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION
By:
Steven Scharf
President
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia
Secretary
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.,
as 2012 Trustee
By:
Eladia Burgos
Authorized Officer
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ____________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared ______________________________________, who proved to me on the basis
of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies),
and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of
which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ____________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared ______________________________________, who proved to me on the basis
of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies),
and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of
which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ____________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared ______________________________________, who proved to me on the basis
of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument
and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authoriz ed capacity(ies),
and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of
which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
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EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY
Real property in the City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara, State of California, described
as follows:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 7, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED TRACT NO. 3743 CUPERTINO
TOWN CENTER, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE
RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER
16, 1964, IN BOOK 186 OF MAPS PAGE(S) 36 AND 37
PARCEL TWO:
PARCELS A, B, C & D, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PARCEL MAP ENTITLED,
"PARCEL MAP, BEING ALL OF LOT 4, TRACT NO. 3743, CITY OF CUPERTINO", WHICH
PARCEL MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON MARCH 7,1974 IN BOOK 337 OF
MAPS, AT PAGE 11.
APN: 369-31-033
ARB: 371-02-044, 43, 43.1, 432, 433
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EXHIBIT B
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY
The Property consists of the following facilities looted on the Site:
City Hall and Administrative Offices: two story office building; 23,040 sq. ft., built 1965;
reinforced concrete, fully sprinklered. Insured value: $6.2 million (structure only)
Cupertino Community Hall /City Council Chambers: one story multi- purpose building;
6,516 sq. ft., built 2004; wood frame structure, fully sprinklered.
Cupertino Library: two story, special purpose building (Class A); 53,864 sq. ft., built 2004;
steel frame structure, fully sprinklered.
Quint & Thimmig LLP 08/18/20
08/31/20
19107.14
$_________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 2020A
CERTIFICATE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
October 6, 2020
City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Ave.
Cupertino, CA 95014
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as underwriter (the
“Underwriter”), hereby offers to enter into this Certificate Purchase Agreement (this Certificate
Purchase Agreement, together with the exhibits hereto, being herein called the “Purchase
Agreement”) with the City of Cupertino (the “City”), which, upon acceptance, will be binding
upon the City and the Underwriter. This offer is made subject to the acceptance by the City, by
execution of this Purchase Agreement and its delivery to the Underwriter prior to 5:00 P.M.,
California time, on the date hereof, and, if not so accepted, will be subject to withdrawal by the
Underwriter upon notice delivered to the City at any time prior to such acceptance.
Capitalized terms used in this Purchase Agreement and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings given to such terms as set forth in Trust Agreement, dated as of
October 1, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”) by and among the Cupertino Public Facilities
Corporation (the “Corporation”), the City, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The City hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Underwriter has financial and
other interests that differ from those of the City, (b) the primary role of the Underwriter is to
purchase securities for sale to investors in an arm’s-length commercial transaction between the
City and the Underwriter, (c) in connection therewith and with the discussions, undertakings
and procedures leading up to the consummation of such transaction, the Underwriter is and has
been acting solely as a principal and is not acting as the agent or fiduciary of the City, (d) the
Underwriter is not acting as a municipal advisor, financial advisor or fiduciary to the City and
has not assumed any advisory or fiduciary responsibility to the City with respect to the
transaction contemplated hereby and the discussions, undertakings and procedures leading
thereto (irrespective of whether the Underwriter has provided or is currently providing other
services to the City on other matters), (e) the only obligations the Underwriter has to the City
with respect to the transaction contemplated hereby are expressly set forth in this Purchase
Agreement, and (f) the City has consulted its own financial, municipal, legal, accounting, tax
and/or other advisors, as applicable, to the extent it has deemed appropriate in connection with
the issuance of the Certificates and the other matters contemplated by this Purchase Agreement.
The City has a municipal advisor in this transaction that has legal fiduciary duties to the City.
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The City hereby acknowledges receipt from the Underwriter of disclosures required by
the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (“MSRB”) Rule G-17 (as set forth in MSRB Notice
2012-25 (May 7, 2012) relating to disclosures concerning the Underwriter’s role in the
transaction, disclosures concerning the Underwriter’s compensation, conflict disclosures, if any,
and disclosures concerning complex municipal securities financing, if any.
Section 1. Purchase and Sale. Upon the terms and conditions and upon the basis of the
representations, warranties and agreements herein set forth, the City hereby agrees to sell and
deliver to the Underwriter all of the $____________ aggregate principal amount of City of
Cupertino Certificates of Participation 2020A (the “Certificates”), evidencing the direct,
undivided fractional interests of the owners thereof in lease payments (the “Lease Payments”)
to be made by the City pursuant to a Lease Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Lease
Agreement”), with the Corporation. The purchase price of the Certificates shall be $_________
(representing an aggregate principal amount of the Certificates of $____________, plus a net
original issue premium of $_________, and less an Underwriter’s discount of $__________).
Section 2. The Certificates. The Certificates will be dated their date of delivery and will
be substantially in the form described in, shall be authorized, executed and delivered under the
provisions of, and shall be payable as provided in, the Trust Agreement. The Certificates are
being executed and delivered to provide funds to (a) refund and defease the City’s Certificates
of Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “2012 Certificates”), and (b) pay costs incurred in
connection with executing and delivering the Certificates.
The City will lease certain land and the improvements thereon (the “Property”) to the
Corporation pursuant to a Site Lease, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Site Lease”). The
Corporation will sublease the Property back to the City pursuant to the Lease Agreement. The
Corporation will assign its right to receive Lease Payments from the City under the Lease to the
Trustee pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Assignment
Agreement”).
The City will also enter into an escrow agreement, dated the Closing Date (the “Escrow
Agreement”), by and between the City and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as escrow bank (the “Escrow Bank”), to provide for the refunding and defeasance of the
2012 Certificates.
The City will also enter into a Continuing Disclosure Certificate, dated the Closing Date
(the “Continuing Disclosure Certificate”). The Trust Agreement, the Site Lease, the Lease
Agreement, the Assignment Agreement, the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, the Escrow
Agreement and this Purchase Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Legal Documents.”
Section 3. Bona Fide Public Offering and Establishment of Issue Price.
(a) The Underwriter agrees to make a bona fide public offering of all of the Certificates,
at prices not in excess of the initial public offering yields or prices set forth on the inside cover
page of the Official Statement. The Certificates may be offered and sold to certain dealers at
prices lower than such initial public offering prices; provided, however, that the Underwriter
may offer a portion of the Certificates for sale to selected dealers who are members of the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and who agree to resell the Certificates to the public on
terms consistent with this Purchase Agreement, and the Underwriter reserves the right to
change such offering prices or yields as the Underwriter shall deem necessary in connection
with the marketing of the Certificates and to offer and sell the Certificates to certain dealers
(including dealers depositing the Certificates into investment trusts) and others at prices lower
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than the initial offering prices or at yields higher than the initial yields set forth on Exhibit A
attached hereto. The Underwriter also reserves the right to over-allot or effect transactions that
stabilize or maintain the market price of the Certificates at a level above that which might
otherwise prevail in the open market and to discontinue such stabilizing, if commenced, at any
time. None of such activities shall affect the principal amounts, maturity dates, interest rates,
redemption or other provision of the Certificates or the amount to be paid by the Underwriter
to the City for the Certificates.
Section 4. Establishment of Issue Price.
(a) The Underwriter agrees to assist the City in establishing the issue price of the
Certificates and shall execute and deliver to the City on the Closing Date (hereinafter defined)
an “issue price” or similar certificate, together with the supporting pricing wires or equivalent
communications, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B, with such modifications
as may be appropriate or necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the Underwriter, the City
and Special Counsel, to accurately reflect, as applicable, the sales price or prices or the initial
offering price or prices to the public of the Certificates. All actions to be taken by the City under
this Section 4 to establish the issue price of the Certificates may be taken on behalf of the City by
the City’s municipal advisor identified herein and any notice or report to be provided to the
City may be provided to the City’s municipal advisor.
(b) The City will treat the first price at which 10% of each maturity of the Certificates (the
“10% test”) is sold to the public as the issue price of that maturity (if different interest rates
apply within a maturity, each separate CUSIP number within that maturity will be subject to
the 10% test). At or promptly after the execution of this Purchase Agreement, the Underwriter
shall report to the City the price or prices at which it has sold to the public each maturity of
Certificates. If at that time the 10% test has not been satisfied as to any maturity of the
Certificates, the Underwriter agrees to promptly report to the City the prices at which it sells the
unsold Certificates of that maturity to the public. That reporting obligation shall continue,
whether or not the Closing Date has occurred, until either (i) the Underwriter has sold all
Certificates of that maturity or (ii) the 10% test has been satisfied as to the Certificates of that
maturity, provided that the Underwriter’s reporting obligation after the Closing date may be at
reasonable periodic intervals or otherwise upon request of the City or Special Counsel.
(c) The Underwriter confirms that it has offered the Certificates to the public on or
before the date of this Purchase Agreement at the offering price or prices (the “initial offering
price”), or at the corresponding yield or yields, set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, except as
otherwise set forth therein. Exhibit A also sets forth, as of the date of this Purchase Agreement,
the maturities, if any, of the Certificates for which the Underwriter represents that (i) the 10%
test has been satisfied (assuming orders are confirmed by the close of the business day
immediately following the date of this Purchase Agreement) and (ii) the 10% test has not been
satisfied and for which the City and the Underwriter agrees that the restrictions set forth in the
next sentence shall apply, which will allow the City to treat the initial offering price to the
public of each such maturity as of the sale date as the issue price of that maturity (the “hold-the-
offering-price rule”). So long as the hold-the-offering-price rule remains applicable to any
maturity of the Certificates, the Underwriter will neither offer nor sell unsold Certificates of that
maturity to any person at a price that is higher than the initial offering price to the public during
the period starting on the sale date and ending on the earlier of the following:
(1) the close of the fifth (5th) business day after the sale date; or
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(2) the date on which the Underwriter has sold at least 10% of that maturity of
the Certificates to the public at a price that is no higher than the initial offering price to
the public.
The Underwriter will advise the City promptly after the close of the fifth (5th) business
day after the sale date whether it has sold 10% of that maturity of the Certificates to the public
at a price that is no higher than the initial offering price to the public.
(d) The Underwriter confirms that:
(i) any selling group agreement and any third-party distribution agreement
relating to the initial sale of the Certificates to the public, together with the related
pricing wires, contains or will contain language obligating each dealer who is a member
of the selling group and each broker-dealer that is a party to such third-party
distribution agreement, as applicable;
(A) (1) to report the prices at which it sells to the public the unsold
Certificates of each maturity allotted to it, whether or not the Closing Date has
occurred, until either all Certificates of that maturity allocated to it have been
sold or it is notified by the Underwriter that the 10% test has been satisfied as to
the Certificates of that maturity, provided that the reporting obligation after the
Closing date may be at reasonable periodic intervals or otherwise upon request
of the Underwriter and (2) comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule, if
applicable, if and for so long as directed by the Underwriter.
(B) to promptly notify the Underwriter of any sales of Certificates that, to
its knowledge, are made to a purchaser who is a related party to an underwriter
participating in the initial sale of the Certificates to the public (each such term
being used as defined below), and
(C) to acknowledge that, unless otherwise advised by the dealer or
broker-dealer, the Underwriter shall assume that each order submitted by the
dealer or broker-dealer is a sale to the public.
(ii) any selling group agreement relating to the initial sale of the Certificates to
the public, together with the related pricing wires, contains or will contain language
obligating each dealer that is a party to a third-party distribution agreement to be
employed in connection with the initial sale of the Certificates to the public to require
each broker-dealer that is a party to such third-party distribution agreement to (A)
report the prices at which it sells to the public the unsold Certificates of each maturity
allocated to it, whether or not the Closing Date has occurred, until either all Certificates
of that maturity allocated to it have been sold or it is notified by the Underwriter or the
dealer that the 10% test has been satisfied as to the Certificates of that maturity,
provided that, the reporting obligation after the Closing Date may be at reasonable
periodic intervals or otherwise upon request of the Underwriter or the dealer, and (B)
comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule, if applicable, if and for so long as directed
by the Underwriter or the dealer and as set forth in the related pricing wires.
(e) The City acknowledges that, in making the representation set forth in this section, the
Underwriter will rely on (i) in the event a selling group has been created in connection with the
initial sale of the Certificates to the public, the agreement of each dealer who is a member of the
selling group to comply with the requirements for establishing issue price of the Certificates,
including, but not limited to, its agreement to comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule, if
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applicable to the Certificates, as set forth in a selling group agreement and the related pricing
wires, and (ii) in the event that a third-party distribution agreement was employed in
connection with the initial sale of the Certificates to the public, the agreement of each broker-
dealer that is a party to such agreement to comply with the requirements for establishing issue
price of the Certificates, including, but not limited to, its agreement to comply with the hold-
the-offering-price rule, if applicable to the Certificates, as set forth in the third-party distribution
agreement and the related pricing wires. The City further acknowledges that the Underwriter
shall not be liable for the failure of any dealer who is a member of a selling group, or of any
broker-dealer that is a party to a retail distribution agreement, to comply with its corresponding
agreement to comply with the requirements for establishing issue price of the Certificates,
including, but not limited to, its agreement to comply with the hold-the-offering-price rule if
applicable to the Certificates.
(f) The Underwriter acknowledges that sales of any Certificates to any person that is a
related party to an underwriter participating in the initial sale of the Certificates to the public
(each such term being used as defined below) shall not constitute sales to the public for
purposes of this section. Further, for purposes of this section:
(i) “public” means any person other than an underwriter or a related party,
(ii) “underwriter” means (A) any person that agrees pursuant to a written
contract with the City (or with the lead underwriter to form an underwriting syndicate)
to participate in the initial sale of the Certificates to the public and (B) any person that
agrees pursuant to a written contract directly or indirectly with a person described in
clause (A) to participate in the initial sale of the Certificates to the public (including a
member of a selling group or a party to a retail third-party distribution agreement
participating in the initial sale of the Certificates to the public),
(iii) a purchaser of any of the Certificates is a “related party” to an underwriter if
the underwriter and the purchaser are subject, directly or indirectly, to (A) more than
50% common ownership of the voting power or the total value of their stock, if both
entities are corporations (including direct ownership by one corporation of another), (ii)
more than 50% common ownership of their capital interests or profits interests, if both
entities are partnerships (including direct ownership by one partnership of another), or
(iii) more than 50% common ownership of the value of the outstanding stock of the
corporation or the capital interests or profit interests of the partnership, as applicable, if
one entity is a corporation and the other entity is a partnership (including direct
ownership of the applicable stock or interests by one entity of the other), and
(iv) “sale date” means the date of execution of this Purchase Agreement by all
parties.
Section 5. The Official Statement. The City shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the
Underwriter promptly after acceptance of this Purchase Agreement copies of the Official
Statement relating to the Certificates, dated the date hereof (the “Official Statement”). The City
authorizes the Official Statement, including the inside cover page and Appendices thereto and
the information contained therein, to be used in connection with the sale of the Certificates and
ratifies, confirms and approves the use and distribution by the Underwriter for such purpose,
prior to the date hereof, of the Preliminary Official Statement dated September 29, 2020 (the
“Preliminary Official Statement”). The City deems such Preliminary Official Statement final as
of its date for purposes of Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(“Rule 15c2-12”), except for information allowed to be omitted by Rule 15c2-12. The City also
agrees to deliver to the Underwriter, at the City’s sole cost and at such address as the
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Underwriter shall specify, as many copies of the Official Statement as the Underwriter shall
reasonably request as necessary to comply with paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 15c2-12, with Rule G-
32 and all other applicable rules of the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. The City agrees
to deliver such copies of the Official Statement within seven (7) business days after the date
hereof.
The Underwriter agrees to promptly file a copy of the final Official Statement, including
any supplements prepared by the City, with a nationally recognized municipal securities
information repository, and to take any and all other actions necessary to comply with
applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules and Municipal Securities Rulemaking
Board rules governing the offering, sale and delivery of the Certificates to the ultimate
purchasers thereof.
Section 6. Closing. At 8:00 A.M., Pacific Daylight time, on October __, 2020, or at such
other time and date as may be agreed upon by the City and the Underwriter (the “Closing
Date”), (i) the City will cause to be delivered to the Underwriter the Certificates in definitive
form, bearing CUSIP numbers and fully registered, through the book-entry system of The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”); and (ii) the City will cause to be
delivered to the Underwriter the other documents herein mentioned at the offices of Stradling
Yocca Carlson & Rauth, A Professional Corporation, in Newport Beach, California (”Special
Counsel”), or another place to be agreed upon by the City and the Underwriter. The
Underwriter will accept such delivery and pay the purchase price of the Certificates as set forth
in Section 1 hereof in immediately available funds to the order of the Trustee on behalf of the
City. This payment and delivery, together with the delivery of the aforementioned documents,
is herein called the “Closing.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the failure to print CUSIP
numbers on any Certificate nor any error with respect thereto shall constitute cause for a failure
or refusal by the Underwriter to accept delivery of and pay for the Certificates on the Closing
Date in accordance with the terms of this Purchase Agreement.
Section 7. Representation, Warranties and Covenants of the City. The City represents,
warrants and covenants to the Underwriter that:
(a) The City is a municipal corporation and general law city, duly organized and validly
existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California. The City has all necessary
power and authority and has taken all official action necessary to enter into and perform its
duties under the Trust Agreement, the Site Lease, the Lease Agreement, the Continuing
Disclosure Certificate, the Escrow Agreement and this Purchase Agreement (collectively, the
“City Documents”). The City Documents and the Official Statement have been duly executed
and delivered by the City and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the
other respective parties thereto, the City Documents will constitute legally valid and binding
obligations of the City enforceable against the City in accordance with their respective terms,
except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws or equitable principles relating to or
limiting creditors’ rights generally.
(b) Except as may be required under Blue Sky or other securities laws of any state (as to
which no representation is made), there is no consent, approval, authorization or other order of,
or filing with, or certification by, any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the City
required for the execution, delivery and sale of the Certificates or the consummation by the City
of the transactions contemplated by the City Documents and by the Official Statement, which
has not been duly obtained or made on or prior to the date hereof.
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(c) There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation at law or in equity,
before or by any court or governmental or public entity pending or threatened against the City
which affects or seeks to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the execution or delivery of the Certificates,
or contesting the powers of the City to enter into or perform its obligations under any of the
City Documents or the existence or powers of the City.
(d) the distribution of the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official Statement have
been duly authorized by the City and as of the date hereof and at all times subsequent thereto
up to and including the time of the Closing, the statements and information contained in the
Official Statement (excluding statements under the captions “THE CORPORATION,”
“UNDERWRITING,” information relating to DTC and the book-entry only system and
information as to bond prices on the inside cover page of the Official Statement, as to which no
opinion or view is expressed) are and will be true, correct and complete in all material respects
and the Official Statement does not and will not omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make such statements and information therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect;
(e) The City agrees that, if at any time before the Closing Date any event of which it has
knowledge occurs, as a result of which the Official Statement as then in effect would include
any untrue or misleading statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, the City shall promptly prepare or
cooperate in the preparation of an amendment or supplement to the Official Statement if in the
opinion of the City and the Underwriter or their respective counsel, such event requires the
preparation and publication of a supplement or amendment to the Official Statement. The City
shall advise the Underwriter promptly of any proposal to so amend or supplement the Official
Statement and shall effect such amendment or supplement in a form and manner approved by
the Underwriter. The City shall promptly advise the Underwriter of the institution of any
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation seeking to prohibit, restrain or otherwise affect
the use of the Official Statement in connection with the offering, sale or distribution of the
Certificates.
If the Official Statement is amended or supplemented pursuant to the immediately
preceding subparagraph, at the time of each supplement or amendment thereto and (unless
subsequently supplemented or amended pursuant to such subparagraph) at all times
subsequent thereto up to and including the date of the Closing, the portions of the Official
Statement so supplemented or amended (including any financial and statistical data contained
therein) will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make such information therein concerning the City
or the City’s affairs, in the light of the circumstances under which it was presented, not
misleading.
(f) The City shall furnish or cause to be furnished to the Underwriter, in such quantities
as shall be reasonably required by the Underwriter, copies of the Official Statement and all
amendments and supplements thereto, in each case as soon as available.
(g) The proceeds from the sale to the Underwriter of the Certificates will be applied in
the manner and for the purposes specified in the Trust Agreement.
(h) The resolution of the City approving the execution and delivery of the City
Documents and the Official Statement has been duly adopted by the City, has not been
amended, modified or repealed and is in full force and effect on the date hereof.
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(i) Neither the execution and delivery by the City of the City Documents nor the City’s
adoption of the resolution, nor the City’s compliance with such documents or such resolution,
nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by such documents, such resolution or
the Official Statement, conflicts with or constitutes a breach of or default under, or will conflict
with or constitute a breach of or default under, any term or provision of any applicable law or
any administrative rule or regulation of the State of California or the United States or any
applicable judgment, decree, order, license, permit, agreement or instrument to which the City
is subject or is otherwise bound has or will have a material adverse effect on the ability of the
City to perform its obligations under the City Documents, and no event has occurred and is
continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a
default or an event of default under any such instruments.
(j) The City agrees to cooperate with the Underwriter in endeavoring to qualify the
Certificates for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of as many jurisdictions of
the states of the United States as the Underwriter may request; provided, however, that the City
will not be required to expend any of its own funds in connection with such qualifications and
will not be required to consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction in which it is not
now subject to service of process or to qualify as a broker or a foreign corporation in connection
with any such qualification in any jurisdiction.
(k) The City covenants that it will not take any action which would cause interest
payable with respect to the Certificates to be subject to federal income taxation or State of
California personal income taxation.
(l) Other than as described in the Preliminary Official Statement and the Official
Statement, the City has not failed to comply with any previous continuing disclosure
undertaking within the prior 5 years.
Section 8. Conditions to the Obligations of the Underwriter. The Underwriter has
entered into this Purchase Agreement in reliance upon the representations and warranties of the
City contained herein. The obligations of the Underwriter to accept delivery of and pay for the
Certificates on the Closing Date shall be subject, at the option of the Underwriter, to the
performance by the City of its obligations, to be performed hereunder and to the performance
by the City and the Corporation of their obligations, to be performed under the Legal
Documents, at or prior to the Closing Date and the following additional conditions:
(a) The representations, warranties and covenants of the City contained herein shall be
true and correct at the date hereof and at the time of the Closing, as if made on the Closing Date;
(b) At the time of Closing, the Legal Documents shall be in full force and effect as valid
and binding agreements between or among the various parties thereto and the Legal
Documents and the Official Statement shall not have been amended, modified or supplemented
except as may have been agreed to in writing by the Underwriter, and all such reasonable
actions as, in the opinion of Special Counsel or counsel to the Underwriter, shall reasonably
deem necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;
(c) At or prior to the Closing, the Underwriter shall receive the following documents, in
each case to the reasonable satisfaction in form and substance of the Underwriter:
(i) the Legal Documents duly executed and delivered by the respective parties
thereto, with only such amendments, modifications or supplements as may have been
agreed to in writing by the Underwriter;
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(ii) the approving opinion of Special Counsel, dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the City, in substantially the form attached as Appendix B to the Official
Statement, together with a reliance letter addressed to the Underwriter;
(iii) a supplemental opinion of Special Counsel dated the Closing Date and
addressed to the Underwriter and the City, in form and substance acceptable to each of
them to the effect that:
(A) the statements in the Official Statement under the captions,
“INTRODUCTION,” “THE CERTIFICATES,” “CONTINUING DISCLOSURE,”
“TAX MATTERS,” “APPENDIX A—SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL
DOCUMENTS,” “APPENDIX B–FORM OF SPECIAL COUNSEL OPINION” and
“APPENDIX D—FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE,”
insofar as such statements purport to summarize certain provisions of the
Certificates, security for the Certificates, the Trust Agreement, the Site Lease, the
Lease, the Assignment Agreement, the Continuing Disclosure Certificate and the
legal opinion of Special Counsel with respect thereto concerning the validity and
tax status of interest with respect to the Certificates, are accurate in all material
respects; but excluding therefrom information about DTC and the book-entry
only system;
(B) the Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the City and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
by the other respective parties thereto, constitutes the valid and binding
agreement of the City and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
arrangement, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws affecting
enforcement of creditors’ rights and by the application of equitable principles if
equitable remedies are sought; and
(C) the Certificates are exempt from registration pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Trust Agreement is exempt from
qualification as an indenture pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended;
(iv) the letter of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, A Professional Corporation, in
its capacity as Disclosure Counsel, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the City and
the Underwriter, to the effect that, based upon its participation in the preparation of the
Official Statement as Disclosure Counsel and upon the information made available to it
in the course of the foregoing, but without having undertaken to determine or verify
independently or assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness
of the statements contained in the Official Statement (except to the extent expressly set
forth in the opinion referred to in Section 8(d)(iii) above), nothing has come to the
attention of the personnel directly involved in rendering legal advice and assistance in
connection with the preparation of the Official Statement that causes them to believe
that the Official Statement as of its date or as of the Closing Date contained or contains
any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, are not misleading (except for the description of any litigation, any
information relating to information relating to DTC, Cede & Co., the book-entry system,
any financial statements, forecasts, projections, estimates, assumptions and expressions
of opinions and the other financial and statistical data included therein, as to all of which
they express no view);
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(v) the opinion of the City Attorney, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to
the Underwriter, to the effect:
(A) the City is a municipal corporation and general law city duly formed
and validly existing under the laws of the State of California.
(B) the resolution of the City Council of the City approving the City
Documents (the “City Resolution”) was duly adopted at a meeting of the City
Council of the City on September 15, 2020, which was called and held pursuant
to law and with all public notice required by law and at which a quorum was
present and acting throughout and the City Resolution is in full force and effect
and has not been modified, amended or rescinded.
(C) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, the authorization, execution
and delivery of the City Documents by the City and compliance with the
provisions thereof by the City of its obligations thereunder, will not conflict with,
or constitute a breach or default under, in any material respect, any law,
administrative regulation, court decree, resolution, ordinance or other agreement
to which the City is subject or by which it is bound.
(D) except as disclosed in the Official Statement, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or in equity before or by any court,
government agency, public board or body, pending and notice of which has been
served on the City, or to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, threatened against
the City, affecting the existence of the City or the titles of its officers to their
respective offices, or contesting or affecting as to the City the validity or
enforceability of the City Documents, or contesting the powers of the City for the
execution and delivery by the City of the City Documents, or in any way
contesting or challenging the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby.
(vi) the opinion of the City Attorney, as counsel to the Corporation, dated the
Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter and the Corporation, in form and
substance acceptable to each of them, to the effect that:
(A) the Corporation is a nonprofit corporation duly form and validly
existing under the laws of the State of California.
(B) the resolution of the Board of Directors of Corporation (the
“Corporation Resolution”) approving the Corporation Documents (as hereinafter
defined”) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of
Corporation on September 15, 2020, which was called and held pursuant to law
and with all public notice required by law and at which a quorum was present
and acting throughout and the Corporation Resolution is in full force and effect
and has not been modified, amended or rescinded.
(C) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, the authorization, execution
and delivery of the Trust Agreement, the Site Lease, the Lease Agreement and
this Assignment Agreement (collectively, the “Corporation Documents”) by the
Corporation and compliance with the provisions thereof by the Corporation of
its obligations thereunder, will not conflict with, or constitute a breach or default
under, in any material respect, any law, administrative regulation, court decree,
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resolution, ordinance or other agreement to which the Corporation is subject or
by which it is bound.
(D) there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or
in equity before or by any court, government agency, public board or body,
pending and notice of which has been served on the Corporation, or to the best
of such counsel’s knowledge, threatened against the Corporation, affecting the
existence of the City or the titles of its officers to their respective offices, or
contesting or affecting as to the Corporation the validity or enforceability of the
Corporation Documents, or contesting the powers of the Corporation for the
execution and delivery by the Corporation of the Corporation Documents, or in
any way contesting or challenging the consummation of the transactions
contemplated thereby.
(vii) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized official of
the City satisfactory in form and substance in the reasonable judgment of the
Underwriter to the effect that:
(A) the City is a municipal corporation and general law city, duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of California and has all
necessary power and authority to enter into and perform its duties under the
City Documents;
(B) by official action of the City, the City has approved the execution and
delivery of and the performance by the City of the obligations on its part
contained in the City Documents;
(C) to the best of the City’s knowledge, the execution and delivery of the
City Documents to which it is a party, compliance with the provisions thereof
and performance of its duties thereunder, will not conflict, in any material
respect, with or constitute a breach of or default under the City’s duties under
any law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree, note, resolution, charter,
by-law or other agreement to which the City is a party or is otherwise subject or
by which its properties may be affected;
(D) to the best of the City’s knowledge, the Official Statement does not
contain any untrue or misleading statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact which is necessary to make such statements therein, in the light of
the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
(E) to the best of the City’s knowledge, there is no consent, approval,
authorization or other order of, or filing with, or certification by, any regulatory
authority having jurisdiction over the City required for the execution, delivery
and sale of the Certificates or the consummation by the City of the transactions
on its part contemplated by the City Documents;
(F) the City is not in breach of or default under any applicable law or
administrative regulation of the State of California or the United States or any
applicable judgment or decree, agreement or other instrument to which the City
is a party or is otherwise subject, and no event has occurred and is continuing
which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute
a default or an event of default under any such instrument, which breach or
default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability of the City to
perform its obligations under the City Documents;
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(G) there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or
in equity before or by any court or governmental agency or body, pending and
notice of which has been served on the City, or, to the best knowledge of the
City, threatened against the City, except as disclosed in the Official Statement, to
restrain or enjoin the execution or delivery of the Certificates, or in any way
contesting or affecting the validity or enforceability of the Certificates or the City
Documents or contesting the powers of the City to enter into or perform its
obligations under any of the foregoing; and
(H) the City covenants that it will not take any action which would cause
interest with respect to the Certificates to be subject to federal income taxation or
California personal income taxes;
(viii) a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized official of
the Corporation satisfactory in form and substance in the reasonable judgment of the
Underwriter to the effect that:
(A) the Corporation is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation, duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of California and has all
necessary power and authority to enter into and perform its duties under the
Corporation Documents;
(B) by official action of the Corporation, the Corporation has approved
the execution and delivery of and the performance by the Corporation of the
obligations on its part contained in the Corporation Documents;
(C) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, the execution and
delivery of the Corporation Documents to which it is a party, compliance with
the provisions thereof and performance of its duties thereunder, will not conflict,
in any material respect, with or constitute a breach of or default under the
Corporation’s duties under any law, administrative regulation, judgment, decree,
note, resolution, charter, by-law or other agreement to which the Corporation is a
party or is otherwise subject or by which its properties may be affected;
(D) to the best of the Corporation’s knowledge, there is no consent,
approval, authorization or other order of, or filing with, or certification by, any
regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Corporation required for the
execution, delivery and sale of the Certificates or the consummation by the
Corporation of the transactions on its part contemplated by the Corporation
Documents;
(E) the Corporation is not in breach of or default under any applicable
law or administrative regulation of the State of California or the United States or
any applicable judgment or decree, agreement or other instrument to which the
Corporation is a party or is otherwise subject, and no event has occurred and is
continuing which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both,
would constitute a default or an event of default under any such instrument,
which breach or default has or may have a material adverse effect on the ability
of the Corporation to perform its obligations under the Corporation Documents;
(F) there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, at law or
in equity before or by any court or governmental agency or body, pending and
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notice of which has been served on the Corporation, or, to the best knowledge of
the Corporation, threatened against the Corporation, except as disclosed in the
Official Statement, to restrain or enjoin the execution or delivery of the
Certificates, or in any way contesting or affecting the validity or enforceability of
the Certificates or the Corporation Documents or contesting the powers of the
Corporation to enter into or perform its obligations under any of the foregoing;
and
(G) the Corporation covenants that it will not take any action which
would cause interest with respect to the Certificates to be subject to federal
income taxation or California personal income taxes;
(ix) a certificate of the Trustee, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly
authorized officer of the Trustee, and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter, to the effect that:
(A) the Trustee is a national banking association duly organized and
existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States of America
authorized to carry out corporate trust powers and has all necessary power and
authority to enter into and perform its duties under the Trust Agreement and the
Assignment Agreement and to execute the Certificates;
(B) the representations of the Trustee in the Trust Agreement and the
Assignment Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the
Closing Date;
(C) to the best of its knowledge, no litigation is pending or threatened
(either in state or federal courts) (1) to restrain or enjoin the execution or delivery
of any of the Certificates or the collection of revenues pledged under the Lease
Agreement, or (2) in any way contesting or affecting any authority for the
execution or delivery of the Certificates or the validity or enforceability of the
Trust Agreement or the Assignment Agreement;
(D) the Trustee is duly authorized to execute and deliver the Certificates
to the Underwriter upon instruction by the City pursuant to the terms of the
Trust Agreement, and the Trust Agreement and the Assignment Agreement
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Trustee enforceable in
accordance with its respective terms;
(E) to the best of its knowledge, the execution and delivery of the Trust
Agreement and the Assignment Agreement, and compliance with the provisions
thereof, will not conflict with, or constitute a breach of or default under, the
Trustee’s duties under said documents or any law, administrative regulation,
court decree, resolution, charter, bylaws or other agreement to which the Trustee
is subject or by which it is bound; and
(F) the Certificates have been validly executed and delivered by the
Trustee;
(x) a certificate of the Escrow Bank, dated the Closing Date, signed by a duly
authorized officer of the Escrow Bank, and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Underwriter, to the effect that:
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(A) the Escrow Bank is a national banking association duly organized and
existing under and by virtue of the laws of the United States of America
authorized to carry out corporate trust powers and has all necessary power and
authority to enter into and perform its duties under the Escrow Agreement;
(B) the representations of the Escrow Bank in the Escrow Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date;
(C) to the best of its knowledge, no litigation is pending or threatened
(either in state or federal courts) in any way contesting or affecting any authority
for the execution or delivery of the Certificates or the validity or enforceability of
the Escrow Agreement;
(D) the Escrow Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Escrow Bank enforceable in accordance with its terms; and
(E) to the best of its knowledge, the execution and delivery of the Escrow
Agreement, and compliance with the provisions thereof, will not conflict with, or
constitute a breach of or default under, the Escrow Bank’s duties under said
document or any law, administrative regulation, court decree, resolution,
charter, bylaws or other agreement to which the Escrow Bank is subject or by
which it is bound;
(xi) the opinion of counsel to the Trustee, addressed to the Underwriter and the
City, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(A) the Trustee has been duly organized and is validly existing in good
standing as a national banking association under the laws of the United States of
America, with full corporate power to enter into the Trust Agreement and the
Assignment Agreement and to accept the trust as provided therein, and to
perform its obligations under the Trust Agreement and the Assignment
Agreement;
(B) the Trustee has duly authorized, executed and delivered the Trust
Agreement and the Assignment Agreement and by all proper corporate action
has authorized the acceptance of the trust of the Trust Agreement;
(C) assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
party to the Trust Agreement and the Assignment Agreement, the Trust
Agreement and the Assignment Agreement, constitute legally valid and binding
agreements of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in accordance with its
terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally;
(D) the Certificates have been validly executed by the Trustee; and
(E) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no authorization, approval,
consent or order of any governmental agency or any other person or corporation
is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Trust
Agreement and the Assignment Agreement by the Trustee or the authentication
by the Trustee of the Certificates;
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(xii) the opinion of counsel to the Escrow Bank, addressed to the Underwriter
and the City, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(A) the Escrow Bank has been duly organized and is validly existing in
good standing as a national banking association under the laws of the United
States of America, with full corporate power to enter into the Escrow Agreement
and to accept the trust as provided therein, and to perform its obligations under
the Escrow Agreement;
(B) the Escrow Bank has duly authorized, executed and delivered the
Escrow Agreement and by all proper corporate action has authorized the
acceptance of the trust of the Escrow Agreement;
(C) assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery by the other
party to the Escrow Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, constitutes the legally
valid and binding agreements of the Escrow Bank, enforceable against the
Escrow Bank in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws or equitable
principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally;
(D) to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no authorization, approval,
consent or order of any governmental agency or any other person or corporation
is required for the valid authorization, execution and delivery of the Escrow
Agreement by the Escrow bank;
(xiii) the opinion of Quint & Thimmig LLP, as counsel to the Underwriter, dated
the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriter, in form and substance acceptable to
the Underwriter.
(xiv) a copy of the Official Statement, executed on behalf of the City;
(xv) a copy of the general resolution of the Trustee authorizing the execution and
delivery of the Trust Agreement and the Assignment Agreement;
(xvi) a copy of all resolutions relating to the Certificates, the Official Statement
and the Legal Documents adopted by the Corporation and the City, as applicable, and
certified by an authorized official of the Corporation and the City;
(xvii) a tax certificate by the City in form and substance acceptable to Special
Counsel;
(xviii) letters from S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services
LLC business, indicating that the Certificates have been assigned a rating of “__;”
(xix) evidence of good standing of the Corporation with the State; and
(xx) the opinion of Special Counsel as to the legal defeasance of the 2012
Certificates
(xxi) such additional legal opinions, certificates, proceedings, instruments or
other documents as Special Counsel and counsel to the Underwriter, if any, may
reasonably request to evidence compliance by the Corporation and the City with legal
requirements, the truth and accuracy, as of the Closing Date, of the representations and
warranties of the Corporation and the City contained herein, and the due performance
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or satisfaction by the Corporation and the City at or prior to such time of all agreements
then to be performed and all conditions then to be satisfied by the Corporation and the
City.
Section 9. Termination. The Underwriter shall have the right to cancel its obligations to
purchase the Certificates if between the date hereof and the Closing Date:
(a) a decision with respect to legislation shall be reached by a committee of the House of
Representatives or the Senate of the Congress of the United States, or legislation shall be
favorably reported by such a committee or be introduced, by amendment or otherwise, in or be
passed by the House of Representatives or the Senate, or recommended to the Congress of the
United States for passage by the President of the United States, or be enacted or a decision by a
federal court of the United States or the United States Tax Court shall have been rendered, or a
ruling, release, order, regulation or offering circular by or on behalf of the United States
Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service or other governmental agency shall have
been made or proposed to be made having the purpose or effect, or any other action or event
shall have occurred which has the purpose or effect, directly or indirectly, of adversely affecting
the federal income tax consequences of owning the Certificates, including causing interest on
the Certificates to be included in gross income for purposes of federal income taxation, or
imposing federal income taxation upon revenues other income of the general character to be
derived by the City or by any similar body under the Trust Agreement or similar documents or
upon interest received on obligations of the general character of the Certificates, which, in the
reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially adversely affects the market price of or
market for the Certificates or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of
the Certificates; or
(b) legislation shall have been enacted, or considered for enactment with an effective
date prior to the Closing Date, or a decision by a court of the United States shall have been
rendered, the effect of which is that of the Certificates, including any underlying obligations, or
the Trust Agreement, as the case may be, is not exempt from the registration, qualification or
other requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and as then in effect, the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as then in effect, or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended and as then in effect; or
(c) a stop order, ruling, regulation or offering circular by the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other governmental agency having jurisdiction of the subject matter shall
have been issued or made or any other event occurs, the effect of which is that the issuance,
offering or sale of the Certificates, including any underlying obligations, or the execution of the
Trust Agreement, as contemplated hereby or by the Official Statement, is or would be in
violation of any provisions of the federal securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended and as then in effect, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and as then in
effect, or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as then in effect; or
(d) any event shall have occurred or any information shall have become known to the
Underwriter which causes the Underwriter to reasonably believe that the Official Statement as
then amended or supplemented includes an untrue statement of a material fact, or omits to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; or
(e) there shall have occurred (i) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities or the declaration
by the United States of a national emergency or war or (ii) any other calamity or crisis in the
financial markets of the United States or elsewhere or the escalation of such calamity or crisis
that materially adversely affects the market price of or market for the Certificates; or
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(f) a general suspension of trading on the New York Stock Exchange or other major
exchange shall be in force, or minimum or maximum prices for trading shall have been fixed
and be in force, or maximum ranges for prices for securities shall have been required and be in
force on any such exchange, whether by virtue of determination by that exchange or by order of
the SEC or any other governmental authority having jurisdiction; or
(g) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal, New York or
California authorities; or
(h) any proceeding shall be pending or threatened by the Securities and Exchange
Commission against the City; or
(i) additional material restrictions not in force as of the date hereof shall have been
imposed upon trading in securities generally by any governmental authority or by any national
securities exchange; or
(j) the New York Stock Exchange or other national securities exchange, or any
governmental or regulatory authority, shall impose, as to the Certificates or obligations of the
general character of the Certificates, any material restrictions not now in force, or increase
materially those now in force, with respect to the extension of credit by, or the charge to the net
capital requirements of the Underwriter; or
(k) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services affecting
the Certificates shall have occurred; or
(l) any rating of the Certificates shall have been downgraded, suspended or withdrawn
or placed on negative outlook or negative watch by a national rating service, which, in the
Underwriter’s reasonable opinion, materially adversely affects the marketability or market price
of the Certificates or the ability of the Underwriter to enforce contracts for the sale of the
Certificates; or
(m) any change, which in the reasonable opinion of the Underwriter, materially
adversely affects the marketability of the Certificates or the financial condition of the City.
Section 10. Changes in Official Statement. After the Closing, the City will not adopt any
amendment of or supplement to the Official Statement to which the Underwriter shall object in
writing. Within 90 days after the Closing or within 25 days following the end of the
underwriting period, whichever occurs first, if any event relating to or affecting the Certificates,
the Trustee, the Corporation or the City shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the
opinion of the Underwriter, to amend or supplement the Official Statement in order to make the
Official Statement not misleading in any material respect in the light of the circumstances
existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, the City will forthwith prepare and furnish to
the Underwriter an amendment or supplement that will amend or supplement the Official
Statement so that it will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
existing at the time the Official Statement is delivered to purchaser, not misleading. The City
shall cooperate with the Underwriter in the filing by the Underwriter of such amendment or
supplement to the Official Statement with a nationally recognized municipal securities
repository. For the purposes of this section the Trustee, the Corporation and the City will each
furnish such information with respect to itself as the Underwriter may reasonably request from
time to time during such period.
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Section 11. Expenses. The City will pay or cause to be paid all reasonable expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations under this Purchase Agreement, including, but
not limited to, mailing or delivery of the Certificates, costs of printing the Certificates, printing,
distribution and delivery of the Preliminary Official Statement, the Official Statement and any
amendment or supplement thereto, the fees and disbursements of Special Counsel, Disclosure
Counsel, and counsel to the City, the fees and expenses of the City’s accountants and fiscal
consultants, fees of the Municipal Advisor, any fees charged by investment rating agencies for
the rating of the Certificates and fees of the Trustee. The Underwriter shall pay the fees and
expenses of any counsel retained by it, all advertising expenses incurred in connection with the
public offering of the Certificates, CDIAC fees, CUSIP fees and all other expenses incurred by it
in connection with the public offering and distribution of the Certificates, fees (including out-of-
pocket expenses and related regulatory expenses).
Section 12. Notices. Any notice or other communication to be given to the Underwriter
under this Purchase Agreement may be given by delivering the same in writing to Stifel,
Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, One Montgomery Street, 35th Floor, San Francisco, CA
94104, Attention: Ms. Eileen Gallagher, Managing Director. Any notice or communication to be
given to the City under this Purchase Agreement may be given by delivering the same in
writing to the City’s address set forth above, Attention: Ms. Kristina Alfaro, Administrative
Services Director.
The approval of the Underwriter when required hereunder or the determination of the
Underwriter’s satisfaction as to any document referred to herein shall be in writing signed by
the Underwriter and delivered to you.
Section 13. Parties in Interest. This Purchase Agreement is made solely for the benefit of
the City and the Underwriter (including the successors or assigns thereof) and no other person
shall acquire or have any right hereunder or by virtue hereof. All representations, warranties
and agreements of the City in this Purchase Agreement shall remain operative and in full force
and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriter and shall
survive the delivery of and payment of the Certificates.
Section 14. Counterparts. This Purchase Agreement may be executed by the parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
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Section 15. Governing Law. This Purchase Agreement shall be governed by the laws of
the State of California.
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY,
INCORPORATED, as Underwriter
By
Managing Director
Accepted and Agreed to:
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By
Mayor
Time of execution:
[Signature page to the Certificate Purchase Agreement relating to
City of Cupertino
Certificates of Participation 2020A]
Exhibit A
Page 1
EXHIBIT A
MATURITY SCHEDULE AND REDEMPTION PROVISIONS
$____________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 2020A
MATURITY SCHEDULE
Maturity Date Principal Interest
(June 1) Amount Rate Yield Price
PREPAYMENT PROVISIONS
Extraordinary Prepayment. The Certificates are subject to prepayment prior to their respective
maturity dates on any date, in whole or in part, from Net Proceeds which the Trustee shall deposit in the
Prepayment Fund as provided in the Lease Agreement at least 45 days prior to the date fixed for
prepayment and credited towards the prepayment made by the City pursuant to the Lease Agreement, at
a prepayment price equal to the principal amount thereof together with accrued interest to the date fixed
for prepayment, without premium.
Optional Prepayment. The Certificates maturing on or after June 1, 20__ are subject to prepayment
prior to maturity in whole or in part on any date on or after June 1, 20__, at the option of the City, in the
event the City exercises its option under the Lease Agreement to prepay all or a portion of the principal
component of the Lease Payments (in integral multiples of $5,000), at the prepayment price equal to the
principal component to be prepaid, plus accrued interest to the date fixed for prepayment, without
premium.
Mandatory Prepayment. The Certificates maturing June 1, 20__ (the “20__ Term Certificates”) are
subject to prepayment in part by lot, on June 1 in each of the following years from sinking account
payments as set forth below at a prepayment price equal to the principal amount thereof to be prepaid,
without premium; provided, however, that if some but not all of the 20__ Term Certificates have been
prepaid pursuant to an optional or extraordinary prepayment, the total amount of all future sinking
account payments will be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of the 20__ Term Certificates so
prepaid in such manner as selected by the City. In addition, in lieu of prepayment thereof, the 20__ Term
Certificates may be purchased by the City and tendered to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the
Trust Agreement:
Exhibit A
Page 2
Mandatory
Prepayment Sinking
Date Account
(June 1) Payment
†Maturity.
The Certificates maturing June 1, 20__ (the “20__ Term Certificates”) are subject to prepayment in
part by lot, on June 1 in each of the following years from sinking account payments as set forth below at a
prepayment price equal to the principal amount thereof to be prepaid, without premium; provided,
however, that if some but not all of the 20__ Term Certificates have been prepaid pursuant to an optional
or extraordinary prepayment, the total amount of all future sinking account payments will be reduced by
the aggregate principal amount of the 20__ Term Certificates so prepaid in such manner as selected by
the City. In addition, in lieu of prepayment thereof, the 20__ Term Certificates may be purchased by the
City and tendered to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of the Trust Agreement:
Mandatory
Prepayment Sinking
Date Account
(June 1) Payment
†Maturity.
Exhibit B
Page 1
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
$____________
CITY OF CUPERTINO 2020A
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, on behalf of Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as underwriter
(“Stifel”), based on the information available to it, hereby certifies as set forth below with respect to the
sale and issuance of the above-captioned obligations (the “Certificates”).
I. General
1. Stifel and the City of Cupertino (the “City”) have executed a certificate purchase agreement
in connection with the Certificates on the Sale Date. Stifel has not modified the certificate purchase
agreement since its execution on the Sale Date.
II. Price
1. As of the date of this certificate, for each Maturity of the Certificates, the first price at which
at least 10% of such Maturity of the Certificates was sold to the Public is the respective price listed in
Schedule A.
