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GM-20-11-18-110 ENGAGEMENT LETTER FOR MUNICIPAL ADVISORY SERVICES Specialized Public Finance,Inc.("SPFr'or"Mun icipal Advisor")hasbeenengagedto serve as the Municipal Advisor to the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority,Inc.("Issuer"). This document is our written engagement and sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the Municipal Advisor in connection withthe issuance of Contract Revenue Bonds or similar instruments by the Issuer. Prior municipal advisory engagements made by the Issuer are hereby terminated. Section 1:Municipal Advisor Role, The Municipal Advisor is engaged as a recognized independent expert whose primary responsibility is to give objective advice on the structure and issuance of municipal securities. In ourcapacity as Municipal Advisorto the Issuer,we will provide the fol lowingservices:(I)Evaluate alternatives and options related to the Issuer's objective of reducing financing costs related to previously issued bonds;(2) Prepare preliminary financing schedules forreview and consideration by the Issuer,(3)Provide advice on the structure and suitability of municipal securities relative to the financial resources ofthe lssuerfor newprojects;(4)Work with Bond Counsel and the Issuerto prepare the offering documents necessaryforthe sale of municipal securities;and(5)Provide assistance in coordinatingwith underwriters,bond ratingagencies,the Texas Water Development Board,andother professionals, as needed,relatedto the proper structuring and final issuanceof municipal securities. Section 2:Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest Rules established by the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board and the Securities and Exchange Commission require the registered Municipal Advisorto provide a written description of any material conflicts of interest,including any plans to mitigate any such conflicts of interest. Federal law imposes an explicit fiduciary duty on the Municipal Advisor to act in the best interest of the Issuer. This means several important things:(1)SPFI has a duty to exercise due care in performing municipal advisory activities;(2)SPFI has a duty of loyalty,requiringadvice to be rendered in the hest interest ofthe Issuer,without regard to the financial interests of SPFI;(3)SPFI must have the knowledge and expertise needed to provide the Issuerwith informed advice;(4)SPFI has a duty to understandthe Issuer's specific financial circumstances so that any advice may be deemed suitable to the Issuer's situation;and(5)SPFI has a duty to discussmaterial risks and benefits with the Issuerso as to bestserve the Issuer's needs. Specific conflicts of interest will be disclosed in detail in a separate letter provided by SPFI before the date of execution of this engagement Section 3: Term of Engagement. The term of this engagement shall extend from the date of execution of this Engagement Letter for a period of(3)years from such date. Unless SPFI or Issuer shall notify the other party in writing at least(30)days in advance of the applicable anniversary date that this engagement will not be renewed,this engagement will be automatically renewed on the third anniversary of the date hereof for successive(1)yearperiods. Section 4:Fees and Expenses. The Issuer agreesto pay to SPFI for the services described in Section 1),above,the amount ofOA 75%ofthe par amountof municipal securities issued and delivered,subjectto a$35,000 minimum.The foregoing charges shall be multiplied by 1.25 times for the issuance of refunding bonds,reflecting the additional services required. Additionally,the Issuer agrees to reimburse SPFI for any transaction-related costs advanced by SPFI in the normal course of issuance ofthe municipal securities covered by this engagement,including but not limited to paying agent fees,bond offering document preparation,rating agency fees(includingany ratings-related travel expenses,at the specific instruction of the Issuer),CUSP registration fees,escrow agent fees,verification agent fees, and any fees related to the bidding of escrow securities to the extent they are beneficial to the transaction or required due to the inability to subscribe to State and Local Government Securities or SLGS. Section 5:Allocation of Fees. For any financing provided exclusively by theTexas Water Development Board,the combined fees otherwise due on the entire amount financed for the Cities of Cedar Park,Leander and Round Rock in any calendar year will be allocatedas follows: 75%to Specialized Public Finance,Inc. 25%to the municipal advisory firm representingthe City of Leander This engagement shall take effect upon action by a duly authorized representative of the Issuer to approve this engagement and maybe cancell at anytime with .days prior written notice. p Representative of the Issuer: V Date: ' Q Representative of the MunicipalAdvisor:_044.11111� `gyp— Date: 1-6-21 1 DISCLOSURE STATEMENT OF SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE, INC. This Disclosure Statement is provided by SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE, INC. ("Specialized Public Finance, Inc." or "the Advisor") to Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority, Inc. (the "Client") in connection with our existing Financial Advisory Services Agreement or similar instrument (the "Agreement").This Disclosure Statement provides information regarding conflicts of interest and legal or disciplinary events of Specialized Public Finance, Inc. required to be disclosed to Client pursuant to Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board ("MSRB")Rule G-42(b)and (c)(ii),which took effect on June 23, 2016. PART A—Disclosures of Conflicts of Interest Newly adopted MSRB Rule G-42 requires that Specialized Public Finance, Inc.provide disclosures relating to any actual or potential material conflicts of interest, including certain categories of potential conflicts of interest identified in Rule G-42, if applicable. If no such material conflicts of interest are known to exist based on the exercise of reasonable diligence, Specialized Public Finance, Inc. is required to provide a written statement to that effect. Material Conflicts of Interest— Specialized Public Finance, Inc. makes the disclosures set forth below with respect to material conflicts of interest in connection with the Agreement,together with explanations of how the Advisor addresses or intends to manage or mitigateeach conflict. General Mitigations—With respect to all of the conflicts disclosed below,Specialized Public Finance, Inc. mitigates such conflicts through its adherence to its fiduciary duty to Client,which includes a duty of loyalty to Client in performing all advisory activities for Client. This duty of loyalty obligates Specialized Public Finance, Inc. to deal honestly and with the utmost good faith with Client and to act in Client's best interests without regard to Specialized Public Finance, Inc.'s financial or other interests.Furthermore, Specialized Public Finance, Inc.'s supervisory structure provides strong safeguards against individual representatives of Specialized Public Finance, Inc. potentially departing from their regulatory duties due to personal interests. The disclosures below describe,as applicable, any additional mitigations that may be relevant with respect to any specific conflict disclosed below. Compensation-Based Conflicts. The fees due under the Agreement will be based on the size of the financing and the payment of such fees shall be contingent upon closing of the financing transaction.While this form of compensation is customary in the municipal securities market, this may present a conflict because it could create an incentive for the Advisor to recommend unnecessary financings or financings that are disadvantageous to Client, or to advise Client to increase the size of the issue. This conflict of interest is mitigated by the general mitigations described above. Seecialized Public Finance, Inc. Also Advising Wholesale Utility Customers of Client. In addition to serving as Advisor to Client, Specialized Public Finance, Inc. serves as Advisor to certain wholesale utility customers of Client. Client and the wholesale utility customers may haveconflicting interestswith regard to fees,terms of the issuance,and other matters.Such conflict is mitigated by thefact that no wholesale utility customer contracts are originated by Specialized Public Finance, Inc. and all work done on behalf of the Client is undertaken at the specific request of the Client. Additionally, as it relates to the primary goals of any such financing transaction, achieving the lowest possible debt service and bond issuance costs are common to both the Client and the wholesale utility customers. Specialized Public Finance. Inc.. as an independent municipal advisory firm, is not affiliated with any broker-dealer. As such, Specialized Public Finance Inc. has NONE of the following potential conflicts of Interest uni ue to muMci al advisors affiliated with a broker-dealer. THE FOLLOWING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST DO NOT APPLY TO SPECIALIZED PUBLIC FINANCE. INC. Affiliate Conflict. The Affiliate's business with Client could create an incentive for the municipal advisorto recommend to Client a course of action designed to increase the level of Client's business activities with the Affiliate or to recommend against a course of action that would reduce or eliminate Client's business activities with the Affiliate. Solicitor Payments to Be Retained. Such payments could create an incentivefor the Solicitorto make a biased recommendation to Client in conflict with the fiduciary duty of the municipal advisor. Payments From Third Parties for Recommendations. Such payments could create an incentive for the municipal advisor to make a biased recommendation of the Recommended Third-Party to Client. Fee-Splittina Arrangements. Such fee-splitting arrangements could result in divided loyalties of the municipal advisor and the Third-Party besides Client. Underwritina Relationships. Broker dealer municipal advisors serve a wide variety of other clients that may from time to time have interests that