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FY2025-12 Authorizing Refunding of 2015 Series BondsI 2 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH RESOLUTION NO. FY2025-12 A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZING THE BOROUGH TO ISSUE A GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL REFUNDING BOND TO REFUND CERTAIN PRINCIPAL INSTALLMENTS OF AN OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BOND OF THE BOROUGH AND TO PAY COSTS OF ISSUING THE BOND, FIXING CERTAIN DETAILS OF SUCH BOND, AUTHORIZING ITS SALE, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, the Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska (the "Borough"), is a second-class borough and is authorized to take the actions in this Resolution; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Borough Ordinance No. FY2010-03, adopted August 6, 2009, approved by a majority of the qualified voters voting on the proposition at the regular Borough election held on October 6, 2009, and Resolution FY2016-05, adopted August 20, 2015 (the `Bond Resolution"), the Borough issued its General Obligation School Bond, 2015 Series A (the "2015 Bond") in the original principal amount of the 6,210,000, of which $4,140,000 is now outstanding; and WHEREAS, the Borough sold the 2015 Bond to the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank (the `Bond Bank") pursuant to the terms of a loan agreement by and between the Borough and the Bond Bank, dated September 1, 2015 (the "Loan Agreement'); and WHEREAS, the Bond Bank purchased the 2015 with proceeds from its General Obligation Bonds, 2015 Series Three (the "2015 Bond Bank Bonds"), among other purposes, to provide funds to purchase the 2015 Bond, as provided in the Loan Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Bond Bank has expressed its intent to issue refunding bonds (the "Bond Bank Refunding Bonds') for the purpose of refunding the 2015 Bond Bank Bonds and achieving a debt service savings; and WHEREAS, Section 6 of the Loan Agreement provides that payments of principal and interest on the 2015 Bond may be adjusted to reduce debt service on the 2015 Bond if the Bond Bank is able to achieve debt service savings by refunding the 2015 Bond Bank Bonds; and WHEREAS, the Bond Bank has offered to enter into an Amendatory Loan Agreement (the "Amendatory Loan Agreement") to effect a reduction in debt service on all or a portion of the principal installments of the outstanding 2015 Bond payable on or after October 1, 2025 (the "Refundable Principal Installments"); and WHEREAS, the Assembly finds that it is necessary and appropriate to effect a reduction in debt service on all or a portion of the Refundable Principal Installments by entering into the Amendatory Loan Agreement and issuing a General Obligation School Refunding Bond, 2025 (the "Bond") in exchange for the 2015 Bond and participating in the refunding of the 2015 Bond Bank Bonds; and Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 1 of 9 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 WHEREAS, the Assembly finds that it is necessary and appropriate to delegate to each of the Borough Manager and Borough Finance Director authority to determine the principal installments, interest rates and other details of the Bond, and to determine other matters pertaining to the Bond that are not provided for in this Resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH: SECTION 1. Definitions. In addition to terms which are defined in the recitals above, the following terms shall have the following meanings in this Resolution: (A) "Assembly" means the Assembly of the Kodiak Island Borough, as the general legislative authority of the Borough, as the same shall be duly and regularly constituted from time to time. (B) "Bond" means the "General Obligation School Refunding Bond" of the Borough, the issuance and sale of which are authorized herein. (C) "Bond Bank" means the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank, a public corporation of the State of Alaska. (D) "Bond Bank Bonds" means the general obligation refunding bonds to be issued by the Bond Bank, a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to refund by exchange the Refundable Principal Installments. (E) "Bond Register" means the registration books maintained by the Registrar, which include the name and address of the Registered Owner or its nominee. (F) "Borough" means the Kodiak Island Borough, a municipal corporation of the State of Alaska, organized as a second class borough under Title 29 of the Alaska Statutes. (G) "Borough Manager" means the Manager or Administrative Official of the Borough. (H) "Borough Finance Director" means the Finance Director of the Borough. (1) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, together with all regulations applicable thereto. (J) "Loan Agreement" means the Loan Agreement between the Borough and the Bond Bank, dated September 1, 2015. (K) "Refundable Principal Installments" means the principal installments of the 2015 Bonds the refunding of which the Borough Manager or Borough Finance Director determines will produce a debt service savings under Section 2. Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 2 of 9 r 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 (L) 'Registered Owner' means the person named as the registered owner of the Bond in the Bond Register. (M) "Registrar' means the Borough Finance Director. (N) "Resolution' means this Resolution of the Assembly. (0) "2015 Bond' means the Borough's $6,210,000 General Obligation School Bond, 2015 Series A, dated September 16, 2015, of the Borough issued pursuant to Resolution No. FY2016-05, adopted by the Borough Assembly on August 20, 2015. SECTION 2. Authorization of Bond and Purpose of Issuance. For purposes of effecting the refunding by exchange of the Refundable Principal Installments and to pay all costs incidental thereto and to the issuance of the Bond, in the manner set forth in this Resolution and in the Amendatory Loan Agreement, the Borough hereby authorizes and determines to issue and sell the Bond. The Borough hereby authorizes the Borough Manager and the Borough Finance Director to designate which Refundable Principal Installments of the 2015 Bond shall be refunded, provided the Refundable Principal Installments so designated shall realize an aggregate debt service savings on a present value basis of at least three percent (3%), net of all issuance costs and underwriting discount. The Borough Manager or Borough Finance Director is hereby authorized to execute and deliver the Amendatory Loan Agreement on behalf of the Borough and to deliver the Bond executed in accordance with, and subject to, Section 13 hereof. SECTION 3. Obligation of Bond. The Bond shall be a direct and general obligation of the Borough, and the full faith and credit of the Borough are hereby pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bond. The Borough hereby irrevocably pledges and covenants that it will levy and collect taxes upon all taxable property within the Borough without limitation as to rate or amount, in amounts sufficient, together with other funds legally available therefor, to pay the principal of and interest on the Bond as the same become due and payable. SECTION 4. Designation, Principal Installments, Interest Rates and other Details of the Bond. The Bond shall be designated "Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska General Obligation School Refunding Bond, 2025," with such designation as the Registrar deems necessary for purposes of identification, and may have endorsed thereon such legends or text as may be necessary or appropriate to conform to the rules and regulations of any governmental authority or any usage or requirement of law with respect thereto. Principal installments of the Bond shall be in the denomination of $5,000 or any integral multiple thereof. The aggregate principal amount, amount per principal installment, interest rates, dated date and principal and interest payment dates of the Bond shall be determined at the time of execution of the Amendatory Loan Agreement. Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 3 of 9 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 SECTION 5. Prepayment. The principal installments of the Bond shall be subject to prepayment prior to maturity as provided in the Amendatory Loan Agreement. SECTION 6. Form of Bond. The Bond shall be in substantially the following form, with such variations, omissions and insertions as may be required or permitted by this Resolution: UNITED STATES OFAMERICA STATE OF ALASKA KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH, ALASKA (A Municipal Corporation of the State of Alaska) NO. GOR- $ GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING SCHOOL BOND, 2025 REGISTERED OWNER: ALASKA MUNICIPAL BOND BANK PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: The Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska (the "Borough"), a municipal corporation of the State of Alaska, hereby acknowledges itself to owe and for value received promises to pay to the Registered Owner identified above, or its registered assigns, the Principal Amount indicated above in the following installments on 1 of each of the following years, and to pay interest on such installments from the date hereof, payable on 1, 20_, and semiannually thereafter on the first days of and of each year, at the rates per annum as follows: Principal Interest Year Amount Rate For so long as the Alaska Municipal Bond Bank (the `Bond Bank") is the Registered Owner of the Bond, payment of principal and interest shall be made as provided in the Loan Agreement between the Bank and the Borough, dated September 1, 2015, as amended _, 2025 (together, the "Loan Agreement'). In the event the Bond Bank is no longer the Registered Owner of the Bond, payment of principal of and interest on this Bond will be made by check or draft mailed by first class mail to the registered owner at the address appearing on the bond register of the Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 4 of 9 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 Borough on or before the payment date, provided that the final installment of principal and interest on this Bond will be payable at the office of the Borough Finance Director (the `Registrar") upon surrender of this Bond. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months. Both principal of and interest on this bond are payable in lawful money of the United States of America which, on the respective dates of payment thereof, shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. This Bond is the General Obligation School Refunding Bond of the Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, authorized for the purpose of refunding certain principal installments of an outstanding general obligation school bond of the Borough and is issued by the Borough under Resolution No. FY2025-_ of the Borough entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZING THE BOROUGH TO ISSUE A GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL REFUNDING BOND TO REFUND CERTAIN PRINCIPAL INSTALLMENTS OF AN OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BOND OF THE BOROUGH AND TO PAY COSTS OF ISSUING THE BOND, FIXING CERTAIN DETAILS OF SUCH BOND, AUTHORIZING ITS SALE, AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED MATTERS (herein called the "Resolution"). Installments of principal of this Bond payable on and after _ 1, 20 , shall be subject to prepayment on and after at the option of the Borough, subject to any applicable provisions _1,20 , of the Loan Agreement, and in such principal amounts and from such maturities as the Borough may determine, and by lot within a maturity, at a redemption price equal to the principal amount to be prepaid, plus accrued interest to the date of prepayment. This Bond is transferable as provided in the Resolution, (i) only upon the bond register of the Borough, and (ii) upon surrender of this Bond together with a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered owner or the duly authorized attorney of the registered owner, and thereupon a new fully registered Bond or Bonds in the same aggregate principal amount and maturity shall be issued to the transferee in exchange therefor as provided in the Resolution and upon the payment of charges, if any, as therein prescribed. The Borough may treat and consider the person in whose name this Bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal or redemption price, if any, hereof and interest due hereon and for all other purposes whatsoever. Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 5 of 9 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 This Bond is a general obligation of the Borough, and the full faith and credit of the Borough are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bond as the same shall become due. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED AND RECITED that all conditions, acts, or things required by the constitution or statutes of the State of Alaska to exist, to have happened, or to have been performed precedent to or in the issuance of this Bond, exist, have happened, and have been performed, and that the series of Bonds of which this is one, together with all other indebtedness of the Borough, is within every debt and other limit prescribed by said constitution or statutes. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH, ALASKA, has caused this Bond to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Mayor and its corporate seal to be hereunto impressed or otherwise reproduced and attested by its Clerk, all as of the day of , 20_. /specimen/ Borough Mayor ATTEST: /specimen/ Borough Clerk SECTION 7. Execution. The Bond shall be executed in the name of the Borough by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor, and its corporate seal (or a facsimile thereof) shall be impressed or otherwise reproduced thereon and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of the Borough Clerk or acting Borough Clerk. The execution of the Bond on behalf of the Borough by persons who at the time of the execution are duly authorized to hold the proper offices shall be valid and sufficient for all purposes, although any such person shall have ceased to hold office at the time of delivery of the Bond or shall not have held office on the date of the Bond. SECTION 8. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Bond shall be payable in lawful money of the United States of America which at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. When the Bond Bank is the Registered Owner of the Bond, payment of principal and interest on the Bond shall be made as provided in the Loan Agreement, as amended by the Amendatory Loan Agreement. If the Bond Bank is not the Registered Owner of the Bond, installments of principal and interest on the Bond shall be paid by check mailed by first class mail to the Registered Owner as of the record date for the installment payment at the address appearing on the Bond Register; provided that the final installment of principal and interest on the Bond shall be payable upon presentation and surrender of the Bond by the Registered Owner at the office of the Registrar. I r I Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 6 of 9 I 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 SECTION 9. Registration. The Bond shall be issued only in registered form as to both principal and interest. The Registrar shall keep, or cause to be kept, the Bond Register at the principal office of the Borough. The Borough and the Registrar may treat the person in whose name any Bond shall be registered as the absolute owner of such Bond for all purposes, whether or not the Bond shall be overdue, and all payments of principal of and interest on the Bond made to the Registered Owner thereof or upon its order shall be valid and effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability upon such Bond to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, and neither the Borough nor the Registrar shall be affected - by any notice to the contrary. SECTION 10. Transfer and Exchange. The Bond shall be transferred only upon the books for the registration and transfer of Bond kept at the office of the Registrar. Upon surrender for transfer or exchange of any Bond at such office, with a written instrument of transfer or authorization for exchange in form and with guaranty of signature satisfactory to the Registrar, duly executed by the Registered Owner or the duly authorized attorney of the Registered Owner, the Borough shall execute and deliver an equal aggregate principal amount of Bond of the same maturity of any authorized denominations, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Borough may prescribe and upon payment sufficient to reimburse it for any tax, fee or other governmental charge required to be paid in connection with such transfer or exchange. A Bond surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be canceled by the Registrar. SECTION 11. Bond Mutilated, Destroyed, Stolen or Lost. Upon surrender to the Registrar of a mutilated Bond, the Borough shall execute and deliver a new Bond of like maturity and principal amount. Upon filing with the Registrar of evidence satisfactory to the Borough that a Bond has been destroyed, stolen or lost and of the ownership thereof, and upon furnishing the Borough with indemnity satisfactory to it, the Borough shall execute and deliver a new Bond of like maturity and principal amount. The person requesting the execution and delivery of a new Bond under this section shall comply with such other reasonable regulations as the Borough may prescribe and pay such expenses as the Borough may incur in connection therewith. SECTION 12. Tax Covenants. The Borough covenants to comply with any and all applicable requirements set forth in the Code in effect from time to time to the extent that such