III. Defined Terms
1. Maturity means Certificates with the same credit and payment terms. Certificates with
different maturity dates, or Certificates with the same maturity date but different stated interest rates, are
treated as separate maturities.
2. Public means any person (including an individual, trust, estate, partnership, association,
company, or corporation) other than an Underwriters or a Related Party to an Underwriters.
3. A person is a “Related Party” to an Underwriter if the Underwriter and the person are
subject, directly or indirectly, to (i) at least 50% common ownership of the voting power or the total value
of their stock, if both entities are corporations (including direct ownership by one corporation of another),
(ii) more than 50% common ownership of their capital interests or profits interests, if both entities are
partnerships (including direct ownership by one partnership of another), or (iii) more than 50% common
ownership of the value of the outstanding stock of the corporation or the capital interests or profit
interests of the partnership, as applicable, if one entity is a corporation and the other entity is a
partnership (including direct ownership of the applicable stock or interests by one entity of the other).
4. Sale Date means the first day on which there is a binding contract in writing for the sale
of a Maturity of the Certificates. The Sale Date of the Certificates is October 6, 2020.
5. Underwriter means (i) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract with the
City (or with Stifel to form an underwriting syndicate) to participate in the initial sale of the Certificates
to the Public, and (ii) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract directly or indirectly with a
person described in clause (i) of this paragraph to participate in the initial sale of the Certificates to the
Public (including a member of a selling group or a party to a retail distribution agreement participating in
the initial sale of the Certificates to the Public).
All terms not defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Tax Certificate with respect
to the Certificates, to which this Certificate is attached.
Exhibit B
Page 2
The City may rely on the statements made herein in connection with its efforts to comply with
the conditions imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). Special Counsel
may also rely on this Certificate for purposes of its opinion regarding the treatment of interest on the
Certificates as excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. However, notwithstanding
the foregoing, we remind you that Stifel is not an accountant or actuary, nor is Stifel engaged in the
practice of law. Accordingly, while Stifel believes the calculations described above to be correct, it does
not warrant their validity for purposes of sections 103 and 141 through 150 of the Code or make any
representation as to the legal sufficiency of the factual matters set forth herein. Except as expressly set
forth above, the certifications set forth herein may not be relied upon or used by any third party or for
any other purpose.
Dated: October 20, 2020
STIFEL, NICOLAUS & COMPANY,
INCORPORATED, as Underwriter
By
Authorized Officer
Exhibit B
Page 3
SCHEDULE I TO ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
$____________
CITY OF CUPERTINO 2020A
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
Maturity Date Principal Interest
(June 1) Amount Rate Price
Exhibit B
Page 4
SCHEDULE II TO ISSUE PRICE CERTIFICATE
$____________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION 2020A
PRICING WIRE OR EQUIVALENT COMMUNICATION
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 9/8/20
PRELIMINARY OFFICIAL STATEMENT DATED SEPTEMBER __, 2020
NEW ISSUE - BOOK-ENTRY-ONLY RATING:
S&P: “____”
(See “RATING” herein)
In the opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California (“Special Counsel”), under
existing statutes, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions, and assuming the accuracy o f certain representations and compliance with certain covenants
and requirements described herein, interest (and original issue discount) with respect the Certificates is excluded from gross income for federal income
tax purposes and is not an item of tax preference for purposes of calculating the federal alternative minimum tax imposed on individuals. In the further
opinion of Special Counsel, interest (and original issue discount) with respect to the Certificates is exempt from State of California personal income tax.
See the caption “TAX MATTERS” with respect to tax consequences concerning the Certificates.
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CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
Dated: Date of Delivery Due: June 1, as shown on the inside cover
The City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”) are being executed and delivered to (i) provide funds to prepay
the outstanding Certificates of Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “2012 Certificates”); and (ii) pay the costs of issuance incurred in connection
with the execution and delivery of the Certificates. The Certificates represent fractional undivided interests of the regist ered owners thereof in certain
lease payments (the “Lease Payments”) to be made by the City of Cupertino (the “City”) to the Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation (the
“Corporation”), under a Lease Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Lease”), by and between the City and the Corporati on. Pursuant to the
Lease, the City will lease from the Corporation certain real property and the existing improvements thereof consisting of the City’s City Hall,
Administrative Offices, Cupertino Community Hall/Council Chambers, Senior Center, and Quinlan Community Center (collectively, the “Leased
Premises”). See “DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES” and “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATES”
herein.
The Certificates will be executed and delivered in the principal amount of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof pursuant to a Trust
Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and among the City, the Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”). Interest represented by the Certificates is payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year,
commencing on December 1, 2020. See “THE CERTIFICATES” herein.
The Certificates will be executed and delivered in book-entry form only and, when delivered, will be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as
nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York (“DTC”), which will act as securities depository for the Certificates. Individual
purchases of the Certificates will be made in book-entry form only. Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments due with r espect to the Certificates
are payable directly to DTC by the Trustee. Upon receipt of payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest, DTC will in turn distribute such
payments to the beneficial owners of the Certificates. See Appendix F“DTC BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM” herein.
No reserve fund has been established in connection with the issuance of the Certificates.
The Certificates are subject to extraordinary prepayment prior to maturity, as described herein. See “THE CERTIFICATES—
Prepayment” herein.
THE CERTIFICATES DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OBLIGATION OF THE CORPORATION OR THE CITY FOR WHICH THE
CORPORATION OR THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO LEVY OR PLEDGE ANY FORM OF TAXATION OR FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION
OR THE CITY HAS LEVIED OR PLEDGED ANY FORM OF TAXATION. THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY TO MAKE LEASE PAYMENTS
UNDER THE LEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OBLIGATION OF THE CITY FOR WHICH THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO LEVY OR
PLEDGE ANY FORM OF TAXATION OR FOR WHICH THE CITY HAS LEVIED OR PLEDGED ANY FORM OF TAXATION. NEITHER THE
CERTIFICATES NOR THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY TO MAKE LEASE PAYMENTS CONSTITUTES AN INDEBTEDNESS OF THE
CORPORATION, THE CITY, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF WITHIN THE MEANING OF
ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTORY DEBT LIMITATION OR RESTRICTION.
The purchase of the Certificates involves certain risks which should be considered by investors. See “RISK FACTORS” for a discussion of
certain risk factors that should be considered in addition to the other matters set forth herein.
This cover page contains information for quick reference only. It is not a summary of this issue. Potential purchasers must read the
entire Official Statement to obtain information essential to making an informed investment decision.
The Certificates will be offered when, as and if executed and delivered, and received by the Underwriter, subject to the approval as to their
legality by Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California, Special Counsel, and certain othe r conditions.
Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the City and the Corporation by the City Attorney and by Stradling Yocca Carlso n & Rauth, a Professional
Corporation, as Disclosure Counsel, for the Underwriter by Quint & Thimmig LLP, Larkspur, California, as Underwriter’s Counsel, and for the Trustee
by its counsel. It is anticipated that the Certificates will be available in book-entry form for delivery to DTC in New York, New York, on or about October
__, 2020.
STIFEL
Dated: _____, 2020
Preliminary, subject to change.
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2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
Maturity Schedule
(Base CUSIP†: __________)
Maturity
(June 1)
Principal
Amount Interest Rate Yield CUSIP†
$__________ _____% Term Certificates due June 1, 20__ Yield _____%C CUSIP† _____
$__________ _____% Term Certificates due June 1, 20__ Yield _____%C CUSIP† _____
† CUSIP® is a registered trademark of the American Bankers Association. CUSIP Global Services (CGS) is managed on behalf of the American
Bankers Association by S&P Global Market Intelligence. Copyright(c) 2020 CUSIP Global Services. All rights reserved. CUSIP® data herein
is provided by CUSIP Global Services. This data is not intended to create a database and does not serve in any way as a subst itute for the CGS
database. CUSIP® numbers are provided for convenience of reference only. Neither the City nor the Underwriters or their agents or counsel
assume responsibility for the accuracy of such numbers.
CITY OF CUPERTINO
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA
CITY COUNCIL
Steven Scharf, Mayor
Darcy Paul, Vice Mayor
Liang Chao, Council Member
Rod Sinks, Council Member
Jon Willey, Council Member
_____________
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Steven Scharf, President
Darcy Paul, Vice President
Liang Chao, Board Member
Rod Sinks, Board Member
Jon Willey, Board Member
_____________
CITY OFFICIALS
Deborah Feng, City Manager
Kristina Alfaro, Administrative Services Director/City Treasurer
Heather Minner, City Attorney
Kirsten Squarcia, City Clerk
_____________
SPECIAL COUNSEL AND DISCLOSURE COUNSEL
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth,
a Professional Corporation
Newport Beach, California
_____________
MUNICIPAL ADVISOR
Urban Futures, Inc.
Tustin, California
_____________
TRUSTEE
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
Los Angeles, California
_____________
VERIFICATION AGENT
Robert Thomas CPA, LLC
Minneapolis, Minnesota
No dealer, broker, salesperson or other person has been authorized by the City or the Corporation to give any information
or to make any representations in connection with the offer or sale of the Certificates other than those contained herein and, if given
or made, such other information or representations must not be relied upon as having been authorized by the City or the Corporation.
This Official Statement does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sa le of the
Certificates by a person in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful for such person to make such an offer, solicitation or sale.
This Official Statement is not to be construed as a contract with the purchasers or owners of the Certificates. Statements
contained in this Official Statement which involve estimates, forecasts or matters of opinion, whether or not expressly so described
herein, are intended solely as such and are not to be construed as representations of fact.
The Underwriter has provided the following sentence for inclusion in this Official Statement:
The Underwriter has reviewed the information in this Official Statement in accordance with, and as
a part of, its responsibilities to investors under the federal securities laws as applied to the facts and
circumstances of this transaction, but the Underwriter does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such
information.
This Official Statement and the information contained herein are subject to completion or amendment without notice and
neither delivery of this Official Statement nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that
there has been no change in the affairs of the City or any other parties described herein since the date hereof. These securities may
not be sold nor may an offer to buy be accepted prior to the time the Official Statement is delivered in final form. This Official
Statement is being submitted in connection with the sale of the Certificates referred to herein and may not be reproduced or used,
in whole or in part, for any other purpose, unless authorized in writing by the City. All summaries of documents and laws are made
subject to the provisions thereof and do not purport to be complete statements of any or all such provisions.
Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this Official Statement constitute “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 21E of the Unit ed
States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Such statements are generally identifiable by the terminology used such as a “plan,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “budget ,”
“intend” or similar words. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to certain statements contained in the
information under the captions “THE CITY OF CUPERTINO” and “CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION.”
THE ACHIEVEMENT OF CERTAIN RESULTS OR OTHER EXPECTATIONS CONTAINED IN SUCH
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS, UNCERTAINTIES AND
OTHER FACTORS WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR ACHIEVEMENTS
DESCRIBED TO BE MATERIALLY DIFFERENT FROM ANY FUTURE RESULTS, PERFORMANCE OR
ACHIEVEMENTS EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. THE CITY DOES
NOT PLAN TO ISSUE ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS SET FORTH
IN THIS OFFICIAL STATEMENT. IN EVALUATING SUCH STATEMENTS, POTENTIAL INVESTORS SHOULD
SPECIFICALLY CONSIDER THE VARIOUS FACTORS WHICH COULD CAUSE ACTUAL EVENTS OR RESULTS
TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE INDICATED BY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.
IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING OF THE CERTIFICATES, THE UNDERWRITER MAY
OVERALLOT OR EFFECT TRANSACTIONS THAT STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE
CERTIFICATES AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN MARKET.
SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME. THE UNDERWRITER MAY
OFFER AND SELL THE CERTIFICATES TO CERTAIN DEALERS AND DEALER BANKS AND BANKS ACTING
AS AGENT AND OTHERS AT PRICES LOWER THAN THE PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE STATED ON THE COVER
PAGE HEREOF AND SAID PUBLIC OFFERING PRICE MAY BE CHANGED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE
UNDERWRITER.
THE CERTIFICATES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED, IN RELIANCE UPON AN EXEMPTION CONTAINED IN SUCH ACT AND HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE.
The City maintains a website; however, information presented there is not a part of this Official Statement and should
not be relied upon in making an investment decision with respect to the Certificates.
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INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 1
General ............................................................................................................................................................. 1
Security and Sources of Payment for the Certificates ...................................................................................... 1
No Reserve Fund .............................................................................................................................................. 2
The Certificates ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Additional Certificates ...................................................................................................................................... 2
Continuing Disclosure ...................................................................................................................................... 3
Professionals Involved in the Offering ............................................................................................................. 3
Financial Statements of the City ....................................................................................................................... 3
Certificate Owners’ Risks ................................................................................................................................. 3
Miscellaneous ................................................................................................................................................... 3
PREPAYMENT PLAN ........................................................................................................................................ 4
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES ................................................................................................. 4
ESTIMATED SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS ............................................................................................ 6
THE CERTIFICATES .......................................................................................................................................... 6
General ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
Prepayment ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
Prepayment Procedures .................................................................................................................................... 7
Partial Prepayment............................................................................................................................................ 8
SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATES ...................................................... 8
General ............................................................................................................................................................. 8
Lease Payments ................................................................................................................................................ 9
Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises ............................................................................................... 9
No Reserve Fund ............................................................................................................................................ 10
Additional Payments ...................................................................................................................................... 10
Insurance ........................................................................................................................................................ 10
CERTIFICATE PAYMENT SCHEDULE ......................................................................................................... 11
THE CITY OF CUPERTINO ............................................................................................................................. 11
General ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
City Council ................................................................................................................................................... 12
City Management ........................................................................................................................................... 12
Employee and Employee Relations ................................................................................................................ 13
Prior Employee Embezzlement ...................................................................................................................... 13
Risk Management ........................................................................................................................................... 14
CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................................ 15
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact ......................................................................................................................... 15
Accounting and Financial Reporting .............................................................................................................. 17
City Blended Component Units and Fiduciary Component Units ................................................................. 17
Financial Policies ........................................................................................................................................... 18
Major Revenues and Expenses ....................................................................................................................... 20
Budget Procedure, Current Budget and Historical Budget Information ......................................................... 20
Comparative Change in Fund Balance of the City General Fund .................................................................. 23
Comparative General Fund Balance Sheets of the City ................................................................................. 24
Capital Improvement Program ....................................................................................................................... 24
Property Taxes ................................................................................................................................................ 25
Sales Taxes ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
Transient Occupancy Tax ............................................................................................................................... 29
Utility User Tax .............................................................................................................................................. 30
Franchise Fees ................................................................................................................................................ 30
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Charges for Services ....................................................................................................................................... 30
Licenses and Permits ...................................................................................................................................... 30
Use of Money and Property ............................................................................................................................ 31
Other Revenues .............................................................................................................................................. 31
Indebtedness ................................................................................................................................................... 31
Retirement System.......................................................................................................................................... 31
Other Post-Employment Benefits ................................................................................................................... 36
CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON TAXES AND APPROPRIATIONS ............ 38
Article XIIIA of the State Constitution .......................................................................................................... 38
Legislation Implementing Article XIIIA ........................................................................................................ 39
Split Roll Initiative ......................................................................................................................................... 39
Article XIIIB of the State Constitution ........................................................................................................... 39
Articles XIIIC and XIIID of the State Constitution ........................................................................................ 40
Proposition 62 ................................................................................................................................................. 41
Proposition 1A ................................................................................................................................................ 42
Proposition 22 ................................................................................................................................................. 42
Proposition 26 ................................................................................................................................................. 42
Possible Future Initiatives .............................................................................................................................. 43
RISK FACTORS ................................................................................................................................................ 43
No Pledge of Taxes or Revenues .................................................................................................................... 43
Additional Obligations of the City ................................................................................................................. 44
Default ............................................................................................................................................................ 44
Release or Substitution of Property ................................................................................................................ 45
Abatement ...................................................................................................................................................... 45
No Reserve Fund ............................................................................................................................................ 46
Natural Disasters ............................................................................................................................................ 46
Hazardous Substances .................................................................................................................................... 47
Cybersecurity .................................................................................................................................................. 47
Limitations on Remedies; Bankruptcy ........................................................................................................... 47
Dependence on State for Certain Revenues.................................................................................................... 48
COVID-19 Pandemic ..................................................................................................................................... 49
THE CORPORATION ....................................................................................................................................... 50
TAX MATTERS................................................................................................................................................. 50
CERTAIN LEGAL MATTERS ......................................................................................................................... 51
LITIGATION ..................................................................................................................................................... 52
General ........................................................................................................................................................... 52
Vallco Claim ................................................................................................................................................... 52
RATING ............................................................................................................................................................. 53
UNDERWRITING ............................................................................................................................................. 53
MUNICIPAL ADVISOR ................................................................................................................................... 53
CONTINUING DISCLOSURE .......................................................................................................................... 53
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY ................................................................................................... 54
MISCELLANEOUS ........................................................................................................................................... 54
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APPENDIX A ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING
THE CITY OF CUPERTINO ......................................................................................... A-1
APPENDIX B THE CITY OF CUPERTINO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019 ..................................................... B-1
APPENDIX C SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS ................................................ C-1
APPENDIX D FORM OF LEGAL OPINION ....................................................................................... D-1
APPENDIX E FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE ......................................... E-1
APPENDIX F DTC BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM ......................................................................................F-1
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$22,000,000
CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
INTRODUCTION
This introduction contains only a brief summary of certain of the terms of the Certificates being offered,
and a brief description of the Official Statement. All statements contained in this introduction are qualified in
their entirety by reference to the entire Official Statement. References to, and summaries of, provisions of the
Constitution and laws of the State of California and any documents referred to herein do not purport to be
complete and such references are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete provisions. Capitalized
terms used in this Official Statement and not defined elsewhere herein have the meanings given such terms in
Appendix C“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS” herein. This Official Statement speaks
only as of its date, and the information contained herein is subject to change.
General
This Official Statement, including the cover page and the Appendices attached hereto (the “Official
Statement”), provides certain information concerning the execution and delivery of the City of Cupertino 2020A
Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”) in an aggregate principal amount of $22,000,000*. The
Certificates will be executed and delivered pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the
“Trust Agreement”), by and among the City of Cupertino (the “City”), the Cupertino Public Facilities
Corporation (the “Corporation”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the
“Trustee”). The Certificates represent fractional undivided interests of the registered owners thereof (the
“Owners”) in certain lease payments (the “Lease Payments”) to be made by the City to the Corporation under
that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Lease”), by and between the Corporation, as
lessor, and the City, as lessee. See “DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES” and “SECURITY AND
SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATESLease Payments.”
The Certificates are being delivered to provide funds to (i) prepay the City’s outstanding Certificates of
Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “2012 Certificates”); and (ii) pay the costs of issuance incurred in
connection with the execution and delivery of the Certificates. See “PREPAYMENT PLAN” herein.
The City is located in the County of Santa Clara (the “County”). For more information regarding the
City, see the captions “THE CITY OF CUPERTINO,” “CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION” and Appendix
A“ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE CITY OF CUPERTINO .”
Security and Sources of Payment for the Certificates
The Certificates are being executed and delivered pursuant to the Trust Agreement. The City has leased
certain real property and the existing improvements thereon (collectively referred to herein as the “Leased
Premises”) consisting of the City’s City Hall, Administrative Offices, Cupertino Community Hall/Council
Chambers, Senior Center, and Quinlan Community Center pursuant to a Site Lease between the City, as lessor,
and the Corporation, as lessee, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Site Lease”). Under the Lease, the Corporation
has leased the Leased Premises back to the City. The City is required under the Lease to pay Lease Payments
for the use and possession of the Leased Premises, as further described under the caption “DESCRIPTION OF
THE LEASED PREMISES” herein. The City is also required to pay any taxes and assessments and the cost of
maintenance and repair of the Leased Premises.
Pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Assignment Agreement”) by
and between the Corporation and the Trustee, the Corporation has assigned to the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Preliminary, subject to change.
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Owners, substantially all of its rights under the Lease, including its rights to receive and collect Lease Payments
and prepayments from the City under the Lease and rights as may be necessary to enforce payment of Lease
Payments and prepayments. All rights assigned by the Corporation pursuant to the Assignment Agreement will
be administered by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Owners.
The Certificates evidence fractional undivided interests of the Owners thereof in the right to receive
Lease Payments and prepayments thereof to be made by the City to the Corporation under the Lease. The Lease
Payments are calculated to be sufficient to pay, when due, the principal and interest with respect to the
Certificates. The City has covenanted in the Lease that it will take such action as may be necessary to include
the Lease Payments and other payments coming due under the Lease in its annual budgets and to make the
necessary annual appropriations therefor as required by the Lease. The City’s obligation to make Lease
Payments is subject to complete or partial abatement in the event of the taking of, damage to or loss of use and
possession of the Leased Premises. See “RISK FACTORS—Abatement” herein.
THE CERTIFICATES DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OBLIGATION OF THE CORPORATION OR
THE CITY FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION OR THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO LEVY OR PLEDGE
ANY FORM OF TAXATION OR FOR WHICH THE CORPORATION OR THE CITY HAS LEVIED OR
PLEDGED ANY FORM OF TAXATION. THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY TO MAKE LEASE
PAYMENTS UNDER THE LEASE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OBLIGATION OF THE CITY FOR
WHICH THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO LEVY OR PLEDGE ANY FORM OF TAXATION OR FOR WHICH
THE CITY HAS LEVIED OR PLEDGED ANY FORM OF TAXATION. NEITHER THE CERTIFICATES
NOR THE OBLIGATION OF THE CITY TO MAKE LEASE PAYMENTS CONSTITUTES AN
INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CORPORATION, THE CITY, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OR ANY
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIO N THEREOF WITHIN THE MEANING OF ANY CONSTITUTIONAL OR
STATUTORY DEBT LIMITATION OR RESTRICTION.
No Reserve Fund
The City has not established a reserve fund in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Certificates. In the event of abatement of Lease Payments, only proceeds of insurance (including rental
interruption insurance) may be available to pay Lease Payments. See “RISK FACTORS—Abatement” herein.
The Certificates
Interest represented by the Certificates is payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year,
commencing on December 1, 2020 (each an “Interest Payment Date”). See “THE CERTIFICATES — General”
herein. The Certificates will be executed and delivered in book-entry form only and, when delivered, will be
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York
(“DTC”), which will act as securities depository for the Certificates. Individual purchases of the Certificates
will be made in book-entry form only. Purchasers of the Certificates will not receive certificates representing
their ownership interests in the Certificates purchased. The Certificates will be executed and delivered in the
principal amount of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments
due with respect to the Certificates are payable directly to DTC by the Trustee. Upon receipt of payments of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, DTC will in turn distribute such payments to the beneficial owners of
the Certificates. See “THE CERTIFICATESGeneral” and Appendix F“DTC BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM”
herein.
Additional Certificates
Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the City may cause Additional Certificates to be executed and
delivered without the consent of the Owners of the Certificates if certain conditions precedent are satisfied. In
connection with the execution and delivery of Additional Certificates, the Lease Payments due under the Lease
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will be increased to an amount sufficient to pay the principal, premium (if any) and interest payable on all
outstanding Certificates and Additional Certificates. The Certificates and any Additional Certificates will be
secured on a parity under the Trust Agreement by Lease Payments and other amounts held in the funds
established thereunder other than the Rebate Fund. See Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL
DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT—THE
CERTIFICATES—Additional Certificates.”
Continuing Disclosure
The City has covenanted for the benefit of the holders and beneficial owners of the Certificates to
provide, or cause to be provided, to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board for purposes of Rule 15c2-
12(b)(5) (the “Rule”) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission certain annual financial information
and operating data and, in a timely manner, notice of certain enumerated events. These covenants have been
made in order to assist the Underwriter in complying with the Rule. See “CONTINUING DISCLOSURE”
herein for a description of the specific nature of the annual report and notices of enumerated events and a
summary description of the terms of the Disclosure Certificate pursuant to which such reports are to be made.
Professionals Involved in the Offering
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Los Angeles, California, will act as Trustee with
respect to the Certificates. The Certificates will be delivered subject to the approval as to their legality by
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California, Special Counsel.
Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the City and the Corporation by the City Attorney and by Stradling
Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach, California, as Disclosure Counsel, for the
Trustee by its counsel, and for the Underwriter by Quint & Thimmig LLP, Larkspur, California.
Financial Statements of the City
Included herein as Appendix B are the audited financial statements of the City as of and for the year
ended June 30, 2019 (the “Financial Statements”), together with the report thereon dated March 6, 2020 of Crowe
LLP, Costa Mesa, California (the “Auditor”). The Auditor has not undertaken to update the audited financial
statements of the City or its report or to take any action intended or likely to elicit information concerning the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements made in this Official Statement, and no opinion is expressed
by the Auditor with respect to any event subsequent to its report dated March 6, 2020.
The Auditor’s consent to inclusion of the Financial Statements in the Official Statement was not
requested and the Auditor has not consented to the inclusion of the Financial Statements as an appendix to this
Official Statement. The Auditor has not performed any procedures relating to this Official Statement.
Certificate Owners’ Risks
Certain events could affect the ability of the City to make the Lease Payments when due. See the caption
“RISK FACTORS” herein for a discussion of certain factors that should be considered, in addition to other
matters set forth herein, in evaluating an investment in the Certificates.
Miscellaneous
It is anticipated that the Certificates in book-entry form will be available for delivery to DTC in New
York, New York on or about October __, 2020 (the “Delivery Date”).
The description herein of the Trust Agreement, the Lease, the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement
and any other agreements relating to the Certificates are qualified in their entirety by reference to such
documents, and the descriptions herein of the Certificates are qualified in their entirety by the form thereof and
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the information with respect thereto included in the aforementioned documents. See
Appendix C“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS” herein. Copies of the documents are on
file and available for inspection at the offices of the Trustee at 400 South Hope Street, Suite 500, Los Angeles,
California 90071, Attention: Corporate Trust Department.
All capitalized terms used in this Official Statement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
given such terms in Appendix C“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS” herein.
The information and expressions of opinion herein speak only as of their date and are subject to change
without notice. Neither the delivery of this Official Statement nor any sale made hereunder nor any future use
of this Official Statement shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change
in the affairs of the City since the date hereof.
The presentation of information, including tables of receipt of revenues, is intended to show recent
historical information and, is not intended to indicate future or continuing trends in the financial position or other
affairs of the City. No representation is made that past experience, as it might be shown by such financial and
other information, will necessarily continue or be repeated in the future.
PREPAYMENT PLAN
The Certificates are being sold to provide for the prepayment of the 2012 Certificates. Proceeds from
the sale of the Certificates will be deposited in an escrow fund (the “Escrow Fund”) to be established by The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent and trustee for the 2012 Certificates (the
“Escrow Agent”), pursuant to the 2012A Certificates Escrow Agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”) by and
between the City and the Escrow Agent. Amounts in the Escrow Fund will be applied by the Escrow Agent
pursuant to the Escrow Agreement and the trust agreement for the 2012 Certificates, for the sole benefit of the
holders of the 2012 Certificates. The amounts in the Escrow Fund will not serve as security or be available for
payment of principal of or interest or premium, if any, with respect to the Certificates.
The City plans to prepay all of the $__________ remaining outstanding principal amount of the 2012
Certificates at a prepayment price equal to the principal amount of the 2012 Certificates, plus accrued and unpaid
interest to the prepayment date, without premium.
Robert Thomas CPA, LLC, acting as verification agent, will certify, in writing, that the amounts so
transferred to the Escrow Agent, along with the interest earnings thereon will be sufficient to prepay the 2012
Certificates on the prepayment date at the required prepayment price.
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES
The Leased Premises consist of (i) approximately 5.6 acres of land owned by the City at the corner of
Torre Avenue and Rodrigues Street, which contains the City’s City Hall and Administrative Offices and the
Cupertino Community Hall/City Council Chambers, (ii) approximately 7.2 acres of land owned by the City,
located at 10185 North Stelling Road, at which the Quinlan Community Center is located, and (iii) approximately
14.5 acres of land owned by the City, located at 21251 Stevens Creek Boulevard, at which the City’s Senior
Center is located.
City Hall and Administrative Offices. The City’s City Hall and Administrative Offices building was
built in 1965 and renovated in 1986. The structure consists of a two-story office building of approximately
23,040 total square feet. The insured value of the City’s City Hall and Administrative Offices building is
currently approximately $8,080,180. The City estimates that the parcel on which the City Hall and
Administrative Office building and the Community Hall/City Council Chambers building are located has a
market value of at least $17.79 million.
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In 2019 the City commissioned a facility condition and use assessment with respect to the City Hall
building. The report found that the City Hall building is seismically and structurally deficient. Further, although
City Hall houses the City’s Emergency Operations Center (“EOC”), the report found that City Hall does not
meet the structural standards for this use. The report recommended various renovations to City Hall to correct
various structural and non-structural deficiencies. If City Hall is renovated to address these deficiencies, the
occupants may be required to be relocated during certain structural repairs, which the report estimated would
take two months. A more extensive renovation or rebuilding of City Hall would necessitate the relocation of the
City’s EOC and administrative functions for a longer period of time. The City may instead determine to relocate
its EOC and administrative functions from City Hall permanently and use the City Hall structure for other
purposes. The Lease allows any of these options, subject to satisfaction of various conditions. See Appendix
C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE—COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE LEASED
PREMISES—Modification of the Leased Premises” and “—ASSIGNMENT, SUBLEASING AND
AMENDMENT—Assignment and Subleasing by the City.”
The City could elect to finance the renovation or rebuilding of the City Hall and Administrative Office
building through the execution and delivery of Additional Certificates, payable from Lease Payments on a parity
with the Certificates. See Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—
DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT—THE CERTIFICATES—Additional
Certificates.” Alternatively, the City could elect to release the portion of the Leased Premises containing the
City Hall and Administrative Office building from the Lease, subject to satisfaction of the requirements set forth
in the Lease. See the captions “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATES —
Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises” and “RISK FACTORS—Release or Substitution of Property”
herein and Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND
SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE—COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE
LEASED PREMISES—Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises.”
Community Hall and City Council Chambers. The Cupertino Community Hall/City Council
Chambers building was built in 2004 and is a one-story multi-purpose building of approximately 6,516 square
feet. The insured value of the Cupertino Community Hall/City Council Chamber is currently $2,598,628.
Quinlan Community Center. The Quinlan Community Center building was built in 1990. The
structure consists of a single-story building of approximately 28,695 total square feet, which serves as a
recreation center, with a community kitchen, two meeting halls, a music room, conference room, craft room,
pre-school room, activity room, dance studio, lobby area and offices. The insured value of the Quinlan
Community Center building is approximately $8,925,464.
Senior Center. The Senior Center building was built in 2000. The structure consists of a single-story
building of approximately 15,675 square feet. The Senior Center serves as the City’s Senior Recreation Center,
and has a commercial kitchen, reception hall, offices, reading area, dance studio, conference room, computer
lab, classrooms, and art rooms. The insured value of the Quinlan Community Center building is approximately
$6,200,839.
Pursuant to the terms of the Site Lease, the City has leased the Leased Premises to the Corporation.
Pursuant to the terms of the Lease, the Corporation has leased the Leased Premises back to the City.
Pursuant to the Lease, the City and the Corporation have agreed and determined that the Lease
Payments required to be made under the Lease represent t he fair rental value of the Leased Premises.
Under the terms of the Lease, the City may substitute other property for the Leased Premises, or any
portion thereof, and may release portions of the Leased Premises provided that certain conditions set
forth in the Lease are met. See the captions “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE
CERTIFICATES—Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises” and “RISK FACTORS—Release
or Substitution of Property” herein and Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL
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DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE
LEASE—COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE LEASED PREMISES—Substitution or Release
of the Leased Premises.”
ESTIMATED SOURCES AND USES OF FUNDS
The following table summarizes the estimated sources and uses of Certificate proceeds:
Sources of Funds
Principal Amount of Certificates $
[Net] Original Issue Premium
2012 Certificates Reserve Fund
Total Sources $
Uses of Funds
Escrow Fund $
Costs of Issuance(1)
Total Uses $
(1) Includes underwriter’s discount, Special Counsel fees, title insurance, rating agency and verification agent fees, and other
issuance costs.
THE CERTIFICATES
General
The Certificates will be executed and delivered in the form of fully registered Certificates in principal
amounts of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The Certificates will be dated their date of delivery and
mature on June 1 in the years set forth on the inside cover page hereof. Each Certificate will be payable with
respect to interest on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing on December 1, 2020, at the respective
rates of interest set forth on the inside cover page hereof.
The Certificates will be executed and delivered in book-entry form only and, when delivered, will be
registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York
(“DTC”), which will act as securities depository for the Certificates. Individual purchases of the Certificates
will be made in book-entry form only. Purchasers of the Certificates will not receive certificates representing
their ownership interests in the Certificates purchased. Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments due
with respect to the Certificates are payable directly to DTC by the Trustee. Upon receipt of payments of principal,
premium, if any, and interest, DTC will in turn distribute such payments to the beneficial owners of the
Certificates. See Appendix F“DTC BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM” herein.
Prepayment
Extraordinary Prepayment from Net Proceeds. The Certificates are subject to prepayment prior to their
respective maturity dates on any date, in whole or in part, from Net Proceeds which the Trustee deposits in the
Prepayment Fund as provided in the Lease at least 45 days prior to the date fixed for prepayment and credited
toward the prepayment made by the City pursuant to the Lease, at a prepayment price equal to the principal
amount thereof together with the accrued interest to the date fixed for prepayment, without premium.
“Net Proceeds” means any proceeds of any insurance, performance bonds or taking by eminent domain
or condemnation paid with respect to the Leased Premises remaining after payment therefrom of any expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) incurred in the collection thereof.
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Fo r extraordinary prepayment of Certificates pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trustee will select
Certificates for prepayment so that the Net Proceeds will be applied to prepay a proportionate amount of
Certificates and Additional Certificates based on the Outstanding principal amount and by lot within any
maturity. The Trustee will promptly notify the City and the Corporation in writing of the Certificates so selected
for prepayment by mailing to the City and the Corporation copies of the notice of prepayment provided for in
the Trust Agreement.
No Optional Prepayment. The Certificates are not subject to optional prepayment prior to their
respective maturity dates.
Prepayment Procedures
When prepayment is authorized or required pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trustee will give
notice of the prepayment of the Certificates. Such notice will specify: (a) the prepayment date, (b) the
prepayment price, (c) if less than all of the Outstanding Certificates are to be prepaid, the Certificate numbers
(and in the case of partial prepayment, the respective principal amounts), (d) the CUSIP numbers of the
Certificates to be prepaid, (e) the place or places where the prepayment will be made, and (f) the original date of
execution and delivery of the Certificates. Such notice will further state that on the specified date there will
become due and payable upon each Certificate to be prepaid, the portion of the principal amount of such
Certificate to be prepaid, together with interest accrued to said date, and that from and after such date, provided
that moneys therefor have been deposited with the Trustee, interest with respect thereto will cease to accrue and
be payable.
Notice of prepayment will be sent by first class mail or delivery service postage prepaid, or by telecopy,
to the Depository on the date of mailing of notice to the Owners by first class mail and by first class mail, postage
prepaid, to the Corporation and the respective Owners of any Certificates designated for prepayment at their
addresses appearing on the Certificate registration books, at least 20 days, but not more than 60 days, prior to
the prepayment date; provided that neither failure to receive such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed
will affect the sufficiency of the proceedings for the prepayment of such Certificates. Under no circumstances
will the Trustee have any liability to any party for any inaccurate CUSIP number.
So long as DTC is the registered Owner of the Certificates, all such notices will be provided to DTC as
the Owner, without respect to the beneficial ownership of the Certificates. See Appendix F“DTC BOOK-
ENTRY SYSTEM” herein.
Notice having been given to the Owners of any Certificates being prepaid as set forth in the Trust
Agreement, and the moneys for the prepayment (including the interest to the applicable date of prepayment),
having been set aside in the Prepayment Fund, the Certificates will become due and payable on the date of
prepayment, and upon presentation and surrender thereof at the Principal Office of the Trustee such Certificates
will be paid at the prepayment price with respect thereto, plus interest accrued and unpaid to the date of
prepayment.
If, on the date of prepayment moneys for the prepayment of all the Certificates to be prepaid, together
with interest to the date of prepayment, are held by the Trustee so as to be available therefor on such date of
prepayment, and, if notice of prepayment thereof has been given as described in the Trust Agreement, then, from
and after the date of prepayment, interest with respect to the Certificates to be prepaid will cease to accrue and
become payable. All moneys held by or on behalf of the Trustee for the prepayment of Certificates will be held
in trust for the account of the Owners of the Certificates so to be prepaid, without liability for interest thereon.
All Certificates paid at maturity or prepaid prior to maturity pursuant to the provisions of the Trust
Agreement will be cancelled upon surrender thereof and destroyed.
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Partial Prepayment
Upon surrender by the Owner of a Certificate for partial prepayment at the Principal Office of the
Trustee, payment of such partial prepayment of the principal amount of a Certificate will be paid to such Owner.
Upon surrender of any Certificate prepaid in part only, the Trustee will execute and deliver to the registered
Owner thereof, at the expense of the City, a new Certificate or Certificates which shall be of authorized
denominations equal to the unprepaid portion of the Certificate surrendered and of the same tenor and maturity.
Such partial prepayment will be valid upon payment of the amount thereby required to be paid to such Owner,
and the City, the Corporation and the Trustee will be released and discharged from all liability to the extent of
such payment.
SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE CERTIFICATES
The Certificates do not constitute an obligation of the Corporation or the City for which the Corporation
or the City is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for which the Corporation or the City has levied
or pledged any form of taxation. The obligation of the City to make Lease Payments under the Lease does not
constitute an obligation of the City for which the City is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for
which the City has levied or pledged any form of taxation. Neither the Certificates nor the obligation of the City
to make Lease Payments constitutes an indebtedness of the Corporation, the City, the State of California or any
of political subdivision thereof within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
General
Each Certificate represents a fractional undivided interest of the Owner thereof in the Lease Payments
and prepayments to be made by the City to the Trustee under the Lease. The Certificates are secured under the
Trust Agreement by the respective Lease Payments and other amounts held in the respective funds established
thereunder for such series of Certificates other than the Rebate Fund. The City is obligated to pay Lease
Payments from any source of legally available funds, and has covenanted in the Lease to include all Lease
Payments coming due in its annual budgets and to make the necessary annual appropriations therefor as required
under the Lease. The Corporation, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, has assigned all of its rights under
the Lease (excepting certain rights as specified therein), including the right to receive Lease Payments and
prepayments, to the Trustee for the benefit of the respective Owners. By the second Business Day prior to each
Interest Payment Date (if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day), the City must pay
to the Trustee a Lease Payment (to the extent required under the Lease) which is expected to equal the amount
necessary to pay the principal and interest with respect to the Certificates (including the Certificates) on the next
succeeding Interest Payment Date.
The City’s obligation to make Lease Payments will be abated in whole or in part, and to the extent of,
substantial interference with use and possession of all or part of the Leased Premises arising from material
damage, destruction, title defect or taking by eminent domain or condemnation of the Leased P remises.
Abatement would not constitute a default under the Lease and the Trustee would not be entitled in such event to
pursue remedies against the City. See “RISK FACTORS—Abatement” herein.
Under the Lease, the City agrees to pay certain taxes, assessments, utility charges, and insurance
premiums charged with respect to the Leased Premises, the Certificates and any Additional Certificates and fees
and expenses of the Trustee. The City is responsible for repair and maintenance of the Leased Premises during
the term of the Lease. The City may, at its own expense, in good faith contest such taxes, assessments and utility
and other charges if certain requirements set forth in the Lease are satisfied, including obtaining an opinion of
counsel that the Leased Premises will not be subjected to loss or forfeiture.
Should the City default under the Lease, the Trustee, as assignee of the Corporation, may terminate the
Lease and re-lease the Leased Premises or may retain the Lease and hold the City liable for all Lease Payments
thereunder on an annual basis. Under no circumstances will the Trustee have the right to accelerate Lease
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Payments. The exercise of the remedies provided to the Trustee is subject to various limitations on the
enforcement of remedies against public agencies. See “RISK FACTORS—Default” herein.
Lease Payments
Subject to the provisions of the Lease regarding complete or partial abatement in the event of loss of
use and possession of any portion of the Leased Premises (see the caption “RISK FACTORS — Abatement”
herein) and prepayment of Lease Payments (see the provisions relating to prepayment under the caption “THE
CERTIFICATES” herein), the City agrees to pay to the Corporation, its successors and assigns, the Lease
Payments as annual rental for the use and possession of the Leased Premises. The Lease Payments are due and
payable on the second Business Day prior to each Interest Payment Date (each, a “Lease Payment Date”).
Any monies held in an account of the Lease Payment Fund on any Lease Payment Date (other than
amounts resulting from the prepayment of the Lease Payments in part but not in whole pursuant to the Lease and
other amounts required for payment of past due principal or interest with respect to any Certificates not presented
for payment) shall be credited to the payment of the respective Lease Payments due and payable on such Lease
Payment Date to which such account of the Lease Payment Fund applies.
The Trust Agreement requires that Lease Payments be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund maintained
by the Trustee. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing
December 1, 2020, the Trustee will apply such amounts in the respective accounts of the Lease Payment Fund
as are necessary to make interest and principal payments, as applicable, with respect to the Certificates as the
same shall become due and payable, in the amounts specified in the Lease.
Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises
The Lease provides that the City shall have the right to substitute alternate real property for any portion
of the Leased Premises or to release a portion of the Leased Premises from the lien of the Lease so long as the
conditions precedent described below have been satisfied:
(A) The City has delivered a written certificate to the Trustee setting forth its findings that the
Leased Premises, as constituted after such substitution or release: (i) has an annual fair rental value at least equal
to the maximum Lease Payments payable by the City in any rental period; and (ii) has a useful life in excess of
the final maturity of any Outstanding Certificates;
(B) the City has obtained or caused to be obtained an ALTA title insurance policy or policies with
respect to any substituted property in the amount at least equal to the aggregate principal amount of any
Outstanding Certificates of the type and with the endorsements described in the Lease;
(C) the City has provided the Trustee with an opinion of Special Counsel to the effect that such
substitution or release will not, in and of itself, cause the interest evidenced and represented by the Certificates
and any Additional Certificates (to the extent such Additional Certificates are executed and delivered as tax-
exempt Certificates) to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes;
(D) the City, the Corporation and the Trustee have executed, and the City has caused to be recorded
with the Santa Clara County Recorder, any document necessary to reconvey to the City the portion of the Leased
Premises being released and to include any substituted real property in the description of the Leased Premises
contained herein and in the Site Lease; and
(E) the City has provided notice of such substitution or release to each rating agency then rating
the Certificates.
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See “RISK FACTORS—Release or Substitution of Property” and Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF
PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF
THE LEASE—COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE LEASED PREMISES—Substitution or Release of
the Leased Premises.”
No Reserve Fund
The City has not established a reserve fund in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Certificates. In the event of abatement of Lease Payments, only proceeds of rental interruption insurance or net
proceeds of insurance may be available to pay Lease Payments. See the caption “RISK FACTORS—
Abatement” herein.
Additional Payments
Under the Lease, the City is to pay such amounts (“Additional Payments”) as are required for the
payment of all administrative costs of the Corporation relating to the Leased Premises or the Certificates,
including, without limitation, all expenses, compensation and indemnification of the Trustee payable by the City
under the Trust Agreement, taxes of any sort whatsoever payable by the Corporation as a result of its leasehold
interest in the Leased Premises or undertaking of the transactions contemplated in the Lease or in the Trust
Agreement, fees of auditors, accountants, attorneys or engineers and any and all other necessary administrative
costs of the Corporation or charges required to be paid by it in order to comply with the terms of the Certificates
or of the Trust Agreement, including premiums on insurance required to be maintained by the Lease or to
indemnify the Corporation and its employees, officers and directors and the Trustee.
Insurance
Pursuant to the Lease, the City is required to obtain an ALTA leasehold title insurance policy (with
western regional exceptions) on the Leased Premises in an amount equal to the aggregate principal component
of unpaid Lease Payments. The Lease also requires that the City maintain casualty insurance on the Leased
Premises in amount equal to replacement value and rental interruption insurance to insure against loss of Lease
Payments caused by loss or damage to the Leased Premises covered under the City’s casualty insurance. The
rental interruption insurance is to be in an amount not less than the maximum remaining scheduled Lease
Payments in any future two-year period. The City also is obligated under the Lease to obtain a standard
comprehensive general public liability and property damage insurance policy or policies and workers’
compensation insurance. See “THE CITY OF CUPERTINO—Risk Management” and Appendix C—
“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF CERTAIN
PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE—Risk Management” herein.
The proceeds of any rental interruption insurance will be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund, to be
credited towards the payment of the Lease Payments in the order in which such Lease Payments become due
and payable. The Lease requires the City to apply the Net Proceeds of any insurance award either to replace or
repair the Leased Premises or to prepay Certificates and Additional Certificates, if any, if certain certifications
with respect to the adequacy of the Net Proceeds to make repairs, and the timing thereof, cannot be made. See
Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE—DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND EMINENT DOMAIN; USE
OF NET PROCEEDS.” The amount of Lease Payments will be abated and Lease Payments due under the Lease
may be reduced during any period in which by reason of material damage, destruction, title defect or taking by
eminent domain or condemnation of the Leased Premises there is substantial interference with the City’s use and
possession of all or part of the Leased Premises. The City is not required by the Lease to maintain earthquake
or flood insurance for the Leased Premises and does not make any assurances about its ability or willingness to
maintain such insurance in the future. See “THE CITY OF CUPERTINO—Risk Management” and “RISK
FACTORSAbatement” herein.
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CERTIFICATE PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Lease Payments are required to be made by the City under the Lease on each Lease Payment Date for
the use and possession of the Leased Premises for the period commencing as of the date of delivery of the
Certificates and terminating on June 1, 2030, or a later date if such date is extended as provided in the Lease.
The Interest Payment Dates with respect to the Certificates are June 1 and December 1, commencing December
1, 2020. The aggregate annual amounts of Certificate payments, comprising interest and principal payable to
the Owners, are set forth below for each annual period ending on June 1 of the years indicated.
Annual
Period
(Ending June 30) Principal Interest Total
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
Totals
Source: The Underwriter
THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
General
The City is located in Santa Clara County, at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Peninsula,
approximately 11 miles northwest of San Jose and approximately 42 miles south of San Francisco. The City is
bordered by the cities of San Jose, Saratoga, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Los Altos. The City was incorporated
on October 10, 1955 as a general law city.
The City, located in the heart of the Silicon Valley, was born from a community of farmers. In 1955,
when Cupertino officially became the 13th city in Santa Clara County, its population was about 2,000 and its
geographical area encompassed 3.79 square miles. As of January 1, 2020, the City had an estimated population
of approximately 59,549 and the City limits now stretch across 13 square miles.
The City occupies the geographic center of Silicon Valley. The City is the world headquarters for major
corporations such as Apple, Seagate Technology, Verigy and Durect Corporation, and houses sixty high-tech
firms. The City has thirteen shopping centers. Apple recently completed construction of its new corporate
campus, Apple Park, which includes approximately 2.8 million square feet of office and research and
development space within the City.
City departments include Administration (City Council, commissions, city manager, city attorney);
Administrative Services (finance, human resources, information technology, city clerk, neighborhood watch,
emergency preparedness, code enforcement); Community Development (planning, building, and economic
development); Parks and Recreation; Public Works (engineering, maintenance, transportation, solid waste, and
storm drain management); and Public and Environmental Affairs. Police service is provided by a City contract
with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department, and fire service is provided by a separate taxing entity, the
Santa Clara County Central Fire Protection District.
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See Appendix A—"ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION REGARDING THE CITY
OF CUPERTINO” for a general description of the City as well as certain demographic and statistical
information.
