ORDINANCE NO. 08-19-19 TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS, 2019 SERIES B AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND (THE ISSUER"), PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($475,000.00) OF BONDS OF THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR, MARYLAND, TO BE KNOWN AS "THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR, INFRASTRUCTURE BONDS, 2019 SERIES B" (OR BY SUCH OTHER OR ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS AS REQUIRED BY THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION IDENTIFIED HEREIN) (THE "BONDS"), TOI BE ISSUED AND SOLD PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF SECTIONS 4-101 THROUGH 4-255 OF THE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, AS AMENDED, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ()PROVIDING ALL OR A PORTION OF THE FUNDS NECESSARY FOR FINANCING AND/OR REFINANCINGTHE FOLLOWING PROJECTS: PROJECT 1 - NEW WINDSOR TOWN HALL AND PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING LOAN REFINANCE FOR THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ($336,000.00); PROJECT2-NEW WINDSOR TOWN HALL AND PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING RENOVATIONS FOR ONE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($110,000.00); (II) FUNDING A PORTION OF A CAPITAL RESERVE FUND AND (III) PAYING ISSUANCE AND OTHER COSTS RELATED TO THE BONDS; PROVIDING THAT THE BONDS SHALL BE ISSUED UPON THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE ISSUER; PROVIDING FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE SALE OF THE BONDS AND FOR THE LEVY OF ANNUAL TAXES UPON ALL ASSESSABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE ISSUER FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF AND INTEREST ON THE BONDS AS THEY SHALL RESPECTIVELY MATURE; PROVIDING FOR THE FORM, TENOR, DENOMINATION, MATURITY DATE OR DATES AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE BONDS; PROVIDING FOR THE SALE OF THE BONDS; AND PROVIDING FOR RELATED PURPOSES, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) THE METHOD OF FIXING THE INTEREST RATE OR RATES TO BE BORNE BY THE BONDS, THE APPROVAL, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS, AGREEMENTS, CERTIFICATES AND INSTRUMENTS ANDTHE MAKING OF OR PROVIDINGFORTHE MAKING OF REPRESENTATIONS AND COVENANTS CONCERNING THE TAX STATUS OF INTEREST ON THE BONDS. WHEREAS, the Town of New Windsor (the "Issuer") is a municipal corporation of the State ofl Maryland organized and operating under a charter (the "Charter") adopted in accordance -1- with Article XI-E ofthe Constitution of Maryland and relevant sections ofthe Local Government Article oft the Annotated Code ofMaryland, as amended; and WHEREAS, Sections 4-101 through 4-255 of the Housing and Community Development Article oft the Annotated Code ofMaryland, as amended (the "Act"), authorizes the Community Development Administration (the "Administration"), a governmental unit in the Division of Development Finance of the Department of Housing and Community Development, a principal department of the government of the State of Maryland, to provide financial assistance to political subdivisions and municipal corporations to finance, among other things, infrastructure projects and to establish a capital reserve fund in connection therewith; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority of the Act, the Issuer has determined to issue one or more of its general obligation bonds in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed Four Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($475,000.00) (the "Bonds" as defined herein) for the purpose of (i) financing and/or refinancing all or aj portion of the costs of the Project (as defined herein), (ii) funding a portion of a capital reserve fund and (iii) paying issuance and other costs related to the Bonds; and WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes to issue and sell the Bonds to the Administration, in connection with the Local Government Infrastructure Financing Program of the Administration (the "Program"); and WHEREAS, iti is the intention oft the Issuer by this Ordinance to provide for the issuance and sale of the aforementioned Bonds and to obtain a loan or loans from the Administration pursuant to the Program (collectively, the "Loan"); and WHEREAS, the Issuer intends to authorize the execution and delivery oft the Bonds and all other documents, certificates and other materials related to the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds and the Loan; and WHEREAS, the Administration intends to issue one or more series of its Local Government Infrastructure Bonds to finance the Loan and other loans to be financed pursuant to the Program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR: Section 1. Authorization, Terms, Form of Bonds. (a) The Town of New Windsor (the "Issuer") shall borrow upon its full faith and credit and shall issue and sell