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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEnglar DriveLm Lf SE TIU% HOME OF PELICAN ISLAND 1225 Main Street Sebastian, FL 32958 (772)388-8215 Phone May 17, 2017 Ranger Construction Industries, Inc. 1200 Elboc Way Winter Garden. FL 34787 RE: Release of Payment & Performance Bond for Englar Drive Cement Treated Base Asphalt Pavement—Bond # 105811249 Dear Ranger Construction Industries, Inc I am releasing payment and performance bonds #105811249 issued by Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America in the amount of $73022.25 to the City of Sebastian for Engler Drive Cement Treated Base Asphalt Pavement Sincerely, J nette Williams, MMC City Clerk Attachment: Original Bonds #105811249 PAYMENT AND Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America PERFORMANCE BOND Hartford, CT 06183 (Florida Public Works) Bond No.: 105811249 Bond MUST be recorded in public records of County where improvement is located Principal (Contractor) : Ranger Construction industries, Inc. Address: 1200 Elboc Way, Winter Garden, F 34787 Telephone: 407-656-9255 Surety: Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America Address: One Tower Square, 5PB, Hartford, CT 06183 Telephone: 800-242-8734 Owner City of Sebastian, FL Address: 1255 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 Telephone: 772-5114-5330 Contracting Public Entity (if different from Owner): City of Sebastian, FL Address: Telephone: Contract Number. Englar Drive Cement Treated Base Asphalt Pavement "Task B" Project Description: Englar Drive Cement Treated Base Asphalt Pavement "Task B" NOTE: Any action instituted by a claimant under this bond for payment must be in accordance with the notice and time limitation provisions in Section 255.05(2), Florida Statutes. KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, Raneer Construction Industries. Inc. called the Principal, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America , a Cuunectiuut corporation, called the Surety, are held and firmly bound unto City of Sebastian. FL called the Obligee, in the sum of Seventy -Three Thousand Twenty -Two and 251100 Dollars ( 5 73.022.25 ) for the payment whereof said Principal and Surety bind themselves firmly by these presents. WHEREAS, the Principal has entered into a contract with the Obligee, dated 2) � as described above ("Contract!). The Contract is referred to herein for the limited purpose of defining the work to be performed, and its terms are not incorporated herein. NOW, THEREFORE, the condition of this obligation is such that if the Principal performs the Contract and, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth herein, makes payment to all Claimants, as defined in Section 713.01, Florida Statutes, whose claims derive directly or indirectly from the prosecution of the work provided for in the Contract, then this obligation shall be null and void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect. 1. No suit or action for labor, materials, or supplies shall be instituted hereunder against the Principal or the Surety unless both of the following notices have been given by the Claimant: A Claimant, except a laborer, who is not in privity with the Principal and who has not received payment for his labor, materials, or supplies shall, before commencing or not later than 45 days after commencing to furnish labor, materials, or supplies for the prosecution of the work, furnish the Principal with a notice that he intends to look to the bond for protection. A Claimant who is not in privity with the Principal and who has not received payment for his or her labor, materials, or supplies shall deliver to the contractor and to the surety written notice of the performance of the labor or delivery of the materials or supplies and of the nonpayment. The notice of nonpayment may be served at any time during the progress of the work or thereafter but not before 45 days after the first furnishing of labor, services, or materials by the claimant, or, with respect to rental equipment, not later than 90 days after the date that the rental equipment was last on the job site available for use. No action for the labor, materials or supplies may be instituted against the Principal or Surety unless both notices have Performance and Payment Bond -- Page 1 or 2 46 been given. An action, except for an action exclusively for recovery of retainage, must be instituted by a Claimant against the Principal and/or the Surety under the payment provisions of this bond within 1 year after the performance of the labor or completion of delivery of the materials or supplies. An action exclusively for recovery of retainage must be instituted against the Principal or the Surety within 1 year after the performance of the labor or completion of delivery of the materials or supplies, or within 90 days after the contractor's receipt of final payment (or the payment estimate contalning the owner's final reconciliatlon of quantities If no further payment is earned and due as a result of deductive adjustments), whichever comes last. 2 Any claim by the Obligee under this bond shall accrue no later than the first to occur of- (a) the date the Obligee declares the Principal to be in default under the Contract; (b) the date final payment is made under the Contract (or the date of the payment estimate containing the owner's final reconciliation of quantities if no further payment is earned and due as a result of deductive adjustments); or (c) the date Obligee makes claim against this bond. 3. The amount of this bond shall be reduced by and to the extent of any payment or payments made by Surety in good faith hereunder whether made directly to Obligee or Claimant(s) or otherwise in discharge of Principal's obligations. The Surety's liability hereunder to the Obligee and all Claimants is limited, singly, or in the aggregate, to the penal sum of the bond set forth herein. The Surety may, at its option, discharge all obligations under this bond by interpleading into the registry of any court of competent jurisdiction of the full unexonerated penal sum of this bond, or such portion thereof which will satisfy the obligations owed to the Obligee and/or the Claimant(s). This bond shall not be liable for any liability of the Principal for tortious acts, whether or not said liability is direct or is imposed by the Contract, and shall not serve as or be a substitute for or supplemental to any liability or other insurance required by the Contract. 