See Appendix A—GENERAL, ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION RELATING
TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY for a general description of the City as well as certain demographic and
statistical information.
City Council
The City operates under a Council-City Manager form of government. There are five council members
who are elected at-large to overlapping four-year terms. The Mayor and the Vice Mayor are filled annually by
election of the council members. The City Council is responsible for, among other things, establishing local law
and policies through the enactment of ordinances and resolutions, adopting the City budget, appointing members
to advisory municipal activities, and serving on regional committees and boards whose policies may affect the
City. The members of the City Council and the expiration dates of their respective terms are as follows:
CITY OF CUPERTINO
City Council
Name Term Expires
Steven Scharf, Mayor December 2020
Darcy Paul, Vice Mayor December 2022
Liang Chao, Council Member December 2022
Rod Sinks, Council Member December 2020
Jon Willey, Council Member December 2022
The City Council appoints the City Manager who is responsible for the daily administration of City
affairs. The City Council also appoints the City Attorney and the City Treasurer. All other employees are
appointed by the City Manager
City Management
A summary of certain City executive staff are described below.
City Manager. The City Manager is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the City. The City
Manager’s office implements policy decisions of the City Council, provides leadership and strategic direction to
the City’s leadership team and organization, as well as ensuring that initiatives and programs align with the
City’s mission and reflect the values of the community. The City Manager’s office provides overall guidance
to all City operating departments and is responsible for the administration of City programs to ensure the delivery
of high quality services in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
The City’s current City Manager is Ms. Deborah Feng. Ms. Feng began serving as City Manager of the
City in June 2019. Prior to being appointed as City Manager of the City, Ms. Feng had more than 30 years of
management and administration experience with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at Ames
Research Center in Moffett Field, California, where her responsibilities included working with city governments,
financial management and budgeting, master planning and facilities construction, information technology,
human resources, partnerships and communications and outreach.. Ms. Feng holds a bachelor’s degree in Mass
Communications, Radio and Television from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s degree in
Business Administration from San Jose State University.
City Treasurer. The City Treasurer is charged with investing City funds, producing monthly reports to
identify amounts and types of investment instruments, arranging payments on City bonds and coordinating
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financial transactions. The City Treasurer is appointed by the City Council. In 2014, the City Council appointed
Ms. Kristina Alfaro to the position of City Treasurer; Ms. Alfaro also serves as the Administrative Services
Director.
Kristina Alfaro was hired by the City of Cupertino in December 2012 and assumed the responsibilities
of City Treasurer and Director of Administrative Services in November 2014. Ms. Alfaro had previously served
as the Assistant to the City Manager for the City. Her municipal experience also includes seven years as
Associate Management Analyst with the Stanislaus County’s Chief Executive Office. While in Cupertino Ms.
Alfaro has led the effort to modernize the City’s financial and human resource systems by replacing the City’s
legacy system that had been in place for over 15 years. In addition, she led financial transparency efforts by
redesigning the City’s budget document and budget process and adding a financial transparency portal. She
helped to maintain the City’s strong fiscal position by implementing 115 trusts for both retiree health and pension
costs and developing a strong reserve policy. Ms. Alfaro received her bachelor’s degree from San Jose State
University, San Jose, California. Ms. Alfaro has over fifteen years of combined financial experience in the
public sectors. Professional affiliations include GFOA and CSMFO.
City Attorney. The City Attorney functions include advising the City Council and City officers in all
matters pertaining to their respective offices, giving advice or opinions on the legality of all matters under
consideration by the Council or by any of the boards, commissions, committees or officers, and preparing and/or
approving all ordinances, resolutions, agreements, contracts, and other legal instruments as shall be required for
the proper conduct of the business of the City and approving the form of all contracts, agreements, and bonds
given to the City. The City Attorney is appointed by the City Council. In 2019, the City Council appointed Ms.
Heather Minner as a contract City Attorney. Ms. Minner is a partner with the law firm of Shute, Mihaly &
Weinberger LLP. Ms. Minner has extensive experience representing public agency clients and frequently assists
cities and local agencies in land use and administrative matters. Ms. Minner received a bachelor’s degree in
history from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree in urban planning from the University of
California, Los Angeles, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of California Berkeley School of Law.
Employee and Employee Relations
As of June 30, 2020, the City had approximately 198 full-time equivalent employees. In accordance
with the provisions of California Government Code Section 3500, the City participates in labor negotiations with
its employee associations. The result of the negotiations processes are memorialized in memoranda of
understanding reached between the City and the City employee associations. The table below lists the City’s
two employee associations and the approximate membership as of June 30, 2020, as well as the unrepresented
employees:
Unit/Affiliation
Contract
Expiration
Date
Number of
Members
Cupertino Employee’s Association June 30, 2022 65
Operating Engineers Local No. 3 Union, AFL-CIO June 30, 2022 55
Unrepresented Employees Compensation Program 70
Total 190
Source: City of Cupertino.
The City has not experienced a strike or work stoppage in the last ten years.
Prior Employee Embezzlement
On September 5, 2018 the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office arrested a former City employee for her
alleged role in the embezzlement of public funds. The employees is alleged to have issued and cashed numerous
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fraudulent checks between 2000 and 2014 for a total of $791,494. The State Attorney General’s Office has
brought criminal charges against the former employee. The City is working with the Attorney General’s Office
to seek maximum restitution from the former employee through the criminal proceedings.
City staff discovered the fraudulent checks in 2018, during a multi-year, detailed review of the City’s
accounts following the implementation of an upgraded financial system in 2014, which was intended to
strengthen the City’s internal controls.
The new financial system implemented by the City in December 2014 increased the magnitude and
volume of internal controls by establishing multi-layer approvals within the system. In conjunction with the
system upgrade in 2014, the City incorporated a decentralized accounting structure and hired additional
accounting staff to enhance segregation of duties and implemented an internal audit function in fiscal year 2019-
20. In addition, the City holds quarterly Audit Committee meetings for purposes of (1) reviewing annual audit
reports and management letters, (2) recommending appointment of auditors, (3) reviewing quarterly treasurer’s
reports, (4) recommending budget formats, and (5) reviewing City investment policies and internal controls of
such policies.
Risk Management
General and Property Liability. The City is self-insured for the first $250,000 of general and property
liability for each occurrence, and the excess (up to $10,000,000 for each occurrence and annual aggregate) is
covered through the City’s participation in Pooled Liability Assurance Network Joint Powers Authority (“PLAN
JPA”) (previously the Association of Bay Area Governments Pooled Liability Assurance Network (“ABAG
PLAN”)). The risk pool consists of 28 agencies within the San Francisco Bay Area. The stated purpose of the
PLAN JPA is to provide certain levels of liability insurance coverage, claims management, risk management
services, and legal defense to its participating members. PLAN JPA is governed by a Board of Directors, which
comprises officials appointed by each participating member. Premiums paid to PLAN JPA are subject to
possible refund based on the results of actuarial studies and approval by the Board of Directors. Complete
financial statements for PLAN JPA may be obtained from their offices at the following address: PLAN JPA,
1750 Creekside Oaks Drive, Suite 200, Sacramento, CA 95833. Premiums are revised each year based on the
City’s claims experience and risk exposure. For the years ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2020, the City paid
PLAN JPA premiums of $482,346 and $639,636, respectively.
Workers’ Compensation Liability. The City belongs to the CSAC Excess Insurance Authority (“EIA”),
a joint powers authority which provides excess workers’ compensation liability claims coverage above the City’s
self-insured retention of $500,000 per occurrence. Losses above the self-insured retention are pooled with excess
reinsurance purchased to a $50,000,000 statutory limit. EIA was established in 1979 for the purpose of creating
a risk management pool for all California public entities. EIA is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of
representatives of its member public entities. Complete financial statements for ETA may be obtained from their
offices at the following address: CSAC Excess Insurance Authority, Finance Department, EIA 75 Iron Point
Circle, Suite 200, Folsom, CA 95630. For the years ended June 30, 2019 and June 30, 2020, the City paid EIA
premiums of $126,079 and $123,313, respectively.
It is the City’s practice to obtain biennial actuarial studies for the self-insured workers’ compensation
liability. The claims liabilities included in the workers’ compensation internal service fund is based on the results
of actuarial studies and include amounts for claims incurred but not reported and loss adjustment expenses.
Claim liabilities are calculated considering the effects of inflation, recent claim settlement trends, including
frequency and amount of payouts, and other economic and social factors. Inflation of 2.5%, annual rate of return
of 2.0%, claim severity increase at 2.5% were assumed. In the year ended June 30, 2019, management used
actuarial estimates based on a 90% confidence level.
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Settled claims have not exceeded any of the coverage described above in any of the past five fiscal
years. For additional information with respect to the City’s risk management program and EIA, see Note 9 to
the City’s audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto as Appendix B.
CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION
COVID-19 Pandemic Impact
The spread of the novel strain of coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease known as
COVID-19 (“COVID-19”), and local, state and federal actions in response to COVID-19, are having a significant
impact on the economy and on the City’s operations and finances. In response to the increasing number of cases
of COVID-19 and fatalities, health officials and experts are recommending, and some governments are
mandating, a variety of responses ranging from travel bans and social distancing practices, to complete shut-
downs of certain services and facilities. On March 4, 2020, as part of the State’s response to address the outbreak,
the Governor declared a state of emergency. On March 13, President Donald Trump declared a national
emergency, freeing up funding for federal assistance to state and local governments. On March 19, 2020, the
Governor issued Executive Order N-33-20, a mandatory statewide shelter-in-place order applicable to all non-
essential services.
In May 2020, the Governor outlined a phased approach to re-opening businesses in California. As a
result of State and local actions taken to slow the spread of COVID-19, a number of businesses have had to close
and other businesses, such as restaurants, have been permitted to stay open subject to certain conditions. These
circumstances, among other market factors, have led to increased unemployment since the beginning of the
COVID-19 outbreak in the United States. In addition to increased unemployment, financial markets in the
United States and globally have been volatile, with significant declines attributed to coronavirus concerns.
On July 13, 2020, the Governor issued another order requiring all counties within the State to close
indoor operations in certain sectors, including dine-in restaurants, wineries and tasting rooms, movie theatres,
family entertainment centers, zoos and museums and cardrooms. The Governor’s July 13, 2020 order also
required certain counties on the Governor’s Monitoring List, which as of August 17, 2020 included Santa Clara
County, to shut down additional industries and activities, including gyms and fitness centers, places of worship
and cultural ceremonies (such as wedding and funerals), offices for non-critical infrastructure sectors, personal
care services (such as nail salons, body waxing and tattoo parlors) and shopping malls.
On August 28, 2020, the State released further guidance regarding re-opening certain types of businesses
based on a county-by-county approach where each county is assigned a tier based on COVID-19 case rates
within each County. Based on the initial assessment from the State, Santa Clara County is in the “Widespread”
tier as of September 4, 2020. For counties in the “Widespread” tier, certain non-essential indoor businesses are
required to remain closed. Consistent with the state-wide loosening of certain restrictions, however, certain
indoor business operations in the County, including hair salons and barbershops, shopping malls, retail
businesses, and grocery stores, may reopen subject to certain operating capacity and other restrictions.
While the effects of COVID-19 may be temporary, the outbreak and governmental actions responsive
to it are altering the behavior of businesses and people in a manner that is having significant negative impacts
on global and local economies. In addition, stock markets in the U.S. and globally have seen significant declines
attributed to coronavirus concerns. CalPERS has reportedly lost significant value in its investments as a result
of declines in the stock market and elsewhere, which could result in a significant increase in the City’s unfunded
pension liability and future pension costs, commencing in Fiscal Year 2022-23. See the caption “—Retirement
System.” The outbreak has resulted in increased pressure on State finances, as budgetary resources are directed
towards containing the pandemic and tax revenues sharply decline. Identified cases of COVID-19 and deaths
attributable to the COVID-19 outbreak are continuing to increase throughout the United States, including the
City. The COVID-19 outbreak is expected to result in material declines in major General Fund revenues. In
addition, Governor Newsom extended the deadline to file and pay first quarter sales and use tax returns by 90
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days for all but the very largest taxpayers, and up to 361,000 California businesses with less than $5 million in
taxable annual sales will be allowed to defer up to $50,000 in sales tax and enter into 12-month payment plans
at zero interest. This will result in delays in the receipt by the City of its portion of the delayed payments.
In response to the pandemic, the City has taken actions to activate its emergency operations center,
temporarily close all non-essential City services, introduce teleworking as and where appropriate, and abide by
all federal, state, and regional orders. The City actively monitors the COVID-19 situation in the community and
acts swiftly to issue additional emergency orders to mitigate both the spread of the virus and economic impacts
to the community.
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the County Health Officer has issued a series of orders
regulating activities throughout the County, including within the City. The County’s orders are more strict in
certain respects than federal guidelines and state orders related to COVID-19. The most recent order, issued July
2, 2020, continues to urge all County residents to stay home as much as possible, requires workers to do their
jobs from home whenever possible, and prohibits indoor dining and bars, but permits certain indoor gatherings
(up to 20 people) and outdoor gatherings (up to 60 people).
In an effort to assist residential tenants and small business commercial tenants, the County temporarily
banned evictions for non-payment of rent or no-fault evictions when the tenant has suffered a substantial loss of
income and/or substantial out-of-pocket medical expense due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The County's eviction
moratorium expired August 31, 2020. Based on the County’s evaluation of the State’s August 31, 2020 state-
wide eviction and foreclosure protections, the County may extend or revise its legislation.
The City has also taken certain measures to protect and mitigate impacts to the public and businesses in
the community, including adoption of emergency orders requiring individuals to wear a face covering when they
need to leave their home to work or obtain essential goods and services; allowing outdoor dining and retail
services with a special permit; adoption of an urgency ordinance to extend certain permit deadlines and
requirements; offering loans and grants to income-qualified Cupertino residents to assist with residential rental
payments; and establishing a small business emergency relief grant program . The City is considering orders to
waive sign fees and permit requirements for retail and restaurant “open for business” signs.
As a result of COVID-19, the City forecasts a budget deficit of $2.8 million in Fiscal Year 2020-21.
The City has also identified significant unfunded needs in its Capital Improvement Program (CIP), including
substantial investments in the City’s capital infrastructure. In response, the City has already implemented several
budget balancing strategies, including: reduced recreation programming; hiring freeze, with limited exceptions;
furloughing approximately 65% of temporary staffing, approximately 80 positions; limiting travel and training;
and reducing various other expenditure categories including materials, contracts, contingencies, and special
projects. Additional measures that the City is considering include: continue to reduce recreation programming;
reduce library hours and/or programming; longer planning, code enforcement, and public safety response times;
fewer community events and grants; reduced or deferred capital infrastructure maintenance; reduced
administrative staff and continued evaluation of staffing needs.
On March 27, Congress passed and the President signed the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
Economic Stabilization Act (“CARES Act”) that provides, among other measures, $150 billion in financial
assistance to states, tribal governments and local governments to provide emergency assistance to those most
significantly impacted by COVID-19. The City expects to receive approximately $735,259 in CARES Act funds
through the State by the end of calendar year 2020.
See the caption “—Budget Procedure, Current Budget and Historical Budget Information” herein for a
discussion of the City’s fiscal year 2020-21 Adopted Budget and the potential impacts of COVID-19 on City
finances.
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Accounting and Financial Reporting
The City’s basic financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The Government Accounting Standards Board (“GASB”) is the
acknowledged standard setting body for establishing accounting and financial reporting standards followed by
governmental entities in the United States.
The government-wide, proprietary and fiduciary financial statements are reported using the economic
resources measurement focus and the full accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and
expenses are recorded at the time liabilities are incurred, regardless of when the related cash flows take place.
Governmental funds are reported using the current financial resources measurement focus and the
modified accrual basis of accounting. Under this method, revenues are recognized when measurable and
available. The City considers all revenues reported in the governmental funds to be available if the revenues are
collected within sixty days after year-end. Expenditures are recorded when the related fund liability is incurred,
except for principal and interest on long-term debt which are recognized as expenditures to the extent the City
has provided financial resources to a debt service fund for payment of these liabilities that mature early in the
following year. General capital asset acquisitions are reported as expenditures in governmental funds. Proceeds
from long-term debt and acquisitions under capital leases are reported as other financing sources.
Unearned revenues are considered on a full accrual basis, while unavailable revenues are based on the
modified accrual measure.
Property taxes, transient occupancy taxes, utility taxes, franchise taxes, interest and special assessments
are susceptible to accrual. Other receipts and taxes are recognized as revenue when the cash is received. Sales
taxes collected and held by the state at year end on behalf of the City are also recognized as revenue. Sales tax
consultant payments which are contingent on revenues collected are netted against the related revenues.
Under the terms of grant agreements, the City may fund certain programs with a combination of cost
reimbursement grants, categorical block grants, and general revenue. The City’s policy is to first apply restricted
grant resources to such programs, followed by general revenues if necessary. Grant revenues are recognized
after eligibility and billing occurs, but may be a deferred inflow if not received within sixty days of year -end.
Because of the cost-reimbursement and recognition nature of some grants, certain capital project funds may carry
deficit fund balances until billing and receipt of grants. The City may also front the capital outlays with cash
advances from other funds.
Non-exchange transactions, in which the City gives or receives value without directly receiving or
giving equal value in exchange, include property taxes, grants, entitlements, and donations. On the accrual basis,
revenue from property taxes is recognized in the fiscal year for which the taxes are levied or assessed. Revenue
from grants is recognized as described above. Entitlement and donation revenues are recognized when cash is
received.
The General Fund is the general operating fund of the City and is used to account for all financial
resources except those that are required to be accounted for in another fund. The City expects to pay Lease
Payments from amounts in the General Fund. Tables 1 through 3 below set forth certain historical and current
fiscal year budget information for the General Fund. Information on the other governmental funds of the City
as of June 30, 2019 is set forth in Appendix B.
City Blended Component Units and Fiduciary Component Units
General. Under GASB guidelines, component units of a primary government (i.e. the City) generally
include those that are legally separate entities but raise and hold economic resources for the direct benefit of the
primary government. Blended component units, although separate legal entities are, in substance, part of the
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government’s operations and their funds are treated similarly to funds of the primary government (other than the
General Fund). Fiduciary component units are those with assets administered through a trust in which the
primary government is not the beneficiary, the assets are dedicated to provide benefits to recipients and the assets
are legally protected.
The City’s blended component units which have or will have outstanding obligations and City’s
fiduciary component units, are described below.
Blended Component Unit. The Corporation was incorporated in May 1986, under the Nonprofit Public
Benefit Corporation Law of the State. The Corporation was organized as a nonprofit corporation solely for the
purpose of assisting the City in the acquisition, construction, and financing of public improvements which are
of public benefit to the City. The Corporation, after acquiring certain properties from the City, leases these back
to the City. The lease money provides the funds for the debt service for the Certificates of Participation issued
by the Corporation to acquire the properties. The Corporation does not issue separate financial statements, since
it is reported separately in the City’s basic financial statements.
Fiduciary Component Unit. The City participates in the Public Agency Retirement System (“PARS”)
Public Agencies Post-Retirement Health Care Plan Trust Program (“PARS Trust”), an agent-multiple employer
irrevocable trust established to fund other postemployment benefits. The PARS Trust functions for the benefit
of the employees. The City funds all PARS Trust costs based on actuarial valuations for its specific portion of
the PARS Trust as opposed to the PARS Trust as a whole.
Effective July 1, 2016, the City reported in its fiduciary fund financial statements the PARS Trust that
pertains to the City as well as other post-employment benefit payments of the City’s other post-employment
benefits plan initiated by the City but reimbursed to the PARS Trust and required to be recognized under
applicable standards due to a change in the reporting entity. With the implementation of GASB Statement 74,
Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefit Plans Other Than Pension Plans, the City reviewed the PARS
Trust separately issued financial statements and determined that inclusion of the City OPEB Plan component
unit financial statements and related disclosures as a City trust fund were necessary as omission would have been
misleading. For discussion of the City’s OPEB Plan, see the caption “—Other Post-Employment Benefits” and
Note 11 to the audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto as Appendix B.
Financial Policies
General. The City has adopted a comprehensive set of financial policies to serve as a guideline for
financial matters as further described below.
Reserves Policy. The City has adopted a committed, unassigned fund balance and use of one time funds
policy (the “Reserve Policy”) for the purpose of meeting the City’s goal of maintaining sufficient committed and
unassigned fun balances in each fund for the ability to meet certain economic uncertainties. The City has adopted
the following reserves: (i) an Economic Uncertainty reserve, to be used in case of economic downturns and
major revenue changes; (ii) a CalPERS Pension Rate Stabilization Program, to assist in stabilizing the potential
impact of pension cost volatility on the City’s operating budget; (iii) a Sustainability Reserve with respect to the
City’s Climate Action Plan, with funds to be used to provide residents, business and schools with programs and
services focused on energy efficiency, renewable energy, water conservation, alternative transportation and other
sustainable actions; (iv) Unassigned reserves to absorbed unanticipated operating needs or unexpected claims or
litigation settlements; and (v) a Capital Improvements reserve (the “Capital Reserve”) to meet future capital
project needs so as to minimize future debt obligations.
The following table shows the City’s Reserve Policy amounts for fiscal year 2020-21 for each of the
reserves described above.
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Funding
Priority Reserve
Reserve
Level Escalator
General Fund
1 Economic
Uncertainty
$ 19,000,000 General Fund budgeted operating expenditures
(exclusive of interfund transfers) and General Fund
budgeted revenues
2 CalPERS $ 12,000,000 Budgeted City-wide retirement costs
3 Sustainability
Reserve
$ 123,397 General Fund budgeted revenue (excluding the use of
reserves)
4 Unassigned $ 500,000 Budgeted General Fund operating expenditures
Capital Projects Funds
5 Capital
Improvement
$ 5,000,000 None
Debt Management Policy. The City has adopted a debt management policy (the “Debt Management
Policy”) in compliance with California Government Code Section 8855. The Debt Management Policy sets
forth the purposes for which long-term debt financings may be undertaken (i.e. for projects that will provide
benefit to constituents over multiple years). The Debt Management Policy provides that short-term financings
may be undertaken for operational cash flow purposes and for short-lived capital projects (i.e. equipment leases).
The City’s Debt Management Policy is implemented in conjunction with annual budgeting and the City’s capital
improvement program.
Investment Policy. The City invests its funds in accordance with the City’s investment policy (the
“Investment Policy”). In accordance with Section 53600 et seq. of the California Government Code, idle cash
management and investment transactions are the responsibility of the City Treasurer. The City’s Investment
Policy sets forth the policies and procedures applicable to the investment of City funds and designates eligible
investments. The Investment Policy sets forth a stated objective, among others, of ensuring the safety of invested
funds by limiting credit and market risks. Funds are invested in the following order of priority:
Safety of Principal;
Liquidity; and
Return on Investment.
Eligible investments are generally limited to managed investment pools, including the Local Agency
Investment Fund which is operated by the California State Treasurer, U.S. Treasury bills, notes and bonds,
federal agency or United States government sponsored enterprise obligations, medium term corporate notes,
commercial paper rated A1/P1, as applicable, or better, repurchase agreements with counter-party ratings of
“AA” or its equivalent or better, and mutual funds as authorized by State law.
The City Treasurer is required to provide a quarterly report to the City Manager and the City Council
showing the type of investment, date of maturity, amount invested, current market value, rate of interest, and
other such information as may be required by the City Council. At June 30, 2020, the City had an investment
portfolio with a market value of approximately $110 million. As of such date, the City had invested
approximately, 33% of its investment portfolio in federal agencies, 25% in U.S. Treasuries, and 26% of its
investment portfolio in corporate securities. For additional information with respect to the City’s cash and
investments, see Note 2 to the audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached to the Official
Statement as Appendix B.
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Major Revenues and Expenses
Revenues. The City derives its General Fund revenues from a variety of sources including ad valorem
property taxes, sales taxes, licenses, permits, transient occupancy taxes, charges for services provided by the
City and other miscellaneous revenues. The City’s total General Fund revenues for selected major revenue
sources for the past five fiscal years are set forth below.
TABLE 1
CITY OF CUPERTINO
SELECTED MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES
Revenue Category 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20(1)
Property Taxes(2) $ 18,194,463 $ 20,219,077 $ 22,433,805 $ 25,301,095 $ 26,606,844
Sales Taxes 21,350,056 26,932,012 26,164,531 24,901,779 26,651,250
Transient Occupancy
Taxes 5,852,244 6,023,681 6,810,718 8,901,337 7,286,083
Charges for Services 16,848,153 23,708,304 14,972,627 12,644,413 11,955,401
Licenses and Permits 3,073,110 2,356,925 2,757,928 4,102,665 4,692,845
Total $ 65,318,026 $ 79,239,999 $ 73,139,609 $ 75,851,289 $ 77,192,424
(1) Fiscal year 2019-20 amounts represent unaudited actual results.
(2) Inclusive of Department of Motor Vehicles license fees. See “—Property Taxes” below.
Source: City of Cupertino.
Expenses. The City’s major General Fund two largest expenditure categories for Fiscal Year 2019-20
were expenditures for Public Works and Law Enforcement (which is comprised mostly of the City’s contract
with Santa Clara County to provide police services for the City), which accounted for approximately 29.6% and
21.9%, respectively, of General Fund expenditures. In Fiscal Year 2020-21, approximately 32.6% and 20.9%
of budgeted General Fund expenditures are for Public Works and Police expenditures, respectively. See the
caption “—Budget Procedure, Current Budget and Historical Budget Information” herein.
Other major General Fund expenditures include administration (which includes the City’s costs
associated with the City’s retirement system and other post-employment benefit plan described under the
captions “—Retirement System” and “Other Post-Employment Benefits”) and expenditures for community
development activities. Administration and community development expenditures comprised approximately
10.8% and 13.1% of total fiscal year 2019-20 General Fund expenditures, respectively, and are budgeted to
comprise approximately 13.1% and 13.9% of fiscal year 2020-21 General Fund expenditures, respectively.
Budget Procedure, Current Budget and Historical Budget Information
The City’s annual operating budget is prepared on a July 1 to June 30 fiscal year basis. However, the
budget process is an ongoing process that occurs throughout the year and includes phases of development,
proposal, adoption, monitoring and amendment.
The budget development phase begins in December with the preparation of budget instructions and
work program development by the City Council and City Manager. During March, departments prepare the
budgets for which they are responsible. These proposed department budgets are reviewed by the City’s Finance
Division using current and prior year trends data. The City Manager then reviews the proposals with the Director
of Administrative Services and departmental staff and makes final decisions which form the basis of the City
Manager’s proposed budget. The City Manager’s proposed budget is then submitted to the City Council in May.
During the months of May and June, the City Council considers the budget proposals at a study session
and public hearing. At these times, the Council hears from the City’s boards and commissions, community
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groups and the public regarding budget requests and recommendations. The adopted budget is adopted by
resolution in June and takes effect on July 1.
After the annual budget is adopted, the City enters the budget monitoring phase. Throughout the year,
expenditures are monitored by the Finance Division staff and department managers to ensure that funds are used
in an approved manner. Adjustments to expenditures within or between departmental budgets are accomplished
on an as-needed basis administratively throughout the year. The City Manager and department heads can transfer
funds between their line items and/or divisions as needed.
City Council approval is required for additional appropriations from fund balances or from new revenue
sources.
The annual budget for fiscal year 2020-21 was approved on June 16, 2020 (the “Adopted Budget”). The
Adopted Budget projects General Fund revenues in fiscal year 2020-21 to be approximately $79.1 million, a
decrease of approximately $8 million or 9.2% from the fiscal year 2019-20 adopted budget.
The Adopted Budget projects: (i) an increase in property tax revenues of approximately $0.6 million,
(ii) a decrease in sales tax revenues of approximately $4.7 million; and (iii) a decrease in transient occupancy
tax of approximately $2.1 million, in each case as compared to the fiscal year 2019-20 adopted budgeted
amounts.
The Adopted Budget projects General Fund expenditures of $80.5 million in fiscal year 2020-21, which
is an approximately $0.4 million increase from the fiscal year 2019-20 adopted budget.
Set forth in Table 2 below are the adopted General Fund budgets for fiscal years 2018-19, 2019-20 and
2020-21, the actual audited results for fiscal year 2018-19 and the unaudited actual results for fiscal year 2019-
20. The General Fund budgets and actuals shown in Table 2 below do not reflect the application of GAAP and
therefore differ in certain respects to the audited General Fund Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Change
in Fund Balance shown in Table 3 below.
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TABLE 2
CITY OF CUPERTINO
GENERAL FUND BUDGETS TO ACTUAL COMPARISONS (ON A BUDGETARY BASIS)(1)
Adopted
Fiscal Year
2018-19
Budget
Fiscal Year
2018-19 Audited
Results
Adopted Fiscal
Year 2019-20
Budget
Unaudited
Actual Fiscal
Year 2019-20
Results(2)
Adopted Fiscal
Year 2020-21
Budget
REVENUES
Taxes $ 62,047,000 $ 67,299,302 $64,386,061 $65,128,267 $58,248,207
Use of money and property 692,000 2,654,331 1,330,579 2,865,334 1,246,510
Intergovernmental 326,000 473,942 354,547 747,942 335,567
Licenses and permits 2,685,000 4,102,665 2,524,000 4,692,845 3,139,473
Charges for services 10,269,276 12,644,413 13,233,225 11,955,401 11,091,064
Fines and forfeitures 615,000 511,471 615,000 327,833 425,000
Other revenue 244,200 1,102,320 4,644,740 5,088,017 4,559,304
Amounts available for appropriation 76,878,476 88,788,444 87,088,152 90,805,639 79,045,125
CHARGES FOR APPROPRIATION
(OUTFLOWS)
Current
Administration 6,883,713 6,292,611 7,554,703 6,957,217 9,218,655
Law enforcement 12,988,353 13,108,632 14,077,937 14,151,412 14,792,448
Innovation and technology 3,397,490 2,843,540 3,378,697 3,556,368 1,981,299
Administrative services 4,606,561 4,197,582 4,790,420 4,652,598 4,955,568
Parks and recreation 10,614,583 8,996,118 8,579,403 7,688,940 6,804,768
Community development 8,332,883 8,554,055 9,604,789 8,443,767 9,801,449
Public Works 17,831,725 17,667,775 21,578,962 19,156,660 23,025,616
Capital outlay 1,625,500 1,353,691 - - -
Total charges for appropriations 66,280,808 63,014,104 69,564,911 64,606,962 70,579,803
EXCESS OF REVENUES OVER
EXPENDITURES 10,597,668 25,774,340 17,523,241 26,198,677 8,465,322
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
Proceeds from sale of capital assets -- 3,875 - -
Transfers in 10,000 10,000 12,000 10,012,000 15,000
Transfers (out) (11,358,912) (19,376,212) (10,539,557) (30,892,319) (9,948,689)
Total other financing sources (uses) (11,348,912) (19,362,212) (10,527,557 (20,880,319) (9,933,689
NET CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE $ (751,244) $ 6,412,128 $6.995.684 $5,318,358 ($1,468,367)
(1) This Table 2 is presented using the budgetary basis of accounting and does not reflect the application of GAAP. Certain actual results for
fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20 differ from Table 3 below.
(2) Fiscal year 2019-20 amounts represent unaudited actual results.
Source: Audited Financial Statements for fiscal year 2018-19; the City for Fiscal Year 2020-21; Adopted Budget of the City for fiscal year 2020-
21.
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Comparative Change in Fund Balance of the City General Fund
The table below presents the City’s audited General Fund Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and
Change in Fund Balance for fiscal years 2015-16 through 2018-19 and unaudited actual results for fiscal year
2019-20.
TABLE 3
CITY OF CUPERTINO GENERAL FUND STATEMENT OF
REVENUES, EXPENDITURES AND CHANGE IN FUND BALANCE
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20(1)
REVENUES
Taxes $ 54,786,297 $ 62,648,633 $ 63,459,132 $ 67,299,302 $65,128,267
Use of money and property 1,362,393 1,173,095 1,325,814 2,654,331 2,865,334
Intergovernmental 428,992 330,108 1,000,776 473,942 747,942
Licenses and permits 3,073,110 2,536,925 2,757,928 4,102,665 4,692,845
Charges for services 16,848,153 23,708,304 14,972,627 12,644,413 11,955,401
Fines and forfeitures 558,516 593,123 575,032 511,471 327,833
Other revenue 799,587 1,822,766 1,015,227 1,102,320 5,088,017
Total revenues 77,857,048 92,812,954 85,106,536 88,788,444 90,805,639
EXPENDITURES
Current
Administration 4,052,241 5,936,337 4,919,262 6,292,611 6,957,217
Law Enforcement 10,988,735 11,939,095 12,362,621 13,108,732 14,151,412
Public and environmental affairs 544,718 1,864,746 2,835,768 2,843,540 3,556,368
Administrative services 2,811,117 5,054,539 4,430,300 4,197,582 4,652,598
Recreation services 5,441,200 9,361,934 8,686,076 8,996,118 7,688,940
Community development 5,248,841 6,433,422 8,365,234 8,554,055 8,443,767
Public works 13,115,155 16,484,844 15,820,836 17,667,775 19,156,660
Capital outlay 9,657,394 7,999,577 7,762,733 1,353,691 -
Debt service
Principal -- -- -- -- --
Interest and fiscal charges -- -- -- -- --
Total expenditures 51,859,401 65,074,494 65,923,706 63,014,104 64,606,962
EXCESS (DEFICIENCY) OF REVENUES OVER
EXPENDITURES 25,997,647 27,738,460 19,923,706 25,744,340 26,198,677
OTHER FINANCING SOURCES (USES)
Proceeds from sale of capital assets 580 -- 872,250 3,875
Transfers in 36,015 31,411 2,254,183 10,000 10,012,000
Transfers out(2) (13,163,945) (26,609,358) (24,129,372 (19,376,087) (30,892,319)
Total other financing sources (uses)
(13,163,945) (26,343,610)
(21,002,939)
(19,362,212) (20,880,319)
Net Change in Fund Balances (1,079,233) 6,412,128 5,318,358
Fund Balances (Deficits) – July 1 39,324,543 52,194,840 53,589,690 52,510,457 58,922,585
Fund Balances (Deficits) – June 30 $ 52,194,840 $ 53,589,690 $ 52,510,457 $ 58,922,585 $ 64,240,943
(1) Fiscal year 2019-20 amounts represent unaudited actual results.
(2) Transfers out generally include transfers to fund capital projects, annual lease payments with respect to the 2012 Certificat es and other
miscellaneous transfers. See Note 4 the audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto as Appendix B.
Source: Audited Financial Statements for fiscal years 2015-16 through 2018-19; City for fiscal year 2019-20.
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Comparative General Fund Balance Sheets of the City
The table below presents the City’s audited General Fund Balance Sheets for fiscal years 2015-16
through 2018-19 and unaudited actual results for fiscal year 2019-20.
TABLE 4
CITY OF CUPERTINO
GENERAL FUND BALANCE SHEETS
FIVE YEAR COMPARISON
2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20(1)
ASSETS
Cash and investments $ 54,282,490 $ 62,119,171 $ 63,889,867 $ 57,426,973 $ 62,029,471
Restricted cash and investments -- -- -- 8,109,521 12,725,224
Receivables
Accounts 11,181,310 2,953,906 2,837,425 3,320,100 2,946,471
Interest 52,606 94,152 163,067 363,945 70,265
Loans 868,608 851,714 458,893 454,188 449,341
Due from other funds 450,220 1,400,000 307,056 441,326 441,326
Advance to other funds(2) -- -- -- -- 3,000,000
Other assets(3) 72,657 25,613 3,884 3,884 3,884
Total Assets 66,907,891 67,448,052 67,666,192 70,119,937 81,665,982
LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and accruals 4,794,690 2,861,179 3,664,488 2,975,447 4,208,314
Accrued payroll and benefits 15,649 224,346 912,107 882,414 1,405,270
Due to other funds -- -- -- --
Deposits 9,747,271 10,663,048 10,479,925 7,066,073 11,605,717
Unearned revenue 155,441 109,789 99,125 273,418 205,739
Total liabilities 14,713,051 13,858,362 15,155,735 11,197,352 17,425,040
FUND BALANCES
Nonspendable 937,381 876,939 464,893 454,188 449,341
Restricted 888,374 1,016,771 1,254,578 9,469,670 14,324,757
Committed -- 19,000,000 19,122,754 19,123,397 19,127,891
Assigned 20,500,000 4,638,181 9,963,310 1,979,202 1,979,202
Unassigned 29,869,085 28,057,799 21,704,922 27,896,128 28,359,751
Total fund balances 52,194,840 53,589,690 52,510,457 58,922,585 64,240,942
Total liabilities and fund balances $ 66,907,89, $ 67,448,052 $ 67,666,192, $ 70,119,937 $ 81,665,982
(1) Fiscal year 2019-20 amounts represent unaudited actual results.
(2) Represents an advance from the General Fund to the Capital Improvemnet Program Capital Projects Fund to provide further fundi ng for the
City’s Library Expansion Project. Such advance is scheduled to be repaid to the General Fund within three years.
(3) Includes certain prepaid items for fiscal years 2015-16 through 2017-18.
Source: Audited Financial Statements for fiscal years 2015-16 through 2018-19; City for fiscal year 2019-20.
Capital Improvement Program
The City adopts an annual capital improvement program (“CIP”) that covers the current and next
succeeding four fiscal years and serves as the City’s short and long-term plan for capital projects. Each fiscal
year, the CIP is funded by the Capital Reserve and/or restricted grant and donation proceeds. The fiscal year
2020-21 adopted CIP budgets for expenditures of $2.2 million, or $23.5 million lower than the fiscal year 2019-
20 adopted CIP. In addition to uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, this reduction is also due to a
minimal remaining fund balance in the Capital Reserve. While the City’s policy to transfer excess fund balance
in the General Fund to the Capital Reserve remains effective, the impacts from COVID-19 will create competing
interests for use of those excesses.
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The City’s adopted fiscal year 2020-21 CIP totals approximately $2.2 million, including $2.2 million in
newly adopted appropriations and $52.1 million in remaining appropriations from prior years. The projects
include upgrades and/or new construction of general City facilities, park improvements, storm drain
improvements, sanitary sewer projects and street and traffic projects. A summary of the major projects included
in the adopted fiscal year 2020-21 CIP and the fiscal year 2020-21 appropriated amounts for such projects are
shown in the table below.
Property Taxes
During fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, property tax receipts of approximately $25.3 million and
$26.6 million, respectively, were received by the City, contributing approximately 28.5% and 26.4% of total
General Fund revenues in fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. The City has budgeted to receive
approximately $25.3 million during fiscal year 2020-21. The City also received a portion of Department of
Motor Vehicles license fees (“VLF”) collected statewide. Several years ago, the statewide VLF was reduced by
approximately two-thirds. However, the State continued to remit to cities and counties the same amount that
those local agencies would have received if the VLF had not been reduced, known as the “VLF backfill.” The
State VLF backfill was phased out, and as of Fiscal Year 2011-12, all of the VLF is now received through an in-
lieu payment from State property tax revenues. In California, property which is subject to ad valorem taxes is
classified as “secured” or “unsecured.” The secured classification includes property on which any property tax
levied by a county becomes a lien on that property. A tax levied on unsecured property does not become a lien
against the taxed unsecured property, but may become a lien on certain other property owned by the taxpayer.
Every tax which becomes a lien on secured property has priority over all other liens, arising pursuant to State
Law, on the secured property, regardless of the time of the creation of other liens. The valuation of property is
determined as of January 1 each year, and installments of taxes levied upon secured property are due November
1 and February 1 and become delinquent on the following December 10 and April 10, respectively. Taxes on
unsecured property are due July 1, and become delinquent August 31.
Secured and unsecured properties are entered separately on the assessment roll maintained by the county
assessor. The method of collecting delinquent taxes is substantially different for the two classifications of
property. The exclusive means of enforcing the payment of delinquent taxes with respect to property on the
secured roll is the sale of the property securing the taxes of the State for the amount of taxes that are delinquent.
The taxing authority has four methods of collecting unsecured personal property taxes: (1) a civil action against
the taxpayer; (2) filing a certificate in the office of the county clerk specifying certain facts in order to obtain a
judgment lien on certain property of the taxpayer; (3) filing a certificate of delinquency for record in the County
Recorder’s Office in order to obtain a lien on certain property of the taxpayer, and (4) seizure and sale of personal
property, improvement or possessory interest belonging or taxable to the assessee.
A ten percent penalty is added to delinquent taxes which have been levied with respect to property on
the secured roll. In addition, beginning on the July 1 following a delinquency, interest begins accruing at the
rate of 1 1/2% per month on the amount delinquent. Such property may thereafter be redeemed by the payment
of the delinquent taxes and the ten percent penalty, plus interest at the rate of 1 1/2% per month to the time of
redemption. If taxes are unpaid for a period of five years or more, the property is deeded to the State and then
is subject to sale by the county tax collector. A ten percent penalty also applies to the delinquent taxes or property
on the unsecured roll, and further, an additional penalty of 1 1/2% per month accrues with respect to such taxes
beginning on the varying dates related to the tax billing date.
Legislation enacted in 1984 (Section 75 et seq. of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of
California), provides for the supplemental assignment and taxation of property as of the occurrence of a change
in ownership or completion of new construction. Previously, statutes enabled the assessment of such changes
only as of the next tax lien date following the change and thus delayed the realization of increased property taxes
from the new assessment for up to 14 months. Collection of taxes based on supplemental assessments occurs
throughout the year. Taxes due are prorated according to the amount of time remaining in the tax year, with the
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exception of tax bills dated January 1 through May 31, which are calculated on the basis of the remainder of the
current fiscal year and the full 12 months of the next fiscal year.
In the past, the State Legislature has shifted property taxes from cities, counties and special districts to
the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund. The term “ERAF” is often used as a shorthand reference for this
shift of property taxes. In 1992-93 and 1993-94, in response to serious budgetary shortfalls, the State Legislature
and administration permanently redirected over $3 billion of property taxes from cities, counties, and special
districts to schools and community college districts. The 2004-05 State budget included an additional $1.3
billion shift of property taxes from certain local agencies, including the City, to occur in fiscal years 2004-05
and 2005-06. See “CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON TAXES AND
APPROPRIATIONS—Proposition 1A” and “—Proposition 22” herein for a description of certain limitations
on the State’s authority over local government revenue sources.
The table below sets forth the secured and unsecured assessed valuations, net of exemptions, for
property in the City for the fiscal years 2011-12 through 2020-21.
TABLE 5
CITY OF CUPERTINO
ASSESSED VALUATION
FISCAL YEARS 2011-12 THROUGH 2020-21
Fiscal Year Local Secured Unsecured Total
2011-12 $13,219,574,367 $527,310,319 $13,748,274,686
2012-13 13,882,147,291 738,243,050 14,620,390,341
2013-14 15,391,656,690 816,117,019 16,207,773,709
2014-15 16,133,637,244 965,141,148 17,098,778,392
2015-16 18,308,720,226 1,086,786,901 19,395,507,127
2016-17 20,196,258,418 1,150,311,842 21,346,570,260
2017-18 22,024,906,420 1,114,123,426 23,139,029,846
2018-19 23,402,123,229 1,779,936,377 25,182,059,606
2019-20 24,370,718,536 1,642,461,888 26,013,180,424
2020-21
Source: City Comprehensive Audited Financial Reports for fiscal years 2010-11 through 2018-19; County Assessor-County Clerk-
Recorder for fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21.
The County operates under a statutory program entitled Alternate Method of Distribution of Tax Levies
and Collections and of Tax Sale Proceeds (the “Teeter Plan”). Under the Teeter Plan local taxing entities receive
100% of their tax levies net of delinquencies, but do not receive interest or penalties on delinquent taxes collected
by the County. The City’s share of the ad valorem property tax levy is included in the County’s Teeter Plan.
As a result, the City currently receives 100% of such levy and is not impacted by delinquencies in payment.
However, the County may choose to discontinue to the Teeter Plan at any time.
The 10 largest property taxpayers in the City for fiscal year 2018-19 based on total assessed valuation,
the land use and the percentage of the City’s total assessed value attributable to each are shown in the below
table. The information in Table 6 has been obtained from third-party sources and is included for general
information purposes only. The City has not verified the information in Table 6 and does not guarantee the
accuracy of such information.
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TABLE 6
CITY OF CUPERTINO
TEN PRINCIPAL TAXPAYERS
Property Owner
2018-19 Assessed
Valuation
% of
Total(1)
1. Apple Inc. $ 6,230,181,903 24.74%
2. Main Street Cupertino 356,409,129 1.42
3 Vallco Property Owner LLC 333,251,833 1.32
4. Cupertino City Center 199,183,359 0.79
5. BVK Perimeter Square Retail LLC ET
AL
177,766,088 0.71
6. Cupertino Property Development 169,923,550 0.67
7. Mission West Properties LP II ETAL 137,663,665 0.55
8. SVF Cupertino City Center Corporation 132,468,803 0.53
9. PR Cupertino Gateway LLC 128,103,411 0.51
10. SI 38 LLC ET AL 117,340,163 0.47
$ 7,982,291,904 31.70%
(1) 2018-19 Local Assessed Valuation (secured and unsecured): $25,182,059,606.
Source: City Comprehensive Audited Financial Report 2018-19.
Sales Taxes
During fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, sales tax receipts of approximately $24.9 million and $26.7
million, respectively, were received by the City, contributing approximately 28.0% and 26.4% of total General
Fund revenues in fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. The City has budgeted for sales tax receipts
of approximately $20.9 million to be received during fiscal year 2020-21. A sales tax is imposed on retail sales
or consumption of personal property.
In fiscal year 2020-21, sales tax is projected to experience a significant decrease due to COVID-19.
Sales tax revenue projections have been reduced by 18% (approximately $4.7 million) from original forecasts
due to COVID-19. Sales tax is assumed to return to 90% of historical averages across industry groups in fiscal
year 2021-22. Sales tax is projected to grow by an average annual growth rate of 2.2% in the City’s five-year
forecast, using conservative forecasts for business and industry, general consumer goods, restaurants and hotels
and state and county pools. See the caption “—COVID-19 Pandemic Impact” herein.
The basic sales tax rate is established by the State Legislature, and local overrides may be approved by
voters. The current total sales tax rate in the City is 9.00%. The following table shows the sales tax revenues
received by the City for the five most recent fiscal years.
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TABLE 7
CITY OF CUPERTINO
SALES TAX REVENUES
Fiscal Year
Total Sales Tax
Revenues
2015-16 $ 21,350,056
2016-17 26,932,012
2017-18 26,164,531
2018-19 24,901,779
2019-20 26,651,250
Source: City of Cupertino.
Table 8 below shows the taxable transactions by industry type as of June 30, 2019. The information in
Table 8 has been obtained from HdL, Coren & Cone and is included for general information purposes only. The
City has not verified the information in Table 8 and does not guarantee the accuracy of such information.
TABLE 8
CITY OF CUPERTINO
TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS BY INDUSTRY
Industry
Percentage of All
Taxable
Transactions
Business-to-Business 67%
State and County Pools 17
Restaurants and Hotels 6
General Retail 4
Fuel and Service Stations 3
Other 3
Total 100%
Source: HdL, Coren & Cone.
Business-to-business revenue is the largest portion of the City’s sales tax base, and therefore the City’s
sales tax revenue is sensitive to economic forces. In particular, the City’s two largest sales tax sources—both
technology companies—account for a large portion of the City’s total sales tax base. Sales tax revenue is
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reported two quarters in arrears, providing the City with approximately six months to react if sales tax revenue
begins to decline.
Table 9 below provides the top twenty-five sales tax payers (in alphabetical order) within the City as of
the fourth quarter of calendar year 2019.