upon its full faith and credit an aggregate principal amount not to exceed Four Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($475,000.00) of its general obligation -2- bonds, to bei issued pursuant to the authority of Sections 4-101 through 4-255 oft the Housing and Community Development Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended (the "Act"), to be known as the "Town of New Windsor Infrastructure Bonds, 2019 Series B", as such designation may be modified by the Administration (defined below) prior to issuance (the "Bonds"). The proceeds from the sale ofthe Bonds shall be used for the purpose of() providing all or a portion of the funds necessary for financing and/or refinancing of the costs of] PROJECT 1-1 New Windsor Town Hall and Public Works Building Loan Refinance for Three Hundred Thirty-six Thousand Dollars ($336,000.00); PROJECT2- New Windsor Town Hall and Public Works Building Renovations for One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($110,000.00) (collectively, the Project"), (ii) funding a portion of a capital reserve fund and (iri) paying issuance and other costs related to the Bonds. (b) The Bonds shall bei issued as one or more fully registered bond certificate(s) in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed Four Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($475,000.00) payable to the Community Development Administration (the "Administration") as the registered owner thereof. The Bonds shall be issued in such amount or such lesser amount as determined by the Mayor oft the Town ofNew Windsor (the Mayor") pursuant to subsection (g) below, which shall be equal to the principal amount of the loan to the Issuer from the Administration (the "Loan") under the Local Government Infrastructure Financing Program of the Administration (the "Program"). (c) The Bonds shall be dated as of the date of issue, or as of such other date as is specified by the. Administration; shall be numbered from R-1 upward or as otherwise required by the Administration; shall be initially registered in the name of the Administration or its designee; shall bear interest from the date ofissuance oft the Local Government Infrastructure Bonds issued by the Administration (the "Administration's Bonds"), payable semiannually on April 1 and October 1, at such annual rate or rates and be payable in annual principal installments at the designated office oft the. Administration. (d) The Bonds shall bear interest at an aggregate rate or rates of interest for a total interest cost (expressed as ay yield) not to exceed 3.55 percent for a loan with a maturity oftwenty (20) years, the actual rate or rates of interest to be borne by the Bonds to be determined and established by the Mayor acting pursuant to Section 1(g) of this Ordinance. (e) The Bonds shall bei in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof, which form, together with all of the covenants and conditions therein contained, is hereby adopted by the Issuer as and for the form of obligation to be incurred by the Issuer and such covenants and conditions are hereby made binding upon the Issuer, including the promise to pay therein contained. -3- (f) The Bonds are to be issued in connection with the Program (i) to finance and/or refinance all or a portion of the Project, (ii) to fund a portion ofa capital reserve fund and (iri) to pay issuance and other related costs of the Bonds. Under the Program, the Issuer will enter into a Repayment Agreement and a Pledge Agreement with the Administration (respectively, the "Repayment Agreement" and the "Pledge Agreement"). The Issuer also will execute and deliver in connection with the issuance of the Bonds and the Program any additional documents, agreements, instruments and certificates requested by the Administration (which, together with the Repayment Agreement and the Pledge Agreement are herein referred to as the "Program Documents"). The Program Documents shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Mayor and be acceptable to the Administration. (g) Because this Ordinance is being adopted before the details have been finalized for the financing pursuant to which the Administration will issue the Administration's Bonds (the "Administration Financing") that will fund the Loan to the Issuer under the Program, the Mayor is hereby authorized to make such changes to the amount and form of the Bonds, including insertions therein or additions or deletions thereto, as may be necessary or appropriate to conform the terms oft the Bonds to the terms of the financing to be provided to the Issuer under the Program. Without limiting the foregoing, it is presently contemplated that the Loan will be in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($475,000.00) in aggregate principal amount hereby authorized, subject to final approval by the Administration; accordingly, the Mayor is specifically authorized: (i) to make changes to the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds in order to reflect the final aggregate principal amount of the Loan not to exceed Four Hundred Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($475,000.00) as approved by the Administration and accepted by the Issuer and (ii) to authorize and approve an interest rate or rates and payment schedule(s) reflecting the principal and interest payments with respect to the Bonds but not to exceed the maximum total interest cost to be borne by the Bonds as set forth in subsection (d) above. (h) This borrowing shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 19-205 and 19- Section 2. Execution. The Bonds shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by the manual or facsimile signature of the Mayor and the seal of the Issuer shall be affixed thereto or reproduced thereon and attested by the manual signature of the Clerk/Treasurer of the Issuer (the Clerk/Ireasurer"). The Program Documents shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by an authorized official of the Issuer. In the event any official whose signature appears on any of the Bonds or the Program Documents shall cease to be an official prior to the delivery of the Bonds or the Program Documents, or, in the event any official whose signature appears on any of the Bonds or the Program Documents becomes an official or officer after the date of the issue, the Bonds and the Program Documents shall nevertheless be valid and binding obligations of the Issuer in accordance with their terms. The Mayor is hereby authorized, empowered and directed 206 ofthe Local Government Article oft the. Annotated Code ofMaryland, as amended. -4- to complete the applicable form of the Bonds and to make modifications, deletions, corrections or other changes thereto in any manner which the Mayor, in the Mayor's discretion, shall deem necessary or appropriate to complete the issuance and sale of the Bonds, as will not alter the substance thereof. The Mayor or other duly authorized official of the Issuer is hereby authorized, empowered and directed to complete the applicable form oft the Program Documents and to make modifications, deletions, corrections or other changes thereto in any manner which such official, in the discretion of such official, shall deem necessary or appropriate to complete the execution and delivery oft the Program Documents in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance, as will not alter the substance thereof. The execution and delivery of the Bonds and the Program Documents by the duly authorized official shall be conclusive evidence of such official'sa approval of the: form and substance thereof. Section 3. Registration of Bonds. The Clerk/Treasurer shall act as registrar for the Bonds and shall maintain registration books for the registration and registration of transfer oft the Bonds. No security or bond shall be required of the Clerk/Treasurer in the performance of the duties ofi registrar for the Bonds. The Issuer may deem and treat the person in whose name any Bond shall be registered upon the books of the Issuer as the absolute owner of such Bond, whether such Bond shall be overdue or not, for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of, premium, ifa any, and interest on such Bond and for all other purposes. Section 4. Prepayment. The Bonds are being issued in connection with the Program and will secure payment of the Administration's Bonds, which are being issued by the Administration to provide funds to purchase the Bonds from the Issuer, among other purposes. The Repayment Agreement limits the right of the Issuer to prepay the Bonds in accordance with restrictions upon the right of the Administration to redeem the Administration's Bonds. Accordingly, the Issuer may prepay the Bonds only in accordance with the provisions of the Repayment Agreement and the terms governing prepayments as set forth in the Bonds. Section 5. Replacement of Mutilated, Lost, Stolen, or Destroyed Bonds. In case any Bond (a "Bond" being, for purposes of this Section, any one of the Bonds) shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may cause to be executed and delivered a new Bond of like date and tenor and bearing the same or a different number, in exchange and substitution for each Bond mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen, upon the owner paying the reasonable expenses and charges of the Issuer in connection therewith and, in the case of any Bond being destroyed, lost or stolen, upon the owner filing with the Issuer evidence satisfactory to it that such Bond was destroyed, lost or stolen, and furnishing the Issuer with indemnity satisfactory to it. Any Bond so issued in substitution for a Bond so mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen: (i) may be typewritten, printed or otherwise reproduced in a manner acceptable to the Administration, and (ii) shall constitute an original contractual obligation on the part of the -5- Issuer under this Ordinance whether or not the Bond in exchange for which said new Bond is issued shall at any later date be presented for payment and such payment shall be enforceable by anyone, and any such new Bond shall be equally and proportionately entitled to the benefits of this Ordinance with all other like Bonds, in the manner and to the extent provided herein. Section 6. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Bonds shall be held and invested by (a) Administered and disbursed by the Administration pursuant to the Repayment Agreement. The proceeds ofthe Bonds shall be used, when and as required, toj pay Development the. Administration in its sole discretion and shall be: Costs (as defined in the Repayment Agreement). (b) After the Project has been completed and all Development Costs in connection therewith have been paid, any balance of the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds held by the Administration under the Repayment Agreement may be applied to the next maturing principal installment, payment of interest on the Bonds or prepayment of the Bonds, as permitted by the Administration. Section 7. Covenants. The Issuer covenants with the Administration, for the benefit of the Administration and the owners from time to time of the Bonds, that sO long as the Bonds or installments of principal thereunder shall remain outstanding and unpaid: (a) The Issuer will duly and punctually pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administration the principal of thel Bonds, premium (ifany) and interest accruing thereon, at the dates and places and in the manner mentioned in the Bonds from unlimited ad valorem taxes in the event that available funds are inadequate to make such payment. (b). The Issuer covenants that sO long as any of the Bonds are outstanding and not paid, unless other funds are available for payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds, it shall levy annually, in the manner prescribed by law, a tax on all real and tangible personal property within its corporate limits subject to assessment for unlimited taxation, ad valorem taxes in rate and amount sufficient to provide for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same become due and payable; and in the event that the revenues available from the taxes sO levied in any fiscal year shall prove inadequate for the above purposes, the Issuer shall levy additional taxes in the succeeding fiscal year to make up such deficiency; and the full faith and credit and the unlimited taxing power of the Issuer are hereby irrevocably pledged to the punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Bonds as the same become due. (c) The Issuer will promptly provide to the Administration (or to any person designated by the Administration) all financial information and operating data concerning the -6- Issuer as may be required by the Administration in its discretion in order to comply with the requirements of Rule 15c2-12 of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as in effect from time to time, applicable to the. Administration's: Bonds. Section 8. Ordinance a Contract. The provisions of this Ordinance shall constitute a contract with the purchasers and owners from time to time ofthe Bonds, and this Ordinance shall not be repealed, modified or altered in any manner materially adverse to the Administration and/or the interests of such purchasers or owners while the Bonds or any portion thereofremain outstanding and unpaid without the consent oft the owners oft the Bonds and the Administration. Section 9. Pledge of Local Government Payments. As contemplated and authorized by Section 4-229(b) ofthe. Act, the Issuer hereby pledges, assigns and grants a lien and a security interest to the Administration, its successors in trust and assigns, in all right title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Local Government Payments (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), now or hereafter acquired, (i) to secure payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds and any other Local Obligations (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) issued and tol be issued from time to time by the Issuer under the Program and (ii) to provide for deposits to the capital reserve fund securing the Bonds the amount of the Issuer's portion of any deficiency in such capital reserve fund as the Administration shall require, all as more fully set forth and provided in the Pledge. Agreement. Section 10. Purchase Price of Bonds. The Bonds shall be sold for cash in accordance with the terms and provisions oft this Ordinance at par, or ifdiscount is permitted by law, at such discount as is agreed to by the Administration in accordance with the terms and provisions oft this Ordinance, and as authorized by Section 4-229(a) oft the Act. Section 11. Sale of Bonds. The Bonds shall be sold to the Administration under the Program at private sale, as authorized by Section 4-229(a) ofthe Act. Section 12. Authority to