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8687 East Via de Ventura Wet te IT IDIAI scottsciae ‘arizona 85258 www.mcida.com Janis L. Larson janis@mcida.com 602-834-5226 x 1 October 10, 2023 VIA FED EX Ms. Juanita Garza, Clerk Board of Supervisors, Maricopa County 301 West Jefferson, 10th Floor Phoenix, Arizona 85003-2148 Re: Not to Exceed $62,000,000 The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa Education Revenue Bonds (Sun Valley Academy Project), Series 2023 (the “Bonds”) — C-18-24-040-X-00 Dear Ms. Garza: On October 10, 2023, the Board of Directors of The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa (the “Authority”) adopted a resolution authorizing and approving the issuance of the above-referenced bonds. A copy of the approved resolution is included for the records of Maricopa County. As you and the Board of Supervisors are aware, the approving action of the Authority requires the approval of the Board of Supervisors. We requested to be on the Board of Supervisors’ agenda for the October 18, 2023, meeting (your number C-18-24-040-X-00), and, in this regard, a copy of the proposed resolution to be considered and adopted by the Board of Supervisors is included herein. A public hearing pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), relating to the issuance of the Bonds, was held on October 10, 2023. A copy of the Report of Public Hearing is attached for your records. Finally, I am including a copy of a summary of the project prepared by our legal counsel, Squire Patton Boggs, dated September 26, 2023, which provides more details of the planned financing. Please let me know if you have any questions and, as always, we appreciate the assistance you provide. Yours very truly, anis Larson Administrator Enclosures ce: Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Ms. Andrea Cummings Ms. Shelby Scharbach A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE AND SALE OF ONE OR MORE SERIES OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT AND/OR TAXABLE EDUCATION REVENUE BONDS (SUN VALLEY ACADEMY PROJECTS), SERIES 2023, IN AN AGGREGATE ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT TO EXCEED $62,000,000 AND RELATED MATTERS WHEREAS, The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa (the “Authority”), is an Arizona nonprofit corporation designated as a political subdivision of the State of Arizona (the “State”), incorporated with the approval of Maricopa County, Arizona (the “County”), pursuant to the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State and under the Industrial Development Financing Act, Arizona Revised Statutes §§ 35-701 et seq, as amended (the “Act”); and WHEREAS, the Authority is authorized and empowered, among other things, to issue revenue bonds for the purposes set forth in the Act, including the making of secured and unsecured loans to finance or refinance the acquisition, construction, improvement, equipping or operating of a “project” (as defined in the Act), whenever the Board of Directors of the Authority (the “Board of Directors”) finds such loans to further advance the public interests and to refund outstanding obligations incurred by an enterprise to finance the cost of a project when the Board of Directors finds that the refinancing is in the public interest; and WHEREAS, Morrison Education Group, Inc. (the “Borrower”), an Arizona nonprofit corporation and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and its affiliates, Sun Valley Academy — South Mountain, Inc. (“SVA-South Mountain”), Sun Valley Academy — Avondale, Inc. (“SVA-Avondale”) and Sun Valley Academy — Glendale, Inc. (“SVA-Glendale” and, collectively with the Borrower, SVA-South Mountain and SVA-Avondale, the “Obligated Group”), each an Arizona nonprofit corporation and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code whose sole member is the Borrower that will operate a separate charter school established under Arizona Revised Statutes Title 15, Chapter 1, Article 8, as amended (the “Charter School Act”), will enter into a Master Indenture of Trust, to be dated as of the first day of the month in which the Bonds (as defined below) are issued (the “Master Indenture”), among the Obligated Group and BOKF, NA, as master trustee (the “Master Trustee”), pursuant to which the Borrower, as representative of the Obligated Group (the “Obligated Group Representative”), will be permitted to issue obligations from time to time (the “Obligations”) secured equally by the revenues and other collateral pledged by the Obligated Group to the Master Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Obligations in order to provide for the financing or refinancing of the acquisition, construction, renovation, equipping or improvement of charter school facilities or for other lawful and proper corporate purposes; and WHEREAS, the Authority previously issued its Education Revenue Bonds (Sun Valley Academy Projects), Series 2019 in the amount of $27,390,000 (the “Series 2019 Bonds”) and loaned the proceeds thereof to the Borrower to assist the Borrower in, among other things, financing and refinancing, as applicable, the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities located at 2675 West Baseline Road, Phoenix, Arizona (the 1097198169\4\AMERICAS. “South Mountain Campus”), and 1515 North 117" Avenue, Avondale, Arizona (the “Avondale Campus”); and WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Authority issue its revenue bonds for the purpose of assisting the Obligated Group with financing or refinancing, as applicable, all or a portion of the cost of (i) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping, as