TABLE 9
CITY OF CUPERTINO
TWENTY PRINCIPAL SALES TAX PAYERS
(in alphabetical order)
7 Eleven Chevron Shane Company
99 Ranch Market Estel Group Shell
Alexander’s Steak House Galpao Gaucho Target
Alliance Haidilao Hot Pot TJ Maxx
Apple Insight Direct Ulta Beauty
Argonaut Window & Door Lazy Dog Cafe Valero
Benihana Rotten Robbie Whole Foods Market
BJ’s Restaurant &
Brewhouse
Safeway
California Dental Arts Seagate Technology
Source: City of Cupertino.
Table 10 summarizes the annual volume of taxable transactions within the City for the years 2015
through 2019.
TABLE 10
CITY OF CUPERTINO
TOTAL TAXABLE TRANSACTIONS
(Dollars in Thousands)
Year Taxable Transactions
2015 $2,350,141
2016 2,397,871
2017 2,780,112
2018 2,695,658
2019 2,730,768
Source: Taxable Sales in California, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration for 2015-2019.
Transient Occupancy Tax
A transient occupancy tax is levied on hotels and short-term rentals in the City at the rate of 12% of
room revenues. In fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, transient occupancy tax receipts were approximately $8.9
million and $7.3 million, respectively, providing approximately 10.0% and 7.2% of total General Fund revenues
in fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively.
Transient occupancy tax receipts in fiscal year 2019-20 were approximately $1.6 million, or 18.2%, less
than the originally budgeted amounts largely due to the shelter-in-place order the Santa Clara County Public
Health Department put into effect in March 2020 to control the COVID-19 Pandemic. In the adopted budget for
fiscal year 2020-21, the City projects transient occupancy receipts to decrease approximately 21.9% from the
fiscal year 2019-20 budgeted amounts. The City has budgeted for transient occupancy tax revenues of
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approximately $7.5 million to be received during fiscal year 2020-21. See the caption “—COVID-19 Pandemic
Impact.”
Utility User Tax
The City collects a utility user tax, approved by the City’s voters in 1990, on gas, electricity and
telecommunication services provided within the City’s jurisdiction at a rate of 2.4% of billed charges. In March
2002, the City’s voters approved extending the utility user tax’s sunset date from 2015 to 2030. In 2009, the
City’s voters approved a measure to update the utility user tax ordinance to account for changing technology in
the telecommunications services industry.
In fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, utility user tax receipts were approximately $3.0 million and $3.2
million, respectively, providing approximately 3.4% and 3.2% of total General Fund revenues in fiscal years
2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. The City has budgeted for utility user tax revenues of approximately $3.2
million to be received during fiscal year 2020-21.
Franchise Fees
The City receives franchise fees from cable, solid waste, water, gas and electricity franchisees that
operate in the City. The fees range from 1% to 12% of the franchisee’s gross revenues depending on each
particular agreement. Generally, these revenues are relatively steady and not sensitive to economic fluctuations.
In fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, the City received franchise fees of approximately $3.4 million and
$3.4 million, respectively, providing approximately 3.8% and 3.4% of total General Fund revenues in fiscal
years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. The City has budgeted for franchise fees of approximately $3.3 million
to be received during fiscal year 2020-21.
Charges for Services
In fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, charges of approximately $10.9 million (approximately 4.6% of
total General Fund revenues) and $12.0 million (approximately 11.9% of total General Fund Revenues),
respectively, were collected for services. Charges for services includes the City’s attempts to recover the costs
of services provided by the City, including planning, zoning and engineering permit processing for new property
development, as well as some recreation-related fees. Charges for services also includes an overhead services
fee provided to certain enterprise funds, internal service funds and special funds. In fiscal year 2020-21, the City
has budgeted revenues from charges for services of approximately $11.1 million, which includes an
approximately $900,000 increase due to increases to City fees which will become effective October 1, 2020.
Fiscal year 2019-20 revenues from charges for services were lower than budgeted amounts due to the
impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic causing the City’s recreation facilities to shut down by way of the shelter-
in-place orders of the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. See the caption “—COVID-19 Pandemic
Impact.”
Licenses and Permits
Licenses and permits include fees for reviewing building plans, building inspections, construction,
tenant improvements and commercial/residential installations for compliance with state and municipal building
codes. In fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, the City collected approximately $4.1 million and $4.7 million,
respectively, providing approximately 4.6% and 4.7% of total General Fund revenues in fiscal years 2018-19
and 2019-20, respectively. License and permit fees of approximately $3.1 million are budgeted to be received
during fiscal year 2020-21.
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Use of Money and Property
The use of money and property category is comprised of General Fund interest earnings as well as
facility and concession rental income of City-owned property. The City’s portfolio is approximately $154.9
million. Fluctuations in the use of money and property is generally the result of investment earnings, as rental
income is generally steady year-to-year. Financial markets have recently experienced a high degree of volatility
due to the uncertainty about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. See the caption “—COVID-19 Pandemic
Impact.”
In fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, the City received $2.6 million and $2.9 million, respectively, in
use of money and property revenues, providing approximately 2.9% and 2.8% of General Fund revenues in fiscal
years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively. Use of money and property revenues of approximately $1.2 million
are budgeted to be received during fiscal year 2020-21.
Other Revenues
Other Tax Revenues. Other taxes received by the City include business license taxes, construction
taxes, and property transfer taxes.
Miscellaneous Revenues. Other miscellaneous revenues received by the City include fines and
forfeitures generated from vehicle, parking and miscellaneous code violations, intergovernmental revenues from
federal, state and regional grants and other miscellaneous revenues.
Indebtedness
Long-Term Debt. The City’s long-term obligations payable from the General Fund currently consist of
the 2012 Certificates. The 2012 Certificates are expected to be prepaid from a portion of the proceeds of the
Certificates. See the “PREPAYMENT PLAN” herein.
See Note 6 to the City’s audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto as
Appendix B for a description of the City’s outstanding indebtedness.
Short-Term Debt. The City currently has no short-term debt outstanding.
Retirement System
This caption contains certain information relating to the California Public Employees Retirement
System (“CalPERS”). The information is primarily derived from information produced by CalPERS, its
independent accountants and actuaries. The City has not independently verified the information provided by
CalPERS and makes no representations nor expresses any opinion as to the accuracy of the information provided
by CalPERS.
The comprehensive annual financial reports of CalPERS are available on its Internet website at
www.calpers.ca.gov. The CalPERS website also contains CalPERS’ most recent actuarial valuation reports
and other information concerning benefits and other matters. Such information is not incorporated by reference
herein. The City cannot guarantee the accuracy of such information. Actuarial assessments are “forward-
looking” statements that reflect the judgment of the fiduciaries of the pension plans, and are based upon a variety
of assumptions, one or more of which may not materialize or be changed in the future. Actuarial assessments
will change with the future experience of the pension plans.
Plan Description and Summary of Balances. The City contributes to CalPERS, an agent multiple-
employer public employee defined benefit pension plan. CalPERS provides retirement, disability and death
benefits to plan members and beneficiaries. CalPERS acts as a common investment and administrative agent
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for participating public entities within the State, including the City. CalPERS plan benefit provisions and all
other requirements are established by State statute and the City Council.
Benefits Provided. CalPERS provides service retirement and disability benefits, annual cost of living
adjustments and death benefits to plan members, who must be public employees and beneficiaries. Benefits are
based on years of credited service, equal to one year of full time employment. Members with five years of total
service are eligible to retire at age 50 with statutorily reduced benefits. All members are eligible for non-duty
disability benefits after 10 years of service. The cost of living adjustments for each plan are applied as specified
by the Public Employees’ Retirement Law (“PERL”). The Pension Reform Act of 2013 (“PEPRA”), Assembly
Bill 340, is applicable to employees new to CalPERS and hired after December 31, 2012. The Plans’ provisions
and benefits in effect at June 30, 2019, are summarized as follows:
Hire date
Prior to
January 1, 2013
On or after
January 1, 2013
Benefit formula 2.7% @ 55 2.0% @ 62
Benefit vesting schedule 5 years service 5 years service
Benefit payments monthly for life monthly for life
Minimum retirement age 50 52
Monthly benefits, as a % of eligible compensation 2% to 2.7% 1% to 2%
Required employee contribution rates 8.00% 6.25%
Required employer contribution rates 23.54% 25.653%
Employees Covered. As of the June 30, 2017 actuarial valuation date (most current), the following
employees were covered by the benefit terms of the Plan:
Inactive employees or beneficiaries currently receiving benefits 213
Inactive employees entitled to but not yet receiving benefits 138
Active employees 188
Total 539
Contributions. Section 20814(c) of PERL requires that the employer contribution rates for all public
employers be determined on an annual basis by the actuary and shall be effective on the July 1 following notice
of a change in the rate. Funding contributions for both Plans are determined annually on an actuarial basis as of
June 30 by CalPERS. The actuarially determined rate is the estimated amount necessary to finance the costs of
benefits earned by employees during the year, with an additional amount to finance any unfunded accrued
liability. The City is required to contribute the difference between the actuarially determined rate and the
contribution rate of employees.
For the year ended June 30, 2019, the City’s required contributions for the Miscellaneous Plan were
$4,447,555. For the year ended June 30, 2020, the City’s required contributions for the Miscellaneous Plan were
$5,089,159. Such amounts were paid by the City and represented approximately 7.1% and 5.3% of General
Fund expenditures in fiscal years 2018-19 and 2019-20, respectively.
Beginning with fiscal year 2017-18 CalPERS began collecting employer contributions toward the plan’s
unfunded liability as dollar amounts unfunded liability as dollar amounts instead of the prior method of a
contribution rate. According to CalPERS, this change was to address potential funding issues that could arise
from a declining payroll or reduction in the number of active members in the plan. Funding the unfunded liability
as a percentage of payroll could lead to the underfunding of the plans. Due to stakeholder feedback regarding
internal needs for total contributions expressed as an estimated percentage of payroll, the CalPERS reports
include such results in the contribution projection set forth in the tables below. These results are provided for
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information purposes only. Contributions toward the unfunded liability will continue to be collected as set dollar
amounts.
The table below is derived from the Miscellaneous Plan of the City of Cupertino Annual Valuation
Report as of June 30, 2018 and delivered in July 2019 (the “2019 Report”) and shows the required and projected
employer contributions (before cost sharing) for the next six fiscal years. Projected results reflect the adopted
changes to the discount rate described in the 2019 Report. Such projections also assume that all actuarial
assumptions will be realized and that no further changes to assumptions, contributions, benefits, or funding will
occur during the projection period. The projected normal cost percentages in the projections below does not
reflect that the normal cost will decline over the time as new employees are hired into PEPRA or other lower
cost benefit tiers.
Required
Contribution
Projected Future Employer Contributions
(Assumes 7.00% Return for Fiscal Year 2018-19)
Fiscal Year 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25 2025-26
Miscellaneous Plan
Normal Cost % 11.306% 11.3% 11.3% 11.3% 11.3% 11.3%%
UAL Payment $3,607,122 $4,056,000 $4,448,000 $4,724,000 $5,001,000 $4,775,000
Total as a % of Payroll* 29.8% 31.6% 32.9% 33.6% 34.3% 32.7%
Projected Payroll $19,490,834 $20,026,831 $20,577,569 $21,143,452 $21,724,897 $22,322,332
* Illustrative only and based on the projected payroll shown.
Source: CalPERS’ 2019 Report.
No assurance can be provided that the City’s CalPERS plan expenses will not increase significantly in
the future.
Net Pension Liability. The City’s net pension liability for the Plan is measured as the total pension
liability, less the pension plan’s fiduciary net position. The net pension liability of the Plan is measured as of
June 30, 2018, using an annual actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2017 rolled forward to June 30, 2018 using
standard update procedures. For a summary of principal assumptions and methods used to determine the net
pension liability, see Note 10 to the City’s audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto
as Appendix B.
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Changes in Net Pension Liability. The changes in the Net Pension Liability for the City’s
Miscellaneous Plan are as follows:
Increase (Decrease)
Total Pension
Liability
Plan Fiduciary
Net Position
Net Pension
Liability
Balance at June 30, 2017 $ 127,947,594 $ 86,803,192 $ 41,144,402
Changes in the year:
Service cost 3,058,629 - 3,058,629
Interest on the total pension liability 9,065,322 - 9,065,322
Change of Assumptions (847,606) - (847,606)
Differences between actual and expected experience 1,184,340 - 1,184,340
Contribution - employer - 4,263,020 (4,263,020)
Contribution - employee - 1,506,888 (1,506,888)
Net investment income - 7,347,936 (7,347,936)
Administrative expenses - (392,346) 392,346
Benefit payments, including refunds of employee
contributions
(6,051,845) (6,051,845) -
Net changes 6,408,840 6,673,653 (264,813)
Balance at June 30, 2018 $ 134,356,434 $ 93,476,845 $ 40,879,589
On June 25, 2012, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board approved GASB Statement No. 68
(“GASB 68”) with respect to pension accounting and financial reporting standards for state and local
governments and pension plans. GASB 68 states that, for pensions within the scope of the statement, a cost-
sharing employer that does not have a special funding situation is required to recognize a net pension liability,
deferred outflows of resources, deferred inflows of resources related to pensions, and pension expense based on
its proportionate share of the net pension liability for benefits provided through the pension plan. While the new
accounting standards change financial statement reporting requirements, they do not impact funding policies of
the pension systems. The audited financial statements of the City for fiscal year 2018-19 reflect the application
of the GASB 68. GASB 68 is a change in accounting reporting standards but it does not change the City’s
CalPERS plan funding obligations.
For additional information with respect to the discount rate, deferred outflows/(inflows) of resources,
and recognition of gains and losses, see Note 10 to the City’s audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-
19 attached hereto as Appendix B.
Funded Status. The tables below are derived from the 2019 Report and show the funded status of the
Safety Plan and Miscellaneous Plan as of the valuation dates shown.
Miscellaneous Plan
Valuation
Date
Accrued
Liability
Market Value of
Assets
Unfunded
Liability Funded Ratio
Annual
Covered
Payroll
06/30/2014 $104,798,405 $76,439,737, $28,358,668 72.9% $13,111,617
06/30/2015 111,188,031 77,897,977 33,290,054 701.1 13,919,387
06/30/2016 118,489,119 77,919,876 40,569,243 65.8 15,140,909
06/30/2017 127,138,300 86,617,172 40,521,128 68.1 16,359,464
06/30/2018 141,033,621 93,550,299 47,483,322 66.3 17,967,387
Source: CalPERS’ 2019 Report.
AB 340, Public Employee Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA). On September 12, 2012, the
California Governor signed Assembly Bill 340 (“AB 340”), which implements pension reform in California.
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Effective January 1, 2013, AB 340: (i) requires public retirement systems and their participating employers to
share equally with employees the normal cost rate for such retirement systems; (ii) prohibits employers from
paying employer-paid member contributions to such retirement systems for employees hired after January 1,
2013; (iii) establishes a compulsory maximum non-safety benefit formula of 2.5% at age 67; (iv) defines final
compensation as the highest average annual pensionable compensation earned during a 36-month period; and
(v) caps pensionable income at $110,100 ($132,120 for employees not enrolled in Social Security) subject to
Consumer Price Index increases. Other provisions reduce the risk of the City incurring additional unfunded
liabilities, including prohibiting retroactive benefits increases, generally prohibiting contribution holidays, and
prohibiting purchases of additional non-qualified service credit.
CalPERS Plan Actuarial Methods. The staff actuaries at CalPERS prepare annually an actuarial
valuation which is typically delivered in the time period from July through October of each year (thus, the
actuarial valuation dated July 2019 covered CalPERS’ fiscal year ended June 30, 2018). The actuarial valuations
express the City’s required contribution which the City must contribute in the fiscal year immediately following
the fiscal year in which the actuarial valuation is prepared (thus, the City’s contribution requirement derived
from the actuarial valuation as of June 30, 2018 and shown in the report delivered in July 2019 affects the City’s
fiscal year 2020-21 required contribution). CalPERS rules require the City to implement the actuary’s
recommended rates.
The CalPERS Chief Actuary considers various factors in determining the assumptions to be used in
preparing the actuarial report. Demographic assumptions are based on a study of the actual history of retirement,
rates of termination/separation of employment, years of life expectancy after retirement, disability, and other
factors. This experience study is generally done once every four years. The most recent experience study was
completed in 2017 in connection with the preparation of actuarial recommendations by the CalPERS Chief
Actuary as described below.
In December 2016, the CalPERS Board approved lowering the funding discount rate to be phased in
over three years: for fiscal year 2018-19 to a rate of 7.375 percent; for fiscal year 2019-20 to a rate of 7.25
percent; and for fiscal year 2020-21 to a rate of 7.0 percent. The funding discount rate includes a 15 basis-point
reduction for administrative expenses, and the remaining decrease is consistent with the change in the financial
reporting discount rate. As noted above, there is an approximately fifteen month lag between the time that
CalPERS provides its annual actuarial valuation and the fiscal year in which the required contribution therein
impacts the City.
On November 18, 2015, the CalPERS Board adopted a Funding Risk Mitigation Policy that seeks to
reduce funding risk over time. It establishes a mechanism whereby CalPERS investment performance that
significantly outperforms the discount rate triggers adjustments to the discount rate, expected investment return,
and strategic asset allocation targets. Reducing the volatility of investment returns is expected to increase the
long-term sustainability of CalPERS pension benefits for members. In February 2017, the CalPERS Board
revised the Funding Risk Mitigation Policy. The revisions include suspension of the policy until fiscal year
2020-21, and a decrease of the required first excess investment return threshold from 4% to 2%.
On February 14, 2018, the CalPERS Board of Administration adopted revisions to its actuarial
amortization policy. Major revisions that affect state plans were made to the amortization of investment gains
and losses, as well as to actuarial surplus. For the amortization of investment gains and losses, the amortization
period was reduced from 30 years to 20 years, and the 5-year direct smoothing process was removed from the
end of the amortization period. Amortization of actuarial surplus was eliminated. These policy revisions will
be applied to the amortization of investment gains and losses, and actuarial surplus, experienced on or after June
30, 2019. These revisions will affect contributions starting in fiscal year 2020-21.
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Other Post-Employment Benefits
The Retiree Health Plan. For employees hired prior to April 25, 2010, the City provides certain
healthcare benefits for employees who retire after attaining age 50 with at least five years of service or disability
at any age. For employees hired after April 25, 2010, the City offers a defined contribution post-retirement
healthcare plan and contributes 1.5% of salary to such plan. For additional information with respect to the
benefits offered under the City’s other post-employment benefit plan (“OPEB”), see Note 9 to the audited
financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto as Appendix B.
At June 30, 2018, membership consisted of the following:
Active Plan Members 388
Inactive Employees or Beneficiaries Currently Receiving Benefit Payments 231
Total 619
Source: City Comprehensive Audited Financial Report for fiscal year 2018-19.
Total OPEB Liability. In June 2015, GASB issued Statement No. 75, which became effective for fiscal
years beginning after June 15, 2017. The primary objective of Statement No. 75 is to improve accounting and
financial reporting by state and local governments for postemployment benefits other than pensions (i.e. OPEB).
GASB 75 is also intended to improve information provided by state and local governmental employers about
financial support for OPEB that is provided by other entities. Statement No. 75 results from a comprehensive
review of the effectiveness of existing standards of accounting and financial reporting for all postemployment
benefits (pensions and OPEB) with regard to providing decision-useful information, supporting assessments of
accountability and inter-period equity, and creating additional transparency.
More specifically, GASB 75 requires the liability of employers to be measured as the portion of the
present value of projected benefit payments to be provided to current active and inactive employees that is
attributed to those employees’ past periods of service (total OPEB liability), less the amount of the OPEB plan’s
fiduciary net position. GASB 75 requires the recognition of the total OPEB liability in the Statement of Net
Position. As a result of the implementation of GASB 75, in the City’s audited financial statements for fiscal
year 2017-18, a reconciliation for net position (reductions) was made to the City’s beginning net position for
governmental activities in the amount of $11,525,596 and for business-type activities in the amount of $80,283.
Plan Description. Permanent employees who retire under the City’s CalPERS retirement plan are,
pursuant to their respective collective bargaining agreements, eligible to have their medical insurance premiums
paid by the City. Retirees receive the amount necessary to pay the cost of his/her enrollment, including the
enrollment of his/her family members, in a health benefit plan provided by CalPERS up to the maximum received
by active employees in their respective bargaining unit.
The City contracts with CalPERS for this insured-benefit plan established under the state Public
Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (“PEMHCA”). The plan offers employees and retirees three
CalPERS’ self-funded options, setup as insurance risk pools, or offers various third-party insured health plans.
The plan’s medical benefits and premium rates are established by CalPERS and the insurance providers. The
City contribution is established by City resolution. Retirees and active employees pay the difference between
the premium rate and the City’s contribution. Premiums and City contributions are based on the plan and
coverage selected by actives and retirees, with the City’s potential contribution ranging from zero to $1,605 per
month per employee or retiree. The responsibility for benefit payments has transferred to the insurers and the
City does not guarantee the benefits in the event of default by the insurers. A comprehensive annual financial
report of CalPERS, inclusive of their benefit plans, is available at www.calpers.ca.gov.
The City participates in the Public Agency Retirement System (“PARS”) Public Agencies Post
Retirement Health Care Plan Trust Program (“PARS Trust”), an agent-multiple employer irrevocable trust
established to fund other postemployment benefits. The City Council adopted the PARS Public Agencies Post-
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Retirement Health Care Plan Trust, including the PARS Public Agencies Post-Retirement Health Care Plan, to
fund medical insurance costs for its retired employees, effective February 17, 2010. The City Council appointed
the City Treasurer as the City’s plan administrator. The plan administrator is authorized to execute the PARS
legal documents on behalf of the City and to take whatever additional actions necessary to maintain the City’s
participation in the Program and to maintain compliance of any relevant regulation issued or as may be issued;
therefore, authorizing him/her to take whatever additional actions are required to administer the City’s PARS
Plan. The PARS Trust is approved by the Internal Revenue Code Section 115 and invests funds in equity, bond,
and money market mutual funds. Copies of the PARS Trust’s annual financial report are available at the City’s
Finance Department. However, as the City is the plan administrator and has ultimate responsibility for the plan,
the City considered the plan to be a single employer plan with PARS as the trust administrator only (with no
special funding situation or nonemployer contributing entity). As such, in accordance with the requirements of
GASB Statement No. 74, Financial Reporting for Post Employment Benefit Plans Other Than Pension Plans,
the City has elected to present the PARS Trust as a fiduciary fund and include the required disclosures and
required supplementary information in its annual financial statements.
An employee is eligible for lifetime medical benefits under the OPEB Plan, along with his/her spouse
or declared domestic partner at the time of retirement, if all criteria listed below are met:
The employee was hired or the City Council member was elected prior to August 1, 2004, and the
employee has five or more full-time years of service and the City Council member has five or more
years of elected service with the City; or
The employee was hired or the City Council member was elected on or after August 1, 2004, and
the employee has ten or more full-time and/or elected years of CalPERS service, five years of which
must be from the City; and
The employee is eligible for retirement as defined under the CalPERS retirement system; and the
employee retires from the City.
In addition, the eligible employee’s dependent children at the time of retirement who are under 23 years
old are eligible for medical benefits. In addition to extending the eligibility of dependents from age 23 to age
26 in accordance with the recent healthcare reform act, effective July 1, 2010, employees that retire or resign
from service with the City of Cupertino and who are not eligible for retiree medical benefits can continue on the
City’s medical and dental plans provided that they pay the premiums in full.
Plan membership. At January 1, 2019 (the latest information available), Plan membership consisted of
the following:
Inactive plan members or beneficiaries currently receiving benefit payments 138
Inactive plan members entitled to but not yet receiving benefit payments -
Active plan members 176
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Contributions. OPEB Plan contributions are set by the adopted budget. The cost of the benefits
provided by the OPEB Plan is currently being paid by the City on a fully pre-funded basis. Based on the actuarial
valuation date of January 1, 2019, the annual required contribution rate is 7.41 percent of annual covered payroll.
For the year ended June 30, 2019, the City paid $1,075,908 in healthcare premium payments. Plan members are
not required to contribute to the plan.
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Net OPEB Liability of the City. The components of the net OPEB liability (asset) of the City at June 30,
2019 (expressed in thousands) were as follows:
Total OPEB liability $ 28,073
Plan fiduciary net position 29,218
City’s net OPEB asset $ (1,145)
Plan fiduciary net position as a percentage of the total OPEB liability 104.08%
Actuarial assumptions. The total OPEB liability was determined by an actuarial valuation as of
January 1, 2019, using the previously listed actuarial assumptions, applied to all periods included in the
measurement, unless otherwise specified. Mortality rates were based on the CalPERS mortality assumptions.
For more information regarding the actuarial assumptions with respect to the City’s OPEB liability, see Note 11
to the audited financial statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto as Appendix B.
Changes in the Net OPEB Liability. The changes in the City’s net OPEB liability (asset) are:
Net Increase (Decrease)
Total OPEB Liability
Plan Fiduciary
Net Position
Net OPEB
Liability (Asset)
Balance at July 1, 2018 $ 28,471,000 $ 28,056,000 $ 415,000
Changes in the year
Service cost 865,000 - 865,000
Interest on the total OPEB liability 2,005,000 - 2,005,000
Change of assumptions (37,000) - (37,000)
Differences between actual and expected experience (1,808,000) - (1,808,000)
Contribution – employer - 1,423,000 (1,423,000)
Contribution – employee - - -
Net investment income - 1,259,000 (1,259,000)
Administrative expenses - (97,000) 97,000
Benefit payments, including refunds of -
Employee contributions (1,423,000) (1,423,000) -
Net changes (398,000) 1,162,000 (1,560,000)
Balance at June 30, 2019 $ 28,073,000 $ 29,218,000 $ (1,145,000)
For additional information with respect to the City’s OPEB plan, see Note 11 to the audited financial
statements for fiscal year 2018-19 attached hereto as Appendix B.
CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY LIMITATIONS ON TAXES AND APPROPRIATIONS
Principal of and interest with respect to the Certificates are payable from Lease Payments made from
the City’s General Fund. See the caption “SECURITY AND SOURCES OF PAYMENT FOR THE
CERTIFICATES” herein. Articles XIIIA, XIIIB, XIIIC and XIIID of the State Constitution, Propositions 62,
111, 218, 1A and 22, and certain other provisions of law discussed below are included in this Official Statement
to describe the potential effect of these Constitutional and statutory measures on the ability of the City to levy
taxes and spend tax proceeds for operating and other purposes.
Article XIIIA of the State Constitution
On June 6, 1978, State voters approved Proposition 13, which added Article XIIIA to the State
Constitution. Article XIIIA, as amended, limits the amount of any ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the
full cash value thereof, except that additional ad valorem taxes may be levied to pay debt service: (i) on
indebtedness approved by the voters prior to December 1, 1978; (ii) on bonded indebtedness approved by a
two-thirds vote on or after December 1, 1978, for the acquisition or improvement of real property; or (iii) bonded
indebtedness incurred by a school district, community college district or county office of education for the
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construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or replacement of school facilities, including the furnishing and
equipping of school facilities or the acquisition or lease of real property for school facilities, approved by 55% of
the voters voting on the proposition. Article XIIIA defines full cash value to mean “the county assessor’s
valuation of real property as shown on the 1975-76 tax bill under “full cash value,” or thereafter, the appraised
value of real property when purchased, newly constructed, or a change in ownership has occurred after the 1975
assessment.” This full cash value may be increased at a rate not to exceed 2% per year to account for inflation.
Article XIIIA has subsequently been amended to permit reduction of the “full cash value” base in the
event of declining property values caused by damage, destruction or other factors, including a general economic
downturn, to provide that there would be no increase in the “full cash value” base in the event of reconstruction
of property damaged or destroyed in a disaster, and in other minor or technical ways.
Legislation Implementing Article XIIIA
Legislation has been enacted and amended a number of times since 1978 to implement Article XIIIA.
Under current law, local agencies are no longer permitted to levy directly any property tax (except to pay voter-
approved indebtedness). The 1% property tax is automatically levied by counties and distributed according to a
formula among taxing agencies.
Increases in assessed valuation resulting from reappraisals of property due to new construction, change
in ownership or from the 2% annual adjustment are allocated among the various jurisdictions in the “taxing area”
based upon their respective “situs.” Any such allocation made to a local agency continues as part of its allocation
in future years.
All taxable property is shown at full cash value on the tax rolls. Consequently, the tax rate is expressed
as $1 per $100 of taxable value. All taxable property value included in this Official Statement is shown at 100
percent of taxable value (unless noted differently) and all tax rates reflect the $1 per $100 of taxable value.
Split Roll Initiative
An initiative measure (the “Split Roll Initiative”) to amend Article XIIIA has qualified for the State’s
November 2020 ballot. If adopted, the Split Roll Initiative would base property taxes for commercial and
industrial properties on market values beginning in tax year 2020-21. Such market values would be reassessed
by the applicable county assessor’s office at least once every three years. The Split Roll Initiative includes
exceptions for businesses with a total market value of less than $2 million (adjusted for inflation), which would
continue to be subject to property taxes based on purchase price, and exempts from property tax assessments up
to $500,000 of the value of personal property, or all personal property for businesses with fewer than 50
employees. There can be no assurance that the Split Roll Initiative will be adopted. Moreover, if the Split Roll
Initiative is adopted, the City is unable to predict how it would affect the level of commercial building activity
within the City and the relationship of the assessed value between land use types (i.e. residential versus
commercial) in the City, or what other impacts the Split Roll Initiative might have on the local economy or the
City’s financial condition.
Article XIIIB of the State Constitution
In addition to the limits that Article XIIIA imposes on property taxes that may be collected by local
governments, certain other revenues of the State and most local governments are subject to an annual
“appropriations limit” imposed by Article XIIIB which effectively limits the amount of such revenues that such
entities are permitted to spend. Article XIIIB, approved by the voters in June 1979, was modified substantially
by Proposition 111 in 1990. The appropriations limit of each government entity applies to “proceeds of taxes,”
which consist of tax revenues and the investment proceeds thereof, State subventions and certain other funds,
including proceeds from regulatory licenses, user charges or other fees to the extent that such proceeds exceed
“the cost reasonably borne by such entity in providing the regulation, product or service.” “Proceeds of taxes”
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excludes tax refunds and some benefit payments such as unemployment insurance. No limit is imposed on the
appropriation of funds which are not “proceeds of taxes,” such as reasonable user charges or fees, and certain
other non-tax funds. Article XIIIB also does not limit appropriation of local revenues to pay debt service on
bonds existing or authorized as of October 1, 1979, or subsequently authorized by the voters, appropriations
required to comply with mandates of courts or the federal government, appropriations for qualified capital outlay
projects, and appropriation by the State of revenues derived from any increase in gasoline taxes and motor
vehicle weight fees above January 1, 1990 levels. The appropriations limit may also be exceeded in case of
emergency; however, the appropriations limit for the next three years following such emergency appropriation
must be reduced to the extent by which it was exceeded, unless the emergency arises from civil disturbance or
natural disaster declared by the Governor, and the expenditure is approved by two-thirds of the legislative body
of the local government.
The State and each local government entity has its own appropriations limit. Each year, the limit is
adjusted to allow for changes, if any, in the cost of living, the population of the jurisdiction, and any transfer to
or from another government entity of financial responsibility for providing services. Proposition 111 requires
that each local government’s actual appropriations be tested against its limit every two years.
If the aggregate “proceeds of taxes” for the preceding two-year period exceeds the aggregate limit, the
excess must be returned to the agency’s taxpayers through tax rate or fee reductions over the following two
years.
The City’s appropriations have never exceeded the limitation on appropriations under Article XIIIB.
Articles XIIIC and XIIID of the State Constitution
On November 5, 1996, State voters approved Proposition 218, known as the “Right to Vote on Taxes
Act.” Proposition 218 adds Articles XIIIC and XIIID to the State Constitution and contains a number of
interrelated provisions affecting the ability of the City to levy and collect both existing and future taxes,
assessments and property-related fees and charges. The interpretation and application of Proposition 218 will
ultimately be determined by the courts with respect to a number of the matters discussed below, and it is not
possible at this time to predict with certainty the outcome of such determination.
Article XIIIC requires that all new local taxes be submitted to the electorate before they become
effective. Taxes for general governmental purposes of the City (such as Measure W) require a majority vote,
and taxes for specific purposes, even if deposited in the City’s General Fund, require a two-thirds vote. The
voter approval requirements of Proposition 218 reduce the flexibility of the City to raise revenues for the General
Fund, and no assurance can be given that the City will be able to impose, extend or increase such taxes in the
future to meet increased expenditure needs.
Article XIIID also adds several provisions making it generally more difficult for local agencies to levy
and maintain property-related fees, charges, and assessments for municipal services and programs, such as
hearings and stricter and more individualized benefit requirements and findings. These provisions include,
among other things: (i) a prohibition against assessments which exceed the reasonable cost of the proportional
special benefit conferred on a parcel; (ii) a requirement that assessments must confer a “special benefit,” as
defined in Article XIIID, over and above any general benefits conferred; (iii) a majority protest procedure for
assessments which involves the mailing of notice and a ballot to the record owner of each affected parcel, a
public hearing and the tabulation of ballots weighted according to the proportional financial obligation of the
affected party; and (iv) a prohibition against fees and charges which are used for general governmental services,
including police, fire or library services, where the service is available to the public at large in substantially the
same manner as it is to property owners. If the City is unable to continue to collect revenues of this nature, the
services and programs funded with these revenues would have to be curtailed and/or the City’s General Fund
might have to be used to support them. The City is unable to predict whether or not in the future it will be able
to continue all existing services and programs funded by fees, charges and assessments in light of Proposition
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218 or, if these services and programs are continued, which amounts (if any) would be used from the City’s
General Fund to continue to support such activities.
Article XIIIC also removes limitations on the initiative power in matters of reducing or repealing local
taxes, assessments, fees or charges. This extension of the initiative power is not limited to taxes imposed on or
after November 6, 1996, the effective date of Proposition 218, and could result in retroactive repeal or reduction
in any existing taxes, assessments, fees and charges, subject to overriding federal constitutional principles
relating to the impairments of contracts. Legislation implementing Proposition 218 provides that the initiative
power provided for in Proposition 218 “shall not be construed to mean that any owner or beneficial owner of a
municipal security, purchased before or after (the effective date of Proposition 218) assumes the risk of, or in
any way consents to, any action by initiative measure that constitutes an impairment of contractual rights”
protected by the United States Constitution. However, no assurance can be given that the voters of the City will
not, in the future, approve an initiative or initiatives which reduce or repeal local taxes, assessments, fees or
charges currently comprising a substantial part of the City’s General Fund.
Although a portion of the City’s General Fund revenues are derived from taxes purported to be governed
by Proposition 218, all of such taxes were imposed in accordance with the requirements of Proposition 218. No
assurance can be given that the voters of the City will not, in the future, approve an initiative or initiatives which
reduce or repeal local taxes, assessments, fees or charges which support the City’s General Fund.
Proposition 62
Proposition 62 was adopted by the voters at the November 4, 1986, general election and: (a) requires
that any new or higher taxes for general governmental purposes imposed by local governmental entities such as
the City be approved by a two-thirds vote of the governmental entity’s legislative body and by a majority vote
of the voters of the governmental entity voting in an election on the tax; (b) requires that any special tax (defined
as taxes levied for other than general governmental purposes) imposed by a local governmental entity be
approved by a two-thirds vote of the voters of the governmental entity voting in an election on the tax;
(c) restricts the use of revenues from a special tax to the purposes or for the service for which the special tax was
imposed; (d) prohibits the imposition of ad valorem taxes on real property by local governmental entities except
as permitted by Article XIIIA; (e) prohibits the imposition of transaction taxes and sales taxes on the sale of real
property by local governmental entities; and (f) requires that any tax imposed by a local governmental entity on
or after July 1, 1985, be ratified by a majority vote of the voters voting in an election on the tax within two years
of the adoption of the initiative or be terminated by November 15, 1988.
On September 28, 1995, the California Supreme Court, in the case of Santa Clara County Local
Transportation Authority v. Guardino, upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 62. In this case, the court held
that a countywide sales tax of one-half of one percent was a special tax that, under Section 53722 of the
Government Code, required a two-thirds voter approval. Because the tax received an affirmative vote of only
54.1%, this special tax was found to be invalid. The decision did not address the question of whether or not it
should be applied retroactively.
Following the California Supreme Court’s decision upholding Proposition 62, several actions were filed
challenging taxes imposed by public agencies since the adoption of Proposition 62, which was passed in
November 1986. On June 4, 2001, the California Supreme Court released its decision in one of these cases,
Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association v. City of La Habra, et al. In this case, the court held that a public agency’s
continued imposition and collection of a tax is an ongoing violation, upon which the statute of limitations period
begins anew with each collection. The court also held that, unless another statute or constitutional rule provided
differently, the statute of limitations for challenges to taxes subject to Proposition 62 is three years. Accordingly,
a challenge to a tax subject to Proposition 62 may only be made for those taxes received within three years of
the date the action is brought.
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The City has not experienced any substantive adverse financial impact as a result of the passage of
Proposition 62.
Proposition 1A
Proposition 1A was approved by the voters at the November 2, 2004 election. Proposition 1A amended
the State Constitution to, among other things, reduce the Legislature’s authority over local government revenue
sources by placing restrictions on the State’s access to local governments’ property, sales, and vehicle license
fee revenues as of November 3, 2004. Beginning with Fiscal Year 2008-09, the State may borrow up to eight
percent of local property tax revenues, but only if the Governor proclaims such action is necessary due to a
severe State fiscal hardship, and two–thirds of both houses of the Legislature approves the borrowing. The
amount borrowed is required to be paid back within three years. The State also will not be able to borrow from
local property tax revenues for more than two fiscal years within a period of 10 fiscal years. In addition, the
State cannot reduce the local sales tax rate or restrict the authority of local governments to impose or change the
distribution of the statewide local sales tax.
Many of the provisions of Proposition 1A have been superseded by Proposition 22 enacted in
November 2010 and described below.
Proposition 22
On November 2, 2010, the voters of the State approved Proposition 22, known as “The Local Taxpayer,
Public Safety, and Transportation Protection Act” (“Proposition 22”). Proposition 22, among other things,
broadens the restrictions established by Proposition 1A. While Proposition 1A permits the State to appropriate
or borrow local property tax revenues on a temporary basis during times of severe financial hardship, Proposition
22 amends Article XIII of the State Constitution to prohibit the State from appropriating or borrowing local
property tax revenues under any circumstances. The State can no longer borrow local property tax revenues on
a temporary basis even during times of severe financial hardship. Proposition 22 also prohibits the State from
appropriating or borrowing proceeds derived from any tax levied by a local government solely for the local
government’s purposes. Furthermore, Proposition 22 restricts the State’s ability to redirect redevelopment
agency property tax revenues to school districts and other local governments and limits uses of certain other
funds although this provision no longer has any meaningful impact given the statewide dissolution of
redevelopment agencies. Proposition 22 is intended to stabilize local government revenue sources by restricting
the State government’s control over local revenues. The City cannot predict whether Proposition 22 will have a
beneficial effect on the City’s financial condition.
Proposition 26
On November 2, 2010, State voters also approved Proposition 26. Proposition 26 amends Article XIIIC
of the State Constitution to expand the definition of “tax” to include “any levy, charge, or exaction of any kind
imposed by a local government” except the following: (a) a charge imposed for a specific benefit conferred or
privilege granted directly to the payor that is not provided to those not charged, and which does not exceed the
reasonable costs to the local government of conferring the benefit or granting the privilege; (b) a charge imposed
for a specific government service or product provided directly to the payor that is not provided to those not
charged, and which does not exceed the reasonable costs to the local government of providing the service or
product; (c) a charge imposed for the reasonable regulatory costs to a local government for issuing licenses and
permits, performing investigations, inspections, and audits, enforcing agricultural marketing orders, and the
administrative enforcement and adjudication thereof; (d) a charge imposed for entrance to or use of local
government property, or the purchase, rental or lease of local government property; (e) a fine, penalty or other
monetary charge imposed by the judicial branch of government or a local government as a result of a violation
of law; (f) a charge imposed as a condition of property development; and (g) assessments and property-related
fees imposed in accordance with the provisions of Article XIIID. Proposition 26 provides that the local
government bears the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that a levy, charge, or other exaction
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is not a tax, that the amount is no more than necessary to cover the reasonable costs of the governmental activity,
and that the manner in which those costs are allocated to a payor bear a fair or reasonable relationship to the
payor’s burdens on, or benefits received from, the governmental activity. The City does not believe that
Proposition 26 will adversely affect its General Fund revenues.
Possible Future Initiatives
Articles XIIIA, XIIIB, XIIIC and XIIID and Propositions 218, 111, 62, 1A, 22 and 26 were each adopted
as measures that qualified for the ballot pursuant to the State’s initiative process. From time to time other
initiative measures could be adopted, further affecting revenues of the City or the City’s ability to expend
revenues. The nature and impact of these measures cannot be anticipated by the City.
RISK FACTORS
The following information, in addition to the other matters that are described in this Official Statement,
should be considered by prospective investors in evaluating the Certificates. However, the following does not
purport to be comprehensive, definitive or an exhaustive listing of risks and other considerations that may be
relevant to making an investment decision with respect to the Certificates. In addition, the order in which the
following information is presented is not intended to reflect the relative importance of any such risks. If any risk
factor materializes to a sufficient degree, it alone could delay or preclude payment of principal of or interest
with respect to the Certificates.
No Pledge of Taxes or Revenues
The Certificates do not constitute an obligation of the Corporation or the City for which the Corporation
or the City is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for which the Corporation or the City has levied
or pledged any form of taxation. The obligation of the City to make Lease Payments under the Lease does not
constitute an obligation of the City for which the City is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for
which the City has levied or pledged any form of taxation. Neither the certificates nor the obligation of the City
to make Lease Payments constitutes an indebtedness of the Corporation, the City, the State of California or any
of political subdivision thereof within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.
Although the Lease does not create a pledge, lien or encumbrance upon the funds of the City, the City
is obligated under the Lease to pay Lease Payments and Additional Payments from any source of legally
available funds (subject to certain exceptions) and the City has covenanted in the Lease that, for as long as the
Leased Premises are available for its use and possession, it will make the necessary annual appropriations within
its budget for all Lease Payments and Additional Payments. The City is currently liable on other obligations
payable from general revenues. In the event of a shortfall in revenues, a court might require that the City first
set aside revenues to pay the other obligations of the City or to make expenditures necessary to preserve the
health and welfare of City residents. See “CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATIONIndebtedness” herein.
Certain taxes, assessments, fees and charges presently imposed by the City, such as the City utility tax
and the transient occupancy tax, could be reduced or eliminated by initiative pursuant to Article XIIIC of the
State Constitution, and new taxes, assessments fees and charges subject to the voter approval requirements of
Article XIIID of the State Constitution may not be approved by voters. The City does not believe that
Article XIIIC grants to the voters the power to reduce or repeal local taxes, assessments, fees and charges
received by the City to an extent that would prevent the City from performing its existing contractual obligations.
However, it is possible that the initiative power could be exercised in a manner that would have a material
adverse effect on the financial condition of the City, including its General Fund. Although the City does not
currently anticipate that the provisions of Article XIIIC and Article XIIID of the State Constitution would
adversely affect its ability to pay the principal of and interest with respect to the Certificates, as and when due,
and its other obligations payable from the General Fund, no assurance can be given regarding the ultimate
interpretation or effect of Article XIIIC and Article XIIID of the State Constitution on the City’s finances. See
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“CITY FINANCIAL INFORMATION—Major Revenues” and “CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY
LIMITATIONS ON TAXES AND APPROPRIATIONS” herein.”
Additional Obligations of the City
The City is permitted to enter into other obligations which constitute additional charges against its
revenues without the consent of Owners of the Certificates. To the extent that additional obligations are incurred
by the City, the funds available to pay Lease Payments may be decreased.
The Lease Payments and other payments due under the Lease (including payment of costs of repair and
maintenance of the Leased Premises, taxes and other governmental charges levied against the Leased Premises)
are payable from funds lawfully available to the City. In the event that the amounts which the City is obligated
to pay in a fiscal year exceed the City’s revenues for such year, the City may choose to make some payments
rather than making other payments, including Lease Payments and Additional Payments, based on the perceived
needs of the City. The same result could occur if, because of California Constitutional limits on expenditures,
the City is not permitted to appropriate and spend all of its available revenues or is required to expend available
revenues to preserve the public health, safety and welfare.
Default
Whenever any event of default referred to in the Lease happens and continues, the Trustee, as the
assignee of the Corporation, is authorized under the terms of the Lease to exercise any and all remedies available
pursuant to law or granted pursuant to the Lease; provided, however, that notwithstanding anything therein or in
the Trust Agreement to the contrary, THERE SHALL BE NO RIGHT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO
ACCELERATE THE LEASE PAYMENTS OR OTHERWISE DECLARE ANY LEASE PAYMENTS NOT
THEN DUE OR PAST DUE TO BE IMMEDIATELY DUE AND PAYABLE. NEITHER THE
CORPORATION NOR ITS ASSIGNEE SHALL HAVE ANY RIGHT TO REENTER OR RELET THE
LEASED PREMISES EXCEPT FOLLOWING A DEFAULT UNDER THE LEASE. Following an event of
default, the Trustee, as the assignee of the Corporation, may elect either to terminate the Lease and seek to collect
damages from the City or to maintain the Lease in effect and seek to collect the Lease Payments as they become
due. The Lease further provides that so long as an event of default exists under the Lease, the Corporation, or
its assignee, may re-enter the Leased Premises for the purpose of taking possession of any portion of the Leased
Premises and to re-let the Leased Premises and, in addition, at its option, with or without such entry to terminate
the Lease as described therein. See Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—
DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT—EVENTS
OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES—Remedies On Default.”
No assurance can be given that the Trustee will be able to re-let the Leased Premises so as to provide
rental income sufficient to pay principal and interest evidenced by the Certificates in a timely manner or that
such re-letting will not adversely affect the exclusion of interest due with respect to the Certificates from gross
income for federal or State income tax purposes. Furthermore, due to the fact that the Leased Premises are
needed to provide essential public services to residents of the City, it is not certain whether a court would permit
the exercise of the remedies of repossession and re-letting with respect to the Leased Premises.
In the event of a default, there is no remedy of acceleration of the total Lease Payments due over the
term of the Lease and the Trustee is not empowered to sell the Leased Premises and use the proceeds of such
sale to prepay the Certificates or pay debt service with respect thereto. The City will be liable only for Lease
Payments on an annual basis and, in the event of a default, the Trustee would be required to seek a separate
judgment each year for that year’s defaulted Lease Payments. Any such suit for money damages would be
subject to limitations on legal remedies against municipalities in California, including a limitation on
enforcement of judgments against funds of a fiscal year other than the fiscal year in which the Lease Payments
were due and against funds needed to serve the public welfare and interest.
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Release or Substitution of Property
Under the terms of the Lease, the City has the right from time to time to add other real property and
improvements (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) or to substitute other real property or improvements
(subject only to Permitted Encumbrances) for all or a portion of the Leased Premises or to release a portion of
the real property or improvements constituting the Leased Premises, subject to the conditions precedent to such
addition, substitution or release as set forth in the Lease. No addition, substitution or release under the Lease
will be, by itself, the basis for any reduction in or abatement of the Lease Payments due from the City thereunder.
A release could, however, result in a reduction in the fair rental value of the Leased Premises which would result
in less security for the Owners should it be necessary to relet the Leased Premises to cure a default in Lease
Payments. See Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND
SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE—COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE
LEASED PREMISES—Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises” herein.
