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009-064tG~' COG o ~ ~a W `` BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ~,~,~, ,,, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COUNTY OF FREDERICK FREDERICK, VIRGINIA RESOLUTION At a regular meeting of the Frederick County Board of Supervisors held on the 13th day of September, 2006, the following resolution was adopted by a majority of the. members of the Board of Supervisors by the following roll call vote, as recorded in the minutes of the meeting: PRESENT: VOTE: Richard C. Shickle, Chairman Aye Bill M. Ewing Aye Gary W. Dove Aye Gene E. Fisher Aye Philip A. Lemieux Aye Barbara E. Van Osten Aye Charles S. DeHaven, Jr. Aye ABSENT: No one was absent. On motion of Gary W. Dove, seconded by Gene E. Fisher, which carried by a vote of 7-0, the following was adopted: A RESOLUTION (#000-06) AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF NOT TO EXCEED $6,000,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BONDS OF THE COUNTY OF FREDERICK, VIRGINIA TO BE SOLD TO THE VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY AND PROVIDING FOR THE FORM AND DETAILS THEREOF WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors (the "Board") of the County of Frederick, Virginia (the "County") has determined that it is necessary and expedient to borrow in an amount not to exceed $6,000,000 and to issue its general obligation school bonds to finance certain capital projects for school purposes. WHEREAS, the Board held a public hearing on September 13, 2006 on the issuance of the bonds (as defined below) in accordance with the requirements of Section 15.2-2606, Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended ("Virginia Code"). WHEREAS, the School Board of the County has requested, by resolution, the Board to authorize the issuance of the Bonds and has consented to the issuance of the Bonds. WHEREAS, the objective of the Virginia Public School Authority (the "VPSA") is to pay the County a purchase price for the Bonds which, in VPSA's judgment, reflects the Bonds' market value (the "VPSA Purchase Price Objective"), taking into consideration such factors as the amortization schedule the County has requested for the Bonds, the amortization schedules requested by other localities, the purchase price to be received by VPSA for its bonds and other market conditions relating to the sale of VPSA's bonds. WHEREAS, such factors may result in requiring the County to accept a discount, given the VPSA Purchase Price Objective and market conditions, under which circumstance the proceeds from the sale of the Bonds received by the County will be less than the amount set forth in paragraph 1 below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF FREDERICK, VIRGINIA: 1. Authorization of Bonds and Use of Proceeds. The Board hereby determines that it is advisable to contract a debt and to issue and sell general obligation school bonds of the County in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $6,000,000 (the "Bonds") for the purpose of financing certain capital projects for school purposes. The Board hereby authorizes the issuance and sale of the Bonds in the form and upon the terms established pursuant to this Resolution. 2. Sale of the Bonds. It is determined to be in the best interest of the County to accept the offer of VPSA to purchase from the County, and to sell to the VPSA, the Bonds at a price determined by the VPSA and accepted by the Chairman of the Board or the County Administrator and upon the terms established pursuant to this Resolution. The County Administrator and the Chairman of the Board, or either of them, and such officer or officers of the County as either of them may designate, are hereby authorized and directed to enter into the Bond Sale Agreement with the VPSA providing for the sale of the Bonds to the VPSA in substantially the form on file with the County ("Bond Sale Agreement"). Administrator, which form is hereby approved 3. Details of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be issuable in fully registered form in denominations of $5,000 and whole multiples thereof; shall be dated the date, of issuance and delivery of the Bonds; shall be designated "General Obligation School Bonds, Series 2006B" (or such other designation as the County Administrator may approve) shall bear interest from the date of delivery thereof payable semi-annually on each January 15 and July 15 (each an "Interest Payment Date"), beginning July 15, 2007, at the rates established in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Resolution; and shall mature on July 15 in the years (each a "Principal Payment Date") and in the amounts established in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Resolution. The Interest Payment Dates and the Principal Payment Dates are subject to change at the request of VPSA. 4. Principal Installments and Interest Rates. The County Administrator is hereby authorized and directed to accept the interest rates on the Bonds established by the VPSA, provided that each interest rate shall be no more than ten one-hundredths of one percent (0.10%) over the interest rate to be paid by the VPSA for the corresponding principal payment date of the bonds to be issued by the VPSA (the "VPSA Bonds"), a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to purchase the Bonds, and provided further, that the true interest cost of the Bonds does not exceed six percent (6%) per annum. The County Administrator is further authorized and directed to accept the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and the amounts of principal of the Bonds coming due on each Principal Payment Date ("Principal Installments") established by the VPSA, including any changes in the Interest Payment Dates, the Principal Payment Dates and the Principal Installments which may be requested by VPSA provided that such aggregate principal amount shall not exceed the maximum amount set forth in paragraph one and the final maturity of the Bonds shall not be later than 21 years from their date. The execution and delivery of the Bonds as described in paragraph 8 hereof shall conclusively evidence such Interest Payment Dates, Principal Payment Dates, interest rates, principal amount and Principal Installments as having been so accepted as authorized by this Resolution. 