29-87 Water Main bonds $1,200,000

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of said Bonds in order to make them legal, valid and binding obligations of the City have been performed in regular and due form as required by law; that the full faith, credit and revenue of said City shall be and are hereby irrevocably pledged for the prompt payment of the principal and interest thereof at maturity; and that no limitation of indebtedness or taxation, either statutory or constitutional, will be exceeded in issuing said Bonds. Section 8. The City covenants that it will restrict the use of the proceeds of the Bonds 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 the Bonds, so that the Bonds will not constitute arbitrage bonds~under Section 148(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code") and the applicable regulations prescribed under that Section. The Director of Finance or any other officer having responsibility for issuing the Bonds, shall, alone or with any other officer or employee of or consultant to the City, give an appropriate certificate of the City for inclusion in the transcript or proceedings for the Bonds, setting forth the reasonable expectations of the City regarding the amount and use of all the proceeds of the Bonds and the facts and estimates on which they are based, all as of the date of delivery of and payment for the Bond's. The City covenants that it will take all actions that may be required of the City for the interest on the Bonds to be and remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and will not take any actions which would adversely affect such exclusion, under the provisions of federal tax laws that apply to the Bonds, including the provisions of the Code and applicable amendments thereto, and will, among other acts of compliance, apply the proceeds of the Bonds, restrict the yield on investments of, or on obligations acquired with, such proceeds, make timely rebate payments to the federal government, maintain books and records, and refrain from certain uses of proceeds, all in such manner and if and to the extent necessary for the interest on the Bonds to be and remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes; and the Director of Finance and other appropriate officers are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all such actions, make such rebate payments and make or give such reports and certifications as may be appropriate to assure such exclusion of the interest. Section 9. It is further found and determined that this Council reasonably anticipates that the amount of "qualified tax-exempt obligations", as that term is used in Section 265(b)(3)(A) of the Code, to be issued during calendar year 1987, will not exceed $10,000,000 and this Council hereby determines that the Bonds are an issue not exceeding $1,200,000 and that the City has not heretofore designated any principal amount of "qualified project bonds" (as that term is used in the Code). Therefore, this Council hereby designates the Bonds as "qualified project bonds". Section 10. The Clerk of Council is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this ordinance to the County Auditor. Section 11. The Mayor and Director of Finance, or either of them, are authorized to prepare, execute and deliver to the purchaser of -4-