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Buffalo Ridge Affordable Housing Corporation
Conflict of Interest
CONFLICTING INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
STATEMENT OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I, y �'��i ni cc am a director and officer of Buffalo Ridge
Affordable Housing Corporation (the "Corporation "). I hereby acknowledge:
a. I have received a copy of the bylaws of the Corporation,
b. I have read and understand Section 6.5 Conflicting Interest Transactions,
c. I agree to comply with the Bylaws of the Corporation, and
d. I understand the Corporation is not for profit and in order to maintain its status
must engage in activities not inconsistent with its governing documents.
Date: zAw
Signature:
Disclosure of Existing or Potential Conflicts (state N/A if none; attach additional pages if
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BUFFALO RIDGE AFFORDABLE, HOUSING CORPORATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
OFFICES
Section1.1
Dusintss Offices,......... ....................................................................................... ...............................
Section1.2
Registered Office ............................................................................................ ...............................
ARTICLE Il
MEMBERS
Section2.1
No Memb,- rs ........................ ............................... . ........................................... ...............................
ARTICLE 111
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Scclion3.1
General Powers ........ .......................................................................................... ...............................
Sccrion 1.2
;lumber, Clection, Tenure and Quaiificadons .................................................... ...............................
Section3.3
Vacancies........ .... ........................... ...........................,..,.................................. ...............................
Scclion3.4
Regular Meelings ......................................... ............................... ..................... ...............................
Scction3.5
Spccial meetings ................................................................................................. ...............................
Section16
Noticc ................................................................................................................
Section 3.7
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Presun,ption of Asscnt .................................................................. ............................... ..........
Section3.8
Quorum and Voting .............................. . ....................................................... ...............................
Scction3.9
Compensation .............................................................. ,..,............................... ...............................
Scction 3.10
Executive and Other Comminees ..................................................................... ...............................
Scction3.11
Meetings by Telephone ..................................................................................... ...............................
Section 3.12
Action Without a Meeting ...................................................................... ............................... .......
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS AND AGENTS
Section4.1
Number and QualiGcations ................................................................................. .................. ;............
Sccrion 4.2
Election and'rerm ofofFce ......... ............................... .................................. ...............................
Scction43
Compensation ....................... . ................................................. ............................... .......................
Scction4.4
Rarnovul .............................................................................................................. ...............................
Section4.5
Vacancies ............................................................................................................ ...............................
Sccrion 4.6
Authority and Duties of OfMeers ........................................................................ ...............................
Scction4.7
Surcry Bonds ...............................,.,.......,....................,........................,.............. ...............................
ARTICLE V
IND13WIFICATION
Scction5.1
Delinilions ...................................................................................................... ...............................
Scction5.2
Right to ( ndcmnificadon .................................................................................... ...............................
Scction53
Prior Autllori4adon Required ........................................................................... ...............................
Scction 5,4
Success on Merits or Otherwise ......................... ........................................... ...............................
Scction5.3
Advancement of ExNnscs ................................................................................. ...............................
Scction5.6
Scction5.7
Poymcnt ProccAures .............................. ............................... .......................... ...............................
Insurance .... .......................................................................................................................................
Section 5.9
Right to Impose Conditions to Indcmnirication ................................................. ...............................
Scction 5.9
Other Rights and Remedies ............................................................................... ...............................
Sccrion5,10
Applicability; ElTccl ........................................................................................ ...............................
Scction 5.11
Indemnifiendon of Agents ........... ............................... ....................................... ...............................
Sccrion5.12
Savings Clausei Limiration ................................................................................. ...............................
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
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Scction 6.1 Accounr Books, Minutes, Etc ............................................................................. ............................... 10
Scction6.2 Fiseal Year .......................................................................................................... ............................... 10
Scction 6.3 Conveyances and Encumbranecs ................................................................... ............................... 10
Section 6.4 Designated Contributions...... ............................. I ... I ...................... I ................ 1.1.1 ... 11 ............... , ..... I I
Section6.5 Conflicts of Interest .... ...... ................I.............1 .111..................., ....I........... ,.,. .......................I....... I I
Section 6.6 Loans I Directors and Officers Prohibited ........................................................ ............................... 12
Scction 6.7 Rtrcrences co Jntcrnal Revenue Code ................................................................. ............................... 12
Scction6.8 Amcndments .. .................................................................................................. ............................... 12
Section6.9 Sevcrability ............................. ............................... ....................................... ............................... 12
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BYLAWS
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BUFFALO RIDGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION
ARTICLE I
OFFICES
Section 1.1 Business Offices. The principal office of the corporation shall be
located within Eagle County, Colorado, The corporation may have such other offices, either
within or outside Colorado, as the board of directors may designate or as the affairs of the
corporation may require from time to time.