5. Form of the Bonds. The Bonds shall be initially in the form of a single, temporary typewritten bond substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. 6. Pavment: Paving Agent and Bond Registrar. The following provisions shall apply to the Bonds: (a) For as long as the VPSA is the registered owner of the Bonds, all payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds shall be made in immediately available funds to the VPSA at or before 11:00 a.m. on the applicable Interest Payment Date, Principal Payment Date or date fixed for prepayment or redemption, or if such date is not a business day for Virginia banks or for the Commonwealth of Virginia, then at or before 11:00 a.m. on the business day next preceding such Interest Payment Date, Principal Payment Date or date fixed for prepayment or redemption; (b) All overdue payments of principal and, to the extent permitted by law, interest shall bear interest at the applicable interest rate or rates on the Bonds; and (c) SunTrust Bank, Richmond, Virginia, is designated as Bond Registrar and Paying Agent for the Bonds. 7. Prepavment or Redem tRion. The Principal Installments of the Bonds held by the VPSA coming due on or before July 15, 2016, and the definitive Bonds for which the Bonds held by the VPSA may be exchanged that mature on or before July 15, 2016 are not subject to prepayment or redemption prior to their stated maturities. The Principal Installments of the Bonds held by the VPSA coming due after July 15, 2016 and the definitive Bonds for which the Bonds held by the VPSA may be exchanged that mature after July 15, 2016 are subject to prepayment or redemption at the option of the County prior to their stated maturities in whole or in part, on any date on or after July 15, 2016 upon payment of the prepayment or redemption prices (expressed as percentages of Principal Installments to be prepaid or the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued interest to the date set for prepayment or redemption: Dates Prices July 15, 2016 to July 14, 2017, inclusive ..................................................... 101% July 15, 2017 to July 14, 2018, inclusive ..................................................... 100.5 July 15, 2018 and thereafter ......................................................................... 100; Provided, however, that the Bonds shall not be subject to prepayment or redemption prior to their stated maturities as described above without first obtaining the written consent of the registered owner of the Bonds. Notice of any such prepayment or redemption shall be given by the Bond Registrar to the registered owner by registered mail not more than ninety (90) and not less than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for prepayment or redemption. The County Administrator is authorized to approve such other redemption provisions, including changes to the redemption dates set forth above, as may be requested by the VPSA. 8. Execution of the Bonds. The Chairman or Vice Chairman and the Clerk or any Deputy Clerk of the Board are authorized and directed to execute and deliver the Bonds and to affix the seal of the County thereto. The manner of such execution may be by facsimile, provided that if both signatures are by facsimile, the Bonds shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Paying Agent. 9. Pledue of Full Faith and Credit. For the prompt payment of the principal of, and the premium, if any, and the interest on the Bonds as the same shall become due, the full faith and credit of the County are hereby irrevocably pledged, and in each year while any of the Bonds shall be outstanding there shall be levied and collected in accordance with law an annual ad valorem tax upon all taxable property in the County subject to local taxation sufficient in amount to provide for the payment of the principal of, and the premium, if any, and the interest on the Bonds as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall become due, which tax shall be without limitation as to rate or amount and in addition to all other taxes authorized to be levied in the County to the extent other funds of the County are not lawfully available and appropriated for such purpose. 10. Use of Proceeds Certificate• Non-Arbitra e Certificate. The Chairman of the Board and the County Administrator, or either of them and such officer or officers of the County as either may designate are hereby authorized and directed to execute aNon-Arbitrage Certificate, if required by bond counsel, and a Use of Proceeds Certificate setting forth the expected use and investment of the proceeds of the Bonds and containing such covenants as may be necessary in order to show compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), and applicable regulations relating to the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Bonds and on the VPSA Bonds. The Board covenants on behalf of the County that (i) the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Bonds will be invested and expended as set forth in such Use of Proceeds Certificate and the County shall comply with the covenants and representations contained therein and (ii) the County shall comply with the provisions of the Code so that interest on the Bonds and on the VPSA Bonds will remain excludable from gross income for Federal income tax purposes. I1. State Non-Arbitrage Program• Proceeds Agreement. The Board hereby determines that it is in the best interests of the County to authorize and direct the County Treasurer to participate in the State Non-Arbitrage Program in connection with the Bonds. The County Administrator and the Chairman of the Board, or either of them and such officer or officers of the County as either of them may designate, are hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver a Proceeds Agreement with respect to the deposit and investment of proceeds of the Bonds by and among the County, the other participants in the sale of the VPSA Bonds, the VPSA, the investment manager, and the depository substantially in the form on file with the County Administrator, which form is hereby approved. 