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~~s- aoo~ -- 08 ~ 3 <br />Resolution Providing Final Approval of Terms and Agreements <br />For Countv's 2009 QSCB Financing -Carrboro Arts Wing <br />WuFRF.<1.C~ <br />The Orange County Board of Commissioners has previously indicated its intent to <br />proceed with the construction of the proposed Arts Wing at Carrboro High School (the <br />"Project"). The County has also made a preliminary determination to finance Project <br />costs by the use of an installment contract, as authorized under Section 160A-20 of the <br />North Carolina General Statutes, that qualifies as a "qualified school construction bond" <br />(a "QSCB"). The QSCB program is a federal tax credit program that provides for very <br />low cost financing for qualified school projects. <br />The Finance Officer has obtained for the County a proposal from Branch Banking <br />and Trust Company (`BB&T) to provide the QSCB installment financing to the County. <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, North <br />Carolina, as follows: <br />1. Determination To Proceed with Project -- The Boazd confirms its decision to <br />carry out the Project. The County will carry out the Project with financing from BB&T, <br />substantially in accordance with a financing proposal dated November 5, 2009. <br />Under the financing plan, BB&T will make funds available to the County for use <br />on Project costs. The County will repay the amount advanced, with interest, over time. <br />The County will grant to BB&T a mortgage-type interest in Carrboro High School to <br />secure the County's repayment obligation. <br />2. Direction To Execute Documents -The Board authorizes and directs the <br />Board's Chair, the County Manager and the County Finance Officer, or any of them, to <br />act on the County's behalf and execute and deliver all appropriate Agreements and other <br />documents (the "Agreements") for the proposed financing. It is the Board's <br />understanding that the Agreements will be in forms acceptable to the North Cazolina <br />Local Government Commission, and substantially similaz to those used by BB&T in <br />similaz financings provided to the County and other North Cazolina local governments, <br />with appropriate modifications to reflect the chazacteristics of the QSCB program. <br />The execution and delivery of any document by an authorized County officer will <br />be conclusive evidence of the approval of the final form of such document. The <br />Agreements in final form, however, must provide (a) for the amount financed not to <br />exceed $4,136,434, (b) for a financing term not to extend more than 15 yeazs from the <br />