applicable, the South Mountain Campus and the Avondale Campus, including by refunding the Series 2019 Bonds, (ii) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping, as applicable, additions to the South Mountain Campus, and (iii) acquiring land located at the southeast corner of North 83" Avenue and West Bethany Home Road, Glendale, Arizona, and constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities thereon (the “Glendale Campus” and, together with the South Mountain Campus and the Avondale Campus, the “Facilities”), each of which are or will be owned by the Borrower and leased to SVA-South Mountain, SVA-Avondale or SVA-Glendale (each a “School Operator” and collectively, the “School Operators”), as applicable, pursuant to separate facilities leases between the Borrower, as lessor, and the applicable School Operator, as lessee (collectively, the “Leases”) for use in connection with each School Operator’s respective charter school operations; and WHEREAS, in furtherance of the purposes and interests of the Authority under the Act, the Authority proposes to issue one or more series of its tax-exempt and/or taxable Education Revenue Bonds (Sun Valley Academy Projects), Series 2023 (the “Bonds”), in an aggregate original principal amount of not to exceed $62,000,000, the proceeds of which will be loaned to the Borrower to (a) pay the costs of acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping, as applicable, the Facilities, including by refunding the Series 2019 Bonds, (b) fund any required reserve funds (the “Debt Service Reserve Fund”), (c) pay capitalized interest on the Bonds, if any, and (d) pay certain expenses relating to issuance and sale of the Bonds (collectively, the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the Bonds will be issued pursuant to a Bond Indenture, to be dated as of the first day of the month in which the Bonds are issued (the “Bond Indenture”), between the Authority and BOKE, NA, as trustee (the “Bond Trustee”), and the proceeds of the Bonds will be loaned to the Borrower pursuant to a Loan Agreement, to be dated as of the first day of the month in which the Bonds are issued (the “Loan Agreement”), between the Authority and the Borrower; and WHEREAS, the Bonds will be payable from the trust estate established under the Bond Indenture, which will include (a) payments owed by the Borrower on one or more series of Obligations in the aggregate principal amount of the Bonds (collectively, “Obligation No. 1”), to be issued and executed by the Borrower, as Obligated Group Representative, and delivered to the Bond Trustee pursuant to the Master Indenture, as supplemented by the Supplemental Master Indenture for Obligation No. 1, to be dated as of the first day of the month in which the Bonds are issued (the “Supplemental Master Indenture No. 1”), between the Borrower, as Obligated Group Representative, and the Master Trustee, and payable from the trust estate established under the Master Indenture, which will include (i) the revenues of the Obligated Group derived from the Pledged Schools (as defined in the Master Indenture), including lease payments paid by the School Operators to the Borrower under the Leases and payments paid by the School Operators to the Borrower for provision of central office services, (ii) deeds of trust, security agreements, assignments of rents and leases, and fixture filing to be executed concurrently with issuance of the 1097198169\4\AMERICAS Bonds by the Borrower, granting the Master Trustee a first priority lien on and security interest in the Facilities and an assignment of lease payments due under the Leases (collectively, the “Deeds of Trust”), and (iii) certain funds established under the Master Indenture and held by the Master Trustee, including the Debt Service Reserve Fund, and (b) certain other funds established under the Bond Indenture and held by the Bond Trustee; and WHEREAS, the Bonds will be sold by RBC Capital Markets, LLC, as underwriter (the “Underwriter”), pursuant to a bond purchase agreement (the “Bond Purchase Agreement”), among the Authority, the Borrower and the Underwriter, and the Underwriter will distribute to investors a preliminary limited offering memorandum (the “Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum”), which, together with certain changes thereto, will become the final limited offering memorandum, relating to the Bonds and describing the transaction (the “Limited Offering Memorandum”); and WHEREAS, there have been prepared and presented to the Board of Directors of the Authority substantially final forms of the following documents which the Authority proposes to approve or authorize (collectively, the “Documents”): (a) the Bond Indenture, including the initial forms of the Bonds; (b) the Loan Agreement; (c) the Master Indenture and the Supplemental Master Indenture No. 1, including the forms of Obligation No. 1; (d) the Deeds of Trust; (d) the Bond Purchase Agreement; and (e) the Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa, as follows: Section 1. Ratification of Actions. All actions (not inconsistent with the provisions of this Resolution) heretofore taken by or at the direction of the Authority and its directors, officers, counsel, advisors, or agents directed toward the issuance and sale of the Bonds, including the public hearing described in Section 12 hereto, are hereby approved and ratified. Section 2. Findings. The Board of Directors finds and determines that the issuance of the Bonds and the making of a loan to the Borrower for the purpose of financing and/or refinancing all or a portion of the cost of