12. Continuing Disclosure Agreement. The Chairman of the Board and the County Administrator, or either of them, and such officer or officers of the County as either of them may designate are hereby authorized and directed (i) to execute a Continuing Disclosure Agreement, as set forth in Appendix F to the Bond Sale Agreement, setting forth the reports and notices to be filed by the County and containing such covenants as may be necessary in order to show compliance with the provisions of the Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 15c2-12 and (ii) to make all filings required by Section 3 of the Bond Sale Agreement should the County be determined by the VPSA to be a MOP (as defined in the Continuing Disclosure Agreement). 13. Filing of Resolution. The appropriate officers or agents of the County are hereby authorized and directed to cause a certified copy of this Resolution to be filed with the Circuit Court of the County. 14. Further Actions. The County Administrator, the Chairman of the Board, and such other officers, employees and agents of the County as either of them may designate are hereby authorized to take such action as the County Administrator or the Chairman of the Board may consider necessary or desirable in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds and any such action previously taken is hereby ratified and confirmed. 15. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately. The undersigned Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Frederick, Virginia, hereby certifies that the foregoing constitutes a true and correct extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Supervisors held on September 13, 2006, and of the whole thereof so far as applicable to the matters referred to in such extract. I hereby further certify that such meeting was a regularly scheduled meeting and that, during the consideration of the foregoing resolution, a quorum was present. The front page of this Resolution accurately records (i) the members of the Board of Supervisors present at the meeting, ii the members who were absent from the meeting, and (iii) the vote of each member, including any. abstentions. WITNESS MY HAND and the seal of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Frederick, Virginia, this 13th day of September; 2006. (SEAL) ~,~ Jo Riley, Jr. Clerk, Board of Supervisors County of Frederick, Virginia Resolution No.: 009-06 ~`Sw~nrs ~ ~~ ~n n ~~ C Frederick Cousiiy Public Schools Executive Director of Finance DATE: August 16, 2006 Visit us at vaww.frederickkl2vaus TO: John R Riley, C~~ty Administrator THROUGH: Patricia Taylo~Superintendent FROM: Lisa K. Frye, Executive Director of Finan~~ ~! SUBJECT: 2006 Fall VPSA Bond Application e-xxsaiL- f ryel ~frederick k12 vans •~ ~ -.. d ~-~ E3•~~ \~~E o~ S~=t'L The projected cash flow needed for continued construction costs for the replacement Gainesboro Elementary School is $6 million. Last night, the school board approved an application to the Virginia Public School Authority (VPSA) FaII 2006 bond sale for $6,000,000 and requests the board of supervisors to conduct a public hearing before authorizing the debt issue. To meet the established deadlines for the bond sale, supervisor action is requested on Wednesday, August 23, 2006 for the consideration of public hearing and Wednesday, September 13, 2006 for the hearing and subsequent approval. The project cost for the replacement Gainesboro is $18,475,000. To date, $5,700,000 has been borrowed for this project. A copy of the application for bond sale is attached for your information. 540-662-3888 1415 Amherst Street, Post Office Box 3508, Winchester, VA 22604-2546 FAX 540-722-2788 EXHIBIT A NO. TR-1 (FORM OF TEMPORARY BOND) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA COUNTY OF FREDERICK General Obligation School Bond Series 2006B The COUNTY OF FREDERICK, VIRGINIA (the "County"), for value received, hereby acknowledges itself indebted and promises to pay to the VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY the principal amount of Dollars- ($ ), in annual installments in the amounts set forth on Schedule I attached hereto payable on July 15, 2007 and annually on July 15 thereafter to and including July 15, 20_ (each a "Principal Payment Date"), together with interest from the date of this Bond on the unpaid installments, payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year commencing on July 15, 2007 (each an "Interest Payment Date;" together with any Principal Payment Date, a "Payment Date"), at the rates per annum set forth on Schedule I attached hereto, subject to prepayment or redemption as hereinafter provided. Both principal of and interest on this Bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America. For as long as the Virginia Public School Authority is the registered owner of this Bond, SunTrust Bank, Richmond, Virginia, as bond registrar (the "Bond Registrar") shall make all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Bond, without presentation or surrender hereof, to the Virginia Public School Authority, in immediately available funds at or before 11:00 a.m. on the applicable Payment Date or date fixed for prepayment or redemption. ~- If a Payment Date or date fixed for prepayment or redemption is not a business day for banks in the Commonwealth of Virginia or for the Commonwealth of Virginia, then the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on this Bond shall be made in immediately available funds at or before 11:00 a.m. on the business day next