4. This bond IS CONDITIONED UPON the same being properly recorded in the Public Records of the County where the improvement is located in accordance with Florida Statutes §255.05(1)(a). In the event this bond is not so recorded it shall be NULL AND VOID. 5. This bond has been furnished to comply with the statutory requirements of Florida Statutes 255.05 et. seq. Any provision in this bond conflicting with or expanding the protections available under Florida Statutes 255.05 et. seq. shall be deemed deleted herefrom and provisions conforming to such statutory or legal requirements shall be deemed incorporated herein by this reference. The intent is that this bond shall be construed as a statutory bond and not as a common law bond. Signed and dated this 12th day of Februna 2013 Kanger Construction Industries, Inc Wrincinall By Tr By Performanoe and Payment Bond — Page 2 or 2 • WARNING: THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER S� POWER OF ATTORNEY TRAVELER SJ Casualty Company St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company Attorney -In Fact No. 215719 Certificate No. 004734908 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, that Farmington Casualty Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, that United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, and that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin (herein collectively called the "Companies"), and that the Companies do hereby make, constitute and appoint William Phelps of the City of Melhonrne , State of Florida , their true and lawful Attorney(s)-in-Fact, each in their separate capacity if more than one is named above, to sign, execute, seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, recognizances, conditional undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed, this day of February 2012 Farmington Casualty Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company 16th St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company pASv,� �`•" � v fLPE 4 �*µ.. � t SNSUq *�tY AMO gJ O? • ) L ♦ r Y' yP V IV.—ROM9 Qom ' 'fin 6P G9 R AT t� � n t+4Ttb x a ,,. f:c+ wfcp PDR f.. � Z 198i, O 1.977 '" ca ' �•, _ ; «_ n W ftARTFOR�, < ISMF06 s :� • �a - 1951 ,.ALIO" 3 ;*SSRL?3 CONN. 896 State of Connecticut By: City of Hartford ss. 1Georgq1kj Thompson, enior fice President On this the 16th day of February 2012 , before me personally appeared George W. Thompson, who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, and that he, as such, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on behalf of the corporations by himself as a duly authorized officer. In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal.i My Commission expires the 30th day of June, 2016. p r 58440-6-11 Printed in U.S.A. Marie C. Tetreault, Notary Public WARNING: THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER • This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, which resolutions are now in full force and effect, reading as follows: RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys -in -Fact and Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may prescribe to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking, and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such appointee and revoke the power given him or her; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided that each such delegation is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that any bond, recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary; or (b) duly executed (under seal, if required) by one or more Attorneys -in -Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of each of the following officers: President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys -in -Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any bond or understanding to which it is attached. I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary, of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which is in full force and effect and has not been revoked. ,% T* IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seals of said Companies this � day of F�R��R� 20(3. Kevin E. Hughes, Assistant Sec tary pASV,4 t1RE C �M IMS t fNS4 ttY Ary j � 4 pi.'-^-• G,� Jp�, ...... ;47 r '�1 e�'p1tVOR +! 4;• �tO z' rr • ! 1951 SEAL o„ oo� a �t SSRLa S y�VRANGE GO �d1 t► '�°'':''' • '�° '`y +�t• '�f' �3�`" s . AN 1r...: � f � I,M • To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney, call 1-800-421-3880 or contact us at www.travelersbond.com. Please refer to the Attorney -In -Fact number, the above-named individuals and the details of the bond to which the power is attached. WARNING: THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER PAYMENT AND Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America PERFORMANCE BOND Hartford, CT 06183 (Florida Public works) Bond No.: 105911249 Bond MUST be recorded in public records of County where improvement is located Principal (Contractor) : Ranger Construction industries, Inc. Address: 1200 Elboc Way, Winter Garden, F 34787 Telephone: 407-656-9255 Surety: Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America Address: One Tower Square, 5PB, Hartford, CT 06183 Telephone: 800-242-8734 Owner City of Sebastian, FL Address: 1155 Main Street, Sebastian, FL 32958 Telephone: 772-5119-5.1.10 Contracting Public Entity (if different from Owner): City of Sebastian, FL Address: Telephone: Contract Number Englar Drive Cement Treated Base Asphalt Pavement "Task B" Project Description: Englar Drive Cement Treated Base Asphalt Pavement "Task B" NOTE: Any action instituted by a claimant under this bond for payment must be in accordance with the notice and time limitation provisions in Section 255.05(2), Florida Statutes. KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, [tanner Construction Industries, Inc. called