Take. Action; Publication and Public Hearing. (a) The officials, officers and employees of the Issuer are hereby authorized and directed to do all acts and things required of them by the provisions of this Ordinance, for the full, punctual and complete performance of all the terms, covenants and provisions oft the Bonds, the Program Documents and this Ordinance and to do and perform all acts and to execute, seal and deliver all documents or instruments of writing which: may be necessary or desirable to carry out the full intent and purpose ofthis Ordinance and the Program Documents. (b) As required by the Act, prior to the issuance of the Bonds, the Issuer shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction of the Issuer a notice of the proposed issuance ofthe Bonds, which notice shall include the proposed amount oft the issue, the nature of -7- the project(s) to be financed or refinanced, the time and place of the public hearing, the name of the person(s) and address of the place where written comments may be sent, and the Issuer shall hold a public hearing on the proposed issuance of the Bonds. Such actions may be (or have been) taken prior to or simultaneously with the adoption of this Ordinance. (c) Pursuant to the requirements of Section C3-10 of the Charter, the Issuer shall promptly cause a summary of this Ordinance to be published in the Carroll County Times, once a week for two (2) successive weeks and complete and exact copies oft this Ordinance shall be posted at the' Town Office for not less than twenty (20) days afteri its enactment. Section 13. Tax Matters (a) The Mayor and/or the Clerk/Treasurer shall be the officers of the Issuer responsible for the issuance of the Bonds within the meaning of the Arbitrage Regulations (defined herein). The Mayor and/or the Clerk/Treasurer shall also be the officers of the Issuer responsible for the execution and delivery (on the date ofi issuance oft the Bonds) ofa certificate of the Issuer (the "Section 148 Certificate") which complies with the requirements of Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended ("Section 148"), and the applicable regulations thereunder (the "Arbitrage Regulations"), and such official is hereby directed to execute the Section 148 Certificate and to deliver the same to the Administration on the date of the issuance of the Bonds. The Section 148 Certificate may be contained within any of the Program Documents at the discretion ofthe Administration. (b) The Issuer shall set forth in the Section 148 Certificate its reasonable expectations as to relevant facts, estimates and circumstances relating to the use of the proceeds of the Bonds, oro of any monies, securities or other obligations to the credit of any account of the Issuer which may be deemed to be proceeds of the Bonds pursuant to Section 148 or the Arbitrage Regulations (collectively, "Bond Proceeds"). The Issuer covenants that the facts, estimates and circumstances set forth in the Section 148 Certificate will be based on the Issuer's reasonable expectations on the date of issuance of the Bonds and will be, to the best of the certifying official'sl knowledge, true and correct as ofthat date. (c) The Issuer covenants and agrees with each oft the holders of any oft the Bonds that itv will not make, or (to the extent that it exercises control or direction) permit to be made, any use of the Bond Proceeds which would cause the Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of Section 148 and the regulations thereunder which are applicable to the Bonds on the date of issuance oft the Bonds and which may subsequently lawfully bei made applicable to the Bonds. (d) The Issuer further covenants that it shall make such use of the proceeds of the Bonds, regulate the investment oft the proceeds thereof, and take such other and further actions as may be required to maintain the excludability from gross income for federal income tax purposes -8- of interest on the Bonds. All officials, officers, employees and agents of the Issuer are hereby authorized and directed to take such actions, and to provide such certifications of facts and estimates regarding the amount and use of the proceeds of the Bonds, as may be necessary or appropriate from time to time to comply with, or to evidence the Issuer's compliance with, the covenants set forth in this Section. (e) The Mayor and/or the Clerk/Treasurer, on behalf of the Issuer, may make such covenants or agreements in connection with the issuance of Bonds issued hereunder as such officer(s) shall deem advisable in order to assure the registered owners of such Bonds that interest thereon shall be and remain excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and such covenants or agreements shall be binding on the Issuer SO long as the observance by the Issuer or any such covenants or agreements is necessary in connection with the maintenance of the exclusion of the interest on such Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes. The