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RESOLUTION 5208
RESOLUTION RELATING TO $4,001,000 SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 747 BOND, SERIES 2020; FIXING THE FORM AND DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY THEREOF AND SECURITY THEREFOR
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Commission (the “Commission”) of the City of
Bozeman, Montana (the “City”), as follows:
Section 1
Recitals. It is hereby found, determined and declared as follows:
1.01. Resolution of Intention. By Resolution No. 4954, duly adopted by the Commission
on January 14, 2019 (the “Resolution of Intention”), this Commission declared its intention to
create Special Improvement District No. 747 (the “District”), for the purpose of financing a portion
of the costs of street improvements to benefit certain property in the City and included within the
District, consisting of the design, engineering, reconstruction, and construction of street, sidewalk,
curb, gutter, stormwater, and related improvements, including road demolition and excavation,
road, curb, gutter, and sidewalk improvements, fire hydrants, manholes, pipes, detention ponds,
culverts, landscaping, environmental mitigation, and lighting, on, under, or adjacent to a portion
of Manley Road (collectively, the “Improvements”), and paying costs incidental thereto, including
costs associated with the sale and the security of a special improvement district bond drawn on the
District (the “Bond”), the creation and administration of the District, and the funding of a deposit
to the City’s Special Improvement District Revolving Fund (the “Revolving Fund”). The
Resolution of Intention designated the number of the District, described the boundaries thereof
and stated the general character of the Improvements and an approximate estimate of the costs
thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Montana Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 12, Parts
41 and 42, as amended (the “Act”). By the Resolution of Intention, this Commission also declared
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its intention to cause the cost and expense of making the Improvements specially benefiting the
District to be assessed against the properties included within the boundaries thereof in accordance
with one or more methods of assessment authorized in Sections 7-12-4161 to 7-12-4165 of the Act
and as set forth in the Resolution of Intention.
In the Resolution of Intention, this Commission stated its intention to issue the Bond drawn
against the District to pay a portion of the costs of the Improvements. This Commission further
found that it is in the public interest, and in the best interest of the City and the District, to secure
payment of principal of and interest on the Bond by the Revolving Fund, on the basis of factors
required to be considered under Section 7-12-4225 of the Act. Those findings are hereby ratified
and confirmed.
1.02. Notice. Notice of the passage of the Resolution of Intention was given by two
publications, with at least six days between publications, in the Bozeman Chronicle, a daily
newspaper of general circulation published within the City. Notice of the passage of the Resolution
of Intention was also mailed the same day the notice was first published to all persons, firms or
corporations or the agents thereof having real property within the District, listed in their names
upon the last completed assessment roll for State, county and school district taxes, at their last
known addresses. The notice described the general character of the Improvements, stated the
estimated cost of the Improvements and the method or methods of assessment of such costs against
properties in the District, specified the time when and the place where the Commission would hear
and pass upon all protests made against the making of the Improvements or the creation or
extension of the District, and referred to the Resolution of Intention as being on file in the office
of the City Clerk for a description of the boundaries of the District, all in accordance with the
provisions of the Resolution of Intention, and included a statement that, subject to the limitations
of Section 7-12-4222 of the Act, the general fund of the City may be used to provide loans to the
Revolving Fund or a general tax levy may be imposed on all taxable property in the City to meet
the financial requirements of the Revolving Fund.
1.03. Creation of District. At the time and place specified in the notice hereinabove
described, this Commission met to hear, consider and pass upon all protests made against the
making of the Improvements and the creation of the District, and, after consideration thereof, it
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was determined and declared that insufficient protests against the creation or extension of the
District or the proposed work had been filed in the time and manner provided by law by the owners
of the property to be assessed for the Improvements in the District, and this Commission did
therefore by Resolution No. 4955, adopted on February 11, 2019, create Special Improvement
District No. 747, order the proposed Improvements in accordance with the Resolution of Intention,
and confirm the findings it made with respect to the pledge of the Revolving Fund in the Resolution
of Intention.
1.04. Construction Contracts. Plans, specifications, maps, profiles and surveys for
construction of the Improvements were prepared by the engineers acting for the City or by City
engineers, and were thereupon examined and approved by this Commission. Advertisements for
bids for construction of the Improvements were published in the official newspaper of the City in
accordance with the provisions of Montana Code Annotated, Section 7-12-4141, after which the
bids theretofore received were opened and examined. After referring the bids to the engineers for
the City it was determined that the lowest regular proposal for the furnishing of all work and
materials required for constructing the Improvements in accordance with the approved plans and
specifications was the following:
SID No. 747:
Work Bidder Contract Price
Design, engineering, reconstruction, and construction of street, sidewalk, curb, gutter,
stormwater, and related improvements
Knife River $3,274,177.00
Contracts for the construction of the Improvements were therefore awarded to said bidder,
subject to the right of owners of property liable to be assessed for the costs thereof to elect to take
the work and enter into written contracts therefor in the manner provided by Montana Code
Annotated, Section 7-12-4147, whereupon the City and the successful bidder entered into written
contracts for construction of the Improvements upon the bidder having executed and filed bonds
satisfactory to this Commission and in the form and manner provided by Montana Code Annotated,
Title 18, Chapter 2, Part 2, as amended.