In connection with a substitution or release, all interests of the Corporation, and its assignee, in the
portion of the Leased Premises released shall terminate and the Corporation and its assignee shall execute and
record with the County Recorder of the County all documents deemed necessary by the City to evidence such
termination of interest. Upon satisfaction by the City of the conditions set forth in the Lease, the Trustee also
will execute a Lease Supplement and will not impose on the City any further conditions or prerequisites to the
requested addition, substitution or release. The City will cause the Lease Supplement, or another document
substantially in the form of the Lease Supplement, to be recorded in the real property records of the County.
All costs and expenses incurred in connection with such addition, substitution or release will be borne
by the City.
Abatement
The City’s obligation to make Lease Payments will be subject to full or partial abatement and could
result in the Trustee having inadequate funds to pay the principal and interest with respect to the Certificates
under certain circumstances related to material damage, destruction, title defect or taking by eminent domain or
condemnation of the Leased Premises which cause a substantial interference with the use and possession of the
Leased Premises. In addition, if Additional Certificates are sold to finance additional improvements to the
Leased Premises, failure to complete the improvements on or before the date to which capitalized interest is
funded on the Additional Certificates could incur an abatement and result in the Trustee having inadequate funds
to pay the principal and interest with respect to the Certificates and Additional Certificates when due.
The Lease obligates the City to obtain and keep in force various forms of insurance for the Leased
Premises in the event of damage or destruction to the Leased Premises (see Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF
THE PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE LEASE—INSURANCE” herein). However, there can be no assurance that specific losses will be
covered by insurance or, if covered, that claims will be paid in full by the applicable insurers, and the City makes
no representation as to the ability of any insurer to fulfill its obligations under any insurance policy provided for
in the Lease. In addition, the City is not required under the Lease Agreement to obtain earthquake and flood
insurance.
In the event the Leased Premises are partially or completely damaged or destroyed due to any uninsured
or underinsured event, it is likely that Lease Payments will be partially or completely abated. Apart from the
proceeds of insurance, the City and the Corporation will have no obligation to expend any funds to repair or
replace such damaged or destroyed property. If the Leased Premises so damaged or destroyed are not repaired
or replaced within the period during which the proceeds of rental interruption insurance are available, any such
abatement could result in the Trustee having insufficient funds to pay the principal of and interest with respect
to the Certificates as scheduled.
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See Appendix C—“SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS—DEFINITIONS AND
SUMMARY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LEASE—AGREEMENT TO LEASE; TERM OF LEASE;
LEASE PAYMENTS—Abatement of Lease Payments in the Event of Loss of Use” herein.
No Reserve Fund
The City has not established a reserve fund in connection with the execution and delivery of the
Certificates. In the event of abatement of Lease Payments, funds available to pay debt service on the Certificates
will be limited to proceeds of insurance (including rental interruption insurance). In addition, if annual
appropriations to pay Lease Payments are not made (for example, due to delay in adoption of an annual budget),
no funds would be available to pay debt service on the Certificates until such appropriations were available.
Natural Disasters
The occurrence of any natural disaster in the City, including, without limitation, fire, windstorm,
drought, earthquake, landslide, mudslide or flood, could have an adverse material impact on the economy within
the City, its General Fund and the revenues available for the payment of Base Rental Payments.
Earthquakes. All jurisdictions in California are subject to the effects of damaging earthquakes.
According to the Health and Safety Element of the City’s General Plan, the City is located in the seismically
active San Francisco Bay region, which has several active seismic faults. The San Andreas fault, one of the
longest and most active faults in the world, is located west of the City. Two additional faults closely associated
with the San Andreas fault, the Sargent-Berrocal and Monta Vista-Shannon fault systems, also cross the western
portion of the City. Movement on the San Andreas fault is predominantly right-lateral strike-slip, where the
earth ruptures in a horizontal fashion, with the opposite sides of the fault moving to the right with respect to each
other. Movement on the Sargent-Berrocal and Monta Vista-Shannon faults is more variable in style. Both of
these faults are characterized by “thrust” faulting, where a significant amount of vertical “up-down” (so called
dip-slip) displacement occurs on an inclined plane, and one side of the fault is elevated (i.e., thrust over) the
other side. Primary geologic hazards in the City are related to landslides and seismic impacts. Seismically
induced ground shaking, surface fault rupture, and various forms of earthquake-triggered ground failure are
anticipated within the city during large earthquakes. These geologic hazards present potential impacts to property
and public safety.
Fire. According to the Health and Safety Element of the City’s General Plan, due to the City’s
geographical location, it is exposed to hazards from both wildland and urban fires. There are approximately 16
square miles of hillsides included in and around the boundary of the City. In 2009, based on vegetation data,
topography and potential fire behavior, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection identified
approximately three acres of the City to be in the High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone. The City
adopted this area as its Wildand-Urban Interface Fire Area (“WUIFA”). Properties in the WUIFA are subject to
building and property maintenance standards intended to prevent and manage community safety due to brush
and forest fires. Planning for such areas also requires attention to the availability of access roads and water for
firefighting and evacuation efforts. No portion of the Leased Premises is located within the WUIFA and the
urbanized portions of the City are not exposed to a high risk of fire.
Flooding. Portions of the City and surrounding areas have been identified as potentially flood prone
areas. According to the Health and Safety Element of the City’s General Plan, the watersheds in the Santa Cruz
Mountain Range feed into four major streambeds that traverse the City: Permanente Creek, Stevens Creek,
Regnart Creek, and Calabazas Creek. Stevens Creek and its streamside are among the natural elements that have
the most influence on Cupertino’s character. These creeks collect surface runoff and channel it to the San
Francisco Bay. However, they also pose potential flooding risks to the City if water levels exceed the top of
bank as a result of heavy runoff. No portion of the Leased Premises is located within a 100-year of 500-year
flood zone.
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The occurrence of natural disasters in the City could result in substantial damage to the City and the
Leased Premises which, in turn, could substantially reduce General Fund revenues and affect the ability of the
City to make Lease Payments or cause an abatement in Lease Payments. Reduced ability to pay Lease Payments
could affect the payment of the principal of and interest with respect to the Certificates. The Lease obligates the
City obtain and keep in force various forms of insurance, including property casualty insurance (for losses other
than from seismic events) for the Leased Premises in the event of damage or destruction to the Leased Premises.
See “THE CITY OF CUPERTINO—Risk Management” herein. However, there can be no assurance that
specific losses will be covered by insurance or, if covered, that claims will be paid in full by the applicable
insurers, the City makes no representation as to the ability of any insurer to fulfill its obligations under any
insurance policy provided for in the Lease. In addition, the City is not required under the Lease Agreement to
obtain earthquake and flood insurance.
Hazardous Substances
The City knows of no existing hazardous substances which require remedial action on or near the Leased
Premises. However, it is possible such substances do currently or potentially exist and that the City is not aware
of them.
Owners and operators of real property may be required by law to remedy conditions of the property
relating to releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances. The federal Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, sometimes referred to as “CERCLA” or the “Superfund
Act,” is the most well-known and widely applicable of these laws, but California laws with regard to hazardous
substances are also stringent and similar. Under many of these laws, the owner (or operator) is obligated to
remedy a hazardous substance whether or not the owner (or operator) has anything to do with creating or
handling the hazardous substance. Further, such liabilities may arise not simply from the existence of a
hazardous substance but from the method of handling it. All of these possibilities could significantly and
adversely affect the operations and finances of the City, may result in the reduction in the assessed value of
property, and therefor property tax revenue.
Cybersecurity
The City, like many other public and private entities, relies on a large and complex technology
environment to conduct its operations. As a recipient and provider of personal, private, or sensitive information,
the City is subject to multiple cyber threats including, but not limited to, hacking, viruses, malware and other
attacks on computer and other sensitive digital networks and systems. Entities or individuals may attempt to gain
unauthorized access to the City’s digital systems for the purposes of misappropriating assets or information or
causing operational disruption and damage. To date, the City has not experienced an attack on its computer
operating systems which resulted in a breach of its cybersecurity systems that are in place. However, no
assurances can be given that the City’s efforts to manage cyber threats and attacks will be successful or that any
such attack will not materially impact the operations or finances of the City. The City does not carry separate
cybersecurity insurance. See “THE CITY OF CUPERTINO— Risk Management” in herein for more
information with respect to the City’s insurance coverages.
Limitations on Remedies; Bankruptcy
The rights of the owners of the Certificates are subject to the limitations on legal remedies against
municipalities in the State, including a limitation on enforcement of judgments against funds needed to serve the
public welfare and interest. Additionally, enforceability of the rights and remedies of the owners of the
Certificates, and enforcement of the City’s obligations under the Lease, may become subject to the federal
bankruptcy code and applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to
or affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally, now or hereafter in effect, equity principles which
may limit the specific enforcement under State law of certain remedies, the exercise by the United States of
America of the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, the reasonable and necessary exercise, in certain
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exceptional situations, of the police powers inherent in the sovereignty of the State and its governmental bodies
in the interest of serving a significant and legitimate public purpose and the limitations on remedies against
counties in the State. Bankruptcy proceedings under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11, United States
Code), which governs the bankruptcy proceedings for public agencies such as the City, or the exercise of powers
by the federal or State government, if initiated, could subject the owners of the Certificates to judicial discretion
and interpretation of their rights in bankruptcy or otherwise, and consequently may entail risks of delay,
limitation, or modification of their rights. See “RISK FACTORS—Default” herein.
Dependence on State for Certain Revenues
A number of the City’s revenues are collected and dispersed by the State (such as sales tax and motor-
vehicle license fees) or allocated in accordance with State law (most importantly, property taxes). Therefore,
State budget decisions can have an impact on City finances. In the event of a material economic downturn in
the State, there can be no assurance that any resulting revenue shortfalls to the State will not reduce revenues to
local governments (including the City) or shift financial responsibility for programs to local governments as part
of the State’s efforts to address any such related State financial difficulties.
The COVID-19 pandemic is materially adversely impacting the financial condition of the State. In
addition, there are a number of other budget risks that threaten the financial condition of the State, including the
onset of recession and the significant unfunded liabilities of the two main retirement systems managed by State
entities, PERS and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (“STRS”). The State also has a significant
unfunded liability with respect to other post-employment benefits.
On June 29, 2020, the Governor signed into law the State budget for fiscal year 2020-21 (the “2020-21
Budget”). The following information is drawn from the DOF’s summary of the 2020-21 Budget.
As with the Governor’s May revision (the “May Revision”) to the proposed State budget, the 2020-21
Budget acknowledges that the rapid onset of COVID-19 has had an immediate and severe impact on the State’s
economy. The ensuing recession has caused significant job losses, precipitous drops in family and business
income, and has exacerbated inequality. The May Revision forecast included a peak unemployment rate of
24.5% in the second quarter of 2020 and a decline in personal income of nearly 9%. The 2020-21 Budget reports
that the official unemployment rate exceeded 16% in both April and May of 2020.
The 2020-21 Budget includes a number of measures intended to address a projected deficit of $54.3
billion identified by the May Revision, and occasioned principally by declines in the State’s three main tax
revenues (personal income, sales and use, and corporate). The measures included in the 2020-21 Budget, and
described below, are intended to close this deficit and set aside $2.6 billion in the State’s traditional general fund
reserve, including $716 million for the State to respond to the changing conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic:
Draw Down of Reserves – The 2020-21 Budget draws down $8.8 billion in total State reserves, including
$7.8 billion from the State’s Budget Stabilization Account (the “BSA”), $450 million from the Safety Net
Reserve and all funds in the State’s Public School System Stabilization Account.
Triggers – The 2020-21 Budget includes $11.1 billion in reductions and deferrals that would be restored
if at least $14 billion in federal funds are received by October 15, 2020. If the State receives less than this
amount, reductions and deferrals would be partially restored. The triggers includes $6.6 billion in deferred
spending on education, $970 million in funding for the California State University and University of
California systems, $2.8 billion in State employee compensation and $150 million for courts, as well as
funding for various other State programs. The triggers would also fund an additional $250 million for
county programs to backfill revenue losses.
Federal Funds – The 2020-21 Budget relies on $10.1 billion in federal funds, including $8.1 billion of
which has already been received. This relief includes recent congressional approval for a temporary
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increase in the federal government’s share of Medicaid costs, a portion of the State’s Coronavirus Relief
Fund allocation pursuant to the CARES Act and federal funds provided for childcare programs.
Borrowing/Transfers/Deferrals – The 2020-21 Budget relies on $9.3 billion in special fund borrowing
and transfers, as well as deferrals to K-14 education discussed further herein. Approximately $900 million
of special fund borrowing is associated with reductions to State employee compensation and is subject to
the triggers discussed above.
Increased Revenues – The 2020-21 Budget temporarily suspends for three years net operating loss tax
deductions for medium and large businesses and limits business tax credits, with an estimated increase in
tax revenues of $4.3 billion in fiscal year 2020-21.
Cancelled Expansions, Updated Assumptions and Other Measures – The 2020-21 Budget includes an
additional $10.6 billion of measures, including cancelling multiple programmatic expansions, anticipated
governmental efficiencies, higher ongoing revenues above the forecast included in the May Revision, and
lower health and human services caseload costs than assumed by the May Revision.
For fiscal year 2019-20, the 2020-21 Budget projects total general fund revenues and transfers of $137.6
billion and authorizes expenditures of $146.9 billion. The State is projected to end the 2019-20 fiscal year with
total available general fund reserves of $17 billion, including $16.1 billion in the BSA and $900 million in the
Safety Net Reserve Fund. For fiscal year 2020-21, the 2020-21 Budget projects total general fund revenues and
transfers of $137.7 billion and authorizes expenditures of $133.9 billion. The State is projected to end the 2020-
21 fiscal year with total available general fund reserves of $11.4 billion, including $2.6 billion in the traditional
general fund reserve (of which $716 million is earmarked for COVID-related responses), $8.3 billion in the BSA
and $450 million in the Safety Net Reserve Fund
Current and future State budgets will be significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other
factors over which the City has no control. The City cannot determine what actions will be taken in the future
by the State Legislature and the Governor to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting changing State
revenues and expenditures. There can be no assurance that, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise,
the State will not significantly reduce revenues to local governments (including the City) or shift financial
responsibility for programs to local governments as part of its efforts to address State financial conditions. There
can be no assurance that State actions to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic will not materially adversely affect
the financial condition of the City.
Information about the State budget is regularly available at various State-maintained websites. Text of
proposed and adopted budgets may be found at the website of the State Department of Finance (the “DOF”),
http://www.dof.ca.gov, under the heading “California Budget.” An impartial analysis of the budget is posted by
the Legislative Analyst’s Office (the “LAO”) at http://www.lao.ca.gov. In addition, various State official
statements, many of which contain a summary of the current and past State budgets and the impact of those
budgets on cities in the State, may be found at the website of the State Treasurer, http://www.treasurer.ca.gov.
The information referred to is prepared by the respective State agency maintaining each website and not by the
City or the Underwriter, and neither the City nor the Underwriter takes any responsibility for the continued
accuracy of these Internet addresses or for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of information posted there,
and such information is not incorporated herein by these references.
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 Pandemic is materially adversely affecting the local, state and world economies. The
City cannot currently predict the extent or duration of the outbreak or what ultimate impact it may have on the
City’s financial condition or operations, although the City believes it will be material and adverse. See “CITY
FINANCIAL INFORMATION—COVID-19 Pandemic” herein for a discussion of current and potential impacts
of COVID-19 on the City’s operations and finances.
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THE CORPORATION
The Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of California and is entitled to purchase personal and real property and
to sell or lease such property, to contract for construction and improvements and to execute operating agreements
regarding such property. The Corporation was formed for the purpose of providing financial assistance to public
entities by acquiring, constructing, developing and refinancing certain facilities for the use and benefit of the
public. The board of directors of the Corporation is comprised of the members of the City Council of the City.
TAX MATTERS
In the opinion of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach,
California, Special Counsel, under existing statutes, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions, interest with
respect to the Certificates is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and is not an item of
tax preference for purposes of calculating the federal alternative minimum tax imposed on individuals. In the
further opinion of Special Counsel, interest with respect to the Certificates is exempt from State of California
personal income tax.
The difference between the issue price of a Certificate (the first price at which a substantial amount of
the Certificates of a maturity is to be sold to the public) and the stated redemption price at maturity with respect
to the Certificate (to the extent the redemption price at maturity is greater than the issue price) constitutes original
issue discount. Original issue discount accrues under a constant yield method, and original issue discount will
accrue to a Beneficial Owner before receipt of cash attributable to such excludable income. The amount of
original issue discount deemed received by a Beneficial Owner will increase the Beneficial Owner’s basis in the
applicable Certificate. In the opinion of Certificate Counsel, the amount of original issue discount that accrues
to the Beneficial Owner of the Certificate is excluded from gross income of such Beneficial Owner for federal
income tax purposes and is not an item of tax preference for purposes of the federal alternative minimum tax
imposed on individuals. In the opinion of Special Counsel, the amount of original issue discount that accrues to
the Beneficial Owner of the Certificates is exempt from State of California personal income tax.
Special Counsel’s opinion as to the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of
interest (and original issue discount) on the Certificates is based upon certain representations of fact and
certifications made by the City, the Corporation and others and is subject to the condition that the City and the
Corporation comply with all requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), that
must be satisfied subsequent to the delivery of the Certificates to assure that interest (and original issue discount)
on the Certificates will not become includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Failure to
comply with such requirements of the Code might cause the interest (and original issue discount) on the
Certificates to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes retroactive to the date of delivery of
the Certificates. The City and the Corporation will covenant to comply with all such requirements.
The amount by which a Beneficial Owner’s original basis for determining loss on sale or exchange in
the applicable Certificate (generally, the purchase price) exceeds the amount payable on maturity (or on an earlier
call date) constitutes amortizable bond premium, which must be amortized under Section 171 of the Code; such
amortizable bond premium reduces the Beneficial Owner’s basis in the applicable Certificate (and the amount
of tax-exempt interest received), and is not deductible for federal income tax purposes. The basis reduction as
a result of the amortization of bond premium may result in a Beneficial Owner realizing a taxable gain when a
Certificate is sold by the Beneficial Owner for an amount equal to or less (under certain circumstances) than the
original cost of the Certificate to the Beneficial Owner. Purchasers of the Certificates should consult their own
tax advisors as to the treatment, computation and collateral consequences of amortizable bond premium.
Special Counsel’s opinions may be affected by actions taken (or not taken) or events occurring (or not
occurring) after the date hereof. Special Counsel has not undertaken to determine, or to inform any person,
whether any such actions or events are taken or do occur. The Trust Agreement, the Lease and the Tax Certificate
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relating to the Certificates permit certain actions to be taken or to be omitted if a favorable opinion of a Special
Counsel is provided with respect thereto. Special Counsel expresses no opinion as to the effect on the exclusion
from gross income for federal income tax purposes of interest (or original issue discount) on any Certificate if
any such action is taken or omitted based upon the advice of counsel other than Special Counsel.
Although Special Counsel will render an opinion that interest (and original issue discount) on the
Certificates is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes provided that the City and the
Corporation continue to comply with certain requirements of the Code, the ownership of the Certificates and the
accrual or receipt of interest (and original issue discount) with respect to the Certificates may otherwise affect
the tax liability of certain persons. Special Counsel expresses no opinion regarding any such tax consequences.
Accordingly, before purchasing any of the Certificates, all potential purchasers should consult their tax advisors
with respect to collateral tax consequences relating to the Certificates.
The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) has initiated an expanded program for the auditing of tax-
exempt bond issues, including both random and targeted audits. It is possible that the Certificates will be selected
for audit by the IRS. It is also possible that the market value of the Certificates might be affected as a result of
such an audit of the Certificates (or by an audit of similar bonds). No assurance can be given that in the course
of an audit, as a result of an audit, or otherwise, Congress or the IRS might not change the Code (or interpretation
thereof) subsequent to the delivery of the Certificates to the extent that it adversely affects the exclusion from
gross income of interest (and original issue discount) on the Certificates or their market value.
SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE CERTIFICATES THERE
MIGHT BE FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL STATUTORY CHANGES (OR JUDICIAL OR REGULATORY
CHANGES TO OR INTERPRETATIONS OF FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAW) THAT AFFECT THE
FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL TAX TREATMENT OF THE Certificates INCLUDING THE IMPOSITION
OF ADDITIONAL FEDERAL INCOME OR STATE TAXES BEING IMPOSED ON OWNERS OF TAX -
EXEMPT STATE OR LOCAL OBLIGATIONS, SUCH AS THE CERTIFICATES. THESE CHANGES
COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE MARKET VALUE OR LIQUIDITY OF THE CERTIFICATES. NO
ASSURANCE CAN BE GIVEN THAT SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THE
CERTIFICATES STATUTORY CHANGES WILL NOT BE INTRODUCED OR ENACTED OR JUDICIAL
OR REGULATORY INTERPRETATIONS WILL NOT OCCUR HAVING THE EFFECTS DESCRIBED
ABOVE. BEFORE PURCHASING ANY OF THE CERTIFICATES, ALL POTENTIAL PURCHASERS
SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS REGARDING POSSIBLE STATUTORY CHANGES OR
JUDICIAL OR REGULATORY CHANGES OR INTERPRETATIONS, AND THEIR COLLATERAL TAX
CONSEQUENCES RELATING TO THE CERTIFICATES.
The form of Special Counsel’s proposed opinion with respect to the Certificates is attached hereto in
Appendix D.
CERTAIN LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters incident to the authorization, sale, execution and delivery of the Certificates are
subject to the approval of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, Newport Beach,
California, Special Counsel. A complete copy of the proposed form of opinion of Special Counsel is contained
in Appendix D hereto. Special Counsel has not undertaken any responsibility to the Owners for the accuracy,
completeness or fairness of this Official Statement or other offering materials relating to the Certificates and
expresses no opinion relating thereto. Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the City and the Corporation
by the City Attorney and by Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation, as Disclosure
Counsel, for the Trustee by its counsel, and for the Underwriter by Quint & Thimmig LLP, Larkspur, California.
Compensation of Special Counsel is contingent upon the execution and delivery of the Certificates.
Special Counsel represents the City in connection with the execution and delivery of the Certificates.
From time-to-time Special Counsel represents the Underwriter in connection with other financings and matters
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unrelated to the Certificates. Special Counsel does not represent the Underwriter or any other party with respect
to the execution and delivery of the Certificates other than the City.
LITIGATION
General
To the best knowledge of the City, there is no action, suit or proceeding known to be pending, or
threatened, restraining or enjoining the execution or delivery of the Certificates, the Trust Agreement, the Lease,
the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement or any other document relating to the Certificates, or in any way
contesting or affecting the validity of the foregoing.
There are a number of lawsuits and claims pending against the City. In the opinion of the City, except
as described below under the caption “—Vallco Claim,” such suits and claims as are presently pending will not
have a material adverse effect on the ability of the City to make Lease Payments.
Vallco Claim
In 2018, the City approved an application by Vallco Property Owner, LLC (“VPO”), the owner of
approximately 50 acres of real property on which the former Vallco Fashion Mall was located (the “Vallco
Site”), for development of approximately 1,810,000 square feet of office space, approximately 400,000 square
feet of retail, and approximately 2,402 multi-family housing units, 50 percent of which will be affordable
(collectively, the “Vallco Project”). The City understands that VPO is currently proceeding with design and
construction of the Vallco Project. It has commenced demolition and other site-preparation activities and has
applied for building permits. A community group challenged the City’s approval of the Vallco Project
(“Community Group Litigation”). The Santa Clara County Superior Court rejected the challenge in May 2020.
The community group did not appeal the judgment, and the litigation is now resolved.
While the Community Group Litigation was pending, in August 2019 the City approved amendments
to the General Plan and Zoning Code that would be applicable to development of the Vallco Site if VPO does
not build the Vallco Project (collectively, the “Amendments”). Among other things, the Amendments (1) remove
office as a permitted use for the Vallco Site, (2) permit 459 residential units by right on roughly 13 acres of the
site, and (3) specify 60-foot height limits and other development standards for the site. The City did not change
existing General Plan policies that (1) allow commercial uses on the Vallco Site, with a minimum of 600,000
square feet of retail uses, (2) require that 15% of residential units be affordable, and (3) require construction of
specified public improvements in connection with development of the site.
Before the court rejected the Community Group Litigation, VPO submitted a claim under the California
Government Tort Claims Act, asserting that an alternative development of the Vallco Site under the Amendments
would not be economically feasible and that, with the uncertainty created by the Community Group Litigation
against the Vallco Project, the Amendments had radically reduced the value of the Vallco Site. VPO asserted
that the Amendments would thus constitute a regulatory taking of the Vallco Site, entitling VPO to just
compensation under the United States and California Constitutions. VPO indicated that it would be entitled to
hundreds of millions of dollars in damages against the City for the alleged taking.
The City believes that while VPO continues to develop the Site under the existing project approval,
VPO’s takings challenge to the Amendments would have no merit. However, VPO has alleged that any
alternative development of the Vallco Site under the Amendments would not be economically feasible. In the
future, VPO could abandon the Vallco Project if VPO determines it is not economically feasible due to market
factors, construction or financing costs, or otherwise. In such event, VPO may reassert the takings claim outlined
above against the City. In that circumstance, the City would have options to reduce or avoid claimed damages,
including further amendments to the General Plan and Zoning Code. If the City left the Amendments in place
and VPO were to successfully challenge them and recover damages against the City in the amounts alleged by
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VPO, it could have a material adverse impact on the City’s ability to pay Lease Payments when due, and a
corresponding material adverse impact on the Trustee’s ability to make scheduled payments under the
Certificates when due.
RATING
S&P Global Ratings, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business (“S&P”) has assigned a
rating of “____” to the Certificates. Such rating reflects only the views of S&P and any desired explanation of
the significance of such rating should be obtained from S&P. Generally, a rating agency bases its rating on the
information and materials furnished to it and on investigations, studies and assumptions of its own. There is no
assurance such rating will continue for any given period of time or that such rating will not be revised downward
or withdrawn entirely by the rating agency, if in the judgment of such rating agency, circumstances so warrant.
Any such downward revision or withdrawal of the rating may have an adverse effect on the market price of the
Certificates. Neither the City nor the Underwriter has undertaken any responsibility either to bring to the
attention of the owners of the Certificates a proposed change in or withdrawal of the ratings or to oppose any
such proposed revision or withdrawal.
UNDERWRITING
The Certificates are being purchased by Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (the “Underwriter”).
The Underwriter will purchase the Certificates at an aggregate purchase price of $__________ (representing the
principal amount of the Certificates, plus [net] original issue premium of $__________ and less an Underwriters’
discount of $__________). The purchase agreement relating to the Certificates provides that the Underwriter
will purchase all of the Certificates if any are purchased. The obligation to make such purchase is subject to
certain terms and conditions set forth in such purchase agreement, the approval of certain legal matters by
counsel and certain other conditions.
The initial offering prices that are stated on the inside front cover page of this Official Statement may
be changed from time to time by the Underwriter. The Underwriter may offer and sell the Certificates to certain
dealers (including dealers depositing Certificates into investment trusts), dealer banks, banks acting as agent and
others at prices lower than said public offering prices.
MUNICIPAL ADVISOR
Urban Futures, Inc., Tustin, California, has served as municipal advisor (“Municipal Advisor”) to the
City in connection with the Certificates. The Municipal Advisor is not obligated to undertake, and has not
undertaken to make, an independent verification or to assume responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or
fairness of the information contained in this Official Statement. The Municipal Advisor is an independent
advisory firm and is not engaged in the business of underwriting, trading or distributing municipal or other public
securities.
CONTINUING DISCLOSURE
The City has covenanted for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates to provide, or cause to be
provided, annually certain financial information and operating data relating to the Certificates and the City (the
“Annual Report”), and to provide notices of the occurrence of certain enumerated events. For a complete listing
of items of information which will be provided in each Annual Report and further description of the City’s
undertaking with respect to the Annual Report and certain enumerated events, see Appendix E—“FORM OF
CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE.” The Annual Report is to be provided by the City not later
than March 31 after the end of the City’s fiscal year, commencing with the report for fiscal year 2019-20.
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The Annual Report will be filed by the City with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board. These
covenants have been made in order to assist the Underwriters in complying with Securities and Exchange
Commission Rule 15c2-12(b)(5) (the “Rule”).
[The City entered into a prior continuing disclosure undertaking with respect to the 2012 Certificates.
Within the past five years, the City has complied in all material respects with its prior continuing disclosure
undertaking.] [CONFIRM]
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CITY
Included herein as Appendix B are the audited financial statements of the City as of and for the year
ended June 30, 2019 (the “Financial Statements”), together with the report thereon dated March 6, 2020 of Crowe
LLP, Costa Mesa, California (the “Auditor”). The Auditor has not undertaken to update the audited financial
statements of the City or its report or to take any action intended or likely to elicit information concerning the
accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements made in this Official Statement, and no opinion is expressed
by the Auditor with respect to any event subsequent to its report dated March 6, 2020.
The Auditor’s consent to inclusion of the Financial Statements in the Official Statement was not
requested and the Auditor has not consented to the inclusion of the Financial Statements as an appendix to this
Official Statement. The Auditor has not performed any procedures relating to this Official Statement.
MISCELLANEOUS
Included herein are brief summaries of certain documents and reports, which summaries do not purport
to be complete or definitive, and reference is made to such documents and reports for full and complete
statements of the contents thereof. Any statements in this Official Statement involving matters of opinion,
whether or not expressly so stated, are intended as such and not as representations of fact. This Official Statement
is not to be construed as a contract or agreement between the City and the purchasers or Owners of any of the
Certificates.
The execution and delivery of this Official Statement has been duly authorized by the City.
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
City Manager
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APPENDIX A
ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
REGARDING THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
This Appendix A sets forth general information about the City of Cupertino (“Cupertino”) including
information with respect to its finances. The following information concerning Cupertino, the County of Santa
Clara (the “County”) and the State of California (the “State”) is included only for general background
purposes. It is not intended to suggest that the Certificates are payable from any source other than Lease
Payments.
The City has not independently verified the information set forth in this Appendix A and while this
information is believed to be reliable, it is not guaranteed as to accuracy by the City or the Corporation. Certain
information relating to employment, income and taxable transactions to be released for 2020 can be expected
to be materially different from the historical figures set forth in this Appendix A. See “CITY FINANCIAL
INFORMATION—COVID-19 Pandemic Impact” and “RISK FACTORS—COVID-19 Pandemic” in the Official
Statement.
Population
The City’s population as of January 1, 2020 was approximately 59,549. This represents an increase of
approximately 0.07 percent from January 1, 2019. The following table shows the population for the City, the
County and the State of California from 2016 through 2020.
POPULATION
For Years 2015 through 2019
Year
(January 1)
City of
Cupertino
County of
Santa Clara
State of
California
2016 60,225 1,931,565 39,131,307
2017 60,169 1,942,176 39,398,702
2018 59,709 1,951,088 39,586,646
2019 59,504 1,954,833 39,695,376
2020 59,549 1,961,969 39,782,870
Source: State of California, Department of Finance, E-4 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State, 2011-2019,
with 2010 Census Benchmark, Sacramento, California, May 2019.
Education
K-8 public education is provided by Cupertino Union School District, which serves over 18,000 square
miles in a 26 square mile area that includes the City and portions of five other cities. The Fremont Union High
School District serves 10,000 students in a 42 square mile area covering all of the City and portions of five other
cities. De Anza College, a single-campus community college, is located within the City.
Building Activity
Residential and nonresidential building activity for 2014 through 2018 for the City is shown in the
following tables.
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NEW HOUSING UNITS BUILDING PERMITS
City of Cupertino
For Years 2015 through 2019
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Single Family Units 51 52 56 46 53
Multifamily Units 120 0 15 19 12
Total Units 171 52 71 65 65
Source: Construction Industry Research Board and California Homebuilding Foundation.
BUILDING PERMIT VALUATIONS
City of Cupertino
(Dollars in Thousands)
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Residential
New Single Family $ 24,772
$ 22,423 $ 24,765 $ 25,773 $ 44,611
New Multifamily 18,207 0 1,700 10,000 12,900
Res. Alt. & Adds 23,849 19,132 18,865 21,394 25,130
Total Residential 66,828 $ 41,555 $ 45,330 $ 57,167 $ 82,641
Nonresidential
New Commercial 284,799 304,150 $ 0 $ 0 $ 0
New Industrial 0 0 0 0 0
New Other(1) 1,019,658 280,485 919,984 844,330 403,547
Alters. & Adds. 54,602 77,924 26,357 62,154 235,214
Total Non-Residential $ 1,359,059 $ 662,559 $ 946,341 $ 906,484 $ 638,761
Total All Building $ 1,425,887 $ 704,114 $ 991,671 $ 963,651 $ 721,402
(1) Includes churches and religious buildings, hospitals and institutional buildings, schools and educational buildings, resident ial
garages, public works and utilities buildings.
Note: “Total All Building” is the sum of Residential and Nonresidential Building Permit Valuations. Totals may not add to
sum because of independent rounding.
Source: Construction Industry Research Board and California Homebuilding Foundation.
Personal Income
Personal Income is the income that is received by all persons from all sources. It is calculated as the
sum of wage and salary disbursements, supplements to wages and salaries, proprietors’ income with inventory
valuation and capital consumption adjustments, rental income of persons with capital consumption adjustment,
personal dividend income, personal interest income, and personal current transfer receipts, less contributions for
government social insurance.
The personal income of an area is the income that is received by, or on behalf of, all the individuals who
live in the area; therefore, the estimates of personal income are presented by the place of residence of the income
recipients.
The following table summarizes per capita personal income for the City, the County, the State of
California and the United States for the years 2010 through 2018. This measure of income is calculated as the
personal income of the residents of the area divided by the resident population of the area.
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PER CAPITA PERSONAL INCOME(1)
City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara, State of California, and United States
2010-2019
Year
City of
Cupertino(2)
County of
Santa Clara(3) California(3) United States(3)
2010 $59,999 $ 61,330 $43,634 $40,546
2011 45,828 66,406 46,170 42,735
2012 47,756 72,792 48,798 44,599
2013 50,081 72,927 49,277 44,851
2014 51,557 79,055 52,324 47,058
2015 53,311 86,188 55,758 48,978
2016 57,405 92,505 57,739 49,870
2017 59,181 100,177 60,156 51,885
2018 60,246 107,877 63,557 54,446
2019 63,817 N/A N/A N/A
(1) Per capita personal income is the total personal income divided by the total mid-year population estimates of the U.S. Bureau
of the Census. All dollar estimates are in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
(2) Based on a fiscal year ending June 30 of each year
(3) Based on a calendar year ending December 31 of each year.
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis and the City of Cupertino.
Employment
The civilian labor force in the City totaled 39,200 in 2018, a 1.8 percent increase from 2017. For the
past five years the unemployment rate in the City and the County has been below the State of California’s rate.
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The following table summarizes the labor force, employment and unemployment figures from 2014 to 2018 for
the City, the County, the State of California and the nation as a whole.
LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT
Yearly Average for Years 2015 through 2019
Year and Area Labor Force Employment(1) Unemployment(2)
Unemployment
Rate (%)(3)
2015
City of Cupertino 28,900 27,900 1,000 3.3%
Santa Clara County 1,013,200 971,100 42,000 4.1
State of California 18,896,500 17,724,800 1,171,700 6.2
United States(4) 157,130,000 148,834,000 8,296,000 5.3
2016
City of Cupertino 29,600 28,500 1,100 3.7%
Santa Clara County 1,028,700 989,900 38,800 3.8
State of California 19,093,700 18,048,800 1,044,800 5.5
United States(4) 159,187,000 151,436,000 7,751,000 4.9
2017
City of Cupertino 29,700 28,700 1,000 3.2%
Santa Clara County 1,039,900 1,006,500 33,400 3.2
State of California 19,312,000 18,393,100 918,900 4.8
United States(4) 160,320,000 153,337,000 6,982,000 4.4
2018
City of Cupertino 29,500 28,700 800 2.7%
Santa Clara County 1,048,800 1,021,500 27,300 2.6
State of California 19,398,200 18,582,800 815,400 4.2
United States(4) 162,075,000 155,761,000 6,314,000 3.9
2019
City of Cupertino 29,800 29,100 700 2.4%
Santa Clara County 1,053,700 1,027,500 26,200 2.5
State of California 19,408,271 18,623,900 784,375 4.0
United States(4)
(1) Includes persons involved in labor-management trade disputes.
(2) Includes all persons without jobs who are actively seeking work.
(3) The unemployment rate is computed from unrounded data; therefore, it may differ from rates computed from rounded figures
in this table.
(4) Not strictly comparable with data for prior years.
Note: Data is not seasonally adjusted.
Source: California Employment Development Department, based on March 2018 benchmark and U.S. Department of Labor,
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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The table below summarizes employment by industry in Santa Clara County from 2015 to 2019. Service
Providing, Professional and Business Services and Trade, Transportation and Utilities are the largest
employment sectors in the County.
AVERAGE ANNUAL INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT 2015-2019
Santa Clara County
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Total Farm 3,700 3,900 3,600 3,500 3,100
Total Nonfarm 1,025,200 1,056,700 1,090,100 1,111,700 1,131,800
Total, All Industries 1,028,900 1,060,600 1,093,700 1,115,200 1,134,900
Goods Producing 203,300 209,300 211,200 217,200 220,900
Mining and Logging 200 300 200 200 200
Construction 42,900 47,600 47,900 48,300 51,000
Manufacturing 160,200 161,300 163,100 168,700 169,700
Service Providing 821,900 847,400 878,900 894,500 910,900
Trade, Transportation and Utilities 136,100 137,300 132,000 131,700 129,200
Wholesale Trade 36,800 37,400 32,600 31,900 31,300
Retail Trade 85,100 85,000 84,500 84,400 82,200
Transportation, Warehousing and
Utilities
14,100 14,800 14,900 15,300 15,700
Information 70,400 74,500 84,600 92,100 100,700
Financial Activities 34,200 35,200 35,800 36,400 37,400
Professional and Business Services 215,200 224,100 236,200 235,900 241,800
Educational and Health Services 154,900 160,600 167,400 171,900 174,000
Leisure and Hospitality 94,500 97,600 102,000 104,200 104,900
Other Services 26,500 27,000 28,400 28,400 28,700
Government 90,100 91,200 92,700 93,800 94,200
Note: The “Total, All Industries” data is not directly comparable to the employment data found herein.
Source: State of California, Employment Development Department, Labor Market Information Division, Santa Clara County
Annual Average Labor Force and Industry Employment, March 2018 Benchmark.
Industry
The following tables list the largest private and public employers in the City:
MAJOR EMPLOYERS
City of Cupertino
2019
Rank Name of Business Rank Name of Business
1. Apple 11. Insight Solutions Inc.
2. De Anza College 12. Intero Real Estate Scv Inv
3. Seagate Technology Inc 13. Keller Williams Realty
4. Health Care Center at the Forum 14. Sugar CRM Inc
5. Magnet Systems Inc 15. Sunny View Retirement Community
6. All Fab Precision Sheet 16. Target
7. BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse 17. Whole Foods Market
8. Coldwell Banker Residential 18. 99 Ranch Market
9. Cupertino Healthcare-Wellness 19. Argonaut Window & Door
10. Forum at Rancho San Anontio 20. Astra Real Estate
Source: City of Cupertino, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2019.
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Transportation
The City is served by a network of freeways; Interstate 880 connects the City with the Oakland
International Airport and the Port of Oakland. Interstates 280 and 680 provide access to the peninsula and eastern
regions of the San Francisco Bay Area and State Route 17 serves to connect the City with the Pacific Coast at
Santa Cruz. All of these interstate highways connect to U.S. 101, a major north-south highway linking San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
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APPENDIX B
THE CITY OF CUPERTINO AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019
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APPENDIX C
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL LEGAL DOCUMENTS
The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Trust Agreement and the Lease which are not
described elsewhere. This summary does not purport to be comprehensive and reference should be made to the
respective agreement for a full and complete statement of the provisions thereof.
[TO COME]
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APPENDIX D
FORM OF LEGAL OPINION
Upon the execution and delivery of the Certificates, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional
Corporation, Special Counsel, proposes to render its final approving opinion in substantially the following form:
[Closing Date]
City Council
City of Cupertino
Cupertino, California
Re: $__________ City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have reviewed the Constitution and the laws of the State of California and certain proceedings taken
by the City of Cupertino (the “City”) in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery by the City of
that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Lease”), by and between the Cupertino Public
Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”) and the City. We have also reviewed that certain Trust Agreement,
dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement”), by and among The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), the Corporation and the City. In rendering this opinion, we also have
relied upon certain representations of fact and certifications made by the Corporation and the City, the initial
purchaser of the Certificates (defined below) and others. We have not undertaken to verify through independent
investigation the accuracy of the representations and certifications relied upon by us. All capitalized terms used
herein shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement unless otherwise defined.
Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the Trustee has agreed to execute and deliver the $__________ City
of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”) evidencing undivided fractional interests of
the owners of the Certificates in certain lease payments (the “Lease Payments”) to be made by the City pursuant
to the Lease. Pursuant to that certain Assignment Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Assignment
Agreement”), the Corporation has assigned to the Trustee the Corporation’s right to receive Lease Payments
from the City under the Lease.
Based upon our examination of the foregoing, and in reliance thereon and on all matters of fact as we
deem relevant under the circumstances, and upon consideration of applicable laws, we are of the opinion that:
(1) The obligation of the City to pay Lease Payments in accordance with the terms of the Lease is
a valid and binding obligation payable from the funds of the City lawfully available therefore and the obligation
of the City to make Lease Payments under the Lease does not constitute a debt of the City, the State of California
or any political subdivision thereof within the meaning of any statutory or constitutional debt limitation or
restriction and does not constitute a pledge of the faith and credit or taxing power of the City, the State of
California or any political subdivision thereof.
(2) The Lease and the Trust Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
City and constitute valid and legally binding agreements of the City enforceable against the City in accordance
with their terms.
(3) Under existing statutes, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions, and assuming the accuracy
of certain representations and compliance with certain covenants and requirements described herein, interest
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with respect to the Certificates is excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes and is not an item
of tax preference for purposes of calculating the federal alternative minimum tax imposed on individuals.
(4) Interest (and original issue discount) with respect to the Certificates is exempt from personal
income taxes imposed in the State of California.
(5) The difference between the issue price of a Certificate (the first price at which a substantial
amount of the Certificates of a maturity are to be sold to the public) and the stated payment price at maturity
with respect to such Certificate constitutes original issue discount. Original issue discount accrues under a
constant yield method, and original issue discount will accrue to a Certificate owner before receipt of cash
attributable to such excludable income. The amount of original issue discount deemed received by a Certificate
owner will increase the Certificate owner’s basis in the applicable Certificate. Original issue discount that
accrues to a Certificate owner is excluded from the gross income of such owner for federal income tax purposes,
is not an item of tax preference for purposes of calculating the federal alternative minimum tax imposed on
individuals (as described in paragraph (3) above) and is exempt from State of California personal income tax.
(6) The amount by which a Certificate owner’s original basis for determining loss on sale or
exchange in a Certificate (generally, the purchase price) exceeds the amount payable on maturity (or on an earlier
call date) constitutes amortizable Certificate premium, which must be amortized under Section 171 of the Code;
such amortizable Certificate premium reduces the Certificate owner’s basis in the applicable Certificate (and the
amount of tax-exempt interest received), and is not deductible for federal income tax purposes. The basis
reduction as a result of the amortization of Certificate premium may result in a Certificate owner realizing a
taxable gain when a Certificate is sold by the owner for an amount equal to or less (under certain circumstances)
than the original cost of the Certificate to the owner.
The opinions expressed in paragraphs (3) and (5) are subject to the condition that the City and the
Corporation comply with all requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), that
must be satisfied subsequent to the delivery of the Certificates to assure that such interest (and original issue
discount) will not become includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes. Failure to comply with
such requirements of the Code might cause interest (and original issue discount) with respect to the Certificates
to be included in gross income for federal income tax purposes retroactive to the date of delivery of the
Certificates. The City and the Corporation have covenanted to comply with all such requirements.
Except as expressly set forth in paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6) we express no opinion regarding any tax
consequences with respect to the Certificates.
Certain agreements, requirements and procedures contained or referred to in the Trust Agreement, the
Lease, the Tax Certificate executed by the City and other documents related to the Certificates may be changed
and certain actions may be taken or omitted, under the circumstances and subject to the terms and conditions set
forth in such documents, upon the advice or with the approving opinion of counsel nationally recognized in the
area of tax-exempt obligations. We express no opinion as to the effect on the tax consequences on and after the
date on which any such change occurs or action is taken or omitted upon advice or approval of counsel other
than Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a Professional Corporation.
We have not made or undertaken to make an investigation of the state of title to any of the real property
described in the Lease, the Site Lease, dated October 1, 2020 by and between the City and the Corporation, and
the Assignment Agreement or of the accuracy or sufficiency of the description of such property contained
therein, and we express no opinion with respect to such matters.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to matters governed by the laws of the State of California and
federal law. We assume no responsibility with respect to the applicability or the effect of the laws of any other
jurisdiction.
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The opinions expressed herein are based upon our analysis and interpretation of existing statutes,
regulations, rulings and judicial decisions and cover certain matters not directly addressed by such authorities.
We call attention to the fact that rights and obligations under the Trust Agreement and the Lease are subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting
generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights, by equitable principles, by the exercise of judicial discretion in
appropriate cases and by the limitations on legal remedies against municipalities in the State of California, and
that we express no opinion as to any provisions in the Lease or the Trust Agreement with respect to
indemnification, penalty, contribution, choice of law, choice of forum or waiver.
The opinions expressed herein may be affected by actions taken (or not taken) or events occurring (or
not occurring) after the date hereof. We have not undertaken to determine, or to inform any person, whether any
such actions or events are taken or do occur. Our engagement with respect to the Certificates terminates on the
date of their execution and delivery.
We express no opinion herein as to the accuracy, completeness or sufficiency of the Official Statement
or other offering material relating to the Certificates and expressly disclaim any duty to advise the owners of the
Certificates with respect to matters contained in the Official Statement.
Respectfully submitted,
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APPENDIX E
FORM OF CONTINUING DISCLOSURE CERTIFICATE
Upon execution and delivery of the Certificates, the City proposes to enter into a Continuing Disclosure
Certificate in substantially the following form:
This Continuing Disclosure Certificate, dated as of October __, 2020 (the “Disclosure Certificate”) is
executed and delivered by the City of Cupertino (the “City”) in connection with the execution and delivery of
the $__________ City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”). The Certificates are
being executed pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Trust Agreement), by and
among the City, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), and the
Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”). The City covenants as follows:
SECTION 1. Purpose of the Disclosure Certificate. This Disclosure Certificate is being executed and
delivered by the City for the benefit of the Owners and Beneficial Owners of the Certificates and in order to
assist the Participating Underwriter in complying with the Rule.
SECTION 2. Definitions. In addition to the definitions set forth in the Trust Agreement, which apply
to any capitalized term used in this Disclosure Certificate unless otherwise defined in this Section, the following
capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
“Annual Report” shall mean any Annual Report provided by the City pursuant to, and as described in,
Sections 3 and 4 of this Disclosure Certificate.
“Beneficial Owner” shall mean any person which (a) has the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or
consent with respect to, or to dispose of ownership of, any Certificates (including persons holding Certificates
through nominees, depositories or other intermediaries), or (b) is treated as the owner of any Certificates for
federal income tax purposes.
“Disclosure Representative” shall mean the City Manager of the City, or their designee, or such other
officer or employee as the City shall designate in writing from time to time.
“Dissemination Agent” shall the City, or any successor Dissemination Agent designated in writing by
the City and which has filed with the City a written acceptance of such designation.
“Financial Obligation” means a (a) debt obligation; (b) derivative instrument entered into in connection
with, or pledged as security or a source of payment for, an existing or planned debt obligation; or (c) guarantee
of (a) or (b). The term “Financial Obligation” shall not include municipal securities as to which a final official
statement has been provided to the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board consistent with the Rule.