Section 1.2 Registered Office. The registered office of the corporation
required by the laws of the State of Colorado governing nonprofit corporations to be maintained
in Colorado may be, but need not be, the same as the principal office if in Colorado, and the
address of the registered office may be changed from time to time by the board of directors or by
the officers of the corporation.
ARTICLE 11
MEMBERS
Section 2.1 No Members. The corporation shall have no members.
ARTICLE III
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3.1 General Powers. The business and affairs of the corporation shall
be managed by its board of directors, except as otherwise provided in the laws of the State of
Colorado, the articles of incorporation or these bylaws.
Section 3.2 Number. Election Tenure and Qualifications. The number of
directors of the corporation shall be from three to seven, as determined by the board of directors
from time to time. One director shall be appointed by the Town of Avon, and the balance of the
board of directors shall be elected or reelected by the board of directors at each annual meeting,
with 15 days advance notice to the Town of Avon of any new director. If the Town of Avon does
not object to any such director within such 15 -day period, it shall be deemed to have confin-ned
the appointment of such director. Each director shall hold office until the next annual ineeting of
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the board of directors and thereafter until the director's successor shall have been elected and
qualified, or until the director's earlier death, resigiiation or removal. Directors must be at least
eighteen years old but need not be residents of Colorado. Any director may be removed at any
time, with or without cause, by a vote of three - fourths of the other directors then in office.
Section 3.3 Vacancies. Any director may resign at any time by giving written
notice to the president or to the secretary of the corporation. Such resignation shall take effect at
the time specified therein, and unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such
resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any vacancy occurring in the board of
directors may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though
less than a quorum. A director elected to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of
such director's predecessor in office. Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the
number of directors shall be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in
office, and a director so chosen shall hold offeo until the next election of directors and thereafter
until the director's successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until the director's earlier
death, resignation or removal.
Section 3A Reeular Meetings. A regular annual meeting of the board of
directors shall be held during the month of April at the time and place, either within -or outside
Colorado, determined by the board, for the purpose of electing directors and officers and for the
transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting.. The board of directors may-
provide by resolution the time and place, either within or outside Colorado, for the holding of
additional regular meetings.
Section 3.5 Specials Meeting. Special meetings of the board of directors may
be called by or at the request of the president or any two directors. The person or persons
authorized to call special meetings of the board of directors may fix any place as the place, either
Within or outside Colorado, for holding any special meeting of the board called by them.
Section 3,6 otice, Notice of each meeting of the board of directors stating the
place, day and hour of the meeting shall be given to each director at the director's business
address at Ieast five days prior thereto by the mailing of written notice by first class, certified or
registered mail, or at least two days prior thereto by personal delivery of written notice or by
telephonic, telegraphic, telex or facsimile notice (and the method of notice need not be the same
as to each director). If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the
United States mail, with postage thereon prepaid. If telegraphed, such notice shall be deemed to
be given when the telegram is delivered to the telegraph company. If transmitted by telex or
facsimile, such notice shall be deemed to be given when the transmission is completed. Any
director may waive notice of any meeting before, at or after such meeting. The attendance of a
director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director
attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because
the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the
purpose of, any meeting of the board of directors need be specified in the notice or waiver of
notice of such meeting unless otherwise required by statute.
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Section 3.7 Presumption of Assent. A director of the corporation who is
present at a meeting of the board of directors at which action on any corporate matter is taken
shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless such director's dissent shall be
entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless the director shall file a written dissent to such
action with the person acting as the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or
shall forward such dissent by registered mail to the secretary of the corporation immediately after
the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in
favor of such action.
Section 3.8 Ouotvm and Voting. A majority of the directors shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board of directors, and the vote of a
majority of the directors present in Person at a meeting at which a quomn is present shall be the
act of ilia board of directors. If less than a quorum is present at a meeting, a majority of the
directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than an
announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present. No directors may vote or act by
proxy at any meeting of directors.
