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ATTY/RESO.0046/CC RESO APPROVING DEPT DISCLOSURE POLICIES & PROCEDURES – EXHIBIT A REV: 05-07-19 VR Last update: 5/20/2019 Page 2 of 11 Listed Event notices. To facilitate compliance with this rule by the underwriter the City enters into continuing disclosure agreements for each transaction, thereby contractually promising to provide the market with these disclosures. Disclosure Coordinator The Disclosure Coordinator is selected from time to time by the City Manager. At the present time, the Assistant City Manager of Administrative Services / City Treasurer of the City shall be the Disclosure Coordinator of the City. The Disclosure Coordinator shall be responsible for: i. Providing final approval for dissemination of financial statements (including the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (“CAFRs”)), official statements with respect to bonds of the City, continuing disclosure annual reports, and Listed Event notices as having been reviewed for completeness and accuracy of the information presented therein. ii. Coordinating the preparation of disclosure offering documents and ensuring complete and accurate disclosure of material information regarding the City’s finances, the revenues source securing the bonds to be issued by the City, the project to be financed with such securities, and any other information deemed material by the Financing Group established for the issuance of such bonds. The Disclosure Coordinator shall be entitled to rely on the advice of the City Attorney, bond counsel, disclosure counsel, municipal advisors and underwriters in making a determination as to what information is material to making an informed investment decision in the securities to which the disclosure offering document relates. Advice of counsel may help to establish that the City exercised reasonable care, but is not a defense to an action where a material fact was not discussed with or misstated to counsel. iii. Arranging disclosure training for all City Council members, and periodic disclosure training for City finance division staff tasked with participating in public securities offerings, City finance division staff tasked with monitoring outstanding bonds and other securities or fulfilling the City’s continuing disclosure obligations, and coordinating with other City department directors for the disclosure training of other City staff who participate in preparation of disclosure information for public securities offerings. iv. Establishing procedures to ensure the timely preparation, review and filing of continuing disclosure annual reports, including the City’s CAFR. The current continuing disclosure filing procedures are set forth in Attachment 1. v. Establishing a procedure for ensuring that other information that is reasonably expected to reach investors and the marketplace for the City’s securities, such as certain information posted on the City’s website, is reviewed so that such information meets the Rule 10b-5 standard. The current procedures for public statements of the City are set forth below under “Public Statements Regarding Information Material to City Bond Issues.”