1.05. Costs. Following prepayments by property owners in the District, it is currently
estimated that the costs and expenses connected with and incidental to the formation of the District
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to be paid from the proceeds of the Bond, including costs of preparation of plans, specifications,
maps, profiles, engineering superintendence and inspection, preparation of assessment rolls,
expenses of making the assessments, the cost of work and materials under the construction
contracts and all other costs and expenses, including the deposit of proceeds in the Revolving
Fund, are $4,001,000, as shown in the table below:
Construction and contingency $ 3,274,177.00 Engineering design 242,922.73 Construction engineering 242,922.73
Bond counsel 40,000.00
Revolving Fund deposit (5%) 200,050.00 Rounding (bond account) 927.54 Total $ 4,001,000.00 The amount of $4,001,000, together with interest thereon, will be levied and assessed upon
the assessable real property within the District on the bases described in the Resolution of
Intention. This Commission has jurisdiction and is required by law to levy and assess such
amounts, to collect such special assessments and credit the same to the special improvement
district funds created for the District, which funds are to be maintained on the official books and
records of the City separate from all other City funds, within the 2020 Special Improvement
District No. 747 Fund (as further described in Section 3.01 hereof, the “District Fund”) for the
payment of principal and interest when due on the Bond herein authorized.
1.06. Sale and Issuance of Bond. The City has received a proposal from Sterling National
Bank (the “Purchaser”) for the purchase of the Bond. For the purpose of financing a portion of
the costs and expenses of making the Improvements and funding a deposit to the Revolving Fund
(as hereinafter defined), which are to be assessed against the property within the District as
provided in the Resolution of Intention, this Commission hereby determines that it is in the best
interests of the City to sell the Bond in a private negotiated sale to the Purchaser, at a purchase
price of $4,001,000 (representing the stated principal amount of the Bond), at the rate of interest
set forth in Section 2.01 hereof, and upon the further terms set forth in this Resolution, in
accordance with the provisions of Section 7-12-4204(2) of the Act.
1.07. Recitals. All acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Montana, including the Act, and the home rule charter of the City, in order to make the
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Bond a valid and binding special obligation in accordance with its terms and in accordance with
the terms of this Resolution have been done, do exist, have happened and have been performed in
regular and due form, time and manner as so required.
Section 2
The Bond.
2.01. Title, Principal Amount, Interest Rate and Stated Maturity. For the purpose of paying
a portion of the costs and expenses of making the Improvements, funding a deposit to the
Revolving Fund and paying costs of issuing the Bond, and in anticipation of the collection of
special assessments to be levied therefor, and in accordance with the proposal described in Section
1.06, the City shall forthwith issue and deliver to the Purchaser the Bond, denominated “Special
Improvement District No. 747 Bond, Series 2020,” payable solely from the District Fund. The
Bond shall be issued in the principal amount of $4,001,000, and shall mature, subject to redemption
as hereinafter provided, on July 1, 2040. The Bond shall bear interest on the outstanding principal
amount from the date of original issue, or from such later date to which interest has been paid or
duly provided for, until paid or discharged at the rate of 3.175% per annum. The principal of and
interest on the Bond shall be payable in the amounts and on the respective dates reflected in the
Debt Service Schedule attached as Schedule 1 to the Bond (which amounts, as to interest payments,
are subject to recalculation as described herein if not timely paid). Interest is calculated on the
basis of a 360-day year comprised of 12 30-day months.
2.02. Interest Payment Dates. Interest on the Bond shall be payable on each January 1 and
July 1, commencing January 1, 2021, to the owners of record thereof as such appear on the bond
register at the close of business on the twentieth day of the immediately preceding month, whether
or not such day is a business day.
2.03. Method of Payment. The Bond shall be issued only in fully registered form. The
interest on and principal installments of the Bond shall be payable by check or draft drawn on the
Registrar, or by wire transfer upon request of the registered owner of the Bond; provided that the
final installment of principal (whether at maturity or earlier redemption) shall be paid by the
Registrar only upon presentation and surrender of the Bond to the Registrar.
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2.04. Registration. The City hereby appoints the City Clerk to act as bond registrar,
transfer agent and paying agent (the “Registrar”). The City reserves the right to appoint a bank,
trust company or fiscal company as successor bond registrar, transfer agent or paying agent, as
authorized by the Model Public Obligations Registration Act of Montana (the “Registration Act”),
but the City agrees to pay the reasonable and customary charges of the Registrar for the services
performed. This Section 2.04 shall establish a system of registration for the Bond as defined by
the Registration Act. The effect of registration and the rights and duties of the City and the
Registrar with respect thereto shall be as follows:
(a) Bond Register. The Registrar shall keep at its principal office a bond register
in which the Registrar shall provide for the registration of ownership of the Bond and the
registration of transfers and exchanges of the Bond entitled to be registered, transferred or
exchanged.
(b) Transfer. Upon surrender to the Registrar for transfer of the Bond duly
endorsed by the registered owner thereof or accompanied by a written instrument of
transfer, in form satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the registered owner thereof
or by an attorney duly authorized by the registered owner in writing and guaranteed by an
“eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, the Registrar
shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, a new
Bond of a like aggregate principal amount and like payments of principal installments, as
requested by the transferor; provided, however, that the Bond shall be transferred only to
(i) an affiliate of the Purchaser or (ii) a bank, insurance company or other financial
institution, or an affiliate thereof. Nothing herein shall limit the registered owner of the
Bond or its assignees from selling or assigning participation interests in the Bond to one or
more entities listed in (i) or (ii) above; provided that any transfer, sale or assignment shall
be done in accordance with applicable securities laws and regulations. The Registrar may,
however, close the books for registration of any transfer of the Bond or portion thereof
selected or called for redemption.