foregoing covenants and agreements may include such covenants or agreements on behalf of the Issuer regarding compliance with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), as the Mayor and/or the Clerk/Treasurer shall deem advisable in order to assure the registered owners of such Bonds that the interest thereon shall be and remain excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes, including (without limitation) covenants or agreements relating to the investment of the proceeds of such Bonds, the payment of rebate (or payments in lieu of rebate) to the United States, limitations on the times within which, and the purpose for which, such proceeds may be expended, or the use of specified procedures for accounting for and segregating such proceeds. Such officer(s) may also make on behalf of the Issuer any elections, designations or determinations authorized or permitted by the Code or the. Arbitrage Regulations. Section 14. Effective Date; Miscellaneous. Pursuant to Section 4-232(c) of the Act, this Ordinance shall take effect from the date of its adoption, and it is the intent hereof that the laws of the State of Maryland shall govern its construction and the construction of the Bonds. Any copy of this Ordinance duly certified by the Clerk/Treasurer or the Clerk/Treasurer's successor in office shall constitute evidence ofthe contents and provisions hereof. -9- 1 ADOPTED THIS a5 DAY OF Sapkmber, 2019 BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR, MARYLAND BY AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF3_TO R OPPOSED. Hh MITPROVED THIS 35 DAY OF Copkmber, , 2019 NEW ouL Co o 20 MARYLAND 0cco0 O NEAL C/ROOP, MAYOR TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR AARPEST: Amaa Auban DONNA ALBAN Clerk/Treasurer Exhibit A - Form ofBond -10- [FORM OF BOND] EXHIBIT A United States of America State of Maryland Town ofNew Windsor Infrastructure Bond, 2019 Series B No.R-1 $475,000.00 The Town of New Windsor, a municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of Maryland (the "Issuer"), hereby promises toj pay to the Maryland Community Development Administration or its registered assigns, the principal amount of L Dollars (SL J), plus interest on each unpaid principal installment at the rates per annum set forth under the column designated "Coupon" on Exhibit A attached hereto for each principal installment, in lawful money of the United States of America, as follows: (a) interest on the outstanding and unpaid principal of this bond shall be due and payable in semiannual payments commencing on year thereafter until final maturity; (b) principal of this bond shall be paid commencing on amount of principal installments as set forth on Exhibit A. Payment of the principal hereof and the interest due hereon shall be made by check mailed to the address of the registered owner of this bond as shown on the registration books maintained by the Issuer, or in such other manner and to such other address as the registered owner ofthis bond may designate. Ifany payment of the principal of or interest on this bond shall be due on a day other than a Business Day (defined herein), such payment shall be made on the next Business Day with like effect as ifi made on the originally scheduled date. A "Business Day" is any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or legal 2019, and continuing on the first day of and in each and on 1in each year thereafter until final maturity in the aggregate holiday ini the State ofl Maryland observed as such by the Issuer. In the event any payment hereon (whether principal, interest or both) is not paid when due and payable, such payment shall continue as an obligation of the Issuer and shall bear interest until paid at the: rate or rates ofinterest borne by this bond. This bond, designated as "The Town of New Windsor Infrastructure Bond, 2019 Series B,"is a general obligation ofthe Issuer, and has been duly issued by the Issuer for the purpose of A-1 ()providing all or a portion of the funds necessary for financing or refinancing the following projects: PROJECT 1 - New Windsor Town Hall and Public Works Building Loan Refinance for Three Hundred Thirty-six Thousand Dollars ($336,000.00); PROJECT 2 - New Windsor Town Hall and Public Works Building Renovations for One Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars ($110,000.00), (ii) funding a portion ofa capital reserve fund and (ii) paying issuance and other costs related to this bond. Unless paid from other sources, the Issuer covenants that sO long as any portion of this bond is outstanding and not paid, it shall levy annually, in the manner prescribed by law, ad valorem taxes on all real and tangible personal property within its corporate limits subject to assessment for unlimited taxation, in rate and amount sufficient to provide for the payment oft the principal of and interest on this bond as the same become due and payable. This bond is issued pursuant to the