preceding the scheduled Payment Date or date fixed for prepayment or redemption. Upon receipt by the registered owner of this Bond of said payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest, written acknowledgment of the receipt thereof shall be given promptly to the Bond Registrar, and the County shall be fully discharged of its obligation on this Bond to the extent of the payment so made. Upon final payment, this Bond shall be surrendered to the Bond Registrar for cancellation. The full faith and credit of the County are irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and the premium, if any, and interest on this Bond. -The resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors authorizing the issuance of the Bonds provides, and Section 15.2-2624 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, requires, that there shall be levied and collected an annual tax upon all taxable property in the County subject to local taxation sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest on this Bond as the same shall become due which tax shall be without limitation as to rate or amount and shall be in addition to all other taxes authorized to be levied in the County to the extent other funds of the County are not lawfully available and appropriated for such purpose. This Bond is duly authorized and issued in compliance with and pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, including the Public Finance Act of 1991, Chapter 26, Title 15.2, Code of Virginia of 1950, as amended, and resolutions duly -2- adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County and the School Board of the County to provide funds for capital projects for school purposes. This Bond may be exchanged without cost, on twenty (20) days written notice from the Virginia Public School Authority at the office of the Bond Registrar on one or more occasions for one or more temporary bonds or definitive bonds in marketable form and, in any case, in fully registered form, in denominations of $5,000 and whole multiples thereof, having an equal aggregate principal amount, having principal installments or maturities and bearing interest at rates corresponding to the maturities. of and the interest rates on the installments of principal of this Bond then unpaid. This Bond is registered in the name of the Virginia Public School Authority on the books of the County kept by the Bond Registrar, and the transfer of this Bond may be effected by the registered owner of this Bond only upon due execution of an assignment by such registered owner. Upon receipt of such assignment and the surrender of this Bond, the Bond Registrar shall exchange this Bond for definitive Bonds as hereinabove provided, such definitive Bonds to be registered on such registration books in the name of the assignee or assignees named in such assignment. The principal installments of this Bond coming due on or before July 15, 2016 and the definitive Bonds for which this Bond may be exchanged that mature on or before July 15, 2016 are not subject to prepayment or redemption prior to their stated maturities. The principal installments of this Bond coming due after July 15, 2016, and the definitive Bonds for which this Bond maybe exchanged that mature after July 15, 2016 are subject to prepayment or redemption at the option of the County prior to their stated maturities in whole or in part, on any date on or after July 15, 2016, upon payment of the prepayment or redemption prices (expressed as -3- percentages of principal installments to be prepaid or the principal amount of the Bonds to be redeemed) set forth below plus accrued interest to the date set for prepayment or redemption: Dates Prices July 15, 2016 to July 14, 2017, inclusive ....................................................... 101% July 15, 2017 to July 14, 2018, inclusive ....................................................... 100.5 July 15, 2018 and thereafter ........................................................................... 100; Provided, however, that the Bonds shall not be subject to prepayment or redemption prior to their stated maturities as described above without the prior written consent of the registered owner of the Bonds. Notice of any such prepayment or redemption shall be given by the Bond Registrar to the registered owner by registered mail not more than ninety (90) and not less than sixty (60) days before the date fixed for prepayment or redemption. All acts, conditions and things required by the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia to happen, exist or be performed precedent to and in the issuance of -- this Bond have happened, exist and have been performed in due time, form and manner as so required, and this Bond, together with all other indebtedness of the County, is within every debt and other limit prescribed by the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. THE REMAINDER OF THIS PAGE IS LEFT INTENTIONALLY BLANK -4- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Frederick, Virginia, has caused this Bond to be issued in the name of the County of Frederick, Virginia, to be signed by its Chairman or Vice-Chairman, its seal to be affixed hereto and attested by the signature of its Clerk or any of its Deputy Clerks, and this Bond to be dated November , 2006. COUNTY OF FREDERICK, VIRGINIA (SEAL) ATTEST: By: Clerk, Board of Supervisors of the County of Frederick, Virginia Chairman, Board of Supervisors of the County of Frederick, Virginia EXHIBIT A DO NOT SIGN -PART OF EXHIBIT ONLY -5- ASSIGNMENT FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned sells, assigns and transfers unto (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE) PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE: the within Bond and irrevocably constitutes and appoints attorney to exchange said Bond for definitive bonds in lieu of which this Bond is issued and to register the transfer of such definitive bonds on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises. Dated: Signature Guaranteed: (NOTICE: Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting the requirements of the Bond Registrar which requirements will include membership or participation in STAMP or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the Bond Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.) Registered Owner (NOTICE: The signature above must correspond with the name of the Registered Owner as it appears on the front of this Bond in every particular, without alteration or change.) ATTACHMENT B LONG AND INTERMEDIATE-TERM FINANCING APPLICATION VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY SCHOOL FINANCING BONDS (1997 RESOLUTION) SERIES 2006 B GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Name ofCounty/City: Fn~lerick County, V'uginia 2. Name and address of County Administrator/City Manager: John R. Riley, Jr. 107 N. Kent Street Winchester, Virginia 22601 Telephone: (540) 665-5666 Fax: (540) 667-0370 E-mail: jriley(a,co.frederick.va.us 3. Name and address of School Superintendent: Patricia Taylor. P.O. Box 3508 Winchester, Virginia 22604 Telephone: (540) 662-3888 Fax: (540)772-2788 E-mail: tayloro(a~frederick.kl2.va.us 4. Name of Principal Contact: (All further correspondence will be directed to this person unless noted) John R. Riley, Jr. (copy to Patricia Taylor, Superintendent) Telephone: (540) 665-5666 Fax: (540) 667-0370 E-mail: jriley@co.frederickva.us Mailing Address: 107 N. Kent Street, Winchester, Virginia 22601 Hand Delivery Address: same as above 14084687.1 5. Bond Counsel: (firm, attorney, address, telephone, fax & E-mail:) Gerald K. Mayfield Telephone: (804) 775-1107 McGuireWoods LLP Fax: (804) 698-2256 One James Center Email: gmayfield@mcguirewoods.com 901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 Note: Localities are required to take all action necessary to procure the services of qualified Bond Counsel prior to the submission of this application. 2 PROJECT INFORMATION THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF THE APPLICATION IS RESERVED FOR STANDARD REQUESTS FOR FINANCINGS AMORTIZED FROM ELEVEN YEARS AND LONGER. I. Requests for Long-Term Project Financing (See page 4 for Intermediate-Term Financing) Section A -Project Description 1. Briefly describe the Project(s) and indicate whether the Project(s) will be subject to any leases or management or service contracts: (a separate page may be used). Replacement School for Gainesboro Elementary School 2. Total Expected Costs: $18,475,000 3. Cost by Project(s) and Phase: {separate page maybe used) Project(s) Estimated Estimated Phase Cost Useful Life Construction $18,475,000 30+years 4. Amount of VPSA financing applied for (proceeds requestee Estimated Completion Date Summer 2007 ): $6.000,000 Note: The VPSA can only purchase local school bonds in whale multiples of $S,OOD. If your actual cost is not a whole multiple of $5,000, please revise that amount up or down, (e.g., actual amount $5,032,600 should be revised to either $5,035,000 or $5,030,000). Do not request a greater dollar amount than you will reasonably expect to be able to spend. Minimum proceeds required, if applicable: $_ Maximum authorized par amount: $ Explanation for minimum proceeds requirement: Note: In order to meet requests for a minimum amount of proceeds, such as in connection with the refunding of a prior obligation, it will be necessary to have sufficiently broad bond issuance authority to accommodate possible adjustments needed in the par amount of local school bonds issued at the time of the VPSA bond sale. School and governing body resolutions and notices of public hearing should be prepared accordutgly. 5. Has the County/City applied for a Literary Fund Loan to fund all or a portion of the Project(s)? (Indicate whether loan was for the entire cost) yes / no 3 If yes, please list amrnnrt applied for and date of application. Amount: Date: Date of Approval from Board of Education if Literary Funds are effected: Date: Note: If fiords are borrowed from ~ VPSA in lieu of receiving a Citatory Fund loan, the locaIny wi71 be reffioved from the Literary Fund waiting list for Sins Project. This does not apply if a locality permanently funds a portion of the Project with VPSA bonds and funds the reanainder with a Literary Fund IaaQ 3n airy evert, firture Literary Fund loans may not be used to redeem. bonds sold is the VPSA 6. Other Funding Sources: Section B - Pro1ed Status Past and future VPSA funds What is the status of planning, design and consituctia~n for the Projects}?Answer the following questions for the Projects}: (a separate page may be used). 1. Have the final plans and speafications, arcbitec('s or ~gme~'s stz~ament and the division superintendents approval. been submitted to the Superintendent of Public 7nsfruction (as regirired by §22.1-140 of the Code of Vugmial? / yes no 2. What is the bid date for the Projects): June 2006 3. Estimated Construction Start Date: July 2006 4. Estimated Construction Completion Date: June 2007 5. Has any money been expended on the Project(s)? / yes nQ If yes, indicate (i) the source of such mar-ey (ri) the date(s) of expendih>re of such money, and (iu) the type of expenditure. (See questions 4 and 5, on page 6, under "Project Authorization's () VPSA (ii) Summer 2005 to present (iii) Design, site testing, site imprvvemea~ initial construction 5. Has the Project(s) been completed? Yes / no 4 Section C -Financing Requested Preferred Amortization Schedule: Principal is expected to be paid in annual installments starting on July 15, 2007. The Authority will consider permitting the use of amortization schedules other than level•principai and will consider amortization periods other than twenty years. To request an alternative amortization schedule for such loans, please indicate your preference. on the application. _ Preferred Amortization Period: 10-19 years (Explain) 20 year / Over 20 years (Explain) Preferred Principal Structure: Level Principal / Level Debt Service Other (Explain) THE FOLLOWING SECTION OF THE APPLICATION IS RESERVED FOR REQUESTS FOR FINANCING EQUIPMENT OR OTHER PROJECTS AMORTIZED OVER A PERIOD OF TEN YEARS OR LESS. . II. Requests For Intermediate-Term Financing (See page 2 for Long-Term Financing) Section A -Project Description I. Briefly describe the Project(s) and indicate whether the Project(s) will be subject to any leases or management or service contracts: (a separate page may be used). 