compliance shall be necessary for the exclusion of the interest on the Bond form gross income for federal income tax purposes. The Borough covenants that it will make no use of the proceeds of the Bond that will cause the Bond or the Refunded Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" subject to federal income taxation by reason of Section 148 of the Code. The Borough covenants that it will not take or permit any action what would cause the Bond to be a "private activity bond" as defined in Section 141 of the Code. SECTION 13. Exchange of Bonds. The Bond shall be delivered to the Bond Bank in exchange For the 2015 Bond. The Borough has been advised by the Bond Bank that bond market conditions are fluctuating and that the most favorable market conditions for the sale of the Bond Bank Bonds may not occur on the date of a regular Assembly meeting. The Assembly has determined that it would be inconvenient Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 7 of 9 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 to hold a special meeting on short notice to approve the terms of the Bond. Therefore, the Assembly hereby determines that it is in the best interest of the Borough to delegate the authority to approve the terms of the Bond as provided herein. Each of the Borough Manager and the Borough Finance Director is hereby authorized to determine the aggregate principal amount, amount per installment, interest rates, dated date and principal and interest payment dates and prepayment provisions, if any, for the Bond, so that such terms of the Bond conform to the terms of the Bond Bank Bonds, provided that (i) no principal installment of the Bond shall exceed the principal amount of the corresponding maturity of the Bond Bank Bonds allocated to the Borough, and (ii) the interest rate on each principal installment shall not exceed the interest rate on the corresponding maturity of the Bond Bank Bonds. Based on the foregoing determinations, the Borough Manager and the Borough Finance Director each is authorized to negotiate, execute and deliver the Amendatory Loan Agreement. SECTION 14. Authority of Officers. The Borough Manager, the Borough Finance Director, the Borough Clerk and the acting Borough Clerk are, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to do and perform all things and determine all matters not determined by this Resolution, to the end that the Borough may carry out its obligations under the Bond and this Resolution. SECTION 15. Ongoing Disclosure. The Borough acknowledges that, under Rule 15c2-12 of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'Rule"), the Borough may now or in the future be an "obligated person" with respect to the Bond Bank Bonds. In accordance with the Rule and as the Bond Bank may require, the Borough shall undertake to provide certain annual financial information and operating date as reasonably requested by the Bond Bank. SECTION 16. Miscellaneous. (a) All payments made by the Borough of, or on account of, the principal of or interest on the Bond shall be made on the Bond ratably and in proportion to the amount due thereon, respectively, for principal or interest as the case may be. (b) No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of or the interest on the Bond or for any claim based thereon or on this Resolution against any member of the Assembly or officer of the Borough or any person executing the Bond. The Bond are not and shall not be in any way a debt or liability of the State of Alaska or of any political subdivision thereof, except the Borough, and do not and shall not create or constitute an indebtedness or obligation, either legal, moral or otherwise, of said state or of any political subdivision thereof, except the Borough as set forth in the Bond Legislation. SECTION 17. Severability. If any one or more of the provisions of this Resolution shall be declared by any court of competent jurisdiction to be contrary to law, then such provision shall be null and void and shall be deemed separable from the i Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 8 of 9 I 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 remaining provisions of this Resolution and shall in no way affect the validity of the other provisions of this Resolution or of the Bond. SECTION 18. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval. ADOPTED BY THE ASSEMBLY OF THE KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH THIS SIXTEENTH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 KODIAK ISLAND BOROUGH Scott Arndt, Borough Mayor A ST: I �n7 M . ( �I/V`\-- Nova M. Javier, MMC, Borough Clerk VOTES: Ayes: Johnson, LeDoux, Smiley, Whiteside, Ames, and Griffin Noes: None Absent: Sharratt CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned, Clerk of the Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska (the 'Borough"), Do HEREBY CERTIFY: 1. That the attached resolution is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. FY2025-12 (the "Resolution") of the Borough as approved at a regular meeting of the Assembly of the Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska (the "Assembly") held on the sixteenth day of January, 2025, and duly recorded in my office. 2. That said meeting was duly convened and held in all respects in accordance with law, and to the extent required by law, due and proper notice of such regular meeting was given; that a legal quorum was present throughout the meeting and a legally sufficient number of members of the Assembly voted in the proper manner for the approval of the Resolution; that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper approval of the Resolution have been duly fulfilled, carried out and otherwise observed; and that I am authorized to execute this certificate. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set m hand this sevent th day of January, 2025. Nova M. Javier, MMC, Bo ough Clerk Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska Resolution No. FY2025-12 Page 9 of 9