Section 3.9 Compensation. Directors shall not receive compensation for their
services as such, although the reasonable expenses of directors of attendance at board meetings
may be paid or reimbursed by the corporation. Directors shall not be disqualified to receive
reasonable compensation for services rendered to or for the benefit of the corporation in ally
other capacity.
Section 3.10 Executive and Other Committees. By one or more resolutions
adopted by a majority of the directors then in office, the board of directors may designate from
an)ong its members an executive committee and one or more other committees, each of which, to
the extent provided in the resolution establishing such committee, shall have and may exercise all
of the authority of the board of directors, except as prohibited by statute. The delegation of
autl'odry to any committee shall not operate to relieve. the board of directors or any member of
the board .from any responsibility imposed by law. Rules governing procedures for meetings of
any committee of the board shall be as established by the board of directors, or in the absence
thereof, by the committee itself.
Section 3.11 Meetines by Telephone. Members of the board of directors or any
committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the board or committee by means of
conference telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating in
the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Such participation shall constitute presence in
person at the meeting.
Section 3.12 Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be
taken at a meeting of the directors or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a
consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by all of the directors or
committee members entitled to vote with respect to the subject matter thereof. Such consent
(which may be signed in counterparts) shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote
of the directors or committeo members.
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ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS AND AGENTS
Section 4.1 Number and Qualifications, The elected officers of the corporation
shall Lie a president, one or more vice-presidents, a secretary and a treasurer. The board of
directors may also appoint such other officers, assistant officers and agents, including an
executive director, a controller, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, as it may consider
necessary. One person may hold more than one office at a time, except that no person may
simultaneously hold the offices of president and secretary. Officers need not be directors of the
corporation. All officers must be at least eighteen years old.
Section 4.2 Election and Term of Office. The elected officers of the
corporation shall be elected by the board of directors at each regular annual meeting. If the
election of officers shall not be held at such meeting, such election shall be held as soon as
convenient thereafter, Each officer shall hold office until the officer's successor shall have been
duly elected and shall have qualified, or until the officer's earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 4.3 Compensation. The compensation of the officers, if any, shall be
as fixed from time to time by the board of directors, and no officer shall be prevented from
receiving a salary by reason of the fact that such officer is also a director of the corporation.
Section 4.4 Removal, Any officer or agent may be removed by the board of
directors whenever in its judgment the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby,
but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so
removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not in itself create contract rights.
Section 4.5 Vacancies. Any officer may resign at any time, subject to any
rights or obligations under any existing contracts between the officer and the corporation, by
giving tivritten.notice to the president or to the board of directors. An officer's resignation shall
take effect at the time specified in such notice, and unless otherwise specified therein, the
acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. A vacancy in any
office, however occurring, may be filled by the board of directors for the unexpired portion of the
term.
Section 4.6 Authority and Duties of Officers. The officers of the corporation
shall have the authority and shall exercise the powers and perform the duties specified below and
as may be additionally specified by the president, the board of directors or these bylaws, except
that in any event each officer shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be
required by law.
(a) President. The president shall, subject to the direction and
supervision of the board of directors, (i) be the chief executive officer of the corporation and
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have general and active control of its affairs and business and general supervision of its officers,
agents and employees; (ii) preside at all meetings of the board of directors; (iii) see that all orders
and resolutions of the board of directors are carried into effect; and (iv) perform all other duties
incident to the office of president and as from time to time may be assigned to the president by
the board of directors.
(b) Vice - presidents. The vice- president or vice - presidents shall assist
the president and shall perform such duties as may be assigned to them by the president or by the
board of directors. The vice - president (or if there is more than one, then the vit.c- president
designated by the board of directors, or if there be no such designation, then the vice - presidents
in order of their election) shall, at the request of the president, or in the president's absence or
inability or refusal to act, perform the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the
powers of and be subject to all the restrictions of the president.
(c) Secreta The secretary shall 0) keep the minutes of the
proceedings of the board of directors and any committees of the board; (ii) sec that all notices are
duly given in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws or as required by law; (iii) be
custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the corporation; and (iv) in general, perform
all ditties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be
assigned to the secretary by the President or by the board of. directors. Assistant secretaries,-if
any, shall have the same duties and powers, subject to supervision by the't6cretary..