2. Total Expected Costs: 3. Cost By Project(s) and Phase (Construction or Equipment Acquisition Schedule) (separate page may be used) 5 Estimated Project(s) Estimated Estimated Completion Phase Cost Useful Life Date 4. Amount of VPSA Financing applied for (proceeds requested): $ Note: The VPSA can only purchase local school bonds in whole multiples of $5,000. Tf your actual cost is not a whole multiple of $5,000, please revise that amount up or down, (e.g., actual amount $5,032,600 should be revised to either $5,035,000 or $5,030,000). Do not request a greater dollar amount than you will reasonably expect to be able to spend. Minimum proceeds required, if applicable: $_ Maximum authorized paramount: $ Explanation for minimum proceeds requirement: Note: In order to meet requests for a minimum amount of proceeds, such as in connection with the refunding of a prior obligation, it will be necessary to have sufficiently broad bond issuance authority to accommodate possible adjustments needed in the par amount of local school bonds issued at the time of the VPSA bond sale. School and governing body resolutions and notices of public hearing should be prepared accordingly. 5. Has the County/City applied for a Literary Fund Loan to fund all or a portion of the Project(s)? (Indicate whether loan was for the entire cost) yes no If yes, please list amount applied for and date of ld'~slicatfon:'` Amount: $ Date: Date of Approval from Board of Education if Literary Funds are expected: Date: Note: If funds are borrowed from the VPSA in lieu of receiving a Literary Fund loan, the locality will be removed from the Literary Fund waiting list for this Froject. This does not apply if a locality permanently funds a portion of the Project with VPSA bonds and funds the remainder with a Literary Fund loan. In any event, future Literary Fund loans may not be used to redeem bonds sold to the VPSA. 6. Other Funding Sources: 6 Section B -Project Status -- What is the status of planning, design and construction or acquisition for the Project(s) or Equipment? • Answer the following questions for the Projects}: 1. Estimated Start Date: 2. Estimated Completion Date: 3. Has any money been expended on the Project(s)? _yes no If yes, indicate (i) the source of such money (ii) the date(s) of expenditure of such money, and (iii) the type of expenditure. (See questions 4 and 5, on page 6, under "Project Authorization") 4. Has the Project(s) been completed? yes no • Answer the following questions for the Project(s) (if applicable): _ 5. For Projects, have the fmal plans andspecifications, architect's or engineer's statement and the division superintendent's approval been submitted to the Superintendent of Public Instruction (as required by §22.1-140 of the Code of Virgmial? yes no 6. What is the bid date(s) for the Project(s):, Section C -Financing Requested Amortization Schedule Preferred: (Debt Service is expected to be paid with semi-annual payments. The first principal and interest payment is due on July 15, 2007 with subsequent interest payments due on each January 15 and July 15.) Preferred Amortization Period: 5 years 10 years Other Preferred Principal Structure: Level Principal Level Debt Service Other (Explain) 7 PLEASE COMPLETE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: III. Proiect Authorization L Has your school board approved the Project(s) and authorized this application to VPSA for. the needed financing? Yes, see attached NOTE: Please forward certified copy of resolution. 2. Were these bonds or any school Projects the subject of a referendum within the previous 5 years? _yes / no If yes, provide the date of referendum: Did the referendum pass? __yes no NOTE: Please enclose a copy of the ballot question and the official results. 3. Person(s) responsible for disbursing and investing bond•proceeds. Name: Lisa IC. Frye, Executive Director of Finance Address: P.O. Sox 3508, Winchester, Virginia 22604 Telephone: (540) 662-3888 Fax: (540) 722-2788 4. Will bond proceeds from this sale be used to repay a Bond Anticipation Note, Certificate of Participation or other form of interim/temporaiy financing (the "Prior Obligation")? __yes / no If Yes, please provide the following terms of the Prior Obligation: (i) Name, Amount and Interest Rate of Prior Obligation and Bond Counsel for Transaction (ii) Date of Issue and Maturity of Prior Obligation (iii) Redemption Provisions (e.g., notice, premium, prepayment penalties, etc.) (iv) Amount of Prior Obligation to be Refunded with VPSA bond proceeds 8 (v) Please provide a brief description of the other anticipated sources of funds to refund the Prior Obligation (e_g_, local general fluids) (vi) Please provide any other amounts needed to refund the Prior Obligation; including any accrued interest and redemption premium .. (vii) Unexpended proceeds as of date of application (viii) Date Prior Obligation is intended to be redeemed 5. (a) Were the proceeds of the Prior Obligation used to reimburse yourself for expenses paid before the Prior Obligation was obtained? _yes / no (b) Will bond proceeds from this sale be used to reimburse you for prior expenditures? des / no If the answer to 5(a) or 5(b) is Yes, please attach a copy of your reimbursement resolution. Also, please include a list briefly describing the expenditures you plan to reimburse with proceeds from this sale. (c) What amount of proceeds of the Prior Obligation have been spent? (d) What amount of proceeds of the Prior Obligation do you-anticipate to have spent by November 9, 2006 __ (e) Are the proceeds of the Prior Obligation invested with SNAP? des no If no, where are they invested? 