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- 2 - constructing and equipping a new indoor ice-skating rink, acquiring real estate and interests therein as a part of the site thereof and constructing a parking lot and otherwise improving the site. Section 2. That said bonds shall be dated approximately February 1, i982, shall bear interest at the estimated rate of smven and one-half per centum (7-1/2%) pe'r annum, payable semi-annually, until the principal sum is paid, and shall mature in twenty substantially equal annual installments after their issuance. Section 3. That it is necessary and this Council hereby determines that notes in the principal amount of $2,170,000 shall be issued in anticipation of the issuance of said bonds and to pay and retire the abovementioned note. Section 4. That such anticipatory notes in the amount aforesaid shall bear interest payable at maturity at one or more rates not exceeding the maximum rate permitted by law, provided that such notes may bear one or more different rates not exceeding the maximum rate permitted by law after maturity and until the principal sum is paid; shall be in the denominations and numbered as the original purchaser or purchasers thereof request, shall be dated February 27, 1981 and shall mature February 26, 1982, with an option in the City to redeem such notes prior to maturity if satisfactory to the original purchaser or purchasers of such notes. Section 5. That such notes shall be executed by the Mayor and Director of Finance and bear the seal of the corporation. They shall be payable at the office of the Director of Finance, City Hall, Lakewood, Ohio, and shall express upon their faces the purpose for which they are issued and that they are issued pursuant to this ordinance. Section 6. Subject to the rejection of said notes by the Director of Finance for investment in the Bond Retirement Fund, said notes shall be soid at the par value thereof by the Director of Finance at an interest rate or rates not exceeding that specified in Section 4 of this ordinance and in accordance with the best interests and welfare of the City; and the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed, to deliver said notes, when executed, to the original purchaser or purchasers thereof upon payment of the purchase price. The proceeds of such sale shall be paid into the proper fund and used for the purpose for which said notes are being issued under the provisions of this ordinance. The City hereby covenants that it will restrict the use of the proceeds of said notes in such manner and to such extent, if any, as may be necessary, after taking into account reasonable expectations at the time of the delivery of and payment for said notes, so that said notes will not constitute arbitrage bonds under Section 103(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and the applicable income tax regulations under that Section. The fiscal officer or any other officer, including the Clerk of Council, having responsibility for issuing maid notes is authorized and directed, alone or in conjunction with any of the foregoing or with any other officer, employee, or consultant of the City, to give an appropriate certificate of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the City regarding the amount and use of all such proceeds and the facts and estimates on which they are based, all as of the date of delivery and payment for said notes. Section 7. Said notes shall be the full general obligations of the City of Lakewood and the full faith, credit and revenue of said City are hereby pledged for the prompt payment of the same. The par value to be received from the sale of the bonds anticipated by said notes and any ex- cess funds resulting from the issuance of said notes shall, to the extent necessary, be used only for the retirement of said notes at maturity, to- gether with the interest thereon, and is hereby pledged for such purpose. Section 8. During the years while such notes run, there shall be levied on ail the taxable property in the City of Lakewood, in addition to all other taxes, a direct tax annually not less than that which would have been levied if bonds had been issued without the prior issue of such notes. Said tax shall be and is hereby ordered computed, certified, levied and