(d) Treasurer. The treasurer shall (i) be the principal financial officer
of the corporation and have the care and custody of all its funds, securities, evidences of
indebtedness and other personal property and deposit the same in accordance with the
instructions of the board of directors; (ii) receive and give receipts and acquittances for moneys
paid in on account of the corporation, and pay out of the funds on hand all bills, payrolls and
other just debts of the corporation of whatever nature upon maturity; (Iii) unless there is a
controller, be the principal accounting officer of the corporation and as such prescribe and
maintain the methods and systems of accounting to be followed, keep complete books and
records of account, prepare and file all local, state and federal tax retpms and related documents,
prescribe and maintain an adequate system of internal audit, and prepare and furnish to the
pt•csident and the board of directors statements of account showing the financial position of the
corporation and the results of its operations; (iv) upon request of the board, make such reports to
it as tray be required at any time; and (v) perform all other duties incident to the office of
treasurer and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to the treasurer by the
president or the board of directors. Assistant treasurers, if any, shall have the same powers and
duties, subject to supervision by the treasurer.
Section 4,7 Surety Bonds. The board of directors may require any officer or
agent of die corporation to execute to the corporation a bond in such sums and with such sureties
ss shall be satisfactory to the board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of such person's
duties and or the restoration to the corporation of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other
property of whatever kind in such person's possession or under such person's control belonging to
the corporation.
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ARTICLE V
INDEMMFICATION
Section 5,1 Definitions. For purposes of this Article V, the following terms
shall have the meanings set forth below.,
(a) " Comoration" means the corporation and, in addition to the
resulting or surviving corporation, any domestic or foreign predecessor entity of the corporation
in a merger, consolidation or other transaction in which the predecessor's existence ceased upon
consummation of the transaction.
(b) "F_xnenses" means the actual and reasonable expenses, including
attorneys' fees, incurred by a party in connection with a proceeding.
(c) "Liabili " means the obligation to pay a judgment, settlement,
penalty; fine (including an excise tax benefit plan) or expense incurred with respect to a
proceeding.
(d) "Official capacity" when used with respect to a director of the
corporation means the office of director in the corporation, and when used with respect to a
person in a capacity other than as a director (even if such person is also a director) means the
office in the corporation held by the officer or the employment relationship undertaken by the
employee on belialf of the corporation in the performance of his or her duties in his or her
capacity as such officer or employee, "Official capacity" does not include service for any other
foreign or doincstic corporation or for any partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or
employee benefit plan when acting directly on behalf of such other corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust, enterprise or plan as a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent thereof.
(e) "Party" means any person who was, is, or is threatened to be made,
a named defendant or respondent in a proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was
a director, officer or employee of the corporation, and any person who, while a director, officer or
employee of the corporation, is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation
or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan. A party shall
be considered to be serving an employee benefit plan at the corporation's request if such party's
duties to the corporation also impose duties on or otherwise involve services by such party to the;
plan or to participants in or beneficiaries of the plan.
(f) ".Proceeding" means any threatened, pending or completed action,
shit or proceeding, or any appeal therein, whether civil, criminal, administrative, arbitrative or
investigative (including an action by the corporation) and whether formal or informal.
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Section 5.2 Right to Indemnification.
(a) Standards of Conduct. Except as provided in Section 5.2(d) below,
the corporation shall indemnify any party to a proceeding against liability incurred in or as a
result of the proceeding if (i) such party conducted himself or herself in good faith, (ii) such party
reasonably believed (A) in the case of a director acting in his or her official capacity, that his or
her conduct was in the corporation's best interests, or (B) in all other cases, that such party's
conduct was at least not opposed to the corporation's best interests, and (iii) in the case of any
criminal proceeding, such party had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was
unlawful. For purposes of determining the applicable standard of conduct under this Section 5.2,
any party acting in his or her official capacity who is also a director of the corporation shall be
held to the standard of conduct set forth in Section 5.2(a)(ii)(A), even if such party is sued solely
in a capacity other than as such director.
(b) Employee Benefit Plans. A party's conduct with respect to an
employeo benefit plan for a purpose such party reasonably believed to be in the interests of the
participants in or beneficiaries of the plan is conduct that satisfies the requirements of
Section 5.2(a)(ii)(B). A party's conduct with respect to an employee benefit plan for a purpose
that such party did not reasonably believe to be in the interests of the participants in or
beneficiaries of the plan- 0*1 -be deemed not to satisfy the requirements of Section 5.2(a)(i).