6. Have you executed any undertaking in regards to continuing disclosure not associated with theVPSA? / yes no If Yes, please include copies of any such undertakings. Please refer to the FaII 2002 issue for copies ofthe undertaking. It is an Industrial Development Authority issue dated November 2001. 9 Submitted (School Supeaint~dent - I?alrfcia Taylor) . -- _ . THIS APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED AND RETURNED BY 5:00 PM ON AUGUST 30, 2006 TO vnsa(a~trs.ver~iaioy OR BY MAIL TO: Richard A Davis, Public Finance Manager Department of the Treasiny Commonwealth of Vrrgima By Delivery to: 101 North 14th St, 3rd Floor Richmond, Virginia 23219 By U:S. Iy1a~1 to: P.O. Box 1879 Ric~mo~d, VA 23218-1879 LOCAi_iTiFS NOT RETURNING THIS )FOIt11Z WHd. NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE SALE. 10 VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY BOND SALE AGREEMENT Name of Jurisdiction (the "Local Unit"): County of Frederick, Virginia Sale Date: The VPSA Sale Date (expected to be on or about October 11, 2006) Closing Date: On or about November 9, 2006 Proceeds Requested: $6,000,000 Maximum Authorized Par Amourrt: $6,000,000 Amortization Period: Twenty (20) Years 1. The Virginia Public School Authority ("VPSA") hereby offers to purchase, solely from the proceeds of the VPSA's bonds, your general obligation school bonds at a price, determined by the VPSA to be fair and accepted by you, that, subject to VPSA's purchase price objective and market conditions described below, is substantially equal to your Proceeds Requested set forth above (as authorized by your bond resolution). The sale of VPSA's bonds is tentatively scheduled for October 11, 2006 but may occur, subject to mazket conditions, at any time between October 2, 2006 and October 19, 2006 (the "VPSA Sale Date"). You acknowledge that. VPSA has advised you that. its objective is to pay you a purchase price for your bonds which in VPSA's judgment reflects their market value ("purchase price objective') taking into consideration such factors as the amortization schedule you have requested for your bonds relative to the amortization schedules requested by the other localities for their respective bonds, the purchase price received by VPSA for its bonds and other market conditions relating to the sale of the VPSA's bonds. You further acknowledge that VPSA has advised you that such factors may result in your bonds having a value other than par and that in order to receive an amount of proceeds that is substantially equal to your Proceeds Requested, you may need to issue a par amount of bonds that is greater or less than your Proceeds Requested. You, at the request of VPSA, agree to issue an amount of the local school bonds not in excess of the Maximum Authorized Par Amount to provide, to the fullest extent practicable given VPSA's purchase price objective, a purchase price for your bonds and a proceeds amount that is substantially equal to your Proceeds Requested. You acknowledge that the purchase price for your bonds will be less than the Proceeds Requested should the Maximum Authorized Paz Amount be insufficient, based upon VPSA's purchase price objective, to generate an amount of proceeds substantially equal to your Proceeds Requested. 2. You represent that on or before September 27, 2006, your local governing body will have duly authorized the issuance of your bonds by adopting a resolution in the form attached hereto as Appendix B (the "local resolution") and that your bonds will be in the form set forth in the local resolution. Any changes that you or your counsel wish to make to the form of the local resolution and/or your bonds must be approved by the VPSA prior to adoption of the local W152791.1 resolution by your local governing body. t 3. You hereby covenant that you will comply with and carry out all of the provisions of the Continuing Disclosure Agreement in the form attached hereto as Appendix F, which agreement is hereby incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part hereof for alI purposes. The VPSA has defined a Material Obligated Person ("MOP") for purposes of the Continuing Disclosure Agreement as any Local Issuer the principal amount of whose local school bonds pledged under VPSA's 1997 Resolution comprises more than 10% of the total principal amourn of all outstanding 1997 Resolution bonds. MOP status will be determined by adding the principal amount of your local school bonds to be sold to the VPSA and the principal amount of your local bonds previously sold to the VPSA and currently pledged under VPSA's 1997 Resolution and measuring the total against 10% of the face value of all bonds outstanding as ofthe Closing Date under VPSA's 1997 Resolution. If you are or may be a MOP, the VPSA will require that you file all the information described in the following paragraph prior to VPSA's distributing its Preliminary Official Statement, currernly scheduled for October 2, 2006. You acknowledge that if you are, or in the sole judgment of VPSA may be, a MOP following the issuance of your local school bonds that are the subject of this Bond Sale Agreement, the VPSA will include by specific reference in its Preliminary Official Statements and final Official Statements (for this sale and, if you remain a MOP or become a MOP again after ceasing to be a MOP, for applicable fixture sales) the information respecting you ("Your Information") that is on file with the Nationally Recognized Municipal Securities Information Repositories or their respective successors ("NRMSIIts") and the Municipal Securities - Rulemaking Board or its successors ("MSRB"). Accordingly, if VPSA has determined that you are at any time a MOP (17 following the delivery of your local school bonds to the VPSA in connection with this sale, or (In during the course of any future sale, whether or not you are a participant in such sale, you hereby represent and covenant to the