“Listed Events” shall mean any of the events listed in Section 5(a) and 5(b) of this Disclosure
Certificate.
“Official Statement” shall mean the Official Statement relating to the Certificates, dated _____, 2020.
“Participating Underwriter” shall mean the original underwriter of the Certificates required to comply
with the Rule in connection with the offering of the Certificates.
“Repository” shall mean the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board, which can be found at
http://emma.msrb.org.
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“Rule” shall mean Rule 15c2-12(b)(5) adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as the same may be amended from time to time.
“State” shall mean the State of California.
SECTION 3. Provision of Annual Reports.
(a) The City shall, or, upon delivery of the Annual Report to the Dissemination Agent, shall cause
the Dissemination Agent to, not later than April 1 following the end of the City’s fiscal year (which currently
ends on June 30), commencing with the report for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2020, provide to the
Repository an Annual Report which is consistent with the requirements of Section 4 of this Disclosure
Certificate. The Annual Report may be submitted as a single document or as separate documents comprising a
package, and may cross-reference other information as provided in Section 4 of this Disclosure Certificate;
provided that the audited financial statements of the City may be submitted separately from the balance of the
Annual Report and later than the date required above for the filing of the Annual Report if they are not available
by that date. If the City’s fiscal year changes, it shall give notice of such change in the same manner as for a
Listed Event under Section 5(c).
(b) Not later than fifteen (15) business days prior to said date, the City shall provide the Annual
Report to the Dissemination Agent (if other than the City). If the City is unable to provide to the Repository an
Annual Report by the date required in subsection (a) above, the Dissemination Agent shall in a timely manner
send a notice to the Repository in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A.
(c) The Dissemination Agent shall:
(i) confirm the electronic filing requirements of the Municipal Securities
Rulemaking Board for the Annual Report the name and address of each Repository; and
(ii) (if the Dissemination Agent is other than the City), file a report with the City
certifying that the Annual Report has been provided pursuant to this Disclosure Certificate and stating
the date it was provided.
SECTION 4. Content of Annual Reports. The City’s Annual Report shall contain or include the City’s
audited financial statements for the most recently completed fiscal year, prepared in accordance with generally
accepted auditing standards for municipalities in the State of California. If the City’s audited financial statements
are not available by the time the Annual Report is required to be filed pursuant to Section 3(a), the Annual Report
shall contain unaudited financial statements in a format similar to the financial statements contained in the final
Official Statement, and the audited financial statements shall be filed in the same manner as the Annual Report
when they become available.
SECTION 5. Reporting of Significant Events.
(a) Pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, the City shall give, or cause to be given, notice of
the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Certificates in a timely manner not more than
ten (10) Business Days after the event:
1. principal and interest payment delinquencies;
2. unscheduled draws on debt service reserves reflecting financial difficulties;
3. unscheduled draws on credit enhancements reflecting financial difficulties;
4. substitution of credit or liquidity providers, or their failure to perform;
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5. adverse tax opinions, the issuance by the Internal Revenue Service of proposed or final
determinations of taxability or Notices of Proposed Issue (IRS Form 5701 TEB);
6. tender offers;
7. defeasances;
8. ratings changes; and
9. bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings of the City.
Note: For the purposes of the event identified in subparagraph (9), the event is considered to occur
when any of the following occur: the appointment of a receiver, fiscal agent or similar officer for an obligated
person in a proceeding under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or in any other proceeding under state or federal law in
which a court or governmental authority has assumed jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business
of the obligated person, or if such jurisdiction has been assumed by leaving the existing governmental body and
officials or officers in possession but subject to the supervision and orders of a court or governmental authority,
or the entry of an order confirming a plan of reorganization, arrangement or liquidation by a court or
governmental authority having supervision or jurisdiction over substantially all of the assets or business of the
obligated person.
10. Default, event of acceleration, termination event, modification of terms, or other
similar events under the terms of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, any of which reflect financial
difficulties.
(b) Pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5, the City shall give, or cause to be given, notice of
the occurrence of any of the following events with respect to the Certificates, if material:
1. unless described in Section 5(a)(5), other notices or determinations by the Internal
Revenue Service with respect to the tax status of the Certificates or other events affecting the tax status of the
Certificates;
2. modifications to the rights of Certificate holders;
3. optional, unscheduled or contingent Certificate prepayments;
4. release, substitution or sale of property securing repayment of the Certificates;
5. non-payment related defaults;
6. the consummation of a merger, consolidation, or acquisition involving the City or the
sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the City, other than in the ordinary course of business, the entry
into a definitive agreement to undertake such an action or the termination of a definitive agreement relating to
any such actions, other than pursuant to its terms; and
7. appointment of a successor or additional trustee or the change of the name of a trustee.
8. incurrence of a Financial Obligation of the obligated person, or agreement to
covenants, events of default, remedies, priority rights, or other similar terms of a Financial Obligation of the
obligated person, any of which affect Bond Owners.
(c) If the City determines that knowledge of the occurrence of a Listed Event under Section 5(b)
would be material under applicable federal securities laws, and if the Dissemination Agent is other than the City,
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the City shall promptly notify the Dissemination Agent in writing. Such notice shall instruct the Dissemination
Agent to file a notice of such occurrence with the MSRB in an electronic format as prescribed by the MSRB in
a timely manner not more than ten (10) Business Days after the event.
(d) If the City determines that the Listed Event under Section 5(b) would not be material under
applicable federal securities laws and if the Dissemination Agent is other than the City, the City shall so notify
the Dissemination Agent in writing and instruct the Dissemination Agent not to report the occurrence.
(e) The City hereby agrees that the undertaking set forth in this Disclosure Certificate is the
responsibility of the City and, if the Dissemination Agent is other than the City, the Dissemination Agent shall
not be responsible for determining whether the City’s instructions to the Dissemination Agent under this Section
5 comply with the requirements of the Rule.
SECTION 6. Termination of Reporting Obligation. The City’s obligations under this Disclosure
Certificate shall terminate upon the legal defeasance, prior redemption or payment in full of all of the Certificates.
If such termination occurs prior to the final maturity of the Certificates, the City shall give notice of such
termination in the same manner as for a Listed Event under Section 5(c).
SECTION 7. Dissemination Agent. The City may, from time to time, appoint or engage a
Dissemination Agent to assist it in carrying out its obligations under this Disclosure Certificate, and may
discharge any such Dissemination Agent, with or without appointing a successor Dissemination Agent. The
Dissemination Agent shall not be responsible in any manner for the content of any notice or report prepared by
the City pursuant to this Disclosure Certificate. The Dissemination Agent may resign by providing thirty days
written notice to the City and the Trustee (if the Dissemination Agent is other than the Trustee). The
Dissemination Agent shall not be responsible for the content of any report or notice prepared by the City and
shall have no duty to review any information provided to it by the City. The Dissemination Agent shall have no
duty to prepare any information report nor shall the Dissemination Agent be responsible for filing any report not
provided to it by the City in a timely manner and in a form suitable for filing.
SECTION 8. Amendment; Waiver. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Disclosure Certificate,
the City may amend this Disclosure Certificate, and any provision of this Disclosure Certificate may be waived,
provided that, in the opinion of nationally recognized bond counsel, such amendment or waiver is permitted by
the Rule; provided, the Dissemination Agent shall have first consented to any amendment that modifies or
increases its duties or obligations hereunder. In the event of any amendment or waiver of a provision of this
Disclosure Certificate, the City shall describe such amendment in the next Annual Report, and shall include, as
applicable, a narrative explanation of the reason for the amendment or waiver and its impact on the type (or in
the case of a change of accounting principles, on the presentation) of financial information or operating data
being presented by the City. In addition, if the amendment relates to the accounting principles to be followed in
preparing financial statements, (i) notice of such change shall be given in the same manner as for a Listed Event
under Section 5(c), and (ii) the Annual Report for the year in which the change is made shall present a
comparison (in narrative form and also, if feasible, in quantitative form) between the financial statements as
prepared on the basis of the new accounting principles and those prepared on the basis of the former accounting
principles.
SECTION 9. Additional Information. Nothing in this Disclosure Certificate shall be deemed to prevent
the City from disseminating any other information, using the means of dissemination set forth in this Disclosure
Certificate or any other means of communication, or including any other information in any Annual Report or
notice of occurrence of a Listed Event, in addition to that which is required by this Disclosure Certificate. If the
City chooses to include any information in any Annual Report or notice of occurrence of a Listed Event in
addition to that which is specifically required by this Disclosure Certificate, the City shall have no obligation
under this Disclosure Certificate to update such information or include it in any future Annual Report or notice
of occurrence of a Listed Event.
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SECTION 10. Filings with the MSRB. All financial information, operating data, financial statements,
notices, and other documents provided to the MSRB in accordance with this Disclosure Certificate shall be
provided in an electronic format prescribed by the MSRB and shall be accompanied by identifying information
as prescribed by the MSRB.
SECTION 11. Default. In the event of a failure of the City to comply with any provision of this
Disclosure Certificate, any Holder or Beneficial Owner of the Certificates may take such actions as may be
necessary and appropriate, including seeking mandate or specific performance by court order, to cause the City
to comply with its obligations under this Disclosure Certificate. A default under this Disclosure Certificate shall
not be deemed an Event of Default under the Trust Agreement, and the sole remedy under this Disclosure
Certificate in the event of any failure of the City to comply with this Disclosure Certificate shall be an action to
compel performance.
No Certificate holder or Beneficial Owner may institute such action, suit or proceeding to compel
performance unless they shall have first delivered to the City satisfactory written evidence of their status as such,
and a written notice of and request to cure such failure, and the City shall have refused to comply therewith
within a reasonable time.
SECTION 12. Duties, Immunities and Liabilities of Dissemination Agent. The Dissemination Agent
shall have only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Disclosure Certificate, and the City agrees, to the
extent permitted by law, to indemnify and save the Dissemination Agent, its officers, directors, employees and
agents, harmless against any loss, expense and liabilities which it may incur arising out of or in the exercise or
performance of its powers and duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including attorney’s fees) of
defending against any claim of liability, but excluding liabilities due to the Dissemination Agent’s negligence or
willful misconduct. The Dissemination Agent shall be paid compensation by the City for its services provided
hereunder in accordance with its schedule of fees as amended from time to time and all expenses, legal fees and
advances made or incurred by the Dissemination Agent in the performance of its duties hereunder. In performing
its duties hereunder, the Dissemination Agent shall not be deemed to be acting in any fiduciary capacity for the
City, the Certificate holders, or any other party. The obligations of the City under this Section shall survive
resignation or removal of the Dissemination Agent and payment of the Certificates.
SECTION 13. Notices. Any notices or communications to or among any of the parties to this
Disclosure Certificate may be given as follows:
To the City: City of Cupertino
10300 Torre Avenue
Cupertino, California 95014
Attention: City Manager
SECTION 14. Beneficiaries. This Disclosure Certificate shall inure solely to the benefit of the City,
the Dissemination Agent, the Participating Underwriter and Holders and Beneficial Owners from time to time
of the Certificates, and shall create no rights in any other person or entity.
SECTION 15. Signature. This Disclosure Certificate has been executed by the undersigned on the date
hereof, and such signature binds the City to the undertaking herein provided.
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
Mayor
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EXHIBIT A
NOTICE TO REPOSITORIES OF FAILURE TO FILE ANNUAL REPORT
Name of Issuer: City of Cupertino
Name of Certificate Issue: $__________ City of Cupertino
2020A Certificates of Participation
Date of Delivery: _____, 2020
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City has not provided an Annual Report with respect to the
above-named Certificates as required by the Continuing Disclosure Certificate executed by the City on the date
of delivery of the Certificates. The City anticipates that the Annual Report will be filed by _____________.
Dated: Dissemination Agent
By:
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APPENDIX F
DTC BOOK-ENTRY SYSTEM
The information in this Appendix F concerning DTC and DTC’s book-entry system has been obtained
from sources that the City believes to be reliable, but the City takes no responsibility for the completeness or
accuracy thereof. The following description of the procedures and record keeping with respect to beneficial
ownership interests in the Certificates, payment of principal, premium, if any, accreted value, if any, and interest
with respect to the Certificates to DTC Participants or Beneficial Owners, confirmation and transfers of
beneficial ownership interests in the Certificates and other related transactions by and between DTC, the DTC
Participants and the Beneficial Owners is based solely on information provided by DTC.
DTC will act as securities depository for the Certificates. The Certificates will be issued as fully-
registered securities registered in the name of Cede & Co. (DTC’s partnership nominee) or such other name as
may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. One fully registered certificate will be issued for
each annual maturity of the Certificates, each in the aggregate principal amount of such annual maturity, and
will be deposited with DTC.
DTC, the world’s largest securities depository, is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the
New York Banking Law, a “banking organization” within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member
of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. DTC holds and provides asset servicing for over 3.5 million issues of U.S. and non-U.S.
equity issues, corporate and municipal debt issues, and money market instruments (from over 100 countries) that
DTC’s participants (“Direct Participants”) deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the post trade settlement
among Direct Participants of sales and other securities transactions in deposited securities, through electronic
computerized book entry transfers and pledges between Direct Participants’ accounts. This eliminates the need
for physical movement of securities certificates. Direct Participants include both U.S. and non-U.S. securities
brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain other organizations. DTC is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (“DTCC”). DTCC is the holding
company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of
which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated subsidiaries. Access to the
DTC system is also available to others such as both U.S. and non-U.S. securities brokers and dealers, banks,
trust companies, and clearing corporations that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a Direct
Participant, either directly or indirectly (“Indirect Participants”). DTC has a Standard & Poor’s rating of AA+.
The DTC Rules applicable to its Participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. More
information about DTC can be found at www.dtcc.com.
Purchases of Certificates under the DTC system must be made by or through Direct Participants, which
will receive a credit for the Certificates on DTC’s records. The ownership interest of each actual purchaser of
each Certificate (“Beneficial Owner”) is in turn to be recorded on the Direct and Indirect Participants’ records.
Beneficial Owners will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchase. Beneficial Owners are,
however, expected to receive written confirmations providing details of the transaction, as well as periodic
statements of their holdings, from the Direct or Indirect Participant through which the Beneficial Owner entered
into the transaction. Transfers of ownership interests in the Certificates are to be accomplished by entries made
on the books of Direct and Indirect Participants acting on behalf of Beneficial Owners. Beneficial Owners will
not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the Certificates, except in the event that use of
the book-entry system for the Certificates is discontinued.
To facilitate subsequent transfers, all Certificates deposited by Direct Participants with DTC are
registered in the name of DTC’s partnership nominee, Cede & Co., or such other name as may be requested by
an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of Certificates with DTC and their registration in the name of
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Cede & Co. or such other DTC nominee do not effect any change in beneficial ownership. DTC has no
knowledge of the actual Beneficial Owners of the Certificates; DTC’s records reflect only the identity of the
Direct Participants to whose accounts such Certificates are credited, which may or may not be the Beneficial
Owners. The Direct and Indirect Participants will remain responsible for keeping account of their holdings on
behalf of their customers.
Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to Direct Participants, by Direct Participants
to Indirect Participants, and by Direct Participants and Indirect Participants to Beneficial Owners will be
governed by arrangements among them, subject to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect
from time to time. Beneficial Owners of Certificates may wish to take certain steps to augment the transmission
to them of notices of significant events with respect to the Certificates, such as redemptions, tenders, defaults,
and proposed amendments to the Certificate documents. For example, Beneficial Owners of Certificates may
wish to ascertain that the nominee holding the Certificates for their benefit has agreed to obtain and transmit
notices to Beneficial Owners. In the alternative, Beneficial Owners may wish to provide their names and
addresses to the registrar and request that copies of notices be provided directly to them.
Prepayment notices shall be sent to DTC. If less than all of the Certificates within an issue are being
redeemed, DTC’s practice is to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each Direct Participant in such
maturity to be redeemed.
Neither DTC nor Cede & Co. (nor any other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to
Certificates unless authorized by a Direct Participant in accordance with DTC’s MMI Procedures. Under its
usual procedures, DTC mails an Omnibus Proxy to the Corporation as soon as possible after the record date.
The Omnibus Proxy assigns Cede & Co.’s consenting or voting rights to those Direct Participants to whose
accounts Certificates are credited on the record date (identified in a listing attached to the Omnibus Proxy).
Prepayment proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments on the Certificates will be made to Cede &
Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC’s practice is to
credit Direct Participants’ accounts upon DTC’s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from the
Corporation or the Trustee, on payable date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC’s
records. Payments by Participants to Beneficial Owners will be governed by standing instructions and customary
practices, as is the case with securities held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in “street
name,” and will be the responsibility of such Participant and not of DTC, the Trustee, or the Corporation, subject
to any statutory or regulatory requirements as may be in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption
proceeds, distributions, and dividend payments to Cede & Co. (or such other nominee as may be requested by
an authorized representative of DTC) is the responsibility of the Corporation or the Trustee, disbursement of
such payments to Direct Participants will be the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of such payments to
the Beneficial Owners will be the responsibility of Direct and Indirect Participants.
A Certificate Owner shall give notice to elect to have its Certificates purchased or tendered, through its
Participant, to the Trustee, and shall effect delivery of such Certificates by causing the Direct Participant to
transfer the Participant’s interest in the Certificates, on DTC’s records, to the Trustee. The requirement for
physical delivery of Certificates in connection with an optional tender or a mandatory purchase will be deemed
satisfied when the ownership rights in the Certificates are transferred by Direct Participants on DTC’s records
and followed by a book-entry credit of tendered Certificates to the Trustee’s DTC account. DTC may
discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the Certificates at any time by giving reasonable
notice to the Corporation or the Trustee. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depository is
not obtained, physical certificates are required to be printed and delivered.
DTC may discontinue providing its services as depository with respect to the Certificates at any time
by giving reasonable notice to the City or the Trustee. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor
depository is not obtained, Certificate certificates are required to be printed and delivered and the registration
and transfer provisions of the Trust Agreement will apply.
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The City may decide to discontinue use of the system of book-entry-only transfers through DTC (or a
successor securities depository). In that event, Certificate certificates will be printed and delivered to DTC and
the registration and transfer provisions of the Trust Agreement will apply.
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Meeting: SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Subject
Authorizing the sale and delivery of 2020A Certificates of Participation (“Certificates”) to
refinance outstanding Certificates of Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (“2012
Certificates” or “Refunded Certificates”) for debt service savings and authorizing related
documents and actions.
Recommended Action
Adopt Resolution No. _______ of the City Council of the City of Cupertino authorizing
the sale and delivery of 2020A Certificates of Participation in a principal amount not to
exceed $27 million, authorizing execution and delivery of certain documents relating
thereto, and directing certain actions in connection therewith.
Discussion
The City previously executed and delivered its $43.940 million 2012 Certificates, which
are currently outstanding in the amount of $27.010 million, have interest rates ranging
from 3.000% to 3.125%, and a final maturity of July 1, 2030. The 2012 Certificates can be
currently refunded on any date without premium. Municipal bond rates are currently
near historical lows. The City has determined that refinancing the 2012 Certificates for
debt service savings will provide a public benefit to the City and its residents by reducing
annual debt service payments through 2030, reducing the cost of the public capital
improvements refinanced using the proceeds of the Refunded Certificates.
In order to facilitate the sale and delivery of the Certificates, the City will lease certain real
property consisting generally of City Hall, Administrative Offices, Cupertino Community
Hall/Council Chambers, Senior Center, and Quinlan Community Center properties and
the existing improvements thereon (the “Leased Premises”), to the Cupertino Public
Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”) under a Site Lease in consideration of the
payment of an upfront rental payment; and the Corporation will sublease the Leased
Premises back to the City under a Lease Agreement in consideration of the agreement by
the City to pay semiannual lease payments (the “Lease Payments”).
The Corporation will assign its right to receive the Lease Payments to The Bank of New
York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), under an Assignment
Agreement. In consideration of such assignment, the Trustee will execute and deliver
not-to-exceed $27 million aggregate principal amount of Certificates, each e videncing a
direct, undivided fractional interest in the Lease Payments, the proceeds of which will be
applied to refinance the 2012 Certificates, as provided in a Trust Agreement among the
Corporation, the City, and the Trustee, and an Escrow Agreement between the City and
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as escrow agent (the “Escrow
Agent”).
In order to execute the sale and delivery of the Certificates, City staff has been working
with Urban Futures, Inc., as its Municipal Advisor, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, a
Professional Corporation, as its Special Counsel and Disclosure Counsel, and Stifel,
Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as the Underwriter of the Certificates.
Municipal Advisor
Local governments retain a Municipal Advisor to assist in the structuring and issuance of
bonds/certificates either through a competitive or negotiated sale process. The Municipal
Advisor represents the City, and only the City, in the sale of bonds/certificates, and works
as an extension of staff with a specialty focus on the proposed financing and has an explicit
fiduciary duty to their government clients. The Municipal Advisor will make
recommendations as to the structure, timing and terms of the bonds, reviews all fees and
expenses, coordinates the financing team, drafts the rating presentation, advises the City
on the pricing of the bonds/certificates, and reviews and comments on all documents.
Urban Futures, Inc., was selected by City staff to serve as its municipal advisor based on
the firm’s qualifications and its prior work with the City.
Special Counsel and Disclosure Counsel
Special Counsel works directly for the Issuer and has specialized experience in municipal
financings. Special Counsel drafts the bond/certificate documents, ensures that all legal
requirements critical to the validity and tax-exempt status of the bonds are satisfied, and
will issue a written opinion. Special Counsel often serves as Disclosure Counsel for the
issue. Disclosure Counsel, with the input of City staff, drafts the official statement and the
continuing disclosure agreement and provides disclosure training to the City. Stradling
Yocca Carlson & Rauth was selected by City staff to serve as Special Counsel and
Disclosure Counsel based on and RFP process conducted by Urban Futures.
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth represents the Underwriter in other transactions
unrelated to the Cupertino financing. This situation raises the potential for divided loyalty
and impairment of independent judgment on the part of the firm. As a result, the
California Rules of Professional Conduct require the City to give its informed written
consent as a condition of the firm representing the City here. That consent is memorialized
in the proposed form of legal services agreement between the City and the firm. City staff
do not anticipate any adverse impacts to the City as a result of potential divided loyalty
on the part the firm or heightened risk to the City’s confidential information. Among other
things, the firm has professional obligations to the City that it is bound to adhere to and
the City has a team made up of staff, the Municipal Advisor, and the City Attorney’s
Office that together with the firm are advocating for the City’s interests. Accordingly, staff
requests that the City Council direct the Mayor to give the City’s informed written consent
through execution of the legal services agreement.
Underwriter
The Underwriter is an investment banking firm that assists in structuring the
bonds/certificates, assists the team with the bond rating and credit enhancement process
and markets/sells the bonds to potential investors. Stifel, Nicolaus & Company,
Incorporated was selected by City staff to serve as the Underwriter on this transaction
based on the firm’s qualifications.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the proposed Resolution that approves all
documents and actions needed to authorize the issuance and sale of the Certificates,
including appointment of the financing team and the following substantially final form
financing documents together with any changes or additions deemed advisable and
approved by the Mayor, the City Manager, the Assistant City Manager, the
Administrative Services Director, or the other City officers designated in writing by the
City Manager:
Site Lease between the City as lessor and the Corporation as lessee, whereby the
City leases the Leased Premises to the Corporation in consideration of the payment
by the Corporation to the City of an upfront rental payment which is sufficient to
enable the City to refinance the 2012 Certificates and to pay related financing costs.
Lease Agreement between the Corporation as lessor and the City as lessee,
whereby the Corporation subleases the Leased Premises back to the City in
consideration of the payment by the City of semiannual Lease Payments.
Assignment Agreement between the Corporation and the Trustee, providing for
the Corporation’s assignment of certain of its rights in the Site Lease and the Lease
Agreement, including its right to receive Lease Payments, to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Certificate owners.
Trust Agreement among the City, the Corporation, and the Trustee, whereby the
Trustee agrees to execute and deliver the Certificates, and which sets forth the
material terms and provisions relating to the Certificates.
Escrow Agreement between the City and the Escrow Agent containing terms by
which the Escrow Agent will hold proceeds of the Certificates on behalf of the
owners of the 2012 Certificates to pay and discharge the 2012 Certificates and give
proper notice to the owners.
Termination Agreement among the City, the Corporation, and the Trustee for the
2012 Certificates providing for the termination of the 2012 Site Lease, the 2012
Lease Agreement, and the 2012 Assignment Agreement relating to the 2012
Certificates.
Certificate Purchase Agreement between the City and the underwriter Stifel,
Nicolaus & Company, Inc., pursuant to the terms and provisions of which the
Certificates will be sold with a negotiated method of sale, such terms and
provisions including the underwriter’s discount not to exceed 0.50% of the par
amount of the Certificates.
Preliminary Official Statement pursuant to which the Certificates will be offered
for purchase by the public and must contain all facts material to the Certificates
and the City (with certain permitted exceptions to be completed in the final Official
Statement) and must not omit or misstate any such material facts. The Preliminary
Official Statement has been reviewed and approved for transmittal to the City
Council by the City’s financing team. The distribution of the Preliminary Official
Statement by the City is subject to federal securities laws, including the Securities
Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These laws require the
Preliminary Official Statement to include all facts that would be material to an
investor in the Certificates. Material information is information that there is a
substantial likelihood would have actual significance in the deliberations of the
reasonable investor when deciding whether to buy or sell the Certificates. If the
City Council concludes that the Preliminary Official Statement includes all facts
that would be material to an investor in the Certificates, it must adopt a resolution
that authorizes staff to execute a certificate to the effect that the Preliminary
Official Statement has been “deemed final.”
Amended Debt Management Policy that contains general policies regarding the
City and its related entities’ use and management of debt and has been updated to
include continuing disclosure policies and procedures.
If the Resolution is adopted by City Council, sale of the Certificates is expected to be
completed on or about the week of October 5th with a delivery/closing date on or about
the week of October 26th, at which time the City will receive the proceeds for refinancing
the 2012 Certificates.
Sustainability Impact
No sustainability impact.
Fiscal Impact
Assuming S&P’s affirmation of the City’s AA+ General Fund rating and based on interest
rates as of September 1, 2020 (plus a 50 basis point cushion), the sale and delivery of the
Certificates is estimated to result in cash flow savings of approximately $4.15 million to
the General Fund through June 1, 2030. Annual debt service savings is estimated to be
approximately $415,000. Net present value savings is estimated to be approximately $2.26
million (or 8.36% on $27.010 million of refunded 2012 Certificates). The estimated savings
are net of all financing costs and will benefit the City’s General Fund.
In accordance with California Government Code Section 5852.1, good faith estimates are
provided with respect to the Certificates in Exhibit A.
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Prepared by: Kristina Alfaro, Director of Administrative Services
Reviewed by: Dianne Thompson, Assistant City Manager
Approved for Submission by: Deborah Feng, City Manager
Attachments:
A – Exhibit A: Good Faith Estimates
B – Resolution No. _________
C – Site Lease
D – Lease Agreement
E – Memorandum of Lease Agreement
F – Assignment Agreement
G – Trust Agreement
H – Escrow Agreement
I – Termination Agreement
J – Certificate Purchase Agreement
K – Preliminary Official Statement
L – Amended Debt Management Policy
EXHIBIT A
GOOD FAITH ESTIMATES
The good faith estimates set forth herein are provided with respect to the City of
Cupertino’s (the “City’s”) 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”) in accordance
with California Government Code Section 5852.1. Such good faith estimates have been provided
to the City by Urban Futures, Inc. as municipal advisor to the City (the “Municipal Advisor”),
each with respect to the Certificates.
Principal Amount. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that, based on the City’s
financing plan and current market conditions, its good faith estimate of the aggregate principal
amount of the Certificates to be sold is $22,695,000 (the “Estimated Principal Amount”).
True Interest Cost of the Certificates. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that,
assuming that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market
interest rates prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the
true interest cost of the Certificates, which means the rate necessary to discount the amounts
payable on the respective principal and interest payment dates to the purchase price received for
the Certificates, is 1.26%.
Finance Charge of the Certificates. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that,
assuming that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market
interest rates prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the
finance charge for the Certificates, which means the sum of all fees and charges paid to third
parties (or costs associated with the Certificates), is $313,822.
Amount of Proceeds to be Received. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that,
assuming that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market
interest rates prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the
amount of proceeds expected to be received by the City for sale of the Certificates, less the finance
charge of the Certificates, as estimated above, and any reserve fund funded with proceeds of the
Certificates, is $25,666,245.
Total Payment Amount. The Municipal Advisor has informed the City that, assuming
that the Estimated Principal Amount of the Certificates is sold, and based on market interest rates
prevailing at the time of preparation of such estimate, its good faith estimate of the total payment
amount, which means the sum total of all payments the City will make to pay debt service on the
Certificates, plus the finance charge for the Certificates, as described above, not paid with the
proceeds of the Certificates, calculated to the final maturity of the Certificates, is $27,547,758.
The foregoing estimates constitute good faith estimates only. The actual principal amount
of the Certificates issued and sold, the true interest cost thereof, the finance charges thereof, the
amount of proceeds received therefrom and total payment amount with respect thereto may
differ from such good faith estimates due to (a) the actual date of the sale of the Certificates being
different than the date assumed for purposes of such estimates, (b) the actual principal amount
of Certificates sold being different from the Estimated Principal Amount, (c) the actual
amortization of the Certificates being different than the amortization assumed for purposes of
such estimates, (d) the actual market interest rates at the time of sale of the Certificates being
different than those estimated for purposes of such estimates, (e) other market conditions, or (f)
alterations in the City’s financing plan, or a combination of such factors. The actual date of sale
of the Certificates and the actual principal amount of Certificates sold will be determined by the
City based on the timing of the need for proceeds of the Certificates and other factors. The actual
interest rates borne by the Certificates will depend on market interest rates at the time of sale
thereof. The actual amortization of the Certificates will also depend, in part, on market interest
rates at the time of sale thereof. Market interest rates are affected by economic and other factors
beyond the control of the City.
RESOLUTION NO. _____
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
AUTHORIZING THE SALE AND DELIVERY OF 2020A CERTIFICATES
OF PARTICIPATION IN A PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$27,000,000, AUTHORIZING EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF CERTAIN
DOCUMENTS RELATING THERETO, AND DIRECTING CERTAIN
ACTIONS IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, the City of Cupertino (the “City”) is a municipal corporation and a general law
city duly organized and existing under and pursuant to the Constitution and laws of t he State of
California (the “State”); and
WHEREAS, the City previously executed and delivered its $43,940,000 Certificates of
Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “Refunded Certificates”) in order to refinance certain
public capital improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to refinance the Refunded Certificates in order to achieve debt
service savings through the execution and delivery of the City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of
Participation (the “Certificates”) pursuant to a Trust Agreement (as defined below) by and among the
City, the Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”) and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”); and
WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the execution and delivery of th e Certificates, the City
intends to lease to the Corporation the City’s City Hall, Administrative Offices, Cupertino
Community Hall/Council Chambers, Senior Center, and Quinlan Community Center properties, and
the existing improvements thereon (collectively, the “Leased Premises”) pursuant to a Site Lease (as
defined below) and to lease the Leased Premises back from the Corporation pursuant to the Lease (as
defined below); and
WHEREAS, the Certificates will evidence undivided and fractional interests in certain lease
payments by the City to the Corporation pursuant to the Site Lease and the Lease;
WHEREAS, the forms of the documents necessary to refinance the Refunded Certificates
and provide for the execution and delivery of the Certificates are on file wit h the City Clerk as
described herein; and
WHEREAS, good faith estimates of certain information relating to the Certificates are set
forth in the staff report submitted to the City Council herewith as required by California Government
Code Section 5852.1; such estimates were provided by the City’s Municipal Advisor (as defined
below); and
WHEREAS, the refinancing of the Refunded Certificates for debt service savings will
provide a public benefit to the City and its residents by reducing the cost of the public capital
improvements refinanced using the proceeds of the Refunded Certificates; and
WHEREAS, all acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the State
to exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in connection with the
consummation of the financing authorized hereby do exist, have happened and have been performed
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in regular and due time, form and manner as required by law, and the City is now duly authorized
and empowered, pursuant to each and every requirement of law, to consummate such financing for
the purpose, in the manner and upon the terms herein provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City Cupertino as
follows:
Section 1. Authorization of Certificates. The City Council hereby authorizes the
preparation, sale and delivery of the Certificates , in one or more tax-exempt or taxable series, in a
combined aggregate principal amount not to exceed $27,000,000. Subject to the limitation above,
the principal amount of the Certificates shall be determined by the City Manager of the City (the
“City Manager”) upon consultation with Special Counsel (as defined below). The purposes for which
the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates shall be expended are: (i) to prepay the Refunded
Certificates; and (ii) to pay the costs of the sale and delivery of the Certificates.
Section 2. Lease Agreement. The form of the Lease Agreement (the “Lease”), between
the City and the Corporation, presented at this meeting and on file with the City Clerk (the “Clerk”),
is hereby approved. Each of the Mayor of the City (the “Mayor”), the City Manager , the Assistant
City Manager of the City (the “Assistant City Manager”), the Administrative Services Director of the
City (the “Administrative Services Director”), and other City officers designated in writing by the
City Manager (collectively, the “Authorized Officers”), is hereby authorized and directed, for and in
the name and on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver to the Corporation the Lease in
substantially said form, with such additions thereto and changes therein as the Authorized Officer or
Officers executing the same may require or approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by
the execution and delivery thereof by one or more of the Authorized Officers.
Section 3. Site Lease. The form of the Site Lease (the “Site Lease”), between the
Corporation and the City, presented at this meeting and on file with the Clerk, is hereby approved.
Each of the Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf
of the City, to execute and deliver to the Corporation the Site Lease in substantially said form, with
such additions thereto and changes therein as the Authorized Officer or Officers executing the same
may require or approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery
thereof by one or more of such Authorized Officers.
Section 4. Trust Agreement. The form of the Trust Agreement (the “Trust
Agreement”), among the City, the Corporation and the Trustee, presented at this meeting and on file
with the Clerk, is hereby approved. Each of the Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and
directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver to the Corporation and
the Trustee the Trust Agreement in substantially said form, with such additions thereto and changes
therein as the Authorized Officer or Officers executing the same may require or approve, such
approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof by one or more of t he
Authorized Officers, including, but not limited to, changes to accommodate one or more additional
series of Certificates.
Section 5. Escrow Agreement. The form of the 2012 Certificates Escrow Agreement
(the “Escrow Agreement”), between The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as
escrow bank (the “Escrow Bank”), and the City, presented at this meeting and on file with the Clerk,
is hereby approved. Each of the Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the
name and on behalf of the City, to execute and deliver to the Escrow Bank the Escrow Agreement in
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substantially said form, with such additions thereto and changes therein as the Authorized Officer or
Officers executing the same may require or approve, such approval to be conclusivel y evidenced by
the execution and delivery thereof by one or more of such Authorized Officers.
Section 6. Sale of Certificates. The form of the Certificate Purchase Agreement (the
“Purchase Agreement”), between the City and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated (the
“Underwriter”), presented at this meeting and on file with the Clerk, is hereby approved; provided
that (a) the total aggregate principal amount of the Certificates does not exceed the parameters set
forth in Section 1 above; (b) the aggregate true interest cost of the Certificates does not exceed the
maximum rate that will achieve the debt service savings threshold set forth in the City’s Debt
Management Policy; and (c) the Underwriter’s discount for the purchase of the Certificates in
aggregate shall not exceed 0.5% of the principal amount of the Certificates. Each of the Authorized
Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute
and deliver the Purchase Agreement to the Underwriter in substantially said form, with such
additions thereto and changes therein as the Authorized Officer or Officers executing the same may
require or approve, such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery thereof
by one or more of the Authorized Officers.
Section 7. Preliminary Official Statement. The form of the Preliminary Official
Statement, presented at this meeting and on file with the Clerk, is hereby approved. Each of the
Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for an in the name and on behalf of the City,
to make such changes to the Preliminary Official Statement as are necessary to make it final as of its
date and are authorized and directed, for an in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute and
deliver a certificate deeming the Preliminary Official Statement final as of its date in accordance with
Rule 15c2-12 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Each of the Authorized
Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for an in the name and on behalf of the City, to execute,
approve and deliver the final Official Statement in the form of the Preliminary Official Statement
with such changes, insertions and omissions therein as the Authorized Officer or Officers executing
the same may require or approve such approval to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and
delivery thereof by one or more of such Authorized Officers.
Section 8. Continuing Disclosure Certificate. The form of the Continuing Disclosure
Certificate (the “Continuing Disclosure Certificate”), executed by the City, presented at this meeting
as Appendix E to the Preliminary Official Statement and on file with the Clerk, is hereby approved.
Each of the Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf
of the City, to execute and deliver to the Trustee the Continuing Disclosure Certificate in
substantially said form, with such additions thereto and changes therein as the Authorized Officer or
Officers executing same may require or approve such approval to be conclusively evi denced by the
execution and delivery thereof by one or more of such Authorized Officers.
Section 9. Amended Policy. The amended Debt Management Policy presented at this
meeting and on file with the Clerk, is hereby approved.
Section 10. Professionals Services. Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth, A Professional
Corporation, is hereby approved and appointed as Special Counsel and Disclosure Counsel, Urban
Futures, Inc. is hereby approved and appointed as Municipal Advisor, and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A. is hereby approved and appointed as Trustee and Escrow Bank, each to
provide such services and any other related services as may be required to facilitate the execution and
delivery of the Certificates and the prepayment and defeasance of the Refunded Certificates. Each of
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the Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of the
City, to execute and deliver agreements with the foregoing to provide for the delivery such services
in connection with the execution and delivery of the Certificates and the transactions contemplated
by this Resolution.
Section 11. Attestations. The Clerk and such person or persons as may have been
designated by the Clerk to act on her behalf, are hereby authorized and directed to attest the signature
of the Authorized Officers designated herein to execute any documents described herein, and to affix
and attest the seal of the City, as may be required or appropriate in connection with the execution and
delivery of the Lease, the Site Lease, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Purchase
Agreement, the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, and such other agreements authorized by this
resolution as the Clerk shall deem appropriate.
Section 12. Other Actions. Each of the Authorized Officers is hereby authorized and
directed, jointly and severally, to do any and all things and to execute and deliver any and all
documents which each may deem necessary or advisable (including the payment of costs of issuance
approved by the Authorized Officers), as recommended or required and approved by Special
Counsel, in order to consummate the sale, execution and delivery of the Certificates, the refinancing
of the Refunded Certificates, and otherwise to carry out, give effect to and comply with the terms and
intent of this Resolution, the Certificates, the Lease, the Site Lease, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement, the Purchase Agreement, the Preliminary Official Statement, the Official Statement , and
the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, including, but not limited to, the ente ring into of any
agreements terminating the leasehold interests in the Leased Premises relating to the Refunded
Certificates and or any subordination, non-disturbance and attornment agreements with sub-lessees
of the Leased Premises, removing, adding or substituting any City properties from or to the
properties to be leased pursuant to the Site Lease and the Lease, terminating the site lease and lease
agreement executed in connection with the Refunded Certificates, determining whether to obtain
bond insurance and/or a debt service reserve insurance policy in connection with the Certificates and,
if so determined, negotiating the terms of such policies, and taking such actions as may be needed to
remove encumbrances to title to the properties to be leased pursuant to the Site Lease and the Lease
and to obtain title insurance with respect to such properties. Such actions heretofore taken by such
officers or designees are hereby ratified, confirmed and approved.
Section 13. Effect. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
Section 14. Certification by Clerk. The Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption
of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 15th day of September 2020, by the following vote:
Members of City Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED:
_____________________________________
Steven Scharf, Mayor
City of Cupertino
_____________________________________
Date
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia, City Clerk
_____________________________________
Date
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 9/4/2020
RECORDING REQUESTED BY:
City of Cupertino
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
Newport Beach, California 92660
Attn: Vanessa S. Legbandt, Esq.
[Space above for Recorder’s use.]
This document is recorded for the benefit of the City of Cupertino
and recording is fee-exempt under §27383 of the Government
Code and Revenue and Tax Code §11929.
SITE LEASE
by and between
CITY OF CUPERTINO,
as Lessor
and
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION,
as Lessee
Dated as of October 1, 2020
Relating to
$__________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
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SITE LEASE
This SITE LEASE, is dated as of October 1, 2020, and entered into by and between the CITY
OF CUPERTINO, a municipal corporation and a general law city duly organized and existing under
and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the State of California, as lessor (the “City”), and the
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, a nonprofit public benefit corporation duly
organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, as less ee (the
“Corporation”);
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the City and the Corporation have heretofore entered into a Lease Agreement,
dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Lease Agreement”), pursuant to which the Corporation agreed to
lease to the City certain real property and improvements located thereon; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously executed and delivered its $43,940,000 Certificates of
Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “Refunded Certificates”), which Refunded Certificates
evidenced fractional interests in lease payments to be made under and pursuant to the terms the 2012
Lease Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in order to prepay the 2012 Lease Agreement and to defease and refinance the
Refunded Certificates, the City and the Corporation have agreed to enter into this Site Lease (the
“Site Lease”) wherein the City will lease the real property described in Exhibit A hereto and the
existing improvements thereon (the “Leased Premises”) to the Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation intends to lease back to the City the Leased Premises pursuant
to a Lease Agreement to be executed and entered into as of the date hereof (the “Lease”); and
WHEREAS, by resolutions the City and the Corporation have agreed to execute this Site
Lease, and to deliver it upon performance and compliance by each party with all terms or conditions
of this Site Lease to be performed concurrently herewith, including, without limitation, the delivery
of the City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”) evidencing fractional
interests in Lease Payments (as defined in the Trust Agreement) to be made by the City under this
Lease, executed and delivered pursuant to a Trust Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the “Trust
Agreement”), by and among the City, the Corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”); and
WHEREAS, all acts, conditions and things required by law to exist, to have happened and to
have been performed precedent to and in connection with the execution and entering into of the Site
Lease do exist, have happened and have been performed in regular and due time, form and manner as
required by law, and the parties hereto are now duly authorized to execute and enter into the Site
Lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE LEASED PREMISES AND OF THE
MUTUAL AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS CONTAINED HEREIN AND FOR OTHER
GOOD AND VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE PARTIES HERETO DO HEREBY AGREE
AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Definitions. All terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions
given such terms in the Trust Agreement.
Section 2. Lease. The City hereby leases to the Corporation and the Corporation hereby
leases from the City, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, the Leased Premises; provided
that the Lease is duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto simultaneously herewith.
Section 3. Term. The term of this Site Lease shall commence as of the date of
execution and delivery of the Certificates and shall remain in effect until the later of July 1, 2030 or
the Term, as defined in the Lease, expires as provided therein, unless such term is sooner terminated
as provided in the Lease; provided, however, that in the event of a default by the City under the
Lease and the Corporation’s election to terminate the Lease under Section 9.2(b) thereof, the term of
this Site Lease shall not terminate until such time as all amounts payable by the City under the Lease
and the Trust Agreement have been paid in full.
Section 4. Rental. The Corporation, and any assignee or successor in interest of the
Corporation under this Site Lease, shall pay to the City a single rental payment of $__________,
from proceeds of sale of the Certificates, by causing such amount to be deposited in the Escrow Fund
under and as further specified in the Trust Agreement.
Section 5. Purpose. The Corporation shall use the Leased Premises solely for the
purpose of leasing back such Leased Premises to the City pursuant to the Lease and for such
purposes as may be incidental thereto; provided, that in the event of default by the City under the
Lease or termination pursuant thereto, the Corporation may exercise the remedies of repossession of
the Leased Premises, as provided in the Lease.
Section 6. Interest in Leased Premises. The City warrants and covenants that it has
sufficient interest in the Leased Premises to lease it hereunder. In the event of a title defect in the
Leased Premises that impairs the right to use and occupy the Leased Premises, the City covenants
that it will exercise its power, including but not limited to, its condemnation powers to the extent
permitted by law, to obtain the necessary rights in the Leased Premises and to cure such defect and
limitation of the right to use and occupancy.
Section 7. Assignments and Subleases. The City acknowledges and affirms the
assignment by the Corporation of its rights under this Site Lease to the Trustee, under the terms of
the Assignment Agreement dated as of the date hereof, for the benefit of the Owners of the
Certificates. This Site Lease may also be assigned and the Leased Premises subleased, as a whole or
in part, by the Corporation without necessity of obtaining the consent of the City, if any event of
default occurs under the Lease.
Section 8. Termination. The Corporation agrees, upon the termination of this Site
Lease, to quit and surrender the Leased Premises in the same good order and condition as the same
was in at the time of commencement of the term hereunder, reasonable wear and tear excepted, and
agrees that any permanent improvements and structures existing upon the Leased Premises at the
time of the termination of this Site Lease shall remain thereon and title thereto shall vest in the City,
without the necessity of any additional document of transfer.
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Upon payment by the City of all Lease Payments and all Additional Payme nts due during the
term of the Lease, and concurrently with termination of the Lease as provided therein, the term of
this Site Lease shall terminate.
Under no circumstances may the City terminate this Site Lease as a remedy for a default by
the Corporation in the performance of any obligation of the Corporation hereunder.
Section 9. Quiet Enjoyment. The Corporation at all times during the term of this Site
Lease shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy all of the Leased Premises; provided,
however, that the City shall have the right to demolish some or all of the existing improvements on
the Leased Premises in order to replace or renovate some or all of the existing improvements with
new improvements of equivalent or greater value.
Section 10. Default. In the event the Corporation shall be in default in the performance
of any obligation on its part to be performed under the terms of this Site Lease, which default
continues for 30 days following written notice and demand for correction thereto by the City, the
City may exercise any and all remedies granted by law; provided, however, that no merger of this
Site Lease and the Lease shall be deemed to occur as a result thereof and, so long as any Certificates
and Additional Certificates are outstanding, the Site Lease shall not be terminated except as provided
in Section 8 hereof.
Section 11. Taxes. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.6 of the Lease, the City
covenants and agrees to pay any and all assessments of any kind or character and also all taxes,
including possessory interest taxes, levied or assessed upon the Leased Premises.
Section 12. Eminent Domain. In the event the whole or any part of the Leased Premises
is taken by eminent domain proceedings, the interest of the Corporation shall be recognized and is
hereby determined to be the amount of unpaid Lease Payments and all Additional Payments due the
Corporation under the Lease.
Section 13. Partial Invalidity. If any one or more of the terms, provisions, covenants or
conditions of this Site Lease shall to any extent be declared invalid, unenforceab le, void or voidable
for any reason whatsoever by a court of competent jurisdiction, the finding or order or decree of
which becomes final, none of the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Site
Lease shall be affected thereby, and each provision of this Site Lease shall be valid and enforceable
to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section 14. Applicable Law. This Site Lease shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California.
Section 15. Representatives. Whenever under the provisions of this Site Lease the
approval of the Corporation or the City is required, or the Corporation or the City is required to take
some action at the request of the other, such approval or such request shall be given for the City by
the City Representative, and for the Corporation by the Corporation Representative, and any party
hereto shall be authorized to rely upon any such approval or request.
Section 16. Captions. The captions or headings in this Site Lease are for convenience
only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of intent of any provision or Section of this
Site Lease.
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Section 17. Execution in Counterparts. This Site Lease may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall constitute but
one and the same instrument.
Section 18. Amendments. This Site Lease may be amended in writing as may be
mutually agreed by the City and the Trustee (as assignee of the Corporation), in accordance with
Article X of the Trust Agreement.
Section 19. Incorporation. This Site Lease shall be subject to all the terms and
conditions of the Lease.