(c) Settlement. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order,
settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of polo contendere or its equivalent, is not of itself
determinative that the party did not meet the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
Section 5.2(a).
(d) Indemnification Prohibited. Except as hereinafter set forth in this
Section 5.2(d), the corporation may not indemnify a party under this Section 5.2(d), the
corporation may not indemnify a party under this Section 5.2 either (i) in connection with a
proceeding by the corporation in which the party is or has been adjudged liable for gross
negligence or willful misconduct in the perfonrtance of the party's duty to the corporation, or
(ii) in connection with any proceeding charging improper personal benefit to the party, whether
or not involving action in the patty's official capacity, in which the party was adjudged ]fable on
the basis that personal benefit was improperly received by the party (even if the corporation was
not thereby damaged). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the corporation shall indemnify any such
party if and to the extent required by the court conducting the proceeding, or any other court of
competent jurisdiction to which the party has applied, if it is determined by such court, upon
application by the patty, that despite the adjudication of liability in the circumstances in
clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.2(d) or whether or not the party met the applicable standard
of conduct set forth in Section 5.2(a), and in view of all relevant circumstances, the party is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the court deems proper in
accordance with the Colorado Nonprofit Corporation Code.
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(e) Claims by Corporation. Indemnification pennitted under this
Section 5.2 in connection with a proceeding by the corporation shall be limited to expenses
incurred in connection with the proceeding.
(t) Combined Proceedings. If any claim made by the corporation
against a party is joined with any other claim against such party in a single proceeding, the claim
by the corporation (and all expenses related thereto) shall nevertheless be deemed the subject of a
separate and distinct proceeding for purposes of this Article.
Section 5.3 Prior Authorization Required. Any indemnification under
Section 5.2 (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation only if authorized in the
specific case after a determination has been made that the party is eligible for indemnification in
the circumstances because the party has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in
Section 5.2(a) and after an evaluation has been made as to the reasonableness of the expenses.
Any such determination, evaluation and authorization shall be made by the board of directors by
a majority vote of a quorum of such board, which quorum shall consist of directors not parties to
the subject proceeding, or by such other person or body as permitted by law.
Section 5A Success on Merits or Otherwise. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Article V, the corporation shall indemnify a party to the extent such patty has
been successful, on the merits or otherwise, including without limitation, dismissal without
prejudice or settlement without admission of liability, in defense of any proceeding to which the
party was a party against expenses incurred by such party in connection therewith.
Section 5.5 advancement off" Expenses. The corporation shall pay for or
reimburse the expenses, or a portion thereof, incurred by a party in advance of the final
disposition of the proceeding if, (a) the party furnishes the corporation a written affirmation of
such party's good -faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct described in
Section 5,2(a)(i); (b) the party furnishes the corporation a written undertaking, executed
personally or on behalf of such party, to repay the advance if it is ultimately determined that the
party did not Meet such standard of conduct; and- (c) authorization of payment and a
determination that the facts then known to those making the determination would not preclude
indemnification under this Article have been made in the manner provided in Section 5.3. The
undertaking required by clause (b) must be an unlimited general obligation of the party, but aced
not be secured and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make repayment.
Section 5.6 Pa ent Procedures. The corporation shall promptly act upon any
rcqucst for indemnification, which request must be in writing and accompanied by the order of
court or other reasonably satisfactory evidence documenting disposition of the proceeding in the
case of indemnification under Section 5.4 and by the written affirmation and undertaking to repay
as required by Section 5.5 in the case of indemnification under such Section. The right to
indennniye- Lion and advances granted by this Article shall be enforceable in any court of
competent jurisdiction if the corporation denies the claim, in whole or in part, or if no disposition
of such claim is made within ninety days after written request for indemnification is made. A
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party's expenses incurred in connection with successfully establishing such party's right to
indemnifcation, in whole or in part, in any such proceeding shall also be paid by the corporation.
Section 5.7 Insurance. By action of the board of directors, notwithstanding any
interest of the directors in such action, the corporation may purchase and maintain insurance iii
such amounts as the hoard of directors deems appropriate to protect itself and any person who is
or was a director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation, or who, while a
director, officer, employee, fiduciary or agent of the corporation, is or was serving at the request
of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of any other
foreign or domestic corporation or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or
employee benefit plan against any liability asserted against or incurred by such person in any
such capacity or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify such person against such liabilityunder applicable provisions of law
or this Article. Any such insurance may be procured from any insurance company designated by
the board of directors, whether such insurance company is formed under the laws of Colorado or
any other jurisdiction, including any insurance company in which the corporation has an equity
or airy other interest, through stock ownership or otherwise. The corporation may create a trust
fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit)
to ensure the payment of such sums as may become necessary to effect indemnification as
provided herein.