(c) Exchange. Whenever the Bond is surrendered by the registered owner for
exchange, the Registrar shall authenticate and deliver a new Bond of a like aggregate
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principal amount, interest rate and principal installments, as requested by the registered
owner or the owner’s attorney duly authorized in writing.
(d) Cancellation. The Bond surrendered upon any transfer or exchange shall be
promptly canceled by the Registrar and thereafter disposed of as directed by the City.
(e) Improper or Unauthorized Transfer. When the Bond is presented to the
Registrar for transfer, the Registrar may refuse to transfer the same until it is satisfied that
the endorsement on the Bond or separate instrument of transfer is valid and genuine and
that the requested transfer is legally authorized. The Registrar shall incur no liability for
the refusal, in good faith, to make transfers which it, in its judgment, deems improper or
unauthorized.
(f) Persons Deemed Owners. The City and the Registrar may treat the person in
whose name the Bond is at any time registered on the bond register as the absolute owner
of the Bond, whether the Bond shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving
payment of, or on account of, the principal of and interest on the Bond and for all other
purposes, and all such payments so made to any such registered owner or upon the owner’s
order shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability of the City upon the
Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid.
(g) Taxes, Fees and Charges. For every transfer of the Bond or exchange of the
Bond (except for an exchange upon the partial redemption of the Bond), the Registrar may
impose a charge upon the owner thereof sufficient to reimburse the Registrar for any tax,
fee or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or
exchange.
(h) Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Bond. In case the Bond shall become
mutilated or be destroyed, stolen or lost, the Registrar shall deliver a new Bond of like
amount, number, principal installments and tenor in exchange and substitution for and upon
cancellation of the mutilated Bond or in lieu of and in substitution for the Bond destroyed,
stolen or lost, upon the payment of the reasonable expenses and charges of the Registrar in
connection therewith; and, in the case that the Bond is destroyed, stolen or lost, upon filing
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with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to it that the Bond was destroyed, stolen or lost,
and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing to the Registrar an appropriate bond or
indemnity in form, substance and amount satisfactory to it, in which both the City and the
Registrar shall be named as obligees. The Bond so surrendered to the Registrar shall be
canceled by it and evidence of such cancellation shall be given to the City. If the mutilated,
destroyed, stolen or lost Bond has already matured or the Bond has been called for
redemption in accordance with its terms, it shall not be necessary to issue a new Bond prior
to payment.
2.05. Redemption.
(a) Mandatory Redemption. If on any interest payment date there will be a balance in the
District Fund after payment of the principal and interest due on the Bond drawn against it, either
from the prepayment of special assessments levied in the District or from the transfer of surplus
money from the Construction Account to the Principal Account as provided in Section 3.02 or
otherwise, the City Finance Director shall call for redemption on the interest payment date
principal installments of the Bond in an amount which, together with the interest thereon to the
interest payment date, will equal the amount of such funds on deposit in the District Fund on that
date. The redemption price shall equal the amount of the principal installments of the Bond to be
redeemed plus interest accrued to the date of redemption, without premium.
(b) Optional Redemption. The Bond is subject to redemption at the option of the City, in
whole but not in part, on any payment date, from sources of funds available therefor other than
those described in subsection (a) of this Section 2.05. Optional redemption described in this
Section 2.05(b) shall be at a redemption price stated below as a percentage of the then-outstanding
principal amount of the Bond, together with interest on the outstanding principal amount to the
redemption date:
Year Percentage
January 1, 2021 through July 1, 2027 102%
January 1, 2028 through July 1, 2032 101%
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January 1, 2033 and thereafter 100%
(c) Notice and Effect of Redemption. The date of redemption and the amount of principal
installments of the Bond to be redeemed shall be fixed by the Registrar and the Registrar shall give
notice, by first class mail, postage prepaid, or by other means required by the securities depository,
to the owner or owners of the Bond at their addresses appearing on the bond register, of the amount
of principal installments to be redeemed and the date on which payment will be made, which date
shall be not less than 30 days after the date of mailing notice. On the date so fixed interest on the
principal installments of the Bond so redeemed shall cease to accrue. If the Bond is prepaid in
part, the Purchaser or then-registered owner of the Bond will reamortize the principal remaining
upon redemption and prepayment at the interest rate over the then-remaining term in equal or
substantially equal semiannual payments of principal and interest. Upon partial redemption and
prepayment there shall be no need to exchange a new Bond for the unredeemed portion of the
existing Bond; provided that the amortization schedule attached as Schedule 1 to the form of the
Bond shall be replaced by an amortization schedule reflecting the reamortization of the principal
then outstanding in the manner described above.
2.06. Form. The Bond shall be drawn in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A
hereto, and by this reference made a part hereof, with such modifications as are permitted by the
Act.
2.07. Execution, Registration and Delivery. The Bond shall be prepared under the
direction of the City Clerk and shall be executed on behalf of the City by the signatures of the
Mayor and the City Clerk; provided that the signatures and the corporate seal may be printed,
engraved or lithographed facsimiles of the originals. The seal of the City need not be impressed
or imprinted on the Bond. In case any officer whose signature or a facsimile of whose signature
shall appear on the Bond shall cease to be such officer before the delivery of the Bond, such
signature or facsimile shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such
officer had remained in office until delivery. Notwithstanding such execution, the Bond shall not
be valid or obligatory for any purpose or entitled to any security or benefit under this resolution
unless a certificate of authentication and registration on the Bond has been duly executed by the
manual signature of an authorized representative of the Registrar. The executed certificate of
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authentication and registration on the Bond shall be conclusive evidence that it has been
authenticated and delivered under this resolution. When the Bond has been so executed,
authenticated and registered, it shall be delivered by the Registrar to the Purchaser upon payment
of the purchase price.
