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                                                     NOTICE OF HYBRID LIVE AND VIRTUAL
                                                           SPECIAL CALL PUBLIC HEARING

Date:                    Thursday, September 23, 2021

Time:                    9:00 AM

Location:              Old City Hall

                              315 E. Kennedy Blvd.

                              Tampa FL 33602

The City Council of the City of Tampa, Florida (the “Issuer”), will hear public comments regarding the proposed the issuance of City of Tampa, Florida Celadon Obligated Group Revenue Bonds (Celadon Tampa Fiber, LLC Project) (the “Bonds”), in one or more series of tax-exempt bonds and/or taxable bonds, in an original aggregate principal amount not to exceed $350,000,000, to be issued on behalf of Celadon Development Corporation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or a limited liability company to be formed the sole member of which is or will be Celadon Development Corporation, LLC (the “Borrower”), at a public hearing on September 23, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as practicable, at the City Council’s meeting chambers, located at 315 East Kennedy Boulevard, 3rd Floor, Tampa, Florida 33602, in order to satisfy certain of the requirements of Section 147(f) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

The Bonds are to be issued to provide funds to be loaned to the Borrower and to be used, together with other available moneys of the Borrower, to: (a) finance or refinance, including through reimbursement, a part of the costs of the acquisition, construction and installation of a paper fiber manufacturing plant, including related improvements, facilities, fixtures, furnishings and equipment, which will receive and process waste mixed paper, corrugated cardboard and plastic products to produce paper fiber sheets for export to international markets, and is to be owned and operated by Celadon Tampa Fiber, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company the sole member of which is or will be the Borrower, and located on an approximately 37-acre site leased from Port Tampa Bay located within the City of Tampa at 2801 Guy N. Verger Blvd., Tampa Florida, (b) fund a reserve fund or funds for the Bonds and certain capitalized interest on the Bonds, if any, and (c) pay costs of issuance of the Bonds (collectively, the “Project”).  The tax-exempt Bonds are to be issued as exempt facility bonds for a solid waste disposal facility pursuant to Section 142(a)(6) of the Code.

            The hearing is being held for the purpose of affording residents of the City of Tampa, Florida and other interested persons an opportunity to express their views, both orally and in writing, on the proposed issuance of the Bonds and the nature and location of the Project.

            This Public Hearing of Tampa City Council will be conducted with a live in-person quorum of the Tampa City Council present in City Council Chambers. However, in light of continuing COVID-19 government-issued health standards or guidance in effect, members of the public shall have the ability to participate “virtually” through what is referred to by Florida Statutes and rules as “communications media technology” (“CMT”).

The public and citizens of the City of Tampa will be able to watch, listen or view this meeting on:

Cable TV:         Spectrum Channel 640

                        Frontier Channel 15

Internet:         https://www.tampa.gov/livestream

The public is invited to participate in the public hearing virtually by using what is referred to by State of Florida statutes and rules as “communications media technology” (“CMT”) and by the following alternative methods:

1. Send written comments by internet or web at https://www.tampa.gov/PublicComment 

2. Send written comments by email to [email protected]

3. Send written comments by US Mail to City of Tampa City Clerk, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd., 3rd Floor, Tampa, FL 33602.

4. Speak remotely during public comment with the use of audio CMT:

Complete the form at https://www.tampa.gov/PublicComment AND state on the form under “Request Type” that you wish to speak live during the public comment period. You will then be contacted with additional instructions on how to participate live by audio only through the use of CMT. Registration for speaking remotely must be requested no later than 5:00 PM, Wednesday, September 22, 2021.  Persons requiring help in accessing this means of public participation should call 813-274-8397 for assistance.

5. Participate by using CMT available at Old City Hall:

Persons, including those who may not have access to a communications media device, have the option of participating via communications media technology, which will be made available to the public by the City of Tampa, during the hybrid live/virtual meeting, at:

                                                                                       Old City Hall

                                                          315 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL 33602 (2nd Floor)

PLEASE NOTE: Those attending the meeting in person should wear face masks
inside Old City Hall.

            All written comments must be received no later than 5:00 PM, Wednesday, September 22, 2021 to be distributed timely to City Council members and made part of the permanent records. Public comments timely received by mail, email, web or via CMT will be afforded equal consideration as if the public comments were made in person.

            THE BONDS WILL NOT CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, FLORIDA, STATE OF FLORIDA OR ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION THEREOF, but will be payable solely from the revenues derived from the operations of the Borrower and other revenues and security of the Borrower pledged to the payment of the Bonds.

            ALL PERSONS FOR OR AGAINST SAID APPROVAL CAN BE HEARD AT SAID TIME AND PLACE.  IF A PERSON DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE BY THE ISSUER WITH RESPECT TO SUCH HEARING OR MEETING (S)HE WILL NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF SUCH HEARING OR MEETING IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS BASED.

            In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing a special accommodation to participate in this hearing should contact the Issuer no later than forty-eight (48) hours prior to the hearing at the address given in this notice.  Telephone: (813) 274-8396.