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7 Step Borrowing Process - August 2012

Issued under authority of Executive Order 2010-2, and P.A. 227 of 1985, as amended.
Anticipated Closing Date:  August 20, 2012

1. Borrower Selects Local Counsel
Selected note counsel must be recognized by The Bond Buyer's Municipal Marketplace Directory (a.k.a. the "Red Book"). Contact the Authority for a listing of recognized local counsel, if necessary.
2. Borrower Completes Application and Cash Flow
The State Aid Note Loan Program Application, Form 4384A, and the Projected Cash Flow, Form 4385A, are available on the following web site: www.michigan.gov/mfa.
3. Borrower's Board of Education Directors Adopts Borrowing Resolution
The Borrowing Resolution should be adopted prior to the Authority’s application due date (see step #5).  Contact your note counsel for the Borrowing Resolution.
4. School District Will Need to Obtain Approval from Michigan Department of Treasury, Local Audit and Finance Division (LAFD) to Issue Its Note. Contact Your Note Counsel for Assistance.

The School District will need to provide one of the following from LAFD with its application:

  • Qualified Status Letter
  • Prior Approval Letter
  • Evidence of Application for Prior Approval or Reconsideration.
5. School District Submits Documentation to the Authority on or Before Friday, June 29, 2012
  1. Completed application with monthly and weekly cash flows (weekly cash flow for the month with greatest deficit).
  2. Borrowing Resolution adopted by school district's board of education.
  3. Most recent board approved budget, including any amendments and June 30, 2013 estimated fund balance.
 
6. Authority Prices the Notes and Borrower Signs Purchase Contract
  1. July 31, 2012 - the Authority is scheduled to price the notes in the morning and will send an email to the school district and note counsel with interest rate notification.
  2. August 1, 2012 - the Authority will overnight Purchase Contracts. An Authorized Officer, as defined by the Borrowing Resolution, must sign two (2) copies of each Purchase Contract.
  3. August 2, 2012 - a signed copy of the Purchase Contract must be emailed or faxed to the Authority by 2:00 P.M.
7. School District's Note Counsel Submits All Signed Closing Documents and Borrower Receives Funds
  1. The Authority will deliver the forms of the closing documents to the school district's note counsel in advance of the closing date.
  2. Each school district must coordinate with its note counsel to complete all required closing documents and obtain the appropriate signatures on the closing documents.
  3. On or before August 13, 2012 - each school district's note counsel must deliver all required documents to the Authority.
  4. On the closing date, August 20, 2012, the Authority's trustee will wire note proceeds according to the instructions provided by the borrower.

Richard H. Austin Building, 1st Floor
430 W. Allegan
Lansing, MI 48922

Phone: (517) 335-0994
Fax: (517) 241-9509

www.michigan.gov/mfa
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