Section 20. Warranties of the City as to the Leased Premises. The City covenants and
warrants to the Corporation that:
(a) except for Permitted Encumbrances (as defined in the Lease), the Leas ed
Premises is not subject to any dedication, easement, right of way, reservation in patent, covenant,
condition, restriction, lien or encumbrance which would prohibit or materially interfere with the
financing as contemplated by the Lease;
(b) all taxes, assessments, or impositions of any kind with respect to the Leased
Premises, except current taxes, have been paid in full;
(c) the Leased Premises is properly zoned for its intended purposes; and
(d) the Leased Premises is necessary to the City in order for the City to perform
its governmental functions.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Site Lease to be executed by their
duly authorized officers as of the date and year first above written.
CITY OF CUPERTINO, as lessor
By:
Steven Scharf
Mayor
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION, as lessee
By:
Steven Scharf
President
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia
Secretary
CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE
This is to certify that the interest in the Leased Premises conveyed under the foregoing to the
Cupertino Public Facilities Corporation (the “Corporation”), a nonprofit public benefit corporation
duly organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, is hereby accepted by the
undersigned officer or agent on behalf of the Corporation, pursuant to authority conferred by
resolution of the said Corporation Board of Directors adopted on September 15, 2020, and the
Corporation consents to recordation thereof by its duly authorized officer.
Dated: October __, 2020 CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION
By:
Steven Scharf
President
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia
Secretary
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ___________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared _____________________________________________________, who proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to
the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or t he
entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES
Real property in the City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara, State of California, described
as follows:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 7, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED TRACT NO. 3743 CUPERTINO
TOWN CENTER, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE
RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER
16, 1964, IN BOOK 186 OF MAPS, PAGE(S) 36 AND 37
PARCEL TWO:
PARCELS A, B, C & D, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PARCEL MAP ENTITLED,
"PARCEL MAP, BEING ALL OF LOT 4, TRACT NO. 3743, CITY OF CUPERTINO", WHICH
PARCEL MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON MARCH 07, 1974 IN BOOK 337
OF MAPS, PAGE 11.
APN 369-31-033
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 9/4/2020
LEASE AGREEMENT
by and between
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION,
as Lessor
and
CITY OF CUPERTINO,
as Lessee
Dated as of October 1, 2020
Relating to
$__________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND EXHIBITS
Section 1.1 Definitions and Rules of Construction .......................................................................... 2
Section 1.2 Exhibits ......................................................................................................................... 3
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.1 Representations, Covenants and Warranties of the City ............................................... 3
Section 2.2 Representations, Covenants and Warranties of the Corporation .................................. 5
ARTICLE III
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 3.1 Deposit of Certificate Proceeds..................................................................................... 7
Section 3.2 Defeasance of Refunded Certificates ............................................................................ 7
Section 3.3 Further Assurances and Corrective Instruments ........................................................... 7
ARTICLE IV
AGREEMENT TO LEASE; TERM OF LEASE; LEASE PAYMENTS
Section 4.1 Lease ............................................................................................................................. 7
Section 4.2 Term .............................................................................................................................. 7
Section 4.3 Extension of Lease Term .............................................................................................. 8
Section 4.4 Lease Payments ............................................................................................................. 8
Section 4.5 No Withholding ............................................................................................................ 9
Section 4.6 Fair Rental Value .......................................................................................................... 9
Section 4.7 Budget and Appropriation ............................................................................................. 9
Section 4.8 Assignment of Lease Payments .................................................................................... 9
Section 4.9 Use and Possession ..................................................................................................... 10
Section 4.10 Abatement of Lease Payments and Additional Payments .......................................... 10
Section 4.11 Additional Payments ................................................................................................... 11
Section 4.12 Net-Net-Net Lease ...................................................................................................... 11
ARTICLE V
INSURANCE
Section 5.1 Public Liability and Leased Premises Damage ........................................................... 11
Section 5.2 Workers’ Compensation ............................................................................................. 12
Section 5.3 Casualty and Theft Insurance ...................................................................................... 12
Section 5.4 Rental Interruption Insurance...................................................................................... 12
Section 5.5 Title Insurance ............................................................................................................ 13
Section 5.6 General Insurance Provisions...................................................................................... 13
Section 5.7 Cooperation ................................................................................................................. 14
ARTICLE VI
DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND EMINENT DOMAIN; USE OF NET PROCEEDS
Section 6.1 Application of Net Proceeds ....................................................................................... 14
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)
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ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE LEASED PREMISES
Section 7.1 Use of the Leased Premises ........................................................................................ 16
Section 7.2 Interest in the Leased Premises and the Lease ............................................................ 16
Section 7.3 Quiet Enjoyment ......................................................................................................... 16
Section 7.4 Installation of the City’s Personal Property ................................................................ 16
Section 7.5 Access to the Leased Premises.................................................................................... 17
Section 7.6 Maintenance, Utilities, Taxes and Assessments ......................................................... 17
Section 7.7 Modification of the Leased Premises .......................................................................... 17
Section 7.8 Encumbrances; Alternative Financing Methods ......................................................... 19
Section 7.9 Corporation’s Disclaimer of Warranties ..................................................................... 19
Section 7.10 The City’s Right to Enforce Warranties of Vendors or Contractors ........................... 19
Section 7.11 Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises .......................................................... 20
Section 7.12 Compliance with Law, Regulations, Etc ..................................................................... 20
Section 7.13 Environmental Compliance ........................................................................................ 21
Section 7.14 Condemnation of Leased Premises ............................................................................. 22
ARTICLE VIII
ASSIGNMENT, SUBLEASING AND AMENDMENT
Section 8.1 Assignment by the Corporation .................................................................................. 23
Section 8.2 Assignment and Subleasing by the City ..................................................................... 23
Section 8.3 Amendments and Modifications ................................................................................. 23
ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 9.1 Events of Default Defined .......................................................................................... 24
Section 9.2 Remedies on Default ................................................................................................... 24
Section 9.3 No Remedy Exclusive ................................................................................................. 26
Section 9.4 Agreement to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses ...................................................... 26
Section 9.5 No Additional Waiver Implied by One Waiver .......................................................... 26
Section 9.6 Application of the Proceeds from the Re-Lease of the Leased Premises ................... 27
Section 9.7 Trustee and Owners to Exercise Rights ...................................................................... 27
ARTICLE X
PREPAYMENT OF LEASE PAYMENTS
Section 10.1 Security Deposit .......................................................................................................... 27
Section 10.2 Extraordinary Prepayment .......................................................................................... 27
Section 10.3 Optional Prepayment .................................................................................................. 27
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Notices ........................................................................................................................ 28
Section 11.2 Binding Effect ............................................................................................................. 28
Section 11.3 Severability ................................................................................................................. 28
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Section 11.4 Execution in Counterparts ........................................................................................... 28
Section 11.5 Applicable Law ........................................................................................................... 28
Section 11.6 Representatives ........................................................................................................... 28
Section 11.7 Captions ...................................................................................................................... 28
Signatures ................................................................................................................................... S-1
EXHIBIT A SCHEDULE OF LEASE PAYMENTS .................................................................... A-1
EXHIBIT B LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES ....................................... B-1
LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS LEASE AGREEMENT, is dated as of October 1, 2020, and entered into by and
between the CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, a nonprofit public benefit
corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, as
lessor (the “Corporation”), and the CITY OF CUPERTINO, a municipal c orporation and a general
law city duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of said State, as
lessee (the “City”);
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the City may enter into leases and agreements relating to real property and
buildings to be used by the City; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation is authorized pursuant to the laws of the State of California and
its formation documents to provide financial assistance to the City by acquiring, constructing and
financing various public facilities, land and equipment and the leasing of facilities, land and
equipment for the use, benefit and enjoyment of the public; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Corporation have heretofore entered into a Lease Agreement,
dated as of May 1, 2012 (the “2012 Lease Agreement”), pursuant to which the Corporation agreed to
lease to the City certain real property and improvements located thereon; and
WHEREAS, the City has previously executed and delivered its $43,940,000 Certificates of
Participation (2012 Refinancing Project) (the “Refunded Certificates”), which Refunded Certificates
evidenced fractional interests in lease payments to be made under and pursuant to the terms the 2012
Lease Agreement; and
WHEREAS, in order to prepay the 2012 Lease Agreement and to defease and refinance the
Refunded Certificates, the City and the Corporation are entering into this Lease Agreement (this
“Lease”) and authorizing and directing the execution and delivery of the $________ City of
Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the “Certificates”) evidencing fractional interests in
Lease Payments (as defined in the Trust Agreement) to be made by the City under this Lease,
executed and delivered pursuant to a Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of the date
hereof, by and among the City, the Corporation, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”); and
WHEREAS, the City has entered into a Site Lease of even date herewith (the “Site Lease”)
with the Corporation under which the Cit y has agreed to lease the real property described in
Exhibit B hereto, including any improvements thereon (the “Leased Premises”), to the Corporation,
and which Site Lease provides that the title to the Leased Premises shall vest in the City at the
expiration of the Site Lease (as provided in Section 8 thereof), and contains other terms and
conditions as the governing board of the City deems to be in the best interest of the City; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of the Lease Payments to be paid by the City to the Corporation
hereunder, the Corporation will lease to the City the Leased Premises on the terms and conditions set
forth herein; and
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WHEREAS, all acts, conditions and things required by law to exist, to have happened and to
have been performed precedent to and in connection with the execution and entering into of the
Lease do exist, have happened and have been performed in regular and due time, form and manner as
required by law, and the parties hereto are now duly authorized to e xecute and enter into the Lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the Leased Premises and of the mutual agreements
and covenants contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto do
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND EXHIBITS
Section 1.1 Definitions and Rules of Construction. Unless the context otherwise
requires, the capitalized terms used herein shall, for all purposes of this Lease, have the meanings
specified in the Trust Agreement, together with any amendments thereof or supplements thereto
permitted to be made thereunder; and the additional terms defined in this Section shall, for all
purposes of this Lease, have the meanings herein specified. Unless the context otherwise indicates,
words importing the singular number shall include the plura l number and vice versa. The terms
“hereby,” “hereof,” “hereto,” “herein,” “hereunder” and any similar terms, as used in this Lease,
refer to this Lease as a whole.
“Environmental Regulations” shall mean all Laws and Regulations, now or hereafter in
effect, with respect to Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 9601, et
seq.) (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, “CERCLA”), the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901, et seq.) (together with the
regulations promulgated thereunder, “RCRA”), the Emergency Planning and Community Right -to-
Know Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 11001, et seq.) (together with the regulations promulgated
thereunder, “Title III”), the Clean Water Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Section 1321 et seq.) (together
with the regulations promulgated thereunder, “CWA”), the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
Section 7401, et seq.) (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, “CAA”) and the Toxic
Substances Control Act, as amended (15 U.S.C. Section 2601 et seq.) (together with the regulations
promulgated thereunder, “TSCA”), and any state or local similar laws and reg ulations and any so-
called local, state or federal “superfund” or “superlien” law.
“Interest Component” means the portion of each Lease Payment designated in Exhibit A
hereto as the Interest Component.
“Leased Premises” means the site described in Exhibit B hereto and any improvements
thereon being leased to the City by the Corporation hereunder.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means, as of any particular time: (i) liens for general ad valorem
taxes and assessments, if any, not then delinquent, or which the City may, pursuant to provisions of
Section 7.6 hereof, permit to remain unpaid; (ii) the Assignment Agreement; (iii) this Lease; (iv) the
Site Lease; (v) any contested right or claim of any mechanic, laborer, materialman, supplier or
vendor filed or perfected in the manner prescribed by law to the extent permitted under
Section 7.7(b) hereof; (vi) [that certain Lease Agreement for Cupertino Branch Library dated as of
April 11, 1996, between the City and the Santa Clara County Library Joint Powers Authority, as it
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may be amended from time to time, encumbering the Cupertino Library facility; (vii) that certain
Lease Agreement dated as of _______, between the City and Jee Sung Lee (Coffee Society),
encumbering a portion of the Cupertino Library facility]; (viii) easements, rights of way, mineral
rights, drilling rights and other rights, reservations, covenants, conditions, liens or restrictions which
exist of record as of the Delivery Date, which the City hereby certifies will not materially impair the
use of the Leased Premises by the City; and (ix) easements, rights of way, mineral rights, drilling
rights and other rights, reservations, covenants, conditions, liens or restrictions established following
the date of recordation of a memorandum of this Lease and to wh ich the Corporation, the City and
the Trustee consent in writing.
“Principal Component” means the portion of the Lease Payments designated in Exhibit A
hereto as the Principal Component.
Section 1.2 Exhibits. The following Exhibits are attached to, and by reference made a
part of, this Lease:
Exhibit A: Schedule of Lease Payments.
Exhibit B: Legal Description of the Leased Premises.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.1 Representations, Covenants and Warranties of the City. The City
represents, covenants and warrants to the Corporation as follows:
(a) Due Organization and Existence. The City is a municipal corporation and a
general law city duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State.
(b) Authorization; Enforceability. The Constitution and laws of the State
authorize the City to enter into this Lease, the Site Lease, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow
Agreement and the Continuing Disclosure Certificate, and to enter into the transactions contemplated
by and to carry out its obligations under all of the aforesaid leases and agreements; the City has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of all of the aforesaid leases and agreements. This Lease, the
Site Lease, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Continuin g Disclosure Certificate
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the City, enforceable in accordance with their
respective terms, except to the extent limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(c) No Conflicts or Default; No Liens or Encumbrances. Neither the execution
and delivery of this Lease, the Site Lease, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Agreement or the
Continuing Disclosure Certificate, nor the fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and conditions
hereof or thereof, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, conflicts
with or results in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of any restriction or any agreement
or instrument to which the City is now a party or by which the City is bound, or constitutes a default
under any of the foregoing, or results in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance whatsoever upon any of the property or assets of the City, or upon the Leased Premises
except for Permitted Encumbrances and the pledges contained in the Trust Agreement.
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(d) Execution and Delivery. The City has duly authorized and executed this
Lease in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State.
(e) Indemnification of Corporation. The City covenants, to the extent permitted
by law, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation and its directors, officers, employees
and assigns (collectively, the “Indemnified Party”) against any and all losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, including fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, to which
such Indemnified Party may become subject under any statute or at law or in equity or otherwise in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Lease, and shall reimburse any such
Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses incurred by it in connection with investigating any
claims against it and defending any actions, insofar as such los ses, claims, damages, liabilities or
actions arise out of the transactions contemplated by this Lease. In particular, without limitation, the
City shall and hereby agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to indemnify and save the Indemnified
Party harmless from and against all claims, losses and damages, including legal fees and expenses,
arising out of (i) the use, maintenance, condition or management of, or from any work or thing done
on the Leased Premises by the City, (ii) any breach or default on the part of the City in the
performance of any of its obligations under this Lease, (iii) any act of negligence of the City or of
any of its agents, contractors, servants, employees or licensees with respect to the Leased Premises or
(iv) any act of negligence of any assignee or sublessee of the City with respect to the Leased
Premises. No indemnification is made under this Section or elsewhere in this Lease for claims,
losses or damages, including legal fees and expenses arising out of the willful misconduct or
negligence under this Lease by the Corporation, its directors, officers, agents, employees, successors
or assigns.
(f) General Tax and Arbitrage Covenant. The City hereby covenants that,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease, it shall not take any action, or fail to take any
action, if any such action or failure to take action would adversely affect the exclusion from gross
income for federal income tax purposes of the Interest Component evidenced by the Certificates
under Section 103 of the Code. The City shall not, directly or indirectly, use or permit the use of
proceeds of the Certificates or the Project, or any portion thereof, by any person other than a
governmental unit (as such term is used in Section 141 of the Code), in such manner or to such extent
as would result in the loss of exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of the
Interest Component evidenced by the Certificates.
The City shall not take any action, or fail to take any action, if any such action or
failure to take action would cause the Lease Payments evidenced by Certificates to be “private
activity bonds” within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code, and in furtherance thereof, shall not
make any use of the proceeds of the Certificates or the Project, or any portion thereof, or any other
funds of the City, that would cause the Lease Payments evidenced by Certificates to be “private
activity bonds” within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code. To that end, so long as any
Certificates are outstanding, the City, with respect to such proceeds and the Project, will comply with
applicable requirements of the Code and all regulations of the United States Department of the
Treasury issued thereunder and under Section 103 of the Code, to the extent such requirements are, at
the time, applicable and in effect.
The City shall not, directly or indirectly, use or permit the use of any proceeds of any
Certificates or of the Project, or other funds of the City, or take or omit to take any action, that would
cause the Lease Payments evidenced by Certificates to be “arbitrage bonds” within the meaning of
Section 148 of the Code. To that end, the City shall comply with all requirements of Section 148 of
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the Code and all regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury issued thereunder to the
extent such requirements are, at the time, in effect and applicable to the Lease Payments evidenced
by Certificates.
The City shall not make any use of the proceeds of the Certificates or any other funds
of the City, or take or omit to take any other action, that would cause the Lease Payments evidenced
by Certificates to be “federally guaranteed” within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code.
(g) Essentiality of the Leased Premises. The City hereby represents that the
Leased Premises is essential for the City’s performance of its governmental functions.
(h) Zoning Environmental and Safety Ordinance Compliance. The City hereby
represents that the Leased Premises complies in all respects with applicable zoning, environmental
and safety ordinances.
(i) Title Insurance. The City hereby represents that the Leased Premises is the
same property which is the subject of the ALTA title insurance policy issued by First American Title
Insurance Company pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof.
Section 2.2 Representations, Covenants and Warranties of the Corporation. The
Corporation represents, covenants and warrants to the City as follows:
(a) Due Organization and Existence. The Corporation is a nonprofit public
benefit corporation duly organized, existing and in good standing under and by virtue of the laws of
the State.
(b) Authorization; Enforceability. The Corporation has the power to enter into
this Lease, the Assignment Agreement, the Site Lease and the Trust Agreement; is possessed of full
power to own and hold real and personal property, and to lease and sell the same; and has duly
authorized the execution and delivery of all of the aforesaid leases and agreements. This Lease, the
Assignment Agreement, the Site Lease and the Trust Agreement constitute the legal, v alid and
binding obligations of the Corporation, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except
to the extent limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar
laws or equitable principles affecting the rights of creditors generally.
(c) No Conflicts or Defaults; No Liens or Encumbrances. Neither the execution
and delivery of this Lease, the Assignment Agreement, the Site Lease 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, conflicts with or results in a
breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation or
any restriction or any agreement or instrument to which the Corporation is now a party or by which
the Corporation is bound, or constitutes a default under any of the foregoing, or results in the creation
or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any of the p roperty or assets of
the Corporation, or upon the Leased Premises except for Permitted Encumbrances and the pledges
contained in the Trust Agreement.
(d) Execution and Delivery. The Corporation has duly authorized and executed
this Lease in accordance with the laws of the State.
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(e) Maintenance of Existence. To the extent permitted by law, the Corporation
agrees that during the term hereof it will maintain its existence as a nonprofit public benefit
corporation, will not combine or consolidate with or merge into any other entity or permit one or
more other entities to consolidate with or merge into it.
(f) General Tax and Arbitrage Covenant. To the extent that the Corporation may
control the Project or the proceeds of the Certificates, the Corporation covenants that,
notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease, it shall not take any action, or fail to take any
action, if any such action or failure to take action would adversely affect the exclusion from gross
income for federal income tax purposes of the Interest Component evidenced by the Certificates
under Section 103 of the Code. To the extent that the Corporation may control the Project or the
proceeds of the Certificates, the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, use or permit the use of
proceeds of the Certificates or the Project, or any portion thereof, by any person other than a
governmental unit (as such term is used in Section 141 of the Code), in such manner or to such extent
as would result in the loss of exclusion from gross income for feder al income tax purposes of the
Interest Component evidenced by the Certificates.
To the extent that the Corporation may control the Project or the proceeds of the
Certificates, the Corporation shall not take any action, or fail to take any action, if any su ch action or
failure to take action would cause the Lease Payments evidenced by Certificates to be “private
activity bonds” within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code, and in furtherance thereof, to the
extent that the Corporation may control the Project or the proceeds of the Certificates, the
Corporation shall not make any use of the proceeds of the Certificates or the Project, or any portion
thereof, or any other funds of the City, that would cause the Lease Payments evidenced by
Certificates to be “private activity bonds” within the meaning of Section 141 of the Code. To that
end, so long as any Certificates are outstanding, the Corporation, with respect to such proceeds, the
Project, to the extent of its control thereof, will comply with applicable requirements of the Code and
all regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury issued thereunder and under Section
103 of the Code, to the extent such requirements are, at the time, applicable and in effect.
To the extent that the Corporation may control the Project or the proceeds of the
Certificates, the Corporation shall not, directly or indirectly, use or permit the use of any proceeds of
any Certificates, or of the Project, or other funds of the City, or take or omit to take any action, t hat
would cause the Lease Payments evidenced by Certificates to be “arbitrage bonds” within the
meaning of Section 148 of the Code. To that end, the Corporation shall comply with all requirements
of Section 148 of the Code and all regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury issued
thereunder to the extent such requirements are, at the time, in effect and applicable to the Lease
Payments evidenced by Certificates.
To the extent that the Corporation may control the proceeds of the Certificate s, the
Corporation shall not make any use of the proceeds of the Certificates or any other funds of the
Corporation, or take or omit to take any other action, that would cause the Lease Payments evidenced
by Certificates to be “federally guaranteed” within the meaning of Section 149(b) of the Code.
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ARTICLE III
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 3.1 Deposit of Certificate Proceeds. On the Delivery Date for the Certificates
and on the Delivery Date for any Additional Certificates, the Corporation agrees to pay or cause to be
paid to the Trustee the proceeds of the sale of the Certificates and Additional Certificates, which
moneys, in the case of the Certificates, shall be deposited with the Trustee as provided in Section
3.01 of the Trust Agreement, or in the case of Additional Certificates as provided in any
Supplemental Trust Agreement which relates to such Additional Certificates.
Section 3.2 Defeasance of Refunded Certificates. The Corporation’s lease payment for
the Leased Premises in the amount of the net proceeds of the Certificates, as provided in the Site
Lease, shall be deposited in the Escrow Fund as provided in the Trust Agreement, which moneys
shall be disbursed for purpose of defeasing the Refunded Certificates in accordance with the Trust
Agreement. The City shall deliver the amount required to defease the Refunded Certificates on the
Delivery Date to the Trustee.
Section 3.3 Further Assurances and Corrective Instruments. The Corporation and the
City agree that they will, from time to time, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause to be
executed, acknowledged and delivered, such supplements hereto and such further instruments as may
reasonably be required for correcting any inadequate or incorrect description of the Leased Premises
hereby leased or intended so to be or for carrying out the e xpressed intention of this Lease.
ARTICLE IV
AGREEMENT TO LEASE; TERM OF LEASE; LEASE PAYMENTS
Section 4.1 Lease. The Corporation hereby leases the Leased Premises to the City, and
the City hereby leases the Leased Premises from the Corporation, upon the terms and conditions set
forth herein. This Lease shall not operate as a merger of the City’s leasehold estate i n the Leased
Premises pursuant to this Lease and its fee estate in the Leased Premises and shall not cause the
extinguishment of the leasehold interest granted to the Corporation under the Site Lease.
Section 4.2 Term. The Term of this Lease shall commence on the date of execution and
delivery of the Certificates and shall end on June 1, 2030, unless extended pursuant to Section 4.3
hereof, or unless terminated prior thereto upon the earliest of any of the following events:
(a) Default and Termination. A default by the City and the Corporation’s
election to terminate this Lease under Section 9.2(b) hereof;
(b) Payment of All Lease Payments. The payment by the City of all Lease
Payments required under Section 4.4 hereof and any Additional Payments required under
Section 4.11 hereof; or
(c) Prepayment. The deposit of funds or Government Obligations with the
Trustee in amounts sufficient to pay all Lease Payments as the same shall become due, as provided in
Section 10.1 hereof and in Section 14.01 of the Trust Agreement.
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Section 4.3 Extension of Lease Term. The Term of this Lease may be extended in
connection with the execution and delivery of any Additional Certificates. If on the final maturity
date of the Certificates or any Additional Certificates all Interest Components and Principal
Components represented thereby shall not be fully paid by the City as a result of a default in the
payment of Lease Payments, or because the Lease Payments hereunder shall have been abated at any
time as permitted by the terms hereof, then the Term shall be e xtended until all Certificates and
Additional Certificates shall be fully paid, except that the Term shall in no event be extended beyond
the tenth (10th) anniversary of the final scheduled maturity of any Certificate or Additional
Certificate.
Section 4.4 Lease Payments.
(a) Time and Amount. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.10 (regarding
abatement in event of loss of use of any portion of the Leased Premises) and Article X (regarding
prepayment of Lease Payments), the City agrees to pay to the Corporation, its successors and assigns,
as annual rental for the use and possession of the Leased Premises, the Lease Payments (denominated
into components of principal and interest, the Interest Component of such Lease Payment being paid
semiannually) in the amounts specified in Exhibit A, to be due and payable in arrears on each Lease
Payment Date, which are sufficient in both time and amount to pay when due the annual principal
and interest represented by the Certificates. In the event that any Additional Certificates are executed
and delivered pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the City and the Trustee shall execute an amendment
to Exhibit A to state the Lease Payments due hereunder as a result of the execution and delivery of
such Additional Certificates.
The obligation of the City to pay Lease Payments shall commence on the Delivery
Date for the Certificates.
In the event the City does not pay a Lease Payment due on the respective Lease
Payment Date, the Trustee shall provide prompt written notice to the City of such failure to pay;
provided, however, that failure to give such notice shall not excuse any event of default under
Section 9.1 hereof.
(b) Credits. Any amount held in the Lease Payment Fund on any Lease Payment
Date (other than capitalized interest, which shall be credited in accordance w ith Section 5.03 of the
Trust Agreement, and other than amounts resulting from the prepayment of the Lease Payments in
part but not in whole pursuant to Section 10.2 hereof and other amounts required for payment of
principal with respect to any Certificates or Additional Certificates that have matured or been called
for payment and have not been presented for payment or interest) shall be credited towards the
applicable Lease Payment then due and payable. The City need not transfer additional cash to the
Trustee on any Lease Payment Date if the amounts then held in the Lease Payment Fund (other than
those amounts excluded under the prior sentence) are at least equal to the Lease Payment then
required to be paid.
(c) Rate on Overdue Payments. In the event the City should fail to make any of
the Lease Payments required in this Section, the Lease Payment in default shall continue as an
obligation of the City until the amount in default shall have been fully paid, and the City agrees to
pay the same with interest thereon, to the extent permitted by law, from the date such amount was
originally payable at the rate equal to the original interest rate payable with respect to each
Certificate or Additional Certificate, as applicable, represented by such delinquent Lease Payment.
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Section 4.5 No Withholding. Notwithstanding any dispute between the Corporation and
the City, including a dispute as to the failure of any portion of the Leased Premises in use by or
possession of the City to perform the task for which it is leased, the Cit y shall make all Lease
Payments and Additional Payments when due and shall not withhold any Lease Payments pending
the final resolution of such dispute.
Section 4.6 Fair Rental Value. The Lease Payments and Additional Payments shall be
paid by the City in consideration of the right of possession of, and the continued quiet use and
enjoyment of, the Leased Premises during each such period for which said Lease Payments are to be
paid. The parties hereto have agreed and determined that such total rental represents the f air rental
value of the Leased Premises. In making such determination, consideration has been given to the fair
market value and replacement cost of the Leased Premises, other obligations of the parties under this
Lease (including but not limited to costs of maintenance, taxes and insurance), the uses and purposes
which may be served by the Leased Premises and the benefits therefrom which will accrue to the
City and the general public, and the transfer of the Corporation’s leasehold interest in the Leased
Premises at the end of the Term.
Section 4.7 Budget and Appropriation. The City covenants to take such action as may
be necessary to include in its annual budget all Lease Payments and Additional Payments (to the
extent the amounts of such Additional Payments are known to the City at the time its annual budget
is proposed), due hereunder in the Fiscal Year covered by its annual budget, and to make the
necessary annual appropriations therefor, and to maintain such items to the extent unpaid for that
Fiscal Year in its budget throughout such Fiscal Year. To the extent the amount of such payments
becomes known after the adoption of the annual budget, such amounts shall be included and
maintained in such budget as amended. During the Term, the City will furnish annually to the
Trustee a certificate of the City Representative stating that all Lease Payments and Additional
Payments due hereunder for the applicable Fiscal Year have been included in its annual budget on or
before August 1 of each Fiscal Year. The covenants on the part of the City herein contained shall be
deemed to be and shall be construed to be duties imposed by law and it shall be the ministerial duty
of each and every public official of the City to take such action and do such things as are required by
law in the performance of the official duty of such officials to enable the City to carry out and
perform the covenants and agreements in this Lease agreed to be carried out and performed by the
City.
The obligation of the City to pay Lease Payments and Addi tional Payments hereunder shall
constitute a current expense of the City and shall not in any way be construed to be a debt of the City,
or the State, or any political subdivision thereof, in contravention of any applicable constitutional or
statutory limitation or requirements concerning the creation of indebtedness by the City, the State, or
any political subdivision thereof, nor shall anything contained herein constitute a pledge of general
revenues, funds or moneys of the City beyond the Fiscal Year for which the City has appropriated
funds to pay Lease Payments and Additional Payments hereunder or an obligation of the City for
which the City is obligated to levy or pledge any form of taxation or for which the City has levied or
pledged any form of taxation.
Section 4.8 Assignment of Lease Payments. Certain of the Corporation’s rights under
this Lease, including the right to receive and enforce payment of the Lease Payments (including
Prepayments) and Additional Payments to be made by the City hereunder, have been a ssigned
absolutely to the Trustee, subject to certain exceptions, pursuant to the Assignment Agreement, to
which assignment the City hereby consents. The Corporation hereby directs the City, and the City
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hereby agrees, to pay to the Trustee at the Trustee’s corporate trust office designated in the Trust
Agreement, or to the Trustee at such other place as the Trustee shall direct in writing, all Lease
Payments or Prepayments thereof payable by the City hereunder. The Corporation will not assign or
pledge the Lease Payments or other amounts derived from the Leased Premises and from its other
rights under this Lease except as provided under the terms of this Lease, the Assignment Agreement
and the Trust Agreement, or its duties and obligations except as provided under this Lease.
Section 4.9 Use and Possession. The total Lease Payments due in any Fiscal Year shall
be for the City’s right to use and possession of the Leased Premises for such Fiscal Year. During the
Term of this Lease, the City shall be entitled to the exclusive use and possession of the Leased
Premises, subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances.
Section 4.10 Abatement of Lease Payments and Additional Payments.
(a) In the Event of Damage, Destruction, Condemnation or Title Defect . Except
to the extent that proceeds of the type described in the following paragraph are available, the amount
of Lease Payments and Additional Payments shall be completely or partially abated during any
period in which, by reason of material damage, destruction or taking by eminent domain or
condemnation of the Leased Premises or defects in the title with respect to the Leased Premises there
is substantial interference with the use and right of possession of all or a portion of the Leased
Premises by the City. The amount of such abatement shall be such that the resulting Lease
Payments, exclusive of the amounts described in the following paragraph, do not exceed the fair
rental value (as determined by an independent real estate appraiser selected by the City, who is not an
employee of the City) for the use and possession of the portion of the Leased Premises not damaged,
destroyed, interfered with or taken. Such abatement shall continue for the period commencing with
such material damage, destruction, interference or taking and ending with the su bstantial completion
of the replacement or work of repair or the removal of the title defect causing such interference with
use. Except as provided herein, in the event of any such damage, destruction, interference or taking,
this Lease shall continue in full force and effect and the City waives any right to terminate this Lease
by virtue of any such damage, destruction, interference or taking.
Notwithstanding a substantial interference with the use and possession of all or a
portion of the Leased Premises, the City shall remain obligated to make Lease Payments which
would otherwise be abated (i) to the extent that moneys derived from any person as a result of any
delay in the reconstruction, replacement or repair of the Leased Premises, or any portion ther eof, are
available to pay the amount which would otherwise be abated; and (ii) to the extent that moneys are
available in the Lease Payment Fund to pay the amount which would otherwise be abated. The
Lease Payments shall be payable from such amounts paid under (i) and (ii) above as an obligation of
the City payable from a special fund.
(b) Repair or Replacement. In the event of such abatement, unless the abatement
will be avoided as a result of a prepayment of Lease Payments from Net Proceeds pursuant to
Section 6.1(c) hereof, the City will use its best efforts to repair or replace the damaged or destroyed
or taken portion of the Leased Premises, as the case may be, from Net Proceeds or special funds of
the City or other moneys the application of which would, in the opinion of Special Counsel addressed
to the Trustee, the City and the Corporation, not result in the obligations of the City hereunder
constituting indebtedness of the City in contravention of the Constitution and laws of the State.
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Section 4.11 Additional Payments. In addition to the Lease Payments, the City shall also
pay such amounts (“Additional Payments”) as shall be required for the payment of all administrative
costs of the Corporation relating to the Leased Premises, the Certificates and any Additional
Certificates, including, without limitation, all expenses, compensation and indemnification of the
Trustee payable by the City under the Trust Agreement, taxes of any sort whatsoever payable by the
Corporation as a result of its leasehold interest in the Leased Premises or undertaking of the
transactions contemplated herein or in the Trust Agreement, fees of auditors, accountants, attorneys
or engineers and any and all other necessary administrative costs of the Corporation or charges
required to be paid by it in order to comply with the terms of the Certificates and any Additional
Certificates or of the Trust Agreement, including premiums on insurance maintained pursuant to
Article V hereof or to indemnify the Corporation and its employees, officers and dire ctors and the
Trustee. All such Additional Payments to be paid hereunder shall be paid when due directly by the
City to the respective parties to whom such Additional Payments are owing.
Section 4.12 Net-Net-Net Lease. This Lease shall be deemed and construed to be a “net-
net-net lease” and the City hereby agrees that the Lease Payments shall be an absolute net return to
the Corporation, free and clear of any expenses, taxes, fees, insurance premiums, rebate payments,
reserve deposits, costs associated with the Leased Premises, charges or set -offs whatsoever, except as
expressly provided herein.
ARTICLE V
INSURANCE
[City Risk Management to Approve.]
Section 5.1 Public Liability and Leased Premises Damage.
(a) Coverage. The City shall maintain or cause to be maintained, throughout the
Term hereof, a standard comprehensive general public liability and property damage insurance policy
or policies in protection of the City and the Corporation and their officers, agents and employees.
Said policy or policies shall provide for indemnification of said parties against direct or contingent
loss or liability for damages for bodily and personal injury, death or property damage occasioned by
reason of the use or operation of any City property or portion thereof.
(b) Limits. Said policy or policies shall provide coverage in the minimum
liability limits of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for personal injury or death of each person and
Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000) for personal injury or deaths of two or m ore persons in each
accident or event, and in a minimum amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) for
damage to property resulting from each accident or event (in each case subject to a deductible clause
of not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000)). Such public liability and property
damage insurance may, however, be in the form of a single limit policy covering all such risks in an
amount equal to the liability limits set forth herein.
(c) Joint or Self-Insurance. Such liability insurance, including the deductible,
may be maintained as part of or in conjunction with any other insurance coverage carried by the City,
and, subject to compliance with Section 5.6(e) hereof, may be maintained in the form of self-
insurance by the City.
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(d) Payment of Net Proceeds. The proceeds of such liability insurance shall be
applied toward extinguishment or satisfaction of the liability with respect to which the insurance
proceeds shall have been paid.
Section 5.2 Workers’ Compensation. The City shall also maintain workers’
compensation insurance issued by a responsible carrier authorized under the laws of the State to
insure its employees against liability for compensation under the Workers’ Compensation Insurance
and Safety Act now in force in the State, or any act hereafter enacted as an amendment or supplement
thereto (with provision for self-insurance).
Section 5.3 Casualty and Theft Insurance.
(a) Casualty and Theft Insurance; Coverage. The City shall procure and
maintain, or cause to be procured and maintained, throughout the Term of this Lease, insurance
against loss or damage to any portion of the Leased Premises caused by fire and lightning, with
extended coverage and theft, vandalism and malicious mischief insurance. Said extended coverage
insurance shall, as nearly as practicable, cover loss or damage by explosion, windstorm, riot, aircraft,
vehicle damage, smoke and such other hazards as are normally covered by such insurance, excluding
flood and earthquake. The City shall not be required to purchase or maintain earthquake insurance
with respect to the Leased Premises.
(b) Amount. Such insurance shall be in an amount not less than the replacement
cost of the Leased Premises, subject to a “deductible clause” not to exceed Five Hundred Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($500,000) for any one loss or, in the case of a flood and earthquake rider, ten
percent (10%) of the coverage obtained. The term “full replacement value” as used in this
Section 5.3 shall mean the actual replacement cost of the improvements constituting the Leased
Premises.
(c) Joint or Self-Insurance. Such insurance may be maintained as part of or in
conjunction with any other insurance carried or required to be carried by the City, and, subject to
compliance with Section 5.6(e) hereof, may be maintained in the form of self-insurance by the City.
Insurance obtained through a California joint powers authority of which the City is a member shall
not be deemed to be self-insurance.
(d) Payment of Net Proceeds. The Net Proceeds of such insurance shall be paid
to the Trustee and deposited in the Net Proceeds Fund and applied as provided in Section 6.1 hereof.
Section 5.4 Rental Interruption Insurance.
(a) Coverage and Amount. Upon delivery of the Leased Premises to it for
occupancy, the City shall maintain or cause to be maintained rental income or use and occupancy
insurance in an amount not less than the maximum remaining scheduled Lease Payments in any
future twenty-four- (24) month period, to insure against loss of rental income from the Leased
Premises caused by perils covered by the insurance requ ired to be maintained as provided in
Section 5.3 hereof. Such rental interruption insurance shall name the Trustee and the Corporation as
additionally insured parties and the Trustee as the loss payee.
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(b) Joint Insurance. Such insurance may be maintained as part of or in
conjunction with any other rental income or use and occupancy insurance carried by the City but may
not be maintained in the form of self-insurance by the City.
(c) Payment of Net Proceeds. The Net Proceeds of such rental interruption
insurance shall be paid to the Trustee and deposited in the Lease Payment Fund, to be credited
towards the payment of the Lease Payments in the order in which such Lease Payments come due
and payable if there are insufficient Net Proceeds to pay all Lease Payments due in any such
Certificate Year.
Section 5.5 Title Insurance. The City shall obtain and, throughout the Term of this
Lease, maintain or cause to be maintained title insurance on the Leased Premises, in the form of an
ALTA leasehold title insurance policy (with western regional exceptions), in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of the Certificates and Additional Certificates Outstanding, issued by a
company of recognized standing, duly authorized to issue the same, payable to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Owners, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances. Said policy or policies shall insure
the City’s leasehold estate hereunder in the Leased Premises, subject only to Permitted
Encumbrances. All Net Proceeds received under said policy or policie s shall be deposited with the
Trustee and applied as provided in Section 7.01 of the Trust Agreement. So long as any of the
Certificates and Additional Certificates remain Outstanding, each policy of the title insurance
obtained pursuant hereto or required hereby shall provide that all proceeds thereunder shall be
payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the Certificate Owners and the owners of any Additional
Certificates. The Net Proceeds of such insurance shall be applied as provided in Section 6.1 hereof.
Section 5.6 General Insurance Provisions.
(a) Form of Policies. All policies of insurance required to be procured and
maintained pursuant to this Lease and any statements of self-insurance shall be in a form certified by
the City Representative or an insurance agent , broker or consultant to the City to comply with the
provisions hereof. All such policies shall provide that the insured parties shall be given thirty (30)
days’ notice of each expiration, any intended cancellation thereof or reduction of the coverage
provided thereby. Each policy of insurance required to be procured and maintained pursuant to
Section 5.3 (regarding casualty and theft insurance), Section 5.4 (regarding rental interruption
insurance) and Section 5.5 (regarding title insurance) hereof shall provide that all proceeds
thereunder shall be payable to the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners. All required insurance
policies must be provided by a commercial insurer rated A by Best or A- and A3 by S&P and
Moody’s, respectively. All policies shall name the City, the Corporation and the Trustee as insureds
and the Trustee as a loss payee.
(b) Payment of Premiums. The City shall pay or cause to be paid when due the
premiums for all insurance policies required by this Lease, and shall promptly furnish or cause to be
furnished to the Trustee a certificate to such effect, as described in paragraph (d) below.
(c) Protection of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the
sufficiency or adequacy of any insurance herein required and shall 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.
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(d) Evidence of Insurance. The City shall cause to be delivered to the Trustee
annually on or before August 1 a certificate stating that the insurance policies required by this Lease
are in full force and effect.
(e) Self-Insurance. The City may only elect to self-insure pursuant to
Sections 5.1 and 5.2 hereof if and to the extent such self-insurance method or plan of protection shall
afford reasonable protection to the Corporation and the Trustee, in light of all circumstances, giving
consideration to cost, availability and similar p lans or methods of protection adopted by other cities
in the State other than the City. Insurance provided through a California joint powers authority of
which the City is a member or with which the City contracts for insurance shall not be deemed to be
self-insurance for purposes hereof. Any self-insurance maintained by the City pursuant to this
Article V shall comply with the following terms:
(i) The self-insurance program shall be approved in writing by the City’s
City Manager or Assistant City Manager and an independent insurance consultant in accordance with
the California Labor Code and the California Government Code;
(ii) The self-insurance program shall include an actuarially sound claims
reserve fund out of which each self-insured claim shall be paid; the adequacy of such fund shall be
evaluated on an annual basis by the City Representative in a certified statement delivered to the
Trustee; and any deficiencies in any self-insured claims reserve fund shall be remedied in accordance
with the recommendation of the City Representative;
(iii) The self-insurance fund must be held in a separate trust fund by an
independent trustee; and
(iv) In the event the self-insurance program shall be discontinued, the
actuarial soundness of its claims reserve fund, as determined by the City Representative, shall be
maintained.
Section 5.7 Cooperation. The Corporation shall cooperate fully with the City at the
expense of the City in filing any proof of loss with respect to any insurance policy maintained
pursuant to this Article and in the prosecution or defense of any prospective or pending
condemnation proceeding with respect to the Leased Premises or any portion thereof.
ARTICLE VI
DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION AND EMINENT DOMAIN; USE OF NET PROCEEDS
Section 6.1 Application of Net Proceeds.
(a) Deposit in Net Proceeds Fund. The City shall remit to the Trustee any Net
Proceeds received by the City and the Trustee as provided in Section 5.3 (regarding casualty and
theft insurance) and Section 5.5 (regarding title insurance) hereof promptly upon receipt thereof, and
pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Trust Agreement, the Trustee shall deposit such Net Proceeds of
insurance in the Net Proceeds Fund. The City and/or the Corporation shall transfer to the Trustee
any other Net Proceeds (other than Net Proceeds paid under Sections 5.1, 5.2 and 5.4 hereof which
shall be applied as described in such sections) received by the City and/or Corporation in the event of
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any accident, destruction, theft or taking by eminent domain or condemnation with respect to the
Leased Premises, for deposit in the Net Proceeds Fund.
(b) Disbursement for Replacement or Repair of the Leased Premises . Upon
receipt of the certification described in paragraph (i) below and the requisition described in paragraph
(ii) below, the Trustee shall disburse moneys in the Net Proceeds Fund to the person, firm or
corporation named in the requisition as provided in paragraph (ii) below.
(i) Certification. The City Representative must certify to the Corporation
and the Trustee that:
(x) Sufficiency of Net Proceeds. The Net Proceeds available for
such purpose, together with any other funds supplied by the City to the Trustee in a subaccount of the
Net Proceeds Fund for such purpose, are expected to equal at least one hundred percent (100%) of
the projected costs of replacement or repair, as demonstrated in an attached reconstruction budget,
and
(y) Timely Completion. In the event that damage, destruction or
taking results, or is expected to result, in an abatement of Lease Payments, such replacement or repair
can be fully completed within a period not in excess of the period in which rental interruption
insurance proceeds, as described in Section 5.4 hereof, together with other identified available
moneys, will be available to pay in full all Lease Payments coming due during such period as
demonstrated in an attached reconstruction schedule.
(ii) Requisition. The City Representative must deliver to the Trustee a
Requisition stating with respect to each payment to be made (1) the requisition number, (2) the name
and address of the person, firm or corporation to whom payment is due, (3) the amount to be paid and
(4) that each obligation mentioned therein has been properly incurred, is a proper charge against the
Net Proceeds Fund, has not been the basis of any previous withdrawal, and specifying in reasonable
detail the nature of the obligation. Each such cost requisition shall be sufficient evidence to the
Trustee of the facts stated therein and the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm the accuracy of such
facts.
Any balance of the Net Proceeds remaining after such replacement or repair has been
completed and after payment or provision for payment of all Certificates as provided in Section 7.01
of the Trust Agreement and all Additional Certificates as provided in any Supplemental Trust
Agreement pursuant to which such Additional Certificates are executed and delivered shall be paid to
the City after payment of amounts due the Trustee pursuant to Sections 9.6 and 9.7 of the Trust
Agreement.
(c) Disbursement for Prepayment. If the City Representative notifies the Trustee
in writing of the City’s determination that the certification provided in Section 6.1(b)(i) hereof cannot
be made or that replacement or repair of any portion of the Leased Premises is not economically
feasible or in the best interest of the City, then the Trustee shall promptly transfer the Net Proceeds to
the Prepayment Fund as provided in Section 7.01 of the Trust Agreement and apply them to
prepayment of the Certificates as provided in Section 4.02 of the Trust Agreement and Additional
Certificates as provided in a Supplemental Trust Agreement and prepayment of Lease Payments as
provided in Section 10.2 hereof; provided that in the event of damage or destruction in whole of the
Leased Premises and in the event such Net Proceeds, together with funds then on hand in the Lease
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Payment Fund are not sufficient to prepay all the Certificates and Additional Certificates then
Outstanding, then the City shall not be permitted to certify that repair, replacement or improvement
of all of the Leased Premises is not economically feasible or in the best interest of the City. In such
event, the City shall proceed to repair, replace or improve the Leased Premises as described herein
from legally available funds in the then-current Fiscal Year and shall make the required notification
to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Trust Agreement and the Trustee shall disburse moneys
in the Net Proceeds Fund to the person, firm, or corporation named in the Requisition as provided
therein.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS WITH RESPECT TO THE LEASED PREMISES
Section 7.1 Use of the Leased Premises. The City represents and warrants that it has an
immediate need for, and expects to make immediate use of, all of the Leased Premises, which need is
not temporary or expected to diminish in the foreseeable future.
Section 7.2 Interest in the Leased Premises and the Lease.
(a) Corporation Holds Leasehold Interest During Term. During the Term of this
Lease, the Corporation does and shall hold a leasehold interest in the Leased Premises pursuant to the
Site Lease. The City shall take any and all actions reasonably required, including but not limited to
executing and filing any and all documents reasonably required, to maintain and evidence such title
and interest at all times during the Term of this Lease.
(b) Title Transferred to the City at End of Term. Upon expiration of the Term as
provided in Section 4.2(b) or 4.2(c) hereof, all right, title and interest of the Corporation in and to all
of the Leased Premises shall be transferred to and vest in the City, without th e necessity of any
additional document of transfer.
Section 7.3 Quiet Enjoyment. During the Term, the Corporation shall provide the City
with quiet use and enjoyment of the Leased Premises, and the City shall during such Term peaceably
and quietly have, hold and enjoy all of the Leased Premises, without suit, trouble or hindrance fro m
the Corporation, or any person or entity claiming under or through the Corporation except as
expressly set forth in this Lease. The Corporation will, at the request of the City, join in any legal
action in which the City asserts its right to such possession and enjoyment to the extent the
Corporation may lawfully do so. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall have the right
to inspect the Leased Premises as provided in Section 7.5 hereof.