Section 5.8 Right to Impose Conditions to indemnifcatiotj. The corporation
shall have the right to impose, as conditions to any indemnification provided or permitted in this
Article, such reasonable requirements and conditions as may appear appropriate to the board of
directors in each specific case and circumstances, including but not limited to any one or more of
the following: (a) that any counsel representing the party to be indemnified in connection with
the defense or settlement of any proceeding shall be counsel mutually agreeable to the party atnd
to the corporation; (b) that the corporation shall have the right, at its option, to assume and
control the defense or settlement of any claim or proceeding made, initiated or threatened against
the party to be indemnified; and (c) that the corporation shall be subrogated, to the extent of any
payments made by way of indemnification, to all of the indemnified parts right of recovery, and
that the party to be indemnified shall execute all writings and do everything necessary to assure
such rights of subrogation to the corporation.
Section 5,9 Other Rights and Remedies. Except as limited by law, the
indemnification provided by this Article shall be in addition to any other rights which a party
may have or hereafter acquire tinder any law, provision of the articles of incorporation, any other
or further provision of these bylaws, vote of the board of directors, agreement, or otherwise.
Section 5.10 ARglicability: Effect. The indemnification provided in this Article
shall be applicable to acts or omissions that occurred prior to the adoption of this Article, shall
continue as to any party entitled to indemnification under this Article who has ceased to be a
director, officer or employee of the corporation or, at the request of the corporation, was serving
as and has since ceased to be a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, fiduciary or agent of
any other domestic or foreign corporation, or of any partnership, joint venture, trust, other
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enterprise or employee benefit plan, and shall inure to the benefit of the estate and personal
rcprescntatives of each such person. The repeal or amendment of this Article or of any Section
or provision hereof that would have the effect of limiting, qualifying or restricting any of the
powers or rights of indcmnification provided or permitted in this Article shall not, solely by
reason of such repeal or amendment, eliminate, restrict or otherwise affect the right or power of
the corporation to indemnify any person, or affect any right of indemnification of such person,
with respect to any acts or omissions that occurred prior to such repeal or amendment, All rights
to indemnification under this Article shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the
corporation and each party covered hereby.
Section 5.11 Indemnification of Agents, The corporation shall have the right,
but shall not be obligated, to indemnify any agent of the corporation not otherwise covered by
this Article to the fullest extent pemiissible by the laws of Colorado. Unless otherwise provided
in any separate indemnification arrangement, any such indemnification shall be trade only as
authorized in the specific case in the manner provided in Section 53,
Section 5.12 Savings Clause; Limitations. If this Article or any Section or
Provision hereof shall be invalidated by any court on any ground, then the corporation shall
nevertheless indemnify each party otherwise entitled to indemnification hereunder to the fullest
extent permitted by law or any applicable provision of this Article that shall not have been
invalidated. Notwithstanding any other provision of these bylaws, the corporation shall neither
indctrrnify any person nor purchase any insurance in any manner or to any extent that would
jeopardize or- be inconsistent with the qualification of the corporation as an organization
described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or that would result in the
imposition of any liability under section 4941 of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE VT.
MTSCELLANEOUS
Section 6.1 Accotntt Books Minutes Etc The corporation shall keep correct
and complete. books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its
board of directors and committees. All books and records of the corporation may be inspected by
any director, or that director's authorized agent or attorney, for any proper purpose at ariy
reasonable time.
Section 6.2 E929-Year, The fiscal year of the corporation shall be as
i;stablished by the board of directors.
Section 6.3 Conveyances and Encumbrances. Property of the corporation may
be assigned, conveyed or enewnbered by such officers of the corporation as may be authorized to
do so by the board of directors, and such authorized persons shall have power to execute and
deliver any and all instruments of assignment, conveyance and. encumbrance; however, the sale,
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exchange, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the
corporation shall lie authorized only in the manner prescribed by applicable statute.
Section 6A ycsi ated Contributions. The corporation may accept any
designated contribution, Srwit, bequest or devise consistent with its central tax- exempt purposes,
as set forth in the articles of incorporation. As so limited, donar- desi�mated contributions will be
accepted for special funds, purposes or uses, and such designations generally will be honored.