could have a direct or indirect impact on the interests of Client. These other clients may, from time to time and depending on the specific circumstances,have competing interests, such as accessing the new issue market with the most advantageous timing and with limited competition at the time of the offering. In acting in the interests of its various clients, the broker-dealer municipal advisor could potentially face a conflict of interest arising from these competing client interests. In other cases,as a broker-dealer that engages in underwritings of new issuances of municipal securities by other municipal entities,the interests of the broker-dealer municipal advisorto achieve a successful and profitable underwriting for its municipal entity underwriting clients could potentially constitute a conflict of interest. Broker-Dealerand Investment Advisory Business. Such securities-related activities,which may include but are not limited to the buying and selling of new issue and outstanding securities and investment advice in connection with such securities, including securities of Client, may be undertaken on behalf of, or as counterparty to, Client, personnel of Client, and current or potential investors in the securities of Client. These other clients may,from time to time and depending on the specific circumstances,have interests in conflict with those of Client,such as when their buying or selling of Client's securities may have an adverse effect on the market for Client's securities,and the interests of such other clients could create the incentive for the broker-dealer and investment advisor affiliated municipal advisorto make recommendations to Client that could result in more advantageous pricing for the other clients. Secondary Market Transactions in Client's Securities. The broker-dealer municipal advisor, in connection with its sales and trading activities, may take a principal position in securities, including securities of Client, and therefore could have interests in conflict with those of Client with respect to the value of Client's securities while held in inventory and the levels of mark-up or mark-down that may be available in connection with purchases and sales thereof. In particular,the broker-dealer municipal advisor or its affiliates may submit orders for and acquire Client's securities issued in an Issue under the Agreement from members of the underwriting syndicate,either for its own account or for the accounts of its customers. This activity may result in a conflict of interest with Client in that it could create the incentive for the broker- dealer municipal advisor to make recommendations to Client that could result in more advantageous pricing of Client's bond in the marketplace. 2 PART 8—Disclosures of Information Renardina Le al Events and Disciplinary,History Newly adopted MSRB Rule G-42 requires that Specialized Public Finance, Inc.provide certain disclosures of legal or disciplinary events material to its client's evaluation of the Advisoror the integrity of the Advisor's management or advisory personnel. Accordingly, Specialized Public Finance, Inc. sets out below required disclosures and related information in connection with such disclosures. There are NO legal or disciplinary events of disclosure relating to Specialized Public Finance, Inc. or the integrity of Specialized Public Finance, Inc.'s management or advisory personnel disclosed, or that should be disclosed, on any Form MA or Form MA-I filed with the SEC. How to Access Form MA and Form MA-I Filings. Specialized Public Finance, Inc.'s most recent Form MA and each most recent Form MA-1 filed with the SEC are available on the SEC's EDGAR system at http://www.sec.gov.The SEC permits certain items of information required on Form MA or MA-I to be provided by reference to such required information already filed by Specialized Public Finance, Inc. in its capacity as a state-registered investment adviser.Specialized Public Finance, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV is publicly accessible at the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure website at http://www.adviserinfo.sec.gov. Specialized Public Finance, Inc.'s CRD number is 148951. The SEC municipal advisor registration number for Specialized Public Finance, Inc.is 866-00363-00. PART C-Future Supplemental Disclosures As required by newly adopted MSRB Rule G-42, this Disclosure Statement may be supplemented or amended, from time to time as needed, to reflect changed circumstances resulting in new conflicts of interest or changes in the conflicts of interest described above,or to provide updated information with regard to any legal or disciplinary events of Specialized Public Finance, Inc. Specialized Public Finance, Inc.will provide Client with any such supplement or amendment as it becomes available throughout the term of the Agreement. Dated: October 29, 2020 Specialized Public Finance, Inc. Disclosure language adapted from Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association("SiFMA") suggested municipal advisory conflicts of interest disclosure dated June 1,2016. 3