the Project and the costs and expenses incidental thereto, are in furtherance of the purposes and interests of the Authority and the Act and are in the public interest and that the Project will constitute a “project” within the meaning of the Act. Section 3. Authorization and Terms of Bonds. The Bonds, which shall be named as set forth herein or as otherwise set forth in the Bond Indenture, are hereby approved and authorized to be issued pursuant to a plan of finance in an aggregate principal amount of not to exceed $62,000,000, to be dated, to mature (no later than 40 years after their date of issuance), to bear interest (not in any event to exceed 10 percent per year), to be subject to redemption, to be payable 1097198169\4\AMERICAS as to principal and interest, and with such other terms, all as provided in the executed Bond Indenture and the Bond Purchase Agreement. Section 4. Special Limited Obligations. The Bonds shall be payable solely from the property held and receipts and revenues received by or on behalf of the Authority pursuant to the Bond Indenture and the Loan Agreement. Nothing contained in (a) this Resolution, (b) the Documents, or (c) any other agreement, certificate, document, or instrument executed in connection with the issuance of any of the Bonds shall be construed as obligating the Authority (except as a special limited obligation to the extent provided in such documents or instruments) or obligating the County, or the State to pay the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds, or as incurring a charge upon the general credit of the Authority, the County or the State, nor shall the breach of any agreement contemplated by this Resolution, the Documents, or any other instrument or documents executed in connection herewith or therewith impose any charge upon the general credit of the Authority, the County or the State. The Authority has no taxing power. Section 5. Other Bonds. Prior to the issuance of the Bonds, the Authority has or will have issued, and subsequent to the issuance of the Bonds, the Authority may issue, bonds in connection with the financing of other projects (the “Other Bonds”). Any pledge, mortgage, or assignment made in connection with the Other Bonds shall be protected, and any funds pledged or assigned for payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Other Bonds shall not be used for the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Bonds. Any pledge, mortgage, or assignment made in connection with the Bonds shall be protected, and no funds pledged or assigned for the payment of the Bonds shall be used for the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Other Bonds. Section 6. Conditions, The Bonds shall not be issued unless and until: (a) The Borrower fully complies with all applicable provisions of the Authority’s Procedural Policies and Financing Application Guidelines, adopted July 17, 2018 (the “Procedural Guidelines”), relating to the issuance and sale of the Bonds. (b) Prior to closing, the Borrower shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Authority as to the payment of the Authority’s administrative fee. (c) | The Arizona Attorney General does not disapprove the issuance of the Bonds in the manner contemplated by Arizona Revised Statutes § 35-721. (4d) Onor prior to closing, the Authority shall receive an opinion from Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, as bond counsel (the “Bond Counsel”), in a form acceptable to the Authority, to the effect that interest on any tax-exempt series of the Bonds will be exempt from federal and State income taxes. (e) On or prior to closing, the Borrower shall deliver an opinion or opinions, addressed and in form acceptable to the Authority, to the effect that any offering materials distributed in connection with the offer and sale of the Bonds are correct and complete in all material respects, and do not contain any untrue statements of material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. 1097198169\4\AMERICAS (fh) If the Bonds are to be offered publicly, the Authority must either (i) receive evidence of an investment grade rating on the Bonds from a nationally recognized rating agency or (ii) receive investment letters from the initial purchaser(s) (or the equivalent representations from the underwriter) in form and substance satisfactory to the Authority’s legal counsel, and any subsequent transfers of the Bonds must be limited to “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D or “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A, promulgated under the Securities Act. (g) The Authority, its officers and directors, and the County, must be provided with full indemnification in connection with the issuance and sale of the Bonds, in form and substance satisfactory to the Authority’s legal counsel, from a credit-worthy source acceptable to the Authority. (h) Legal counsel to the Authority must receive such documents, legal opinions, certificates and other proceedings as are necessary and advisable to evidence compliance by the Borrower, the Underwriter and other financing participants with the Authority’s policies and procedures and applicable federal and State laws. (i) Prior to closing, the Borrower must submit final copies of all the required legal opinions, certificates, documents and other proceedings required herein. All legal opinions, certificates, documents and other proceedings will be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in all material respects satisfactory to the Authority’s legal counsel as to which the legal counsel shall act reasonably. (j) All requirements of the Code must be satisfied prior to closing. (k) The Board of Supervisors of the County has approved the proceedings under which the Bonds are to be issued. Section 7. Authority Documents: Authority’s Signatures; Additional Documents. The forms, terms, and provisions of each of the Documents, in the forms of such Documents (including the exhibits thereto) presented to this meeting, are hereby approved, with such insertions, deletions, and changes as are approved by the officers authorized to execute the Documents (which approval will be conclusively established by their execution and/or delivery thereof). Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof, the Authority’s President, Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer and Executive Director (each an “Authorized Officer”) are each hereby authorized to execute and/or deliver each of the Documents and any and all additional agreements, certificates, documents and other instruments, in forms satisfactory to the Authority’s legal counsel, to carry out the purposes and intent of this Resolution or relating to the issuance of the Bonds, including a tax certificate and any and all documents required under the Code or the Act, or, with respect to any of the Documents not calling for execution by the Authority, to approve and deliver such Documents, with respect to any one or more series of the Bonds. From and after the execution and delivery of each of the Documents, the officers, agents, employees and Executive Director of the Authority are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to do all such acts and things and to execute all such documents, certificates and assignments as may be necessary to carry out and comply with the provisions of each of the Documents (as executed and delivered), including, from time to time, to execute, on behalf of the Authority, any subsequent amendments, waivers or consents entered into or given in accordance with the Documents. 1097198169\4\AMERICAS Section 8. Sale of Bonds; Authentication. The sale of the Bonds to the Underwriter pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Bond Purchase Agreement is hereby authorized and approved. Any Authorized Officer is hereby authorized to execute and deliver to the Bond Trustee a written order of the Authority for the authentication and delivery of the Bonds by the Bond Trustee to the Underwriter. Section 9. Further Actions. The officers, agents, employees and Executive Director of the Authority, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 6 hereof, shall take all action necessary or reasonably required to carry out, give effect to and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, including without limitation, the execution and delivery of the closing and other documents required to be delivered in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Bonds. Section 10. Open Meeting Laws. It is found and determined that all formal actions of the Authority and its Board of Directors concerning and relating to the adoption of this Resolution were adopted in an open meeting and that all deliberations that resulted in those formal actions were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements of the State and the Authority. Section 11. Limited Offering Memorandum. The lawful use and distribution by the Underwriter of the Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum and the Limited Offering Memorandum relating to the original issuance of the Bonds and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, are hereby authorized. Except for information contained in the Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum and Limited Offering Memorandum under the headings “THE ISSUER” and “LITIGATION,” as such information relates to the Authority, the Authority has not confirmed, and assumes no responsibility for, the accuracy, sufficiency or fairness of any statements in the Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum and Limited Offering Memorandum or any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, or in any reports, financial information, offering or disclosure documents or other information relating to the Project, the Borrower, the Obligated Group or the history, businesses, properties, organization, management, financial condition, market area or any other matter relating to the Borrower, the Obligated Group, the Project or otherwise contained in the Preliminary Limited Offering Memorandum and Limited Offering Memorandum. Section 12. Public Hearing. All actions of the Authority heretofore taken or to be taken, in consultation with and at the direction of the Borrower and Bond Counsel, regarding a public hearing on the plan of financing the Project and the proposed issuance of the Bonds, as required by Section 147(f) of the Code, and the publication of a public notice of the hearing in such form as approved by the Borrower and Bond Counsel, are hereby ratified and approved. Section 13. _ Irrepealability. After the Bonds are delivered by the Authority to the Underwriter upon receipt of payment therefor, this Resolution shall be and remain irrepealable until the Bonds and interest thereon shall have been fully paid, canceled, and discharged. Section 14. No Personal Liability. The members of the Board of Directors and any director, officer, official, employee or agent of the Authority shall not be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance of the Bonds. The liability of the Authority 1097198169\4\AMERICAS with respect to the Documents, or any other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be limited as provided in the Act and the