2.08. Application of Proceeds. From the proceeds of the Bond the City Finance Director
shall credit forthwith $200,050 for the District to the Revolving Fund, as required by Section 7-
12-4169(2) of the Act, and the balance of such proceeds to the Construction Account in the District
Fund, to be used solely for the purposes described in Section 3.02. The Purchaser shall not be
obligated to see to the application of the purchase price.
Section 3
District Fund; Assessments.
3.01. District Fund. There is hereby created and established the fund designated as the
“2020 Special Improvement District No. 747 Fund” (the “District Fund”), which shall be
maintained by the City Finance Director on the books and records of the City separate and apart
from all other funds of the City. Within the District Fund there shall be maintained three separate
accounts, designated as the “Construction Account,” “Principal Account,” and “Interest Account,”
respectively.
3.02. Construction Account. There shall be credited to the Construction Account in the
District Fund the proceeds of the sale of the Bond remaining after the required deposits to the
Revolving Fund. Any earnings on investment of money in the Construction Account shall be
retained therein. All costs and expenses of constructing the Improvements in and for the benefit
of the District and costs of issuance of the Bond shall be paid from time to time as incurred or
reimbursed to the City from the Construction Account in accordance with the provisions of
applicable law, and money in the Construction Account shall be used for no other purpose;
provided that upon completion of the Improvements and after all claims and expenses with respect
to the Improvements have been fully paid and satisfied, any money remaining in the Construction
Account shall be transferred to the Principal Account and used to redeem principal installments of
the Bond as provided in Section 3.03.
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3.03. Principal Account and Interest Account. Money in the Principal Account and the
Interest Account shall be used only for payment of the principal of and interest on the Bond as
such payments become due or to redeem principal installments of the Bond.
Upon collection of special assessments to be levied with respect to the Improvements in
the District due on November 30 and May 31 of each year, the City Finance Director shall credit
to the Interest Account so much of said special assessments as is collected as interest payment and
the balance thereof to the Principal Account. Any installment of any special assessment paid prior
to its due date with interest accrued thereon to the next succeeding interest payment date shall be
credited with respect to principal and interest payments in the same manner as other assessments
are credited to the District Fund. All money in the Interest Account and the Principal Account
shall be used first to pay interest due, and any remaining money shall be used to pay the principal
amounts of the Bond then due and, if money is available, to redeem principal installments of the
Bond in accordance with Section 2.05; provided that any money transferred to the Principal
Account from the Construction Account pursuant to Section 3.02 shall be applied to redeem
principal installments of the Bond to the extent possible on the next interest payment date for which
notice of redemption has been properly be given pursuant to Section 2.05(c).
3.04. Loans from Revolving Fund. The Commission shall annually or more often if
necessary issue an order authorizing a loan or advance from the Revolving Fund to the District
Fund in an amount sufficient to make good any deficiency then existing in the Interest Account
and issue an order authorizing a loan or advance from the Revolving Fund to the District Fund in
an amount sufficient to make good any deficiency then existing in the Principal Account, in each
case to the extent that money is available in the Revolving Fund. A deficiency shall be deemed to
exist in the Principal Account or Interest Account if the money on deposit therein on any December
15 or June 15 (excluding amounts in the Principal Account representing prepaid special
assessments) is less than the amount necessary to pay the principal installment of the Bond due
(other than upon redemption), and interest on the Bond payable, on the next succeeding interest
payment date.
Pursuant to Chapter 2, Article 6, Division 6 of the City Code, the City has undertaken and
agreed to provide funds for the Revolving Fund by levying such tax or making such loan from the
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General Fund as authorized by Montana Code Annotated, Section 7-12-4222. In the event that the
balance on hand in the Revolving Fund fifteen days prior to any date when interest is due on special
improvement district bonds or warrants of the City is not sufficient to make good all deficiencies
then existing in the special improvement district funds for which the City has covenanted to make
loans from the Revolving Fund, the balance on hand in the Revolving Fund shall be allocated to
the funds of the special improvement districts in which such deficiencies then exist in proportion
to the amounts of the deficiencies on the respective dates of receipt of such money, until all interest
accrued on such special improvement district bonds or warrants of the City has been paid. On any
date when all accrued interest on special improvement district bonds and warrants of the City
payable from funds for which the City has covenanted to make loans from the Revolving Fund has
been paid, any balance remaining in the Revolving Fund shall be lent or advanced to the special
improvement district funds for payment and redemption of bonds to the extent the special
improvement district funds are deficient for such purpose, and, if money in the Revolving Fund is
insufficient therefor, pro rata, in an amount proportionate to the amount of such deficiency.
The City hereby determines, covenants and agrees to levy the property tax described in the
immediately preceding paragraph to provide funds for the Revolving Fund so long as the Bond is
outstanding to the extent required under the provisions of this Resolution and the Act, even though
such property tax levy may, under applicable law or provisions of the home rule charter of the
City, require that property tax levies of the City for other purposes be reduced correspondingly.