However, the corporation shall reserve all right, dtlo and interest in and to and control of such
contributions, as well as full discretion as to the ultimate expenditure or distribution thereof in
connection with any such special fund, purpose or use. Further, the corporation shall acquire and retain sufficient control over all donated funds (including designated contributions) to assure that
such funds will be used to carry out the corporation's tax - exempt purposes.
Section 6.5. Confli — ng Interest Transactions.
(a) As used in this section, "Conflicting Interest Transaction" means a
contract, transaction, or other financial relationship between the corporation and a director of the
corporation, or between the corporation and a party related to a director or between the
corporation and an entity in which a director of the corporation is a director or officer or has a
financial interest.
(b) No loans shall be made by the corporation to its directors or
officers, Any director or officer who assents to or participates in the making of any such loan
shiall be liable to the corporation for the amount of such loan until tine repayment thereof.
(e) No Conflicting Interest Transaction shall be void or voidable or be
enjoined, set aside, or give rise to an award of damages or other sanctions in a proceeding in the
right of the - corporation, solely because the Conflicting Interest Transaction involves a director of
the corporation or a patty related to a director or an entity in which a director of the corporation is
a director or officer or has a financial interest or solely because the director is present at or
participates in the meeting of the corporation's board of directors or of the committee of the
board of directors that authorizes, approves, or ratifies the Conflicting interest Transaction or
solely because the director's vote is counted for such purpose if
and as to the Conflicting Interest Transact ontare discltosed or are director's
nown to the board of di ectors
or the committee, and the board of directors or committee in good faith authorizes, approves, or
ratifies the Conflicting Interest Transaction by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
disinterested directors, even though the disinterested directors are less than a quorum; or
('ii) The Conflicting Tnterest Transaction is fair as to the
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(d) Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the
presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board of directors or of a committee which authorizes,
approves, or ratifies the Conflicting Interest Transaction.
(e) For purposes of this section, a party related to a director shall mean
a spouse, a descendent, an ancestor, a sibling, the spouse or descendent of a sibling, an estate or
trust in which the director or a party related to a director has a beneficial interest, or.an entity in
which a ratty related to a director is a director, officer, or has a financial interest.
(f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VI, no contract,
transaction or financial relationship between the corporation and the employees of the Town of
Avon, Colorado shall constitute a Conflicting Interest Transaction,
Section 6.6 Loans to Directors and Officers Prohibited. No loans shall be
made by the corporation to any of its directors or officers. Any director or officer who assents to
or participates in Cie making of any such loan shall be liable to the corporation for the amount of
such loan until it is repaid.
Section 6.7 References to Internal Revenue ,.ode. All references in these
bylaws to provisions of the Internal Rcvenue Code are to the provisions of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended, and to the corresponding provisions of any subsequent federal tax
laws.
Section 6.8 Amendments. The power to alter, amend or repeal these bylaws
and adopt new bylaws shall be vested in the board of directors.
Section 6.9 Sevr-'rability. The invalidity of any provision of these bylaws shall
not affect the other provisions hereof, and in such event these bylaws shall be construed in all
respects as if such invalid provision were omitted.
The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing Bylaws of Buffalo Ridge
Affordable Housing Corporation as adopted November 16, 2001, are in full force and effect as of
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MINUTES OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
BUFFALO RIDGE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION
The organizational meeting of the Board of Directors of Buffalo Ridge Affordable
Housing Corporation, a Colorado nonprofit corporation (the "Corporation "), was held at the
EagleBend Apailnients in Avon, Colorado on Friday, November 16, 2001, at 12:00 noon,
pursuant to the call of the Corporation's Incorporator. Notice of the meeting was waived by cacti
member of the Board of Directors named in the Articles of Incorporation by their attendance at
the niceting.
Present at the meeting and constituting a quorum were the following Directors: Gerald E.
Flymi, Larry E. Brooks, Allan Nottingham, Jeffery M, Spanel and James Telling.
Also present were Rex Gambrell of Contm Real Estate Group and John M. Gardner,
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P„ Bond Counsel.
Director Flynn served as chair of the meeting and Director Spanel acted as secretary of
the meeting.