Documents. Section 15. Severability. If any section, paragraph, clause, or provision of this Resolution shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause, or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Resolution. Section 16. | Waiver. Any provisions of the Authority’s Bylaws, Procedural Guidelines, or prior resolutions inconsistent herewith are waived to the extent only of such inconsistency. This waiver shall not be construed as repealing any such Bylaws, Procedural Guidelines, or resolution or any part thereof. Section 17. Headings. Subject headings included in this Resolution are included for purpose of convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any of its provisions. Section 18. | Notice. Notice of Arizona Revised Statutes Section 38-511 is hereby given. The provisions of that statute by this reference are incorporated herein to the extent of applicability to matters contained herein under the laws of the State. Section 19. Resolution Not to be Construed as Providing Advice Concerning Municipal Securities. None of this Resolution, any of the Documents or any action taken by the Authority, any member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Director or the Authority’s counsel in connection with issuance of the Bonds is intended to provide, and shall not be construed as providing, advice of any kind to the Borrower with respect to the issuance of the Bonds for purposes of 15 United States Code Section 780-4(e)(4)(A)(). The Authority is a conduit issuer and none of the Authority, the Board of Directors, the Executive Director or the Authority’s counsel is acting or will act as a municipal advisor, financial advisor or fiduciary to any party involved in the issuance of the Bonds. Section 20. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately. [Signature page follows. ] 1097198169\4\AMERICAS Adopted and approved on October 10, 2023. THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA Authorized Officer 1097198169\4\AMERICAS THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA REPORT AND MINUTES OF PUBLIC HEARING WITH RESPECT TO NOT TO EXCEED $62,000,000 OF THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA EDUCATION REVENUE BONDS (SUN VALLEY ACADEMY PROJECTS) SERIES 2023 On Tuesday, October 10, 2023, commencing at 9:00 a.m., MST, or as soon thereafter as the matter could be held, the undersigned conducted a Public Hearing on behalf of The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa (the “Authority”). The Public Hearing was held telephonically via the toll-free dial-in number of 1-833-220-6615 entering Conference ID 970133#. The Notice of Public Hearing was published on the Authority’s website (www.mcida,com) on October 10, 2023, and a copy of the proof of publication of Notice of Public Hearing is attached to this report. At the time and place set for the Public Hearing, I opened the telephone call for the Public Hearing so that interested persons could comment and be heard with respect to the proposed issuance of bonds and stated: “Now is the time and place set for the public hearing of The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa (the “Authority”) to be conducted pursuant to Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), on the plan for the Authority to issue its Education Revenue Bonds (Sun Valley Academy Projects), Series 2023, in one or more series, pursuant to a plan of finance in a maximum aggregate principal amount of $62,000,000 (collectively, the “Bonds”). The Bonds will be issued as qualified 501(c)(3) bonds under Section 145 of the Code. The proceeds of the Bonds will be used to make a loan to Morrison Education Group, Inc., an Arizona nonprofit corporation and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code, as borrower (the “Borrower”) to (1) refinance the Authority’s Education Revenue Bonds (Sun Valley Academy Projects), Series 2019, which were issued to finance the cost of (A) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities located at 2675 West Baseline Road in Phoenix, Arizona (the “South Mountain Campus”), and (B) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities located at 1515 North 117" Avenue in Avondale, Arizona (the “Avondale Campus”), and (2) finance all or a portion of the costs of (A) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping additions to the South Mountain Campus, and (B) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities 1098002455\1\AMERICAS located at the southeast corner of North 83" Avenue and West Bethany Home Road in Glendale, Arizona, (the “Glendale Campus” and, collectively with the South Mountain Campus and the Avondale Campus, the “Facilities”. The Bonds to be issued for (1) the South Mountain Campus are expected to have a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $16,800,000, (2) the Avondale Campus are expected to have a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $17,000,000, and (3) the Glendale Campus are expected to have a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $29,800,000 (but in no event will the combined principal amount of Bonds issued for the Facilities exceed $62,000,000). The Facilities financed with the proceeds of the Bonds will be owned by the Borrower and leased to and operated by (i) with respect to the South Mountain Campus, Sun Valley Academy - South Mountain, Inc., (ii) with respect to the Avondale Campus, Sun Valley Academy — Avondale, Inc., and (iii) with respect to the Glendale Campus, Sun Valley Academy — Glendale, Inc., each of which is an Arizona nonprofit corporation and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code whose