Section 4
Covenants. The City covenants and agrees with the owners from time to time of the Bond that
until all the principal amount of the Bond and interest thereon are fully paid:
4.01. Compliance with Resolution. The City will hold the District Fund and the Revolving
Fund as trust funds, separate and apart from all of its other funds, and the City, its officers and
agents, will comply with all covenants and agreements contained in this Resolution. The
provisions hereinabove made with respect to the District Fund and the Revolving Fund are in
accordance with the undertaking and agreement of the City made in connection with the sale of
the Bond as set forth in Section 1.06.
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4.02. Construction of Improvements. The City will do all acts and things necessary to
enforce the provisions of the construction contracts and Bond referred to in Section 1.04 and to
ensure the completion of the Improvements for the benefit of the District in accordance with the
plans and specifications and within the time therein provided, and will pay all costs thereof
promptly as incurred and allowed, out of the Construction Account and within the amount of the
proceeds of the Bond appropriated thereto, amounts contributed by the City therefor and
prepayments by property owners in the District. All awards of contracts have complied or will
comply with the applicable bid and award statutes.
4.03. Levy of Assessments. The City will do all acts and things necessary for the final and
valid levy of special assessments upon all assessable real property within the boundaries of the
District benefited by the Improvements in accordance with the Constitution and laws of the State
of Montana and the Constitution of the United States in an aggregate principal amount not less
than $4,001,000. Such special assessments shall be levied on the bases prescribed in the
Resolution of Intention, and shall be payable in substantially equal semiannual installments of
principal and interest over a period of 20 years, at an annual rate equal to the sum of: (i) the average
annual interest rate borne by the then-outstanding Bond, plus (ii) one-half of one percent (0.50%)
per annum. The assessments to be levied will be payable on the 30th day of November in each of
the years 2020 through 2039, and on the 31st day of May in the years 2021 through 2040, inclusive,
if not theretofore paid, and shall become delinquent on such date unless paid in full. The first
partial payment of each assessment shall include interest on the entire assessment from the date of
original registration of the Bond to January 1, 2021. The assessments shall constitute a lien upon
and against the property against which they are made and levied, which lien may be extinguished
only by payment of the assessment with all penalties, cost and interest as provided in Section 7-
12-4191 of the Act. No tax deed issued with respect to any lot or parcel of land shall operate as
payment of any installment of the assessment thereon which is payable after the execution of such
deed, and any tax deed so issued shall convey title subject only to the lien of said future
installments, as provided in Montana Code Annotated, Section 15-18-214.
4.04. Reassessment. If at any time and for whatever reason any special assessment or tax
herein agreed to be levied is held invalid, the City and this Commission, its officers and employees,
will take all steps necessary to correct the same and to reassess and re-levy the same, including the
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ordering of work, with the same force and effect as if made at the time provided by law, ordinance
or resolution relating thereto, and will reassess and re-levy the same with the same force and effect
as an original levy thereof, as authorized in Section 7-12-4186 of the Act. Any special assessment,
or reassessment or re-levy shall, so far as is practicable, be levied and collected as it would have
been if the first levy had been enforced including the levy and collection of any interest accrued
on the first levy.
If proceeds of the Bond, including investment income thereon, are applied to the
redemption of the Bond, as provided in Sections 7-12-4205 and 7-12-4206 of the Act, or if
refunding bonds are issued and the principal amount of the outstanding Bond is decreased or
increased, the City will reduce or increase, respectively, the assessments levied in the District and
then outstanding pro rata by the principal amount of such prepayment or the increment above or
below the outstanding principal amount of Bond represented by the refunding Bond. The City and
this Commission, its officers and employees will reassess and re-levy such assessments, with the
same effect as an original levy, in such reduced or increased amounts in accordance with the
provisions of Sections 7-12-4176 through 7-12-4178 of the Act.
4.05. Absence of Litigation. There is now no litigation pending or, to the best knowledge
of the City, threatened questioning the validity or regularity of the creation of the District, the
contracts for construction of the Improvements or the undertaking and agreement of the City to
levy special assessments therefor and to make good any deficiency in the collection thereof
through the levy of taxes for and the making of advances from the Revolving Fund, or the right
and power of the City to issue the Bond or in any manner questioning the existence of any condition
precedent to the exercise of the City’s powers in these matters. If any such litigation should be
initiated or threatened, the City will forthwith notify in writing the Purchaser, and will furnish the
Purchaser a copy of all documents, including pleadings, in connection with such litigation.
4.06. Waiver of Penalty and Interest. The City covenants not to waive the payment of
penalty or interest on delinquent assessments levied on property in the District for costs of the
Improvements, unless the City determines, by resolution of the Commission, that such waiver is
in the best interest of the owners of the outstanding Bond.
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4.07 Reporting Requirements.