authority of Sections 4-101 through 4-255 of the Housing and Community Development Article of the. Annotated Code ofMaryland, as amended, of the Charter of the Issuer, and Ordinance of the Issuer passed/adopted on 2019 (the "Ordinance"). The full faith and credit of the Issuer are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of the principal of this bond and the interest to accrue Section hereon. This bond is issued in connection with the Local Government Infrastructure Financing Program of the Community Development Administration, an agency in the Division of Development Finance of the Department of Housing and Community Development, a principal department of the government of the State of Maryland (the "Administration'"). This bond is subject to the terms and conditions of the Repayment Agreement dated as of between the Issuer and the. Administration (the Repayment Agreement"). This bond is not subject to prepayment by the Issuer prior to 2019. Onor after this bond is subject to prepayment by the Issuer at the prepayment prices, expressed as a percentage of the principal amount to be prepaid, plus accrued interest, if any, to the prepayment date, on the principal amount thereof, and during the periods (both dates inclusive) listed below: Period Price % through through and thereafer Notice of prepayment shall be given, the date of prepayment determined, and all prepayments of this bond shall be applied in accordance with the provision of the Repayment Agreement. A-2 The Issuer may treat the person in whose name this bond is registered as the absolute owner hereof, whether or not this bond shall be overdue, for the purpose of receiving payment thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary, except as provided below. This bond is assignable and upon such assignment the assignor shall promptly notify the Issuer by certified mail, and the assignee shall surrender this bond to the Issuer for transfer on the registration records and verification of the portion of the principal amount hereof and interest hereon paid or unpaid, and every such assignee shall take this bond subject to such condition. In connection with any transfer ofthis bond, the Issuer may make a charge sufficient to reimburse it for any tax, or other governmental charge required to be paid with respect to such transfer and any reasonable fees or expenses oft the Issuer incurred in connection with such transfer. Principal of this bond is paid in annual installments and this bond is subject to partial redemption without any notation of such payment being made on this bond or the surrender of this bond for cancellation and the issuance of a new bond or bonds in the amount of the unpaid principal hereof. Accordingly, the outstanding principal of this bond may be less than the stated face amount hereof and any purchaser or transferee oft this bond should contact the Issuer and the prior owner ofthis bond to ascertain the outstanding face amount hereof. As declared by Section 4-231(c) of the Housing and Community Development Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended, this bond shall have and possess all the attributes of negotiable instruments as provided in Section 19-224 oft the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended. This bond is issued with the intent that the laws of the State ofl Maryland shall govern its construction. No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, the interest on, or for any claim based hereon or on the Ordinance against any elected or appointed official or employee, past, present or future of the Issuer or any agency thereof; and any such recourse, claim or liability is expressly waived by acceptance by the owner oft the delivery ofthis bond. It is hereby certified and recited that each and every act, condition and thing required to exist, to be done, to have happened and to be performed precedent to and in the issuance oft this bond does exist, has been done, has happened and has been performed in full and strict compliance with the Constitution and laws of the State of Maryland, the Charter oft the Issuer and thej proceedings oft the Issuer. A-3 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Town ofl New Windsor has caused this bond to be signed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of its Mayor, its corporate seal to be affixed hereto and attested by the manual signature oft the Clerk/Treasurer, as of ppb126,2019. ATTEST: THE TOWN OF NEW WINDSOR Bnna dulan By: Donna Alban Clerk/PARASHFST NEM FA 00 3 MARYLAND cdp Neal C. Roop Mayor A-4 BOND PAYMENT SCHEDULE [Use the following paragraph (with necessary modifications) to clarify the amount to be paid under the schedule prepared by the Financial Advisor.] [Repayment Schedule to be Inserted.] Each installment of Principal and Interest or Interest alone shall be the aggregate of amounts set forth in this Exhibit A for the date of such payment as shown under the heading designated "Debt Service." A-5