13pon motions duly made and seconded, the directors unanimously adopted the following
resolutions:
Articles of %corporation
RESOLVED that the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation having been
distributed to the Board of Directors of the Corporation in connection herewith, and
having been filed in the office of the Colorado Secretary of State on October 30, 2001,
are hereby approved and adopted as the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation. The
Articles of Incorporation shall be placed in the Corporation's minute book,
2. Approval of Acts of Incorporator
RESOLVED that the acts of the incorporator in incorporating and fonning the
Corporation, including without limitation all actions taken on or before November 16,
2001 for the purpose of organizing the Corporation, be and they hereby are ratified,
confirmed and approved.
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RESOLVED that the Bylaws for the regulation of the affairs of the Corporation,
in the form distributed to and reviewed by the Board of Directors in connection herewith,
are hereby approved and adopted as the Bylaws of the Corporation, and that a copy of
such Bylaws be certified by the Secretary of the Corporation and placed ui the
Corporation's minute book.
4. Comorate Seal
RESOLVED that the form of corporate seal presented to this meeting, an
impression of which is set forth in the margin of the original minutes of this meet 171; is
hereby approved and adopted as the official seal of the Corporation. ,•::,
5.. Appointment of Officers
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RESOLVED that the following persons are hereby appointed officers. ;�,f
Corporation, to serve until their respective successors are elected and qualified';nt`;until
their earlier resignation or removal:
NAME
Gerald E. Flynn
Jeffery Spancl
Larry Brooks
Allan Nottingham
James Telling
6. Banking-Authori
FFICE
President
Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Vice President and Assistant Secretary
Vice Presidentgnd Assistant Secretary
RESOLVED that the Treasurer is authorized to establish, in accordance with these
resolutions, such banking arrangements as he deems necessary or desirable with respect
to establishing checking accounts; and
FURTHER RESOLVED that the standard form banking resolutions, customarily
required by any such financial institutions arc hereby adopted without the necessity of
further action by the Board of Directors at the time any such arrangements are
established, it being intended that these. resolutions constitute specific Board
authorization, approval and adoption of all such arrangements as of the time such
arrangements are established; and
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authorization, approval and adoption of all such arrangements as of the time such
arrangements are established; and
FURTHER RESOLVED that the Treasurer, together with any one of the other
officers of the Corporation, shall sign all checks and drafts on accounts of the
Corporation; and
FURTHER RESOLVED that these resolutions and the authority conferred on the
officers herein shall remain in full force and effect until revoked or amended by
resolution of the Board of Directors.
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RESOLVED that the fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on. January
1st and end on December 31st of each year.
S. Declaration of Official Intent to Finance Capital Expenditures
RESOLVED that the Corporation, subject to the final approval of the Town of
Avon, hereby approves the issuance of taxable or tax- ex&npt Bonds for the construction
of a proposed affordable residential housing project (the "Project ") in the Town of Avon
in the estimated aggregate principal amount not exceeding 511,500,000, and declares its
intention and reasonable expectation to use proceeds of tax- exempt Bonds issued by the
Corporation to pay or reimburse expenditures for costs of the Project to the extent
pennitted by § 1.150 -2(c) of the Treasury Regulations issued under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, such Bonds to be payable solely from the revenues of the Corporation to
he derived from the Project; and
FURTHER RESOLVED that no costs of the Project to be paid or reimbursed with
proceeds of the proposed Bonds to finance the Project have been paid more than 60 days
prior to the date of this Resolution, other than preliminary expenditures (not exceeding
20% of the aggregate issue price of the tax - exempt Bonds to be issued to finance the
Project), provided that such preliminary expenditures are incurred prior to
commencement of acquisition, site preparation, and similar costs incident to
commencement of construction or acquisition of the Project.
9. Other Business
(a) Project Update
Directors Flynn and Spanol provided the Board of Directors with an update on the
proposed Buffalo Ridge Apartment project. Financing is expected to be completed in
March 2002, with construction to f1low in March.
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The Board of Directors designated Hogan & Hartson L.L.P, as Bond Counsel in
connection with the proposed issuance of Bonds of the Corporation and authorized the
President to execute an engagement letter for such services.
(c) Next Meeting
The Board of Directors designated January 10 and February S, 2002, at Noon, at
the LagleBend Apartments in Avon, Colorado, as the time and place for the next regular
meetings of the Board of Directors.
There being no further business to come before the meeting, the same was, upon motion
duly made, seconded and unanimously approved, adjourned,
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