VPSA that you will file such additional information, if any, as is required so that Your Information, as of each of (n(A) the date of the VPSA's applicable Preliminary Official Statement (in the case of this sale, expected to be October 2, 2006), (B) the date of the VPSA's applicable final Official Statement (in the case ofthis sale, expected to be October 11, 2006) and (C) the date of delivery of the applicable VPSA bonds (in the case of this sale, expected to be November 9, 2006) and (II) such other dates associated with future sales as VPSA may specify to you, will be true and correct and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact which should be included in Your Information for the purpose for which it is included by specific reference in VPSA's official statement or which is necessary to make the statemerns contained in such information, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. You fiarther agree to furnish to the VPSA a copy of all filings you make with NRMSIRs and the MSRB subsequern to the date of this Agreemern. Such copy will be furnished to the VPSA on or before the day that any such filing is made. The VPSA will advise you within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year if you were a MOP 1 The local resolution has been drafted for the issuance of bonds by a County. Bond counsel will need to make appropriate changes in the local resolution for the issuance of bands by a Ciry or Town. September 73, 2006 as of the end of such fiscal year. Upon written request, the VPSA will also advise you of your status as a MOP as of any other date. You hereby covenant that you will provide the certificate described in clause (e) of Section 4 below if VPSA includes Your Information by specific reference in its disclosure documents in connection with this sale or any future sale, whether or not you are a participant in such sale. 4. VPSA's commitment to purchase your bonds is contingent upon (I) VPSA's receipt on the Closing Date of (a) your bonds which shall include and otherwise meet the Standard Terms and Conditions contained in Appendix A hereto, (b) certified copies of the local resolution (see Appendix B attached hereto) and the school board resolution (see Appendix E attached hereto), (c) an executed agreement, among VPSA, you and the other local units simultaneously selling their bonds to VPSA, the depository and the investment manager for the State Non Arbitrage Program ("SNAP"), providing for the custody, investment and disbursement of the proceeds of your bonds and the other general obligation school bonds, and the payment by you and the other local units of the allocable, associated costs of compliance with the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any costs incurred in connection with your participation in SNAP (the "Proceeds Agreement"), (d) an executed copy of the Use of Proceeds Certificate in the form attached hereto as Appendix C, (e) if the VPSA has included by specific reference Your Information into the VPSA Preliminary and final Official Statement: your certificate dated the date of the delivery of the VPSA's bonds to the effect that (i) Your Information was as of the date of the VPSA's Preliminary and final Official Statements, and is as of the date of the certificate, true and correct and did not and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact which should be included in Your Information for the purpose for which it is included by specific reference in or which is necessary to make the - statements contained in such information, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) you have complied with your undertakings regarding the amendments adopted on November 10, 1994 to Rule 15c2-12 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (fl an approving legal opinion from your bond counsel in form satisfactory to VPSA as to the validity of the bonds and the exclusion from gross income for federal and Virginia income tax purposes of the interest on your bonds, the conformity of the terms and provisions of your bonds to the requirements of this Bond Sale Agreement including the appendices attached hereto, and the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Bond Sale Agreement, Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the Proceeds Agreement, and the validity of the Continuing Disclosure Agreement and the Proceeds Agreement, (g) a transcript of the other customary closing documents not listed above, and (h) the proceeds of VPSA's bonds, (II) if you will be using the proceeds of your bonds to retire a bond anticipation note, certificate of participation or other form of interim financing (the "Interim Security"), receipt by VPSA of (a) an opinion of your bond counsel that, as of the Closing Date, the Interim Security will have been paid in full or defeased according to the provisions of the instrument authorizing the Interim Security (in rendering such opinion bond counsel may rely on a letter or certificate of an accounting or financial professional as to any mathematical computations necessary for the basis for such opinion) and (b) an executed copy of the escrow deposit agreement/letter of instruction providing for the retirement of the Interim Security and (III) your compliance with the terms of this agreement. One complete original transcripts of the documents listed above shall be provided by your counsel to Sidley Austin LLF, bond counsel to VPSA, on the Closing Date or, with VPSA's permission, as soon as practicable thereafter but in no event more than thirty (30) business days after the Closing Date. September 13, 200b 5. Subject to the conditions described in Section 4 hereto, this Bond Sale Agreement shall become binding as of the later of the VPSA Sale Date and the date you execute this Bond Sale Agreement. Dated as of September 27, 2006 VIRGINIA PUBLIC SCHOOL AUTHORITY By: Authorized VPSA Representative FREDERIC OUNTY, INIA By: l~j~e: J n R. Riley, Jr. Title: Clerk, Board of Supervisors September 13, 2006