(a) While the Bond is outstanding, the City shall submit to the registered owner of the
Bond (a) current audited financial statements in reasonable detail, with supporting schedules (the
“Audit”) as soon as practicable after the City’s acceptance thereof and in any case within 360 days
after the end of each fiscal year, which may be in electronic .PDF format. In the event the Audit
is filed on the MSRB’s “EMMA” website, to satisfy this requirement the City may email a link to
the posted Audit to the registered owner of the Bond within such 360-day period. So long as the
Lender is the registered owner of the Bond, the electronic audit or EMMA link may be sent to the
following email address (or such other address as the Lender supplies to the City in writing):
Public_Finance_Servicing@snbcloud.onmicrosoft.com, and (b) at the request of the registered
owner of the Bond, the City’s annual budget as submitted or approved. The City further agrees
that upon 10 days prior written notice, it will permit the registered owner of the Bond or its agents
and representatives to inspect the City’s books and records and make extracts therefrom at its own
expense during regular business hours and in a manner which will not disrupt the normal business
routine of the City. The City shall furnish to the registered owner of the Bond such other financial
information as it may reasonably request, so long as publicly available. In the event that the Audit
is not available within 360 days of fiscal year end, the City will furnish unaudited financial
statements to the registered owner of the Bond in the manner described in this paragraph within
such period, and will then supply the Audit within 10 business days following the availability
thereof.
(b) In connection with the City’s compliance with any continuing disclosure
undertakings (each, a “Continuing Disclosure Agreement”) entered into by the City on and after
February 27, 2019, pursuant to SEC Rule 15c2-12 promulgated pursuant to the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”), the Purchaser acknowledges that the City may
be required to file with the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board’s Electronic Municipal Market
Access system, or its successor (“EMMA”), notice that the City has incurred obligations hereunder
and notice of certain subsequent events reflecting financial difficulties in connection with the
Bond. The City agrees that it shall not file or submit, or permit to be filed or submitted, with
EMMA any documentation that includes the following unredacted sensitive or confidential
information about the Purchaser or its affiliates: address and account information of the Purchaser
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or its affiliate, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, fax numbers, names and signatures of officers,
employees and signatories of the Purchaser or its affiliates, unless otherwise required for
compliance with the Rule or otherwise required by law. The City acknowledges that the Purchaser
is not responsible for the City’s compliance or noncompliance with the Rule or any Continuing
Disclosure Agreement.
Section 5.
Tax Matters.
5.01. Use of Improvements. The Improvements will be owned and operated by the City
and available for use by members of the general public on a substantially equal basis. The City
shall not enter into any lease, use or other agreement with any non-governmental person relating
to the use of the Improvements or security for the payment of the Bond which might cause the
Bond to be considered a “private activity bond” or a “private loan bond” within the meaning of
Section 141 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).
5.02. General Covenant. The City covenants and agrees with the owners from time to time
of the Bond that it will not take or permit to be taken by any of its officers, employees or agents
any action which would cause the interest on the Bond to become includable in gross income for
federal income tax purposes under the Code and applicable Treasury Regulations (the
“Regulations”), and covenants to take any and all actions within its powers to ensure that the
interest on the Bond will not become includable in gross income for federal income tax purposes
under the Code and the Regulations.
5.03. Arbitrage Certification. The City Finance Director, being among the officers of the
City charged with the responsibility for issuing the Bond pursuant to this Resolution, is authorized
and directed to execute and deliver to the Purchaser a certificate in accordance with the provisions
of Section 148 of the Code, and Section 1.148-2(b) of the Regulations, stating that on the basis of
facts, estimates and circumstances in existence on the date of issue and delivery of the Bond, it is
reasonably expected that the proceeds of the Bond will be used in a manner that would not cause
the Bond to be an “arbitrage bond” within the meaning of Section 148 of the Code and the
Regulations.
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5.04. Arbitrage Rebate. The City acknowledges that the Bond is subject to the rebate
requirements of Section 148(f) of the Code. The City covenants and agrees to retain such records,
make such determinations, file such reports and documents and pay such amounts at such times as
are required under said Section 148(f) and applicable Regulations to preserve the exclusion of
interest on the Bond from gross income for federal income tax purposes, unless or to the extent
that the Bond qualifies for the exception from the rebate requirement under Section 148(f)(4)(B)
of the Code and no “gross proceeds” of the Bond (other than amounts constituting a “bona fide
debt service fund”) arise during or after the expenditure of the original proceeds thereof. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the City Finance Director is hereby authorized and directed to execute
a rebate certificate, substantially in the form to be prepared by Bond Counsel, and the City hereby
covenants and agrees to observe and perform the covenants and agreements contained therein,
unless amended or terminated in accordance with the provisions thereof.
5.05. Information Reporting. The City shall file with the Secretary of the Treasury, not
later than November 15, 2020, a statement concerning the Bond containing the information
required by Section 149(e) of the Code.
Section 6
Authentication of Transcript. The officers of the City are hereby authorized and directed to
furnish to the Purchaser and to Bond Counsel certified copies of all proceedings relating to the
issuance of the Bond and such other certificates and affidavits as may be required to show the
right, power and authority of the City to issue the Bond, and all statements contained in and shown
by such instruments, including any heretofore furnished, shall constitute representations of the
City as to the truth of the statements purported to be shown thereby.
Section 7
Discharge.
7.01. General. When the liability of the City on the Bond issued under and secured by this
Resolution has been discharged as provided in this Section 7, all pledges, covenants and other
rights granted by this Resolution to the owners of such obligations shall cease.
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7.02. Payment. The City may discharge its liability with reference to the Bond or
installment of interest thereon which is due on any date by depositing with the Registrar on or
before that date funds sufficient, or, if a City officer is the Registrar, mailing to the registered
owner of the Bond a check or draft in a sum sufficient and providing proceeds available, for the
payment thereof in full; or if the Bond or installment of interest thereon shall not be paid when
due, the City may nevertheless discharge its liability with reference thereto by depositing with the
Registrar funds sufficient, or, if a City officer is the Registrar, by mailing to the registered owner
thereof a check or draft in a sum sufficient and providing proceeds available, for the payment
thereof in full with interest accrued to the date of such deposit or mailing.