the Principal, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America , a Cuunecticut corporation, called the Surety, are held and firmly bound unto Cityof Sebastian. FL , called the Obligee, in the sum of seventy -Three Thousand Twenty -Two and 25/100 Dollars ( S 73.022.25 ) for the payment whereof said Principal and Surety bind themselves firmly by these presents. WHEREAS, the Principal has entered into a contract with the Obligee, dated 3 3 , as described above ("Contract"). The Contract is referred to herein for the limited purpose of defining the work to be performed, and its terms are not incorporated herein. NOW, THEREFORE, the condition of this obligation is such that if the Principal performs the Contract and, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth herein, makes payment to all Claimants, as defined in Section 713.01, Florida Statutes, whose claims derive directly or indirectly from the prosecution of the work provided for in the Contract, then this obligation shall be null and void; otherwise to remain in full force and effect 1. No suit or action for labor, materials, or supplies shall be instituted hereunder against the Principal or the Surety unless both of the following notices have been given by the Claimant: A Claimant, except a laborer, who is not in privity with the Principal and who has not received payment for his labor, materials, or supplies shall, before commencing or not later than 45 days after commencing to furnish labor, materials, or supplies for the prosecution of the work, furnish the Principal with a notice that he Intends to look to the bond for protection. A Claimant who is not in privity with the Principal and who has not received payment for his or her labor, materials, or supplies shall deliver to the contractor and to the surety written notice of the performance of the labor or delivery of the materials or supplies and of the nonpayment. The notice of nonpayment may be served at any time during the progress of the work or thereafter but not before 45 days after the first furnishing of labor, services, or materials by the claimant, or, with respect to rental equipment, not later than 90 days after the date that the rental equipment was last on the job site available for use. No action for the labor, materials or supplies may be instituted against the Principal or Surety unless both notices have Performance and Payment Bond — Page 1 or 2 been given. An action, except for an action exclusively for recovery of retainage, must be instituted by a Claimant against the Principal and/or the Surety under the payment provisions of this bond within 1 year after the performance of the labor or completion of delivery of the materials or supplies. An action exclusively for recovery of retainage must be instituted against the Principal or the Surety within 1 year after the performance of the labor or completion of delivery of the materials or supplies, or within 90 days after the contractor's receipt of final payment (or the payment estimate containing the owner's final reconciliation of quantities If no further payment is earned and due as a result of deductive adjustments), whichever comes last. 2 Any claim by the Obligee under this bond shall accrue no later than the first to occur of (a) the date the Obligee declares the Principal to be in default under the Contract; (b) the date final payment is made under the Contract (or the date of the payment estimate containing the owner's final reconciliation of quantities if no further payment is earned and due as a result of deductive adjustments); or (c) the date Obligee makes claim against this bond. 3. The amount of this bond shall be reduced by and to the extent of any payment or payments made by Surety in good faith hereunder whether made directly to Obligee or Claimant(s) or otherwise in discharge of Principal's obligations. The Surety's liability hereunder to the Obligee and all Claimants is limited, singly, or in the aggregate, to the penal sum of the bond set forth herein. The Surety may, at its option, discharge all obligations under this bond by interpleading into the registry of any court of competent jurisdiction of the full unexonerated penal sum of this bond, or such portion thereof which will satisfy the obligations owed to the Obligee and/or the Claimant(s). This bond shall not be liable for any liability of the Principal for tortious acts, whether or not said liability is direct or is imposed by the Contract, and shall not serve as or be a substitute for or supplemental to any liability or other insurance required by the Contract. 4. This bond IS CONDITIONED UPON the same being properly recorded in the Public Records of the County where the improvement is located in accordance with Florida Statutes §255.05(1)(a). In the event this bond is not so recorded it shall be NULL AND VOID. 5. This bond has been furnished to comply with the statutory requirements of Florida Statutes 255.05 et. seq. Any provision in this bond conflicting with or expanding the protections available under Florida Statutes 255.05 et. seq. shall be deemed deleted herefrorn and provisions conforming to such statutory or legal requirements shall be deemed incorporated herein by this reference. The intent is that this bond shall be construed as a statutory bond and not as a common law bond. Signed and dated this 12th day of February , 2013 KangerC:onstruction industries, Inc �_• (Principal) Performanoe and Payment Bond — Page 2 or 2 WARNING: THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER W POWER OF ATTORNEY TRAVELERSJ Farmington Casualty Company St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company Attorney -In Fact No. 215719 Certificate No. 0 0 4 7 3 4 9 0 7 KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company and St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, that Farmington Casualty Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, and Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America are corporations duly organized under the laws of the State of Connecticut, that United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Iowa, and that Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., is a corporation duly organized under the laws of the State of Wisconsin (herein collectively called the "Companies"), and that the Companies do hereby make, constitute and appoint William Phelps of the City of Melhourne , State of Florida , their true and lawful Attorneys) -in -Fact, each in their separate capacity if more than one is named above, to sign, execute, seal and acknowledge any and all bonds, recognizances, conditional undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof on behalf of the Companies in their business of guaranteeing the fidelity of persons, guaranteeing the performance of contracts and executing or guaranteeing bonds and undertakings required or permitted in any actions or proceedings allowed by law. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Companies have caused this instrument to be signed and their corporate seals to be hereto affixed, this day of February' 2012 Farmington Casualty Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company 16th St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company GAStl4�( vE1PE 4 0-!miet Jen1982O 977 z c •»— ; n a wwtPORn, itA ,A2ED �SS1ii.LieGOM[AIoit State of Connecticut By: City of Hartford ss. GcorgA Thompson, enior tce President On this the 16th day of February 2012 , before me personally appeared George W. Thompson, who acknowledged himself to be the Senior Vice President of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, and that he, as such, being authorized so to do, executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained by signing on behalf of the corporations by himself as a duly authorized officer. G.7ET In Witness Whereof, I hereunto set my hand and official seal. iAA My Commission expires the 30th day of June, 2016. pt�8Ir.�a3` 58440-6-11 Printed in U.S.A. 0 C V Marie C. Tetreault, Notary Public INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER This Power of Attorney is granted under and by the authority of the following resolutions adopted by the Boards of Directors of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, which resolutions are now in full force and effect, reading as follows: RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary may appoint Attorneys -in -Fact and Agents to act for and on behalf of the Company and may give such appointee such authority as his or her certificate of authority may prescribe to sign with the Company's name and seal with the Company's seal bonds, recognizances, contracts of indemnity, and other writings obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking, and any of said officers or the Board of Directors at any time may remove any such appointee and revoke the power given him or her; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman, the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President may delegate all or any part of the foregoing authority to one or more officers or employees of this Company, provided that each such delegation is in writing and a copy thereof is filed in the office of the Secretary; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that any bond, recognizance, contract of indemnity, or writing obligatory in the nature of a bond, recognizance, or conditional undertaking shall be valid and binding upon the Company when (a) signed by the President, any Vice Chairman, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President or any Vice President, any Second Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Corporate Secretary or any Assistant Secretary and duly attested and sealed with the Company's seal by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary; or (b) duly executed (under seal, if required) by one or more Attorneys -in -Fact and Agents pursuant to the power prescribed in his or her certificate or their certificates of authority or by one or more Company officers pursuant to a written delegation of authority; and it is FURTHER RESOLVED, that the signature of each of the following officers: President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, any Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, and the seal of the Company may be affixed by facsimile to any Power of Attorney or to any certificate relating thereto appointing Resident Vice Presidents, Resident Assistant Secretaries or Attorneys -in -Fact for purposes only of executing and attesting bonds and undertakings and other writings obligatory in the nature thereof, and any such Power of Attorney or certificate bearing such facsimile signature or facsimile seal shall be valid and binding upon the Company and any such power so executed and certified by such facsimile signature and facsimile seal shall be valid and binding on the Company in the future with respect to any bond or understanding to which it is attached. I, Kevin E. Hughes, the undersigned, Assistant Secretary, of Farmington Casualty Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company, Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Underwriters, Inc., St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, St. Paul Guardian Insurance Company, St. Paul Mercury Insurance Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company, Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America, and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Power of Attorney executed by said Companies, which is in full force and effect and has not been revoked. if T k IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seals of said Companies this !Z day of ���R'i , 20 L3 ri✓° l . Kevin E. Hughes, Assistant Sec tary pASU yµ�t 4 'JA IN + �NSuq ►�t/ 1�0 ,► Ti a f, �O�''...`�.9 JP ...........�,j. �J � ��h► ��i SEA � `si ��oRvon��t•.''�'+ w�dya►�WtE`:°r � �. � � -rttD t 9 s z o 1977 tZ J - a J: SEAL on Ji r o r cores Dora. d+ �' ysVRANGE GO `� S'� J.Nt"� v1�,.,, : To verify the authenticity of this Power of Attorney, call 1-800-421-3880 or contact us at www.travelersbond.com. Please refer to the Attorney-In-Factnumber, the above-named individuals and the details of the bond to which the power is attached. WARNING: THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY IS INVALID WITHOUT THE RED BORDER