sole member is the Borrower. Members of the public are invited to comment with respect to the proposed financing plan and the nature of the Facilities to be financed. Is there anyone present who wishes to comment?” No other person joined the call to comment on the proposed issuance of Bonds and the telephonic conference line was closed. No written comments or submissions were received prior to the Public Hearing. DATED: October 10, 2023. Brunette Fulkeu Yer Brigitfg Finley Green, Legal} Counsel The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa Attachment (Proof of Publication) 1098002455\1\AMERICAS THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA EDUCATION REVENUE BONDS (SUN VALLEY ACADEMY PROJECTS) SERIES 2023 CERTIFICATE OF POSTING PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE The notice of public hearing (the “Notice”) attached hereto as Exhibit A was published on the website of The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa (the “Authority”) located on the Home Page at http://www.mcida.com on October 2, 2023. The Notice was published in an area of the Authority’s website that is used to inform the residents of Maricopa County, Arizona about public hearings to be held by the Authority affecting the residents and that is clearly identified and accessible to members of the general public seeking information concerning the plan of finance described in the Notice. Evidence of the website publication of the Notice is included with Exhibit B attached hereto. The Notice remained published on the Authority’s website continuously through the date of the public hearing described in the Notice. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, on behalf of the Authority, has set her hand as of the date first written above. THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA EXHIBIT A TO CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING (Attached) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held telephonically by an authorized representative of The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa (the “Issuer”) on October 10, 2023, commencing at 9:00 a.m., MST, via the toll free dial-in number of 1-833-220-6615, enter code 970133 and press #, regarding the Issuer’s Education Revenue Bonds (Sun Valley Academy Projects), Series 2023 (the “Bonds”) to be issued in one or more series, pursuant to a plan of finance in a maximum aggregate principal amount of $62,000,000. The Bonds will be issued as qualified 501(c)(3) bonds under Section 145 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) The proceeds of the Bonds will be used to make a loan to Morrison Education Group, Inc., an Arizona nonprofit corporation and an organization described in 501(c)(3) of the Code, as borrower (the “Borrower”, to: (1) refinance the Issuer’s Education Revenue Bonds (Sun Valley Academy Projects), Series 2019 (the “Series 2019 Bonds”), which were issued to finance the cost of (A) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities located at 2675 West Baseline Road in Phoenix, Arizona (the “South Mountain Campus”), and (B) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities located at 1515 North 117" Avenue in Avondale, Arizona (the “Avondale Campus”), and (2) finance all or a portion of the costs of (A) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping additions to the South Mountain Campus, and (B) acquiring, constructing, improving and equipping charter school facilities located at the southeast corner of North 83 Avenue and West Bethany Home Road in Glendale, Arizona, (the “Glendale Campus” and, collectively with the South Mountain Campus and the Avondale Campus, the “Facilities”). The Bonds to be issued for (1) the South Mountain Campus are expected to have a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $16,800,000, (2) the Avondale Campus are expected to have a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $17,000,000, and (3) the Glendale Campus are expected to have a maximum aggregate principal amount not to exceed $29,800,000 (but in no event will the combined principal amount of Bonds issued for the Facilities exceed $62,000,000). The Facilities financed with the proceeds of the Bonds will be owned by the Borrower and leased to and operated by (i) with respect to the South Mountain Campus, SVA-South Mountain, (ii) with respect to the Avondale Campus, SVA-Avondale, and (iii) with respect to the Glendale Campus, SVA-Glendale, each of which is an Arizona nonprofit corporation and an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Code whose sole member is the Borrower. The principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Bonds will not constitute a debt or liability of the Issuer, Maricopa County, Arizona, the State of Arizona, or any political subdivision of the State of Arizona, or a charge against their general credit or any taxing powers, but shall be payable solely from the sources provided for in the proceedings pursuant to which the Bonds are issued. This public notice is published pursuant to the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Code. Any interested person may attend or send written comments and express his or her view with respect to the Bonds and the location and nature of the Facilities to be financed. Any written comments should be submitted to The Industrial Development Authority of the County of Maricopa, 8687 East Via de Ventura, Suite 306, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258, Attention: President, and clearly marked: “Morrison Education Group — Sun Valley Academies”. 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