7.03. Prepayment. The City may also discharge its obligations with respect to the Bond
called for redemption on any interest payment date, by on or before that date depositing with the
Registrar funds sufficient, or, if a City officer is the Registrar, mailing to the registered owner of
the Bond a check or a draft in a sum sufficient and providing proceeds available, for the payment
of the principal installments to be redeemed and interest accrued thereon to the date of redemption;
provided that notice of such redemption has been duly given as provided herein or irrevocably
provided for.
7.04. Irrevocable Deposits. If an officer of the City is the Registrar, any deposit made
under this Section 7 with the Registrar shall be irrevocable and held for the benefit of the owners
of the Bond.
Section 8
Repeals and Effective Date.
8.01. Repeal. All provisions of other resolutions and other actions and proceedings of the
City and this Commission that are in any way inconsistent with the terms and provisions of this
Resolution are repealed, amended and rescinded to the full extent necessary to give full force and
effect to the provisions of this Resolution.
8.02. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and
adoption by this Commission.
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PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Commission of the City of
Bozeman, Montana, this 11th day of August, 2020.
___________________________________
CHRIS MEHL Mayor ATTEST:
___________________________________ MICHAEL MAAS City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
___________________________________ GREG SULLIVAN City Attorney
(SEAL)
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CERTIFICATE AS TO RESOLUTION AND ADOPTING VOTE
I, the undersigned, being the duly qualified and acting recording officer of the City of
Bozeman, Montana (the “City”), hereby certify that the attached resolution is a true copy of a
Resolution No. 5208 entitled: “RESOLUTION RELATING TO $4,001,000 SPECIAL
IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 747 BOND, SERIES 2020; FIXING THE FORM AND
DETAILS AND PROVIDING FOR THE EXECUTION AND DELIVERY THEREOF
AND SECURITY THEREFOR” (the “Resolution”), on file in the original records of the City
in my legal custody; that the Resolution was duly adopted by the City Commission of the City at
a regular meeting on August 11, 2020, and that the meeting was duly held by the City
Commission and was attended throughout by a quorum, pursuant to call and notice of such
meeting given as required by law; and that the Resolution has not as of the date hereof been
amended or repealed.
I further certify that, upon vote being taken on the Resolution at said meeting, the
following Commission Members voted in favor thereof: Mehl, Andrus, Pomeroy, Cunningham,
& Wallner; voted against the same: none; abstained from voting thereon:
none; or were absent: none.
WITNESS my hand and seal officially this 11th day of August, 2020.
(SEAL) MICHAEL MAAS City Clerk
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EXHIBIT A
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
STATE OF MONTANA YELLOWSTONE COUNTY
CITY OF BOZEMAN
SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 747 BOND, SERIES 2020
Interest at the rate per annum specified below, payable on the 1st day of January and the 1st day of July in each year, commencing January 1, 2021.
No. R-1 $4,001,000
Interest Rate Maturity Date
Date of
Original Issue
3.175% July 1, 2040 August 14, 2020
REGISTERED OWNER: STERLING NATIONAL BANK
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: FOUR MILLION ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, City of Bozeman, Montana (the “City”), will pay to the
registered owner identified above, or registered assigns, the total principal amount specified above, together with interest thereon, in installments of principal and interest on each January 1 and July 1, which shall be in the years and in the amounts set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (which amounts, as to interest payments, are subject to recalculation as described herein if not timely paid), solely
from the Principal Account and Interest Account in the District Fund, as authorized by Resolution
No. ___, adopted August 11, 2020 (the “Resolution”), all subject to the provisions hereinafter described relating to the redemption of this Bond before maturity.
Unpaid principal installments of this Bond bear interest at the rate per annum specified above from the date of original issue specified above, or from such later date to which interest
hereon has been paid or duly provided for, until the maturity date specified above or an earlier date
on which this Bond shall have been duly called for redemption by the City Finance Director. Interest on this Bond is payable semiannually on each January 1 and July 1, commencing January 1, 2021, to the owner of record of this Bond appearing as such in the bond register as of the close of business on the twentieth day (whether or not a business day) of the immediately preceding
month. This Bond represents all principal installments of the issue. The principal of and interest
on this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America. Interest is calculated on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of 12 30-day months. The City Clerk shall initially serve as Registrar for this Bond. The interest on and principal installments of this Bond shall be payable by check or draft drawn on the Registrar, or by wire transfer if requested by the registered owner;
provided that the final installment of principal (whether at maturity or earlier redemption) shall be
paid by the Registrar only upon presentation and surrender of this Bond to the Registrar.
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This Bond comprises an issue in the aggregate principal amount of $4,001,000 (the
“Bond”), and is issued pursuant to and in full conformity with the Constitution and laws of the
State of Montana thereunto enabling, including Montana Code Annotated, Title 7, Chapter 12, Parts 41 and 42, as amended (the “Act”), and ordinances and resolutions duly adopted by the governing body of the City, including the Resolution, for the purpose of financing the costs and expenses of making certain local improvements (the “Improvements”) for the special benefit of
property located in Special Improvement District No. 747 (the “District”), funding a deposit to the
Special Improvement Revolving Fund (the “Revolving Fund”) and paying costs of issuance. The Bond is issuable only as a single, fully registered bond.
