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TUSTIN PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY
Water Revenue Bonds, Series 2024
(Subordinate Lien)
CERTIFICATE OF THE CITY
The undersigned hereby states and certifies:
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(i) that the undersigned is the duly appointed, qualified and acting City Manager of
the City of Tustin, a municipal corporation and general law city duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of California (the "City"), and as such, is familiar with the facts
herein certified and is authorized and qualified to certify the same on behalf of the City;
(ii) that the undersigned is a duly designated "Authorized Representative" of the
City, as such term is defined in that certain Indenture of Trust, dated as of February 1, 2024 (the
"Indenture"), by and between the Tustin Public Financing Authority (the "Authority") and The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee;
(iii) that on February 6, 2024, the City Council of the City duly adopted Resolution
No. 24-07, entitled "A RESOLUTION APPROVING PROCEEDINGS BY THE TUSTIN PUBLIC
FINANCING AUTHORITY FOR THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF ITS TUSTIN PUBLIC
FINANCING AUTHORITY (ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA) WATER REVENUE BONDS
TO FINANCE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL WATER SYSTEM
APPROVING THE FORM AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS
AND APPROVING RELATED OFFICIAL ACTIONS," (the "Resolution") which Resolution
has not been amended, modified, rescinded or repealed and remains in full force and effect as
of the date hereof;
(iv) that by all necessary action, the City _has duly authorized and approved the
execution and delivery and the performance by the City of the obligations on its part contained
in the following agreements (collectively referred to herein as the "Financing Documents"):
(a) Commitment Agreement, dated February 7, 2024 (the "Purchase
Agreement"), by Capital One Public Funding, LLC, as purchaser as
accepted by the City and the Authority,
(b) Installment Sale Agreement, dated February 1, 2024, by and between the
City and the Authority, and
(a) Placement Agent Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2024 (the
"Placement Agent Agreement"), by and among the Authority, the City
and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, as placement agent (the
"Placement Agent");
(v) that the representations and warranties of the City contained in the Agreements
are true, complete and correct on and as of the date hereof;
(vi) that the City has complied with and fully satisfied all of its agreements with and
obligations to the Placement Agent under the Placement Agent Agreement;
(vii) that as of its date and the date hereof, the information contained in the Placement
Materials (as defined in the Placement Agent Agreement) is complete, true, and accurate and
such information does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; and
(viii) that there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation at law or in
equity, before or by any court, government agency, public board or body, pending or, to the
best knowledge of the undersigned, threatened (a) to restrain or enjoin the execution and
delivery of the Financing Documents to which the City is a party, (b) in any way contesting or
affecting the validity of the Financing Documents to which the City is a party, (c) in any way
contesting the power of the City to execute and deliver the Financing Documents to which the
City is a party, or (d) seeking to prohibit, restrain or enjoin the collection of moneys from the
Enterprise to pay the Installment Payments securing the Bonds, or the compliance by the City of
the covenants contained in the Financing Documents to which the City is a party, or
questioning the authority of the City to fix, charge and collect rates for the services provided by
the Enterprise as provided in the Installment Sale Agreement, nor to the best knowledge of the
undersigned, is there any basis for any such action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation,
wherein an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding would materially adversely affect the
validity or enforceability of the Bonds or the Financing Documents to which the City is a party
or materially adversely impair the City's ability to perform its obligations under the Financing
Documents to which the City is a party.
Dated: February 14, 2024 CITY OF TUSTIN
By ev-?
Nicole M. Bernard,
City Manager
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