83-90 Real Estate Acquisition Notes $1,500,000

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Section 5. The Notes shall be sold at not less than the par value thereof by the Director of Finance to the Treasury Investment Account of the City established hereby pursuant to general law at an interest rate not exceeding that specified in Section 3 of this ordinance; the Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to deliver the Notes, when executed, to the original purchaser 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 the Notes are being issued under the provisions of this ordinance and to pay those costs set forth in Section 133.15(B), Ohio Revised Code, and any such costs which are future financing costs may be paid from the same sources from which the principal of and interest on the Notes are paid. Any premium and accrued interest shall be transferred to the Bond Retirement Fund to be applied to the payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes in the manner provided by law. The City covenants that it will restrict the use of the proceeds of the Notes in such manner and to such extent, if any, as may be necessary so that the Notes will not constitute arbitrage bonds under Section 148 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The Director of Finance, as the fiscal officer, or any other officer of the City having responsibility for the issuance of the Notes shall give an appropriate certificate of the City, for inclusion in the transcript of proceedings for the Notes, setting forth the rea- sonable expectations of the City regarding the amount and use of all the pro- ceeds of the Notes, the facts, circumstances, and estimates on which they are based, and other facts and circumstances relevant to the tax treatment of interest on the Notes. The City covenants that it (a) will take or cause to be taken such actions which may be required of it for the interest on the Notes to be and remain excluded from gross income for federal income tax purposes, and (b) will not take or permit to be taken any actions which would adversely affect that exclusion, and that it, or persons acting for it, will, among other acts of compliance, (i) apply the proceeds of the Notes to the governmental purpose of the borrowing, (ii) restrict the yield on investment property acquired with those proceeds, (iii) make timely rebate payments to the federal government, (iv) main- tain books and records and make calculations and r~ports, and (v) refrain from certain uses of proceeds, all in such manner and to the extent necessary to assure such exclusion of that interest under the Code. The Director of Finance and other appropriate officers are hereby authorized and directed to take any and all actions, make calculations and rebate payments, and make or give reports and certifications as may be appropriate to assure such exclusion of that interest. Section 6. The 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 the Notes and any excess funds resulting from the issuance of the Notes shall, to the extent necessary, be used only for the retirement of the Notes at maturity, together with the interest thereon, and is hereby pledged for such purpose. Section 7. In the event bonds are not issued to provide a fund for the payment of the Notes at maturity, during the year or years while the Notes are outstanding, there shall be levied on all 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 the Notes. Said tax shall be and is hereby ordered computed, certified, levied and extended upon the tax duplicate and collected by'the same officers, in the same manner and at the same time that taxes for general purposes of each of said years are certified, extended and collected. Said tax shall be placed before and in preference to all items and for the full amount thereof. The funds derived from said tax levies hereby required shall be placed in a separate and distinct fund which, together with the interest collected on the same shall be irrevocably pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes or the bonds in anticipation of which they are issued, when and as the same falls due; provided, however, that in each year to the extent that revenues are available from other sources for the payment of the Notes and bonds and are appropriated for such purpose, the amount of such direct tax upon all of the -2-