This Bond is payable from the collection of a special tax or assessment levied upon all assessable real property within the boundaries of the District benefited by the Improvements, in an
aggregate principal amount not less than $4,001,000, except as such amounts may be reduced or
increased in accordance with provisions of Montana law. Such assessments constitute a lien against the property against which they are made and levied and are to be deposited into the 2019 Special Improvement District No. 747 Fund of the City (the “District Fund”). The Bond is not a general obligation of the City.
The City has validly established the Revolving Fund to secure the payment of certain of its
special improvement and sidewalk, curb, gutter and alley approach bonds and warrants, including the Bond. The City has also agreed, to the extent permitted by the Act, to issue orders annually, or more often as necessary, authorizing loans or advances from the Revolving Fund to the District Fund, in amounts sufficient to make good any deficiency in the District Fund to pay principal of
or interest on the Bond, to the extent money is available in the Revolving Fund, and to provide
funds for the Revolving Fund by annually levying such tax or making such loan from its general fund, subject to the limitation that no such tax levy or loan may in any year cause the balance in the Revolving Fund to exceed legal limits based on a percentage of the principal amount of the City’s then outstanding special improvement and sidewalk, curb, gutter and alley approach bonds
and warrants secured thereby and subject to the durational limitations specified in the Act. The
City hereby determines, covenants and agrees to levy the property tax described above to provide funds for the Revolving Fund so long as the Bond is outstanding to the extent required under the provisions of the Resolution and the Act, even though such property tax levy may, under applicable law or provisions of the home rule charter of the City, require that property tax levies of the City
for other purposes be reduced correspondingly.
The principal installments of this Bond are subject to mandatory redemption on any interest payment date if, after paying all principal and interest then due on the Bond, there are funds to the credit of the District Fund, either from the prepayment of assessments levied in the District or from the transfer of surplus money from the Construction Account to the Principal Account, for the
redemption thereof.
In addition, this Bond is subject to redemption at the option of the City, in whole but not in part, on any payment date, from sources of funds available therefor other than those described in the paragraph above and in Section 2.05(a) of the Resolution. Such optional redemption shall be at a redemption price stated below as a percentage of the then-outstanding principal amount of
the Bond, together with interest on the outstanding principal amount to the redemption date:
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Year Percentage
January 1, 2021 through July 1, 2027 102%
January 1, 2028 through July 1, 2032 101%
January 1, 2033 and thereafter 100%
The date of redemption and the amount of principal installments of the Bond to be redeemed shall be fixed by the City Finance Director, who shall cause the Registrar to give notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the owner or owners of the Bond at their addresses appearing on the bond register, of the amount of principal installments of the Bond to be redeemed and the date on which payment will be made, which date shall not be less than 30 days after the date of
mailing of notice. On the date so fixed interest on the principal installments of the Bond so redeemed shall cease to accrue.
If the Bond is prepaid in part, the Purchaser or then-registered owner of the Bond will reamortize the principal remaining upon redemption and prepayment at the interest rate over the then-remaining term in equal or substantially equal semiannual payments of principal and interest.
Upon partial redemption and prepayment there shall be no need to exchange a new Bond for the unredeemed portion of the existing Bond; provided that the amortization schedule attached as Schedule 1 to the form of the Bond shall be replaced by an amortization schedule reflecting the reamortization of the principal then outstanding in the manner described above.
As provided in the Resolution and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, this Bond
is transferable upon the books of the City at the principal office of the Registrar, by the registered owner hereof in person or by his attorney duly authorized in writing upon surrender hereof together with a written instrument of transfer satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the registered owner or his attorney. Upon such transfer, the City will cause a new Bond to be issued in the name of the transferee or registered owner, of the same aggregate principal amount, bearing interest at
the same rate and with principal installments payable on the same dates, subject to reimbursement for any tax, fee or governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer or exchange.
The City and the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof, whether this Bond is overdue or not, for the purpose of
receiving payment and for all other purposes, and neither the City nor the Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED, RECITED, COVENANTED AND AGREED that all things required to be done precedent to the issuance of this Bond have been properly done, happened and been performed in the manner prescribed by the laws of the State of Montana and the resolutions
and ordinances of the City of Bozeman, Montana, relating to the issuance hereof.
This Bond shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose or be entitled to any security or benefit under the Resolution until the Certificate of Authentication hereon shall have been executed by the Registrar by the manual signature of one of its authorized representatives.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Bozeman, Montana, by its City Commission, has
caused this Bond to be executed by the facsimile signatures of the Mayor and the City Clerk and
by the official seal of the City.
_____________________________ Mayor
_____________________________
City Clerk (SEAL)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This Bond and the principal installments hereof have been registered as required by law on the books of the City as of August 14, 2020.
CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA,
as Registrar
By ______________________________________
City Clerk
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The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this Bond, shall
be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM — as tenants UTMA...........Custodian............... in common (Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT — as tenants by the entireties
under Uniform Transfers to Minors
JT TEN — as joint tenants Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . with right of (State) survivorship and not as tenants in
common
Additional abbreviations may also be used. ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers
unto the within Bond and all rights and title thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE: NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears
upon the face of the within Bond in every
particular, without alteration, enlargement / / or any change whatsoever.
SIGNATURE GUARANTEED
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar,
which requirements include membership or participation in STAMP or such other
“signature guaranty program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to or in substitution for STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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SCHEDULE 1
DEBT SERVICE SCHEDULE
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