Section 7.4 Installation of the City’s Personal Property. The City may at any time and
from time to time, in its sole discretion and at its own expense, install or permit to be installed other
items of equipment or other property in or upon any portion of the Leased Premises. All such items
shall remain the sole property of the City, regardless of the manner in which the same may be affixed
to such portion of the Leased Premises, in which neither the Corporation nor the Trustee shall have
any interest, and may be modified or removed by the City at any time; provided t hat the City shall
repair and restore any and all damage to such portion of the Leased Premises resulting from the
installation, modification or removal of any such items of equipment. Nothing in this Lease shall
prevent the City from purchasing items to be installed pursuant to this Section, provided that no lien
or security interest shall attach to any part of the Leased Premises.
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Section 7.5 Access to the Leased Premises. The City agrees that the Corporation, any
Corporation Representative and the Corporation’s successors, assigns or designees shall have the
right at all reasonable times to enter upon the Leased Premises or any portion thereof to examine and
inspect the Leased Premises. The City further agrees that the Corporation, any such Corporation
Representative, and the Corporation’s successors, assigns or designees shall have such rights of
access to the Leased Premises as may be reasonably necessary to cause the proper maintenance of the
Leased Premises in the event of failure by the City to perform its obl igations hereunder.
Section 7.6 Maintenance, Utilities, Taxes and Assessments.
(a) Maintenance; Repair and Replacement. Throughout the Term of this Lease,
as part of the consideration for the rental of the Leased Premises, all repair and maintenance of the
Leased Premises shall be the responsibility of the City, and the City shall pay for or otherwise
arrange for the payment of the cost of the repair and replacement of the Leased Premises resulting
from ordinary wear and tear or want of care on the part of the City or any sublessee thereof. In
exchange for the Lease Payments herein provided, the Corporation agrees to provide only the Leased
Premises, as hereinbefore more specifically set forth. The City waives the benefits of subsections 1
and 2 of Section 1932 of the California Civil Code, but such waiver shall not limit any of the rights
of the City under the terms of this Lease.
(b) Tax and Assessments; Utility Charges. The City shall also pay or cause to be
paid all taxes and assessments, including but not limited to uti lity charges, of any type or nature
charged to the Corporation or the City or levied, assessed or charged against any portion of the
Leased Premises or the respective interests or estates therein; provided that with respect to special
assessments or other governmental charges that may lawfully be paid in installments over a period of
years, the City shall be obligated to pay only such installments as are required to be paid during the
Term of this Lease as and when the same become due.
(c) Contests. The City may, at its expense and in its name, in good faith contest
any such taxes, assessments, utility and other charges and, in the event of any such contest, may
permit the taxes, assessments or other charges so contested to remain unpaid during the period of
such contest and any appeal therefrom; provided that prior to such nonpayment it shall furnish the
Corporation and the Trustee with the opinion of an Independent Counsel acceptable to the
Corporation, to the effect that, by nonpayment of any such items, the interest of the Corporation in
such portion of the Leased Premises will not be materially endangered and that the Leased Premises
will not be subject to loss or forfeiture. Otherwise, the City shall promptly pay such taxes,
assessments or charges or make provisions for the payment thereof in form satisfactory to the
Corporation. The Corporation will cooperate fully in such contest, upon the request and at the
expense of the City.
Section 7.7 Modification of the Leased Premises.
(a) Additions, Modifications and Improvements. The City shall, at its own
expense, have the right to make additions, modifications, and improvements to any portion of the
Leased Premises if such improvements are necessary or beneficial for the use of such portion of the
Leased Premises. All such additions, modifications and improvements shall thereafter comprise part
of the Leased Premises and be subject to the provisions of this Lease. Such additions, modifications
and improvements shall not in any way cause an abatement of Lease Payments with r espect to the
Leased Premises or cause it to be used for purposes other than those authorized under the provisions
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of State and federal law or in any way which would impair the State tax -exempt status or the
exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of the interest with respect to the
Certificates and Additional Certificates (to the extent such Additional Certificates were executed and
delivered as tax exempt Certificates); and the Leased Premises, upon completion of any additions,
modifications and improvements made pursuant to this Section, shall have an annual fair rental value
which is not less than the annual Lease Payments.
(b) No Liens. Except for Permitted Encumbrances, the City will not permit any
mechanic’s or other lien to be established or remain against the Leased Premises for labor or
materials furnished in connection with any additions, modifications or improvements made by the
City pursuant to this Section; provided that if any such lien is established and the City shall first
notify or cause to be notified the Corporation of the City’s intention to do so, the City may in good
faith contest any lien filed or established against the Leased Premises, and in such event may permit
the items so contested to remain undischarged and unsatisfied during the period of such contest and
any appeal therefrom and shall provide the Corporation with full security against any loss or
forfeiture which might arise from the nonpayment of any such item, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee (as assignee of the Corporation). The Corporation will cooperate fully in any such contest,
upon the request and at the expense of the City.
(c) Replacements, Redevelopment and Renovation. The City shall, at its own
expense, or with the proceeds of Additional Certificates, have the right to make replacements,
redevelopment or renovation of all or a portion of the Leased Premises if the following conditions
precedent are satisfied:
(i) The City receives an opinion of Special Counsel, a copy of which the
City shall furnish to the Corporation and the Trustee, that (1) such replacement does not adversely
affect the federal income tax exclusion or the State tax -exempt status of the interest with respect to
the Certificates and Additional Certificates (to the extent such Additional Certificates were executed
and delivered as tax exempt Certificates), and (2) this Lease will remain the legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligation of the City;
(ii) In the event such replacement, redevelopment or renovation would
result in the temporary abatement of Lease Payments as provided in Section 4.10 hereof the City
shall have notified any rating agency then providing a rating on the Certificates and shall deposit
moneys with the Trustee in advance for payment of Lease Payments from the proceeds of Additional
Certificates or from special funds of the City or other moneys, the application of which would not, in
the opinion of Special Counsel (a copy of which shall have been delivered to the Trustee), result in
such Lease Payments constituting indebtedness of the City in contravention of the Constitution and
laws of the State;
(iii) The City shall certify to the Trustee that it has sufficient funds to
complete such replacement, redevelopment or renovation; and
(iv) In the case of replacement(s), redevelopment or renovation other than
from the proceeds of Additional Certificates, the City and the Trustee receive an independent
appraisal from a California certified general appraiser that the annual fair rental value of the
replacements will be at least equal to the annual Lease Payments immediately prior to such
replacement or redevelopment.
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Section 7.8 Encumbrances; Alternative Financing Methods.
(a) Encumbrances. Except as provided in this Article VII (including without
limitation Section 7.7 hereof and this Section 7.8), the City shall not, directly or indirectly, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge, liens, charges, encumbrances or claims, as
applicable, on or with respect to the Leased Premises, other than Permitted Encumbrances and other
than the respective rights of the Corporation and the City as herein provided. Except as expressly
provided in this Article VII, the City shall promptly, at its own expense, take such action as may be
necessary to duly discharge or remove any such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or
claim, for which it is responsible, if the same shall arise at any time; provided that the City may
contest such liens if it desires to do so. The City shall reimburse the Corporation for any expense
incurred by it in order to discharge or remove any such mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance
or claim.
(b) Alternative Financing Methods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the City may
create or suffer to create any mortgage, pledge, liens, charges, encumbrances or claims upon the
Leased Premises or any improvements thereto, provided that (1) any such mortgage, pledge, liens,
charges, encumbrances or claims shall at any time while any of the Certificates or Additional
Certificates remain Outstanding be and remain subordinate in all respects to the Site Lease and Lease
and any security interest given to the Trustee for the benefit of the Owners and (2) the City shall have
first delivered to the Trustee an opinion of Special Counsel substantially to the effect that such
mortgage, pledge, liens, charges, encumbrances or claims would not result in the inclusion of the
interest with respect to the Certificates and the Additional Certificates (to the extent such Additional
Certificates are executed and delivered as tax exempt Certificates) in the gross income of the owners
thereof for purposes of federal income taxation or impair the State tax-exempt status of such interest
payments.
Section 7.9 Corporation’s Disclaimer of Warranties. THE CORPORATION MAKES
NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE
VALUE, DESIGN, CONDITION, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR FITNESS FOR THE USE CONTEMPLATED BY THE CITY OF THE LEASED
PREMISES, OR ANY PORTION THEREOF. THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CITY
IS LEASING THE LEASED PREMISES AS IS. In no event shall the Corporation be liable for
incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages, in connection with or arising out of this Lease,
the Site Lease, the Assignment Agreement or the Trust Agreement for the existence, fu rnishing,
functioning or the City’s use and possession of the Leased Premises.
Section 7.10 The City’s Right to Enforce Warranties of Vendors or Contractors. The
Corporation hereby irrevocably appoints the City its agent and attorney-in-fact during the Term of
this Lease, so long as the City shall not be in default hereunder, to assert from time to time whatever
claims and rights, including without limitation, warranty claims, claims for indemnification and
claims for breach of any representations, respecting the Lease d Premises which the Corporation may
have against any vendor or contractor. The City’s sole remedy for the breach of any such warranty,
indemnification or representation shall be against the vendor or contractor with respect thereto, and
not against the Corporation, nor shall such matter have any effect whatsoever on the rights and
obligations of the Corporation with respect to this Lease, including the right to receive full and timely
Lease Payments and all other payments due hereunder. The City shall be entitled to retain any and
all amounts recovered as a result of the assertion of any such claims and rights. The Corporation
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shall, upon the City’s request and at the City’s expense, do all things and take all such actions as the
City may request in connection with the assertion of any such claims and rights.
Section 7.11 Substitution or Release of the Leased Premises.
(a) The City shall have the right to substitute alternate real property for any
portion of the Leased Premises or to release a portion of the Leased Premises from the lien of this
Lease by satisfying the conditions set forth in paragraphs (i) through (v) of this Section 7.11. All
costs and expenses incurred in connection with such substitution or release shall be borne by the
City. Notwithstanding any substitution or release pursuant to this Section, there shall be no reduction
in or abatement of the Lease Payments due from the City hereunder as a result of such substitution or
release. Any such substitution or release of any portion of the Leased Premises shall be subject to the
following specific conditions, which are hereby made conditions precedent to such substitution or
release:
(i) The City shall have delivered a written certificate to the Trustee
setting forth its findings that the Property, as constituted after such substitution or release: (A) has an
annual fair rental value at least equal to the maximum Lease Payments payable by the City in any
rental period; and (B) has a useful life in excess of the final maturity of any Outstanding Certificates;
(ii) the City shall have obtained or caused to be obtained an ALTA title
insurance policy or policies with respect to any substituted property in the amount at least equal to
the aggregate principal amount of any Outstanding Certificates of the type and with the endorsements
described in Section 5.02 hereof;
(iii) the City shall have provided the Trustee with an opinion of Special
Counsel to the effect that such substitution or release will not, in and of itself, cause the interest
evidenced and represented by the Certificates and any Additional Certificates (to the extent such
Additional Certificates are executed and delivered as tax-exempt Certificates) to be included in gross
income for federal income tax purposes;
(iv) the City, the Corporation and the Trustee shall have executed, and the
City shall have caused to be recorded with the Santa Clara County Recorder, any document
necessary to reconvey to the City the portion of the Leased Premises being released and to include
any substituted real property in the description of the Leased Premises contained herein and in the
Site Lease; and
(v) the City shall have provided notice of such substitution or release to
each rating agency then rating the Certificates.
Section 7.12 Compliance with Law, Regulations, Etc.
(a) Except as described in subsection (b) below, the City has, after due inquiry,
no knowledge and has not given or received any written notice indicating that the past or present use
of the Leased Premises or any practice, procedure or policy employed by it i n the conduct of its
business materially violates any applicable law, regulation, code, order, rule, judgment or consent
agreement, including, without limitation, those relating to zoning, building, use and occupancy, fire
safety, health, sanitation, air pollution, ecological matters, environmental protection, hazardous or
toxic materials, substances or wastes, conservation, parking, architectural barriers to the
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handicapped, or restrictive covenants or other agreements affecting title to the Leased Premise s
(collectively, “Laws and Regulations”). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the
City nor to the best of its knowledge, after due inquiry, any prior or present owner, tenant or
subtenant of the Leased Premises has, other than as set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this Section
or as may have been remediated in accordance with Laws and Regulations, (i) used, treated, stored,
transported or disposed of any material amount of flammable explosives, polychlorinated biphenyl
compounds, heavy metals, chlorinated solvents, cyanide, radon, petroleum products, asbestos,
methane, radioactive materials, pollutants, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous, toxic,
or regulated substances or related materials, as defined in CERCLA, RCRA , CWA, CAA, TSCA and
Title III, and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, and in all other Environmental
Regulations applicable to the City, the Leased Premises or the business operations conducted by the
City thereon (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”) on, from or beneath the Leased Premises,
(ii) pumped, spilled, leaked, disposed of, emptied, discharged or released (hereinafter collectively
referred to as “Release”) any material amount of Hazardous Materials on, from or beneath the Leased
Premises, or stored any material amount of petroleum products at the Leased Premises in
underground storage tanks.
(b) Excluded from the representations and warranties in subsection (a) hereof
with respect to Hazardous Materials are those Hazardous Materials in the amounts ordinarily found
in the inventory of, or used in the maintenance of the City’s City Hall, Library, or related buildings,
the use, treatment, storage, transportation and disposal of which has been and shall be in compliance
with all Laws and Regulations (the “Permitted Use”).
(c) No portion of the Leased Premises located in an area of high potential
incidence of radon has an unventilated basement or subsurface portion which is occupied or used for
any purpose other than the foundation or support of the improvements to the Leased Premises.
Section 7.13 Environmental Compliance.
(a) Other than the Permitted Use, the City shall not use or permit the Leased
Premises or any part thereof to be used to generate, manufacture, refine, treat, store, handle, transport
or dispose of, transfer, produce or process Hazardous Materials, except, and only to the extent, if
necessary to maintain the improvements on the Leased Premises and then, only in compliance with
all Environmental Regulations, and any state equivalent laws and regulatio ns, nor shall it permit, as a
result of any intentional or unintentional act or omission on its part or by any tenant, subtenant,
licensee, guest, invitee, contractor, employee and agent, the storage, transportation, disposal or use of
Hazardous Materials or the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials on, from or beneath
the Leased Premises or onto any other Leased Premises excluding, however, those Hazardous
Materials in those amounts ordinarily found in the inventory of a municipal corporation , the use,
storage, treatment, transportation and disposal of which shall be in compliance with all
Environmental Regulations. Upon the occurrence of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous
Materials other than the Permitted Use, the City shall prom ptly commence and perform, or cause to
be commenced and performed promptly, without cost to the Trustee, all investigations, studies,
sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions necessary to clean up and remove
all Hazardous Materials so released, on, from or beneath the Leased Premises, in compliance with all
Environmental Regulations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
underground storage tanks shall only be permitted subject to compliance with subsection (d) and only
to the extent necessary to maintain the improvements on the Leased Premises.
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(b) The City shall comply with, and shall cause all tenants, subtenants, licensees,
guests, invitees, contractors, employees and agents on the Leased Premises to comply with , all
Environmental Regulations, and shall keep the Leased Premises free and clear of any liens imposed
pursuant thereto; provided, however, that notwithstanding that a portion of this covenant is limited to
the City’s use of its best efforts, the City sha ll remain solely responsible for ensuring such
compliance and such limitation shall not diminish or affect in any way the City’s obligations
contained in subsection (c) hereof as provided in subsection (c) hereof. Upon receipt of any notice
from any person with regard to the Release of Hazardous Materials other than the Permitted Use on,
from or beneath the Leased Premises, the City shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Trustee
prior to the expiration of any period in which to respond to such notice under any Environmental
Regulation.
(c) Irrespective of whether any representation or warranty contained in
Section 7.12 hereof is not true or correct, the City shall, to the extent permitted by law, defend,
indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee, the Owners, the Corporation and each of their respective
employees, agents, officers, directors, trustees, successors and assigns, from and against any claims,
demands, penalties, fines, attorneys’ fees (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees incurred to
enforce the indemnification contained in this Section 7.13), consultants’ fees, investigation and
laboratory fees, liabilities, settlements (five (5) Business Days’ prior notice of which the Trustee
shall have delivered to the City), court costs, damages, losses, costs or expenses of whatever kind or
nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, occurring in whole or in part, arising out of, or
in any way related to, (i) the presence, disposal, Release, threat of Release, removal, discharge,
storage or transportation of any Hazardous Materials on, from or beneath the Leased Premises,
(ii) any personal injury (including wrongful death) or Leased Premises damage (real or personal)
arising out of or related to such Hazardous Materials, (iii ) any lawsuit brought or threatened,
settlement reached (five (5) Business Days’ prior notice of which the Trustee shall have delivered to
the City), or governmental order relating to Hazardous Materials on, from or beneath the Leased
Premises, (iv) any violation of Environmental Regulations or subsection (a) or (b) hereof by it or any
of its agents, tenants, employees, contractors, licensees, guests, subtenants or invitees, and (v) the
imposition of any governmental lien for the recovery of environmental cleanup or remova l costs. To
the extent that the City is strictly liable under any Environmental Regulation, its obligation under the
foregoing indemnification shall likewise be without regard to fault on its part with respect to the
violation of any Environmental Regulation which results in liability to any indemnitee. The
obligations and liabilities under this Section 7.13(c) shall survive the payment and satisfaction of all
Certificates and Additional Certificates or resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(d) The City shall conform to and carry out a reasonable program of maintenance
and inspection of all underground storage tanks, and shall maintain, repair, and replace such tanks
only in accordance with Laws and Regulations, including but not limited to Environmental
Regulations.
Section 7.14 Condemnation of Leased Premises. The City hereby covenants and agrees,
to the extent it may lawfully do so, that, except as described in Section 6 of the Site Lease, so long as
any of the Certificates or Additional Certificates remain outstanding and unpaid, the City will not
exercise the power of condemnation with respect to the Leased Premises. The City further covenants
and agrees, to the extent it may lawfully do so, that if for any reason the foregoing covenant is
determined to be unenforceable or if the City shall fail or refuse to abide by such covenant and
condemns the Leased Premises, then the appraised value of the Leased Premises shall not be less
than the sum of: (i) as to Certificates and Additional Certificates then subject to optio nal
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prepayment, the principal and interest components of such Certificates and Additional Certificates
outstanding through the date of their prepayment, and (ii) as to Certificates and Additional
Certificates not then subject to optional prepayment, the am ount necessary to defease such
Certificates and Additional Certificates to the first available prepayment date in accordance with the
Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
ASSIGNMENT, SUBLEASING AND AMENDMENT
Section 8.1 Assignment by the Corporation. Except as provided herein, in the Trust
Agreement and the Assignment Agreement, the Corporation will not assign this Lease to any other
person, firm or corporation so as to impair or violate the representations, covenants and warranties
contained in Section 2.2 hereof.
Section 8.2 Assignment and Subleasing by the City.
(a) Assignment. This Lease may be assigned by the City, so long as such
assignment does not, in the opinion of Special Counsel, adversely affect the State tax -exempt status
or the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of the interest with respect to the
Certificates and any Additional Certificates (to the extent such Additional Certificates are executed
and delivered as tax exempt Certificates) or affect the validity of this Lease. In the event that this
Lease is assigned by the City, the obligation to make Lease Payments hereunder shall remain the
obligation of the City.
(b) Sublease. The City may sublease all or any portion of the Leased Premises
subject to all of the following conditions:
(i) This Lease and the obligation of the City to make Lease Payments
and Additional Payments hereunder shall remain obligations of the City; and
(ii) The City shall, within thirty (30) days after the delivery thereof,
furnish or cause to be furnished to the Corporation and the Trustee, a true a nd complete copy of such
sublease;
(iii) The City shall furnish to the Corporation and the Trustee, an opinion
of Special Counsel to the effect that the sublease will not cause the interest due with respect to the
Certificates and any Additional Certificates (to the extent such Additional Certificates are executed
and delivered as tax exempt Certificates) to be subject to State personal income tax or adversely
affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax purposes of such amounts, provided
that no such opinion shall be required with respect to the subleases in effect upon the Delivery Date.
Section 8.3 Amendments and Modifications. This Lease may be amended or any of its
terms modified with the written consent of the City and the Trustee (as assignee of the C orporation),
in accordance with Article X of the Trust Agreement.
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ARTICLE IX
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
Section 9.1 Events of Default Defined. The following shall be “events of default” under
this Lease and the terms “events of default” and “default” shall mean, whenever they are used in this
Lease, any one or more of the following events:
(a) Payment Default. Failure by the City to pay any Lease Payment required to
be paid hereunder by the corresponding Lease Payment Date; and
(b) Covenant Default. Failure by the City to observe and perform any warranty,
covenant, condition or agreement on its part to be observed or performed herein or otherwise with
respect hereto or in the Trust Agreement or in the Site Lease, other than as referred to in clause (a) of
this Section, for a period of thirty (30) days after written notice specifying such failure and requesting
that it be remedied has been given to the City by the Corporation, the Trustee, or the Owners of not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of Certificates and A dditional Certificates then
Outstanding; provided, however, if the failure stated in the notice cannot be corrected within the
applicable period, the Corporation, the insurer of any Additional Certificates or such Owners, as the
case may be, shall not unreasonably withhold their consent to an extension of such time if corrective
action is instituted by the City within the applicable period and diligently pursued until the default is
corrected.
(c) Bankruptcy or Insolvency. The filing by the City of a case in bankruptcy, or
the subjection of any right or interest of the City under this Lease to any execution, garnishment or
attachment, or adjudication of the City as a bankrupt, or assignment by the City for the benefit of
creditors, or the entry by the City into an agreement of composition with creditors, or the approval by
a court of competent jurisdiction of a petition applicable to the City in any proceedings instituted
under the provisions of the federal bankruptcy code, as amended, or under any similar act w hich may
hereafter be enacted.
Section 9.2 Remedies on Default. Whenever any event of default referred to in
Section 9.1 hereof shall have happened and be continuing, it shall be lawful for the Corporation to
exercise any and all remedies available pursuant to law or granted pursuant to this Lease.
Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Trust Agreement to the contrary, THERE SHALL BE NO
RIGHT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TO ACCELERATE THE LEASE PAYMENTS OR
OTHERWISE DECLARE ANY LEASE PAYMENTS NOT THEN IN DEFAULT TO BE
IMMEDIATELY DUE AND PAYABLE. After the occurrence of an event of default hereunder, the
City will surrender possession of the Leased Premises to the Corporation, if requested to do so by the
Corporation, the Trustee or the Owners, in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
(a) No Termination; Repossession and Re-Lease on Behalf of the City. In the
event the Corporation does not elect to terminate this Lease in the manner hereinafter provided for in
subparagraph (b) hereof, the Corporation may, with the consent of the City, which consent is hereby
irrevocably given, repossess the Leased Premises and re-lease it for the account of the City, in which
event the City’s obligation will accrue from year to year in accordance with this Lease and the City
will continue to receive the value of the use of the Leased Premises from year to year in the f orm of
credits against its obligation to pay Lease Payments. The obligations of the City shall remain the
same as prior to such default, to pay Lease Payments and Additional Payments whether the
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Corporation re-enters or not. The City agrees to and shall remain liable for the payment of all Lease
Payments and Additional Payments and the performance of all conditions contained herein and shall
reimburse the Corporation for any deficiency arising out of the re -leasing of the Leased Premises, or,
in the event the Corporation is unable to re-lease the Leased Premises, then for the full amount of all
Lease Payments and Additional Payments to the end of the Term of this Lease, but said Lease
Payments and Additional Payments and/or deficiency shall be payable only at the same time and in
the same manner as provided above for the payment of Lease Payments and Additional Payments
hereunder, notwithstanding such repossession by the Corporation or any suit brought by the
Corporation for the purpose of effecting such repossession of the Leased Premises or the exercise of
any other remedy by the Corporation.
The City hereby irrevocably appoints the Corporation as the agent and attorney-in-
fact of the City to repossess and re-lease the Leased Premises in the event of defau lt by the City in
the performance of any covenants contained herein to be performed by the City and to remove all
personal property whatsoever situated upon the Leased Premises, to place such property in storage or
other suitable place in the County of Santa Clara, for the account of and at the expense of the City,
and the City hereby covenants and agrees to save harmless the Corporation from any costs, loss or
damage whatsoever arising or occasioned by any such repossession and re -leasing of the Leased
Premises. The City hereby waives any and all claims for damage caused or which may be caused by
the Corporation in repossessing the Leased Premises as provided herein and all claims for damages
that may result from the destruction of or the injury to the Lea sed Premises and all claims for
damages to or loss of any property belonging to the City that may be in or upon the Leased Premises.
The City agrees that the terms of this Lease constitute full and sufficient notice of the
right of the Corporation to re-lease the Leased Premises in the event of such repossession without
effecting a surrender of this Lease, and further agrees that no acts of the Corporation in effecting
such re-leasing shall constitute a surrender or termination of this Lease irrespective of the term for
which such re-leasing is made or the terms and conditions of such re -leasing, or otherwise, but that,
on the contrary, in the event of such default by the City the right to terminate this Lease shall vest in
the Corporation to be effected in the sole and exclusive manner provided for in subparagraph (b)
below.
The City shall retain the portion of rental obtained by the Trustee, as assignee of the
Corporation, that is in excess of the Lease Payments and Additional Payments, the fees, expenses a nd
costs of the Trustee of re-leasing the Leased Premises, and all amounts payable by the City under this
Lease and the Trust Agreement.
In the event that the liability of the City under this subsection (a) is held to constitute
indebtedness or liability in any year exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for such
year, the Corporation, or the Trustee or the Owners, as assignees of the Corporation, shall not
exercise the remedies provided in this subsection (a).
(b) Termination; Repossession and Re-Lease. In the event of the termination of
this Lease by the Corporation at its option and in the manner hereinafter provided on account of
default by the City (and notwithstanding any repossession of the Leased Premises by the Corporation
in any manner whatsoever or the re-leasing of the Leased Premises), the City nevertheless agrees to
pay to the Corporation all costs, losses or damages howsoever arising or occurring payable at the
same time and in the same manner as is provided herein in the case of pa yment of Lease Payments
and Additional Payments. Any proceeds of the re-lease or other disposition of the Leased Premises
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by the Corporation shall be deposited into the Lease Payment Fund and be applied in accordance
with the provisions of Section 5.04 of the Trust Agreement. Any surplus received by the Trustee, as
assignee of the Corporation, from such re-leasing over total Lease Payments shall be remitted to the
City. Additional Payments that would have been due hereunder and the fees, expenses and costs of
the Trustee as assignee of the Corporation on re-leasing the Leased Premises shall be remitted to the
City. Neither notice to pay rent or to deliver up possession of the Leased Premises given pursuant to
law nor any proceeding taken by the Corporation to recover possession of the Leased Premises shall
of itself operate to terminate this Lease, and no termination of this Lease on account of default by the
City shall be or become effective by operation of law, or otherwise, unless and until the Corpora tion
shall have given written notice to the City of the election on the part of the Corporation to terminate
this Lease. The City covenants and agrees that no surrender of the Leased Premises for the
remainder of the Term hereof or any termination of this Lease shall be valid in any manner or for any
purpose whatsoever unless stated or accepted by the Corporation by such written notice. No such
termination shall be effected either by operation of law or act of the parties hereto, except only in the
manner herein expressly provided.
(c) Opinion of Special Counsel. The re-leasing of the Leased Premises as
provided herein shall be subject to the opinion of Special Counsel that such re -leasing will not cause
the interest with respect to the Certificates and any Additional Certificates (to the extent such
Additional Certificates are executed and delivered as tax -exempt Certificates) to be subject to State
personal income tax or adversely affect the exclusion from gross income for federal income tax
purposes of such amounts.
(d) No Termination by The City. Under no circumstances may the City terminate
this Lease as a remedy for a default by the Corporation in the performance of any obligation of the
Corporation hereunder.
Section 9.3 No Remedy Exclusive. No remedy conferred herein upon or reserved to the
Corporation is intended to be exclusive and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in
addition to every other remedy given under this Lease or now or hereafter existing at law or in
equity. No delay or omission to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default shall impair
any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver thereof, but any such right and power
may be exercised from time to time and as often as may be deemed expedient. In order to entit le the
Corporation to exercise any remedy reserved to it in this Article it shall not be necessary to give any
notice, other than such notice as may be required in this Article or by law.
Section 9.4 Agreement to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses. In the event either party
to this Lease should default under any of the provisions hereof and the nondefaulting party should
employ attorneys or incur other expenses for the collection of moneys or the enforcement of
performance or observance of any obligation or agreement on the part of the defaulting party
contained herein, the defaulting party agrees that it will pay on demand to the nondefaulting party the
reasonable fees of such attorneys and such other expenses so incurred by the nondefaulting party.
Section 9.5 No Additional Waiver Implied by One Waiver. In the event any
agreement contained in this Lease should be breached by either party and thereafter waived by the
other party; such waiver shall be limited to the particular breach so waived and shall not be deemed
to waive any other breach hereunder.
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Section 9.6 Application of the Proceeds from the Re-Lease of the Leased Premises.
All amounts received by the Corporation under this Article IX shall, subject to Section 13.03 of the
Trust Agreement, be deposited by the Trustee in the Lease Paym ent Fund and credited towards the
Lease Payments in order of Lease Payment Dates.
Section 9.7 Trustee and Owners to Exercise Rights. Such rights and remedies as are
given to the Corporation under this Article IX have been assigned by the Corporation to the Trustee
under the Assignment Agreement, to which assignment the City hereby consents. Such rights and
remedies shall be exercised by the Trustee and the Owners as provided in the Trust Agreement. In
addition to the rights and remedies assigned by the Corporation t o the Trustee, to the extent that the
Trust Agreement and this Lease confer upon or gives or grants to the Trustee any right, remedy or
claim under or by reason of the Trust Agreement or this Lease, the Trustee is hereby explicitly
recognized as being a third party beneficiary hereunder and may enforce any such right, remedy or
claim conferred given or granted.
ARTICLE X
PREPAYMENT OF LEASE PAYMENTS
Section 10.1 Security Deposit. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Lease, the
City may, on any date, secure the payment of all or a portion of the Lease Payments and Additional
Payments by a deposit by it with the Trustee of cash and/or Government Obligations as provided in
Section 14.01 of the Trust Agreement. In the event such deposit is sufficient to pay all Lease
Payments and Additional Payments, and provided that the City has paid any other amounts due and
owing under this Lease and the Trust Agreement, all obligations of the City under this Lease, and all
security provided by this Lease for said obligations, shall cease and terminate, excepting only the
obligation of the City to make, or cause to be made, Lease Payments and Additional Payments from
such deposit. On the date of said deposit title to the Leased Premises shall vest in the City
automatically and without further action by the City or the Corporation (except as provided herein).
Said deposit shall be deemed to be and shall constitute a special fund for the payment of Lease
Payments in accordance with the provisions of this Lease. The Corporation shall execu te and deliver
such further instruments and take such further action as may reasonably be requested by the City for
carrying out the title transfer of the Leased Premises.
Section 10.2 Extraordinary Prepayment. The City shall be obligated to prepay the
Lease Payments in whole or in part on any date, from and to the extent of any Net Proceeds or other
moneys theretofore deposited in the Prepayment Fund (at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date
fixed for prepayment of the Certificates and any Additional Certificat es) pursuant to Section 4.02 of
the Trust Agreement. The City and the Corporation hereby agree that such Net Proceeds or other
moneys shall be credited towards the City’s obligations hereunder (except in the case of such
Prepayment of the Lease Payments i n whole) pro rata among Lease Payments so that following
Prepayment, the remaining annual Lease Payments will be proportional to the initial annual Lease
Payments.
Section 10.3 Optional Prepayment. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section,
the Corporation hereby grants an option to the City to prepay all or a portion of the Lease Payments
to the extent and on the dates at the prepayment prices set forth in Section 4.03 of the Trust
Agreement and in any Supplemental Agreement. The City shall provide notice t o the Trustee at least
forty-five (45) days prior to the date fixed for prepayment of the Certificates (or on such later date as
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shall be consented to by the Trustee). The City and the Corporation agree that such prepayments
shall be credited toward the City’s obligations hereunder corresponding to the resulting prepayment
of the Certificates and Additional Certificates in accordance with Section 4.03 of the Trust
Agreement and any Supplemental Agreement on the dates and at the prepayment prices provided
therein.
ARTICLE XI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.1 Notices. All notices, certificates or other communications hereunder shall be
sufficiently given and shall be deemed to have been received on the earlier of the day of actual
receipt or five (five) Business Days after deposit in the United States mail in first-class or certified
form, postage prepaid, to the City or the Corporation, as the case may be, at the addresses indicated
in Section 14.05 of the Trust Agreement. The Corporation, the City, and the Trustee, by notice given
hereunder, may designate different addresses to which subsequent notices, certificates or other
communications will be sent.
Section 11.2 Binding Effect. This Lease shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the Corporation and the City and their respective successors and assigns. Whenever in this Lease
either the Corporation or the City is named or referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include
the successors or assigns thereof and all the covenants and agreements in this Lease contained by or
on behalf of the Corporation or the City shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective
successors and assigns thereof whether so expressed or not.
Section 11.3 Severability. In the event any provision of this Lease shall be held invalid or
unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable any other provision hereof.
Section 11.4 Execution in Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 11.5 Applicable Law. This Lease shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State
Section 11.6 Representatives. Whenever under the provisions of this Lease the approval
of the Corporation or the City is required, or the Corporation or the City is required to take some
action at the request of the other, such approval or such request shall be given for the City by the City
Representative, and for the Corporation by the Corporation Representative, and any party hereto shall
be authorized to rely upon any such approval or request.
Section 11.7 Captions. The captions or headings in this Lease are for convenience only
and in no way define, limit or describe the scope of intent of any provision or Section of this Lease.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Lease to be executed in its name
by its duly authorized officer, and the City has caused this Lease to be executed in its name by its
duly authorized officer, as of the date and year first above written.
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION, as lessor
By:
Steven Scharf
President
ATTEST:
Kristen Squarcia
Secretary
CITY OF CUPERTINO, as lessee
By:
Steven Scharf
Mayor
ATTEST:
Kristen Squarcia
City Clerk
CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE
This is to certify that the interest in the Leased Premises conveyed under the fore going to the
City of Cupertino (“the “City”), a municipal corporation and a general law city duly organized under
and by virtue of the laws of the State of California, is hereby accepted by the undersigned officer or
agent on behalf of the City, pursuant to authority conferred by resolution of the said City Council
adopted on September 15, 2020, and the City consents to recordation of a memorandum thereof by
its duly authorized officer.
Dated: October __, 2020 CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
Steven Scharf
Mayor
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
SCHEDULE OF LEASE PAYMENTS
[To Come At Pricing]
Interest Payment Date* Principal Component Interest Component Lease Payments
* Lease Payments are due on the second Business Day prior to each Interest Payment Date, as provided under the Lease
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT B
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES
Real property in the City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara, State of California, described
as follows:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 7, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED TRACT NO. 3743 CUPERTINO
TOWN CENTER, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE
RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER
16, 1964, IN BOOK 186 OF MAPS, PAGE(S) 36 AND 37
PARCEL TWO:
PARCELS A, B, C & D, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PARCEL MAP ENTITLED,
"PARCEL MAP, BEING ALL OF LOT 4, TRACT NO. 3743, CITY OF CUPERTINO", WHICH
PARCEL MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON MARCH 07, 1974 IN BOOK 337
OF MAPS, PAGE 11.
APN 369-31-033
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
Draft of 9/4/2020
RECORDING REQUESTED BY:
City of Cupertino
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
Newport Beach, California 92660
Attn: Vanessa S. Legbandt, Esq.
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THIS DOCUMENT IS RECORDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
THE CITY OF CUPERTINO AND RECORDING IS FEE
EXEMPT UNDER §27383 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE
AND REVENUE AND TAX CODE §11929. THE GRANTOR
AND THE GRANTEE ARE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES.
LEASE TERM LESS THAN 35 YEARS.
MEMORANDUM OF LEASE AGREEMENT
by and between
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION,
as Lessor
and
CITY OF CUPERTINO,
as Lessee
Dated as of October 1, 2020
Relating to
$__________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
MEMORANDUM OF LEASE AGREEMENT
THIS MEMORANDUM OF LEASE AGREEMENT (the “Memorandum”) made and
entered into as of the 1st day of October, 2020, by and between the CITY OF CUPERTINO, a
municipal corporation and general law city duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the
laws of the State of California (the “City”) and the CUPERTINO PUB LIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION, a nonprofit public benefit corporation duly organized and existing under and by
virtue of the laws of the State of California (the “Corporation”), is to give notice of the Lease,
defined in Section 3 below and the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the Lease as
follows:
1. The City is the owner of certain real property legally described in Exhibit A attached
hereto and made a part hereof, including any improvements thereon (the “Leased Premises”).
2. The City has pursuant to a Site Lease, dated as of October 1, 2020 (the “Site Lease”),
by and between the City and the Corporation, being recorded currently herewith, leased all of the
Leased Premises to the Corporation.
3. The Corporation has pursuant to that certain unrecorded Lease Agreement, dates as of
October 1, 2020 (the “Lease”), between the Corporation and the City, leased to the City the Leased
Premises. All capitalized terms in this Memorandum not otherwise defined herein shall have the
same meaning as set forth in the Lease.
4. Certain of the Corporation’s rights under the Lease, including the right to receive and
enforce payment of the Lease Payments and Additional Payments to be made by the City under the
Lease, have been assigned absolutely to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a
national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee,
subject to certain exceptions, without recourse for the benefit of the Owners of the Certificates,
pursuant to the Assignment Agreement being recorded concurrently herewith, to which assignment
the City hereby consents.
5. The Term of the Lease shall commence on the date of execution and delivery of the
Certificates and shall end on June 1, 2030, unless extended or earlier terminated as provided therein.
If on the final maturity date of the Certificates or any Additional Certificates all Interest Components
and Principal Components represented thereby shall not be fully paid by the City as a result of a
default in the payment of Lease Payments, or because the Lease Payments shall have been abated at
any time as permitted by the terms of the Lease, then the Term shall be extended until all Certificates
and Additional Certificates shall be fully paid, except that the Ter m shall in no event be extended
beyond the tenth (10th) anniversary of the final scheduled maturity of any Certificate or Additional
Certificate. Pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Lease, the City may substitute
alternate real property for any portion of the Leased Premises or release a portion of the Leased
Premises from the lien of the Lease.
6. This Memorandum does not modify, alter, or amend the Lease in any way. If any
conflict exists between the terms of the Lease and this Memorand um, the terms of the Lease will
govern and determine for all purposes the relationship between City and Corporation, and their
respective rights and duties.
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7. This Memorandum may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this Memorandum of
Lease as of the day and year first hereinabove written.
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
Steven Scharf
Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Kirsten Squarcia
City Clerk
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION
By:
Steven Scharf
President
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Kirsten Squarcia
Secretary
CERTIFICATE OF ACCEPTANCE
This is to certify that the interest in the Leased Premises conveyed under the foregoing to the
City of Cupertino (the “City”), a municipal corporation and a general city duly organized under and
by virtue of the laws of the State of California, is hereby accepted by the undersigned officer or agent
on behalf of the City, pursuant to authority conferred by resolution of the said City Council adopted
on September 15, 2020, and the City consents to recordation thereof by its duly authorized officer.
Dated: October __, 2020 CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
Steven Scharf
Mayor
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ___________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared _____________________________________________________, who proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to
the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the
entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only t he identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ___________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared _____________________________________________________, who proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to
the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the
entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
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EXHIBIT A
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES
Real property in the City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara, State of California, described
as follows:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 7, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED TRACT NO. 3743 CUPERTINO
TOWN CENTER, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE
RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER
16, 1964, IN BOOK 186 OF MAPS, PAGE(S) 36 AND 37
PARCEL TWO:
PARCELS A, B, C & D, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PARCEL MAP ENTITLED,
"PARCEL MAP, BEING ALL OF LOT 4, TRACT NO. 3743, CITY OF CUPERTINO", WHICH
PARCEL MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON MARCH 07, 1974 IN BOOK 337
OF MAPS, PAGE 11.
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Draft of 8/28/2020
RECORDING REQUESTED BY:
City of Cupertino
AND WHEN RECORDED MAIL TO:
Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth
660 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1600
Newport Beach, California 92660
Attn: Vanessa S. Legbandt, Esq.
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This document is recorded for the benefit of the City of Cupertino
and recording is fee-exempt under §27383 of the Government
Code.
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
by and between
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
Dated as of October 1, 2020
Relating to
$__________
CITY OF CUPERTINO
2020A CERTIFICATES OF PARTICIPATION
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
This ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT (this “Assignment Agreement”), dated as of October 1,
2020, by the CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES CORPORATION, a nonprofit public benefit
corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (the
“Corporation”), and accepted by THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY,
N.A., a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America, as
trustee under the Trust Agreement (defined below) (the “Trustee”);
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Corporation and the City of Cupertino, a municipal corporation and a
general law city duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Constitution and laws of the
State of California (the “City”), have executed and entered into a Site Lease (the “Site Lease”) and a
Lease Agreement (the “Lease”), each dated as of the date hereof and recorded concurrently herewith,
whereby, respectively, the City has agreed to lease certain real property of the City described in
Exhibit A to the Site Lease and in Exhibit A hereto, including the existing improvements thereon (the
“Leased Premises”), to the Corporation and the Corporati on has agreed to lease back such Leased
Premises to the City, as provided therein; and
WHEREAS, under and pursuant to the Lease, the City is obligated to make Lease Payments,
as defined therein, to the Corporation for the lease of the Leased Premises; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to assign absolutely, without recourse, all of its rights to
receive the Lease Payments scheduled to be paid by the City under and pursuant to the Lease to the
Trustee and certain of its other rights, title and interest und er the Lease as described herein; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation desires to assign absolutely, without recourse, all of its rights
to, under and pursuant to the Site Lease to the Trustee; and
WHEREAS, in consideration of such absolute assignment and the exec ution and entering
into of a Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) dated as of the date hereof, by and among the
Trustee, the Corporation and the City, the Trustee has agreed to execute and deliver certificates of
participation designated as the City of Cupertino 2020A Certificates of Participation (the
“Certificates”) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal component of such
Lease Payments; and
WHEREAS, each party has determined that all acts, conditions and things required by law to
exist, to have happened and to have been performed precedent to and in connection with its execution
and entering into of this Assignment Agreement do exist, have happened and have been performed in
regular and due time, form and manner as required by law and it is now duly authorized to execute
and enter into the Assignment Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PREMISES AND OF THE
MUTUAL AGREEMENTS AND COVENANTS CONTAINED HEREIN AND FOR OTHER
VALUABLE CONSIDERATION, THE PARTIES HERETO DO HEREBY AGREE AS
FOLLOWS:
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Section 1. Assignment.
(a) Site Lease. The Corporation hereby transfers, assigns absolutely and sets
over to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Owners (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the
Certificates and any Additional Certificates executed and delivered under the Trust Agreement, all of
the Corporation’s rights, title, and interest under the Site Lease.
(b) Lease. The Corporation hereby transfers, assigns absolutely and sets over to
the Trustee, for the benefit of the owners of the Cer tificates and any Additional Certificates executed
and delivered under the Trust Agreement, all of the Corporation’s rights, title and interest under the
Lease (excepting only the Corporation’s rights to indemnity and the payment of its fees and expenses
under Sections 2.1(e), 4.11, 7.9, 7.14 and 9.4 of the Lease), including, without limitation, (1) the right
to receive and collect all of the Lease Payments, Prepayments and Additional Payments (except to
the extent payable to the Corporation) (as such terms are defined in the Trust Agreement) from the
City under the Lease or the Trust Agreement, as applicable, (2) the right to receive and collect any
proceeds of any insurance maintained thereunder, or any condemnation award rendered with respect
to the Leased Premises, or of any lease of the Leased Premises in the event of a default by the City
under the Lease, (3) the right to take all actions and give all consents under the Lease, including
without limitation, Section 8.2(b) (regarding subleases), Section 8.3 (regarding amendments of the
Lease) and Section 9.2 (regarding defaults), (4) the right to exercise such rights and remedies
conferred on the Corporation pursuant to the Lease as may be necessary or convenient (i) to enforce
payment of the Lease Payments, Prepayments and Additional Payments and any other amounts
required to be deposited in the Lease Payment Fund, the Prepayment Fund or the Net Proceeds Fund
established under the Trust Agreement, or (ii) otherwise to protect the interests of the Corporati on in
the event of a default by the City under the Lease, and (5) the right of the Corporation to receive
rental in excess of Lease Payments as compensation for re -leasing the Leased Premises upon events
of default under the Lease, as provided in Section 9.2(a) and (b) of the Lease. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, only owners of Certificates and Additional Certificates secured by Lease Payments (as set
forth in a Supplemental Agreement) shall have any right, interest and security in the Lease Payments
and Prepayments.
(c) Assignment for Owners of Certificates. All rights assigned by the
Corporation shall be administered by the Trustee as assignee thereof according to the provisions of
the Trust Agreement and for the equal and proportionate benefits of the Owner s of the Certificates
and any Additional Certificates.
Section 2. Acceptance. The Trustee hereby accepts the foregoing assignment for the
benefit of the Owners of the Certificates and any Additional Certificates, subject to the conditions
and terms of the Trust Agreement, and all such Lease Payments shall be applied and all such rights
so assigned shall be exercised by the Trustee under and pursuant to the Trust Agreement.
Section 3. Conditions. The Assignment Agreement shall confer no rights and shall
impose no obligations upon the Trustee beyond those expressly provided in the Trust Agreement.
The Trustee does not warrant the accuracy of the recitals hereto. The Trustee shall not be responsible
for any representations, covenants or warranties of the Corporation. The assignment hereunder is to
the Trustee solely in its capacity as Trustee under the Trust Agreement and not in its individual or
personal capacity. The Trustee is not responsible for any representations, warranties or covenants
made by the assignor under the Lease or the Site Lease.
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Section 4. No Other Claim. The Corporation hereby represents and warrants that there
are no present and outstanding claims on Lease Payments or any other moneys assigned by the
Corporation to the Trustee hereunder.
Section 5. Counterparts. This Assignment Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 6. Applicable Law. This Assignment Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed and entered into the Assignment
Agreement by their officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
CUPERTINO PUBLIC FACILITIES
CORPORATION
By:
Steven Scharf
President
ATTEST:
Kirsten Squarcia
Secretary
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Accepted by:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST
COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee
By:
Eladia Burgos
Authorized Officer
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ___________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared _____________________________________________________, who proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to
the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signatu re(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the
entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
A notary public or other officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual
who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or
validity of that document.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA )
On ___________________ before me, ____________________________________, Notary Public,
personally appeared _____________________________________________________, who proved
to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose names(s) is/are subscribed to
the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their
authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the
entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.
I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing
paragraph is true and correct.
WITNESS my hand and official seal
SIGNATURE OF NOTARY PUBLIC
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EXHIBIT A
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEASED PREMISES
Real property in the City of Cupertino, County of Santa Clara, State of California, described
as follows:
PARCEL ONE:
LOT 7, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED TRACT NO. 3743 CUPERTINO
TOWN CENTER, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE
RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON OCTOBER
16, 1964, IN BOOK 186 OF MAPS, PAGE(S) 36 AND 37
PARCEL TWO:
PARCELS A, B, C & D, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN PARCEL MAP ENTITLED,
"PARCEL MAP, BEING ALL OF LOT 4, TRACT NO. 3743, CITY OF CUPERTINO", WHICH
PARCEL MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA ON MARCH 07, 1974 IN BOOK 337
OF MAPS, PAGE 11.
APN 369-31-033